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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



104673 to 104678— Continued. 



104675. Festuca elatior L. Poaceae. 



Meadow fescue. 



A loosely tufted perennial European 

 grass with short creeping rootstalks and 

 erect stems up to 4 feet high. 



For previous introduction see 99124. 



104676. HOMALOCENCHRUS ORYZOIDES 



(L.) Poll. Poaceae. 



A perennial grass with stout ascending 

 culms arising from creeping rootstalks. 

 The broadly linear leaves, about 1 foot 

 long, are very rough. 



104677. Poa paldstris L. Poaceae. 



Fowl meadowgrass. 



For previous introduction see 64781. 



104678. Poa pratexsis L. Poaceae. 



Kentucky bluegrass. 



104679 to 104704. Phoenicaceae. 



Palm. 



From British Guiana. Seeds presented by 

 the Director, Botanic Gardens, George- 

 town. Received February 28, 1934. 



104679. Archontophoexix Alexandras 

 (F. Muell.) Wendl. and Drude. 



A pinnate-leaved palm 70 to 80 feet 

 high, with leaves several feet long, and 

 lanceolate, usually entire leaflets, 1 to 2 

 feet long and whitish beneath. The 

 yellow-green flowers are borne in a cluster 

 about 1 foot long and are followed by 

 small round dry fruits. It is native to 

 Queensland, Australia. 



For previous introduction see 103724. 



104680. Areca alicae F. Muell. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 104331. 



104681. Ariktjryroba schizophylla 

 (Mart.) Bailey. 



A slender, straight-stemmed palm with 

 pinnate leaves. 



For previous introduction see 101131. 



104682. ASTROCARYUM SEGREGATUM 



Drude. 



A rather low-growing Brazilian palm 

 with a spiny trunk and large pinnate 

 leaves armed with large stout black spines 

 along the midribs. The oily smooth fra- 

 grant fruits are from 1 to 2 inches in di- 

 ameter. Native to eastern Brazil. 



For previous introduction see 98511. 



104683. ASTROCARYUM STANDLEYANUM 



Bailey. 



A tall slender handsome spiny palm 

 with pinnate leaves, found in dense rain 

 forests. The orange-yellow fruits, 1% by 

 l 1 ^ inches, are rugose and mucronate and 

 are covered with a thin fleshy fibrous 

 juicy sweetish pulp. They are borne in 

 long pendent clusters. 



For previous introduction see 102651. 



104684. Bentixckia nicobarica (Kurz.) 

 Beccari. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 104334. 



104685. Arecastrum romanzoffianum 

 australe (Mart.) Becc. 



104679 to 104704— Continued. 



Pindo-poi. A very tall palm, with a 

 habit like a slender reversed pyramid. 

 In the forests of eastern Paraguay it fre- 

 quently becomes over 60 feet high, equal- 

 ing the tallest trees of the region. The 

 mature specimens of this palm furnish 

 a very hard and resistant wood. 



104686. Copernicia cerifera Mart. 



Carnauba palm. 



The wax palm of Brazil becomes 25 

 feet high, with fan-shaped leaves. From 

 the leaves is obtained carnauba wax, 

 which is used in making phonograph 

 records. 



For previous introduction see 98491. 



104687. CORYPHA ELATA ROXb. 



A tall Philippine palm up to 60 feet 

 high, with spiny stems and fan-shaped 

 leaves. 



For previous introduction see 74425. 



104688. Englerophoenix regia (Mart.) 

 Kuntze. 



Maripa. This is a massive ornate palm 

 up to 50 feet high, with persistent leaf 

 petioles and immense leaves, reminding 

 one of the Cohune. The subacid fruits 

 have thin fleshy pulp and are much ap- 

 preciated by the natives of Surinam. 



For previous introduction see 98499. 



104689. Hyophorbe amaricaulis Mart. 



Bottle palm. 



A showy pinnate-leaved palm from Mau- 

 ritius, with a bottle-shaped trunk up to 

 60 feet tall and terminal leaves with 40 

 to 60 pairs of linear leaflets. 



104690. Hyophorbe verschaffelti 

 Wendl. Spindle palm. 



An unarmed palm, native to Mauritius, 

 with a spindle-shaped trunk 25 to 30 feet 

 high, pinnate leaves having a yellow band 

 along the midrib, and orange-colored 

 flowers. 



For previous introduction see 81588. 



104691. Inodes mexicana (Mart.) 

 Standi. 



A tall palm up to 60 feet high, with 

 palmate leaves divided into linear seg- 

 ments having numerous long threads on 

 the margins. The inflorescence is short, 

 dense, and recurved, and the flattened 

 globose fruits are black. It is native to 

 Oaxaca, Mexico. 



For previous introduction see 80551. 



104692. Licuala gracilis Blume. 



A fan palm 5 to 7 feet high, native to 

 Java, with the stems growing in clusters. 

 The orbicular, plicate leaves are deeply 

 cut into cuneate segments, and the peti- 

 oles are spiny along the edge. 



For previous introduction see 93321. 



104693. Licuala grandis (Bull.) Wendl. 



A dwarf palm with the stem clothed 

 with the dead leaf sheaths. The erect 

 spreading fan-shaped leaves have closely 

 plicate segments which are two-lobed at 

 the end. Native to the island of New 

 Pommern, Bismarck Archipelago. 



For previous introduction see 98495. 



