INVENTORY 1 



Note. — This inventory is a historical record of plant material introduced for 

 Department and other specialists. It is not to be considered as a list of plant 

 material for distribution. 



113513. PlNNELLIA TERNATA (Thunb.) 



Brent. Araceae. 



From China. Bulbs collected by Peter Liu, 

 near Peiping. Received January 7, 1936. 



A hardy bulbous perennial closely related 

 to the arums, with three-parted leaves ; the 

 oblong-elliptic leaflets are about 3 inches long. 

 Native to eastern China. 



113514 to 113516. 



From Egypt. Seeds presented by the Horti- 

 cultural Section, Ministry of Agriculture, 

 Giza. Received January 7, 1936. 



Native Egyptian types. 



113514. Apium graveolens L. Apiaceae. 



Celery. 



113515. Daucus carota L. Apiaceae. 



Carrot. 



113516. Ltcopersicon esculentum Mill. 

 Solanaceae. Tomato. 



113517 to 113519. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- 

 lics. Seeds presented by the Department 

 of New Cultures and Introduction, Insti- 

 tute of Plant Industry of the Lenin Acad- 

 emy of Agricultural Sciences, Leningrad. 

 Received January 7, 1936. 



113517. Agropyron sibiricum (Willd.) 

 Beauv. Poaceae. Grass. 



No. 1141. From Kazakstan, Turkistan. 



113518. Carex physodes Bieb. Cypera- 

 ceae. 



No. 141031. From Turkistan. 



113517 to 113519— Continued. 



113519. Ixiolirion tAtaricum (Pall.) Her- 

 bert. Amaryllidaceae. 



No. 141576. From Repetek, Turkistan. 

 A bulbous perennial, native from the Cau- 

 casus through central Asia, with awl- 

 shaped leaves and terminal umbels of 

 deep-blue or violet lilylike flowers, which 

 are borne in the spring. 



For previous introduction see 107935. 



113520 to 113523. Tbitictjm aestivum L. 

 Poaceae. Common wheat. 



From Hungary. Seeds presented by Dr. Bela 

 Husz, Budapest. Received January 9, 1936. 



A collection of winter -wheats. 



113520. No. B-1201. 113522. No. B-1205. 



113521. No. B-1005. 113523. Prolific. 

 113524 to 113534. 



From the Soviet Union. Plants presented 

 by the Department of New Cultures and 

 Introduction, Institute of Plant Industry 

 of the Lenin Academy of Agricultural Sci- 

 ence, Leningrad. Received January 10, 

 1936. 



113524 to 113533. Prunus armeniaca L, 

 Amygdalaceae. Apricot. 



113524. Arzami. 



113525. Badami. 



113526. Badem-Erik. 



113527. Baradjali. 



113528. Oeogdjanabad. 



1 It should be understood that the names of varieties of fruits, vegetables, cereals, and 

 other plants used in this inventory are those under which the material was received when 

 introduced by the Division of Plant Exploration and Introduction, and, further, that the 

 printing of such names here does not constitute their official publication and adoption in 

 this country. As the different varieties are studied, their entrance into the American 

 trade forecast, and the use of varietal names for them in American literature becomes 

 necessary, the foreign varietal designations appearing in this inventory will be subject to 

 change with a view to bringing the forms of the names into harmony with recognized 

 horticultural nomenclature. 



It is a well-known fact that botanical descriptions, both technical and economic, seldom 

 mention the seeds at all and rarely describe them in such a way as to make possible identi- 

 fication from the seeds alone. Many of the unusual plants listed in these inventories are 

 appearing in this country for the first time, and there are no seed samples or herbarium 

 specimens with ripe seeds with which the new arrivals may be compared. The only iden- 

 tification possible is to see that the sample received resembles seeds of other species of the 

 same genus or of related genera. The responsibilty for the identifications, therefore, must 

 necessarily often rest with the person sending the material. If there is any question 

 regarding the correctness of the identification of any plant received from this Division, 

 herbarium specimens of leaves and flowers should be sent in so that definite identification- 

 can be made. 



