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81998. Ipomoea MACALusoi Mattei. 

 Convolvulaceae. Morning-glory. 



From Italian Somaliland, Africa. Seeds 



collected by Dr. Mario Calvino, San 



Remo, Italy. Received December 7, 

 1929. 



A high-climbing tropical woody vine with 

 branches 6 feet or more long. The rounded 

 oval leaves are 5 inches wide, and the 

 handsome bell-shaped light-orange flowers, 

 2 inches or more long, have red-margined 

 petals and are in nearly sessile cymes. Na- 

 tive to Italian Somaliland. 



For previous introduction see No. 80046. 



81999. Erica scoparia L. Ericaceae. 



From Newry, Ireland. Seeds purchased 

 from T. Smith. Daisy Hill Nursery. Re- 

 ceived December 13, 1929. 



An evergreen shrub, native to southern 

 Europe, 10 feet high, with upright branches, 

 small lustrous dark-green linear leaves in 

 whorls of three or four, and long cylindrical 

 spikes of greenish-white flowers. 



For previous introduction see No. 79018. 



82000 to 82007. Gossypium spp. Mal- 

 vaceae. Cotton. 



From the Galapagos Islands and the Mar- 

 quesas Islands. Seeds obtained by A. K. 

 Fisher, Bureau of Biological Survey. Re- 

 ceived December 4, 1929. 



82000. Gossypium sp. 



A. From Albemarle Island. Galapagos 

 Islands, August 22, 1929. Bolls small, 

 three lock or four lock. Lint whitish to 

 buff, tightly adherent to the seed. Seeds 

 completely covered with long, buff-colored 

 fuzz. 



82001. Gossypium sp. 



B. From Albemarle Island. Galapagos 

 Islands, August 21. 1929. Leaves entire 

 ( V i . pubescent above, densely tomentose 

 beneath. Bolls larger and less pointed 

 than in A [No. 82000], three lock. Lint 

 whitish to pale buff, rather coarse, 

 tightly adherent to the seed. Seeds 

 larger than in A. completely covered with 

 fuzz of a pale buff color. 



82002. Gossypium sp. 



C. From Vahuka, Marquesas Islands, 

 September. 1929. Bolls very small, 

 abruptly short pointed, three lock or four 

 lock. Lint light reddish brown (some of 

 it lighter in color t. rather silky, strongly 

 adherent to the seeds. Seeds small, lack- 

 ing a well-differentiated fuzz, but partly 

 covered with rather long, strongly adher- 

 ent, whitish and tawny hairs. 



82003 to 82007. From Vahuka, Marquesas 

 Islands. September, 1929. The con- 

 tents of this package were mixed. The 

 bolls ranged from not larger than in C 

 [No. 82002] to about twice as large. 

 The lint was nearly white for the most 

 part, but some of it had a tawny tinge. 

 After removal of the lint, five different 

 types of seeds were distinguished. 



82003. Gossypium sp. 



D-l. Seeds large, coffee colored, lon- 

 gitudinally striate, naked except for a 

 minute tuft of tawny fuzz at the base. 



82004. Gossypium sp. 



D-2. Seeds as in D-l [No. 82003]. 

 except that they are smaller and a 

 lighter brown. 



82000 to 82007— Continued. 



82005. Gossypium sp. 



D-3. Seeds as in D-l [No. 82003], 

 but a lighter brown and having a 

 larger basal tuft of fuzz. 



82006. Gossypium sp. 



D-4. Seeds black, with a small tuft 

 of whitish fuzz at the apex and a small 

 tuft of tawny fuzz at the base. 



82007. Gossypium sp. 



D-5. Seeds brown, about half of the 

 surface covered with tawny fuzz, lint 

 less strongly adherent than in C [No. 

 82002]. 



82008. QUERCtIS PHILLYRAEOIDES A. 



Gray. Fagaceae. Oak. 



From Northwood, Middlesex, England. 

 Plants preseuted by R. C. B. Gardner. 

 Received December 6, 1929. 



An evergreen shrub or small tree up to 

 30 feet high, with broad-elliptic, crenate- 

 serrate leaves 1 to 3 inches long. Native 

 to China and Japan. 



82009 to 82020. 



From Newry, Ireland. Bulbs purchased 

 ■< from T. Smith. Received December 7, 

 1929. 



82009 to 82018. Allium spp. Liliaceae. 



Onion. 



82009. Allium atropurpureum Waldst. 

 and Kit. 



An upright, rather tall onion, some- 

 times over 3 feet high, with two to 

 four narrow-linear leaves much shorter 

 than the stem. The small, dark-purple 

 flowers, sometimes rosy purple with a 

 darker middle stripe, are in dense hemi- 

 spherical or spherical clusters. Na- 

 tive to meadows in southeastern Eu- 

 rope. 



82010. Allium b e e s i a n u m W. W. 



Smith. 



An ornamental onion, native to west- 

 ern China, 9 to 18 inches high, with 

 pendulous blue flowers. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 78975. 



82011. Allium flavum L. 



A wild onion with an upright or 

 ascending stem a foot or less high, 

 narrowly linear leaves about as long 

 as the stem, and small yellow, bell- 

 shaped flowers in a rather dense clus- 

 ter. Native to dry rocky places, espe- 

 cially in chalky soil, in south-central 

 Europe. 



82012. Allium kansuense Regel. 



An ornamental blue-flowered onion 

 native to northwestern China. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 76205. 



82013. Allium karataviense Regel. 



An onion, native to Turkestan, with 

 very ornamental broad leaves of a 

 striking blue-green color and dense 

 umbels of dull-pink flowers. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 78983. 



82014. Allium moly L. Lily leek. 



A bulbous plant with broad, glaucous 

 leaves and scapes 10 to 15 inches high. 



