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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



89039 to 89075— Continued. 



89052. No. 6072. 



89053. No. 6069. Medium small to me- 

 dium sized. 



89054. No. 6050. This variety is ex- 

 ported to Europe. 



89055. No. 6051. 



89056. No. 6065. 



89057. No. 6062. 



89058. No. 6054. 



89059. No. 6063. 



89060. No. 6070. 



89061. No. 6053. This variety is ex- 

 ported to Europe. 



89062. No. 6064. 



89063. No. 6052. A variety with light- 

 brown hilum. 



89064. No. 6055. A variety used for 

 soy sauce, miso, and bean curd. 



>. No. 6073. 



89066. No. 6058. 



89067. No. 6067. Exported to Europe. 



89068. No. 6068. 



89069. No. 6071. 



89070. No. 6067. 



89071. No. 6056. A nearly round va- 

 riety with a light-brown hilum. 



89072. No. 6059. 



89073. No. 6066. Exported to Japan for 

 making miso, soy sauce, and bean 

 curd. 



89074. No. 6061. 



89075. No. 6060. 



89076. Pistacia vera L. Anacardia- 

 ceae. Pistache. 



From Tehran, Perisa. Seeds purchased 

 through Charles A. Hoffman, American 

 College of Tehran. Received September 

 9, 1930. 



Collected at Damghan, Persia, by M. 

 Ziai, a Persian student at the American 

 College, Tehran. Damghan is one of Per- 

 sia's fruit-growing centers and has a repu- 

 tation for producing high-quality pistache 

 nuts. The orchards consist of seedling 

 trees, some of which have been top-worked 

 with scions from favorite trees. Although 

 trees do not vary much in size, some pro- 

 duce larger nuts than others. 



89077. Ehrharta villosa maxima 

 Stapf. Poaceae. Pyp grass. 



From Australia. Roots presented by W. J. 

 Spafford, Deputy Director of Agriculture, 

 through J. F. Bailey, Director, Botanic 

 Garden, Adelaide. Received September 

 9, 1930. 



A form of E. villosa with stouter stems 

 and larger and more compound panicles. 

 The typical form is a perennial grass as- 

 cending from a decumbent and rooting base, 

 the smooth stems finally becoming about 3 

 feet long. The linear leaves are 2 to 3 

 inches long, and the erect, linear, nearly 

 secund panicles are 3 to 4 inches long. 

 It is native to South Africa and has been 

 uspd as a sand binder. 



89078. Hevea brasiliensis (H. B. K.) 

 Muell. Arg. Euphorbiaceae. 



Para mbbertree. 



From Sumatra. Seeds from plantations of 

 the United States Rubber Co., East In- 

 dies, presented by Ernest Hopkinson, vice 

 president, Akron, Ohio. Received Sep- 

 tember 11, 1930. 



A tropical Brazilian tree extensively cul- 

 tivated for rubber. 



For previous introduction see No. 77394. 



89079. Vigna VEXILLATA (L.) Rich. 

 Fabaceae. 



From Mangalore, India. Seeds received 

 through Roland McKee, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry. Received September 11, 1930. 



A tropical vine with trifoliolate leaves 

 of ovate-oblong pointed leaflets and usually 

 2-flowered peduncles bearing small yellow 

 flowers. Of possible value as a cover crop. 



89080. Trichilia chirindensis Swynn. 

 and Baker. Meliaceae. 



From Southern Rhodesia, Africa. Seeds 

 presented by W. L. Thompson, Mount 

 Silinda. Received March 9, 1930. Num- 

 bered in September, 1930. 



Umkuhla, also called tvhite mahogany. 

 The tree has a spreading head of dark 

 glossy leaves, light-gray bark, and dull- 

 white flowers; it makes an excellent shade 

 tree, sometimes becoming 120 feet in 

 height. The timber is reddish brown and 

 easily worked. The seeds are partially 

 covered with a white pulp, inclosed by a 

 bright-red skin. This pulp has a nutty 

 flavor and, although there is very little of 

 it on each seed, the natives are very fond 

 of it. An oil is also obtained from the 

 seeds which may become solid, but when 

 melted it does not solidify at once upon 

 cooling. 



For previous introduction see No. 54922. 



89081. Antidesma bunius (L.) Spreng. 

 Euphorbiaceae. Banauac. 



From Manila, Philippine Islands. Seeds 

 presented by P. J. Wester, Bureau of 

 Plant Industry, Department of Agricul- 

 ture and Natural Resources, Manila. Re- 

 ceived September 11, 1930. 



A small, attractive, dioecious tree, at- 

 taining a height of 30 feet, with dark-green 

 thick-pointed leaves and small, dark-red, 

 subacid, well-flavored fruits in racemes like 

 the currant. May be eaten raw or made 

 into a fair jelly. Widely distributed at 

 low and medium altitudes under varying 

 climatic conditions. 



For previous introduction see No. 65791. 



89082. Paeonia coraixina Retz. Ra- 

 nunculaceae. Coral peony. 



From Cyprus. Seeds presented by C. B. 

 Ussher, Horticulturist, Office of the Di- 

 rector of Agriculture, through David 

 Fairchild, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived September 11, 1930. 



From Prodromos. A tall wild peony 

 with carrotlike roots and purple flowers, 

 rarely whitish or yellowish. Native to 

 southern Europe. 



For previous introduction see No. 67048. 



