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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



119049 to 119086— Continued. 



119051. No. 4323. 



Nos. 119052 to 119086 were strains pre- 

 sented by Dr. Grosman, Instituto Borges de 

 Medeiros, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul. 



119052. No. 4364. 119070. No. 4382. 



119053. No. 4365. 



119054. No. 4366. 



119055. No. 4367. 

 H905S. No. 4368. 



119057. No. 4369. 



119058. No. 4370. 



119059. No. 4371. 



119060. No. 4372. 



119061. No. 4373. 



119062. No. 4374. 



119063. No. 4375. 



119064. No. 4376. 



119065. No. 4377. 

 119086. No. 4378. 



119067. No. 4379. 



119068. No. 4380. 



119069. No. 4381. 



119071. No. 4383. 



119072. No. 4384. 



119073. No. 4385. 



119074. No. 4386. 



119075. No. 4387. 



119076. No. 4388. 



119077. No. 4389. 



119078. No. 4390. 



119079. No. 4391. 



119080. No. 4392. 



119081. No. 4393. 



119082. No. 4394. 



119083. No. 4395. 



119084. No. 4396. 



119085. No. 4397. 



119086. No. 4398. 



119087. Tephrosia vogelii Hook. f. 

 Fabaceae. 



From Africa. Seeds purchased from the 

 Mount Elgon Nurseries, Kenya Colony. 

 Received December 5, 1936. 



Variety Alba. A white-flowered variety. 



119088 and 119089. Polytoca spp. Poa- 



ceae. Grass. 



From Java. Seeds presented by the Director, 

 Botanic Gardens, Buitenzorg. Received 

 December 4, 1936. 



119088. Polytoca digitata (L. f.) Druce. 

 A tall branching grass, native to India. 



119089. Polytoca maceophylla Benth. 



A perennial grass up to 10 feet high. 

 Native of the Louisiade Archipelago. 



119090 to 119127. 



From Brazil. Seeds and roots collected by 

 W. A. Archer, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received December 2, 1936. 



Unless otherwise stated, this material was 

 collected in the State of Rio Grande do Sul 

 and was received as seeds. 



119090. Allium cepa L. Liliaceae. Onion. 



No. 4317. Gebolas peras, a pear-shaped 

 onion. Purchased in a store at Pelotas, 

 November 2, 1936. 



119091. Cicer arietinum L. Fabaceae. 



Chickpea. 



No. 4361. Presented by the Instituto 

 Borges de Medeiros, Viamao, near Porto 

 Alegre, November 3, 1936. 



119092 to 119096. Citrullus vulgaris 

 Schrad. Cucurbitaceae. Watermelon. 



Purchased in stores at Pelotas, Novem- 

 ber 2, 1936. 



119092. No. 4307. 



119093. No. 4308. 



119090 to 119127— Continued. 

 • 119092 to 119096 — Continued. 



119094. No. 4309. Melancia americana. 



119095. No. 4310. Melancia rei de carlo. 



119096. No. 4311. Melancia Valencia. 



119097. Arecastrum romanzoffianum 



(Cham.) Becc. (Cocos romanzoffiana 

 Cham. ) . Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



No. 4269. From the garden of the Hotel 

 Grande, Porto Alegre, October 29, 1936. A 

 palm, native to Brazil, with an unarmed 

 trunk about 20 feet high and 1 foot in 

 diame.ter, bearing a crown of plumelike 

 leaves 12 to 15 feet long. The fruit is a 

 pale-orange drupe about the size of a large 

 acorn, enclosing a bony seed which has 3 

 eyes near the base. 



For previous introduction see 94765. 



119098 and 119099. Cucumis melo L. Cu- 

 curbitaceae. Muskmelon. 



Purchased in stores at Pelotas, Novem- 

 ber 2, 1936. 



119098. No. 4318. Melao banana. 



119099. No. 4319. Melao carvalhe. 



119100. Cucurbita maxima Duchesne. Cu- 

 curbitaceae. Squash. 



No. 4314. Abobora para porco. Pur- 

 chased in a store at Pelotas, November 2, 

 1936. A forage pumpkin. 



119101. Cucurbita moschata Duchesne. 

 Cucurbitaceae. Cushaw. 



No. 4316. Abobora menina. Purchased 

 in a store at Pelotas, November 2, 1936. 



119102. Cucurbita pepo L. Cucurbitaceae. 



Pumpkin. 



No. 4315. Aboboro Verde Paris. Pur- 

 chased in a s,tore at Pelotas, November 2, 

 1936. 



119103. Fragaria sp. Rosaceae. 



Strawberry. 



No. 4320. Purchased in a store at Pelo- 

 tas, November 2, 1936. 



119104 and 119105. Lycopersicon esculen- 

 tum Mill. Solanaceae. Tomato. 



Purchased in a store at Pelotas, Novem- 

 ber 2, 1936. 



119104. No. 4312. Perfeioao. 



119105. No. 4313. Retiro. Apparently a 

 local selection by the Retiro nursery- 



119106 and 119107. Nicotiana tabacum L. 

 Solanaceae. Common tobacco. 



119106. No. 4211. Volunteer tobacco 

 from the streets in Santa Cruz do 

 Rio Pardo, State of Sao Paulo, Oc- 

 tober 12, 1936. Plants 6 feet high; 

 inflorescence resinous, but not the 

 stems or leaves ; flowers pale greenish 

 at first, changing to pink on lip. 



119107. No. 4220. From Marcelino Ra- 

 mos. October 10, 1936. Plants 1 to 3 

 feet high ; corolla pale greenish white 

 below, lip pure white inside ; stem 

 and leaves resinous. 



119108 to 119126. Phaseolus spp. Faba- 

 ceae. Bean. 



Presented by the Instituto Borges de 

 Medeiros, Viamao, November 3, 1936. 



119108 and 119109. Phaseolus calcara- 

 tus Roxb. Rice bean. 



119108. No. 4345. 



119109. No. 4355. 



