APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1935 



110308 and 110309 — Continued. 



110309. Tephrosia toxicakia (Sw.) Pers. 

 Fabaceae. 



No. 6836-a. Barbasco chico. From 

 Napo-Pastaza Province, February 5. 1935. 

 near Payo in an open field, at 1,100 feet 

 altitude. A plant about 5 feet bigh with 

 whitish flowers. 



110310. Malus sylvestkis Mill. Mala- 

 ceae. Apple. 



From Idaho. Scions presented by Ed. L. 

 Dailey, Priest River. Received April 11, 

 1935. 



A seedling apple, introduced for Depart- 

 ment specialists. 



110311. PHYTELEPH AS MACROCARPA 



Ruiz and Pa v. Phoenicaceae. 



Ivory-nut palm. 



From Ecuador. Seeds collected by Mrs. 

 Ynes Mexia, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received March 15, 1935. 



No. 6905-a. Chilimoyo. From Napo- 

 Pastaza Province near Canelos in dense 

 forest. A tall tropical- American palm vith 

 a thick rough trunk and foliage resembling 

 the coconut palm. The large bony fruits 

 are commonly used for making buttons. 



For previous introduction see 93759. 



110312 to 110315. Ekemueus spp. 

 Liliaceae. Desertcandle. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- 

 lics. Seeds presented by the Institute of 

 Plant Industry, Leningrad, through H. L. 

 Westover and C. R. Enlow, Bureau of 

 Plant Industry. Received April 5, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



The field numbers are those of the West- 

 over and Enlow series. 



110312. Eremurus aurantiacus Baker. 



No. 1352. A perennial herb over a foot 

 high, native to Afghanistan, with small 

 yellow flowers in a dense raceme 6 inches 

 long. 



110313. Eremurus robustus Regel. 



Giant desertcandle. 



No. 1353. A tall hardy herbaceous per- 

 ennial- with pale-pink flowers on a stalk 

 5 to 8 feet high. Native to Turkistan. 



For previous introduction see 107528. 



110314. Eremurus tauricus Stev. 



No. 1354. A large xerophytic perennial 

 with a rosette of broadly linear acute 

 leaves a foot or more long and white 

 flowers in a simple dense raceme over a 

 foot long on a stout scape as long: as th° 

 leaves. It is native to the mountains of 

 Turkey and is closely related to the yel- 

 low-flowered Eremurus spectabilis. 



For previous introduction see 100638. 



110315. Eremurus sp. 



No. 1355. From central Asia. 



110316 to 110324. Cucurbita spp. Cu- 

 curbitaceae. 



From Czechoslovakia. Seeds purchased 

 from A. Spaldak, Experimental Arbore- 

 tum, Olomouc. Received April 5, 1935. 



110316 to 110320. Cucurbita maxima Du- 

 chesne. Squash, 



110316 to 110324— Continued. 



110316. Round green. 



110317. Round yellow. 



110318. No. 1411. 



110319. No. 1407. 



110320. Received as Cucurbita pepo X 

 melopepo. 



110321 to 110324. Cucurbita pepo L. 



Pumpkin. 



110321. Long, green, pear-shaped. 



110322. Yellow, egg-shaped. 



110323. Yellow. 



110324. No. 1419. 



110325 to 110327. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by Robert M. 

 Grey, Superintendent, Atkins Institution 

 of the Arnold Arboretum, Soledad, Cien- 

 fuegos, through F. G. Walsingham. Re- 

 ceived April 8, 1935. 



110325. Combretum grandiflorum Don. 

 Combretaceae. 



An ornamental climbing shrub produc- 

 ing long flowering branches of brilliant 

 red flowers in closely packed spikes. It 

 is native to upper Guinea and the Congo 

 region, in tropical Africa, and is adapted 

 to hot muggy summers and very dry 

 winters. 



For previous introduction see 72993. 



110326. Elaeodendron sp. Celastraceae. 



Seeds originally from the Department 

 of Agricultuie, Mauritius. 



110327. Terminalia superba Engl, and 

 Diels. Combretaceae. 



A large handsome tree, 60 to 120 feet 

 high, with obovate-oblong leaves 4 to 6 

 inches long and small whitish flowers in 

 spikes as long as the leaves. Native to 

 tropical Africa. 



110328 to 110331. Nicotiana spp. Sola- 

 naceae. Tobacco. 



From Iraq. Seeds presented by M. S. Radi, 

 Director of Agriculture, Baghdad. Re- 

 ceived April 10, 1935. 



A collection of tobaccos from Iraq and 

 the Near East, introduced for Department 

 specialists. 



110328. Nicotiana rustica L. 



110329 to 110331. Nicotiana tabacum L. 



110332. Juglans nigra L. Juglanda- 

 ceae. Black walnut. 



From Canada. Scions presented by Dane 

 Learn, Aylmer, Ontario. Received April 

 18, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



Learn. 



110333. Feagaria sp. Rosaceae. 



Strawberry. 



From England. Plants presented by the 

 East Mailing Research Station, East 

 Mailing, Kent. Received April 18, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



Royal Sovereign. 



