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PLANT MATERIAL 1NTR0DU0BD 



114649. Muscari sp. 



114640 to 114656— Continued. 



114648. Lactuca plumibri (L.) Gren. 

 and Godr. 



A perennial lettuce with stout stems 

 about 6 feet high and purple flower heads 

 in terminal cymes. Native to Europe. 



Liliaceae. 



Grape-hyacinth. 



Received under the name "argaei," which 

 has not been properly published. This is 

 a grape-hyacinth similar to Muscari neg- 

 lectum. 



114650. Muscari aucheri (Boiss.) Baker. 

 Liliaceae. Grape-hyacinth. 



A grape-hyacinth with usually three 

 fleshy linear leaves 2 or 3 inches long and 

 a slender purple scape about as long, with 

 6 to 10 blue flowers in a dense spikelike 

 cluster. Native to Asia Minor. 



114651. Pisum jomardi Schrank. 

 ceae. 



Faba- 

 Pea. 



spp. Polygona- 

 Rhubarb. 



A hardy white-flowered annual pea about 

 3 feet high, native to Egypt. 



For previous introduction see 110605. 



114652 to 114656. Rheu 

 ceae. 



114652. Rheum acuminatum Hook. f. 

 and Thorns. 



114653. Rheum officinale Baill. 



For previous introduction see 114596. 



114654. Rheum palmatum L. 



Sorrel rhubarb. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 114597. 



114655. Rheum rhaponticum L. 



Common rhubarb. 



For previous introduction see 114628. 



114656. Solanum dulcamara L. Sola- 

 naceae. Bitter nightshade. 



For previous introduction see 114630. 



114657. Zephyranthes sp. Amarylli- 

 daceae. 



From Mexico. Bulbs collected by W. A. 

 Archer, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived April 21, 1936. 



No. 3790. San Juan. Collected March 

 26, 1936, at San Juan Evangelisto, Veracruz. 



114658 to 114661. 



From the Netherlands. Seeds presented by 

 the Director, Botanic Garden, Groningen. 

 Received April 18, 1936. 



114658. Delphinium p y l z o w i Maxim. 

 Ranunculaceae. Larkspur. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 114505. 



114659. Delphinium 

 nunculaceae. 



requieni 



DC. Ra- 

 Larkspur. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 114532. 



114660. Kitaibelia vitifolia Willd. Mal- 

 vaceae. 



For previous introduction see 98360. 



114661. Ophiobostryx volubilis (Harv.) 

 Skeels. Liliaceae. 



An asparaguslike perennial with a glo- 

 bose bulb 4 to 6 inches in diameter, small 



114658 to 114661— Continued. 



erect linear leaves, and a slender twining 

 stem 6 to 8 feet long. The numerous 

 small greenish flowers are less than one- 

 half inch long. Native to southern Africa. 



For previous introduction see 31853. 



114662 to 114664. Solanum tubero- 

 sum L. Solanaceae. Potato. 



From Ireland. Tubers presented by Dr. W. 

 J. Megraw, through C. F. Clark, Bureau 

 of Plant Industry. Received April 25, 

 1936. 



114662. Arran Victory; blight-resistant. 



114863. Ballydoon; strong grower, second 

 early. 



114664. Kerr's Pink; of good quality. 



114665. Carica papaya L. Papayaceae. 



Papaya. 



From Hawaii. Seeds presented by W. T. 

 Pope, Agricultural Experiment Station, 

 Honolulu. Received April 23, 1936. 



Solo variety. 



114666. Entebolobium cyclocabpum 

 (Jacq.) Griseb. Mimosaceae. 



Guanacaste tree. 



From Costa Rica. Seeds presented by the 

 Chief, Botanical Section of the National 

 Agricultural Bureau, San Jose\ through 

 Harold M. Collins, American consul, San 

 Jose. Received April 22, 1936. 



A large spreading tree, native to the 

 Pacific region of tropical America, where it 

 grows at an altitude of about 2,700 feet. 

 The trunk sometimes becomes 3 feet in diam- 

 eter. The compound leaves close during the 

 night, and the pods are twisted into a sort 

 of spiral. The leaves and pods are much 

 relished by cattle. 



For previous introduction see 93577. 



114667 to 114669. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by Robert M. 

 Grey,- Superintendent, Atkins Institution^ 

 of the Arnold Arboretum, Soledad, Cien- 

 fuegos, through F. G. Walsingham. Re- 

 ceived April 22, 1936. 



114667. Fortunella HiNDSii (Champ.) 

 Swingle. Rutaceae. 



Hong Kong kumquat. 



From the Botanical and Forestry De- 

 partment, Hong Kong. A small shrub 

 with oval-elliptic, leathery leaves and 

 small attractive orange fruits. Native to 

 southeastern China. 



For previous introduction see 109765. 



114668. Tecomaria capensis (Thunb.) 

 Spach. Bignoniaceae. 



From the Botanical and Forestry De- 

 partment, Kenya, British East Africa. 

 Native to South Africa. A rambling shrub 

 about 6 feet high, with pinnate leaves 2 

 to 5 inches long and cymes of many 

 orange-red to scarlet flowers about 2 inches 

 long. 



114669. (Undetermined.) 



From Sun Yat-Sen University, Canton, 

 China. Received as "Zenia insignis," for 

 which a place of publication has not been 

 found. 



