PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



116996 and 116997— Continued. 



116997. Collected at 2,000 m. altitude, 

 Salto de Agua. 



116998. Chamaelaucium uncinatum 

 Schauer. Myrtaceae. 



From California. Plant presented bv Eric 

 Waltiier, Golden Gate Park, San Fran- 

 cisco. Received July 29, 1936. 



An erect bushy heathlike shrub with 

 opposite hook-shaped linear leaves less than 

 an inch long and small terminal corymbs 

 of cream-colored flowers. Native to Western 

 Australia. 



For previous introduction see S6710. 



116999. Aeistolochia paulistana 

 Hoehne. Aristolochiaceae. 



From Brazil. Seeds presented by the Bio- 

 logical Institute of Sao Paulo, through 

 F. G. Walsingham. Atkins Institution of 

 the Arnold Arboretum, Soledad, Cien- 

 fuegos, Cuba. Received July 23, 1936. 



A high-climbing tropical vine with tri- 

 angular-cordate leaves, obtuse at the apex, 

 3 to 6 inches long. The flower, yellowish 

 purple spotted with blackish purple, has an 

 ovate lip tbat is narrowed into a linear 

 limb up to 8 inches in length. Native to 

 Sao Paulo, Brazil. 



117000. Saccharum. Poaceae. 



Sugarcane. 



From' Trinidad, British West Indies. Cut- 

 tings presented by the Imperial College 

 of Tropical Agriculture. Received July 3, 

 1936. 



No. B. 2935. 



117001 to 117004. Elaeagnus spp. 

 ElaeagnacCae. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- 

 lics. Cuttings presented through Dr. I. 

 M. Vavilov, Chief, Institute of Plant In- 

 dustry, Leningrad. Received July 6, 1936. 



117001. No. 24. 



117002. No. 92. Bepa. 



117003. No. 93. Abahfapa. 



117004. No. 94. 



117005 to 117012. Ipomjoea BATATAS (L.) 

 Lam. Convolvulaceae. Sweetpotato. 



From Australia. Tubers presented by Dr. 

 H. Wenholz, Director of Plant Breeding, 

 New South Wales Department of Agricul- 

 ture, Sydney. Received July 9, 1936. 



A collection of locally grown varieties 

 from Hawkesbury Agricultural College. 



117005. Ashbum. 



117006. Early Butter. 



117007. Farmer's Special. 



117008. H. H. C. Pink. 



117009. Quaker. 



117010. Rosella. 



117011. White Maltese. 



117012. Wannop. 



117013 to 117015. Medicago sativa L. 

 Fabaceae. Alfalfa. 



From Turkey. Plants collected by II. L. 

 Wtsiovor and F. L. Wcllman, Bureau of 

 Plant Industry. Received July 11, 1936. 



117013. No. 891-A. Wild alfalfa collected 

 in the hills near Gemlik, June 20, 1936. 



117014. No. 892. Wild alfalfa collected 

 25 km. north of Bursa, June 20, 1936. 



117015. No. 893. Wild alfalfa collected 

 10 km. south of Bursa on the slopes of 

 Mount Olympus, June 19, 1936. 



117016. PUCCINELLIA KEN.GIANA Ohwi. 



(Puocmellia stricta Keng). Poa- 

 ceae. Grass- 



From China. Seeds presented by Y. L. 

 Keng, Academia Sinica, National Research 

 Institute of Biology, Nanking. Received 

 July 1, 1936. 



From Luho Ku. Kiangsu Province, May 

 23, 19::6. Seeds collected in wheatflelds by 

 Charles B. DeVol. A loosely tufted, erect 

 or decumbent annual grass about 18 inches 

 tall. Native to Kiangsu Province, China. 



117017 and 117018. Tbiticum aestivum 

 L. Poaceae. Common wheat. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by the 

 American consulate, Melbourne, Victoria, 

 ihroush the Secretary of State, Washing- 

 ton, D. C. Received July 13, 1*936. 



Fair average quality Victorian wheat. 



117019. Ochroma bicolor Rowlee. 

 Bombacaceae. 



From Mexico. Seeds presented by Prof. M. 

 Martinez, Mexico, D. F. Received Ju]y 1, 

 1936. 



A tall tree, native to Costa Rica : one of 

 the sources of the balsa wood of commerce. 



117020 to 117040. Nicotian a spp. So- 

 lanaceae. Tobacco. 



From Peru. Seeds collected by Raymond 

 Stadelman. Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived July 14, 1936. 



Nos. 117020 to 117028 were collected in 

 the D partamento Ancash. 



117020 and 117021. Nicotiana glutinosa 

 L. 



117020. No. 142. May 25, 1936. From 

 the Canon del Pato, Rio Santa, be- 

 tween 1,500 and 1,800 m. altitude. 



117021. No. 143. From Mayucayan at 

 1,400 m. altitude May 25, 1936. 



117022 to 117039. Nicotiana tabaclm L. 



Common tobacco. 



Nos. 117022 and 117023 were collected 

 at Huaras, May 21, 1936, at 3,025 m. 

 altitude. 



117022. No. 135. 



117023. No. 136. 



117024. No. 137. From Sacsacpampa. 

 near Huaras, May 22, 1936, at 3,000 

 m. altitude. 



117025. No. 138. From Huaras, May 

 22, 1936, at 3,025 m. altitude. 



117026. No. 139. From Paria Huanca, 

 May 24, 1936, at 2,800 m. altitude. 



