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116453 to 116554— Continued. 



116535. No. 632. Sown in the winter. 



116536 to 116544. Solanum melongena L. 

 Solanaceae. Eggplant. 



Bengali. Nos. 116536 and 116537 were 

 presented by the Bikaner Government Gar- 

 den, Bikaner State, April 13, 1936. 



116536. No. 537. A large, round, black- 

 purple form. 



116537. No. 540. An elongate, purple- 

 black fruit 1 foot long and alkali- 

 tolerant. 



116538. No. 656. A large purple, native 

 variety. 



116539. No. 657. A large violet, native 

 variety. 



116540. No. 658. A large, long, black- 

 purple native variety. 



116541. No. 660. A very long, native 

 variety, grown in summer. 



116542. No. 661. A native sort, very 

 long, for winter planting. 



116543. No. 664. Safed Bengan. A 

 round white variety. 



116544. No. 665. Safed Bengan. A 

 long white fruit. 



116545 and 116546. Spinacia oleracea L. 

 Chenopodiaceae. Common spinach. 



116545. No. 644. Palag. Said to be 

 grown the year round. 



116546. No. 645. Palag. A variety 

 sown in the fall. 



116547. Tectona grandis L. f. Verbena- 

 ceae. Teak. 



No. 565. From the Saharanpur Gar- 

 dens, April 17, 1936. An attractive tall 

 timber tree. 



116548. Trichosanthes anguina L. Cu- 

 curbitaceae. Snakegourd. 



No. 622. Ghachinda. Said to be a 

 mixture of races. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 115967. 



116549 and 116550. Vicia faba L. Faba- 

 ceae. Broadbean. 



116549. No. 673. Bakla Kalan. Pods 

 and green beans used as food. 



116550. No. 655. Seo Charid. Said to 

 be grown for the green pods. 



116551 to 116554. Vigna sinensis (Torner) 

 Savi. Fabaceae. Cowpea. 



Lobra. Grown for the edible green pods. 



116551. No. 651. 116553. No. 668. 



116552. No. 667. 116554. No. 669. 

 116555 and 116556. 



From Italy. Bulbs presented by Miss Adela 

 de Lines, San Jose, Costa Rica. Received 

 June 23, 1936. 



116555. Amaryllis belladonna L. Ama- 

 ryllidaceae. Belladonna-lily. 



An amaryllis with pale rose-colored 

 flowers. 



For previous introduction see 109895. 



116556. Zephyranthes sp. Amaryllida- 

 ceae. 



A variety with pale-lilac flowers. 



116557. Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck. 

 Rutaceae. Orange. 



From Australia. Budsticks presented by L. 

 P. Rosen & Son, Fernhill Nurseries, Car- 

 lingford, New South Wales. Received 

 June 23, 1936. 



Berry Valencia orange. 



116558 to 116565. 



From Turkey. Seeds and bulbs collected by 

 H. L. Westover and F. L. Wellman, Bureau 

 of Plant Industry. Received June 12, 1936. 



116558. Allium sp. Liliaceae. 



No. 554. Bulblets collected north ot 

 the Agricultural Institute, Ankara, May 

 25, 1936. 



Nos. 116559 to 116565 were collected 

 May 20, 1936, on the hills around Ankara. 



116559. Allium ampeloprasm L. Liliaceae. 

 No. 555. Bulblets. 



116560. Allium ampeloprasm L. Liliaceae. 



No. 556. Bulbs and bulblets collected 

 at Gazi's farm. 



116561. Crocus sp. Iridaceae. 

 No. 558. Bulbs. 



116562. Crocus sp. Iridaceae. 

 No. 558-A. 



116563. Crocus sp. Iridaceae. 

 No. 560. Bulbs. 



116564. Gladiolus sp. Iridaceae. 

 No. 557. Bulbs. 



116565. Muscari sp. Liliaceae. 

 No. 559. Bulbs. 



116566. Trithrinax acanthocoma 

 Drude. Phoenicaceae. 



From California. Seeds presented by David 

 Barry, Jr., Los Angeles. Received June 

 17, 1936. 



A dwarf fan palm with a stout stem and 

 netted leaf sheaths bearing many strong 

 reflexed spines. The large fanlike leaf blades 

 are deeply cut into about 40 narrow bifid 

 segments. Native to Brazil. 



116567. Citrus nobilis deliciosa (Ten.) 

 Swingle. Rutaceae. 



Mandarin orange. 



From Brazil. Seeds presented by Agesilau 

 Bitancourt, through Anna Jenkins, Bureau 

 of Plant Industry. Received June 23, 

 1936. 



Laranja cravo. A well-known citrus fruit 

 of southern Brazil, somewhat like a tan- 

 gerine. Fruit deep reddish-orange with a 

 loose rough thick skin. The stem end pro- 

 trudes, and there is a small navel at the 

 distal end. 



116568 and 116569. Nicotiana tara- 

 cum L. Solanaceae. 



Common tobacco. 



From Costa Rica. Seeds presented by J. M. 

 Orozco, Jefe de la SecciSn de Botanica, 

 Departamento de Agricultura, San Pedro 

 Montes. Received June 24, 1936. 



116568. Chircagre. From Chircagre, an 

 Indian village at the foot of the Irazu 

 volcano. Interesting for its resistance 



