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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



99823 to 100103— Continued. 



100100 and 100101. 

 (Franch.) Ulbr. 



Trollius yunnanensis 

 Yunnan globeflower. 



A large stout perennial, native to Yunnan, 

 about 2 feet high, with trilobate-reniform, long- 

 stemmed basal leaves with blades 3 inches long 

 and yellow flowers 1 to 2 inches across. 



100101. F. 30643. 

 FLAVESCENS W. W. Smith. 



ovalifolia (Wall.) Rehd. 



100100. F. 30506. 



100102. Viburnum 

 Caprifoliaceae. 



F. 30678. A shrub 6 to 10 feet high, native in 

 dry places in the mountains of Yunnan. The 

 rhomboid-ovate leaves are 2 to 3 inches long, with 

 serrate margins, and the fragrant deep cream- 

 yellow flowers are in terminal corymbs about 2 

 inches across. It is closely allied to Viburnum 

 ovatifolium. 



100103. Xolisma 

 Ericaceae. 



F. 30437. 



For previous introduction and description see 

 99759. 



100104 and 100105. Phoenix recli- 



nata Jacq. Phoenicaceae. 



Senegal date palm. 



From Africa. Seeds presented through the Royal 

 Botanic Gardens, Kew, England. Received 

 June 14, 1932. 



A tropical and South African date palm, 20 to 30 

 feet high, with green reclinate pinnate leaves 6 to 

 9 feet long with rigid leaflets and yellowish fruits 

 half an inch long with a sweetish pulp. 



For previous introduction see 82666. 



100104. From Bathurst, Gambia, Africa. 



100105. From Zomba, Nyasaland, Africa. 



100106. Ananas 

 Bromeliaceae. 



SATIVUS 



Schult. f. 

 Pineapple. 



From the West Indies. Plants presented by G. W. 

 Ford, Haytian Pineapple Co., Cape Haitien, 

 Haiti. Received June 14, 1932. 



Smooth Cayenne. 



100107 to 100113. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by the experiment 

 farm at Bathurst, at the request of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, Sydney, New^South Wales. 

 Received June 10, 1932. 



A collection of forage grasses introduced for the 

 use of Department specialists. 



100107 to 100109. Dactylis glomerata L. Poa- 

 ceae. Orchard grass. 



100107. Scandia cocksfoot; originally from 

 Sweden. 



100108. No. 2; from Wales. 



100109. Originally from Spain. 



100110 to 100112. Lolium perenne L. Poaceae. 

 Perennial ryegrass. 



100110. Originally from Spain. 



evergreen form; originally from 

 ryegrass; originally from 

 L. (P. stenophylla 

 For previous introduction see 99332. 



100111. An 

 Scotland, 



100112. Victoria 

 Sweden. 



100113. Phalaris tuberosa 

 Hort.) 



Cinchona spp. 



100114 to 100118. 



Rubiaceae. 



From British India. Seeds purchased from the 

 Government cinchona plantation, Munsong, 

 Kalimpong, Bengal. Received June 13, 1932. 



Introduced for the use of Department specialists 

 working with drug plants. 



100114. Cinchona ledgeriana Moens. 



A tree, native to the Andes, yielding a bark 

 remarkably rich in quinine which crystallizes 

 readily as quinine sulphate. The percentage of 

 the other alkaloids present is relatively small. 

 The bark of this species matures in the fifth or 

 sixth year and does not increase its quinine con- 

 tent after that. 



For previous introduction see 78602. 



100115. Cinchona ledgeriana X officinalis. 



100116. Cinchona ledgeriana X succirubra. 



100117. Cinchona officinalis L. 



100118. Cinchona succirubra Pavon. 



The bark of this tree contains a large quantity 

 of alkaloids, of which a relatively large percentage 

 is cinchonidine, which retards the separation of 

 the quinine as sulphate. The bark of this, species 

 matures in the fourth or fifth year and does not 

 increase in quinine content thereafter. 



100119 to 100124. Hordeum vulgare 

 pallidum Seringe. Poaceae. 



Six-rowed barley. 



From India. Seeds presented by F. J. F. Shaw, Im- 

 perial economic botanist, Imperial Institute of 

 Agricultural Research, Pusa, Bihar. Received 

 June 14, 1932. 



Introduced for the use of Department specialists 

 interested in cereal investigations. 



100119. Type 7. 



100120. Type 12. 



100121. Type 13. 



100125 to 100130. 





100122. Type 14. 



100123. Type 20. 



100124. Type 21. 

 Oryza SATIVA 



Poaceae. 



Rice. 



From Madagascar. Seeds presented by Maison 

 Grobot & Simphal, Paris, France. Received 

 June 16, 1932. 



A collection of rice introduced for the use of De- 

 partment specialists interested in cereal investiga- 

 tions. 



Samples of Vary-Lava, the finest rice of Mada- 

 gascar. This rice closely resembles the Java Giant 

 rice. 



100131 to 100140. Acacia spp. Mimo- 

 saceae. 



From Italy. Seeds presented by Dr. Mario Calvino, 

 Stazione Experimentale di Floricultura, San 

 Remo. Received June 17, 1932. 



100131. Acacia sp. 

 Bon accueil precoce. 



100132. Acacia sp. 

 Bon accueil tardive. 



100133. Acacia sp. 

 Bon accueil hybrida. 



100134. Acacia sp. 

 Decurrens hybrida. 



100135. Acacia sp. 

 Gaulois. 



100136. Acacia sp. 

 Joffre. 



100137. Acacia sp. 

 Mirabilia. 



100138. Acacia sp. 

 Rustica. 



100139. Acacia sp. 

 Tournaire A. 



100140. Acacia sp. 

 Tournaire No. 1. 



