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77661 to 77690— Continued. 



77685 to 77687. Indigofera spp. Faba- 

 ceae. 



77685. Indigofera decoea alba Sar- 

 gent. 



A white-flowered form of Indigofera 

 decora, which is a Chinese shrub about 

 2 feet high, with reddish-brown branch- 

 lets, 7 to 13 elliptic leaflets, and 

 racemes of flowers 8 to 10 inches long. 



77686. Indigofera hebepetala Benth. 



A deciduous shrub, about 3 feet high, 

 with 5 to 11 broadly ovate leaflets 3 

 inches long, and dense racemes nearly 

 a foot long of pea-shaped flowers hav- 

 ing crimson standards and rose-colored 

 wings and keels. 



77687. Ixdigofeka potaxinii Craib. 



A deciduous upright shrub, native 

 to northwestern China, with five to 

 nine oblong leaflets an inch long and 

 racemes of small bright-rose flowers. 



77888. Os.uanthus armatus Diels. Olea- 

 ceae. 



An evergreen Chinese shrub up to 15 

 feet high, with opposite oblong spiny 

 to.othed leaves 4 to 6 inches long, axillary 

 or terminal panicles of small fragrant 

 white flowers and ovoid fruits. 



77689. Os.maxthus serrulatlk Render. 

 Oleaceae. 



An evergreen Chinese shrub or small 

 tree up to 35 feet\high, with coriaceous 

 obovate spiny serrulate leaves 3 to 5 

 inches long, panicles of fragrant white 

 flowers, and black fruits. It is closely 

 related to Osmanthus fragrans. 



77690. Rhododendron m a c r o s t e m o x 

 Maxim. Ericaceae. 



A low half-evergreen Japanese shrub 

 with pubescent elliptic-oblong leaves half 

 an inch long and salmon-red flowers an 

 inch across having stamens twice as long 

 as the corolla. It is closely related to 

 Rhododendron obtusum. 



77691. Carica papaya L. Papayaceae. 



Papaya. 



From Honolulu, Hawaii. Seeds presented 

 by J. M. Westgate, director, Hawaii Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Station. Received 

 November 5, 1928. 



Solo. From the standpoint of the home 

 gardener this is considered one of the best 

 of the papayas. Although small, its qual- 

 ities of texture and flavor give it first 

 rank. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 76495. 



77692. Vicia picta Fiscli. and Mey. 

 Fabaceae. Vetch. 



From Kharkof, Russia. Seeds presented by 

 Prof. D. C. Vilensky, Ukraine Institute 

 of Applied Botany. Received November 

 5, 1928. 



A biennial vetch, native to Armenia, of 

 value there as a cover crop. 



77693 to 77698. 



From Amani, Tanganyika Territory, Africa. 

 Seeds presented by the superintendent of 

 plantations. East African Agricultural 

 Research Station. Received October 12, 

 1928. 



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77693 to 77698— Continued. 



77693. Erxthrina tomentosa R. Br. 

 Fabaceae. 



A tree native to South Africa, up to 20 

 feet high, with thick, rough, prickly bark. 

 The long-stemmed, trifoliolate leaves, 10 

 to 14 inches long and wide, are densely 

 hairy on both surfaces, and the bright- 

 crimson flowers are borne in many- 

 flowered spikelike clusters. The woody 

 pods, velvety on the surface, are alter- 

 nately swollen and contracted, which 

 gives them a bizarre appearance. 



For previous introduction see No. 



56187. 



77694. Erythrina velutina Willd. Fab- 

 aceae. 



A spiny tree, native to Venezuela, up 

 to 30 feet high, which, while leafless, 

 bears large masses of rosy red flowers. 

 The leaves are compound with three cor- 

 date triangular entire leaflets. 



77695. Grewia calymmatosepala Schum. 

 Tiliaceae. 



A woody climber, native to tropical 

 Africa, which reaches to the tops of the 

 tallest trees. It has oblong to elliptic 

 leaves 3 to 8 inches long and short ra- 

 cemes of small pinkish-white flowers. 



77696. Hibiscus scotti Balf. f. Malva- 

 ceae. 



A large shrub or small tree, native to 

 the island of Socotra, with ovate leaves 

 either entire, toothed, or lobed and 

 flowers, 3 to 4 inches across, bright 

 yellow with a carmine eye. 



77697. Landolphia sp. Apocynaceae. 



Landolphias are woody vines with op- 

 posite leaves and are a possible source 

 of rubber. 



77698. Mascarenhasia elastica Schum. 

 Apocynaceae. 



A tree, native to tropical Africa, with 

 oblong coriaceous leaves 10 inches long, 

 axillary and terminal cymes of pink or 

 purple flowers, and smooth purplish-black 

 fruits 3 to 4 inches long. This tree is 

 a source of rubber, and the timber is 

 also said to be excellent. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 61498. 



77699. Neoglaziovia variegata (Ar- 

 ruda). Mez (Billbergia variegata 

 Schult.) Bromeliaceae. Caroa. 



From Vicosa, Minas Geraes, Brazil. Plants 

 presented by P. H. Rolfs, Escola Superior 

 de Agricultura e Veterinaria, through 

 L. H. Dewey, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received October 7, 1927. Numbered in 

 December, 1928. 



The caroa is a plant 4 or 5 feet high, of 

 the same family as the pineapple, and is 

 found wild in the caatingas, or dry regions, 

 of eastern Brazil. The natives extract the 

 fiber for the purpose of making baskets, 

 ropes, and hammocks, but the amount ob- 

 tained is not sufficient for export. 



For previous introduction see No. 63868. 



77700. Pruntjs yedoensis Mats. Amyg- 

 dalaceae. Yoshino cherry. 



Trees growing at the United States Plant 

 Introduction Garden, Chico, Calif., orig- 

 inally from Highland Park, Rochester, 

 N. Y. Numbered in October, 1928. 



