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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



121668 to 121775— Continued. 



121761. No. 1373. From Kanipuk Balti- 

 stan Province, at 9.000 feet altitude, 

 September 8, 1936. Said to have edible 

 seed. From a colder climate than the 

 seeds collected in Shardo and Shigar 

 (P. I. 121668 to 121760). 



Nos. 121762 to 121769. Collected at 

 Shigar, Baltistan Province, August 20, 

 1936, at 6,500 feet altitude. 



121762. No. 1275. Ghon. Fruit 2 inches 

 in diameter, golden yellow, eaten fresh. 



121763. No. 1276. Altik. Fruit elliptical, 

 1% inches high, golden yellow with red 

 cheek ; flesh sweet, used fresh. 



121764. No. 1277. Bui. Fruit ripens in 

 the fall ; flowers said to he pink. 



121765. No. 1278. BirU. Fruit 1 inch in 

 diameter, orange with red cheek ; flesh 

 firm and sweet. 



121766. No. 1279. Minn. Fruit top- 

 shaped, 2 inches high, orange colored 

 flesh good to eat fresh. 



121767. No. 1288. Fruit 2 inches in diam- 

 eter, orange colored with sweet firm flesh. 



121768. No. 1294. Andiar. An early va- 

 riety. 



121769. No. 1295. 



Nos. 121770 to 121772 were collected in 

 the region around Kapalu, Baltistan Prov- 

 ince, between 6.000 and 7,000 feet altitude, 

 August 26, 1936. 



121770. No. 1315. Fruit 1% inches in 

 diameter, quince-sl^aped, yellow with 

 trace of red cheek ; flesh sweet and firm. 



121771. No. 131 5-A. Fruit 1V 2 inches in 

 diameter, globose, yellow with trace of 

 pink cheek ; flesh sweet and firm. No 

 Baltistan apricots have the woody veins 

 that characterize many of the imported 

 varieties grown in the Himalayas. 



121772. No. 1317. Chuli. Fruit 2 inches 

 in diameter, globose, golden yellow with 

 red cheek ; flesh firm, but not very sweet. 



Nos. 121773 and 121774 were collected at 

 Kampuk, Baltistan Province, at 9,000 feet 

 altitude, September 9, 1936. 



121773. No. 1371. Chuli. Said to have 

 sweet seeds. 



121774. No. 1372. Chuli. Said to have 

 sweet seeds. 



121775. No. 1172. Biru. From Skardo, 

 Baltistan Province, August 26, 1936. 

 Fruit 1% inches in diameter, yellow and 

 very sweet. 



121776. Pistacia vera L. Anacardia- 

 ceae. Pistachio. 



From the United States Plant Introduction 

 Garden, Chico, Calif. Seedlings grown at 

 the garden ; numbered in March 1937. 



Row 11, Tree no. 20, Orchard "O." A 

 seedling of P. I. 86372. 



121777 to 121783. Arachis spp. Faba- 

 ceae. Peanut. 



From South America. Material collected by 

 W. A. Archer, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Numbered in March 1937. 



121777 to 121783— Continued. 



121777. Arachis glabrata Benth. Faba- 

 ceae. 



No. 3990-A. Plants from Campo 

 Grande, Matto Grosso, Brazil, September 

 9, 1936. Found in rich black earth in the 

 streets of the town. A dwarf perennial 

 with a glabrous ascending stem, oblong- 

 elliptic leaflets about one-half inch long, 

 and small yellow flowers. Native to Brazil. 



For previous introduction of seeds, see 

 118457. 



121778. Arachis sp. Fabaceae. 



No. 3965. Roots from Campo Grande, 

 eastern Matto Grosso, September 2, 1936. 

 From the streets of the town. 



121779. Arachis marginata Gardn. 



No. 4429. Plants from t^e Posto Zoo- 

 technico, Tupacretan, Rio Grande do Sul, 

 Brazil, November 11, 1936. 



121780. Arachis marginata Gardn. 



No. 4439. Plants from along the road 

 12 km. north of Santa Anna, Rio Grande 

 do Sul, Brazil, November 13, 1936. Com- 

 mon in sandy soil. 



121781. Arachis sp. 



No. 4624. Plants from along the road 

 between Posados and Candelaria. Misiones, 

 Argentina, December 10, 1936. Found in 

 hard red earth, often in stony soil ; in cul- 

 tivated ground the plants are larger. They 

 produce numerous underground rhizomes. 



121782. Arachis sp. 



No. 4664. Mandubi. From the streets 

 of Villa Rica, Paraguay, December 16, 

 1936. 



121783. Arachis sp. 



No. 4851. Along the. road between 

 Caacupe and Tobaty, Paraguay, January 2, 

 1937. Found in white sandy soil. 



121784 to 121798. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 

 Seeds presented by B. A. Vakar, Cytological 

 Laboratory, Siberian Agricultural Insti- 

 tute, Omsk. Received March 3, 1937. 



121784 to 121793. Agroptron spp. Poa- 

 ceae. 



121784. Agroptron trichophorum 

 (Link) Richt. 



No. 149. 



For previous introduction see 116253. 



121785. Agropyron sp. 



No. 2. Received as "altaicum," for 

 which a place of publication has not been 

 found. 



121786 and 121787. Agropyron crista- 

 tum (L.) Gaertn. Crested wheatgrass. 



121786. No. 245. 



121787. No. 3. 



121788. Agropyron elongatum (Host) 

 Beauv. 



No. 564. 



121789 and 121790. Agropyron interme- 

 dium (Host) Beauv. 



121789. 121790. No. 7. 



121791. Agropyron sp. 



No. 16. 



