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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



100969 to 100979. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 

 Seeds presented by the Institute of Plant Indus- 

 try, Leningrad. Received August 8, 1932. 



0969 to 100978. ClCER ARIETINUM L. 



Fabaceae. 

 Chickpea. 



F.P.I. 



Leningrad 

 No. 



F.P.I. 



Leningrad 

 No. 



100969... 



114 



100974... 



646 



100970... 



160 



100975... 



662 



100971... 



283 



100976... 



851 



100972... 



449 



100977... 



882 



100973... 



596 



100978... 



918 



10979. Prunus sp. Amygdalaceae. 





A cherry. 



100980. Glaucotheca armata (S. 

 Wats.) O. F. Cook. Phoenicaceae. 

 Blue palm. 



From Mexico. Seeds purchased from Howard E. 

 Gates, Anaheim, Calif. Received August 9, 

 1932. 



From the Rancho Catacifiu, Baja California. A 

 stout fan palm with a robust trunk up to 8 feet in 

 diameter and 20 feet high, crowned by numerous 

 glaucous-blue leaves nearly circular in outline and 

 deeply cut into many segments. The flowers are 

 dull purple. 



100981 and 100982. Letjcocoryne ixi- 

 oides (Sims) Lindl. Liliaceae. 



From South America. Bulbs presented by Sefior 

 Salvador Izquierdo, Santiago, Chile. Received 

 May 23, 1932. Numbered in August 1932. 



Huilla. A bulbous plant with linear-convex 

 leaves and green-violet flowers about an inch across, 

 with yellow anthers on a scape 5 or 6 inches high. 

 Native to Chile. 



100981. A form with white flowers. 



100982. A form with violet flowers. 



100983 and 100984. Phoenix spp. 

 Phoenicaceae. 



From England. Seeds presented by the curator of 

 the Roval Botanic Gardens, Kew. Received 

 August 9, 1932. 



100983. Phoenix acaulis Buch.-Ham. 



Date palm. 



For previous introduction and description see 

 100911. 



100984. Phoenix rupicola T. Anders. 



Cliff date palm. 



A Himalayan palm with a solitary, slender, 

 naked stem 15 to 20 feet high, bright-green leaves 

 10 feet long, and shining yellow oblong fruits. 



For previous introduction see 99748. 



100985. (Undetermined.) 



From Madagascar. Seeds collected by Rev. A. 

 Burgess and presented by V. B. Stolee, St. Paul, 

 Minn. Received July 14, 1932. 



Of possible value as a source of rubber. 



100986 to 100988. Cinchona 

 Rubiaceae. 



spp. 



From India. Seeds purchased from Barnard & Co., 

 Hindustan Nursery, Calcutta, through A. C. 

 Frost, American consul-general, Calcutta. Re- 

 ceived August 10, 1932. 



Introduced for the use of Department specialists 

 working with drug plants. 



100986 to 100988— Continued. 



100986. 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 content 

 after that. 



For previous introduction see 100114. 



100987. Cinchona officinalis L. 



A small tree only 20 feet high, native to Peru 

 and Ecuador in the high valleys of the Andes. It 

 is now the most important species grown in the 

 Nilgiri Hills in India. 



For previous introduction see 100117. 



100988. Cinchona succirubra Pavon. 



The bark of this tree contains a large quantity 

 of alkaloids, of which a relatively large percentage 

 is cinehonidine, 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. 



For previous introduction see 100118. 



100989. Malus sylvestris Mill. 

 {Pyrus malus L.) . Malaceae. Apple. 



From Canada. Budsticks presented by W. S. 

 Blair, Experimental Farm, Kentville, Nova 

 Scotia. Received August 15, 1932. 



A red sport of the Gravenstein apple. Introduced 

 for the use of Department specialists. 



100990 and 100991. 



Pedaliaceae. 



From Africa. Seeds presented by the director, 

 Botanic Garden, Eala, Belgian Congo. Received 

 August 11. 1932. 



100990. Sesamum orientale L. 



A species possessing considerable drought 

 resistance. 



100991. Sesamum radiatum Schum. 



An erect-growing, oil-producing species. 



100992 to 101002. 



From the Canal Zone. Budsticks and plants 

 presented by J. E. Higgins, Canal Zone Experi- 

 ment Gardens, through Walter R. Lindsay, in 

 charge. Received August 16, 1932. 



100892. Annona sp. Annonaceae. 



Sesamum spp. 

 Sesame. 



to 101002. PERSEA AMERICANA Mill. 



Lauraceae. Avocado. 



100993. Cauthers; a seedling tree, brought from 

 Haiti about 12 years ago and planted at Pedro 

 Miguel. The red pyriform smooth fruits 

 weigh up to a pound, the yellow buttery flesh 

 is free from fiber and has a pleasant nutty 

 flavor; the seed is large and loose in the 

 cavity; and the fruit keeps well. 



100994. Enoi; a seedling introduced from Hono- 

 lulu, Hawaii. The smooth, light-green, 

 pyriform fruits, 12 inches long, have a long, 

 slightly curved neck; the light-yellow flesh 

 is free from fiber and has a rich flavor. The 

 seed is medium to large. This is not con- 

 sidered a good commercial variety on account 

 of its large size and poor keeping qualities. 



100995. Gerrans; a seedling probably of Haitian 

 stock. The smooth, purple, oval fruits have 

 smooth, fine-grained flesh, free from fiber and 

 of excellent flavor, yellow near the seed but 

 tinged to green near the rind. The small seed 

 is loose in its cavity; the fruits weigh about a 

 pound each, and their keeping quality is very 

 good. 



