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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



118987 to 118998— Continued. 



118992. No. 4258. 



118993. No. 4259. Said to be volunteer 

 plants. 



118994. No. 4260. 



118995. No. 4261. 



118996. No. 4262. 



118997. No. 4263. 



118998. No. 4264. 



118999. Medic ago sativa L. Fabaceae. 



Alfalfa. 



From Chile. Seeds presented by Salvador 

 Izquierdo S., Santiago. Received Novem- 

 ber 23, 1936. 

 Huasco alfalfa. From the northern part 



of Chile, where it has been cultivated since 



ancient times. 



119000. Aeistolochia brasiliensis 

 macrophylla Duchatre. Aristolo- 

 chiaceae. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by F. G. 

 Walsingham, Atkins Institution of the 

 Arnold Arboretum. Received November 

 25, 1936. 



Originally presented by the Forest Botan- 

 ist, Forest Research Institute, Dehra Dun, 

 United Provinces, India. A stout woody 

 climber with large, gray-green, cordate-reni- 

 form leaves. The flowers, difficult to de- 

 scribe, are basically green, with nettings and 

 reticulations of chocolate brown or purplish 

 brown, rather dull on the outer surfaces, but 

 often becoming velvety in patterns on the 

 inner surfaces and deep within the flowers. 

 The upper lip is 5 inches long, projects from 

 the inflated tube like the beak of a bird, and 

 the lower lip expands into a flattened wavy 

 limb 4 to 6 inches across. Native to Brazil. 



119001. Vitis popenoei Fennell. Vita- 

 ceae. Grape. 



From Puerto Mexico. Veracruz, Mexico. 

 Seeds presented by Wilson Popenoe, United 

 Fruit Co. Received November 11, 1936. 



Totoloche. A slender vine with small to 

 medium, usually cordate-ovate leaves and 

 bunches of 5 to 10 dark maroon-red, thick, 

 and rather tough-skinned fruit, of fair flavor, 

 one-half inch in diameter. Related to Vitis 

 rotundifolia. Native to Veracruz. 



119002. Cinchona sp. Rnbiaceae. 



From Peru. Seeds collected by Mrs. Ynes 

 Mexia, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived December 4, 1936. 



No. 8170-A. Azliar. From the Hacienda 

 Mercedes, Distrito Churubamba, Departa- 

 mento Huanuca, along the trail to Balsa 

 Piaya. through virgin forest on a slope above 

 the Rio Cayumba, at 1,200 m. altitude. A 

 forest tree. 30 m. tall, with the seeds in pale 

 green capsules. 



119003 to 119006. 



From Istanbul, Turkey. Seeds and plants 

 collected by H. L. Westover and F. L. 

 Wellman. Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived November 30, 1936. 



119003 and 119004. Castanea sativa Mill. 

 Fagaceae. Spanish chestnut. 



From the Inebolu bazar, October 13, 

 1936. 



For previous introduction see 118922. 



119003. No. 1042. 119004. No. 1043. 



119003 to 119006— Continued. 

 119005. Paeonia sp. Ranunculaceae, 



No. 1044. Plants collected in the hills 

 between Haydarfrasha and Shile, October 

 25, 1936. 



119006. PlSTACIA VERA L. 



Anacardiaceae. 

 Pistachio. 



No. 1059. From the Istanbul bazar, Oc- 

 tober 24, 1936. 



119007 to 119023. 



From Brazil. Seeds and bulbs collected by 

 W A. Archer, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received November 30, 1936. 



Nos. 119007 to 119019 were collected at 

 Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, October 

 22 and 23, 1936. 



119007 and 119008. Amygdalus communis 

 L. Amygdalaceae. Almond. 



Cultivated almonds. 



119007. No. 4242. 119008. No. 4243. 



119009. Avena sativa L. Poaceae. Oats. 



No. 4266. Cultivated oats. 



119010 and 119011. Citrullus vulgaris 

 Schrad. Cucurbitaceae. Watermelon. 



Locally grown seed. 



119010. No. 4244. 119011. No. 4248. 



119012 and 119013. Cucumis melo L. Cu- 

 curbitaceae. Muskmelon. 



119012. No. 4249. Seed grown locally; 

 the fruit is said to be large, oblong, 

 with greenish rind. 



119013. No. 4246. Meldo portuguez. 

 Fruit small, round. 



119014. Cucumis sativus L. Cucurbita- 

 ceae. Cucumber. 



No. 4250. Seed grown locally. 



119015. Cucurbita moschata Duchesne. 

 Cucurbitaceae. Cushaw. 

 No. 4250. Sed grown locally. 



119016. Corylus avellana L. Betulaceae. 



Filbert. 



No. 4245. Seed imported from Portu- 

 gal. 



For previous introduction see 104742. 



119017. Fragaria sp. Rosaceae. 



Strawberry, 



No. 4253. A cultivated strawberry. 



119018. Fragaria vesca L. Rosaceae. 



Strawberry. 



No. 4254. A cultivated strawberry. 



119019. Juglans regia L. Juglandaceae. 



Persian walnut. 



No. 4241. A cultivated thin-shelled 

 variety. 



119020. Medicago Arabic a (L.) All. Faba- 

 c eae. Medick. 

 No. 4228. From Marcelino Ramos, Rio 



Grande do Sul, October 19, 1936. A pros- 

 trate plant found growing on embankments 

 and even in cinders along the railroad 

 track. 



For previous introduction see 36136. 



119021. Medicago sativa L. Fabaceae. 



Alfalfa. 



No 4265. Purchased in a shop at Porto 

 Alegre. Rio Grande do Sul. Cultivated 

 alfalfa, imported from Argentina. 



