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PLANT MATERIAL INT ROD TOED 



116078 to 116085— Continued. 

 116082. Negro, a pure strain. 

 118083. Pina, a pure strain. 



116084. Collected at Santa Rita. 



116085. Collected at San Nicolas. 



116086. Saccharum sp. Poaceae. 



From Papete, New Hebrides Islands. Rooted 

 cuttings. Received June 8, 1936. 



Received under the name "robustum," a 

 name not properly published. 



116087. Nicotiana tabacum L. Sola- 

 naceae. Common tobacco. 



From Honduras. Seeds presented by Ricardo 

 Aparicio, Tuxtepec, Oaxaca, Mexico, 

 through the American consul at Teguci- 

 galpa, at the request of W. A. Archer, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry. Received June 



9, 1936. 



ChicMcaste (Honduras) ; Burro (Cuba). 



116088. Mangifera indica L. Anacar- 

 diaceae. Mango. 



From the Canal Zone. Plants presented by 

 J. E. Higgins, Canal Zone Experiment 

 Gardens, Balboa Heights. Received June 



10, 1936. 



Fairohild mango. 



116089. Chimonobambusa makmorea 

 (Mitf.) Makino. (Arundinaria mar- 

 morea (Mitf.) Makino). Poaceae. 



Bamboo. 



From England. Plant presented by the 

 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey. Re- 

 ceived June 9, 1936. 



A small bamboo growing 3 feet or more 

 high. The inter nodes of the culms are very 

 short with three branches at each node, two 

 short and one long. The bright-green, nearly 

 sessile leaves are up to 4% inches long 

 by three-( ighths to five-eighths of an inch 

 wide, rough on both edges, and with tessel- 

 lated venations. The degree of hardiness of 

 the plant is not definitely known, though it 

 is reported to have withstood a temperature 

 of about 8° F. without injury in England. 



For previous introduction see 90301. 



116090 to 116098. Beta spp. Chenopo- 

 diaceae. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- 

 lics. Seeds presented by the Institute of 

 Plant Industry, Leningrad. Received June 

 17, 1936. 



116090 and 116091. Beta lomatogona 

 Fisch. and Mey. 



116090. No. 1. From Armenia. 



118091. No. 2. From Azerbaijan. 

 118092 and 116093. Beta macrorhiza Stev. 



A perennial, native to the Caucasus 

 region. 



116092. No. 6. Near Yak, Azerbaijan. 



116093. No. 7. Near Kriz, Azerbaijan. 



116094 to 116096. Beta trigyna Waldst. 

 and Kit. 



For previous introduction see 114606. 



116094. No. 4. From District Ketaulu, 

 Arger, Armenia. 



116090 to 116098 — Continued. 



116095. No. 3. From District Elenoone, 

 Armenia. 



116096. No. 5. From Crimea. 



116097 and 116098. Beta vulgaris L. 



Common beet. 



116097. No. 9. From Azerbaijan. 



116098. No. 8. From Azerbaijan. 



116099 to 116114. 



From. India. Seeds collected ' by Walter 

 Koelz, Bureau of Plant Industry. Received 

 June 19, 1936. 



Unless otherwise stated, all of this ma- 

 terial was collected April 11 and 12, 1936, 

 at Bikaner, Bikaner State. 



116099. Terminalia bellerica (Gaertn.) 

 Roxb. Combretaceae. 



No. 486. From Jaipur City, April 7, 

 U936. The small round fruits of this 

 tropical Indian tree are exported for tan- 

 ning purposes under the name myrooalans. 

 The yellowish-gray wood is used for gen- 

 eral construction, and the tree also has 

 merit as a shade tree for avenues, with 

 its huge buttressed trunk and low hori- 

 zontal branches. 



For previous introduction see 97985. 



116100. Allium cepa L. Liliaceae. 



Onion. 



No. 516. Pcyas. Said to be a round 

 red onion. 



116101. Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. Cu- 

 curbitaceae. Watermelon. 



No. 513. 



116102. Cucumis melo L. Cucurbitaceae. 



Muskmelon. 



No. 514. Fruit is dried ; later the seeds 

 are crushed and cooked with vegetables. 



116103. Cucumis sativus L. Cucurbita- 

 ceae. Cucumber. 



No. 515. Kakri. A mixed sample. 



116104. Cucurbita moschata Duchesne. 

 Cucurbitaceae. Cushaw. 



No. 447. Kadclu. From Jaipur City, 

 Jaipur State, April 1, 1936. Fruit promi- 

 nently ribbed, 2 feet long, pointed at the 

 blossom end, mottled pink, brown, and 

 dark green ; flesh salmon. 



116105. Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.) 

 Taub. Fabaceae. Guar. 



No. 521. OoWas. Used as food while 

 green, but the ripe seeds are used as 

 cattle feed. 



116106. Daucus carota L. Apiaceae. 



Carrot. 



No. 517. Lai gajar. Said to be a red- 

 fleshed form. 



116107. Hordeum vulgare L. Poaceae. 



Barley. 



No. 450. Jan. From Jaipur City, April 

 2, 1936. 



116108. Luffa cylindrica (L.) Roemer. 

 Cucurbitaceae. Suakwa towelgourd. 



No. 530. Fruit 18 inches long, smooth, 

 with no trace of ribs. 



116109. Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br. 

 Poaceae. Pearl millet. 



No. 523. Bajei. Used for bread ; also 

 cooked to a paste and squeezed through 



