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93298 — Continued. 



tropical America, although it is now cul- 

 tivated in the Asiatic Tropics as well. 

 When thoroughly ripe the fruit is fine for 

 ■eating, a very thin skin inclosing a pale- 

 brown, juicy pulp of delicious flavor. The 

 bark contains a milky latex known com- 

 mercially as chicle. It is best propagated 

 from cuttings, although it may also be 

 Taised from seed. 



For previous introduction see 45907. 



93299 to 93305. 



From Chihli Province, China. Seeds col- 

 lected by P. H. Dorsett and W. J. Morse, 

 agricultural explorers, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry. Received May 6, 1931. 



and 93300. Beta vulgaris L. Che- 

 nopodiaceae. Beet. 



From Haitien, about 6 miles from 



Peiping, March 8, 1931. Probably 



Chinese varieties. 



93299. No. 6909. A green beet. 



93300. No. 6910. A purple beet. 



. Cucurbita moschata Duchesne. 

 Cucurbitaceae. Cushaw. 



No. 4619. From W. J. Simpson, Metho- 

 dist Episcopal Mission, Changli, March 

 12, 1931. Said to be a Chinese variety. 



'93302. Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. 

 Solanaceae. Tomato. 



No. 6920. Chang li. A small yellow 

 pear-shaped fruit presented by W. J. 

 Simpson, Methodist Episcopal Mission, 

 Changli, March 12, 1931. 



D3303. Phaseolus vulgaris L. Fabaceae. 

 Common bean. 



No. 6912. A red garden bean from 

 Haitien, about 6 miles west of Peiping. 



93304. Pisum sativum L. Fabaceae. 



Pea. 



No. 6911. From Haiten, about 6 

 miles west of Peiping, March 8, 1931. 

 Probably a Chinese variety. 



Spinacia oleracea L. Chenopo- 

 diaceae. Spinach. 



No. 6918. From Changli, March 12. 

 1931. A native variety. 



93306. Mangifera indica L. Anacar- 

 diaceae. Mango. 



From Pasar Minggoe, Java. Plants re- 

 ceived from the Tuinbouwkundig Amb- 

 tenaar September 12, 1930. Numbered 

 in May, 1931. 



Gadoeng grafted on Madoe. 



93307. Feagaria sp. Rosaceae. 



Strawberry. 



From Germany. Plants purchased from 

 Nonne & Hoepker, Ahrensburg, Hamburg. 

 Received May 7, 1931. 



Upper Schlesian. 



93308 and 93309. 



From Sweden. Seeds presented by Robert 

 E. Fries, Stockholm Botanic Garden. 

 Received May 7, 1931. 



Collected in Kansu Province, western 

 China, during the Swedish Hedin expedi- 

 tion, February, 1930. 



93308 and 93309 — Continued. 



93308. Meconopsis integripolia 

 (Maxim.) Franch. Papaveraceae. 



Yellow Chinese-poppy. 



A fine alpine plant over 2 feet high, 

 found rather commonly at altitudes of 

 14,000 to 15,000 feet among limestone 

 boulders. The leaves are linear, with 

 the basal ones forming a rosette, and 

 are covered with red hairs. The large 

 bright-yellow flowers are 4 inches across. 



For previous introduction see 84011. 



93309. Meconopsis punicea Maxim. Pa- 

 paveraceae. Chinese-poppy. 



A stemless annual with a rosette of 

 ovate-lanceolate leaves and scapes 16 to 

 to 20 inches high, bearing pendulous 

 dark-pink flowers with four or more 

 petals each 4 inches long and 2 to 3 

 inches across. It is native to western 

 China and Tibet. 



93310 to 93314. Ananas sativtjs 

 Sehuit. f. Bromeliaceae. Pineapple. 



From British Guiana. Suckers presented 

 by F. Burnett, acting director, Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, Georgetown, Deme- 

 rara. Received May 7, 1931. 



93310. Chocoma. 



93311. Mainpouri. 



93312. White Mont scr rat. 



93313. Red Spanish. 



93314. Sugar Loaf. 

 93315 to 93326. 



From Ceylon. Seeds presented by T. H. 

 Parsons, curator, Royal Botanic Gardens, 

 Peradeniya. Received May 7, 1931. 



93315. Alstonia macrophylla Wall. 

 Apocynaceae. 



A tall Malayan evergreen trer* with 

 milky juice, oblanceolate leaves 1 foot 

 long, and terminal clusters of small white 

 flowers. 



For previous introduction see 79972. 



93316. Amomum hemisphaericum 

 (Blume) Sebum. Zinziberaceae. 



A very striking and handsome species 

 from Java, with great pinnate leaves 

 rising from the ground to a height of 12 

 feet, which have leaflets 2 feet long. The 

 under surface of the leaflets is a lovely 

 bronze claret color, making the plant, 

 when seen against the sunlight, a won- 

 derfully beautiful thing. It is propa- 

 gated usually by rhizome cuttings. 



For previous introduction see 66196. 



93317. Areca triandra Roxb. Phoenica- 

 ceae. Palm. 



A graceful and spineless palm, ulti- 

 mately about 25 feet high, usually with 

 several trunks which bear crowns of 

 pinnate leaves 4 to 6 feet in length. 

 The fruits, about the size of olives, are 

 orange scarlet. It is native to India. 



For previous introduction see 88864. 



BORASSUS PLABELLIFER L. Phoe- 



nicaceae. Palmyra palm. 



A handsome though slow-growing palm 

 found on' the dry coastal regions of Cey- 

 lon, where it is apparently able to with- 

 stand any amount of lime and is said 

 to have ' been used successfully as a 

 binder for sand dunes. In the number 



