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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



96482 to 96491— Continued 



96483. No. 2614. Collected January 

 17. 1932 on the island of Beata, 

 Dominican Republic. 



96484. Linoma alba (Bory) O. P. Cook. 



No. 2G37. Collected January 23. 1932, 

 in the public square at Basseterre, St. 

 Kitts. A form of this well-known areca- 

 like palm with yellow or orange petioles 

 and veins on the leaves of the young 

 plants. It reaches a height of about 30 

 feet, and the pinnate leaves are 4 to 8 

 feet long. It is native to tropical Asia. 



For previous introduction see 93407. 



96485. Elaeis guixeexsis Jacq. 



African oil palm. 



No. 2575. Collected January 9. 1932, 

 at Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas, 

 in the garden of Mrs. Edward George. 

 A tall and evidently a very old tree, but 

 still bearing fruit. 



96486. Livistoxa chixexsis (Jacq.) R. 

 Br. Chinese fan palm. 



No. 2555. Collected January 1, 1932, 

 on New Providence. A palm, native to 

 China, with a short thick trunk up to 6 

 feet high and 1 foot thick, having a 

 crown of reniform palmately divided 

 leaves 4 to 6 feet across on petioles about 

 5 feet long, which are armed below the 

 middle with recurved brown spines more 

 than an inch long. 



For previous introduction see 93412. 



96487. Pseudophoexix saonae O. F. Cook. 



Nos. 2619 and 2620. Collected Jan- 

 uary 20. 1932. on Saona Island off the 

 southeast coast of Dominican Republic. 

 A tall palm over 25 feet high with gray- 

 green leaves and great bunches of bril- 

 liant scarlet fruits. It suggests in habit 

 a small Royal palm. 



96488. Pseudophoenix sargexti Wendl. 



No. 2585. The so-called Hon cabbage 

 palm, collected January 10, 1932, in Nas- 

 sau, New Providence, in the garden of 

 Mrs. Edward G eor.se. A palm which is 

 wild on Harbour Island and on several 

 of the Bahama Keys, where it grows 

 well in the rocky limestone formation of 

 the islands. 



96489. Ixodes causiarum O. F. Cook. 



No. 2621. Collected January 20. 1932, 

 on Saona Island, near the beach. A 

 palm 35 feet high with the trunk 18 

 inches in diameter ; the fan-shaped leaves 

 are 12 feet long and 6 feet across. This 

 species of palm has proved hardy at 

 Gainesville. Fla.. and deserves a wide 

 distribution because of its striking beauty 

 when young as well as when old. 



96490. Seaforthia elegaxs R. Br. 



No. 2589. Collected January 10. 1932. 

 in Nassau, New Providence, in the gar- 

 den of Mrs. Edward George. A palm up 

 to 30 feet in height, native to the south- 

 ern coast of Australia and the neighbor- 

 ing islands. The dark-green pinnate 

 fronds are 15 feet long, and the small 

 fruits are oval and very fibrous. 



For previous introduction see 93410. 



96491. Thrinax sp. 



No. 2636. Collected January 24. 1932 

 in the public square at Basseterre. St. 

 Kitts. A handsome palm 15 feet high, 

 with large drooping fan-shaped leaves 

 and beautiful snow-white fruits borne on 



96482 to 96491— Continued 



long inflorescences that project beyond 

 the leaves, giving the palm a very 

 showy appearance. 



96492 to 96499. 



From India. Sepds presented by W. O'Brien. 

 Hyderabad, Deccan. Received February 

 6, 1932. 



96492 and 96493. Capsicum axxuum L. 

 Solanaceae. Common redpepper. 



Goa chilJie. Peppers which are not 

 pungent and which under suitable culti- 

 vation attain a length of 6 or 7 inches. 

 Acclimated to India, but said to have 

 originated in some Portuguese possession 

 in South America or Central America. 



96492. Chilli Larji Mukhi, facing the 

 sun. 



96493. Hot Indian. 



96494. Carica papaya L. Papayaceae. 



Papaya. 



96495 to 96497. Citrullus vulgaris 

 Schrad. Cucurbitaceae. Watermelon. 



96495. Arracai Travelle. 



96496. LoaJand. 



96497. Rays Kushi Rives. 



96498 and 96499. Cucumis melo L. Cu- 

 curbitaceae. Melon. 



96498. Rays Litcknow. 



96499. Surdali Kabul. 



96500 to 96518. 



From the West Indies. Material collected 

 by David Fairchild and P. H. Dorsett, 

 agricultural explorers. Bureau of Plant 

 Industry, with the 1931-32 Allison V. 

 Armour expedition. Received February 

 2, 1932. 



96500. Axaxas sativus Schult. f. Bro- 

 meliaceae. Pineapple, 



No. 2638. Variety Ripley. Plants pre- 

 sented by Mr. Kelsick. superintendent. 

 Agricultural- Experiment Station at 

 Basseterre. St. Kitts. January 23. 1932. 

 A large-fruited, golden-yellow pineapple 

 of delicious flavor and texture, but not 

 resistant to the pineapple wilt. A fine 

 variety for domestic consumption, but 

 not for snipping. 



96501. Asparagus sp. Con vallariaceae. 



No. 2574. Collected January 9, 1932, at 

 Nassau, New Providence, in the garden 

 of Mrs. Edward George. A. climbing 

 species with delicate Dink or lavender 

 and white blooms. 



96502. Bucida buceras L. Conibreta- 

 ceae. 



No. 2601. Collected en Inagua, Ba- 

 hamas. January 15, 1932. A so-called 

 oak with leaves 3 inches long and 2 

 inches wide. A tree up to 75 feet high 

 with a diameter of 3 to 4 feet and hav- 

 ing spatulate leaves clustered at the ends 

 of the branches. The spikes of incon- 

 spicuous flowers are followed by small 

 slightly fleshv drupes about a quarter of 

 an inch long. It is native to the West 

 Indies and tropical America. 



96503. Capsicum fiutescexs L. Solana- 

 ceae. Bush redpepper. 



No. 25S4. Collected January 10. 1932, 

 at Nassau, New Providence. A salmon- 



