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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



117574 to 117585— Continued. 



117585. (Undetermined.) 



. No. 7945-A. March 18, 1936. From 

 Viamonte, south of Cabo Penas, east coast 

 of Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. A peren- 

 nial herb with yellow flowers found in a 

 meadow near a pond at 20 m. altitude. 



117586. Citrus sp. Rutaceae. 



From Egypt. Budwood presented by Thomas 

 W. Brown. Horticultural Section, Ministry 

 of Agriculture, Giza. Received September 

 10, 1936. 



Persian seedless lime. 



117587. Gossypium barbadbnse L. Mal- 

 vaceae. Sea-island cotton. 



From the British West Indies. Seeds pre- 

 s nted by S. H. Evelyn, Cotton Research 

 Officer, Cotton Experiment Station, Empire 

 Cotton Growing Corporation, St. Vincent. 

 Re eived August 24, 1936. 



Strain A N. (Selfed seed.) 



117588 and 117589. 



From Argentina. Seeds presented by the 

 Director of Agriculture, Buenos Aires, 

 through Samuel J. Record, Yale Univer- 

 sity, New Haven Conn. Received Septem- 

 ber 5, 1936. 



117588. Araucaria araucana (Molina) 

 Koch. (A. imbricata Pav.). Pinaceae. 



117589. Maytenus boaria Molina. Celas- 

 traceae. Mayten. 



For previous introduction see 52591. 



117590. Laulemantta iberica (Bieb.) 

 Fisch. and Mey. Menthaceae. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- 

 lics. Seeds presented by the Director, Bo- 

 tanic Garden, Kiev, Ukraine. Received 

 September 9, 1936. 



For previous introduction and description 

 see 117045. 



117591. Artocarpus communis Forst. 

 Moraceae. Breadfruit. 



From Puerto Rico. Cuttings presented by 

 Atherton Lee, Puerto Rico Agricultural 

 Experiment Station, Mayaguez. Received 

 September 16, 1936. 



A tree, native to the East Indies, 30 to 

 40 feet high, with viscid milky juice and 

 leathery ovate leaves 3 feet long, entire at 

 the base but divided above into three to 

 nine lobes. The large fruits, 4 to 6 inches 

 in diameter, are often seedless, but when 

 seeds are present they are much the size, 

 shape, and flavor of chestnuts. 



For previous introduction see 105735. 



117592 to 117595. 



From Turkey. Seeds collected by H. L. 



Westover and F. L. Wellman, Bureau of 



Plant Industry. Received September 4, 

 1936. 



117592. Fritillaria sp. Liliaceae. 



No. 903-A. From Buriijek, July 22," 

 1936. 



117593. Gagea sp. Liliaceae. 



No. 908-A. From 10 km. southeast of 

 Gaziantep. 



117592 to 117595— Continued. 



117594. Muscari sp. Liliaceae. 



No. 928-A. From 44 km. northeast of 

 Malatya, July 17, 1936. 



117595. (Undetermined.) 



No. 905-A. From Buriijek, July 22, 

 1936. 



117596. Vitis vinifera L. Vitaceae. 



European grape. 



From the Union of South Africa. Cuttings 

 presented by J. C. van Jaansveld, Gov- 

 ernment Viticultural Station, Paarl, Cape 

 Province, through Prof. A. I. Perold, Stel- 

 lenbosch University, Cape Colony. Re- 

 ceived September 19, 1936. 



Bonnet De Retord. 



117597. HlPPEASTRUM PSITTACINUM 



(Ker.) Herb. Amaryllidaceae. 



From Brazil. Bulbs collected by W. A. 

 Archer, Bureau of Plant industry. Re- 

 ceived September 19, 1936. 



No. 3690. Collected August 14, 1936, at 

 Rio de Janeiro. A hippeastrum with six to 

 eight leaves over 1 foot long and a stout 

 scape 2 to 3 feet long, bearing an umbel of 

 two to four flowers with oblong undulate 

 perianth segments 4 to 5 inches long, green 

 with crimson stripes and edges. Native to 

 Brazil. 



117598. Curima colophylla O. F. Cook. 

 Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



From Puerto Rico. Seeds presented by 

 Atherton Lee, Superintendent, Puerto Rico 

 Agricultural Experiment Station, Maya- 

 guez. Received September 16, 1936. 



A spiny palm, endemic to the 1 limestone 

 hills of northern Puerto Rico, a region of 

 about 70 inches rainfall. The trunk grows 

 20 to 30 feet tall with a diameter of 5 or 

 6 inches. The pinnae of the leaves are 

 broad and truncate as in Tilmia, but are 

 evenly set along the rachis instead of being 

 clustered. The fruits, borne in large clus- 

 ters, are round and red like cherries, with 

 a red acid pulp surrounding the hard black 

 seeds. 



117599. Combretum sp. Combretaceae. 



From China. Seeds presented by A. N. 

 Steward, Department of Botany, College of 

 Agriculture and Forestry, University of 

 Nanking, Nanking. Received April 30, 

 1934. Numbered in September 1936. 



F. 59. Collected at Chang An, Yung 

 Hsien. 



117600 to 117653. Trittcum aestivum L. 

 Poaceae. Common wheat. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by Dr. H. 

 Wenholz, Director of Plant Breeding, De- 

 partment of Agriculture, Sydney, New 

 South Wales. Received August 28, 1936. 



117600. Currawa X Hope 8th. Gen. No. 

 7099. 



117601. Federation X Hope S. U. C 9545. 



117602. Federation X Webster S. U. C 

 9458. 



117603. Ford. 



117604. Oeeralying X Kenya, 2053. 

 117805, Greek 10, C 7135. 



