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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



66194 to 66247— Continued. 



66239. Sideroxylon sp. Sapotaceae. 



No. 310. January 11, 1926. A small-leaved 

 variety with golden-yellow mealy flesh; in gen- 

 eral appearance and flavor the fruits resemble 

 those of the canistel (Lucuma nervosa). 



66240. Styrax benzoin Drysander. Stryaca- 

 ceae. 



No. 237. January 1, 1926. A medium-sired 

 tree, native to Malaya, which might prove 

 interesting as a park tree. It yields the gum 

 benzoin which is used as incense in churches. 



For previous introduction see No. 51807. 



66241. Talinum triangulare (Jacq.) Willd. 

 Portulacaceae. 



No. 317. Obtained at Kandy, January 12, 

 1926. A low herb, with somewhat fleshy leaves 

 and pink flowers, which is cultivated in beds in 

 the small market gardens around Kandy. It is 

 used in the hotels and by the Singhalese as a 

 "spinach" or potherb, and I must say it makes a 

 very good one. 



For previous introduction see No. 59292. 



66242. Tectona grandis L. f. Verbenaceae. 



Teak. 



No. 283. January 4, 1926. The teak tree of 

 India furnishes one of the most valuable timbers 

 in the world. It is said to do best in calcareous 

 soil. 



For previous introduction see No. 49562. 



66243. Terminalia tomentosa (Roxb.) Wight 

 and Arn. Combretaceae. 



No. 236. January 1, 1926. The kumbuk of 

 the Singhalese. An immense tree which some- 

 times grows to 45 feet in circumference around its 

 base in the beds of rivers in the so-called dry 

 region of Ceylon. The bark is remarkable for 

 the amount of pure calcium carbonate which it 

 contains, and it is burnt to obtain this pure lime, 

 which is an ingredient of the mixture known as 

 betel-nut quid, chewed by millions throughout 

 the oriental Tropics. 



For previous introduction see No. 61624. 



66244. Toluifera balsamum L. (Myroxylon 

 toluiferum H. B. K.>). Fabaceae. Toulu. 



No. 286. January 3, 1926. A leguminous 

 tree of South America which, in the Peradeniya 

 Gardens, makes a beautiful park tree. It is said 

 to thrive in dry districts as wel 1 as moist ones, 

 and I imagine would prove a good avenue tree. 



For previous introduction see No. 42720. 



66245. Toluifera pereirae (Klotzsch) Baill. 

 (Myroxylon pereirae Klotzsch). Fabaceae. 



No. 272. January 2, 1926. Balsam of Peru is 

 obtained from the base of this tropical American 

 leguminous tree. It is probably a good street 

 tree. 



For previous introduction see No. 38977. 



66246. Trachylobitjm verrucosum (Gaertn.) 

 Oliver. Caesalpiniaceae. 



No. 231. January 1, 1926. A tall and very at- 

 tractive forest tree from East Africa which would 

 make an excellent avenue tree, and whose copal 

 resin may prove to have special value. The 

 curious fruits are covered with pustules filled 

 with inflammable gum, which, if lighted, will 

 burn. 



For previous introduction see No. 60323. 



66247. Trichosanthes sp. Cucurbitaceae. 



No. 305. January 8, 1926. A vine with very 

 showy scarlet fruits, 2 inches in diameter, which 

 are extremely ornamental but poisonous. 



66248 to 66256. 



From Ceylon, India. Seeds collected by David 

 Fairchild and P. H. Dorset t, agricultural explor- 

 ers, Bureau of Plant Industry, with the Allison 

 V. Armour expedition. Received March 4, 1926. 



66248 to 66254. From the agricultural experiment 

 station near the villages of Gangoruwa and 

 Yatinalagal, in the district of Kandy, Janu- 

 ary 23, 1926. 



66248. Bradbury a PUBESCENS (Benth.) 

 Kuntze (Centroserna pubescens Benth.). 

 Fabaceae. 



No. 371. A creeping leguminous vine 

 used as a cover crop in a rubber plantation 

 here. 

 For previous introduction see No. 32780. 



). Cracca Candida (DC.) Kuntze (Te- 

 phrosia Candida DC). Fabaceae.. 

 No. 360. A white-flowered shrubby peren- 

 nial, 4 to 7 feet high, which yields four cuttings 

 a year or 58 tons of green manure per acre. 

 For previous introduction see No. 60642. 



66250. Cracca vogelii (Hook, f.) Kuntz 

 (Tephrosia vogelii Hook. f.). Fabaceae. 

 No. 374. A very strong-growing cover crop 



with velvety brown pods. 



For previous introduction see No. 49995. 



66251. Crotalaria anagyroides H. B. K. 

 Fabaceae. 



No. 368. A very strong rank grower with 

 large clusters of yellow flowers. 



66252. Crotalaria tjsaramoensis Baker f. 

 Fabaceae. 



No. 365. A very strong grower, 8 feet or 

 more in height, with long spikes of yellow 

 flowers which are tinged with bronze. This 

 green-manure crop is being used extensively. 



For previous introduction see No. 57831. 



66253. Indigofera ENDECAPHYLLA Jacq. Fa- 

 baceae. 



No. 369. An annual or biennial leguminous 

 plant which has become popular as a cover 

 plant in Ceylon, according to the Tropical 

 Agriculturist (vol. 63, October, 1924). The 

 trailing stems are 1 to 2 feet long and the 

 violet-purple flowers are in dense racemes. 



For previous introduction see No. 63605. 



66254. Meibomia gyroides (DC.) Kuntze 

 (Desmodium gyroides DC). Fabaceae. 



No. 370. A shrubby leguminous plant, 

 8 to 10 feet nigh, from* the warmer parts of 

 the central and eastern Himalayas. It has 

 hairy leaves and terminal clusters of reddish 

 purple flowers. 



For previous introduction see No. 61613. 



66255. Oroxylon indicum (L.) Vent. Bigno- 

 niaceae. 



No. 362. Kandy, January 21, 1926. A tropi- 

 cal Asiatic ornamental tree, sometimes 40 feet 

 high, with glossy compound leaves 2 to 4 feet 

 across and terminal panicles of white to purple 

 flowers. The large flat pods, up to 3 feet long, 

 contain winged seeds. 



For previous introduction see No. 35415. 



66256. Pueraria phaseoloides (Roxb.) Benth. 

 Fabaceae. 



No. 372. From the agricultural experiment 

 station near the villages of Gangoruwa and 

 Yatinalagal, in the district of Kandy, January 

 23, 1926. A twining, semishrubby plant densely 

 covered with brown hairs, which is native to 

 the tropical regions of the eastern Himalayas. 

 The leaflets are green above and densely matted 

 with gray hairs beneath. The reddish flowers 

 are borne in copious long-stemmed racemes. 



