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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



110990 to 111018— Continued. 



111014. Polygonum punctatum Ell. 



No. 3312. Barbasco. From the rail- 

 road between Anolaima and Cachipay, 

 Cundinamarca, April 17, 1935. A plant 

 with red stems found on small knolls, 

 but not near water. The dry plant 

 has a peppery odor. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see 110959. 



111015. POTHOMORPHE PELTATA (L.) Miq. 



Piperaceae. 



No. 3285. From La Esperenza, Cun- 

 dinamarca, April 11, 1935. An erect 

 shrub with rounded-cordate, peltate leaves, 

 closely allied to Piper. Native to western 

 India. 



For previous introduction see 3 07767. 



111016. Tagetes apetala Posada. Aster- 

 aceae. 



No. 3286. Ruda. From La Esperenza, 

 Cundinamarca, April 11, 1935. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 110968. 



111017. Vigna pilosa (Klein) Baker. Fa- 

 baceae. Cowpea. 



No. 3283. From La Esperenza, Cun- 

 dinamarca, April 11, 1935. 



For previous introduction see 30963. 



111018. Z'ea mays L. Toaceae. Corn. 



No. 3337. From Cachipay, Cundinamar- 

 ca. April 17, 1935. A cultivated popcorn. 



111019 to 111023. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- 

 lics. Bulbs presented by the Plant Quar- 

 antine Board, Sukhum, Abkhasia, Trans- 

 caucasus. Received May 20, 1935. 



Bulbs collected in the Abkhasian Moun- 

 tains and in the plains and deserts of Tur- 

 kistan ; introduced for Department special- 

 ists. 



111019. Colchicum sp. Melanthiaceae. 



111020. Galanthus sp. Amaryllidaceae. 



111021. Muscari sp. Liliaceae. 



111022. Pancratium sp. Amaryllidaceae. 



111023. Polianthes tuberosa L. Ama- 

 ryllidaceae. Tuberose. 

 For previous introduction see 21635. 



111024. SOLANTJM TUBEROSUM L. Sola- 



naceae. Potato. 



From Colombia. Tubers collected by W. A. 

 Archer, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived May 25, 1935. 

 Introduced for Department specialists. 

 No. 3373. Papa criolla amarilla. From 



the market at Popayan, Cundinamarca, May 



7, 1935. 



111025. Citrus grandis (L.) Osbeck. 

 Rutaceae. Grapefruit. 



From Brazil. Budsticks presented by Dr. 

 Agesilau Bitancourt, Subdirector de Bio- 

 logia Vegetal, Sao Paulo. Received May 

 25, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



Pamiso. A sweet grapefruit with a rind 

 of uniform thickness, pink flesh, and rather 

 coarse juice vesicles. Some of the fruits 

 weigh over 5 pounds. 



111026. Zepiiyranthes sp. Amarylli- 

 daceae. 



From Colombia. Bulbs collected by W. A. 

 Archer, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived May 22, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



No. 3307. Collected along the railroad 

 between Anolaima and Cachipay, Cundina- 

 marca, April 17, 1935. A pink-flowered 

 form. 



111027 and 111028. 



From the Straits Settlements. Seeds pre- 

 sented by the Director, Botanic Gardens, 

 Singapore. Received May 21, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



111027. Calamus scipionum Lour. Phoe- 

 nicaceae. Rattan palm. 



A climbing palm 40 to 50 feet high, 

 with alternate pinnatisect leaves 4 to 5 

 feet long ; the male spadix is 20 feet long 

 and the female 10 feet. This rattan is 

 native to Malaysia, where the canes are 

 used for making furniture, for which pur- 

 pose it is especially suitable because of 

 the ease with which it splits. 



For previous introduction see 51708. 



111028. Daemonorops grandis (Griff.) 

 Mart. Phoenicaceae. 



A climbing palm from the Malay Pen- 

 insula, with very stout, more or less prick- 

 ly stems and pinnatisect leaves about 15 

 feet long, with narrow leaflets over a foot 

 in length. 



111029 to 111033. Pistacia vera L. 

 Anacardiaceae. Pistachio. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- 

 lics. Seeds presented by A. M. Popov, 

 Institute of Plant Industry, of the Lenin 

 Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lenin- 

 grad. Received May 20, 1935. 



Introduced for Department scientists. 

 From Azerbaijan. 



111032. No. 1672. 



111033. No. 1669. 



111029. No. 1668. 



111030. No. 1670. 



111031. No. 1671. 



111034 to 111039. 



From Colombia. Seeds collected by W. A. 

 Archer, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived May 16, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



111034 to 111036. Tephrosia spp. Faba- 

 ceae. 



111034. Tephrosia cinerea (L.) Pers. 



No. 3342. Barbasco. From Tocaima, 

 Cundinamarca, April 19, 1935. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see 110916. 



111035. Tephrosia 

 Pers. 



(Sw.) 



No. 3350. Barbasco. From Obanda, 

 April 6, 1935. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see 110918. 



111036. Tephrosia sp. 



No. 3352. Barbasco. From Valle de 

 Cauca, Huila, April 1935. 



