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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



106449 to 106451. 



From Colombia. Seeds presented by M. J. 

 Rivero, Estacion Agrfcola Experimental, 

 Palmira, Departmento del Valle del Cauca. 

 Received September 13, 1934. 



106449. Guilielma sp. Phoenicaceae. 



Palm. 



A palm, native to the Valle del Cauca, 

 which is more ornamental than Guilielma 

 utilis. 



106450. Juglans honorei Dode. Jugland- 

 aceae. 



A wild walnut, native to the highlands 

 of northern South America, which re- 

 sembles closely the black walnut of the 

 United States.' The thick-shelled nut con- 

 tains a kernel of mild pleasant flavor. 



For previous introduction see 73394. 



106451. Passiflora manicata Pers. Passi- 

 floraceae. 



An ornamental vine, native to Colom- 

 bia, with red flowers which are followed 

 by green fruits about 3 inches long. The 

 seeds are smaller and the pulp is not so 

 highly flavored as in some of the other 

 varieties. 



For previous introduction see 51567. 

 106452 to 106461. 



From Ruanda-Urundi, Belgian Congo. Africa. 

 Seeds presented by J. B. Lejeune, Director, 

 Station Experimental de Kisozi. Received 

 September 15, 1934. 



106452. Cassia sp. Caesalpiniaceae. 



106453. Tephrosia, sp. Fabaceae. 

 Collected in Urundi District. 



106454. Tephrosia sp. Fabaceae. 

 Collected in Ruanda District. 



106455. Crotalaria sp. Fabaceae. 

 Collected in Urundi District. 



106456. Crotalaria sp. Fabaceae. 

 Collected in Urundi District. 



106457. Eriosema sp. Fabaceae. 



Received under the name Eriosema 

 lejeunei. 



106458. Meibomia lasiocarpa (Beauv.) 

 Kuntze. Fabaceae. 



Collected in the Belgian Congo. 



For previous introduction see 103618. 



106459. Desmodium salicifolium DC. 

 Fabaceae. 



A bushy shrub with lanceolate-oblong 

 leaflets and flowers in terminal panicles. 

 Native to the East Indies. 



106460. Vigna sp. Fabaceae. 

 Collected in Urundi District. 



106461. (Undetermined.) 



A perennial leguminous plant collected 

 in Urundi District. 



106462 to 106466. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 

 Bulbs presented by the Institute of Sub- 

 tropical Cultures, Sukhum, Transcaucasia, 

 through the Institute of Plant Industry, 

 Leningrad. Received September 14, 1934. 



106462. Arum elongatum Stev. Araceae. 



An arum from Asia Minor, about a foot 

 high, with brownish, broadly hastate- 



106462 to 106466— Continued. 



sagittate leaves. The spathe tube is ob- 

 long ovoid, white within, with the limb 

 intense black purple. 



106463. Colchicum umbrosum Stev. Mel- 

 anthiaceae. Autumn crocus. 



A low bulbous plant, native to the Cau- 

 casus, with about five narrow leaves and 

 small clusters of lilac flowers. 



For previous introduction see 67014. 



106464. Crocus scharojani Rupr. Irida- 

 ceae. 



A crocus with a very small globose bulb. 

 In the Caucasus region, where it is native, 

 the leaves appear in the spring and re- 

 main until the bright-yellow flowers ap- 

 pear the latter part of July and August. 

 The throat of the corolla is yellowish 

 white, the anthers are pale yellow, and the 

 style branches are orange red. 



For previous introduction see 90616. 



106465. Ornithogalum balansae Boiss. 

 Liliaceae. 



A low bulbous plant with two or three 

 linear leaves 3 to 4 inches long and small 

 white flowers in a small dense raceme, on 

 a scape about as long as the leaves. Na- 

 tive to Armenia. 



106466. Scilla winogradowii Sosn. Lilia- 

 ceae. 



A squill from the Caucasus with one to 

 three pale-blue suberect flowers more than 

 three-fifths of an inch long. The leaves 

 are oblong-linear or linear lanceolate. 



106467 to 106482. 



From central Australia. Seeds collected by 

 Dr. T. G. Strehlow, University of Adelaide, 

 Adelaide. Received September 14, 1934. 



A collection of native Australian plants. 



106467. Brachiaria gilesii (Benth.) Chase. 

 Poaceae. Grass. 



Naljara. Collected in the MacDonnell 

 Ranges. A perennial grass with long leafy 

 stolons and short firm leaves. The flow- 

 ering culms, erect or ascending, are 6 to 

 18 inches high, and the edible seeds are 

 eaten by the natives. 



106468. Chloris virgata Swartz. Poa- 

 ceae. Feather fingergrass. 



Collected at Alice Springs. A fine graz- j 

 ing grass. 



106469. Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) 

 Richter (Eleusine aegyptiaca Desf.). 

 Poaceae. 



Collected at Alice Springs. A tropica] | 

 prostrate annual grass which forms mats | 

 by rooting at the nodes. 



For previous introduction see 73115. 



106470. Eragrostis sp. Poaceae. 



Collected at Alice Springs. A very nu- | 

 tritious fodder. 



106471. Erythrina sp. Fabaceae. 



Collected north of Alice Springs, in the 

 northern part of central Australia. Ininta, 

 or bean tree. The red seeds of this tree 

 are used as ornaments by the natives, and 

 the wood is used in the manufacture of 

 shields and putchis (vessels) of all kinds. 

 The beanwood is very light, one of the 

 few soft woods found in central Aus- , 

 tralia. 



