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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



91846 to 91945— Continued. 



91930. No. 467. 



91931. No. 468. 



91932. No. 469. Yellow, sweet. 



91933. No. 470. Black, sweet. 



91934. No. 471. Black, sweet. 



91935. No. 472. Mottled. 



91936. No. 473. Mottled (raisin). 



91937. No. 474. White. 



91938. No. 475. 



91939. Eaphanus sativus L. Brassica- 

 ceae. Radish. 



No. 489. White. 



91940 and 91941. Solanum melongena L. 

 Solanaceae. Eggplant. 



91940. No. 419. 



91941. No. 421. 



91942. Spinacia oleeacea L. Chenopo- 

 diaceae. Spinach. 



No. 492. 



91943 to 91945. Vicia faba L. Fabaceae. 

 Broadbean. 



91943. No. 455. 



91944. No. 456. 



91945. No. 457. 



91946. LlNUM USITATISSIMUM L. Li- 



naceae. Flax. 



From Kompolt, Hungary. Seeds presented 

 by the Seed Testing Station, through 

 B. B. Robinson, Bureau of Plant In- 

 dustry. Received March 9, 1931. 



Fiber flax. 



91947 and 91948. 



From Narberth, Pa. Scions presented by 

 A. E. Wohlert, The Garden Nurseries, 

 through Paul Russell, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry. Received March 9, 1931. 



91947. Peunus campanulata Maxim. 

 Amygdalaceae. Taiwan cherry. 



A bushy tree up to 25 feet high, of 

 upright-spreading habit, with bright 

 sbining-green serrate leaves. The cam- 

 panulate pendulous single flowers are 

 deep pink, opening before the leaves, and 

 are succeeded by conical red fruits about 

 three-fifths of an inch long. Native to 

 Taiwan. 



91948. Peunus seeeulata Lindl. Amyg- 

 dalaceae. 



Variety Jeanne Wohlert. A decidedly 

 dwarf variety, less than 6 feet high, with 

 semidouble fragrant light-pink flowers. 



For previous introduction see 72725, 



91949 and 91950. 



From Halle-Saale, Germany. Seeds pre- 

 sented by Dr. W. Nicolaisen, University 

 of Halle. Received March 9, 1931. 



91949. Teiticum aestivum L. (T. vulgare 

 Vill.). Poaceae. Common wheat. 



A variety immune from Vstilago 

 tfitici. 



91950. Avena sativa L. Poaceae. Oats. 



A variety resistant to some physiolog- 

 ical forms of smut. 



91951 to 91956. Teiticum durum Desf. 

 Poaceae. Durum wheat. 



From Peru. Seeds presented by M. E. 

 Ochiozola, Chief, Estacion Experimental 

 Agricola, Lima. Received March 9, 1931. 



A collection of local strains which have 

 been cultivated in different parts of Peru 

 for a long period. 



91951. No. 1. Barba negra. From Aco- 

 bamba, Department of Huancavelica. 



91952. No. 2. Baroa azul. From Cerro 

 de Pasco, Department of Junin. 



91953. No. 3. Chump e bianco. From 

 Jauja, Department of Junin. 



91954. No. 4. Llagua. From Huancayo, 

 Department of Junin. 



91955. No. 5. Barba blanca. From Are- 

 quipa, Department of Arequipa. 



91956. No. 6. Chumpe negro. From Si- 

 caya, Department of Junin. 



91957 to 91960. 



From Japan. Seeds purchased from The 

 Chugai Shokubutsu Yen, Yamamoto, Ka- 

 wabegun, near Kobe. Received March 9, 

 1931. 



91957 to 91959. Acee spp. Aceraceae. 



Maple. 



91957. Acee caepinifolium Sieb. and 

 Zucc. Hornbeam maple. 



A small tree up to 30 feet high with 

 oblong sharp-pointed doubly serrate 

 leaves 3 to 5 inches long, short ra- 

 cemes of greenish flowers, and glabrous 

 fruits about an inch long. The bright- 

 green hornbeamlike leaves turn bright 

 brownish yellow in autumn. Native to 

 Japan. 



For previous introduction see 85677. 



91958. Acee ceataegifolium Sieb. and 

 Zucc. 



A small tree 30 to 35 feet high with 

 purplish branchlets, subcordate leaves 

 with two to four short lobes near the 

 base, racemes of yellowish-white flow- 

 ers, and fruits with nearly horizontal 

 wings. It is native to Japan. 



For previous introduction see 85679. 



91959. Acee distylum Sieb. and Zucc. 



A deciduous tree about 50 feet high, 

 with deeply cordate serrulate leaves 4 

 to 8 inches long and panicles of yellow 

 ish flowers followed by upright panicles 

 of winged fruits. Native to Japan. 



For previous introduction see 85680. 



91960. Ilex latifolia Thunb. Aquifolia- 

 ceae. Holly. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 91518. 



91961 and 91962. 



From Africa. Seeds presented by the di- 

 rector, Department of Agriculture, Akkra - 

 Gold Coast. Received March 10, 1931. 



91961. Indigofeba abbecta Hochst. Fa- 

 baceae. Indigo. 



A shrub several feet high, with com- 

 pound leaves made up of six to eight 

 pairs of oblanceolate leaflets and racemes 

 of yellow flowers. It is native to the 

 Gold Coast of Africa where it is used as 

 a forage crop. 



