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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



112374 and 112375. 



From Surinam. Root cuttings collected by 

 W. A. Archer, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received January 11, 1935. Numbered in 

 October 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



112374. Lonchocarpus sp. Pabaceae. 



No. 2850. Basra nekoe, Haiariballi. Col- 

 lected near Scotelweg, December 1, 1934. 

 A small plant, 6 feet high, found growing 

 in shade on fine rich silt. 



112375. Machaeridm sp. Fabaceae. 



No. 2869. Fai faia noroko. Collected 

 at Vredenburg Weg, December 7, 1934. A 

 plant with yellow flowers and slender pods. 

 The wood becomes yellow after cutting. 



112376 and 112377. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by Robert M. 

 Grey, Superintendent, Atkins Institution 

 of the Arnold Arboretum, Soledad, Cien- 

 fuegos, through F. G. Walsingham. Re 

 ceived October 11, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



112376. Areca triandra Roxb. Phoenica- 

 ceae. Palm. 



A graceful spineless palm, ultimately 

 about 25 feet high, usually with several 

 trunks which bear crowns of pinnate leaves 

 4 to 6 feet in length. The fruits, about the 

 size of an olive, are orange scarlet. Na- 

 tive to India. 



For previous introduction see 103156. 



112377. Passiflora foetida L. Passiflor- 

 aceae. Passionflower. 



A rapid-growing, trailing, climbing vine 

 with small purple flowers and delicately 

 flavored yellow fruits less than 1 inch in 

 diameter. It is used as a cover crop for 

 coconuts and rubber in the Philippine 

 Islands, and should make an interesting 

 ornamental in the warmer parts of Florida 

 and California. 



For previous introduction see 90783. 

 112378 and 112379. 



From Africa. Seeds collected by Dr. Thomas 

 Barbour, Director of the Museum of Com 

 parative Zoology, Harvard University. 

 Cambridge, Mass. Received October 14 

 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



112378. Gossypium sp. Malvaceae. 



Wild cotton, collected July 27, 1935, at 

 New Gullel in tbe tropical lowlands of 

 southern Swaziland, South Africa. 



112379. Ipomoea sp. Convolvulaceae. 



Collected at Lourengo Marques, Mozam- 

 bique. 



112380. Viola patrinii Ging. Viola- 

 ceae. Violet. 



From Germany. Seeds presented by the Bo- 

 tanic Garden, Berlin-Dahlem. Received 

 March 27, 1934. Numbered in October 

 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



For previous introduction see 104603. 



112381 to 112384. 



From Surinam. Root cuttings collected by 

 W. A. Archer, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received January 14, 1935. Numbered Oc- 

 tober 17, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. + 



112381 to 112383. Lonchocarpus spp. Fa- 

 baceae. 



112381. Lonchocarpus nicou (Aubl.) 

 DC. 



No. 2936. Collected at Carolina on 

 the Surinam River, December 18, 1934. 

 A strong growing vine with three to five 

 pinnate papery leaves. Native to north- 

 ern South America. 



112382. Lonchocarpus sp. 



No. 2888. Wiriri nekuru. From Car- 

 olina on the Surinam River, December 

 13, 1934. A shrub or small tree 4 to 15 

 feet high with a slender single stem. The 

 single enlarged root is soft, but the stem 

 is extremely hard. 



112383. Lonchocarpus nicou (Aubl.) 

 DC. 



No. 2920. Nan nekoe or reddi nekoe. 

 From Marshall Creek, 20 miles above 

 Carolina on the Surinam River, Decem- 

 ber 16, 1934. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 112381. 



112384. SOLANUM LEUCOCARPON Dun. So- 



lanaceae. 



No. 2917. Aoabepau. From Marshall 

 Creek, 20 miles above Carolina on the 

 Surinam River. A bushy shrub 6 to 10 

 feet high. 



112385 to 112393. Nicotiana tabacum 

 L. Solanaceae. Common tobacco. 



From Colombia. Seeds collected by Raymond 

 Stadelman, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived September to December 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



112385. No. 12. Palmira. September 29, 

 1935. From Eliseo Rodriguez, Giron. 



112386. No. 13. Chocoa. October 14, 1935. 

 From Compania Colombiana de Tabaco, 

 Baranquilla. 



112387. No. 14. Cubita. October 14, 1935. 

 From Ovejas, Department Bolivar. 



112388 and 112389. October 26, 1935. From 

 La Pintada, Antioquia. 



112388. No. 15. Tachuela, mixed with 

 other varieties. 



112389. No. 16. Tachuela. 



112390 and 112391. November 15, 1935. 

 From Eduardo Villa, Barrio, Antioquia. 

 Medellin. 



112390. No. 27. Cordoncillo. 



112391. No. 28. Zapatoca. 



112392 and 112393. Tachuela, mixed with 

 other varieties. November 15, 1935, 

 from Bello, Antioquia. 



112392. No. 29. 

 bordo. 



112393. No. 30. 

 Muriel. 



Presented by Lino Ta- 

 Presented by Aureliano 



