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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



101356 to 101374— Continued 



leaves 2 to 3 inches Ion?. The 12 to 20 bright-red 

 flowers are in a lax globose compound terminal 

 cyme. Native to Madagascar. 



101374. Kitchingia peltata Baker. 



A succulent herbaceous ornamental with 

 leaves petiolate, almost peltate, crenate, 2 to 3 

 inches long, green with red margins, and pink 

 petioles and stems. 



101375 to 101378. Chayota edulis 

 Jacq. Cucurbitaceae. Chayote. 



From Guatemala. Fruits purchased from Don 

 Jorge Garcia Salas, Director General of Agricul- 

 ture. Guatemala City. Received November 

 15, 1932. 



Native name, guisquil. 



101375. A small round, ivory-white variety. 



101376. A small pear-shaped, dark-green variety. 



101377. A short, broad, dark-green variety. 



101378. A pear-shaped, light-green variety. 



101379 and 101380. 



From Canada. Scions presented by F. L. Skinner, 

 Dropmore, Manitoba. Received November 16, 

 1932. 



101379. Syringa oblata dilatata X vulgaris. 

 Oleaceae. Lilac. 



Excel. 



101380. Syringa yillosa X sweglnzowd. Ole- 

 aceae. Lilac 



Hermoine. 



101381 to 101383. 



From Huancayo, Peru. Bulbs and roots presented 

 by Paul G. Ledig, Magnetic Observatory of the 

 Carnegie Institution, Washington, D.C. Re- 

 ceived November 16, 1932. 



101381. (Undetermined.) 



From the Hacienda Acopalca at 13,000 feet 

 altitude. A lily with red blossoms which come 

 just out of the ground like a crocus, but tne 

 blossoms are more tubular. 



101382. Oxalis sp. Oxalidaceae. 



No. 2. From the Hacienda Acopalca at 13,000 

 feet altitude. Found between the stones in an 

 old stone wall along the road £11 over a lew 



swampy ditch. 



101383. Oxalis sp. Oxalidaceae. 



No. 4. From the Hacienda Chamiseria at 11.600 

 feet altitude. An oxalis with a very much thick- 

 ened leaf stem, apparently as a sort of water 

 storage, as they grow on very precipitous cliffs 

 whica dry out completely during the dry season. 



101384 and 101385. 



From Alaska. Seeds purchased from Walter J. 

 Eyerdam, Seattle, Wash. Received November 

 15, 1932. 



101384. Phyllodoce aleutica (Spreng.) Heller. 

 Ericaceae. 



A low deciduous shrub with imbricated linear 

 serrulate leaves and terminal clusters of small 

 bell-shaped flowers. Native to the Aleutian 



Islands. 



101385. Sorbus kamtschatcensis Komorov. 

 Malaceae. Mountain-ash. 



A tree about 6 feet high with smooth, gray- 

 brown bark, stout branches, and opaque, ovate- 

 lanceolate, acuminate leaflets. The small pinkish 

 fruits are in clusters 3 to 4 inches across. Native 

 to the Kamchatka Peninsula. 



101386. CORYPHA TTMBRACULIFERA L. 



Phoenicaceae. Talipot palm. 



From Ceylon. Seeds presented by T. H. Parsons, 

 curator of the Royai Botanic Garden, Peradeniva. 

 Received November 19, 1932. 



A large fan palm up to SO feet high. The leaves, 

 12 feet long and 16 feet broad, are made up of lobed 

 segments, and the creamy white flowers are in 

 terminal panicles 20 feet long. It is native to 

 Ceylon. 



For previous introduction see 93530. 



101387 and 101388. Lupinus muta- 

 bilis Sweet. Fabaceae. 



South American lupine. 



From Huancayo, Peru. Seeds presented by Paul 

 G. Ledig, Magnetic Observatory of the Carnegie 

 Institution, Washington, D.C. Received No- 

 vember 16, 1932. 



Tallhue, ullush. A handsome half-woody shrub 

 about 6 feet high which is usually broad and bushy 

 in habit. Above the attractive foliage rise numer- 

 ous spikes of varicolored pea-shaped flowers. The 

 predominant colors are blue, lilac, white, and 

 yellow. 



101337. Speckled seeds. 101388. White seeds. 



101389 to 101393. Allium spp. Lili- 

 aceae. 



From China. Seeds presented by Albert N. 

 Steward, College of Agriculture, University of 

 Nanking. Received November 16, 1932. 



101389. Allium cepa L. Onion. 



Australian Broicn. A variety introduced into 

 China, probably from Australia. 



101390. Allium fistulosum L. Welsh onion. 



From the Sun Tomb. Originally from a for- 

 eign source. 



101391 and 101332. Allium porrum L. 



Leek. 



Introduced seed which is now being cultivated 

 n China. 



101391. From the University Garden. 



101392. From the Sun Tomb. 



101393. Allium sativum L. Garlic. 



A variety cultivated near the university nur- 

 sery. The flowers are white, and both leaves 

 and scapes are used as a vegetable. 



101394. BOURRERIA REVOLUTA H. B. K. 



Boraginaceae. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by Robert M. Grey, 

 superintendent, Atkins Institution of the Arnold 

 Arboretum, Soledad, Cienfuegos, through F. G. 

 Walsingham. Received November 18, 1932. 



A shrub or small tree native to the West Indies. 

 The leathery ovate leaves are 1 to 2 inches long, 

 and the rather large, white flowers are borne in 

 terminal cymes. The slightly succulent red fruits 

 are about one-third inch in diameter. 



101395 to 101406. 



From Manchuria. Seeds presented by B. V. 

 Skvortzow, Botanical Department, 2-d High 

 School, Chinese Eastern Railway, Harbin. 

 Received November 18, 1932. 



1013S5. AcoxiTUM kusnezoffh Reichenb. Ra- 

 nunculaceae. Monkshood. 



An erect, hardy, herbaceous perennial, native 

 to northeastern Asia, with terminal clusters of 

 bluish flowers. 



