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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



124680 to 124682. Arachis hypogaea L. 

 Fabaceae. Peanut. 



From Costa Rica. Seeds presented by J. M. 

 Orozco C, Jefe de la Seccion de Botanica, 

 Centro Nacional de Agricultura, San Pedro 

 de Oca. Received July 27, 1937. 



124680. No. 1. 



124681. No. 2. 



124682. No. 3. 



124683 to 124689. Citrus spp. Ruta- 

 ceae. 



From Brazil. Seeds presented by P. H. Rolfs, 

 Escola Superior de Agricultura e Veteri- 

 naria, Vigosa, Miinas Geraes, at tbe request 

 of L. C. Corbett, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received July 24, 1937. 



124683. Citrus grandis (L.) Osbeck. 



Grapefruit. 



Zamiboa pummelo. Fruits smaller than 

 the average for grapefruit ; pyriform ; color 

 darker yellow than grapefruit to almost 

 as dark as a Dancy tangerine when fully 

 ripe. 



124684 and 124685. Citrus limonia Osbeck. 



Lemon. 



124684. Limdo Rosa (Rose lemon). A 

 very productive variety that is being- 

 planted in most of the Brazilian States 

 and as far south as Argentina. 



124685. Limdo Marfln (Ivory lemon). 

 Tree very weak grower, erect, leaves 

 small, ovate, up to 2 inches long ; 

 fruit oblong, 2% by 1% inches, ivory 

 yellow, tinged with orange. 



124686. Citrus nobilis deliciosa (Ten.) 

 Swingle. Mandarin orange. 



Fruit about as heavy as the Dancy, but 

 more nearly spherical ; color lemon to or- 

 ange ; some seedling trees very seedy ; 

 leaves small, about one-half the length of 

 those of Dancy. The tree fruits later than 

 the Satsuma but earlier than the Dancy. 



124687 to 124689. Citrus sinensis (L.) 

 Osbeck. Orange. 



124687. Selecta de Vigosa. The parent 

 variety from which the Washington 

 Navel is doubtless a bud or a seed 

 mutant. 



124688. Laranja Cip6, "trailing or vin- 

 ing orange," so called on account of 

 the long trailing habit of the limbs. 

 Fruit equal to the Washington Navel, 

 size 150 and larger, very uniform in 

 size ; matures about the same date and 

 retains its excellent qualities much 

 longer. Its spreading habits and dense 

 foliage make it especially attractive 

 as an arbor. Planted close (12 feet) 

 it forms a low dense screen. 



124689. Pera Camargo. "Camargo's 

 pear-shaped orange." A new variety, 

 later and smaller than the Valencia, 

 which is rapidly taking first place as 

 a commercial variety. 



124690 to 124694. Oryza sativa L. Poa- 

 ceae. Rice. 



From India. Seeds presented by G. R. Srini- 

 vasa Ayyangar, Agricultural Research In- 

 stitute. Coimbatore, Madras Presidency, at 

 the request of Walter Koelz, Bureau of 

 Plant Industry, United States Department 

 of Agriculture. Received July 28, 1937. 



124690 to 124694— Continued. 



124690. Adt. 9. Strain from Poonkar. 

 124891. Ptb. 5. Velutharikayama. 



124692. Ptb. 8. Thavalakanna — red rice. 



124693. No. 10. Thekkancheera. 



124694. T. 699. A long type of grain which; 

 matures in 102 days. 



124695 to 124722. 



From China. Seeds presented by the Direc- 

 tor, Lu-shan Arboretum and Botanical Gar- 

 den, Kuling, Kuikiang. Received July 21, 

 1937. 



124695 to 124697. Acer spp. Aceraceae. 



Maple. 



124695. Acer buergerianum Miquel. 



Trident maple. 



A small tree with glabrous branches, 

 3-lobed, bright-green, papery leaves) with, 

 entire margins, inconspicuous greenish 

 flowers appearing at the same time as 

 the leaves, and glabrous fruits about 

 four-fifths of an inch long. Native to. 

 eastern China and Japan. 



For previous introduction see 44660. 



124696. Acer davidi Franch. 



A native Chinese maple, 50 to 60 feet 

 high, with large, oval, heart-shaped; 

 coarsely toothed leaves and long pendent 

 clusters of fruits. 



For previous introduction see 103112. 



124697. Acer oliverianum Pax. 



124698 to 124702. Lindera spp. Lauraceae. 



124698. Lindera glauca (Sieb. and 

 Zucc.) Blume {Benzoin glaucum (Sieb. 

 and Zucc.) Blume). 



A deciduous shrub up to 12 feet high, 

 with oblong-elliptic leaves, pubescent be- 

 neath, 1 to 2 inches long, and small yel- 

 low flowers followed by round black 

 drupes. 



For previous introduction see 116858. 



124699. Lindera umbellata sericea 

 (Sieb. and Zucc.) Makino (Benzoin 

 sericeum Sieb. and Zucc). 



A variety with somewhat narrower 

 leaves acute at both ends, globose ber- 

 ries the size of peas. Native to Japan. 



124700. Ltndera rubronervia Gamble 

 (Benzoin rubronervium (Gamble) Reh- 

 der). 



A shrub 6 to 18 feet high, growing in' 

 thickets, with thin-elliptic leaves about 

 3 inches long, dark shining green above, 

 and small globose black fruits. Native 

 to China at altitudes of about 4,000 feet. 



124701. Lindera strychnifolia (Blume) 

 Villar (Benzoin strychni folium 

 Blume). 



A small evergreen tree up to 20 feet 

 high, with shining elliptic leaves, dark 

 green above, and small greenish, ellip- 

 soid berries. Native to Japan. 



124702. Lindera umbellata Thunb. 



A shrub up to 9 feet high, with ellip- 

 tic to obovate-oblong entire leaves and 

 umbels of small yellow flowers appearing 

 with the leaves ' and followed by small, 

 subglobose, black fruits. Native to. 

 Japan. 



