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104625 to 104661— Continued. 



104859 to 104661. Spinacia spp. 

 podiaceae. 



Cheno- 

 Spinach. 



104659. Spinacia oleracea L. 



Common spinach. 



104660. Spinacia spinosa Moench. 



This is very closely allied to common 

 spinach (Spinacia oleracea), but it 

 differs in having spiny, nearly tri- 

 angular fruits. 



104661. Spinacia tetrandra Stev. 



A wild spinach which grows in heavy 

 soil in central Asia. 



For previous introduction see 73202. 

 104662 and 104663. 



Prom Dehra Dun, India. Seeds presented! 

 by the Forest Botanist. Forest Research 

 Institute, through Robert M. Grey, super- 

 intendent, Atkins Institution of the 

 Arnold Arboretum, Soledad, Cienfuegos, 

 Cuba. Received March 7, 1934. 



104662. Cudrania javanensis Trecul. 

 Moraceae. 



Oocklespur. A thorny trailing shrub 

 which should prove useful in making an 

 almost impenetrable hedge. The greenish 

 fruit, which is edible and of pieasant 

 flavor, is irregular in shape and 2 to 3 

 inches in diameter. Native to tropical 

 Africa. 



104663. Deguelia timoriensis (DC.) 

 Taub. Fabaceae. 



A woody climber with compound leaves 

 3 to 6 inches long, composed of 9 to 18 

 leaflets, leathery, oblong, and 1 to 2 

 inches in length. The pale-rose flowers 

 are in dense axillary racemes. Native to 

 the East Indies. 



104664 and 104665. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by Robert M. 

 Grey, Superintendent, Atkins Institution 

 of the Arnold Arboretum, Soledad, Cien- 

 fuegos, through F. G. Walsingham. Re- 

 ceived March 7, 1934. 



104664. Entada sudanica Schweinf. 

 Mimosaceae. 



A small tree, native to tropical Africa, 

 with compound leaves a foot long and 

 small white or yellowish flowers in dense 

 cylindrical spikes 2 to 6 inches long. The 

 straight brown pod, 8 to 15 inches long, 

 is distinctly constricted between the seeds. 



For previous introduction see 70842. 



104665. Trichilia hirta L. Meliaceae. 



A shrub or tree up to 60 feet high, with 

 pinnately compound leaves of obliquely 

 ovate, glabrous leaflets and 11 to 21 pan- 

 icles. 9 inches long, of greenish flowers. 

 It is native to Mexico and the West 

 Indies. 



For previous introduction see 90937. 



104668 and 104667. Citrus sinensis 

 (L.) Osbeck. Rutaceae. Orange. 



From Puerto Rico. Scions presented by 

 Edmund H. Twight, Department of Agri- 

 culture and Commerce, Rio Piedras. Re- 

 ceived March 6, 1934. 



104666. Rico No. 1. B. V. 2. 



104667. Rico No. 2. B. V. 4. 



48500—36 4 



104668. Triticum aestivum L. ( T. vul- 

 gare Vill.). Poaceae. 



Common wheat. 



From Canada. Seeds presented by the 

 cereal division of the Central Experi- 

 mental Farm, Ottawa. Received February 

 14, 1934. 



Ruby, Ottawa 623. Introduced for the use 

 of Department specialists. 



104669 and 104670. 



From Japan. Seeds presented by Professor 

 Nakai, Botanic Garden, Tokyo. Received 

 March 9, 1934. 



104669. Lespedeza Formosa (Vogel) 

 Koehne. Fabaceae. Purple bushclover,. 



An erect semishrubby plant 6 to 12 feet 

 high, with trifoliolate leaves of ob'ong 

 leaflets and racemes of rose-purple flow- 

 ers. It is native to Chosen. 



For previous introduction see 100879. 



104670. Lespedeza maximowiczi C. 

 Schneid. Fabaceae. Bushclover. 



A shrubby bushclover from Chosen, re-- 

 sembling Lespedeza buergeri, from which 

 it differs in the structure of its calyx. 

 The leaves are very thin, dull green ahove 

 and bright green below, and the violet, 

 flowers are arranged in loose whorls. 



For previous introduction see 82482. 



104671 and 104672. 



From Austria. Seeds presented by the Bo-- 

 tanic Garden, Wien. Received February 

 24, 1934. 



104671. Lespedeza bicolor Turcz. Fa-- 

 baceae. Shrub bushclover. 



A busby perennial which bears a profu- 

 sion of rose-purple flowers during the 

 early autumn, practically covering the 

 drooping branches which sometimes be-- 

 come 6 feet in length. 



For previous introduction see 104065. 



104872. Lespedeza hirta (L.) Hornem.. 

 Fabaceae. 



An erect or ascending, hairy, rather 

 stout plant, 2 to 4 feet high, witii rounded 

 or oval leaflets and yellowish-white or 

 purple-spotted flowers in elongated termi- 

 nal heads. Native to the eastern United 

 States. 



104673 to 104678. 



From Poland. Seeds presented by Sto-_ 

 warzyzenie Lakarzy, Sarny-Zaklad Dos- 

 wiadczalny. Received March 7, 1934. 



A collection of grasses, introduced for the 

 use of Department specialists working with : 

 forage crops. 



104673. Beckmannia erucaeformis (L.) 

 Host. Poaceae. Sloughgrass. 



A very good fodder plant for growing 

 on moist soil. 



For previous introduction see 60772. 



104674. Dactylis glomerata L. Poa-- 

 ceae. Orchard grass. 



For previous introduction see 101103.. 



