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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



106520 to 106535 — Continued. 



of the Iliiha River, near the Rila Monas- 

 tery, Bulgaria. A herbaceous perennial 

 over a foot high, with narrowly ovate ser- 

 rate rugose leaves and small pale-pink flow- 

 ers in terminal racemes. Native to central 

 Europe. 



106536 to 106544. 



From British Guiana. Seeds collected by W. 

 A. Archer, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived September 30, 1934. 



106536. Centrosema plumieri (Turp.) 

 Benth. Fabaceae. 



No. 2499. From Georgetown. A tropi- 

 cal ornamental vine, native to Brazil, with 

 white and red flowers. It is of value as 

 a green manure. 



For previous introduction see 99807. 



106537. Cleome speciosissima Deppe. 

 Capparidaceae. 



No. 2497. From Georgetown. A showy 

 annual, native to Jalapa. Mexico, with 

 digitately 5- to 7-foliolate leaves, and 

 deep-pink flowers in a terminal raceme. 



106538 and 106539. Clibadium surina- 

 mense L. Asteraceae. 



Collected in the Northwest district. A 

 large bushy perennial 8 to 10 feet high, 

 with broadly ovate leaves and small white 

 flower heads in dense clusters. 



106538. No. 2405. 106539. No. 2407. 



106540. Dioclea macrantha Huber. Faba- 



No. 2495. Mazaruni Forest Station, 

 August 23, 1934. A perennial, somewhat 

 woody, tropical climber with trifoliolate 

 leaves, the leaflets broadly ovate and about 

 2 inches long. The small flowers are in 

 axillary racemes. Native to northern 

 Brazil.' 



106541. Ficus sp. Moraceae. 



No. 2485. Macouri Creek, August 21, 

 1934. Kumakaballi. A semi-climbing 

 shrub with milky sap. Birds eat the small 

 fruits. 



106542. Gtjettarda acreana K. Krause. 

 Rubiaceae. 



No. 2496. Kamira Falls, Cyuuni River, 

 August 1934. A shrub or small tree with 

 ovate or oblong leaves 3 to 6 inches long, 

 crowded toward the ends of the branches, 

 and small greenish-yellow axillary flowers 

 one-third of an inch long. 



106543. Serjania pyramidata Radlt. Sap- 

 indaceae. 



No. 2498. Mabaruma, Northwest dis- 

 trict, August 24, 1934. A woody climber, 

 native to northwestern South America, 

 with biternate leaves having ovate-elliptic 

 leaflets 4 inches long. The winged fruits 

 are more than 1 inch long. 



106544. (Undetermined.) 



No. 2500. Georgetown Botanic Garden, 

 August 6, 1934. 



106545 to 106558. 



From Africa. Seeds presented by Dr. 

 Thomas Barbour, Harvard University, 

 Cambridge, Mass. Received September 24, 

 1934. 



106545. Acacia sp. Mimosaceae. 



An acacia with handsome flowers, from 

 the low veldt in eastern Transvaal. 



106545 to 106558 — Continued. 



106546. Acacia sp. Mimosaceae. 



From Skukusa, Kriega Park, eastern 

 Transvaal. 



106547. Albizzia sp. Mimosaceae. 

 From the eastern Transvaal. 



106548. Aristolochia glaziovii Mast. 

 Aristolochiaceae. 



An attractive perennial climber, native 

 to the state of Rio de Janeiro. Brazil. 

 The glabrous leavrs. about 4 inches long 

 and 1% to 2 inches in width, are pan- 

 durate and deeply cordate lobed at the 

 base, with the obtuse-subquadrate lobes 

 parallel, and the petiole about 1 inch 

 long. The strongly scented, solitary, 

 axillary flowers are unequally ventricose 

 below, while above the purple-spotted 

 limb is about 2 inches long. 



106549. Baryxtltjm africanum (Sond.) 

 Pierre. Caesalpiniaceae. 



From Letaba, eastern Transvaal. A 

 handsome yellow-flowered tree with a 

 habit like a mimosa, native to tropical 

 and subtropical Africa. It becomes 20 to 

 30 feet high. 



For previous introduction see 93578. 



106550. Combretdm sp. Combretaceae. 



From the Oliphant River, eastern Trans- 

 vaal. A climbing shrub with red flowers. 



106551. Copaiva mopane (Kirk) Kuntze. 

 Caesalpiniaceae. 



From Letaba, Krupei Park, eastern 

 Transvaal. Native names : Mopani, ili~ 

 pani, mu vanga, and mu tcani. A large 

 forest tree from tropical Africa that 

 grows in a semiarid country where water 

 may stand over the soil after heavy rains. 

 The stiff compound leaves, 2 to 3 inches 

 long, are deep shiny green, and the round- 

 ish flat pods look very much like the 

 leaflets. The dark heavy wood is very 

 durable and resists the attacks of ter- 

 mites. 



For previous introduction see 61644. 



106552. Encephalartos sp. Cycadaceae. 



From the Botanic Garden, Lourengo 

 Marques, Mozambique. Tall palmlike 

 plants with a terminal tuft of thick, spiny, 

 pinnate leaves. 



106553. Lonchocarpus sp. Fabaceae. 



From Letaba, Krupei Park, eastern 

 Transvaal. A fine shade tree. 



106554. (Undetermined.) 



From Grand Lac, near Majunga, Mada- 

 gascar. 



106555. (Undetermined.) 



From Letaba, eastern Transvaal. 



106556 to 106558. Hyphaene spp. Phoe- 

 nicaceae. Palm. 



106556. Hyphaene sp. 



From Majunga, Madagascar. A tall 

 silver-gray palm. 



106557. Hyphaene sp. 



From Majunga, Madagascar. A tall 

 silver-gray palm. 



106558. Hyphaene sp. 



A wild palm collected at Grand Lac, 

 near Majunga, Madagascar. 



