PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



106603 to 106612— Continued. 



106606. D I S T I C T I S GNAPHALANTHA (A. 



Rich.) Urban. Bignoniaceae. 



A tropical woody vine with opposite 

 trifoliolate leaves and terminal panicles 

 of white flowers. Native to Cuba. 



106607. Intsia bijuga (Colebr. ) Kuntze. 

 Caesalpiniaceae. 



A tall tree 100 feet or more in height, 

 with fragrant white and reddish flowers 

 borne in large conspicuous clusters. The 

 wood is valued as building material. 



For previous introduction see 105711. 



106608. JACARANDA SAGRAEANA DC. Big- 



noniaceae. 



A tropical tree with bipinnate leaves, 

 the leaflets oval-rhomboid, and lax ter- 

 minal panicles of bluish flowers. Native 

 to Cuba. 



106609. Juglans insularis Griseb. Jug- 

 landaceae. Cuban walnut. 



A comparatively rare Cuban tree found 

 in the mountainous sections of the island 

 up to 2.000 feet altitude, growing along 

 small streams. It is erect, slender, about 

 40 feet high, with foliage somewhat finer 

 than that of Juglans nigra. The nuts 

 resemble those of J. nigra in size and 

 appearance, but the septae being very 

 thick and woody, the kernels are removed 

 with difficulty. 



For previous introduction see 90884. 



106610. Passiflora manicata Pers. Passi- 

 floraceae. 



An ornamental vine, native to Colom- 

 bia, with red flowers which are followed 

 by green fruits about 3 inches long. The 

 seeds are smaller, but the pulp is not so 

 highly flavored as in some other varieties. 



For previous introduction see 106451. 



106611. Ruellia spectabilis (Nees) Brit- 

 ton. Acanthaceae. 



A herbaceous perennial, native to 

 southern South America, with opposite, 

 linear-lanceolate leaves and beautiful deep- 

 lavender flowers an inch across. 



16612. Maurandya erubescens (D. Don) 

 Gray. Scrophulariaceae. 



Presented by M. J. Rivero, Colombia. 

 A woody climber, with triangular serrate, 

 alternate leaves and rosy pink trumpet- 

 shaped flowers 3 inches long. Native to 

 Mexico. 



106613 to 106623. 



From Algeria. Seeds presented by Frank A. 

 Thackery. Bureau of Plant Industry, 

 Indio, Calif. Received October 8, 1934. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



106613. Acacia raddiana Savi. Mimosa- 

 ceae. 



A tropical African tree, somewhat 

 spiny, with bipinnate leaves and linear- 

 oblong leaflets which are obtuse and one- 

 fourth of an inch long. 



106614. Acacia seyal Delile. Mimosaceae. 

 A small and rather slender acacia with 



reddish-brown bark, ivory-white spines 

 about 2 inches long, and heads of very 

 fragrant flowers. The tree is common in 

 tropical Africa north of the Equator and 

 is one of the principal gum-yielding aca- 

 cias of the Nile region. 



For previous introduction see 59651. 



106613 to 106623— Continued. 



106615. Atriplex halimus. Chenopodia- 

 ceae. 



A low-spreading north African shrub 

 with gray foliage, used extensively in 

 Morocco as a hedge plant close to the sea. 



For previous introduction see 66773. 



106616. Calligonum co mo sum L'Her. 

 Polygonaceae. 



A densely branched shrub 10 to 15 feet 

 high, with minute subulate leaves and 

 small ovate densely spiny nutlike fruits. 

 Native to the eastern Mediterranean 

 region. 



For previous introduction see 105808. 



106617. Cassia lanceolata Forsk. Caesal- 

 piniaceae. 



A shrub with pinnate leaves composed 

 of lanceolate leaflets 1 inch long and pale 

 yellow flowers in long terminal racemes. 

 Native to Arabia. 



106618. Euphorbia calyptrata Boiss. Eu- 

 phorbiaceae. 



An annual, or sometimes a perennial, 

 6 to 10 inches high with sessile entire 

 narrow-linear leaves. Native to northern 

 Africa. 



106619. Grewia populipolia Vahl. Tilia- 

 ceae. 



A shrub about 6 feet high, with stiff 

 rounded-oblong leaves 1 to 2 inches long, 

 cymes of small yellow flowers, and red 

 fruits the size of small peas. Native to 

 tropical Africa. 



For previous introduction see 75399. 



106620. Maerua crassifolia Forsk. Cap- 

 paridaceae. 



A shrub or small tree with small fleshy 

 oval leaves less than one-half inch long 

 and small white flowers. Native to Egypt. 



106621. Nitraria schoberi L. Zygophyl- 

 laceae. 



A hardy, densely branched shrub of 

 spreading habit, with small bluish-green 

 leaves and small berries which change from 

 light green through red into a violet black. 

 It is native to China, where it grows on 

 strongly alkaline flats. 



For previous introduction see 36800, 



106622. Pulicaria alveolosa Batt. and 

 Trab. Asteraceae. 



A hairy, densely leafy herb with oblong 

 irregularly dentate leaves and small yellow 

 flower heads on slender stems. Native to 

 Hoggar in the Sahara Desert. 



106623. Stapfiola bipinnata (L.) Kuntze. 

 Poaceae. 



A perennial grass with a stout creeping 

 rhizome, tufted erect stems 1 to 3 feet high, 

 and long rigid leaves. Native to south- 

 eastern Asia. 



106624 to 106636. 



From the Union of South Africa. Plants 

 purchased from Dr. I. B. Pole Evans, Divi- 

 sion of Plant Industry, Department of Agri- 

 culture, Pretoria. Received October 18, 

 1934. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



106624 to 106635. Digitaria spp. Poaceae. 



106624. Digitaria decumbens Stent. 



For previous introduction see 91767. 



