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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



102879 to 102891. 



From China. Seeds purchased through 

 Peter Liu, Peiping. Received May 8, 

 1933. 



From Hopeh Province, north of Peiping ; 

 introduced for the use of Department 

 specialists. 



102879. Allium cepa L. Liliaceae. 



Onion. 



No. 9. Ta Tsung. 



102880. Brassica sp. Brassicaceae. 



No. 13. 



102881 to 102883. Capsicum annuum L. 

 Solanaceae. Common redpepper. 



102881. No. 4. Large persimmon pep- 

 per. 



102882. No. 5. Chinese. 



102883. No. 6. A Chinese pepper. 



102884 to 102886. Lycopersicon escu- 

 lentdm Mill. Solanaceae. Tomato. 



102884. No. 10. 



102885. No. 11. 



102886. No. 12. 



102887 and 102888. Pisum sativum L. 

 Fabaceae. Pea. 



102887. No. 7. 



102888. No. 8. 



102889 to 102891. Solanum melongena 

 L. Solanaceae. Eggplant. 



102889. No. 1. 



102890. No. 2. 



102891. No. 3. 



102892. Pistacia muttca Fisch. and 

 Mey. Anacardiaceae. Terebinth. 



From Palestine. Seeds collected in Aiir 

 Balat, Safed District, Metulla region, 

 and presented by A. Khazanoff, Haifa. 

 Received May 8, 1933. 



A deciduous tree up to 35 feet high with 

 pinnate foliage. It is sometimes used as 

 a stock for Pistacia vera. Native to the 

 Mediterranean region. 



For previous introduction see 99351. 



102893 and 102894. Gossypium aebor- 

 eum L. Malvaceae. Cotton. 



From India. Seeds presented by V. N. 

 Ranganatha Rao, senior assistant bota- 

 nist, Krishnalaya, TJlsoor Gate, Bangalore 

 City, southern India, through T. H. 

 Kearney. Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived May 5, 1933. 



102893. A form which resembles Gossyp- 

 ium heroaceum. 



102894. A form which resembles the 

 Nahda variety. 



102895. Citrus medica L. Rutaceae. 



Citron. 



From Italy. Plants purchased from Ono- 

 frio Bottaro & Figli, by Dr. Forzano, of 

 the Diamond Citron Co., Los Angeles, 

 Calif., and sent through Coert de Bois, 

 American consul general, Naples. Re- 

 ceived April 13, 1933. 



Diamante citron, from Diamante, Prov- 

 ince of Cosenza. A fine variety introduced 

 for the use of Department specialists. 



102896. Citrus sp. Rutaceae. 



From French Indo-China. Plants collected 

 at the Station Agricole de Blao de Haut 

 Donoi, Annam, and presented by M. Poil- 

 ane. Institut des Recherches Agronom- 

 iques de l'lndochine. Division de Bota- 

 nique. Received May 13, 1933. 



A cultivated lpmon with aromatic fruits, 

 collected at 2,300 feet altitude. 



102897. Humulus lupulus L. Mora- 

 ceae. Common hop. 



From Czechoslovakia. Roots presented by 

 Dr. Ing. Ctibor Blattny, Institute of 

 Phytopathology, Statni vyzkumne ustavy 

 zemedelske Prague-Device, Sadova. Re- 

 ceived May 16, 1933. 



Early green hop from Duba. 



102898 to 102901. 



From Mexico. Seeds presented by Peter H. 

 Heinz, Brownsville, Tex. Received May 

 13, 1933. 



A collection of seeds purchased in a Mex- 

 ican market. 



102898 to 102900. Capsicum annuum L. 

 Solanaceae. Common redpepper. 



102898. Ancho. A large aromatic 

 mild pepper of good color ; used to 

 color chili. 



102899. Mulato. A medium-sized pep- 

 per, mild but with a bitter flavor ; 

 used to flavor chili. 



102900. Pasilla. A pepper 4 inches 

 long with a mild flavor ; used in chili. 



102901. Sesamum orientale L. Pedal- 

 iaceae. Sesame. 



Ajonjoli. Used in the manufacture of 

 chili powder. 



102902 to 102911. 



From India. Seeds presented by the cura- 

 tor, Lloyd Botanic Garden, Darjeeling, 

 through Ralph A. Fenton, Portland, Oreg. 

 Received May 11, 1933. 



102902. Ardisia sp. Myrsinaceae. 



The Ardisias are tropical or subtropi- 

 cal trees or shrubs, with thick evergreen 

 leaves, cymes of white or rose-colored 

 flowers, and, usually, red fruits the size 

 of a pea. 



102903. Daphne papyracea Wall. Thy- 

 melaeaceae. 



A shrub up to 8 feet high, native to 

 the temperate slopes of the Himalayas 

 in India. The thinly coriaceous oblance- 

 olate leaves are 2 to 4 inches long, and 

 the fragrant cream-colored flowers, half 

 an inch long, are in terminal heads. 



For previous introduction see 94075. 



102904. Daphne sureil Smith and 

 Cave. Thymelaeaceae. 



An erect evergreen shrub 3 to 10 feet 

 high, with alternate lanceolate or linear- 

 lanceolate leathery leaves about 4 inches 

 long and small whitish flowers half an 

 inch long. Native to the eastern tem- 

 perate Himalayas. 



For previous introduction see 102313. 



102905. Ilex hookeri King. Aquifolia- 

 ceae. Holly. 



A small deciduous tree, with leathery 

 narrow oblong or lanceolate leaves 3 to 5 

 inches long and small globular berries 



