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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



112601 and 112602— Continued. 



112601. A fruit with cedar-red colored 

 flesh which weighs about 1 pound. 



112602. A fruit with salmon-colored flesh 

 which weighs about 1 pound. 



112603. Saccharum officinarum L. 

 Poaceae. Sugarcane. 



From New Guinea. Seeds presented by John 

 L. Froggall, Director of Agriculture. Re- 

 ceived October 22, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



Collected from the Sepik River region. 



112604 and 112605. (Undetermined.) 



From Ecuador. Seeds and bulbs collected by 

 Mrs. Ynes Mexia, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received October 18, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



112604. No. 7673-A. Seeds of an undeter- 

 mined amaryllid. 



112605. No. 7673-A. Bulbs of an undeter- 

 mined amaryllid. [Seeds of this plant 

 introduced under P. I. 112604.] 



112606. Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. 

 Solanaceae. Tomato. 



From Manchuria. Seeds presented by L. 

 Ptitsin, Harbin. Received November 6, 

 1932. Numbered in October 1935. 



A wild tomato ; introduced for Department 

 specialists. 



112607 to 112609. Phleum pratense L. 

 Poaceae. Timothy. 



From Germany. Seeds presented by the Di- 

 rector, Kaiser Wilhelm Institut fur Ziicht- 

 ungsforschung, Miincheberg. Received Oc- 

 tober 21, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



112607. No. 1520. An early variety. 



112608. No. 1522. A late variety. 



112609. No. 1521. A late variety. 



112610 to 112617. 



From Ecuador and Colombia. Seeds col- 

 lected by Mrs. Ynes Mexia, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry. Received October 18, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



112610. Bomarea sp. Amaryllidaceae. 



No. 7670-A. September 13. 1935. Can- 

 ton Quito, Provincia Pichincha, Ecuador ; 

 along the road from Nono to Gualea. A 

 vine with nodding flowers whose outer seg- 

 ments are scarlet and the inner ones red 

 orange flecked with maroon. 



112611. Chamaesenna velutina Britt. and 

 Killip. Caesalpiniaceae. 



No. 7686-A. Chalan. September 14, 

 1935. Canton Quito, Provincia Pichincha. 

 Ecuador ; collected near a stream along the 

 trail from Nono to San Francisco at 8,800 

 feet altitude. A very handsome tree nearly 

 50 feet high, with pinnate leaves and large 

 bright-yellow flowers in loose racemes. 



112612. Tephrosia toxicaria (Sw.) Pers. 

 Fabaceae. 



No. 7714-A. Barbasco chico. Septem- 

 ber 24, 1935. Near Puyo, Provincia Napo- 



112610 to 112617— Continued. 



Pastau. Ecuador, at 1.100 feet altitude. A 

 plant 4 feet high with whitish flowers. 



For previous introduction see 111591. 



112613. Lupinds sp. Fabaceae. 



No. 7709-A. Chocho. September 19, 

 1935. Canton Quito, Provincia Pichincha, 

 Ecuador ; collected on arid slopes at 10,000 

 feet altitude along the trail trom Nono to 

 Cotocallao. A spreading shrub about 4 

 feet high, with dark-blue flowers marked 

 with white on the upper petal. 



112614. PERNETTYA PROSTRATA PURPUREA 



(D. Don) Sleumer. Ericaceae. 



No. 7642-A. Moridera. August 17, 

 1935. Collected on the road from Ipiales 

 to Lojas, Departamento Narino, Colombia. 

 A low bushy shrub with small lanceolate 

 leaves, solitary white flowers, and purple 

 fruits. Native to Peru. 



112615. TROPaeolum digitatum Karst. 

 Tropaeolaceae. 



No. 7691-A. September 14, 1935. Can- 

 ton Quito, Provincia Pichincha, on the trail 

 from Nono to San Francisco, Ecuador, at 

 9,000 feet altitude. A woody climber with 

 peltate five- to seven-lobed leaves and yel- 

 low flowers an inch in diameter with a 

 long red spur. Native to Venezuela. 



112616. Tropaeolum tuberosum Ruiz and 

 Pav. Tropaeolaceae. 



No. 7687-A. September 14, 1935. Can- 

 ton Quito, Provincia Pichincha, Ecuador ; 

 collected along the trail from Nono to San 

 Francisco at 8,800 feet altitude. A tuber- 

 ous-rootpd herbaceous climber with red and 

 yellow flowers, native to the highlands of 

 northern South America, where the tubers 

 are boiled and eaten as a vegetable. The 

 plant is said to be able to withstand a 

 slight frost. 



For previous introduction see 111428. 



112617. (Undetermined.) 



No. 7677-A. September 13, 1935. Can- 

 ton Quito, Provincia Pichincha, Ecuador, 

 along the road from Nono to Gualea at 

 10,500 feet altitude. An ornamental vine 

 with attractive crimson flowers. 



112618. Tripsactjm sp. Poaceae. Grass. 



From Guatemala. Plants presented by the 

 United Fruit Co., through J. H. Kempton, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry. Received Oc- 

 tober 29, 1935. 



Collected in the Lake Retanas region ; in- 

 troduced for Department specialists. 



112619 to 112635. Nicotiana tabacum 

 L. Solanaceae. Common tobacco. 



From Mexico. Seeds collected by W. A. 

 Archer, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived October 29, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



112619. No. 3553. From Bobedas, Aguas- 

 calientes. 



112620. No. 3556. From Guerrero, Du- 

 rango. 



Nos. 112621 and 112622. Collected in the 

 State of Nayarit, October 1, 1935. 



112621. No. 3575. Jamaica. 



112622. No. 3576. Bonanza. 



