JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 193 7 



124646 to 124671. 



From the British West Indies. Seeds pre- 

 sented by J. B. Hutchinson, Cotton Re- 

 search Station, Trinidad, through the Em- 

 pire Cotton Growing Corporation. Received 

 July 12, 1937. 



124646 to 124661. Gosstpium. Malvaceae. 



Cotton. 



124646. A-8. 



124647. T-3, Ariatie. 



124648. T-4, Ariatie. 

 . 124649. H-9. 



124650. H-10. 



124651. N-9. 



124652. Type 12. 

 .124653. N-19. 



124654. N-21. 



124655. Type 24. 



124656. Type 26. 



124657. Type 256-G-7498. 



124658. Na. 185-G-10570. 



124659. Type 268-35-22191. 



124660. F-2190. 



124661. Type 4-G-7576, New World. 



STOCKSII 



124662. GOSSYPIUM 

 Malvaceae. 



Masters. 

 Cotton. 



A shrubby tropical Indian cotton, with 

 small yellow flowers, which is native to the 

 -' Sind Uistrict ; it is of the 13-haploid-chro- 

 mosome group and therefore will not cross 

 with the American types. The seed is 

 dm cult to germinate because of the hard 

 coat. 



For previous introduction see 101307. 



124683. Sturtia gosstpioides R. Br. Mal- 

 vaceae. 



A large shrub, closely related to cotton, 

 with broadly oval, stiff leaves up to 2 

 inches long, and large purple flowers. Na- 

 tive to Australia. 



For previous introduction see 106722. 



124664 to 124671. Gossypium. Malvaceae. 



Cotton. 



124664. Type 14-S. Grenadine WMte 

 Pollen. 



124665. Type 9-G-10473-S. Meade. 



124666. Type 261-G-7519-S. Moco. 



124667. Type 279-35-22377-S. Red Ta- 

 baquite, a semiwild type. 



124668. Type 18-G-1563-S. Sea Island 

 (V. 135). The standard superfine cot- 

 ton of St. Vincent. 



124669. Type 15*-G-10465-S. Sea Island 

 WMte Flower. 



124670. Type 285-G-10740-S. Mont. 



Sea Island. 



124671. HA. 259-G-10599-S. Bed Sea 

 Island. 



124672. Fiemiana baeteei (Masters) 

 Schuni. (Sterculia tarteri Masters). 

 Sterculiaceae. 



From Gold Coast, Africa. Seeds presented 

 by S. C. Vegire, Koforidua, at the request 

 of L. A. Kin?-Church, Conservator of For- 

 ests. Received June 9, 1937. 



124672— Continued. 



An ornamental tree, native to tropical 

 Africa, with rounded cordate leaves and loose 

 panicles of small coral-pink flowers. The 

 wood is light and used as floats for fish nets, 

 and the fiber is used for making rope. 



For previous introduction see 80659. 



124673 and 124674. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by F. G. Wal- 

 singham, Atkins Institution of the Arnold 

 Arboretum, Soledad, Cienfuegos. Received 

 July 17, 1937. 



124673. Hardwickia binata Roxb. Caesal- 

 piniaceae. 



Presented by the Forest Research Insti- 

 tute, Dehra Dun, India. A large gregarious 

 leguminous tree up to 100 feet high, with 

 leaves composed of 2 oblique-ovate leathery 

 leaflets resembling those of a bauhinia. The 

 small greenish-yellow flowers are in large 

 axillary and terminal panicles. Native to 

 southern India. 



124674. Tabebuia lucida Britton. Big- 

 noniaceae. 



Presented by the Experiment Station, 

 Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. A small tree with 

 shining, leathery, 2- to 5-foliolate leaves 

 and pink flowers about 2 inches long in 

 clusters. Native to the West Indies. 



124675. Bambusa multiplex (Lour.) 

 Raeusch. Poaceae. Hedge bamboo. 



From China. Seeds presented by Dr. F. A. 

 MeClure, Lingnan University, Canton. Re- 

 ceived July 21, 1937. 



No. 1240. From the Lingnan University 

 Bamboo Garden. 



For previous introduction see 101503. 



124676. Caesalpinia sp. Caesalpinia- 

 ceae. 



From the Belgian Congo. Seeds received 

 through the Bureau of Entomology and 

 Plant Quarantine, United States Depart<- 

 ment of Agriculture. Received July 22, 

 1937. 



124677. Sicana odorifera (Yell.) Naud. 

 Cucurbitaceae. Casabanana. 



From Mexico. Seeds presented by Dr. C. A. 

 Purpus, Zacuapam, Huatusco. Received 

 July 15, 1937. 



A subtropical ornamental vine with cylin- 

 drical fruits over a foot long, which have 

 iinely mottled dark-reddish rind and yellow 

 flesh with a pleasing odor somewhat like that 

 of the muskmelon. The fruit is used for pre- 

 serves or dulces. 



For previous introduction see 109872. 



124678 and 124679. Trifolium pratense 

 L. Fabaceae. Red clover. 



From New Zealand. Seeds presented by the 

 Grasslands Division, Plant Research Bu- 

 reau, Palmerston North. Received July 20, 

 1937. 



124678. Sta. No. As. 442. Montgomery Ex- 

 tra Late Flowering. 



124679. Sta. No. As. 446. New Zealand 

 Broad. 



