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91771 to 91785— Continued. 



01777. Caetota urens L. Toddy palm. 



No. 9122. A Malayan palm up to 80 

 feet high and 18 inches in diameter, with 

 twice pinnately divided leaves 20 feet 

 long by 12 feet wide, and the segments 

 are curved and drooping. 



For previous introduction see 77157. 



91778. Chrysalidocarpds lutescens 

 (Bory) Wendl. Yellow palm. 



No. 9125. A spineless stoloniferous 

 palm up to 30 feet high, native to 

 Madagascar. The pinnate leaves are 

 about 5 feet long, and the fruits are 

 violet or almost black. 



For previous introduction see 81585. 



91779. Heterospathe elata Scheff. 



No. 9131. A tall unarmed palm with 

 straight slender stem and long pinnate 

 leaves, growing in protected situations 

 where the rainfall is evenly distributed. 

 It is one of the most attractive and grace- 

 ful palms and will make a good plant for 

 the conservatory and possibly a good 

 house palm. 



For previous introduction see 88117. 



91780. Ptychosperma macarthuri Wendl. 

 (Kentia macarthuri Hort.). 



No. 9137. A palm, native to Australia, 

 which grows to a height of 30 feet, but is 

 usually a dwarf in cultivation and suckers 

 from the base, making a bushy plant. 

 The smooth ringed trunk is crowned by 

 a dense cluster of pinnate leaves with 

 .arching leaflets 6 to 9 inches long. 



For previous introduction see 80190. 



91781. Licuala SPINOSA Thunb. 



No. 9130. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 90923. 



■91782. Livistona chixexsis (Jacq.) R. 

 Br. Chinese fan palm. 



No. 9120. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 91524. 



91783. Livistona hoogendorpii Andre. 



No. 9124. A tall Javanese palm with 

 fan-shaped leaves 4 to 6 feet wide on 

 spiny petioles 3 to 5 feet long, red-brown 

 at the base and becoming olive green 

 near the leaf. The leaves are made up 

 of 10 to 12 plicate, pendulous segments 

 with five to seven acute lobes at the 

 apex. 



For previous introduction see 88121. 



91784. TlLMIA CARTOTAEFOLIA (H. B. K. ) 



O. F. Cook (Martinezia caryotaefolia 

 H. B. K.). 



No. 9134. A beautiful slender 

 straight-stemmed spiny-trunked palm 

 with bright orange-scarlet fruits borne in 

 drooping racemes. 



For previous introduction see 88136. 



•91785. Syagrus flexuosa (Mart.) Becc. 

 (Cocos flexuosa Mart.). 



No. 9123. A low Brazilian palm, 9 to 

 12 feet high, with lax terminal pinnate 

 ;leaves 3 to 6 feet long, having 70 to 90 

 pairs of rigid leaflets. 



For previous introduction see 71406. 



91786 to 91791. 



From China. Seeds from the Botanic Gar- 

 den, Hong Kong, presented through Prof. 

 J. G. Jack, Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica 

 Plain, Mass. Received March 5, 1931. 



91786. Mimosa sepiaria Benth. Mimosa- 

 ceae. 



A shrub or small tree with bipinnate 

 leaves made up of four to eight pinnae, 

 each bearing 20 to 40 linear leaflets 

 one-fourth of an inch long. The small 

 white flowers are borne in large lax 

 panicles. It is native to Brazil. 



91787. Callistemon citrinus (Curtis) 

 Skeels (C. lanceolutus DC.) Myrta- 

 ceae. Lemon bottlebrush. 



An evergreen shrub up to 12 feet high 

 with lanceolate leaves 1 to 3 inches long, 

 reddish when young, and spikes, 2 to 4 

 inches long, of small flowers with long 

 bright-red stamens. Native to south- 

 eastern Australia. 



For previous introduction see 78532. 



91788. Cryptomeria japonica (L. f.) 

 D. Don. Pinaceae. 



Common cryptomeria. 



A beautiful Japanese evergreen tree, 

 growing to a height of 300 feet and at- 

 taining a diameter of 7 feet. It will 

 withstand considerable frost. 



For previous introduction see 43837. 



91789. Altingia chinensis (Champ.) 

 Oliver (Ldquidamoar chdnensis Champ.). 

 Hamamelidaceae. 



A tall tree with coriaceous oblong-ovate 

 glandular-serrate leaves 3 to 4 inches long 

 and inconspicuous flowers. It is native 

 to Hong Kong. 



91790. Pinus 

 Pinaceae. 



MASSONIANA 



Lambert. 

 Pine. 



A tall tree up to 80 feet high with 

 spreading branches and yellowish brown 

 branchlets. The thin slender light-green 

 leaves are 5 to 8 inches long, and the 

 dull-brown ovate cones are 3 to 5 inches 

 long. It is a native to southern China. 



For previous introduction see 53849. 



91791. Sapium sebiferum (L.) Roxb. 

 Euphorbiaceae. Chinese tallowtree. 



An attractive, long-lived Chinese tree 

 which reaches a height of 40 to 50 feet 

 and a diameter of 5 to 6 feet. The 

 3-celled flattened-ovoid fruits, three-fifths 

 of an inch in diameter, are covered with 

 a fatty substance, which the Chinese re- 

 move by steaming and rubbing through a 

 bamboo sieve. After the fat is removed 

 the seeds are crushed and an oil is ex- 

 pressed which is used in the manufacture 

 of candles and soap. It is occasionally 

 grown as a shade tree in the Gulf and 

 South Atlantic States. 



For previous introduction see 75262. 



91792. Pktjnus domestica L. Amyg- 

 dalaceae. Prune. 



From Chevy Chase, Md. Scions presented 

 by Dr. A. Hrdlicka, United States Na- 

 tional Museum. Received March 4, 1931. 



This prune, received from Czechoslovakia 

 by Doctor Hrdlicka, appears very similar to 

 the French prune in character of fruit, but 

 the latter does not succeed in the climate 

 of Washington, whereas Doctor Hrdlicka's 

 tree bears well annually, and the fruit seems 



