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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



77631 to 77633— Continued. 



nient of Agriculture, at the request of 

 F. G. Krauss, University of Hawaii, 

 Honolulu. Received January 7, 1928. 

 Numbered in November, 1928. 



77631. Comtc dc Paris. 



77632. Montserrat. 



77633. Singapore canning. 



77634 to 77638. Ananas sativus 

 Schult. f. Bromeliaceae. Pineapple. 



From Pasar Minggoe, East Indies. Offsets 

 obtained by F. G. Krauss, University of 

 Hawaii. Honolulu. Received October 12, 

 1927. Numbered in November, 1928. 



77634. Mandaloeng. 



77635. Montserrat. 



77636. Noenggai. 



77637. Ripley Queen. 



77638. Smooth Cayenne. 



77639. Ananas s a t i v u s Schult. f . 

 Bromeliaceae. Pineapple. 



From Mayaguez, Porto Rico. Slips pre- 

 sented by T. B. McClelland, horticultur- 

 ist of the Porto Rico Agricultural Ex- 

 periment Station. Received April 3, 1928. 

 Numbered in November, 1928. 



Cabezona. The largest variety in the 

 world, with the possible exception of- the 

 King of Borneo. The record fruit here 

 weighing about 14% kilos. It is used in 

 high-grade canning in the old Lajas dis- 

 trict. 



77640 and 77641. Nothofagtjs spp. 

 Fagaceae. 



From Wellington, New Zealand. Seeds 

 presented by G. Phillips Turner, Direc- 

 tor of Forestrv, State * Forest Service. 

 Received November 2, 1928. 



77640. NOTHOFAGUS FUSCA (Hook. f . ) 



Oerst. 



Collected at the head of Lake "Waka- 

 tipu. South Island. A New Zealand ever- 

 green tree over 100 feet high, with zigzag 

 branchlets, broadly ovate coarsely den- 

 tate leaves 1 to 2 inches long, and clus- 

 ters of small nutlets resembling beech- 

 nuts. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 75202. 



77641. Nothofagus mexziesii (Hook, f.) 

 Oerst. 



An evergreen tree, native to New Zea- 

 land, up to 80 feet high and 5 feet in 

 diameter, with silvery white bark, cori- 

 aceous doublv crenate orbicular leaves 

 half an inch long, and small fruits re- 

 sembling beechnuts. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 46644. 



77642. Alstonia scholaeis (L.) R. Br. 

 Apocynaceae. 



From Medan, Sumatra. Seeds presented by 

 J. A. Lorzing. Received July 7, 1928. 

 Numbered in November, 1928. 



A tropical Indian tree, 40 to 90 feet 

 high, with whorls of four to seven obovate 

 evergreen leaves 8 inches long, and cymes 

 of greenish wbite flowers. The bitter milky 



77642 — Continued. 



•sap yields an inferior quality of gutta- 

 percha, and an extract of the bark is used 

 like quinine. 



For previous introduction see No. 65247. 



77643. Actinidia chinensis Planch. 

 Dilleniaceae. Yangtao. 



From Seattle, Wash. Seeds presented by 

 David YVhiteomb. Received October 31, 

 1928. 



An ornamental, deciduous climber native 

 to Szecbwan. China, which has attracted 

 considerable attention because of the high 

 quality of its fruits. The leaves have a 

 plushlike texture and an unusual dark- 

 green color, and their large size and regu- 

 lar spacing add to the beauty of the vine. 

 The flowers are buff yellow to white, frag- 

 rant, often l 1 /-! inches across, and are pro- 

 duced in great abundance. The ovoid to 

 globose, russet-brown villous fruits are 

 about 2 inches long. The flesh is green, 

 resembling that of a gooseberry, but tem- 

 pered with a flavor peculiarly its own. It 

 can be used fresh or made into jam. 



For previous introduction see No. 56608. 



77644. Thkinax wendlanmana Bec- 

 cari. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



From Little River, Fla. Seeds presented 

 by Charles T. Simpson. Received Octo- 

 ber 18, 1928. 



A Cuban palm with a slender graceful 

 trunk, palmate leaves which are reflexed 

 against the trunk iu age, and greenish- 

 brown fruits the size of a pea. 



77645. Ac ee nikoense (Miquel) 

 Maxim. Aceraceae. Nikko maple. 



From Jamaica Plain, Mass. Seeds col- 

 lected by Paul Russell, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry, at the Arnold Arboretum. Re-. 

 ceived November 5, 1928. 



A tree up to 50 feet high, native to Japan 

 and central China, with attractive foliage 

 which becomes brilliant red or purple in 

 autumn. 



77646. Populus alba niyea Ait. Sali- 

 caceae. Poplar. 



From France. Plants obtained by Ivar 

 Tidestrom. Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received November 10, 1928. 



A form of the white poplar with lobed 

 leaves which are densely silvery-white 

 tomentose beneath. 



wblsonii Render. 



77647. Aesculus 

 Aesculaceae. 



From Jamaica Plain, Mass. Plant pre- 

 sented by E. H. Wilson, Arnold Arbore- 

 tum, through Paul Russell. Bureau of 

 Plant Industry. Received November 12, 

 1928. 



An ornamental tree, 75 feet high, native 

 to Szecbwan and Hupeh, China. It is 

 closely allied to Aesculus chinensis, from 

 which it differs only in a few minor char- 

 acters. The leaves are downy when young, 

 and the white flowers are borne in racemes 

 which sometimes become 16 inches long. 

 The burs are rough but not spiny. 



For previous introduction see No. 56390. 



77648. Populus tremula L. Salica- 

 ceae. European aspen. 



