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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



80217 to 80245. Avena spp. Poaceae. 



Oats. 



From New South Wales, Australia. Seeds 

 presented by H. Wenholz, Director of 

 Plant Breeding of the Department of 

 Agriculture, Sydney. Received April 20, 

 1929. 



80217 to 80219. Avena byzantina Koch. 



80217. Algerian. 1928 crop from Glen 

 Innes. 



80218. Algerian. 1929 crop from Glen 

 Innes. 



80219. Burt. 1928 crop from Glen 

 Innes. 



80220. Avena sativa L. 



Kherson. 1928 crop from Glen Innes. 

 80221 to 80245. Avena spp. 



1928 crop from Glen Innes. 



80221. Avena sp. 

 No. 749. 



80222. Avena sp. 

 Amery. 



80223. Avena sp. 

 Asquith. 



80224. Avena sp. 

 Baldwin. 



80225. Avena sp. 

 Baxter. 



80226. Avena sp. 

 Belar. 



8C227. Avena sp. 

 Beta. 



80228. Avena sp. 

 Birdwood. 



80229. Avena sp. 

 Bond. 



80230. Avena sp. 

 Boppy. 



80231. Avena sp. 

 Boree. 



80232. Avena sp. 

 Brundah. 



80233. Avena sp. 

 Buddah. 



80234. Avena sp. 

 Budgery. 



80235. Avena sp. 

 Byng. 



80236. Avena sp. 

 Guyra, 



80237. Avena sp. 

 Kanata. 



80238. Avena sp. 

 Kandas. 



80239. Avena sp. 

 Kurri. 



80240. Avena sp. 

 Reid. 



80217 to 80245— Continued. 



80241. Avena sp. 

 RucJclands. 



80242. Avena sp. 

 Sunrise. 



80243. Avena sp. 

 Westdale. 



80244. Avena sp. 

 Weston. 



80245. Avena sp. 

 Woodford. 



80246 to 80248. Tigeidia pavonia 

 (L. 1) Ker. Iridaceae. 



Common tigerflower. 



From Sassenheim, Netherlands. Bulbs pur- 

 chased from Van Zonneveld Bros. & 

 Philippi. Received April 24, 1929. 



80246. Variety canariensis. Pale-yellow 

 flowers with red-spotted centers. 



80247. Variety lutea immaculata. Pure- 

 yellow spotless flowers. 



80248. Variety rosea. Rose-colored flow- 

 ers with yellow-variegated centers. 



80249. Ceoton sp. Euphorbiaceae. 



From Njala, Sierra Leone, Africa. Seeds 

 presented by the Provincial Superintend- 

 ent of Agriculture, of the Njala Experi- 

 ment Farm. Received April 25, 1929. 



A euphorbiaceous tree growing on the 

 river bank at Njala. 



80250. Nicotiana tabactjm L. Solana- 

 ceae. Common tobacco. 



From Mexico. Seeds obtained through 

 Leonard G. Dawson, American Consul. 

 Received April 25, 1929. 



A special variety said to be from the best 

 tobacco grown in the vicinity of San Andres 

 Tuxtla, about 80 miles southwest of Vera 

 Cruz. 



80251. Erytheina acanthocaepa E. 

 Mey. Fabaceae. 



From Pretoria, Union of South Africa. 

 Seeds presented by E. Percy Phillips, 

 Chief of the Division of Botany, Horti- 

 culture, and Entomology of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. Received April 26, 

 1929. 



A rigid wide-branched shrub, native to 

 South Africa, 4 to 6 feet high, armed with 

 sharp awl-shaped reflexed prickles. The 

 leaves are made up of three elliptical leaf- 

 lets one-half to 1 inch long and 1 to 2 

 inches broad ; the scarlet flowers, 1 to 2 

 inches long, are in lateral and terminal 

 racemes and are followed by twisted prickly 

 pods. 



80252. Geammatophyllum speciostjm 

 Blume. Orchidaceae. Orchid. 



From Medan, Sumatra. Seeds presented by 

 Dr. J. A. Lorzing. Received April 27, 

 1929. 



A giant orchid with stout stems 6 to 10 

 feet long, strap-shaped leaves a foot or two 

 in length, and flower clusters 6 feet long. 

 The numerous flowers are 6 inches in di- 

 ameter and are yellow blotched with deep 

 purple. Native to the East Indies. 



For previous introduction see No. 67181. 



