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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



92939 to 92941— Continued. 



92939. Mimosa bracaatinga Hoehne. 

 Mirnosaceae. 



A tree or large shrub, up to 50 feet 

 high, with an erect trunk. The bipin- 

 nate leaves, up to 4 inches long, are 

 composed of 3 to 14 pairs of pinnae and 

 about 30 pairs of pinnules for each pin- 

 nae. The small yellowish flowers are in 

 terminal heads less tban an inch in di- 

 ameter. It is native to Brazil. 



92940. Pennisetum setosum (Swartz) 

 L. Rich. Poaceae. Grass. 



A robust perennial grass 2 to 4 feet 

 high, distributed through the Tropics of 

 both hemispheres and often used for 

 forage. 



For previous introduction see 74467. 



92941. Teramnds uncinatus (L.) 

 Swartz. Fabaceae. 



A slender tropical -'American legumi- 

 nous vine, used as forage in Brazil and 

 also in the Virgin Islands. 



For previous introduction see 88188. 



92942 to 92947. Alstroemeria spp. 

 Amaryllidaceae. 



From the Netherlands.. Roots purchased 

 from C. G. Van Tubergen (Ltd.), Haar- 

 lem. Received April 17, 1931. 



92942. Alstroemeria brasiliensis 

 Spreng. Brazilian alstroemeria. 



A fleshy rooted plant, native to Brazil, 

 with a stem 3 to 4 feet high, remote 

 thickish, oblong-lanceolate leaves 2 inches 

 long, and umbels of brown-spotted, red- 

 dish-yellow flowers 1 inch long. 



92943. Bomarea salsilla (L.) Mirb. 

 {Alstroemeria oculata Lodd.). 



A twining vine, native to Chile, with 

 parallel-veined, oblong-lanceolate leaves 

 2 to 4 inches long on twisted petioles, 

 and small reddish flowers marked with 

 blue and purple inside, in compound 

 umbels. 



92944. Alstroemeria pelegrina L. 



A Chilean alstroemeria with thin, 

 lanceolate leaves 2 inches long and a 

 flower stem 1 foot high bearing an umbel 

 of purple-spotted, lilac flowers 1 inch 

 long. 



92945. Alstroemeria pelegrina L. 



Variety alba. A form with pure white 

 flowers. 



92946. Alstroemeria l i g t u pulchra 

 (Sims) Baker (A. tricolor Hook.). 



A bulbous plant, native to Chile, with 

 thin, linear-lanceolate leaves 2 to 3 inches 

 long and a flower stem 2 feet high bear- 

 ing a compound umbel of whitish lilac 

 or pale red flowers 1 to 2 inches long, 

 streaked with purple. 



92947. Alstroemeria violacea Philippi. 



A Chilean species with a stem 1 to 2 

 feet high, scattered, spreading, ovate- 

 oblong leaves 1 inch long, and compound 

 umbels of brignt lilac flowers 1 to 2 

 inches long. 



92948 to 92955. Ficus spp. Moraceae. 



Fig. 



From Egypt. Cuttings presented by the 

 director, horticultural section, Ministry 



92948 to 92955— Continued. 



of Agriculture, Giza. Received April 17, 

 1931. 



92948. Ficus benjamina L. 



Benjamin fig. 



A large tree, up to 80 feet high, native 

 to India, with thin coriaceous ovate 

 leaves 3 inches long and axillary pairs 

 of small globose, blood-red fruits. 



For previous introduction see 80080. 



92949. Ficus elastica L. 



India rubbertree. 



In the Tropics this tree becomes 100 

 feet high with long shining leathery, ob- 

 long to elliptic, dark-green leaves which 

 end with an abrupt dull point. It is 

 commonly used as a house plant, but usu- 

 ally becomes unsightly under glass when 

 it is 8 or 10 feet high. 



92950. Ficus plattpoda (Miquel) A. 

 Cunn. 



A small tree with thick leathery ovate 

 leaves 2 to 4 inches long and axillary 

 pairs of small globular fruits. It is na- 

 tive to Australia. 



92951. Ficus gibbosa Blume. 



A handsome medium-sized tree with a 

 single gray trunk. The large glossy 

 leaves are dark green, and the berries are 

 deep orange and half an inch in diame- 

 ter. 



For previous introduction see 67564. 



92952. Ficus mysorensis Heyne. 



A large broadly spreading tree, native 

 to the forests of the subtropical Hima- 

 layas from Sikkim eastward. Tbe aerial 

 roots are few embracing the trunk, and 

 the ovate leathery leaves which are prom- 

 inently veined are up to 8 inches in 

 length. 



For previous introduction see 58587. 



92953. Ficus religiosa L. 



Sacred bo tree. 



A large tropical tree up to 100 feet 

 high, with the rotund-ovate coriaceous 

 leaves suspended on slender petioles 4 

 inches long and with the apex produced 

 into a long linear-lanceolate taillike ap- 

 pendage. The dark-purple axillary fruits 

 are about half an inch in diameter. It 

 is native to India. 



For previous introduction see 81823. 



92954. Ficus tsiela Roxb. 



A large spreading tree without aerial 

 roots, native to southern India and Cey- 

 lon. The broadly ovate to ovate-lanceo- 

 late coriaceous leaves have a thickened 

 marginal nerve, and the smooth purple 

 fruits, about half an inch in diameter, 

 are crowded in the axils of the leaves at 

 the ends of the branches. 



92955. Ficus vasta Forsk. 



A large tree with stout softly tomen- 

 tose branchlets, native to northern Af- 

 rica and Arabia. The broadly cordate, 

 thin leaves are «1 foot wide by 10 inches 

 long and are softly pubescent on both 

 surfaces. The subglobose fruits, about 

 half an inch in diameter, are in axillary 

 clusters. 



92956. Populus sp. Salicaceae. 



From Canada. Cuttings presented by Nor- 

 man M. Ross, chief, tree-planting divi- 

 sion, Forest Service, Department of the 



