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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



72952. Cajanus indicus Spreng. Fa- 

 baceae. Pigeon pea. 



From Reduit, Mauritius. Seeds presented by H. 

 A. Tempany, Director of Agriculture. Re- 

 ceived March 18, 1927. 



A local variety known as Embrevade dholl. 



72953 to 72958. Cajanus indicus 

 Spreng. Fabaceae. Pigeon pea. 



From Bangalore, India. Seeds presented by H. C. 

 Javaraya, superintendent, Mysore Government 

 Gardens. Received March 18, 1927. 



Locally developed varieties. 



72953. Bela. 72956. Kadur. 



72954. Hassan. 72957. Kampu. 



72955. Islampur. 72958. Tumkur. 



72959 and 72960. Diospyros kaki L. f . 

 Diospyraceae. Kaki. 



From Yokohama, Japan. Plants purchased from 

 the Yokohama Nursery Co. Received March 

 24, 1927. Notes from the Yokohama Nursery 

 1926-27 catalogue. 



72959. Delicious. Fruits large and sweet. 



72960. Twentieth Century. A new variety with 

 large flat fruits, sweet and juicy. 



72961 to 72966. 



From Orleans, France. Plants obtained from 

 Leon Chenault. Received March 24, 1927. 



72961. Meratia praecox (L.) Rehd. and Wils. 

 (Chimonanthus fragrans Lindl.). Calycan- 

 thaceae. Wintersweet. 



Variety luteus grandiflorus. An ornamental 

 shrub, with bright-green oblong leaves 3 to 5 

 inches long and large very fragrant yellow 

 flowers. Native to China and Japan. 



72962. Fokienia hodginsii (Dunn) Henry and 

 Thomas. Pinaceae. 



A coniferous tree, up to 40 feet in height, 

 native to southeastern China, and probably 

 adapted for cultivation only in the southern 

 United States. 



72963. Meliosma wallichu Planch. Sabiaceae. 



A small subtropical tree, with stiff pinnate 

 leaves up to 3 decimeters long and large panicles 

 of small whitish flowers. Native to the Hima- 

 layas. 



wilsoniana Hayata. 



72984. PSEUDOTSUGA 



Pinaceae. 



A tall handsome evergreen Chinese tree with 

 shining red-brown bark and rather stout linear 

 leaves up to 4.5 centimeters. 



72965. Pseudotsuga japonica (Shiras.) Beiss. 

 Pinaceae. 



A hardy evergreen Japanese tree 30 meters 

 or less in height, with dull reddish-brown bark 

 and bright shining-green linear leaves about 2 

 centimeters long. 



72966. Styrax dasyanthum Perkins. Styra- 

 caceae. Snowbell. 



An ornamental Chinese shrub or small tree, 

 up to 8 meters high, with oblong-elliptic leaves 

 about 7 centimeters long and showy white 

 flowers in slender racemes. 



For previous introduction see No. 61994. 



72967 and 72968. Chayota edulis 

 Jacq. (Sechium edule Swartz). Cu- 

 curbitaceae. Chayote. 



From Cordoba, Vera Cruz, Mexico. Fruits pre- 

 sented by C. M. Holmes. Received March 

 26, 1927. 



Locally grown varieties. 



72967. Small fruits. 



72988. White fruits. 



72969. Cajanus indicus Spreng. Fa- 

 baceae. Pigeon pea. 



From Grenada, British West Indies. Seeds pre- 

 sented by W. O'Brien Donovan, officer in 

 charge, Agricultural Department. Received 

 March 24, 1927. 



A local dwarf variety with colored seeds. 



72970 to 72977. 



From Nancy, France. Seeds presented by Dr. Ed- 

 mond Gain, director, botanic garden. Re- 

 ceived March 16, 1927. 



72970 to 72974. Erodium spp. Geraniaceae. 



Heronbill. 



72970. Erodium arabicum Decaisne. 



A tender herbaceous plant, native to 

 Arabia. 



72971. Erodium ciconium (Jusl.) Willd. 



For previous introduction and description 

 see No. 72632. 



72972. Erodium manescavi Coss. 



For previous introduction and description 

 see No. 72802. 



72973. Erodium salzmanni Bois. and Reut. 



A herbaceous perennial, native to soixth- 

 ern Spain. 



72974. Erodium sebaceum Delile. 



A herbaceous perennial about 15 inches 

 high, native to southeastern Europe. 



72975 to 72977. ONOBRYCHIS spp. 



72975. Onobrychis crista-galli (L.) Lam. 



An annual or biennial ascending plant, 

 8 to 20 inches high, with pinkish purple 

 flowers. Native to dry places in the Medi- 

 terranean region. 



For previous introduction see No. 66529. 



72976. Onobrychis vaginalis Meyer. 



A herbaceous perennial with yellow 

 flowers, native to the Caucasus. 



72977. Onobrychis vulgaris Hill (O. 

 viciaefolia Scop.). 



A herbaceous perennial, 1 to 2 feet high, 

 with pink flowers. Native to Europe. 



72978 to 72981. 



From Haiti. Seeds obtained through O. F. Cook, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry. Received March, 

 1927. 



72978. Manihot GLAZiovn Muell. Arg. Eu- 

 phorbiaceae. Ceara rubber. 



Locally grown seeds. 



For previous introduction see No. 64037. 



72979. Theobroma cacao L. Sterculiaceae. 



Cacao. 

 Locally grown seeds. 



