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76777 to 76779— Continued. 



76779. Ixora coccinea L. Rubiaceae. 



Scarlet ixora. 



No. 836. Botanic Garden, Singapore, May 

 31, 1926. A hybrid, with salmon-pink flowers, 

 which is a vigorous grower. 



76780 to 76785. 



From Hailar, Manchuria. Seeds presented by N. 

 Glowkhoff, superintendent of the Manchurian 

 Agricultural Society, through G. C. Hanson, 

 United States consul. Harbin. Received April 

 3, 1928 



76780. Hordeum vulgare pallidum Seringe. 

 Poaceae. Six-rowed barley. 



No. 5. This variety was found by Mr. 

 Glowkhoff in his field as an admixture. Barley 

 is seldom sown in this section. 



76781 to 76785. Tritioum aestivum L. (T. 

 vulgare Vill.). Poaceae. Common wheat. 



76781 and 76782. A soft awnless wheat, 

 growing well in bushes, with large spikes 

 and seeds. 



76781. No. 1. 1926 wheat. . 



76782. No. 1. 1927 wheat. 



76783. No. 0. 1926 wheat. A hard variety, 

 with a large tetrahedral awned spike of a 

 blue-black color, which grows well in 

 bushes, and endures droughts and frosts 

 very well. It ripens about three or four 

 clays later than No. 1 and does not fall 

 down. It is very difficult to thresh. 



76784. No. 2. An awned wheat with reddish 

 straw, red spikes, and reddish seeds, which 

 grows well in bushes. The spike is big, 

 but the seeds are somewhat smaller than 

 those of No. 1. It ripens about 10 or 12 

 days earlier than No. 1, does not fall down 

 so quickly, and threshes well. It is found 

 now as an admixture, sometimes reaching 

 30 per cent. 



76785. No. 3. An awned wheat, with silvery 

 white straw and spike. It does not fall 

 down, and ripens about the same time as 

 No. 1. It is found as an admixture from 

 10 to 15 percent. 



76786 and 76787. 



From Mafeteng, Basutoland, South Africa. Seeds 

 presented by Sister Mary Prisca Oswald, Mount 

 Olivet Mission. Received May 4, 1928. 



76786. Caesalpinia gilliesii (Hook.) Wall. 

 Caesalpiniaceae. 



Tree of Paradise. A tall shrub or small tree, 

 native to Argentina, with pinnately compound 

 leaves and terminal racemes of light-yellow 

 flowers from which the brilliant red stamens 

 protrude 3 to 5 inches. 



For previous introduction see No. 43770. 



76787. Ricinus communis L. Euphorbiaceae. 



Castor-bean. 



An African variety. It is one of the small- 

 seeded varieties valuable for oil. 



76788. Strelitzia reginae Banks. 

 Musaceae. Bird-of-paradise-flower. 



From Paris, France. Seeds purchased from Vil- 

 morin-Andrieux & Co. Received May 4, 1928. 

 A South African plant with a creeping rhizome 

 from which grow the bananalike leaves with petioles 

 4 feet long and lanceolate blades 2 feet long. The 

 flowers are borne on a stem 3 to 4 feet high and grow 

 out from the margin of a purple-edged bright-green 

 bract 8 inches long. The orange-yellow lanceolate 

 sepals are 3 to 4 inches long, and the dark-blue 

 arrow-shaped petals are 2 inches long. 



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76792 to 76795. Linum spp. 



76789. Solanum tuberosum L. Sola- 

 naceae. Potato. 



From Lima, Peru. Tubers presented by Prof. 

 Julio Gaudron, Estacion Central Agronomica. 

 Received May 10, 1928. 



Papa amarilla. A yellow-fleshed Peruvian 

 variety. 



76790. Roystonea REGIA (H. R. K.) 

 O. F. Cook (Oreodoxa regia H. B. K.).- 

 Phoenicaceae. Cuban royal palm. 



From Cuba. Seeds obtained through G. S. Jamie- 

 son, Bureau of Chemistry. Received May 9, 

 1928. 



A Cuban palm up to 80 feet high and 2 feet in 

 diameter, with pinnately divided leaves 10 feet 

 long. 



For previous introduction see No. 51139. 



76791. Viburnum sargenti calves- 

 cens Render. Caprifoliaceae. 



From Jamaica Plain, Mass. Seeds collected by 

 Paul Russell, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived May 12, 1928. 



Arnold Arboretum No. 4677-3. Originally col- 

 lected in Chosen in 1904. A form, with leaves 

 smooth beneath, of Viburnum sargenti which is a 

 shrub up to 12 feet high native to northeastern Asia, 

 having 3-lobed leaves with the middle lobe much 

 elongated, cymes of white flowers, and scarlet fruits. 



Linaceae. 

 Flax. 



From Groningen, Netherlands. Seeds presented 

 by Dr. T. Tammes, of the University of Gronin- 

 gen, through A. C. Dillman, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry. Received May 18, 1928. 



76792. Linum angustifolium Huds. 



An annual or perennial herbaceous plant 

 native to Europe and western Asia, with decum- 

 bent stems, small linear leaves, and small blue 

 flowers. It is considered by some authorities 

 to have been the original species from which the 

 cultivated flax was developed. 



76793 to 76795. Linum usitatissimum L. 



76793. Variety crepitans. 



76794. Variety winter flax. 



76795. Variety Egyptian. 



76796. Rosa sp. Rosaceae. Rose. 



From Port au Prince, Haiti. Cuttings presented 

 by H. D. Barker, Service Technique. Received. 

 May 23, 1928. 



Eglantine. A rose used in Haiti as a stock. 



76797 and 76798. 



From Manila, Philippine Islands. Seeds presented 

 by P. J. Wester, Bureau of Agriculture. Re- 

 ceived May 23, 1928. 



76797. Rubus copelandii Merr. Rosaceae. 



Bramble. 



Copela. A robust Philippine bramble with 

 ascending arching spiny canes 10 feet long. 

 The leaves are trifoliolate, and the orange-red 

 berries are juicy and edible, but lacking in flavor. 



76798. Vaccinium myrtoides Miquel. Vacci- 

 niaceae. 



Alimani. A small upright Philippine shrub 

 3 to 4 feet high, with small leathery leaves and 

 clusters of small black berries which are juicy, 

 sweet, subacid, and of excellent flavor. 



