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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



89400. Alangium chinense (Lour.) 

 Rehder (M arte a l>egoniaefoUa 

 Roxb.). Cornaceae. 



From Medan, Sumatra. Seeds purchased 

 from J. A. Lorzing through Walter A. 

 Foote, American consul, Medan. Re- 

 ceived October 11, 1930. 



Variety tomentosum. This Indian tree 

 makes a remarkably rapid growth, reach- 

 ing its full height of 50 feet in five years, 

 after which the trunk merely thickens. 

 It is being planted in Sumatra for its tim- 

 ber. 



For previous introduction see 67175. 

 89401 to 89419. 



From Canton, China. Plants presented by 

 G. Weidman Groff, Lingnan University. 

 Received October 13, 1930. 



89401. Atalantia sp. Rutaceae. 



No. 127. A tree form from Saigon. 



89402 to 89407. Citrus spp. Rutaceae. 



89402 and 89403. Citrus grandis (L.) 

 Osbeck. Grapefruit. 



89402. No. 43. Kwangsi Sha t'in you. 

 Famous sandfield pomelo from 

 Kwangsi. 



89403. No. 129. Red-fleshed pomelo 

 from Saigon. 



89404. Citrus sp. 



No. 87. Chan chi kam. 



89405. Citrus sp. 



No. 89. Sz kwai kat, four-season kat. 



89406. Citrus sp. 



No. 91. Sz icui, fragrant water or- 

 ange (Heung sJmi ch'artg). 



89407. Citrus sp. 



No. 136. Chue sha kat, vermilion 

 kat. 



89408. Claucbna lansium (Lour.) Skeels 

 (C. wampi Oliver). Rutaceae. 



"Wampi. 



No. 131. Sour wampi from Canton. 

 For previous introduction see 74212. 



89409. Dimocarpus longan Lour. (Ne- 

 phelium longana Cambess.). Sapinda- 

 ceae. Lungan. 



No. 171. Black-ball lungan from Can- 

 ton. 



89410. DlPTEROCARPUS OBTUSIFOLIUS 



Teijsm. Dipterocarpaceae. 



No. 114. A tall tree with broadly ovate 

 obtuse wavy-margined leaves 8 to 10 

 inches long, densely covered with stellate 

 pubescence. The large reddish-white 

 flowers are in racemes and the nutlike 

 fruits are about 1 inch in diameter with 

 two lanceolate wings almost 5 inches 

 long. It is native to India. 



89411. DlPTEROCARPUS PUNCTULATUS 



Pierre. Dipterocarpaceae. 



No. 115. A tree up to 75 feet high 

 with densely stellate pubescent, broadly 

 ovate leaves 6 to 8 inches long, loose 

 racemes of purplish flowers 2 to 3 inches 

 across, and spherical fruits 1 to 2 inches 

 in diameter with two wings 4 to 5 inches 

 long. It is native to Siam. 



89401 to 89419— Continued. 



89412. Garcinia cochinchinensis (Lour.) 

 Choisy. Clusiaceae. 



No. 113. A tree with ovate-oblong 

 leaves, small white flowers, and pear- 

 shaped, yellowish-red fruits which are 

 said to be edible. It is related to the 

 mangosteen and is native to southeastern 

 Asia. 



89413 to 89415. Litchi chinensis Sonner. 

 Sapindaceae. Lychee. 



89413. No. 144. Glutinous rice lychee 

 from Canton. 



89414. No. 145. Lingnan Wai chi 

 lychee. 



89415. No. 146. Tsang sheng, moun- 

 tain lychee. Used for stock. 



89416. Mangifera indica L. 

 ceae. 



Anacardia- 

 Mango. 



No. 126. From Saigon. A fine variety. 



89417. Pentacme siamensis (Miquel) 

 Kurz. Dipterocarpaceae. 



No. 119. A shrub up to 10 feet high 

 with panicles of fragrant citron-yellow 

 flowers 1 inch across, appearing before 

 the leaves. The cordate-oblong leaves are 

 5 to 6 inches long, and the fruits have 

 linear wings 3 inches long. It is native 

 to Siam. 



89418. Sandoricum koetjape (Burm. f.) 

 Merr. (S. indicum Cav.). Meliaceae. 



Santol. 



No. 120. An evergreen tree, native to 

 the Philippine Islands, which becomes 

 80 feet high. It has trifoliolate hairy 

 leaves and greenish-yellow or straw-col- 

 ored flowers. The chief value resides in 

 its yellowish fruits which are rounded 

 or flattened about 2 inches in diameter, 

 with rather large seeds inclosed in trans- 

 lucent acid edible pulp of good flavor. 

 The fruit makes a delicious preserve. 

 The tree is not suited for cultivation in 

 the United States except perhaps in the 

 warmest parts of Florida. 



For previous introduction see 81926. 



89419. Sterculia foetida L. Sterculia- 

 ceae. Hazel bottletree. 



No. 111. A tall handsome tropical 

 Asiatic tree with large compound leaves 

 and spreading panicles of dull-red 

 flowers. 



For previous introduction see 77170. 



89420 and 89421. 



From Giza, Egypt. Seeds presented by 

 Thomas W. Brown, Director, Horticul- 

 tural Section, Ministry of Agriculture. 

 Received October 13, 1930. 



89420. Cordia alba (Jacq.) Roem. and 

 Schult. Boraginaceae. 



A large bushy shrub 15 to 18 feet high 

 which branches close to the ground and 

 sends up long stiff shoots well furnished 

 with dark-green foliage. The leaves on 

 terete petioles about an inch long are 

 alternate, obovate to obovate-elliptic, 3 

 or 4 inches long, with entire margins, 

 and the surface is covered with short 

 bristly hairs. The pale-yellow flowers, 

 about half an inch in diameter, are borne 

 in flat-topped corymbs sometimes a foot 

 across. The oblong-obovate fruits are 

 half an inch in length and pearly white 



