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97522 to 97532— Continued 



97522. Ananas sativus Schult. f. Bro- 

 meliaceae. Pineapple. 



No. 2729. February 3, 1932. St. 

 Lucia. Windward Islands. Cuttings of 

 the Black Antigua pineapple presented 

 by E. H. Walter, curator of the St. Lucia 

 Botanic Garden. Said to be a small 

 sweet pineapple of good color and tender 

 flesh. Not recommended as a shipping 

 pineapple, but for home use. 



97523. Annona sp. Annonaceae. 



No. 2744. Cuttings collected on Be- 

 quia, Grenadine Islands. An Annona 

 with foliage very similar to A. squamosa, 

 but much darker green, and brown-purple 

 fruits, which although about the same 

 size and general shape as those of A. 

 squamosa, are much firmer and have an 

 entirely different type of protuberances. 



97524. Calathea allodia (Aubl.) Lindl. 

 Marantaceae. 



No. 2727. Llereb or topi-nambour. 

 Collected February 2, 1932, on St. Lucia 

 and presented by Mrs. Charles W. Door- 

 ley. A plant which produces a large 

 number of small egg-shaped, thin-skinned 

 tubers on its slender roots. The tubers 

 havo a delicate sweetish flavor and are 

 used boiled and in soup. 



97525. Citrus aurantium L. Rutaceae. 



Seville orange. 



No. 2714. Collected January 29, 1932, 

 in the Botanic Garden, Dominica. 



97526. Citrus sp. Rutaceae. 



No. 2830. From Port-of-Spain, Trini- 

 dad. February 14. 1932. A sport or hy- 

 brid with a very thin rough green-yellow 

 skin, thick tough segment walls, and 

 tender flesh comparable with a good 

 grapefruit. 



97527. Heliconia sp. Musaceae. 



No. 2813. Collected near Grand 

 Etang Lake at 2 000 feet altitude in the 

 mountains of Grenada. Windward Is- 

 lands. A most striking and decorative 

 species with immense floral bracts form- 

 ing a curious inflorescence 2 feet long 

 with alternate bracts 6 incbes long and 

 2 inches wide. The bracts are vivid scar- 

 let with golden-yellow margins. The 

 plant requires a continuous supply of 

 moisture and is suited for culture in 

 ponds or water gardens where it can be 

 shaded. 



97528. Kaempferia ovalifolia Roxb. 

 Zinziberaceae. 



No. 2728. Resurrection lily. Roots 

 presented by Mrs. Charles W. Doorley, 

 St. Lucia. A gingerlike plant with 

 orchidlike, very fragrant mauve flowers 

 which appear at Easter time. 



97529. Manihot esculenta Crantz (M. 

 utilissima Pohl). Euphorbiaceae. 



Cassava, 



No. 2752. Cuttings collected February 

 5, 1932, on St. Vincent, Windward 

 Islands. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 95666. 



97530. Maranta arundinacea L. Maran- 

 taceae. Bermuda arrowroot. 



No. 2759. Rhizomes collected on St. 

 Vincent, February 5, 1932. One of the 

 principal crops of the island. This 

 arrowroot requires a light soil and 

 plenty of water, but it cannot be grown 



97522 to 97532 — Continued 



successfully except where there is plenty 

 of cheap labor. 



97531. (Undetermined.) 



No. 2726. St. Lucia, February 3, 1932. 

 Seeds of a tall handsome tree with large 

 ovate leaves, glossy above, and straw- 

 colored fruits 2 inches long which en- 

 close large glossy brown seeds the size of 

 chestnuts. 



97532. Maba inconstans (Jacq.) Griseb. 

 Diospyraceae. 



No. 2745. Cuttings collected February 

 5, 1932, on Bequia, Grenadine Islands. 

 A small attractive tree with gray bark, 

 and large glossy leaves. The small dark 

 berries are eaten by the children. 



97533 to 97536. 



From South America. Seeds presented by 

 M. J. Rivero, Cali, Colombia, through 

 C. B. Doyle, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received February 25, 1932. 



97533. Aristolochia sp. Aristolochiaceae. 



97534. Tibouchina sp. Melastomaceae. 

 A flowering shrub. 



97535. Zamia sp. Cycadaceae. 



97536. (Undetermined.) 

 A timber tree. 



97537. Ceiba acuminata (S. Wats.) 

 Rose. Bombacaceae. Pochote. 



From Mexico. Seeds presented by H. Fred 

 Smith, Alamos, Sonora. Received Feb- 

 ruary 24, 1932. 



A close relative of the kapok tree, Ceiba 

 pentandra. A large or medium-sized tree 

 with a spiny trunk, compound leaves, and 

 hard oblong fruits about 7 inches long, 

 which contain a whitish down used for 

 stuffing pillows, life preservers, and for 

 making candlewicks. Native to western' 

 and southern Mexico. 



For previous introduction see 91619. 



97538. Lycopeesicon esculentum Mill. 

 Solanaceae. Tomato. 



From Argentina. Seeds presented by E. F. 

 Schultz, Assistant Director, Estaci6n 

 Experimental Agricola, Tucuman. Re- 

 ceived February 29, 1932. 



Cherry tomato. A small-fruited preco- 

 cious variety of the ordinary tomato, 

 grown on the dry side of the high moun- 

 tain range west of Tucuman. 



97539 to 97553. Phoenicaceae. 



Palm. 



From the West Indies. Seeds collected 

 by David Fairchild and P. H. Dorsett, 

 agricultural explorers, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry, with the 1931-32 Allison V. 

 Armour expedition. Received February 

 23, 1932. 



97539. Acanthorhiza aculeata (Liebm.) 

 Wendl. Rootspine palm. 



No. 2797. Collected in the Botanic 

 Garden of Grenada, Windward Islands, 

 February 10, 1932. A palm, native to 

 Mexico, with a trunk 30 to 40 feet high, 

 armed at the base with spines formed 

 of the thickened aerial roots. The or- 

 bicular fan-shaped leaves are about 5 

 feet in diameter on stalks 4 feet long; 

 the flowers are dark creamy pink. 



For previous introduction see 80170, 



