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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



88314. Carpoteoche beas iliensis 

 (Raddi) Endl. Flacourtiaceae. 



Sapucainha, 



From Vicosa, Brazil. Seeds presented by 

 Prof. P. H. Rolfs, through George S. 

 Jamieson, Bureau of Chemistry and Soils. 

 Received May 26, 1930. 



A tropical tree 30 to 50 feet high, .with 

 oblong leaves about 4 inches long, and few- 

 flowered racemes of small, white flowers. 

 The fruits are about 4 inches in diameter. 

 A sirup said to cure leprosy and an oint- 

 ment used for skin afflictions are prepared 

 from the seeds. 



For previous introduction see No. 77616. 



88315 to 88317. Lespedeza spp. Faba- 

 ceae. Bushclover. 



From Manchuria. Collected by P. H. Dor- 

 sett and W. J. Morse, agricultural ex- 

 plorers, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived June 3, 1930. 



88315. Lespedeza sp. 



No. 5706. Near Dairen, April 29, 1930. 

 Plants growing 18 to 24 inches high in 

 poor, rocky, dry soil. 



88316. Lespedeza sp. 



No. 5707. Near Dairen, April 29, 1930. 

 Plants 24 to 30 inches high growing on 

 dry, rocky mountain sides. The seed is 

 in buttonlike clusters on the stems of the 

 plants. 



88317. Lespedeza sp. 



No. 5708. From plants along the road 

 on top of the wall surrounding the city 

 of Chin-chou. The plant is an annual, 12 

 to 18 inches high, and grows in thin 

 poor soil. Perhaps the same as No. 5707 

 [No. 88316]. 



88318 and 88319. 



Prom Perth, Western Australia. Seeds pre- 

 sented by Miss Ida Richardson. Received 

 June 3, 1930. 



88318. Clematis aeistata R. Br. Ranun- 

 culaceae. 



An evergreen woody vine with trifolio- 

 late leaves of cordate to narrowly lanceo- 

 late, entire or serrate leaflets 1 to 3 

 inches long, and yellowish-white flowers 



2 inches across in short panicles. It is 

 native to Australia. 



88319. Nuytsia floribunda (Labill.) R. 

 Br. Loranthaceae. 



A tree 30 feet high, with spreading 

 branches, thick entire, linear leaves 2 to 



3 inches long, and orange-yellow flowers 

 in showy racemes crowded at the ends of 

 the branches. Unlike most of the Lor- 

 anthaceae, this species is terrestrial and 

 not parasitic. It is native to Western 

 Australia. 



For previous introduction see No*. 

 25640. 



88320 to 88322. Gossypitjm baebadense 

 L. Malvaceae. Sea-island cotton. 



From Egypt. Seeds presented by S. A. 

 Steere, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Ak- 

 ron, Ohio, through T. H. Kearney, Bu- 

 reau of Plant Industry. Received June 

 5, 1930. 



88320. Qiza No. 2. 



88321. Oiza No. 7. 



88322. Sakha No. 4. 



88323. Lapagebia bosea albifloba 

 Hook. Liliaceae. White Chile-bells. 



From Winchester, England. Plants pur- 

 chased from Hillier & Sons, West Hill 

 Nurseries. Received June 5, 1930. 



A form in which the flowers are cream 

 colored with a tinge of rose at the base. 



88324. Teeminalta muelleei Benth. 

 Combretaceae. 



From Lucknow, United Provinces, India. 

 Seeds purchased from the Superintendent, 

 Government Horticultural Gardens. Re- 

 ceived June 5, 1930. 



A native Australian species which be- 

 comes a large tree under favorable condi- 

 tions, with leathery leaves up to 8 inches 

 long, loose spikes of small, white flowers, 

 and small, ovoid black fruits. 



For previous introduction see No. 59687. 



88325 and 88326. 



From Singapore, Straits Settlements. Seeds 

 presented by the Director, Botanic Gar- 

 dens. Received June 5, 1930. 



88325. Ficus globosa Blume. Moraceae. 



Fig. 



A climbing fig, epiphytic at least when 

 young, with thinly coriaceous, oblong, en- 

 tire leaves 3 to 6 inches long, abruptly 

 pointed at the tip, and globose fruits an 

 inch in diameter. It is native to India 

 and the Malay Archipelago. 



88326. Ficus kuezii King. Moraceae. 



Fig. 



A tree with thinly coriaceous ovate- 

 elliptic entire leaves 4 inches long, and 

 globose, dark-purple fruits half an inch 

 in diameter. It is native to India and 

 Java. 



88327 and 88328. 



From Peru. Cuttings presented by William 

 J. Dennis. Received October 31, 1929. 

 Numbered in June, 1930. 



88327. Banisteeia caapi Spruce. Mal- 

 pighiaceae. 



A woody vine with smooth, ovate- 

 lanceolate, coriaceous leaves 3 to 5 inches 

 long and large panicles of small flowers 

 followed by winged fruits about 2 inches 

 long. It is native to Brazil. 



88328. Lonchocaepus nicou (Aubl.) DC. 

 Fabaceae. Nicou. 



A woody vine climbing to the tops of 

 trees with alternate compound leaves 

 made up of about seven ovate, sharp- 

 pointed leaflets, and axillary spikes of 

 pea-shaped, purple flowers. It is native 

 to Guiana, where the roots are used as 

 fish poison. 



88329. Apodantheea sp. Cucurbita- 

 ceae. 



From Negritos, Peru. Tubers presented by 

 Oscar L. Haught. Received July 24, 

 1929. Numbered in June, 1930. 



Yucca de Monte. A herbaceous vine which 

 grows to a height of 20 feet, with tubers 

 which are edible after being cooked. The 

 growing season is from February to May. 



88330. Hypebicum sp. Hypericaceae. 



St. Johnswort. 



From Baguio, Philippine Islands. Seeds 

 presented by P. J. Wester, Department 



