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129879 to 129882. Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. Solanaceae. 



Tomato. 



From Peru. Seeds presented by Dr. Alberto Giesecke, through the American 

 Embassy, Lima, at the request of Dr. H. L. Blood, Agricultural Experiment 

 Station, Logan, Utah, in cooperation with the Division of Fruit and Vegetable 

 Crops and Diseases, Bureau of Plant Industry, United States Department of 

 Agriculture. Received August 31, 1938. 



129883. Garcinia mangostana L. Clusiaceae. Mangosteen. 



From the Canal Zone. Seeds presented by Walter E. Lindsay, Director, Canal 

 Zone Experiment Gardens, Summit. 



129884. Bornoa crassispatha (Mart.) O. F. Cook. Phoenicaceae. 



Palm. 



From Haiti. Seeds presented by E. H. A. Groth, Fond des Negres. Received 

 September 9, 1938. 



A large cocoid palm with a tall columnar trunk and an ample crown of spreading 

 leaves closely and regularly pinnate. The inflorescences are very short and com- 

 pact, bearing large numbers of rather thin-shelled edible nuts, somewhat similar 

 to those of Jubaea. Native to Haiti. 



129885 and 129886. Nerine spp. Amaryllidaceae. 



From the Union of South Africa. Bulbs presented by the National Botanic Gar- 

 dens, Kirstenbosch, Newlands, Cape Province. Received September 9, 1938. 



129885. Nerine appendiculata Baker. 



A nerine with few linear leaves about 1 foot long and a stout scape bearing 

 an umbel of 10 to 15 red flowers. The perianth segments, about 1 inch long, 

 are crisped in the upper half. Native to Natal. 



129886. Nerine masonorum L. Bolus. 



A tender bulbous plant with narrow channeled leaves about 1 foot long appear- 

 ing with the rose-colored flowers. There are 4 to 6 flowers in an umbel, the 

 segments being recurved, undulate, and about y 2 inch long. Native to South 

 Africa. 



For previous introduction see 116633. 



129887. Citrus sp. Kutaceae. 



From China. Plant growing at the United States Plant Introduction Garden, 

 Glenn Dale, Md. Numbered September 12, 1938. 



C. P. B. 10690. Song Ma Yau. 



129888. Saccharum. Poaceae. Sugarcane. 



From Australia. Cuttings presented by Arthur F. Bell, Assistant Director, Bureau 

 of Sugar Experiment Stations, Department of Agriculture, Brisbane, Queens- 

 land. Received September 13, 1938. 



Originally from New Guinea. 

 129889 to 130439. 



From China. Seeds collected by T. T. Yu, with the Yunnan Expedition of the Fan 

 Memorial Institute of Biology, Peiping. Presented through the Arnold 

 Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Mass. Received September 15, 1938. 

 129889 to 129896. Abies spp. Pinaceae. Fir. 



129889 and 129890. Abies chensiensis Van Tieghem. 



From Tehching, Dokerla, between 2,800 and 3,200 m. altitude. A tree 

 about 40 m. high, native to central China. The horizontally spreading 2- 

 ranked leaves, about 1 inch long, are shining dark-green above with 2 gray- 

 green bands beneath. The cinnamon-brown, ovoid-oblong cones are 3 to 5 

 inches long. 



For previous introduction see 100848. 



129889. No. 7952. 



129890. No. 7957. 



