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116221 to 116236— Continued. 



116223. Argentine. C. 9656. 



116224. Chiphead. C. 9342. 



116225. Ford. 



116226. Greek 18. C. 7142. 



116227. Greek 10. C. 7135. 



116228. Minor. C. 9142. 



116229. Moche. C. 9693. 



116230. Portugal 65. C. 7897. 



116231. Portugal 90. C. 7921. 



116232. Solid strata Tusca. C. 10850. 



116233. Uruguay. C. 10836. 



116234. Uruguay. C. 10835. 



116235. Uruguay. C. 10834. 



116236. Varonne. C. 6146. 



116237 to 116241. 



From Mexico. Bulbs and plants purchased 

 from Dr. C. A. Purpus, Zacuapam, Hua- 

 tusco, Veracruz. Received June 13, 1936. 



116237. Chamaedorea sartorii Liebm. 

 Phoenicaceae. 



A palm, native to southern Mexico, 

 with a trunk 8 to 15 feet high, covered 

 with the bases of the leaf petioles. The 

 pinnately compound leaves, 3 to 4 feet 

 long, are made up of alternate falcate 

 pinnae 12 inches long, and the ovoid black 

 fruits are less than an inch long. 



For previous introduction see 101700. 



116238 to 116241. Zephyranthes spp. 

 Amaryllidaceae. 



Bulbs collected on the higher sierras 

 and from the lower plains near Zacuapam. 



116238. Zephyranthes sp. 



116239. Zephyranthes sp. 



116240. Zephyranthes sp. 



116241. Zephyranthes sp. 

 116242 and 116243. 



From Ecuador. Seeds presented by the Di- 

 rection de Agricultura del Literal. Guaya- 

 quil, through the American consulate gen- 

 eral, Guayaquil, at the request of Raymond 

 Staclelman, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived June 6, 1936. 



116242. Duchesnea in Die A (Andrews) 

 Focke. Rosaceae. 



For previous introduction see 58891. 



116243. Rubus sp. Rosaceae. 



116244 to 116247. 



From Peru and Ecuador. Seeds collected by 

 Raymond; Stadelman. Bureau of Plant In- 

 dustry. Receive d June 4, 1936. 



116244. Carica candicans A. Gray. Pap- 

 ayaceae. 



From Matucana, Lima, Peru, at 4,700 

 feet altitude. A wild relative of the pa- 

 paya (Carica papaya), which is native to 

 th : mountainous region of Peru between 

 Lima and Obrajilla, at about 7,000 feet 

 altitude. It is a small tree 6 to 10 feet 

 Irish, with a few stout branches and a 

 fruit said to be shared like a cacao pod. 



For previous introduction see 58627. 



116244 to 116247— Continued. 



116245. Tephrosia toxicaria (Sw.) Pers. 

 Fabaceae. 



Collected April 23, 1936, at Santa Rosa. 

 Cuzco, Peru, at 3,800 feet altitude. 



For previous introduction see 114081. 



116246. Datura stramonium L. Solana- 



Adormidera. From Santa Rosa, Cuzco, 

 Peru, April 23, 1936, at 3,800 feet alti- 

 tude. 



116247. Lantana camara L. Verbenaceae. 

 Common lantana. 



From San Mateo, Province Esmeraldas, 

 Ecuador, March 24, 1936. Fruit used 

 medicinally. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 114962. 



116248 to 116254. Agropyron spp. 

 Poaceae. Grass. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- 

 lics. Seeds presented by Dr. N. I. Vavilov, 

 Director, Institute of Plant Industry, 

 Leningrad. Received June 6, 1936. 



116248 to 116250. Agropyron desertorum 

 (Fisch.) Schult. 



116248. No. K. 10421 (931). 



116249. No. 764. 



116250. No. 763. 



116251. Agropyron sibiricum (Willd.) 

 Beauv. 



No. 643 (982). 



For previous introduction see 116190. 



116252 and 116253. Agropyron tricho- 

 phorum (Link) Richt. 



116252. No. 1014. 116253. No. 898. 



116254. Agropyron sp. 



No. 915. 



116255 to 116285. Gossypium spp. Mal- 

 vaceae. Cotton. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- 

 lics. Seeds presented by the Institute of 

 Applied Botany, Leningrad. Received June 

 3, 1936. 



116255 to 116257. Gossypium arboreum L. 



For previous introduction see 115473. 



116255. No. K. 2509. 



116256. No. K. 2520. 



116257. No. K. 2526. 



116258 to 116285. Gossypium herbaceum 

 L. 



116258. No. K. 2507. 



116259. No. K. 2513. 



116260. No. K. 2508. 



116261. No. K. 2514. 



116262. No. K. 2516. 



116263. No. K. 2519. 



116264. No. K. 2521. 



116265. No. K. 2525. 



116266. No. K. 2530. 



