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123842 and 123843— Continued. 



No. 1722. A zinnia found wild along 

 fence rows and roadsides. The small 

 flower heads are a light brick red. 



For previous introduction see 102643. 



123844. Bauhinia glauoa Wall. Caes- 

 alpiniaceae. 



From China. Seeds presented by the Botanic 

 Garden, Hong Kong, through F. G. Wal- 

 singham, Atkins Institution, Arnold Ar- 

 boretum, Soledad, Cienfuegos, Cuba. Re- 

 ceived April 9, 1937. 



A woody climber with slender branchlets 



and small deeply cleft leaves 1 to 3 inches 



long. The small white flowers are in dense 



terminal corymbs. Native to tropical India. 



For previous introduction see 67540. 



123845. Citkus sp. Rutaceae. 



From Brazil. Seeds presented by Agesilau A. 

 Bitancourt, Sub-Director de Biologia Vege- 

 tal, Sao Paulo. Received April 27, 1937. 

 Laranja cravo orange. 



123846. Oebignya speciosa (Mart.) 

 Barb.-Rodr. (Attalea speciosa Mart. ) . 

 Phoenicaceae. Babassu nut. 



From Brazil. Seeds presented through J. 

 W. T. Duvel, Commodity Exchange Ad- 

 ministration, United States Department of 

 Agriculture. Received November 19, 1936. 

 Numbered April 15, 1937. 

 A palm, native to Brazil and the Guianas, 

 wbich is very much like the Cohune palm, 

 but its fruits, 3 to 4 inches long, are much 

 larger. An edible oil is extracted from the 

 seeds and is now being exported to the United 

 States. 



For previous introduction see 99608. 

 123847 to 123849. 



From Biltmore, N. C. Plants presented by 

 C. D. Beadle, Biltmore estate. Received 

 April 12, 1937. 



A collection of bamboos, originally obtained 

 from a European nursery. 



123847. Arundinabia sp. Poaceae. 



Bamboo. 



A handsome running bamboo that bears 

 some resemblance to Semiarundinaria fas- 

 tuosa but has not exceeded about 9 feet in 

 height. There are ultimately 1 to 3 

 branches at each node of the palm except 

 near the base, and the internodes are 

 often slightly flattened above the branches ; 

 culm sheaths are semipersistent. Leaves 

 6 to 8 on a branch, broad lanceolate, gla- 

 brous, 3 to 5 inches long, % to 1 inch wide. 



123848. Sasadisticha (Mitf.) E. G. Camus. 

 Poaceae. Fern bamboo. 

 A dwarf hardy bamboo of running habit, 



2% to 3 feet and rarely 5 feet high, with 

 small, closely-ranked leaves. It is useful 



123847 to 123849— Continued, 

 as a roadway border where soil conditions 

 do not favor too rapid spreading. 

 123849. Arundinaria sp. Poaceae. 



Bamboo. 

 A handsome running bamboo with culms 

 4y 2 feet high, unbranched below but with 

 several branches at each node of the upper 

 half and with rough leaves up to 9 inches 

 long and 1% inches wide ; culm sheaths 

 persistent. 



123850. Neanthe bella O. F. Cook. 

 Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



From Washington, D. C. Seeds from plants 

 grown in greenhouses of the Department of 

 Agriculture. April 1, 1937. 



These seeds were obtained from hand-pol- 

 linated flowers. A small graceful palm with 

 a slender stem a few feet high and spreading 

 deep-green pinnate leaves 1 to 2 feet long. 

 Native to open forests in Guatemala, at 

 about 3,000 feet altitude. 



123851. Quercus sp. Fagaceae. Oak. 



From France. Plants purchased from Leo- 

 pold Laval, Propri6taire-Trufficulteur-R6- 

 coltant, Martel. Received April 1, 1937. 

 Truffle oak. 



123852 to 123904. 



From New Mexico. Seeds collected by Leslie 

 N. Godding, Soil Conservation Service, Al- 

 buquerque. Received April 3, 1937. 



123852. Agastachb rupestris (Greene) 

 Standley. Menthaceae. 



A perennial herb 1 to 3 feet high, native 

 to the mountains of southwestern New 

 Mexico. The linear-lanceolate entire 

 leaves, about 2 inches long and pleasantly 

 aromatic, and the showy, tubular, coral- 

 red flowers, 1 inch long, are borne in loose 

 panicles. 



For previous introduction see 101092. 



123853. Amorbuxia palmatifida Moq. and 

 Sesse. Cochlospermaceae. 



A bushy perennial with digitately-parted 

 leaves and showy yellow flowers in pani- 

 cles. Native to Mexico. 



123854. Anthericum torreyi Baker. Lilia- 

 ceae. 



An anthericum iy 2 to 2 feet high, with 

 narrow linear leaves and a scape of many 

 small yellow flowers. Native to the south- 

 western United States. 



123855. Aralia humilis Cav. Araliaceae. 

 An unarmed shrub 3 to 7 feet high, with 



bipinnate leaves and small black berrylike 

 fruits. Native to Mexico. 



123856. Aster glaucodes Blake. Astera- 

 ceae. 



A perennial aster with long roots. 



