INVENTORY 2 



111858. COFFEA ZANGUEBAEIAE Lour. 



Rubiaceae. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by Robert M. 

 Grey, Superintendent, Atkins Institution of 

 the Arnold Arboretum, Soledad, Cienfue- 

 gos, through F. G. Walsingham. Received 

 July 15, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



A small erect tree, 6 feet or more high, 

 with ovate-lanceolate leaves and ovoid-ob- 

 long, red berries. Native to the Zanzibar 

 coast and Mozambique, Africa. 



111859. CORTADERIA SEIXOANA (Schult.) 



Aschers. and Graebn. Poaceae. 



Pampasgrass. 



From New Zealand. Plants presented by 

 Alexander McClean, Weiteraruru, Hauraki 

 Plains, Auckland, at the request of the 

 Director-General of Agriculture, Welling- 

 ton. Received July 24, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



A perennial reedlike grass with stout 

 culms ; up to 10 feet high. Native to Brazil 

 and Argentina. 



111860. Citkus limonia Osbeck. Ruta- 

 ceae. Lemon. 



From the Soviet Union. Seeds presented by 

 the Dry Subtropical Station, Tashkent. 

 Received August 2, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



111861. Euphoria didyma Blanco. Sa- 

 pindaceae. 



From Puerto Rico. Seeds collected by H. P. 

 Traub at the Agricultural Experiment Sta- 

 tion, Mayaguez. Received August 1, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



Alpay or alupag. A small attractive tree, 

 up to 50 feet high, with pinnate leaves made 



111861— Continued. 



up of prominently veined, leathery, lanceo- 

 late leaflets and compact terminal clusters of 

 green warty edible fruits. These are an inch 

 in diameter with a shell-like rind and juicy 

 sweet translucent pulp of good flavor, en- 

 closing a large seed. Native to the Philip- 

 pine Islands. 



For previous introduction see 106101. 



111862 to 111868. Arachis hypogaea L. 

 Fabaceae. Peanut. 



From the Union of South Africa. Seeds pre- 

 sented by Jacq. Sellschop, School of Agri- 

 culture and Experiment Station, Potchef- 

 stroom, through W. A. Carver, experiment 

 station, Gainesville, Fla. Received July 

 23, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



111862. Java 15 AP. 



111863. Natal Common, a local variety. 



111864. RedxRio de Janeiro. 



111865. Rustenlurg. 



111866. Virginia lunch (71-4). 



111867. Potchefstroom No. 510 (Yellow XRio 

 de Janeiro). 



111868. Native peanuts grown by the abo- 

 rigines of the Transvaal. 



111869. Zephyranthes sessilis Herb. 

 Amaryllidaceae. Zephyrlily. 



From Mexico. Seeds and bulbs presented by 

 Dr. Jose Figueroa, Instituto Biotecnico, 

 Distrito Federal. Received July 26, 1935. 

 Introduced for Department specialists. 



A Mexican zephyrlily with three to six 

 narrow linear leaves up to 1 foot long and 

 an equally long scape bearing a showy white 

 flower tinged with red. 



For previous introduction see 111430. 



2 It should be understood that the names of varieties of fruits, vegetables, cereals, and 

 other plants used in this inventory are those under which the material was received when 

 introduced by the Division of Plant Exploration and Introduction, and, further, that the 

 printing of such names here does not constitute their official publication and adoption in 

 this country. As the different varieties are studied, their entrance into the American 

 trade forecast, and the use of varietal names for them in American literature becomes 

 necessary, the foreign varietal designations appearing in this inventory will be subject to 

 change with a view to bringing the forms of the names into harmony with recognized 

 horticultural nomenclature. 



It is a well-known fact that botanical descriptions, both technical and economic, seldom 

 mention the seeds at all and rarely describe them in such a way as to make possible identi- 

 fication from the seeds alone. Many of the unusual plants listed in these inventories are 

 appearing in this country for the first time ,and there ar eno seed samples or herbarium 

 specimens with ripe seeds with which the new arrivals may be compared. The only iden- 

 tification possible is to see that the sample received resembles seeds of other species of the 

 same genus or of related genera. The responsibility for the identification, therefore, must 

 necessarily often rest with the person sending the material. If there is any question 

 regarding the correctness of the identification of any plant received from this Division, 

 herbarium specimens of leaves and flowers should be sent in so that definite identification 

 can be made. 



