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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



117654 to 117677— Continued. 



117672. No. 3663. Chines. Introduced 

 from China ; the cured leaf is bright 

 yellow. 



117673. No. 3664. AmareUnho. Leaves 

 bright yellow when cured. 



H7674. No. 3665. Samsum. Turkish to- 

 bacco. The cured leaf is bright yellow. 



117675. No. 3671. Mata garrapata. From 

 Cajeo do Sol, Serra de Cipo, August 5, 

 1936. A plant 5 feet tall with narrow 

 lanceolate leaves' ; corolla whitish be- 

 low, cerise above ; leaves slightly viscid, 

 young fruits and stems very viscid. 

 This volunteer tobacco is used for 

 smoking by the country people. 



117676. No. 3672. Mata garrapata. From 

 Cajeo do Sol, Serra do Cipo, August 5, 

 1936. A volunteer tobacco 5 to 7 feet 

 tall with leaves broader than No. 3671 

 [P. I. 117675] ; young fruits and stems 

 very viscid, leaves only slightly so ; 

 corolla green above, pink below. 



117677. No. 3507. Volunteer tobacco from 

 a dooryard in Quintino Bocaiuva, a sta- 

 tion on the interurban railway between 

 Rio de Janeiro and Belem, July 29, 

 1936. 



117678. X Prunus dasycarpa Ehrh. 

 Amygdalaceae. Plum-apricot. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- 

 lics. Cuttings presented by N. I. Shara- 

 pov, Department of New Cultures and 

 Introduction. Institute of Plant Industry, 

 Leningrad. Received February 13, 1936. 

 Numbered in September 1936. 



For previous introduction see 113534. 



117679 to 117682. 



Fromi the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- 

 lics. Scions presented by N. I. Sharapov, 

 Department of New Cultures, Institute of 

 Plant Industry. Received March 15, 1932. 

 Numbered in September 1936. 



117679. Amygdalus persica L. Amygdala- 

 ceae. Peach. 



No. 01370. 



117680 to 117682. Prunus armeniaca L. 

 Amygdalaceae. Apricot. 



117680. Shirassky, 2748. 



117681. Badeni Erik, 2556. 



117682. Black Alexander. 



117683. Diospyros sp. Diospyraceae. 



From Japan. Scions presented by Seizo 

 Endo, Kagawa-ken, through Prof. F. T 

 Bioletti, University of California, Berkeley 

 Calif. Received March 15, 1932. Num- 

 bered in September 1936. 



Takura. 



117684 to 117702. 



From Morocco. Plants presented by H 

 Brayard, Directeur, Station Experimental 

 de Marrakech. Received March 9, 1936. 

 Numbered in September 1936. 



117684 to 117690. Amygdalus spp. Amyg- 

 dalaceae. 



117684 and 117685. Amygdalus com- 

 munis L. Almond. 



117684. Doree No. 6. 



117685. Tardive Bordou. 



117684 to 117702— Continued. 



117686 to 117689. Amygdalus persica L. 



Peach. 



117686. Louis Grognet. 



117687. Directeur. 



117688. Grosse Elrighdhe. 



117689. Antoine Giroux. 



117690. Amygdalus communis L. 



Almond. 



Lauzan. 



117691 to 117696. Malus sylvestris Mill. 

 Malaceae. Apple. 



117691. Transparent^ de Zurich. 



117692. Rambour d'Allemagne. 



117693. Comte d'Orloff. 



117694. Belle de Mai. 



117695. Jaune hatif. 



117696. St. Germain. 



117697 to 117702. Prunus armeniaca L. 



Apricot. 



117697. Precoce esperen. 



117698. Muscat pe~che. 



117699. Pelissier. 



117700. Rouge du Roussillon. 



117701. Grosse St. Jean. 



117702. Guiditta Langione. 



117703. Tephrosia 

 Fabaceae. 



vogelii Hook. f. 



From Kenya Colony. Africa. Seeds pur- 

 chased from the Mount Elgon Nurseries, 

 Kama Kola, Mount Elgon, Kitale. Re- 

 ceived September 26, 1936. 



A variety with purple flowers. 



117704 to 117711. 



From Egypt. Seeds presented by Thomas 

 W. Brown, Director, Horticultural Section, 

 Ministry of Agriculture, Giza. Received 



September 28. 1936. 



117704. Antigonon leptopus Hook, and 

 Arn. Polygonaceae. Rosa-de-montana. 



A handsome summer-blooming climber, 

 native to Mexico, and adapted for green- 

 house culture or for growing out-of-doors 

 in the far south. The flowers, with rose- 

 pink sepals, are in many-flowered ra ernes. 



For previous introduction see 111207. 



117705. Carica papaya L. Papayaceae. 



Papaya. 



117706. Olea europaea L. Oleaceae. 



Olive. 



117707 to 117711. Solanum spp. Solana- 

 ceae. 



117707. Solanum indicum L. 



A much-branched, prickly undershrub 

 up to 8 feet hi£?h, with sinuate or lobed, 

 ovate leaves 3 to 6 inches long and 

 lateral racemes of many blue flowers with 

 corollas about 1 inch across. Native 

 to tropical India. 



