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104231 to 104238. Gossypium spp. 

 Malvaceae. Cotton. 



From Africa. Seeds presented by the 

 Director, Cotton Breeding Station, Bar- 

 berton, Transvaal, Union of South Africa. 

 Received February 8, 1934. 



Introduced for the use of Department 

 specialists interested in cotton breeding. 



104231. Gossypium sp. 

 V. k. Original type. 



104232. Gossypium sp. 



920. A rather late strain. 



104233. Gossypium sp. 



921. A medium strain. 



104234. Gossypium sp. 



955. A very early strain. 



104235. Gossypium sp. 

 0240. A medium strain. 



104236. Gossypium sp. 



9264. A rather late strain. 



104237. Gossypium sp. 



9863. A selection from Cambodia which 

 is practically immune from Jassid in the 

 Transvaal. 



104238. Gossypium sp. 

 4/4. An early strain. 



104239 and 104240. 



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 12, 1934. 



104239. Butia eriospatha (Mart.) Becc. 

 Phoenicaceae. Apricot palm. 



A handsome pinnate-leaved palm with 

 violet-colored stems, creamy flowers, and 

 edible yellow fruits the size of a small 

 plum. It is native to Brazil. 



For previous introduction see 91776. 



104240. LlVISTONA COCHINCHINENSIS 



(Blume) Mart. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



A slender palm about 50 feet high, with 

 a crown of large fan-shaped leaves. It is 

 native to Malacca. 



For previous introduction see 87434. 



104241. Operculina tuberosa 

 Meisn. Convolvulaceae. 



(L-) 



From Texas. Seeds presented by L. G. 

 McLean, San Antonio Field Station. Re- 

 ceived February 12, 1934. 



A perennial, stout-stemmed, herbaceous 

 vine with large compound leaves composed 

 of seven oblong leaflets. The three to six 

 yellow flowers are borne on a long peduncle. 

 The fruit is a membranous globular capsule 

 about 1 inch long, containing two to four 

 large seeds which are covered with short 

 black hairs. It is native to Brazil. 



For previous introduction see 87516. 



104242 to 104247. Vitis vinifera L. 

 Vitaceae. European grape. 



From Morocco. Cuttings presented by H. 

 Brayard, Directeur de la Station Experi- 

 mentale, Marrakech, Morocco Department 

 of Agriculture. Received February 16, 

 1934. 



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104242 to 104247— Continued. 



A collection of grape cuttings introduced, 

 under the following varietal names, for the 

 use of Department specialists. 



104242. A'in Naja. 



104243. Bernike. 



104244. Beseul el Aouada. 



104245. Feriala. 



104246. Kalb el Tir. 



104247. SeMa-Tolba 



104248 to 104250. 



From Arizona. Plants collected by S. B. 

 Detwiler and F. J. Crider, Bureau of 

 Plant Industry. Received February 12, 

 1934. 



104248. COWANIA STANSBURIANA Torr. 



Rosaceae. 



A bushy shrub 6 to 12 feet high, with 

 deeply lobed, oval leaves half an inch 

 long, white-tomentose beneath, and sul- 

 phur-yellow solitary flowers three-fourths 

 of an inch across. Native to the moun- 

 tains of the southwestern United States. 



104249. Parosela greggii (A. Gray) A. 

 A. Heller. Fabaceae. 



A low shrub with silky hairy branches 

 and densely hairy compound leaves with 5 

 to 11 obovate leaflets less than half an 

 inch long. The pink flowers are in dense 

 spikes about 1 inch long. Native to 

 Mexico and Arizona. 



104250. Senecio sp. Asteraceae. 



A bush about 3 feet high, with pin- 

 nately divided leaves at first whitish 

 tomentose, and yellow flower heads about 

 1 inch across. Native to western Arizona. 



104251. Gossypium africanum Watt. 

 Malvaceae. 



From Africa. Seeds collected by Aug. 

 Chevalier in Damergou. French Nigeria. 

 Received February 14, 1934. 



A spreading bush about 4 feet high, with 

 ovate-rounded, cordate, tomentose leaves 

 iy 2 inches across and large yellow flowers 

 with purple blotches. Native to tropical 

 Africa. 



104252 to 104263. 



From India. Seeds presented by Dr. Eileen 

 W. Erlanson, Science College, Trivandrum, 

 Travancore. Received February 14, 1934. 



104252. Antigonon guatimalense Meisn 

 Polygonaceae. 



Collected January 6, 1934, at Trivan- 

 drum. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 104211. 



104253. Cedrela odorata L. Meliaceae. 



Cigarbox-cedar. 



Collected January 1934 in the moun- 

 tains of Travancore. This is the West 

 Indian or Spanish cedar, the soft fragrant 

 wood of which is easily worked and is in 

 great demand for cigar boxes. It is 

 also used as a shade tree in coffee planta- 

 tions. 



For previous introduction see 100377. 

 104254 to 104257. Clitoria ternatea L. 



Fabaceae. 



An ornamental leguminous vine with 

 pea-shaped flowers about 1 inch long. The 

 green seed pods are used as a vegetable 

 in India. 



