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97975 to 97986— Continued 



97983. Cola hexerophylla (Beauv.) 

 Schott and Ed ill. Sterculiaceae. 



No. 2847. The Mahae. Collected in 

 the Botanic Garden, Port-of-Spain, Trini- 

 dad, February 13, 1932. A large tree 

 found growing in very poor soil. Its 

 wood is soft and light, 31 pounds per 

 cubic loot, and is easily worked. The 

 dowers are not showy, but the pods are 

 bright scarlet, covered with stinging 

 hairs. Introduced for trial as a street or 

 windbreak tree. 



97984. Term in alia arjuna (Roxb.) 

 Wight and Am. Combretactae. 



No. 2S59. Collected February 13, 1932, 

 in the Botanic Garden. Port-of-Spain, 

 Trinidad. Arjan. A very large tree with 

 smooth green or whitish bark, found on 

 river banks throughout central and 

 southern India. The leaves are narrowly 

 oblong, about 9 inches long, and the 

 flowers, which appear in April and May, 

 are borne in terminal panicles. This tree 

 yields a transparent gum which is used 

 as a drug in northern India ; the bark is 

 used for tanning, and the wood is used 

 for carts and agricultural implements. 



For previous introduction see 66156. 



97985. Terminalia bellerica (Gaertn.) 

 Roxb. Combretaceae. 



No. 2852. Collected February 13, 1932, 

 in the Trinidad Botanic Garden. The 

 small round fruits of this handsome 

 tropical Indian tree have been exported 

 from India for tanning purposes under 

 the name myrobalans. The yellow-gray 

 wood is used for general construction. 

 The tree also has merit as a shade tree 

 for avenues, with its huge buttressed 

 trunk and long horizontal branches. 



For previous introduction see 94080. 



97986. Warszewiczia coccinea (Vahl) 

 Klotzsch. Kubiaceae. 



No. 2856. Collected in the Botanic 

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

 ary 13, 1932. An ornamental tree with 

 dark-green foliage and clusters of small 

 flowers each a quarter of an inch 

 across. One sepal of each cluster is 

 brilliant scarlet and 2% inches long, 

 making a startling splash of color 

 against the dark leaves. The tree 

 blooms during the wet season, whereas 

 most of the showy flowering trees of the 

 Tropics bloom in the dry season. 



For previous introduction see 92197. 

 97987 to 98000. 



From the Netherlands. Plants purchased 

 from B. Ruys, Ltd., Royal Moerheim 

 Nurseries, Dedemsvaart. Received March 

 16, 1932. 



97987. Statice sp. Plumbaginaceae. 



Hybrid Gigantea. A plant about 3 

 feet high, with large flower heads of a 

 clear-rose color. Excellent for cut flow- 

 ers. 



97988. Aster frikartii Hort. Astera- 

 ceae. 



Said to be a globular plant 2 to 3 

 feet high, with very large sky-blue flow- 

 ers having orange-yellow centers. It 

 flowers from August to November. 



97989 to 97991. Crinum powellii Baker. 

 Amaryllidaceae. Powell crinum. 



A bulbous plant with about 20 spread- 

 ing strap-shaped leaves 3 to 4 feet long 



97987 to 98000— Continued 



and usually 8 rose-colored flowers in 

 large showy heads, terminating a scape 

 a foot or more high. It is considered to 

 be a hybrid between G. longifolium and 

 C. moorei. 



97989. Album. Flowers white. 



97990. Intermedium. Flowers pink. 



97991. Flowers dark rose. 



97992. Erinacea pdngens Boiss. Faba- 

 ceae. 



A low deciduous shrub 12 to 15 inches 

 high, native to the western Mediter- 

 ranean region. The spatulate leaves, 

 less than half an inch long, are borne 

 only at the. tips of the rigid pubescent 

 branches, and the violet-blue pea-shaped 

 flowers, 1 inch long, are borne in axil- 

 lary clusters of one to three. 



97993. Hedera helix L. Araliaceae. 



English ivy. 



Conglomerate/, minima. A very dwarf, 

 creeping ivy, suitable for the rockery. 



97994. Ilex altaclarensis Dallim. Aqui- 

 foliaceae. Holly. 



Camelliae folia. Leaves elliptic or ob- 

 long, acuminate, dark olive green, very 

 glossy, entire or with a few spines near 

 the apex. 



97995. Ilex aquifolium L. Aquifolia- 

 ceae. English holly. 



Pyramidalis. A form with ascending 

 branches, forming a narrow oblong head. 



97996 to 98000. Potenttlla spp. Rosa- 

 ceae. Cinquefoil. 



97996. POTENTILLA FROTICOSA L. 



Shrubby cinquefoil. 



Bcesii. A very beautiful dwarf shrub 

 with attractive silver-gray foliage and 

 an abundance of rich canary-yellow 

 flowers. 



97997. POTENTILLA FRUTICOSA DAVURICA 



(Nestl.) Seringe. 



Dahurian cinquefoil. 



A dwarf compact shrub less than 2 

 feet high, with small leaves having 

 lustrous brown stipules tipped with a 

 tuft of conspicuous hairs. The solitary 

 yellow flowers are about l inch across 



97998. POTENTILLA FRUTICOSA FRIED- 



richsenii (Spaeth) Rehd. 



Friedrichsen cinquefoil. 



A form with rather large pubescent 

 leaflets, glaucous beneath, and light- 

 yellow flowers. It is considered to be 

 a hybrid between P. fruticosa and P. 

 fruticosa davurica. 



97999. POTENTILLA FRUTICOSA PARVI- 



FOLIA (Fisch.) Wolf. 



A dwarf form with seven elliptic- 

 oblong glabrescent leaves and pale- 

 yellow flowers. 



98000. POTENTILLA FRUTICOSA PYREN- 



aica Willd. (P. prostrata Lap.). 



Alpine shrubby cinquefoil. 



A dwarf alpine form of dense habit, 

 with small lanceolate leaflets and 

 bright-yellow flowers. 



98001 to 98009. Castanea mollissima 

 Blume. Fagaceae. Hairy chestnut. 



From China. Seeds and scions collected by 

 Peter Liu and sent through Owen L. 



