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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



S6240 to 86263 — Continued. 



86243. Variety pendula. 



86244. Variety urticifolia. 



86245. Variety Barcelonaer von Loddi- 



(fts. 



86246. Variety Blumberger Zellernuss. 



86247. Variety Buttuers Zellernuss. 



86248. Variety Cosford. 



86249. Variety Daviana. 



86250. Variety Fichtwerdersche Zeller- 

 nuss. 



86251. Variety Gfubener Barcelonaer. 



86252. Variety Gmbener Zellernuss. 



86253. Variety Gunslebener Zellernuss. 



86254. Variety GhiMavs Zellernuss. 



86255. Variety Hallische Riesennuss. 



86256. Variety Kaiserin Eugenia. 



86257. Variety Kunzemullers Zellernuss. 



86258. Variety Kurzhullige Zellernuss. 



86259. Variety Minnas Zellernuss. 



86260. Variety Neue Riesennuss. 



86261. Variety Prolifique a coque serree. 



86262. Variety Weisse Lambertanuss. 



88263. CORYLUS COLURNA L. 



Turkish hazel. 



A vigorous free-growing tree up to 60 

 feet in height, with stout more or less 

 horizontal branches, heart-shape*!, glossy 

 green leaves 5 inches long, and small 

 hard-shelled nuts inclosed in fleshy hairy 

 green involucres. 



For previous 

 72388. 



introduction see No. 



86264. Saccharum officinakum L. 

 Poaceae. Sugarcane. 



From Porto Rico. Cuttings presented by 

 Nel T. Cook, Insular Experiment Station. 

 Received March 26, 1930. 



86265. Olearia argophyxla (Labill.) 

 F. Muell. Asteraceae. 



From Richmond, Australia. Seeds pre- 

 sented by F. H. Baker. Received March 

 27, 1930. 



A tree 20 to 25 feet high, emitting a 

 strong musky odor. The alternate, ovate 

 to lanceolate, entire or denticulate leaves, 

 3 to 5 inches long, are reticulate above and 

 clothed with silvery silky hairs beneath. 

 The small bluish white asterlike flower 

 heads are in large terminal corymbs. It 

 is native to Australia. 



86266 to 86271. Vitis yinifera L. Vi- 

 taceae. European grape. 



From Vaprio d'Adda, Italy. Cuttings pre- 

 sented by Luigi Pirovano. Received 

 March 8. 1930. 



86266. Citretello. 



86267. F. P. 27. Yilmeria. 



86268. Mon. d? Alexandria. 



86269. Mon, Deludda. 



86270. Pirovano. 



86271. Sultana blanea. 



86272 to 86277. Citrus spp. Rutaceae. 



From Sicily. Scions collected by Dr. H. S. 

 Fawcett. Universitv of California. Re- 

 ceived March 20, 1930. 



86272. Citrus xobilis deliciosa (Ten.) 

 Swingle. Mandarin orange. 



No. 67. Lentini. Sicily. A good type, 

 fairly seedy. 



86273 to 86277. Citrus sinensis (L.) Os- 

 beck. Orange. 



86273 to 86275. From Lentini. Sicily. 



Collected in the orchard of Brogna 

 Guiseppe. 



86273. No. 62. Variety Mori. Most 

 of the fruits are blood red both 

 inside and outside, and about 60 

 Der cent of the fruits are seedless. 

 This is considered their best 

 variety by the Sicilians. 



86274. No. 63. Variety Mori, Fruits 

 from a tree with an unusual 

 amount of blood color. 



86275. No. 64. Variety Torocco. 

 Fruits blood red inside, but not 

 on the outside : a very good qual- 

 ity, but the tree is smaller than 

 most other varieties here and does 

 not bear heavily. 



86276. No. 65. Francefonte. Sicily. Va- 

 riety Torocco. A different strain 

 and the color is differentlv placed 

 from that of No. 64 [No. 86275]. 



86277. No. 66. Lentini, Sicily. Variety 

 Calabrise. A late, oval orange with 

 few seeds : considered the best of 

 the Brondo class. In s-ape, color. 

 and texture it seems to be very like 

 the California Valencia. 



86278. Pennisetum bexthami Steud. 

 Poaceae. Grass. 



From Casteau. Belgian Congo. Africa. 

 Seeds pr sented by the Director. Outil- 

 lage Agricole. Received March 28. 1930. 



A coarse srass 6 to 8 feet high with 

 lanceolate leaves. 2 to 3 feet long, and 

 spikes a foot lone of dull tawny flowers. 

 Native to the Congo region in Africa, 

 where it is used as a forage plant. 



For previous introduction see No. 62915. 

 86279 to 86400. 



From Persia and the Union of Socialistic 

 Soviet Republics. Seeds collected by W. 

 E. Whitehouse, agricultural a^plorer, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry. Received 

 March 5, 1930. 



86279 to 86304. From Persia. 



86279 to 86282. Allium cepa L. Lilia- 

 ceae. Onion. 



86279. No. 86. From a bazaar at 

 Kashan, October 15, 1929. One 

 of the best onions raised in 

 Persia. 



86280. No. 152. Damghan. Novem- 

 ber 8, 1929. Locally grown seed. 



86281. No. 114. Tehran. Novem- 

 ber 2, 1929. Locally grown seed. 



86282. No. 153. Samnan. November 

 9, 1929. Locally grown seed. 



86283. Allium sp. Liliaceae. Onion, 



No. 128. Tareh. Tehran, November 

 2, 1929. A leafy vegetable eaten raw 

 or cooked. The narrow leaves are 8 

 to 10 inches long. 



