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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



110061 to 110083— Continued. 



110082. Pegantjm harmala L. Zygophyl- 

 laceae. 



No. 1244. 



For previous introduction see 109119. 



110083. Trifolium fragiferum L. Faba- 

 ceae. 



No. 1245. 



110084. Scabiosa caucasica Bieb. Dip- 

 sacaceae. 



From Chile. Seeds presented by Miss Elsie 

 Brown, editor of the Bulletin of the PaD 

 American Union, through J. L. Colom, 

 Chief, division of agricultural cooperation, 

 Pan American Union. Received March 

 15, 1935. 



From Santiago, Chile. Said to be a su- 

 perior strain of the Caucasian scabiosa. 



110085 to 110091. Malus syevestbis 

 Mill. Malaceae. Apple. 



From Poland. Scions presented by W. I. 

 Filewicz, Sinoleka Experiment Station, 

 Sosnowe, near Siedlce. Received March 

 22, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



110085. Baumann's Reinette. 



For previous introduction see 102132. 



110086. Boshopskie (Belle de Boskoop). 



110087. Glogierowka. 



110088. Kosztela. 



110089. Landsberger Reinette. 



110090. Malinowe Oherlandskie. 



110091. Reinette Eoksa (Cox Orange Pip- 

 pin). 



110092. Pkunus subhibtelea Miquel. 

 Amygdalaceae. Higan cherry. 



From Maryland. Scions collected by H. C. 

 Steels at Takoma Park. Received Sep- 

 tember 18, 1931. Numbered in March 

 1937. 



Var. Shidarehigan. A strain with deep- 

 pink flowers borne in great profusion ; tree 

 growing in front of the residence of H. W. 

 Hochbaum, 7329 Blair Road. 



For previous introduction see 91465. 



110093. Cabex physodes Bieb. Cypera- 

 ceae. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- 

 lics. Roots collected in Turkistan by 

 H. L. Westover and C. R. Enlow, Bureau 

 of riant Industry. Received October 11, 

 1934. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



No. 150-B. From the Repetek Sand 

 Desert Station, Turkmenistan, June 1934. 

 A perennial sedge, usually about 6 inches 

 high, with filiform leaves, said to be an ex- 

 cellent forage plant. Native to sandy des- 

 erts in Turkistan. 



For previous introduction see 108896. 



110094 and 110095. Dioscoeea spp. Di- 

 oscoreaceae. Yam. 



From Venezuela. Tubers collected by W. A. 

 Archer, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived March 15, 1935. 



110094 and 110095— Continued. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



From the market at Valencia, February 

 24, 1935. 



110094. No. 3105. Name pino. 



110095. No. 3106. Name criollo. 



110096. Citrus sp. Rutaceae. 



From Algeria. Scions presented by J. Bri- 

 chet, Directeur. Jardin d'Essai du Ham- 

 ma, Algiers. Received March 29, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



Bedmar Vernia. A late-ripening Spanish 

 orange. 



110097. Tephrosia sp. Fabaceae. 



From Africa. Seeds presented by R. An- 

 dersen, Ypata Estate, Kitall. Kenya 

 Colony. Received March 21, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



An upright leguminous plant found on. 

 rocky slopes. 



110098 and 110099. 



From India. Seeds purchased from Mrs. 

 P. Kohli, Baramula, Kashmir. Received 

 March 23, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



110098. Iris kumaonexsis Wall. Irida- 

 ceae. 



A dwarf iris of the Pseudevansia sec- 

 tion, 2 to 12 inches high, native to the 

 western Himalayas from Kashmir to 

 Kumaon between 9.000 and 12,000 feet 

 altitude. The flaccid linear leaves are 12 

 to 14 inches long, and the solitary flowers 

 have a perianth tube 2 to 3 inches long. 

 The bright-lilac falls. 1 to 2 inches long, 

 are blotched with darker lilac, and the 

 claw has a beard of yellow-tipped hairs 

 on a white crest. The erect standards 

 are over an inch broad. 



For previous introduction see 101782. 



110099. LlLIUM POLYPHYLLTJM D. Don. 



Liliaceae. 



A lily with stoloniferous white, pink- 

 tinged bulb, a smooth green stem 4 to 5 

 feet high, and numerous erect scattered, 

 linear to oblong-lanceolate leaves 2 to 8 

 inches long. The fragrant nodding flow- 

 ers, 2 to 12 in a lax umbel or raceme, 

 are pale creamy yellow outside, marble- 

 white spotted and streaked with purple 

 within, and are 2 to 3 inches across. It 

 is native to the western Himalayas at 

 altitudes between 6,000 and 12,000 feet. 



For previous introduction see 90981. 



110100 to 110151. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- 

 lics. Seeds presented by the Botanic 

 Garden, Alma Ata. Received March 11, 

 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



110100. Aconitum excelsum Reichb. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 107865. 



110101. Aconitum napellus L. Ranun- 

 culaceae. 



For previous introduction see 66909. 



