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33673. Erythrina poeppigiana (Walp.) O. F. Cook. Bucare. 



{Erythrina micro pteryx Poepp.) 

 From Porto Rico. Presented by Prof. S. M. Tracy, special agent of this Depart- 

 ment at Biloxi, Miss. Received May 16, 1912. 

 "This is also known as 'pale de boyo.' A leguminous tree of 15 to 20 meters, beset 

 with short conical spines; flowers red. Cultivated as a shade tree for coffee and 

 reported from numerous localities in Porto Rico. It is a native of the lower Andes 

 of Peru." {Cook and Collins, Economic Plants of Porto Pico, 1903, p. 1S9.) 



33674 to 33688. 



From Svalof, Sweden. Presented by the General Swedish Seed' Co. Received 

 May 13, 1912. 

 Seeds of the following: 



33674 to 33681. Beta vulgaris L. Mangold. 

 33374. Yellow Eckendorfer A. 



33676. Red Eckendorfer A. 

 33876. Banes Hal J Long A. 



33677. Barres Half Long A. 



Note. — One of the two last-named varieties was designated in the 

 list as "new stem," but there was nothing on the tags to show which one 

 it was. 



33678. Barres'Oval. 



33679. Alfa. Half sugar. Forage sugar beet. 



33880. Rubra. 



33881. Golden Tankard. 



33682 to 33684. Brassica rapa L. Turnip. 



33682. Bortfelder. 



33683. Yellow Tankard. 



33684. Ostersundom. 



83685 to 33687. Brassica campestris L. Swedish turnip. 



33685. Yellow Swedish Swede A. 



33686. Yellow Swedish Swede A, new stem. 



33687. Bangholm. 



33688. Daucus carota L. Carrot. 

 Champion. 



33689. MusA sp. Banana. 



From Manila, Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. William S. Lyon. Received 

 May 16, 1912. 



Bumulan. "This is rated our second best in quality and by many accorded equal 

 rank in quality with Lacatan and is in all respects a better carrier. I can vouch for 

 it being a robust, healthy grower and, so far as I have observed, free from disease. 

 The fruit is borne 100 to 120 to the bunch and is yellow, with streaks of green. It is 

 not, however, a very attractive market fruit." (Lyon.) 



33690 and 33691. 



From Taochow, Kansu, western China, altitude 8,000 to 9,000 feet. Collected by 

 Mr. W. Purdom. Presented by Prof. C. S. Sargent, Jamaica Plain, Mass. 

 Received May 20, 1912. 



