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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



124024 to 124048— Continued. 



124042. OXYPETALUM COERULEUM (D. DOIl) 



Decne. Asclepiadateae. 



A tender vine with oblong leaves, cor- 

 date-hastate at the base and dark-blue 

 flowers in small axillary clusters. Native 

 to Argentina. 



124043. Prosopis strombulifera (Lam.) 

 Benth. Mimosaceae. 



From San Jose\ Argentina, April 23, 

 1937. A low shrub not over 12 inches 

 high, with peculiar screw-shaped persist- 

 ent pcds that look like bright-yellow spikes 

 of flowers a short distance away. 



For previous introduction see 62080. 

 124C44. Rubus sp. Rosaceae. 



A blackberry found growing wild all 

 over southern Chile ; said to be an escape 

 from a German introduction. 



124045. Tabebuia flavescens Griseb. Big- 

 noniaceae. 



124046. Tabebuia sp. Bignoniaceae. 



124047. Tipdana tipu (Benth.) Lillo (T. 



speciosa Benth.) Fabaceae. Tipu-tree. 



A handsome unarmed tree with com- 

 pound leaves that are unevenly pinnate 

 and showy yellow flowers in loosely 

 branched terminal panicles. The tree is a 

 rapid grower, and its horizontal branches 

 make it an excellent shade tree. 



For previous introduction see 88263. 



124048. Ugni molinae (Barn.) Turcz. 

 Myrtaceae. 



From Valdivia, Chile. An evergreen 

 shrub with leathery ovate leaves very like 

 those of the myrtle, but with smaller flow- 

 er s, shorter enclosed stamens, and reflexed, 

 awl-shaped sepals and five petals. It is 

 sometimes grown on walls and is about 

 as hardy as myrtle. The edible berries are 

 sold in the Chilean markets, but no attempt 

 has been made to cultivate the shrub. 



For previous introduction see 36151. 



124049. Citrus sp. Rutaceae. 



From Tahiti, Society Islands. Plants pre- 

 sented by Harrison W. Smith, Papeari. 

 Received June 3, 1937. 

 A green-fleshed pomelo. 



124050. Theobkoma cacao L. Sterculi- 

 aceae. Cacao. 



Plants growing at the United States Plant 

 Introduction Garden, Coconut Grove, Fla. 

 Numbered in June 1937. 



124051. Wakszewiczia coccinea (Vahl) 

 Klotzsch. Rubiaceae. 



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

 singham, Atkins Institution of the Arnold 

 Arboretum, Soledad, Cienfuegos. Received 

 June 3, 1937. 



124051 — Continued. 



From the Plant Introduction Garden, Canal 

 Zone. An ornamental tree with dark-green 

 foliage and clusters of small flowers each % 

 of an inch across. One sepal of each cluster 

 is brilliant scarlet and over 2 inches long, 

 making a startling splash of color against 

 the dark leaves. The tree blooms during the 

 wet season, whereas most of the showy flower- 

 ing trees of the Tropics bloom in the dry sea- 

 son. Native to Tiinidad, British West Indies. 



For previous introduction see 105872. 



124052 to 124056. Allium spp. Lilia- 

 ceae. 



From India. Bulbs collected by Walter Koelz, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry, United States 

 Department of Agriculture. Received June 

 3, 1937. 



124052 and 124053. Allium Cepa L. Onion. 

 Pujaz. From Hyderabad, Sind State, 

 April 28, 1937, but said to have come from 

 Surat. 

 124052. No. 2793. The bulbs of this 

 variety keep much longer than those 

 of any other onion previously seen 

 on this trip. 

 123053. No. 2794. Possibly a good keeper. 

 124054 to 124056. Allium sativum L. 



Garlic. 



124054. No. 2790. Lassan. From Jodh- 

 pur, Jodhpur State, April 26, 1937. 



124055. No. 2791. Lassan. From Chitor- 

 garh, Mewar State, April 23, 1937. 



124056. No. 2792. Lassan. From Hyder- 

 abad, Sind State, April 28, 1937. 



124057 to 124064. Oryza sativa L. 

 ceae. 



Poa- 

 Rice. 



From India. Seeds presented by the Rice 

 Research Station, Lakkana. Received May 

 26, 1937. 



124057. Bengalo. 



124058. Jajai^-77. 



124059. Kangui-27. 



124060. Kalangho. 



124061. Lari. 



124062. Prong-36. 



124063. Silver Jubilee. 



124064. Torh, 

 124065 to 124067. 



From Europe. Seeds presented by P. Upitis, 

 Vestiena, Latvia. Received May 28, 1937. 



124065. Picea abies (L.) Karst. (P. ex- 

 celsa Link). Pinaceae. Norway spruce. 

 Received as variety Lettoniensis, 



124066. Pinus sylvestris L. Pinaceae. 



Scotch pine. 

 Received as variety Rigaensis. 



