UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



INVENTORY No. 97 



Washington, D. C. V Issued April, 1930 



PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED BY THE OFFICE OF FOREIGN PUNT 

 INTRODUCTION, BUREAU OF PUNT INDUSTRY, OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 



' 31, 1928 (NOS. 77596 TO 78508) 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Introductory statement 1 



Inventory 3 



Index of common and scientific names 45 



INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT 



This inventory for the period from October 1 to December-31, 1928, contains 

 a large amount of material which was brought in for experimental purposes, 

 and will affect the final cooperative experiments very little, if at all. This is 

 largely true of the plants obtained by the various expeditions that have been in 

 the field for specific purposes. 



From R. K. Beattie, who is still in the Orient, have been received consider- 

 able collections of Japanese persimmon varieties (Diospyros kaki, Nos. 78487 to 

 78503), Castanopsis spp. (Nos. 78312 to 78316), and Japanese chestnuts (Cas- 

 tanca crcnata, Nos. 78003 to 78031), as well as miscellaneous ornamentals and 

 trees. 



From the Brandes collecting trip in New Guinea has been brought back a 

 large collection of sugarcanes (Saccharum spp., Nos. 77710 to 77816). 



From Madagascar, Charles F. Swingle has brought back not only Euphorbia 

 intisy (No. 78169), a source of rubber, but a large miscellaneous collection of 

 other species, some of them possibly also sources of rubber, and others merely 

 of interest as ornamentals. Among the latter the most curious and interesting 

 are the Kalanchoes (Nos. 77907 to 77917, 78423 to 78438, and possibly others), 

 which will probably be useful out of doors in the warmest parts of the United 

 States and as pot plants throughout the rest of the country. This is par- 

 ticularly true at the present time when succulents are much in vogue. 



A large collection of pineapples (Ananas sativus, Nos. 77629 to 77639) was 

 brought together from the Philippine Islands, Federated Malay States, East 

 Indies, and Porto Rico for the Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station. 



In addition there are numerous collections of ornamentals obtained mostly 

 by purchase from European sources for comparative varietal studies. Among 

 this group might be mentioned witch-hazel, flowering quince, ceanothus, lilac, 

 philadelphus, box, deutzia, and clematis. 



Of possible interest to physicians is the Siamese Solanum saniticongsei (No. 

 77318) , said to be valuable in the treatment of diabetes, and Ephedra gerardia-na 

 (No. 77607), and E. distachya (No. 77619), possible sources of ephedrine. 



The botanical determinations have been made and the nomenclature deter- 

 mined by H. C. Skeels, who has had general supervision of this inventory. 



Knowles A. Ryekson, 

 Pi^incipal Horticulturist, in Charge. 



Office of Foreign Plant Introduction, 



Washington. D. C, January ^, 1930. 

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