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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



97860 to 97909— Continued 



97892. No. 2719. A wild legume 

 with small green seeds and nar- 

 row dark-brown pods ; collected in 

 the grounds of the experiment 

 station. 



97893. No. 2771. Collected on the 

 roadside. A dark dusky red-flow- 

 ered legume of rather scraggly 

 habit. Not very promising look- 

 ing as a cover crop, but it may be 

 quite decorative under culture. 



97894 and 97895. Phaseolus vulgaris 

 L. Common bean. 



No. 2586. Collected on Eleutbera, 

 Bahama Islands. January 11, 1932. 

 The bean commonly used by the people 

 of the island, who pronounce it excel- 

 lent for cooking but not so palatable 

 as the pigeonpea. 



97894. White beans. 



97895. Red spotted white beans. 



97896. Phaseolus sp. 



No. 46. Collected January 11. 1932, 

 at Spanish Wells. Bahama islands. A 

 rather long small round podded bean 

 growing at the edge of trails and cul- 

 tivated land. 



97897. Stizolobium aterrimum Piper 

 and Tracy. Fabaceae. 



Mauritius bean- 



No. 2738. From St. Lucia. February j 

 3, 1932. A black-seeded velvetbean | 

 bought in the market where it was sold j 

 as coffee. 



97898. Taberxae moxtaxa sp. Apocyna- 

 ceae. 



No. 2595. Collected in Nassau. Janu- 

 ary 12. 1932. A shrub with fragrant 

 white flowers which are followed by two 

 fleshy pods which, as they split open, 

 expose rows of brilliant orange seeds. 

 The arillus stains one's fingers bright 

 orange. 



97899. Tillaxdsia sp. Bromeliaceae. 



No. 2732. From St. Lucia, February 

 3, 1932. A large species with purple in- 

 florescence which climbs to the top of 

 large trees, completely covering them. 

 There are more beautiful and showy 

 species, but this is the most vigorous 

 and abundant ever seen. 



97900. TOLUIFERA PEREIRAE (KlotZSCh) 



Baill. Fabaceae. Balsam-of-Peru. 



No. 2650. From Port Orange. St. 

 Eustatius. January 22, 1932. A hand- 

 some tree with glossy green foliage. It 

 will probably be a good street tree. 



For previous introduction see 66245. 



97901. Stkgxosperma halimijpoli dm 

 Benth. Phytolaccaceae. 



No. 2605. From Beata Island. Do- 

 minican Republic. January 17. 1932. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 97580. 



97902. Ziziphus sp. Rhamnaceae 



No. 2781. Collected January 25, 1932. 

 in the Botanic Garden, Dominica. A 

 large tree, a foot in diameter, with 

 drooping branches and small greenish 

 fruits the size of small marbles which 

 are scarcely edible. Introduced for 

 comparison with forms now growing in 

 this country. 



I 97860 to 97909— Continued 



97903. (Undetermined.) 



From Beata Island. Dominican Repub- 

 lic. Received without notes. 



97904. PORTLAXDIA DOMINGENSIS Brit- 



ton. Rubiaceae. 



No. 2624. Collected January 20, 1932, 

 on Saona Island, Dominican Republic. 

 A strand shrub with glossy evergreen 

 leaves and large angular pods. Flowers 

 not seen, but the shrub may be valuable 

 for windbreak purposes. 



97905. Bumelia obovata (Lam.) DC. 

 Sapotaceae. 



No. 2622. Collected January 20, 1932, 

 on Saona Island. A handsome evergreen 

 tree about 20 feet high, with dark-green 

 coriaceous obovate leaves and small black 

 sweet berries. As the tree was growing 

 near the coast, it would be suitable for 

 culture on wind-swept beaches, and may 

 prove a good hedge or windbreak tree. 



97906. (Undetermined.) 



No. 2788. Collected January 20. 1932, 

 on the strand of Saona Island. A tree 

 with long glossy coriaceous leaves and a 

 habit that may make it an excellent 

 windbreak tree on salty land. 



97907. (Undetermined.) 



No. 2654. Collected on St. Kitts, 

 January 24. 1932. at 1.700 feet altitude. 

 A shrub with attractive bluish fruits 

 borne in clusters on long pendent 

 branches. 



97908. Loxchocarpus sp. Fabaceae. 



No. 2680. Collected on St. Eustatius, 

 January 22. 1932. An attractive tree 

 50 feet high with a stately trunk and 

 gray clean bark, but rather thin foliage. 

 It may be useful as a street tree. 



97909. Loxchocarpus sp. Fabaceae. 



No. 45. Collected at St. Lucia. Feb- 

 ruary 3, 1932. A small ornamental tree 

 found in a dry situation. 



97910 to 97918. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



From Surinam and British Gu'ana. Seeds 

 collected by David Fairchild and P. H. 

 Dorsett, agricultural explorers. Bureau of 

 Plant Industry, with the 1931-32 Alli- 

 son V. Armour expedition to the West 

 Indies. Received March 14, 1932. 



97910. ASTROCARTUM PARAMACA Mart. 



No. 3685. Purchased in the market 

 at Paramaribo, Surinam, March 2, 1932. 

 A low-growing very attractive shade- 

 loving pinnate palm from 6 to 8 feet 

 high, with the pinnae all in one plane. 

 The inflorescence consists of a single cen- 

 tral upright spadix to which the fruits 

 are attached by a peduncle 1 inch long. 

 The fruits are small, an inch long, with 

 tiny black spines and a tough oily endo- 

 sperm. 



97911. Elaeis melaxococca Gaertn. 



No. 3683. Collected near Station On- 

 verwacht. Surinam, March 3. 1932. A 

 wide-spreading low palm which grows in 

 damp situations. It is closely related to 

 the African oil palm {Elaeis guinecnsls) . 

 and from the kernels a clear oil is ex- 

 tracted in small quantities by the na- 

 tives, who prize it highly for cooking. 



For previous introduction see 92196. 



