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92148 to 92166— Continued. 



92165. Phormium tenax Forst . Lilia- 

 ceae. New Zealand flaxlily. 



A plant with rigid, sword-shaped leaves 

 6 or more feet in length and a flower 

 stalk sometimes 15 feet high, which bears 

 numerous dull-red or yellow flowers. 

 Adapted for growing out of doors in 

 Florida and California and as a tub plant 

 farther north. 



For previous introduction see 64197. 



92166. Sanguisoeba canadensis L. Ro- 

 saceae. American burnet. 



A stout herbaceous perennial 5 to 6 

 feet high, with unequally pinnate leaves 

 made up of 6 to 10 pairs of cordate ser- 

 rate leaflets and cylindrical flower heads, 

 2 to 6 inches long, of small white flowers. 

 It is native to the eastern part of the 

 United States. 



92167 to 92176. 



From Mexico. Material collected by C. O. 

 Erlanson and Max Souviron, Bureau of 

 Plant Industry. Received March 18, 

 1931. 



92167. Fuchsia splendens Zucc. Onag- 

 raceae. 



No. 83. Cuttings collected on the road 

 between San Crist6bal and Tenejapa, 

 Chiapas, February 28, 1931, at 3,500 

 feet altitude. A much-branched orna- 

 mental shrub about 5 feet high. The 

 single drooping flowers, over 1 inch long, 

 are scarlet with greenish-yellow tips and 

 greenish petals. The tube is over twice 

 the length of the calyx lobes, the pointed 

 petals half as long as the tube ; the 

 stamens are much exerted and the anthers 

 are yellow. 



92168 to 92175. Persea Americana Mill. 

 (P. gratissima Gaertn. f.). Laura- 

 ceae. Avocado. 



Nos. 92168 to 92170 were scions col- 

 lected February 26, 1931, at 1,900 feet 

 altitude at San Andres, northwest of 

 San Cristobal, Chiapas. 



92168. No. 69. Tree about 35 feet high. 



. No. 70. A small wild avocado 

 with thin skin, instead of the thick 

 skin of the usual type in this region. 

 Collected from a tree 30 feet high. 



92170. No. 71. Aguacate. The com- 

 mon type of hard-skinned wild 

 avocado. Tree about 45 feet high. 



92171. No. 86. Scions collected Feb- 

 ruary 28, 1931, from a tree 25 feet 

 high, growing along the road between 

 San Cristobal and Tenejapa, Chiapas, 

 at 3,500 feet altitude. 



92172. No. 37. Fruit bought in the 

 market at Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, 

 but said to have come from the area 

 around San Crist6bal. A very hard- 

 shelled, round avocado. 



Nos. 92173 to 92175 were fruits bought 

 in the market of San Cristobal, 

 Chiapas, February 27, 1931. 



92173. No. 77. A pear-shaped avocado. 



92174. No. 78. A very small round 

 avocado, said to have come from 

 San Pedro, Chiapas. 



92175. No. 79. The ordinary-sized 

 round avocado. Origin not known. 



92167 to 92176— Continued. 



92176. Solanum sp. Solanaceae. 



No. 3. Tubers collected in January, 

 1931, at approximately 10,000 feet alti- 

 tude, in El Desierto, Distrito Federal. 



92177. Cycas pectinata Griff. Cyca- 

 daceae. 



From India. Seeds purchased from the 

 Chandra Nursery, Rhenock, Sikkim State. 

 Received March 20, 1931. 



An evergreen palmlike tree, 8 to 10 feet 

 high, native to India, with ascending re- 

 curved compound leaves 5 to 7 feet long, 

 made up of sword-shaped narrowly linear 

 leaflets 7 to 10 inches long. The carpo- 

 phylls, or fruit-bearing leaves, are about 

 10 inches long, broadly rounded, and long 

 pointed, and are covered witu dense tawny 

 wool. 



92178 and 92179. 



From Mexico. Scions collected by C. O. 

 Erlanson and Max Souviron, Bureau of 

 Plant Industry. Received March 21, 

 1931. 



92178. Persea Americana Mill. (P. gra- 

 tissima Gaertn. f.). Lauraceae. 



Avocado. 



No. 59. Aguacate. Collected in Feb- 

 ruary, 1931. at La Laguna, between Acala 

 and San Cristobal, Chiapas. The com- 

 mon type of hard-skinned wild avocado. 



92179. (Undetermined.) 



No. 50. Jogote. Collected February 

 21, 1931, near Acala, Chiapas, at 2,800 

 feet altitude. A cultivated tree, 10 feet 

 high, with edible fruit. 



92180 to 92188. 



From the Netherlands. Seeds presented by 

 Zwaan & De Wiljes Seed Co. (Inc.), 

 Scheemda, Groningen. Received March 

 21, 1931. 



92180 to 92183. Beta vulgaris L. Che- 

 nopodiaceae. Beet. 



92180. Early Wonder. 



92181. Extra Early Flat Egyptian. 



92182. Waef Long Blood. 



92183. Long Smooth Blood. 



92184 to 92188. Spinacia oleracea L. 

 Chenopodiaceae. Common spinach. 



92184. Triumph. 

 92J85. New Zealand. 



92186. So-called Nooel. 



92187. Bloomsdale Long-standing Dark- 

 green. 



92188. King of Denmark. 



92189. Rubus ursinus Cham, and 

 Schlecht. Rosaceae. 



Logan blackberry. 



From England. Plants purchased from 

 Laxton Bros., Bedford. Received March 

 21, 1931. 



A red-fruited variety of the wild trailing 

 blackberry of the Pacific coast. 



