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93256 to 93258. Tkifolium subteb- 

 baneum L. Fabaceae. 



Subterranean clover. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by P. D. 

 Forrest, of Boyup Brook, Western Aus- 

 tralia, through A. B. Adams, Western 

 Australia Agricultural College, Mursek. 

 Received May 1, 1931. 



An Australian clover which appears to 

 have value as a forage plant for the south- 

 ern United States. 



93256. Forrest's Extra Early. A very 

 early variety which is particularly 

 suitable for dry districts, as the flow- 

 ers set seed before the rains cease. 

 The flowers do not set seed after the 

 ground is too dry for them to bury 

 themselves. 



93257. Late variety. A very large variety 

 that comes into flower approximately 

 one month later than the Midseason. 



93258. Midseason. This is the most widely 

 grown variety in Western and South 

 Australia. 



93259 to 93261. Cannabis sativa L. 

 Moraceae. Hemp. 



From Hungary. Seeds presented by Ru- 

 dolf Fleischmann. Engineer. Kompolt Ex- 

 periment Station. Received May 1, 1931. 



93259. Bdcskaer Hanf. 



93260. Fleischmann' 8 scher veredelter 

 Hanf. 



93261. Veredelter Hanf der Darusziget-er 

 Landwirtschft. 



93262 to 93270. 



From Mexico and Central America. Seeds 

 collected by G. N. Collins and J. H. 

 Kempton, with the Allison V. Armour 

 expedition to Mexico and the West In- 

 dies, 1931. Received May 1, 1931. 



93262. Coussapoa rekoi Standi. Mora- 

 ceae. 



No. 9159. From Oaxaca, Mexico, 

 March 19, 1931. A large Mexican tree 

 with a spreading crown and prickly 

 branchlets. The ovate entire leaves are 

 1 to 2 feet long, and the flowers, in 

 globose pedunculate heads, are followed 

 by succulent fruits 1 inch in diameter. 



For previous introduction see 76398. 



93263. Datura discolor Bernh. Solana- 

 ceae. 



From La Paz, Lower California. A 

 low, somewhat hairy annual herb, found 

 in Colorado, Arizona, and the southeast- 

 ern part of California. It has more or 

 less deeply toothed leaves, purplish white 

 flowers 2 or 3 inches long, and round 

 hairy capsules with large stout hairy 

 prickles. The thickish seeds are dark col- 

 ored with wrinkled or pitted crustaceous 

 coats. 



For previous introduction see 44129. 



93264. Euchlaena M ex I can A Schrad. 

 Poaceae. Teosinte. 



From San Salvador. A coarse annual 

 grass native to Mexico, where it was cul- 

 tivated in prehistoric times. It resem- 

 bles corn rather closely, and some bot- 

 anists consider that corn is a hybrid of 

 which teosinte is one of the parents. 



For previous introduction see 41905. 



93262 to 93270— Continued. 



93265. Mammillaria sp. Cactaceae. 



Cactus- 

 No. 9175. From La Paz, Lower Cali- 

 fornia. 



93266. Maximilianea vitifolia (Willd.) 

 Krug and Urb. (Cochlospermum hibis- 

 coides Kunth.). Cochlospermaceae. 



No. 9162. Collected at Acapulco, Mex- 

 ico, March 21, 1931. A deciduous tree, 

 native to Central America, about 35 feet 

 high, but flowering when only 5 feet 

 high. The alternate leaves have five to 

 seven serrate lobes, and the handsome 

 bright-yellow flowers, 4 inches across, are' 

 in terminal clusters. 



For previous introduction see 81268. 



93267. Senecio sp. Asteraceae. 

 From Puerto Barrios, Guatemala. 



93268. (Undetermined.) 



No. 9170. From La Paz, Lower Cali- 

 fornia, March 30, 1931. 



93269. (Undetermined.) 



No. 9174. From La Paz, Lower Cali- 

 fornia, March 30, 1931. A small tree 

 used for making furniture. 



93270. Acanthorhiza sp. Phoenicaceae. 



Palm. 



No. 9191. From Concordia, Oaxaca,. 

 Mexico. 



93271 to 93273. Ficus spp. Moraceae. 



Fig. 



From Egypt. Cuttings presented by Thom- 

 as W. Brown, director, horticultural sec- 

 tion, Ministry of Agriculture, Cairo. Re- 

 ceived May i, 1931. 



93271. Ficus eriobotryoides Kunth and 

 Bouche\ 



A tree with straight branches, brown 

 pubescent branchlets, and oblong-ovate, 

 coriaceous leaves 1 foot long and 3 to 4 

 inches wide. The native country is not 

 known. 



93272. Ficus ALTISSIMA Blume (F. lac- 

 cifera Roxb. ) . Lofty fig. 



A large spreading tree, native to the 

 tropical Himalayas. It is said to yield 

 as good caoutchouc as its relative, Ficus 

 elastica. 



For previous introduction see 82398. 



93273. Ficus nymphaeaefolia Mill. 



A tropical American tree with erect 

 branches and long-petioled, broadly heart- 

 shaped leaves 8 inches long, resembling 

 those of a waterlily. The sessile, globu- 

 lar, pubescent fruits are in axillary pairs. 



93274. Gentiana lutea L. Gentiana- 

 ceae. Yellow gentian. 



From Paris, France. Seeds presented by 

 Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co., through Dr. 

 Raymond M. Hann, National Institute 

 of Health, Public Health Service, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. Received May 4, 1931. 



A coarse perennial species, too large for 

 the rock garden, with 3-foot to 4-foot stems 

 bearing handsome rugose foliage, crowned 

 in late summer in the upper whorls of 

 leaves with crowded clusters of slender- 

 lobed, golden-yellow flowers. 



For previous introduction see 78932. 



