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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



108232 to 108247— Continued. 



slender stems, 

 smaller flowers. 



shorter leaves, and 



108244 to 108246. Lycopersicon esculen- 

 TDM Mill. Solanaceae. Tomato. 



108244. Variety baccis luteis. 



108245. Variety cerasiforme. 



108246. Variety pyriforme. 



108247. SOLANUM CITRULLIFOLIUM A. Br. 



Solanaceae. 



A prickly annual with pinnatifid leaves 

 and large violet flowers over an inch 

 across. Native to Texas and Arizona. 



For previous introduction see 93094. 



108248 and 108249. 



Prom India. Seeds presented hy W. Head, 

 Acting Deputy Director of the Botanic 

 Gardens, Saharanpur. Received January 

 23, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



108248. Apium graveolens L. Apiaceae. 



Celery. 



108249. Daucus carota L. Apiaceae. 



Carrot. 



108250 to 108265. 



From Surinam. Seeds and bulbs collected 

 by W. A. Archer, Bureau of Plant In- 

 dustry. Received January 15, 1935. 



Received as seeds unless otherwise stated. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



108250. Amaryllis sp. Amaryllidaceae. 



No. 2945. Bulbs collected at Para- 

 maribo, December 26, 1934. A cultivated 

 ornamental with salmon-colored blossoms. 



108251. Amaryllis sp. Amaryllidaceae. 



No. 2946. Bulbs collected at Para- 

 maribo, December 26, 1934. A cultivated 

 ornamental with white blossoms marked 

 with green. 



108252. Amasonia campestris (Aubl.) 

 Moldenke. Verbenaceae. 



No. 2772. Sandrij No. 1, November 17, 

 1934. A herbaceous perennial 2 to 3 feet 

 high, with alternate, ovate, acute leaves 

 and solitary, axillary, yellow flowers. Na- 

 tive to French Guiana. 



108253. Averrhoa bilimbi L. Oxalida- 

 ceae. Bilimbi. 



No. 2940. Paramaribo, December 26, 

 1934. A tree 20 to 60 feet high, cultivated 

 in parts of South America and the West 

 Indies for the sake of its greenish-yellow, 

 cucumber-shaped, acid fruits which are 

 pickled or used as a relish with meat. It 

 is tropical in its requirements. 



For previous introduction see 64905. 



108254. Banisteriopsis sp. Malpighia- 

 ceae. 



No. 2943. Paramaribo, December 26, 

 1934. 



108255. Calopogonium mucunoides Desv. 

 Fabaceae. 



No. 2874. Vredenburg Weg, December 

 7, 1934. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 107794. 



108250 to 108265— Continued. 



108256. Cleome psoraliaefolia DC. Cap- 

 paridaceae. 



No. 2872. Vredenburg Weg. December 

 7, 1934. A swamp herb 2 to 3 feet high, 

 with sticky leaves and pale-cream flowers. 



108257. Clibadidm surinamense L. As- 

 teraceae. 



No. 2857. Vredenburg Weg, December 5, 

 1934. A plant 4 to 7 feet high, occur- 

 ring in thick stands. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 107797. 



108258. Tephrosia toxicaria (Sw.) Pers. 

 Fabaceae. 



No. 2880. Along the railway about 15 

 miles south of Paramaribo, February 8, 

 1934. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 107799. 



108259. Galactia jussiaeana Kunth. Fa- 

 baceae. 



No. 2825. Near Sandrij No. 1, Novem- 

 ber 25, 1934. A woody climber with 

 ternate leaves ; the leaflets elliptic round- 

 ed, sticky on the upper surface and hairy 

 beneath ; and small pink flowers. Native 

 to Venezuela. 



108260. Jacaranda sp. Bignoniaceae. 



No. 2935. Marshall Creek near the 

 Surinam River, December 16, 1934. 



108261. Physalis lagascae Roem. and 

 Schult. Solanaceae. Groundcherry. 



No. 2865. Vredenburg Weg, December 

 7, 1934. An herb 2 feet high, with a rank 

 fetid odor, leaves sticky on the upper sur- 

 face, and pale greenish-cream flowers. 



108262. Quassia amara L. Simaroubaceae. 



No. 2942. Paramaribo, December 26, 

 1934. Indian cinchona. A lofty tree, 

 native to Surinam, with dark-green pin- 

 nnte leaves and racemes of large showy 

 crimson flowers, followed by beautiful 

 and decorative fruits arranged in fives 

 around a fleshy peduncle. The wood of 

 this tree is extremely bitter and is used 

 as a remedy for certain fevers. 



For previous introduction see 107167. 



108263. Triplaris surinamensis Cham, 

 rolygonaceae. 



No. 2868. Vredenburg Weg, December 

 7, 1934. A small tropical tree with ovate 

 acuminate alternate leaves and small 

 cream-white flowers in pilose spikes. 

 The young stems are hollow and are 

 usually occupied by ants. Native to 

 Surinam. 



For previous introduction see 102619. 



108264. Vigna sesquipedalis (L.) Fru- 

 wirth. Fabaceae. Asparagus-bean. 



No. 2881. Paramaribo market, October 

 10, 1934. 



108265. Wedelia trilobata (L.) Hitchc. 



Asteraceae. 



No. 2786. Sandrij No. 1, November 21, 

 1934. A prostrate perennial with op- 

 posite three-lobed leaves and bright yel- 

 low flowers. Native to tropical America. 



108266. Sorbus sp. Malaceae. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Re- 

 publics. Seeds presented by the Insti- 



