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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



76363 to 76397— Continued. 



76391. Weisse Lambertnuss. 



76392. Wunder von Bollweiler. 



Nos. 76393 to 76396 are varieties cultivated 

 for their ornamental foliage. 



76393. Atripurpurea. 



76394. Aurea. 



76395. Laciniata. 



76396. Urticifolia. 



76397. Corylus maxima Mill. Giant filbert. 



Maxima atropurpurea is a variety cultivated 

 for its ornamental purple leaves. 



76398. Coussapoa rekoi Standi. 

 Moraceae. 



From Concordia, Oaxaea, Mexico. Seeds pre- 

 sented by Emiliu Makrinus. Received March 

 24, 1928. 



A large Mexican tree with a spreading crown and 

 prickly branchlets. The ovate entire leaves are 1 

 to 2 feet long, and the flowers, in globose peduncu- 

 late heads, are followed by succulent edible fruits 

 an inch in diameter. 



76399. Ananas sativus Schult. f. 

 Bromeliaceae. Pineapple. 



From Burma, India. Suckers collected by F. G. 

 Krauss, of the University of Hawaii. Received 

 November 18, 1927. Numbered in March, 1928. 



A variety grown locally. 



76400. Philadelphus sp. Hydrange- 

 aceae. Mockorange. 



From Mississippi. Cuttings presented by R. N. 

 Lobdell, A. and At. College, through R. A. 

 Young, Bureau of Plant Industry. Received 

 March 27, 1928. 



A shrub, originally from the mountains of 

 Tennessee, with an abundance of fragrant flowers. 

 The individual flowers are about the size of a half 

 dollar. This species is said to be superior to Phila- 

 delphus coronaria and others in the trade. 



76401. Echeveria sp. Crassulaceae. 



From Caracas, Venezuela. Plant presented by 

 Dr. H. Pittier, Ministerio de Relaciones Ex- 

 teriores. Received March 21, 1928. 



A variety growing locally in the Andes. 



76402 and 76403. 



From Zacuapam, Huatusco, Vera Cruz, Mexico. 

 Seeds presented by Dr. C. A. Purpus. Re- 

 ceived March 26, 1928. 



76402. Belotia mexicana Schum. Tiliaceae. 



A handsome Mexican tree up to 75 feet high, 

 with fibrous bark. The serrulate, ovate-oblong 

 leaves are green above and grayish tomentose 

 beneath, the flattened-orbicular fruits small and 

 greenish, and the flowers, appearing in the 

 autumn, are purple. 



76403. Yucca elephantipes Regel. Liliaceae. 



A Central American tree up to 30 feet high, 

 with several trunks from a swollen base and 

 compactly branched above. The rigidly spread- 

 ing lanceolate leaves are 3 feet long, and the 

 creamy white flowers are in large panicles. The 

 flowers are cooked and eaten as a vegetable, 

 being fried with eggs. They taste a little like 

 asparagus. 



76404 to 76410. 



From Echo, Manchuria, China. Seeds presented 

 by A. D. "Woeikoff, director of the experimental 

 farm. Received March 29, 1928. 



76404 and 76405. Panicum miliaceum L. Poa- 

 ceae. Proso. 



Originally from the Cem. Agricultural 

 Experiment Station, Kungchuling, South Man- 

 churian Railway, Mukden Province. 



76404. No. 310. A nonglutinous variety. 



76405. No. 311. A glutinous variety. 



76406 to 76410. Sorghum vulgare Pers. Poa- 

 ceae. Sorghum. 



Nos. 76406 to 76408 were originally from the 

 Commissioner of Industries for Suiyuan 

 district, city of Suiyuan, southern Mon- 

 golia. 



76406. No. 225. Northwest black. 



76407. No. 226. Northwest gold. 



76408. No. 227. Northwest red. 



Nos. 76409 and 76410 are from Chinese farmers' 

 fields in Ninguta district, Kirin Province. 



76409. No. 234. She-jen (snake eye) . 



76410. No. 242. Ti-chu-mi-tsa. A broom 

 sorghum. 



76411 to 76413. Phoenix spp. Phoe- 

 nicaceae. 



From Paris, France. Seeds purchased from 

 Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co. Received March 31, 

 1928. 



76411. Phoenix pumila Hort. 



Palm. 



A slender graceful palm, 6 to 10 feet high, 

 with recurved drooping leaves 10 to 16 feet long. 



76412. Phoenix RfPicoLA T. Anders. 



Cliff date palm. 



A Himalayan palm with a solitary slender 

 naked stem 15 to 20 feet high, bright-green leaves 

 10 feet long, and shining yellow oblong fruits. 



For previous introduction see No. 75222. 



76413. Phoenix reclinata Jacq. 



Senegal date palm. 



A tropical and South African palm, 20 to 30 

 feet high, with reclinate pinnate leaves 6 to 9 

 feet long, and yellowish fruits half an inch long 

 with a sweetish pulp. 



For previous introduction see No. 75223. 



76414 and 76415. Trifolium pra- 

 tense L. Fabaceae. Red clover. 



From Warsaw, Poland. Seeds presented by V. N. 

 Mazaraki, director of the Udycz Co. Received 

 March 31, 1928. 



76414. No. 5861-B. 76415. No. 5862-B. 



76416 to 76453. 



From east Africa. Seeds collected by L. W. Kep- 

 hart and R. L. Piemeisel, agricultural explorers, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry. Received March, 

 1928. 



76416. Bixa orellana L. Bixaceae. 



Anatto tree. 



No. 700. Uganda, November 11, 1927. A 

 common plant found between Kyegegwa and 

 Kampala, where it is often used as a hedge. The 

 berries furnish a coloring matter for butter and 

 cheese. 



For previous introduction see No. 51910. 



