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117319 to 117438— Continued. 



117432. VlCIA PBREGR1NA L. 



No. 340. From Adana, April 20, 

 1030. 



117433. Lathyrus gorgoni Pari. Faba- 

 ceae. 

 No. 353. From Adana, April 20, 1936. 



117434 to 117438. Zea mays L. Poaceae. 



Corn. 



117434. No. 520. Cm misiri. From' the 

 Eskisehir bazar. April 16, 1936. 



117435. No. 109. From the Ankara ba- 

 zar, April 15, 1936. 



117436. No. 153. Misir. From Afyon, 

 April 17, 1936. 



117437. No. 530. Misir. From the Es- 

 kisehir bazar, April 16, 1936. 



117438. No. 250. From Gaziantep, 

 April 30. 1936. 



117439 to 117459. 



From India and Afghanistan. Seeds and 

 bulbs collected by Walter Koelz, Bureau 

 of Plant Industry. Received July 18, 

 1936. 



Unless otherwise stated, this material was 

 received as seeds from India. 



117439. Bauhinia variegata L. Caesal- 

 piniaceae. 



No. 927. From Oot, Mandi State, May 

 30. 1936 at 3,500 feet altitude. A tree 

 which becomes 30 feet high, with leaves 

 3 to 4 inches wide and five-petaled flow- 

 ers 4 inches across in short racemes, the 

 lowest petal of each strongly marked with 

 crimson. The rose-colored veins are var- 

 iegated with red and yellow. The pod is 

 1 to 2 feet long. Native to India. 



117440. Bombax sp. Bombacaceae. 



No. 917. Shirmi. From Baijnath, Kan- 

 gra Valley. Punjab, May 22, 1936. A 

 large handsome tree which becomes 75 

 feet high and 2y 2 feet in diameter, with 

 branches at the top. The flowers are 

 larger and more attractive than those of 

 Bombax maldbaricum, and the tree will 

 tolerate a light frost. 



117441. Centaurea sp. Asteraceae. 



No. 906. Gundung gfiul. From Kabul, 

 Afghanistan, at 600 feet altitude. May 17. 

 1936. A plant with very large, bright- 

 cobalt blue flower heads ; said to be wild. 



117442 to 117444. Cucumis melo L. Cu- 

 curbitaceae. Muskmelon. 



Collected at Lahore, Punjab, May 20, 

 1936. 



117442. No. 909. Lucknow kharouza. 

 Said to have come from Lucknow. 

 Fruits golden yellow, smooth, half 

 compressed, 6 inches in diameter, no 

 conspicuous ribs ; strong musky odor, 

 not unpleasant. Flesh 1 inch thick, 

 white to salmon, sweet, edible to the 

 papery skin. A splendid keeper. 



117443. No. 910. Said to have come 

 from Montgomery, Punjab. Fruit 

 smooth, rounded, 6 by 4 inches, yel- 

 low with or without broad green rib 

 lines ; ribs more or less conspicuous ; 

 flesh 1% inches thick, usually salmon, 

 sweet and fragrant. A good keeper. 



117439 to 117459 — Continued. 



117444. No. 911. Variety Pathankat. 

 Said to have come from Montgomery, 

 Punjab. Fruit smooth, not ribbed, 7 

 by 4 inches', yellow, fragrant ; flesh 

 three-fourths of an inch thick ; sal- 

 mon, rather acid but agreeable. 



117445. Erythrixa sp. Fabaceae. 



No. 923. From Oot, Mandi State, May 

 30, 1936. A tree up to 40 feet with 

 thorny branches. The attractive scarlet 

 flowers appear in the spring before the 

 leaves. 



117446. Ficus sp. Moraceae. 



No. 918. Jangli anjir. From Baijnath, 

 Kangra Valley, Punjab, at 3,000 feet alti- 

 tude, May 22, 1936. An ornamental tree 

 with large soft leaves ; fruit large, 2 

 inches long, rose purple, insipid, and borne 

 on the trunk. 



117447. Duchesnea ix'dica (Andrews) 

 Focke. Rosaceae. 



No. 930. From Bandrole, Kulu, Pun- 

 jab. 



117448. Grewia asiatica L. Tiliaceae. 



No. 928. Kopal. From Mandi, Mandi 

 State. May 30. 1936. Fruit deep rose- 

 purple, elongate, three-fourths of an inch 

 long, pleasantly acid. Sold in the market 

 in large quantities. 



117 4 4 9. HOLARRHEXA AXTIDYSENTERICA 



(Roth) Wall. Apocynaceae. 



No. 921. From Baijnath, Kangra Val- 

 ley Punjab, at 3,000 feet altitude May 23, 

 1936. A small ornamental tree whose 

 leaves are fed to cattle. Flowers white 

 to cream-colored, very fragrant. Native 

 throughout India. 



For previous introduction see 61607. 



117450. Morus alba L. Moraceae. 



White mulberry. 



No. 904. Tut. From Nimle, Afghanis- 

 tan. May 17, 1936. Tree 2% feet in 

 diameter, attractive form and foliage ; 

 fruit nearly an inch long, white, some 

 carpels' tinted pink purple, exceedingly 

 sweet. 



117451. Narcissus sp. Amaryllidaceae. 



No. 932. Bhote phul. From Kulu, 

 Kulu, Punjab, June 1, 1936. Bulbs of a 

 plant with attractive heads of yellow- 

 cupped, fragrant white flowers, borne 

 abundantly in November in the lower 

 limits of the range, in March in the 

 upper range ; will not stand freezing. 



117452. OUGEINIA DALBERGIOIDES Benth. 



Fabaceae. 



No. 925. From Oot, Mandi State, May 

 30, 1936. A small tree, covered in early 

 spring with large pink flowers. The 

 leaves are pinnately three-foliolate, with 

 rigid, leathery rounded leaflets. Native 

 to northern India up to 4,000 feet alti- 

 tude. 



117453. Papaver sp. Papaveraceae. 



No. 908. From Nimle, Afghanistan. 

 May 17, 1936. A plant 5 feet high, with 

 pink, very double flowers 4 inches in 

 diameter ; collected in a garden. 



