10 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 145 



139336 to 139422—Continued 



139409. (Undetermined.) 



No. 346. From shady places on Kasiroeta Island, Batjan Group, Moluc- 

 cas, May 20, 1940. A small tree, with whorls of glossy-green leaves. The 

 small, brilliant-red fruits, Z A inch in diameter, are borne in clusters on the 

 trunk, on peduncles about 6 inches long. 



139410. (Undetermined.) 



No. 353. From Mandioli Island, Batjan Group, Moluccas, May 18, 1940. 



139411. (Undetermined.) 



No. 415. From Karakelang Island, Talaud Group, Moluccas, June 12, 

 1940. A climbing plant, with large, dark-green leaves 8 inches long and 

 oval, blue-black fruits 1 inch long, in roundish clusters. 



139412. Pinanga sp. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



No. 402. From Halmahera Island, Moluccas, June 7, 1940. A solitary 

 feather palm 30 feet high, with a very slender trunk and stilt roots 1 to 4 

 feet long. The leaves, 4 to 6 feet long, have very broad pinnae like those of 

 Caryota. The small flowers are dark red, spirally arranged on the stem, 

 and the coral-red fruits are % inch long. 



139413. (Undetermined.) 



No. 408. From Morotai Island, Moluccas, June 8, 1940. A tall straight 

 tree, up to 100 feet high, with the trunk unbranched 50 feet from the base. 

 The oval, rough, gray-brown seeds are about 2 inches long. 



139414. Euonymus sp. Celastraceae. 



No. 416. From Morotai Island, Moluccas, June 10, 1940. A shrub, with 

 delicate pinnately divided leaves about 1 foot long and white globular 

 berries, V± inch in diameter, in clusters. 



139415. (Undetermined.) 



No. 348. From Kasiroeta Island, Moluccas, May 20, 1940. A tree 40 

 feet tall, with large opposite glossy-green leaves 10 inches long and deep- 

 scarlet ovoid fruits, 1 inch long, in axillary clusters. 



139418. (Undetermined.) 



No. 291. From Wowoni Island, east of Celebes, April > 29, 1940. A 

 strand shrub, with obovate fleshy leaves 6 inches long, forming clumps 15 

 feet across. The irregular flowers, with hairy petals and brushlike stigmas, 

 are freely visited by bees. 



139417. (Undetermined.) 



No. 321. From Maripa Island, Moluccas, May 6, 1940. A small gnarled 

 tree, with narrow, obovate-lanceolate obtuse leaves about 1 inch long and 

 small fragrant white flowers. 



139418. (Undetermined.) 



An undetermined palm collected in the Dutch East Indies by David Fair- 

 child in 1940. 



139419. (Undetermined.) 



No. 294. From Wowoni Island, east of Celebes, April 29, 1940. A 

 vigorous vine, with light-green leaves 4 inches long and 2 inches wide and 

 clusters of orange-yellow fruits. 



139420. (Undetermined.) 



No. 328. From Manipa Island, Moluccas, May 6, 1940. A strand tree, 

 with large, dark-green leaves and fruits of a peculiar shape. 



