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118185 to 118356— Continued. 



118351. Tetragonia exp ansa Murray. 

 Aizoaceae. New Zealand spinach. 



No. 3879. Espinafre de Nova Zelandia. 



118352 to 118354. Tragopogon porrifolius 

 L. Cichoiiaceae. Vegetable oyster. 



118352. No. 3757. Salsifis branco. 



118353. No. 3911. Escocioncro da Es- 

 panJia. 



118354. No. 3912. Salsifis branco. 



118355. Valerianella olitoria Pollich. 

 Yalerianaceae. 



No. 3844. Alface do campo vcrde plena. 



118356. Vicia faba L. Fabaceae. 



Broadbean. 



No. 37G8. Favas de sevilha. 



118357 to 118362. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- 

 lics. Seeds presented by the Director, All- 

 Union Research Institute of Humid Sub- 

 tropics, Sukhum: Transcaucasus. Received 

 September 23, 1936. 



118357. Acer cappadocicum Gleditsch. 

 Aceraceae. Coliseum maple. 



A tree which becomes 50 feet high, na- 

 tive to the Caucasus region and eastward 

 to western China. The five- to seven 

 lobed, cordate leaves are 3 to 6 inches 

 wide, and the greenish yellow flowers, in 

 upright corymbs, are followed by spreading 

 winged fruits. 



For previous introduction see 98308. 



118358. Acer velutinum Boiss. Acera- 

 ceae. Maple. 



A large tree with deeply cordate leaves, 



5 to 10 inches across, having coarsely 

 crenate-serrate lobes. The flowers are 

 borne in large erect panicles. It is native 

 to the Caucasus region and northern Iran 

 (Persia). 



F.ir previous introduction see 95564. 



118359. Alnus glutinosa barbata (C. A. 

 Mey. ) Ledeb. Betulaceae. 



An alder up to about 75 feet high, of 

 narrow pyramidal habit with dark-green, 

 ovate-oblong leaves. Native to the Cau- 

 casus region. 



118360. Gleditsia caspica Desf. Caesal- 

 piniaceae. Honeylocust. 



A very spiny tree, 30 to 40 feet high, 

 the spines branched and slightly flattened. 



6 inches or more long. The pinnate or 

 bipinnate leaves are 6 to 10 inches long, 

 and the green flowers, almust sessile, are 

 in dense downy racemes 2 to 4 inches 

 long. The scimitar-shaped pods are about 

 8 inches long and 1 inch wide. Native 

 to northern Iran (Persia). 



For previous introduction see 42777. 



118361. Parrotia persica (DC.) Meyer. 

 Hamamelidaceae. 



A shrub or small tree up to 15 feet 

 high, with spreading branches and ovate- 

 oblong, coarsely crenate leaves, 3 to 4 

 inches long, which turn scarlet, yellow, 

 and orange in the autumn and remain on 

 the branches a long time. The flower 

 heads, which appear in March before the 

 leaves, are rather inconspicuous except for 

 the pendent purple stamens ; the ovoid 

 fruits are half an inch long with two 

 recurved lobes. Native to Iran (Persia). 



For nrevious introduction see 81354. 



118357 to 118362— Continued. 



118:62. Pterocarya fraxinifolia (Lam.) 

 Spach. Juglandaceae. 



Caucasian wingnut. 



A handsome spreading tree which be- 

 comes 60 feet high, with attractive dark- 

 green pinnate leaves about 1 foot long. 

 It is native to the Caucasus region. 



For previous introduction see 74596. 



118363. Hibiscus sp. Malvaceae. 



From Argentina. Seeds presented by Dr. 



Arturo Donat, Botanico del Paique Na- 



cional de Nahuel Huapi, Bariloche, Rio 

 Negro. Received September 28, 1936. 



Seeds from a plant growing near Napalpi, 

 Ckaco, in a nearly dried swamp, and ap- 

 parently very rare in that region. 



118364 to 118402. 



From Brazil. Seeds collected by W. A. 

 Archer, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived September 19, 1936. 



Unless otherwise mentioned, all of this 

 material was purchased in seed stores in 

 Sao Paulo, August 28, 1936. 



118364. Alstroemeria sp. Amaryllidaceae. 



No. 3947. Presented by Dr. F. C. 

 Hoehne, Instituto Biologico, Sao Paulo, 

 August 28, 1936. Received as Alstroe- 

 meria insignis Kraenzl, an invalid name. 



118365. Anthriscus cerefolium (L.) 

 Hoffm. Apiaceae. Chervil. 



No. 3918. Cerefolio commum. 



118366. Araujia sericifera Brot. Ascle- 

 piadaceae. 



No. 3945. A twining vine with nearly 

 glabrous, oblong-acuminate leaves 3 inches 

 long and cymes of faintly odorous, saiver- 

 shaped white flowers, which are pale rose 

 in bud. Native to southern Brazil, where 

 the fiber around the seed is used locally 

 in the manufacture of paper. 



For previous introduction see 88685. 



118367. Aristolochia a r c u a t a Mast. 



Aristolochiaceae. 



No. 3950. From the Instituto Biologico, 

 Sao Paulo, August 28, 1936. A perennial 

 twiner with membranous, deltoid-ovate 

 leaves 2 to 4 inches long and large soli- 

 tary axillary brownish flowers. Native to 

 cast-central Brazil. 



118368. Artemisia absinthium L. Aster- 

 aceae. Common wormwood. 



No. 3910. Losna. (Absinth io officinal.) 

 A cultivated herb. 



118369. BOMBAX CVATHOPHORUM (CaSar.) 



K. Schum. Bombacaceae. 



No. 3943. From the Instituto Biologico, 

 Sao Paulo, August 28, 1936. An orna- 

 mental tree up to about 20 feet high, 

 with digitate leaves, the oblong leaflets 

 4 to 6 inches long, and showy flowers about 

 7 inches long. A kapoklike flb?r is ob- 

 tained from the pods. Native to Brazil. 



118370. Borago officinalis L. Boragina- 

 ceae. Common borage. 



No. 3916. Borragem. (Bonaja da Es- 

 panha. ) 



