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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



77700 — Continued. 



P. I. G. No. 16826. Tree 3, rows 14G to 

 148, old test orchard. Taizanfukun (moun- 

 tain snowcap). Trees erect, about 15 feet 

 high, with dark-brown bark ; flowers semi- 

 double to double, pink, about an inch in 

 diameter, often borne near the ends of the 

 branches, l'edicels and calyxes more or less 

 hairy. 



For previous introduction see No. 76080. 

 77701 to 77707. 



Prom Jamaica Plain, Mass. S^eds • and 

 scions collected at the Arnold Arboretum 

 by Paul Russell, Bureau of Plant Indus- 

 try. Received November, 1928. 



77701 and 77702. Dipelta floribunda 

 Maxim. Caprifoliaceae. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see No. 77675. 



77701. Seeds. 



77702. Arboretum' No. 15414. Scions. 



77703. Ligustrum acutissimum Koehne. 

 Oleaceae. Privet. 



Arboretum No. 14973-1. Seeds of a 

 loose-growing much-branched shrub 10 

 feet or less high, with spreading and 

 curving branches and very narrow sharp- 

 pointed leaves about 2 inches long. The 

 white flowers are borne in dense nodding 

 panicles about an inch long. This privet 

 is native to Japan and China. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 72874. 



77704. Malds theifera Render. Mala- 

 ceae. Tea crab. 



Arboretum No. 7241. Seeds of a spread- 

 ing tree about 25 feet high, with smooth 

 dark-gray bark. The fragrant white or 

 pinkish flowers, about 2 inches across, 

 are in clusters of three to seven, and 

 the fruits, about half an inch in diame- 

 ter, are greenish yellow with red cheeks. 

 A floriferous and handsome crab apple. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 61983. 



77705 and 77706. Prdnus serrulata 

 Lindl. Amygdalaceae. Oriental cherry. 



77705. Arboretum No. 20135. Masu- 

 yama. Scions of a small spreading 

 tree with reddish brown bark. The 

 young leaves, which appear before 

 the flowers fall, are brownish green. 

 The flowers, deep pink in the bud, 

 are semidouble, light pink with 

 deeper pink toward the margins, and 

 open rather flat. Compared with 

 Horinji, a closely related variety, the 

 flowers are slightly less double and 

 are flatter wdien fully opened. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 77264. 



77706. Arboretum No. 7608-C. Miyako 

 (beauty or prosperity). Scions of a 

 tree of upright habit ; bark dark 

 brown ; young foliage light brown ; 

 buds deep pink, truncate ; flowers 

 semidouble, opening rather flat, up 

 to about 2 inches in diameter, al- 

 most white in center, becoming pink 

 toward the fimbriate petal tips and 

 on back, in drooping clusters. A 

 very attractive variety. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 77265. 



77701 to 77707— Continued. 



77707. Prunus subhirtella M i q u e 1. 

 Amygdalaceae. Higan cherry. 



Arboretum No. 3674. Scions of the so- 

 called typical form of the Higan cherry, 

 which is not known in the wild state. It 

 is a rather low, wide-spreading tree with 

 smooth gray bark. In early spring, be- 

 fore the leaves appear, the tree is hidden 

 in a dense mass of very light pink flow- 

 ers, slightly larger than those of the 

 other Higan cherries. The small black 

 fruits foRow early in the summer. 



77708. Annona spinescens Mart. An- 

 nonaceae. 



From Manila, Philippine Islands. Seeds 

 presented by P. J. Wester, Bureau of 

 Agriculture. Received November 9, 1928. 



A spiny Brazilian shrub up to 15 feet 

 high, with small leathery leaves and orange- 

 red, heart-shaped fruits 3 inches long which 

 are edible but insipid. The Philippine name 

 is alagadisso. 



For previous introduction see No. 37911. 



77709. Chionanthus kettjsa Lindl. 

 Oleaceae. Chinese fringetree. 



From Rochester, N. Y. Cuttings collected 

 at Highland Park by Paul Russell, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry. Received 

 November 14, 1928. 



A beautiful deciduous, hardy, ornamental 

 tree bearing, during the spring, a multitude 

 of white, deliriously fragrant flowers, with 

 very narrow petals, followed in the autumn 

 by masses of blue berries resembling wild 

 grapes. This variety is considered by some 

 to be superior to the Virginia fringetree 

 (Ghionanthus virginica) because of the 

 whiteness and fragrance of its flowers and 

 its more graceful habit. 



For previous introduction see No. 65766. 



77710 to 77816. Sacchartjm spp. Poa- 



ceae. 



From New Guinea. Cuttings collected by 

 E. W. Brandes, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received October and November, 1928. 



77710 to 77781. Saccharum officinarum 

 L. Sugarcane. 



77710. No. 14. Geni kom. 



77711. No. 15. Geni kom. 



77712. No. 16. Badoa kom. 



77713. No. 17. Memeki kom. 



77714. No. 18. Laguani keooli. 



77715. No. 19. Doraki kom. 



77716. No. 20. Koloa kom. 



77717. No. 27. Lepesi kom. 



77718. No. 28. Kemari kom. 



77719. No. 29. Goru kom. 



77720. No. 30. Voluma kom. 



77721. No. 31. Gojaji. 



77722. No. 32. Paluma. 



77723. No. 33. Earuma. 



77724. No. 34. Kaki hagi. 



77725. No. 35. Magi. 



77726. No. 36. Mumudi. 



77727. No. 37. Jovi-uru. 



