JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBEE 3 0, 19 31 



93775 to 93779— Continued. 



93777. Cassia nodosa Buch.-Ham. 



A moderate-sized, deciduous tree, 

 with long drooping branches and 

 glossy leaves ; during May it hears a 

 profusion of beautiful bright-pink, rose- 

 scented flowers borne in dense clusters 

 on long stalks. The leaves and flow- 

 ers appear at the same time. 



For previous introduction see 87505. 



93778. Delonix regia (Boj.) Raf. {Poin- 

 ciana regia Hook.). Caesalpiniaceae. 



Royal poinciana. 



Flower of the forest, peacock flower. 

 A rapid-growing tree, native to Madagas- 

 car, which reaches a height of 20 to 40 

 feet with a wide-spreading crown. The 

 leaves are 1 to 2 feet long with 10 to 20 

 pairs of pinnae, each pinna with numer- 

 ous oval leaflets. The bright-scarlet 

 flowers. 3 to 4 inches across, with the 

 upper petal striped with yellow and more 

 cuneate, the lower petals very promi- 

 nently clawed, are in racemes, and are 

 followed by pods which vary in length 

 from 6 inches to 2 feet. This is one of 

 the most striking and gorgeous of the 

 tropical trees. 



93779. Lilium sp. Liliaceae. Lily. 



Xepaul lily. Collected under a pine 

 tree on a mountain ridge at 5,000 feet 

 altitude. 



93780 to 93793. Casuarina spp. Casu- 

 arinaceae. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by C. A. 

 Gardner, Government Botanist. Perth. 

 Western Australia. Received July 13. 

 1931. 



93780. Casuarina acutivalvis F. Muell. 



An erect branched shrub with the in- 

 ternodes marked by 12 lines of low linear- 

 subulate teeth and with rather large 

 globular cones. The dark-brown leaves, 

 1 line long, are easily dislodged. Native 

 to Victoria, Australia. 



93781. Casuarina baxteriana Miquel. 



A densely branched shrub with vertie- 

 illate branches distinctly 7-angled to 8- 

 angled, and with pale-green internodes up 

 to one-fourth of an inch long. 



93782. Casuarina campestris Diels. 



A dioecious shrub, 3 to 6 feet high, 

 with numerous erect branches ; native to 

 Western Australia. The internodes are 

 glaucous or shining green and striate. 



93783. Casuarina corniculata F. 

 Muell. 



An erect branched shrub which has 

 internodes lined with 8 or 10 rows of del- 

 toid-lanceolate teeth and small globose 

 cones 1 inch long. Native to Australia. 



93784. Casuarina decussata Benth. 



A small tree closely resembling Casua- 

 rina tortulosa, with slender elongated 

 branches arranged in fours, but the an- 

 gles are very acute and two of them are 

 more prominent than the others. 



For previous introduction see 92478. 



93785. Casuarina drum mo ndi ana Miquel. 



A bushy shrub up to 3 feet high, with 

 rigid, divaricate brancblets in whorls of 

 five. It is native to Western Australia. 



93780 to 93793.— Continued. 



93786. Casuarina fibrosa Gardner. 



A small, erect, densely branched shrub 

 with nearly terete, finely striate branch- 

 lets in whorls of four to six. The cone 

 scales are covered with coarse hairlike 

 fibers. It is native to Western Austra- 

 lia. 



93787. Casuarina fraseriana Miquel. 



A tall erect shrub or small tree closely 

 related to Casuarina distyla, with rigid 

 branches and with the leaves represented 

 by very small scales in whorls. 



For previous introduction see 92479. 



93788. Casuarina glauca Sieber. 



An Australian tree 60 to 70 feet high, 

 usually straight and of rapid growth. 

 The timber is red, beautifully marked, 

 hard and tough, and is used there for 

 cabinetwork, staves, and fuel. In pe- 

 riods of drought the foliage is used for 

 feeding stock. When the trees are cut 

 down, the young growth shoots up quick- 

 ly from the stump. This variety grows 

 in the coastal districts, marshy country, 

 and frequently in land submerged with 

 tidal water. It makes a very handsome 

 shade tree. 



For previous introduction see 75551. 



93789. Casuarina helmsii Ewart and 

 Gordon. 



A Western Australian tree. 5 feet 

 high, with slender terete branchlets 4 to 

 5 inches long. The nearly smooth cones 

 are 1 inch long and about half an inch 

 in diameter. 



93790. Casuarina huegeliana Miquel. 



A shrub or small tree, native to West- 

 ern Australia, with round branchlets ar- 

 ranged in whorls of 8 to 12. 



For previous introduction see 92480. 



93791. Casuarina humilis Otto and 

 Dietr. 



An erect shrub 2 to 6 feet high, with 

 the branchlets usually in whorls of four 

 and the angles of the internodes promi- 

 nent but obtuse. It is native to Western 

 Australia. 



93792. Casuarina lepidophloia F. Muell. 



A small or moderately large tree with 

 very slender, linear, faintly angled 

 branchlets. The cones are depressed- 

 globose and about 1 inch in diameter. 

 This species has hitherto been confused 

 with C. glauca. 



For previous introduction see 92483. 



93793. Casuarina thuyoides Miquel. 



A straggling shrub 3 to 5 feet high, 

 with numerous spreading slender branch- 

 lets about 1 inch long arranged in whorls 

 of four or five. The ribs on the nearly 

 round internodes are scarcely noticeable. 

 It is native to Western Australia. 



93794. Euphorbia sp. Euphorbiaceae. 



From Algeria, Africa. Seeds presented by 

 Dr. Henri Humbert, Faculty des Sciences, 

 Laboratoire- de Botanique, Algiers. Re- 

 ceived July 13, 1931. 



For previous introduction and description 

 see 93764. 



