JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1925 



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at high altitudes in eastern Africa. The 

 leaves are long . stemmed, with mem- 

 branous leaflets and globose flower heads 

 about an inch in diameter. 



62356 and 62357. Gossypium spp: 

 Malvaceae. Cotton. 



From Fuerte Olimpo, Paraguay. Seeds 

 presented by C. Francisco Mead. Re- 

 ceived January 8, 1925. 



These were sent in response to a request 

 for a shrubby cotton said to grow spon- 

 taneously west of the Paraguay River. 

 Paraguav, where the fiber was spun and 

 woven by wild tribes in prehistoric times. 



62356. Gossypium sp. 

 Red form. 



62357. Gossypium sp. 

 White form. 



62358 to 62375. 



From Caracas, Venezuela. Seeds presented 

 by H. Pittier, director. Museo Comercial. 

 Received January 8, 1925. 



62358 and 62359. Hordbum vulgare pal- 

 lidum Seringe. Poaceae. 



Six-rowed barley. 

 From Tachira. 



62358. No. 1. 



62359. No. 2. 



62360 and 62361. Nicotiana tabacum L. 

 Solanaceae. Tobacco. 



From Barinas. 



62360. Special. Used only in the man- 

 ufacture »of chimo or tobacco juice. 

 (Pittier.) 



62361. Varinas. Cultivated to-day on a 

 small scale, but once celebrated in 

 Europe under the name of Kanister. 

 (Pittier.) 



62362 to 62368. Triticum aestivum L. 

 (T. vulgare Vill.). Poaceae. 



Common wheat. 



From Tachira. 



. No. 3. Grande del Morte. 



. No. 5. La clase. 



62364. No. 6. Leharata. 



62365. No. 4. 



62366. No. 5. 



62367. No. 4. Pequefio. 



62368. No. 1. 



62369 to 62375. Zea mays L. Poaceae. 



Corn. 

 From Tachira. 



62369. No. 4. Bayuelo amarillo. 



62370. No. 5. Bojo. 



62371. No. 2. Chiquito amarillo. 



62372. No. 6. MaUzado. 



62373. No. 7. Mazorcas. 



62374. No. 1. Mortino. 



62375. No. 3. Piedrita bianco. 



62376. Persea Americana Mill. (P. 

 gratissima Gaertn. f.). Lauraceae. 



Avocado. 



Fruits from a seedling of S. P. I. No. 

 19080, Collins, located 15 feet south- 

 east of Gottfried tree, S. P. I. No. 46337, 



62376 — Continued. 



at the Plant Introduction Garden, Miami, 

 Fla. Received at Washington, D. C, 

 January 8, 1925. 



The original seeds from the old Collins 

 tree were planted in the spring of 1916. 



Form roundish oblate, oblique ; stem 

 short, thick, cavity small, very shallow, 

 wrinkled ; apex obliquely flattened, stig- 

 matic point slightly raised ; surface rough- 

 ened by deeply set dots, dark brownish 

 purple ; dots rather numerous, large, light 

 brown, mostly elongated, deeply set in the 

 skin ; skin quite thin, granular on inside, 

 but separating readily from flesh ; flesh 

 deep yellow, green near skin, smooth but- 

 tery, no fiber, pleasant, rich flavor. 



A good medium-sized fruit with a thin 

 skin that peels readily from the flesh, 

 which is of good texture and flavor, though 

 not quite so rich as that of some other 

 varieties. 



The tree is tall and spreading. 



62377. Hordeum disttchon palmella 

 Harlan. Poaceae. Two-rowed barley. 



From Caracas, Venezuela. Seeds presented 

 by H. Pittier. Received January 8, 1925. 



No. 3. From Tachira. 



62378. Lotus tjliginostjs Schkuhr. Fa- 

 baceae. 



From Paris, France. Seeds purchased from 

 Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co. Received Jan- 

 uary 12, 1925. 



A pasture plant of considerable impor- 

 tance in New Zealand, where it grows in 

 wet, swampy ground. It is introduced for 

 testing in similar situations in this coun- 

 try. 



62379. Abies mariesii kawakamii 

 Hayata. Pinaceae. 



From Taihoku, Japan. Seeds presented by 

 Dr. R. Kanehira, director, Government 

 Forest Experiment Station. Received 

 • January 12, 1925. 



This is one of the rarest of the silver firs, 

 according to Bean (Trees and Shrubs 

 Hardy in the British Isles) ; it is a tree 

 usually about 40, but sometimes 80, feet 

 in height. The leaves are dark shining 

 green, and the egg-shaped cones. 4 inches 

 or more in length, are purple when young. 



62380 to 62384. 



From Meguro, Tokyo, Japan. Seeds pre- 

 sented by Motoo Ohsako, Central Forest 

 Experiment Station, at the request of 

 Mitsunaga Fujioka, Kyushu Imperial Uni- 

 versity, Fukuoka. Received January 12, 

 1925. 



62380. Cassia mimosoides dimidiata 

 (Buch.-Ham.) Baker. Caesalpiniaceae. 



A shrubby leguminous plant from the 

 Himalayas, described (Hooker, Flora of 

 British India, vol. 2) as a low, much- 

 branched plant with very narrow, stiff 

 leaflets and yellow flowers borne singly 

 or in twos in the leaf axils. 



62381. INDIGOFBRA PSEUDOTINCTORIA Mats. 



Fabaceae. Indigo. 



A shrubby, red-flowered plant, native 

 to Japan. 



