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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



124398 to 124501— Continued. 



No. 2739. Makhan, Sem. Presented by 

 the Superintendent of the State gardens, 

 Udaipur, Mewar State, April 21, 1937. A 

 variety with pale pods which are used as 

 string beans. 



124461. Gossypium sp. Malvaceae. Cotton. 

 No. 2717. Rui. From Udaipur, Mewar 



State, April 20, 1937. A cotton used in 

 this area for making clothing. 



124462. INDIGOFERA LINIFOLIA (L. f.) RetZ. 



Fabaceae. Indigo. 



No. 2789. From Gaya, Bihar State, 

 April 9, 1937. A prostrate perennial grow- 

 ing in hot dry places. The simple, linear, 

 silvery-hairy leaves are about 1 inch long, 

 and the small salmon-pink flowers, in copi- 

 ous racemes, are borne in abundance over 

 a long period. 



124463 to 124466. Lagenahia leucantha 

 (Duchesne) Rusby. Cucurbitaceae. 



Calabash gourd. 

 Nos. 124463 and 124464. Presented 

 by the Superintendent of the State gar- 

 dens, Udaipur, Mewar State, April 21, 

 1937. 



124463. No. 2736. Alkaddu. A variety 

 3 feet long, planted in the rainy sea- 

 son. 



124464. No. 2743. Gol LauM. A round 

 variety. 



124465. No. 2775. LauM. From Ajmer, 

 Rajputana State, April 24, 1937. 



124466. No. 2802. Adu. From Hydera- 

 bad, Sind State, April 28, 1937. A 

 long edible variety. 



124467 to 124472. Luffa spp. Cucurbita- 

 ceae. 



124467 to 124470. Luffa ACUTANGULA (L.) 

 Roxb. Singkwa towelgourd. 



Turai. 



124467. No. 2705. From Ujjain, 

 Gwalior State, April 18, 1937. 



124468. No. 2741. Presented by the 

 Superintendent of the State gardens, 

 Udaipur, Mewar State, April 21, 

 1937. Used as a vegetable. 



124469. No. 2773. From Ajmer, Raj- 

 putana State, April 24, 1937. 



124470. No. 2806. From Hyderabad, 

 Sind State, April 28, 1937. Esteemed 

 as a vegetable when young, 

 124471 and 124472. Luffa cylindrica (L.) 



Roemer. Suakwa towelgourd. 



124471. No. 2706. Qilti. From Ujjain, 

 Gwalior State, April 18, 1937. 



124472. No. 2740. Ghiya. Presented 

 by the Superintendent of the State 



gardens, Udaipur, Mewar State, April 

 21, 1937. Used as a vegetable while 

 young. 



124398 to 124501— Continued. 



124473 and 124474. Lycopersicon ESCULBN- 

 tum Mill. Solanaceae. Tomato. 



124473. No. 2785. From Jodhpur, Jodh- 

 pur State, April 26, 1937. Fruit flat- 

 tened and elongate (many freaks), 

 about 2% inches long, red. Possibly 

 disease resistant. 



124474. No. 2815. From Hyderabad, Sind 

 State, April 28, 1937. A long red 

 fruit ; said to be an acclimatized vari- 

 ety. 



124475. Medicago sativa L. Fabaceae. 



Alfalfa. 

 No. 2804. From Hyderabad, Sind State, 

 April 28, 1937. Used locally as fodder. 



124476 and 124477. Momordica CHarantia 

 L. Cucurbitaceae. Balsam-pear. 



124476. No. 2742. Karela. Presented by 

 the Superintendent of the State gar- 

 dens, Udaipur, Mewar State, April 21, 

 1937. 



124477. No. 2772. Karela. From Ajmer, 

 Rajputana State, April 24, 1937. 



124478 to 124480. Pisum sativum L. Fa- 

 baceae. Pea. 



124478. No. 2816. Matar. From Hydera- 

 bad, Sind State, April 28, 1937. 



124479. No. 2817. Matar. From Hyder- 

 abad, Sind State, April 28, 1937. 



124480. No. 2718. Matar. From Udai- 

 pur, Mewar State, April 20, 1937, but 

 said to have come from Nagpur, Cen- 

 tral Provinces, and to be free from 

 mildew there. 



124481. Raphanus sativus L. Brassica- 

 ceae. Radish. 



No. 2788. Muli. From Jodhpur, Jodh- 

 pur State, April 26, 1937. A long white 

 variety ; possibly a hot-weather radish for 

 the United States. 



124482 to 124490. Solanum spp. Solana- 

 ceae. 



124482 to 124489. Solanum melongena L. 



Eggplant. 



Nos. 124482 and 124483, Bengan. 



From Ujjain, Gwalior State, April 18, 



1937. 



124482. No. 2709. A long black fruit. 



124483. No. 2710. A round black fruit. 

 Nos. 124484 to 124487, Bengan. 



Presented by the Superintendent of 

 the State gardens, Udaipur, Mewar 

 State, April 21, 1937. 



124484. No. 2731. A mixture of local 

 varieties. 



124485. No. 2732. A locally grown, 

 ' long purple variety. 



124486. No. 2733. A native, long white 

 variety. 



