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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



109606 to 109792. 



Plants growing at the United States Plant 

 Introduction Garden, Glenn Dale, Md. ; 

 originally grown by the Office of Crop 

 Physiology and Breeding Investigations 

 (CPB), a section of the Division of Hor- 

 ticultural Crops and Diseases. Numbered 

 in January 1935 for convenience in dis- 

 tribution. 



109606. Aeglopsis chevalieri Swingle. 

 Rutaceae. 



CPB. 7633. A small spiny evergreen 

 tree about 10 feet high, native to the 

 Ivory Coast, western tropical Africa, with 

 simple ovate leaves about 5 inches long. 

 It has white flowers in short panicles, and 

 the roundish or pear-sbaped, brownish- 

 orange, hard-shelled fruits are 2 to 4 

 inches in diameter. 



109S07 and 109608. Argania Spinosa (L.) 

 Skeels (A. sideroxylon Roem. and 

 Schult.). Sapotaceae. Argan. 



Originally from Morocco. The argan 

 tree of western Morocco grows to a large 

 size and bears an abundance of very acrid 

 fruits, somewhat resembling small plums, 

 that are eaten by cattle and goats. 



For previous introduction see 100480. 



109607. CPB. 7729-A. 



109608. CPB. 12746. Originally received 

 as seeds from R. Maire, Botanic Gar- 

 den, University of Algiers, Algeria, 

 June 29, 1926. 



109609 to 109616. atalantia spp. Ruta- 

 ceae. 



109609. Atalantia sp. 

 CPB. 10089. 



109610. Atalantia sp. 



CPB. 11226. Originally from India. 



109611. Atalantia crylanica (Arn.) 

 Oliver. 



CPB. 11225. From India. A much- 

 branched spiny evergreen shrub or small 

 tree, native to Ceylon and India, of 

 interest chiefly as a stock for citrus 

 fruits. 



For previous introduction see 98732. 



109612 and 109613. Atalantia mono- 

 phylla DC. 



A small tropical evergreen, usually 

 spiny, tree native to British India. It 

 has oval emarginate leaves and orange- 

 like fruits three-fourths of an inch in 

 diameter. 



For previous introduction see 74237. 



109612. CPB. 10256. Originally re- 

 ceived as seeds from the Experi- 

 ment Station, Santiago de las 

 Vegas, Cuba, June 24, 1924. 



109613. CPB. 10258. Originally re- 

 ceived as seeds from the Experi- 

 ment Station, Santiago de las 

 Vegas, Cuba, July 14, 1924. 



109614. Atalantia disticha (Blanco) 

 Merrill. 



CPB. 10261-H. A small tropical 

 evergreen tiee, native to the Philip- 

 pines, with lanceolate, doubly serrate 

 leaves and terminal corymbs of smaL 

 white flowers. 



109606 to 109792— Continued. 



109615 and 109616. Atalantia racemosa 

 Wight. 



A small evergreen tree or shrub 

 found in the lower mountain regions 

 of Ceylon and in southern India. The 

 white flowers are produced in short ra- 

 cemes, and the small round berry has 

 two to six seeds. 



For previous introduction see 36102. 



109615. CPB 7518. 



109616. CPB. 7518-A. 



109617. Balsamocitrds dawei Stapf. Ru- 

 taceae. 



CPB. 2920. A tree about 60 feet tall, 

 native to the subtropical plateau of Ugan- 

 da, Africa. It has panicles of white flow- 

 ers and subglobose fruits, 4 to 6 inches in 

 diameter, with a thick hard shell, contain- 

 ing numerous large seeds. 



109618. Apraegle gabonensis (Swingle) 

 Engler. Rutaceae. 



CPB. 7516-B. A thorny tree or shrub 

 with simple or trifoliolate leaves 5 to 8 

 inches long. The hard-shelled fruits are 

 pear-shaped, about 4 inches in diameter. 

 Native to the French Congo. 



109619. Cavanillesia platani folia 

 H. B. K. Bombacaceae. 



CPB. 12627. Originally received as 

 seeds from J. E. Higgins, Summit, Canal 

 Zone, May 10, 1928. A Colombian tree 

 up to 100 feet high, with a large thick 

 trunk, smooth pale bark, large shallowly 

 five- to seven-lobed leaves, and red flowers 

 1 inch long. 



For previous introduction see 98928. 



109620. Citrus medica L. Rutaceae. 



Citron. 

 CPB. 11178. Etrog citron. 



For previous introduction see 105957. 



109621. Citropsis schweinfurthii 

 (Engler) Swingle and Kellerman. Ru- 

 taceae. 



CPB. 2902. A spiny shrub or small 

 tree with three- to five-foliolate leaves and 

 large white flowers in small axillary clus- 

 ters. The orangelike fruits are about 1 

 inch in diameter. Native to tropical 

 Africa. 



109622. Citropsis sp. 



CPB. 7800-g-c. A species from Kisan- 

 tu, Belgian Congo, which has a much 

 larger leaf than Citropsis schweinfurthii. 



109623 to 109639. Citrus spp. Rutaceae. 



109623. Citrus sp. 



CPB. 2826. Einolcuni orange. 



109624 to 109631. Presented by the Di- 

 rector of Agriculture, Manila, Philip- 

 pine Islands. 



109624. Citrus sp. 



CPB. 7819. Limon Real No. 18. 

 Originally received as seeds ; collect- 

 ed on the island of Bohol. Received 

 February 21, 1914. 



109625 to 109627. Originally received 

 as seeds ; collected on the island of 

 Bohol. Received April 1, 1914. 



109625. Citrus sp. 



CPB. 7825. Amontay No. 7. 



