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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



102310 to 102332— Continued. 



the radical leaves have alate-dentate 

 pi tiole.s. The nodding yellow flower 

 heads, an inch across, are borne in 

 corymbose racemes. 



102329. Sbnecio ketusus (DC.) Wall. 



A perennial herb 12 to 18 inches 

 high and 8 inches across, native to the 

 slopes of the Himalayas in N< pal and 

 Sikkiin at altitudes of 12,000 to 

 15,000 feet. The toothed leaves vary 

 from reniform at the base to oblong- 

 lanceolate at the top of the plant. 

 The yellow flower heads, 1 to 2 inches 

 across, are solitary or 2 to 8 in a 

 simple terminal raceme. 



102330. Swertia hookeri C. B. Clarke. 

 Gentianaceae. 



A perennial herb with a thick hollow 

 stem 2 to 4 feet high, native to the Sik- 

 klm Himalayas between 12,000 and 13,000 

 feet altitude. The elliptic long-petioled 

 radical leaves are 4 inches long, and 

 the stem leaves are lanceolate. The nod- 

 ding purple flowers, with blue nerves, on 

 pedicels 2 inches long, are borne in dense 

 axillary cymes. 



102331. Thalictrum 

 Ranunculaceae. 



chelidonii DC. 

 Meadowrue. 



A handsome ornamental plant, 15 

 inches high, with lovely pale-green foli- 

 age, pubescent beneath. The delicate 

 silvery lavender flowers, over an inch 

 across, are borne in graceful sprays. Na- 

 tive to the temperate Himalayas at alti- 

 tudes of 8,000 to 12,000 feet. 



For previous introduction see 95601. 



102332. Thalictrum foliolosum DC. 

 Ranunculaceae. Meadowrue. 



A stiff erect perennial herb, 4 to 8 feet 

 high, native to the temperate slopes of 

 the Himalayas at altitudes of 5,000 to 

 8,000 feet. The pinnately compound 

 leaves are made up of orbicular leaflets 

 less than an inch across, and the white, 

 pale-green or dull-purple flowers are in 

 much-branched panicles. 



102333. Castanea sativa Mill. Faga- 

 ceae. Spanish chestnut. 



Prom Germany. Scions presented by the 

 Versuchsstation fur Pflanzenschutz, Halle 

 (Saale). Received March 24, 1933. 



Introduced for the use of Department 

 specialists. 



102334. Allium cepa L. Liliaceae. 



Onion. 



From Manchuria. Seeds purchased from L. 

 Ptitsin, Harbin. Received March 22, 

 1933. 



Sample no. 16, collected in northern 

 Manchuria. 



102335 to 102338. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by Robert M. 

 Grey, superintendent, Atkins Institution 

 of the Arnold Arboretum, Soledad, Cien- 

 fuegos, through F. G. Walsingham. Re- 

 ceived March 20, 1933. 



102335. Amyris elemifera L. Rutaceae. 



A large shrub or small tree up to 50 

 feet high, native to the West Indies and 

 Central America. The compound leaves 

 are made up of 3 to 5 lanceolate to 

 rhombic-ovate leathery leaflets 1 to 3 

 inches long, and the small white flowers, 



102335 to 102338— Continued. 



borne in panicles, are followed by globose 

 black fruits one-fourth of an inch in 

 diameter. 



102336. Savia sessiliflora (Swartz.) 

 Willd. Euphorbiaceae. 



A shrub or small tree up to 25 feet 

 high, native to the West Indies, with 

 slender pubescent branchlets, gray- 

 brown bark, and inconspicuous flowers. 

 The ovate to ovate-lanceolate leaves, 1 to 

 2 inches long, are pale green and reticu- 

 late veined. 



102337. Paullinia barbadensis Jacq. 

 Sapindaceae. 



A tropical woody vine which climbs by 

 axillary tendrils. The biternate leaves 

 have cuneate thin leathery leaflets 2 to 5 

 inches long with winged petioles, and the 

 small flowers, in axillary racemes, are 

 followed by red or yellow three-winged 

 leathery fruits, one-half of an inch long, 

 which open and disclose the black seeds 

 with their creamy caruncles. Native to 

 the West Indies. 



TOURNEFORTIA S C A B R A Lam. 



Boraginaceae. 



A low vinelike shrub up to 6 feet high, 

 native to the West Indies. The rigid, 

 leathery, oblong to lanceolate leaves are 

 1 to 3 inches long, and the small white 

 or yellow salverform flowers, borne in 

 forked cymes, are followed by ovoid 

 white fruits one-eighth of an inch long. 



102339. Eleocharis tuberosa (Roxb.) 

 Schult. Cyperaceae. 



Tubers presented by Albert P. Ding, Port- 

 land, Oreg. Received March 27, 1933. 



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 j 

 are grown on muck or clay soils. 



For previous introduction see 101500. 



102340 and 102341. Ipomoea batatas 

 (L.) Poir. Convolvulaceae. 



Sweetpotato. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- 

 lics. Tubers presented by V. P. Alekseev, 

 chief of foreign-plant introduction, In- 

 stitute of Plant Industry, of the Lenin 

 Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lenin- 

 grad. Received March 4, 1933. 



102340. No. 135733. A yellow-skinned, 

 orange-fleshed yam of excellent qual- 

 ity, with a honey sweetness and aroma. 

 A heavy yielder, but the shape of the 

 roots is not standard. 



102341. No. 135737. A cream-white, 

 moist, yellow-fleshed variety of excel- 

 lent quality which produces a heavy 

 yield of large smooth regular-shaped 

 tubers. 



102342 to 102354. 



From the West Indies. Seeds collected bv 

 David Fairchild, with the 1933 Allison V. 

 Armour expedition. Received March 20, 

 1933. 



102342. Agave brevispina Trelease. 

 Amaryllidaceae. 



No. 3022. Qalatas or Croix des bou- 

 quets. Point Decouverte, above Kenscoff, 



