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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



91518 and 91519— Continued. 



91519. Lilium auratum Lindl. Liliaceae. 

 Goldband lily. 



For previous introduction see 83803. 



91520. Peunus stjbhiktella penbtjla 

 (S.eb.) Tanaka. Amygdalaceae. 



Shidarehigan. 



From Chevy Chase, Md. Scions presented 

 by J. Marion Shull, through Paul Rus- 

 sell, Bureau of Plant Industry. Received 

 February 11, 1931. 



For previous introduction and description 

 see 91465. 



91521 to 91523. Acer spp. Aceraceae. 



Maple. 



From southern Manchuria. Seeds pur- 

 chased from Manshu Nosan Shokai 

 (Inc.), seed growers, Dairen. Received 

 February 11, 1931. 



91521. Acer diabolicum pdrpurascens 

 (Franch. and Sav.) Rehd. 



Red-devil maple, 



A tree up to 50 feet high with red 

 flow T ers appearing before the leaves, which 

 are 5-lobed and reddish while young. 

 The fruits, with spreading wings and 

 bristly nutlets, are purplish while young. 

 It is native to Japan. 



91522. Acer rdfinerve Sieb. and Zucc. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 91243. 



91523. Acer tschonoskii Maxim. 



A graceful shrubby tree, sometimes 20 

 feet high, native to Japan. The leaves 

 turn bright yellow in the autumn. 



For previous introduction see 83777. 



91524. Livistona chinensis (Jacq.) R. 

 Br. Phoenicaceae. 



Chinese fan palm. 



From Nassau, Bahama Islands. Seeds pre- 

 sented by the Allison V. Armour expedi- 

 tion to Mexico and the West Indies, 1931. 

 Received February 11, 1931. 



No. 9101. A palm, native to China, with 

 a short thick trunk up to 6 feet high and 1 

 foot thick, having a crown of reniform pal- 

 mately divided leaves 4 to 6 feet across on 

 petioles about 5 feet long, which are armed 

 below the middle with recurved brown 

 spines more than an inch long. 



For previous introduction see 85742. 

 91525 and 91526. 



From Fort Dauphin, Madagascar. Plants 

 presented by Rev. A. S. Burgess, through 

 C. F. Swingle, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received February 12, 1931. 



91525. Kalanchoe beharensis Drake. 

 Crassulaceae. 



Mongy vola. A shrubby succulent 

 about 12 feet high, with large thick fleshy 

 ovate leaves up to 8 inches long. These 

 are rusty tomentose above and silvery 

 below, both surfaces becoming dingy with 

 age. The pale-yellow flowers are borne in 

 ample terminal panicles. Native to Mada- 

 gascar. 



For previous introduction see 78423. 



91526. Kalanchoe sp. Crassulaceae. 

 Tavytavy. 



91527. Prunus simonii Carr. Amyg- 

 dalaceae. Apricot-plum. 



A superior variety of the apricot-plum, of 

 uncertain origin, growing at the United 

 States Plant Introduction Garden, Chico, 

 Calif. The quality of the fruit is said by 

 pomologists to be considerably higher than 

 that of other known forms of this species, 

 and there is less bitterness in the skin. 

 The other known forms apparently have 

 been of interest mainly to the breeder, while 

 this strain may prove of value as it is, at 

 least as a home fruit. 



91528 to 91553. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Re- 

 publics. Seeds presented by V. P. 

 Alekseev, Subtropical Branch of the Insti- 

 tute of Applied Botany and New Cultures, 

 Sukhum, Abkhasia Republic, through A. 

 Kol, Leningrad. Received February 12, 

 1931. 



91528. ClTRULLUS COLOCYNTHIS (L.) 



Schrad. Cucurbitaceae. Colocynth. 



No. 40912. Crop of 1929. A peren- 

 nial herbaceous vine allied to the water- 

 melon. The small round hard green 

 fruits, 3 inches in diameter, are used 

 medicinally as a purgative. 



For previous introduction see 74177. 



91529. Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. Cu- 

 curbitaceae. Watermelon. 



No. 34072. Crop of 1927. 



91530. Cucumis melo L. Cucurbitaceae. 



Melon. 

 No. 34068. Crop of 1927. 



91531. Daucus carota L. Apiaceae. 



Carrot. 



No. 34228. Crop of 1929. 



91532. Lactuca virosa L. Cichoriaceae. 



No. 34254. Crop of 1929. A biennial 

 with a long fusiform root and a tall 

 leafy stem often branched at the base. 

 The sagittate-cordate ovate-oblong leaves 

 are spiny and the sulphur-yellow flowers 

 are in cylindrical heads, Native to 

 rocky places in central and southern 

 Europe. 



91533. Phaseolus vulgaris L. Faba- 

 ceae. Common bean. 



No. 34503. 



91534 to 91545. Physalis spp. Solana- 

 ceae. Groundcherry. 



91534 and 91535. Physalis angulata L. 



A plant with medium-sized fruits 

 which are not edible out of hand. 



91534. No. 40169. 



91535. No. 40170. 



91536. Physalis fusco-maculata Dun. 



No. 35409. A prostrate plant with 

 medium-sized orange-colored fruit which 

 is very sweet, but mawkish. 



91537. Physalis francheti Masters. 



Lantern groundcherry. 



No. 40179. A plant with bright-red 

 very ornamental fruit which is non- 

 edible. 



91538 to 91541. Physalis Ixocarpa 

 Brot. Tomatillo. 



91538. No. 35410. Fruit of good 

 size, edible, but mawkish. 



