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borne in terminal racemes 6 to 8 inches long. For trial in the middle part of the 

 California coast and in the Gulf region. (Chico, Calif.) 



124382. ANTIDESMA PLATYPHYLLUM . (Euphorbiaceae . ) From Cuba. Received from F. G. 

 Walsingham, Atkins Institution of the Arnold Arboretum, Cienfuegos. A tree 20 to 30 

 feet high, native to the Hawaiian Islands. The subcoriaceous, ovate to obovate leaves 

 are 3 to 5 inches long and the small flov/ers are followed by flattened suboblique 

 red fruits about one-half inch long. For trial in the warmest parts of Florida and 

 Southern California. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



108298. ARBUTUS ANDRACHNE . (Ericaceae.) From Greece. Collected at Athens by H. L. 

 Westover and C. R. Enlow, Bureau of Plant Industry. An ornamental evergreen tree 

 10 to 30 feet high, native to Asia Minor. The oval dark-green glossy leaves are up 

 to 4 inches long, and the terminal panicles of small white flowers are succeeded by 

 edible orange-red fruits, one-half inch in diameter. For trial in the milder parts 

 of the Southwest and the Gulf region. (Chico, Calif.) 



122226. ARBUTUS ANDRACHNE. From Turkey. Collected between Haydarpasha and Shile 

 by H. L. Westover and F. L. Wellman, Bureau of Plant Industry. Same description as 

 for the preceding (P. I. No. 108298). (Chico, Calif.) 



105930. ARISAEMA AMBIGUUM.* (Araceae.) From India. Collected at Nachar, Rampur, 

 Basahr, by Walter Koelz, Bureau of Plant Industry. A summer-growing aroid with 2 or 

 3 large 7-lobed bright-green leaves on conspicuously mottled petioles, about 3 feet 

 long, ^he corm develops to a diameter of at least 4 inches. It is similar in growth 

 habit to P. I. No. 122063, Araorphophallus bulbifer, and like it, effective in its 

 luxuriant foliage. Small corms survived the severe winter of 1939-40 at Glenn Dale, 

 but failed to produce good plants. For trial throughout the southern United States. 

 (Glenn Dale, Md . ) 



119219. ARISAEMA AMBIGUUM. From India. Collected by Walter Koelz, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry. Same description as for preceding (P. I. No. 105930). (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



119220. ARISAEMA AMBIGUUM. From India. Collected near Kulu, Kulu, Punjab, by Walter 

 Koelz, Bureau of Plant Industry. Same description as for P. I. No. 105930. (Glenn 

 Dale, Md. ) 



106462. ARUM MACULATU..1 . (Araceae.) From the Soviet Union. Presented by the 

 Institute of Subtropical Cultures, Sukhum, Transcaucasia, through the Institute of 

 Plant Industry, Leningrad. An arum from Asia Minor, about a foot high, with about 6 

 broadly hastate-sagittate leaves, unspotted in these plants. The erect spathe, about 

 12 inches long, and 4 inches across, is oblong ovoid, white within, and pale green 

 without. It usually appears in late March or early April out-of-doors. It should be 

 useful for naturalizing along streams and in bog gardens. For trial in all but the 

 coldest and hottest parts of the country. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



9S257. ARUND0 PLINII. (Poaceae.) From Algeria. Presented by Dr. R. Maire, Uni- 

 versity of Algiers. This bamboo-like reed is much smaller than Arundo donax, and has 

 upright leaves. It is native to the Mediterranena region and, in Algeria, is much 

 used as a windbreak and for the making of shading mats by vegetable growers. (Supply 



