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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



123782 and 123783— Continued. 



123783. Viola contempta Jord. 



An annual violet with erect or ascending 

 stems, ovate or oblong-ovate leaves, and 

 pale-blue flowers. Native to Europe. 

 123784 to 123788. Viola spp. Violaceae. 



Violet. 

 From Switzerland. Seeds presented by the 

 Director, Botanic Garden, Geneva. Re- 

 ceived April 14, 1937. 



123784. Viola sp. 



Introduced under the name Viola arborea 

 Forsk., a homonym. 



123785. Viola bertolonii de Salis. 



A perennial violet with stems about a 

 foot high, oval, oblong, or lanceolate leaves, 

 and blue flowers. Native to Corsica. 

 123788. Viola dactyloides Roem. and 



Schult. 



A stemless perennial violet with pale- 

 blue flowers. Native to northeastern Asia. 



123787. Viola gracilis Sibth. and Smith. 



A violet from southern Europe and Asia 

 Minor, with stems about a foot high and 

 violet or yellow flowers. 



123788. Viola uniflora L. 



A hardy violet with cordate leaves on 

 stems about 6 inches high and terminated 

 by a single yellow flower. Native to eastern 

 Asia. 



123789 and 123790. Teifolium pratense 

 L. Fabaceae. Red clover. 



From England. Seeds purchased from the 

 Clover Growers' Ltd., Montgomery. Re- 

 ceived April 19, 1937. 



123789. Cotswold Late Flowering. 



123790. Montgomery Late Flowering. 



123791 to 123793. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by F. G. Wal- 

 singham, Atkins Institution of the Arnold 

 Arboretum, Soledad, Cienfuegos. Received 

 April 9. 1937. 



123791. Carissa opaca Stapf. Apocyna- 

 ceae. 



Presented by the Forest Research In- 

 stitute, Dehra Dun, India. A spreading, 

 thorny, evergreen shrub up to 12 feet high, 

 with elliptic-ovate to suborbicular leaves 

 up to 2 inches long and sweet-scented, 

 white, pink-tinged flowers about % inch 

 across. Native to the Himalayan region. 



123792. Cassia leptophylla Vog. Caesal- 

 piniaceae. 



Presented by the Botanic Garden, Rio 

 de Janeiro, Brazil. A Brazilian tree with 

 pinnate leaves composed of 9 to 12 lanceo- 

 late-oblong leaflets and many small yellow 

 flowers in terminal racemes about 6 Inches 

 long. Native to Brazil. 



123791 to 132793— Continued. 

 123793. Sapidm discolor (Champ.) Muell. 

 Arg. Euphorbiaceae. 

 Presented by tbe Botanic Garden, Hong 

 Kong, China. A glaucous shrub or small 

 tree, with long-petioled elliptic leaves about 

 2 inches long and short dense spikes of 

 greenish flowers. Native to tropical Asia. 



123794. Attalea sp. Phoenicaceae. 



Palm. 

 From Brazil. Seeds presented by P. Campos 

 Porto, Director, Instituto de Biologia Vege- 

 tal, Jardim Botanico, Rio de Janeiro. Re- 

 ceived April 8, 1937. 



The attaleas are attractive tropical Ameri- 

 can palms of distinctive appearance, with 

 long pinnate leaves usually in a large erect 

 tuft. 



123795. Pentaclethra macroloba 

 (Willd.) Kuntze (Pentaclethra fila- 

 mentosa Benth. ) . Mimosaceae. 



From Costa Rica. Seeds collected by H. F. 

 Loomis, Bureau of Plant Industry, United 

 States Department of Agriculture. Re- 

 ceived April 5, 1937. 



Cavilan. A large forest tree in the forests 

 about Cairo, Costa Rica. In clearings, the 

 tree makes a handsome crown of foliage which 

 is composed of large sbining mimosalike 

 leaves. The small white flowers are in dense 

 clusters about 6 inches long. The wood is 

 prized because of its resistance to decay and 

 termites, being used for posts, railroad ties, 

 and other purposes. The sapwood is light- 

 colored, but the heartwood is bright red. The 

 tree appears to prefer well-drained locations 

 with good soil. 



For previous introduction see 108584. 



123796. Trifolium pratense L. Faba- 

 ceae. Red clover. 



From Canada. Seeds purchased from the 

 Dominion Seed Branch, Department of Ag- 

 riculture, Calgary, Alberta. Received April 

 13, 1937. 

 Altaswcde red clover. 



123797. Amygdalus persica L. Amyg- 

 dalaceae. Peach. 



From Canada. Plants presented by C. How- 

 ard Fisher & Sons, Queenston, Ontario. 

 Received April 24, 1937. 

 II. Fisher No. 10. 



123798 to 123807. Viola spp. Violaceae. 



Violet. 



From Sweden. Seeds presented by Dr. S. 

 Skottsberg, Director, Botanic Garden, 

 Goteberg. Received April 14, 1937. 

 123798. Viola battandieri W. Becker. 



An Algerian violet up to about lVa feet 

 high, with ovate leaves and violet or yellow 

 flowers. It is allied to Viola munbyana. 



