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PLANT MATEKIAJL INTRODUCED 



97297 to 97302— Continued 



97301. Malus sp. 



Mesteri (de Monaster). 



97302. Prunus armeniaca L. Amygdala- 

 ceae. Apricot. 



Amor Leuch. 



97303 to 97305. Pistacia spp. Ana- 

 cardiaceae. 



From Palestine. Seeds presented by the 

 Jewish Colonization Association, Haifa, 

 at the request of Prof. R. W. Hodgson, 

 University of California. Received Feb- 

 ruary 2, 1932. 



97303. Pistacia lentiscus L. 



Lentisk. 



A wild shrub common in the Mediter- 

 ranean regions where it grows on poor 

 soil and withstands severe drought. It 

 produces a gum used by the Arabs as a 

 perfume ; and an edible oil known as 

 shinia, used as a substitute for olive oil, 

 is obtained from the berries. 



For previous introduction see 54694. 



97304. Pistacia mutica Fisch. and Mey. 



Terebinth. 



A deciduous tree up to 35 feet high, 

 with pinnate foliage. It is sometimes 

 used as a stock for Pistacia vera. Native 

 to the eastern Mediterranean region. 



For previous introduction see 81355. 



97305. Pistacia terebinthus palestina 

 (Boiss.) Engl. 



A small tree or bush from 4 to 6 feet 

 high, which grows in limestone soil up to 

 2,000 feet altitude in the eastern Medi- 

 terranean region. It is used as a stock 

 on which to graft the better varieties of 

 cultivated pistache.' 



For previous introduction see 95068. 



97306 to 97316. 



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. 



97306. Bradburya virginiana (L.) 

 Kuntze (Centrosema virginianum 

 Benth.). Fabaceae. 



Piedmont butterfly-pea 



No. 2594. Collected on Spanish Wells 

 Island, Bahamas, January 10, 1932. A 

 long-podded vigorous legume found climb 

 ing over bushes, similar to the rice bean 



97307. Columbrina ferruGinosa Brongn 

 Rhamnaceae. 



No. 20. Collected on Rum Key, Ba 

 hamas, January 7. 1932. A low tree 

 with rusty tomentose branchlets, ovate to 

 oblong entire leaves 6 inches long, yel- 

 lowish-green flowers in umbellike clusters. 

 and small black fruits with shining black 

 seeds. It is native to the West Indies. 



For previous introduction see 90909 



97308. Crotalaria pumila Orteg. Faba 

 ceae. 



No. 2588. Collected January 11, 1932 

 at Gun Point, Eleuthera Island, Baha 

 mas. A low-spreading vigorous shrub 

 with yellow flowers, found growing wild 

 in cleared spaces. 



97308 to 97316— Continued 



97309. Datura chlorantha Hook. Solan- 

 aceae. 



No. 2587. Collected January 11, 1932, 

 on Spanish Wells Island, Bahamas. A 

 small tree or bush with very fragrant 

 double yellow flowers, followed by pods 

 covered with blunt spines. 



97310 and 97311. Dolicholus minimus 

 (L.) Medic. Fabaceae. 



A legume which may have value as a 

 green manure. 



97310. No. 2615. Collected January 18, 

 1932, on the wind-swept side of 

 Bcata Island, Dominican Republic. 



97311. No. 11. Collected January 4, 

 1932, on Cat Island, Bahamas. 



97312. Galactia spiciformis Torr. and 

 Gray. Fabaceae. 



No. 2593. Collected January 11, 1932, 

 at Gun Point, Eleuthera Island, Baha- 

 mas. A wild species with blue flowers 

 found growing over stumps and scrub in 

 the hammock at Gun Point. 



97313. Galactia sp. Fabaceae. 



No. 25. Collected January 15, 1932, 

 on Salt Pond Hill, Great Inagua, Baha- 

 mas. A strong growing vine with pink- 

 purple flowers. 



97314. Mimosa bahamensis Benth. Mim- 

 osaceae. 



No. 21. Collected on Rum Key, Ba- 

 hamas, January 7, 1932. An ornamental 

 shrub or small tree with very small com- 

 pound leaves and numerous thin red- 

 brown seed pods about one-half inch wide 

 and 2 to 3 inches long. 



97315. Phaseolus lathyroides L. Fab- 

 aceae. 



No. 28. Collected January 15, 1932 on 

 Salt Pond Hill, Great Inagua, Bahamas. 

 A legume with brown-red flowers. 



97316. Jacquinia armillaris Jacq. The- 

 ophrastaceae. 



No. 2623. Collected on Saona Island, 

 Dominican Republic, January 20, 1932. 

 A tree growing near the coast with a 

 trunk mottled gray and dark brown. The 

 large thick coriaceous leaves are light 

 green, and the spikes of fragrant white 

 flowers scent the air with a delicate per- 

 fume. 



97317 to 97323. 



From Mexico and Chile. Seeds collected by 

 H. G. MacMillan and C. O. Erlanson, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry. Received 

 February 13, 1932. 



Nos. 97313 to 97320 were bought in the 

 market at Santiago, Chile, January 11, 

 1932. 



97317. Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. Cu- 

 curbitaceae. Watermelon. 



No. 6. Sandia del Pais. A round melon 

 with green skin; said to be a native 

 variety. 



97318. Cucumis meI/O L. Cucurbitaceae. 



Melon. 



No. 7. Melon del Pais. Said to be a 

 native variety. 



97319. Lens esculenta Moench. Faba- 

 ceae. Lentil. 



No. 4. 



