INVENTORY 



95552. Kalanchoe globtjlifeea coc- 

 cinea Perrier. Crassulaceae. 



From Germany. Seeds presented by Robert 

 Blossfeld, Potsdam. Received January 

 5, 1932. 



A stout branched succulent perennial up 

 to a foot high, with elongated thick ir- 

 regularly toothed obovate-spatulate leaves 

 over 2 inches long and numerous bright 

 scarlet flowers in large terminal corymblike 

 cymes. Native to Madagascar. 



For previous introduction see 79170. 



95553. Cucumis melo L. 

 ceae. 



Cucurbita- 

 Melon. 



From Martos, Spain. Seeds presented by 

 Frank H. Goll. Bureau of Plant Indus- 

 try, United States Department of Agri- 

 culture. Received January 5, 1932. 



A very sweet melon with a smooth deep- 

 green skin. 



95554 and 95555. 



From Scotland. Seeds presented by Dr. 

 J. W. Gregor, Scottish Society for Re- 

 search in Plant Breeding, Corstorphine, 

 Midlothian. Received January 5, 1932. 



95554. Phleum arexarium L. Poaceae. 



Timothy. 



An annual tufted erect or ascending 

 grass, up to a foot in height, with smooth 

 leaves about an inch long and cylindrical 

 spikes. It is native to Europe and the 

 northern coast of Africa. 



For previous introduction see 74170. 



95555. Phleum phleoides (L.) Karst. 

 Poaceae. Timothy. 



A perennial gray-green loosely cespi- 

 tose grass with short creeping rhizomes 

 and stems 1 to 2 feet high. It is native 

 to the dry stony places throughout cen- 

 tral Europe. 



For previous introduction see 78799. 



95556 to 95560. 



From China. Seeds collected by the For- 

 rest expedition, 1930-32, to southwest- 

 ern China and presented by Maj. Lionel 

 de Rothschild, London, England. Re- 

 ceived January 5, 1932. 



95556. Castanopsis sp. Fagaceae. 

 No. 30347. 



95557. LlLIUM XEPALEXSE BURMAXICUM 



W. W. Smith. Liliaceae. Lily. 



A form having a perianth intermedi- 

 ate between the Martagon and Eulirion 

 sections, and heavily blotched inside 

 with purple. 



95558. Nomocharis pardanthixa Franch. 

 LiUaceae. 



A beautiful liliaceous plant about 3> 

 feet high, which grows on grassy slopes 

 on the outskirts of forests between 9,000 

 and 11,000 feet altitude. The leaves 

 are ternate, and the large flowers, 3 

 inches across, are white, pink, purple, or 

 red with deep irregular purple blotches 

 and have salver -shaped corollas. 



Forma farreri. 



For previous introduction see 84020- 



95559. Styrax sp. Styracaceae. 

 No. 29552. 



95560. Thea forrestii Diels. Theaceae. 



A shrub 3 to 8 feet high with slender 

 branches, ovate or lanceolate papery 

 leaves about an inch long, and small 

 creamy white flowers. Native to wooded 

 gullies in Yunnan, China. 



For previous introduction see 93395. 



95561. Castanea 

 Fagaceae. 



MOLLISSIMA Bluilie, 



Hairy chestnut. 



From China. Scions collected by Peter Liu. 

 and sent through Owen L. Dawson, agri- 

 cultural commissioner, Shanghai. Re- 

 ceived January 7, 1932. 



1 It should be understood that the names of horticultural varieties of fruits, vegetables, 

 cereals, and other plants used in this inventory are those under which the material was 

 received when introduced by the Division of Foreign Plant Introduction, and, further, 

 that the printing of such names here does not constitute their official publication and 

 adoption in this country. As the different varieties are studied, their entrance into the 

 American trade forecast, and the use of varietal names for them in American literature 

 becomes necessary, the foreign varietal designations appearing in this inventory will be 

 subject to change with a view to bringing the forms of the names into harmony with 

 recognized horticultural nomenclature. 



It is a well-known fact that botanical descriptions, both technical and economic, seldom: 

 mention the seeds at all and rarely describe them in such a way as to make possible 

 identification from the seeds alone. Many of the unusual plants listed in these inven- 

 tories are appearing in this country for the first time, and there are no seed samples or 

 herbarium specimens with ripe seeds with which the new arrivals may be compared. The 

 only identification possible is to see that the sample received resembles seeds of other 

 species of the same genus or of related genera. The responsibility for the identifications 

 therefore must necessarily often rest with the person sending the material. If there is 

 any question regarding the correctness of the identification of any plant received from 

 this division, herbarium specimens of leaves and flowers should be sent in so that definite 

 identification can be made. 



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