40 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 134 



127416 to 127486— Continued 



127481. RuBus sp. Rosaceae. 



No. 4044. From Sardeh, October 18, 1937, at 5,000 feet altitude. A black- 

 berry bush 6 feet high or, becoming scandent, it may reach 10 feet; leaves 

 deeply notched, 2V 2 by 2% inches ; fruits in a long loose raceme over 6 inches 

 long, rather abundant ; raspberry shaped, % inch across, black, no bloom, 

 pleasantly acid, retaining placenta in blackberry fashion. 



127482 to 127485. Solanum melongena L. Solanaceae. Eggplant. 



127482. No. 3938. Banjan. From Ghazni, September 8, 1937, at 8,000 feet 

 altitude. A long purple variety. 



127483. No. 4020. Banjan. From Kandahar, October 16, 1937, at 5,000 feet 

 altitude. Fruit elongate, 8 by 4 inches, tapered ; greenish to purple. 



127484. No. 4191. Banjan. From Herat, November 13, 1937 r at 3,000 feet 

 altitude. A long purple variety. 



127485. No. 4264. Banjan. From Andkhin, November 23, 1937. 



127486. Vitis vinifera L. Vitaceae. European grape. 



No. 3943. Lai. From Ghazni, October 8, 1937, at 8,000 feet altitude. Intro- 

 duced probably from Kabul or Kandahar; fruit apricot-cheeked, pink, cran- 

 berry texture, sweet and well-flavored. 



127487 to 127511. Zea mays L. Poaceae. Corn. 



From Czechoslovakia. Seeds presented by the Ministry of Agriculture, Prague. 

 Received March 3, 1938. 



127512. Agropyron trachtcaulum (Link) Malte. Poaceae. 



Slender wheatgrass. 



From Canada. Seeds presented by the Division of Forage Plants, Central Experi- 

 mental Farm, Ottawa, Ontario, at the request of Dr. M. O. Malte, University 

 of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta. Received March 1, 1938. 



Fyra 8.2. 



127513. Crinum podophyllum Hook. Amaryllidaceae. 



From Surinam. Bulbs collected by W. A. Archer, Bureau of Plant Industry, 

 United States Department of Agriculture. Received January 15, 1935. 

 Numbered in March 1938. 



No. 2945-A. A crinum with a rosette of 5 or 6 spreading, undulate, lanceolate 

 leaves about a foot long and a scape about as long, with several large milk-white 

 flowers. The perianth limb, about 3 inches long, is tinted with green outside. 

 Native to western tropical Africa. 



127514 to 127517. Melilotus alba Desr. Fabaceae. 



White sweetclover. 



From Canada. Seeds presented by the Dominion Forage Crops Laboratory, Uni- 

 versity of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Received March 1, 

 1938. 



127514. S-30-58-82. Mottled seed; plant ordinary sweetclover type. 



127515. S-30-58-97. Mottled seed ; plant dwarf branching type. 



127516. S-268 (selfed) ; a late-flowering type. 



127517. S-26-11-2-4. White sepals ; plant dwarf branching type. 



127518. Vigna sinensis (Torner) Savi. Fabaceae. Cowpea. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by Robert Veitch, Chief, Bureau of Plant 

 Research, Department of Agriculture, Brisbane, Queensland. Received 

 March 1, 1938. 



A black-seeded, drought-resistant variety. 



