2951 – 3000 Trinidad to British Guiana

[Inside cover] Book 9

Acanthophoenix 2956 2963 Acrocomia 2961 Licuala 2978 Ananas 2993 Livistona 2982 Archontophoenix 2983 Lodoicea 2985 Areca 2953 2953 Mauritia 2984 “ 2954 Mokka-mokka 2997 Astrocaryum 2957 Nipa 2981 “ 2986 Pachira 2976 “ 2987 “ 3000 Asystasia 2964 Passiflora 2952 Bauhinia 2960 “ 2995 Borassus 2979 Peltogyne 2970 Bromelia 2996 Pithecolobium 2965 Caryocar 2999 Randia 2994 Citrus 2998 Samanea 2966 Copernicia 2977 Undetermined 2967 Crotolaria 2973 “ In ink:]Ochna 2971 “ 2974 “ 2972 Desmoncus 2951 “ 2989 Diospyrus 2968 “ 2990 Euterpe 2955 “ 2991 Gmelina 2969 “ 2992 Hyphaene 2980 Zingerberaciae 2958 Ixora 2975 TILLANDSIA 2996 Jacaranda 2962

2951

Demoncus minor?

See Harold Loomis’ notes and photo of . #54 Villainously spacing & hooked climbing palm reminding one of those terrible Rattan palms of the Orient. When in its bunches of deep scarlet are attractive. A denizen of the deep shade forest and requiring moisture. From my experience in Grove with this genus I judge it wants half shade.

Collected in Arena Forest Reserve Trinidad. 2/4/32 [In pencil] Loomis Photo 220 See D. F. Photo 18454-5 2952 P. H. Dorsett [In ink] “rubra?”

Passiflora Sp Wild of passion vine collected in the outskirts of the town of Eleuthera Bluff Island of Eleuthera Bahamas. Attractive looking species useful

[Break in text, in ink] 1 single in pot Dec. 14/32. C. F.

[Continuation of text] for breeding purposes. 1-7-32

(I’d like a few or for my passiflora collection in Coconut Grove)

Passiflora sp. Wild species growing in pothole in rocky soil of Eleuthera Bluff a colored town on Eleuthera Island. 1-7-32

2953 H.F Loomis

Areca triandra Cluster palm of Orient. Pinnate with obliquely truncated pinnae. More attractive than the common Areca(chrysalidocarpus) lutescens and deserving

[Break in text, in ink] Loomis 224 photo

[Continuation of text] of wider distribution and popularization. Collected by Mr. Loomis in the Dearborn Botanic Station on the Island of Tobago. 2-19-32 Photo 224 cf. Loomis

2954 Harold F. Loomis

[In ink] Growing Jul. 1. 32 C. F.

Areca Sp.? Similar habit to A.triandra but more graceful forming large clumps or clusters. Grows bout 15 – 18 feet high. Pinnate palm with truncated leaflets(?). The fruit cluster

[Break in text, in ink] Photo 228 Loomis

[Continuation of text] is a brilliant vermillion and the berries a fruits are elongate pointed and are inch long. The branches of the are confined to the upper surface and sides of the spadix. See H. F. Loomis Photographs 228.

Collected Botanic Station in Scarborough Tobago Island. 2.19.1932

2955 [In pencil] 5551 97813 In flat sup 5/17/32 [In ink] Growing July 1. 32 C. F.

Euterpe olerocea? Tall handsome pinnate palm with gracefully drooping leaves. Single stem and leaflets acute – not truncated. See H. F. Loomis Notes & Specimens #60 [Break in text] Photograph 234 Compare with 2883 Trinidad [In ink] Loomis photo 234

[Continuation of text] Commonly called the Manoc palm. Collected on the hi mountain side in the rain forest at1000 ft altitude of Tobago Infla. Fruit cluster composed of very dark purple to black round fruits the size of a marble ½ to ¾ inch in diameter.

[Break in text, in ink] Dorsett’s Photo 433]

[Continuation of text] Tobago Island 2.20.32

2956 H. F. Loomis

Acanthophoenix (?) nobilis Burtt and Hook The Chou Palmiste of the Seychelles See Loomis Notes & Photo 204 In Trinidad of same species Tall pinnate palm 15 ft to base of leaves. Trunk smooth 6 inches in diameter. Fruits oblong cylindrical pointed 2 inches long and ½ inch in diameter. A very graceful feather palm native to the Seychelles. No species were seen on this specimen and the determination is therefore not quite certain probably correct. Coll. in Botanic Station Scarborough Trinidad. In the Seychelles said to grow to 120 feet in height and 10 to 14 inches in diameter. 2-19-32

2957 Astrocaryum ? A terribly spiny slender palm formed on the mountain side at about 1000 ft alt. It does not appear to coincide with A. alatum as described by L. O. Williams and may be distinct - even not an Astrocaryum. Whereas the handling of such a palm may be attended with certain danger owing to its species if it grows satisfactorily in California or Florida it will be prized for its decorative ???????? & ornamental pinnate leaves. Fruits round ¾ inch in diameter and dull red color with persistent disc-like uniformly round calyx & petiole of fruit cluster very short. See Loomis Herb.Spec. & notes. See Photos D. F. 18446 – 8 & 9. 2.20.32 Tobago Isl. BWI.

2958 [In pen] Costus cylindricus 98986

Zingiberaceae sp? (Close to Curcuma) Rank growing forest loving species with large dark green leaves arranged spirally about the stalk which is a terminal?

[Break in text, in ink] In pots C. F. 6/30/32

[Continuation of text] Cone like structure with reddish bracts are from above which pinkish white pop out. I judge these will respond to the same treatment that is given to Alpinia but that it will require partial shade. Tobago Island. 2-20-32.

Zingeberaciae, Sp. from rainforest of the island of Tobago 2.21.32 Tall rank? Growing species

2959 Asystasia scandens gangetica ?

Pretty yellow flowering shrubby vine used as a ground cover in the shady parts of the Botanic Gardens in Georgetown .Demerara (British Guiana) The same as 2718 I believe. This should perhaps be as successful in Florida as the related A.coromandeliana has been there. Bot. Gard. Georgetown 2/23/32 [In ink, written diagonally across page] Cancelled See Number 2964 For fuller account Of this interesting Species

2960 [In ink] Growing July 1. 32 C. F. [In pencil] 98801. F. P. I.

Bauhinia tomentosa 5/14/32 Ten foot shrubby species with small leaves no spines. Not in flower. Possibly a new form for Calif & Florida. No label on shrub.

[Break in text, in ink] In pots 6/30/32 C. F.

[Continuation of text] Botanic Station Scarborough Tobago Isl. 2/19/32

2961 H. F. Loomis Acrocomia sclerocarpa The Gru Gru Palm of St. Vincent which grows to 40 feet in height in the beautiful valleys & up into the mountain tops. It is very

[Break in text, in ink] Toy 125 Photo. How does this differ from A. aculeata (Jacq.) Lodd. ex Mart.

[Continuation of text] beautiful species for its pinnate leaves are very finely pinnate and drooping and graceful. The large bunches of seeds fruits are green with brown scurfy hairs on them at the basal portion. The trunk is very spiny particularly in younger palms and the leaves are no recluses of the leaves are ???????? with long black spines. See Photo 18378 – 5.6.7.8 (2/4/32)

2962 [In pencil]98875 5.13.32 [In ink] Pithecollobium dulce Jacaranda ovali folia Determination – Label in the Botanic Garden in Georgetown Demerara. The leaves are quite short – not half as

[Break in text, in pencil] (Scribble marks) In pots 6/30/32 C. F. [In ink] Growing July 1.32 C. F.

[Continuation of text] long & feathery as the J. mimosifolia. Evidently few seeds are formed for almost none could be found under the trees and these were loaded with opened pods. 2.23.32 [In pencil] Error! Picked seeds on ground!!

2963 Lecythis zabucajo “Sapucaia Nut”. One of the great couriosities as well as one of the most delicate nuts of the tropics. The pod is an enormous affair a foot long 10 inches long and as much wide of the shape of an enormous top.

[Break in text, in ink] See Dorsett Photo 416. [Carbon] 2.15.32 (This weighed 12 pounds)

[Continuation of text] This has a lid that closes it’s the blossom and sealing it completely. When the food ripens this lid drops out revealing in curious sweet waxy white arillus about forty or more irregular shaped grooved seeds with th corky shells. These nuts when fresh can be eaten raw or can be roasted or candied and when a they are delicious. The tree when in fruit with dozens of these 12 pound fruits hanging from the slender twigs is an amazing sight. Presented by R. O. Williams of Trinidad.

2964 [In pencil] 97863 S. P. I. In pots C. F. 6/30/32 [In ink] Growing July 1. 32. C. F. See also 2718

Asystasia gangetica (Acanthaceae) Remarkable plant for not only is it a pretty creeper with yellow flowers and useful as a porch plant (See 2718) but when employed as a ground cover under the or in shady places in parks gives

[Break in text, in ink] See Photo by Dorsett. 459 of field of this in Bot. Gard. Georgetown

[Continuation of text] the effect of a lawn filled with yellow primroses. Not only this, The Cattle of Demerara are extremely fond of it as a grazing plant and Mr. Martyn of the Department of Agriculture of Demerara informed us that the veterinarian of the Colony was of the opinion that this plant was one of the finest of all as a pasture plant in shady situations. It has done better than Dolichos hosei a great deal. This was discovered by Mrs. Fairchild first in St. Lucia & again in Demerara. Seed collected Bot. Gardens Demerara.

2965 [In ink] Albizzia caribaea In pots. C. F. 6. 30/32

Pithecolobium caribaeum?? Tall gaunt naked looking tree with slender branches and thin pinnate foliage and papery pods 4 to 5 in long ¾ in wide 11 to 12 seeds. I think this is the “Naked Indian” tree of the West Indies which Britton has put under this name. If so it is identical with 22747 ( Pith. berterianum. It should be compared with this number.

[Break in text, in ink] Dorsett 466 cf. Pith. fragrance I think is of this species. Names on labels in Garden mixed.

[Continuation of text] I think this may prove a very desirable shade tree in Florida because of its resistance or immunity to hurricanes and its handsome light colored bark and delicate pinnate foliage. Bot. Garden Demerara. 2- 24th 1932

2966 Samanea saman The rain tree of the West Indies which is so commonly planted as a shade tree along the highways of the region. One of the best

[Break in text, in pen] Dorsett 467 5 X 7 503

[Continuation of text] of the shade making trees. Between each pair of leaflets there is an extra floral nectary which exudes nectar and attracts insects. The dropping of this nectar and that from the insects that feed on it has given it the reputation of producing rain. The dark pods are like carob beans filled with sweet pulp and are fed to stock. Bot. Garden Georgetown, Demerara. 2 . 24 . 32

2967 ????? ???? by Mr. Martyn

Caesalpinia passijuga Leguminous tree unidentified. Very handsome tall tree 60 feet high with peculiarly attractive grey & green blotched bark and extremely delicate pinnate foliage of light green. The tree stands near the gate to the Prof. Dash’s residence in the Botanic Garden in Georgetown, Demerara but bears no name & I have not been able to identify it yet. It appears to be a strikingly pretty tree. Its pods are thick and very woody indeed and hard. See Bot. Specimens. Bot. Gard. Georgetown, Demerara. 2/24/32

2968 Dorsett & Loomis Diospyros, Sp.

Its fruits were green but have evidence of being covered with deep brown pubescence 2/16 inches in diameter by 2 ¼ “. No unpleasant odor like that of D. mabola. Leaves 6 in. X 2 in. glossy. Tree 24 inches in diameter

Feb. – 25 – 1932

25 to 30 feet high. Tree dense growing habit and would make good shade tree. Possibly it may prove a stock for the Oriental persimmon though owing to its evergreen habit this is doubtful. Bot. Gardens Georgetown British Guiana.

Diospyros. Sp. Botanic Garden Georgetown British Guiana. 2 . 25 . 1932

2969 Dorsett & Loomis (Verbenaceae) Gmelina asiatica Small tree with thorny drooping branches and trumpet shaped odd looking flowers of a bright lemon yellow color the fruit about the size of a small plum and of a creamy yellow color.

______And since Since the fruits lay untouched on the ground the assumption is that they are not edible

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From Botanic Garden Georgetown British Guiana. Feb. – 25/ 32.

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Gmelina asiatica Small tree thorny drooping branches. Bot. Garden Georgetown Brit. Guiana. 2 – 25- 32 ______

2970 Peltogyne porphyrocardia (Leguminacae) “Purple Heart” timber tree noted for its hard strikingly purple wood that with age turns very dark but which when first worked is of the liveliest purple color used for walking sticks & fancy furniture in the Colony. Hard to work with tools strong and durable but brittle. Not a very common tree in the colony but found on the certain so called “Sapotere” soils. Bot. Garden Georgetown Demerara. 2 . 25/32.

Peltogyne porphyrocardia. Purple Heart Timber tree. Bot. Gard. British Guiana. 2 . 25 . 32

2971 [In pencil] 98870 5/14/32 P. H Dorsett

Ochna mossambicensis? Undetermined Shrub with thick deep green leaves & clusters of terminal showy red flowers with wine red rather fleshy sepals Poerres black and central base disk of the flower seeds black. Evergreen shrub with large obovate coriaceous leaves. Decorative and worthy a place in private gardens.

[Break in text, in ink] In pots C. F. 6/30/32

[Continuation of text] Botanic Garden Georgetown Feb. 25 . 1932

Ochna mossambicensis? Botanic Garden Georgetown British Guiana. 2 .25 . 32

2972 [In pencil] 5651 98050 5/17/32 In pots.

Undetermined Ten foot shrub decorated with pendant flower clusters a foot long. Leaves 1/2in odd pinnate of 5 leaflets. Petioles winged and midribs also winged connecting leaflets winged like the of many Rhus species. Should prove an attractive addition to the dooryard shrubs. Bot. Garden Georgetown British Guiana 2 . 25 . 32.

Undetermined 10 ft Shrub has coral pink winged Ear five parted pinnate divided leaves. Bot. Gard. Georgetown Brit. Guiana. 2 . 25 . 32

2973

Crotolaria sp. Very similar to 2974 but a smaller plant. Collected in a private garden in the town of Grenada. St. Georges

“Stolen by For Loomis while Dorsett looked on & abetted him.”

Ornamental species for borders. 2 . 9 . 32 Grenada. No herb. Material.

2974 P. H. Dorsett deep orange or Crotolaria sp. affinis juncea but larger plant. 8 foot high with brilliant ^ golden yellow flowers & with very showy borne on slender erect branches grey pubescent. Pods short somewhat flattened ???? with velvety pubescence. ______

Grown in Botanic Garden British Guiana as an ornamental shrub. Dorsett recommends it for flower gardens.

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Crotalaria sp. Bot Garden British Guiana 2 . 25 . 32

2975 [In pencil] 5684 ----- 97934 P. H. Dorsett In flat 5/17/32

Ixora Light creamy yellow variety from the Botanic Gardens Georgetown British Guiana 2.25.1932

[Break in text, in ink] Growing July? 1.32 C. F.

Ixora sp. Fls brigh light creamy yellow. Botanic Gardens Georgetown British Guiana. 2.25.1932

2978 Pachira. sp? This handsome flowering tree in flower when in full light does not agree with any described species of which I have the description. Its flowers composed of ten outer and 5 inner

[Break in text] 2.25.32 ----- Demerara.

[Continuation of text] groups are a brilliant crimson in color with whitish tips. The tree is large and the pods are a rather light brown about the size and shape of a large cocoa pod. Seed angular ochre yellow 1 ½ inches across. Grown by the a canal in Botanic Garden.

Pachira. sp. Botanic Garden Demerara Georgetown. 2.25.32

Brilliant crimson flowers when leaves are on.

2979 Presented by Prof. Dash [In ink] 98491 3 little sprouts up 6.30.32.

Copernicia cerifera. Strikingly handsome palm of medium size with large palmate leaves the base of which persist for 15 feet up and are cut off short. The palm is suited for a house plant. Its long slender inflorescences

[Break in text] See H. T. Loomis notes and Photographs (258) [In brown ink] Growing July 1. 32 C. F. [In ink] Dorsett 5 X 7 462

[Continuation of text] are most attractive. The Carna Carnauba Wax is excreted from the surface of the young leaves as a scaly powder. The wax is used with best grafting waxes. The timber too is excellent. The specimens in the Botanic Garden Georgetown is growing where the water table is very close to the surface but the soil is acid. This palm deserves a trial on the Everglade soils around Homestead. How much cold it will stand is not known. It also deserves trial as a house palm. From botanic Garden Georgetown British Guiana. 2.25.19

2978 Presented by Prof. Dash director of Agriculture Georgetown Bot. Garden Licuala grandis An ideal palm for house decoration being only 10 feet or so tall with a single slender stem and broad palmate leaves with short blunt pointed pinnae. The leaves suggest at once a “palm

[Break in text] See photos & notes of H. T. Loomis.

[Continuation of text] fan”. Used in Trinidad with great effect in the hotel lobby of the Queens Park Hotel. So diminutive a species lends itself to protection in patios most admirably. The palm from which these seeds were collected were growing in acid stiff clay soil when the water table was only 2 feet or so below its roots. It should be tried carefully for its tolerance to lime. Try them in peat soil with plenty of water and aluminum sulphate. Simpson failed to grow any Licualas. Georgetown Bot. Gardens 2.25.32

2979 Harold T. Loomis

Borassus flabellifer Seed from a fine specimen of this palm that I take to be the true East Indian Palmyra and not the West Indian

[Break in text, in ink] Dorsett Neg. 464 5 X 7. Loomis 244

[Continuation of text] African type. Botanic Gardens Georgetown British Guiana. 2.25.32.

See Photos (general) Dorsett (464) Loomis of the Gardens that show this palm in them.

[In pencil] Shows 3 palms with leaves still down to ground. Might do well as illustration of young palms. 1-15-45 D. F. Olis. . 2980 Seed presented by Prof. Dash Collected by Loomis

Hyphaene thebaica Seed from a magnificent specimen of this branching palm that stands behind the Directors Residence (Mr. Dash) in the Botanic Garden Georgetown British Guiana. (See Harold T. Loomis (no. 248) and P. H. Dorsett photographs

[Break in text, in pen] Loomis phot 248

[Continuation of text] & movie film of this) This form appears to be the more robust species of Egypt rather than the smaller one from West Africa called Ethiopum. It is one of the handsome palms of the world and from the fact that it survives in the alkaline soils of Egypt & North Ceylon & under desert conditions as well as here where st the air is always saturated with moisture I believe it is destined to grow successfully in Florida & perhaps Texas & California. Coll. Bot . Gard. Georgetown Brit. Guiana. 2-25-1932

2981 [In pencil] 98521 In peat 1 plant sprouted 6/30/32 C. F.

Nipa fruticans. A stemless pinnate palm which forms covers great areas of land bordering the estuaries of the Indo Malaysian region. Its leaves which are 20 or more feet long rise from a mass of stems & rhizomes at

[Break in text] D. F. photo 8442 – 9 to 11 Dorsett photos 465 504 [In ink] Photo Dorsett 465 ( 5 X 7) of tree 573 ( 5 X 7) of fruit

[Continuation of text] the waters edge. Its inflorescences is are borne on short stalks and the fruits head of fruits is a foot or more in diameter. I have

[Break in text, in ink] Loomis photo 255 – 256

[Continuation of text] long considered it of real importance to establish this beautiful coastal palm in the low lands or hammocks of mangrove swamps of South Florida where I believe it will add great beauty to them. La Young plants have grown in Prof. Simpsons hammock years ago showing the possibility of establishing it if the plants are protected from crabs when young. Presented by Prof. Dash, Dept. of Agriculture Georgetown British Guiana

2982 Presented Director of Agriculture Coll. by Loomis [In ink] Growing July 1. 32 C. F.

Livistona hoogendorpii [In ink] Blue fruited forms Striking fan palm that has proven successful as a house palm in Europe. Its spiny petioles and rich dark green leaves 5.6 feet in diameter and its persistent leaf bases

[Break in text, in pen] Loomis says that an there were two trees in this Bot. garden. One had blue fruits (beautiful dark blue) the other bore black fruits. Photo 253 over sticks were from the black fruited form. 298 are from the blue fruited tree.

[Continuation of text] make it worthy of trial in Florida parks where it may prove adapted to the lime soils. Prof. Simpson has successfully grown this species at Little River according to his determination. The palm is grown the East Indian Archipelago. See Harold F. Loomis for photos and noted on this palm. Coll. in Botanic Garden Georgetown British Guiana. Feb. 25. 1932. [In pen] Compare with No. 3651 Loomis Photo 253 is of 3651. Not all the trees with blue fruit.

2983 [In pencil] 97805 3/19/32 germ. In flat 5/17/32 C. F.

Archontophoenix alexandrae The handsome pinnate palm of Queensland. It grows to 80 feet in height and its graceful drooping leaves several feet long and its clean slender trunk give it a grace rarely exceeded by

[Break in text] (See A. J. Loomis photograph) No. 252 [Break in text, in ink] Growing July.1.32. C. F.

[Continuation of text] any other palm. This palm which has shown its adaptability to Florida conditions deserves to be widely grown there. Collected in Botanic Garden Georgetown British Guiana. Feb. 25. 1932.

An ideal feather palm for private gardens & patios.

2984 Harold Loomis P. H. Dorsett

Mauritia fluxuosa. The Ita or Ite (Aeta) palm of the Great Orinoco and Amazon basin. Alfred Russel Wallace who called it “one of the most noble and majestic of the American Palms.” It grows to a height of 80 or 100 feet and its immense lea fan shaped leaves are so large as to be as much as a man can carry.

[Break in text, in pen] Loomis Photo 257.

[Continuation of text] For Only the tips & midribs of these leaves droop. The fruit has a scaly exterior and is the size of a small apple and mahogany brown in color. These are borne on enormous clusters weighing several hundred pounds. The large leaf petioles like timbers they are so large are used extensively as the outer skin for basket work. For The epidermis of the leaves for twine making for hammocks. See Photograph by Loomis. A favorite beverage is made from the scaly fruit. ( See 3652 for seed from Savannah) Bot. Garden Georgetown British Guiana. 2.25.32. [In pencil] 5/9/32 Arrived C. F.

2985 [In pen] 1 plant & 2 nuts in hold. 3.22 plant still alive. Nuts husks rotting.

Lodoicea callipyge. The coco-de-mer or Double Coconut of the Seychelle Islands. The most spectacular and probably the most romantic of all the most romantic of all the palms. ( See LINDLEYS Treasury of Botany). Certainly by far the largest fruited of all arborescent organisms

[Break in text, in pen] Foy photo 129 of young plant good Dorsett “ 461 “ “ “

[Continuation of text] having fruits as large as pumpkins. The seeds take over a year to germinate and flower first after 14 or so years. The seeds take several years to mature after setting. Probably want a neutral or acid soil. From specimens in Botanis Garden Georgetown Brit. Guiana. Planted by Prof. Jenman in1892 & now bearing 8 fruits. See Photos D. F. 18442 – 158 and Morris of Dorsett & large size shots of Harold F. Loomis_____ and Dorsett 461

2986 Astrocaryum tucuma, Martins. The greenish spee Fruits from the market at Georgetown British Guiana. These are of an orange color and the shape of an acorn and appear to be appreciated as a fruit. The outer pericarp is very oily and deep orange in color and full of fiber. The flavor of the oily flesh is sweetish and somewhat nutty but does not compare with 2987. This These fruits are orange whereas Wallace A. R. records the fruit of A. tucuma as nearly globular of a greenish yellow color. This may be a distinct species from the one Wallace saw in Amazon. (Palm Tress of the Amazon 1853 p. 107) No photos were obtained of the Palms unfortunately. See notes to Harold F. Loomis. No photo of palms taken^ none seen. 2.25.32

2987 Astrocaryum sp segregatum is the name given us by Mr. Martyn whose colored man seemed to know the fruits well. We did not see the palms growing wild but bought these greenish quite globular fruits on the Georgetown market where they bring a good price and are sought after by the people. When I peeled off the tough green skin I found a very oily yellowish orange pericarp with very little fiber.

[Break in text, in ink] Loomis photo 259

[Continuation of text] and a flavor that reminded both Mr. Amions & me of hazelnuts. A nutty orange yellow table oil might be made from these. See photos by Harold Loomis of the fruits. Collected. Feb. 28, 1932

2988 Pachira insignis. This wild chestnut of Trinidad a handsome large leaved tree of the mountain side where moisture abounds. Its immense flowers have red & white in great bundles and its fruits are a velvety black and about the size & shape of a child’s football. In view of the success of this genus is the rocky soils of South Florida. I judge this species may tolerate lime and prove adapted to conditions there.

Collected by S. G. Chessman & D. F. in the Maracas Valley of aisu Trinidad. 2.13.32 back of Port of Spain. Photo by D. F. 18354-8.

[In ink] Diagonal lines drawn across entire page with notation, “Cancelled See No” written in center of page.

2989 P. H. Dorsett [In ink] Growing July 1, 1932 C. F. 98051

Unidentified edible fruit. Collected from a broad leaved tree near Flagstaff on the rest home on the LAMANA canal at the corner of the “Conservancy” back of Georgetown British Guiana. Fruit the size of a large plum flattened endwise reminds one of a rose apple. Color greenish

[Break in text, in ink] Planted in soil dying slowly – advised peat soil be used

[Continuation of text] Dorsett photo # [in ink] 3989 494 Yellow very small seeds scattered through the slightly acid agreeable pulp. The tree grew on the bank of the Canal through to “Pegasse” acid peat soil where the water table was often overflows the muck & peat. If the tree can stand lime it may grow in Everglades. Prove valuable Unidentified edible fruit borne on large leaved tree growing on canal bank Lamaba Canal near Flagstaff back of Georgetown Brit Guiana. Feb. 26 – 1932

2990 P. H. Dorsett

Undetermined vine Strong growing vine that climbs to the top of a tree 30 to 40 feet high. Fruit is borne in 6 in. or more in length and size of cherries. These are three angled and of a bright red color. Seeds black with a white arillus. The festoons of this vine hanging from the large branches are very striking and ornamental. Coll. Bot. Garden Georgetown Brit. Guiana Demerara.

Undetermined vine seeds black with white arillus. Botanic Garden Georgetown British Guiana. Feb. 27 – 1932

2991 p. H. Dorsett

Unidentified shade tree of pleasing habit. Spreading in character 30 to 40 ft high. Unlabeled in Botanic Gardens at Georgetown British Guiana. Evidently leguminous bearing long pods. 2/27/1932

Tree 30 – 40 ft. Spreading shade tree Botanic Gardens Georgetown British Guiana. 2/27/32

2992 Unidentified leguminous tree 40 feet tall. Though crowded in between other species this tree appeared to Dorsett to have possibilities as a shade tree for southern latitudes. Botanic Gardens British Guiana Georgetown. 2/25/32

Unidentified shade tree 40 feet tall. L??? Georgetown Botanic Garden British Guiana. 2.25.32

2993 [In pencil] 97925 S. P. I.

Ananas sativa var. Montserrat “Monserrat” a rather inferior pine of mediocre quality but good vigor. For the pineapple collection at Chapman

[Break in text, in pen] 2 pl. C. F. 12/24/32

[Continuation of text] Field Florida. Tops taken from fruit bought in Georgetown Brit. Guiana Market. Long rather slender sugarloaf shaped pineapple of dark green color when sold on market. 2.24.32 For breeding purposes!

2994 [In ink] Growing July 1.32

Randia mussaenda D. C.? Attractive flowering shrub with long white flowers fragrant. Each flower has a long slender tube and flat salver shaped corolla of pure white. The small

[Break in text 2/26/32 near Georgetown Brit. Guiana

[Continuation of text] fruits are striped different tints of greenish yellow & are about the size of a str gooseberry. I was told these were good to eat. Bushes growing in the Pegasse acid peat on bank of small canal en route to Flagstaff in Lamaba Canal Georgetown Brit. Guiana. 2/26/32

2995 [In pencil]98049 3/31/32 Sown C. F. [In ink] Growing July .1.32 C. F.

Passiflora, sp. mollissima An unusually aromatic flavored passion fruit from the market of Georgetown British Guiana where it is sold regularly. Yellow in color with rather a soft

[Break in text, in pen] In 2 in. pot 5/17/32 C. F.

[Continuation of text] flexible skin and a short pedicel. In of the size of a hen’s egg. Fruit flesh abundant, slightly acid and delightfully pleasant flavor. Deserves thorough trial in California and Florida. 2.28.32.

2996 Tillandsia sp? A large species 3 ft. long bearing long attractive flower clusters of red and yellow flowers. This species almost completely covers the branches of a giant mango tree on the canal flowing through the Sophia Sugar Experiment Station at Georgetown British Guiana. Feb. 25. 1932 ______

2997 [In ink] Alive 60 pots Wash. Detention House? July.1.1932

Montrichardia aculeatum. “Mokka Mokka” ( See No. 2948 for Tobago cuttings) a rank growing arborescent aroid occurring on the poor soils of British Guiana where the water table is

[Break in text] Seeds and cuttings from Sophia Sugar Sta. Brit. Guiana

[Continuation of text] too high. It is an indication according to Follette Smith of poor wet acid soils. It grows also in the “Pegasse” an acid peat soil. Its dark green sagittate leaves would add much to the landscapes of the Everglades. I inquired if it was a real weed and nobody thinks it is but it should be watched never the less. See 18438-11. D. F. for photo. 2.25.32 Sophia Sugar Station Brit. Guiana. 2998 Citrus medica. Citron Seedless scions of a very peculiar shaped citron which came from Surinam where it is called “Succaden succades” but where according to Dr. Stahel it is not used to any extent as a stock or for other purposes. It turns a deep orange color as it ripens & is rather attractive. Grows fairly well on the canal bank in acid soil. (Ph. 4.4) at Sophia Sugar Exp. Station back of Georgetown British Guiana. 2.25.32. Will In Demerara on acid soil being tried as a stock. 2999 Caryocar Unciferum. “Souari” Nut. One of the very largest and one of the finest nuts of the tropical world. A promising new table nut that deserves seriously to be considered as a new possibility by 2/29/32 525 [Break in text, in pencil] Photo # 526

[Continuation of text] those tropical regions peculiarly favored by con a constant supply of moisture and light acid sandy soils. The nuts are over 2 1/8 inches long and 1¾ thick. See Dorsetts Photo. Flavour is delicate reminding one of Nut but not as oily. Chocolate candy makers are trying it for coating with sweet chocolate. Dr. G. Stahel Of Surinam is planting many thousands of trees for trial. Presented by Mr. Collins of Brit. Guiana Producers Assn. Georgetown. 2.29.32

3000 Pachira. Sp. light Differs from P. insignia & P. aquatica in having a narrow pointed ^ brown pod and brilliant red crimson stamen tipped with white & red petals.

Coll. in Botanic Garden Georgetown British Guiana on the bank of the fresh water drainage canal that flows through the Garden. Evidently adapted to wet land with high water level. May grow on the Everglades wet lands. 2. 26th 32.