PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



74430 and 74401— Continued. 



744C0. I)attj:a ferox L. 



A (hi. use an« ;;>! herb. .'! Peel high, with 

 white flowers, native lo China. It is of 

 possible medicina] value. 



74401. Datura leichhardtii F. MUell. 



A tall coarse herb with irregularly 

 toothed oval [eaves ."> to 4 inches long, 

 yellowish white flowers aboul 3 inches 

 and very prickly globular capsules 

 aboul ;iii inch in diameter. The plant is 

 native to north rn Australia. It is of 

 possible medicinal value. 



74410 and 74411— Continued. 



Locally grown varieties. 



74410. Ordinary. 



74411. PXnogo- 



introduction see No. 



For previous 

 S5622. 



74402 to 74404. 



From Baghdad, Iraq. Seeds presented by 

 F. K. Jackson, Officiating Inspector Gen- 

 eral of Agriculture. Received July 1, 

 1027. 



74402. Latih-rus sativus L. Fabaceae. 

 Bitter vetch. 



Iraq vetch. From the Central Experi- 

 ment Station at Rustam. 



74403 and 74404. Yigna sinensis (Tor- 

 ner) Savi. Fabaceae. Cowpea. 



From the Central Experiment Station 

 at Rust am. 



74403, A red variety. 



74404. A white variety. 



74405. Cajantjs indictjs Spreng. Fa- 

 baceae. Pigeon pea. 



From Montserrat, British West Indies. 

 Seeds presented by C. A. Gomez, Curator, 

 Grove Botanic Garden. Received July 2, 

 1927. 



Early Asher. A locally grown variety. 



74406 and 74407. Cajantjs indictts 

 Spreng. Fabaceae. Pigeon pea. 



From Port of Spain, Trinidad, British West 

 Indies. Seeds present' d by W. G. Free- 

 man, Director, Department of Agricul- 

 ture. Received July 5, 1927. 



Locally growm varieties. 



7440G. Hawaii. 74407. Trinidad. 



74408. Ceotalakia jtjncea L. Faba- 

 ceae. Sunn hemp. 



From Mayaguez, Porto Rico. Seeds pur- 

 chased from Dr. D. W. May, Agricultural 

 Experiment Station. Received July 7, 

 1927. 



Porto Rican grown seeds. 



74409. Caeica papaya L. Papayaceae. 



Papaya. 



From Summit, Canal Zone. Seeds presented 

 by J. E. Higgins, Plant Introduction 

 Garden. Received July 7, 1927. 



A selected cylindrical type of papaya 

 grown in the Canal Zone. 



For previous introduction see No. 73065. 



74410 and 74411. Cajantjs inmctjs 

 Spreng. Fabaceae. Pigeon pea. 



From Manila. Philippine Islands. Seeds 

 presented by S. Youngberg, Director, Bu- 

 reau of Agriculture. Received July 7, 

 1927. 



74412. I ) A NTHONIA SKMIANNUJARTS 



(Labill.) R. Br. Poaceae. Grass. 



From Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. 

 Sends purchased from Arthur Yates & 

 Co. Received July 8, 1927. 



A perennial tufted grass, producing a fair 

 amount • f sort succulent fodder suitable for 

 either sheep or cattle. The leaves are nar- 

 row, usually hairy, and light green. The 

 flower stems grow about 2 feet high, and 

 the seed, which sheds easily, is produced in 

 clusters that have a white woolly appear- 

 ance when ripe. Wallaby grass provides 

 good pasturage during the spring and sum- 

 mer and remains green in the winter 

 months. 



For previous introduction see No. 59361. 



74413. Bahbusa ttjlda Roxb. Poaceae. 



Bamboo. 



From Dehra Dun, United Provinces. India. 

 Seeds presented by R. N. Parker, forest 

 botanist. Forest Research Institute and 

 College. Received July 8, 1927. 



One of the most promising species intro- 

 duced, though it does not stand much frost. 

 The culms are green and smooth and under 

 good condithns may reach a height of 60 

 to 70 feet and a diameter of 2 to 5 inches. 

 They are nearly solid and extremely tough 

 and strong. The culms split easily and 

 therefore lend themselves to many uses. 

 The plant is quite lea*fy and proves a beau- 

 tiful ornamental with its graceful leaning 

 stems and tropical frondage. Native to 

 Bengal, India. 



For previous introduction see No. 67507. 



74414. Ceiba pentandba (L.) Gaertn. 

 (EriodC:idron anfractuosum DC). 

 Bombaceae. Kapok. 



From Surabaya, Java. Seeds obtained 

 through W. S. Fields. Federal Horticul- 

 tural Board. Received July 5, 1927. 



A tall tropical American tree. The pods 

 contain down which is used for stuffing 

 mattresses, etc. 



For previous introduction see No. 73840. 

 74415 to 74421. 



From Leningrad. Russia. Seeds presented 

 by A. Kol. chief, bureau of introduction, 

 Institute of Applied Botany and New 

 Cultures. Received July 6, 1927. 



74415. Brassica sp. Brassicaceae. 



Material received as a round, white, 

 red-topped turnip. 



74416 to 74421. Datura stramonium L. 

 Solanaceae. 



Locally grown seeds of jimson weeds 

 from Russia. 



74416. No. 1. From the Mohilev Gov- 

 ernment. 



74417. No. 2. From the botanic gar- 

 den, Kharkof. 



74418. No. 3. From the Nikitsky Bo- 

 tanic Garden, Yalta, Crimea. 



74419. No. 4. From Lubny. 



74420. No. 5. From Volynia. 



