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96530 to 97251— Continued 



97232 to 97234. Medium size, straw-yel- 

 low with light-brown hilurn ; mottled 

 with brown. 



97232. No. 9351. Station no. 1381. 

 Heavily mottled. 



97233. No. 9352. Station no. 1382. 

 Heavily mottled. 



97234. No. 9353. Station no. 1383. 



97235 to 97243. Medium size, straw-yellow 

 with brown hilum ; heavily mottled 

 with brown. 



97235. No. 9351. Station no. 1384. 

 Affected with purple spot. 



97236. No. 9355. Station no. 1385. 

 Seed coat split. 



97237. No. 9356. Station no. 1386. 



97238. No. 9357. Station no. 1387. 

 Seed coat badly split. 



97239. No. 9358. Station no. 1388. 



97240. No. 9359. Station no. 1389. 



97241. No. 9360. Station no. 1390. 



97242. No. 9361. Station no. 1391. 



97243. No. 9362. Station no. 1392. 

 Some purple spot. 



97244. No. 9363. Station no. 1393. Me- 

 dium size, shaw-yellow with brown 

 hilum ; slightly mottled with brown. 



97245. No. 9361. Station no. lo94. Me- 

 dium size, straw-yellow with light- 

 brown hilum ; mottled with brown. 



97246. No. 9365. Station no. 1395. Me- 

 dium size, straw- to olive-yellow with 

 pale hilum ; mottled with brown ; : eed 

 coat slightly split. 



97247 to 97251. Medium size, straw-yel- 

 low with light-brown hilum ; mottled 

 with brown. 



97247. No. 9366. Station no. 1396. 

 Heavily mottled. 



97248. No. 9367. Station no. 1397. 

 Heavily mottled. 



97249. No. 9368. Station no. 1398. 

 Slightly mottled, seed coat slightly 

 split. 



97250. No. 9369. Station no. 1399. 

 Seed coat badly split. 



97251. No. 9370. Station no. 1400. 

 Slightly mottled. 



97252. Cyphomandka betacea (Cav.) 

 Sendt. Solanaceae. Tree-tomato. 



From New Zealand. Seeds presented by 

 Dr. O. Earp Thomas, Wellington. Re- 

 ceived February 9, 1932. 



A sport of a black variety of the tree- 

 tomato, which becomes 6 feet high. The 

 entire leaves have a disagreeable odor if 

 touched, and the violet-colored tomatolike 

 flowers are followed by oval blue-black 

 fruits over 2 inches long. The fruit ripens 

 in the winter where frosts are not severe 

 and is superior to the ordinary variety. 



97253. Pruntjs domestica L. Amyg- 

 dalaeeae. Common plum. 



From Chevy Chase, Md. Scions presented 

 by A. Hrdlicka, United States National 

 Museum. Received February 9, 1932. 



This prune, received from Czechoslovakia 

 by Dr. Hrdlicka, appears very similar to 



97253 — Continued 



the French prune in character of fruit, but 

 the latter does not succeed in the climate 

 of Washington, whereas Dr. Hrdlicka" s tree 

 bears well annually, and the fruit seems 

 almost immune from the attacks of cur- 

 culio and other pests. The ripening season 

 is September and October. 



For previous introduction see 91792. 



97254. Puekaria collettii Prain (P. 

 siamica Craft). Fabaceae. 



From Siam. Seeds presented by Dr. H. S. 

 Smith, Department of Fisheries, Ministry 

 of Lands and Agriculture, Bangkok. Re- 

 ceived February 11, 1932. 



A more or less shrubby tropical per- 

 ennial 5 or 6 feet high, with leaves com- 

 posed of thick velvety pubescent leaflets, 

 and purplish flowers 4 inches long in 

 axillary racemes. Native to Upper Burma. 



97255. Asystasia gangetica (L.) T, 

 Anders. Acanthaceae. 



From British Guiana. Seeds presented by 

 J. S. Dash, director, Botanic Gardens, 

 Georgetown. Received February 11, 

 1932. 



A zigzag subshrub 1 to 4 feet tall, native 

 to India. The cordate to ovate leaves are 

 1 to 4 inches long, and the yellow, dingy- 

 white or dark-violet flowers are narrow be- 

 low and inflated above. 



For previous introduction see 87139. 

 97256 and 97257. 



From India. Seeds presented by W. Koelz, 

 Himalayan Research Institute, Nagar, 

 Kulu, Punjab. Received February 11, 

 1932. 



97256. Citrus limonia Osbeck. Rutaceae. 



Lemon. 



A thick-skinned lemon collected at 

 Taklesh, Rampur. 



97257. Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck. 

 Rutaceae. <Oxange. 



97258. Zelkova formosana Hayata. 

 Ulmaceae. 



From Japan. Seeds presented by F. Seki, 

 director, Government Research Institute, 

 Department of Forestry, Taihoku, Tai- 

 wan. Received February 12, 1932. 



Collected in the Sinchiku Prefecture, 

 Taiwan. This resembles Zelkova acumi- 

 nata, differing chiefly in the shape of the 

 achenes. which have less prominent mar- 

 gins. It is a somewhat elmlike tree with 

 leathery narrow leaves of variable shape, 

 up to 4 inches long. Native to Taiwan. 



97259. Oryza latifolia Desv. Poaeeae. 



Itice, 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by Dr. D. L. 

 Van Dine, local director, Tropical Plant 

 Research Foundation, Central Baragua, 

 Baragua. Received February 10, 1932. 



Collected November 20, 1931, at Ingenio 

 Jababo, Oriente Province. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 95596. 



97260 to 97265. 



From the West Indies. Scions collected by 

 David Fairchild and P. H. Doarsett, agri- 

 cultural explorers, Bureau of Plant In- 



