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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



94176 to 94201— Continued. 



A tall tree 100 feet or more in height, 

 with fragrant white and reddish flowers 

 borne in large conspicuous clusters. The 

 wood is valued as building material. 



For previous introduction see 63772. 



94194. Lageestboemia speciosa 

 (Muench.) Pers. (L. flosreginae Retz.). 

 Lythraceae. Queen crapemyrtle. 



A tree 50 to 60 feet high, with leaves 

 4 to 8 inches long and large panicles of 

 flowers which change in color from rose 

 to purple from morning to evening. This 

 is the chief timber tree of Assam, east- 

 ern Bengal, and Chittagong, India, where 

 it occurs along river banks and in 

 swampy ground. It is commonly culti- 

 vated as an avenue tree. 



For previous introduction see 49538. 



94195. Leucaena glauca (L.) Benth. 

 Mimosaceae. 



A shrub or tree up to 30 feet high, 

 with a smooth trunk, bipinnate leaves 

 made up of four to eight pinnae bearing 

 10 to 20 pairs of narrowly lanceolate 

 leaflets half an inch long, and globular 

 heads of small white flowers. The young 

 branches are used as forage. 



For previous introduction see 88156. 



94196. Ocheoma lagopcs Swartz. Bom- 

 bacaceae. Balsa wood. 



A West Indian tree up to 60 feet high, 

 with large yellowish white flowers. The 

 wood, stronger and much lighter than 

 basswood, is used for refrigeration pur- 

 poses, insulation, and airplane construc- 

 tion. The very small seeds are embedded 

 in a silk-cotton lint which is used in life 

 preservers, as it does not absorb water. 



For previous introduction see 73124. 



94197. Oeania palindan* (Blanco) Merr. 

 Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



Banga. A tall unarmed ornamental 

 palm, native to the interior of Bukid- 

 non. Mindanao, found between 900 and 

 1,500 feet altitude. The trunk is 

 straight and remarkably uniform in di- 

 ameter, rarely exceeding 6 inches. The 

 leaves are pinnate and silvery beneath. 

 The natives use the straight-grained, 

 durable wood for floors, fences, etc. 



For previous introduction see 46738. 



94198. PlTHECOLLOBIUM SCUTIFEBUM 



(Blanco) Benth. Mimosaceae. 



A small tree 10 to 12 inches in di- 

 ameter, native to the Philippines. The 

 bipinnate leaves have one pair of pinnae 

 each bearing two to three pairs of ob- 

 long to ovate leaflets 4 to 6 inches long. 

 The small flowers are borne in panicles 

 and are followed by large curved red 

 pods which open and show the blue seeds. 



94199. Sideeoxylox macraxthdm Merr. 

 Sapotaceae. 



A large Philippine tree with somewhat 

 leathery shining leaves up to 7 inches 

 in length and small creamy white flowers 

 which are crowded in clusters at the tips 

 of the branches. The roundish fruits, 

 slightly over an inch in diameter, are 

 two seeded or three seeded. 



For previous introduction see 54895. 



94200. Swietenia macrophylla King. 

 Meliaceae. Mahogany. 



94176 to 94201 — Continued. 



A large tree, native to tropical Amer- 

 ica, with compound leaves made up of 

 three to five pairs of elliptic-oblong leaf- 

 lets 4 to 8 inches long and small flowers 

 in panicles. The ovoid woody fruits are 

 6 inches long and contain winged seeds 

 3 to 5 inches long. This species forms 

 the mahogany being marketed at the 

 present time. 



94201. Tectona geakdis L. f. Yerbena- 

 ceae. Teak. 



The common teak is a native to south- 

 ern and central India. The young 

 branches are quadrangular, the leaves op- 

 posite and elliptical or egg-shaped, and 

 the white flowers are borne in terminal 

 panicles. The wood is highly prized by 

 shipbuilders because of its great strength 

 and durability. 



For previous introduction see 66242. 



94202. Scella chinensis Benth. Lilia- 

 ceae. 



From China. Bulbs collected by P. H. 

 Dorsett and W. J. Morse, agricultural 

 explorers, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received September 12, 1930. Numbered 

 in August, 1931. 



No. 7003. Collected on the mountain 

 side, near the eight famous temples near 

 Peiping. A bulbous perennial, native to 

 China, with two or three linear chan- 

 neled leaves a foot in length and a scape 

 about 2 feet high bearing a raceme nearly 

 a foot long of delicate rose-pink flowers 

 a quarter of an inch across. The flowers 

 appear in the early summer. 



94203. ICHTHYOMETHIA PISCTPTJLA (L.) 



Hitch. Fabaceae. 



From the American Virgin Islands. Seeds 

 presented by Claud L. Horn. Horticul- 

 turist. Agricultural Experiment Station. 

 Christiansted. Saint Croix. Received Au- 

 gust 25, 1931. 



An irregularly branched tree up to 50 

 feet high, with reddish-brown scaly bark 

 and stout branches. The pinnate leaves, 

 15 inches long, have seven to nine oblong 

 to obovate leaflets 4 inches long, and the 

 pea-shaped white flowers, tinged with red. 

 are borne in panicles 4 to 8 inches long. 

 It is native to the West Indies and north- 

 ern Mexico. 



94204 and 94205. Ananas sativus 

 Schult. f. Bronieliaceae. Pineapple. 



From Jamaica. British West Indies. Plants 

 presented by A. P. Hanson. Agricultural 

 Instructor. Stony Point. Received Au- 

 gust 28, 1931. 



94204. Jamaica Hack. 



94205. Sam Clark. 



94206. Bhapidophyllum h y s t e i x 

 Wendl. and Drude. Phoenicaceae. 



Needle palm. 



From Georgia. Seeds presented by Ben- 

 jamin W. Hunt, Eatonton. Received 

 January 14, 1930. Numbered in August, 

 1931. 



An attractive dwarf fan palm, native to 

 the lowlands of South Carolina, Georgia, 

 and Florida, but very local in its distri- 

 bution. It is now quite rare and appears 

 to be approaching extinction as a wild 

 plant. The 2-foot to 3-foot stems are erect 



