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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



111932 to 111934— Continued. 



Native varieties of peanuts introduced for 

 Department specialists. 



111932 and 111933. Arachis hypogaea L. 



111932. Forma Grande. 



111933. Forma Jumbo. 



111934. Arachis nambyquarae Hoehne. 



A Brazilian relative of the peanut, which 

 is a much-branched, prostrate or ascending 

 plant. The pod is 2 to 3 inches long, with 

 usually two seeds, which are edible and 

 very oily. 



For previous introduction see 68831. 



111935 and 111936. Teifolium subter- 

 baneum L. Fabaceae. 



Subterranean clover. 



From Australia. Seeds purchased from F. H. 

 Brunning, Melbourne. Received August 2, 

 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



111935. Dwalganup. An extra early ma- 

 turing strain. 



111936. Midseason or Mount Barker strain. 



111937. Brassijca kapa L. Brassica- 

 ceae. Turnip. 



From China. Seeds purchased from Dr. J. F. 

 Rock, Yunnanfu, Yunnan. Received Au- 

 gust 6, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



Received under the varietal name "de- 

 pressa," for which a place of publication has 

 not been found. 



111938 to 111940. Aeachis hypogaea L. 

 Fabaceae. Peanut. 



From Brazil. Seeds presented by J. C. Bela 

 Lisboa, Director, Escola Superior de Agri- 

 cultura e Medicina Veterinaria, Vigosa, 

 Minas Geraes. Received July 26, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



111938. Hespanhol. 



111939. Porto-Alegre. 



111940. Roxo. 



111941. Archontophoenix Alexandras 

 (F. Muell.) Wendl. and Drude. Pho- 

 enicaceae. Palm. 



From Mexico. Plants collected by W. B. Sex- 

 ton, of the McKee Jungle Gardens, Vero 

 Beach, Fla., and presented through the 

 Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quaran- 

 tine. Received July 18, 1935. 



For previous introduction see 110823. 



111942. Citkus myrtleolia Raf. Ruta- 

 ceae. 



From the Belgian Congo. Seeds presented 

 by Rev. J. Gillet, Kisantu. Received July 

 26, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



A small unarmed tree with narrow leaves 

 that bears small, flattened, very sour oranges. 

 Native to China. 



111943. Allium cepa L. Liliaceae. 



Onion. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by Dr. H. 

 Wenholz, Department of Agriculture, Syd- 



111943— Continued. 



ney. New South Wales. Received July 20, 

 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



McKimm strain of Hunter River Brown. 



111944 to 111946. Iris spp. Iridaceae. 



From the Soviet Union. Roots presented by 

 N. I. Sharapov, Head of the Department 

 of New Cultures and Introduction, Lenin- 

 grad, at the request of the Subtropical In- 

 troduction Garden, Sukhum, Transcaucasia. 

 Received July 17, 1935. 



111944. IRis lycotis Woron. 



An iris of the Oncocyclus section, closely 

 related to Iris paradowa. 



111945. Iris paradoxa Stev. 



Velvet iris. 



A dwarf, linear-leaved Oncocyclus iris 2 

 to 6 inches high, with large lilac or white 

 flowers. Native to northern Iran (Persia) 

 and Asia Minor, where it grows in dry 

 situations. 



For previous introduction see 68166. 



111946. IRIS sp. 



Received under the name "vavilovii," for 

 which a place of publication has not been 

 found. 



111947 and 111948. Phoenix spp. Phoe- 

 nicaceae. Palm. 



From Africa. Seeds collected by J. F. Ward 

 and presented by the Agricultural Depart- 

 ment of Samaru, Zaria, Northern Provinces, 

 Nigeria. Received July 13, 1935. 



The wild date is practically always con- 

 fined to swamps and banks of streams and 

 is commonly found in broad grassy swampy 

 glades growing on old decomposed anthills. 

 These hills, being raised above the surround- 

 ing level, do not get flooded. Introduced for 

 Department specialists. 



111947. Wamba, 62h. From Wambai, 

 Southern Division, Plateau Province. 



111948. Ukum, 623. From Ukum district of 

 Tiv Division, Benue Province. 



111949. Litchi chinensis Sonner. Sa- 

 pindaceae. Lychee. 



From China. Seeds presented by the Ling- 

 nan University, Canton, at the request of 

 Dr. G. Weidman Groff, and shipped by Ira 

 J. Condit, visiting professor at Lingnan 

 University, 1934-35. Received July 15, 

 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



111950 to 111956. Citrus spp. Ruta- 

 ceae. 



From Spain. Budsticks presented by D. Man- 

 uel Herrero, Ingeniero-Director, EstaciSn 

 Naranjera de Levante, Valencia. Received 

 July 10, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



111950 to 111954. Citrus sinensis (L.) Os- 

 beck. Orange. 



111950. Uadenera. 



111951. Sangre Fina. 



111952. Torregrosa. 



111953. Valencia Comun. 



111954. Washington Sangre. 



