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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



93169 to 93222— Continued. 



93169. Abboma augusta L. f. Sterculia- 

 ceae. 



A semisbrubby herbaceous plant with 

 large cordate hairy leaves, small purple 

 flowers, and large angular seed pods, 

 over 1 inch across, containing large 

 quantities of small black seeds. 



For previous introduction see 6779.4. 



93170. Abrus laevigatas E. Mey. (A. 

 pulchellus Wall.). Fabaceae. 



A climbing shrub, native to India and 

 Ceylon, closely resembling the common 

 rosary-pea (Abrus precatorius) , but 

 the leaflets are larger and more numerous, 

 the reddish flowers are in longer racemes, 

 and the incurved pods are thinner and 

 longer and have more seeds. 



93171. Acacia catechu (L. f.i Willd. 

 Mimosaceae. 



A tree found in the wild parts of India 

 and Burma, where it sometimes becomes 

 70 feet high, though usually smaller. 

 The leaves are finely pinnate, and the 

 white or pale-yellow flowers are in 

 spikes. The pale-yellow gum obtained 

 from this acacia has very strong adhe- 

 sive powers and is considered a better 

 substitute for the true gum arabic than 

 that of A. scorpioides. 



For previous introduction see 68325. 



93172. Acer oblongum Wall. Aceraceae. 



Maple. 



A subtropical maple which becomes 40 

 to 50 feet high, with a trunk 1 or 2 

 feet in diameter and dark-green oblong 

 entire leaves up to 7 inches long. The 

 reddish wood is used for making agricul- 

 tural implements. 



For previous introduction see 68329. 



93173. Actinidia strigosa Hool:. f. and 

 Thorns. Dilleniaceae. 



A woody vine, resembling A. callosa, 

 with strigose-hispid ovate leaves 5 inches 

 long, axillary cymes of white flowers 

 nearly 1 inch across, and ovoid edible 

 fruits. 



For previous introduction see 86665. 



93174. Adenosacme longifolia Wall. 

 Rubiaceae. 



A small shrub with brittle branches 

 covered with bright-yellow spongy bark. 

 The elliptic-lanceolate leaves are 4 to 10 

 inches long ; the fleshy tubular yellow 

 flowers, 1 inch long, are borne in cymes 

 6 to 8 inches across ; and the round ber- 

 ries, one-fourth of an inch in diameter, 

 are white. This shrub is native to the 

 subtropical slopes of the Himalayas in 

 India. 



93175. Alangium chinense (Lour.) 

 Rehd. (Marlea tegoniaefolia Roxb.). 

 Cornaceae. 



This tree makes a remarkably rapid 

 growth, reaching its full height of 50 

 feet in five years, after which the trunk 

 merely thickens. The tree is planted for 

 the timber. 



For previous introduction see 67175. 



93176. Albizzia lucida (Roxb.) Benth. 

 Mimosaceae. 



A handsome spreading leguminous tree 

 with attractive feathery leaves, native 

 to the East Indies. 



For previous introduction see 75974. 



93169 to 93222— Continued. 



93177. Allium victorialis L. Liliaceae. 



Onion. 



One of the most distinct European 

 alliums, with stems about 2 feet high, 

 leaves resembling those of lily-of- 

 the-valley, and white or greenish-white 

 flowers. 



For previous introduction see 86666. 



93178. Allophylus zeylanicus L.. 

 Sapindaceae. 



A shrub or small tree, native to India 

 and Ceylon, with ovate to obovate leaves 

 8 to 16 inches long, and racemes 9 inches 

 long of small yellowish-white, globular 

 flowers followed by red berries. 



93179. Alnus nepalexsis D. Don. Betu- 

 laceae. Alder- 



A tree up to 70 feet high, with a 

 trunk 3 to 4 feet in diameter, found 

 between 4,000 and 7,000 feet altitude. 

 It is a rapid grower, used chiefly for 

 firewood. 



For previous introduction see 68330. 



93180. Ammannia peploid-es Spreng.. 

 Lythraceae. 



A low glabrous annual, erect or de- 

 cumbent, 3 to 12 inches high, with op- 

 posite elliptic leaves less than 1 inch long 

 and axillary spikes of small pink flowers. 



93181. Amoora decandra (Wall.) Hiern. 

 Meliaceae. 



A large spreading tree, native to India, 

 with compound leaves 1 foot long, made 

 up of 7 to 13 ovate leaflets 8 inches long 

 and panicles composed of ' cylindrical 

 racemes 6 inches long of small globular 

 fragrant yellow flowers. 



93182. Amoora rohituka (Roxb.)- 

 Wight and Arn. Meliaceae. 



An evergreen tree with a large crown 

 of branches. The pale-yellow or red fruit, 

 over an inch in diameter, is smooth, 

 rather soft and fleshy, three celled and 

 three valved. An economic oil is extracted 

 from the seeds. 



For previous introduction see 38998. 



93183. Anemone rivularis Buch.-Ham. 

 Ranunculaceae. 



A silky pubescent ornamental from 1 

 to 3 feet high, with 3-parted basal 

 leaves up to 6 inches in diameter and 

 white or bluish flowers, over an inch 

 long, in compound cymes. It is found 

 at 5,000 feet altitude. 



For previous introduction see 66917. 



93184. Aralia foliolosa Seem. Aralia- 



A large prickly shrub, native to India, 

 with bipinnate or tripinnate leaves made 

 up of elliptic-acuminate leaflets 2 to 3 

 inches long and compound panicles 1 foot 

 long of small greenish flowers followed 

 by small black fruits. 



93185. PANAX PSEUDOGINSENG Wall. 



Araliaceae. Ginseng. 



A perennial herb whose tuberlike root- 

 stock is mucilaginous and slightly aro- 

 matic. The erect purplish stem bears 

 three or four palmate radical leaves and 

 a number of roughly hairy upper leaves. 

 The small white flowers, in umbellate- 



