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106936 — Continued. 



Received August 14, 1934. Numbered 

 November 1934. 



Introduced for the use of Department 

 specialists. 



No. 2355. Dakanani. From Wauna on the 

 Koriabo River, July 20, 1934. A bushy 

 perennial 4 to 6 feet high. It is native to 

 British and French Guiana. 



106937 and 106938. Tulipa spp. Lilia- 

 ceae. Tulip. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Re- 

 publics. Bulbs collected in Turkistan by 

 H. L. Westover and C. R. Enlow, Bureau 

 of Plant Industry. Received November 9, 

 1934. 



Collected at Chelkar, August 13, 1934. 



106937. No. 903. 



106938. No. 901. 



106939. Pinus toeeeyana Parry. Pina- 

 ceae. Soledad pine. 



From California. Seeds purchased from 

 John R. Fleming, La Jolla. Received 

 November 19, 1934. 



Obtained for Department specialists. 



106940. Jatbopha gossypifolia L. Eu- 

 phorbiaceae. 



From British Guiana. Plants collected by 

 W. A. Archer, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received November 6, 1934. 



No. 2623. Bellyache bush. From near 

 Georgetown, October 15, 1934. A woody 

 perennial 2 to 6 feet high, with five-lobed 

 leaves 4 to 6 inches across and dark-red 

 flowers followed by globular warty fruits. 

 Native to tropical America. 



106941. Peesea ameeicana Mill. Laura- 

 ceae. Avocado. 



From Florida. A tree, seedling "B" of the 

 Collinred avocado, P. I. 62376, growing 

 at the Plant Introduction Garden, Coco- 

 nut Grove. Numbered November 28, 1934, 

 for convenience; in distribution. 



106942 to 108945. Peunus aemeniaca 

 L. Amygdalaceae. Apricot. 



From Czechoslovakia. Plants purchased 

 from Dr. Joseph Blaha, Brno. Received 

 November 17, 1934. 



Introduced under the following varietal 

 names for the use of Department specialists. 



106942. Joniska. 



106943. Syrskd. 



106944. Velkd rand. 



106945. Velkopavlovickd. 



106946 and 106947. Euchlaena mexi- 

 cana Schrad. Poaceae. Teosinte. 



From the Distrito Federal, Mexico. Seeds 

 presented by Mrs. Walter Douglas, Mexico 

 City. Received November 5, 1934. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



A coarse annual grass, native to Mexico, 

 where it was cultivated in prehistoric times. 

 It resembles corn rather closely, and some 

 botanists consider that corn is a hybrid of 

 which teosinte is one of the parents. 



For previous introduction see 95686. 



106946. Seeds from plant No. 1. 



106947. Seeds from plant No. 2. 



106948. Amygdalus peesica L. Amyg- 

 dalaceae. Peach. 



From China. Seeds purchased through Peter 

 Liu. Peiping. Received November 24, 

 1934. 



Mao Tao (hairy peach) ; from the villages 

 around Feicheng, where the seedlings are 

 used as stocks for cultivated varieties of 

 peaches. 



106949 to 106960. 



From British Guiana. Seeds collected by 

 W. A. Archer, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received November 5, 1934. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



Nos. 106949 to 106957 were collected in 

 the Botanic Garden, Georgetown, September 

 27, 1934. 



106949. Bar^ingtonia asiatica (L.) Kurz. 

 Lecythidaceae. 



No. 2571. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 106914. 



106950. Carica papaya L. Papayaceae. 



Papaya. 



No. 2598. 



106951. Cerbera thevetia L. (Thevetia 

 nereifolia Juss.). Apocynaceae. 



Yellow oleander. 



No. 2600. An ornamental, willow-leaved, 

 yellow-flowered evergreen tree or shrub 10 

 to 15 feet high. Native to tropical 

 America. 



For previous introduction see 60396. 



106952. COCCINEA CORDIFOLIA Cogn. Cu- 



curbitaceae. 



No. 2597. A perennial tropical vine with 

 small, broadly ovate-cordate, deep-green 

 leaves, white flowers, and intensely scarlet, 

 oval, edible fruits about 2 inches long, 

 which taste like cucumbers. Native to 

 eastern India. 



106953. COUROUPITA GUIANENSIS Aubl. 



Lecythidaceae. 



No. 2591. Cannonball tree. A tall trop- 

 ical tree with oblong-ovate leaves and odd, 

 showy, yellow and red-tinged flowers about 

 2 inches long, in long racemes. The glob- 

 ular reddish-brown fruits are 6 to 8 

 inches in diameter. 



For previous introduction see 98550. 



106954. Tepheosia noctiflora Bojer. Fa- 

 baceae. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 106594. 



106955. Crotalaria striata DC. Faba- 

 ceae. 



No. 2599. A low-growing, shrubby, orna- 

 mental, leguminous plant, native to India, 

 with rounded green branches and elon- 

 gated terminal clusters of drooping yel- 

 low flowers, the petals striped with deep 

 orange brown. Cultivated as a cover crop. 



For previous introduction see 76772. 



106956. Gustavia augusta L. Lecythida- 

 ceae. 



No. 2593. A slender evergreen tree 20 

 feet high, native to tropical America, 

 which bears flowers 4 inches across, creamy 

 white, tinged with rose inside, and exter- 

 nally rose-colored. The stamens form a 

 circle in the center of the flower and are 

 white at the base with rosy filaments and 

 yellow anthers. 



For previous introduction see 106354. 



