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113739 to 113748— Continued. 



113739. Line No. 2. 113744. Line No. 46. 



113740. Line No. 12. 113745. Line No. 61. 



113741. Line No. 16. 113746. Line No. 64. 



113742. Line No. 21. 113747. Line No. 66. 



113743. Line No. 30. 113748. Line No. 68. 



113749. Eklangea marginata (O. and 

 H.) S. Moore. Asteraceae. 



From Africa. Seeds presented by J. B. H. 

 Lejeune, Director, Government Experimen- 

 tal Station, Kisozi, Ruanda-Urundi Terri- 

 tory, Belgian Congo. Received January 

 10, 1934. Numbered in January 1936. 



An erect perennial, native to tropical Afri- 

 ca, with dark-green, narrow-ovate leaves, up 

 to 3 inches long, silky white beneath. The 

 small heads of pink flowers in dense termi- 

 nal clusters and on short pedicels in the 

 axils of the leaves, have a long blooming 

 season. 



113750. Boussingatjltta sp. Basella- 

 ceae. 



From Venezuela. Bulbils collected by W. A. 

 Archer, Bureau of Plant Industry- Re- 

 ceived February 16, 1935. Numbered in 

 February 1936. 



No. 2988. Collected near Caracas, Janu- 

 ary 27, 1935. A vine whose aerial tubers 

 contain a soapy substance used by the na- 

 tives to wash clothing. 



113751 to 113756. 



From Honduras. Seeds presented by the Re- 

 search Department of the Tela Railroad 

 Co., Tela. Received February 8, 1936. 



113751. Areca alicae F. Muell. Phoenica- 

 ceae. Palm. 



An Australian cluster palm with grace- 

 ful shining-green pinnate leaves 3 to 6 

 feet long. The handsome oblong scarlet 

 fruits, three-fourths of an inch long, make 

 this one of the most attractive of all door- 

 yard palms. 



For previous introduction see 104680. 



113752. Guilielma utilis Oerst. Phoeni- 

 caceae. Pejibaye. 



A pinnate-leaved palm, native to tropi- 

 cal regions of the Western Hemisphere. 

 Its straight, slender stem, about 6 inches 

 in diameter and 60 feet high, is armed 

 from the ground upward with s.tiff, very 

 sharp black spines about 2 inches long. 

 The racemes, 18 to 24 inches long, of small 

 sessile, yellow-white flowers, are produced 

 from the trunk of the palm immediately 

 below or among the lower leaves and are 

 protected by erect spathes. The raceme 

 of mature fruit weighs over 25 pounds, and 

 there are often five or six such racemes 

 produced in a single crop. The individual 

 fruits are conical or ovoid, vary from 1 to 

 2 inches in length, and have dry mealy 

 flesh of a pale-orange or yellow color. It 

 is one of the important food plants of the 

 Tropics. 



For previous introduction see 103739. 



113753. Licuala sp. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



Received as Licuala peltata, but the 

 seeds do not agree with that species. Th^ 

 licualas are showy, dwarf, fan-leaved 

 palms. 



113751 to 113756— Continued. 



113754. Oenocarpds sp. Phoenicaceae. 



Palm. 



A tall, very handsome ornamental palm 

 with a terminal crown of pinnatisect 

 leaves. 



113755. Thrinax sp. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 

 An ornamental fan-leaved palm. 



113756. TlLMIA CARYOTAEPOLIA (H. B. K.) 



O. F. Cook (Martinezia caryotaefolia 

 H. B. K.). 



A slender, spiny-trunked, pinnate-leaved 

 palm with bright orange-red fruits borne 

 in drooping racemes. Native to Colombia. 



For previous introduction see 103172. 



113757 and 113758. Aeachis hypogaea 

 L. Fabaceae. Peanut. 



From Uruguay. Seeds presented by the 

 Facultad de Agronomia Universidad de la 

 Republica. Montevideo. Received Febru- 

 ary 15, 1936. 



113757. A small white Spanish type with 

 short cylindrical pods ; a promising 

 variety. 



113758. A Valencia type with the usual red 

 kernels. 



113759 to 113778. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by F. J. 

 Rae, Director, Melbourne Botanic Gardens 

 and National Herbarium, South Yarra, 

 Victoria. Received February 15, 1936. 



A collection of native Australian plants. 



113759. Callistemon rigidus R. Br. Myr- 

 taceae. 



A tall shrub, sometimes 30 feet high, 

 native to New South Wales. The narrow- 

 ly linear leaves are 2 to 5 inches long, 

 and the scarlet flowers, with dark-red 

 stamens an inch long, are borne in large 

 dense spikes. 



For previous introduction see 101349. 



113760. Cassia eremophila A. Cunn. 

 Caesalpiniaceae. 



A handsome shrub 5 feet high, with 

 leaves made up of two pairs of narrow 

 leaflets and yellow flowers. The leaves 

 and pods are said to be eaten by stock. 



For previous introduction see 90851. 



113761. Chorizema diversifolium A. DC. 

 Fabaceae. 



A tender shrub about 3 feet high, with 

 weak, slender, often twining branches, 

 ovate to narrow lanceolate leaves about 2 

 inches long, and many showy orange flow- 

 ers in loose racemes. 



113762. Dcdonaea triquetra Wendl. Sap- 

 indaceae. 



A tall erect glabrous shrub with oval- 

 elliptic leaves 2 to 4 inches long and very 

 smooth shining brown seeds in medium- 

 sized capsules. 



For previous introduction see 50400. 



113763. Dracophyllum secundum R. Br. 

 Epacridaceae. 



A shrub resembling a monocot with the 



branching stems covered by the sheathing 



bases of the linear-striated leaves 2 to 4 



