JANTJAKY 1 TO MAKCH 31, 19 3 



91 



36211. Gossypium sp. 



Malvaceae. 



Cotton. 



From Brazil. Seeds presented by Mr. Oc- 

 tavio Lamartine, Delegacia do Servico do 

 Algodao Natal, Rio Grande do Norte. 

 through O. F. Cook, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry. Received March 13, 1930. 



Moco. The Moco cotton is one of the 

 most important l'mg-staple native Brazilian 

 types. 



86212. Carica papaya L. Papayaceae. 



Papaya. 



From Java. Seeds presented by M. M. 

 Magillse, the Tuinbouwkundig Ambtenaar, 

 P. O. McCornelis. Pascar Minggoe, 

 through David Fail-child. Bureau of Plant 

 Industry. Received March 19, 1930. 



A hermaphrodite variety. 



86213 to 86230. Gossypium spp. Mal- 

 vaceae. Cotton. 



From Tashkent, Turkestan. Seeds from the 

 Turkestan Plant Breeding Station, 

 through the Texas Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station. College Station. Tex. Re- 

 ceived March 8, 1930. 



86313 to 86219. Gossypium herbacedm L. 



86213. No. 455-a. Origin West Pamir. 



86214. No. 454. Jorno-Bukharskaja. 



86215. No. 2522-b. Origin Khoresm. 



86216. No. 2929. Origin Afghanistan, 

 Kharsbad. 



86217. No. 3101. Origin Khoresm. 



86218. No. 5028. Origin Asia Minor, 

 vil Ajdin. 



86219. No. 7172. Origin Kashghar Ar- 

 ty sh. 



86220 to 86228. Gossypium hirsutum L. 

 "Upland cotton. 



86220. No. 0100. Navrotsky. 



86221. No. 169. Dekhcar. 



86222. No. 182. Ak-Djwra. 



86223. No. 0251. Triumph Navrotsky. 



86224. No. 508. Batyr. 



86225. No. 1306. Shreder. 



86226. No. 1838. 



86227. No. 2005. 



86228. No. 2017. 



86229. Gosstpidm sp. 

 No. 407. Kuldja. 



86230. Gossypium sp. 



No. 0937. Million Dollar. Origin 

 China. 



86231 to 86237. Kalanchoe spp. Cras- 

 sulaceae. 



From Cambridge, England. Seeds pre- 

 sented by the Director, Botanic Garden. 

 University of Cambridge. Received 

 March 12, 1930. 



86231. Kalanchoe carnea N. E. Brown. 



A succulent perennial with simple 

 stems about 2 feet high, oval to obovate 

 crenate-dentate leaves, and branched 

 cymes of light rose or pink, very fragrant 

 flowers. Native to southern Africa. 



86231 to 86237— Continued. 



Kalanchoe felthamensis Hort. 



Said to be a hybrid between K. flam- 

 med and K. kirJcii. 



86233. Kalanchoe grandiflora Wall. 



A herbaceous perennial with a glau- 

 cous stem 2 to 3 feet high, broadly ovate, 

 crenate leaves 2 to 3 inches long, and 

 large compound cymes of greenish yel- 

 low flowers. Native to India. 



86234. Kalanchoe kirkii N. E. Brown. 



A handsome succulent, native to Mo- 

 zambique, with terete stems 2 to 4 feet 

 high, simple or branched, leafy about 

 half way up. The opposite, green un- 

 spotted leaves are nubescent. and the 

 brilliant orange-scarlet flowers are in 

 corymbose cymes 3 to 6 inches across. 



86235. Kalanchoe rotundifolia Haw. 



A succulent perennial, 1 to 3 feet high, 

 with a slender stem which has a few 

 leaves at the base and is naked above. 

 The fleshy leaves. 1 to 2 inches long, 

 vary in shaoe from broadly obovate to 

 spatula te, and are entire or crenate. The 

 small <uange or yellow flowers are borne 

 in flat-topped panicles. Native to South 

 Africa. 



86236. Kalanchoe spathulata DC. 



A succulent perennial 1 to 4 feet high 

 with the lower leaves spatulate-oblong, 

 crenate, 3 to 10 inches long, and the 

 upper leaves, 3 to 4 inches long, very 

 narrow and sometimes trifoliolate. The 

 clear yellow flowers are in flatfish cor- 

 ymbs. Native to tropical Asia. 



86237. Kalanchoe verticillata S. Elliott. 



An erect herb a foot high with terete 

 fleshy leaves. 1 to 2 inches long, tipped 

 with three linear erect teeth and two 

 broad reflexed teeth. The scarlet flow- 

 ers are in terminal clusters. Native to 

 Madagascar. 



86238. Dioon edtjle Lindl. Cycadaceae. 



From Vera Cruz, Mexico. Seeds purchased 

 from Dr. C. A. Purpus. Received March 

 17, 1930. 



Plants with a trunk up to about 6 feet 

 high, pinnately compound leaves 3 to 5 

 feet long, made up of about 200 linear- 

 lanceolate, sharp-pointed leaflets and ovoid 

 cones 8 to 12 inches long, containing large 

 chestnutlike seeds which are roasted or 

 boiled and eaten. Native to Mexico. 



86239. Pruntts armeniaca L. Aniyg- 

 dalaceae. Apricot. 



From Wellington, New Zealand. Seeds and 

 scions presented by J. A. Campbell, Di- 

 rector of the Horticulture Division. Re- 

 ceived March 19, 1930. 



Roxoxirg Red. 



86240 to 86263. Coryeus spp. Betula- 

 ceae. 



From Berlin-Baumschulenweg, Germany. 

 Plants presented by L. Spath. Received 

 March 19, 1930. 



86240 to 86262. Corylus avellana L. 



Filbert. 



86240. The normal form. 



86241. Variety aurea. 



86242. Variety multiflora. 



