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98057 to 98071 — Continued 



98066. Pterocarpus indicus Willd. 

 Fabaceae. Padouk. 



No. 2816. Collected in the Botanic 

 Garden, Grenada, Grenadine Islands, 

 February 10, 1932. A very attractive 

 unarmed tree 40 feet high with long 

 slender branches and long pinnate glossy 

 green leaves. The seeds are borne in 

 almost circular papery pods, with a wing 

 running all the way around the circum- 

 ference. 



Fur previous introduction see 67589. 



98067. Teramnus labialis (L.) Spreng. 

 Fabaceae. 



No. 2927. Collected February 19, 1932, 

 at the Tobago Botanic Station at Scar- 

 borough. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 97887. 



98068. Tounatea simplex (Yahl.) Taub. 

 Caesalpiniaceae. 



No. 2814. Collected in the St. George 

 Botanic Garden, Grenada. A globular- 

 headed tree about 20 feet high, with dull 

 yellow-orange spindle-shaped pods con- 

 taining one or two bean-shaped black 

 seeds with a white arillus. 



For previous introduction see 79545. 



98069. FORESTIKRA RHAMNIFOLIA Gl'iseb. 



Oleaceae. 



No. 2819. Collected February 10, 

 1932, on the driest part of Grenada. A 

 tall shrub or small tree up to 30 feet 

 high, native to the West Indies. The 

 elliptical to obovate leaves are 2 to 4 

 inches long, and the inconspicuous 

 flowers are followed by brinlif-blue ovoid 

 fifnits one half inch long, borne in axil- 

 lary clusters. 



98070. Caesalpinia paucijuga Benth. 

 Caesalpiniaceae. 



No. 2828. Braziletto wood. From 

 Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. February 13, 

 1932. A beautiful large spreading tim- 

 ber tree which is covered in season with 

 small fragrant yellow flowers. 



98071. QUARARIBAEA TURBINATA (Swartz) 



Poir. Bombacaceae. Swizzle-stick-tree. 



No. 2805. Collected February 9, 1932, 

 in the Botanic Garden of Grenada. A 

 handsome shade tree with large dark- 

 green leaves. The small white slightly 

 fragrant flowers are borne in the leaf 

 axils. 



98072 to 98075. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by the 

 Queensland Acclimatisation Society, Bris- 

 bane. Received March 22, 1932. 



98072 to 98074. Carica papaya L. Pa- 

 payaceae. Papaya. 



98072. Hawaiian variety. 



98073. Selected seeds from the best va- 

 rieties grown by the Society. 



98074. Selected seeds from an im- 

 proved variety grown by the So- 

 ciety. 



98075. Passiflora mollissima (H. B. 

 K.) Bailey. Passifloraceae. 



Softleaf passionflower. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 98049. 



98076 to 98086. 



From France. Seeds presented by Vil- 

 morin-Andrieux & Cie., Verrieres-le-Buis- 

 son. Received March 23, 1932. 



98076 to 98082. Cotoneastee spp. Mala- 

 ceae. 



98076. Cotoneaster sp. 

 559-A. 



98077. Cotoneaster sp. 

 719 Schneider. 



98078. Cotoneaster sp. 

 Farrer. 



98079. Cotoneaster sp. 

 2007 Hers. 



98080. Cotoneaster sp. 

 2061 Hers. 



98081. Cotoneaster sp. 

 2119 Hers. 



98082. Cotoneaster sp. 

 4414 M. V. 



98083. Pterostyrax HisriDA Sieb. and 

 Zucc. Styracaceae. 



Fragrant epaulette-tree. 



A tree up to 50 feet high, with slender 

 spreading branches, obovate to oblong 

 leaves 3 to 7 inches long, and fragrant 

 creamy white flowers in pendulous pani- 

 cles. Native to China and Japan. 



98084. Stachyurus chinensis Franch. 

 Stachyuraceae. 



A shrub up to 15 feet high, native 

 to central China. The ovate long- 

 pointed leaves are 2 to 5 inches long 

 and crenate-serrate on the margins. The 

 yellow-green bell-shaped flowers appear in 

 spring before the leaves and hang in 

 racemes 2 to 4 inches long. 



98085. Zanthoxylum alatum plani- 

 spinum (Sieb. and Zucc.) Rehd. and 

 Wils. Rutaceae. Prickly-ash. 



A Japanese shrub 7 to 13 feet high, 

 much branched at the base, sometimes 

 with a short trunk. The dark-brown 

 spreading branches, drooping a little at 

 the tips, bear stout straight spines in 

 pairs and evergreen pinnate leaves, dark- 

 green above and paler beneath. The 

 small red fleshy fruits are persistent and 

 emit a very agreeable aromatic odor 

 when bruised. The shrub may he used as 

 an ornamental or as a hedge plant. 



For previous introduction see 64183. 



98086. Zanthoxylum sp. Rutaceae. 



Prickly-ash. 

 No. 7443 M. V. 



98087 to 98096. 



From Cuba. Material presented by Robert 

 M. Grey, superintendent, Atkins Institu- 

 tion of the Arnold Arboretum, Soledad, 

 Cienfuegos. Received March 23, 1932. 



98087 to 98090. Bougainvillba sp. Nyol- 

 aginaceae. 



98087. Bougainvillea sp. 

 Harvard No. 1. 



98088. Bougainvillea sp. 

 Harvard No. 14. 



98089. Bougainviu.ea sp. 

 Harvard No. 19. 



