24 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 143 



136878 to 136896— Continued. 



136892. Tabernaemontana sp. Apocynaceae. 



No. 225. From Lembeh Island, Minahassa, Celebes, Dutch East Indies, February 

 13, 1940. A small shrub, bearing white flowers and large red fruits in pairs. 



136893. Tetrastigma sp. Vitaceae. 



' No. 204. From Menado, Tana Waneke, Celebes, Dutch East Indies. A climbing 

 vine, growing on the edge of Sonneretia mangrove swamp, with salt water covering 

 its roots at times. It has 3-parted leaves of glossy light green and clusters of some- 

 what flattened glossy black fruits that are more than Yi inch across; the fruits 

 are sweet but contain crystals of calcium oxalate. 



136894. Xylocarpus moluccensis (Lam.) M. Roem. Meliaceae. 



No. 206. From Port Lebak, Mindanao, Philippine Islands, January 25, 1940. 

 A large tree with dark, flaky bark, compound leaves of two or three pairs of leaflets, 

 and globular fruits about the size of a small orange and hanging on long stems. The 

 wood is hard, heavy, and easily worked. Native to the Old World Tropics. 



136895. (Undetermined.) 



No. 212. From a sulfur pit on top of Kawah Masem, Minahassa, Celebes, Dutch 

 East Indies, February 8, 1940. 



136896. Deeringia polysperma (Roxb.) Moq. Amaranthaceae. 



No. 186. From Port Labek, Mindanao, Philippine Islands, January 25, 1940. A 

 shrub with arching branches 3 to 4 feet long, thin, ovate, acuminate leaves and 

 clusters, 2 or 3 inches long, of small, pearly white, almost translucent berries. 

 Native to tropical Asia. 



136897. Hevea brasiliensis (H. B. K.) Muell. Arg. Euphorbiaceae. 



Para rubbertree. 



From Panama. Plants presented by the Goodyear Rubber Plantation, Gatun Lake. 

 Received April 29, 1940. 



G. V. No. 17. 

 136898 to 136902. Chaenomeles spp. Malaceae. Quince. 



From Massachusetts. Plants purchased from the Eastern Nurseries, Holliston. 

 Received April 29, 1940. 



136898. Chaenomeles lagenaria (Lois.) Koidz. Japan quince. 



Baltzi. 



136899 and 136900. Chaenomeles. 



136899. Grandiflora Semi-plena. 



136900. Sanguined Semiplena. 



136901. X Chaenomeles superb a f. perfecta (Froebel) Rehder. 



A form with scarlet flowers and larger and broader leaves than the type. 



136902. Chaenomeles. 

 Versicolor Lutescens. 



136903 to 136907. 



From France. Plants purchased from Grandes Roseraies du Val de la Loire, Orleans. 

 Received April 29, 1940. 



136903. Chaenomeles lagenaria (Lois.) Koidz. Malaceae. Japan quince. 

 Permesina Semi-plena. 



136904. Chaenomeles. Quince. 

 Orange. 



136905. Deut ia scabra Thunb. Hydrangeaceae. Fuzzy deutzia. 

 Eminem. 



