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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



77000 to 77014— Continued. 



77013. Bambusa sp. 



No. 1053. Fat t'o chulc (Buddha's belly 

 bamboo). A small bamboo of the sympodial 

 type obtained at a Chinese nursery at Canton. 

 It is cultivated in pots for ornamental purposes 

 only. This supposed ornamental value is 

 derived from the globular internodes which 

 make up a zigzag culm. It does not appear to 

 exceed 1 meter in height and is, as a rule, only 

 about two-thirds this high. The largest inter- 

 nodes are usually about 1.5 centimeters in diam- 

 eter and quite short, usually about 3 centimeters 

 long. The culm tapers rather abruptly from the 

 base to the tip. The walls are greatly thickened, 

 the inner cavity of the internodes being flat in 

 shape, barely wide enough to accommodate a 

 small knife blade. The branching is of the type 

 in which there is one large central branch and 

 two smaller ones on either side of it. There may 

 also be other smaller branches between these. 

 The apparently abnormal growth of the inter- 

 nodes may be due to the presence of fungal 

 threads in the young shoots, a circumstance 

 which may lend credence to the theory that the 

 black spore masses of some smut sometimes 

 appear at the bases of the branches; that is, 

 at the nodes of the culms. 



77014. (Undetermined.) 



No. 1054. Lingnan University, Canton, May 

 20, 1927. Koon yam chuk (goddess-of-mercy 

 bamboo). A small bamboo of the sympodial 

 type which grows in very dense clumps. The 

 culms will reach a length of 2 or 3 meters if 

 allowed to grow unmolested and a diameter of 

 about 1 centimeter. Typically the leaves are 

 extremely small, 2 to 3 centimeters in length, and 

 the tips of the branchlets which bear the leaves 

 curl downward in a very characteristic manner. 

 This bamboo is usually used as a hedge plant, 

 though it is sometimes grown in pots. It re- 

 sponds admirably to trimming, and makes very 

 dense and beautiful hedges. It keeps its limits 

 almost indefinitely while spreading imper- 

 ceptibly. 



77015 to 77019. Rhododendron spp. 

 Ericaceae. 



From Leicester, England. Seeds purchased from 

 Bev. J. Farnworth Anderson. Beceived June 

 16, 1928. 



77015. Bhododendron ambiguum Hemsl. 



A low Chinese shrub with lanceolate leaves 2 

 to 3 inches long; the flowers, pale-yellow spotted 

 with greenish yellow, are 2 inches across. 



77016. Bhododendron lutescens Franch. 



A Chinese shrub 6 feet high, with long pointed 

 lanceolate leaves 3 to 4 inches long, densely 

 scaly and light green beneath. The pale-yellow 

 wheel-shaped flowers are an inch across. 



77017. Bhododendron maxwelui L. S. Gibbs. 



A large shrub or small tree native to North 

 Borneo at an altitude of 6,000 feet. The medium- 

 sized thick rugose leaves resemble those of 

 Rhododendron acuminatum; the tubular yellow 

 flowers, 2 inches in diameter, are produced 

 abundantly in racemes. 



77018. Bhododendron racemosum Franch. 



An upright Chinese shrub about 6 feet high, 

 with scaly branchlets, elliptic to obovate leaves 

 which are glabrous above and glaucous beneath, 

 and numerous few-flowered clusters of pink 

 flowers. 



77019. Bhododendron sp. 



Forrest's No. 17827. An ornamental shrub. 



77020 to 77022. 



From St. Peters, South Australia. Seeds pre- 

 sented by J. Howard Johnson. Beceived June 

 8, 1928. 



77020. Erythrina crista-galli L. Fabaceae. 



An ornamental Brazilian shrub or small tree 

 with large spikes of dark-red flowers 12 to 18 

 inches long. 



For previous introduction see No. 73849. 



77021. Mida acuminata (B. Br.) Kuntze 

 (Fusanus acuminatum B. Br.). Santalaceae. 



Quandong. 



An Australian evergreen tree up to 30 feet 

 high, with long narrow leaves which are eaten by 

 sheep and cattle in times of drought. The 

 inconspicuous flowers are in terminal clusters 

 and are followed by red fruits 1 to 2 inches in 

 diameter. The fleshy part of the fruit is used for 

 jelly, and the kernel of the nut, besides being 

 edible, contains an oil which may be used for 

 light. 



For previous introduction see No. 50325. 



77022. Xanthoceras sorbifolia Bunge. Sap- 

 indaceae. 



A Chinese shrub or small tree with ashlike 

 leaves and large drooping racemes of white 

 flowers with yellow stamens. The kernels of 

 the large fruits are eaten by the Chinese. 



For previous introduction see No. 62590. 



77023. Lilium sp. Liliaceae. Lily. 



From Chosen, Japan. Bulbs collected by B. K. 

 Beattie, Bureau of Plant Industry. Beceived 

 June 16, 1928. 



No. 685. May 16, 1928. Koryo Forest Experi- 

 ment Station, about 25 miles northeast of Keijo. 

 A species said to have pinkish flowers. The plants 

 were about 7 inches high when these bulbs were 

 dug. The winters in this region go below F., 

 but there is little snow. 



77024 and 77025. 



From Soledad, Cienfuegos, Cuba. Seeds presented 

 > by B. M. Grey, biological laboratory and bo- 

 tanical garden, Harvard University. Beceived 

 June 12, 1928. 



77024. Cltjsia rosea Jacq. Clusiaceae. 



A Central American shrub or tree up to 30 

 feet high, usually epiphytic when young and 

 eventually killing the host plant. The opposite 

 entire broadly ovate leaves are very thick and 

 leathery, and the large white flowers are often 

 tinged with pink. 



77025. Trophis racemosa (L.) Urban (T. 

 americana L.). Moraceae. 



A Mexican tree up to 50 feet high, with ovate 

 coriaceous leaves 4 to 7 inches long, greenish 

 flowers, and small globose fruits which have a 

 very thin edible flesh. The young branches are 

 used for fodder, and the bark contains tannin. 



77026. Opizia 

 Poaceae. 



STOLONIFERA Presl. 



Acapulco grass. 



From Habana, Cuba. Plants obtained from 

 Brother Leon, La Salle College, through P. L. 

 Bicker, Bureau of Plant Industry. Beceived 

 February 6, 1928. Numbered June, 1928. 



This perennial creeping grass was discovered 100 

 years ago at Acapulco, Mexico. It is now known to 

 grow over a wide area in the western part of south- 

 ern Mexico, a region with a long period of drought 

 each year. It makes very dense turf and grows 

 even on the surface of practically bare limestone 

 rock. It is doubtless very drought resistant, as the 

 dry season of southwest Mexico is a prolonged one. 



