JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 3 0, 1930 



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88731. Solanum tuberosum L. Sola- 

 naceae. Potato. 



From Yugoslavia. Tubers collected by 

 David Fairchild, agricultural explorer, 

 with tbe Allison V. Armour expedition. 

 Received August 5, 1930. 



No. 3618. North of Split, July 7, 1930. 



88732 to 88735. 



From Ventimiglia, Italy. Seeds presented 

 by S. W. McLeod Braggins, Superintend- 

 ent of the La Mortola Gardens, through 

 David Fairchild, agricultural explorer, 

 with the Allison V. Armour expedition. 

 Received August 5, 1930. 



88732. Acacia acinacea Lindl. Mimosa- 

 ceae. 



No. 3623. Collected July 17, 1930. A 

 handsome small tree with ornamental 

 foliage and pretty flowers. Native to 

 Australia. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 75535. 



88733. Aloe striata Haw. Liliaceae. 



No. 3622. Variety hariburiana. Col- 

 lected July 17, 1930. A fleshy plant with 

 a short stem, 1 to 2 feet in old plants, 

 and a rosette of 12 to 30 oblong-lanceo- 

 late glaucous leaves 1 to 2 feet long, 

 with a cartilaginous reddish margin. 

 The bright-red flowers are in capitate 

 racemes on a stout, much-branched in- 

 florescence. Native to the coast of 

 South Africa. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 81139. 



88734. Cowaxia mexicana D. Don. Rosa- 

 ceae. 



No. 3624. Collected July 17, 1930. A 

 shrub 3 to 6 feet high with small 

 crowded cuneate 3-cleft to 7-cleft leaves 

 less than half an inch long, and creamy 

 white flowers an inch across. It is na- 

 tive to Mexico. 



88735. ECHEVERIA MULTICAULIS Rose. 



Crassulaceae. 



No. 3625. Collected July 17, 1930. A 

 succulent with a stem 1 to 2 feet high 

 bearing a rosette of spatulate leaves 1 

 to 2 inches long and bright-colored flow- 

 ering branches with racemes of small 

 flowers which are reddish outside and 

 yellowish within. It is native to the 

 State of Guerrero, Mexico. 



88736. Medicago abboeea L. Fabaceae. 



Tree alfalfa. 



From Athens, Greece. Seeds obtained by 

 David Fairchild, agricultural explorer, 

 with the Allison V. Armour expedition. 

 Received August 5, 1930. 



A form with small leaves growing in the 

 botanic garden. 



88737. Tbiticum tubgidum L. Poaceae. 



Poulard wheat. 



From Greece. Seeds collected by David 

 Fairchild, agricultural explorer, with the 

 Allison V. Armour expedition. Received 

 August 5, 1930. From the island of 

 Rhodes at an altitude of 1,200 feet. 



88738 to 88772. 



From Ventimiglia, Italy. Seeds presented 

 by S. W. McLeod Braggins, Superintend- 

 ent of the La Mortola Gardens, through 



88738 to 88772— Continued. 



David Fairchild, agricultural explorer, 

 with the Allison V. Armour expedition. 

 Received August 5, 1930. 



88738. Aloe striata 1 Haw. Liliaceae. 



Variety hanburiana. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 88733. 



88739. Cotyledox macrantha Berger. 

 Crassulaceae. 



A many-branched succulent undershrub 

 up to 3 feet high with opposite, smooth, 

 fleshy obovate leaves and flower stalks 

 10 inches high bearing umbellate clus- 

 ters of bright red flowers, greenish yel- 

 low inside. It is native to South Africa. 



88740. Cotyledon orbicdlata L. Crassu- 

 laceae. 



A succulent plant up to 4 feet high, 

 with opposite nearly circular mealy 

 leaves which have red margins and pan- 

 icles of large reddish flowers. It is na- 

 tive to South Africa. 



For previous introduction see No 

 78194. 



88741 to 88743. Crassdla spp. Crassula- 

 ceae. 



88741. Crassula conjuncta N. E. 

 Brown. 



A slightly shrubby succulent with 

 stems erect from a decumbent base, 

 connate-perfoliate, fleshy, broadly ovate 

 leaves about an inch long, and' termi- 

 nal cymes of pure white flowers. It 

 is native to South Africa. 



88742. Crassula perfoliata L. 



A shrubby succulent with thick glau- 

 cous connate leaves and cymes of 

 bright-crimson flowers. It is native to 

 South Africa. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 78198. 



88743. Crassula portulacea Lam. 



A much-branched succulent shrub 10 

 to 12 feet high, with opposite, ob- 

 liquely ovate, thick leaves 1 to 2 

 inches long, and corymbose panicles of 

 small rosy flowers. It is native to 

 South Africa where the roots are said 

 to be eaten by the natives. 



88744 to 88751. Echeveria spp. Crassu- 

 laceae. 



88744. Echeveria amoena L. de Smet. 



A nearly stemless succulent with 

 small dense rosettes of thick leaves 

 and slender scapes 4 to 8 inches high, 

 bearing 1-flowered to 8-flowered ra- 

 cemes of red flowers. Native to 

 Mexico. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 81154. 



88745. Echeveria edulis Hort. 



A name for which a place of pub- 

 lication or description has not been 

 found. 



88746. Echeveria gibbiflora DC. 



An erect succulent about 2 feet high 

 with a close rosette of obovate-spatu- 

 late, highly colored leaves and a lax 

 panicle of small flowers. It is native 

 to Mexico. 



