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117968 to 117987— Continued. 



117976. Allium sp. 



No. 924-B. From 10 km. northwest 

 of Buruyek, July 23, 1936. 



117977. Allium sp. 



No 925-C. From 10 km. northwest 

 of Buruyek, July 23, 1936. 



117978. Allium sp. 



No 926-D. From 10 km. northwest 

 of Buruyek, July 23, 1936. 

 Nos. 117979 to 117987 were received as 

 seeds. 



117979. Allium sp. 



No 911-A. From southeast of Ela- 

 ziz. July 13, 1936. 



117980. Allium sp. 



No 912-A. From' 25 km. southeast 

 of Elaziz, July 13, 1936. 



117981. Allium sp. 



No 913-A. From 30 km. southeast 

 of Elaziz, July 13, 1936. 



117982. Allium sp. 



No. 914-A. From 52 km. southwest 

 of Elaziz, July 14, 1936. 



117983. Allium sp. 



No. 916-A. From 50 km. north of 

 Malatya, July 17, 1936. 



117984. Allium sp. 



No. 921-A. From Buruyek, July 22, 

 1936. 



117985. Allium sp. 



No. 922-A. From 45 km. north of 

 Nigde, July 26, 1936. 



117986. Allium sp. 



No. 923-A. From 10 km. northwest 

 of Buruyek, July 23, 1936. 



117987. Amygdalus sp. Amygdalaceae. 



No. 910. From 5 km. east of Buruyek, 

 July 6, 1936. 



117988 to 118000. 



From Brazil. Seeds and plants collected by 

 W. A. Archer, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received September 9, 1936. 



Unless otherwise mentioned, the material 

 was received as seeds. 



117988. Ananas comosus (L.) Merr. Bro- 

 meliaceae. Pineapple. 



No. 3689. From' the Serra do Cipo, 

 eastern Minas Geraes. August 5, 1936. 

 Suckers of a cultivated pineapple ; the 

 fruits are small but of extremely good 

 flavor and the flesh is white. Apparently 

 a local variety and long cultivated here. 



117989. Arachis hypogaea L. Fabaceae. 



Peanut. 



No. 3688. From Itaocara, State of Rio 

 de Janeiro. August 13, 1936. Presented 

 by the agency of Secretaria de Agricul- 

 tura in Rio de Janeiro. 



117990. Barbacenia 



Velloziaceae. 



No. 3691. From Serra do Cipo, eastern 

 Minas Geraes, August 5, 1936. A species 

 with scented leaves', found in barren soil 

 among rocks. 



117988 to 118000 — Continued. 



117991. Gal act i a scarlatina (Mart.) 

 Taub. Fabaceae. 



No. 3693. From Serra do Cipo, eastern 

 Minas Geraes, August 5, 1936. A twin- 

 ing suffrutescent vine with trifoliolate 

 leaves, the elliptic leaflets about 2 inches 

 long, and numerous showy red flowers in 

 axillary clusters. Native to Brazil. 



117992. Lavoisiera francavillana Cogn. 

 Melastomaceae. 



No. 3692. From Serra do Cipo, State 

 of Minas Geraes, August 5. 1936. Re- 

 ceived as "variety longiciliata," for which 

 a place of publication has not been found. 

 A shrub about 3 feet high, with leathery 

 oblong-lanceolate, light-green leaves, cov- 

 ered with long silky hairs, appressed 

 against the stem. The flowers are rose- 

 colored. 



117993 to 117996. Nicotiana tabacum L. 

 Solanaceae. Tobacco. 



117993. No. 3687. Salonichi. Cultiva- 

 ted tobacco from Serra do Cipo, east- 

 ern Minas Geraes, August 5, 1936. 

 Seed apparently from Europe. 



117994. No. 3586. From Bello Hori- 

 zonte, Minas Geraes, August 2, 1936. 

 Volunteer tobacco, 8 feet high, leaves 

 slightly gummy ; flowers pale green, 

 edges of corolla tinged dull pink. 



117995. No. 3616. From Lagoa Santo, 

 State of Minas Geraes, August 3, 

 1936. Volunteer tobacco 3 feet high ; 

 corolla greenish white below, mottled 

 red above : leaves slightly viscid. 



117996. No. 3686. Goumdi. From Serra 

 do Cipo. eastern Minas Geraes, August 

 5, 1936. Cultivated tobacco ; seed 

 apparently from Europe. 



117997. Physocalyx sp. Scrophulariaceae. 



No. 3694. From Serra do Cip6, eastern 

 Minas Geraes, August 5, 1936. An at- 

 tractive shrub with showy flowers in 

 terminal, leafy racemes. 



117998. Pisum sativum L. Fabaceae. 



Pea. 



No. 3685. Ervilha torta por roxa. 

 From Serra do Cipo. Minas Geraes. Au- 

 gust 5. 1936. A cultivated pea, said to 

 have been imported from Europe, cooked 

 in the pod as a vegetable. 



117999. Trimeza juncifolia (Klatt) 

 Benth. and Hook. Iridaceae. 



No. 3675. From Serra do Cipo, Minas 

 Geraes, August 5, 1936. Found growing 

 in sandy soil. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 117960. 



118000. Zea mays L. Poaceae. Corn. 



No. 3684. From Rio de Janeiro. Au- 

 gust 12. 1936. Cultivated popcorn. 



118001. Strophanthus grattjs (Wall, 

 and Hook.) Baill. Apocynaceae. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by the Atkins 

 Institution of the Arnold Arboretum, 

 Soledad, Cienfuegos. Received September 

 18, 1936. 



Presented by the Department of Agricul- 

 ture, Gold Coast, West Africa. A rank- 

 growing woody creeper, with pinkish-white 

 flowers in terminal clusters and enormous 

 fruits nearly 3 feet long. Native to tropi- 

 cal Africa. 



