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PLANT MATEKIAL INTRODUCED 



92199 to 92245— Continued. 



No. 200. A variety which branches 

 from the roots when the top is cut. 

 The seed pods do not shatter. 



92243. Scorzonera sp. Cichoriaceae. 



No. 205. From Baku, Azerbaijan, 

 June 13, 1930. A plant found on dry 

 lava soils which produces 15 per cent 

 of good quality rubber. 



92244. (Undetermined.) 



No. 155. An ornamental legume, re- 

 sembling a lupine, which is winter 

 hardy at Kharkof, Ukraine. 



92245. Vicia bithtnica L. Fabaceae. 



Vetch. 



No. 154. Collected at Erivan, Arme- 

 nia, June 21, 1930. A winter field pea 

 with hairy pods and foliage which 

 makes an excellent growth on dry soil. 



For previous introduction see 50315. 



92246. Pinus KORAiENSis Sieb. and 

 Zncc. Pinaceae. Korean pine. 



From Chosen, Japan. Seeds presented by 

 the Government General of Cbosen. Re- 

 ceived March 24, 1931. 



From the Forest Experiment Station, 

 Keijo., Chosen. A 5-needle pine, up to 100 

 feet high, native to Chosen and Japan. 

 It produces valuable lumber and edible 

 seeds and is also of ornamental value, being 

 slow in growth and forming a dense broad 

 pyramidal bead of handsome foliage. 



For previous introduction see 82483. 



92247. Tecoma cheysotbicha Mart. 

 Bignoniaceae. 



From Brazil. Seeds presented by Mrs. 

 Ynes Mexia, Vicosa, Minas Geraes, through 

 W. T. Swingle, Bureau of Plant Indus- 

 try- Received March 24, 1931. 



Pau Mulato. A small to medium-sized 

 tree which grows in the open or in partial 

 shade. The handsome canary-yellow flow- 

 ers, with red-streaked throats, open in early 

 spring while the tree is still leafless. It 

 grows just below the frost line in Minas 

 Geraes, at about 2,000 feet altitude. 



92248. Canna edulis Ker. Cannaceae. 



Edible canna. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- 

 lics. Seeds presented by A. Kol, Chief, 

 Bureau of Introduction, Institute of Ap- 

 plied Botany and New Cultures, Lenin- 

 grad. Received March 24, 1931. 



No. 129050. A close relative to the orna- 

 mental cannas, cultivated for its edible 

 tuber. 



For previous introduction see 80543. 



92249 to 92258. 



From Chiapas, Mexico. Seeds and scions 

 collected by C. O. Erlanson and Max 

 Souviron, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived March 25, 1931. 



92249. Citrus adbantium L. Rutaceae. 

 Seville orange. 



No. 55. Seeds of a sour orange, col- 

 lected February 22, 1931, near Acala, 

 from a tree 10 to 15 feet high, growing 

 wild. 



92249 to 92258— Continued. 



92250. Gossypidm sp. Malvaceae. 



Cotton. 



No. 38. Culluche. Seeds collected Feb- 

 ruary 18, 1931, at Tuxtla Gutierrez. An 

 interesting small-boiled cotton with short 

 brown lint, wbich is without economic.' 

 importance except that it is proof 

 against the boll weevil. The bolls are 

 protected by a proliferation much more 

 complete than any other cotton thus far 

 studied. 



92251 to 92258. Citrus spp. Rutaceae. 



Nos. 92251 to 92257 are scions of cul- 

 tivated trees collected near Acala, Feb- 

 ruary 21, 1931, at 2,800 feet altitude. 



92251 to 92253. Citrus aurantifolia 

 (Christm.) Swingle. Lime. 



92251. No. 47. Lima. A tree 10 

 feet high with white flowers. 



92252. No. 48. Lima. A tree 10 

 feet high, flowers white. 



92253. No. 49. Lima naranja. Tree 

 15 feet high. 



92254. Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck. 



Orange. 



No. 52. Tree 15 feet high. This is 

 the commonly cultivated orange of this 

 region. 



92255. Citrus aurantifolia 

 (Christm.) Swingle. Lime. 



No. 53. A tree of good type. 



92256. Citrus medica L. Citron. 

 No. 54. Tree 15 feet high. 



92257. Citrus aurantium L. 



Seville orange. 



No. 55a. A sour-orange tree 10 to 

 15 feet high, growing wild. Seeds of 

 this tree were given the number 92249. 



92258. Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck. 



Orange. 



No. 82. Scions collected at Tene- 

 japa, west of San Cristobal, February 

 28, 1931, at 3,500 feet altitude. A 

 sweet orange of excellent quality, said 

 to be the best in this region. 



92259. Beebebis beaniana C. Sehneid. 

 Berberidaceae. Barberry. 



From France. Seeds presented by Prof. 

 D. Bois, Paris Museum of Natural His- 

 tory, Paris. Received March 26, 1931. 

 A Chinese shrub with long yellow spines. 



yellow flowers, and purple ellipsoidal 



fruits. 



For previous introduction see 76213. 



92260 to 92273. Soeghum vulgaee 

 Pers. Poaceae. Sorghum. 



From China. Seeds presented by the Direc- 

 tor, College of Agriculture, National 

 University of Peiping. Received March 

 26, 1931. 



Seeds grown at the experiment farm of 

 the Chinese Eastern Railway at Echo. 



92260. No. 1. 92267. No. 8. 



92261. No. 2. 92268. No. 9. 



92262. No. 3. 92269. No. 10. 



92263. No. 4. 92270. No. 11. 



92264. No. 5. 92271. No. 12. 



92265. No. 6. 92272. No. 13. 

 No. 7. 92273. No. 14. 



