SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED 



63572 to 63577— Continued. 



63574. Xain de Gonthier ou de Paris, Xo. 

 10088. 



€3575. .Yam Leveque, Xo. 10150. 



63576. Petit Provencal, Xo. 10091. 



63577. Serpette d'Auvergne a trts tongue 

 cosse, Xo. 988$. 



63578 and 63579. Pisum sativum L. 

 Fabaceae. Pea. 



From Manchester, England. Seeds obtained 

 from Dickson. Brown, & Tait, through 

 D. N. Shoemaker, Bureau of Plant Indus- 

 try. Received April 6, 1925. 



Locally developed strains. 



63578. Centenary. 



63579. St.Duthus. 



63580. Abbacacia xanthobbhiza Ban- 

 croft (A. esculenta DC.). Apiaceae. 



Arracacha. 



Prom Mayaguez, Porto Rico. Tubers pre- 

 sented by T. B. McClelland, horticultur- 

 ist, Porto Rico Agricultural Experiment 

 Station. Received April 9, 1925. 



The arracacha is a perennial herbaceous 

 plant, closely related to the carrot and in- 

 digenous to the higher altitudes of northern 

 South America. It grows about 3 feet high, 

 with carrotlike foliage and small umbels of 

 purple flowers. The large fleshy roots are 

 important food in parts of South America 

 and Central America : they are eaten boiled 

 like parsnips or sliced raw and fried, and 

 are said to be very palatable either way. 

 Propagation is affected by making cuttings 

 of the crown with a small piece of the root 

 attached. 



63581. Eucalyptus tbabuti Vilm. AEyr- 

 taceae. 



From Mustapha, Algeria. Seeds collected 

 by Dr. L. Trabut and presented through 

 David Fairchild, agricultural explorer, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry. Received 

 April 7. 1925. 



Collected in the botanic gardens of the 

 university. February 23, 1925. A remark- 

 able hybrid between Eucalyptus botryvi-d-es 

 Sm. (pistillate) and E. rostrata Schlecht 

 C stamina te) discovered by Doctor Trabut. 

 The characters of the leaves are interme- 

 diate : the capsules could not well be more 

 nearly intermediate. The great value of 

 this hybrid is in its unusually rapid growth. 

 ( Fairchild.) 



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

 45769. 



63582 and 63583. 



From Amani, Tanganyika Territory, Africa. 

 Seeds presented by A. H. Kirby, Director 

 of Agriculture. Received April, 1925. 



63582. Albizzia chixexsis (Osbeck) 

 Men*. (A. stipulata Boiv.). Mimosaceae. 



No. 20. 



A large, rapidly growing tree, native 

 to the subtropical regions of eastern 

 India. It is said by Watt (Dictionary 

 of the Economic Products of India) to 

 have been found very satisfactory in 

 Assam as a shade tree for tea. The 



63582 and 63583 — Continued. 



roots do not penetrate the soil deeply, 

 and the foliage does not make a dense 

 shade. 



For previous introduction see S. P. I. 

 No. 61480. 



63583. Chrysophyllum moxopyrexum 

 Swartz. Sapotaceae. Satin leaf. 



No. 236. 



An ornamental West Indian tree, up 

 to 35 feet high, with broad green leaves, 

 rusty white beneath, small white flowers, 

 and oblong blackish berries about an inch 

 and a half long. 



For previous introduction see S. P. I. 

 No. 45107. 



63584. Sybinga sweginzowii Koehne 

 and Ling. Oleaceae. Lilac. 



From Paris, France. Plants purchased 

 from Yilmorin-Andrieux & Co., through 

 David Fairchild, agricultural explorer. 

 Bureau of Plant Industry. Received 

 April 16, 1925. 



An attractive hardy lilac, about 10 feet 

 high, from western China. The dark-green, 

 oval leaves are 2 to 4 inches long, and 

 the fragrant, rosy lilac flowers are borne 

 during June in terminal panicles up to 10 

 inches in length. 



63585. Tbifolium pbatexse L. Faba- 

 ceae. Pved clover. 



From Montlucon, Allier, France. Seeds ob- 

 tained from G. & M. Peronnin, through 

 A. J. Pieters, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received April 23, 1925. 



A locally developed strain. 



63586. Bouea oppositifolia (Roxb.) 

 Meissn. (B. burmanica Griffith). 

 Anacardiaceae. Maprang. 



From Bangkok, Siam. Seeds presented by 

 Dr. Yai S. Sanirwongse. Received May 

 16, 1925. 



One of the wild relatives of the mango 

 (Mongifera itidica) is the maprang, an 

 evergreen tree of moderate height, native 

 to Burma and the Andaman Islands. The 

 narrowly elliptic, pale-green, leathery 

 leaves are opposite, and the small yellow 

 flowers are produced in slender, lax, few- 

 flowered panicles. There is considerable 

 variation in the size and quality of the 

 edible, yellow fruits. According to Doctor 

 Sanitwongse, the trees grown in Burma 

 and Indo-China bear only very small fruits 

 which are very sour. In Siam, however, 

 where the tree is cultivated in alluvial soil, 

 with river irrigation, the fruits are large, 

 light yellow, and have a flavor resembling 

 that of a yellow plum or apricot. The 

 hard, gray wood is said to be very durable. 

 The tree may possibly be sufficiently hardy 

 for growing in southern Florida. 



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

 55046. 



63587. Soja max (L.) Piper (Glycine 

 hispid a Maxim.). Fabaceae. 



Soy bean. 



From London, England. Seeds presented 

 by Dr. J. L. North, curator. Royal Botanic 

 Gardens. Received May 16, 1925. 



Grown at Budapest, Hungary, from seed 

 obtained in Siberia. (Xorth.) 



