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67641 to 67647— Continued. 



67643. No. 776. From the market at Kediri. 

 May 10, 1926. The largest mangosteen 

 fruits I have ever seen, the largest being 

 24 centimeters in circumference. 



67644. No. 777. May 15, 1926. Seeds from 

 ordinary-sized fruits served in the hotel at 

 Suerabaya. 



67645. Lansium domesticum Jack. Meliaceae. 



Langsat. 



No. 778. May 17, 1926. A fruit of large size 

 and fine quality, bought on the street in Malang. 



67646. Litchi chikeksis Sonner. {Nephelium 

 litchi Cambess.). Sapindaceae. lychee. 



No. 775. Seeds of fresh fruits, which are light 

 red, from a tree growing at the hillside residence 

 of the Sultan of Solo, in Harangpandan, at an 

 altitude of 3,000 feet. 



67647. Payena sp. Sapotaceae. 



No. 779. From a tree in the grounds of the 

 Beyerstein Hotel at Madioen. It is quite orna- 

 mental when loaded with its bright orange-red 

 fruits which are the size of a robin's egg. These 

 fruits are mealy and sweetish, but not of any 

 great value. - 



•67648. Coletjs tuberosus (Blume) 

 Benth. Menthaceae. 



From Peradeniya, Ceylon. Tubers obtained by 

 David Fairchild and P. H. Dorsett, agricultural 

 explorers, Bureau of Plant Industry, with the 

 Allison V. Armour expedition. Received 

 February 26, 1926. Numbered June, 1926. 



Nos. 312 and 364. Collected at the Royal 

 Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya, January 15, 1926. 

 Jnnala. The tubers of this low-growing herbaceous 

 plant are about an inch long and one-half inch in 

 diameter, and are very nutritious. In Ceylon they 

 are boiled like potatoes. 



67649 to 67668. 



From Leningrad, Russia. Seeds presented by A. 

 Kol, chief, bureau of introduction, Institute of 

 Applied Botany, through J. W. Pincus, Amtorg 

 Trading Corporation, New York, N. Y. Re- 

 ceived June 28, 1926. 



67649 to 67656. Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. 

 Cucurbitaceae. Watermelon. 



67649. No. 10205. Bykovsk. From Stalin- 

 grad. 



67650. No. 10206. Murashka. From the re- 

 gion of Kamyshinsk, in Lower Povolsh. 



67651. No. 10207. Azhinovski . From Khutor 

 Azhinof. Donsk. 



67652. No. 10208. Farm's Favorite. From 

 Kharkof Government. 



67653. No. 10209. Monastery. From Kher- 

 son Government. 



67654. No. 10210. Kuban King. From Ku- 

 ban Province. 



67655. No. 10211. Early. From Voronezh 

 Government. 



67656. No. 10214. Fodder. Obtained at the 

 Ekaterinosk agricultural exhibition. 



67657 to 67661. CrcuMis melo L. Cucurbita- 

 ceae. Melon. 



67657. No. 10215. Buborka. From Stalin- 

 grad Government. 



67658. No. 10216. Queen M elon. From Kharkof 

 Government. 



67659. No. 10217. Kochanaya (Komovka). 

 From Astrakhan Government. 



67649 to 67668— Continued. 



. No. 10218. Quick Maturing. From 

 Saratov Government. 



67661. No. 10219. Kuban Cantaloup. From 

 Kuban Province. 



67662 to 67688. Cucurbita spp. Cucurbitaceae. 



67662 to 67664. Cucurbita 

 chesne. 



maxima Du- 

 Squash. 



67662. No. 10221. Volzhanka. From the 

 Saratov Government. 



. No. 10223. Whale. Obtained at 

 the All-Russian agricultural exhibition 

 at Moscow. 



67664. No. 10224. Table Chalmavaya. 

 From Saratov Government. 



. Cucurbita moschata Duchesne. 



Cushaw 



No. 10230. Perekhvatka. From Astra- 

 khan Government. 



67686 to 67668. Cucurbita pepo L. 



Pumpkin. 



67666. No. 10226. Honey. From Saratov 

 Government. 



67667. No. 10227. Golosemanaya. From 

 Ekaterinoslav Government. 



67668. No. 10228. Squash (Greek). From 

 Astrakhan Government. 



67669 to 67797. 



From the Dutch East Indies and Ceylon. Seeds 

 obtained by David Fairchild and P. H. Dorsett, 

 agricultural explorers. Bureau of Plant Industry, 

 with the Allison V. Armour expedition. Re- 

 ceived May and June, 1926. 



67669. Agati grandiflora (L.) Desv. (Sesbania 

 grandiflora Poir.). Fabaceae. 



No. 750. March 31, 1926. Seeds from trees 

 35 feet high, which were planted in rows near 

 Medan, Sumatra, for the production of the 

 white succulent flowers which are used exten- 

 sively as a vegetable in the Orient. This 

 variety grows very rapidly. 



For previous introduction see No. 61778. 



67670. Tetrastigma sp. Vitaceae. 



No. 623. Simpang Tiga, Sumatra. March 

 11, 1926. Very strong-growing vines which 

 climb to the tops of large trees. The almost 

 round berries, a little flattened, are half an 

 inch in diameter and juicy, with somewhat of a 

 grape flavor. They are blue black when ripe. 



67671. Aralia javanica Miquel. 



No. 615. En route from Pang Mop to 

 Lomot, Sumatra. March 10, 1926. An attrac- 

 tive tall-growing prickly stemmed plant with 

 large compound serrate leaves and umbels of 

 small flowers. 



67872. Aralia sp. 



No. 647. Along the trail from Blang Kedje- 

 ren to Kongke, Sumatra. March 17, 1926. A 

 plant 20 feet or more in height. 



67673. Artocarpus elastica Reinw. Mo- 

 raceae. 



No. 712. Sibolangit Botanic Garden, Su- 

 matra. March 26, 1926. A tree which grows 

 to a height of 40 meters. The young trees 

 furnish a fiber, and the latex is a remarkable 

 bird lime. The fruits are eaten by the natives 

 of Sumatra. 



