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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



106054. Allium sp. Liliaceae. 



From Spain. Seeds presented by Miguel 

 Echegaray, agricultural attache, Spanish 

 legation, Washington, D. C. Received 

 July 25, 1934. 



Bambosa. A very early maturing Spanish 

 onion. 



106055 to 106072. 



From the Union of South Africa. Trees 

 purchased from H. E. V. Pickstone & Bro., 

 Simondium, Cape of Good Hope. Received 

 July 30, 1934. 



106055 to 106063. Amygdalus persica L. 

 Amygdalaceae. Peach. 



106055. Constantia. 



106056. Rimer. 



106057. Schoongezicht. 



106058. White Parvie. 



106059. Briggs Red May. 



106060. Van Rensburg. 



106061. Brook. 



106062. Killiekranlcie. 



106063. Shackleford. 



106064. Amygdalus persica nectarina 

 Ait. Amygdalaceae. Nectarine. 



Albert. 



106065 and 106066. Malus sylvestris 

 Mill. Malaceae. Apple. 



106065. Granny Smith. 



106066. Versfeld's. 



106067 and 106068. Prunus ARMENIACA L. 

 Amygdalaceae. Apricot. 



106067. Early Cape. 



106068. Old Cape. 



106069 to 106072. Pyrus COMMUNIS L. 

 Malaceae. Common pear. 



106069. Sweet Safraan. 



106070. December. 



106071. Tongres. 



106072. Winter Safraan. 



106073 to 106100. 



From the Union of South Africa. Seeds pre- 

 sented bv the McGregor Museum, Kimber- 

 ley. Received July 18, 1934. 



106073 to 106075. Aloe spp. Liliaceae. 



106073. Aloe pretoriensis Pole Evans. 



An aloe with dense rosettes of taper- 

 ing leaves, usually withered at the red 

 tips, and a stoutish stem 4 to 5 inches 

 in diameter. The dark-brown to black 

 stem is extremely rough and clothed 

 throughout its entire length by the re- 

 mains of withered leafstalks. The most 

 distinctive feature of the plant is its 

 tall branched inflorescence with dense 

 racemes of bright-scarlet flowers. 



For previous introduction see 103101. 



106074. Aloe sp. 



106075. Aloe sp. 



106076. Arctotis stoechadifolia Berzius. 

 Asteraceae. 



A bushy composite from the Cape of 

 Good Hope, which has long hairy branches 

 with whitish hairy leaves and large showy 

 orange-colored flower heads. 



For previous introduction see 64169. 



106073 to 106100— Continued. 



106077. Stapelia sp. Asclepiadaceae. 



106078. Celtis rhamnifolia Presl. 

 Ulmaceae. 



A tree about 20 feet high, with smooth, 

 gray bark, ovate, abruptly acuminate 

 leathery leaves, and inconspicuous flowers. 

 Native to South Africa. 



106079. Ceratotheca triloba E. Mey. 

 Pedaliaceae. 



An erect annual plant up to 6 feet high. 

 The obtusely quadrangular stems are hairy, 

 and the coarsely crenate leaves, 1 to 6 

 inches long, vary from broadly cordate 

 and 3-lobed near the base to lanceolate and 

 sparingly crenate at the top of the plant. 

 The solitary axillary flowers, 2 to 3 inches 

 long, are lilac streaked with purple, and 

 the loosely pubescent capsules, an inch 

 long, have two horns at the tip. 



For previous introduction see 103104. 



106080 to 106082. Clematis spp. Ranun- 

 culaceae. 



106080. Clematis brachiata Thunb. 



A climbing vine, native to southern 

 Africa, with bipinnately- or tripinnately- 

 parted leaves having ovate-toothed leaf- 

 lets. The fragrant white flowers, 1 to 

 2 inches across, are borne in elongated 

 panicles and are followed by orbicular 

 margined fruits with long feathery tails. 



For previous introduction see 94239. 



106081. Clematis sp. 



106082. Clematis sp. 



106083. Cucumis sp. Cucurbitaceae. 



106084. Digitaria sp. Poaceae. 



106085. Pappophorum cenchrOides Licht. 

 Poaceae. Grass. 



A hairy, tufted, perennial grass, with 

 stems 1 to 3 feet tall and narrow acumi- 

 nate leaves 3 to 8 inches long. Native to 

 the Union of South Africa. Received as 

 Enneapogon mollis, now considered a syn- 

 onym of this species. 



106086 to 106090. Eragrostis spp. Poa- 

 ceae. Grass. 



106086. Eragrostis brizantha Nees. 



An annual grass, native to sandy 

 foothills in South Africa, with numerous 

 stems and slender, flat, rigid leaves 1 to 

 2 inches long. 



106087. Eragrostis obtusa Munro. 



A densely cespitose perennial grass, 

 native to South Africa, with wiry stems 

 6 to 18 inches high and linear, long- 

 pointed leaves 2 to 5 inches long. 



106088. Eragrostis porosa Nees. 



A grass native to South Africa. 



106089. Eragrostis superba Peyr. 



An excellent native pasture grass, 

 about 3 feet tall, with broad compressed 

 spikelets. 



For previous introduction see 60454. 



106090. Eragrostis sp. 



106091. Gazania longiscapa DC. Astera- 

 ceae. 



A nearly stemless perennial, native to 

 the Cape of Good Hope. The white- 

 woolly leaves are lanceolate and entire or 

 pinna tisect with linear-lanceolate lobes 



