PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



66706. Pisum sativum L. Fabaceae. 



Pea. 



From Socorro, New Mexico. Seeds presented bv 

 B. R. Britton. Received April 3, 1926. 



A variety originally imported from Sweden, 

 larger than those now grown in the San Luis Valley, 

 Colo. (Britton.) 



66707 to 66713. Oryza sativa L. Po- 

 aceae. Rice. 



From Valencia, Spain. Seeds presented by Cle- 

 mente Cerda. Received April 6, 1926. 



66707. Benlloc. From Ribera Alta. 



66708. Benlloc. From Ribera Baja. 



66709. Nano. From Jativa. 



66710. Benlloc Pla. 



66711. Muga. 



66712. Mil Seisciejitos. 



66713. Bomba. 



66714. Canna ixdica L. Cannaceae. 



From Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Seeds presented by 

 Amazones Torres. Jardln Botanico. Received 

 April 3. 1926. 



A low, slender-stemmed, tropical American 

 canna, 3 to 5 feet high, with green oblong leaves 

 about a foot long and simple lax racemes of small 

 flowers. The latter have pale-green narrow petals, 

 aj reddish yellow lip, and bright red upper stami- 

 nodia. 



66715 to 66720. 



From Kaunas, Lithuania. Seeds presented by Dr. 

 C. Regel. director, botanic garden. Received 

 April 1, 1926. 



European-grown seeds. 



66715. Capsicum frutescens 

 Irish. Solanaceae. 



An erect shrubby perennial about 3 feet high, 

 with slender flexuose branches, small white 

 flowers, and small red fruits about one-fourth 

 of an inch in diameter. [Native to tropical 

 America. 



66716. Cafsicum anntjum L. Solanaceae. 



Eed pepper. 



Variety pendulum. A pendulous variety. 



66717. Crepis rubra L. Cichoriaceae. 



An annual red-flowered composite, one-half 

 to 1} 2 feet high, native to southern Europe. 



66718. Melilotvs ALTissrAiAThuill. Fabaceae. 



Sweet clover. 



For previous introduction see Xo. 30242. 



66719. Xicotiaxa rustica L. Solanaceae. 



Aztec tobacco, 



66720. Pisum sativum L. Fabaceae. Pea. 



66721 to 66723. Trifolium pratexse 

 L. Fabaceae. Red clover. 



From Xorrkoping, Sweden. Seeds presented by 

 Algot Holmberg & Son, at the request of Dr. 

 Hernfrid Wine. Swedish State Seed Testing 

 Station, Stocksund. Received April 8, 1926. 



Swedish strains. 



66721. Gotaklover. From Algotsholms. 

 68722. Lattjordstyp. 



66723. Styiyjordstypen. 



baccatum (L.) 

 Bush red pepper. 



66724 to 66728. 



From Pretoria, Union of South Africa. Cuttings 

 presented by I. B. Pole Evans, chief, division 

 of botany, Department of Agriculture, through 

 Eugene May, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived April 12, 1926. 



66724. CABALLUMA leendertziae X. E. Brown. 

 Asclepiadaceae. 



A dwarf fleshy plant, native to South Africa- 

 with thick stems about 4 inches high, and dark, 

 purple flowers 2 inches wide in few-flowered 

 umbels. 



66725. Huernia loeseneriana Schlechter. 

 Asclepiadaceae. 



A dwarf fleshy perennial with square stems 

 an inch or two long and bell-shaped, brownish 

 purple flowers about an inch across, borne near 

 the bases of the young stems. Xative to dry 

 regions in the Transvaal. 



66726 to 66728. Stapelia spp. Asclepiadaceae. 



66726. Stapelia gettleffii R. Pott. 



A low, fleshy South African plant with 

 erect four-angled stems 8 to 10 inches high 

 and one to three greenish yellow and purple 

 five-lobed flowers with lobes nearly 3 inches 

 long. 



66727. Stapelia leendertziae X. E. Brown. 



A low erect succulent plant about 4 inches 

 high, with angled stems toothed at the angles 

 and one or two flowers. The flowers, about 

 3 inches long and 3 to 4 inches wide at the 

 mouth, are dark brownish purple. Xative 

 to the Transvaal, South Africa. 



66728. Stapelia nobilis X. E. Brown. 



A low, fleshy South African perennial, 

 branching at the base, with four-angled erect 

 softly hairy stems 3 to 5 inches long and light- 

 yellow flowers about an inch across, marked 

 with numerous irregular transverse crimson 

 lines and thinly covered with long erect 

 purple hairs. 



66729. Medicago 

 baceae. 



sativa L. Fa- 

 Alfalfa. 



From London. England. Seeds purchased from 

 McMaster <t Frankish. Received April 10, 

 1926. 



A South African alfalfa. 

 66730 to 66766. 



From Canton, China. Seeds collected by F. A. 

 McClure, agricultural explorer, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry. Received April 2, 1926. 



66730 to 66732. Brassica spp. Brassicaceae. 



66730. Brassica sp. 



Xo. 342. Kai tsoi, Heung ta tsoi. A 

 coarse, open-growing vegetable with crinkly 

 leaves which tend to vary in the direction of 

 frilled margins. 



66731. Brassica sp. 



Xo. 366. Obtained from a farmer at 

 Yeunguk, Lungtau Mountains, January 13, 

 1926. Yau tsoi. The most commonly culti- 

 vated crop during the winter months when 

 the rice terraces would otherwise be fallow. 

 The oil expressed from the seeds of this vege- 

 table is used both as an esculent and as an 

 illuminant. 



66732. Brassica sp. 



Xo. 395. Yau tsoi. An oil-producing 

 mustard obtained at Shiuchow, January 23, 

 1926. 



