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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



101085 to 101090— Continued. 



101089. Madhuca indica Omel. 

 Roxb.). Sapotaceae. 



(Bassia latifolia 

 Mahwa. 



A tree, native to India, with a short trunk and 

 many spreading branches, forming a dense round- 

 ed crown 40 to 50 feet high. The flowers have a 

 velvety chocolate-colored calyx and a pale-cream 

 colored corolla with thick juicy petals which are 

 u ed as food. 



101090. Sorindeia juglandifolia (Rich.) Planch. 

 Anacardiaceae. 



A glabrous shrub or small tree, native to tropical 

 Africa. The unequally pinnate leaves are made 

 up of 7 to 11 oblong-elliptical coriaceous leaflets 

 2 to 4 inches long, and the inconspicuous flowers 

 are followed by fleshy fruits that are said to be 

 eaten by the natives. 



101091. Batjhinia malabarica Roxb. 

 Caesalpiniaceae. 



From French Indo-China. Seeds presented by M. 

 Poilane, Institut des Recherches Agronomiques 

 de l'lndochine, Division de Botanique, Tonkin. 

 Received September 9, 1932. 



A small, errect, bushy tree, native to southeastern 

 Asia, with thick rigid deeply bifid somewhat heart- 

 shaped leaves 2 to 3 inches long. The small white 

 flowers are in dense sessile axillary clusters. The 

 rather turgid straight firm narrow pods are a foot 

 long. 



For previous introduction see 94181. 



101092. Agastachb rupbstbis 

 (Greene) Standi. Menthaceae. 



From Arizona. Seeds collected near Payson by 

 Mrs. W. B. Collom and presented by W. R. 

 Maxon, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 

 D.C. Received September 12, 1932. 



An aromatic perennial herb 1 to 3 feet high, na- 

 tive to the mountains of southwestern New Mexico. 

 The linear-lanceolate entire leaves are about 2 inches 

 long, and the greenish, red-purple tubular flowers, 

 1 inch long, are borne in loose panicles. 



101093. Persea AMERICANA Mill. 

 Lauraceae. Avocado. 



From Mexico. Plants raised from seed obtained in 

 Mexico by A. G. Galloway, Bureau of Plant 

 Quarantine. Received September 9, 1932. 



A collection of thin-skinned types. 



101094. Phoenix hanceana Naudin. 

 Phoenicaceae. Date palm. 



From England. Seeds presented by the Royal 

 Botanic Gardens, Kew. Received September 7, 

 1932. 



A Chinese relative of the date palm; it has short 

 tufted stems and pinnate foliage. 



101095. Artjndinaria sp. Poaceae. 



Bamboo. 



From Japan. Seeds purchased from T. Sakata & 

 Co., Yokohama. Received September 13, 1932. 



Received as Bambusa ckino. 



101096 to 101100. Amygdalus com- 

 munis L. Amygdalaceae. Almond. 



From Africa. Seeds presented by J. B. Plessis, 

 Chef du Jardin d'Essais, Sfax, Tunisia. Re- 

 ceived September 15, 1932. 



A collection of almonds from trees in the Botanical 

 Garden of Sfax. 



101096. Abiod. 



101097. Constantini. 



101096 to 101100— Continued. 



101098. Orosse Tendre. 



101099. Guernatzel Come de Gazelle. 



101100. Zaaf. 



101101 to 101108. 



From New Zealand. Seeds presented by J. W. 

 Hadfield, agronomist, Fields Division and Plant 

 Research Station, Department of Agriculture, 

 Palmerston North. Received September 16, 

 1932. 



A collection of New Zealand-grown certified pas- 

 ture seeds, introduced for comparison with varieties 

 and strains generally used in this country. 



101101. Agkosti3 tenuis Sibth. Poaceae. 



Brown top. 



For previous introduction see 100232. 



101102 and 101103. Dactylis glomerata L, 

 Poaceae. Orchard grass . 



New Zealand cocksfoot, a permanent pasture 

 grass. 



101104 and 101105. Lolium perenne L. Poaceae. 

 Perennial ryegrass. 



101104. Certified mother seed. 



101105. Permanent pasture seed. 



101106. Trifolium pratense L. Fabaceae. 



Red clover. 



New Zealand certified Montgomery Late. 



101107 and 101108. Trifolium repens L. Faba- 

 ceae. White clover. 



101107. Certified mother seed. 



101108. Certified permanent pasture seed. 

 101109. SCHISMOCARPTJS PACHYPUS 



Blake. Loasaceae. 



From Mexico. Plants collected by G. N. Collins 

 and J. H. Kempton, with the Allison V. Armour 

 expedition to Mexico and the West Indies, 1931. 

 Received April 15, 1931. Numbered in Septem- • 

 ber 1932. 



No. 9192. A rather fleshy, herbaceous perennial 

 about 20 inches high, with a tuberous root about 3 

 inches in diameter, alternate ovate leaves, and a 

 terminal panicle of rather large yellow flowers. 

 Native to Oaxaca, Mexico. 



101110 and 101111. Fragaria spp. 

 Rosaceae. Strawberry. 



From Germany. Plants presented by Karl Lupke, 

 Lemgo in Lippe. Received September 20, 1932. 



101110. Fragaria sp. 

 Deutsch Evern. 



101111. Fragaria sp. 

 Oleevschlesien. 



101112 to 101114. Allium spp. Lil- 

 iaceae. 



From China. Seeds and bulbs presented by Tai 

 Yih Wang, of the Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park 

 Commission. Received September 20, 1932. 



101112 and 101113. Allium cepa L. Onion. 



Australia-Brown; the variety most commonly 

 grown in this region was introduced and dis- 

 tributed by the University of Nanking about 20 

 years ago. 



101112. Seed collected in the Sun Yat Sen 

 Memorial Park. 



101113. Seed collected from farmers. 



