OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 193 7 63 



126232-126233. Spinacia olekacea L. ChenopodiaCeae. Common spinach. 



126232. No. 2956. Palak. From Laghman, May 26. 



126233. No. 3599. Palak. From Mazarisbarif, September 6, at 1,200 feet 

 altitude. 



126234-126235. Solanum spp. Solanaceae. 



From Peru. Tubers collected by H. L. Blood, Bureau of Plant Industry, United 

 States Department of Agriculture. Received December 31, 1937. 



126234. Solanum sp. 



No. 34. A wild plant found about 12 miles south of Oroya, in the pampas, 

 near an Indian village. Blossoms purple ; tubers small and white. 



126235. Solanum sp. 



No. 37. A wild plant collected on a hillside about 12 miles south of Oroya, 

 at 11,500 feet altitude, away from any Indian habitation. Plant coarse with 

 a few large tubers, not common. 



126236-126237. Zea mays L. Poaceae. Corn. 



From the Union of South Africa. Seeds presented through the American lega- 

 tion, Pretoria, Transvaal. Received December 31, 1937. 



126238. Cinchona officinalis L. Rubiaceae. 



From Africa. Seeds purchased from the Superintendent of Plantations, East 

 African Agricultural Research Station, Amani, Tanganyika. Received 

 December 31, 1937. 



A tree, native to the Andes, yielding a bark remarkably rich in quinine which 

 crystallizes readily as quinine sulfate. Received as Cinchona ledgeriana, for 

 which C. officinalis is now used. 



For previous introduction see 118936. 



126239-126403. 



From Afghanistan. Seeds and bulbs collected by Walter Koelz, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry, United States Department of Agriculture. Received in December 

 1937. 



Collected in the summer and autumn of 1937, and, unless otherwise mentioned, 

 received as seeds. 



126239-126247. Allium spp. Liliaceae. 



126239. Allium polyphyllum Kar. and Kir. 



No. 3191. From Sanglech, July 27, at 11,000 feet altitude. A broad and 

 flat-leaved onion up to 30 inches high, with large heads of rose-purple flowers. 



For previous introduction see 110779. 



126240. Allium sp. 



No. 2984. From Kail, June 3, at 10,000 feet altitude. Plants 1 foot high, 

 with large heads of magenta-purple flowers, which bloom after the snow has 

 melted, then lie dormant for the long drought. 



126241. Allium odoeum L. 



No. 3002. From Tera Kotal, June 15. Plant up to 4 feet high, with broad 

 leaves and large heads of blue-purple flowers. 



126242. Allium sp. 



No. 3013. From Gardez, May 20. Bulbs collected in a grain field ; probably 

 two species, both up to 18 inches high, and flowers from a globular head of 

 bulblets, one green, one rose. 



126243. Allium sp. 



No. 3160. From Chakaran, July 17, at 8,000 feet altitude. An onion up to 

 18 inches high, growing on soil now dry ; possibly an ornamental. 



