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PLANT MATERIAL INTEODUCKD 



77488 — Continued. 



From Manila, Philippine Islands. Seeds 

 presented by P. J. Wester, Bureau of 

 Agriculture, through Peter Bisset, Bureau 

 of Plant Industry. Received July 12, 

 1928. 



A Philippine ornamental, with large 

 leaves like an Anthurium which may be- 

 come' a very showy conservatory plant. 



77489. Polytrias am aura (Buehse) 

 Kuntze (P. praemorsa Hack.). 



Poaceae. 



Java grass. 



From Port of Spain, Trinidad, British West 

 Indies. Plants presented by W. G. Free- 

 man. Director of the Trinidad Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. Received June 6, 

 1928. Numbered September, 1928. 



A common lawn and pasture grass na- 

 tive to low altitudes in Java. 



For previous introduction see No. 32111. 



77490 and 77491. Cajanus indicus 

 Spreng. Fabaceae. Pigeon pea. 



From Honolulu, Hawaii. Seeds presented 

 by Prof. F. G. Krauss, University of 

 Hawaii. Received September 19, 1928. 



77490. Variety New Era strain D. 



77491. Variety New Era strain X. 



77492. Solanum sp. Solanaceae. 



From Java. Seeds presented by P. J. Wes- 

 ter, Bureau of Agriculture, Manila, Phil- 

 ippine Islands. Received September 24, 



1928. 



Kubiu. A Brazilian plant said to be used 

 as a vegetable in Java. It is probably very 

 tender and does not endure frost. 



77493 to 77495. Cucuebita maxima 

 Duchesne. Cucurbitaceae. Squash. 



From Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. 

 Seeds presented by G. D. Ross, "Under- 

 secretary, Department of Agriculture. 

 Received September 21, 1928. 



77493. Cowra crown. 



77494. Hawkesoury. 



77495. Triangle. 



77496 to 77539. Sacchaeum offici- 

 naeum L. Poaceae. Sugarcane. 



From Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. 

 Cuttings presented by P. H. Goldfinch, 

 acting general manager of the Colonial 

 Sugar Refining Co., at the request of E. 

 W. Brandes, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received September 21, 1928. 



Mr. Goldfinch says that these cuttings 

 belong to the 21 N. O. series, a designation 

 which indicates that they were collected in 

 New Guinea in 1921. 



77496. No. 1. 



77497. No. 2. 



77498. No. 3. 



77499. No. 4. 



77500. No. 5. 



77501. No. 6. 



77502. No. 7. 



77503. No. 9. 



77504. No. 10. 



77496 to 77539- 



-Continue*! 



77505. 



No. 11. 





77506. 



No. 12. 





77507. 



No. 13. 





77508. 



No. 14. 





77509. 



No. 15. 





77510. 



No. 16. 





77511. 



No. 17. 





77512. 



No. 18. 





77513. 



No. 19. 





77514. 



No. 20. 





77515. 



No. 21. 





77516. 



No. 22. 





77517. 



No. 23. 





77518. 



No. 24. 





77519. 



No. 25. 





77520. 



No. 29. 





77521. 



No. 30. 





77522. 



No. 31. 





77523. 



No. 32. 





77524. 



No. 33. 





77525. 



No. 34. 





77526. 



No. 35. 





77527. 



No. 36. 





77528. 



No. 37. 





77529. 



No. 44. 





77530. 



No. 49. 





77531. 



No. 50. 





77532. 



No. 51. 





77533. 



No. 52. 





77534. 



No. 53. 





77535. 



No. 54. 





77536. 



No. 55. 





77537. 



No. 56. 





77538. 



No. 57. 





77539. 



No. 58. 





77540 to 77582. 



From Nelson, New Zealand. Seeds pre- 

 sented by A. Wilkinson, Hon. Secretary 

 and Treasurer of the New Zealand (Nel- 

 son) Alpine and Rock Garden Society. 

 Received September 13, 1928. 



77540. Acaena sp. Rosaceae. 



A herbaceous perennial, native to New 

 Zealand, with alternate, pinnate leaves 

 having incised leaflets and small flowers 

 in terminal or interrupted spikes. 



77541. Alectkyon 

 Sapindaceae. 



EXCELSUM 



Gaertn. 

 Titoki. 



A handsome New Zealand tree up to 

 60 feet high and 2 feet in diameter, 

 with pinnately compound leaves having 

 four to six pairs of obliquely lanceolate 

 leaflets 4 inches long, brownish silky be- 

 neath, and panicles a foot long of small 

 flowers without petals but having large 

 dark-red anthers. The tough elastic 

 wood is used for ax handles, etc. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 73992. 



