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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



105802 to 105820— Continued. 



105818. Salsola subaphylla Meyer. 

 Chenopodiaceae. 



A leafless, mucb-branched shrub about 

 a foot high, native to desert places on the 

 shores of the Caspian Sea. 



For previous introduction see 98219. 



105819. SCORZONERA RIGIDA Auch. Ci- 



choriaceae. 



A stemless perennial with rigid entire 

 linear leaves and yellow flower heads on 

 scapes four times as long as the leaves. 

 Native to the mountainous regions of 

 Asia Minor. 



105820. (Undetermined.) 



Received as Eremosparton aphyllum, 

 but the seeds are not of that genus. 



105821. Bauhinia kacemosa Lam. Cae- 

 salpiniaceae. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by Robert M. 

 Grey, Superintendent, Atkins Institution 

 of the Arnold Arboretum, Soledad, Cien- 

 fuegos. Received June 20, 1934. 



105822 to 105828. 



From California. Seeds presented by David 

 Barry, Jr., Los Angeles. Received June 

 18, 1934. 



105822. Cyrtostachys renda Blume. 

 Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



A tall slender palm, 25 to 30 feet high, 

 crowned by a graceful cluster of pinnate 

 leaves, with linear or ensiform segments 

 and brownish-red petioles. Native to 

 Sumatra. 



For previous introduction see 99560. 



105823. Erythea eddlis (Wendl.) S. 

 Wats. Phoenicaceae. 



Guadaloupe palm. 



A stout spineless palm, 50 feet high, 

 with a terminal cluster of much-divided 

 leaves 3 feet across. The shining black 

 fruits are produced on a long, white-to- 

 mentose, paniculate spadix. Native to 

 the island of Guadaloupe, Baja California, 

 Mexico. 



For previous introduction see 77153. 



105824. Licuala paludosa Griff. Phoe- 

 nicaceae. Palm. 



A handsome dwarf palm, 4 to 10 feet 



high, with a smooth slender trunk and 



roundish fan-shaped leaves about 3 feet 

 across. Native to Malacca. 



105825. Phoenicophorium borsigianum 

 (Koch.) Stuntz. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



A handsome, pinnate-leaved palm, na- 

 tive to the Seychelles Islands. When 

 mature it is entirely spineless, whereas in 

 the young state the deep orange-red 

 petioles are clothed with black needlelike 

 spines 1 to 3 inches long. The young 

 leaves are orange beneath and mottled 

 with orange spots above. The spadix is 

 3 to 6 feet long, divided into numerous 

 slender branches, swollen at the base, and 

 densely covered above with yellow flowers, 

 each about one-fourth of an inch in di- 

 ameter. 



For previous introduction see 103731. 



105822 to 105828— Continued. 



105826. Phoenix pusilla Gaertn. Phoe- 

 nicaceae. Date palm. 



A dwarf palm about 4 feet high, with 

 pinnate leaves having leafy petioles, dark- 

 green, sword-shaped, rigid leaflets, and 

 black fruits. The stem is said to contain 

 a farinaceous pith. It is native to Ceylon. 



For previous introduction see 103110. 



105827. Phoenix zeylanica Trimen. 

 Phoenicaceae. Ceylon date palm. 



A pinnate-leaved palm, native to 

 Ceylon, with a stem 8 to 20 feet high and 

 a crown of rather short leaves made up 

 of numerous linear-lanceolate, light-green 

 leaflets 7 to 10 inches long. The obovoid- 

 oblong, violet-blue, edible fruits are half 

 an inch long. 



For previous introduction see 104699. 



105828. Seaforthia elegans R. Br. 

 Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



A palm up to 30 feet high, native to 

 the south coast of Australia and the 

 neighboring islands. The dark-green, 

 pinnate fronds are eventually 15 feet 

 long, and the small fruits are oval and 

 very fibrous. 



For previous introduction see 104342. 



105829 to 105833. 



From Australia. Plants and budwood pre- 

 sented by George Althofer, Dripstone, New 

 South Wales. Received June 25, 1934. 



Introduced for the use of Department 



specialists. 



105829. Amygdalus persica L. 

 dalaceae. 



Glen Ora. 



Amyg- 

 Peach. 



105830. Amygdalus persica L. Amyg- 

 dalaceae. Peach. 



High's Early Canada. 



105831. Amygdalus persica nectarina 

 Ait. Amygdalaceae. Nectarine. 



Irrewarra. 



105832. Prunus salicina Lindl. Amyg- 

 dalaceae. Japanese plum. 



Narrabeen plum (budwood). 



Prunus salicina Lindl. Amyg- 

 dalaceae. Japanese plum. 



Wilson ( budwood ) . 



105834 and 105835. 



From French Indo-China. Seeds presented 

 by M. Poilane, Institut des Recherches 

 Agronomique de Indochine, Division de 

 Botanique. Received October 13, 1933, 

 Numbered in June 1934. 



105834. Uvaria sp. Annonaceae. 



A vine with edible fruits, collected at 

 1,500 feet altitude in Annam, Col d'Ailao. 



105835. Diospyros kaki L. f. Diospy- 

 raceae. Kaki persimmon. 



Collected at Col de Blao near Haut 

 Donai in a forest at 3,000 feet altitude. 

 A wild kaki which becomes 30 to 60 feet 

 high with a trunk circumference of 2 to 

 3 feet. It is a vigorous tree with a large 

 taproot, excellent as a stock for culti- 

 vated kakis. 



