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PLAXT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



66077 to 66080— Continued 



All of these magnolias are growing at the Arnold 

 Arboretum. The following notes are adapted 

 from Sargent, Plantae Wilsonianae, vol. 1, pp. 

 394-399. 



66077. Magnolia dawsoniana Rehd. and Wils. 



A tree 25 to 40 feet high, originally collected 

 in western Szechwan, China, where it grows at 

 an altitude of about 7,000 feet. It is readily 

 distinguished from related magnolias by its 

 leathery, shining-green obovate leaves, which 

 are 3 to 5 inches long. The flowers are unknown. 



66078. Magnolia nicholsoniana Rehd. and 

 Wils. 



A deciduous shrub or small tree. 20 feet or less 

 in height, closely allied to Magnolia uilsonii, 

 from which it is distinguished by its vinous-red 

 bark, shorter petioles, and oblong-obovate leaves 

 with densely hairy undersurfaces. The cup- 

 shaped flowers, appearing with the leaves, are 

 white with red pistils and about 4 inches across. 

 This magnolia is native to western China. 



66079. Magnolia sargentiana Rehd. and Wils. 



A tall tree, up to 75 feet in height, the largest 

 magnolia found in western China, where it is 

 native. The branches are very numerous, form- 

 ing a massive flattened crown. The deciduous, 

 leathery leaves, pubescent beneath, are 4 to 7 

 inches long, and, according to the natives of 

 western China, the flowers are rosy red nd 8 

 inches wide. 



Magnolia sargentiana eobusta Rehd. 

 and Wils. 



This variety differs from the type in having 

 longer and narrower leaves and larger fruits. 



66081 to 66083. 



From British Honduras. Seeds collected by S. J. 

 Record, School of Forestry, Yale University, 

 Xew Haven, Conn. Received February 2, 1926. 



66081. Geonoma sp. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



The members of this tropical American 

 genus are slender spineless palms with ringed, 

 reed like stems. 



66082. Plectis sp. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



Mountain cabbage. (Record.) 



The palms of this Guatemalan genus have a 

 very tall, slender, tapering trunk and short- 

 stemmed leaves with very numerous linear 

 pinnae. 



66083. Synechanthus fibrosl's Wendl. 

 Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



Common monkey-tail palm. (Record.) 



An unarmed Central American palm with 

 a slender, green, ringed trunk about 4 feet high 

 and a cluster of terminal spreading leaves about 

 4 feet long with numerous narrow leaflets a foot 

 or so in length. The orange-red, ellipsoid fruit 

 is one-seeded. 



66084. Dissotis iryingiana Hook. 

 Melastomaceae. 



From Aburi, Gold Coast, Africa. Seeds presented 

 by F. X. Howes, Government botanist, Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. Received February 2, 1926. 



An ornamental annual plant, 1 to 3 feet high, 

 from tropical Africa- The leaves are opposite, nar- 

 row, and acute, and the reddish purple flowers are 

 about an inch across. 



MTjCUXOIDES 



66085. Calopogoxfcm 

 Desv. Fabaceae. 



From Kuala Lumpur, Federated Malay States. 

 Seeds presented by B. Bunting, agriculturist, 

 Department of Agriculture. Received March 

 19, 1926. 



A tropical American plant which is said to be' 

 popular as a cover plant in Sumatra, according to 

 J. X. Milsum and E. A. Curtler (Malayan Agricul- 

 tural Journal, vol. 13, Xo. 8, August, 1925, pp. 

 271-272). These authorities state that a fair cover 

 is obtained after three months from sowing, when 

 flowering commences. The plant is a vigorous 

 creeping herb which forms a mat of foliage H 2 feet 

 or so in thickness over the soil. The stems, 3 to 10 

 feet long, form roots at each node. The pale-blue 

 flowers are in racemes 1 to 4 inches long. 



66086. (Undetermined.) 



Poaceae. 

 Bamboo. 



From Slidell, La. Plants presented bv J. L. 

 Gelis. Received March 19, 1926. 



A bamboo obtained in 1909 from a nursery in 

 Fresno, Calif. It grows well here and becomes 10 

 to 18 feet high with steins about an inch in diameter. 

 (Gelis.) 



66087. Triticum aestivum L. (T. 

 vulgare Till.). Poaceae. 



Common wheat. 



From Rome, Italy. Seeds obtained through Rev. 

 Walter Lowrie, of the Rectory of St. Paul's, by 

 David Fairchild, agricultural explorer, Bureau 

 of Plant Industry, with the Allison V. Armour 

 expedition. Received March 12, 1926. 



Xo. 340. Var. Piccolo rosso degli Alpi. A se- 

 lected variety, 50 to 60 centimeters high, from 

 Pragelato, Italy, at an altitude of 1,800 meters, and 

 is adapted to 2,000 meters altitude. It is planted 

 in June and harvested in July of the following year. 



66088. Rubus probus Bailey. Rosa- 

 ceae. Raspberry. 



From Rio Piedras, P. R. Plants presented by A. 

 Lopez Dominguez, director, Insular Experiment 

 Station. Received February 2, 1926. 



The so-called "Queensland" raspberry, which, 

 as described by L. H. Bailey CGentes Herbarum, 

 vol. 1, p. 150), is related to Rubus rosaefolius, but 

 is less thorny and has glabrous leaves and pedicels, 

 with usually seven leaflets which are relatively 

 broader than in the above-mentioned species. The 

 seedy red berries have a flattened appearance. 

 The plant is upright, about 8 feet high, and the 

 canes are not perennial. This is a cultivated plant 

 in Porto Rico, where it has been grown for some 

 years, and is probably originally from Queensland. 



66089 to 66092. Lilium spp. 



ceae. 



Lilia- 

 Lily. 



From Orleans. Loiret. France. Seeds presented by 

 E. Debras. Received February 5, 1926. 



Locally grown seed. 



66089. LiLirM heneti Baker. 



The Henry lily, native to central China, has 

 a stem 4 to 8 feet high, deep green, tinged and 

 spotted with brown; the leaves, 60 to 190 in num- 

 ber, are horizontal and 3 to 6 inches long. The 

 flowers, bright orange-yellow, with orange-red 

 anthers, are about 3 inches in diameter. 



66090. Lilium HrMBOLDTn Roezl and Leichtl. 



Var. -magnificum. A form of the Humboldt 

 lily which is more robust and larger, often 8 feet 

 high, with larger and more richly colored flowers , 

 frequently tinged with reddish purple. 



66091. LrLiot regale Wilson. Regal lily. 

 Seeds of the regal (or royal) lily. 



66092. Lilium saegentiae Wilson. 



The Sargent lily, originally from western 

 China, has a stout stem 4 to S feet high, green 

 tinged with purple, and a hundred or more 

 thickly scattered horizontal leaves 2 to 4 inches 

 long. The fragrant flowers are waxy white in- 

 side, tinged yellow near the throat, and reddish 

 purple outside. 



