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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



105280 to 105304 — Continued. 



lower down, bear one to six flower 

 clusters, and the linear hairy leaves 

 are 3 to 6 inches long. Native to 

 South Africa. 



105301. MORAEA TORTA L. BolUS. 



A rather stiffly upright plant with 

 sky-blue flowers about 1 inch long in 

 small cymes. The two spirally twisted 

 leaves are about 15 inches long. Na- 

 tive to the Cape of Good Hope. 



105302. MORAEA PAVONIA VILLOSA 



(Ker.) Baker. 



An irislike plant with one long, nar- 

 row, linear leaf and fugitive flowers 1 

 inch long borne on a slender stem up 

 to 2 feet high. The flowers have bright 

 purple falls with a blue-black spot and 

 hairy claw. Native to the Cape of 

 Good Hope. 



105303. Nerine filifolia Baker. Ama- 

 ryllidaceae. 



A nerine with 6 to 20 slender, subulate, 

 grass-green leaves 6 to 8 inches long and 

 a centripetal umbel of 8 to 10 bright-red 

 flowers with a deeply cut perianth about 

 1 inch long. Native to the Kalahari 

 region, South Africa. 



105304. Nerine humilis (Jacq.) Herb. 

 Amaryllidaceae. 



The six linear, bright-green channeled 

 leaves of this nerine are about 1 foot 

 long and are contemporary with the 

 bright-pink flowers. These are in a cen- 

 trifugal umbel of 10 to 20 flowers with 

 slender pedicels. Native to South Africa. 



105305. Olea europaea L. Oleaceae. 



Common olive. 



From Syria. Cuttings presented by Selim 

 Challah, Damascus, through H. S. Goold, 

 American consul general, Beirut. Re- 

 ceived April 27, 1934. 



_ Yuttutt or Yallut olive. 



105306. Lactuca sativa L. Cichoria- 

 ceae. Garden lettuce. 



From China. Seeds presented by Andrew 

 Tse, Hong Kong. Received April 14, 1934. 

 Introduced for Department specialists. 



105307. SoLANUM TUBEROSUM L. So- 



lanaceae. Potato. 



From Canada. Tubers presented by J. W. 

 Scannell, Indian Head, Saskatchewan. 

 Received April 27, 1934. 



Snowflake. 



105308. Amygdalus persica L. Amyg- 

 dalaceae. Peach. 



From Italy. Plants purchased from Fra- 

 telli Sgaravatti, Saonara, Padova. Re- 

 ceived April 28, 1934. 



Agostinella. 



105309 and 105310. 



From Cuba. Seeds and cuttings presented 

 by Robert M. Grey, superintendent, Atkins 

 Institution of the Arnold Arboretum, Sole- 

 dad, Cienfuegos, through F. G. Walsing- 

 ham. Received April 26, 1934. 



105309 and 105310 — Continued. 



105309. Myrciaria cauliflora (Mart.) 

 Berg. Myrtaceae. Jaboticaba. 



A Brazilian tree up to 35 feet high, 

 with narrowly elliptic sharp-pointed 

 leaves, short-peticelled flowers produced 

 directly from the bark of the trunk and 

 branches, and purplish violet globose 

 fruits half an inch to 1% inches in 

 diameter. 



For previous introduction see 51830. 



105310. Tabebuia serratifolia (Vahl.) 

 Nicholson. Bignoniaceae. 



Cuttings of an evergreen tree, native 

 to the West Indies, with digitately com- 

 pound leaves made up of four or five ob- 

 long-ovate leaflets 3 to 5 inches long and 

 terminal panicles of yellow funnelform 

 flowers. 



For previous introduction see 98095. 



105311 to 105331. 



From China. Seeds presented by the direc- 

 tor, Botanic Garden, the Sun Yat-Sen 

 Tomb and Memorial Park Commission, 

 Nanking. Received April 16, 1934. 



105311. Carpinus turczaninovii ovali- 

 folia Winkler. Betulaceae. 



Hornbeam. 



A small graceful shrubby tree, 12 to 15 

 feet high, with ovate, serrate, dark-green 

 leaves 1 to 2 inches long. Native to 

 western China. 



For previous introduction see 63346. 



105312. Castanopsis sclerophylla 

 (Lindl.) Schottky. Fagaceae. 



Evergreen chinquapin. 



A hardy evergreen tree, up. to 65 feet 

 high, with edible nuts having a flavor 

 like that of the chinquapin. Native to 

 south-central China. 



For previous introduction see 71037. 



105313 to 105315. Celtis spp. Ulmaceae. 



105313. Celtis biondii Pampan. 



A stout-branched hackberry from 

 western China, with rather stiff, 

 broadly ovate, long-acuminate leaves 2 

 to 3 inches long and small black fruits. 



105314. Celtis bdngeana Blume. 



Hackberry. 



A large tree up to 50 feet high, with 

 light-gray bark, small deep-green leaves, 

 and black fruits the size of small peas. 

 Native to northeastern Asia. 



For previous introduction see 104842. 



105315. Celtis sp. 



105316. Daphniphyllum macropodum 

 Miquel. Euphorbiaceae. 



An evergreen shrub with elliptic-oblong, 

 dark-green, leathery leaves 5 to 8 inches 

 long, inconspicuous flowers, and small 

 ellipsoidal fruits in axillary racemes 3 

 inches long. Native to eastern Asia. 



For previous introduction see 99238. 



105317. Dianthus brevicaulis Fenzl. 

 Silenaceae. Pink. 



A low cespitose plant, with erect glau- 

 cous linear leaves and small red-purple 

 flowers borne singly. Native to the 

 Taurus Mountains of Asia Minor. 



For previous introduction see 101924. 



