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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



85906 to 85928 — Continued. 



85922. A small nut, variable in size and 

 shape with a smooth, dark shell ; ker- 

 nel uniformly green. Splitting of the 

 shell is rare. 



85923. A medium sized plump nut with a 

 pointed apex and a smooth, dark shell 

 with a prominent suture. Very little 

 splitting is observed. 



85924. A medium sized, long, narrow, 

 sharply pointed nut, uniform in size, 

 with a smooth dark shell having a 

 prominent suture. 



85925. A large plump nut with a blunt 

 apex and a prominent suture ; shell 

 sculptured at the base and dark in 

 color. 



85926. No. 1. A smooth plump nut, 

 broad at the base, narrowing to a point 

 at the apex ; 5 per cent of the nuts 

 show splitting. 



85927. No. 2. A smooth, white, rather 

 bluntly pointed nut with a pronounced 

 suture. No splitting was observed. 



85928. No. 3. A plump white-colored 

 nut, very uniform in size and shape, 

 with a somewhat prominent suture ; 

 kernel uniformly green and moderately 

 oily in taste. Very few of the nuts 

 show splitting. 



85929 to 85932. Gossypium spp. Mal- 

 vaceae. Cotton. 



From Segou, French West Africa. Seeds 

 presented by E. Barthaburu, Chef du 

 Service Agronomique, Segou. Received 

 February 27, 1930. 



85929 and 85930. Gossypium hirsutum L. 

 Upland cotton. 



85929. Variety Cambodia. 



85930. Variety Cawnpore American. 



85931. Gossypium sp. 

 Variety Karangani. 



85932. Gossypium punctatum Schum. and 

 Thonn. Variety Kowniba. 



85933 and 85934. Oryza sativa L. Po- 

 aceae. Rice. 



From Burma, India. Seeds presented by 

 A. McKerral, Director of Agriculture, 

 Burma, through the Deputy Director of 

 Agriculture, Southern Circle, Rangoon. 

 Received March 5, 1930. 



85933. Variety Kalamkathi. 



85934. A'ariety Rupakhil. 

 85935 to 85965. 



From Leningrad, Union of Socialistic So- 

 viet Republics. Seeds presented by Prof. 

 A. Kol, Chief, Institute of Applied Bot- 

 any and New Cultures. Received Febru- 

 ary 25, 1930. 



85935. Pistacia vera L. Anacardiaceae. 



Pistache. 



No. 110213. Collected by G. Roobtzov, 

 from West Tianshan, Fergana Chain. 



85936 to 85953. Prunus armeniaca L. 



Amygdalaceae. Apricot. 



Nos. 85936 to 85950 were collected by 

 Kostina and Lintchevsky, Middle Asia', 

 Fergana Chain ; the valley of the River 

 Kara Su. 



85936. No. 110092. 85937. No. 110105. 



85935 to 85965— Coiit.iiued. 



86938. No. 110107. 85945. No. 110128. 



85939. No. 110108. 35946. No. 110133. 



85940. No. 110116. 85947. No. 110134. 



85941. No. 110120. 85948. No. 110135. 



85942. No. 110124. 85949. No. 110138. 



85943. No. 110125. 85950. No. 110148. 



85944. No. 110126. 



85951. No. 110165. Collected by N I 

 Vavilov, Middle Asia, Fergana 

 Chain ; the valley of the River Kara 



Su. 



85952. No. 111268. Collected by Kos- 

 tina and Lintchevsky, Middle Asia 

 Fergana Chain ; the valley of the 

 River Kara Su. 



85953. No. 108864. Collected by N I 

 Vavilov, Middle Asia, Kazakstan 

 Tssyk kul. 



85954 and 85955. Prunus cerasifera Ehrh 

 Amygdalaceae. Myrobalan plum. 



85954. No. 111262. Collected by Kos- 

 tina and Lintchevsky, Middle Asia, 

 Fergana Chain ; the valley of the 

 River Kara Su. 



85955. No. 111263. Collected by Kos- 

 tina and Lintchevsky, Middle Asia, 

 Fergana Chain, Tscharvak. 



85956 to 85961. Prunus cerasifera di- 

 varicata (Ledeb.) C. Schneid. Amyg- 

 dalaceae. Plum. 



85956. No. 438/c. Collected by G. Roobt- 

 zov, Middle Asia, Djala Abad. 



Nos. 85957 to 85961 were collected by 

 G. Roobtzov, North Caucasus. 



85957. No. 112010. 



85958. No. 112011. 



85959. No. 9414. Alycha. 



85960. No. 9413. 



85961. No. 112012. 



85962. Prunus domestica L. Amygdala- 

 ceae. Common plum. 



No. 9742. Collected by G. Roobtzov, 

 North . Caucasus. 



Prunus insititia L. Amygdala- 

 ceae. Bullace. 



No. 9412. Tenwicka. Collect d by G. 

 Roobtzov, North Caucasus. 



85964. Pyrus communis L. Malaceae. 



Common pear. 



No. 112007. Edible variety, wild. 

 Collected by G. Roobtzov, North Cau- 

 casus. 



85965. Pyrus heterophylla Regel and 

 Schmalh. Malaceae. Pear. 



No. 112008. Collected by G. Roobt- 

 zov, Middle Asia, Fergana Chain. 



85966 to 85968. Nicotiana tabacum L. 

 Solanaceae. Tobacco. 



From Argentina. Seed presented by E. H. 

 Mathewson, Bompland, Misiones. through 

 W. W. Garner. Bureau of Plant Industrv. 

 Received March 1. 1930. 



85966. Havana (so-called) from Chile. 



85967. Habana Colorado (1927 seed). 



85968. Whong Kong (1928 seed). 



