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76092. Cucurbita ficifolia Bouche. 

 Cucurbitaceae. 



From Paris. France. Seeds presented by Vilmorin" 

 Andrieux & Co., at the request of Dr. J. Dufre" 

 noy. Received February 29, 1928. 



Courge de Siam. A subtropical vine, becoming 

 10 to 15 feet long, with edible and ornamental 

 fruits. 



76093 and 76094. Cajanus indicus 

 Spreng. Fabaceae. Pigeon pea. 



From St. Lucia, West Indies. Seeds presented by 

 E. A. Walters, agricultural superintendent of the 

 St. Lucia Botanic Station. Received March 9, 

 1928. 



Varieties grown locally. 



76093. A red variety. 



76094. A white variety. 



76095 to 76104. 



From Peradeniya. Ceylon. Seeds presented by the 

 manager of the publication depot and central 

 seed store of the Department of Agriculture. 

 Received March 5, 1928. 



76095. Calopogonium mucunoides Desv. Fa- 

 baceae. 



A tropical American creeping herb which 

 forms a mat of foliage about 1}£ feet in thickness. 

 The stems, 3 to 10 feet long, form roots at each 

 node. The pale-blue flowers are in racemes 1 to 

 4 inches long. 



For previous introduction see No. 74576. 



76096 to 76098. Cracca spp. Fabaceae. 



76096. Cracca Candida (DC.) Kuntze 

 (Tephrosia Candida DC). 



A low Himalayan shrub with slender 

 branches and large clusters of reddish or 

 white flowers. 



For previous introduction see No. 67840. 



76097. Cracca villosa hirta (Buch.-Ham.) 

 Kuntze (Tephrosia hookeriana W. and A.). 



A woody perennial with reddish flowers, 

 native to the East Indies. 



For previous introduction see No. 62908. 



76098. Cracca vogelii (Hook, f.) Kuntze 

 (Tephrosia vogelii Hook. f.). 



A shrubby legume native to tropical 

 Africa. The leaves are macerated and 

 thrown into the water to kill fish. 



For previous introduction see No. 73236. 



76099 to 76101. Crotalaria spp. Fabaceae. 



Crotalaria anagyroides H. B. K. 



A tropical American shrubby leguminous 

 plant, up to 6 feet high, used as a cover plant 

 in the East Indies. 



For previous introduction see No. 76062. 



76100. Crotalaria juncea L. 

 A variety grown locally. 



For previous introduction see No. 74408. 



76101. Crotalaria l t saramoexsis Baker f. 

 A variety grown locally. 



For previous introduction see No. 69120. 

 57537—29 3 



76095 to 76104— Continued. 



76102. Dolichos hosei Craib (Vigna oligosperma 

 Hort.). Fabaceae. 



A yellow-flowered leguminous vine used for 

 a cover crop and for green manure. 



For previous introduction see No. 39335. 



76103. Sesbania cannabina (Retz.) Poir. 

 Fabaceae. 



A variety grown locally. 



For previous introduction see No. 30880. 



76104. Soja max (L.) Piper (Glycine hispida 

 Maxim.). Fabaceae. Soybean. 



A variety grown locally. 



76105 to 76118. 



From Nogent sur Vernisson. Loiret, France. 

 Seeds presented by L. Parde, Directeur, Arbore- 

 tum des Barres et Fruticetum Vilmorinianum. 

 Received March 1, 1928. 



76105. Acanthopanax sessiliflorum (Rupr. 

 and Maxim.) Seem. Araliaceae. 



A vigorous deciduous shrub which forms a 

 large spreading bush 10 feet high, with 3-lobed 

 or 5-lobed, irregularly toothed leaves. The 

 flowers, brownish purple with yellow protruding 

 stamens, are packed closely in a spherical, almost 

 stalkless cluster about an inch in diameter and 

 appear in July. The inky black berries are in 

 round clusters about an inch thick. This is one 

 of the hardiest shrubs introduced from northern 

 China, where it is native. 



For previous introduction see No. 72781. 



76106. Buddleia stenostachya Rehd. and 

 Wils. Loganiaceae. 



A western Chinese shrub up to 10 feet high, 

 with lanceolate leaves 2 to 6 inches long and 

 slender panicles of very small fragrant lavender 

 flowers with orange eyes. 



For previous introduction see No. 72822. 



76107. Ceanothus delilianus Spach. Rham- 

 naceae. 



A late-flowering hybrid shrub of garden 

 origin with dark-green leaves and pale to deep- 

 blue flowers in lateral and terminal panicles. 



For previous introduction see No. 73414. 



76108. Cladrastis sinensis Hemsl. Fabaceae. 



A western Chinese tree up to 75 feet high with 

 compound leaves made up of 9 to 13 oblong 

 leaflets. The white or pinkish pealike flowers 

 are in branching panicles a foot long. 



76109 to 76111. Clematis spp. Ranunculaceae. 



76109. Clematis glauca akebioides (Max- 

 im.) Rehd. and Wils. 



A slender climber up to 10 feet high, 

 native to western China. The pinnate to 

 bipinnate leaves have 2-lobed to 3-lobed ovate 

 leaflets and the flowers are bronze yellow. 



For previous introduction see No. 53652. 



76110. Clematis globulosa Hort. 



A European hybrid between two western 

 American species, Clematis douglasii scottii 

 and C. texensis. It has deep-purple, pitcher- 

 shaped flowers. 



For previous introduction see No. 73422. 



