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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



124000 to 124012. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by the Atkins 

 Institution of tbe Arnold Arboretum, Sole- 

 dad, Cienfuegos, through F. G. Walsingbam. 

 Received May 17, 1937. 



124000. ACANTHOPHOENIX CRINITA (Boi'y) 



Wendl. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



From the Department of Agriculture, 

 Mauritius. A pinnate-leaved palm 50 to 

 60 feet high, with finely dissected leaves 

 7 to 13 feet long, silvery white beneath ; 

 the leaf sheaths, 2 to 4 feet long, are thickly 

 covered with short brown bristles and 

 spines. Native to the Mascarene Islands. 



124001. Adinandra bockiana E. Pritz. The- 

 aceae. 



From the Botanical Institute, Sun Yat 

 Sen University, Canton, China. A small 

 evergreen tree, with ovate-oblong leaves 

 about 5 inches long. Native to China. 



124002. Alnus teabeculosa Hand. Mazz. 

 Betulaceae. 



From the Botanical Institute, Sun Yat 

 Sen University, Canton, China. 



124003. Angophora lanceolata Cav. 

 Myrtaceae. 



Presented by Alfred Bircher, El Saff, 

 Egypt. An evergreen tree 70 to 80 feet 

 tall, with deciduous bark, lanceolate, leath- 

 ery leaves to 5 inches long, and small 

 white flowers in terminal corymbs on short 

 panicles. Native to Queensland and New 

 South Wales. 



124004. Bretschneidera sinensis Hemsl. 

 Sapindaceae. 



From the Botanical Institute, Sun Yat 

 Sen University, Canton, China. A handsome 

 tree about 25 feet high, with pinnate leaves, 

 9 to 18 inches long, of 4 to 8 lanceolate 

 leaflets, and terminal racemes of showy 

 pink flowers. Native to the mountains of 

 Yunnan, China. 



124005. Cordia holstii Gurke. Boragina- 

 ceae. 



Presented by Alfred Bircher, El Saff. 

 Egypt. A tree very much like the catalpa, 

 with broad leaves and very delicate lacelike 

 white flowers. It is used as an avenue 

 tree. 



For previous introduction see 117048. 

 12400Q. Fokienia hodginsii (Dunn) Henry 



and Thomas. Pinaceae. 



Presented by the Botanical Institute, 

 Sun Yat Sen University, Canton, China. 

 A coniferous tree up to 40 feet in height, 

 native to southwestern China and probably 

 adapted for cultivation only in the southern 

 United States. 

 124007. Oncoba routledgei Sprague. Fla- 



courtiaceae. 



124000 to 124012— Continued. 



Presented by Alfred Bircher, El Saff, 

 Egypt. A spiny shrub or small tree up to 

 about 18 feet high, with elliptic oblong or 

 oblong, dark-green leaves from 3 to 5 

 inches long and large fragrant camellialike 

 white flowers, followed by large globose 

 woody-shelled fruits. It resembles Oncoba 

 ■spinosa, but the spines are shorter. Native 

 to tropical Africa. 



124008. Pinds sp. Pinaceae. Pine. 

 Presented by the Botanical Institute, 



Sun Yat Sen University, Canton, China. 

 Received under the name "kwangtungen- 

 sis," for which a place of publication has 

 not been found. 



124009. Rhododendron simiarum Hance. 

 Ericaceae. 



Presented by the Botanical Institute, 

 Sun Yat Sen University, Canton, China. 

 An evergreen shrub, 6 to 8 feet high, with 

 thick oblanceolate to obovate leaves about 

 3 inches long and racemose corymbs of 4 

 to 6 pink flowers. The funnel-campanu- 

 late flowers are about 2 inches long. Na- 

 tive to southeastern China at altitudes of 

 about 2,000 feet. 



124010. Sorbus folgneri (C. Schneid.) 

 Rehder. Malaceae. Mountain-ash. 

 Presented by the Botanical Institute, 



Sun Yat Sen University, Canton, China. 

 A handsome Chinese tree with gracefully 

 spreading branches and oval leaves, dark 

 green above and white hairy beneath. The 

 ovoid red berries are about one-half inch 

 long. 



For previous introduction see 79040. 



124011. Tabebuia chrysea Blake. Bignoni- 

 aceae. 



Presented by Sr. A. Dugand, Barran- 

 quilla, Colombia. A tree about 20 feet 

 high, with 5-foliolate membranous leaves 

 and many showy yellow flowers in racemes, 

 which appear before the leaves. Native to 

 Venezuela. 



124012. Tsuga longibracteata Cheng. Pi- 

 naceae. 



Presented by the Botanical Institute, 

 Sun Yat Sen University, Canton, China. A 

 hemlock) about 30 feet high, with linear 

 leaves, dark green above, and about three- 

 fourths of an inch long. Native to south- 

 western China. 



124013 to 124023. Avena sativa L. 

 Poaceae. Oats. 



From India. Seeds presented by Dr. Edgar 

 F. Vestal, Allahabad Agricultural Institute, 

 Allahabad . Christian College, American 

 Presbyterian Mission, Allahabad. Received 

 May 26, 1937. 



