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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



124068 to 124160— Continued. 



124135. MOMORDICA CHARANTIA L. CuCUrM- 



taceae. Balsam-pear. 



No. 2596. Karela. From Patna, Bihar, 

 April 5, 1937. A green fruit 5 inches long. 

 124136 and 124137. Mords nigra L. Mora- 



ceae. Black mulberry. 



Shahbut. From Patna, Bihar, April 3, 

 1937. 



124136. No. 2576. Fruit 5 inches long by 

 three-eighths of an inch in diameter, 

 black to purplish, sweet-acid, inclined 

 to be a bit watery. 



124137. No. 2577. Fruit 2 inches long by 

 % inch in diameter, black, sweet-sour, 

 rather insipid. 



124138. Oryza sativa L. Poaceae. Bice. 

 No. 2608. Irani. From Patna, Bihar, 



April 6, 1937. A common rice, locally 

 grown, ripe in 120 days. The earliest 

 variety grown here. 



124139. Osbeckia sp. Melastomaceae. 



No. 2475. From Kodai Kanal, Palni 

 Hills, at 7,500 feet altitude, March 10, 

 1937. A bushy shrub up to 8 feet high, 

 growing usually in the open and bearing, 

 over a long period, an abundance of purple 

 flowers about 2 inches in diameter. It 

 will stand some frost. 



124140. Passiflora sp. Passifloraceae. 

 No. 2499. From Kodai Kanal, Palni 



Hills, at 7,500 feet altitude, March 14, 

 1937. An attractive climber, found at the 

 edge of a forest, with 3-lobed, maplelike ' 

 leaves. The long-tubed cerise flowers are 

 6 inches long, and the elliptical fruits are j 

 4 inches long. 



124141. Pongamia pinnata (L.) W. F. ! 

 Wight. (P. glabra Vent.). Fabaceae. 

 No. 2548. From Cuddapah, Madras 



Presidency, March 23, 1937. A handsome 

 tree with dark shiny leaves and an abun- 

 dance of small purple flowers. The leaves 

 have value as green manure, the seeds for 

 oil, and the tree as a whole for shade. 



124142. Raphanus sativus L. Brassica- 

 ceae. Radish. 

 No. 2613. Muli. From Patna, Bihar, 



April 8, 1937. An early, long, white 

 radish. 



124143. Rubus sp. Rosaceae. 



No. 2473. From Kodai Kanal, Palni 

 Hills, at 7,500 feet altitude, March 10. A 

 shrub up to 30 feet high, which forms 

 impassable thickets in places ; found in the 

 forest and also on sunny hillsides. Fruit 

 yellow to orange, V 2 inch in diameter, small 

 seeds, somewhat acid, of refreshing flavor, 

 and borne abundantly. The shrub toler- 

 ates some frost. 



124068 to 124160— Continued. 



124144. Rubus sp. Rosaceae. 



No. 2474. From Kodai Kanal, Palni 

 Hills, at 7,500 feet altitude, March 10, 

 1937. A shrub 8 feet high found in the 

 open. The small blue-black, tomentose 

 fruits are % of an inch in diameter. 



124145. Salvia sr. Menthaceae. 



No. 2571. From Kodur, Madras Presi- 

 dency, March 18, 1937. Plants 3 feet high, 

 found growing in clumps in hot dry areas. 

 Flowers lavender. 

 124146 to 124151. Solanum melongena L. 



Solanaceae. Eggplant. 



From Patna, Bihar, from April 3 to 8, 

 1937. 



124146. No. 2605. Bengan. Fruit deep 

 purple, 7 by 3% inches, few seeds. A 

 popular market variety. 



124147. No. 2612. MuUakasi Bengan. 

 Fruit subglobose, 6 inches in diameter, 

 purple black. Considered among the 

 best. 



124148. No. 2614. Bengan. A round, 

 light-purple fruit, 4 inches in diameter ; 

 a native variety. 



124149. No. 2573. Bengan. Fruit white, 

 7 inches long by 2% inches across. 



124150. No. 2579. Bengan. Fruit sub- 

 globose, 5 inches in diameter, pale 

 purplish with a mantle of dark green, 

 and rather few seeds. 



124151. No. 2592. Bengan. Fruits 7 by 

 3% inches, deep purple, few seeds. A 

 popular variety. 



124152. Solanum sp. Solanaceae. 



No. 2617. From Nilambur, Madras 

 Presidency, March 5, 1937. A shrubby 

 perennial up to 6 feet high, with whitish 

 flowers. 



124153. Strychnos sp. Loganiaceae. 



No. 2545. From Kodur, Madras Presi- 

 dency, March 18, 1937. A medium-sized, 

 ornamental tree growing in dry places, with 

 orange fruits as large as a tennis ball. 



124154. Trichosanthes anguina L. Cu- 

 curbitaceae. Snakegourd. 

 No. 2582. ChicUnda. From Patna, Bi- 

 har, April 4, 1937. Used as a vegetable 

 while tender. 



124155. Triticum aestivum L. Poaceae. 



Common wheat, 

 No. 2604. Gehum. From Patna, Bihar, 

 April 5, 1937. A hard wheat which makes 

 good bread. 



124156. Vicia faba L. Fabaceae. 



Broadbean. 



No. 2594. Bagla. From Patna, Bihar, 

 April 5, 1937. Beans eaten both green or 

 dried. 



