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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



94089 to 94094— Continued. 



mottled with orange-brown spots above. 

 The difference between tbe young and the 

 mature plants is so great that a person 

 unfamiliar with the palm would consider 

 them different species. The flower spike 

 is from 3 to 6 feet in length, divided into 

 numerous slender branches swollen at the 

 base and densely covered above with 

 yellow flowers each about a quarter of an 

 inch in diameter. 



For previous introduction see 36486. 



94093. Actinokhytis calapparia Wendl. 

 and Drude. JPhoenicaceae. Palm. 



A robust palm 40 feet high with a 

 smooth stem conspicuously ringed, large 

 pinnate leaves 9 feet long and 6 feet wide, 

 and a large pendulous cluster of small 

 flowers followed by ovoid red fruits 3 

 inches long. Native to the East Indies. 



For previous introduction see 88861. 



94094. SCHLEICHERA TBIJUGA Willd. 



Sapindaceae. 



Ceylon oak. A handsome shade tree 

 which resembles a European evergreen 

 oak. The small fruits are edible and 

 slightly acid. 



For previous introduction see 66659. 



94095 to 94098. 



From Java. Seeds presented by the Cura- 

 tor, Botanic Gardens, Buitenzorg. Re- 

 ceived August 11, 1931. 



94095. Cassia timoriensis DC. Caesal- 

 piniaceae. 



A rather low tree with slender downy 

 branches, pale-green leaves up to 9 inches 

 long, bright-yellow flowers, and thin 

 glossy flexible pods sometimes 6 inches 

 long. The tree is distributed through- 

 out the Malay Archipelago and the 

 Philippines. 



For previous introduction see 72433. 



94096. Clerodendrum macrosiphon 

 Hook. f. Verbenaceae. 



An erect shrub with opposite oblanceo- 

 late notched or pinnatifid leaves and 

 terminal cymes of tubular pure white 

 flowers 4 to 5 inches long with red 

 stamens 2 inches long. It is native to 

 tropical Africa. 



For previous introduction see 90871. 



94097. Phoenix pusilla Gaertn. Phoe- 

 nicaceae. Palm. 



A dwarf palm about 4 feet high, with 

 pinnate leaves having spiny petioles and 

 dark-green sword-shaped leaflets, also 

 black fruits. The stem is said to con- 

 tain a farinaceous pith. It is native to 

 Ceylon. 



For previous introduction see 93415. 



. Salakka edulis Reinw. (Zalaccu 

 eduUs Schult. ) . Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



A stemless palm with pinnate leaves 

 having long, often serrate, prickles and 

 linear-lanceolate long-pointed leaflets 1 

 to 2 feet long and whitish beneath. The 

 brown scaly pear-shaped fruits are 2 to 

 3 inches long and contain an acid edible 

 pulp. It is native to the Malay Archi- 

 pelago. 



94099. Pyracantha crenulata rog- 

 ersiana A. B. Jacks. Malaceae. 



Firethorn. 



Plants growing at the Chico Plant Intro- 

 duction Garden, Chico, Calif., selected out 

 of F. P. I. 55996. Numbered in August, 

 1931. 



Usually a shrub, native to southwestern 

 China, with evergreen oblanceolate un- 

 equally serrulate leaves 1 to 2 inches long. 

 The glabrous corymbs of small white flowers 

 are followed by reddish-orange fruits about 

 one-third of an inch in diameter. 



94100 to 94150. 



From China. Seeds collected by the For- 

 rest Expedition, 1930-32, to southwestern 

 China and presented by Maj. Lionel de 

 Rothschild, London, England. Received 

 August 6, 1931. 



94100. PlTTOSPORDM FLORIBUNDUM 



Wight and Arnott. Pittosporaceae. 



A handsome subtropical tree with a 

 short straight trunk, spreading branches, 

 and numerous yellowish flowers in termi- 

 nal panicles. The tree has light-colored 

 strong tough wood and yields an aro- 

 matic resin or oleo-resin having very ad- 

 hesive properties. The tree is native to 

 the outer Himalayas, ascending to 3,500 

 feet. 



For previous introduction see 75964. 



94101 to 94150. Rhododendron spp. 

 Ericaceae. 



94101 to 94104. Rhododendron adeno- 

 phorum Balf. and Smith. 



A shrub up to 7 feet high with thick 

 lanceolate leaves up to 5 inches long 

 and rose-colored flowers over an inch 

 long in lax umbels. Native to Yunnan, 

 China. 



94101. No. 29256. 94103. No. 29313. 



94102. No. 29312. 94104. No. 29314. 



94105 to 94107. Rhododendron bal- 

 fourianum aganniphoides Diels. 



A shrub 4 to 9 feet high, with leath- 

 ery oblong or narrowly ovate leaves 2 

 to 3 inches long, the lower surface of 

 which is covered with a spongy indu- 

 mentum, and pale-rose fleshy flowers 

 an inch across, with crimson markings. 

 Native to Yunnan. 



94105. No. 29244. 94107. No. 29264 



94106. No. 29263. 



94108. Rhododendron beesianum Diels. 



No. 29247. A shrub 15 to 20 feet 

 high, with leathery purplish-green nar- 

 rowly oblanceolate leaves about 6 inches 

 long and deep rich-rose flowers up to 

 2 inches across. Allied to B. delavayi 

 Franch. Native to Yunnan. 



94109 and 94110. Rhododendron 

 clivicolum Balf. and Smith. 



A shrub 3 to 5 feet high, with thick 

 leathery oblong-elliptic leaves about 1 

 inch long and flowers with a white 

 limb and yellow tube, in terminal head- 

 like umbels. Native to Yunnan. 



94109. No. 29267. 94110. No. 29283. 



94111. Rhododendron crocedm Balf. 

 and Smith. 



No. 29322. A shrub up to 22 feet 

 high, with somewhat papery oblong 



