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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



79958 to 79970. Ca janus indicus 

 Spreng. Fabaceae. Pigeon pea. 



From San Juan, Porto Rico. Seeds pre- 

 sented by O. W. Barrett, Agricultural Di- 

 rector, Bureau of Agricultural Develop- 

 ment. Received March 27, 1929. 



79958. Americano. 



79959. Areiibenos kW- 



79960. Chagaros. 



79961. Cubanos &&. 



79962. French 1624. 



79963. Horacios. 



79964. Larenos U46. 



79965. Mites. 



79966. Negritos. 



79967. Pepinenos M45- 



79968. Pinto Moro. 



79969. San Salvador J&58. 



79970. Silvios. 



79971. Pinus sylvestkis L. Pinaceae. 



From Manchuria, China. Seeds presented 

 by V. K. Roerich, through V. GolubzoffV 

 Harbin, Manchuria. Received February 

 2, 1929. 



Variety mongolica. A Mongolian form of 

 the Scotch pine. 



79972. Alstonia maceophylla Wall. 

 Apocynaceae. 



From Peradeniya, Ceylon. Seeds presented 

 by T. H. Parsons, Curator, Royal Botanic 

 Gardens. Received March 30, 1929. 



A tall Malayan evergreen tree with 

 milky juice, oblanceolate leaves a foot long, 

 and terminal clusters of small white flow- 



For previous introduction see No. 58390. 



79973. Orchidantha longiflora 

 (Scort.) Ridley. Musaceae. 



From Peradeniya, Ceylon. Plants presented 

 by W. Small, Acting Director, Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. Received March 30, 

 1929. 



For previous introduction and description 

 see No. 79530. 



79974. Ficus caeica L. Moraceae. 



Common fig. 



From Hereford, England. Plant and scions 

 purchased from King's Acre Nurseries. 

 Received March 30, 1929. 



Brown Turkey fig. 



79975. Cryptostegia sp. Asclepiada- 

 ceae. Lombiro rubber. 



From Madagascar. Seeds presented by Dr. 

 J. O. Dyrnes, through John S. Richard- 

 son, jr., American vice consul, Tanana- 

 rive, Madagascar, at the request of 

 Charles F. Swingle, Bureau of riant In- 

 dustry. Received March 11, 1929. 



These seeds were collected by Doctor 

 Dyrnes at Manasoa (Benenitra), Tullear, 

 Madagascar, from native vines that produce 

 the Lombiro rubber. 



79976 to 79979. Agave spp. Amarylli- 

 daceae. 



From Naples, Italy. Seeds purchased from 

 M. Herb. Received March 30, 1929. 



79976. Agave caespitosa Tod. 



A cespitose, nearly stemless century 

 plant, 3 feet high, with fleshy light- 

 green acuminate leaves which have brown 

 prickly margins. The small greenish 

 flowers are on a long tenuous almost- 

 nodding scape about 10 feet high. 



79977. Agave hoeeida Jacobi. 



A herbaceous perennial, native to cen- 

 tral Mexico, with a rosette of oblanceo- 

 late glossy green flat spreading leaves 

 having the large irregular prickles joined 

 by a wide horny margin. The stalk of 

 the inflorescence is moderately slender, 

 and the yellowish or purplish-green 

 flowers are 1 to 2 inches long. 



79978. Agave miteaefoemis Jacobi (A. 

 bonnettiana Hort.). 



A herbaceous perennial, native to 

 southern Mexico, with a rosette of 

 prickly margined recurved obovate leaves 

 2 to 3 feet long and a flower stalk, 15 to 

 20 feet high, bearing a loose panicle of 

 large yellow flowers 2 to 3 inches across. 



79979. Agave univittata Haw. 



A stemless Mexican century plant with 

 narrow-lanceolate leaves, a foot or more 

 long, elongated into a stout brown 

 spine, with brown horny margins. 



79980 to 79991. 



From Winchester, England. Plants pur- 

 chased from Hillier & Sons, West Hill 

 Nurseries. Received March 30, 1929. 



79980 to 79990. Daphne spp. Thymelaea- 



ceae. 



79980. Daphne acutiloba Rehder. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see No. 79199. 



79981. Daphne cneoeum L. 



Rose daphne* 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see No. 79204. 



79982. Daphne collina neapolitana 

 (Lodd.) Lindl. 



An evergreen shrub, native to Italy, 

 about 3 feet high, with smooth, nar- 

 row, oblong leaves about an inch long 

 and loose heads of rosy purple flowers. 



79983. Daphne gnididm L. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see No. 79474. 



79984. Daphne houtteana Planch. 



A handsome evergreen shrub with 

 deep-purple lanceolate half-leathery 

 leaves and small cymes of violet-lilac 

 flowers. It is possibly a hybrid be- 

 tween Daphne mezereum and D. laur- 

 eola. 



79985. Daphne laueeola L. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see No. 79057. 



79986. Daphne laueeola philippi 

 (Gren. and Godr.) Meisn. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see No. 79210. 



