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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



110479 to 110505— Continued. 



110502. Thladiantha ddbia Bunge. Cu- 

 turbitaceae. 



A tuberous rooted climber with pale- 

 green, heart-shaped leaves and numerous 

 campanulate yellow flowers. Native to 

 northern China. 



For previous introduction see 90110. 



310503 to 110505. Vicia spp. Fabaceae. 



Vetch. 



110503. Vicia. japonica A. Gray. 



For previous introduction see 81659. 



110504. Vicia sp. 



110505. Vicia japonica A. Gray. 



110506. Saccharum spontaneum L. 

 Poaceae. Grass. 



From India. Cuttings presented by the 

 Imperial Sugar Cane Station, Coimbatore. 

 Received April 25, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



Variety Burma. A grass closely related 

 to sugarcane. 



For previous introduction see 106899. 



110507 and 110508. Olea europaea L. 

 Oleaceae. Olive. 



From Spain. Cuttings presented by Ramon 

 Sala, Balagu r-Pc, Lerida. Received 

 April 25, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



110507. Cordovi variety. 



110508. An unnamed variety which pro- 

 duces very large fruits, but does not 

 kear a lni'ge crop, 



110509 to 110513. 



From China. Plants presented by the 

 Lingnan University, Canton. Received 

 April 9, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



110509. .Ardnmnaria amabilis McClure. 

 Poaceae. 



A bamboo with erect cylindrical culms 

 usually 20 feet high, rarely 40 feet, and 

 linear-lanceolate leav s about a foot long; 

 probably of garden origin. 



11C510. Bambusa tdldoides Munro. Po- 

 aceae. 



CJiaang Jco chuk. A thick-walled, stiff, 

 straight bamboo of the sympedial type 

 cultivated for its culms which in well- 

 established clumps are 24 feet high and 

 about 5 inches in circumference. It is 

 one of the most important economic bam 

 boos in this part of China. 



For previous introduction see 80875. 



110511. rHYLLosTACHYS sp. Poaceae. 



110512. SCHIZOSTACHYUM FDNGHOMII Mc- 



Clure. Poaceae. 



A cultivated clump bamboo, native to 

 southern China, with erect culms up to 

 30 feet high and about 3 inches in diam- 

 eter. 



110513. (Undetermined.) 



An undetermined bamboo. 



110514. Passifi^oba ligularis Juss. 

 Passifloraceae. Sweet granadilla. 



From Venezuela. 

 Henry Pittier. 



Seeds presented by Dr. 

 Received April 19, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 

 For previous introduction see 110273. 



110515. Nicotiana tabacum L. Sola- 

 naceae. Tobacco. 



From Peru. Seeds presented by the Esta- 

 cion Agronomka de Piura. Received 

 April 18, 1935. 



A wild tobacco collected in the fields 

 around Lima ; introduced for Department 

 specialists. 



110516 and 110517. Prunus armeniaca 

 L. Amygdalaceae. Apricot. 



From Michigan. Scions and trees purchased 

 from Frank Keplinger, Farwell. Received 

 April 26, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



110516. Admiral Byrd. 



110517. Sherman. 



110518 to 110555. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by Dr. A. 

 McTaggart, Senior Plant Introduction Offi- 

 c. r, Division of 1 lant Industiy, Canberra, 

 Federal Commonwealth Tenitory. Re- 

 ceived April 17, 1935. 



A collection of forage plants introduced 

 for Department specialists ; the field num- 

 bers are those of the Federal Commonwealth 

 Territory. 



110518 and 110519, Bbomus spp. Poaceae. 

 Bromegrass. 



110518. Beomus sp. 

 FCT. No. 1^63. 



110519. Bkomus sp. 

 FCT. No. 1494. 



110520. Deschampsia 

 Beau 7. i oateae. 



CAESPITOSA (L.J 



Tufted hairgrass. 



FCT. No. 3639. 



For previous introduction see 10C077. 



110521 to 110552. Festuca spp. 



Poaceae. 

 Fescue. 



110521. Festuca alopecuros Schousb. 



FCT. No. 2518. An annual grass, 

 native to the western M diterranean 

 region, with tufted culms up to a foot 

 high, seldom reaching 2 feet high. 



110522. Festuca amethystina L. 



FCT. No. 23S3. A densely cespitose 

 perennial grabs with fiLrous roots, 

 stout culms, and very nariow leaves. 

 Native to the Mediterranean coumries. 



For pievious introduction see 58700. 



110523 and 110524. Festuca elatiob 

 ahundinacea (Schreb.) Wimm. 



For previous introduction see 108501. 



110523. FCT. No. 5609. 



110524. FCT. No. 5760. 



110525. Festuca capillata Lam. 



Hair fescue. 



FCT. No. 2475. 



