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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



67537 to 67631— Continued. 



67628. Meibomia gyroides (DC.) Kuntze 

 (Desmodium gyroides DC). Fabaceae. 



No. 525. Lampehan. March 3, 1926. A 

 shrubby annual called "Asir Asir," which is 

 native to northern Sumatra and is used as a 

 protection crop to prevent the coarse grass from 

 crowding out the seedlings of Pinus merkusii. 



For previous introduction see No. 64177. 



67624. Saurauja yulcam Korth. Dilleniaceae. 



No. 536. Shore of Lake Tawar, near Taken - 

 gon. March 4, 1926. A shrub with broad thick 

 leaves, white rather unattractive flowers, and 

 fruits the size of small cherries which are green 

 in color when ripe. 



67625. Curculigo capitulata (Lour.) Kuntze 

 (C. recurrataA.it.). Amaryllidaceae. 



Xo. 548. Between Takengon and Bireun. 

 March 6, 1926. An ornamental plant resembling 

 the first broad undivided leaf of a palm. The 

 leaves rise 3 feet from a rootstock, and among 

 them is borne the head of yellow flowers. The 

 fruits are white, succulent, ovoid berries, half an 

 inch long, covered with spider-weblike brown 

 hairs. 



For previous introduction see No. 39665. 



67626. (Undetermined.) 



No. 651. Lho Senmawe. March 12, 1926. 

 A trophical vine. 



67627. TJraria lagofodioides (L.) Desv. Fa- 



Xo. 660. Lho Senmawe. March 12, 1926. 

 A pink-flowered cloverlike plant growing abun- 

 dantly in wet land. 



For previous introduction see Xo. 31719. 



€7628. (Undetermined.) 



Xo. 664. From the road between Takengon 

 and Bireun, at an altitude of 1,000 feet. March 

 11, 1926. An attractive small tree producing an 

 abundance of large clusters of fruits. 



€7629. Leea rubra Blume. Vitaceae. 



Xo. 671. Found In moist places near Lho 

 Senmawe. March 12, 1926. A shrub with flat 

 corymbs of brilliant, deep-red flowers which are 

 followed by large bunches of reddish to blue- 

 black berries. 



€7630. (Undetermined.) 



No. 680. Xear Lho Senmawe. March 11, 

 1926. A cannalike plant with attractive red 

 fruits. 



67631. (Undetermined.) 



Xo. 683. From northern Sumatra. 

 26, 1926. A leguminous plant. 



March 



67632 to 67640. 



From Ventimiglia, Italy. Seeds presented by S. 

 W. MeLeod Braggins, superintendent, La 

 Mortola. Received June 2, 1926. 



67632. Aktholyza aethiopica L. Iridaceae. 



Xo. 181. An irislike plant, from the Cape of 

 Good Hope, with a branched stem about 3 feet 

 high, sword-shaped leaves a foot or so long, and 

 red and yellow flowers about 2 inches long in 

 rather dense spikes up to 9 inches in length. 



67633. Artemisia argentea 



L'Herit. As- 

 Wormwood. 



No. 204. An erect shrubby perennial a foot 

 or two high, with pinnate silvery leaves and 

 panicles of nodding globular heads of yellow 

 flowers. Xative to Madeira. 



67632 to 67640— Continued. 



67634. Artemisia vulgaris L. Asteraceae. 



Mugwort. 

 Xo. 207. Italian-grown seeds. 



67635. Bauhixia yuxxaxexsis Franch. Cae- 

 salpiniaceae. 



Xo. 249. A vigorous climber from south- 

 western China; the rounded two-parted leath- 

 ery leaves are Hi inches long. The flowers, rosy 

 white striped with purple, are in many-flowered 

 pendulous racemes. 



67636. Cistus florentixus Lam. Cistaceae. 



Eockrose. 



Xo. 442. A dwarf shrub, a hybrid between 

 Cistus monspeliensis and C. salrifolius. It has 

 very narrow leaves and white flowers. 



67637. Cistus purpureus Lam. Cistaceae. 



Rockrose 



Xo. 451. A shrub, 4 feet or less in height, a 

 hybrid between Cistus ladaniferus and C. vil- 

 losui. The narrowly oblong leaves are wrinkled 

 above, and the lilac-purple flowers with yellow 

 petal bases are 3 inches across and usually in 

 threes. 



67638. CLERODENDRUM TRICHOTOMUM FAEGESn 



(Dode) Rehder. Verbenaceae. 



X"o. 509. A rapid-growing Chinese shrub, 

 with dark-green or purplish strongly veined oval 

 leaves and fragrant whitish flowers, borne in 

 summer in panicles. The globular, peacock- 

 blue fruits, about the size of peas, are set on the 

 purple or crimson persistent calyx. 



For previous introduction see Xo. 44533. 



67639. Hypericum hookeriaxum Wight and 

 Am. Hypericaceae. 



Xo. 984. A compact shrub up to 6 feet high, 

 with bright reddish brown branches, evergreen 

 leaves 1 to 4 inches long, and many- flowered 

 corymbs of large golden-yellow flowers, each 

 about 2 inches across. Xative to the Himalayas. 



For previous introduction see Xo. 35099. 



67640. Prunus conradlxae Koehne. Amygda- 

 laceae. Conradina cherry. 



Xo. 1462. A graceful tree, about 25 feet high, 

 native to central China, with doubly, serrate, 

 oval-oblong leaves up to 6 inches long, and 

 cymes of whitish or pink flowers which appear 

 before the leaves. 



For previous introduction see Xo. 45215. 



67641 to 67647. 



From Java. Seeds obtained by David Fairchild, 

 agricultural explorer, Bureau of Plant Industry, 

 with the Allison V. Armour expedition. Re- 

 ceived June 28, 1926. 



67641. Citrus graxdis (L.) Osbeck (C. decu- 

 mono Murr.). Rutaceae. Grapefruit. 



Xo. 773. Purchased in the market at Kediri. 

 May 10, 1926. A large light-yellow fruit whieh 

 is inclined to be slightly pear shaped. The 

 dark-pink flesh, which separates easily from the 

 partition walls, is of a refreshing mild acid flavor. 



67642. Durio zibethinus Murr. Bombacaceae. 



Durian. 



Xo. 774. Purchased in the market at Kediri. 

 May 10, 1926. A deliciously flavored fruit. 



For previous introduction see Xo. 51464. 



6764S and 67644. Gaecinia mangostana L. 

 Clusiaceae. Mangosteen. 



