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134403 and 134404. Crotalaria spp. Fabaceae. 



From Brazil. Seeds presented by Professor F. C. Hoehne, Director of the State 

 Department of Botany, Sao Paulo. Received October 19, 1939. 



134403. Crotalaria brachystachys Benth. 



An erect shrub about 4 feet high with ternate leaves. Native to Brazil. 



134404. Crotalaria patjlina Schrank. 



A tall shrub native to Sao Paulo, where it grows on poor soil in very dry 

 localities. 



134405 and 134406. 



From Palestine. Bulbs purchased from the American Colony Store, Jerusalem. 

 Received October 21, 1939. 



134405. Crocus gaillardotii (Boiss. and Blanche) Maw. Iridaceae. 



A crocus with filiform, later circinnate-recurved, leaves appearing with the 

 flowers. The perianth tube is slender, pale lilac at the outer face, white at 

 the inner, twice as long as the limb which is about 1 inch in length. Native 

 to the eastern Mediterranean region. 



134406. Tultpa sharonensis Dinsm. Liliaceae. Tulip. 



A stemless tulip about 2 inches across with usually 4 narrow-linear to 

 lanceolate, wavy, circinnate leaves 4 to 6 inches long, overtopping the solitary 

 crimson campanulate flower. Similar to Tulipa montana. Native to sandy 

 localities in the coastal plain of Palestine. 



134407. Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. Poaceae. Bermuda grass. 



From the Union of South Africa. Roots presented by John Phillips, Director, 

 Botanical Research Station, Milner Park, Johannesburg. Received October 

 21, 1939. 



Royal Cape. A relatively frost-hardy strain which will endure 15° F. It is 

 a rapid spreader and presents an excellent non-nap surface for golf greens. 



134408. Calamus siphonospathus Mart. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



From the Philippine Islands. Seeds presented by the Director, Bureau of For- 

 estry, Manila. Received November 7, 1939. 



134409 to 134412. Oryza sativa L. Poaceae. Rice. 



From India. Seeds presented by B. B. Dane, Officer in Charge, Rice Research 

 Scheme, Central Provinces, Raipur. Received November 8, 1939. 



134409. Dilpasand, No. 1. 134411. Sultugurmatia, No. 3. 



134410. Nungi (E. B. No. 17), No. 2. 134412. Surmatia, No. 4. 



134413 and 134414. Hibiscus. Malvaceae. 



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

 Coconut Grove. Numbered November 9, 1939. 



134413. Toreador. A seedling grown at the Garden from P. I. 55064. The 

 plant is of very vigorous, upright habit and fairly easy to propagate from 

 cuttings. The flower is handsome, 6 inches in diameter, pale orange yellow 

 with a deeper than carmine eye. 



134414. Leslie. The flower is salver-shaped, 6 inches in diameter, and the full, 

 well-rounded petals are Venetian pink faintly flushed along the margin with 

 chamois, fading into white at the base. The stigmas are scarlet. 



134415. Sebum sp. Crassulaceae. 



From Mexico. Plants collected by Cornelius H. Muller, Bureau of Plant Indus- 

 try, United States Department of Agriculture. Received November 7, 1939. 



Collected in Chihuahua, Mexico, October 1939. 



