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55031 to 55039— Coiitiiiuod. 



it can not compete witli lati-r varieties, sueli as tlie GnhlreRn. It 

 does not appear to tlirive well in di-y phu-es, hut It yields well in 

 swampy lands. It is especially suital.le for cultivation on Hwauipy 

 lands on account of its uiaturin^i st. early and liecausc of Uh HtronL' 

 stalks. This oat must be sown profusely, owlnj: to the large B\ze of 

 its kernel." 



55035. " Osmo 1 (0587). This variety was i)htalne<l hy rro.s.siu« Kuopi"' 

 091 with the Guldregn variety. The kernel Is full, dark hrown. and of 

 the size of the Guldregn. The panicle is slraiuht and the straw stn.nk'. 

 The straw is not quite so hard as that of the Guldregn, hut standH up 

 ahout as well. It is a little earlier than the lirst varirly here ni'-ii- 

 tioned. It ripens a week hefdre the (Juidn'^n. sn that it can well Im' 

 cultivated in central and northern Finland. It also );r«»w« well m 

 swamps." 



55036. " Osmo 2." 



55037. " Tuotto (101). This variety conies from the forelpn Clyjleswluie 



oat. It has a larjre. full kernel. The color of the kernel, however, Is 

 not satisfactory, since it is hrownish f;ray. The iiaiucle is not thh-k. 

 but is stiff, and the stalk is somewhat short and strong. The Tuottu 

 variety is a late one and rijjens four or Ave days hiter than the Guld- 

 regn variety. It gives good croi)s and has given lieitcr ones than the 

 Guldregn and Yeikko varieties. It can be grown profltahly ordy in 

 southern Finland." 



55038. " Veikko (052). This variety has descendetl in a dire<'t line from 

 the Pfiffelbacher variety. Its kernel is large, white, and fidl and has 

 quite a thin hull. Its panicle is straight, and its stalk is strong and of 

 average length. It ripens at the .same time as the (iuldregn and in 

 exiierimerits has sometimes given better and sometimes poorer crops 

 than the latter, so that it may be considered of about the same value 

 as the Guldregn. It requires perhaps a somewhat better quality <if 

 soil than the Guldregn." 



55039. " Voitto (Seger). This variety from southern Fiidand thrives in 

 northern Finland only in high warm i)laces." 



55040. Erythrina poeppigiaxa (Walp.) (). F. Cook. Fal)ace8e. 



(E. micropteryx Poepp. ) 



From Mayaguez, Porto Eico. Seeds presented by T. B. McClelland, horticul- 

 turist, Porto Rico Agricultural Experiment Station. Received .\pril 17, 

 1922. 



An ornamental red-flowered leguminous tree, 40 to 50 feet in height nnd 

 covered with short, conical spines. It is a native of the lower Andes of Peru, 

 but is cultivated as a shade tree on coffee plantations in Porto Rico, where It Is 

 known as bucare and also as palo de boyo. (Adapted from Cook and Collin.<i, 

 Economic Plants of Porto Rico, Contributions from the National Hei-barium., 

 vol. 8, p. 139.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 43049. 



55041. Sabinea carinalis Griseb. Fabaceae. 



From Dominica, British West Indies. Seeds presented by Joseph Jones, 

 curator, Botanic Gardens. Received April 19, 1922. 



" This tree is known locally as Bois Charibq and is one of the most showy of 

 our native plants. It is a very fine flowering tree, and T have seen nothing In 

 the Tropics to surpass it as a mass of color. If grown on fairly good land. It 

 will not make a good show; but if planted on a dry, rocky hillside, where It 

 will be scorched by the sun for a period of three or four months each year, it 

 makes a marvelous display of flowers." (Jones.) 



" Mr. Jones's description of the marvelous color of the Fiois Charihe and of 

 the rocky hillsides where it grew attracted my attention at once, and I planted 

 a few young seedlings on a dry coral reef in front of my house at Coconut 

 Grove, Fla. They have grown unusually well, and during the first week of 



