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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



106254 to 106268 — Continued. 



106260. Iras hkrmona Dinsm. 



An iris, section Oncocyclus, with eight 

 partly evergreen leaves a foot long that 

 appear very early. The large flower, often 

 6 inches across, has falls veined with lilac 

 and spotted pink on a creamy ground and 

 standards thickly lined with faint purple 

 on a white ground. Native to rocky places 

 in Talestine. 



106261. Iris kasruwana Dinsm. 



An iris of the section Oncocyclus, a foot 

 or more high, with about eight acute 

 leaves 6 to 8 inches long. The falls are 

 dotted and veined with embossed dark- 

 purple spots on a whitish ground, and the 

 standards are minutely dotted and lined 

 with purple on a white ground. Native to 

 the mountains of Palestine. 



106262. Iris melanosticta Bornm. 



An Apogon iris, native to Syria, with 

 a cespitose-branching rhizome, leaves up to 

 32 inches long, and 1-flowered stems 6 

 inches high. The yellow falls are veined 

 and spotted with black violet, and the 

 standards are pale yellow. This iris re- 

 sembles Iris grant-diiffii, but it grows in 

 drier soil and the flowers are spotted and 

 appear much later. • 



106263. Iris nazarena Dinsm. 



An Oncocyclus iris from Palestine with 

 a short rhizome, very long stolons, and a 

 stout stem 12 to 20 inches high. The 

 eight spreading, fanlike leaves are 9 to 16 

 inches long, and the large flower is often 

 6 inches wide. The falls are covered with 

 embossed red-brown spots on a creamy 

 ground, and the standards are heavily 

 marked with blue veins and purple dots on 

 a white ground. 



106264. Iris palaestixa (Baker) Boiss. 



A winter-flowering Juno iris closely re- 

 lated to Iris caucasica, with falcate leaves 

 3 to 9 inches long and a very short stem 

 hearing one to three flowers. These are 

 pale yellow tinged ' with lilac, the outer 

 segments are oblong with auriculate claws, 

 and the narrowly lanceolate inner seg- 

 ments are very minute. Native to Pales- 

 tine. 



For previous introduction see 80869. 



106265. Iris samariae Dinsm. 



Samaria iris. 



An Oncocyclus iris from rocky hillsides 

 in Palestine with a stout stem 12 to 16 

 inches high, leafy throughout. The 8 to 

 13 nearly erect, fan-shaped leaves are 8 

 to 16 inches long. The flower, about 5 

 inches in diameter, is purple lined and 

 dotted on a creamy ground. 



106266. Iris vartanii Foster. 



The two slender leaves of this iris, of 

 the section Xiphium, are 8 to 9 inches 

 long, and the stem is very short. The 

 solitary flower has slaty-lilac outer seg- 

 ments, while the inner ones, erect and 

 narrow, are pale lilac. Native to Pales- 

 tine. 



106267. Iris westii Dinsm. 



A short-stemmed Oncocyclus iris, often 

 with two stems and six gray-green, slight- 

 ly falcate leaves 6 to 8 inches long. The 

 large flower, resembling that of Iris 

 hermona, has creamy-white falls covered 

 closely with purple dots and pale-lilac 

 standards covered with lilac-blue veins. 

 Native to Palestine. 



106254 to 106268— Continued. 



106268. Sternbergia clusiana Ker-Gawl. 

 Amaryllidaceae. 



A low-growing plant, native to Asia 

 Minor, with short. 1-flowered stems. The 

 pale-yellow, funnel-shaped flowers, about 

 an inch long, are produced in the fall, and 

 the narrow linear leaves, 3 to 4 inches 

 long, appear in the spring. 



106269 to 106273. 



From China. Seeds collected at Patung, 

 Western Hupeh, and presented by EL H. 

 Chung, National Wu-Han University, Wu- 

 chang, Hupeh. Received August 22, 1934. 



106269. Betula sp. Betulaceae. Birch. 



106270. Elaeagnus sp. Elaeagnaceae. 



106271. Osmanthds sp. Oleaceae. 



106272. Pruxus sp. Amygdalaceae. 



106273. Salix sp. Salicaceae. Willow. 



106274. Eleochaeis ttjbekosa (Roxb.) 

 Schult. Cyperaceae. Waternut. 



From China. Tubers presented by G. Weid- 

 man Groff, Lingnan University, Canton. 

 Received August 31, 1934. 



"Variety Ma Tai. A Chinese vegetable 

 which grows very much in the same manner 

 as wet-land rice. The corms or tuberous 

 rhizomes are mostly eaten raw, but are also 

 sliced or shredded in soups and in meat and 

 rice dishes. The plants, which are grown 

 on muck or clay soil, need a hot summer to 

 mature. 



For previous introduction see 102620. 



106275 to 106294. Saccharum officina- 

 eum L. Poaceae. Sugarcane. 



From Hawaii. Cuttings presented by the 

 experiment station, Hawaiian Sugar 

 Planters' Association, Honolulu. Received 

 August 27, 1934. 



Introduced for the use of Department 

 specialists. 



106275. Akoki. Station No. 22. 



106276. Iliopua. Station No. 29. 



106277. Kea. Station No. 31. 



106278. Maikoiko. 



106279. Manahu. Station No. 40. 



106280. Moano. Station No. 48. 



106281. Ohia. Station No. 1. 



106282. Pakaweli. Station No. 2. 



106283. Pilimai. Station No. 60. 



106284. Uala. Station No. 61. 



106285. Ulukui. Station No. 67. 



106286. Station No. 6. 



106287. Station No. 24. 



106288. Station No 26. 



106289. Station No. 36. 



106290. Station No. 38. 



106291. Station No. 39. 



106292. Station No. 41. 



106293. Station No. 43. 



106294. Station No. 71. 



