1932, 3651-3700 British Guiana to Surinam
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3651 to 3700 Note: Gap in Accession Numbers of 650 numbers. British Guiana to Surinam. (Inside front cover) Book no. 10 Contents Annanas 3673 Maba 3697 “ 3694 Mangifera 3694 Arenga 3666 “ 3695 Artocarpus 369 2Mauritia 3652 Astrocaryum 3685 Maximiliana 3684 Attalea 3667 Norantea 3671 Bauhinia 3698 Petre 3653 Citrus 3662 Phoenix 3658 “ 3663 Plumbago 3674 “ 3687 Quassia 3661 Cocoloba 3669 Renealmia 3665 Crotalaria 3599 “ 3676 Dioscorea 3677 Rodriguezia 3659 Elaeis 368 Securidaca 3670 Erythrina 3700 Schomburgkia 3660 Eugenia 3655 Syzygium 3682 Euterpe 3690 Tillandsia 3664 Ficus 3656 Thrinax 3686 Giantochloa 3678 “ 3689 “ 3679 Undetermined 3657 Gynerium 3672 Victoria 3688 Hibiscus 365 Xylobia 3681 “ 369 3Zea 3691 “ 3696 Iriartea 3688 Livistona 3651 3651 (in ink) Growing July 1.32 C.F. Livistona hoogendorpii Black fruited form. Compare with 2982 which has blue fruits. See Harold F. Loomis photograph no. 258 of this palm which has black fruit. This may be a different variety though it bore the same botanical name in the Botanical Garden in Georgetown from which these black seeds were collected. Coll. Feb.25.1932. 3652 (in ink) Growing July 1.32 C.F. Box full of seeds. Palese sent in with first mail shipment. Mauritia flexuosa Seed collected from wild palms growing near Flagstaff on the canal that bounds the Lamaha Conservancy in the “Pegasse” an acid peat soil like our Everglades only acid. (Ph. 4.4). These Pegasse soils that compose the Savannah of the coastal plains of British Guiana seem to be the ideal home of the Ite’ palm and its forests of it there look like the Cabbage Palms of Florida. It is my idea that this palm may grow on the alkaline peat of the Florida Everglades wherever water stands on them all the year round & the large amount of seed sent in for the purpose of this trial. See photos by Dorsett 480 to 493 and Fairchild 18437 – 4 to 12. 2/26/32 Coll. 3653 L.R. Toy Petrea volubilis var. Alba In other respects like P. volubilis but with pure white flowers. It would be attractive to mix the two species on an arbour. Attractive however alone and worthy of extensive propagation. Coll. in Georgetown Botanic Garden, British Guiana. 2.26.32. 3654 Hibiscus sp. A wild species with attractive yellow flowers and pubescent leaves found overhanging the narrow canal through the Pegasse on peat Savannah near Flagstaff on the Lamaha Conservancy back of Georgetown, British Guiana. Coll. 2 – 28 – 32. Hibiscus sp. Wild sp. overhanging canal (fresh water) through Pegasse near Flagstaff on Lamaha Conservancy, Georgetown, British Guiana. 2.26.32 3655 Eugenia paniculata The so called “Jammon”, a small almost black fruit not over a half inch long. From Botanic Garden, Georgetown, British Guiana. 2.24.32 3656 (in ink) 25 plants Thumb pots Dec. 3.32. 97932 SA/ Ficus salicifolia A very remarkable form of Ficus with long linear to lanceolate leaves and small fruits not over a quarter of an inch through. The fruits have chocolate spots on them making them very attractive. The tree climbs and twists about itself much as the Ficus aurea climbs over the host tree. I think this will prove a great addition to our hammock flora in Florida. Georgetown Botanic Garden 2.26.32 British Guiana. Ficus salicifolia Narrow leaved Ficus with small spotted fruit. In low land near pond. Georgetown, British Guiana. 2.24.32 3657 (in ink) Amerimnon 98980 F.P.I. Undetermined Small rather ornamental tree with glaucous green foliage and pretty grey bark suitable for park purposes. I could not find the name of this tree. (in ink) In pots 6/30/32 It bore no name. Bot. Garden, British Guiana. 2-24-32. Undetermined Small tree, grey bark, small papery pods. Bot. Garden, British Guiana. 2/24/32. 3658 (in ink) Growing July 1.32 C.F. Phoenix sp. perhaps humilis. Low form with scarcely any stem. Fruits small & red turning to black. Cross section [aqne] with reclinate. Tree not labelled. Botanic Garden, Georgetown, British Guiana. 2.26.32 Phoenix humilis ? or reclinata ?. Bot. Garden, Georgetown, British Guiana. 2.26.32 3659 (in ink) Alive July 14.32 Det. Hous. D.C. Rodriguezia secunda Small flowers. Crimson epiphytic orchid with long slender leaves and small delicate bulbils found commonly either on Sapodilla or Calabash trees in the Savannah region around Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana. Dr. Stoke’s determination. 3.2.32 Rodriguezia secunda Savannah, Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana. 3.2.32 On Calabash tree. 3660 (in ink) Seed pods in cool room Schomburgkia undulata ? Showy orchid with purple flowers in many flowered clusters at tip of long flower stalks. Seed pods just opening wrapped in wax paper & put in the cool room. 60° F. temp to carry through if possible to next airport opportunity. Presented by Mrs. Lawrence of Paramaribo (wife of Am. Consular Agent). 3.2.32 3661 Quassia amara. Quassia Wood Small tree or shrub Lofty forest tree with brilliant scarlet flowers and crimson flower stalks. Very showy. The wood furnishes the “Quassia chips” of Pharmacopia and their bitter principle was long considered a remedy for malaria. Presented by Dr. Gerald Stahel of the Botanic Gardens of Paramaribo, Surinam. 3.2.32 (in ink) See 3802 for more accurate description of this species. D.F. 3662 Citrus decumana. Pink fleshed Javanese Shaddock or Pomelo seedling from the Javanese village or Kampong de Cranaweg, 17 kilometers from Paramaribo, Surinam. # 1 budstick a seedling See 3663. See Dorsett’s photo 541-542 Cuttings from a tree in the yard of a house near the Ry. Station of Leyldorp. The tree was very vigorous and loaded with fruits. These were very large 7 x 7 in. pear shaped with thick skin. The partitions and segment walls are a light pink and very attractive but this is not so deep pink as the Djerook Bali or the Pandan Wangi of West Java. Called by Karto at Modjo head of the Javanese of Surinam the “Djerook Goeloeng”. See P.H. Dorsett’s photo. 3.4.32 3663 Citrus decumana Pink fleshed shaddock or Pomelo. A “red fleshed” Jananese variety called “Djerook Goeloeng”. A seedling tree standing in a private yard close to the railway station of Lelydorp, Surinam. #2. (in ink) See Dorsett photos cross section 3662 or 3663 541-542. It stands nearer the Javanese house than the one tree from which budwood 3662 was taken and this bears the number provisional number 2. See Dorsett’s photos. The owner said this bore a sweeter fruit than 3662 but was not so red. Not so red as Pandan Wangi or Djerook Bali however. 3.4.32 3664 Plants hung up on aft deck. (in ink) Alive 3.23.32 Tillandsia sp. A most attractive species with long spikes of brilliant pink and yellow flowers. One of the most beautiful things I have ever seen in the way of a bromeliad. 2/20/32 (in ink) Dorsett 430 5 x 7 flower of plant & Nancy. Grew in the rain forest on Pigeon Hill above Charlotteville, Man of War Bay, Tobago Island, B.W.I. May require too high degree of humidity to succeed in Florida. Tillandsia Gorgeous pink & yellow fl. species from Pigeon hill above Man of War Bay, Charlotteville, Tobago Isl. 2.20.32 3665 1 plant in Wardian case. (in ink) Growing DF house D.C. July 14.32 Renealmia exaltata (Alpinia) A cultivated plant of importance! It’s large fruits contain a golden yellow fragrant coloring matter that imparts a delicious flavor to the Surinam Curry. At a “Rijsttafel” given the Expedition by Governor Rutgers of Surinam, we had a chance to taste rice colored and flavored with this so called “[Massolsa]” or “[Masusa]”. It ought to succeed in Florida where the Alpinias grow very well. I did not see this growing. Fruit from the Market, Paramaribo. (3/2/32) Surinam. See 2919 for account of another species. 1 plant given by Dr. Stahel of Ex. Station, Paramaribo. 3666 5 plants presented by Dr. Stahel (in ink) Alive 3.23 Arenga saccharifera Gomuti in Sugar Palm of the East Indies where the delicious “Jaggery” sugar is made from its sap. The peduncle of the immense inflorescence is pounded for some days regularly when it is young and then the bruised peduncle is cut off and a bucket of bamboo is attached to it to collect the sap that flows freely from the cut end. (in ink) See D.F. 18358-10 for photo of flower cluster. This is sugared down by evaporation & cast into cakes. It is a light brown color. The Palm has proven hardy on Mr. Simpson’s place in Little River, Florida. 3667 4 plants presented by Dr. Stahel 3 plants alive Det. House D.C. July 14.32 Alive 3-22 Attalea speciosa The “Babassu” Palm of Brazil and the Guianas. Like the Coliune palm but with fruits 3 to 4 inches long – much larger. The unopened leaves are much used for thatch by natives of Amazon Valley when the leaves of Manicaria cannot be obtained. Wallace says this grows on the dry forest lands of the upper Amazon and since A. cohune has fruited in South Florida this dry land species may do well & even better. Rare PALM. Presented by Dr. G. Stahel of the Cultural Tuin, Paramaribo, Surinam. The species does not occur about Paramaribo. 3.3.32 3668 6 plants presented by Dr. Stahel (in ink) Dead D.C. Det. House. July 14-32. Alive 3-22 Iriartea exorrhiza This slender palm is related to I. setigera from which the Indians make their blow guns in the upper Amazon.