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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



104164 to 104172— Continued. 



104168. Eucalyptus torquata Luehm. 



A tree with lanceolate, oblique, 

 leathery, dull gray-green leaves 4 

 inches long and reddish-orange flowers 

 in umbels of seven on stalks 1 inch 

 long. Native to Western Australia. 



104169. Eucalyptus macrocarpa 

 Hook. 



A stout Australian shrub or small 

 tree up to 15 feet high, with thick, 

 rigid, cordate, glaucous leaves 8 inches 

 long and large, solitary, brilliant orange 

 or crimson flowers. 



For previous introduction see 93838. 



104170. Eucalyptus patens Benth. 



An Australian tree up to 100 feet 

 high, with falcate lanceolate leaves 6 

 inches long, short panicles of small flow- 

 ers, and flat-topped globular fruits. 

 The tough durable wood is used by 

 wheelwrights. 



For previous introduction see 77611. 



104171. Eucalyptus preissiana Schau. 



A shrubby eucalyptus about 8 feet 

 high, with rigid branchlets, shining- 

 green oblong-elliptic leaves nearly 4 

 inches long, and small yellowish flowers 

 in axillary clusters. Native to south- 

 ern Australia. 



104172. Eucalyptus sp. 



Received under the name "steedman- 

 nii." It is said to have golden-yellow 

 flowers and shining, reddish bark. Na- 

 tive to Western Australia. 



104173 to 104190. Vitis vinifera L. 

 Vitaceae. European grape. 



Fiom India. Plants purchased from the 

 Government Botanical Gardens, Mohala, 

 Sangyan, Saharanpur. Received Febru- 

 ary 1, 1934. 



A collection of grape varieties introduced 

 for the use of Department specialists. 



104173. Bedana. 



104174. Bedana Red Kishmish. 



104175. Bedana White. 



104176. Black Round. 



104177. Country. 



104178. Crystal. 



104179. General de la Marmora. 



104180. Haitha. 



104181. Hussaini. 



104182. James. 



104183. Japan. 



104184. Kadhari. 



104185. Large White. 



104186. Mothea. 



104187. Red Prince. 



104188. Sharbati. 



104189. Trebbina. 



104190. Vineyard. 



104191. Gossypium sp. 



Malvaceae. 



Cotton. 



From Hawaii. Seeds presented bv J. M. 

 Westgate, Director, Hawaii Agricultural 

 Experiment Station, Honolulu. Received 

 February 1, 1934. 



Caravonica cotton. Introduced for the 

 use of Department specialists interested in 

 cotton breeding. 



104192. Erythroxylon coca Lam. 

 Erythroxylaceae. Cocaine-tree. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by Robert M. 

 Grey, Superintendent, Atkins Institution 

 of the Arnold Arboretum, Soledad, Cien- 

 fuegos, through F. G. Walsingham. Re- 

 ceived February 1, 1934. 



A tropical shrub, native to Peru, 5 to 6 

 feet high with yellowish flowers borne in 

 clusters of 3 to 5. It is grown commercially 

 on a large scale throughout the warmer 

 parts of South America, also in Java and 

 Ceylon, for the sake of cocaine, which is 

 extracted from the dried leaves. 



For previous introduction see 78509. 



104193 to 104195. Allium cepa L. 

 Liliaceae. Onion. 



From Italy. Seeds purchased through W. 

 Roderick Dorsey, American consul gen- 

 eral, Genoa. Received February 3, 1934. 



104193. Rossa della rocca. Introduced 

 as a red onion, but proved to be a fine 

 large yellow-skinned, white-fleshed onion 

 of exceptionally sweet taste. 



104194. Rossa Piatta di Bassano. 



104195. Rossa Sanguigna di Oenova. 



104196. Salix taxifolia H. B. K. 

 Salicaceae. 



From Tucson, Ariz. Cuttings collected by 

 S. B. Detwiler, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received February 6, 1934. 



A shrub, or occasionally a tree 50 feet 

 high, with silvery silky lanceolate or linear 

 leaves about 1 inch long. Native to north- 

 ern Mexico and the southwestern United 

 States. 



104197 to 104210. 



From France. Plants purchased from the 

 Grandes Roseraies du Val de la Loir, 

 Orleans. Received February 6, 1934. 



104197. Carrierea calycina F r a n c h . 



Flacourtiaceae. 



A beautiful tree up to 50 feet high, 

 very similar in foliage to Idesia poly- 

 carpa. The alternate leaves, 5 to 7 

 inches long, are ovate to ovate-oblong, 

 smooth, dark green shaded to purple. The 

 tubular white flowers, less tban an inch 

 long, are in few flowered terminal clus- 

 ters. Native to the northeastern part of 

 Szechwan, China, at 4,500 feet altitude. 



For previous introduction see 29094. 



104198. Cercis racemosa Oliver. Cae- 

 salpiniaceae. Redbud. 



An ornamental Chinese tree about 15 

 feet high, with dark-green, heart-shaped 

 leaves and small rosy flowers in pendulous 

 racemes about 4 inches long. The tree 

 commences to flower when 1 year old. 



For previous introduction see 78118. 



