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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



68180 to 68293 — Continued. 



68220. No. 132. 68225. No. 140. 



68221. No. 133. 68226. No. 141. 



68222. No. 134. 68227. No. 142. 



68223. No. 13S. 68228. No. 146. 



68224. No. 130. 68229. No. 190. 



68230 to 68293. Triticum spp. Poaceae. 



68230 to 68236. TRITICUM aestivum L. 

 (T. vulgare Till.). Common wheat. 



68230. No. 329. 



68231. No. 335. 



68232. No. 336. 



68233. No. 338. 



68234. No. 357. 



68235. No. 408. 



68236. No. 413. 



68237 to 68291. Triticum durum Desf. 

 Durum wheat. 



68237. No. 5. 



68238. No. 6. 



68239. No. 9. 



68240. No. 12. 



68241. No. 13. 



68242. No. 14. 



68243. No. 17. 



68244. No. 18. 



68245. No. 20. 



68246. No. 22. 



68247. No. 23. 



68248. No. 24. 



68249. No. 25. 



68250. No. 26. 



68251. No. 27. 



68252. No. 28. 



68253. No. 29. 



68254. No. 30. v 



68255. No. 34. 



68256. No. 37. 



68257. No. 39. 



68258. No. 41. 



68259. No. 43. 



68260. No. 52. 



68261. No. 54. 



68262. No. 55. 



68263. No. 56. 



68264. No. 63. 



68265. No. 64. 



68266. No. 65. 



68267. No. 66. 



68268. No. 67. 



68269. No. 77. 



68270. No. 81. 



68271. No. 86. 



68272. No. 87. 



68273. No. 100. 



68274. No. 117. 



68275. No. 128. 



68276. No. 134. 



68277. No. 160. 



68278. No. 194. 



68279. No. 224. 



68280. No. 232. 



68281. No. 331. 



68282. No. 333. 



68283. No. 354. 



68284. No. 356. 



68285. No. 358. 



68286. No. 360. 



68287. No. 362. 



68288. No. 410. 



68289. No. 415. 



68290. No. 422. 



68291. No. 445. 



and 68293. Triticum polonicum 

 L. Poaceae. Polish wheat. 



68292. No. 332. 



68293. No. 351 



68294. Agave funkiana Koch 

 Bouche. Amaryllidaceae. 



and 



From Ciudad Victoria. Tamaulipas, Mexico. 

 Seeds presented by Bernardo Zorrilla's 

 Sons, through L. H. Dewey. Bureau of 

 Plant Industry. Received September 16, 

 1926. 



This plant grows wild on the mountain 

 sides surrounding the Jaumave and Las 

 Palmar Valleys, in the State of Tamaulipas. 

 The leaves are 5 to 7 centimeters wide 



and 50 to 100 centimeters long, with horny 

 borders bearing sharp-hooked prickles and 

 a terminal spine. The fiber, known in the 

 market as Jaumave itle. is cleaned by hand 

 from tbe leaves forming the central cogol- 

 los or buds. This fiber is used in the manu- 

 facture of brushes and also twines. The 

 plant has not been cultivated commercially, 

 but it may be propagated either from seeds 

 or from suckers. (Dciccy.) 



68285. Dolichos lablab L. Fabaceae. 

 Hyacinth bean. 



From Sumatra. Seeds obtained by David 

 Fairchild and P. H. Dorsett, agricultural 

 explorers. Bureau of Plant Industry, with 

 the Allison V. Armour expedition. Re- 

 ceived May 14, 1926. Numbered Sep- 

 tember, 1926. 



No. 539. March 4, 1926. Seeds black 

 with a white hilum ; plant found growing 

 along the shore of Lake Tewar, near Taken- 

 gon. 



68296 to 68298. 



From Sumatra and Ceylon. Seeds obtained 

 by David Fairchild. agricultural explorer, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry, with the Alli- 

 son V. Armour expedition. Received 

 August 31, 1926. 



68296. Phaseolus scaberulus Miquel. 

 Fabaceae. 



From Sumatra. A twining, leguminous 

 vine, with hairy stems and leaves, and 

 leaflets up to 3% inches in length, ac- 

 cording to Miquel (Flora Indiae Batavae, 

 vol. 1, pt. 1, 197). It is native to Java. 



68297. Sophora tomextosa L. Fabaceae. 



No. 436. Found on the beach at Pulu 

 We. near Sebang, Sumatra. February 17, 

 1926. A beach-loving shrub with attrac- 

 tive foliage. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 46446. 



68298. (Fndetermined.) 



February, 1926. A leguminous vine 

 found on salt plains near the sea at 

 Jaffna, Ceylon. 



68299 and 68300. 



From Teneriffe, Canary Islands. Seeds 

 presented by Juan Bolinaga. Jardin de 

 Aclimatacion de Orotava. Received Sep- 

 tember 1, 1926. 



68299. Juxiperus cedrus Webb. Pina- 

 ceae. Juniper. 



A Canary Island relative of the com- 

 mon juniper, differing only in minor 

 botanical characters and also in being 

 less hardy. According to Bean (Trees 

 and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, 

 vol. 1, p. 669), Dr. Georges Perez of Oro- 

 tava, Canary Islands, reported trees of 

 this species with trunks a yard or more 

 in diameter. The leaves are uniformly 

 awl-shaped and in whorls of threes. The 

 wood is pleasantly perfumed. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 57080. 



68300. Pixus caxariexsis C. Smith. 

 Pinaceae. Canary pine. 



A pine, native to the Canary Islands, 

 which thrives in warm temperate cli- 

 mates. It is suited to nearly all soils and 

 has a straight trunk even when it grows 

 in an isolated position. The wood of this 

 pine, known in the Canary Islands as 



