APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1929 



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80253 to 80260. Citrus nobilis unshiu 

 Swingle. Rutaceae. Satsuma orange. 



Prom Okitsu, Japan. Plants presented by 

 Dr. K. Nagai, Imperial Experiment Sta- 

 tion. Received April 27, 1929. 



80253. Ikeda (Unshio) icasi. 



80254. Ishihaica wasi. 



80255. Miyakawa wasi. 



80256. Sato Dai wasi. 



80257. Takahashi wasi. 



80258. Tsuda wasi. 



80259. Yamamota wasi. 



80260. Yanagisawa wasi. 



80261 to 80266. Pbuntjs spp. Amygda- 

 laceae. 



From Saonara, Padua, Italy. Trees pur- 

 chased from Fratelli Sgaravatti. Re- 

 ceived April 24, 1929. 



80261 and 80262. Prunus avium L. 



Sweet cherry. 



80261. Napoleone (Imbrian). Large 

 brilliant-red fruits, produced during 

 June and July, with very delicious 

 white flesh. 



80262. Regina del mercato. Large, 

 heart-shaped, carmine-red fruits 

 produced during June. The flesh is 

 juicy and very sweet. 



80263 to 80266. Prunus cerasus marasca 

 (Host) C. Schneid. Maraschino cherry. 



80263. Del Xord (Marasca tedesca). 

 Medium-sized, juicy, somewhat acid 

 fruits which change from red to 

 purple. They are produced duriug 

 June. 



80264. Imperiale. Large, intense red 

 fruits produced duriug June and 

 July. The flesh is tender and sweet 

 to subacid. 



80265. Marasca di Ostheim. Medium- 

 sized, pale-red fruits produced dur- 

 ing June. 



80266. Marasca olandese. Large black 

 fruits. 



80267. Kokia dkynabioides (Seem.) 

 Lewton. Malvaceae. 



From Honolulu, Hawaii. Seeds presented 

 by H. L. Lyon, in charge of the Depart- 

 ment of Botany and Forestry of the 

 Experiment Station of the Hawaii Sugar 

 Planters' Association. Received April 

 30, 1929. 



These seeds were gathered from the only 

 known living tree, which is located on the 

 island of Molokai. An ornamental tree 

 with long-stemmed, heart-shaped leaves and 

 red, silky flowers, it is native to the Ha- 

 waiian Islands, but now has become prac- 

 tically extinct because of the ravages of 

 cattle, sheep, and goats that eat the bark 

 and leaves. 



For previous introduction see No. 58574. 

 80268 to 80292. 



From Ottawa, Canada. Seeds presented 

 by J. Adams, Botanist, Central Experi- 

 mental Farm. Received April 6, 1929. 



80268. Acer myabei Maxim. Aceraceae. 



Maple. 



No. 129. A deciduous tree, native to 

 Japan, 30 to 40 feet high, with a trunk 



80268 to 80292 — Continued. 



iy 2 feet in diameter, deeply 3-lobed 

 leaves, downy yellow flowers in corymbs 

 2 to 3 inches long, and keys up to an 

 inch long. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 • 75665. 



80269. Betula turkestanica fetisowi 

 Hort. Betulaceae. Birch, 



No. 191. A hardy birch from Central 

 Asia. 



80270. Caragana PYGMAEA (L.) DC. 

 Fabaceae. Dwarf pea-tree. 



No. 717. A shrub, native to Siberia, 

 prostrate or up to 3 feet high, with 

 spreading branches, spiny stipules, com- 

 pound leaves of four linear-lanceolate 

 spine-tipped leaflets, and solitary yellow 

 flowers an inch long. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 64768. 



80271 to 80286. Gentiana spp. Gentiana- 

 ceae. Gentian. 



80271. Gentiana asclepiadea L. 



Milkweed gentian. 



No. 621. A comparatively robust sub- 

 alpine species forming clumps of vig- 

 orous stems up to 3 feet high with op- 

 posite oval-pointed leaves. In late 

 summer it produces, from the upper 

 axils, almost sessile trumpet-shaped 

 sapphire-blue flowers which weigh 

 down the arching stalks. There is 

 some variation in color from seed, 

 which germinates freely and produces 

 flowering plants in about three years. 

 The plant is said to be indifferent as 

 to whether the soil is alkaline or not. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 79160. 



80272. Gentiana baicaliensis Hort. 

 No. 622. 



80273. Gentiana burseri Lapeyr. 



No. 623. A low alpine perennial na- 

 tive to the Pyrenees, with an un- 

 branched stem less than a foot high, 

 oval-elliptic leaves, and yellowish 

 flowers with the corollas mostly 6-cut. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 79230. 



80274. Gentiana petisowii Regel and 

 Winkler. 



No. 628. A small-flowered rather 

 coarse species blooming in late sum- 

 mer. It is native to Siberia. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 79024. 



80275. Gentiana freyniana Borum. 



No. 629. A herbaceous perennial 6 

 inches high, native to Asia Minor, re- 

 lated to Gentiana septemfida, with 

 lanceolate leaves and headlike cymes 

 of dark-blue flowers which are borne 

 during late summer. 



For previous intrc duction see No. 

 79075. 



80276. Gentiana grombezewskii Hort. 



No. 630.' A place of publication or 

 description for this name has not been 

 found. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 79027. 



