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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



67669 to 67797— Continued. 



67758. Ardisia crispa (Thunb.) A. DC. Myr- 

 sinaceae. 



No. 5(i2. March 7, 1926. A small shrub, 6 to 

 8 feet high with lanceolate green leaves and very 

 showy bright-red fruits. 



For previous introduction see No. 48304. 



67759. Pygeum latifolium Miquel. Amygda- 

 laceae. 



No. 564. March 6, 1926. A small tree with 

 small dark-green leaves and dark-red, 1 -seeded 

 fruits. 



67760. Sonerila sp. Melastomaceae. 



No. 565. March 6, 1926. A small white- 

 flowered herbaceous plant, 12 to 20 inches high, 

 with beautiful leaves. The margins and upper 

 surfaces are red and the lower surfaces silvery. 



67761. Dianella ensifolia (L.) Red. Lilia- 

 ceae. 



No. 566. March 6, 1926. A long-leaved iris- 

 like plant with the flower stems up to 3 or 4 feet, 

 rather small flowers, and gorgeous purple seed 

 pods. 



For previous introduction see No. 49531. 



67762. Crawfurdia trinervis (Blume) Hassk. 

 Gentianaceae. 



No. 567. March 7, 1926. A low-growing 

 vine with large oblong deep-red fruits, white 

 inside, with many seeds. The flowers are 

 probably small and white. 



67763. (Undetermined.) 



No. 568. March 7, 1926. One of the best 

 timber trees in Sumatra, growing to a height of 

 200 feet or more and 3 or 4 foot in diameter. The 

 small red plumlike fruits are juicy when fully 

 ripe and fairly good but sour; they are eaten by 

 birds. 



Numbers 67764 to 67795 were collected in 

 Sumatra. 



67764. Saprosma sp. Rubiaceae. 



No. 570. En route from Kota Dah (Tsag) to 

 Pang Mop. March 8, 1926. A shrub or small 

 tree with narrow lanceolate leaves dark green 

 above and lighter beneath, bearing small clusters 

 of oblong, rather small, yellow to red fruits. 



67765. Ardisia lanceolata Roxb. Myrsina- 

 ceae. 



No. 574. En route from Kota Dah (Tsag) to 

 Pang Mop. A tree 12 to 30 feet high, with 

 large yellowish-green leathery leaves and clusters 

 of flattened dark-purple or black fruits. Each 

 fruit contains one small round seed. 



67766. Sterculia spangleri R. Br. Sterculia- 

 qeae. 



No. 575. En route from Kota Dah (Tsag) to 

 Pang Mop. March 8, 1926. A large, sallow- 

 green leaved vine with very large showy capsules 

 of three segments which, when ripe, spread out. 

 The upper surfaces are brilliant velvety red and 

 the lower surfaces dark salmon pink. The 

 medium-sized black seeds hang from the edges 

 of the segments. 



67767. Pratia Montana (Reinw.) Hassk. 

 Campanulaceae. 



No. 576. En route from Kota Dah (Tsag) to 

 Pang Mop. March 8, 1926. A herbaceous plant 

 with drooping branches, small lanceolate green 

 leaves, and racemes of rather large, almost 

 round, deep-purple to black fruits having sweet, 

 snow-white flesh. 



For previous introduction see No. 47764. 



67669 to 67797— Continued. 



67768. (Undetermined.) 



No. 586. En route from Kota Dah (Tsag) to- 

 Pang Mop. March 8, 1926. A large tree having 

 green, nutlike fruits with rough shells which 

 contain a single white kernel. 



67769. (Undetermined.) 



No. 591. Pang Mop. March 9, 1926. A 

 vine with thick heavy evergreen leaves and 

 dense clusters of greenish to yellow fruits having 

 sweet juicy white flesh. 



67770. Diplycosia heterophylla Blume. Eri- 

 caceae. 



No. 595. Pang Mop. March 9, 1926. A 

 thick leathery leaved vine with the upper 

 surface of the leaves dark green and the lower 

 surface a lighter green. The small fruits, which 

 turn blue black when ripe, are borne in the axils 

 of the leaves. 



67771. (Undetermined.) 



No. 597. Pang Mop. March 9, 1927. A 

 small tree orchid with large beautiful pinkish 

 flowers. 



67772. Diplycosia latifolia Blume. Erica- 

 ceae. 



No. 600. Pang Mop. March 9, 1926. A 

 small shrub with attractive leaves and small 

 brown berries. 



67773. Sarcopyramis napalensis Wall. Mela- 

 stomaceae. 



No. 603. Pang Mop. March 9, 1926. A 

 herbaceous plant which grows in tufts, 12 to 15 

 inches in height, with red stems and leaves, 

 producing an abundance of good- sized white and 

 pink flowers. 



67774. Myrsine semiserrata Wall. Myrsi- 

 naceae. 



No. 604. Pang Mop. March 9, 1926. A 

 small handsome shrub with round glossy green 

 leaves, about half an inch across, and small 

 dark -red fruits. 



67775. Vaccinium lucidum (Blume) Miquel. 

 Vacciniaceae. 



No. 605. Pang Mop. March 9, 1926. An 



ornamental shrub with very small leaves and 



almost round black fruits. The tips of the 

 branches are wine red. 



67776. (Undetermined.) 



No. 608. En route from Pang Mop to Lomot. 

 March 10, 1926. A fruit somewhat resembling 

 an apple, containing four angular oblong seeds.. 



67777. Meliosma nitida Blume. Sabiaceae. 



No. 609. En route from Pang Mop to Lomot. 

 March 10, 1926. A tree known locally as kojor 

 gading. The trunk is 6 to 8 inches in diameter 

 and 30 to 40 feet high; the medium-sized leaves 

 are deep shiny green above and lighter green 

 below; the red-brown fruits are about three- 

 fourths of an inch in diameter, with sweetish 

 white flesh which adheres to a single black seed. 



67778. (Undetermined.) 



No. 613. En route from Pang Mop to Lomot.. 

 March 10, 1926. A vine with small black fruits. 

 The leaves, eight in number, are arranged in. 

 whorls at the ends of the branches. 



67779. (Undetermined.) 



No. 618. En route from Lomot to Simpang 

 Tiga, March, 1926. A tree with oblong yellow- 

 red-seeded fruits which break into three seg- 

 ments. 



