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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



66839 10 66860 — Continued. 



66842. Pekheltz-Khomutskoje. 



66843. Pekheltz-Korablino. 



66844. Seslavino. 



66845. Sisy-Drasghi. Black-blue. 

 66846 to 66857. From the Ukramia. 



66846. Bakoun Sosnitza. 



66847. Bakoun Verkievka. 



66848. Black Bakoun. 



66849. Jabky. Curled. 



66850. Khaelivka. 



66851. Konotop. 



66852. Primak. 



66853. Shwitzent. 



66854. Srebrianka. 



66855. Talidan. 



66856. Tall green variety. 



66857. Yellow Makhorka. 



66858 to 66860. From Detskoje Selo. 



66858. Kolmak Turkestan. 



66859. Shwitzent Detskoje Selo. 

 Shwitzent. White seeded. 



66861 and 66862. Chaetochloa ital- 

 ica (L.) Scribn. (Setaria italica 

 Beauv.). Poaceae. Millet. 



From Nanking, China. Seeds presented by Wang 

 Sheo, University of Nanking. Received April 

 13, 1926. 



Chinese-grown millet. 



A golden-yellow variety. 



A white variety. 



66863 and 66864. > 



From Port of Spain, Trinidad, British West Indies. 

 Seeds presented by H. Caracciolo. Received 

 April 19, 1926. 



66868. Bauhinia acuminata L. Caesalpinia- 

 ceae. Snowy bauhinia. 



An upright bush about 6 feet high, with oval 

 leaflets which close at night and white flowers 

 2 to 3 inches across. Native to southwestern 

 Asia and suitable for greenhouse culture or for 

 growing outside in summer. 



For previous introduction see No. 30714. 



66864. Erythroxylon coca Lam. Erythroxy- 

 laceae. Cocaine tree. 



A South American shrub, probably indig- 

 enous to Peru, which is grown commercially 

 on a large scale throughout the warmer parts of 

 South America, also in Java and Ceylon, for the 

 sake of cocaine, which is extracted from the dried 

 leaves. For its best development the shrub 

 requires a humid atmosphere and high culture i 



66865. DlANELLA ENSIFOLIA (L.) Red. 



Liliaceae. 



From Canton, China. Rhizomes collected by 

 F. A. McClure, agricultural explorer, Bureau of 

 Plant Industry. Received April 21, 1926. 



No. 370. Originally from Heungshaan, near 

 Takhing, West River, and grown for a time at the 

 Canton Christian College. Kaau tsin tso. A very 

 attractive member of the lily family about one- 

 third of a meter high, with long, grasslike leaves, 

 lax panicles of creamy white flowers, and globose 



blue fruits which remain on the plant forborne time 

 after maturing. The leaves are often thickly 

 dotted with tiny spots which seem to be the result 

 of rust infection. 



For previous introduction see No. 49531. 



66866. Ilex intricata Hook. f. 

 Aquifoliaceae. Holly. 



From Darjiling, India. Seeds presented by.G.'H. 

 Cave, curator, Lloyd Botanic Gardens. Re- 

 ceived January 8, 1923. Numbered April, 1926. 



A low rigid straggling shrub which forms im- 

 penetrable masses of interlaced woody branches. 

 The leaves are bright green, thick, leathery, and 

 spreading, and the fruits are globular and red. 

 The shrub is a native of Sikkim and eastern Nepal, 

 India, where it grows at altitudes of 10,000 to 11,000 

 feet. 



66867. Helianthus tuberosus L. 

 Asteraceae. Jerusalem artichoke. 



From Paris, France. Tubers purchased from Vil- 

 morin-Andrieux & Co. by D. N. Shoemaker, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry. Received April 26, 

 1926. 



Palate. A French variety. 



66868 and 66869. Eremocitrus 

 glauca (Lindl.) Swingle (Atalantia 

 glauca Benth.). Rutaceae. 



Australian desert kumquat. 



From Dundas, New South Wales. Seeds pre- 

 sented by Herbert J. Rumsey. Received April 

 27, 1926. 



A shrub or small tree about 14 feet high, native 

 to the deserts of northeastern Australia. The 

 small thick leathery leaves are gray green and the 

 fruits are about half an inch in diameter. The acid 

 juice of the fruits forms the basis of an agreeable 

 beverage, and the peel has the sweetish flavor of 

 the kumquat. It is the hardiest of all the evergreen 

 citrus fruits. 



For previous introduction see No. 58552. 



Selection (from an old tree). 



Selection. 



66870 to 66882. Gossypium spp. Mal- 

 vaceae. Cotton, 



From Cawnpore, United Provinces, India. Seeds 

 presented by B. Rama Prasada, assistant 

 economic botanist to the Government, Agri- 

 cultural Department. Received April 20, 1926. 



A collection of locally grown cotton varieties. 



66870. Gossypium arboreum L. 



A rare variety which is not cultivated any 

 where. It is grown in the vicinity of temples 

 and mosques, the produce being used for reli- 

 gious purposes. (Prasada.) 



66871 to 66878. Gossypium neglectum Todaro. 



66871. A broad -lobed, white-flowered variety. 



66872. A broad-lobed, white-flowered variety. 



66873. A broad-lobed, white-flowered (fertile) 

 variety. 



66874. A broad-lobed, yellow-flowered va- 

 riety. 



66875. A broad-lobed 

 riety. 



3. A broad-lobed 

 (khaki) variety. 



A narrow-lobed, white-flowered va 

 riety. 



378. A narrow-lobed, yellow-flowered va 

 riety. 



yellow-flowered va- 

 yellow-flowered 



