12 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 142 



134963 to 134977— Continued 



134974. Lilium speciosum var. kraetzeri Duchartre. 

 For previous introduction see 11587. 



134975. Lilium speciosum Thunb. 

 Rubrum. 



134976. Lilium speciosum f. rubrum magnificum x auratum. 



134977. Lilium speciosum punctatum x auratum. 



134978. Taxodium mucronatum Ten. Pinaceae. 



Montezuma baldcypress. 



From Mexico. Seeds presented by C. F. Edwards, Los Mochis, through the Fair- 

 child Tropical Garden, Coconut Grove, Fla. Received January 29, 1940. 



For previous introduction see 1761. 



134979 to 135021. 



From the Philippine Islands. Seeds collected by the Archbold-Fairchild Expedition. 

 Received in October and November 1939. Numbered in January 1940. 



134979. Alocasia macrorhiza (L.) Schott. Araceae. 



No. 35. Collected along the road from Los Banos to Laguna, Luzon, October 30, 

 1939. 



For previous introduction see 32093. 



134980. Amomum sp. Zingiberaceae. 



No. 30. From San Pablo, Luzon, October 19, 1939. A handsome species that 

 grows in clumps, becoming 2 feet high. Flowers bright red. 



134981. Amorphophallus campanulatus (Roxb.) Blume. Araceae. 



No. 34. From the economic garden of the agricultural school, Laguna, Luzon, 

 October 30, 1939. The corm of this plant grows as large as a cabbage and is used 

 as food in most parts of India. 



For previous introduction see 80996. 



134982. Antidesma bunius (L.) Spreng. Euphorbiaceae. Banauc. 



No. 17. Bignai. A small evergreen tree, up to 30 feet high, native to the Malay 

 Peninsula. The leaves are dark green, and the small dark-red, pleasant-flavored 

 fruits are borne in racemes, like the currant. The tree is widely distributed through- 

 out the Tropics. 



For previous introduction see 102363. 



134983. Artocarpus blancoi (Elmer) Merr. Moraceae. 



No. 21. From the Mount Makiling National Park, Laguna, Luzon. A strictly 

 wild species, endemic to the Philippines. Sometimes confused with the true bread- 

 fruit, it is not good except when cooked as a vegetable. 



For previous introduction see 100647. 



134984. Calamus ornatus Blume. Phoenicaceae. Rattan. 



No. 28. Tagalog name limuran. Collected in the Mount Makiling National 

 Park, Laguna, Luzon, October 28, 1939. A very large, climbing species, sometimes 

 producing stems 300 feet long. The elongated leaf rachis or flagellum is 25 feet 

 long, but the quality of the rattan is inferior. 



For previous introduction see 112266. 



134985. Caryota cumingii Lodd. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



No. 39. Pugahan. A palm with a tall, stout, spineless, ringed trunk, about 20 

 feet high, crowned with a few spreading bipinnate leaves. The small globular 

 fruits are purple. Native to the Philippine Islands. 



For previous introduction see 106143. 



