INVENTORY 



7421S and 74219. Macadamia terni- 

 folia F. Muell. Proteaceae. 



Macadamia. 



From Sydney, Australia, 

 from Anderson & Co. 

 11, 1927. 



Seeds purchased 

 Received August 



Evergreen trees up to 50 feet in height, 

 which are cultivated for their edihie nuts. 



74218. A thin-shelled variety. 



74219. A medium-shelled variety. 



74220. Litchi chinensis Sonner. Sa- 

 pindaceae. Lychee. 



From Tela, Honduras. Plants presented by 

 Dr. Wilson Popenoe, United Fruit Co. 

 Received September 29, 1927. 



Seedling plants procured for further ex- 

 perimental testing in southern Florida. 



For previous introduction see No. 51472. 



74221. Lilium 

 aceae. 



TIGRINUM 



Ker. 

 Tig* 



Lili- 



r lily. 



74213. Terminalia saffoedii Merr. 



Combretaceae. 



From the island of Guam. Seeds pre- 

 sented by C. W. Edwards, director, 

 Guam Agricultural Experiment Station. 

 Received August 11, 1927. 



A tropical ornamental tree with broadly 

 oval leaves and axillary racemes of small 

 oblong fruits. Native to Guam. 



74214 and 74215. 



From Sumatra. Seeds collected by H. H. 

 Bartlett, University of Michigan, Ann 

 Arbor, Mich. Received August 12, 1927. 



74214. Cyperus sp. Cyperaceae. Sedge. 



No. 8214. Galamaija. Seeds collected 

 between Djoema Tombak and Ael: Na 

 Gerger. A tall, soft-stemmed species used 

 for making mats and bags. It grows 

 wild in the little swamps, and where it 

 occurs naturally it is increased by cut- 

 ting up the clumps and tucking the divi- 

 sions into new places. 



74215. Jatropha curcas L. Euphorbi- 

 aceae. 



No. 8213. Doelang patila. Seeds col- 

 lected between Djoema Tombak and Aek 

 Na Gerger. A poisonous plant 5 or 6 

 feet high, used as a hedge plant and 

 ornamental by the natives. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 No. 68966. 



74216. BAMBUSAsp. Poaceae. Bamboo. 



From Dehra Dun, United Provinces, India. 

 Seeds presented by R. N. Parker, forest 

 botanist, Forest Research Institute and 

 College. Received August 15, 1927. 



A tall bamboo, native to India, which is 

 said to resemble Bambusa tulda. 



74217. Mercurialis annua L. Euphor- 

 biaceae. 



From Paris. France. Seeds presented by 

 Prof. D. Bois, Paris Museum of Natural 

 History. Received August 15, 1927. 



An erect European annual which bears 

 seeds said to contain a high percentage of 

 drying oil. 



*It should be understood that the names of horticultural varieties of fruits, vegetables, 

 cereals, and other plants used in this inventory are those under which the material was 

 received when introduced by the Office of Foreign Plant Introduction, and, further, that 

 the printing of such names here does not constitute their official publication and adoption 

 in. this country. As the different varieties are studied, their entrance into the American 1 

 trade forecast, and the use of varietal names for them in American literature becomes 

 necessary, the foreign varietal designations appearing in this inventory will be subject to 

 change with a view to bringing the forms of the names into harmony with recognized 

 horticultural nomenclature. 



It is a well-known fact that botanical descriptions, both technical and economic, sel- 

 dom mention the seeds at all and rarely describe them in such a way as to make possible 

 identification from the seeds alone. Many of the unusual plants listed in these inventories 

 are appearing in this country for the first time, and there are no seed samples or herba- 

 rium specimens with ripe seeds with which the new arrivals may be compared. The only 

 identification possible is to see that the sample received resembles seeds of other species of 

 the. same genus or of related genera. The responsibility for the identifications therefore 

 must necessarily often rest with the person sending the material. If there is any question 

 regarding the correctness of the identification of any plant received from this office, her- 

 barium specimens of leaves and flowers should be sent in so that definite identification can 

 be made. 



From Yaomin, Manchuria. Bulblets col- 

 lected by P. H. Dorsett, agricultural 

 explorer, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived September 22, 1925. Numbered 

 September, 1927. 



No. 4004. August 14, 1925. Aerial bulb- 

 lets from leaf axils of plants 4 feet high. 

 These plants have from three to eight or 

 more good flowers and leaf-axil bulblets. 



74222. Quercus myrsinaefolia Blume. 

 Fagaceae. Oak. 



Trees growing at the Barbour Lathrop 

 Plant Introduction Garden, Savannah, 

 Ga. Numbered September, 1927. 



Bell No. 1232. A handsome evergreen 

 Japanese oak 30 to 40 feet high, with 

 lanceolate-serrate leaves 3 to 5 inches long, 

 smooth and shining above and covered with 

 a whitish bloom underneath. The ovoid 

 acorns, nearly an inch long and one-third 

 covered by the smooth cup, are borne in 

 short spikes. 



