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102915 to 102975 — Continued. 



102957. Rhododendron sp. Ericaceae 

 No. 41. From Huangyensze. 



102958. Rhus sp. Anacardiaceae 



umach. 



No. 33. From Huangyensze. 



102959 to 102961. Rosa spp. Rosaceae. 



Hose. 



From Kuanyinchiao. 



102959. No. 44. 102961. No. 61. 



102960. No. 00. 



102962. Rubus sp. Rosaceae. 

 No. 3. From Huangyensze. 



102963. Spiraea sp. Rosaceae. Spirea. 



No. 21. From Huangyensze. 



102984. Styrax sp. Styracaceae. 



Snowbell. 



No. 19. From Huangyensze. 



102965. Symplocos sp. Symplocaceae. 



Sweatleaf. 



No. 65. From Haihweisze. 



102966 to 102968. Thea spp. Theaceae. 



102966. No. 9. From Huangyensze. 



102967. No. 31. From Huangyensze. 



102968. No. 43. From Pailohtung. 



102969. Vanieria sp. Moraceae. 



No. 46. From Pailohtung. The vani- 

 erias are woody plants, native to south- 

 eastern Asia, closely related to the cud- 

 ranias. The inconspicuous flowers are 

 followed by fleshy subglobose fruits that 

 resemble mulberries. 



102970. Viburnum sp. Caprifoliaceae. 

 No. 26. From Haihweisze.^ 



102971. Zanthoxylum sp. Rutaceae. 



Prickly-ash. 



No. 14. From Kuanyinchiao. 



102972. Zanthoxylum sp. Rutaceae. 



Prickly-ash. 



No. 16. From Kuanyinchiao. 



102973. (Undetermined.) 



No. 8. From Huangyensze. 



102974. (Undetermined.) 



No. 20. From Huangyensze. 



102975. (Undetermined.) 



No. 63. From Haihweisze. 



102976. Mangifeka indica L. Ana- 

 cardiaceae. Mango. 



From Surinam. Seeds presented by the 

 director of the agricultural experiment 

 station at Paramaribo, through David 

 Fairchild. Received May 16, 1933. 



Mangga golek. 



102977. Allium sp. Liliaceae. 



From India. Seeds presented by E. A. 

 Beale, deputy director of agriculture, 

 Irrawaddy Circle. Myaungaya, Lower 

 Burma, through W. E. Gregson, deputy 

 director of agriculture, Tenasserim Circle, 

 Moulmein. Received May 15. 1933. 



Introduced for the use of Department 

 specialists. 



126439—33 4 



102978 to 102984. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- 

 lic*. Seids presented by V. P. Alekseev, 

 chief. Bureau of Introduction, Institute of 

 Plant Industry, Leningrad. Received 

 May 17, 1933. 



102978 to 102982. Allium cepa L. Lilia- 

 ceae. Onion. 



Originally collected in Asia Minor by 

 the expedition of Professor Zhukovsky. 



102978. No. 119/1. From Bitlis. 



102979. No. 119/6. From Bitlis. 



102980. No. 119/16. 



102981. No. 119/21. 



102982. No. 119/37. From Trebizond. 



102983 and 102984. Allium porrum L. 

 Liliaceae. Leek. 



Originally from western Persia, col- 

 lected by the Tcherniakovsky expedition. 



102983. No. 31/1. 

 1C2984. No. 31/3. 



102385. Eugenia ligusteina (Swartz) 

 Willd. Myrtaceae. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by Robert M. 

 Grey, superintendent, Atkins Institution 

 of the Arnold Arboretum, Soledad, Cien- 

 fuegos, through F. G. Walsingham. Re- 

 ceived May 17, 1933. 



A low tropical American shrub with 

 papery lanceolate leaves, shining above and 

 pale beneath . solitary white flowers half 

 an inch across, and globose smooth berries 

 one-fourth of an inch in diameter. 



102986. Amakanthus gangeticus L. 

 Amaranthaceae. Ganges amaranth. 



From California. Seeds presented by Er- 

 nest L. Lutz. Summit. Received May 19, 

 1933. 



Beh Han Tsai, or white Han Tsai. Seed 

 of plants grown from seed brought from 

 China by Mr. Lutz. An annual herb 

 whose stems and leaves are prepared in 

 much the same manner as spinach and used 

 for food in China. 



For introduction of a red form see 

 102737. 



102987 to 103000. Agave spp. Ama- 

 ryiliclaceae. 



From Mexico. Plants purchased from How- 

 ard E. Gates, Anaheim, Calif. Received 

 May 22, 1933. 



Native plants, collected in Baja Cali- 

 fornia by Howard E. Gates. 



102987. Agave aurea Brandegee. 



A stemless plant with a rosette of 

 about 50 gray-green, narrow-lanceolate 

 leaves about 3 feet long, armed with un- 

 equally triangular, often upcurved 

 prickles and ending in a chestnut-colored 

 spine an inch long. The numerous gold- 

 en-yellow flowers are borne on a scape 

 about 5 feet high. 



102988. Agave apfinis Trelease. 



An agave with rough, gray-green, tri- 

 angular-oblong leaves about 20 inches 

 long, terminating in an ashen or nearly 

 white spine over an inch long. The 

 flowers are borne in a short branched 

 panicle. 



