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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



107424 and 107425— Continued. 



107425. Syagrus sp. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



No. (5580. Palma mulatto. A pinnate- 

 leaved palm, related to the coconut. 



107426. Malus sylvestris Mill. Mala- 

 ceae. Apple. 



From Puerto Rico. Cuttings presented by 

 J. A. B. Nolla, assistant commissioner, 

 Department of Agriculture and Commerce, 

 San Juan. Received December 20, 1934. 

 Cuttings of an apple tree which originated 

 in the highlands near Orocovis as a seed- 

 ling from an imported American variety. 

 The tree has borne two small crops. 



107427 to 107431. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 

 Bu'bs presented by the Botanical Institute, 

 Ashkhabad, Turkmenistan, through H. L. 

 Westover, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived December 22, 1934. 



107427 to 107429. Tulipa spp. Liliaceae. 



Tulip. 



107427. Tulipa kuschkensis B. Fedtsch. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see 106777. 



107428. Tulipa wilsoniana Hoog. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see 106782. 



107429. Tulipa sp. 



107430. ( Undetermined. ) 



107431. (Undetermined.) 



107432. Eora sapida (Soland.) Cook. 

 Phoenicaceae. Nikau palm. 



From California. Seeds presented by David 

 Barry & Co., Los Angeles. Received De- 

 cember 19, 1934. 



Seeds from a tree growing in Santa Bar- 

 hara, Calif. A New Zealand palm 30 feet 

 high, with a green ringed stem, pinnate 

 leaves 14 feet long, and large clusters of 

 pale-pink flowers. 



For previous introduction see 101151. 



107433 and 107434. 



From the Union of South Africa. Seeds 

 presented by the McGregor Museum, Kim- 

 berley. Received December 15, 1934. 



107433. Salsola glabrescens Burtt-Davy. 

 Chenopodiaceae. 



A dwarf shrub up to 3 feet high, with 

 very small, ovate, or triangular, spirally 

 arranged leaves and inconspicuous flowers. 



For previous introduction see 105941. 



107434. Tethagonia arbuscula F e n z 1. 

 Aizoaceae. 



A much-branched, semishrubby peren- 

 nial with fleshy leaves less than an inch 

 long, varying from linear to ovate-oblong. 

 The small inconspicuous flowers are borne 

 in leafy racemes and are followed by tbree- 

 • to four-winged fruits. It is native to 

 southern Africa. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 107142. 



107435. Euchlaena mexicana Schrad. 

 Poaceae. Teosinte. 



From Mexico. Seeds presented by the Gov- 

 ernment Experimental Station at Cha- 



107435— Continued. 



pingo, State of Mexico, through Walter 

 Douglas. Mexico, D. F. Received Decem- 

 ber 19, 1934. 



For previous introduction and description 

 see 106947. 



107436 to 107448. Ilex spp. Aquifolia- 

 ceae. Holly. 



From New York. Seeds presented by J. B. 

 Murray. Brooklyn. Received December 

 20, 1934. 



107436 to 107445. Ilex aquifolium L. 



English holly. 



107436. Variety Argent ea marginata. 



107437. Variety Argentea medico-picta. 



107438. Variety Aurifodina. 



107439. Variety Camelliaefolia. 



107440. Variety Ciliata major. 



107441. Variety Cookii. 



107442. Variety Flavescens. 



107443. Variety Fructu-luteo. 



107444. Variety Integrifolia. 



107445. Variety Rubicaidis aurea. 



107446. Ilex beanii Rehder. 



A hybrid (Ilex aquifolium X dipyrena) 

 which is an evergreen tree with duil-green, 

 elliptic, spine-tipped leaves 2 to 8 inches 

 long and oval red berries. 



107447. Ilex sp. 



Received under the name "hendersonii," 

 for which a placs of publication has not 

 been found. 



107448. Ilex platyphylla Web. and 

 Berth. 



An evergreen tree of pyramidal habit, 

 20 feet high, with leathery, broadly ovate 

 leaves about 2 inches long and short 

 cymes of white flowers. Native to the 

 Canary Islands. 



107449 to 107477. 



From Surinam. Bulbs and seeds collected 

 by W. A. Archer, Bureau of Plant Indus- 

 try. Received December 1, 1934. 



Unless otherwise noted, the introductions 

 of this shipment were received as seeds. 

 Introduced for Department specialists. 



107449. Allium cepa L. Liliaceae. Onion. 



No. 2696. November 6, 1934. Bulbs of 

 a red onion from the market at Para- 

 maribo. S)aid to have been imported 

 from Madeira, Spain. 



107450. ASCLEPIAS CURASSAVICA L. ASCle- 



piadaceae. Bloodflower. 



No. 2670. From Scotelweg, November 2, 

 1934. An ornamental herb 3 feet high 

 with red and yellow flowers. 



For previous introduction see 99772. 



107451. Dioclea macrantha Huber. Fa- 

 baceae. 



No. 2659. November 2, 1934. From 

 Scotelweg. Kumatra. A somewhat woody 

 tropical climber with trifoliolata leaves, 

 the leaflets broadly ovate and about 2 

 inches long. The small lavender flowers 

 are in axiliary racemes. Native to north- 

 ern South America. 



For previous introduction see 106540. 



