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101307. Gossypium stocksii Masters. 

 Malvaceae. Cotton. 



From India. Seeds presented by M. Afzal, Cotton 

 Research Laboratory, Lyallpur. through T. H. 

 Kearney, Bureau of Plant Industry. Received 

 November 10, 1932. 



A shrubby tropical Indian cotton, with small 

 yellow flowers, which is native to the Sind district; 

 it is of the 13-haploid-chromosome group and there- 

 fore will not cross with the American types. The 

 seed is difficult to germinate. It is sown in India 

 about June, and before sowing the coat is carefully 

 split with a knife or the seed is rubbed upon a piece 

 of fine sandpaper which allows access of water and 

 helps germination. 



101308. Triticum aestivum L. (T. vul- 

 gare VilL). Poaceae. 



Common wheat. 



From China. Seeds presented by Albert N. Stew- 

 ard, College of Agriculture, University of Nank- 

 ing. Received November 11, 1932. 



Nanking no. 716. 



Introduced for the use of Department specialists. 



101309 to 101343. Ficus spp. Mora- 

 ceae. Fig. 



From France. Scions presented by Prof. D. Bois, 

 Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. 

 Received November 11, 1932. 



101309. Ficus aggregata Vahl. 



An East Indian woody climber with oval, ob- 

 tuse, glabrous leaves 3 inches long, punctate 

 above, and clusters of sessile globose fruits. 



101310. Ficus baroni Baker. 



A tree, native to central Madagascar, with 

 glossy brown bark and alternate closely set leaves 

 resembling those of Laarocerasus officinalis in size 

 and appearance. The sessile roundish fruits are 

 one-half inch in diameter. 



101311. Ficus benghalensis L. Banyan tree. 



A large tree 75 to 100 feet high, rooting from the 

 branches. The branchlets are softly pubescent, 

 the broadly ovate coriaceous leaves are 4 to 8 

 inches long, and the globose red fruits, borne in 

 pairs, are about the size of small cherries. The 

 tree is native to India and northern Africa. 



For previous introduction see 88394. 



101312. Ficus cannonii (Bull) N. E. Brown. 



A tropical tree with pinnatifid hairy leaves 

 which become entire and ovate-oblong when older. 

 The upper surface of the leaves is dark bronze red 

 on bronzy green with the lower surface vinous 

 purple. The subglobose yellowish fruits are one- 

 half inch in diameter. Native to the Society 

 Islands. 



101313. Ficus diversifolia Blume. Mistletoe fig. 



A smooth shrub or small tree, native to India. 

 The broadly obovate leaves, 1 to 3 inches long, and 

 the small solitary, dull-red or yellow fruits re- 

 semble the mistletoe. 



101314. Ficus dusenii Warb. 



A tree up to 40 feet high, native to tropical 

 Africa. The entire obovate to elliptic leaves are 2 

 to 9 inches long, and the globose or ovoid fruits are 

 borne in sessile axillary pairs. Possibly a form of 

 F. thollingii. 



101315. Ficus glabella Blume. 



A small glabrous tree native to the Malay 

 Peninsula, The thin not very leathery leaves, 

 2 to 4 inches long, are oblong-ovate and entire, and 

 the sessile fruits, less than one-half inch in diam- 

 eter, are purple, sometimes with yellow dots. 



101309 to 101343— Continued 



101316. Ficus glaberrima Blume. 



An East Indian tree with oblong acuminate 

 leaves 3 to 6 inches long and small pea-shaped 

 fruits. 



101317. Ficus heterophylla L. f. 



A creeping shrub, native to tropical India and 

 Ceylon. The leaves, 1 to 3 inches long, vary from 

 lanceolate and entire to broadly cordate with re- 

 pand, toothed, or deeply lobed margins, and the 

 solitary axillary fruits vary from globose to long 

 pyriform. 



101318. Ficus hispida L. f. 



A shrub or small tree native to tropical Asia and 

 Australia. The opposite rough-hairy leaves are 

 entire or toothed, and the hispid yellow fruits are 

 borne in clusters on the old wood. 



101319. Ficus lucescens Blume (F. infectoria 

 Roxb.). Dotted fig. 



A low deciduous tree, native to India. The 

 membranous oblong-ovate leaves, 3 to 5 inches 

 long, are slightly subcordate, and the globose 

 fruits, one-fourth inch in diameter, are whitish 

 flushed and dotted with red. 



101320. Ficus kerstingh Warb. 



A tree up to 20 feet high, native to tropical 

 Africa. The rigid leathery leaves, 4 to 6 inches 

 long and broad, are heart shaped and are dark 

 green with red nerves. The obovoid fruits, one- 

 half inch long, are in axillary fascicles at the tips 

 of the shoots. 



101321. Ficus lute A Vahl. 



A tali spreading tree with whorled branches, 

 native to tropical Africa, The ovate-oblong, 

 leathery leaves. 4 to 8 inches long, are finely retic- 

 ulate with the nerves whitish above and pale 

 green below. The globose axillary yellow fruits, 

 borne in pairs, are smaller than cherries and have 

 a bidfid umbo at the apex. 



101322. Ficus lyrata Warb. 



A tree up to 40 feet high, native to tropical 

 Africa. The rigid leathery lyre-shaped leaves are 

 6 to 12 inches long and 5 to 7 inches broad, and 

 the globose fruits, about 2 inches in diameter, are 

 borne in sessile axillary pairs. 



101323. Ficus ovata Vahl. 



A large tree with a broad crown and ribbed 

 purple branchlets, native to tropical Africa. The 

 oblong-ovate to broadly cordate leaves are 7 to 10 

 inches long, and the axillary subglobose fruits, 

 1 to 2 inches in diameter, are surrounded while 

 young with reddish coriaceous bracts. 



101324. Ficus pandurata Hance. Fiddleleaf fig. 



A low diffuse shrub with leaves 1 to 4 inches 

 long, having rounded cordate bases and rounded- 

 oblong upper portions. The red fruits, nearly as 

 large as cherries, are borne singly in the axiis of 

 the leaves. It is native to China. 



101325. Ficus parietalis Blume. 



An attractive tree, native to tropical Asia. 

 The large oblong leaves are shining deep green 

 above and dull green below, and the golden- 

 yellow fruits are three-fourths of an inch in 

 diameter. 



101326. Ficus pierrei Hort. 



A name for which a place of publication and a 

 description have not been found. 



101327. Ficus prolixa Forst. f. 



A tropical tree with oblong-lanceolate acumi- 

 nate leaves, punctate beneath, and fruits borne 

 in pairs. Native to the Society Islands. 



101328. Ficus punctifera Warb. 



A tree with spreading branches and sofv-gray, 

 smooth bark, native to tropical Africa, The 



