OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 193 5 



112398 to 112590— Continued. 



112546. No. 155. 112549. No. 158. 



112547. No. 156. 112550. No. 159. 



112548. No. 157. 112551. No. 160. 



112552. No. 161. Variety Nana. Grown 

 in an alpine greenhouse, Botanic In- 

 stitute, Berlin-Dahlem, Germany. 



112553. No. 162. Variety Trigyna. From 

 Germany. 



Nos. 112554 and 112555 were presented 

 by Encet Yektay, Station de Selec- 

 tion de Semences, Eskichehir-Sazoya, 

 Turkey. 



112554. No. 163. 112555. No. 163-A. 



Nos. 112556 to 112559. Variety Pro- 

 cumoens. From the Madeira Islands 



112556. No. 164. 112558. No. 166. 



112557. No. 165. 



112559. No. 167. From Ponto de Cruz. 

 112560. No. 168. From Madeira. 



112561. Beta trigyna Waldst. and Kit. 



No. 169. From the Botanic Garden, 

 Budapest, Hungary. 



112562. Beta vulgaris macrocarpa (Guss.) 

 Moq. 



No. 170. From Salinas do Lavradio, 

 Portugal. 



112563 to 112590. Beta vulgaris L. 



Common beet. 



Nos. 112563 to 112587. From Land- 

 mere, France. 



112563. No. 201. 112575. No. 216. 



112564. No. 202. 112576. No. 217. 



112565. No. 203. 112577. No. 218. 



112566. Nos. 204 112578. No. 219. 

 and 205. 



112579. No. 220. 



112580. No. 221. 



112567. Nos. 206 

 and 207. 



112568. Nos. 208 112581 ' No ' 222 " 

 and 209. 112582. No. 223. 



112569. No. 210. 112583. No. 224. 



112570. No. 211. 112584. No. 225. 



112571. No. 212. 112585. No. 226. 



112572. No. 213. 112586. No. 227. 



112573. No. 214. 112587. No. 229. 



112574. No. 215. 



Nos. 112588 and 112589. From Deau- 

 ville, France. 



112588. No. 230. 112589. No. 231 



112590. No. 232. From Coitat, France. 



112591 to 112595. Nicotiana tabacum 

 L. Solanaceae. Common tobacco. 



From Mexico. Seeds collected by W. A. 

 Archer, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived October 22, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



112591. No. 3547. Lenguillo. Collected 

 October 1, 1935, at San Francisco de 

 Rincon, Guanajuato. 



166999—40 2 



112591 to 112595— Continued. 



112592. No. 3552. Hoja anoha. Collected 

 October 2, 1935, at Encarnacion de Diaz, 

 Jalisco. 



112593. No. 3554. Negro. Collected Octo- 

 ber 5, 1935, at Pabellon, Aguascalientes. 



112594. No. 3557. Macuchi(l). Collected 

 October 10, 1935, at Torreon, Coahuila. 



112595. No. 3558. Collected October 11, 

 1935, at Torreon, Coahuila. 



112596. Neomammillaeia karwinski- 

 ana (Mart.) Britt. and Rose. Cacta- 

 ceae. 



From Mexico. Seeds collected by Paul Rus- 

 sell and Max Souviron, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry, in the Botanic Garden, Mexico 

 City. Received September 20, 1930. Num- 

 bered in November 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



A globular or cylindric cactus about 3 

 inches in diameter, with milky juice, spiral 

 rows of terete tubercles, and solitary flowers 

 half an inch across, the petals whitish with 

 deep-pink central stripes. Native to south- 

 ern Mexico. 



112597. Lilium polyphyllum D. Don. 

 Liliaceae. lily. 



From India. Bulbs purchased from Mrs. P. 

 Kohli, Baramula, Kashmir. Received No- 

 vember 30, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



For previous introduction see 110099. 



112598 to 112600. 



From Palestine. Bulbs purchased from Ves- 

 ter & Co., American Colony Stores, Jeru- 

 salem. Received October 18, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



112598. Cyclamen persicum Mill. Primu- 

 laceae. 



For previous introduction see 26885. 



112599. Iris antilibanotica Dinsm. Iri- 

 daceae. 



An Oncocylus iris with narrow, slightly 

 falcate leaves 6 to 8 inches long and a 

 leafy stem about 1 foot high. The flowers 

 are purple with the standards lighter than 

 the falls and veined with deeper purple. 

 Native to Asia Minor at about 6,000 feet 

 altitude. 



112600. Iris lortetii Barbey. Iridaceae. 



Lebanon iris. 



A hardy iris with stem less than a foot 

 long, bearing two reduced leaves about the 

 same length. The whitish outer segments 

 of the flower are obovate, much reflexed, 

 about 3 inches broad, and finely veined and 

 spotted with red-brown, with a dark spot 

 at the throat. The inner segments are pale 

 gray with red-brown veins. Native to Leb- 

 anon and Asiatic Turkey. 



For previous introduction see 28452. 



112601 and 112602. Achkas zapota L. 

 Sapotaceae. Sapodilla. 



From Costa Rica. Seeds presented by Alan 

 Kelso, Chief of the Propagation Service, 

 Department of Agriculture, Puntarenas. 

 Received October 16, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



