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PLANT MATEKIAL INTRODUCED 



102738 to 102741— Continued. 



racemes. In autumn the foliage turns 

 red and yellow. 



For previous introduction see 97497. 



102740. Bbtula japonica mandshurica 

 (Kegel) Winkl. Betulaceae. Birch. 



A white-barked birch up to 80 feet 

 high, with the leaves often broadly wedge- 

 shaped at the base. Native to Hopeh 

 Province, China. 



For previous introduction see 93112. 



102741. Rhododendron wbyrichii 

 Maxim. Ericaceae. 



A deciduous shrub up to 15 feet high, 

 native to Japan and China. The broadly 

 ovate to rhombic leaves, 1 to 3 inches 

 long, are in clusters of 2 or 3 at tbe tips 

 of the branchlets and turn vinous purple 

 in autumn. The rotate funnel-form red 

 flowers, 1 to o inches across, appear be- 

 fore or with the leaves. 



For previous introduction see 98479. 



102742 to 102745. 



From Brazil. Seeds presented by P. H. 

 Rolfs, Sao Paulo. Received April 28, 

 1933. 



102742. ACANTHOSTACHYS ANANASSOIDES 



Baker. Bromeliaceae. 



A plant, native to Brazil, very much 

 like the pineapple, with rigid linear 

 leaves over 3 feet long and less than 1 

 inch broad above the dilated base. The 

 flower head is borne on a stem 1 to 2 

 feet high, but the individual flowers are 

 surrounded by separate bracts instead of 

 being united as in the pineapple. 



102743 to 102745. Ananas spp. Bromelia- 

 ceae. 



102743. Ananas duckei Hort. 



A name for which a place of publi- 

 cation and a description have not been 

 found. 



102744. Ananas microcephalus Lin- 

 den. 



Ihvira, the Guarany name for fiber. 

 A dwarf pineapple, w.th small globose 

 unpalatable fruits, which is considered 

 to represent the original wild form. 

 The quality of the fiber is unusually 

 good, being very strong, lustrous, and 

 fine, and the percentage of fiber in the 

 leaves is very high. 



102745. Ananas sp. 



102746 to 102748. Amygdalus spp. 

 Amygclalaceae. 



From Australia. Trees purchased from G. 

 F. Althofer, Dripstone, New South Wales. 

 Received May 3, 1933. 



102746. Amygdalus persica L. Peach. 



Ruby red. Medium to large-sized 

 clingstone ; one of Australia's best ship- 

 ping peaches. Originated in Victoria, 

 Australia, probably coming from the old 

 Shanghai peach, but it is earlier, more 

 highly colored, and a better shipper. 



102747. Amygdalus persica nectarina 

 Ait. Nectarine. 



Lee's Seedling. 



102748. Amygdalus persica nectarina 

 Ait. Nectarine. 



W. O. Fripp. A new nectarine of 

 Australian origin ; very large size ; 



102746 to 102748— Continued. 



highly colored ; flavor excellent ; quality 

 very good ; heavy and regular bearer ; 

 season late. 



102749 and 102750. Humulus lupulus 

 L. Moraceae. Common hop. 



From Austria. Roots presented by Josef 

 Binder & Co., Neufelden, Austria. Re- 

 ceived May 3, 1933. 



102749. Auschaer Rote. 



102750. Muhltrertler griine. 



102751. Gossypium hirstjtum L. Mal- 

 vaceae. Upland cotton. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- 

 lics. Seeds presented by Dr. N. A. 

 Malinovsky, Transcaucasian Cotton Re- 

 search Institute, Ganja Station, Azer- 

 baijan, Transcaucasia. Received May 1, 

 1933. 



Selfed seeds from one plant. 



102752 to 102787. 



From India. Seeds presented by the cura- 

 tor of the Lloyd Botanic Garden, Dar- 

 jeeling. Received May 3, 1933. 



102752. Ardisia macrocarpa Wall. Myr- 

 sinaceae. 



A shrub up to 4 feet high with nar- 

 rowly ovate leaves, with crisped-crenate 

 margins, bearing conspicuous glands in 

 the crenations. The umbels of incon- 

 spicuous flowers are followed by dotted, 

 bright-red berries one-half to one-third 

 of an inch in diameter. Native to Sik- 

 kim and Nepal between 3,000 to 7,000 

 feet altitude. 



For previous introduction see 93186. 



102753. A R I S A E M A GRIFFITHII Schott. 



Araceae. 



A tuberous herb native to the tem- 

 perate Himalayas in India from 7,000 to 

 12,000 feet altitude. The two leaves are 

 divided into three rhombic-orbicular cre- 

 nate lobes 6 to 10 inches long with faint 

 yellow margins. The tube of the spathe, 

 2 to 3 inches long, is purple, ribbed with 

 white, and the incurved limb, 5 to 8 

 inches broad, is divided into two dull- 

 purple lobes reticulated green and having 

 purple tails 3 inches long. The stout 

 spadix has a tortuous linear purple tail 

 1 to 3 feet long. 



102754. Arisaema tortuosum (Wall.) 

 Schott. Araceae. 



A tuberous herb native to the subtrop- 

 ical and temperate Himalayas up to 

 8,000 feet altitude. The 2 or 3 leaves, 

 on petioles 1 to 3 feet long, have 5 to 

 20 linear to ovate tailed leaflets 12 to 18 

 inches long. The flower stalk, 2 to 4 

 feet high, bears a pale-green or purple 

 spathe 4 to 6 inches long with an in- 

 curved boat-shaped limb, and the spadix, 

 which resembles a rattail, is first erect, 

 then recurved, and again erect. 



102755. Clematis connata DC. Ranun- 

 culaceae. 



A large woody climbing vine native to 

 the temperate Himalayas at altitudes be- 

 tween 4,000 and 10,000 feet. The leaves 

 are made up of 3 to 7 broadly cordate 

 leaflets 2 to 4 inches long, with coarsely 

 serrate or three-lobed margins, and the 



