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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



105109 to 105149— Continued. 



105134. Tardivo di Boulbon. 



105135. Tardivo d' Orleans. 



105136 to 105149. Pyrus COMMUNIS L. 

 Malvaceae. Common pear. 



105136. Bergamotta de Pentecote. 



105137. Bergamotta Esperen. 



105138. Butirra d'Aremberg. 



105139. Butirra Diel. 



105140. Butirra Giffard. 



105141. Butirra bianca Toscana. 



105142. Butirra Hardy. 



105143. Butirra dell'Assunta. 



105144. Coscia. 



105145. Gentil Bianca. 



.105146. Louis Buone d'Avranches. 



105147. Margherita Marillat. 



105148. Passa Crassam. 



105149. Spadona d'Estate. 



105150. Teifolium pratense L. Fa- 

 baceae. Red clover. 



From Poland. Seeds purchased from Udvcz, 

 Hodowla Nasion, Warszawa. Received 

 April 4, 1934. 



Variety Gloria. 

 105151 to 105154. 



Prom Cuba. Seeds presented by Robert M. 

 Grey, Superintendent of the Atkins In- 

 stitution of the Arnold Arboretum, Sole- 

 dad, Cienfuegos, through F. G. Walsing- 

 ham. Received April 2, 1934. 



105151. ASSONIA NATALENSIS (Sond.) 



Kuntze. Sterculiaceae. 



A shrub or small tree, native to south- 

 ern Africa, with cordate, angular, toothed 

 leaves and axillary 6- to 8-flowered um- 

 bels of large, pure-white, fragrant flow- 

 ers. 



For previous introduction see 90876. 



105152. Sapindus trifoliata L. Sapin- 

 daceae. Soapnut tree. 



A stout tree, native to India, with alter- 

 nate pinnate leaves and dull-white flowers. 

 The round fruits, the size of cherries, are 

 used in southern India as a substitute for 

 soap. An oil is also extracted from them. 

 The hard yellow wood is used in house 

 building. 



For previous introduction see 23315. 



105153. Stigmaphyllon pubertjm (Rich.) 



Juss. Malpighiaceae. 



A woody vine, native to the West Indies, 

 with the branchlets covered with ap- 

 pressed brown hairs. The ovate-acumi- 

 nate leaves, 2 inches long, are nearly 

 glabrous above and appressed pubescent 

 beneath. The petals of the bright-yellow 

 flowers, an inch across, are fringed on the 

 iniargin, and the maplelike fruits are more 

 than an inch long. 



For previous introduction see 102681. 



105151 to 105154— Continued. 



105154. Stigmaphyllon sagraeanum 

 Juss. Malpighiaceae. 



A woody vine, native to the West 

 Indies, with rigid, leathery, linear to ovate 

 leaves, coarsely reticulated beneath. The 

 bright-yellow flowers are in axillary clus- 

 ters, and the maplelike fruits are oblong 

 with straight edges. 



For previous introduction see 102680. 



105155 to 105157. Malus sylvestris 

 Mill. Malaceae. Apple. 



From Michigan. Scions presented by Frof. 

 F. G. Bradford, Michigan State College, 

 East Lansing. Received April 9, 1934. 



105155. Cilligos. A Hungarian variety 

 with small fruits which do not cdor as 

 well in the North as they do farther 

 south. 



105156. Daru. A hardy, very late-flower- 

 ing apple which will stand 12° F. with- 

 out injury. 



105157. Fenville. A seedling, probably a 

 French crab, which sprang up as a root 

 sprout from a tree whose top had died. 

 Its sole merit is its very late blossom- 

 ing, as the fruit is small and inferior. 



105158 to 105167. 



From Sweden. Seeds presented by Prof. C. 

 Skottsberg, Botaniske Have, Goteborg. 

 Received April 7, 1934. 



105158. Althaea heldreichii Boiss. Mal- 

 vaceae. 



A slender hairy perennial, with rounded, 

 heart-shaped leaves and rosy-pink flowers 

 in small clusters. Native to southeastern 

 Europe. 



105159 to 105161. Rheum spp. Polygona- 

 ceae. Rhubarb. 



105159. Rheum alexandrae Batal. 



A stout herbaceous perennial, native 

 to China, with a rosette of elliptic- 

 ovate, dark glossy green leaves and 

 flower stems, 3 to 4 feot high, bearing, 

 large pale-yellow overlapping leaflike 

 bracts. 



105160. Rheum franzenbachii Muen- 

 ter. 



A rapidly growing species of rhu- 

 barb, native to temperate Asia, which 

 is a striking ornamental, suitable for 

 borders and possibly useful for breed- 

 ing purposes. 



For previous introduction see 69105. 



105161. Rheum palmatum L. 



Sorrel rhubarb. 



A leafy perennial about 5 feet high, 

 with subcylindrical stems and broad 

 roundish leaves deepV palmatcly lobed. 

 Native to northwestern Asia. 



For previous introduction see 104376. 



105162. Rubus armeniacus Focke. Ro- 

 saceae. 



A stout thorny shrub with long branch- 

 es, coarsely serrate leaflets, white hairy 

 beneath, red flowers, and rather large, 

 black, juicy fruits of good flavor. Native 

 to Asia Minor. 



105163. Rubus hispidus L. Rosaceae. 



A prostrate shrub with more or less 

 prickly stems, firm, dark-green leaflets, 

 and small, sour, reddish-purple fruits. 

 Native to southeastern Canada. 



