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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



107865 to 108014— Continued. 



108009 to 108014. Vicia spp. Fabaceae. 



Vetch. 

 108009. Vicia sepium L. 



No. 589. Bush vetch. From the 

 foothills near Alma Ata, July 23, 1934. 

 A perennial vetch native to Europe and 

 Asia. It is semiupright or bushy in 

 habit and is eaten by stock of all kinds. 



For previous introduction see 52278. 



108010 and 108011. Vicia tenuifolia 

 Roth. 



A deep-rooted perennial, cut for hay, 

 which thrives in very dry situations. 



For previous introduction see 107129. 



108010. No. 615. Foothills near Alma 

 Ata, July 23, 1934. 



108011. No. 537. Mountains south of 

 Alma Ata, July 25, 1934. 



108012. Vicia sp. 



No. 538. Mountains south of Alma 

 Ata, July 23, 1934. 



108013. Vicia sp. 



No. 644. Experiment station at Alma 

 Ata, July 22, 1934. 



108014. Vicia sp. 



No. 670. Experiment station at Alma 

 Ata, July 22, 1934. 



108015. Licania rigida Benth. Rosa- 

 ceae. 



From Ceara, Brazil. Seeds presented by 

 H. A. Gardner, Institute of Paint and 

 Varnish Research, Washington, D. C, 

 through the Bureau of Chemistry and 

 Soils. Received March 28, 1935. 



A large tropical tree of the Brazilian for- 

 ests, with rigid leathery oblong leaves, 3 to 

 5 inches long, and shining green above. 

 The greenish, ovoid-cylindrical fruits, about 

 2 inches long, yield an oil known as oiticica 

 oil, that is used in the paint and varnish 

 industry. 



For previous introduction see 106500. 



108016. Aechmea mexicana Baker. 

 Bromeliaceae. 



From Mexico. Plants purchased from Dr. 

 C. A. Purpus. Zacuanam, Huatusco. Num- 

 bered in January 1935. 



A tropical epiphyte, allied to the billber- 

 gias, with a basal rosette of large, long, fine- 

 toothed leaves and a lax panicle of crimson 

 flowers borne on a long stalk arising from 

 the center of the plant. Native to Mexico. 



108017. Castanea sp. Fagaceae. 



From Indo-China. Seeds presented by M. 

 Poilane, Annam, Institut des Recherches 

 Agronomique de l'lndochine, Division de 

 Botanique. Numbered in January 1935. 



108018. Euphorbia sp. Euphorbiaceae. 



From Madagascar. Seeds presented by Miss 

 Bargyla Rateaver, Fort Dauphin. Re- 

 ceived March 22, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



108019. Euphorbia sp. 



From Mexico. Seeds presented by the V. D. 

 Andprson Co., Cleveland, Ohio. Received 

 April 9, 1935, 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



108020. Livistona rotundifolia (Lam.) 

 Mart. Phoenicaceae. Java fan palm. 



From Cuba. Plants presented by Robert M. 

 Grey, Superintendent, Atkins Institution 

 of the Arnold Arboretum, Soledad, Cien- 

 fuegos, through F. G. Walsingham. Re- 

 ceived October 29, 1934. Numbered in 

 January 1935. 



Seedlings from seeds grown in Cuba. An 

 erect fan-leaved palm, with a trunk ulti- 

 mately about 50 feet high and 18 inches in 

 diameter. The roundish leaves, with 60 to 

 80 segments, are 3 to 5 feet across. 



For previous introduction see 104696. 



108021. Sabal mauritiaeformis 

 (Karst.) Griseb. and Wendl. Phoe- 

 nicaceae. 



From Cuba. Seedlings presented by the De- 

 partment of Agriculture, British Guiana, 

 through Robert M. Grey, Superintendent of 

 the Atkins Institution of the Arnold Ar- 

 boretum, Soledad, Cienfuegos. Received 

 October 9, 1934. 



A handsome West Indian fan-leaved palm 

 with a trunk 60 to 80 feet in height and over 

 a foot in diameter* and large roundish leaves 

 multifid to the middle, up to 12 feet in 

 diameter. The black fruits are about the 

 size of peas. 



For previous introduction see 104703. 



108022. Mangifera indica L. Anacar- 

 diaceae. Mango. 



From Trinidad, British West Indies. Seeds 

 presented by Dr. Doris M. Cochran, assist- 

 ant curator of reptiles, United States Na- 

 tional Museum. Numbered in January 

 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



108023. Eulophia andamensis Reichb. 

 Orchidaceae. 



From Siam. Bulbs presented by Dr. H. M. 

 Smith, Ministry of Lands and Agriculture, 

 Bureau of Fisheries, Bangkok. Received 

 January 5, 1935. 



A terrestrial orchid, native to the Anda- 

 man Islands, with oblong-lanceolate acumi- 

 nate leaves. 



108024. Phyllostachys sp. Poaceae. 



From China. Plants presented by the Ling- 

 nan University, Canton. Numbered in 

 January 1935. 



No. 7484. 



108025 to 108119. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 

 Seeds collected in Turkistan by H. L. 

 Westover and C. R. Enlow, Bureau of 

 Plant Industry. Received November 5, 

 1934. Numbered in January 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



108025. Aconitum sp. Ranunculaceae. 



No. 791. On the mountains along the 

 Karakol River near Lake Issyk, August 4, 

 1934. 



108026 to 108037. Agropyron spp. Poa- 

 ceae. Wheatgrass. 



108026 to 108032. Agropyron cristatum 

 (L.) Gaertn. Crested wheatgrass. 



108026. No. 713. From dry clay foot- 

 hills south of Frunze, July 31, 1934. 



