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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



119810 to 119823— Continued. 



119818. Phalocallis herbertii (Herbert) 

 Kuntze. Iridaceae. 



No. 4435-A. From Santa Anna, Brazil, 

 November 13, 1936. A plant commonly 

 found in this region growing in muck or in 

 moist sand. Flower stalk 2 to 3 feet long, 

 with bulbous base, bearing 5 or 6 flowers. 

 Petals orange-red with green markings at 



119819. Luffa cylindrica (L.) Roemer. 

 Cucurbitaceae. Suakwa towelgourd. 



No. 4604. Esponja enredadera. From 

 a shop in Posadas, Argentina, December 

 5, 1936. 



119820. MOMORDICA CHARANTIA L. CuCUr- 



bitaceae. Balsam-pear. 



No. 4607. Calatasita. From a shop in 

 Posadas, Argentina, December 5, 1936. A 

 cultivated vine with edible fruits. 



119821 and 119822. Nicotiana tabacum L. 

 Solanaceae. Common tobacco. 



From Bonpland, Argentina, December 8, 

 1936. 



119821. No. 4616. Chileno guazu. Na- 

 tive to Misiones. 



119822. No. 4617. Amarellinha. Seed 

 imported from Rio Grande do Sul, 

 Brazil. 



119823. Passiflora caerulea L. Passi- 

 floraceae. Bluecrown passionflower. 



No. 4614. On the road between Posadas 

 and Bonpland, Misiones, Argentina, De- 

 cember 8, 1936. A slender, strong-growing 

 vine, native to Brazil, with leaves divided 

 into 5 to 7 lanceolate segments and fra- 

 grant greenish-white flowers 4 inches 

 across. The rays of the crown are blue at 

 the tip, white in the middle, and purple at 

 the base, wMle the styles are light purple. 

 The orange-colored fruits are 2 inches long 

 and 1% inches in diameter. The edible 

 pulp is red. 



For previous introduction see 79178. 



119824 to 119834. 



From India. Seeds collected by Walter 

 Koelz, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived January 15, 1937. 



119824 and 119825. Citrullus vulgaris 

 Schrad. Cucurbitaceae. Watermelon. 



From Lahore, Punjab, November 26 and 

 28, 1936, but said to have come from 

 Quetta. 



119824. No. 1797. TarMza. Fruit glo- 

 bose, 1 foot long, pale to dark green ; 

 if pale, finely reticulated with dark 

 green ; rind rough ; flesh thin, very 

 sweet and very seedy ; an excellent 

 keeper. 



119825. No. 1802. Tarbuza. A globose 

 melon which weighs 15 pounds ; me- 

 dium green, blotched with darker 

 green ; flesh very sweet. 



119826. Coccinia. sp. Cucurbitaceae. 



No. 1830. From Saharanpur. United 

 Provinces, December 2. 1936. The Coc- 

 cinias are perennial tropical vines, usually 

 with tuberous roots. This form has in- 

 sipid scarlet fruits 2 inches long. 



119827. Cucumis melo L. Cucurbitaceae. 



Muskmelon. 



No. 1792. Sarda. Purchased at Path- 

 ankot, Punjab, November 23, 1936 ; said 



119824 to 119834— Continued. 



to have come from Baluchistan. Fruit 

 oval, 1 foot long, golden yellow, well net- 

 ted, no cavity, seeds embedded in flesh. 

 Flesh salmon, thick, fragrant. 



119828. Diospyros Montana Roxb. Dio- 

 spyraceae. Mountain persimmon. 



No. 1817. Presented by the Govern- 

 ment Gardens, Saharanpur, United Prov- 

 inces, December 1, 1936. An evergreen 

 tree 1 foot in diameter, laden with globu- 

 lar orange fruits, 1 to iy 2 inches in diame- 

 ter. 



For previous introduction see. 52287. 



119829. Euonymus sp. Celastraceae. 



No. 1825. From Saharanpur, United 

 Provinces. 



119830. Ixora coccinea L. Rubiaceae. 



Scarlet ixora. 



No. 1827. From the Government Gar- 

 dens, Saharanpur, United Provinces, De- 

 cember 1, 1936. An attractive evergreen 

 shrub 4 feet high, with heads of lovely 

 scarlet flowers, followed by crimson ber- 

 ries. 



119831. Kigelia pinnata (Jacq.) DC. 

 Bignoniaceae. 



No. 1831. The "sausage, tree" of east- 

 ern tropical Africa ; becomes 30 to 50 feet 

 high, with rough temate leaves made up of 

 7 to 9 elliptic-oblong leaflets and large 

 claret-colored flowers in long spikes, fol- 

 lowed by sausagelike fruits 12 to 18 inches 

 long. 



For previous introduction see 106507. 



119832. Malus sp. Malaceae. 



No 1832. Saralc. From Lahore, Pun- 

 jab, November 29, 1936. Fruits 1%'to 2 

 inches in diameter, red and yellow ; flesh 

 sweet, nonastringent, of agreeable flavor. 



119833. Saraca indica L. Caesalpiniaceae. 



Common saraca. 



From Saharanpur, United Provinces. A 

 medium-sized Indian tree with pinnately 

 compound leaves of 6 to 12 oblong leathery 

 leaflets 6 to 12 inches long and fragrant 

 orange-red flowers in compact panicles. 



For previous introduction see 98093. 



119834. Tabernaemontana coronaria R. 

 Br. Apocynaceae. 



No. 1823. From the Government Gar- 

 dens, Saharanpur, United Provinces, De- 

 cember 1. 1936. An evergreen shrub up 

 to 8 feet tall, with white flowers and 

 fruits which split and show the crimson 



119835 to 119866. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 

 Plants presented by Dr. N. I. Sharapov, 

 Institute of Plant Industry, Leningrad. 

 Received January 25, 1937. 



Originally from Turkistan, unless other- 

 wise stated. 



119835 to 119846. Amygdalus spp. Amyg- 

 dalaceae. 



119835. Amygdalus davidiana (Carr.) 

 Zabel. Chinese wild peach. 



No. 1674. 



119836 to 119840. Amygdalus perstca L. 



Peach. 



119836. No. 224. Khidistavsky. 



