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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



74012 and 74013. Cajanus indicus 

 Spreng. Fabaceae. Pigeon pea. 



From Dares Salaam, Tanganyika Territory, Africa. 

 Seeds presented by Dr. A. H. Kirby, director, 

 Department of Agriculture. Received June 14, 

 1927. 



74012. No. 13. Ndunge wima. From Kibata, 

 Kilwa district. * 



74013. No. 14. Ndunge miti. From Kibata, 

 Kilwa district. 



74014 to 74017. Pyrtjs spp. Malaceae. 



Pear. 



From Manchuria. Scions collected by P. H. 

 Dorsett, agricultural explorer, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry. Received January 2, 1926. Num- 

 bered June, 1927. 



74014. Pyrus sp. 



No. 4711. Ta Lu Hua Temple, Kuangning, 

 November 7, 1925. Huang hsiang shui li (yellow- 

 fragrant water pear). Scions of one of the four 

 pears which are said to be the best and most 

 blight resistant of the Chinese pears. The 

 fruits. 2 inches in diameter, are yellow and ripen 

 the middle of August. 



74015. Pyrus sp. 



No. 4712. Ta Lu Hua Temple, Kuangning, 

 November 7, 1925. Hsiao hsiang shui li (fragrant 

 water pear). Scions of one of the four pears 

 which are said to be the best and most blight 

 resistant of the Chinese pears. The light-yellow 

 fruits, 1 inch in diameter, ripen the middle of 

 August. 



74016. Pyrus sp. 



No. 4716. Ta Lu Hua Temple, Kuangning, 

 November 7, 1925. Ma li (mottled pear). 

 Fruits 1 Vz inches in diameter and 2 inches long 

 -are picked when greenish and are stored for six 

 or seven days, finally becoming yellow. They 

 ripen the end of September. 



.74017. Pyrus sp. 



No. 4719. Ta Lu Hua Temple, Kuangning, 

 November 7, 1925. An li (peace pear). Scions 

 of a tree with green fruits 3 inches in diameter 

 which ripen in October. The fruits are stored 

 seven or eight months and finally become yellow 

 before they are eaten. 



74018. Baccatjrea racemosa (Blume) 

 Muell.-Arg. Euphorbiaceae. 



From Buitenzorg, Java. Seeds presented by Dr. 

 W. M. Docters van Leeuwen, director, botanic 

 gardens. Received February 11, 1927. Num- 

 bered in June, 1927. 

 A tropical ornamental tree native to Java. The 



berries may be edible. 



74019 to 74022. 



From West Africa. Seeds collected by David 

 Fairchild, agricultural explorer, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry, with the Allison V. Armour expedi- 

 tion. Received February and March, 1927. 

 Numbered in June, 1927. 



74019. Artocarpus falcatus Hort. Moraceae. 

 No. 1186. Botanic Garden, Victoria, Came- 

 roon, February 17, 1927. A large handsome 

 tropical tree with coarse leaves and small yellow 

 fruits, irregular in shape, with pinkish flesh. 



74020. Bosquiea angolensis Ficalho. Mo- 

 raceae. 



No. 1190. Botanic Garden, Victoria, Came- 

 roon, February 17, 1927. A handsome tree 50 

 feet or less in height, with a loosely pyramidal 

 head and a trunk often free of branches to nearly 

 half its height. The rigid leathery leaves are 

 elliptic and 2 to 6 inches long. The fruits contain 

 a large single fleshy seed which is cooked and said 

 to be of excellent flavor. Native to western 

 tropical Africa. 



For previous introduction see No. 62900. 



74019 to 74022— Continued. 



74021. Landolphia stolzii Busse. Apocyna- 

 ceae. 



No. 1178. Between Bouea and Victoria, 

 Cameroon, February 11, 1927. A tropical 

 climbing shrub with small oval glossy green 

 leaves, dense clusters of fragrant white flowers, 

 and fruits resembling small oranges. 



For previous introduction see No. 63773. 



74022. (Undetermined.) 



No. 1112. Jala Experiment Station, Sierra 

 Leone, January 21, 1927. A handsome tropical 

 African tree with golden-yellow figlike fruits 

 which are edible. 



74023 to 74111. 



From Leningrad, Russia. Seeds presented by A. 

 Kol, chief, bureau of introduction, Institute of 



Applied Botany. Received in June, 1927 

 74023. A vena brevis Roth. Poaceae. 



Oats. 



No. 10184. A selection of a late-maturing 

 sandy variety from the Moscow Plant Breeding 

 Station, Timiriasev Agricultural Academy. 

 The straw makes good feed. 



74024 to 74055. Avena sativa L. Poaceae. 



Oats. 



74024. No. 10159. Tlbiu. Variety montana. 

 A selection of an early prolific variety from 

 the Tulun Experiment Station. 



74025. No. 10273. Severianin. Variety mu- 

 tica. A long-grained, thin-hulled, prolific 

 early variety from the Viatka Reg. Ex- 

 periment Station. 



74026. No. 10274. Sumrak. Variety cinerea. 

 A small-grained, thin-hulled variety from 

 the Viatka Reg. Experiment Station. 

 The straw makes good feed. 



74027. No. 10275. Variety aristata. A large- 

 grained prolific variety, resistant to lodg- 

 ing, from the Viatka Reg. Experiment 

 Station. 



74028. No. 10276. Magistral. Variety obtu- 

 sata. A small-grained, side variety, 

 resistant to lodging, from the Viatka Reg. 

 Experiment Station. 



74029. No. 10277. Gentleman. Variety obtu- 

 sata. A small-grained, side variety from 

 the Viatka Reg. Experiment Station. 



74030. No. 25536. Horoshkovsky. Variety 

 aurea. A large-grained, medium early 

 variety, resistant to lodging, obtained 

 from the Beresotochsk Experiment Sta- 

 tion. 



74031. No. 25537. Bykhlik. Variety aurea. 

 A medium early, drought-resistant variety 

 from the Sobezhinsk Experiment Station; 

 resistant to lodging. 



74032. No. 25538. Variety aurea. A medium 

 early, small-grained variety from the 

 Moscow Plant Breeding Station, Timiri- 

 asev Agricultural Academy. 



74033. No. 25540. A selection from Schwedi- 

 scher Weisser. Variety aristata. A large- 

 grained, medium-early variety, resistant 

 to lodging, from the Moscow Plant Breed- 

 ing Station, Timiriasev Agricultural 

 Academy. 



74034. No. 25542. Variety aristata. A selec- 

 tion from Duppavsky. A large-grained, 

 medium-early variety, resistant to lodging, 

 from the Moscow Plant Breeding Station, 

 Timiriasev Agricultural Academy. 



74035. No. 25545. Korall. Variety mutica. 

 A white-kerneled variety, resistant to 

 lodging, obtained from the Viatka Reg. 

 Experiment Station. 



