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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



124612 to 124614— Continued. 



124613. Fortuneixa japonica (Thunb.) 

 Swingle. Kumquat. 

 C. P. B. No. 7335. 



For previous introduction see 30429. 



124614. FORTUNELLA MARGARITA (Lour.) 



Swingle. 

 C. P. B. 11315. 

 124615. Passiflora 

 Passifloraceae. 



Oval kumquat. 



pukpusii Killip. 

 Passiflora. 



From Mexico. Plants purchased from Dr. 

 C. A. Purpus, Zacuapam, Huatusco, Vera- 

 cruz. Received May 29, 1937. 

 A passiflora with ovate, cordate leaves 

 about 6 inches long and flowers about 2 

 inches wide. Native to Veracruz, Mexico. 



124616. Saccharum officinarum L. 

 Poaceae. Sugarcane. 



From the Union of South Africa. Cuttings 

 presented by the Natal Herbarium, Dur- 

 ban. Received June 29, 1937. 



124617. Cucumis melo L. Cucurbi- 

 taceae. Muskmelon. 



From India. Seeds collected by Walter Koelz, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry, United States 

 Department of Agriculture. Received June 

 12, 1937. 



No. 2874. Kharbuza. From Lahore, Pun- 

 jab, May 1, 1937. Fruit flattened, 6 by 4 

 inches, yellow with deep-green rib lines, 

 coarsely and strongly netted, fragrant ; flesh 

 salmon, thick, flavorless. 



124618. Asparagus officinalis L. Con- 

 vallariaceae. Garden asparagus. 



From Rumania. Seeds presented by Dr. Al. 

 Borza, Jardin Botanique de l'Universitg, 

 Cluj. Received June 30, 1937. 

 From hay meadows. 



124619 to 124621. 



-From French Equatorial Africa. Seeds pre- 

 sented by Miss Margaret Haines, Bangas- 

 sou, Oubangui-Chari. Received June 21, 

 1937. 



124619 to 124621— Continued. 

 124619. Annona senegalbnsis Pers. 

 nonaceae. 



An- 



A shrub or small tree, sometimes 20 feet 

 high, native to both eastern and western 

 tropical Africa. The oval, blue-green, 

 leathery leaves are up to 5 inches long, and 

 the orange-yellow, edible fruits, over 1 

 inch in diameter, contain an aromatic dark- 

 red pulp which suggests that of the cheri- 

 moya of tropical America. 



For previous introduction see 55554. 



124620. Brazzeia sp. Scytopetalaceae. 

 The members of this genus are tropical 



African trees or shrubs with alternate, 

 gray-green, entire leaves and rather large 

 flowers borne on the trunk in corymblike 

 clusters. 



124621. Solanum sp. Solanaceae. 



124622 to 124624. Gossypium. 

 ceae. 



Malva- 

 Cotton. 



From Cyprus. Seeds presented by the Direc- 

 tor of Agriculture, Nicosia, at the request 

 of the Empire Cotton Growing Corporation, 

 London, England. Received June 30, 1937. 



124622. Lapith08. 



124623. MesovMte. 



124624. Titsiros. 



124625. Cercidium praecox (Ruiz and 

 Pav. ) Harms. Caesalpiniaceae. 



From Venezuela. Seeds collected by W. A. 

 Archer, Bureau of Plant Industry, United 

 States Department of Agriculture. Re- 

 ceived May 3, 1935. Numbered in June 

 1937. 



No. 3139. Yabo. From near Barquisemeto, 

 March 5, 1935. A spiny shrub or small tree 

 about 25 feet high, with pale-green bark, 

 ascending branches, bipinnate leaves, and 

 small yellow flowers. Found growing in dry 

 semidesert lands among cacti and spiny 

 shrubs. Native to northwestern South 

 America. 



