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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



105720 to 105725. Nicotiana tabacum 

 L. Solanaceae. Tobacco. 



From Venezuela. Seeds presented by the 

 Ministerio de Salubridad y de Agricultura 

 y (Via, through Dr. H. Pittier, Museo 

 Comercial, Caracas. Received May 19, 

 1934. 



105720. Tobaco corricnte. From Distrito 

 Nirgua, Estado Yaracuy. 



105721. Tabaco corriente. From Munici- 

 pio Catuaro, Distrito Rivero, Estado 

 Sucre. 



105722. Tabaco Gudcharo. From La 

 Cueva del Guacharo, Estado Monagas. 



105723. Tabaco Negro. From Municipio 

 Santa Maria, Distrito Rivero, Estado 



Sucre. 



105724. Tabaco Negro. From Municipio 

 Santa Cruz, Distrito Rivero, Estado 

 Sucre. 



105725. Tabaco Rabo de Gallo (Cocktail). 

 Fiona Municipio Cocorote, Distrito San 

 Felipe, Estado Yaracuy. 



105726. Crotalakia sp. Fabaceae. 



From the Belgian Congo, Africa. Seeds 

 presented by J. B. H. Lejeune, Director, 

 Government Agronomic Station, Kisozi, 

 Territories of Ruanda-Urundi. Received 

 May 21, 1934. 



105727 to 105734. 



From Cuba. Seeds and plants presented by 

 Robert M. Grey, Superintendent, Atkins 

 Institution of tbe Arnold Arboretum, 

 Soledad, Cienfuegos. Received in May 

 1934. 



105727. Arikuryroba schizophtlla 

 (Mart.) Bailey. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



A small slender-stemmed palm, about 15 

 feet high, with pinnate leaves. Native to 

 Brazil. 



For previous introduction see 104681. 



105728. Batjhinia racemosa Lam. Cae- 

 saipiniaceae. 



A small shrub with drooping branches 

 and rounded leaves, the two lobes rounded 

 oval, white-hairy beneath. The small 

 yellow flowers are in racemes of 12 to 18. 

 Native to eastern India. 



105729. Livistona chinensis (Jacq.) R. 

 Br. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



A palm, native to China, with a short 

 thick trunk up to 6 feet high and 1 foot 

 thick, having a crown of reniform 

 palmately divided Laves 4 to 6 feet across 

 on petioles about 5 feet long, which are 

 armed below the middle with recurved 

 brown spines more than an inch long. 



For previous introduction see 93412. 



105730. Livistona cochinchinensis 

 (Blume) Mart. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



A slender palm about 50 feet high, with 

 a crown of large fan-shaped leaves. It 

 is native to Malacca. 



For previous introduction see 104240. 



105731. Adenium obesum (Forsk.) Roem. 

 and Schult. Apocynaceae. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 105448. 



105727 to 105734— Continued. 



105732. Dolichandrone crispa Seem. 

 Bignoniaceae. 



A large tropical tree, 40 to 60 feet high, 

 with compound leaves a foot or less in 

 length, the two to four broadly elliptic 

 leaves being 2 to 4 inches long. The 

 white flowers are in small corymbs. Na- 

 tive to southern India. 



105733. Fagraea obovata Wall. 



Plants of a tropical tree of moderate 

 size, with ovate or rounded thick leaves 

 5 or 6 inches long and fragrant white 

 flowers, 2 inches long, in corymblike clust- 

 ers. Native to Assam, India. 



105734. LONCHOCARPUS NEUROSCAPHA 



Benth. Lancepod. 



An evergreen tree with alternate pin- 

 nate leaves and racemes of purplish pea- 

 like flowers. 



For previous introduction see 94776. 



105735. Artocarpus communis Forst. 



Breadnut. 



From Central Mercedita, Pinar del Rio, 

 Cuba. Seeds presented through W. A. 

 Mace, Madruga, Cuba, and L. H. Dewey, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry. Received June 

 1, 1934. 



A tree, native to the East Indies, 30 to 

 40 feet high, with viscid milky juice and 

 leathery ovate leaves 3 feet long, entire at 

 the base but divided above into 3 to 9 lobes. 

 The large fruits, 4 to 6 inches in diameter, 

 aie often seedless, but in this variety the 

 seeds are present and are much the size, 

 shape, and flavor of chestnuts. 



For previous introduction see 80173. 



105736. Olea europaea L. Oleaceae. 



Common olive. 



From Spain. Cuttings presented by Julius 

 Matz. Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived June 25, 1934. 



Variety Zorzalena. A relatively tender 

 variety. The tree is leafy, compact, and 

 a good early bearer whose fruit is grown 

 for its oil. 



105737 to 105743. Helianthus tube- 

 rosus L. Asteraceae. 



Jerusalem-artichoke. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Re- 

 publics. Tubers presented by the Chicory 

 Institute, Moscow. Received May 26, 

 1934. 



105737. No. 8. 105741. No. 92. 



105738. No. 9. 105742. No. 166. 



105739. No. 48. 105743. No. 167. 



105740. No. 53. 

 105744 and 105745. 



From the Canal Zone. Seeds presented 

 through David Fairchild, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry. Received May 28, 1934. 



105744. Cavanillesia platanifolia 

 H. B. K. Bombacaceae. 



A Colombian tree up to 100 feet high 

 with a large thick trunk, smooth pale 

 bark, large shallowly five- to seven-lobed 

 leaves, and red flowers 1 inch long. The 

 soft coarse pithlike wood is white or yel- 

 lowish and is used for making canoes and 

 rafts. 



For previous introduction see 98928. 



