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96500 to 86518— Continued 



pink pepper that looks like a cross be- 

 tween the yellow Haitian variety and a 

 deep red variety. For trial in compari- 

 son with the Haitian variety. 



96504. Carica papaya L. Papayaceae. 



Papaya. 



No. 2582. Collected at Nassau, New 

 Providence, January 12, 1932. A round 

 small-fruited variety of excellent flavor, 

 very sweet, and without the unpleasant 

 smell which is characteristic of many 

 papayas. 



96505. Curcuma longa L. Zinziberaceae. 



Turmeric. 



No. 2641. Tubers from the market at 

 Basseterre, St. Kitts, January 23, 1932. 



96506. Dioscorea trifida L. f. Diosco- 

 reaceae. Yampi. 



No. 2631. Tubers collected in the 

 Basseterre market, St. Kitts, January 

 23, 1932. A very small tuber-producing 

 species with thin skins and, when baked, 

 of a mealy consistency. 



96507. Helicteres jamaicensis Jacq. 

 Sterculiaceae. 



No. 2600. Collected on Salt Pond Hill, 

 Great Inagua, Bahamas, January 15, 

 1932. A shrub or small tree up to 25 

 feet high, native to the West Indies. 

 The cordate leaves, 2 to 6 inches long, 

 are covered with stellate hairs. The 

 white flowers, 2 to 3 inches across, are 

 borne in few-flowered clusters and are 

 followed by spirally twisted pods 1 to 2 

 inches long. 



9650S. Exogonium eriospermum (Desr.) 

 Choisy. Convolvulaceae. 



Morning-glory. 



No. 2611. Collected January 18, 1932, 

 on rocky cliffs at Beata Island, Domini- 

 can Republic. Tubers of a beautiful free- 

 flowering twining morning-glory with 

 very attractive purple-pink or magenta- 

 pink flowers in great masses. 



96509. Jacaranda caerulea (L.) Griseb. 

 Bignoniaceae. 



No. 2561. Collected at Nassau, New 

 Providence. A tree, native to the West 

 Indies with bipinnate leaves made up of 

 4 to 8 branches each bearing 8 to 16 

 pairs of obliquely oblong leaflets 1 inch 

 long. The glabrous blue flowers,_ 1 to 2 

 inches long, are borne in lax panicles. 



96510. Ltcopersicon esculentum Mill. 

 Solanaceae. Tomato. 



No. 2591. The Gem. Collected at Gun 

 Point, Eleuthera Island, Bahamas, Janu- 

 ary 11, 1932. A small, deep-red tomato 

 iy 2 inches in diameter and of good flavor. 

 It is much esteemed, as it ripens early 

 and lasts until late in the season. 



96511. Marcgravia umbellata L. Marc- 

 graviaceae. 



No. 2639. Collected on Mount Misery, 

 St. Kitts, at 1,700 feet altitude, January 

 24 1932. A climbing epiphytic shrub 

 with creeping and rooting sterile 

 branches bearing nearly sessile cordate 

 leaves. The flowering branches bear ob- 

 long to linear leaves and umbels of 

 greenish flowers said to be fertilized by 

 birds. 



96512. CONSOLEA MONILIFORMIS (L.) Brit- 



ton (Opuntia moniliformis HawJ. 

 Cactaceae. 



96500 to 86518— Continued 



No. 2604. Seeds and plants collected 

 on dry rocky formation on Beata Island, 

 January 17, 1932. A striking and really 

 beautiful tree with the trunk covered 

 with spines sometimes 8 inches long. 

 The red flowers are small and not very 

 showy, but the surfaces of the fruits are 

 aerolated, giving them an attractive ap- 

 pearance. 



96513. Ormosia sp. Fabaceae. 



No. 2632. Collected January 24, 1932, 

 at 1,400 feet altitude on Mount Misery, 

 St. Kitts. A tall handsome forest tree 

 with very showy red and black seeds. 



96514. Plumeria barahonensis Urban. 

 Apocynaceae. Frangipani. 



No. 2608. Collected January 18. 1932, 

 on Beata Island. A very variable species 

 of frangipani found growing on the cilffs 

 in calcareous rock formation ; some of 

 the trees were 30 feet high and a foot in 

 diameter. The white flowers an inch 

 across, are in clusters and very fragrant. 



96515. Plumeria sp. Apocynaceae. 



No. 2602. From Great Inagua, Baha- 

 mas, January 15. 1932. A dwarf species, 

 up to 15 feet high, with small fragrant 

 flowers and small seed pods. May prove 

 of value as a dooryard tree. 



96516. Prosopis chilensis (Molina) 

 Stuntz (P. juliflora DC.). Mimosa- 

 ceae. Algaroba. 



No. 2598. Collected January 15, 1932, 

 near Mathewstown, Great Inagua, Ba- 

 hamas. Seeds from a handsome old tree 

 growing on the shore. 



For previous introduction see 80771. 



96517. Stylosanthes ham at a (L.) 

 Taub. Fabaceae. 



No. 2599. Collected January 15, 1932, 

 on Salt Pond Hill. Great Inagua. A 

 woody perennial, 1 to 2 feet high, native 

 to the West Indies and tropical America. 

 The trifoliolate leaves have prominently 

 veined linear-elliptic leaflets about 1 inch 

 long, and the small yellow flowers are 

 borne in short dense spikes. It is of 

 possible value as a cover crop. 



96518. Vitex agnus-castus L. Verbena- 

 ceae. Lilac chaste-tree. 



No. 2573. Collected January 9, 1932, 

 at Nassau, New Providence, in the gar- 

 den of Mrs. Edward George. A large 

 tree with very aromatic foliage and deli- 

 cate lavender flowers. 



96519 to 96527. 



From Japan. Seeds purchased from the 

 Chugai Shokubutsu Yen. Yamamoto. 

 Kawabegun, near Kobe. Received Feb- 

 ruary 3, 1932. 



96519. Acer rufinerve Sieb. and Zucc. 



Maple. 



A small deciduous Japanese maple 

 with small bluish-white young shoots and 

 dark green irregularly serrate 3-lobed or 

 obscurely 5-lobed leaves. The flowers are 

 in erect racemes about 3 inches long, and 

 the keys are up to three fourths of an 

 inch long. Occasionally the young foli- 

 age, the leafstalks, and the midribs are 

 red. 



For previous introduction see 91522. 



96520. Acer tegmentosum Maxim. Acer- 

 aceae. Maple. 



