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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



112657 to 112662. Festuca rubra com- 

 mutata Gaud. Poaceae. 



Chewings fescue. 



From New Zealand. Seeds presented by the 

 Director, Plant Research Station, Palmers- 

 ton North. Received October 25, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



112657. Ref. 35/10010 (99-2/96). 



112658. Ref. 35/10073. 



112659. Ref. 35/10075. 



112660. Ref. 35/10077. 



112661. Ref. 35/10547. 



112662. Ref. 35/10548. 



112663 to 112665. Arachis hypogaea L. 

 Fabaceae. Peanut. 



From Brazil. Seeds presented by the Di- 

 rector, Estagao Experimental do Trigo, 

 Ponta Grossa, Parana. Received Novem 

 ber 1, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



112666 to 112669. Prunus spp. Amyg- 

 dalaceae. 



From England. Cuttings presented by Col- 

 lingwood Ingram, The Grange, Benenden, 

 Kent. Received January 31, 1930. Num- 

 bered in December 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



112666. PKUNDs sieboldii (Carr.) Witt 

 mack. 



Takasago; best strain. 



112667 to 112669. Prunus serrulata Lindl. 

 Oriental cherry 



112667. Okiku-zakura. 



112668. Tai Haku. 



112669. Ingram No. 2. 



112670. Sasa veitchii (Carr.) Rehder. 

 Poaceae. Bamboo. 



From New Jersey. Plants presented by W. 

 A. Manda, Inc.. South Orange. Received 

 November 6, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 

 112671 and 112672. 



From the Irish Free State. Plants presented 

 by J. W. Besant, Keeper, Botanic Garden, 

 Glasnevin, Dublin. Received November 6, 

 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



112671. SEMPERVIVUM ERYTHRAEUM Vel. 



Crassulaceae. 



A hardy sempervivum with tufted ro- 

 settes of many small grayish-purple leaves 

 and small reddish flowers on a leafy stem 

 10 inches or less in height. Native to 

 Bulgaria at altitudes of 3,000 to 8,000 feet. 



112672. SEMPERVIVUM MACEDONICUM Prae- 



ger. Crassulaceae. 



A succulent perennial forming a loose 

 mat of rosettes of small fleshy leaves, red- 

 dish about the older leaf tips and small 

 red-purple flowers on a leafy stem about 6 

 inches high. Native to Macedonia. 



112673. Hordeum sp. Poaceae. Barley. 



From England. Seeds presented by a Mr. 

 Beaven, Warminster, Wiltshire, through 

 Dorothy Marlatt, Washington, D. C. Re 

 ceived November 4, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



112674. Triticum aestivum L. Poaceae. 



Common wheat. 



From Canada. Seeds presented by the Uni- 

 versity of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon. Re- 

 ceived November 8, 1935. 



No. 1703. Apex; introduced for Depart- 

 ment specialists. 



112675 and 112676. 



From Brownsville, Tex. Seeds collected by 

 Peter Heinz near Tamazunchale, Mexico. 

 Received November 12, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



112675. Beloperone comosa Nees. Acan- 

 thaceae. 



A herbaceous perennial with oval leaves 

 and sbowy yellowish flowers in axillary 

 spikes, subtended by dusky scarlet bracts. 

 Native to Mexico. 



112676. Ocimum 

 Menthaceae. 



MICRANTHUM W i 1 1 d. 



Wild basil. 



112677. Amygdalus persica L. Amyg- 

 dalaceae. Peach. 



From India. Plants purchased from the Bo- 

 tanic Garden, Saharanpur. Received 

 March 5, 1934. Numbered in November 

 1935. 



Saharanpur No. 5; introduced for Depart- 

 ment specialists. 



112678. Saccharum sp. Poaceae. 



From the Fiji Islands. Cuttings presented 

 by the Colonial Sugar Refining Co., Ltd., 

 Rarawai. Received November 14, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



Received under the name "robustum," a 

 name not properly published. 



112679. Aleurites trisperma Blanco. 

 Euphorbiaceae. Banucalag. 



From Florida. Seeds presented by Mrs. L. L. 

 Bow, Homestead, through T. B. McClel- 

 land. United States Plant Introduction 

 Garden, Coconut Grove. Received Septem- 

 ber 11, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



This Philippine relative of the tung-oil 

 tree (Aleurites fordii) is a tree 30 to 50 feet 

 high, with heart-shaped leaves and rounded 

 three-angh d fruits about 2 inches in diameter. 

 It is a tropical tree and withstands only a 

 tew degrees of frost. The oil obtained from 

 the seeds resembles tung oil, but has a some- 

 what lower drying power. 



For previous introduction see 65297. 



112680 to 112682. Nicotiana tabacum 

 L. Solanaceae. Common tobacco. 



From Mexico. Seeds collected by W. A. 

 Archer, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived November 14, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



