L Ib H A H T RECEIVED MAR 1 19'

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF , Ai rionlti] r

INVENTORY No. 87

Washington, D. C. T Issued February, 1929

PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED BY THE OFFICE OF FOREIGN PUNT INTRODUCTION, BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY, APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1926 (NOS. 66699 TO 67836)

CONTENTS Pag* Introductory statement - 1< Inventory - 3 Index of common and scientific names— .-._. „. ,. — 49

INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT

agricultural explorers were carrying on their investigations in foreign lands during the three-month period represented by this eighty-seventh inventory. David Fairchild, in company with P. H. Dorsett, made an extended tour along the northern coast of Sumatra and also spent some time in Java and Ceylon. Their itinerary included the Sibolangit Botanic Garden, near Medan, Sumatra, and the Hakgala Botanic Garden, Newara Eliya, Ceylon. The material collected came from these botanic gardens, from the markets of the native villages visited, and from the wild. It consisted for the most part of fruit-bearing plants, ornamentals, and leguminous plants of possible value as cover crops for the warmer parts of the United States. Breeders of small fruits will be interested in the numerous species of Rubus (Nos. 67592 to 67604; 67728 to 67740) obtained mostly in Sumatra. Sev- eral species of Ficus (Nos. 67557 to 67570; 67696 to 67705) from Sumatra will be tested in southern Florida, where already a number of these wild figs have proved popular as shade trees. F. A. McClure continued to work in the general vicinity of Can- ton, China, collecting plant material largely from the native markets of the neighboring villages. At one small place in the Lungtau Mountains he obtained seeds of the Faan kwa cushaw (Cucurbita moschata, No. 66735). A previous introduction (No. 54427), also from the vicinity of Canton, showed this to be an excellent variety of cushaw, producing large fruits of good quality and flavor. Mr. McClure also collected rhizomes of several bamboos, mostly belong- ing to the genus Phyllostachys (Nos. 66781 to 66789; 66900 to 66902; '67398, 67399), a number of which furnish edible young shoots. 1581*—S9 — J I PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED Through the courtesy of the Institute of Applied Botany, Lenin- grad, Russia, the department received an interesting shipment of seeds of Russian plants (Nosi 67649 to 67668), consisting of locally developed varieties of cucurbitaceous vegetables from widely sepa- rated parts of the country. From the little-known island of Tasmania were received seeds of several native ornamental shrubs and herbaceous perennials not, previously introduced through this office (Nos. 67805 to 67834)., Among these may be mentioned Cyathodes divaricata (No. 67812), a juniperlike shrub with rigid branches and leaves and white flowers, on recurved stems; also three species of everlasting (Elichrysum, spp.; Nos. 67814 to 67816), erect evergreen shrubs with very narrow leaves and showy flower clusters. Somewhat similar in nature to* the Tasmanian shipment is a collection of shrubs sent in from South, Australia (Nos. 67067 to 67087). Most of these are new to Amer- ican horticulture. The collection includes 10 species of Melaleuca (Nos. 67077 to 67086); these are said to be drought resistant, and many have showy flowers. The botanical determinations of these introductions have been made and the nomenclature determined by H. C. Skeels, and the- descriptive matter has been prepared under the direction of Paul Russell, who has had general supervision of this inventory. KNOWLES A. RYERSON, Senior Horticulturist, in Charge^ OFFICE OF FOREIGN PLANT INTRODUCTION, Washington, D. C, July 1,1928. INVENTORY1

66699. BURIO ZIBETHINUS Murr. 66702. CITRUS GRANDIS (L.) Osbeck Bombacaceae. Durian. (C. decumana Murr.). Rutaceae. From Java. Seeds obtained by David Fairchild, Grapefruit. agricultural explorer, Bureau of Plant Industry, From Los Banos, Philippine Islands. Seeds pre- with the Allison V. Armour expedition. Re- sented by J. D. Bagarino, through W. T. ceived June 28, 1926. Swingle, Bureau of Plant Industry. Received No. 787. Seeds from a durian obtained at the April 1, 1926. market in Soerabaya, May 17, 1926. According to Macmillan (Handbook of Tropical Gardening and A Philippine variety. Planting), this is a very large, handsome pyramid- shaped tree, native to the Malay Archipelago, and 66703. LILIUM sp. Liliaceae. Lily. commonly cultivated [in the Straits Settlements, Burma, Java, etc.], for the sake of its celebrated From Canton, China. Bulbs collected by F. A. fruit. The latter, produced on the older branches, McClure, agricultural explorer, Bureau of Plant varies somewhat from round to oval in shape, and Industry. Received April 2,1926. usually weighs from 5 to 7 pounds, though some- No. 343. These bulbs were obtained from the times as much as 10 pounds. It is armed with wild at the foot of the Lungtaushan, January 9, thickly set formidable prickles about one-half inch 1926. Paak hop fa. The white flowers are borne long; when ripe it becomes slightly yellow and on stems 1 to 1.5 meters high. has an offensive odor. The cream-colored pulp surrounds the seed in the edible portion; this is most highly prized by the Malays and other ori- 66704. PASPALUM NOTATUM Flueggeu ental races and is also relished by the Europeans Poaceae. Grass. who acquire a taste for it. The large seeds may be roasted and eaten like chestnuts. Durian fruits From San Jose, Costa Rica. Seeds purchased from are variable in size, shape, flavor, and quantity of J. Alfredo Quiros. Received April 6, 1926. pulp, according to variety. The trees also vary in A perennial grass which has shown promise as a productiveness, some varieties being almost barren. pasture grass in the southern United States; now Selection and high cultivation should therefore be introduced for further testing in that region. practiced, in order to obtain the best fruits. The tree is readily propagated by seed if sown fresh. For previous introduction see No. 62049. The large fleshy seed is of short vitality and germi- nates in seven to eight days. 66705. SALPICHROA RHOMBOIDEA (Gill- For previous introduction see No. 45179. and Hook.) Miers. Solanaceae. From Buenos Aires, Argentina. Seeds presented 66700 and 66701. MEDIC AGO SATIVA by Dr. Carlos L. Thays, director, botanic garden. L. Fabaceae. Alfalfa. Received April 3, 1926. From Sable, Sarthe, France. Seeds obtained from An ornamental relative of the tomato, with A. Coutard, through H. L. Westover, Bureau white flowers and edible white transparent berries of Plant Industry. Received April 1, 1926. which resemble the pineapple in flavor. Because French-grown varieties. of its attractive appearance and creeping habit it is very effective for trellises and arbors. Native to 66700. From Provence. Argentina. 66701. From Sarthe. For previous introduction see No. 55478.

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 con- stitute 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 specific identifications therefore must necessarily often rest with the person sending the material. If there is any question regarding the correctness of the identification of any plant received from this office, herbarium specimens of leaves and flow erf should be sent in so that definite identification can be made. i PLANT MATEKIAL INTRODUCED

66706. PISUM SATIVUM L. Fabaceae 66724 to 66728. Pea From Pretoria, Union of South Africa. Cuttings From Socorro, New Mexico. Seeds presented by presented by I. B. Pole Evans, chief, division B. R. Britton. Received April 3, 1926. of botany, Department of Agriculture, through Eugene May, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- A variety originally imported from Sweden, ceived April 12, 1926. larger than those now grown in the San Luis Valley Colo. (Britton.) 66724. CARALLUMA LEENDERTZIAE N. E. Brown. Asclepiadaceae. 66707 to 66713. ORYZA SATIVA L. PO- A dwarf fleshy plant, native to South Africa- aceae. Rice. with thick stems about 4 inches high, and dark, purple flowers 2 inches wide in few-flowered From Valencia, Spain. Seeds presented by Cle- umbels. mente Cerda. Received April 6, 1926. 68725. HUERNIA LOESENERIANA Schlechter. 66707. Benlloc. From Ribera Alta. Asclepiadaceae. 66708. Benlloc. From Ribera Baja. A dwarf fleshy perennial with square stems 66709. Nano. From Jativa. an inch or two long and bell-shaped, brownish purple flowers about an inch across, borne near 66710. Benlloc Pla. the bases of the young stems. Native to dry regions in the Transvaal. 66711. Muga. 66712. Mil Seiscientos. 66726 to 66728. STAPELIA spp. Asclepiadaceae. 86726. STAPELIA GETTLEFFII R. Pott. 68713. Bomba. A low, fleshy South African plant with 66714. CANNA INDICA L. Cannaceae. erect four-angled stems 8 to 10 inches high and one to three greenish yellow and purple From Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Seeds presented by flve-lobed flowers with lobes nearly 3 inches Amazones Torres, Jardin Botanico. Received long. April 3, 1926. 66727. STAPELIA LEENDERTZIAE N. E. Brown. A low, slender-stemmed, tropical American canna, 3 to 5 feet high, with green oblong leaves A low erect succulent plant about 4 inches about a foot long and simple lax racemes of small high, with angled stems toothed at the angles flowers. The latter have pale-green narrow petals, and one or two flowers. The flowers, about a|reddish yellow lip, and bright red upper stami- 3 inches long and 3 to 4 inches wide at the nodia. mouth, are dark brownish purple. Native to the Transvaal, South Africa. 66715 to 66720. 66728. STAPELIA NOBILIS N. E. Brown. From Kaunas, Lithuania. Seeds presented by Dr. C. Regel, director, botanic garden. Received A low, fleshy South African perennial, April 1, 1926. branching at the base, with four-angled erect softly hairy stems 3 to 5 inches long and light- European-grown seeds. yellow flowers about an inch across, marked with numerous irregular transverse crimson 66715. CAPSICUM FRUTESCENS BACCATUM (L.) lines and thinly covered with long erect Irish. Solanaceae. Bush red pepper. purple hairs. An erect shrubby perennial about 3 feet high, with slender flexuose branches, small white 66729. MEDIC AGO SATIVA L. Fa- flowers, and small red fruits about one-fourth baceae. Alfalfa. of an inch in diameter. Native to tropical From London, England. Seeds purchased from America. McMaster & Frankish. Received April 10, 66716. CAPSICUM ANNUUM L. Solanaceae. 1926. Red pepper. A South African alfalfa. Variety pendulum. A pendulous variety. 66730 to 66766. 66717. CREPIS RUBRA L. Cichoriaceae. From Canton, China. Seeds collected by F. A. An annual red-flowered composite, one-half McClure, agricultural explorer, Bureau of Plant to V/2 feet high, native to southern Europe. Industry. Received April 2, 1926. 68718. MELILOTUS ALTISSIMA Thuill. Fabaceae. 86730 to 66782. BRASSICA spp. Brassicaceae. Sweet clover. 66730. BRASSICA sp. For previous introduction see No. 30242. No. 342. Kai tsoi, Heung to tsoi. A 66719. NICOTIANA RUSTICA L. Solanaceae. coarse, open-growing vegetable with crinkly leaves which tend to vary in the direction of Aztec tobacco, frilled margins. 68720. PLSUM SATIVUM L. Fabaceae. Pea. 66781. BRASSICA sp. 66721 to 66723. TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE No. 366. Obtained from a farmer at L. Fabaceae. Red clover. Yeunguk, Lungtau Mountains, January 13, 1926. Yau tsoi. The most commonly culti- From Norrkoping, Sweden. Seeds presented by vated crop during the winter months when Algot Holmberg & Son, at the request of Dr. the rice terraces would otherwise be fallow. Hernfrid Witte, Swedish State Seed Testing The oil expressed from the se€»ds of this vege- Station, Stocksund. Received April 8, 1926. table is used both as an esculent and as an Swedish strains. ilium inant. 66721. Gotaklover. From Algotsholms. 68732. BRASSICA sp. No. 395. Yau tsoi. An oil-producing 66722. Lattjordstyp. mustard obtained at Shiuchow, January 23, 66723. Styvyjordstypen. 1926. I APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1926

66730 to 66766—Continued. 66730 to 66766—Continued. 68783 and 66734. CORCHORUS CAPSULARIS L. 66742. LILIUM sp. Liliaceae. Lily. Tiliaceae. Jute. No. 343. Paak hop fa. Paak kung fa. Ob- For previous introduction see Nos. 61226 to " tained from the wild at the foot of the Lungtau 61229. . Mountains, January 9, 1926. The white flowers are produced on stems 1 to 1.5 meters high. 66733. No. 368. Obtained at Tsangsheng, January 30, 1926. Wong ma. This plant 66748 to 66757. ORYZA SATIVA L. Poaceae. Rice. is the common source of coarse fibers for the making of small rope and cord as well 66743. No. 338. Leng noh kuk. Obtained as sacking. It is planted rather closely in from the Iu aborigines at Tsehaang, Lung- rows 6 to 8 inches apart in raised beds. tau Mountains, January 8, 1926. An The purpose of crowding the plants into upland glutinous rice, beardless, with close quarters is to make them grow tall dark-purple husks, which is planted in without branching. The hemp is mar- April or May and harvested in August or keted in two forms— Shaang ma, which is September. removed without having been soaked, 66744. No. 339. Leng chim kuk. An upland and Shuk ma, which is removed from the variety of starchy rice obtained from the plants only after they have been soaked. Iu aborigines at Tsehaang, Lungtau The Shuk ma is also beaten and the Mountains, January 8, 1926. outer bark removed before it is marketed. 66745. No. 372. Tso woh kuk. An early 66734. No. 383. January 13,1926. Wong ma. variety of starchy rice obtained at Yeun- A common hemp cultivated in the region guk, Lungtau Mountains, January 12, of Yeunguk, Lungtau Mountains. 1926. 66735. CUCURBIT A MOSCHATA Duchesne. Cu- 66746. No. 373. Yau chim kuk. Obtained curbitaceae. Cushaw. January 11, 1926, at Yeunguk, Lungtau No. 345. Faan Icwa. Obtained January 9, Mountains. 1926, at Yeunguk, Lungtau Mountains, from a 66747. No. 374. Fu kong chim. " Foo River 20-pound pumpkin of excellent quality and Starchy," a bearded variety obtained at flavor. The skin is golden buff mottled with Yeunguk, Lungtau Mountains, January yellow, and the flesh is golden yellow. 12, 1926. For previous introduction see No. 64154. 66748. No. 375. Kaang kuk. A bearded variety obtained at Yeunguk, Lungtau 66736. DiosPYRossp. Diospyraceae. Mountains, January 14, 1926. Persimmon. 66749. No. 376. A red variety obtained at No. 341. Ye tsz tsai, Hau pei tsai. A fruit Yeunguk, Lungtau Mountains, January obtained at Tsehaang ravine, Lungtau Moun- tains, January 8, 1926. 11, 1926. 66750. No. 377. Sai fa hoh. " Small-flowered 66737. DiostYROd sp. Diospyraceae. glutinous" variety obtained at Yeunguk, Persimmon. Lungtau Mountains, January 13, 1926. : No. 384. Hau pei tsai. Fruits obtained from 66751. No. 378. Tso noh. "Early glu- wild trees near Miupuikan, en route from tinous" variety obtained at Yeunguk, Yeungup to Fungwaan, January 14, 1926. Lungtau Mountains, January 13, 1926. These trees, dwarfed by the fact that they were growing on a steep, rocky cliff almost 66752. No. 403. Ha noh kuk. Shiuchow. devoid of soil and by periodic chopping by January 24, 1926. wood hunters, were otherwise very much like the cultivated persimmons found farther south 66753. No. 404. Paak chim. A starchy and in other parts of the Province. The fruits, variety obtained at Shiuchow, January which ripen in September and October, are 24, 1926. small, globular and golden yellow to reddish 66754. No. 405. Yau chim. A starchy yellow, and edible when thoroughly ripe. variety obtained at Shiuchow, January 66738. ELEUSINE CORACANA (L.) Gaertn. Poa- 24,1926. ceae. 68755. No. 406. Chi kuk. A late variety of No. 364. Sai suk. Obtained at Yeunguk, starchy rice obtained at Shiuchow, Jan- Lungtau Mountains, January 13, 1926. uary 24, 1926. For previous introduction see Nos. 60478 to 66756. No. 407. Tso kuk. An early variety 60480. of starchy rice obtained at Shiuchow, January 24, 1926. 66739. FAGOPYRUM VULGARE Hill (F. esculen- tum Moench.). Polygonaceae. Buckwheat. 66757. No. 408. Hung kuk. A red variety of starchy rice obtained at Shiuchow, No. 397. Saam kok maak, Fa maak. A very January 24, 1926. small variety of buckwheat obtained at Shiu- chow, January 24, 1926. 66758. PYRUSSP. Malaceae. Pear. For previous introduction see No. 64367. No. 340. Tong lei tsi. A small round wild pear obtained from a tree growing in granitic 66740. GOSSYPIUM NANKING Meyen. Malva- soil on the bank of the Tsehaang Creek, Lungtau ceae. Cotton. Mountains, January 8, 1926, at an altitude of about 800 meters. The tree, 10 meters high, No. 367. Minfa. A very small variety with 25 centimeters in diameter, and of rather spread- infinitesimal bolls, the kind commonly culti- ing habit, appeared very healthy and heavily vated for home use; obtained at Yeunguk, laden with fruit. This variety may be a pos- Lungtau Mountains, January 13, 1926. sible stock for cultivated pears. For previous introduction see No. 63843. 66759 and 66760. SESAMUM ORIENTALE L. 66741. HOLCUS SORGHUM L. (Sorghum vulgare Pedaliaceae. Pers.). Poaceae. Sorghum. Obtained at Shiuchow, January 24, 1926. No. 365. Ko leung suk. Yeunguk, Lungtau For previous introduction see No. 60939. Mountains, January 13, 1926. The seeds are used for human consumption and the threshed- 66759. No. 401. Paak chi ma. White seeds. out heads are bound into brooms. 68760. No. 402. Haak chi ma. Black seeds. 6 PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED

66730 to 66766—Continued. 66771. PRUNUS ARMENIACA L. 66761 and 66762. SOJA MAX (L.) Piper (Olycine Amygdalaceae. Apricot. hispida Maxim.). Fabaceae. Soy bean. From Chihli, China. Scions collected by P. H. Obtained at Yeunguk, Lungtau Mountains, Dorsett, agricultural explorer, Bureau of Plant January 11,1926. Industry. Received March 21, 1925. Num- bered June, 1926. 66761. No. 379. Taai tsing tau. A large, pale-green variety. No. 2024. February 15, 1925. Tsei pu pou hsing (they will not steal). Found in decomposed 66762. No. 380. Tsai wong tau. A white to granite soil in the foothill region of Tsanfengyung, cream-colored variety. west of Huailai, at an altitude of about 1,800 feet. The yellow-fleshed freestone fruits, 1 to 2 inches in 66763. TRITICUM AESTIVUM L. (T. vulgare Vill.). diameter, ripen during the middle of June, becom- Poaceae. Common wheat. ing green. » ^ No. 400.' Min mak. January 24, 1926. The commonly cultivated variety found in the vicin- 66772 to 66777. ity of Shiuchow. From Rabat, Morocco. Seeds presented by A. Pochon, Directeur, Jardin d'Essais de Rabat, at 66764 and 66765. VIGNA SESQUIPEDALIS (L.) the request of David Fairchild, agricultural Fruwirth. Fabaceae. Yard Long bean. explorer, Bureau of Plant Industry, with the Obtained at Yeunguk, Lungtau Mountains, Allison V. Armour expedition. Received January 13, 1926. April 9, 1926. For previous introduction see No. 64339. 66772. ACACIA CYCLOPS A. Cunn. Mimosaceae. 68764. No. 381. Hung tau. A red variety. A low shrubby Australian acacia, used in Morocco with great success as a hedge plant 66765. No. 382. Oo tau. A black variety. and in South Africa as a sand binder on the 66766. TRACHYCARPUS EXCELSUS (Thunb.) seashore. The yellow flowers are in dense Wendl. Phoenicaceae. Palm. globular heads. No. 369. Tsung. Obtained at Yeunguk, For previous introduction see No. 48041. Lungtau Mountains, January 13, 1926. This 66773. ATRIPLEX HALIMUS L. Chenopodiaceae. palm is commonly cultivated on a small scale in the northern part of this Province for the A low, spreading, North African shrub, with fibers which it yields. The broad tough fibrous gray foliage, used extensively in Morocco as a sheathing bases of the leaf petioles are sewed hedge plant close to the sea. together to make rain capes, and the fibers are used to make small rope. 66774. LOPEZIA BICOLOR Hort. Onagraceae. A superb climbing plant from Mexico, with For previous introduction see No. 48280. - small pink flowers which make it a peculiarly delicate plant for walls and rockwork. (Note by 66767 and 66768. David Fairchild in letter of May 2, 1925.) From Bahia, Brazil. Seeds presented by Rev. Camillo Torrend, Collegio Antonio Vieira. 88775. MESEMBRYANTHEMUM sp. Aizoaceae. Received April 8, 1926. A low-growing succulent plant of possible 66767. CAMPOMANESIA MASCHALANTHA (Berg.) value as an ornamental for the subtropical sec- Kiaersh. Myrtaceae. tions of the United States. A large tree producing very sweet fruits which 66778. PRUNUS ARMENIACA L. Amygdalaceae. are. greenish when ripe and commonly called Apricot. Guabiroba in the southern and central parts of Much earlier than the European varieties, Brazil. maturing its fruits at the beginning of June. Its foliage is smaller than that of the European 66768. CUPHEA BALSAMONA Cham, and apricot and when young is of a characteristic Schlecht. Lythraceae. red. Used here as a stock, and the ordinary According to an article published in Cha- apricot thrives splendidly on it. The trees* caras E Quintaes (vol. 31, p. 425, May 15, 1925) which grow to a very old age, produce enormous by Father Torrend, this plant has acquired an crops of fruits of small size but of good flavor. excellent reputation as forage in southern Brazil. (Note by David Fairchild in letter of May 2,1925.) Even when other fodder plants are abundant, 68777. VITTADINIA TRILOBA (Gaud.) DC. (V. cattle are said to consume with avidity this australis A. Rich.). Asteraceae. Barba de San Pedro, as it is called. This little Australian composite makes a For previous introduction see No. 64537. superb mass of rosy-white flowers here in Mo- rocco. (Note by David Fairchild in letter of 66769 and 66770. May 2, 1925.) From Summit, Canal Zone. Seeds presented by 66778 and 66779. ZEA MAYS L. Poa- Holger Johansen, plant introduction garden. Received April 9, 1926. ceae. Corn. 66769. CALYCOPHYLLUM CANDIDISSIMUM (Vahl) From Canton, China. Seeds collected by F. A. DC. Rubiaceae. McClure, agricultural explorer, Bureau of Plant Industry. Received April 2, 1926. This Central American timber tree, known commercially as the Degame, is described by 86778. No. 336. Yellow Flint corn obtained from S. J. Record (Timbers of Tropical America, p. Iu aborigines at Tsehaang, Lungtau Moun- 547) as being 40 to 65 feet high with a straight tains, January 7, 1926. Tso paau suk, Tso trunk free from limbs. The wood has the woh paau. Rather small, somewhat pointed strength, toughness, and resilience of hickory ears. and is used for making agricultural implements, 66779. No. 337. White Flint corn obtained from tool handles, and similar articles. Iu aborigines at Tsehaang, Lungtau Moun- tains, January 7, 1926. Chi paau suk, Taai For previous introduction see No. 63628. woh paau. A yellowish white variety with larger and better shaped ears than No, 336 66770. HELICONIA sp, Musaceae. [No. 66778J. It is also a later variety, being Bananalike plants, often with beautifully planted here in May and June and harvested marked foliage. Native to tropical America. in September or October. APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1926

•66780. GOSSTPIUM NANKING Meyen. 66781 to 66789—Continued. Malvaceae. Cotton. 66787. PHYLLOSTACHYS sp. From Nanking, China. Seeds obtained from No. 387. Kam chuk. From the wild R. H. Porter, acting head of cotton department, near Shekwohtsz, Chauen Mountains, Jan- Nanking University, through C. B. Doyle, uary 17, 1926. This bamboo is scarcely Bureau of Plant Industry. Received April 15, distinguishable, upon first sight, from PhyU 1926. lostachys pubescent, but upon careful exami- nation, however, it is seen to differ in having, Million Dollar. on the average, slightly larger leaves, slightly longer internodes, and a double ridge at the to 66789. nodes instead of a single ridge; the culms From Canton, China. Rhizomes collected by have thinner walls and the rhizomes are F. A. McClure, agricultural explorer, Bureau of rounder in cross section and smaller. The Plant Industry. Received April 7,1926. young shoots are highly esteemed by the Chinese. In these mountains, where it 66781. ARUNDINARIA sp. Poaceae. Bamboo. covers large areas, the shoots are dried in No. 334. January 7, 1926. Tip mo chuk. great quantities for the market. A wild bamboo found in a dense brake on the 66788. PHYLLOSTACHYS sp. sandy flood plain of a little stream, Tsehaang, Lungtau Mountains. The rough culms, 1 to No. 388. Woh tsz. Obtained from the 4 meters high and three-fourths to 15 centi- vicinity of Shekwohtsz, Chauen Mountains, meters in diameter, have very long internodes January 18, 1926. Hills and valleys of these and very small interior cavities; the branches mountains are clad with this soft-green are tufted, very upright, and stiff; the leaves feathery bamboo which in former peaceful are large and used to line bamboo hats. times supplied two great industries, paper making and the drying of young snoots. •$6782 to 66788. PHYLLOSTACHYS spp. Poaceae. This is the most highly esteemed and in Bamboo. general the bamboo most widely adapted to the everyday needs of the people. Practi- 66782. PHYLLOSTACHYS sp. cally all of the paper manufactured in this No. 335. January 7, 1926. Kam chuk. Province is made of it. It is unusual in that A wild bamboo growing on the sandy flood it produces shoots during the winter months plain of a little stream, Tsehaang, Lungtau which serve as a table delicacy. The pale- Mountains. The young shoots are edible. green culms, especially adapted to the making The culms, up to 8 meters high and 2 or 2.5 of carrying poles, furniture, and household centimeters in diameter, are pale green and implements, are covered with a dense short rather thin-walled, and the branches are stiff pubescence when young. usually in pairs. 88789. (Undetermined.) '66783. PHYLLOSTACHYS sp. No. 399. Ngau tsin chuk. Obtained from No. 344. January 9, 1926. Fu chuk. the wild at Waichungpeng Pass, Chauen From Lukchukhaang, at the foot of the Mountains. It is a small bamboo with rather Lungtau Mountains. A wild variety with thin-walled culms up to 5 meters in height and culms up to 11 centimeters in diameter and 2 centimeters in diameter. The young shoots, 10 meters long, deep green, gradually turning though edible, are of no special merit. yellow in old age and which are rather thin- walled. The leaves are very narrow, the 66790 and 66791. CHAYOTA EDTJLIS branchlets slender, somewhat drooping, and Jacq. (Sechium edule Swartz). Cu- the young shoots are edible but must be parboiled to remove a bitter principle which curbitaceae. Chayote. gives to the bamboo its name ''bitter bam- From Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba. Fruits pre- sented by Dr. Qonzalo M. Fortun, Director, Es- tacion Experimental Agronomica. Received *68784. PHYLLOSTACHYS sp. April 15, 1926. No. 346. January 10, 1926. Oo chuk. From the wild in a ravine on Peng Mountain, Cuban chayotes. Lungtau Mountains. The culms, which in 66790. A white variety. this region have a height of about 5 meters and a diameter of 2 centimeters, are more or 68791. A green variety. less completely covered with purplish dots, giving them a dark or black appearance from 66792. COIX LACRYMA-JOBI MA-YUEN a distance, hence the name "black bamboo." (Rom.) Stapf. Poaceae. Adlay. These culms are of no special use excepting for pipes as curiosities. The young shoots, From Impolutao, Bukidnon, Philippine Islands. though edible, are not of special merit. The Seeds presented by Ole Waloe, through P. J. surface of the rhizomes is quite black. Wester, Ballston, Va. Received April 3,1926. Adlay seeds introduced for testing in tropical U6785. PHYLLOSTACHYS sp. America. No. 34& Obtained from the wild near Yeunguk, Lungtau Mountains, January 10, 66793. TRIFOLIXJM PRATENSE L. 1926. A small bamboo with culms up to Fabaceae. Red clover. 4 meters high and 1.5 centimeters in diameter, which turn yellow early. The culm sheaths, From Leningrad, Russia. Seeds purchased from ?are said to be spotted with brown, hence the A. Kol, chief of the bureau of introduction, name Fa hok chuk. The young shoots are Institute of Applied Botany. Received April edible. 20,1926. A central Russian variety from the Shatilov 66786. PHYLLOSTACHYS sp. Experiment Station, Government of Orel. No. 349. Nai chuk. From the wild, near Yeunguk, Lungtau Mountains, January 11, 66794. SPIRAEA sp. Rosaceae. Spirea. 1926. The culms are up to 4 meters high and 1.25 centimeters in diameter, with most of From Lexington, Ky. Plant presented by Mrs. the upper portion solid, which makes them Harriet Williams Carter. Received April 21, -somewhat top-heavy and likely to be bent 1926. over by any unusual weight, such as the Variety Enchantment. Said to be superior to growth of vines. The young shoots are any of the spireas now in the American trade. t (Mrs. Carter.) 8 PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 66795 to 66817. 66795 to 66817—Continued. From Montevideo, Uruguay. Seeds presented 66808. INDIGOFERA ARTICULATA Gouan (I. ar- by Luis Guillot, director tecnico, Direction de gentea L., not Burm.). Fabaceae. Indigo.- Paseos Publicos. Received April 9,1926. An erect perennial, native to Egypt, with a 66795. ALSTROEMERIA PULCSELLA L. f. Am- long taproot, a woody, much-branched stem aryllidaceae. Parrot alstroemeria. about 2 feet high, and silvery hairy leaves. The small purplish flowers are in axillary A tall slender tuberous-rooted plant, native racemes. to Brazil, with dark-red flowers in a simple umbel on a scape 2 or 3 feet high. For previous introduction see No. 41929. 66796. BERBERIS GLAUCESCENS St. Hil. Ber- 66809. LESSERTIA BRACHYSTACHYA DC. Faba-•' beridaceae. Barberry. ceae. A shrubby Brazilian barberry with three- A shrubby leguminous plant, with com- parted brownish spines, glaucescent leaves pound leaves composed of about 10 pairs of very about an inch long, and black berries. narrow leaflets, and purplish flowers in axillary racemes. Native to South Africa. For previous introduction see No. 40208. 68810. LONCHOCARPUS NETJROSCAPHA Benth. 66797. CALYCOTOME SPINOSA (L.) Link. Fabaceae. lancepocL An evergreen tree, native to Uruguay, with A low spiny shrub, about 5 feet high, with alternate pinnate leaves and racemes of purplish^ trifoliolate leaves, hairy beneath, and yellow pealike flowers. flowers about three-fourths of an inch long. Native to the Mediterranean region. 68811. LONICERA NERVOSA Maxim. Caprifolia- ceae. Honeysuckle. 66798. CORTADERIA SELLOANA (Schult.) Aschers. and Qraebn. Poaceae. Pampas grass. A hardy, graceful Chinese shrub, about 10- feet high, with slender, dark-purple branchlets,. A tall reedlike Brazilian grass with numerous oval, purple-veined leaves, small pink flowers,, culms 3 to 10 feet high and large feathery silvery and black berries. white panicles 1 to 3 feet high. 66812. MESEMBRYANTHEMUM ADSCENDENS 66799 to 66806. CREPIS spp. Cichoriaceae. Haw. Aizoaceae. 66799. CREPIS ALPINA L. A low stemless succulent, native to South. An annual composite, 2 feet or more high, Africa, with leaves about 2 inches long and with oval-oblong, dentate leaves and yellow white or reddish flowers. flower heads. Native to eastern Asia and 66818. MESEMBRYANTHEMUM AURANTIACUM Asia Minor. Haw. Aizoaceae. 66800. CREPIS ASPERA L. A low fleshy South African plant, about a foot high, with smooth leaves an inch or less long: A tall prickly annual, native to Asia and orange flowers about 1H inches wide. Minor, with rather coarsely toothed leaves and small yellow flower heads. 66814. NICOTIANA RUSTICA L. Solanaceae. 66801. CREPIS BIENNIS L. Aztec tobacco. For previous introduction see No. 56614. A biennial composite, native to southern Europe, with pinnateiy hastate leaves. 66815. ORYZOPSIS MILIACEA (L.) Benth. Po- aceae. Grass. For previous introduction see No. 66626. " Smilo grass.11 A perennial grass, native to- 66802. CREPIS BLATTARIOIDES (L.) Vill. the Mediterranean region and known in Aus- tralia as velt grass. In California it has been. A hairy perennial, with large flower heads; called "Smilo grass," "San Diego grass," native to central and western Europe. "mountain rice," and "many-flowered millet.'1" For previous introduction see No. 66521. Under Californian conditions it has exhibited) considerable promise. It has been generally 66808. CREPIS DIOSCORIDIS L. introduced into Australia and New Zealand, where it possesses considerable merit. (Note by An annual, yellow-flowered plant, native C. V. Piper under No. 48978.) to southern Europe. 66816. PHYSALIS PERUVIA.NA L. Solanaceae. 66804. CREPIS FOETID A L. Poha. An annual, more or less bristly European For previous introduction see No. 66855. plant up to 2 feet high, with one to four heads of yellow flowers. 66817. PHYTOLACCA DIOICA L. Phytolaccaceae. 66805. CREPIS RUBRA L. Ombu. For previous introduction see No. 65963. An annual red-flowered plant, native to southern Europe. 66818 to 66832. FRAGAKIA spp. Ro~ For previous introduction see No. 66617. saceae. Strawberry, From Maidstone, England. Plants purchased 66806. CREPIS VIRENS L. from George Bunyard & Co., The Royal Nurs- An erect plant, native to the Caucasus, eries. Received April 21, 1926. Notes from with narrowly oblong leaves and yellow Bunyard's Catalog of Fruit Trees, 1924-25. flowers. 66818. FRAOARIASP. 66807. DATURA INERMIS Jacq. Solanaceae. ApriTcose. A variety producing fairly large, A white-flowered annual, about 2 feet high, pinkish red berries, of remarkable apricot flavor,, native to Africa. distinct from other varieties. Season medium» APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1926

66818 to 66832—Continued. 66833. PlNUS CEMBRA SIBIRICA Loufr. 66819. FRAGARIASP. Pinaceae. Pine. Bedford Champion. A robust plant with fine From Leningrad, Russia. Seeds presented by A. foliage, producing large berries with a refreshing Kol, chief of the bureau of introduction, Institute acid flavor; season medium. of Applied Botany. Received April 20, 1926. A native Siberian pine, growing into a stately 66820. FRAGARIA sp. tree, which prefers a climate with cool nights. It British Queen. Pale-red berries of exquisite produces fine white lumber and heavy cones filled flavor. Season medium. with edible seeds which are freely sold in western and central Siberia. Native Russian name 66821. FRAGARIA sp. "Kedr." (Note by Frank N. Meyer under Not Countess. A late-seasoned variety producing S5289.) handsome dark-crimson, wedge-shaped berries; only a moderate cropper, but in point of flavor 66834. TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE L. Fa- first rate. baceae. Red clover. 68822. FRAGARIASP. From Town Mills, St. Columb Major, Cornwall, England. Seeds presented by T. Rowse Hos- King George V. An improved, earlier and king, at the request of R. Q. Stapledon, Director, better flavored Royal Sovereign. The finest 'Welsh Plant-Breeding Station, Aberystwyth,' strawberry of the century for forcing and out- Wales. Received April 21, 1926. door culture. Cornish Marl. English-grown seed. 66828. FRAGARIA sp. Laxton's Latest. A very fine late-seasoned 66835. EXACTJM ZEYLANICUM Roxb. variety of moderate growth; the shining, deep- Gentianaceae. * crimson berries, fine flavored, are enormous in From Peradeniya, Ceylon. Seeds presented by size, yet firm, approaching 2 ounces. F. A. Stockdale, Director of Agriculture. Re- 68824. FRAGARIASP. ceived April 16, 1926. Laxtonian. Large, dark-crimson berries with A herbaceous annual with a 4-sided stem, firm flesh and good flavor which ripen about branched above, oblong, 3-nerved leaves about the same time as Sir Joseph Paxton. Season 3 inches in length, and sky-blue flowers, an inch medium. One of the best of recent introduction. and a half long, in terminal clusters. Native to Ceylon. 66825. FRAGARIA sp. 66836. TARENNA ASIATICA (L.) Kuntze Madame Kooi. A medium-seasoned variety, of Dutch origin, producing a large crop of enor- (T. zeylanica Gaertn.). Rubiaceae. mous, white-fleshed berries which are hollow From Coimbatore, India. Seeds presented by the and of poor flavor. Government lecturing and systematic botanist. 66826. FRAGARIA sp. Received April 16, 1926. President. A medium-seasoned variety A large shrub or small tree, with leathery, which is one of the best all-round sorts in regard shining-green, oblong leaves up to 8 inches long and to quality and productiveness for main crop; cymes of small white flowers. Native to western it is fine for forcing, as it retains its flavor and India and Ceylon. bears well. The berries are handsome, of pale t;olor, with a rich pine flavor. 66837. GERBERA JAMESONI Bolus. As- teraceae. Flame-ray gerbera. 66827. FRAGARIA sp. From Cattaratenne, Rattota, Ceylon. Seeds pre- Royal Sovereign. A very early, robust, hardy sented by C. J. Hutchinson. Received April variety with grand foliage, which is a continuous 17, 1926. . cropper, producing very large berries of brisk luscious flavor, carrying well. This is the best Seeds of a hybrid strain of this South African variety where but one kind can be grown, and herbaceous perennial, to be tested as an ornamental it is the finest for forcing, as proved at Wisley for the southern United States and California. trials. Season early. 66838. LANDOLPHIA KIRKII Dyer. 66828. FRAGARIA sp. Apocynaceae. Sir Joseph Paxton. A medium-seasoned, hardy, prolific variety which is one of the best From Pretoria, Union of South Africa. * Seeds for the main crop. The bright glossy red berries presented by I. B. Pole Evans, chief, division are of excellent flavor when fully ripe; that is, of botany. Received April 21,1926. when they reach a deep crimson. A number of native climbing plants are used in East Africa as sources of rubber, and this shrubby 66829. FRAGARIA sp. vine is one of the most important, according to The Duke. An earlier Royal Sovereign which Thiselton-Dyer (Flora of Tropical Africa). It has is better in flavor and cropping and the best thin, tough leaves, loose clusters of whitish flowers, all-round variety. Season early. and roundish fruits 1 to 3 inches in diameter. 66830. FRAGARIA sp. For previous introduction see No. 61492. Twentieth Century. A very vigorous variety 66839 to 66860. NICOTIANA RUSTICA producing an enormous quantity of large bright- red berries. L. Solanaceae. Aztec tobacco. From Leningrad, Russia. Seeds presented by A. 66831. FRAGARIA sp. Kol, chief of the bureau of introduction, Insti- Utility. The finest late strawberry yet pro- tute of Applied Botany. Received April 20, duced, which is good in all respects for color, 1926. size, and flavor. Russian-grown strains. 66832. FRAGARIASP. , 66839 to 88845. From Russia. Waterloo. A very large variety which with- stands the heat well and is remarkable for its 66839. Blaclc Sultan. black mulberrylike appearance. It is a very 66840. JamsTcaja Sloboda. late variety and is an inefficient maker of runners. 86841. Kosloff. White seeded. 1589—29 2 10 PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 66839 lo 66860—Continued. blue fruits which remain on the plant for some time- after maturing. The leaves are often thickly ; 86842. Pekheltz-Khomutskoje. dotted with tiny spots which seem to be the result of rust infection. 66843. Pekheltz-Korablino. For previous introduction see No. 49531. 66844. Seslavino. 86845. Sisy-Drasghi. Black-blue. 66866. ILEX INTRICATA Hook. f. Aquifoliaceae. Holly.. 66846 to 66857. From the Ukrainia. From Darjiling, India. Seeds presented by^GJEL 86846. Bakoun Sosnitza. Cave, curator, Lloyd Botanic Gardens. Re* 66847. BaTcoun Verkievka. ceived January 8, 1923. Numbered April, 1926. 66848. Black Bakoun. A low rigid straggling shrub which forms im- penetrable masses of interlaced woody branches. 66849. Jabky. Curled. The leaves are bright green, thick, leathery, and! spreading, and the fruits are globular and red. 66850. Khaelivka. The shrub is a native of Sikkim and eastern Nepal, 66851. Konotop. India, where it grows at altitudes of 10,000 to 11,000* feet. 66852. Primak. 66867. HELIANTHUS TUBEROSUS L. 66853. Shwitzent. Asteraceae. Jerusalem artichoke. 88854. Srebrianka. From Paris, France. Tubers purchased from Vil- 66855. Talidan. morin-Andrieux & Co. by D. N. Shoemaker* Bureau of Plant Industry. Received April 26, 66856. Tall green variety. 1926. 88857. Yellow Makhorka. Patate. A French variety. 86858 to 66880. From Detskoje Selo. 66868 and 66869. EREMOCITRUS 66858. Kolmak Turkestan. GLATJCA (Lindl.) Swingle (Atalantia 9. Shwitzent Detskoje Selo. glauca Benth.). Rutaceae. 10. Shwitzent. White seeded. Australian desert kumquat* From Dundas, New South Wales. Seeds pre- 66861 and 66862. CHAETOCHLOA ITAL- sented by Herbert J. Rumsey. Received April ICA (L.) Scribn. (Setaria italica 27, 1926. Beauv.). Poaceae. Millet. A shrub or small tree about 14 feet high, native From Nanking, China. Seeds presented by Wang to the deserts of northeastern Australia.^The Sheo, University of Nanking. Eeceived April small thick leathery leaves are gray green and the 13, 1926. fruits are about half an inch in diameter. The acid juice of the fruits forms the basis of an agreeable1 Chinese-grown millet. beverage, and the peel has the sweetish flavor of the kumquat. It is the hardiest of all the evergreen 66881. A golden-yellow variety. citrus fruits. 68862. A white variety. For previous introduction see No. 58552. 66863 and 66864. 66868. Selection (from an old tree). From Port of Spain, Trinidad, British West Indies. 66869. Selection. Seeds presented by H. Caracciolo. Received April 19, 1926. 66870 to 66882. GOSSYPIUM spp. Mal- 66863. BAUHINIA ACUMINATA L. Caesalpinia- vaceae. Cotton.. ceae. Snowy bauhinia. From Cawnpore, United Provinces, India. Seeds An upright bush about 6 feet high, with oval presented by B. Rama Prasada, assistant leaflets which close at night and white flowers economic botanist to the Government, Agri- 2 to 3 inches across. Native to southwestern cultural Department. Received April 20, 1926. Asia and suitable for greenhouse culture or for A collection of locally grown cotton varieties. growing outside in summer. For previous introduction see No. 30714. 66870. GOSSYPIUM ARBOBEUM L. A rare variety which is not cultivated any 68884. ERYTHEOXYLON COCA Lam. Erythroxy- where. It is grown in the vicinity of temples laceae. Cocaine tree. and mosques, the produce being used for reli- A South American shrub, probably indig- gious purposes. (Prasada.) enous to Peru, which is grown commercially on a large scale throughout the warmer parts of 66871 to 66878. GOSSYPIUM NEGLECTUM Todaro. South America, also in Java and Ceylon, for the 66871. A broad-lobed, white-flowered variety. sake of cocaine, which is extracted from the dried leaves. For its best development the shrub 66872. A broad-lobed, white-flowered variety. requires a humid atmosphere and high culture. 86873. A broad-lobed, white-flowered (fertile)- variety. 66865. DlANELLA ENSIFOLIA (L.) Red. 66874. A broad-lobed, yellow-flowered var Liliaceae. riety. From Canton, China. Rhizomes collected by 86875. A broad-lobed, yellow-flowered va- F. A. McClure, agricultural explorer, Bureau of riety. Plant Industry. Received April 21, 1926. 66876. A broad-lobed, yellow-flowered No. 370. Originally from Heungshaan, near (khaki) variety. Takhing, West River, and grown for a time at the Canton Christian College. Kaau tsin tso. A very 66877. A narrow-lobed, white-flowered va- attractive member of the lily family about one- riety. third of a meter high, with long, grasslike leaves, 66878. A narrow-lobed, yellow-flowered va- lax panicles of creamy white flowers, and globose riety. APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1926 11

66870 to 66882—Continued. 66892 to 66894. GOSSYPIUM spp. Mal- 66879. GossYPlUMsp. vaceae. Cotton. No. 255. From Valletta, Malta. Seed presented by J. Borg, Superintendent of Agriculture. Received April • 66880. GOSSYFIUM sp. 21, 1926. No. 402. 66892. GOSSYPIUM HERBACEUM L. 66881. GOSSYPITJM sp. Malta. No. 1031. 68893 and 86894. GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM L. 66882. GossYPirM sp. 66893. Gallipoli. No. 1035. 66894. Nankin. 66883 to 66886. TBIFOLIUM PBATENSE. 66895. DIANELLA ENSIFOLIA (L.) Red. L. Fabaceae. Red clover. Liliaceae. From Aberystwyth, Wales. Seeds presented by From Canton, China. Seeds collected by F. A. R. G. Stapledon, Director, Welsh Plant-Breed- McClure, agricultural explorer, Bureau of Plant ing Station. Received April 26, 1926. Industry. Received April 26, 1926. 13. Aa 1218. English Late. No. 434. From plants grown at the Canton Christian College, which were originally collected 88884. Aa 1217. Vale of Clwyd. at Heungshaan, in the vicinity of Takhing. Kaau 66885. Aa 1227. Wild red. tain tso. 68888. Aa 1234. Wild red. For previous introduction and description see No. 49531. 66887. PRUNUS SALICINA Lindl. Amyg- dalaceae. Japanese plum. 66896. CHAYOTA EDULIS Jacq. Cu- From Harbin, Manchuria. Seeds presented by curbitaceae. Chayote. N. Glowkhoff, superintendent, botanical garden From San Juan, Porto Rico. Fruits presented by of the Manchurian Research Society. Received O. W. Barrett, agricultural director, Depart- April 24, 1926. ment of Agriculture and Labor. Received To be tested as a hardy stock for stone fruits. April 28, 1926. 66888. CANNA sp. Cannaceae. A white variety. From Haina, Santo Domingo, Dominican Repub- 66897. PlNUS CEMBRA SIBIRICA Loud. lic. Seeds presented by Dr. R. Ciferri, Director, Estacion Agronomica de Haina. Received Pinaceae. Pine. April 23, 1926. From Omsk, Siberia. Seeds presented by K. Murashinsky, Siberian Agricultural Academy. A native species from Samana, Dominican Received April 27, 1926. Republic. No. 23162. 66889. SACCHARUM OFFICINARTJM L. For previous introduction and description see Poaceae. Sugar cane. No. 66833. From Durban, Natal, South Africa. Cuttings 66898. CITRUS sp. Rutaceae. presented by H. H. Dodds, through E. W. Brandes, Bureau of Plant Industry. Received From Kota Kenjaran, Sumatra. Seeds collected April 28, 1926. by David Fairchild and P. H. Dorsett, agricul- tural explorers, Bureau of Plant Industry, with A local variety. the Allison V. Armour expedition. Received 66890. TRICHOSANTHES HYBRIDA Hort. April 29, 1926. Cucurbitaceae. No. 631. A wild tree, about 6 inches in diameter and 30 feet or more in height, found on the trail near From Paris, France. Plant presented by Vilm orin- Kota Kenjaran. The fruit is practically round Andrieux & Co. Received April 26, 1926. and fyi inches in diameter, skin smooth and about three-fourths of an inch thick, flesh very sour and An ornamental cucurbitaceous vine, probably bitter. with showy, highly colored, globose gourdlike fruits. 66899. CITRUS sp. Rutaceae. 66891. ORNITHOGALUM THYRSOIDES From Italy. Fruit obtained from a passenger Jacq. Liliaceae. Chincherichee. arriving at New York. Received April 29, 1926. To be grown to ascertain the horticultural value. From Pretoria, South Africa. Seeds presented by Mervyn C. Mossop. Received April 26,1926. 66900 to 66902. PHYLLOSTACHYS spp. The flower heads, when in full bloom, are some- Poaceae. Bamboo. what larger than a half-pint tumbler, and in the natural state stand up to about 2 or 2^ feet on their From China. Rhizomes collected by F. A. Mc- stems. (Mossop.) Clure, agricultural explorer, Bureau of Plant Industry. Received June and July, 1925. For previous introduction see No. 62800. Numbered April. 1926. 12 PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED

66900 to 66902—Continued. 66903 to 66950—Continued. 66900. PHYLLOSTACHYS sp. 86911 to 68919. ANEMONE spp. Ranunculaceae. No. 128. From Ooshek, on the Sui River, 66911. ANEMONE BALDENSIS L. in the eastern part of Kwangsi Province. April 28,1925. Man chuk, Mansun chuk. The sprouts No. 691. A tuberous rooted white-flow- are smaller, on the average, than those of Man ered perennial about 6 inches high, native to chuk [No. 66901]. Switzerland. 66901. PHYLLOSTACHYS sp. 66912. ANEMONE CORONARIA L. Poppy anemone. No. 141. Ooshek. April 28, 1925. Man chuk. No. 693. A low herbaceous perennial, a foot or less high with tuberous roots, finely 68902. PHYLLOSTACHYS sp. divided leaves, and poppylike variously No. 150. Obtained from the wild on Beggar colored flowers. Native to the Mediterra- Mountain, Lohkongtung, May 24, 1925. Ka nean region. . fat to chuk. This is a small bamboo, 2 to 3 66913. ANEMONE MONTANA Hoppe. meters high, and spreading by means of rhi- zomes. The young sprouts, which come in No. 694. A herbaceous perennial with March and April, are considered by the local oval pinnatifid leaves and nodding, deep- people to be very excellent, as it is not necessary violet flowers. Native to southern Europe. to subject them to the parboiling and soaking process required by so many of the rhizome 66914. ANEMONE NIGRICANS (Stoerck) Ker- bamboos. Now and then a cane is said to ner. appear with swollen nodes and shortened inter- No. 696. A hairy perennial native to nodes, a characteristic doubtless responsible for central Europe, a foot or less high, with finely the name given to this bamboo, which may divided basal leaves, and blue or purple prove to be the same as No. 110 [No. 63872]. flowers an inch or two across. Such canes are much sought after by the village people for pipestems. 68915 and 68916. ANEMONE PATENS L. 66903 to 66950. Spreading anemone. A very hairy European anemone, about From Ottawa, Canada. Seeds presented by J. 8 inches high, with much-divided leaves and Adams, botanist, Central Experimental Farm. erect, bluish purple or whitish flowers with Received April 23, 1926. feathery styles. 66903 to 66910. ACONITUM spp. Ranunculaceae. 68915. No. 698. Var. wolfgnngiana. 66903. ACONITUM FISHERI Reichenb. 66916. No. 699. Var. montana. Azure monkshood. 66917. ANEMONE RIVULARIS Buch.-Ham. No. 675. Var. acutum. A herbaceous perennial with stems about 5 feet high, large Anemone. three-parted leaves, and numerous pale- No. 700. A woody ornamental plant from blue flowers in panicles. Native to Canada. 1 to 3 feet in height, with three-parted basal leaves up to 6 inches in diameter and white For previous introduction see No. 51745. or bluish flowers, 1 to V/2 inches long, in 66904. ACONITUM HETEROPHYLLUM Wall. compound cymes. It is a native of tem- perate regions in India and Ceylon above No. 676. An erect herbaceous perennial 5,000 feet altitude. 1 to 3 feet high, with broadly oval or rounded heart-shaped, more or less flve-lobed leaves, For previous introduction see No. 47638. and bright-blue flowers about an inch long, in panicled racemes. Native to the tem- 68918 and 68919. ANEMONE SYLVESTRIS L. perate Himalayas. Snowdrop anemone. A European perennial commonly called 66905. ACONITUM KUSNEZOFFII Reichenb. the snowdrop anemone because of the droop- No. 679. An erect hardy herbaceous ing habit of the flowers before fully expand- perennial, native to northeastern Asia, with ing, giving it a certain resemblance to the terminal clusters of bluish flowers. snowdrop (Galanthus nivdlis). The white flowers, 1% jnches in diameter, are borne on 66906 and 68907. ACONITUM LYCOCTONUM L. long peduncles which arise singly from an Wolfbane. involucre of leaves. These leaves are ternate A slender perennial reaching a height of or quinate with deeply toothed leaflets, and 6 feet, with yellow or whitish flowers. Native are hairy on the under surface. to Europe and Siberia. For previous introduction see No. 49922. For previous introduction see No. 53122. 66906. No. 680, Var. pyrenaicum. 66918. No. 701. 66907. No. 681. Var. scholeri. 86919. No. 702. Var. baicarliensis. 66908 and 66909. ACONITUM NAPELLUS L. 66920 to 66922. BERBERIS spp. Berberidaceae. Barberry. Aconite. An erect herbaceous European perennial, 66920. BERBERIS CARICA Hort. ' with stems about 3 feet high, much-divided No. 26. leaves, and racemes of blue flowers. For previous introduction see No. 53082. 66921. BERBERIS FISCHERI Hort. 66908. No. 677. Var. braunii. No. 28. Probably a form of Berberis canadensis: 68909. No. 678. Var. grandiflorus. 68922. BERBERIS CHINENSIS Poir. 66910. ACONITUM ORIENTALE Mill. A hardy barberry, native to thj$ Caucasus, Monkshood. closely related to Berberis sinensis. It is 4 No. 682. A herbaceous perennial 4 to 5 to 6 feet high, with slender branches and feet high, native to the Caucasus, with large purplish berries. palmately divided leaves and light-yellow flowers. 66923 to 86925. COTONEASTER spp. Malaceae APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1926 13

66903 to 66950—Continued. 66903 to 66950—Continued. 66923. COTONEASTER ACUTIFOLIA TurCZ. 66936. PHELLODENDRON JAPONICUM Maxim. Peking cotoneaster. Rutaceae. No. 803. A bushy Chinese shrub, 5 to 7 No, 987. A Japanese tree, up to 30 feet high, feet high. The dull-green leaves are paler and with dark-brown bark, compound leaves com- hairy beneath, and the white flowers are borne posed of 9 to 13 ovate, dull-green leaflets, and three or more in corymbs. The smooth reddish black fruits in panicles 2 to 3 inches across. fruits, one-third of an inch in diameter, are finally black. 66937 to 68940. POLEMONIUM spp. Polemonia- ceae. For previous introduction see No. 53666. 66937. POLEMONIUM BOREALE Adams. 66924. COTONEASTER AFFINIS BACILLARIS (Wall.) C. Schneid. No. 629. An erect hardy herbaceous per- ennial, native to Siberia, with terminal No. 804. A very graceful shrub, 15 feet panicles of blue flowers. high, spreading to a larger diameter. The white flowers, one-third of an inch across, 66938. POLEMONIUM CAERULEUM L. , are borne in clusters 1 to 2 inches in diameter. Greek valerian. The small roundish fruits are purplish brown. No. 630. A blue-flowered herbaceous Native to the Himalayas up to 10,000 feet perennial, 1 to 3 feet high, native to Europe. altitude. 66939. POLEMONIUM MEXICANUM Cerv. For previous introduction see No. 53668. No.^636. A herbaceous perennial, less 66925. COTONEASTER sp. than a foot high, with pinnate leaves. Native No. 810. to Mexico. 66926 to 66928. CTTisusspp. Fabaceae. Broom. 66940. POLEMONIUMfPAUCIFLORUM S. Wats. No. 637. A herbaceous perennial 1 or 2 66926. CYTISUS SUPINUS L. feet high, with yellow flowers. Native to Big flower broom. Mexico. No. 535. An upright shrub, up to 2 feet high, native to central Europe. The bright- 66941 and 66942. PUSCHKINIA spp. Liliaceae. yellow flowers are solitary in the spring but 66941. PUSCHKINIA SCILLOIDES LIBANOTICA in headlike clusters later on in summer. (Zucc.) Boiss. 66927. CYTISUS ELONGATUS Waldst. and Kit. No.fll96. A half-hardy bulbous plant, No. 536. A stout, much-branched shrub native to Asia Minor, and related to the up to 5 feet high with long upright branches, squills. The bluish white flowers are in hairy leaflets, and yellow flowers. Native racemes on a scape 4 to 12 inches high, and to central and southern Europe. the leaves are about the same length. 66928. CYTISUS VULPINUS Hort. 66942. PUSCHKINIA SCILLOIDES Adams. No. 539. No. 1197:- A bulbous plant, native to Asia Minor, about a foot high, with racemes 66929. HEMEROCALLIS CITRINA Baroni. Lili- of bluish flowers. aceae. Citron day lily. 66943 to 66945. ROSA spp, Rosaceae. Rose. No. 1181. A tall bulbous Chinese plant with very fragrant lemon-yellow flowers. The 66943. ROSA CALCUTENSIS Hort* leaves are more than 3 feet long. No. 943j 66930 to 66933. IRIS spp. Iridaceae. Iris. 66944. ROSA GUTTENSTEINENSIS Jacq. 66930. IRIS APHYLLA L. Stool iris. No. 950. A southern European shrub 6 No. 1124. A European iris with glau- feet high, with the whole plant glaucous and cescent leaves up to a foot long, or sometimes tinged with red. The five to seven oblong leafless. The dark-lilac flowers are about 2 leaflets are simply toothed, the bright-red inches long. flowers are in small clusters, andfcthe small globose fruits are red and pulpy. 66931. IRIS DICHOTOMA Pall. Vesper iris. 66945. ROSA WASSERBURGENSIS Kirsehl. No. 1142. A northern Chinese iris with six to eight leaves, about a foot long, in fan- No. 972. Said to be a cross between shaped clusters, a much-branched stem 2 Rosa tomentosa and R. pendulina. feet high, and short-lived flowers, whitish and light purple. 66946. SYRINGA EMODI Wall. Oleaceae. Himalayan lilac. For previous introduction see No. 65526. No. 598. A large robust Himalayan lilac 10 66932. IRIS SIBIRICA L. Siberian iris to 15 feet high, closely allied to Syringa villosa, but with .the leaves whiter beneath. The No. 1141. Var. constantinopolitana. panicles are usually columnar, 3 to 6 inches long, and not so richly colored as those of the above- 66933. IRIS SORDIDA Hort. mentioned species. It is useful in flowering No. 1136. rather late. 66934. LILIUM REGALE Wilson. Liliaceae. For previous introduction see No. 42319. Regal lily. No. 1188. 66947. SYRINGA VILLOSA Vahl. Oleaceae. Late lilac For previous introduction see 63775. No. 599. A bushy lilac about 8 feet high, with 66985. PENTSTEMON GENTIANOIDES (H. B. K.) stout, upright branches, broadly oval, bright- Poir. Scrophulariaceae. green leaves, and pinkish lilac flowers in panicles 3 to 7 inches long. Native to China and the No. 1033. A Central American perennial Himalayas. 3 to 4 feet high with purple flowers in a long leafy raceme. For previous introduction see No. 38830. 14 PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 66903 to 66950—Continued. 66956 to 66969—Continued. 66948. VIBURNUM HANCEANUM Maxim. Capri- blooming before the leaves are out. The leaves foliaceae. are large, glossy green, and more or less heart- shaped. (Note by Frank N. Meyer under No. No. 158. A hardy bushy deciduous shrub 22458.) from southwestern China, where it becomes 6 to 10 feet high. The branches are mostly 86957. CYTISUS LINIFOLIUS (L.) Lam. Fab- horizontal, and the roundish, slightly toothed, aceae. Broom. sharp-pointed leaves are dull dark green above A low shrub, 3 feet or less high, with erect and pale grayish beneath. The inflorescence silky hairy branches and very narrow shining- consists of a flat umbel 2 to 4 inches across; green leaflets with silvery lower surfaces. The the center is filled with small perfect incon- bright-yellow flowers are in short compact spicuous flowers, surrounded by a few lar?e clusters. Native to the Mediterranean coun- White imperfect flowers about an inch wide. tries. The roundish egg-shaped fruits are at first coral red and finally blue-black. For previous introduction see No. 66135. For previous introduction see No. 58473. 66958. HEMEROCALLIS MINOR Mill. Liliaceae. Dwarf day lily. 66949. VIBURNUM MACROCEPHALUM Fortune. Caprifoliaceae. Chinese viburnum. An attractive bulbous plant, native to eastern Asia, with very narrow dark-green No. 162. A spreading shrub 12 feet or more leaves a foot and a half long, with scapes about high, with dark-green, oval-oblong leaves 2 to the same length bearing small clusters of golden- 4 inches long, and yellowish white flowers in yellow flowers. cymes 3 to 5 inches across. Native to China. I. IRIS ENSATA Thunb. Iridaceae. 66950. VIOLA ODORATA L. Violaceae. Russian iris. Sweet violet. Variety pabularia. A larger form with No. 1091. leaves purplish near the base; said to be used as For previous introduction see No. 62798. a forage plant and to do well in very dry" situ- ations. 66951 to 66954. 66960. KNIPHOFIA ENSIFOLIA Baker. Liliaceae. From Groningen, Netherlands. Seeds presented Torch lily. by Dr. J. C. Schoute, director, botanic garden. A South African bulbous plant with sword- Received April 29, 1926. shaped leaves 3 feet long and a dense raceme of 66951. ALLIUM KARATAVIENSE Regel. Liliaceae. yellow flowers. Onion. 66981. LABURNUM ANAGYROIDES ALSCHINGERI A herbaceous plant with very broad, ovate- (Vis.) C. Schneid. Fabaceae. Golden chain. oblong, flat leaves, and pink flowers borne in A variety with more silky leaves than the dense, convex umbels. The scapes are about type and shorter racemes; native to south- 6 inches high. Native to Turkestan. eastern Europe. For previous introduction see No. 60228. 68962. LIGUSTRUM COMPACTUM Hook. f. and 68952. ALLIUM PANICULATUM L. Liliaceae. Thorns. Oleaceae. Privet. A shrub 12 feet or less in height, with thick, Onion. narrowly oblong leaves 2 to 3 inches long. A perennial onion, up to 2 feet high, with Native to Yunnan, China. linear, half-terete leaves and purplish flowers. Native to the Mediterranean region. For previous introduction see No. 66581. 66953. CREPIS BIENNIS L. Cichoriaceae. 66963. LILIUM POMPONIUM L. Liliaceae. lily. A handsome graceful lily, native to the Alps A biennial composite, native to Europe, 1 or of France and Italy, with 100 or more leaves and 2 feet high, introduced for the use of geneticists. 1 to 15 flowers, brilliant scarlet, dotted purplish 68954. TRIGONELLA CAERULEA (L.) Scringe. black, with an unpleasant odor. Fabaceae. 66964. ORNITHOGALUM LONGEBRACTEATUM An upright annual, 2 feet or less high, with Jacq. Liliaceae. bright-blue flowers. Native to southeastern A South African bulbous plant with five or Europe. six very narrow, fleshy leaves 1 to 2 feet long and a dense raceme of whitish flowers on a scape For previous introduction see No. 66644. about 2 feet long. 66955. CYNOGLOSSUM WALLICHII Don. 66965. PAEONIA VEITCHII Lynch. Ranuncul- Boraginaceae. Hound 's-tongue. aceae. Peony. From Bordeaux, Gironde, France. Seeds pre- A herbaceous peony, native to western sented by Prof. L. Beille, Director, Botanic China, about 2 feet high, with shining light- Garden of Talence. Received Aprjl 29, 1926. green leaves and purplish crimson flowers about 4 inches across. An erect hairy, herbaceous perennial with ovate or lanceolate leaves and elongated recemes of very 66966 to 66988. SCILLA spp. JLiliaceae. Squill. small, intensely blue flowers. It is very common 66966. SCILLA AMOENA L. in the western part of the temperate Himalayas. A hardy European bulbous plant with For previous introduction see No. 47670. four to seven leaves 6 to 9 inches long and blue flowers in many-flowered racemes. 66956 to 66969. 68987. SCILLA AUTUMNALIS L. From Paris, France. Seeds presented by Prof. D. A hardy North African bulbous plant Bois, Paris Museum of Natural History. Re- with numerous half-terete leaves and pink ceived April 29, 1926. 7 flowers in open spikelike racemes. 66956. CERCIS CHINENSIS Bunge. Caesalpinia- 66968. SCILLA HISPANICA Mill. ceae. Chinese redbud. Spanish squill. Tze ching. The Chinese redbud grows 10 to An attractive bulbous plant, native to 12 feet high and stands drought very well. It Spain and Portugal, with compact racemes is a very ornamental bush when in flower, of rose-purple or white flowers on long scapes APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1926 15

66956 to 66969—Continued. 66977. TRICHOSANTHES BRACTEATA 66969. STYRAX OFFICINALIS L. Styracaoeae. (Lam.) Voigt. Cucurbitaceae. Snowbell. From Solan Brewery, Simla, Punjab, India. Seeds A handsome shrub or low tree, 20 feet high, presented by H. E. J. Peake, Khaltoo Orchards. with hairy broadly oval leaves and numerous Received April 30, 1926. white flowers about three-fourths of an inch long, in small clusters. Native to Europe and Asia A stout annual ornamental vine climbing to 30 Minor. feet, with broadly oval leaves, scabrous above and deeply lobed; globose fruits, red streaked with 66970 to 66974. FKAGARIA spp. Ro- orange. Native to India. saceae. Strawberry. 66978 to 66982. From Vineland Station, Ontario, Canada. Plants presented by E. F. Palmer, Director, Horticul- From Capetown, South Africa. Bulbs purchased tural Experiment Station. Received May 5, from W. S. Duke & Co. Received April 10, 1926. 1926. 0. FRAGARIA sp. A collection of South African bulbous plants. Pocomoke. The medium to large berries are round-conic and bright crimson; the medium 68978. AMARYLLIS BELLADONNA L. Amarylli- red, firm flesh is a brisk subacid of good quality. daceae. Belladonna lily. This variety produces numerous runners and closely resembles Parsons. Season medium late. 66979. AMARYLLIS BRUNSVIGIA Hort. Amaryl- (Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Bui. 11.) lidaceae. 66971. FRAGARIA sp. 66980. HAEMANTHUS COCCINEUS L. Amarylli- daceae. Scarlet blood lily. Valonia. A cross between Dunlap and Early Ozark. It is a vigorous grower, with perfect A low bulbous plant, native to, South Africa, flowers, and is productive. In season it is two with the bulb compressed sidewise; there are or three days earlier than Dunlap. The fruits two suberect strap-shaped leaves and red flowers are of medium size, bright red, moderately firm, on a scape 6 to 10 inches tall. and fair to good in quality. (The Canadian Horticulturist, vol. 47, No. 4.) 66981. NERINE SARNIENSIS (L.) Herbert. Ama- ryllidaceae. Guernsey lily. For previous introduction see No. 63663. A South African bulbous plant with bright- 66972. FRAGARIA sp. green linear leaves about a foot long, developed Vanguard. A cross between Pocomoke and after the bright-crimson flowers; the latter are Early Ozark. The plants are vigorous, healthy, in umbels of about 12. and productive, with perfect flowers. The ripening season is about a week before Dunlap. i. WATSONIA IRIDIFOLIA (Jacq.) Ker. Iri- The fruits are of medium size, round-conic, daceae. White bugle lily. regular in shape, bright red, firm and of good Variety Ardernii. A South African plant quality, being sweeter than most early varieties. closely resembling the gladiolus, with sword- (The Canadian Horticulturist, vol. 47, No. 4.) shaped leaves and regular pure-white flowers in For previous introduction see No. 63664. spikes on a scape 3 to 4 feet high. 66973. FRAGARIA sp. 66983 to 66994. ORYZA SATIVA L. PO- Vantage. A cross between Williams ana aceae. Rice. Early Ozark. This is described (Report of the Vineland Station to the Ontario Department From Dacca, India. Seeds presented by the of Agriculture for 1919) as a vigorous grower, economic botanist to the Government of Bengal. with early maturing, bright-pink fruits which Received May 3, 1926. retain their color in storage. In quality this variety is fair. Indian rice varieties. For previous introduction see No. 63665. 68988 to 66990. Selections of Dacca. 66974. FRAGARIA sp. 3. No. 1. Williams. A cross between Crescent and 4. No. 2. Sharpless. Berries large, round-conic to wedge- oonic, dark crimson, often with white tip; flesh 15. No. 4. dark red, firm subacid and of good quality; 16. No. 5. runners numerous. Midseason variety. This has been a popular commercial variety in Can- 68987. No. 6. ada, especially in southern Ontario, and it is still valued. (Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 66988. No. 9. Bui. 11.) 66989. No. 7. 66975 and 66976. CHAYOTA EDULIS 66990. No. 1.5. Jacq. Cucurbitaceae. Chayote. . No. 297. Methiamon. A deep-water va- From San Juan, Porto Rico. Fruits presented by riety. O. W. Barrett, agricultural director, Depart- ment of Agriculture and Labor. Received 2. No. 507. Chingair. A deep-water va» May 4, 1926. riety. 66975. A green variety. 66993. Larkoch. 66976. A white variety. 66994. MarichBati. 16 PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED

66995. HYDNOCARPUS ALPINA Wight. 67000 to 67018—-Continued. Flacourtiaceae. 67006. IRIS SETOSA Pall. Arctic iris. From St. Jean le Blanc, via Orleans," Loiret, According to Dykes (Irises, p. 64), this France. Seeds presented by Edmond Versin. was originally described as an Asiatic plant, Received May 4,1926. but forms that can not be separated from it Introduced for study because of its close relation- are found in North America. At least half ship to Taraktogenos kurzii, the source of the gen- a dozen forms come true from seed. The uine chaulmoogra oil. peculiarity of this iris is that the standards have dwindled until they are only small A large tree, 70 to 100 feet in height, with very points about half an inch long, but their variable leaves (red when young and deep green disappearance is usually counterbalanced by when old), up to 7 inches long and 2}4 inches wide, the increased size of the falls. The color is and dioecious flowers in axillary racemes. The usually blue, but some shades are so light as- fruit is globose, about the size of an apple, with a to be almost gray. brown hairy surface. The seeds yield an oil which is used as fuel, and the wood is employed for general For previous introduction see No. 57297. carpentry. The tree is native to the Nilghiri Hills in southern India. 67007 to 67010. CREPIS spp. Cichoriaceae. For previous introduction see No. 56445. 67007. CREPIS SIBIRICA L. A perennial composite, 2 to 3 feet high, 66996 to 66998. CHAYOTA EDULIS Jacq. covered with short rough hairs, bearing a Cucurbitaceae. Chayote. terminal cluster of bright-yellow flowers. From Guatemala. Seeds presented by Wilson Native to Asia Minor and the Himalayas. Popenoe, superintendent of agricultural experi- For previous introduction see No. 66628. ments, United Fruit Co. Received May 7,1926. 67008. CREPIS RUBRA L. 66996. A large green variety. An annual composite about a foot high 66997. A small green variety. with solitary red flowers . Native to southern; Europe. 66998. A small white variety. For previous introduction see No. 66522. 66999. ULMUS PUMILA L. Ulmaceae. Chinese elm. 67009. CREPIS CAPILLARIS Wallr. A more or less prostrate herbaceous plant, From Washington, D. C. Seeds collected by Paul with much-branched stems and small flower Russell, Bureau of Plant Industry. Received heads. Native to southern Europe. May 4,1926. The tree from which these seeds were collected, 67010. CREPIS ALPESTRIS (Jacq.) Reichenb. in front of the District Building, is one of a lot A perennial composite, native to southern presented to the Office of Public Buildings and Europe, with oblong or lanceolate leaves and Public Parks in May, 1908 (No. 40898). This is yellow flower heads. probably the first Chinese elm to produce seeds in this part of the United States. 67011. HYACINTHTJS PYCNANTHUS (Koch) Baker. Liliaceae. Hyacinth* 67000 to 67018. A wild Armenian hyacinth with very narrow From Leningrad, Russia. Seeds presented by Dr. oblong leaves and small, dense racemes of azure- B. L. Issatschenko, director, botanic garden. blue flowers with yellow anthers. Received May 4, 1926. 67012. MUSCARI PENDULUM Trautv. Liliaceae. 67000. ASTER YUNNANENSIS Franch. Aster- Grape hyacinth. aceae. A narrow-leaved bulbous plant from Asia A herbaceous perennial from southwestern Minor, with dense racemes of sky-blue flowers. China with unusually large brilliant lilac-blue flowers with a yellow disk. 67013. HEMEROCALLIS MINOR Mill. Liliaceae* 67001. CYNOGLOSSUM AMABILE Stapf and Drum- Dwarf day lily mond. Boraginaceae. Hound's-tongue. An attractive day lily from northeasterl n Asia, with narrow dark-green leaves about l /2 A hardy Chinese biennial which produces a feet long and golden-yellow flowers in few- mass of bright-blue flowers. flowered corymbs. 67002. LIBERTIA GRANDIFLORA (R. Br.) Sweet. 67014 to 67016. COLCHICUM spp. Melanthiaceae. Iridaceae. Autumn crocus. A tender bulbous plant, native to New Zealand, with rigid linear leaves 1 to 2}4 feet 67014. COLCHICUM UMBROSUM Stev. long and a large panicle of white flowers. A low bulbous plant, native to the Cauca- 67003 to 67006. IRIS spp. Iridaceae. sus, with about five narrow leaves and small clusters of lilac flowers. 67003. IRIS sp. 67015 and 67016. COLCHICUM SPECIOSUM Stev. 67004. IRIS RUTHENICA Ker. A Chinese iris with tufts of linear leaves, 67015. Variety album. A low bulbous about 6 inches long at flowering time, up to a plant with a stem about a foot high, foot long later. The outer segments of the four or five shining green leaves, and violet-scented flowers are lilac, marked with nearly white flowers, often 6 inches bluish purple; the inner segments are deep across. Native to the Caucasus. purple-violet. 67016. A bulbous plant, flowering in autumn, with large showy dark-rose 67005. IRIS ENSATA Thunb. Russian iris. flowers. The strong foliage appears in The Russian iris has leaves 1 to 3 feet long, spring, but dies off in midsummer, and a flattened stem up to a foot in height, and after some weeks of rest the flowers bearing a single head of bright blue or lilac appear. (Note by Frank N. Meyer, flowers. under No. 27804.) APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1926 17

67000 to 67018—Continued. 67022 to 67066—Continued. 67017. IRIS APHYLLA L. Iridaceae. Stool iris. 67028 to 67030. CYTISUS spp. Fabaceae. A European iris with glaucescent leaves 6 to 67028. CYTISUS AUSTRIACUS VIRESCENS KOV, 12 inches long and dark-lilac flowers with white Broom, beards. A low shrub, 1 or 2 feet high, with hori- 67018. IRIS ACUTILOBA Meyer. Iridaceae. zontal branches, gray-green leaflets, and bright-yellow flowers. Native to south- A wild iris, native to the Caucasus, with central Europe. purple and fawn-colored flowers. 67029. CYTISUS CILIATUS GRISENBACHI C. For previous introduction see No. 30581. Schneid. (C. ponticus Griseb.). Broom. A yellow-flowered leguminous shrub, 67019. LITHOCARPUS CORNEA (Lour.) native to southeastern Europe, of variable, Rehder. Fagaceae. habit and height. From Canton, China. Seeds obtained by F. A. 67030. CYTLSUS SESSILIFOLIUS L. McClure, agricultural explorer, Bureau of Sessile brooms Plant Industry. Received May 3,1926. A low shrub, 2 to 1 feet high, with erect: No. 440. Shek lut. Purchased at the market, branches, nearly sessile leaves, and short Canton, March 6, 1926. The original source is racemes of yellow flowers. Native to southr- not definitely known, but probably was in the em Europe. Chunwong Mountains, west of Tsinguen. This variety is said to appear on the Canton markets in 67031. HEMIPTELEA DAVIDII (Hance) Planch,. small quantities at infrequent intervals, and the (Zelkova davidii Hemsl.). Ulmaceae. nuts are esteemed as an article of food. (Me Clure.) A shrubby spiny elmlike tree, native to>< Chosen and northern China, which has merit, 67020 and 67021. as an ornamental tree because of its handsomer dark-green foliage; the leaves are oval or oblong,, From Algiers, Algeria. Seeds presented by Dr. L. deeply toothed, and about 2 inches long. Be- Trabut. Received April 30, 1926. Notes by cause of its spines, the tree may be useful'for Doctor Trabut. tall hedges. 67020. DAUCUS CABOTA L. Apiaceae. Carrot. For previous introduction see No. 63681. Collected in a Saharan oasis, March, 1926. 67032. ILEX PERNYI Franch. Aquifoliaceae. 67021. HORDEUM VULGARE PALLIDUM Seringe. Holly.. Poaceae. Six-rowed barley. A dense-growing species of very dwarf, com- pact habit, with small, spiny leaves and- red. A gray barley from a Saharan oasis, March, berries, probably allied to Ilex cornuta, discovered, 1926. by Pere Paul Perny during his travels in China between 1850 and 1860. (Veitch, Hortus Veitchii, 67022 to 67066. under No. 34527.) From Paris, France. Seeds presented by Vil- 67033 to 67039. IRIS spp. Iridaceae. Iris- morin-Andrieux & Co. Received April 27, 1926. 67088. IRIS CHRYSOGRAPHES Dykes. Gold vein iris. 67022. ABIES HOMOLEPIS Sieb. and Zucc. Pi- One of the handsomest of the Siberian naceae Nikko fir. irises; the velvety dark-purple flowers are A hardy fir, native to the mountains of brightened by golden reticulations at the; central Japan, ultimately about 90 feet tall. throat. The leaves are dark green, sharp pointed, and silvery white below; the stout dark-purple For previous introduction see No-. 66575. cones are 3 inches long. 67034. IRIS CLARKEI Baker. Clarke iris.. 67023. ABIES HOMOLEPIS Sieb. and Zucc. Pi- A curiously local species native to a cir- naceae. Nikko fir. cumscribed area in the Sikkim and Bhutan-, region at a height of 6,000 to 11,000 feet in. 67024. AEGILOPS SPELTAEFORMIS Jord. Poa- ground that is swampy half the year and. ceae. Grass. frozen hard under snow during most of the remaining months. The narrow leaves, 2- An annual grass, a hybrid between- Triticum feet Jong, droop at the tops; the upper surface* aestivum and T.yiestivum X ovatum. is polished and shiny, the under side glau- 67025. ASTILBE CHINENSIS Maxim. Saxifraga- cescent. The solid stem is 2 feet long and. ceae. Chinese astilbe. bears one or two lateral heads. The falls are blue purple, blotched with white, and are- Variety pumila. A dwarf form of the com- reflexed laterally. The upper part of the* monly cultivatediherbaceous perennial. haft is marked with yellow. The reddish purple lanceolate standards are poised almost, 67026. CLEMATIS BECTA MANDSHUBICA (Rupr.) horizontally. The styles form the. highest, Maxim. Ranunculaceae. point of the flower;1 they are keeledr very Variety feuille pourpre. A tall slender convex, and 1 A inches long. (Dykes,. TJiet herbaceous purple-leaved perennial with termi- Genus Iris, p. 29.) nal and axillary panicles of pure white flowers. The typical form is native to Manchuria. For previous introduction see No.> 66464:. 67027. COLUTEA ISTRIA Mill. (C. halepica Lam.) 67035. IRIS FISCHERIANA Hort. Fabaceae. Bladder senna 67036. IRIS HALOPHILA Pall. A Nortlr African leguminous shrub about 6 A low-growing Siberian iris, 1 ori 2.feet: feet high with small glaucous leaflets and yellow high, with pale-green leaves andspicate flowers nearly an inch long. clusters of yellow flowers* For previous introduction see No. 38210. For previous introduction .see .No. -60343^

1583—29 3 18 PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 67022 to 67066—Continued. 67022 to 67066—Continued. 67037. IRIS MUSULMANICA Fomin. leathery, three-parted leaves, white beneath An iris from the vicinity of Elisabethpol, and about a foot in length. The golden Caucasus, which, according to the Moniteur yellow single or slightly double flowers are du Jardin Botanique de Tiflis (vol. 14, 1909), 2)4 inches across. inhabits brackish swamps. It is less than 2 For previous introduction see No. 62758. feet tall, and the flowers are either sky blue or yellowish. 67049. PAEONIA PEREGRINA Mill. For previous introduction see No. 64299. A herbaceous European peony about 2 feet high, with deep-green leaves, paler 67038. IRIS OCHAUREA Hort. beneath, and dark-crimson flowers. A hybrid between Iris ochraleuca and /. 67050. PAEONIA TRITERNATA Pall. aurea about 5 feet high. The outer segments a,re rich yellow with a creamy border, and A tall herbaceous peony with carrot- the inner segments are erect and yellowish. shaped roots which resembles Paeonia coral- Una, but differs in having rounded leaves, •67039. IRIS SPURIA DESERTORUM Ker. green stems, and rose-colored or whitish A European iris, with firm linear, glau- flowers. It is native to southeastern Europe. •cescent leaves about a foot long and one to For previous introduction see No. 64305. three spicate heads .of flowers, which are pale lilac with the claws of the segments 67051. PYRACANTHA sp. Malaceae. Fire thorn. yellow. An evergreen shrub from eastern Asia. For previous introduction see No. 40519. 67052. ROSA ADIANTIFOLIA Hort. Rosaceae. 87040. LlGUSTRUM DELAVAYANUM Hariot. Privet. Rose. Oleaceae. 67053. ROSA DAVIDI ELONGATA Rend, and Wils. An evergreen shrub about 6 feet high with Rosaceae. David rose. long graceful branches and dark, shining-green oval leaves. The white flowers, borne in downy A shrubby rose, 10 feet high, with scattered panicles, and the black fruits make the shrub straight prickles and single pink flowers about very ornamental. It is native to the moun- 2 inches across, in corymbs. tainous regions of Yunnan, China. 67054. SKIMMIA FOREMANNII Hort. Rutaceae. For previous introduction see No. 58613. A densely branched evergreen shrub, a 67041. LIGUSTRUM WALKERI Decaisne. Ole- hybrid between Skimmia fortunei and S. ja- Privet. ponica. An evergreen shrub native to southern 67055. SYRINGA TOMENTELLA Bur. and Franch. India, with oval or lanceolate leaves and large Oleaceae. Wilson lilac. panicles of white flowers. A bushy shrub about 8 feet high with elliptic 67042. MELILOTUS ALBA Desr. Fabaceae. leaves, hairy beneath, and white or lilac flowers Hubam. in clustersjj,6 inches long. Native to western Variety annua. China. 67043. MUSCARI HELDREICHII Boiss. Liliaceae. 67056 to 67060. TRITICUM spp. Poaceae. Grass. Grape hyacinth. 67056to 67058. TRITICUM CYLINDRICUM An early-flowering bulbous plant, native to (Host.) Ces. Pas. and Gib. Greece, with linear leaves and 8 to 10 amethyst 67056. Received as Aegilops bicornis, but flowers on a scape 4 to 6 inches long. does not agree with that species. 67044 to 67050. PAEONIA spp. Ranunculaceae. 67057. An ornamental annual grass with Peony. stiff, upright stems and narrow leaves. 67044. PAEONIA ARIETINA Anders. Native to dry sandy places in southern A European herbaceous peony about 3 and southeastern Europe. feet high, with five-lobed or six-lobed leaves For previous introduction No. and a large solitary dark-red flower. 64097. 67045. PAEONIA BAKERI Lynch. 67058. Received as Aegilops speltoideSf A peonpy of unknown origin which, as but does not agree with that species. describeribed by R. Irwin Lynch (Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, voll. 12, p. 441), 67059. TRITICUM TRIUNCIALE (L.) Gren. and has a spindle-shaped root, a stout red stem 2 Godr. feet high, about six biternate leaves, and A^thickly branched, annual grass with deep-pink, single flowers 5 inches across. ascending stems and flat, rough leaves. Native^to dry places in the Mediterranean 67046. PAEONIA CORALLINA Retz. region. Coral peony. A tall peony with carrotlike roots and For previous introduction see No. 64099. purple flowers, rarely whitish or yellowish. 67060. TRITICUM VENTRICOSUM (Tausch) Native to southern Europe. Ces. Pas. and Gib. For previous introduction see No. 30522. An annual grass, native to the Mediter- ranean region, with upright stems and pan- 67047. PAEONIA CORIACEA Boiss. icles up to 8 inches long. A Spanish peony, allied to Paeonia albi- For previous introduction see No. 57072. flora, with nearly unbranched, reddish stems, leathery leaves, and bright-crimson 67061 and 67062. TRITOMA UVARIA (L.) Ker. flowers. Liliaceae. Torch lily. For previous introduction see No. 62671. 67061. Variety nobilis. A variety having uniformly red flowers in short ovoid 67048. PAEONIA LUTEA Delavay. spikes. Golden peony. 67062. Variety saundersii. A variety with A shrubby Chinese peony, with a short, reddish orange flowers in elliptical spikes; woody stem 1 or 2 feet high, and deep-green, the plant grows 4 to 6 feet high. APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1926 19

67022 to 67066—Continued. 67067 to 67087—Continued. 67063 to 67065. VIBURNUM spp. Caprifoliaceae. 67074. KUNZEA SPICATA S. Moore. 67063. VIBURNUM HUPEHENSE Rehder. A shrub native to Western Australia, with small, widely oval, leathery leaves about Hupeh viburnum. one-eighth of an inch long and small flowers A fairly hardy deciduous shrubby species, in short spikes. allied to Viburnum wrightii, with coarsely toothed, long-pointed dark-green leaves, and 67075. KUNZEA SULPHUREA Hort. ovoid dark-red fruits. Native to central A heathlike shrub, native to Australia. China. 67076. LEPTOSPERMUM ROEI Benth. Myr- For previous introduction see No. 63687. taceae. 67064. VIBURNUM THEIFERUM Rehder. A hairy slender-branched Australian shrub with flat, silky white leaves nearly half an inch Tea viburnum. long and rather large, axillary white flowers. One of the more recent introductions from China made by E. H. Wilson, which is 87077 to 67086. MELALEUCA spp. Myrtaceae. especially beautiful because of its brilliant 67077. MELALEUCA CORDATA Benth. red fruits. It is an upright shrub 4 meters high, with oval-oblong dark-green leaves. A rigid red-flowered shrub from Western Australia. The numerous rounded leaves For previous introduction see No. 62854. are about half an inch long, and the flowers are in dense globular terminal heads. 67065. VIBURNUM sp. 67078. MELALEUCA CRASSIFOLIA Benth. 87066. VICIA MICHAUXII Spreng. Fabaceae. A bushy shrub with scattered thick Vetch. oblong leaves half an inch long and leafy A creeping or climbing annual vetch, natfve spikes of pink or white flowers. Native to to Syria, with very narrow leaflets, light-yellow Western Australia. flowers, and hairy pods about an inch long. 67079. MELALEUCA FULGENS R. Br. For previous introduction see No. 59357. A tall shrub, native to Western Australia, with linear concave leaves and loose lateral 67067 to 67087. spikes of large showy red flowers. From Blackwood, South Australia. Seeds pre- sented by Edwin Ashby. Received April 28, 67080. MELALEUCA HOLOSERICEA Schauer. 1926. A bushy shrub, about 3 feet high, with hairy branches and foliage, crowded linear 67067. BAECHEA PLATYCEPHALA E. Pritz. leaves, and dense terminal heads of pink Myrtaceae. flowers. Native to Western Australia. A small densely branched shrub, 1 or 2 feet 67081. MELALEUCA LATERITIA Otto and high, with thick erect leaves crowded at the Dietr. ends of the branches and small white flowers in the upper axils. Native to Western Australia. A medium-sized shrub with very narrow leaves and oblong spikes of large rich-scarlet 67068. BEAUFORTIA MICRANTHA Schauer. flowers. Native to Western Australia. Myrtaceae. 67082. MELALEUCA RADULA Lindl. A small much-branched shrub, with oppo- site, triangular-oval, thick leaves and small A tall bushy shrub with opposite linear pink flowers, the staminate in small round concave leaves up to 2 inches long and rather heads and the pistillate in oblong spikes. large pink or white flowers in pairs at the Native to Western Australia. bases of the branchlets. Native to Western Australia. 87069 to 67071. CALOTHAMNUS spp. Myrtaceae. 67083. MELALEUCA THYMOIDES Labill. 67069. CALOTHAMNUS ASPER Turcz. A tall slender-branched shrub from A hairy shrub, with crowded linear flat Western Australia, with rigid, scattered leaves and short dense clusters of flowers leaves and dense terminal heads of yellowish with crimson stamens. Native to Western white flowers. Australia. 87084. MELALEUCA UNCINATA R. Br. 67070. CALOTHAMNUS GILESH F.Muell. A tall somewhat hairy Australian shrub A stout hairy shrub native to Victoria, with linear-subulate leaves an inch or two Australia, with terete linear leaves and loose long and numerous small flowers in very clusters of flowers. dense terminal heads. 67071. CALOTHAMNUS QUADRIFIDUS Ait. 67085. MELALEUCA VIOLACEA Schauer. An erect shrub 7 feet high, with crowded A low spreading shrub, with the flowering linear leaves about an inch long and dense branches often corky, and oval heart-shaped spikes of flowers which are conspicuous leaves. The purple-red flowers are either because of the rich crimson stamens. Native in terminal globular heads or in small axil- to Western Australia. lary clusters. Native to Western Australia. 67086. MELALEUCA WEBSTERI S. Moore. 67072. CANDOLLEA CUNEIFORMIS Labill. Can- dolleaceae. An Australian shrub with opposite, nar- rowly oblong thick leaves about one-third An erect evergreen shrub about 7 feet high, of an inch long and roundish heads of small with thick wedge-shaped leaves and yellow white flowers. flowers. 67087. ORTHROSANTHUS MULTIFLORUS Sweet. 67073 to 87075. KUNZEA spp. Myrtaceae. Iridaceae. 87073. KUNZEA RECURVA Schauer. An Australian irislike plant with a short perennial rhizome and flat grasslike radical A tall rigid shrub with rather narrow leaves up to 2 feet in length. The blue flowers leaves and dense globular flower heads. are in a several-flowered oblong spike borne on a Native to Western Australia. stem 1 to 2 feet high. 20 PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED

67088. POA FLABELLATA (Lam.) Hook, 67090 to 67131—Continued. f. Poaceae. Tussock grass. 67115 to 67120. From Orissa. From the Falkland Islands. Seeds presented by 67115. Champanidhipal. Dr. A. W. Hill, Director, Koyal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England. Keceived May 1, 1926. 67116. • Dalua. According to Hogg (Vegetable Kingdom, p. 67117. Poagi. 823), this is a coarse grass which grows on peaty soil near the sea in the Falkland Islands. It forms 67118. Rakta Chandan. dense masses of stems which frequently rise to a 87119. Manga Kanfhi. height of from 4 to 6 feet, and the long tapering leaves hang gracefully over in curves, from 5 to 8 67120. Saragada Bangi. feet long and an inch wide at the base. The plant is much relished by cattle, being nutritious and 67121 to 67125. Selected varieties from Chota, containing saccharin. The inner portion of the Nagpur. stem, a little way above the root, is soft and crisp 67121. Doranda. and flavored like a hazelnut; the inhabitants of the Falkland Islands are very fond of it. They also 67122. Tilasar. Early. boil the young shoots and eat them like asparagus. 67123. Katka. For previous introduction see No. 64210. 67124. Mais. 67089. SOLANUM TUBEROSUM L. 67125. Ramgarli. Solanaceae. Potato. 67126 to 67131. Selected varieties from Orissa. From Honolulu, Hawaii. Tuber presented by J. M. Westgate, Director, Hawaii Agricultural 67126. Dahia. Early Aman. Experiment Station, through C. F. Clarke, • 67127. Cuttack No. 1. Early Aman. Bureau of Plant Industry. Received May 12, 1926. 67128. Cuttack No. 2. Medium-late Aman. A strain of the Hamakua variety of potato which 67129. Cuttack No. S. Late Aman. is a good yielder and a better keeper than the 67130. Cuttack No. 4. Late Aman. original Hamakua. 67131. Cuttack No. 6. Late Aman. 67090 to 67131. ORYZA SATIVA L. Po- 67132. CITRUS GRANDIS (L.) Osbeck aceae. Rice. (C. decumana Murr.). Rutaceae. From Sabour, India. Seeds presented by A. C. Grapefruit. Dobbs, director of agriculture, Bihar and Orissa. Received May 3, 1926. From China. Seeds collected by J. F. Rock, Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Mass. Locally developed strains. Received May 4, 1926. 67090 to 67111. From Bihar. A wild grapefruit found in the dry arid district of southern Kansu, below Siku, at an altitude of 67090. Bachi-Aman. 3,000 to 4,000 feet. The tree is 15 to 20 feet in height, 67091. Bachi (Kesharia-Katki). and the fruit 5 to 6 inches in diameter, very juicy, but sour and full of seeds. (Bock.) 67092. Baitarni. 67133. ROTHIA INDICA (L.) Druce 67093. Balam-Aman. (R. trifoliata DC). Fabaceae. 67094. Dudraj-Aman. From Peradeniya, Ceylon. Seeds presented by 67095. Ookulsar-Aman. A. H. G. Alston, systematic botanist, Ceylon Department of Agriculture. Received May 8, 67096. Hemcha. 1926. 67097. Hura. Early Aman. An annual leguminous plant, native to India, 67098. Kalam Barawa-Aman. which, according to T. Petch (Tropical Agricul- turist, December, 1924) is common in dry situ- 67099. Kalam-Aman. ations in Ceylon and because of its trailing habit 67100. Kelasar. should make a good cover plant. 67101. Kessore. 67134. POA FLABELLATA (Lam.) 67102. Kughi-Aman. Hook. f. Poaceae. Tussock grass. From Stanley, Falkland Islands. Seeds presented 67103. Mahdagar. by the colonial secretary. Received May 10, 67104. Manesra. 1926. 67105. Mansura-Aman. For previous introduction and description see No. 67088. 67106. Nagir-Aman. 67107. Pakhar-Aman. 67135. Ficus ERECTA Thunb. Mor- aceae. Fig. 67108. Selha. From Hakozuoka, Japan. Seeds received May, 67109. Sirhanti. 1926, at the Plant Introduction Garden, Chico, Calif., from Dr. Tyozaburo Tanaka, department 67110. Surgamani-Aman. of agriculture, Kyushu Imperial University, 67111. Ujarka Bhoga. through Ira J. Condit, University of California, Berkeley, Calif. 67112 to 67114. From Chota, Nagpur. An ornamental shrub or small tree, native to 67112. Katka. Early. China, Japan, and the Himalayas, very variable in size, character of foliage, and degree of pubescence. 67118. Keshwarphul. Late. The fruits are single or in pairs, globular or pear- 67114. Tangmusra. Medium. shaped, and long-stalked or sessile. APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1926 21

67136. CREPIS PRAEMOBSA (L.) 67162 to 67169—Continued. Tausch. Cichoriaceae. 67162. ANTHYLLIS TETRAPHYLLA L. Fabaceae. From Zurich, Switzerland. Plants presented by A creeping leguminous annual, with white Professor Chellung. Received May 14, 1926. flowers, native to the Mediterranean region. A perennial composite from the mountains of 67163. ANTHYLLIS VULNERARIA L. Fabaceae. the Caucasus, with radical oval-oblong leaves and small yellow flower heads. Kidney vetch. A perennial herb, found throughout Europe, 67137. BERBERIS PARVIFOLIA Sprague. northern Africa, and Asia, which is grown for sheep fodder and is particularly recommended Berberidaceae. Barberry. for lime soils. In Norway it grows as far north From San Francisco, Calif. Seeds presented by as 70° F. Eric Walther, superintendent of parks. Re- For previous introduction see No. 55376. ceived May 12, 1926. 67164. STATICE JUNCEA (Girard) Hubbard, A low shrub from western China, with half- Plumbaginaceae. evergreen, occasionally spiny-toothed leaves, golden yellow flowers, and globose berries of a terra-cotta A low herbaceous perennial, with a rosette of color. linear leaves and small heads of pink flowers. Native to Europe. 67138 to 67160. ORYZA SATIVA L. PO- 67165. CISTUS ALBIDUS L. Cistaceae. aceae. Rice. White-leaf rockrose From Gurdaspur, India. Seeds presented by the A low shrub about 4 feet high, with white director of the agricultural station. Received hairy leaves and rosy flowers in small clusters. May 12, 1926. Native to southern Europe and northern Africa Locally developed strains. For previous introduction see No. 62244. 87138. No. 1. Chipda. 67166. CLEMATIS VITALBA L. Ranunculaceae. 87139. No. 2. Desi. Traveler's-joy The common wild clematis of English hedges. 87140. No. 3. Chalaka. It climbs up into the trees, covering them in July with its numerous panicles of greenish white, 87141. No. 4. Pandhori. scented flowers. In winter its silky tufts adorn 87142. No. 5. Basmati. the hedgerows. 87143. No. 6. E. B. No. 17. For previous introduction see No. 53661. 87144. No. 7. No. 17. 87167. INULA VISCOSA (L.) Ait. Asteraceae. 87145. No. 8. Santhi. A yellow-flowered shrubby perennial about 18 inches high, native to southern Europe. 87146. No. 9. Earn Jawain. 67168. LINUM NARBONENSE L. Linaceae. 87147. No. 10. Chahora. Narbonne flax. 87148. No. 11. Ziri. An attractive herbaceous perennial from southern Europe, with linear leaves and a 67149. No. 12. Mattua. graceful drooping habit; it is about 2 feet across 67150. No. 13. Mushkan. and 18 inches high. The flowers, which appear throughout the summer, are arranged in a loose 67151. No. 14. Jhona. panicle with long pedicels. Each flower is 11A inches across, bright azure blue, somewhat 87152. No. 15. Begmi. paler beneath, with white anthers and a white 67153. No. 16. Toga. spot in the center of each flower. 67154. No. 17. Kaul. For previous introduction see No. 49898. 67155. No. 18. Safed. 67169. PSORALEA BITUMINOSA L. Fabaceae. Scurf pea. 87156. No. 19. Hans Raj. A herbaceous perennial legume, native to 67157. No. 20. Bara. the Mediterranean countries, sometimes over 3 feet high; it emits a disagreeable odor from all 67158. No. 21. Palman. parts of the plant. The leaves are trifoliolate. The small, bluish flowers are in 10-flowered to 67159. No. 22. Sonpattar. 30-flowered heads. 87160. No. 23. Son. For previous introduction see No. 65585. 67161. ORYZA SATIVA L. Poaceae. 67170. TRIFOLIUM SQTJARROSUM L. Rice. Fabaceae. Clover. From Manila, Philippine Islands. Seeds pre- From Haina, Dominican Republic. Seeds pre- sented by S. Youngberg, director, Bureau of sented by Dr. R. Ciferri, Director, Estacion Agriculture. Received May 14,1926. Nacional Agronomica. Received May 19, 1926. Pirurutong. An upright or ascending, robust annual, with branches up to 30 inches long; native to the Medi- 67162 to 67169. terranean countries. The pink or white flower From Brignoles, France. Seeds presented by Dr. R. heads are oval when young, becoming more elon- Salgues, Director, Station Botanique de Brig- gated later. noles. Received May 10, 1926. For previous introduction see No. 63995. 22 PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED

67171. SOLANUM TUBEROSUM L. 67174 to 67190—Continued. Solanaceae. Potato. 67178. SAGUERUS PINNATUS Wurmb (Arenga Fjom Mowbray, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. saccharifera Labill.). Phoenicaceae. Tubers presented by R. Kidd. Received May Sugar palm. 14, 1926. No. 441. February 24,1926. A handsome Gem of the South. Derived from the variety though rather untidy palm with immense which for many years was the main crop and leaves and tremendous bunches of fruit. export potato of Tasmania, variously known as A rich-flavored palm sugar is made from the the "Tasmanian red-skinned," "Brown's River," sap which flows from the Jbruised fruit stalk. "Derwent," and "Circular Head." It was the king of keepers among potatoes, carried splendidly For previous introduction see No. 47527. in bulk, was a fair yielder, and a fine quality table 67179. DAEMONOROPS DRACO (Willd.) Blume potato. The berry containing the seed which (Calamus draco Willd.). Phoenicaceae. produced the new variety was abnormally large. (Kidd.) Palm. No. 439. February 24,1926. A handsome 67172. TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE L. Faba- climbing palm, with recurved spines, pro- ducing ornamental fruits the size of marbles. ceae. Red clover. This is the rattan palm whose fruits furnish From Leningrad, Russia. Seeds purchased from the substance known as dragon's blood and is A. Kol, chief of the bureau of introduction, different from that produced by Dracaena Institute of Applied Botany. Received May draco. 19, 1926. 87180. CLERODENDRUM SUMATRANUM Hort. For previous introduction and description see Verbenaceae. No. 66793. No. 405. February 24, 1926. A showy 67173. CASTANEA HENRYI (Skan) Rehd. ornamental with large panicles of flowers and brilliant-blue fruits which are in striking and Wils. Fagaceae. Chestnut. contrast with the bright-red corollas. From China. Seeds obtained by F. A. McClure, agricultural explorer, Bureau of Plant Industry, 67181. GRAMMATOPHYLLUM SPECIOSUM Received January 25, 1926. Numbered June, Blume. Orchidaceae. Orchid. 1926. No. 447. February 26,1926. The "queen No. 255. November 23, 1925. Kwai lam yui. of the orchids." A giant species having Purchased in Wuchow, Kwongsai, and said to stems 6 to 10 feet long and flower clusters 6 have originally come from Lwailam, Kwongsai, feet long. The flowers are 6 inches in diameter where this variety is extensively cultivated. The and are yellow, blotched with deep purple. nuts, with sweet tender flesh, are said to be inclosed in a 1-seeded spiny bur, like that of the chestnut, 67182. ERYTHRINA sp. Fabaceae. Coral tree. but smaller. The nuts do not dry out and lose No. 431. Sabang, Pulu We Island, northern their viability so quickly as those of the Chinese coast of Sumatra. February 17, 1926. The tree chestnut, Castanea mollissima Blume. The endo- is spiny, 40 feet high, and a rapid grower. The sperm is densely covered with long, silky hairs. large, deep-crimson flowers, produced when The nuts are widely sold in Kwantung and Kwong- the tree is without leaves, make a wonderful sai and are highly esteemed by the Chinese as an showing. article of diet. 67183. MANGIFERA INDICA L. Anacardiaceae. 67174 to 67190. Mango. No. 535. March 3, 1926. A huge mango From Sumatra. Seeds obtained by David Fair- tree, producing yellow fruits, which is growing child and P. H. Dorsett, agricultural explorers, on the shore of Lake Tawar, near Takengon. Bureau of Plant Industry, with the Allison V. The tree is 100 feet tall and has a girth of nearly Armour expedition. Received May 14, 1926. 14 feet. 67174 to 67181. From the Sibolangit Botanic Garden, which is on the east coast near 67184. MUSA sp. Musaceae. Banana. Medan. No. 549. On the road between Takengon and Biasun. March 6, 1926. The tree is not 67174. ADENIA MACROPHYLLA Hort. Passi- over 18 to 20 feet high, and it has a very dark floraceae. trunk. It is found wild in virgin forest at an "No. 501. February 26, 1926. A vine altitude of 3,000 feet. The fruits are small bearing beautiful scarlet fruits which split and contain many seeds. open into three segments and exhibit seeds covered with a white arillus; not edible but 67185. HERNANDIA SONORA L. Hernandiaceae. very ornamental. No. 422\ Sabang, Pulu We Island, northern coast of Sumatra. February 17, 1926. A soft- 67175. ALANGIUM CHINENSE (Lour.) Rehder wooded large tree with rather thin broad leaves (Marlea begoniaefolia Roxb.). Cornaceae. and masses of very interesting curiously shaped No. 400. February 24, 1926. Var. tomen- fruits. The black seed hangs in the center of a tosum. This Indian tree makes a remarkably large white translucent inverted bell-shaped rapid growth, reaching its full height of 50 covering. Through a hole in the bottom of this feet in five years after which the trunk merely covering is seen the black fruit. This tree grows thickens. It is being planted in Sumatra for close to the beach where it is hit by the salt spray. its timber. 67186. ACTINORHYTIS CALAPPARIA Wendl. and 67176. AMOMUM sp. Zinziberaceae. Drude. Phoenicaceae. Palm. No. 505. February 25, 1926. A plant of No. 446. From the Sibolangit Botanic gorgeous foliage for the irrigated gardens in Garden. February 25, 1926. A tall stout southern Florida, Panama, and Hawaii. pinnate-leaved palm, about 40 feet high, with a ringed trunk and leaves about 8 feet long. Na- 67177. SAGUERUS LANGKAB Blume (Arenga tive to the Malay Archipelago. obtusifolia Mart.). Phoenicaceae. Palm. 67187. PTYCHOSPERMA sp. Phoenicaceae. No. 448. February 26,1926. A handsome palm related to the sugar palm (Arenga Palm. saccharifera) of Malaya, but smaller in size No. 452. From the experiment station, and having larger fruits. Medan. February 20,1926. APBIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1926 23

67174 to 67190—Continued. 67191 to 67227—Continued. 67188. (Undetermined.) 67208. Jardhana. An early variety sown in No. 478. Collected near Takengon, March Saflpur Tansil, Unao district. 5, 1926. A beautiful foliage plant with red 67209. Jardhon. From Oria. A variety sown in flower heads, 4 inches across, at the base of leaves the Cawnpore district in May, later trans- which rise from the grounJ ---•— — planted, and harvested in October. excellent for moist places. 67210. Jardhana. From Unao district. Sown 67189. ARECA sp. Phoenicaceae. Palm. in July and harvested in September. No. 641. From Takengon, at an altitude of 67211. Jarithwa. A late variety sown in Safipur 3,000 feet. March 2, 1926. A slender, very Tansil, Unao district. decorative, pinnate palm, 12 feet high. 67212. Katluwa. From the Unao district. A good yielder sown in June, transplanted in 67190. GORYPHASP. Phoenicaceae. Palm. July, and harvested in October. No. 670. Collected northwest of Lho Sen- 67213. Lalli. An early variety sown in Safipur mawe on the road to Bireun, March 12, 1926. Tansil, Unao district. The native name is Iboh. This tree resembles the Talipot palm in that the tree dies when the 67214. Ram Bhagwa. An early variety sown in terminal inflorescence flowers. It is smaller than Safipur Tansil, Unao district. the Talipot with the trunk often twisted. 67215. Eambhagua. A good yielder from the Unao district. Sown in June, transplanted 67191 to 67227. ORYZA SATIVA L. PO- in July, and harvested in the first part of aceae. Rice. November. From Cawnpore, United Provinces, India. Seeds 67216. Saidha. An early variety sown in Safipur purchased from the deputy director of agricul- Tansil, Unao district. ture. Received May 18, 1926. 67217. Sambhalu. From Oria. A variety sown Locally developed varieties. in the Cawnpore district in May, later trans- planted, and harvested in October. 67191. Narikia. A late variety sown in Safipur 67218. Sambhalu. From Parsauli. A variety Tansil, Unao district. sown in the Cawnpore district in May, later 67192. Badal Phooi. An early variety sown in transplanted, and harvested in September or Safipur Tansil, Unao district. October. 67193. Badar Phuha. From Kudwa. A variety 67219. Sumbhra. From Phuphuar. A variety- sown during May in the Cawnpore district, sown in May in the Cawnpore district, later later transplanted, and harvested in Sep- transplanted, and harvested in November. . tember. 67220. Sammaluwa. From the Unao district- 67194. Bagdi. From Bhodras. A variety sown A good yielder sown in July and harvested during May in the Cawnpore district, later the first part of September. transplanted, and harvested in October. 67221. Sathi. An early variety sown in Safipur Tansil, Unao district. 67195. BakU. A variety, which is a good yielder, from the Unao district, sown in 67222. Sathi or Sathia (Black). From Parsauli. June, transplanted in July, and harvested A variety sown with the rains in June in the- the first part of November. Cawnpore district and harvested early in September. 67196. Bansi. An early variety sown in Safipur Tansil, Unao district. 67223. Shyam Zira. A late variety sown in. Safipur Tansil, Unao district. 67197. Banspati. A good yielder from the Unao 67224. Shiamjira. From Kudwa. A variety district which is sown during June, trans- sown in the Cawnpore district in May, later, planted in July, and harvested in October. transplanted and harvested in October. 67198. Batsa. An early variety sown in Saflpur 67225. Suhari. A late variety sown in Safipur Tansil, Unao district. Tansil, Unao district. 67199. Bindia. From Phuphuar. A variety 67226. Sondhi. From Jahangirabad. A variety- sown in the Cawnpore district during May, sown in the Cawnpore district with the June- later transplanted, and harvested in rains and harvested in October. November. 67227. Uswas. A late variety sown in Safipur 67200. Bendia. From Parsauli. A variety Tansil, Unao district. sown in the Cawnpore district during May, later transplanted, and harvested in 67228. NYPA FRUTICANS Wurmb. November. Phoenicaceae. Nipa palm. 67201. Dudhia. An early variety sown in From Sibolangit, Sumatra. Seeds obtained by Safipur Tansil, Unao district. David Fairchild and P. H. Dorsett, agricultural explorers, Bureau of Plant Industry, with the 67202. Sujidana. From Laukana. A variety Allison V. Armour expedition, Received May sown in the Cawnpore district during May, 20, 1926. later transplanted, and harvested in October. The nipa palm is one of the handsomest as well 67203. Oaurahva. From Parsauli. A variety as most useful palms of the Malayan region. It grown in the Cawnpore district during May, grows in the brackish and quite salty waters on the- later transplanted, and harvested in coasts everywhere. (Fairchild.) According to; November. Brown and Merrill (Philippine Palms and Palnx Products, p. 98), the nipa palm has a stout, creep- 67204. Ohaghrapari Bakka. A variety from the ing underground stem, and the pinnate leaves,, Unao district sown during July and harvested which are in erect clusters, are 7 meters or more in in October. length. The flat fruits, 5 inches long, 4 inche* wide, and 2 inches thick, are crowded in a large,, 67205. Hansraj. A late variety sown in Safipur round head which is borne on a special erect stalk. Tansil, Unao district. The juice obtained by cutting this stalk just below 67206. Harkis. From the Unao district. Sown the fruiting head is a very promising source of sugar in July and harvested in September. and alcohol. The leaves are extensively used for thatching and for making baskets and mats. 67207. Jalsaim. A late variety sown in Safipur Tansil, Unao district. For previous introduction see No. 57940. 24 PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED

67229. GOSSYPIUM OBTUSIFOLIUM 67237. ORNITHOGALUM LACTEUM Jacq. Roxb. Malvaceae. Cotton. Liliaceae. Star-of-Bethlehem From Algiers, Algeria. Seeds presented by for. L. From Mowbray, Cape Town, South Africa. Seeds Trabut, Government botanist, through T. H. purchased from C. Starks & Co. Received "Kearney, Bureau of Plant Industry. Received May 22, 1926. May 18,1926. A bulbous plant from the Cape of Good Hope, 'Collected in the Gourara, northwestern Sahara, with about 10 fleshy basal leaves and white flowers ^where it is cultivated by the natives. (Trabut.) in a large, dense raceme on a stout stem 1 or 2 feet long. For previous introduction see No. 45326. 67238 to 67256. ORYZA SATIVA L. Po- 67230 and 67231. SACCHABXJM OFFIC- aceae. Rice. INARTJM L. Poaceae. Sugar cane. From Poona, India. Seeds presented by the From Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba. Cuttings director of the agricultural college station. presented by Dr. Gonzalo M. Fortun, Director Received May 22,1926. Estacion Experimental Agronomica, through E. W. Brandes, Bureau of Plant Industry. 67238. Ambemohor Kala. Received May 24, 1926. 87239. Anter Sal. 107230. c. 281. Imported at the Estacion Experi- zmnt&l Agronomica as a promising cane free 67240. Bangali. dtom the mosaic disease. 67241. Dhanya. B7231. P. R. m. 67242. Early Mugad. 67232. ETJPHRASIA OFFICINALIS L. 67243. Oajaweli. Scrophulariaceae. 67244. Halwi Patni. From Paris, France. Seeds presented by Prof. D. 67245. Jirasal. Bois, Paris Museum of Natural History. Re- 67248. Kada. ceived May 22,1926. 67247. Kamond. A low annual which grows in damp places throughout Europe. The axillary flowers have a 67248. No. 42. Kolamba. lilac corolla with a yellow throat. 67249. No. 79. Kolamba. 67233. GOSSYPIUM sp. Malvaceae. 67250. No. 163. Kolamba. Cotton. 87251. No. 184. Kolamba. JFrom Sumatra. Seeds collected by David Fair- child and P. H. Dorsett, agricultural explorers, 87252. No. 211. Kolamba. Bureau of Plant Industry, with the Allison V. 67253. Kolum. Armour expedition. Received May 14, 1926. 67254. No. 37. Patni K. O. No. 498. March 9, 1926. A tree kidney cotton, native to northern Sumatra, on the northwest shore 67255. Sutar Sal. -of Lake Tawar, near Takengon. These seeds are from an old tree which was growing in the dooryard 67256. Wai Sal. of a Gayoe. The stems are 4 inches through and 12 to 14 feet high. 67257 to 67292. From Jerusalem, Palestine. Seeds obtained by 67234. GOSSYPIUM TOMENTOSUM Nutt. Prof. W. L. Jepson, collaborator, Bureau of Plant Malvaceae. Cotton. Industry. Received May 11, 1926. From Honolulu, Hawaii. Seeds presented by J. 67257. ASTRAGALUS BRACHYCERAS Ledeb. Fa- M. Westgate, Director, Hawaii Agricultural baceae. Experiment Station. Received May 17, 1926. No. 10961. An annual legume, about 14 Mao or Hula Hula cotton. Plant softly pube- inches high, native to Syria. scent; lint reddish brown. 67258 and 67259. CALENDULA spp. Asteraceae. 67235. ANEMONE ALBA Hort. Ranun- Herbaceous annuals, native to Syria, to be culaceae. grown to ascertain their horticultural value. From Ottawa, Canada. Seeds presented by J. 67258. CALENDULA sp. Adams, botanist, Central Experimental Farm. No. 10943. Received April 23, 1926. 67259. CALENDULA sp. A form of the Japanese anemone with large white flowers. No. 10948. 67236. CASSIA OCCIDENTALIS L. Caes- 87280 and 87281. CICER ARIETINUM L. Fab» alpiniaceae. aceae. Chick pea. 67260. No. 10793. From Ibadan, Nigeria, Africa. Seeds presented by 0. T. Faulkner, director, Agricultural De- 67261. No. 10792. partment. Received May 21, 1926. 67262. CITRULLUS VULGARIS Schrad. Cucurbi- A commonly cultivated tropical leguminous taceae. Watermelon. annual, herbaceous or somewhat shrubby; the seeds are sometimes used as a coffee substitute. No. 10791. APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1926 25

67257 to 67292—Continued. 67257 to 67292—Continued. 67263. CoRYLUSsp. Betulaceae. Hazelnut. 67284 to 67286. TRIFOLIUM ALEXANDRINUM L. No. 10796. Fabaceae. Berseem. 67264. CUCURBITA PEPO L. Cucurbitaceae. 67284. No. 10974. 67286. No. 10976. Pumpkin. 67285. No. 10975. No. 10798. 67287. TRIFOLIUM sp. Fabaceae. 67265. CYAMOPSIS TETRAQONOLOBA (L.) Taub. No. 10945. (C. psoraloides DC). Fabaceae. Ouar. 67288 and 67289. TRIGONELLA FOENUM-GRAE- No. 10960. An erect leguminous annual, CUM L. Fabaceae. Fenugreek. about 4 feet high, grown in eastern Asia as green forage and for the seeds, which are used as hu- 67288. No. 10792. 67289. No. 10977. man food and also to fatten cattle. 67290. VICIA ERVILIA (L.) Willd. Fabaoeae. 67266. HIPPOCREPIS MULTISILIQUOSA L. Faba- Vetch. ceae. No. 10786. An annual vetch up to a foot No. 10959. An annual legume, 18 inches and a half high, cultivated in Syria for fodder. high, with odd-pinnate leaves and yellow flowers. Native to Syria. 67291. VICIA FAB A L. Fabaceae. Broadbean. 67267. HOLCUS SORGHUM L. (Sorghum vulgar e No. 10799. Pers.). Poaceae. Sorghum. 67292. VIGNA SINENSIS (Torner) Savi. Faba- No. 10787. ceae. Cowpea. 67268. LATHYRUS SATIVUS L. Fabaceae. No. 10788. Bitter vetch. 67293. ASTREBLA LAPPACEA (Lindl.) No. 10978. Domin. Poaceae. Mitchell grass. 67269. LATHYRUS sp. Fabaceae. From Queensland, Australia. Seeds obtained No. 10971. from the botanical gardens, Brisbane, through 67270. LENTILLA LENS (L.).W. F. Wight (Lens J. E. W. Tracy, Bristol, Pa. Received May esculenta Moench). Fabaceae. Lentil. 25, 1926. No. 10789. A strong-growing somewhat wiry perennial grass found in stiff clayey soil. Its flowering spikes, 67271. LOTUS TETRAGONOLOBUS L. Fabaceae. resembling heads of wheat, are said to have highly fattening qualities and are readily eaten by stock. No. 10957. A purple-flowered annual legume, Native to South Australia, New South Wales, and native to the Mediterranean countries. Queensland. 67272. LOTUS sp. Fabaceae. For previous introduction see No. 50341. No. 10964. 67294. MALUS SYLVESTRIS Mill. (Pyrus 67273. LUPINUS TERMIS Forsk. Fabaceae. malus L.). Malaceae. Apple. Lupine. From Dublin, Irish Free State. Seeds presented No. 10797. An annual legume, about 2 feet by Dr. Augustine Henry, College of Science for high, with bluish white flowers, native to Syria. Ireland. Received May 25, 1926. For previous introduction see No. 52172. Var. acerba. A wild apple of Ireland which is not 67274. CIRCINNUS CIRCINATUS (L.) Kuntze. in cultivation in the United States. It is valuable Fabaceae. as a pollen parent in apple orchards. (Henry.) No. 10969. A legume, about 1 foot high, 67295 to 67312. native to the Mediterranean countries. From Leningrad, Russia. Seeds presented by A. 67275 and 67276. MEDICAGO MURICATA (L.) All. Kol, chief of the bureau of introduction, Institute Fabaceae. of Applied Botany. Received May 21, 1926. Notes by Mr. Kol. An annual European leguminous plant, about a foot high. Originally from Tchardjony, Turkmenistan, unless otherwise stated. 67275. No. 10950. 67276. No. 10966. 67295. ALLIUM CEPA L. Liliaceae. Onion. 67277. MELILOTUS SULCATA Desf. Fabaceae. A very good yielder, adapted to sandy soils; No. 10954. An erect annual leguminous white and violet. plant, with racemes of yellow flowers. Native to Syria. 67296. CITRULLUS VULGARIS Schrad. Cucurbi- taceae. Watermelon. For previous introduction see No. 43597. An unnamed variety from Farab, Turk- 67278. MESEMBRYANTHEMUM sp. Aizoaceae. menistan. No. 10962. 67297 to 6730S. CUCUMIS MELO L. Cucurbi- 67279 and 67280. PHASEOLUS VULGARIS L. Fa- taceae. Melon. baceae. Common bean. 67297. No. 1. Tarandjony. A very sweet, 67279. No. 10790. 67280. No. 10973. white-fleshed variety. 67298. No. 2. Ak-Koun. An early summer 67281 and 67282. PISUM SATIVUM L. Fabaceae. variety with very sweet white flesh. Pea. 67299. No. 3. Ksoul-Kown. A summer 67281. No. 10951. 67282. No. 10965. melon with red flesh and pale-yellow skin. 67283. SCORPIURUS sp. Fabaceae. 67300. No. 4. Deikhany-Zarny. A very No. 10963. Annual leguminous herb with sweet orange-fleshed variety with yellow- curiously twisted pods. ish skin. 26 PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED

67295 to 67312—Continued. 67314 to 67343—Continued. 67301. No. 5. Bischeck. An early summer 67317 to 67343. TRITICUM spp. Poaceae. variety with very sweet white flesh and yellow skin. 67317 to 67338. TRITICUM AESTIVUM L. (T. vulgare Vill.). Common wheat. 67302. No. 6. Kara-Kotow. A round melon, a winter variety, with white flesh and 67317. Austarn. yellow skin. 67318. Bald Early. 67303. No. 7. Magassare. A dark-skinned variety with white flesh of a rich sugary 67319. Bena. One of the new wheats flavor. becoming popular. 67304. No. 8. Kostjanka. A variety culti- 67320. Clarendon Early. vated at the experiment fields of the Emba 67321. College Purple. Oil Co., near the Caspian Sea. 67322. Curramin. 67305. No. 9. Logara-Kouk. A summer melon with greenish flesh and dark-green 67323. Darts Imperial. skin. 67324. Federation. The most popular 67306. No. 10. Oouliabi. A winter variety. variety of the State. Last season 40 bushels per acre were threshed from this 67307. No. 11. Eneyry. A summer variety variety. Generally speaking, it gives a with pale-yellow skin and green flesh. better yield than Hard Federation. 67308. Emiry. From the Emba Experiment 67325. Geraling. Station near the Caspian Sea. 67326. Oluclub. 67309 to 67311. CUCURBITA spp. Cucurbitaceae. 67327. Hard Federation. A selection from 67309. CUCURBITA MAXIMA Duchesne. JL, Federation, but its flour is strong. Squash. J Last season 50 bushels per acre were Selle-Kiady. threshed from this variety. 67310. CUCURBITA MOSCHATA Duchesne. 67328. Improved Oluyas. Cushaw. 67329. Indcret. A rust-resistant variety Plov-Kiady. From Farab, Turkmenistan. which yields well in the North and 67311. CUCURBITA PEPO L. Pumpkin. South. Nan-Kiady. 67330. Joffre. A rust-resistant variety which yields well in the North and 67312. DAUCUS CAROTA L. Apiaceae. Carrot. South. From the Amu-Darya River district, 67331. Major. The second most popular Tchardjony, Turkmenistan. A pale-yellow variety of the State. It has strong variety with roots, when fully grown, measuring straw and is less liable to rust than 7 to 11 inches in length. Federation. In the South or cooler parts it gives big yields and has done 67313. DlALIUM GUINEENSE Willd. well in New Zealand. Caesalpiniaceae. Velvet tamarind. 67332. Minister. The champion high- From the Gold Coast, West Africa. Seeds inter- strength wheat of the State and the cepted at Philadelphia, Pa., by the Federal most prolific of the high-strength Horticultural Board. Received May 24, 1926. varieties grown here. A tall pinnate-leaved tree, native to West 67333. Moira. Africa, with small, dark-brown, velvety, edible fruits which are in large clusters. The fruits are 67334. Nabawa. about the size of small filberts, and the thin, brittle shell incloses one or two seeds surrounded by a 67335. Nobby. A bald durum type which mildly acid farinaceous pulp, used in the prepara- is really a cross with a bald common tion of pickles and in other ways. The timber is wheat. ajpiandsome dark red. 67336. Unuyip. 67314 to 67343. 67337. Wardfir. From Dookie P. O., Victoria, Australia. Seeds 67338. Yanward. presented by Hugh Pye, Dookie Agricultural College. Received May 14, 1926. 67339 to 67342. TRITICUM DURUM Desf. Poa- ceae. Durum wheat. This district is a relatively good one, with an average rainfall of 20 inches. The summers and 67339. Dookie Hasta. This variety has autumns are usually dry, but the winter and multiple ears produced mainly by spring rains are good, hence wheat succeeds well. selection. The highest temperature is 108° F. and the lowest, 67340. Dookie Marvel. A variety having July, 37° F. The air is low in humidity. multiple ears produced mainly by 67314. AVENA BYZANTINA Koch. Poaceae. selection. Oats. 67341. Huguenot. A bald durum type Dookie No. 11. which is really a cross with a bald 67315. HORDEUM DISTICHON PALMELLA Harlan. common wheat. In a few places it is Poaceae. Two-rowed barley. grown for silage. Pry or. 67342. Laidly Poulard. 67316. HORDEUM VULGARE PALLIDUM Seringe. 67343. TRITICUM POLONICUM L. Poaceae. Poaceae. Six-rowed barley. Polish wheat. Cape Early. Australian Poulard. APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1926 27 67344 to 67376. 67344 to 67376—Continued. From Cambridge, England. Seeds presented by 67354. CYTISUS PURGANS (L.) Spach. H. G. Carter, Director, Cambridge Botanic Garden. Received May 12,1926. Province broom. A yellow-flowered leguminous shrub 67S44. ALLIUM NARCISSIFLORUM Vill. Liliaceae. about 3 feet high. Native to southern Onion. France and Spain. An elegant Italian species, about 9 inches 67355. CYTISUS PURPUREUS Scop. high, with nodding heads of beautiful rose- colored flowers. An erect or procumbent shrub, 2 feet or less in height, with one to three purple For previous introduction see No. 58682. flowers and black pods. Native to southern 67345. ARISTEA AFRICANA (L.) Hoffmannsegg Europe. (A. cyanea Ait.). Iridaceae. 67356. DAHLIA MERCKII Lehm. Asteraceae. A dwarf, irislike plant from the Cape of Good A single-flowered dahlia, 2 to 3 feet high, with Hope, with spikes of short-lived blue flowers. bipinnate leaves and flowers typically lilac 67346. ASTER FARRERI Hort. color. A herbaceous perennial about a foot high, For previous introduction see No. 47552. with handsome flowers. The narrow ray 67357. ELSHOLTZIA STAUNTONI Benth. Men- flowers are rich velvet, and the disk is reddish thaceae. orange. A shrubby perennial 2 to 5 feet high, with 67347 to 67349. BERBERIS spp. Berberidaceae. bright-green oblong leaves and dense one-sided spikes of purple-lilac flowers. Native to north- 67347. BERBERIS CHITRIA D. Don. Barberry. ern China. A spiny shrub, 6 feet or less high, with oblong leaves 1 to 3 inches long, deep-yellow For previous introduction see No. 38819. or reddish flowers in long-stemmed panicles, 67358. GENISTA RADIATA (L.) Scop. Fabaceae. and ovoid, purple berries. Native to the Himalayas. Broom. A rigid erect yellow-flowered leguminous 67348. BERBERIS EMPETRIFOLIA Pers. shrub with oval silky pods. Native to south- Crow barberry. eastern Europe. A low densely branched barberry, 1 or 2 feet high, with linear, bright-green leaves and 67359. GENISTA SAGITTALIS (L.) Fabaceae. bluish black fruits. Native to southern Broom. South America. A dwarf procumbent leguminous shrub with ascending or erect branches, hairy oval leaves, For previous introduction see No. 35923. and short terminal racemes of yellow flowers. 67349. BERBERIS STENOPHYLLA Lindl. Native to Europe and western Asia. Rosemary barberry. 67360. HERMODACTYLUS TUBEROSUS (L.) Mill. A hybrid between Berberis darwinii and Iridaceae. B. empetrifolia which first appeared, accord- A hardy irislike plant, native to southern ing to Bean (Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the Europe, with glaucous four-angled stems, 1 or^2 British Isles, vol. 1), in the nursery of Fisher feet long, and black-purple solitary flowers. and Holmes, near Sheffield, England, several years ago. As described by Bean it is an 67361 to 87363. ILEX spp. Aquifoliaceae. Holly. evergreen bush about 10 feet high, which forms a dense thicket of slender interlacing 87361. ILEX INTEGRA Thunb. stems. The small deep-green leaves are An evergreen Japanese shrub or tree, up to spine tipped, and the small golden-yellow 40 feet in height, with oval or oblong, usual- flowers are profusely borne in small clusters. ly entire leaves 2 to 3 inches long and globu- The globular fruits are covered with a blue- lar or ovoid red berries. white bloom. 67362. ILEX LATIFOLIA Thunb. For previous introduction see No. 65240. A Japanese holly, one of the most attrac- 67350. CISTUS VILLOSUS L. Cistaceae. Rockrose. tive of the genus, which sometimes develops into a tree 60 feet tall. The glossy green An erect hairy shrub, 3 to 4 feet high, with leaves, 3 to 7 inches long, are oval or narrowly wrinkled, gray-green leaves and one to three oblong, and the red berries, about one-third reddish flowers about 2 inches wide. Native of an inch in diameter, are produced in dense to the Mediterranean region. clusters. 67351. CYNOGLOSSUM AMABILE Stapf and For previous introduction see No. 59391. Drummond. Boraginaceae. Hound's-tongue. 67363. ILEX SIKKIMENSIS Kurz. For previous introduction and description A Himalayan holly described by Kurz see No. 67001. (Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, vol. 44, pt. 2) as a moderately tall tree with 67352 to 67355. CYTISUS spp. Fabaceae. Broom. stout branches, broadly oblong leathery 67352. CYTISUS BIFLORUS L'Herit. leaves 5 or 6 inches long, and globular yellow berries. A leguminous shrub 3 feet high, with slender branches and leaflets with silky For previous introduction see No. 62810. lower surfaces. The yellow flowers are single or in pairs. Native to Europe and western 67364 to 87366. IRIS spp. Iridaceae. Asia. 67364. IRIS BULLEYANA Dykes. For previous introduction see No. 66557. Hollow-stem iris. An iris from western China which, as 67353. CYTISUS MONSPESSULANUSL. Broom. described by Dykes (The Genus Iris, p. 30), A leguminous shrub about 10 feet high, resembles Iris clarkei, having a hollow un- with fragrant bright-yellow flowers in small branched stem. The narrow leaves are glossy racemes. Native to the Canary Islands. above and glaucous beneath. The stem, 15 28 PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 67344 to 67376—Continued. 67344 to 67376—Continued. to 18 inches long, bears a single head of one 67375. SKIMMIA FOREMANNII Hort. Rutaceae. to two flowers. The falls have a greenish yellow oblong haft, veined and -dotted with A low densely branched Japanese evergreen purple. On the obovate blade the coloring shrub with narrow yellowish green leaves and becomes clearer and consists of broken veins roundish red berries. It is considered to be a and blotches of bright blue purple on a hybrid between Skimmia japonica and S. creamy ground. The extremity is a uniform fortunei. blue purple paler at the edges. The oblance- 67876. TRITOMA CAULESCENS (Baker) Carr. olate, channeled standards are pale - blue (Kniphofta caulescens Baker). Liliaceae. purple with deeper veins and diverge at an Torch lily. angle of about 60 degrees. The keeled, dark- purple styles are held high above the falls. A showy herbaceous perennial from the Cape of Good Hope with sword-shaped radical For previous introduction see No. 66463. leaves 2 to 3 feet long and a flower spike about 67365. IRIS MILESII Baker. Himalayan iris. 6 inches long. The lower flowers are yellow and the upper ones red. A large Himalayan iris with seven or eight leaves, 2 to 3 feet long, on the stem; 67377 to 67396. the latter is branched and bears about four heads of bright lilac flowers. From Russia. Seeds presented by A. Kol, chief of the bureau of introduction, Institute of Applied For previous introduction see No. 66578. Botany, Leningrad, Russia, through J. W. Pincus, Amtorg Trading Corporation, New 67366. IRIS SISYRINCHIUM L. Moraea iris. York, N. Y. Received May 13, 1926. A tender rather low iris, 6 to 12 inches high, native to southern Europe, Asia, and 67377 to 67379. AVENASATIVAL. Poaceae. Oats. Africa. The fugitive flowers are lilac purple 67377. No. 9451. Variety mutica. Selection with a yellow spot on the outer segments. No. 145. From the Western Siberian 67367. LONICERA CHRYSANTHA Turcz. Capri- Experiment Station. foliaceae. Coralline honeysuckle, 67378. No. 9452. Variety krausei. Selection A shrubby honeysuckle from Japan, up to No. 117. From the Western Siberian 12 feet high, with'upright stems, somewhat Experiment Station. rhombic leaves 2 to 5 inches long, and yellowish 67379. No. 10188. Variety persica Vav. white flowers three-fourths of an inch long. It From Persia. is particularly handsome in autumn with its bright coral-red fruit. 67380 to 67385. HORDEUM spp. Poaceae. For previous introduction see No. 42315. 67380 and 67381. HORDEUM DISTICHON NU- 67368. MIRABILIS LONGIFLORA L. Nyctagina- DUM L. Two-rowed barley. ceae. Sweet four-o'clock. 67380. No. 10249. Variety nudum L. An attractive herbaceous perennial 2 to 3 feet Selection No. 07-B-III. From Turke- high, native to Mexico, with heart-shaped hairy stan. leaves and long-tubed white pink or violet 67381. No. 10250. Variety nudum L. flowers which are very fragrant in the evening. Selection No. 0128-A-VII. From 67369. MORAEA IRIDIOIDES L. Tridaceae. Turkestan. Iris moraea. 67382. HORDEUM DISTICHON PALMELLA Har- A South African relative of the iris with lan. Two-rowed barley. white flowers over 3 inches across and leaves in No. 10251. Variety praecoccius R. Reg. basal fan-shaped rosettes. From the Erivan Government. For previous introduction see No. 31852. 67383. HORDEUM VULGARE COELESTE L. 67370. MORAEA ROBINSONIANA Moore and F. Six-rowed barley. Muell. Iridaceae. No. 10041. Variety nudum L. From the A bulbous irislike plant from Australia with Jaroslav Government. radical leaves about 5 feet long and white 67384. HORDEUM VULGARE NIGRUM (Willd.) flowers, spotted red and yellow near the base. Beaven. Six-rowed barley. 67371. NICOTIAN A. RUSTICA L. Solanaceae. No. 10247. Variety tanaiticwm Reg. Se- Aztec tobacco. lection No. 029-A-VII. From the north of 67372. PHELLODENDRON CHINENSE GLABRI- Caucasia. USCULUM C. Schneid. Rutaceae. Chinese cork tree. 67385. HORDEUM VULGARE PALLIDUM Seringe, Six-rowed barley. A handsome Chinese tree about 30 feet high, with dark gray-brown bark, dark yellowish No. 10246. Variety pallidum Ser. Selec- green compound leaves hairy beneath, and tion No. 0815-A-II. From Turkestan. black fruits in panicles about 3 inches long. 67386 and 67387. PANICUM MILIACEUM L. Poa- 67373. RHODODENDRON SMIRNOWI Trautv. ceae. Proso. Ericaceae. Smirnow rhododendron* 87386. No. 3003. Selection No. 853. From the Saratov Government. A shrub or small tree about 20 feet high with dark-green leaves grayish hairy beneath and 67387. No. 10242. Afganskoe. From Afghan- compact heads of rosy red flowers each about istan. 3 inches across. Native to the Caucasus. 67388 to 67394. TRITICUM AESTIVUM L. (T. vul- For previous introduction see No. 66478. gare Vill.). Poaceae. Common wheat. 67388. No. 3000. Variety albidum Al. Belo- 67374. ROSA ACICULARIS Lindi. Rosaeeae. seznaja. Selection No. 604. From the Prickly rose. Saratov Government. A low densely prickly shrub native to north- 67389. No. 3001. Variety albidum Al. From ern America, Europe, and Asia. It bears three the Saratov Government. to seven leaflets and solitary deep-rose flowers followed by pear-shaped fruits. 87390. No. 9446. Variety calsium: Selection No. 0111. From the Western Siberian For previous introduction see No. 54165. Experiment Station. APRIL 1 30, 1926 29 67377 to 67396—Continued. 67400 to 67404—Continued. 67391. No. 9447. Variety lutescens. Selec- 67402. No. 437. Kam shaan die. This variety tion No. 0479. From the Western Si- is said to have originally come from Aus- berian Experiment Station. tralia. It is very large and coarse and is seldom eaten fresh, though it is said to give 67392. No. 9449. Variety milturum. Selec- the best sugar return of any variety. tion No. 0254. From the Western Si- berian Experiment Station. 67403. No. 438. Chuk die, Maau die. This variety is characterized by a very hard "skin" 67393. No. 10244. Variety graecum Korn. and is consequently very little eaten fresh. Sary Mahiz. Selection No. 0289 A IV. 67404. No. 439. Muk die. This variety is said From Turkestan. to have been introduced from Singapore and $7394. No. 10245. Variety graecum K&rn. is considered the poorest from the Chinese Sary Mahiz. Selection No. 0283 A IV. point of view. The stalks are extremely hard (hence the name "wooden cane") and 67895 and 67396. TRITICUM DURUM Desf. are said to reach the largest stature of any. Poaceae. Durum wheat. 67405. GOSSYPIUM sp. Malvaceae. 87395. No. 2995. Variety hordeiforme. Belo- tourka. Selection No. 189. From the Cotton. Samara Government. From Sumatra. Seeds collected by David Fair- child and P. H. Dorsett, agricultural explorers, 67396. No. 2996. Variety melanqvus Al. Bureau of Plant Industry, with the Allison V. Belotourka. Selection No. 69. From the Armour expedition. Received May 23, 1926. Samara Government. No. 707. A kidney cotton found near the mili- tary camp of Lawe Aonan, in the very heart of 67397. SACCHARUM OFFICINARUM L. Atjeh, at an altitude of 800 meters. It may be a Poaceae. Sugar cane. form introduced into the Battak lands many years ago. From Herrandura, Cuba. Cuttings presented by F. S. Earle, through E. W. Brandes, Bureau 67406. STROPHANTHUS GRATUS Baill. of Plant Industry. Received June 1, 1926. Apocynaceae. P. R. No. 492. From Ibadan, Nigeria, Africa. Seeds presented by R. A. Sykes, senior conservator of forests. 67398 and 67399. PHYLLOSTACHYS spp. Received May 26, 1926. Poaceae. Bainboo. A handsome woody climber, native to tropical Africa, with fragrant flowers, white tinged with From Canton, China. Rhizomes collected by pink, and seeds which furnish crystalline strophan- F. A. McClure, agricultural explorer, Bureau of thus, according to Holland (Useful Plants of Ni- Plant Industry. Received January and Feb- geria, pt. 3, p. 447). This substance is used in ruary, 1926. Numbered May, 1926. Notes by medicine, and the seeds of this species are preferred Mr. McClure. to the common strophanthus seeds of commerce, which yield this glucosid in an amorphous 67398. PHYLLOSTACHYS sp. condition. No. 247. November 22, 1925. Koon yam chuk, Kan chuk. A small monopodial bamboo 67407. PRUNUS sp. Amygdalaceae. growing wild along the banks of the West River, Smith plumcot. near Wuchow, Kwongsai. The culms are 1 to 1.5 meters high and 1 to 1.5 centimeters in Growing at the Plant Introduction Garden, Chico, diameter. The young shoots which begin to Calif. A form developed from scions of un- appear in April are edible and considered very named plumcots obtained in 1915 from M. delicious by the Chinese. It is not necessary Sharpe, Vacaville, Calif. Numbered June, 1926. to parboil them. Fruit medium sized to medium large, 1% to 2 inches long and 11A to 1% inches in diameter. Prac- 67399. PHYLLOSTACHYS sp. tically all fruits are decidedly compressed. The shape is irregular, as with most plumcots and No. 258. November 25, 1925. Fa hok chuk. apricots, some specimens tending to be kidney- These rhizomes were purchased from a grove shaped. Stem short, medium stout. Suture a near Takhing, West River. This bamboo is distinct line in most specimens, but a quite promi- cultivated for its edible shoots, which begin to nent depression in a few. Apex rounded to semi- appear in April. The culms, medium thin- pointed in some specimens. Some specimens walled and rather tough, are used to some almost completely overlaid with dark red; the extent in weaving bamboo articles, such as majority, however, have only a limited amount of baskets and trays. coloring, it not being uncommon for one side only to be entirely colored. Skin medium thick, me- 67400 to 67404. SACCHARUM OFFICI- dium tough. Flesh light yellow, medium juicy, NARUM L. Poaceae. Sugar cane. with rather numerous small fibrous threads which are not objectionable. Mildly subacid, except in From China. Cuttings collected by F. A. very ripe fruit. Flesh clings tightly to the medium- McClure, agricultural explorer, Bureau of Plant sized pit. Pit 1 inch long, five-eighths of an inch Industry. Received May 3, 1926. Notes by wide, and medium compressed. This plumcot is Mr. McClure. early, ships well, and is of fairly good quality. The irregular size and shape of the samples at hand Obtained at T'owa, a village near the Canton perhaps may be overcome in part by good cultural Christian College, March 9, 1926. methods. The shy bearing habit of this tree may 67400. No. 435. Haak kzvat die, Tsz die, Hung be a handicap to commercial production. Row 8, die. A very large variety, characterized by tree 1, old test orchard; row 16, tree 45, and row 19, the purple color of the stalks. It has a thick tree 34, new test orchard. "skin" and is considered the most durable in shipment. Most of the crop of this variety 67408. MELILOTUS INDICA (L.) All. is consumed fresh. Fabaceae. Sweet clover. 67401^ No. 436. Paak die. A smaller and From Rabat, Morocco. Seeds presented by A. thinner skinned variety than No. 435 [No. Pochon, Directeur, Jardin d'Essais de Rabat. 67400]. It is largely consumed fresh. Received May 28, 1926. Though this variety contains the most juice, the flavor is said to be not so rich as that of Locally grown seed. others. For previous introduction see No. 61322. 30 PLANT MATEBIAL INTRODUCED

67409. LINUM TJSITATISSIMUM L. Lin- 67417 to 67423. COLOCASIA ESCULENTA aceae. Flax. (L.) Schott. Araceae. Taro. From Riga, Latvia. Seeds obtained from C. J. From Canton, China. Tubers and offshoots col- Mayer, commercial attache", United States lected by F. A. McClure, agricultural explorer, legation. Received June 18, 1926. Bureau of Plant Industry. Received April 2, 1926. Notes by Mr. McClure. Locally grown seed. 67417. No. 357. Taai oo tau. Obtained at 67410 and 67411. LYSSOCHILUS spp. Yeunguk, Lungtau Mountain, January 13,, From Africa. Roots obtained through H. L. 1926. The most commonly cultivated Shantz, Bureau of Plant Industry. Received variety in this rural district. March 30, 1926. Numbered June, 1926. 67418. No. 358. Leng oo tau. Obtained at Yeunguk, Lungtau Mountain, January 13y Collected during November in dry ground in 1926. This is a rather small variety which the highlands of northern Nyassaland, and sent to is commonly planted on hillsides (hence the me by Mrs. W. P. Young, of Livingstonia. name "hill taro"). It thrives without (Shantz.) irrigation, which is considered essential for 67410. No. 488. 67411. No. 490. most of the commonly cultivated varieties. 67412. VETIVERIA ZIZANIOIDES (L.) 67419. No. 393. Kaau tsau oo tau, Paak nga oo> tau. Obtained at Shiuchow, January 23, Nash (Andropogon squarrosus L. f.). 1926. Poaceae. Grass. 67420. No. 394. Heung oo tau. One of the most From Buitenzorg, Java. Cuttings presented by Dr. widely cultivated varieties of the Province,, P. J. S. Cramer, Director, General Experiment obtained at Shiuchow, January 23, 1926. Station, Department of Agriculture, Industry, and Commerce. Received September 1, 1925. 67421. No. 396. Hung nga oo tau. A widely Numbered June, 1926. cultivated variety obtained at Shiuchow, A stout grass, with tufted stems 2 to 5 feet high, January 23, 1926. rigid leaves 1 to 2 feet long, and erect conical pan- 67422. No. 398. Hung yuk oo. A "red-fleshed" icles up to a foot in length. Native to lower India variety obtained at Shiuchow, January 24, and Burma. 1926. For previous introduction see No. 34928. 67423. No. 399. Paak nga oo tau. A "white- sprouted" variety obtained at Shiuchow, 67413. COLOCASIA ESCULENTA (L.) January 24,1926. Schott. Araceae. Dasheen. 67424. XYLOCARPUS GRANATUM Koen. From San Pedro, Sula, Honduras. Tubers pre- sented by Mrs. H. N. Auler. Received October Meliaceae. 7, 1925. Numbered June, 1926. From Sibolangit, Sumatra. Seeds obtained by The dasheen of this country is pink and white David Fairchild and P. H. Dorsett, agricultural- and very dry. We have had about 15 pounds from explorers, Bureau of Plant Industry, with the one plant. (Mrs. Auler.) Allison V. Armour expedition. Received^May 20, 1926. 67414 and 67415. COLOCASIA ESCU- A moderately large evergreen tree from south- LENTA (L.) Schott. Araceae. eastern Asia, the seeds of which yield an oil used Dasheen. as hair oil and for illumination. The hard wood is used for making tools. From Aburi, Gold Coast, West Africa. Tubers presented by F. N. Howes, Government bota- 67425 to 67484. PHASEOLUS VULGARIS nist. Received January 7, 1926. Numbered L. Fabaceae. Common bean. June, 1926. Notes by Mr. Howes. These two varieties are grown extensively all From Tiflis, Georgia, Caucasus. Seeds presented over the forest country of this colony for food; by L. Dekaprelevich, chief specialist of plant they appear equally hardy and disease resistant. breeding, botanical garden. Received June, 1926. 67414. Red. The growing points of the tubers of the red variety are distinctly red, though 67425.1^-/. A white elliptical variety. the flesh, particularly when young, is some- times of a pinkish tint. 67426. N-4. A short elliptical red variety. 67415. White. The tubers of the white variety 67427. N-5. A black elliptical variety. have no pigment at all. 67428. N-6. Two-thirds red; one-third white- with red spots. 67416. MlCHELIA CHAMPACA L. Mag- 67429. N-7. White with dark-red spot around noliaceae. hilum. From China. Plants obtained by F. A. McClure, agricultural explorer, Bureau of Plant Industry. 67430. Nr8. Light brown with reddish-browm Received February 9, 1926. Numbered June, markings. 1926. 67431. NrW. Light buff with reddish-brown No. 307. Wong yuk laan. Obtained at Fatsi, markings. Canton, from a commercial flower garden. A 67432. N-12. Long dark-red variety. small much-branched tree of cylindrical habit. The leaves are pale green, entire, narrow oblong, I 67433. N-18. An ellipticalSwhite variety. acute and shiny waxy above. The long, slender, cream-colored, solitary flowers, mostly terminal, 67434. N-U. A round snow-white variety. are borne the year round, but most abundantly in 67435. N-15. Dark buff with oblique square- May and June. Owing to their rich fragrance ends. these flowers are highly esteemed by the Chinese and are commonly worn by women in their hair 67436. N-16. An elliptical filbert-colored* on formal occasions and by children behind their variety. ears and in their noses. The petals do not open very soon, but remain for a long time quite tight 67437. N-16. A round yellowish variety. together. In this state the flowers are 3 to 4 centi- 67438. N-17. A dark-buff elliptical variety. meters long and 1 centimeter in diameter in the middle. 67439. N-22. A white variety. APRIL 1 TO JUNE* 30, 1926 31 €7425 to 67484—Continued. 67485 to 67489. FRAG ARIA spp. Rosa- 67440. N-%2. An elliptical red variety. ceae. Strawberry. 67441. N-28. A long dark-buff bean with From Paris, France. Plants purchased from square ends. Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co. Received April 6, 1926. Notes from 1925-26 Catalogue of Vil- 67442. N-24. A long white bean with large morin-Andrieux & Co. black spot around hilum. 67485. FRAGARIASP. 67443. N-25. A long elliptical solid-black bean. Abondance. Fruits bright red, extra large, 67444. N-28. Light buff overlain with dark red. uniform shape; a very prolific variety. 67445. N-29. Dark buff with maroon stripes 67486. FRAGARIASP. and spots. Belle Bordelaise. Fruits aromatic, with 67446. N-82. A long medium-sized white bean. raspberrylike flavor; sometimes everbearing. 67447. N-84. A long flat dark-red bean. 67487. FRAGARIA sp. 67448. N-86. Long elliptical pure white. Jucunda. Fruits abundant, large, almost round, scarlet-vermilion; flesh red, juicy, 67449. N-88. Small elliptical pure white. aromatic. 67450. N-89. A long elliptical light-buff bean 67488. FRAGARIA sp. with square ends. Louis Vilmorin. Fruits rather large, uni- 67451. N-40. Light buff with very faint darker formly heart-shaped, dark red. A hardy, lines. dependable variety. 67452. N-41. A long elliptical yellowish-brown bean. 67489. FRAGARIASP. Miiiistre Pams. A vigorous, productive 67453jiV-4£. A dark-buff elliptical slightly variety, fruits large, conical, shining red; flesh curved bean. white, juicy, aromatic, of exquisite flavor. 67454. N-48. Long elliptical greenish bean. 67455. N-44. Dark-red solid color. 67490. ALOCASIA INDICA Schott. Ara- ceae. 67456. N-45. Long elliptical dark red. From Ceylon. Tubers obtained by David Fair- 67457. N-46. Short elliptical dark grayish red. child and P. H. Dorsett, agricultural explorers, Bureau of Plant Industry, with the Allison V. 67458. N-47. Long elliptical grayish black. Armour expedition. Received February 26, 67459. N-48. A long elliptical dark-red variety. 1926. Numbered June, 1926. 67460. N-49. Similar to N-48, but much No. 320. Tubers of the yautia, or, as it is called smaller. in Ceylon, the "habarala," obtained at the Sunday market in Kadugannawa, near Kandy, January 67461. N-51. Light buff with darker markings. 12, 1926. After having some of them cooked and 67462. N-58. Light buff with nearly black served, I decided that they were worth sending in markings. for a comparative test with those now being grown experimentally in the Gulf States. (Fairchild.) 67463. N-54. Similar to N-53, but smaller. 67464. N-56. Reddish brown with dark-brown 67491. STELECHOCARPUS BURAHOL lines. (Blume) Hook. f. and Thorns. An- 67465. N-57. Light brown with dark lines and nonaceae. spots. From Diokjakarta, Java. Seeds obtained by 67466. An elliptical variety. David Fairchild, agricultural explorer, Bureau of Plant Industry, with the Allison V. Armour 67467. An elliptical yellow variety. expedition. Received June 12, 1926. 67468. An elliptical reddish-brown variety. No. 765. Obtained in the market, May 1, 1926. The Kepel tree of the Javanese, which is grown 67469. An elliptical black variety. around Diokjakarta. The fruits are produced in 67470. An elliptical straw-colored variety. clusters on the branches and trunk of the tree. They resemble small potatoes in shape and color. 67471. An oblong variety. They have a pleasant fragrance and flavor, some- what like that of Asimina triloba. 87472. A variety which is oblong and white. 67473. Variety oblong and toast colored. 67492. TRITICUM TURGIDUM L. Poa- 67474. Oblong pale-yellow variety. ceae. Poulard wheat. 67475. Oblong pale-yellow variety. From Algiers, Algeria. Seeds presented by Dr. L. Trabut. Received June 12, 1926. 67476. An oblong pale-yellow variety. Touggourt, April, 1926. Khalof. Grown under 67477. An oblong buff-colored variety. irrigation; entirely immune from rust. (Trabut.) 67478. An oblong buff-colored variety. 67493 to 67495. SACCHARTJM OFFICI- 87479. An oblong dark-reddish variety. NARTJM L. Poaceae. Sugar cane. 67480. A round variety. From Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Cuttings presented by Antonio Carlos, Pastana Experiment Station, 67481. A round cream-colored variety. through E. W. Brandes, Bureau of Plant In- 67482. No. 14. A round cream-colored variety. dustry. Received June 16, 1926. 67483. A small round light-yellow variety. 67493. No. 2443. 67495. No. 4905. 67484. A round buff-colored variety. 67494. No. 4475. 32 PLANT MA^EKIAL INTRODUCED

67496 and 67497. TRIFOLIUM INCAR- 67505 to 67509. KATtTM L. Fabaceae. From Calcutta, India. Seeds purchased from Crimson clover. Frederico Varela. Received June 15, 1926. Notes by B. T. Galloway, Bureau of Plant From Budapest, Hungary. Seeds obtained from Industry. Gebriider Schwartz. Received June 15, 1926. 67505. BAMBOS JUBBULPORENSIS Hort. Poa- Locally grown seed. ceae. Bamboo. 67496. No. 286. 67497. No. 574. This is the "dry-zone bamboo" of upper India. There is no recorded name or description 67498. HYMENOCALLIS AMANCAES of the species. The seedlings closely resemble (Ruiz and Pav.) Nichols. Amaryl- those of Bambos polymorpha and B. tulda. lidaceae. Spider lily. 67506. BAMBOS POLYMORPHA Munro. Ponceae. From Lima, Peru. Bulbs presented by R. Beaton. Bamboo* Received June 16, 1926. A promising bamboo which may have many A tender spider lily from Chile and Peru, about uses commercially and domestically. It grows 2 feet high, with large bright-yellow flowers. in tufts or clumps and under favorable conditions may reach a height of 75 to 80 feet. The culms 67499 and 67500. IPOMOEA BATATAS are thick walled and 3 to 6 inches in diameter. The leaves are comparatively small for such a (L.) Poir. Convolvulaceae. large bamboo, usually 3 to 7 inches long and Sweet potato. from one-third to one-half inch wide. Native to Bengal and Burma, India. From China. Tubers collected by F. A. McClure, agricultural explorer, Bureau of Plant Industry. For previous introduction see No. 61373. Received February 18, 1926. Numbered May, 1926. 67507. BAMBOS TULDA Roxb. Poaceae. Bamboo. One of the most promising species introduced, 67499. No. 331. Hung faan shue. Obtained at but it will not stand much frost. The culms are Chukkouen, Lohkongtung, December 27, green and smooth and under good conditions 1925. A variety of unusual flavor and quality may reach a height of 60 to 70 feet and a diameter with red skin and cream-colored flesh. The of 2 to 5 inches. They are nearly solid and tubers often reach a fairly large size, but extremely tough and strong. The culms split when they do the skin has a tendency to easily and therefore lend themselves to many break open, resulting in malformed speci- uses. The plant is quite leafy and proves a mens. beautiful ornamental with its graceful leaning 67500. No. 332. Heung shui faan shue. Ob- stems and tropical frondage. Native to Bengal, tained at Chukkouen, Lohkongtung, Decem- India. ber 27, 1925. A variety with pale-yellow skin and deliciously flavored flesh, containing no 67508. DENDROCALAMUS STRICTUS (Roxb.) Nees. fibers, which is butter yellow when cooked. Poaceae. Bamboo. This variety never reaches a very large size, and for that reason it is not commonly culti- A strikingly beautiful and useful bamboo vated. It compares favorably with, if not already grown to a considerable extent in the actually superior to, our better varieties. warmer parts of Florida, but worthy of further planting. The culms under good conditions may grow to a height of 80 to 100 feet. This 67501 to 67504. bamboo will stand considerable drought and From Java. Seeds obtained by David Fairchild, cold. It is more especially suited for clump agricultural explorer, Bureau of Plant Industry, planting. Native to India. with the Allison V. Armour expedition. Re- ceived June 18, 1926. 67509. THYRSOSTACHYS SIAMENSIS Gamble. (Bambos regia Thorns.). Poaceae. Bamboo. 67501. Ficus WARINGIANA Hort. Moraceae. This is a so-called "regal bamboo" of Siam No. 769. May 7, 1926. A small tree growing and as far as known has not previously been below Karangpandan. The dark-red, almost introduced into this country. The culms grow black fruits, the size of a pigeon's egg, are very to a height of 35 to 40 feet, are very straight, and attractive. This waringian fig grows into an do not branch until high up. It is said to be immense tree suitable for very wide avenues. one of the most graceful bamboos known. Its It is of the banyan type, with many pendent chief value will doubtless be in its ornamental aerial roots which descend into the ground. nature. Suitable for the warmer coast sections of Florida, Porto Rico, and the Canal Zone. v 67502. Ficus sp. Moraceae. No. 770. A tall gray-barked tree with fine 67510 to 67514. buttresses, medium-sized leaves, and red fruits as large as olives and of the same shape, which From Jalta, Crimea, Russia. Seeds presented by turn almost black when ripe. This tree is used Th. K. Kalajda, horticultural director, Nikita as a shade tree at the gate of a private house near Botanic Garden. Received June 19, 1926. the Pablengan Hot Springs, near Karangpandan. A collection of locally grown leguminous forage 67503. SAPINDUS RARAK DC. Sapindaceae. plants. Soapberry. 67510 to 67512. MELILOTUS spp. Fabaceae. No. 772. From the market at Diokjakarta, May 7, 1926. A dioecious tree which grows at 67510. MELILOTUS ALBA Desr. an altitude of 1,500 meters. The large sticky White sweet clover. semitransparent fruits of a waxy texture contain No. 274. much saponin and are used by the Javanese for 67511. MELILOTUS OFFICINALIS (L.) Lam. washing clothes. Sweet clover. 67504. SATJRAUJA BLUMIANA Benn. Dillenia- No. 275. ceae. 67512. MELILOTUS TAURICA (Bieb.) Seringe. No. 754. From the Dieng Plateau at an Sweet clover. altitude of 6,000 feet, April 25, 1926. The Tjoe- woet, also Oembel-Oembelan, named because of 67513. TRIFOLIUM ARVENSE L. Fabaceae.f the slimy contents of the fruit in which the Clover. seeds are embedded. A small tree or shrub No. 286. occurring all over Java at an altitude of about 67514. TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE L. Fabaceae. 5,000 feet, with attractive glossy leaves and Red clover. white, bell-shaped fruits. No. 287. APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1926 33

<67515 to 67519. 67527. GARCINIA MANGOSTANA L. Clu- From Java. Seeds obtained by David Fairchild, siaceae. Mangosteen. agricultural explorer, Bureau of Plant Industry, From Java. See£s obtained by David Fairchild, with the Allison V. Armour expedition. Re- agricultural explorer, Bureau of Plant Industry, ceived June 11, 1926. with the Allison V. Armour expedition. Re- 67515. GARCINIA MANGOSTANA L. Clusiaceae. ceived June 28, 1926. Mangosteen. No. 786. Seeds from medium-sized fruits No. 771. Karangpandan. May 8, 1926. obtained in the market in Soerabaya, May 17,1926. Locally grown seeds, 67528. HEVEA BRASILIENSIS (H. B. K.) •67516 and 67517. LANSIUM DOMESTICUM Jack. Meliaceae. Langsat. Muell. - Arg. Euphorbiaceae. For previous introduction see No. 61899. Para rubber tree. 67516. No. 771. Karangparidan. May 8, From Port au Prince, Haiti. Seeds obtained 1926. Seeds from the largest fruit I have through O. F. Cook, Bureau of Plant Industry. ever seen. Received June 8, 1926. The Para rubber tree, native to Brazil and now 67517. No. 771. Karangpandan. May 8, extensively cultivated in the East Indies, has 1926. A very large-fruited variety. always ranked as the principal and most important €7518 and 67519. CAPSICUM ANNUUM L. SO- rubber-producing tree of the world. In 1922 the lanaceae. Bed pepper. world's production of rubber amounted to 379,200 tons, of which 354,980 tons, or 93 per cent, came 87518. No. 780. May 10r 1926. A strikingly from this source. brilliant rather long slender variety which is sold both green and ripe at the Kediri For previous introduction see No. 64542. market. 67519. No. 781. Obtained at the market in 67529. CORYNOCARPUS LAEVIGATA Kediri, May 10, 1926. A small very hot Forst. Corynocarpaceae. Karaka. varietv used extensively in making "Rys Tavel." From Avondale, Auckland, New Zealand. Seeds presented by II. R. Wright. Received May €7520 to 67526. GOSSYPIUM spp. Mal- 20, 1926. vaceae. Cotton. A large, handsome tree with oblong glossy laurellike leaves 3 to 7 inches long and small white From Trinidad, British West Indies. Seeds flowers in erect panicles about 4 inches long. The obtained from the Trinidad Imperial College pulp of the orange fruits, about an inch long, is of Tropical Agriculture through A. E. Longley, extremely poisonous, but the kernel was one of Bureau of Plant Industry. Received June 19, the staple articles of diet of the Maoris, the original 1926. inhabitants of New Zealand, where this tree is 67520 and 6752L GOSSYPIUM BRASILIENSE native. Macfad. 67520. Trinidad red kidney cotton. 67530 to 67533. 67521. Variety apospermum. A yellow- From Nigeria, Africa. Seeds presented by H. flowered shrub, usually about 4 feet high, Caracciolo, Port of Spain, Trinidad, British native to Brazil. West Indies. Received May 27, 1926. €7522. GOSSYPIUM CERNUUM Todaro. 67530. ALBIZZIA WELWITSCHII Oliver. Mimo- An erect bush, 3 feet high, cultivated in saceae. India. The flowers are pale sulphur yellow, A tropical African leguminous tree, 40 to 50 and the petals are marked with a purple spot. feet high, with a spreading crown and attrac- tive feathery foliage. €7523. GOSSYPIUM NEGLECTUM Todaro. Cawnpore. A cotton cultivated in certain 67531. ANNONA SQUAMOSA L. Ahnonaceae. parts of India and closely related to Gossypium Sugar ap£le. arbor euin, but less arborescent. A special variety. (Caracciolo.) €7524. GOSSYPIUM OBTUSIFOLIUM Roxb. For previous introduction see No. 51015. Himbury. A shrubby, much-branched plant, with small three-lobed leaves and three- 67532. CHRYSOPHYLLUM CAINITO L. Sapotaceae. celled capsules with three seeds in each cell. Caimito. White star apple. A large handsome West 67525. GOSSYPIUM PUNCTATUM Schum. and Indian tree, with striking dark-green leaves Thorn. which are copper colored underneath. The Variety lacinialum. A wild cotton found in smooth round purplish fruit is four seeded. tropical America and also in central and western In an unripe state the fruit contains a sticky Africa. It is described (Watt, Wild and Culti- white latex, but when fully matured the white vated Cottons of the World) as a shrub with transparent jellylike substance surrounding hairy three-lobed leaves and yellow flowers the seeds is sweet and agreeable. This is well . spotted with purple. The wool is pure white worth cultivating as an ornamental shade tree. and silky. For previous introduction see No. 51814. For previous introduction see No. 62597. 67533. PTEROSPERMUTM ACERIPOLIUM (L.) 67526. GOSSYPIUM PURPURASCENS Poir. Willd. Sterculiaceae. Trinidad red leaf. A tropical American A large Burmese tree, with very large oval shrub, 6 to 10 feet high, with purplish branches, leathery leaves, white or gray beneath, and tnree-iobed leaves, and sulphur-yellow flowers. long fragrant fleshy yellow flowers. 34 PLANT MATEKIAL INTRODUCED

67534 and 67535. 67537 to 67631—Continued. From Sumatra. Seeds obtained by David Fair- 67543. CASUARINA SUMATRANA Jungh. Casu- child and P. H. Dorsett, agricultural explorers, arinaceae. Bureau of Plant Industry, with the Allison V. Armour expedition. Received May 14, 1926. No. 443. Sibolangit. February 24, 1926. A tree with drooping branches and very fine 67584. AESCHYNOMENE JAVANICA Miquel. pendent branchlets said to grow on rocky soils Fabaceae. in Sumatra. The fruits are large and globose with prominent protruding tubercles. It is No. 509. Found in plot experiments at the the handsomest of the genus. Avros Experiment Station, Medan. February 22, 1926. A leguminous plant which may prove For previous introduction see No. 54705. suitable as a cover crop in the southern United States. 67544. CELTIS TETRANDRA Roxb. Ulmaceae. 67535. ALEURITES MOLUCCANA (L.) Willd. Hackberry. (A. triloba Forst.). Euphorbiaceae. No. 544. A small tree growing by the road- Lumbang. side near Takengon, at an altitude of 3,000 feet. No. 445. Sibolangit Botanic Garden. Feb- March 3, 1926. ruary 24, 1926. The candlenut tree of the Malayan Archipelago. The fruits are four 67545. CHAETOCHLOA sp. Poaceae. Grass. times as large as those of this species grown in No. 513. A small delicate grass from the southern Florida. The nuts are eaten roasted. golf links at Brestagi, near Medan, at an alti- For previous introduction see No. 59301. tude of 5,000 feet. February 21, 1926. 67536. AMARANTHUS GANGETICUS L. 67546. CITRUS AURANTIFOLIA (Christm.) Swin- Amaranthaceae. gle. Rutaceae. lime. No. 425. Obtained in the market at Sabang, From Colombo, Ceylon. Seeds obtained by Pulu We Island, off the coast of Sumatra, David Fairchild and P. H. Dorsett, agricultural February 12, 1926. The so-called " Kaffir lime." explorers, Bureau of Plant Industry, with the The deep-green fruits are rougher than those of Allison V. Armour expedition. Received May a rough lemon. They are boiled and used to 14, 1926. kill lice in the head. May prove of value as No. 393. February 12, 1926. The leaves and stock. shoots are dark and light red and when young are 67547. CITRUS sp. Rutaceae. used as spinach. No. 494. A strange fruit the shape of a For previous introduction see No. 58461. tangelo, light yellow and 4 inches long, found at Takengon at an altitude of 3,000 feet. The 67537 to 67631. taste is resinous like the rind of a citrange, making it inedible. It is used by the natives From Sumatra. Seeds obtained by David Fair- for washing their hair. child and P. H. Dorsett, agricultural explorers, Bureau of Plant Industry, with the Allison V. 67548. CITRUS sp. Rutaceae. Armour expedition. Received May, 1926. No. 495. Obtained in the market at Taken- 67537. AMOMUM sp. Zinziberaceae. gon. March 8, 1926. The rather juicy, though sour, green fruits, 3 inches long, are oboyate, No. 442. Sibolangit Botanic Garden. Feb- and the skin is somewhat rugose. There is an ruary 24, 1926. A plant 15 feet high with im- abundance of seeds. mense pinnate leaves which are very handsome. It is ideal for borders of ponds. 67549. COSTUS RUMPHIANA Hort. Zinziber- aceae. 67538. CALOTROPIS GIGANTEA (L.) R. Br. As- clepiadaceae. No. 429. Sibolangit Botanic Garden. Feb- ruary 22, 1926. An attractive plant with im- No. 423. An asclepiad with enormous lilac mense pinnate leaves, which rise from a rhizome, flowers. This interesting showy species was and deep pink flowers borne on tall stalks. found on a strand at Sabang, Pulu We Island, off the coast of Sumatra, February 17, 1926. 67550. COTONEASTER sp. Malaceae. 67539. BARLERIA sp. Acanthaceae. No. 659. March 9, 1926. A scraggly bush, 10 feet high, found on a hillside in a small canyon No. 444. Sibolangit Botanic Garden. Feb- leading down into Lake Tawar, near Takengon. ruary 22, 1926. A spiny hedge plant used successfully as clipped hedge at the Avros 67551 and 67552. CROTALARIA USARAMOENSM Experiment Station, Medan. Baker f. Fabaceae. 67540. BAUHINIA GLAUCA Wall. Caesalpini- For previous introduction see No. 64064. 67551. No. 466. Takengon. March 2, 1926. No. 506. Sibolangit Botanic Garden. Feb- A crotalaria with long spikes of yellow to ruary 25, 1926. Small tree or tall shrub with bronze flowers. white flowers, said to be very handsome. 67552. No. 523. Lampehan. March 3, 67541. CAJAN INDICUM Spreng. Fabaceae. 1926. A bushy yellow-flowered species about 6 feet high, which is being grown Pigeon pea. as a protection crop on poor volcanic No. 656. Found in a little native clearing sand. It grows so rapidly that it shades on the shore of Lake Tawar, near Takengon. the young seedlings. March 9, 1926. This may be a distinct strain. 67553. CROTALARIA CALYCINA Schrank. Faba- 67542. CASSIA JAVANICA L. Caesalpiniaceae. ceae. No. 438. Sibolangit Botanic Garden. Feb- No. 532. Lampehan. March 3, 1926. A ruary 24, 1926l. A small tree with gorgeous curious low-growing plant with long hairy pink flowers 2 A inches across, borne in large sepals, found on poor volcanic sand at an alti- clusters during February. tude of 3,000 feet. APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1926 35>

67537 to 67631—Continued. 67537 to 67631—Continued. 676M. CYPHOMANDBA BETACEA (Cav.) Sendt. 67564. Ficus GIBBOSA Blume. Solanaceae. Tree tomato. No. 496. From the shore of Lake Tawar, No. 433. Medan. February 21, 1926. A Takengon. March 9, 1926. A handsome- red-fruited variety shading into yellow. The medium-sized tree with a single gray trunk. fruits are made into a deep-red jelly or preserve The large glossy leaves are dark green, and resembling stewed apricots. the berries are deep orange and half an inch in diameter. For previous introduction see No. 52740. 67565. Ficus sp. 67555. DONAX CANNAEFORMIS (Forst.) Rolfe. Marantaceae. No. 522. From the cliffs above the shore- of Lake Tawar, near Takengon. March 2, No. 519. Sibolangit Botanic Garden. Feb- 1926. Hanging against the cliff there ap- ruary 25, 1926. A tall ornamental plant which peared a hundred or so of the most superbly makes a wonderful growth of broad leaves and colored fruits, a dull crimson shading into- long smooth stems in the shady forest. gold on the shady side, which were the size 87556. EULALIA sp. Poaceae. and shape of a lemon. The foliage, dark Grass. green on both sides, was coriaceous and as No. 667. A tall, rather coarse grass which harsh to the touch as sandpaper. The- covers a considerable portion of the extensive surface of the fruits was rough and when grass lands of the mountains in northern ripe became soft and shiny. The large light- Sumatra, at an altitude of about 2,000 feet. yellow seeds are embedded in a sweet pur- Found on the road between Takengon and plish jellylike substance. Bireun. March 11, 1926. 67566. Ficus GLABELLA Blume. 67557 to 67570. Ficus spp. Moraceae. No. 537. Found near a bridge at Ta- 67557. Ficus TOXICARIA L. kengon, at an altitude of 3,000 feet. March 4, 1926. A beautiful shade tree with a fine- No. 672. A handsome species of fig tree rounded crown. In shape and general- which bears enormous quantities of non- character it resembles Ficus nitida. poisonous though not edible fruits. An excellent shade tree. Sibolangit Botanic 67567. Ficus ALBA Reinw. Garden, March, 1926. No. 662. Found between Bireun and 67558. Ficus VARIEGATA Blume. Takengon, at an altitude of 500 feet. March 11, 1926. A small but attractive tree having No. 674. Sibolangit Botanic Garden, an abundance of brilliant yellow figs scarcely March, 1926. The gondang tree of Java and half an inch in diameter. When ripe these- Sumatra. A large forest tree with enormous figs are red and sweet. They are called numbers of long pedicelled fruits an inch here "gompos." or so across. 67568. Ficus sp. For previous introduction see No. 50398. No. 675. February, 1926. One of the 67559. Ficus KALLICARPA Miquel. interesting fig trees at the Sibolangit Botanic- No. 472. Between Takengon and Bireun. Garden. It should be tried as a shade tree- March 5,1926. A climbing fig which covered in southern Florida. a tall forest tree with its growth as does Ficus repens. It bears orange fruits V/i 67569. Ficus sp. inches in diameter which are mottled with No. 676. Sibolangit. February 26, 1926. lighter yellow. From a distance this is a A large forest tree which bears an abundance- striking species and is quite a splendid cover- of small fruits. ing for stone fences, etc. 67570. Ficus sp. 67560. Ficus AMPELOS Burm. f. No. 677. A forest tree from the Sibo- No. 473. Road between Takengon and langit Botanic Garden. February, 1926. Bireun. March 5, 1926. A dwarf fig tree, about 10 inches high, with tiny brilliant red 67571. ABELMOSCHUS ANGULOSUS Wall. Mal- fruits produced in great abundance. Of vaceae. possible use as a potted plant. No. 540. Found on a road at Balek, near 67561. Ficus PARIETALIS Blume. Takengon. March 3, 1926. A small shrubby annual which may be a wild form of the ordi- No. 481. Takengon (Balica). March 5, nary okra, but with more papery seed pods. 1926. A handsome climbing fig with leaves 8 inches by 3H inches, ovate and glossy. 67572. HONCKENYA FICIFOLIA Willd. Tiliaceae- It bears pretty little figs five-eighths of an inch in diameter on a short stem. No. 503. Sibolangit Botanic Garden. Feb- ruary 25, 1926. A very pretty shrub for door- 67562. Ficus SUBULATA Blume. yards, bearing attractive purple flowers. No. 484. Found on the road between For previous introduction see No. 62910. Bireun and Takengon. March 5, 1926. A handsome climbing large-leaved plant 67573. INDIGOFERA SUFFRUTICOSA Mill. Fa- bearing small orange fruits half an inch in baceae. diameter. No. 529. March 3, 1926. A plant with 67563. Ficus sp. sharp-pointed pods which curl upwards, grow- ing on poor volcanic sand at an altitude of 3,000 No. 492. Road between Bireun and feet, near Lampehan. Takengon. March 5, 1926. An attractive shade tree of medium to large size, bearing 67574. INDIGOFERA sp. Fabaceae. an abundance of fruits from the main branches. These fruits, 1% inches in diam- No. 681. A leguminous plant found near eter, are not edible. Sibolangit. February 19, 1926. PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED

•67537 to 67631—Continued. 67537 to 67631—Continued. 67575. INDIGOFERA sp. Fabaceae. 67587. PHYTOLACCA sp. Phytolaccaceae. No. 682. A leguminous plant from the Pokeberr . Sibolangit Botanic Garden. February, 1926. No. 399. Brestagi. February 21, 1926. An attractive pokeberry having red flowers, fruits, 67578. LIGUSTBUM GLOMERATUM Blume. Ole- and stems. aceae. Privet. No. 527. March 3, 1926. A shrub with 67588. PINUS MERKUSH Jungh. and De Vr. white flowers and bluish fruits which resembles Pinaceae. Pine. Ligustrum japonicum. found along a roadside in No. 524. Lampehan. March 3, 1926. The the jungle near Takengon. giant Sumatra pine which covers a vast area of the poor volcanic soil in northern Sumatra. It 67577. LONICERA JAVANICA (Blume) DC. Ca- grows to a height of 240 feet, is 4 feet in diameter, prifoliaceae. Honeysuckle. and yields a superior grade of turpentine and No. 542. Takengon. March 2, 1926. A resin. handsome shrub, 10 to 12 feet high, with leaves ; glossy on the upper surfaces and tomentose For previous introduction see No. 62271. beneath, and large clusters of fragrant white 67589. PTEROCARPUS INDICUS Willd. Fabaceae. flowers. It resembles Lonicera japonica some- what, but is much prettier and, being a shrub, Padouk. it is not likely to be troublesome. No. 520. From the roadside between Medan and Langsar. March 2, 1926. A splendid •67578. SHUTERIA VESTITA Wight and Arn. roadside tree producing yellow flowers which Fabaceae. are very fragrant. No. 465. Takengon. March 1, 1926. A For previous introduction see No. 51821. small strong-growing leguminous vine found -on|banks along the mountain-side road. 67590. RHODODENDRON sp. Ericaceae. -87679. MEMECYLON NUDUM Blume. Melasto- No. 470. Obtained near Takengon. Marcn maceae. 3, 1926. A tall bush, 5 feet high, bearing glossy No. 450. Sibolangit Botanic Garden. Feb- coriaceous leaves and large salmon-yellow ruary 26, 1926. A shrub bearing masses of flowers 3 inches long, which are blotched in the sky-blue flowers on the stems. throat with red. 67591. RHODODENDRON JAVANICUM (Blume) '67580. MIMUSOPS ELENGI L. Sapotaceae. Benn. Ericaceae. No. 434. February 20, 1926. A street tree No. 471. Obtained near Takengon. March called "Bua Tanjong" growing in a yard at 3, 1926. This bush, similar to No. 470 [No. Medan. It is a small handsome evergreen 67590], is a smaller species, the leaves are not so which produces an abundance of long acorn- large, and the flowers, which are red, have much shaped fruits which turn red when ripe. • shorter tubes. For previous introduction see No. 59681. 67592 to 67604. RUBUS spp. Rosaceae. 67581. MIMUSOPS KAUKI L. Sapotaceae. 67592. RUBUS MOLUCCANUS L. No. 661. March 12, 1926. A splendid shade No. 456. From Brestagi. February 21, tree found by the side of the road in a kampong 1926. A plant producing rather small wine- near Lho Senmawe. The reddish brown fruits, red berries similar to Fubus rosaefolius in about V/i inches long and almost round, contain appearance and taste. white latex, seeds, and flesh resembling that of the sapodilla. 67593. RUBUS ALCAEFOLIUS Poir. For previous introduction see No. 51820. No. 457. From Brestagi. February 21, 1926. A small yellow raspberry. *67582. MUSSAENDASP. Rubiaceae. No. 515. Brestagi. February 21, 1926. A 67594. RUBUS ASPER D. Don. Raspberry. decorative shrub, somewhat resembling the No. 458. Brestagi. February 21, 1926. dogwood, with one enlarged brilliant white An oblong yellow raspberry which is half an sepal to each flower cluster. Found at an inch in diameter and about three-fourths of altitude of 5,000 feet. an inch long. The flavor is not especially good. "87583. PASPALUM CONJUGATUM Berg. Poaceae. Grass. 67595. RUBUS ALCAEFOLIUS Poir. No. 511. February 24, 1926. A grass from No. 461. Between Lho Senmawe and the edge of the golf links at Brestagi, at an Takengon. March 1, 1926. A tall-growing altitude of 5,000 feet. This grass forms part of thorny plant with largti wine-red fruits, the the lawn at Brestagi. individual drupelets being quite large. The leaves are mottled dark green on the upper For previous introduction see No. 62245. surface and white tomentose below. 67584 and 67585. PHAEOMERIA MAGNIFICA (Roscoe) Schum. Zinziberaceae. 67596 and 67597. RUBUS MOLUCCANUS L. For previous introduction see No. 45154. 67596. No. 462. Takengon. March 1, 1926. A tall, very thorny bush found 67584. No. 516. Sibolangit Botanic Garden. on one of the high mountains. The February 26, 1926. A gigantic-leaved fruit is of good size and bright wine red. species resembling Amomum in general character. The bright pink flowers are 67597. No. 463. Takengon. March 1, produced in large heads on stalks 3 feet 1926. The leaves of this plant are high and are quite showy. mottled green above and tomentose below. The small light golden-yellow B7585. No. 517. February 19, 1926. Seeds fruits are very juicy and slightly acid. obtained from large fruits bought as a vegetable at the market at Medan. 67598. RUBUS ELONGATUS J. E. Smith. B7586. PHRYNIUMSP. Marantaceae. * No. 489. Between Bireun and Takengon. March 5, 1926. A beautiful climber with No. 512. Sibolangit. February 25, 1926. long drooping flower clusters and small glossy An ornamental bearing beautiful light-blue black berries. An extremely spiny species berries, which should prove very useful for with very attractive foliage. The leaves are borders where large leaves are desired. white tomentose below. APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1926 37

67537 to 67631—Continued. 67537 to 67631—Continued. 87599 and 67800. RUBUS MOLUCCANUS L. 67611. TRICHOSANTHES OUINQUANGULATA A.. Gray. Cucurbitaceae. 67599. No. 490. Between Bireun and Takengon. March 5,1926. The leaves No. 530. Takengon. March 3, 1926. A are very light green with a golden vine with attractive white flowers and hand- pubescence below, and the wine-red some foliage. The fruits are large and an> fruits are of fair flavor. astonishingly brilliant red. This vine is very ornamental when seen in the jungle, hanging 67600. No. 491. Between Bireun and from tall forest trees. Takengon. March 5, 1926. Variety glomeratus. A spiny trailing shrub of For previous introduction see No. 49858. charming habit, which may have value as an ornamental. The leaves 67612. TRICHOSANTHES sp. Cucurbitaceae. are pubescent and the fruits red. No. 485. From the road between Bireun 87601. RUBUS CHRYSOPHYLLUS Reinw. and Takengon. March 5, 1926. A vine cover- ing forest trees and producing egg-shaped fruits, No. 526. Near Takengon. March 3, of an attractive deep orange color. 1926. A very beautiful climber with light- red berries and leaves which are golden 67813. COLUMELLA GENICULATA (Blume) Merr. brown below. Vitaceae. 67602. RUBUS PYRIFOLIUS J. E. Smith. No. 493. March 7. 1926. A scrambling vine- covering vegetation by the roadside between No. 538. Collected on the shore of Lake Kota Dan and Takengon. The fruits are Tawar, near Takengon. March 4, 1926. white and when green are very acid. An attractive scandent shrub, very spiny, which has large glossy oval leaves. The 67614. XIPHIDIUM sp. Haemodoraceae. dark-red berries, with only two or three No. 428. Sibolangit Botanic Garden. Feb- drupelets in each berry, do not have much ruary 21, 1926. An attractive white-flowered flavor. % plant resembling the iris. It should make a 87603. RUBUS MOLUCCANUS L. beautiful border plant in tropical gardens. No. 657. Shore of Lake Tawar, near 67615. ZEA MAYS L. Poaceae. Corn. Takengon. March 9, 1926. A very hand- No. 395. From the market in Medan. Feb- some bush with few spines and leathery ruary 19, 1926. A yellow flint corn said to hav* foliage, beautiful rusty yellow below. been grown in this vicinity. 67604. RUBUS ALCAEFOLIUS Poir. Rosaceae. 67616 and 67617. ZINZIBER spp. Zinziberaceae. No. 668. Lake Tawar, near Takengon. Ginger. March 9, 1926. A handsome bush growing 67616. ZINZIBER sp. on dry hillsides, worthy of cultivation No. 518. Sibolangit Botanic Garden. because of its attractive foliage. February 25, 1926. A plant having orna- 87605. SAMBUCUS JAVANICA Reinw. Caprifolia- mental foliage. ceae. Elder. 67617. ZINZIBER sp. No. 486. From the road between Takengon and Bireun. March 5, 1926. A black-berried No. 723. Sibolangit Botanic Garden. species about 10 feet tall, producing coarse March 26, 1926. A plant having ornamental leaves and white flowers. foliage. 67618. SHUTERIA VESTITA Wight and Am. Fa- For previous introduction see No. 63377. baceae. 67606. SAPINDUS RARAK DC. Sapindaceae. No. 432. Brestagi, February 22, 1926. A Soapberry. leguminous trailing plant found covering clay No. 435. Sibolangit Botanic Garden. Feb- banks at a high altitude. The leaves are marked; ruary 22, 1926. A good-sized tree producing an with light spots and are very attractive. abundance of very large round fruits which are larger than those of Sapindus saponaria or 67619. FLEMINGIA CONGESTA Roxb. Fabaceae. S. mukorQwi. This may be a tropical source of No. 469. A bushy legume, 3 feet high, found saponin. in dry volcanic sandy soil near Lampehan, 67807. SOLANUM BIFLORUM Lour. Solanaceae. March 3, 1926. No. 398. Brestagi. February 21, 1926. A For previous introduction see No. 30878. small bright-red fruit which looks distinctly 67620. ARDISIA LANCEOLATA Roxb. Myrsina- ornamental. 67608. SOPHORA TOMENTOSA L. Fabaceae. No. 474. March 5, 1926. A small attractive No. 436. From the island of Pulu We, near tree found in virgin forest near Balecg. The Sabang. February 17, 1926. A yellow-flowered translucent shell-pink waxy bell-shaped flowers beach-loving evergreen shrub with attractive are very charming when in bud. foliage. 67621. CAREX BACCANS Nees. Cyperaceae. 67609. SPOROBOLUS sp. Poaceae. Grass. No. 487. Between Bireun and Takengon. March 5, 1926. An ornamental sedge, useful for No. 531. Lampehan. March 3,1926. water gardens, with brilliant red fruits produced 6761Q. THYSANQLAENA MAXIMA (Roxb.) Kuntze. in long masses on upright stems, Poaceae. Grass. 87622. (Undetermined.) No. 528. Near Takengon. March 3, 1926. No. 510. Sabang, island of Pulu We, north, A very attractive grass with gray inflorescence coast of Sumatra. February 17, 1926. An at- resembling a puff of smoke. tractive low shrub with yellow fruits the size ot For previous introduction see No. 61625. peas. PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED

<67537 to 67631—Continued. 67632 to 67640—Continued. 67823. MEIBOMIA GTEOIDES (DC.) Kuntze 67634. ARTEMISIA VULGARIS L. Asteraceae. (De8modium gyraides DC). Fabaceae. Mugwort. No. 525. Lampehan. March 3, 1926. A No. 207. Italian-grown seeds. shrubby annual called "Asir Asir," which is native to northern Sumatra and is used as a 67635. BAUHINIA YUNNANENSIS Franch. Cae- protection crop to prevent the coarse grass from salpiniaceae. crowding out the seedlings of Pinus merkusii. No. 249. A vigorous climber from south- For previous introduction see No. 64177. western China; the rounded two-parted leath- ery leaves are \Yi inches long. The flowers, rosy 67624. SAURAUJA VULCANI Korth. Dilleniaceae. white striped with purple, are in many-flowered No. 536. Shore of Lake Tawar, near Taken- pendulous racemes. gon. March 4,1926. A shrub with broad thick 67636. CISTUS FLORENTINUS Lam. Cistaceae. leaves, white rather unattractive flowers, and fruits the size of small cherries which are green Rockrose. in color when ripe. No. 442. A dwarf shrub, a hybrid between Cistus monspeliensis and C. salvifolius. It has '67625. CURCULIGO CAPITULATA (Lour.) Kuntze very narrow leaves and white flowers. (C. recurvata Ait.). Amaryllidaceae. 67637. CISTUS PURPUREUS Lam. Cistaceae. No. 548. Between Takengon and Bireun. March 6,1926. An ornamental plant resembling Rockrose the first broad undivided leaf of a palm. The No. 451. A shrub, 4 feet or less in height, a leaves rise 3 feet from a rootstock, and among hybrid between Cistus ladaniferus and C. vil- them is borne the head of yellow flowers. The losus. The narrowly oblong leaves are wrinkled fruits are white, succulent, ovoid berries, half an above, and the lilac-purple flowers with yellow inch long, covered with spider-weblike brown petal bases are 3 inches across and usually in hairs. threes. For previous introduction see No. 39665. 67638.* CLERODENDRUM TRICHOTOMUM FARGESII (Dode) Rehder. Verbenaceae. 67626. (Undetermined.) No. 509. A rapid-growing Chinese shrub, No. 651. Lho Senmawe. March 12, 1926. with dark-green or purplish strongly veined oval A trophical vine. leaves and fragrant whitish flowers, borne in summer in panicles. The globular, peacock- *67627. URARIA LAGOPODIOIDES (L.) Desv. Fa- blue fruits, about the size of peas, are set on the purple or crimson persistent calyx. No. 660. Lho Senmawe. March 12, 1926. A pink-flowered cloverlike plant growing abun- For previous introduction see No. 44533. dantly in wet land. 67839. HYPERICUM HOOKERIANUM Wight and For previous introduction see No. 31719. Arn. Hypericaceae. '67628. (Undetermined.) No. 984. A compact shrub up to 6 feet high, with bright reddish brown branches, evergreen No. 664. From the road between Takengon leaves 1 to 4 inches long, and many-flowered •and Bireun, at an altitude of 1,000 feet. March corymbs of large golden-yellow flowers, each 11,1926. An attractive small tree producing an about 2 inches across. Native to the Himalayas. abundance of large clusters of fruits. For previous introduction see No. 35099. •€7629. LEEA RUBRA Blume. Vitaceae. 67640. PRUNUS CONRADINAE Koehne. Amygda- No. 671. Found in moist places near Lho laceae. Conradina cherry. Senmawe. March 12, 1926. A shrub with flat corymbs of brilliant, deep-red flowers which are No. 1462. A graceful tree, about 25 feet high, followed by large bunches of reddish to blue- native to central China, with doubly serrate, black- berries. oval-oblong leaves up to 6 inches long, and cymes of whitish or pink flowers which appear '87830. (Undetermined.) before the leaves. No. 680. Near Lho Senmawe. March 11, For previous introduction see No. 45215. 1926. A cannalike plant with attractive red fruits. 67641 to 67647. 87631. (Undetermined.) From Java. Seeds obtained by David Fairchild, No. 683. From northern Sumatra. March agricultural explorer, Bureau of Plant Industry, 26,1926. A leguminous plant. with the Allison V. Armour expedition. Re- 67632 to 67640. ceived June 28,1926. From Ventimiglia, Italy. Seeds presented by S. 67641. CITRUS GRANDIS (L.) Osbeck (C. decu~ W. McLeod Braggins, superintendent, La mana Murr.). Rutaceae. Grapefruit. Mortola. Received June 2, 1926. No. 773. Purchased in the market at Kediri. May 10, 1926. A large light-yellow fruit which 67632. ANTHOLYZA AETHIOPICA L. Iridaceae. is inclined to be slightly pear shaped. The No. 181. An irislike plant, from the Cape of dark-pink flesh, which separates easily from the Good Hope, with a branched stem about 3 feet partition walls, is of a refreshing mild acid flavor. high, sword-shaped leaves a foot or so long, and red and yellow flowers about 2 inches long in 87642. DURIO ZIBETHINUS Murr. Bombacaceae. rather dense spikes up to 9 inches in length. Durian. 67833. ARTEMISIA ARGENTEA L'Herit. As- No. 774. Purchased in the market at Kediri. teraceae. Wormwood. May 10, 1926. A deliciously flavored fruit. No. 204. An erect shrubby perennial a foot For previous introduction see No. 51464. or two high, with pinnate silvery leaves and panicles of nodding globular heads of yellow 67843 and 67844. GARCINIA MANGOSTANA L. flowers. Native to Madeira. Clusiaceae. Mangosteen. APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1926 39

67641 to 67647—Continued. 67649 to 67668—Continued. 87643. No. 776. From the market at Kediri. 67660. No. 10218. Quick Maturing. From May 10, 1926. The largest mangosteen Saratov Government. fruits I have ever seen, the largest being 24 centimeters in circumference. 67681. No. 10219. Kuban Cantaloup. From Kuban Province. 87644. No. 777. May 15, 1926. Seeds from ordinary-sized fruits served in the hotel at 67662 to 67668. CUCURBITA spp. Cucurbitaceae. Suerabaya. 67645. LANSIUM DOMESTICUM Jack. Meliaceae. 87662 to 67664. CUCURBITA MAXIMA Du- chesne. Langsat. Squash. No. 778. May 17, 1926. A fruit of large size 67662. No. 10221. Volzhanka. From the and fine quality, bought on the street in Malang. Saratov Government. 67646. LITCHI CHINENSIS Sonner. (Nephelium 67663. No. 10223. Whale. Obtained at litchi Cambess.). Sapindaceae. Lychee. the All-Russian agricultural exhibition at Moscow. No. 775. Seeds of fresh fruits, which are light red, from a tree growing at the hillside residence 87664. No. 10224. Table Chalmavaya. of the Sultan of Solo, in Harangpandan, at an From Saratov Government. altitude of 3,000 feet. 67685. CUCURBITA MOSCHATA Duchesne. 87647. PAYENASP. Sapotaceae. Cushaw No. 779. From a tree in the grounds of the No. 10230. Perekhvatka. From Astra- Beyerstein Hotel at Madioen. It is quite orna- khan Government. mental when loaded with its bright orange-red fruits which are the size of a robin's egg. These 67666 to 67668. CUCURBITA PEPO L. fruits are mealy and sweetish, but not of any Pumpkin. great value. 67666. No. 10226. Honey. From Saratov 67648. COLEUS TUBEROSUS (Blume) Government. Benth. Menthaceae. 67667. No. 10227. Golosemanaya. From Ekaterinoslav Government. From Peradeniya, Ceylon. Tubers obtained by David Fairchild and P. H. Dorsett, agricultural 87668. No. 10228. Squash (Greek). From explorers, Bureau of Plant Industry, with the Astrakhan Government. Allison V. Armour expedition. Keceived February 26, 1926. Numbered June, 1926. 67669 to 67797. Nos. 312 and 364. Collected at the Royal From the Dutch East Indies and Ceylon. Seeds Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya, January 15, 1926. obtained by David Fairchild and P. H. Dorsett, Jnnala. The tubers of this low-growing herbaceous agricultural explorers, Bureau of Plant Industry, plant are about an inch long and one-half inch in with the Allison V. Armour expedition. Re- diameter, and are very nutritious. In Ceylon they ceived May and June, 1926. are boiled like potatoes. 67669. AGATI GRANDIFLORA (L.) Desv. (Sesbania 67649 to 67668. grandiflora Poir.). Fabaceae. From Leningrad, Russia. Seeds presented by A. No. 750. March 31, 1926. Seeds from trees Kol, chief, bureau of introduction, Institute of 35 feet high, which were planted in rows near Applied Botany, through J. W. Pincus, Amtorg Medan, Sumatra, for the production of the Trading Corporation, New York, N. Y. Re- white succulent flowers which are used exten- ceived June 28, 1926. sively as a vegetable in the Orient. This 67649 to 67656. CITRULLUS VTJLGABIS Schrad. variety grows very rapidly. Cucurbitaceae. Watermelon. For previous introduction see No. 61778. 67649. No. 10205. Bykovsk. From Stalin- grad. 67670. TETRASTIGMA sp. Vitaceae. No. 623. Simpang Tiga, Sumatra. March 67650. No. 10206. Murashka. From the re- 11, 1926. Very strong-growing vines which gion of Kamyshinsk, in Lower Povolsh. climb to the tops of large trees. The almost 87651. No. 10207. Azhinovski. From Khutor round berries, a little flattened, are half an Azhinof, Donsk. inch in diameter and juicy, with somewhat of a grape flavor. They are blue black when ripe. 87652. No. 10208. Farm's Favorite. From "Sharkof Government. 67671. ARALIA JAVANICA Miquel. 67653. No. 10209. Monastery. From Kher- No. 615. En route from Pang Mop to son Government. Lomot, Sumatra. March 10, 1926. An attrac- tive tall-growing prickly stemmed plant with 67654. No. 10210. Kuban King. From Ku- large compound serrate leaves and umbels of ban Province. small flowers. 87655. No. 10211. Early. From Voronezh Government. 67672. ARALIA sp. 67656. No. 10214. Fodder, Obtained at the No. 647. Along the trail from Blang Kedje- Ekaterinosk agricultural exhibition. ren to Kongke, Sumatra. March 17, 1926. A plant 20 feet or more in height. 87657 to 67661. CUCUMIS MELO L. Cucurbita- eeae. Melon. 67678. ARTOCARPUS ELASTICA Reinw. Mo* 87657. No. 10215. Dubovka. From Stalin- raceae. grad Government. No. 712. Sibolangit Botanic Garden, Su- matra. March 26, 1926. A tree which grows 67658. No. 10216. Queen Melon. From Kharkof to a height of 40 meters. The young trees Government. furnish a fiber, and the latex is a remarkable 87659. No. 10217. Kochanaya (Komovka). bird lime. The fruits are eaten by the natives From Astrakhan Government. of Sumatra. 40 PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED

67669 to 67797—Continued. 67669 to 67797—Continued. 67674. BEGONIA AREOLATA Miquel. Begoni- 67683. CASUARINA EQUISETIFOLIA Stickm. Cas- uarinaeeae. No. 569. En route from Kota Dah (Tsag) No. 759.' Planted along the roadside of the to Pang Mop, Sumatra. March 8, 1926. A Dijeng Plateau, near Wonosobo, Java, at an tall-growing form with red hairy stems. The altitude of 6,000 feet. April 25, 1926. A small leaves are green with reddish-brown veins handsome tree with a prettier habit of growth, below, and the flowers are white and pinkish. than that of our Casuarina in southern Florida. 67675. BEGONIA sp. Begoniaceae. For previous introduction see No. 30380. No. 636. Kota Kenjaran, Sumatra. March 67684. CITRULLUS VULGARIS Schrad. Cucurbi- 12, 1926. A small white or slightly pink- taceae. Watermelon. flowered begonia. No. 782. From the market at Soerabaya,. 67676. BERBERIS NAPAULENSIS (DC.) Spreng. Java. May 17, 1926. A remarkable tropical- Berberidaceae. Barberry. melon, 8 by 10 inches and oval in shape, which resembles a squash, having a ribbed surface. No. 617. En route from Pang Mop to Lomot, The skin is dark green and the flesh is light Sumatra. March 10, 1926. A fine ornamental yellow and very spongy, having an agreeable- shrub which grows to a good size, with stiff, flavor. bright-green leaves having sharp thorns, yellow flowers, and maroon-colored berries. 67685 to 87687. CITRUS GRANDIS (L.) Osbeck ( C. decumana Murr.). Rutaceae. Grapefruit. For previous introduction see No. 60638. 67685. No. 742. From the Hotel Haman at 67677. BISCHOFIA TRIFOLIATA (Roxb.) Hook. (B. Bandoeng, Java. April 18, 1926. Djeroek javanica Blume). Euphorbiaceae. ball. A beautiful red-fleshed variety. No. 701. March 24, 1926. The gadok of The dividing integument between the Java and the tjingkam of Sumatra is said to be segments was a beautiful shade of pink. one of the very finest timbers in Sumatra, though 67686. No. 743. Bandoeng, Java. April 18, not used there as a tree for forest plantings. It 1926. A large red-fleshed variety known is now being largely planted in Java. A single in B andoeng as *' djeroek bali." Although specimen at Little River, Fla., made a splendid this variety is said to be identical with shade tree. This tree is recommended for street No. 742 INo. 67685] the flesh was neither planting in frostless or nearly frostless localities. so dark nor so juicy. For previous introduction see No. 61596. 67687. No. 744. A deep pink-fleshed variety 87678. CAESALPINIA SEPIARIA Roxb. Caesal- from a tree in a private garden at Bando- piniaceae. Mysore thorn. eng, Java- April 18, 1926. No. 728. Found on a roadside near Harang- 67688. CITRUS sp. Rutaceae. gaol, northern Sumatra. March 24, 1926. A No. 631. March 12, 1926. A wild citrus yellow-flowered spiny shrub, with recurved plant found along the trail near Kota Kenjaran, spines and pinnate leaves, which produces a Sumatra. The tree is about 6 inches in diameter great abundance of deep-brown pods containing and 30 feet or more high. The fruits are practi- egg-shaped beans. cally round, ±lA inches in diameter, with smooth For previous introduction see No. 49200. skin about three-fourths of an inch thick. The flesh is very sour and bitter. 67679. CASUARINA RUMPHIANA Miquel. Cas- uarinaceae. 67689. CLEMATIS PANICULATA Thunb. Ranun- culaceae. Sweet autumn clematis. No. 764. From the Sultan's zoological garden at Soerakartja, Java. May 1, 1926. A rather No. 748. From a private garden in Noesa scraggly tree with very slender delicate pendent Kambangan, Java. April 20, 1926. A large- green branches and cones having few seeds. flowered strain. 67680 to 67682. CASSIA spp. Caesalpiniaceae. 67690. CROTALARIA STRIATA DC. Fabaceae. 67680. CASSIA LAEVIGATA Willd. No. 726. Haranggaol, northern Sumatra. March 24, 1926. A native species which has Smooth senna. been almost supplanted by other Crotalarias. No. 687. Sumatra. March 22, 1926. A handsome yellow-flowered shrub or small For previous introduction see No. 65295. tree with dark-green glossy evergreen foliage. 6769L CURCULIGO CAPITULATA (Lour.) Kuntze 67681. CASSIA LAEVIGATA Willd. (C. recurvata Ait.). Amaryllidaceae. Smooth senna* No. 716. Sibolangit Botanic Garden, No. 703. Hakgala Botanic Garden, Sumatra. March 26, 1926. A shade-loving Newara Eliya, Ceylon. February, 1926. A plant with immense undivided leaves, 4 feet handsome yellow-flowered shrub or small long, rising from the rhizome. tree with dark-green, glossy evergreen foliage. For previous introduction see No. 39665. For previous introduction see No. 55599. 67692. CYNOMETRA CAULIFLORA L. Caesal- 67682. CASSIA TOMENTOSA L. f. piniaceae. Woolly senna. No. 747. From the market in|Tegal, Java. No. 702. Hakgala Botanic Garden, April 19, 1926. Namnam. A curious tree Newara Eliya, Ceylon. February, 1926. producing an abundance of greenish yellow The ranawara of the Singhalese, which grows fruits whieh are the shape of triangular apple rapidly into a large yellow-flowered shrub, is tarts. They have a tart taste with little char- found wild in the dry portions of northern acter, but when cooked are said to make excel- Ceylon. The bark is chiefly used in India lent pies. These fruits are produced from knot- for tanning purposes, and the leaves and like excrescences on the trunk, often near the young pods are eaten as a vegetable. The ground. leaves are also used for making tea. For previous introduction see No. 44895. APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1926 41

67669 to 67797—Continued. 67669 to 67797—Continued. 67698 and 67694. CYPHOMANDEA BETACEA (Cav.) 67704/ Ficus sp. Sendt. Solanaceae. Tree tomato* No. 695. En route from Kongke to Mel- 67693. No. 704. Hakgala Botanic Garden, oewoeh, Sumatra. March 18, 1926. Yel- Newara Eliya, Ceylon. February, 1926. lowish red fruits, \y2 inches in diameter, A blood-red variety of the tree tomato found under a good-sized tree. which is grown extensively in the high- 87705. Ficus KALLICAEPA Miquel. lands of Sumatra. It seems to have more No. 699. En route from Kongke to Mel- flavor than the yellow variety and is used oewoeh, Sumatra. March 18, 1926. A here for jelly making. beautiful creeper covering a large stump in* 67694. No. 705. A red variety obtained in a the virgin forest. The leaves are large,, garden in Kabandjahe, Sumatra. March leathery, and dark green, the scarlet fruits 22, 1926. spotted with a lighter color are 2% by 3 inches,, and not edible; the seeds are elongated. 67695. EUONYMUS JAVANICA Blume. Cela- For previous introduction see No* 67559. straceae. 67706 and 67707. GARCINIA ATEOVIEIDIS Griffith. No. 645. Variety sphaerocarpus. Kongke, Clusiaceae. Sumatra. March 17, 1926. A rather tall A large tree 50 feet tall with stiff, horizontal,, upright tree with beautiful green leaves and finally drooping branches and medium-sized dark-pink angular fruits containing small black bright-red leaves. The bright deep-yellow seeds with orange arillas. fruits, 4 inches in diameter, are furrowed into a number of segments like a melon. These seg- 67696 to 67705. Ficus spp. Moraceae. ments fall apart when the fruits are ripe, dis-? closing the seeds which are covered with a slimy- 67696. Ficus FULVA Reinw. yellow arillus, pleasant but very sour. When No. 556. Collected between Takengon dried the segments of the the rind are used to and Koeto Tchane, near Kabandjahe, give a sour taste to curries. Sumatra, March 7, 1926. A small tropical 67706. No. 713. Sibolangit Botanic Garden, tree with dense foliage and yellow-red fruits Sumatra. March 26,1926. about three-fourths of an inch in diameter. Native to Burma and the East Indies. 67707. No. 745. Kabandjahe, Sumatra^ March 28,1926. 67697. Ficus sp. 67708. GAECINIA MANGOSTANA L. Clusiaceae. No. 577. March 8, 1926. An oblong Mangosteen. yellow-spotted fruit of good size, picked up No. 746. Seeds from fruits obtained in the from along the trail between Kota Dah market at Tegal, Java. April 19, 1926. (Tsag) and Pang Mop, Sumatra. 67709. HYDRANGEA OBLONGIFOLIA Blume. Hy- 67698. Ficus sp. No. 578. March 8, 1926. A rather small, No. 616. En route from Pang Mop to Lomot, oblong, reddish yellow fruited fig, picked up Sumatra. March 10, 1926. A beautiful shrub along the trail between Kota Dah (Tsag) 30 feet or more in height, with leaves white and Pang Mop, Sumatra, tomentose below and dark green above, having red stems and veins. The pink buds open into 67699. Ficus sp. white flowers. No. 619. En route from Lomot to Sim- 67710. HYDRANGEA sp. Hydrangeaceae. x pang Tiga, Sumatra. March 11, 1926. No. 768. On the trail to the Dijeng Plateau,. 67700. Ficus AMPELOS Burm. f. Java. An ornamental shrub cultivated in Java at high altitudes, ranging around 6,000 feet. No. 640. Kota Kenjaran, Sumatra. March 12, 1926. A large tree with good- 67711. IMPATIENSSP. Impatientaceae. sized leaves and small yellowish red to deep Snap weed. red fruits. No. 601. Pang Mop, Sumatra. March 9>. For previous introduction see No. 67560. 1926. A handsome herbaceous plant with leaves rich green above and reddish below, produced 67701. Ficus BENJAMINA L. on red stems. The flowers are bright red and very showy." No. 641. En route from Kota Kenjaran to Blang Kedjeren, Sumatra. March 14, 67712. IMPATIENS sp. Impatientaceae. 1926. A large fine-looking tree with small Snapweed* leaves and very small fruits. No. 602. Pang Mop, Sumatra. March 9,. For previous introduction see No. 41438. 1926. A yellow-flowered attractive plant which is more common than the red. 67702. Ficus PARIETALIS Blume. 67713. INDIGOFEEA CONFUSA Prain and Baker No. 644. En route from Kota Kenjaran (7. arrecta Benth., not Hocht.). Fabaceae. to Blang Kedjeren, Sumatra. March 14, Indigo. 1926. A good-sized well-formed tree which No. 725. Haranggaol, Sumatra. March 24,. was loaded with deep golden-yellow fruits 1926. A shrubby indigo growing on the shore of. one-half to three-fourths of an inch in diam- Toba Sea. eter. The large oblong leaves are shiny deep green above and dull green below. For previous introduction see No. 31848. 67714. LAGERSTROEMIA SPECIOSA (Muenchh.} For previous introduction see No. 67561. Pers. (L. flosreginae Retz.). Lythraoeae. 67703. Ficus EOSTEATA Lam. Queen crape myrtle. No. 733. Sibolangit Botanic Garden, Su- No. 649. En route from Blang Kedjeren matra. March 28, 1926. An unusually large- to Kongke, Sumatra. March 17,1926. This flowered form of this superb tree, the flowers attractive bright-orange fruited fig is one of l the smallest fruited varieties we have seen. being 2 A inches across and of the loveliest With the exception oi the color, this small purple pink. shrub resembles a holly. For previous introduction see No. 59315. 42 PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED

67669 to 67797—Continued. 67669 to 67797—Continued. 67715. LANSIUM DOMESTICUM Jack. ' Meliaceae. 67725 to 67727. RHODODENDRON spp. Ericaceae. Langsat. 67725. RHODODENDRON JAVANICUM (Blume) No. 751. From the market in Wonosobo, Benn. Java. April 23, 1926. Doekoe. A refreshing fruit with a mildly acid flavor which seems to be No. 592. Pang Mop, Sumatra. March a great favorite with the Javanese. It has an 9, 1926. An attractive variety with quite unusually waxy texture and is very pleasant to large pink and white flowers. the touch. 67728. RHODODENDRON sp. For previous introduction see No. 61899. No. 593. Pang Mop, Sumatra. March 67716. MEIBOMIA GYROIDES (DO.) Kuntze 9, 1926. A very showy rhododendron with (Desmodium gyroides DC). Fabaceae. the interior of the white flowers tinged pink and a dark purple spot at the base. No. 727. Near Haranggaol, Sumatra. March 24,192i. An attractive bush with dense clusters 67727. RHODODENDRON CITRINUM Hassk. of flowers in two shades of blue. No. 594. Pang Mop, Sumatra. March For previous introduction see No. 64177. 9, 1926. An attractive small-leaved variety with very light-yellow small flowers. 67717. MIMUSOPS sp. Sapotaceae. No. 784. Solo market, Java. May 17, 67728 to 67740. RUBUS spp. Rosaceae. 1926. A handsome shade tree, 50 feet tall, with 67728. RUBUS CHRYSOPHYLLUS Reinw. olive-green obovate leaves which are a lighter color below. The red egg-shaped fruits, 1}4 No. 758. Dijeng Plateau, Java. April inches in length, remind one of a quite dry 25, 1926. A handsome plant with leaves sapodilla in flavor and texture. which are rusty or gold below. The fruits are brilliant red and very juicy, though 67718. MIMUSOPS sp. Sapotaceae. rather too acid to be acceptable. No. 785. Solo market, Java. May 17, 67729. RUBUS LINEATUS Reinw. 1926. The fruits from which these seeds were taken were larger, more brilliant in color, and No. 757. Dijeng Plateau, Java. April rounder than No. 784 [No. 67717]. 25, 1926. A very handsome plant with palmately divided leaves and clusters of 67719. MUSA GLAUCA Koxb. Musaceae. large pinkish-yellow fruits three-fourths of Banana. an inch across, which are of an agreeable No. 721. Sibolangit Botanic Gardens, flavor. Sumatra. March 26, 1926. A striking plant For previous introduction see No. 59667. producing a leafy inflorescence. When planted in rich soil the plant becomes enormous. The 67730. RUBUS MOLUCCANUS L. flower clusters are a mass of leaves, hiding the No. 753. Wonosobo, Java. April 23, small nonedible fruits which contain large black 1926. A stout prickly bramble, native to seeds. the Himalayas at altitudes of 3,000 to 7,000 67720. NlCOTIANA TABACUM L. Solanaceae. feet with brilliant red, globose fruits of good Tobacco. size and appearance, but with too little flavor to be popular. No. 767. March 25, 1926. A high-altitude tobacco growing at an altitude of 6,000 feet in For previous introduction see No. 49653. the Dijeng Plateau, Java. 67731. RUBUS NIVEUS Thunb. 67721. PANICUM PALUDOSUM Roxb. Poaceae. No. 756. Dijeng Plateau, Java. April 25, Grass. 1926. A variety called "Kala koeutjet" by No. 730. Lake Toba, Sumatra. March 24, the Javanese; it is found in the higher moun- 1926. A fodder grass which makes a good tain regions of eastern and middle Java. growth if grown in moist soil. Horses are very The dark-colored berries have a fair flavor. fond of this grass and will wade into the swamps For previous introduction see No. 64214. to get it. 67732. RUBUS ACUMINATISSIMUS Hassk. 67722. PASPALUM CONJUGATUM Berg. Po- aceae. Grass. No. 560. En route from Takengon to Kota Dah (Tsag), Sumatra. March 7, 1926. No. 634. Kota Kenjaran, Sumatra. March A very thorny strong grower producing large 12, 1926. A creeping perennial grass with the orange-yellow fruits, three-fourths to an inch flowering stems sometimes 3 feet tall. This in diameter, on a very large receptacle. species, originally from Dutch Guiana, is found These fruits are watery and not of very good in moist places in the Tropics of both hemi- quality. spheres and forms extensive and close mats. For previous introduction see No. 62245. 67733. RUBUS ASPER D. Don. No. 571. En route from Kota Dah (Tsag) 67728. PASPALUM LONGIFOLIUM Roxb. Po- to Pang Mop, Sumatra. March 8, 1926. A aceae. Grass. strong grower with hairy stems and branches No. 686. Scattered on the embankment and long narrow yellow fruits. along the roadside between Kabandjahe and 67734. RUBUS sp. Siantar, Sumatra. March 22, 1926. A per- ennial tufted grass, native to southeastern No. 589. Pang Mop, Sumatra. March 9, Asia. 1926. A strong-growing, thornless plant with peculiarly parallel-veined leaves, which pro* For previous introduction see No. 31600. duces an abundance of light-yellow fruits. 67724. PASSIFLOBA FOETIDA L. Passifloraceae. 67785. RUBUS LINEATUS Reinw. No. 694. En route from Kongke to Meloe- woeh, Sumatra. March 18, 1926. A passion fruit No. 590. Pang Mop, Sumatra. March 9, with small purple flowers and delicately flavored 1926. A stout bush which bears large orange- yellow fruits, one-half to three-fourths of an yellow fruits of,excellent flavor. The bush inch in diameter. is very ornamental. For previous introduction see No. 50618. For previou fintroduction see No. 59667. APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1926 43

67669 to 67797—Continued. 67669 to 67797—Continued. 67736. RUBUS CHRYSOPHYLLUS X MOLUCCA- 67747. VACCINIUM sp. Vacciniaceae. NUS. No. 763. Dijeng Plateau, Java. April 25, No. 610. En route from Pang Mop to 1926. An attractive bush producing brilliant Lomot, Sumatra. March 10, 1926. A scarlet flowers and small black fruits with strong-growing, thorny plant which is a free little flavor, found abundantly on the very edge fruiter. The leaves are green above and of a large fumarole where the leaves were rusty tomentose below. splashed with warm mud.

67737. RUBUS sp. 67748. COLUMELLA GENICULATA (Blume) Merr. No. 626. Simpang Tiga, Sumatra. March Vitaceae. 11, 1926. A strong-growing plant with thin No. 555. Between Kota Dah (Tsag) and green leaves and recurved spines, producing Takengon, Sumatra. March 7, 1926. A va- large round orange berries. riety producing light-pink fruits which are 67738. RUBUS ASPER D. Don. very juicy and sweet. No. 628. Simpang Tiga, Sumatra. March For previous introduction see No. 67613. 11, 1926. This plant is a strong grower and has small thin green leaves and an abundance 67749 and 67750. ZEA MAYS L. Poaceae. Corn. of recurved thorns. The golden yellow 67749. No. 729. March 24, 1926. A native berries, three-fourths of an inch in diameter Battak corn taken from a corncrib in a and 134 inches long, are very handsome. small village not far from Seriboedolok, 67739. RuBtrs PYRIFOLIUS J. E. Smith. near Lake Toba, Sumatra. No. 684. Between Kabandjahe and Koto 67750. No. 791. Obtained in the market at Tchane, Sumatra. March 19, 1926. A Soerabaya, Java. May 17, 1926. A spiny-stemmed climber about 20 feet long, flint type of Indian corn probably from with shiny dark-green scattered leaves and the cornfields of Madoera where the soil flowers in terminal clusters 6 inches long. is quite calcareous and the rainfall light, The brilliant-red sour berries mature only a not over 40 or 50 inches. few drupelets. 67751. ZlZIPHUS MAURITIANA Lam. Rham- 67740. RUBUS MOLUCCANUS L. naceae. Bor. No. 698. En route from Kongke to Meloe- No. 783. Obtained in the market at Soera- woeh, Sumatra. March 18, 1926. A semi- baya, Java. May 16, 1926. An egg-shaped, scandent shrub with few spines, rugose brownish-yellow, tropical fruit not over 2 centi- cordate leaves, deep green above and russet meters long, with an acid flavor. or golden tomentose below, and light-yellow fruits. For previous introduction see No. 60458. For previous introduction see No. 49653. 67752. CLERODENDRUM BRACTEATUM Wall. 67741. SAMBUCUS JAVANICA Reinw. Caprifolia- Verbenaceae. ceae. Elder. No. 551. Between Takengon and Kota No. 629. Simpang Tiga, Sumatra. March Dah (Tsag), Sumatra. A soft-wooded shrub or 11, 1926. A vigorous variety producing small small tree with white flowers and purple seeds black fruits. produced in a red receptacle. The native name is Tjelala bosenga. For previous introduction see No. 63377. 67742. SAPINDUS RARAK DC. Sapindaceae. 87753. LEUCOSYKE sp. Urticaceae. Soapberry. No. 552. Between Takengon and Kota No. 435. Sibolangit Botanic Garden, Su- Dah (Tsag), Sumatra. March 7, 1926. A matra. February 22, 1926. handsome tree 40 to 60 feet tall, with bright- green leaves, red petioles, and clusters of round, For previous introduction and description green mottled fruits about one-half to three- see No. 67606. fourths of an inch in diameter. 67743. SOLANUM sp. Solanaceae. Numbers 67754 to 67763 were collected en No. 611. En route from Pang Mop to route from Takengon to Kota Dah (Tsag), Lomot, Sumatra. March 10, 1926. An orna- Sumatra. mental vine producing small, bright-red fruits 67754. DEBREGEASIA LONGIFOLIA (Burm.) about the size of a cherry. Wedd. Urticaceae. 67744. SOLANUM sp. Solanaceae. No. 553. March 7, 1926. A shrubby plant No. 622. Simpang Tiga, Sumatra. March with leaves green above and white below. 11, 1926. A slender vine with small leaves and The small, sweet, orange-yellow fruits, edible yellow fruits about the size of a cherry. though not especially good, are borne along the branches. 67745. STROPHANTHUS GRATUS (Wall, and Hook.) Baill. 67755. PETUNGA sp. Rubiaceae. No. 749. Noesa Kambangan, Java. April No. 554r March 7, 1926. Sengkewa. A 20, 1926. A rank-growing woody creeper with rather tall, handsome tree with leaves about 8 pinkish white flowers in terminal clusters and inches long and clusters of green and white enormous fruits nearly 3 feet in length. fruits resembling coffee. 67746. THYSANOLAENA MAXIMA (Roxb.) Kuntze. Poaceae. Grass 67756. OPHIORRHIZA LONGIFLORA Blume. Rubiaceae. No. 685. Between Kabandjahe and Koto Tchane, Sumatra. March 20, 1926. An orna- No. 557. March 7, 1926. A low-growing mental tropical grass, 8 to 10 feet high, which herbaceous plant with terminal clusters of grows wild in the mountainous regions of north- attractive white flowers. ern India. The great masses of pinkish gray panicles give the huge clumps a handsome 67757. (Undetermined.) appearance during about four months of the No. 561. March 7, 1926. A small tree with year. deep-green leaves, white flowers, and clusters of For previous introduction see No. 61625. large, triangular orange fruits. 44 PLANT MATEEIAL INTRODUCED

67669 to 67797—Continued. 67669 to 67797—Continued. 67758. ARDISIA CRISPA (Thunb.) A. DC. Myr- 67768. (Undetermined.) sinaceae. No. 586. En route from Kota Dah (Tsag) to- No. 562. March 7, 1926. A small shrub, 6 to Pang Mop. March 8,1926. A large tree having 8 feet high with lanceolate green leaves and very green, nutlike fruits with rough shells which showy bright-red fruits. contain a single white kernel. For previous introduction see No. 48304. 67769. (Undetermined.) 87759. PYGEUM LATIFOLIUM Miquel. Amygda- No. 591. Pang Mop. March 9, 1926. A laceae. vine with thick heavy evergreen leaves and No. 564. March 6, 1926. A small tree with dense clusters of greenish to yellow fruits having small dark-green leaves and dark-red, 1-seeded sweet juicy white flesh. fruits. 67770. DIPLYCOSIA HETEROPHYLLA Blume. Eri~ 67760. SONERILA sp. Melastomaceae. caceae. No. 565. March 6, 1926. A small white- No. 595. Pang Mop. March 9, 1926. A flowered herbaceous plant, 12 to 20 inches high, thick leathery leaved vine with the upper with beautiful leaves. The margins and upper surface of the leaves dark green and the lower surfaces are red and the lower surfaces silvery. surface a lighter green. The small fruits, which turn blue black when ripe, are borne in the axils 87761. DIANELLA ENSIFOLIA (L.) Red. Lilia- of the leaves.

No. 566. March 6, 1926. A long-leaved iris- 67771. (Undetermined.) like plant with the flower stems up to 3 or 4 feet, No. 597. Pang Mop. March 9, 1927. A rather small flowers, and gorgeous purple seed small tree orchid with large beautiful pinkish pods. flowers. For previous introduction see No. 49531. 67772. DIPLYCOSIA LATIFOLIA Blume. Erica- 67762. CRAWFURDIA TRINERVIS (Blume) Hassk. ceae. Gentianaceae. No. 600. Pang Mop. March 9, 1926. A No. 567. March 7, 1926. A low-growing small shrub with attractive leaves and small vine with large oblong deep-red fruits, white brown berries. inside, with many seeds. The flowers are 67773. SARCOPYRAMIS NAPALENSIS Wall. Mela- probably small and white. stomaceae. 67763. (Undetermined.) No. 603. Pang Mop. March 9, 1926. A No. 568. March 7, 1926. One of the best herbaceous plant which grows in tufts, 12 to 15 timber trees in Sumatra, growing to a height of inches in height, with red stems and leaves,, 200 feet or more and 3 or 4 foot in diameter. The producing an abundance of good-sized white and small red plumlike fruits are juicy when fully pink flowers. ripe and fairly good but sour; they are eaten by 67774. MYRSINE SEMISERRATA Wall. Myrsi- birds. naceae. Numbers 67764 to 67795 were collected in •No. 604. Pang Mop. March 9, 1926. A Sumatra. small handsome shrub with round glossy green 67764. SAPROSMA sp. Rubiaceae. leaves, about half an inch across, and smalL dark-red fruits. No. 570. En route from Kota Dah (Tsag) to Pang Mop. March 8, 1926. A shrub or small 67775. VACCINIUM LUCIDUM (Blume) Miquel. tree with narrow lanceolate leaves dark green Vacciniaceae. above and lighter beneath, bearing small clusters No. 605. Pang Mop. March 9, 1926. An. of oblong, rather small, yellow to red fruits. ornamental shrub with very small leaves and 67765. ARDISIA LANCEOLATA Roxb. Myrsina- almost round black fruits. The tips of th& ceae. branches are wine red. No. 574. En route from Kota Dah (Tsag) to 67776. (Undetermined.) Pang Mop. A tree 12 to 30 feet high, with No. 608. En route from Pang Mop to Lomot. large yellowish-green leathery leaves and clusters March 10, 1926. A fruit somewhat resembling; of flattened dark-purple or black fruits. Each fruit contains one small round seed. an apple, containing four angular oblong seeds.. 67777. MELIOSMA NITIDA Blume. Sabiaceae. 67766. STERCULIA SPANGLERI R. Br. Sterculia- qeae. No. 609. En route from Pang Mop to Lomot. March 10, 1926. A tree known locally as kojor No. 575. En route from Kota Dah (Tsag) to gading. The trunk is 6 to 8 inches in diameter Pang Mop. March 8, 1926. A large, yellow- and 30 to 40 feet high; the medium-sized leaves, green leaved vine with very large showy capsules are deep shiny green above and lighter green of three segments which, when ripe, spread out. below; the red-brown fruits are about three- The upper surfaces are brilliant velvety red and fourths of an inch in diameter, with sweetish, the lower surfaces dark salmon pink. The white flesh which adheres to a single black seed. medium-sized black seeds hang from the edges of the segments. 67778. (Undetermined.) 67767. PRATIA MONTANA (Reinw.) Hassk. No. 613. En route from Pang Mop to Lomot. Campanulaceae. March 10,1926. A vine with small black fruits. The leaves, eight in number, are arranged in No. 576. En route from Kota Dah (Tsag) to whorls at the ends of the branches. Pang Mop. March 8,1926. A herbaceous plant with drooping branches, small lanceolate green 87779. (Undetermined.) leaves, and racemes of rather large, almost round, deep-purple to black fruits having sweet, No. 618. En route from Lomot to Simpang snow-white flesh. Tiga. March, 1926. A tree with oblong yellow- red-seeded fruits which break into three seg- For previous introduction see No. 47764. ments. APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1926 45

67669 to 67797—Continued. 67669 to 67797—Continued. 67780. MELIOSMA NITIDA Blume. Sabiaceae. 67791. MACARANGA TRILOBA (Reinw.) Muell.- Arg. Euphorbiaceae. No. 620. Between Lomot and Simpang Tiga. March 11,1926. No. 690. En route from Blang Kedjeren to Kongke. March 17, 1926. A tree 60 feet or For previous introduction and description more high, having palmate leaves and acute- see No. 67770. lobed fruits with conical fruitlets, four together, each fruit containing one round black seed. 67781. (Undetermined.) These fruits are sticky and exude a fragrant No. 621. Between Lomot and Simpang Tiga. substance. March 11, 1926. A tree producing oblong green fruits, 1 inch or more in diameter and about 2 67792. COLUMELLA GENICULATA (Blume) Merr. inches long, having three seed segments, two Vitaceae. seeds in each cavity. No. 691. En route from Blang Kedjeren and Kongke. March 17, 1926. A handsome trellis 67782. TINOSPORA sp. Menispermaceae. vine with large, broadly lanceolate, deep-green No. 624. Between Lomot and Simpang Tiga. leaves and clusters of pink ovate fruits, three- March 11, 1926. A vine with dark-green leaves fourths of an inch long, resembling coffee berries. and racemes of bright-orange oblong fruits about Each fruit contains two flattened oval cor- three-fourths of an inch in diameter. The seeds rugated light-brown seeds. are oblong, flattened, and have a depression on For previous introduction see No. 67748. both sides. 67793. Cissus REPENS Lam. Vitaceae. 67783. DIPLYCOSIA PILOSA Blume. Ericaceae. No. 692. A vine climbing over shrubs along No. 627. Simpang Tiga. March 11, 1926. the trail between Blang Kedjeren and Kongke. A shrub with small, glossy green, lanceolate March 17, 1926. The tips of the branches were long-pointed leaves, tomentose underneath, and wine colored, the leaves thin cordate and 2 small purple fruits resembling blueberries. inches long, and the clusters of fruits were wine red, turning to purple black. 67784. POI,YGALA VENENOSA Juss. Polygala- eeae. 67794. ABROMA AUGUSTA L. f. Sterculiaceae. No. 630. March 11, 1926. A plant 6 feet or No. 696. En route from Kongke to Meloe- more in height, found in the canyon along the woeh. March 18,1926. A herbaceous semishrub trail to Simpang Tiga. It bears lavender seed with large cordate, hairy leaves, small purple pods of a peculiar shape and both purple and flowers and large angular seed pods, V/i inches white flowers. across, containing large quantities of small black seeds. 67785. (Undetermined.) For previous introduction see No. 64166. No. 634. To be grown to ascertain its horti- cultural value. Received without notes. 67795. (Undetermined.) No. 700. March 18, 1926. Fruits probably 67786. (Undetermined.) from a tall forest tree, found on the trail from Kongke to Meloewoeh. Yellow-purplish fruits, No. 635. Kota Kenjaran. March 12, 1926. three-fourths by 1 inch, with white flesh ad- A thorny vine with clusters of small red berries. hering to plumlike seeds. 67787. CHLORANTHUS BRACHYSTACHYS Blume. Chloranthaceae. 67796. STELECHOCARPUS BURAHOL (Blume) Hook. f. and Thorns. Annonaceae. No. 637. Simpang Tiga. March 12, 1926. No. 762. April 29, 1926. *A tree found in a A shrub bearing terminal clusters of bright- private yard by the highway in Magelang, red berries which are very similar to holly Java, producing hard, round fruits. This tree berries. deserves to be grown especially for its young 67788. ELAEAGNUS LATIFOLIA L. Elaeagnaceae. leaves, which are an attractive wine-red color. No. 642. En route from Kota Kenjaran to 67797. (Undetermined.) Blang Kedjeren. March 13, 1926. A small No. 792. May 17, 1926. Sour, dull-magenta tree with rather small oval leaves, dark green fruits the size of small grapes, from the market above and lighter green below. The brown in Soerabaya, Java. oblong fruits, about half an inch in diameter and 1 inch or more in length, have red flesh of a 67798 and 67799. very good acid flavor, and long pointed, rather soft seeds which are markedly ribbed. From Paris, France. Plants presented by Vilmorin- Andrieux & Co. Received April 26, 1926. For previous introduction see No. 32940. 67798. FATSHEDERA LIZEI Guillaumin. Arali- *67789. CORDIA MYXA L. Boraginaceae. No. 643. En route from Kota Kenjaran to A hybrid between Fatsia japonica moseri, a Blang Kedjeren. March 13, 1926. A small compact Japanese shrub with shining green tree with oval leaves and oval, pinkish fruits, leaves, and Hedera helix hibernica, a large-leaved one-half by three-fourths of an inch, set in a Irish variety of English ivy. thin green cup, similar to that of an acorn. The flesh, surrounding a single seed, is white, gelat- 67799. PIROCYDONIA DANIELI Winkler. Mala- inous, and rather sweet. ceae. A small shrub resembling the quince in For previous introduction see No. 43654. general habit; originally cultivated by Lucian <67790. ARDISIA VILLOSA Roxb. Myrsinaceae. Daniel in the gardens of the Faculty des Sciences, at Rennes, France. According to Mr. Daniel No. 650. En route from Blang Kedjeren to this graft hybrid arose from an old pear grafted Kongke. March 17, 1926. A small evergreen on quince stock. shrub - with attractive small pink flowers in panicles and small red berries. For previous introduction see No. 62015. 46 PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED

67800 and 67801. IPOMOEA BATATAS 67805 to 67834—Continued. (L.) Poir. Convolvulaceae. 67808. CASUARINA DISTYLA Vent. Casuari- Sweet potato. From China. Tubers obtained by F. A. McClure, Unlike many of the better known casuarinas agricultural explorer, Bureau of Plant Industry. this species is usually a small shrub 2 to 3 feet, Received April 2,1926. high. It is common in Tasmania and in parts, of Australia. 67800. No. 363. January 23, 1926. Paak faan shue. A white-fleshed variety of good quality For previous introduction see No. 63765. obtained at Yeunguk, Lungtau Mountain. 67809. CASUARINA STRICTA Ait. Casuarinaceae. 67801. No. 392. January 23, 1926. Fan shue. This variety is commonly cultivated in the This tree, commonly cultivated in California, vicinity of Shiuchow, where these tubers but more rarely in Florida, is a fairly hardy were obtained. species making a low, often shrubby growth- It is conspicuous on account of its very thick,, often pendulous branchlets and very big cones. 67802. LATJROCERASUS OFFICINALIS In appearance it is not so elegant as some of the- Roemer (Prunus laurocerasus L.). other casuarinas, but it is very striking and is. Amygdalaceae. Cherry laurel. also of some economic value. The branchlets. are said to be a favorite forage of Australian From Elstree, Herts, England. Plants presented cattle. For shingles and posts the wood is espe- by Vicary Gibbs, Aldenham House Gardens. cially valuable. Received February 12, 1926. Numbered June, 1926. For previous introduction see No. 62017. Variety zabeliana. A very free-flowering low- 67810 CELMISIA LONGIFOLIA Cass. Asteraceae. spreading evergreen shrub with narrow, flat foliage. A herbaceous perennial which forms a dense; (Edwin Beckett, Superintendent, Aldenham House tuft, with silvery hairy linear leaves and pink, Gardens.) or white daisylike flowers on scapes up to V/% feet long. Native to Australia and Tasmania. 67803. AXONOPUSSP. Poaceae. Grass. 67811. CELMISIA LONGIFOLIA SAXIFRAGA Benth.. From Vicosa, Minas Geraes, Brazil. Plants pre" Asteraceae. sented by P. H. Rolfs, escola superior de agricul" tura e veterinaria. Received May 7, 1926. A variety of the preceding which is smaller in all its parts. A tufted perennial grass, native to Brazil. To be tested as a lawn grass in the United States. 67812. CYATHODES DIVARICATA Hook. f. Epa- cridaceae. 67804. BERBERIS sp. Berberidaceae. A rigid juniperlike shrub with small, rigid,, very narrow sharp-pointed leaves and white = Barberry. flowers on recurved stems. Native to Tasmania. From China. Seeds obtained by F. A. McCIure, agricultural explorer, Bureau of Plant Industry. 67813. DRIMYS LANCEOLATA (Poir.) Baill. (D. Received April 2,1926. aromatica F. Muell.). Magnoliaceae. The bark of this Tasmanian shrub or small No. 356. Wong paak shue. Seeds from wild tree, like that of its Chilean relative (Drimys plants found near Yeunguk, Lungtau Mountain, winteri), possesses aromatic properties, and the January 13, 1926. A shrub, 1 to 1.5 meters high, round drupes, about the size of peas, are used which is very ornamental with its persistent blue as a condiment. fruits and autumn*red leaves. The large leathery leaves have shiny upper surfaces and very spiny For previous introduction see No. 61327. margins; the long swaying half-pendulous spikes are thickly covered with the bloom-covered fruits. 67814 to 67816. ELICHRYSUM spp. Asteraceae. The wood is bright yellow and is used in China as Everlasting. medicine. 67814. ELICHRYSUM BACCHAROIDES F. Muell. 67805 to 67834. An erect much-branched shrub with small From Hobart, Tasmania. Seeds presented by L. scalelike leaves and dense terminal corymbs of A. Evans, Secretary of Agriculture, Agricultural small yellow flower heads. Native to moun- and Stock Department. Received June 29, tainous regions in southern Australia and 1926. Tasmania. 67805. ANOPTERUS GLANDULOSTJS Labill. Escal- 67815. ELICHRYSUM DIOSMAEFQLIUM (Vent.) loniaceae.- Sweet. A handsome evergreen Tasmanian shrub, A tall evergreen shrub, native to Australia sometimes a small tree 40 feet high in its native and Tasmania, which becomes 20 feet high. country. The thick narrow leaves, mostly at . The leaves are small and very narrow. The the ends of the branches, are 4 to 8 inches long, flowers, which are white, sometimes tinged and the white flowers are in drooping terminal with pink, are in dense terminal corymbs oi racemes. It is suitable for greenhouse culture, small heads. blooming in the spring. 67816. ELICHRYSUM LEDIFOLIUM (A. Cunn.> For previous introduction see No. 66097. Benth. A handsome evergreen shrub about 8 67806. BELLENDENA MONTANA R. Br. Pro- feet high, with linear leaves about an inch long and small white flower heads in dense A low bushy shrub, sometimes less than 6 terminal corymbs. Native to Tasmania. inches high, with flat thick wedge-shaped 67817. EUCALYPTUS COCCIFERA Hook. f. Myr- leaves and small flowers in a dense terminal raceme. Native to Tasmania. A handsome Tasmanian eucalypt with leaves 67807. BOSSIAEA COBDIGERA Benth. Faba- of two forms—in young trees these are opposite,, ceae. sessile, and oval, while in full-grown trees they A straggling or trailing shrub, with opposite are alternate stalked and very narrow. Thes rounded cordate leaves about one-fourth inch young branches are nearly pure white. wide. Native to Tasmania. For previous introduction see No. 50208,. APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1926 47

67805 to 67834—Continued. 67805 to 67834—Continued. 67818. GAULTHERIA HISPIDA R. Br. Ericaceae. 67829. OXYLOBIUM ELLIPTICUM (Labill.) R. Br. An erect spreading shrub 2 to 3 feet high, Fabaceae. with the branches and midribs of the oblong An erect leguminous shrub, sometimes 10 feet leaves covered with hispid hairs. The whit tall, native to Australia and Tasmania. The flowers are in dense terminal or axillary racemes. small oval-oblong leaves are mostly in irregular Native to Australia and Tasmania. whorls of three, and the yellow flowers are in dense racemes. 67819. GENTIANA SAXOSA Forst. f. Genti- anaceae. 67880. PERSOONIA GUNNII Hook. f. Proteaceae. An erect annual gentian, found in many An erect bushy shrub about 8 feet high with parts of Australia and Tasmania, with white flat thick crowded leaves and solitary yellow or blue bell-shaped flowers. flowers. Native to Tasmania. 67820. HAKE A ACICULARIS LISSOSPERMA Benth. 67831. PITTOSPORUM BICOLOR Hook. Pitto- Proteaceae. sporaceae. A small evergreen tree or tall shrub, with A bushy shrub or small tree which is some- rigid terete sharp-pointed leaves about 2 inches times 40 feet high; the thick narrow leaves, 1 to long and axillary clusters of white flowers. 2 inches long, are entire, hairy beneath, and Native to Tasmania. usually crowded; the purple and yellow flowers are in terminal clusters. Native to India. 67821. HIBBERTIA PROCUMBENS (Labill.) DC. Dilleniaceae. For previous introduction see No. 42293. A prostrate, much-branched, yellow-flowered 67832 to 67834. STYPHELIA spp. Epacridaceae. evergreen shrub from Australia, with very narrow leaves about half an inch long. 67832. STYPHELIA ACEROSA (Gaertn.) Laing and Blackwell. 67822 to 67824. LEPTOSPERMUM spp. Myrt- An evergreen shrub or small tree, native to New Zealand, with blackish branches and 67822. LEPTOSPERMUM MYRTIFOLIUM Sieber. rigid, sharp, needle-shaped leaves about one- A tall evergreen shrub, about 9 feet high, half inch in length with recurved margins. with small flat oblong leaves less than half The small white flowers are succeeded by an inch in length. The white solitary funnel-shaped corollas, forming small white flowers are produced in the leaf axils. Native or red drupes. to Australia. For previous introduction see No. 47880. 67823. LEPTOSPERMUM PUBESCENS Lam. 67833. STYPHELIA ADSCENDENS R. Br. Variety montanum. A tall erect ever- A stout spreading evergreen white-flow- green shrub or small tree with small oblong ered shrub, native to Tasmania, with oval- leaves, hairy on both sides, and solitary oblong flat leaves about one-fourth of an inch yellow flowers. Native to Tasmania. long. 67824. LEPTOSPERMUM RUPESTRE Hook. f. 67834. STYPHELIA STRAMINEA (R. Br.) Spreng. A procumbent or prostrate evergreen shrub with small thick oblong leaves and A bushy evergreen Tasmanian shrub small white flowers. Native to Tasmania at about 2 feet high, with very small broadly altitudes of 3,000 to 5,000 feet. oblong leaves, usually crowded near the ends of the current year's shoots. The solitary 67825. NOTHOFAQUS GUNNII (Hook, f.) Oerst. flowers are white.

A dense bushy evergreen shrub from Tas- 67835. IPOMOEA BATATAS (L.) Poir. mania, where it is said to make an impenetrable Convolvulaceae. Sweet potato. scrub 5 to 8 feet high. The leaves, about half an inch long, are broadly oval or almost round. From San Juan, Porto Rico. Cuttings presented by O. W. Barrett, agricultural director, Depart- 67826 to 67828. OLEARIA spp. Asteraceae. ment of Agriculture. Received June 30, 1926. 67826. OLEARIA LEDIFOLIA (DC.) Benth. No. 74. Grown at Rio Piedras, Porto Rico. A small evergreen thickly-branched shrub, with crowded narrowly oval leaves, 67836. CEDKELA sp. Meliaceae. silvery hairy beneath. Native to Tasmania. From Chihli Province, China. Suckers obtained 67827. OLEARIA PERSOONIOIDES (DC.) by P. H. Dorsett, agricultural explorer, Bureau Benth. of Plant Industry. Received March 2, 1925. A low evergreen bush, 3 feet or less high, Numbered June, 1926. with small shining-green leaves, silvery No. 1912. Village of Kechiatsum, near Feingtai. beneath, and white asterlike flowers in January 27, 1925. Hsiang chun shu (fragrant numerous small heads. Native to Tasmania. heaven tree). A tree which is forced in the green- houses for the sake of the young leaves and shoots, 67828. OLEARIA PINIFOLIA (Hook, f.) Benth. which are eaten as a vegetable in the spring. The A rigid shrub with stout hairy branches young trees are propagated by root suckers, and and crowded rigid, very narrow leaves. the trees are said to bear fruit only when they Native to Tasmania. become quite old.

INDEX OF COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES

Abelmoschus angulosus, 67571. ^peTia byzantina, 67314. Abies hcmolepis, 67022, 67023. satffla, 67377-67379. Abromaaugusta, 67794. Atowoptfc* sp., 67803. Acacia cyclops, 66772. Aconitei See Aconitum napellus. Baeckea platycephala, 67067. Aconitum fischeri, 66903. Bamboo. See Arundinaria spp.r Bambos spp., heterophyllum, 66904. Dendrocalamus strictus, Phyllostachys spp., kusnezoffii, 66905. Thyrsostachys siamensis. lycoctonum, 66906, 66907. Bambos jubbulporensis, 67505. napellus, 66908, 66909. polymorpha, 67506. orientale, 66910. re<7ta. See Thyrsostachys siamensis. Actinorhytis calapparia, 67186. tulda, 67507. Adenia fnacrophylla, 67174. Banana. See Jfi^a sp. Adlay. See Coix lacryma-jobi ma-yuen. Barberry. See Berberis spp. Aegilops speUaeformis, 67024. crow. See 5. empetrifolia. Aeschynomene javanica, 67534. rosemary. See i?. stenopfty^a. ^f/ott grandiflora, 67669. Barleria sp., 67539. 4Z 66915, 66916. napaulensis, 67676. rivularis, 66917. parvifolia, 67137. syl&estris, 66918, 66919. stenophylla, 67349. Anemone, poppy. See ^ln«mon« corcmana. Berseem. See Trifolium alexandrinum. snowdrop. See 4. sylvestris. Bischofia javanica. See .B. trifoliata. spreading. See ^1. patens. trifoliata, 67677. Annona squamosa, 67531. Bitter vetch. See Lathyrus sativus. ^nopterws glandulosus, 67805. Bladder senna. See Colutea istria. Antholyza aethiopica, 67632. Blood lily, scarlet. See Haemanthus coccineus* Anthyllis tetraphylla, 67162. Bor. See Ziziphus mauritiana. vulneraria, 67163. Bossiaea cordigera, 67807. Apple. See JfaJtw sylvestris. Brassica spp., 66730-66732. Apricot. See Prunus armeniaca. Broad bean. See Ftdo /o6a. Aralia Sp., 67672. Broom. See Cytisus spp., and (?em8<(£spp. javanica, 67671. bigflower. See Cytisus supinus. Ardisia crispa, 67758. Province. See C.purgans. lanceolata, 67620, 67765. sessile. See C. *es*!7i/oZ»t«. iZZ^ 67790 spike. See C. monspessulanus. -Areca sb., 67189. Buckwheat. See Fagopyrum vulgare. Arengajobtusifolia. See Saguerus langkabi Bugle lily, white. See Watsonia iridifolia. sacc\harifera. See & pinnatus. Aristea \africana, 67345. Caesalpinia sepiaria, 67678. cyanea. See A africana. Caimito. See Chrysophyllum cainito. Artemivia argentea, 67633. Cajan indicum, 67541. vutyaris, 67634. Calamus draco. See Daemonorops draco. Artocarpus elastica, 67673. Calendula spp., 67258, 67259. Arundinaria sp., 66781. Calothamnus asper, 67069. Aster fdrreri, 67346. 0iZ««ii, 67070. yunnanensis, 67000. quadrifidus, 67071. .ijft'Z&e chinensis, 67025. Calotropis gigantea, 67538. Astilbe, Chinese. See ^L««Z6c chinensis. Calycophyllum candidissimum, 66769. Astragalus brachyceras, 67257. Calycotome spinosa, 66797. ^I«

€apsicum annuum, 66716, 67518, 67519. Gucumis melo, 67297-^7308, 67657-67661. frutescetis baccatum, 66715. Gucurbita maxima, 67309, 67662-67664. •Caralluma leendertziae, 66724. moschata, 66735, 67310, 67665. Carex baccans, 67621. pepo, 67264, 67311, 67666-67668. Carrot. See Daucus carota. Guphea balsamona, 66768. Cassia javanica, 67542. Curculigo capitulata, 67625, 67691. laevigata, 67680, 67681. recurvata. See C. capitulata. occidentalis, 67236. Cushaw. See Gucurbita moschata. tommtosa, 676182. Cyamopsis pscraloides. See C. tetragonoloba. Ca8tanea henryi, 67173. tetragonoloba, 67265. Casurina distyla, 67808. Gyathodes divaricata, 67812. equisetifolia, 67683. Cynoglossum amabile, 67001, 67351. stricta, 67809. wallichii, 66955. sumatrcma, 67543. Gynometra cauliflora, 67692. •Cedrela sp., 67836. Cyphomandra betacea, 67554, 67693, 67694. Celmisia lo-ngifolia, 67810. Cytisus austriacus virescens, 67028. longifolia saxifraga, 67811. 6#?om«, 67352. toftw tetrandra, 67544. ciliatus grisebachi, 67029. Orm chinensis, 66956. elongatus, 66927. < JJhaetochloa sp., 67545. linifolius, 66957. ttaZica, 66861, 66862. mompessitianus, 67353. Cftta dZis, 66790, 66791, 66896, 66975, 66976, ponticus. See (7. ciliatus grisebachi. purgans, 67354. Chayote. See Chayota edulis. purpureus, 67355. Cherry, eonradina. See Prunus conradinae. sessilifoliuSy 67030. Cherry laurel. See Laurocerasus officinalis. supinus, 66926. Chestnut. See Castanea henryi. vulpinus, 66928. Chick pea. See Cicer arietinum. Chincherichee. See Ornithogalum thyrsoides. Daemonorops draco, 67179. Chloranthus brachysiachys, 67787. DaAZia werefcrt, 67356. Ghrysophyllum minito, 67532. Dasheen. See Co7ocas£a esculenta. Cicer arietinum, 67260, 67261. Datura inermis, 66807. Circinnus circinatus, 67274. Daucus carota, 67020, 67312. Cissus repens, 67793. Day lily, citron. See Hemerocallis citrina. Cistus albidus, 67165. dwarf. See H. minor. florentinus, 67636. Debregeasia longifolia, 67754. purpureus, 67637. Dendrocalamus strictus, 67508. villosus, 67350. Desmodium gyroides. See Jfeibomia gyroides Citrullus vulgaris, 67262, 67296, 67649-67656, 67684. Dialium guineense, 67313. Citrus spp., 66898, 66899, 67547, 67548, 67688. Dianella ensifolia, 66865, 66895, 67761. aurantifolia, 67546. Diospyros spp., 66736, 66737. decumana. See O. grandis. Diplycosia heterophylla, 67770. grandis, 66702, 67132, 67641. latifolia, 67772. GlematU paniculala, 67689. piZosa, 67783. recta mandshurica, 67026. Donax cannaeformis, 67555. vitalba, 67166. Drimys aromatica. See 2). lanceolata. Clematis, sweet autumn. See Clematis panicu'ata. lanceolata, 67813. Glerodendrum bracteatum, 67752. Durian. See Durio zibethinus. sumatranum, 67180. Durio zibethinus, 66699, 67642. trichotomumfargesii, 67638. Clover. See Tnfolinm arvense and T. squarrosum. Elaeagnus latifolia, 67788. crimson. See T. incarnatum. Elder. See Sambucus javanica. red. See T. pratense. Eleusine coracana, 66738. Cocaine tree. See Erythroxylon coca. Elichrysum baccharoides, 67814. Goix lacryma-jobi ma-yuen, 66792. diosmaefolium, 67815. Colchicum speciosum, 67015, 67016. ledifolium, 67816. Coleus tuberosus, 67648. Elm, Chinese. See Ulmus pumila. Colocasia esculenta, 67413-67415, 67417-67423. Elsholtzia stauntoni, 67357. • . Columella geniculata, 67613, 67748, 67792. Eremocitrus glauca, 66868, 66869. Colutea halepica. See C. istria. Erythrina sp., 67182. istria, 67027. Erythroxylon coca, 66864. Coral tree. See Erythrina sp. Eucalyptus coccifera, 67817. Gorchorus capsularis, 66733, 66734. Eulalia sp., 67556. Cordia myxa, 67789. Euonymus javanica, 67695. Cork tree, Chinese. See Phellodendron chinense Everlasting. See Elichrysum spp. glabriusculum. Exacum zeylanicum, 66835. Corn. See Zea mays. Cortaderia selloana, 66798. Fagopyrum esculentum. See F. c Corylus sp., 67263. vulgare, 66739. Corynocarpus laevigata, 67529. Fatshedera lizei, 67798. Corypha sp., 67190. Fenugreek. See Trigonella foenum-graecum. Costus rumphiana, 67549. • Ficus spp., 67502, 67563, 67565, 67568-67570, 67697- Gotoneaster spp., 66925, 67550. 67699, 67704. acutifolia, 66923. alba, 67567. affinis bacillaris, 66924. ampelos, 67560, 67700. Cotton. See Gossypium spp. benjamina, 67701. Cowpea. See Vigna sinensis. erecta, 67135. Crape myrtle, queen. See Lagersiroemia speciosa. futoa, 67696. Grawfurdia trinervis, 67762. gibbosa, 67564. Grepis alpestris, 67010. glabella, 67566. biennis, 66953. kallicarpa, 67559, 67705. capillaris, 67009. parietalis, 67561, 67702. foetida, 66804. rostrata, 67703. praemorsa, 67136. subulata, 67562. rubra, 66717, 66805, 67008. toxicaria, 67557. sibirica, 67007. varieguta,'-67558. virens, 66806. waringiana, 67501. Crotalaria calydna, 67553. Fig. See Ficus spp. s

Flax. See Linum usitatissimum. I ttisa, 67167. narbonne. See L. narbonense. Ipomoea 6a«atas, 67499,67500,67800,67801,67835. Flemingia congesta, 67619. Iris sp., 67003. Four-o'clock, sweet. See Mirabilis longiflora. acutiloba, 67018. Fragaria spp., 66818-66832, 66970-66974, 67485-67489. aphylla, 66930, 67017. bulleyana, 67364. Garcinia atroviridis, 67706, 67707. chrysographes, 67033. mangostana, 67515, 67527, 67643, 67644, 67708. c/ar&ei, 67034. Gauliheria Mspida,"67818. dichotomy, 66931. Genista radiate, 67358. eTWata, 66959, 67005. sagittalis, 67359. fischeriana, 67035. Gentiana saxosa, 67819. halophila, 67036. Gerbera, flame ray. See Gerbera jamesoni. 1 Gerbera jamesoni, 66837. 7rai7«««, 67365. Ginger. See Zinziber spp. musulmanica, 67037. Golden chain. See Laburnum anagyroides al- ochaurea, 67038. schingeri. ruthenica, 67004. Gossypium spp., 66879-66882, 67233, 67405. seHakea acicularis lissosperma, 67820. Laburnum anagyroides alschingeri, 66961. Hazelnut. See Corylus sp. Lagerstroemia flos-reginae. See L. specioso Helianthus tuberosus, 66867. speciosa, 67714. Heliconia sp., 66770. Lancepod. See Lonchocarpus neuroscaph* Hemerocallis citrina, 66929. Landolphia kirkii, 66838. minor, 66958, 67013. Langsat. See Lansium domesticum. Hemiptelea davidii, 67031. Lansium domesticum, 67516, 67517, 67645, 6771 Hermodactylus tuberosus, 67360. Lathyrus sp., 67269. Hernandia sonora, 67185. sativus, 67268. Hevea brasiliensis, 67528. Laurocerasus officinalis, 67802. Hibbertiaprocumbens, 67821. Leea rubra, 67629. Hippocrepis multisiliquosa, 67266. Lentil. See Lentilla lens. 77O/CMS sorghum, 66741, 67267. Lentilla lens, 67270. Holly. See Jtej spp. Lens esculenta. See Lentilla lens. Honckenya ficifolia, 67572. Leptospermum myrtifolium, 67822. Honeysuckle. See Lonicera spp. pubescens, 67823. coralline. See 7/. chrysantha. roei, 67076. Hordeum distichon nudum, 67380, 67381. rupestre, 67824. distichon palmella, 67315, 67382. Lessertia brachystachya, 66809. vulgare coeleste, 67383. Leucosyke sp., 67753. Libertia grandiflora, 67002. vulgare nigrum, 67384. % tmtyare pallidum, 67021, 67316, 67385. Ligustrum compactum, 66962. Hound's-tongue. Se% Cynoglossum spp. delavayanum, 67040. Hubam. See Melilotus alba. glomeratum, 67576. Iluernia loeseneriana, 66725. waZfcm, 67041. Hyacinth. See Hyacinthus pycnanthus. Lilac, Himalayan. See Syringa emodi. Hyacinthus pycnanthus, 67011. late. See 5. villosa. Hydnocarpus alpina, 66995. Wilson. See 5. tomentella. Hydrangea sp., 67710. LUium spp., 66703, 66742. oblongifolia, 67709. pomponium, 66963. Hymenocallis amancaes, 67498. regale, 66934. Hyperkum hookerianum, 67639. Lily. See LUium spp. regal. See 7y. regale. J/ez Integra, 67361. Lime. See Cftras aurantifolia. intricata, 66866. Linum narbonense, 67168. latifolia, 67362. usitatissimum, 67409. pernyi, 67032. Litchi chinensis, 67646. sikkimensis, 67363. Lithoca'rpus cornea, 67019. Impatiens spp., 67711, 67712. - Lonchocarpus neuroscapha, 66810. Indigo. See Indigofera articulata. Lonicera chrysantha, 67367. Indigofera spp., 67574, 67575. javanica, 67577. argentea. See /. articulata. nervosa, 66811. arrecta. See J. confusa. Lopezia bicolor, 66774. articulata, 66808. £oftw sp., 67272. confusaf 67713. tetragonolobus, 67271. suffruticosa, 67573. Lumbang. See Aleurites moluccana. 52 PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED

Lupine. See Lupinus termis. Palm, nipa. See iVypa /rattccww. Lupinus termis, 67273. • sugar. See Saguerus pinnatus. Lychee.' See Litchi chinensis. See also ^ctfnorftirtis catapparia, ^Ireco sp., Ly88ochilus spp., 67410, 67411. Corypha sp., Daemonorops draco, Ptycho- Macaranga triloba, 67791. sperma sp., Saguerus langkab, Trachycarpus Malus sylvestris, 67294. excelsus. Mangifera indica, 67183. Panicum miliaceum, 67386, 67387. Mango. See Mangifera indica. paludosum, 67721. Mangosteen. See Qarcinia mangostana. Paspalum conjugatum, 67583, 67722. Marlea begoniaefolia. See Alangium chinense. longifolium, 67723. Medicago muricata, 67275, 67276. notatum, 66704. sativa, 66700, 66701, 66729. Passiflora foetida, 67724. Meibomia gyroides, 67623, 67716. Payena sp., 67647. Melaleuca cordata, 67077. Pea. See Pisum sativum. crassifolia, 67078. Pear. See Pyrws sp. fulgens, 67079. Pentstemon gentianoides, 66935. hoLosericea, 67080. Peony. See Paeonia spp. lateritia, 67081. coral. See P. corallina. radula, 67082. golden. See P. Zwtea. thymoides, 67083. Persimmon. See Diospyros spp. uncinata, 67084. Persoonia gunnii, 67830. violacea, 67085. Petunga sp., 67755. websteri, 67086, Phaeomeria magnifica, 67584, 67585. Melilotus alba, 67042, 67510. Phaseolus vulgaris, 67279, 67280, 67425-67484. altissima, 66718. Phellodendron chinense glabriusculum, 67372. iwdica, 67408. japonkum, 66936. officinalis, 67511. Phrynium sp., 67586. sulcata, 67277. Phyllostachys spp., 66782-66788, 66900-66902, 67398, taurica, 67512. 67399. Meliosma nitida, 67777, 67780. Physalis peruviana, 66816. Melon. See Cucumis melo. Phytolacca sp., 67587. Memecylon nudum, 67579. dioica. 66817. Mesembryanthemum spp., 66775, 67278. Pigeon pea. See <7aj

Rosa davidi elongata, 67053. Tamarind, velvet. See Dialium guineense. guttensteinensis, 66944. Tarenna asiatica, 66836. wa8serburgeTisis, 66945. zeylanica. See T. asiatica. Rose. See Rosa spp. Taro. See Colocasia esculenta. David. See R. davidi elongata. Tetrastigma sp., 67670. prickly. See R. acicularis. Thorn, Mysore. See Caesalpinia sepiaria. Rothia indica, 67133. Thyrsostachys siamensis, 67509. trifoliata. See R. indica. Thysanolaena maxima, 67610, 67746. Rubber tree, Para. See Hevea brasiliensis. Tinospora sp., 67782. Rubus spp., 67734, 67737.- Tobacco. See Nicotiana tabacum. acuminatissimus, 67732. Aztec. See N. rustica. alcaefolius, 67593, 67595, 67604. Torch lily. See Kniphofia spp. asper, 67594,67733,67738 See Tritoma spp. chrysophyllus, 67601, 67728. Trachycarpus excelsus, 66766. chrysophyllus X moluccanus, 67736. Traveler's-joy. See Clematis vitalba. elongatus, 67598. Tree tomato. See Cyphomandra betacea. lineaius, 67729, 67735. Trichosanthes sp., 67612. moluccanus, 67592, 67596, 67597, 67599, 67600, bracteata, 66977. 67603, 67730, 67740. hybrida, 66890. niveuSf 67731. quinquangulata, 67611. pyrifoiius, 67602, 67739. Trifolium sp., 67287. alexandrinum, 67284-67286. Saccharum ojficinarum, 66889, 67230, 67231, 67397, arvense, 67513. 67400-67404, 67493-67495. incarnatum, 67496, 67497. Saguerus langkab, 67177. pratense, 66721-66723, 66793, 66834, 66883-66886, pinnatus, 67178. 67172, 67514. Salpichroa rhomboidea, 66705. squarrosum, 67170. Sambucus javanica, 67605, 67741. Trigonella caerulea, 66954. Sapindus rarak, 67503, 67606, 67742. foenum-graecum, 67288, 67289. Saprosma sp., 67764. Triticum aestivum, 66763, 67317-67338, 67388-67394. Sarcopyramis napalensis, 67773. cylindricum, 67056-67058. Saurauja blumiana, 67504. durum, 67339-67342, 67395, 67396. vulcani, 67624. polonicum, 67343. Sci/fo amoena, 66966. triunciale, 67059. auiumnafts, 66967. turgidum, 67492. hispanica, 66968. ventricosum, 67060. /Scorpmms sp., 67283. vulgare. See T. aestivum. * Scurf pea. See Psoralea bituminosa. Tritoma caulescens, 67376. Sechium edule. See Chayota edulis. warm, 67061, 67062. Senna, smooth. See Cassia laevigata. woolly. See C. tomentosa. Ulmus pumila, 66999. Sesamum orientate, 66759, 66760. Undetermined, 66789, 67188, 67622, 67626, 67628, Sesbania grandiflora. See Agati grandiflora. 67630, 67631, 67757, 67763, 67768, 67769, 67771, Shuteria vestita, 67578, 67618. 67776, 67778, 67779, 67781, 67785, 67786, 67795, Skimmia foremannii, 67054, 67375. 67797. Snapweed. See Impatiens spp. Uraria lagopodioides, 67627. Snowbell. See Styrax officinale. Soapberry. See Sapindus rarak. Vaccinium sp., 67747. Soja max, 66761, 66762. lucidum, 67775. Solanum spp., 67743, 67744. Vetch. See Vicia michauxii. biflorum, 67607. Vetiveria zizanioides, 67412. tuberosum, 67089, 67171. Viburnum sp., 67065. Sonerila sp., 67760. hanceanum, 66948. Sophora tomentosa, 67608. hupehense, 67063. Sorghum. See Hokus sorghum. macrocephalum, 66949. Sorghum vulgare. See Hokus sorghum. theiferum, 67064. Soy bean. See Soja max. Viburnum, Chinese. See Viburnum macrocepha Spider lily. See Hymenocallis amancaes. lum. Spiraea sp., 66794. Hupeh. See F. hupehense. Spirea. See Spiraea sp. tea. See V. theiferum. Sporobolus sp., 67609. Vicia ervilia, 67290. Squash. See Cucurbita maxima. /a6a, 67291. Squill. See Scilla spp. michauxii, 67066. Spanish. See S. hispanica. Fnma sesquipedalis, 66764, 66765. Stapelia gettleffii, 66726. sinensis, 67292. leendertziae, 66727. Fio/a odorata, 66950. nobilis, 66728. Violet, sweet. See FioZa odorata. Star-of-Bethlehem. See Ornithogalum lacteum. Vittadinia australis. See F. Jn7o6a. Statice juncea, 67164. triloba, 66777. Stelechocarpus burahol, 67491, 67796. Strawberry. See Fragaria spp. Watermelon. See Citrullus vulgaris. Sterculia spangleri, 67766. Watsonia iridifolia, 66982. Strophanthus gratus, 67406, 67745. Wheat, common. See Triticum aestivum. Styphelia acerosa, 67832. durum. See T. durum. adscendens, 67833. Polish. See T. polonicum. straminea, 67834. poulard. See T. turgidum. Styraz offlcinalis, 66969. Wolfbane. See Aconitum lycoctonum. Sugar apple. See >l7m(ma sguamosa. Wormwood. See Artemisia argentea. Sugar cane. See Saccharum ojficinarum. Sweet clover. See Melilotus altissima and M. Xiphidium sp., 67614. iwdica. Xyiocarpus granatum, 67424. white. See M. a/6a. Sweet potato. See Ipomoea batatas. Zea mays, 66778, 66779, 67615, 67749, 67750. Syringa emodi, 66946. Zelkova davidii. See Hemiptelea davidii. tomentella, 76055. Zinziber spp., 67616, 67617. 7/a, 66947. Ziziphus mauritiana, 67751. ORGANIZATION OP THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE January 29, 1929

Secretary of Agriculture „ W. M. JARDINE. Assistant Secretary R. W. DTJNLAP. Director of Scientific Work A. F. WOODS. Director of Regulatory Work WALTER G. CAMPBELL. Director of Extension Work C. W. WARBURTON. Director of Personnel and Business Adminis- W. W. STOCKBERGER. tration. Director of Information M.S. EISENHOWER. Solicitor R. W. WILLIAMS. Weather Bureau CHARLES F. MARVIN, Chief.. Bureau of Animal Industry JOHN R. MOHLER, Chief. Bureau of Dairy Industry O. E. REED, Chief. Bureau of Plant Industry WILLIAM A. TAYLOR, Chief.. Forest Service R. Y. STUART, Chief. Bureau of Chemistry and Soils H. G. KNIGHT, Chief. Bureau of Entomology C. L. MARLATT, Chief. Bureau of Biological Survey PAUL G. REDINGTON, Chief. Bureau of Public Roads THOMAS H. MACDONALD, Chief:. Bureau of Agricultural Economics NILS A. OLSEN, Chief. Bureau of Home Economics LOUISE STANLEY, Chief. Plant Quarantine and Control Administration, C. L. MARLATT, Chief. Grain Futures Administration J. W. T. DUVEL, Chief. Food, Drug, and Insecticide Administration._ WALTER G. CAMPBELL, Director off Regulatory Work, in Charge. Office of Experiment Stations E. W. ALLEN, Chief. Office of Cooperative Extension Work C. B. SMITH, Chief. Library CLARIBEL R. BARNETT, Librarian. .

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