PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



103836. Stylosanthes mtjceonata 

 Willd. Fabaceae. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by J. 

 Michelmore & Co. Pty. Ltd., Mackay, 

 Queensland. Received November 2, 1933. 



A mueh-brancbed undersbrub, 1 to 2 feet 

 bigb, native to soutbern Asia and tropical 

 Africa. Tbe rigidly coriaceous trifoliolate 

 leaves bave oblong leaflets about one-balf 

 incb long, and the inconspicuous flowers are 

 in small dense beads. Of possible value as 

 a forage crop. 



For previous introduction see 101186. 



103837 to 103849. Tkiticum aestivum 

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



Common wheat. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by H. 

 Wenholz, director of plant breeding, De- 

 partment of Agriculture, Sydney, New 

 South Wales. Received November 2, 

 1933. 



A collection of Australian-grown wheats 

 introduced for the use of Department spe- 

 cialists. 



103837. Baringa. 



103838. Bolin. 



103839. Somen. 



103840. Dindiloa. 



103841. FirwMll. 



103842. Florence. 



103843. Genoa. 



103844. Nabawa. 



103845. Pilot. 



103846. Queen Fan. 



103847. S. H. J. 



103848. Thew. 



103849. Wardfir. 



103850. Paeochetus communis Buch.- 

 Ham. Fabaceae. Shamrock-pea. 



From India. Seeds presented by F. H. 

 Butcher, curator, Government Botanic 

 Garden. Ootacamuad. Received Novem- 

 ber 6, 1933. 



A half-hardy perennial trailing vine with 

 shamrocklike leaves, each leaflet marked at 

 the base with a brown crescent. The pea- 

 shaped flowers, nearly an inch across, have 

 cobalt-blue standards and pink wings. It 

 is native to tropical Asia. 



For previous introduction see 103478. 



103851. Castanopsis philipensis 

 (Blanco) Vidal. Fagaceae. 



From tbe Philippine Islands. Seeds pre- 

 sented by Arthur F. Fischer, director of 

 forestry, Department of Agriculture and 

 Commerce, Manila. Received November 

 11, 1933. 



A tall tropical evergreen tree up to 75 

 feet high, with lanceolate entire acuminate 

 leaves 3 to 4 inches long. The edible nuts 

 are about an inch long and resemble tbe 

 European chestnut in flavor. 



103852 and 103853. 



From Africa. Seeds presented by Dr. Leon 

 Croizat, New York, N. Y. Received No- 

 vember 9, 1933. 



103852. Canavalia ensiformis (L.) DC. 

 Fabaceae. Jackbean. 



From French Sudan. 



103853. Euphorbia sp. Euphorbiaceae. 

 From Dodoma, Tanganyika Territory. 



103854 to 103859. Oeyza sativa L. 

 Poaceae. Rice. 



From the Philippine Islands. Seeds pre- 

 sented by Manuel L. Roxas, director of 

 plant industry, Department of Agricul- 

 ture, Manila. Received November 8, 

 1933. 



A collection of rice varieties said to be 

 resistant to stem rot under Philippine con- 

 ditions. Introduced for the use of Depart- 

 ment specialists. 



103854. Elonelon. 



103855. Ouinangang Str. 1. 



103856. Macan Binan. 



103857. Manticanon. 



103858. Mancasar Str. S. 



103859. Ramay. 



103860. Onoseris sp. Asteraceae. 



From Ecuador. Seeds collected by Elsie 

 Brown, Pan American Union. Received 

 November 16, 1933. 



Collected on a mountain slope north of 

 Quito. A daisylike plant with slender gray- 

 ish-green leaves that form a thick low mat. 

 The solitary, fragrant, pink flowers are 

 borne on a leafless stem 10 to 12 inches 

 long. 



103861 to 103900. 



From Japan. Seeds purchased from Tanaka 

 Boekibu, Osaka. Received November 14, 

 1933. 



A collection of native Japanese alpine 

 plants. 



103861. Adbnophora nikobnsis Franch. 

 Campanulaceae. 



A low perennial, less than a foot high, 

 closely allied to the campanulas, with 

 sessile, lanceolate, finely toothed leaves 

 about 1 inch long and small nodding 

 spikes of sky-blue flowers three-fourths 

 of an inch across. 



103862. Alsinb arctica (Stev.) Fenzl. 

 Silenaceae. 



A herbaceous perennial that forms 

 clumps a few inches high, with linear 

 leaves half an inch long. The small 

 white flowers are borne singly on short 

 peduncles. Native to the arctic regions 

 of northeastern Asia and North America. 



103863 to 103865. Anemone spp. Ranun- 

 culaceae. 



103863. Anemone flaccida Fr. Schmidt. 



An erect herbaceous perennial with 

 stems 4 to 8 inches high and three- 

 parted, incised-dentate basal leaves. 

 The 1 or 2 long-stalked flowers are 

 white appearing in midsummer in 

 southeastern Siberia where the plant 

 is also a native. 



103864. Anemone nikoensis Maxim. 



An anemone with long-stemmed, tri- 

 ternate, incised basal leaves and soli- 

 tary white flowers. Native to the- 

 higbest mountains of central Japan. 



