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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



90866 to 90893 — Continued. 



JATROPHA HASTATA Jacq. Eu- 



phordiaceae. 



Cuttings of a shrubby perennial about 

 3 feet high with obovate to oblanceolate 

 hastate leaves and umbellike cymes of 

 small scarlet flowers. It is native to 

 Cuba. 



90884. Juglans insdlaris Griseb, Jug- 

 landaceae. Cuban walnut. 



Seedlings of a comparatively rare 

 Cuban tree found along streams up to 

 2,000 feet altitude. It is a slender tree 

 sometimes over 40 feet high with foliage 

 somewhat finer than that of Juglans 

 nigra. The nuts resemble those of J. 

 nigra in appearance, but are smaller, and 

 the kernels are removed with difficulty, 

 as the septae are very thick and woody. 

 In its present wild state the Cuban wal- 

 nut is of little horticultural value, but 

 with improvement by selection it may be- 

 come an excellent nut for tropical regions. 



For previous introduction see 58810. 



90885. LlGUSTRUM NEPALENSE R O X b . 



Oleaceae. Nepal privet. 



Seedlings of an evergreen shrub or 

 small tree with pubescent branchlets. ob- 

 long to ovate leaves 2 to 5 inches long, 

 and large broad panicles of small white 

 fragrant flowers, followed by dark-blue 

 fruits. It is native to the temperate 

 slopes of the Himalayas in India. 



90886. Litchi chinensis Sonner. Sap- 

 indaceae. Lychee. 



Seedlings. 



90887. Maba caribaea (A. DC.) Hiern. 

 Diospyraceae. 



Cuttings of a Cuban *tree, with branch- 

 lets covered with a pale-brown, soft pu- 

 bescence and obovate coriaceous leaves 3 

 inches long. The brownish flowers are 

 in small cymes, and the squarely sub- 

 globose, shining orange-colored fruits are 

 1 inch in diameter. 



RUSSELLIA SARMENTOSA J a C q . 



Menthaceae. 



Seedlings of a shrub native to Mexico 

 and Cuba, with 4-angled branches, sub- 

 coriaceous, coarsely crenate-serrate 

 broadly ovate leaves 2 inches long, and 

 cymes of 2-lipped, bright-red flowers. 



Sabal dealbata Hort. Phoenica- 

 ceae. Palm. 



Seedlings of a dwarf, stemless fan palm 

 with numerous glaucous-green leaves of 

 fine form. 



90890. Saraca indica L. Caesalpinia- 

 ceae. Common saraca. 



Seedlings of a medium-sized Indian 

 tree with pinnately compound leaves. 

 The 6 to 12 oblong leathery leaflets are 

 6 to 9 inches long, and the orange-red, 

 fragrant flowers are in compact panicles. 



For previous introduction see 78524. 



90891. Terminally myriocarpa Heurck 

 and Muell. Arg. Combretaceae. 



Cuttings of a deciduous tree 80 to 100 

 feet in height, found in open forest at 

 about 500 feet altitude. The fruits ap- 

 pear in January and February, before 

 the elliptical leaves. This may be useful 

 as a shade tree. 



For previous introduction see 53470. 



90866 to 90893 — Continued. 



90892. Thunbergia vogeliana Benth. 

 Acanthaceae. 



Cuttings of an erect perennial with 

 large, ovate to oblong, dark-green leaves, 

 and funnelform, blue-violet flowers with 

 a yellowish throat, 2 inches across, ap- 

 pearing in the summer. It is native to 

 tropical Africa. 



90893. Tinnea AETHIOPICA Kotschy and 

 Peyr. Menthaceae. 



Cuttings of an ornamental, tropical 

 African shrub about 4 feet high with 

 many branches and oblong, short-stemmed 

 leaves. The dark purplish-brown flowers 

 are in axillary whorls and have an odor 

 like violets. 



90894 to 90942. 



From Cuba. Seeds collected by F. G. Wal- 

 singham at Harvard Botanic Garden, 

 Soledad, Cienfuegos. Received January 

 5, 1931. 



90894. Allophyll s occidentalis 

 (Swartz) Radlk. Sapindaceae. 



A spreading, pubescent shrub with 

 trifoliolate leaves made up of elliptical, 

 sinuate serrate leaflets and racemes of 

 inconspicuous flowers followed by red 

 berries. It is native to the West Indies. 



90895. Elettaria cardamomum (L.) 

 Maton (Amomum cardamomum L.). 

 Zinziberaceae. Cardamom 



A perennial with large leafly shoots. 

 The fruits of this tropical Asiatic plant 

 are used as a spice. 



90896. Ampelocissus martini Planch. 

 Vitaceae. 



An ornamental vine, native to the 

 Philippine Islands, which should do well 

 in the sandy soils in southern and central 

 Florida. It makes a large tuberous root, 

 and the vines, which are covered with 

 stiff hairs, die annually after fruiting. 

 The grapelike fruits make excellent jelly. 



90897. Arikurtroba schizophylla 

 (Mart.) Bailey (Cocos schizopJiyllus 

 Mart.). Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



A slender, straight-stemmed, pinnate- 

 leaved palm, native to tropical Amer- 

 ica. 



For previous introduction see 88107. 



90898. Barleria alata S. Moore. Acan- 

 thaceae. 



A small shrub with attractive yellow 

 flowers ; native to southwestern Africa. 



90899 and 90900. Bauhinia tomentosa L. 

 Caesalpiniaceae. St. Thomas tree. 



For previous introduction see 73922. 



90899. An erect tropical shrub with 

 pale-yellow flowers, native to India. 



90900. Received as B. wallacei. 



90901. BODRRERIA SDCCULENTA J a C q . 



Boraginaceae. 



A shrub or small tree up to 15 feet 

 high with oblong-ovate leaves 2 to 5 

 inches long and spreading corymbs of 

 small white flowers followed by yellow 

 fruits. It is native to the West Indies. 



90902. Capparis plexdosa L. Cappari- 

 daceae. 



A shrub or small tree up to 25 feet 

 high, with long flexuose branches, ob- 



