34 



PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



80649. Oitkus vangasay Bojer. Ruta- 

 ceae. 



From near Tamatave, Madagascar. Seeds 

 presented by the Station Agricole de 

 l'lvoloina, through Charles P. Swingle, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry. Received May 

 31, 1929. 



A shrub cultivated in the rural districts 

 of Madagascar for the sake of its thick- 

 skinned orangelike fruits which are flat- 

 tened at both ends. 



80650 to 80653. 



From Japan. Seeds collected by P. H. 

 Dorsett and W. J. Morse, Agricultural 

 Explorers, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived May 31, 1929. 



80650. Beassica oleeacea tibidis L. 

 Brassicaceae. Kale. 



No. 213. Hanahabotan (ornamental 

 cabbage flower). From the Yamato Seed 

 Co., Takadacho, Tokyo, May 6, 1929. In 

 Japan it is used as an ornamental, and 

 is grown in pots or small dishes. 



80651. Chrysanthemum coronaeium L. 

 Asteraceae. Crowndaisy. 



No. 219. Shutigiku. From the Yamato 

 Seed Co., Takadacho, Tokyo, May 6, 1929. 

 This is said to be the edible chrysanthe- 

 mum or vegetable chrysanthemum. The 

 leaves are used as a garnish, flavoring, 

 and also cooked as spinach. 



80652. Taonabo japonica (Thunb.) Szysz. 

 ( Ternstroemia japonica Thunb. ) . Thea- 

 ceae. 



No. 124. Obtained from trees in a 

 small park on the road to the Samkaido 

 Building, Tokyo, April 30, 1929. A small 

 evergreen Japanese tree about 12 feet 

 high, with a much branched head, leath- 

 ery entire oblong leaves, and small yel- 

 lowish-white fragrant flowers. The glo- 

 bose fruits, about the siee of a cherry, 

 are yellow tinged with rose on the sunny 

 side. The smooth timber is used for 

 cabinetwork and interior decorating, and 

 the bark is used for dyeing. The plants 

 are dioecious. 



80653. Teiticum aestivum L. (T. vulgar e 

 Vill.). Poaceae. Common wheat. 



No. 133. From the Soy Sauce Labora- 

 tory of the Imperial Experiment Sta- 

 tion, Nishigahara, Tokyo, May 3, 1929. 

 This wheat, originally grown in the 

 Tokyo district, is roasted, ground or 

 coarsely cracked, mixed with boiled soy- 

 beans, and tnen rice bacteria are added 

 in the making of soy sauce. 



80654 to 80656. 



From Darjiling, India. Seeds presented by 

 J. E. Leslie, Curator. Llovd Botanic Gar- 

 den. Received June 7, 1929. 



80654. Gebbeea kunzeana Braun and 

 Aschers. Asteraceae. 



A herbaceous perennial with a rosette 

 of ovate entire or pinnatifid leaves, woolly 

 beneath, and scapes a foot high with 

 filiform bracts, and bearing daisylike 

 flower heads. It is native to the tem- 

 perate slopes of the Himalayas in India. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 39017. 



80655. Maesa eugosa C. B. Clarke. Myr- 

 sinaceae. 



A stout shrub or small tree, native to 

 India at an altitude of 8.000 feet, with 



80654 to 80656 — Continued. 



narrowly lanceolate coriaceous leaves 6 

 to 8 inches long and small white flowers 

 borne in racemose panicles. 



CAMPANULATUM 



80656. Rhododendeon 

 Don. Ericaceae. 



A large evergreen shrub of stiff, 

 spreading habit, sometimes 12 feet high, 

 with oval leaves which are densely cov- 

 ered beneath with a red-brown felt. The 

 flowers, of various rosy purple shades and 

 about 2 inches across, are borne during 

 April in rather lcose clusters about 4 

 inches in diameter. It is native to In- 

 dia at an altitude of 13,000 feet. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 75966. 



80657. Gossypitjm sp. Malvaceae. 



Cotton. 



From Bamoa, Sinaloa, Mexico. Seeds ob- 

 tained from Dr. A. W. Morrill, through 

 C. E. Bellis. United States Plant Quar- 

 antine and Control Administration. Re- 

 ceived June 13, 1929. 



80658. Pebsea sp. Lauraceae. 



From Chichavac, Guatemala. Seeds pre- 

 sented by Wilson Pcpenoe, Research De- 

 partment of the United Fruit Co., Tela, 

 Honduras. Received June 17, 1929. 



Aguacate de Monte. A species growing 

 at an altitude of 9,000 feet. 



80659 and 80660. 



From Yictoriaborg, Akkra, Gold Coast, 

 Africa. Seeds and tubers presented by 

 L. A. King-Church, Conservator of For- 

 ests. Received June 14, 1929. 



80659. Fiemiana baeteei (Master s) 

 Schum. (Sterculia oarteri Masters). 

 Sterculiaceae. 



An ornamental tree, native to tropical 

 Africa, with rounded cordate leaves and 

 loose panicles of small coral-pink flowers. 

 The wood is light and used for fishnets 

 and floats, and the fiber is used for mak- 

 ing rope. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 73054. 



80660. Lissochilus sp. Orchidaceae. 



Orchid. 



A terrestrial orchid. 

 30661 and 80662. 



From Manila, Philippine Islands. Seeds 

 presented by P. J. Wester, Bureau of Ag- 

 riculture. Received June 11, 1929. 



80661. Clematis goubiana Roxb. Ranun- 

 culaceae. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see No. 80119. 



80662. Citeus webbeeii Wester. Ruta- 

 ceae. Alsem. 



Kalpi. A small handsome tree, 15 to 

 30 feet high, which is very drought re- 

 sistant. It is particularly abudant in 

 the Mountain Province. Nueva Vizcaya, 

 and southern Luzon. The better forms 

 have oblate, very juicy acid fruits some- 

 what like the mandarin in appearance 

 and up to 2% inches in diameter ; these 

 may be used like the lemon. The species 

 is very variable, and appears promising 

 as a citrus stock. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 62658. 



