PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



108564 to 106581— Continued. 



106572. Crotalaria incana L. Fabaceae. 



No. 2536. Wurimaraka. Wauna Sub- 

 Experiment Station, Koriabo River, Sep- 

 tember 16, 1934. A tall shrub 15 to 20 

 feet bigh. with yellow flowers and red- 

 woolly trifoliolate leaves. Native to the 

 West Indies. 



For previous introduction see 98836. 



106573. Cupania scrobiculata L. C. Rich. 

 Sapindaceae. 



No. 2538. Kuleshiri. Wauna Sub-Ex- 

 periment Station, Koriabo River, Septem- 

 ber 16, 1934. A tree about 25 feet high, 

 with alternate pinnate leaves and small 

 white flowers in large panicles followed 

 by reddish fruits. Native to French 

 Guiana. 



108574. Mimosa polydactyla H. B. K. 

 Mimosaceae. 



No. 2546. Shame tush. Mabaruma Com- 

 pound, Northwest District, September 18, 

 1934. A tropical shrub up to 2 feet high, 

 with spiny branches, drooping, sensitive 

 bipinnate leaves, and small pinkish flowers 

 in ovoid heads. Native to tropical South 

 America. 



106575. Bellucia grossularioides (L.) 

 Tr. Melastomaceae. 



No. 2539. Itara. Wauna Sub-Experi- 

 ment Station, Koriabo River, September 

 16, 1934. A tender evergreen tree with 

 ovate-acuminate, denticulate, three-nerved 

 leaves, and small axillary clusters of 

 pinkish flowers. The bark is scraped and 

 rubbed on paddles and wooden vessels to 

 render the surface waterproof. Wood 

 treated in this way appears to have been 

 varnished. 



106576. NlCOTIANA TABACD] 



ceae. 



Solana- 

 Tobacco. 



No. 2507. Yure. Arawak Indian name. 

 "Buck tobaceo." Dove's farm above 

 Arakaka, on the Barima River, Northwest 

 District, September 9, 1934. This pink- 

 flowered tobacco, from 2 to 5 feet high, 

 is cultivated by the Indians and gives a 

 better crop than the American varieties. 



106577 to 106579. Piper spp. 

 106577. Piper sp. 



Piperaceae. 



. No. 2540. Wauna Sub-Experiment Sta- 

 tion, Koriabo River, September 16, 1934. 



106578. Piper sp. 



No. 2541. Wauna Sub-Experiment Sta- 

 tion, Koriabo River, September 16, 1934. 

 A climbing shrub. 



106579. Piper sp. 



No. 2535. Wauna Sub-Experiment Sta- 

 tion, Koriabo River, September 16, 1934. 

 A shrub 2 to 3 feet high or sometimes 

 a small tree, native to tropical South 

 America and the West Indies. The 

 large, elliptical, somewhat leathery 

 leaves are 6 to 16 inches long, and 

 the flower spikes are obtuse, shorter 

 than the leaves. 



PUNCTATUM Elliott. 



10S5S0. Polygonum 

 Polygonaceae. 



No. 2529. Barima River below Koriabo, 

 September 12, 1934. A slender shrub, 2 

 to 3 feet high, with white flowers ; grow- 

 ing on the moist river bank. 



108564 to 106581— Continued. 



surinamensis Cham. 



106581. Triplaris 

 Polygonaceae. 



No. 2510. Long John. Near the Eclipse 

 Falls, Barima River, September 9, 1934. 

 A tree with pinkish flowers. 



106582 to 106589. 



From France. Plants purchased from V. 

 Lemoine & Son, Nancy. Received October 

 12, 1934. 



108582 to 106585. Buginvillea spp. 

 taginaceae. 



Nyc- 



106582. Buginvillea glabra Choisy. 



Formosa. A semiscandent, free-flow- 

 ering variety with purplish-mauve 

 bracts. Native to Brazil. 



106583. Buginvillea glabra Choisy. 



Gypheri. Larger than the type with 

 freely produced, large, deep-rose bracts. 



106584. Buginvillea sp. 



Maud Chettleburg. Large, bright- 

 rose bracts. 



106585. Buginvillea spectabilis Willd. 



A large strong-growing climber, ris- 

 ing by means of numerous stout hooked 

 spines, with thick ovate, hairy leaves 

 and large panicles of flowers with large 

 bracts. This species is quite variable 

 in the color of the bracts. Native to 

 Brazil. 



Mrs. Butt. A variety with delicate 

 brick-red bracts. 



For previous introduction see 99525. 



106586 to 106589. HOYA spp. 

 ceae. 



Asclepiada- 



106586. Hoya dalrympliana F. Muell. 



A tropical evergreen twiner, with 

 fleshy opposite leaves and umbels of 

 showy flowers. Native to Australia. 



106587. Hoya globulosa Hook. f. 



Waxplant. 



A stout climber with orbicular leaves 

 and dense globular umbels of cream- 

 colored flowers. Native to the Sikkim 

 Himalayas. 



For previous introduction see 39687. 



106588. Hoya lasiantha Korth. 



A shrubby evergreen climber from 

 the East Indies, with leathery, oblong- 

 lanceolate leaves and small yellowish- 

 green flowers in dense, long-stalked um- 

 bels. Native to the East Indies. 



106589. Hoya motoskei Teijsm. and 

 Binn. 



An evergreen climber with fleshy op- 

 posite, ovate-orbicular leaves and glob- 

 ular, long-stalked umbels of flesh-col- 

 ored flowers. Native to Japan. 



106590 to 106597. 



From British Guiana. Seeds collected by 

 W. A. Archer, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received October 5, 1934. 



Nos. 10659.0 to 106595 were collected in 

 the Botanic Garden, Georgetown, September 

 27, 1934. 



