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80631 and 80632— Continued. 



80632. Prunus capuli Cav. Amygdala- 

 ceae. Capulin. 



A ti-ee, native to tropical America, up 

 to 40 feet high, with lanceolate long- 

 pointed coriaceous leaves 6 to 8 inches 

 long and stout racemes 4 to 6 inches 

 long of small white flowers which are 

 followed by nearly black globose edible 

 fruits half an inch in diameter. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 77433. 



80633 and 80634. 



From Dampier Island, near New Guinea. 

 Seeds presented by George J. Fritschel, 

 Dubuque, Iowa. Received June 8, 1929. 



i. Cortpha sp. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



A round-seeded, busby, fan-leaved 

 palm. In general this is a genus of 

 very tall palms with stout spineless 

 trunks. 



80634. Mucuna sp. Fabaceae. 



A perennial leguminous climber. 



80635. Citrus sp. Rutaceae. 



From Tres Amigos, San Carlos, Costa Rica. 

 Seeds presented by Mrs. A. Bendus, 

 through O. F. Cook, Bureau of riant In- 

 dustry. Received June 5, 1929. 



Sweet lemon. A variety bearing almost 

 continually very juicy, sweet fruits about 

 the size of the Florida breakfast orange. 



80836 and 80837. 



Froru the Philippine Islands. Seeds pre- 

 sented by P. J. Wester, Bureau of Agri- 

 culture, Manila. Received June 10, 1929. 



80636. Cassia sp. Caesalpiniaceae. 



From Abea. Bulilising. A handsome 

 native flowering tree. 



80637. Streblus asper Lour. Moraceae. 



Aludig. A drought-resistant tree with 

 drooping branches and dark-green foliage. 

 It produces small yellowish rather sweet 

 fruits somewhat resembling corn kernels 

 in appearance. Native to tropical Asia. 



B0638. Lapageria rosea Ru!z and Pav. 

 Liliaceae. Red Chile-hells. 



From Angol, Chile. Fruits presented by 

 E. E. Reed, lnstituto Agricola Bunster, 

 through Julius G. Lay, Counselor of the 

 American Embassy. Santiago, Chile. Re- 

 ceived June 12, 1929. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see No. 80434. 



80639 to 80642. Triticum spp. Poa- 

 ceae. 



From La Moncloa. Madrid. Spain. Seeds 

 presented by Antonio Garcia Romero, 

 Estacion Central de Ensayo de Semillas. 

 Received June 11, 1929. 



80639 to 80641. Triticum aestivum L. 

 (T. vulgare Vill.). Common wheat. 



80639. Colorado de Alfaro. 



80640. Portuguese No. 20$. 



80841. Ruso No. 1. 



80642. Triticum durum Desf. 



Durum wheat. 

 Pinet. 



80643. Cucumis melo L. Cucurbita- 

 ceae. Melon. 



From Angol, Chile. Seeds presented by 

 E. E. Reed, lnstituto Agricola Bunster, 

 through Julius G. Lay, Counselor of the 

 American Embassy, Santiago, Chile. 

 Received June 12, 1929. 



A Chilean melon, 14 to 20 inches long 

 and about half as much in diameter, with 

 a yellow rind which is usually smooth,- and, 

 yellow to orange flesh of very good flavor. 



80644. Sabinea carinalis Griseb. Fa- 

 baceae 



From Dominica, British West Indies. 

 Seeds presented by F. G. Harcourt, Cu- 

 rator and Agricultural Superintendent 

 of the Dominican Agricultural Depart- 

 ment. Received June 10, 1929. 



A very fine flowering shrub or small 

 tree, known locally as Bois charibe, which, 

 is considered one of the most showy of 

 the native plants of Dominica. If 

 planted on a dry, rocky hillside where it 

 will be scorched by the sun for a period of 

 three or four months each year it makes 

 a marvelous display with its large scarlet 

 flowers which are borne in clusters of 

 three to five before the featherlike leaves 

 appear. 



80645 to 80648. 



From Nogent sur Vernisson, Loiret, 

 France. Seeds presented by L. Parde,. 

 Directeur des Ecoles des Barrcs. Re- 

 ceived June 5, 1929. 



80645. Berberis replicata W. W. Smith. 

 Berberidaceae. Barberry. 



An evergreen barberry, native to 

 southwestern China, with rather small 

 leaves which have recurved margins and 

 are gray beneath. It is an early and. 

 profusely flowering species, bearing, its 

 blossoms all along the branches in a 

 very attractive fashion, and the deep- 

 crimson berries make it handsome in the 

 fruiting stage. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 63822. 



80646. Malus sikkimensis (Hook. f.)> 

 Koehne. Malaceae. Sikkim crab. 



The Sikkim crab is a small tree, 

 rather bushy in habit, which grows wild 

 in the interior of Sikkim, India, at alti- 

 tudes up to 10,000 feet. The narrowly 

 oval leaves are very woolly beneath, and 

 the white flowers, rosy in the bud. are 

 about an inch across and are borne 

 very freely in 4-flowered to 8-flowered 

 clusters. The pear-shaped fruits are- 

 dark red with paler dots and are about 

 half an inch wide. 



For previous introduction see No.. 

 62026. 



80647. Pieris taiwanensis Hayata. Eri- 

 caceae. 



An evergreen shrub or small tree, na- 

 tive to Taiwan, with oblong spatulate- 

 serrulate leaves 2 to 5 inches long and 

 small urceolate white flowers in terminal 

 drooping panicles up to 6 inches long. 



80648. Rosa foetida Herrmann (B. lutea 

 Mill. ) . Rosaceae. Austrian brier rose. 



A hardy shrubby rose up to 10 feet 

 high, with -slender prickly stems and 

 bright-yellow single flowers of character- 

 istic scent. Native to western Asia. 



For previous introduction see Nc 

 78944. 



