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129169 to 129297— Continued 



129291. Vaccinitjm sp. Vacciniaceae. 



No. 1318. From Tien Chuan Hsien, November 1937, between 2,300 and 2,700 

 m. altitude. 



129292 to 129296. Viburnum spp. Caprifoliaceae. 



From Mount Omei and Tien Chuan Hsien, between 900 and 2,300 m. altitude, 

 from August to October 1937. 



129292. No. 1282. 129295. No. 1113. 



129293. No. 1345. 129296. No. 171. 



129294. No. 1290. 



129297. Zanthoxylum sp. Rutaceae. 



No. 1308. From Tien Chuan Hsien, November 1937, between 2,300 and 2,700 

 m. altitude. 



129298 and 129299. Gossypium spp. Malvaceae. Cotton. 



From India. Seeds presented by S. S. Pande, Economic Botanist for Cotton, 

 Nagpur, Central Provinces. Received April 28, 1938. 



129298. Gossypium sp. 



Introduced under the specific name of "indicum," a name of uncertain posi- 

 tion. 



129299. Gossypium obtusifolit7m Roxb. 



129300. Gossypium. Malvaceae. Cotton. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by the Estacion Experimental Agronomica, Santiago 

 de las Vegas. Received May 25, 1938. 



Marcusci. 

 129301 to 129304. 



From England. Plants presented by Sir Arthur W. Hill, Director, Royal Botanic 

 Gardens, Kew, Surrey. Received May 31, 1938. 



129301. Arundinaria angustifolia (Mitf.) H. de L. Poaceae. Bamboo. 



A Japanese running bamboo with slender, erect stems 2 to 6 feet high and 

 smooth brilliant-green narrow leaves 1V 2 to 6 inches long. 



129302. Sin arundin aria nitida (Mitf.) Nakai. Poaceae. Bamboo. 



A clump-forming, hardy bamboo with slender arching culms up to 9 feet or 

 more long and leaves with purple sheaths and narrow blades up to SV 2 inches 

 long. Native to northwestern China. 



For previous introduction see 110336. 



129303. Arundinaria racemosa Munro. Poaceae. Bamboo. 



An erect clump bamboo up to 15 feet high, with linear-lanceolate leaves 4 

 to 7 inches long. Native to the Himalayan region at altitudes of 6,000 to 12,000 

 feet. 



For previous introduction see 114414. 



129304. Sinobambusa tootsik (Makino) Makino. Poaceae. Bamboo. 



129305. Medicago ltjpulina L. Fabaceae. Black medic. 



From Denmark. Seeds presented by the Royal Agricultural Society of Denmark, 

 Copenhagen. Received June 1, 1938. 



RosJcilde. An early, high-yielding strain. 



