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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



100231 to 100251. 



From New Zealand. Seeds presented by Bruce 

 Levy, agrostologist, Plant Research Station, 

 Palmerston North. Received June 13, 1932. 



Introduced for the use of Department specialists 

 interested in forage crops. 



100231 and 100232. 

 Poaceae. 



Agrostis 



tenuis Sibth. 

 Bentgrass. 



100231. Brown top Bt 526 (ordinary New Zea- 

 land brown top) . 



100232. Brown top Bt 539 (New Zealand dry- 

 land type). 



100233 to 100235. Dactylis glomerata L. Poa- 

 ceae. Orchard grass. 



100233. Cocksfoot Be 193. A native variety. 



100234. Cocksfoot Be 216. A native variety. 



100235. Cocksfoot Be 217. An imported va- 

 riety. 



100236 to 100241. Lolium perenne L. Poaceae. 

 Perennial ryegrass. 



100236. Ba 74. Bad false perennial. 



100237. Ba 192. Average false perennial. 



100238. Ba 1748. Good false perennial. 



100239. Ba 1815. Italian ryegrass sold as peren- 

 nial. 



100240. Ba 2734. 



100241. Ba 1871. 



New Zealand certified. 

 New Zealand selection. 



100242 and 100243. Trifolium 

 Fabaceae. 



PRATENSE L. 



Red clover. 



100242. Aa 172. New Zealand broad red clover. 



100243. Aa 201. New Zealand broad red clover. 



100244 to 100251. Trifolium repens L. Faba- 

 ceae. White clover. 



100244. Ac 138. 

 type no. 2. 



100245. Ac 617. 

 clover. 



New Zealand white clover, 



New Zealand Dutch white 



Ac 621. Average New Zealand com" 

 mercial. 



100247. Ac 654. Average New Zealand com- 

 mercial. 



100248. Ac 706. New Zealand Dutch white 

 clover. 



100249. Ac 827. New Zealand certified, type 

 no. 1. 



100250. Ac 910. New Zealand white clover, 

 type no. 2. 



100251. Ac 2008. New Zealand certified, type 

 no. 1. 



100252. Anabasis aphylla L. Che- 

 nopodiaceae. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 

 Seeds presented by the Institute of Plant Indus- 

 try, Leningrad, at the request of Dr. N. I. Vavi- 

 lov. Received June 21, 1932. 



An upright shrub 2 feet high with green branches, 

 scalelike leaves, and inconspicuous flowers. It is 

 native to the Mediterranean region and is used as 

 a sand binder. 



100253 to 100267. Ipomoea batatas 



(L.) Poir. Convolvulaceae. 



Sweetpotato. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 

 Tubers presented by the Sukhum subtropical 

 branch of the Ail-Union Institute of Plant Indus- 



100253 to 100267— Continued. 



try, through V. P. Alekseev, chief of the Bureau 

 of Introduction, Leningrad. Received June 21, 

 1932. 



A collection of new varieties developed at the 

 Sukhum station; introduced for the use of Depart- 

 ment specialists interested in sweetpotatoes. 



100253. No. 33. 



100254. No. 36. 



100255. No. 39. 



100256. No. 47. 



100257. No. 51. 



100258. No. 66. 



100259. No. 82. 

 ). No. 91. 



100261. No. 95. 



100262. No. 108. 



100263. No. 162. 



100264. No. 168. 



100265. No. 184. 



100266. No. 191. 



100267. No. 196- A. 



100268 to 100278. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 

 Seeds presented by the Sukhum subtropical 

 branch of the All-Union Institute of Plant Indus- 

 try, Sukhum, Caucasus. Received June 21, 1932. 



100268. Butia capitata (Mart.) Becc. (Cocos 

 capitata Mart.). Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



No. 135554. A large coconutlike palm, native to 

 Argentina, with a spineless trunk, pinnate leaves, 

 and large bunches of small edible fruits. It is 

 said to be hardier than any other species of Butia. 



For previous introduction see 98891. 



100269 to 100275. BUTIA CAPITATA X ERIOSPATHA. 



Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



A natural hybrid combining characters of both 

 parents. The fruit very closely resembles in 

 flavor the best Japanese loquats. The tree will 

 probably thrive wherever the Satsuma orange is a 

 commercial crop. 



For previous introduction see 98230. 



100269. No. 135311. 100273. No. 135526. 



100270. No. 135312. 100274. No. 135827 



100271. No. 135313. 100275. No. 135529. 



100272. No. 135316. 



100276. Juglans regia L. Juglandaceae. 



Persian walnut. 



No. 135519. A variety native to the Caucasus 

 region. 



100277. Butia capitata odorata (Barb.-Rodr.) 

 Becc. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



No. 135553. A palm about 15 feet high, much 

 like the date palm, bearing large bunches of edible 

 fragrant fruits about an inch in diameter. It is 

 native to Brazil. 



100278. Vaccinium 

 ciniaceae. 



ARCTOSTAPHYLOS L. VaC- 



Caucasian whortleberry. 



No. 135937. A deciduous shrub up to 10 feet 

 high, native to the Caucasus region. The oblong- 

 ovate finely toothed leaves are 2 to 4 inches long 

 and turn purple red in the autumn. The small 

 bell-shaped flowers are borne in racemes 2 inches 

 long and are white with a purple tinge. The 

 globose purple berries are nearly one-half inch in 

 diameter. 



100279 and 100280. Epidendrum bi- 

 cornutum Hook. Orchidaceae. 



Orchid. 



From the West Indies. Plants collected by David 

 Fairchild and P. H. Dorsett, agricultural explor- 

 ers, with the 1931-32 Allison V. Armour expedi- 

 tion. Received April 11, 1932. 



