PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



80862. Liltum sp. Liliaceae. 



Lily. 



From Japan. Bulblets collected by R. K. 

 Beattie. Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived July 22, 1929. 



No. 850. Natsu Kusa, Kampara Mura, 

 Watarai Gun, Miye Ken, June 27, 192'). 

 A very fine wild species bearing pink 

 flowers. 



80863. Curcuma sp. Zinziberaceae. 



From Java. Rootstocks collected by David 

 Fairchild, agricultural explorer, Bureau 

 of Plant Industry, with the Allison V. 

 Armour Expedition. Received June 28, 

 1926. Numbered in July, 1929. 



No. 789. Obtained in the native market 

 at Soerabaya, May 17, 1926. A gingerlike 

 plant up to 3 feet high, with large leaves 

 and spikes, a foot long, of purplish yellow 

 flowers with reddish yellow bracts. 



80864. Terminally chebula Retz. 

 Combretaceae. 



From Darjiling, India. Seeds presented by 

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

 den. Received July 13, 1929. 



A large deciduous tree, native to northern 

 India, Burma, and Ceylon, with oval-elliptic 

 leaves about 5 inches long and terminal 

 racemes of white flowers. The ovoid, 

 leathery fruits are the black myrobalan of 

 commerce, which is one of the most valuable 

 tanning materials of India. 



For previous introduction see No. 66157. 

 80865 and 80866. 



From Lamao, Bataan, Philippine Islands. 

 Seeds presented by S. Youngberg, Direc- 

 tor, Bureau of Agriculture, Manila. Re- 

 ceived July 18, 1929. 



80865. Eugenia curranii C. B. Robinson. 

 Myrtaceae. Lipoti. 



From the Lamao Experiment Station. 

 A handsome, vigorous tree, native to the 

 Philippine Islands, about 30 feet high, 

 with a gnarled trunk and tortuous 

 branches and dark-green, shining leaves. 

 The fruits are in clusters of 20 to 50 on 

 the bare boughs or between the leaves 

 on the larger twigs ; the individual fruit 

 is about the size of a grape with thin, 

 smooth, dark-red skin and white, dry, 

 crisp flesh, with a flavor like that of the 

 crab apple. The seed is comparatively 

 large. The fruit is probably best suited 

 for making preserves and jelly. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 60974. 



80866. Euphoria didyma Blanco. Sapin- 

 daceae. 



Alpay. From the Lamao Experiment 

 Station. A small attractive tree, up to 

 50 feet high, with compound leaves made 

 up of prominently veined leathery lanceo- 

 late leaflets and compact terminal clus- 

 ters of small flowers followed by greenish 

 warty fruits an inch in diameter, having 

 a shell-like rind and juicy sweet trans- 

 lucent pulp inclosing 1 a large seed. Native 

 to the Philippine Islands. 



80867 to 80869. 



From Jerusalem, Palestine. Seeds pre- 

 sented by the director of the Department 

 of Agriculture, Forests and Fisheries. 

 Received July 18, 1929. 



80867 to 80869— Continued. 



80867. COLCHICUM DECAISNEI BoiSS. Mel- 



anthiaceae. 



A variety, native to Syria, with rosy 

 lilac flowers which appear without the 

 leaves in late October. It differs very 

 little from Colchicum laetum, which, in 

 turn, is much like G. autumnale. 



For previous introduction see No. 



77476. 



80868. Iris atropurpdrea Baker. Irida- 

 ceae. Blackpurple iris. 



An oncocyclus iris with linear leaves 

 about 6 inches long and a stem 6 to 8 

 inches high, bearing a single flower. The 

 oblong outer segments, 2 inches long, are 

 purplish black with a yellow patch in 

 the throat and a yellow, black-tipped 

 beard. The inner segments are larger, 

 of the same color, and are veined. It is 

 native to Syria. 



Iris palaestina (Baker) Boiss. 

 Iridaceae. 



Bulbs of a winter-flowering iris, closely 

 related to Iris caucasica, with falcate 

 leaves 3 to 9 inches long and a very 

 short stem, bearing one to three flowers. 

 These are pale yellow tinged with lilac ; 

 the outer segments are oblong with au- 

 riculate claws, and the narrowly lanceo- 

 late inner segments are very minute. 

 Native to Palestine. 



80870. Litchi philippinensis Radlk. 

 Sapindaceae. 



From Bataan, Philippine Islands. Seeds 

 presented by S. Youngberg, Director, Bu- 

 reau of Agriculture, Manila. Received 

 July 19, 1929. 



From the Lamao Experiment Station. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see No. 80855. 



80871. Litchi philippinensis Radlk. 

 Sapindaceae. 



From Botolan, Subic, Zambales, Philippine 

 Islands. Seeds presented by the Bureau 

 of Forestry, Manila, through W. T. 

 Swingle, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived July 22. 1929. 



Alupag amo. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see No. 80855. 



80872 to 80875. 



From China. Offshoots obtained from F. A. 

 McClure. Curator, Herbarium of the 

 Lingnan University, Canton. Received 

 April 10, 1929. Numbered in July, 1929. 



80872. Bambusa sp. Poaceae. Bamboo. 



No. 1098. Originally from Heunglo- 

 keuk, Kwangtung, March, 1925. Wong 

 chulx. A sympodial type of bamboo cul- 

 tivated for its thin-walled culms which 

 are used in weaving, rope making, and 

 somewhat in the manufacture of a cheap 

 grade of paper for ceremonial purposes. 

 The variety is widely distributed in the 

 Province and is most extensively culti- 

 vated in the Kwongning district of west- 

 ern Kwangtung. The mature culms reach 

 a height of 24 feet and a circumference 

 of 5 inches. The nodes are not prominent 

 and the culms are very upright in habit 



