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89622 — Continued. 



large, oval and pointed ; the skin is green- 

 ish or yellowish white marked with red, 

 and the flesh is firm, greenish or creamy 

 white stained carmine red at the pit. The 

 peach is a good shipper, very prolific, and 

 ripens near Lochi the first part of Sep- 

 tember. 



89623. Selenicereus coniflorus 

 (Weingart) Britt. and Rose. Cacta- 

 ceae. 



From Mexico. Cuttings purchased from 

 Dr. C. A. Purpus, Zacuapam, Huatusco, 

 Vera Cruz. Received October 27, 1930. 



A night-blooming cactus with high-climb- 

 ing, pale-green stems having five to six 

 low, purplish ribs and pale-yellow spines. 

 The globular flower buds, covered with 

 wbite hairs, develop into flowers 8 to 10 

 inches long, with the outer segments bronze 

 to lemon yellow and the inner segments 

 pure white. It is native to Mexico. 



89624. Fragaria sp. Rosaceae. 



Strawberry. 



From Long Ashton, England. Plants col- 

 lected by E. C. Auchter, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry. Received October 27, 1930. 



A strain of the Royal Sovereign straw- 

 berry. 



89625. Prunus armeniaca L. Amyg- 

 dalaceae. Apricot. 



From Sanaa. Yemen, Arabia. Seeds pre- 

 sented by Dr. K. S. Twitchell (forwarded 

 from Burlington, Vt.). Received Octo- 

 ber 27, 1930. 



A small fruit of good flavor, grown at 

 7,500 feet altitude. 



89626. Pennisetum purpureum Schu- 

 mach. Poaceae. Napier grass. 



From Northern Rhodesia. Seeds presented 

 by J. Burtt-Davy, University of Oxford, 

 England. Received October 27, 1930. 



Banga reed. From the Minga River, 

 between 3,500 and 4,000 feet altitude. A 

 grass which grows on river banks in al- 

 luvial soil and is used extensively for mat 

 and basket making. It is also an excel- 

 lent fodder grass for somewhat dry hot 

 regions with cold nights and some slight 

 frost. 



89627 to 89640. Medicago sativa L. 

 Fabaceae. Alfalfa. 



From Spain. Seeds collected by H. L. 

 Westover, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received October 28, 1930. 



89627. No. 240. Wild alfalfa collected 

 along the roadside near Balaguer, 

 Spain, October 9, 1930. 



89628. No. 234. Produced at Lerida, but 

 purchased from Nonell in Barcelona. 



89629. No. 238. Grown in the Province 

 of Murcia, but purchased from G. 

 Truffant in Barcelona. 



No. 233. Purchased in the seed 

 market at Castellon ; grown in the 

 Province of Valencia. 



89631. No. 235. Purchased in the market 

 at Castellon ; grown at Albaida, Spain. 



89627 to 89640— Continued. 



89632. No. 236. Purchased in the market 

 at Castellon ; grown in the Province 

 of Valencia. 



89633. No. 230. From near Cervera, Oc- 

 tober 8, 1930. Wild alfalfa collected 

 along the roadside. 



89634. No. 237. From near Cervera, Oc- 

 tober 8, 1930. Cultivated alfalfa, col- 

 lected from the border of a field. 



89635. No. 229. October 8, 1930. Culti- 

 vated alfalfa purchased in the market 

 at Lerida. Local production. 



89636. No. 232. Locally grown seed, pur- 

 chased in the market at Lerida, Octo- 

 ber 8, 1930. 



89637. No. 241. Wild alfalfa collected 

 along the roadside northeast of Lerida. 



89638. No. 243. Wild alfalfa collected 

 along the roadside near Turiana, Octo- 

 ber 9, 1930. 



89639. No. 231. Seed purchased from a 

 dealer at Vich but grown at Mollerusa, 

 about 15 miles south of Lerida. 



89640. No. 242. From near Vich, October 

 9, 1930. Wild alfalfa collected along 

 the roadside. 



89641 and 89642. 



From San Pedro Sula, Honduras. Seeds 

 presented by Miss Soledad Fernandez 

 Cruz. Received October 28, 1930. 



89641. HORDEDM VULGARB COELESTE L. 



Poaceae. Six-rowed barley. 



89642. Triticum durum Desf. Poaceae. 



Durum wheat. 



89643 to 89646. Cyrtanthus spp. 

 Amaryllidaceae. 



From Haarlem, Netherlands. Bulbs pur- 

 chased from C. C. Van Tubergen (Ltd.), 

 Zwanenburg Nurseries. Received No- 

 vember 1, 1930. 



A collection of bulbous perennials, native 

 to southern Africa. 



89643. Cyrtanthus angustifolius (L. f.) 

 Ait. 



A plant with two or three narrowly 

 linear flaccid leaves 12 to 18 inches long 

 and a stalk about the same height, bear- 

 ing an umbel of 4 to 10 bright-red tubu- 

 lar flowers 1 to 2 inches long. 



89644. Cyrtanthus lutescens Herbert. 



The two to four linear green flaccid 

 leaves 1 foot long appear with or after 

 the flowers, which are tubular, yellowish, 

 2 inches long, and in umbels of two to 

 three. 



89645. Cyrtanthus mackenii Hook. f. 



A plant with two to six linear leaves 

 1 foot long. They appear with the 

 flower stem, which is 1 foot high, red- 

 brown at the base, and bears an umbel 

 of 4 to 10 pure-white tubular flowers 2 

 inches long. 



89646. Cyrtanthus parviflorus Baker. 



A plant with several linear flaccid 

 leaves about 1 foot long and a flower 

 stem 6 to 12 inches high, bearing an 

 umbel of six to eight bright-red tubular 

 flowers 1 inch or more long. 



