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89420 and 89421— Continued. 



when ripe, inclosing a single large seed. 

 It is, apparently, a good meliferous plant 

 and of considerable ornamental value. 



For previous introduction see 40988. 



89421. Cordia rothii Roem. and Schult. 

 Boraginaceae. 



A tall shrub or small tree up to 30 

 feet high with oblong leaves about 3 

 inches long and terminal cymes of small 

 white flowers followed by ovoid reddish 

 fruits. It is native to Ethiopia and 

 India. 



For previous introduction see 56531. 



89422 to 89426. Triticum aestivum L. 

 (T. vulgare Vill.). Poaceae. 



Common wheat. 



From Canberra, Australia. Seeds presented 

 by the Director of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived October 14, 1930. 



89422. C. C. I. No. W. 12. Abbott. 



89423. C. C. I. No. 45. Ford. 



89424. C. C. I. No. W. 266. Dundee. 



89425. C. C. I. No. 314. Bolton. 



89426. C. C. I. No. 353. Sultan. 



89427. Bignonia sp. Bignoniaceae. 



Trumpetcreeper. 



From Vicosa, Brazil. Seeds presented by 

 P. H. Rolfs, Consultor Technico de Agri- 

 cultura do Estado de Minas Geraes. Re- 

 ceived October 14, 1930. 



In Brazil this vine grows near the frost 

 line. The deep canary-yellow flowers are 

 borne in great terminal clusters and appear 

 a little earlier than those of Bignonia 

 venusta. 



89428. Sedum sp. Crassulaceae. 



Stonecrop. 



From Mexico. Plants collected by Paul 

 Russell and Max Souviron, Bureau of 

 Plant Industry. Received October 15, 

 1930. 



No. 20. October 2, 1930. From Cerro 

 de Pinar, northeast of Puebla City, Puebla. 

 Found growing on moist rocky hanks. 



89429. OSTERDAMIA JAPONICA (Steud.) 



Hitchc. Poaceae. 



Japanese lawngrass. 



From Chosen. Seeds collected by P. H. 

 Dorsett and W. J. Morse, agricultural ex- 

 plorers. Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived October 15, 1930. 



No. 6283. September 3, 1930. Pur- 

 chased from a Korean woman who had 

 gathered the seed in the country around 

 Keijo, Chosen. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 89387. 



89430 and 89431. Crotalaria spp. Fa- 

 baceae. 



From Mexico. Seeds collected by Paul 

 Russell, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived October 15, 1930. 



89430. Crotalaria sp. 



No. 18. Herbarium specimen No. 246. 

 From Molinas. Puebla (about 25 miles 

 southwest of Puebla City), October 3, 



89430 and 89431 — Continued. 



1930. A plant about 8 inches high, 

 found in pastures and in thickets; 

 flowers not seen ; pods small. 



89431. Crotalaria sp. 



No. 19. Herbarium specimen No. 247. 

 From Molinas, Puebla, October 3, 1930. 

 A very low plant, 2 to 5 inches high, 

 with larger pods than those of No. 18 

 [89430]. 



89432 to 89530. 



From Mortefontaine, Oise, France. Plants 

 purchased from Jules Chantrier. Re- 

 ceived October 15, 1930. 



89432 to 89446. Aechmea spp. Bromelia- 

 ceae. 



89432. Aechmea calyculata (Morren) 

 Baker (Hoplophytum calyculatum 

 Morren). 



The small bright lemon-yellow 

 flowers of this aechmea are borne in 

 a dense globose head over 1 inch in 

 diameter, on a scape a foot high. The 

 plain-green leaves are 1 to 2 feet long. 

 Native to southern Brazil. 



89433. Aechmea coelestis (Koch) 

 Morren. 



A tropical epiphytic plant with about 

 15 linear leaves almost a foot long, 

 armed with minute marginal teeth, and 

 forming a rosette from which rises the 

 dense panicle 4 to 6 inches long. The 

 petals of the small flowers are blue 

 and the sepals white. Native to 

 Brazil. 



89434. Aechmea drakeana Andre. 



The dozen leaves which compose the 

 rosette of this Ecuadorian plant are 

 strap-shaped, 1 to 2 feet long, char- 

 taceous, and tinged with violet. The 

 lax spike, about 6 inches long, bears 

 flowers 2 inches long with sky-blue 

 petals and bright-red sepals. 



89435. Aechmea fasciata (Lindl.) 

 Baker (Billbergia rhodocyanea Le- 

 maire). 



An aechmea from southern Brazil, 

 consisting of a rosette of about 20 

 strap-shaped leaves 1 to 2 feet long, 

 green with abundant white spots and 

 whitish crosslines on the back. The 

 pink-petaled flowers, three-fourths inch 

 long, are in an erect oblong head 2 to 4 

 inches long. 



89436 and 89437. Aechmea folgens 

 Brongn. 



89436. This species, which comes 

 from French Guiana, has a rosette 

 of about 20 strap-shaped leaves a 

 foot or more long from which 

 rises the bright-red peduncle bear- 

 ing the numerous small pale-lilac 

 flowers marked by red sepals. 



89437. Variety discolor. A Brazilian 

 variety with the lower surface of 

 the leaves bright claret brown. 



89438. Aechmea legrelliana Baker 

 {Ortgiesia legrelliana Baker). 



The plain-green sword-shaped leaves 

 of this aechmea, about 20 in number, 

 are a foot or more long, and the 

 purplish-red flowers are in a dense 

 erect oblong spike. Native to Uruguay. 



