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119007 to 119023— Continued. 



119022. Soja max (L.) Piper. Fabaceae. 



Soybean. 



No. 4251. From the market at Porto 

 Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul. 



119023. Calydorea campbstris (Seub.) 

 Baker. Iridaceae. 



No. 4230. From Cruz Alta. Rio Grande 

 do Sul, October 20, 1936. Bulbs of a plant 

 6 to 9 inches high with 1 to 3 blue flowers 

 one-half inch long. Native to southern 

 Brazil, Uruguay, and Paraguay. 



119024 to 119035. Triticum aestivum 

 L. Poaceae. Wheat. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 

 Seeds presented by the Administration for 

 Grain and Oil Culture. Saratov Selection 

 Station. Saratov. Received November 24 

 3 936. 



119024 to 119026. ErytJirospermum. 



119024. No. 118. 



119025. No. 46/131. 



119026. No. 46/112. 

 119027. Graecum, No. 17/64. 

 119028 and 119029. Hostianum. 



119028. No. 122/76. 



119029. No. 0237. 

 119030 to 119035. Lutescens. 



119030. No. 27/36. 119033. No. 434/154. 



119031. No. 0329. 119034. No. 1060/10. 



119032. No. 527/30. 119035. No. 0121. 



119036. Ribes sp. Grossulariaceae. 



From Germany. Plants purchased from 

 Julius Honings, Neuss am Rhein. Received 

 December 14, 1936. 



Rheinland currant. 



119037. Agave atrovirens Karw. 

 Amaryllidaceae. Pulque agave. 



From Mexico. Plants presented by Dr. Jose 

 Figueroa, Instituto Biotecnico Colonia 

 Anahuac, D. F. Received December 15, 



An agave with very large lanceolate leaves 

 up to about 8 feet long and large yellow 

 flowers in open panicles. Native to Mexico, 

 where it is the principal source of pulque. 



119038. Brassica oleracea capitata 

 L. Brassicaceae. Cabbage. 



From Japan. Seeds purchased from the 

 Japan Seed & Plant Co., Tokyo. Re- 

 ceived December 10, 1936. 



Improved Succession Reselected. 



119039. Araucaria brasiliana A. Rich. 

 Pinaceae. 



From Oklahoma. Seeds presented by Ralph 

 Bienfang, School of Pharmacy, University 

 of Oklahoma, Norman. Received Decem- 

 ber 14, 1936. 



An evergreen tree native to Brazil. 



For previous introduction see 117925. 



119040. Nauclea esculenta (Afzel.) 

 Merr. {Sarcocephalus esculentus 

 Afzel. ) . Rubiaceae. 



From Africa. Seeds presented by the Di- 

 rector of Agriculture. Freetown, Sierra 

 Leone. Received December 17, 1936. 



Sierra Leone peach. From Njala. A 

 scandent shrub or tree up to 25 feet high, 

 native to tropical Africa. The sharp-pointed 

 elliptical leaves are 2 to 8 inches long, and 

 the white, yellowish, or pale-pink fragrant 

 flowers are in dense heads. The fruiting 

 head, 2 to 4 inches in diameter, is deep red 

 with a brown-granulated surface and a solid 

 edible core which occupies about a quarter 

 of the diameter. 



119041 to 119044. Castanea crenata 

 Sieb. and Zucc. Fagaceae. 



Japanese chestnut. 



From Japan. Plants presented by the Mu- 

 tual Supply Co., San Francisco, Calif. 

 Received December 28, 1936. 



119041. Gin Yose. 



119042. Nakade Tamba. 



119043. Taisho Wase. 



119044. Tayotama Wase. 



119045. Citrus limonia Osbeck. Ruta- 

 ceae. Lemon. 



From India. Bud sticks collected by Walter 

 Koelz. Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived December 29, 1936. 



No. 1743. Gombru. From Bandrole, Kulu, 

 Punjab, November 14, 1936. The fruit, said 

 to come true from seed, is of large size and 

 will keep for a year in ordinary storage. 

 The attractive, quick-growing tree with- 

 stands a temperature of about 22° F. 



119046. Crotalaria sp. Fabaceae. 



From the Philippine Islands. Seeds pre- 

 sented by F. W. McCarthy, Iloilo. Re- 

 ceived December 23, 1936. 



A plant which grows and seeds, sometimes 

 in pure river sand, during the dry season 

 which, in Iloilo, sometimes lasts 2 months. 



119047 and 119048. 



From Africa. Plants presented by the Di- 

 rector of Agriculture, Freetown. Sierra 

 Leone. Received December 28, 1936. 



119047. Ananas comosus (L.) Merr. Bro- 

 meliaceae. Pineapple. 



A small tender pineapple. 



119048. MUSA PARADISIACA SAPIENTDM (L.) 



Kuntze. Musaceae. Banana. 



Silver banana. 



119049 to 119086. Arachis hypogaea L. 

 Fabaceae. Peanut. 



From Brazil. Seeds collected by W. A. 

 Archer, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived December 7, 1936. 



Nos. 119049 to 119051 were purchased in 

 seed stores in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, 

 November 2, 1936. 



119049. No. 4306. 



119050. No. 4321. 



