PLANT MATEEIAL INTRODUCED 



102386 to 102389. 



From Mikicei, Lithuania. Scions pre- 

 sented by Frank Kokaska. Received 

 April 12, 1933. 



Received under the following varietal 

 names. 



1C2386, Malus sylvestris Mill. (Pyrus 

 mains L.). Malaceae. Apple, 



No. 2. Red Lomp. A winter apple. 



102387 to 102389. Pyrus spp. Malaceae. 



Pear. 



102387. Pyrus sp. 

 Late Bartlett. 



102388. Pyrus sp. 

 Late Sweet. 



102389. Pyrus sp. 

 Red Cheek. 



102390 to 102392. Vitis vinifera L. 

 Vitaceae. European grape. 



From the Netherlands. Scions presented 

 by J. M. Riemans, Naaldwijk, through 

 Prof. F. T. Bioletti, University of Cali- 

 fornia, Berkeley, Calif. Received April 

 13, 1933. 



Received under the following varietal 



names. 



102390. Early van der Laan. 



102391. Emile Royal. 



102392. Frankent Holer. 

 102393 and 102394. 



From Angola, Africa. Seeds presented by 

 Dr. Leon Croizat, New York City, N. Y. 

 Received April 12, 1933. 



102393. Elaeophorbia drupifera 



(Thonn.) Stapf. Euphorbiaceae. 



A deciduous tree 40 to 50 feet high, 

 with miiky juice that may be a source of 

 rubber. The young branches are fleshv 

 and angled, becoming round ana woody 

 with age. Thp thick fleshy obovate leaves 

 are 3 to 8 inches long, with stipular 

 spines ; the nowers are similar to those of 

 the euphorbias, and the fleshy fruits vary 

 in size from that of a cherry to a walnut. 

 Native to tropical Africa. 



102™94. Euphorbia didiereoides M. Denis. 

 Euphorbiaceae. 



A low spiny succulent shrub, leafless 

 below, with a terminal rosette of lanceo- 

 late-ovate leaves about 2 inches long. 

 The spines are borne in threes, with the 

 central one much longer than the rest. 

 The small yellowish flowers are in dense 

 terminal cymes. Native to Madagascar. 



102395. Ipomoea batatas (L.) Poir. 

 Convolvulaceae. Sweetpotato. 



From Japan. Tubers presented by the Ag- 

 ricultural Experiment Station, Nishiga- 

 hara, Tokyo. Received April 17, 1933. 



ShijunicM Imo, or 40-day sweetpotato. 



Introduced for the use of Department 



specialists. 



102396 to 102398. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by Robert 

 M. Grey, superintendent, Atkins Institu- 

 tion of the Arnold Arboretum, Soledad, 

 Cienfuegos, through F. G. Walsingham. 

 Received April 13, 1933. 



102396 to 102398— Continued. 



102396. Casearia aculeata Jacq. Fla- 

 courtiaceae. 



A spiny shrub or small tree native to 

 the West Indies. The elliptic to obovate 

 leaves, 1 to 3 inches long, are glabrous 

 above and usually pubescent, with rather 

 long stiff hairs beneath, and the incon- 

 spicuous flowers, in small umbels, are 

 followed by globose capsules about one- 

 fourth of an inch in diameter. 



102397. Elsota diversifolia (L.) Blake 

 (Securidaoa diversifolia (L.) Blake). 

 Polygalaceae. 



A trailing or climbing shrub with 

 thick shining oblong to ovate leaves 2 

 to 6 inches long and racemes of rose- 

 colored flowers. It is native to Central 

 America and the West Indies. 



For previous introduction see 99633. 



102398. Tabebuia lepidota (H. B. K.) 

 Britton. Bignoniaceae. 



A tropical tree, native to Cuba, with 

 opposite compound leaves composed of 

 five small oblong-lanceolate leathery leaf- 

 lets, lepidote beneath, and axillary pink 

 flowers about 2 inches long. 



102399. Agropyron cristatum (L.) 

 Gaertn. Poaceae. Wheatgrass. 



From Canada. Seeds presented by L. E. 

 Kirk, Dominion agrostologist, Division of 

 Forage Plants, Central Experimental 

 Farm. Ottawa, Ontario. Received April 

 15, 1933. 



Fairway. A strain of crested wheatgrass 

 which has proved very satisfactory for 

 lawns under dry-land conditions. It is also 

 a good pasture strain. Practically all of 

 the plants spread more or less by under- 

 ground stems and some are decidedly creep- 



102400. Pistacia vera L. Anacardia- 

 ceae. Pistache. 



From Turkey. Scions presented by H. T. 

 Pence, American Mission, Gaziantep. 

 Received April 3, 1933. 



102401 to 102453. 



From Italy. Plants purchased from Mar- 

 tino Bianchi, Pistoia. Received April 4, 

 1933. 



Received under the following varietal 

 names. 



102401 to 102406. Amygdalus sp. Amyg- 

 dalaceae. 



102401 to 102405. Amygdalus persica 

 L. Peach. 



102401. D'ltalia grossissima. 



102402. Gialla di Breganze. 



102403. Grossa Montagna. 



102404. Moscatella gialla spicca. 



102405. Tondona Presidente. 



102406. Amygdalus persica nectarina 

 Ait. Nectarine. 



Cardinale. 



102407 to 102429. Malus sylvestris Mill. 

 {Pyrus malus L.). Malaceae. Apple. 



102407. Annurca. 



102408. Borda. 



102409. Calvilla bianca d'inverno. 



