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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



114845 to 115046— Continued. 



114957. Hibiscus sabdariffa L. Malva- 

 ceae. Roselle, 



No. 52. From the market at Kandy, 

 Ceylon, February 2.3, 1936. A plant with 

 red calyxes which are made into preserves ; 

 the leaves are used as a green vegetable. 



For previous introduction see 87463. 



114958. Indigofera sp. Fabaceae. 



No. 172. From Kandy, Ceylon. A plant 

 with very beautiful rose-colored flowers. 



114959. Ipomoea sp. Convolvulaceae. 



No. 177. From Coimbatore, southern 

 India, March 4, 1936. Said to be a free- 

 flowering morning-glory with large blue 

 flowers which remain open in the hot sun 

 most of the day. 



114960. Lagenaria leucantha (Duchesne) 

 Rusby. Cucurbitaceae. Calabash gourd. 



No. 51. Duya labu ; sorakai. From the 

 market at Kandy, Ceylon, February 23, 

 1936. Fruit light green, bottle shaped, 

 and 2 inches long. 



114961. Lantana CAmara L. Verbena- 

 ceae. Common lantana. 



No. 131. Collected February 27, 1936, 

 along the Nuwara-Eliya Road, Ceylon, at 

 4,000 feet altitude. The small heads of 

 orange-red flowers are very attractive. 



114962. Lantana camara L. Verbena- 

 ceae. Common lantana. 



No. 138. From Nuwara-FJIiya, Ceylon. 

 February 28, 1936. A form with heads 

 of lovely pink flowers that has become 

 naturalized in Ceylon. 



For previous introduction see 103512. 



114963. Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb. 

 Cucurbitaceae. Singkwa towelgourd. 



No. 55. Vetakala, PiJcunga. From the 

 market at Kandy, Ceylon. February 23, 

 1936. Fruit ridged, green, 10 inches long. 



For previous introduction see 103706. 



114964. Luffa cylindrica (L.) Roemer. 

 Cucurbitaceae. Suakwa towelgourd. 



No. 87. Sponge gourd; Niyanvetakola. 

 From Teldeniya, near Kandy, Ceylon, 

 February 25, 1936. The fruit is eaten 

 fresh as ai vegetable and, when ripe, the 

 hard fibrous seed pod is used for scouring 

 pots, etc. 



For previous introduction see 103916. 



114965 to 114969. Lycopersicon esculen- 

 tum Mill. Solanaceae. Tomato. 



114965. No. 75. TakJcali. From the 

 market at Kandy, Ceylon, February 

 23, 1936. The irregular fruits are 

 less than 2 inches across. 



114966. No. 121. From the market at 

 Suez, Egypt, February 6, 1936. A 

 red fruit 3y 2 inches long, common in 

 the market. 



114967. No. 173. From Coimbatore, 

 March 4, 1936. Round fruits 1 inch 

 in diameter ; the plant is said to be 

 very hardy. 



114968. No. 207. From a seed store in 

 Bangalore, Mysore, March 5, 1936. 

 A red fruit, 1 inch in diameter, said 

 to be wilt resistant. 



114969. No. 237. From Bombay, March 

 8, 1936. Fruit red. globose, up to 

 iy 2 inches in diameter. 



114845 to 115046— Continued. 



114970 to 114973. Momordica spp. Cu- 

 curbitaceae. 



114970. Momordica charantia L. 



Balsam-pear. 



No. 90. Karawila. From Teldeniya, 

 near Kandy, Ceylon, February 25, 1936. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 114448. 



114971 and 114972. Momordica dioica 

 Roxb. 



Tumba karawila. From the market 

 at Kandy, Ceylon, February 23, 1936. 

 A tropical climber with an edible tuber- 

 ous root and small rough yellow fruits 

 2 to 3 inches long which are eaten as 

 a vegetable. Native to India. 



114971. No. 57. 114972. No. 61. 



114973. Momordica charantia L. 



Balsam-pear. 



No. 158. Tit a karawila. From Dum- 

 balla, Ceylon, March 1, 1936, at 1,000 

 feet altitude. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 114970. 



114974. Moraea iridioides L. Iridaceae. 



Iris moraea. 



No. 140. From the Hakgala Gardens, 

 Ceylon, February 28, 1936. A south Af- 

 rican relative of the iris, which forms 

 large clumps with irislike leaves and 

 flower stalks 3 feet high. The very at- 

 tractive flowers, like the Japanese iris 

 in form, have blue-purple standards and 

 white falls marked with yellow. 



For previous introduction see 67369. 



114975. Moringa oleifera Lam. Moringa- 

 ceae. Horseradish-tree. 



No. 226. Murunga Kaya. From Ban- 

 galore, Mysore, March 5, 1936. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 114449. 



114976. Stizolobium aterrimum Piper and 

 Tracy. Fabaceae. Velvetbean. 



No. 111. Wanduru-me (monkey bean). 

 From Katu Kastota, near Kandy, Ceylon, 

 February 26, 1936. A climber from 20 to 

 30 feet high ; both pods and seeds are 

 used as food. 



114977. Dracaena sp. Liliaceae. 



No. 172-N. From Kandy, Ceylon. A 

 tropical shrub with ornamental foliage 

 and pinkish-white flowers. 



114978. C A S T A L I A PUBESCENS (Willd.) 



Woody, and Wood. Nym'phaeaceae. 



No. 230. Ollu. From Kekirawa, Cey- 

 lon, March 2, 1936. A waterlily with 

 reniform leaves 8 to 10 inches across, 

 scabrous above, and white flowers, similar 

 to those of Nymphaea alba, borne 6 inches 

 above the water. Native to eastern India. 



114979. Ocimum gratissimum L. Mentha- 

 ceae. 



No. 112. Madurutala. From Katu Kas- 

 tota, near Kandy, Ceylon, February 26, 

 1936. A tropical evergreen shrub up to 

 8 feet high, with ovate leaves about 3 

 inches long and racemes of small pale- 

 yellow flowers. 



Nos. 114980 to 114982 were collected 

 in the Botanic Gardens, Hakgala, Ceylon, 

 February 28, 1936. 



