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110, Recording Plant Material Received by the Division of Foreign Plant Introduction Between January 1 and March 31, 1932 (Nos 1 UNITED STATES DEPARTMEN' INVENTORY N Washington, D. C. Issued November 1933 PUNT MATERIAL INTRODUCED BY THE DIVISION OF FOREIGN PUNT INTRODUCTION, BUREAU OF PUNT INDUSTRY, JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31,1932 (Nos. 95552-98256) CONTENTS page Introductory statement - 1 Inventory . 3 Index of common and scientific names 90 INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT Inventory 110, recording plant material received by the Division of Foreign Plant Introduction between January 1 and March 31, 1932 (nos. 95552^-98256), is conspicuous for two major groups—the one of soybeans containing 1,503 intro- ductions, and the other the collections of the Allison V. Armour expedition to the West Indies and South America on which both David Fairchild and P. H. Dorsett collected for the Division a total of 371 numbers. No two collections could be cited that would more perfectly illustrate the extremes of purposes that have to be pursued. The soybean collection is part of an intensive study of soybean types and varieties inaugurated by P. H. Dorsett and W. J. Morse during their explorations in 1929-30 when this crop was studied in the field. If the present introductions add as much to the advancement of this new crop as the former.introductions have done, this collection, so dryly recorded here, will be of national importance. The other mass of material represents a study of the flora native and introduced of the islands and countries traversed, with the specific intent of establishing as many new plants as possible in the comparable areas about the Gulf of Mexico and in southern Florida. It embraces some duplicates, some one of which may be more suited than the rest for our conditions. Conspicuous among the many subtropical plants, both economic and orna- mental in character, are included seeds of many kinds of palms (over 40 num- bers) some of them from plants native to the country of collection, others from exotic species established there. Plants raised from these seeds will be planted for testing in the South to determine their suitability for our soils and climates, and added to the present collection at Coconut Grove will make one of the most important collections in the country. Through the courtesy of Maj. Lionel de Rothschild, London, England, the Division has shared in some of the seeds from the last Forrest expedition in China, which sent in, among other things, many rhododendrons; others who have contributed to the rhododendron studies of the Division are the Hon. Henry MacLaren and J. R. Stevenson, who have sent seeds of species and varieties for test as to hardiness. Conspicuous additions of chestnut material from China are comprised in four sets of material (95^31-95648, 95663, 95664, 97853-97857, 98001-98009) from Peter Liu and one from Japan (96390-96420) through R. Kent Beattie from 182749—33 1 2 PLANT MATEEIAL IETTBODUCED the experiment station at Ayabe, the experiment station at Okitsu, and several other points which represent named cultivated varieties and several other trees of supposed merit, the whole to be used in studies now being made by Depart- ment specialists. Many introductions, about 60 in number, were made to add to the maple collection at the United States Plant Field Station, Glenn Dale, Md., where the genus is the subject of several studies. A few miscellaneous introductions appear in this inventory from the special expedition to South America made by C. O. Erlanson and H. G. MacMillan for wild potatoes, the excellent results of which will be recorded in Inventory No. Ill and in subsequent bulletins and papers that will record the successful use of their collected plants in breeding disease-resistant potato varieties. Also related to the general project are the potatoes presented by Dr. V. P. Alekseev (97354-97374), which were developed by him at the Sukhum Subtropical Branch of the AU-Union Institute of Plant Industry, Sukhum, Caucasus. The botanical determinations have been made and the nomenclature deter- mined by H. 0. Skeels, who has had general supervision of this inventory. KNOWLES A. RYERS6N, Principal Horticulturist, in Charge, DIVISION OP FOREIGN PLANT INTRODUCTION, Washington, D. C, June 5, 1933. INVENTORY1 95552. KALANCHOE GLOBTJLIFEBA COC- 95556 to 95560. CINEA Perrier. Crassulaceae. From China. Seeds collected by the For- From Germany. Seeds presented by Robert rest expedition, 1930-32, to southwest- Blossfeld, Potsdam. Received January ern China and presented by Maj. Lionel 5, 1932. de Rothschild, London, England. Re- ceived January 5, 1932. A stout branched succulent perennial up to a foot high, with elongate d thick ir- 95556. CASTANOPSIS sp. Fagaceae. regularly toothed obovate-spatulate leaves No. 30347. over 2 inches long and numerous bright scarlet flowers in large terminal corymblike 95557. LlLJUM NEPALENSE BURMANICDM cymes. Native to Madagascar. W. W. Smith. Liliaceae. Lily. For previous introduction see 79170. A form having a perianth intermedi- ate between the Martagon and Eulirion 95553. CUCUMIS MELO L. Cucurbita- sections, and heavily blotched inside ceae. Melon. with purple. 95558. NOMOCHARIS PARDANTHINA Franch~ From Martos, Spain. Seeds presented by Liliaceae. Frank H. Goll, Bureau of Plant Indus- try, United States Department of Agri- A beautiful liliaceous plant about £ culture. Received January 5, 1932. feet high, which grows on grassy slopes on the outskirts of forests between 9,00O» A very sweet melon with a smooth deep- and 11,000 feet altitude. The leaves? green skin. are ternate, and the large flowers, Sc- inches across, are white, pink, purple, or 95554 and 95555. red with deep irregular purple blotches* . and have salver-shaped corollas. From Scotland. Seeds presented by Dr. J. W. Gregor, Scottish Society for Re- Forma farreri. search in Plant Breeding, Corstorphine, Midlothian. Received January 5, 1932. For previous introduction see 84020- 95554. PHLEUM ARBNAEIUM L. Poaceae. 95559. STYRAX sp. Styracaceae. Timothy. No. 29552. An annual tufted erect or ascending 95560. THEA FORRESTII Diels. Theaceae. grass, up to a foot in height, with smooth leaves about an inch long and cylindrical A shrub 3 to 8 feet high with slender spikes. It is native to Europe and the branches, ovate or lanceolate papery northern coast of Africa. leaves about an inch long, and small creamy white flowers. Native to wooded For previous introduction see 74170. gullies in Yunnan, China. 95555. PHLEUM PHLBOIDES (L.) Karst. For previous introduction see 93395. Poaceae. Timothy. A perennial gray-green loosely cespi- 95561. GASTANEA MOLLISSIMA Blumet tose grass with short creeping rhizomes , Fagaceae. Hairy chestnut. and stems 1 to 2 feet high. It is native to the dry stony places throughout cen- From China. Scions collected by Peter Liu tral Europe. and sent through Owen L. Dawson, agri- cultural commissioner, Shanghai. Re- For previous introduction see 78799. ceived January 7, 1932. 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 Division of Foreign Plant Introduction, and, further, that the printing of such names here does not constitute their official publication ana 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, seldomi 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 inven- tories 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 identification* 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 division, herbarium specimens of leaves and flowers should be sent in so that definite- identification can be made. 3 PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 95561—Continued I 95562 to 95575—Continued Cassia flower chestnut. Collected in the on a scape 10 inches high. Native to foothills near Wusi. the southern part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 95562 to 95575. For previous introduction see 90602. From the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- lics, Seeds presented by the director, 95570. ALLIUM VICTORIALIS L. Tiflis Botanic Garden, Tiflis, Georgia, One of the most distinctive species Caucasus. Received January 7, 1932. of European onion with stems about 2 feet high, leaves resembling those of 95562 to 95566. ACER spp. Aceraceae. the lily-of-the-valley, and white or Maple. greenish-white flowers. 95562. ACER HYRCANUM Fisch. and Mey. 95571. ECBALLIUM ELATERIUM (L.) .A. A southern European maple of com- Rich. Cucurbitaceae. pact habit, about 25 feet high, with Squirting-cucumber. bright-green 5-lobed leaves and green- ish yellow flowers which are followed A perennial trailing vine native to the by winged fruits about an inch long. Mediterranean countries, which is cul- tivated as an annual in gardens of the For previous introduction see 90590. Temperate Zone. It is a curiosity be- cause of its peculiar habit of violently 95563. ACER MONSPESSULANUM IBERI- ejecting its seeds and juice. A drug, CUM (Bieb.) Pax. (A. ibericum Bieb.). elaterium, is obtained from the juice. A form of the Montpelier maple with In flower and foliage characters the larger leaves, having the inner lobes plant closely resembles the cucumber, and slightly 3-lobed and obtuse.
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