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102699 to 102727— Continued. 



102717. No. 930. From an Uzbek 

 kitchen-garden near Tashkent. 



From the market in 



From Yunus-Abad, 



102718. No. 931. 

 Ferghana. 



102719. No. 932. 

 near Tashkent. 



102720. No. 942. From Andiksan. 



102721. No. 975. From the market at 

 Makhatsch-Kala, Daghestan. 



102722. No. 976. From Makhatsch- 

 Kala, Daghestan. 



102723. No. 977. 



Daghestan. 



102724. No. 97S. From the market at 



Makhatsch-Kala, Daghestan. 



From Bujnaksk, 



102725. No. 979. 

 Daghestan. 



From Bujnaksk, 



102726 and 102727. Solanum melongena 

 L. Solanaceae. Eggplant. 



102726. No. 105. From Tashkent. 



102727. No. 202. From central Asia. 



102728 and 102729. Citktjs sinensis 

 (L.) Osbeck. Rutaceae. Orange. 



From Cuba. Scions presented by Thomas 

 R. Towns, Holguin. Received April 27, 

 1933. 



102728. Cuoan navel orange. 



102729. Harvard No. 2. A new navel 

 orange introduced by the Atkins In- 

 stitution of the Arnold Arboretum, 

 Soledad, Cienfuegos. 



102730 and 102731. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by Robert M. 

 Grey, superintendent, Atkins Institution 

 of the Arnold Arboretum, Soledad, Cien- 

 fuegos, through F. G. Walsingham. Re- 

 ceived April 25, 1933. 



102730. Asparagus officinalis L. Con- 

 vallariaceae. Garden asparagus. 



Introduced for the use of Department 

 specialists. 



102731. Triplaris cumingiana Fisch. 

 Polygonaceae. 



An ornamental tropical tree about 20 

 feet high, generally of pyramidal habit, 

 which prefers moist situations along the 

 borders of lakes and streams. From Feb- 

 ruary until the middle of April it is 

 ablnzp with red, produced by the bracts 

 surrounding the capsules, and forms an 

 exceedingly striking object in the land- 

 scape. The tree is native to Panama. 



102732 to 102736. Clematis spp. Ra- 

 nnnculaceae. 



From New Zealand. Seeds presented by 

 J. E Spingarn, Amenia, N. Y. Received 

 Anril 27. 1933. 



102732. Clematis afoliata J. Buch. 



A perennial with wiry leafless stems, 

 native to New Zealand. The flowers are 

 greenish white, nearly an inch across, 

 and are borne in axillary fascicles of 2 

 to 5. On young plants the leaves are 

 occasionally developed and consist of a 

 persistent petiole and three minute long- 

 stalked ovate to triangular leaflets. It 



102732 to 102736— Continued. 



is curious and distinct rather than beau- 

 tiful. 



For previous introduction see 101275. 



102733. Clematis australis X hexase- 

 pala. 



A natural hybrid between two white- 

 flowered species, both of which have tri- 

 foliolate leaves and are native to New 

 Zealand. In C. australis the leaflets are 

 pinnate or pinnately lobed, while those 

 of G. hexasepala are nearly entire. 



102734. Clematis foetida Raoul. 



A stout woody vine, often covering 

 small trees, native to New Zealand. The 

 slightly coriaceous trifoliolate leaves 

 have ovate to cordate leaflets 1 to 2 

 inches long, and the small yellow flowers 

 in large panicles are strongly odorous 

 but are said not to be fetid. 



For previous introduction see 101276. 



102735. Clematis hexasepala DC 



A smaller and more slender vine than 

 C. indivisa, with pale-green coriaceous 

 trifoliolate leaves having ovate-oblong to 

 ovate-cordate toothed leaflets 1 to 3 inches 

 long. The numerous flowers, 1 to 2 inches 

 across, have 6 to 8 white sepals. It is 

 native to New Zealand. 



For previous introduction see 101277. 



102736. Clematis hilarii Spreng. 



A tropical climbing shrub with ternate 

 or nearly ternate leaves 2 to 4 inches 

 wide and blue-white fragrant flowers. It 

 is native to southeastern Brazil. 



102737. Amaeanthus gangeticus K 

 Amaranthaceae. Ganges amaranth. 



From California. Seeds presented by Ernest 

 L. Lutz, Summit. Received April 28, 

 1933. 



Hung Hua Tsai, or Red Sala. Seed of 

 plants grown from seed brought from China 

 by Mr. Lutz. An annual vegetable whose 

 stems and leaves are prepared in the same 

 manner as spinach and used for food in 

 China. 



102738 to 102741. 



From Manchuria. Seeds purchased from 

 Manshu Nosan Shokai, Inc., Dairen. Re- 

 ceived April 19, 1933. 



102738. Acer argdtdm Maxim, 

 ceae. 



Acera- 

 Maple. 



A small deciduous tree with erect 

 branches and doubly serrate leaves 2 to 

 4 inches long. The flowers, produced in 

 April before the leaves, are greenish yel- 

 low, and the keys are borne in hanging 

 racemes. This tree is native to the moun- 

 tain woods of Japan and makes an ele- 

 gant appearance with its pale-green leaves 

 during the summer and its purple-brown 

 branches in the winter. 



For previous introduction see 102160. 



102739. Acer cissifolium (Sieb. and 

 Zucc.) Koch. Aceraceae. Maple. 



A Japanese maple of compact rounded 

 habit becoming 30 feet or more high, with 

 leaves composed of three leaflets up to 4 

 inches long:. The minute flowers are pro- 

 duced in May with the leaves, and the 

 keys, about 1 inch long, occur in long 



