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81834 to 81841. Gossypium spp. Mal- 

 vaceae. Cotton. 



From Tashkent, Turkestan, Union of So- 

 cialistic Soviet Republics. Seeds pre- 

 sented by the Turkestan Plant Breeding 

 Station. Received November 25, 1929. 



81834 to 81839. Gossxpium herbaceum 

 L. 



81834. No. 455 A. From West Pami- 

 rian. 



81835. No. 2522 B. From Khoresm. 



81836. No. 2929. From Khanabad, 

 Afghanistan. 



81837. No. 3101. From Khoresm. 



81838. No. 5028. From Smyrna, Tur- 

 key. 



81839. No. 7172. From Artysh, near 

 Kashgar, Sinkiang, China. 



81840 and 81841. Gossypium hirsutdm 

 L. Upland cotton. 



81840. No. 0100. Navrotsky. 



81841. No. 1838. Bred by the Turke- 

 stan Plant Breeding Station by 

 means of hybridization. 



81842 and 81843. Persea Americana 

 Mill. (P. gratissima Gaertn. f.). 

 Lauraceae. Avocado. 



From Mexico. Scions collected by C. V. 

 Newman. President, and George B. Hodg- 

 kin. Manager, Calavo Growers of Cali- 

 fornia, Los Angeles, Calif. Received No- 

 vember 26, 1929. 



81842. No. 1. 



81843. No. 2. 



Atlisco. 

 Atlisco. 



81844. Annona reticulata L. Anno- 

 naceae. Sugar-apple. 



From Papeete, Tahiti. Seeds presented by 

 Dr. Gerrit P. Wilder. Received Novem- 

 ber 29, 1929. 



A variety of custard-apple introduced into 

 Tahiti 50 years ago by Mr. Goupil, a 

 Frenchman who had a coconut plantation 

 near Papeete. It has a white skin when 

 ripe, and a creamy white, fine-grained pulp 

 of excellent flavor. 



81845. Rictnodendron rautanenii 

 Schinz. Euphorbiaceae. 



From Mount Silinda, Melsetter District, 

 Southern Rhodesia, Africa. Seeds pre- 

 sented bv Dr. W. L. Thompson. Re- 

 ceived September 19, 1929. 

 Muzgomo. A large tree, sometimes 3 or 



4 feet in diameter, with delicious edible 



nuts, though the shell is hard and tough. 



The kernel is inclosed within a second hard 



shell within the outer shell. 



For previous introduction see No. 50029. 



81846 and 81847. Lachenalia spp. 



Liliaceae. Cape-cowslip. 



From Cape Town. Union of South Africa. 

 Seeds purchased from Charles Howie & 

 Co. Received November 30, 1929. 



81846. Lachenalia orchioides (L.) Ait. 

 A herbaceous perennial with a bulb 

 about an inch in diameter from which 

 arise usually two strap-shaped, smooth, 

 spotted leaves. The spike of cylindrical, 

 white, yellow, or red flowers is borne on 

 a spotted peduncle a foot high. Native 

 to southern Africa. 



81846 and 81847 — Continued. 



81847. Lachenalia pustulata Jacq. 



A herbaceous perennial with a bulb 

 about half an inch in diameter and two* 

 fleshy, sword-shaped leaves, 9 inches long,- 

 having pustules on the upper surface. 

 The white or reddish tinged campanulate 

 flowers are borne in a dense raceme, 2 to 

 3 inches long, on a peduncle 6 inches 

 long. Native to southern Africa. 



81848. Dipelta ventricosa H e rn s 1. 

 Caprifoliaceae. 



I^rom Keston, Kent, England. Plants pur- 

 chased from G. Reuthe, Foxhill Hardy 

 Plant Farm. Received December 5, 1929. 



A deciduous shrub, 6 to 15 feet high, 

 with downy young shoots and oval to ovate- 

 lanceolate leaves 2 to 6 inches long. The 

 bell-shaped flowers are about an inch long 

 and borne on drooping pedicels at the end and 

 in the leaf axils of short side shoots. The 

 corolla is deep rose outside and paler within 

 except in the throat, which is orange col- 

 ored. Native to western China. 



For previous introduction see No. 40178. 



81849. Psidujm gl^ajava L. Myrta- 

 ceae. Guava. 



From Peru. Seeds presented by Dr. Wilson 

 Popenoe, Research Department, United 

 Fruit Co. Received November 25, 1929. 



A thick-fleshed variety. 



81850. Populus generosa A. Henry. 

 Salicaceae. Poplar. 



From Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Cut- 

 tings presented by Prof. F. W. Broderick, 

 Department of Horticulture and Forestry, 

 Agricultural College, University of Mani- 

 toba. Received November 13, 1929. 



According to its originator. Dr. Augustine 

 Henry, this hybrid poplar is intermediate in 

 characters between its parents, iPopitlus 

 angulata and P. trichocarpa. It is a 

 rapid-growing, unusually vigorous tree with 

 coarsely serrate leaves which are pale gray 

 beneath. 



For previous introduction see No. 62111. 



81851. Adonidia merrillii B e c c a r i 

 (Normanbya merrillii Beccari). 

 Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



From Manila, Philippine Islands. Seeds 

 presented by P. J. Wester, Bureau of 

 Agriculture, Manila. Received October 1, 

 1929. 



Bonga de China or ~bonga de Jolo. A 

 medium-sized palm with graceful somewhat 

 curved pinnate leaves resembling the com- 

 mon betel-nut palm but not so tall. The 

 crimson fruits, less than an inch long, are 

 borne just below the leaves. In Manila 

 this palm is grown as an ornamental. 



For previous introduction see No. 73693. 



81852. Fritillaria camschatcensis- 

 (L.) Ker. Liliaceae. Black lily. 



From Sapporo, Hokushu, Japan. Bulbs 

 collected by P. H. Dorsett and W. J. 

 Morse, agricultural explorers, Bureau of 

 Plant Industry. Received October 1, 

 1929. 



No. 1017. Obtained from the Sapporo 

 Botanic Garden, September 2, 1929. A 

 lilylike bulbous perennial with l-flow r ered 

 to 3-flowered stems 6 to 18 inches high, 



