(12) 3711-3800 Martinique to (Inside front cover) Book 12 Contents Aletris 3793 Mangifera 3787 Annanas 3755 “ 3788 “ 3756 Orchid 3791 Anthurium 3786 “ 3792 Artocarpus 3760 Passiflora 3769 Brownea 3794 “ 3771 Cactus 3789 “ 3775 Calliandra 3765 Phaseolus 3795 Calophyllum 3776 Philodendro 3798 Cedrela 3800 Piper 3767 Colocasia 3751 Plumeria 3799 “ 3784 Raphia 3773 3785 Senna 3797 Dioscorea 3757 Sicana 3772 “ 3758 Tamarindus 3790 “ 3759 Thrinax 3783 Dilichos 3796 Undetermined 3752 Erythrina 3774 “ 3753 Garcinia 3766 “ 3778 Habenaria 3754 “ 3779 Hamelia 3764 “ 3780 Inga 3761 “ 3781 Ipomoea 3763 “ 3782 Lonchocarpus 3770 Vangueria 3762 Xanthosema 3768 3851 4 plants in box in Wardian Case Alive July 14 Det House D.C. OK 3.23 Colocasia esculenta “Boucand Blanc” A variety of Dasheen supplied from the Tivoli Collection from which the peasants of Martinique are given material to keep up their plantation. No description furnished but can be had from Mr. Desire’ Kervegant, Jardin d’Essais Desclieux, Fort de France, Martinique. 3.10.32. 3752 H.F. Loomis Cutting in Wardian Case Alive 3.23.32 Undetermined vine from Rain Forest region slope of Mt. Pelee, Martinique. A most attractive plant with bright red bracts and trumpet shaped yellow flowers that rise from their bracts or clusters of pink bracts. Suggest a Begonia but I am not able to determine it with the books & time at my disposal. Might prove a very attractive vine for cultivation in slat houses or under the shade of oak trees in Florida. Martinique 3.10.32 Underdetermined. Begoniaceae ? Rain Forest slopes of Mt. Pelee on Martinique, French West Indies. 3.10.32 3753 2 plants on block on deck. Loomis & Toy Undetermined Epiphytic orchid of general appearance of 3659 Rodriquezia fls small but intense deep pink color not very conspicuous. From the rain forest of Martinique in the mountains. 3/10/32 Send to Chapman Field for determination. Undetermined Epiphytic orchid of general appearance of a Rodriquezia. See 3659. Small but intense pink fls. Rain forest of Martinique in mountains route to St. [????]. 3.10.32. 3754 Plants on deck. Loomis & Toy Habenaria sp. Terrestrial orchid from the rain forest region of Martinique. Collected on the route between Fort de France to St. Pierre March 10.32. (in ink) Growing in full sunlight on face of a cut in the mountain side. 3755 1 plant on deck kept dry. alive 3.22 Ananas sativa “Black Antigua” variety. Said by S.H. Walter to be an excellent very sweet tender fleshed variety for home use. Not a shipping [????]. Same as 2729. From same patch in St. Lucia Experimental Garden. 3.8.32. 3756 1 slip and 1 of Walter’s “Discs” (in ink) 3.22.32 Disc appears to be alive and sound. Taken from sand bed in St. Lucia. 3.8.32 Ananas sativa var. “Sugarloaf” from Mr. S.H. Walter’s collection in the Experimental Garden in St. Lucia. A good shaped desirable form of excellent quality being propagated by Mr. Walter by his new method of stem slices which enabled him to get 36 little pine apple plants from one plant in a single season. Dead or nearly so. C.F. 12/24/32. Grew to 2 inches in Washington & was then sent here. See Walter’s article in Tropical Agriculture, Feb. 1932. [??? ??] No.2 “Plant Propagation at Union Experimental Station, St. Lucia” See my field notes 18315. 3.8.32. 3757 Single yam in box on deck Growing fine D.C. Det. House July 14/32 Dioscorea sp. The “Caplaou” yam of Martinique (What species of Dioscorea this is I was not able to determine) characterized by its large size and leaf wedge shape. See photo P.H. Dorsett 571 and also 584 5 x 7. (Center of 3 yams.) It is one of the yams that ripens its tubers during the winter months but is not prized as highly as the “Portugaise” yam. Quite phenomenal yields are obtained from yam fields. This curious fact is that while the potato was finding its way into the Onsut, the yam of the Onsut was being introduced into the Western Tropics. See R.O.Williams Useful Ornamental Plants of Trinidad & Tobago, p. 61. Lamentin, Martinique 3/10/32. 3758 1 yam on deck kept dry. alive 3.22 Dioscorea sp? “San Martin” yam. A winter ripening yam with a very rough bark-like skin and a long slender neck indicating a great deal of work must be required in digging it out of the ground. Not I judge one of the finer yams though because of its season grown in considerable quantities I judge from seeing this yam frequently on the markets. See Dorsett’s photo 571 left hand yam shown and 5 x 7 # 584 – right hand yam with long neck. From yard of Mr. Doques uncle at Lamentin, Martinique. 3.10.21. 3759 1 single specimen with 3 roots in dry box. alive 3.22 Dioscorea alata ? “Portugaise” A yam that ripens its tubers in summer – September, October. It was just starting its growth on March 10 and many of the yams kept for planting under leaves & rubbish were beginning to start into growth. 568 photo Dorsett left hand photo – leafless plant This is the most highly prized of the yams of Martinique. The name indicates its origin or the history of its introduction in the 16th century in all probability. See Dorsett’s photo 562 571 shown on extreme right and 575 584 5 x 7 photo shown on extreme left. Slender smooth skinned yam. Lamentin, Martinique. 3.10.32. 3760 Several plants from root suckers of this. Alive 3.22 July 12/32 growing Det. house D.C. Artocarpus incisa, Suales Bread Fruit. Root suckers chopped from roots of a tree evidently used for propagation in Guadeloupe Island where large fine bread fruits are much used. From village in Grande Terre, Guadeloupe. 3.11.32 Growing in calcareous limestone soil on one of the mounds of limestone in the low flat island of Grande Terre. I believe the Bread Fruit if protected when young will make a handsome bearing tree in South Florida. In the West Indies this tree is propagated by inducing suckers to form & then recovering them with a piece of the root. See photo by D.F. 18516 of women holding these plants just removed from tree. 3761 5.14/32 A few seeds in a pot half ripe. 98862 alive 3.22 [Vanqueria Madagascariensis Inga laurina Poisdoux A valuable shade and wind break tree with dark green glossy foliage like a laurel and remarkably strong trunks which appear to withstand the hurricanes well. ( in ink) 18517-10 D.F. photo In pots 6/30/32 C.F. alive in D.C. Det. House July 14.32 Trees that their tops blown off of them in Guadeloupe in 1929 have so far regained their form as to be very presentable trees now. (See D.F. photo 18517-10) The pods contain beans that are surrounded by a sweet but insipid arillus of which children are quite fond – have the name “Poisdoux”. From Jardin d’Essais, Point a Pitre, Guadeloupe, Grande Terre Isl. 3.11.32. 3762 Vangueria edulis “Tamarind des Indies” Rubiacious tree with large herbaceous light green leaves with prominent midribs. Smallish tree that in March & April bear quantities of globular green fruit 1 ½ inches across. Dorsett’s photo 585 (5 x 7) good 588 of tree 589 of fruit small When their fruits turn brown and become overripe and look rotten they are edible. The seeds are then surrounded by a slightly acid brown pulp reminding one of the tamarind. Deserves a place in the dooryard collection of South Florida. One sees the fruit in quantity on the Guadeloupe market where the dealers may be seen eating the sticky fruit pulp. Dorsett photo 576. 3763 48998 F.P.I. Ipomoea umbellata ? Large bright yellow flowers not abundant enough to make it a very showy species but worthy of trial where not before grown. Herbaceous climber. In pots 6/30/32 Chapman Field Garden Like all Ipomoeas deserves to be watched lest it shows weedy tendencies. 4 plants C.F. 12/14/32. 3 in pots. In Martinique it did not appear to be a problem weed. Collected near Vauchin Village growing on the barbed wire fence on edge of cane field. 3.10.32. Martinique. 3764 98853 5.14.32 Growing July 1.32 C.F. erecta Hamelia patens I have never admired this species of Rubiaceae before but this large flowered form with what appears to me unusually brilliant flowers attracting my attention. Photo #567D It grew in the the Monument Square near the church in Lamentin, Martinique. To compare with Florida forms as an ornamental. 3.10.32. Hamelia patens (large flowered form) Lamentin, Martinique in Monument Square near church. 3.10.32 3765 F.P.I. 98811. 5/14/32 Calliandra tergemina The so called “Boi patat” of Martinique. It grows commonly along the roadsides and is often encouraged to form a fence like bridge. When in young leaf it is very pretty. Its delicate light brown foliage of a bronze brown color is attractive and it’s pretty pink and white brush like flowers composed of long slender stamens add to the attractiveness of this bush when used as a hedge plant. Coll. on Morne la Rigale, Martinique. 3.10.32. 3766 Garcinia sp. “Cochin chiua” Species which was considered the true Mangosteen by the authorities in the Jardin d’Essais Descleux, Martinique when trees are growing & have fruited. Leaves very large and leathery and flowers white with numerous stamens that appear to function properly.