OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 19 2 8 



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78414 to 78442— Continued. 



78423 to 78425. Kalanchoe sp. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see No. 77919. 



78423. Botanic Garden, Tananarive, 

 September 28, 1928. 



78424. Ampanihy, September 1, 1928. 



78425. No. 4904. Ibosy, Ranobira, 

 July 29, 1928. 



78426. Kalanchoe daigremontiana 

 Ham. and Perr. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see No. 77907. 



78427. Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi 

 Ham. and Perr. 



Botanic Garden, Tananarive, Sep- 

 tember 28, 1928. A ratber small suc- 

 culent, about 10 inches bigb, with 

 crenate rounded-oval leaves an inch 

 and a half long, bluish green overcast 

 with purple, and small purplish flowers 

 in a loose cluster terminating the 

 slender stem. Native to Madagascar. 



78428. Kalanchoe gastonis - bonnieri 

 Ham. and Perr. 



Botanic Garden, Tananarive, Septem- 

 ber 28, 1928. During nonblooming pe- 

 riods tbis succulent, native to Madagas- 

 car, is a low plant with a very short 

 stem and a rosette of light green cre- 

 nate leaves, faintly dotted with darker 

 green. From these crenations young 

 plants evidently arise. Wben about 

 to flower, the stern elongates to a 

 height of nearly 2 feet, bearing at 

 its summit a lax corymb of light-pink 

 flowers. 



78429. Kalanchoe miniata Hilsenb. 

 and Boj. 



Botanic Garden, Tananarive. Septem- 

 ber 28, 1928. An erect slender fleshy 

 plant 1 to 2 feet high, native to Mada- 

 gascar. The smooth green oval-obtuse 

 leaves are up to :; inches long with 

 pink petioles and shallow crenate mar- 

 gins. The small flowers, bright red 

 with tine brown spots, are in lax termi- 

 nal panicles. 



78430. Kalanchoe pilosa Hort. 



Botanic Garden, Tananarive, Septem- 

 ber 28, 19-8. An ornamental fleshy 

 perennial v.itb very thick leaves, dense- 

 ly tomentose, with tbe hairs silvery 

 except at serrations, where they are 

 rusty brown. 



78431. Kalanchoe synsepala Baker. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scriptions see No. 77911. 



78432. Kalanchoe tubiflora Hamet. 



Botanic Garden, Tananarive, Septem- 

 ber 28, 1928. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see No. 77913. 



78433. Kalanchoe aliciae Hamet. 



Botanic Garden. Tananarive, Septem- 

 ber 28, 1928. A succulent herbaceous 

 ornamental with pink flowers ; leaves 

 opposite, cordate, with crenate margins, 

 almost as downy as mullein, but the 

 green of the leaf shows through. 



78414 to 78442— Continued. 



78434. Kalanchoe d a i g r emontiana 

 Ham. and Perr. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see No. 78426. 



78435. Kalanchoe aliciae Hamet. 



Ambositra, July 21, 1928. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see No. 78433. 



78436. Kalanchoe sp. 



Amber Mountains, Diego Suarez, 

 October 6, 1928. Epiphyte growing on 

 trees. A lax vine with opposite fleshy 

 leaves three-fourths of an inch long, 

 green with a line of red on the edges, 

 and one or two marginal dentations. 

 It roots at the nodes. . 



78437. Kitchingia peltata Baker. 



Forest of Ambatoflnandrano, on the 

 road between Ambositra and Fiana- 

 rantsoa, September 21, 1928. A suc- 

 culent herbaceous ornamental with 

 leaves petiolate, peltate, crenate, 2 to 3 

 inches long, green with red margins, and 

 petioles and stems pink. 



78438. Kalanchoe aliciae Hamet. 



Between Andina and Ambositra, July 

 21, 1928. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see No. 78433. 



78439. Lomatophylldm occiden talis 

 Perrier. Liliaceae. 



Botanic Garden, Tananarive, September 

 28, 1928. An aloelike plant, sometimes 

 stemless but usually with a stem up 

 to 2 feet long, native to dry, sandy 

 regions in Madagascar. The recurved 

 leaves, about 3 feet long, have horny 

 margins and deltoid spiny tips. The 

 dense conical head is composed of 50 to 

 80 purple flowers. 



78440. Lomatophvllum roseum Perrier. 

 Liliaceae. 



Botanic Garden, Tananarive, Septem- 

 ber 28, 1928. A stemless, soboliferous- 

 plant with a rosette of lanceolate leaves, 

 long attenuate from tbe base to the 

 tips, about 1% feet long, 1% inches wide 

 with obtusely serrate margins. The rosy 

 flowers are in a rather dense raceme on 

 a scape about a foot high. Native to 

 rocky places in Madagascar. 



78441 and 78442. Marsdenia verrucosa 

 (Bojer) Decaisne. Asclepiadaceae. 



Itrobeka, Ampanihy, August 30, 1928. 

 Bokabay. A rubber plant of some im- 

 portance in Madagascar, and especially 

 interesting in that the rubber is almost 

 entirely confined to the young fruits, 

 making it unnecessary to injure the plant 

 in collecting the rubber. The fruits are 

 about 4 to 6 inches long. 



78441. 



78442. 



78443 to 78466. Mascarenhasia spp. 

 Apocynaceae. 



From Madagascar. Plants and cuttings 

 collected by Charles F. Swingle, Bureau 

 of Plant Industry, and Dr. Henri Hum- 

 bert, University of Algiers, Algeria. Re- 

 ceived November 20, 1928. 



78443 and 78444. Mascarenhasia arbo- 

 rescens A. DC. 



