INVENTORY 1 



106561 and 106562. Musa paradisiaca 

 sapientum (L.) Kuntze. Musaceae. 



Banana. 



From the Philippine Islands. Plants pre- 

 sented by the College of Agriculture, Los 

 Banos, Laguna, through the Bureau of 

 Agriculture, Manila. Received October 11, 

 1934. 



106561. Kanabanse. C. A. No. 5667. 



106562. Martaban. C. A. No. 4971. 

 106563. Hevea brasiliensis (H. B. K.) 



Muell. Arg. Euphorbiaceae. 



Para rubber-tree. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by Robert M. 

 Grey, Superintendent, Atkins Institution 

 of the Arnold Arboretum, Soledad, Cien- 

 fuegos, through F. G. Walsingham. Re- 

 ceived October 9, 1934. 



A tropical tree, native to Brazil, exten- 

 sively cultivated for rubber. 



.b'or previous introduction see 89078. 



106564 to 106581. 



From British Guiana. Material collected by 

 W. A. Archer, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received October 1, 1934. 



Introduced for the use of Department 

 specialists ; unless otherwise mentioned, the 

 following were introduced as seeds. 



106564. Bauhinia sp. Caesalpiniaceae. 



No. 2515. Guayamupati. Red Hill, Bar- 

 ima River, September 10, 1934. (Plants.) 



106565. Capsicum annuum L. Solanaceae. 



Common redpepper. 



No. 2511. Weri weri. Red Hill, Barima 

 River, September 10, 1934. A small, 

 round, cultivated redpepper, one-fourth 

 inch in diameter. 



106566. Cassia 

 piniaceae. 



occidentalis 



Caesal- 



106564 to 106581— Continued. 



No. 2528. Algaria. Above Koriabo, Bar- 

 ima River, September 11, 1934. A shrub 

 2 feet high, with yellow flowers. It is 

 cultivated by the Warrau Indians for the 

 seeds, which are used to make necklaces 

 for the children. 



106567. Clathrotropis bra ch ypetala 

 (Tul.) Kleinh. (Diplotropis brachypet- 

 alum Tul.). Fabaceae. 



No. 2548. Mabaruma Compound. North- 

 west District, September 8, 1934. A large 

 tree with unequally pinnate leaves, the 

 leaflets leathery, broadly elliptic oblong, 3 

 to 7 inches long; and small white or pink- 

 ish flowers in spreading racemes. Native 

 to Surinam and British Guiana. 



For previous introduction see 106488. 



micrantha Desv. Cap- 



106568. Cleome 

 paridaceae. 



No. 2525. Barima River below Koriabo, 

 September 12, 1934. An erect spiny herb 

 with white flowers. Native to British 

 Guiana. 



106569. Clibadium sp. Asteraceae. 



No. 2533. Above Koriabo on the Barima 

 River, September 11, 1934. A shrub cul- 

 tivated by the Warrau Indians of British 

 Guiana. 



106570. Clitoria arborescens Ait. Faba- 

 ceae. 



No. 2547. Mabaruma Hill, Northwest 

 District, September 18, 1934. Cuttings of 

 plant with purple and white flowers. 



106571. Crinum giganteum Andr. Ama- 

 ryllidaceae. 



No. 2532. Mabaruma Compound, North- 

 west District, September 6, 1934. A 

 tropical African crinum with 12 or more 

 membranous lanceolate leaves over 2 feet 

 long and an umbel of about six large white 

 fragrant flowers. 



1 It should be understood that the names of varieties of fruits, vegetables, cereals, and 



1 other plants used in this inventory are those under which the material was received when 



introduced by the Division of Plant Exploration and Introduction, and, further, that the 



: printing of such names here does not constitute their official publication and adoption in 



j this country. As the different varieties are studied, their entrance into the American 



! trade forecast, and the use of varietal names for them in American literature becomes 



necessary, the foreign varietal designations appearing in this inventory will be subject to 



change with a view to bringing the forms of the names into harmony with recognized 



horticultural nomenclature. 



It is a well-known fact that botanical descriptions, both technical and economic, seldom 

 mention the seeds at all and rarely describe them in such a way as to make possible iden- 

 tification from the seeds alone. Many of the unusual plants listed in these inventories 

 , are appearing in this country for the first time, and there are no seed samples or herbarium 

 I specimens with ripe seeds with which the new arrivals may be compared. The only iden- 

 tification possible is to see that the sample received resembles seeds of other species of the 

 same genus or of related genera. The responsibility for the identification, therefore, 

 must necessarily often rest with the person sending the material. If there is any question 

 j regarding the correctness of the identification of any plant received from this Division, 



Si w-harium specimens of leaves and flowers should be sent in so that definite identification 

 be made. 



