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101112 to 101114— Continued. 

 101114. Allium sativum L. 



Garlic. 



Bulbs collected in the Sun Yat Sen Memorial 

 Park. 



101115 tp 101130. Saccharum officin- 

 aeum L. Poaceae. Sugarcane. 



From Cuba. Cuttings presented by Charles H. 

 Thrall, Club Azucarero de Cuba, Habana. 

 Received September 22, 1932. 



101115. Bamboo Blanca. 



101116. Bat jan. 



101117. Batjan Green sport. 



101118. Bocoyo. 



101119. Bravade Perico. 



101120. B-208. 



101121. Green Stripe Preanger. 



101122. Negrita. 

 i01123. Pundia. 



101124. Red Preanger. 



101125. Red Tip. 



101126. Striped sport of P.O.J. 2714. 



101127. TibbooMird. 



101123. Uba Natal. 



101129. Yellow Bamboo. 



101130. Yellow Tip. 



101131 to 101134. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by Robert M. Grey, 

 superintendent, Atkins Institution of the Arnold 

 Arboretum, Soiedad, Cienfuegos. Received Sep- 

 tember 16, 1932. 



101131. Arikuryroba schizophylla (Mart.) 

 Bailey (Cocos schizophylla Mart.). Phoeni- 

 caceae. Palm. 



A slender, straight-stemmed palm with pinnate 

 leaves. 



For previous introduction see 91775. 



101132. Aristolochia oblongata Jacq. Aristol- 

 ochiaceae. 



A tropical climber, native to Venezuela, with 

 oblong, cordate, obtuse, dull-green leaves 1 to 2 

 inches long and odorless pale-yellow flowers about 

 4 inches long. 



101133. Clusia minor L. Clusiaceae. 



A tropical American tree 25 feet high, often 

 starting as an epiphyte, with thick obovate leaves 

 4 to 6 inches long and axillary solitary showy pink 

 flowers. 



101134. Kopsia fruticosa (Ker) A.DC. Apocy- 



A large evergreen shrub with elliptic leaves 4 

 to 8 inches long. The flowers, over an inch long 

 and 2 inches across, have pink corolla tubes with 

 red mouths and grow in cymes. The pyriform 

 fruits, 1 inch long, are greenish purple. It is 

 native to Burma. 



101135 to 101138. Elaeis guineensis 

 Jacq. Phoenicaceae. 



African oil palm. 



From Africa. Seeds presented by Laurentino 

 Pereira Coelho, Chefe da Divisao Tecnica dos 

 Servicos Agricolas, Luanda, Angola. Received 

 September 22, 1932. 



101135. Difumbe. 



101136. Diholo. 



101137. Dissombo. 



101138. Ussu. 



101139. DlOSPYROS DISCOLOR Willd. 



Diospyraceae. Mabolo. 



From Hawaii. Seeds presented by W. T. Pope, 

 senior horticulturist, Agricultural Experiment 

 Station, United States Department of Agricul- 

 ture, Honolulu. Received September 19, 1932. 



A medium-sized Philippine tree of vigorous 

 growth, with shining leaves 5 to 10 inches long, 

 pubescent beneath. The velvety dull-reddish, 

 thin-skinned fruits, 3 inches long and nearly 4 inches 

 in diameter, have firm, rather dry sweet flesh of a 

 rather indefinite flavor and 4 to 8 large seeds. Not- 

 withstanding its size and attractive appearance, it 

 has never gained favor with Europeans, although 

 very popular with the natives. 



For previous introduction see 95086. 



101140 to 101143. 



From Manchuria. Seeds collected by L. Ptitsin. 

 Received September 20, 1932. 



A collection of fodder grasses collected on the 

 Manchurian prairie grasslands between Anda and 

 Harbin. Introduced for the use of Department 

 specialists. 



101140. Agropyron strigosum (Bieb.) Boiss. 

 Poaceae. Grass. 



101141. Glyceria remota japonica Hack. 

 Poaceae. Grass. 



101142. POA COMPRESSA L. 



Poaceae. 



Canada bluegrass. 



101143. Poa pratensis L. Poaceae. 



Kentucky bluegrass. 



101144 and 101145. 



From India. Seeds presented by the Agri-Horticul- 

 tural Society of India, Calcutta. Received Sep- 

 tember 22, 1932. 



101144. Phoenix reclinata Jacq. Phoenica- 

 ceae. Senegal date palm. 



A tropical and South African date palm, 20 to 

 30 feet high, with green reclinate pinnate leaves 

 6 to 9 feet long, with rigid leaflets and yellowish 

 fruits half an inch long having a sweetish pulp. 



For previous introduction see 100105. 



101145. Phoenix sylvestris (L.) Roxb. Phoe- 

 nicaceae. India date palm. 



A pinnate-leaved palm, 25 to 40 feet high, with 

 leaves about 15 feet long and orange-yellow fruits. 

 Native to India. 



101146 to 101155. 



From New Zealand. Seeds presented by A. Wil- 

 kinson, secretary, New Zealand Alpine and Rock 

 Garden Society, Nelson. Received September 

 27, 1932. 



101146. Gentiana corymbifera T. Kirk. Gen- 

 tianaceae. Gentian. 



A perennial herb with usually simple stems 6 

 to 20 inches high, native to New Zealand. The 

 radical leaves, 2 to 4 inches long, are oblong- 

 spatulate, and the stem leaves, 1 to 2 inches long, 

 are linear-lanceolate. The large white flowers, 

 nearly an inch across, are borne in large compact 

 terminal umbels 2 to 6 inches in diameter. 



101147. Ixerba brexiodes A. Cunn. Escal- 

 loniaceae. 



Tawari. A beautiful evergreen tree sometimes 

 70 feet tall, with thick, leathery, coarsely serrate 

 leaves 3 to 7 inches long and very handsome waxy 

 white flowers over an inch wide, occurring in flat 

 panicles. In New Zealand, where it is not com- 

 mon, it is considered by some to be the most 

 beautiful tree indigenous to that country. 



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