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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



110838 and 1 10839— Continued. 



long and a showy spike of small yellow 

 flowers on a stout scape up to 3 feet 

 high. 



110839. Aechmba mexicana Baker. Bro- 

 meliaceae. 



A tropical epiphyte with a basal rosette 

 of 20 to 30 large, fine-toothed leaves and 

 a lax panicle of crimson flowers borne 

 on a long stalk arising from the center of 

 the plant. Native to central Mexico. 



For previous introduction see 108016. 

 110840 to 110844. 



From Germany. Seeds presented by Gebru- 

 der Diope A. G., Quedlinburg. Received 

 April 26, 1935. 

 Introduced for Department specialists. 



110840. Beta vulgaris L. Chenopodia- 

 ceae. Common beet. 



Delicacy. A blood-red table beet of ex- 

 cellent flavor. 



110841. Brassica oleracea botrytis L. 

 Brassicaceae. Cauliflower. 



Success. 



110842. Cucumis sativus L. Cueurbita- 

 ceae. Cucumber. 



Ideal. A pickling cucumber. 



110843 and 110844. Phaseolus vulgaris 

 L. Fabaceae. Common bean. 



Stringless wax bushbeans. 



110843. Dippegold. 110844. Superla. 



110845 to 110858. 



From Colombia and Venezuela. Seeds col- 

 lected by W. A. Archer, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry. Received April 30, 1935. 

 Introduced for Department specialists. 



110845. Bocconia frutescens L. Papav- 

 eraceae. 



No. 3280. Trompillo. Presented April 

 4, 1935, by Dr. Perez, Departamento To- 

 lima, Colombia. A large showy shrub 10 

 feet high, with large deeply lobed at- 

 tractive leaves whirh are pale beneath. 

 The small greenish-yellow flowers are 

 borne in great numbers in large pendent 

 panicles often a foot long. 



For previous introduction see 88211. 



110846. Hylocereus polyrhizus (Weber) 

 Britt. and Rose. Cactaceae. 



Nightblooming cereus. 



No. 3268. Pitahaya. From the market 

 at Bogota, Colombia, March 27, 1935. A 

 triangular-stemmed cactus, sometimes a 

 shrub and in other situations a climbing 

 vine, with larsje bright-red flowers. The 

 plant is cultivated for its pale-yellow 

 fruits which are about 5 inches long, 

 something like an artichoke in appear- 

 ance, with pulp of delicious flavor. 



For previous introduction see 54973. 



110847. Cestrum mutisii Willd. Sola- 

 naceae. 



No. 3222. Tinto. Pamplona, Colom- 

 bia. March 23. 1935. A shrub 4 to 10 feet 

 high, with oblong-acuminate leaves and 

 pale-green flowers. 



110848. Cestrum santanderianum Fran- 

 cey. Solanaceae. 



No. 3255. Collected March 24, 1935, in 

 a paramo swamp along the highwav be- 

 tween Pamplona and Malaga, Colombia. 



110845 to 110858— Continued. 



A bushy shrub up to 20 feet high, with 

 oblong or elliptic leaves about 5 inches 

 long and pale greenish-yellow flowers in 

 loose dusters in the upper axils. Native 

 to northern South America. 



110849. Tephrosia toxicaria (Sw.) Pers. 

 Fabaceae. 



No. 3279. Barhasco. From the De- 

 partamento del Huila, Colombia, April 4, 

 1935. Presented by Dr. Perez Arbalaez. 



110850 and 110851. Cucumis melo L. Cu- 

 curbitaceae. Melon. 



From the Bogota, Colombia market, 

 March 27, 1935. 



110850. No. 3269. 110851. No. 3270. 



110852. Platymiscium diadelphum Blake. 

 Fabaceae. 



No. 3214. Peraco. March 19, 1935. 

 Outskirts of Cucuta, Colombia. A shrub 

 2 to 6 feet high, or sometimes a tree, 

 found in dry semidesert areas growing 

 among cacti. 



110853. Mammea Americana L. Clusia- 

 ceae. Mamey. 



No. 3271. Zapote mamey. From the 

 market at Bogota, Colombia, April 2, 

 1935. A tropical tree with glossy dark- 

 green foliage and large gray-green, edible 

 fruits. 



For previous introduction see 98868. 



110854. Nicotiana tabacum L. Solana- 

 ceae. Common tobacco. 



No. 3277. From La Uribe, near Bo- 

 gota, Colombia, April 3, 1935. A culti- 

 vated plant 15 feet high, with vermilion 

 flowers. 



110855. Passiflora sp. Passifloraceae. 



No. 3267. Curuba de castilla. From the 

 market at Bogota, Colombia, March 27, 

 1935. 



110856. Paullinia fuscescens H. B. K. 

 Sapindaceae. 



No. 3207. From the outskirts of San 

 Cristobal, Tachira, Venezuela, March 13, 

 1935. A twining vine, native to northern 

 Brazil, with bright-red fruits. 



110857. Phyllanthus salviaefolius H. 

 B. K. Euphorbiaceae. 



No. 3273. Cedrillo, Barbasquillo, CJUr- 

 rinchao. From La Uribe, near Bogota, 

 Colombia, April 3, 1935. A shrub 15 to 

 20 feet high, native to Colombia. 



110858. Physalis sp. Solanaceae. 



No. 3265. JJcliuba. From the market 

 at Bogota, Colombia, March 27, 1935. A 

 cultivated fruit, used for jellies and pre- 

 serves. 



110859. Lupintjs sp. Fabaceae. 



From Washington, D. C. Seeds presented 

 by Dr. A. Hrdlicka, Curator, Division of 

 Physical Anthropology, United States 

 National Museum. Received May 6, 1935. 

 A pink luoine collected on Kodiak Island, 



Alaska, in the summer of 1934. 



110860. Gossypium kibkii Masters. 

 Malvaceae. Cotton. 



From Trinidad, British West Indies. Seeds 

 presented by Dr. S. C. Harland, Empire 

 Cotton Growing Corporation, Cotton Re- 

 search Station. Received April 27, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



