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118716 to 118730— Continued. 

 118730. Zea mays L. Poaceae. 



Corn. 



An early white variety of excellent flint 

 corn from north-central China near the 

 Yellow River. 



118731 to 118754. 



From the Estado de Sao Paulo, Brazil. Seeds 

 collected by W. A. Archer, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry. * Received November 2, 1936. 



118731. Arachis hypogaea L. Fabaceae. 



Peanut. 



No. 4125. Jambo. October 7. 1936. 

 From the Estacao Biologico do Alto de 

 Sena. 



118732. Arachis hypogaea L. 



Fabaceae. 

 Peanut. 



No. 4126. October 7. 1936. From the 

 peanut oil mill of Giorgi, Picosse & Cia. 



118733 to 118754. Nicotiana spp. Solana- 

 ceae. Tobacco. 



118733. Nicotiana 

 Comes. 



ALATA GRANDIFLORA 



No. 4129. Purchased October 8, 1936, 

 from Dierberger & Cia. 



118734 to 118753. 



Nicotiana tabacum L. 

 Common tobacco. 



Presented by the Instituto Agronomico 

 do Estado de Sao Paulo, Campinas. Oc- 

 tober 1936. 



118734. No. 4160. Virginia Bright. 

 From the fazenda Santa Eliza, in 

 1932. 



118735. No. 4161. Sao Goncalo. From 

 Estacao Experimental de Sao Gon- 

 calo dos Campos. Bahia, in 1933. 



118736. No. 4162. Yanthi Yakd. From 

 Directorie de Inspeceao e Fomento 

 Agricolas, Sao Paulo, in 1932. 



118737. No. 4163. Brazil Bahia. From 

 the Instituto Bahiano de Fumo, Ba- 

 hia, in 1935. 



118738. No. 4164. Gubano. From the 

 Fazenda Santa Eliza, in 1932. 



118739. No. 4165. Verpelet. From 

 Estacao Experimental de Sao Gon- 

 calo dos Campos, Bahia, in 1935. 



118740. No. 4166. Georgia. From 

 Escola Superior de Agricultura de 

 Vicosa, Minas Geraes. 



118741. No. 4167. Gober Peloss. 

 From Buitenzorg. Java, in 1933. 



118742. No. 4168. 

 From Buitenzorg 



Gober Koenjii 

 Java, in 1933. 



118743 to 118745. From Estacao Ex- 

 perimental de Canna de Assucar. 

 Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, in 1933. 



118743. No. 4169. 



118744. No. 4170. 

 4171. 



Hickory Pryor. 

 Habano Colorado. 

 Heavy Drooping 



Porsutian. From 



118745. No. 

 Leaf. 



118746. No. 4172. 

 Italy in 1933. 



118747 to 118749. From Tripoli in 1933. 



118747. No. 4173. Fazzani. 



118748. No. 4174. Salento. 



118749. No. 4175. Tripoli. 



118750. No. 4176. Perustitzia. From 

 Italy in 1933. 



118731 to 118754— Continued. 

 118733 to 118754 — Continued. 

 118734 to 118753 — Continued. 

 118751. No. 4177. Samsoum. From 

 Italy in 1933. 



118752. No. 4178. Goyano. From 

 Estacao Experimental de Limeira, 

 Sao Paulo, 1936. 



118753. No. 4179. Habana. From Af- 

 fonso Penna, Bahia, in 1935. 



118754. Nicotiana sylvestris Spegaz. 



No. 4128. Purchased from Dierberger 

 & Cia., Sao Paulo, October 8, 1936.. 



118755. Cladeastis platycaepa 

 (Maxim.) Mak. Fabaceae. 



From Jamaica Plain, Mass. Plant presented 

 by William H. Judd, Arnold Arboretum. 

 Received November 2, 1936. 



A deciduous tree up to about 60 feet high, 

 with rather large pinnate leaves and many 

 small white flowers in large upright pyram- 

 idal panicles. This is a Japanese relative 

 of the yellow-wood (Cladrastis lutea) of the 

 eastern United States. 



118756. Medicago sativa L. Fabaceae. 



Alfalfa. 



From Turkey. Roots collected by H. L. 



Westover and F. L. Wellman, Bureau of 



Plant Industry. Received November 2, 

 1936. 



No. 1050. Wild alfalfa, collected October 

 IS, 1936, 39 km. north of Kastamonu. 



118757. Gokydalis diphylia Wall. Pa- 

 paveraceae. 



From India. Bulbs purchased from Mrs. P. 

 Kohli, Baramuia. Kashmir. Received No- 

 vember 3, 1936. 



A low herbaceous perennial about 2 feet 

 high, with triternate leaves about 1 inch long 

 and yellowish flowers tipped with purple, in 

 racemes 1 to 2 inches long. Native to the 

 Himalayan region. 



118758. Rubus PROBUS Bailey. Rosa- 

 ceae. Raspberry. 



From Puerto Rico. Plants presented by 

 Atherton Lee, Agricultural Experiment Sta- 

 tion, Mayaguez. Received November 4, 

 1936. 



The so-called "Queensland" raspberry, 

 which is related to Rubus rosaefolius but is 

 less thorny and has glabrous leaves and 

 pedicels, with usually 7 leaflets which are 

 relatively broader than those of R. rosaefolius. 

 The plant is upright, about 8 feet high, and 

 the canes are not perennial. This is a culti- 

 vated plant in Puerto Rico, where it has 

 been grown for some years, and is probably 

 originally from Queensland. 



For previous introduction see 66088. 



118759. Dactylis glomeeata L. Poa- 

 ceae. Orchard grass. 



From New Zealand. Seeds presented by the 

 Canterbury Agricultural College, Lincoln. 

 Received November 4, 1936. 



Cocksfoot Akoroa. 



118760. Raphanus sativus L. Brassi- 

 caceae. Radish. 



From Honan, China. Seeds presented by 

 George D. Schlosser, Greenville, 111. Re- 

 ceived November 3, 1936. 



A large fall or winter radish. 



