3 PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



106650 to 106653— Continued. 



106650. Clitoria akborescens Ait. Faba- 

 ceae. 



No. 2537. Wauna Sub-Experiment Sta- 

 tion, Koriabo River, September 16, 1934. 

 A shrubby climber with trifoliolate leaves 

 and purple flowers in long-stalked ra- 

 cemes. Native to Trinidad, British West 

 Indies. 



For previous introduction see 21327. 



106651. Lonchocarpus nicou (Aubl.) DC. 

 Fabaceae. 



No. 2520. Near Eclipse Falls, on the 

 Barima River, September 10, 1934. Red 

 Haiari, A strong-growing vine with three 

 to five pinnate, papery leaves. The stems 

 become reddish with age. Native to 

 northern South America. 



106652. Phyllanthus sp. Euphorbiaceae. 



No. 2521. Red Hill, on the Barima 

 River, September 10, 1934. Gonuparu. 



106653. Phyllanthus acuminatus Vahl. 

 Euphorbiaceae. 



No. 2544. Mabaruma Compound, North- 

 west District, September 18, 1934. White 

 conuparu. A bushy perennial 3 to 6 feet 

 high with pinnate leaves. It is native 

 to British and French Guiana. 



106654. Coccothrinax crinita Becc. 

 Phoenicaceae. 



From California. Seeds presented by David 

 Barry. Jr., Los Angeles. Received October 

 16, 1934. 



Palma petate, guano barbudo. A fan- 

 leaved palm, native to Cuba, with a slender 

 spineless trunk crowned by a large cluster 

 of roundish leaves divided into narrow acute 

 obliquely folded leaves. The juicy berrylike 

 fruits are purplish black. 



106655 to 106663. Digitaria spp. Poa- 

 ceae. Grass. 



From the Union of South Africa. Plants 

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

 vision of Plant Industry, Department of 

 Agriculture, Pretoria. Received October 

 20, 1934. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



106655. Digitaria diversinbrvis (Nees) 

 Stapf. 



UnJcomaas. A perennial grass with 

 weak ascending stems up to 18 inches 

 high and linear-lanceolate leaves 1 to 3 

 inches long. Native to the Cape of Good 

 Hope. 



106656. Digitaria pbntzii minor Stent. 



A perennial, densely tufted grass, with 

 numerous stolons and erect stems 2 to 3 

 feet high. Native to the Cape of Good 

 Hope. 



106657. Digitaria sbriata Stapf. 



Kuruman Strain. A perennial grass 

 with a creeping branched rhizome. The 

 erect culms are 4 feet or more high. Na- 

 tive to southwestern Africa. 



106658. Digitaria sp. 

 Hamba Strain. 



106659. Digitaria sp. 

 InJcinip Strain. 



106660. Digitaria sp. 



Port Elizabeth Strain. Selection No. 2. 



106661. Digitaria sp. 

 Steyn's Strain. 



106662. Digitaria sp. 

 Therants finger grass. 



106663. Digitaria sp. 

 V 2. 



106664. Stapelia cantabrigiensis 

 Berger. Asclepiadaceae. 



From Pennsylvania. Plants presented by 

 Mrs. J. Norman Henry, Gladwyne. Re- 

 ceived October 25, 1934. 



A hybrid stapelia of the Stapeltonia sec- 

 tion. The four-angled, bright-green stems, 

 covered with fine hairs, are about 6 inches 

 high. The long-stalked flowers, nearly 5 

 inches across, are broadly campanulate, 

 brownish red at the center, changing to red 

 at the tips and greenish on the outside. 

 These plants originated from seeds received 

 from the Cambridge Botanic Garden in 1899 

 as Stapelia hirsuta. 



106665. Citrus sp. Rutaceae. 



From French Indo-China. Seeds presented 

 by M. Poilane, Institut des Recherches 

 Agronomique de Indochine, Division de 

 Botanique. Received October 13, 1933. 

 Numbered October 26, 1934. 



A wild orange from' dry, sandy, rocky 

 soil, near the seashore, Nhatrang, Annam. 



106686 to 106669. Allium sativum L. 

 Liliaceae. Garlic. 



From Bulgaria. Bulbs purchased through 

 Cavendish W. Cannon, American vice con- 

 sul, Sofia. Received October 27, 1934. 



106666. Radomir, summer garlic. A very 

 hot, strong garlic with 9 to 12 bulbils 

 to each bulb. 



106667. Ordinary summer garlic. A very 

 hot, strong garlic with 12 to 14 bulbils 

 to each bulb. 



106668. Devet Dishlia, winter garlic. A 

 mild-flavored garlic with 9 to 12 bulbils 

 to each bulb. 



106669. Ordinary winter garlic. A mod- 

 erately hot garlic with 12 to 16 bulbils 

 to each bulb. 



106670. Pennisetum nervosum (Nees) 

 Trin. Poaceae. 



From Ecuador. Seeds presented by Nelson 

 Marquez, official agronomist, Subdirecion 

 de Agricultura del Litoral, Guayaquil. Re- 

 ceived October 25, 1934. 



A tropical American perennial grass 2 feet 

 or more high, with rough, broadly linear 

 leaves a foot long. 



106671 and 106672. 



From France. Seeds presented by A. Gerard, 

 La Fosse, par Montoire sur Loir, Loir et 

 Cher. Received October 25, 1934. 



106671. MAGNOLIA NICHOLSONIANA Rehd. 



and Wils. Magnoliaceae. 



A deciduous shrub or small tree, some- 

 times 20 feet high, closely allied to 

 Magnolia wilsonii, from which it is dis- 

 tinguished by its vinous-red bark, shorter 

 petioles, and oblong-obovate leaves with 

 densely hairy under surfaces. The cup- 

 shaped flowers, appearing before the 



