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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



108593 to 108748— Continued. 



108736. VlClA sepium L. 



No. 1006. Bush vetch. Prom western 

 Siberia. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 108000. 



108737 and 108738. Vicia sylvatica L. 



For previous introduction see 52279. 



108737. No. 1102. From Siberia. 



108738. No. 1103. From western Si 

 beria. 



108739. Vicia villosa Rotb. Hairy vetch. 

 No. 1097. From the northern Caucasus. 



108740. Vicia tenuifolia Roth. 



No. 1098. From western Siberia. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 108011. 



108741 and 108742. Vicia UNUUGA A. Br. 



For previous introduction see 90585. 



108741. No. 1114. From Buriato, Mon- 

 golia. 



108742. No. 1115. From western Si- 

 beria. 



108743. Vicia variabilis Frayn and Sint. 



No. 1100. From the northern Caucasus. 

 A herbaceous perennial with ascending 

 stems, linear-lanceolate leaflets, and blue 

 or purplish flowers in a dense raceme. 

 Native to Armenia. 



108744. Vicia villosa Roth. Hairy vetch. 

 No. 1099. From the Ukraine. 



108745. Vicia sp. 



No. 1117. From western Siberia. 

 108746 to 108748. Vicia spp. 

 From Armenia. 



108746. Vicia sp. 

 No. 1118. 



108747. Vicia sp. 

 No. 1119. 



108748. Vicia sp. 



No. 1120. 



108749. Daucus caeota L. Apiaceae. 



Carrot. 



From Morocco. Seeds presented by H. Bray- 

 ard, Directeur de la Station Experimen- 

 tale de Marrakech. Received January 29, 

 1935. 



A carrot cultivated by the natives. In- 

 troduced for Department specialists. 



108750 to 108753. Triticum aestivtjm 

 L. Poaceae. Common wheat. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by H. 

 Wenholz, Director of Plant Breeding, De- 

 partment of Agriculture, New South 

 Wales, through R. C. May, Experiment 

 Farm, Bathurst, New South Wales. Re- 

 ceived February 6, 1935. 



Wheat crosses made at the Experiment 

 Farm, Bathurst, New South Wales. Intro- 

 duced for Department specialists. 



108750. (Galgalos X Bena) X Federation. 

 5/1-1-1. 



108750 to 108753— Continued. 



108751. {Galgalos X Bena) x Federation. 

 6/1-1-1-1. 



108752. {Galgalos X Bena) X Federation. 

 6/3-2-1-1. 



108753. {Galgalos x Federation) X Fed- 

 eration. 5/1-1-1. 



108754 and 108755. Prunus spp. Amyg- 

 dalaceae. 



From California. Scions presented by W. 

 B. Clarke & Co., San Jose. Received Feb- 

 ruary 7, 1935. 



For use by Department specialists. 



108754. Prunus serrulata Lindl. 



Oriental cherry. 



Daikoku. 



108755. Prunus subhirtella Miq. 



Higan cherry. 



Benihoshi. 



108756. Schefflera actinophylla 

 (Endl.) Harms (Brassaia actino- 

 phylla Endl.). Araliaceae. 



From Coconut Grove, Fla. Seeds originally 

 from Brisbane, Australia, collected by 

 F. G. Walsingham at Woodlawn Cemetery 

 and brought to the Plant Introduction 

 Garden January 8, 1929. Numbered for 

 convenience in distribution, February 

 1935. 



An evergreen tree up to 40 feet high, na- 

 tive to Queensland, Australia, with compound 

 leaves made up of 6 to 16 oblong leatbery 

 leaflets a foot long. The racemes, several 

 feet long, of fragrant flowers, are followed 

 by small heads of angled dry fruits. This 

 is a very good honey tree aiid does best in 

 moist situations. 



For previous introduction see 98137. 



108757. Crocus alatavicus Regel. Iri- 

 claceae. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- 

 lics. Seeds presented by the Botanic Gar- 

 den, Alma Ata, through Dr. A. Popov, 

 Department of New Cultures and Intro- 

 duction, Leningrad. Received February 7, 

 1935. 



A spring-blooming crocus from central 

 Asia, with linear, white-striped leaves and 

 white flowers. 



108758. Styuoma thurstoni (Muell. 

 and Drude) O. F. Cook {Pritchardia 

 thurstoni Muell. and Drude). Phoe- 

 nicaceae. 



From Puerto Rico. Seeds presented by 

 David Barry, Jr., Los Angeles, Calif. Re- 

 ceived February 2, 1935. 



A tall palm with a slender, ringed trunk 

 crowned by a cluster of spreading, fan- 

 shaped leaves 3 to 6 feet in diameter. The 

 clusters of small greenish flowers are borne 

 on long stalks resembling fishing poles. It 

 is native to the Fiji Islands. 



For previous introduction see 86695. 



108759 to 108778. 



From Europe. Seeds collected by Dr. Edgar 

 Anderson, of the Arnold Arboretum Bal- 

 kan expedition. Received January 26, 

 1935. 



