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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



94763 to 94786— Continued. 



rulate scabrous margins and are rigid 

 and green. The panicles are about an 

 inch long. 



94773. Daubentonia tripetii Poit. Fa- 

 baceae. 



A sbrub or small tree, native to Ar- 

 gentina, with pinnately compound leaves 

 which are dull green above and paler be- 

 neath. The rather large orange-red "flow- 

 ers are borne in drooping racemes. 



94774. Holocaltx balansae Micheli. 

 Caesalpiniaceae. 



A shrub, native to Paraguay, about 15 

 feet high, with leathery pinnate leaves 

 about 6 inches long, consisting of 20 to 

 40 pairs of oblong leaflets. The incon- 

 spicuous flowers are in short axillary 

 racemes, and the short pod is thick and 

 fleshy. 



94775. Ilex paraguariensis St. Hil. 

 Aquifoliaceae. Yerba mate. 



A tender evergreen Paraguayan holly, 

 the leaves of which are dried and used 

 to make the beverage called mate, or Par- 

 aguay tea. 



94776. Lonchocarpus 

 Benth. Fabaceae. 



NEUROSCAPHA 



Lancepod. 



An evergreen tree, native to Uruguay, 

 with alternate pinnate leaves and ra- 

 cemes of purplish pealike flowers. 



For previous introduction see 66810. 

 94777 to 94779. Mimosa spp. Mimosaceae. 



94777. Mimosa pigra L. (M. asperata 

 L.). 



An erect, thorny shrub 3 to 6 feet 

 high with bipinnate leaves made up of 

 linear leaflets less than one-fourth of 

 an inch long and heads of pink flow- 

 ers. It is native to Mexico and is also 

 found in tropical America and Africa. 



94778. Mimosa carinata Griseb. 



A subtropical spiny tree with bipin- 

 nate leaves consisting of 1 or 2 pairs 

 of pinnae and 12 to 24 pairs of mi- 

 nute pinnules. The purple and green 

 plaid flowers are in small heads. 



94779. Mimosa spegazzinii Pirotta. 



A much-branched, climbing shrub 

 with recurved spines, sensitive bipin- 

 nate leaves 2 to 3 inches long, and 

 globular heads, about an inch in diam- 

 eter, of rose-purple flowers. It is na- 

 tive to Argentina. 



94780. Myroxylon serratum Krug and 

 Urban. Flacourtiaceae. 



A small tree with bright-green papery 

 obtuse leaves about 5 inches long and 

 inconspicuous flowers in small axillary 

 umbels. Native to Montserrat, British 

 West Indies. 



94781. Piptadenia excelsa (Griseb.) 

 Lille. Mimosaceae. 



A tree, sometimes nearly 100 feet high, 

 with 15 to 20 pairs of leaflets in each 

 leaf and spikes of flowers 2 to 3 inches 

 long. The pods are linear. The rosy 

 wood, which resembles that of Piptadenia 

 macrocarpa, is tough and straight grained 

 and is used for carpenter work. 



For previous introduction see 88243. 



94782. Ledcaena glauca (L.) Benth. 

 Mimosaceae. 



A shrub or tree up to 30 feet high with 

 a smooth trunk, bipinnate leaves made 

 up of four to eight pinnae bearing 10 to 



94763 to 94786— Continued. 



20 pairs of narrowly lanceolate leaflets 

 half an inch long, and globular heads of 

 small white flowers. The young branches 

 are used as forage. 



For previous introduction see 88156. 



94783. Sapindus divaricatus Willd. Sa- 

 pindaceae. Soapberry. 



A tropical American tree 12 to 30 feet 

 high, with smooth gray bark and ab- 

 ruptly pinnate leaves composed of three 

 to six pairs of ovate-lanceolate leaflets. 

 The small white flowers are in terminal 

 panicles about 1 foot long. 



94784. SCHINUS TEREBINTHIFOLIUS AROI- 



era (Veil.) L. Marchand. Anacardi- 

 aceae. 



A shrub 3 to 10 feet high or sometimes 

 a small tree 20 feet high. The variable 

 membranous leaves are unequally pinnate 

 and are composed of two to four pairs of 

 oblong to obovate-oblong leaflets 2 to 3 

 inches long. The small white flowers are 

 followed by scarlet berries in panicles 

 2 to 4 inches in length. 



94785. Vitex sp. Verbenaceae. 



Taruma. 

 94786. Zea mays L. Poaceae. 



Corn. 



94787 to 94922. Hobdetjm spp. Poa- 

 ceae. Barley. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- 

 lics. Seeds obtained by J. G. Dickson, 

 professor of plant pathology, College of 

 Agriculture, Madison, Wis., and agent in 

 cereal investigations, United States De- 

 partment of Agriculture. Received in 

 November and December, 1930. Num- 

 bered in October, 1931. 



94787. Hordeum deficiens Steud. 



Deficient barley. 



No. 510. Spring barley from Kharkov. 



94788. Hordeum deficiens nudidepiciens 

 (Koern.) Harlan. Deficient barley. 



No. 339. From Otrada, Kubanska. 



94789 to 94791. Hordeum distichon ni- 

 gricans Seringe. Two-rowed barley. 



94789. No. 225. From Kharkov. A 

 smooth-awned, rust-resistant variety. 



94790. No. 308. From the steppes of 

 Georgia. A black winter barley. 



94791. No. 321. From Otrada, Kuban- 

 ska. A smooth-awned, rust-resist- 

 ant spring barley. 



94792 to 94794. Hordeum distichon nu- 

 dum L. Two-rowed barley. 



94792. No. 50. From the steppes of 

 Georgia. A black winter barley. 



94793. No. 322. From Otrada, Kuban- 

 ska. A medium rust-resistant form. 



94794. No. 522. From Kharkov. A 

 spring barley. 



94795 to 94847. Hordeum distichon pal- 

 mella Harlan. Two-rowed barley. 



94795. No. 29. From the experiment 

 fields at Derbent. 



94796. No. 56. From the steppes of 

 Georgia at 4,000 feet altitude. A 

 winter variety with stiff straw. 



94797. No. 64. From southeast of Eri- 

 van at 4,000 feet altitude, in a very 

 dry region. 



