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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



114326 to 114331 — Continued. 



114327. DBLPHIXIUM CHBILANTHUM 



Fisch. 



A hardy perennial delphinium with 

 simple or branching stems up to 3 feet 

 high and racemes of dark-blue or some- 

 times yellowish flowers. Native to 

 Siberia. 



114328. Delphinium ochroleucum Stev. 



A perennial delphinium about 2 feet 

 high, with simple dense elongate ra- 

 cemes of yellow flowers. Native to the 

 Caucasus region. 



114329. Delphinium tristb Fisch. 



A perennial delphinium with simple 

 <or branching stems up to 2 feet high, 

 three- to five-parted leaves, and lax 

 racemes of large dark-purple flowers. 

 Native to southern Siberia. 



dulcamara L. Solana- 

 Bitter nightshade. 



114330. SOLANUI 

 ceae. 



For previous introduction see 114182. 



114331. Solanum nigrum L. Solanaceae. 



Black nightshade. 



114332 to 114337. 



From Mexico. Bulbs and seeds collected by 

 W A. Archer, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received April 3, 1936. 



114332. Hippeastrum sp. Amaryllidaceae. 



No. 3777. Collected March 18, 1936, at 

 Huimanguillo, Tabasco. A bulbous plant 

 with double, salmon-colored flowers. 



114333 to 114337. Nicotiana tabacum L. 

 Solanaceae. Common tobacco. 



114333. No. 3788. From Oluta, Vera- 

 cruz. 



114334. No. 3789. From San Juan 

 Evangelista, Veracruz. 



114335. No. 3781. From Ocuapan, near 

 Huimanguillo, Tabasco. 



114336. No. 

 cruz. 



114340 to 114343- 

 114340. Arachis 



-Continued. 



HYPOGAEA L. 



Fabaceae. 

 Peanut. 



3786. Front Oluta, Vera- 



114337. No. 3787. From Oluta, Vera- 

 cruz. 



114338 and 114339. 



From Japan. Seeds presented by the Japan 

 Seed & Plant Co., Tokyo. 



1, 1936. 



114338. Allium cepa L. 



Received April 



Liliaceae. 



Onion. 



Marutane mammoth. A bunching onion 

 which does not form a bulb but a pencil- 

 like shaft like a leek. The flavor is mild, 

 and the silver-white stem, about 2 feet 

 long, remains tender a long time. 



114339. Cucumis sativus L. Cucurbita- 

 ceae. Cucumber. 



Manchulco wonder. A new drought- 

 resistant cucumber. The fruits are long, 

 straight, and of dark-green color, measur- 

 ing about 7 inches in length and over an 

 inch in diameter. The fleshj is snow 

 white, very crisp, and has a delicious 

 flavor. 



114340 to 114343. 



From Mexico. Seeds collected by W. A. 

 Archer, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived April 3, 1936. 



No. 3776. From Villahermosa, Tabasco, 

 March 17, 1936. Cultivated peanuts. 



114341. Carica cauliflora J a c q. Pa- 

 payaceae. 



No. 3780. Collected near Huimanguillo, 

 Tabasco, March 19, 1936. A wild papaya ; 

 fruits from 1% to 2% inches in diameter. 



For previous introduction see 102878. 



114342. Carica papaya L. Papayaceae. 



Papaya. 



No. 3779. Collected near Huimanguillo, 

 Tabasco, March 19, 1936. A cultivated 

 papaya with fruits 8 by 12 inches ; often 

 larger. 



114343. Passiflora ligularis Juss. Pas- 

 sifloraceae. Sweet granadilla. 



No. 3784. Jujo. Collected at Car- 

 denas, Tabasco, March 20, 1936. 



114344 and 114345. 



From China. Scions presented by R. C. 

 Ching, Lushan Arboretum and Botanic 

 Garden, Ruling, Kiangsi. Received April 

 7, 1936. 



114344. Castanea henryi (Skan.) Rehd. 

 and Wils. Fagaceae. Chestnut. 



For previous introduction see 113662. 



114345. Castanea seguinii Dode. 

 ceae. 



Faga- 



Small wild chestnuts. 



For previous introduction see 112753. 



114346 to 114348. Vitis vtnifera L. 

 Vitaceae. European grape. 



From Germany. Scions presented by Dr. 

 H. Moog, Lehr-und Forschunganstalt fiir 

 Wein-Obst-und Gartenbau, Gartenbau, 

 Geisenheim am Rhein. Received April 6, 

 1936. 



114346. Blauer Spatburgunder. 



114347. Gewiirz Traminer. 



114348. Miiller-Thurgau. 



114349. Bambusa beecheyana Munro. 

 Poaceae. Bamboo. 



From California, Culms presented by Wil- 

 liam Hertrich, Huntington Botanic Gar- 

 den, San Marino. Received November 13, 

 1935. Numbered in April 1936. 



This bamboo, identified by Dr. F. A. Mc- 

 Clure, of Lingnan University, Canton, China, 

 is stated by him to be the commonest and 

 most valuable edible bamboo of southern 

 China. It grows to a height of about 35 feet, 

 but the culms are of greater diameter in the 

 lower part, in proportion to the height, than 

 are those of most other bamboos. Culms up 

 to 3% inches in diameter near the base have 

 been produced at San Marino. 



114350 to 114369. Nicotiana taba- 

 cum L. Solanaceae. 



Common tobacco. 



From Ecuador. Seeds collected by Raymond 

 Stadelman. Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received April 3, 1936. 



114350. No. 75. Esmeraldas. From Gua- 

 yas Province, March 12, 1936. 



