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127386 to 127388. 



From California. Seeds presented by Mrs. Edith V. A. Murphey, Potter Valley, 

 Mendocino County. Received February 23, 1938. 



127386. Amygdalus persica L. Amygdalaceae. Peach. 

 A peach grown by the Indians of this area. 



127387. Phaseolus coccineus L. Fabaceae. Scarlet runner bean. 



Aztec beans, hardy, drought-resistant; will bear the second year from the 

 old root. 



127388. Phaseolus vulgaris L. Fabaceae. Common bean. 

 Pinto beans, from Schmidtlein's ranch. 



127389 to 127392. Fragaria spp. Kosaceae. Strawberry. 



From Scotland. Plants presented by the Department of Agriculture for Scotland, 

 Edinburgh. Received February 6, 1938? 



Strawberry seedlings grown at the West Scotland Experiment Station, Auchin- 

 cruive, Ayr. 



127389. Selection C. C. 18. 127391. Selection B. K. 48. 



127390. Selection B. K. 46. 127392. Selection B. K. 52. 



127393 to 127395. Prunus spp. Amygdalaceae. 



From Hungary- Scions presented by Dr. A. P. Bunzlau, Experiment Station, 

 Kecskemet. Received February 28, 1938. 



127393. Prunus armeniaca L. Apricot. 

 Rozsabaraclc. A very large late variety. 



127394. Prunus sp. 



A cherry [received without notes]. 



127395. Prunus sp. 



A cherry [received without notes]. 



127396 to 127398. 



From Mexico. Seeds collected by Mrs. Ynes Mexia, Bureau of Plant Industry, 

 United States Department of Agriculture. Received February 24, 1938. 



127396. Bomarea OLiGANTiiA Baker. Amaryllidaceae. 



No. 9085-A. January 5, 1938. From Petlacala, Minas Sierra Madre del 

 Sur, Guerrero, at about 4,000 feet altitude, in mountain forest. A bomarea 

 with slender elongate sarmentose stems, thin, lax, oblong leaves 3 to 4 inches 

 long, and 6 to 8 flowers in simple umbels. The perianth segments are about 

 1 inch long, the outer, oblanceolate dull red outside, the inner, cuneate-clawed, 

 bright yellow with brown spots. Native to the Peruvian Andes. 



127397. Dioscorea sp. Dioscoreaceae. 



No. 8716-A. Bejuco Costillude Huaco. November 1, 1938. From Barranca 

 de la Julia, Adama Temisco, north of Rio Balsas, Guerrero. A vine with 

 thickened roots, found climbing over small trees near streams. 



127398. Clitoria ternatea L. Fabaceae. 



No. 8717-A. November 1, 1937. Manga de Nino. From Temisco, Adama, 

 Guerrero, in the gardens of the mining building at about 1,000 feet altitude. A 

 vine up to 7 feet long with deep-blue flowers. 



For previous introduction see 117390. 



127399 to 127415. 



From Germany. Plants purchased from the Wile. Teickner Baumschulen, Gern- 

 rode-Harz. Received March 1, 1938. 



