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107449 to 107477— Continued. 



107452. Dioclea macrantha Huber. Fa- 

 baceae. 



No. 2675. November 2, 1934. From 

 Scotelweg. A legume with glabrous pods. 



107453 and 107454. Carica p.\paya L. Pap- 

 ayaeeae. Papaya. 



From Paramaribo, October 29, 1934. 



107453. No. 2676, 107454. No. 2677. 



107455. Cerbera thevetia L. Apocy- 

 naceae. Yellow oleander. 



No. 2668. November 2, 1934. From 

 near Scotelweg. Jorro Jorro. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 106951. 



107456. Lisianthus alatus Aubl. Gen- 

 tianaceae. 



No. 2653. Near Scotelweg, November 2, 

 1934. An annual, 1 to 3 feet high, with 

 elliptical or elliptical-oblong, sessiie leaves 

 and terminal cymes of greenish-yellow 

 flowers. Native to tropical America. 



107457. Cleome psoraleaefolia DC. Cap- 

 paridaceae. 



No. 2701. Near Paramaribo, November 

 D, 1934. An erect annual with digitate 

 leaves of three leaflets and terminal cor- 

 ymbs of white flowers. Found growing as 

 a weed in a cultivated field. Native to 

 Brazil. 



107458 and 107459. Clibadium surinamense 

 L. Asteraceae. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 107157. 



107458. No. 2647. November 2, 1934. 

 Near Scotelweg. 



107459. No. 2684. November 6, 1934. 

 Collected 8 miles northwest of Para- 

 maribo. 



107460 to 107462. Tephrosia spp. Fa- 

 baceae. 



107460. Tephrosia toxicaria Pers. 



No. 2646. Georgetown, British Gui- 

 ana, October 17, 1934. Cure-for-ull. A 

 shrub 6 feet high, with pale lavender- 

 tinged flowers. Tbe leaves of this plant 

 are boiled and used as a cough and cold 

 remedy. 



107461. Tephrosia Candida DC. 



No. 2665. From near Scotelweg, No- 

 vember 2, 1934. A sparsely branched 

 shrub 4 to 10 feet high, with white 

 flowers. 



For previous introduction see 98925. 



107462. Tephrosia toxicaria Pers. 



No. 2646-a. Near Scotelweg, Novem- 

 ber 2, 1934. A leguminous shrub 6 to 8 

 feet high, with leaves made up of nine 

 or more leaflets and racemes of white 

 and lavender flowers. It is used as a 

 cover crop. 



For previous introduction see 106352. 



107463 to 107466. Crotalaria spp. Fab- 

 aceae. 



107463. Crotalaria retusa L. 



No. 2655. Near Scotelweg, November 

 2, 1934. Gorro gorro. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see 106920. 



107449 to 107477— Continued. 



107464. Crotalaria anagyroides H. B. K. 



No. 2666. Near Scotelweg, November 

 2, 1934. An open shrub over 6 feet 

 high, with mucronate, pubescent, tri- 

 foliolate leaves and terminal racemes of 

 brilliant yellow flowers. 



For previous introduction see 98834. 



107465 and 107466. Crotalaria striata 

 DC 



November 6, 1934, 8 miles northwest 

 of Paramaribo, on the highway. Le- 

 guminous plants 3 lo 8 feet high, of 

 possible use as a cover crop. 



For previous introduction see 106955. 



107465. No. 2686. 107466. No. 2691. 



107467. Euphorbia geniculata Ort. 

 Euphorbiaceae. 



No. 2664. Near Scotelweg, November 2, 

 1934. An annual with a stout stem and 

 thin ovate leaves, native to the West 

 Indies. 



107468 to 107470. Gossypium spp. Malva- 

 ceae. Cotton. 



Near Scotelweg, November 2, 1934. 

 Cotton cultivated by the Carib Indians. 



107468. Gossypium sp. 



No. 2671-A. A variety with green 

 leaves. 



107469. Gossypium sp. 



No. 2671-B. A variety with red 

 leaves. 



107470. Gossypium barbadense L. 



No. 2667. A cotton which becomes 14 

 feet high, with yellow flowers which 

 change to rose. 



107471. INDIGOFERA SUFFRUTICOSA Mill. 



Fabaceae. 



No. 2680. Eight miles northwest of 

 Paramaribo on the highway, November 6, 

 1934. Plants from 2 to 5 feet high, with 

 pale salmon-colored flowers. 



For previous introduction see 99780. 



107472 and 107473. Jatropha CURCAS L. 

 Euphorbiaceae. 



107472. No. 2672. Purgeernoot. Near 

 Scotelweg, November 2, 1934. A cul- 

 tivated shrub. 



107473. Schijtnoot. November 6, 1934. 

 Found along the highway, northwest 

 of Paramaribo. A shrub 10 to 15 

 feet hi^h, with pale greenish flowers 

 and frothy sap. 



107474. Mucuna urens (L.) Medic. Fa- 

 baceae. 



No. 2695. Kcwai, November 6, 1934. 

 Found along the highway northwest of 

 Paramaribo. A wide climbing woody vine 

 with trifoliolate leaves of ovate-oblong, 

 papery leaflets 3 to 5 inches long and 

 dense heads of sulphur-yellow flowers 2 

 inches across followed by hispid pods, 

 hanging down on long peduncles. 



For previous introduction see 88160. 



107475. Nicotiana tabacum L. Solana- 

 ceae. Tobacco. 



No. 2669. Near Scotelweg, November 2, 

 1934. A tobacco cultivated by the Java- 

 nese in Surinam. Source of seed un- 

 known. 



