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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



90894 to 90942— Continued. 



A low spineless palm, native to Mauri- 

 tius, with rounded fan-shaped leaves, 3 to 

 5 feet long, and pear-shaped fruits over 2 

 inches long. 



For previous introduction see 88119. 



90923. Licdala spinosa Thunh. 

 nicaceae. 



Phoe- 

 Palm. 



A beautiful fan palm, native to the 

 East Indies, with graceful stems 20 to 25 

 feet high, produced in groups. 



For previous introduction see 88120. 



90924. Ligustrdm amurense Carr. Olea- 

 ceae. Amur privet. 



A shrub up to 15 feet high, with up- 

 right branches, elliptic to oblong leaves 

 1 to 2 inches long, and panicles of small 

 white flowers followed by globose-ovoid, 

 slightly bloomy black fruits. Native to 

 northern China. 



90925 to 90927. Malpighia spp. Mal- 

 pighiaceae. 



90925. Malpighia cubensis H. B. K. 



A shrub with lanceolate, entire leaves 

 having stinging hairs on the under 

 side. The small, reddish flowers are in 

 axillary corymbs and are followed by 

 red fruits half an inch long. 



90926. Malpighia suberosa Small. 



A small tree with oblong-ovate, cren- 

 ulate, coarsely reticulated leaves 3 to 5 

 inches long and cymes of small pink or 

 white flowers, followed by ovoid, 

 yellow-red fruits. It is native to Cuba. 



90927. Malpighia sp. 



A small upright tree with hright red 

 berries about the size* of cherries. 



90928. Melia azedarach L. Meliaceae. 



Chinaberry. 



Variety sempervirens. A form with 



light-lilac, fragrant flowers which are 



produced continuously throughout the 

 year. 



90929. Ocotea coriacea (Swartz) Brit- 

 ton {Nectandra coriacea Griseb.). Lau- 

 raceae. 



An evergreen. West Indian tree 30 to 

 40 feet high, with oblong-lanceolate, cori- 

 aceous leaves 2 to 6 inches long and pani- 

 cles of small whitish to dark'blue fruits 

 nearly 1 inch long, with red or yelow 

 persistent calyx bases. 



90930. Baryxylum brasiliense ( L . ) 

 Pierre. Caesalpiniaceae. 



A tree up to 80 feet high with bipin- 

 nate leaves of small leaflets and axillary 

 or terminal racemes of small yellow flow- 

 ers. The orange-colored wood is elastic, 

 tough, and durable, and it takes a fine 

 polish. The tree is native to Central 

 America. 



For previous introduction see S7499. 



90931. POSOQUERIA MULTIFLORA Lem. 



Rubiaceae. 



A small tree with broadly cordate 

 leaves and terminal cymes of large tubu- 

 lar white very fragrant flowers. It is 

 native to Brazil. 



For previous introduction see 88132. 



90932. Rhipsalis cassutha Gaertn. Cac- 

 taceae. Mistletoe cactus. 



90894 to 90942— Continued. 



An epiphytic cactus which hangs in 

 large clusters up to 30 feet long, with 

 weak round light-green stems less than 

 a quarter of an inch in diameter. The 

 small solitary creamy flowers are fol- 

 lowed by white fruits about the size of 

 mistletoe berries. It is native to Mexico 

 and southern Brazil. 



90933. Rhytidophyllum: tomentosdm 

 (L.) Mart. Gesneriaceae. 



A small plant with oblong-lanceolate, 

 serrate, woolly leaves and greenish-yellow 

 tubular flowers in corymbs. It is native 

 to Jamaica. 



90934. Solanum jamaicense Mill. Sola- 

 naceae. 



A native Jamaican shrub 5 to 6 feet 

 high with stout recurved thorns, oval, 

 woolly, angular-sinuate leaves 6 inches 

 long, and umbels of small yellow flowers 

 followed by round saffron-colored fruits. 



90935. Solanum mammosum L. Solana- 

 ceae. 



An ornamental shrub 5 to 8 feet in 

 height, native to tropical Asia, with 

 thorny leaves and large yellow flowers. 

 It bears a large round deep-yellow fruit 

 about 3 inches in diameter, with five 

 small fingerlike protuberances projecting 

 from the side at the base. The fruit 

 lasts for a long time, both on the plant 

 and after being picked. The root and 

 fruit are used medicinally. The tough 

 pliant wood is much used in certain parts 

 of India for making drums, and the 

 young twigs yield a good fiber. 



For previous introduction see 52385. 



90936. RUELLIA MACROPHYLLA Vahl. 



(Stemonacanthus macrophyllus Nees) 

 Acanthaceae. 



An erect shrub with ovate-lanceolate 

 leaves 3 to 5 inches long and axillary 

 peduncles, each bearing a pair of tubular 

 crimson flowers 1 to 2 inches long. It is 

 native to the West Indies. 



90937. Trichilia hirta L. (T. spondioi- 

 des Jacq.). Meliaceae. 



A shrub or tree up to 60 feet high, 

 native to the West Indies and Mexico, 

 with pinnately compound leaves of 

 obliquely ovate' glabrous leaflets and 11 

 to 21 panicles, 9 inches long, of greenish 

 flowers. 



For previous introduction see 88137. 



90938 and 90939. Uvaria rufa (Dunal) 



Blume. Annonaceae. 



A much-branched shrub, native to 

 Japan, with a stem 4 to 6 inches in 

 diameter and alternate, elliptic-oblong, 

 acute or obtuse leaves 2 to 5 inches long. 

 The solitary flowers are purplish red and 

 about 1 inch wide. The oblong kidney- 

 shaped red fruits, about 2 inches long, 

 are in bunches of 18 to 20, with scant 

 white flesh which is juicy, aromatic, and 

 subacid without a trace of sugar and 

 contains many seeds. 



For previous introduction see 81927. 



90940. Vernonia fallax Gleason. Aste- 



raceae. 



A sparingly branched, shrubby peren- 

 nial 3 to 4 feet high with elliptical- 

 oblong leaves 2 to 3 inches long, finely 

 gray-tomentose beneath, and terminal re- 

 curved clusters of three to seven small 

 heads of purplish flowers. It is native to 

 Cuba. 



