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97740 to 97745. 



From the West Indies. Material collected 

 by David FaircMld and F. H. Dorset*, 

 agricultural explorers, Bureau of Flant 

 industry, with the 1931-32 Allison V. 

 Armour expedition. Received February 

 29, 1932. 



97740. Arexga exgleri Beccari. Phoe- 

 nicaceae. Palm. 



No. 2684. Collected in the Botanic 

 Gardens. Dominica, Leeward Islands. Jan- 

 uary 29, 1932. A cluster palm with no 

 trunk, which suckers from the ground 

 and forms clumps 10 feet across. The 

 pinnae are 16 inches long and over an 

 inch wide and are fishtail shaped. The 

 fruits are red and less than an inch in 

 diameter. 



97741. Calathea sp. Marantaceae. 



No. 2730. Tubers presented by Mrs. 

 Charles W. Doorley, from the garden of 

 the Government House, St. Lucia, Wind- 

 ward Islands, February 3, 1932. The 

 leaves of this perennial herb are wine 

 colored in the center, and the flower 

 spike 8 inches high is the same color. 

 The calatheas are shade-loving and acid- 

 or neutral-soil plants and useful only 

 where they are given constant care. 



97742 and 97743. Dioscorea spp. Dio- 

 scoreaceae. 



Tubers purchased in the market at 

 Dominica, Leeward Islands, January 29, 

 1932. 



97742. Dioscorea alata L. 



Winged yam. 



No. 2706. The lady yam. 



97743. Dioscorea trifida L. f. 



Yampie. 



No. 2705. discus yam. A small 

 yam which is delicious when baked and 

 served with drawn butter. 



97744. Rajaxia cordata L. (R. pleio- 

 nvura Griseb.). Dioscoreaceae. 



Cockscomb-yam. 



No. 2701. Waw icaiv. Tubers pur- 

 ehased in the market at Dominica, Janu- 

 ary 28, 1932. A species which grows 

 wild in the wet lands of the island. It 

 is not cultivated, probably because an 

 abundance can be obtained by digging in 

 the forest. 



For previous introduction see 29129. 



97745. Haemanthus multiflorus Mar- 

 tyn. Amaryllidaceae. 



Bulbs of the fire-lily or poison-lily ; a 

 flame of Are without leaves, very charac- 

 teristic. 



97746. Cryptomeria japonica (L. f.) 

 D. Don. Pinaceae. 



Common cryptomeria. 



From Japan. Seeds presented by Prof. Mit- 

 sunaga Fujioka, Division of Forestry, 

 College of Agriculture. Tokyo Imperial 

 University, Komaba, Tokvo. Received 

 March 1, 1932. 



A beautiful Japanese evergreen forest 

 tree, growing to a height of 300 feet and 

 attaining a diameter of 7 feet. It will 

 withstand considerable frost. 



For previous introduction see 91788. 



182749—33 5 



97747. Mangifera indica L. 

 diaceae. 



Ana car- 

 Mango. 



From the island of Guam. Plants pre- 

 sented by C. W. Edwards, director, Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Station. Received 

 October 20, 1926. Numbered in March, 

 1932. 



Saipan. The fruit of this mango is 

 much inferior to that of the Carabao and 

 other leading mango varieties, but it is 

 relatively very hardy. Seedlings come into 

 bearing in from 4 to 5 years and it makes 

 a good stock. 



For previous introduction see 97265. 



97748. Dahlia rosea Cav. Asteraceae. 



From Chile, South America. Tubers col- 

 lected by H. G. MacMillan and C. O. 

 Erlanson, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived March 8, 1932. 



No. 28. Collected January 16, 1932 in 

 a garden at Puerto Varas. A cultivated 

 variety with double red flowers. 



97749. Berberis parvifolia Sprague. 

 Berberidaceae. Barberry. 



From Sweden. Seeds presented by Hortus 

 Bontanicus Bergianus, Stockholm. Re- 

 ceived March 4, 1932. 



A low shrub from western China, with 

 half-evergreen, occasionally spiny-toothed 

 leaves, golden-yellow flowers, and globose 

 berries of a terra-cotta color. 



For previous introduction see 67137. 

 97750 to 97790. 



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 

 29, 1932. 



97750. Acacia cunninghamii Hook. 

 Mimosaceae. 



No. 2659. Collected in the Botanic 

 Garden on Antigua, Leeward Islands, 

 January 26, 1932. A tree strikingly like 

 a eucalypt in character ; its phyllocadia 

 much resemble the so-called leaves of 

 that genus. The curious seed pods ap- 

 pear to be strung along the stems. 



97751. ANACARDIUM OCCIDENTALE L. An- 



acardiaceae. Cashew. 



No. 2725. Collected in the Botanic 

 Garden on St. Lucia, Windward Islands, 

 February 3, 1932. The cashew nut of 

 commerce. 



97752. Bauhinia monandra Kurz. Caes- 

 alpiniaceae. Butterfly bauhinia. 



No. 2791. Collected February 8, 1932, 

 on Carriacou, Grenadine Islands. An 

 ornamental tropical African bush or 

 small tree with handsome pink flowers 

 variegated with yellow and spotted with 

 red. 



For previous introduction see 88512. 



97753. Bucida buceras L. Combreta- 

 ceae. 



No. 2653. Whitewood. Presented by 

 the head gardener at the St. John's Bo- 

 tanic Garden, Antigua, January 26, 1932. 

 A large handsome tree similar to No. 

 2601 (96502). Of probable value as a 

 windbreak, as these trees are found on 



