4 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 133 



124976. Opsiandra maya O. F. Cook. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



From Florida. Seeds collected at Coconut Grove by H. F. Loomis, Bureau of 

 Plant Industry, United States Department of Agriculture. Received October 

 12, 1937. 



A palm growing in "The Kampong," residence of Dr. David Fairchild ; originally 

 grown from seed collected by O. F. Cook near Uaxachtun, Department of Peten, 

 Guatemala, in March 1922. It has a slender tapering trunk about 6 inches in 

 diameter at the base, grows to a height of 60 or more feet, and is supported on a 

 conical mass of thick roots. The few leaves, usually 5 or 6, are 8 to 9 feet long 

 and have 90 pinnae on each side of the midrib. The flowers appear several joints 

 below the leaves ; the fruit is red and borne in clusters. 



This is the first time this species has fruited in the United States. 



124977. Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench. Malvaceae. Okra. 



From Mexico. Seeds presented by J. Acuina Ordaz, Serro Prieto, Sierra de 

 Atoyac. Received October 12, 1937. 



124978. Chelone lyoni Pursh. Scrophulariaceae. 



From North Carolina. Plants presented by Mrs. G. Latta Clement, Nik-Nar 

 Nursery, Biltmore Station, Asheville. Received October 14, 1937. 



124979. Awnona senegalensis Pers. Annonaceae. 



From Florida. Seeds presented by W. Paul Phillips, Orlando. Received October 

 19, 1937. 



A shrub or small tree, sometimes 20 feet high, native to both eastern and west- 

 ern tropical Africa. The oval, blue-green, leathery leaves are up to 5 inches 

 long, and the orange-yellow, edible fruits, over 1 inch in diameter, contain an 

 aromatic dark-red pulp which suggests that of the cherimoya of tropical America. 



For previous introduction see 124619. 



124980-124981. Gossypium. Malvaceae. Cotton. 



From Puerto Rico. Seeds presented by Atherton Lee, Director, Agricultural 

 Experiment Station, Mayaguez. Received October 2, 1937. 



124980. Gossypium. 



Haitian Forbes-Barker cotton ; type 36-8-34-5. 



124981. Gossypium. 



Haitian Forbes-Barker cotton ; type R-6-8-29. 



124982. Antidesma platyphyllum H. Mann. Euphorbiaceae. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by F. G. Walsingham, Atkins Institution of the 

 Arnold Arboretum, Soledad, Cienfuegos. Received October 1, 1937. 



A tree 20 to 30 feet high, native to the Hawaiian Islands. The rather stiff, 

 ovate to obovate leaves are 3 to 5 inches long, and the inconspicuous liowers are 

 followed by compressed, suboblique reddish fruits about %-inch long. 



For previous introduction see 101244. 



124983-125003. 



From Turkey. Seeds presented by Bey Rursit R. Korol, Istanbul, through S. 

 Walter Washington, Charge d' Affaires ad interim, Istanbul, through the 

 Department of State, United States of America. Received October 8, 1937. 



124983. Cephalaeia syeiaca (L.) Schrad. Dipsacaceae. 

 Used to flavor bread. 



For previous introduction see 123279. 



124984. Cicee aeietinum L. Fabaceae. Chickpea. 



124985. Coeiandeum sativum L. Apiaceae. Coriander. 

 For previous introduction see 123037. 



124986. Cucuebita pepo L. Cucurbitaceae. Pumpkin. 



124987. Helianthus annuus L. Asteraceae. Common sunflower. 



