INVENTORY 1 



56145. Rubtjs sp. 



Rosaceae. 



Raspberry. 



From Stavanger, Norway. Plants presented 

 by Thoralf Bryne. Received March 1, 1923. 



"Paradise berry. A large red raspberry, almost as 

 large as the largest variety known in cultivation, 

 which is the English variety 'The Royal.' " 

 (Bryne.) 



56146 and 56147. 



From Brisbane, Queensland. Seeds presented 

 by C. T. White, Government botanist. Re- 

 ceived January 4, 1923. 



56146. Davidsonia prtjriens F. Muell. 

 Cunoniaceae. 



A small (30 to 40 feet) tree of graceful erect 

 habit with long drooping pinnate leaves and 

 pendulous clusters of reddish flowers. The 

 oval fruit about the size of a goose egg is cov- 

 ered with short stiff hairs. Rubbing with a 

 rough cloth quickly and easily removes these 

 and exposes the smooth, plumlike, purple 

 skin. The soft fleshy pulp is rich purple and 

 has a sharply acid flavor; it contains a few 

 flat, irregularly shaped seeds which are small 

 for the size of the fruit, a feature not frequently 

 occurring in wild fruits. This "plum," as it 

 is called, is largely used by settlers in Queens- 

 land for making jam and jelly. The hard 

 dark-brown, close-grained wood is tough and 

 durable and is used for tool handles and mal- 

 lets. This tree is a native of tropical Queens- 

 land; a smaller form is found in southern 

 Queensland and adjoining parts of New South 

 Wales. 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 

 54785. 



56147. Eucalyptus staigeriana F. Muell. 

 Myrtaceae. Lemon-scented ironbark. 



"This is a valuable oil-yielding species 

 which so far has not been exploited because 

 the trees grow in rather isolated places in 

 North Queensland." ( White.) 



A tree of medium size with oval or narrow 

 blue-green leaves covered with numerous oil 

 dots. The foliage of this tree yields a large 

 quantity of oil, equal in fragrance to that of 

 lemons, for which it is an agreeable sub- 

 stitute. The proportion of oil obtained from 

 dry leaves is 2% per cent; the specific gravity 

 of the oil is 0.901. (Adapted from Bailey, 

 Synopsis of the Queensland Flora, p. 176.) 



and 



56148. Pappea capensis Eckl. 

 Zeyh. Sapindaceae. 



From Pretoria, Transvaal, Union of South 

 Africa. Seeds presented by I. B. Pole Evans, 

 Chief, Division of Botany. Received Janu- 

 ary 5, 1923. 



A shrub or small tree which occurs abundantly in 

 the vicinity of the Fish River, Cape Province, 



South Africa. The wood is white, close-grained, and 

 hard and is used for farm implements and furniture. 

 The leathery, hard fruit, about half an inch in diam- 

 eter, usually contains one reddish brown seed with 

 a brittle shell; within is a soft kernel which is yellow 

 and very oily. The kernel constitutes about 65 per 

 cent of the entire saed. The entire seeds contain 

 47.8 per cent of oil, which is golden yellow and fairly 

 viscous. The oil is of the "nondrying" type and 

 probably could be used either for soap manufacture 

 or as a lubricant. The residual meal left after ex- 

 tracting the oil has a fairly good nutritive value, but 

 also a small quantity of a saponin, and feeding trials : 

 would be necessary to determine whether the meal 

 could be used as cattle feed. (Adapted from Bulle- 

 tin of the Imperial institute, London, vol. 17, p. 488.) 



56149. Lilitjm sp. Liliaceae. Lily. 



From Burma. Seeds collected by J. F. Rock, 

 Agricultural Explorer of the U. S. Department 

 of Agriculture. Received January 5, 1923. 



"(No. 6732. Kachin Hills. November 13, 1922.) 

 A tall lily 10 feet high, with a stem 2 inches in diam- 

 eter, collected along a brook in a rhododendron 

 thicket on the Mengka-Sadon Trail, in northern 

 Burma, on the Changtifang Mountains at an alti- 

 tude of 9,400 feet. The leaves are broadly triangular, 

 and although the plant was seen only in the fruiting 

 stage, it is probable that the flowers are large. In 

 the region where this species grows it is now ex- 

 tremely cold, ice forming on the brooks at about 

 4 p. m." (Rock.) 



56150 to 56152. 



From China and India. Seeds collected by J. 

 F. Rock, Agricultural Explorer of the U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture. Received Jan- 

 uary 5, 1923. Quoted notes by Mr. Rock. 



56150. Malus sp. Malaceas. 



Apple. 



"(No. 6725. Hpunkaw, Burma. Novem- 

 ber 11, 1922.) A tree 60 to 70 feet tall, with a 

 trunk V/i feet in diameter, found in sandy 

 soil in dense forests on the ridge above the 

 Kachin village of Hpunkaw. The branches 

 are apt to have long spinelike branchlets near 

 the trunk, but these do not occur on the older 

 branches. The fruits, about 2 inches in 

 diameter, are somewhat oval, with firm 

 aromatic flesh." 



56151 and 56152. Pyrus spp. Malaceae. Pear. 



56151. Pyrus sp. 



"(No. 6730. Mengka, Yunnan. No- 

 vember 12, 1922.) A tree 30 feet high, 

 with long spreading branches, found wild 

 in sandy loam on a small plain at an alti- 

 tude of 5,400 feet. The large oblong leaves 

 are acute at both ends, and the very 

 numerous, spherical-compressed, russet- 

 brown fruits are an inch in diameter. 

 Where this species grow.-, it is very cold; 

 ice forms now every day in the late after- 

 noon." 



i It should be understood that the varietal names of fruits, vegetables, cereals, and other plants used in 

 this inventory are those under which the material w as received when introduced by the Office of Foreign 

 Seed and Plant Introduction and, further, that the printing of such names here does not constitute their 

 official publication and adoption in this country. As the different varieties are studied, their identity 

 fully established, their entrance into the American trade forecast, and the use of varietal names for them in 

 American literature becomes necessary, the foreign varietal designations appearing in this inventory will be 

 subject to change with a view to bringing the forms of the names into harmony with recognized American 

 codes of nomenclature. 



