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PLAXT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



88619 to 88670— Continued. 



88623. No. 6. 88647. No. 105. 



88624. No. 7. 88648. No. 203. 



88625. No. 13. 88649. No. 204. 



88626. No. 22. 88650. No. 209. 



88627. Xo. 24. 88651. No. 210. 



88628. Xo. 27. 88652, Xo. 213; 



88629. Xo. 30. 88653. Xo. 214. 



88630. Xo. 31. 88654. Xo. 216. 



88631. Xo. 37. 88655. Xo. 217. 



88632. Xo. 49. 88656. Xo. 21S. 



88633. Xo. 50. 88657. Xo. 222. 



88634. Xo. 52. 88658. Xo. 256. 



88635. Xo. 54. 88659. Xo. 257. 



88636. Xo. 55. 88660, Xo. 264. 



88637. Xo. 62. 88661, Xo. 268. 



88638. Xo. 63. 88662. Xo. 270. 



88639. Xo. 78. 88663. Xo. 272. 



88640. Xo. 82. 88664, Xo. 273. 



88641. Xo. 83. 88665, Xo. 274. 



88642. Xo. 84. 88666, Xo. 279. 



88643. Xo. 93. 88667. Xo. 2S0. 



88644. Xo. 99. 88668, Xo. 282. 



88645. Xo. 101. 88669, Xo. 287. 



88646. Xo. 104. 88670. Xo. 289. 

 88671 to 88677. 



From Peradeniva. Ceylon. Seeds presented 

 by T. H. Parsons. Curator. Royal Bo- 

 tanic Gardens. Department of Agricul- 

 ture. Received July 28, 1930. 



88671. Aheca triaxdra Roxb. 

 ceae. 



Phoenica- 

 Palm. 



A graceful spineless palm, ultimately 

 about 25 feet bigh, usually with several 

 trunks which bear crowns of pinnate 

 leaves 4 to 6 feet in lengtb. The fruits, 

 about the size of olives, are orange 

 scarlet. Xative to India. 



For previous introduction see Xo. 

 70777. 



88672, Licuala gracilis Blume. Phoeni- 

 caceae. Palm. 



A small fan palm from Java wbich is 

 only 5 to 7 feet high, clusters of which 

 would grace any private garden in the 

 Tropics. 



For previous introduction see Xo. 

 66225. 



88673, Licuala spixosa Thunb. Phoeni- 

 caceae. Palm, 



A dwarf fan-leaved palm, native to 

 the West Indies, 10 to 12 feet high, with 

 roundish leaves 3 feet or more in diam- 

 eter and 3-angled petioles armed with 

 brownish hooked spines. It requires 

 abundant heat and moisture. 



For previous introduction see Xo. 

 81590. 



88674, OXCOSPERMA FASCICULATCM 



Thwaites. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



The Katu-kitul palm of Indo-Malaya 

 is one of the graceful cluster palms 

 which make magnificent groups, 40 to 



88671 to 88677— Continued. 



60 feet high, in the Peradeniya Gardens. 

 The stems are spiny and therefore not 

 suitable for small gardens, but rather for 



parks. 



For previous introduction see Xo. 66230. 



88675. Ox CO SPERM A FILAMEXTOSUM 



Blume. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



A cluster palm of great beauty which 

 rises to a height of 50 feet and waves 

 its pinnate leaves in the slightest breeze. 

 Like its relative. Oncosperma fascicula- 

 tum, it is a spiny palm and therefore 

 not suited to small garden uses but to 

 parks. The great clumps of this palm 

 are wonderfully effective. 



For previous introduction see Xo. 72601. 



88676. Phoexix pusilla Gaertn. 

 nicaceae. 



Phoe- 

 Palm. 



A dwarf palm about 4 feet high, with 

 pinnate leaves having spiny petioles, 

 sword-shaped dark-green leaflets, and 

 black fruits. The stem is said to con- 

 tain a farinaceous pith. It is native to 

 Ceylon. 



For previous introduction see Xo. 

 66234. 



88677. PXTCHOSPERMA AXGUSTIFOLIA 



Blume. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



A tropical Australian pinnate palm 

 which grows in great clumps. When 

 young it is suited to pot culture, but 

 should be tried out in the open in south- 

 ern Florida in private gardens. The 

 small, slender stems make it especially 

 adapted to small gardens. 



For previous introduction see Xo. 

 66237. 



88678 and 88679. Citeus afeaxtium L. 

 Rutaeeae. Seville orange. 



From Xaples, Italy. Scions collected by 

 David Fairchild, agricultural explorer, 

 with the Allison T. Armour expedition. 

 Received July 28, 1930. 



88678. Variety corniculata. Xo. 3614. 

 Collected July 14. 1930. from trees 

 growing in the Botanical Garden. A 

 variety that produces fruit with a 

 curious horn on one side. 



88679. Variety foetifera. Xo. 3615. Col- 

 lected July 14, 1930, in the Botanical 



Garden. A strange abnormal sport 

 that has fruits each containing parts 

 of another fruit embedded in its pulp. 

 These parts sometimes have bits of 

 perfect orange peel developed inside 

 of the flesh of the surrounding orange. 



88680. Gladiolus hlestjttts Jacq. Iri- 



daceae. 



From Cape Town, Union of South Africa. 



Seeds presented by Dr. Rudolph Mar- 

 loth. Received July 28, 1930. 



A species about a foot high with bright- 

 red, fragrant flowers, borne in a very lax, 

 few-flowered spike and sword-shaped. 

 strongly ribbed leaves ; found growing in 



sandy stretches wbich are moist only dur- 

 ing the winter. 



For previous introduction see Xo. 

 62857. 



88681. Lycopebsicon esculentum Mill. 

 Solanaeeae. Tomato. 



