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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



73289 to 73388— Continued. 



73346. No. 2964. Kamchatka. 



73347. No. 2965. Gomalos. 



73348. No. 2970. Belokoloska (white bearded) 



73349. No. 2975. Mixed seeds. 



73350. No. 2978. Kamrakhat. 



73351. No. 2981. Sari boogda. 



Numbers 73352 to 73355 are local varieties 

 from Azerbaijan. 



73352. No. 2985. 73354. No. 2987. 



73353. No. 2986. 73355. No. 2992. 



73356. No. 2996. [No other data.] 

 Numbers 73357 to 73374 are from Azerbaijan. 



73357. No. 2999. Mixed seeds. 

 73353. No. 3002. Mixed seeds. 



73359. No. 3004. A local variety. 



73360. No. 1640. Kirda boogda. 



73361. No. 1644. Kirda boogda. 



73362. No. 1650. Khurgeno boogda. 

 78363. No. 1661. Drobnushka. 



73364. No. 1662. Chernovka. 



73365. No. 1674. Kara kilchik. 



73366. No. 1675. Chernokoloska (black 

 heads). 



73367. No. 1708. Kizil boogda. 



73368. No. 1716. Mavsar. 



73369. No. 1728. Ag boogda. 



73370. No. 1752. Mestnaia. A local variety. 



73371. No. 1755. Mestnaia. A local variety. 



73372. No. 1879. Kara shirvan. 



73373. No. 1987. Shirvan. 



73374. No. 1988. Kara kilchik. 



73375 to 73387. Triticum durum Desf. Poaceae. 

 Durum wheat. 



Numbers 73375 to 73377 are from Azerbaijan. 



73375. No. 1642. Sari boogda. 



73376. No. 2529. Kara kilchik. 



73377. No. 2638. A selection from a local 

 strain. 



73378. No. 2512. A local variety from An- 

 sheron. 



Numbers 73379 to 73387 are from Azerbaijan. 



73379. No. 2630. A selection from a local 

 strain. 



Numbers 73380 to 73385 are local varieties. 



73380. No. 2912. 73383. No. 2958. 



73381. No. 2913. 73384. No. 2960. 



73382. No. 2956. 73335. No. 3000. 



73386. No. 1863. Besostka (beardless). 



73387. No. 1797. Ag boogda. 



73388. Triticum spelta L. Poaceae. Spelt. 

 No. 2868. Polba. From Armenia. 



73389. Phyllostachys sp. Poaceae. 



Bamboo. 



Frr>m Florida. Plants and rhizomes collected by 

 t& K. A. Young, Bureau of Plant Industry. Num- 

 L bered April, 1927. 



A bamboo from a small grove of uncertain age 

 growing on the Laughlin estate, Zellwood, Fla. 

 The culms are up to 45 feet in height, 11 inches in 

 circumference, and more elliptic in cross section 

 than those of any other bamboo I have seen. The 

 space between the nodes and what I am calling the 

 "supranodal ring" is distinctly black. Otherwise 

 this is much like Phyllostachys bambusoides. 

 (Young.) 



73390 to 73393. 



From Auckland, New Zealand. Seeds presented by 

 the New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency. 

 Received May 7, 1927. 



73390 and 73391. Agrostis capillaris L. Poa- 

 ceae. Rhode Island bent. 

 Selections grown in New Zealand. 

 For previous introduction see No. 66625. 

 73390. A. 73391. B. 



73392. Festuca rubra fallax (Thuill.) Hack. 

 Poaceae. Chewing's fescue. 

 Grere. A perennial grass with loosely tufted 



culms, grown in New Zealand. 



73393. Lotus angustissimus L. Fabaceae. 



Variety A-l. An upright slender-stemmed 

 leguminous annual about a foot high, with 

 yellow flowers. 



For previous introduction see No. 51856. 



73394. Juglans sp. Juglandaceae. 



Tocte. 



From Ecuador. Seeds presented by Dr. Francisco 



Banda, Legation of Ecuador, Washington, D. C. 



Received May 19, 1927. 



A wild walnut which resembles closely the black 

 walnut of the United States. The thick-shelled 

 nut contains a kernel of mild pleasant flavor. 



For previous introduction see No. 63588. 



73395. Teramnus uncinatus (L.) 

 Swartz. Fabaceae. 



From Sao Paulo, Brazil. Seeds presented by 

 Amadeu A. Barbieliini. Received May 20, 1927. 

 A slender tropical American leguminous vine, 



used as forage in Brazil and the Virgin Islands. 

 For previous introduction see No. 67889. 



73396 to 73398. Pistacia vera L. Ana- 

 cardiaceae. Pistache. 



From Aleppo, Syria. Seeds obtained through 

 Harry L. Troutman, American consul. Re- 

 ceived May 31, 1927. 

 Varieties grown in the vicinity of Aleppo. 



73396. Aintab. 73398. Ashoori. 



73397. Alemi. 



73399. Borassus flabellifer L. Pho- 

 enicaceae. Palmyra palm. 



From West Africa. Seeds collected by David 

 Fairchild, agricultural explorer, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry, with the Allison V. Armour expedi- 

 tion. Received June 1, 1927. 



No. 1245. From the market at Secundee, Gold 

 Coast, March 1, 1927. An African form of the 

 Palmyra palm of India, which resembles the cab- 

 bage palm of Florida. It stands drought well and 

 is a slow grower, though palms have attained a 

 height of 7 feet in three years. The edible fruits 

 taste a little like a mango, but they are very fibrous. 

 In the number of uses to which this palm is put it 

 rivals the coconut palm. A delicate sugar is made 

 from the sap, which flows in abundance from its 

 inflorescence when cut. The seeds are germinated, 

 and the young subterranean hypocotyl is used as a 

 vegetable. 



For previous introduction see No. 66649. 



