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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



64893 to 64896— Continued. 



64893. Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck. 



Sweet orange. 



Best's Seedless orange ; on rough- 

 lemon stock. A selected strain. 



64894. Citrus sp. 



Bj/flel&onj on rough-lemon stock. 



64895. Citrus sp. 



Muscio Seedling; on mandarin stock. 



64896. Citrus sp. 



Pride of Ellendale ; on mandarin stock. 



64897 to 64904. Gladiolus spp. Iricla- 

 ceae. 



From Pretoria, Transvaal, Union of South 

 Africa. Bulbs presented by I. B. Pole 

 Evans, Chief, Division of Botany. Re- 

 ceived August 12, 1925. 



These gladioli, lifted from my own gar- 

 den, have been collected on various occa- 

 sions in different parts of the country. 

 (Pole Evans.) 



64897. Gladiolus sp. 

 No. 2. 



64898. Gladiolus sp. 

 No. 12. 



64899. Gladiolus sp. 

 No. 14. 



64900. Gladiolus sp. 

 No. 23. 



64901. Gladiolus sp. 

 No. 24. 



64902. Gladiolus sp. 

 No. 26. 



64903. Gladiolus sp. 

 No. 50. 



64904. Gladiolus sp. 

 No. 255. 



64905 and 64906. Aveekhoa spp. Ox- 

 alidaceae. 



From Manila, P. I. Plants presented by 

 S. Youngberg, acting director. Bureau of 

 Agriculture. Received August 24, 1925. 



According to P. J. Wester, formerly of 

 the Bureau of Science, Manila, the follow- 

 ing are superior varieties of the bilimbi 

 and carambola. They are introduced for 

 testing in the warmest parts of the United 

 States. 



64905. Averrhoa bilimbi L. 



Bilimbi. 



Camia c 5135. The bilimbi, a tree 20 

 to 60 feet high, is extensively cultivated 

 in parts of South America and the West 

 Indies for the sake of its greenish yel- 

 low, cucumber-shaped, acid fruits, which 

 are pickled or used as a relish with meat. 

 It is tropical in its requirements. 



64906. Averrhoa carambola L. 



Carambola. 



Carambola c 5134. The carambola is 

 similar to the bilimbi, but the yellow or 

 golden-brown fruits are somewhat larger 

 and less acid. The tree is smaller, vary- 

 ing in height from 15 to 30 feet, and 

 is grown occasionally in the warmest 

 parts of Florida. 



64907 to 65000. 



From the Mediterranean region. Collected: 

 by David Fairchild, agricultural explorer, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry. Received Sep- 

 tember, 1925. Notes by Doctor Fair- 

 child. 



64907. Argania spinosa (L.) Skeels (A. 

 sideroxylon Iioem. and Schult.). 

 Sapotaceae. 



Collected in the Sous Valley, near 

 Agadir, Morocco, June, 1925. The argan 

 tree, one of the most drought-resistant 

 trees known, covers thousands of acres 

 of the rockiest, driest soil in all Morocco 

 and furnishes tlie only green foliage for 

 goats during the terrifically dry sum- 

 mers. This tree is related to the sapo- 

 dilla, being of the Sapotaceae, but with 

 fruits which, when raw, are extremely 

 acrid ; they are eaten by cattle, sheep, 

 and goats. The seeds contain a strongly 

 flavored oil which, after being heated to 

 drive off the odor, is excellent to use for 

 frying and is preferred by some to olive 

 oil. 

 64908 and 64909. Asphodelus FISTULOSUS 



L. Liliaceae. 



A small stemless annual up to 20 

 inches in height with a dense rosette of 

 very narrow leaves about a foot long and 

 racemes of small, pinkish, lilylike flowers. 

 Native to the Mediterranean countries. 



64908. No. 16. Found near Agadir, on 

 the road to Mogador, June 8, 1925. 



No. 48. Found near Marrakesh,. 

 on the road to Mogador, May 17, 

 1925. 

 64910. Aspris sp. Poaceae. Grass. 



No. 88. Near Rabat, Morocco. June 17, 

 1025. A small beautiful grass with deli- 

 cate panicles of very ornamental flowers. 



64911 and 64912. Biserrula pelecinus- 

 L. Fabaceae. 



An annual leguminous shrub, prostrate 

 or ascending in habit, with numerous 

 slender stems up to a foot long, un- 

 equally pinnate leaves, and globular 

 clusters of light-yellow flowers. Native 

 to waste places in the Mediterranean 

 countries. 



64911. No. 90. Near Rabat, on the road 

 to Casa Blanca, May 8, 1925. 



64912. No. 110. From the pasture land 

 near Algeciras, Spain, June 27, 1925. 



64913. Bocconia frutescens L. Papa- 

 veraceae. 



No. 116. From the Santa Brigida Hotel 

 gardens, Las Palmas, Grand Canary, Ca- 

 nary Islands, July 23, 1925. A large 

 showy shrub 10 feet in height, with very 

 large attractive leaves which are deeply 

 lobed and pale beneath. The yellow flow- 

 ers are borne in large pendent panicles 

 followed by very interesting fruits with 

 brilliant-red arils. 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I.. 

 No. 33102. 



64914. Bromus sp. Poaceae. Grass. 



No. 46. Near Marrakesh, Morocco, May 

 17, 1925. A dry-land grass growing on 

 baked clay soil in. a wheat field. 



64915. Caesalpinia pectinata Cav. (C 

 tinetoria Domb.). Caesalpiniaceae. 



No. 119. From the garden of Raphael 

 Cabrera, Yaiza, Lanzarote, Canary 

 Islands. 



A tall upright spiny shrub or small, 

 tree, often planted for hedges in Peru. 



