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35667 to 95681— Continued 



95679. Tricyrtis macropoda Miquel. 



Speckled toadlily. 



A perennial herb, 2 to 3 feet high, 

 with oblong leaves and loose corymbs 

 of light-purple flowers having minute 

 dark-purple spots. It is native to 

 China and Japan. 



95680. Tricyrtis pilosa Wall. 



A perennial herb, 2 to 4 feet high, 

 native to the Himalayas between 5,000 

 and 6,000 feet altitude. The stems are 

 slightly pilose, the leaves are oblong, 

 and the numerous loosely corymbose 

 flowers are whitish with large purple 

 spots. 



95681. Zephyraxthes ajax Sprenger. 

 Amaryllidaceae. Zephyrlily. 



A hybrid between Zephyranthes Can- 

 dida and Z. citrina. The 3 to 4 bright- 

 green leaves, 10 to 12 inches long, ap- 

 pear in the spring and are evergreen in 

 the South. The flowers, much larger 

 than either of the parents, are pale 

 canary yellow, brownish without and 

 flushed with red and with a light-green 

 throat. The perianth tube is entirely 

 lacking, and the divisions are widely 

 reflexed. 



95682 to 95685. Bromtjs inermis Leyss. 

 Poaceae. Common bromegrass. 



From Canada. Seeds presented by Prof. 

 L. E. Kirk, Field Husbandry Department, 

 University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon. 

 Received January 19, 1932. 



Seeds of the 1931 crop, introduced for 

 the use of Department specialists. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 95658. 



95682. (S-23-37-3-1-1). 



95683. (S-13-1-2-1). 



95684. (S-37-3-2-1). 



95685. (S-35-1-5-2). 



95686. Euchlaena mexicana Schrad. 

 Poaceae. Teosinte. 



From Guatemala. Seeds presented by Wil- 

 son Fopenoe, research department, 

 United Fruit Co.. Guatemala City. Re- 

 ceived January 25, 1932. 



A coarse annual grass, native to Mexico, 

 where it was cultivated in prehistoric 

 times. It resembles corn rather closely 

 and some botanists consider that corn is 

 a hybrid of which teosinte is one of the 

 parents. 



For previous introduction see 93264. 



95687. Carica papaya L. Papayaceae. 



Papaya. 



From the island of Guam. Seeds presented 

 by C. W. Edwards, director, Agricultural 

 Experiment Station. Received January 

 25, 1932. 



Selected seed. 



95688 to 95705. 



From the West Indies. Seeds collected by 

 David Fairchild and P. H. Dorsett, agri- 

 cultural explorers, Bureau of Plant In- 

 dustry, with the 1931-32 Allison V. 

 Armour expedition. Received January 

 25, 1932. 



95688 to 95705 — Continued 



95688. Achras zapota L. Sapotaceae. 



Sapodilla, 



No. 2565. Lady finger. Collected on 

 Cat Island, Bahamas. A small symmet- 

 rical tree 25 feet high, with shiny dark- 

 green leathery leaves and round or ob- 

 long fleshy fruits resembling in outward 

 appearance a smooth-skinned brown po- 

 tato. It is native to tropical America, 

 although it is now cultivated in the Asi- 

 atic Tropics as well. When thoroughly 

 ripe the fruit is fine eating, a very thin 

 skin enclosing a pale-brown juicy pulp of 

 delicious flavor. The bark contains a 

 milky latex known commercially as chic- 

 le. The tree is best propagated from 

 cuttings, although it may also be raised 

 from 



For previous introduction see 93298. 



95689. Cissus intermedia A. Rich. Vita- 

 ceae. 



No. 2558. Bull vine. Collected Janu- 

 ary 3, 1932, at Grant Town and Nassau, 

 New Providence Island. A slender 

 slightly fleshy vine 6 to 10 feet long, 

 native to the West Indies. The trifolio- 

 late leaves have oblong-lanceolate serrate 

 leaflets 1 to 2 inches long, and the com- 

 pound cymes of red flowers are followed 

 by suhglobose black berries on red pedi- 

 cels. 



95690. Conocarpus erecta L. Combre- 

 taceae. 



No. 2568. Collected January 4, 1932, 

 at Arthur Town, Cat Island, Bahamas, 

 Buttonwood. Variety sericea. A silky 

 pubescent shrub or tree from 3 to 60 feet 

 high with angled or winged branchlets. 

 The elliptic or ovate, densely tomentose 

 leaves are 1 to 2 inches long, and the 

 inconspicuous flowers, borne in small 

 heads, are followed by reddish-brown 

 fruits one half inch long. It is native 

 to the seacoasts of Florida, the West In- 

 dies, tropical America, and western tropi- 

 cal Africa. 



95691. Ficus jacquiniaefolia A. Rich. 

 Moraceae. Fig. 



No. 2558. Collected January 1, 1932 at 

 Nassau, New Providence Island, Ba- 

 hani'is. A small-leaved wild fig which 

 produces small, purple, sweetish fruits 

 about an inch long. 



95692. Galactia striata (Jacq.) Urban. 

 Fabaceae. 



No. 5. Collected January 5, 1932, on 

 Conception Island, Bahamas. A rather 

 strong-growing viny plant with pink pea- 

 like flowers. 



95693. Ipomoea tuba (Schlecht.) Don. 

 Convolvulaceae. 



No. 6. Collected January 5, 1032, on 

 Conception Island. A fleshy climbing 

 vine up to 30 feet long with ovate-or- 

 bicular leaves 3 to 5 inches long and 

 white flowers having five narrow green- 

 ish bands. It is native to the West 

 Indies and tropical America. 



9569. JacQ;UEMOntia jamaicensis (Jacq.) 

 Hallier f. Convolvulaceae. 



No. 2554. Collected January 1, 1932, 

 at Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas. 

 A vine . with small narrow leaves and 

 small white flowers with pointed petals. 



95695. Bourreria ovata Miers. Boragi- 

 naceae. 



No. 2571. Strong hack. Collected on 

 Rum Key, Bahamas, January 6, 1932. A 



