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133451. Hippeastrtjm candidum Stapf. Amaryllidaceae. 



From Maryland. Plants growing at the United States Plant Introduction Gar- 

 den, Glenn Dale. Numbered July 15, 1939. 



Originally collected at Port-au-Prince, Haiti, by the Allison V. Armour Expedi- 

 tion to the West Indies, and received May 4, 1933. A hippeastrum with narrow 

 strap-shaped leaves about 1 foot long and a scape 2 feet high, having an umbel 

 of 6 slightly sweet-scented flowers. Tbe slender greenish perianth tube is about 

 4 inches long. The outer segments, 4 to 5 inches long with crisped margins, are 

 oblanceolate, pure white, except the base, which is slightly suffused with green. 

 The inner segments are similar but narrower. Native to Argentina. 



133452 and 133453. 



From Florida. Plants growing at tbe United States Plant Introduction Garden, 

 Coconut Grove. Numbered in July 1939. 



133452. Ardisia humilis Vahl. Myrsinaceae. 



Plants grown from seeds sent from the Experiment Station, Eala, Belgian 

 Congo, in January 1929. A bushy evergreen shrub 7 feet high, with thick 

 elliptic leaves up to 4 inches long and abundant fruits ripening in the autumn 

 and suggesting black shoe buttons. 



133453. Brosimum alicastrum Swartz. Moraceae. 



Plants grown from seeds collected at Peten, Guatemala, by O. F. Cook, of 

 the Bureau of Plant Industry. A large tropical American tree with shining 

 green, narrowly elliptic leaves, and round, orange-yellow, 1-seeded fruits about 

 1 inch in diameter. The fresh and fallen leaves are greedily eaten by cattle, 

 as are also the starchy seeds. 



For previous introduction see 66694. 



133454 to 133456. Okyza sativa L, Poaceae. Rice. 



From the Federated Malay States. Seeds presented by the Director, Department 

 of Agriculture, Kuala Lumpur. Received July 18, 1939. 



A collection of dry-land rice, from Kelantan, Malaya. 



133454. Jintan Kering. 133456. Sa-Britmi (PutcJi). 



133455. Kaki Merpati. 



133457 to 133465. Triticum aestivum L. Poaceae. Common wheat. 



From Egypt. Seeds presented by the Ministry of Agriculture, El Giza. Received 

 July 20, 1939. 



133457. Beladi 116. 133462. Giza 7. 



133458. Beladi I64. 133463. Giza 121. 



133459. Durum H 2. 133464. Hindi D. 



133460. Giza 1 E. 133465. Hindi 62. 



133461. Giza 4. 



133466 to 133473. 



From Sweden. Seeds presented by Dr. G. Nilsson-Leissner, Plant Breeding Insti- 

 tute of Svalof, Svalof. Received July 13, 1939. 



133466 to 133468. Phleum pratense L. Poaceae. Timothy. 



133466. Bore, 133468. Gloria. 



133467. Bottinia. 



133469 to 133471. Poa spp. Poaceae. Bluegrass. 



133469. Fylking. 133471. Skandia II. 



133470. Skandia I. 



133472 and 133473. Trifolium repens L. Fabaceae. White clover. 



133472. F. C. No. 13213. 



133473. F. C. No. 13214. 



