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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



66680 to 66693— Continued. 



68682. Berberis candidula C. Schncid. 



A charming evergreen of compact growth, 

 with leaves silvery on the underside. (Beckett.) 



66683. Berberis consimilis C. Schneid. 



A yellow-flowered shrub, of unknown origin, 

 cultivated at the Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica 

 Plain, Mass., since 1904. The spiny-dentate 

 oval-oblong leaves are 2 centimeters long, and 

 the ellipsoid fruits are purple. 



66684. Berberis giraldii Hesse. 



A species with large deciduous bronze foliage 

 and compact bunches of scarlet berries. 

 (Beckett.) 



66685. Berberis hookeri Lem. 



Var. compacta. A compact dwarf variety 

 with bright evergreen leaves. (Beckett.) 



66686. Berberis jacounii Hort. 



A semievergreen, strong-growing barberry, 

 with medium-sized, glaucous, finely serrated 

 leaves and dark-red berries in small clusters. 

 (Beckett.) 



66687. Berberis morrisonensis Hayata. 



A barberry closely resembling Berberis die- 

 tyophylla. As described by B. Hayata (Journal 

 of the College of Science, Imperial University, 

 Tokyo, vol. 30, p. 25), it is an erect, densely 

 branched shrub, with 3-parted spines and fas- 

 cicled leathery oval leaves. Unlike B. dictyo- 

 phylla, the berries are in fascicles and are more 

 nearly round. 



For previous introduction see No. 65473. 



66688. Berberis orthobotrys Bienert.' 



A semievergreen barberry with very large 

 crimson berries. (Beckett.) 



For previous introduction see No. 53637. 



66689. Berberis parvifolia Sprague. 



A low, half-evergreen shrub with small, 

 narrow, usually entire leaves and terra-cotta 

 colored fruits. Native to western China. 



For previous introduction see No. 33022. 



66690. Berberis sp. 

 Farrer No. 355. 



■86691. Berberis sp. 



Forrest No. 20179. 

 66692. Berberis sp. 



Forrest No. 20292. 

 86693. Berberis sp. 



Purdom No. 543. 



66694. Brosimum alicastrum Swartz. 

 Moraceae. 



From Merida, Yucatan, Mexico. Seeds presented 

 by Julio Rendon. Received February 4, 1926. 



'Ramon. A large tropical American tree with 

 shining green narrowly elliptic leaves and round 

 yellow fruits about an inch in diameter. The fruit 

 contains a single large seed, known as "bread-nut" 

 in Jamaica; it is roasted and eaten in that country. 

 The leaves are said to be good cattle feed. 



For previous introduction see No. 53534. 



66695. Orchis papilionacea L. Or- 

 chidaceae. 



From Morocco. Bulbs collected by David Fair- 

 child, agricultural explorer, Bureau of Plant In- 

 dustry. Received September 8, 1925. Num- 

 bered January, 1926. 



No. 38. Found in a Berber cemetery, near Amis- 

 miz, in the Great Atlas Mountains, south of 

 Marrakesh, May 30, 1925. A terrestrial orchid, 

 about 18 inches high, which grows in soil that 

 bakes as hard as a brick before the last of May. 

 This variety produces tubers the size of a pigeon's 

 egg, and attractive red flowers. 



For previous introduction see No. 64963. 



66696 and 66697. Artocarpus Integra 

 (Thunb.) L. Moraceae. Jackfruit. 



From Ceylon. Seeds obtained by David Fair- 

 child and P. H. Dorsett, agricultural explorers, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry, with the Allison V. 

 Armour expedition. Received February 26 and 

 March 4, 1926. 



66696. No. 324. Collected near Kandy, January 

 20, 1926. The "honey jackfruit" or peni- 

 waraka of the Singhalese. The delicate sweet 

 fruit pulp around each seed is excellent eat- 

 ing. It is quite unlike that of the ordinary 

 jackfruit. 



86697. No. 361. "Honey jackfruit" or peni- 

 waraka. Seeds from a large fruit obtained 

 from one of the hotel porters. 



66698. Colocasia esculenta (L.) 

 Schott. Araceae. Dasheen. 



From China. Conns collected by F. A. McClure, 

 agricultural explorer, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received February 18, 1926. 



No. 330. Kau chau oo. Obtained at Chuk- 

 kouen, Lohkongtung, December 27, 1925. A dash- 

 een cultivated to a limited extent in the region of 

 Lohkongtung and elsewhere.. This variety, rarely 

 used as an esculent, is commonly dried and sold to 

 drug shops. It is distinguished from the commonly 

 cultivated varieties by having the offshoots closely 

 adhering to the main conn so that a year's growth 

 results in a large irregular mass rather than a num- 

 ber of nearly severed cormels. (Mc Clufe.) 



