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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



106499. Carica papaya L. Papayaceae. 



Papaya. 



From California. Seeds presented by James 

 Stewart, La Habra Heights. Received 

 September 20, 1934. 



A fine-flavored South African papaya, pol- 

 linized by a plant from the Sandwich Is- 

 lands. 



106500. Licania eigida Benth. Rosa- 

 ceae. 



From Ceara, Brazil. Seeds collected by H. 

 A. Gardner and presented by the Institute 

 of Paint and Varnish Research, Washing- 

 ton, D. C, through the Bureau of Chem- 

 istry and Soils. Received September 26, 

 1934. 



A laree tropical tree of the Brazilian for- 

 ests, with rigid leathery oblong leaves 3 to 

 5 inches long and shining green above. The 

 greenish, ovoid-cylindrical fruits, about 2 

 inches long, yield an oil known as Oiticica 

 oil, that is used in the paint and varnish 

 industry. 



106501. Caeica candamarcensis Hook, 

 f. Papayaceae. 



From Chile. Seeds purchased through Ar- 

 thur W. Burrows, American consular 

 agent, Coquimbo. Received October 10, 

 1934. 



A small papaya 3% by 4% inches, with 

 very thin flesh which is highly acid and is 

 used only in making preserves and sirups. 

 The fruit is yellow when ripe with a spicy 

 aromatic flavor and fragrance, but is never 

 eaten fresh. 



106502 to 106505. 



From Brazil. Seeds presented by J. I. Case 

 Co., through Reginald S. Castleman, 

 American consul. Porto Alegre. Received 

 September 20, 1934. 



106502. Oryza sativa L. Poaceae. Rice. 



Santa Maria. A new type of rice de- 

 veloped near Rio Pardo, State of Rio' 

 Grande do Sul, which develops abnormally 

 large ears and is a heavy yielder. 



106503 to 106505. Triticum aestivum L. 

 Poaceae. Common wheat. 



Rust-immune wheat developed in Rio 

 Grande do Sul. 



106503. Fronteira. 



106504. Frondoso. 



106505. Surpreza. 



106506. Carapa guianensis Aubl. 

 Meliaceae. 



From Brazil. Seeds collected in the Jar- 

 dim Botanico, Rio de Janeiro, by H. A. 

 Gardner and presented by G. S. Jamieson, 

 Bureau of Chemistry and Soils. Received 

 September 27, 1934. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 106347. 



106507. Kigelia pinnata (Jacq.) DC. 

 Bignoniaceae. 



From East Africa. Seeds collected by Mrs. 

 Thomas Barbour on the road between 

 Ressano Garcia and Lourengo Marques, 

 Mozambique. Received September 24, 

 1934. 



The "sausage tree" of eastern tropical 

 Africa becomes 30 to 50 feet high, with 



106507 — Continued. 



rough ternate leaves made up of seven to 

 nine elliptic-oblong leaflets ; the large 

 claret-colored flowers are in long spikes, and 

 the blunt sausagelike fruits are 12 to 18 

 inches long. 



106508 and 106509. Trifolium subter- 

 raneum L. Fabaceae. 



Subterranean clover. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by F. H. 

 Brunning Pty. Ltd., Melbourne. Received 

 September 28, 1934. 



106508. Dwalyanup. 

 strain. 



An extra early 



106509. Wenigup. A late clover. 



106510 to 106519. 



From British Guiana. Material collected by 

 W. A. Archer, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received September 13, 1934. 



Unless otherwise mentioned the following 

 were introduced as seeds. 



106510. An<tonia ovata Pohl. Logania- 

 ceae. 



No. 2488. A tropical shrub with thick 

 leathery oval-elliptic dark-green leaves 

 and small white flowers in large terminal 

 cymes. It is native to Brazil. 



For the introduction of plants see 

 106371. 



106511. Aspidosperma excelsum Benth. 

 Apocynaceae. 



No. 2483. Garuru. A handsome tree 

 with leathery elliptic leaves sinning green 

 above and 4 to 6 inches long and large 

 yellow flowers. Native to sandy places in 

 British Guiana. 



For the introduction of plants see 

 106372. 



106512. Capsicum annuum L. Solanaceae. 



Common redpepper. 



No. 2493. A cultivated variety. 



106513. Cartocar glabrum Pers. Caryo- 

 caraceae. 



No. 2490. Cuttings of a large tropical 

 tree with opposite digitately 3- to 5-folio- 

 late leathery leaves, large greenish flow- 

 ers, and hard-shelled nuts with white 

 edible kernels. Native to northern South 

 America. 



106514. Cassia bacillaris L. f. Caesal- 

 piniaceae. 



No. 2478. Cuttings from a small tree of 

 rather straggly habit with golden-yellow 

 flowers in loose racemes. 



For previous introduction see 97567. 



106515. Citrullus vulgaris S c h r a d. 

 Cucurbitaceae. 



No. 2491. A cultivated watermelon col- 

 lected at Bartica, on the Essequiba River. 



106516. Crinum sp. Amaryllidaceae. 



No. 2449. Bulbs of cultivated plants 

 collected at Mazaruni Station. 



106517. Crinum sp. Amaryllidaceae. 

 No. 2450. Bulbs of cultivated plants. 



106518. Maximilianea sp. Cochlosperma- 

 ceae. 



No. 2480. Kanakudiballi. 



