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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



103973 and 103974. Phoenix dactyli- 

 fera L. Phoenicaceae. Bate palm. 



From Africa. Seeds presented by the De- 

 partment of Agriculture, Nigeria. Re- 

 ceived December 9, 1933. 



Date palms, said to be growing wild in 

 Nigeria ; introduced for the use of Depart- 

 ment specialists. 



103975. Castanea sattva Mill. Faga- 

 ceae. Spanish chestnut. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- 

 lics. Seeds presented by Prof. A. Popov, 

 Department of New Cultures and Intro- 

 duction. Leningrad. Received December 

 9, 1933. 



Chestnuts collected in the northern Cau- 

 casus region ; introduced for the use of 

 Department specialists. 



103976. Adonidia merrillii Beccari. 

 Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



From the Philippine Islands. Seeds pre- 

 sented by Mount Mahiling Agricultural 

 College, Laguna, through the director of 

 forestry, Manila. Received December 19, 

 1933. 



Bonga de China or tonga de Jolo. A 

 medium-sized palm with graceful, some- 

 what curved pinnate leaves, resembling the 

 common betel-nut palm, but not so tall. 

 The crimson fruits, less than an inch long, 

 are borne just below the leaves. In Manila 

 this palm is grown as an ornamental. 



For previous introduction see 94177. 



103977. Vicia pannonica Crantz. Fa- 

 baceae. Vetch. 



From lower Austria. Seeds purchased from 

 Gustav & Wilhelm Low, Angern. Re- 

 ceived December 19, 1933. 



Hungarian vetch. An annual vetch, na- 

 tive to Europe and Asia. It makes a less 

 viny growth than common vetch {Vicia 

 sativa) or hairy vetch (V. villosa) , but is 

 a vigorous grower attaining a full stem 

 length of from 2% to 3 feet. It is more 

 winter-hardy than common vetch and will 

 seldom winter-kill as far north as Wash- 

 ington, D. C. This species is especially 

 adapted to poorly drained areas and is the 

 best of the vetches in this regard. 



For previous introduction see 52274. 



103978 to 103980. Avena spp. Poa- 

 ceae. Oats. 



From India. Seeds presented by the Im- 

 perial Institute of Agricultural Research, 

 Pusa, at the request of the Indian Trade 

 Commissioner, London. England. Re- 

 ceived December 20, 1933. 



A collection of hybrid oats, developed in 

 India. Introduced for the use of Depart- 

 ment specialists. 



103978. B. S. 2. 103980. Hybrid J. 



103979. Hybrid C. 



103981. Fictjs cARicA L. Moraceae. 



Common fig. 



From Spain. Cuttings presented by Ra- 

 mon Sala Roqueta, Balaguer. Received 

 February 6, 1926. Numbered in Decem- 

 ber 1934. 



Variety Fraga; fruits thick, white with 

 thin skin and rosy flesh ; very suitable for 

 drying. 



103982. Pyracantha crentjlata 

 (Don) Roemer. Malaceae. 



Nepal firethorn. 



From California. Seeds presented by the 

 California Nursery Co., Niles. Received 

 December 22, 1933. 



This appears to be the typical form of 

 the Nepal firethorn, with stiff, narrow- 

 elliptic, crenulate, shining dark-green leaves 

 with a short bristle at the tip. The showy 

 red berries, one-fourth to five-eighths of an 

 inch in diameter, are in loose corymbs. 



103983. Amygdalus persica L. Amyg- 

 dalaceae. Peach. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Re- 

 publics. Scions presented by A. Popov, 

 Department of New Cultures and Intro- 

 duction, Leningrad. Received December 

 26, 1933. 



Variety ferganensis. 



For previous introduction see 102706. 



103984 to 103987. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by Robert M. 

 Grey, superintendent, Atkins Institution 

 of the Arnold Arboretum, Soledad, Cien- 

 fuegos, through F. G. Walsingham. Re- 

 ceived December 26, 1933. 



103984. Abroma augusta L. f. Stercu- 

 liaceae. 



A quick-growing shrub, native to the 

 East Indies, with large angular leaves 

 and dull, deep, dark-red flowers. The fiber 

 is used for ropes and cordage in the 

 Orient. 



For previous introduction see 98795. 



103985. Aristolochia tagala Cham. 

 Aristolochiaceae. 



From the Botanic Garden, Straits Set- 

 tlements. A tropical climber with ovate- 

 acuminate and deeply cordate-auriculate 

 leaves about 4 inches long. The greenish- 

 purple flowers, with the limb extended 

 into a tongue-shaped lip, are in small 

 racemes. Native to Luzon, Philippine 

 Islands, and allied to Aristolochia in- 

 dica L. 



103986. Jatropha podagrica Hook. 

 Euphorbiaceae. 



A handsome Central American shrub 

 1 to 2 feet high, with peltate, 3- to 5- 

 lobed leaves 4 to 8 inches wide and or- 

 ange flowers with scarlet petals. 



For previous introduction see 73246. 



103987. Pycnostachys urticifolia Hook. 

 Menthaceae. 



A much-branched herbaceous perennial 

 5 to 7 feet high, native to tropical and 

 southern Africa. The densely pubescent 

 ovate leaves, 3 to 4 inches long, are 

 deeply cut into rounded lobes, and the 

 small bright-blue flowers are in dense 

 spikes 2 to 3 inches long. 



For previous introduction see 99458. 



103988. Zea mays L. Poaceae. Corn. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by the 

 Grafton Experiment Farm, through H. 

 Wenholz, director of plant breeding, De- 

 partment of Agriculture, Sydney, New 

 South Wales. Received December 20, 

 1933. 



Fitzroy. Introduced for the use of De- 

 partment specialists. 



