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91961 and 91962 — Continued. 



91962. Phasbolus trineevius Heyne. 

 Fabaceae. 



An annual or biennial vine, densely 

 clothed with deflexed tawny hairs. The 

 trifoliolate leaves have broadly ovate 

 leaflets 3 to 5 inches long, and the red 

 flowers are in clusters of three to six on 

 flexuous peduncles. It is native to trop- 

 ical Africa and Asia. 



91963 to 91975. 



From Kastrup. Denmark. Seeds presented 

 by A. Hansen. Received March 10, 1931. 



91963 to 91969. Brassica oleracea CApi- 

 tata L. Brassicaceae. Cabbage. 



91963. Charleston Wakefield. 



91964. From the Copenhagen market. 



91965. Danish Ballhead, a balloon- 

 shaped variety. 



91966. Danish Ballhead, an extra short- 

 stemmed variety. 



91967. Danish Ballhead, a short- 

 stemmed variety. 



91968. Early Jersey Wakefield. 



91969. Original Golden Acre. 



91970 to 91972. Brassica oleracea bot- 

 rytis L. Brassicaceae. Cauliflower. 



91970. Dwarf Gerfurt. 



91971. Snoicball. 



91972. Snowball A T o. 10. 



91973 to 91975. Spinacia oleracea L. 

 Chenopodiaceae. Spinach. 



91973. King of Denmark. 



91974. Triumph. 



91975. Princess Juliana. 



91976. Pistacia vera L. Anacardia- 

 ceae. Pistache. 



From Moscow, Union of Soviet Socialist 

 Republics. Seeds presented through Prof. 

 J. Russell Smith, Columbia University, 

 New York, N. Y. Received March 10, 

 1931. 



91977. VlTIS BERLANDIERT X KIPAP>IA. 



Vitaceae. Grape. 



From Austria. Scions received from Kober, 

 Kohlfurst & Co., Vienna. Received 

 March 17, 1931. 



Kober BB. A hybrid used as a stock. 

 European varieties grafted on this stock are 

 said to give early grapes of best quality. 



91978 to 91980. 



From Medellin. Colombia, South America. 

 Seeds presented by Camilo C. Restrepo. 

 Received March 10, 1931. 



91978. Eriochloa ramosa (Retz.) 

 Kuntze. Poaceae. Grass. 



A common grass in rather low ground 

 with fairly erect slender stems. It is of 

 value as a pasture grass wherever it will 

 establish itself. 



For previous introduction see 31597. 



91979. Juglans columbiensis Dode. 

 Juglandaceae. "Walnut. 

 A tree closely resembling the American 



black walnut (J. nigra), but the nuts are 

 usually smaller. 



91978 to 91980 — Continued. 



91980. Rubus sp. Rosaceae. 



La Concha. A large blackberry of the 

 best quality, 1% inches by 1 inch in 

 diameter. 



91981. Amomtjm sp. Zinziberaceae. 



From Indo-China. Seeds presented by M. 

 Poilane, Institut des Recherches Agrono- 

 miques de l'lndochine, Division de Bo- 

 tanique. Received March 10, 1931. 



Cardamomum. A plant 10 to 15 feet 

 high, cultivated between 4,500 and 6,000' 

 feet altitude. 



91982 and 91983. 



From Paris, France. Seeds purchased from 

 Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co. Received' 

 March 10, 1931. 



91982. Lotus corniculatus L. Faba^ 

 ceae. Birdsfoot trefoil. 



A low-growing legume with yellow 

 flowers. 



For previous introduction see 69005. 



91983. Lotus uliginosus Schkuhr. Fa- 

 baceae. 



A herbaceous perennial pasture plant 

 which grows in wet swampy ground. 



For previous introduction see 73267. 



91984 to 92000. 



From Canada. Seeds presented by J. 

 Adams, Division of Botany, Central Ex- 

 perimental Farm, Ottawa. Received 

 March 11, 1931. 



91984 to 91990. Allium spp. Liliaceae. 



Onionr 



91984. Allium carinatum L. 



A species with narrowly linear leaves 

 and purple-lilac flowers, produced in a 

 comparatively large head. It is found 

 throughout southern Europe, espe- 

 cially in the Alps. 



For previous introduction see 78977. 



91985. Allium caeruleum Pall. 



A wild onion, native to northern 

 Europe, 2 or more feet high, with 

 linear leaves and attractive light-blue 

 flowers in erect rounded umbels. 



For previous introduction see 78978. 



91986. Allium caerulescens Boiss. 

 Experimental Farm No. 586. An 



onion about 1 foot high with rather 

 short linear leaves and bluish-violet 

 flowers in a short umbel. Native to 

 Armenia. 



91987. Allium fetisowi Regel. 



An onion with linear-lanceolate or 

 oblong leaves up to a foot high and 

 a light-green scape, nearly 2 feet high, 

 which bears a many-flowered umbel of 

 small uniformly rosy lilac flowers. It 

 is native to eastern Turkestan. 



91988. Allium flavum L. 



Pumilum roseum. A small pink form 

 of an onion with an ascending or 

 upright stem a foot or less high, nar- 

 rowly linear leaves about as long as 

 the stem, and small bell-shaped flowers 

 in a rather dense cluster. Native to 

 dry rocky places, especially in chalky 

 soil, in south-central Europe. 



For previous introduction see 82011. 



