JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1915. 13 



39694 to 39697. 



From Nanking, China. Presented by Rev. Joseph Bailie, University of 

 Nanking. Received January 7, 1915. 



39694. Solanum dulcamara L. Solanacea\ 

 A vine of the nightshade sort. 



39695. Zanthoxylum bungei Planchon. Rutacese. 

 Hud chia. 



39696. Clematis sp. Ranunculacese. Clematis. 

 Purple mountain clematis. 



39697. Loniceba sp. Caprifoliacese. 

 Red-berried shrub; flowers like woodbine. 



39698. Diospyros ebenaster Retz. Diospyraceae. Black sapote. 



From Santa Fe, Isle of Pines. Presented by Mr. H. S. Jones. Cuttings 

 received January 18, 1915. 

 See S. P. I. No. 39719 for description. 



39699 and 39700. Citrus spp. Rutacese. 



From Catania. Italy. Presented by Mr. Joseph E. Haven, American consul. 

 Received January 16, 1915. 



39699. Citrus bergamia Risso. Bergamot orange. 



39700. Citrus aurantium L. Bitter orange. 

 "To the bitter orange plant is grafted the bud wood of the Bergamot 



orange, as Bergamot oranges do not grow from a Bergamot seed." 

 (Haven.) 



39701. Ophiopocon japonicus (L.) Ker. Liliacese. 



Grown at the Plant Introduction Field Station, Rockville, Md. 

 "A small evergreen plant, with grasslike leaves, growing to a height of 3 to G 

 inches and 'searing racemes of small white flowers followed by pale-blue berries. 

 Much used in Italy as a ground cover in the shade of trees where grass will not 

 grow." (Peter Bisset.) 



39702 to 39705. Dioscorea spp. Dioscoreacese. Yam. 



From Guam. Presented by the Experimental Station of Guam, through 

 Mr. W. E. Safford, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received January 

 13, 1915. 

 For a general discussion of the yams of Guam, sec W. E. Safford, Useful 

 Plants of Guam, pages 257 to 2G3, 1905. 



39702. Nika. 39704. Dago agaga. (Red yam.) 



39703. Nika cimarron. 39705. Dago hava. (Southern yam.) 



39706. Rhus sp. Anacardiacese. 



From Nanking, China. Presented by Rev. Joseph Bailie, University of Nan- 

 king. Received January 7, 1915. 

 Cha In kou. 



