JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 3 0, 193 7 



124734. Bambusa multiplex (Lour.) 

 Raeusch. Poaceae. Hedge bamboo. 



From Florida. Seedlings presented bv Julian 

 Nally, Gotha. Received July 16, 1937. 



Variety Alphonse Karr. Seedlings col- 

 lected under a fruiting clump of this variety 

 on the estate of the late Dr. Theo. L. Mead, 

 Oviedo, Fla., and grown to determine whether 

 the characteristic yellow-and-green striping 

 of the culm of the variety is transmitted hy 

 seed. 



124735. Musa pabadisiaca sapienttjm 

 (L.) Kuntze. Musaceae. Banana. 



Plants growing at the United States Plant 

 Introduction Garden. Coconut Grove, Fla. 

 Numbered in July 1937. 



P. I. G. 7809. Variety Qros Michel. The 

 common banana sold on the market in the 

 United States. The origin of this introduc- 

 tion is at present unknown, but the original 

 plant was grown for many years in the De- 

 partment greenhouse at Washington, D. C. 



124736 to 124745. Tbiticum aestivum L. 

 Poaceae. Common wheat. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by the New 

 England Experiment Farm, Glenn Innes, 

 at the request of Dr. H. Wenholz. Director 

 of Plant Breeding, Department of Agricul- 

 ture, Sydney. New South Wales. Received 

 August 6, 1937. 



A collection of Kenya wheats that have 

 a very high degree of resistance to stem rust. 



124736. 



Kenya C. 



6040. 



124737. 



Kenya C. 



6041. 



124738. 



Kenya C. 



6042. 



124739. 



Kenya C. 



10854. 



124740. 



Kenya C. 



10857. 



124741. 



Kenya C. 



10858. 



124742. 



Kenya C. 



10861. 



124743. 



Kenya C. 



10862. 



124744. 



Kenya C. 



10864. 



124745. 



Kenya C. 



10865. 



124746 to 124757. 



From India. Seeds purchased from G. Ghose 

 & Co., Town-End, Darjeeling. Received 

 August 3, 1937. 



124746. Iris 

 ceae. 



KUMAONENSIS 



Wall. 



Ir 



For previous introduction 



see 1228' 



"0 



124747. Iris 



sp. 



Iridaceae. 







No. 54. 











124748. Iris 



sp. 



Iridaceae. 







No. 54-A. 











124749. Lilidm polyphyllum D. Don. Lil- 

 iaceae. Lily. 



For previous introduction see 119261. 



124750. LlLIUM WALLICHIANUM SchultZ. f. 



Liliaceae. Wallich lily. 



For previous introduction see 115983. 



124751. Nomocharis sp. Liliaceae. 



Received under the name "campanulata," 

 for which a place of publication has not 

 been found. 



124752. Nomocharis sp. 

 No. 7. 



Liliaceae. 



124746 to 124757— Continued. 



124753. Paraquilegia sp. Ranunculaceae. 

 No. 28. 



124754. Paraquilegia sp. Ranunculaceae. 



Native to the Himalayan region at 13,000 

 feet altitude. 



124755 to 



laceae. 



124757. Prunus spp. Amygda- 



124755. Prunus acuminata (Wall.) 

 Hook. f. (Lanrocerasus acuminata 

 (Wall.) Roemer). Laurel cherry. 



A slender-branched tree 30 to 40 feet 

 in height, with narrow leaves up to 7 

 inches long and many-flowered racemes 

 of yellowish-white flowers. The fruit is 

 a small oval drupe. The tree is found 

 in the central and eastern Himalayas at 

 altitudes ranging from 5,000 to 7,000 

 feet. 



For previous introduction see 122124. 



124756. Prunus cerasoides D. Don (P. 

 pudclum Roxb.). Sikkim cherry. 



An Indian cherry, native to the tem- 

 perate slopes of the Himalayas, with 

 sharply serrate, lanceolate leaves 3 to 5 

 inches long, umbels of pendulous cam- 

 panulate rosy-red to white flowers, and r 

 red fruits, one-half inch long, having 

 scanty red or yellowish acid flesh. 



For previous introduction see 77594. 



124757. Prunus rufa Hook. f. 



A wild cherry tree 15 to 20 feet high, 

 with elliptic lanceolate, long-pointed 

 leaves 1 to 4 inches long and small pink 

 flowers one-half inch across followed by 

 ellipsoid fleshy fruits. Native to Sik- 

 kim and Nepal at about 13,000 feet alti- 

 tude. 



For previous introduction see 58493. 

 124758 to 125761. 



From Florida. Plants growing at the United 

 States Plant Introduction Garden. Coco- 

 nut Grove. Numbered in August 1937. 



124758. Castilla elastica Cerv. Mora- 

 ceae. Mexican rubbertree. 



P. I. G. 9292. Originally from Nica- 

 ragua ; the seeds were planted in the De- 

 partment greenhouse at Washington, D. C, 

 and seedlings were sent to the Coconut 

 Grove Garden in January 1934. A large 

 deciduous tropical American forest tree 

 from which rubber is obtained. 



For previous introduction see 77387. 



124759. Sabalsp. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



P. I. G. 7855. Seeds were received at 

 the garden December 14, 1925, from 

 George Y. Blair, United States San An- 

 tonio Field Station. The palm is low- 

 growing and is suitable for planting in 

 front of buildings or wherever low green- 

 ery is desired. Received as "Sabal ma- 

 sonii," an unpublished name. 



124760. SCHEFFLERA ACTINOPHYLLA (Endl.) 



Harms (Brassica actinophylla Endl.). 

 Araliaceae. 



P. I. G. 3537. Originally from the 

 Botanic Gardens, Brisbane, Australia ; re- 

 ceived at the garden January 8, 1929. An 

 evergreen tree up to 40 feet high, native 

 to Queensland, Australia, with digitately 

 compound leaves made up of 6 to 16 oblong 

 leaflets a foot long and racemes several feet 

 long of small fragrant flower heads. The 



