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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



76321. Phyllostachys nevinii Hanco. 

 Poaceae. Bamboo. 



From McNeill, Miss. Plants and rhizomes pre- 

 sented by H. R. Reed, Bureau of Plant Industry, 

 at the request of R. A. Young, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry. Received March 24, 1928. 



A small hardy spreading bamboo up to 7 or 8 

 feet in height with a culm diameter of five-eighths 

 of an inch. The record of its origin is at present 

 unknown, but it is believed that probably the plant 

 was introduced by the United States Department of 

 Agriculture. The leaves, usually four on a branch- 

 let, are 2 to 3 inches long by five-sixteenths to one- 

 half inch wide, with tessellated venation. The 

 culm sheaths are narrowly but distinctly striped 

 and bear at the base of the pseudophyll a pair 

 of prominent auricles conspicuously fringed witb 

 hairs. 



76322 to 76326. 



From Brignoles, France. Seeds presented by R. 

 Salgues, Director of the Brignoles Botanic 

 Station. Received March 23, 1928. 



76322 to 76325. Amygdalus communis L. (Pru- 

 nus amygdalus Stokes). Amygdalaceae. 



Almond. 



76322. B. 116. Forma Microcarpa. 



76323. B. 117. Forma Macrocarpa. 



76324. B. 118. Mather onne de Provence; a 

 variety of fair quality. 



76325. B. 119. 



76326. Clematis vitalba L. Ranunculaceae. 



Travelers -joy. 



A handsome strong-growing vine with pin- 

 nate-ovate leaflets and axillary and terminal 

 panicles of slightly fragrant white flowers. 

 Native to the Mediterranean region. 



76327 to 76329. 



From Cali, Colombia. Seeds presented by Rene 

 Hauzeur, Secretaria de Industrial. Received 

 March 16, 1928. 



76327. Cyphomandra betacea (Cav.) Sendt. 

 Solanaceae. Tree-tomato. 



A variety grown locally. 



76328. Rubtjs quindeensis Hort. Rosaceae. 

 A variety grown locally. 



76329. Rubus sp. Rosaceae. 



A species with reddish fruits, 4 to 5 centime- 

 ters long and about 2 centimeters wide, excellent 

 for preserves. 



76330. Diospyros kaki L. f. Dio- 

 spyraceae. Kaki. 



From Antibes, Alpes Maritimes, France. Seeds 

 presented by Prof. Georges Poirault, director, 

 Villa Thuret. Received March 16, 1928. 



A variety grown locally. 



76331. Radicula armoracia (L.) 

 Robinson. Brassicaceae. 



Horseradish. 



From Paris, France. Roots purchased from 

 Cayeux & Le Clerc. Received March 27, 1928. 



A variety grown locally. 



76332. Radicula armoracia (L.) 

 Robinson. Brassicaceae. 



Horseradish. 



From Lyon, France. Roots purchased from 

 Rivoire Pere et Fils. Received Alarch 27, 1928. 



A variety grown locally. 



76333 to 76353. 



From Paris, France. Seeds presented by Vil- 

 morin-Andrieux & Co. Received March 22, 

 1928. 



76333. Agapanthus africanus (L.) Hoff- 

 mannsegg (Abumon africanum Britton). 

 Liliaceae. African lily. 



Variety Mooreanus. A reputedly hardy 

 dwarf variety of the African lily with short 

 upright leaves and a scape 18 inches high, bearing 

 an umbel of dark-blue flowers as large as those of 

 the usual form. The leaves seem to be 

 deciduous. 



76334 to 78337. Allium spp. Liliaceae. Onion. 



76334. Allium decipiens Fisch. 



An Asiatic bulbous perennial witb linear 

 leaves and a long scape bearing a hemispheri- 

 cal umbel of small, white flowers. 



76335. Allium karataviense Regel. 



For previous introduction and description 

 see No. 76206. 



76336. Allium odorum L. 



An onion, native to Europe, cultivated 

 in Japan for its leaves, which are produced 

 abundantly in the spring and eaten as greens. 



For previous introduction see No. 73526. 



76337. Allium subhirsutum L. 



A bulbous perennial, native to the Medi- 

 terranean region, with hairy-margined narrow 

 leaves a foot high and white flowers. 



For previous introduction see No. 59341. 



76338 to 76340. Bereeris spp. Berberidaceae. 



Barberry. 



76338. Berberis acuminata Franch. 



A shrubby evergreen Chinese barberry 

 with yellow branches, lanceolate spiny- 

 margined leaves 4 to 7 inches long, small 

 clusters of brownish yellow flowers, and 

 black fruits. 



For previous introduction see No. 65591. 



76339. Berberis levis Franch. 



An evergreen shrub about 5 feet high, 

 native to Yunnan, China. The narrowly- 

 linear leaves are closely serrated, and the 

 purplish black fruits have a slight bloom 

 which distinguishes this species from Berberis 

 atrocarpa. 



For previous introduction see No. 65600. 



76340. Berberis rubrostilla Chittenden. 



A hybrid shrub of garden origin with 

 ovate-spatulate spiny leaves and pendulous 

 clusters of coral-red fruits. 



For previous introduction see No. 65602. 



76341. Clematis Montana rubens X vedrari- 

 ensis rosea. Ranunculaceae. 



A hybrid between two climbing Chinese 

 species of clematis, the former a purplish leaved 

 and rosy flowered form of Clematis montana, 

 and the latter a rosy flowered form of a hybrid 

 between C. montana and C. chrysocoma, both 

 of which are normally white flowered. 



76342. Cotoneaster froebelh Hort. Mala- 

 ceae. 



A hardy shrub of graceful habit with pale- 

 green leaves and scarlet berries. 



For previous introduction see No. 73429. 



