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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



68837 to 68866 — Continued. 



68850. Crotalaria dsaramoensis 

 Baker f. 



This East African crotalaria has been 

 tested in Java as a green manure, ac- 

 cording to Dr. P. J. S.Cramer, Director 

 of the Department of Agriculture, 

 Buitenzorg. Doctor Cramer states that 

 it has proved very successful as a green 

 manure when grown in alternation 

 with corn, producing large quantities 

 of vegetation rich in nitrogen. In the 

 cinchona plantations it is very satis- 

 factory, as it endures partial shade and 

 forms a dense, low growth, which keeps 

 the edges of the terraces together. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 64064. 



68851. Crotalaria valetonii Backer. 



An East Indian plant described by 

 C A. Backer (Bulletin du Jardin 

 Botanique, Buitenzorg, vol. 2, p. 324) 

 as an erect, densely branched herb, 1 

 to 4 feet high, with simple, hairy leaves 

 and yellow flowers in terminal, 5-flow- 

 ered to 12-flowered racemes. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 65299. 



68852. Crotalaria verrucosa L. 



A much-branched leguminous herb, 

 about 2 feet high, found throughout the 

 Tropics of both hemispheres. The 

 white and blue flowers are in many- 

 flowered, compact racemes. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 65300. 



68853. Detarium senegalense Gmel. 

 Caesalpiniaceae. 



A large spreading evergreen South 

 African tree, up to 60 feet high, which 

 bears large numbers of yellow oval 

 smooth-skinned fruits about 3 inches long. 

 The jellylike pulp is sweet and of pleas- 

 ant flavor. The tree grows in regions 

 practically free from frost. 



68854. Don ax cannaeformis (Forst.) 

 Rolfe. Marantaceae. 



A shrubby moisture-loving perennial, 

 up to 3 meters high, native to tropical 

 America. The large leaves resemble 

 those of a canna, and the white flowers 

 are in lax spikes. 



68855. Erythrina variegata orientalis 

 (L.) Merr. Fabaceae. 



A moderate-sized spineless leguminous 

 East Indian tree of very rapid growth, 

 with trifoliolate leaves and red flowers. 

 In Ceylon, where it is called the " dadap," 

 the tree is used to shade crop plants 

 and also the foliage is lopped for use 

 as green manure. It is being tested as 

 a cover plant at the experiment station, 

 Peradeniya. 



For previous introduction see No. 67967. 



68856 to 68859. Ficus spp. Moraceae. 



68856. Ficus ampelos Burm. f. 



A tropical Indian tree with rough 

 ovate-oblong leaves and small grape- 

 like fruits. 



68857. Ficus korthalsii Miquel. 



A wild fig from southern Borneo 

 which resembles Ficus elastica in foli- 

 age and habit. The leaves are rigid 



68837 to 68866 — Continued. 



and leathery and up to 8 inches long, 

 and the ellipsoid fruits are nearly an 

 inch in length. 



68858. Ficus hirta Vahl. 



A shrub or small tree with leaves up 

 to a foot long, from the tropical 

 Himalayas. 



68859. FlCUS BBTUSA L. 



A large tropical tree with aerial 

 roots, leathery leaves 4 inches long, and 

 red or yellow fruits a third of an inch 

 in diameter. Native to the East Indies. 



68860. Meiromia gyroides (DC.) Kuntze 

 {Desmodium gyroides DC). Fabaceae. 



A shrubby leguminous plant, 8 to 10 

 feet high, from the warmer parts of the 

 central and eastern Himalayas. It has 

 hairy leaves and terminal clusters of red 

 flowers. 



For previous introduction see No. 64177. 



68861. Meibomia triquetra (L.) Kuntze 

 (Desmodium triquetrum DC). Faba- 

 ceae. 



A handsome shrub with triangular 

 branches, stiff leathery leaflets, and long 

 axillary and terminal racemes of red 

 flowers. It is found in most places in 

 eastern and southern India and also in 

 China and the Philippines. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 47727. 



68862. Pithecolobium junghuhnianum 

 Benth. Mim'osaceae. 



A tropical leguminous tree, native to 

 the mountainous regions of Java, with 

 rather small bipinnate leaves and numer- 

 ous globular umbels of small flowers. 



(L.) Willd. 



68863. Talinum patens 

 Portulacaceae. 



An erect perennial, 1 to 2 feet high, 

 native to tropical America, with fleshy 

 leaves and carmine flowers. The leaves 

 are bpiled and eaten like spinach. 



68864. Talinum triangulare ( Jacq.) 

 Willd. Portulacaceae. 



An erect branching herbaceous plant, 

 about 3 feet high, native to the West 

 Indies and recently introduced from Java 

 into the Philippine Islands. The flow- 

 ers are pink and produced in great pro- 

 fusion. In the Philippines the fleshy 

 tender leaves are boiled like spinach and 

 served with meat, for which purpose they 

 are excellent. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 59292. 



68865. Terminalia a r b o r e a (Teysm.) 

 Koord. and Val. Combretaceae. 



An East Indian tree about 100 feet 

 high, with alternate entire leaves. The 

 astringent fruits are used medicinally. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 49564. 



. Terminalia bellerica (Gaertn.) 

 Roxb. Combretaceae. 



The small round fruits of this hand- 

 some tropical Indian tree have been ex- 

 ported from India for tanning purposes 

 under the name of myrobalans. The yel- 

 lowish gray wood is used for general con- 

 struction. The tree also has merit as a 



