INVENTORY 2 



98257. Arundo plinii Turra. Poa- 

 ceae. Grass. 



From Algeria, Africa. Roots presented by Dr. 

 Ren6 Maire, University of Algiers, Algiers. 

 Received April 2, 1932. 



This species of Arundo is much smaller than 

 Arundo donax, and the leaves are upright. It is 

 native to the Mediterranean region and, in Algeria, 

 is much used as a windbreak and as shading mats 

 by thevegetable growers. Introduced as of possible 

 value in experiments being . carried on in the arid 

 southwestern part of the United States. 



98258. Solanum TUBEROSUM L. Sol- 

 anaceae. Potato. 



From Germany. Tubers presented by the estate 

 of Herr von Lockow, at Petkus, through Loyd V. 

 Steere, agricultural attache, Berlin. Received 

 April 4, 1932. 



Ackersegen. A wart-resistant table potato, with 

 yellow flesh, that gives a high yield. 



98259. Soja max (L.) Piper (Glycine 

 hispida Maxim.). Fabaceae. 



Soybean. 



From Japan. Seeds presented by T. B. Macaulay, 

 Montreal, Canada. Received April 4, 1932. 



Fukunaga. From the island of Hokkaido. A 

 medium-sized, nearly round, straw-yellow bean 

 with prominent dark-brown hilum. 



98260. Citrus sp. Rutaceae. 



From Morocco. Seeds presented by M. H. Bray- 

 ard, directeur de la Station Experimentale, Mar- 

 rakech. Received April 4, 1932. 



Rhobz el arsa. Introduced for trial as stock for the 

 better varieties of lemon. 



98261. PSEUDOPHOENIX ! 



Wendl. Phoenicaceae. 



ARG ENTII 



Palm. 



From the West Indies. Seeds presented by J. J. 

 Albury, commissioner, The Bight, Cat Island, 

 Bahamas, at the request of Hugh M. Matheson, 

 Miami, Fla. Received March 30, 1932. Num- 

 bered in April 1932. 



The so-called hog cabbage palm which grows wild 

 on several of the Bahama keys. It does well in the 

 rocky limestone formation of the islands. 



For previous introduction see 96488. 



98262 to 98266. Triticum aestivum 

 L. (T. vulgare VilL). Poaceae. 



Common wheat. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by H. Wenholz, 

 director of plant breeding, Department of Agri- 

 culture, New South Wales. Received March 29, 

 1932. Numbered in April 1932. 



Grown at the experiment farm, Glen Innes, Syd- 

 ney, New South Wales. 



98262. Bombard. 98265. Gluford. 



Cleveland. 98266. Yok. 



Ford. 



98267 to 98269. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 

 Cuttings presented by the director, Botanic 

 Garden, Kamenetz-Podolsk, Ukraine. Received 

 April 5, 1932. 



98267. Tradescantia fluminensts Veil. (T. 

 albiflora Kunth). Commelinaceae. 



Wandering-jew. 



A trailing or pendulous herbaceous vine with 

 ovate sessile leaves having sheaths with hairs 

 only at the top. The white flowers, 1 inch wide, 

 are hairy inside and are borne in axillary clusters. 

 It is native to Brazil and Argentina. 



Tradescantia naviculars Ort. Com- 

 melinaceae. 



A stoloniferous creeping herbaceous perennial, 

 native to Peru. The sessile ovate leaves are glab- 

 rous, and the bright-rose flowers are borne in 

 terminal umbels. 



Zebrina pendula Schnizl. Commelin- 

 Wandering-jew zebrina. 



A trailing half-succulent perennial herb native 

 to Mexico, closely resembling Tradescantia 

 fluminensis, but the leaf sheaths are hairy at both 

 top and bottom. The sessile lanceolate leaves are 

 silvery white above and red-purple beneath, and 

 the flowers are rose red. 



98270. Citrus 

 Rutaceae. 



GRANDIS 



(L.) Osbeck. 

 Grapefruit. 



From Java. Plant and seeds presented by Mrs. 

 Sophie H. Pownall, Banjoewangi. Received 

 April 5, 1932. 



A pink-fleshed grapefruit with a thick skin, intro- 

 duced for the use of Department specialists. 



2 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 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 litera- 

 ture 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 reponsibility for the identifications therefore must 

 necessarily often rest with the person sending the material. If there is any question regarding the correct- 

 ness 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. 



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