JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 193 6 



113555 to 113558. 



From Hungary. Seeds presented by Dr. 

 Bela Husz, Budapest. Received January 

 8. 1936. 



113555 and 113556. Linum USITATISSIMUM 

 L. Linaceae. Flax. 



113555. Oil flax. 



113556. Fiber flax. 



113557 and 113558. Triticum aestiyum L. 

 Poaceae. Wheat. 



113557. No. 5512. Winter wheat. 



113558. No. 5542. Winter wheat. 



113559 to 113563. Nicotian a tabacum 

 L. Solanaceae. Common tobacco. 



From Colombia. Seeds collected by Ray- 

 mond Stadelman, Bureau of Plant Indus- 

 try. Received January 21, 1936. 



Collected in the Departamento Tolima, 

 January 11, 1936. 



113559. No. 59. A sample containing 

 Costillo negro, Costillo bianco, and Pina, 

 from Armero. 



113560. No. 60. A sample containing 

 Costillo negro, Costillo bianco, Pina, 

 and others, from Rastrojos. 



113561. No. 61. A field sample containing 

 Costillo negro, Costillo bianco, Pina, 

 and others from Rastrojos. 



113562. No. 62. Ambalema. From Esta- 

 cion Agricola de Armero. 



113563. No. 63. Ambalema. From Esta- 

 cion Agricola de Armero. 



113564. XYI.OSMA FLEXTJOSA (H. B. K.) 



Hemsl. Flacourtiaceae. 



From Texas. Seeds presented by Peter 

 Heinz, Brownsville. Received January 17, 

 1936. 



Huichichiltemel. A shrub or small tree up 

 to 20 feet high, with glabrous leaves and 

 numerous fragrant flowers followed by small 

 dark-red fruits, about one-fourth inch in 

 diameter. The fruits are very conspicuous 

 and numerous, covering the entire plant, 

 making a more attractive appearance than 

 holly. This plant is cultivated as an orna- 

 mental in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. 



113565 to 113578. 



From the Union of South Africa. Seeds 

 purchased from the Winton Nurseries, 

 Bonnie Vale. Cape Province. Received 

 January 13, 1936. 



113565. Anthericum falcatum L. f. Lili- 

 aceae. 



A herbaceous perennial with linear 

 radical leaves about 1 foot long and many 

 small white vanilla-scented flowers in lax 

 racemes. Native to South Africa. 



113566. Ferraria obtusifolia Sweet. Iri- 

 daceae. 



A densely bunched bulbous plant about 

 1 foot high, with short, sword-shapcd 

 leaves and a corymb of showy brownish- 

 purple, fringed flowers. Native to South 

 Africa. 



113567. Gladiolus blandus Ait. Irida- 

 ceae. 



A South African gladiolus with sword- 

 shaped leaves somewhat shorter than the 

 stem, which is from 6 to 24 inches in 



113565 to 113578— Continued. 



height and which bears 3 to 10 white or 

 reddish tinted scentless flowers, each over 

 an inch long. 



For previous introduction see 106737. 



113568. Gladiolus callistus Bolus f. Iri- 

 daceae. 



A plant 30 to 40 inches high, with 4 

 to 7 narrow sword-shaped leaves 1 to 2 

 feet long and 2 stem leaves. The flowers, 

 white suffused with pink and 9 to 12 in 

 number, are produced on 1 to 3 branches. 



For previous introduction see 105286. 



113569. IXIA PANICULATA TENUIFLORA 



(Vahl) Baker. Iridaceae. 



A South African ixia with several linear 

 basal leaves up to 18 inches long and 

 many creamy-white flowers, the segments 

 about 1 inch long. The lax erect spikes 

 on stems 1 to 3 feet high are sometimes 

 branched. 



113570 to 113574. Gladiolus spp. Irida- 

 ceae. 



113570. Gladiolus gracilis Jacq. 



A plant with about three rigid, sub- 

 terete leaves a foot or less long and 

 very slender stems up to 2 feet high, 

 bearing two to six pale-lilac, scentless 

 flowers in a lax secund spike. Native 

 to South Africa. 



For previous introduction see 105288. 



113571. Gladiolus grandis Thunb. 



Closely related to Gladiolus tristis, 

 this has three strongly terete leaves 12 

 to 18 inches long and a siender stem 

 up to 2 feet high. The purplish, brown- 

 tinged flowers are 2 to 3 inches long, 

 in a lax secund spike. Native to -the 

 Cape of Good Hope. 



For previous introduction see 105289. 



113572. Gladiolus permeabilis Delar. 



A South African gladiolus of the 

 Hebea group, with firm narrow-linear or 

 subterete leaves up to a foot long, and 

 a slender flexuose stem about as long 

 bearing 6 to 12 pale-pink or lilac flow- 

 ers in lax simple or branched spikes. 



113573. Gladiolus pulchellus Klatt. 



A South African gladiolus with a 

 simple or branched stem about 1 foot 

 high and 4 to 8 pinkish-purple, highly 

 scented flowers in a lax spike, the upper 

 segments long clawed. 



113574. Gladiolus undulatus Jacq. 



A bulbous plant with a stem a foot 

 high, including the spike and several 

 sword-shaped leaves about a foot long. 

 The four to six flowers are milk white 

 marked with red and are produced in a 

 very lax spike. Native to South Africa. 



For previous introduction see 44728. 



113575. Hesperantha sp. Iridaceae. 



A species with white, star-shaped flowers. 



113576. Homeria elegans (Jacq.) Sweet. 

 Iridaceae. 



A bulbous plant with a single linear 

 leaf about 1 foot long and a stem about 

 as long, with one to four clusters of 

 showy bright-yellow flowers, the outer seg- 

 ments heavily blotched with a maroon or 

 greenish mark in the center. Native to 

 South Africa. 



