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81570 and 81571. 



From Mount Silinda, Melsetter District, 

 Southern Rhodesia, Africa. Seeds pre- 

 sented by Dr. W. L. Thompson. Re- 

 ceived September 19, 1929. 



81570. Badhinia sp. Caesalpiniaceae. 



Chianzga. A remarkably durable tim- 

 ber tree especially valued for fence posts ; 

 the wood is said to last for 50 years. 

 The tree grows over a wide range of 

 country and conditions at altitudes be- 

 tween 1,000 and 4,000 feet. 



81571. Citrus sp. Rutaceae. 

 A wild orange. 



81572. Nymph aea lotus L. Nyrnphae- 

 aceae. White Egyptian lotus. 



From Dar es Salaam, Tanganyika Terri- 

 tory, Africa. Seeds presented by T. H. 

 Marshall, Department of Agriculture. 



iuuisuaii, x^eijaicmem or 

 Received August 19, 1929. 



A water lily indigenous to Tanganyika 

 Territory. The outer petals of the flowers 

 are white and the inner stamens yellow. 



81573 to 81576. Ananas sativus Schult. 

 f. Bromeliaceae. Pineapple. 



From Grenada, British West Indies. Suck- 

 ers presented by W. O. O'Brien Donovan, 

 Agricultural Officer in Charge, Grenada 

 Department of Agriculture. Received 

 September 18, 1929. 



81573. Chincona. 



81574. Green. 



81575. Red Spanish. 



81576. Santa Clara, 



81577. Caryocak tubekculostjm 

 (Aubl.) Baill. (G. iomentosum 

 Willd. ) . Caryocaraceae. 



From Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana. Seeds 

 presented by S. Sahal. Director, Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Station. Received 

 September 16, 1929. 



A tree, native to tropical America, up 

 to 100 feet high, with digitately three to 

 five foliolate leathery leaves and large white 

 flowers in terminal racemes, followed by 

 large drupaceous fruits having a hard 

 stone and an edible seed. One of the souari 

 nuts. 



81578. Astragalus akenaeius L. Fa- 

 baceae. 



From Stockholm, Sweden. Seeds presented 

 by Dr. Robert E. Fries, Director of the 

 Botanic Garden. Received September 

 30, 1929. 



A herbaceous gray-hairy perennial with 

 a branched, often widespreading rhizome, 

 and a slender prostrate or ascending stem 

 a foot or less high. The leaves are im- 

 paripinnate. The small bright purple flow- 

 ers are in long-stemmed loose clusters. 

 Native to sandy places in eastern Europe. 



81579 and 81580. 



From Burma. Seeds collected by Capt. 

 F. Kingdon Ward and presented through 

 S. C. Simms. Director, Field Museum of 

 Natural History, Chicago, 111. Received 

 September 18, 1929. 



81579. Mucdna sp. Fabaceae. 



Obtained in the jungle, near Vientrave 

 Laes, in the region of the Mekong River, 

 at an altitude of 1,000 feet, July, 1929. 



81579 to 81580— Continued. 



81580. Zea mays L. Poaceae. Cornr 

 Maize of Anam. 



81581 to 81594. 



From Port of Spain, Trinidad, British West 

 Indies. Seeds presented by R. O. Wil- 

 liams, Superintendent and Assistant Bot- 

 anist, Department of Agriculture. Re- 

 ceived September 24, 1929. 



81581. Acbocomia sclerocarpa Mart, 

 Phoenicaceae. Macauba palm, 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see No. 81274. 



81582. ARCHONTOPHOENIX ALEXANDRAE (F. 



Muell.) Wendl. and Drude. Phoeni- 

 caceae. Palm. 



A pinnate-leaved palm 70 to 80 feet 

 high, with leaves several feet long, of 

 lanceolate usually entire leaflets 1 to 2 

 feet long and whitish beneath. The 

 greenish yellow flowers are borne in a 

 cluster about a foot in length and are 

 followed by small round fruits. Native 

 to Queensland, Australia. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 80171. 



81583. Areca catechu L. Phoenicaceae. 



Betel palm. 



The betel palm is considered one of 

 the most graceful, bearing at the top of 

 its trunk, 40 to 100 feet high, a large 

 crown of pinnately divided leaves 4 to 6 

 feet long, the lowest usually pendulous. 

 The ovoid smooth fruits, 1 to 2 inches in 

 diameter, are orange-yellow or scarlet, 

 and furnish the well-known betel nut. 

 It is native to southeastern Asia. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 80172. 



81584. Caryota mitis Lour. Phoenica- 

 ceae. Palm. 



A palm, native to the Malay Peninsula, 

 about 20 feet high, with a straight cylin- 

 drical spineless ringed trunk 4 inches or 

 more in diameter and bipinnate leaves 4 

 to 9 feet in length. The purple fruits 

 are about the size of cherries. 



For previous introduction see No, 

 80179. 



81585. Chrysalidocarpus lutescens 

 (Bory) Wendl. Phoenicaceae. 



Yellow palm. 



A spineless, stoloniferous palm up to 30 

 feet high, native to Madagascar. The 

 pinnate leaves are about 5 feet long, and 

 the fruits are violet or almost black. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 78417. 



81586. Coccothrinax argentea (Roem. 

 and Schult.) Sarg. Phoenicaceae. 



Silver palm. 



A dwarf palm with fan-shaped leaves 

 which are silvery gray underneath. Na- 

 tive to the West Indies. 



81587. Guilielma speciosa Mart. Phoe- 

 nicaceae. • Pupunha, 



The peach palm of the Amazon River, 

 which ascends to the warm temperate re- 

 gions of the Andes. The clustered stems 

 attain a height of 40 feet. The fruit 

 grows in large bunches, has a firm, thick,. 



