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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



103359 to 103402— Continued. 



103395. Salvia bertolonii Vis. 



A perennial herb, hairy throughout, 

 -with an erect or ascending stem, cor- 

 * date-ovate crenate leaves, and branched 

 racemes of flowers which are reddish 

 violet or, rarely, white. Native to 

 Dalmatia. 



103396 to 103398. Salvia verticillata 

 L. Lilac sage. 



A pilose herbaceous perennial 2 to 

 3 feet high, native to the Caucasus 

 region. The lyre-shaped basal leaves 

 are cordate sinuate-crenate and hispid 

 on both surfaces, while the floral leaves 

 are deflexed and bractlike. The small 

 tubular lilac-blue flowers are in remote 

 whorls of 20 to 40 arranged in branched 

 racemes often over a foot long. 



103399. Thymus marschallianus Willd. 

 Menthaceae. Thyme. 



A creeping subshrub, native to the Cau- 

 casus region, closely related to Thymus 

 serpyllum. The stems are hirsute or vil- 

 lous, and the linear-oblong leaves are 

 ciliate on both surfaces. 



103400 to 103402. Tulipa spp. Liliaceae. 



Tulip. 



103400. Tulip altaica Pall. 



A tulip from the Altai Mountains, 

 with oblong-lanceolate undulate leaves 

 slightly exceeding the flowers. The 

 scarlet and yellow flower segments are 

 alternately lanceolate and spatulate- 

 oblong. 



For previous introduction see 100643. 



103401. Tulipa bieber stein ia,na 

 Schult. f. 



A rather low plant with 2 or 3 lanceo- 

 late or linear grooved acute leaves and 

 a smooth stem bearing a single flower, 

 yellow within end greenish yellow on 

 the outside. Native to southeastern 

 Russia and closely related to Tulipa 

 celsiana. 



For previous introduction see 101619. 



103402. Tulipa sp. 



103403. Gossypium peruvianum Cav. 

 Malvaceae. Cotton. 



1 03403— Continued. 



From Peru. Seeds presented by Alejandro 

 Correa Elias, San Vicente, Canete, 

 through T. H. Kearney, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry. Received June 6, 1933. 



Tanguis cotton. Introduced for the use 

 of Department specialists. 



103404. Allium sativum L. Liliaceae. 



Garlic. 



From India. Bulbs purchased from V. H. 

 Kulkarni, superintendent, Modibag Agri- 

 cultural College, Poona, through M. K. 

 Patel, assistant professor of mycology. 

 Received June 30, 1933. 



Introduced for the use of Department 

 specialists. 



103405. Caloncoba brevipes (Stapf) 

 Gilg. Flacourtiaceae. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by Robert M. 

 Grey, superintendent, Atkins Institution 

 of the Arnold Arboretum, Soledad, Cien- 

 fuegos. Received June 27, 1933. 



From a tree grown from seed received 

 from Doctor Fairchild, June 5, 1927, col- 

 lected on the West African trip with Alli- 

 son V. Armour. An attractive tropical tree 

 20 feet high, which bears fragrant pure- 

 white flowers 3 inches in diameter. These 

 appear during the winter when the tree is 

 leafless. The dry yellow fruits, about the 

 size of a lime, contain numerous seeds from 

 which the natives express the oil to treat 

 skin diseases. 



103406. Ehretia elliptica DC. Bo- 

 raglnaceae. 



From Texas. Seeds presented by Peter H. 

 Heinz, Brownsville. Received June 28, 

 1933. 



Mexican names, Anaqua and manzanillo. 

 A shrub or tree up to 50 feet high, native to 

 western Texas and northern Mexico. The 

 thick oblong scabrous leaves are 1 to 4 

 inches long. The small, white fragrant 

 flowers are borne profusely and are followed 

 by sweet edible yellow fruits about one- 

 fourth inch in diameter. The wood is used 

 for tool handles and wheel spokes. In 

 southern Texas young trees are used as 

 ornamentals for planting on lawns. 



