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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



123665 to 123671— Continued. 



side glaucescent. The solid stem is 2 feet 

 long and bears 1 or 2 lateral heads. 

 For previous introduction see 122099. 



123668. A form with pale-blue flowers. 



123669. A form with dark-blue flowers. 



123670. Styrax hookeri C. B. Clarke. 

 Styracaceae. Snowbell. 

 A tree often 40 feet high, native to Sik- 



kim and Bhutan at altitudes between 6,000 

 and 7,000 feet. The white flowers, 1 inch 

 long, are tomentose outside, and the young 

 branches are stellate-pubescent. The wood 

 is white, close grained, and moderately 

 hard. 



For previous introduction see 122142. 



123671. Viola distans Wall. Violaceae 



Violet. 

 A prostrate violet with slender stems 1 

 to 14 inches long, variable leaves, and pale- 

 lilac or blue flowers about one-half inch 

 across. Native to 1he temperate Hima- 

 layas at altitudes of 5,500 to 10,000 feet. 



123672 and 123673. Dolichos laklab L. 

 Fabaceae. Hyacinth-bean. 



From Africa. Seeds presented by the Agri- 

 cultural Department, Kenya Colony, 

 through Anna E. Jenkins, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry, United States Department of Ag- 

 riculture. Received May 26, 1937. 



123672. A form with brown seeds. 



123673. A form with black seeds. 



123674. Livistona mariae F. Muell. 



Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



From central Australia. Seeds presented 



through David Barry, Jr., Los Angeles, 



Calif. Received June 3, 1937. 



From trees growing along the Finke River, 

 Palm Valley. An erect palm with fan-shaped 

 leaves divided into narrow plicate segments. 



For previous introduction see 95077. 

 123675 to 123695. 



From India. Seeds collected by Walter Koelz, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry, United States 

 Department of Agriculture. Received May 

 6, 1937. 



Collected in the Madras Presidency in 

 March 1937. 



123675. Amygdalds persica L. Amygdala- 



ceae. Peach. 



No. 2491. From Kodai Kauai. Palni 

 Hills. Fruit about 2 inches in diameter, 

 more or less conspicuously beaked ; flesh 

 white, decidedly red around the stone, flavor 

 good. The trees fruit and flower at the 

 same time and bear well. 

 123676 and 123677. Allium cepa L. Lilia- 



ceae. Onion. 



123675 to 123695— Continued. 



From Sidhout, March 23. Healthy plants 

 growing amid fierce desert winds (tempera- 

 ture 103° F. in the shade) ; sometimes the 

 leaf tips become burned. 



123676. No. 2538. A red globe onion. 



123677. No. 2539. Like No. 2538, but sam- 

 ple contains both red and white sorts. 



123678. Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. Cu- 

 curbitaceae. Watermelon. 



No. 2522. From Sidhout, March 20. 

 Fruit elongate, 18 inches long, pale green 

 with strange broad chain lines of black- 

 green over blotches of sea green ; rind 1% 

 inches thick; flesh red, texture good, but 

 sugar content low. 



123679 to 123688. Cucumis MELO L. Cu- 

 curbitaceae. Muskmelon. 



123679. No. 2508. Kharhuza. From Ma- 

 dras, March 17, but said to have come 

 from the Cuddapah District. Fruit 

 globose, up to 10 inches in diameter, 

 lemon yellow with traces of green rib 

 lines and of green netting ; flesh white, 

 thick, and sweet. 



123680. No. 2509. Kharluza. From Ma- 

 dras, March 17, but said to have come 

 from the Cuddapah District. Fruit 

 globose, tapering slightly, yellow, 

 netted ; flesh white, thick, watery, and 

 not very sweet. 



123681. No. 2520. Catasa. From Cudda- 

 pah, March 20. Fruit flattened, 8 to 



5 inches, yellow to yellow white, 

 smooth to netted, often with trace of 

 ribbing ; flesh white, 2% inches thick, 

 fairly sweet. 



123682. No. 2523. Jalleur Iami. From 

 Sidhout, March 20. Fruit subglobose, 

 about 12 inches in diameter, tapering 

 slightly toward the stem, gold brown, 

 heavily netted; flesh white, 2% inches 

 thick, juicy, but low in sugar content. 



123683. No. 2526. Tela Batasa. From 

 Sidhout, March 20. Fruit flattened, 



6 by 4 inches, smooth, yellow white, 

 unribbed ; flesh white, thin, but very 

 sweet. 



123684. No. 2527. Shiranjer. From Sid- 

 hout, March 20. Fruit subglobose to 



7 inches in diameter, mottled orange 

 brown, green with traces of ribs, 

 smooth ; flesh greenish, juicy, sweet. 

 One of the best. 



123685. No. 2528. Papai. From Sidhout, 

 March 20. Fruit 8 inches in diameter, 

 rather top-shaped with a rather promi- 

 nent navel, smooth, lemon yellow, mot- 

 tled and ribbed green ; flesh thick, 

 white, sweet. 



123686. No. 2529. Mashrvfatta. From 

 Sidhout. March 20. Fruit oval, taper- 



