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110818 to 110821— Continued. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



110818. No. 1. 



110819. No. 2. 



110820. No. 3. A new variety derived 

 from a cross between Hindenburg and 

 Centifolia. It is wart immune and re- 

 sistant to late blight and black scab. 

 It has also proved to be a heavy yielder 

 with well-shaped tubers. 



110821. No. 4. Centifolia. 

 110822 to 110829. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by R. M. 

 Grey, Superintendent of the Atkins Insti- 

 tution of the Arnold Arboretum, Soledad, 

 Cienfuesos. through F. G. Walsingham. 

 Received April 27, 1935. 



110822. Albizzia sp. Mimosaceae. 



110823. Archontophoenix alexandrae (F. 

 Muell.) Wendl. and Drude. Phoenica- 

 ceae. Palm. 



A pinnate-leaved palm 70 to 80 feet 

 high, with leaves several feet long and 

 lanceolate, usually entire, leaflets up to 

 2 feet in length and whitish beneath. 

 The yellow-green flowers are borne in a 

 cluster about a foot long and are followed 

 by small dry round fruits. It is native 

 to Queensland, Australia. 



For previous introduction see 104679. 



110824. Bignonia magnifica Bull. Big- 

 noniaceae. 



A vigorous climbing vine, native to 

 Colombia, with attractive deep-green sim- 

 ple elliptic-ovate leaves and large trum- 

 pet-shaped flowers over 3 inches across. 

 These range in color from mauve to pur- 

 ple red, the throat being primrose. 



For previous introduction^see 76488. 



110825. Cassia grandis L. f. Caesalpini- 

 aceae. Pink-shower. 



A leguminous tree, 40 to 50 feet high, 

 that produces masses of pale-pink flowers 

 in the early spring before the leaves ap- 

 pear. Native to Panama. 



For previous introduction see 106917. 



110826 and 110827. Cochlospermum viti- 

 folium (Willd.) Spreng. Cochlosperma- 

 ceae. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by the 

 Atkins Institution of the Arnold Arbore- 

 tum, Soledad, Cienfuegos, through F. G. 

 Walsingham. Received April 27, 1935. 



A deciduous shrub or small tree, native 

 to Central America, with grapelire leaves 

 and bright-yellow flowers, sometimes 6 

 inches across, in large clusters. 



For previous introduction see 93266. 



110826. Cuban type. 



110827. Panama type. 



110828. Lycoseris oblongifolia Rusby. 

 Asteraceae. 



A shrub about 8 feet high, with leath- 

 ery lanceolate leaves, densely white- 

 hairy beneath, and showy o r ange-yellow 

 flower heads. Native to Guatemala. 



110829. Myrciaria cauliflora (Mart.) 

 Berg. Myrtaceae. Jaboticaba. 

 A Brazilian tree up to 35 feet high, 



with narrowly elliptic acuminate leaves, 

 short-pedicelled flowers produced directly 



110822 to 110829— Continued. 



from the bark of the trunk and branches, 

 and purplish-violet, globose edible fruits 

 up to nearly 2 inches in diameter. 

 For previous introduction see 105745. 



110830 to 110832. 



From Venezuela and Colombia. Bulbs col- 

 lected by W. A. Archer, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry. Received May 3, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



110830. Furcraea sp. Amaryllidaceae. 



No. 3193. Collected near Capacho, 

 Tachira, Venezuela, March 12, 1935. 



110831. Gladiolus psittacinus Hook. 

 Iridaceae. Parrot gladiolus. 



No. 3262. Palmada San Jose. From 

 a mountain plateau in Colombia, March 

 24, 1935. A gladiolus with a stout stem 

 3 feet or more high and usually four 

 rigid swordlike leaves up to 2 feet long. 

 The many-flowered spike reaches a foot 

 or more in length. The flowers are a 

 rich yellow, grained and overlaid with 

 red, particularly about the margins of the 

 segments. 



For previous introduction see 57797. 



110832. Amaryllis belladonna L. Ama- 

 ryllidaceae. 



No. 3261. Azucana. From a paramo 

 swamp in Colombia, March 24, 1935. 

 Flowers pink and white. 



110833. Fttkckaea ctjbensis (Jacq.) 

 Vent. Amaryllidaceae. 



From Haiti. Bulbils presented by Russell 

 Bean. Received May 25, 1935. 



Collected March 6, 1935, south of .Fort 

 Liberty Bay, Haiti, found growing on lime 

 soil in partial shade. A nearly trunkless, 

 succulent plant with lanceolate, bright- 

 green leaves 3 to 6 feet long which yield 

 fiber softer and finer than sisal. The small 

 greenish-white flowers are borne on a stalk 

 sometimes 20 feet high. The bulbils are as 

 plentiful as seeds. 



For previous introduction see 33493. 



110834 to 110837. Avena sativa L. 

 Poaceae. Oats. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- 

 lics. Seeds presented by G. N. Shlykov, 

 Department of New Cultures, Institute of 

 Plant Industry, Leningrad. Received May 

 8, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



110834. No. 3444. Zhemtshuzhina. From 

 Vyatka. 



110835. No. 8231. No. 26-2015. From 

 Ukraine. 



110836. No. 8232. No. 21-1S. From 

 Ukraine. 



110837. No. 7237. VerkhnistchesTcy 053. 

 From Ukraine. 



110838 and 110839. 



From Mexico. Seeds purchased from Dr. 

 C. A. Purpus, Zacuapam, Huatusco, Vera 

 Cruz. Received April 30, 1935. 



110838. Aechmea bracteata (Sw.) 

 Griseb. Bromeliaceae. 



A West Indian epiphyte, with 12 to 20 

 spiny, oblong, radical leaves about 2 feet 



