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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



101486 to 101488— Continued 



101488. Ko-fugen. 101488. Oshokun. 

 101487. Oku-miyako. 



101489 to 101496. 



From Egypt. # Seeds presented by Alfred Bircher, 

 Middle Egypt Botanic Station, El Saff. Re- 

 ceived December 5, 1932. 



101489. Annona macrocarpa Barb.-Rodr. An- 

 nonaceae. 



A Brazilian tree 10 to 12 feet high, with a thick 

 trunk, oblong-elliptic leathery leaves about 4 

 inches long, and large ovoid-cordate fruits about 

 5 inches in diameter with white pulp. In Matto 

 Grosso the natives call this "araticum grande da 

 serra." 



101490. Arecastrum sp. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



101491. Ckreus hexagontjs (L.) Mill. Cacta- 

 ceae. 



A tall columnar cactus up to 45 feet high, 

 branching at the base, the. joints usually six- 

 angled. The flowers are 8 to 10 inches long with 

 the outer segments purple and the inner ones 

 white. The ovoid edible fruits are 3 to 6 inches 

 long and have white or pinkish pulp. It is native 

 to the West Indies and to the northern part of 

 South America. 



For previous introduction see 90870. 



101492. Nageia elata (R. Br.) F. Muell. (Podo- 

 carpus elata R. Br.). Taxaceae. 



A tree 50 to 100 feet high, native to Australia. 

 The oblong-linear to linear-lanceolate leaves are 

 2 to 6 inches long, straight or slightly falcate, with 

 a prominent midrib. The inconspicuous flowers 

 are followed by slightly succulent ovoid to globular 

 brown fruits about one-fourth inch in diameter. 



101493 to 101495. Psidium spp. Myrtaceae. 



Guava. 



101493. Psidium araca Raddi. 



A tropical American shrub which bears small 

 edible yellow fruits, ^aid to contain few seeds. 



101494. Psidium coriaceum Mart. 



A tropical shrub, 3 to 10 feet high, with 

 leathery obovate leaves and dark-purple 

 fleshy fruits the size of plums. It is native to 

 Brazil. 



101495. Psidium cujavillus Burm. f. 



Dwarf guava. 



A small shrub with small yellow fruits resem- 

 bling those of Psidium araca in size and color, 

 but with dry calyx segments. The fruit is 

 very aromatic with much-accentuated straw- 

 berry flavor. The leaves resemble the common 

 guava but are broader. 



101496. Ziziphus joazeiro Mart. Rhamnaceae. 



Jua. A tree, native to the eastern part of Brazil, 

 which under favorable conditions forms a beauti- 

 ful, dense, green, umbrageous head of foliage 

 nearly 30 feet in diameter. The oval to ovate 

 leaves, about 2 inches long, are somewhat hard 

 and brittle in texture. The cream-yellow fruits 

 are nearly an inch in diameter and almost round. 

 The thick layer of mealy flesh is rather insipid and 

 adheres very closely to the seed. Cattle and 

 horses are very fond of both the leaves and fruits 

 of this tree, and its principal value would seem to 

 be as a source of stock food in the dry areas of the 

 southwestern United States. 



101497 and 101498. Sesamum orien- 

 tals L. Pedaliaceae. Sesame. 



From Southern Rhodesia. Seeds presented by 

 H. G. Mundy, chief, Division of Plant Industry, 



101497 and 101498— Continued 



Department of Agriculture, Salisbury. Re- 

 ceived December 8, 1932. 



101497. A variety with black seeds. 



101498. A variety with white seeds. 



101499. Allium cepa L. Liliaceae. 



Onion. 



From India. Seeds presented by the superintend- 

 ent of the Modi-Bag Agricultural College, Poona, 

 through the horticulturist to the Government, 

 Bombay Presidency, Poona. Received Decem- 

 ber 8, 1932. 



A locally grown variety. 



Introduced for the use of Department specialists 



101500. Eleocharis tuberosa (Roxb.) 

 Schult. Cyperaceae. 



Tubers presented by Albert P. Ding, Portland ,. 

 Oreg. Received December 14, 1932. 



A Chinese vegetable which grows very much in 

 the same manner as wet-land rice. The corms or 

 tuberous rhizomes are mostly eaten raw but are 

 also sliced or shredded in soups and in meat and 

 rice dishes. The plants need a hot summer to 

 mature and are grown on a muck or clay soil. 



101501. Mucuna bennetti F. Muell. 

 Fabaceae. 



From New Guinea. Seeds presented by Anne 

 Macllvaine, through George Muir Smith, Urika, 

 Port Moresby, Papua. Received December 12,. 

 1932. 



D'Albertis creeper. A tropical climber with leaves 

 made up of three ovate-lanceolate glabrous leaflets, 

 3 to 5 inches long, and bearing short racemes of 

 large showy scarlet flowers. It grows in New 

 Guinea on the banks of rivers or in swampy places. 



101502 and 101503. 



Plants presented by C. E. Pleas, Chipley, Fla. 

 Received December 16, 1932. 



101502. Bambusa multiplex (Lour.) Reausch. 

 Poaceae. Hedge bamboo.. 



These plants represent a distichous or fern- 

 leaved variety of the hedge bamboo which has 

 slender culms with green stripes of various widths 

 on a yellowish or pinkish ground color and is of 

 dwarf habit, usually not more than 5 feet high. 

 However, the variety shows a strong tendency to 

 revert to the species type, in which the leaves are 

 much longer and fewer on the branchlets, and 

 culms up to 30 feet high are produced. The 

 foliage then appears similar in form to that of the 

 well-known varieties Alphonse Karri and Argentea 

 striata. The new culms of this dwarf variety 

 usually appear during June and extend their 

 branches and leaves within a few weeks, differing 

 in these respects from the type and from the 

 large-growing varieties of the species. 



For previous introduction see 99289. 



101503. Bambusa multiplex (Lour.) Reausch. 

 Poaceae. Hedge bamboo. 



An ordinary, large-growing, green form of the 

 hedge bamboo, reverted from the dwarf variety 

 under F.P.I. 101502. 



101504 and 101505. Avena sativa L. 

 Poaceae. Oats. 



From Wales. Seeds presented by Prof. E. T. 

 Jones, Welsh Plant Breeding Station, Aberys- 

 twyth. Received December 16, 1932. 



101504. Aberystwyth white no. 81, winter oats. 



101505. Aberystwyth white no. 82, winter oats. 



