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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



77053 to 77060. 



From Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Plants pre- 

 sented by Dr. Karl Qoebel, Director of the 

 Munich Botanic Gardens. Received June 23, 

 1928. 

 77053. Cissus gongylodes (Baker) Planch. 



( Vitis ptcrophora Baker) . Vitaceae. 



A vigorous tendril-bearing Brazilian vine 

 with 4-angled branches sending down long 

 bright-red aerial roots. The large leaves are 

 trifoliolate, the reddish brown flowers are in 

 cymes opposite the leaves, and at the end of each 

 branch is borne a tuber often G inches long. 

 77054 to 77057. Datura spp. Solanaceae. 



77054. Datura arborea L. Floripondio. 

 A small tree, native to Peru and Chile, 



with ovate-lanceolate leaves and large 

 trumpet-shaped greenish white flowers. 



77055. Datura sanguinea Ruiz and Pav. 



Red floripondio. 



A Peruvian shrub up to 12 feet high, with 

 pubescent ovate-acuminate leaves and bril- 

 liant orange-red pendulous flowers 8 inches 

 long. 



For previous introduction see No. 52735. 



77056. Datura sanguinolenta Hort. 



77057. Datura sp. 



An ornamental shrub with large trumpet- 

 shaped flowers. 



77058. Gunnera manicata Linden. Haloragi- 

 daceae. 



A southern Brazilian herbaceous perennial, 

 grown for the immense leaves which have stalks 

 several feet long and blades 5 to 10 feet across, 

 orbicular in outline with variously lobed and 

 crenate margins. 



77059. HOMALOCENCHRUS HEXANDRUS (Swartz) 



Kuntze (Leersia hexandra Swartz). Poaceae. 

 Rice grass. 

 A very leafy Brazilian grass about 3 feet high, 

 readily eaten by cattle. 



For previous introduction see No. 47025. 



77060. Vitis voineriana Baltet. Vitaceae. 



Grape. 

 A climber with evergreen leathery leaves. 



77061. Dendrocalamus strictus 

 (Roxb.) Nees. Poaceae. Bamboo. 



From Dehra Dun, India. Seeds presented by 

 R. N. Parker, forest botanist of the Forest 'Re- 

 search Institute. Received June 29, 1928. 

 A strikingly beautiful and useful bamboo already 

 grown to a considerable extent in the warmer parts 

 of Florida, but worthy of further planting. The 

 culms under good conditions may grow to a height 

 of 80 to 100 feet. This bamboo will stand consider- 

 able drought and cold. It is especially suited for 

 clump planting. 



For previous introduction see No. 67508. 



77062. Citrus sp. Rutaceae. 



From the island of Malta. Seeds presented by 

 A. S. Kenerson, of the W. Atlee Burpee Co. 

 Received June 29, 1928. 

 A wild orange used as a stock in Malta. 



77063. Datisca cannabina L. Da- 

 tiscaceae. 



From India. Seeds and roots presented by the 



curator of the industrial section of the India 



Museum at Calcutta. Received June 28, 1928. 



A hardy herbaceous perennial up to 7 feet high, 



native to eastern Europe and western Asia. The 



odd-pinnate leaves have three pairs of deeply serrate 



narrowly lanceolate leaflets, and the small yellow 



flowers are borne in open racemes. The roots are 



used as a source of yellow dye. 



For previous introduction see No. 74699. 



77064 to 77146. Rhododendron spp. 

 Ericaceae. Azalea. 



From Japan. Cuttings collected by R. K. Beattie, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry. Received February 

 20, 1928. Numbered June, 1928. 



Collected at the Agricultural College, Imperial 

 University Komaba, Tokyo, February 1, 1928. 



77064. Rhododendron obtusum japonicum 

 Wilson. 



No. 518. Kirin. A pinkish lilac Kurume. 



77065. Rhododendron sp. 

 No. 519. liana no seki. 



77066. Rhododendron sp. 

 No. 521. Misu no uchi. 



77067. Rhododendron obtusum japonicum 

 Wilson. 



No. 522. Shoshobeni. Kurume; hose-in-hose; 

 alizarine pink (Ridgway). 2 



77068. Rhododendron sp. 

 No. 523. Man yoki. 



77069. Rhododendron sp. 

 No. 524. Benifude. 



77070. Rhododendron obtusum japonicum 

 Wilson. 



No. 525. Miyako shibori. A Kurume, single 

 white, not of first quality. 



77071. Rhododendron sp. 

 No. 526a. Akebono ryukyu. 



77072. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 527. Mikawa murasaki. Probably of 

 hybrid origin; mallow purple (Ridgway) flowers 

 about V/i inches across. 



77073. Rhododendron sp. 

 No. 528. Shikizaki tsutsugi. 



77074. Rhododendron mucronatum G. Don. 

 No. 529. Ryukyu. A white variety. 



77075. Rhododendron obtusum japonicum 

 Wilson. 



No. 530. Hatsunami. A rose-colored Ku- 

 rume, upper lobe blotched, but not conspicu- 

 ously. 



77076. Rhododendron obtusum japonicum 

 Wilson. 



No. 531. Azuma shibori. A pure white hose- 

 in-hose Kurume. 



77077. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 532. Kacho no kawa. Probably a garden 

 hybrid; slightly darker than Spinel pink (Ridg- 

 way), with flowers 1H inches across. 



77078. Rhododendron sp. 

 No. 535. Kan tsutsugi. 



77079. Rhododendron sp. 



No. 536. Fuji murasaki. A large-flowered 

 variety. 



77080. Rhododendron obtusum japonicum 

 Wilson. 



No. 537. Wasegiri. Kurume strawberry pink 

 (Ridgway). 



77081. Rhododendron sp. 

 No. 538a. Ao-umi. 



2 Ridgway, Robert. Color standards and 

 color nomenclature. Washington, D. C. 1912. 



