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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



324883 to 124887— Continued. 



124883. Allen, Selection D. 31. From a 

 northern province. 



124884. Allen. Selection E. 31. From a 

 northern province. 



124885. Ordinary Allen, called "B, C, 

 O, A." From a northern province. 



124886. I sham "A." A selection of Oos- 

 sypium vitifolium, from a southern 

 province. 



124887. Melee. A selection of Oossypium 

 peruvianum, from a southern province. 



124888. Passiflora sp. Passifloraceae. 



From Hawaii. Seeds presented by W. T. 

 Pope, Senior Horticulturist. Hawaiian Ag- 

 ricultural Experiment Station. Honolulu. 

 Received August 12, 1937. 



"124889 and 124890. Gossypium. Malva- 

 ceae. Cotton. 



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

 Griffing. Escola Superior de Agricultura, 

 Vicosa. Minas Geraes. Received Septem- 

 ber 8. 1937. 



124889. CHolo. 



124890. Rin de Box. 



224891. A strebla pectin ata (Lindl.) F. 

 Muell. Poaceae. Mitchell grass. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by Arthur 

 Yates & Co., Ltd., Sydney, New South 

 Wales. Received August 16, 1937. 



An Australian grass that is said to be 

 very valuable for its drought-resisting quali- 

 ties, as well as being a valuable forage. 



For previous introduction see 76604. 



124892. SOIANUM MELONGENA L. Sola- 



naceae. Eggplant. 



From Puerto Rico. Seeds presented by Dr. 

 Arthur Roque, geneticist. Puerto Rico Ag- 

 ricultural Experiment Station, Rio Piedras, 

 through Victor R. Boswell. Bureau of Plant 

 Industry, United States Department of Ag- 

 riculture. Received September 3. 1937. 



Puerto Rican Beauty. A round to oval, 

 smooth, dark-purple fruit with no streaks. 

 The plant is intermediate in height between 

 Black Beauty and Florida High Bush, with 

 a very strong stem. 



124893. Zephyranthes carinata Her- 

 bert. Amaryllidaceae. Zephyrlily. 



From Cuba. Seeds collected at the Atkins 

 Institution of the Arnold Arboretum, Sole- 

 dad, Cienfuegos, by T. A. Fennell, Bureau of 

 Plant Industry, United States Department 

 of Agriculture. Received in 1936. 



Plants were grown at the United States 

 Plant Introduction Garden. Coconut Grove, 

 Fla. under P. I. G. No. 9291 ; numbered in 

 September 1937. This is one of the showiest 

 of the Zephyranthes, with beautiful rose-pink 

 flowers about 3% inches in diameter, borne 

 singly on 10- to 12- inch scapes in the summer 

 months. The leaves are long, linear, glossy 

 green, persisting- through the summer. Ma- 

 ture clumps flower freely throughout July and 

 August and are among the most charming of 

 the summer-flowering bulbs. 



For previous introduction see 118823. 



124894 to 124907. Tkiticum 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 Agriculture, 

 Sydney. New South Wales. Received Sep- 

 tember 14, 1937. 



124894. (ClarendonXHope) X Dundee, G- 

 1-1-0. 



124895. (ClarendonXHope) X Dundee, G- 

 8-LO. 



124896. 

 LO. 



(ClarendonXHope) XBobin, G-12- 



G- 



124897. (FederationX Hope) XBobin, 

 13-LO. 



124898. (FederationX Hope) XBobin, G- 

 17-LO. 



124899. (FederationX Hope) X Dundee, E- 

 29-G-l-LO. 



124900. (Federation xH ope) X Dundee, E- 

 29-G-3-LO. 



124901. (Federation X Hope) X Dundee, E- 

 33-G-2-LO. 



124902. (Federation x Hope) X Dundee, G- 

 29-LO. 



124903. (F ederationx Hope) X Dundee, E- 

 23-91-LO. 



124904. ( H ope xCurrawa)X Dundee, G- 

 319-30-1-0. 



124905. (Hope xCurrawa)X Dundee, G- 

 319-30-1-1. 



124906. (HopeXCurrawa)x Dundee, G- 

 19-30-6-0. 



124907. (HopeXYandilla King), C 2- 

 5a-D 1-2-N 10-GO. 



G 1- 



124908 and 124909. Gossypium. 

 ceae. 



Malva- 

 Cotton. 



From French Equatorial Africa. Seeds pre- 

 sented by W. J. Lugard, Director, Grimari. 

 Received September 15, 1937. 



124908. Lightning Express. 

 trial stage. 



Still in the 



124909. Triumph. This variety was intro- 

 duced into the Belgian Congo about 15 

 years ago under the name Mebane Tri- 

 umph. Imported into French Equatorial 

 Africa about 10 years ago, it has under- 

 gone a natural selection and is now well 

 acclimated in the southern part of their 

 cotton belt. 



124910 to 124922. 



From Madagascar. Seeds presented by Dr. 

 F. Boiteau. Director. Botanic Garden, Tan- 

 anarive. Received September 1, 1937. 



124910. Begonia sp. Begoniaceae. 



124911. Bryophyllum miniatum (Hilsenb. 

 and Boj.) Berger. Crassulaceae. 



An erect slender fleshy plant 1 to 2 feet 

 high, native to Madagascar. The smooth, 

 green, oval, obtuse leaves are up to 3 inches 

 long, with shallow, crenate, sinuous mar- 

 gins and slightly pink petioles. The bright- 

 red, pendent flowers are in a lax terminal 

 panicle. 



For previous introduction see 101358. 



124912. Bryophyllum proliferum Bowie. 

 Crassulaceae. 



A tall robust succulent, native to South 

 Africa, with stems reaching a height of 



