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114122 to 114140— Continued. 



114139. Ipomoea sp. Convolvulaceae. 



No. 3737. Campanula. From San Jose\ 

 Costa Rica, February 29. 1936. A native 

 ornamental -with large sky-blue flowers. 



114140. Senecio 



Asteraceae. 



No. 3747. Collected near El Paraiso, 

 Costa Rica, February 27, 1936. An orna- 

 mental composite witb dark red-orange 

 flowers. 



114141 and 114142. Gossypitjm. Malva- 

 ceae. Cotton. 



From Haiti. Seeds collected by H. D. 

 Barker. Bureau of Plant Industry, at the 

 Agricultural Experiment Station, Port-au- 

 Prince. Received March 27, 1936. 



114141. Selection of Forbes-Barker cotton, 

 36-8-34-5. 



114142. Selection of Forbes-Barker cotton, 

 R-6-8-29. 



114143 to 114149. 



From Rumania. Seeds presented by Prof. M. 

 Vladescu, Director, Botanic Garden of the 

 University of Bucharest, Bucharest. Re- 

 ceived March 20, 1936. 



114143 to 114146. Delphinium spp. Ra- 

 nunculaceae. Larkspur. 



114143. Delphinium consolida L. 



Field larkspur. 



An erect hairy annual over a foot 

 high, with blue or white flowers in loose 

 panicles. Native to Europe. 



For previous introduction see 104951. 



114144. Delphinium laxiflorum DC. 



A hardy herbaceous perennial about 

 3 feet high, with three- to seven-lobed 

 leaves and blue flowers in lax racemes. 

 Native to Siberia. 



114145. Delphinium sulphureum Boiss. 

 and Haussk. 



A tuberous-rooted delphinium up to 2 

 feet bigh. The dark-green leaves have 

 several narrow linear lobes, and the 

 large light-yellow flowers are in long 

 racemes. Native to Iran (Persia). 



114146. Delphinium iliense Huth. 



An erect perennial about 3 feet high, 

 with much-divided leaves and many 

 pale-blue flowers in long racemes. Na- 

 tive to Turkistan. 



114147. Dianthus glacialis Haenke. Sile- 

 naceae. 



A tufted perennial up to 4 inches high, 

 similar to Dinathus alpinus. The small 

 odorless red-purple flowers are borne singly 

 or up to three in a cluster. Native to the 

 mountains of southern Europe. 



114148. Rubus Caesius L. Rosaceae. 



Dewberry. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 113859. 



114149. Rubus rosaefolius J. E. Smith. 

 Rosaceae. Roseleaf raspberry. 



A raspberry native to southeastern Asia 

 and evergreen in the Tropics. The hairy 

 stems are 3 to 6 feet high, the pinnately 

 compound leaves are made up of tvfo to 

 seven pairs of ovate sharply serrate leaf- 

 lets, and the white flowers, 1 to 2 incites 

 across, are in small clusters and are fol- 



114143 to 114149— Continued. 



lowed by erect, bright-red. thimble-shaped 

 fruits nearly 2 inches long, edible but 

 insipid. 



For previous introduction see 99706. 

 114150 to 114188. 



From the Netherlands. Seeds presented by 

 the Director, Botanic Garden, Leyden. 

 Received March 25, 1936. 



114150 to 114159. Cucurbita spp. Cucur- 

 bitaceae. 



114150. Cucurbita ficifolia Bouche. 



Alcallota. 



A melon, native to Ecuador, where it 

 is cultivated extensively and used as 

 food for man as well as for stock feed. 

 The melons weigh 20 to 30 pounds 

 each ; when completely ripe the shell is 

 very hard, the flesh white and the seeds 

 black. There are two varieties — the 

 white-shelled and the green and white 

 striped. 



For previous introduction see 76092. 



114151 and 114152. Cucurbita maxima 

 Duchesne. Squash. 



114153 to 114159. Cucurbita pepo L. 



Pumpkin. 



114153. The common type. 



114154. Variety Aurantiaca. 



114155. Variety Gitriformis. 



114156. Variety Maliformis. 



114157. Variety Ovifera. 



114158. Variety Piriformis. 



114159. Variety Verrucosa. 



114160 to 114168. Delphinium spp. Ra- 

 nunculaceae. Larkspur. 



114160. Delphinium elatum L. 



Bee larkspur. 



A European species 2 to 6 feet high, 

 bearing blue flowers with dark-violet 

 petals. 



For previous introduction see 53143. 



114161. Delphinium consolida L. 



Field larkspur. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see 114143. 



114162. Delphinium geteri Greene. 



A perennial delphinium up to about 2 

 feet high, with rather large, deep-blue 

 flowers in a compact raceme. Native to 

 the high plains of Wyoming and Colo- 

 rado. 



114163. Delphinium maackianum Regel. 



An erect, perennial delphinium up to 

 3 feet high, with three- to five-parted 

 leaves and many blue flowers in ra- 

 cemes. It is closely related to Delphini- 

 um elatum. 



114164. Delphinium tatsienensb 

 Franch. 



A larkspur from western China with 

 slender stems and hairy leaves divided 

 into three to five deep sections. The 

 deep-blue flowers are in a large loose 

 raceme. 



For previous introduction see 104851. 



