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124013 to 124023— Continued. 



A collection of hybrid oats from Pusa, 

 Bihar, grown at the Agricultural Institute. 



124013. X-27. 



124014. 8-54, 



124015. B-S-l. 



124016. G. 



124017. K-S-10. 



124018. B-52. 



124019. J. 



124020. C-l. 



124021. Wcstene. From Indore, Central In- 

 dia. 



124022. Mulga. Prom Indore, Central In- 

 dia. 



124023. A local variety. 



124024 to 124048. 



Prom South America. Seeds collected by 

 L. C. Corbett, Bureau of Plant Industry, 

 United States Department of Agriculture. 

 Received May 24, 1937. 



124024. Calliandra tweedii Benth. (An- 

 neslia tweedii (Benth.) Lindm.). Mimo- 

 saceae. 



From Argentina. A low tropical tree 

 with bipinnate leaves made up of 3 or 4 

 pairs of very small, hairy, linear-oblong 

 leaflets and globose flower heads with 

 rather showy purplish stamens. Native to 

 British Guiana. 



For previous introduction see 104106. 



124025. Peltophorum dubium (Spreng.) 

 Taub. (P. vogelianum Walp.). Caesal- 

 piniaceae. 



A large handsome tree 50 to 60 feet 

 high, with broad spreading branches and 

 bipinnate leaves giving an excellent shade. 

 The bright-yellow flowers are in terminal 

 panicled racemes. Native to Brazil. 



For previous introduction see 42180. 



124026. Crataegus sp. Malaceae. 

 From Valdivia, Chile. 



124027. Cucurbita moschata Duchesne. 

 Cucurbitaceae. Cushaw. 

 From Lima, Peru. A large crook-neck 



squash ; flesh thick, yellow ; skin warty. 



124028. Cucurbita moschata Duchesne. 

 Cucurbitaceae. Cushaw. 

 From Lima, Peru. From tbe market. 



Fruit large; flesh thick, yellow; skin 

 smooth. 



124029. Enterolobium timbouva Mart. 

 Mimosaceae. Timbo. 

 A large tree with bipinnate leaves made 



up of 2 to 5 pinnae, each bearing 10 to 20 

 pairs of falcate-oblong leaflets and large 

 heads of greenish flowers followed by coria- 



124024 to 124048— Continued. 



ceous kidney-shaped pods. Native to 

 Brazil. 



For previous introduction see 107293. 



124030. Erytiirina falcata Benth. Faba- 

 ceae. 



A tropical tree allied to Erythrina cris- 

 tagalli. The oval-oblong leaflets are 4 to 

 6 inches long, becoming leathery with age. 

 The scarlet flowers, a little smaller than 

 those of E. cristagalli, are in small racemes 

 in the upper leaf axils. Native to Brazil. 



For previous introduction see 104114. 



124031. Fuchsia sp. Onagraceae. 

 From Chile. A wild fuchsia. 



124032. Jacaranda chelonia Griseb. Eig- 

 noniaceae. 



An Argentinian tree, sometimes as much 

 as 90 feet high, with a rounded habit and 

 attractive fernlike foliage. The large blue 

 flowers are in terminal panicles a foot 

 long. The wood is valued in Argentina for 

 cabinet work. 



For previous introduction see 63987. 



124033. Lupinus sp. Fabaceae. 



From Puella, Chile, on Lake Todos Los 

 Santos. A yellow-flowered lupine. 

 124034 to 124039. Lycopersicon esculen- 



tuai Mill. Solanactae. Tomato. 



124034. A thin-walled, large-celled, wrin- 

 kled tomato, abundant in the Lima 

 market in March. 



124035. From Lima, Peru, March 1937. 

 Fruit small-celled, thick-walled, very 

 meaty, lobed but quite smooth ; flesh 

 red. 



124036. Italian-grown seeds collected in 

 a tomato-paste factory in the Rio Ne- 

 gro Valley, Argentina. 



124037. From Valdivia, Chile. 



124038. From Trujillo, near Chau Chau, 

 Peru. 



124039. From Trujillo, March 1937. 

 Fruit small, subglobose, 1% inches in 

 diameter, smooth. 



124049 and 124041. Myrtus spp. Myrta- 



ceae. 



From near Niebla, Chile, March 31, 1937. 

 An evergreen shrub 10 to 12 feet high, with 

 leaves about % of an inch long and % of 

 an inch wide, myrtle green above and much 

 lighter green and hoary beneath, making a 

 compact flat leaf arrangement. The white 

 rosaceous flowers, in clusters, are followed 

 by berries about % of an inch in diameter, 

 borne on short stems, like a string of 

 beads, under the leaf stem. 



124040. A form with bright-blue berries. 



124041. A form with black berries. 



