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PLANT MATEPvIAL INTRODUCED 



107256 and 107257 — Continued. 



107257. Fekocactus lecontei (Engelin. ) 

 Britt. and Rose. Cactaceae. 



A slender cylindrical cactus, about 15 

 feet high, sometimes taller with stout 

 interlocking spines. 1 to 3 inches long, 

 pink with yellow tips, and yellow flowers 

 about 2 inches long and half as wide. Na- 

 tive to the southwestern United States and 

 northwestern Mexico. 



10725S to 107263. Neomammillaria spp. 

 Cactaceae. 



From Mexico. Seeds collected by Paul Rus- 

 sell and Max Souviron, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry, in the Botanic Garden, Mexico 

 City. Received September 20, 1930. 

 Numbered in November 1934. 



107258. N BOM AM MILLARI A DE ALB ATA 



(Dietr.) Britt. and Rose. 



A globose or short-cylindrical cactus, 

 2 to 3 inches high, with the surface 

 densely covered by the clusters of white 

 appressed spines. The small carmine 

 flowers are followed by small club-shaped 

 fruits. Native to central Mexico. 



107259. Neomammillaria magnimamma 

 (Haw.) Britt. and Rose. 



A globular cactus 4 inches in diameter, 

 with very milky juice, often in a colony 

 of 25 or more. The conical tubercles, 

 two-fifths of an inch high, are crowned 

 by three to five unequal, stout, whitish, 

 or colored spines, and tbe cream-colored 

 flowers are borne in the axils of the 

 tubercles near the top of the plant. Na- 

 tive to central Mexico. 



For previous introduction see 81183. 



107260. Neomammillaria mystax (Mart.) 

 Britt. and Rose. 



A globose or short-cylindrical cactus 3 

 to 6 inches high, flat-topped, with thick- 

 set tubercles filled with milky juice, and 

 small white spines. The abundant dark- 

 red flowers, three-fourths of an inch 

 across, appear in two or three rows, and 

 the red fruits are about 1 inch long. 

 Native to south-central Mexico. 



107261. Neomammillaria wildii (Dietr.) 

 Britt. and Rose. 



A small cylindrical or globose cactus 

 that grows in small colonies. From the 

 slender elongated tubercles arise pinkish 

 hairs and bristles, also short yellow or 

 white spines. The white flowers, half an 

 inch across, are succeeded by club-shaped 

 red fruits. Native to Hidalgo, Mexico. 



107262. Neomammillaria sp. 



A rather small cylindric-globose cactus 

 with numerous short tubercles which bear 

 s: ort reddish-brown spines. 



107263. Neomammillaria sp. 



A globular cactus with long tubercles 

 and long pale-brown spines. 



107264 and 107265. Nicotiana tabacum 

 L. Solanaceae. Tobacco. 



Fr^m South America. Seeds presented by 

 Mario del Rio, chief, Estacion Agronomica, 

 Piura, Peru. Received November 22, 1934. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



107264. Silvestre. A wild tobacco grown 

 at 2,750 m above sea level. 



107265. Commercial tobacco. 



107266 and 107267. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by Robert M.. 

 Grey, Superintendent, Atkins Institution' 

 of the Arnold Arboretum, Soledad, Cien- 

 fuegos, through F. G. Walsingham. Re- 

 ceived November 11, 1934. 



107266. Ardisia wallichii A. DC. Myrsi- 

 naceae. 



A low bushy perennial with thick 

 obovate-acute leaves 4 to 5 inches long 

 and white flowers in lax racemes. Native 

 to Burma. 



107267. Cinnamomum cassia Blume. Lau- 

 raceae. Chinese cinnamon. 



A handsome evergreen tree with sub- 

 opposite leathery oblong-lanceolate 

 leaves 3 to 6 inches long and very small 

 yellowish flowers in terminal axillary pan- 

 icles. Native to southern China. 



For previous introduction see 6867. 

 107268 to 107271. Iris spp. Iridaceae. 



From Germany. Roots purchased from 

 Karl Foerster, Bornim-Potsdam-Sanssouci. 

 Received November 30, 1934. 



107268. Baron Gtbtz von Ococim. 



107269. Jenny. 



107270. Kazimir Missoua. 



107271. Valery Germanis. 



107272. Zoysia matrella (L.) Mem 

 Poaceae. Manila grass. 



From South Manchuria. Seeds purchased 

 from Manshu Nosan Shokai, Inc., Dai'ren. 

 Received November 27, 1934. 



A creeping grass, important for binding 

 coast sands, which does well on alkali soils 

 and also as a lawn grass. Said to be relished 

 by stock. 



107273 and 107274. Citrus nobilis de- 

 liciosa (Ten.) Swingle. Rutaceae. 



Mandarin orange. 



presented by 

 Received De- 



From Palestine. Budwood 

 S. H. Holzman, Rehovoth. 

 cember 1, 1934. 



107273. Denice. A very early maturing- 

 orange, with about 12 seeds, of insipid 

 flavor. 



107274. Pride of Ellendale. Originally 

 from Australia. This fruit has a fine 

 flavor, the skin adheres well to the 

 pulp, and it is a good shipper. 



107275. Aloe globuligemma Pole Evans. 

 Liliaceae. 



From the Union of South Africa. Seeds 

 presented by the McGregor Museum, Kim- 

 berley. Received November 26, 1934. 



A stemless succulent with a rosette of 

 erect-spreading, sword-shaped leaves 1 to 2 

 feet long, having cartilaginous, wavy-toothed 

 margins. The flower stalk, 3 to 4 feet high, 

 carries a dense raceme a foot long of tubu- 

 lar flowers which are globular and red in 

 the bud. becoming elongated and sulphur- 

 yellow tinged with red at the base. It is 

 native to South Africa. 



For previous introduction see 89992. 



107276. Juania australis (Mart.) 

 Drude. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



From Juan Fernandez Island. Seeds col- 

 lected by Max Yunge and presented 



