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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



91624 to 91631— Continued. 



91627. Eremurus eobustus Regel. 



Giant desertcandle. 



No. 18455. A tall, hardy herbaceous 

 perennial with pale-pink flowers on a 

 stalk 5 to 8 feet high. Native to 

 Turkestan. 



For previous introduction see 73190. 



91628. Helianthus scaberrimus Ell. (H. 

 rigidus Desf. ). Asteraceae. 



Prairie sunflower. 



No. 19346. A stout herbaceous peren- 

 nial with rough branching stems 4 to 

 6 feet high. The thick rigid oblong- 

 lanceolate leaves are rough on both sides 

 and 6 to 12 inches long, and the bright- 

 yellow flowers are 2 to 4 inches across. 

 It flowers from August to October and 

 is native to the eastern part of the 

 United States. 



For previous introduction see 62793. 



91629. Helianthus strumosus L. Aste- 

 raceae. Woodland sunflower. 



No. 19348. A tall herbaceous peren- 

 nial with glaucous stems, 3 to 7 feet high, 

 ovate-lanceolate entire or toothed leaves 

 3 to 8 inches long, and bright-yellow flow- 

 ers 2 to 4 inches across. It is native 

 to the eastern part of North America, 

 extending west to Wisconsin and Arkan- 



91630. Oxalis rosea Feuill. Oxalida- 

 ceae. Rose oxalis. 



No. 21906. A tall leafy-stemmed her- 

 baceous perennial with notched leaflets 

 and open irregularly forked axillary 

 cymes of rosy flowers having deeper-col- 

 ored veins. Native to Chile. 



91631. Kniphofia hybrida Hort. Lilia- 

 ceae. . Torchlily. 



No. 25385. Variety MiraUUs. 



91632 and 91633. 



From India. Seeds purchased from G. 

 Ghose & Co., Townend, Darjeeling. Re- 

 ceived February 20, 1931. 



91632. Lilium ochraceum Franch. Lili- 

 aceae. Lily. 



A rare and beautiful lily from Burma, 

 not hardy except in the most favored dis- 

 tricts ; it is an admirable cool green- 

 house plant. This is a very variable 

 species, producing flowers whicb range in 

 color from deep golden yellow to pale 

 yellow, stained in varying degrees with 

 deep wine-purple. 



For previous introduction see 75729. 



91633. Lilium wallichianum Schult. f. 

 Liliaceae. Wallich lily. 



A lily 4 to 6 feet high, with linear 

 leaves 6 to 9 inches long and usually soli- 

 tary creamy waxy white fragrant flowers 

 9 inches long, which are golden yellow 

 at the base inside and green outside. 



For previous introduction see 90013. 



91634 to 91638. Diospyros kaki L. f. 

 Diospyraceae. Kaki persimmon. 



From Japan. Scions presented by Kimijiro 

 Noro, Shizuokaken Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station, Toyoda Mura, near Shizu- 

 oka. Received February 21, 1931. 



91634. Fuyu. 



91635. Oionbo. 



91634 to 91638— Continued. 



91636. Jiro. 



91637. Saijo. 



91638. Yokong. 



91639. (Undetermined.) 



From Papeite, Tahiti, Society Islands. 

 Plants received from L. Garnier, through 

 John Bryant, Jardin des Plantes, Papeite. 

 Received February 21, 1931. 



This bamboo is understood to be a very 

 long-jointed species from a mountainous 

 locality in Tahiti. A beautiful ribbon fiber 

 up to 3 feet long, and used in making fine 

 baskets and other articles, is produced 

 from the internodes, according to Edwin 

 Peace, a former resident of Tahiti. Like 

 many other bamboos, the plants received 

 produce three primary branches at a node, 

 the middle branch being a little the largest ; 

 later numerous additional small branches 

 are put out from the node. The lanceolate 

 leaves on the plants received are up to 11 

 inches long by l x / 2 inches wide and are 

 pubescent beneath. They have 8 to 11 pairs 

 of secondary veins with 5 to 7 inter- 

 mediates. 



91640 to 91647. 



From Tunisia, Africa. Scions presented by 

 Andr§ H. Petitpierre, Direction Generate 

 de l'Agriculture du Commerce et ..de la 

 Colonisation, Tunis, northern Africa. Re- 

 ceived February 24, 1931. 



91640 to 91643. Prunus armeniaca L. 

 Amygdalaceae. Apricot. 



91640. Gros Indigene. 



91641. Luizeb-Bouchoi. 



91642. OUong. 



91643. Senadgui. 



91644 to 91647. Vitis vinifera L. Vita- 

 ceae. European grape. 



91644. Benzerti. 



91645. Bezoub el Khadem. 



91646. Bidh el Hamay. 



91647. Osli. 



91843. Tkifolium peatense L. Faba- 

 ceae. Red clover. 



From Toronto, Canada. Seeds purchased 

 from William Rennie Co. (Ltd.). Re- 

 ceived February 24, 1931. 



Red clover grown in York County, Prov- 

 ince of Ontario, within 50 miles of Toronto. 



91649 and 91650. 



From Morocco. Seeds presented by H. 

 Brayard. Ingenieur Horticole, Directeur 

 de la Ferme Experimentale, Marrakech. 

 Received February 25, 1931. 



91649. Medicago saxiva L. Fabaceae. 



Alfalfa. 



Luzerne de Dcmnat. 



91650. Argania spinosa (L.) Skeels (A. 

 sideroxylon Roem. and Schult.). Sapo- 

 taceae. Argan. 



The argan tree of western Morocco is 

 very limited in its range, occurring only 

 in that part of the African Continent. 

 It grows to a large size and bears an 

 abundance of light-yellow fruits somewhat 

 resembling small plums in shape. Cattle 



