JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 3 0, 193 5 



111950 to 111956— Continued. 



111955. Citrus nobilis dbliciosa (Ten.) 

 Swingle. Mandarin orange. 



111956. Citrus limonia Osbeck. Lemon, 



111957 to 111965. Abachis spp. Faba- 

 ceae. Peanut. 



From Brazil. Seeds presented by A. Correa 

 Meyer, Director, Estacao Experimental de 

 Cana de Assucar e Plantas Oleaginosas, 

 Piracicaba, Sao Paulo. Received July 5, 

 1935. 



A collection of peanut varieties, introduced 

 for Department specialists. 



111957 to 111963. Arachis hypogaea L. 



111957. Comum. 



111958. Jarribo. 



111959. Java Graudo. 



111960. Java Miudo. 



111961. Porto Alegre. 



111962. Preto. 



111963. Roxo. 



111964. Arachis nambtQUarae Hoehne. 

 Nhambiquara. 



111965. Arachis hypogaea L. 



Rasteiro. A prostrate perennial peanut, 

 native to Brazil. 



111966 to 111968. 



From Ecuador.' Seeds and bulbs collected by 

 Mrs. Ynes Mexia, Bureau of Plant Indus- 

 try. Received July 3, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



111966. Urceolina peruviana (Presl) 

 Macbr. Amaryllidaceae. 



No. 7355. Cerro del Panecillo, Quito, at 

 9,800 feet altitude. Seeds and bulbs of a 

 tender plant, with wide oblong leaves 1 foot 

 long and a solitary scape witb an umbel 

 of four to six nodding yellow to orange- 

 red flowers. Native to the Andes of Peru. 



111967. Lupinus sp. Fabaceae. 



No. 7357-A (Archer No. 3431). A 

 shrub collected June 1, 1935, near Quito. 

 Provincia Pinchincha, at about 10,000 feet 

 altitude by W. A. Archer and sent in by 

 Mrs. Mexia. Seeds. 



111968. Medicago sativa L. Fabaceae. 



Alfalfa. 



No. 7356-A. From Hacienda La Chine, 

 near Guaranda, Canton San Miguel, Provin- 

 cia Bolivar. Seeds presented by Sr. Regulo 

 de More, through Dr. Luis Boya. 



111969 to 111981. 



From the Soviet Union. Seeds presented by 

 the Director, Botanical Garden of the 

 Academy of Sciences, Leningrad. Received 

 July 5, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



111969 to 111977. Festuca spp. Poaceae. 



Fescue. 



111969. Festuca amethystina L. 



111970. Festuca elatior L. 



Meadow fescue. 



111969 to 111981— Continued. 



111971. Festuca elatior arundinacea 

 (Schreb.) Wimm. 



111972 and 111973. Festuca ovina L. 



Sheep fescue. 



111974. festuca ovina glauca (Lam.) 

 Koch. 



111975. Festuca ovina sulcata Hack. 



111976. Festuca ovina vallesiaca 

 (Schleich.) Link. 



111977. Festuca sp. 



111978 to 111981. Iris spp. Iridaceae. 



111978. IRIS spuria halophila (Pall.) 

 Dykes. 



A variety from central Asia, distin- 

 guished by numerous relatively short 

 stems and very narrow perianth seg- 

 ments. The flowers vary in color from 

 white veined with yellow to dull yellow 

 or gray purple. 



For previous introduction see 76346. 



111979. IRIS prismatiCa Pursh. 



Cubeseed iris. 



111980. Iris spuria halophila (Pall.) 

 Dykes. 



See 111978 for description. 



111981. Iris sp. 



111982 and 111983. 



From Mexico. Seeds and plants presented by 

 C. A. Purpus, Zacuapam, Huatusco, Vera- 

 cruz. Received July 9, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



111982. Dioon sp. Cycadaceae. 



A plant received as Dioon pinios', for 

 which a place of publication has not been 

 found. 



111983. Prunus 

 aceae. 



Capuli Cav. 



Amygdal- 

 Capulin. 



Seeds of a small tree closely related to 

 the wild black cherry of the eastern United 

 States (Prunus serotina Ehrh.). It is na- 

 tive to the highlands of Mexico and South 

 America, and the black globose cherries are 

 usually about one-half inch in diameter. 



For previous introduction see 98346. 



111984. Pachyehizus tubekosus 

 (Lam.) Spreng. Fabaceae. Jicama, 



From Mexico. Seeds presented by Prof. A. L. 

 Herrera, Laboratorio de Plasmogenia, 

 Mexico, D. F. Received July 9, 1935. 



A twining herbaceous vine up to 20 feet 

 long, with a large edible tuberous root. Na- 

 tive to tropical America. 



111985 and 111986. Agrostis tenuis 

 Sibth. Poaceae. 



From New Zealand. Seeds presented by A, 

 S. Patterson & Co., Ltd., Dunedin. Re- 

 ceived July 10, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



For previous introduction see 101101. 



111985. Blue, Certified Browntop. 



111986. Harvey, Certified Browntop. 



