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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



108835 to 108977— Continued. 



108976. (Undetermined.) 



No. 142. June 13, 1934. A crucifer 

 from Milibash on the Syr Darya. 



108977. (Undetermined.) 



No. 76. June 14, 1934. Collected on 

 rolling land between Milibash and Tash- 

 kent. 



108978. Allium sativum L. Liliaceae. 



Garlic. 



From Europe. Bulbs presented by Prof. 

 Ivo Volaric, State Agronomist. Croatia. 

 Yugoslavia. Received February 16, 1935. 



Native garlic, introduced for Department 

 specialists. 



108979 to 108982. Triticum aesttvum 

 L. Poaceae. Common wheat. 



From New Zealand. Seeds presented by R. 

 B. Tennent, Director. Fields Division, De- 

 partment of Agriculture, Wellington. Re- 

 ceived February 16, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



108979. Solid straw Tuscan (standard). 



108980. Solid straw Tuscan (variant). 



108981. Solid straw Tuscan, Selection 

 13/28. 



108982. Cross 7. 



108983. SOLANUM TUBEROSUM L. Sol- 



anaceae. Potato. 



From Venezuela, South America. Tubers 

 collected by W. A. Archer, Bureau of 

 P^nt Industry. Received February 16, 

 1935. 



From the market at Caracas. A culti- 

 vated variety of the Andes section of Vene- 

 zuela, said to be the only potato that will 

 produce a crop there. 



108984 to 108989. 



From Egypt, Africa. Seeds presented by 

 Thomas W. Brown, Ministry of Agricul- 

 ture, Giza. Received February 18, 1935. 



Locally grown strains introduced for De- 

 partment specialists. 



108984. Allium cepa L. Liliaceae. 



Onion. 



108985 to 108987. Allium sativum L. 

 Liliaceae. Garlic. 



108988. Apium graveolens L. Apiaceae. 



Celery. 



108989. Daucus carota L. Apiaceae. 



Carrot. 



108990. Nephelium lappaceum L. Sap- 

 indaceae. Rambutan. 



From Java. Seeds presented by A. M. 

 Cramer, Sr.. Wonosobo. Received Febru- 

 ary 11, 1935. 



Tanglcoewe, a freestone variety of an 

 erect tropical tree 35 to 40 feet high, native 

 to the Malay Archipelago, and not yet ex- 

 tensively cultivated elsewhere. The com- 

 pound leaves are composed of five to seven 

 pairs of elliptic, obovate or oblong, glabrate 

 leaflets about 4 inches long, shining dark- 

 green above, paler beneath. The small flow- 

 ers are in loose axillary and terminal pani- 

 cles. The crimson or yellowish fruits, in 

 clusters of 10 to 12, are oval, about 2 inches 



108990— Continued. 



long, and covered with soft fleshy spines 

 less than an inch long. The white juicy 

 translucent flesh (aril) which adheres to 

 the oblong flattened seed is acidulous in 

 flavor. 



For previous introduction see 101158. 



108991 and 108992. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by Robert M. 

 Grey, Superintendent, Atkins Institution 

 of the Arnold Arboretum, Soledad, Cien- 

 fuegos. Received February 9, 1935. 



108991. Gilbertia arborea (L.) E. March. 

 Araliaceae. 



A large shrub or small tree, with oval- 

 oblong or three-lobed leaves and umbels 

 of small whitish flowers, succeeded by 

 black fruits. Native to the Canal Zone. 



108992. Quisqualis indica L. Combreta- 

 ceae. Rangoon-creeper. 



A rambling, subscandent shrub native 

 to India, with opposite obovate leaves 4 

 inches long and short axillary and ter- 

 minal spikes of tubular pink or red flow- 

 ers. The obovoid fruits are 1 to 2 inches 

 long and are sharply five-angled. 



For previous introduction see 98380. 



108993. Ephedra sp. Gnetaceae. 



From India. Seeds presented by Ralph R. 

 Stewart, Gordon College, Rawalpindi. 

 Received February 7, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



108994 to 109001. 



From California. Seeds presented by James 

 N. Robinson, Cash Nurseries,, Sebastopol. 

 Received February 12, 1935. 



108994. Agapetes sp. Vacciniaceae. 



The agapetes are tender evergreen 

 shrubs with handsome lustrous foliage 

 and showy, usually scarlet, flowers. Na- 

 tive to the Himalayas at altitudes be- 

 tween 3,000 and 6,000 feet. 



108995. Leucospermum reflexum Buek. 

 Proteaceae. 



An erect shrub with linear-oblong 

 leaves, dentate at the apex, 1 to 2 inches 

 long, and small yellow flowers in round- 

 ish heads 3 inches across. Native to 

 South Africa. 



108996. Primula kingii Watt. Primula- 

 ceae. Primrose. 



A glabrous perennial, native to the 

 Sikkim Himalayas. The elliptic-lanceo- 

 late, crenulate leaves, 2 to 3 inches long, 

 are in a crowded rosette, and the slender 

 scapes, 6 to 10 inches high, bear four or 

 five claret-colored, funnel-shaped flowers 

 nearly an inch across. 



For previous introduction see 102324. 



108997. Primula wattii King. Primula- 

 ceae. Primrose. 



A handsome primrose from the Sik- 

 . kirn Himalayas, with oblong-oblanceolate, 

 membranousi, lobed-crenate leaves one-half 

 inch across and small violet flowers in 

 heads 2 inches across on a scape 5 to 6 

 inches high. 



108998. Rhododendron anthopogon Don. 

 Ericaceae. 



A small shrub 1 foot high, with rough 

 densely scaly branches and leaves which 



