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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



86163 and 86164— Continued. 



86164. Emata: strain No. A 16-34. Sim- 

 ilar to No. 86163, but ripening in about 

 150 days. 



86165. Albuca nelsoni N. E. Brown. 

 Lilaceae. 



From South Africa. Seeds presented by 

 Miss Olive Abernathy, Lismore, Umtata, 

 Cape of Good Hope. Received March 4, 

 1930. 



A herbaceous perennial with a globose 

 bulb 3 to 4 inches in diameter, four to six 

 bright-green lanceolate leaves 4 feet long 

 and 2 inches wide at the base, and a stout 

 erect peduncle 3 feet high bearing a lax 

 raceme a foot long, of white flowers, 1 to 2 

 inches long, broadly banded with greenish 

 or reddish brown. The three outer petals 

 are spreading and the three inner are 

 shorter and joined together. Native to 

 South Africa. 



86166. Chamaedoeea elatioe Mart. 

 Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



From Vera Cruz, Mexico. Seed presented 

 by Dr. C. A. Purpus, Zacuapam, Huatus- 

 co. Received March 8, 1930. 



A low palm with a flexuous stem 10 to 

 15 feet high and pinnate leaves 6 to 8 feet 

 long. Native to Mexico. 



86167. Amygdalus peesica L. (Prunus 

 pefsica Stokes). Amygdalaceae. 



Peach. 



From Italy. Scions presented by Dr. 

 Mario Calvino, San Remo. Received 

 February 28. 1929. Numbered in March, 

 1930. 



86168. Amygdalus peesica L. (Prunus 

 persica Stokes). Amygdalaceae. 



Peach. 



From Spain. Plants presented by Mr. 

 Juan Leyva, La Quinta, Granada. Re- 

 ceived March 19, 1929. Numbered in 

 March, 1930. 



Admirable Jamie. 



86169. Ficus carica Lr. Moraceae. 



Common fig. 



From Lerida, Spain. Cuttings presented 

 by Ramon Sala Roqueta, Enginyer Agri- 

 cola, Balaguer. through Ira J. Condit, 

 University of California. Berkeley, Calif. 

 Received March 11. 1930. 



Carabasseta. 



86170. Zea mays L. Poaceae. Corn. 



From Germany. Seeds presented by Dr. 

 Tage Ellinger. of the Union Stock Yards 

 & Transit Co. of Chicago, through E. W. 

 Sheets, Bureau of Animal Industry. Re- 

 ceived March 17, 1930. 



For use in experimental corn-borer re- 

 search work. 



86171 to 86174. Saccharum sponta- 

 neum L. Poaceae. 



From India. Cuttings presented by T. S. 

 Venkatraman, Government Sugarcane Ex- 

 pert, Lawley Road Port, Coimbatore, 

 through E. W. Brandes. Bureau of Plant 

 Industry. Received March 14, 1930. 



86171. Dacca. 



86172. Lahore 



86171 to 86174— Continued. 



86173. Rella Gaddi. 



86174. Geha Bon. 



86175. Agrostis 

 Poaceae. 



LACHNANTHA NeeS. 



Bentgrass. 



From South Africa. Seeds presented by 

 the officer in charge. Veld Reserve. 

 Fauresmith. Orange Free State, through 

 H. N. Vinall, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received March 17, 1930. 



A grass with stems up to 2 feet high, 

 linear leaves 8 inches long:, and contracted 

 panicles up to a foot long. Native to 

 South Africa. 



86176 to 86210. 



From Leningrad, Union of Socialistic 

 Soviet Republics. Seeds presented by 

 A. Kol. Chief, Bureau of Introduction, 

 Institute of Applied Botany and New 

 Cultures, through John H. Parker. Bu- 

 reau of Plant Industrv. Received March 

 8. 1930. 



86176 to 86183. Avena sativa L. Poaceae. 



Oats. 



86176. No. 1329. 



86180. No. 25570. 



86177. No. 9452. 



86181. No. 25572. 



86178. No. 25537. 



86182. No. 25582. 



86179. No. 25569. 



86183. No. 49415. 



86184. Avena sativa orientalis (Schreb.) 

 Riqhter. Oats. 



No. 70276. 



86185. Hordeum distichon nigricans 

 Seringe. Poaceae. Two-rowed barley. 



No. 39789. 



86186 and 86187. Hordeum distichon 

 nudum L. Poaceae. Two-rowed barley. 



86186. 

 88187. 



No. 10250. 

 No. 10283. 



86188 and 86189. Hordeum distichon 

 palmella Harlan. Poaceae. 



Two-rowed barley. 



86188. No. 10251. 



86189. No. 41101-a. 



86190. Hordeum vulgare nigrum ( Willd.) 

 Beaven. Poaceae. Six-rowed barley. 



No. 10247. 



86191. Hordeum vulgare pallidum Se- 

 ringe. Poaceae. Six-rowed barley. 



No. 10246. 



86192 to 86197. Secale cereale L. Poa- 

 ceae. Rye. 



86192. No. 69912. 86195. No. 73367. 



86193. No. 69913. 86196. No. 73432. 



86194. No. 73089. 86197. No. 73407. 

 86198 to 86210. TRITICUM aestivum L. (T. 



vulgare Vill.). Poaceae. 



Common wheat. 



86198. No. 6984. 



86199. No. 36107. 



86200. No. 39776. 



86201. No. 41045. 



86202. No. 41063. 



86203. No. 73013. 



86204. No. 73380. 



86205. No. 73339. 



86206. No. 73368. 



86207. No. 73426. 



86208. No. 73422. 



86209. No. 73424. 



86210. No. 73087 



