PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



75218 and 75219. Cryptostegia spp. 

 Asclepiadaceae. 



From Paris, France. Seeds purchased from 

 Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co. Received October 

 10, 1927. 



75218. Cryptostegia GRANDIFLOBA R. Br. 



Palay rubber vine. 



A climbing shrubby vine of unknown na- 

 tivity, but now cultivated in many places in the 

 Tropics of both hemispheres as an ornamental, 

 and occasionally growing as an escape from 

 cultivation. The leaves are short and leathery, 

 with dull surfaces and purple midribs, and the 

 whitish or pink flowers are 2 to 3 inches in 

 diameter. This vine is now being tested as a 

 source of rubber. In India the plant is called 

 palay. 



For previous introduction see No. 61795. 



75219. Cryptostegia grandiflora R. Br. 



Received as Cryptostegia madagascariensis, 

 but plants grown at Chapman Field, near 

 Miami, Fla., appear to be C. grandiflora. 



75220. Zea mays L. Poaceae. Corn. 



From Darjiling, India. Seeds collected by Dr. 

 F. G. Krauss, of the University of Hawaii. 

 Received October 12, 1927. 



Collected August 10, 1927. A variety growing at 

 an altitude of 7,000 feet. 



75221. (Undetermined.) 



From Kabiti, near Nairobi, Kenya Colony, East 

 Africa. Seeds collected by L. W. Kephart 

 and R. L. Piemeisel, agricultural explorers, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry. Received October 

 15, 1927. 



No. 83. July 8, 1927. A bulbous liliaceous plant 

 with flowers about 1 inch in diameter produced on 

 flower stalks 6 feet high. The leaves are thin, 2 to 

 2 l A feet long, and \y% inches broad at the base, 

 tapering gradually to a point. The pods are one- 

 fourth to one-half inch long, and the bulbs are 4 

 inches in diameter, with several small bulbs at- 

 tached to the side. 



75222 to 75225. Phoenix spp. 



nicaceae. 



Phoe- 

 Palm. 



From Paris, France. Seeds purchased from 

 Vilrnorin-Andrieux & Co. Received October 

 10, 1927. 



75222. Phoenix rupicola T. Anders. 



A slender date palm up to 20 feet high, with 

 leaves 10 feet long and oblong shining yellow 

 fruits. Native to India. 



75223 and 75224. Phoenix reclinata Jacq. 

 Senegal date palm. 



A date palm 25 or more feet tall, which has 

 bright-green 2-ranked leaves with rigid leaflets. 

 Native to tropical Africa. 



75223. [No data.] 



75224. Variety leonensis. 



75225. Phoenix roebelenii O'Brien. 



Roebelin palm. 



A dwarf palm, resembling the date palm, but 

 only about 2 feet high. Native to Cochin 

 China. 



75226. Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck. 

 Rutaceae. Orange. 



From Palestine. Bud wood collected by Knowles 

 A. Ryerson, of the Joint Palestine Survey 

 Commission. Received October 5, 1927. 



The Jaffa or Shamouti orange from Jaffa, Pal- 

 estine, is a large oval fruit of bright orange color, 

 maturing from October to April. The fruit is 

 practically seedless, the skin usually thick, and the 

 flesh of excellent quality. This variety is the basis 

 of the rapidly developing Palestine orange industry. 

 Ninety-five per cent of the fruit is marketed in 

 England. 



75227. Jatropha spathulata Muell. 

 Arg. Euphorbiaceae. Tocote prieto. 



From San Antonio, Tex. Plants collected by Dr. J. 

 N. Rose, of the United States National Museum, 

 and Paul Russell, of the Bureau of Plant Indus- 

 try. Received October 24, 1927. 



No. 24139. October 19, 1927. A stoloniferous 

 shrub up to 15 feet high, with fleshy branches, 

 sessile spathulate leaves, and fascicles of pale-rose 

 flowers. Native to Texas, Mexico, and Central 

 America. For testing as a possible source of rubber. 



75228 to 75238. 



From Teheran, Persia. Seeds presented by E. S. 

 Haskell, Director General of Agriculture and 

 Public Domains. Received October 17, 1927. 



Local varieties collected at Tajrish, near 

 Teheran. 



75228 and 75229. Amygdalus persica L. 

 (Prunus persica Stokes). Amygdalaceae. 



Peach. 



75228. No. 1. Small mealy fruits. 



75229. No. 2. Small sweet fruits. 



75230. Prunus armeniaca L. Amygdalaceae. 



Apricot. 

 No. 3. Aromatic fruits. 



75231 to 75238. Prunus spp. Amygdalaceae. 



Plum. 



75231. Prunus sp. 



No. 4. Large round black fruits. 



75232. Prunus sp. 



No. 5. Large round white fruits. 



75233. Prunus sp. 



No. 6. Large round red fruits. 



75234. Prunus sp. 



No. 7. Very small round yellowish fruits. 



75235. Prunus sp. 



No. 8. Small oval yellowish fruits. 



75236. Prunus sp. 



No. 9. Small oval reddish fruits. 



75237. Prunus sp. 



No. 10. Small oval red fruits. 



75238. Prunus sp. 



No. 11. Large round yellowish white 

 fruits. 



75239. (Undetermined.) Poaceae. 



From Concepcion, Chile. Seeds presented by S. P. 

 Price, Concepcion, through H. L. Westover, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry. Received October 

 24, 1927. 



A mixture of local grass varieties. 



75240. Trifolium fragiferum L. 

 Fabaceae. Strawberry clover. 



From Melbourne, Australia. Seeds purchased 

 from F. H. Brunning. Received October 21, 

 1927. 



