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111215 to 111217— Continued. 



111215. (Undetermined.) 



No. 2. An undetermined grass. 



111216 and 111217. Calamagrostis epige- 

 ios (L.) Roth. Poaceae. Grass. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 111167. 



111216. No. 



111217. No. 4. 



111218. DlPTERYX ODORATA (Alibi.) 



Willd. (Coumarouna odorata Aubl.). 

 Fabaceae. Tonka-bean. 



From Venezuela. Seeds presented through 

 P. Lorillard Co., New York City, N. Y. 

 Received June 6, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



For previous introduction see 39142. 



111219. Tephrosia vogelii Hook. f. 

 Fabaceae. 



From the Ivory Coast, Africa. Seeds pre- 

 sented by O. M. Freeman, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry. Received in 1933. Numbered 

 in June, 1935, for convenience in distri- 

 bution. 



A shrubby legume, native to tropical 

 Africa ; introduced for Department spe- 

 cialists. 



For previous introduction see 98926. 



111220. Mangifera indica L. Anacar- 

 diaceae. Mango. 



From Haiti. Seeds presented by Pierre G. 

 Sylvain, Service National de la Produc- 

 tion Agricole et de l'Enseignement Rural, 

 Port-au-Prince, Received June 11, 1935. 



Madame Francis; introduced for Depart- 

 ment specialists. 



111221. Medicago saliva L. Fabaceae. 



Alfalfa. 



From Ecuador. Seeds presented by Enrique 

 Malo, Cuenca. Received May 29. 1935. 



Guaranda. A native variety introduced 

 for Department specialists. 



111222. Abachis hypogaea L. Faba- 

 ceae. Peanut. 



From Antigua, British West Indies. Seeds 

 presented by the Ffryes Estate. Received 

 June 4, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



For previous introduction see 109840. 



111223 to 111225. Allium cepa L. Lili- 

 aceae. Onion. 



From Egypt. Seeds and bulbs presented by 

 M. Stina, Heliopolis. Received June 6, 

 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



111223. Beheiri. (Bulbs.) 



111224. Saidi. (Bulbs.) 



111225. Seeds. 



111226 and 111227. Phaedranassa spp. 

 Amaryllidaceae. 



From Ecuador. Seeds collected by Mrs. 

 Ynes Mexia, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received June 11, 1935. 



111226 and 111227— Continued. 



111226. Phaedranassa lehmanni Regel. 



A summer-blooming, bulbous plant with 

 oblong-lanceolate leaves 6 to 8 inches long 

 and an umbel of three or four nodding, 

 bright-red flowers over an inch long on a 

 scape. Native to Colombia at an altitude 

 of 7,000 feet. 



111227. Phaedranassa viridiflora Regel. 



A Peruvian phaedranassa with a single 

 lanceolate leaf about 1 foot long and an 

 umbel of about four nodding flowers, over 

 an inch long, green at the tip and whitish 

 toward the base, on a scape as long as 

 the leaf. 



111228 to 111235. 



From the Union of South Africa. Seeds 

 presented by the McGregor Museum 1 , Kim- 

 berley. Received June 3. 1935. 



111228. Acacia detinens Burchell. Minio- 

 saceae. 



Zwart Haak (black thorn). A thorny 

 shrub or small tree with small bifoliolate 

 leaves and showy globular heads of small 

 yellow flowers. Native to southern Africa. 



For previous introduction see 48754. 



111229. Aloe globuligemma Pole Evans. 

 Liliaceae. 



A stemless succulent with a rosette of 

 erect-spreading, sword-shaped leaves 1 to 

 2 feet long, having cartilaginous wavy- 

 toothed margins. The flower stalk, 3 to 4 

 feet high, carries a dense raceme a foot 

 long of tubular flowers which are globu- 

 lar" and red in the bud, becoming elon- 

 gated and sulphur yellow tinged with red 

 at the base. It is native to South Africa. 



For previous introduction see 1072.75. 



111230. Aloe grandidentata Salm-Dyck. 

 Liliaceae. 



A short-stemmed, fleshy plant with a 

 dense rosette of 12 to 20 bright-green 

 lanceolate leaves a foot or more long, 

 with crowded brown-tipped marginal 

 teeth. The pale-red or reddish-yellow 

 flowers are in three to seven racemes on 

 a stout peduncle up to 2 feet long. Na- 

 tive to South Africa, where it is very 

 robust and spreads rapidly. 



For previous introduction see 81119. 



111231. Caralluma lutea N. E. Brown. 

 Asclepiadaceae. 



Slang gaap. A dwarf leafless succulent 

 with crowded purple-mottled green stems 

 4 inches long, sharply four-angled, and 

 armed with stout horizontal teeth nearly 

 half an inch long. The yellow flowers, in 

 a cluster of 20 to 25, are 2 to 3 inches 

 broad and most of them open at the same 

 time. Native to South Africa. 



For previous introduction see 78190. 



111232. Olea verrucosa (Roem. and 

 Schult.) Link. Oleaceae. Olive. 



A tree up to 30 feet high, native to 

 southern Africa, with linear-lanceolate 

 leaves 3 inches long, covered with small 

 yellow scales beneath, and short axillary 

 panicles of inconspicuous flowers followed 

 by small globose dry fruits. 



For previous introduction see 99446. 



111233. Rhus lancea L. f. Anacardia- 

 ceae. Sumac. 



Karree-boom. A small bushy tree with 

 gray bark and long-stalked leaves with 



