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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



97950 to 97968— Continued 



97963. Capsicum frutescens baccatum 

 (L. ) Irish. Solanaceae. 



Bush redpepper. 



No. 2880. From Port-of-Spain, Trini- 

 dad, February 17, 1932. An erect 

 shrubby perennial about 3 feet high, with 

 slender flexuose branches, small white 

 flowers, and small red fruits about one 

 fourth inch in diameter. Native to trop- 

 ical America. 



For previous introduction see 96503. 



97964. Meibomia CANa (Gmel.) Elate 

 (Desmodiuni supinum DC). Fabaceae. 



No. 52. Collected February 6. 1932, 

 on Cannouan. Grenadine Islands. A 

 plant 12 to 18 inches high found grow- 

 ing on a very dry hillside. The small 

 flowers are pink. 



97965. Meibomia cana (Gmel.) Blake 

 {Desmodium supinum DC). Fabaceae. 



No. 293G. Collected in the Botanic 

 Garden, Tobago, February 19, 1932. 



97966. Passifloea rubra L. Passiflora- 

 ceae. 



K'o. 2952. Collected January 7. 1932, 

 near Eleuthera Bluff, Eleuthera, Bahama 

 Islands. A softly pubescent vine with 

 crescent-shaped cordate leaves 2 to 4 

 inches broad, green-white flowers 2 

 inches across, and red fruits 2 inches 

 long. It is native to the West Indies. 



97967. (Undetermined.) 



No. 2920. Collected near Argyle, 

 Spring Village. St. Vincent, Windward 

 Islands, February 5, 1932. A small ever- 

 green tree with waxlike fragrant white 

 flowers and showy scarlet berries one 

 half inch in diameter. 



97968. (Undetermined.) 



From Port-of-Spain. Trinidad. An 

 orchid with a very attractive delicate 

 deep purple flower not over three eighths 

 of an inch across. From the Huggins 

 orchid collection. 



97969 to 97974. 



From Canada. Seeds presented by the De- 

 partment of Agronomy, University of 

 Manitoba. Winnipeg. Received March 

 12, 1932. 



A collection of grasses introduced for 

 pasture-research investigations by Depart- 

 ment specialists. 



97969. Agropxron texerum Vasey. Poa- 

 ceae. Slender wheatgrass. 



97970. Dactylis glomerata L. Poa- 

 ceae. Orchard grass. 



97971. Festuca elatior L. Poaceae. 



Meadow fescue. 



97972. Medicago sativa L. Fabaceae. 



Alfalfa. 



97973. Phleum pratense L 



Poaceae. 

 Timothy. 



97974. Trifolium pkatense L. Faba- 

 ceae. Red clover. 



97975 to 97986. 



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. I 

 Armour expedition. Received March 15. \ 

 1932. 



97975 to 97986— Continued 



97975. Barringtonia asiatica (L.) Kurz. 

 Lecythidaceae. 



No. 2803. Collected in the Botanic 

 Garden on Grenada, Grenadine Islands, 

 and on St. Vincent, Windward Islands, 

 February 5, 1932. A handsome tree 50 

 feet high, with thick leathery leaves, 

 bright green and a foot long, racemes 

 of large showy flowers having white 

 petals, and crimson-tipped stamens re- 

 sembling a brush. The smooth shining 

 black fruits are shaped like a 4-sided 

 pyramid and are 3 to 4 inches long on 

 each side. It is native to the East 

 Indies. 



For previous introduction see 93541. 



97976. Cedrela odorata L. Meliaceae. 



Cigarbox-cedar. 



No. 2937. Collected in the Botanic 

 Garden, Tobago, Windward Islands, Feb- 

 ruary 19, 1932. The West Indian cedar 

 or Acajou. A rapidly growing tree of 

 beautiful appearance, the wood of which 

 is used for the cigar boxes of commerce. 

 The wood is soft, easily worked, sweet 

 scented, and immune from the attacks 

 of many insects. 



For previous introduction see 94770. 



97977. Centrolobium paraense Tul. 

 Fabaceae. 



No. 2844. Collected February 13, 

 1932, in the Botanic Garden, Trinidad. 

 Porcupine tree. A tree with large leaves 

 and large curious fruits like gigantic 

 maple seeds, with wings 6 inches long 

 and which whirl as they fall. The egg- 

 shaped basal portion, as large as a pul- 

 let's egg, is covered with spines like a 

 sea-urchin. 



97978 and 97979. Dolichos lablab L. 

 Fabaceae. Hyacinth-bean. 



Collected February 16, 1932, at Port- 

 of-Spain, Trinidad. 



97978. No. 2921. A small white va- 

 riety which is used as food in Trini- 

 dad. 



97979. No. 2922. A large-seeded va- 

 riety which is not considered as good 

 as the smaller-seeded one (No. 2921) 

 [97978]. 



97980. Lagerstroemia speciosa 

 (Muench.) Pers. (L. flos-reginae Retz.) . 

 Lythraceae. Queen crapemyrtle. 



No. 2855. Collected February 13, 

 1932, in the Botanic Garden, Port-of- 

 Spain, Trinidad. A tree 50 to 60 feet 

 high, with leaves 4 to 8 inches long and 

 large panicles of flowers which change 

 color from rose to purple from morning 

 to evening. This tree is native to east- 

 ern Bengal and India where it is culti- 

 vated as an avenue tree. 



For previous introduction see 94194. 



97981. Ochrosia sp. Apocynaceae. 



No. 2845. Collected February 13. 1932, 

 in the Botanic Garden, Port-of-Spain, 

 Trinidad. A tree with dark-green glossy 

 leaves and brilliant showy red fruits. 



97982. Alpinia 



Zinziberaceae. 



No. 2919. Collected February 9, 1932, 

 on Grenada, Grenadine Islands. Found 

 in moist forest near Grand Etang at 

 1,500 feet altitude. Said to be a strik- 

 ing plant with colored bracts and showy 

 scarlet flowers. 



