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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



95078 to 95084— Continued. 

 95080 to 95084. Ursinia spp. Asteraceae. 



95080. Ursinia anthemoides (L.) 

 Gaertn. 



An erect annual with bipinnately 

 divided leaves, the ultimate lobes being 

 linear filiform. The daisylike flowers 

 are borne on the nodding ends of long 

 naked peduncles, and the rays, are 

 yellow above and coppery brown be- 

 neath. Native to southern Africa. 



95081. Ursinia foeniculacba (Jacq.) 

 Poir. 



A nearly glabrous erect annual with 

 bipinnately divided leaves resembling 

 those of fennel. The daisylike flowers 

 are borne on naked peduncles, and the 

 rays are yellow on both sides. Native 

 to southern Africa. 



95082. Ursinia scapiformis (DC.) 

 N. E. Brown. 



A species which cjosely resembles V. 

 nudicaulis, but differs in being a smaller 

 and more slender plant, in having more 

 numerous and sharper-pointed leaf lobes 

 and smaller flower heads. Native to 

 southern Africa. 



95083. Ursinia nudicaulis (Thunb.) 

 N. E. Brown. 



A subshrubby perennial with very 

 short tufted densely leafy stems 1 to 2 

 inches long and pinnately divided 

 leaves the same length. The yellow 

 flowers are borne on slender peduncles 

 8 to 10 inches long. Native to south- 

 ern Africa. 



95084. Ursinia versicolor (DC.) N. E. 

 Brown. 



An erect annual which closely resem- 

 bles U. anthem oides, but the leaves are 

 simply pinnate, and the ray flowers are 

 purple at the base, paler above, and 

 turn purple with age. Native to south- 

 ern Africa. 



95085 to 95088. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by Dr. Rob- 

 ert M. Grey, Harvard Botanic Garden, 

 Soledad, Cienfuegos. Received Novem- 

 ber 2, 1931. 



95085. Artabotrys uncinatus (Lam.) 

 Merr. Annonaceae. Fragrant tailgrape 



A half-scandent shrub with long, slen- 

 der, drooping branches and greenish flow- 

 ers. The fruits are ovoid, with a pointed 

 slightly curved apex, and are yellowish 

 when ripe. This plant is very highly 

 esteemed by the Chinese because of the 

 rich fragrance of the flowers and fruits. 

 It is commonly planted in their monas- 

 teries. 



95086. Diospyros discolor Willd. Dio- 

 spyraceae. Mabolo. 



The mabolo is a medium-sized Philip- 

 pine tree of vigorous growth, with shin- 

 ing leaves 5 to 10 inches long, pubescent 

 beneath. The velvety dull reddish thin- 

 skinned fruits. 3 inches long and nearly 

 4 inches in diameter, have firm rather 

 dry sweet white flesh of rather indefinite 

 flavor, also four to eight large seeds. 

 Notwithstanding its size and attractive 

 appearance, it has never gained favor 

 with Europeans, although very popular 

 with the natives. 



For previous introduction see 53555. 



95085 to 95088 — Continued. 



95087. Malpighia glabra L. Malpigha- 

 ceae. Barbados-cherry. 



A tropical American shrub up to 6 

 feet high, with slender branches and 

 ovate to elliptic entire leaves. The rose- 

 red flowers, nearly an inch across, have 

 fringed petals and are borne in umbels 

 of three to five. The acid scarlet berries, 

 the size of cherries, are used for jams 

 and preserves. 



95088. Livistona hoogendorpii Andre. 

 Phoenicaceae. Palm, 



A tall Javanese palm with fan-shaped 

 leaves 4 to 6 feet wide on spiny petioles 

 3 to 5 feet long, red-brown at the base 

 and becoming olive green near the leaf. 

 The leaves are made up of 10 to 12 

 plicate pendulous segments with five to 

 seven acute lobes at the apex. 



For previous introduction see 91783. 

 95089 and 95090. 



From Straits Settlements. Seeds presented 

 by R. E. Holttum, director, Botanic 

 Garden, Singapore. Received November 

 2, 1931. 



95089. Ficus alba Reinw. Moraceae. 



Fig. 



A shrub or small tree, native to the 

 Malay Archipelago, with papery leaves 

 that are white tomentose beneath. The 

 adult leaves are lanceolate serrate and 

 about 5 inches long, but on young plants 

 they are 10 inches long, cordate, and 

 often three lobed. The egg-shaped 

 fruits, produced in sessile pairs, are 

 about one-fourth inch in diameter and 

 are orange until quite ripe, when they 

 become red. 



For previous introduction see 67567. 



95090. Ficus chrysocarpa Reinw. Mo- 

 raceae. Fig. 



A low yellow-hairy shrub about 4 feet 

 high, with oblanceolate serrulate leaves 

 3 inches long, native to the Malay Archi- 

 pelago. The oblong to globose fruits, 

 borne in axillary pairs, are half an inch 

 in diameter and are covered with gold- 

 en-yellow hairs until quite ripe, when 

 they turn red. 



95091 to 95308. Hordeum spp. Poa- 

 ceae. Barley. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- 

 lics. Seeds collected by J. G. Dickson, 

 professor of plant pathology, College of 

 Agriculture, Madison, Wis., and agent in 

 cereal investigations, United States De- 

 partment of Agriculture. Received No- 

 vember 5, 1931. 



Selections made from the Vavilov collec- 

 tion at the Valki Experiment Station, near 

 Kharkov, Ukraine. Most of the material 

 selected showed marked resistance to cold, 

 both in the seedling and later period of 

 growth. 



95091 to 95110. Hordeum deftciens 

 Steud. Deficient barley. 



95091. No. 218. 95097. No. 407. 



95092. No. 287. 95098. No. 415. 



95093. No. 288. 95099. No. 418. 



95094. No. 404. 95100. No. 419. 



95095. No. 405. 95101. No. 433. 



95096. No. 406. 95102. No. 439. 



