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96422 to 96472— Continued 



96458. Prdnds sp. 



Reine Claude de Corse. From Cor- 

 sica. 



96459. Prunus sp. 



A native wild plum. 



96460. Punica granatdm L. Punicaceae. 



Pomegranate. 



Raaf Raff. 



96461. Ptrus longipbs Coss. and Dur. 

 M-alaceae. Pear. 



A native wild pear. 



96462. Pyrus sp. Malaceae. Pear. 



Camera fina. From Spain. 



96463 to 96472. VlTIS VINIFERA L. Vita- 

 ceae. European grape. 



96463. A ooo. 



98464. Adari. 



96465. Asseghin. 



96456. Bon Saah. 



96467. El Gouz. 



964G8. Ferictna. 



93489. Geir. 



96470. Kentish all blanc. From Algeria. 



96471. Kind Djemal. 



96472. Ain-el-Aija. 



96473 and 96474. Saccharum officina- 

 rtjm L. Poaceae. Sugarcane. 



From He de la Reunion. Cuttings pre- 

 sented by Prof. A. Kopp, director, Sta- 

 tion Agronomique, St. Denis. Received 

 January 20, 1982. 



96473. Naz. 



96474. Iba Marot. 



96475. Malpighia glabra L. Malpigni- 

 aceae. Barbados-cherry. 



From Texas. Plants presented by A. T. 

 Potts, president, Baker-Potts Nursery 

 Co., Harlingen. Received February 4, 

 1932. 



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 3 To 5. The 

 acid scarlet berries, the size of cherries, 

 are used for jams and preserves. 



For previous introduction see. 95087. 

 96476 and 96477. 



From Ch na. Seeds presented by 6. Weid- 

 man Groff, Lingnan University, Canton. 

 Received February 1, 1932. 



96476. Citrus sp. Rutaceae. 



No. 31. A wild fruit collected in the 

 eastern Hangheng district, South Kwang- 

 tung. 



96477. Severinia buxifolia (Poir.) Ten. 

 (Atalantia buxifolia Oliver). Ruta- 

 ceae. 



No. 19. A subtropical thorny shrub 

 resistant to alkali and salt. It has shiny 

 green leaves, clusters of small white flow- 

 ers, and dark-red berrylike fruits. 



For previous introduction see 759G9. 



96478. Capparis flexuosa L. Cappa- 

 ridaceae. 



From the West Indies. Seeds collected by 

 David Fairchild and P. H. Dorsett, ag- 

 ricultural explorers, Bureau of Plant In- 

 dustry, with the 1931-32 Allison V. 

 Armour expedition. Received February 

 2, 1932. 



No. 2607. Collected on Beata Island, 

 Dominican Republic, January 18, 1932. A 

 scandent shrub with long pods wh ch open 

 gradually and expose the bright red inside. 

 The seeds are covered with a white coating 

 of soft glistening material which remains 

 moist. Found on dry limestone rocks. 



For previous introduction see 90902. 



96479. Phaseoltjs calcarattjs Roxb. 

 Fabaceae. Rice bean. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by Ing. An- 

 tonio Portuondo, director, E^tacion Ex- 

 perimental Agronomica, Santiago de las 

 Vagas, Province de la Habana. Received 

 February 2, 1932. 



Frijol Mumbi. An introduced bean which 

 has become spontaneous in some Provinces 

 of Cuba ; it is used both as food for men 

 and cattle and as a cover crop. 



96480 and 96481. 



From Arizona. Seeds presented by F. J. 

 Crider, Boyce Thompson Southwestern 

 Arboretum, Superior. Received Febru- 

 ary 3, 1932. 



96480. Yucca elata Engelm. Liliaceae. 



A very striking arborescent yucca, the 

 larger trees reaching a height of 16 to 23 

 feet, simple or with a few short branches 

 at the top. The long pallid leaves are 

 white-margined, rigidly divergent, and 

 reach a maximum width of half an inch ; 

 they are soon finely and copiously filifer- 

 ous. The white bell-shaped flowers with 

 lanceolate petals are in a large panicle 

 on a long exserted peduncle, often twice 

 the length of the rest of the plant. The 

 capsule is stout oblong and usually sym- 

 metrical, very smooth, and of a clear 

 straw color at maturity ; the seeds are 

 exceptionally large and some are nearly 

 half an inch long. 



For previous introduction see 48150. 



96481. Yucca macrocarpa Engelm. Lili- 

 aceae. 



An arborescent plant 10 to 15 feet 

 high sometimes branched above, native to 

 Arizona. The smooth rigidly divergent 

 blue-green leaves, 1 to 3 inches wide, are 

 sparingly filiferous along the margins, 

 and the white flowers are borne in dense 

 tomentose panicles close to the leaves. 



96482 to 96491. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



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 February 

 2, 1932. 



96482 and 96483. Coccothrinax sp. 



A very handsome slender fan palm with 

 a trunk about 20 feet high and about 3 

 inches in diameter. The under side of 

 the leaves is silvery and the fruit is dark 

 purple. Found on sand dunes near the 

 seacoast. 



96482. No. 2597. Collected January 1, 

 1932 on Great Inagua Isle, Bahamas. 



