70 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 135 



129547 to 129568— Continued 



129562. R. A. 8-11. Bakatuka, Nigeria. 



129563. R. A. 8-12. Eritrea. 



129564. R. A. 8-13. Zanzibar. 



129565. R. A. 8-14. Madagascar. 



129566. R. A. 9-1. Port Essington, Australia. 



129567. Gossypium stocksii Masters. 



A shrubby tropical Indian cotton, with small yellow flowers, native to the 

 Sind District. 



For previous introduction see 124662. 



129568. Gossypium taitense Pari. 



W. 9-4. A wild cotton, native to Polynesia. 



129569 to 129571. Macadamia ternifolia F. Muell. Proteaceae. 



Queensland nut. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by W. R. Petrie, Nutland Plantations, Petrie, 

 Queensland. Received June 23, 1938. 



An evergreen tree up to 50 feet high, native to eastern Australia. It is culti- 

 vated for its edible nuts, which have sweet white flesh with the flavor of chest- 

 nuts, incased in a shell which is typically hard. 



For previous introduction see 116751. 



129569. Eggshell. 



129570. G. R. K. (Large rough nuts.) 



129571. Comet. 



129572 to 129586. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Seeds presented by the Director, 

 Botanic Garden, Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan. Received June 23, 1938. 



129572 to 129575. Aquilegia spp. Ranunculaceae. Columbine. 



129572. Aquilegia chrysantha A. Gray. Colden columbine. 

 No. 567. For previous introduction see 128520. 



129573. Aquilegia glandijlosa Fisch. Altai columbine. 



No. 150. A Siberian columbine about 1% feet high, with nodding lilac- 

 blue flowers up to 3 inches across ; the sepals are twice the length of the 

 white limb of the petals. 



129574. Aquilegia karelini Baker. 



No. 149. A perennial up to 2 feet high, with membranous, deeply lobed 

 leaves and bright-blue or claret-purple flowers. Native to the Ala Tau Moun- 

 tains, Turkistan. 



For previous introduction see 107889. 



129575. Aquilegia sp. 

 No. 568. 



129576. Canna indica L. Cannaceae. 



No. 603. A low slender-stemmed tropical American canna 3 to 5 feet higb, j 

 with green oblong leaves about 1 foot long and simple lax racemes of small 

 flowers. The latter have pale-green narrow petals, a reddish yellow lip, and 

 bright-red upper staminodia. 



For previous introduction see 100718. 



129577. Impatiens parviflora DO. Impatientaceae. 



N. 324. For previous introduction and description see 128835. 



