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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



77884 to 77951— Continued. 



77929. Megistostegium 

 Hochr. Malvaceae. 



EEIDSDM 



South of Lake Tsimanampetsotsa. 

 A tree, native to Madagascar, 12 to 15 

 feet high, with thick, tortuous branches, 

 gray, wrinkled bark, clusters of broadly 

 elliptic, whitish leaves at the ends of 

 the branches, and axillary, solitary 

 flowers about 2y 2 inches across. 



77930. Pachypodidm sp. Apocynaceae. 



Diego Suarez. Montagne des Frangais, 

 October 7, 1928. A white-flowered, 

 very thorny succulent ornamental, 

 about 12 feet high, which is especially 

 promising for rock gardens. 



77931. Rubus sp. Rosaceae. 



Ambalavao, September 20, 1928. 

 This, or a similar species, occurs 

 throughout much of Madagascar. 



77932. Secamone sp. Asclepiadaceae. 



Ysalo, Ranohira, July 30, 1928. A 

 rubber-bearing shrub. 



77933. Senecio antandeoi S. Elliott. 

 Asteraceae. 



Upper Valley of Fiherenana, Septem- 

 ber 19, 1928. A shrubby composite, 

 native to Madagascar, with subcylin- 

 drical leaves nearly 2 inches long, and 

 small flower heads in lax corymbs. 



77934. Senecio sp. Asteraceae. 



Between Betroka and Ihosy, Sep- 

 tember 19, 1928. An ornamental, na- 

 tive to Madagascar. 



77935. Stereospebmum sp. Bignonia- 

 ceae. 



Upper Valley of Fiherenana, August 

 1, 1928. An ornamental tree, about 

 18 feet high, native to Madagascar. 



77936. Strychnos sp. . Loganiaceae. 



Obtained in the market at Maevat- 

 anana, July 6, 1928. 



77937. Urena lobata L. Malvaceae. 



Madriovala, Valley of Betsiboka, 

 July 5, 1928. Tsikilenjy (Malagasy) ; 

 pace (French). An erect undershrub 

 with cordate entire or lobed leaves 2 

 to 3 inches long, flowers an inch across, 

 rose-red at the base, and small fruits 

 armed with hooked bristles. The 

 stems furnish a fiber used for bags 

 and twine. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 77325. 



77938. Vernonia sp. Asteraceae. 



Amber Mountains, Diego Suarez, 

 •October 6, 1928. A plant about 6 feet 

 high, with lilac flowers. 



77939. (Undetermined.) 



Between Betroka and Ihosy, Sep- 

 tember 19, 1928. A rubber-bearing 

 climbing shrub. 



77940. (Undetermined.) 



Between Betroka and Ihosy, Sep- 

 tember 19, 1928. A rubber-bearing 

 liane which is different from No. 77939. 



77941. (Undetermined.) 



Between Lake Tsimanampetsotsa and 

 Itampolo, August 22, 1928. A rubber- 

 bearing jplant. 



77884 to 77951— Continued. 



77942. (Undetermined.) 



Ampanihy, September 6, 1928. Boka. 

 A rubber-bearing plant which furnishes 

 a poor substitute for the good kompitso 

 [No. 77926]. 



77943. (Undetermined.) 



Ihosy, July 29, 1928. A rubber- 

 bearing plant with large fruits. It 

 may be the same plant as Nos. 78470 

 and 78472. 



77944. (Undetermined.) 



Amber Mountains, Diego Suarez, Oc- 

 tober 6, 1928. A yellow-flowered com- 

 posite. 



77945. (Undetermined.) 



Amber Mountains, Diego Suarez, Oc- 

 tober 6, 1928. An ornamental blue- 

 flowered subsbrub about 3 feet high. 



77946. (Undetermined.) 



Diego Suarez, Montagne des Frau- 

 cais, October 7, 1928. An ornamental 

 shrub with orange flowers. 



77947. (Undetermined.) 



Ampanihy, September 7, 1928. 

 Alombora. A leguminous tree about 45 

 feet high, the source of leety, of which 

 a considerable quantity is shipped from 

 Ampanihy to be used as a substitute 

 for Japanese lac. 



77948. Hibiscus subattensis L. Mal- 

 vaceae. 



Anjouan, Mutsamudu, Comoro Islands. 

 An ornamental malvaceous creeper with 

 large orange and red flowers 4 inches 

 in diameter. 



77949. (Undetermined.) 



La Table, Tullear, August 7, 1928. 



77950. (Undetermined.) 



Highway between Ihosy and Am- 

 balavao, September 20, 1928. An or- 

 namental shrub about 6 feet high, with 

 orange-red flowers. It is very similar 

 to No. 77951. 



77951. WOODFORDIA FBUCTICOSA PUNC- 

 TATA (Buch.-Ham.) Koehne. Lyth- 

 raceae. 



Diego Suarez, Montagne des Fran- 

 Cais. An ornamental shrub about 6 

 feet high, with orange-red flowers. It 

 is very similar to No. 77950. 



77952. Ficus eoxbukghii Wall. Mora- 

 ceae. Fig. 



From Orotava, Tenerife, Canary Islands. 

 Plant presented by Juan Bolinaga, di- 

 rector of the Orotava Botanic Gardens, 

 through Raleigh A. Gibson, American 

 consul, Tenerife. Received July 14, 1928. 

 Numbered in November, 1928. 



A low spreading evergreen tree, native 

 to India, 20 to 30 feet high, with broadly 

 ovate-cordate entire or toothed leaves and 

 russet-brown or purple fruits 2 inches in 

 diameter. 



For previous introduction see No. 77050. 

 77953 and 77954. 



From Madagascar. Seeds collected by 

 Charles F. Swingle, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry, and Dr. Henri Humbert, Uni- 

 versity of Algiers, Algeria. Received in 

 November, 1928. 



