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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



93399 to 93418— Continued. 



93417. Ptychosperma macarthuri Wendl. 



A palm, native to Australia, which 

 grows to a height of 30 feet, but is usu- 

 ally 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. 



93418. Wallichia caryotoides Roxb. 



A pinnate-leaved palm, native to India, 

 with clustered, branching stems. The 

 compound leaves, 8 to 10 feet long, are 

 made up of linear-oblong leaflets 1 to 2 

 feet long, having fiddle-shaped lobes on 

 the margins. The small yellow or pur- 

 ple flowers are borne on a spadix about 

 18 inches long and are followed by red 

 or purple ovoid fruits an inch long. 



93419. Pintjs KOKAiENsis Sieb. and 

 Zucc. Pinaceae. Korean pine. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- 

 lics. Seeds presented by the Institute of 

 Applied Botany, Leningrad. Received 

 May 19, 1931. 



A 5-needle pine, up to 100 feet high. It 

 produces valuable lumber and edible seeds 

 and is also of ornamental value, being slow 

 of growth and forming a dense broad 

 pyramidal head with handsome foliage. It 

 is native to Japan. 



For previous introduction see 82483. 

 93420 and 93421. 



From Argentina. Seeds presented by 

 Enrique C. Clos, Ingeniero AgrOnomo, 

 Ministerio de Agricultura, Buenos Aires. 

 Received May 19, 1931. 



93420. Cassia bicapsularis L. Caesal- 

 piniaceae. 



A tropical American evergreen shrub 4 

 feet high, with pinnate leaves and yellow 

 flowers. 



For previous introduction see 74577. 



93421. Cassia corymbosa Lam. Caesal- 

 piniaceae. Flowery senna. 



A very handsome shrub, native to Ar- 

 gentina, which attains a height of from 

 4 to 10 feet. The leaves are composed 

 of three pairs of leaflets. In the spring 

 the branches are clothed with numerous 

 -corymbs of bright yellow flowers. This 

 is one of the best known garden species, 

 being an excellent conservatory plant for 

 spring, summer, and autumn bloom. 



For previous introduction see 43648. 



93422. Pandanus tjtelis Bory. Pan- 

 danaceae. Common screwpine. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by Robert M. 

 Grey, Harvard Botanic Garden, Soledad, 

 Cienfuegos. Received May 21, 1931. 



A treelike plant, reaching a height of 

 60 feet in Madagascar where it is native. 

 The branches of the trunk bear crowns of 

 erect, glaucous, linear-lanceolate leaves 1 

 to 3 feet long, having red spines on the 

 margins. The leaves are used in the Trop- 

 ics for making bags, baskets, mats, and 

 other articles. 



93423 to 93432. 



From French Indo-China. Seeds presented 

 by M. Poilane, Institut des Recherches 



93423 to 93432— Continued. 



Agronomiques de l'lndochine. Division 

 de Botanique, Tonking. Received May 

 22, 1931. 



93423. Annona sp. Annonaceae. 



93424. Bauhinia reticulata DC. Caesal- 

 piniaceae. 



A small tree, 25 feet high, which grows 

 in dry lateritic soil and can endure long 

 periods of drought. The rather small 

 flowers are in compound racemes not 

 much longer than the leaves, and are fol- 

 lowed by abundant pods which fall to 

 the ground in March, at the beginning 

 of the dry season. Cattle are very fond 

 of these pods. 



93425. Caryota sp. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



93426. Cassia nodosa Buch.-Ham. 



Pink and white shower. A moderate- 

 sized, deciduous tree with long, drooping 

 branches and glossy leaves ; during May 

 and June it bears a profusion of beauti- 

 ful, bright-pink, rose-scented flowers 

 borne in dense clusters on long stalks. 

 It is native from the eastern Himalayas 

 to the Malay Archipelago and the Phil- 

 ippines. 



For previous introduction see 65732. 



93427. Chrysophyllum sp. Sapotaceae. 



A large tree with pink flowers, collected 

 in the arboretum of Trang Bom, May 4, 

 1931. 



93428. Diospyros sp. Diospyraceae. 



From the arboretum of Trang Bom, 

 May 4, 1931. 



93429. Ormosia sp. Fabaceae. 



93430. Rollinia sp. Annonaceae. 



93431. Sabad sp. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



93432. Uvaria sp. Annonaceae. 

 93433 to 93435. 



From British Honduras. Seeds presented 

 through H. H. Bartlett, director, de- 

 partment of botany, University of Michi- 

 gan, Ann Arbor. Received June 1, 1931. 



93433. Chamaedorea sp. Phoenicaceae. 



Palm. 



From El Cayo, British Honduras. A 

 small pinnate-leaved palm which fruits 

 abundantly when the plant is 2 feet tall. 

 The leaf segments are narrow and the 

 fruits are blue-black. To be tried as a 

 house plant. 



93434. Plectis oweniana O. F. Cook. 

 Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



No. 11834. Mountain caooage palm, 

 from the mountains of Pine Ridge, Cayo 

 district. A tall slender palm up to 75 

 feet high with a trunk diameter of 15 

 inches. The pinnate leaves, 12 feet long, 

 are made up of numerous narrowly lin- 

 ear, horizontal or drooping leaflets. It is 

 native to Guatemala and Honduras. 



93435. Ormosia sp. Fabaceae. 



Necklacebean tree. 



No. 11775. Pine Ridge Mountains, 

 An ornamental tree whose red and black 

 seeds hang from the open pods. The 

 wood is fine grained and a beautiful 

 orange-yellow in color. 



