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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



80094. Chayota edulis Jacq. (Se- 

 chium eclule Swartz). Cucurbita- 

 ceae. Chayote. 



From Guatemala. Fruits presented by- 

 Wilson Popenoe, Research Department of 

 the United Fruit Co., Tela, Honduras. 

 Received November 26, 1928. Numbered 

 in April, 1929. 



No. 2. A medium-sized green variety. 



80095. Ilex pukptjbea Hassk. Aqui- 

 foliaceae. 



Plants growing at the Barbour Lathrop 

 Plant Introduction Garden, Savannah, 

 Ga. Numbered in June, 1929. 



A handsome evergreen tree or large shrub 

 native to Japan and central China. The 

 leaves are dark green, glabrous, elliptic- 

 ovate to oblong-lanceolate, crenate-serrulate, 

 and 2 to 3 inches long. In Savannah, Ga., 

 the new leaves appear in late March or 

 early April and the flowers a month later. 

 The red fruits are about one-third of an 

 inch in diameter and are in clusters of two 

 to five on a short peduncle. 



80096. Pinus aemandi Francli. Pina- 

 ceae. Armand pine. 



From China. Seeds collected by J. F. 

 Rock, National Geographic Society, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. Received April 29, 1929. 



A tree 70 to 90 feet high with a trunk 

 4 feet in diameter, which grows in western 

 China on well-drained, moist mountain 

 slopes at altitudes of 8,000 to 10,000 feet. 

 The edible seeds are sold in the markets. 



For previous introduction see No. 58538. 



80097 to 80099. Chayota edulis Jacq. 

 ( Sechium edule Swartz ) . Cucurbita- 

 ceae. . Chayote. 



From Guatemala. Fruits presented by Wil- 

 son Popenoe, Research Department of the 

 United Fruit Co., Tela, Honduras. Re- 

 ceived November 26, 1928. Numbered in 

 April, 1929. 



80097. No. 5. A medium-sized yellowish 

 green variety which is very spiny. 



80098. No. 6. A large white spiny va- 

 riety. 



80099. No. 7. A large yellowish green 

 variety which is very spiny. 



80100. Polymnia edulis Wedd. As- 

 teraceae. 



From Paris, France. Roots presented by 

 Dr. M. Lemoine. Received April 2, 1929. 



A sunflowerlike plant, native to the 

 Andes near Bogota, Colombia, with tall 

 stems, large leaves which are eaten by 

 cattle, and yellow flowers. The edible 

 tubers are white, almost transparent, and 

 very sweet. 



80101. Escallonia sp. Escalloniaceae. 



From Glasnevin, Dublin, Ireland. Plants 

 presented by J. W. Besant, Botanic Gar- 

 dens, Department of Agriculture. Re- 

 ceived April 5, 1929. 



O. F. Ball. A red-flowered hybrid made 

 by C. F. Ball at the Botanic Gardens, 

 Glasnevin. It is believed to be a cross be- 

 tween Escallonia rubra and E. macrantha. 



80102. Astragalus sp. Fabaceae. 



Milkvetch. 



From Germany. Seeds presented by Carl 

 Froitzheim, Callahan, Fla. Received 

 April 2, 1929. 



A plant which grows in the woods near 

 the Rhine River in Germany. It resembles 

 clover when in bloom, but the leaves are 

 more like vetcb. The stems are 2 to 3 

 feet long, with more than 20 on a plant. 



80103. Pinus merkusii Jungh. and 

 De Vr. Pinaceae. Pine. 



From Baleg, Sumatra. Seeds presented by 

 A. Bircher, Middle Egypt Botanic Sta- 

 tion, El Saff, Egypt. Received April 2, 

 1929. 



A giant pine which covers a vast area 

 of the poor volcanic soil in northern 

 Sumatra. It grows to a height of 240 

 feet, is 4 feet in diameter, and yields a 

 superior grade of turpentine and resin. 



For previous introduction see No. 67588. 



80104. Tigridia pavonia (L. f.) Ker. 

 Iridaceae. Common tigernower. 



From Newry, Ireland. Bulbs purchased 

 from T. Smith, Daisy Hill Nursery. Re- 

 ceived April 5, 1929. 



Variety alba immaculata. A form with 

 pure white flowers. 



80105. Clematis aemandi Franch. 

 Ranunculaceae. Armand clematis. 



From Exeter, England. Plants purchased 

 from Robert Veitch & Son, The Royal 

 Nurseries. Received April 4, 1929. 



A tender woody Chinese evergreen vine 

 with lustrous coriaceous trifoliolate leaves 

 with entire lanceolate leaflets, panicles of 

 wbite flowers 2 inches across, and fruits 

 with long plumose styles. 



For previous introduction see No. 76013. 



80106. PlNUS NIGRA MAURITANICA 



Maire and Peyer. Pinaceae. Pine. 



From Algiers, Algeria, Africa. Seeds pre- 

 sented by Dr. R. Maire, Jardin Botanique, 

 Universite d' Alger. Received April 3, 

 1929. 



A variety of the Austrian pine distin- 

 guished by its smaller size, smaller cones, 

 and longer leaves. It is native to Morocco 

 south of Djuradjura. 



80107. Saccharum officinarum L. 

 Poacea~. Sugarcane. 



From Rio Piedras, Porto Rico. Plants pre- 

 sented by R. Fernandez Garcia, Director 

 of the Insular Experiment Station of the 

 Department of Agriculture and Labor. 

 Received April 10, 1929. 



D-625. ' 



80108 to 80116. Fragaria spp. Rosa- 

 ceae. Strawberry. 



From Breda, Netherlands. Plants pre- 

 sented by Dr. I. Rietsema. Received 

 April 8, 1929. 



80108. Fragaria sp. 



Deutscli Evern. 



80109. Fragaria sp. 

 Jucunda. 



