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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



116184 to 116207— Continued. 



116196. Eremdrus inoeriensis Regel. 



A hardy herbaceous perennial with a 

 rosette of narrow-linear leaves and a 

 raceme of purplish flowers on a scape 

 up to 18 inches high. Native to Tur- 

 kistan. 



For previous introduction see 107526. 



116197. Eremurus olgae Regel. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 115072. 



116198. Pisum sativum L. Fabaceae. 



Pea. 



Variety Asiaticum. 



116199 to 116202. Rheum spp. Polygona- 

 ceae. Rhubarb. 



116199. Rheum ribes L. 



116200. Rheum songaricum Schrenk. 



116201. Rheum wittrockii Lunstroem. 



116202. RHEUM sp. 



116203 to 116206. Rosa spp. Rosaceae. 



Rose. 



116203. Rosa persica Michx. 



Persian rose. 



A low straggling shrub 1 to 3 feet 

 high, with simple oval to oblong, glau- 

 cous leaves and small yellow flowers. 

 It is native to dry clayey ridges and 

 alkaline loess plains from northern Iran 

 [Persia] to Siberia. 



For previous introduction see 31695. 



116204. ROSA SPINOSISSIMA L. 



Scotch rose. 



116205. Rosa beggeriana Schrenk. 



A dense prickly shrub 4 to 8 feet 

 high, with oval or elliptic, bluish or 

 grayish-green leaflets. The flowers in 

 small or large corymbs are white or 

 rarely pink and about 1 inch across, 

 and the fruits are very dark red. Na- 

 tive to northern Iran and Turkistan. 



For previous introduction see 91997. 



116206. Rosa sp. 



116207. S T I P A KIRGHISORUM P. Smirn. 



Poaceae. Grass. 



A perennial grass up to 2 feet high. 

 Native to Turkistan. 



116208. Archontophoenix alexandrae 

 (F. Muell.) Wendl. and Drude. Pho- 

 enicaceae. Palm. 



From the United States Plant Introduction 

 Garden, Coconut Grove, Fla. Plants 

 growing at the garden from seeds col- 

 lected on the southwest coast of Florida 

 in 1932 by O. F. Cook, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry. Numbered in 1936. 



A pinnate-leave d palm 70 to 80 feet high, 

 with leaves several feet long, and lanceolate, 

 usually entire leaflets up to 2 feet in length 

 and whitish beneath. The yellow-green flow- 

 ers are borne in a cluster about a foot 

 long and are followed by small dry round 

 fruits. It is native to Queensland, Australia. 



For previous introduction see 111941. 



116209 and 116210. Cocos nucifera L. 

 Phoenicaceae. Coconut. 



From the Canal Zone. Seeds presented by 

 J. E. Higgius, Superintendent, Canal Zone 

 Experiment Gardens, Summit. Received 

 June 10, 1926. 



116209. Variety King. 



116210. Variety Nawasi. 



116211. Erythrina acanthocarpa. E. 

 Mey. Fabaceae. 



From South Australia. Seeds presented by 

 J. Howard Johnson, St. Peters. Received 

 June 12, 1936. 



A rigid, wide-spreading shrub, native to 

 South Africa, 4 to 6 feet high and armed 

 with sharp awl-shaped reflexed prickles. 

 The leaves are made up of three elliptical 

 leaflets an inch long. The scarlet flowers, 

 1 to 2 inches long, are in lateral and ter- 

 minal racemes and last from 2 to 3 weeks, 

 before the leaves have fully developed. The 

 flowers are followed by twisted prickly pods 

 up to 7 inches long. 



For previous introduction see 80251. 



116212. Triticum aestivtjm L. Poa- 

 ceae. Common wheat. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by H. 

 Wenholz, Director of Plant Breeding, De- 

 partment of Agriculture, Sydney, New 

 South Wales. Received May 22, 1936. 



Variety Wannon. 



116213 to 116215. Soja max (L.) Piper. 

 Fabaceae. Soybean. 



From India. Seeds presented by the Eco- 

 nomic Botanist, Department of Agricul- 

 ture, Jorhat, Assam. Received May 22, 

 1936. 



116213. Khasi Rymbailieh. 



116214. Khasi Rynibai Thohriaw. 



116215. Nepali, a large variety. 



116216 to 116220. 



From Morocco. Seeds presented by the Di- 

 rector, Station Central e de Recherches 

 Agronomiques, Rabat. Received May 26, 

 1936. 



116216. Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) 

 Moench. Malvaceae. Okra. 



116217. Brassica rapa L. Brassicaceae. 



Turnip. 



116218. Daucus carota L. Apiaceae. 



Carrot. 



116219. Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. 

 Solanaceae. Tomato. 



116220. Raphanus sativus L. Brassica- 

 ceae. Radish. 



116221 to 116236. Triticum aesti- 

 vtjm L. Poaceae. Common wheat. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by H. 

 Wenholz, Director of Plant Breeding, De- 

 partment of Agriculture, Sydney, New 

 South Wales. Received May 23, 1936. 



116221. Argentine. C. 8681. 



116222. Argentine K 33. C. 9655. 



