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108217 to 108228— Continued. 



leaflets, whitish beneath, and pale yellow- 

 green flowers. Native to the Mediterran- 



ean countries. 

 108219. Eugenia sp. 



Myrtaceae. 



No. 2789. A low shrub 2 to 3 feet 

 high, with white flowers and red berries. 



108220. Galactta velutina Benth. Fa- 

 baceae. 



No. 2848. A perennial climber, soft- 

 hairy throughout, with oval-obtuse leaflets. 

 Native to British Guiana. 



108221. INDIGOFERA 



Fabaceae. 



SUFFRUTICOSA Mill. 



Indigo. 



No. 2819. A low shrub up to 3 feet 

 high, with rose to salmon-colored flowers. 



108222. Jacaranda copaia (Aubl.) D. 

 Don. Bignoniaceae. 



No. 2801. A large handsome tree 60 

 to 80 feet high, with opposite bipinnate 

 leaves 1 to 2 feet long and sky-blue flow- 

 ers in large terminal panicles. Native to 

 British Guiana. 



For previous introduction see 106374. 



108223. Manihot esculenta Crantz. Eu- 

 phorbiaceae. Cassava. 



No. 2762. Cultivated at the station. 



108224. Mesoseitum loliiforme (Hochst.) 

 Chase. Poaceae. 



No. 2730. A grass found on slopes and 

 open places where it acts as a sand binder. 



For previous introduction see 47027. 



108225. Monnieria trifolia L. Rutaceae. 



No. 2778. Oriri. An annual herb up 

 to 2 feet high, with white flowers. Na- 

 tive to coastal regions of northern South 

 America. 



108226. Paullinia acuminata Uittien. 

 Sapindaceae. 



No. 2749. A vine from the edge of the 

 clearing, with white flowers and orange- 

 colored fruits. 



108227. Vis mia catennensis (Jacq.) Pers. 

 Hypericaceae. 



No. 2706. Scotelweg, November 12, 

 1934. A shrub or small tree about 18 

 feet high, with ovate leaves and waxy, 

 green flowers, white-fuzzy within. 



108228. ( Undetermined. ) 



No. 2817. Near Sandrij No. 1, Novem- 

 ber 25, 1934. A scanty shrub with pale, 

 minute flowers. 



108229 to 108231. Lespedeza spp. Faba- 

 ceae. 



From South Manchuria. Seeds presented by 

 the Manshu Nosan Shokai, Inc., Dairen. 

 Received January 18, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



108229. Lespedeza robusta Nakai. 



A shrub about 10 feet high, with ovate- 

 oblong leaflets and small purple flowers in 

 short racemes. Native to the mountains 

 of Chosen. 



108230. Lespedeza daurica (Laxm.) 

 Schindler. 



A tall annual, up to 3 feet high, with 

 small white flowers. 



For previous introduction see 91256. 



108229 to 108231— Continued. 



108231. Lespedeza uekii Nakai. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 107755. 



108232 to 108247. 



From Germany. Seeds presented by the Di- 

 rector, Tabak-Forschungsinstitut fur das 

 Deutsche Reich, Forchheim-Karlsruhe- 

 Baden. Received January 21, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



108232 to 108243. Nicotiana spp. Solana- 

 ceae. Tobacco. 



108232. Nicotiana chinensis Forsch. 



An annual relative of common to- 

 bacco, Nicotiana tabacum, which grows 

 to a height of 6 feet, with pink flowers. 

 Native to China. 



For previous introduction see 72692. 



108233. Nicotiana longiflora Cav. 



An erect annual or perennial, 2 to 3 

 feet tall, with slender scabrous bristly 

 stems and somewhat clasping, spatulate 

 to lanceolate leaves. The night-open- 

 ing, fragrant flowers, 4 inches long, in 

 loose terminal racemes, are pale violet 

 to yellowish violet without and white 

 within with yellowish-violet anthers. 

 Native from Texas to Chile and Argen- 

 tina. 



For previous introduction see 42338. 



108234. Nicotiana tabacum macro- 

 phylla Dunal. 



A large-leaved variety with large red 

 flowers, of which there are several hor- 

 ticultural forms. 



For previous introduction see 42353. 



108235. Nicotiana nudicaulis S. Wats. 



A viscid-pubescent herb 1 to 2 feet 

 high, with entire, oblanceolate leaves 

 up to 18 inches long. Native to Nuevo 

 Leon, Mexico. 



108236. Nicotiana petiolaris Schlecht. 



A tall annual tobacco, closely related 

 to the common type. 



108237. Nicotiana plumbaginifolia Viv. 



An annual species, 2 feet high, with 

 white flowers which appear in May. 

 Native to tropical America. 



For previous introduction see 42340. 



108238 and 108239. Nicotiana rustica L. 



108238. Variety Brasilia. 



108239. Variety Ovata. 



108240. x Nicotiana sanderae W. 



Wats. 



A hybrid of Nicotiana alata and N. 

 forgetiana. The plant is about 3 feet 

 high with rich-green foliage. Each of 

 the six to nine branches bears 6 to 10 

 large rosy red flowers, the largest over 

 2 inches across. 



108241 and 108242. Nicotiana tabacum 

 L. 



108241. Variety Calycina. 



108242. Variety Lacerata. 

 108243. Nicotiana texana Maxim. 



A coarse annual, closely allied to Ni- 

 cotiana rustica, differing in its more 



