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110594 to 110611 — Continued. 



110606. PlSUM SATIVUM L. 



110607. PlSUM SATIVUM UMBELLATUM L. 



A form of the ordinary garden pea 

 with the flowers in umbellike clusters. 



For previous introduction see 59896. 



110608 to 110611. Solanum spp. Solana- 

 ^eae. 



110608. Solaxum atropurplreum 

 Scbrank. 



For previous introduction see 104863. 



110609. Solanum capsicastrum Link. 



False .Jerusalem-cherry . 



110610. Solanum marginatum L. f. 



Nightshade. 



A prickly shrub from 3 to 6 feet 

 high with Vhite-tomentose, blue-veined 

 foliage and white, blue-veined flowers 

 about 1 inch in diameter. Native to 

 Ethiopia. 



For previous introduction see 25097. 



110611. Solanum melongena L. 



Eggplant. 



110612. Jubaea chilensis (Molina) 

 Baill. Phoenicaceae. Sirup palm. 



From Chile. Seeds presented by W. R. 

 Grace & Co., Santiago, at the request of 

 H. G. McMillan, Bureau of Plant Indus- 

 try. Received April IS, 1935. 



A Chilean palm, 40 feet high, which 

 thrives on very dry soil. The pinnate leaves 

 are 6 to 12 feet long, and the coconutlike 

 fruits are 2 inches in diameter. It is orna- 

 mental but a slow grower. 



For previous introduction see 89995. 

 110613 and 110614. 



Hi 



m Cuba. Seeds presented by R. M. 

 3rey, Superintendent of the Atkins In- 

 stitution of the Arnold Arboretum, Sole- 

 dad, Cienfuegos, through F. G. Walsing- 

 ham. Received April 24, 1935. 



110613. Acrocomia mexicana Karw. 

 Phoenicaceae. Palm, 



A prickly palm about 20 feet high, 

 with a spiny, brown-woolly trunk often 

 a foot thick and terminal leaves from 6 

 to 8 feet in length. The sheathing bases 

 of the leaves are armed with long black 

 spines, and the spathe also is very spiny. 

 The fragrant yellow flowers are followed 

 by round fruits in very long clusters. 

 This palm is found in the cooler parts of 

 Mexico up to 3,000 feet altitude. 



For previous introduction see 101695. 



110614. Crescentia cutete L. Bignoni- 

 Calabash-tree. 



A handsome tree, native to tropical 

 America, with wide-spreading branches 

 and glossy, oblong, dark-g^een leaves 4 to 

 6 , inches long. The globose, pendulous 

 fruits, 18 to 20 inches in diameter, have 

 woody sbells, and, when dried are used 

 for domestic purposes. 



For previous introduction See 102279. 



110815 to 110617. Zephyranthes spp. 

 Amar.vllidaeeae. 



From Mexico. Bulbs purchased from Dr. 

 C, A. Purpus, Zacuapam, Huatusco, Vera 

 Cruz. Received April 30. 1935. 



110615 to 110617— Continued. 



110615. Zephyranthes pallida M. Roem. 



A tropical American zephyranthes with 

 narrow-linear, radical leaves about 1 foot 

 long and large white flowers tinged with 

 red. 



110616 and 110617. Zephyranthes vere- 

 cunda Herb. 



A bulbous perennial with narrowly lan- 

 ceolate leaves and funnel-shaped flowers. 

 1 to 2 inches long, which vary in color 

 from greenish white to red. It is native 

 to the highlands of central Mexico. 



For previous introduction see 91835. 



110616. A form with white flowers 

 tinged with rose red. 



110617. A form with light rose-red flow- 

 ers. 



110618 to 110633. 



From Sweden. Seeds presented by the Di- 

 rector, Botanic Garden. Upsala. Received 

 April 18, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



110618. CUCURBITA PEPO L. 



ceae. 



Cucurbita- 

 Pumpkin, 



110619. Festuca amethystina L. Poa- 

 ceae. Fescue. 



110820. Festuca elatior arundinacea 

 (Schreb.) Wimm. Fescue. 



110621. Iris ruthenica Ker. Iridaceae. 



A Chinese iris with a tuft of linear 

 leaves abour 6 inches long at flowering 

 time, becoming a foot long later. The 

 outer segments of the violet-scented flow- 

 ers are lilac, marked with bluish purple : 

 the inner segments are deep purple violet. 



For previous introduction see 67004. 



110822. Passiflora suberosa L. Passi- 

 floraceae. Cork passionflower. 



For previous introduction see 110604. 



110823 and 110624. Pisum sativum L. 

 Fabaceae. Pea, 



110623. Medullare. 



110824. SaccJiaraUtnt. 



110625 to 110629, Rheum spp. Polygona- 

 ceae. Rhubarb. 



110825. Rheum franzenbachii Muenter. 

 For previous introduction see 105160. 



110626. Rheum macropterum Mart. 

 For previous introduction see 69106. 



110627. Rheum officinale Baill. . 



110628. Rheum undulatum L. 



For previous introduction see 104648. 



110629. Rheum webbianum Royle. : 



A stout perennial up to 6 feet high, 

 native to the Himalayas at altitudes of 

 10,000 to 14,000 feet. 



110630 to 110633. Solanum spp. Sola- 

 naceae. 



110630. Solanum capsicastrum Link. 



False Jerusalem-ohervy. 



110S31. Solanum dulcamara l. : 



Bitter nightshade. 



