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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



94264 to 94266— Continued. 



A coarse perennial, 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. 



94265. Lathyrds cicera L. Fabaceae. 



A vine, either prostrate or ascending, 

 with slightly winged glabrous stems up 

 to 8 inches long. The small lanceolate 

 leaves are in pairs on winged petioles ; 

 the upper leaves have simple undivided 

 tendrils half as long as the leaf ; the 

 lower leaves have no tendrils. The soli- 

 tary dull-red flowers, less than an inch 

 long, are either erect or nodding. 



For previous introduction see 40798. 



94266. Ornithogaldm ptrenaicum L. 

 Liliaceae. 



A bulbous plant about 2 feet high, 

 with narrow onionlike leaves and whitish 

 flowers on a simple leafless stalk. It 

 is native to Europe. 



For previous introduction see 40798. 



94267. Mucuna sp. Fabaceae. 



From French Indo-China. Seeds presented 

 by M. Poilane, Institut des Recherches 

 Agronomiques de l'Indochine, Division de 

 Botanique. Received February 15, 1930. 

 Numbered in September, 1931. 



94268. Ananas sativus Schult. f. 

 Bromeliaceae. Pineapple. 



From Brazil. Plants received through L. W. 

 Jangeneel, California Packing Corp. Re- 

 ceived August 21, 1930. Numbered in 

 September, 1931. 



94269. Gaecinia mangostana L. Clu- 

 siaceae. Mangosteen. 



From Central America. Plants purchased 

 from the United Fruit Co., through Wil- 

 son Popenoe, Research Department, Tela, 

 Honduras. Received September 6, 1930. 

 Numbered in September, 1931. 



94270. Mangifera indica L. Anacar- 

 diaceae. Mango. 



From Hawaii. Plants presented by W. T. 

 Pope, senior horticulturist, Agricultural 

 Experiment Station, Honolulu. Received 

 November 3, 1930. Numbered in Septem- 

 ber, 1931. 



Victoria. A variety of mango which is 

 not attacked by the Mediterranean fruit fly. 



94271. Eugenia densiflora (Blume) 

 Duthie. Myrtaceae. 



From Java. Seeds presented by the di- 

 rector, Botanic Gardens, Buitenzorg. Re- 

 ceived December 18, 1930. Numbered in 

 September, 1931. 



A tree, native to the Malay Archipelago, 

 with oblong leaves 4 to 10 inches long and 

 axillary cymes of clear rose-colored flowers 

 and round fruits about half an inch in 

 diameter. 



94272. Citrus sp. Rutaceae. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- 

 lics. Plants presented by Maj. C. R. 

 Olberg, Tiflis, Transcaucasia. Received 

 September 22, 1931. 



94272 — Continued. 



An orange, known locally as a mandarin, 

 and very similar to the tangerine, but 

 larger, sweeter, and seedless. It is said to 

 have come originally from Japan. 



94273. Prunus armeniaca L. Amyg- 

 dalaceae. Apricot. 



From Chile, South America. Plants pre- 

 sented by Dr. Alberto Graf Marin, Chief, 

 Servico de Sanidad Vegetal. Received 

 September 24, 1931. 



Imperial. 



94274. Rhus sp. Anacardiaceae. 



From China. Seeds presented by T. D. 

 Payne, China Inland Mission, Luchang, 

 Yunnan. Received September 25, 1931. 



Paint tree. The Chinese make a supe- 

 rior varnish out of the sap of this tree, 

 although a bad skin poisoning is often con- 

 tracted in the handling of it. The Tibetan 

 Lisu people make a fair substitute for lard 

 out of the seed. 



94275 to 94277. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by F. J. 

 S. Wise, Agricultural Advisor, Broome. 

 Western Australia. Received September 

 25, 1931. 



A collection of grass seeds which are 

 suited to semiarid conditions. 



94275. Astrebla squarrosa Hubbard. 

 Poaceae. Grass. 



A leafy tufted perennial grass with 

 short rhizomes from which rise the 

 nearly erect stems to a height of 6 to 8 

 feet. The linear leaves are 15 inches 

 long, and the spikelike flattened racemes 

 are 4 to 8 inches long. It is native to 

 Australia. 



94276. Astrebla sp. Poaceae. 



Grass. 



94277. Eragrostis chaetophylla Steud. 

 Poaceae. Grass. 



The slender rigid densely tufted stems 

 up to 12 inches high rise from a some- 

 what bulbous slightly woolly base and 

 are leafy to the top. The narrow pani- 

 cles, 1 to 3 inches long, are made up of 

 thin flat spikelets. It is native to 

 Australia. 



94278 and 94279. 



From Peru. Seeds presented by Paul G. 

 Ledig, Magnetic Observatory of the Car- 

 negie Institution of Washington, D. C, 

 Huancayo. Received September 28, 1931. 



94278. Mimulds sp. Scrophulariaceae. 



No. 1. A low shrub with woody stems, 

 which grows in sunny situations in very 

 rocky places. 



94279. Mimdlus sp. Scrophulariaceae. 



No. 2. A short-stemmed herb which 

 grows in rocky soils in partly shady 

 situations (such as the side of a cliff 

 only touched by the sun in the morning 

 or evening). 



94280. Piper methysticum Forst. 

 Piperaceae. 



From Hawaii. Cuttings presented by W. T. 

 Pope, Senior Horticulturist. Office of 

 Experiment Stations, Honolulu. Re- 

 ceived September 29, 1931. 



