OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1934 



106624 to 106636— Continued. 



106625. DlGITARIA sp. 



Koster Strain. 



106626. DlGITARIA sp. 



Makarikari Strain. 



106627. DlGITARIA sp. 

 Malmaniesoog Strain, Selection 1. 



106628. DlGITARIA sp. 

 Malmaniesoog Strain, Selection 2. 



106629. Digitaria sp. 

 Molopo Strain. 



106630. Digitaria sp. 

 Pangola River Strain. 



106631. Digitaria sp. 



Port Elisabeth Strain, Selection 1. 



106632. Digitaria sp. 

 Pretoria Small Strain. 



106633. Digitaria sp. 

 Pretoria Strain "Irene." 



106634. Digitaria swazilandensis Stent. 

 For previous introduction see 91769. 



106635. Digitaria sp. 

 Vakwe Camp Strain. 



106636. Panicum meyerianum Nees. Poa- 

 ceae. 



A tall grass, 2 to 3 feet high, with rigid 

 leaves about 8 inches long and large ra- 

 cemes 3 inches long and wide. Native to 

 the Cape of Good Hope. 



106637 to 106639. 



From British Guiana. Seeds collected by 

 W. A. Archer, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received October 1, 1934. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



106637. Banisteria reticulata (Poir.) 

 C. B. Robins. Malpighiaceae. 



No. 2503. Barima River, September 8, 

 1934. A tropical shrub with opposite ob- 

 long-ovate leaves 6 to 12 inches long and 

 small yellow flowers in panicled cymes. 



MUCUNOIDES DeSV. 



106638. Calopogonium 

 Fabaceae. 



No. 2542. Mabaruma Compound, North- 

 west District, September 18, 1934. A 

 stout twining vine with rhombic-ovate 

 leaflets and long-stalked racemes of pale- 

 blue flowers. It forms a mat of foliage 1 

 to 2 feet thick and is used as a cover crop 

 as well as for forage. Native to tropical 

 America. 



For previous introduction see 94228. 



LONCHOCARPUS LATIPOLIUS ( Willd. ) 



H. B. K. (Amerimnon latifolium Willd.) . 

 Fabaceae. 



No. 2506. Above Koriabo on the Barima 

 River, September 8, 1934. 



106640 to 106645. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- 

 lics. Seeds and bulbs collected by H. L. 

 Westover and C. R. Bnlow, Bureau of 

 Plant Industry. Received October 11, 

 1934. 



106640 to 106645— Continued. 



106640 to 106642. Allium spp. Liliaceae. 



106640. Allium giganteum Regel. 



No. 150-C. Kopet Dag, near Ashkha- 

 bad, June 1934. Bulbs. One of the 

 largest members of the genus, with 

 large bulbs and broad fleshy leaves 

 about 18 inches long. The bright-lilac 

 flower heads, 4 inches across, are on 

 stalks about 4 feet high. 



For previous introduction see 82387. 



106641. Allium sp. 



150-D. Asbkhabad, June 20, 1934. 

 Bulbs found in rolling Wheatland near 

 mountains. 



106642. Allium sp. 



150-E. Chrystophi. Bulbs found in 

 the mountains near Ashkhabad, June 

 20, 1934. 



106643 and 106644. From Kopet Dag, south 

 of Ashkhabad, near the Iranian (Per- 

 sian) frontier, June 1934. 



106643. Gladiolus sp. Iridaceae. 

 No. 148. Bulbs and seeds. 



106644. Hyacinthus sp. Liliaceae. 

 No. 149. Bulbs and seeds. 



106645. Tulipa micheliana Hoog. Lilia- 

 ceae. Tulip. 



No. 150-A. Kopet Dag Mountains, near 

 Ashkhabad, June 19, 1934. Bulbs and 

 seeds of a tulip, native to the Caspian 

 region, with a pubescent scape 12 inches 

 high. The lanceolate to linear-lanceolate 

 leaves, usually four, are striped with 

 brown and have undulate margins. The 

 large single flowers are lilac scarlet and 

 vermilion scarlet inside, with black lanceo- 

 late blotches at the base. 



For previous introduction see 100644. 



106646 to 106648. 



From Wales. Seeds presented by Dr. R. G. 

 Stapledon, Welsh Plant Breeding Station, 

 Aberystwyth. Received October 19, 1934. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



106646. Dactylis glomerata L. Poaceae. 



Orchard grass. 



S. 26. 



106647. Lolium perenne L. Poaceae. 



Perennial ryegrass. 



S. 23. 



106648. Phleum pratense L. Poaceae. 



Timothy. 



S. 50. 



106649. Tarchonanthus camphoratus 

 L. Asteraceae. 



From the Union of South Africa. Seeds 

 presented by the McGregor Museum, Kim* 

 berley. Received October 20, 1934. 



Vaalbos. An evergreen aromatic shrub 

 8 to 10 feet high, with lanceolate-oblong 

 leaves 1 inch long and a terminal panicle of 

 purple flower heads. The shrub is eaten by 

 stock during droughts. 



For previous introduction see 75401. 

 106650 to 106653. 



From British Guiana. Cuttings collected by 

 W. A. Archer, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received October 12, 1934. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



