OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1934 



106590 to 106597— Continued. 



106590 and 106591. Centrosema plumieri 

 (Turp.) Benth. Fabaceae. 



A tropical ornamental vine, native to 

 Brazil, with white and red flowers. It is 

 of value as a green manure. 



For previous introduction see 99807. 



106590. No. 2552. 



106591. No. 2565. 



106592. Cassia multijuga L. Rich. Cae- 

 salpiniaceae. 



No. 2553. A small tree 15 to 20 feet 

 high, with compound leaves made up of 

 linear leaflets about half an inch long 

 and large yellow flowers followed by flat, 

 glabrous pods 6 inches long and less 

 than 1 inch wide. It is native to Mexico, 

 South America, and the West Indies. 



For previous introduction see 92195. 



106593. Cleome glabra Taub. Capparida- 

 ceae. 



No. 2556. Collected in the Botanic Gar- 

 den, Georgetown, September 27, 1934. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



106594. Tephrosia noctiflora Bojer. Fa- 

 baceae. 



No. 2557. A bushy, brown-hairy plant 

 with compound leaves about 4 inches long 

 and lax, terminal racemes of reddish flow- 

 ers which open late in the afternoon. 

 Native to tropical Africa. 



For previous introduction see 67841. 



106595. LONCHOCARPUS SERICEUS (Poir.) 



EL B. K. Fabaceae. 



No. 2564. A large tropical American 

 tree, sometimes 70 feet tall, with odd-pin- 

 nate leaves and racemes of purple flowers. 



106596. Phyllanthds niruri L. Euphor- 

 biaceae. 



No. 2531. Collected along the Barima 

 River, Nor+hwest District, September 12, 

 1934. A glabrous annual about a foot 

 high, native to tropical Asia. Introduced 

 for testing by Department specialists. 



106597. Randia Formosa (Jacq. ) Schum. 

 Rubiaceae. 



No. 2567. Collected September 27, 1934. 

 An attractive flowering shrub with long 

 white fragrant flowers. Each flower has 

 a long slender tube and flat salver-shaped 

 corolla. The small edible fruits are striped 

 different tints of greenish yellow and are 

 about the size of a gooseberry. 



For previous introduction see 97940. 



106598 and 106599. 



From British Honduras. Seeds purchased 

 from William A. Schipp, botanical col- 

 lector. Received October 12, 1934. 



106593. Areca sp. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



Received as Reinhardtia gracilior, but the 

 seeds do not agree with those of that genus. 



106599. Schippia concolor Burret. Phoe- 

 nicaceae. Palm. 



An unarmed fan-leaved palm which is 

 sometimes 30 feet high, native to British 

 Honduras. The leaves are about 2 feet 

 across, pale green, and semicircular in out- 

 line. The small dry roundish fruits are 

 about an inch in diameter. 



106600. Crinum sp. Amaryllidaceae. 



From British Guiana. Bulbs collected by 

 W. A. Archer, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received October 6, 1934. 



No. 2550. Mabaruma Compound, North- 

 west District, September 19, 1934. An orna- 

 mental with pink flowers, grown under the 

 name "lily-of-the- valley." 



106601. Arum palaestinum Boiss. 

 Araceae. 



From Palestine. Bulbs presented by Henry 

 N. Sweet, Boston, Mass. Received Septem- 

 ber 24, 1930. Numbered in September 

 1934. 



The black calla of Palestine has ovate to 

 hastate-sagittate leaves about 6 inches wide 

 at the base and a spathe about as long as the 

 leaves, with a short green tube and an elon- 

 gated narrow limb. This limb is greenish 

 on the outside and black purple within. 



106602. Treoulia African a Decaisne. 

 Moraceae. 



From' Portuguese Guinea, Africa. Seeds pre- 

 sented by Dr. Leon Croizat, New York. Re- 

 ceived October 9, 1934. 



A tropical African tree related to the 

 breadfruit, finally about 80 feet high, with 

 coriaceous, ovate-elliptic leaves 8 inches long 

 and 4 inches broad. The large yellowish 

 fruit, a foot or more in diameter, is said to 

 weigh up to 30 pounds. Each fruit contains 

 more than a thousand seeds the size of 

 kidney beans, which are ground and used as 

 meal by the natives. 



For previous introduction see 98902. 



106603 to 106612. 



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. 



106603. Acacia laeta R. Br. Mimosaceae. 



Originally frorm the horticultural sec- 

 tion, Giza. Egypt. A small tree armed 

 with short, black, hooked prickles or 

 sometimes unarmed. The small glaucous 

 leaves, 2 to 3 inches long, consist of two 

 to three pairs of oblique oblong leaflets, 

 and the flowers are in small spikes. Na- 

 tive to Ethiopia. 



For previous introduction see 105869. 



106604. Bauhinia tomentosa L. Caesal- 

 piniaceae. 



An erect shrub or small tree which has 

 obtusely lobed leathery leaves, broader 

 than long, and few-flowered clusters of 

 pale-yellow flowers with the upper petals 

 maroon spotted. Native to India. 



For previous introduction see 98802. 



106605. BOMBYCODENDRON VIDALIANUM 



(Naves) Merr. and Rolfe. Malvaceae. 



Lanutan. 



Originally from the Bureau of Forestry, 

 Manila, Philippine Islands. A tropical 

 tree valuable for its wood and also quite 

 ornamental, with large white flowers with 

 a red center, shaped like those of the 

 tropical Hibiscivs rosa-sinensis, and about 

 7 inches in diameter. 



For previous inlroduction see 38486. 



