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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



77334 to 77384— Continued. 



77353. No. 257. 



77354. No. 258. 



77355. No. 259. 



77356. No. 260. 



77357. No. 261. 



77358. No. 262. 



77359. No. 263. 



77360. No. 264. 



77361. No. 265. 



77362. No. 266. 



77363. No. 267. 



77364. No. 268. 



77365. No. 269. 



77366. No. 270. 



77367. No. 271. 



77368. No. 272. 



77369. No. 273. 



77370. No. 274. 



77371. No. 275. 



77372. No. 276. 



77373. No. 277. 



77374. No. 278. 



77375. No. 279. 



77376. No. 280. 



77377. No. 281. 



77378. No. 282. 



77379. No. 283. 



77380. No. 284. 



77381. No. 285. 



77382. No. 286. 



77383. No. 287. 



77384. No. 288. 



77385 and 77386. 



From Richmond, Australia. Seeds presented 

 by F. H. Baker. Received September 7, 

 1928. 



77385. Callistemon citrinds (Curtis) 

 Skeels (C. lanceolatus DC). Myrta- 

 ceae. Lemon bottlebrash. 



An Australian sbrub up to 12 feet high, 

 with lanceolate leaves 1 to 3 inches long, 

 reddish when young, and spikes. 2 to 4 

 inches long, of small flowers with long 

 bright-red stamens. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 74424. 



77388. Hakea actcularis (Vent.) Knight 

 (H. sericea Schrad.). Proteaceae. 



A tall evergreen Australian shrub or 

 small tree with awl-shaped leaves 1 to 

 3 inches long and axillary clusters of 

 small white flowers. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 73855. 



77387 to 77394. 



From Haiti. Seeds obtained through O. F. 

 Cook, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived September 11, 1928. 



77385 and 77386— Continued. 



77387 to 77391. Castilla spp. Moraceae. 



Tropical trees from which rubber is ob- 

 tained. 



77387. Castilla elastica Cerv. 



Rubbertree. 



A large deciduous tropical American 

 forest tree from which rubber is ob- 

 tained. 



For previous introduction set' No. 

 C1483. 



77388. Castilla paxamexsi.s O. F. 

 Cook. 



A large tree, native to Panama, v ith 

 oblong leaves about ;i foot long wta ch 

 are very rough above and nairy be- 

 neath. The fruiting receptacles, pro- 

 duced in great profusion, are orange- 

 red and are very showy. This tree is 

 commonly planted in Central America 

 as a shade tree. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 30514. 



77389. Castilla sp. 



77390. Castilla sp. 

 X-l. 



77391. Castilla sp. 

 X-2. 



77392. Cryf-tostegia graxdiflora R. Br. 

 Asclepiadaceae. Palay rubbervine. 



An erect woody climber of unknown 

 nativity, but now cultivated in many 

 places in the Tropics of both hemispheres 

 as an ornamental, and occasionally grow- 

 ing as an escape from cultivation. The 

 flowers, reddish purple becoming pale 

 pink, are about 2 inches in diameter, re- 

 sembling those of our common milkweed, 

 and are produced in short spreading 

 cymes. In India the plant is called palay 

 and is cultivated for the rubber obtained 

 from the juice. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 75218. 



77393. Funtumia elastica (Preuss) 

 Stapf. Apocynaceae. Lagos rubbertree. 



A large forest tree which is very widely 

 distributed throughout central Africa and 

 is the source of Lagos rubber, which is 

 of excellent quality. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 73991. 



77394. Hevea brasiliexsis (H. B. K.) 

 Muell. Arg. Euphorbiaceae. 



Para rubbertree. 



From Bayeux, Haiti. A tropical Bra- 

 zilian tree now extensively cultivated for 

 rubber. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 72980. 



77395 and 77396. Cucumis melo L. 

 Cucurbitaceae. Melon. 



From Kashan, Persia. Seeds obtained from 

 Aquai Hassan Agha Assady. Received 

 September 18, 1928. 



77395. No. 1. 77396. No. 2. 



