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Collected west of Port Orange, Fla. A tropical American palmlike cycad with; 

 the trunk mostly underground. The compound leaves, 2 to 4 feet long, are made 

 up of 20 to 50 coriaceous shining leaflets with entire margins except for a few 

 teeth at the tip. The conelike fruits, 2 to 5 inches long, are covered with tomen- 

 tose hexagonal scales and the angled red seeds are 1 inch long. 



For previous introduction see 90941. 



132906. Qtjercus glauca Thunb. Fagaceae. Blue Japanese oak. 



Plants growing at the United States Plant Introduction Garden, Savannah, Ga. 

 Numbered May 9, 1939. 



132907 to 132911. Hedera spp. Araliaceae. Ivy.. 



From England. Plants purchased from L. R. Russell Ltd., Richmond Nurseries, 

 Windlesham, Surrey. Received May 9, 1939. 



132907. Hedera colchica var. dentata Hibb. 



Var. Variegata. A variety with leaves of thinner texture than those of the 

 type and with small remote teeth. 



132908 and 132909. Hedera helix L. English ivy. 



132908. The type. 



132909. Var. Digitata. A form in which the leaves have unusually long 

 slender lobes. 



132910 and 132911. Hedera. 



132910. Var. Jubilee. 



132911. Var. Sheen Silver. 



132912 and 132913. Philadelphus. Hydrangeaceae. 



From England. Plants purchased from Pennell & Sons, Lincoln. Received May 

 9, 1939. 



132912. Var. Monster. 



132913. Var. Perle Blanche. 



132914 to 132920. Ortza sativa L. Poaceae. Rice. 



From Indochina. Seeds presented by the Director of the Indochina Office of Rice 

 Government General of Indochina, Saigon. Received May 9, 1939. 



132914. Puang-Ngeon. 132918. Sai-Bui Bao 3. 



132915. Puang-Ngeon 3. 132919. Sarm Deun. 



132916. Puang-Ngeon 4. 132920. Tun-Sart. 



132917. Sai-Bui-Bao. 



132921 and 132922. 



From China. Scions and seeds presented by Peter P. Mirksch, Tientsin. Re- 

 ceived May 10, 1939. 



132921. Actinidia ARGUTA ( Sieb. and Zucc. ) Miquel. Dilleniaceae. 



Bower actinidia. 



From the Handao-Hetze station, Manchurian Railway, east of Harbin. A 

 hardy plant, almost frostproof, with large greenish berries of winelike flavor. 



132922. Vitis amurensis X labrusca. Vitaceae. Grape. 

 A hardy Russian grape. 



132923 to 132996. Haworthia spp. Liliaceae. 



From South-West Africa. Plants purchased from Wilhelm Triebner, S. W. A. 

 Succulents Nurseries, Windhoek. Received May 10, 1939. 



132923. Haworthia affinis Baker. 



132924. Haworthia altilinea var. limpid a (Haw.) v. Poelln. 



The leaves of this variety have smooth keels and margins rarely furnished 

 with minute teeth. 



