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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



85811 to 85834— Continued. 



85812. No. 3372. Beni Emon, January 18, 

 1930. 



85813. No. 3364. Dojo Hachiya. 



85814. No. 3353. Fukuro Go8ho. 



85815. No. 3365. Fuji. 



85816. No. 3340. Fuyu. 



85817. No. 3367. Gionbo. 



85818. No. 3381. Hira Tanenashi. 



85819. No. 3371. Inayama. 



85820. No. 3352. Jiro. 



85821. No. 3344. Kanro. 



85822. No. 3379. Kaicabata. 



85823. No. 3380. Kuramitsu. 



85824. No. 3387. Miyazaki Tanenashi. 



85825. No. 3377. Mombei. 



85826. No. 3346. Obishi. 



85827. No. 3358. 6 Gosho. 



85828. No. 3386. Okubo. 



85829. No. 3345. Oku Gosho. 



85830. No. 3385. Onihira. 



85831. No. 3361. Shimofuri. 



85832. No. 3374. Takura. 



85833. No. 3341. Tenjitv Gosho. 



85834. No. 3370. Yotsumizo. 



85835. Pruxus armeniaca L. Arnyg- 

 clalaceae. ■ Apricot. 



From Damascus. Syria. Scions presented 

 by Joseph Dabbous. Bab Touma. Damas- 

 cus. Received February 15, 1930. 



Hamway apricot. 



85836. Medicago sativa L. Fabaceae. 



Alfalfa. 



From Valence, France. Seeds purchased 

 from Tezier Freres. Valence. Received 

 February 20. 1930. 



Luzerne. 



85837. Garcixia gifbsiae S. Moore. 

 Clusiaceae. 



From Brisbane. Australia. Seeds presented 

 by C. T. White. Government Botanist, 

 through the Arnold Arboretum. Received 

 February 24. 1930. 



A wild relative of the mahgosteen, which 

 grows in forests in the Bellenden Ker Hills 

 at an altitude of about 2.000 feet. The 

 leaflets are oval, with mucronate tips, and 

 the flowers, in clusters of two or three, are 

 green, later turning brown. 



For previous introduction see No. 56698. 



85838 and 85839. 



From Yucatan, Mexico. Tubers presented 

 by Senor Eduardo Martinez C. Archeo- 

 logieal Inspector of the St-ite of Yucatan. 

 Mprida, Yucatan. Received Februarv 15, 

 1930. 



85838. Dioscorea alata L. Dioscoreaceae. 

 Winged yam. 



Ek-Macal. A short, broad, irregular- 

 shaped y^m. Tt has white nVsh and 

 although somewhat coarse in t xture. is 



85838 and 85839 — Continued. 



of good quality when cooked. The tu- 

 bers received weighed about 2 pounds 

 each. 



858: 



Xaxthosoma sp. Araceae. 



Yautia. 



2Iacul. A yautia with short, thick, 

 white-fleshed tubers of good quality. 

 The tubers received are short and thick 

 and weigh about 4 ounces each. The 

 flesh is white and is very firm, but of 

 agreeable flavor when the tubers are 

 baked or boiled. 



85840. Ancylocladus firmus (Blume) 

 Kuntze (Willughheia firma Blume). 

 Apocynaceae. 



From Buitenzorg, Java. Seeds presented 

 by the Director, Botanic Gardens. Re- 

 ceived February 28, 1930. 



A strong-growing woody vine with a 

 stem 3 to 4 inches in diameter, native to 

 Sumatra. It has long slender tendrils, 

 coriaceous, elliptic leaves 4 inches long, 

 and cymes of small, white, fragrant flowers. 

 A possible source of rubber. 



85841 to 85845. Xicotiana tabactjm L. 

 Solanaceae. Tobacco. 



From Tokyo. Japan. Seeds presented by 

 Mr. Tsukada. Tobacco Monopoly Bureau, 

 Tokyo, through W. W. Garner. Bureau 

 of Plant Industry. Received February 

 26, 1930. 



Crop of 1929. 



85841. Variety petiolata. Kokubuha- 



kokitbu. 



85842. Variety virginiana. Enshuha- 



nagashima. 



85843. Variety virginica. Darumaha- 

 odaruiiia. 



85844. Variety petiolata. Suifuha-katai- 

 kari. 



85845. Variety petiolata. Hatanoha- 

 haiano. 



85846. Vitis yinifera L. Vitaceae. 



European grape. 



From Calvaruso. Italy. Cuttings presented 

 by A. Sergi. through Joseph Sergi. Oak- 

 land, Calif. Received February 21, 1930. 



Ma glial a di Uva Corniola. 



85847. Cynodon dactylon (L. ) Pers. 

 Poaceae. Bermuda grass. 



From Union of Socialistic Soviet Repub- 

 lics. Plants collected by H. L. Westover. 

 Bureau of Plant Industry. Received 

 January 8. 1930. 



No. 265. From northeastern Chimhai. 



85848 to 85864. 



From Edinburgh, Scotland Seeds pre- 

 sented by W. Wright Smith, Regius 

 Keeper. Royal Botanic Garden. Received 

 February 25. 1930. 



85848 to 85851. Exkiaxthus campaxula- 

 tus (Miquel) Nicholson. Ericaceae. 



Redvein enkianthus. 



85848. Variety palibinii. A Japanese 



shrub with the branches often ver- 

 ticillate. oblanceolate green leaves, 

 paler bi neath, and drooping red bell- 

 shaped flowers in a short terminal 

 raceme. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 78921. 



