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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



100281 to 100364— Continued. 



100364. Stachyurus himalaicus Hook. f. and 

 Thorns. Stachyuraceae. 



F. 29930. A small tree, native to the eastern 

 temperate slopes of the Himalayas in India. The 

 ovate membranous leaves, P inches long, have 

 serrate margins, and the small flowers, in erect 

 spikes 2 to 3 inches long, are followed by fleshy 

 berries the size of a small pea. 



100365 to 100368. 



From Guatemala City, Guatemala. Cuttings pre- 

 sented by Col. Victor E. Ruehl, Caldwell, N.J. 

 Received June 24, 1932. 



100385 to 100367. Cinchona spp. Rubiaceae. 



100365. Cinchona sp. 



Cautarea; Quina blanca from Yutiopa. 



100366. Cinchona sp. 

 No. 5. 



100367. Cinchona sp. 



No. 4. 



100368. Euphorbia lancifolia Schlecht. Eu- 

 phorbiaceae. 



Ixbut. A fleshy plant with broadly lanceolate 

 dark-green leaves about 3 inches long and incon- 

 spicuous small flowers in terminal and axillary 

 cymes. Native to southern Mexico. Intro- 

 duced for its medicinal properties. 



100369. Sacciolepis contracta 

 (Wight and Arn.) Hitchc. Poaceae. 



Grass. 



From Hawaii . Seeds presented by J . M Westgate, 

 director, through C. P. Wilsie, agronomist, 

 Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station, Hono- 

 lulu. Received June 22, 1932. 



Olenwood grass: an annual glabrous grass with 

 erect stems up to 3 feet high and flat leaves 2 to 4 

 inches long. The spikelike panicle is about 2 inches 

 long. Native to Hawaii. 



100370 to 100376. Oryza sativa L. 

 Poaceae. 1. Rice. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by the Rice Re- 

 search Station, Yanco, New South Wales. Re- 

 ceived June 16, 1932. 



Introduced for the use of Department specialists 

 interested in cereal investigations. 



100370. Caloro. Selection 21. 



100371. Caloro. Selection 46. 



100372. Caloro. Selection 316. 



100373. Colusa. Selection 180. 



100374. Colusa. Selection 188-1. 



100375. Selection 2179-6. 



100376. Selection 2188. 



100377. Cedrela odorata L. Meli- 

 aceae. Cigarbox-cedar. 



From Hawaii. Seeds presented by Harold Lyon, 

 in charge, department of botany and forestry, ex- 

 periment station of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' 

 Association, Honolulu. Received June 16, 1932. 



For previous introduction and description see 



98824. 



100378. Castanea HENRYi(Skan) Rehd. 

 and Wils. Fagaceae. Chestnut. 



From China. Seeds collected by Peter Liu and 

 sent through Owen L. Dawson, agricultural com- 

 missioner, Shanghai. Received January 7, 1932. 

 Numbered in June 1932. 



Chu Lee or Chun Lee, pearl chestnut; an edible 

 chestnut from Chekiang Province. The tree be- 

 comes 25 to 30 feet high, with oblong-lanceolate long- 

 acuminate leaves, green on both sides. The burs 

 are either solitary or two in a bunch and contain 

 usually but one seed. 



For previous introduction see 95633. 



100379 to 100467. Solanum tubero- 

 sum L. Solanaceae. Potato. 



From Peru. Tubers collected by H. G. MacMillan 

 and CO. Erlanson, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Receive'd June 28, 1932. 



Nos. 100379 to 100413 were collected in May 1932 

 in the region of Cuzco, at 11,000 feet altitude. 



100379. No. 281. Small round pink tubers with 

 deep round eyes and yellow-white flesh. 



100380. No. 282. Large round pink tubers with 

 deep eyes having long brows and white flesh. 



100381. No. 283. Small long flattened pink tubers 

 with pink eyes, medium deep and yellow-white 

 flesh. 



. No. 284. Small irregularly round purple 

 tubers with deep round small eyes and yellow- 

 white flesh. 



100383. No. 285. Small long white tubers with 

 shallow elongated eyes and white flesh. 



100384. No. 286. Small elongated purple tubers 

 with thick skin, long shallow eyes, and white 

 flesh. 



100385. No. 287. Elongated red tubers of medium 

 size with elongated red eyes and white flesh. 



100386. No. 288. Elongated purple tubers of me- 

 dium size with shallow elongated eyes and white 

 flesh with slightly purple vascular ring. 



100387. No. 289. Medium size, irregularly round 

 white tubers with deep round white eyes and 

 yellow- white flesh. 



100388. No. 290. Large round pink and white 

 mottled tubers with round shallow eyes and 

 yellow-white flesh. 



100389. No. 291. Large elongated black tubers 

 with slightly elongated shallow eyes and white 

 flesh with a purple vascular ring. 



100390. No. 292. Large irregularly round pink 

 tubers mottled with white, deep round pink 

 eyes, and white flesh. 



100391. No. 293. Small elongated pink tubers 

 mottled with white, shallow elongated eyes, and 

 white flesh. 



100392. No. 294. Irregularly round yellow tubers 

 of medium size with medium shallow pink eyes 

 and yellow flesh. 



100393. No. 295. Curved elongated yellow-white 

 tubers with shallow white eyes and yellow- 

 white flesh. 



100394. No. 296. Ovate flattened black tubers 

 mottled with white, which have medium shal- 

 low eyes and very white flesh. 



100395. No. 297. Small ovate, pink and white 

 mottled tubers with round shallow eyes and 

 white flesh. 



