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124956 — Continued. 



ety. In habit of growth, climatic adapta- 

 bility, and free-flowering characteristics it 

 resembles A. grandiflora. In the large, tubu- 

 lar, lavender-pink flowers, it resembles A. 

 scliumannii. 



124957 to 124960. 



From Egypt. Seeds presented by the Horti- 

 cultural Section. Ministry of Agriculture, 

 Giza, through F. G. Wa'lsingham, Atkins 

 Institution of the Arnold Arboretum, Sole- 

 dad, Cienfuegos, Cuba. Received September 

 27, 1937. 



elegans Mart. 

 Calicoflower. 



124957. Aristolochia 

 Aristolochiaceae. 



A perennial vine with long-stalked, 

 broadly ovate leaves 2 to 3 inches across 

 and solitary flowers, which have no unpleas- 

 ant odor, borne on the pendulous new wood. 

 The flowers have a yellow-green tube 2 to 

 3 inches long, and the cordate-circular 

 limb, 3 inches across, is purple and white 

 blotched, white outside with a yellow eye. 

 Native to Brazil. 



124958. Celtis rhamnifolia Presl. Urma- 

 ceae. 



A tree about 20 feet high, with smooth 

 gray bark, ovate, abruptly acuminate, 

 leathery leaves, and inconspicuous flowers. 

 Native to South Africa. 



For previous introduction see 112637. 



124959. Terminalia trifoliata Spreng. 

 Combretaceae. 



A tall shrub or vigorous tree with 3- 

 parted leaves and flattened, winged fruits. 

 The yellowish wood is strong and flexible. 

 Native to the temperate regions of South 

 America. 



For previous introduction see 42548. 



124960. Vernonia abtssinica Sch. Bip. As- 

 teraceae. 



An erect shrubby perennial up to 2 feet 

 high, with lanceolate elliptical leaves and 

 small campanulate flower heads in panicles. 

 Native to Ethiopia. 



124961 to 124964. Prunus spp. Amyg- 

 dalaceae. 



From Germany. Seeds presented by Otto 

 Mann, Leipzig. Received September 24, 

 1937. 



124961 to 124964— Continued. 



124961. Prunus avium L. Sweet cherry. 



Variety Sylvestris. Originated in Ger- 

 many. 



124962 and 124963. Prunus mahaleb L. 

 Mahaleb cherry. 



124962. Yugoslavian origin. 



124963. French origin. 



124964. Prunus cerasifera Ehrh. 



Myrobalan plum. 



A small yellow plum, 1 inch in diameter, 

 rather flavorless. 



For previous introduction see 118072. 



124965. Juniperus ashei Buckholz. 

 Pinaceae. 



From Glenn Dale, Md. Plants growing at 

 the United States Plant Introduction Gar- 

 den. Numbered in September 1937. 



A shrubby tree 12 to 20 feet high, usually 

 with several trunks coming from a short fluted 

 main trunk, forming a broad, globular, open, 

 irregular crown. Related to Juniperus mono- 

 sperma, but differing in the tetragonal and 

 more slender branchlets and large fruits and 

 seeds. Native to the Ozark region in south- 

 ern Missouri and Arkansas. 



124966 to 124968. 



From Mexico. Seeds presented by Dr. C. A. 

 Purpus, Zacuapam, Huatusco, Veracruz. 

 Received September 29, 1937. 



124966. Carica papaya L. Papayaceae. 



Papaya. 



124967. Neanthe elegans (Mart.) O. F. 

 Cook (Chamaedorea elegans Mart.). 

 Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



A pinnate-leaved palm up to 6 feet high, 

 native to southern Mexico. The leaves, 

 nearly 4 feet long, have about 20 pairs of 

 pinnae, each a foot long and nearly 1 inch 

 wide. The closely ringed stem is about 

 iy 2 inches thick. 



For previous introduction see 101699. 



124968. Tigridia sp. Iridaceae. 

 Flowers orange with golden-yellow spots. 



