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128504 to 128512— Continued 



128509 to 128511. Prunus spp. Amygdalaceae. 



128509. Prunus armeniaca L. Apricot. 



128510. Prunus avium L. Sweet cherry. 



128511. Prunus spinosa L. Blackthorn. 

 For previous introduction see 72577. 



128512. Pyrus salicifolia Pall. Malaceae. Willow-leaved pear. 



A roundheaded tree 20 to 25 feet high, with a short trunk and beautiful 

 willowlike grayish to silvery leaves 1 to 3 inches long and scarcely more than 

 V 2 inch wide. The dense corymbs of white flowers are borne freely in April. 

 Native to western Asia and southeastern Europe. 



For previous introduction see 98195. 



128513. Phaseolus vulgaris L. Fabaceae. Common bean. 



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

 Mendocino County. Received April 18, 1938. 

 From the Round Valley Reservation, near Covelo, at 1,400 feet altitude. 

 128514 and 128515. Avena sativa L, Poaceae. Oats. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by the Department of Agriculture, State 

 Research Farm, Werribee, Victoria. Received April 18, 1938. 



128514. Dawn. 



128515. Palestine. 



128516 and 128517. Cannabis sativa L. Moraceae. Hemp. 



From Italy. Seeds presented by R. Scuola Agraria Superiore Universita di 

 Bologna, through Dr. Antonio Biraghi, R. Stazione di Patologia Vegetale. 

 Rome. Received April 18, 1938. 



128518. Hordeum vulgare L. Poaceae. Barley. 



From Java. Seeds presented by A. M. Cramer, Sr., Wonosobo. Received April 

 19, 1938. 



Grown in the State of Sikkim, Upper Bengal, on the southern slope of the 

 Himalayas. A naked barley which ripens in 3 months. 



128519 to 128542. 



From Rumania. Seeds presented by Prof. S. St. Radian, Director, Botanic 

 Garden of the University of Bucharest, Bucharest. Received April 19, 1938. 



128519 to 128526. Aquilegia spp. Ranunculaceae. Columbine. 



128519. Aquilegia alpina L. Alpine columbine. 



An alpine perennial about 12 inches high, native to Switzerland. The 

 biternate leaves have deeply lobed divisions 1 to 2 inches long and the 

 expanded flowers are 2 inches across with blue sepals and white petals, the 

 incurved spurs being as long as the petals. 



For previous introduction see 103360. 



128520. Aquilegia ohrysantha A. Gray. Golden columbine. 



128521. Aquilegia flabellata Sieb. and Zucc. 



A Japanese columbine up to iy 2 feet high, with many nodding lilac flowers 

 about 2 inches across. Allied to Aquilegia sioirica. 



128522. Aquilegia nigricans Baumg. 



A European alpine aquilegia with smaller, deep-purple flowers than 

 Aquilegia vulgaris, to which it is related. 



