UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT Ot A6RIOjf

INVENTORY No. 93

Washington, D. C.

PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED BY THE OFFICE OF FOREIGN PUNT INTRODUCTION, BUREAU] OF PUNT INDUSTRY, OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1927 (NOS. 75127 TO 75844)

CONTENTS Page Introductory statement -. ...- 1 Inventory... _ _-..._ .-... 2 Index of common and scientific names ._ ± 30

INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT In presenting an inventory of the material which has passed through the Office of Foreign Introduction for the period included between October 1 and December 31, 1927, it is scarcely enough to report that the serial numbers include 718 introductions, a statement as dull in itself as the reading of any inventory is likely to be. But before commenting in any way upon the items which make up this list, the reader should be reminded of several things. Before all else, this inventory must be considered as a record, a historical document. In it are listed the names of all species and varieties received, together with brief notes concerning the nature of the material, the source, and a description. It in no way indicates the disposition of the material, nor does it suggest its present whereabouts. The reader is urged to remember that this is not a statement of material on hand, to be consulted like a catalogue from a nursery. It should be consulted to discover how far about the globe the office reaches out to procure ihe which it brings in for use in this country. The mere list of contributing countries fires the imagination—Argentina, Aus- tralia, Brazil, Cameroon, Canal Zone, Ceylon, Chile, China, Chosen, Colombia, Egypt, England, Fiji Islands, France, French Guinea, Gambia, Germany, Gold Coast, Hawaii, , Italy, Japan, Java, Kenya Colony, Manchuria, Mexico, , New Zealand, Nyasaland Protectorate, Palestine, Persia, Philippines, Rhodesia, Russia, Scotland, Sierra Leone, Spain, Tanganyika Territory, and Uganda. Practically every corner of the globe has contributed to the stream of introductions which are being brought in for our national develop- ment. Here are recorded findings of several collectors and two expeditions, as well as the varied contributions of the many collaborators who further the work of the office. • Conspicuous ampng these are the that have been sent in by R. Kent Beattie, of the Office of Forest Pathology, who has been studying chestnuts in the Orient with a view to collecting that will be valuable in replacing our American chestnuts, which are disappearing as a result of the blight* Other collections from Mr. Beattie which are specifically related to projects within the department here are the azaleas and lilies which appear conspicuously among the ornamentals he has sent. More than 100 numbers are used to record the plants sent in from the expedition in Africa under Messrs. Kephart and Piemeisel, whose particular interest centered in forage crops, both the grasses and legumes. 57034—29 1 Z PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED Tropical plants of particular value for southeastern Florida were sent in from the Allison V. Armour expedition^ and are recorded under Nos. 75270 to 75285. An interesting collection of native types and varieties of peaches and apricots (75228 to 75238) were sent in from Persia, and a smaller group of mangos (75264 to 75269) from Honolulu may add valuable new fruits for several localized areas in our country. Interest in rubber-producing plants is noted—three importations of Crypto- stegia (75218, 75219, 75752), latex-producing shrubby vines which seem to promise well in southern Florida. The increasing interest in bamboos is reflected in the collection (Nos. 75146 to 75170) sent in by Dr. A. W. Hill, Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England, for study in regard to hardiness and suitability for use in orna- mental and commercial plantings in the warmer parts of the country. Of more isolated interest, one finds a gladiolus (No. 75657) sent in from South America, where it was collected apparently in the wild, a new location for this genus. Large collections from the Melbourne Botanic Garden, (Nos. 75534 to 75574), and the Botanic Gardens, New South Wales (Nos. 75576 to 75612), are rich in both and , genera of great value and importance in California and the Southwest. Many of these are species or horticultural forms not previously introduced into this country. Even from so brief an outline as this, it is possible to see how diverse are the materials that are brought in by this office. It is impossible to suggest at this time the specific reasons for which they were secured or to indicate the disposition that has been made in each case, but the reader is urged once more to recall that the activities recorded here are all related to problems under consideration by the department and do not represent a check list of materials for distribution. The botanical determinations of these introductions have been made and the nomenclature determined by H. C. Skeels, who has had general supervision of this inventory. KNOWLES A.»RYERSON, Principal Horticulturist, in Charge. OFFICE OF FOREIGN PLANT INTRODUCTION, Washington, D. C.t June 6, 1929. INVENTORY * 75127 to 75136. 75127 to 75136—Continued. From Derbent, Daghestan, Caucasus, Russia. 75131, HORDEUM VULGARE PALUDUM Seringe. Seeds presented by W. Berg, Director of the Poaceae. Six-rowed barley. Daghestan Agricultural Plant-Breeding Station. Received November 17, 1927. A mass selection. 75127 to 75129. AVENA SATIVA L. Poaceae. 75132 to 75134. TRITICUM AESTIVUM L. (T. vulgare Oats. Vill.). Poaceae. Common wheat. 75127. From Andi District, Gadsberi. A 75132. Kara kilchik. variety growing at an altitude of 150 meters. 75133. Giurghimi. 75128. From Darghin District, Ulal. 75134. Baku cugda. 75129. From Ossetia, Digor District, Dushta. 75135 and 75186. TEITICUM DURUM Desf. Poaceae. Durum wheat. 75130. HOEDEUM VULGARE NIGEUM (Willd.) Beaven. Poaceae. Six-rowed barley. 75135. Ak cugda. A mass selection. 75136. Narghia ava. 1 It should be understood that the names of horticultural varieties of fruits, vegetables, cereals, and other plants used in this inventory are those under which the material was received when introduced by the Office of Foreign Plant Introduction, and, further, that the printing of such names here does not constitute their official publication and adoption in this country. As the different varieties are studied, their entrance into the American trade forecast, and the use of varietal names for them in American literature becomes necessary, the foreign varietal designations appearing in this inventory will be subject to change with a view to bringing the forms of the names into harmony with recognized horticultural nomenclature. It is a well-known fact that botanical descriptions, both technical and economic, seldom mention the seeds at all and rarely describe them in such a way as to make possible identification from the seeds alone. Many of the unusual plants listed in these inventories are appearing in this country for the first time, and there are no seed samples or herbarium specimens with ripe seeds with which the new arrivals may be compared. The only identification possible is to see that the sample received resembles seeds of other species of the same genus or of related genera. The responsibility for the identifications therefore must necessarily often rest with the porson sending the material. If there is any question regarding the correct- ness of the identification of any plant received from this office, herbarium specimens of . and should be sent in so that definite identification can be made. OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1927

75137. MENTHA ARVENSIS PIPERA- 75146 to 75170—Continued. SCENS Malinv. Menthaceae. 75148 to 75152. ARUNDINARIA spp. Poaceae. Japanese mint. Bamboo. From Japan. Plants obtained through the Federal 75146. ARUNDINARIA FASTUOSA (Marl.) Horticultural Board. Received October 17, Makino. 1927. A slender hollow-stemmed Japanese A cultivated variety with larger leaves and bamboo about 20 feet high. The dark-green yielding more oil than the ordinary mint. stems have purple markings. 75138. JUGLANS SIEBOLDIANA Maxim. For previous introduction see No. 73957. Juglandaceae. Japanese walnut. 75147. ARUNDINARIA HINDSII GRAMINEA Mitf. From Sapporo, Japan. Seeds collected by R. K. A very handsome and hardy Japanese Beattie, Bureau of Plant Industry. Received bamboo with slender stems 10 to 15f eet high November 12,1927. and very narrow leaves 6 to 10 inches long. No. 1G. Collected at the botanic garden, Hok- kaido Imperial University. A broad-headed Jap- 75148. ARUNDINARIA MACROSPERMA Michx. anese up to 60 feet high which bears its Cane reed. ovoid nuts in long racemes often containing 20 nuts. A native American bamboo growing along streams in the southeastern part of the 75139. BAMBUSA ARUNDINACEA Retz. United States. The stems are 20 to 30 feet Poaceae. Bamboo. high with numerous short divergent branches and lanceolate leaves 10 to 15 inches long. From Dehra Dun, India. Seeds presented by R. N. Parker, forest botanist of the Forest Research 75149. ARUNDINARIA NAGASHIMA (Marl.) Institute. Received November 18,1927. Aschers. and Graebn. A tall bamboo, native to India, rising to a height A small Japanese bamboo 3 to 5 feet high, of 60 feet. The stems are produced in dense clumps, with erect stems, upright branches, and linear green and shining when young, but becoming leaves 6 to 9 inches long. The nodes are golden. The lower branches are spiny. covered with white wax. 75140 to 75143. FRAGARIA spp. Rosa- 75150. ARUNDINARIA NITIDA Mitf. ceae. Strawberry. A hollow Chinese bamboo up to 20 feet high, with the stems leafless the first year and From Berlin, Germany. Plants purchased from branching and arching the second year. The L. Spfith. Received December 28,1925. Num- pubescent sheaths ape purplish, and the bered November, 1927. small lanceolate leavesare bright green above and glaucescent beneath. This is one of the 75140. FRAGARIA sp. hardiest of the Arundinarias and thrives in Kaisers sdmling. Fruits large, bright red; moist shady places. flesh sweet and melting; a heavy yielder. 75151. ARUNDINARIA SIMONII (Carr.) A. and . 75141. FRAGARIA sp. C. Riviere. Lucida perfecta. Late-ripening variety; fruits A hollow bamboo, native to China and large; flesh white, sweet, with an aromatic Japan, with stems 25 feet high and an inch flavor; a heavy yielder. thick, young sheaths purplish, and leaves 6 to 12 inches long which are bright green 75142. FRAGARIA sp. above, often striped with white, and glauces- Sieger. Early ripening variety; fruits large* cent beneath on one side of the midrib and bright red, juicy, of excellent flavor; a heavy nearly green on the other side. yielder. 75152. ARUNDINARIA SIMONH VARIEGATA 75143. FRAGARIA sp. Hook. f. Spate von Leopoldshall. Fruits large, bright red; flesh dark red. A form of Arundinaria simonii with smaller and narrower leaves which are irregu- 75144. FRAGARIA sp. Rosaceae. larly striped with white. Strawberry. 75153 to 75160. PHYLLOSTACHYS spp. Bamboo. From Bedford, England. Plants purchased from Laxton Bros. Received March 25,1926. Num- 75153. PHYLLOSTACHYS AUREA Carr. bered November, 1927. Golden Japanese bamboo. Orove End scarlet. An old and well-known, A yellow-stemmed bamboo, native to midseason variety with small round fruits which China and Japan, with erect stems 15 to 18 remain whole when preserved. feet high and an inch thick, and with dark- green leaves 4 to 6 inches long and nearly an 75145. RUBUS sp. Rosaceae. inch wide. Raspberry. 75154. PHYLLOSTACHYS BAMBUSOIDES Sieb. From Shitoukhetsy, Manchuria. Plants collected and Zucc. by P. H. Dorsett, agricultural explorer, Bureau A Chinese bamboo with stems over 50 of Plant Industry. Received November 17, feet high and 4 to 6 inches in diameter, bright 1926. Numbered November, 1927. green with a bloom below the nodes, and the No. 7267. October 8,1926. A wild Manchurian sheaths mottled with purple. raspberry cultivated for its abundance of red berries, which are of good size and quality. 75155. PHYLLOSTACHYS BAMBUSOIDES CAS- TILLONI (Marl.) H. de Lehaie. 75146 to 75170. A smaller and more slender Japanese form From Kew, England. Plants presented by Dr. of Phyllostachys bambusoides with yellow A. W. Hill, Director of the Royal Botanic stems striped with green and the shorter and Gardens. Received May 11, 1925. Numbered narrower leaves often striped with pale December, 1927. yellow. PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED

75146 to 75170—Continued. 75146 to 75170—Continued. 75158. PHYLLOSTACHYS FLEXUOSA A. and 75189 and 75170. SASA VEITCHII (Carr.) C. Riviere. Rehder. A Chinese bamboo 10 to 20 feet high, A rapidly spreading dwarf Japanese with stems bright green at first, but becoming bamboo usually 2 feet high, but rarely 5 feet, almost black, long flexuous branches, and with green stems and leaves dark green above, leaves dark green above and glaucous glaucous beneath, and turning yellow on the beneath. margin in autumn. 75157. PHYLLOSTACHYS KTJMASASA (Zoll.) 75169. No. 1. 75170. No. 2. Munro. A small Japanese bamboo with flattened 75171. BETA VULGARIS L. Chenopo- zigzag green steins 4 to 8 feet high, two to diaceae. Beet. four branchlets at each node, and ovate- From Paris, France. Seeds purchased from lanceolate dark-green leaves. Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co. Received November 75158. PHYLLOSTACHYS PUBERULA (Miquel) 29,1927. Munro. Franqaise riche. This variety gives a very large A Chinese bamboo with bright-green yield in deep, rather light soil. hollow stems 15 to 20 feet high, arching and very leafy; the leaves are dark green above 75172. PASSIFLORA MALIFORMIS L. and glaucous beneath. Passifloraceae. 75159. PHYLLOSTACHYS PUBERULA NIGRA From Calarca, Colombia. Seeds presented by (Lodd.) H. de LeHaie. Eduardo Hernandez, Direction de Agricultura. A form of Phyllostachys puberula with the Received November 25,1927. stems soon turning black, the nodes edged A locally grown variety. • below with white, and the branchlets spotted. 75160. PHYLLOSTACHYS VIRIDI-GLAUCESCENS For previous introduction see No. 55028. A. and C. Riviere. 75173 and 75174. ZEA MAYS L. Poa- A Chinese bamboo with yellowish green ceae. Corn. hollow stems, 20 to 24 feet high, purplish at the nodes and the sheaths striped with purple. From Angol, Chile- Seeds presented by D. S. Bullock, of the Instituto Agricola Bunster. 75161 to 75170. SASA spp. Poaceae. Bamboo. Received November 21,1927. 75161. SASA AURICOMA (Mitf.) E. G. Camus. Maiz Indiana. Collected in the Andes at A dwarf Japanese bamboo 3 to 5 feet high, Palugin, near Pucon. with slender dark purplish green tufted stems and green and golden yellow striped 75173. No. 1. 75174. No. 2.

7Mifc SASA CHRYSAN-rmt (Mitf.) K. Q. 7&17& ta 75181. CAJANUS INDICUS Camus. Spreng. . Pigeon pea. A spreading Japanese bamboo with hollow From Tanganyika Territory, Africa. Seeds pre- stems 5 to 7 feet high and glabrous bright- sented by T. H. Marshall, Department of green leaves often variegated with yellow. Agriculture, Dar es Salaam. Received Novem- 75163. SASA DISTICHA (Mitf.) E. G. Camus. ber 15, 1927. A dwarf Japanese bamboo with zigzag 75175. Bonomho. A variety with red flowers hollow green stems less than 3 feet high, and and large soft white to pinkish seeds. bright-green leaves arranged in two rows. 75176. Bonongwa. A variety with white flowers 75164. SASA HUMILIS (Mitf.) E. G. Camus. and small hard white to pinkish seeds. A dwarf Japanese bamboo with very slender green stems 2 to 4 feet high, having 75177. Kipera. A yellow-flowered variety with two or three long branches at each node, small hard pinkish to greenish seeds. purplish sheaths, and pale-green leaves. 75178. Ktewaswa. A red-flowered variety with 75165. SASA JAPONICA (Sieb. and Zucc.) soft medium-sized purple-spotted seeds. Makino. A Japanese bamboo with stout stems 10 75179. Mkulyungu. A black-flowered variety to 15 feet high, having pale-brown sheaths with medium-sized hard purple seeds, and leaves 4 to 10 inches long, lustrous dark 75180. Mrugulu. A variety with mottled green above and glaucescent beneath except flowers and medium-sized hard fawn-colored a green strip on one margin. 75166. SASA PUMILA (Mitf.) E. G. Camus. 75181. MtoUkt. A black-flowered variety with A Japanese dwarf bamboo 1 to 2 feet high, medium-sized hard brownish seeds. with slender hollow stems, purple-tinged sheaths, and bright-green slightly hairy 75182. DIOSPYROS CQNZATTII St*mdley. leaves. Diospyraceae. Persimmon. 75167. SASA TESSELLATA (Munro.) Mak. and Shib. From Oaxaca de Juarezr Oaxaca, Mexico. Seeds presented by Dr. C. Conzatti. Received A dwarf Japanese bamboo 3 to 5 feet high, November 14,1927. with arching stems, very striking on account •of the large leaves forming broad rounded A subtropical tree of particular interest on account of the exquisite flavor of its edible, green* .75168. SASA VARIEGATA (Siebold) E. G. skinned fruits, 4 centimeters in diameter and 2 Camus. centimeters long. Propagation of tbis magnificent tree is relatively simple because of its vigor and the A Japanese dwarf bamboo 2 to 3 feet high, altitude at which it thrives, 1,000 meters above •spreading rapidly and forming large tufts of sea level. Native to south-central Mexico* very slender somewhat zigzag stems with green leaves striped with white. For previous introduction see No. 53176. OCTOBEK 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1927

75188 to 75199. PRUNUS CERASUS MA- 75204. LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTTJM RASCA (Host.) C. Schneid. Amyg- Mill. Solanaceae. Tomato. dftlace&e. Mmrasdnno cherry. From Fundo Ursula, near Nancagua, Chile. Seeds From Miten^ Italy. Plants purchased frojji presented by H. L. Westover, Bureau of Plant FrateUi Ingegnoli. Received December 4, 1927. Industry. Received October 11,1927. Local varieties. Seeds collected from a waste place, May 7,1924. The fruits are small, but very solid, and seem to 75183. Bicentenaria. contain less acid than the tomatoes in the United States. 75184. Inglese precoce. 75185. Nera grossa di Piemonte. 75205 and 75206. From Gold Coast, Africa. Seeds presented by L. 75186. Regina oriensia. A. King-Church, conservator of forests, Vic- 75187. Rossa grossa dt Piemonte. toriaborg, Akkra. Received October 12,1927. 78168. BeVa di Barbanti. 76205. MONODOEA MTEISTICA (Gaertn.) Dunal. . Calabash nutmeg. 78189. Bella di Toscana. The Calabash nutmeg is described in Curtis's 75190. Bianco grosso. Botanical Magazine (plate 3059) as a large, spreading, tropical African tree with shining, 76191. Bianco rosato di Piemonte. pale-green leaves and fragrant flowers. The 75192. Garibaldi. latter, borne singly in the axils, are about 6 inches across, with six petals; three of these are 75193. GiaUo di Doenissen. spreading and yellow, the other three are erect and creamy white, and all are dotted with red. 75194. Morreau. The fruit, 4 to 6 inches in diameter, contains a 75195. NapotUana. uumber of cylindric seeds about an inch long; these have a flavor closely resembling that of the 75198. iVero dt Tarcento. common nutmeg. 75197. iVero di JFmJW«r. For previous introduction see No. 61499. 75198. (Mfoo. 76206. PABEIASP. Mimosaceae. 75199. dliegio duracino gig ante. A tall unarmed tree with compound leaves and small, dense panicles of flowers which are 75200. EHRHARTA CALYCINA J. E. followed by large, strap-shaped pods. Native Smith. Poaceae. to tropical Africa. Perennial African veldt grass. 75207 to 75213. CAJANUS INDICUS From Burringbar, New South Wales, Spreng. Fabaceae. Pigeon pea. Seeds presented by B. Harrison. Received October 8,1927. From Pusa, Bihar and Orissa, India. Seeds collected by Dr. F. G. Krauss, of the University A grass 4 feet high, which is popular as a forage of Hawaii. Received October 12,1927. grass in , where it was introduced accidentally by camel owners in fodder imported Locally grown varieties collected in August, 1927. from South Africa. It is said to be very nutritious. 76207. Pusa No. 1. 75201. LUCUMA NERVOSA DC. Sapo- 75208. Pusa No. 2a. taceae. . Canistel. 76209. Pusa No. Zb. From Homestead, Fla. Seeds presented by Dr. J. Petersen. Received October 8,1927. 76210. Pusa No. ka. A small tree up to 25 feet high, with spreading 75211. Pusa No. 5a. branches and oblong leaves 4 to 8 inches long. 75212. Pusa No. 5b. The ovoid orange-yellow edible fruits are 2 to 4 inches long with soft mealy bright orange flesh of 75213. Amber No. 10. rich sweet flavor. The tree is native to northern South America. 75214 to 75216. ZEA MAYS L. Poa- 75202 and 75203. NOTHOFAGUS spp. ceae. Corn. Fagaceae. From India. Seeds collected by Dr. F. G. Krauss, From Wellington, New Zealand. Seeds presented of the University of Hawaii. Received October by L. Ellis, Director of the Department of 12, 1927. Forestry, Received October 8,1927. Locally grown varieties, collected in August, 75202. NOTHOFAGUS FUSCA (Hook, f.) Oerst. 1927, at the Agricultural Experiment Station, Dusky beech. Pusa, Bihar and Orissa. A large New Zealand tree often reaching a 75214. No. 1. An early-maturing variety. height of 100 feet and having a trunk diameter of 12 feet. It is sparsely distributed throughout 75215. No. 2. An intermediate-maturing vari- the islands in damp situations. ety. For previous introduction see No. 46643. 76216. No. 3. A late variety. 75S0S. NOTHOFAGUS SOLANDRI I look, f.) Oerst. 75217. CUCUMIS MELO L. Cucurbita- (lander's beech. ceae. Melon. A'fbrest tree up to 100 feet high; with small From Altoona, Pa. Seeds presented by William leaves less than an inch long and fruits resem- Hahman. Received October 8, 1927. bling small chestnuts. . This is the mast aban- daait of li» New Zerinid beeches, forming A melon originally from China, which is reported immense forests on the drier mountain slopes. to produce as many as 60 fruits to a hill. 6 PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED

75218 and 75219. CRYPTOSTEGIA spp. The Jaffa or Shamouti orange from Jaffa, Pal- estine, is a large oval fruit of bright orange color, Asclepiadaceae. maturing from October to April. The fruit is From Paris, France. Seeds purchased from practically seedless, the skin usually thick, and the Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co. Received October flesh of excellent quality. This variety is the basis 10,1927. of the rapidly developing Palestine orange industry. Ninety-five per cent of the fruit is marketed in 75218. CRYPTOSTEGIA GRANDIFLORA R. Br. England. Palay rubber vine. 75227. JATROPHA SPATHULATA Muell. A climbing shrubby vine of unknown na- tivity, but now cultivated in many places in the Arg. Euphorbiaceae. Tocote prieto. Tropics of both hemispheres as an ornamental, From San Antonio, Tex. Plants collected by Dr. J. and occasionally growing as an escape from cultivation. The leaves are short and leathery, N. Rose, of the United States National Museum, with dull surfaces and purple midribs, and the and Paul Russell, of the Bureau of Plant Indus- whitish or pink flowers are 2 to 3 inches in try. Received October 24,1927. diameter. This vine is now being tested as a No. 24139. October 19, 1927. A stoloniferous source of rubber. In India the plant is called up to 15 feet high, with fleshy branches, palay. sessile spathulate leaves, and fascicles of pale-rose flowers. Native to Texas, Mexico, and Central For previous introduction see No. 61795. America. For testing as a possible source of rubber. 75219. CRYPTOSTEGIA GRANDIFLORA R. Br. 75228 to 75238. Received as Cryptostegia madagascariensis, but plants grown at Chapman Field, near From Teheran, Persia. Seeds presented by E. S. Miami, Fla., appear to be C. grandiflora. Haskell, Director General of Agriculture and Public Domains. Received October 17, 1927. 75220. ZEA MAYS L. Poaceae. Corn. Local varieties collected at Tajrish, near From Darjiling, India. Seeds collected by Dr. Teheran. F. G. Krauss, of the University of Hawaii. 75228 and 75229. AMYGDALUS PERSICA L. Received October 12,1927. (Prunus persica Stokes). Amygdalaceae. Collected August 10,1927. A variety growing at Peach. an altitude of 7,000 feet. 75228. No. 1. Small mealy fruits. 75221. (Undetermined.) 75229. No. 2. Small sweet fruits. From Kabiti, near Nairobi, Kenya Colony, East 75230. PRUNUS ARMENIACA L. Amygdalaceae. Africa. Seeds collected by L. W. Kephart and R. L. Piemeisel, agricultural explorers, Apricot. Bureau of Plant Industry. Received October No. 3. Aromatic fruits. 15, 1927. 75231 to 75238. PRUNUS spp. Amygdalaceae. No. 83. July 8, 1927. A bulbous liliaceous plant Plum. with flowers about 1 inch in diameter produced on stalks 6 feet high. The leaves are thin, 2 to 75231. PRUNUS sp. 2XA feet long, and V/% inches broad at the base, tapering gradually to a point. The pods are one- No. 4. Large round black fruits. fourth to one-half inch long, and the bulbs are 4 75232. PRUNUS sp. inches in diameter, with several small bulbs at- tached to the side. No. 5. Large round white fruits. 75222 to 75225. PHOENIX spp. Phoe- 75233. PRUNUS sp. nicaceae. Palm. No. 6. Large round red fruits. From Paris, France. Seeds purchased from 75234. PRUNUS sp. Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co. Received October 10,1927. No. 7. Very small round yellowish fruits. 75222. PHOENIX RUPICOLA T. Anders. 75235. PRUNUS sp. A slender date palm up to 20 feet high, with No. 8. Small oval yellowish fruits. leaves 10 feet long and oblong shining yellow 75236. PRUNUS sp. fruits. Native to India. No. 9. Small oval reddish fruits. 75223 and 75224. PHOENIX RECLINATA Jacq. Senegal date palm. 75237. PRUNUS sp. A date palm 25 or more feet tall, which has No. 10. Small oval red fruits. bright-green 2-ranked leaves with rigid leaflets. Native to tropical Africa. 75238. PRUNUS sp. No. 11. Large round yellowish white 75223. [No data.] fruits. 75224. Variety leonensis. 75239. (Undetermined.) Poaceae. 75225. PHOENIX ROEBELENII O'Brien. From Concepcion, Chile. Seeds presented by S. P. Price, Concepcion, through H. L. Westover, Roebelin palm. Bureau of Plant Industry. Received October A dwarf palm, resembling the date palm, but 24, 1927. only about 2 feet high. Native to Cochin China. A mixture of local grass varieties. 75226. CITRUS SINENSIS (L.) Osbeck. 75240. TRIFOLIUM PRAGIFERUM L. Rutaceae. Orange. Fabaceae. Strawberry clover. From Palestine. Bud collected by Knowles From Melbourne, Australia. Seeds purchased A. Ryerson, of the Joint Palestine Survey from F. H. Brunning. Received October 21, Commission. Received October 5,1927. 1927. OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1927

The strawberry clover has in some unknown 75248. DOLICHOS LABLAB L. Faba- way become introduced into northeastern Oregon, where, on the seepage irrigated lands that are too ceae. Hyacinth bean. alkali for alfalfa,'it seems to thrive excellently. From Cairo, Egypt. Seeds presented by William It seems probable that the seed was originally Carlton McQuiston, of the American Univer- introduced with alfalfa, but at the present time sity. Received Octobpr 29,1927. this variety has escaped into the pastures, wherever the seepage from the irrigation ditches provides A locally grown variety. sufficient moisture. 75249. ALEURITES FORDII Hemsl. 75241. CALOPHYLLUM KUNSTLERI King. Euphorbiaceae. Tung-oil tree. Clusiaceae. From Pineville, La. Seeds presented by Placide From Summit, Canal Zone. Seeds presented by Rodriguez, Superintendent of the Alexandria J. E. Higgins, Agronomist in Charge, Plant National Cemetery. Received October 17, 1927. Introduction Gardens. Received October 22, Seeds from trees growing in the Alexandria 1927. National Cemetery. A tree up to 60 feet high, native to the Malay 75250. CARICA PAPAYA L. Papaya- Peninsula. The 4-angled branchlets are red ceae. Papaya. pubescent, and the elliptical leaves are prominently nerved. The small axillary clusters of white From Brownsville, Tex. Seeds collected by Dr. flowers are followed by drupes about one-third of J. N. Rose, of the United States National an inch in diameter. Museum, and Paul Russell, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received November 12, 1927. 75242 and 75243. CUCUMIS MELO L. October 30, 1927. A local variety of excellent Cucurbitaceae. Melon. quality with an unusually hard shell. From Ispahan, Persia. Seeds presented by A. 75251 to 75253. MACADAMIA TERNI- Mohammed Hossain Quiahi. Received October 25,1927. FOLIA F. Muell. Proteaeeae. Macadamia. Locally grown varieties. From Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Seeds 75242. No. 2. Kharboozeh. An oval-shaped purchased from Anderson & Co. Received variety. October 18,1927. 75243. No. 4. Semsoori. A round variety. An evergreen tree up to 60 feet in height, which is cultivated for its edible nuts. 75244. LOBELIA FULGENS Willd. Campanulaceae. For previous introduction see No. 74219. Mexican lobelia. 75251. The true thin-shelled variety. From Zacuapam, Huatusco, Vera Cruz, Mexico. Seeds presented by Dr. C. A. Purpus. Received 75252. Medium thick-shelled variety with October 25,1927. smooth leaves. 75253. Thick-shelled variety of the ordinary A herbaceous perennial plant about 4 feet high type. with bright-red flowers. 75254 and 75255. LILIUM spp. Lilia- For previous introduction see No. 45353. ceae. lily. 75245. GALANTHUS FOSTERI Baker. From Chosen. Obtained through C. H. Stephan, Amaryllidaceae. Snowdrop. American vice consul in charge, Seoul. Re- ceived November 11,1927. From London, England. Bulbs purchased from Barr & Sons. Received October 28, 1927. Seeds and bulbs of a wild pink lily from the Chosen Government-General's Model Farming A bulbous, spring- native to Station, Suigen, near Seoul. According to that Asia Minor. The leaves are nearly an inch wide, station, the wild lily in Suigen is chiefly of the and the small flowers are white with the lower species of Lilium concolor buschianum, and the half of the segments green. Japanese name is Aka hime yuri. 75246. SAGUERUS PINNATTJS Wurmb 75254. Bulbs. 75255. Seeds, (Arenga saccharifera Labill.). Phoe- nicaceae. Sugar palm. 75256. CYNOMETRA CAULIFLORA L. Caesalpiniaceae. From Manila, Philippine Islands. Seeds presented From Buitenzorg, Java. Seeds presented by Di. by S. Youngberg, Director of the Bureau of W. M. Doctors van Leeuwen, director of the Agriculture. Received December 20, 1927. botanic gardens. Received February 11, 1927. Kaong. A handsome palm 30 to 40 feet high, Numbered October, 1927. with immense leaves and enormous bunches of fruit. A rich-flavored palm sugar is made from the A curious tree producing an abundance of sap which flows from the bruised fruit stalk. It also greenish yellow fruits which are the shape of tri- furnishes a valuable black fibrous substance, ejoo angular apple tarts. They have an acid flavor fiber, superior in quality, cheapness, and durability with little character, but when cooked are said to to that obtained from the husk of the coconut, and make excellent pies. These fruits are produced renowned for its power to resist moisture. It is from knotlike excrescences on the trunk, often used by the natives of the Indian Islands for every near the ground. purpose of cordage. Underneath this material is For previous introduction see No. 67692. found a substance of a soft gossamerlike texture which is imported into China, where it is applied 75257 to 75262. as oakum in calking the seams of ships and more From Texas and Mexico. Seeds collected by Dr. generally as tinder for kindling fire. J. N. Rose, of the United States National Mu- For previous introduction see No. 67178. seum, and Paul Russell, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received November, 1927. 75247. LILIUM sp. Liliaceae. lily. 75257. CHIOCOCCA ALBA (L.) Hitchc. Rubia- From Tokyo, Japan. Bulbs collected by R. K. ceae. Beattie, Bureau of Plant Industry. Received No. 24289. Brownsville, Tex., October 29, October 31,1927. 1927. A much-branched climbing shrub with No. 1. (Yuri.) Obtained in the market, leathery shining, oval leaves about 2 inches September 30, 1927. A local variety with edible long, small, white flowers, and small globular, bulbs. white berries. Native to Mexico. 8 PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED

75257 to 75262—Continued. 75264 to 75269. MANGIFERA INDICA L- 75258. INODES TEX AN A O. F. Cook. Phoenica- Anacardiaceae. Mango. ceae. Palm. From Honolulu, Hawaii. Plants presented by N6. 24268. Brownsville, Tex., October 28, W. T. Pope, horticulturist of the Hawaii Agri- 1927. A tall erect handsome fan-leaved palm, cultural Experiment Station. Received No- up to 50 feet in height, native to the banks of vember 11,1927. the lower Rio Grande below Brownsville, Tex., Locally grown varieties. and Matamoros, Mexico. The trunks of the older trees are smooth, while the persistent 75264. No. 2946. Pirie. leafstalks form a network on the trunks of the younger ones. The leaves are light green, 75265. No. 3715. Cowasjee patel X pirie. about 5 feet wide, and are borne in a large termi- nal cluster. While this palm is grown as an 75266. No. 4800. Kalihi. ornamental in this vicinity, it is not cultivated 75267. No. 4802. Victoria, elsewhere. * The edible fruits are round, fleshy, black and about five-eighths of an inch in diam- 75268. No. 5298. Ludwig. eter. They are sold in the Matamoros market under the name of micharo* 75269. No. 5299. Ono. For previous introduction see No. 42280. 75270 to 75285. 75259. IPOMOEA FISTULOSA Mart. Convolvu- From West Africa. Seeds and plants collected by laceae. Morning-glory. David Fairchild, agricultural explorer, Bureau of Plant Industry, with the Allison V. Armour No. 24228. Brownsville, Tex., October 26, expedition. Received March and April, 1927. 1927. A shrubby subtropical morning-glory Numbered in October, 1927. up to 15 feet high, with rather thick entire leaves about 5 inches long and handsome purplish 75270. COCCINEA Jacq. Caesalpinia- flowers about 3 inches long. Native to Brazil. ceae. For previous introduction see No. 46966. No. 1170. Victoria Botanic Garden, Came- roon, February 10, 1927. An ornamental 75260. KARWINSKIA HUMBOLDTIANA (Roem. tropical tree with pale-brown leaves and large and Schult.) Zucc. Rhamnaceae. heads of scarlet flowers. No. 24201. Near Brownsville, Tex., October 24, 1927. A small, attractive tree 22 feet high, 75271. CYRTOSPERMA SENEGALENSE (Schott) with oblong-oval opposite leaves up to 3 inches Engler. Araceae. long and small round black berries. It is found No. 1156. Collected near Duala, Cameroon, in dry situations between southern Texas and February 6, 1927. A curious aroid which sends Central America. up its spathe on a spiny stem 10 feet high. The 75261. PlTHECOLOBIUM BREVIFOLIUM Benth. spathe itself is 16 inches long. This plant requires sandy wet soil, tropical conditions Mimosaceae. and moist atmosphere. No. 24217. October 25, 1927. Near Mata- moros, Mexico. An ornamental evergreen 75272. DIOSCOREA sp. Dioscoreaceae. Yam. shrub or small tree about 18 feet high, found in semiarid situations. It has short spines, pinnate No. 1143. Growing in the jungle at Jala, leaves/and pale cream-colored flowers in headlike Sierra Leone, January 21, 1927. A wild species The Mexican name is tanasa. which may be valuable as an edible yam. 75262. SAPIUM SEBIFERUM Roxb. (L.) Euphorbi- 75273. DIOSCOREA sp. Dioscoreaceae. Yam. aceae. Chinese tallowtree. No. 1149. A wild yam from Abuko, Gambia, No. 24198. Brownsville, Tex.; October 28, January 10,1927. 1927. An attractive tree, native to China, which is long-lived, and at maturity has a height 75274. GARCINIA sp. Clusiaceae. of 40 to 50 feet and a diameter of 5 to 6 feet. The No. 1102. Konakry, French Guinea, Jan- 3-celled. flattened-ovoid fruits are about three- uary 15, 1927. A small tropical African tree fifths of an inch in diameter. When ripe they with typical Garcinia leaves and white flowers are blackish brown and woody in appearance; in China these are either gathered by hand or half an inch in diameter. The yellow fruits, knocked down by poles. After being collected, an inch in diameter, contain very large seeds- the fruits are spread in the sun. where they surrounded by a thin layer of yellow flesh which open, and each liberates three elliptical seeds is sweet and palatable, though rather dry. covered with a white substance which is a fat or 75275. GARCINIA sp. Clusiaceae. tallow. After this substance has been removed by steaming and rubbing through a bamboo No. 1102. Korlakry, French Guinea. Seed- sieve, the fat is collected and melted, molded into lings of the same species as No. 75274. cakes, and sold^s the JPi yu of commerce. After the fat is removed the seeds are crushed, and the 75276. GARCINIA sp. Clusiaceae. oil expressed from them is called Ting yu. In No. 1164. Botanic Garden, Victoria, Came- China the oil and tallow are used in the manu- roon, February 10,1927. An East Indian species facture of candles, and these products are also producing ribbed oboyate fruits which have exported in quantity to Europe, where they are eight grooves, and a distinct mammillate pro- used in the manufacture of soap. The tree is tuberance on which is placed the stigma. The occasionally grown as a shade tree in the Gulf arillus of the seeds is salmon pink, somewhat and South Atlantic States. like the outside of the fruit. When ripe, the For previous introduction see No. 51897. rind softens up like a small melon; 76277. ISOLONA LEONENSIS Sprague and 75263. GARCINIA sp. Clusiaceae. Hutchins. Annonaceae. From near Lungnam, Kiangsi Province, China. No. 1215. From the jungle near the road Seeds collected by F. A. McClure, agricultural between Akkra and Winneba, Gold Coast, explorer, Bureau of Plant Industry. Received March 27, 1927. A small tropical tree which February 24, 1927. Numbered in October, 1927. may be of value as stock for the Annonas. The No. 973. Chuk tszt shaan chuk. December 19, fruits are about the size of a small North Amer- 1926. This species, said to be wild, will probably ican pawpaw, greenish yellow with small white be of interest as a cold-resistant stock on which to dots and black longitudinal stripes. The seeds graft the commercial mangos teen. are very abundant and the fruit pulp is scanty. OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1927

75270 to ^6^86—-Contip^d. 75286 to 75278. LANDOLPHIA sTOLzn Busse. Apooyna- f 5287. ANDROPOGON PERfusus (L.) Willd. ceae. , Poaceae. Grass. No! 1181. Obtained inthe market at Moliko, No. 216. Scott Agi^cultural Laboratory, near Buea. Cameroon, February 12, 1927. A Kenya Colony. A perennial grass with hairy tropical climbing, shrub producing large pear- nodes, which grows abundantly on the Athi sbaped fruits 4 inches in diameter and of a rusty Plains and is commonly* found in the Kinangop orange-brown color, with rough protruding and Aberdares Mountains up to 9,000 feet lenticels. The flesh is composed of a fibrous altitude. It appears leafy and productive, and arillus of a light-brown color and pleasant acid spreads by its strong rhizomes. As! the seeds taste with perhaps a slight acridity. This shatter when ripe, this grass may be rather vine may prove useful as a source of rubber. difficult to harvest. ., .. . For previous introduction see No. 63173. For previous introduction see No. 49510. 75279. LISSOCHILUS HBUDELOTH Reichenb. f. Orchidaceae. 75288. ANDROPOGON sp. Poaceae. Grass. No. 1231. Near Akkra, Gold Coast, Febru- No. 89. July 10, 1927. An important grass ary 27, 1927. An ornamental terrestrial orchid growing on the plains between the Athi Kiver bearing flesh-colored flowers with a purple- and Nairobi, Kenya Colony. | spotted lip, on scapes up to 4H feet high, and strings of tubers as large as potatoes. 75289. ANDROPOGON sp. Poaceae. Grass. 75289. LISSOCHILUS MILLSONI Rolfe. Orchida- No. 152. July 27, 1927. A perennial grass ceae. growing in wet meadows near Uplands, Kenya No. 1232. Between Akkra and Winneba, Colony. Gold Coast, February 27, 1927. A terrestrial herbaceous tropical orchid similar to No. 1231 75290. ASTREBLA sp. Poaceae. Grass. [No. 75279], but not so attractive. No. 202. Scott Agricultural Laboratory, 75281. (Gaertn.) Dunal. Kenya Colony. A bunch grass introduced from Annonaceae. Australia by the Scott Agricultural Laboratory. No. 1242. Agricultural Experiment Station, 75291. AVENA BYZANTINA Koch. Poaceae. Aburi, Gold Coast, February 26,1927. A hand- some tropical evergreen tree bearing an abun- Oats. dance of large fragrant yellow and white flowers. No. 277. Boer. A local variety from These flowers are followed by large fruits con- Southern Rhodesia. taining many oily seeds which are aromatic and used as a condiment by the natives of West !. AVENA SATIVA L. Poaceae. Oats. Africa. No. 278. Ruakur. A local variety from For previous introduction see No. 61499. Southern Rhodesia. 75282. MUSA ARNOLDIANA Wildem. Musaceae. 75298. BRACHIARIA BRIZANTHA (Hochst.) Stapf. No. 1239. Victoria, Cameroon, February 17. Poaceae. Grass. 1927. A tropical banana relative about 12 feet No. 209. Scott Agricultural Laboratory, high with leaves 7 feet long and fruits 4 inches Kenya Colony. A rather uncommon big leafy long. grass, resembling a large Paspalum, which seeds For previous introduction see No. 55101. rather sparingly and shatters badly. The seed 75283. SYNSEPALUM DULCIFICUM (Schum.) heads are sticky. It is apparently a fine grass Daniell. Sapotaceae. for the hills. t No. 1173. Agricultural Experiment Station. For previous introduction see No%50687. Assuansi, Gold Coast. An ornamental tropical African shrub about 6 feet high, with* dark-red 75294 to 75300. CAJANUS INDICUS Spreng: Faba- fruits which, when eaten, make sour things ceae. . Pigeon pea. taste~sweet. . Local varieties. , For previous introduction see No. 73071. 75294. No. 233. Arusha District, Tanganyika 75284. BUTIA CAPITATA PULPOSA (Barb.-Rodr.) Territory. ; Beccari. 75295. No. 234. Moshi District, Tanganyika No. 1200. Botanic Garden, Victoria, Came- Territory. . ... roon. An ornamental palm. ; 75296. No. 235. A . variety grown by the 75285. (Undetermined.) Wakabe tribe, Northern Province, Arusha No. 1220. From the jungle between District, Tanganyika. Winneba and Assuansi, Gold Coast, February 28, 1927. A tropical herbaceous plant with large 75297. No. 237. Tanga District, Tanganyika ovate leaves 10 inches long, which are a delicate Territory. crimson on the under side. The flowers are also 75298. No. 254. From the Government plan- attractive though rather small. tation, Serere, Eastern Province, Uganda. 75286 to 75403. 75299. No. 255. From the Government plan- From East Africa. Seeds collected by L. W. tation, Serere, Eastern Province, Uganda. Kephart and R. L. Piemeisel, agricultural 75800. No. 256. From the Government plan explorers, Bureau of Plant Industry. Received tation, Serere, Eastern Province, Uganda. October, 1927. 75286. ABUTILON sp. Malvaceae. 75301. CALAMAGROSTIS sp. Poaceae. Grass. No. 49. Near Nairobi, Kenya Colony, July No. 230. Kinangop Plains, Kenya Colony. 3, 1927. A tropical shrub 3 feet or more high, A rare perennial grass with a Poalike head. with purple pubescence on the upper part of the 75302. CANAVALIA ENSIFORMIS (L.) DC. Faba- stems. The leaves are thin, broad, and heart- ceae. Jack bean. shaped, the flowers yellow to orange, and the sharply pointed pods are in clusters an inch No. 266. From the Government plantation, across. Serere, Eastern Province, Uganda. 57034—29 2 10 F^LANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED

75286 to 75^)3—Continued. 75286 to 75403—Continued. 75303. CASSIA bp. Caesalpiniaceae. 75813. CYMBOPOGON AFRONARDUS Stapf. Poa- ceae. Grass. No. 80. Ka^iti, near Nairobi, Kenya Colony, July 8L 1927. A tropical shrubby No. 126. July 20, 1927. A variety common legume 3 to 4 feel high with six to eight smooth on the better land of the plains or on clearings sharp-pointed leaflets 2 to 3 inches long, orange between Kabiti and Juja, Kenya Colony, but flowers, and thin $pds 3 to 4 inches long. not frequent on the driest part of the plains. It is a tall, compactly tufted, perennial grass 75304. CHAETOCHLOA AUREA (Hochst.) Hitchc. with very narrow leaves about 2 feet long and Poaceae. Grass. flowers in interrupted, oblong panicles. No. 208. Scott Agricultural Laboratory and vicinity, Kenya Colony. A common grass 5 75314. DIGITARIASP. Poaceae. Grass. feet high, eaten by cattle and game animals. No. 231. July 12, 1927. This species is very It produces an abundance of seeds and retains widespread on the Athi Plains, Kenya Colony, them better than most African grasses. judging from the abundance of old roots. At this season, however, the aboveground parts are For previous introduction see No. 51336. extremely rare. 75305 and 75306. CHAETOCHLOA ITALICA (L.) Scribn. (Setaria italica Beauv.). Poaceae. 75315. DOLICHOS LABLAB L. Fabaceae. Millet. Hyacinth bean. Local varieties from Southern Rhodesia. No. 288. Southern Rhodesia. A. E. S. white-seeded variety. 75305. No. 282. Red Manna. 75316. ECHINOCHLOA PYRAMIDALIS (Lam.) 75306. No. 283. Boer Manna. Hitchc. and Chase. Poaceae. Grass. 75307. CHAETOCHLOA SULCATA (Aubl.) Hitchc. No. 219. Scott Agricultural Laboratory, Poaceae. Grass. Nairobi, Kenya Colony. A widely scattered No. 218. Scott Agricultural Laboratory and but not uncommon grass, appearing usually in vicinity, Kenya Colony. A broad-leaved, moist places in the highlands. It is leafy, pro- rather brittle grass, with prominent leaf-veins, ductive, and a heavy seed bearer, retaining its much relished by cattle. It occurs chiefly in seeds well. It is rather promising for locations cool, moist, shady places or at an altitude of with 20 inches or more of rainfall, but is not 6,000 feet or more. The seed habits are good ex- known to withstand frost. cept that birds are very fon

75286 to 7540a—Gontinued. 75286 to 75408—Continued. 76885. TMFOLIUM JOHNSTONI Oliver. Fabaceae. 75401. (Undetermined.) Kenya cbter. No. 149. A shrub or small tree found on No. 227. A creeping white clover almost the upper slopes ot the Bfft Valley, July 27, indistinguishable from T. repent. It is widely 1927. distritmted in the Kenya iri£_a_B_te *mt~_*rely 71402. (Undetermined.) to be nirnirrnlntnMn i nrl mrtritioas, it was not No. 226. A small leguminous niant found found in

75408 to 75438—Continued. 75408 to 75438—Continued. 75411. No. 31. • A cultivated variety, origi- 75428. No. 48. Shimo-katsugi. A cultivated nally from Shinshu, Nagano Ken, growing variety, originally from Ayabe, Kyoto, in the botanic garden, Hokkaido Imperial growing at the Tateno farm, Nogi Mura, University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Septem- Shimotsuga Gun, Tochigi Ken, October ber 20,1927. ^ 21,1927. 75429. No. 49. Wazo. A cultivated variety 75412. No. 32. Sho-gwatsu. A late, culti- from Tateno farm, Nogi Mura, Shimot- vated variety from Fukuchi farm, Ma- suga Gun, Tochigi Ken, October 21, 1927. mada. Cho, Nishikuroda, Tochigi Ken, October 21,1927. 75430. No. 50. Ganne. A cultivated variety from Tateno farm, Nogi Mura, Shimot- 75413. No. 33. October 21,1927. Seeds from suga Gun, Tochigi Ken, October 21, 1927. the same tree as No. 32 [No. 75412]. 75431. No. 51. Chobei. A cultivated variety 76*14. No. 34. Cho-bei. A cultivated vari- from Tateno farm, Nogi Mura, Shimot- ety from Fukuchi farm, Mamado Cho, suga Gun, Tochigi Ken, October 21, 1927. Nishikuroda, Tochigi Ken, October 21, The main stem is infected with chestnut 1927. blight, and the owner said that the tree would die in three or four years. 75415. BETULA JAPONICA Siebold. Betulaceae. 75432. No. 52. Kinyoshi. A cultivated vari- Japanese white . ety, originally from Okitsu, Schizuaka No. 35. Shira kamba. Near Sapporo, Octo- Ken, growing at the Tateno farm, Nogi ber 17,1927. A Japanese tree about 60 feet high. Mura, Shimotsuga Gun, Tochigi Ken, October 21,1927. 75416 to 75438. CASTANEA CRENATA Sieb. and 75433. No. 53. Tamba-guri. A' late culti- Zucc. Fagaceae. vated variety from Sunaga farm, Oyama 75416. No. 36. Shimo-katangi. A cultivated Cho, Tochigi Ken, October 20,1927. variety from Fukuchi farm, Mamada Cho, 75434. No. 54. Banseki. A cultivated vari- Nishikuroda, Tochigi Ken, October 21, ety, originally from Angyo, growing at 1927. the Tateno farm, Nogi Mura, Shimotsuga Gun, Tochigi Ken, October 21, 1927. 75417. No. 37. Seeds from the same tree as The trunk is infected with blight. The No. 36 [No. 754161. fruit ripens the last part of October and the first part of November. 75418. No. 38. Otamba. A cultivated vari- ety from Fukuchi farm, Mamada Cho, 75435. No. 55. Otamba, chokoji. A culti- Nishikuroda, Tochigi Ken, October 21, vated variety originally from Angyo, 1927. growing at the Tateno farm, Nogi Mura, Shimotsuga Gun, Tochigi Ken, October 75419. No. 39. Yoro. A cultivated variety, 21, 1927. originally from Angyo growing at the Fukuchi farm, Mamada Cho, Nishiku- 75436. No. 56. Kenaga. A cultivated vari- roda, Tochigi Ken, October 21, 1927. ety from Tateno farm, Nogi Mura, Shimot- suga Gun, Tochigi Ken, October 21, 1927. 75420. No. 40. Kamasu-guri. A cultivated 75437. No. 57. Kin-seki (golden red). A variety from Fukuchi farm, Mamada Cho, cultivated variety originally from Angyo, Nishikuroda, Tochigi Ken, October 21, growing at the Tateno farm, Nogi Mura, 1927. Shimotsuga Gun, Tochigi Ken, Oitober 75421. No. 41. Yoro. A late cultivated vari- 21,1927. The varietal name was given by ety from Fukuchi farm, Mamada Cho, the owner of this tree and is not a Nishikuroda, Tochigi Ken, October 21, recognized variety. 1927. 75438. No. 58. Sho-gwatsu. A cultivated va- riety, growing at the Tateno farm, Nogi 75422. No. 42. Okutamba. A cultivated va- Mura, Shimotsuga Gun, Tocbigi Ken, riety from Sunaga farm, Oyama Cho, October 21, 1927. The original scions of Tochigi Ken, October 20, 1927. This tree this tree came from Ayabe, Kyoto, and was a seedling and was not grafted. A were grafted on wild stock of Shiba-guri. seedling is much older before it bears than a grafted tree. 75439. IRIS sp. Iridaceae. 75423. No. 43. Chusei tamba. A very pro- From Spain. Bulbs collected by David Fairchild, lific, cultivated variety from Sunaga farm, , agricultural explorer, Bureau of Plant Industry, Oyama Cho, Tochigi Ken, October 20, with the Allison V. Armour expedition. Re- 1927. ceived April 21,1927. Numbered in December, 1927. 75424. No. 44. Yamaguchi-ganne. A very No. 1297. March 31, 1927. A dwarf blue- late, cultivated variety from Sunaga farm, flowered iris, not over 6 or 8 inches tall, covering Oyama Cho, Tochigi Ken, October 20, patches of hundreds of square yards of dry sandy 1927. A grafted tree. soil near the sea along the southern coast of Spain 75425. No. 45. Togenashi-guri. A cultivated between Malaga and Gibraltar. variety from Sunaga farm, Oyama Cho, 75440 to 75525. Tochigi Ken, October 20, 1927. A rare variety and not of much commercial value. From Japan. Seeds collected by R. K. Beattie, It bears fewer fruits than other kinds, Bureau of Plant Industry. Received in No- and these are attacked by worms. vember, 1927. 75426. No. 46. Okutamba. A cultivated va- Nos. 75440 to 75455 were collected near Sapporo, riety from Sunaga farm, Oyama Cho, Hokkaido, Japan, in October, 1927. Tochigi Ken, October 20,1927. A grafted 75440. PICEA JEZOENSIS (Sieb. and Zucc.) Carr. tree whose fruit is not good for storing Pinaceae. Yeddo spruce. because it is attacked by the fruit worms. No. 60. Kuro-ezo. October 17, 1927. A 75427. No. 47. A cultivated variety, origi- Japanese tree, up to 150 feet in height, with nally from Angyo, growing at the Tateno dark-gray bark and slender horizontally spread- farm, Nogi Mura, Shimotsuga Gun, ing branches. The leaves are silvery white Tochigi Ken, October 21, 1927. The tree above and dark green beneath, and the staminate grows well, but does not have many flowers are orange-crimson. fruits. The varietal name is unknown. For previous introduction see No. 65942. OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1927 15 \ 75440 to 75525—Continued. 75440 to 75525—Continued. 76441. ACTINIDIA ARGUTA (Sieb. and Zucc.) 75461. No. 81. Seeds from the same tree as Planch. Dilleniaceae. Bower actinidia. No. 51 [No. 75431]. No. 61. Kokuwa. October 17, 1927. A 75462. No. 82. Seeds from the same tree as white-flowered shrubby Japanese vine with No. 54 [No. 75434]. broadly oval leaves and greenish yellow fruits having a sweet flavor. 75463 to 75465. Seeds from the same tree as No. 58 [No. 75438]. For previous introduction see No. 69359. 75463. No. 83. 75465. No. 85. 76442. CORNUS CONTROVERSA Hemsl. Corna- ceae. Giant dogwood. 75464. No. 84. No. 62. Midzuki. October 17,1927. A Jap- 75466. No. 86. Seeds from the same tree as anese tree up to 60 feet high, with a trunk 7 feet No. 55 [No. 75435]. in girth. The numerous, long branches extend at right angles to the trunk, with the lowest 75467 and 75468. Seeds from the same tree as branches sometimes touching the ground. The No. 57 [No. 75437]. white or slightly yellowish flowers are in flat 75467. No. 87. 75468. No. 88. clusters 6 or 7 inches in diameter, appearing from late May to early June. Nos. 75469 to 75475, Shiba-guri or yama-guri, are wild trees growing at Chojagahara, For previous introduction see No. 61775. Karasawa Valley, Kitakano Mura, Tagata Gun, Shizuoka Ken. The field where 75443. ABIES SACHALINENSIS (Schmidt.) Mas- these trees are growing is burned over ters. Pinaceae. Sakhalin fir. every three or four years. No. 63. Todomatsu. October 17, 1927. A 75469. No. 89. 75473. No. 93. tree 150 feet high, native to northern Japan. It has the nordmanniana arrangement of leaf, but 75470. No. 90. 75474. No. 94. in the forward-pointing leaves, which are three- fourths of an inch to \\i inches long and very 75471. No. 91. 75475. No. 95. white beneath; it resembles Abies veitchii. The 75472. No. 92. buds are white and resinous, and the cones are 75478. No. 96. Shiba-guri or yama-guri. Wild 2H to 3H inches long. This tree is liable to trees growing in a mixed forest at Tagata injury by late frost in the United States. Gun, Shizuoka Ken. 75444. FRAXINUS LONGICUSPIS Sieb. and Zucc. 75477 to 75481. Shiba-guri or yama-guri. Wild Oleaceae. Ash, trees growing at Chojagahara, Karasawa No. 64. Aodamo. October, 1927. A grace- Valley, Kitakano Mura, Tagata Gun, ful Japanese tree up to 45 feet high, with com- Shizuoka Ken. The field where these pound leaves of five to seven lanceolate long- trees are growing is burned over every pointed leaflets. The white flowers appear in three or four years. June, and the foliage turns purple in autumn. 75477. No. 97. 75480. No. 100. 75445. JUGLANS SIEBOLDIANA Maxim. Jugland- 75478. No. 98. 75481. No. 101. aceae. Japanese walnut. 75479. No. 99. No. 65. Omigurumi. October 17, 1927. A round-headed Japanese tree up to 60 feet high, 75482 to 75484. From wild trees growing in a with 9 to 17 ovate-serrulate leaflets and ovoid, forest at Dodoko. thick-shelled nuts. 75482. No. 102. 75484. No. 104. 75448 to 75525. CASTANEA CRENATA Sieb. and 75483. No. 103. Zucc. Fagaceae. Japanese chestnut. 75485. No. 105. Shiba-guri. Wild trees grow- These varieties were obtained in October, ing in the forest at Sekido, Tamagawa 1927. Mura, Tokyo-fuka. Nos. 75446 to 75468 are cultivated trees grow- 75486 to 75490. Tamba-guri. Cultivated trees ing at the Tateno farm, Nogi Mura, Shimotsuga growing at Kobara, Kitakami Mura, Gun, Tochigi Ken. Tagata Gun, Shizuoka Ken. 75446. No. 66. Seeds from the same tree as 75486. No. 106. 75489. No. 109. No. 47 [No. 75427]. 75487. No. 107. 75490. No. 110. 75447 and 75448. Seeds from the same tree as 75488. No. 108. No. 48 [No. 75428]. 75491 to 75493. Shiba-guri. Wild trees grow- 75447. No. 67. 75448. No. 68. ing at Ohna, Kitakano Mura, Tagata 75449 to 75451. Seeds from the same tree as Gun, Shizuoka Ken. No. 51 [No. 75431]. 75491. No. 111. 75493. No. 113. 75449. No. 69. 75451. No. 71. 75492. No. 112. 75450. No. 70. 75494 and 75495. Obtained at Tokyo and said Nos. 75452 to 75455 are from cultivated trees to have come originally from Chosen. growing at the Sunaga farm, Oyama Cho, Tochigi Ken. 75494. No. 114. 75495. No. 115. 75496 and 75497. Wild trees growing at 75452. No. 72. An unknown variety. Susono, Fukara Mura, Sunto Gun, 75453. No. 73. Seeds from the same tree as Shizuoka Ken. No. 53 [No. 75433]. 75496. No. 116: 75497. No. 117. 75454 and 75455. Seeds from the same tree as 75498 and 75499. Shiba-guri. Wild trees grow- No. 72 [No. 75452]. ing at Subashiri-yama, on the east side and 75454. No. 74. 75455. No. 75. at the foot of Mount Fuji, Sunto Gun, 75456 to 75460. Seeds from the same tree as Shizuoka Ken. No. 54 [No. 75434]. 75498. No. 118. 75499. No. 119. 75458. No. 76. 75459. No. 79. 75500. No. 120. Wild trees growing at Tsu- kuhara, Nishikida Mura, Tagata Gun, 75457. No. 77. 77460. No. 80. Shizuoka Ken. Seeds obtained at Mish- 75458. No. 78. ima Machi. 16 PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED

75440 to 75525—Continued. 75529 and 75530—Continued. 75601. No. 121. A cultivated ^tfee growing 75529. BRACHYPODIUM PHOENICOIDES (L.) Roem. at Noboribetsu, Hokkaido. and Schult. Poaceae. Grais. 75502 and 75508. Wild trees growing on the A perennial grass 1 to 2 feet high, native to the east side of Mount Fuji, Omikami-yama, Mediterranean region, with very narrow leaves Subashiri Mura, Sunto Gun, Shizuoka tufted at the base, and long spikelets of 16 to:20 Ken. florets resembling wheatgrass. 75502. No. 122. 75503. No. 123. 75530. TRIFOLIUM STELLATUM L. Fabaceae. Clover. 75504 to 75508. Shiba-guri. Wild trees grow- ing at Subashiri-yama, on the east side of An annual upright clover about a foot high, Mount Fuji, Subashiri Mura, Sunto Gun, native to the Mediterranean region, possibly Shizuoka Ken. of value as a forage crop. 75504. No. 124. 75507. No. 127. For previous introduction see No. 69863. 75505. No. 125. 75508. No. 128. 75531. EPHEDRA SINICA Stapf. Gneta- 76506. No. 126. ceae. 75509. No. 129. Wild trees growing at Su- From Peking, China. Seeds presented by B. E. bashiri-yama, Subashiri Mura, Sunto Read, through W. T. Swingle, Bureau of Plant Gun, Shizuoka Ken. Industry. Received November 1,1927. 75510 and 75511. Wild trees growing in the A low branching shrub about a foot high, native forestfon the north side of Subashiri-yama, to northern China. The leaves are minute and SubasjWri Mura, Sunto Gun, Shizuoka scalelike, This shrub is considered valuable as a Ken.;, source of ephedrin. 755io. No. 130. 75511. No. 131. 75532. PRUNTJS sp. Amygdalaceae. 75512 to 75516. Wild trees growing in the From Otaru, Japan. Seeds presented by C. H. forest at Omikami-yama, Subashiri Mura, McCrory, of the Rose Kindergarten. Received Sunto Gun, Shizuoka Ken. November 8, 1927. 75512. No. 132. 75515. No. 135. These seeds, which were received without any information, are apparently a form of Japanese 75513. No. 133. 75516. No. 136. flowering cherry. 75514. No. 134. 75533. DELPHINIUM GRANDIFLORTJM L. 75517 and 75518. Shiba-guri, yama-guri. Wild Ranunculaceae. Siberian larkspur. trees growing at Yata, Nishikida Mura, Tagata Gun, Shizuoka Ken. From Japan. Seed collected by R. K. Beattie, Bureau of Plant Industry. Received tfn 75517. No. 137. 75518. No. 138. November, 1927. 75519 to 75525. Wild trees growing at the foot No. 18. A variety, originally from Russia, of Mount Fuji in the forest at Omikami- growing in the botanic garden, Hokkaido Imperial yama, SbhiSubashiri i MuraM , SuntSt o GunG , University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, October 10, 1927. Shizuoka Ken. 75519. No. 139. 75523. No. 143. 75534 to 75574. 75520. No. 140. 75524. No. 144. From Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Seeds obtained from the Melbourne Botanic Gardens, 75521. No. 141. 75525. No. 145. through Miss Anne Macllvaine, Trenton, N. J. Received November 3,1927. 75522. No. 142. 75534 to 75541. ACACIA spp. Mimosaceae. 75526. ERIOSEMA CAJANOIDES (Guill. and Perr.) Hook. f. Fabaceae. 75534. ACACIA ACCOLA Maiden and Betche. An erect bushy shrub 6 to 8* feet high, From Luchenza, Nyasaland Protectorate, Africa. native to New South Wales, Australia. The Seeds presented by L. S. Norman. Received linear, slightly curved phyllodes are 3 to 5 January 22,1927. Numbered in December, 1927. inches long and one-twelfth of an inch wide. No. 5. An erect branching tropical African The flowers are borne in racemes about 2 shrub 4 to 5 feet high, with three oblanceolate inches long and are arranged in heads of 10 to leaflets 2 to 3 inches long, coated beneath with fine 20 flowers each. The linear waxy pods^are gray pubescence. The yellow flowers are in mod- flat and about 4 inches long. erately close racemes 2 to 4 inches long, and the short broad pods are thinly covered with long 75585. ACACIA ACIN ACE A Lindl. grayish silky hairs. A much-branched shrub with oblique phyllodes less than an inch long and globular 75527 and 75528. BROMUS COLORATTJS heads of small flowers. Native to Australia. Steud. Poaceae. Bromegrass. 75536. ACACIA DECURREKS Willd. From Castro, Chiloe Island, Chile. Seeds pre- Green wattle. sented by Raymond and Elnora Shannon, Variety normalis. A variety of the green through Paul Russell, Bureau of Plant Industry. wattle with sepals as long as the petals, Received March 23, 1927. Numbered in No- which is cultivated in California. The typical vember, 1927. form is a handsome tree with light-green A grass 1 to 2 feet high, with linear leaves and feathery foliage and bright-yellow flowers. long slender panicles. Native to southern South America. For previous introduction see No. 67946. 75527. No. 1. 75528. No. 2. 75537. ACACIA DISCOLOR Willd. An unarmed shrub or small tree native to 75529 and 75530. southeastern Australia and Tasmania. The From Brignoles, France. Seeds presented by R. terminal axillary clusters of yellow flowers are Salgues, Director of the Brignoles Botanic produced during the autumn. Station. Received November 9,1927. For previous introduction see No. 74423. OCTOBER 1 TQ DECEMBER 31, 1927 17

75534 to 75574—Continued. 75534 to 75574—Continued. 75538. ACACIA TEEMINALIS (Salisb.) Macbride 75547. BRACHYCHITON ACERIFOLIUM F. Muell. (A. data A. Cunn.). (Sterculia acerifolia Cunn.). Sterculiaceae. A handsome unarmed tree 60 feet or more An Australian tree, up to 35 feet high, with in height, native to New South Wales. The dark-green shining, maplelike leaves 6 to 10 young shoots are often tinged with a golden- inches wide, and scarlet, bell-shaped flowers yellow pubescence, and the globular, yellow which hang from the tree in large clusters. flower heads are in clusters often 6 inches long. For previous introduction see No. 44958. For previous introduction see No. 56559. 75548. CALLISTEMON ACUMINATUS Cheel. Myr- 75539. ACACIA HOWITTI F. Muell. taceae. An Australian shrub with lanceolate sharp- A shrub often ]5 feet high, native to pointed leaves and spikes of ornamental flowers. ' Australia. The branchlfits are slender and flexible, bearing curved lanceolate dark- 75549. CALLISTEMON RIGIDUS R. Br. Myrta- green phyllodes and axillary clusters of small ceae. flower heads. A tall shrub, sometimes 30 feet high, native 75540. ACACIA LINIFOLLA PROMINENS (A. to New South Wales. The leaves, 2 to 5 inches long, are narrowly linear, and the red flowers, Cunn.) Moore. with dark-red stamens an inch long, are borne An unarmed shrub, 12 to 18 feet high, in large dense spikes. native to New South Wales. It has angular branchlets and very narrow phyllodes. The For previous introduction see No. 47549. small, globular, yellow flower heads are borne 75550. CASSIA ARTEMISIOIDES Gaud. Caesal- in racemes about as long as the phyllodes. piniaceae. For previous introduction see No. 56560. An erect bushy shrub covered with silky white tomentum. The leaves are made up of 75541. ACACIA NERIIFOLIA A. Cunn. three to six pairs of linear-terete leaflets an inch Bald acacia. long, and the yellow flowers are in short dense A handsome tree, native to eastern Aus- racemes. Native to Australia. tralia, 40 to 50 feet high, with slender branch- 75551. CASUARINA GLAUCA Sieber. Casuarina- lets, mealy-tomentose when young, but soon ceae. Beefwood. glabrous. The small globular flower heads are in simple slender racemes, shorter than the An Australian tree, 60 to 70 feet high, usually linear phyllodes. The straight, flat pods are straight and of rapid growth. The timber is • several inches long. The heartwood is light red, beautifully marked, hard and tough, and is yellow, and the rest of is a darker color. It used for cabinetwork, staves, and fuel. In is close grained and tough and has attractive periods of drought the foliage is used for feeding markings. stock. When the trees are cut down, the young growth shoots up quickly from the stump. For previous introduction see No. 48056. This variety grows in the coastal districts, marshy country, and frequently in land sub- 75542. AGONIS FLEXUOSA (Willd.) DC. Myrta- merged with tidal water. It makes a handsome ceae. shade tree. A tall shrub or tree up to 40 feet high, native For previous introduction see No. 42286. to Western Australia. The young shoots are silky, and the linear-lanceolate leaves, 2 to 6 75552. CHORIZEMA CORDATUM Lindl. Fabaceae. inches long, have in their axils small heads of A tall slender glabrous evergreen shrub, flowers with persistent white petals. 7 to 10 feet high, with weak branches, more or less prickly leaves about 2 inches long, and 75543. ALECTRYON SUBCINEREUM (A. Gray) numerous red flowers. It is propagated from Radlk. (Nephelium leiocarpum F. Muell.) cuttings and may be grown in the open in Sapindaceae. southern California and southern Florida, being A small evergreen Australian tree. excellent for training on pillars and trellises. In colder regions it is an attractive plant for the For previous introduction see No. 51000. cool greenhouse. 75544. BAECKEA VIRGATA Andrews. Myrta- For previous introduction see No. 44831. ceae. 75553. CORREA BAUERLENn F. Muell. Kuta- An erect, loosely branched shrub, up to 12 ceae. feet high, native to Australia. The narrowly An Australian shrub which has branchlets oblong leaves, less than an inch in length, are covered with dark-brown hairs, opposite lanceo- opposite, and the small, white flowers are in late thin leaves pale beneath, and yellowish clusters of two or three in the axils of the upper green tubular flowers in the axils. leaves. 75554. DORYANTHES LARKINI C. Moore. Ama- 75545. BANKSIA INTEGRIFOLIA L. f. Proteaceae. ryllidaceae. Spearlily. A small tree with the young shoots covered A perennial herb, with sword-shaped leaves with rich brown woolly hairs. The scattered, 6 feet long, native to Australia. The flower lanceolate leaves, up to 6 inches long, are silvery stem is 8 feet high, the upper 3 feet being a white beneath, and the large, greenish yellow compact panicle of flowers which are 2 inches flowers are in oblong spikes 6 inches long. Na- long, red outside and white inside. tive to Australia. 75555 to 75562. EUCALYPTUS spp. . 75546. BANKSIA SPINULOSA J. E. Smith. Pro- 75555 to 75557. EUCALYPTUS CALOPHYLLA Lindl. Port Gregory gum. A tall evergreen shrub native to Australia. The narrowly linear leaves, 3 inches long, are Varieties developed in Australia. notched at the end with a prominent point in For previous introduction see No. 44959. the notch and have revolute margins. The large yellow flowers are borne in ovoid spikes 2 to 3 75555. A variety with salmon-colored inches long. flowers. 57034—29 3 18 PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED

75534 to 75574—Continued. 75534 to 75574—Continued. 75558. A white-flowered variety. 75571. SOPHORA TETRAPTERA J. Miller. Faba- 75557. A rose-flowered variety. ceae. Fourwing sophora. A handsome large shrub or small tree, native 75558. EUCALYPTUS CANALICULATA Maiden. to New Zealand, with green pinnate leaves and Tall gray gum. large clusters of yellow flowers. The wood An Australian tree which reaches a height is hard and durable. of 120 feet and a diameter of 4 feet. The leaves are narrowly lanceolate, the fruits are For previous introduction see No. 49029. hemispheric with two ridges around the 75572. (J. E. Smith) outside, forming a canal, and the snuff- Niedenzu. Myrtaceae. brown wood is coarse and tough. A tree growing to a height of 200 feet, native 75559 to 755S1. EUCALYPTUS FICIFOLIA F. to Australia. The wood is very durable and is Muell. Scarlet gum. resistant to dampness. Brilliant-flowered Australian trees. For previous introduction see No. 38731. For previous introduction see No. 49842. 75573. TRISTANIA CONFERTA R. Br. Myrtaceae. 75559. A crimson-flowered variety. „ -box. A tall tree, native to Australia, with smooth 75560. A variety with orange-red flowers. brown deciduous bark and dense foliage. The 75561. A white-flowered variety. alternate leaves are 3 to 6 inches long, and the cymes contain from three to seven large flowers. 75582. DUMOSA The timber is very strong and is used in ship- Maiden. building and for making wharves and bridges. A shrub or small tree, native to Australia, The bark is used occasionally for tanning. with smooth white bark. The thick smooth leaves are lanceolate to ovate-falcate, and 3 For previous introduction see No. 73867. to 4 inches long, flowers in clusters of four to 75574. TRISTANIA LAURINA R. Br. Myrtaceae. eight on axillary peduncles, and oblong fruits about 1 inch in length. A tall tree found in moist locations along streams in Australia. The young shoots and the 75583. GREVILLEA BANKSH R. Br. Proteaceae. under side of the alternate lanceolate leaves are Variety Forsteri. An evergreen shrub, 6 to silky pubescent. The small yellow flowers are 8 feet high, with red flowers. in short clusters in the axils of the leaves. For previous introduction see No. 40042. 75575. IRIS sp. Iridaceae. 75564. KENNEDIA COCCINEA Vent. Fabaceae. From Spain. Seeds collected by David Fairchild, A handsome trailing or twining woody vine agricultural explorer, Bureau of Plant Industry, native to Australia. It has three or five ovate with the Allison V. Armour expedition. Re- leaflets, and the scarlet flowers are in long- ceived April 21,1927. Numbered in December, stemmed clusters of 15 to 20. 1927. 75585 to 75567. spp. Myrtaceae. For description see No. 75439. 75565. MELALEUCA NODOSA J. E. Smith. 75576 to 75655. A tall smooth shrub, native to Australia, with rigid awl-shaped leaves and small From New South Wales, Australia. Seeds pre- heads, half an inch in diameter, of pale- sented by Dr. G. P. Darnell-Smith, Director yellow flowers. of the Botanic Garden at Sydney. Received November 2,1927. 75566. MELALEUCA PUBESCENS Schauer. 75576 to 75612. ACACIA spp. Mimosaceae. A tall shrub or small tree native to Austra- lia. The small linear leaves, half an inch 75576. ACACIA ACCOLA Maiden and Betche. long, are crowded on the pubescent branches, For previous introduction and description and the small white flowers are borne in see No. 75534. loose cylindrical spikes. 75577. ACACIA BANCROFTI Maiden. 75587. MELALEUCA STYPHELIOIDES J. E. Smith. An Australian shrub about 6 feet high, forming stools several feet in diameter. The A tall Australian tree, sometimes 80 feet obovate phyllodes are 5 to 7 inches long, and high, with thick spongy bark. The leaves the bright-yellow flowers are borne in racemes. are very small, and the small creamy white flowers are in dense spikes about 2 inches long. 75578. ACACIA BETCHEI Hort. 75568. METROSIDEROS TOMENTOSA A. Rich. 75579. ACACIA BRACHYBOTRYA Benth. Myrtaceae. Irontree] A handsome shrub, several feet in height, A handsome tree, about 40 feet high, growing which is silvery white with a close silky chiefly near the sea. It has spreading branches, pubescence'. It bears a small number of and brilliant scarlet flowers in large terminal axillary racemes of tomentose, many-flowered cymes. The wood is hard and durable, and heads, and has very short leaves. Native is especially useful for boat building. to southeastern Australia. For previous introduction see No. 51048. For previous introduction see No. 48037. 75569. OXYLOBIUM LANCEOLATUM DrUCO. 75580. ACACIA BRACHYSTACHYA Benth. Fabaceae. A hoary, shrubby acacia, native to New A tall Australian shrub with whorls of lanceo- South Wales, Australia. The phyllodes late leaves 3 to 5 inches long and yellow flowers are linear and awl-shaped, while the flowers in dense terminal racemes 6 inches long. are borne in very short spikes. 75570. PlTTOSPORUM PHILLYRAEOIDES DC. Pit- 75581. ACACIA BUXIFQLIA A. Cunn. tosporaceae. Willow pittosporum. An Australian shrub 4 feet high, with An Australian desert tree, up to 20 feet high, angular branchlets and small, rather thick with evergreen willowlike leaves and gracefully phyllodia. The short racemes, scarcely weeping branches. The small yellow flowers longer than the phyllodia, bear globular are followed by yellow fruits half an inch long, heads of flowers. which are quite ornamental. For previous introduction see No. 49890. OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1927 19

75576 to 75655—Continued. 75576 to 75655—Continued. 75582. ACACIA DECORA Reichenb. 75594. ACACIA JUNIPERINA Willd. A shrub with spatulate phyllodes 2 inches Prickly wattle. long and numerous racemes made up of An Australian shrub, 8 to 12 feet high, globular heads of small flowers. Native to with numerous gracefully drooping branches , Australia. covered with short hairs, and beautiful clusters of flowers. The wood is white and 75533. Willd. tough. Green wattle. For previous introduction see No. 48047. A handsome Australian tree with light- 75595. ACACIA KOA HAWAIIENSIS Rock. green foliage and axillary racemes of bright- yellow flowers. A valuable timber tree up to 60 feet high, native to the Hawaiian Islands. The falcate For previous introduction see No. 74422. phyllodes are 5 inches long, and the flowers 75584. ACACIA DECURRENS LEICHHARDTII are borne in short racemes. The wood takes Benth. a high polish. This form of the green wattle differs from 75596. ACACIA LEPTOCLADA A. Cunn. the common one in having smaller and A glabrous shrub with compound leaves narrower leaflets and spreading hairs. made up of oblong coriaceous leaflets one- Native to Australia. twelfth of an inch long and small flower 75585. ACACIA DECURRENS PAUCIGLANDU- heads in racemes longer than the leaves. LOSA F. Muell. Native to New South Wales, Australia. A form of the green wattle with fewer 75597. ACACIA LINEARIS Sims. glands on the petioles and with softer pub- A straggly Australian shrub, sometimes escence than the usual form. 20 feet high, with phyllodes, slender as needles, 4 to 8 inches long, and loose inter- 75588. ACACIA DIFFORMIS R. T. Baker. rupted spikes of flowers. The wood is used A glabrous tree up to 30 feet high, native for furniture. to New South Wales, Australia. The phyllodes are oblanceolate, coriaceous, and 75598. ACACIA LINEATA A. Cunn. 3 to 8 inches long, and the small globular A bushy shrub with pubescent terete heads of flowers are in racemes. branches, native to Australia. The linear phyllodes are less than an inch long, and the 75587. ACACIA DISCOLOR Willd. flowers are solitary. For previous introduction and description 75599. ACACIA MCNUTTIANA Hort. see No. 75537. 75588. ACACIA DORATOXYLON A. Cunn. 75600. ACACIA MICROCARPA F. Muell. A low Australian shrub, 2 to 5 feet high, A tree up to 20 feet high, native to New the young shoots of which are covered with South Wales, Australia. The phyllodes are a golden pubescence. The linear-lanceolate, linear-lanceolate and falcate, and the flowers coriaceous phyllodes are falcate and less than are in axillary cylindrical spikes. 2 inches long. The flowers are borne in small 75589. Willd. heads in pairs on short stems. A tree, 20 to 30 feet high, with few slender 75601. ACACIA OBTUSATA Sieb. branches and small, yellow flowers in dainty spherical clusters on racemes borne in the A tall glabrous shrub native to New South axils of dark glossy green falcate leaves. Wales. The oblong-linear phyllodes are 2 The timber is hard, heavy, and tough. to 3 inches long, and the small flower heads are borne in dense racemes. For previous introduction see No. 48044. 75602. ACACIA PENNINERVIS Sieb. 75590. ACACIA FLEXIFOLIA A. Cunn. A tall Australian shrub or small tree A shrubby acacia, native to New South which endures comparatively low tempera- Wales, Australia, with terete branches, tures. The phyllodes are narrow and sickle numerous linear phyllodes slightly bent near shaped, and the pale-yellow flowers are in the base, and small globular heads of flowers short racemes. The bark is said to contain on short stems. 18 per cent of tannic acid. 75591. ACACIA GLAUCESCENS Willd. For previous introduction see No. 65718. An Australian tree up to 50 feet high, 75603. ACACIA POLYBOTRYA FOLIOLOSA Benth. with flowers in axillary spikes 1 to 2 inches long. The branchlets arid phyllodes are A tall shrub, native to New South Wales, covered with a gray pubescence, giving an which has softly pubescent compound leaves ashy hue. and numerous small flower heads in racemes longer than the leaves, the terminal ones 75592. ACACIA HAKEOIDES A. Cunn. forming a panicle. A tall glabrous shrub, native to New 75604. ACACIA PULCHELLA R. Br. South Wales, Australia, with narrow oblong phyllodes 5 inches long and short racemes A handsome shrub with slender branches of globular flower heads. armed with spines and feathery compound leaves. The flowers tare in small heads on 75593. ACACIA HOMALOPHYLLA A. Cunn. axillary peduncles. Native to Western Australia. A small Australian tree which grows on the saltbush flats and in the bleakest and 75805. ACACIA RUBIDA A. Cunn. most arid localities wherever frost is not severe. The hard heavy wood is used in the A tall glabrous shrub with angular branch- manufacture of tobacco pipes, in cabinet - lets, native to New South Wales. The making, and for many other articles. falcate-lanceolate phyllodes are 3 inches long, and the small heads of flowers are in racemes For previous introduction see No. 48045. shorter than the phyllodes. 20 PLANT MATEEIAL INTRODUCED

75576 to 75655—Continued. 75576 to 75655—Continued. 75808. ACACU SALICINA Lindl. 75617. EUCALYPTUS BICOLOR A. Cunn. A tall Australian shrub or small tree with A large shrub or tree up to 40 feet in height, pendulous branches and willowlike phyllodes with drooping branches, native to Australia. up to 5 inches long. The flowers are in short The persistent bark is rough and hard, and racemes of two or three globular heads. the lanceolate leaves are about 5 inches long. The timber is hard, tough, durable, and 75607. ACACIA SPECTABILIS A. Cunn. easily worked; suited for ties, piles, etc. A tall shrub, native to Australia, with 75618. EUCALYPTUS BUPRESTIUM F. Muell. feathery compound leaves and golden-yellow- flower heads in axillary racemes longer than A shrub up to 10 feet high, native to the leaves, the terminal racemes forming large Western Australia. The narrowly lanceolate panicles. leaves are less than 3 inches long, and the umbels of 6 to 10 flowers are attractive to bees. 75808. ACACIA SPECTABILIS STUARTII Benth. 75619. EUCALYPTUS CAMPHORA R. T. Baker. A variety of this beautiful golden-flowered shrub with narrower leaflets than the usual A small tree up to 30 feet in height, native form. to New South Wales. The ovate to lanceo- late leaves are 4 to 6 inches long and the 75609. ACACIA SUAVEOLENS (J. E. Smith) flowers, in axillary clusters, are followed by Willd. small turbinate fruits. A valuable essential An Australian shrub up to 6 feet high, oil is produced by this variety. with only a few slender branches. The linear leaves are four times the length of the small 75620. EUCALYPTUS CONSIDENEANA Maiden. axillary spikes which bear clusters of yellow A medium-sized tree, native to New South flowers and red bracts. Wales, with lanceolate-falcate leaves 9 inches For previous introduction see No. 48066. long by 2 inches wide and pyriform fruits. 75610. ACACIA UNDULAEFOLIA A. Cunn. 75621. EUCALYPTUS CORYMBOSA J. E. Smith. A shrub, native to New South Wales, A medium-sized Australian tree with which has numerous ovate phyllodes an inch leathery lanceolate leaves and large corymbs in length and long pendulous flowering of yellowish white fragrant flowers. branches. 75622. EUCALYPTUS DAWSONI R. T. Baker. 75611. ACACIA VESTITA Edwards. A tall tree native to New South Wales, A tall bushy shrub up to 20 feet high, with smooth bark, oblong-lanceolate leaves 6 native to New South Wales. The whole inches long and 3 mches wide, and flowers in plant is softly pubescent, the phyllodes are large terminal corymbs. The timber is hard obliquely elliptical and recurved falcate, and coarse grained. while the small globular flower heads are in 75623. Maiden. racemes longer than the phyllodes and form a terminal leafy panicle. A tall tree with smooth silvery bark, native to New South Wales. It closely 75612. ACACIA VISCIDULA Benth. resembles . from which it A tall shrub up to 15 feet high, native to differs mostly in the broad leaves borne on New South Wales. The terete branches are the suckers. covered with a glossy viscid gum, the phyl- lodes are linear and about 3 inches long, and 75624. EUCALYPTUS DIVES Schauer. the flower heads are solitary or in pairs in the A small tree up to 12 feet in height, native axils. to New South Wales. The large cordate leaves are opposite, but tend to become 75613 to 75655. EUCALYPTUS spp. Myrtaceae. alternate toward the tips of the branches. 75613. EUCALYPTUS AFFINIS Deane and The flowers are borne in dense axillary Maiden. umbels. 75625. EUCALYPTUS GONIOCALYX F. Muell. A tall tree up to 80 feet in height, native to New South Wales. The lanceolate-falcate A rough-barked tree which attains a good leaves are 3 inches long, the flowers are in size, in some situations in Australia reaching axillary clusters, and the fruits are ovate- a height of 300 feet and a diameter of 6 to 10 truncate. The timber is valuable for ties feet. The leaves of the adult tree are long and wheels. and quite slender, the two sides being simi- larly colored, and the flowers, nearly stem- 75614. EUCALYPTUS ANDREWSI Maiden. less, are borne in small clusters on flattened This New South Wales eucalypt is a tall stalks. This species grows well in the coast tree often 3 feet in diameter, with broadly regions of California, but, so far as known, it has not been tested in the dry, hot valleys lanceolate leaves 6 inches long and hemi- of the interior, or other similar situations. spheric fruits. The timber is used for fencing. In Australia it is found at altitudes of 4,000 75615. EUCALYPTUS BAILEYANA F. Muell. feet and is therefore a promising species on the mountains of the southwestern United A tall tree, native to Queensland, with States. The hard tough wood is used for narrowly lanceolate-falcate, dull-green leaves. general building purposes, and because of its The flowers are in small axillary umbels and durability in the ground it is useful for rail- the fruits are semiovate. The wood is light road ties, posts, and other underground gray, very tough, and suitable for tool situations. handles. For previous introduction see No. 38716. 75616. EUCALYPTUS BEHRIANA F. Muell. A tall shrub or small tree, native to Aus- 75626. Sieber. tralia, with thick smooth ovate to lanceolate A tall tree, native to New South Wales, leaves less than 3 inches long. The flowers with fibrous bark, thick oblique leaves 2 to 6 are borne in umbels which are gathered into inches long, flowers in axillary clusters of axillary or terminal panicles and are followed 6 to 12, and ovoid fruits one-fourth of an inch by ovoid-truncate fruits. in diameter. 0CT0BEK4 TO«DECEMBEB 31, 1027 21 75576 to 75655—Continued. 75576 to 75656—Continued- 76627. EUCALYPTUS EXIMIA Schauer. 75638. EUCALYPTUS IJICRQT^ECA F. Muell. Mountain blood wood. A tree up to 80 feet high, found in the most A large tree, native to New South Wales, arid extratropical as well as tropical inland with scaly bark, falcate-lanceolate leaves, regions of Australia. It grows best in ferrugi- and urn-shaped fruits. The wood is soft and nous-gravelly soil, perfectly drained, and with- used only for fuel. It is a stately tree and stands unscorched a frequent fteat of 1&6° F. very beautiful when in fun bloom. in central Australia, yet it was not affected by exceptionally severe frosts, 18°, in the south 75628. EUCALYPTUS HAEMASTOMA J. E. of France when many other species of Euca- Smith. lyptus suffered. It is said to be one of the A large tree with a smooth mottled trunk, best trees for desert tracts. The wood is coriaceous, lanceolate-falcate leaves, small brown, sometimes very dark, hard, heavy, flowers in -axillary clusters of small terminal and elastic, and is used for piles, brid«ogT«Ml panicles, and small globular or pear-shaped railway sleepers. Because of its attractive fruits less than half an inch in diameter. markings it is also used tor cabinetwork, 75629. EUCALYPTUS INCEASSATA DUMOSA 75639. EUCALYPTUS MORRISH ,E. T. Baker. Maid«n. A shrub up to 15 feet high, native to New For previous introduction and description South Wales. The lanceolate leaves are 6 see No.'75562. inches long and an inch wide; the flowers are in axillary clusters of three to seven; and the 75630. EUCALYPTUS LAEVOPINEA R. T. Baker. fruits are hemispherical with a .pyramidal top. A tall tree, native to New South ^^' with ovate leaves 3 inches long and axillary 75640. EUCALYPTUS OBLIQUA L'Her. umbels of five to six flowers followed by hemispherical fruits. The timber is hard, Messmate gum. close-grained, durable under ground and An immense tree up to 200 feet high, suitable for posts, rails, or general building native to Australia, which grows on poor purposes. stony ranges or on barren sandy soils if not subjected to prolonged drought. The wood 75631. EUCALYPTUS LEUCOXYLON MACRO- is useful for railway sleepers, and, being CARPA J. E. Brown. practically noninflammable, it is especially A tall tree, native to , suitable for underground railways. It is also with rough bark on the trunk but soft and used in harbor construction. white on the branches. The thick cori- For previous introduction see No. 54506. aceous leaves are lanceolate-falcate, and 3 to 6 inches long. The white or pink flowers are 75641. EUCALYPTUS OCCIDENTALS Endl. in long-stalked clusters of two to five, and A spreading shrub or small tree, native to the obovoid fruits are truncate. Western Australia, with lanceolate leaves up 75632. EUCALYPTUS LUEHMANNIANA F. to 5 inches long, yellowish or orange flowers, Muell. and bell-shaped fruits with a spreading rim. The timber is hard, strong, durable, and is An Australian tree up to 20 feet high, with much used for posts, fence rails, etc. falcate-lanceolate, coriaceous leaves 3 to 6 inches long and 1 to 2 inches wide. For previous introduction see No. 48993. 75633. F. 75642. EUCALYPTUS PANICULATA J. E. Smith. Muell. A tall or medium-sized Australian tree A tall Australian tree with fibrous bark with deeply furrowed gray-brown bark. The and narrow falcate leaves 3 to 5 inches long, lanceolate-acuminate leaves are 3 to 5 the lower ones broader and more coriaceous. inches long, and the flowers are borne in The axillary peduncles bear six to eight panicles or in axillary clusters. The wood flowers, and the flattened globose fruits have a is pale and very hard; it is valuable for ties, broad prominent rim. fencing, and building purposes. 75634. EUCALYPTUS MACULOSA R. T. Baker. 75648. EUCALYPTUS . PARVIFOLIA Cambage. An Australian tree, 40 to 60 feet high, with A small tree up to 30 feet high, native to smooth bark, falcate narrowly lanceolate New South Wales, with leaves 3 inches long, leaves 2 to 3 inches long, flowers in axillary and flowers in umbels of five to six, followed clusters of 4 to 16, and turbinate fruits. by truncate globular fruits. The wood is pale pink, but it is soft and brittle. 75635. EUCALYPTUS MAIDENI F. Muell. 75644. EUCALYPTUS PAUCIFLORA Sieber. A tall tree up to 200 feet high, native to White gam. New South Wales, with bluish gray bark and broadly lanceolate leaves chalk white under- An Australian tree 100 feet in height and neath. The timber is used for posts and about 4 feet in diameter. It grows well in fencing and for rough lumber. swampy lowlands, and the timber is used for general building purposes. 75696. EUCALYPTUS MARGINATA J. E. Smith. For previous introduction see No, 61833. An Australian shrub or small tree often clear of branches for two-thirds of its height. 75645. EUCALYPTUS PLATYPHYLLA F. Muell. The hard, durable wood is used for timber, A handsome Australian tree with smooth piles, and railway ties. The tree will grow white bark and light-green ovate leaves in a great variety of soils, but prefers moist, sometimes 10 inches long and broad but well-drained situations, usually smaller. The flowers are in small axillary clusters, and the small obeonical For previous introduction see No. 48991. fruits have a thick prominent rim. 75687. EUCALYPTUS MEGACARPA F. Muell. 75646. EUCALYPTUS POPULIFOLIA Desf. A Western Australian tree up to 100 feet Poplar box. high, with grayish white bark, thick lanceo- A compact straight-growing Australian late smooth leaves up to 6 inches in length, tree up to 50 feet high, with lustrous intensely and thick hard depressed-globular fruits green ovate leaves 4 inches long and panicles about an inch in diameter. of small white flowers followed by very small For previous introduction see No. 48992. fruits. 22 PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED

75576 to 75655—Continued. 75657. GLADIOLUS sp. Iridaceae. 75647. EUCALYPTUS PROPINQUA Deane and From Vicosa, Minas Geraes, Brazil. Bulbs pre- Maiden. sented by Prof. P. H. Rolfs, Director of the Escola Superior de Agricultura e Veterinaria. A large tree 120 feet high and 5 feet in - Received January 17, 1927. Numbered in - diameter, native-to New South Wales. The December, 1927. lanceolate leaves are 5 inches long, and the timber is durable either in or out of the From near the Pico das Bandeiras, one of the ground. peaks of the Serra de Caparao, at an altitude of about 2,000 meters. The flower is deep rose, with a 75648. EUCALYPTUS REDUNCA Schauer. darker throat, and though not so large as most A shrub or tree which reaches a height of ordinarily cultivated varieties, the fact of there 120 feet, in Western Australia where it is being 10 flowers open at the same time on the one native. It furnishes a pale hard particularly- stalk seems rather unusual. In cultivation every tough and durable timber, much prized for spike had three spikelets, with a varying number of building purposes, various implements, etc. blooms on a main spike and on the spikelets, a The seasoned wood weighs about 70 pounds feature which should seem to make it good for per cubic foot. breeding purposes. The first flowers on the side spikes were opening when the earliest ones on the For previous introduction see No. 48998. main spike were past. 75649. EUCALYPTUS REGNANS F. Muell. For previous introduction see No. 69898. Giant gum. 75658 to 75662. An Australian tree up to 325 feet high. The trunk is very straight and whitish, and From Richmond, Victoria, Australia. Seeds the narrow leaves, shining on both sides, are presented by F. H. Baker, through Harlan P. of rather thin texture. The wood is well Kelsey, Salem, Mass. Received November adapted for shingles, planking, and general 25, 1927. •construction. 75658. ACACIA CARDIOPHYLLA A. Cunn. Mi- For previous introduction see No. 56567. mosaceae. A small weeping Australian tree, said to be 75650. EUCALYPTUS SALIGNA J. E. Smith. one of the most beautiful of the . A tall tree with silvery gray bark, native For previous introduction see No. 56868. to New South Wales. The narrowly lanceo- late leaves are 4 to 6 inches long, and the 75659. ACACIA DIFFUSA Lindl. Mimoeaceae. -clusters of four to eight flowers are on short A yellow-flowered shrub native to Australia, peduncles. with loosely scattered, sessile, linear phyllodia 75651. EUCALYPTUS SANTALIFOLIA F. Muell. (leaflike stems) about an inch long. A large shrub or small tree, native to For previous introduction see No. 46355. South Australia. The thick rigid nearly 75660. ACACIA VERNICIFLUA A. Ounn. Mimo- straight leaves are less than 3 inches long, and the large flowers are in axillary clusters. A slender, much-branched shrub, native to The fruit is nearly globular, about half an New South Wales, with leathery, very narrow inch broad, and has a prominent convex rim. phyllodia (leaflike stems) about 2 inches long, 75652. EUCALYPTUS SCOPARIA Maiden. sand deep-yellow flowers in small heads which 1 are generally in pairs. A slender tree up to 40 feet high, native to New South Wales. The bark is smooth and For previous introduction see No. 64806. white, and the lanceolate leaves are 6 inches 75661. CANDOLLEA GRAMINIFOLIA (Swartz) F. long and half an inch wide. Muell. (Stylidium graminifolium Swartz). Candolleaceae. 75653. EUCALYPTUS SMITHH R. T. Baker. A herbaceous perennial Australian plant with A tall tree up to 150 feet high and 2 to 5 feet stiff grasslike leaves sometimes 6 inches long, in diameter, native to New South Wales. growing in a tuft from the end of a very short The bark on old trees is deeply furrowed and stem, and scapes 6 to 18 inches long bearing is dark gray to blackish up to the branches. simple racemes of pink flowers. 75864. EUCALYPTUS TRACHYPHLOIA F. Muell. For previous introduction see No. 64807. A medium-sized tree, native to Queens- 75662. STERCULIA DIVERSIFOLIA Don. Sterculia- land, with dark-gray rugged bark, falcate- ceae. Black kurrajong. lanceolate leaves 4 to 6 inches long, and A tall evergreen Australian tree with shining terminal panicles of small flowers. green leaves 2 to 6 inches long, which are variable 75655. EUCALYPTUS VIRGATA Sieber. in shape, being both deeply lobed and entire. The nearly ovoid fruits are up to 3 inches long, A large Australian tree which is straight each containing about 20 seeds which, when stemmed, 150 feet in height, and has a diam- ground, make an excellent substitute for coffee. eter of 5 feet. It has done well in the cool The taproots of the young trees and the young climate of southern New Zealand. The roots of the old ones are used as food, and wood is of excellent quality, strong and elastic, when boiled they have a flavor similar to that and is used for shipbuilding, fencing, and of turnips, but sweeter. Cattle and sheep are general building purposes. It burns well fond of the leaves and branches and have even when freshly cut. existed during long dry periods on scarcely For previous introduction see No. 56574. anything else. A strong fiber, obtained from the bark, is used for making fishing nets. 75656. TRIFOLITJM REPENS RUBESCENS Seringe. Fabaceae. For previous introduction see No. 70747. From Scotland. Plants obtained from T. A. 75663 to 75695. Anderson, Director of the Midlothian Seed- From Japan. Seeds collected by R. K. Beattie, Testing and Plant-Registration Station, Scot- Bureau of Plant Industry. Received Novem- land Board of Agriculture, at East Craigs, ber, 1927. Corstorphine, through A. J. Pieters, Bureau of Plant Industry. Received October 28,1927. Nos. 75663 to 75671 were presented by the botanic garden, Hokkaido Imperial University, Sapporo, A form of white clover which has rosy flowers. Hokkaido. OCTOBEE 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1927

75663 to 75695—Continued. 75663 to 75695—Continued. 75863. ACANTHOPANAX DivARiCATUM (Sieb. and 75672. CELASTRUS ARTICULATUS Thunb. Cel* Zucc.) Seem. Araliaceae. astraceae. Oriental bittersweet. A large deciduous spreading shrub of vigorous No. 21. Collected near Ishiyama, south of habit, up to 10 feet high. It is native to the Sapporo, Hokkaido, October 12, 1927. A mountains of Kiuschiu, Japan, and is very woody Japanese vine with obovate-serrate closely related to Acanthopanax sessiliflorum, leaves 2 to 4 inches long. The orange-yellow cultivated in European gardens for its handsome, fruits open to show the scarlet arils surrounding dark-green leaves and spherical heads of inky the seeds. black fruits. Unlike the latter, this species has downy young shoots, and the lower surfaces For previous introduction see No. 40568. of the leaves are also quite downy. It may Nos. 75673 to 75695 were presented by the prove hardy in all but the coldest parts of the botanic garden, Hokkaido Imperial Univer- United States. sity, Sapporo, Hokkaido. For previous introduction see No. 58612. 1 75673. OXYPHYLLUS Miquel. Cel- 75664 to 75667. ACER spp. Aceraceae. Maple. astraceae. 75664. ACER GINNALA Maxim. Amur maple. A Japanese shrub or small tree with ovate pointed leaves and many-flowered cymes of A small tree or large shrub, of bushy habit, dark-red ribbed fruits and bright red seeds. with 3-lobed slightly heart-shaped leaves, and very fragrant white flowers in short 75674. FRAGARIA HNUMAE Makino. Rosaceae. panicles, appearing in May. This maple is Strawberry. closely allied to Acer tataricum, but differs A wild strawberry native to the alpine slopes markedly in shape of leaf. The foliage turns of Japan. It resembles Fragaria vesca, but has a beautiful red before falling, the species being the flower stalks usually shorter than the leaves, one of the best for autumnal coloring. It is the flowers with seven petals, and the achenes native to Manchuria and Japan. embedded in the receptacle. For previous introduction see No. 69878. 75675. GERANIUM ERIANTHUM DC. Gerania- 75665. ACER MIYABEI Maxim. ceae. A deciduous Japanese tree, 30 to 40 feet A herbaceous perennial plant with five to high, with a trunk l}i feet in diameter, seven palmately lobed leaves and rose-purple deeply 3-lobed leaves, yellow downy flowers flowers 1 to 2 inches across. Native to Kam- in corymbs 2 to 3 inches long, and keys up to chatka and northwestern North America. an inch long. 75676. JUGLANS SIEBOLDIANA CORDIFORMIS For previous introduction see No. 43811. (Maxim.) Mak. Juglandaeeae. Flat walnut. 75686. ACER PICTUM MONO (Maxim.) Pax A form of the Japanese walnut which has heart-shaped, thin-shelled fruits with sharp A deciduous Chinese tree up to 60 feet edges and a groove in the middle of each flat high, with leaves somewhat heart-shaped. side. The tree is often 70 feet tall. For previous introduction see No. 72402. 75677. LILIUM CORDIFOLIUM Thunb. Liliaceae. 75667. ACER PSEUDO-SIEBOLDIANUM Komar. lily. A Japanese lily, 3 to 4 feet high, with pen- A small Manchurian tree with cordate dulous leaves 12 to 18 inches long and wide, and a leaves divided into 9 to 11 lanceolate-serrate raceme of 4 to 10 fragrant white flowers often lobes and bearing purple flowers. 6 inches long. These seeds were received as 75668. ADONIS AMURENSIS Regel and Radde. Lilium glehni, which is said to differ very slightly Ranunculaceae. from typical L. cordifolium. Variety yezoensis. A beautiful herbaceous 75678. LILIUM DAURICUM Ker. Liliaceae. perennial with broad yellow flowers and finely Candlestick lily. divided leaves. Native to Japan. A plant about 3 feet in height, with a smooth 75669. ALNUS FRUTICOSA Rupr. Betulaceae. or slightly furrowed stem which is green or tinged with brown or purple. The 20 to 50 . horizontal leaves are 3 to 5 inches long, and the A shrub or small tree up to 30 feet high, flowers, one to four in a cluster and 3 to 5 mches native to northeastern Asia. The leaves are across, are orange-red, slightly spotted with ovate with a cuneate base and are glabrous purplish black, and tinged with yellow in the oft the under side. center; the anthers are red. 75670. ARALIA ELATA (Miquel) Seem. Aralia- For previous introduction see No. 69021. ceae. 75679. MAGNOLIA KOBUS BOREALIS Sargent.' A small hardy Manchurian tree, resembling Magnoliaceae. Aralia spinosa (Hercules-club) but more treelike, with few spines. It does not form many A pyramidal Japanese tree often 80 feet high. branches, but the large bipinnate leaves cast a The obovate leaves are 6 inches long, and the good shade. The greenish white flowers are pure creamy white flowers are 7 inches across. borne in large panicles, and the berries are dark This is one of the hardiest of the Asiatic red when ripe, producing a pleasing effect. magnolias. 75880. PINUS KORAIENSIS Sieb. and Zucc. For previous introduction see No. 65486. Pinaceae. Korean pine. 75671. BETULA JAPONICA Sieb. Betulaceao. A 5-needle pine, up to 100 feet high, native to Japanese white birch. Korea and Japan. It produces valuable lumber A hardy ornamental Japanese tree up to 75 and edible seeds and is also of ornamental value, feet high, with broadly oval leaves, which is being slow in growth and forming a dense broad closely related to Betula pendula. pyramidal head with handsome foliage. For previous introduction see No. 72407. For previous introduction see No. 71125. 24 PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED

75663 to 75695—Continued. 75663 to 75695—Continued. 76681. PINUS PARVIFLOEA Sieb. and Zucc. 75691. ROSA MULTIFLORA Thunb. Rosaceae. Pinaceae. Japanese white pine. Japanese rose. A dense pyramidal Japanese 5-needle pine * A vigorous climbing Japanese rose with often 100 feet high, with slender horizontal small white flowers in pyramidal corymbs, branches. The leaves -are stiff and twisted, also small red fruits. forming dense brushlifce tufts at the ends of the branobiets. The ©ones ace reddish brown and For previous.introduction see No. 65477. very decorative. 75692. SORBUS PSEUDOGAACILIS (C. Schneid.) PBIMULA JAPGNKA A. Gray. Primula- Koehne. Malaoeae. Japaaeae primrose. A Japanese shrub which i&as com£0B2iti A harbaceous pfirennial with radical leaves leaves of 9 to 11 ovate-lanceolate, nark-green and flower stalks up lo 2 Jeet high, bearing leaflets, clusters of small white flowers, and -red several whorls of purple flowers. Native to fruits. Japan. 75693. STEWARTIA PSEUDO-CAMELLIA. Maxim. 75688. PRIMULA SIEBOLDI E. Morr. Primula- Theaceae. ceae. Primrose. A Japanese primrose which is pubescent A handsome Japanese tree, 50 feet high, with everywhere except the corolla and which has erect branches and red bark. The thickish petioled, ovate leaves with numerous dentate obovate-lanceolate leaves are bright green, lobes. The flower stem is longer than the leaves and the large white flowers are borne in summer. and bears a many-flowered umbel of white, 75694. TILIA MAXIMOWICZIANA Shiras. Tilia- rosy, or purple flowers nearly 2 inches across. ceae. Linden. 75684. PRUNUS MUME Sieb. and Zucc. Amyg- A tall tree, up to 100 feet high, native to dalaceae. Japanese apricot. Japan. The broadly ovate, sharp-pointed The Japanese apricot is found throughout leaves are 6 inches long, and the small flowers Japan, where it is both wild and cultivated. are borne in clusters of 10 to 18. It ranges in height from 10 to 25 feet. Before the leaves appear in the spring the tree is covered 75695. TRIGONOTIS GUILIELMI A. Gray. Bo- with a profusion of attractive blossoms which are white in the wild forms, while in the cultivated An erect herbaceous perennial with ovate varieties the color varies from white to pink, leaves and lax racemes of white flowers less than with occasional tinges of green or yellow. The an inch across. Native to Japan. fruits ripen in June; they are exceeding sour and are eaten only in the form of pickles. 75696. BOUGAINVILLEA sp. Nyctagi- 75885. PRUNUS SERRULATA SACHALINENSIS naceae. (Schmidt) Makino (P. sargenti Rehder). Amygdalaceae. Sargent cherry. From Hope, Kingston, Jamaica, British West Indies. Plants presented by H. H. Cousins, A hardy vigorous Japanese wild cherry with Director of the Department of Agriculture. single pink flowers. The tree is tall and very Received July 14, 1926. Numbered in Decem- attractive. ber, 1927. For previous introduction see No. 73881. A variety with pink bracts which are not such 75686. PIEROCARYA SORBIFOLIA Sieb. and Zucc. a clear color as those of the Rose of Catalina. Juglandaceae. Wingnut. A Japanese tree nearly 100 feet high, with 75697. ASTREBLA TRITICOIDES (Lindl.) large compound leaves and long racemes of F. Muell. Poaceae. winged fruits. Curly Mitchell grass. 75687. QUERCUS MONGOLICA GROSSESERRATA From Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. (Blume) Rehd. and Wils. Fagaceae. . Seeds presented by Arthur Yates & Co. Re- The principal timber oak of Japan, often 100 ceived December 1, 1927. feet high, with large handsome leaves clustered According to the Agricultural Gazette of New at the ends of the branches. South Wales for March, 1922, curly Mitchell grass 75688. QUERCUS SERRATA Thunb. (Q. glanduli- is characterized by wheatlike husks surrounding fera Blume). Fagaceae. Oak. the seeds. The leaves are wide and succulent and the plants quickly respond to rain, a second A white oak up to 70 feet high, native to growth of leaves being produced almost imme- Japan, Chosen, and China. The oblong-ovate diately. The best growth is made in summer and leaves are lustrous bright green and hold their autumn, the period of growth from sowing until color until late in autumn. It is usually shrubby flowering being only a few weeks. This species is under cultivation. considered one of the best pasture grasses of Aus- 75689. RHAMNUS JAPONICA Maxim. Rham- tralia. V naceae. Buckthorn. A Japanese shrub up to 9 Ieet high, with 75698. GEIBA ACUMINATA (S. Wats.) glossy pale-green leaves 1 to 3 inches long, an Rose. Bombacaceae. Pochote. abundance of greenish brown flowers produced during May in dense clusters at the ends of the From Alamos. Sonora, Mexico. Seeds obtained short branches, and round fruits one-fourth of through L. H. Dewey, Bureau of Plant Indus- an inch in diameter. try. Received December 6, 1927. For previous introduction see No. 43874. This close relative of the kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra) is described by P. C. Standley (

75725 to 75733—Continued. 75735 to 75749. 75725. LIUUM BURBANKII Hort. From Leningrad, Russia. Seeds presented by Prof. V. V. Talanoff, vice director of the Institute A free-flowering hybrid lily said to be derived of Applied , through H. N. Vinall, from Lilium pardalinum and L. paryii. It Bureau of Plant Industry. Received December - produces from 25 to 30 deliciously fragrant 10,1927. flowers on a very graceful spike. The flowers are spotted with chocolate and flushed with Locally grown varieties from the Western. crimson on the tips of the petals. Siberian Experiment Station at Omsk. 75726. LILIUM DAVIDI Duch. 75735. AGROPYRON SIBIRICUM (Willd.) Beauv. Poaceae. Grass.. A strong-growing Chinese lily about 5 feet high, with graceful narrow foliage and deep No. 1342. An uprij ;ht cespitose perennial cinnabar-red tiger lilylike flowers. iss, up to 16 inches . ligh, with linear leaves. ssia and the Caucasus. 75727. LILIUM FARRERI Turrill. ative to southern Ri For previous introduction see No. 63802. A beautiful species found in Yunnan, China, by the well-known botanical explorer, Reginald 75736 to 75738. ELYMUS spp. Poaceae. Grass. Farrer, and frequently referred to in his writings as "the marble Martagon lily." It is a slender 75736. ELYMUS DAHURICUS Turcz. and graceful lily, 2 to 3 feet high, bearing, on No. 1767. A tall perennial ryegrass, with long pedicels, up to five recurved white flowers stout erect stems, native to dry stony places which are slightly spotted with purple on the interior. This lily possesses a strong constitu- in Russia and Siberia. tion and increases fast by means of numerous For previous introduction see No. 64625. small bulbs forming at the base of the stem. 75737. ELYMUS JUNCEUS Fisch. For previous introduction see No. 61747. No. 1800. An erect perennial grass, with 75728. LILIUM MARTAGON L. Martagon lily. terminal spikes resembling rye; native to Variety album. A rare lily producing spikes Russia. 4 to 5 feet high, and 20 to 30 pure white flowers. 75738. ELYMUS SIBIRICUS L. 75729. LILIUM OCHRACEUM Franch. No. 1310. A tall grass with heavy over- hanging heads. A rare and beautiful lily from Upper Burma, not hardy except in the most favored districts; For previous introduction see No. 57685. it is an admirable cool greenhouse plant. This is a very variable species, producing flowers 75739. FESTUCA ELATIOR L. Poaceae. which range in color from deep golden to pale No. 1582. Meadow fescue. yellow, stained in varying degrees with a deep wine purple. The petals recurve as in Lilium 75740 to 75747. MEDICAGO FALCATA L. Faba- martagon, but this feature is also inconstant. ceae. Yellow-flowered alfalfa. 75730. LILIUM POMPONIUM L. 75740. No. 5198. 75744. No. 5038. A graceful Martagon lily from northern 75741. No. 4022. 75745. No. 1694/18. Italy, 3 feet high, with slender grassy foliage and up to 10 turban-shaped, brilliant-scarlet 75742. No. 4020. 75746. No. 40/27. flowers. This is a rare lily in cultivation. 75743. No. 1694/46. 75747. No. 63/82. 75731. LILIUM PYRENAICUM Gouan. 75748. MEDICAGO SATIVA L. Fabaceae. Alfalfa. Yellow Turkscap. A very early variety with No. 1450. From Bokhara. enormous bulbs. The strongly scented yellow flowers are heavily spotted with black. 75749. ONOBRYCHIS VULGARIS Hill (O. viciae- folia Scop.) Fabaceae. Sainfoin* For previous introduction see,No. 69926. 75732 and 75733. LILIUM DAURICUM Ker. No. 1517. Candlestick lily. 75732. Golden fleece. A strong-growing vari- 75750 and 75751. ety 2M feet high, producing large umbellate From Chicago, 111. Plants presented by August heads of clear goldenryellow flowers with Koch, superintendent of Union Park. Re- a touch of scarlet at the tips of the petals. ceived December 30,1927. '75733. Splendidum. A new variety, 2 to 2% 75750. CARYOTA PLUMOSA Hort. Phoenicaceae. feet high, producing large umbellate heads of brilliant vermilion flowers Fishtail palm. shading to a rich coppery crimson. The From seeds collected in Brazil. • A horticul- flowers are unspotted or nearly so, and the tural name applied to a form of fishtail palm points of the petals are slightly reflexed. which is now about a foot high, with leaves resembling those of Caryota mitts and C. urens. 75734. LILIUM MONADELPHUM Bieb. Liliaceae. Great Caucasian lily. 75751. Ficus PLATYPHYLLA Delile. Moraceae. From the Caucasus, Russia. Bulbs purchased From seeds collected on the Gold Coast, from J. W. Pincus, of the Amtorg Trading West Africa. A handsome shade tree, 80 feet Corporation, New York, N. Y. Received in height and 8 feet in diameter, with dark-green December 14,1927. stiff leathery leaves, a^out 10 inches long, ar- ranged in picturesque groupings on the branches. Variety szomtzianum. A variety with reddish This tree is said to be the source of Kano rubber. brown anthers and lemon-yellow flowers which are The latex is used as birdlime, and tannin is larger and more thickly dotted than the typical obtained from the bark. A fabric is made from the bast by some of the natives of central Africa. For previous introduction see No. 72611. For previous introduction see No. 73118. OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1927 27

75752. CRYPTOSTEGIA sp. Asclepiada- 75757 to 75765—Continued. ceae. 75762. A Himalayan variety collected in Dar- From Madagascar. Seeds presented through Paul jiling, India, at an altitude of 7,000 feet. Dean Thompson, American vice consul at August, 1927. Tananarive. Received December 21, 1927. 75763 to 75765. From Buitenzorg, Java. A wild cryptostegia which may be of value as a rubber plant. 75763. Saipancorn. 75764. Witte midden. 75753. PAUROTIS sp. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 75765. Witte St. Croix. From Georgetown, British Guiana. Seeds pre- 75766. XANTHOSOMA sp. Araceae. sented by the British Guiana Botanic Gardens, through Dr. B. E. Dahlgren, of the Field Yautia. Museum of Natural History, Chicago, 111. Re- From Akkra, Gold Coast, West Africa. Seeds ceived January 18, 1923. Numbered in Decem- collected by David Fairchild, agricultural ber, 1927. explorer, Bureau of Plant Industry, with the- Allison V. Armour expedition. Received A small palm suitable for growing as a house April 19, 1927. Numbered in December, 1927. plant. No. 1217. Coco yam. Obtained in the market, 75754. CASTANEA MOLLISSIMA Blume. February 27, 1927. A dasheen relative with un- Fagaceae. Hairy chestnut. usually large tubers. From Nanking, China. Seeds purchased from 75767 to 75774. LILIUM spp. Lilia- Prof J. H. Reisner, College of Agriculture and ceae. Forestry of the University of Nanking. Re-, ceived December 31,1927. From Tunbridge Wells, England. Bulbs pur- chased from R. Wallace & Co. Received in In the endeavor to relieve the situation caused December, 1927. by the rapid disappearance of our native chestnut, due to the ravages of the blight fungus, the Chinese 75767. LILIUM BURBANKnHort. hairy chestnut is being introduced into this country in a considerable quantity. The size and quality For previous introduction and description of the nuts compare rather favorably with that of see No. 75725. our native chestnut, although neither the size of the 75768. LILIUM CHALCEDONICUM L. tree nor the tannin content measure up to those of Chalcedonian lily. our native species. Variety maeulatum. A strong-growing, rare For previous introduction see No. 74157. form superior to the ordinary type. The large broad-petaled flowers are dark scarlet, spotted 75755 and 75756. with black at the base of the petals. From Lisbon, Portugal. Cuttings presented by 75769 to 75772. LILIUM DAURICUM Ker. Dr. Ruy Palhinha, of the University of Lisbon. Candlestick lily. Received December 23,1927. 75769. Golden fleece. For previous introduc- 75755. ROSA ODORATA GIGANTEA X sp. tion and description see No. 75732. Belle Portugaise. A large and beautiful rose 75770. Mahogany. A very fine distinct new of very delicate coloring, rosy pearl tinted with hybrid with large flowers of deep crimson salmon. The very long buds are at times 10 lake. centimeters in length, especially when produced at the ends of vigorous shoots. The fully opened 75771. Splendidum. For previous introduc- flower measures 15 to 16 centimeters in diameter. tion and description see No. 75733. When grown in a mild climate, Belle Portugaise reaches a great size and is literally covered with 75772. Vermilion brilliant. A very showy its huge flowers. It seems to have inherited in its hybrid producing large heads of the most characters the great floriferousness of its mother. intense vermilion-scarlet flowers of fine Souvenir de Leoine Viennot; and furthermore, it form and substance, with broad massive is capable of producing fertile seeds, and there- petals. fore, may be used in hybridization. 75773. LILIUM PARDALINUM Kellogg. # For previous introduction see No. 29729. Leopard lily. Variety Johnsoni. A tall lily from British 75756. ROSA ODOEATA GIGANTEA X sp. Columbia, producing bright-orange flowers Etoile du Portugal. A hybrid of Rosa odorata spotted with dark crimson. gigantea and Heine Marie Henriette. 75774. LILIUM POMPONIUM L. lily. For previous introduction see No. 29730. For previous introduction and description 75757 to 75765. ZEA MAYS L. Poaceae. see No. 75731. Corn. 75775 to 75779. From India and Java. Seeds collected by F. G. From Buenos Aires, Argentina. Seeds presented Krauss, of the University of Hawaii. Received by Prof. Lorenzo R. Parodi, of the University November 30,1927. of Buenos Aires. Received December 13, 1927. 75757 to 75759. From the experiment station at 75775. CHLORIS BEYRiCHiAtfA Kunth. Poaceae. Pusa, India, August, 1927. Grass, A low perennial grass with short leaves and 75757. No. 1. An early maturing variety. erect flower stems a foot high. Native to Brazil 75758. No. 2. A midseason variety. and Argentina. 75776. CHLORIS POLYDACTYLA (L.) Swartz. 75759. No. 3. A late-maturing variety. Poaceae. Grass. 75760 and 75781. From Buitenzorg, Java. A grass which grows about IVz feet high with 76760. QeU oost. seed stalks running up to 3 feet. It seeds pro- fusely and is said to be good as a pasture grass 75761. Oelemenado. when young and appears to be suitable for nay. 28 PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED

75775 to 75779—Continued. 75788 to 75843—Continued. 75777. QOUINIA LATIFOLIA Vasey. Poaceae. 75789 to 75802, Wild trees growing on Otani Grass. Yama, Shino Mura, Minamikuwata Gun, Tamba. A tall perennial grass up to 6 feet high, with leaves an inch wide and a foot long, and loosely 75789. No. 194. 75796. No. 201. branching panicles. Native to Argentina. 75790. No. 195. 75797. No. 202. 75778. PHALARIS ANGUSTA Nees. Poaceae. 75791. No. 196. 75798. No. 203. Grass. A coarse annual grass 4 feet high with narrow 75792. No. 197. 75799. No. 204. leaves and timothylike spikes. Native to 75793. No. 198. 75800. No. 205. Argentina. 75794. No. 199. 75801. No. 206. 75779. TRICHLORIS PLTJRIFLORA Fourn. Poa- ceae. Grass. 76795. No. 200. 75802. No. 207. A perennial grass 2 to 4 feet high with leaves 75803. Nos. 208-210, 236, 244,245, 262, 264-266. half an inch wide and a foot long. Native to Wild trees or rather bushes growing on Mexico. Izuta Yama, Kochi Ken, Shikoku Island. They are said to produce three crops a 75780. CITRUS , GB'AJTOIB (L.) Osbeck year. These nuts are from the first crop (C. decumana Murr.). Rutaceae. which ripens in July. Grapefruit. 75804. Nos. 211-213. Wild trees, 20 to 30 years old, growing in the university forest From Manila^ Philippine Islands. Bud wood in AahidanLKamiyugawa, YakataMura, presented by S. Youngberg, Director of the Arita Gun, Wakayama Ken. Bureau of Agriculture: Received November 4,1927. 75805. No. 214. Shibaguri. A wild tree said to be large, growing in the Kamjkamo A local variety. Experimental Forest, Kyoto Imperial 75781. RUB us sp. Rosaceae. University. 75806 to 75808. Cultivated trees growing at From Manila, Philippine Islands. Seeds presented Ineyama, Ayabe-cho. by S. Youngberg, Director of the Bureau of Agriculture. Received December 14, 1927. 75806. No. 216. Ichiemon. A variety grown at Baguis, Mount Province, 75807. No. 217. Toyotama-wase. Luzon, Philippine Islailds. 75808. No. 218. An unknown variety. 75782. SYRINGA OBLATA DILATATA 75809. No. 219. A wild tree growing at Ushi- (Nakai) Rehder. Oleaceae. Lilac. gakubi, Kurama Yama, Kyoto Prefecture. From Chosen; Japan. Seeds presented by Dr. M. 75810 to 75812. Wild trees growing at Kurama Tozawa, Director of the Forestry Experiment Yama, Kyoto Prefecture. Station at Keijyo. Received January 4, 1927. 75812. No. 222. Numbered in December, 1927. 75810. No. 220. 75811. No. 221. A hardy compact shrub, native to northeastern Asia, about 12 feet high, with heart-shaped, bright- 75813. No. 223. A wild tree growing at green leaves and dense panicles of pale-lilac flowers. Kurama Mura, Kurama, Mpmoiware. For previous introduction see No. 66259. 75814 to 75816. Wild trees growing at Kurama Yama, Kyoto Prefecture. 75783 to 75787. 75814. No. 224. 75816. No. 226. From northern Nigeria, West Africa. Seeds pre- sented••'by A. G. Beattie, London, Ontario, 75815. No. 225. Canada. Received December 12, 1927. 75817. No. 227. A wild tree growing at Locally grown varieties. Otani Yama, Shino Mura, Minamikuwata Gun, Tamba. 75783*. PENNISETUM GLAUCUM (L.) R. Br. (P. typhoideum Rich.). Poaceae. 76818. Nos. 228, 229. Wild trees growing at Pearl millet. Ishikari, Ishiyama Province. Bulrush millet. The local name is coero. 75819. Nos. 230 and 239. An unnamed cul- tivated variety at Imai, KagamJ Mura, 75784 to 76787. SORGHUM VULGARE Pers. Poa* Tosa Gun, Kochi Ken, Shikuko Island. ceae. Sorghum, 75820. Nos. 231 and 240. Ckobe. Cultivated 75784. Massakwa. trees growing at Hirota, Shino Mura, Minamikuwata Gun, Tamba. This vari- 75785. A chi duka. ety was exhibited at a fair in Kyoto and 75788. BaiftUata. received third prize. 75787. QiiDar kufnba. 75821 to 75824. Cultivated; trees growing at Ori, Kagami Mura, Tosa Gun, Kochi 75788 to 75843. Ken, Shikoku Island. From Japan. Seeds collected by R. K. Beattie, 75821. Nos. 232 and 242. A native variety. Bureau of Plant Industry. Received Decem- ber, 1927. 75822. Nos. 233 and 243. Naro-guri. This variety is native to Shikoku. 75788 to 75825. CASTANEA CRENATA Sieb. and Zucc. Fagaceae. Japanese chestnut. 75823. Nos. 234. 241, 261, Nakayama-guH. The burs fall from the tree before 75788. No. 193. A wild variety growing on opening. Abura Yama, at Otatni, Shino Mura, Minamikuwata Gun, Tamba. The tree 75824. No. 235. ToQenaMhi-guH. The burs is a 16-year-old sprout and is 15 feet high. are spineless. OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1927 29 75788 to 75843—Continued. 75788 to 75843—Continued. 75825. Nos. 237, 238. These seeds are from 75834. RHODODENDRON sp. » the same source as No. 208 [No. 75803], but the nuts are smaller and are said to come No. 250. from smaller trees. 75835. RHODODENDRON sp. 75826. LILIUM sp. Liliaceae. lily. No. 251. No. 263. From Shizuoka Ken, Tagata Gun, 75836. RHODODENDRON sp. Kitakano Mura, Kashiwakubo, November 25, 1927. A wild variety bearing white flowers No. 252. A variety said to have white spotted with brown. flowers. 75827 to 75843. RHODODENDRON spp. Ericaceae. 75837. RHODODENDRON sp. Azalea. No. 253. A variety said to have pink Locally grown varieties collected in Novem- flowers with white spots. ber, 1927. 75838. RHODODENDRON sp. 75827. RHODODENDRON sp. No. 254. A variety said to have red No. 188. A wild variety growing near the flowers. Buddhist Temple, Hirota, Shino Mura, Minamikuwata Gun, Tamba. 75889. RHODODENDRON sp. 75828. RHODODENDRON sp. No. 255. A variety said to have pink flowers. No. 189. A cultivated yellow-flowered va- riety from the garden at the Buddhist Temple, 75840. RHODODENDRON sp. Hirota, Shino Mura, Minamikuwata Gun, No. 256. A variety said to have large Tamba. It is said to be rare. pink and white flowers. 75829. RHODODENDRON sp. 75841. RHODODENDRON sp. No. 190. A cultivated variety growing at No. 257. A variety said to have very Hachiman Shrine, Mori, Shino Mura, large pink flowers and to be the finest in the Minamikuwata Gun, Tamba. It is said to collection at this garden. have red flowers. 75842. RHODODENDRON sp. 75830. RHODODENDRON sp. No. 258. An azalea said to be an early No. 191. A cultivated variety growing in the garden at the Buddhist Temple, Hirota, variety with red flowers. Shino Mura, Minamikuwata Gun, Tamba. 75843. RHODODENDRON sp. It is said to have red flowers. No. 259. An azalea said to be a wild 75831. RHODODENDRON sp. variety with very large flowers. It has been cultivated in this garden. No. 192. A wild, pink-flowered variety, said to be rare, growing near the Buddhist 75844. THEA SASANQUA (Thunb.) Nois. Temple, Hirota, Shino Mura, Minamiku- wata Gun, Tamba. (Camellia sasanqua Thunb.). Theaceae. 75832. RHODODENDRON sp. Nos. 246 and 247. Collected near Hachiman Shrine, Hirota, Shino Mura, Minamikuwata Gun, No. 248. A wild variety growing near the Tamba, November 15,1927. A large, wide-spread- Buddhist Temple, Hirota, Shino Mura, ing ornamental shrub or small tree common Minamikuwata Gun, Tamba. It is said to throughout the warmer parts of Japan. It is said have white flowers. to be a relative of the white camellia. The branches are very slender, and in the wild plant the flowers Nos. 75833 to 75843 are cultivated' varieties are always white. It is a popular garden shrub, from the garden of the San-O-ji Buddhist and, under cultivation, the forms with pink and Temple, Sogabe Mura, near Kameoka. rose-colored flowers are common. The seeds 75883. RHODODENDRON sp. contain an inferior sort of oil used by the Japanese women for dressing their hair. No. 249. A variety said to have red flowers. For previous introduction see No. 57088. INDEX OF COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES

Abies sachalinensis, 75443. Arundinaria nitida, 75150. Abutilon sp., 75286. simo7m, 75151. Acacia accola, 75534, 75576. si?no«ii variegata, 75152. acinacea, 75535. Ash. See Fracinus longicuspis. bancrofti, 75577. Astrebla sp., 75290. betchei, 75578. triticoides, 75697. brachybotrya, 75579. ^L»e«a byzantina, 75291. brachystachya, 75580. satfpa, 75127-75129, 75292. buxifolia, 75581. Azalea. See Rhododendron spp. cardiophylla, 75658. decora, 75582. Baeckea virgata, 75544. decurrens, 75536, 75583. Bamboo. See Arundinaria spp., Bambusa spp., decurrens leichhardtii, 75584. . Phyllostachys spp., and &a«a spp. decurrens pauciglandulosa, 75585. golden Japanese. See Phyllostachys aurea. difformis, 75586. Bambusa arundinacea, 75139. di#w«a, 75659. Banksia integrifolia, 75545. discolor, 75537, 75587. spinulosa, 75546. doratoxylon, 75588. Barley. See Hordeum spp. e/ata. See Acacia terminalis. Bean, common. See Phaseolus vulgaris. falcata, 75589. hyacinth. See Dolichos lablab. flexifolia, 75590. jack. See Canavalia ensiformis. glaucescens, 75591. Lima. See Phaseolus lunatus. hakeoides, 75592. Mauritius. See Stizilobium aterrimum. homalophylla, 75593. mung. See Phaseolus aureus. howitti, 75539. velvet. See Stizolobium velutinum. juniperina, 75594. velvet, Chinese. See S. Tiwettm. fcoa ftawanewste, 75595. Beech, dusky. See Nothofagus fusca. leptoclada, 75596. Solander's. See iV. solandri. «n«ara, 75597. Beefwood. See Casuarina glauca. lineata, 75598. Beet. See .Beta vulgaris. linifolia prominent, 75540. Beta vulgaris, 75171. menuttiana, 75599. Betula japonica, 75415, 75671. microcarpa, 75600. Birch, Japanese white. See Betula japonica. neriifolia, 75541. Bittersweet, oriental. See Celastrus articulatus. obtusata, 75601. Black kurrajong. See Sterculia diversifolia. penninervis, 75602. Bougainvillea sp., 75696. polybotrya foliolosa, 75603. Brachiaria brizantha, 75293. pukhella, 75604. Brachychiton acerifolium, 75547. ru&ida, 75605. Brachypodium phoenicoides, 75529. salicina, 75606. Brisbane-box. See Tristania conferta. spectabilis, 75607. Bromus coloratus, 75527, 75528. spectabilis stuartii, 75608. Brownea coccinea, 75270. suaveolens, 75609. Buckthorn. See Rhamnus japonica. terminalis. 75538. Butia capitata pulposa, 75284. undulaefolia, 75610. verniciflua, 75660. Cajanus indicus, 75175-75181, 75207-75213, 75294- »es*#a, 75611. 75300. viscidula, 75612. Calamagrostis sp., 75301. Acanthopanax divaricatum, 75663. Callistemon acuminatus, 75548. ^Lccr ginnala, 75664. rigidus, 75549. miyabei, 75665. Calophyllum kunstleri, 75241. pictum mono, 75666. Camellia sasanqua. See TAea sasanqua. pseudo-sieboldianum, 75667. Canistel. See Lucuma nervosa. Actinidia arguta, 75441. Canavalia ensiformis, 75302. Actinidia, bower. See ^4c

Chloris beyrichiana, 75775. Eucalyptus smitMif 75663. gayana, 75308. trachyphloia, 75654. polydactyla, 75776. pirfirato, 75655. Chorizema cordatum, 75552. Euonymus sp., 75712. dicer arietinum, 75309, 75310. oqyphyllus, 75673. Citrus decumana. See C. grandis. grandis, 75780. Fescue, meadow. See Festuca elatior. nobilis unshiu, 75404. Festuca spp., 75325, 75326. sinensis, 75226. e/atfor, 75739. €lover. See Trifolium stellatum. 2

Lilium Qchraceum, 75729. Phyllostachys kumasasa, 75157. pardalinum, 75773. puberula, 75158. pomponium, 75730, 75774. puberula nigra, 75159. pyrenaicum, 75731. viridi-glaucescens, 75160. Lily. See Lilium spp. Picea 0/eftm, 75405. candlestick. See Lilium dauricum. jezoensis, 75440. Chalcedonian. See L. chalcedonicum. Pigeon pea. See Cajanus indicus. giant Caucasian. See L. monadelphum. Pine, Japanese white. See Pfrmi parviflora. Martagon. See L. martagon. Korean. See P. koraiensis. leopard. See L. pardalinum. Pinus koraiensis, 75680. Linden. See Tilia maximowicziana. parviflora, 75681. Linum usitatissimum, 75338, 75330. Pithecolobiunwn brevifolium, 75261. Lissochilus heudelotii, 75279. Pittosporum phillyraeoides, 75570. millsoni, 75280. Plum. See Prunus spp. Lobelia fulgens, 75244. Pochote. See Cei&a acuminata. Lobelia, Mexicans See Lobelia fulgens. Poplar box. See Eucalyptus populifolia. Lucuma nervosa, 75201. Port Gregory gum. See Eucalyptus calophylla. Lycopersicon esculentum, 75204. Prieto, tocote. See Jatropha spathulata. Primrose. See Primula sieboldi. Macadamia. See Macadamia ternifolia. Japanese. See P. japonica. Macadamia ternifolia, 75251-75253. Primula japonica, 75682. Magnolia kobus borealis, 75679. tfeftoMi, 75683. Mangifera mdica, 75264-75269. Pranwa spp., 75231-75238, 75532. Mango. See Magnifera indica. armeniaca, 75230. Maple. See Acer spp. cerasus marasca, 75183-75199. Maple, Amur. See Acer ginnala. mume, 75684. Medicago falcata, 75740-75747. persica. See Amygdalus persica. sativa, 75748. sargenti. See P. serrulata sachalinensis. Melaleuca nodosa, 75565. serrulata sachalinensis, 75685. pubescens, 75566. Psidium guajava, 75724. styphelioides, 75567. Pterocarya sorbifolia, 75686. Melon. See Cucumis melo. Mentha arvensis piperascens, 75137. Quercus glandulifera. See Q. serrata. Messmate gum. See Eucalyptus obliqua. mongolica grosseserrata, 75687. Metrodderos tomentosa, 75568. serrata, 75688. Millet. See Chaetochloa italica. pearl. See Pennisetum glaucum. Ragi. See Eleusine coracana. Mint, Japanese. See Mentha arvensis piperascens. Raspberry. See Rubus sp. Momordica sv>T>., 75340, 75341. Reed, cane. See ^.rttndinarta mttcrosperma. Monodora myristica, 75205, 75281. Rhamnus japonica, 75689. Morning-glory. See Ipomoea fistulosa. Rhododendron spp., 75715, 75827-75843. Mountain bloodwood. See Eucalyptus eximia. dauricum, 75690. Musa arnoldiana, 75282. Rhododendron, dahurian. See Rhododendron dauricum. Nephelium leiocarpum. See Alectryon subdnereum. Rice. See Oryza scrtioa. Nothofagus fusca, 75202. JSosa multiflora, 75691. solandri, 75203. odorata gigantea X sp., 75755, 75756. Nutmeg calabash. See Monodora myristica. Rose, Japanese. See i?osa multiflora. Rubus sp., 75781. Oak. See Quercus spp. Rubbervine, palay. See Cryptostegia grandiflora, Oats. See Avena spp. Rubus sp., 75145. Onobrychis vulgaris, 75749. Orange. See Citrus sinensis. Saguerus pinnatus, 75246. Satsuma. See C. nobilis wnshiu. Sainfoin. See Onobrychis vulgaris. Oxylobium lanceolatum, 75569. Sapium sebiferum, 75262. Oryza sativa, 75342. Staa auricoma, 75161. chrysantha, 75162. Palm, fishtail. See Caryota plumosa. dtatc/ia, 75163. Roebelin. See Phoenix roebelinii. humilis, 75164. Senegal date. See P. reclinata. japonica, 75165. sugar. See Saguerus pinnatus. pumila, 75166. See also Inodestexana, Paurotissp., and Phoenix tessellata, 75167. spp. variegata, 75168. Papaya. See Carica papaya. mte/m\ 75169, 75170. Parkia sp., 75206. Stetaria ita/fca. See Chaetochloa italica. Paspalum scrobiculatum, 75343. Snowdrop. See Oalanthus fosteri. Passiflora edulis, 75344. Solanum sp., 75374. maliformis, 75172. Sophora, fourwing. See JSophora tetraptera. Paurotis sp., 75753. Sophora tetraptera, 75571. Peach. See Amygdalus persica; Sorbus pseudogracilis, 75692. Pennisetum spp., 75345-75348. Sorghum. See Sorghum vulgare. cenchroides. See P. ciliare. Sorghum sp., 75377. ciliare, 75345. trichopus, 75376. glaucum, 75783. twtoare, 75784-75787. typhoideum. See P. glaucum. Spearlily. See Doryanthes larkini. PeFsimmon. See LHospyros conzattii. Sporobolus spp., 75378, 75379. Phalaris angusta, 75778. Spruce. See Piceo pfe/m*. arundinacea, 75349. yeddo. See P. jezoensis. Phaseolus aureus, 75350. Sterculia acerifolia. See Brachychiion acerifolium. lunatus, 75351-75353. diversifolia, 75662. mungo, 75354. SUwartia pseudo-camellia, 75603. vulgaris, 75355-75373. Stizolobium atcrrimum, 75380. Phoenix reclinata, 75223, 75224. mflcum, 75381. roebelenii, 75225. ff/ttffalM,/ffa 753827538 . rupicota, 75222. Strawberry. See Fragaria spp. Phyllostachy* aurea, 75153. Strawflower. See Elichrysum sp. bambusoides, 75154. Streblochaeta sp., 75383. bambusoides castilloni, 75155. Stylidium graminifolium. See Candottea gramini- flexuosa, 75156. folia. OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1927 33

Sunflower. See Helianthus annuus. Undetermined, 75221, 75239, 75285, 75396-75402. Syncarpia glomulifera, 75572. Urd. See Phaseolus mungo. Synsepalum dulcificum, 75283. Syringa oblata dilatata, 75782. Vernonia spp., 75387, 75388. Vetch, bitter. See Lathyrus sativus. Tall gray gum. See Eucalyptus canalieulata. Vigna sinensis, 75389-75395. Tallowtree, Chinese. See Sapium sebiferum. Thea sasanqua, 75844. Walnut, flat. See Juglans sieboldiana cordiformit. Themeda triandra, 75384. Japanese. See J. sieboldiana. Tilia maximowicziana, 75694. Wattle, green. See Acacia decurrens. Tomato. See Lycopersicon esculenturn. prickly. See A. juniperina. Trichloris pluriflora, 75779. Wheat, common. See Triticum aestivum. Trifolium sp., 75386. durum. See T. durum. fragiferum, 75240. White gum. See Eucalyptus pauciflora. johnstoni, 75385. Wingnut. See Pterocarya sorbifolia. repens rubescens, 75656. Withania somnifera, 75375. stellatum, 75530. Trigonotis guilielmi, 75695. Tristania conferta, 75573. Xanthosoma sp., 75766. laurina, 75574. Yam. See Dioscorea spp. Tritkum aestivum, 75132-75134. Yautia. See Xanthosoma sp. durum, 75135, 75136. vulgare. See T. aestivum. Zea mays, 75173, 75174, 75214-75216, 75220> 75757- Tung-oil tree. See Aleurites fordii. 75765. ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE December 10, 1929

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