APRIL 1 TO JUNE 3 0, 19 3 5 



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111343 to 111345. 



From Ecuador. Seeds collected by Mrs. 

 Ynes Mexia, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received May 23, 1935. 



Collected April 19 and 20, 1935, near 

 Arcbidona. Napo Canton, Napo-Pastazo 

 Province, at 2,000 feet altitude ; introduced 

 for Department specialists. 



111343. Passiflora sp. Passifloraceae. 



No. 7284. Granadilla de Quiso. A vine 



found climbing' over forest trees. Tbe 



edible fruits have a thick leathery yellow 

 skin. 



111344. (Undetermined.) 



No. 7262. Aija muyo. A vine with 

 scarlet fruits, found climbing over small 

 trees in open woods. 



111345. (Undetermined.) 



No. 7265. Ti-caso. A climbing shrub 

 with attractive green six-lobed fruits. 

 The vine is occasionally cultivated and 

 the seeds used as food. 



111346 and 111347. Sacchaeum spon- 

 tanettm L. Poaceae. Grass. 



Prom New Guinea. Seeds presented by Per- 

 cival H. Leigh, Port Moresby, Papua. Re- 

 ceived June 20, 1935. 



For previous introduction and description 

 see 110506. 



111346. From Eriama Swamp near Port 

 Moresby, Papua. 



111347. From pear Rona Falls, 8 miles 

 from Port Moresby. 



111348. Tepheosia vogelii Hook. f. Fa- 

 baceae. 



From Africa. Seeds presented by Miss Mar- 

 garet Haines, Bangassou, French Equa- 

 torial Africa. Received June 20, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



For previous introduction and description 

 see 111219. 



111349 to 111401. 



From China. Seeds presented by H. H. 

 C^ung, National Wu-Han University. Wu- 

 chang, Hupeh. Received June 21, 1935. 



Collected in Patung, CMensbih, and En- 

 shih Districts of western Huneh, and intro- 

 duced for Department specialists. 



111349. Catalpa duclouxii Dode. Big- 

 noniaceae. 



No. 55. A small tree, native to central 

 and western China, with ovate-cordate 

 leaves 4 to 8 inches in length and rose- 

 pink flowers, more than an inch long, 

 borne in corymbose clusters. 



For previous introduction see 100520. 



111350. Cephalotaxtjs sp. Taxaceae. 

 No. 11. 



111351. Clematis apitfolia obtusidentata 

 Rehd. and Wils. Ranunculaceae. 



No. 104. A handsome woody climber 

 about 12 feet high, with trifoliolate leaves, 

 the leaflets coarsely dentate. The white 

 flowers, less than an inch across, are in 

 short dense axillary cymes. Native to 

 western China. 



111349 to 111401— Continued. 



111352. Clematis sp. Ranunculaceae. 

 No. 105. 



111353. CORNUS KOUSA CHINENSIS Osbom. 



Cornaceae. 



No. 63. A Chinese dogwood which be- 

 comes about 25 feet high, with dark- 

 green, elliptic-ovate leaves nearly 6 inches 

 long and showy white flowers 2 to 3 inches 

 across, which appear in June after the 

 leaves. The fruiting heads are globose, 

 pinkish, and about an inch across. 



For previous introduction see 77826. 



111354. Cotoneaster sp. Malaceae. 

 No. 82. 



111355. Eurya chinensis R. Br. Thea- 

 ceae. 



No. 25. An evergreen shrub up to 12 

 feet high, with obovate leaves over an 

 inch long and inconspicuous greenish 

 flowers in small axillarv clusters, followed 

 bv berrylike fruits. Native to southern 

 China. 



For previous introduction see 102397. 



111356. Fraxinus geiffithii Clarke. Ole- 

 aceae. Ash. 



No. 87. An ash about 30 feet high, 

 with leaves composed of 5 to 11 leatherly 

 elliptic leaflets about 4 inches long and 

 panicles of small white flowers. Native to 

 western China and northeastern India. 



111357. Gymnopladus chinensis Baill. 

 Caesalpiniaceae. 



No. 23. A Chinese tree which closely 

 resembles the Kentucky coffeetrre, Gymno- 

 cladus dioica, but the oblong-obtuse leaf- 

 lets are smaller and are pubescent on both 

 sides. Tbe lilac-purple flowers are borne 

 in large panicles and appear before the 

 leaves. 



For previous introduction see 98373. 



111358. Hovenia dulcis Thunb. Rhamna- 

 ceae. Raisintree. 



No. 86. A deciduous, tree with broadly 

 ovate leaves, often 5 inches long, and in- 

 conspicuous white or greenish-white flow- 

 ers. After flowering, the pecTuncles thick- 

 en and become edible, being brown, pulpy, 

 and of a sweetish taste. Native to China ; 

 cultivated in Japan. 



For previous introduction see 105319. 



111359 and 111360. Ilex miceococca 

 Maxim. Aquifoliaceae. Holly. 



A large tree with deciduous, oblong 

 leaves 3 to 4 inches long and very small 

 red berries. Native to China and Japan. 



For previous introduction see 101)561. 



111359. No. 18. 111360, No. 74. 



111361. LlGUSTRUM COMPACTUM Hook. f. 



and Thorns. Oleaceae. 



No. 95. A shrub or small tree some- 

 times 30 feet high, native to the moun- 

 tains of southwestern China. The per- 

 sistent leaves are 3 to 6 inches long, and 

 the small white flowers in large panicles 

 are followed by blue-black fruits. 



For previous introduction see 103428. 



