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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



115428 to 115525— Continued. 



115495 to 115497. Raphanus sativus L. 

 Brassicaceae. Radish. 



From Poona, March 16, 1936. Pre- 

 sented by the principal of the Poona Agri- 

 cultural College. 



115495. No. 328. Magri. The seed 

 pods, up to 2 feet long, are used as 

 a vegetable. 



115496. No. 329. Magri. The seed 

 pods, up to 2 feet long, are used as a 

 vegetable. 



115947. No. 331. Sufed muli. The 

 leaves and the white root, up to a 

 foot long, are eaten. The flavor is 

 mild and pleasant, and the plant is 

 said to grow the year round. 



115498. Soja max (L.) Piper. Fabaceae. 



Soybean. 



No. 337. From Poona, March 16, 1936. 

 Origin unknown ; the beans are used both 

 as food and as fodder. 



115499. Cajanus indicus Spreng. Faba- 

 ceae. Pigeonpea. 



No. 203. Tuarka oalli. From Banga- 

 lore, Mysore, March 5, 1936. Much es- 

 teemed as food. 



115500. Voandzbia subterranea (L.) 

 Thours. Fabaceae. 



No. 246. Musambi charma. From Bom- 

 bay, March 8, 1936. Eaten dry and said 

 to be imported from Africa. 



115501 to 115512. SOLANUM MELONGENA L. 



Solanaceae. Eggplant. 



115501. No. 278. Kathe vanjali. From 

 Poona, March 15, 1936. A very 

 seedy, much-esteemed fruit, globose, 

 greenish, marked white or purple, 

 and about 2 inches in diameter with 

 a spiny calyx. 



115502. No. 323. Gote vangi. From 

 Poona, March 16, 1936. A popular 

 variety, said to be subglobose, of 

 medium size, pale purple lined abun- 

 dantly with white. 



115503. No. 324. Kalevangi. From 

 Poona, March 16, 1936. A black- 

 purple fruit 8 inches long. 



115504. No. 339. MuktakesM. From' 

 Peona, March 16, 1936. A variety 

 weighing up to 2 pounds and free 

 from seeds. 



115505. No. 340. Giant of Benares. A 

 strain selected by a local seedsman 

 from a northern A'ariety. Said to 

 grow to 3 pounds. 



115506 to 115512. From Poona, March 

 16, 1936. Presented by Dr. G. S. 

 Cheema, Chief Horticulturist, Bom- 

 bay Government. A collection of 

 strains bred from the local forms, 

 represented in his collection. 



115506. No. 321. Black Beauty. 



115507. No. 321-A. Gote Vangi. 



115508. No. 321-B. Long Green. 



115509. No. 321-C. Long Purple. 



115510. No. 321-D. New York Im- 

 proved Purple. 



115511. No. 321-B. Round Purple. 



115512. No. 321-F. Round Purple. 



115428 to 115525— Continued. 



115513 to 115517. Triticum aestivum L. 

 Poaceae. Common wheat. 



From Poona, March 16, 1936. 



115513. No. 283. Punjabi Sarvati. 

 Said to have come originally from 

 the Punjab. 



115514. No. 284. EaUgawaran. 



115515. No. 285. Gawaran. 



115516. No. 286. Sarpatti Gawaran. 



115517. No. 282. Bakshi gao. Said to 

 be locally grown and to be a very 

 good winter crop. 



115518. VlGNA SESQDIPEDALIS (L.) FrU- 



wirth. Fabaceae. Asparagus-bean. 



No. 344. From Poona, March 16, 1936. 

 Pods and seeds used as food, but the plant 

 is. not widely grown, although the pods 

 appear to be very good. 



115519 to 115524. Vigna sinensis (Torner) 

 Savi. Fabaceae. Cowpea. 



115519. No. 243. Choti chau. From 

 Bombay, March 8, 1936. Said to be 

 eaten dry and to be from' Gujerat. 



115520. No. 247. Ghaula. From Bom- 

 bay, March 8, 1936. Said to come 

 from Abusar. Eaten dry. 



115521 to 115524. From Poona, March 

 16, 1936. Presented by the principal 

 of the Poona Agricultural College. 

 Ohauli. The seeds are eaten dry and 

 used as fodder. 



115521. No. 316. 



115522. No. 317. 



115523. No. 318. 



115524. No. 319. 



115525. Ziziphds 

 Rhamnaceae. 



MAURITIAN a Lam. 

 Indian jujube. 



No. 253. Bhor. From Bombay, March 

 11, 1936. An uncultivated tree whose 

 leaves are used for fodder and the small 

 fruits, three-fourths of an inch in diam- 

 eter, are more or less astringent, but 

 edible. 



115526 to 115537. 



From the Netherlands. Seeds presented by 

 Dr. Th. J. Stomps, Director, Botanic Gar- 

 den of the University of Amsterdam, Am- 

 sterdam. Received April 22, 1936. 



115526. Cucurbita 

 Cucurbitaceae. 



a x i m a Duchesne. 

 Squash. 



115527. Lactuca plumieri (L.) Gren. and 

 Godr. Cichoriaceae. 



For previous introduction see 114648. 



115528. Lactuca virosa L. Cichoriaceae. 

 For previous introduction see 114536. 



115529. Rheum palmatum L. Polygona- 

 ceae. Sorrel rhubarb. 



For previous introduction see 115274. 



TANGUTICUM 



Rhubarb. 



115530. Rheum palmatum 

 Maxim. Polygonaceae. 



For previous introduction see 114468. 



115531 to 115537. Solanum spp. 

 ceae. 



Solana- 



115531. Solanum aviculare Forst. f. 



Nightshade. 



