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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



101414 to 101425— Continued 



101424. Gossypium sp. 

 C.B. 1020. Self bred seed. 



101425. Gossypium sp. 

 C.B. 1021. Self bred seed. 



101426 to 101432. Gossypium herba- 

 ceum L. Malvaceae. Cotton. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 

 Seeds presented by N. A. Malinovsky, Central 

 Agricultural Plant Breeding Station, Ganja Sta- 

 tion, Azerbaijan, Transcaucasia. Received No- 

 vember 21, 1932. 



101426. C.B. no. 1022. 



101427. C.B. no. 1023. 



101428. C.B. no. 1024. 



101429. C.B. no. 1025. 



101430. C.B. no. 1026. 



101431. C.B. no. 1027. 



101432. C.B. no. 1028. 



U.S.S.R. no. 101. 

 U.S.S.R. no. 590 (?) 

 U.S.S.R. no. 593. 

 U.S.S.R. no. 606. 

 U.S.S.R. no. 672. 

 U.S.S.R. no. 703. 

 U.S.S.R. no. 767. 



101433. Lycopersicon esculentum 

 Mill. Solanaceae. Tomato. 



From Florida. Seeds presented by M. D. Mc- 

 Naughton, Coconut Grove. Received December 

 1, 1932. 



A large medium-red tomato up to 4 inches in di- 

 ameter. The meat is almost solid with very few- 

 seeds, and the flavor is very mild, almost no acid. 

 The vine seems to be blight resistant, and the seeds 

 are supposed to have come originally from Africa. 



101434. Melinis minutiflora Beauv. 

 Poaceae. Molasses grass. 



From Colombia. Seeds presented by Willis C. 

 McGuire, Medellin, through Raymond Phalen, 

 American vice consul, Medellin. Received 

 November 30, 1932. 



Introduced for the use of Department specialists. 

 101435 to 101437. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by Robert M. Grey, 

 superintendent, Atkins Institution of the Arnold 

 Arboretum, Soledad, Cienfuegos. Received No- 

 vember 28, 1932. 



101435. Cassia nodosa Buch.-Ham. Caesalpini- 

 aceae. 



A moderate-sized deciduous tree with long 

 drooping branches and glossy leaves; in the spring 

 it bears a profusion of beautiful pink, rose-scented 

 flowers in dense clusters on long stalks. The 

 leaves and flowers appear at the same time. 



For previous introduction see 97868. 



101436. Gloriosa speciosa (Hochst.) Engler 

 ((?. abyssinica A. Rich.). Melanthiaceae. 



Glory lily. 



An erect bulbous perennial 1 to 2 feet high, na- 

 tive to tropical Africa. The lanceolate leaves, 5 to 

 6 inches long, are sometimes tendril-bearing at the 

 tip, and the yellow flowers, 2 to 3 inches long, have 

 reflexed segments and are borne on nodding pedi- 

 cels 3 to 4 inches long. 



101437. Volkameria aculeata L. Verbenaceae. 



A spiny climbing shrub 10 to 15 feet high, native 

 to the West Indies. The thin elliptic-obovate 

 leaves are 1 to 2 inches long, and the salverform 

 white flowers with purple stamens are borne in 

 axillary cymes. 



101438 to 101446. Hordeum distichon 

 palmella Harlan. Poaceae. 



Two-rowed barley 



From Hungary. Seeds presen ted by the Hungarian 

 Commercial and Exchange Bank, Budapest. Re- 

 ceived November 28, 1932. 



101438 to 101442. Hungarian spring seed barley. 



101438. No. 2327. 101441. No. 2485. 



101439. No. 2439. 101442. No. 2486. 



101440. No. 2440. 



101443 to 101445. Czechoslovakian spring barley.. 



101443. No. 3030-A. 101445. No. 3159. 



101444. No. 3158. 



101446. Hungarian spring seed barley, no. 2305. 



101447 to 101453. 



From the Philippine Islands. Seeds presented by 

 Arthur J. Fischer, director, Bureau of Forestry 

 Manila. Received November 30, 1932. 



101447. Ormosia calavensis Azaola. Fabaceae.. 



Bahia. A large tropical tree with unequally- 

 pinnate leaves consisting of 7 or 9 ovate leaflets. 

 The violet-colored flowers are followed by small 

 woody pods containing 2 or 3 coral-pink seeds. 

 Native to the Philippine Islands. 



101448. Pinus insularis Endl. Pinaceae. 



Benguet pine. 



A tall three-needle tropical pine which grows 

 on the highlands in the Philippine Islands be- 

 tween 3,000 and 8,000 feet altitude. The flaccid 

 slender leaves are 7 to 9 inches long, and the 

 ovoid cones are about 3 inches long. 



101449. Pterocarpus vidalianus Rolfe. Faba- 

 ceae. 



Prickly nana. A tree native to the island of 

 Luzon, with alternate, unequally pinnate leaves 

 composed of 5 to 13 ovate papery pellucid-punc- 

 tate leaflets 2 to 4 inches long. The small yellow 

 flowers are followed by circular winged pods over 

 an inch in diameter. 



101450. Sindora supa Merr. Caesalpiniaceae. 



Supa. A timber tree, native to the Philippine 

 Islands. 



101451. Vitex parviflora Juss. Verbenaceae. 



Chaste-tree.. 



For previous introduction and description see 

 101265. 



101452. Wallaceodendron celebicum Koord. 

 Mimosaceae. 



Banuyo. A tall tree, native to the Celebes, 

 with red-brown bark and compound leaves. 

 The flowers resemble those of Mimosa, and the 

 large pods are similar to those of Entada. 



101453. Xanthostemon verdugonianus Naves. 

 Myrtaceae. 



Mancone or pato de Metro. A large evergreen 

 tree with subopposite or subverticillate, obovate 

 cuneate rounded leathery leaves 1 to 3 inches 

 long, and small red-purple flowers in terminal 

 cymes. Native to the island of Mindanao, 

 Philippines. 



101454. Ephedra intermedia Schrenk 

 and Mey. Gnetaceae. 



From Tndia. Seeds presented by R. N. Parker, 

 forest botanist, Forest Research Institute, Dehra 

 Dun. Received November 26, 1932. 



