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118767 to 118781— Continued. 



118781. Zephybanthes carinata Herbert. 

 Amaryllidaceae. Zephyrliiy. 

 No 4091. Bulbs collected along the 



highway between Diamantina and Gjanda, 

 eastern Minas Geraes, March 2o, 193b. A 

 bulbous perennial with linear leaves and 

 a scape about a foot high, bearing a single 

 rosv flower. Said to be the largest and 

 choicest of the rosy-flowered zephyrlihes 

 and blooms in the summer. Native to the 

 West Indies. 



For previous introduction see 112351. 

 118782 to 118790. Lycopersicon escu- 

 lentum Mill. Solanaceae. Tomato. 



From Venezuela. Seeds collected by Ray- 

 mond Stadelman, Bureau of Plant Indus- 

 try. Received November 2, 1936. 



118782. No. 1. From La Victoria. Aragua, 

 July 22, 1936. 



118783. No. 2. Rifion. From Yariiagua, 

 Yaracuy, at 374 m. altitude, Septem- 

 ber 23, 1936. 



118784. No. 3. From El Cordero, Lara, 

 at 580 m. altitude. September 25, 1936. 

 A very small variety. 



118785. No. 4. Liso. From Yaritagua, 

 Yaracuy, at 374 m. altitude, Septem- 

 ber 23, 1936. 



118786. No. 5. Jobo. From Yaritagua, 

 Yaracuy, at 374 m. altitude, Septem- 

 ber 23, 1936. 



118787. No. 6. From Yagua, Carabobo, at 

 450 m. altitude, September 15, 1936. 



118788. No. 7. Islena. From Yagua, Cara- 

 bobo. at 450 m. altitude, September 15, 

 1936. 



118789. No. 8. From Yagua, Carabobo. at 

 450 m. altitude September 15, 1936. 



118790. No. 9. From Yagua, Carabobo. at 

 450 m. altitude, September 15, 1936. 



118791 and 118792. Sacchartjm. Poa- 

 ceae. Sugarcane. 



From Australia. Cuttings presented by the 

 Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations, 

 Brisbane, at the request of E. W. Brandes, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry. Received No- 

 vember 10, 1936. 



118791. N. G. 15 X 28 N. G. 251. 



118792. Oramboo X 28 N. G. 251. 



118793. Hyparrhenia rxjfa (Nees) 

 Stapf. Poaceae. Jaragua grass. 



From Sao Paulo, Brazil. Seeds presented 



by J. F. Tippett, New York City, N. Y., 



through H. N. Vinall, Bureau of Plant 



Industry. Received November 12, 1936. 



A perennial grass, native to Brazil and 



cultivated there and at other places in the 



American Tropics. It is a leafy bunchgrass, 



the tussocks of which become a foot or 



so in diameter and the numerous leafy 



culms 6 to 10 feet high. It is primarily 



a hay grass. 



For previous introduction see 54679. 



118794. Lilium brownii Poit. Lilia- 

 ceae. Browns lily. 



From China. Seeds presented by Dr. An- 

 drew Tze, Hong Kong. Received Novem- 

 ber 13, 1936. 

 Seed from plants growing wild in the 



hills of Hong Kong. A Chinese lily with 



118794— Continued. 



stem 2 to 3 feet high and lanceolate 

 leaves 3 to 5 incsies long. The trumpet- 

 shaped flowers, usually solitary but some- 

 times 2 to 4 together, are 6 to 8 inches 

 long and nearly as wide and are delicately 

 flagrant. The waxy segments are creamy 

 white inside, fading to pure white and 

 tinged with yellow at the base. Outside 

 they are white with brown-purple midribs, 

 the 3 outer ones variably tinged with 

 brownish purple. 



For previous introduction see 105324. 



118795 and 118796. 



From Nebraska. Seeds purchased from J. 

 B. E. Wernecke. Royal, Neb?\ Received 

 November 9, 1936. 



118795. Amorpha canescens Pursh. Fa- 

 baceae. 



118798. Amorpha fruticosa L. Fabaceae. 

 Indigobush. 



For previous introduction see 107651. 



118797 to 118800. Cinchona spp. Ru- 

 biaceae. 



From Tanganyika Territory, Africa. Seeds 

 presented by the East African Agricultural 

 Research Station, Amani. Received No- 

 vember 11, 1936. 



118797. Cinchona officinalis L. 



A tree, native to the Andes, yielding a 

 bark remarkably rich in quinine which 

 crystallizes readily as quinine sulfate. 



For previous introduction see 104220. 



118798. Cinchona pobescens Vahl. 

 For previous introduction see 104224. 



118799. Cinchona pdbescens X offici- 

 nalis. 



Introduced under the specific name "ro- 

 busta/' for which a place of publication 

 has not been found. 



118800. Cinchona officinalis X pubes- 

 cens. 



For previous introduction see 104222. 



118801 to 188808. 



From Brooklyn, N. Y. Plants presented by 

 the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn. 

 Received November 16, 1936. 



118801. Actinidia callosa Lindl. Dillenia- 

 ceae. 



A climbing shrub, becoming 20 feet or 

 more long, with conspicuous lenticels on 

 the branchlets. The oval to oblong, ser- 

 rulate acuminate leaves are 3 to 5 inches 

 long, and the small white flowers, one-half 

 inch across, are followed by ovoid spotted 

 fruits 1 inch long. Native to the Himala- 

 yas and southwestern China. 



For previous introduction see 114707. 



118802. Euptelea poltandra Sieb. and 

 Zucc. Tro hodendraceae. 



A shrub or small tree to 30 feet high, 

 with roundish-ovate, dentate leaves 2 to 

 4 inches long and precocious flowers, con- 

 spicuous by their red anthers. Native 

 to Japan. 



118803. Eurotia eversmanniana Stzchegl. 

 Chenopodiacea. 



A shrub to about 6 feet high, with small 

 oval or oblong-ovate rigid leaves. Native 

 to western Asia. 



