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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



118662 to 118694— Continued. 



118690. Phaseolus vulgaris L. Fabaceae. 

 Common bean. 



No. 4000. Feijdo amarello manteiga. 

 Purchased in a shop in Campo Grande, 

 September 9, 1936. 



118691 and 118692. Pisum sativum L. Fa- 

 baceae. Pea. 



Purchased in a shop in Campo Grande, 

 September 9, 1936. 



118691. No. 4001. 

 branca. 



4002. 



Ervilha torta for 

 Ervilha ana 



para 



118692. No 

 grao. 



118693. Rollinia sp. Annonaceae. 



No. 3973. From Lagroinha, near Campo 

 Grande, September 6, 1936. 



118694. Rollinia sp. Annonaceae. 



No. 3974. 

 ber 6, 1936. 



From Capao Bonito, Septem- 

 A medium-sized tree. 



118695 to 118715. 



From Brazil. 

 Fairchild. 



Seeds collected by Graham Bell 

 Received October 5, 1936. 



118695. Bauhinia sp. Caesalpiniaceae. 



From Cambara, Parana, August 1936. 

 A small forest tree ; flowers not seen, but 

 at this season the tree is a mass of pinkish 

 fluff, very ornamental. 



118696. Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. Cu- 

 curbitaceae. Watermelon. 



A very sweet 



From Anapolis, Goyaz. 

 melon with small seeds. 



118697 to 118700. Crotalaria spp. Faba- 

 ceae. 



From Anapolis, Goyaz. 



118697. A purple-flowered legume. 



118698. A legume with small heavy pods. 



118699. A shrubby ornamental legume 

 with yellow flowers. 



118700. [No data.] 



118701. Euterpe sp. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 

 Collected in Cambara, Parana. 



118702. Galactia sp. Fabaceae. 

 A silver-leaved legume. 



118703. Heliocarpus sp. Tiliaceae. 



The tropical American genus Heliocar- 

 pus is composed of trees and shrubs with 

 usually trilobate leaves and small yellow 

 or greenish flowers. The wood is soft 

 and light. 



118704. Ixdigofera sp. Fabaceae. 



118705 and 118706. Miconia spp. Melasto- 

 maceae. 



From Anapolis, Goyaz. The miconias 

 are tropical American trees and shrubs 

 with large, prominently veined leaves and 

 rather small white, rose, purple, or yel- 

 low flowers in corymbs and panicles. 



118705. A shrub with purple flowers. 



118706. An ornamental shrub with dark- 

 green leaves, rufous hairy beneath, 

 and spikes of purple berries. 



118707. Nicotiana tabacum L. Solanaceae. 

 Common tobacco. 



Collected in an 



118695 to 118715— Continued. 



118708. Physalis sp. Solanaceae. 



From Anapolis, Goyaz. A sweet edible 

 tomatolike fruit. 



118709. Passiflora sp. Passifloraceae. 



From Anapolis, Goyaz. A large-fruited 

 passionflower. 



118710. Pithecellobium sp. Mimosaceae. 

 From Cambara, northern Parana. 



118711. Rubus sp. Rosaceae. 



From Anapolis, Goyaz. The fruit ig 

 green when ripe, sweet, aromatic, and 

 seedy. 



118712. Tecoma sp. Bignoniaceae. 



From Cambara, 

 1936. 



Parana, August 5, 



Nos. 118713 to 118715 were collected at 

 Anapolis, Goyaz. 



118713. (Undetermined.) 



A tree with small pinnate leaves and 

 seed pods in long racemes. Flowers not 

 seen. 



118714. (Undetermined.) 



A plant with gingerlike red fruits. 



118715. (Undetermined.) 



A plant with blue flowers. 



118716 to 118730. 



From Honan. China. Seeds presented by 

 George D. Schlosser. Greenville, 111. Re- 

 ceived October 15, 1936. 



118716. Hordecm 

 Poaceae. 



VULGARB COELESTE L. 



Six-rowed barley. 



From Anapolis, Goyaz. 

 old garden. 



A bearded, white, hull-less barley. 



118717. HORDEUM VULGARB TRIFURCATUM 



(Schlecht.) Beaven. Poaceae. Barley. 



A white, beardless and hull-less barley. 



113718 to 118724. Setaria italica (L.) 

 Beauv. Poaceae. Millet. 



From the Experiment College farm, Kai- 

 feng, Honan. 



118718. [No data.] 



118719. Common white millet. 



118720. Yellow millet. 



118721. Good early millet. 



118722. Small yellow millet. 



118723. An early millet. 



118724. A small yellow millet. 



118725 to 118728. Triticum aestivum L. 

 Poaceae. Common wheat. 



From the Experiment College farm, Kai- 

 feng, Honan. 



118725. An early, drought-resistant, soft 

 wheat. 



118726. No. 12-13. A very good and 



early beardless wheat with strong 

 stems. 



118727. No. 124. An early wheat. 



118728. A good Chinese wheat. 



118729. Zea mays L. Poaceae. Corn. 



Yellow corn from Honan, drought-re- 

 sistant and very early. There are 2 ears 

 on each stalk, and the plant does not grow 

 suckers. 



