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93399 to 93418. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



From Ceylon. Seeds presented by T. H. 

 Parsons, curator, Royal Botanic Gardens, 

 Peradeniya. Received May 18, 1931. 



93399. Acrocomia sclerocarpa Mart. 



Macauba palm. 



A graceful spiny tropical American 

 palm, 30 to 40 feet higb, with a terminal 

 cluster of narrow, pinnate leaves. When 

 mature, the inside of the trunk furnishes 

 excellent starch, equal in quality to that 

 of the cassava plant. The leaves yield 

 strong fiber, utilized by the natives of 

 Paraguay for making hammocks. From 

 the yellowish fruits, about an inch in 

 diameter, an excellent edible oil is ex- 

 pressed. 



For previous introduction see 86520. 



93400. Areca triandra Roxb. 



A graceful spineless palm ; ultimately 

 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. Native to India. 



For previous introduction see 88864. 



93401. Calyptrocalyx spicatus (Lam.) 

 Blume. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see 93319. 



93402. Caryota mitis Lour. 



A palm, native to the Malay Peninsula, 

 15 to 20 feet high, which sends out 

 suckers from the base. The pinnate 

 leaves, 6 to 9 feet long, are divided into 

 wedge-shaped segments, and the globular 

 purple fruits are about the size of a 

 cherry. 



For previous introduction see 80179. 



93403. Caryota plumosa Hort. 



A form of fishtail palm with leaves 

 resembling those of Caryota mitis and 

 C. urens. 



For previous introduction see 75750. 



93404. Caryota mitis Lour. 



Received as C. sobolifera, which is now 

 generally considered to be the same as 

 C. mitis. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see 93402. 



93405. Areca strum romanzofpianum 

 (Cham.) Becc. (Oocos plumosa Hook, 

 f.). 



A palm, native to Brazil, with an un- 

 armed trunk about 30 feet high and a 

 foot in diameter, bearing a crown of 

 plumelike, pinnate 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. 



93406. Cyrtostachys renda Blume. 



A Sumatran palm of stately habit, 

 about 25 feet high, with a slender spine- 

 less trunk crowned by a graceful cluster 

 of pinnately divided leaves with bright- 

 red leaf sheaths. 



For previous introduction see 68116. 



93407. Linoma alba (Bory) O. F. Cook 

 (Dictyosperma aureum Wendl. and 

 Drude). 



93399 to 93418— Continued. 



A form of this well-known, arecalike 

 palm with yellow or orange petioles and 

 veins on the leaves of the young plants. 

 It reaches a height of about 30 feet, and 

 the pinnate leaves are 4 to 8 feet long. 

 It is native to tropical Asia. 



93408. Chrysalidocarpds madagascari- 

 ensis Beccari (Dypsis madagascarien- 

 sis Hort.). 



A graceful palm, native to Madagascar, 

 about 15 feet high, with pinnate leaves 

 10 feet long, having the segments ar- 

 ranged in fascicles and appearing to be 

 in threes, giving a triangular effect. 



For previous introduction see 81511. 



93409. Heterospathe elata Scheff. 



A tall unarmed palm with a straight 

 slender stem and long pinnate leaves, 

 growing in protected situations and where 

 the rainfall is evenly distributed. It is 

 one of the most attractive and graceful 

 palms and will make a good plant for the 

 conservatory and possibly a good house 

 plant. 



For previous introduction see 89203. 



93410. Seaforthia elegans R. Br. 



A palm up to 30 feet in height, native 

 to the southern coast of Australia and 

 the neighboring islands. The dark-green 

 pinnate fronds are 15 feet long, and the 

 small fruits are oval and very fibrous. 



For previous introduction see 51738. 



93411. Licuala spinosa Thunb. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 93322. 



93412. Livistona chinensis (Jacq.) R. 

 Br. Chinese fan palm. 



A palm, native to China, with a short 

 thick trunk up to 6 feet high and a foot 

 thick, having a crown of reniform pal- 

 mately divided leaves 4 to 6 feet across 

 on petioles about 5 feet long, which are 

 armed below the middle with recurved 

 brown spines more than an inch long. 



For previous introduction see 85742. 



93413. Livistona rotundifolia (Lam.) 

 Mart. Java fan palm. 



An erect pinnate-leaved palm, native to 

 tropical Asia, about the same size as the 

 coconut palm. The hard durable wood is 

 used for general construction. 



For previous introduction see 72599. 



93414. Livistona subglobosa (Hassk.) 

 Mart. 



A medium-sized palm, native to Java, 

 with palmately divided leaves having seg- 

 ments 10 to 12 inches long which are two 

 parted nearly to the base into linear, 

 pendulous lobes. The blackish-violet 

 fruits, half an inch in diameter, are borne 

 in a panicle on a spadix about a foot 

 long. , 



For previous introduction see 45589. 



93415. Phoenix pusilla Gaertn. (P. fari- 

 nifera Roxb.). Date palm. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 93323. 



93416. Ptychosperma angustifolia 

 Blume. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 93326. 



