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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



OFFICINALIS L. 



€7233. Gossypium sp. 



67229. GOSSYPIUM OBTUSIFOLID M 



Roxb. Malvaceae. Cotton. 



From Algiers, Algeria. Seeds presented by Dr. L. 

 Trabut, Government botanist, through T. H. 

 Kearney, Bureau of Plant Industry. Received 

 May 18, 1926. 



Collected in the Gourara, northwestern Sahara, 

 where it is cultivated by the natives. (Trabut.) 



For previous introduction see No. 45326. 



67230 and 67231. Saccharum offio 

 inarum L. Poaceae. Sugar cane. 



From Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba. Cuttings 

 presented by Dr. Gonzalo M. Fortun, Director 

 Estacion Experimental Agronomica, through \ 

 E. W. Brandes. Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received May 24, 1926. 



37230. C.281. Imported at the Estacion Experi- 

 mental Agronomica as a promising cane free 

 from the mosaic disease. 



67231. P. R. 4?g. 



67232. Euphrasia 

 Scrophulariaceae. 



From Paris. France. Seeds presented by Prof. D. 

 Bois. Paris Museum of Natural Historv. Re- 

 ceived May 22, 1926. 



A low annual which grows in damp places 

 throughout Europe. The axillary flowers have a 

 lilac corolla with a vellow throat. * 



Malvaceae. 



Cotton. 



From Sumatra. Seeds collected by David Fair- 

 child and P. H. Dorsett, agricultural explorers, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry, with the Allison V. 

 Armour expedition. Received May 14, 1926. 



Xo. 495. March 9, 1926. A tree kidney cotton, 

 native to northern Sumatra, on the northwest shore 

 of Lake Tawar, near Takengon. These seeds are 

 from an old tree which was growing in the dooryard 

 of a Gavoe. The stems are 4 inches through and 

 12 to 14 feet high. 



67234. GossYprcM tomextosum Xutt. 

 Malvaceae. Cotton. 



From Honolulu, Hawaii. Seeds presented by J. 

 M. "ft est gate, Director, Hawaii Agricultural 

 Experiment Station. Received May 17, 1926. 



Mao or Hula Hula cotton. Plant softly pube- 

 scent; lint reddish brown. 



67235. Anemone alba Hort. Ranun- 

 culaceae. 



From Ottawa, Canada. Seeds presented by J. 

 Adams, botanist. Central Experimental Farm. 

 Received April 23, 1926. 



A form of the Japanese anemone with large white ; 

 flowers. 



67236. Cassia occidentalis L. Caes- i 

 alpiniaceae. 



From Ibadan, Nigeria, Africa. Seeds presented j 

 bv 0. T. Faulkner, director. Agricultural De- 

 partment. Received May 21, 1926. 



A commonly cultivated tropical leguminous j 

 annual, herbaceous or somewhat shrubby; the 

 seeds .are sometimes used as a coffee substitute. 



67237. Ornithogalum lacteum Jacq. 

 Liliaceae. Star-of-Bethlehem 



From Mowbray, Cape Town. South Africa. Seeds 

 purchased from C. Stark.- 6: Co. Received 

 .May 22, 1926. 



A bulbous plant from the Cape of Good Hope, 

 with about 10 fleshy basal leaves and white flowers 

 in a large, dense raceme on a stout stem 1 or 2 feet 

 long. 



67238 to 67256. Okyza sativa L. Po- 

 aceae. Rice. 



From Poona, India. Seeds presented by the 

 director of the agricultural college station. 

 Received May 22, 1926. 



67238. Ambemohor Kala. 



67239. Anter Sal. 



67240. Bangali. 



67241. Dlianya. 



67242. Early Jfugad. 



67243. Gajcireli. 



67244. Halui Patni. 



67245. Jirasal. 



67246. Kadn. 



67247. Kamond. 



67248. No. 42. Kolamba. 



67249. No. 79. Kolamba. 



67250. No. 153. Kolamba. 



67251. No. 184. Kolamba. 



67252. Xo. 2+1. Kolamba. 



67253. Kolum. 



67254. No. 37. Patni K. O. 



67255. Sutar Sal. 



67256. Wdk Sal. 



67257 to 67292. 



From Jerusalem, Palestine. Seeds obtained by 

 Prof. W, L. Jepson, collaborator. Bureau of Plant 

 Industry. Received May II, 1926. 



67257. Astragalus brachyceras Ledeb. Fa- 



Xo. 10961. An annual legume, about 14 

 inches high, native to Syria. 



67258 and 67259. Calendula spp. Asteraceae. 



Herbaceous annuals, native to Syria, to be 

 grown to ascertain their horticultural value. 



67258. Calendula sp. 



Xo. 10943. 

 6725S. Calendula sp. 



Xo. 10948. 



67260 and 67261. Cicer arietinum L. Fab- 

 aceae. Chick pea. 



67260. Xo. 10793. 



67261. Xo. 10792. 



67262. Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. Cucurbi- 

 taceae. Watermelon. 



Xo. 10791. 



