JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 19 31 



90837 to 90865 — Continued. 



90865. PlMELEA TRICHOSTACHYA Lindl. 



An erect slender branching annual 

 about 1 foot high, with alternate, 

 linear, concave leaves half an inch 

 long and hairy spikelike racemes 1 to 2 

 inches long of small yellowish flowers. 

 It is native to Australia. 



90866 to 90893. 



From Cuba. Material collected by F. G. 

 Walsingham at Harvard Botanic Gar- 

 den, Soledad, Cienfuegos. Received Jan- 

 uary 5, 1931. 



and 90867. Citrus gbandis (L.) 

 Osbeck. Rutaceae. Grapefruit. 



. Harvard No. 2. Bud wood of 

 a selection from the Foster grape- 

 fruit, made by Robert Grey. An 

 excellent pink-fleshed variety, with 

 very thin skin and very juicy. 



90867. Bud wood of a hybrid between 

 Washington Naval orange and 

 grapefruit, originated by Robert 

 Grey. The fruit has the appear- 

 ance of a grapefruit, but tastes as 

 sweet as an orange. 



90868. Alpinia sanderae Sand. Zinzi- 

 beraceae. Banded alpinia. 



A tropical, gingerlike plant, native to 

 New Guinea, cultivated for its leaves, 

 which are narrowly ovate, about 5 inches 

 long, rich shining green, and regularly 

 and closely striped in broad bands of 

 white leading from the midrib to the 

 margin. 



Calyptrogyne occidentalis 

 (Swartz) G. Maza. Phoenicaceae. 



Palm. 



A beautiful and rare native palm with 

 a straight smooth stem sometimes reach- 

 ing a height of 50 feet. The pinnate 

 leaves are from 8 to 12 feet long. 



For previous introduction see 87502. 



90870. Cereus hexagonus (L.) Mill. (C. 

 Icpidotus Salm-Dyck). Cactaceae. 



A tall columnar cactus up to 45 feet 

 high, branching at the base ; the joints 

 are usually six-angled. The flowers are 

 8 to 10 inches long, with the outer seg- 

 ments purple and the inner ones white. 

 The ovoid edible fruits are 3 to 6 inches 

 long and have white or pinkish pulp. It 

 is native to the West Indies and the 

 northern part of South America. 



90871. Clerodendrum macrosiphon 

 Hook. f. Verbenaceae. Glorybower. 



Cuttings of an erect shrub with oppo- 

 site oblanceolate notched or pinnatifid 

 leaves and terminal cymes of tubular pure 

 white flowers 4 to 5 inches long with red 

 stamens 2 inches long. It is native to 

 tropical Africa. 



90872. Clerodendrum penduliflorum 

 Wall. Verbenaceae. 



Cuttings of a shrub up to 6 feet high 

 with lanceolate, nearly entire leaves 5 to 

 8 inches long and pendulous panicles of 

 small white flowers followed by fleshy 

 dark-purple fruits a third of an inch in 

 diameter, subtended by the enlarged red- 

 dish calyx. It is native to Burma. 



90873. Colpothrinax wrightii Griseb. 

 and Wendl. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



90866 to 90893 — Continued. 



Seedlings of a Cuban fan palm with a 

 trunk up to 40 feet high having a bottle- 

 shaped base. 



For previous introduction see 89174. 



90874. Cordia alba (Jacq.) Roem. and 

 Schult. Boraginaceae. 



Seedlings of a large bushy shrub up to 

 18 fet high, common along the eastern 

 edge of the Valley of San Luis, Cuba. 

 This shrub branches close to the ground, 

 sending up long stiff shoots well fur- 

 nished with dark-green foliage. The 

 leaves are alternate, entire, obovate to 

 ovate-elliptical, 3 to 4 inches long, with 

 the surface covered with short bristly 

 hairs. The pale yellow flowers, about 

 half an inch in diameter, are borne in 

 broad flat-topped corymbs sometimes a 

 foot across. The oblong-obovate fruits 

 are half an inch in length and pearly 

 white when ripe. It is apparently a good 

 honey plant and of considerable orna- 

 mental value. 



For previous introduction see 40988. 



90875. Diospyros texana Scheele. Dios- 

 pyraceae. Persimmon. 



A large shrub or small tree with small 

 obovate leaves and fruits about an inch 

 in diameter. " 



90876. ASSONIA NATALENSIS ( Sond.) 



Kuntze (Dombeya natalensis Sond.). 

 Sterculiaceae. Cape-weddingflower, 



Cuttings of a shrub or small tree, na- 

 tive to southern Africa, with cordate, 

 angular, toothed leaves and axillary, 6- 

 flowered to 8-flowered umbels of large 

 pure-white fragrant flowers. 



90877. Echites rubro-venosa Linden. 

 Apocynaceae. 



Seedlings of a tropical American twin 

 iug shrub with simple opposite leaves 

 The upper surface of these leaves is cov 

 ered with a network of bright-red lines 

 at times golden yellow and emerald green. 



90878. Eugenia sp. Myrtaceae. 



Seedlings of a large compact bush or 

 small tree, native to Cuba. 



90879. Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd. 

 Euphorbiaceae. Poinsettia. 



Variety rubicunda. Cuttings of a very 

 ornamental variety, similar in habit and 

 growth to the common poinsettia, but the 

 upper leaves and bracts instead of being 

 bright red are orange pink. 



90880. Graptophyllum hortense Nees 

 ((?. pictum Griff.) Acanthaceae. 



Cuttings of a shrub 6 to 8 feet high 

 with opposite entire elliptic leaves irregu- 

 larly marked with yellow along the mid- 

 rib. The widespreading crimson flowers 

 are in axillary whorls. Native to tropical 

 Asia. 



90881. Heliconia lehmanni Hort. Mu- 



saceae. 



Rootstocks of a stocky, broad-leaved, 

 bananalike plant with yellow stems ; the 

 leaves are striped with creamy yellow. 



90882. Ixora acuminata Roxb. Rubia- 

 ceae. 



Seedling plants of a glabrous shrub up 

 to 6 feet high, native to India, with 

 linear-oblong to elliptic leaves and dense 

 cymes of tubular fragrant white flowers 

 Dearly an inch across. 



