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140077 to 140082— Continued 



started early in flats and transplanted into the open in early spring, it will blossom 

 sparingly the same year. 



For previous introduction see 46595. 

 140083. Carapa guianensis Aubl. Meliaceae. Crabwood tree. 



From Trinidad. Seeds presented by the Department of Agriculture, Port-of-Spain. 

 Received March 14, 1941. 



Crapoo. A fast-growing tree that becomes 60 feet high, with compound leaves 18 

 inches long, small axillary flowers, and thick-shelled russet-brown fruits about 3 inches in 

 diameter containing two to six chestnutlike seeds. The bitter oil expressed from the 

 seeds is used by the natives, who rub it into their skin to protect themselves from 

 noxious insects; it is also made into a varnish or lacquer for iron objects, protecting 

 them from rust. Native to northern South America. 



For previous introduction see 106506. 



140084 to 140124. 



From Iran. Bulbs presented by Walter Koelz, Bureau of Plant Industry, United States 

 Department of Agriculture. Received March 20, 1941. 



140084. Allium sp. Liliaceae. Onion. 



No. 5976. From Tale, Bakhtiari, May 2, 1940. A 1-leaved onion with the leaf 

 about 4 inches long and 2 inches wide. The green flowers, with broad lavender 

 margins, are in heads about 3 inches across. 



140085. Allium sp. 



No. 5979. From Damavar, Bakhtiari, May 4, 1940. 



140086. Allium sp. 



No. 5957. From Sandarht, Bakhtiari, April 26, 1940. An onion up to 4 feet high, 

 with large pink flowers in heads 4 inches across. 



140087. Narcissus sp. Amaryllidaceae. 



No. 5983. From Damavar, Bakhtiari, May 4, 1940. 



140088. Allium sp. Liliaceae. Onion. 



No. 5987. From Tale, Bakhtiari, May 7, 1940. An attractive species about 18 

 inches long, with narrow leaves and heads of rose-purple flowers. 



140089. Allium sp. 



No. 5989. From Tale, Bakhtiari, May 7, 1940. A plant with two broad leaves and 

 a 3-inch head of green flowers, edged in lavender. 



140090. Allium sp. 



No. 5998. From Siachal, Bakhtiari, May 11, 1940. A plant about 18 inches high, 

 with heads about 2^ inches across. The flowers are green and broadly edged in 

 white ; the anthers are rose purple. 



140091. Allium sp. 



No. 6001. From Cheshmashirin, Bakhtiari, May 12, 1940. A plant about 18 inches 

 in height, with loose and open heads about 3 inches across. The flowers are of a 

 rose-purple cast. 



140092. Allium sp. 



No. 6038. From Labisufed, Bakhtiari, May 15, 1940. A low steppe species growing 

 on barren slopes, about 8 inches high, with loose heads about 2 inches across of white 

 flowers. 



140093. Allium sp. 



No. 6039. From Labisufed, Bakhtiari, May 15, 1940. An attractive steppe species, 

 growing about 3 feet high, with deep-maroon flowers in dense heads about 2% inches 



