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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



116635 to 116681— Continued. 



round, one elongated. The quality 

 is not so good, but they ripen when 

 other melons are past. 



116666. No. 767. 116667. No. 768. 



116668. CucupvBita pipo L. Cucurbita- 

 ceae. Pumpkin. 



No. 754. Chini Kaddu. A small round- 

 ish summer squash somewhat scalloped 

 but not flattened. A very good vegetable. 



116669 to 116671. Daucus carota L. Api- 

 aceae. Carrot. 



116669. No. 749. Pila gadjas. Said to 

 have a yellow root. 



116670. No. 750. Kola gadjas. Said to 

 have a dark-purple root. 



116671. No. 755. Safed gadjas. Said 

 to have a white root. 



116672. Dolichos lablab L. Pabaceae. 



Hyacinth-bean. 



No. 738. From Amritsar, Punjab, April 

 27, 1936. Grown for the green pods. 



116673. Lagenaria leucantha (Duchesne) 

 Rusby. Cucurbitaceae. Calabash gourd. 



No. 741. GRwja. Fruits 2% inches 

 long and about 5 inches through. 



116674. Morus alba L. Moraceae. 



White mulberry. 



No. 737. Shahbut. From Amritsar, 

 Punjab, April 27, 1936. Fruit 1 inch 

 long by three-eighths of an inch in diame- 

 ter, white, more or less clouded with dull 

 purple ; quality fair. 



For previous introduction see 104323. 



116675 and 116676. Pisum sativum L. 

 Fabaceae. Pea. 



116675. No. 758. Motor. Said to be 

 the local Amritsar sort. 



116676. No. 759. Simla Motor. A form 

 said to have originated in Simla or 

 from the neighboring mountains. 



116677 to 116680. Solanum melongbna L. 

 Solanaceae. Eggplant. 



Nos. 780 to 783 are considered distinct 

 forms. 



116677. No. 780. Fruit round, black. 



116678. No. 781. A dwarf plant with 

 fruits 9 inches long. 



116679. No. 782. Fruit purple black. 



116680. No. 783. Banarsi Sihai. Said 

 to be the well-known Black Giant of 

 Benares. 



116681. Spinacia oleracea L. Chenopod- 

 iaceae. Common spinach. 



No. 751. Palag. Locally grown as a 

 potherb. 



116682 to 116695. 



From Egypt. Seeds presented by Alfred 

 Bircher. The Middle Egypt Botanic Sta- 

 tion, El Saff. Received June 15, 1936. 



Seeds grown in the higher parts of El 

 Saff and the Protectorate of Kenya. 



116682. Acacia abyssinica Hochst. Mi- 

 mosaceae. 



A tree, native to Ethiopia, with bipin- 

 nate leaves, spinescent stipules, and very 

 small flowers in capitate clusters. 



116682 to 116695 — Continued. 



116683. Acanthus eminens C. B. Clarke. 

 Acanthaceae. 



A shrub about 7 feet high, with large 

 pinnatifid spinous leaves about 10 inches 

 long and purple flowers 2 inches long in 

 short spikes. Native to eastern tropical 

 Africa. 



116684. Amomum sp. Zinziberaceae. 

 A gingerlike herb. 



116685. Dombiya burgessiae Gerrard. 

 Sterculiaceae. 



A handsome low mound-shaped ever- 

 green shrub with nearly white, bell-shaped- 

 flowers in graceful clusters. Native to 

 southern Africa. 



For previous introduction see 51248. 



116686. Hagenia abyssinica (Bruce) J. F. 

 Gmel. Rosaceae. 



A small ornamental tree with large 

 tufted, compound leaves and nmch- 

 branched terminal panicles of small pink- 

 ish flowers. Native to Ethiopia. 



116687. Craibia ellioti Dunn. Fabaceae. 



A tropical evergreen shrub with three- 

 to five-foliolate leaves about 5 inches long 

 and terminal racemes of small flowers. 

 Native to eastern tropical Africa. 



116688. Ekebergia rueppelliana (Fresen) 

 A. Rich. Meliaceae. 



A tree with leathery pinnate leaves a 

 foot or more long and erect panicles of 

 many small white flowers, followed by 

 small inedible, globose berries. Native to 

 tropical Africa. 



116689. Juniperus procera Hochst. Pina^ 

 ceae. East African juniper. 



A tall handsome tree with a maximum 

 height of about 100 feet. It is native 

 to the high mountains of eastern tropical 

 Africa and is closely related to Juniperus 

 ewcelsa. 



For previous introduction see 62395. 



116690. Leptospermum citratum (Bailey 

 and White) Challinor, Cheel, and Pen- 

 fold. Myrtaceae. 



An evergreen shrub or small tree 4 to 

 20 feet high, with linear to obtuse leaves 

 about 1% inches long and solitary white 

 flowers. Native to Queensland, Australia. 



116691. Markhamia hildebrandtii (Baker) 

 Sprague. Bignoniaceae. 



A shrub or small tree with pinnate 

 leaves 6 to 10 inches long and showy 

 yellow flowers over an inch long, in ter- 

 minal and axillary panicles. Native to 

 eastern tropical Africa. 



116692. Calodendrum capense Salberg. 

 Rutaceae. 



A large handsome tree with branches 

 spreading in pairs or in threes. The 

 ovate evergreen opposite leaves are 3 to 

 4 inches long. The white flowers, with 

 linear-oblong reflexed petals 1 to 2 inches 

 long, are in terminal panicles, and the 

 shining blue seeds, the size of hazelnuts, 

 are borne in thick hard capsules. It is 

 native to southern Africa. 



For previous introduction see 98228. 



116693. Polyscias kikuyuensis Sum'mer- 

 hayes. Araliaceae. 



A tree up to about 50 feet high, with 

 large pinnate leaves. The wood is soft 

 and white. Native to Kenya, Africa. 



