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76747. Actinidta aeguta (Sieb. and 

 Zucc). Planch. Dillcniaceae. 



Bower actinidia. 



From Manchuria. Cuttings collected by P. H. 

 Dorsett, agricultural explorer, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry. Received December 23, 1925. Num- 

 bered April, 1928. 



No. 4736. Mefun, November 12, 1925. These 

 cuttings are from the vine from which seeds were 

 sent under No. 4156 [No. 65484]. This vine bears 

 edible fruits of good size and is an attractive orna- 

 mental. 



76748 and 76749. Thunbergia spp. 

 Acanthaceae. 



From Gladwyne, Pa. Plants presented by Mrs. 

 J. Norman Henry. Received May 11, 1928. 



76748. Thunbergia gibsoni S. Moore. 



Clockvine. 



A climbing vine, native to tropical east 

 Africa, with triangular hairy leaves and large 

 solitary orange-red flowers. 



For previous introduction see No. 51240. 



76749. Thunbergia sp. 



A thunbergia said to be native to the Hima- 

 layas. 



76750. Fragaria viridis Duchesne (F. 

 collina Ehrh.). Rosaceae. 



Strawberry. 



From Paris, France. Plants presented by Vil- 

 morin-Andrieux & Co. Received March 29, 

 1928. Numbered June, 1928. 



A European strawberry which closely resembles 

 Fragaria vesca, but the fruits have a musky odor. 



For previous introduction see No. 37691. 



76751. Malus sylvestris Mill. (Pyrus 

 malus L.). Malaceae. Apple. 



From Paris, France. Scions presented by A. 

 Pasquier des Mazis, Ancien Directeur de l'Union 

 Agricole de France. Received April 2, 1928. 



Bonne hoture. A delicious apple grown chiefly 

 near Bauge, Maine et Loire. It makes a very 

 good jelly. 



76752 to 76754. Quercus spp. Faga- 

 ceae. 



From Yokohama, Japan. Seeds presented by R. 

 C. B. Gardner, Northwood, Middlesex, England. 

 Received April 9, 1928. 



76752. Quercus acutissima Caruthers (Q. 

 serrata S. and Z., not Thunb.). 



Bristletooth oak. 



A handsome eastern Asiatic tree up to 50 feet 

 high, with half-evergreen obovate to oblong 

 sharp-pointed leaves 5 to 7 inches long having 

 serrate bristle-pointed margins. The cup 

 which covers about two-thirds of the acorn 

 has long spreading recurved scales. 



For previous introduction see No. 54433. 



76753. Quercus dentata Thunb. Daimyo oak. 



A large tree 75 to 80 feet tall, native to Chosen 

 and northern and western China. The obovate- 

 sinuate lobed leaves, dark green above and gray- 

 ish tomentose beneath, are 10 to 12 inches long 

 and 9 inches wide, and the ovoid acorns, an inch 

 wide, are about half covered by the cup which 

 has lanceolate spreading scales. 



For previous introduction see No. 72162. 



76752 to 76754— Continued. 



76754. Quercus glauca Thunb. Oak. 



A handsome evergreen Japanese tree 45 feet 

 high, with ovatedentate leaves 3 to 5 inches long, 

 lustrous above and glaucous beneath, and ellip- 

 soid acorns nearly an inch long with saucer- 

 shaped cups having five to seven concentric 

 silky pubescent rings. 



76755. Ficus roxburghii Wall. Mo- 

 raceae. Fig. 



From Calcutta, India. Fruits presented by C. C. 



Calder, Superintendent of the Royal Botanic 



Garden. Received April 5, 1928. 



A low-spreading Indian tree 20 to 30 feet high, 

 with broadly ovate-cordate entire or toothed leaves 

 and russet-brown or purple fruits 2 inches in 

 diameter. 



76756. Haematoxyltjm campechia- 

 num L. Caesalpiniaceae. Logwood. 



From St. Croix, Virgin Islands. Seeds presented 

 by J. B. Thompson, director of the agricultural 

 experiment station. Received April 7, 1928. 

 A tropical American tree up to 40 feet high, 



which yields the logwood of commerce used for 



dyes and inks. 



For previous introduction see No. 43775. 



76757. Trachylobium hornemannia- 

 num Hayne. Caesalpiniaceae. 



From Dar es Salaam, Tanganyika Territory, 

 Africa. Seeds presented by A. H. Kirby, Direc- 

 tor of the Department of Agriculture. Received 

 April 3, 1928. 



A large tropical South African tree with com- 

 pound leaves, panicles of small flowers, and ovoid 

 resinous warted pods 2 inches long. This tree 

 produces most of the copal gum of commerce. 



76758. CORYPHA TJMBRACULIFERA L. 



Phoenicaceae. Talipot palm. 



From Peradeniya, Ceylon. Seeds presented by 

 T. H. Parsons, Curator of the Royal Botanic 

 Gardens of the Department of Agriculture. 

 Received April 10, 1928. 



A large palm up to 80 feet high, which dies after 

 fruiting. The leaves, 12 feet long and 16 feet broad, 

 are made up of lobed segments, and the creamy 

 white flowers are in terminal panicles 20 feet long. 

 It is native to Ceylon. 



For previous introduction see No. 76048. 



76759 to 76768. 



From Brignoles, France. Seeds presented by R. 

 Salgues, Director of the Brignoles Botanic 

 Station. Received April 2, 1928. 



76759. Brachypodium phoenicoides (L.) Roem. 

 and Schult. Poaceae. Grass. 

 A perennial European grass 1 to 2 feet high, 



with narrowly linear leaves, slender stems, and 

 narrow flower clusters having oblong spikelets 

 sessile on the axis. 



For previous introduction see No. 75529. 



76760. Cistus salvifolius L. Cistaceae. 



Salvia rockrose. 

 A shrub native to the Mediterranean region, 

 procumbent or up to 2 feet high, with rigid 

 rugose oblong leaves and solitary or clustered 

 white flowers 1 to 2 inches across. 



76761. Elichrysum stoechas DC. Asteraceae. 



Everlasting. 



A yellow-flowered evergreen shrub about 2 

 feet high, native to the Mediterranean region. 



For previous introduction see No. 68143. 



