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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



112043 to 112051— Continued. 



112044 to 11204*. CALLIGONUM spp. Polyg- 

 ouaceae. 



112044. Calligonum arborescens Litv. 



No. 1652. A drought-resistant shrub 

 10 feet high. 



For previous introduction see 108887. 



112045. Calligonum caput - medusae 

 Schrenk. 



No. 1654. A leafless shrub, native to 

 northern and central Asia, where it is 

 used as a sand hinder. 



112048. Calligonum comosum L'Her. 



No. 1653. A densely branched shrub 

 10 to 15 feet high, with minute subulate 

 leaves and small ovate, densely spiny, 

 nutlike fruits. Native to the eastern 

 Mediterranean region. 



For previous introduction see 108890 



112047. Calligonum setosum Litv. 



No. 1655. A leafless shrub, native to 

 the Caspian region, where it is used as 

 a sand binder. 



For previous introduction see 108893. 



112048. Ferula litwinowiana K.-Pol. 

 Apiaceae. 



No. 1659. A low hairy herbaceous per- 

 ennial with numerous small triangular 

 pinnately cut leaves and inconspicuous 

 flowers in compound umbels. Native to the 

 Transeaspian region. 



For previous introduction see 98214. 



112049. JUEINEA DEBDERIOIDES C. Winkl. 



Asteraceae. 



No. 1662. A hardy herbaceous perennial 

 about 3 feet high, with gray oblong-lance- 

 olate leaves and small heads of purple 

 flowers. Native to Turkistan. 



112050. Rheum turkestanicum Janischew. 

 Polygonaceae. 



No. 1667. A wild rhubarb from the 

 Transeaspian region, over 2 feet high, with 

 a large thick rhizome and a short, thick- 

 ened, densely leafy stem. The cordate- 

 reniform leaves, up to 8 in number, are 

 about a foot wide. 



For previous introduction see 108953. 



112051. Ulmus foliacea Gilib. Ulmaceae. 



Smoothleaf elm. 



No. 1668. A slender pyramidal tree with 

 corky branches. The leaves are obliquely 

 oval or ovate, doubly toothed, and up to 4 

 inches long. Native to Europe and west- 

 ern Asia. 



For previous introduction see 88491. 



112052. Carica papaya L. 



Papayaceae. 

 Papaya. 



From California. Seeds presented by Col. 

 James Stewart, Ardsheal Ranch, La Hahra 

 Heights. Received August 26, 1935. 



Sandwich Island papaya ; introduced for 

 Department specialists. 



112053 to 112065. 



From New Zealand. Plants presented by 

 H. R. Wright, Auckland. Received August 

 22, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



112053 to 112065— Continued. 



112053. Actinidia chinensis Planch. Dil- 

 leniaceae. Yangtao. 



A form with very large fruits. 



For previous introduction see 111427. 



112054 and 112055. Amygdalus persica L. 

 Amygdalaceae. Peach. 



112054. Gray's seedling. An early semi- 

 cling with white flesh of superb fla- 

 vor ; an Eloerta seedling. 



112055. Gas Friedrich. A large, highly 

 colored peach of superb flavor. 



112056. Prunus. Amygdalaceae. 



A peach-plum hybrid which makes an 

 ornamental tree. 



112057 to 112059. Citrus spp. Rutaceae. 



112057. CITRUS sp. 



A new grapefruit, grapefruit-orange 

 hybrid, preferred to our New Zealand 

 grapefruit or Poorman's orange, being 

 less bitter. 



112058. Citrus grandis (L.) Osbeck. 



Grapefruit. 



The Chinese pomelo, much prized by 

 white people in China. 



112059. Citrus nobilis deliciosa (Ten.) 

 Swingle. Mandarin orange. 



Richard's Special Mandarin. The tree 

 produces an abundance of large fruits. 



112060 and 112061. Diospyeos kaki L. f. 

 Diospyraceae. Kaki. 



112060. Purple Splendor. Fruit non- 

 astringent even when hard. 



112061. Tricolor. 



112062. Malus sylvestris Mill: Malaceae. 



Apple. 



A red sport of Cox Orange Pippin. 



112063. Prunus sp. Amygdalaceae. 



A Japanese plum, Lock's Purple; a Pur- 

 ple King seedling. 



112064 and 112065. Pyrus communis L. 

 Malaceae. Common pear. 



112064. Garoer seedlings. 



112065. Packham Late. A very large 

 and very late pear of fine flavor. 



112066 to 112076. 



From Puerto Rico. Plants collected by H. 

 P. Traub, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived August 21, 1935. 

 Introduced for Department specialists. 



(L„) Merr. 

 Pineapple. 



112068. Ananas comosus 

 Bromeliaceae. 



Mayaguez No. 1. 



Nos. 112067 to 112076 were collected in 

 Luquillo National Forest. 



112067. Anthurium sp. Araceae. 



112068. (Undetermined.) 



112069. (Undetermined.) 

 A bromeliad. 



112070. (Undetermined.) 

 A terrestrial orchid. 



112071. (Undetermined.) 

 An orchid. 



