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PLANT MATEKIAL INTRODUCED 



S8147 to 88164— Continued. 



inches long, axillary flowers 1 to 2 

 inches across, and large baccate fruits. 

 It is native to tropical Africa. 



88162. Parkia biglobosa (Willd.) Benth. 

 (Parkia africana R. Br.). Mimo- 

 saceae. 



A tropical tree up to 50 feet high with 

 bipinnate leaves made up of 14 to 30 

 pairs of pinnae each bearing 50 to 70 

 pairs of linear-oblong subauriculate leaf- 

 lets half an inch long. The small red 

 flowers are in dense globose heads and 

 are followed by falcate pods 8 to 12 

 inches long which contain an edible pulp. 

 It is native to tropical Africa. 



88163. Randia maculata DC. Rubiaceae. 



A much-branched shrub 10 to 15 feet 

 high with obovate leaves 5 inches long, 

 and funnel-shaped flowers 3 to 5 inches 

 across, greenish purple outside and white 

 with purple spots inside. It is native to 

 tropical Africa. 



88164. Vigna sinensis (Torner) Savi. 

 Pabaceae. Cowpea. 



88165 to 88182. Nicottana tabacum L. 

 Solanaceae. Tobacco. 



From the Union of Socialistic Soviet Re- 

 publics. Seed presented by M. F. Fer- 

 novsky, Government Botanic Garden, 

 Nikita, Yalta, Crimea. Received May 15, 

 1930. 



88165. No. 336. American. 



88166. No. 571. American. 



88167. No. 572. American. 



88168. No. 635. American. 



88169. No. 617. Dezekoj. 



38170. No. 679. Dubek .aja suluk. 



88171. No. 5. Dubek bektemis. 



88172. No. 680. Dubek gaspza. 



88173. No. 29. Dubek ksanti. 



88174. No. 282. Dubek. 



88175. No. 314. Dubek. 



88176. No. 432. Dubek. 



88177. No. 650. Dubek. 



88178. No. 674. Dubek. 



88179. No. 675. Dubek. 



88180. No. 679. Dubek. 



88181. No. 44. Dubek nikita. 



88182. No. 193. Pereitchan. 



S8183. Inodes neglecta (Beccari) O. 

 F. Cook (Sabal neglecta Beccari). 

 Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



From Haiti. Seeds received without in- 

 formation, May 15, 1930. 



A tree about 20 feet high with a smooth 

 trunk, large fanlike leaves, and large, more 

 or less drooping flower clusters. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 42522. 



88184. Ukochloa pullulans Stapf. 

 Poaceae. Grass. 



From Southern Rhodesia, Africa. Seeds 

 presented by J. M. Moubray, through the 

 Department of Agriculture, Salisbury, 



88184: — Continued. 



Southern Rhodesia. Received May 16, 

 1930. 



A perennial grass with branching stems 

 3 to 7 feet high, linear-lanceolate leaves 6 

 to 10 inches long, and an inflorescense 

 made up of 5 to 10 dense flexuose racemes 

 of small spikelets. It is native to tropical 

 Africa and is said to be of value for pas- 

 ture on dry saline soils. 



88185 to 88188. 



From Porto Rico. Seeds collected near Rio 

 Piedras Experiment Station by H. N. 

 Vinall, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived May 16, 1930. 



88185. Calopogonium orthocarpum Ur- 

 ban. Fabaceae. 



No. 3. A slender vine, somewhat 

 woody below, 3 feet or more long, with 

 hairy leaflets. The blue flowers are less 

 than an inch long. Native to Cuba and 

 Porto Rico. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 38329. 



88186. Galactia striata (Jacq.) Urban. 

 Fabaceae. 



No. 4. A twining vine, 15 feet or more 

 long, with ovate hairy leaflets about 2 

 inches long and purplish flowers less than 

 an inch long. Native to the West Indies. 



88187. Phaseolus adenanthus G. Meyer. 



No. 2. A perennial twining vine 20 

 feet or more long, with ovate leaflets and 

 fragrant variegated flowers, white, yel- 

 low, and purple. Native to the West 

 Indies. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 41951. 



88188. Tebamnus uncinatds Swartz. 

 Fabaceae. 



No. 5. Frijolillo peludo. A slender 

 tropical American leguminous vine, used 

 as forage in Brazil and also in the 

 Virgin Islands. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 73395. 



88189 to 88193. Solanum tuberosum 

 L. Solanaceae. Potato. 



From the Union of Socialistic Soviet Re- 

 publics. Tubers presented by Dr. P. S. 

 Tgonin, Emizrasevsky Breeding Station, 

 Moscow. Received May 24, 1930. 



88189. No. 123. 



88190. No. 146. 



88191. No. 169. 



88192. No. 179. 



88193. No. 525. 



88194. Feagaria sp. Rosaceae. 



Strawberry. 



From Erfurt, Germany. Plants purchased 

 from Walker & Co. Received May 20, 

 1930. 



Sonnenstrahl. Said to be derived from 

 Sieger and Laxton's Noble. 



88195 and 88196. Manihot esculenta 

 Crantz (M. utilissima Pohl.). Eu- 

 phorbiaceae. Cassava. 



