PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



No. 2X1. Royal Botanic Gardens. Jan- 

 uary :;. 1926. A graceful palm 30 to 40 

 feel high, with pinnate leaves and slender 

 spikes of red berries. 



For previous introduction see No. 45957. 



63002 to 68004. 



From the Dutch Bast Indies. Seeds, plants, 

 and rhizomes obtained by David Fair- 

 child and 1'. II. Dorsett, agricultural 

 explorers. Bureau of Plant Industry, with 

 the Allison V. Armour expedition. Re- 

 ceived May and June, 1026. Numbered 

 October, 1020. 



69002. Lansium do me stic um Jack. Melia- 

 ceae. Langsat. 



No. 766. Java. Obtained in the mar- 

 ket near the Boerboedior Temple, April 

 30, 1026. A handsome tropical tree of 

 moderate, size, native to tropical Asia. 

 It bears long, dense, hanging clusters of 

 pale-yellow berries which have aromatic 

 juicy pulp. It is a local strain with 

 large, fine-flavored fruits of good size and 

 color, having only occasional mature 

 seeds. 



6900S. Trevesia burckii Boerl. Aralia- 

 ceae. 



No. 722. From the Royal Botanic Gar- 

 dens, Sibolangit, Sumatra. March 26, 

 1926. A xemarkable tropical plant, about 

 15 feet high, discovered in Sumatra in 

 1887 and related to the Hercules club 

 (Aralia spinosa L.). The leaves, how- 

 ever, have a solid base of mesophyll and 

 are then so contracted as to consist only 

 of the midrib, and finally the tip expands 

 into a large digitately compound blade. 



69004. Xiphididm album Hort. Haemo- 

 doraceae. 



No. 428. Sibolangit Botanic Gardens, 

 Sumatra. February 21, 1926. Rhizomes 

 of a beautiful border plant for tropical 

 gardens, having foliage which resembles 

 that of the iris; it is said to bear at- 

 tractive white flowers. 



69005. Lotus cokniculattjs L. Faba- 

 ceae. Bird's-foot trefoil. 



From Bologna, Italy. Seeds presented by 

 Ditta Ernesto Pini, Societa Anonima. 

 Received October 30, 1926. 



Italian-grown seeds. 



For previous introduction see No. 60875. 



69006. Pruntjs ceeastjs marasca 

 (Host) .-C. Sclineid. Amygdalaceae. 



From Yugoslavia. Seeds sent in at the re- 

 quest of W. F. Wight, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry. Received October 25, 1926. 



A cherry variety grown in south-central 

 Europe, from which the genuine Maras- 

 chino cherries of commerce are obtained. 



69007. Gossypitjm sp. Malvaceae. 



Cotton. 



From Egypt. Seeds collected by Joseph 

 A. Mullen, Houston, Tex. ; received 

 through the Federal Horticultural Board, 

 October 28, 1926. 



Egyptian-grown cotton seeds. 



69008. Lilium cENTiroLiUM S t a p f . 

 Liliaceae. Lily. 



From Stevenage, Herts. England. Bulbs 

 purchased from Clarence Elliott, Six Hills 

 Nursery. Received October 11, 1926. 



This Chinese lily was originally dis- 

 covered by Reginald Farrer. according to 

 the Botanical Magazine (pi. 8960). Mr. 

 Farrer found it growing in a little garden 

 at Siku. Kansu, in 1914. The stem, 

 densely leafy and somewhat glaucous, is up 

 to 7 or 8 feet in height, arising from a 

 slightly depressed bulb about 3 inches in 

 diameter. The numerous leaves are dark 

 green above and paler below, linear or 

 linear-lanceolate, and up to 18 inches long. 

 The sweet-scented flowers. 6 to 18 in num- 

 ber, are arranged in a short, almost um- 

 bellike raceme. The individual flowers are 

 6 inches long and about 4 inches across 

 the mouth. Within, the perianth is pure 

 white, blending into lemon yellow in the 

 throat : the outer segments are richly 

 flushed with dark purple, while the broader 

 inner segments are greenish with deep, 

 brownish purple midribs. The anthers are 

 rusty red. 



For previous introduction see No. 61748. 



69009 to 69019. Fictjs caeica L. 

 ceae. 



Mora- 

 Fig. 



From Golfe Juan pres Cannes, Alpes Mari- 

 times. France. Plants purchased from 

 Paul Nabonnand. Received February 25, 

 1926. Numbered November, 1926. 



Locally developed varieties. 



69009. Barnisotte. 



69010. Belle Dame. 



69011. Col cle Dame. 



69012. De Dalmatia. 



69013. Des Abruzzes. 



69014. Figue Grise. 



69015. Grise de St. Jean. 



69016. Hative d'Argenteuil. 



69017. Kennedy tr. 



69018. Madeleine. 



69019. Precoce de Barcelone. 



69020 and 69021. Lilitm spp. Lilia- 

 ceae. 



From Manchuria. Bulbs obtained by P. H. 

 Dorsett, agricultural explorer, Bureau of 

 Plant Industry. Received November 17, 

 1926. 



69020. Lilium coxcolor Salisb. 



Lily. 



No. 6764. Ertsendiastsy. September 

 29, 1926. A very attractive little Japa- 

 nese lily, 1 to 3 feet in height, which 

 produces three to six bright-scarlet flow- 

 ers ; these are erect, star-shaped, and 

 spotted with black. This species succeeds 

 best in a half-shady place. 



For previous introduction see No. 59381. 



69021. Lilium dauricum Ker. 



Candlestick lily. 



No. 6765. Harbin. September 29. 

 1926. A plant about 3 feet in height, with 

 a smooth or slightly furrowed stem which 

 is green or tinged with brown or purple. 

 The 20 to 50 horizontal leaves are 3 to 5 

 inches long, and the flowers, one to five 

 in a cluster and 3 to 5 inches across, are 

 orange.red, slightly spotted with purplish 

 black, and tinged with yellow in the cen- 

 ter ; the anthers are red. 



For previous introduction see No. 65281. 



