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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



93848 and 93849. 



From New Zealand. Plants presented by 

 George A. Green, Consulting Horticultur- 

 ist, New Zealand Horticultural Trades 

 Association. Received July 22, 1931. 



93848. Citrus limonia Osbeck. Ruta- 

 ceae. Lemon. 



Short-thorned Lisbon lemon, Benja- 

 min's type. Doncastcr Lisbon on sweet 

 stock. 



93849. Citrus grandis (L.) Osbeck (C. 

 decumflna Murr.). Rutaceae. 



Grapefruit. 



Poorman (Morrison's type) grapefruit 

 on sweet stock. 



93850. Prunus sp. Amygdalaceae. 



Plum. 



From Morocco, Africa. Seeds presented by 

 C. Bey Rozet, Station Experimental de 

 Marrakech. Received July 22, 1931. 



Belsiana. A precocious and most vigor- 

 ous variety wbich has the immense merit of 

 thriving in the coastal region. The fruit is 

 ripe the latter part of May and ships well. 

 The tree is easily propagated by cuttings. 



93851 to 93865. 



From Tunisia, Africa. Cuttings and seeds 

 presented by Robert W. Hodgson, Tunis. 

 Received July 23, 1931. 



93851 to 93858. Citrus spp. Rutaceae. 



93851. Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck. 



Orange. 



The Beldi double, or native double, 

 orange from Menzel bou Zelfa. 



93852. Citrus aurantium L. 



Seville orange. 



Bouquetier de Nice. From Nabeul. 

 A variety of the bigarade orange which 

 is grown for the flowers for the manu- 

 facture of oil of neroli and oil of petit 

 grain. 



93853. Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck. 



Orange. 



Meltaise sanguine. From Menzel 

 bou Zelfa. 



93854. Citrus nobilis deliciosa 

 (Ten.) Swingle. Mandarin orange. 



Mandarine ordinaire, or common 

 mandarin, from La Soukra. 



93855. Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck. 



Orange. 



Neski. From Menzel bou Zelfa. A 

 native sweet orange which lacks acid. 



93856 to 93858. Citrus medica L. 



Citron. 



93856. Citron doux or Umetta 

 (sweet lemon). From Menzel bou 

 Zelfa. 



93857. From Ras Djebel. The citron 

 of Porto Farina, a large long cit- 

 ron of high repute in Tunisia. 



93858. From Hammamet. The citron 

 of Sicily, a very large fine citron. 



93859 to 93865. Olea europaea L. Olea- 

 ceae. Olive. 



93859. Barouni de Sahel. From 

 Soukra. 



Nos. 93860 to 93864 are from the For- 

 est of Djebel Amar, near Tunis, on 

 the road to Bizerte. 



93851 to 93865— Continued. 



93860. Barouni de Sahel. 



93861. Bidh-el-Haman. 



93862. Marsaline. 



93863. Meski. 



93864. Zarazi. 



93865. From Feriana. Seeds from an 

 enormous old tree said to date back 

 from the time of the Roman occu- 

 pation. It is certainly the largest 

 and finest olive tree in this region. 

 Feriana is in the mountainous in- 

 terior where the olive fly does not 

 occur. 



93866. Mangifera indica L. Anacar- 

 diaceae. Mango. 



From the Canal Zone. Budsticks presented 

 by J. E. Higgins, Director, Canal Zone 

 Experiment Gardens, Summit. Received 

 July 25, 1931. 



Fairchild. 



93867 to 93869. Saccharum offici- 

 narum L. Poaceae. Sugarcane. 



From He de la Reunion. Cuttings present- 

 ed by the Station Agronomique, Saint- 

 Denis. Received July 27, 1931. 



93867. Nag. 



93868. Vba marot. 



93869. Vba seedling No. 4. 



93870. Garcinia mangostana L. Clu- 

 siaceae. Mangosteen. 



From Puerto Rico. Seeds presented by T. 

 B. McClelland, Director, Agricultural 

 Experiment Station, Mayaguez. Re- 

 ceived July 29, 1931. 



93871 to 93970. 



From China. Seeds collected by the For- 

 rest Expedition, 1930-32, to southwestern 

 China and presented by Maj. Lionel de 

 Rothschild, London, England. Received 

 July 31, 1931. 



93871. Acanthopanax evodiaefolium 

 Franch. Araliaceae. 



No. 29037. An unarmed shrub 10 feet 

 high with trifoliolate leaves crowded at 

 the ends of the branchlets. The small 

 lanceolate acuminate leaflets are 3 or 4 

 inches long. Native to Yunnan, China. 



93872. Acanthopanax giraldii Harms. 

 Araliaceae. 



No. 29034. A densely prickly shrub up 

 to 10 feet high with compound leaves 

 made up of three to five sessile obovate 

 doubly serrate leaflets 1 to 3 inches long. 

 The inconspicuous greenish flowers are 

 in solitary umbels and are followed by 

 small black berrylike fruits. It is native 

 to central and northern China. 



93873. Acer laxiflorum Pax. {A. for- 

 restii Diels). Aceraceae. Maple. 



No. 28395. A tree up to 50 feet high 

 with cordate-oblong leaves 4 inches long, 

 having two to four short lobes near the 

 base and serrate margins. The yellow- 

 ish flowers are borne in slender pendulous 

 racemes and are followed by winged fruits 

 spreading at right angles. It is native 

 to western China. 



For previous introduction see 93077. 



