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112066 to 112076— Continued. 

 112672. (Undetermined.) 

 An orchid. 



112073. Pipee sp. Piperaeeae. 



112074. (Undetermined.) 

 A fern. 



112075. (Undetermined.) 

 An ornamental grass. 



112076. Selaginella sp. Selaginellaceae. 



112077 and 112073. Arachis hypogaea 

 L. Fabaceae. Peanut. 



From Uruguay. Seeds presented by the Di- 

 rector, Granja Modelo del Institute Na- 

 cional de Agronomia. Received August 19, 

 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



112077. Saltena No. 1. 



112078. Saltena No. 2. 



112079. Saccharum. Poaceae. 



Sugarcane. 



From the Netherland East Indies. Cuttings 

 presented by a Mr. Douglas. Received Au- 

 gust 29, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



112080. Semiarttndinaria fastuosa 

 (Marl.) Makino. Poaceae. 



Kariliira bamboo. 



Plants growing at the Barbour Lathrop Plant 

 Introduction Garden, Savannah, Ga. Re- 

 numbered August 1935. 



One of the handsomest and hardiest of all 

 bamboos ; culms up to 20 feet or more in 

 height are ultimately produced where the 

 minimum temperature is not lower than 

 about — 3° F. The smaller culms are densely 

 clothed from near the ground up with dark- 

 green leaves borne on short ascending 

 branches. Native to Japan. Previously car- 

 ried under P. I. No. 38913, but as this bam- 

 boo is not the same species originally listed 

 and described there, this new number is as- 

 signed. The original source of tbe plants is 

 uncertain. 



112081 to 112091. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by Robert M. 

 Grey, Superintendent, Atkins Institution 

 of the Arnold Arboretum, Soledad, Cien- 

 fuegos, through F. G. Walsingham. Re- 

 ceived August 24, 1935. 



112081. Calpurnia aurea (Dam.) Benth. 

 Fabaceae. 



From Kenya Colony. Africa. A tall le- 

 guminous shrub, very rarely treelike, with 

 large, evergreen, odd-pinnate leaves and 

 showy racemes of yellow flowers, much like 

 those of Daburnum, but which appear in 

 the winter. 



For previous introduction see 42829. 



112082. Cassia surattbnsis Burm. f. Caes- 

 alpiniaceae. 



From the Botanic Gardens, Buitenzorg, 

 Java. A tropical leguminous shrub or 

 small tree up to 15 feet high, with pale- 

 green compound leaves and clusters of pale- 

 yellow flowers. Native to the East Indies. 



For previous introduction see 106918. 



112081 to 112091— Continued. 



Nos. 112083 to 112091 were collected by 

 the Forest Department of Kenya Col- 

 ony, Africa, and sent to the Atkins In- 

 stitution. 



112083. Casuarina suberosa Otto and 

 Dietr. Casuarinaceae. 



A species with very large fruits (1% 

 inches) and long coarse pendent branch- 

 lets, very distinct from Casuarina equiseti- 

 folia. It is native to Australia. 



For previous introduction see 92485. 



112084. CUPRESSUS GLABRA Sudw. 



Pinaceae. Smooth cypress. 



A tree „ 

 smooth, dark purple-. ^ 

 branches, and bright blue-green foliage. 

 Native to southern Arizona. 



from 25 to 30 feet high, with thin, 

 dark purple-red bark, upright 



For previous introduction see 41690. 



112085. CUPRESSDs 

 Pinaceae. 



torulosa Don. 

 Bhutan cypress. 



A pyramidal tree up to 150 feet high, 

 short horizontal branches, slender droop- 

 ing branchlets, and bright-green or bluish- 

 green leaves. Native to the Himalayas at 

 altitudes ranging from 5,000 to 9,000 feet. 



112086. Dovyalis abyssinica (A. Rich.) 

 Warb. Flacourtiaceae. 



A bushy shrub, 3 to 10 feet Mgh, with 

 ovate, glabrous leaves, small white flowers, 

 and yellow edible astringent berries about 



1 inch in diameter, with a sweetish taste 

 resembling that of persimmons. Native to 

 Ethiopia. 



112087. Duranta repens L. Vevbenaceae. 



Skyflower. 



A shrub up to 15 feet high, armed with 

 stiff sharp thorns. Its pale-blue flow- 

 ers, borne in clusters 3 or 4 inches long, 

 are followed by golden berries less than 

 an inch in diameter. Native to the West 

 Indies. 



For previous introduction see 52575. 



112088. MELALEUCA ARMILLARIS (Soland.) 



J. E. Smith. Myrtaceae. 



A tall shrub with gracefully drooping 

 branchlets, narrowly linear leaves less 

 than an inch long, and cylindrical spikes, 



2 inches long, of small white flowers. It is 

 native to Australia. 



For previous introduction see 90712. 



112089. Millettia oblata Dunn. Faba- 

 ceae. 



A tree about 90 feet high, with large, 

 pale-green leaves and showy lavender flow- 

 ers in fascicled racemes. Native to eastern 

 tropical Africa. 



112090. Spathodea nilotica Seem, 

 noniaceae. 



Big- 



A shrubby tree up to 20 feet high ; na- 

 tive to the northern part of tropical 

 Africa. The leaves, which are opposite, 

 are composed of 9 to 15 leathery leaflets 

 and are covered, beneath with dense short 

 hairs, and the scarlet flowers, about 3 

 inches long, are in short terminal clusters. 

 Both the leaves and flowers resemble 

 those of Spathodea campanulata. 



For previous introduction see 102617. 



