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81598 to 81601— Continued. 



81601. Psoralba bituminosa L. Faba- 

 ceae. Scurf-pea. 



Collected on the edges of fields in 

 Oued Iinbert, at an altitude of about 

 1,500 feet, April 8, 1929. A herbaceous 

 perennial, native to tbe Mediterranean 

 region, with trifoliolate leaves and small 

 bluish flowers in loose heads. Of value 

 for green manure. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 77627. 



81602 to 81604. Triticum aestivum L. 

 ( T. vulgare Yill. ) . Poaceae. 



Common wheat. 



From Merredin, Western Australia. Seeds 

 presented by the Merredin Experiment 

 Farm, through J. A. Clark, Bureau of 

 Plant Industry. Received September 27, 

 1929. 



81602. P. 1437. CarraUn. 



81603. P. 1440. Merredin. 



81604. P. 1769. Noongaar. 



81605 to 81613. Prunus armeniaca L. 

 Amygdalaceae. Apricot. 



From Palestine. Seeds presented by A. 

 Grasovsky. Subinspector of Agriculture 

 and Forests, Southern Circle, Jerusalem. 

 Received September 26, 1929. 



81605. No. 15. Franji. From Artas. 



81606. No. 3. Mawi. From Jaffa. 



81607. No. 1. KlaU Abayd. From Acre. 



81608. No. 4. Late KlaU. From Motza. 



81609. No. 6. Lozi. From Jerusalem. 



81610. No. 8. Haraui, From Nazareth. 



81611. No. 2. Wardi. From Artas. 



81612. No. 7-A. Mustekatoi. From Ar- 

 tas. 



81613. No. 7-B. Mustekawi, From Ar- 

 tas. 



81614. Dracontomelon edule (Blanco) 

 Skeels. Anacardiaceae. 



From Sorsogon, Philippine Islands. Seeds 

 presented by P. J. Wester, Bureau of 

 Agriculture, Manila. Received July 31, 

 1929. 



Alauihau. A fruit resembling a greenish 

 brown-yellow flat plum with scant but 

 pleasantly subacid pulp, recalling tbe flavor 

 of Spondias cytherea. It is common in the 

 market at Sorsogon and is gathered from 

 wild trees in the forest, in a region with 

 abundant rainfall equally distributed 

 throughout the year. The tree is 50 feet 



81614 — Continued. 



or less high, with a rounded crown. The 

 handsome dark-green pinnate leaves consist 

 of 8 to 12 pairs of hairy pointed leaflets. 



For previous introduction see No. 32293. 



81615. JUGLANS JAMAICENSIS C. DC. 



Juglandaceae. Walnut. 



From Moca, Dominican Republic. Seeds 

 presented by Dr. R. Ciferri, Director de 

 la Estaci6n Nacional AgronSmica y Cole- 

 gio de Agricultura. Received September 

 7, 1929. 



A walnut, native to Jamaica, with alter- 

 nate compound leaves made up of nine 

 pairs of lanceolate, serrate, shining green 

 leaflets, paler beneath. The thick-shelled 

 nuts are globose and attenuate. 



81616 and 81617. Citrus grandis (L.) 

 Osbeek (C. decumana Murr.). Ruta- 

 ceae. Grapefruit. 



From Pasar Minggoe, Java. Budded plants 

 presented by the Tuinbouwkundig Ambte- 

 naar. Received September 5, 1929. 



81616. No. 1. D j er o e k pandanwangi. 

 The fruits have dark-red, very sweet 

 flesh. 



81617. No. 2. D jeroeh delima. The 

 fruits have red flesh which is very 

 juicy but a little sour. 



81618. Vaccinitjm canadense Kalm. 

 Vacciniaceae. Canada blueberry. 



From Hudson Bay Junction, Saskatchewan, 

 Canada. Seeds collected by Knowles A. 

 Ryerson, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived September 30, 1929. 



No. 147. A variety growing on a sandy 

 pine ridge 30 to 40 feet above the river 

 and at least a mile away from it. The 

 plants had had no rain for quite a while 

 and yet they were producing very good- 

 sized fruits ; in fact, better than any found 

 at any place farther north. 



81619. Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeek. 

 Rutaceae. Orange. 



From the Loyalty Islands. Seeds presented 

 by Prof. I. Franc, Noumea, New Cale- 

 donia, through Alfred Rehder, Curator of 

 the Herbarium of the Arnold Arbore- 

 tum, Jamaica Plain, Mass., and W. T. 

 Swingle, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived September 11, 1929. 



The inhabitants of the Loyalty Islands 

 have raised trees since time immemorial 

 and have no knowledge of grafting. Chance 

 seedlings always produce, with some care, 

 succulent fruits 3 to 4 inches in diameter. 

 The variety is believed to be absolutely 

 fixed, and comes true from seed. 



