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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



99339 to 99349— Continued. 



99341. Cyperus esgulentus L. Cyperaceae 



Chufa. 



A sedge which produces small edible tubers that 

 taste like very sweet almonds. The plant grows 

 with the greatest facility, does not require mois- 

 ture, and yields an abundant crop. 



For previous introduction see 73845. 



99342. Dracocephalum sp. Menthaceae. 



99343. Guizotia abyssinica (L.f.) Cass. Astera- 

 ceae. 



An annual plant 6 to 8 feet high, with showy 

 yellow flower heads. The black shining seeds 

 furnish the Niger oil of commerce. 



For previous introduction see 75328. 



99344. Lallemantia iberica (Bieb.) Fisch. and 

 Mey. Menthaceae. 



A blue-flowered herbaceous perennial, native 

 to semiarid regions in Asia Minor and Syria, 

 whose seeds yield an oil said to be a high-grade 

 drying oil. 



For previous introduction see 72839. 



Brassicaceae. 



Radish. 



99345. Raphanus sativus L. 



Variety oleiferus. 



99346. RlCINUS COMMUNIS L. 



Euphorbiaceae. 

 Castor-bean. 



Variety praecox. 



99347 to 99349. Sesamum orientale L. 

 aceae. 



Locally grown varieties. 

 99350. PlSTACIA LENTISCUS L. 



Pedali- 

 Sesame. 



cardiaceae. 



Ana- 

 Lentisk. 



From Italy. Seeds presented by the R. Orto 

 Botanico di Palermo. Received May 4, 1932. 



A wild shrub common in the Mediterranean 

 regions where it grows on poor soil and withstands 

 severe drought. It produces a gum used by the 

 Arabs as a perfume. An edible oil known as shinia, 

 used as a substitute for olive oil, is obtained from 

 the berries. 



For previous introduction see 97303. 



99351 to 99377. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 

 Seeds collected by V. Gorbunova in Asia Minor 

 and presented by Dr. V. P. Alekseev, chief, 

 Bureau of Introduction, Institute of Plant Intro- 

 duction, Leningrad. Received May 4, 1932. 



99351 to 99358 

 99351 



Pistacia spp. Anacardiaceae. 



Pistacia mutica Fisch. and Mey. 



Terebinth. 



Seeds originally from Transcaucasia. A de- 

 ciduous tree up to 35 feet high, with pinnate 

 foliage. Native to the eastern Mediterranean 

 region. 



For previous introduction see 97304. 



99352 to 99356. Pistacia vera L. Pistache. 



99352. No. 1422. 99355. No. 1438. 



99353. No. 1423. 99356. No. 1450. 



99354. No. 1436. 

 Elaeagnus 



99357 to 99377 

 Elaeagnaceae 



ANGUSTIFOLIA L. 



Russian-olive. 



Introduced for the use of Department special- 

 ists. 



No. 126. 

 No. 127. 



From Zaravshan. 

 From Zaravshan. 



99351 to 99377— Continued. 



99359 to 99364. From the Chirchik River. 



99359. No. 234. 99362. No. 264. 



99360. No. 256. 99363. No. 267. 



99361. No. 260. 99384. No. 268. 

 99365 to 99368. From the Syr-Daria River. 



99365. No. 285. 99367. No. 329. 



3. No. 300. 99368. No. 332. 



No. 356. From the Bokhara district. 

 99370 to 99372. From Zaravshan. 



99370. No. 393. 99372. No. 403. 



99371. No. 399. 



99373. No. 617. From Farab, Amu-Daria. 

 99374 and 99375. From the Amu-Daria River. 

 99374. No. 618. 99375. No. 620. 



99376. No. 621. From Amu-Daria. 



99377. No. 622. From the Amu-Daria River. 



99378 and 99379. 



From Madagascar. Seeds presented by M. Ray- 

 mond Decary, Ambovombe. Received June 3, 

 1932. 



99378. Euphorbia intisy Drake. Euphorbia- 

 ceae. 



From Behara, Madagascar. An arborescent 

 succulent, about 12 feet high, native to southern 

 Madagascar in regions of limited rainfall, occa- 

 sional frost, and varied soil conditions. At one 

 time it was the most important rubber plant of 

 Madagascar, but is now practically extinct com- 

 mercially because of the lack of care used in 

 harvesting the rubber. It has gray bark, dicho- 

 tomous or somewhat whorled branches, and 

 minute scattered leaves. The small and incon- 

 spicuous greenish flowers are in very short cymes 

 near the tips of the branches. 



For previous introduction see 78169. 



99379. Euphorbia sp. Euphorbiaceae. 



Received as E. intisy, but the seeds do not agree 

 with the description for that species. Collected 

 from trees in the administrator's garden at Ambo- 

 vombe. 



99380 to 99466. 



From Italy. Seeds presented by S. W. McLeod 

 Braggins, superintendent, Botanic Gardens, La 

 Mortola, Ventimiglia. Received April 27, 1932. 



99380. Alectryon tomentosum (F. Muell.) 

 Radlk. (Nephelium tomentosum F. Muell.). 



An Australian tree, 20 to 30 feet high, with 

 rusty-velvety young branches, oval to lanceolate 

 leaves 2 to 4 inches long, small flowers crowded in 

 woolly panicles, and rather hard, depressed inde- 

 hiscent fruits. 



For previous introduction see 44521. 



99381. Amphicome arguta Royle. Bignonia- 

 ceae. 



A low herbaceous perennial, not over 3 feet high, 

 native to northern India. The compound leaves 

 are made up of 5 to 9 deeply serrate lanceolate 

 leaflets 2 inches long, and the rose-colored funnel- 

 shaped flowers, 1 inch long, are borne in terminal 

 racemes 6 to 8 inches long. 



99382. Anacampseros filamentosa (Haw.) 

 Sims. Portulacaceae. 



A low succulent, native to southern Africa, with 

 thick cobwebby ovate leaves one-fourth inch long 

 and filamentous stipules longer than the leaves. 

 The rather large rose-colored flowers are borne on 

 3- to 4-flowered scapes 2 to 3 inches long. 





