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109190 — Continued. 



Plant Industry. Received February 16, 

 1935. 



No. 2995. Coquisa. Collected January 

 27, 1935. near Caracas. A tropical Ameri- 

 can plant, resembling the agaves in general 

 habit, with little or no trunk, and broadly 

 oblanceolate spineless leaves 5 to 8 feet 

 long. The loose panicles of greenish-white 

 flowers are borne on a slender scape about 

 25 feet high. 



109191 to 109198. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by Ar- 

 thur Yates & Co., Ltd., seed merchants, 

 at the request of Dr. H. Wenholz, De- 

 partment of Agriculture, Sydney, New 

 South Wales. Received February 21, 

 1935. 



Locally grown varieties introduced for 

 Department specialists. 



109191 to 109196. Allium cepa L. Lilia- 

 ceae. Onion. 



109191. Brown Spanish; Yates select 

 Werwent Long Keeping. 



109192. Early Golden Gloe. 



109193. Hunter River Early Brown. 



109194. Hunter River Early White. 



109195. Odourless. 



109196. White Imperial Spanish. 



109197 and 109198. Apium graveolens L. 

 Apiaceae. Celery. 



109197. South Australian Green. 



109198. South Australian White. 



109199. Cassia sieberiana DC. Caesal- 

 piniaceae. 



From Africa. Seeds presented by F. W. 

 Hall, Senior Agricultural Superintendent, 

 Department of Agriculture, Gambia, Brit- 

 ish West Africa, at the request of Sir 

 Arthur Hill, Director of the Royal Bo- 

 tanic Gardens, Kew, England. Received 

 February 19, 1935. 



A small handsome tropical tree with pin- 

 nate foliage and long racemes of large yel- 

 low flowers. It is closely related to Cassia 

 fistula. 



For previous introduction see 73928. 



109200. (Undetermined.) 



From China. Seeds presented by Dr. 

 Joseph F. Rock, Yunnanfu, Yunnan. Re- 

 ceived February 9, 1935. 



Chung Tien Tz. A large tree with fruits 

 the size of a peach, which burst when ripe 

 and expose the seeds. 



109201 to 109203. Robinia pseud-acacia 

 L. Fabaceae. Common locust. 



From France. Seeds purchased from Vil- 

 morin-Andrieux & Cie., Paris. Received 

 February 18, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



109201. Variety Bessoniana. A form with 

 a rather dense ovoid head. 



109202. Variety Fastigiata. A fastigiate 

 pyramidal form. 



109203. Variety Spectabilis. A spineless 

 form. 



109204 to 109208. 



From India. Seeds presented by Judson 

 College, through Winfield H. Scott, Ameri- 

 ( an consul. Rangoon, Burma. Received 

 February 19, 1935. 



109204. Bauhinia sp. Caesalpiniaceae. 

 A shrub with white flowers. 



109205. Bauhinia sp. Caesalpiniaceae. 



A climbing bauhinia with deeply-lobed 

 leaves 2 inches long and mauve flowers 2 

 inches across. 



109208. Bauhinia sp. Caesalpiniaceae. 



A shrub with attractive fohaje and 

 cream-colored flowers. ' , 



109207. Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) 

 Swartz. Caesalpiniaceae. Flowerfence. 



Peacock flower. A handsome tropical 

 evergreen shrub about 7 feet high, with 

 mimosalike foliage and yellow flowers 

 which appear on the new growth. 



For previous introduction see 73096. 



109208. Delonix regia (Boj.) Raf. Cae- 

 salpiniaceae. Royal poinciana. 



Known in India as the Golden Mohur 

 tree. 



For previous introduction see 39964. 



109209. Festuca capillata Lam. Poa- 

 ceae. Hair fescue. 



From Germany. Seeds presented by Ernst 

 & Von Spreclelsen, Saathandel, Hamburg. 

 Received February 21, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



109210. Amburana claudii Schwacke 

 and Taub. Fabaceae. 



From Brazil. Seeds presented through the 

 Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quaran- 

 tine. Washington, D. C. Received Febru- 

 ary 20, 1935. 



A large tropical tree with odd-pinnate 

 leaves composed of 11 to 15 alternate leaf- 

 lets and large clusters of cream-white flow- 

 ers borne on the old wood. The seeds are 

 crushed and used to perfume tobacco. Both 

 the seeds and the wood have a strong odor 

 of coumarin. Native to dry regions in 

 Brazil and northern Argentina. 



For previous introduction see 37906. 



109211 to 109213. Festuca spp. Poa- 

 ceae. Fescue. 



From Germany. Seeds presented by R. 

 Liefmann Sonne Nachf., Hamburg. Re- 

 ceived February 21, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



109211. Festuca capillata Lam. 



Hair fescue. 



109212. Festuca ovina L. Sheep fescue. 



109213. Festuca rubra L. Red fescue. 



109214 to 109406. 



From Turkey. Seeds collected by H. L. 

 Westover and C. R. Enlow, Bureau of 

 Plant Industry. Received January 11, 

 1935. 



109214 and 109215. Abelmoschus escu- 

 lentus (L.) Moench. Malvaceae. 



Okra. 



109214. No. T-293. October 4, 1934. 

 From the Kastamonu bazar. 



