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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



88105 to 88139 — Continued. 



up of 10 to 12 plicate, pendulous seg- 

 ments with five to seven acute lobes at 

 the apex. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 46006. 



88122. LUCUMA SERPENTARIA II. B. K. 



Sapotaceae. 



No. 25. A Cuban relative of the cani- 

 stel (Lucuma nervosa) with yellow, ob- 

 late fruit about 3 inches in diameter. 

 The flesh of the fruit is very similar 

 both in taste and texture to that of the 

 canistel. A medium-sized tree reaching 

 a height of from 30 to 40 feet. 



88123. LYCOPEKSICO.M ESCULENTUM Mill. 



Solanaceae. Tomato. 



No. 75. A tropical hybrid tomato, de- 

 veloped by Mr. Grey, which bears good- 

 sized fruit throughout the summer 

 months. It should do well in Florida 

 where there is no satisfactory summer 

 tomato. 



88124 to 88127. Mangifera indica L. 

 Anacardiaceae. Mango. 



88124. No. 83. Mammee. Scions of a 

 yellow-fruited variety, whose fruit is 

 smaller but of a better quality than 

 the Chino (No. 88126). 



88125. No. 87. Mango hybrid. Bud 

 wood of a hybrid between S, a native 

 variety, and India, an East Indian 

 type. This hybrid is said by Mr. 

 Grey to be the best and latest mango 

 he nasi seen. 



88126. No. 80. Chino. Bud wood of a 

 large-fruited mango, presumably an 

 East Indian type, with fruit as large 

 and nearly as good quality as the 

 Haden. The fruit is green when 

 ripe. 



88127. No. 82. A seedling tree, pre- 

 sumably Chino, which is supposed to 

 be an East Indian type. The green 

 fruits are as large and nearly as 

 good in quality as the Haden. 



88128. Noronhia emarginata (Lam.) 

 Thouars. Oleaceae. 



No. 24. A large shrub or small tree 

 with opposite evergreen, coriaceous, ob- 

 long, entire leaves and axillary clusters 

 of fragrant yellowish flowers followed by 

 edible globose, purple fruits about an inch 

 in diameter. It is native to Madagascar. 



88129. Passiflora vitifolia H. B. K. 

 Passifloraceae. 



No. 69. A strong-growing passiflora 

 with large scarlet flowers, which makes a 

 very attractive ornamental. The vine is 

 not attacked by nematodes or insects. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 60356. 



88130. Phtllanthus emblica L. 

 Euphorbiaceae. Nelli. 



No. 47. A small tree with slender 

 branches bearing numerous linear, 2- 

 ranked leaves about one-half inch long. 

 The globose fruits are used as a purgative 

 when raw or cooked to make an acid 

 sauce. Native to tropical Asia. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 52295. 



88131. TlCRAMNIA pentandra S w a V t z 

 Simaroubaceae. 



88105 to 88139— Continued. 



No. 65. A small tree with compound 

 leaves made up of five to nine oblong- 

 obovate, shining leaflets 2 to 3 inches 

 long, and pendulous racemes of small 

 white flowers followed by ovoid red to 

 dark-blue berrylike fruits. It is native 

 to the West Indies. 



88132. POSOQUERIA M U LIIFLOKA Lem. 



Rubiaceae. 



No. 95. A small tree with broadly 

 cordate leaves and terminal cymes of 

 large, tubular, white, very fragrant 

 flowers. It is native to Brazil. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 73821. 



88133. Securidaca diversifolia (L.) 

 Blake. Polygalaceae. 



No. 60. A trailing or climbing shrub 

 with thick, shining, oblong to ovate 

 leaves 2 to 6 inches long and racemes of 

 rose-colored flowers. It is native to Cen- 

 tral America and the West Indies. 



88134. Symplocos salicifolia G r i s e b. 

 Symplocaceae. 



No. 71. A bushy shrub, not unlike a 

 cestrum, with terminal clusters of white 

 flowers, followed by dark-purple fruit. 



88135. Terminalia muellebi Benth. 

 Combretaceae. 



No. 21. A large tree which resembles 

 T. mffordii, but has slightly larger leaves 

 and fruit. Its fruits are purple when 

 ripe, instead of red as in T. saffordii. 



88136. Tilmia caryotaefolja (H. B. K.) 

 O. F. Cook (Martinesia caryotaefolia 

 H. B. K.). Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



No. 3. A beautiful, slender, straight- 

 stemmed spiny trunked palm with 

 bright orange-scarlet fruits borne in 

 drooping racemes. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 79559. 



88137. Trichilia hirta L. Meliaceae. 



No. 93. A shrub or tree up to 60 feet 

 high, with pinnately compound leaves of 

 obliquely ovate glabrous leaflets, and 11 

 to 21 panicles, 9 inches long, of greenish- 

 yellow flowers. It is native to the West 

 Indies and Mexico. 



88138. Triopteris jamaicensis L. Mal- 

 pighiaceae. 



No. 73. A low-growing woody vine 

 with small purplish flowers. 



88139. Wallenia laurifolia (J acq.) 

 Swartz. Myrsinaceae. 



No. 66. A small evergreen tree. 25 to 

 30 feet high, with bright green, leathery 

 leaves. The small white flowers and 

 bright-red fruits are borne in terminal 

 clusters. Native to Cuba. The seed was 

 presented by J. G. Jack, of the Arnold 

 Arboretum. 



88140. Tbifolium 

 Fabaceae. 



RESUPINATUM L. 



Persian clover. 



From Persia. Seeds presented by Jalil 

 K. Hashimzade, American Agricultural 

 School, Rezaieh, Urumia. Received May 

 10, 1930. 



From near Ispahan. A clover which is 

 there cut seven times in a season. 



For previous introduction see No. 80293.. 



