

JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1940 15 



134979 to 135021— Continued 



135011. Pinanga philippinensis Beccari. Palm. 



No. 30. From the Mount Makiling National Park, Laguna, Luzon, October 29, 

 1939. A Philippine palm with smooth, slender, greenish stems up to 25 feet high, 

 thin, ascending pinnate leaves 3 to 5 feet long, and pendulous panicles of red fruits 

 It grows in exposed forest ridges and ravines at altitudes of 2,000 to 5,000 feet. 



135012. Pithecellobium sp. Mimosaceae. 



No. 50. From Mount Makiling National Park, Laguna, Luzon, October 20, 

 1939. A small attractive tree growing in the open. 



135013. PlTTOSPORUM PENTANDRUM (Blanco) Merr. Pittosporaceae. 



No. 90. From Bongabong, Northern Ecija, Luzon, November 21, 1939. A tree 

 sometimes 60 feet high, but sometimes shrubby, with small white fragrant flowers 

 and handsome straplike leaves with wavy margins. The fruits are in showy clusters 

 of pretty orange berries. 



For previous introduction see 20492. 



135014. Pothodium lobbianum Schott. Araceae. 



135015. Rhizophora mucronata Lam. Rhizophoraceae. 



No. 25. A large evergreen shrub or tree, with oblong-elliptic, shiny leaves up to 

 6 inches long, and clusters of 3 to 7 white to cream-colored flowers. It forms man- 

 grove swamps on Old World tropical shores. 



135016. Strongylodon macrobotrys A. Gray. Fabaceae. 



No. 26. Tayabak, or "jade vine." From the Mount Makiling National Park, 

 Laguna, Luzon, October 27, 1939, A slender-stemmed vine that bears large hang- 

 ing clusters of blue-green flowers, each 2 inches long. 



135017. Tabernaemontana panducaqui Poir. Apocynaceae. 



No. 88. From the roadside betv/een San Miguel de Mayuno and Cabanatuan, 

 Luzon. A small shrub 3 to 12 feet high, with small glossy leaves and small jasmine- 

 like flowers nearly an inch across. Native to New Guinea. 



135018. Terminalia nitens Presl. Combretaceae. 



No. 42. From Mount Makiling National Park, Laguna, Luzon, November 5, 

 1939. A forest tree, native from the lower to the alpine forests in the Philippines. 

 It is a good timber tree, and the bark is used as straw-colored dye. 



For previous introduction see 100657. 



135019. Tetrastigma sp. Vitaceae. 



No. 10. Collected between Laguna and Infanta, Luzon. A vine with clusters of 

 handsome pink fruits. 



135020. Uvaria scandens C. B. Robinson. Annonaceae. 

 No. 97. From near Bongabong, November 20, 1939. 



135021. Vitex parviflora Juss. Verbenaceae. 



No. 27. Molave. From Mount Makiling National Park, Laguna, Luzon, October 

 28, 1939. An important timber tree, with clusters of blue flowers; found growing 

 near the coast in dry rocky soils. 



For previous introduction see 101451. 



135022. Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. Solanaceae. Tomato. 



From Colombia. Seeds presented by Jaime Villegas D., California. Received January 

 22, 1940. 



135023 and 135024. 



From Manchuria. Bulbs presented by B. V. Skvortzov, Harbin. Received Januarv 

 30, 1940. 



