INVENTORY 



61738 and 61739. 



From China. Seeds collected by P. H. 

 Dorsett, agricultural explorer, Bureau of 

 Plant Industry. Received December, 

 1924. 



61738. Ampelopsis acoxitifolia Bunge. 

 Vitaceae. 



No. 904. Near Laochun. October 10, 

 1924. The bright-blue fruits make this 

 vine a good ornamental. (Dorsett.) 



61739. Amygdalus peesica L. (Prunus 

 persica Stokes). Amygdalaceas. Peach. 



No. 761. Peking. October 6, 1924. 

 Seeds of a domesticated peach. (Dor- 

 sett. ) 



61740. PERSEA AMERICANA Mill. (P. 



gratissima Gaertn. f.). Lauracese. 



Avocado. 



Fruits from the Plant Introduction Garden, 



Miami. Fla. Received at Washington, 



November 20, 1924. 



A cross between the Collinson and Trapp 

 avocados, made at the Plant Introduction 

 Garden. Miami, February, 1921, by Ed- 

 ward Simmonds. Fruited first time this 

 year [1924]. 



Fruits about 4 inches long and 3% 

 inches wide, roundish obovat'e, slightly 

 oblique ; stem short, thick, inserted at a 

 slight angle ; cavity small, shallow, 

 wrinkled ; apex obliquely flattened, slightly 

 depressed at stigmatic point ; surface 

 smooth, light green : dots numerous, yel- 

 lowish, conspicuous ; skin of medium thick- 

 ness, adhering rather closely to the flesh ; 

 flesh creamy yellow, greenish near skin, 

 smooth, buttery, with rich, nutty flavor 

 and no fiber : seed large, tighf in the cav- 

 ity, free from seed coats. 



61741. Campanula sp. Gampanulacese. 



Bellflower. 



From China. Seeds collected by P. H. 

 Dorsett, agricultural explorer, Bureau of 

 Plant Industry. Beceived December 8, 

 1924. 



No. 712. October 10, 1924. Seeds of a 

 plant with very pretty purple, bell-shaped 

 flowers, collected along the trail from the 

 Ming tombs to Silver Mountain. (Dor- 

 sett.) 



61742 to 61746. 



From Darjiling, India. Seeds presented 

 by G. H. Cave, curator, Lloyd Botanic 

 Garden. Received December 24, 1924. 



61742. Acer osmastoni Gamble. Acera- 

 ceae. Maple. 



A large Himalayan maple, described 

 (Kew, Bulletin of Miscellaneous Infor- 

 mation, 1908, p. 446) as a tree up to 

 100 feet tall, growing wild in Sikkim, 

 India, at an altitude of about 7,000 feet. 

 The leaves, 1 to 3 lobed, are papery and 

 about 5 inches long. 



61743. Acer 

 Aceraceae. 



ST ACHY OPH Y LLC M 



Hiern. 

 Maple. 



A small maple, native to Sikkim, India, 

 at an altitude of 10.000 feet. 



61744. Alangium alpinum (C. B. Clarke) 

 Smith and Cave. Cornaceae. 



A deciduous tree, about 40 feet high, 

 native to the eastern Himalayas and 

 related to the dogwood. The white flow- 

 ers are in lax 3-flowered, axillary clus- 

 ters, and are succeeded by black fruits. 



61745. Decaisnea insignis (Griffith) 

 Hook. f. and Thorns. Lardizabalaceae. 



An upright, sparingly branched shrub, 

 much resembling a large-leaved sumac, 

 found in the eastern Himalayas. The 

 leaves, often 3 feet long, are made up 

 of 13 to 25 elliptic, acuminate leaflets, 

 bright green above and slightly glaucous 

 beneath. The racemes of pendulous, 

 greenish flowers resemble those of a 

 yucca, but are smaller. These are fol- 

 lowed by edible, yellow fruits, 3 to 4 

 inches long and about 2 inches thick, 

 filled with a whitish pulp and black 

 seeds. 



61746. Gaultheria fragrantissima Wall. 

 Ericaceae. 



A very fragrant evergreen shrub or 

 small tree found in the mountains of 

 India from Nepal eastward to Bhutan. 

 In summer it is loaded with white or 

 pinkish flowers, which are followed by 

 beautiful racemes of blue-purple fruits. 



1 It should be understood that the names of horticultural varieties of fruits, vegetables, 

 cereals, and other plants used in this inventory are those under which the material was 

 received when introduced by the Office of Foreign 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 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 

 horticultural nomenclature. It is a well-known fact that botanical descriptions, both 

 technical and economic, seldom mention the seeds at all and rarely describe them in such 

 a way as to make possible identification from the seeds alone. Many of the unusual 

 plants listed in these inventories are appearing in this country for the first time, and 

 there are no seed samples or herbarium specimens with ripe seeds with which the new 

 arrivals m'ay be compared. The only identification possible is to see that the sample 

 received resembles seeds of other species of the same genus or of related genera. The 

 responsibility for the specific identifications therefore must necessarily often rest with 

 the person sending the material. If there is any question regarding the correctness of 

 the identification of any plant received from this office, herbarium specimens of leaves and 

 flowers should be sent in so that definite identification can be made. 



