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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



103022— Continued. 



From Fjnca Chejel, Tucuru, Alta Vera 

 Paz. 



103023. Euphorbia abyssinica Gmel. 

 Euphorbiaceae. Spurge. 



From Africa. Seeds presented by the 

 Government Agricultural Station, As- 

 mara, Eritrea, through L. Croizat, New 

 York, N. Y. Received May 31, 1933. 



A plant which attains a height of 30 to 

 40 feet in poor dry soil and yields a large 

 quantity of latex containing about 5 per- 

 cent of first-class rubber. 



103024 and 103025. 



From Wonosobo. Java. Seeds originally 

 from Russia, presented by A. M. Cramer, 

 of Cramer & Zoon. Received May 29, 

 1933. 



103024. BUTIA CAPITATA X ERIOSPATHA. 



Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



A natural hybrid combining charac- 

 ters of both parents. The fruits close- 

 ly re?emble in flavor the best Japanese 

 loquats, and the tree will probably 

 thrive wherever the Satsuma orange is 

 grown commercially. 



For previous introduction see 100275. 



103025. Prunus sp. Amygdalaceae. 



A plum introduced for testing by De- 

 partment specialists. 



103026 and 103027. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by Robert 

 M. Grey, superintendent, Atkins Insti- 

 tution of the Arnold Arboretum, Sole- 

 dad, Cienfuegos, through F. G. Walsing- 

 ham. Received May 26, 1933. 



103028. Albizzia adinocephala (Donn.- 

 Smith) Britton and Rose. Mircfo- 

 saceae. 



A small unarmed tree, with rather 

 small compound leaves composed of 1 or 

 2 pairs of lanceolate leathery leaflets 1 

 or 2 inches long and flower heads in 

 terminal panicles about 4 inches long. 

 Native to Costa Rica. 



103027. Caesalpinia padciflora (Gri- 

 seb.) C. Wright. Caesalpiniaceae. 



A slender shrub 5 to 8 feet high, na- 

 tive to the West Indies. The compound 

 leaves have 8 to 12 pinnae, each bearing 

 a few oblong to obovate leaflets one-half 

 inch long ; the yellow flowers with 

 crisped petals are borne in racemes. 



103028 to 103038. Solanum spp. Sola- 

 naceae. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- 

 lics. Tubers presented by the Institute of 

 Plant Industry, Leningrad. Received 

 June 3. 1933. 



A collection of South American species of 

 Solanum of the section Tuberarium ; intro- 

 duced for the use of Department specialists. 



103028. Solanum ajanhuiri Juz. and 

 Buk. 



No. 8018. A species from high alti- 

 tudes in Bolivia ; it forms the best tubers 

 of all the frost-resistant species. 



103029. Solanum chaucha Juz. and 

 Buk. 



No. 8100. A tropophytic species from 

 Peru and Bolivia which rarely forms ber- 

 ries. 



103028 to 103038 — Continued. 



103030. Solanum chocclo Juz. and Buk. 



No. 8143. A mountain species from 

 southern Peru and Bolivia. 



103031. Solanum curtilobum Juz. and 

 Buk. 



No. 800S. From the mountains of 

 southern Peru and Bolivia. 



103032. Solanum goniocalyx Juz, and 

 Buk. 



No. 8027. A polymorphous mountain 

 species of central Peru with small yellow 

 tubers. 



103033. Solanum mamilliferum Juz. 

 and Buk. 



No. 8136. From the mountains of 

 southern Peru and Bolivia. 



103034. Solanum phureja Juz. and Buk. 



No. 8070. A species from the mountain 

 valleys of Bolivia which produces medium- 

 sized tubers of very low starch content. 



103035. Solanum rybinii Juz. and Buk. 



No. S023. From the mountains of Co- 

 lombia. A spocies which rarely forms 



berries and is tender to frost. 



103036. Solanum stenotomum Juz. and 

 Buk. 



No. 8042. A hydrophytic species from 

 southern Peru and Bolivia which is not 

 frost hardy. 



103037. Solanum andigenum tarmense 

 Juz. and Buk. 



No. 8113. A form with the leaf seg- 

 ments small ; found in the vicinity of 

 Tarma, Peru. 



103038. Solanum tenuifilamentum Juz. 

 and Buk. 



No. 8105. A tender species from the 

 mountains of southern Peru and Bolivia. 



103039. Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck. 

 Rutaceae. Orange. 



From Southern Rhodesia. Scions presented 

 by W. J. Hall, director, Citrus Experiment 

 Station, Mazoe, through A. A. Morris. 

 Received June 3, 1933. 



Premier orange, a new variety which is 

 said to be a very early sort and to give a 

 good yield. 



103040 to 103068. 



From China. Seeds purchased in Peiping 

 by Peter Liu. Received May 29, 1933. 



103040. Apium graveolens L. Apiaceae. 



Celery. 



No. 13. Chiin Tsai. 



103041. Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) 

 Cogn. Cucurbitaceae. Waxgourd. 



No. 21. CMa Tung Kua, a winter 

 gourd. 



103042. Beta vulgaris L. Chenopodia- 

 ceae. Beet. 



No. 17. Ken Ta Tsai. 



103043 to 103047. Brassica spp. Brassi- 

 caceae. 



103043. Brassica oleracea caulo-rapa 

 DC. Kohlrabi. 



No. 18. Pei Lan. 



