UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



INVENTORY No. 129 



Washington, D. C. V Issued May, 1941 



PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED BY THE DIVISION OF PLANT EX- 

 PLORATION AND INTRODUCTION, BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY, 

 OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1936 (Nos. 118411-119266) 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Introductory statement 1 



Inventory : 3 



Index of common and scientific names 30 



INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT 



This inventory, No. 129, records the plant material (Nos. 118411- 

 119266) received by the Division of Plant Exploration and Introduc- 

 tion during the period from October 1 to December 31, 1936. 



The greater part of this inventory may be considered essentially as 

 a continuation of the preceding inventory, as the agricultural explorers 

 discussed in No. 128, H. L. Westover and F. L. Wellman, Walter 

 Koelz, W. A. Archer, and Eaymond Stadelman) continued to send 

 in material during this period from Turkey, India, Brazil, and 

 western South America, respectively. 



Although the general nature of the plant material received from 

 these expeditions remained the same, it is of interest to note, in Dr. 

 Archer's collections from Brazil, the increased proportion of peanut 

 varieties (Arachis hypogaea) and also of other Arachis. This chief 

 objective of Dr. Archer's South American trip was to get material 

 of as many as possible of the wild species of Arachis, and also of the 

 cultivated forms of the common peanut, for the particular use of 

 Department specialists. 



The genetics and pathology of the cultivated snapdragon have re- 

 ceived much attention during the past decade, and the interests of 

 specialists working with these projects are being served by the intro- 

 duction of seeds of nearly 50 species and varieties of Antirrhinum 

 (Nos. 118940-118986), presented by the Director of the Kaiser Wilhelm 

 Institute, Muncheberg, Germany. 



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