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138490 to 138502— Continued 



No. 5220. From Teserj, Kirman, December 24, 1939. A plant 6 feet high, 

 with leaves Va to x k inch wide and spikes about 8 inches long. 



138501. Viola sp. Violaceae. Violet. 



No. 5550. From Cheshmaeduzdan, February 8, 1940. A rare, tiny plant, 

 about 1 inch high, growing among stones on a dry plain, damp in winter 

 but dry all summer. The flowers are small and lavender. 



138502. Viola sp. Violet. 



No. 5819. Banafsh. From Shiraz, Fars, April 4, 1940. A violet from the 

 garden of the British Consulate. Said to have purple, fragrant flowers. 



138503. Axonopus purpusii (Mez) Chase. Poaceae. Grass. 



From Venezuela. Plants collected in Barcelona by A. G. Sandoval, Soil Con- 

 servation Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Received 

 August 7, 1940. 



138504. Vallaris solanacea (Roth) Kuntze. Apocynaceae. 



From Florida. Plant presented in 1926 by the Royal Palm Nurseries, Oneco. 

 Numbered August 10, 1940. 



A handsome large woody vine, with deep-green shining foliage, native to 

 India. In Florida the creamy-white cup-shaped flowers, about % inch across, 

 are usually produced twice a year, in March and April and again in September 

 and October. 



138505. Jacaranda sagraeana DC. Bignoniaceae. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by F. G. Walsingham, Atkins Institution of the 

 Arnold Arboretum, Soledad, Cienfuegos. Received August 6, 1940. 



A tropical tree, with bipinnate leaves, the leaflets oval-rhomboid, and lax 

 terminal panicles of bluish flowers. Native to Cuba. 



138506. Aloe longibracteata Pole Evans. Liliaceae. 



From New Zealand. Seeds presented by A. Wilkinson, Nelson. Received April 

 13, 1933. Numbered August 12, 1940. 



A stemless aloe, with a dense spreading rosette of 20 to 30 very fleshy, 

 triangular-lanceolate leaves 4 to 8 inches long, dark green above or reddish 

 with pale-green spots or stripes, and light green below. The leaf margins are 

 beset with short deltoid horny teeth. The deep-pink flowers, nearly 2 inches 

 long, are in dense racemes on a branched inflorescence 2% feet high. Native 

 ' to the Transvaal at an altitude of about 6,000 feet. 



138507 to 138688. 



1 From Iran. Seeds collected by Walter Koelz, Bureau of Plant Industry, United 

 States Department of Agriculture. Received July 1, 1940. 



138507 to 138509. Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench. Malvaceae. 



Okra. 



138507. No. 5197. Bamia. From Isin, December 18, 1939. The green pods 

 are about 6 inches long. 



138508. No. 5400. Bamia. From Kirman, Kirman, January 21, 1940. An 

 assortment from the local market. 



138509. No. 5814. Bamia. From Shiraz, Fars, April 3, 1940. A very rare 

 variety in that section of the country. 



138510. Allium ascalonicum L. Liliaceae. Shallot. 



No. 5273. From Saidabad, Kirman, December 31, 1939. 



For previous introduction see 116715. 



