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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



118761 to 118765. Callistemon spp. 

 Myrtaceae. 



Seedlings growing at the United States Plant 

 Introduction Garden, Chico, Calif. Num- 

 bered in November 1936. 



118761. Callistemon citrinus (Curtis) 

 Skeels. 



(Lath house.) Selection No. 1 of P. I. 

 No. 90845. 



118762. Callistemon. 



(Arboretum.) Selection No. 1 of P. I. 

 No. 90845. 



118763. Callistemon. 



(Lath house.) Selection No. 5 of P. I. 

 No. 90845. 



118764. Callistemon. 



(Testing beds.) Selection No. 1 of P. I. 

 No. 90847. A handsome shrub of drooping 

 habit that has reached a height of 5% feet 

 with a spread of 7 feet. The foliage is 

 dense and the individual leaves resemble 

 those of Callistemon acuminatus. The 

 flowers, with very dark red stamens an inch 

 long, are in dense spikes 3 to 5 inches long 

 and appear during April and May. This 

 is a selection from second-generation seed- 

 lings of a cross between C. citrinus and 0. 

 acuminatus. 



118765. Callistemon. 



(Testing beds.) Selection No. 3 of P. I. 

 No. 90847. 



118766. Haemanthus natalensis 

 Pappe. Amaryllidaceae. 



From South Africa. Seeds purchased from 

 the Winton Nurseries, Bonnie Vale, Cape 

 Province. Received November 9, 1936. 



A haemanthus with 8 or 9 membranous, 

 bright-green leaves more than a foot long, the 

 lower ones spotted on the back with red- 

 brown. The small flowers, in a very dense 

 globose mass, 3 to 4 inches in diameter, 

 surrounded by several large, deep-purple 

 bracts, are obscured by the long scarlet fila- 

 ments and bright yellow anthers. Native to 

 southern Africa. 



118767 to 118781. 



From Brazil. Seeds and bulbs collected by 

 W. A. Archer. Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received November 2, 1936. 



Unless otherwise mentioned, the material 

 was received as seeds. 



118767. Acrocomia mokatayba Barb. Rodr. 

 Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



No. 4127. From Capao Bonito, Minas 

 Geraes. A pinnate-leaved palm 12 to 20 

 feet high, with a dense terminal crown of 

 leaves about 6 feet long and linear leaflets. 

 Native to Brazil. 



118768. Acrocomia 



Phoenicaceae. 



Palm. 



No. 4059. From Lavras. eastern Minas 

 Geraes, September 20, 1936. 



118769. Aristolochia galeata Mart, and 

 Zucc. Aristolochiaceae. 



No. 4073. From near Mendanhya, along 

 a road in eastern Minas Geraes, September 

 24, 1936. A twining aristolochia allied to 

 A. brasiliensis, with broad cordate leaves 

 about 3 inches long and large solitary 

 flowers, green and dark purple. Native to 

 Brazil. 



118767 to 118781— Continued. 



118770. Corchorus capsularis L. Tilia- 

 ceae. Jute. 



No. 4038. Vassourao. From the Escola 

 Agricola de Lavras, Minas Geraes, Sep- 

 tember 19, 1936. Used as a substitute for 

 flax. 



118771. Cucumis melo L. Cucurbitaceae. 



Muskmelon. 



No. 4031. From the market at Sao 

 Paulo, September 14, 1936. This melon is 

 now arriving from Portugal, being shipped 

 in large quantities by boat. Each fruit is 

 wrapped in cellophane. 



118772. Ficus nitida Thunb. Moraceae. 



Fig. 



No. 4039. From the Escola Agricola de 

 Lavras, September 19, 1936. A tree 20 

 feet high ; reproduced by cuttings. 



118773. Fragaria vesca L. Rosaceae. 



Strawberry. 



No. 4027. From the market at Cam- 

 pinas, eastern Sao Paulo, September 15, 

 1936. 



118774. Freesia refracta (Jacq.) Klatt. 

 Iridaceae. 



No. 4130. Purchased from Dierberger & 

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

 were varicolored, pink, white, blue, etc. 



118775. Gossypium perdvianum Cav. Mal- 

 vaceae. Cotton. 



No. 4081. Rim de Boi. From near 

 Mendanhya, Minas Geraes. Plant 15 feet 

 higb, flowers pale yellow tinged with pink. 



118776. Hippeastrum organense Hook. 

 Amaryllidaceae. 



No. 4115. From Serra de Piedade, Sep- 

 tember 1936. Bulbs of a Brazilian hip- 

 peastrum with 5 or 6 locate, purple- 

 glaucous leaves about a foot long and a 

 stout peduncle usually bearing 2 large 

 bright-crimson flowers with a green mark 

 on each segment. 



118777. Indigofera endecaphylla Jacq. 

 Fabaceae. Indigo. 



No. 4116. From the Fazenda Gamelleira 

 of the Secretaria de Agricultura, Bello 

 Horizonte, eastern Minas Geraes, August 

 24, 1936. An annual or biennial tropical 

 African prostrate legume 2 to 3 feet 

 long, with 7 to 9 oblong leaflets and a 

 dense raceme of violet purple flowers. 

 Used as a cover crop. 



For previous introduction see 77296. 



118778. Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. 

 Solanaceae. Tomato. 



No. 4070. Near Mendanhya, along a 

 road in eastern Minas Geraes, September 

 24, 1936 ; near a long-abandoned camp. 



118779. Zea mays L. Poaceae. 



Corn. 



No. 4232. Milho cravo. From Lavras, 

 eastern Minas Geraes, September 19, 1936. 



118780. Zephyranthes commersoniana 

 Herbert. Amaryllidaceae. 



No. 4114. From Sierra de Piedade, east- 

 ern Minas Geraes, September 1936. Bulbs 

 of a zephyranthes with 3 or 4 narrow 

 linear leaves about 8 inches Ions and 

 flowers over an inch long with bright-red 

 limbs, yellow at the base. Native to Ar- 

 gentina and Uruguay. 



