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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



97834 to 97852— Continued 



97849. Kigelia pinnata (Jacq.) DC. 

 Bignoniaceae. 



No. 2666. From the Botanic Garden. 

 Dominica. Leeward Islands, January 28. 

 1932. The sausage tree of Abyssinia. A 

 good shade tree with loaves rough like 

 sandpaper and pendent flower spikes 8 

 feet long. It is a very curious tree when 

 in bloom. 



For previous introduction see 52170. 



97850. Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. 

 Solanaceae. Tomato. 



No. 2896. From the Cotton Research 

 Station, St. Augustine, Trinidad, Febru- 

 ary 17. 1932. Supposed, to be the. origi- 

 nal wild tomato of the Peruvian Andes. 



97851. Scutellaria 

 Menthaceae. 



VENTENATII Hook. 



Skullcap. 



No. 2824. From the Botanic Garden, 

 Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, February 2, 

 1932. A plant with very beautiful deep- 

 crimson flowers which is' used as a border 

 plant in the Botanic Garden. It re- 

 sembles sage, but is not quite as showy. 



MACRANTHUM Dunal. 



97852. Solandm 

 Solanaceae. 



No. 2946. From Trinidad, February 

 16, 1932. Potato tree. A very rapid- 

 growing tree with large dark-green 

 spiny leaves and a great profusion of 

 large blue-violet flowers which change 

 color from day to day, becoming a pale 

 blue and later fading to white. 



97853 to 97859. 



From China. Seeds and scions collected 

 by Peter Liu, Hopeh Province. Received 

 March 10, 1932. 



All material, except 97853 and 97855, 

 was collected at Panshan, -northwest of 

 Chichow, Hopeh Province. 



97853 to 97857. Castanea mollissima 

 Blume. Fagaceae. Hairy chestnut. 



97853. Seeds collected at Tsunhua- 

 chow. 



97854. Scions of the Early chestnut. 



97855. Huchiuyu. Scions collected in 

 the village north of Chichow. 



97856. Scions of the Late chestnut. 



97857. Scions of Ju Jou Li, meaning 

 one chestnut only in each thorny 

 coat. 



97858. Diospyros kaki L. f. Diospyra- 

 ceae. Kaki persimmon. 



Scions of a large-fruited persimmon. 



97859. Pyrus sp. Malaceae. Pear. 

 Scions of the Honey pear. 



97860 to 97909. 



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. 



97860. Abelmoschus moschatus Medic. 

 Malvaceae. 



No. 2786. Collected on St. Lucia, 

 Windward Islands, February 3, 1932. 

 Wild okra. An ornamental annual 3 to 

 12 feet high, which bears large light- 

 yellow flowers with deep dark-chocolate 

 purple spots in the throat. 



97860 to 97909— Continued 



97861. Acacia scorpioides (L.) W. F. 

 Wight (A. araljica Willd.). Mimo- 

 saceae. 



No. 2761. From Cannouan, Grenadine 

 Islands. February 6, 1932. An attractive 

 tree with yellow flowers followed by 

 moniliform gray flattened pods. 



97862. Albizzia sp. Mimosaceae. 



No. 2795. Collected February 8, 1932, 

 on Carriacou. Windward Islands. A 

 strikingly beautiful tree over 50 feet 

 high and 18 inches in diameter, with 

 gray bark and delicate fine pinnate 

 leaves. The abundance of dry pods re- 

 minds one of the lebbek tree. 



97863. ASYSTASIA GANGETICA (L.) T. 



Anders. Acanthaceae. 



No. 2718. Collected on St. Lucia, Feb- 

 ruary 3, 1932. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 97255. 



97864. Bauhinia sp. Caesalpiniaceae. 



No. 2764. From Cannouan, February 

 6, 1932. A spiny bush 20 feet high with 

 very slender branches and small leaves. 

 The flowers are said to be white. 



97865 and 97866. Bradburya virginiana 

 (L.) Kuntze (Centrosema virginianum- 

 Benth.). Fabaceae. 



Piedmont butterfly-pea. 



A long podded vigorous legume, similar 

 to the rice bean. 



97865. No. 2722. Collected from 1 a 

 trellis at Government House, St. 

 Lucia, February 3, 1932. 



97866. No. 2778. Collected along the 

 roadside on Bequia, Grenadine 

 Islands, February 5, 1932. 



97867. Calopogonium orthocarpum Ur- 

 ban. Fabaceae. 



No. 2785. From the Botanic Garden, 

 Dominica, Leeward Islands, January 29, 

 1932. A small-podded variety which is 

 used as a cover crop in the island. 



97868. Cassia nodosa Buch.-Ham. Caes- 

 alpiniaceae. 



No. 2779. Collected on St. Lucia. Feb- 

 ruary 5, 1932. A moderate-sized de- 

 ciduous tree with long drooping branches 

 and glossy leaves ; in the spring it bears 

 a profusion of beautiful pink rose- 

 scented flowers in dense clusters on long- 

 stalks. The leaves and flowers appear 

 at the same time. 



For previous introduction see 93777. 



97869. Casdarina triangularis Hort. 

 Casuarinaceae. 



No. 2740. Collected in the Botanic 

 Gardens, Dominica, January 29, 1932. 

 A striking species of this genus with a 

 crooked angular trunk. The so-called 

 leaves are finer and of a gray-green cast, 

 and the pods are a little larger than 

 thoj-e of C. equisetifolia. 



97870. Cracca villosa hirta (Buch.- 

 Ham.) Kuntze (Tephrosia hirta Buch.- 

 Ham.). Fabaceae. 



No. 2658. From the Botanic Garden, 

 Roseau, Dominica. January 27, 1932. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 97765. 



