18 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 137 



130925. Magnolia kobus DC. Magnoliaceae. Kobus magnolia. 



From France. Seeds presented by A. Gerard, La Fosse, Montoire sur Loir, Loir- 

 et-cher. Received November 14, 1938. 



A deciduous tree up to 30 feet high in Japan, but usually shrubby in cultivation 

 elsewhere. The white flowers, about 4 inches across, appear before the leaves, 

 which are broadly obovate, light green, and 4 to 5 inches long. 



For previous introduction see 95310. 



130926. Suaeda FRUTicosA (L.) Forsk. Chenopodiaceae. 



From England. Seeds presented by Mr. Bryce, East Anglian Institute of Agri- 

 culture, Chelmsford. Received November 16, 1938. 



Shrubby suaeda; seaMite. An erect, much-branched shrub up to 3 feet high, 

 of heathlike habit. Growing in saline or sandy soil. Native to north temperate 

 regions of both hemispheres. 



130927. Saccharum. Poaceae. Sugarcane. 



From Mauritius. Cuttings presented by the Director of Agriculture, Royal Bo- 

 tanic Garden. Received November 18, 1938. 



M. 171/30. 



130928. Erythrina grisebachii Urban. Fabaceae. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by F. G. Walsingham, Atkins Institution of the 

 Arnold Arboretum, Soledad, Cienfuegos. Received November 15, 1938. 



Pinon Botijo or Pinon Real. A large tree with trifoliolate leaves ; these are 

 roundish, about 4 inches long, and membranous. The scarlet flowers, about 2 

 inches long, are produced in short racemes. Native to Cuba. 



For previous introduction see 104125. 



130929 to 130933. Triticum aestivum L. Poaceae. Common wheat. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by R. H. Carr, Department of Agriculture, 

 Sydney, New South Wales. Received November 21, 1938. 



130929. Baringa. 130932. Koala. 



130930. Ford. 130933. Naoawa. 



130931. Ideal. 



130934 to 130937. Amygdalus persica L. Amygdalaceae. Peach. 



From New Jersey. Trees presented by Prof. M. A. Blake, Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station, New Brunswick. Received November 21, 1938. 



130934. Afterglow. 130936. Golden Globe. 



130935. Golden East. 130937. Summercrest. 



130938 and 130939. Ananas spp. Bromeliaceae. 



From Brazil. Offshoots presented by J. L. Collins, Experiment Station of the 

 Pineapple Cooperative Association, Ltd., University of Hawaii, Honolulu, 

 Hawaii. Received November 21, 1938. 



130938. Ananas comosus (L.) Merr. Pineapple. 



No. 8. Abacaxi Vermelho. Collected October 9, 1938, between Sorocaba 

 and Itapetininga, south of Sao Paulo. Grown commercially in the neighborhood 

 of Sao Paulo. 



130939. Ananas ananassoides (Baker) L. B. Smith. i 



No. 6. Collected October 6, 1938, between Sorocaba and Itapetininga, south 

 of Sao Paulo. A plant native to Brazil, very much like the pineapple, with 

 rigid linear leaves over 3 feet long and less than 1 inch broad above the 

 dilated base. The flower head is borne on a stem 1 to 2 feet high, but the 

 individual flowers are surrounded by separate bracts instead of being united 

 as in the pineapple. 



For previous introduction see 102742. 



