PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



86756 to 86766 — Continued. 



86765. Syringa pinetobum W. W. 

 Smith. 



A shrub related to S. microphylla, 

 about 10 feet high with densely pilose 

 branchlets, ovate to ovate-lanceolate 

 leaves 2 to 4 inches long, and pur- 

 plish flowers in panicles about 9 

 inches long. It is native to south- 

 western China. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 79050. 



. Sykinga tomentella Bureau 

 and Franch. Felty lilac. 



A recently introduced bushy shrub 

 similar to 8. wilsonii, about 10 feet 

 high, with elliptic leaves which are 

 hairy beneath, and long-branched 

 spikes of fine mauve-pink flowers. This 

 shrub is native to western China. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 78159. 



$6767. Medicago sativa L. Fabaceae. 



Alfalfa. 



From Valence-sur-Rhone, France. Seeds 

 presented by Tezier Freres, through H. L. 

 Westover, agricultural explorer, Bureau 

 of Plant Industry. Received April 2, 

 1930. 



Luzerne. 



86768 to 86776. Medicago sativa L. 

 Fabaceae. Alfalfa. 



From Prague, Czechoslovakia. Seeds pre- 

 sented by the Kooperativa, Einkautsver- 

 hand der Landwirtschaftl, Genossen- 

 schaften, through H. L. Westover, agri- 

 cultural explorer. Bureau of Plant Indus- 

 try. Received April 2, 1930. 



Received in separate packets, but with- 

 out notes. 



86777 and 86778. Solanum tuberosum 

 L. Solanaceae. Potato. 



From Lima, Peru. Tubers presented by 

 Ralph H. Gray. Received April 2, 1930. 



Tubers of yellow-fleshed potatoes, indig- 

 enous to Peru. 



86777. From Canta, Peru. 



86778. From Tarma, Peru. 



86779 to 86781. Solanum tuberosum 

 L. Solanaceae. Potato. 



From Huancayo, Peru. Tubers purchased 

 from Paul Ledig. Received April 2, 1930. 



Tubers of yellow-fleshed potatoes, indig- 

 enous to Peru. 



86779. Ohaucha. 

 86780. 



86781. 



U6782. Trtfoltum pratense L. Fab- 

 aceae. Red clover. 



^rom Warsaw, Poland. Seeds purchased 

 from W. W. Musareot. Received April 

 3, 1930. 



Variety Gloria. 



86783 to 86785. Cyclamen spp. Prim- 

 ulaceae. 



From Leicester, England. Seeds purchased 

 from Rev. J. Farnworth Anderson. Re- 

 ceived April 4, 1930. 



86783. Cyclamen eukopaeum L. 



European cyclamen. 



A low more or less evergreen European 

 perennial with a tuberous root, rounded 

 or kidney-shaped leaves, white marbled 

 above and purplish beneath, and fragrant 

 bright-red flowers on scapes 4 or 5 inches 

 high in autumn. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 79192. 



86784 and 86785. Cyclamen neapolitanum 

 Tenore. Neapolitan cyclamen. 



A low perennial 3 inches high, arising 

 from a large black tuber. The deep pink 

 or rarely white flowers are borne in 

 autumn. Native to Italy. 



For 

 79055. 



previous introduction see No. 



86784. Variety album. A white form. 



86785. A pink form. 



86786 to 86789. 



From Bucharest, Rumania. Seeds collected 

 by H. L. Westover, agricultural explorer. 

 Bureau of Plant Industry. Received 

 April 5, 1930. 



86786 and 86787. Medicago sativa L. 

 Fabaceae. Alfalfa. 



86786. From the Government farm, 

 Calarasi, southwestern Rumania. 



86787. From the Government farm, 

 Domnita, near the city of Braila on 

 the Danube River. 



86788 and 86789. Teifolium phatense L. 

 Fabaceae. Red clover. 



86788. From the Government farm, 

 Trestiana, near Jassy, northern 

 Rumania. 



. From the Government farm, 

 Dobrovat, near Vaslui, northern Ru- 

 mania. 



86790 to 86822. 



From the Union of Socialistic Soviet Re- 

 publics. Seeds and scions presented by 

 V. Viatkin, Government Botanical Gar- 

 den, Nikita, Yalta, Crimea. Received 

 April 5, 1930. 



86790 to 86813. Ficds CARICA L. Mora- 

 ceae. Common fig. 



Scions. 



86790. No. 12. Belle dame Blanche. 



86791. No. 13. Belle dure. 



86792. No. 22. Bianco grosso. 



86793. No. 16. Bleuet. 



86794. No. 4. Bourjaeotte. 



86795. No. 21. Bourjasotte noire. 



86796. No. 17. Brojiotto. 



86797. No.—. Datte de Naple. 



86798. No. 25. Davlett Cart. 



86799. No. 14. Di Dalmatic. 



86800. No. 15. Di Smyrne. 



