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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



112226 to 112231— Continued. 



11222S to 112229. NiCOTiANA tabacum L. 



Collected September 12 and 13, 1935, at 

 Oaxaca, Oaxaca. 



112226. No. 3511. A volunteer plant 

 with white flowers. 



112227. No. 3512. A volunteer plant 8 

 feet high with pink flowers. 



112228. No. 3513. Tabaquillo. A wild 

 tobacco used to make cigarettes, but 

 of poor quality. 



112229. No. 3514. Tabaquillo. A vol- 

 unteer plant 8 feet high ; a common 

 tobacco of this region ; grows in gar- 

 dens, waste places, or even on Louse- 

 tops. 



112230. Nicotian A sp# 



No. 3515. September 12, 1935. Oaxaca, 

 Oaxaca. Plants 6 to 8 inches high, grow- 

 ing in the streets of the city. 



112231. Nicotiana sp. 



No. 3516. Tabaco mo-nteis. Mitla, Oax- 

 aca, September 13, 1935. Plants 12 to 18 

 inches high, common in this section espe- 

 cially on Mitla ruins. 



112232. Phleum pratense L. Poaceae. 



Timothy. 



From Sweden. Seeds presented by Dr. G. 

 Nilsson Leissner, Allmanna Svenska Ut- 

 stidesaktiebolaget, Svalof. Received Sep- 

 tember 23, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



Svalof No. 96S. 



112233. Capsicum anntjtjm L. Solana- 

 ceae. Common redpepper. 



From Spain. Seeds purchased through Sam- 

 uel R. Thompson, American consul, Valen- 

 cia. Received September 23, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



A large sweet Spanish pepper. 



112234 to 112243. Nicotiana tabacum 

 L. Solanaceae. Tobacco. 



From Mexico. Seeds collected by W. A. 

 Archer, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived September 26, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



112234 and 112235. Collected August 29, 

 1935, at El Verde, Sinaloa. 



112234. No. 3520. 112235. No. 3524. 



112236. No. 3523. Bonanza. Collected 

 August 14, 1935, at Santiago Ixcuintla, 

 Nayarit. 



112237. No. 3521. Cash. Collected Au- 

 gust 14, 1935, at Santiago Ixcuintla, 

 Nayarit. 



112238. No. 3526. Orinoco. Collected Au- 

 gust 30, 1935, at Acaponeta, Nayarit. 



112239. No. 3522. Orinoco bianco. Col- 

 lected August 14, 1935, at Santiago Ix- 

 cuintla, Nayarit. 



112240. No. 3528. Orinoco claro. Col- 

 lected September 7, 1935, at Puerto 

 Vallarta, Jalisco. 



112241. No. 3525. Orinoco negro. Col- 

 lected August 30, 1935, at Acaponeta, 

 Nayarit. 



112234 to 112243— Continued. 



112242. No. 3529. Orinoco oscwro. Col- 

 lected September 7, 1935, at Puerto Val- 

 larta, Jalisco. 



112243. No. 3527. Virginia. Collected Au- 

 gust 30, 1935, at Acaponeta, Nayarit. 



112244. Hbvea brasiliensis (H. B. K.) 

 Muell. Arg. Euphorbiaceae. 



Para rubbertree. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by Robert M. 

 Grey, Superintendent, Atkins Institution 

 of the Arnold Arboretum, Soledad, Cien- 

 fuegos, through F. G. Walsingham. Re- 

 ceived September 25, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



112245. Pachyrhizus erosus (L.) Ur- 

 ban. Fabaceae. Yam bean. 



From Mexico. Tubers collected by W. A. 

 Archer, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived September 25, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



No. 3519. Jicamo. From the market at 

 Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca. September 12. 

 1935. 



For previous introduction see 22971. 



112246. Terminalia okari C. T. White. 

 Combretaceae. Okari nut. 



From the Society Islands. Seeds presented 

 by Harrison W. Smith, Papeari, Tahiti. 

 Received September 23, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



Collected in Sangara, Territory of Papua, 

 Australia. A tall evergreen tree, native to 

 New Guinea, with large reddish purple edible 

 nuts that are said to be excellent, either raw 

 or cooked. 



112247 and 112248. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by F. G. Wal- 

 singham, Atkins Institution of the Arnold 

 Arboretum, Soledad, Cienfuegos. Received 

 September 7, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



112247. Cereus hexagonus (L.) Mill. 

 Cactaceae. 



A tall columnar cactus up to 45 feet 

 high, branching at the base, the joints 

 usually six-angled. The flowers are 8 to 

 10 inches long, with the outer segments 

 purple and the inner ones white. The 

 ovoid edible fruits, 3 to 6 inches long, 

 have white or pinkish pulp. It is native 

 to the West Indies and the northern part 

 of South America. 



For previous introduction see 101491. 



112248. Vernonia sp. Asteraceae. 



From the Horticultural Section, Giza. 

 Egypt. 



112249. Sesamum radiatum S c h n m . 

 Pedaliaceae. 



From Africa. Seeds presented by the Di- 

 recteur, Jardin Botanique D'Eala, Coquil- 

 hatville, Belgian Congo. Received Sep- 

 tember 20. 1935. 



An erect oil-producing species, closely re- 

 lated to the sesame of commerce ; introduced 

 for Department specialists. 



For previous introduction see 100991. 



