IN VENTORYi 



78509. Erythroxylon 

 Erythroxylaceae. 



coca Lam. 

 Cocaine-tree. 



From Soledad, Cienfuegos, Cuba. Seeds 

 presented by R. M. Grey, superintendent, 

 biological laboratory and botanical gar- 

 den, institute for tropical biology and 

 medicine, Harvard University. Received 

 June 10, 1927. Numbered in January, 

 1929. 



A tropical shrub, native to Peru, 5 to 

 6 feet high, with rusty brown slender 

 branches bearing clusters of obovate leaves 

 at their tips. The yellowish flowers are 

 borne in clusters of three to five in the 

 axils of small scales which line the branch- 

 lets. It is grown commercially on a large 

 scale throughout the warmer parts of 

 South America, also in Java and Ceylon, 

 for the sake of cocaine, which is extracted 

 from the dried leaves. 



For previous introduction see No. 67943. 



78510. Cyrtanthus flammeus Hort. 

 Amaryllidaceae. 



From Philadelphia, Pa. Bulbs presented by 

 James Lambert, superintendent of the 

 botanical laboratories of the University 

 of Pennsylvania. Received March 8, 

 1929. 



A South African bulbous perennial which 

 is a rapid grower. It has linear to lanceo- 

 late leaves and umbels of red flowers. 



78511. Diospyros sinensis Heinsl. 

 Diospyraceae. Persimmon. 



From Nanking, China. Plants obtained 

 through W. T. Swingle, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry. Received March 6, 1929. 



A small semievergreen Chinese tree with 

 a short thick trunk, wide-spreading branches 

 and spiny branchlets, thick oblong-lanceo- 

 late leaves 2 to 3 inches long, and globose 

 or ovoid golden edible fruits nearly an inch 

 in diameter. 



78512 and 78513. Amygdalus persica 

 L. (Primus persica Stokes). Amyg- 

 dalaceae. Peach. 



From Nikita, Yalta, Crimea, Russia. Trees 

 presented by I. N. Riaboff, Government 

 Botanical Garden. Received February 

 11, 1929. 



78513. Tennoh. 



78512. Pahhnn. 

 78514 and 78515. 



From Japan. Seeds obtained by R. K. Beat- 

 tie, Bureau of Plant Industry. Received 

 February 21, 1929. 



Collected by Shimoyaku Eirinsho, at Na- 

 kama Kaikon, Shimoyaku Mura, Kumage 

 Gun, Kagoshima Ken, in January, 1929. 



78514. Castanopsis cuspidata (Thunb.) 

 Schottky. Fagaceae. 



Japanese chinquapin. 



No. 850. Shihi. In Japan this tree is 

 commonly cultivated from Tokyo south- 

 ward. It grows from 30 to 75 feet high, 

 with massive wide-spreading branches. 

 The leaves are variable in size and shape 

 and vary in color on the under side from 

 brownish to nearly white. The small, 

 sweet acorns are baked, boiled, or roasted, 

 and regularly sold in the Japanese mark- 

 ets. This tree is hardy only in the 

 southernmost United States. 



For 

 r5864. 



previous introduction see No. 



78515. Quercus sp. Fagaceae. 

 No. 849. Ubaviegashi. 



Oak. 



78516. Gossypium stocksii Masters. 

 Malvaceae. Cotton. 



From Nagpur, Central Provinces, India. 

 Seeds presented by "W. Youngman, eco- 

 nomic botanist to the Government. Re- 

 ceived March 1, 1929. 



1 It should be understood that the names of horticultural varieties of fruits, vegetables, 

 cereals, and other plants used in this inventory are those under which the material was 

 received when introduced by the Office of Foreign Plant Introduction and, further, that 

 the printing of such names here does not constitute their official publication and adoption 

 in this country. As the different varieties are studied, their entrance into the American 

 trade forecast, and the use of varietal names for them in American literature becomes 

 necessary, the foreign varietal designations appearing in this inventory will be subject 

 to change with a view to bringing the forms of the names into harmony with recognized 

 horticultural nomenclature. 



It is a well-known fact that botanical descriptions, both technical and economic, sel- 

 dom mention the seeds at all and rarely describe them in such a way as to make possible 

 identification from the seeds alone. Many of the unusual plants listed in these inven- 

 tories are appearing in this country for the first time, and there are no seed samples or 

 herbarium specimens with ripe seeds with which the new arrivals may be compared. The 

 only identification possible is to see that the sample received resembles seeds of other 

 species of the same genus or of related genera. The responsibility for the identifications 

 therefore must necessarily often rest with the person sending the material. If there is 

 any question regarding the correctness of the identification of any plant received from 

 this office, herbarium specimens of leaves and flowers should be sent in so that definite 

 identification can be made. 



