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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



78589 to 78593— Continued. 



78590. Pvrus sp. 

 Gincinci8. 



78591. Pvrus sp. 

 Hood. 



78592. Pyrus sp. 

 Pineapple. 



78593. Pyrds sp. 

 Shaw. 



78594. Allium reticulatum Fraser. 

 Liliaeeae. 



From Vancouver, British Columbia. Canada. 

 Bulblets presented by Prof. John David- 

 son, department of botany, University 

 of British Columbia. Received January 

 17, 1929. 



A perennial, native to northwestern Amer- 

 ica, with a fibrous-reticulated bulb, narrow 

 channeled leaves, and scapes, 4 to 8 inches 

 high bearing umbels of white or pinkish 

 flowers. 



78595 and 78596. Passiflora spp. 

 Passifloraceae. 



From Brazil. Seeds presented by Prof. P. 

 H. Rolfs, Escola Superior de Agricultura 

 e Veterinaria de Minas Geraes. Received 

 January 17, 1929. 



78595. Passiflora macrocarpa Masters. 



Collected at Rio Casca, Minas Geraes. 

 An ornamental Brazilian vine producing 

 strongly perfumed fruits which ripen 

 from yellow to orange and have flesh 

 about an inch thick. 



78596. Passiflora sp. 



Collected on the school grounds. An 

 ornamental Brazilian vine producing 

 fruits about the size of a very large 

 lemon. 



78597 to 78600. Ficus spp. Moraceae. 



Fig. 



From Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. 

 Seeds presented by C. T. White, Govern- 

 ment botanist, Department of Agriculture 

 and Stock. Received January 17, 1929. 



78597. Ficus gracilipes F. M. Bailey. 



A small semideciduous Australian tree 

 with a drooping habit, coriaceous deep- 

 green elliptical leaves 3 to 5 inches long. 

 and globular deep-purple fruits an inch 

 in diameter that are suitable for pre- 

 serving. 



78598. Ficus henneana Miquel. 



An Australian shrub or small tree with 

 coriaceous oblong leaves 3 to 5 inches 

 long and small globular white-mottled 

 fruits less than an inch in diameter. 



78599. Ficus platypoda petiolaris 

 Benth. 



A small tree, native to Queensland, 

 with thick coriaceous ovate-cordate leaves 

 4 to 6 inches long and small fruits less 

 than a fourth of an inch long. 



78600. Ficus watkixsiaxa F. M. Bailey. 



A large glabrous tree, native to Queens- 

 land, with light-colored bark, coriaceous 

 lanceolate leaves about 6 inches long, and 

 oblong greenish fruits more than an inch 

 long on thick-angled pedicels. 



78601. Mimosa sp. Miinosaceae. 



From Trinidad, British West Indies. Seeds 

 presented by H. Caracciolo. Received 

 January 11, 1929. 



Sensitive tree from Trinidad. 



78602. Cinchona ledgeriana Moens. 

 Rubiaceae. 



From Munsong, Kalimpong, Bengal, India. 

 Seeds purchased from H. Thomas, man- 

 ager of the Government cinchona planta- 

 tion. Received January 18, 1929. 



A tree, native to the Andes, yielding a 

 bark remarkably rich in quinine which 

 crystalizes readily as quinine sulphate. 

 The percentage of the other alkaloids pres- 

 ent is relatively small. The bark of this 

 species matures in the fifth or sixth year 

 and does not increase its quinine content 

 after that. This tree is suitable for culti- 

 vation only on hillsides in frost-free regions. 



For previous introduction see No. 60292. 



78603. Citrus sinensis (L. ) Osbeck. 

 Rntaceae. Orange. 



From Yigosa, Minas Geraes, Brazil. Plants 

 presented by Prof. P. H. Rolfs. Escola 

 Superior de Agricultura e Veterinaria do 

 Estado de Minas Geraes, through Dr. W. 

 A. Orton, Director and General Manager, 

 Tropical Plant Research Foundation. 

 Washington, D. C. Received January 7, 

 1929. 



Laranja hanceta doce. 



78604. Colylllea racemosa Boj. Caes- 

 alpiniaceae. 



From Trinidad, British West Indies. Seeds 

 presented by W. G. Freeman, Director, 

 Department of Agriculture. Received 

 January 9, 1929. 



This handsome tropical tree, believed to 

 be native to east Africa, should be tested in 

 southern Florida along with the poinciana, 

 to which it is related. It is said to reach 

 40 or 50 feet in height. The pinnate leaves 

 are 3 feet long, and the brilliant scarlet, 

 curiously shaped flowers are borne, in droop- 

 ing racemes more than a foot long. The 

 tree was named for Sir Charles Colville, 

 Governor of Mauritius ; it was discovered in 

 1821 on the west coast of Madagascar, 

 where it flowers in April or May. In all 

 probability it will stand no more frost than 

 the poinciana. Like most other leguminous 

 trees, it is readily propagated from seeds. 



For previous introduction see No. 66504. 



78605 to 78608. 



From Manchuria. China. Seeds presented 

 by V. K. Boerich. through V. Golutzoff. 

 Harbin. Manchuria. Received January 

 17. 1929. 



78605. LiLiUM dauricum Kei*. Liliaeeae. 



Candlestick lily. 



Collected at Guliusutai, between the 

 valleys of the Rivers Gan and Derbul. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 75772. 



78606. Lilium sp. Liliaeeae. Lily. 



Collected in the Hukunbuir district in 

 the valleys of the Gan and Derbul Rivers. 

 The bulbs are eaten raw or boiled ; Rus- 

 sian peasants of Transbaikalia mix these 

 bulbs with millet and cook the whole into 

 a gruel. 



