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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



79556 and 79557 — Continued. 



79556. D. Variety laciniata. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see No. 78679. 



79557. E. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see No. 78678. 



79558. Sandoeicum koet.tape (Burni. 

 f.) Merr. ■ (8. indicum Cav.). Meli- 

 accae. Santol. 



From Manila, Philippine Islands. Seeds 

 presented by S. Youngberg, Director, Bu- 

 reau of Agriculture. Received September 

 5, 1928. Numbered in March. 1929. 



A Philippine tree which becomes 80 feet 

 high in its native country, with trifoliolate 

 hairy leaves and greenish yellow or straw- 

 colored flowers. The chief value resides in 

 its yellowish fruits which are rounded or 

 flattened, about 2 inches in diameter, with 

 rather large seeds inclosed in translucent, 

 acid, edible pulp of good flavor. When 

 peeled, quarter; d. and cooked in sirup the 

 fruit makes a delicious preserve. This 

 tree is not suited for cultivation in the 

 United States except perhaps in the warm- 

 est parts of Florida. 



For previous introduction see No. 58445. 



79559. TlLMIA CARYOTAEFOLIA ( H. B. 



K.) O. F. Cook {MarUnezia caryotae- 

 folia H. B. K. ). Phoenieaceae. 



Palm. 



From Summit, Canal Zone. Seeds pre- 

 sented by J. E. Higgins, Plant Introduc- 

 tion Garden. Received May 31, 1927. 

 Numbered in March, 1929. 



A graceful palm up to 30 feet high, na- 

 tive to tropical South America. The erect 

 stem is slightly swollen at the base and is 

 clearly ringed ; these rings are armed with 

 stiff black slender spines 2 or 3 inches long. 

 The bright-green pinnate fronds are 4 to 5 

 feet long, spreading and drooping. 



For previous introduction see No. 73822. 



79560 to 79585. 



From Buitenzorg. Java. Seeds presented 

 by Dr. TV. M. Docters van Leeuwen, Di- 

 rector, Java Botanic Gardens. Received 

 August, 1926. and May, 1927. Numbered 

 in March, 1929. 



79560. Attalea spectabilis Mart. Phoe- 

 nieaceae. Palm. 



An ornamental Brazilian palm which 

 is stemless or with a very short caudex. 

 The erect spreading pinnate leaves are 

 18 to 21 feet long ; the lower segments 

 are 3 to 4 feet and the upper 12 to 16 

 inches long. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 43056. 



79561 to 79563. Baccaurea spp. Euphor- 

 biaceae. 



79561. Baccaurea dulcis Muell. Arg. 



A tropical evergreen tree, 30 to 60 

 feet high, with smooth reddish-brown 

 branch* s, alternate brownish oval-ob- 

 long leave? up to 7 inches long, red- 

 dish beneath, and round woody fruits 

 about 1 inch in diameter in lax ra- 

 cemes. Native to the Malay Peninsula. 



79562. Baccaurea motleyana Muell. 

 Arg. 



79560 to 79565— Continued. 



A large ornamental tropical Malayan 

 evergreen tree with oval, entire, dark- 

 green leaves 6 inches long and 4 

 inches wide and large clusters of small 

 edible yellow berries of mildly acid 

 flavor. 



For previous introduction s^e No. 

 34495. 



79563. Baccaurea nanihua Merr. 



A tropical Asiatic evergreen tree 

 about 50 feet high, with brownish 

 leathery oblong leaves up to 6 inches 

 long. 



79564. PlTHECOLOBIUM LOBATUM Beilth. 



Mimosaceae. 



A small ornamental tropical tree with 

 large curved red pods which contain blu- 

 ish seeds. 



For previous introduction s^e No. 

 35452. 



79565. Saguerus laxgkab Blume {Arenga 

 oMusifolia Mart.). Phoenieaceae. 



Palm. 



A Javanese palm, related to the sugar 

 palm {Arenga saccliarifera) of Malaya, 

 with a spineless, thick-r.nged trunk about 

 20 feet high and 9 to 13 pinnate leaves, 

 about 15 feet long, which have spiny 

 petioles. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 67177. 



78566. Arundina chinensis Blume. 

 Orchidaceae. 



From Singapore, Straits Settlements. 

 Plant collected by David Fairchild. agri- 

 cultural explorer, Bureau of Plant In- 

 dustry, with the Allison V. Armour ex- 

 pedition. Received July 19, 1926. Num- 

 bered in March, 1929. 



No. 827. Singapore Botanic Gardens, 

 May 31. 1926. A tropical terrestrial or- 

 chid with very beautiful flowers reminding 

 one of a small cattleya. When grown in 

 pots it becomes several feet high, and when 

 not in flower it looks more like a bamboo 

 than an orchid. It is grown on a large 

 scale by nurserymen who sell the cut flowers 

 in the markets of the Malay Archipelago. 



79567. Dracaena draco L. Liliaceae. 



Dragontree. 



From Ajuda, near Lisbon, Portugal. 

 Seeds collected by David Fairchild. ag- 

 ricultural explorer, Bureau of Plant In- 

 dustry, with the Allison Y. Armour ex- 

 pedition. Received April 21, 1927. 

 Numbered in March, 1929. 



No. 1296. April 4, 1927. Seeds from a 

 remarkable specimen probably 300 years 

 old, now growing in the Botanic Garden 

 at Ajuda, once the Royal Quinta Cima of 

 Queen Mary I. This tree is not over 10 

 or 15 feet high, but has a spread of about 

 40 feet. It is a curious ornamental tropi- 

 cal tree which becomes 60 feet high, with 

 numerous crowded sword-shaped glaucous- 

 green leaves, greenish flowers, and orange 

 berries. 



79568 and 79569. 



From Sibolangit, Sumatra. Plant and 

 stolons collected by David Fairchild and 

 P. H. Dorsett, agricultural explorers. Bu- 

 reau of Plant Industry, with the Allison 

 V. Armour expedition. Received May, 

 1926. Numbered in March, 1929. 



