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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



80140 to 80143. Fkagaria spp. Rosa- 

 ceae. Strawberry. 



From Histon, Cambridge, England. Plants 

 obtained from Cbivers & Sons, through 

 G. M. DaiTow. Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received April 15, 1929. 



80140. Feagaeia sp. 

 Madame Root. 



80141. Feagaeia sp. 

 Madame La Feoera. 



80142. Feagaeia sp. 

 Paxton. 



80143. Feagaeia sp. 

 Royal Sovereign. 



80144. Sacchartjm officinarum L. 

 Poaceae. Sugarcane. 



From Trinidad, British West Indies. Cut- 

 tings presented by Dr. W. G. Freeman, 

 Director of Agriculture. Received April 

 13, 1929. 



D-625. 



80145 and 80146. Cynodon dactylon 

 (L.) Pers. Poaceae. Bermuda grass. 



From Kenilworth, near Cape Town, Union 

 of South Africa. Sod presented by 

 Charles N. Murray. Received April 8, 

 1929. 



80145, Karroo. A variety which derives 

 its name from the district from which 

 it comes. It is a finer variety than 

 Royal Cape Strain. 



80146. Royal Cape Strain. A coarse va- 

 riety which has been the standard turf 

 on greens since 1904 in Kenilworth. 

 Its merits are that it is very hard, is 

 drought resistant in a high degree, is 

 never scorched by the hottest sun, 

 stands unlimited wea'r, and gives a 

 true putting surface which does not 

 develop nap. 



80147. Citrus nobilis deliciosa (Ten.) 

 Swingle. Rutaceae. 



Mandarin orange. 



From Manila, Philippine Islands. Seeds 

 presented by P. J. Wester, Bureau of 

 Agriculture, Manila. Received April 18, 

 1929. 



Seeds taken by Mr. Wester from the two 

 best mandarin oranges ever eaten by him. 



80148. Sesbania cannabina (Retz.) 

 Poir. Fabaceae. 



From Peradeniya, Ceylon. Seeds purchased 

 from the Manager of the Publication 

 Depot and Central Seed Store of the De- 

 partment of Agriculture. Received April 

 19, 1929. 



A stout annual plant, native to Ceylon, 

 with prickly branches, compound leaves a 

 foot long made up of 40 to 80 linear leaf- 

 lets, and subsessile racemes of 3 or 4 yel- 

 low flowers about a quarter of an inch 

 long. 



For previous introduction see No. 76103. 



80449. Phyllostachys sp. Poaceae. 



Bamboo. 



From Avery Island, La. Plants presented 

 by E. A. Mcllhenny, at the request of 

 R. A. Young, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received April 22, 1929. 



80149— Continued. 



This is said by Mr. Mcllhenny in his 

 letter dated November 19, 1929, to be one 

 (which one is not known) of the two 

 Chinese bamboos sent to him under F. P. I. 

 Nos. 23242 and 23243 from Chico, Calif., 

 April 3, 1914, by the Department of Agri- 

 culture. In 1929 one of the tallest culms 

 at Avery Island was 21 feet high. The 

 plants were in poor soil and have grown 

 without attention, according to Mr. Mc- 

 llhenny. They appear to belong unmis- 

 takably to Phyllostachys, though the 

 sheaths of the young shoots are so differ- 

 ent as at first to suggest the possibility 

 of some other genus. 



80150 to 80153. Ficus carica L. Mora- 

 ceae. Common fig. 



From Ariana, Tunis, Africa. Scions pre- 

 sented by F. Boeuf, Chef du Service 

 Botanique. Received April 17, 1929. 



80150. Angel Djemel. 



80151. Bayoudi. 



80152. Bidhel atrous. 



80153. Bidhel Djemmal. 



80154. Pyrus sp. Malaceae. Pear. 



From Erfurt, Germany. Trees purchased 

 from J. C. Schmidt. Received April 19, 

 1929. 



Kreos Birne. A variety said to ripen in 

 October and to have red flesh. 



80155 to 80167. Cajantjs indicus 

 Spreng. Fabaceae. Pigeon pea. 



From San Juan, Porto Rico. Seeds pre- 

 sented by O. W. Barrett, Agricultural 

 Director, Department of Agriculture, 

 through Roland McKee, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry. Received April 17, 1929. 



80155. Colmenos. 



80156. New Era. 



80157. No. 8. Venezuela. 



80158. No. 813. Dominica. 



80159. No. 4427. 



80160. No. 4445. 



80161. No. 4464. Cadios. 



80162. No. 4651. Yaguis. 



80163. No. 4652. 



80164. No. 4656. 



80165. No. 4657. 



80166. No. 4659. 



80167. No. 4679. 



80168. Solantjm tuberosum L. Sola- 

 naceae. Potato. 



From Lamlash, Scotland. Tubers pre- 

 sented by Donald MacKelvie. Received 

 April 22, 1929. 



Arran Banner. 



80169. Saccharum officinarum L. 

 Poaceae. Sugarcane. 



From Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba. Cut- 

 tings presented by Dr. Gonzalo Fortun, 

 Director de la Estacion Experimental 

 Agronomica. Received April 23, 1929. 



D-625; 



