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105676 to 105706— Continued. 



105705. Thea japonica (L.) Baill. The- 

 aceae. 



No. F. 103. Collected October 20, 1933, 

 in a valley at 1,200 feet altitude near Ta 

 Tseh Tsuen, Yung Hsien. An evergreen 

 shrub, native to Japan and Cliina, some- 

 times becoming a small tree up to 40 feet 

 high, with glossy deep-green leaves 3 to 4 

 inches long and solitary red flowers up 

 to 4 inches wide, appearing at the end of 

 the branchlets. The oil expressed from 

 the seeds is used by the Japanese women 

 for dressing their hair. 



For previous introduction see 43923. 



105706. Mortjs sp. Moraceae. 



No. F. 110. Collected November 10, 

 1933, near Chang Shan Park, Kwei Ling 

 Hsien, at 300 feet altitude. A large tree 

 with red globose fruits over an inch in 

 diameter. 



105707 to 105712. 



From Africa. Seeds presented by the Sup- 

 erintendent of Plantations, East African 

 Agricultural Research Station, Amani, 

 Tanganyika Territory, through Robert M. 

 Grey, Superintendent, Atkins Institution 

 of the Arnold Arboretum, Soledad, Cien- 

 fuegos, Cuba. Received May 12, 1934. 



105707. Adenanthera microsperma L. 

 Mimosaceae. 



A handsome deciduous tree, native to 

 the East Indies, with spreading branches. 

 The bipinnate leaves have 2 to 6 pairs of 

 pinnae, each pinna having 2 to 12 pairs 

 of oval, obtuse, glabrous leaflets. The 

 small white and yellow fragrant flowers, 

 borne in racemes, are followed by glossy 

 scarlet biconvex seeds. 



For previous introduction see 94176. 



105708. Deguelia dalbergioides (Baker) 

 Taub. Fabaceae. 



A small spreading tree about 20 feet 

 high, with rigid, dark-green compound 

 leaves and copious racemes of pink flow- 

 ers. Native to eastern India and Java. 



For previous introduction see 69111. 



105709. Elettaria c a r d a m o m u m (L.) 

 Maton. Zinziberaceae. Cardamon. 

 A perennial with large leafy shoots. 



The dried and powdered fruits of this 

 tropical Asiatic plant are used as a spice. 



For previous inroduction see 98791. 



105710. Ficus natalensis Hochst. Mo- 

 raceae. 



A shrub or small tree with oblanceolate- 

 obovate, papery dull-green leaves 2 to 3 

 inches long. The small globose-obovoid 

 fruits, one-half inch long, are mostly in 

 axiliary pairs. Native to eastern Africa 

 from the Nile to Natal. 



105711. Intsia bijuga (Colebr.) Kuntze 

 (Afzelia bijuga Gray). Caesalpinia- 

 ceae. Ipil. 



A tall tree, 100 feet or more in height, 

 with fragrant white and reddish flowers 

 borne in large conspicuous clusters. The 

 wood is valued as building material. 



For previous introduction see 94193. 



105712. Maesopsis eminii Engler. Rham- 

 naceae. 



A tropical shrub from eastern Africa, 

 with thick, leathery, oblong acuminate 

 leaves, small greenish flowers in small 

 axillary clusters, and small ovoid fruits. 



105713 and 105714. 



From Brazil. Seeds collected by J. G. 

 Myers, and presented through David Fair- 

 child, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived May 15, 1934. 



Cucurbita- 

 Pumpkin. 



105713. Cucurbita pepo L. 

 ceae. 



Jirimii cdboclo, or Indian pumpkin, 

 collected in September 1933 at Santarem, 

 Amazon. An excellent pumpkin with dry 

 yellow flesh. 



105714. Rollinia deliciosa Safford. An- 

 nonaceae. Biriba. 



Collected in July 1933 at Manaos, 

 Amazon. The fruit is like the sugar- 

 apple in shape and color, but consider- 

 ably larger and with soft drooping spines 

 arranged in slight vertical ridges. The 

 pulp is very smooth, almost custardlike, 

 with a delicate flavor. The tree is said 

 to fruit in 3 years from seed. 



For previous introduction see 38171. 



105715. Eora batjeri (Wendl. and 

 Drude) O. F. Cook (Rhopalostylis 

 baueri Wendl. and Drude). Phoe- 

 nicaceae. Norfolk Island palm. 



From California. Seeds presented by David 

 Barry, Jr., Los Angeles. Received May 

 15, 1934. 



A tall spineless palm with equally pin- 

 natisect leaves 6 feet or more long, in a 

 stiffly erect terminal cluster. The spadix is 

 1 to 2 feet long, the flowers are white, and 

 the globose fruits are scarlet. Native to 

 Norfolk Island. 



105716. Annona diversifolia Safford. 

 Annonaceae. llama. 



From Guatemala. Seeds presented by Mari- 

 ano Pecheco H., Director General de Agri- 

 cultura. Received May 14, 1934. 



Anona blanca. A small tree, native to 

 Mexico and tropical America, with brown- 

 gray, aromatic bark. The thin membranous 

 leaves, 5 inches long, are broadly elliptical 

 to oblanceolate. The broadly ovoid, dense- 

 ly tomentose fruit, about 6 inches long, 

 is usually covered with stout thick protuber- 

 ances. The golden-brown, nutlike seeds are 

 embedded in the edible cream-colored or 

 rose-tinted flesh. 



For previous introduction see 101256. 



105717 to 105719. 



From Mexico. Seeds presented by Peter 

 Heinz, Brownsville, Tex. Received May 

 21, 1934. 



105717. Ceiba sp. Bombacaceae. 



Collected on an arid mountain slope 

 near Tasco. A tree whose seeds are in 

 conspicuous bunches of cottony expanded 

 capsules. 



105718. Serjania mexicana Willd. Sa- 

 pindaceae. 



A climbing evergreen shrub with spiny 

 stems, thick biternate leaves 2 to 4 inches 

 long, and small fragrant white flowers. 

 Native to Mexico. The plant is used as 

 a fish poison in Mexico. 



105719. (Undetermined.) 



A shrub from 6 to 10 feet high, found 

 on arid rocky slopes. The large flower 

 clusters are like those of hydrangea. 



