JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1934 



106018. ICHTHYOMETHIA PISCIPULA (L.) 



Hitchc. Fabaceae. 



From the Virgin Islands. Seeds collected 

 bv W. A. Archer, Bureau of Plant Indus- 

 try. Received July 18, 1934. 



An attractive leguminous shade tree which 

 i becomes 50 feet high, with a spreading habit 

 and large pinnate leaves. The large racemes 

 of pale-pink flowers appear before the leaves 

 and somewhat resemble those of the black 

 locust. 



For previous introduction see 99336. 



108019. Prunus sargentii Rehder. 

 Aniygdalaceae. Sargent cherry. 



From Jamaica Plain, Mass. Seeds presented 

 by the Arnold Arboretum. Received July 

 23, 1934. 



A tall handsome tree, native to northern 

 Japan, up to 75 feet high, with smooth, dark- 

 brown bark and ovate or ovate-lanceolate 

 sharply serrate leaves from 1 to 5 inches 

 long. The single pink flowers, up to 1% 

 inches wide, are in few-flowered clusters. 

 and the black fruits are about the size of 

 peas. 



For previous introduction see 93847. 



108020. Brachypodium pinnattjm (L.) 

 Beauv. Poaceae. Grass. 



From Italy. Seeds presented by Dr. Mario 

 Calvino, San Remo. Received July 18, 

 1934. 



A perennial grass which is used for graz- 

 ing and for hay in Italy. 



For previous introduction see 89820. 



106021 to 106024. Iris spp. Iridaceae. 



From Turkey. Roots presented by Harold 

 T. Pence, American Mission, Gaziantep. 

 Received July 25, 1934. 



106021. Iris histrioides Foster. 



A bulbous iris of the Xiphium section, 

 native to Asia Minor, with one or two 

 leaves that appear with or after the flow- 

 ers. The flowers, over 4 inches across, are 

 vivid blue except for the triangular white 

 patch on the upper part of the falls. 



106022. Iris susiana L. 

 An Oncocyclus iris, with narrowly 



sword-shaped leaves 6 to 9 inches long 

 and one or two flowers veined and dotted 

 with brown black on a brownish-white 

 ground. Native to Asia Minor and Iran. 



106023. Iris persica L. 



A short-stemmed iris of the section Juno, 

 native to the mountainous regions of Asia 

 Minor. The four to five linear-coniplicate 

 leaves are barely 2 to 3 inches long at 

 flowering time, becoming a foot long ulti- 

 mately. The flowers are pale lilac with a 

 dark-purple blotch at the top of the falls. 

 an orange keel, and purple lines and spots. 



106024. Iris lupina Foster. 



An Oncocyclus iris with a fleshy, creep- 

 ing rhizome and about six erect narrow 

 leaves 9 inches or more high. The stem, 

 6 inches high, bears a single flower with 

 falls and standards greenish yellow 

 marked with brownish-red veins. Native 

 to Asia Minor. 



106025. (Undetermined.) 



From Burma. Seeds presented by Winfield 

 H. Scott, American consul, Rangoon. Re- 

 ceived July 23, 1935. 

 Received as Cycas siamensis, but the 



seeds appear to be of some leguminous plant 



allied to Daibergia. 



106026 to 106053. Triticum aestivum 

 L. Poaceae. Common wheat. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by H. 

 Wenholz, Director of Plant Breeding, De- 

 partment of Agriculture, Sydney, New 

 South Wales. Received July 27, 1934. 



A collection of wheat crosses, grown at 

 the Experiment Farms Cowra and Wagga, 

 New South Wales, and introduced for the 

 use of Department specialists. 



106026. Bowmen X Federation. C. 8738. 

 From Cowra. 



106027. Canberra X Hard Federation seln 

 X Clarendon, C. 4329. From Wagga. 



106028. Canberra X Hard Federation seln 

 X Clarendon. C. 5902. From Wagga. 



106029. Federation X Dart's Imperial. C. 

 5503. From Cowra. 



106030. Federation X Dart's Imperial. C. 



5831. From Wagga. 



106031. Federation X Galgalos. C. 5699. 

 From Cowra. 



106032. Federation X Hope X Federation. 

 C. 9736. From Cowra. 



Federation X Hope X Federation. 

 C. 9737. From Cowra. 



106034. Federation X Khapli. C. 4919. 

 From Wagga. 



106035. (Federation X Nabawa) 6. C. 

 9366. From Cowra. 



106036. (Galgalos X Bena X Federation), 

 C. 9802. From Cowra. 



106037. (Galgalos X Federation X Aus- 

 sia) 5. C. 10-1-2. 



106038. (Galgalos X Federation X Rus- 

 sia). C. 10-1-1. 



106039. (Galgalos X Federation X Aus- 

 sia). C. 10-7-1. 



106040. (Galgalos X Federation X Aus- 

 sia). C. 10-7-2. 



106041. (Galgalos X Federation X Fed- 

 eration). C. 9745. From Cowra. 



106042. Hard Federation X Mudgee Mill- 

 ing Co. C. 5891. From Wagga. 



106043. Hard Federation X Mudgee Mill- 

 ing Co. X Sands. C. 5839. From 

 Wagga. 



106044. Hard Federation seln X Claren- 

 don. C. 9079. From Wagga. 



106045. Hard Federation seln X Claren- 

 don. C. 90S4. From Wagga. 



106046. Hard Federation X Wandilla. C. 

 9790. From Cowra. 



106047. Nabawa X Federation. C. 9863. 

 From Cowra. 



106048. (Nabaica X Federation X Mar- 

 tin X Sonora X Sonora) 5. From 

 Cowra. 



106049. (Riverina X Federation) 5. From 



Cowra. 



106050. Wandilla X Hard Federation. C. 

 4377. From Cowra. 



106051. Wandilla X Hard Federation. C. 

 4377. From Wagga. 



106052. Wandilla X Hard Federation. C. 

 5903. From Wagga. 



106053. Wandilla X Hard Federation. C. 

 5903. From Cowra. 



