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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



124179 to 124242— Continued. 



124231. DlOSPYEOS sp. 



No. 2668. From Bhagalpur, Bihar, 

 April 13, 1937. Fruit subglobose, 2 

 inches in diameter, orange, somewhat 

 sweet, edible. 



124232. Ficus sp. Moraceae. 



No. 2602. From Patna, Bibar, April 5, 

 1937. A handsome tree with ligbt-green, 

 elliptical leaves about 4 inches long and 

 purple, orange-mottled fruit about 1 inch 

 across. 



124233. LUFFA ACUTANGDLA (L.) Roxb. Cu- 



curbitaeeae. Singkwa towelgourd. 



No. 2687. Babur. From Bhopal, Bhopal 

 State, April 18, 1937. 



124234. Luffa cylindrica (L.) Roemer. 

 Cucurbitaceae. Suakwa towelgourd. 

 No. 2682. From Bhopal, Bhopal State, 



April 16, 1937. 



124235. Lycopersicon escdlentum Mill. 

 Solanaceae. Tomato. 

 No. 2609. From Patna, Bihar State, 



April 7, 1937. Fruit red, 3 inches long, of 

 good flavor. 



124236. Momordica charantia L. Cu- 

 curbitaceae. Balsam-pear. 

 No. 2683. Karela. From Bhopal, Bhopal 



State, April 16, 1937. 



124237. Phaseolds lunatus L. Fabaceae. 



Lima bean. 

 No. 2669. From Allahabad, United Prov- 

 inces, April 15, 1937. A bean with a long 

 bearing season ; said to have been intro- 

 duced by a missionary. 



124238. Pisum sativum L. Fabaceae. 



Pea. 

 No. 2680. Matar. From Bhopal, Bhopal 

 State, April 16, 1937. 



124239 to 124241. SOLANDM MELONGENA L. 



Solanaceae. Eggplant. 



124239. No. 2646. Bengan. From Bha- 

 galpur, Bihar State, April 11, 1937, 

 A large globose purple fruit. 



124240. No. 2667. Bengan. From the 

 Botanic Section, Department of Agri- 

 culture, Sabour, Bihar State, April 13, 

 1937. Fruit purple, drop-shaped, 

 about 1 foot long ; skin thin, few seeds. 

 A fine sort, derived from Bengal stock. 



124241. No. 2686. Bengan. From Bho- 

 pal, Bhopal State, April 16, 1937. 

 Fruit elongate, 12 by 4 inches, black 

 purple. 



124242. HOLOPTELEA INTEGRIFOLIA (Roxb.) 



Planch. Ulmaceae. 



No. 2635. Chireta. From Gaya, Bihar 

 State, April 10, 1937. A tall elmlike tree 

 to 3 feet in diameter, with obovate leaves 

 up to 4 inches long. 



For previous introduction see 116039. 



124243 to 124260. 



From India. Seeds presented by the Lloyd 

 Botanic Garden, Darjeeling, through R. A. 

 Fenton, M. D., Portland, Oreg. Received 

 June 9, 1937. 



macrocarpa Wall. Myr- 



124243. Ardisia 

 sinaceae. 

 A shrub up to 4 feet high with narrowly 



ovate leaves with crisped-crenate margins, 

 bearing conspicuous glands in the crena- 

 tions. The umbels of very small reddish 

 flowers are followed by dotted, bright-red 

 berries y 2 to % of an inch in diameter. 

 Native to Sikkim and Nepal at altitudes 

 of 3,000 to 7,000 feet. 



For previous introduction see 102752. 



124244. Astilbe rivularis Buch.-Ham. 

 Saxifragaceae. 



A perennial herb, native to Nepal and 

 western China, with stems 3 to 5 feet high, 

 covered with tawny hairs. The biternate 

 leaves have dentate-ovate leaflets 1 to 3 

 inches long, and the creamy-white flowers, 

 with pure-white stamens, are borne in large 

 panicled spikes at the top of the stems. 



For previous introduction see 122068. 



124245. Carex cruciata Wahl. Cyperaceae. 



124246. Daphne involucrata Wall. Thy- 

 melaeaceae. 



A lax shrub up to 20 feet high, with thin 

 oblong-lanceolate leaves 3 to 6 inches long 

 and silky, white, fragrant flowers in long- 

 stemmed heads. It is native to the Sikkim 

 region in India. 



For previous introduction see 94076. 



124247. Erythrina arborescens Roxb. Fa- 

 baceae. Coraltree. 

 When covered with its racemes of bright 



scarlet flowers, this tree is very attractive 

 and is often planted as an ornamental. 

 There are but few prickles on its branches, 

 and the thin greenish trifoliolate leaves 

 are often a foot wide. The strongly curved 

 pods are about 1 inch wide and 6 to 9 

 inches long. The tree is native to the 

 central and eastern Himalayas up to 7,000 

 feet altitude. 



For previous introduction see 104771. 



124248. G O D A N I A LEPTOSTACHYA DC. 



Rhamnaceae. 



A climbing shrub with ovate, subcordate 

 leaves 3 to 4 inches long and spikes 8 to 

 12 inches long of small greenish flowers. 

 Native to India. 



124249. Gymnosporia thomsoni Kurz. Cel- 

 astraceae. 



A small spiny tree with lanceolate to 

 oblong-lanceolate leaves about 4 inches long 

 and inconspicuous flowers. Native to the 

 Sikkim Himalayas at altitudes of 2,000 

 to 5,000 feet. 



