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101395 to 101406— Continued 



101396. Aconitum lycoctonum L. Ranuncu- 

 laoeae. Yellow wolfsbane. 



A slender perennial reaching a height of 6 feet, 

 with yellow or whitish flowers. Native to 

 Europe and Siberia. 



101397. Cucurbita moschata Duchesne. Cucur- 

 bitaceae. Cushaw. 



Variety melonaeformis. 



101398. Heteropappus hispidus (Thunb.) Less. 

 Asteraceae. 



A perennial herb, native to eastern Asia, with 

 rough stems and linear leaves having ciliate mar- 

 gins. The azure-blue, asterlike flower heads 

 form broad corymbose clusters 8 to 10 inches 

 across. 



101399. Lathyrus da vidii Hance. Fabaceae. 



A white-flowered climber, 3 to 4 feet high, with 

 membranous trifoliolate leaves. Native to north- 

 ern China. 



For previous introduction see 90548. 



101400. Agastache rugosa (Fisch. and Mey.). 

 Kuntze (Lophanthus rugosus Fisch. and Mey). 

 Menthaceae. Wrinkled giant-hyssop. 



A summer -flowering perennial herb, 2 to 4 feet 

 high, with cordate, serrate, rugose, scented leaves 

 and attractive lavender flowers in reddish calyces 

 crowded into dense oblong spikes. Native to 

 China. 



101401. Metaplexis japonica (Thunb.) Makino 

 (M. stauntoni Schult.). Asclepiadaceae. 



A climbing shrubby milkweed, native to China 

 and Japan, with opposite, cordate, undulate 

 leaves and small, pale-rose to white flowers in 

 axillary clusters. 



101402. Papaver nudicaule L. Papaveraceae. 



Iceland poppy. 



Variety amurense, from the Hingan Moun- 

 tains, with foliage rather coarser than the type and 

 fairly uniform orange-yellow flowers. 



101403. Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi. Men- 

 thaeeae. Baikal skullcap. 



Locally known as mountain tea. A low sub- 

 shrubby perennial forming a spreading mass of 

 stems, covered with lanceolate leaves from which 

 ascending shoots 6 to 12 inches high are produced, 

 each terminated in late summer by a head of 

 large and brilliant blue-purple flowers. 



101404. Soja max (L.) Piper (Glycine ussuriensis 

 Sieb. and Zucc). Fabaceae. Soybean. 



A wild form. 



101405. Viola ircutiana Turcz. Violaceae. 



Violet. 



A perennial violet, native to dry hilly regions 

 In the Kaja River, Siberia. It has oval-cordate 

 leaves and rose-violet flowers and is similar to 

 Viola variegata, but has smaller flowers. 



101406. Viola seoulensis Nakai. Violaceae. 



Violet. 



A perennial violet with oblong or ovate-oblong, 

 long-stemmed leaves an inch in length and pale 

 violet flowers. Native to Chosen. 



101407 to 101409. Chayota edulis 

 Jacq. Cucurbitaceae. Chayote. 



From Guatemala. Fruits presented by Don Jorge 

 Garcia Saias, Director General of Agriculture, 

 Guatemala City. Received November 26, 1932. 



Native name, guisquil. 



101407. Large, round, ivory-white variety. 



101408. Small, pear-shaped, ivory-white variety. 



101409. Small, ovoid, dark-green variety. 



101410 and 101411. 



From France. Seeds presented by R. Salgues, 

 directeur de Station Botanique de Brignoles. 

 Received November 29, 1932. 



101410. Astragalus onobrychis L. Fabaceae. 



A hairy, gray-green perennial with a thick, 

 woody, branched rhizome and a decumbent 

 stem up to 2 feet in length. The leaves have 8 to 

 10 pairs of lanceolate leaflets, and the rather 

 large purplish flowers are in clusters of 10 to 12. 

 Native to south-central Europe. 



101411. Calycotome spinosa (L.) Link. Fa- 

 baceae. 



A low spiny shrub, about 5 feet high, with tri- 

 foliolate leaves, hairy beneath, and yellow flowers 

 about three fourths of an inch long. Native to 

 the Mediterranean region. 



101412. Menziesia glabella A. Gray. 

 Ericaceae. 



From Canada. Seeds presented by Prof. John 

 Davidson, University of British Columbia, Van- 

 couver, British Columbia. Received November 

 26, 1932. 



An erect shrub 6 to 10 feet high, native to north- 

 western America. The elliptic to obovate leaves are 

 1 to 3 inches long, and the dull-colored, urn-shaped 

 flowers, less than half an inch long, are borne in 

 terminal clusters. 



101413. Sesamtjm orientale L. Ped- 

 aliaceae. Sesame. 



From Palestine. Seeds presented by Dr. I. Elazari- 

 Volcani, director of the experiment station at 

 Tel-Aviv. Received November 25, 1932. 



A strain of a common local variety, selected by the 

 division of plant breeding because of the larger 

 number of sections in the capsule. The capsules of 

 this strain contain three or four sections instead of 

 the usual two. 



101414 to 101425. Gossypium spp. 

 Malvaceae. Cotton. 



From Africa. Seeds presented by Dr. Trevor 

 Trought, Plant Breeding Section, Department of 

 Agriculture and Forests, Shambat, Khartoum, 

 Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Received November 21, 

 1932. 



101414. Gossypium sp. 

 C.B. 1010. Natural seed. 



101415. Gossypium sp. 

 C.B. 1011. Selfbred seed. 



101416. Gossypium sp. 

 C.B. 1012. Natural seed. 



101417. Gossypium sp. 

 C.B. 1013. Selfbred seed. 



101418. Gossypium sp. 

 C.B. 1014. Natural seed. 



101419. Gossypium sp. 

 C.B. 1015. Selfbred seed. 



101420. Gossypium sp. 

 C.B. 1016. Natural seed. 



101421. Gossypium sp. 

 C.B. 1017. Selfbred seed. 



101422. Gossypium sp. 

 C.B. 1018. Natural seed. 



101423. Gossypium sp. 

 C.B. 1019. Selfbred seed. 



