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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



76874. (Undetermined.) 



From China. Roots collected by F. A. McClure, 

 agricultural explorer. Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received April 2, 1926. Numbered May, 1928. 



No. 390. January 17. 1926. A liliaceous herb 

 whose spreading panicles of dry seed pods promise 

 an attractive ornamental. The flowers, about an 

 inch long, are borne in clusters several inches long. 

 This variety was found on the grass-covered moun- 

 tain side of Kongshan. 



76875 to 76877. 



From Ceylon and Singapore, Straits Settlements. 

 Collected by David Fairchild, agricultural 

 explorer, Bureau of Plant Industry, with the 

 Allison V. Armour expedition. Received 

 February and July, 1926. Numbered May, 1928 



76875. TJvaria purpurea Blume. Annonaceae. 



No. 825. Botanic Gardens, Singapore, May 

 31, 1926. Plants of an ornamental tropical 

 climber with very handsome purple-red flowers. 



76876. Vateria acuminata Hayne. Diptero- 

 carpaceae. 



No. 321. Seeds obtained from a native en 

 route to Kurunegala, Ceylon. The Hal tree of 

 Ceylon, according to Trimen's Flora of Ceylon, 

 is often planted for ornament. It is a large tree 

 with a spreading crowm and bears cream-colored 

 sweet-scented flowers, an inch in diameter, 

 during April and May. The stem yields a clear 

 3'ellowish resin which is equal to the best 

 dammar, and the seeds are ground into meal and 

 eaten. Many trees are killed by being stripped 

 for the bark, which is used to check the fermenta- 

 tion of palm wine or toddy. 



76877. Artocarpus lakoocha Roxb. Mora- 

 ceae. 



No. 284. Peradeniya Garden, Ceylon, Janu- 

 ary 4, 1926. Kana-gona or Tampang-manis. 

 Seeds of a handsome tropical Asiatic tree with 

 deep-green leaves and yellowish green, very sour 

 fruits 2 inches in diameter. The fruits are edible 

 and are good for stewing. 



For previous introduction see No. 47833. 



76878 to 76885. 



From Buenos Aires, Argentina. Seeds presented 

 by Prof. Lorenzo R. Parodi, of the University of 

 Buenos Aires, through H. N. Vinall, Bureau of 

 Plant Industry. Received May 4, 1928. 



76878. Avena scabrivalvis Trim Poaceae. 



Grass. 

 A bulbiferous plant, with cleistogamous 

 flowers, growing in humid places. 



76879. Bromus brevis Steud. Poaceae. 



Bromegrass. 



A perennial from La Plata, Buenos Aires 

 Province; collected in January, 1928. 



76880 and 76881. Bromus unioloides (Willd.) 

 H. B. K. Poaceae. Bromegrass. 



An annual or biennial grass, 1 to 2 feet high, 

 native to South America; it has been cultivated 

 occasionally in the southern United States for 

 winter forage. 



For previous introduction see No. 62064. 



76880. No. 1. A common form cultivated on 

 pampas. 



76881. No. 2. A perennial from Rio Negro, 

 Patagonia. 



Melica sarmentosa Ness. Poaceae. 

 Grass. 



A perennial somewhat climbing grass. 



76878 to 76885— Continued. 



76883. Oryza subulata Nees. Poaceae. Grass. 



From Chaco, Argentina. A perennial culti- 

 vated in the botanic garden of the university. 



76884. Phalaris coerulescens Desf. Poaceae. 



Grass. 



A cespitose perennial cultivated in the 

 botanic garden of the university. It seeds poorly 

 in Buenos Aires. 



For previous introduction see No. 46955. 



76885. Poa bonariensis (Lam.) Kunth. Poa- 

 ceae. Grass. 



From Avellaneda, Province of Buenos Aires. 

 A rhizomatous perennial. 



76886 to 76891. 



From Summit, Canal Zone. Seeds presented by 

 J. E. Higgins, of the Plant Introduction Garden. 

 Received May 7, 1928. 



76886. Aphelandra sinclairiana Nees. Acan- 

 thaceae. 



A shrub 6 to 15 feet high, native to Panama, 

 with obovate entire leaves, vivid orange-red 

 bracts, and pale or purplish red tubular flowers. 



76887. Arrabidaea rotuxdata Bur. Bignoni- 

 aceae. 



A large woody vine native to the Pacific slope 

 in Panama, with two or three elliptic leaflets and 

 axillary and terminal panicles of very showy 

 pink or purple flowers. 



76888. Callichlamys latifolia Schum. Big- 

 noniaceae. 



A large woody vine, native to Panama, with 

 large compound leaves having three elliptic 

 leaflets, and short racemes of bright-yellow 

 flowers. 



76889. Odontadenia speciosa Benth. Apo- 

 cynaceae. 



A large woody tropical American vine with 

 opposite elliptic leaves 5 to 10 inches long, and 

 large cymes of yellow flowers. 



76890. Pogonopus speciosus (Jacq.) Schum. 

 Rubiaceae. 



A tropical American shrub or small tree up to 

 20 feet high, with broadly lanceolate leaves, and 

 broad cymes of scarlet flowers with brilliant red 



bracts. 



For previous introduction see No. 45360. 



76891. Posoqueria latifolia Roem. and 

 Schult. Rubiaceae. 



A tall Brazilian shrub up to 25 feet high, with 

 large opposite ovate coriaceous leaves, terminal 

 corymbs of white tubular flowers 4 inches long, 

 and succulent edible fruits used for jellies and 

 marmalades. 



For previous introduction see No. 69373. 



76892 to 76914. 



From Gangtok, Sikkim, India. Seeds presented by 

 the forest manager of Sikkim. Received May 

 15, 1928. 



76892. Abelmoschus manihot (L.) Medic. 

 (Hibiscus manihot L.). Malvaceae. 



A Chinese perennial herb up to 9 feet high, 

 naturalized in India and also in the Southern 

 United States. It has palmately divided leaves 

 and pale yellow flowers 4 to 9 inches across. 



For previous introduction see No. 40030. 



