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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



76759 to 76768— Continued. 



76762. IIippocrepis comosa L. Fabaceae. 



A European herbaceous perennial legume 

 prostrate or up to 2 feet high, with 7 to 1 1 obovate 

 leaflets, umbels of yellow flowers, and pods made 

 up of segments shaped like a horseshoe. 



76763. IIippocrepis multisiliquosa L. Faba- 

 ceae. 



A southern European annual legume 1 to 2 

 feet high, with pinnate leaves, yellow flowers, 

 and flat curved pods made up of horseshoe- 

 shaped segments. 



For previous introduction see No. 67266. 



76764. Inula viscosa Ait. Asteraceae. 



A southern European shrubby perennial 1 to 

 2 feet high, with yellow flowers. 



For previous introduction see No. 67167. 



76765. Psoralea bituminosa L. Fabaceae. 



Scurf-pea. 



A herbaceous perennial legume about 3 feet 

 high, native to the Mediterranean region, 

 thriving in dry calcareous soil. The leaves are 

 trifoliolate and the small bluish flowers are in 

 heads. The plant has a strong bituminous odor 

 but is said to make good hay. 



For previous introduction see No. 67169. 



76768. Scilla AUTUMNALis L. Liliaceae. 



Autumn squill. 



An autumn-flowering North African bulbous 

 perennial with slender leaves and loose racemes 

 of rosy pink flowers half an inch wide appearing 

 before the leaves. 



For previous introduction see No. 66967. 



76767. Scorpiurus subvillosa L. Fabaceae. 



A low annual legume, native to the Mediter- 

 ranean region, with narrow simple leaves, small 

 yellow flowers, and curled papillose pods resem- 

 bling caterpillars. 



For previous introduction see No. 68149. 



76768. Tamus communis L. Dioscoreaceae. 



A Mediterranean herbaceous twining vine 

 with a tuberous root, ovate-cordate obscurely 

 lobed leaves about 3 inches long, and loose 

 clusters of small yellowish green flowers followed 

 by bright-red berries. 



For previous introduction see No. 69861. 



76769 and 76770. 



From Hailar, Manchuria. Seeds presented by N, 

 Glowkhoff, superintendent of the Manchurian 

 Agricultural Society, through G. C. Hanson, 

 United States consul, Harbin. Received April 

 3, 1928. 



76769. Iris sp. Iridaceae. 

 A yellow iris. 



76770.. Prunus sib erica L. Amygdalaceae. 



Siberian apricot. 



A spreading shrub or small tree up to 15 feet 

 high, growing on the southern and southeastern 

 slopes of stony mountains in northeastern 

 Asia, where the soil is not very thick. It has 

 long-pointed serrate-ovate leaves, solitary white 

 or pinkish flowers an inch across, and an abun- 

 dance of yellow fruits, with reddish cheeks, 

 which have very little flesh and are hardly 

 edible. 



For previous introduction see No. 68819. 



76771 to 76774. 



From Peradeniya, Ceylon. Seeds presented by 

 the manager of the publication depot and central 

 seed store of the Department of Agriculture. 

 Received April 6, 1928. 



76771. Bradburya pubescens (Benth.) Kuntze 

 (Centrosema pubescens Benth.). Fabaceae. 



A creeping tropical vine used as a cover crop 

 in the East Indies. 



For previous introduction see No. 72430. 



76772. Crotalaria striata DC. Fabaceae. 



A native leguminous plant of possible use as a 

 cover plant. 



For previous introduction see No. 71807. 



76773. Deguelia robusta (Roxb.) Kuntze 

 (Derris robusta Benth.). Fabaceae. 



A tree 30 to 40 feet high, native to the lower 

 Himalayas, with grayish branchlets, compound 

 leaves of 7 to 19 leaflets 2 inches long and gray 

 beneath, and whitish flowers in loose racemes 

 about 6 inches long. 



76774. Meibomia gyroides 

 (Desmodium gyroides DC). 



(DC.) Kuntze 

 Fabaceae. 



A shrubby leguminous plant 8 to "10 feet high,, 

 native to the warmer parts of the central and 

 eastern Himalayas. It has hairy leaves and 

 terminal clusters of red flowers. 



For previous introduction see No. 68860. 



76775 and 76776. 



From Pretoria, Transvaal, Union of South Africa- 

 Seeds presented by E. Percy Phillips, Division 

 of Botany. Received April 9, 1928. 



76775. Bauhinia galpini N. E. Brown. 

 Caesalpiniaceae. 



A South African climbing shrub 5 to 10 feet 

 high. The leaves, two lobed at the apex, are 

 1 to 3 inches long, and the brick-red flowers 

 are borne continuously from spring to late 

 autumn. 



For previous introduction see No. 66148. 



76776. Bot.usanthus speciosus (Bolus) Harms. 

 (Lonchocarpus speciosus Bolus). Fabaceae. 

 A small ornamental South African tree with 



compound leaves and long racemes of violet 

 flowers. The hard white durable timber is used 

 for wheel spokes. 



For previous introduction see No. 55555. 

 76777 to 76779. 



From Ceylon and Straits Settlements. Plants 

 collected by David Fairchild, agricultural ex- 

 plorer, Bureau of Plant Industry, with the 

 Allison V. Armour expedition. Received 

 July 19, 1926. Numbered April, 1928. 



76777. Couroupita guianensis Aubl. Lecy- 

 thidaceae. 



No. 890. Royal Botanic Garden, Peradeniya, 

 June 9, 1926. The cannon-ball tree, native to 

 Guiana, is one of the strangest freaks of the 

 vegetable kingdom. It is a large handsome tree 

 producing pink fleshy flowers of curious shape on 

 special crooked branches rising from the trunk. 

 These flowers are followed by cannon-ball- 

 shaped fruits 4 to 5 inches in diameter. 



For previous introduction see No. 67994. 



76778. Ixora bandhuca Roxb. Rubiaceae. 

 No. 834. Botanic Garden, Singapore, May 



31, 1926. A stout-branched shrub, native to 

 India, with coriaceous cordate-oblong leaves 2 

 to 4 inches long, cymes of scarlet or yellow 

 flowers, and fleshy fruits the size of a pea. 



