OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 19 31 



94301 to 94762— Continued. 



F.P I. 

 No. 



Dick- 

 son's 

 No. 



Experiment 



station No. or 



name 



Source 



94743 



290 

 291 

 299 



300 



301 



136 



Volga region. 



B4744 



137 



Do. 



94745 



W-2077 



Dekaprilovitch col- 



94746 



W-2591. 



lection, Tiflis, 

 Georgia. 

 Do. 



94747 



W-1065 



Do. 









94748 to 94757. Triticdm persicum 

 (Boiss.) Aitch. and Hemsl. 



Persian wheat. 



F.P.I. 



No. 



Dick- 

 son's 

 No. 



Experiment sta- 

 tion No. or 

 name 



Source 



94748 

 94749 



349 

 350 

 351 

 352 

 353 

 354 

 355 

 356 

 363 

 310 



W-2348 



W-2247 



Georgia. 

 Do. 



94750 



W-2357... 



Do. 



94751 

 94752 

 94758 



W-2357a 



W-2259 



W-2330 



Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 



94754 

 94755 



W-2265 



W-2328 



Do. 

 Do. 



94756 





Shatilof. 



94757 





Leninkan, Arme- 







nia. 



94758 and 94759. Triticdm persicum 



X DURUM. 



Persian-durum wheat hybrid. 



F.P.I. 



No. 



Dick- 

 son's 

 No. 



Experiment sta- 

 tion No. or 

 name 



Source 



94758 

 94759 



226 

 227 



Abyssinia soft 

 wheat. 



do 



Kharkov Experi- 

 ment Station, 

 1930. 

 Do. 



94760 and 94761. Triticum nMOPHBEVi 

 Zhuk. 



F.P.I. 

 No. 



Dick- 

 son's 

 No. 



Experiment sta- 

 tion No. or 

 name 



Source 



94760 



303 

 357 



W-2601 



Dekaprilovitch col- 



94761 



W-2592 



lection, Tiflis, 

 Georgia. 

 Do. 









94762. Triticum turgidum L. 



Poulard wheat. 



No. 371. Spring wheat resistant to 

 wheat scab, Shatilof Experiment Sta- 

 tion No. 16156. Originally from Al- 

 geria. 



94763 to 94786. 



From Argentina. Seeds presented by the 

 Director, Jardin Botanico, Buenos Aires. 

 Received October 15, 1931. 



94763. Acacia sundra (Roxb.) DC. Mi- 

 mosaceae. 



A tropical tree with dark-brown bark, 

 erect twiggy branches, and short stout 

 recurved spines on the bark. The bipin- 



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94763 to 94786— Continued. 



nate leaves are 4 or 5 inches long, and 

 the yellow flowers are in short-stalked 

 axillary spikes. The wood is very hard 

 and heavy. 



94764. Acacia visco Lorentz. Mimosa- 

 ceae. 



An Argentine acacia, sparsely armed 

 with recurved spines. The smooth ses- 

 sile flowers, with numerous long stamens, 

 form scythe-shaped legumes over an inch 

 in width. The leaves are pinnately com- 

 pound. The striped walnut-colored wood 

 is hard and durable and valued highly 

 for its resistance to moisture ; it is used 

 for all kinds of cabinetwork. 



For previous introduction see 88200. 



94765. Arecastrum romanzoffianum 

 (Cham.) Becc. (Cocos romanzofficma 

 Cham. ) . Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



A palm, native to Brazil, with an un- 

 armed trunk about 20 feet high and 1 

 foot in diameter, bearing a crown of 

 plumelike leaves 12 to 15 feet long. The 

 fruit is a pale-orange, drupe about the 

 size of a large acorn, inclosing a bony 

 seed which has three eyes near the base. 



For previous introduction see 91773. 



94766. Bauhinia candicans Benth. 

 Caesalpiniaceae. 



A thorny shrub, native to Uruguay and 

 Argentina, with leaves heart-shaped at 

 the base and cleft nearly to the middle 

 at the apex. The creamy white flowers 

 are borne in whitish tomentose racemes, 

 and the petals are nearly 3 inches long. 



94767. Bignonia tubiflora Hort. Big- 

 noniaceae. 



A name for which a place of publica- 

 tion and a description have not been 

 found. 



94768. Blepharocaltx tweediei (Hook, 

 and Arn.) Berg. Myrtaceae. 



A subtropical tree, native to Uruguay, 

 with- lanceolate acute leaves and axillary 

 flowers in pairs. 



94769. Anneslia tweedii (Benth.) 

 Lindm. (Calliandra tweedii Benth.). 

 Mimosaceae. 



A low tropical tree with bipinnate 

 leaves made up of three to four pairs of 

 very small hairy linear-oblong leaflets, 

 and globose, flower beads with rather 

 showy purplish stamens. Native to Brit- 

 ish Guiana. 



94770. Cedrela odorata L. Meliaceae. 



Cigarbox-cedar. 



A tree, sometimes 100 feet tall, with 

 handsome bright-green compound leaves 

 10 to 20 inches long. Native to the 

 West Indies. This is the tree which 

 produces the cigarbox wood of Cuba and 

 should be tried in Florida as a possible 

 timber tree. 



For previous introduction see 59302. 



94771. Chomelia tubiflora Hort. Ru- 

 biaceae. 



A name for which a place of publica- 

 tion and a description have not been 

 found. 



94772. Chusqdea cumingii Nees. Poa- 

 ceae. Bamboo. 



A tall bamboo, native to the vicinity 

 of Valparaiso, Chile. The sessile lanceo- 

 late leaves, over an inch long, have ser- 



