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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



93795 to 93808. 



From China. Seeds presented by Hugh W. 

 Hubbard, Paotingfu. Received July 14, 

 1931. 



A collection of commercial varieties, in- 

 troduced for the use of department special- 

 ists. 



93795 to 93800. Cucumis melo L. Cucur- 

 bitaceae. Melon. 



93801. Cucurbita maxima Duchesne. Cu- 

 curbitaceae. Squash. 



and 93803. Cucurbita pepo L. Cu- 

 curbitaceae. Pumpkin. 



93804 to 93808. Lagenaria leucantha 

 (Duchesne) Rusby (L. vulgaris Se- 

 ringe). Cucurbitaceae. 



Calabash gourd. 



93809 to 93823. 



From China. Seeds presented by Frank 

 Dickinson, West China Union University, 

 Chengtu. Received July 14, 1931. 



A collection of commercial varieties, in- 

 troduced for the use of department special- 

 ists. 



93809. Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) 

 Cogn. Cucurbitaceae. Waxgourd. 



Dung squash. A variety which weighs 

 up to 30 pounds. 



93810. Cucumis sativus L. Cucurbita- 

 ceae. Cucumber. 



A small early variety. 



93811. Cucumis sativus L. Cucurbita- 

 ceae. Cucumber. 



A vigorous growing, large cucumber. 



93812 and 93813. Cucurbita moschata 

 Duchesne. Cucurbitaceae. Cushaw. 



93814. Luffa cylindrica (L.) Roemer 

 (L. aegyptiaca Mill.).* Cucurbitaceae. 



Suakwa towelgourd. 



93815. Phaseolus angularis (Willd.) 

 W. F. Wight. Fabaceae. 



Adzuki bean. 



93816 to 93821. Phaseolus vulgaris L. 

 Fabaceae. Common bean. 



93822. Spinacia oleracea L. Chenopo- 

 diaceae. Spinach. 



93823. Vigna sesquipedalis (L.) Fru- 

 wirth. Fabaceae. Asparagus-bean. 



93824. Roystonea regia ( H. B. K.) 

 O. F. Cook {Oreodoxa regia H. B. 

 K. ) . Phoenicaceae. 



Cuban royal palm. 



From Habana, Cuba. Seeds presented 

 through the Plant Quarantine Control 

 Administration. Received July 15, 1931. 



A Cuban palm, up to 80 feet high and 2 

 feet in diameter, with pinnately divided 

 leaves 10 feet long. 



For previous introduction see 76790. 



93825. Pistacia sp. Anacardiaceae. 



From Greece. Seeds presented by 6. T. 

 Choremis, of the island of Chios, through 

 David Fairchild, agricultural explorer, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry. Received July 

 16, 1931. 



Turpentine tree. 



For previous introduction see 91608. 



93826. Amygdaltjs persica L. (Prunus 

 persica Stokes). Ainygdalaceae. 



Peach. 



From the Union of South Africa. Plants 

 purchased from H. E. V. Pickstone & Bro. 

 (Ltd.), Simondium, Cape of Good Hope. 

 Received July 17, 1931. 



Inkoos. 



93827. Spondias tuberosa Arruda. 

 Anacardiaceae. Imbu. 



From Bahia, Brazil. Seeds presented by 

 Reo Bennett. Empresas Electricas Bra- 

 zilieras, Rio de Janeiro. Received July 

 17, 1931. 



A native Brazilian tree which branches 4 

 or 6 feet from the ground and forms a 

 broad dense flat-topped crown. When the 

 large limbs are cut and placed in the 

 ground as fence posts they take root and 

 grow. The fruits are oval, over an inch 

 long, and light green in color. The skin 

 is rather tough and incloses the translucent 

 juicy pulp in which is embedded the single 

 large seed. The pulp has an agreeable 

 flavor, rather suggestive of a sweet orange. 

 The fruit is used fresh, as well as being 

 made into jams and jellies. 



For previous introduction see 37861. 



93828 to 93845. 



From Perth, Western Australia. Seeds pre- 

 sented by Ida W. Richardson. Received 

 July 18, 1931. 



93828. Actinostrobus acuminatus Pari. 

 Pinaceae. 



A small erect densely branched shrub, 

 usually about 1 foot high, with short, 

 thick, rigid leaves in whorls of three, and 

 small cones half an inch in diameter, 

 contracted at the tip into a distinct neck. 

 It is native to Western Australia. 



93829. Alyogyne hakeaefolia (Gior- 

 dano) Alefeld. Malvaceae. 



An erect evergreen shrub, native to 

 Australia, with narrow lobed or deeply 

 serrate leaves and large purple-lilac flow- 

 ers. It is closely related to Gossypium. 



For previous introduction see 86707. 



93830. Baeckea pextandra F. Muell. 

 Myrtaceae. 



An erect heathlike shrub with slender 

 branches 1 to 2 feet long and linear ob- 

 tuse leaves less than one-fourth of an 

 inch long. The very small white or pink 

 flowers are in clusters of one to three in 

 the axils of the leaves. It is native to 

 Western Australia. 



93831. Brunonia australis J. F. Smith. 

 Goodeniaceae. 



A silky haired tufted perennial, native 

 to Australia, with a rosette of linear-ob- 

 ovate entire leaves 2 to 4 inches long and 

 scapes 6 to 12 inches high, bearing globu- 

 lar blue flower heads less than 1 inch in 

 diameter. 



For previous introduction see 77276. 



Callistemon citrinus (Curtis) 

 Skeels (C. lanceolatus DC). Myrta- 

 ceae. Lemon bottlebrush. 



An evergreen shrub up to 12 feet high, 

 with lanceolate leaves 1 to 3 inches long, 

 reddish when young, and spikes 2 to 4 

 inches long of small flowers with long 



