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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



69143 to 69165— Continued. 



69152. Clitoria heteeophylla Lam. Fa- 

 baceae. 



As described by Lamarck (Encyclo- 

 pedic Methodique Botanique, vol. 2, p. 

 51), tbis East Indian plant is a climbing 

 perennial witb threadlike stems and com- 

 pound leaves consisting of five small green 

 leaflets which vary in form from orbicu- 

 lar to linear, borne on a winged axis. 

 The blue flowers are borne singly in the 

 leaf axils. 



For previous introduction see No. 65298. 



69153. Elaeocarpus grandiflorus J. E. 

 Smith. Elaeocarpaceae. 



An ornamental evergreen shrub about 

 20 feet high, with white and orimson 

 flowers. Native to Mauritius. 



69154. Elaeocarpus t r e u b i i Hochr. 

 Elaeocarpaceae. 



An East Indian evergreen shrub with 

 white flowers. Of possible ornamental 

 value. 



69155. Erythrina fusca Lour. Fabaceae. 



A large handsome shrub up to 8 feet 

 high, with brown bark, unarmed com- 

 pound leaves, and terminal racemes of 

 brown-red flowers. Native to Indo-China. 



69156. JATROPHA MULTIFIDA L. EuphOl'- 



biaceae. 



A tropical American shrub, 5 to 15 

 feet high, with deeply divided palmate 

 leaves and scarlet flowers. 



For previous introduction see No. 60398. 



89157. JATROPHA PODAGRICA Hook. Eu- 



phorbiaceae. 



A handsome Central American shrub 

 1 or 2 feet high, with peltate, three-lobed 

 to five-lobed leaves, 4 to 8 inches wide, 

 and orange flowers with scarlet petals. 



69158. Melia caxdollei Juss. Meliaceae. 



A tropical evergreen tree, native to the 

 Dutch East Indies, with pinnate foliage 

 resembling that of the ash. 



69159. Parkia timoriana (DC.) Merr. 

 Mimosaceae. Cupang. 



A huge and remarkably handsome quick- 

 growing tree, which attains a height of 

 120 feet or more, with a clear smooth 

 trunk and beautiful fine-feathery pinnate 

 leaves. Native to the Malay Peninsula, 

 Burma, etc. It has been introduced into 

 and become well established in Ceylon, 

 thriving in the low moist country up to 

 2.000 feet. The long pods, which grow 

 in clusters, contain a quantity of white 

 powdery farinaceous substance. The tree 

 is easily propagated by seed. 



For previous introduction see No. 61064. 



69160. PlTHECOLOBIUM JDNGHDHNIANUM 



Benth. Mimosaceae. 



A tropical Asiatic leguminous tree with 

 handsome feathery foliage. 



69161. PlTHECOLOBIUM UMBELLATUM 



(Vahl) Benth. Mimosaceae. 



A low ornamental tree with feathery 

 foliage, native to the East Indies. 



69162. POXGAM PIXXATUM (L.) W. F. 



Wight (P. glabra Vent.). Fabaceae. 



A tall erect tree or sometimes a climb- 

 ing shrub, with compound leaves com- 



69143 to 69165— Continued. 



posed of five to seven pairs of oblong 

 leaflets and simple racemes of white fiow"- 

 ers. The woody pods are about one- 

 fourth of an inch thick and an inch and 

 a half long. Native to tropical Asia. 

 Because of its bright handsome foliage 

 this tree has been recomrnpnded as an 

 ornamental for mild-wintered regions. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 66152. 



69163. Saraca ixdica L. Caesalpiniaceae. 



One of the handsomest of Indian or- 

 namental trees, producing large heads of 

 the most brilliant scarlet flowers imagin- 

 able. While restricted to the tropical 

 sections of India, it may be sufficiently 

 hardy to succeed in southern Florida. 

 (Xote l>y Wilson Popcnoe under Xo. 

 36092.) 



For previous introduction see No. 

 66154. 



69164. Sesbaxia paulexsis Barb-Rodr. 

 Fabaceae. 



A leguminous shrub described by Rod- 

 rigues (Plantas Novas Cultivadas Jardiin 

 Botanico do Rio de Janeiro, vol. 2. p. 13) 

 as of erect habit, about 10 feet high, with 

 narrow angular branches, finely pinnate 

 leaves, and handsome yellow flowers in 

 few-flowered racemes. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 65306. 



69165. Sixdora sumatraxa Miquel. Caes- 

 alpiniaceae. 



An unarmed ornamental East Indian 

 tree with panicles of small flowers and 

 stiff pinnate leaves with few leaflets. 



69166. Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal. 

 Annonaceae. Papaw. 



From North Chevy Chase, Md. Seeds col- 

 lected by David Fairchild. Bureau of 

 Plant Industry. Received October 12. 

 1926. 



A large-fruited strain of the papaw. a 

 relative of the tropical Annonas, which is 

 native to the eastern and southern United 

 States. Collected at Doctor Fairchild's 

 home, " In the Woods." 



For previous introduction see No. 51703. 



69167. Rubtjs aetictjs L. Rosaceae. 



From Manchuria. Seeds obtained by P. H. 

 Dorsett. agricultural explorer. Bureau of 

 Plant Industrv. Received October 7. 

 1926. 



No. 6329. July 25. 1926. From the 

 White River Valley, near Bariam. A Man- 

 churian bramble with medium-sized red 

 berries. 



69168. Lapageeia eosea Ruiz and Pa v. 

 Liliaceae. Copihue. 



From Angol, Chile. Plants presented by 

 E. E. Reed. Instituto Agricola Bunster. 

 Received October 21, 1926. • 



Copihue. This, the national flower of 

 Chile, has been occasionally grown in north- 

 ern greenhouses. It is a climbing plant 

 of slow growth, with slender wiry stems 

 and bright tubular flowers about 3 inches 

 long. The plant requires an acid soil. 

 (Xote by Wilson Popcnoe under Xo. 



