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116682 to 116695— Continued. 



116694. Pygeum africanum Hook. f. 

 Arnygdalaceae. 



A small tree with elliptic-oblong leaves 

 about 4 inches long and small flowers in 

 racemose clusters. Native to tropical 

 Africa at altitudes of 2,400 feet. 



116695. Vitbx kenibnsis Turrill. Verbe- 



A tall tree sometimes 90 feet high, 



with large five-foliolate leaves. The wood 



has a grain resembling tbat of teak. Na- 

 tive to eastern tropical Africa. 



116696 to 116703. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- 

 lics. Seeds presented by Dr. V. P. Alek- 

 seev, Chief, Section of Introduction, All 

 Union Research Institute of Dry Subtrop- 

 ics, Tashkent, Middle Asia. Received 

 June 17, 1936. 



116696. Astragalus peduncularis Royle. 

 Fabaceae. 



No. 8. 



116697. Astragalus sewertzowii Bunge. 

 Fabaceae. 



No. 9. A stemless perennial, native to 

 Turkistan. 



116698. Astragalus sieversianus Pall. 

 Fabaceae. 



No. 10. An erect or ascending peren- 

 nial with oblong hairy leaflets and axil- 

 lary clusters of pale-yellow flowers. Na- 

 tive to central Asia. 



For previous introduction see 111160. 



116699. Cicer flexuosum Lipsky. Faba- 

 ceae. 



No. 13. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 115070. 



116700. Oxytropis sp. Fabaceae. 

 No. 35. 



116701. Oxytropis sp. Fabaceae. 

 No. 36. 



116702. Oxytropis sp. Fabaceae. 

 No. 37. 



116703. Vicia tenuifolia Roth. Fabaceae. 

 No. 65. 



For previous introduction see 115095. 



116704. UkMUS pumlta L. Ulmaceae. 



Chinese elm. 



From Nebraska. Seeds presented by H. A. 

 McComb, University of Nebraska Experi- 

 ment Station, North Platte. Received 

 June 24, 1936. 



Tree No. 3, selection made at North 

 Platte from plants received as Ulmus pumlla 

 arborea under P. I. No. 32830. This tree 

 is of Ulmus pumila type and has escaped 

 winter injury when most other trees of the 

 species were injured. Seedlings from it are 

 reported to be uniform in appearance and 

 to have a good branching system. 



For previous introduction see 108558. 



116705. Euchlaena mexicana Schrad. 

 Poaceae. Teosinte. 



From Guatemala. Seeds presented by Dr. 

 Wilson Popenoe. United Fruit Co. Re- 

 ceived June 30, 1936. 



116706. Gossypium sp. Malvaceae. 



Cotton. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by Dr. Gon- 

 zalo M. Fortun, Director, Estacion Experi- 

 mental Agronomica, Santiago de las Vegas. 

 Received June 17, 1936. 



Marcucei cotton. Originally from Guate- 

 mala, the seed has developed satisfactorily 

 in Cuba, but requires a long time to mature 

 the very large bolls. 



116707. Aleubites cobdata (Thunb.) 

 Muell. Arg. Euphorbiaceae. 



Japan tnng-oil tree. 



From Japan. Seeds purchased from the 

 Yokohama Nursery Co., Yokohama. Re- 

 ceived January 1, 1936. Numbered in 

 June 1936. 



A small or medium-sized tree, native to 

 southern Japan. It is closely related to the 

 tung tree of China, Aleurites fordii, but is 

 more tropical in character. The seeds are 

 considerably smaller than tung seeds and 

 run nearly 400 to the pound. They yield 

 a valuable drying oil, apparently but little 

 inferior to tung oil. The seeds seem to re- 

 quire a somewhat longer time than tung 

 seeds for germination. 



116708 to 116710. Meltlotus spp. Fa- 

 baceae. Sweetclover. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- 

 lics. Seeds presented by N. I. Sharapov, 

 former Head of Department of New Cul- 

 tures and Introduction, Institute of Plant 

 Industry, Leningrad. Received June 23, 

 1936. 



116708. Melilotus dentata (Waldst. and 

 Kit.) Pers. 



No. 456/6, originally from western 

 Siberia. 



116709. Melilotus taurica (Bieb.) Se- 

 ringe. 



No. 9095, originally from the Crimea. 



For previous introduction see 67854. 



116710. Melilotus wolgica Poir. 



No. 11620, originally from Kuybishev 

 Province. 



For previous introduction see 27292. 

 116711 and 116712. 



Plants growing at the Barbour Lathrop 

 Plant Introduction Garden, Savannah, Ga. 

 Originally received from China, June 24, 

 1927 ; collected by F. A. McClure, Bureau 

 of Plant Industry. Renumbered in June, 

 1936. 



116711. Phyllostachys sp. Poaceae. 



Bamboo. 



No. 725. November 3, 1926. Shat sam 

 dhuk, mah chuk. From Chiuhwashaan, 

 Anhwei Province. A medium-sized, wild 

 bamboo 4 to 4.5 meters high and 1.5 to 

 2 centimeters in diameter, with edible 

 shoots. The culms are nearly solid with 

 very small central chambers ; they are 

 used for walking sticks, whipsticks, etc., 

 but not for weaving. The nodes are promi- 

 nent ; the branches, two at each node, 

 are unequal, and the leaves are small to 

 medium sized. 



116712. Arundinaria sp. Poaceae. 



Bamboo. 



No. 726. November 3. 1926. Liu Mn 

 chuli. Obtained at Chiuhwashaan, An- 



