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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



106378. Lupinus sp. Fabaceae. 



From France. Seeds presented by Dr. J. 

 Dufrenoy, Station de Pathologie Vegetale, 

 Pont de la Maye, Gironde. Received Sep- 

 tember 4, 1934. 



A hardy perennial, grown in the Pyrenees, 

 but originally from Liberia. 



106379. Bauhinia tomentosa L. Caes- 

 alpiniaceae. St. Thomas tree. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by Robert M. 

 Grey, Superintendent, Atkins Institution 

 of the Arnold Arboretum. Soledad, Cien- 

 fuegos. Received September 5, 1934. 



An erect shrub or small tree which has 

 obtusely lobed leathery leaves, broader than 

 long, and few-flowered clusters of pure yel- 

 low flowers. It is native to India. 



For previous introduction see 98802. 



106380. Tarchonanthus minor Less. 

 Asteraceae. 



From the Union of South Africa. Seeds 

 presented by the McGregor Museum, Kim- 

 berley. Received September 10, 1934. 



A strongly resin-scented shrub, native to 

 southern Africa, with oblong to obovate, en- 

 tire leaves up to 2 inches long and short 

 racemes of small woolly flower heads. It is 

 said to be a good stock feed and to be 

 drought resistant. 



For previous introduction see 98012. 



106381 to 106386. 



From India. Seeds presented by the forest 

 botanist, Forest Research Institute, Dehra 

 Dun. United Provinces. Received Septem- 

 ber 11, 1934. 



106381. Albdca vieidifloea Jacq. Lilia- 

 ceae. 



A South African bulbous plant with six 

 to nine linear-subulate, channeled, hairy 

 leaves a foot long and green yellow-mar- 

 gined flowers in a lax raceme on a scape 

 as long as the leaves. 



106382. Lagersteoemia floribunda Jack. 

 Lythraceae. 



A hancbome tropical tree, native to 

 Malaya, with ovate-oblong acute leaves 

 and very numerous pale-rose flowers in 

 much-branched terminal panicles. Larger 

 in all parts than Lagerstroemia indic'a. 



106383. Lagersteoemia tomentosa Presl. 

 Lythraceae. 



A tall tropical tree 70 to 100 feet 

 high, with elliptic-lanceolate leaves 3 to 

 6 inches long, hairy beneath, and purple 

 flowers in axillary and terminal panicles. 

 Native to Burma. Much larger than 

 Lagerstroemia indica, but with less showy 

 flowers. 



106384. Musa aenoldiana Wildem. Musa- 

 ceae. 



A tropical banana relative about 12 feet 

 high, with leaves 7 feet long and fruits 

 4 inches long. 



For previous introduction see 75282. 



106385. Ueginea indica (Roxb.) Kunth. 

 Liliaceae. 



A bulbous perennial 12 to 18 inches 

 high, native to India and tropical America. 

 The flower scape, appearing before the 

 linear leaves, bears a raceme 6 to 12 

 inches long of drooping campanulate 

 flowers an inch long, greenish white with 

 green nerves. 



106381 to 106386 — Continued. 



For previous introduction see 103G30. 



106386. Zei>hyeanthes citeina Baker. 

 Amaryllidaceae. Zephyrlily. 



A bulbous plant, unknown except in cul- 

 tivation, with linear bright-green leaves a 

 foot long and bright-yellow, red, or white 

 flowers over an inch long on scapes about 

 5 inches high. 



For previous introduction see 68125. 



106387 and 106388. Triticum aestivum 

 L. Poaceae. Common wheat. 



From Argentina. Seeds presented by the 

 Director, Chacra Experimental de Alto de 

 Sierra, San Juan. Received August 20, 

 1934. 



106387. Alto de Sierra, 01-4. 



106388. Alto de Sierra, 01-10-d4. 



106389. Quercus sp. Fagaceae. 



From Nanking, China. Seeds collected in 

 Kwangsi Province by A. N. Steward and 

 H. C. Cheo, University of Nanking. Re- 

 ceived April 28, 1934. Numbered in Sep- 

 tember 1934. 



F. 84. Li Shu. Collected October 23, 

 1933, at 1,000 feet altitude at Ta Tseh Tsuen, 

 Yung Hsien. A tree with ovate fruits an 

 inch long and almost as wide. 



106390 to 106414. Solanum tuberosum 

 L. Solanaeeae. Potato. 



From Peru. Tubers presented by the Esta- 

 cion Experimental Agricola, La Molina, 

 Lima. Received September 8, 1934. 



A collection of potatoes introduced for the 

 ure of Department specialists. 



106390. 



Alalayso. 



106403. 



Huaccoto. 



106391. 



Alemana. 



106404. 



Isolde. 



106392. 



Alemana. 



106405. 



Largas. 



106393. 



A mar ill a. 



106406. 



Lazapa. 



106394. 



Apaluqui. 



106407. 



Lloronas. 



106395. 



Apparo. 



106408. 



Paltacac. 



108396. 



Ayqui. 



106409. 



Redondal. 



106397. 



Canahuiri. 



106410. 



Rocas. 



106398. 



alii. 



C can ch- 



106411. 



dillo. 



T a b a r- 



106399. 



Ccolla. 



106412. 



Ucururi. 



106400. Chat as 

 Negras. 



106413. Y a n a 



Chilca. 



106401. Cocha m a 

 (Choquepito) . 



106414. [Without 

 notes. ] 



106402. 



Cusquena. 







106415. 



Zea mays L. 



Poaceae. Corn. 



From Sumatra. Seeds sent by Rev. Hagnar 

 Aim, Tandjong, Balei, and intercepted by 

 the plant quarantine office in New York. 

 Received September 12, 1934. 



106416 to 106444. Poaceae. 



Grass. 



From Arizona. Seeds collected by R. E. 

 Burton, Santa Cruz, Calif. Received 

 September 5, 1934. 



Collected for Department specialists. 



106416. Agro pyeon pauciflorum 

 (Schwein.) Hitchc. 



Water Lily Canyon, July 30. 1934. 



