PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



112320 to 112331— Continued. 



112328. No. 3549. Cuerna de cobra. Col 

 lected October 3, 1935, at Encarnacion. 



112329. No. 3550. Penja de maguey. Col 

 lected October 2, 1935, at Encarnacion. 



112330. No. 3551. Hoja ancha. Collected 

 October 3, 1935, at Encarnacion. 



112331. No. 3555. Cuerna de borrego. Col 

 lected October 5, 1935, at Pabellon. 

 Aguascalientes. 



112332 to 112335. Chenopodium spp. 

 Chenopodiaceae. 



From Bolivia. Seeds presented by Jobn J 

 Muccio, American consul, La Paz. Re- 

 ceived October 9, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



112332. Chenopodium hastatom Pbil. 



A species grown only at very high alti 

 tudes. Both the plant and the seeds arc 

 much smaller than those of Chenopodium 

 quinoa, and it is not grown as extensively. 



For previous introduction see 41335. 



112333 to 112335. CHENOPODIUM QUINOA 



Willd. Quinoa. 



112333. Quinoa dulce, blanca. 



112334. Quinoa corriente. 



112335. Quinoa real. 



112336. Trifolium sp. Fabaceae. 



From England. Seeds presented by H. Gil 

 bert-Carter, Director, Botanic Garden, Cam- 

 bridge. Received October 1, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



112337. Pennisetum occidentale Chase. 

 Poaceae. Grass. 



From Ecuador. Seeds presented by Ing. Nel- 

 son Marquez, Director, Milagro Model 

 Farm, Guayaquil. Received October 9, 

 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



A tall perennial grass growing in large 

 clumps in low ground. Native to Ecuador. 



112338. Derris pterocarpus (DC.) Kil- 

 lip. Fabaceae. 



From British Guiana. Root cuttings collected 

 by W. A. Archer, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received November 11, 1934. Numbered 

 in October 1935. 



No. 2594. Collected in the Botanical Gar- 

 dens, Georgetown, September 27, 1934. A 

 climbing shrub, native to French Guiana, with 

 trifoliolate leaves and racemes of rather 

 large white flowers. 



For previous introduction see 108577. 



112339 to 112343. Saccharum spp. Po- 

 aceae. 



From the Fiji Islands. Cuttings presented by 

 the Nausori Mill, through Julius Matz, Bu- 

 reau of Plant Industry. Received October 

 15, 1935. 



112339 and 112340. Saccharum spp. 



Received under the name "robustum," u 

 name not properly published. 



112339. Nausori Native Cane A. 



112340. Nausori Native Cane B. 



112339 to 112343— Continued. 



112341 and 112342. Saccharum officina- 

 r om L. Sugarcane. 



112341. 28 N. G. 11. 



112342. 28 N. G. 223. 



112343. Saccharum spontaneum L. 

 Rarauai Native Cane C. 



112344 and 112345. Tritictjm aestivtjm 

 L. Poaceae. Common wheat. 



From England. Seeds presented by Gartons 

 Ltd., Warrington. Received October 7, 

 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



112344. Little Tick. A distinct new short- 

 straw ed wheat. 



112345. Redman wheat. 



112346. Tephrosia vogelii Hook. f. Fa- 

 baceae. 



From Africa. Seeds presented by the Lieu- 

 tenant Governor, Ivory Coast, through the 

 Division of Insecticide Investigations, Bu- 

 reau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 

 Received July 20, 1933. Numbered in Oc- 

 tober 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



I. D. (Insecticide Division) No. 1776. A 

 shrubby legume native to tropical Africa. 



For previous introduction see 111348. 



112347 to 112349. Bessera elegans 

 Schult. f. Liliaceae. Coraldrops. 



From Mexico. Bulbs presented by Prof. Guil- 

 lermo Gandara, Universidad Nacional de 

 Mexico, Mexico City, through Dr. Jose 

 Figueroa, El Director del Instituto Bio- 

 tecnico, D. F. Received October 2, 1935. 



A bulbous squill-like plant with two to 

 three narrow linear leaves about 18 inches 

 long and equally long scapes having umbels 

 of 4 to 20 vermilion flowers 1 inch long. 

 Native to Mexico. 



112350 to 112353. Zephyranthes spp. 

 Amaryllidaceae. Zephyrlily. 



From Bermuda. Bulbs presented by John 

 Bushell, through T. A. Russell, Acting Di- 

 rector of Agriculture, Paget East. Re- 

 ceived October 3, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



112350. Zephyranthes Candida (Lindl.) 

 Herb. Autumn zephyrlily. 



A subtropical, white-flowered species 

 with linear leaves a foot long, appearing 

 with the flowers ; the flowers, about 2 

 inches long, are often rose tinted on the 

 outside. Native to Argentina. 



For previous introduction see 109910. 



112351. Zephyranthes carinata Herb. 



A bulbous perennial with linear leaves 

 and a scape about a foot high, bearing a 

 single rosy flower 3 to 5 inches across and 

 3 inches long. It is said to be the largest 

 and choicest of the rosy-flowered zephyr- 

 lilies and blooms in the summer. Native 

 to the West Indies. 



For previous introduction see 107145. 



