JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1937 



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122001 to 122033— Continued 



122027. No. 1393. Buksup. From Kam- 

 puk. Ba'tistan, Kashmir, at 9,000 feet, 

 September 9. A cultivated alfalfa. 



122028. No. 1394. Buksup. From Kam- 

 puk, Baltistan, Kashmir, September 9, 

 at 9 000 feet altitude. A cultivated 

 alfalfa. 



122029. No. 1418. Buksup. From Leh, 

 Ladak, Kashmir, September 16, at 

 10.500 feet altitude. An alfalfa that 

 grows 8 feet high. 



122030. Melilotds sp. Fabaceae. 



No. 1561. From Kyelang, Lahul, Pun- 

 jab, August 14, at 10,500 feet altitude. 



122031. Medic ago sativa L. Fabaceae. 



Alfalfa. 



No. 1565. Lahuli Buksup. From Kye- 

 lang, Lahul, Punjab, August 18, at 10,500 

 feet altitude. A yellow-flowered form 

 about 3 feet high ; excellent as hay. 



122032. Melilotds officinalis (L.) Lam. 

 Fabaceae. Sweet clover. 



No. 1596. From Pukar. Lahul, Punjab, 

 August, at 12,000 feet altitude. 



122033. Nicotiana tabacum L. Solana- 

 ceae. Common tobacco. 



No. 1287. Kara tsotma. From Shigar, 

 Baltistan, Kashmir. Tobacco is grown to 

 1,000 feet altitude in Lahul. 



122034 to 122047. 



From Argentina and Paraguay. Seeds and 

 bulbs collected by W. A. Archer, Bureau 

 of Plant Industry. Received February 17, 

 1937. 

 Unless otherwise mentioned, the material 



was received as seeds. 



122034. Adbsmia bicolor (Poir.) DC. 

 Fabaceae. 



No. 4568. From the Jardin Botanico de 

 la Facultad de Agronomia, Buenos Aires, 

 Argentina, November 27, 1936. An erect 

 or prostrate legume with yellow flowers. 

 Native to South America, where it is used 

 as a forage plant. 



122035. Aristolochia elegans Masters. 

 Aristolochiaceae. Cauliflower. 



No. 4946. From the Jardin Botanico, 

 Santissima Trinidad, Paraguay, January 

 9, 1937. 



For previous introduction see 114861. 



122036. Hordeum sp. Poaceae. 



No. 4790. Cebada Paraguay. From 

 Asuncion, Paraguay, December 27, 1936. 

 Seed used in making beverages. 



122037. Chodanthus splendens (Bur. and 

 Schum.) Hassler. Bignoniaceae. 



No. 4923. From the Jardin Botanico, 

 Santissima Trinidad, Paraguay, January 6, 

 1937. An ornamental evergreen woody 

 climber with decussate, leathery leaves and 

 racemes of 6 to 8 erect campanulate, more 

 or less 2-lipped, yellow flowers. Native to 

 southern Brazil. 



122038. Cocos sp. Phoenicaceae. 



No. 4919. From the Jardin Botanico, 

 Santissima Trinidad, Paraguay, January 

 6, 1937. 



122039. Cypella coriifolia Baker. Irida- 

 ceae. 



No. 4921. Ruiberbo. From the Jardin 

 Botanico, Santissima Trinidad, Paraguay, 



122034 to 122047— Continued 



January 6, 1937. Bulb of a herbaceous 

 perennial up to 3 feet high, with fleshy 

 linear leaves and fugitive yellow flowers. 

 Native to Paraguay. 



122040. DlOCLEA PARAGDARIENSIS Hassler. 



Fabaceae. 



No. 4912. Curuguay. From the Jardin 

 Botanico, Santissima Trinidad, Paraguay, 

 January 5, 1937. A shrubby twiner up to 

 60 feet long, with trifoliate leaves and 

 dense umbels of beautiful violet flowers. 

 Native to Paraguay where the natives 

 burnish pottery by rubbing it with the 



122041. Hymenaea stigonocarpa Mart. 

 Caesalpiniaceae. 



No. 4947. Yataibd. From the Jardin 

 Botanico, Santissima Trinidad, Paraguay, 

 January 7, 1937. A tall evergreen tree 

 with paired oblong leaflets 3 to 6 inches 

 long and d^nse terminal clusters of white 

 flowers. Native to Brazil. 



For previous introduction see 19178. 



122042. Melothria sp. Cucurbitaceae. 



No. 4896. Along the road between 

 CaacupS and Tobaty. Paraguay, January 

 2, 1937. A slender herbaceous climber 

 about 6 feet long, with ovate-cordate leaves 

 2 to 3 inches long and small yellow flowers, 

 solitary in the leaf axis. Native to Brazil. 



122043. Panicum pantrichdm Hack. Poa- 

 ceae. 



No. 4886. From Sierra de Tobaty, Para- 

 guay, January 2, 1937. A slender, branch- 

 ing, spreading, perennial grass. Native to 

 shady places in northern South America; 

 said to resist some freezing. 



122044. Passiflora caerdlea L. • Passi- 

 floraceae. Bluecrown passionflower. 



No. 4942. From Campo Grande near 

 Jardin Botanico, Santissima Trinidad, 

 Paraguay, January 9, 1937. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 119823. 



122045. Passiflora misera H. B. K. Pas- 

 sifloraceae. 



No. 4850. Along the road between 

 Caacupe' and Tobaty, Paraguay, January 

 2, 1937. A woody climber with cordate 

 trilobed leaves about 1 foot long and soli- 

 tary violet flowers about 1 inch across. 

 Native to Colombia. 



122046. Scoparia dulcis L. Scrophularia- 

 ceae. 



No. 4924. Typychd CHrdtu. Purchased 

 in the market at Asuncion, Paraguay, Jan- 

 uary 8, 1937. A glabrous annual 1 to 3 

 feet high. 



For previous introduction see 110194. 



122047. Zea mays L. Poaceae. Corn. 



No. 4877. From Caacupg, Paraguay, 

 January 1, 1937. Cultivated corn. 



122048 to 122152. 



From India. Seeds collected by Walter Koelz, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry. Received Feb- 

 ruary 16, 1937. 



This material was all obtained at Darjeel- 

 ing, December 23 to 25, 1936, unless other- 

 wise mentioned. 



