APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 193 8 35 



128909 to 128917— Continued 



. 128910 to 128914. Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. Cucurbitaceae. Watermelon. 



128910. From Pakur, District Santalparagnas, Bihar. 



128911. From Samastipur, District Darbhanga, Bibar. 



128912. From Sabour, District Bhagalpur, Bihar. 



128913. From Madhubani, District Darbhanga, Bihar. 



128914. From Pusa, District Darbhanga, Bihar. 



128915 and 128916. Dolichos lablab L. Fabaceae. Hyacinth-bean. 



From the Botanical Section, Sabour, District Bhagalpur, Bihar. 



128915. Sabour Type 1. 128916. Sabour Type 2. 

 128917. Randia sp. Rubiaceae. 



From Londa, Bombay Presidency, February 1938. A small tree or shrub. 



128918. Stenolobium arequipense Sprague. Bignoniaceae. 



From Peru. Seeds collected by H. L. Blood, Agricultural Experiment Station, 

 Logan, Utah, cooperating with the Division of Fruit and Vegetable Crops and 

 Diseases, Bureau of Plant Industry, United States Department of Agriculture. 

 Received May 4, 1938. 



No. 517. From Moquegua, Peru, March 27, 1938. An erect shrub up to 6 feet 

 high, with slender 4-angled branches and pinnate leaves 4 to 5 inches long. The 

 funnel-shaped orange flowers are 2 to 3 inches long and are borne in terminal 

 racemes 4 to 8 inches long. Native to Peru. 



For previous introduction see 127850. 



128919 to 128922. Derris spp. Fabaceae. 



From the Federated Malay States. Cuttings presented by the Central Experiment 

 Station, Serdang, through the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey, England. 

 Received May 11, 1938. 



128919 to 128922. Derris elliptica (Roxb.) Benth. 



128919. Changi 1. 



128920. Changi 2. 



128921. Changi 3. Serdang. Clone No. 89. 



128922. Sarawak Creeping. Clone No. 19 



128923. Derris malaccensis var. sarawakensis M. K. Henderson. 

 Fabaceae. 



Serdang. Clone No. 5. An erect shrubby plant differing from the type by the 

 larger flowers with a more hairy calyx and silky standard. Native to the Malay 

 Peninsula. 



128924 to 128984. 



From India. Seeds presented by the Lloyd Botanic Garden, Darjeeling. Received 

 May 12, 1938. 



128924. Aconitum luridum Hook f . and Thorns. Ranunculaceae. Monkshood. 



A perennial herb with simple erect stems 2 to 3 feet high, native to the alpine 

 slopes of the Himalayas in India. The palmately 5-lobed leaves, 2 to 3 inches 

 across, have crenate margins, and the dull-red flowers, borne in a simple raceme, 

 have a long straight beak and a broad domelike dorsal prominence. 



For previous introduction see 122055. 



128925. Actinidia strigosa Hook. f. and Thorns. Dilleniaceae. 



A woody vine resembling Actinidia callosa, with strigose-hispid ovate leaves 

 5 inches long, white flowers nearly 1 inch across in axillary cymes, and ovoid 

 edible fruits. Native to the Sikkim Himalayas at altitudes of 6,000 to 8,000 

 feet. 



For previous introduction see 93173. 



