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97280 to 97291— Continued 



97283. Coccothrinax sp. 



No. 2597. Collected January 15, 

 1932, at Great Inagua, Bahamas. 



97284. Euterpe eddlis Mart. 



Para palm. 



No. 2703. Collected January 28, 

 1932, in the Botanic Garden, Domin- 

 ica. A palm, native to Brazil, 40 feet 

 high, with a slender inclined trunk, 

 pinnate leaves, and fruits the size of 

 marbles. A nutritious beverage is 

 made by the natives from the fibrous 

 flesh surrounding the seeds. 



For previous introduction see 79539. 



97285. Euterpe sp. 



No. 2711. Collected February 2, 

 1932, at Bar de l'Isle, St. Lucia, Wind- 

 ward Islands. A slender undergrowth 

 palm, 30 to 40 feet tall and 3 inches 

 in diameter. The pinnae are long and 

 delicate, and the rachis and petiole are 

 dark reddish green. The inflorescence 

 varies from nearly white to cerise ; the 

 fruit is shining black. 



97286. Roystonea oleracea (Jacq). 

 O. F. Cook. 



No. 2676.' Collected January 31, 1932, 

 at Mount Joy, Dominica, the home 

 of Stephen Ilaweis. The great Royal 

 palm of South America, also called 

 the cabbage palm. It grows to a 

 height of 130 feet, with a diameter of 

 2y 2 feet, and is a far statelier palm 

 than R. regia, which is usually grown 

 in Florida. There is a question as to 

 whether this glorious palm is really in 

 culture in Florida ; what goes under 

 this name may be a hybrid of the two 

 species. 



97287. Pinanga kuhlii Blume. 



No. 2677. From the Botanic Gar- 

 den, Dominica, January 29, 1932. A 

 stout rapid-growing palm native to the 

 lower altitudes of western Java, be- 

 coming 16 to 25 feet high, with annu- 

 late stems 2 inches in diameter, red- 

 dish when young, and beautiful termi- 

 nal fronds with pinnate blades 4 feet 

 long and half as wide. This is one of 

 the hardiest species of Pinanga known. 



For previous introduction see 81689. 



97288. Ptychosperma macarthuri 

 Wendl. 



No. 2678. Collected in the Botanic 

 Garden, Dominica, January 29, 1932. 

 A palm, native to Australia, which 

 grows to a height of 30 feet, but is 

 usually a dwarf in cultivation with 

 suckers from the base, making a bushy 

 plant. The smooth-ringed trunk is 

 crowned by a dense cluster of pinnate 

 leaves with arching leaflets 6 to 9 

 inches long. 



For previous introduction see 93417. 



97289. Sabal glabra (Mill.) Sarg. (8. 

 adansoni Guerns. ) . 



Bluestem palmetto. 



No. 2671. From the Botanic Garden, 

 Dominica January 28, 1932. An at- 

 tractive palm 30 feet high. The 

 smooth tapering trunk is marked at 

 regular intervals with scars. 



97290. Sabal glaucescens Lodd. 



Palmetto. 



No. 2670. Collected January 26, 

 1932, in the Botanic Garden, Antigua, 



97280 to 97291— Continued 



Leeward Islands. A handsome palm 

 40 to 50 feet high with fan-shaped 

 leaves 5 to 7 feet in diameter on 

 petioles 8 feet long. 



For previous introduction see 66238. 



97291. Maytenus reynosioides TJrb. 

 Celastraceae. 



No. 2613. Collected January 18, 1932, 

 on dry rocks on Beata Island, Dominican 

 Republic. A shrub 10 to 15 feet high 

 with stout branches and spirally alter- 

 nate obovate leaves one third inch long. 

 The small brownish flowers, solitary in 

 the axils, are followed by orange fruits 

 one fourth inch in diameter which open 

 upon drying and show an attractive 

 glistening white arillus. 



97292 to 97296. Aizoaceae. 



From Africa. Seeds presented by C. Starke 

 & Co., Ltd., Mowbray, Cape Town, 

 through Mrs. C. I. DeBevoise, Greens 

 Farms, Conn. Received February 11, 

 1932. 



97292. Glottiphyllum depressum 

 (Haw.) N. E. Brown (Mesembryantlie- 

 mum depressum Haw.). Figmarigold. 



A stemless prostrate succulent, native 

 to southern Africa, with narrow tongue- 

 shaped, recurved-depressed acute leaves, 

 and yellow flowers with petals somewhat 

 recurved. 



For previous introduction see 79484. 



97293. Glottiphyllum sp. 



97294. Hereroa stanleyii Hort. 



A name for which a place of publica- 

 tion and a description have not been 

 found. A trade catalog describes it as 

 producing an abundance of yellow flowers. 



97295. PUNCTILLARIA MAGNIFIPUNCTATA 



N. E. Brown. 



A plant forming clumps of 3 to 4 

 inches high. The leaves, normally in one 

 or two pairs, are very stout, ascending- 

 spreading, 1 to 3 inches long and up to 

 an inch thick at the base, enlarging 

 above, nearly flat on the face, convex, 

 and bluntly keeled on the back. Native 

 to the Karoo region of southern Africa. 



97296. PUNCTILLARIA NOBILE Hort. 



A name for which a place of publica- 

 tion and a description have not been 

 found. A trade catalog describes it as a 

 handsome stemless succulent with large 

 bright-yellow flowers. 



97297 to 97302. 



From Africa. Scions presented by J. B. 

 Plessis, Chef du Jardin d'Essais, Sfax, 

 Tunisia. Received February 11, 1932. 



97297. Ceratonia siliqua L. Caesalpini- 

 aceae. Oarob. 



97298 to 97301. Malus spp. Malaceae. 



Apple. 



97298. Malus sp. 

 Aigre. 



97299. Malus sp. 

 Halou (Douce). 



97200. Malus sp. 

 Meski. 



