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56501 to 56521— Continued. 



56519. TRITICUM MONOCOCCUM L. 



Wild wheat. 



"(No. 7.) A wild wheat supposed to 

 be the parent of our present types. The 

 native Tatar name is orkish." 



56520. Triticum ovatum (L.) Rasp. 



" (No. 8.) A grass from the plains. " 

 For previous introduction, see S. P. I. 

 No. 30112. 



56521. Triticum trkjnciale (L.) Gren. 

 and Godr. 



" (No. 9.) A grass from the plains. " 



56522. X Maltjs magdeburgensis 

 Zimmerm. Malacese. Apple. 



From Glasnevin, Ireland. Plant presented by 

 J. W. Besant, acting keeper, Royal Botanic 

 Gardens. Received January 26, 1923. 



This is in all probability a hybrid between Malus 

 spectabilis and M. dasyphylla, discovered among 

 some old trees by the municipal gardener, Mr. 

 Schoch, in Magdeburg, Germany. The old parent 

 trees were probably introduced from Japan early in 

 the past century, and some years ago Mr. Schoch 

 moved the hybrids out into the open, where they 

 are now fine growing trees. (Adapted from 

 Moller's Deutsche Gartner- Zeitung, vol. 20, p. 254.) 



56523 to 56527. Lespedeza spp. Fa- 

 bacea^. 



From Kagoshima, Japan. Seeds presented by 

 Dr. Takeo Kusano, Kagoshima Imperial 

 College of Agriculture and Forestry. Re- 

 ceived February 3, 1923. 



A collection of native Japanese bush clovers in- 

 troduced for department forage-crop specialists. 



56523. Lespedeza bicolor intermedia 

 Maxim. 



Yama-hagi. 



56524. Lespedeza bicolor sieboldi (Mi- 

 quel) Maxim. 



Miyagino-hagi. 



56525. Lespedeza juncea Pers. 

 Variety latifolia. Hai-medo-hagi. 



56526. Lespedeza juncea sericea (Miquel) 

 Forbes and Hemsl. 



Medo-hagi. 



56527. Lespedeza pilosa (Thunb.) Sieb. 

 and Zucc. 



Neho-hagi. 



56528 to 56535. 



From Nice, France. Seeds presented by Dr. 

 A. Robertson Proschowsky. Received Feb- 

 ruary 1, 1923. 



56528. Alangium chinense (Lour.) Rehder. 

 Cornaceae. (Marlea begoniaefolia Roxb.) 



"A tree, hardy here, but loses its leaves in 

 winter, which might not happen in a warmer 

 climate." (Proschowsky.) 



A tall tree, up to 60 feet in height, with oval 

 leaves about 8 inches in length and clusters 

 of small whitish fragrant flowers. It is a 

 native of Africa and southeastern Asia. 

 This tree might be grown in the extreme 

 southern United States. 



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

 44859. 



56529. Arbutus canariensis Duham. Eri- 

 caceae. 



56528 to 56535— Continued. 



"A beautiful evergreen tree attaining a 

 height of 40 feet. It is, as the name indicates, 

 a native of the Canary Islands. It has pretty 

 rose-colored flowers in racemes, followed by 

 orange-colored fruits about an inch in diam- 

 eter, which are very beautiful as seen against 

 the shining-green foliage. The fruits are 

 sweeter and more pulpy than those of the 

 strawberry tree and are considered very 

 good by the natives in spite of their rather 

 numerous seeds. The bark is smooth and 

 very thin, the wood rose colored and useful 

 in cabinetmaking. This species should be 

 used by plant breeders in hybridizing with 

 the strawberry tree, Arbutus unedo." (W. T. 

 Swingle.) 



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

 36529. 



56530. Bentinckia nicobarica (Kurz) Bec- 

 cari. Phcenicaceaa. Palm. 



An elegant little palm with a habit re- 

 sembling that of a Kentia; its native home is 

 the Nicobar Islands, Indian Ocean. The 

 pinnate, irregularly divided fronds are large 

 and spreading, and the branched spadix 

 bears small purplish berries. 



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

 51707. 



56531. Cordia rothii Roem. and Schult. 

 Boraginaceae. 



A small tree found in dry situations in 

 northwestern and southern India; the fruit 

 is eaten both raw and pickled by the poorer 

 classes, and rope is made from the inner bark. 

 The tough, hard gray wood is used for build- 

 ing purposes. 



56532. Dendrocalamus strictus (Roxb.) 

 Nees. Poaceae. Bamboo . 



"A strikingly beautiful plant." (Pro- 

 schowsky.) 



A very tall bamboo, up to 100 feet in height, 

 which is native to India and parts of Burma. 

 It grows in drier situations than most bam- 

 boos and endures great cold as well as dry 

 heat. It is useful for the consolidation of 

 embankments on account of the network of 

 fibrous roots, and its strength and solidity 

 render it fit for many technical purposes. 

 (Adapted from Mueller, Select Extra- Tropical 

 Plants, p. 165.) 



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

 53610. 



56533. Ficus capensis Thunb. Moraceae. 

 A lofty tree 50 feet or more in height, which 



grows commonly in the forests of the south- 

 eastern parts of South Africa. It flowers 

 twice a year, the flowers appearing in large 

 bunches on the trunk or even on its main 

 roots near the trunk. The fruits become as 

 large as the smaller varieties of cultivated figs; 

 the pulp is sweetish but rather dry. (Adapted 

 from Marloth, Flora of South Africa, vol. 1, 

 p. 135.) 



56534. Solanum cyananthum Dunal. Sol- 

 anaceae. 



A spiny shrub from the desert regions in 

 the vicinity of the Rio Sao Francisco, Brazil. 

 The "leaves are long stemmed, very large, 

 heart shaped, white tomentose beneath, and 

 about 9 inches wide. The large sky-blue 

 flowers, about 2 inches across, are in few- 

 flowered racemes. 



56535. Tecoma garrocha Hieron. Bigno- 

 niaceae. 



"A small glabrous shrub, native to Argen- 

 tina. It is strikingly handsome with its 

 slender racemes of bright-yellow and scarlet 

 flowers and is smaller and more graceful than 

 Tecoma stans." (Alfred Rehder.) 



