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134356 to 134363— Continued 



For previous introduction see 101447. 



134362. Pinanga insignis Beccari. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



garauag. A rather small Philippine palm with a slender, smooth trunk 

 about 6 inches in diameter, graceful feathery leaves, and oval reddish fruits 

 2 inches in diameter. 



For previous introduction see 104354. 



134363. Terminalia pellucida Presl. Combretaceae. 



Dalinsi. A medium-sized evergreen tree with a trunk about 2 feet thick, 

 extremely burly, heavy, hard wood, and leathery ovate leaves usually 4 inches 

 or more in length. Native to the Philippine Islands. 



134364. Prunus avium L. Amygdalaceae. Mazzard. 



From Rumania. Seeds presented by the Director, University Botanic Garden, 

 Cernauti. Received October 5, 1939. 



Locally grown, subspontaneous seeds. 



134365 and 134366. Prunus mahaleb L. Amygdalaceae. 



] Mahaleb cherry. 



From the Netherlands. Seeds presented by the Director, Jardin Botanique de 

 L'Universite Technique, Delft. Received October 5, 1939. 



134365. Seeds from an old tree near the city of Assen, Netherlands. 



134366. Seeds collected in the municipal parks in The Hague in August 1939. 



134367 and 134368. Phaseolus vulgaris L. Fabaceae. Common bean. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by Arthur Yates & Co. Pty., Ltd., Sydney, New 

 South Wales. Received October 6, 1939. 



134367. Emperor William. 



134368. Golden Cluster. 



134369 to 134374. Oryza sativa L. Poaceae. Rice. 



From Peru. Seeds presented by the Lambayeque Experiment Station, Lam- 

 bayeque. Received October 12. 1939. 



134369. Charnock. 134372. Kumara. 



134370. Dhairal. 134373. PXS (8). 



134371. Kataktara. 134374. Surjamukhi. 



134375 to 134399. 



From England. Scions presented by Sir Arthur Hill, Director, Royal Botanic 

 Gardens, Kew, Surrey. Received October 14, 1939. 



134375 to 134396. Berberis spp. Berberidaceae. Barberry. 



134375. Berberis bergmanniae C. Schneid. 



A dense, bushy, evergreen barberry up to 6 feet high, with obovate to oval, 

 spiny, sinuately serrate leaves up to 2 inches long, yellow flowers in crowded 

 fascicles, followed by black oval fruits covered with blue-white bloom. Native 

 to western China. 



134376. Berberis bergmanniae var. acanthophylla C. Schneid. 



An evergreen bush up to 6 feet high, with leathery spiny leaves 2 inches 

 long, and black berries. Native to western China. 



For previous introduction see 70966. 



134377. Berberis chillanensis (C. Schneid.) Sprague. 



A deciduous barberry 5 to 15 feet high, with entire, narrowly obovate, 

 short leaves, numerous yellow to pale-orange flowers followed by black fruits 

 covered with purple bloom. Allied to Berberis montana. Native to the 

 Andes of Chile and Argentina. 



