PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



80883 to 80896 — Continued. 



80888 to 80892. From Cuddapah. 



80888. No. 1. Khirvi, Kharbuja. A 

 variety producing sweet fruits 8 

 inches long and up to a foot in 

 diameter. The outside is reddish 

 and striped, and the marrow is 

 white. 



No. 2. Khanda. A sweet va- 

 riety about the same size as No. 

 80888. The striped fruits are 

 white outside, and the pulp is also 

 white. 



80890. No. 3. Bathusa. A variety 

 producing smooth, round, sweet 

 fruits about the size of a big 

 mango, which are white both in- 

 side and out. 



80891. No. 4. Sherbet amer. A va- 

 riety with round, sweet fruits 

 about the same size as No. 80890. 

 The outer coat is dark green or 

 reddish, and the marrow is green- 

 ish or yellowish white. It is 

 highly valued. 



80892. No. 5. Papaya. A variety 

 with smooth, white, sweet fruits 

 about a foot long and 9 inches 

 broad, which are white inside. 



80893 to 80896. From Prodattar. 



80893 and 80894. Nos. 7 and 8. Khur- 

 buse. The fruits are either round 

 or oval, and the skin is pale brown 

 and slightly wrinkled. A mixture 

 of two numbers. 



80893. [No data.] 



80894. [No data.] 



80895. No. 9. Budam khurbuse. A 

 variety said to be the best in 

 Prodattar. The small, oval fruits 

 have greenish to pale-brown skin. 



80896. No. 10. Ohanna khurbuse. A 

 variety producing large fruits, 

 sometimes very sweet, which have 

 pale brown to pale red skin. 



80897 and 80898. 



From Zacuapam, Huatusco, "Vera Cruz, 

 Mexico. Seeds presented by Dr. C. A. 

 Purpus. Received July 22, 1929. 



80897. Carica cauliflora Jacq. Papaya- 

 ceae. 



This relative of the papaya is a tree 

 9 to 12 feet high, which is cultivated 

 and probably native in Central America 

 and Mexico. The trunk is crowned with 

 large leaves that are cordate at the base 

 and have the tip lobed about half way 

 down into acuminate segments. The in- 

 conspicuous sessile inodorous flowers 

 borne along the trunk are followed by 

 ovoid yellow fruits 3 to 4 inches long. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 80048. 



Prunus capuli Cav. Amygdala- 

 ceae. Capulin. 



A tree, native to tropical America, up 

 to 40 feet high, with lanceolate iong- 

 pointed coriaceous leaves 6 to 8 inches 

 long, 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. 80632. 



80899 to 80904. 



From Orleans, France. Plants purchased 

 from La France Gauguin. Received April 

 19, 1929. Numbered in July, 1929. 



80899 to 80901. Chrysanthemum maxi- 

 mum Ramond. Asteraceae. 



Pyrenees chrysanthemum. 



80899. Galathee. 



80900. Mile. Marcelle Gauguin. 



80901. Perfection. 



80902 to 80904. Helenium autumnale L. 

 Asteraceae. 



80902. Grandicephalum (nudif lor um) 

 aurantium. 



80903. Grandicephalum compactum bi- 

 color. 



809C4. Grandicephalum gauffreanum. 



80905 to 80908. 



From Sibolangit, Medan, Sumatra. Plants 

 obtained by J. A. Lorzing. Received July 

 16, 1929. 



80905. Citrus sp. Rutaceae. 



A wild lemonlike species, possibly the 

 ancestor of the pummelo and other culti- 

 vated citrus fruits. 



80906. Daemonorops sp. 



Phoenicaceae. 

 Palm. 



A rattan used for plaiting. 



80907. Hota imperialis Lindl. 

 daceae. 



Asclepia- 

 Wax plant. 



A shrubby climber with thick fleshy 

 elliptical leaves 6 to 9 inches long and 

 umbels of about 10 flowers which are 

 brown-purple, whitish outside, and 3 

 inches across. Native to mangrove 

 swamps in Borneo. 



80908. Pholidocarpus sumatrana Bec- 

 cari. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



A loftv fan-leaved palm native to the 

 East Indies. It is 50 feet or more high, 

 with a large strong trunk and stout, 

 thorny leaf petioles. 



80909. Medicago sativa L. Fabaceae. 



Alfalfa. 



From Rostof on the Don, Russia. Seeds 

 obtained from the North Caucasus Bor- 

 der Seed Cooperative Association, through 

 J. W. Pincus, Amtorg Trading Corpora- 

 tion, New York, N. Y., and H. N. Vinall, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry. Received July 

 24, 1929. 



A French variety. 



80910. Kokia eockii Lewton. Malva- 

 ceae. Kokio. 



From Hawaii. Seeds presented by Harold 

 L. Lyon, in charge of the department of 

 botany and forestry, Experiment Station 

 of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Asso- 

 ciation. Received July 25, 1929. 



Obtained at Kona, June, 1929. A hand- 

 some tropical tree, about 20 feet high, with 

 somewhat fleshy, deep-green, orbicular leaves 

 which are in whorls at the ends of the 

 branches, and an abundance of bright-scarlet 

 flowers about 6 inches in diameter. 



For previous introduction see No. 69110. 



