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124398 to 124501— Continued. 



124487. No. 2734. A native, round 

 white variety. 



124488. No. 2746. From Udaipur, 

 Mewar State. April 22, 1937. A 

 small, green local variety. 



124489. No. 2771. From Ajmer, Raj- 

 putana State, April 24, 1937. A 

 small round fruit, 3 inches in di- 

 ameter. 



124490. Solandm sp. 



No. 2626. From Gaya, Bihar State, 

 April 9, 1937. A shrubhy perennial 7 

 feet high with white flowers and or- 

 ange-yellow fruits % inch in diameter. 

 124491. Spinacia oleracea L. Chenopodi- 

 aceae. Common spinach. 



No. 2747. Palag. From Udaipur, Mewar 

 State, April 22, 1937. A winter potherb. 

 124492 and 124493. Trichosanthes an- 

 gdina L. Cucurbitaceae. Snakegourd. 

 Ghachinda. Presented by the Superin- 

 tendent of the State gardens, Udaipur, 

 Mewar State, April 21, 1937. 



124492. No. 2730. Green or white, a 

 small race. 



124493. No. 2737. Fruits 3 feet long, a 

 good vegetable. 



124494 to 124498. Triticum aestivdm L. 

 Poaceae. Common wheat. 



Gehun. 



Nos. 124494 and 124495. From the 

 Government Farm at Udaipur, Mewar 

 State, April 20, 1937. 



124494. No. 2719. Govt. No. 13. Origin 

 unknown. 



124495. No. 2720. Pusa 52. An imported 

 strain from Pusa, said to be rust free 

 and to tolerate frost at fruiting time. 

 Nos. 124496 to 124498. From Gaya, 



Bihar State, April 9, 1937. Hard wheat 

 collected near the southern limit of 

 wheat production in India. 



124496. No. 2627. Heads pale, bearded; 

 makes good pastry flour ; a short-sea- 

 son hard wheat. 



124497. No. 2628. Heads reddish, beard- 

 less. 



2629. 



Heads reddish, 



124498. No. 

 bearded. 

 124499. Vicia faba L. Fabaceae. 



Broadbean. 

 No. 2708. Ramphal. From Ujjain, 

 Gwalior State, April 18, 1937. 

 124500 and 124501. Zea mays L. Poaceae. 



Corn. 



Makki. From Udaipur, Mewar State, 



April 22, 1937. Said to mature in 75 days. 



124500. No. 2744. 



124501. No. 2745. 



124502 and 124503. Gesneria spp. Ges- 

 neriaceae. 



From Brazil. Seeds presented by Mrs. V. B. 

 Schilling, Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, 

 through Dr. Doris M. Cochran, United 

 States National Museum, Washington, D. C. 

 Received June 18, 1937. 



124502. Gesneria sp. 



A bulbous plant with creamy-flesh- 

 spotted, narrow-pointed leaves. The soli- 

 tary tubular flowers are produced in the 

 leaf axils. 



124503. Gesneria sp. 



A bulbous plant with velvety green leaves 

 and showy coral-scarlet tubular flowers pro- 

 duced in a terminal umbel. 



124504. Dendrocalamus strictus 



(Roxb.) Nees. Poaceae. 

 From Florida. Seeds presented by Julian 



Nally, Gotha. Received June 23, 1937. 



A giant tropical clump bamboo, native to 

 India, under favorable conditions growing to 

 a height of 60 feet or more. The culms are 

 thick walled and sometimes are practically 

 solid. The plant is injured at 28° F. and 

 is killed at 26°. The entire clump, growing 

 at Gotha, Fla., from which these seeds were 

 collected, seeded heavily from late winter to 

 early summer, producing no leaves, and all 

 the culms died. 



For previous introduction see 77061. 

 124505 to 124510. Medicago sativa L. 



Fabaceae. Alfalfa. 



From Peru. Seeds presented by Pedro Re- 



cavarren C, DirecciOn de Agricultura, 



Ganaderla, y ColonizaciOn, Ministerio de 



Fomento, Lima. Received June 24, 1937. 



124505. A. 124508. D. 



124506. B. 124509. E. 



124507. C. 124510. F. 

 124511. Aleurites trisperma Blanco. 



Euphorbiaceae. Banucalag. 



From the Philippine Islands. Seeds presented 

 by Jose S. Camus, Director of Plant Indus- 

 try and Commerce, Manila. Received June 

 19, 1937. 



This Philippine relative of the tung-oil tree 

 (Aleurites fordii) is a tree 30 to 50 feet high, 

 with heart-shaped leaves and rounded, three- 

 angled fruits about 2 inches in diameter. It 

 is a tropical tree and withstands only a few 

 degrees of frost. The oil obtained from the 

 seeds resembles tung oil, but is somewhat 

 slower in drying. 



For previous introduction see 112679. 



124512 to 124522. Gossypium spp. Mal- 

 vaceae. Cotton. 



From Brazil. Seeds presented by Prof. J. B. 

 GrifBng, Escola Superior de Agricultura e 



