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74023 to 74111— Continued. 



74095. No. 10162. Variety ferrugineum. A 

 large-grained hardy, prolific variety from 

 the plant-breeding station, Timiriasev 

 Agricultural Academy, Moscow. 



74096. No. 10163. Variety ferrugineum. A 

 hardy, prolific winter variety from the 

 plant-breeding station, Timiriasev Agri- 

 cultural Academy, Moscow. 



74097. No. 10164. Variety lutescens. A 

 hardy, prolific awnless winter variety 

 from the plant-breeding station, Timiria- 

 sev Agricultural Academy, Moscow. 



74098. No. 10165. Variety albidum. A 

 hardy, prolific, awnless, winter variety 

 from the plant-breeding station, Timiria- 

 sev Agricultural Academy, Moscow. 



74099. No. 10166. Variety milturum. A 

 hardy, prolific, large-grained, awnless, 

 winter variety from the plant-breeding 

 station, Timiriasev Agricultural Academy, 

 Moscow. The original sample was ob- 

 tained in 1902 from the Breslau Experi- 

 ment Station, under the name Ble rouge 

 de St. Land. 



'74100. No. 10167. Variety alborubrum. A 

 hardy, prolific, awnless, winter variety 

 from the plant-breeding station, Timiria- 

 sev Agricultural Academy, Moscow. 



'74101. No. 10244. Variety graecum. From 

 Karshinsk Vilaet, West Bokhara. -An 

 early, prolific, large-grained, lax-eared, 

 spring variety which is drought resistant. 



74102. No. 10245. Variety graecum. From 

 Karshinsk Vilaet, West Bokhara. An 

 early, prolific, compact-eared, spring 

 variety which is drought resistant. 



74103. No. 35911. Kooperatorka. Variety 

 erythrospermum. From the Odessa Ex- 

 periment Station, Odessa. A white- 

 eared, red-grained variety. It is one of 

 the most early, productive, and .valuable 

 winter wheats of Ukrainia. 



"74104 to 74109. Triticum dicoccum Schrank. 

 Poaceae. Emmer. 



74104. No. 35894. Variety far rum, f. armenia- 

 cum. From the Stepnaya Ret. Experi- 

 ment Station, State Institute of Experi- 

 mental Agronomy, 1925. Affected by 

 Puccinia triticina Eriks. A late form. 



"74105. No. 35895. Varietv farrum, {. cauca- 

 sicum. From the Stepnaya Ret. Experi- 

 ment Station, State Institute of Experi- 

 mental Agronomy, 1925. Affected by 

 Puccinia triticina Eriks. 



"74106. No. 35896. Variety farrum, f. irani- 

 cum. From the Stepnaya Ret. Experi- 

 ment Station, State Institute of Experi- 

 mental Agronomy, 1925. Susceptible to 

 Erysiphe graminis DC, Puccinia gluma- 

 rum Eriks., and Puccinia triticina Eriks. 



74107. No. 35898. Variety farrum, f. vas- 

 conica. From the middle Asiatic section. 

 A winter variety prominent among other 

 forms by its late maturity, large ear, high 

 growth, and thick oulm. 



74108. No. 35900. Variety rufum, f. asetivale. 

 From the Stepnaya Experiment Station, 

 State Institute of Experimental Agron- 

 omy, 1925. Similar to f. caucasicum [No. 

 74105] except in color of ear. 



74109. No. 35902. Variety rufum, f. matura- 

 turn. From the Stepnaya Experiment 

 Station, State Institute of Experimental 

 Agronomy, 1925. It is similar to f. tatari- 



• cum except in color of ear. Susceptible to 

 yellow rust (Puccinia glumarum Eriks.), 

 brown rust (P. triticina Eriks.), and stem 

 .ru st (P. graminis Pers.). 



74023 to 74111— Continued. 



74110 and 74111. Triticum persicum (Bois.) 

 Aitch. and Hemsl. Poaceae. Persian wheat. 



74110. No. 35919. Variety rubiginosum. 

 From Tiflis. Partly immune to Erysiphe 

 graminis DC. An early spring variety. 



74111. No. 35920. Variety stramineum. From 

 Tiflis, 1925. Immune to Erysiphe graminis 

 DC. An early spring variety. 



74112 to 74127. 



From Sumatra. Seeds collected by H. H. Bartlett, 

 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. 

 Received June 20, 1927. 



74112. BOTOR TETRAGONOLOBA (L.) Kuntze 



(Psophocarpus tetragonolobus DC). Faba- 

 ceae. Goa bean. 



Borong. From Silo Maradja, Asahan. A 

 tropical Asiatic herbaceous perennial with blue 

 flowers. The unripe pods are eaten as a vege- 

 table. 



For previous introduction see No. 66263. 



74113. Calamus sp. Phoenicaceae. 



Palm. 



No. 7085. From Silo Maradja, Asahan. 

 Rotan alas. A climbing pinnate-leaved palm 

 with fruits resembling those of Salakka. The 

 flesh around the seeds, however, is of a purplish 

 gray color and has a sweet mawkish disgusting 

 taste. 



74114. Daemonorops draco (Willd.) Blume 

 (Calamus draco Willd.). Phoenicaceae. 



No. 6957. From Loendoet, Koealoe. Tjat 

 djernang. This is the species which yields the 

 dragon's blood (tjat djernang) of the Malays. 



74115. Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn. (Erio- 

 dendron anfractuosum DC). Bombacaceae. 



Kapok. 

 Kaboe kaboe. From Silo Maradja, Asahan. 

 A local form of the silk-cotton tree. The seed 

 pods contain fiber used to stuff pillows, etc. 



74116 to 74118. Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. 

 Cucurbitaceae. Watermelon. 



From Silo Maradja, Asahan. 



74116. Goendoer bolon. 



74117. Pitoela. 



74118. Djelok. The Javanese name is waloe. 

 An edible-seeded variety. 



74119. Dracontomelon sp. Anacardiaceae. 



No. 7599. Hihing. Growing near the water 

 at Aek Sordang, Loendoet, Koealoe. A wild 

 species with pinnately compound alternate 

 leaves. The clingstone fruits, about an inch in 

 diameter, are russet yellow when ripe, with a 

 rather nondescript but not unpleasant acid 

 taste, and contain a single large hard seed. 

 This species is not cultivated, as far as could 

 be learned, but is utilized when found. 



74120. Drymophloeus sp. Phoenicaceae. 



Palm. 

 Boenet, Asahan. (Cultivated ornamental.) 

 A semidwarf cespitose palm 9 to 12 feet high, 

 with unarmed pinnate leaves and an abundance 

 of brilliant red fleshy fruits half an inch in 

 diameter, containing spindle-shaped longi- 

 tudinally 5-furrowed seeds. The flesh probably 

 contains rhaphides, because it is irritating to 

 tender skin. 



74121 to 74123. Gnetum spp. Gnetaceae. 



Tropical Asiatic woody vines with jointed 

 knotty branches and opposite leaves. 



74121. Gnetum sp. 



No. 6868. From Loendoet, Koealoe. This 

 species may be the same as No. 7062 [No. 

 74122]. 



