OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1939 



134306 to 134311— Continued 



134308. Oestrum sp. Solanaceae. 



A tall shrub, very fragrant at night, with numerous, very conspicuous, large 

 bunches of white waxy berries. 



134309. Heliconia sp. Musaceae. 



A plant with bright-blue seeds, collected at 3,000 feet altitude at Tuzapan, 

 Puebla, 100 miles south of Tuxpan, Veracruz, Mexico. 



134310. Malpighia sp. Malpighiaceae. 



134311. Thryallis sp. Malpighiaceae. 

 Small yellow flowers. 



134312. Zamia sp. Cycadaceae. 



From Ecuador. Seeds collected in Guayaquil by Oscar Haught and presented 

 by E. P. Killip, Associate Curator, Division of Plants, Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, Washington, D. C. Received October 13, 1939. 



A handsome cycad which sometimes becomes 5 feet high with about 20 pinnate 

 leaves, some of them nearly 4 feet long, with spines along the margins. The 

 pendent, cylindrical cone has numerous seeds ; these are very showy, with a 

 bright-red outer coat which is soft, fleshy, and ill-smelling. Native to Ecuador. 



134313 to 134349. Triticum aestivum L. Poaceae. Common wheat. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by the University of Sydney, Sydney, New 

 South Wales. Received October 12, 1939. 



134313. AB. 5/18-1-1-2. 



134314. AB. 7/9-2-4-1. 



134315. AB. 21/10-1-1-2. 



134316. AB. 21/6-1-2-1. 



134317. AB. 21/2-1-2-2, 



134318. AB. 21/1-1-1-2. 



134319. AB. 25/7-1-3-3. 



134320. AB. 26/5-3-3-1. 



134321. AB. 26/4-1-1-4. 



134322. AB. 26/1-5-1-3. 



134323. AB. 26/1-3-1-2. 



134324. AB. 27/2-2-3-2. 



134325. AB. 27/2-2-1-4. 



134326. AB. 27/2-1-1-3. 



134327. AB. 28/1-1-1-5. 



134328. AB. 29/2-1-1-2. 



134329. AB. 29/1-2-1-5. 



134330. AB. 30/2-1-1-1. 



134331. AB. 31/7-2-1-2. 



134350 to 134353. 



From Turkey. Bulbs purchased from 

 October 2, 1939. 



134350. Ibis sisybinchium L. Iridaceae. 



134332. AB. 



134333. AB. 



134334. AB. 



134335. AB. 



134336. AB. 



134337. AB. 



134338. AB. 



134339. AB. 



134340. AB. 



134341. AD. 



134342. AD. 



134343. AD. 



134344. AD. 



134345. AD. 



134346. AD. 



134347. AD. 



134348. AD. 



134349. AG. 



31/7-1-1-2. 



31/1-1-1-3. 



31/3-2-1-4. 



31/4-1-1-1. 



32/2-1-1-2. 



32/3-1-1-1. 



37/2-5-4. 



37/2-1-2. 



37/5-3-3. 



2/3-1-1-5. 



17/2-2-4. 



20/9-5-3. 



20/6-3-4. 



20/6-2-3. 



20/5-3-3. 



20/1-4-3. 



21/1-3-5. 



2/9-5-2-2. 



Hanna Boutros, Mersine. .Received 



Moraea iris. 



An iris 6 inches to a foot high, native to southern Europe and northern Africa. 

 It has 2 linear leaves and several flowers with erect, lanceolate, pale-lilac 

 standards and spatulate lilac falls with a yellow spot. 



For previous introduction see 77655. 



