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133026. Ptychococcus pakadoxus (Scheff.) Beccari. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



A slender palm, native to New Guinea, with a trunk D to 13 feet high, covered 

 with a dense white tomentum. The regularly pinnately divided leaves have 6 

 to 15 broadly lanceolate segments with obliquely truncate tips. 



For previous introduction see 129873. 



133027. Ptychosperma macarthuri Wendl. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



A palm, native to Australia, which grows to a height of 30 feet, but is usually 

 a dwarf in cultivation with suckers from the base, making a bushy plant. The 

 smooth ringed trunk is crowned by a dense cluster of pinnate leaves with 

 arching leaflets 6 to 9 inches long. 



For previous introduction see 104700. 



133028. Ptychosperma sp. Palm. 



133029. Raphia ruffia (Jacq.) Mart. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



A feather-leaf palm with a trunk about 25 feet high, nearly erect leaves up 

 to 65 feet long, numerous broad-linear, rather rigid pinnae 2 to 5 feet long, 

 and scaly ellipsoid fruits 1 or 2 inches long. From the leaves of this and other 

 species of Raphia is obtained the commercial fiber known as raffia. Native to 

 Madagascar and eastern tropical Africa. 



133030. Roystonea oleracea (Jacq.) O. F. Cook. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 

 For previous introduction see 97551. 



133031. Tectona grandis L. f. Verbenaceae. Teak. 

 A tall evergreen tree native to southern and central Asia, with opposite ovate 



leaves and white or bluish flowers in terminal panicles 6 inches long. The 

 wood is highly prized by shipbuilders because of its great strength and dura- 

 bility. 



For previous introduction see 123569. 



133032. Cucumis melo L. Cucurbitaceae. Muskmelon. 



From Turkey. Seeds presented through Perry N. Whitehurst, Quitman, Ga. 

 Received May 4, 1939. 



Alkissar. 



133033 to 133035. Hibiscus spp. Malvaceae. 



From India. Seeds purchased through the Director, Imperial Institute of Agri- 

 cultural Research, Pusa, Bihar. Received May 1, 1939. 



133033 and 133034. Hibiscus cannabinus L. Ambari hemp. 



For previous introduction see 75895. 



133033. Pusa type No. 3. 



133034. Pusa type No. 6. 



133035. Hibiscus sp. 



Received as Hibiscus sabdariffa variety Altissima, but the seeds are not of 

 that species. 



133036 to 133053. 



From India. Seeds presented by the Secretary, Imperial Council of Agricultural 

 Research, India Department of Agriculture, New Delhi. Received April 21, 

 1939. 



133036 to 133041. Andropogon spp. Poaceae. Grass. 



133036. Andropogon annulatus Forsk. Palwan. 

 A perennial grass, native to India, much used as fodder. 



For previous introduction see 41885. 



133037. Andropogon caricosus L. 



A grass with erect stems forming tufts at the rooting nodes. Native to 

 tropical Asia. 



For previous introduction see 49507. 





