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PLANT MATEBIAL INTRODUCED 



87493. Musa sp. Musaceae. 



87490 to 87495— Continued. 



A small evergreen tree 4 to 7 feet high, 

 with gray hairy branches and densely 

 hairy palmate-cordate leaves 3 or 4 inches 

 long. The solitary, white, axillary flowers 

 are about 2 inches across. Native to 

 Madagascar, where it grows at altitudes 

 between 4.500 and 6.000 feet among rocks 

 in places free from lime. 



87491. DODOXAEA MADAGASCABIEXSIS Radlk. 



Sapindaceae. Hopbush. 



A small, subtropical evergreen tree, 

 eventually about 15 feet high, with small. 

 unequally pinnate leaves composed of 

 about 25 linear-lanceolate leaflets. The 

 flowers and fruits are inconspicuous. 

 Native to Madagascar, where the natives 

 use it as a silkworm tree. 



87492. Musa pebeiebi Claveiie. Musa- 

 ceae. Banana. 



A wild banana from western Madagas- 

 car, which forms a large plant about" 20 

 feet high, with a swollen trunk over 3 

 feet in girth. During the hot season the 

 plant loses its foliage. The small cylin- 

 drical fruits, about S inches long, are 

 scarcely edible because of the scanty, bit- 

 ter flesh. 



Banana. 



A wild banana found in the hot humid 

 forest at altitudes between 5.000 and 

 6.000 feet, on the shore of Lake Kiwu. 

 Idjwi Island, central Africa. 



87494. Pittospoeum sp. Pittosporaceae. 



Humbert and Swingle No. 5711. An 

 ornamental shrub from lower southeast- 

 ern Madagascar, a region with a long, 

 dry season and much sunshine. 



87495. Stebeospeemem sp. Bignoniaceae. 



An ornamental shrub, apparently not 

 tolerating lime soils, frem the western 

 plains of Madagascar — a warm region 

 with a long, dry season. 



87496. Beloi' mae^ielos (L.) Lyons 

 (Aegle marmelos Correa). Paita- 

 ceae. Bel. 



From Peradeniya. Ceylon. Seeds presented 

 bv T. H. Parsons. Curator. Royal Botanic 

 Gardens. Received June 3, 1930. 



A small spiny tree, originally a native of 

 India, now commonly grown for its fruit in 

 the low country of Ceylon and other tropi- 

 cal countries. The fruit is globular, with a 

 hard, woody, green shell, and varies in size 

 from that of "an orange to a large melon. 

 Within is a mass of doughy, aromatic pulp, 

 intermingled with limpid, glutinous sub- 

 stance which some people relish for its 

 flavor. This is a well-known specific for 

 dysentery, and is much used in native medi- 

 cine. 



For previous introduction see No. 43027. 

 87497 to 87519. 



From Cuba. Seeds collected by T. A. Fen- 

 nell at Harvard Botanic Garden. Soledad, 

 Cienfuegos. Received May 5, 1930. 



87497. Albizzia malacocaepa Standi. 

 Mimosaceae. 



No. 26. A beautiful tall tree having a 

 crown of feathery leaves. Much used for 

 shade in coffee and cocoa plantations. 



87498. Areca glaxdifoemis Lam. Phoeni- 

 caceae. Palm, 



87497 to 87519— Continued. 



No. 19. A slender, spineless, pinnate- 

 leaved palm closely resembling Linoma 

 (Areca) alba. It is native to the 



Moiukka Islands. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 77162. 



87499. Baeyxylum beasiliexse (L.) 

 Pierre. Caesalpiniaceae. 



No. 3-1. A tree up to 80 feet high with 

 bipinnate leaves of small leaflets and 

 axillary or terminal racemes of small, 

 yellow flowers. The orange-colored wood 

 is elastic, tough, and durable and takes a 

 fine polish. The tree is native to Central 

 America. 



87500. Baeyxylum i x e e m e (Roxb.) 

 Pierre (Peltophorum ferrugineum 



Benth.). Caesalpiniaceae. 



No. 36. A large handsome leguminous 

 tree bearing large terminal spikes of 

 bright-yellow flowers. A good shade tree. 



87501. Belou marmelos (L.) Lyons 

 (Aegle marmelos Correa). Rutaceae. 



Bel, 



No. 13. A heavy fruiting, pear-shaped 



variety. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 87496. 



87502. Calypteogyxe occidex talis 

 iSwartzj G. Maza. Phoenicaceae. 



Palm. 



No. 51. A beautiful and rare native 

 palm with a straight, smooth stem 

 sometimes reaching a height of 50 feet. 

 The pinnate leaves are from 8 to 12 feet 

 long. 



87503. Caxavalia plagiospeema Piper. 

 Fabaceae. 



No. 28. A luxuriant leguminous 

 climber, used as a cover crop. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 64511. 



87504. Caxavalia eusiospeema Urban. 

 Fabaceae. 



No. 30. A large, climbing perennial 

 with beautiful rose-crimson flowers. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 59307. 



87505. Cassia xodosa Buch.-Ham. Cae- 

 salpinaceae. 



No. 43. Pink and white shower. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 65732. 



87506. Cassia spectabilis DC. Caesal- 

 piniaceae. 



No. 9. A beautiful native leguminous 

 tree bearing numerous terminal clusters 

 of bright-yellow flowers. 



87507. Cleeodexdeum axafexse Britt. 

 and P. Wils. Verbenaceae. 



No. 3S. A Cuban tree 30 feet high, 

 with obovate coriaceous leaves 2 to 4 

 inches long and clusters of white flowers 

 an inch long. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 77159. 



87508. Copaiva hymexaeifolia (Moric.) 

 Kuntze. Caesalpiniaceae. 



