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97942 to 97949— Continued 



97947. Picea jezoensis (Sieb. and Zucc.) 

 Carr. Pinaceae. Yeddo spruce. 



A Japanese tree up to 150 feet high, 

 with dark-gray hark and slender hori- 

 zontally spreading branches. The leaves 

 are silvery white above and dark green 

 beneath, and the staminate flowers are 

 orange crimson. 



For previous introduction see 90666. 



97948. Picea koyamai Shiras. (P. koraien- 

 sis Nakai). Pinaceae. Spruce. 



A narrowly pyramidal tree 60 feet 

 high, native to Japan and Chosen, with 

 red-brown bloomy brancble.ts and com- 

 pressed leaves half an inch long, with 

 two white bands above. The pale- 

 brown cylindrical cones are 2 to 3 inches 

 long. 



For previous introduction see 78404. 



97949. Pinus tabulaeformis Carr. (P. 

 b ucospcrma Maxim.). Pinaceae. Pine. 



A pine up to 75 feet high with dark- 

 gray bark on the trunk, red on the 

 branches, and orange or gray-yellow 

 brancblets. The glaucescent leaves, usu- 

 ally two in a cluster, are stout and 3 

 to 6 inches long, and the ovoid cones, 

 2 to 4 inches long, are pale tawny yel- 

 low, changing to dark brown and per- 

 sisting for several years. 



For previous introduction see 90793. 



97950 to 97968. 



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 March 7, 

 1932. 



97950. Axxeslia pubpcrea (L.) Brit- 

 ton {Alliandra purpurea Benth.). Mi- 

 mosaceae. 



No. 2757. Collected on Mayero Island, 

 February 6, 1932. A very pretty shrub 

 with handsome crimson flowers borne in 

 heads on the gray shoots. It is suited 

 to wind-swept situations near the sea. 



97951. Bignoxia sp. Bignoniaceae. 



Trumpetcreeper. 



No. 2810. Collected in the Botanic 

 Garden. Grenada, Grenadine Islands, 

 February 7. 1932. An immense vine 

 which has completely covered a giant 

 saman tree. Introduced for comparison 

 with the forms now growing in this 

 country. 



97952. Cactus caesius (Wendl.) Britt. 

 and Rose. Cactaceae. 



No. 2949. Turkscap or melon cactus. 

 Collected in the Trinidad Botanic Gar- 

 den, February 15, 1932. A less showy 

 variety and with a less pronounced cap 

 than C. intertus, No. 2628 (97564), bu«" 

 a dooryard curiosity that seems to in- 

 terest many people. 



97953. Camoexsia maxima Welw. Faba- 

 ceae. 



No. 2897. Collected in the Botanic 

 Garden, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. Febru- 

 ary 15. 1932. A strong-growing vine 

 with delicately fragrant white flowers 

 fringed with gold. 



For previous introduction see 54805. 



97950 to 97968— Continued 



97954. Cassia javanica L. Caesalpinia- 

 ceae. 



No. 2S50. Collected in the Botanic 

 Garden. Trinidad, February 13, 1932. 

 Apple blossom cassia. A small tree, de- 

 ciduous in the dry season, but covered 

 with gorgeous pink flowers over 2 inches 

 across borne in large clusters during the 

 spring and early summer. 



For previous introduction see 94185. 



97955. Clitoria rubiginosa Juss. Faba- 

 ceae. 



No. 2926. Collected at the Botanic 

 Station at Scarborough. Tobago, Febru- 

 ary 19, 1932. A slender twining vine 

 10 feet tall. The flowers are said to be 

 white with purplish-crimson veins, and 2 

 inches across. May prove of value as a 

 cover crop. 



For previous introduction see 48604. 



97956 to 97958. Crotalaria spo. Faba- 

 ceae. 



97956. Crotalaria incana L. 



No. 2932. Collected February 19, 

 1932, along the sea wall at Scarbor- 

 ough, Tobago. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see 978X2. 



97957. Crotalaria retusa L. 



No. 2818. Collected February 10, 

 1932 on Grenada. A bushy species 

 with yellow and red flowers, found 

 growing in a very dry situation. 



97958. Crotalaria retusa L. 



No. 2823. Collected in Dominica, 

 Leeward Islands, January 30, 1932. A 

 yellow-flowered species found along the 

 roadside. 



97959. Diospyros ierensis Britton. 

 Diospyraceae. Persimmon. 



No. 2879. Boie charoon. Collected in 

 the forest reserve, Trinidad, February 16, 

 1932. A medium-sized forest tree reach- 

 ing a girth of 4 feet. The wood is black- 

 ish, and the small fruits IV2 inches in 

 diameter are green to brown outside with 

 dark flesh. Of possible use as a stock on 

 which to graft the better varieties of 

 persimmons. 



97960. Entada polystachya (L.) DC. 

 Mimosaceae. 



No. 2944. Collected February 20, 1932 

 at Tobago, Windward Islands. A strong- 

 growing vine with dark-green pinnate 

 leaves and rather inconspicuous flowers 

 which are followed by interesting large 

 papery pods 8 to 10 inches long and 2 

 inches or more wide. These pods break 

 up into winged seeds that drop out from 

 the persistent margins of the pods, leav- 

 ing the margin like the rim of a picture 

 frame. 



For previous introduction see 92896. 



97961. Galactia sp. Fabaceae. 



No. 59. Collected January 18, 1932 on 

 Beata Island, Dominican Republic. A 

 vine found growing over a bush. 



97962. Hibiscus collinsii Hort. Mal- 

 vaceae. 



No. 2812. Collected February 10, 1932 

 in the Botanic Garden, Grenada. A small 

 tree with large palmately-veined leaves ; 

 said to have white flowers, one petal of 

 which is streaked with mauve. 



