JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1931 



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100719. ClNNAMOMUM BURMANNI 



Blume. Lauraceae. 



From Sumatra. Seeds presented by Edward 

 Jacobson, Fort de Kock. Received July 9, 1932. 



An evergreen tree, native to Java, with shining 

 green, ovate-oblong, papery leaves of variable size, 

 usually 2 to 6 inches long, emitting a cinnamon 

 aroma. 



For previous introduction see 94258. 



100720. LlGUSTRUM JAPONICTJM ROTTJN- 



difolium Blume (L. coriaceum 

 Carr.). Oleaceae. Dwarf privet. 



Cuttings presented by the 

 Summerville. Received 



From South Carolina. 

 Pinehurst Nursery, 

 July 14, 1932. 



A compact form of the Japanese privet, up to 6 

 feet high, with crowded, suborbicular, lustrous, 

 evergreen leaves 2 to 3 inches long, and dense pan- 

 icles, 2 to 4 inches long, of small white flowers fol- 

 lowed by small, blue-black, subglobose fruits. 



100721. Sesamum orientale L. Peda- 

 liaceae. Sesame. 



From Palestine. Seeds presented by the director of 

 Agriculture, Forests, and Fisheries, Jerusalem. 

 Received July 13, 1932. 



From the Government Experiment Station at 

 Beisan. One of the best types grown. 



100722. Caryophylltjs jambos (L.) 

 Stokes (Eugenia jambos L.). Myr- 

 taceae. Rose-apple. 



From the West Indies. Seeds presented by Stephen 

 Haweis, Amount Joy, Dominica, British West 

 Indies. Received June 19, 1931. Numbered in 

 July 1932. 



A medium-sized handsome tree, native to India 

 and the Malay Peninsula, but cultivated in many 

 tropical countries for the edible, fragrant, pinkish 

 fruits which are about the size of a hen's egg, of a 

 sweetish acid taste, and said to be used as preserves. 

 It thrives best in moist regions at elevations up to 

 3,000 feet, preferring a deep rich soil; it is propa- 

 gated by seed. 



For previous introduction see 93358. 



100723. 



ceae. 



Medicago sativa L. 



Faba- 

 Alfalfa. 



From Turkey. Seeds presented by Charles E. 

 Allen, American consul, Istanbul, through the 

 State Department. Received July 20, 1932. 



Turkish alfalfa, introduced for the use of Depart- 

 ment specialists interested in forage crops. 



100724 to 100798. Solanum tubero- 

 sum. Solanaceae. Potato. 



From South America. Tubers collected by H. G. 

 MacMillan and C. O. Erlanson. Bureau of Plant 

 Industry. Received July 12, 1932. 



100724 and 100725. Collected in the region of 

 Cuzco, Peru, May 25 and 26, 1932, at 11,000 feet 

 altitude. 



100724. No. 382. Medium-sized, elongated, gray- 

 purple tubers, with heavy-browed, shallow 

 eyes and white flesh with purple vascular 

 ring. 



100725. No. 383. Medium-sized, ovate, flat- 

 tened tubers, with white skin mottled with 

 red, shallow eyes and white flesh. 



100726 to 100735. Collected June 5, 1932, at Cocha- 

 bamba, Bolivia, at 8,300 feet altitude. 



100728. No. 384. Round, purple and red mot- 

 tled tubers, which have yellow-white flesh 

 and deep eyes with pink buds. 



100724 to 100798— Continued. 



100727. No. 385. Round white tubers tinted 

 with pink, deep open eyes and white flesh. 



100728. No. 386. Long, slim, curved or curled, 

 twisted tubers, with thick dark skin, deep 

 closed eyes, and white flesh with the center 

 purple. 



100729. No. 3S7. Long, cylindrical tubers, with 

 thick gray-black skin which becomes purple 

 when cut, shallow eyes, and yellow-white 

 flesh. 



100730. No. 388. Long, cylindrical, pink tubers 

 with deep white eyes. 



100731. No. 389. Round, pink and white 

 tubers, flat at the bud end, with open, medi- 

 um deep eyes and white flesh. 



100732. No. 390. Large, long, cylindrical, tan- 

 white tubers, with deep eyes and lightly 

 mottled white flesh. 



100733. No. 391. Round white tubers, some 

 spotted with pink, with open flat eyes, some 

 showing pink, and white flesh. 



100734. No. 392. Small, round yellow tubers 

 spotted with red, shallow eyes with long 

 eyebrows, and flesh yellow at vascular 

 region, fading to white at center of potato. 



100735. No. 393. Round, small to medium- 

 sized, dark-purple tubers, with deep open 

 eyes full of red buds, and yellow-white flesh 

 with purple spots in the vascular ring. 



100736 to 100798. Collected from June 9 to June 

 19, near La Paz, Bolivia, at 12,500 feet altitude. 



100736. No. 401. Chaclo Chaclo. Medium to 

 small pink tubers generally pointed at the 

 bud end, with numerous deep, straight eyes 

 and yellow-white flesh flecked with red 

 inside the vascular ring. 



100737. No. 402. Cunduma. Small, round, 

 black tubers, except around the numerous 

 deep eyes, where they are yellowish white, 

 and yellowish flesh with purple flecks, heavi- 

 est at the stem end. This is locally known as 

 a sweetpotato, papa duke. 



100738. No. 403. Rinkel. Round, medium- 

 sized tubers, yellowish to dirty white and 

 black around the stem; the center of the 

 medium to deep eyes is white, surrounded 

 by black, and the flesh is clear yellow. Known 

 locally as a sweetpotato, papa duke. 



100739. No. 404. Chapallo. Small-sized, round 

 brown-tan tubers with clear yellowish flesh 

 and deep, brown-tan e3 r es with bulging eye- 

 brows. 



100740. No. 405. Thuila Nimilla. Medium- 

 sized, round, pink tubers with deep, pink 

 eyes and white flesh. 



100741. No. 406. Cholo Colorado. Small-sized 

 round red tubers with eyes exceptionally 

 deep, open at the stem end, deeply notched 

 at the bud end. The yellowish flesh is 

 flecked throughout with red. 



100742. No. 407. Follhaco. Tubers medium- 

 sized, round, eyes medium deep, bulging 

 between the eyes, skin red, white below the 

 eyes. Flesh clear white. 



100743. No. 408. Choquefrit. Round, medium- 

 sized, white tubers, tinted pink at the stem 

 end, medium to shallow eyes with very long 

 eyebrows and clear white flesh. This is 

 known as a bitter variety. 



100744. No. 409. Pidriaja. Medium-sized, 

 round, flat, pink to purple tubers with white 

 flesh. The deep open eyes have short eye- 

 brows and vary in color as the tuber does. 



100745. No. 410. Pulo Colorado. Long, cylin- 

 drical, medium -si zed, red tubers with thick 

 skin, which is slightly darker at the few 

 shallow eyes; the flesh is yellowish white. 



