PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 95078 to 95084—Continued
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16 PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 95078 to 95084—Continued. 95085 to 95088—Continued. 95080 to 95084. URSINIA spp. Asteraceae. 95087. MALPIGHIA GLABRA L. Malpigha- ceae. Barbados-cnerry. 95080. URSINIA ANTHEMOIDES (L.) Gaertn. A tropical American shrub up to 6 feet high, with slender branches and An erect annual with bipinnately ovate to elliptic entire leaves. The rose- divided leaves, the ultimate lobes being red flowers, nearly an inch across, have linear filiform. The daisylike flowers fringed petals and are borne in umbels are borne on the nodding ends of long of three to five. The acid scarlet berries, naked peduncles, and the rays are the size of cherries, are used for jams yellow above and coppery brown be- and preserves. neath. Native to southern Africa. 95088. LIVISTONA HOOGENDORPII Andre. 95081. UKSINIA FOENICULACEA (Jacq.) Phoenicaceae. Palm. Poir. A tall Javanese palm with fan-shaped A nearly glabrous erect annual with leaves 4 to 6 feet wide on spiny petioles bipinnately divided leaves resembling 3 to 5 feet long, red-brown at the base those of fennel. The daisylike flowers and becoming olive green near the leaf. are borne on naked peduncles, and the The leaves are made up of 10 to 12 rays are yellow on both sides. Native plicate pendulous segments with five to to southern Africa. seven acute lobes at the apex. 95082. URSINIA SCAPIPORMIS (DC.) For previous introduction see 91783. N. E. Brown. A species which closely resembles U. 95089 and 95090. nudicaulis, but differs in being a smaller From Straits Settlements. Seeds presented and more slender plant, in having more by R. E. Holttum, director, Botanic numerous and sharper-pointed leaf lobes Garden, Singapore. Received November and smaller flower heads. Native to 2, 1931. southern Africa. 95089. Ficus ALBA Reinw. Moraceae. 95083. URSINIA NUDICAULIS (Thunb.) N. E. Brown. Fig. A shrub or small tree, native to the A subshrubby perennial with very Malay Archipelago, with papery leaves short tufted densely leafy stems 1 to 2 that are white tomentose beneath. The inches long and pinnately divided adult leaves are lanceolate serrate and leaves the same length. The yellow about 5 inches long, but on young plants flowers are borne on slender peduncles they are 10 inches long, cordate, and 8 to 10 inches long. Native to south- often three lobed. The egg-shaped ern Africa. fruits, produced in sessile pairs, are about one-fourth inch in diameter and 95084. URSINIA VERSICOLOR (DC.) N. E. are orange until quite ripe, when they Brown. become red. An erect annual which closely resem- For previous introduction see 67567. bles U. anthemoides, but the leaves are simply pinnate, and the ray flowers are 95090. Ficus CHRYSOCARPA Reinw. Mo- purple at the base, paler above, and raceae. Fig. turn purple with age. Native to south- A low yellow-hairy shrub about 4 feet ern Africa. high, with oblanceolate serrulate leaves 3 inches long, native to the Malay Archi- 95085 to 95088. pelago. The oblong to globose fruits, borne in axillary pairs, are half an inch From Cuba. Seeds presented by Dr. Rob- in diameter and are covered with gold- ert M. Grey, Harvard Botanic Garden, en-yellow hairs until quite ripe, when Soledad, Cienfuegos. Received Novem- they turn red. ber 2, 1931. 95085. ARTABOTRYS UNCINATUS (Lam.) 95091 to 95308. HORDETJM spp. Poa- Merr. Annonaceae. Fragrant tailgrrape ceae. Barley. A half-scandent shrub with long, slen- From the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- der, drooping branches and greenish flow- lics. Seeds collected by J. G. Dickson, ers. The fruits are ovoid, with a pointed professor of plant pathology, College of slightly curved apex, and are yellowish Agriculture, Madison, Wis., and agent in when ripe. This plant is very highly cereal investigations, United States De- esteemed by the Chinese because of the partment of Agriculture. Received No- rich fragrance of the flowers and fruits. vember 5, 1931. It is commonly planted in their monas- teries. Selections made from the Vavilov collec- tion at the Valki Experiment Station, near 95086. DIOSPYROS DISCOLOR Willd. Dio- Kharkov, Ukraine. Most of the material spyraceae. Mabolo. selected showed marked resistance to cold, both in the seedling and later period of The mabolo is a medium-sized Philip- growth. pine tree of vigorous growth, with shin- ing leaves 5 to 10 inches long, pubescent 95091 to 95110. HORDEUM D-BFICIENS beneath. The velvety dull reddish thin- Steud. Deficient barley. skinned fruits, 3 inches long and nearly 4 inches in diameter, have firm rather 95091. No. 218. 95097. No. 407. dry sweet white flesh of rather indefinite 95092. No. 287. 95098. No. 415. flavor, also four to eight large seeds. Notwithstanding its size and attractive 95093. No. 288. 95099. No. 418. appearance, it has never gained favor with Europeans, although very popular 95094. No. 404. 95100. No. 419. with the natives. 95095. No. 405. 95101. No. 433. For previous introduction see 53555. 95096. No. 406. 95102. No. 439..