PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



118418— Continued. 



pact crown ; the dark-green leaves are 15 

 inches long and 3 inches wide. The large 

 white flowers are fragrant and very attrac- 

 tive ; and the smooth, greenish, heart-shaped 

 fruits, 3 inches long and 4 inches wide, are 

 produced in great profusion, maturing in 

 September and October. The edible part con- 

 sists of the large fleshy sepals which en- 

 close the carpels and are pleasantly acid. 

 In India the sepals are used in making jelly 

 and cooling drinks and are also used in 

 curries. 



For previous introduction see 56791. 



118419. Jarilla heterophylla (Llave) 

 Rusby. Papayaceae. 



ITrom Mexico. Seeds presented by Dr. G. 

 Gandra, Department of Agriculture, Mex- 

 ico, D. F. Received October 30, 1936. 



■Jarrilla or ~bonete. A climbing herbaceous 

 perennial about 3 feet high, with a large 

 tuberous root, hastate leaves up to 5 inches 

 long, and subglobose pendent fruits about 

 1 inch in diameter with short, thick, fleshy 

 appendages. These have a lemonlike odor 

 and are used for making preserves. Native 

 to Mexico. 



118420 and 118421. 



From Kenya Colony, Africa. Seeds pur- 

 chased fom the Mount Elgon Nurseries, 

 Kitale. Received October 19, 1936. 



118420. Gloeiosa virescens Lindl. (G. 

 simplex L.). Melanthiaceae. Glorylily. 



A vinelike perennial, which supports 

 itself by the tendril-bearing tips of the 

 oblong-lanceolate leaves 3 to 6 inches long. 

 The yellow and red flowers, 3 inches across 

 and borne in a lax terminal corymb, are 

 reflexed and slightly undulate. 



For previous introduction see 113843. 



118421. Haemanthus mui/tiflorus Mar- 

 tyn. Amaryllidaceae. Bloodlily. 



A tropical African species with 3 to 4 

 oblong leaves 6 to 12 inches long, on a 

 short separate stem and a straight scape, 

 1 to 3 feet high, bearing a large umbel of 

 30 to 100 usually blood-red flowers with 

 long exserted filaments and prominent 

 yellow anthers. 



118422 to 118430. 



From the State of Minas Geraes, Brazil. 

 Seeds collected by W. A. Archer, Bureau of 

 Plant Industry. Received October 23, 

 1936. 



118422 to 118428. AraChis Hypogaea L. 

 Fabaceae. Peanut. 



Nos. 118422 to 118424 were collected 

 at Lavras, October 19, 1936 ; cultivated 

 peanuts. 



118422. No. 4033. 



118423. No. 4045. 



118424. No. 4046. From the Escola Ag- 

 ricola de Lavras. 



118425. No. 4047. From Fazenda Morro 

 Redondo near Lavras, September 20, 

 1936. 



118426. No. 4058. From Lavras, Sep- 

 tember 20, 1936. A common type in 

 this locality. 



118427. No. 4061. From Diamantina, 

 September 23, 1936; grown at Rio 

 Vermelho. 



118428. No. 4113. Cultivated peanuts 

 from Diamantina, September 25, 1936. 



118422 to 118430— Continued. 



118429 and 118430. Nicotiana tAbacum L. 

 Solanaceae. Common tobacco. 



118429. No. 4080. Volunteer tobacco 

 found near a house at Mendanhya, 

 September 24, 1936. The plants were 

 5 feet high ; flowers white, tinged or 

 mottled with very pale pink. 



118430. No. 4082. From Diamantina, 

 September 24, 1936. Slender plants, 

 5 feet tall, with sticky leaves and 

 white flowers tinged with pink. 



118431. Medicago sativa L. Fabaceae. 



Alfalfa. 



From Santiago, Chile. Purchased from W. 

 R. Grace & Cia., New York, N. Y. Re- 

 ceived October 20, 1936. 



Huasoo variety of Chilean alfalfa. 



118432. Phytolacca dioica L. Pbyto- 

 laccaceae. Pokeberry. 



From California. Seeds presented by E. O. 

 Orpet, Santa Barbara. Received May 27. 

 1936. Numbered in October 1936. 



Ombu. An evergreen tree, native to Ar- 

 gentina, which develops, eventually, a thick 

 trunk and a large crown. The slender- 

 stemed leaves are elliptic to oval, and the 

 small greenish-white, inconspicuous flowers 

 are in pendulous racemes. The chief value 

 of this tree is for shade ; in its native coun- 

 try it is called "bella sombra" (handsome 

 shade). 



For previous introduction see 66817. 



118433. Diospyros discolor Willd. Dio- 

 spyraceae. Mabolo. 



Plant growing at the United States Plant 

 Introduction Garden, Coconut Grove, Fla. 

 Numbered in October 1936 



P. I. G. No. 1238. A medium-sized tree, 

 native to the Philippine Islands, with shining 

 'eaves 5 to 10 inches long, pubescent beneath. 

 The velvety, dull-reddish, thin-skinned fruits, 

 3 inches long and nearly 4 inches in diameter, 

 have firm, rather dry flesh of a rather indefi- 

 nite sweet flavor and 4 to 8 large seeds. 



For previous introduction see 106988. 



118434 to 118436. Allium spp. Lilia- 

 ceae. 



From Greece and Turkey. Bulbs collected 

 by II. L. Westover and F. L. Wellman, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry. Received Octo- 

 ber 22. 1936. 



118434. Allium sp. 



No. 996. From Mount Olympus, Greece, 

 September 9, 1936. 



118435. Allium sp. 



No. 993. From the sea beach, 1 km. 

 west of Yalove, Turkey, September 12, 1936. 



118436. Allium sp. 



No. 994. From the slopes of Mount 

 Olympus, Greece, September 8, 1936. An 

 ornamental with yellow flowers. 



118437 to 118443. Hippea strum spp. 

 Amaryllidaceae. 



From Brazil. Bulbs purchased by W. A. 

 Archer, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived October 9, 1936. 



118437. HlPPEASTRUM EQUESTRE (L. f.) 



Herb. 



No. 3957. From Tres Lagoas, Matto 

 Grosso, August 31, 1936. A cultivated 

 plant with salmon flowers. 



