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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



74489 to 74502— Continued. 



74493. No. 0604. Alhidum. A spring 

 wheat from the Saratov Experiment 

 Station. 



74494. No. 0721. Alhidum. A spring 

 wheat from the Saratov Experiment 

 Station. 



74495. No. 0237. No8tia?ium. A winter 

 wheat from the Saratov Experiment 

 Station. 



74496. No. 0329. Lutescens. A winter 

 wheat from the Saratov Experiment 

 Station. 



74497. Cooperatorka. A winter wheat 

 from the Odessa Experiment Station. 



74498. Stepniatschlca. A winter wheat 

 from the Odessa Experiment Station. 



74499. Ukrainka. A winter wheat from 

 the Vironovsk Experiment Station. 



74500 to 74502. Triticum durum Desf. 



Durum wheat. 



74500. No. 010. Eordeiforme. From 

 the Ekaterinoslav Experiment Sta- 

 tion. 



74501. No. 069. Melanopus. From the 

 Krasnokut Experiment Station. 



74502. No. 0189. Hordeiforme. From 

 the Krasnokut Experiment Station. 



74503. Phytelephas maceocaepa Ruiz 

 and Pay. Phoenicaceae. 



Ivory-nut palm. 



From Summit, Canal Zone. Seeds presented 

 by J. E. Higgins. Plant Introduction Gar- 

 den. Received July 25, 1927. 



A tall tropical American palm with a 

 thick rough trunk and foliage resembling 

 that of rhe coconut palm. The bony fruits 

 are used for making buttons, etc. 



For previous introduction see No. 47513. 



74504. Telfolitjm pbatense L. Faba- 

 ceae. Red clover. 



From Tschechnitz und Kattern, Germany. 

 Seeds obtained from Doctor Kroll, through 

 A. j. Pieters. Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received September 15, 1927. 



Locally grown seeds. 



74505. aIa;xgieeea ixdica L. Anacar- 

 dlaceae. Mango. 



From Eldorado, Sinaloa, Mexico. Seeds 

 presented by Redo & Co. Received July 

 27, 1927. 



Seeds from a tree said to be a Mulgoba 

 seedling. The fruits are of very good 

 quality. 



74506. PHYEEOCEADrS BHOMBOLDALIS 



L. Rich. Taxaceae. 



From Hobart, Tasmania. Seeds presented 

 by L. A. Evans, Secretary of Agriculture, 

 Agricultural and Stock Department. Re- 

 ceived July 25, 1927. 



An ornamental tree, related to the yew, 

 up to 60 feet high, with leafllike branches 

 and minute leaves. Native to Australia. 



74507. SCHIZOSTACHYUM LTJMAMPAO 



(Blanco) Merr. Poaceae. Bamboo. 



From Manila. Philippine Islands. Seeds 

 presented by Arthur F. Fischer, Director, 

 Bureau of Forestry. Received July 29, 

 1927. 



74507— Continued. 



An erect thin-walled bamboo growing in 

 large patches, especially where forests have 

 bi en burned away, in the Philippine Islands. 

 According to Munro. sticks from this plant 

 are said to be commonly sold in Manila. 



74508. Tecomella undulata (J. E. 

 Smith) Seem. (Tecoma widulata 

 Don). Bignoniaceae. 



From Nice, France. Seeds presented by 

 Dr. A. Robertson-Proschowsky. Received 

 July 21, 1927. 



A subtropical shrub or small tree with 

 narrow-oblong leaves up to 6 inches long 

 and orange flowers 1% inches wide pro- 

 duced in small clusters. It is native to 

 western India. 



74509. Tecomella undulata (J. E. 

 Smith) Seem. {Tecoma undulata 

 Don ) . Bignoniaceae. 



From Dehra Dun, United Provinces, India. 

 Seeds presented by R. N. Parker, forest 

 botanist, Forest Research Institute and 

 College. Received July 25. 1927. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see No. 7450S. 



74510. Pbtjnus capuli Cav. Amygdal- 

 aceae. Capulin. 



From Zacuapam. Huatusco. Vera Cruz, 

 Mexico. Seeds presented by Dr. C. A. 

 Purpus. Received July 21, 1927. 



Seeds collected in Vera Cruz, at an alti- 

 tude of 2,000 meters. 



74511. Clematis aemandi Franch. 

 Banunculaceae. Armand clematis. 



From Ventimi^lia, Italy. Seeds presented 

 by S. W. McLeod Braggins, superintend- 

 ent, La Mortola. Received July 29, 1927. 



A fragrant white-flowered species which 

 is characterized by the abundance and the 

 persistence of its foliage. Native to Hupeh 

 Province, China. 



For previous introduction see No. 63392. 

 74512 to 74515. 



From Montevideo, Uruguay. Seeds pre- 

 sented by Nicolas Lombardo, Director, 

 Botanic Garden. Received August 1, 

 1927. 



74512. AXTHEPHORA HERMAPHRODITA (L.) 



Kuntze. Poaceae. Grass. 



A leafy ascending or decumbent branch- 

 ing annual grass with thin flat blades. 

 A "common weed in the lowlands of tropi- 

 cal America. 



74513. Chloris caribaea Spreng. Poa- 

 ceae. Grass. 



An annual, erect, leafy grass, native to 

 the West Indies, with linear, flat leases 

 about a foot high. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 62040. 



74514. Chloris ciliata Swartz. Poaceae. 



Grass. 



A perennial crass witJ erect stems. 10 

 to 20 inches high. Native to Uruguay. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 62041. 



