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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



68105 to 68125. 



From Buitenzorg, Java. Seeds presented 

 by Dr. W. M. Docters van Leeuwen, di- 

 rector, botanic gardens. Received August 

 13. 1926. 



68105. Alpixia hookeriana Valet. Zinzi- 

 beraceae. 



A biennial tufted leafy herb, 4 to 6 feet 

 high, with brigbt-green leaves a foot or 

 so long and drooping white and orange 

 flowers in erect panicles. Native to the 

 Malay Peninsula. 



68106. Angiopteris j a v a n i c a Presl. 

 Marattiaceae. Fern. 



A coarse tropical fern native to Java, 

 with a massive rounded rootstock and 

 large bipinnate fronds. 



68107. Areca alicae F. Muell. Phoenica- 

 ceae. Palm. 



An Australian palm with several slen- 

 der graceful spineless trunks, 9 feet or 

 more in height, and pinnate shining-green 

 leaves 3 to 6 feet long. 



68108. Areca triandra Roxb. Phoenica- 

 ceae. Palm. 



A graceful spineless palm, ultimately 

 about 25 feet high, usually with several 

 trunks, which bears crowns of pinnate 

 leaves 4 to 6 feet in length. The fruits, 

 about the size of olives, are orange- 

 scarlet. Native to India. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 45956. 



68109. Arenga microcarpa Beccari. 

 Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



A handsome East Indian palm, with a 

 ringed trunk, covered with black hairs 

 when young and a crown of large pin- 

 nate leaves. 



68110. Asplenium squamulatum Blume. 

 Polypodiaceae. Fern. 



A tropical fern, -native to Java. 



68111. Caryota mitis Lour. Phoenica- 

 ceae. Palm. 



A Malayan palm about 20 feet high 

 with a straight cylindrical spineless 

 ringed trunk, 4 inches or more in diam- 

 eter, and bipinnate leaves 4 to 9 feet in 

 length. The purple fruits are about the 

 size of cherries. 



For previous introduction see No. 51709. 



68112. Caryota sobolifera Mart. Phoe- 

 nicaceae. Palm. 



A handsome East Indian palm with a 

 spineless trunk about 25 feet high, 

 crowned by a graceful cluster of pinnate 

 leaves composed of short broad segments. 



68113. Chrysalidocarpus madagascari- 

 ensis Beccari. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



A graceful palm, native to Madagascar, 

 about 15 feet high with leaves 10 feet 

 long. The pinnate leaves, with 18-inch 

 long segments arranged in fascicles of 

 six or eight, seem to be arranged on the 

 stem in threes, giving it a triangular 

 appearance. This arrangement of the 

 leaves and the fascicled arrangement of 

 the leaflets is peculiar to this genus, not 

 being found in any other pinnate-leaved 

 palm. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 45958. 



68116. Cyrtostachys 

 Phoenicaceae. 



68105 to 68125— Continued. 



68114. Corvpha gebakga Blume. Phoeni-' 

 caceae. Palm. 



A tall East Indian palm with a stout,, 

 spineless trunk and large, terminal orbi- 

 cular fanlike leaves. 



68115. Cyrtostachys lakka Beccari. 

 Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



A stately and elegant palm, native to 

 the East Indies, with a slender spineless 

 stem crowned by a cluster of boldly 

 arched leaves 3 to 4 feet in length. The 

 fruits are elongate egg-shaped and about 

 half an inch long. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 55579. 



r e N d a Blume. 

 Palm. 



A Sumatran palm of stately habit,, 

 about 25 feet high, with a slender spine- 

 less trunk crowned by a graceful cluster 

 of pinnately divided leaves, with bright- 

 red leaf sheaths. 



68117. Ixora javanica (Blume) DC. Ru- 

 biaceae. 



An ornamental East Indian evergreen 

 shrub, about 3 feet high, with oval-oblong 

 leaves up to 7 inches long and clusters 

 of deep orange-red flowers. 



68118 to 63120. Latania spp. Phoenica- 

 ceae. Palm. 



68118. Latania commersonii Gruel. 



A palm from the island of Mauritius 

 which reaches a height of 30 to 40 

 feet, with slightly spiny, fan-shaped, 

 dark-green leaves marked with red in 

 young trees. The leaves are used by 

 the natives in making fans, hats, mats, 

 etc. 



For previous introduction see No.. 

 51720. 



68119. Latania loddigesii Mart, 



A low spineless palm, native to 

 Mauritius, with rounded, fan-shaped 

 leaves 3 to 5 feet long and pear- 

 shaped fruits over 2 inches long. 



For previous introduction see No.. 

 59316. 



68120. Latania verschaffeltii Lem. 



A fan-leaved palm about 20 feet: 

 high, with pale-green leaves 5 feet long, 

 and hairy petioles, with orange mar- 

 gins, 5 to 8 feet long. Native to the 

 island of Rodriguez, east of Mauritius. 



For previous introduction see No.-. 

 51722. 



68121. Licuala amplifrons Miquel. 

 Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



A showy dwarf fan palm from Suma- 

 tra with leaves about 2% feet long and 

 usually 12-parted. 



68122. Marattia sambucina Blume. Ma- 

 rattiaceae. Fern. 



A large coarse tropical fern with stiff 

 bipinnate fronds. Native to damp situa- 

 tions in the mountains of Java. 



68123. NORMANBYA MUELLERI 



Phoenicaceae. 



Beccari. 

 Palm. 



An elegant Australian palm with at- 

 tractive pinnate leaves. 



