JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 3 0. 193 6 



117020 to 117040— Continued. 



117027. No. 140. From' Macasca, May 

 23. 1936, at 3,300 m. altitude. 



117028. No. 141. From Carhuaz. May 

 25, li>:56. at 2.300 m. altitude. 



Ncs. 117029 to 117032 were collected 

 in the Departamento Lambayeque. May 

 29 and 30. 1936. 



117029. No. 144. From Motupe. at 150 

 m. altitude. 



117030. No. 145. Syrian tobacco from 

 Hacienda Cayalti. Sana, at 50 m. alu- 

 1 ude. 



117031. No. 146. Monte Libano. From 

 the Hacienda Cayalti. Sana, at 50 m. 

 altitude. 



117032. No. 147. F.om Chklayo. June 

 1. 1936. Seed of the 1932 Tumbes 

 harvest. 



Nos. 117033 and 117034 were, col- 

 lected in Bellavista, Provincia Jaen, 

 Departamento Cajamarca, June 2, 1936, 

 at 400 m. altitude. 



117033. No. 148. 117034. No. 149. 



117035. No. 150. From the Hacienda 

 Patapo. Chiclayo, Departamento Lam- 

 bayeque. June 3, 1936, at 25 m. alti- 

 tude. 



Nos. 117036 to 117038 were collected 

 in Tumbes, Departamento Piura, June 

 8, 1936, at 50 m. altitude. 



117036. No. 151. From the Hacienda 

 La Noria. 



117037. No. 152. Amarilla. From the 

 Estanco del Tabaco. 



117038. No. 153. From the Sarumilla 

 River. 



117039. No. 154. From Colegio Semi- 

 nario. Huaras, Departamento An- 

 cash, May 23, 1936, at 3,025 m. alti- 

 tude. 



117040. Nicotiana uxdulata Ruiz and 

 Pav. 



No. 134. From Huaras, Departamento 

 An cash, May 21, 1936, at 3,025 m. altitude. 



117041. Crinum sp. Amaryllidaceae. 



From Florida. Seeds presented by Wynd- 

 hara Hayward, Winter Park. Received 

 July 13, 1936. 



Originally from Burma, A low grow in tr 

 plant : the white flowers have linear petals 

 very attractive and dainty ; may be used 

 as a pot plant. 



117042. Aeistea sp. Iridaceae. 



From Florida. Seeds presented by Hamil- 

 ton P. Traub, American Amarvllis Societv, 

 Orlando. Received July 8, 1936. 



Originally from near St. Lucia Bay. Zulu- 

 land. A variety with beautiful small blue 

 flowers produced in wide sprays ; an excellent 

 bedding plant. 



117043 to 117045. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- 

 lics. Seeds presented by Dr. A. Sement- 

 chenko. Director, North Caucasian Insti- 

 tute of Special and Technical Cultures, 

 Krasnodar. Received July 13, 1936. 



117043 and 117044. Arachis hypogaea L. 

 Fabaceae. Peanut. 



117043. No. 3952. 



117044. No. 3951. 



117043 to 117045— Continued. 



117045. Lallemantia iberica (Bieb.) 

 Fisch. and Mey. Menthaceae. 



No. 3"958. A blue-flowered, herbaceous 

 perennial, native to semiarid regions in 

 Asia Minor and Syria, whose seeds yield 

 what is said to be a high-grade drying oil. 



For previous introduction see 115193. 



117046 to 117049. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by Robert M. 

 Grey, Superintendent, Atkins Institution 

 of the Arnold Arboretum, Soledad, Cien- 

 fuegos. through F. G. Walsingham. Re- 

 ceived July 13. 1936. 



117046. Albizzia sassa (Willd.) Macbride. 

 Mimosaceae. 



Presented by the Agricultural Research 

 Station, Tanganyika Territory, Africa. A 

 larg j handsome tree with attractive bi- 

 pinnate foliage and numerous fascicled 

 heads of white flowers with crimson- 

 tipped stamens. Native to tropical Africa. 



117047. Albizzia sp. Mimosaceae. 



Presented by the Agricultural Research 

 Station, Tanganyika Territory, Africa. 



117048. Cordia holstii Gurke. Boragi- 

 naceae. 



Presented by A. Bircher, El Saff, Egypt. 

 A catalpalike tree with broad leaves and 

 very delicate lacelike white flowers. The 

 tree is used for planting along avenues. 



For previous introduction see 51551. 



117049. Markhamia hildebrandtii 

 (Baker) Sprague. Bignoniaceae. 



Presented by A. Bircher. El Saff, Egypt. 

 A shrub or small tree with pinnate leaves 

 6 to 10 inches long and showy yellow 

 flowers about 1V 2 in~h.es long, in terminal 

 and axillary panicles. Native to eastern 

 tropical Africa. 



117050 to 117081. 



From? Japan. Seeds presented by Dr. T. 

 Nakai. Director, Botanic Garden of the 

 University of Tokyo. Received July 1, 

 1936. 



117050 to 117054. Betula spp. Betula- 

 ceae. Birch. 



117050. Betula ermaxi communis 

 Koidz. 



A variety differing from the type by 

 its broad ovate leaves. Native to Japan. 



117051. Betula ermaxi gaxjuensis 

 (Koidz.) Nakai. 



A variety differing from the type by 

 its longer cones. Native to Japan. 



117052. Betula schmidtii Regel. 



A Japanese tree 65 feet high, with a 

 trunk 3 to 7 feet in diameter, and black 

 bark which falls off in thick, rather 

 small plates. The finely-serrate leaves 

 are short stemmed, and the catkins are 

 narrow, stiff, and erect. 



For previous introduction see 76052. 



117053. Betula maxdshurica japoxica 

 (Miq.) Rehd. 



A hardy ornamental birch native to 

 Japan, up to 75 feet high with broadly 

 oval leaves. 



For previous introduction see 82066. 



