IXYEKTORY 



55814. Olea europaea L. Oleacese. Olive. 



From Nice, France. Cuttings presented by Dr. A. Robertson Proscbowsky. 

 Received November 25, 1922. 



Variety Arbequina. This is a favorite among the Catalan nurserymen in 

 the Province of Lerida, Spain, where it represents 92 per cent of the olives 

 planted. It appears to be the one most resistant to the rather frequent drops 

 in temperature on the TJrgel Plain. The production is very high in the 

 irrigated sections every year and every two years in the other sections. In 

 habit the tree is spreading, with the secondary branches reflexed. In this 

 region the olive trees are pruned every two years and often every year, with 

 a special rejuvenating pruning every 10 or 12 years, in order to keep down the 

 size of the trees and make easier the hand picking of the fruit. (Adapted 

 from Revue de Bot unique Appliquee, vol. 2, p. 26.) 



55815. Dexdrocalamus sikkimensis Gamble. Poaceae. Bamboo. 



From Darjiling, India. Seeds presented by G. H. Cave, curator, Lloyd 

 Botanic Garden. Received November 1, 1922. 



" Seeds of the largest bamboo of these forests, collected at an altitude of 

 2,000 feet." (Cave.) 



A beautiful tufted bamboo native to Sikkim, India, where the dark-green 

 culms reach a height of 60 feet or more and a diameter of 5 to 7 inches. The 

 species is easily distinguished by its large reddish brown globular flower 

 heads and densely velvety stem sleath. The long narrow leaves are said to 

 be poisonous, and from the stems are made the " chungas," or native buckets, 

 used for carrying water and milk and for churning. (Adapted from Annals 

 of the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta, vol. 7, p. 82.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 54450. 



55816. Voaxdzeia subterranea (L.) Thouars. Fabacese. 



From Ebolowa, Cameroon, West Africa. Seeds presented by Fred Hope. 

 Received November 2, 1922. 



A creeping annual leguminous plant which matures its fruits in the same 

 manner as the peanut, whence its common name u groundnut." It is native 

 to tropical Africa and is extensively grown in that continent, as well as in 

 other tropical countries, for its edible seeds. 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 55104. 



55817 to 55819. 



From Yunnan, China. Seeds collected by J. F. Rock, Agricultural Ex- 

 plorer of the United States Department of Agriculture. Received Octo- 

 ber 4, 1922. Quoted notes by Mr. Rock. 



1 It should be understood that the varietal names of fruits, vegetables, cereals, and 

 other plants used in this inventory are those under which the material was received 

 when introduced by the Office of Foreign Seed and 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 identity fully established, 

 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 American codes of nomenclature. 



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