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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



67171. Solanum 



Solanaccae. 



TUBEROSUM L. 



Potato. 



From Mowbray. Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. 

 Tubers presented bv K. Kidd. Received May 

 14, 1926. 



Gem of the South. Derived from the variety 

 which for many years was the main crop and 

 export potato of Tasmania, variously known as 

 the "Tasmanian red-skinned." "Brown's River." 

 "Derwent," and "Circular Head." It was the 

 king of keepers among potatoes, carried splendidly 

 in bulk, was a fair yielder, and a fine quality table 

 potato. The berry containing the seed which 

 produced the new variety was abnormallv large. 

 [Kidd.) 



67172. Trifolium pratense L. Faba- 

 ceae. Red clover. 



From Leningrad, Russia. Seeds purchased from 

 A. Kol, chief of the bureau of introduction, 

 Institute of Applied Botanv. Received May 

 19, 1926. 



For previous introduction and description see 

 No. 66793. 



67173. Castanea henryi (Skan) Rehd. 

 and Wils. Fagaceae. Chestnut. 



From China. Seeds obtained by F. A. McCIure, 

 agricultural explorer, Bureau of Plant Industry, 

 Received January 25, 1926. Numbered June, 

 1926. 



No. 255. November 23, 1925. Ktcai lam yui. 

 Purchased in Wuchow, Kwongsai, and said to 

 have originally come from Lwailam, Kwongsai, 

 where this variety is extensively cultivated. The 

 nuts, with sweet tender flesh, are said to be inclosed 

 in a 1 -seeded spiny bur, like that of the chestnut, 

 but smaller. The nuts do not dry out and lose 

 their viability so quickly as those of the Chinese 

 chestnut, Castanea mollissima Blume. The endo- 

 sperm is densely covered with long, silky hairs. 

 The nuts are widely sold in Kwantung and Kwong- 

 sai and are highly esteemed by the Chinese as an 

 article of diet. 



67174 to 67190. 



From Sumatra. Seeds obtained by' David Fair- 

 child and P. H. Dorsett, agricultural explorers, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry, with the Allison V. 

 Armour expedition. Received May 14, 1926. 



67174 to 67181. From the Sibolangit Botanic 

 Garden, which is on the east coast near 

 Medan. 



67174. Adenta macrophylla Hort. Passi- 

 floraceae. 



No. 501. February 26, 1926. A vine 

 bearing beautiful scarlet fruits which split 

 open into three segments and exhibit seeds 

 covered with a white arillus; not edible but 

 very ornamental. 



67175. Alangitjm chinense (Lour.) Rehder 

 (Marlea begoniaefolia Roxb.). Cornaceae. 



No. 400. February 24, 1926. Var. tomen- 

 iosum. This Indian tree makes a remarkably 

 rapid growth, reaching its full height of 50 

 feet in five years after which the trunk merely 

 thickens. It is being planted in Sumatra for 

 its timber. 



67176. Amomum sp. Zinziberaceae. 



No. 505. February 25, 1926. A plant of 

 gorgeous foliage for the irrigated gardens in 

 southern Florida, Panama, and Hawaii. 



67177. Saguerus langkab Blume (Arenga 

 obtusifolia Mart.). Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



No. 448. February 26, 1926. A handsome 

 palm related to the sugar palm (Arenga 

 saccharifera) of Malaya, but smaller in size 

 and having larger fruits. 



67174 to 67190— Continued. 



67178. Sagi-eei's PiNXATrs Wurmb (Arenga 

 saccharifera LabiU.). Phoenicaceae. 



Sugar palm. 



No. 441. February 24, 1926. A handsome 

 though rather untidy palm with immense 

 leaves and tremendous bunches of fruit. 

 A rich-flavored palm sugar is made from the 

 sap which flows from the bruised fruit stalk. 



For previous introduction see No. 47627 



67179. Daemonorops draco [Willd.) Blume 

 (Calamus draco Willd.). Phoenicaceae. 



Palm. 



No. 439. February 24, 1926. A handsome 

 climbing palm, with recurved spines, pro- 

 ducing ornamental fruits the size of marbles. 

 This is the rattan palm whose fruits furnish 

 the substance known as dragon's blood and is 

 different from that produced by Dracaena 

 draco. 



671S0. Clerodexdrum sumatraxum Hort. 

 \ erbenaceae. 



No. 405. February 24, 1926. A showy 

 ornamental with large panicles of flowers 

 and brilliant-blue fruits which are in striking 

 contrast with the bright-red corollas. 



67181. Grammatophylxum 



Blume. Orchidaceae. 



SPECIOSUM 



Orchid. 



No. 447. February 26, 1926. The "queen 

 of the orchids." A giant species having 

 stems 6 to 10 feet long and flower clusters 6 

 feet long. The flowers are 6 inches in diameter 

 and are yellow, blotched with deep purple. 



67182. Erythrixa sp. Fabaceae. Coral tree. 



No. 431. Sabang, Pulu We Island, northern 

 coast of Sumatra. February 17, 1926. The tree 

 is spiny. 40 feet high, and a rapid grower. The 

 large, deep-crimson flowers, produced when 

 the tree is without leaves, make a wonderful 

 showing. 



67183. Mangifera ixdica L. Anacardiaeeae. 



Mango. 



No. 535. March 3, 1926. A huge mango 

 tree, producing yellow fruits, which is growing 

 on the shore of Lake Tawar, near Takengon. 

 The tree is 100 feet tall and has a girth of nearly 

 14 feet. 



67184. Musa sp. Musaceae. 



Banana. 



No. 549. On the road between Takengon 

 and Biasun. March 6, 1926. The tree is not 

 over 18 to 20 feet high, and it has a very dark 

 trunk. It is found wild in virgin forest at an 

 altitude of 3,000 feet. The fruits are small 

 and contain many seeds. 



67185. Hernajstdla SONORA L. Hemandiaceae. 



No. 422. Sabang, Pulu We Island, northern 

 coast of Sumatra. February 17, 1926. A soft- 

 wooded large tree with rather thin broad leaves 

 and masses of very interesting curiously shaped 

 fruits. The black seed hangs in the center of a 

 large white translucent inverted bell-shaped 

 covering. Through a hole in the bottom of this 

 covering is seen the black fruit. This tree grows 

 close to the beach where it is hit by the salt spray. 



67186. Actenorhytis c a lapp aria Wendl. and 

 Drude. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



No. 446. From the Sibolangit Botanic 

 Garden. February 25, 1926. A tall stout 

 pinnate-leaved palm, about 40 feet high, with a 

 ringed trunk and leaves about 8 feet long. Na- 

 tive to the Malay Archipelago. 



67187. Ptychosperma sp. Phoenicaceae. 



Palm. 



No. 452. From the experiment station, 

 Medan. February 20, 1926. 



