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93496 to 93536— Continued. 



93525. Gossypium sp. 



Collected at East End, island of St. 

 John. Virgin Islands. 



93526. Gossypium sp. 



Collected on St. 

 Islands. 



93527. Gossypium sp. 



Croix, Virgin 



Collected on Nevis Island, British 

 West Indies. 



Acrocomia aculeata Lodd. Phoe- 

 nicaceae. Grugru palm. 



A tall palm up to 50 feet high, native 

 to Trinidad, with pinnate leaves 10 to 12 

 feet long and brownish fruits about half 

 the size of those of A. sclerocarpa of 

 Brazil, to which it is closely related. 



93529. Coffea arabica L. Rubiaceae. 



Arabian coffee. 



Collected at the Brown estate, island 

 of Trinidad. 



93530. CORYPHA UMBBACULIFEBA L. Phoe- 



nicaceae. Talipot palm. 



Collected on the island of Trinidad. A 

 large palm up to 80 feet high. The 

 leaves, 12 feet long and 16 feet broad, 

 are made up of lobed segments, and the 

 creamy white flowers are in terminal 

 panicles 20 feet long. It is native to 

 Ceylon. 



For previous introduction see 76758. 



93531. Hyophobbe sp. Phoenicaceae. 



Palm. 



Collected in the public park at Basse- 

 terre, island of St. Kitts. 



. Licuala peltata Roxb. Phoenica- 

 ceae. Palm. 



Collected on the island of Trinidad. 

 An Indian palm, native to the foothills 

 of the Himalayas, with stems 8 to 15 

 feet high and round leaves, 3 to 5 feet 

 in diameter, deeply lobed into 12 to 80 

 obtusely 2-parted segments each bearing 

 several teeth up to 2 inches long. The 

 ellipsoid, orange-colored fruits, half an 

 inch long, are borne in large clusters. 



For previous introduction see 34742. 



93533. Maubitia flexuosa L. f. Phoe- 

 nicaceae. Mirity. 



Collected on the island of Trinidad. A 

 palm, native to tropical Brazil, which 

 grows to a height of 150 feet and 30 

 inches in diameter. The leaves are from 

 9 to 16 feet long. This is one of the 

 so-called ivory-nut palms. The fruit is 

 spherical, about the size of a small apple, 

 and covered with small smooth reticu- 

 lated scales. The spadix. loaded with 

 fruit, is of immense weight, often more 

 than two men can carry. The tree forms 

 extensive forests in the Amazon Delta 

 and provides material for subsistence and 

 arts of the Indians. 



For previous introduction see 31311. 



93534. Mybistica fragraxs Houtt. My- 

 risticaceae. Common nutmeg. 



Collected on the island of Trinidad. 

 An East Indian tree 20 to 25 feet high 

 with smooth, grayish-brown bark, oval, 

 dark-green, sharp-pointed leaves, 3 to 6 

 inches long, slightly aromatic when 

 bruised, and pale-yellow flowers in axil- 

 lary racemes, followed by nearly spher- 



93496 to 93536— Continued. 



ical, pearlike drupes. The flesh of these 

 drupes is yellow and full of astringent 

 juice and incloses a hard-shelled nut, the 

 seed of which is the nutmeg of commerce. 



For previous introduction see 44565. 



Nos. 93535 and 93536 were collected in 

 a public park at Basseterre, on the 

 island of St. Kitts. 



93535. Ptychospebma sp. Phoenicaceae. 



Palm. 



93536. Thrixax sp. Phoenicaceae. 



Palm. 



93537 and 93538. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- 

 lics. Seeds presented by G. Grossniann. 

 Bureau of Introduction. Leningrad. Re- 

 ceived June 3. 1931. 



93537. Cassia medsgebi Shafer. Caesal- 

 piniaceae. 



A perennial herb. 3 to 4 feet high, 

 closely resembling Cassia murtiandAca. 

 from which it differs in the orange-col- 

 ored flowers and in having the joints of 

 the pod broader than long. Of possible 

 value as a forage crop or for green ma- 

 nure. 



93538. Psoralea corylifolia L. Faba- 

 ceae. Scurf -pea. 



An erect annual herb 1 to 3 feet high, 

 with round, sinuate-margined, black- 

 dotted leaves 1 to 3 inches long and dense 

 heads of 10 t«» 30 small yellow flowers. 

 It is Dative to India and is used as green 

 manure. 



93539 and 93540. 



From tbe Union of South Africa. Seeds 

 purchased from Kate C. Stanford, Stel- 

 lenbosch. Received June 4, 1931. 



93539. Lachexalia unicolor Jacq. Lilia- 

 ceae. Cape-cowslip. 



A bulbous perennial with usually strap- 

 shaped leaves 6 inches long and an inch 

 broad and a stiffly erect peduncle 6 inches 

 high, bearing a dense raceme 2 to 4 inches 

 long and bell-shaped, bright-red flowers 

 one-fourth of an inch long. It is native 

 to South Africa. 



93540. Lachexalia unifolia Jacq. Lilia- 

 ceae. Cape-cowslip. 



A bulbous perennial usually having a 

 single iiuear leaf clasping the base of the 

 flower stem for 2 to 3 inches. The bell- 

 shaped white flowers, tinged with red or 

 blue, are half an inch long and are borne 

 in a lax raceme on a peduncle 1 foot 

 high. It is native to South Africa. 



93541. Barrixgtonia asiatica (L.) 

 Kurz (B. speciosa Forst.). Lecythi- 

 daceae. 



From Jamaica, British West Indies. Seeds 

 presented by H. Hood-Daniel, Port An- 

 tonio. Received June 5, 1931. 



A handsome tree 50 feet high, with thick 

 leathery leaves, bright-green 'and a foot 

 long, racemes of large showy flowers having 

 white petals, and crimson-tipped stamens 

 resembling a brush. The smooth shining 

 black fruits are shaped like a 4-sided pyra- 

 mid and are 3 to 4 inches long on each 

 side. It is native to the East Indies. 



For previous introduction see 80176. 



