OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 193 3 



103805 to 103826. Triticum: spp. Poa- 

 ceae. Wheat. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by S. L. 

 Macindoe, plant breeder at the New Eng- 

 land Experiment Farm, Glen Innes, New 

 South Wales. Received October 17, 1933. 



A collection of triticums which have 

 proved very resistant to leaf rust under 

 the conditions at the experiment farm in 

 New South Wales. Introduced for the use 

 of Department specialists. Received under 

 the following varietal names : 



103805 to 103325. Triticum: aestivum L. 

 (T. vulgare Vill.). Common wheat. 



103805. No. C 5347. Baladi 26. 



103806. No. C 5351. Baladi 31. 



103807. Clarendon. 



103808. No. C 5988. B U X Marquis 

 609. 



103809. No. C 5985. E hh X Marquis 

 592. 



103810. No. C 5990. B U X Marquis 

 615. 



103811. No. C 5983. B kh X Marquis 



103812. No. C 6041. Kenya (crossbred). 



103813. No. C 5986. Marquis 59k X 

 B hit. 



103814. No. C 4610. Marquis X Em- 

 mer. 



103815. No. C 5090. Marquis X Em- 

 mer 20. 



103816. No. C 6284. Marquis X Em- 

 mer. 



103817. No. C 5085. Marquis X Ver- 

 nal Emmer Ik. 



103818. No. C 5976. Pentad, X Mar- 

 quis 724. 



103819. No. C 5978. Pentad X Mar- 

 quis 126. 



103820. No. C 5979. Pentad X Mar- 

 quis 7£7. 



103821. No. C 5981. Pentad X Mar- 

 quis 729. 



103822. Persian Black. 



103823. No. C 8793. Reicard X B U- 



103824. Thew. 



103825. No. C 5084. Vernal Emmer X 

 Marquis X 138. 



103826. Triticum durum Desf. 



Durum wheat. 

 Bodei form. 



103827. Amygdalus persica L. Amyg- 

 dalaceae. Peach. 



From the island of Malta. Seeds pre- 

 sented by J. Borg, superintendent. Office 

 of Agriculture, Valletta. Received Octo- 

 ber 23, 1933. 



A locally grown variety which has vellow 

 flesh ; introduced for the use of Depart- 

 ment specialists. 



103828 to 103830. Phoenix spp. Pho- 

 enicaceae. Palm. 



From Africa. Seeds presented by C. B. 

 Taylor, botanist, Department of Agricul- 

 ture, Zaria, Nigeria. Received October 

 27, 1933. 



103828 to 103830— Continued. 



103828. Phoenix dactylifera L. 



Date palm. 

 Daoino. A cultivated palm over 30 

 feet high, with leaves 15 feet long. The 

 inflorescence has a broad flattened 

 spathe, and the edible fruits are 2 inches 

 long. 



103829. Phoenix sp. 



Kajinjiri fadama or dabobxn oiri. A 

 wild palm found in the swamps around 

 Zaria. The smooth stem, without any 

 adhering old leaf bases, is 18 feet high, 

 and the leaves are 7 feet long. The 

 small edible fruits are less than an inch 

 long, but the tree begins to fruit when 

 only 6 years old and is said to live to 

 be 100 unless damaged by wind or dis- 

 ease. The leaves are extensively used in 

 mat weaving, and the stems are split and 

 used for building purposes. 



103830. Phoenix sp. 



Kajinjiri tudu or kajinjiri daji. A 

 small wild palm found on the hills around 

 Zaria, with a stem 6 feet high, covered 

 with persistent old leaf bases. The leaves 

 are about 4 feet long, and the small edible 

 fruits are less than an inch in length. 

 The tree begins fruiting when only 5 

 years old and is said to live over 100 

 years unless damaged by wind or dis- 

 ease. The leaves are extensively used 

 for mat weaving, and the stem of the 

 tree is split and used for building 

 purposes. 



103831 to 103833. Triticum aestivum 

 L. (T. vulgare Vill.). Poaceae. 



Common wheat. 



From Brazil. Seeds presented through 

 Reginald S. Castleman, American consul, 

 Porto Alegre. Received October 30, 1933. 



A collection of wheats, said to be im- 

 mune from rust, developed at the Wheat 

 Experiment Station at Bage, which is main- 

 tained by the State Government of Rio 

 Grande do Sul. 



103831. M 12-32. 



103832. Trigo fronteira. 



103833. Trigo surpresa. 



103834 and 103835. 



From India. Seeds grown in the Victoria 

 Botanic Garden, Bombay, and presented 

 through Robert M. Grey, superintendent. 

 Atkins Institution of the Arnold Abore- 

 tum, Soledad, Cienfuegos, Cuba, by F. G. 

 Walsingham. Received October 30, 1933. 



103834. Bauhinia brachycarpa Wall. 

 Caesalpiniaceae. 



An erect tropical shrub with slender 

 branches and heart-shaped roundish 

 nine-ribbed leaves, cleft a third down into 

 two obtuse lobes. The flowers are in 

 short dense racemes, and the pod is over 

 an inch long. Native to India. 



103835. Cassia benigera Wall. Caesal- 

 piniaceae. 



A tropical tree from the mountains of 

 Burma, with compound leaves a foot 

 long. The 30 to 40 obtuse oblong leaf- 

 lets, 1% inches long, are leathery and 

 finely hairy below. The cylindrical pod 

 is a foot in length. 



