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77648— Continued. 



From Versailles, France. Plants obtained 

 by Ivar Tidestrom. Bureau of Plant In- 

 dustry. Received November 12, 1928. 



A European tree up to 90 feet high, with 

 a round open head and thin, gray-green 

 suborbicular crenate leaves, tomentose when 

 unfolding, but soon glabrous. This is the 

 true Pop ul us tremula. Most of the plants 

 called P. tremula in North America are 

 not that species. 



77649. Cereus emoryi Engelm. Cacta- 

 ceae. Cactus. 



From Mexico. Seeds collected by Peter D. 

 Barnhnrt. Los Angeles. Calif. Received 

 November 8, 1928. 



A golden-spined cactus growing on the 

 west coast of Lower California. 



77650. Castanea pumila (L.) Mill. 

 Fagaceae. Chinquapin. 



From Savannah, Ga. Seeds purchased by 

 B. T. Galloway. Bureau of riant Industry. 

 Received October 2, 1928. 



A variety of unusual size, obtained in the 

 market, said to be abundant in the vicinity 

 of Savannah. The tree grows to a height 

 of 30 to 40 feet, and should prove useful 

 as a stock. 



77651. Lii.ium sp. Liliaceae. 



Lily. 



From Chosen. Bulbs obtained by R. K. 

 Beattie. Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived October 1, 1928. 



No. 702. Collected by Rikimatsu Takagi 

 at the Koryo Forest Experiment Station, 

 about 25 miles northeast of Heijo. 



77652 and 77653. Prunus spp. Amyg- 

 dala ceae. 



From Yokohama. Japan. Seeds' purchased 

 from Herbst Bros., agents, T. Sakata & 

 Co. Received October 9. 192S. 



77652. Prunus serrulata saghalinen- 

 sis (Schmidt) Mak. (P. mrncntii 

 Rehder). Sargent cherry. 



Seeds said to be from the northern, 

 more hardy form of the yaniazakura 

 (mountain cherry). 



77653. Prunus subhirtella Miquel. 



Higan cherry. 



Seeds said to be from the pendulous 

 variety of this species. Usually only a 

 small percentage of such seedlings will 

 show the pendulous habit. 



77654 to 77656. 



From Jerusalem, Palestine. Presented by 

 Col. E. R. Sawer. Director, Department 

 of Agriculture, Forests, and Fisheries. 

 Received October 5, 1928. 



77654. Iris bismarckiana Regel. Irida- 

 ceae. 



Roots of a herbaceous perennial native 

 to Palestine. The stem is 18 inches high, 

 the lanceolate leaves 8 inches long, and 

 the single large flower has orbicular stand- 

 ards veined sky blue on a creamy ground 

 and orbicular yellowish falls densely 

 spotted with purple brown. 



77655. Iris sisyrinchium L. Iridaceae. 



Bulblets of a perennial, a foot high, 

 native to southern Europe. It has two 

 linear leaves and several flowers with 



77654 to 77656— Continued. 



erect lanceolate pale-lilac standards and 

 spatulate lilac falls with a yellow oblong 

 spot. 



77656. Ornithogalum sp. Liliaceae. 



Seeds of a form native to the vicinity 

 of Jerusalem. Ornithogalums are bulbous 

 perennials with narrow leaves and scapes 

 bearing racemes of white, yellowish, or 

 reddish flowers. 



77657 to 77659. Ficus spp. Moraceae. 



From Manila. Philippine Islands. Seeds 

 presented by Arthur Fischer, Director, 

 Bureau of Forestry. Received October 1, 

 1928. 



77657. Ficus calophylloides Elmer. 



A large spreading tree, 70 feet high 

 and 4 feet in diameter, native to the 

 Philippines, with elliptic leaves 5 inches 

 long and flattened globose yellowish- 

 brown fruits. 



77658. Ficus conora King. 



A tree, native to New Guinea, with 

 softly pubescent branchlets, lanceolate 

 entire leaves 7 inches long, pubescent 

 beneath, and turbinate fruits an inch in 

 din meter, borne on long flexuose leafless 

 branches arising at the base of the 

 trunk. 



77659. Ficus ribes Reinw. 



A small Malayan tree with alternate 

 glabrous entire oblanceolate leaves 3 to 

 5 inches long, and small fruits, less than 

 a quarter of an inch in diameter, borne 

 on slender leafless branches at the base 

 of the trunk. 



For previous introduction see No. 50397. 



77660. Danthonia pilosa R. Br. Poa- 

 ceae. Grass. 



From Wellington, New Zealand. Seeds pre- 

 sented by Wright, Stephenson & Co. Re- 

 ceived October 5, 1928. 



A perennial Australian grass said to be 

 excellent for pasture. It seeds freely and 

 gives good fodder in early spring. This 

 grass does well on dry clay hills or stony 

 flats and is considered especially good for 

 sheep. 



For previous introduction see No. 76012. 



77661 to 77690. 



From Orleans. France. Plants purchased 

 from Leon Chenault & Son. Received 

 October 31. 1928. 



77661. C'aryopteris mongholica Bunge. 

 Verbenaceae. 



A Mongolian shrub with nearly entire 

 linear-lanceolate leaves 1 to 2 inches long 

 and axillary cymes of violet-blue flowers 

 in late summer. It resembles C. incana, 

 but is of rather coarser habit. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 76053. 



77662. Caryopteris tangutica Maxim. 

 Verbenaceae. 



A spreading, deciduous shrub 3 to 5 

 feet high, rather similar to the preceding, 

 native to northwestern China, with droop- 

 ing branches, coarsely crenate ovate 

 leaves an inch long, gray tomentose be- 

 neath, and axillary cymes of deeply 2-lip- 

 ped small brilliant-blue flowers. 



