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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



98317 to 98339— Continued. 



98339. Wanda. A very early dwarf hybrid with 

 a mass of brilliant purple-blue flowers. 



98340 to 98347. 



From France. Seeds presented by the secretary 

 general, Societe Nationale d'Acclimatation de 

 France, Paris. Received April 2, 1932. 



98340. Annona diversifolia SafTord. Annona- 

 ceae. llama. 



A small tree, native to Mexico and tropical 

 America, with brown-gray aromatic bark. The 

 thin membranous leaves 5 inches long are broadly 

 elliptical to oblanceolate. The broadly ovoid 

 fruit, about 6 inches long, is clothed in dense 

 grayish feltlike tomentum and, when mature, is 

 usually covered with stout thick protuberances. 

 The hard smooth golden-brown nutlike seeds are 

 embedded in the edible cream-colored or rose- 

 tinted flesh. 



For previous introduction see 58850. 



98341. Carica papaya L. Papayaceae. Papaya. 



98342 and 

 Rutaceae. 



98343. Casimiroa 



edulis Llave. 

 White sapote. 



98342. Originally from Hidalgo, Mexico. 



98343. Originally from Tlaxcala, Mexico. 



98344 to 98346. Pruntjs captjli Cav. Amygda- 

 laceae. Capulin. 



98344. Originally from Mexico, Mexico. 



98345. Originally from Puebla, Mexico. 



98348. Originally from Tlaxcala, Mexico. 



98347. Psidium cattleiantjm Sabine. Myrtaceae. 

 Strawberry guava. 

 A form with red fruits. 



For previous introduction see 94288. 



98348 to 98350. Sacchartjm offici- 

 narum L. Poaceae. Sugarcane. 



From British Guiana. Cuttings presented by the 

 British Guiana Experiment Station, Georgetown. 

 Received April 7, 1932. 



No. 10. 

 No. 663-13. 

 98350. No. 666-18. 



98351. Vitis vinifera L. Vitaceae. 

 European grape. 



From Algeria, Africa. Cuttings presented by Emil 

 Vivet, Director of Agriculture, Algiers, through 

 Oscar S. Heizer, American consul. Received 

 April 7, 1932. 



Valensi. A large round golden-yellow grape 

 which forms a rather loose cluster and somewhat 

 resembles the Panse Precoce. 



98352 to 98382. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 

 Seeds presented by the director, Botanic Garden, 

 Kamianetz Podilskyj, Ukraine. Received April 

 5, 1932. 



98352 to 98356. Alyssum spp. Brassicaceae. 



98352. Alyssum argenteum Vitm. 



Silver alyssum. 



A dwarf herbaceous perennial up to 15 inches 

 high, native to Europe. The oblong spatulate 

 leaves, 1 inch long, are silvery beneath, and the 

 small yellow flowers appearing all summer are 

 borne in dense clusters. 



98352 to 98362— Continued. 



98353. Alyssum calycinum L. 



A rather low annual alyssum from the moun- 

 tains of Asia Minor. The lower leaves are 

 obovate, the upper oblanceolate, and the flow- 

 ers are in a simple raceme. 



For previous introduction see 90608. 



98354. Alyssum maritimum (L.) Lam. 



Sweet alyssum. 



Variety Benthami; a dwarf compact form, not 

 over 6 inches high, with very pervasive scent. 



98355. Alyssum montanum L. 



A tufted alpine perennial, native to the moun- 

 tains of Europe. The pubescent plants, 2 to 3 

 inches high, have obovate leaves, and the fra- 

 grant yellow flowers are borne in simple racemes. 



98356. Alyssum saxatile L. 



Goldentuft. 



A low herbaceous perennial, native to Europe, 

 forming dense mats. The oblanceolate hoary- 

 tomentose leaves, 2 to 4 inches long, are entire or 

 wavy margined, and the bright-yellow flowers 

 are borne in small compact clusters on stems 

 about 1 foot high. 



98357. Dianthus chinensis L. Silenaceae. 



Chinese pink. 



Variety Seguierii; a form with the flowers in 

 panicles and with squarrose-spreading bracts. 



98358. Echinops karatavicus Regel and Sch- 

 malh. Asteraceae. Globethistle. 



A stout hairy perennial composite from Turk- 

 istan, with a stem 1 or 2 feet high and elliptic- 

 lanceolate or lanceolate pinnatifid leaves 6 to 8 

 inches long. The pale-blue flower heads are in 

 small clusters. 



98359. Echinops sphaerocephalus L. Astera- 

 ceae. Common globethistle. 



A tall herbaceous perennial, native to southern 

 Europe, with coarse stems 5 to 7 feet high. The 

 large pinnatifid leaves are viscous pubescent 

 above, tomentose beneath, and the broad lobes 

 are armed with yellow spines. The white or 

 bluish flowers are borne in globose masses. 



98360. Kitaibelia vitifolia Willd. Malvaceae. 



A robust herbaceous perennial up to 8 feet high, 

 somewhat like abutilon, with five-lobed maple- 

 like leaves and showy white or rose colored flve- 

 petaled flowers, clustered in the axils. Said to be 

 useful in half-shady places. Native to Europe. 



For previous introduction see 79503. 



98361. Statice pinifo 



ceae. 



Brot. Plumbagina- 

 Thrift. 



A stemless herbaceous perennial with long rigid 

 sharp-pointed leaves 4 to 6 inches long and pink 

 flowers on three or four scapes 1 to 2 feet high. 

 Native to Portugal. 



Statice splendens 

 Plumbaginaceae. 



Lag. 



and Rodr. 

 Thrift. 



A magenta- flowered herbaceous perennial with 

 narrow linear basal leaves one half inch long and 

 simple filiform scapes 2 inches high. Native to 

 Spain. 



98363. Medicago sativa L. Faba- 

 ceae. Alfalfa. 



From Arabia. Seeds presented by K. S. Twitchell, 

 mining engineer. Jidda, Hejaz. Received April 

 5, 1932. 



A collection of native alfalfa introduced for the 

 use of Department specialists. 





