

Poaceae. 



124999. C. 



125000. D. 



Lentil. 



Flax. 



Alfalfa. 



Common bean. 



Radish. 



Rye. 



Common wheat. 



Vetch. 



Broadbean. 



Common vetch. 



Common beet. 



Received 



OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 193 7 5 



124988-124989. Hoedeum vulgake L. Poaceae. Barley. 



124988. No. 1. 124989. No. 2. 



124990-124991. Lens culinaris Medik. Fabaceae. 



124990. No. 1. 124991. No. 2. 



124992. Linum usitatissimum L. Linaceae. 



124993. Medicago sativa L. Fabaceae. 



124994. Phaseolus vulgaris L. Fabaceae. 



124995. Raphanus sativus L. Brassicaceae. 



124996. Secale cereale L. Poaceae. 

 124997-125000. Triticum aestivum L. 



124997. A. 



124998. B. 

 125001-125003. Vicia spp. Fabaceae. 



125001. Vicia ervilia (L.) Willd. 



125002. Vicia faba L. 



125003. Vicia sativa L. 

 125004-125009. Beta vulgaris L. Chenopodiaceae. 

 From France. Seeds presented by Vilmorin-Andrieux & Cie., Paris. 



October 5, 1937. 



125004. Rouge d'Eckendorf. 



125005. Geante Blanche Demi-Sucriere. 



125006. Geante Rose Demi-Sucriere. 



125010-125014. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by F. H. Baker, Richmond, Victoria. • Re- 

 ceived October 6, 1937. 



A collection of native Australian seeds. 



125010. Acacia sp. Mimosaceae. 



125011. Actinotus helianthi Labill. Apiaceae. 

 New South Wales Flannel flower. 



125012. Eucalyptus erythrocorys F. Muell. Myrtaceae. 



Usually a shrub 8 to 10 feet high, but sometimes a tree up to 30 feet high. The 

 broadly linear, rigid leaves are 6 inches long, and the large flowers, in axillary 

 clusters, have bright-red, fleshy caps over the buds ; the long stamens are yellow. 

 The ribbed, hemispherical fruits are 1 to 2 inches long. It is native to Western 

 Australia. 



For previous introduction see 123773. 



125013. Eucalyptus macrocarpa Hook. Myrtaceae. 



A stout evergreen shrub or small tree up to 15 feet high, with thick rigid 

 cordate glaucous leaves 6 inches long and large solitary, brilliant-orange or 

 crimson flowers. Native to Western Australia. 



For previous introduction see 123775. 



125014. Telopea speciosissima (J. E. Smith) R. Br. Proteaceae. Waratah.. 



A very striking evergreen Australian shrub about 8 feet high, with irregular 

 toothed, dark-green leaves 6 inches long and deep-crimson, tubular flowers 

 about 1 inch long, borne in a dense globular head surrounded by blood-red bracts 

 2 or 3 inches in length. The shrub is the State flower of New South Wales. 



For previous introduction see 58512. 



125007. Geante Rouge Demi-Sucriere. 



125008. Jaune d'Eckendorf. 



125009. Jamie Geante de Vauriac. 



