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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



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and 80804. Maktum. A medium to 

 large, oblong, amber date witb a mild 

 flavor. It is late ripening and is of 

 excellent quality. It is already well 

 known in the southwestern United 

 States, where there are a limited num- 

 ber of palms. The variety is widely 

 distributed in Iraq, but is nowhere 

 very abundant, existing largely as 

 specimen palms for the use of garden 

 owners rather than for commercial 

 purposes. 



80803. Obtained in Basra. 



80804. Obtained in Mandali. 



80805. JSabaty. A single offshoot brought 

 in by one of the natives who assisted 

 in packing at Basra and who said it 

 was a very fine date. It is probably 

 a seedling. 



80806. Salany. Obtained in Mandali. A 

 medium to large-sized reddish-brown 

 date of fair quality. 



80807. Shalan 

 in Mandali. 



A local variety obtained 



80808. Sayer. Obtained in Basra. The 

 commonest variety in southern Iraq, 

 said to compose about 45 per cent of 

 the total palm population. It is not 

 generally regarded very highly in 

 Iraq, but has certain qualities which 



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make it desirable for testing in pros- 

 pective date areas in the United 

 States. It is very resistant to ad- 

 verse conditions, survives drought 

 better than any other variety, and is 

 said to be less subject to insect 

 attacks. In Iraq it is generally 

 planted on the poorest soil, which 

 may have something to do with the 

 poor quality of the fruit obtained. 

 The fruit is medium sized, oblong, 

 deep red, cures well, and seems 

 adapted to commercial handling. 



80809. Red Maktum. Obtained in Man- 

 dali. An inferior seedling having no 

 resemblance either in palm or in fruit 

 to the real Maktum as far as could 

 be observed. It is a medium-sized 

 date of a dull reddish brown. 



S0810. BUDDLEIA MACEOSTACHYA 



Benth. Loganiaceae. 



From Gangtok, Sikkim, India. Seeds pre- 

 sented by the Sikkim Forest Manager. 

 Received May 15, 1928. Numbered in 

 June, 1929. 



A tender shrub, 3 to 8 feet high, with 

 white, woolly, oblong-lanceolate leaves up 

 to 8 inches long and white flowers with 

 an orange throat, in dense spikes 4 to 10 

 inches long. Native to the Himalayas. 



