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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED 



58153 to 58357 — Continued. 



58326. From the city of Spassk. 



58327 to 58342. Triticum akstivum L. (T. vul- 

 gore Vill.) Poaceae. Common wheat. 



58327. Brovki. From Olshin. 



58328. Chernigovka. From Spassk. 

 Chernishevka. From Spassk. 

 Chorol. From Nikolsk Ussuriiskii . 



58331. Duchorskoe. From Nikolsk Ussuriiskii. 



58332. Khvalinka. From Spassk. 



58333. Margaritovo. From Olshin. 



58334. Moleim Mis. From Olshin. 



58335. Petrotka. From Olshin. 



58336. Promislorka. From Olshin. 



58337. Sofie-Alekseevskoe. 



58338. Tumanova. 



58339. Zenkovka. From Spassk. 



58340. American beardless. From the city of 

 Spassk. 



58341. From Goschoz, Spassk. 



58342. Origin not given. 



58343 to 58357. Zea mays L. Poaceae. Corn. 



58343. Chorol. From Nikolsk Ussuriiskii. 



58344. Fatashi. From Posetski. 



58345 to 58350. From Nikolsk Ussuriiskii. 



58345. Golenki. 



58346. Granaturka. 



58347. Ivanovka. 



58348. Kazakevitchevo. 



58349. Kon-stantinoika. 



58350. Krenlovka. 



58351. Nagornaia. From Posetski. 



58352. Uspenka. From Spassk. 



58353. Table maize. From Okeanskaia, Olshin. 



58354. (Turkish.) From the city of Spassk. 



58355. From the city of Spassk. 



58356. From Nikolsk Ussuriiskii. 



58357. From Razdolvinskaia Volost, Nikolsk 

 Ussuriiskii. 



58358. Jatropha sp. Euphorbiaceae. 



Chilte. 



From San Jacinto, Mexico. Seeds presented by 

 Samuel Torres Elorduy, Chief, Department of 

 Agriculture. Received December 12, 1923. 



Introduced for testing as a possible source of 

 rubber. 



58359 to 58361. 



From Yunnan, China. Seeds collected by J. F. 

 Rock, National Geographic Society, Washing- 

 ton, D. C. Received December 15, 1923. Notes 

 by Mr. Rock. 



58359. Anemone sp. Ranunculaceae. 



(October 8, 1923.) A plant about 3 feet high, 

 which grows in moist alpine meadows at the edge 

 of fir forests on the Litiping- Yangtze-Mekong 

 watershed at an altitude of about 11,000 feet. 

 The large dark-green glossy leaves form globose 

 cushions, and the umbels of white flowers are on 

 stalks 3 feet or more in length. 



58359 to 58361 — Continued. 



58360. Cephalotaxus sp. Taxaceae. 



(No. 10891. October 7, 1923.) A small conifer- 

 ous tree, 20 to 25 feet tall, growing in dense clumps 

 above Lutien on the eastern slope of the Yangtze- 

 Mekong watershed at an altitude of 9,600 feet. 

 The rather long, broad needles are bluish green, 

 and the maroon-colored fleshy fruits, the size of 

 small plums, contain almond-shaped thin- 

 shelled stones. 



58361. Iris sp. Iridacese. Iris. 



(October 8, 1923.) A plant a foot to a foot and 

 a half in height, growing in clumps in the moist 

 alpine meadows of Litiping, north of Lutien, at 

 an altitude of about 11,000 feet. It is very hand- 

 some, with deep indigo-blue flowers. 



58362 to 58364. 



From Ibarra, Ecuador. Seeds presented by J. Felix 

 Tamayo. Received December 8, 1923. 



58362. Datura rosei Safiord. Solanaceae. 



Huantue. A yellow -flowered form of the com- 

 mon arborescent Datura which is cultivated 

 about the huts of the Indians all through the 

 Ecuadorian highlands. The plant sometimes 

 grows to 15 or 18 feet; its tubular flowers are 

 about 6 inches long, 2 inches broad at the mouth, 

 and of a rich deep-yellow color. The plant is 

 worthy of trial as an ornamental in protected 

 situations throughout southern California and in 

 southern Florida. 



For previous introduction see S. P. I. No. 54049. 



58363. Phaseolus vulgaris L. Fabaceae. 



Common bean. 



Nuya. The best variety of pole bean which we 

 have in cultivation. (Tamayo.) 



58364. Zea mays L. Poaceae. 



Corn. 



Guandango. The best variety of corn culti- 

 vated here. The ear is large, sometimes 30 centi- 

 meters (a foot) long, with 8 to 12 rows of kernels. 

 The cob is very slender. These seeds are not of 

 a pure strain. (Tamayo.) 



58365. Persea Americana Mill. (P. 

 gratissima Gaertn. f.) Lauraceae. 



Avocado. 



From San Jose, Costa Rica. Seeds purchased from 

 Oton Jimenez, through the United Fruit Co., 

 Limon, Costa Rica. Received December 7, 1923. 



While carrying on agricultural explorations in 

 Costa Rica in 1920, Wilson Popenoe, in company 

 with Mr. Jimenez, discovered a wild avocado 

 which, in the opinion of Mr. Popenoe, may possibly 

 be the ancestor of some of the cultivated varieties. 

 At that time budwood and seeds were sent in under 

 S. P. I. Nos. 50585 and 51031, respectively, under 

 which numbers detailed notes will be found. This 

 material failed to survive, however. 



The seeds now received from Mr. Jimenez are 

 presumably of this wild type of avocado, and they 

 will be grown for trial as stock plants. 



58366. SCH1ZOCENTRON E L E G A N S 



(Schlecht.) Meisn. Melastomacea?. 



From New York, N. Y. Plants presented by Dr. 

 N. L. Britton, director, New York Botanical Gar- 

 dens, Bronx Park. Received December 28, 1923. 



A very charming little creeper, native to eastern 

 Mexico/which roots at the joints and forms a dense 

 carpet. The leaves are small, opposite, and short 

 stemmed, and the comparatively large purplish 

 flowers appear at the ends of short branches. The 

 plant deserves to be more widely cultivated and 

 would probably grow in the open in the southern 

 part of the United States. (Adapted from note 

 by J. N. Bose in Addisonia, pi. $66.) 



