JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1934 



106073 to 106100 — Continued. 



and are 4 to 5 inches long. The showy 

 yellow flower heads are borne on stems 

 a foot long. 



106092. Grewia cana Sond. Tiliaceae. 



Rozijntjes bos (radsin bush). A branch- 

 ing shrub up to 5 feet high, with yellow 

 flowers and black fruits, found up to 

 4.000 feet altitude in South Africa. The 

 small sweet fruits, each containing a large 

 stone, are eaten by the natives. 



For previous introduction see 27519. 



106093. Heurniopsis decipiens N. E. 

 Brown. Asclepiadaceae. 



A low succulent plant with 4-angled 

 procumbent branches up to 3 inches long 

 and half as thick and bell-shaped purple 

 flowers 1 inch across, in small cymes. 

 Native to South Africa. 



106094. Hi'PARRHENIA HIRTA (L.) Stapf. 



Poaceae. Grass. 



A perennial grass about 3 feet high, 

 native to tropical and northern Africa. 



For previous introduction see 89832. 



106095. Rhigozdm brevispinosum Kuntze. 

 Bignoniaceae. 



An erect shiny shrub 4 to 10 feet high. 

 The oblong to oblanceolate leaves, T to 2 

 inches long, are tomentose and clustered 

 at the tips of the branchlets, and the 

 campanulate-funnel-shaped yellow or white 

 flowers are less than an inch long and 

 are axillary or fascicled in the leaf 

 clusters. 



For previous introduction see 103105. 



106096. Rhus sp. Anacardiaceae. 



106097. Sesamum capense Burm. f. Peda- 

 liaceae. 



An erect simple or branched herbaceous 

 plant up to 6 feet high. The leaves are 

 palmately divided into three to five ovate 

 to linear leaflets 1 to 3 inches long, and 

 the tubular violet flowers are 1 inch long 

 with spreading lobes about an inch across. 

 The plant can thrive in very dry situa- 

 tions where the annual rainfall is only 4 

 inches. 



For previous introduction see 103106. 



106098. Solanum sp. Solanaceae. 



A plant with yellow, rather dry fruits, 

 1 inch in diameter. 



106099. Venidium fastdosum (Jacq.) 

 Stapf. Asteraceae. 



A showy annual a foot or more high, 

 with lanceolate or obovate irregularly 

 lobed leaves 1 to 2 inches long and ter- 

 minal solitary bright-orange flower heads 

 up to 4 inches across. Native to South 

 Africa. 



106100. Vernonia sp. Asteraceae. 



106101 and 106102. 



From the Philippine Islands. Seeds pre- 

 sented by Arthur F. Fischer, Director, 

 Bureau of Forestry, Manila. Received 

 July 26, 1934. 



106101. Euphoria didyma Blanco. Sap- 

 indaceae. 



Alpay or alupag. A small attractive 

 tree up to 50 feet high, with compound 

 leaves made up of prominently veined 

 leathery lanceolate leaflets and compact 

 terminal clusters of small flowers fol- 

 lowed by green warty fruits an inch in 



106101 and 106102 — Continued. 



diameter having a shell-like rind and 

 juicy sweet translucent pulp enclosing a 

 large seed. Native to the Philippine 

 Islands. 



For previous introduction see 100648. 



106102. Nephelium mutabile Blume. 

 Sapindaceae. Pulasan. 



A small Malayan tree 30 feet high, with 

 compound leaves composed of two to four 

 pairs of oblong to elliptic, acuminate leaf- 

 lets 5 to 10 inches long. The red fruit, 

 commonly borne in small clusters, is 

 about the size of a walnut, the pericarp 

 is thick and covered with short blunt 

 stout fleshy spines. The flesh (properly 

 the aril) is translucent, whitish, and juicy 

 and of sweet, slightly acidulous flavor. 

 It contains a single large oblong seed. 



For previous introduction see 60171. 



106103. Dioscorea sp. Dioscoreaceae. 



From Japan. Tubers intercepted at New 



York by inspectors of the Bureau of 



Plant Quarantine. Received August 6, 

 1934. 



A small kidney-shaped white yam weigh- 

 ing about 8^4 ounces. To be grown for 

 identification and to test its value as a 

 food plant. 



106104. Phoenix eeclinata Jacq. 

 Phoenicaceae. Senegal date palm. 



From Africa. Seeds collected by Prof. N. 

 J. G. Smith, near Grahamstown, South 

 Africa, and presented by John S. L. Gil- 

 mour. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew., Re- 

 ceived July 26, 1934. 



A date palm 20 to 30 feet high, native 

 to tropical and subtropical parts of Africa. 

 The reclinate pinnate leaves are 6 to 9 feet 

 long and have rigid green leaflets. The 

 yellowish fruits with sweet edible pulp are 

 half an inch long. 



For previous introduction see 104217. 



106105. NlEREMBERGIA FRUTESCENS 



Durien. Solanaceae. Tall cupflower. 



From China. Seeds presented by the Direc- 

 tor, Botanical Garden, Dr. Sun Yat-Sen's 

 Memorial Park, Nanking. Received Feb- 

 ruary 17, 1933. Numbered in July 1934. 



A half-hardy perennial, usually self sow- 

 ing, with slender flaxlike habit and masses 

 of 2-inch, lavender-tinted white salver- 

 shaped flowers produced freely from mid- 

 summer until frost. Native to Chile. 



106106. Acacia giraffae Willd. Mimo- 



saceae. 



From the Union of South Africa. Seeds 

 presented by the McGregor Museum, Kim- 

 berley. Received July 25, 1934. 



The Kameel-doom of the Transvaal is a 

 valuable tree for arid regions in the warm 

 Temperate Zone. The ripe pods are eaten 

 greedily by stock. The tree thrives in sandy 

 soil, attains a large size, and the dark red- 

 dish-brown wood is used by the natives in 

 making spoons, knife handles, etc. 



For previous introduction see 94235. 

 106107 to 106109. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by Robert M. 

 Grey, Superintendent, Atkins Institution 

 of the Arnold Arboretum, Soledad, Cien- 

 fuegos. Received July 25, 1934. 



