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95581. Poa sp. Poaceae. 



Grass. 



From Canada. Seeds presented by Dr. 

 G. P. McRostie, Department of Agron- 

 omy. Manitoba Agricultural College, 

 Winnipeg. Received January 12, 1932. 



One of the selections of Poa flabellata, 

 selected out by Professor Roberts, who 

 secured the seed from the Falkland Islands 

 5 years ago. 



95582. Ficus callosa Willd. Mora- 

 ceae. Fig. 



From Ceylon. Seeds presented by T. H. 

 Parsons, curator, Royal Botanic Gar- 

 dens, Peradeniya. Received January 13, 

 1932. 



A large tree, native to southeastern Asia, 

 with hoary warted branchlets and rigid 

 leathery elliptical leaves 5 to 8 inches 

 long. The yellow pubescent fruits, 1 inch 

 in diameter, are slightly pear shaped and 

 are borne singly in the axils of the leaves. 



95583 to 95592. Lycopersicon escu- 

 lentum Mill. Solanaceae. Tomato. 



From Manchuria. Seeds presented by M. 

 Chara, Manshu Nosan Shokai, Inc., Dai- 

 ren, southern Manchuria. Received Jan- 

 uary 13, 1932. 



A colleccion of seeds from Manchuria 

 and northern China. 



95583. No. 1. 



95584. No. 2. 



95585. No. 3. 



95586. No. 4. 



95587. No. 5. 



95588. No. 6. 



95589. No. 7. 



95590. No. 8. 



95591. No. 9. 



95592. No. 10. 



95593. Manihot esculenta Crantz (M. 

 uliUasima Pohl). Suphorbiaceae. 



Cassava. 



From the West Indies. Scions collected 

 by David Fairchild and P. H. Dorsett. 

 agricultural explorers. Bureau of Plant 

 Industry, with the 1931-32 Allison V. 

 Armour expedition. Received January 

 14, 1932. 



No. 2564. John de Mott. Presented by 

 .1. T. Brown, agricultural teacher, of Arthur 

 Town, Cat Island, Bahamas. A very sweet 

 cassava which is cultivated in the potholes 

 of the limestone rock of Cat Island. 



95594. Feronia limonia (L.) Swingle 

 (F. elephantum Correa). Rutaceae. 



Wood-apple. 



From French Indo-China. Seeds presented 

 by M. Poilane, Institut des Recherches, 

 Agronomique de l'lndochine Division de 

 Botanique. Received December 22, 1931. 

 Numbered in January, 1932. 



A very graceful small thorny tree, na- 

 tive to India, where it thrives in exhausted 

 soil in which no other tree can grow. The 

 round fruits, about 2 inches in diameter, 

 contain rather dry sweetish aromatic pulp, 

 suitable for making jelly. 



95595 and 95596. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by Juan T. 

 Roig, Pinar del Rio. Received January 

 • 15, 1932. 



Two varieties of rice introduced for the 

 use of Department specialists. 



95595 and 95596 — Continued 



95595. Ortza cdbensis Eckmann. Poa- 

 ceae. Rice. 



Received from Jobabo, Oriente, Cuba, 

 where it grows wild in the lagoons. Ap- 

 parently a wild rice which rather closely 

 resembles the cultivated rice. 



95596. Oryza latifolia Desv. Poaceae. 



Rice. 



A perennial wild rice distributed 

 throughout parts of tropical Asia, Africa, 

 and America. The tufted stems become 

 6 to 8 feet high, and the plant is said 

 to flower and produce seeds throughout 

 the year. The smooth leaves are 1 to 

 2 feet long, and about an inch wide, and 

 the erect spike is up to 4 inches long. 



For previous introduction see 95517. 



95597. Olearia myrsinoides erubes- 

 cens (DC.) F. Muell. Asteraceae. 



From Tasmania. Seeds presented by L. A. 

 Evans, Sandy Bay, Hobart. Received 

 January 14, 1932. 



A low straggling shrub, native to Tas- 

 mania and Australia, with the branches, 

 flower stems, and the under side of the 

 leaves closely covered with silvery tomen- 

 tum. The obovate leaves, 1 to 2 inches 

 long, are shining and reticulate above, 

 and the asterlike blue or white flower heads 

 are clustered on axillary peduncles, form- 

 ing a leafy panicle. 



95598. Ficus carica L. Moraceae. 



Common fig. 



From England. Cuttings presented by Col. 

 F. E. Durham, through the Royal Horti- 

 cultural Society, London. Received Jan- 

 uary 15, 1932. 



Brown turkey. 



95599 to 95610. Thalictrum spp. Ra- 

 nunculaceae. Meadowrue. 



From Switzerland. Seeds purchased from 

 H. Correvon, Floraire Nurseries, Chene- 

 Bourg, Geneva. Received January 16, 

 1932. 



Introduced for the use of Department 

 specialists. 



95599 and 95600. Thalictrum aquilegi- 

 folium L. -Columbine meadowrue, 



95601. Thalictrum chelidonii DC. 



95602. Thalictrum delavayi Franch. 



95603. Thalictrum dipterocarpum 

 Franch. Yunnan meadowrue. 



95604. Thalictrum fendleri Engelm. 



95605. Thalictrum flexuosum Bernh. 



95606. Thalictrum glaucum Desf. 



Dusty meadowrue. 



95607. Thalictrum majus Jacq. 



95608. Thalictrum minus L. 



Low meadowrue, 



95609. Thalictrum odoratum Gren. and 

 Godr. 



95610. Thalictrum saxatile Vill. 



95611 to 95614. Bougainvillea spp. 

 Nyctagiriaceae. 



From Cuba. Cuttings presented by Robert 

 M. Grey,, superintendent, Atkins Institu- 

 tion of the Arnold Arboretum, Soledad, 

 Cienfuegos. Received January 18, 1932. 



