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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



98045 to 98051— Continued 



98047. Lecythis zabucajo Aubl. Lecy- 

 thidaceae. Sapucaya nut. 



No. 2963. Collected February 15, 

 1932, on Trinidad. The sapucaya nut 

 is native to the Amazon Valley and ad- 

 jacent regions, and many people con- 

 sider it even better flavored than the 

 Brazil nut. The somewhat triangular- 

 nuts are over 2 inches long and about 

 an inch wide. They are borne in large 

 w^oody urn-shaped capsules about 10 in- 

 ches in diameter, with close-fitting lids 

 at the top. The tree is a slow grower 

 and requires a long time to reach the 

 bearing stage. 



For previous introduction see 92030. 



98048. Paspalum plicatulum Michx. 

 Poaceae. Black grass. 



No. 2941. Collected on Tobago, Feb- 

 ruary 20, 1932. An upright cespitose 

 perennial grass about 3 feet high. It is 

 native to Uruguay. 



For previous introduction see 62050. 



98049. Passiflora mollissima (H. B. 

 K.) Bailey. Passifloraceae. 



Softleaf passionflower. 



No. 2995. Collected February 23, 

 1932, in the market at Georgetown, 

 British Guiana. A yellow fruit about 

 the size of an egg, with a rather soft 

 flexible skin. The fruit is unusually 

 aromatic, and the slightly acid flesh has 

 a delightfully pleasant flavor. 



98050. Quassia amara L. Simarouba- 

 ceae. 



No. 2972. Collected in the Botanic 

 Garden at Georgetown, British Guiana, 

 February 23, 1932. A shrubby tree, na- 

 tive to tropical America. The opposite 

 dark-green pinnate leaves have winged 

 petioles and are made up of five ellipti- 

 cal leaflets with pink veins. The racomes 

 of small crimson flowers are followed by 

 ovoid black fruits about half an inch 

 long. 



98051. (Undetermined.) 



No. 2989. Collected near Georgetown, 

 British Guiana, on the Lamaha Canal, 

 February 26, 1932. A large-leaved tree 

 which bears greenish-yellow fruits the 

 size of a large plum. The very small 

 seeds are scattered through the slightly 

 acid agreeable pulp. 



98052 to 98056. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- 

 lics. Scions presented by V. P. Alekseev, 

 plant introducer, Sukhum Subtropical 

 Branch of the All-Union Institute of 

 Plant Industry. Sukhum, Caucasus. Re- 

 ceived March 19, 1932. 



A collection of scions from Tuapse, 

 northern Caucasus, introduced for the use 

 of Department specialists. 



98052 to 98055. Juglans regia L. Jug- 

 landaceae. Persian walnut. 



98052. No. 135177. 



98053. No 135178. 



98054. No. 135179. 



98055. No. 135180. 



98056. Pyrus sp. Malaceae. 

 No. 135181. Cherkess. 



Pear. 



98057 to 98071. 



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. Ar- 

 mour expedition. Received March 15, 

 1932. 



98057. Alysicarpus vaginalis nummu- 

 larifolius (L.) Baker. Fabaceae. 



No. 2792. Collected on Carriacou, 

 Grenadine Islands, February 8, 1932, at 

 900 feet altitude. A low creeping an- 

 nual legume which forms a mat of stems 

 and foliage not over half an inch thick. 

 It may prove a good legume to mix with 

 lawn grass. 



For previous introduction see 67838. 



98058. Crotalaria verrucosa L. 

 ceae. 



Faba- 



No. 2950. Collected on Tobago, Wind- 

 ward Islands, February 19, 1932. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 97876. 



98059. Erythrina pallida Britt. and 

 Rose. Fabaceae. 



No. 2914. The coral or jumoie bean. 

 Collected February 16, 1932, from a very 

 large tree at Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, 

 that has triangular-shaped leaves ; and 

 the coral-red seeds, one fourth to one 

 third black, are used for necklaces. 



98060. Erythrina sp. Fabaceae. 



No. 2796. Collected February 9, 1932, 

 on Carriacou, Grenadine Islands, near 

 the Botanic Garden. A form with white 

 flowers. 



98061. Meibomia cana (Gmel.) Blake 

 (Desmodium supinum DC). Fabaceae. 



No. 2861. Collected at Port-of-Spain, 

 Trinidad, February 15, 1932. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 97965. 



98062. Mucuna sp. Fabaceae. 



No. 2895. Collected February 17, 1932, 

 at Port-of Spain, Trinidad. A vine which 

 covers tall forest trees. The yellow 

 flowers are followed by large pods, 5 

 inches long and 2 inches wide, which 

 certain 3 or 4 large decorative seeds. 

 When young the pods are covered with 

 stinging hairs, hence the name cow-itch. 



98063. Mucuna sloanei Fawc. and Ren- 

 dle. Fabaceae. Horse-eye bean. 



No. 2938. Collected on Pigeon Moun- 

 tain, Tobago, February 20, 1932. A high- 

 climbing woody vine, native to Florida 

 and the West Indies. The trifoliolate 

 leaves have thin ovate leaflets 3 to 6 

 inches long, silky pubescent beneath, and 

 the yellow flowers, 2 to 3 inches broad, 

 are borne in an umbellate cluster on a 

 stalk about the length of the leaf petiole. 



93064 and 98065. Phaseolus vulgaris L. 

 Fabaceae. Common bean. 



Collected at Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. 

 February 17, 1932. 



98064. No. 54. Small black beans pur- 

 chased in the market. They are 

 said to be bush beans. 



98065. No. 55. A locally grown red 

 bush bean. 



