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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



112081 to 112091— Continued. 



112091. Syncabpia glomulifera (J. E. 

 Smith) Niedenzu. Myrtaceae. 



A tall slender evergreen tree, native to 

 Australia, with broadly ovate leaves 2 to 

 3 inches long, appearing as if in whorls 

 from two pairs being close together. The 

 small white flowers are in globular clusters 

 of 6 to 10 on short peduncles at the base 

 of the new shoots. The wood is valuable 

 for posts and for underground construction 

 work. 



For previous introduction see 90861. 



112092 to 112099. 



From Jamaica Plain, Mass. Seeds collected 

 by Dr. Ed»ar Anderson on tLe Arnold Ar- 

 boretum Balkan expedition and presented 

 by the Arnold Arboretum. Received Au- 

 gust 22, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



112092. Ephedra distachya L. Gnetaceae. 



Common jointfir. 



No. 72. From the Danube delta, Rumania. 

 A low-growing, rigid, tufted shrub, with 

 erect green leafless branches and small red 

 fruits. Native to Europe and Asia. 



For previous introduction see 77619. 



112093. Fraxinus holotricha Koehne. 

 Oleaceae. Ash. 



A small tree with leaves about 8 inches 

 long, composed of 9 to 13 leaflets ; of un- 

 known origin. 



For previous introduction see 109409. 



112094. Hesperis sp. Brassicaceao. 



No. 152. 



112095 and 112096. LlGUSTRUM vulgAre L. 

 Oleaceae. European privet, 



Collected on the edge of the steppe in 

 situations where practically no other 

 shrubs can survive. 



112095. From Cluj, Rumania. 



112096. From Fanata, Cluj, Rumania. 



112097 to 112099. SORBUS AUCU'pARlA L. 

 Malaceae. European mountain-ash. 



For previous introduction see 98156. 



112097 and 112098. From Sofia. Bul- 

 garia. 



112099. No. 66-35. From Mount Vi- 

 tasha, near Sofia, Bulgaria. 



112100. Cergxylon andicola Humb. and 

 Bonpl. Plioenicaceae. Wax palm. 



From Ecuador. Seeds collected by Mrs. Ynes 

 Mexia, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived August 22, 1935. 



No. 7501-A. Palma de cera. From Los 

 Olivos, Canton Tulcan, Provincia Carchi, 

 July 11, 1935. 



112101. Arachi* 

 ceae. 



HYPOGAEA L 



Faba- 

 Peanut. 



From Brazil. Seeds presented by Mario Pe- 

 reira Ramos, Sub-Assistente, Ministerio da 

 Agricultura, Campo de Sementes de Fumo 

 de S. Goncalo dos Campos, Bahia. 



Seeds from seedling plants, collected in the 

 region of Bahia ; introduced for Department 



specialists. 



112102 to 112108. Sacoharum. Poa- 

 Ceae. Sugarcane. 



From Tahiti. Society Islands. Cuttings col- 

 lected by E. W. Brandes, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry. Received September 3, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



112102. No. T-l. 112106. No. T-5. 



112103. No. T-2. 112107. No. T-6. 



112104. No. T-3. 112108. No. T 7. 



112105. No. T-4. 



112109 to 112112. 



From India. Bulbs purchased from Mrs. P. 

 Kohli, Baramula, Kashmir. Received Sep- 

 tember 4, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



112109. CQLCHicum luteum Baker. Me- 

 la nthia ceae. 



A spring-blooming colchicum with few 

 fleshy strap-shaped leaves about 9 inches 

 long" and one to three golden-yellow flow- 

 ers over an inch across. Native to the 

 temperate Himalayas from 4,000 to 7.000 

 feet altitude. 



112110. Crocus satiyus L. Iridaceae. 



Saffron. 



Received as ''cashmerianus,'* a geo- 

 graphic form. 



For previous introduction see 47577. 



112111. LILIUM THOMSONIANUM (D. Don) 



Lindl. Litiaeeae. Thomson lily. 



A lily of unusual appearance, suggesting 

 in habit Fritillaria, Ornithogalum, and 

 Hosta. The erect stem is over a foot high, 

 and the narrow grasslike leaves are mostly 

 crowded at the base of the stem. The 

 pale-mauve or rosy bell-shaped drooping 

 flowers with deep-purple anthers are over 

 an inch long and in a terminal raceme 

 containing 8 to 10 flowers. This lily is 

 native to mild- wintered regions of ' the 

 Himalayas from western China to northern 

 India. 



For previous introduction see 58490. 



112112. Steknbergia fischeriana (Herb.) 

 Roem. Amaryllidaceae. 



A spring-blooming Stembergia with 

 strap-shaped leaves about a foot long and 

 one to four bright-yellow flowers, tbt> seg- 

 ments over an inch long. Native to the 

 Caucasus region. 



112113 and 112114. Pistacia weinman- 

 nifolia Poiss. Anacardiaceae. 



From China. Seeds presented by Dr. J. F. 

 Rock, Yunnanfu. Yunnan. Received Sep- 

 tember 4, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



A handsome evergreen tree up to 60 feet 

 high, with shining dark-green, pinnate 

 leaves about 6 inches long and red fruits the 

 size of peas. Native to southwestern China 

 at altitudes of 3,000 to 5,000 feet. 



112113. From Ta Ku district, Likiang, 

 eastern slope of the northern end of the 

 Likiang Snow Range, a hot dry place 

 that in the summer gets plenty of rain. 



112114. From the Yangtze Valley, a 3-day 

 journey west of Likiang on the western 

 slopes of the Likiang Snow Range. 



