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105836. Saccharum 

 Poaceae. 



OFFICTNARUM L. 



Sugarcane. 



From Hawaii. Cuttings presented by the 

 experiment station of the Hawaiian Sugar 

 Planters' Association, Honolulu. Re- 

 ceived June 23, 1934. 



Introduced for the use of Department 

 specialists. 



105837 to 105863. 



From Australia. Plants purchased from 

 L. P. Rosen & Son, Carlingford, New 

 South Wales. Received June 27, 1934. 



A collection of fruit trees introduced 

 under the following varietal names for the 

 use of Department specialists. 



105837 to 105854. Amygdaltjs persica L. 

 Amygdalaceae. Peach. 



105837. Aunt Becky. 



105838. Bell's Improved. 



105839. Blackburn. 



105840. Braddock. 



105841. Christmas Box. 



105842. Doncaster. 



105843. Edward VII. 



105844. Governor Rawson. 



105845. King of All. 



105846. La France. 



105847. Princess Royal. 



105848. Rennie. 



105849. Robert Stewart. 



105850. Roger Louis. 



105851. Rowe's Champion. 



105852. Ruby Red. 



105853. Shanghai Seedling. 



105854. Shanghai Slip. 



105855 to 105858. Amtgdalus persica 

 nectarina Ait. Amygdalaceae. 



Nectarine. 



105855. Lady Carrington. 



105856. Lee's. 



105857. The Jury. 



105858. W. C. Fripp. 



105859 to 105863. Prunus armeniaca L. 

 Amygdalaceae. Apricot. 



105859. Cattell Early. 



105860. Colorado. 



105861. Kingston Early. 



105862. Mansfield's. 



105863. Cullin's Early. 



105864. Carica quercifolia (St. Hil.) 

 Benth. and Hook. Papayaceae. 



From France. Seeds presented by M. Garry 

 Desloges, Caravan. Received June 30, 

 1934. 



A small tree with palmately 3-lobed leaves 

 and small fruits which contain a greater 

 percentage of papain than those of Carica 

 papaya. The plant is said to be hardy in 

 southern California. 



Received as Carica hastaefolia, which is 

 now considered a synonym of this species. 



For previous introduction see 73837. 



105865. Trithrinax brasiliensis 

 Mart. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



From California. Seeds presented by David 

 Barry. Jr., Los Angeles. Received June 

 25, 1934. 



A slender-stemmed fan palm 6 to 12 feet 

 high, with palmate-flabelliform leaves di- 

 vided into 20 or 30 segments. The much- 

 branched spadix has numerous spirally 

 arranged flowers. Native to Brazil. 



105866 to 105868. Clematis spp. Ra- 

 nunculaceae. 



From Sydney, Australia. Seeds presented 

 by the School of Botany, University of 

 Sydney, New South Wales, through J. E. 

 Spinsrarn, Armenia, N. Y. Received June 

 23, 1934. 



105866 and 105867. Clematis aristata 

 R. Br. 



An evergreen woody vine witn trifolio- 

 late leaves of cordate to narrowly lanceo- 

 late, entire or serrate leaflets 1 to 3 inches 

 long, and yellowish white flowers 2 inches 

 across in short panicles. It is native to 

 Australia. 



For previous introduction see 88318. 



105868. Clematis gltcinoides DC. 



A woody climber that trails over rocks 

 and bushes or ascends tall trees in several 

 parts of Australia. The long-stalked 

 leaves are three-parted and 1 to 3 inches 

 long, and the white or yellowish flowers, 

 in short clusters, are about l 1 /^ inches 

 across. 



105869 to 105871. 



From Egypt. Seeds presented by Thomas 

 W. Brown, Director, horticultural section, 

 Ministry of Agriculture, Giza. Received 

 June 25, 1934. 



105869. Acacia laeta R. Br. Mimosa- 

 ceae. 



A small tree armed with short, black, 

 hooked prickles or sometimes unarmed. 

 The small glaucous leaves, 2 to 3 inches 

 long, consist of two to three pairs of 

 oblong-oblique leaflets, and the flowers 

 are in small spikes. Native to Ethiopia. 



105870 and 105871. Bauhinia retusa 

 Ham. Caesaipiniaceae. 



A tree with rounded, stiff, leathery 

 leaves about 5 inches long and small yel- 

 low flowers in large terminal panicles 

 sometimes a foot long and broad. Native 

 to the western Himalayas up to 4,000 feet 

 altitude. 



105872. Warszewiczia coccinea 

 (Vahl.) Klotzsch. Rubiaceae. 



From the Canal Zone. Seeds presented by 

 J. E. Higgins, Canal Zone Experiment 

 Gardens, through E. M. Dickins, Lake 

 Worth, Fla. Received June 28, 1934. 



An ornamental tree with dark-green foli- 

 age and Clusters of small flowers each one- 

 fourth inch across. One sepal of each clus- 

 ter is brilliant scarlet and over 2 inches 

 long, making a startling splash of color 

 against the dark leaves. The tree blooms 

 during the wet season, whereas most of the 

 showy flowering trees of the Tropics bloom 

 in the dry season. Native to Trinidad,. 

 British West Indies. 



For previous introduction see 97986. 



