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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



.91745 to 91760— Continued. 



91749. Gossypium sp. 



No. 9140. Smooth seeds. 



91750. Gossypium sp. 

 No. 9142. 



91751. Gossypium sp. 

 No. 9143. 



.91752. Gossypium sp. 



No. 9144. A form with petal spot. 

 ■91753. Gossypium sp. 



No. 9145. 



,Nos. 91754 and 91755 were collected at 

 Nassau, New Providence Island, the 

 Bahamas, February 2, 1931. 



.91754. Gossypium sp. 



No. 9102. 

 ,91755. Gossypium sp. 



No. 9103. 



91756. Gossypium sp. 



No. 9107. Collected at Guantanamo, 

 .Cuba, February 6, 1931. A cotton 

 which has evidently escaped from cul- 

 tivation. 



Nos. 91757 and 91758 were collected 

 February 8, 1931, at Soledad, Cuba. 



■91757. Gossypium sp. 



No. 9109. A shrub 10 to 12 feet 

 high with no petal spot, and light- 

 yellow flowers. It is probably a hy- 

 brid between Gossypium hirswtum and 

 G. oaroadense and was, perhaps, 

 .brought to Cuba from Trinidad by 

 .Germans in 1861. 



91758. Gossypium sp. 



No. 9110. A shrub 12 feet high 

 which produces brown cotton. 



591759. Lucuma sp. Sapotaceae. 



No. 9139. CoUected on Grand Cay- 

 man Island, February 11, 1931. Said 

 to have smooth fruit with yellow flesh. 



91760. Zea mays L. Poaceae. 



Corn. 



No. 9141. Collected on Grand Cay- 

 man Island, February 11, 1931. 



51761 to 91763. Amygdaltjs persica L. 

 (Prunus persica Stokes). Amygda- 

 laceae. Peach. 



From Oporto, Portugal. Plants presented 

 from Alfredo Moreira de Silva & Filhos, 

 .nurserymen. Received March 3, 1931. 



■91761. Teton de Venus. 



91762. Madeleine de Courson. 



91763. Gi'osse Hignone. 



91764. Citrus nobilis deliciosa (Ten.) 

 Swingle. Rutaceae. 



Mandarin orange. 



From Indo-China. Seeds presented by the 

 Institut des Recherches Agronomiques 

 de l'lndochine, Division de Botanique. 

 Received March 3, 1931. 



Mandarin oranges of very good quality 

 from the region of Laokay and Hanoi. 



91765 to 91770. Digitaria spp. Poa 

 ceae. Grass. 



From South Africa. Plants presented by 

 I. B. Pole Evans, Chief, Division of 

 Plant Industry, Department of Agricul- 

 ture, Pretoria, Union of South Africa. 

 Received March 3, 1931. 



Forms of perennial grasses which are 

 related to the woolly flngergrass {Digitaria 

 eriantha stolonifera) . They are to be 

 tested as winter forage for stock in dry 

 regions. 



91765. Digitaria pentzii Stent. 



91766. DlGITAEIA LITTOEALIS PEOSTEATA 



Stent. 



91767. Digitaeia decumbens Stent. ' 



91768. Digitaeia polevansii Stent. 



91769. Digitaeia swazilandensis Stent. 



91770. Digitaeia valida Stent. 



91771 to 91785. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



From the West Indies. Seeds presented by 

 the Allison V. Armour expedition to Mex- 

 ico and the West Indies, 1931, through 

 J. H. Kempton, Bureau of Plant Indus- 

 try. Received March 3, 1931. 



Collected in the Harvard Botanic Garden, 

 Soledad, Cienfuegos, Cuba, February 10, 

 1931. 



91771. Aeeca sp. 



No. 9136. Received as Actinorhytis 

 calaparia, but the seeds do not agree with 

 other material of that species. To be 

 grown for identification. 



91772. Aechoxtophoenix alexandbae (F. 

 Muell.) Wendl. and Drude. 



No. 9128. A pinnate-leaved palm 70 to 

 80 feet high, with leaves several feet 

 long, of lanceolate, usually entire leaflets 

 1 to 2 feet long and whitish beneath. 

 The greenish-yellow flowers are borne in 

 a cluster about 1 foot long and are fol- 

 lowed by small round fruits. Native to 

 Queensland, Australia. 



For previous introduction see 81582. 



91773 and 91774. Abecasteum bomanzof- 

 fianum (Cham.) Becc. (Cocos roman- 

 zoffiana Cham.). 



A palm, native to Brazil, with an un- 

 armed trunk about 30 feet high and 1 

 foot in diameter, bearing a crown of 

 plumelike leaves 12 to 15 feet long. The 

 fruit is a pale-orange drupe about the 

 size of a large acorn, inclosing a bony 

 seed which has three eyes near the base. 



For previous introduction see 81687. 



91773. No. 9121. 



91774. No. 9135. 



91775. Aeikubyboba schizophylla 

 (Mart.) Bailey (Cocos schizophyUus 

 Mart. ) . 



No. 9127. A slender straight-stemmed 

 pinnate-leaved palm. 



91776. Butia eeiospatha (Mart.) Becc. 

 (Cocos eriospatha Mart.). 



Apricot palm. 



No. 9129. A handsome pinnate-leaved 

 palm with violet-colored stems, creamy 

 flowers, and edible yellow fruits the size 

 of a small plum. It is native to Brazil. 



For previous introduction see 73923. 



