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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



115868 to 115872— Continued. 



115868. No. 

 Moscow. 



115869. No. 



Moscow. 



179. From Nomer Pervy, 

 184. From Belorusskaya, 



115870. Brassica oleracea L. Brassica- 

 ceae. Wild cabbage. 



No. 1425. From northern Caucasus. 

 Received under the varietal name "orien- 

 talis," for which a place of publication 

 has not been found. 



115871 and 115872. Ltcopbrsicon escu- 

 lbntdm Mill. Solanaceae. Tomato, 



Budionovka. 

 C hn d o R i n k a. 



115871. No. K-1561. 



115872. No. 163/co. 

 From the Ukraine. 



115873 to 115973. 



From India. Seeds collected by Walter 

 Koelz. Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived May 6, 1936. 



115873. Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) 

 Moench. Malvaceae. Okra. 



No. 401. BMndi. From the market at 

 Agra, United Provinces, March 28, 1936. 

 Fruits up to 3 inches long. 



115874 to 115876. Allium cepa L. Lllia- 

 ceae. Onion, 



Piyaz. From Agra, United Provinces, 

 March 29, 1936. 



115874. No. 407. Said to be a red flat 

 strong onion, 4 inches in diameter, 

 which keeps from May to January in 

 good condition. 



115875. No. 417. Said to be a flat red 

 onion, 4 inches in diameter. 



115876. No. 437. Said to be a flat 

 white onion, 4 inches in diameter. 



115877. Arachis hypogaea L. 



Fabaceae. 

 Peanut. 



No. 257. Aurapalli. From Poona, 

 March 15, 1936. 



115878 to 115886. Brassica spp. Brasslca- 

 ceae. 



115878 to 115883. Brassica oleracea 

 botrytis L. Cauliflower. 



From Agra, United Provinces, March 

 27 to March 29, 1936. 



115878. No. 394. Agra phulgoU. 

 The largest heads of the five vari- 

 eties grown here. 



115879. No. 397. Agra phulgoU. 

 The heads are 10 inches in diam- 

 eter. 



115880. No. 399. Agra phulgoU. 



115881. No. 409. Patna phulgoU. A 

 form said to be self-bleaching. 



115882. No. 410. Saharanpur phul- 

 goU. Said to be 15 days later 

 than 409 [115881] and to have 

 larger heads. 



115883. No. 435. 

 3 months. 



Said to mature in 



115884. Brassica oleracea capitata L. 



Cabbage. 



No. 428. Gobi. March 29, 11936. 

 Probably naturalized from Europe. 

 Heads seen on the market were firm, 

 rounded, and 8 inches in diameter. 



115873 to 115973— Continued. 



115885 and 115886. Brassica rapa L. 



Turnip. 



Shelgam. From Agra, United Prov- 

 inces, March 28, 1936. 



115885. No. 398. Said to be red- 

 skinned, rounded, and to grow the 

 year round. 



115886. Probably the common 

 skinned form. 



red- 



115887. Carthamus tinctorius L. As- 

 teraceae. Saffiower. 



No. 418. Kasni. From Agra, United 

 Provinces, March 29, 1936. Flowers and 

 seeds used medicinally. 



For previous introduction see 115444. 



115888. Murraya paniculata (L.) Jack. 

 Rutaceae. 



No. 420. From Agra, United Provinces, 

 March 29, 1936. An attractive shrub 

 with fragrant white flowers like orange 

 blossoms and dark shiny leaves. 



For previous introduction see 32317. 



115889. Chenopodium album L. Cheno- 

 podiaceae. 



No. 414. Batwa. A potherb from 

 Agra, United Provinces, March 29, 1936. 



115890 to 115902. ClTRULLUS VULGARIS 



Schrad. Cucurbitaceae. Watermelon. 



Nos. 115890 to 115895 were collected 

 at Poona, March 15, 1936. 



115890. No. 256. An elongate, light- 

 green melon with darker irregular 

 stripes, 18 inches long ; fairly sweet 

 flesh of good quality and thin rind. 



115891. No. 258. A dark-green melon 19 

 inches long, with thick rind ; flesh 

 fairly sweet and of fair quality. 



115892. No. 262. A somewhat elongate 

 melon 1 foot in diameter with me- 

 dium-green rind with broken nets of 

 darker green ; rind thick ; flesh coarse 

 but fairly sweet. 



115893. No. 265. Fruit globose, dark 

 green, feebly blotched with lighter 

 green, 14 inches in diameter ; rind 

 hard and thick ; flesh melting, insipid. 



115894. No. 267. Fruit 18 inches long, 

 elongate, rind pale green, striped 

 darker. Flesh granular, not particu- 

 larly good. 



115895. No. 287. A dark-green globose 

 fruit 1 foot in diameter ; flesh of fair 

 quality, but not very sweet. 



Nos. 115896 and 115897 More col- 

 lected in Bombay, March 18, 1936. 



115896. No. 351. A whitish green, un- 

 marked, subglobose fruit, 1 foot in 

 diameter ; flesh pink, coarse and in- 

 sipid. 



115897. No. 352. A light^green fruit 

 finely netted with darker green, sub- 

 globose and 1 foot in diameter ; flesh 

 of fair quality but insipid. 



Nos. 115898 to 115900 were collected 

 at Jalgaon, Khandesh, Bombay Presi- 

 dency, March 21, 1936. 



115898. No. 374. A medium-green, finely 

 netted fruit, heavily blotched with 

 darker green, 18 inches by 12 inches ; 

 rind thick ; flesh of fair quality and 

 flavor. 



