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107718. Poa btjlbosa L. Poaceae. 



Grass. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Re- 

 publics. Seeds presented by the Botanical 

 Garden. Academy of Science. Alma-Ata, 

 Kazakstan. Received December 21, 1934. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



For previous introduction see 78803. 



107719. Stipa calamagrostis (L.) 



Wahlenb. Poaceae. 



Grass. 



From France. Seeds presented by the For- 

 est Service, at the request of J. Dufrenoy. 

 Station Pathologie Vegetale, La Grande 

 Ferrade. Pont-de-la-Maye. Received De- 

 cember 22, 1934. 



Bauche grass. A grass valuable as a soil 

 binder in the Pyrenees Mountains, up to 

 about 4,000 feet altitude. 



For previous introduction see 89955. 



107720 to 107729. 



From the Balkan region. Seeds collected by 

 Dr. Edgar Anderson, Arnold Arboretum 

 Balkan expedition. Received December 21, 

 1934. 



Collected in unusually cold, dry regions ; 

 introduced for the use of Department 

 specialists. 



107720. Actaea spicata L. Ranuncu- 

 laceae. Black baneberry. 



No. 33. Rila Mountains, Bulgaria. A 

 low herbaceous perennial 1 to 2 feet high, 

 with racemes of deep-blue fruits in 

 autumn. 



For previous introduction see 106520. 



107721. Campanula sp. Campanulaceae. 

 From Yugoslavia. 



107722. Convolvulus sp. Convolvulaceae. 

 No. 107. From Cagan Pass, Rumania. 



107723. Forsythia europaea Degen. and 

 Bald. Oleaceae. 



No. 143. Pec, Yugoslavia. An upright 

 shrub 3 to 6 feet high, with stiff, ovate- 

 lanceolate, long-acuminate leaves about 2 

 inches long and golden-yellow flowers 

 about an inch long. Native to Albania. 



107724. Hesperis dinaeica G. Beck. Bras- 

 sicaceae. 



No. 152. Ravna Mountains, Yugoslavia. 

 An erect herbaceous perennial 2 to 3 feet 

 high, with broadly lanceolate, denticulate, 

 or sinuate-dentate leaves, and fragrant 

 white flowers in dense terminal racemes. 

 Native to Bosnia. 



107725. Ilex opaca Ait. Aquifoliaceae. 



American holly. 



107726. Ligustrum vulgare L. Oleaceae. 



European privet, 



Babadg, Dobrogea, Rumania. October 

 20, 1934. A shrub found on a steep slope 

 in a half-shaded situation. 



107727. Lunaria sp. Brassicaceae. 

 From Cagan Pass, Rumania. 



107728. Pedicularis comosus L. Scro- 

 phulariaceae. 



From Rumania. An alpine perennial 

 with pinnatifid leaves, the lobes termi- 

 nated by white spines. The yellowish- 

 white flowers are in spikes. Native to 

 Switzerland. 



107720 to 107729— Continued. 



107729. Symphyandra w a n n e r i Heuff. 

 Campanulaceae. 



No. 26. Rila, Bulgaria. A low herbace- 

 ous perennial, native to the European 

 Alps, up to 6 inches high, with oblong- 

 ovate leaves and blue bell-shaped flowers 

 about 1 inch long. 



107730. Adenium obesum (Forsk.) 

 Roem. and Schult. Apocynaceae. 



From Jamaica. Seeds presented by M. S. 

 Goodman, Department of Science and Ag- 

 riculture, Hope, Kingston P. O. Received 

 December 28, 1934. 



A slow-growing shrub, not over 3 feet 

 high, native to the dry regions of Arabia, 

 and named after the desert port of Aden. 

 The gorgeous rose-pink to white flowers are 

 3 inches across and remind one of enormous 

 oleander blossoms. The flowers are borne 

 so abundantly that they cover the entire 

 shrub. 



For previous introduction see 105731. 



107731 to 107742. 



From Surinam. Material collected hy W. A. 

 Archer, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived December 17, 1934. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



107731. Ananas comosus (L.) Merr. 

 Bromeliaceae. Pineapple. 



No. 2845. November 19, 1934. Sandrij 

 1. Suckers from a wild pineapple. 



107732. Aspidosperma nitidum Benth. 

 Apocynaceae. 



No. 2775. November 17, 1934. Sandrij 

 1. Roots of Apukuita (Carib name), Par- 

 elhout tree, from the jungle. 



107733 to 107736. Stigmaphyllon spp. 

 Malpighiaceae. 



107733. Stigmaphyllon sp. 



No. 2770. November 17, 1934. San- 

 drij 1. Root cuttings. 



107734. Stigmaphyllon fulgens (Lam.) 

 A. Juss. 



No. 2776. November 12, 1934. San^ 

 drij 1. Root cuttings of a climbing 

 shrub with rounded-cordate leaves, sil- 

 very beneath. Native to northern South 

 America. 



107735. Stigmaphyllon sp. 



No. 2715. November 12, 1934. Near 



Scotelweg. Roots. 



107736. Stigmaphyllon fulgens (Lam.) 

 A. Juss. 



No. 2658. November 2, 1934. Near 

 Scotelweg. Root cuttings. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 107734. 



107737. Cissampelos sp. Menispermaceae. 



No. 2729. November 14. 1934. Eight 

 miles northwest of Paramaribo. Boesi 

 njamsie. Roots. 



107738. Dioscorea alata L. Dioscor- 

 eaceae. Winged yam. 



No. 2697. November 6. 1934. Para- 

 maribo. Njamsie. Tubers from the mar- 

 ket, said to be imported from the island 

 of Madeira, Portugal. 



For previous introductions see 105462. 



