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One tte: Binh a AR Ne he Sy wow , pen oP PTF hohe Cedin ih alia Se ~ ae Sa nee “ve y Eres. s ae —— _ Pactra wae Ms CO eer : poarieae ity eat ae Ct ph x4 St Dn fg a en NL a penne te ey Alone ATA ‘ ; oa aye P seats t beat Sos wt ’ pe : peters oiie sabi! aloe ne a mye By eh Peer ee stn a Ton “ A fu tlntte oo reltenat atresia patieween ne + pariourren tea 7 Soa tne Ment GU NAMATH Ne AEM Pie eet men Booey WaT te edith le ee te oF > 4 o = = 7 rs ; Ree. a= ae en ! q | ; } J jit } j i i { . \ i i My < hy Z \ \ hy \ r ; = vie ie i } t rae = 1 I i ‘ h r 1 yom ? maa a} « ‘ i é Wi a ; is ary ia y ~% 7 1 4 i tf i t i ca “i , ee a bs Sy Issued December 29, 1917, | ww. 5. DEPARTMENT OF “AGRICULTURE. aS BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY. Ge 2 enon WILLIAM A. TAYLOR, Chief of Bureau. SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED BY THE : : ae OF FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT INTRODUCTION DURING THE PERIOD FROM OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1914. (No. 41; Nos. 39309 To 39681.) & YZ AS: Bo Ac ; - te RZ re 2 bs are meee : “WASHINGTON: pel one aaa GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. ees 1917, % Issued December 29, 1917. Moo. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY. tins WILLIAM A. TAYLOR, Chief of Bureau. INVENTORY SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED OFFICE OF FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT INTRODUCTION DURING THE PERIOD FROM OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1914. (No. 41; Nos. 39309 To 39681.) N —=< > Ay WAAR WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 1917. BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY. Chief of Bureau, WILLIAM A. TAYLOR. Associate Chief of Bureau, KARL F. KELLERMAN. Officer in Charge of Publications, J. E. RoCKWELL, Chief Clerk, JAMES E. JONES. FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT INTRODUCTION, SCIENTIFIC STAFF. David Fairchild. Agricultural Explorer in Charge. P. H. Dorsett, Plant Introducer, in Charge of Plant Introduction Field Stations. B. T. Galloway, Plant Pathologist, in Charge of Plant Protection and Plant Propagation. Peter Bisset, Plant Introducer, in Charge of Foreign Plant Distribution. Frank N. Meyer and Wilson Popenoe, Agricultural Explorers. H. C. Skeels, S. C. Stuntz, and R. A. Young, Botanical Assistants. David A. Bisset, Nathan Menderson, and Glen P. Van Eseltine. Assistants. Robert L. Beagles, Superintendent, Plant Introduction Field Station, Chico, Cal. Edward Simmonds, Superintendent, Plant Introduction Field Station, Miami, Fla. John M. Rankin, Superintendent, Yarrow Plant Introduction Field Station, Rockville, Md. J. E. Morrow, Superintendent, Plant Introduction Field Station, Brooksville, Fla. Edward Goucher, Plant Propagator. Collaborators: Aaron Aaronsohn, Director, Jewish Agricultural Experiment Station, Haifa, Palestine ; Thomas W. Brown, Gizeh, Cairo, Egypt; H. M. Curran, Laurel, Md.; M. J. Dorsey, University Farm, St.. Paul, Minn.; H. T. Edwards, Ridgewood, N. J.; Dr. Gustav Hisen, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, Cal.; E. C. Green, Servico do Algoddo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; A. C. Hartless, Seharunpur Botanic Gar- dens, Seharunpur, India; E. J. Kraus, University of Chicago, Chicago, ill.; Barbour Lathrop, Chicago, Ill.; Miss Eliza R. Scidmore, Yokohama, Japan; Charles Simpson, Littleriver, Fla.; H. P. Stuckey, Haperiment, Ga.; Dr. L. Trabut, Director, Service Botanique, Algiers, Algeria; E. H. Wilson, Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Mass. 2 CONTENTS. Page RNRIRMMICERENICIIG 2 2) eno eh Uns oh) - GAS Pajees secu. ++ le en eee D OI Fs ae aiSe aes eS De hae oe es ee eee 9 ar ecommon and scientific names). ..)..2:.... 222 2.5..2-.2255ecTe. see 61 ILLUSTRATIONS. oa Ee Page. PLATE T. Xanthoceras sorbifolia. (See S. P.-I. No. 39431). .............-... 28 II. Fruiting branch of Xanthoceras sorbifolia. (SeeS. P. I. No. 39431).. 28 III. The Chinese Prinsepia (Prinsepia uniflora) in flower. (See S. P.I. ee ee ES tes jade ie es get ee PL SMe 28 1V. Fruiting branches of a recently introduced Chinese Prinsepia (Prin- seemuniiora). (See S.-P. 1. No. 39432) .......2---...2-----+--- 28 3 INVENTORY OF SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED BY THE OFFICE OF FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT INTRODUCTION DURING THE PERIOD FROM OC- TOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1914 (NO. 41; NOb. 39309 TO 5968D. INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT. Although a small one, this inventory contains descriptions of some very interesting new seated A low-growing creeping legume (Dolichos hosei, the Sarawak ' bean), which keeps down the weeds successfully in rubber planta- tions in the Malay States and should be of value in citrus orchards in Florida (S. P. I. No. 39335), and a wild prostrate form of alfalfa from the mountains between Hotien, Honan, and Luanfu, Shansi, China, will interest those experimenting with forage and. cover crops (S. P. I. No. 39426). The Rosa odorata gigantea (S. P. I. No. 39593), a giant among the roses from the Himalayas, with white flowers 6 inches across and a more rampant growth than the Cherokee rose and which has already shown that it will cross on other roses, ought to open the way for a new race of climbing roses in the South. Kight varieties of sweet potato from the Cuba Experiment Sta- tion (S. P. I. Nos. 39610 to 39617), among them a prize winner of the Camaguey exhibition, will be wanted for trial by southern sta- tions, and the wild tomato of Funchal (S. P. I. No. 39362), intro- duced by Mr. Gable from the driest rocky locations on the island of Madeira, where it grows wild and is believed to be from the original stock from which the cultivated tomato has sprung, will probably interest tomato breeders because of its drought-resistant qualities. An unusually large collection of Chinese barleys, 38 varieties (S. P. I. Nos. 39494 to 39531), presented by the special envoy for foreign affairs, through the United States consul general at Shang- hai, may yield good new varieties for some sections of this country. Nore.—This pulletin is a record of new or little-known seeds or plants procured mostly from abroad. It is intended for distribution to agricultural experiment stations and the more important private cooperators. 5 6 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. The chingma, the so-called China jute or Tientsin fiber (S. P. I. No. 39361), which yields a harsher and stronger fiber than the Indian Jute and is used for carpet making, has been introduced from Ichang, China, and, if improved methods for extracting the fiber can be devised, may prove a profitable crop in America. The attempt to save from extinction the last survivor of a species of tree closely related to our cultivated cotton, in order that hybrids with it may be made, has a great deal more than a sentimental inter- est. Seeds from the dying tree of this Kokia drynarioides (S. P. I. No. 39354) from Molokai, have been secured by Mr. Rock, of Hawaii. The doorn boom of the South Africa veldt (Acacia horrida), the most widely distributed of all South African trees and the char- acteristic landscape tree in the pictures of big-game hunting in South Africa, appears to bea promising hedge plant and windbreak for trial in Texas (S. P. I. No. 39355). The most beautiful of the flowering trees of Java (Spathodeu campanulata), introduced from Africa into that island, which is in bloom there almost throughout the whole year, was sent in by Dr. B. T. Galloway several years ago and has flowered in southern | Florida, and new importations of seed have consequently been made (S. P. I. No. 39415). To Mr. W. M. Matheson will go the honor of the first introduction of this tree into Florida, for he brought it in earlier from Jamaica. The success of various species of Tamarix as low windbreaks in Texas has made it advisable to get together the other species of this genus, and two of these have been imported from the desert of Farab, Bokhara, Turkestan (S. P. I. Nos. 39628 and 39629). The accounts of the Mahwa tree (Madhuca indica, 8. P. 1. No. 39325), the fleshy flowers of which produce food annually in India worth over a million dollars, have made it seem desirable to introduce it into Florida and Porto Rico, even though these dried flowers have _an unpleasant odor of mice and appear to be somewhat indigestible. The value of this tree seems truly remarkable, and it deserves investi- gation from an American point of view. The rapid growth of avocado groves in California and Florida and the growing realization that a fruit which produces over 29 percent of fat is more than a mere table delicacy make the dis- semination of the Guatemalan and Mexican hard-shelled spring and winter ripening seedlings of remarkable shipping qualities, which have in recent years been grown in California, of much more than ~ passing interest (S. P. I. Nos. 39369 to 39375). 4 American Consul Charles K. Moser’s discovery of a delicious — Ceylonese mango almost as large as a coconut, with a striking red © blush and almost no fiber, shows that all of the most desirable types OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1914. 7 of the mango varieties of India evidently can not be secured through correspondence (S. P. I. No. 39485). _ The popularity of the Paraguayan fruit Fezjoa sellowiana and its unexpected hardiness in the South make a large-fruited seedling of especial importance at this time (S. P. I. No. 39555). The rosy fleshed anona called Ilama (Annona diversifolia), con- sidered one of the best of this important class of fruits (S. P. I. No. 39567), and the Annona purpurea (S. P. I. No. 39358), a new, large, aromatic-fruited species, add two important fruit plants to the sub- tropical collection. The Chinese. wampi (Claucena lansium) has shown that it will grown in Florida, and either its pale yellow rough-skinned fruits of aromatic flavor or its ability as a stock to carry the grapefruit may make it of value (S. P. I. No. 39568). The tropical ciruelas ,Spondias lutea (S. P. I. No. 39563), which are popular in the markets of Bogota three months of the year, should, if one can judge by the success of other species of the same genus there, thrive well in Florida. A study seems not yet to have been made of the varieties of coconut and their comparative value for the different purposes to which coco- nuts are put, and the introduction by Mr. H. Pittier, from Punta Burica, Panama, of a rare variety rich in oil (S. P. I. No. 39356) emphasizes the need of a thorough study of this immensely valuable food plant. The possible use of new stocks for the pear and an investigation of _ the origin of the blight-proof Kieffer and LeConte pears will make necessary close comparisons of the different Chinese species, and pear breeders will want plants coming from the original trees of Pyrus betulaefolia which were sent to Kew and the Arnold Arboretum by Dr. Bretschneider in 1882 (S. P. I. Nos. 39547 and 39548) ; also plants of Pyrus bretschneideri (S. P. I. No. 39538) , which, at the arboretum, in addition to being a remarkable ornamental, yields yellow globose, juicy fruits of fair quality, from which it is thought by Prof. Sar- gent the best of the Chinese cultivated pears have been derived; and Pyrus ovoidea (S. P. I. No. 89541), which is possibly the parent of the Kieffer and has large, abundant flowers and foliage that colors scarlet in autumn; and particularly Pyrus phaeocarpa (S. P. I. No. _ 39540), with pyriform fruits, which has never been attacked by pear blight, although a large tree of it has been standing in the arboretum for many years, exposed to infection. The woolly aphis is a serious pest of apple orchards in Chile, but -four immune varieties of apple have been found there and extensively propagated by a large nursery firm at Santiago. They are deserv- ing of trial in this country (S. P. I. Nos. 39320 to 39323). Be SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. Mr. Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Explorer of the Department of Agriculture, has discovered in the Shansi Province of China a true wild apricot, the kernels of which are pickled in brine and. eaten as appetizers by the natives (S. P. I. No. 39489), and in the mountains south of Sianfu, Shensi Province (S. P. I. No. 39428), and again in Chaoyu, Shansi Province (S. P. I. No. 39544), a small, sour, but freestone wild peach, which may be of decided importance to peach breeders. Prinsepia uniflora, which he found near Fucheng, a spiny shrub, very decorative in May, and bearing fruits which resemble cherries, being dark red in color, quite juicy, and sour, may add a useful hardy fruiting shrub to the gardens of this country (S. P. I. No. 89432). A Prinsepia introduced by Wilson has proved hardy in the Arnold Arboretum. Chinese place and plant names in this inventory have been brought, as far as possible, into accord with the best authorities, the geographic names (except when fixed by decisions of the United States Geographic Board) being given in the form accepted by the Chinese Ministry of Communications Postal Guide. Many of the smaller village names, however, are not listed therein, and in all such cases the location of the village is given with reference to the nearest town mentioned in that work. The.manuscript of this inventory. has been prepared by Miss May Riley, the botanical determinations of seeds introduced have been made and the notes on geographic distribution compiled by Mr. H. C. Skeels, and the descriptive notes arranged by Mr. S. C. Stuntz, who has also had general supervision of this inventory. Davip Farrcui1p, Agricultural Explorer in Charge. OFFICE oF ForREIGN SEED AND PLANT INTRODUCTION, Washington, D. C., November 25, 1916. ENVEN FORY., aa 39309. Mancirera inpicA L. Anacardiacez. Mango. From Punjab, India. Presented by Mr. A. H. Brydges, Loomis, Cal. Received at the Plant Introduction Field Station, Chico, Cal. “Seeds from the village of Aliwal, District of Jhalandar, Punjab, India. They are the earliest fruiting varieties in that locality, ripening in August.” (Brydges.) 39310 to 39313. Hotcus sorcHum L. Poacee. Sorghum. (Sorghum vulgare Pers.) From Hamburg, Germany. Presented by the Botanische Staats-Institut. 39310. From German East Africa, 39311. From Kamerun. 39312. From Togo. 39313. From German East Africa, 39314. Doticnos LABLAB L. Fabacee. Bonavist bean. From Mbale Sana, Lumbwa, British East Africa. Presented by Mrs. E. L. Smith. Received October 3, 1914. “Njai, a Kikuyu bean much liked and valued by the natives.” (Mrs. Smith.) 39315 to 39317. From Boulder, Colo. Presented by Mr. Theo. D. A. Cockerell. ‘Received October 1, 1914. Quoted notes by Mr. Cockerell, except as otherwise indicated. 39315 and 39316. PENTSTEMON HUMILIS Nutt. Scrophulariacee. “From Flagstaff Hill.” Low-branching perennial occurring in the Rocky Mountains and westward. It is well suited for the hardy border, but does not usually grow higher than 6 inches. The flowers, which are one-half inch in length, are rather narrow and of a deep-blue color, sometimes ranging to white. It grows well in fairly good soil. The flower stalks should be supported by light stakes to keep them from being blown about by the winds or borne down by heavy waterings. ’ (Adapted from Bailey, Cyclopedia of American Horticulture, and Mc- Laren, Gardening in California.) 39315. “A very beautiful variation with bright blue flowers, a different shade of color from the normal, It may have to be taken _to the F’ generation to show its true colors.” 39316. “A variety with very pale flowers. Probably will not appear with pale color until the F* generation. 10 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 39315 to 39317—Con. (Quoted notes by Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell.) 39317. RosA ANGUSTIARUM Cockerell. Rosacez. Rose. “From Wood Mountain, Colo., September, 1914 (D. M. Andrews). Published as Rosa pratincola angustiarum in Daniels’ Flora of Boulder, Colo., and Vicinity (University of Missouri Studies, 1911, p. 148). I now consider it a distinct species. The fruits vary in shape on the same branch.” 39318 and 39319. From Burringbar, New South Wales, Australia. Presented by Mr. B. Har- rison. Received October 1, 1914. 39318. ANGOPHORA LANCEOLATA Cavanilles. Myrtacexw. Apple myrtle. “An evergreen tree found in New South Wales and Queensland, 24 to 386 inches in diameter, 70 to 80 feet in height. The tree produces a kino or gum which, when freshly exuded, has (like other Angophora and a few Kucalyptus kinos) a smell like sour wine, but more disagreeable. Even when quite freshly exuded it is exceedingly brittle. It has a bright frac- ture, and is of a ruby color, with a tinge of brown. Color of powder orange-brown. Water acts but slowly upon it, forming a pale reddish | brown solution, and leaving abundance of sediment. Timber strong, heavy, subject to gum veins; used for naves of wheels, slabs, rough build- ing, and fuel.” (Maiden, Useful Native Plants of Australia, pp. 236 and 376.) 39319. CHENOPODIUM sp. Chenopodiacez. “Said to grow to a height of 11 feet in arid country; a splendid fod- der for dairy stock.” (Harrison.) 39320 to 39323. Matus sytvestris Miller. Malacez. Apple. (Pyrus malus lL.) From Santiago, Chile. Presented by Sefior Salvador Izquierdo. “These scions are of apple varieties which are free from the woolly aphis and are cultivated with much success in Santa Ines.” (lzequierdo.) 39320. No. 9938. Gobernador Civit. 39322. No. 994. Huidobro. 39321. No. 991. Esquisita de 39323. No.984. Admirable de Sata Ines. Otono. 39324 and 39325. From Allahabad, India. Presented by Mr. William Bembower, Ewing Christian College. Received October 8, 1914. 39324. DIOSPYROS NIGRICANS Wallich. Diospyracez. ‘A tree 50 feet high, with many lax cinereous, glabrescent branches; young shoots and petioles minutely puberulous. Leaves oval oblong, much acuminate at apex, somewhat narrowed at base, alternate, turning black when dry, firmly membranous, glabrous, except on midrib which is puberulous and depressed on the upper surface; lateral veins and net veins delicate, not conspicuous above; 8 to 5 inches long by 1 to 1? inches wide; petioles one-tenth to one-seventh inch long. “Male plants. Flowers in few flowered (3 to 6) short axillary puberulous cymes, subsessile, one-quarter to one-third inch long, bracts small, imbricated. Calyx with scattered short ferruginous hairs out- side, shortly 4-lobed. Corolla with few scattered short hairs outside, OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1914, igl 39324 and 39325—Continued. deeply (two-thirds) lobed, slender; lobes reflexed at apex. Stamens 32 in one case, very unequal, many minute, glabrous. “Female plants. Fruit glabrous, ovoid or globose, pointed at apex, about two-thirds inch long, 4-celled, 4-seeded, solitary. Fruiting calyx 4-partite, with scattered ferruginous hairs outside, nearly glabrous inside, with oval, flat, spreading or reflexed lobes, one-third inch long. Seeds oblong, two-thirds inch long; albumen not ruminated, embryo nearly as long as the albumen. Fruiting peduncles shortly hispid, one- fifth inch long, patent, unilateral, bearing 2 small bracts.” (Hiern, Monograph of the Ebenacee.) 39325. Mapuuca INDICA Gmelin. Sapotacese. Mahwa. (Bassia latifolia Roxb.) “T hope you will get a few Mahwa plants, though I know the per- centage of vitality is very small in these seeds.” (Bembower.) For previous introduction and description, see S. P. I. No. 39182. 39326 to 39329. Opuntia spp. Cactacee. Prickly-pear. From Strathmore, North Quay, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Pre- sented by Mr. Arthur Temple Clerk. Plants received at the Plant In- troduction Field Station, Chico, Cal. 393826.. OPUNTIA VULGARIS Miller. 39327. OPUNTIA TOMENTOSA Salm-Dyck. 39328. OPUNTIA BRASILIENSIS (Willd.) Haworth. 39329. OPUNTIA STRICTA Haworth. 39330. ATALANTIA MONOPHYLLA DC. Rutacez. From Sibpur, near Calcutta, India. Presented by the Royal Botanic Gar- den. Received October 17, 1914. See S. P. I. No. 38511 for previous introduction and description. 39331. Gutriciia serium (Jacq.) Kunth. Fabacee. (Gliricidia maculata H. B. K.)- From Manila, Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. D. LeRoy Topping, Bureau of the Treasury, Manila. Received October 8, 1914. _ “Madre de cacao. I used it for a house decoration and had stalks of it fully 10 feet long that were a mass of bloom, and everybody exclaimed, ‘ Quite like-a bit of Japan.’ The plant is inclined to sprawl, and if wanted purely for ornamental purposes it would be well to prune it.” (Topping.) 39332 to 39334. From Lavras, Minas Geraes, Brazil. -Presented by Mr. Benjamin H. Hun- nicutt, director, Escola Agricola de Lavras. Received October 17, 1914. Quoted notes by Mr. Hunnicutt, except as otherwise indicated. 39332. PANICUM BARBINODE Trinius. Poacee. Carib grass. Capim d@’ Angola. See S. P. I. No. 37998 for previous introduction and description. 39333. TIBOUCHINA STENOCARPA (DC.) Cogn. Melastomacez. “Seeds of.a wild flowering shrub, commonly called Quaresma or Lent, as it blooms at Lent. It has a beautiful purple flower, and the blooming 1, SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 39332 to 39334—Con. (Quoted notes by Mr. B. H. Hunnicutt.) season covers a number of months. It grows well on the poorest, driest grounds we have and blooms during the dry season. I think it has been cultivated in some gardens in Brazil, although I never have seen it. Ornamental only.” 39334. STRYPHNODENDRON BARBATIMAM Mart. Mimosacez. Barbatimaéo. “ Barbatimado. The bark of this is used for tanning purposes.” - “Total dissolved solids, 31.6 per cent; solids soluble in cold water, 28.6 per cent; nontannins, 6.7 per cent; tannins, 20.1 per cent.” (Letter from Bureau of Chemistry, November 21, 1914.) 39335. DoricHos HnosEr Craib. Fabacee. Sarawak bean. From Kuala Lumpur, Malay States. Presented by the director, Depart- ment of Agriculture. Received October 16, 1914. Seed from plants sent by Mr. Hose to Kuala Lumpur Experimental Planta- tion. ‘‘T have found a small creeping bean of the Vigna family which is indigenous to Sarawak, but as yet I have been unable to ascertain its name; and I think it is just possible that it has never been reported from Sarawak. This bean appears to fulfil all that is required (a low-growing leguminous plant which can be dug into the soil and reproduce itself in time to check the growth of weeds and grows readily from cuttings), but seeds are very difficult to procure. The flower is yellow and the leaf a rich light green; the roots do not penetrate the ground more than 1 inch; the plant forms a thick level mass about 6 inches thick on the ground; it will grow on almost any soil, but for preference a light soil, and in six months after planting should prevent all wash if planted 3 feet apart. I have been planting this bean with rubber for three years and have now 200 acres planted with it, and it has proved itself in every way 4 success.” (Hose, in Agricultural Bulletin of the Federated Malay States, p. 276.) 39336. Cuorisia specIosA St. Hil. Bombacacez. Samuu. From Asuncion, Paraguay. Presented by Mr. C. F. Mead. Received Octo- ber 15, 1914. “Seeds of the Samuu, as called here. As to its beauty as an ornamental plant, I have every confidence in its making good. I wish to eall your attention to one difference this variety has in comparison with the kind described in the department bulletins, which is that this tree does not need a humid atmosphere, and it will stand a very decided nip from frost, though to what degree I have not registered.” (Mead.) 39337 to 39340. Maninot spp. Euphorbiacee. Manicoba. From Bahia, Brazil. Presented by Dr. V. A. Argollo Ferrao. Received October 5, 1914. Quoted notes by Dr. Argollo. “The good name that Jequie rubber had was on account of being prepared in sheets and pure, because the Manihot dichotoma is tapped on the bark in porangos (tins) like Hevea, so such rubber is clean from impurities. and is easily prepared in thin sheets of nice appearance. Manihot heptaphylla (Rio Sao Francisco zone) and M. piauhyensis (State of Piauhy) being tapped near the roots, if not tapped carefully, give rubber that has a large proportion of sand OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1914. 138 39337 to 39340—Con. (Quoted notes by Dr. V. A. Argollo.) and clay. As to quality, the Jequie is the worst, for it has resins and less elasticity. Growers who planted M. dichotoma succeeded badly because the growth of trees is extraordinarily variable. ‘Seedlings from the same tree show an extraordinary variability of leaves and growth. WM. dichotoma requires at least 6 years, as a rule, before tapping. The best variety for plantations is — M. piauhyensis, for it gives the best rubber, and can be tapped at 3 years (even at 2 years under good conditions). With low prices of manigoba rubber, manicoba can only give profits if labor is very cheap, not exceeding 0.3 milreis (16 cents) per day. Manicobas will not stand frost. (I have seen some severely injured in Sao Paulo by slight frosts in coffee districts.) Manicoba requires a rainy season in summer. The UM. heptaphylla and M. dichotoma are found in parts of the State of Bahia on the other side of the chains of mountains that divide the State in two climates. Between the mountains and the sea the rains are during winter, and on the other side, from the mountains to the Rio Sao Francisco, the rainfall is in summer. Manicoba grows in the second zone if planted, but does not give much rubber nor good quality, as Villa Nova planta- tions show, although the trees have the best appearance. (Villa Nova is on the mountain that divides the climatic zones of the State. In the mountains you have rains in summer and nebdlinas (fog rain) in winter.) In the mani- eoba districts there are heavy rains during summer for 4 to 6 months; such rains may last for 10 days, day and night. There are no rains during the dry season, and from time to time there happens a dry year and summer rains fail (about once in 10 years). In our State people who have manicoba forests or plantations are investing in cotton, because the low price of rubber does not give enough profits to pay for the tapping of trees. Manicoba will not stand stagnant water. I am going to gather for you seeds of the three varieties. I do not know whether any of them can be successfully cultivated in the States, but if you have the proper climatic conditions—rains in summer, no frosts, and soil from decomposed granite (red clayey sandy or sandy clayey)—I think you will prefer the small M. piauhyensis.” 39337. MANIHOT GLAzIoviII Muell. Arg. “Manicoba Ceara. These small seeds with dark colorations are quite different from other varieties. This is the commonly known manicoba for the first time tapped. It gives a good rubber and is tapped on the bark that is naturally exfoliated, which makes the tapping and collect- ing of clean rubber difficult.” 39338. MANIHOT DICHOTOMA Ule. “ Manicoba Jequie. Seeds long, of which the largest are quite typical.” 39339. MANIHOT PIAUHYENSIS Ule. “ Manicoba Piauhy.” 39340: MANIHOT HEPTAPHYLLA Ule. “ Manicoba Sao Francisco; round seeds.” 39341. (Undetermined.) From San Jose, Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. Carlos Wercklé, through Mr. Ad. Tonduz, Department of Agriculture, San Jose. Received October 21, 1914. 14 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 39342. VERSCHAFFELTIA SPLENDIDA Wendl. Pheenicacezx. Palm. From Port Louis, Mauritius. Presented by Mr. G. Regnard. Received October 19, 1914. See S. P. I. No. 34083 for previous introduction, 39343 to 39351. From Paris, France. Purchased from Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co. at the request of Mr. C. V. Piper, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received at the seed warehouse on October 20, 1914. Quoted notes by Mr. J. M. Westgate. 39343. ONOBRYCHIS VULGARIS Hill. Fabace., Common sainfoin. (Onobrychis viciaefolia Scop.) - “This seed was obtained for trial on sandstone hills. It is a deep- rooted perennial forage crop which is to be tried in humid and sub- humid sections.” 7 39344. MEDICAGO LUPULINA L. Fabacee. Yellow trefoil. “This seed was obtained for experiments with clover substitutes and as a pasture plant in the Southern States and northward.” 39345. ORNITHOPUS SATIVUS Brot. Fabacee. Serradella. “This seed was obtained for experiments with clover substitutes and as a pasture constituent in humid and subhumid climates.” 39346. ULErx EUROPAEUS L. Fabacee. Gorse or whin. “This seed was obtained for trial as a browsing shrub in limestone sections in humid and subhumid parts of the country.” 39347 to 39349. LuPINUS spp. Fabacee. Lupine. “This seed was obtained for use as a substitute for crimson clover in green-manuring experiments in the Northern States.” 39347. LuUPINUS ALBUS L. White lupine. 39348. LUPINUS ANGUSTIFOLIUS L. Blue lupine. 39349. LUPINUS LUTEUS IL. Yellow lupine. 39350. CyTISUS scopaRIUS (L.) Link. Fabacee. Scotch broom. “This seed was obtained for trial as a browsing shrub in limestone sections in humid and subhumid parts of the country.” 39351. SPERGULA ARVENSIS lL, Silenacee. Giant spurry. “This seed was obtained for trial as a green-manure crop and a forage crop.” 39352. ANNONA CHERIMOLA Miller. Annonacee. Cherimoya. From Bogota, Colombia. Presented by Capt. H. R. Lemly, United States Army, retired. Received October 17, 1914. “ Seeds from a particularly fine specimen.” (Lemly.) “The principal fruit cultivated by the aboriginal inhabitants of western South America. Endemic in the Andes, and subtropical rather than tropical in its natural habitat. Fruit with an abundance of slightly acidulous sweet juicy pulp, with a flavor somewhat like that of a pineapple. Recommended for planting in southern California in the foothills near the coast.” (W. EH. Safford.) OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 81, 1914. V5 —<393538. Corrza amara F. F. Bruijning. Rubiacee. Coffee. From Tamataye, Madagascar. Presented by Mr. James G. Carter, American consul. Received October 12, 1914. ““ Mautsaka, the so-called caffein-free coffee grown in the south of Mada- gasear.” (Carter.) . “This coffee was collected in the Fort Dauphin district. It occurs fre- quently in the southeastern portion of Madagascar, grows from 5 to 54 meters high, and resembles the ordinary coffee very much, although the leaves are smaller. The ripe fruit assumes a yellowish color; the seeds, which are har- vested in February and March, contain no caffeine. The smell of the roasted coffee is pleasant, although the taste of the drink prepared therefrom is bitter and unpleasant. This species of coffee has not yet come into cultivation.” (Ff. F. Bruijning, in Verslagen van Landbouwkundige Onderzoekningen der Rijkslandbouwproefstations, no. 18, p. 115, 1915.) 39354. KoKIA DRYNARIOIDES (Seem.) Lewton. Malvacez. (Gossypium drynarioides Seem.) From Mahana, Molokai, Hawaii. Presented by Mr. Joseph F. Rock, botanist, College of Hawaii, Honolulu, who secured them from Mr. Joseph P. Cooke. Received October 28, 1914. “A few weeks ago I wrote Mr. Cooke, the owner of Molokai Ranch, on whose grounds the only tree of this species grows, asking if there were any seeds to be found on it, as you know this species was declared extinct, but it has re- vived again and one single branch produced some leaves and flowers as well as a few seeds. I am propagating a number of them here.” (Rock.) 39355. Acacia Horripa (L.) Willd. Mimosace. Doorn boom. From Johannesburg, Union of South Africa. Presented by Mr. J. Burtt Davy, Agricultural Supply Association. Received October 24, 1914. See S. P. I. Nos. 1805 and 3330 for previous introductions and description. “A glabrous, flat-topped tree, usually spreading more than its height. The most widely distributed of all South African trees, extending from Capetown through the Karroo to Damaraland, Orange River Colony, Transvaal, Natal, and Delagoa Bay. Its range is, however, curiously affected in places, it being absent, possibly through frost, in several large flat alluvial localities where single trees have grown to perfection. _ It ascends to about 4,000 feet alti- tude from the eastern coast and considerably further from the western, but is absent from the higher parts of the Drakenburg, and seldom mixes with Proteacez, thus indicating that soil as well as climate controls its distribution. Occasionally it forms a fine spreading tree 30 to 40 feet in height, and with 2 stem 2 feet in diameter; much more frequently it is a small umbrella-shaped tree of 10 to 15 feet in height with a clear bole only to 6 or 8 feet, and the constant regrowth dots or covers the veld with smaller sizes in localities where it is not kept down. “Although usualiy evergreen, yet in dry, cold, carroid localities it is often leafless for a considerable part of the year, and in some localities for years in succession, and is then enormously spiny and colors the veld white instead of green. In most places its use is principally for fuel, for which purpose there is no better wood; but as this does not, except near the towns, use up all that grows, its increase in remote localities is a difficult matter to check. Fire burns 16 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. the grass under mature thorn trees without doing them much damage, and as the seeds germinate most readily after being soaked in boiling water or half roasted, these grass fires aid rather than retard regrowth. Chopping off trees to the ground only induces an abundant coppice growth, but it is found that by chopping them off 2 feet above ground during summer the coppice growth is more easily controlled, and the stump often dies. Native localities usually become free of thorn trees eventually, partly through the unrestricted native demand for fuel, kraalwood, ete., and partly through the browsing of goats, which of all artificial methods is the surest means of keeping the tree down. A small brown scale insect, however (Prosopophora prosopidis var. mimosae), is found to kill the trees wholesale on the occasions of its visits in the Bedford district. During very dry winters it is not an uncommon practice to fell a few leafy thorn trees daily as a green bite for stock; during summer the shade of the spreading tree is sought after by cattle and sheep; young plants are always browsed, and where obtainable the roots are relished by goats; and for scenic effect there is perhaps no prettier tree, growing as it often does on a flat, rocky subsoil which will carry no better growth; on hot, rocky banks it is common; but it is never found in high, dense forest. Bark rough, thick, dark; formerly much used locally in the tanning of leather, and even now, at about half the price per ton as compared with black wattle, it pays to employ it for local use but not for export, as the percentage of tannin for the bulk is too low. “The doorn boom is the host of an innumerable lot of pests, being often cleared of foliage by caterpillars of several large moths and by bagworms; its timber is often bored by Apate dorsalis and Chrysobothris dorsata; certain ants occasionally inhabit the thorns and induce a most thorny development; strange gall abortions or malformations of pods are caused by a fungus; another fungus (Oecidium ornamentale) makes artistic floriated curls of the young twigs; and Loranthus and mistletoe are frequent parasites. ** Doorn boom makes a strong, rough hedge if soaked seed is sown in line and kept watered till germination has taken place. It is also useful for sowing in beds of intermittent rivers with a view to arresting silt during future floods. It suffers severely during soft snowstorms, the horizontal branches and foliage breaking under a heavy weight of snow.” (Sim, Forest Flora of Cape Colony.) 39356. Cocos nucirera L. Pheenicacee. Coconut. From Panama. Secured by Mr. H. Pittier, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received October 29, 1914. “The small Burica nut, of which I have not been able to obtain a whole speci- men, but I send along the three shelled ones which I have been keeping here till I could do better.- This is said to be very rich in oil and to be scarce also, except around Punta Burica on the boundary between Costa Rica and Panama.” ( Pittier.) 39357 and 39358. From San Jose, Costa Rica: Presented by the National Museum, San Jose. Received October 24, 1914. 39357. ACHRADELPHA MAMMOSA (L.) O. F. Cook. Sapotacee. (Lucuma mammosa Gaertn. f.) Sapote. See S. P. I. Nos. 35673 and 37813 for previous introductions and description. OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1914. a gf, 1 coal and 39358—Continued. 39358. ANNONA PURPUREA Moe. and Sesse. Annonacer. “This species has large aromatic fruit, velvety on ‘the outside, with raised hooked tubercles; yellow aromatic pulp which is edible when ripe, but said to-be unwholesome if eaten to excess. A medium-sized forest tree ranging from Mexico to Panama -and Venezuela.” (W. EH. Safford.) 39359 and 39360. From Bogota, Colombia. Presented by Mr. Roberto Ancizar, secretary to the Colombian Legation, through Mr. W. E. Safford, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received October 29, 1914. 39359. ANNONA CHERIMOLA Miller. Annonacee., Cherimoya. “One of the most delicious of the fruits of the higher regions of western South America; this variety is juicy and of a sweet acidulous flavor. Seeds relatively small in proportion to the pulp. Suitable for eultivation in the foothills of southern California.” (Safford.) 39360. PASSIFLORA LIGULARIS Juss. Passifloracem. Granadilla. “An egg-shaped fruit with parchmentlike shell filled with an abun- dance of sweet juice and many small seeds. Used in tropical America for making sherbets and ices alone or with the addition of lemon juice or spices. Of easy culture in all warm localities, growing in the form of a vine from trellises and arbors, and desirable not only for its fruit but for its beautiful flowers.” (W. EL. Safford.) 39361. AsuTILON THEOPHRASTI Medic. Malvacee. Ch’ingma. (A butilon avicennae Gaertn.) Grown at Arlington Farm from seed received from Mr. R. A. Currie, Ichang, China, through Mr. A. H. Sugden, acting commissioner of cus- toms, Hankow, China. “Seeds of what purports to be ta ma. The capsules look to me small, and I am nearly sure that I have seen much larger ones, and I fear that these may be only the common hemp.” (Cuwrrie.) “The seeds from China are evidently those of the ch’ingma (Abutilon theo- phrasti), producing the so-called China jute or Tientsin fiber of commerce. Ch’ingma is cultivated from central China northward. Its fiber is stronger but somewhat harsher than that of India jute. It is used in this country to a limited extent, chiefly in the manufacture of jute carpets and rugs. The plant is adapted to the climate from Virginia to New York and westward to the Mis- souri Valley. It may be regarded as a promising fiber plant for introduction into this country, provided suitable methods can be devised for extracting the fiber and preparing it for market. We planted some of the seeds at Arlington Farm and secured 16 excellent plants about 3 meters high: The plants and also the leaves, flowers, and fruits were nearly twice the size of those of the ordinary velvet leaf planted at the same time, but otherwise no distinct difference has been detected between the two forms. We have harvested a quantity of seed from the plants this season, so as to have stock for sowing next year.” (L. H. Dewey.) 74545 °—17 2 18 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 39362. LycorpmrRsICON ESCULENTUM Miller. Solanacez. Wild tomato. From Funchal, Madeira. Presented by Mr. Charles H. Gable, director, Junta Agricola. Received October 31, 1914. “The little wild tomato Lycopersicum vulgare cerasiforme which is found in Madeira is considered by Lowe (A Manual Flora of Madeira) as being the original stock from which our cultivated varieties have been derived. The same author states that besides ‘ growing spontaneously everywhere below 2,000 feet about Funchal and other towns and villages in Madeira, it is completely naturalized on the central rocky crest of the North Deserta. The North Desert is an almost barren, uninhabited island which lies about 30 miles from Madeira. To quote further: ‘It has been found also in the Great Salvage by Sr. C. C. Noronha; and the interior of Sao Iago, one of the Cape Verdes, between the Ribeira dos Pices and the Boa Entrada of Sta. Catarina. I found it mixed with Momordica charantia L., overspreading in vast tangled beds or masses whole miles of mountain tracts at an elevation of 3,000 to 4,000 feet above the sea.’ The selection which has taken place in the development of our cultivated varieties has not greatly changed the general appearance of the plant. The writer has not had the opportunity of making the careful botanical study necessary for the intelligent comparison of the characters presented by this wild tomato and our cultivated varieties, so there will be presented here only very brief observations of the conditions in which the plants grow. One of these plants was transplanted to a favorable part of the garden where the ground was rich and had plenty of moisture. It made a tremendous growth, and at the end of three months the plant was 5 feet in diameter and 33 feet high. Unfortunately, the plant was destroyed, so that it was impossible to complete the record. Another plant was found where it could not have had a drop of water for at least three months. It probably had started to grow during the last few rains of the spring, but had completed its growth during the heat and drought of summer. The particular spot where it grew was the hottest of the hot parts of the island. When it was found, the vine was apparently entirely dead and lying flat on the ground; the leaves had dried up and dropped off; but the fruits, every one of which was ripe, were clinging to the vine. It also seemed very strange to find that the fruits were all plump and firm— over 300 of them on this one vine. The fruits are so very acid that they can be used for little else besides soups, and the natives do not use them a great deal for even that. Their keeping quality, however, might prove a desir- able characteristic in crossing with some of the highly developed varieties with the object of obtaining a good shipping tomato of pleasing flavor.” (Gabdle.) 39363. HorpruM VULGARE COELESTE L. Poacee. Barley. From Jerusalem, Palestine. Presented by Mr. Ernest F. Beaumont, Ameri- ean Colony. Received October 28, 1914. “Prophet's barley. This is grown around Mecca and is esteemed as sacred by the Mohammedans. No animal is made use of in its planting, harvesting, or thrashing, ads such use would be considered as defiling it. You will notice that the kernels shell out from the husk quite clean, like wheat.” (Beaumont.) 39364. Oryza sativa L. Poacez. Rice. From Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia. Presented by Mr. H. G. Mfindy, Government agriculturist and botanist, Department of Agriculture, through Mr. C. V. Piper, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received November 9, 1914. * Mashonaland rice. Native crop grown in Southern Rhodesia.” (Mundy.) Y OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1914. 19 39365 to 39368. Horpeum spp. Poacee. Barley. From Pusa, India. Presented by Mr. Bernard Coventry, agricultural ad- viser to the Government of India, Imperial Department of Agriculture. Received November 4, 1914. ° 39365 and 393866. HorDEUM spp. Barley. Huskless 6-rowed varieties. 39365. HoRDEUM VULGARE COELESTE IL, A new form with very short awns. $9366. HorDEUM VULGARE HIMALAYENSE Rittig. Smoke-colored grain. Received as H. gymnohexastichon, but identified by Dr. H. V. Harlan as above, 39367 and 39368. HorpeumM vuLcarE L. Barley. 39367. Common 6-rowed barley. 39368. Common 6-rowed barley, husked. 39369 to 39375. Persea AMERICANA Miller. Lauracee. (Persea gratissima Gaertn. f.) Avocado. From Altadena, Cal. Collected by Mr. Wilson Popenoe, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Bud sticks received November 9, 1914. Quoted notes by Mr. Popenoe. 39369. ‘“(No. 6. November 2, 1914.) Yaft avocado. This variety is one of the most promising of the thick-skinned, spring-ripening avo- eados which has yet fruited in California. It originated with Mr. C. P. Taft, of Orange, whose name it bears. Its parentage is not defi- nitely known, but it belongs, without doubt, to the type from Atlixco, Puebla, Mexico, which has been so widely disseminated in south- ern California by John Murietta, of Los Angeles. The Taft is broadly pyriform, averaging about 1 pound in weight, with a bright green, undulating surface and thick, tough skin, which separates readily from the flesh. The seed is rather small, comparatively speaking, and fits tightly in its cavity. The flesh is smooth, fine grained, without a trace of fiber, of rich, nutty flavor, and excellent quality. Its keep- ing qualities are remarkable, and it ships well. The tree is a very vigorous grower and buds easily. The foliage is reddish bronze when young, deep green later. In California the fruit commences to ripen in May and will hang on the tree in perfect condition through June and July. Owing to the difference in climatic conditions, the season may be somewhat earlier in Florida. While the variety has not been as prolific in fruiting as some of the others, this may have been due partly to the fact that the parent tree, which is the only one yet in full bearing, has been cut back severely for propagation. Mr. Taft has taken over 10,000 buds from it in a single season. For trial in southern Florida.” 39370. “(No. 7. November 2, 1914.) Dickinson avocado. This is an avocado of the true Guatemalan type, the seed from which the parent tree was grown having been brought from Guatemala City to Los Angeles about 16 years ago. In size it is slightly smaller than the best varieties of the type, averaging not over 10 ounces in weight. 20 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 39369 to 39375—Con. (Quoted notes by Mr. Wilson Popenoe.) It is, however, unusually prolific. The form varies from oval to broadly obovate. The surface is rough, almost tuberculate, dark green until fully ripe, when it changes to deep purple. The skin is thick, woody, granular in texture. The flesh is free from fiber, smooth, and of good flavor. The seed is slightly under average size, compared to the size of the fruit, and is perfectly tight im the cavity. The tree appears to be a vigorous grower and about as hardy as most of the Guatemalan varieties grown here. Although it has been grown under unfavorable conditions and is somewhat small in size, the parent tree has produced more than 800 fruits in a single season. It ripens from April to June. To be tried in southern Florida.” 393871. “(No. 8. November 2, 1914.) Meserve avocado. A variety originated at Long Beach, Cal., on the ranch formerly owned by Mr. A. R. Meserve. The seed is believed to have come from Hawaii; in characteristics of fruit and foliage the variety is almost identical with some of the avocados of Guatemalan and southern Mexican ori- gin which are grown in California, but in view of the fact that the Guatemalan avocados were long ago introduced into Hawaii this is not surprising. As a commercial variety the Meserve has the advantage that it is nearly round. Quality is its other strong point, the flavor being unusually rich and pleasant. The skin is deep green in color, thick and woody, as in all of this type. Good specimens will average nearly a pound in weight. The seed is medium sized, tight in the cavity. In growth the tree is vigorous, and while the parent was badly injured in the cold weather of January, 1913, this may not have been due to its tenderness so much as to its exposure and condi- tion at the time. It is a good bearer, and on the whole seems to be a very promising variety. The season is April and May in southern California. For trial in southern Florida.” 39372. “(No. 9. November 2, 1914.) Solano avocado. This is one of the largest varieties yet fruited in California. It originated on the property of Mr. Alfred Solano at Hollywood, Cal., and is of the southern Mexican or Guatemalan type. Probably its origin may be sought in one of tife shipments of avocados brought to Los Angeles from Atlixco, Puebla, Mexico, by John Murietta. In shape the Solano is oval to oblong pyrtform; the size is large, averaging from 16 to 28 ounces in weight. The skin is thick, tough, externally green in color, and almost smooth. The flesh is creamy yellow in color, smooth, and free from fiber. The parent tree has been grown in the center of a lawn where it received a good deal of water, consequently the fruits have not been quite as rich in flavor as they would probably have been under normal conditions. The seed is small in comparison with the size of the fruit, and it is tight in the cavity. For a variety of this size, the Solano is very productive. Its season is May and June. In growth it is vig- orous and strong, but it does not produce good bud wood and is more difficult to propagate successfully than some others. For trial in southern Florida.” 39373. ‘“(No. 10. November 2, 1914.) Blakeman avocado. Originated on the Dickey place at Hollywood, Cal., from a seed imported from Atlixco, Puebla, Mexico, by John Murietta, of Los Angeles. It is an excellent variety of the thick-skinned Guatemalan type. In form it is broadly obovate, but broader at the basal end than is common with ee ee a ea ee pee ee ee es OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1914. 21 39369 to 39375—Con. (Quoted notes by Mr. Wilson Ponenoe.) fruits of this shape, and without any suspicion of a ‘neck.’ It will average slightly less than a pound in weight. The surface is deep green in color, the skin thick and woody. The flesh is smooth, fine in texture, buttery, and of very rich, pleasant flavor, considered one of the best in quality of the Guatemalan varieties fruiting in Cali- fornia. The seed is about medium in size and tight in the cavity. The parent tree, at 8 years of age, is bearing between 200 and 300 fruits, which can be considered a good record in view of the fact that seedlings of this type do not usually come into bearing until the sixth or seventh year. The season of ripening is May and June. In growth it is strong and vigorous. For trial in southern Florida.” 39374. “(No. 11. November 2, 1914.) Ganter avocado. One of the best known and largest local varieties of the thin-skinned, fall ripening Mexican type of avocado. It originated at Whittier, Cal. The form is oblong ovate, the weight being sometimes as much as 10 or 12 ounces, though the average would probably be somewhat less. The skin is scarcely thicker than that of an apple, and it ad- heres closely to the flesh. Externally the color is light green, with minute russet spots. The flesh is creamy yellow in color, of very rich and nutty fidvor. The seed is rather small, but sometimes loose in its cavity. The fruit shows a tendency to decay around the apical end and does not always ripen evenly. This may possibly be avoided by picking at a certain stage before the decay has commenced to show. The tree is a very vigorous grower and much hardier than the average variety of the Guatemalan type. It is extremely prolific and comes into bearing at a very early age, trees two years from the bud some- times carrying several fruits. It may be of value for cultivation in sections of Florida which are too cold for the Trapp and other varieties of that class.” 39375. ‘“(No. 12. November 2, 1914.) Harman avocado. This, like the Ganter, is a thin-skinned, fall-ripening avocado, its season being late September to early November. It is one of the most vigorous and hardy varieties yet grown in California and when planted in orchard form makes a handsome, shapely tree. The fruit is obliquely obovate in shape and weighs from 7 to 10 ounces, or even more in exceptional cases. The surface is smooth, glossy, light green in color, overspread with purplish maroon and with numerous light yellow dots. The skin is thin and adheres closely to the fiesh. In texture the flesh is very buttery and smooth, in color yellow when fully ripe, and in flavor very rich and nutty. The seed is not above average size, but is loose in its cavity, which being rather large makes the propor- tion of flesh smaller than in some other varieties. When allowed to hang on the tree until late in the season the fruits frequently crack at the apicai end, the fissure sometimes extending clear through into the seed cavity. Because of its hardiness it will be desirable to give this variety a trial in those sections of Florida which are too cold for the Trapp and other avocados of that class.” 39376 to 39381. From Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia. Presented by Mr. H. G. Mundy, Gov- ernment agriculturist and botanist, Department of Agriculture, through Mr. C. VY. Piper, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received November 9, 1914. Quoted notes by Mr. Mundy. IN OS yy SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 38376 to 39381—Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. H. G. Mundy.) 39376. ELEUSINE CORACANA (L.) Gaertner. Poaceze. African millet. “ Rapoko. Seeds of the native crop grown in Southern Rhodesia.” 39377. HoLcUS SORGHUM VERTICILLIFLORUS (Stone Hitchcock. Poacez. Sorghum. 39378 to 393880. Hotcus sorcHuM L. Poacee. Sorghum. (Sorghum vulgare Pers.) “ Seeds of the native crop grown in Southern Rhodesia.” 39378. “Durra. Probably American in origin; known locally as Sapling.” 389379. ‘“ Durra. White.” 39380. “Sorghum. Obtained by us from Australia, but a native of the west coast of Africa and known as Mazcagua.” 39381. PENNISETUM GLAUCUM (L.) R. Brown. Poacex. Pearl millet. (Pennisetum typhoideum Rich.) “ Inyouti, native crop grown in Southern Rhodesia.” 39382 and 39383. Passrrtora spp. Passifloracee. From Bogota, Colombia. Presented by Mr. Henry Coronado, Republic of Colombia Bureau of Information, Washington, D. C., through Mr. W. E. Safford, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received November 6, 1914. Quoted notes by Mr. Safford. ; 39382. PASSIFLORA LIGULARIS JUSS. Granadilla. * Fruit ovoid, very juicy, with fine flavor. Used in Colombia for inak- ing sherbets. Suitable for covering trellises and arbors.” 39383. PASSIFLORA MALIFORMIS L. Curuba. “ Fruit depressed spheroid, hard shelled. Suitable for packing. Pulp of fine flavor; used for making sherbets. The variegated, beautiful red and white flowers with blue corona filaments are sweet scented. The involucre, composed of 3 ovate-acute bracts joined at the base. is larger than the flower itself. The shell of the fruit is sometimes so hard that it must be broken with a hammer. The inclosed pulp has a pleasant grapelike flavor.” 39384 to 39391. From San Juan Bautista, Tabasco, Mexico. Presented by Mr. Gabriel Itié, director, Agricultural Experiment Station. Received November 7, 1914. Quoted notes by Mr. Itié. 39384. ORYZA SATIVA L. Poacer. Rice. “Creole rice from dry lands. Harvested in the Mango Pass, near San Juan Bautista, Tabasco. Mexico.” 39385. RIvERA CORYMBOSA (L.) Hallier. Convolvulacee. “EHschaventun. Convelvulaceous plant, abundant in the Department of Monte Cristo, Tabasco, and in the States of Campeche and oo The fragrant flower produces honey.” . 39386 and 39387. VIGNA SINENSIS (Torner) Savi. Fabacerx. Cowpea. 39386. ‘‘White cowpea. Agricultural experiment station of Ta- basco. This variety appeared in a lot of Blackeye cowpeas. It is not known if this is a sport or an accidental sowing. The flower is . ~ OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1914. 23 39384 to 39391—Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. Gabriel Itié.) white and identical with the flower of the Blackeye, but the seed is entirely white, having at times a black border around the hilum. Edible.” 39887. “Cowpea panadero (baker’s cowpea), Gonzalez Cosio Col- ony, Department of Huimanguillo, Tabasco, Mexico. This va- riety, known under the name of ‘baker’s bean’ (panadero bean) was probably introduced from Porto Rico by the colonists. The seed is edible, especially when young.” 39388. ANNONA GLABRA L. Annonacee. Anona. . *“Corcho. Grows in abundance on the margins of the lakes around San Juan Bautista, Tabasco, Mexico. The pulp of the fruit is of an orange color and very fragrant. Eaten at times by the inhabitants. = Sometimes used as a stock upon which to graft other anonas.”’ 39389. CEIBA ACUMINATA (S. Wats.) Rose. Bombacacez. Pochote. “Pochote: Comes from the State of Oaxaca, Mexico. According to J. Guardiola (Boletin de la Direcion de Agricultura, Parte I, January, 1912, p. 30), this variety is recommended for its earliness and the small height it attains. It can be reproduced by seeds or cuttings, and in the following year, when it has reached a height of 70 to 80 cms,, it commences to flower and fruit. This depends on the climate and the nature of the soil in which the plant is grown. It can be grown in rocky soil if necessary. Its growth is rapid. Its cultivation will be very productive after three years. Reproduction by cuttings is much used in the country in the forming of live hedges of very fine appearance in the flowering season. In the State of Oaxaca its production exceeds 160,000 kilos annually. It is produced in the districts of San Carlos, Yautepec, Tehuantepec, Juchitan, Tuxtepec, Juchila, and Pochutla, but it is not cultivated. It is cultivated on a small scale in the State of Michoacan, and in Ario de Rosales a price of 50 cents per kilo of clean fiber has been realized.” 39390 and 39391. CapsicuM ANNUUM L. Solanacez. Red pepper. “Harvested in the experimental station of Tabasco fu seed from Oaxaca. Very prolific and piquant.” 39390. Red pepper. 393891. Yellow-podded red pepper. 39392. THrinax microcarPa Sargent. Phcenicacee. Palm. From Pumpkin Key, Florida. Collected by Mr. David A. Bisset, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. “Seeds of a palm growing in a dense hammock growth on Pumpkin Key, about 40 miles below Miami. {ft is a very attractive palm and might prove of value aS an ornamental. The largest plant seen was about 15 feet high and had a trunk 4 inches in diameter. All of the leaves are silvery on the under side and they keep this glaucous character until they turn brown. It is prob- ably a native of the keys, but it is somewhat rare,:as on Pumpkin Key only 13 or 14 specimens were found.” (D. A. Bisset.) 39393 Boe 39394. AmycpaLus persicA L. Amygdalacee. (Prunus persica Stokes.) Peach. From La Paz, Bolivia. Presented by Mr. George M. McBride, director, American Institute. Received November 10, 1914. 94 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 39395 to 39411. Horprum spp. Poacee. Barley. Wrom Sydney, New South Wales. Presented by Mr. G. Valder, undersecre- tary and director, Department of Agriculture. Received November 12, 1914. Quoted notes by Mr. Valder. 39395 and 89396. ““From the experiment farm, Cowra. Harvested December, 1913.” 39395. HoRDEUM VULGARE L. “ Shorthead barley, dark grain.” 39396. HoRDEUM VULGARE COERULESCENS Seringe. = “ Roseworthy Oregon barley, grain dark colored.” 39397 to 39401. HorRDEUM VULGARE L. 39397. “Barley No. 18. Grain slightly dark.” 39398. “Barley No. 22. Remarkably early.” 39399. “Barley No. 24. Early variety, short straw, grain pale colored.” | 39400. “Barley No. 36.” 39401. “Barley No. 49. South Wales, Hicksbeachia pinnatifolia (No. 39871) ; the late-bloom- ing varieties of English walnut, Juglans regia (Nos. 39839 to 39844 and 39881 to 39886) , from Grenoble, France, to which our attention was directed by Prof. J. Russell Smith; the Tibetan tree hazelnut, Corylus JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 831, 1915. i, chinensis (No. 39907), which grows to 100 feet in height and cf which Mr. Meyer has secured seeds in China; the wild small-fruited but probably very hardy walnuts from Kansu, Juglans regia (No. 40016); and a new form of the comparatively disease-resistant Chinese chestnut with slender trunk, Castanea sp. (Nos. 40035 and 40036), will be of particular interest to nut specialists. Extensive introductions of sweet-potato varieties have been made through Mr. Roig from the experiment station at Santiago de las Vegas, where many trials have been conducted with this vegetable, Ipomoea batatas (Nos. 39729 to 39735, 39741 and 39742, 39799 to 39802, 39831 to 39833, 39941 to 389945, 40237 to 40258, and 40388). A Japanese gentleman visiting this country, Mr. Kuwashima, has directed attention to the fact that one ot the highest priced vege- tables in Japan is the Mitsuba or Mitsuba-jeri. Deringa canadensis (No. 39869), a native of this country as well. The young leaves are eaten boiled and the roots are fried. Dr. Trabut has sent in a wild pear, Pyrus mamorensis (Nos. 40297 and 40331), from the Moroccan forests of Mamora, which is resistant to drought and thrives in sandy noncalcareous soils. Thirteen varieties of plum, Prunus bokhariensis (Nos. 49223 to 40235), adapted to the warm South, from Seharunpur, India, have been sent in by Mr. Hartless. They begin fruiting in May and bear for two months. | His Majesty the Ameer of Afghanistan sent through his special envoy, Mr. Jewett, a remarkable collection of dried fruits and seeds representing varieties of tree and field crops which are grown in his country. The most interesting of these were the samples of dried white mulberry, Morus alba (No. 40215), which in Afghanistan is considered a very important article of food and proved upon analysis to have the food value of dried figs. As Kabul has a cold winter climate and is subjected to intense summer heat, the cultiva- tion of a sweet, drying variety of mulberry may be worth considering for the Great Plains of this country. Those sent by the Ameer were extremely palatable. The best market apple of southern Italy and Sicily is the Limon- cella (No. 39829). Dr. Gustav Eisen, who sent in bud wood of it, considers it supericr to any variety now grown in southern Cali- fornia, where it is likely to succeed best. Of strictly southern or subtropical introductions, the following are worth mentioning: The black sapote from the Isle of Pines, Diospyros ebenaster (No. 39719) ; the famous durian of Java, Durio zibethinus (No. 39709), noted at the same time for its delicious flavor and offensive odor; a rare species of anona, Annona sclero- derma (No. 40305), from Guatemala, of richer flavor than the sour- sop; the Harrar fig from Abyssinia, Ficus sp. (No. 39828), which 8 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. can stand heavy summer rains and may thrive in Texas; the syca- more fig, Hicus sycomorus (Nos. 39827, 39857, and 39858), which is at the same time a shade tree and a fruit tree of minor impor- tance, interesting because of the ancient methods practiced to liber- ate the fig insects from the fruit; and the bushukan or finger citron of Japan, Catrus medica sarcodactylis (No. 39940), a curious dwarf potted plant grown for its fragrant flowers and the perfume of its fruits. - Of shade trees, park shrubs, and plants for the dooryards of the city, as well as country homes, there are an unusual number in this inventory. They include the best of the Egyptian tamarisks, Zama- via aphylla (No. 39856), remarkably successful as a timber tree on reclaimed desert lands where the irrigation water is quite saline, and three species of tamarisks from the Caucasus. Tamarix hohe- nackeri (No. 39691), Tamarix pentandra (No. 39692), and Tamarix sp. (No. 89693) ; the giant-fruited oak of Zacuapam, Mexico, Quer- ‘cus insignis (No. 89723), with acorns 24 inches across; two remark- ably fragrant flowered species of Pittosporum from the Riviera, where they have been found successful, P. floribundum and P. mace- rophyllum (Nos. 39727 and 39728); the Guadeloupe Island palm, Erythea edulis (No. 39740), suggested as possibly hardy in the South Atlantic coast region; a collection of correctly named varie- ties of Japanese flowering cherries, Prunus serrulata (Nos. 39743 to 39798 and 39820 to 39826), presented by the municipality of Tokyo and taken from the cherry-tree arboretum maintained by this mu- nicipality itself by Mr. E. H. Wilson, of the Arnold Arboretum; a collection of cotoneasters, Cotoneaster spp. (Nos. 40162 to 40175), many of which have proved especially adapted to dooryard use; a collection of barberries, Berberis spp. (Nos. 40139 to 40153), from the Kew Gardens, to test in comparison with Thunberg’s barberry, which has become one of the most popular of spiny dooryard orna- mentals; the large wild cherry tree of Japan, Prunus serrulata sacha- linensis (No. 40190), a long-lived timber tree, which grows to be 80 feet tall and centuries old and has not yet been used as a stock by the Japanese, though probably the hardiest of all Japanese species and superbly beautiful with its masses of pink blooms; a new linden, probably a hybrid, Zilia euchlora (No. 40197). which, because of its large bright-green leaves and their freedom from insects, is being planted as a street tree on the Continent; a new species of flowering quince, Chaenomeles japonica (No. 40161), most charming of the red- flowered shrubs, the fruits of which make excellent preserves, and its relative, the large-fruited Chinese quince, Chaenomeles lagenaria cathayensis (No. 40160), the large ornamental fruits of which are used for perfume purposes; and two new roses for the rose breeilers, one from the Himalayas, Rosa webbiana (No. 40191), and the other JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 81, 1915. 9 from central China, with delicate purplish rose blooms, Rosa sertata (No. 40193). Through the courtesy of Prof. Sargent, of the Arnold Arboretum, seeds have been received of a number of the rare shade, park, timber, and ornamental trees from foreign countries which have proved hardy at Jamaica Plain, Mass., and are worthy of a wider trial in the Northern States (Nos. 39983 to 39998). Chinese names in this inventory have been brought, so far as possible, into accord with the best authorities, the geographic names (except when fixed by decisions of the United States Geographic Board) being given in the form accepted by the Chinese Ministry of (communications Postal Guide. Many of the village names, however, are not listed therein. and in all such cases the location of the village is given with reference to the nearest town mentioned in that valuable reference work. The manuscript of this inventory has been prepared by Miss May Riley, the botanical determinations of seeds introduced have been made and the notes on geographic distribution compiled by Mr. H. C. Skeels. and the descriptive and botanical notes arranged by Mr. S. C. Stuntz, who has also had general supervision of this inventory. Davip Farrcnin, Agricultural Haplorer in Charge. _ Orrice or Foreign SEED AND Piant INTRODUCTION, Washington, D. C., December 20, 1916. : Fp a is EIT IT, eT. aor lid lig BI ida ak Salk 39682 to 39690. From Sibpur, near Calcutta, India. Presented by Mr. C. C. Calder, Royal Botanic Garden. Received January 11, 1915. * Collected on the eastern Himalayas.” (Calder.) 39682. CREPIS JAPONICA (L.) Bentham. Cichoriaces, A common eastern Asiatic herb. 39683. POGOSTEMON FRATERNUS Miquel. Menthacez. Distribution.—An herbaceous perennial related to patchouli and be- longing to the mint family, found at an altitude of 3,000 to 5,000 feet in the Sikkim Himalayas in India and in Java. 39684. BLUMEA MYRIOCEPHALA DC. Asteracez. Distribution.—A composite shrub with leaves 6 to 10 inches long and small heads of flowers in a pyramidal panicle; found in the Sikkim Himalayas in India. 39685. MARSDENIA TENACISSIMA (Roxb.) Wight and Arnott. Asclepia- dace. A climbing plant distributed throughout the lower Himalayas, ascend- ing to 5,000 feet, from Kumaon to Assam and Burma. The plant is fond of dry, barren localities, twining on the bushes and small trees. The bark of the stems yields a large quantity of beautiful fine silky fiber, which is extracted by cutting the stems into sections and then scraping them clean with the finger nails or with a stick. The moun- taineers of Rajmahal make their bowstrings from this fiber, because of its strength and durability. In Dr. Roxburgh’s tests of twine made from this fiber, he found that in the dry and wet states it bore a strain of 248 and 343 pounds, when hemp in the same-state bore 158 and 190 pounds. More recent tests, however, place it below hemp in strength, but above it in elasticity. The fiber is much used in making fishing nets. and is not liable to injury by submersion in water. One of the chief characteristics of this fiber is its elasticity, and it is considered to be the second best fiber in India. This species, though producing a good fiber, is not in general cultivation, being a climber; difficulties exist with which the Indian cultivator has not yet attempted to deal. A milky juice exudes from the cuts on the stems which thickens into an elastic substance, which acts in the same way as India rubber in removing black-lead marks. (Adapted from Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Products of India, and C. R. Dodge, Useful Fiber Plants of the World.) 39686. CARYOPTERIS PANICULATA C. B. Clarke. Verbenacee. “A spreading shrub, from Upper Burma; branches terete, slender, pubescent. Leaves mostly obtuse or rounded at the base. Panicles axillary, subsessile one-half to 24 inches, distinctly panicled, rachis dis- 11 12 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 39682 to 39690—Continued. tinct, often 20 to 60 flowered. Corolla pubescent, deep red.” (Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 4, p. 597.) Of similar value perhaps to C. mastacanthus. 39687. Hoya GLoBULOSA Hook. f. Asclepiadacex. Distribution.—A stout, handsome, asclepiadaceous climber with orbicu- lar leaves and umbels of cream-colored flowers, found up to an altitude of 3,000 feet in the Himalayas of Sikkim and Assam, in India, and suc- ceeding under the same treatment as H. carnosa. 39688. TRIUMFETTA PILOSA Roth. Tiliacez. Burweed. An herbaceous hairy or bristly tropical weed with yellow flowers in dense cymes. 39689. ERIANTHUS RUFIPILUS (Steud.) Griseb. Poacez. (Hrianthus fulvus Nees.) ‘‘A perennial grass found in the temperate Himalayas at altitudes of 5,000 to 7,000 feet. Stems 6 to § feet high, silky hairy just above the panicle. The leaves are 2 to 3 feet long and one-fourth inch to 1 inch wide, slightly rough and with the margins of the sheath hairy. Panicle 8 to 18 inches, grey white or tinged with purple. Spikelets about one- tenth inch long with the basal hairs 3 to 4 times as long as the spikelets.” (Collett, Flora Simlensis. ) Introduced for the work of the Office of Forage-Crop Investigations. 389690. NEYRAUDIA MADAGASCARIENSIS (Kunth) Hook. f. Poacez. “A species found on the plains of north India, ascending to 5,000 feet, throughout tropical Asia and Africa and Madagascar. A _ perennial grass with leafy, solid stem 6 to 10 feet high. The leaves are flat, 1 or 2 feet long and up to 1 inch wide, with base clasping the stem. Ligule very short and hairy. Spikelets purple-brown, narrow, slightly flattened, one-fourth to one-third inch long, 4 to 8 flowered (flowers all fertile except sometimes the uppermost), in a shining, silky erect panicle 1 to 3 feet long. The branches are in half whorls and more or less spread- ing.” (Collett, Flora Simlensis.) 39691 to 39693. Tamarix spp. Tamaricacee. Tamarisk. From Caucasus, Russia. Presented by the Tiflis Botanic Garden. Received January 7,, 1915. 39691. TAMARIX HOHENACKERI Bunge. 389692. TAMARIX PENTANDRA Pallas. “'Phis shrub or small tree is one of the most decorative tamarisks in cultivation, flowering in great profusion in July and August. In the wild state it ranges from the Balkan Peninsula through southern Rus- sia to Turkestan, and from Asia Minor to Persia, adorning the banks of rivers, particulariy in their lower reaches and estuaries. Like other species of this genus, it thrives well in saline soils, but is by no means dependent on a more than ordinary amount of salis in the ground. The flowers are usually rose-colored, but sometimes white or nearly se.” (Botanical Magazine, pl. 8138.) 39693. TAMARIX Sp. TANUARY I TO MARCH 31° 1915, £3 39694 to 39697. From Nanking, China. Presented by Rev. Joseph Bailie, University of Nanking. Received January 7, 1915. 39694. SoLANUM DULCAMARA L. Solanacee. A vine of the nightshade sort. 39695. ZANTHOXYLUM BUNGE! Planchon. Rutacea. Hua chia. 389696. CLEMATIS sp. Ranunculacee, Clematis. Purple mountain clematis. 39697. LOoNICERA sp. Caprifoliacer. Red-berried shrub; flowers like woodbine. 39698. Diospyros EBENASTER Retz. Diospyracee. Black sapote. From Santa Fe, Isle of Pines. Presented by Mr. H. S. Jones. Cuttings received January 18, 1915. See S. P. I. No. 39719 for description. 39699 and 39700. Cirrus spp. Rutacee. From Catania, Italy. Presented by Mr. Joseph EH. Haven, American consul. Received January 16, 1915. 39699. CITRUS BERGAMIA Risso. Bergamot orange. 39700. Crrrus AURANTIUM L. Bitter orange. “To the bitter orange plant is grafted the bud wood of the Bergamot orange, as Bergamot oranges do not grow from a Bergamot seed.” (Haven.) 39701. Opuicrpocon japonicus (L.) Ker. Liliacee. Grown at the Plant Introduction Field Station, Rockville, Md. “A small evergreen plant, with grasslike leaves, growing to a height of 3 to 6 inches and bearing racemes of small white flowers followed by pale-blue berries. Much used in Italy as a ground cover in the shade of trees where grass will not grow.” (Peter Bisset.) 39702 to 39705. Dioscorra spp. Dioscoreacee. Yam. From Guam. Presented by the Experimental Station of Guam, through Mr. W. E. Safford, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received January 13) 1915: For a general discussion of the yams of Guam, see W. E. Safford, Useful Plants of Guam, pages 257 to 263, 1905. 39702. Nika. 39704. Dago agaga. (Red yam.) 39703. Nika cimarron. 39705. Dago hava. (Southern yam.) 39706. Ruus sp. Anacardiacee. From Nanking, China. Presented by Rev. Joseph Bailie, University of Nan- king. Received January 7, 1915. Cha lu kou, 14 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 39707. Arurites Forpit Hemsl. Euphorbiacee. Tung tree. From Foley, Ala. Purchased from Mr. J. L. Sebastian. Received January 9, 1915. Seed from S. P. I. No. 21018, sent him in February, 1908. 39708. Vania sp. Orchidacee. Vanilla. From Tampico, Mexico. Presented by Mr. Thomas H. Bevan, Cutting received January 12, 1915. 39709. Durio ziperHinus Murr. Bombacacer. Durian. From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by the director, Botanic Garden. Re- eeived January 11, 1915. See S. P. I. Nos. 28082, 34072, and 37103 for previous introductions. ‘““A very large, handsome, pyramid-shaped tree, native of the Malayan Archi- pelago and commonly cultivated in the Straits, Burma, Java, etc., for the sake of its celebrated fruit. The latter is produced on the older branches, varies somewhat from round to oval in shape, and usually weighs from 5 to 7 pounds or more. It is armed with thickly set, formidable prickles about one-half inch long; when ripe it becomes slightly yellow and possesses an odor which is intensely offensive to most people, especially on first acquaintance with it. The cream-colored pulp surrounding the seed is the edible portion; this is most highly prized by the Malays and other oriental people, and is also relished by Europeans who acquire a taste for it. Firminger describes it as ‘ resembling blanemange, delicious as the finest cream,’ while Mr. Russel Wallace con- sidered that ‘eating durians is a sensation worth a voyage to the Hast.’ The large seeds may be roasted and eaten like chestnuts. Pounded into flour they ~ are said to be sometimes made into a substance like ‘ vegetable ivory.’ The durian tree thrives in the moist low country of Ceylon up to 2,000 feet elevation and luxuriates in deep alluvial or loamy soil. In Peradeniya Gardens there are magnificent specimens well over 100 feet in height. They usually flower in March or April, and the fruit is ripe in July or August. Durian fruits are variable in size, shape, flavour, and quantity of pulp, according to variety. The trees also vary in productiveness, some varieties being almost barren. Seleetion and high cultivation should therefore be practiced in order to obtain the best fruits. The tree is readily propagated by seed if sown fresh; the seed is of short vitality and germinates in 7 to 8 days.” (Macmillan, Handbook of Tropical Gardening and Planting, p. 142.) 39710. Querrcus suBER L. Fagacee. Cork oak. From Gibraltar, Spain. Procured through Mr. Richard L. Sprague, Ameri- can consul. Received January 4, 1915. “ Spanish cork oak acorns gathered in the cork woods near Alpandiere and Gaucin station, Province of Malaga, 45 miles north of Gibraltar. These acorns are of fine quality.” (Sprague.) See S. P. I. No. 36925 for previous introduction. 39711. CueNnorepiuM BonuUs-HENRICUS L. Chenopodiacee. Good King Henry. . From Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. Purchased from Pennell & Sons. Received January 2, 1915. For experimental use as greens; not for distribution. JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1915. 15 39712. Crrrus BercAMIA Risso. Rutacee. Bergamot orange. From Naples, Italy. Presented by Mr. Jay White, American consul. Re- ceived January 5, 1915. “A small tree; leaves oblong oval, with long, winged petioles; flowers small, white, very fragrant; fruits pyriform, 3 to 4 inches in diameter, thin skinned, pale yellow when ripe; pulp acid; seeds oblong, many. Extensively cultivated in Calabria for the essential oil which is expressed from the peel and used in making eau de Cologne and other perfumes. (Sicingle. In Bailey, Siandard Cyclopedia of Horticulture.) 39713. Castanopsis sp. Fagaceer. From Changning, Kiangsi, via Swatow, China. Presented by Rev. C. E. Bousfield, American Baptist Mission. Received January 5, 1915. “ While crossing some hills near here I came across some chestnut trees which are new to me. I think that, though smaller, the nuts have a better flavor than the common kind.” (Bousfield.) 39714. Areurites rorpit Hemsl. Euphorbiacee. Tung tree. From Fairhope, Ala. Presented by Mr. C. O. White. Received January 2 1915, Seeds from S. P. I. No. 21013 sent to Mr. White in 1908. 399715 and 39716. From Calcutta, India. Presented by the Botanic Garden, through Mr. C. VY. Piper, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received January 4, 1915. Quoted notes by Mr. Piper. , 39715. HoLcUS HALEPENSIS L. Poacez, Johnson grass. (Sorghum halepensis Pers.) “This Indian variety of Johnson grass differs in producing more abundant rootstocks and in having a larger, looser panicle with drooping branches.” 89716. ANDROPCGON ANNULATUS Forsk. Poacer. “An abundant grass in northern India often cut for hay.” Stems one-half to 3 feet long, branching, often half climbing, bent at the lower joints and then ascending; leaves mostly basal, 6 to 12 inches long, narrow, rigid, upper surface hairy. Spikelets in pairs on five to eight unequal spikes 1 to 23 inches long and forming a digitate cluster at the top of the stem. (Adapted from Collett, Flcra Simlensis, p. 603.) 39717 and 39718. From Nanking, China. Presented by Rev. Joseph Bailie, University of Nanking. Received January 2, 1915. 39717. CASTANEA sp. Fagacez.: | Chestnut. Chestnuts from Anhwei. 89718. SoLanumM pDULCAMARA lL, Solanaces, An ornamental vine with red berries, 77481°—18——2 16 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 39719. Dtosprros EBENASTER Retz. Diospyracee. Black sapote. From Santa Fe, Isle of Pines. Presented by Mr. H. S. Jones. Received January 4, 1915. “From fine ripe fruits from 23 to 3 inches in diameter. The fruits are just beginning to ripen (December 28) and will last until about the middle of February.” (Jones.) “The sapote prieto or sapote negro (black sapote) of Mexico, an interesting fruit belonging to the persimmon family. The tree grows in compact, shapely form and is of very ornamental appearance with its oblong-oval, glossy leaves about 4 inches long. In appearance the fruits greatly resemble some varieties of the kaki or Japan persimmon; in place of being bright orange, however, they are light green when ripe, and measure 23 to 3 or even 4 inches in diameter. In shape they are oblate or distinctly flattened and the persistent, light-green calyx is quite prominent. “The interior of the fruit, when ripe, is anything but attractive in appear- ance, the flesh being dark brown or almost black in color, and of a greasy con- sistency. The flavor is sweet, but rather lacking in character; for this reason the Mexicans frequently serve the fruit cut up, or mashed up, with orange juice; it is a first-rate dish. The seeds look like those of the persimmon and are not very numerous. “According to Mr. Jones, the fruit ripens in the Isle of Pines from the last part of December to the middle of February. The tree is rare outside of cer- tain parts of Mexico, but has done well at Mr. Jones’s place. It seems worthy of much wider dissemination throughout the Tropics. Types from the cooler parts of Mexico have withstood a little frost in southern California, yet the tree can not be considered very hardy.” (Wilson Popenoe.) For previous introductions, see S. P. I. Nos. 24600 and 39698. 39720. Cocos Nucirera L. Pheenicacez. Coconut. From Panama. Secured by Mr. H. Pittier, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received January 4, 1915. “This shipment may contain specimens of the Burica, San Blas, which the natives call coco de cuchilla, and possibly specimens of the Monticsa variety.” (Pittier.) 39721. CaAsTANEA MOLLISSIMA Blume. Fagacez. Chestnut. From Tientsin, China. Procured through Mr. Samuel §S. Knabenshue, American consul general. Received May 14, 1914. 39722. Capsicum annuum L. Solanacee. Red pepper. From Budapest, Hungary. Presented by the American consul. 39723. Quercus rnstents Martens and Galleotti. Fagacere. Oak. From Zacuapam, Vera Cruz, Mexico. Purchased from Dr. C. A. Purpus. Received January 7, 1915. “These acorns were sent to me by a friend, Sefior Guillermo Ziche, from Huatusco, and were collected in the Sierras west of town at about 1,500 to 1,600 feet altitude. I am sure you will be able to grow the oaks in the southern part of Florida, where the palms (Roystonea (Oreodoxa) regia) grow. They need a moist climate vr subtropical forests to do well.” (Purpus.) 1 EEE Inventory 42, Seeds and Plants Imported. PLATE I. } GIANT ACORNS OF A MEXICAN OAK (QUERCUS INSIGNIS, S. P. I. No. 39723). A white oak which occurs about midway down the flanks of Mount Orizaba, forming there trees Pp 60 to 80 feet high branching 30 or 40 feet from the ground. Believed by Dr. C. A. Purpus capa- The acorns are edible. Photo- ble of acclimatization in Florida, Porto Rico, and Hawaii. graphed, natural size, by Mr. E. L. Crandall, Washington, D. C., March 14, 1914 (P13834FS). Inventory 42, Seeds and Plants Imported. i PLATE Il. = Ae eae Fes > te * <4 ce “eS Be 6 ie < : rs . _ er aes z es cio lal > See 8S eee ¥ En ann StS = hatte — ae Th —_ 5 va Spee 6 ens 2 THE SYCAMORE Fi@ (Ficus sycomorus §&. P. |. Nos. 39827, 39857, AND 39858). From the wood of this ‘‘sycamore”’ of Scripture, the ‘‘Tree of Life’’ of the Egyptians, the ancient coffins were made. It is a true fig tree and was introduced into Egypt, probably from Yemen on the east coast of the Red Sea, nvery early times. It bears figs of inferior quality which are inhabited by the fig insect (Sycophaga crassipes). ‘These figs are not fit to eat unless their tips are cut off to let the fig insects escape. From the time of Pliny even the Egyptian boys have operated on these sycamore figs, using a kind of thimble made of iron plate ending in an iron “finger nail.” The figs are borne on small leafless fleshy branches arising directly from the trunk, and it is the practice to beat the trunk of the tree with a hammer to increase its (EanoICP) The illustration shows the scars thus induced. Photographed by S. C. Mason P20231CP). JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1915. 17 “The tree is rapid in growth and quite different in habit from most oaks. It reaches an ultimate height of 60 to 80 feet or more, is quite erect, and sends out large branches at the height of 80 or 40 feet from the ground. It is found in considerable abundance about midway down the flanks of Mount Orizaba, being most common about Chiapas, according to Dr. C. A. Purpus, who has recently been collecting in that region. It is a white oak, maturing its fruit the first season, and, being a white oak, its fruit has sufficient edible quality to be available at least for stock food. “The only other oaks that approximate it in size, according to Dr. William Trelease, of the University of Illinois, who called the attention of this asso- ciation to the species, ‘are a close relative, Quercus strombocarpa, of the same region, and a Guatemalan black oak, Q. skinneri, the latter apparently an equally large tree and with acorns 2 inches in diameter, but presumably bitter or astringent like our own black acorns.’ “The nuts of the Quercus insignis are usually about 2 inches in diameter, but may reach 23 inches. Their weight is from 50 to 65 grams each. In view of its range, the tree is naturally to be supposed unsuited to a temperate: climate, but Dr. Purpus writes, ‘I think it a very useful tree, which could be: raised in Florida, Cuba, Porto Rico, ete. The Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction of the United States Department of Agriculture is now en- deavoring to introduce it to those regions on a large enough scale to give it a chance of success. If it is found to be well adapted, it is possible that native species of oaks could in some cases be grafted over with the productive new one, thus yielding a large crop of acorns with very little trouble or care. Hybridiz- ing experiments should also be tried with some of the best North. American oaks, with a view to seeing whether the size of their acorns can not be increased.” (The Journal of Heredity, vol. 5, p. 406, 1914.) For an illustration of the giant acorns of this Mexican oak, see Plate I. 39724 to 39726. From Tientsin, China. Presented by Dr. Yamei Kin, Peiyang Woman’s Medical School and Hospital. Received January 8, 1915. Quoted notes by Dr. INin. 39724. BRASSICA PEKINENSIS (Lour.) Skeels. Brassicaces. Pe-tsai. “Seed from Shantung of the fine, specially white pai ts’ai. It is grown in the same way as the Chihli pai ts’ai, but is larger, not so tall, and said to be of better keeping quality.” 39725 and 39726. CucuMIS MELO L. Cucurbitacez., Muskmelon. * White melon that is very delicate in flavor and easily grown.” 39725. Larger seeds. 39726. Smaller seeds. 39727 and 89728. Prirrosporum spp. Pittosporacee. From Nice, France. Presented by Dr. A. Robertson-Proschowsky, Jardin d’Acclimatation. Received January 6, 1915. Quoted notes by Dr. Proschowsky. 39727. PITTOSPORUM FLORIBUNDUM Wight and Arnott. “This species has large leaves and is of comparatively rapid growth. It has numerous small. flowers, which are very fragrant. It is one of the most floriferous species I possess, and is new to the Riviera.” For previous introductions, see 8. P. I. Nos. 89044 and 39129. 18 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 39727 and 39728—Contd. (Quoted notes by Dr. A. Robertson- Proschowsky.) 39728. PITTOSPORUM MACROPHYLLUM Laut. and K. Sch. “The plant has existed in my garden for more than twenty years. It is the most beautiful of the dozen or so Pittosporum species which I cul- tivate. The leaves occasionally attain nearly the size of those of J/ag- nolia grandifiora, and the flowers are perhaps not surpassed in fragrance by any other flower. Indeed, the fragrance is most exquisite. Would not such highly fragrant flowers be of value for the extraction of perfume?” For previous introduction, see S. P. JI. No. 11644. 39729 to 39735. Ipomora BaraTas (L.) Poir. Convolvulacez. Sweet potato. From Cuba. Presented by Mr. Juan T. Roig, botanist, Agricultural Ex- periment Station, Santiago de las Vegas. Tubers received January 7, 1915. Quoted notes by Mr. Roig; yields stated in arrobas (of 25 pounds each) per caballeria (834 acres). 39729. “Candela. From Trinidad, Santa Clara. White inside; yield- ing 34,260 arrobas per caballeria.”’ 39730. ‘“Camarioca. From Punta Brava, Havana. Yellow inside; yielding 26,834 arrobas per caballeria.” 397381. “Pan con vino. From Madruga, Havana. Red outside, striped with violet inside, very sweet; yielding 48,695 arrobas per caballeria.” 39732. “ Hache. From Jiguani, Oriente. Pale yellow inside; yielding 36,521 arrobas per caballeria.” 39733. “Camarecto. From Cienfuegos. Saffron colored inside; yield- ing 15,060 arrobas per caballeria.” 39734. ‘“ Mongorro. From Isle of Pines. Deep yellow inside; yield- ing 23,408 arrobas per caballeria.” 39735. ‘“ Miseria. From El Caney, Oriente. Pale yellow inside; yield- ing 14,530 arrobas per caballeria.” . 39736 and 39737. From Nanking, China. Presented by Rev. Joseph Bailie, University of Nan- king. Received January 11. 1915. 39736. CELASTRUS sp. Celastracee. “Ohiang yeh snu.” 39787. RHYNCHOSIA VOLUBILIS Lour. Fabacee. “1 ho tzu.) A twining herb with tomentose, subrotund, ternate leaves and many yellow axillary flowers. Distribution.—Eastern China and Indo-China. 39738. CannaBsis sativa L. Moracee. Hemp. From Yokohama, Japan. Procured from the Yokohama Nursery Co. Re ceived January 18, 1915. ~ “Tochigi production; slender tall variety.” JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 831, 1915. 19 39739. Evonyrmus sp. Celastracee. From Nanking, China. Presented by Rev. Joseph Bailie, University of Nanking. Received January 14, 1915. “Yen chih shu. Leaves are like laurel; fruit is a little bright-scarlet seed protruding from a little husk.” (Bailie.) 39740. ErytTuea eputis (Wendl.) Watson. Phcenicacee. Guadeloupe Island palm. From Santa Barbara, Cal. Presented by Mr. W. H. Morse, through Mr. O. F. Cook, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received January 21, 1915. “This palm has been found in the wild state only on Guadeloupe Island, off the coast of Lower California, but it has been planted widely in the coast region of California and undoubtedly is one of the finest, and at the same time one of the hardiest, of the whole series of ornamental palms. In California it appears to be more hardy than Washingtonia, and since Washingtonia is being grown at Charleston and other Atlantic coast points, the Guadeloupe Island paim may also be able to survive. At least it should be given a fair trial. It may not be as well suited to Florida, on account of the hot, humid summer. Trachycarpus also does not thrive in Florida. We would suggest that seedlings be grown for experimental planting in the Carolinas and other Atlantic Coast States.” (Cook.) 39741 and 39742. IJpromora pataTtas (L.) Poir. Convolvulacerr. Sweet potato. From Cuba. Presented by Mr. Juan T. Roig, botanist, Agricultural Ex- periment Station, Santiago de las Vegas. Tubers received January 16. 1915. Quoted notes by Mr. Roig. 389741. “(No. 213.) Centauro; pale yellow inside; from Imias, Oriente; yielding 19,130 arrobas (of 25 pounds each) per caballeria (334 acres).” 39742. “(No. 92.) Tornasol; yellow. From Puerto Principe, Cama- guey; yielding 9,918 arrobas (of 25 pounds each) per caballeria (333 acres).” 39743 to 39798. Prunus serrunata Lindl. Amygdalacee. Flowering cherry. From Tokyo, Japan. Presented by Mr. E. H. Wilson, Arnold Arboretum, Cuttings received January 15 and 23, 1915. Quoted notes by Mr. Wilson. A collection of named varieties of Japanese flowering cherries. These are from the collection owned by the municipality of Tokyo, and dried flowering specimens are now in the herbarium of the Arnold Arboretum. The supple- mentary serial numbers are Wiison’s collection numbers. 39743 and 39744. “To be grown on the ordinary Japanese cherry stocks.” 39743. No. 2. 39744. No. 3. 89745. No. 4. “To be grown on Prunus serrulata sachalinensis stock.” 39746 to 39798. “To be grown on the ordinary Japanese cherry stocks.” 39746. No. 5. 39748. No. 7. 39747. No. 6. 39749. No. 8. 20 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 39743 to 39798—Continued. 39750. No. 9. 39775. No. 34, 39751. No. 10. 39776. No. 35. 39752... No 44. 39777. No. 36. 39753. No. 12. 39778. No. 37, 39754. No. 13. 39779. No. 38. 39755. No. 14. 39780. No. 39. 39756. No. 15. 39781. No. 40. 39757. No. 16. z 39782. No. 41. 39758. No. 17. 39783. No. 42. 39759. No. 18, 39784. No. 43. 39760. No. 19. 39785. No. 44. 39761. No. 20. 39786. No. 45, 39762. No. 21. 39787. No. 46. 39763. No. 22. 39788. No. 47, 39764. No. 238. 389789. No. 48. 39765. No. 24. 39790. No. 49. 39766. No. 25. 39791. No. 50. 39767. No. 26. 39792. No. 51. 39768. No. 27. 39793. No. 52, 39769. No. 28. 39794. No. 53. 39770. No. 29. 39795. No. 54, Sot. Wo, 20: 39796. No. 55. 389772. No. 31. 39797. No. 56. 39173: No: 32: 39798. No. 57. 39774. No. 33. 39799 to 39802. Ipomoea patatas (L.) Poir. Convolvulacee. 1914.” Sweet potato. From Cuba. Presented by Mr. Juan T. Roig, botanist, Agriculturai Ex- periment Station, Santiago de las Vegas. Received January 18, 1915. Quoted notes by Mr. Roig; yields stated in arrobas (of 25 pounds each) per caballeria (334 acres). 39799. ‘“(No: 29.) Camaguey; yellow inside. From Puerto Principe. Yielding 41,982 arrobas per caballeria.” 389800. ‘(No. 118.) Yema de huevo; yellow. From Colon, Matanzas. Yielding 6,260 arrobas per caballeria.” 89801. ‘“(No.30.) Colorado brujo; yellow flesh. From Puerto Principe. Yielding 10,486 arrobas per caballeria.” 39802. “(No. 72.) Chino blanco; white. From Taco Taco, Pinar del Rio. Yielding 18,156 arrobas per caballeria.” 39808 to 39807. Zra mays L. Poacee. Corn. From Oroya, Peru. Collected by Dr. J. N. Rose, United States National Museum. “Corn obtained from Chola women, at an altitude of 12,200 feet, in July, ( Rose.) 39808. Light yellow. 39806. Brownish. 39804. Mixed blue and white, 39807. White. 39805. Red. ; vgs JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1915. 2k 39808 to 39816. ANNoNA GrnEOnA < s@uAMOsA. Annonacez. Atemoya. From Lamao, Bataan, Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. P. J. Wester, horticulturist, Lamao Experiment Station. Received January 11, 1915. Cuttings of the atemoya, a new hybrid between the cherimoya and the sugar- apple. “In 1908, at the subtropical laboratory, Miami, Fla., the writer successfully hybridized the cherimoya and the sugar-apple, the sugar-apple and the custard- apple, the cherimoya and the mamon, and the mamon and the sugar-apple. Sev- eral hundred seedlings resulted from this work, part of which were planted out in 1910, the hybrids between the cherimoya and the sugar-apple showing re- markable vigor and thriftiness. In 19i1, hybrid seeds of the same combination from a cross made in 1910 were brought to the Philippines and the seeds sown in March of the same year. These hybrids exhibited the same remarkable vigor, and some attained a height of 2.3 meters in one year and bloomed when they were. 16 months old. No fruits resulted, however. his year (1913), in the course of the reorganization work at Lamao, where the plants are growing, it became necessary to transplant the hybrids, and their fruiting is on that account unfortu- nately delayed for another year.” (Wester, Philippine Agricultural Review, vol. 6, 315, July, 1913.) The further history of these hybrids is told in the Review for February, 1914: “The blossoming season of the cherimoya is somewhat in advance of that of the custard-apple, but owing perhaps in part to the shock and retardetion due to the transplanting, a few flowers appeared in June on one of the transplanted hybrids. One of these was pollinated with pollen from the custard-apple (4An- nona reticulata L.), with the result that it set, and a fruit developed and ripened October 8, 1913. The following is a description of the fruit: Size small, weight 280 grams; length 7.7 cm., equatorial diameter 7.6 cm.; cordiform in shape, with prominent carpels and distinct areoles; exterior yellowish green, almost glabrous; skin very thick and tough; fiesh white, tender, and melting, with a slight trace of fiber, juicy, subacid, rich, and aromatic; flavor excellent, very similar to a good cherimoya with a dash of the delicate sweetness of the sugar- apple; seeds 4 to 7, similar in shape to cherimoya seed, but darker colored. The fruit is rather small, but regular and well shaped, about the size of a sugar- apple, which was to be expected considering that the father parent, the cheri- moya, was also undersized. With the employment of large-fruited cherimoyas for breeding work we may also anticipate a progeny with larger fruits. The atemoya plants, of which there are 23 that have not yet fruited, are very simi- jar in appearance to the cherimoya, and the fruit is also practically identical with the prominent-carpelled cherimoyas. Superior to the sugar-apple, it is not . Claimed that the atemoya is an improvement upon the cherimoya, but it has been hoped by crossing the cherimoya with the sugar-apple the excellent flavor of the subtropical cherimoya, which does not succeed well in the low latitudes near the Equator, might be imparted to the progeny, and that the other parent from the lowlands would impart to it adaptability to a tropical climate. It would seem that this anticipation has been realized in the above instance. The name atemoya, which is here being proposed for this new race of fruits, is de- rived from a combination of one of the old original names of the sugar-apple, Ate pannicensis (quoted from Hernandez, in his work ‘Nova Plantarum, Animalium et Mineralium Mexicanorum Historia,’ published in 1651), and cherimoya.” (Wester.) ; 99, SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. Of the nine plants represented by cuttings, No. 4 [S. P. I. No. 39809] repre- sents the plant which fruited in 1913; the remainder first bore fruit in 1914. 389808. No. 3. “This proved to be one of the best among the hybrids that fruited this season.” (H. 7. Edwards.) 39809. No. 4. ‘“ Fruited last year.” (H. T. Edwards.) 39810 to 39816. “These proved to be the best among the hybrids that fruited this season.” (H. T. Edwards.) 39810. No. 5. 39814. No. 14. 39811. No. 6. 39815. No. 16. 39812. No. 11, 39816. No. 17, 39813. No. 12, 89817 to 39819. From Tolga, Queensland, Australia. Presented by Mr. J. A. Hamilton. Received January 16, 1915. Quoted notes by Mr. Hamilton. 39817. CYMBIDIUM SUAVE R. Brown. Orchidacee. Distribution.—An epiphytal orchid with narrow leaves 1 foot long and racemes of red-blotched greenish flowers, found along streams in Queensland and New South Wales. 39818. PASSIFLORA EDULIS Sims. Passifloracee, Passion fruit. “Large-fruited passion fruit. Season 1914.” 39819. Rusus sp. Rosacez. Wild raspberry. “ Wild raspberry, Evelyn Table-land No. 2.” 39820 to 39826. Prunus serruLata Lindl. Amygdalacez. Flowering cherry. From Tokyo, Japan. Presented by Mr. E. H. Wilson, Arnold Arboretum. Cuttings received January 15 and 23, 1915. “To be grown on the ordinary Japanese cherry stocks.” (Wéilson.) 39820. No. 58, 39824. No. 62. 39821. No. 59. 39825. No. 63. 39822. No. 60. 39826. No. 64, 39823. No. 61. 39827. Ficus sycomorus L. Moracee. Fig. From Cairo, Egypt. Presented by Mr. Thomas W. Brown, director, Horti- cultural Division, Gizeh Branch, Ministry of Agriculture. Cuttings re- . ceived January 26,.1915. “No. 3. Var. beledi. A variety which is most commonly eaten at Alexandria.” (Brown.) “The tree is cultivated in Egypt and is identical with the sycamore of Scrip- ture. Ficus sycomorus, or the Egyptian fig, seems to be invariably infested with the insect Sycophaga crassipes, which is the same insect supposed to effect caprification in Malta, according to Rev. T. F. Marshall. This fig never pro- duces ripe seed in Egypt, though it has been introduced from the earliest times. Not only are the ancient coffins made of the wood, but it was adopted as the sacred ‘ Tree of Life.’ It probably came from Yemen, where Prof. Dr. Schwein- furth saw many seedling trees grown spontaneously. The tree bears three crops per annum, in May, June, and August-September. Boys cut off the top of the JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 831, 1915. 23 figs of the first two crops only. The figs have no pleasant flavor until the operation has been performed; then the figs become very sweet, but remain smaller than when cut open. The object is to let the insect escape. Those that are left become watery and tasteless and are full of namoos or Sycophaga. The instrument used in Egypt for removing the ‘eye’ or top of the sycamore fig is a kind of thimble made of iron plate ending in a spatula like a finger nail. It is fixed on the thumb of the right hand. The operation is made only en fruits which shall be picked the following day. The day after the operation the fig is quite ripe. The male flowers in those figs are all aborted and the females never have perfect seeds. The figs of the third generation are larger, of an agreeable taste, and sweet scented; but they are not operated upon, only because in August and September, though the trees are much fuller of fruit than in May and June, the people have so much to do at that time. They are seldom sold and only eaten by the owners of the trees, or else they are aban- doned to the field mice, birds, and dogs, which latter are very fond of them. These nilg fruits are full of Sycophaga. It is a very interesting fact that Pliny also describes the process as closely corresponding with this modern method.” (Aluschler, Manual Flora of Egypt, vol. 1, p. 248.) For an illustration of this remarkable tree, see Plate II, 39828 and 39829. From Rome, Italy. Presented by Dr. Gustav Eisen. Cuttings received January 26, 1915. Quoted notes by Dr. Hisen. 39828. Ficus sp. Moracee. Fig. “ Harrar. A fig from Abyssinia, most interesting and different from Ficus carica. Possibly a variety of Ficus pseudocarica. Fruit medium; outside violet brown, pulp reddish brown-vermilion, brilliant. Sweeter and better flavored than any other variety when fully ripe. Growth of branches somewhat pendent, leaves like Broussonetia papyrifera. Abun- dant bearer and hardy. Suited, I think, to Texas, Arizona, and southern California. May also do well in some other parts of the South, as it can stand considerable summer rain.” 39829. MALuS SyLvEsTRIS Miller. Malacer. Apple. (Pyrus malus LL.) “Timoncella or Limoncello apple. Middle and southern Italy, espe- cially Naples down to and including Sicily. The only apple adapted to a warm and dry climate, at the same time possessing qualities which com- pare favorably with those of good northern apples. It is the best variety of apple grown in Italy for the general market. Medium or below medium, apex truncate, constricted below the apex, wiler at base. Oblong, much longer than wide. Stalk short, slender, core long, narrow, solid, with very few seeds, fiesh solid, white, sweet and subacid. crisp and juicy. Color of skin lemon yellow, shaded to a very slight pinkish flush. Flavor strong, agreeable, resembling that of certain red Cabernet grapes. Very fine shipper. Ripe from the end of November to February. This variety is not to be preferred to our better American apples in the Northern States, its value consisting in its adaptability to warm countries where the northern apples do not thrive. Should do well in California, Arizona, and Texas in localities with deep and rich soil. It is superior to any California apples grown on the central and southern plains and compares well with those grown in the mountains, except as to size. Retails at 35, 45 to 50 centesimi a kilo, or from 4 to 1 cent American each, more or less, according to size.” 24 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 39830. Hotcus HALerensis L. Poacee. Johnson grass. (Sorghum halepensis Pers.) From Kirkee, Bombay, Poona, India. Presented by Mr. W. Burns, Ganesh- khind Botanical Gardens, through Mr. C. V. Piper, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received January 26, 1915. 39831 to 39833. Iromora patatas (L.) Poir. Convolvulacez. : Sweet potato. From Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba. Presented by Mr. Juan T. Roig, bota- nist, Agricultural Experiment Station. Tubers received January 25, 1915. Quoted notes by Mr. Roig. 39831. ‘No. 75. Cascarillo; white. From Madruga, Havana. Yield- ing 23,791 arrobas (of 25 pounds each) per caballeria (334 acres).” 39832. “No. 199. Picadito; white. From Trinidad, Santa Clara. Yielding 12,617 arrobas (of 25 pounds each) per caballeria (334 acres.)” 39833. “No. 98. San Pedro blanco, white. From Taco Taco, Pinar del Rio. Yielding 25,217 arrobas (of 25 pounds each) per cabaileria (334 acres).” 39834. ANNONA CHERIMOLA Miller. Annonacez. Cherimoya. From Guemes, Argentina. Presented by Mr. Henry F. Schultz, through Mr. L. J. Keena, American consul general, Buenos Aires. Received Janu- ary 23, 1915. “The cherimoya was introduced into Campo Santo from Peru about 50 years ago, and while the famous ‘ oldest residents,’ who heard the tales of the original importers, claim that the fruits have degenerated greatly, it must be admitted that the quality of the present-grown cnerimoyas in this region is very fine indeed. I have never eaten as good cherimoyas in Central America or in the United States as are produced here; their flavor and aroma are exquisite and their texture velvety and most delicious. The beautifully fragrant, creamlike pulp melts in the mouth like the best ice cream, and, were it not for the somewhat cbjectionable seeds, a finer fruit could hardly be imagined. After sampling the locally produced cherimoya I feel no hesitancy in withdrawing the state- ment which I have made in the States, before visiting this country, that cheri- moya culture had no important future in the United States. California can undoubtedly produce at least as good cherimoyas as are raised in this country, and as soon as people acquire a taste for them and learn to know and appre- ciate the fruit cherimoya culture will become quite an important addition to horticulture in that State.” (Schuliz.) For detailed information, see report from the American consul, dated De- cember 18, 1914. 839835. PrrsEA AMERICANA Miller. Lauracez. Avocado. (Persea gratissima Gaertn. f.) From Rome, Italy. Presented by Dr. Gustav Eisen. Received January 26, 1915. “A different variety from those sent before (S. P. I. No. 84698). Hardy, seeds smaller.” (Hisen.) ——————— a a ee ee ee JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1915. 25 39836. Manisuris Exautata (L. f.) Kuntze. Poacer. (Rottboellia exaitata L. f.) From Sibpur, near Calcutta, India. Presented by the superintendent, Royal Botanic Garden. Received January 23, 1915. Distribution.—An annual grass with stems 4 to 10 feet high, ranging through- out India, ascending to 7,000 feet in Gurhwal. 38983'7. ADENOPHORA VERTICILLATA Fisch. From Harbin, Manchuria. Presented by Mr. Lewis 8S. Palen. Received January 18, 1915. “Chinese Ssu yeh ts’at, or ‘Four-leaf plant.’ Sample taken in September, 1914, on the Sungari River, 50 miles above its confluence with the Amur. It grows all through the woods here and on the open plain, coming earlier in the spring than almost any other save the wild onion. About 6 inches to 1 foot high by the end of May. It makes a delicious green for stewing by the middle of May in a climate where the frost is not out of the ground more than 4 or 5 inches by the middle of April. If it could be introduced at home, it might prove of considerable value. It has an excellent flavor and is superior, in my estima- tion, to many of the greens used in America. We prefer it to spinach.” (Palen.) 39838. Myricaria GERMANICA (L.) Desv. Tamaricaceze. From Darjiling, India. Presented by Mr. A. C. Hartless, superintendent, Government Botanical Gardens, Seharunpur, India, who procured it from Mr. G. H. Cave, Lloyd Botanic Gardens, Darjiling. Received Janu- ary 23, 1915. See S. P. I. No. 89630 for previous introduction and description. 39839 to 39844. Jucians recA L. Juglandacee. Walnut. From Grenoble, France. Presented by Mr. Thomas W. Murton, American vice consul. Received January 2, 1915. All are late-blooming varieties from Tullins, Isere, the name of the orchard (Clos) from which the nuts came being given in each ease. “As instructed, I made a first trip, on June 28, to Tullins, Isere, and neighbor- ing walnut-growing districts, where I located several fine, vigorous, healthy- looking specimens of the late-blooming variety of walnut trees, cuttings from which are desired later by the Department of Agriculture for experimental purposes. “Tt will be my duty also to forward to this department at harvesting time samples of the nuts produced by these trees for comparison and possible sowing. “This variety, though a good producer, is little appreciated by growers hereabouts, for the reason that the fruit it bears is lighter in weight than most other kinds and consequently not so profitable from a pecuniary point of view; indeed, there is a growing tendency on the part of the farmers in this region to eliminate all such trees from their plantations on this account. As 4 matter of fact, several of those that I have marked are destined to be cut down in the near future, and the probability is that little by little this par- ticular species will disappear entirely from the region of the Isere to make way for the more esteemed and much preferred grafted Jlayette, the cultiva- tion of which has greatly increased within the past four or five years in and around Tullins, where several new orchards have been laid out independently of individual plantings. °26 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. “On the other hand, the fact should not be lost sight of that the fruit of the late-blooming walnut tree is fine in appearance, relatively large in size, bright in color of both shell and interior skin, and of good taste, although perhaps the meat is not so well nourished or as fine of flavor as the Mayette cr #ranquette, but in my opinion it compares favorably with the quality known ns Parisians, and properly cared for and grafted should prove a good producer.” (Murton. Report dated at Grenoble, France, July 1, 1914.) 39839. No. -1. Clos Masson. 39843. No. 5. Clos Durand. 39840. No. 2. Clos Durand. 89844. No.6. Clos Bernardin 39841. No. 8. Clos May. (altitude 2,000 feet). 89842. No. 4. Clos Lafarge. 39845 to 39852. SaccHARUM OFFICINARUM L. Poacem. Sugar cane. From Manila, Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. H. T. Edwards, director, Bureau of Agriculture. Cuttings received February 1, 1915. “The following varieties are largely grown here.” (Hdwards.) 39845. Common Negros purple. 39849. Cebu light purple. 39846. Pampanga dark purple. 89850. Inalmon. 39847. Luzon No. 1. 39851. Laguna white. 39848. Luzon No. 2. 39852. Pampanga light purple. 39853. Opuntia sp. Cactacee. Prickly-pear. From Honolulu, Hawaii. Presented by Mr. J. E. Higgins, Hawaii Ex- periment Station. Received February 1, 1915. “A variety believed to have been introduced into Hawaii by Don Marin,” ( Higgins.) “A number of years ago the station coliected in Honolulu several slabs of an almost spineless cactus. Dr. W. T. Brigham states that he has known this cactus for a long time and that he believes it was introduced by Don Marin. Dr. Brigham suggests that this cactus be called the Manini cactus (the Hawaiian form of Marin). These cactus slabs were grown into plants, which after subsequent subdivision have developed into a hedge nearly 100 feet long. “An opportunity offered to test the hardiness of this cactus in comparison with a number of other drought-resisting plants and several varieties of Bur- bank’s cactus. All of these plants were set out on the island of Kahoolawe in an excessively dry region somewhat exposed to wind. At the end of six months the place was visited again, when it was found that none-of the plants had grown except the Marin cactus, which was growing satisfactorily. In the few tests which the station has been able to make, this cactus, under dry con- Gitions, has grown about three times as fast as the Burbank varieties. “Plant averaging 6 to 8 feet in height, shrubby, and much branched... . Petals averaging 25, outer ones short and fleshy, inner ones long and thin, rose to pink in color. ... The joint changes to a succulent and juicy fruit, 14 to 2 inches long, 1 to 14 inches wide, pear shaped to globose, areoles with numerous small spicules, claret red; pulp deep claret red, many seeds, watery and almost tasteless. Rapid growth, very productive, and best propa- gated from slab cuttings, since the seeds are liable te be cross-fertilized with the spiny Opuntias, JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 81, 1915. at | “Since this eactus is of rapid growth and comparatively free of spines, it is worthy of attention as an ornamental hedge and as a fodder plant.” (Report of the Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station, 1914, p. 17 and 32.) 39854 and 39855. Cucumis meio L. Cucurbitacez. Muskmelon. From Madrid, Spain. Presented by Seflor Gregorio Cruz Valero. Received January 14, 1915. Quoted notes by Seflor Valero. 39854. ‘Seeds of a single winter melon. This is cultivated here alter- nately with cereals in dry lands. It does especially well in dry farm- ing. The earth is argillaceous, calcareous, and silicate to a great depth. In Tunis, after the cereal which precedes it is harvested, it receives in September or October a good working to a depth of 30 cm., to receive the water from the autumn rains. In February it is given another more superficial working, and at the coming of spring, the first of March or April, it is given a third working, preparatory to sowing. Sowing re- quires the opening of holes to a depth of 25 cm. or less. After this a layer of manure is placed in the holes to a depth of 4 em., and then loose earth. On this four or five seeds are sown and covered with loose earth. The successive operations consist of continuous efforts to prevent the dust mulch from being lest and to avoid evaporation. During the growing season there is little rain and storms are rare. The distance between the hills is 2 to 2.25 meters, according to the con- dition of the earth, and about the same between the rows. The har- vesting is done in September. The degree of ripeness at which the fruit should be separated from the plant is known by the fact that it is quite white and has reached the highest development, and before the odor is noticed. I have said that four or five seeds should be placed in each hill, but after germination, when they have reached a develop- ment of 25 to 30 cm., the two strongest, or the strongest plant, is left and the distance between the plants is made accordingly.” 39855. ‘‘Mixed winter melon seed, selected from the same variety as S. P. I. No. 89854.” 39856 to 39858. From Cairo, Egypt. Presented by Mr. Thomas W. Brown, director, Horti- cultural Division, Gizeh Branch, Ministry of Agriculture. Cuttings re- ceived February 8, 1915. Quoted notes by Mr. Brown. 39856. TAMARIX APHYLLA (L.) Karsten. Tamaricace. Tamarisk. “This is by far the best of the Egvptian species for cultivation as a ‘timber tree on desert land. We have employed it largely as a wind and sand break, at the sewage farm at Khanka, which is situated on what ‘was unreclaimed desert iand. The cuttings were planted along shallow -water channels, containing in one ease ehlorine equivalent to sodium -chloride to the extent of 1,272 parts per million and in another case to -the extent of 2,028 parts per million. Tamariz aphylla very rarely pro- - of the bitter flavor. “This Tangutian almond occurs in many places in the Province of Kansu, growing at altitudes of 4,000 to 10,000 feet. They are able to withstand a great degree of drought, cold, and dry heat. It is recom- mended as a factor in certain hybridization experiments, trying to create hardy bush almonds. As a stock for almonds it might be tested, but since it throws up many shoots from the base it may not have any commercial value. As a hedge plant for dry regions it also possesses value, while as an ornamental spring-flowering shrub it possibly could be employed in gardens and parks in the cooler parts of the semiarid United States. Chinese name Yeh hsiao hsing, meaning ‘wild small apricot’; also Mao t’ao, meaning ‘ hairy peach.’ ” For an illustration of these almonds as grown in China, see Plate IV. 39899. AMYGDALUS PERSICA POTANINI (Bat.) Ricker. Amygdalacer. (Prunus persica potanini Batal.) ~ Potanin’s peach. “(No. 1223. From village of Tchutsaitze (near Hsiku), Kansu, China. October 29, 1914.) A wild peach of the davidiana type, but — differing from the last in various points. Collected at the base of shel- tered mountains at an altitude of 4,800 feet. A tall shrub or even small tree, up to 30 feet in height. bark of stem or trunk dark reddish JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1915. 138 39897 to 39924—Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.) brown and quite smooth in the younger shoots; leaves like those of Amygdalus davidiana, but often broader in the middle and always less peinted. Fruits of round elongated form; skin covered with a heavy down, no edible flesh; stones of elliptical shape, grooves longer than in A. davidiana, shells very hard and thick, kernels elongated and rela- tively small. Found growing at altitudes of 4,000 to 7,000 feet, in side valleys away from the Hsiku River; thrives especially well in sheltered and warm mountain pockets. Of vaiue especially like A. davidiana as a stock for stone fruits and possibly able to stand even more dry heat; also recommended as an oinamental spring-flowering tree, especially for the drier parts of the United States. Chinese name Mao ?’ao, mean- ing ‘hairy peach.’ ” 39900 to 39904. From near Kagoba (south of Hsiku), Kansu, China. Collected Novem- ber 1, 1914. 39900. PoPULUS SUAVEOLENS PRZEWALSKII (Maxim.) Schneider. Salicacez. Poplar. “No. 1224. A poplar, growing into a tall tree with a trunk of ashy gray color, looking quite distinct from any ordinary poplar; leaves large and somewhat grayish underneath. Found mainly where the soil retains its moisture. Of value as a stately avenue and park tree for those sections oy the United States where winters are not too severe. Collected at an elevation of 8,000 feet. Chinese name Shui pai yang, meaning water white poplar.’ ” For an illustration of these poplar trees as found growing in China, see Plate V. .- ° $9901. Sarix sp. Salicacem. Willow. “No. 1225. A willow with scaly bark, mostly seen as a shrub, but grows also into a medium-sized tree. Found on exposed mountain plateaus up to 11,000 feet. Of value for windbreaks in northern localities.” 89902. PRUNUS BRACHYPODA Batalin (?) Amygdalacez. Cherry. “No. 1226. A wild cherry growing into a tall shrub or small tree, collected at an altitude of 9,000 feet. Bears fringed leaflets at base of leaf petioles. Colors up brilliantly in autumn. Of value possibly for breeding purposes, as a stock, and as an ornamental garden shrub for cool regions.” 39903. EuonyMus sp. Celastracee. “No. 1227. A spindle wood, growing into a medium-sized tree with a dense, well rounded-off head of branches. Leaves round, ellip- tical, of opaque green color, and somewhat wrinkled. Collected at an altitude of 8.000 feet. Of value as an ornamental park tree for the cooler sections of the United States.” 39904. Ficus sp. Moracez. Fig. “No. 1228. A fig found growing in rocks, apparently of a shrubby nature; only seen once. Leaves quite elongated and rough to the touch. Collected at an eltitude of 6,000 feet. Of value possibly in regions where the winters are not too severe.” 86 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 39897 to 39924—Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.) 39905 to 39911. From near Paodji (near Hsiku), Kansu, China. Collected Novem- ber 6 and 7, 1914. 389905. DIPELTA YUNNANENSIS Franchet. Caprifoliacez. “No. 1229. . Se RIK, Be aN Le Sea fie wed | eee | | WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING CFFIOE. oa Biss Boe Stes, é eae aie : 1918, - i Sane : Or. Gar Issued March 30, 1918. we S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY. WILLIAM A. TAYLOR, Chief of Bureau. INVENTORY SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED BY THE OFFICE OF FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT INTRODUCTION DURING THE PERIOD FROM APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1915. (No. 48; Nos. 40389 ro 40895. ) WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING CFFIOE. 1918, BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY. Chief of Bureau, WiLLIAM A. TAYLOR. Associate Chief of Bureau, KARL F., KELLERMAN. Officer in Charge of Publications, J. E. ROCK WHLL, Chief Clerk, JAMES E, JONES. FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT INTRODUCTION. SCIENTIFIC STAFF. David Fairchild, Agricultural Explorer in Charge. P. H. Dorsett, Plant Introducer, in Charge of Plant Introduction Field Stations. B. T. Galloway, Plant Tathologist, in Charge of Plant Protection and Plant Propagation. Peter Bisset, Plant Introducer, in Charge of Foreign Plant Distribution. Frank N. Meyer, Wilson Popenoe, and F. C. Reimer, Agricultural Explorers. H. C. Skeels, S. C. Stuntz, and R. A. Young, Botanical Assistants. D. A. Bisset, R. N. Jones, P. G. Russell, and Glen P. Van HEseltine, Assistants. Robert L. Beagles, Superintendent, Plant Introduction Field Station, Cs Cal. E. O. Orpet, Assistant in Plant Introduction, Chico, Cal. Edward Simmonds, Superintendent, Plant Introduction Field Station, Miami, Fla. John M. Rankin, Superintendent, Yarrow Plant Introduction Field Station, Rockville, Md. Harry Duffield, jr., Assistant in Plant Introduction, Rockville, Md. J. E. Morrow, Superintendent, Plant Introduction Field Station, Brooksville, Fla. Fenry E. Juenemann, Superintendent, Plant Introduction Field Station, Bellingham, Wash. Edward Goucher, Plant Propagator. Collaborators: Aaron Aaronsohn, Director, Jewish Agricultural Experimental Station, Haifa, Palestine ; Thomas W. Brown, Gizeh, Cairo, Egypt; H. M. Curran, Laurel, Md. ; oe J. Dorsey, University Farm, St. Paul, Minn. ; Dr. Gustav Eisen, New York, N. Y.; E. C. Green, Servicgo do Algoddo, Rio de care! Brazil; A. C. Hartless, Seharunpur Botanic Gardens, Seharunpur, India; Barbour Lathrop, Chicago, Ill.; Miss Eliza R. Scidmore, Washington, D. C.; Charles Simpson, Littleriver, Fla.; H. P. Stuckey, Experiment, Ga.; Dr. L. Trabut, Director, Service Botanique, Algiers, Algeria; H. N. Whitford, Seon! of Forestry, New Haven, Conn.; E. H. Wilson, Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Mass. 2 CONTENTS. LOL. PTI DS USETGI CASA CSREES 6k en ee a ea ac eee LU EL [0 1. 2::0200s So e68 600560 nessa uG se ee ee higoapmcuminon and scientific names. _.-.-.--.-.-.- tee cee cee cee n ecw ccce BEL SERA TIONS Piate I. The orange jessamine (Chalcas exotica (L.) Millspaugh) in southern Florida. (S. P. I. No. 40392)... II. A weeping form of Chinese elm, BIEL io Bbceee Ulmus pumila L. (S. P. I. No. III. The granadilla, Passiflora quadrangularis L., in Hawaii. (S. P. I. “> fi) IV. Seeds of the oil kiri, or kiri oil, tree (Alewrites cordata (Thunb.) Muell. PEPmeeninpante. (5k 1 No. 4067/3). .2.2... 22. .2-2222 25-22 ese V. White eggplants (Solanum melongena L.) from China. (S. P. I. ie, LEO VI. The Smith bamboo grove at Burroughs, near Savannah, Ga. (Phyl- lostachys sp.; S. P. I. No. 40842) 12 12 44 44 76 76 INVENTORY OF SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED BY tHE OFFICE OF FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT INTRODUCTION DURING THE PERIOD FROM APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1915 (NO. 48; NOS. 40389 TO 40895). INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT. The plant material recorded in this inventory represents collec- tions made and gifts received from different parts of the world while the European war was in progress, and, as showing how little the war has affected the attitude of the scientific men with whom this office is in touch, it may be remarked that specialists in the following coun- tries have furnished plants or seeds in response to requests or upon their own initiative: Italy, France, Holland, England, and their colonies, Russia, China, Sweden, Greece, Spain, Mexico, Argentina, Japan, Colombia, Turkey, Peru, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Chile, Guate- mala, Cuba, Liberia, and Paraguay. While the number of shipments falls below that of similar periods before the war and is probably much below what it would have been had there been no war, it is nevertheless a substantial showing of cooperation among the scientific plant enthusiasts of the world. The most notable collections recorded in the inventory are those made by the Department’s explorer, Mr. Frank N. Meyer, during his expedition into the little-known Province of Kansu, in north- western China. This expedition was made from Peking, from which city Mr. Meyer started on June 29, 1914, his route taking him through the following principal cities of China and enabling him to get a general idea of the field for exploration there: Changte (Honan), Luanfu, Pingyangfu, Wensi, Tungchowfu, Sianfu, Paoki, Fenghsien, Huihsien, Chenghsien, Chiehchow, Siku, Minchow, Tao- chow, Titaochow, Lanchowfu, Pingliang, Kingchow, and Pinchow. It is outside the province of this brief introduction even to sketch the accomplishments of this expedition, which lasted seven months, further than to call attention to the plant species which were dis- covered during its progress, as enumerated in this inventory. Mr. Notr.—This bulletin is a record of new or little-known seeds and plants procured mostly from abroad. It is intended for distribution to agricultural experiment stations and the more important private cooperators. 5 6 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. Meyer’s character sketches of the things he finds and the uses which he believes can be made of them are always interesting reading, and often they give a glimpse into the circumstances surrounding the discovery and securing of the seeds or other plant material which he sends in to be grown somewhere in this country. As only little more than a year has passed since these collections were sent in, it is manifestly impossible to indicate anything regarding the ultimate success of the various introductions which he made. One unfortunate circumstance it may not be out of place to record here, as it may have a bearing upon the botany of some of Mr. Meyer’s introductions. Although perhaps the most laborious work of the expedition was the collecting and drying of the herbarium specimens, of which he procured a large number, a considerable portion of his collections was lost in the great Galveston storm, which by an unfor- tunate coincidence struck that city just as his collections were on the “last lap,” so to speak, of their long steamer and railroad journey from Kansu to Washington. About a third of his specimens were ruined, especially herbaceous material, but the larger part of the woody specimens were saved, mounted, and are now in the herbarium. A variety of hull-less oats (S. P. I. No. 40650) and a hull-less bar- ley (S. P. I. No. 40652), two varieties of high-altitude corn (S. P. I. Nos. 40653 and 40654) from western Kansu, near the borders of Tibet, and five varieties of kaoliang collected in the Provinces of Shensi and Txansu, may prove of value in the development of varieties suited to our own high plateaus. The recent researches of Reimer, which indicate that certain of the Chinese pear species have a remarkable resistance to pear blight, will give an unusual interest to the collection of three as yet unde- termined forms of Pyrus from Kansu. The collection of Chinese jujubes at Chico has been enriched by two varieties (S. P. I. Nos. 40506 and 40877) which Mr. Meyer con- siders stand second only to a variety which he discovered previously at Paihsiangchen, Shansi. One of these (S. P. I. No. 40506) has fruits as large as a small hen’s egg and unlike most Varieties is destitute of spines when old and produces trees having trunks 14 feet in diameter. Another (S. P. I. No. 40878) is used for boiling with millet, or much as we do raisins for baking in bread. As was expected, Mr. Meyer found that Kansu possesses a great variety of ornamental trees and shrubs. Two species of Viburnum (S. P. I. Nos. 40692 to 40694), three species of Euonymus (S. P. I. -Nos. 40696 to 40698), four species of rose (S. P. I. Nos. 40699 to 40702), and a linden (S. P. I. No. 40720) which may make a valuable park tree are among those recorded in this inventory. At an altitude of 6,000 feet near Lungteh, Kansu, Mr. Meyer found the davidiana peach (S. P. I. No. 40722). This is possibly its most APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1915. i western locality in China. Those interested in the breeding of hedys- arums for the production of hardy forage varieties or as ornamentals will welcome two species, as yet undetermined, which Mr. Meyer found in Kansu (S. P. I. Nos. 40746 and 40747). The gall nuts of China, which are exported in large quantities from Hankow and are used for a black dye by the Chinese and for tanning purposes by Europeans, Mr. Meyer found to come from the Shensi Province and to be produced by a gall insect which attacks the leaves of a native sumac, Rhus potanint (S. P. I. No. 40717), which sumac might easily be grown on cheap lands in our Southern States, as it is not particular as to soil requirements. Both this species and another from the same region, Rhus javanica (S. P. I. No. 40716), are hand- some ornamentals. Since the Chinese pistache (Pistacia chinensis) has shown itself adapted to the Southwest and avenues of it have been started, it is interesting to have Mr. Meyer’s record of a tree at Tsaichiapu (S. P. I. No. 40662) which has a girth of 16 feet, measured 5 feet above the ground. The wide range of territory in which the Chinese elm (Ulmus pumila) has succeeded will make Mr. Meyer’s introduc- tion of a weeping variety of this species of unusual interest (S. P. TJ. No. 40507). Camoensia maxima, the largest flowered legume known, a tropical vine producing fragrant blooms as beautiful as many orchids, has flowered in Cuba from plants distributed from this office, and another introduction (S. P. I. No. 40391) has been made from Angola, where it spreads underground to great distances. It deserves to be naturalized in the hammocks of southern Florida. Ninety-one species and varieties of the genus Ribes (S. P. I. Nos. 40406 to 40496) has been assembled for the studies of the white-pine blister rust, for which certain species appear to be a secondary host. Among these are a number of very interesting hybrids and new or rare species, such as the hybrid between the black currant and the gooseberry (x Libes schneidert), Wilson’s Kibes longeracemosum, and the & Ribes succirubrum, the plants of which are reported to be in their second generation identical with those of the first generation. Dr. Eisen has sent in a fig variety from Naples called the Troiaro (S. P. I. No. 40499) which he considers superior to the White Adriatic and declares to be the best table fig in Italy. It requires a more even climate than that of Fresno in which to mature, but is not affected seriously by fall rains. Prof. Savastano, the veteran horticulturist of southern Italy, has sent from his own garden at Acireale, Sicily, what he considers to be the best walnut of the Sorrento type (S. P. I. No. 40394). Prof. J. Burtt Davy calls attention again to the success in the Transvaal of the Abyssinian teff (Lragrostis abyssiniea, 8. P. I. No. 8 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 40535), which he says has become a standard hay crop, teff hay ~ selling for as much as £5 a ton in Johannesburg. | The tabog of the Philippines (Chaetospermum glutinosum), seed of which our late collaborator, Mr. William §S. Lyon, sent in (S. P. I. No. 40550), represented in the mind of this experienced observer. whose death has recently been announced by the papers and whose contributions to these inventories have been most valuable, a possible stock for citrus fruits. The begonia, which years ago Prof. I. B. Balfour, of the Edin- burgh Botanic Gardens, brought back from the island of Socotra, east of the Gulf of Aden, appears to have been most successfully used in the production of a race of winter-blooming begonias (S. P. I. No. 40526). Of ornamentals for city dooryards and home gardens a number of new or rare species are represented in this inventory—the yellow- flowered Clematis tangutica (S. P. Il. No. 40570), the dwarf Chinese box, Buxus harlandii (S. P. I. No. 40566), the Cotoneaster dielsiana (S. P. I. No. 40575) from central China, Vitis flexuosa parvifolia (S. P. I. No. 40600) from the same region, Primula littoniana (S. P. I. No. 40857) from Yunnan, and Pyrus salicifolia (S. P. I. No. 40497) from Russia. Apple breeders may be interested 1n the new species of Malus from Formosa, Malus formosana (S. P. I. No. 40619), which is very dis- tinct from all other species of this genus, and asparagus breeders in Asparagus lucidus (S. P. I. No. 40617) from the same island, the roots of which are preserved in sugar and called Tenmondo in Formosa. : To assist in a study of the insecttcidal properties of pyrethrum, a large collection of species of Chrysanthemum was introduced (S. P. T. Nos. 40511 to 40513, 40542 to 40548, and 40627 to 40644) and tested by the Insecticide and Fungicide Board. What success will attend the trial in Florida and California citrus groves of Cracca candida (S. P. I. No. 40894) and Cracca villosa purpurea (S. P. I. No. 40895), two cover-crop plants from Ceylon, remains to be seen. The former appears to be a favorite green- manure crop in that tropical island. Chinese names in this inventory have been brought, so far as pos- sible, into accord with the best authorities, the geographic names (except when fixed by decisions of the United States Geographic Board) being given in the form accepted by the Chinese Ministry of Communications Postal Guide. Many names of the smaller villages, however, are not listed therein, and in all such cases the location of the village is given with reference to the nearest town mentioned in that reference work. APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1915. 9 As heretofore, this inventory has been prepared by Miss May Riley, the botanical determinations of seeds introduced have been made by Mr. H. C. Skeels, and the descriptive and botanical notes arranged by Mr. S. C. Stuntz, who has also had general supervision of this inventory, as of all the publications of this office. It is with deep regret that we record here the death of Mr. Stephen C. Stuntz, which occurred on February 2, 1918, while this inventory was in press. Mr. Stuntz had charge of the publications of this office for more than seven years. Through an unusual acquaintance with languages and with bibhography he had built up and systematized these publications, which are known throughout the country to thou- sands of amateur and professional gardeners and practical farmers, and many of the improved appliances and methods which have served to make the work of plant introduction a success were due to his thought and ingenuity. Davin FarrcHib, Agricultural Explorer in Charge. OFFICE OF ForEIGN SEED AND PLANT INTRODUCTION, Washington, D. C., February 20, 1918. 1 INVENTORY: 40389. Pyrus communis L. Malacee. Pear. From Novospasskoe, Russia. Presented by Mr. A. D. Woeikoff, director, Jardin Expérimental de ’Ecole Horticulture, Cholmy. Received April 7, 1915. Var. caucasica. 40390. Puasrouus vuutearis L. Fabacee. Bean. From Foxboro, Mass. Presented by Rev. Father C. N. Field. Received April 2, 1915. “ Wlowering beans, grown at St. Augustine’s Children’s Farm, Foxboro, last year. Quite pretty bunches of flowers, the seeds of several kinds of which were brought me from Jamaica.” (Field.) 40391. CamoENSIA MAXIMA Welw. Fabacee. From Loanda, Angola, Africa. Presented by Mr. J. Gossweiler. Received April 7, 1915. “The plant upon which this genus was founded was discovered in Angola by the late Dr. Welwitsch when in the Portuguese service, and by him it was in consequence named after the famous Lusitanian poet. It is a climbing shrub, ‘eo9mmon in the dense forests of the Golungo Alto, adorning the loftiest trees of the outskirts with its splendid bunches of pendulous milk-white flowers, tinged with gold on the edge of the petals.’ “The specimen before us is slightly puberulous, with long-stalked trifolio- late-acuminate leaves, minute stipules, and close racemes of flowers, which under cultivation are erect rather than pendulous, as originally described and figured, but which, when growing over tall trees, as described by Dr. Welwitsch, might well be pendent, as he described them. The inflorescence and outer por- tion of the calyx are thickly covered with dense, felted, coarse brown hairs. The bracteoles are about half an inch long, lanceolate, deciduous. The calyx tube, measuring about 2 inches in length, is leathery, cylindric, curved, dividing into a relatively short, irregularly 5-lobed limb, of which the thick segments are imbrieate in the bud. The five petals, which are twice the size of the calyx, all have long white, narrow stalks, and all expand above into a spoon-shaped limb. somewhat papery in texture, plicate and crumpled in the bud, reticulate in vena- tion, and edged with a narrow border of rich orange yellow, which Mr. Wood- all describes as tipped with gold lace, so delicate and fairylike is the frilled edging. The uppermost petal, or standard, is much larger than the others, and has the inner surface of the disk as well as the margins flushed with yellow. The side petals, or wings, are at first upright and rigid within the standard, but, as the artist remarked while making his sketch, they are endowed with elasticity _ when touched by the pencil, and after the discharge of the pollen they become drooping. The two lower petals and the stamens are also at first quite rigid, but subsequently fall. The snow-white stamens are shorter than the petals, 10 in number, forming a tube at the base, filamentous above. The narrow, angular 11 12 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. ovary is stalked, its stalk adherent to the tube of the calyx for its lower half. The cylindric style is slightly hairy at the upper part, and terminates in a green, cushion-shaped stigma. The flowers have a delicate fragrance, which has been compared to that of vanilla. The yellow color of the edge of the petals is ap- parently due to the presence of coloring matter in the four or five rows of cells nearest to the margin. Those at the extreme edge are raised into pimplelike elevations, whilst those on the surface of the disk of the petal are flat and sinu- ous in outline, containing in some cases oil in small quantities and minute starch grains, or some substance faintly colored blue by iodine. The thin texture of the petals causes them to be fugacious, and the golden rim which is so beautiful an adornment to the frilled edge very soon turns to dirty brown. These circum- stances detract greatly from the value of the flower in a gardener’s eyes, but it must be remembered that the flowers are in clusters and open in succession and that when grown as seen by Welwitsch in Angola they no doubt amply justify his eulogium. “Mr. Monteiro, to whom we are indebted for the introduction of this and many other African rarities sent by him at different times to Kew from Angola, thus writes of the Camoensia in his interesting book, Angola and the River Congo (MacMillan, 1875): ‘It was at Quiballa (a large town situated on a low flat- topped hill on the northern limit of Angola) that we were so fortunate as to obtain specimens of the flowers and a quantity of ripe seeds of the beautiful plant named Camoensia maxima by its discoverer, Dr. Welwitsch. We saw it growing along the sides of the road as soon as we left the gneiss formation and entered on the mica slate; but more abundantly in the more bare places on the sides of the hills at Quiballa, in the very hard clay of the decomposed miea slate. The Camoensia grows as a hard, woody bush, with rather long straggling branches covered with fine large leaves and bearing bunches of flowers. Its roots spread underground to great distances and shoot out into other plants, so that on attempting to remove what we thought were nice small plants we always came to a great thick root, which we followed and found to proceed from old bushes at a considerable distance. Half a dozen of the seeds germinated on arrival at Kew Gardens, so that I hope this lovely flower will be shortly in cultivation, a welcome addition to our hothouses.’ At Kew the plant behaves exactly as described in the above extract, the bed in which it is planted being a mass of woody roots whence numerous suckers spring. These, however, are not allowed to grow, the specimen being limited to about five stems, the thickest being now nearly 2 inches in diameter and very hard. The longest shoots are about 12 feet in length, and they are almost wholly clothed with bright-green trifoliate leaves. New shoots are developed freely all over the plant, and to keep it from becoming a thick tangle many of these are removed annually. It is pfanted in a hot, moist stove in a raised border of rich well-drained loamy soil, below which there are several hot-water pipes. The stems are trained on wites close to the roof of the house, which is somewhat flat and faces due south. During bright sunshine the house is shaded with an ordinary canvas blind. This plant has been in this position for about 10 years, and all sorts of experiments have been made to induce it to flower; but although it has always grown most vigor- ously, it has never shown any signs of flowering before this year. Plants tried in the large palm house and other tropical houses, including the succulent house, were not so successful. If planted in a suitable position in a tropical garden, this plant would soon cover an enormous area. We intend to put in cuttings of the branches which are now in flower, in the expectation that they will respond more readily to treatment for flowers than has been the case hitherto. It would | be interesting to hear if the plants in Trinidad and Ceylon have flowered regu- larly since they first yielded. Probably the exceptional amount of bright sun- Inventory 43, Seeds and Plants Imported. PLATE I. THE ORANGE JESSAMINE (CHALCAS EXOTICA (L.) MILLSPAUGH) IN SOUTHERN FLORIDA (S. P. 1. No. 40392). A smali tree or bushy shrub with fragrant white flowers and pointed red fruit a half inch in length. It is one of the most beautiful of all tropical shrubs for forma! plantings, as attractive as box, but with the added beauty of exquisitely fragrant flowers and showy red fruit. It is a relative of Citrus, and lemons have been successfully budded on it as a stock. Its very vigorous root system makes it promising for stock purposes au ce tein veo (Photographed at the Miami, Fla., Field Station, August 6, 1915; —m. Inventory 43, Seeds and Plants Imported. : PLATE Il. The extreme hardiness of this Chinese elm, which has been widely distributed throughout our Northwestern States, will make this picturesque weeping form, which is a rare variety even in China, particularly welcome in that region for use in cemeteries and parks. The specimen shown was photographed by Mr. Frank N. Meyer on an old grave near Fengtai, Chihli, China, Mar. 27, 1908 (P5429FS). APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1915, 13 shine enjoyed in this country during the early part of the past summer has a great deal to do with the flowering of the Camoensia.” (Gardeners’ Chronicle, ser. 8, vol. 20, p. 597.) 40392. CHALCAS EXOTICA (L.) Millspaugh. Rutacee. (Murraya exotica L.) Orange jessamine. From Hongkong, China. Presented by Mr. W. J. Tutcher, superintendent, Botanical and Forestry Department. Received April 7, 1915. “The orange jessamine is commonly grown in greenhouses on account of its abundant and very fragrant flowers. These are often to be seen along with the mature red fruit, which make a Striking contrast with the panicles of white flowers and delicate foliage. The root growth of this species is remarkably vigorous under greenhouse conditions. Lemons can be budded on it and make a rapid growth. It is being tested as a stock for the common citrus fruits in situ- ations in which a vigorous root system is desired.” (W. T7T. Swingle. In Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 2, p. 729.) One of the most attractive of all shrubs for formal plantings in frostless regions. For an illustration of the orange jessamine, see Plate I. 40393. Axeurtres rorpi1 Hemsley. Euphorbiacee. Tung tree. - From Experiment, Ga. Presented by Mr. H. P. Stuckey, horticulturist, Georgia Agricultural Experiment Station. Received April 6, 1915. “rom tree 8, row 10, of nut plat at the Georgia Agricultural Experiment Station. The fruit is of medium size and the tree fairly prolific.” (R. A. Young.) 40394. JucuansreciaA L. Juglandacesz. Sorrento walnut. From Acireale, Sicily. Presented by Mr. L. Savastano, director, Royal Experfment Station. Received April 1, 1915. “ Cuttings from the true Sorrento walnut, collected on one of my properties, where they are the best walnuts, and from small trees.” (Savastano.) 40395 to 40405. From Biskra, Algeria. Presented by Mr. Bernard G. OUTS Cuttings received April 2, 1915. Quoted notes by Mr. Johnson, 40395. CITRUS SINENSIS (L.) Osbeck. Rutacez, Orange. “ Biskra blood orange.” 40396 to 40405. OLEA EUROPAEA Ll. Oleacer, Olive. “The first four specimens (S. P. I. Nos. 40396 to 40399) are probably the ones most accurate, although I hope they are all true to name. At Biskra, olives are hardly evér planted from cuttings, but spring up for- tuitously from seeds and are then grafted or budded. At the Chateau Landon, at least, I was shown young trees that had been budded to Zoragi. Y have seen numerous old trees where suckers had been per- mitted to grow to some size; such are called Zaboosh. I have given the Arabic way of writing, although the person that gave them to me was not educated. It is difficult to find learned people among the natives of Algeria. I have transcribed the names as they sound to me. Prof. Trabut Says that ‘all along the Mediterranean there are different varieties of Olives every 50 miles,’ so there is a good chance that Tefahi, Zoragi, and 14 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 40395 to 40405—Contd. (Quoted notes by Mr. B. G. Johnson.) | Boo Shookiya are original of Biskra. Prof. Trabut thinks the oil of Zoragi would be useful to blend with cottonseed oil.” 40396. “No. 1. Tefahi (meaning apple). From the orchard of Amir Ali el Huni. This is the largest fruited of the olives grown at Biskra, but a light bearer.” 40397. “No.2. Zoragi. From the orchard of El Hadji Mohammed Ben, El Hadji Mohammed Brahim, who is kebir or village chief at Bab Dharb. This variety seems to be the most common at Biskra; probably 80 per cent or more of al! the trees belong to it. Only trees of this variety attain very large size. The tree at M. Maljean’s place was over 4 feet in diameter and apparently solid wood. It is a heavy bearer, and the fruit is quite large, though smaller than Tefahi (S. P. I. No. 40896). It is used for oil and pickling. Prof. Trabut says ‘ the oil of Zoragi is very thick and heavy and not much appreciated by the natives.’ This fault can, however, be remedied by mixing with a lighter oil.” 40398. “No.3. Tunisiya. Probably introduced from Tunis. Speci- mens taken from the garden of Abd Rhozell Ben Babish. Tree grows more slender and taller, with lighter trunk. The fruit is smaller. I have seen but few trees of this variety. Makes a better oil but is a much inferior producer.” 40399. “No. 4. Boo Shookiya? (Producer of spines; Boo, in Arabie, father or producer.) ‘The specimens are from the orchard of El Hadji Mohammed Ben, El Hadji Mohammed Brahim. The main characteristic is that the wood suffers from a disease, and you will notice that nearly all Boo Shookiya have this trouble. The fruit is not so round as Tefahi or Zoragi, but more oval, and has a sepa- rate formation at one end resembling a spine, therefore the name. The fruit is used mostly for pickling. The variety is not so preva- lent as Zoragi, but is quite common.” 40400. ‘No. 5. Zoragi. From the orchard of M. Maljean. This tree was exceptionally large.” 40401. “No.6. Tefahi. From the property of Swedi Sheik Swedi.” 40402. “No.7. Zoragi. From the Chateau Landon. All the young trees there had been grafted to Zoragi.” 40403. ‘No.8. Boo Shookiya. From the property of El Hadji Jazeneb Medani. These specimens were apparently freer from the disease, but not the trees.” 40404. “No.9. Tefahi. From the property of El Hadji Boo Sitta.” 40405. ‘No. 10. Zoragi. From the Babesh property (one of the richest in Biskra).” 40406 to 40496. Rises spp. Grossulariacee. | From Paris, France. Purchased from Mr. Maurice Vilmorin. Cuttings re- ceived April 1, 1915. Secured for the use of the pathologists of the Bureau of Plant Industry in their studies of the relationships between this genus and the white-pine blister rust. ‘“ Various species of Ribes and Pinus imported from other countries for the use of the Office of Forest Pathology have been secured for the purpose of carrying on if APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1915. ia) much-needed critical experimental work upon the white-pine blister rust. This disease attacks the 5-needled pines in one stage, and has as alternating hosts the various species of Ribes. The exact limitation of the disease upon the species of either of these genera is at present unknown. So far as tested all Ribes have taken the disease. The securing of results with the pines is much slower, but there is good reason to believe that all 5-needled pines will serve as hosts for the disease. Many foreign Ribes and pines are not available in this country from seeds, cut- tings, or plants; hence the necessity of importing small numbers of them. This disease is so well established in one section of this country at present and threatens such tremendous timber values, both in the East and the West, that it is important that any resistant species of either pine or Ribes be known as soon as possible, with a view to the extensive use of this species in future in place of the more susceptible ones. For this reason an effort is being made to secure specimens of all foreign species of Ribes and 5-needled pines.” (Dr. Perley Spaulding.) Numbers quoted are those of the Maurice Vilmorin Fruticetum. 40406 to 40409. RIBES spp. 40406. “ 7378.” 40408. ‘ 7488.” 40407. “ 7402.” 40409. ‘ 7530.” 40410. RIBES MAxIMOWICczilI Batalin. Tae Vo” “(Wilson No. 958a.) From thickets, Washan, western Szechwan, alti- tude 1,800 to 2,500 meters. August, 1908.” (Wilson.) 40411 to 40413. RIBEs spp. 40411. “7555 F.” 40413. “ 7477.” 40412. “7555.” 40414. RiIBES AFFINE H. B. K. Os Ur ane “ Shrub 2 to 3 meters in height, young shoots glabrous or subpubescent, the year-old shoots shining, clear red-brown. Leaves rather small or medium, rounded, 6 cm. long and broad, 3 to 5 lobed, with lobes sometimes obtuse and little developed, base truncate or cordate, glabrous or sub- pubescent, even glandular above, subpubescent or pubescent below. Racemes very variable, short and rather crowded, medium or rather long up to 12 cm., in this case loose with about 15 flowers. Sometimes the racemes are branched and 20 cm. long (R. multifiorum Kunth). Flowers medium, subcampanulate, white or a little washed with rose. pubescent, not glandular, odorous. Fruit as large as a currant, round, black, shiny, covered with a withered flower, with regularly reflexed sepals. Pulp colorless, not juicy, containing 15 rather small ovoid or angular seeds. Native cf Mexico in the high mountains in the Federal District and else- where. It bears in Mexico the name of Ciruelillo.” (HH. Janczewski, Monographie des Groseilliers, p. 330.) 40415. RIBES ALPESTRE COMMUNE Janczewski. “7555 M-—A.” “(Wilson No. 277 A.) From thickets, Fanghsien, western Hupeh, at altitudes of 2,100 to 2,250 meters. September, 1907.” (Wilson.) 14682°—18——2 16 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 40406 to 40496—Continued. 40416 and 40417. Ripes ALPINUM L. | , Alpine currant. 40416. ‘“ 7375.” “A deciduous unarmed shrub, reaching in gardens 6 to 9 feet in height and as much or more in diameter, of dense, close habit; young twigs shining, and at first more or less glandular. Leaves broadly ovate or roundish, 8 and sometimes 5 lobed, the lobes coarsely toothed, the base straight or heart shaped, with five radiating veins ; upper surface with scattered bristly hairs, the longer one usually shining and more or less hairy on the veins; one-half to 14 inches long and wide; stalk glandular-downy, one-fourth to one-half inch long. Flowers uni- sexual, the sexes nearly always on separate plants, produced in the axils of bracts longer than the flower stalk, greenish yellow; the males on small, erect, glandular racemes 1 to 1% inches long. the females fewer and on racemes half as long. Currants red, not pala- table. Native of the northern latitudes of the Old World, including England and Scotland. The largest specimens I know of form part of the old hedge on the east front terrace of the old hall at Trout- beck; according to a letter at Kew they are treelike, 15 feet high, and not Jess than 800 years old. Although this currant has no special beauty of flower or fruit, it makes a very neat and pleasing shrub, ad- mirable for shady places. Occasionally plants with perfect flowers may be found.” (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 397.) 40417. ‘7375 B.” Var. sterile. “The so-called var. sterile appears to be merely the normal maie- flowered plant. None of the forms of R. alpinum need a rich soil. They retain the neat, compact habit, which is their greatest merit, in rather poor soil. The yellow-leaved forms color best in full sun.” (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 898.) For further description, see S. P. I. No. 40416. 40418. RiIBpes AMERICANUM Miller. Currant. 7345.” “This shrub is unarmed, and closely allied to the common black cur- rant, which it resembles in having 3-lobed or 5-lobed leaves, with a coarse irregular toothing and a deeply heart-shaped base, and in possess- ing the same heavy odor, due to yellowish glands on the lower sur- face. The fruit also is black. The American species, however, is quite distinct in the flowers; these are nearly twice as long, more tapering and funnel shaped, and yellow. Moreover, the bract from the axil of which each flower springs on the raceme is longer than the stalk. (in R. nigrum it is small and much shorter than the flower staiks.) Native of eastern North America from New Brunswick to Virginia, Kentucky, ete.; introduced in 1729. As a garden shrub, the only quality which recommends this currant is that its foliage becomes suffused with bril- liant hues of crimson and yellow in-autumn. For this quality it is sold in nurseries, often as R. missouriense—wrongly, for the true plant of that name is a gooseberry with spiny branches.” (lV. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 398.) APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1915. Ie 40406 to 40496—Continued. 40419. RIBEs ROEZLI Regel. Gooseberry. “7535.” This species is described by Bean as Ribes amictum. “A deciduous armed shrub, 3 to 6 feet high; young shoots downy. Leaves one-half to 1 inch wide, roundish or kidney shaped in general outline, 3 or 5 lobed, the lobes often with sharp teeth; more or less downy on both faces, especially beneath; stalk one-third inch long, “usually downy and sometimes glandular-hairy. Flowers solitary or in pairs, on a short downy, often glandular stalk, pendent. Calyx purplish crimson, downy; the tube cylindrical, one-fourth inch long; the sepals one-third inch long; petals rosy white, erect, shorter than the sepals. Berry purple, one-half inch wide, covered with slender prickles. Native oft California. This pretty and curious gooseberry is not common in cul- tivation, the plant that has been distributed for it from nurseries being as a rule either R. lobbii or R. menziestvi. Its nearest ally is R. erwentum. The specific name (amictum) refers to the shape of the bract surrounding the base of each flower, which resembles the amict, or hood, worn by Roman Catholic clergy at mass.” (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 398.) 40420. X RIBES ARCUATUM Jancz. Gooseberry. eptOUS.- “ Gracile X rotundifolium. Shrub 13 meters high with long, slender more or less arched branches, bristly, spines none, the nodal spines weak, up to 5 mm. long, wanting here and there. Leaves rather small, rounded, oblong, 3 to 5 lobed, up to 5 cm. in width, truncate or rounded at the base, subglabrous, resembling those of R. rotundifolium. Flowers pale, or a little washed with purple, glabrous, rather small. Fruit round, the size of a large currant, dark purple, with a light bloom, taste of that of R. grossularia. Ripens in the middle of July. Its habit, leaves, spines, as well as the shape of the flower, above all the petals, resemble very much R. rotundifolium, but it is even more vigorous and hardy, its racemes and stamens are even more short, the pollen compound, the fruit deep purple and not green. After repeated comparisons, we believe that it is a hybrid, gracile X rotundifolium and not divaricatum X gracile as we had previously thought.” (4H. Janczewski, Monographie des Groseilliers, p. 497.) 40421 and 40422. RiIBES AUREUM Pursh. Currant. 40421. “7305. Var. chrysococcum Rydb.” The species is described as follows: ‘‘A deciduous, lax-habited, spineless shrub, 6 to 8 feet high, producing a crowded mass of stems which branch and arch outward at the top; young shoots minutely downy. Leaves usually 8 lobed, often broadly wedge shaped or palmate, the lobes coarsely toothed; three-fourths to 2 inches long, as much or more wide, pale green on both sides, and smooth, or soon becoming so; stalks smooth or downy, one-half to 2 inches long, very variable in length compared with the blade. Flowers spicily fra- grant, bright golden yellow, appearing in April in semipendulous racemes 1 to 2 inches long, each flower with a tubular calyx one-half inch long; the spreading lobes one-fourth to three-eighths inch long; bract at the base of the flower stalk longer than the latter. Fruit 18 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 40406 to 40496—Continued. black-purple. round, smooth, one-third inch in diameter. Native of the central United States; introduced in 1812. This species and R. sanguineum are by far the most attractive of the currants in their blossom, and it is very distinct among them in its long, tubular, yellow calyx.” (W.J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 898-399.) The so-called variety chrysococcum is simply a yellow-fruited form. 40422. ‘ 7305.” Typical Ribes aureum. See S. P. I. No. 40421 for description. 40428. RIBES FASCICULATUM Siebold and Zuccarini. ** 7540.” “A deciduous, unarmed shrub, 3 to 5 feet high; young shoots finely downy. Leaves 8 to 5 lobed, the largest 2 inches long, 24 to 3 inches wide; the lobes coarsely toothed, usually more or less downy; stalk downy and with feathered bristles near the base. Flowers unisexual, the sexes on separate plants. Males clustered four to nine together in a stalkiess umbel—i. e., each flower is on its own stalk without uniting on a common one—yellow, fragrant, smooth; females usually in pairs, some- times three or four. Fruits erect on a stalk one-fifth inch long, round, one-third to one-half inch diameter, smooth, bright scarlet. Native of China, Japan, and Corea, and distinct from all other species in cultiva- tion in having the flowers clustered in fascicles. “Var. chinense Maximowicz (R. billardii Carr.) is a taller shrub, par- tially evergreen, more downy than the type. The fruits of both are or- namental, and remain long on the branches.” (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 401.) 40424. RIBES BUREJENSE F. Schmidt. Gooseberry. OTR “A small shrub covered with copious fine prickles; blooms as early as R. aciculare. Leaves sparingly pilose, somewhat glandular-setaceous. Inflorescence pale or reddish. Calyx small, reflexed. Corolla white, tri- anguiar. Stamens longer than the corolla. Manchuria, northern Corea, northern China.” (C. K. Schneider, Handbuch der Laubholzkunde, vol. 2, p. 984, £912.) 40425. xX RIBES CARRIEREI Schneider. Black currant. “7358. Glutinosum var. albidum Q@ X nigrum 6.” “Vigorous shrub, 14 meters high, without the disagreeable odor of the black currant. Young shoots pubescent, rather large and stiff. Buds ovoid-oblong, of good size, but smaller than those of R. glutinosum, with herbaceous greenish scales a little touched with red. Leaves of medium size or rather large, up to 11 cm. long and 12 cm. wide, ordinarily trilo- bate, with the middle lobe usually as predominant as in the black currant, the base cordate, often asymmetrical, pubescent on the nerves and dotted below with small sessile glands. Leaves falling late. Racemes hori- zontal up to 8 cm. in length, loose, with 10 to 15 flowers. Buds almost red. Flowers medium, flesh colored, tomentose, and glandulose. Fruit round, as large as a currant, black, not pruinose, entirely similar to that of the black currant, which it also resembles in taste. Ripens in July and August. R. carrierei is a chance hybrid which was found among the seeds of R. glutinosum var. albidum by Billard at Fontenay aux Roses, APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1915. 19 40406 to 40496—Continued. and was named R. intermedium by Carriére in 1867. This name not be- ing tenable because of the R. intermedium Tausch, 1838, Schneider changed it to R. carrierei. R. carrierei is intermediate between its parents. From R. glutinosum it draws the vigor, the size of the buds, the raceme, the bractlets, the forms and the coloring of the flowers and the small rounded glands; from R. nigrum, the form of the leaves, of the anthers, and of the pistil, as well as the fruits ripening rather early.” (E. Janczewski, Monographie des Groseilliers, p. 488.) 40426. RIBES PETRAEUM CAUCASICUM (Bieberstein) Jancz. Caucasian red currant. <1(425:” * Shrub 1 to 3 meters, with young shoots almost always pale, usually glabrous, rarely dotted with glands or with glandular hairs. Buds a little larger than in R. rubrum, colored with dark brown already at the end of May, and easily distinguished at this time. Leaves usually rounded, up to 15 cm. long and broad, 3 to 5 lobed, rarely trifid, with lobes lengthened and subacute, or short and obtuse, with base trun-. eate, subcordate or very deeply cordate, smooth or roughly rugose, gla- brous, or subpubescent, even dotted with glandular hairs or subsessile glands, shiny or dull above, glabrous, subpubescent, or pubescent be- neath. Flowers subcampanulate, whitish, salmon colored, or purple, glabrous, or subpubescent. Fruit more or less compressed at the ends like a bergamot pear, red or blackish purple crowned with a withered flower with circular insertion. Flesh juicy, colored, more or less acid, resembling a little the bilberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea) in its taste. Ripens in July. Germination slow, in six to eight months. Native of the high mountains of Europe and North Africa (summit of the Atlas), and almost all of Siberia, even as far as the River Indigirka, perhaps even to the Okhotsk Sea. Inhabiting so great a space, R. pétraeuwm presents varieties which are distinguished by their habit, foliage, racemes, color and form of flower, and coloring of the fruit. Among these is the variety caucasicum. Shoots glabrous or subglabrous. Leaves rounded, up to 13 em. broad and 12 cm. long, ordinarily 5 lobed. the lobes little developed, subobtuse, with base very deeply cordate, smooth, subglabrous, or pubes- cent. Racemes sometimes lengthened, even up to 10 cm. Flowers red- dish. Receptacle furnished with five tubercles below the petals. Fruits red or blackish purple. From the Caucasus.” (E. Janczewski, Mono- graphie des Groseilliers, p. 290.) 40427. RIBES CURVATUM Small. Gooseberry. set (DS le “A low, deciduous, bushy shrub, less than 8 feet high; the shoots smooth, purplish, armed with slender, simple or triple spines. Leaves roundish, usually 1 inch or less in diameter, 3 to 5 lobed, toothed, slightly downy ; stalk slender, downy. Flowers produced singly or in pairs (rarely more) on pendent stalks, white; calyx bell shaped with linear, much reflexed sepals one-fourth inch long; petals very short, white; ovary covered with resinous glands; stamens one-fourth ilich long, erect, both they and the style downy. Fruits globose, smooth, one-third inch across, purplish. Native of the southeastern United States, apparently hardy. I brought plants from the Arnold Arboretum to Kew in J uly, 1910, which, so far as I am aware, were the first introduced into this country. It is closely allied 20 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 40406 to 40496—Continued. to R: niveum, which it resembles in its white flowers and downy style and stamens, but the glandular ovary and often glabrous anthers are different. R. curvatum is also much dwarfer in habit, and comes from the opposite side of North America.” (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 401.) 40428 to 404381. RIBES DIACANTHA Pallas. 40428. “7555 G.” “A deciduous shrub, 4 to 6 feet high, armed with spines in pairs one-eighth to one-fifth inch long, or sometimes unarmed; young shoots not downy. Leaves obovate or rounded; often 3 lobed and lobes coarsely toothed; three-fourths to 2 inches wide, the base ordi- narily wedge shaped, but sometimes rounded, quite smooth ; stalk one- fourth to five-eighths inch long, more or less furnished with bristles. Flowers unisexual, the sexes on different plants. Males yellowish, in erect glandular racemes. Fruit roundish, oval, about as big as a red currant, smooth, scarlet red. Native of Siberia, Manchuria, etc.; introduced in 1781. This shrub, which has no particular merit, re- sembles R. alpinum in the plant being one sexed, but differs in having prickles and in the markedly wedge-shaped leaves. In having spines, and flowers in racemes, it unites the characters of the currants and gooseberries, but its affinities are with the former.” (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 401.) 40429. ‘ 7385.” For description, see S. P. I. No. 40428. 40430. ‘7385 E. From Transbaikal.” For description, see S. P. I. No. 40428. 40431. “7385 ¢.” For description, see S. P. I. No. 40428. 404382 to 404384. RIBES FASCICULATUM Siebold and Zuccarini, 40432. “7370. Var. chinense 2.” For description, see S. P. I. No. 40428. 40433. ‘7370 A. Var. chinense 9.” For description, see S. P. I. No. 40423. 40434. ‘7370 B. Var. chinense.” For description, see S. P. I. No. 40423. 40435. RIBES AMERICANUM Miller. “7348.” See S. P. I. No. 40418 for previous introduction and description. 40436. RIBES FRAGRANS Pallas. 7340.” ‘Small shrub, from 50 to 70 cm. high, with young shoots richly glandu- lar, glabrous, or pubescent. Plants very odorous, with an agreeable odor resembling that of balm (Pallas). Leaves leathery, rugose, rounded reniform, up to 5 cm. long and 6 em. broad, trilobate, with lobes little pronounced, ovoid, or rounded, subcordate at the base, richly glandular, glabrous, or pubescent below. Flowers white, basin shaped, glandular, or pubescent. Fruit as large as a large currant, red according to Pallas, black according to Turezaninow, or whitish according to Bunge. Very $a ae APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1915. 21 40406 to 40496—Continued. tasty. according to Pallas. On the herbarium specimens we find it brownish and pale. Native of Siberia and northern Manchuria, on exposed rock in the sun or in the woodlands in the high mountains of Altai, Urugdei, Ssoyoutes Mountains and in the extreme east of Siberia up to the Okhotsk Sea. R. fragrans is a neighbor of R. hudsonianum and R. dikuscha, but it is well distinguished by the rounded kidney- shaped leaves, leathery and rugose; besides, it is an alpine or subalpine plant of small size and very odorous. Its variety with pubescent leaves has been described by Bunge under the name of R. graveolens. It is smaller in all its parts than the Pallas type.” (#. Janczewski, Mono- graphie des Groseilliers, p. 343.) 40437. RIBES BRACTEOSUM FUSCESCENS Jancz. Black currant. Teal i one This species is described as follows: “An unarmed deciduous shrub 6 to 8 feet high; young shoots smooth, except for a little loose down at first. Leaves handsomely 5 or 7 lobed, 3 to 7 inches (sometimes more) wide; the lobes palmate, reaching half or more than half the way to the midrib, sharply and irregularly toothed; dotted with resin glands be- neath; bright green and soon quite smooth above; stalk slender, often longer than the blade, smooth except for a few bristles at the base. Racemes produced in May, erect, slender, up to 8 inches long. "lowers numerous, greenish yellow, erect, one-third inch across, each on a slender, slightly downy stalk about one-fourth inch long. Currants erect, resin dotted, globose, one-third inch diameter, black with a blue-white bloom. “Native of western North America; discovered by Douglas in 1826. An interesting species of the black currant (nigrum) group, very distinct in its large maplelike leaves (occasionally 10 inches across) and long, slender, erect racemes. Rarely seen but quite hardy at Kew.” (W. Jd. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Ises, vol. 2, p. 399.) 404388. X RIBES FUTURUM Jancz. Red currant. “7493. Vulgare macrocarpum 2 X warszewiczi ¢.” ‘Robust shrub, young shoots stained with red, glabrous, sometimes dotted with a few glandular hairs. Leaves rather large, rounded, up to 11 em. long and 12 cm. broad, 3 to 5 lobed, cordate at the base, subglabrous. Flowers almost rotate, pale, flesh colored or washed with brownish cop- per. Fruit rather large size, purple or deep red, subacid. Ripens at the end of June and in July. Insertion of the withered flower pentagonal. We have produced this hybrid by fertilizing in 1903 R. vulgare macrocarpum (Red Versailles currant) with R. warszewiceti. It is almost intermediate between the parents, but has drawn more from the mother in the form of the flower and the anthers, more from the father in the coloration of the flower and the nonlobed receptacle. The calloused swelling of the recep- tacle is completely intermediate in its form and its elevation.” (2. Janczewski, Monographie des Groseilliers, p. 478.) . 40439. RIBES GLACIALE Wallich. Currant. Pl OoO: “ Shrub from 3 to 5 meters, the young shoots red or washed with red, glabrous, or dotted with short hairs. Buds oblong, red or reddish in autumn. Development and flowering very early. Habit of R. alpinum. Leaves rather small, length and breadth up to 6 cm. rounded or ovoid, usually 3 to 5 lobed, the posterior lobes often very small, the middle one 22 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 40406 to 40496—Continued. noticeably predominant, sometimes strongly pointed or almost acuminate with subcordate or truncate base, sometimes even rounded, a little glossy, giabrous, dotted with glandular hairs. Leaves but little developed at flowering. Male racemes erect, 14 to 4% em. long, with from 7 to 30 flowers. Flowers subturbinate, purplish maroon on the inside, glabrous. Female racemes very short, one-half to 2 cm., loose, bearing three to six flowers in wild plants, 2 to 3 em. long in cultivation, with about ten flowers. Pedicels very short at flowering. Bracts caducous. Flowers subrotate, smaller than the males, purplish or reddish maroon, sometimes greenish. Fruit small, like a currant, round or obovate, reddish scarlet, glabrous, occasionally shortly pedunculate (one-half mm.), crowned with withered flower. Pulp flesh colored, subacid or a little sweet, not gelati- nous. Seeds rather small, oblong. Matures in middle July. Native of the high mountains of southern China, Yunnan, Hupeh, Szechwan, Tibet, and in the Himalayas. Wallich confused R. glaciale with R. acuminatum, but accepting the opinion of Govan that they are specifically distinct, I pro- pose to apply the name R. glaciale to the plant having the smaller leaves more like those of R. alpinum. Hooker fil. and Thomson do the contrary, and describe R. acuminatum under the name of R. glaciale.” (E. Jane- zewski, Monographie des Groseilliers, p. 467.) 40440. RIBES TRILOBUM Meyen. (Ribes gayanum Spach.) COLO: =| Ore” “An unarmed evergreen shrub, 3 to 5 feet high; the young wood, leaf: stalks, flower stalks, ovary, and calyx shaggy with soft hairs. Leaves stout, greyish, very broadly or roundish ovate; 1 to 2 inches long and broad; the three lobes rounded and toothed, the base usually straight; downy on both sides. Flowers bell shaped, yellow, honey scented, closely packed in erect cylindrical racemes, 1 to 2 inches long, one-half inch diameter. Berries about the size of peas, purple-black, hairy. Native of Chile. A handsome evergreen and distinct in the shape and color of its inflorescence and the hairiness of its various parts. Some forms are less downy. Flowers in early June. It has been cultivated at Kew for many years and is quite hardy.” (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs . Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 401-402.) 40441. RIBES TRILOBUM Meyen. (Ribes gayenum Spach.) ly (RN ecea O18 See S. P. I. No. 40440 for description. 40442 and 404438. RIBES GLACIALE Wallich. Currant. 40442. “7380 9.” See S. P. I. No. 40439 for previous introduction and description. 404438. ‘7555 K.” “ Wilson No. 180. From woods, Fanghsien, western Hupeh, at an altitude of 2,250 meters. September, 1907; a form with large sepals.” ( Wilson.) See S. P. I. No. 40439 for previous introduction and description. 40444. X RIBES GORDONIANUM Lemaire. Currant. 66 aR 99 Ta0z. ——E—EE—————__ eo APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1915. 23 40406 to 40496—Continued. “A hybrid between R. aurewm and R. sanguineum, raised at Shrubland Park, near Ipswich, about 1837, by Donald Beaton, a famous gardener of his time. It is intermediate in most respects between its parents in habit, in the leaves being smaller and less hairy than those of R. sanguineum, and in the colour of the flowers, which are reddish outside, yellowish within, a curious blend. It is hardier than R. sanguinewm and can be grown in parts of the New England States where that species is too tender to thrive. It is interesting and not without beauty, but is inferior to either of its parents.” (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 402.) 40445. RIBES CYNOSBATI L. : Gooseberry. VT OWO. “ Dogberry. A native of eastern North America, introduced in 1759. Its stems are weakly armed or not at all; leaves and leafstalks downy, calyx green, bell shaped with reflexed sepals; petals white; ovary bristly. the bristles not gland tipped; style downy toward the base; fruit red- dish purple, scarcely one-half inch in diameter, more or less covered with slender prickles.” (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 403.) 40446. RIBES GROSSULARIOIDES Maxim. Gooseberry. “7484.” “A native of China and Japan, with smooth or bristly stems armed with triple spines; leaves smooth or with glandular bristles. It differs from R. grossularia in the style not being downy and in the red berries being smooth. Introduced to Kew from North China by the late Dr. Bret- schneider in 1881.” (W.J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the Dritish Isles, vol. 2, p. 403.) 40447. RIBES HIMALAYENSE URCEOLATUM Jancz. “7515 B.” “ Wilson No. 4414. A bush 2 to 3 meters high, with black fruits from woodlands, Fanghsien, western Hupeh, altitudes, 2,300 to 2,600 meters. September, 1910.” (Wilson.) For a more complete description of the species, see 8S. P. I. No. 40448. 40448. RiIBES HIMALAYENSE Decaisne. GES “Tall shrub 2 to 4 meters. Young shoots glabrous, a beautiful red in springtime (May and June). Buds, very small, lengthened. Vegetation and flowering very much later than in the currants of the gardens, con- temporaneous with R. petraeum var. bullatum. Leaves rounded or ovoid, up to 12 cm. in length and breadth, lobed or more deeply cut, with lobes little developed and subobtuse, more often pointed, cordate at base, some- times very deeply, dotted with glandular hairs above and rarely pubescent beneath. Flowers subcampanulate, or suburceolate, greenish, mottled with red or even purple on the outside, subglabrous or pubescent. Fruit rather large, red or black, insipid, oligospermous, crowned with a fleshy collaretie and with the withered flower. Seeds rather large. Native of the Chinese Empire from the Himalaya Mountains and those of Yunnan at the south as far as Shensi on the north. Always in the high mountains. We know _three varieties of this species, var. decaisnei Jancz. Leaves with acute lobes, flowers with sepals exposed from the middle of their length, ciliate 24 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 40406 to 40496—Continued. or not. They resemble those of R. petraeum. Native of the Himalayas, Hupeh, and Shensi. Var. appendiculatum Janez. Leaves with short subobtuse lobes. Flowers similar, not ciliate. Anthers surmounted with a point prolonging the connective. We know this only from herbarium specimens collected in the Himalayas at Phulal Daru, Nila Valley. Var. urceolatum Jancz. Leaves acute lobed. Flowers with swollen receptacle, with short broad sepals, more or less divergent into a funnel, always ciliate. Native of Yunnan and Sikkim. Our plant is originally from Sikkim. The flowers are purple on the outside and pubescent.” (Z£. Janczewski, Monographie des Groseilliers, p. 296.) 40449. RIBES HIRTELLUM Michx. Gooseberry. “© TASB,” | “This species is very near R. oxryacanthoides, but has smooth shoots and stamens twice as long as the petals, which are purplish. Berry smooth, purplish or black, one-half inch across.—Curtis’s Botanical Mag- azine, pl. 6892 (as oxyacanthoides). It has borne very good fruit in the Isle of Wight, where it is known as ‘ currant gooseberry.’” (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 402.) 40450. X RIBES HOLOSERICEUM Otto and Dietrich. Currant. 1 O49.. “ Petraeum var. caucasicum X rubrum. Erect shrub; 1 to 14 meters, with robust shoots washed with red. Leaves medium size, rounded, 64 cm. long, 74 cm. broad, 3 lobed, more often sublobate, with lobes little developed, cordate base, subglabrous above, quite pubescent below. Flowers shortly campanulate, reddish, more often brownish, ciliate. Fertility sometimes little, sometimes great, according to the year. In some cases aS many as 15 fruits in the raceme. Fruits small or medium in size, blackish purple, ordinarily compressed near the flower and in the form of a bergamot, surmounted by the withered flower with ovoid or pentagonal-rounded insertion. Pulp juicy, red, rather acid. Seeds few in number, purple. The second generation is heterogenous, composed of plants of which some resemble a little R. vulgare, others entirely re- semble R. rubrum, which grew beside the mother plant and probably served to fertilize it. R. holosericeum (velvety currant) resembles in the richness of its racemes and the coloration of the flowers R. petraeum, but its receptacle, devoid of all excrescence, its straight filaments and the arch of the ovary little raised attest that R. rubrum entered into the crossing. The pubescence of the leaves, their cordate base, their slightly developed lobes, as well as the deep coloration of the fruits, seem to indicate that R. petraeum var. caucasicum with blackish fruits was one of its parents. In fact R. holosericeum is grown in some establishments under the name R. caucasicum.” (E. Janczewski, Monogrephie des Groseilliers, p. 483.) 40451 and 40452. RIBES INEBRIANS Lindley. 40451. ‘“ 7327.” “Very similar to R. cerewm, and equally pleasing, this differs in having the bract at the base of each flower not toothed and pointed, the style smooth. and the flowers deeper in colour. Introduced from western North America in 1827.” (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs_ Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 399-400.) APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1915. = P38) 40406 to 40496—Continued. 40452. “7327 B. Var. minus.” See S. P. I. No. 40451 for description. 40453. X RIBES INNOMINATUM Jancz. “7491.” “ Divaricatum X grossularia. More or less tall shrub. Shoots gla- brous or pubescent; nodal spines simple or ternate, more or less vigor- ous, measuring up to 18 mm., setiform spines none or rare. Leaves almost small, subcoriaceous, rounded, 24 cm. long and 8 ecm. broad or | larger, 3 to 5 lobed, the lobes little developed, obtuse, the base subcordate | or truncate, glabrous or subpubescent. Flowers purplish maroon, bristly with stiff hairs. We have received two forms of this hybrid from the establishment of Monsieur M. Spath with the labels, Ribes sp. No. 3 and No. la. They differ from éach other by their habit and above all by the pubescence. The form ‘a’ is a more erect shrub with both shoots | and ovary glabrous and certainly derived from R. grossularia a vulgare. The form ‘6’ is on the contrary a more squatty shrub, with both shoots | and ovary pubescent, and its fruits ripen later. It arises without doubt | from R. grossularia B uva crispa. The intervention of R. divaricatum in the crossing is betrayed by the habit of the plant, above all by the form and coloration of the flower. Fruit of form ‘a’ round, larger than a eurrant, purple, slightly pruinose, glabrous. Taste mild, resembling that | of a gooseberry. Ripens middle decade in July. That of form ‘f’ subglabrous, purple, ripening at the end of July.” (#H. Janczewski, Monographie des Groseilliers, p. 496.) 40454. X RIBES KOEHNEANUM Jancz. Red currant. “7437. Multifiorum X vulgare.” if “A shrub similar to other red currants in our gardens. Leaves medium | sized, rounded, 64 cm. long, 7% cm. broad, 3 to 5 lobed, more often sub- lobed because the lobes are very little developed, obtuse, with cordate 1 or subcordate base, subpubescent. Flowers small, basin shaped, brownish. Fruits very numerous, medium size, red, acid, ripening in the end of July. Insertion of the withered flower perfectly pentagonal, as in R. vulgare. R. kochneanum resembles R. multifiorwm in the length and richness of racemes as well as in the length of stamen and style, and resembles R. vulgare in the form of the flower and the breadth of the anthers.” (H. Janczewski, Moncgraphie des Groseilliers, p. 485.) 40455. RIBES LACUSTRE (Pers.) Poiret. 7400.” “A deciduous shrub. 3 to 5 feet high, the stem thickly covered with slender prickles or stiff bristles; spines at the joints numerous, from three to nine, arranged in a semicircle. Leaves 1 to 24 inches long and wide, handsomely and deeply 3 or 5 lobed, the lobes often again deeply cut; stalk and chief veins more or less bristly. Flowers from 12 to 20 in glandular-downy drooping racemes, 2 to 3 inches long, funnel shaped, with short, spreading sepals brownish crimson inside, creamy white or pinkish outside. Berry round, about the size of a black currant, covered with gland-tipped bristles, black. Native of North America, on both sides of the continent, inhabiting cold, damp localities; introduced in 1812. Although the general aspect of this shrub is that of a gooseberry, especially in the shape of its leaves and in its spines, it has the long 26 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 40406 to 40496—Continued. racemes and flowers of the currants. Its multiple spines are also distinct. Although it has no lively color to recommend it, it is pretty when its — branches are strung with the graceful drooping racemes.” (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 403.) 40456. RIBES MONTIGENUM McClatchie. ‘6 7553 3 155 “Another species, which unites as R. lacustre does the two sections of the genus, but has shorter, fewer flowered racemes (six to ten) and bright red fruits. Introduced from western North America in 1905.” (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 403.) 40457. RIBES LEPTANTHUM A. Gray. Gooseberry. SDSS “A deciduous, spiny shrub, 3 or 4 feet high, with slightly downy, occa- sionally glandular-bristly young branches; spines usually slender, soli- ' tary, up to one-half inch long. Leaves roundish or somewhat kidney shaped, one-fourth to three-fourths inch wide, deeply 3 or 5 lobed, toothed, the base mostly truncate; stalk as long as the blade, downy at the base. Flowers white, tinged with pink, one to three on a short stalk; calyx eylindrical, the sepals downy, ultimately reflexed. Fruit oval, shining, blackish red, slightly downy or smooth. Native of Colorado, New Mexico, etc.: one of the prettiest and daintiest of gooseberries lately introduced, the branches being slender and densely clothed with tiny leaves.” (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 404.) 40458. RIBES LONGERACEMOSUM Franchet. Currant. gor 5: by ie “Mr. Wilson has recently introduced this extraordinary currant from western China, where it had originally been discovered by the Abbé David. The one character which distinguishes it from all its tribe is its remark- able racemes, from 12 to 18 inches long,. pendulous, thinly set with greenish flowers and afterwards with jet-black fruits which Mr. Wilson tells me are about the size of an ordinary black currant and of good flavor. It is a deciduous unarmed shrub with smooth young shoots and 8 or 5 lobed. smooth leaves, 3 to 53 inches long and wide; stalks up to 43 inches long, furnished with glandular bristles most numerous toward each end. Flowers tubular, bell shaped, smooth. The species appears to be quite hardy and is worth the attention of lovers of curiosities and of fruit growers for hybridising. The fruits, however, are very thinly disposed along the stalk.” (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 404.) 40459. RIBES LONGERACEMOSUM DAVIDII Jancz. mae (Ziaur pe G7 - 1 “Wilson No. 898. Woodlands, altitude 1,800 to 2,400 meters, Mupin, western Szechwan, June, 1908.” (#. H. Wilson.) 40460. RIBES MANSHURICUM (Maxim.) Komarow. Red currant. * 7544.” “Shrub 13 to 2 meters, with young shoots glabrous or subpubescent. Bark of the wild plants almost black, with leaden reflections. Buds ovoid, not larger than those of R. petraeum. Leaves large, broad, resembling © those of R. latifolium, 9 cm. long, 11 cm. broad, usually 3 lobed, more | | 40406 to 40496—Continued. rarely 5 lobed, with lobes often sharp, even acuminate, subcordate or cordate base, dull, glabrous, or pubescent below. Racemes pendent, up to 16 em. long (in Shensi), even 20 cm. (according to Franchet), with- out appendages in the lower third, loose or crowded, bearing as many as 50 flowers. Flowers small, basin shaped, greenish, glabrous or sub- pubescent. Young fruit bluish green, fruit as large as a very large cur- rant, red, subacid under cultivation, or strongly acid (according to David). Insertion of the dry flower 5 lobed. Seeds large, rounded; matures in mid-August. Native of northern China, Shensi, eastern Mon- 1 golia, Chihli, Korea, and in all of Manchuria down to the sea. In eool elevated valleys, and in more or less humid forests, Komarow distin- guished two varieties: Var. villosa with leaves subpubescent above, tomen- | tose below, with larger lobes. It lives in Shensi and Mongolia. Its | racemes are very long and loose; var. suwbglabrum, with glabrous leaves, or a little pubescent on the nerves. Their lobes are habitually pointed, even acuminate. Racemes short, 3 to 8 cm., crowded, containing as many as 45 flowers. We have received this from some locality in eastern | Manchuria (Ussuri). It also lives in Korea. R. manshuricum is a twin | species of R. multifiorum, distinguished perfectly by the form of the leaves, by the less deeply split style, and the projections of the receptacle lower and not united by a distinct ring.” (H. Janczewski, Monographie de | Groseilliers, p. 274.) , 40461. Ripes MEYERI Maxim. e433.” “Tall shrub, more than 1 meter. Young shoots washed with red, slender, glabrous. Buds lengthened, very small, as in R. himalayense. Developing very late, contemporaneous with R. petraewm. Leaves rounded, 9 em. long and broad, almost always 5 lobed, with lobes subacute or obtuse, sometimes little developed, with cordate base, glabrous, more rarely dotted with glandular bristles above. Flowers small, subtubular, washed with reddish purple. Fruit round, black, shiny, crowned by the | withered flower contracted into a wisp. Pulp juicy, deep purple, without | pronounced flavor. Matures in the end of July and August. Germina-— | tion slow, after seven months, rarely after three months. Native of the mountains of Central Asia from the Pamir as far as Sungaria. We know | APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1915. : 7a | | and cultivate two distinct varieties of this species, of which probably | the first was known to Maximowicz: Var. tanguticum Jancz., with the . | leaves more or less acute lobed, dotted above with glandular bristles, from Tangout; var. turkestanicum Jancz., with leaves more or less obtuse lobed, glabrous above, from Turkestan and Sungaria.” (HH. Janc- zewski, Monographie des Groseilliers, p. 297.) | : 40462. RIBES MEYERI TURKESTANICUM Jancz. AA? BS.” For description of this species, see S. P. I. No. 40461. 40463. RIBES MEYERI TANGUTICUM Jancz. “©7412.” For description of this species, see S. P. I. No. 40461. - 40464. RIBES MOUPINENSE LAXIFLORUM Jancz, “7555 Z.” 98 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 40406 to 40496—Continued. “Wilson No. 4212. A bush 2 to 8 meters high, with black fruits, from Mupin, western Szechwan, altitude 2,300 to 2,800 meters. October, 1910. (£. H. Wilson.) 40465. RIBES MOUPINENSE Franchet. Currant. “° 7444,” “Shrub from 1 to 2 meters or more high (according to David), 2 to 5 meters (according to Delavay). Somewhat twisted branches, with young shoots glabrous. Leaves very variable, sometimes rounded, 5 lobed, with base deeply cordate (from Tibet), sometimes trifid, with lobes very sharp and acuminate, with base truncate or subcordate (from Yunnan, Hupeh, and Kansu), length in that case up to 14 cm. and breadth up to 16 cm., glabrous, dotted with glandular bristles above and on the nerve below. Flowers turbinate, greenish, red or washed with red, glabrous, subsessile. Fruits sessile, round, rather large for a currant, black (Delavay), glabrous, shining, crowned with fleshy collarette and the withered flower. Native of the high mountains of eastern Tibet, Proy- | inces of Muping, Yunnan, Kansu, Shensi, and Hupeh. We do not know | this species except from herbarium specimens, but believe that we have | distinguished two sufficiently characteristic varieties, var. lobatwm, with rounded leaves, lobed, with short thin racemes, native of eastern Tibet; | var. tripartitum (Batalin) with tripartite leaves and medium-sized or | lengthened racemes. It is a plant more widely spread, known from | Kansu, Yunnan, Hupeh, and Shensi.” (HH. Janczewski, Monographie des Groseilliers, p. 299.) 40466. RIBES MULTIFLORUM Kit. Red currant. (2 Bae “This is one of the red-currant group, and, as regards its flowers, the most striking; they are yellowish green, crowded on slender, cylindrical, pendulous racemes, sometimes 4 to 5 inches long. When well furnished with these the shrub is quite ornamental. For the rest it is vigorous, up to 6 feet high, and has stout unarmed branches, stouter perhaps than those of any other currants; leaves of the red-currant shape and size, gray with down beneath. Fruit roundish, red when ripe, one-third inch diameter. Native of southern and eastern Europe; introduced about 1818.” (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 405.) 40467. RIBES NEVADENSE Kellogg. F Currant. raion lees A shrubby wild western American currant with thin, 3 to 5 lobed leaves, green on both sides, spreading, nodding, or ascending racemes, usually 12 to 20 flowered; small flowers with the white petals softer than the rose- colored sepals; and subglobose, blue berries. 40468 and 40469. RIBES NiIGcRUM L. Black currant. 40468. “7350.” “An unarmed shrub, 5 to 6 feet high, distinguished by its peculiar odour, due to small yellowish glands sprinkled freely over the lower surface of the leaf, which is conspicuously 3 lobed, deeply notched at the base, long stalked, coarsely toothed. Flowers bell shaped, dull white, in racemes, each flower from the axil of a minute bract; fruit biack. Native of Europe and Siberia, possibly of Britain. | APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1915. 29 40406 to 40496—Continued. Several varieties of this species so well known as the ‘ black currant’ of fruit gardens have been distinguished. The varieties dissectum and 7aciniatum are curious and interesting, but no others are worth cultivation as ornamental shrubs.” (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 405.) 40469. “7350 G. Var. korolkowi.” See S. P. I. No. 40468 for description. 40470. RIBES ORIENTALE Desf. Currant. 7365.” “An unarmed deciduous shrub 5 or 6 feet high; young shoots and leaf- stalks covered with stiff gland-tipped sticky hairs. Leaves of the red- currant size and shape, but shining green and with bristly down on the nerves beneath; stalk one-half to 1 inch long. Flowers unisexual, the sexes on different plants, and produced on somewhat erect racemes 1 to 2 inches long; they are green suffused with red and covered with viscid hairs; berries red, downy. Native cf eastern Europe and western Asia. The R. resinosum of Pursh, until reeently regarded as a native of North America, and figured as such in Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, pl. 1538, is really this species. It has little garden value, but is distinct in its unisexual flowers, very viscid glands, and erect racemes.” (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 406.) 40471. RIBES OXYACANTHOIDES L. Gooseberry. “7480.” .“Ts widely spread over North America. It has bristly branches, the leaves are downy, and more or less glandular, the stamens as long as the petals; the ovary, calyx, and berry smooth, the last red-purple.” (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 402.) 40472 and 40473. RIBES PETRAEUM Wulf. Red currant. 40472. ‘ 7430.” “Another of the red-currant group, widely spread in a state of nature in Europe and North Africa. It has no value as an orna- mental shrub, its flowers being green suffused with purple, somewhat bell shaped, in horizontal or slightly nodding racemes, 3 or 4 inches long. The leaves are more deeply lobed than in the common red eurrant, the lobes pointed. Fruit roundish, flattened somewhat at the end, red, very acid.” (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 409.) 40473. ‘7430 C. Var. rigens.” Red currant. See 8S. P. I. No. 40472 for description. 40474. RIBES PETRAEUM X MULTIFLORUM. Red currant. ROD. For a description of this species, see S. P. I. No. 40472. 40475. RIBES TRISTE Pallas. “7440.” This was received as R. propinguum Turez. 40476. X RIBES ROBUSTUM Jancz. Gooseberry. 7520.” “A hybrid between R. nivewm and R. oxyacanthoides. It is a very vigorous bush and was received at Kew in 1890 from the late Mr. Nye- 30 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 40406 to 40496—Continued. land, gardener to the King of Denmark. Beyond that, I know nothing of its origin.” (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 406.) 40477. RIBES ROTUNDIFOLIUM Michx. Gooseberry. “7500.” “A native of the eastern United States, from Massachusetts to North Carolina. Its solitary spines are small and inconspicuous; young wood and leaves downy, but not glandular or bristly; flowers greenish purple; calyx, ovary, and berry smooth. The fruit is purple and of good flavor.” (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol 2, p. 402.) 40478. RIBES RUBRUM L. Red currant. TAZ 2 “Found wild in Britain, is sometimes met with in gardens under the name of R. schlechtendalii Lange. Its racemes are horizontal or ascend- ing, not drooping or pendent as in vulgare, and the flowers are urn shaped or broadly funnel shaped rather than saucer shaped. Cultivated forms of this species are grown in the gardens of Scandinavia, but in western and central Europe the cultivated red and white currants are exclusively R. vulgare.” (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 409.) 40479 and 40480. RIBES SANGUINEUM Pursh. Flowering currant. 40479. ‘7360 B.” “A deciduous unarmed bush, 7 or 8 feet high, usually considerably more in diameter; young shoots covered with a close, fine down. Leaves 3 or 5 lobed, palmately veined, the lobes broad and rounded, unequally toothed, the base conspicuously heart shaped ; 2 to 4 inches wide, less in length; smooth or nearly so above, soft with pale down beneath; stalks three-fourths to 2 inches long covered with minute down, like the young shoots, but with a few bristles near the base. Flowers deep rosy red, produced during April in drooping, finally ascending, racemes 2 to 4 inches long, 1 to 14 inches wide; each flower one-half inch long and nearly as wide; the slender fiower stalk, ovary, and tubular calyx dotted with glandular down. Cur- rants globose, one-fourth inch diameter, glandular, black, covered with blue bloom. Native of western North America; discovered by A. Menzies in 1798 and introduced by Douglas for the Horti- cultural Society in 1826. This currant is the finest of Ribes and in the very front rank of all spring-flowering shrubs, being one of those that never fails to blossom weli. Whilst all its forms are beautiful, some are preferable.” (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 407.) 40480. “7360 J. Var. intermedium.” A See S. P. I. No. 40479 for description. 40481. RrIBEs GLUTINOSUM Bentham. ' Currant. (360 “This differs from R. sanguineum in the young shoots and leaves being furnished with glandular-glutinous hairs and in being less downy; also in its quite pendulous racemes. It is inferior in garden value. Native of California and Washington.” (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 408.) Wit dishrresia «> ‘ APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1915. 7 31 40406 to 40496—Continued. 40482. xX RIBES SCHNEIDERI Maurer. ~Ao2.” “A hybrid between the black currant (male) and the gooseberry, raised in Germany.” (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardu in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 406.) 40483. RIBES SPECIOSUM Pursh. Gooseberry. ** 7460.” “A deciduous, spiny shrub, 6 to 9 feet high, the young shoots furnished with gland-tipped bristles. Leaves 3 lobed, sometimes 5 lobed, sparsely toothed, and from three-fourths to 14 inches long and wide, with smaller ones often obovate and tapered at the base; usually quite smooth; stalk slender, scarcely as long as the blade, with a few glandular bristles, especially at the base. Flowers rich red, usually two to five in pendulous clusters, the main stalk longer and less glandular than the minor ones. Calyx tubular, one-half inch long, glandular; sepals four, not reflexed; petals four, about as long as the sepals; stamens four, red, standing out three-fourths inch beyond the calyx. Fruit glandular bristly, red, one- half inch long, rarely seen in this country. Native of California; dis- covered by Menzies about 17938, and introduced from Monterey by a naval surgeon named Collie in 1828. As a flowering shrub it is the most beau- tiful of the gooseberries. Its branches are reddish, horizontal, or slightly dependent, and from their under side the richly coloured fuchsialike blos- soms hang profusely in rows during April and May. It is very distinct in the parts of the flower, being in fours (not the usual fives) and in the very long highly coloured stamens. It is one of the earliest shrubs to break into leaf, often in early February. It shows to best advantage perhaps against a wall, where it will grow 10 or 12 feet high, but it is quite hardy in the open at Kew, where it has grown 6 or 7 feet high. It can be rooted from cuttings, but does not strike readily; layering is a more certain process.” (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 408.) 40484. XX Rises succrrusruM Zabel. - Gooseberry. OOK. “Niveum 2 X divaricatum ¢. Rather robust shrub, tall, with young shoots glabrous, armed with strong nodal spines, simple, more rarely ternate, up to 20 mm. long. Leaves rounded, up to 4 em. long, 5 em. wide, 8 to 5 lobed, with lobes little developed and obtuse, the base truncate or subcordate, dull, almost glabrous, similar to those of R. niveum. Flowers rose-carmine, pretty, resembling those of the parents in form and dimen- sion. Fruit as large as a large currant, elliptical or rounded, black, lightly pruinose, juicy, subacid, edible, ripens in mid-July. Concerning the origin of this hybrid, perfectly intermediate between its parents, M. Zabel, of Gotha, wrote us in his letter of March 19, 1904: ‘I have _ raised this R. succirubrum in 1888 from seeds of R. nivewm, beside which grew R. divaricatum.’ M. Zabel sent us branches and flowers of the hybrid and of its second generation which are absolutely identical. Here, then, is a new example of the constancy of hybrids between species which in no way follows the law of Mendel.” (H. Janczewski, Mono. graphie des Groseilliers, p. 500.) 14682°—18——3 82 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED, 40406 to 40496—Continued. 40485. RIBES STENOCARPUM Maxim. Gooseberry. “7465.” “Shrub 1 to 2 meters high. Shoots vigorous, dotted or bristling with setiform spines, branches glabrous or bristly with similar spines. Nodal spines ternate, very vigorous, the middle one up to 23 mm. long in the more spiny plants; ternate or quinate and much smaller in the less spiny plants. Leaves small, 33 cm. long, 4 cm. broad, 3 to 5 lobed or 3 to 5 cut, with lobes deeply incised, subcordate or cordate base, glabrous or pubescent, ordinarily dotted with glandular hairs. Flowers rather small, whitish or a little washed with red, glabrous or dotted with hairs, pro- terandrous. Fruit rather large, oblong, 20 to 25 mm. long, 8 to 10 mm. in diameter, glassy, colorless, finally washed with carmine, glabrous or dotted with glandular bristles, borne on a peduncle 4 or 5 mm. long, crowned by the withered flower contracted into a twisted wisp. The pericarp thick, acid, the seeds few in number. Ripens the end of July, but the fruit hangs till October. Native of northern China, in the moun- tains of Kansu and Shensi. The race with glabrous fruits was discovered in 1872 by Przewalski in Tangut, Province of Kansu; those with hispid fruits in 1894 by Father J. Giraldi in northern Shensi. The former only has been introduced into our gardens, where it succeeds very well.” (H. Janczewski, Monographie des Groseilliers, p. 374.) 40486. RIBES AUREUM Pursh. Buffalo currant. “7308. Var. tenuiflorum Jepson.” “This variety differs from R. aurewm in having smaller flowers with- out fragrance and in the fruits being amber colored and translucent, with an acid flavor. It is also a taller shrub, up to 12 feet high. According to Dr. Coville, this is the true R. aurewm of Pursh.” (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 399.) 40487. RIBES TRISTE Pallas. Red currant. “7438.” “The American form of red currant, a shrub of laxer habit than R. vulgare, the leaves white, with down beneath when young; flowers purplish; fruit red, small, and hard. It is said to be pretty and graceful in blossom in the United States and Canada, where it inhabits cold bogs and woods from New Hampshire to Nova Scotia. It is also native of northern Asia.” (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 409.) 40488. RIBES USSURIENSE Jancz. Black currant. 8 Dien a “ Shrub 1 meter high, much branched, producing subterranean branches (rhizomes) like R. aureum. Young shoots subpubescent, dotted with rather numerous yellow glands. Buds whitish. Odor of the plant re- sembling camphor, not at all resembling the black currant. Leaves up to 8 cm. long and broad, 3 to 5 lobed, the middle lobe very predominant, rather acute, with cordate base, glabrous, not shiny, dotted below with yellow glands. Flowers briefly campanulate, whitish or a little yellowish, pubescent, glandular. Fruit round, as large as a currant, black (greenish blue before ripening), not aromatic, surmounted by a withered flower, the insertion of which is pentagonal rounded. Flesh greenish, slightly sweet subacid, seeds small, ovoid or oblong, with a gelatinous greenish i} \ ee APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1915. 30 40406 to 40496—Continued. coating, rather thick, with funicle very inflated, gelatinous. Ripens at the end of June. Fruit falls as soon as it is ripe. Germination more rapid than in other bisexual currants, in 22 to 50 days. Native of eastern Man- churia (Ussuri) in forests. R. ussuriense resembles in structure of its flowers the European black currant, rather than the Asiatic, but it differs so much in its aroma, its longer bracts, the color of its flowers, the ex- posed sepals, and by the production of subterranean branches, that we do not hesitate to consider it as a twin species and not as a simple variety of R. nigrum. We have received it from three locations in eastern Man- churia, and have grown seeds from Chabarowsk. The floral buds are very sensitive to winter cold. They were all frozen in the winter in 1904-1905, and almost all in 1905-1906-1907.” (#. Janczewski, Monographie des Groseilliers, p. 349.) 40489. RIBES VALDIVIANUM Philippi. DZS’ * Robust shrub, 3 meters high or more, with young shoots rather thin, very pubescent, dotted with yellow glands, year-old shoots dropping their outside bark like the red currant and becoming almost green. Leaves not leathery, almost all falling in autumn and winter, ovoid-rounded, 6 cm. long, 53 cm. broad, 3 to 5 lobed, middle lobes strongly predominant, with truncate or subcordate base, cuneiform in the smal! leaves, pubescent in youth, finally glabrous above, dotted with yellow glands and pubescent on the nerves beneath. Male racemes arched, almost pendent, up to 7 cm. long, rather loose, or more crowded, bearing as high as 40 flowers. Sometimes the basal flower is replaced by a secondary raceme 3 cm. long, with 15 flowers. Flowers campanulate, with the five sepal nerves promi- nent, yellow, the base of the tube greenish, pubescent. Female racemes unknown. Fruiting racemes up to 9 cm. long, bearing up to 25 flowers, bracts persistent, reflexed, 5 mm. long. Pedicels 4 mm., pubescent. Braetlets none. Fruit oboval, 6 mm. long, 4 mm. broad (round and black according to Gay), pubescent, glandular, crowned with withered flowers eontracted into a wisp. Native of the Province of Valdivia in Chile, where the shrub is called Pulul or Parilla and the fruit Uvilla. Philippi has already distinguished one variety, sessilifiorum, which is distinguished from the type by the long racemes, 4 to 10 cm. long, bearing 30 to 60 flowers, and by the subglabrous, subsessile flowers, dotted even on the teeth of the calyx with very numerous glands. It is found in Chiloe and even, according to Philippi, in the Province of Valdivia.” (H. Janczewski, Monographie des Groseilliers, p. 445.) 40490. RIBES VELUTINUM X QUERCETORUM. Gooseberry. Fey (G5 ire He “R. velutinum Greene is a shrub 1 to 13 mm. high, young shoots velvety, dotted with glandular bristles. Nodal spines simple or ternate, up to 18 mm. long, sometimes pubescent at the base. Leaves small, rounded reniform, 8 to 30 mm. long, 11 to 35 mm. broad, 3 to 5 lobed, or 3 to 5 fid, deeply dentate, the base truncate, similar to those of R. microphyllum and R. leptanthum, pubescent, often glandular. Flowers small, orange yellow, or white, velvety. Fruits small, purple-black, glabrous, pubescent or dotted with pediceled glands, crowned with withered flowers, fastened into a wisp. Seeds small, Germination in January and February, after 34 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 40406 to 40496—Continued. 2, 7, even 13 months. Native of California, Nevada, and Utah, in the mountains, 1,400 to 2,800 meters. Designated by different names or con- sidered as a variety of R. leptanthum by its shorter style, by its nectar- iferous anthers, and by the pubescence of its leaves. R. congdoni (R. quercetorum Greene) with subglabrous ovary and glabrous fruit is con- sidered a variety. It is a plant likewise from California, from Mariposa County, according to Heller, and from Kern County.” (£. Janczewski, Monographie des Groseilliers, p. 380.) 40491. RIBES VIBURNIFOLIUM A. Gray. ** 7498.” “An evergreen, unarmed shrub, 7 or 8 feet high against a wall, young shoots slightly downy at first, with numerous resin glands. Leaves ovate or oval, three-fourths to 1% inches long, one-half to 13 inches wide; rounded at the base, blunt at the apex, coarsely toothed, glossy and smooth above, almost or quite devoid of down beneath, but thickly sown with resin dots which emit a very pleasant turpentinelike odour when rubbed; stalk downy, one-eighth to one-sixth inch long. Flowers one- third inch across, produced in April in erect racemes about 1 inch long, terminating short, densely leafy shoots; dull rose coloured, the sepals spreading. Berry oval, red, one-third inch long. Native of Lower Cali- fornia and Santa Catalina Island; introduced to Kew in 1897. A remark- ably distinct species, of little beauty, but interesting for its evergreen aromatically scented leaves. It needs wall protection at Kew.” (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 408). 40492. RIBES TRILOBUM Meyen. (Ribes gayanum Spach.) $ (328.” See S. P. I. No. 40440 for previous introduction and description. 40493. RIBES sp. “7555 P.. Vilmorin No, 5261.” 40494. RIBES WATSONIANUM Koehne. Gooseberry. ** 7450.” * Shrub little branched, with stiff shoots, pubescent, bristly with gland- ular bristles, without setiform spines, armed only with very short nodal spines, never more than 6 mm. !ong, usually ternate, rarely more numer- ous (5 to 7) and semiverticiliate. Glands secreting a yellow oily sub- stance, soluble in alcohol. Vegetation and flowering very late. Buds ovoid, much larger than in neighboring species. Leaves small, rounded, rather pale green, 23 to 6 mm. long, 33 to 63 cm. broad, 3 to 5 lobed, very deeply cut with lobes obtuse, base subcordate or cordate, pubescent and bristling with glandular hairs. Flowers medium sized, whitish or fiesh colored, bristly with stiff hairs. Fruit pale, rather large, spherical, entirely bristly with rather long delicate spines. Flesh a little viscous, rather ~ sweetish. Ripens the end of July and August. Native of the high moun- — tains of northern California (Trinity Mountains, 2,700 meters), and of Oregon and Washington (Mount Paddo at 2,000 meters). R. wat- sonianum never produces scattered setiform spines, even on the most — vigorcus shoots.” (HH. Janczewski, Monographie des Groseilliers, p. 368). 3 40495. RIBES DIVARICATUM Dougl. Gooseberry. “4795.” APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1915. 35 40406 to 40496—Continued. “A native of the coast region of western North America, of vigorous growth, and up to 10 feet high. Its young wood is armed with single or triple spines up to two-thirds inch long and is sometimes bristly, usually smooth. Leaves with appressed hairs above. almost or quite smooth beneath. Calyx downy, greenish purple, petals whitish, ovary and berry smooth, the last globose, one-third inch diameter, black-purple. This species is nearly allied to R. rotundifolium, but is found wild on the opposite side of the continent, and is a bigger bush, well armed with long, stout spines.” (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 402.) 40496. RIBES PETRAEUM Wulf. Currant. “7430 B. Var. opulifoliwm.” See 8. P. I. No. 40472 for description of this species. 40497. Pyrus saurcrrouta Pall. Malacese. Willow-leaved pear. From Novospasskoe, Russia. Presented by Mr. A. D. Woeikoff, director., Jardin Expérimental de l’Ecole Horticulture, Cholmy. Received April 7, 1915. “A tree, 15 to 25 feet high, branchlets covered with down, which is quite white when young. Leaves 13 to 3% inches long, one-third to two-thirds inch wide; narrowly lanceolate, tapering gradually toward both ends, covered when young on both sides with a beautiful silvery grey down; later in the year this falls away from the upper surface, leaving it shining green; margins quite entire; stalk one-half inch long or less, sometimes scarcely noticeable. Flowers pure white, about three-fourths inch across, produced in April, closely packed ip small, rounded corymbs, the calyx and flower stalk covered with white wool. Fruit of the typical pear shape, 1 to 14 inches long and wide. Native of south- east Europe and Asia Minor. It is much the most ornamental of all true pears. Its leaves and flowers often open simultaneously, and it then presents a very: charming picture, the willowlike leaves being of a conspicuous silky white. After the flowers fade the leaves remain silvery for some weeks, gradually, however, becoming greener on the upper surface. The fruit is harsh to the palate and of no value.” (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 292.) 40498 and 40499. From Boscotrecase, near Naples, Italy. Presented by Dr. Gustav WHisen. Received April 8, 1915. 40498. PrRUNUS DoMESTICA L. Amygdalacez. Prune. “Papagone. I have not seen the fruit from this tree, but as the trees were growing in the garden of a friend of mine I have no doubt that his statement that the fruit was the best was true. The Papagone should do well in any climate similar to that of Naples.” (Hisen.) Cuttings. 40499. Ficus caricaA L. Moracee. Fig. “Troiaro. This fig requires a much warmer climate, at least a more even climate, than that of Fresno, and I think should not be recommended to any locality north of Los Angeles. Where it does well it is a superior variety, preferable to the White Adriatic. It is the best table fig in Italy. Around San Francisco Bay this fig never matures. It is not affected by fall rains, like Adriatic and most other figs, and possesses 36 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 40498 and 40499—Continued. 1 advantages not found in any other fig ripening at the same time, September—October. I have not seen the fruit from this tree, but as the trees were growing in the garden of a friend of mine I have no doubt that his statement that the fruit was the very best was true.” (Wisen.) Cuttings. 40500 to 40505. From Novospasskoe, Russia. Presented by Mr. A. D. Woeikoff, director, Jardin Expérimental de l’Ecole Horticulture, Cholmy. Received April 7, 1915. 40500. PRUNUS CERASIFERA DIVARICATA (Ledeb.) Schneider. Amygda- laceee. Myrobalan. Forma hortensis flava. A yellow-flowered garden variety. For previous introductions and description, see Nos. 37688 and 38157. 40501 and 40502. Prunus pomestica L. Amygdalacez. Plum, 40501... “ Hschi-”’ 40502. ‘*Jshopi.” 40503. PRUNUS DOMESTICA INSITITIA (Jusl.) Schneid. Amygdalacezx. Bullace. * Kanatsh-Tamobul.” See S. P. I. No. 87619 for previous introduction and description. | 40504. Prunus sipirica L. Amygdalacezx. Siberian apricot. ‘“A deciduous bush or small tree; leaves ovate, the apex long drawn out; 2 to 33 inches long, half as wide, reddish at first, then bright green and smooth above, with axil tufts of down beneath; stalk one-half to 1 inch long. Flowers mostly solitary, white or pink. Fruit scarcely stalked, about 1 inch long, yellow, except on the sunny side, covered with a velvety skin; the flesh scanty, dry, harsh, and scarcely edible; kernel of the nut with an almondlike, bitter taste. “Native of the mountains of southern Siberia, where, according to Pallas, the Russian botanist, some mountain sides are covered with its pink blossoms in May, when the northern sides are purple with Rho- dodendron dauricum. Although an old tree in gardens (it was culti- vated at Kew 100 years ago) and still offered for sale by continental dealers, it is scarcely known in England nowadays. So far as I have seen, it has very little to recommend it for gardens, being of about the same value as the wild apricot, to which it is very closely allied. Its leaves have usually much more elongated points.” (W.J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 253.) 40505. PRUNUS SPINOSA MACROCARPA Wallroth. Amygdalacez. Sloe. 40506 to 40509. From China. Collected by Mr. Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Explorer for the Department of Agriculture. Received April 12, 1915. Quoted notes by Mr. Meyer, except as otherwise indicated. 40506. ZizipHuUS JuUJUBA Miller. Rhamnacee. Jujube. (Ziziphus sativa Gaertn.) “(No. 1252. Near Pinchow, Shensi, China. January 20, 1915.) A local variety of jujube, having large and heavy fruits of elongated form; considered to be the second best jujube in China, the Paihsiangchen (Shansi) variety coming first (S. P. I. No. 38243). Color of fruits red- | APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1915. 37 40506 to 40509—Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.) dish brown, meat quite solid and very sweet, size often as large as small hen’s eggs. Trees of thrifty growth, assuming remarkably large dimen- sions for jujubes, trunks being seen 14 feet in diameter. The trees are almost spineless when old and sucker but very little. Apparently not at- tacked by ‘bunch disease,’ although infected wild bushes were seen in close proximity. Propagated by suckers exclusively. The wood of this jujube is extensively used in the manufacture of combs and in all sorts of turnery work, this industry having its seat in and around the village of Tafutze. Chinese name Chin tsao and Fei tsao, meaning ‘ golden jujube’ and ‘fat jujube.’ ” Cuttings. 40507. Urtmus pumitA L. Ulmacee. Elm, “(No. 1253. Peking, China. February 23, 1915.) Var. pendula. A Weeping variety of the very drought-resistant North Chinese elm, not growing apparently to very large dimensions. Of value as a character- istic ornamental tree, especially fit for cemeteries and for parks in cold and semiarid sections. Shows up particularly well when planted on embankments alongside water expanses. Chinese name Lung chao yu shu, meaning ‘ dragon’s-claw elm tree.’ Obtained from the Botanical Garden at Peking.” ; Cuttings. For an illustration of a weeping form of the Chinese elm (Ulmus pumila), see Plate II. 40508. CASTANEA MOLLISSIMA Blume. Fagacer. Chestnut. “(No. 2179a. Sianfu, Shensi, China, January 25, 1915.) ) x a 4, Me | , at u f (iy f ~ra oe ‘ ‘ 2 ; “i ~ | se bay 24, is oe ib : 7 u é *) a f : "J t : 4 FY iy £ = . t Soe * + LD Lee Hse ee ’ t F Aik ee K rv , : 2°Ts Let y f = t * ; , " ‘ ; in | bees - 2 5 of b 4 ; ’ i 3 pie “ke y $ ; ; i R Pec te Re As te A " n* te £ : 5 y, . Oy AIA Wee ES \ i 4 : t \ f ~ - . ‘ =“ = is & F | é ; ' ; Sie + : ¢ ‘ ay é NTORY PICE OP FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT INTRODUCTION DURING THE PERIOD FROM OCTOBER 1 _ TO DECEMBER 31, 1915. | Nos. 4181570 41684.) _ GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFIOE. CALS chy x Ry ams é y ; ~ - < I eke oe D 3 ' . + { 5 % ‘ + 7’ > i - Ls, ri = : , ~ Ay i % i x " 2 t . ' J 4 5 - Me . « & cn = i ‘ -) 7 r 1 ‘ tS x © f tee ¥ ‘ . oe ey « r ‘ ‘ 7 3 ‘ OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1915. - 37 41483. Juniperus ceprus Webb. Pinacez. Teneriffe juniper. Seeds from Teneriffe, Canary Islands. Presented by Dr. George YV. Perez. Received November 17, 1915. See 8. P. I. No. 41463 for previous introduction and description. 41484. Juparorpsis carrra Beceari. Phoenicacee. Pondoland coco. Seeds from Johannesburg, Union of South Africa. Purchased from Mr. J. Burtt Davy, botanist, Agricultural Supply Association. Received September 21 and October 7, 1915. “T have just learned of the existence of a grove of wild coconut palms along the coast some 70 miles south of Port Shepstone. This appears to be a new species of coconut, adapted to warm temperate conditions; the nuts are said to be smaller than those of the typical Cocos nucifera. The fruits have the flavor of coconut and are much prized by the Tondos, who traveled scores of miles to collect and sell them. They are used as food, and, I am told, for oil.” (Davy.) “Until quite recently only two genera of palms were known from South Africa. A few years ago Mr. Charles Ross, then conservator of forests at Umtata, reported the occurrence of another kind in Pondoland. This has now been found to be the representative of a new genus named Jubaeopsis, from its nearest ally, Jubaea, a monotypic genus of South America (Chili). The fruit of Jubaeopsis differs from that of Cocos by the position of the germinating holes. which in the latter genus are situated near the base of: the nut, but in Jubaeopsis hear its equator. The endosperm is hollow, as in the coconut, and also of a sweetish taste, but without milk. A tree up to 20 feet high, with leaves 12 to 15 feet long: The ¢ flowers are inserted on the upper parts of the branches of the spadix and possess 8 to 16 stamens, the 9 flowers-being on the lower parts. The fruits are about the size of walnuts, but nearly ‘globular, the fibrous peri- carp being yellow when ripe. The palm occurs, as far as known, only at two localities in Pondoland, viz., at the mouths of the Umsikaba and the Umtentu Rivers, in both cases only on the northern bank and in close proximity to the water. As this is, apart from the widely spread coconut palm, the only member of the tribe which occurs in Africa, all the others being American, its dis- covery throws some new light on the origin of the Cocoinez and the relation- ship of our flora.” (Marloth, Flora of South Africa, vol. 4, p. 48.) 41485 to 41488. From Orotina, Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. Carlos Wercklé. Received November 16, 1915. Quoted notes by Mr. Wercklé. ’. 41485. Licanta PLATYPUS (Hemsl.) Fritsch. Rosacee. Sansapote. “Seeds of the forest sansapote, which is the poorest and smaliest fruit of all four or five species of Licania; still the little meat it has is quite good. A splendid, very large forest tree, the timber of which is considered nearly as vaiuable as Cedrela. I will try to graft the Couepia on it.” 41486 and 41487. SoLtanum sp. Solanacezx. “ Root cuttings of a very low-growing perennial herb, which makes a single, vertical root like a yuca (manioc), which enters into the soil to a great depth. I do not know whether it is edible or poisonous. The soft herbaceous plant spreads over the ground at a height of a few inches; the large, solitary, night-blooming flowers are a beautiful pure white and have a very fine fragrance, which, however, is only noticeable at a very short distance from the plant, though it is not mild.” 38 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 41485 to 41488—Continued. 41488. ANNONA PURPUREA Moc. and Sesse. Annonacee. Soncoya. “This fruit has only two defects—the seeds are too large and are ‘cling. It is recommended for crossing with Annona squamosa and Annona cherimola.” 41489. Harersta CAROLINA MONTICOLA 1-ehder. Styracaceer. Mountain silverbell. Seeds from Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by Prof. C. S. Sargent, Arnold Arboretum. Received November 13, 1915. “The silver-bell tree of the Southern States, Halesia tetraptera, has long been cultivated in northern gardens. It is usually shrubby in habit with several stout, wide-spreading stems, and here at the North rarely grows more than 15 to 20 feet high. It is an inhabitant of the Southern States from West Virginia and southern Illinois to northern Florida and eastern Texas. It grows at low altitudes and does not appear to ascend to the slopes of the high Appalachian Mountains, although the Halesia of those mountain forests was long considered identical with the lowland tree. The Halesia of the high slopes, however, is a tree often 80 to 90 feet high, with a trunk 8 feet in diameter, sometimes free of branches for a distance of 60 feet from the ground. It is apparently only in recent years that this mountain tree has been introduced into cultivation by the Biltmore Nursery. From Biltmore it was sent to the parks of Rochester, N. Y., and from Rochester it came to the Arboretum with a description of its peculiar habit, large flowers, and fruit. The mountain tree, which has lately been distinguished here as var. monticola, grows as a tree from the time the seed germinates, and the seedlings show no variation of habit. Young trees are clean stemmed with short branches which form a narrow pyramidal head. The leaves are of rather different shape and less hairy than those of the lowland tree; the flowers are fully a third larger and the fruit is nearly twice as large. Trees less than 10 feet produce flowers and fruit in abundance. There is now every reason to believe that the moun- tain Halesia will prove one of the handscmest flowering trees of large size which it is possible to cultivate in this climate. Its tall trunk and narrow head suggest that it may prove a good street and roadside tree.” (Arnold Arboretum, Bulletin. of Popular Information.) | 41490. Cotocasta EscuLENTA (L.) Schott. Aracez. Tubers from Joinville, Brazil. Presented by Mr. Jean Knatz. Received October 25, 1915. “Oara (Kara). Cara is much used to mix with flour after being baked, in order to make the bread used by the farmers, into which enter sweet potatoes, cassava, flour and ‘taya,’ especially now that wheat flour is so expensive. I think the larger sort of ‘ cara’ is the taro of the South Sea Islands.” (Knatz.) 41491 and 41492. Seeds from Chungking, China. Presented by Mr. E. Widler. Received November 18, 1915. Quoted notes by Mr. Widler. 41491. CucurBITA PEPO L. Cucurbitacez. Nan kua. “Nan kua. A creeping plant 10 to 15 feet long; grows best at a tem- perature of 70° to 110° F. It takes about three months to mature; bears yellow flowers and fruits in the autumn. ‘The fruit is 5 feet in circumference and weighs about 40 catties. It is used only as a vegetable co q> OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1915, 41491 and 41492—Continued. and is prepared by sweetening and boiling. It sells in the market for about 20 cash per catty.” 41492. BENINCASA HISPIDA (Thunb.) Cogn. Cucurbitacer. Wax gourd. “Tung kua. A plant 20 to 30 feet long. Grows best at a temperature of 70° to 110° F.; takes about six months to mature; bears yellow flowers and fruits in the autumn. The fruit is 3 feet long and 2 feet in circum- ference; is used only as a vegetable, boiled and sweetened, and sells in the market at 25 cash per catty.” 41493. ANNoNA CHERIMOLA Miller. Annonacee. Cherimoya. Seeds from Brisbane, Australia. Presented by Mr. Leslie Gordon Corrie. Received November 22, 1915. 41494, RuarnirHaMNus cyAnocarrus (Bert.) Miers. Verbenacee. Espina blanca. Seeds from Bariloche, Argentina. Presented by Dr. Joseph Vereertbrug- ghen. Received November 22, 1915. “This plant, espina blanca (white thorn), which I found in the Canyon Bariloche, is an evergreen belonging, I believe, to the Chilean vegetation. Animals eat it the year round and like it very much, horses as well as cattle.” (Vereertbrugghen. ) 41495. Ranpia sp. Rubiacese. Seeds from Orotina, Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. Carlos Wercklé. Re- ceived November 24, 1915. “From the Pacific coast. Is much more beautiful than Randia aculeata, but it is suitable for hot climates only.” (Wercklé.) 41496. Persna AMERICANA Miller. Lauracee. Avocado. : (Persea gratissima Gaertn. f.) . Seeds from San Jose, Costa Rica. Presented by the Department of Agri- culture. Received November 24, 1915. “ Palta. From tree A, bearing in October; large and medium good.” (Wercklé.) 41497. Amycpauus persica L. Amygdalacee. Peach. (Prunus persica Stokes.) Seeds from Bordeaux, France. Presented by Mr. George A. Bucklin, jr., American consul. Received November 26, 1915. “ Hor these seeds we are indebted to a resident of this region, M. Denjean, of Bordeaux, France, who has carefully selected seeds of the finest specimens of fruit coming to his attention, all grown in this section of southern France. Unfortunately, the names of the varieties have not been preserved and the seeds identified, but it is hoped that the seeds which come from excellent mis- cellaneous stock will be of some service.” (Bucklin.) 41498. Amycpauus persica L. Amygdalacez. Peach. (Prunus persica Stokes.) Seeds from Milan, Italy. Presented by Mr. John H. Grout, American con- sul. Received November 26, 1915. 40 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. “ Hardly any of the peaches to be found in the markets here are grown in this district, being brought from the outside. This is a mixed lot of seed ob- tained from a seed house here.” (Grout.) 41499. Diprsacus ruLtonuM L. Dipsacacez. Teasel. Seeds from Marseille, France. Presented by Mr. A. Gaulin, American con- sul general. Received November 23, 1915: “Seeds of the best variety of teasel grown in the Avignon and Department of Vaucluse region. This sample was obtained from Messrs. G. and E. Duckers, of Gavaillon, Vaucluse.” (Gaulin.) - c 41500. SparHopra CAMPANULATA Beauv. Bignoniacez. Seeds from Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by Dr. J. C. Koningsberger, di- rector, Botanic Gardens. Received November 23, 1915. See S. P. I. Nos. 31953 and 39415 for previous introductions. 41501. Mimusors ELENGI L. Sapotacee. Munamal. Seeds from Lawang, Java. Presented by Mr. M. Buysman, Jardin Bo- tanique. Received November 27, 1915. “ A large evergreen tree, with glossy, oval, fleshy leaves. The wood is good for cabinetmaking, joinery, and turning. The fruit, which is shaped like a» olive, is eaten, but its flavor is not very agreeable. The odorous flowers, which possess astringent and tonic properties, serve for the preparation of a perfume; the red, woody, fibrous bark is astringent and is used as a gargle for salivation. The fruit and seeds furnish an oil for burning. The root is astringent.” (Lanessan, Les Plantes Utiles des Colonies Francaise.) See S. P. I. No. 30957 and 37726 for previous introduction. 41502. Arsurus unxepo L. Ericacee. - > Strawberry tree. Seeds from Sacramento, Cal. Presented by Mr. W. Vortriede, Capitol building and grounds. Received December 1, 1915. “ An evergreen tree, from 15 to 30 feet high, occasionally 40 feet in its native districts in Ireland, but nearly always a wide-topped shrub under cultivation: young shoots glandular hairy. Leaves smooth, 2 to 4 inches long, dark shining green. Flowers produced from October to December in drooping panicles 2 inches long and wide. Corolla white or pinkish, pitcher shaped, one-fourth inch -long. Fruit globose, strawberrylike, three-fourths inch across, orange red, rough on the surface. It ripens during the autumn following the production of the flowers, at the same time as the succeeding crop of blossoms. Native of the Mediterranean region and southwestern Ireland, especially on the islands and shores of the Lakes of Killarney, where it attains its largest dimensions. (Adapted from W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 203.) 41503. Exarocarpus sp. Eleocarpacee. Seeds from Kamerunga, via Cairns, Australia. Presented by Mr. J. A. Hamilton. Received October 18, 1915. “ Native edible nut.” OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1915. 41 41504 to 41508. Seeds from Matania El Saff, Egypt. Presented by Mr. Alfred ‘Bircher, Middle Egypt Botanic Station. Received November 30, 1915. 41504. CARISSA GRANDIFLORA (KE. Mey.) DC. Apocynacez. Natal plum. “This handsome shrub, 15 to 18 feet in height, originally from South Africa, is cultivated in southern Florida and southern California for orna- ment and for its scarlet edible fruits the size of a plum. It is considered one of the best hedge plants in South Africa and is sometimes used for this purpose in the United States. The foliage is dense, glossy green in color ; leaves opposite, thick, and leathery, 1 to 2 inches long, flowers star shaped, fragrant, about 2 inches across and borne in small terminal cymes. The plant blooms most abundantly in the early spring, but pro- duces a few scattering flowers throughout the yvear; their waxy texture and fragrance are suggestive of the jasmine. The fruits, most of which ripen in summer, are ovoid or elliptic in form, commonly 1 to 2 inches long, with a thin skin inclosing the firm granular, reddish pulp, toward the center of which are several thit papery seeds, sometimes as many as twenty or more. The fruit is very attractive in appearance, but is not generally relished when eaten out of hand; its flavor suggests the rasp- berry or cranberry, and when stewed it yields a sauce which greatly re- sembles that made from the latter fruit. It is also used for jelly and pre- serves. It is not of commercial importance in the United States, but is frequently planted in gardens for ornament and fruit. When used as a ~ hedge plant it withstands shearing admirably, but yields little fruit under these conditions. Its growth is compact and low, and it has the inter- esting habit of branching dichotomously. The plant is easily propagated by layering, and it is not difficult to bud, using the common method of shield budding. Late spring is the best time to do the work.” (Adapted from W. Popenoe, in Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, under Natal plum, vol. 4, p. 2114.) See S. P. I. Nos. 11734, 28722, and 34166 for previous introductions. 41505. CaARISSA GRANDIFLORA (E. Mey.) DC. Apocynacez. Natal plum. See previous number (S. P. I. No. 41504) for description. 41506. CaRISSA CARANDAS L. Apocynacee., Caraunda. “VMaha-karamba (Singhalese), Perunkila (Tamil). A small tree or large shrub, with sharp, rigid, forked thorns and oval leaves, native of the dry region of Ceylon; also of India and Malaya. It blossoms chiefly in February and March and ripens its fruits in August and September. The fruit when ripe much.resembles a damson, both in size and color, but in the interior are a number of small seeds. In India it is made into a pickle just before it ‘is ripe, and is also used in tarts and puddings, being considered to resemble gooseberries in flavour. For these purposes it is said to be superior to any other Indian fruit. When ripe it makes a very good jelly. The plant is commonly employed for barrier hedges, for which purpose it is well suited. Propagated from seed. Suited to dry districts at low elevations.” (MacMillan, Handbook of Tropical Gardening and Planting, 2d ed., p. 148.) . See S. P. I. Nos. 23750 and 34364 for previous introductions. 41507. PHOENIX FARINIFERA Roxburgh. Pheenicacee. Palm. Habitat, India and South China. A dwarf species, having a stem 2 feet high, completely enveloped by the leaf sheaths; fronds 6 feet long, 49 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 41504 to 41508—Continued. unarmed, pinnate, reclinate, with long, awl-shaped, plicate leafiets; flowers dicecious; spathe polyvalved; spadix erect; fruit a drupe, oval, 1 cm. in length, fleshy, black, hard; stone single, oblong, horny. In Cochin China the plant goes under the name Cay-cho la. The trunk stripped of its leaves contains a certain quantity of starch which the poor use in case of need. This palm stands the climate of the south of France without protection. It is adapted to sandy and otherwise dry and barren land, but prefers the vicinity of the sea. (Adapted from Von Mueller, Select Extra-Tropical Plants, p. 373, and De Lanessan, Les Plantes Utiles des Colonies Francaises, p. 784.) See S. P. I. No. 32821 for previous introduction. 41508. Musa sp. Musacee. Banana. “Banana seeds which were produced without artificial pollination. I'am not sure whether the pollen is from the same genus or from a Strelitzia growing near it. It is remarkable that only the variety Orinoco (from Florida) develops seeds, while several other varieties growing also in the vicinity are seedless.” (Bircher.) 41509. OsrerpaMIA TENUIFOLIA (Trin.) Kuntze. Poacez. (Zoyisa tenuifolia Trin.) Mascarene grass. Seeds from the island of Guam. Presented by Mr. J. B. Thompson, Guam Agricultural Experiment Station; obtained by him from the Bonine Islands. Received in 1912. “This grass is used for lawn purposes in Japan and is said to succeed well about Yokohama. It was originally described from the Masearene Islands. It has been tested in a preliminary way in California, at Biloxi, Miss., and at Miami, Fla. The grass makes a very beautiful dark-green turf, the leaves being short, never more than an inch or two long, much resembling the turf of red fescue. Stout rootstocks are produced in abundance, and these have a ten- dency to elevate the turf, a defect which can be remedied by proper rolling. The grass has considerable promise for fine turf and for golf purposes in the South.” (C. V. Piper.) 41510 to 41516. Triricum arstivum L. Poacee. Wheat. (Triticum vulgare Vill.) i Seed from Quetta Valley, Baluchistan. Presented by Mr. A. Howard, Im- perial Economic Botanist, Pusa, Bengal, India. Received November 2, 1915. Quoted notes by Mr. Howard. 41510. “ Common winter wheat. Spike bearded, 10 to 13 cm., tapering; glumes white, firm, glaborous; beaks 1 to 25 mm.; kernel red, large, 7 to 8 mm., hard.” 41511. ‘*Common winter wheat. Spike bearded, 10 to 12 cm., cylin- drical; glumes white, glabrous; kernel amber, medium soft; beaks (@) 7 heads, 1 to 15 mm., (0) 3 heads, 1 to 2 mm.” 41512. “Common winter wheat. Spike bearded, beards short, 3 to 4 cm.; glumes white, pubescent, kernel amber, medium hard; beaks 1 to 3 mm.” 41513. “Common winter wheat. Spike bearded, cylindrical, 10 to 12 cm.; glumes white, pubescent; kernel amber, medium hard; beaks 1 to 20 mm,” | OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1915, | 43 41510 to 41516—Continued. 41514. “Common winter wheat. Spike bearded, tapering, 9 to 12 cm.; glumes brown, glabrous; kernel red, medium soft; beaks 1 to 15 mm.” 41515. “Common winter wheat. Spike bearded, cylindrical, 10 to 12 em.; glumes brown, glabrous; kernel amber (?), medium soft; beaks 1to 25 mm.” 41516. ‘Common winter wheat. Spike bearded, beards short, 3 to 4 cm.; spike cylindrical, 10 to 11 cm.; glumes brown, pubescent; kernel amber, medium soft; beaks 1 to 25 mm.” 41517 to 41519. Pyrus communts L. Malacez. Pear. - From Salmon Arm, Canada. Presented by Mr. Thomas A. Sharpe. Re- ceived December 3, 1915. Quoted notes from L. Spath’s catalogue; ex- cept as otherwise shown. 41517. Eva Baltet. “A very large, beautifully colored, melting, sweet pear, very juicy, and similar in the quality of the flesh to the Holz- farbigen butterbirne (Fondante des bois), but better flavored. Tree bearing early and heavily from mid-October to the end of November. This new French introduction is declared by a large number of growers to be an excellent pear, worthy of distribution.” Mr. T. A. Sharpe, ex-superintendent of the Agassiz (B. C.) Experi- ment Station, is very much interested in pear culture and is fruiting out a good many French varieties. He told me that the Jules Guyot was a much heavier bearer than the Bartlett, which it resembles very closely, and it has none of the objectionable muskiness of the Bartlett, and that the Marguerite Marillat, which is one of the few pears that fruit on the west coast of Scotland, does very well at Salmon Arm, B. C. The variety called Eva Baltet, an early fall pear, does particu- larly well here, and fruits abundantly ; it was introduced in 1897. The fruits do not pull down the limbs, and it begins fruiting at the crotch.” (David Fairchild, trip report to Canada including British Columbia, fall of 1915.) 41518. Doktor Jules Guyot. “A large to very large, excellent-table and market pear, ripening in September. Tree bearing early and very heavily; not tender. 41519. Marguerite Marillat. “A iarge to very large, fine table pear, bearing early and heavily.” 41520 to 41554. Seeds from Bhutan, India. Collected by Mr. R. E. Cooper, and presented ‘by Bees (Ltd.), Liverpool, England, at the request of Mr. A. K. Bulley. Received November 18, 1915. Quoted notes by Mr. Cooper. 41520. PRIMULA sp. Primulacee. Primrose. “ (No. 4761.) Grows at an altitude of 11,000 feet in marshy peat in the open. White with star of yellow on corolla lobes.” 41521. Primvuta sp. Primulacex. Primrose. “ (No. 4762.) Two feet tall, like sikkimensis, but brilliant golden yellow flowers. Grows in open glades by streams in Abies forest at an altitude of 11,000 feet. Clumps on peaty turf on bowlders in the streams themselves.” 44 41520 to 41554—Continued. SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 41522. Lioypia sp. Liliacee. ““(No. 4763.) (Quoted notes by Mr. R. E. Cooper.) Common in an open marsh at an altitude of 11,000 feet. Small, yellow flowered.” 41523. PHYTEUMA sp. Campanulacez. , ““ (No. 4766.) emerging. Flowers never seen. and spiders.” A plant 2 feet high. Grows on alpine peat turf at an altitude of 13,000 feet, a gray hairy mound with pendent narrow leaves Attacked by yaks, sheep, partridges, 41524. WULFENIA AMHERSTIANA Benth. Scrophulariacex, “(No 4767.) A small herb found among loose pebbles and streams at an altitude of 14,000 feet, with rosette 6 inches in diameter. Flowers blue, small, in long spike.” 41525. MECONOPSIS SINUATA Prain. *“ (No. 4768.) in diameter.” Papaveracexr, A prickly plant 1 to 2 feet high among small rhododen- dron bushes at an altitude of 13,000 feet. Flowers blue, 2 to 3 inches 41526. SwerTIA sp. Gentianacee. “ (No. 4769.) A white-flowered mound 1 foot high on poor peaty soil overlying scree at altitudes of 13,000 to 14,000 feet.” 41527: PoLyGoNuM sp. Polygonacez. ‘“ (No. 4770.) foot thick or rosette larger. 10 inches long at times. A clumpy Polygonum among stones and peaty spots in gaps in rhododendron forests at an altitude of 13,000 feet. Club 1 41528. PRIMULA sp. Primulacez. | Flower spike large and pendent, rich red, Also seen in rock ledges at its best.” Primrose. “(No. 4771.) One to two feet high, growing among rhododendron bushes at an altitude of 13,000 feet. Like Primula obliqua, dead white with no eye to speak of and with heads of eight flowers.” 41529. PoTENTILLA sp. Rosacex. “ (No: 4672.) ameter.” Common on uplands, at times in peaty turf, at aititudes of 13,000 to 15,000 feet. A little heap of yellow flowers 9 inches in di- 41530. IMPATIENS sp. Impatientacee. * (No. 4773.) compost at an altitude of 12,000 feet. Growing in 6-inch turfs by a stream edge among sandy 41531. CALTHA sp. Ranunculacez. “(No. 4774.) Flowers yellow.” A golden-yellow flowered, tufted plant in 2 inches of water in a swamp at an altitude of 13,000 feet.” 41532. SweErRTIA sp. Gentianaces. Si (NO= 400") “ (No. 4776.) inflorescences, 9 _ A small purple-flowered, procumbent-habited plant in peaty turf at an altitude of 13,000 feet.” 41533. Cirsium sp. Asteracer. (Cnicus sp.) Grows on scree among Juniperus at an altitude of 13,000 feet. Large, white haired, prickly. White head of one to five inches in diameter. reckons OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1915, 45 | 41520 to 41554—Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. R. E. Cooper. ) 41534. CREMANTHODIUM sp. Asteracex. “(No. 4777.) With yellow nodding heads, on dry exposed grass-cov- ered slopes at altitudes of 13,000 to 14,000 feet.” : 41535 to 41540. Primua spp. Primulacez. Primrose. 41535. “(No. 4779.) A small plant occurring in swampy peat at an altitude of 13,000 feet. Large flowers of delicate heliotrope, sweet scented; two to four in a head on a slender stem.” 41536. ‘“(No. 4780.) Like sikkimensis, but a smaller plant.. Six inches high in swampy peat, growing with No. 41535. Flowers yel- low, hanging three to five in a head; very delicate.” 41537. ‘“(No. 4781.) Among peaty soil and rocks of scree at alti- tudes of 13,000 to 14,000 feet. Flowers yellow.” 41538. “(No. 4783.) AP. nivalis?) Grows among moist peaty turf among bowlders by streams at an altitude of 18,000 feet. Showy heads of purple flowers, with eye. Flowers appear before leaves.” 41539. “(No. 4784.) Grows at edge of marsh in moist peat; altitude 13,000 feet. Reticulate, petiolate leaves and leafly bracts at base of loose inflorescences of yellow flowers of sikkimensis type.” 41540. “ (No. 4785.) Grows in marsh at an altitude of 13,000 feet; flowers small, white, in loose head; leaves small and coriaceous.” 41541. MEcONOPSIS HoRRIDULA Hook. f. and Thoms. Papaveraceer. “ (No. 4786.) Plant tufted on peaty turf at an altitude of 15,000 feet. Large sky-blue flowers.” 41542 to 41544. PrRIMULA spp. Primulacer. ca Primrose. 41542. “(No. 4787.) Grows in sandy soil on sheltered rock ledges at an altitude of 14,000 feet. Allied to Primula tibetica, but heads much looser and flowers larger.” 415438. “(No. 4788.) A small primrose with large flowers, pale heliotrope, two to four on a loose spike. Grows in shaded crevices at an altitude of 13,000 feet.” 41544. “(No. 4744.) Grows in moist peat at an altitude of 10,000 feet. Flowers yellow.” 41545. PoLtyGaLa sp. Polygalacee. “(No. 3985.) The rosette is a nest of leaves 4 inches in diameter in moist peaty soil. There is a head of small white flowers one-half inch in diameter on a stalk 3 inches high; growing at an altitude of 11,000 feet.” 41546. EvupnHorpia sp. Euphorbiacee. “ (No. 4351.) A tuberous herb growing on peaty slopes and meadows at an altitude of 9,000 feet. Inflorescences a showy gold.” 41547. PrimvuLa sp. Primulacee. Primrose. (No. 4892.) (Perhaps Primula elongata.) In fruit among rhododen- . dron bushes at an altitude of 12,500 feet; flowers said to be white.” 41548. PRIMULA PETIOLARIS Wallich. Primulacee. Primrose. (No. 4897.) wild in light sandy soil on clearings near the river. A tall grower and heavy fruiter. Rio Contas, Bahia, Brazil.” 41664. “(No. 25.) Probably the same form of castor bean as No. 14 [S. P. I. No. 41663]. Rio Contas, Bahia; Brazil.” 41665. SICANA ODORIFERA (Vell.) Naud. Cucurbitacez. Melocoton. ““(No. 34.) Common half-wild yellow-fleshed melon of clearings, moun- tains of Rio Contas. It is 12 to 14 inches long by 3 to 5 inches in diameter, with a reddish and tough, not very palatable flesh. A strong grower, which climbs on trees in clearings.” 41666 to 41670. THEOBROMA CACAO L. ~Sterculiaces. Cacao. 41666. ‘(No. 62.) Var. Para. These seeds are from the largest and most nearly perfect fruits found in a young vigorous planta- tion on new soil; mountains of Rio Contas. They represent the best type of cacao grown in this region. Rio Contas basin is one of the big cacao regions and produces a fine quality of cacao_ beans.” : 41667. ‘‘(No. 63.) See No. 62 [S. P. I. No. 41666] for description.” 41668. “(No. 64.) Hggshell variety. A small form of fruit with a thin shell and few seeds. Occurs in all plantations, but not selected for planting, as the yield is less. From a young vigorous plantation on new soil, Mountains of Rio Contas, Bahia, Brazil,” OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1915. 59 41638 to 41672—Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. H. M. Curran.) 41669. “(No. 65.) Var. Para, called Maranhdo. Probably the same as Nos. 62 and 63 [S. P..1. Nos. 41666 and 41667], though pre- ferred by certain planters. Large perfect fruits selected by Col. Manoel Couros from trees on his plantation were the sources of these seeds.” 41670. “(No. 66.) Var. Para. See No. 65 [S. P. I. No. 41669] for description.” 41671. VIGNA SESQUIPEDALIS (L.) Fruwirth. Fabacee. (Dolichos sesquipedalis L.) Yard-long bean. “(No. 57.) Yard-long bean; a climbing variety with edible pods. -A . rapid grower, said to fruit in 30 days. Rio Contas, Bahia, Brazil.” 41672. CITRUS AURANTIUM L. Rutacer. Sour orange. “Wild or Bello orange. The common orange of clearings. Seeds dis- tributed by birds. A common form in all regions of South America where oranges are grown. A small vigorous tree, practically free from disease. Fruits at an early age and bears an immense crop of dark rust-red perfect oranges. The skins are thick, and they separate from the pulp as easily as those of the mandarin. The pulp is fine grained, very juicy, and with only a slightly bitter taste (in this specimen). Many people prefer this to the sweet orange. To me, it is one of the most refreshing fruits I know. It should prove a good stock for budding, and may prove useful in developing a new variety of table orange.” 41673 to 41678. From India. Presented by Mr. A. C. Hartless, superintendent, Government Botanic Gardens, Seharunpur, at the request of Mr. A. Howard, Imperial Economic Botanist, Pusa. Received December 30, 1915. ‘Quoted notes by Mr. Hartless, except as otherwise indicated, 416783 to 41676. Rusus spp. Rosacex, Collected at Darjiling. 41673. RuBUS NIVEUS Thunb. (Rubus lasiocarpus Smith.) 41674. RUBUS ALPESTRIS Blume. 41675.RUBUS CALYCINUS Wallich. 41676. RUBUS PEDUNCULOSUS Don. (Rubus niveus Wallich, not Thunb.) “A deciduous shrub, with very stout, erect, biennial stems 1 to 14 inches thick and in vigorous plants 4 to 6 vards high, covered with a thick velvety down and sprinkled over with minute prickles. Leaves 6 to over 12 inches long, composed of three to five leaflets. Flowers white or pale pink, one-half inch across, the petals shorter than the sepals. Fruits blue-black, small. Native of west and cen- tral China, whence it was introduced about 1901; the species had, however, been known to botanists as far back as 1825 from plants growing on the Himalayas. The Chinese plants are chiefly remark- able for their vigor; Mr. Wilson states that it is occasionally 20 feet high. It is the most robust of all the Rubi; hardy in Britain, as 60 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 41673 to 41678—Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. A. C. Hartless.) may be seen by the plants in the Kew collection.” (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 458, under |} R. gracilis.) 41677 and 41678. Rugsus spp. Rosaceze. Blackberry. “Collected at Dehra Dun, which is subtropical. These two species | have a very wide range as to altitude and are really the two best species from an edible point of view.” 41677. Rubus NivEus Thunb. (Rubus lasiocarpus Smith.) “In the Western Ghats Rubus lasiocarpus is well known as the blackberry of India. It is even grown with success at Bangalore.” | 41678. RUBUS ELLIPTICUS Smith. 41679. KorLrevTERIA FORMOSANA Hayata. Sapindacez. From Taihoku, Formosa. Presented by Mr. Genjiro Takata, chief, Bu- | reau of Productive Industry. Received December 31, 1915. An indigenous Formosan tree related to K. bipinnata Franch., but differing from that species in having subentire leaflets. A> small handsome tree with bipinnate leaves and terminal spreading clusters of yellow flowers. 41680. Exrocuaris tusperosa (Roxb.) Schultes. Cyperacee. —— Apulid. | From Manila, Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. H. T. Edwards, di- rector, Bureau of Agriculture. Bulbs received December 28 and 29, 1915. * Small corms of Apulid. WLarger forms are great favorites with the Chi- nese.” (Hdwards.) “They are mostly eaten raw, but are also sliced and shredded in soups, and in meat and fish dishes. Foreigners in China grate them and serve them boiled as a winter vegetable, in which state they very much resemble sweet corn in looks and taste. The plants need a hot summer to mature and are grown on a muck or clayey soil with several inches of standing water on top, in very much the same manner as wet-land rice.” (Frank N. Meyer.) 41681. MrnastoMA MOLKENBOERII Miquel. Melastomacez. From Lawang, Java. Presented by Mr. M. Buysman, Jardin Botanique. Received December 30, 1915. A large shrub or small tree, 15 to 20 feet high, with oblong or ovate-lanceo- late, 5-nerved, pubescent leaves and terminal, rose-colored flowers in fascicles of three to five. (Adapted from Koorders and Valeton, Mededeelingen uit s’Lands Plantentuin, No. 33, p. 183, 1900.) noe ere 41682 to 41684. Trrricum arstivum L. Poacee. Wheat. | (Triticum vulgare Vill.) From Pusa, India. Presented by the Imperial Economic Botanist. Re- ceived December 16, 1915, ; INDEX OF COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES, Abelmoschus esculentus, 41638-41640. Abridor, Amygdalus persica. See under 41396-41400. Achira, Canna edulis, 41321. Actinidia chinensis, 41401. Aegle marmelos. See Below marmelos. Aguacate, Persea americana, 41629. Agyneja impubes, 41630. Albérchigo, Amygdalus persica. under 41396-41400. Albizzia odoratissima, 41482. Aleurites fordii, 41430. Allium sp., 41599. cepa, 41641-41643. Amygdalus persica, 41389, 41390, 41395- 41400, 41419, 41421-41423 41497, 41498. Andu branco, Cajan indicum, 41646. _Anisomeles ovata, 41618. Annona sp., 41384. cherimola, 41493. muricata, 41433. purpurea, 41488. squamosa, 41464. Aphananthe aspera. aspera. Apricot, 41460. Apulid, Hleocharis tuberosa, 41680. Aquilegia sp.. 41550. Aralia chinensis mandshurica, 41637. Arbutus unedo, 41502. Arenaria sp., 41588. Aristolochia sp., 41644. ‘Artocarpus communis, 41451. incisa. Ash, Fraxinus excelsior, 41569. Atalantia ceylanica, 41444, 41466. Avocado, Persea americana, 41496, 41578-41580, 41629. (Costa Rica), 41496. See Homoioceltis Japanese, Prunus muime, - (Guatemala), 41578-41580, 41629. TIE Fm See . See Artocarpus communis. Baccaurea sapida, 41431. Bael, Belou marmelos, 41394, 41468, 41469. (Hawaii), 41468, 41469. (India), 41394. Bako, Dumoria heckeli, 41481, Banana, Musa sp., 41508. (Australia). 41440. (Egypt), 41508. wild, Musa hillii, 41440. Barberry, Berberis angulosa, 41446. Barleria cristata, 41458. Baryzylum inerme, 41574. Bean (Brazil), 41656-41660, 41671. butter, Phaseolus lunatus, 41656- 41658. common, Phaseolus vulgaris, 41659, 41660. (China), 41620. Lima, Phaseolus lnatus, 41656- 41658. sword, Canavali gladiatum, 41620. yard-long, Vigna sesquipedalis, 41671. Begonia sp., 41645. Belou marmelos, 41394, 41468, 41469. Benincasa hispida, 41492. Benzoin spp., 41631-41634. Ber, Ziziphus mauritiana, 41448, Berberis angulosa, 41446. Betula pendula, 41478. Birch, Betula pendula, 41478. Blackberry, Rubus spp., 41677, 41678. Bramble, Rubus spp., 41558, 41554, 41598. Breadfruit, Artocarpus under 41451. Brunén, Amygdalus persica. der 41396-41400. Bryocarpum himalaicvwm, 41417. Butterwort, Pinguicula sp., 41415. 61 communis, See un- 62 Cabugao, Citrus webberii 41388. Cacao, Theobroma cacao, 41666-41670. Eggshell, 41668. ~Maranhao, 41669. Para, 41666, 41667, 41669, 41670. Caesalpinia coriaria, 41447. pectlinata, 41323, 41333. tinctoria. See Caesalpinia linata. Cajan indicum, 41646. Caltha sp., 41531. Canavali gladiatum, 41620. obtusifolium, 41434, 41619. Canihua, Chenopodium hastatum, 41335. Canna edulis, 41321. Cantaloupe, Cucumis melo, 43457. Cape-gooseberry, Physalis peruviana, 41449. Capuli, Physalis sp., under 41328. Prunus salicifolia, 41328. Cara, Colocasia esculenta, 41490. Caragana arborescens, 41480. brevispina, 41601. pygmaea, 41479. sp., 41600. Caraunda, Carissa carandas, 41506. Cardamine sp., 41586. Carica sp., 41339. papaya, 414385, 41647. Carissa carandas, 41506. grandifiorad, 41504, 41505. Carrapato, Ricinus communis, 41662. Cassava, Manihot dulcis, 41320, 41322. Castanea pumila X crenata, 41357- 41360, 41462. Castor bean, Ricinus communis, 41482. 41661-41664. Cay-cho la, Phoenix farinifera, 41507. Chachacoma, Escallonia resinosa, 41326. Chayota edulis, 41426, 41573, 41621, 41625-41628. Chayote, Chayota edulis: (Costa Rica), 41426, 41621, 41627, 41628. (Cuba), 41578, 41625, 41626. Fiberless cocoros, 41426. Chenopodium hastatum, 41335. quinoa, 41340. Cherimoya, Annona cherimola, 41498. montana, pec- SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. Cherry, Prunus spp.: (England), 41566. Giou, 41577. (Japan), 41425, 41577. Sargent’s, 41425, 41475. Yama zakura, $1425, 41577. Chestnut, hybrid, Castanea pumila X crenata, 41357-41360, 41462. Chimonanthus fragrans. See Meratia praecor. Chitese-apple, 41448. Chinkapin - chestnut hybrid. 41360, 41462. . Chirimen, Cucurbita pepo, 41424. Chrysophyllum sp., 41648. Cirsium sp., 41533. Citharezylum sp., 41327. Citron, Citrus medica, 41386. Citrullus vulgaris, 41471. Citrus sp., 41436. angulata. See Merope angulata. aurantium, 41672. grandis, 41450. medica, 41386. southwickii, 41387. webberii montana, 41388. Clintonia sp., 41559. Club moss, Lycopodium sp., 41439. Cnicus sp. See Cirsium sp. Ziziphus mauritiana, 41357- Cochineal cactus, Nopalea cochenil- lifera, 41377. Coco, Pondoland, Jubaeopsis caffra, 41484. Cocoros, Chayota edulis, 41426. Colocasia esculenta, 41490. Cordeauxia edulis, 41477. Coriaria terminalis, 41562, 41595. Corydalis sp., 41551, 41557. Corylus colurna, 41427. Cotton, Caravonica, Gossypium 41448. Cree-turnip, Psoralea esculenta, 41453. Cremanthodium sp., 441534. Crotalaria cunninghamu, 41571. Cucumis melo, 41457. Cucurbita spp., 413836, 41337. pepo, 41424, 41491, 41649, Cyananthus sp., 41617. lobatus, 41615. Cyphomandra calycina, 41341. Datura sanguinea, 41329. : | Desmodium ineanum. See Meibomia sp, purpurea. OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1916. Dioscorea sp., 41487. ; Diospyros ebenaster, 41568. guianensis, 41650. kaki, 41361-41371,. 41456. Dipsacus fullonum, 41499. Divi-divi, Caesalpinia coriaria, 41447. Docynia delavayi, 41474. Dolichos sesquipedalis. See Vigna scs- quipedalis. Dumoria heckeli, 41481. Elaeocarpus sp., 41508. Eleocharis tuberosa, 41680. Escallonia sp., 41324. resinosa, 41326. Espina blanca, Rhaphithamnus cyano- carpus, 41494. Eucalyptus kirtoniana, 41623. Bugenia brasiliensis. See dombeyi. dombeyi, 41651. EHuphorbia sp., 41546. Huscaphis japonica, 41635. Hugenia staphyleoides. See EHuscaphis ja- ponica. Eutrema wasabi. See Wasabia pun- gens. Feijaos, Phaseolus vulgaris, 41659, - 41660. ‘Fern, Platycerium grande, 41441. Feronia lucida. See Feroniella lucida. Feroniella lucida, 41885. Ficus benjamina, 41488. Fig, weeping, Ficus benjamina, 41488. Frazinus excelsior, 41569, Garcinia sp., 41622. Gaultheria sp., 41556. Gentian, Gentiana spp., 41606, 41607, 41611. - - Gentiana spp., 41606, 41607, 41611. Ginger, Zinziber officinale, 41654, Gossypium sp., 41448. Gourd, wax. Benincasa hispida, 41492. Grass, Mascarene, Osterdamia tenui- folia, 41509. Grumichama, Hugenia dombeyi, 41651. Halesia carolina monticola, 41489. Hazel, Constantinople, Corylus colurna, 41427, Turkish, Jorylus colurna, 41427. Hedysarum boreale, 41555. ‘Hesperomeles oblonga, 41325. 63 Hibiscus bifurcatus, 41652. esculentus. See Abelmoschus escu- lentus. Homoioceltis aspera, 41391. Honeysuckle, Lonicera spp:, 41560, 41563. Husk-tomato, Physalis peruviana, 41449, Hydrangea spp., 41405, 41610. Hypecoum leptocarpum, 41565. Impatiens sp., 41530. Indigo, Indigofera tinctoria, 41570. Indigofera tinctoria, 41570. Ipomoea sp., 41653. Tris sp., 41407. Jubaeopsis caffra, 41484. Juglans sp., 41334. Jujube, Indian, Ziziphus mauritiana, 41448. Juniper, Teneriffe, Juniperus cedrus, 41463, 41483. : Juniperus cedrus, 41468, 41483. Kan-a-so-thi, Baccaurea sapida, 41431. Kara, Colocasia esculenta, 41490. Kavista batu, Feroniella lucida, 41385. Koelreuteria formosana, 41679. Kyun-tz, Quisqualis indica, 41470. La mei hua, Meratia praecoz, 41429. Lengli, Hesperomeles oblonga, 41325. Leucadendron argenteum. See Protea argentea. Leycesteria formosa, 41558. Licania platypus, 41393, 41485. Lilium sp., 41585. philippinense, 41315. Lily, Benguet, Lilium philippinense, 41315. (India), 41585. (Philippine Islands), 41315. Limao, Citrus southavicktii, 41387. Limonia alata. See Pleiospermium alatum. Lloydia sp., 41522. -Lonicera spp., 41560, 41563. Iucuma obovata, 41382. Lupinus cruckshanksii, 41330, Lycopersicon sp., 41318. Lycopodium sp., 414389. | Macadamia ternifolia, 41472. Maha-karamba, Carissa 41506. carandas, 64 Malabar almond, Terminalia catappa, 41576. Mallow, Hibiscus bifurcatus, 41652. Malus sargentii, 41572. Mamao, Carica papaya, 41647. Mamona, Ricinus communis, 41662. Mamoneira, Ricinus communis, 41661. Manihot dulcis, 41320, 41322. palmata. See Manihot dulcis. Meconopsis spp., 41414, 41609. horridula, 41541, 41582. lyrata, 41592. napaulensis, 41590. sinuata, 41525. - Mei, Prunus sp., 41455. Meibomia purpurea, 41473. Melastoma molkenboerti, 41681. Melocoton, Sicana odorifera, 41665. Meratia praecox, 41429. Merope angulata, 41452. Mi t’ao, Amygdalus persica, 41421. Mimusops clengi, 41501. Morina sp., 41594. Morus nigra, 41459. Mulberry, Morus nigra, 41459. Munamal, Mimusops elengi, 41501. Musa sp.,. 41508. hillii, 41440. Muskmelon, Cucumis melo, 41457. Denia, 41457. (Russia), 41457. Mutisia sp., 41317. Nan kua, Cucurbita pepo, 41491. Natal plum, Carissa grandifiora, 41504, 41505. 5 Nogal, Juglans sp., 41334. Nopalea cochenillifera, 41377. Ocotea sp., 41418. Okra, Abelmoschus esculentus, 41638- 41640. Onion, Allium cepa, 41641-41643. Opuntia spp., 41872, 413874, 41375, 41379-41381. decumana, 41382. dillenii, 41373. — elatior, 413876. ' ficus-indica, 41383. filipendula, 413878. nigricans, 41428. Orange, Citrus spp.: (Australia), 41436. Bello, 41672. SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. Orange—Continued. (Brazil), 41672. Kamerunga seedling, 41436. sour, Citrus aurantium, 41672. wild, 41672. Oryza sativa, 41655. Osterdamia tenuifolia, 41509. Oulir, Prunus japonica, 41465. Paeonia mlokosewitschi, 41476. Palm, Cay-cho la, Phoenix farinifera, 41507. Phoeniz farinifera, 41507. Pondoland coco, Jubaeopsis caffra, 41484. Florida royal, dana, 41575. Palta, Persea americana, 41496. Papaya, Carica spp., 41339, 41435, 41647. (Australia), 41435. (Brazil), 41647. New Era, 41485. (Peru), 41339. . Pare, Amygdalus persica. See under 41396-41400. Passiflora spp., 41316, 41331. Pea tree, Siberian, Caragana arbores- ‘cens, 41480. Peach, dmygdalus persica: Roystonea flori- Abridor. See under 41396-41400. Albérehigo. See under 41396- 41400. Brufién. See under 41396-41400. Canciller, 41399. (China), 41395, 41421-41423. De Malta, 41398. (France), 41497. f (Italy), 41419, 41498. Magdalena Rojo, 41397. Mi t’ao, 41421. Pare. See under 41396-41400. Percoeca, 41419. Pesca-Cotogna, 41419. Pien t’ao, 41422. (Spain), 41396-41400. (Turkey), 41389, 41390. ~' Valenciano, 41400. wild, 41396. Pear, Pyrus spp. ete. : (Canada), 41517-41519. (China), 41474. Doktor Jules Guyot, Pyrus com- munis, 41518. Eva _ Baltet, Pyrus 41517. communis, OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1915. Pear—Continued. Marguerite Marillat, Pyrus coim- munis, 41519. (Massachusetts), 41461. wild, Docynia delavayi, 41474. Peltophorum ferrugineum. See Bar- yxzylum inerme. Peony, Paeonia mlokosewitschi, 41476. Persea americana, 41496, 41578-41580, 41629. _ gratissima. See Persea ameri- cana. Persimmon, Diospyros kaki, 413861- 41371, 41456. (California), 41456. (Japan), 41361-41371. Perunkila, Carissa carandas, 41506. Phaseolus lunatus, 41656-41658. vulgaris, 41659, 41660. Phoenix farinifera, 41507. Physalis peruviana, 41449. Phytewma sp., 41523: Pien t’ao, Amygdalus persica, 41422. Pierardia, Baccaurea sapida, 41431. Pigeon pea, Cajan indicum, 41646. Ping ma tzu, Ricinus communis, 41482. Pinguicula sp., 41415. Platycerium grande, 41441. Pleiospermium alatum, 41445, 41467. Plum, Prunus spp.: (China), 41455. flowering, 41455. . Mei, 41455. ornamental, Prunus mume, 41460. Polygala sp., 41545. Polygonum spp., 41527, 41549. Pomelo. See Pummelo. Pomme-ceannelle du-Cup, Annona squa- mosa, 41464. Potentilla spp., 41529, 41564, 41604. coriandrifolia, 41602. Prickly-pear. See Opuntia spp. Primrose. See Primula spp. Primula spp., 41404, 41406, 41410. 41416, 41520, 41521, 41528, 41535-41540, 41542-41544, 41547, 41587, 41593. elongata, 41581. mollis, 41411. obtusifolia, 41412. petiolaris, 41408, 41409, 41548, 41552. Protea argentea, 41420. 65 Prunus sp., 41455. japonica, 41465. mume, 41460. persica. See Amygdalus persica. salicifolia, 41328. sargentii. See Prunus serrulata — sachalinensis. serrulata sachalinensis, 41425, 41475. = spontanea, 41577. subhirtella autumnalis, 41566. Psoralea esculenta, 41453. Puca campacho, Datura 41329. Pummelo, Citrus grandis, 41450. Pyrus communis, 41517-41519. ovoidea, 41461. sanguinea, Queensland nut, Macadamia ternifolia, 41472. Quinoa, Chenopodium quinoa, 41340. Quisqualis indica, 41470. Randia sp., 41495. Raspberry, Rubus spp., 41319, 41442. (Australia), 41442. (Peru), 413819. Rhaphithamnus cyanocarpus, 41494. Rice, Oryza sativa, 41655. Ricinus communis, 41482, 41661-41664. Roystonea floridana, 41575. Rubus spp., 41319, 41442, 415538, 41554, 41598. — alpestris, 41674. calycinus, 41675. ellipticus, 41678. lasiocarpus. See Rubus niveus. niveus, 41673, 41677. See also Rubus pedunculosus. pedunculosus, 41676. Sacapari, Solanwm sp., 41338. Salvia spp., 41561, 41589. Sambucus adnata, 41596. Sansapote, Licania platypus, 41393, 41485. Sapote, black, Diospyros ebenaster, 41568. Saussurea spp., 41584, 41612, 41614. gossipiphora, 41597, 41608. Saxifraga spp., 41605, 416138. Saxifrage. See Saxifraga spp. Sechium edule. See Chayota edulis. Seseli sp., 41616. 66 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. Sicana odorifera, 41665. Silverbell, mountain, Halesia carolina monticola, 41489. Silver tree, Protea argentea, 41420. Sincuya, Annona sp. See under 41384. Solanum spp., 41338, 41486, 41487. triflorum, 41454, Soncoya, Annona purpurea, 41488. Soursop, Annona muricata, 414388. Spathodea campanulata, 41500. Squash, Cucurbita pepo, 41424, 41649. (Brazil), 41649. Chirimen, 41424. (Japan), 41424. (Peru), 41336, 41337. Strawberry tree, Arbutus unedo, 41502. Sugar-apple, Annona squamosa, 41464. Swertia spp., 41408, 41526, 41532, 41583. hookeri, 41591. multicaulis, 416038. Tag bush, Ziziphus mauritiana, 41448. Tamarisk. See Jamariz spp. Tamari«z sp., 41418. dioica, 41624. Tara, Caesalpinia 41333. Tarhui, Iupinus cruckshanksii, 41330. Tasta, Hscallonia sp., 41324. Teasel, Dipsacus fullonum, 41499. Terminalia catappa, 41576. Theobroma cacao, 41666-41670. To-i, Docynia delavayi, 41474. Tomate, Cyphomandra calycina, 41341. Tomato (Peru), 41318. tree, Cyphomandra — 41341. wild, Lycopersicon sp., 413818. Triticum aestivum, 41845-41350, 41358, 41355, 41356, 41510-41516, 41682- 41684. durum, 41842-41344, 41351, 41352, — 41354, 41402. vulgare. See Triticum aestivum. Tumbo, Passifiora spp., 41316, 41331. Tung kua, Benincasa hispida, 41492. tree, Aleurites fordii, 41430. Tzumuy Pac, Annona sp., 41384. pectinata, 41323, calycina, Uvaria .calamistrata, 41392. Viburnum sp., 41636. Vigna sesquipedalis, 41671. Walnut, Juglans sp., 41334. Wasabi, Wasabia pungens, 41567. Wasabia pungens, 41567. Watermelon, Citrullus vulgaris, 41471. Wax gourd, Benincasa hispida, 41492. Wheat, Triticum spp.: (Argentina), 41402. Athni, black awned, 41352. Australian, 41355. (Baluchistan), 41510-41516. Bansi of Baleghat, 41354. Bansi of Buleghat, 41354. Candeal, 41402. Daudakhani, 41347. Daudkhani, 41347. Deshi Athani, 41350. durum, 41342-41344, 41351, 41352, * 41354, 41402. _ Hansia Broach, 41342. (India), 41342-41356, 41682-41684. Kopergaon Baxi, 41351. ; Kopergum Baxi, 41351. Lal of Batala, 41353. Lal of Batalu, 41353. ; Mundi of Ludhiana, 41345, ‘Paman of Sirsa, 41346. Pivla pote, 41356. Popatia Nadiad, 41348. Potia Nadiad, 41348. Shet Parner: 41344. Siok, 41349. Witteboom, Protea argentea, 41420. Wulfenia amherstiana, 41524. Yam, Dioscorea sp., 41437. Yama zakura, Prunus spp., 41425, 41577. Yangtaw, Actinidia chinensis, 41401. Yeheb nut, Cordeauzia edulis, 41477. Yuca, Manihot dulcis, 41320. Zapallo abin, Cucurbita sp., 41337. macri, Cucurbita sp., 41336. Zinziber officinale, 41654. Ziziphus jujuba. See Ziziphus mauri- tiand. mauritiana, 414438. Zoysia tenuifolia. See Osterdamia ten- | uifolia. HE FARMERS OF THIS COUNTRY are as efficient as any other farmers in the world. They do not produce more per acre than the farm- ers in Europe. It is not necessary that they should do so. It would perhaps be bad economy for them to attempt it. But they do produce by two to three or four times more per man, per unit of labor and capital, than the farmers of any European country. They are more alert and use more labor-saving de- vices than any other farmers in the world. And their response to the demands of the present emer- gency has been in every way remarkable. Last spring their planting exceeded by 12,000,000 acres the largest planting of any previous year, and the yields from the crops were record-breaking yields. In the fall of 1917 a wheat acreage of 42,170,000 was planted, which was 1,000,000 larger than for any pre- ceding year, 3,000,000 greater than the next largest, and 7,000,000 greater than the preceding five-year average. But I ought to say to you that it is not only neces- sary that these achievements should be repeated but that they should be exceeded. I know what this ad- vice involves. It involves not only labor but sac- rifice, the painstaking application of every bit of scientific knowledge and every tested practice that is available. It means the utmost economy, even to the point where the pinch comes. It means the kind of concentration and self-sacrifice which is involved in the field of battle itself, where the object always looms greater than the individual. And yet the Gov- ernment will help, and help in every way that is possible-—From President Wilson’s message to the Farmers’ Conference at Urbana, Ill., January 31, 1918. 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(No. 46; Nos. 41685 70 42383.) ee “WASHINGTON: =~ eae GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFIOE. ct Fh Rael (anni x + fs Fi = s ¥ — ~ — x ae, = Sen é ? u = SES eer Ae ie 5 cell Issued 1919. Pes DPPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY. WILLIAM A. TAYLOR, Chief of Bureau. INVENTORY OF SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED EEE TS PIE Ss BY THE OFFICE OF FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT INTRODUCTION DURING THE PERIOD FROM JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1916. (No. 46; Nos. 41685 ro 42383. ) Ay US ora NAN WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFIOE. 1919, Sa a ew BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY. Chief of Bureau, WILLIAM A. TAYLOR. Associate Chief of Bureau, Kart F. KELLERMAN. Officer in Charge of Publications, J. E. ROCKWELL. Assistant to the Chief, JAMES E. JONES. FORBIGN SHED AND PLANT INTRODUCTION. SCIENTIFIC STAFF. David Fairchild, Agricultural Explorer in Charge. P. H. Dorsett, Plant Introducer, in Charge of Plant Introduction Field Stations. B. T. Galloway, Plant Pathologist, in Charge of Plant Protection and Plant Propagation. Peter Bisset, Plant Introducer, in Charge of Foreign Plant Distribution. J. B. Norton and Wilson Popenoe, Agricultural Explorers. H. C. Skeels, Botanist, in Charge of Collections. R. A, Young, Plant Introducer, im Charge of Dasheen Investigations. G. P. Van Eseltine, Assistant Botanist, in Charge of Publications. Henry E. Allanson, Bessie M. Broadbent, J. H. Johnson, L. G. Hoover, R. N. Jones, and P. G. Russell, Scientific Assistants. Robert L. Beagles, Superintendent, Plant Introduction Field Station, Chico, Cal. E. O. Orpet, Assistant in Plant Introduction. Edward Simmonds, Superintendent, Plant Introduction Field Station, Miami, Fla. J. E. Morrow, Superintendent, Yarrow Plant Introduction Field Station, Rockville, Md. D. A. Bisset, Assistant in Charge, Plant Introduction Field Station, Brooksville, Fla. Henry EH. Juenemann, Superintendent, Plant Introduction Field Station and Bulb Garden, Bellingham, Wash. BE. J. Rankin, Assistant in Charge, Plant Introduction Field Station, Savannah, Ga. Edward Goucher, Plant Propagator. Collaborators: Thomas W. Brown, Gizeh, Cairo, Egypt; H. M. Curran, Bahia, Brazil; M. J. Dorsey, University Farm, St. Paul, Minn.; Robert H. Forbes, Cairo, Egypt; A. C. Hartless, Seharunpur Botanic Gardens, Seharunpur, India; Barbour Lathrop, Chicago, Iil.; H. Nehrling, Gotha, Fla. ; Charles Simpson, Littleriver, Fla.; H. P. Stuckey, Exzperi- ment, Ga.; Dr. L. Trabut, Director, Service Botanique, Algiers, Algeria; E. H. Wilson, Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Mass.; Dr. Frederick A. Woods, Washington, D. C. 9 ho COM NYS. EMO HOMr eS eA LOINC i. oe ne 8 ak ele ee ee Be cee bse neti eee eee Inventory ceeseeseeee eee eee eee eee eee ees eee see ee ew ee eee ee ee ee ee ee eee ee ee ee eee ew Index of common and scientific names. ....... Se RAIL. ara ane Sere SS REPEL A PLATE i LE. VI. ILLUSTRATIONS. mescica i. S.. Pb. Ll. Nos. 41703 and 41804)... 2... 2.2... ek The jequitiba, a giant forest tree of Brazil (Cariniana legalis (Mart.) Aina PZemen See. ly NO. 41933) Lene oe ek NEL Se eo SC . The dago haya, the best tropical yam, from the island of Guam, growing at Miami, Fla. (Dioscorea alata L. 8S. P. I. No. 39705)... . The Manawa yam, from the Republic of Panama (Dioscorea sp. SEI ee . Tubers of the white yampee, a variety of yam grown in the Canal Zone (Dioscorea trifida L.f. S. P. I. No. 42053)........ Bea eae Another form of yampee, from the Canal Zone (Dioscorea sp. S.P.I. IOs AUB) CRS I GPa IIa etn Senn nO DE gc nee ape precast ree The service tree, a neglected Mediterranean fruit tree (Sorbus do- Page. Page. 12 12 50 50 50 50 A ee he ee tnt SoTsetie . INVENTORY OF SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED BY THE OFFICE OF FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT INTRODUCTION DURING THE PERIOD FROM JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1916 (NO. 46; NOS. 41685 TO 42883). INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT. This forty-sixth inventory of seeds and plants covers a period when no official agricultural explorer was in the field, so the descriptions are all of material sent in by correspondents or collaborators. The most interesting of the introductions, judged before they are tested, appear to be the following: Thirty-five selected varieties of wheat (Nos. 42102 to 42136), the result of much work in selection and acclimatization by the plant breeders of Victoria, some of them being of recent introduction into Australia, while others are selections from types of old Australian wheats. These were supplied by Mr. A. E. V. Richardson. Twenty- six varieties of wheat (Nos. 41991 to 42016) from the United Prov- inces of India, representing some old Indian types, were presented by Mr. H. Martin Leake, of Cawnpore. While none of these may prove especially valuable, it should be kept in mind that it was out of a cross between an Indian wheat, Ladoga, and the Red Fife that the famous Marquis wheat of Canada came. The discovery by the plant breeders of the Southeastern Agri- cultural College of England of a nematode-resistant variety of hops, Humulus lupulus (No. 42024), should call the attention of growers to the resistance of this variety to the disease known as nettlehead, or skinkly, and it may prove valuable in our hop fields. Since Mr. C. V. Piper’s preliminary study of forage plants during his trip to India in 1911, he has continued to test many of the wild and cultivated grasses of that region, and Nos. 41885 to 41900, 41902 to 41907, 41910 to 41915, and 41918 to 41921 represent a remarkable collection of these grasses presented by Mr. William Burns, the economic botanist of the station at Kirki, India. Among them are included: Andropogon amnulatus (No. 41885), a species well adapted to the Gulf States; Cenchrus biflorus (No. 41894), related to our sand bur, but considered in northern India as one of their most nu- a 0 6 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. tritious grasses; Chloris paraguaiensis (Nos. 41759 and 41897), re- lated to Rhodes grass, but native of Burma and Ceylon, considered a good fodder grass in northern India and in Australia one of the best — grasses for pa eiage and hay; Chrysopogon montanus (No. 41899), a handsome species 3 to 5 feet tall, which already shows promise in — Florida and Mississippi; / wslodaa wightii (No. 41914), a natural pasture grass of India; Pennisetum ciliare (No. 41915), a most valuable pasture and hay grass there; and Vhelepogon elegans (No. 41918), which grows in the Indian rice fields and can scarcely be distinguished from rice until it flowers. The bread-nut tree of Yucatan, Brostmum alicastrum (No. 41880), the leaves of which are extensively used for forage purposes there, deserves trial in southern Florida, according to Dr. Lavedan, who sends the seeds. Through Mr. Roland McKee, who secured it at the Australian exhibit of the Panama-Pacific Exposition, a collection of Australian fodder grasses (Nos. 41744 to 41762) is now being tested. It includes the extremely productive kangaroo grass, the cockatoo grass, the rice- erass, sugar grass, three species of grasses related to Rhodes grass, and Pibdiduah distachyon (No. 41746), which ranks as one of the best of the indigenous grasses of northern Australia. The true tropical yams (Dioscorea spp.) have grown so well in Florida and the quality of their tubers is so excellent that the in- troduction from Panama by Mr. O. W. Barrett of three selected strains (Nos. 42052 to 42054) is of special interest. i A palm, Chamaedorea tepejilote (No. 41705), the inflorescence of which forms a regular source of excellent food in the State of Vera Cruz, Mexico, according to Dr. C. A. Purpus, will grow on sandy soil and might accommodate itself to conditions in Florida. A tall-growing variety of the ordinary bean, the tawana, or taguana (No. 42049), which climbs 15 to 20 meters into the tops of the high trees in Paraguay and produces heavy crops of beans, will be interest- ing to bean growers, even though it may not be a valuable acquisition. The existence in the Dominican Republic of an indigenous walnut, Juglans domingensis (No. 41930), related to our black walnut, will interest those engaged in the hybridization of the species cf Juglans; _ and the gathering together for propagation and distribution by Mr. C. A. Reed of the hardiest and best seedlings of the Persian or Eng- lish walnut, Juglans regia (Nos. 42022 and 42023 and 42041 to 42045), from New York State and Canada, can not fail to attract attention to the neglect which the horticulturists of our Eastern States have shown to the possibilities of walnut culture on this side of the Rockies. The Queensland nut, Macadamia ternifolia (No. 41808), has grown and fruited so well in California and Florida and its nuts are so de- © licious that it is a wonder more has not been done with it, especially | ' if | JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1916. fi: in Hawaii, where trees planted 30 years ago have borne good crops, according to Mr. C. S. Judd, of the Board of Commissioners of Agri- culture and Forestry, who sends in a quantity of seeds. Although it is extremely doubtful whether the Tangutian almond, Amygdalus tangutica (Nos. 41708 and 41709), can be used as a stock for almonds, it should certainly be hybridized with the ordinary almond, if possible, and the production of a bush almond at least attempted. The large number of seeds sent in by Rev. C. F. Snyder from Kansu, China, may bring about this hybrid. Although in quality American varieties of the peach lead the world, there may yet be found varieties less susceptible to the many peach diseases than those we have, and the collection (Nos. 41731 to 41748) from Seharunpur, India, may contain such varieties. The search for grapes suited to the conditions of the Southern States and possibly capable of breeding with the Muscadine has brought in Vitis tiliaefolia (No. 41707) from Vera Cruz, Mexico, and Vitis davidii (No. 41877), from central China. The subtropical and East Indian plum, Prunus bokhariensis (No. 42057), from Simla, which resembles Prunus salicona, may play a role in the production of a plum for our Southern States. The service tree of southern Europe, Sorbus domestica (No. 41703), which grows into such a stately, beautiful tree and bears palatable fruits, appears to have been strangely neglected by horticulturists. Although very many varieties of the Japanese persimmon have already been introduced, the extensive collections from Okitsu (Nos. 41691 to 41702, 41779 to 41798, and 42188 to 42165) may contain some better suited to our conditions or less astringent than those we are testing. The Brazilian expedition sent -ut by this office in 1913 discovered in the campo near Lavras a strange and quite remarkable fruit, E'wv- genia klotzschiana (No. 42030), characterized by a marked fragrance. Through the kindness of Mr. Hunnicutt a quantity of seeds has been secured and the species will be given a thorough trial. Solanum quitoense (No. 42034), the naranjilla of Quito, with fruits the size and color of small oranges, which form the principal article of food of the settlers during certain seasons, should certainly be given a trial in this country. So much interest has been aroused in the Japanese flowering cherry trees through the gift to the city of Washington by the mayor of Tokyo of a collection of them and through the satisfactory growth which specimen trees have made in Maryland, Massachusetts, and California, that a demand for them has grown up which nurserymen find it difficult to meet. It is of interest, therefore, to point out that o4 varieties (Nos. 41817 to 41870) from the municipal collection of Tokyo, near Arakawa, which represent the loveliest of the hundreds § SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. of varieties known to the Japanese, have been secured through the mayor’s courtesy, and these will be propagated and distributed under the same varietal names as those they bear in the Arakawa collection. Paulownia tomentosa has become such a feature in our parks that a new species of this tree, Paulownia fortunei (No. 42036), with larger flowers, from Formosa, will be watched with interest. Ben- tham’s cornel from Nepal, Cornus capitata (No. 42287), with dense heads of yellowish flowers and deep-orange fruits, the size of nec- tarines, will interest those with whom the American dogwood is a favorite. The oriental species are not the only bamboos of value for timber, and those living in the Tropics will want to test the takuara of Para- guay, Bambos guadua (No. 42066), a species evidently too tender for Florida. Those interested in tropical timber trees will find some remarkable ones in the collections introduced from Madagascar (Nos. 42355 to 42376), Argentina (Nos. 42321 to 42332), or in the famous jequitiba of Brazil (No. 41933), one of the largest and most beautiful of all tropical forest trees, now introduced for the first time by the forest expert, Mr. H. M. Curran, from Bahia. | The manuscript of this inventory has been prepared by Miss Ethel M. Hipkins, the botanical determinations of seeds introduced have been made and the botanical nomenclature revised by Mr. H. C. Skeels, and the descriptive and botanical notes arranged by Mr. G. P. Van Eseltine, who has had general supervision of this inventory, as of all the publications of this office. Davin Farrcuib, Agricultural Explorer in Charge. OFFICE OF Foreign SEED AND PLANT INTRODUCTION, Washington, D. C., May 31, 1919. PN VEN TORY. 41685. ErrantTHus rvuFiPiLus (Steud.) Griseb. Poacee. (Hrianthus fulvus Nees.) Plume-grass. From Darjiling, India. Presented by Mr. G. H. Cave, curator, Lloyd Botanic Gardens, at the request of the superintendent, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sibpur, near Calcutta. Received January 20, 1916. A perennial grass, 6 to 8 feet high, found in the temperate Himalayas at altitudes of 5,000 to 7,000 feet. The narrow leaves are 2 to 8 feet long and the panicles are 8 to 18 inches long, gray-white or tinged with purple. (Adapted from Collett, Flora Simlensis, p. 595.) See S. P. I. No. 39689 for previous introduction. 41686. Botta carirata putrosa (Barb.-Rodr.) Becc. Phcenicacez. Palm. From Fruitland Park, Fla. Presented by Mr. Louis P. Bosanquet. Re- ceived January 21, 1916. Stems 30 to 40 feet high, somewhat fusiform above; leaves about half as long as the caudex, the withered ones deflexed, pendent, the upper ones spread- ing, often arching. In southern Brazil, near the sea, according to recent char- acterizations, it comprises a wide variety of forms. Probably the Cocos flexuosa _ planted in this country is not Cocos flexuosa of Martius, but of Hort., a hardy form of romanzofiana, which, according to the late Barbosa-Rodrigues, is a polymorphic species, including, besides this flexuosa type, all our garden forms known as C. plumosa Hook., C. coronata Hort. (not Mart.), C. botryophora Hort., C. datil Griseb. and Drude, and ‘C. australis Mart. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 2, p. 814.) See S. P. I. No. 37745 for previous introduction. 41687. Linium cicanteum Wall. Liliacee. Lily. From Boulder, Colo. Presented by Mr. Theodore D. A. Cockerell. Re- ceived January 24, 1916. . “ Seeds of Lilium giganteum sent by Mr. J. Henry Watson, Withington, Man- chester, England. They were grown in 1915 by Sir Herbert Maxwell, of Wis- townshire, Scotland.” (Cockerell.) “A beautiful, stately lily, rarely cultivated in this country, but hardy as far north as Boston and easily grown in light well-drained soil; should be heavily muleched during the winter; also excellent for greenhouse benches or large tubs. After once flowering, the old bulb decays and disappears, leaving several offsets.” (Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 4, p. i877.) 1 Each introduction consists of seeds, except where otherwise stated. 9 10 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 41688. Perrsra AMERICANA Mill. Lauracez. Avocado. (Persea gratissima Gaertn. f.) From Guatemala, Guatemala. Presented by Mr. William Owen, American vice consul in charge. Received January 13, 1916. “Seeds of a very large aguacate, which I consider the finest product of Guatemala in that line. They are high grown, which will enable the tree to thrive better in a northern climate.” (Owen.) 41689. CuHayora EDULIS Jacq. Cucurbitacee. Chayote. (Sechium edule Swartz.) From New Orleans, La. Presented by-the J. Steckler Seed Company. Received January 24, 1916. “Green, spiny.” 41690. Cupressus cLaBra Sudw. Pinacee. Smooth cypress. From Sedona, Ariz. Purchased from Mr. J. F. Derrick. Received Jan- uary 25, 1916. ‘* Collected in Oak Creek Canyon.” In general appearance the foliage of smooth cypress resembles that of Arizona cypress (Cupressus arizonica Greene), though the former species can be dis- tinguished from the latter by the compact, narrowly oval, or Somewhat pyra- midal crown. The branches of the smooth cypress, particularly of younger trees, are strongly upright. Old trees grown in the open develop long lower branches, which from their great weight are less upright than those of trees of the same age in a close stand. In height the trees range from 25 to 30 feet and in diameter from 10 to 14 inches, though much larger trees prob- ably exist. The trunk is slightly tapering, while the upper portion is some times divided into several branches, differing in this respect from the usual undivided stem of Arizona cypress. Only about one-fourth to one-third of the trunk is clear of branches. The most distinctive characteristic of this tree is its thin, smooth, dark purple-red bark. The foliage is a bright blue- green (glaucous). ‘The small spherical cones, composed of six to eight scales and armed with large incurved, somewhat flat-pointed bosses, are borne on short stout stems and mature at the end of the second season. The large size of the seeds at once distinguishes them from those of Arizona cypress, though in color and form the two are similar. Thoroughly seasoned wood is moderately durable in contact with the soil, fence posts lasting about 20 years and corral poles 30 to 35 years. Cabins built of the logs 40 years ago are still in a good state of preservation. The small size of the trees and the limited supply have confined the use of the wood mainly to local needs. The extreme age attained by this species has not yet been determined, but it is probably as long lived as Arizona cypress. The largest trees found so far are at least 200 or 250 years old. (Adapted from Bulletin No. 207, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, The Cypress and Juniper Trees of the Rocky Mountain Region, eg -) 41691 to 41702. Diosprros Kaxr L. f. Diospyracee. Kaki. From Okitsu, Japan. Cuttings presented by Prof. Ishiwara, Government Horticultural Experiment Station. Received January 8, 1916. Notes by Mr. T. Kiyono, Semmes, Ala. 41691. “No. 1. Anzai. Sweet. Kiyoto Province.” 41692. “No. 2. Kubo. Sweet. Kiyoto Province.” | | JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1916. | 11 41691 to 41702—Continued. 41693. “No. 3. Hon-gosho. Sweet. Nara Province.” 41694. “No. Toyo-oka. Sweet. Nara Province.” 4. 41695. “No. 5. Fijwevara-gosho. Sweet. Nara Province.” 41696. “No. 6. Chiomatsu. Astringent. Kanagawa Province.” 41697. “No. 7. Osoraku. Astringent. Chiba Province.” 41698. “No. 8. Ibogaki. Astringent. Miyagi Province.” £. 41699. “No. Benigaki. Astringent. Miyagi Province.” 41700. ‘‘No.10. Hira-sanenashi. Astringent. Yamagata Province.” 41701. “No. 11. Sakushu-mishirazu. Astringent. Okayama Province.” 41702. “No.12. Hiragaki. Astringent. Wakayama Province.” 41703. Sorspus pomestica L. Malacesze. Service tree. (Pyrus sorbus Gaertn.) From Kew, England. Presented by Sir David Prain, director, Royal Botanic Gardens. Received January 3, 1916. “A deciduous tree, usually 30 to 50 feet (occasionally 60 to 70 feet) high. Native of south and east Europe. Flowers white, about one-half inch across, produced in May in panicles at the end of short branches and from the leaf axils, the whole forming a rounded or rather pyramidal cluster 24 to 4 inches wide. Fruit pear shaped or apple shaped, 1 to 14 inches long, green or brown tinged with red on the sunny side. As an ornamental tree this is inferior to its ally, the mountain ash, but is well worth growing for the beauty of its foliage and for its flowers, which are larger than usual in this group. It also attains to greater dimensions than any of its immediate allies. The largest tree whose dimensions are recorded by Elwes is growing at Wood- stock, Kilkenny, Ireland, which in 1904 was 77 feet high and 10 feet 8 inches in girth. The fruit of the service tree is sometimes eaten in a state of incipient decay, especially in France. Mr. E. Burrell, late gardener to H. R. H. the Duchess of Albany, at Claremont, in a letter dated November 11, 1883, observes that ‘we are sending good fruits of the pear-shaped service for dessert at the present time.’ This Claremont tree was blown down in 1902, and was then ¢elose upon 70 feet high. The timber is of fine quality, being very hard and heavy, but too scarce to count for much.” (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 295.) For an illustration of the service tree, see Plate I. 41704. Prunus HorTuLANA Bailey. Amygdalacez. From Courtney, Mo. Presented by Mr. B. F. Bush. Received January 4, 1916. “The species was first distinguished in 1892 to designate varieties of plums intermediate between Prunus americana and P. angustifolia (the two species at that time clearly separated) ; these intermediate varieties were then said to “represent at least two other species, and perhaps even more,’ one of which it was proposed to separate as P. hortulanad. Later students have separated P. munsoniana from these varieties and have redefined other species. Subsequently it was supposed that P. hortulana represents a range of hybrids between P. americana and P. angustifolia, and it is not yet known what part hybridization has played in the origin of these forms, although the evidence accumulates that Separate specific types are involved.” (Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horti- culture, vol. 5, p. 2828.) 12 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 41'705 to 41707. | From Zacuapam, Vera Cruz, Mexico. - Presented by Dr. C. A. Purpus. Received January 5, 1916. Notes from Dr. Purpus. 417705. CHAMAEDOREA TEPEJILOTE Liebm. Pheenicacee. Palm. “The undeveloped flower makes an excellent vegetable and is eaten everywhere in the State of Vera Cruz. Besides, it is a fine little palm. Grows in shady places.” 41706. PsIDIUM GUAJAVA L. Myrtacee. Guava. “Wild guava; in dry and sunny places.” 41707. VITIS TILIAEFOLIA Humb. and Bonpl. Vitacee. Grape. (Vitis caribaea DC.) “This Vitis has a very sour fruit, but it makes a most excellent jelly, like currant jelly, and is adapted to a tropical country; grows in sunny places in brush woods. Vitis vinifera can not be raised here at all.” 41708 to 41710. From Taochow (Old City), Kansu, China. Presented by Rev. C. F. Snyder, at the request of Mr. Frank N. Meyer, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received January 38, 1916. 41708 and 41709. AMYGDALUS TANGUTICA (Batal.) Korsh. Amygdalacex. (Prunus tangutica Koehne. ) Tangutian almond. “Amygdalus tangutica is a variable species of bush almond, and though its kernels are bitter and it throws up a lot of stems and is spiny, still I believe it has a decided value as a factor in breeding experiments, for it seems to be very hardy and drought resistant. One finds it mainly on sheltered rocky and loess slopes at elevations from 4,000 feet above the sea up to about 10,000 feet. In these higher regions, however, it does not get aS cold as one would surmise, for the mountains all around keep off the intense cold. As a stock for almonds and for other stone fruits I scarcely would recommend this Tangutian almond, since it suckers badly and these suckers are very hard to remove.” (Meyer.) 41708. ‘ Rough shelled.” 41709. “Smooth shelled.’ 41710. PAEONIA SUFFRUTICOSA Andrews. Ranunculacee. Tree peony. (Paeonia moutan Sims.) ‘* Seeds of the real wild mountain peony, which occurs in very inacces- } sible mountain valleys in Tibet proper, where white men are not allowed | to go under ordinary circumstances. Ripens its seeds in the Chinese | eighth moon (about September 15 to October 20).” (Meyer.) 41711. Crrrvs cranpis (L.) Osbeck. Rutacez. Pummelo. From Amoy, China. Presented by Miss K. M. Talmage, at the request of Mrs. L. W. Kip. Received January 8, 1916. “T got this back from the Haicheng.” (Talmage.) 41712 to 41717. From Lamao, Bataan, Philippine Islands. Presented by the Lamao Ex- - periment Station. Received January 10, 1916. | 41712. Cacara EROSA (L.) Kuntze. Fabacee. Yam bean. (Pachyrhizus angulatus Rich.) “ Sincamas (wild).” “The plant, which in both Guam and the Philippines bears its Mexican hame, was probably brought [to Guam] from Mexico. The young root Inventory 46, Seeds and Plants Imported. PLATE lI. THE SERVICE TREE, A NEGLECTED MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT TREE. (SORBUS DOMESTICA L. SEE S. P. |. Nos. 41703 AND 41804.) In Italy the sorbo, as this fruit is called, is sold in large quantities by the fruit venders on the streets. Like the European medlar, it is good to eat only when overripe, and even then it has an astringent taste which some people find objectionable. In the old Italian works on agriculture at least six distinct varieties are recognized. They ripen their fruits in September and October, and after pickling these are stored in fruit houses or cellars until overripe. This illustration shows a young tree planted by the French nurseryman, Felix Gillet, in his Barren Hill Nursery, at Nevada City, Cal. From its behavior there it is believed to be capable of cultivation in many places in Cali- fornia. Asatreeitis most attractive. (Photographed by David Fairchild, 1902; P1488FS.) Inventory 46, Seeds and Plants Imported. PEATE 11. THE JEQUITIBA, A GIANT FOREST TREE OF BRAZIL. (CARINIANA LEGALIS (MART.) KUNTZE., S. P. I. No. 41933.) Although smaller than the sequoia, the giant eucalyptus, or the California redwood, this superb tree deserves to rank with them in magnificent proportions, because ofits perfect columnar trunk, which rises like a Corinthian column and supports a magnificent crown of immense branches, each one of which is large enough to make a good-sized tree. Such a wonderful species as this should not be allowed to perish from the face of the earth, and plantings ofit deserve to be attempted in our own tropical possessions. There are records of trees of this species which measure 130 feet in height. The jequitiba is related to the tree which bears Brazil nuts, but its nuts are not edible. (Photographed by Senior E. N. de Andrade, Rio Claro, Brazil, whose collections of Brazilian trees, and especially his extensive plantations of eucalyptus, have become world known.) | | : JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 831, 1916. 13 41712 to 4171'7—Continued. is much like a turnip in shape and consistency and is easily peeled like a turnip. It is usually eaten raw and may be prepared with oil and vinegar in the form of a salad. According to Dr. Edward Palmer, it is extensively cultivated in Mexico, where the natives pinch off the blossoms and seed pods, giving as a reason that if the seeds are allowed to mature the roots are not good. In Mexico the roots are much eaten raw, but are also pickled, boiled in soup, and cooked as a vegetable. As they come from the ground they are crisp, sweet, juicy, and of a nutty flavor. They are nourishing and at the same time quench the thirst, so that they are much liked by travelers. One way of preparing the raw roots is to cut them in thin slices and sprinkle sugar over them. ‘They may also be boiled and prepared with batter in the form of fritters, and in Mexico they are often minced or grated, and with the addition of sugar, milk, eggs, and a few fig leaves for flavoring made into puddings.” (Safford, Useful Plants of Guam, p. 204.) - 417713. CITRUS AURANTIUM L. Rutacee. Sour orange. A small tree 6 to 9 meters in height, with a compact head, young shoots light green, thorny; leaves unifoliate, evergreen, alternate, ovate, pointed, strongly and peculiarly scented: petiole 12 to 18 millimeters long, broadly winged; flowers in small, axillary cymes, white, strongly sweet scented, somewhat larger than those of Citrus sinensis; fruit orange colored or frequently reddish when well matured, inclined to be rough; rind strongly aromatic, bitter; pulp acid; juice sacs spindle shaped, rather small; seeds flattened and wedged toward the micropylar end, marked with ridged lines. Native of southeastern Asia, probably in Cochin China. Hardier than the sweet orange. (Adapted from the Philippine Agricultural Re- view, first quarter, 1915, p. 10, under Citrus vulgaris.) 41714. CITRUS EXCELSA Wester. Rutaces. Limon-real. A tall, thorny shrub of vigorous growth, straggly habit, and inter- locking branches with stout, long, sharp thorns; leaves 9.5 to 16 centi- meters long, 4.5 to 7 centimeters wide, thick and leathery; petiole quite broadly winged, in large leaves the wings frequently exceeding 2 centi- meters in width; flowers three to seven, in axillary, rather loose cymes, 386 millimeters in diameter; petals showing a trace of purple on the out- - Side; fruit 5 to 7.3 centimeters, 5.5 to 7.5 centimeters in equatorial diam- eter, weight 115 to 225 grams; form subglobose; base rounded; apex flattened; surface smooth, greenish to clear lemon yellow; skin thin; pulp greenish to grayish, in good varieties very juicy, mildly acid, and of excellent flavor; juice cells long, slender, and pointed. Plant material of the limon-real has been collected in Tarlac, Bontoec, and Bohol, and the fruit is at rare intervals offered for sale in small quantities in Manila. The name of the plant, royal lemon, indicates the esteem in which the fruit is held by the people, and while it is unfortunately true that most of the fruits tested have been too dry to be of any value, yet in the best types the fruits surpass in quality and aroma all lemons and limes that the writer has had the opportunity to sample. Considering the robust, thorny growth, large leaves, and broad-winged petioles, together with the roundish oblate fruit with its 10 to 14 locules, and the flowers with 34 to do Stamens, as against the 20 to 26 in the lime and lemon, this plant is apparently as distinct from these species as they are from each other. (Adapted from the Philippine Agricultural Review, first quarter, 1915, Dp. 26.) 14 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. . 41'712 to 4171'7—Continued. 41715. CITRUS LIMETTA AROMATICA Wester. Rutacese. A spiny shrub, with rather slender, willowy, drooping branches and sharp spines; young growth light green, of pleasant and distinct odor when bruised; leaves 7.5 to 10 centimeters long, 3.5 to 5 centimeters broad, dull green above; petioles 6 to 19 millimeters long with a narrow wing margin; flowers solitary or in cymés of four, terminal or axillary, 28 to 35 millimeters across; calyx rather large, petals four to five, white with a trace of purple on the outside; style not distinct, as in Citrus au- rantium, but rather similar to that of Citrus medica; fruit 5 centimeters long, 4 to 4.5 centimeters across, roundish to roundish oblong; skin thin, smooth, lemon yellow, pulp pale green, juicy, sharply acid, sometimes almost bitter ; juice cells long, slender, and pointed; seeds very numerous, small, and plump, polyembryonic. This form seems to be fairly well dis- tributed, and material has been propagated at Lamao from such distinct points as Mindoro, Palawan, and Bangued. Unquestionably a lime, it is quite distinct from the ordinary lime in habit and in the aromatic tender foliage, in the purplish petaled flowers, which are larger than those of the lime, and in the greater number of stamens. (Adapted from the Philippine Agricultural Review, first quarter, 1915, pp. 25 and 26.) 41716. Crrrus MEDICA L. Rutaceer.. Citron. 41717. CITRUS MEDICA ODORATA Wester. Rutacez. Tihi-tihi. A small thorny shrub, seldom exceeding 2.5 meters in height, with sharp, stout spines ; young growth bright green; leaves 7.5 to 11 cen- timeters long, 4.8 to 6.5 centimeters broad, elliptical, rather thick and leathery, serrate, of distinct fragrance; base rounded; apex notched; petioles very short, 4 to 6 millimeters long, not winged; flowers one to four in axillary compressed cymes, Sessile, rarely exceeding 38 milli- meters in diameter; petals four to five, fleshy, white, with a tinge of purple on the outside; fruit 60 to 65 millimeters long, 7 to 10 centimeters in transverse diameter, weighing 300 to 475 grams, oblate, with a shallow basal cavity, and sometimes a mammilate apex, more or less ridged longitudinally, fairly smooth, clear lemon yellow; lenticels scattered, depressed; oil cells large, equal or a trifle raised; skin rather thick; pulp grayish, rather dry, sharply acid, of lemon flavor; juice cells long and slender; seeds many, sometimes 125 in a single fruit, short, broad, and flattened. The tihi-tihi is a rare plant found in cultivation in Cebu and Bohol; one plant has been seen in Misamis, Mindanao. ‘The plant is very precocious, fruiting as early as the third year from seed, ever- bearing, and the fruit is used by the Filipinos in washing the hair. It is not eaten and is of no commercial importance. The tiht-tihi differs from the citron in its green, tender, highly aromatic growth, the leaves having been found to contain 0.6 per cent essential oil, as analyzed by the Bureau of Science. The fruit is strikingly different from the citron. (Adapted from the Philippine Agricultural Review, first quarter, 1913, pp. 22 and 23.) 41718 to 41721. From Chungking, China. Presented by Mr. E. Widler. Received January 8, 1916. Quoted notes by Mr. Widler. 41718. CITRUS SINENSIS (L.) Osbeck. Rutacez. Orange. “Large orange. This orange grows plentifully in Szechwan, is about 11 inches in circumference, of very good flavor, contains a small number of seeds, has a very thin skin and practically no pith.” JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1916. | 15 41718 to 41721—Continued. 4179. CITRUS NOBILIS DELICIOSA (Ten.) Swingle. Rutacez. Mandarin orange. “Chi tet. Has no pith and is of very good flavor. The skin is dried and boiled and the infusion drunk as a medicine.” 41720. Ficus tacor Buch.-Ham. Moracee. “ Huang ko shu. A tree 150 feet high, 12 feet in circumference, grows best among rocks in a subtropical climate. It takes about 15 to 20 years to mature in good soil; flowers white. It is used principally for shading purposes on the highroad and in the temples. It is of no commercial value. Seeds yellow, inclosed in a pod.” 41721. Momorpica CHARANTIA L. Cucurpitaces. Balsam pear. “K’u kua. A creeping plant 10 feet or more, grows best in a climate of 70° to 90° F. It takes about two months to mature; bears white and yellow fruits in autumn. The fruit is about 1 foot long and 8 or 4 inches in circumference. It is uSed in soups and as a vegetable and is prepared by boiling. It sells in the market for about 20 cash each. Seeds yellow.” 41722. ParMeNTIERA CEREIFERA Seem. Bignoniacee. Candle tree. From Mayaguez, Porto Rico. Presented by Mr. C. F. Kinman, horticulturist, Agricultural Experiment Station. Received January 4, 1916. A tropical American tree, with simple or trifoliate leaves, white flowers, and fleshy, cylindrical, yellow fruits, often 4 feet long, resembling wax candles and having a peculiar applelike odor. Cattle are sometimes fattened on these fruits. (Adapted from Lindley, Treasury of Botany, vol. 2, p. 848.) See S. P. I. Nos. 26206 and 28674 for previous introductions. 41723. Diospyrros EBENASTER Retz. Diospyracee. Black sapote. From Honolulu, Hawaii. Presented by Mr. Gerrit P. Wilder. Received January 4, 1916. “The zapote prieto or zapote negro (black sapote) of Mexico, an interesting - fruit belonging to the persimmon family. The tree grows in compact, shapely | form and is of very ornamental appearance with its oblong-oval glossy leaves about 4 inches long. In appearance the fruit greatly resembles some varieties of the kaki or Japanese persimmon; instead of being bright orange, however, they are light green when ripe, and measure 234 to 3 or even 4 inches in diameter. In _ Shape they are oblate or distinctly flattened, and the persistent light-green calyx is quite prominent. The interior of the fruit, when ripe, is anything but attrac- _ tive in appearance, the flesh being dark brown or almost black in color and of a ' greasy consistency. The flavor is sweet, but rather lacking in character; for ee this reason the Mexicans frequently serve the fruit cut up, or mashed up, with orange juice; it is a first-rate dish. The seeds look like those of the persimmon and are not very numerous.” (Wilson Popenoe.) See S. P. I. Nos. 39719, 40338, and 41568 for previous introductions, 41724, ApELMOscHUs ESCULENTUS (L.) Moench. Malvacee. Okra. (Hibiscus esculentus L.) From Athens, Greece. Presented by the director of the Royal Agricultural Society. Received January 11, 1916. “A half-hardy plant introduced into the United States and West Indies from Africa and cultivated for its fruit pods, which are used in soups, stews, catsups, 16 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. and the like. In soups and catsups it gives body to the dish; stewed it is muci- laginous, and while at first not agreeable to many persons a taste for it is easily acquired. It is also dried and canned for winter use. When ripe the black or brown white-eyed globular seeds are sometimes roasted and used as a coffee substitute.” (Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 4, p. 2382.) 41'725. Prrsea AMERICANA Mill. Lauracez. Avocado. (Persea gratissima Gaertn. f.) From Altadena, Cal. Purchased from Mr. F. O. Popenoe, West India Gar- dens. Received January 12, 1916. ; Seeds of a hardy type of avocado, purchased for fumigation experiments. 41726. Arputus artzonica (A. Gray) Sarg. Ericacez. Madrofia. From the Santa Rita Mountains, Arizona. Collected by Dr. David Griffiths, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received January 12, 1916. “This is a tree commonly a meter in circumference and 10 meters high, but often much larger. The old trunks have a bright, light-gray bark and the branches are light osier red. The contrast with the permanent light-green leaves and coral-red berries is very striking. To my mind this is one of the most ornamental of native southwestern trees and should be propagated and widely distributed. Indeed, the whole group of manzanita-arctostaphylos arbutus trees and shrubs are very ornamental broad-leaved evergreens, and our native ones are all but unknown in the trade. It is going to take some careful experimentation to make them ready for handling, but they will prob- ably be found to be no more difficult than the rhododendrons. We need to know how best to propagate them. Some of the manzanitas are easily trans- planted, and probably the closely related plants may also be handled in the same way, but trees small enough are not numerous in parts where I have traveled. They are said to grow from hardwood cuttings with difficulty. The trees are usually found under typical forest conditions where the floor is coy- ered with a great deal of débris. They probably require an acid soil. This particular lot of seed comes from an altitude of 6,000 to 7,000 feet in the Santa Rita Mountains, Ariz., where snows are frequent and I judge temperatures must often touch the zere mark. I suggest, since the quantity of seed is small, that the germination be tried under greenhouse conditions. This is trans- mitted for propagation at Chico, Cal.” (Griffiths.) 41727. AMYGDALUS PERSICA PLATYCARPA (Decaisne) Ricker. Amyg- (Prunus persica platycarpa Bailey.) [dalaceze. Peach. From Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Presented by Mr. J. F. Bailey, director, Botanic Gardens. Received January 12, 1916. “Flat China peach, or Peen-to.” 41728. Cannapsis sativa L. Moracee. Hemp. From Keijo, Chosen (Korea). Presented by Mr. Kosuke Honda, director, Agricultural and Industrial Model Station, through Mr. Lyster H. Dewey, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received January 12, 1916. “Seed of the 1914 crop grown at this station.” ; JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1916. 17 41729. Pyrus saticironia Pall. Malacee. Willow-leaved pear. From the Caucasus. Presented by Mr. Theodore Kryshtofovich, Russian Government Agricultural Commissioner. Received January 12, 1916. “It is the most ornamental of all true pears. Its leaves and flowers often open simultaneously. and it then presents a very charming picture, the willow- like leaves being of a conspicuous silky white.” (WW. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 292.) See S. P. I. No. 40497 for previous introduction. 41730. Vacctnrom ovarum Pursh. Vacciniacee. Huckleberry. From Ucluelet, Vancouver Island, B. C. Collected by Mr. David Fairchild, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received January 12, 1916. An evergreen shrub of bushy habit, 10 to 12 feet high in England. Leaves small, of firm leathery texture, dark glossy green above, paler beneath, nearly smooth. Flowers produced in September, four to six together in short, nodding racemes from the leaf axils, white, roundish, bell shaped; berry black. Native of western North America. ‘While hardy enough to survive the hardest winters experienced at Kew, it often suffers in severe frost through the cutting back of the younger growth. At Bearwood, in Berkshire. there is a specimen 10 to 12 feet high, which is one of the finest in the country. It is a handsome bush when seen atits best. (Adapted from W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 628.) 41731 to 41748. From India. Presented by Mr. A. C. Hartless, superintendent, Government Botanic Gardens, Seharunpur. Received January 12, 1916. Descriptive notes by Mr. Hartless. - 41731 to 41736. AmMYGDALUS PERSICA L. Amygdalaceer. Peach. . (Prunus persica Stokes. ) : 41731. “Mixed. From Quetta.” 41732. “ White Kashmiri. From Kashmir. Ripens about two weeks after the early variety Silver peach [S. P. I. No. 41734]. An in- digenous variety, pulp sweet, but the fruit is somewhat smaller than Large Red. It is grown from seed.” 41733. “ Seharunpur or Country. From Seharunpur. Similar to Hardoi [S. P. I. No. 41738] and Large Agra [S. P. I. No. 41740], varying according to the localities in which they are grown.” 41734. “ Silver peach. From Kashmir. Early variety. White skin; large fruit, sweet in taste. A grafted foreign variety.” 41735. “Large Red. From Kashmir. Ripens two weeks after Large Red [S. P. I. No. 41736]. The skin and pulp are both red. Com- monly known as Seharunpur. Grafted.” 41736. *“‘ Large Red. From Kashmir. The skin and pulp are both red. Early variety. Commonly known as Seharunpur.” 41737. AMYGDALUS PERSICA PLATYCARPA (Decaisne) Ricker. Amygda- (Prunus persica platycarpa Bailey.) [lacez. Peach. ‘Flat China peach, or Peen-to. From Seharunpur. a es . ae f ih eo ee % oa ‘ Gite Pe pl day Ket igeae s ; a : 4 aoe i 2 eh wr ae 7 Le , * y 5 * ci ; ¢ - - f re ’ ‘ i 3 \ oy . wf ‘ ; { fa * » J 4 rs ‘ + = x ' ee a . 8 1 ” , : = } ‘ * - rs > ~~ a a : 2 a ra if : al & . > F as ae 5 ¢ 3 a te ms - Se =) 1 ‘ . oo % = ’ - t - a& CE OF FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT INTRODUCTION DURING THE PERIOD PROM APRIL 1 q | £: . fo. 47; Nos. 42384 ro 43012.) R82 a RCN CO I ae REN I ~ ~< GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFIOR, Issued July 12, 1920. ees OEPARIMENT OF AGRICULTURE. BUREAU OP “PLANT INDUSTRY. WILLIAM A. TAYLOR, Chief of Bureau. INVENTORY SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED OFFICE OF FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT INTRODUCTION DURING THE PERIOD FROM APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1916. (No. 47; Nos. 42384 To 43012.) SSRiisscss= SNOT WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 1920. BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY. Chief of Bureau, WILLIAM A. TAYLOR. Associate Chief of Bureau, KARL F. KELLERMAN, Assistant to Chief, JAMES IE. JONES. Officer in Charge of Publications, J. E. ROCKWELL, FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT INTRODUCTION, SCIBNTIFIC STAFF, David Fairchild, Agricultural Explorer in Charge. P. H. Dorsett, Plant Introducer, in Charge of Plant Introduction Field Stations, B. T. Galloway, Plant Pathologist, in Charge of Detention Laboratories. , Peter Bisset, Plant Introducer, in Charge of Foreign Plant Distribution, Wilson Popenoe and H. L. Shantz, Agricultural Explorers. R. A. Young, Plant Introducer, in Charge of Dasheen Investigations. H. C. Skeels, Botanist, in Charge of Collections. G. P. Van Eseltine, Assistant Botanist, in Charge of Publications. H. EB. Allanson, E. L. Crandall, L. G. Hoover, R. N. Jones, and P. G. Russell, Assistants. Robert L. Beagles, Superintendent, Plant Introduction Field Station, Chico, Calif. Edward Simmonds, Superintendent, Plant Introduction Field Station, Miami, Fla. J. E. Morrow, Superintendent, Yarrow Plant Introduction Field Station, Rockville, Md. D. A. Bisset, Superintendent, Plant Introduction Field Station, Brooksville, Fla. Henry E. Juenemann, Superintendent, Plant Introduction Field Station, Bellingham, Wash. E. J. Rankin, Assistant in Charge, Field Station, Savannah, Ga. Edward Goucher, Plant Propagater. Collaborators: Thomas W. Brown, Gizeh, Cairo, Egypt; H. M. Curran, Bahia, Brazil; M. J. Dorsey, University Farm, St. Paul, Minn.; Robert H. Forbes, Oairo, Egypt; A. C. Hartless, Seliarunpur Botanie Gardens, Scharunpur, India; E. W. D. Holway, Faribault, Minn.; Barbour Lathrop, Chicago, [ll.; H. L. Lyon, Honolulu, Hawaii; H. Nehrling, Gotha, Fla.; Charles Simpson, Lititleriver, Fla.; H. P. Stuckey, Exzperi- ment, Ga.; Dr. L. Trabut, Director, Service Botanique, Algiers, Algeria; H. N. Whit- ford, School of Forestry, New Haven, Conn.; E. H. Wilson, Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Mass. 2 CONTENTS. Page, NPE EEGRMECES SEC RAOIEG oe A eS a ee a ce eg Le SS i a 9 errno Anil SClEntiNCc NAMES 89 ILLUSTRATIONS. Page. Prate I. The arracacha, a favorite vegetable of the Venezuelans, which appears to be adapted to the warmer parts of the United States. (Arracacia canthorrhiza Bancr., 8. P. I. No. 42455)_ 16 II. Bermuda arrowroot, a starch producer of importance. (Ma- mame ariunamacea V., S. P. 1. No. 42463) ee 16 Ill. A roselle plant-in flower and fruit. (Hibiscus sabdariffa L., ere neAdny) ee ee ee 20 IV. A basketful of premier jelly producers, fruits of the roselle Mattie. CH tbiscus savdarifa@ 1: .S: Pl. No; 42473). 20 VY. Avenue of the Chinese pistache at Chico, Calif. (Pistacia chi- nensis Bunge, S. P. I. No. 42823) INVENTORY OF SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED BY THE OFFICE OF FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT INTRO- DUCTION DURING THE PERIOD FROM APRIL L TO JUNE 30, 1916 (NO. 47; NOS. 42884 TO 48012), INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT. This inventory covers the spring months of the year preceding our entry into the Great War. During those months 40 countries sent freely through their official representatives, or allowed to pass freely, the plant material collected within their borders which this inventory describes. In the light of recent events this fact takes on a new significance. It shows the spirit of free exchange of mate- rial of the greatest value which existed before the war, material from which food crops of great importance could be developed. Upon no single species of plant had any nation placed an embargo. lt was possible at any time through official requests to secure every courtesy desired and, often without cost, all plant material asked for. The policy, followed by this office for 10 years, of offering to secure free of cost small quantities of plant material of American species may have been in part responsible for the hearty assistance rendered by these representatives of 40 foreign countries. Even the Ameer of Afghanistan, who guarded jealously every avenue of com- munication with the outside world, sent a shipment of plants as a gift to this Government previous to the war. This inventory describes collections made by only one representa- tive of the office, Mr. H. M. Curran, who as a collaborator collected, in connection with other work upon which he was engaged in Colom- bia, seeds of some rare and interesting oil palms and of tropical for- est and other economic trees of that country. Of the material sent in by correspondents, the cerealists will be - interested in a collection of South African endemic varieties of wheat (Nos. 42391 to 42426) which Mr. I. B. Pole Evans reports have been cultivated for many years on irrigated lands; and in the Papago sweet corn of Arizona (No. 42642), which may prove valuable for silage in Kansas and Nebraska. Four good tropical bonavist beans (Nos. 42577 to 42580) from British Guiana, one of which lasts for two years, may interest Florida truck growers; and a relative of the udo from the Himalayas, Aralia cachemirica (No. 42607), which is hardy at the Arnold Arboretum, 3 6 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. near Boston, deserves to be tested in comparison with the Japanese vegetable. A most noteworthy addition is the Grimaldi collection of hybrid grapes, selections of many hundreds of hybrids made by Dr. Clemente Grimaldi between the Italian varieties of the European grape and various American species of Vitis (Nos. 42477 to 42519). These were presented by Mr. F. Paulsen, director of the Regio Vivaio di Viti Americane, direct from Palermo. They are presumed to contain some stock varieties and direct producers of exceptional value because of their resistance to drought and to an excessive content of lime in the soul. The cherimoya has shown itself so well adapted to cultivation in California and Florida and its rapid recovery from frost injury has been so noticeable that five named grafted varieties from Chile (Nos. 49897 to 42901), gifts of Sr. Adolfo Eastman, of San Francisco de Limache, have already attracted considerable attention in those re- gions where this delicious fruit can be grown. The roselle jelly plant is a success in Florida and Texas, but too often the crop is cut short by frost. Wester’s strain, Temprano, which matures 20 days before the others, may make the growing of this remarkable jelly-producing plant a success farther north (Nos. 49471 to 42475). The Macadamia is bearing in southern Florida and California, and several people are studying its possibilities. J/acadamia minor (No. 42468), a smaller species sent in by Mr. J. F. Bailey, should be tested in the same localities. We are accustomed to connect high protein content with leguminous crops, but in the Capoeira branco, Solanum bullatum (No. 42815), which Mr. Benjamin H. Hunnicutt, of Lavras, Brazil, reports is rel- ished by cattle and horses, we have one of the Solanacex, the leaves of which, according to analysis, contain 20 to 28 per cent of protein, and the branches 14.06 per cent of protein, dry weight. This is higher in protein than many alfalfas, and it deserves the consideration of forage-crop specialists. Dr. J. H. Maiden, of Sydney, Australia, proposes the Japanese grass, Osterdamia matrella (No. 42389), for culture on swamps and dry flats near the sea and believes it worthy of trial in sand-hill dis- tricts or on saline lands near the coast. It is recognized that bamboo thickets form good grazing grounds for cattle. The switch cane of our Southern States no doubt fur- nishes a very considerable amount of fodder for southern cattle. In the Andean Cordilleras another bamboo, the canea, Chusquea quila (No. 42388), 1s highly considered as a forage plant and exists in great quantities there, according to Dr. Vereertbrugghen, who has succeeded in obtaining a quantity of seed for trial. APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1916, 7 Mr. J. Burtt Davy, who has sent in many valuable things from South Africa, submits for trial the seeds of what he believes is a new annual hay grass for wettish lands in the maize belt of the South, especially for alluvial deposits where water is apt to stand during rains. Animals, he reports, are extremely fond of this Panicum laevifolium (No. 42608). The so-called algaroba of Hawaii, introduced by padres into the islands, has been such a valuable forage tree that the Philippine aroma, Prosopis vidaliana (No. 42807), which resembles and has until recently been confused with it, merits attention. It is quite distinct, however, having no sweet arillus in the pod; and since it spreads along the sandy coast region and up on the hillsides and is relished by stock it deserves to be naturalized throughout the Tropics. The importance of vegetable oils has been emphasized by the war, and it is evident that Americans have paid too little attention to the South American wild palms, from the kernels of which excellent oils are obtainable. The Corozo palm, Hlaeis melanococca (No. 43001), according to Curran, yields an excellent cooking oil and is found in immense numbers on the flooded areas of Colombia, while the cultiva- tion of the Cohune palm, Attalea cohune (No. 42707), according to Consul Dyer, of Honduras, is capable of being developed into an important industry there. Dr. L. Trabut, our collaborator, who has made so many valuable suggestions that we listen to him with unusual interest, proposes Saccharum biflorum (No. 42551), a grass of great size much used in Algeria as a screen and in Sicily and on the banks of the Nile as a sand binder, for trial in our Southwestern States. Besides the strictly economic plants, this inventory includes sev- eral striking new ornamentals. S. P. I. Nos. 42485 to 42443 show a collection of tree and shrub seeds from Dr. Fischer de Waldheim and include a rare Turkestan maple, the oriental beech, a Turkestan mountain cherry, a mountain almond, and the most decorative of all the tamarisks. §S. P. I. No. 42597, Cornus capitata, from the Hima- layas, has bracts that are sulphur yellow instead of white in color, like our dogwoods, and bears fruits 2 inches long and fleshy like a - strawberry. What might be done in the hybridization of our east- ern and western species with this Himalayan dogwood! Actinidia arguta is such an indispensable porch vine and its foliage is so universally free from disease that the larger leaved A. callosa henryi (No. 42683) from central China deserves to be tried in com- parison. M. Vilmorin’s new hybrid clematis (No. 42688), a result of cross- ings between Wilson’s Clematis montana rubens, one of the loveliest of all climbers but tender, and C. chrysocoma, is said to be more vig- orous and branching than the former, and it may be hardier. 8 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. S. P. I. No. 42691 is the new Chinese Deutzia longifolia veitchii, one of the most interesting new flowering shrubs introduced from China, with large beautiful rose-eolored flowers, making it especially suitable for parks. Rose growers will take a particular interest in the remarkable col- lection of rose species (Nos. 42974 to 42982) from the Arnold Arbo- retum, which has gathered them from China and Chosen (Korea). This collection represents material of the greatest value for hybrid- izers and can hardly fail to lead to the origination of many new and lovely hardy roses for America. : Perhaps the most remarkable plant listed, from the botanist’s point of view, is the Javanese shrub Pavetta zimmermanniana (No. 42767). Its leaves are inhabited by bacterial colonies which induce knots analagous to those formed by Bacillus radicicola in the roots of leguminous plants. These knots are apparently essential to the healthy growth of the plant, and the bacterium is universally pres- ent in the young seed. This represents a new class of plants whose role in our agriculture remains to be further studied. The botanical determinations of seeds introduced have been made and the nomenclature determined by Mr. H. C. Skeels, while the de- seriptive and botanical notes have been arranged by Mr. G. P. Van Eseltine, who has had general supervision of this inventory. The manuscript has been prepared by Mrs. Ethel H. Kelley. Davin FarrcHi1p, Agricultural Explorer in Charge. Orrick oF ForEIGN SEED AND PLant INTRODUCTION, Washington, D. C., February 11, 1919. INVENTORY. 42384 and 42385. Nepnerium spp. Sapindacee. From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by the director of the Botanic Gar- dens. Received April 6, 1916. 42384. NEPHELIUM LAPPACEUM IL. Rambutan. “The rambutan tree grows to a height of about 40 feet, and when in fruit is a handsome sight, the terminal clusters of bright crimson fruits being produced on every branch. The compound leaves are made up of oblong-ovate leaflets about 4 inches long by 2 inches wide. In habit of growth the tree appears to be normaily rather round-topped and spreading, but as it is frequently planted among other trees, it is forced to grow tall and slender, branching only at a considerable height above the ground. A cluster of rambutans, when highly colored, is exception- ally attractive. The best forms attain, when fully ripe, a rich crimson color. The individual fruits are slightly smaller than a hen’s egg, but more elongated in form. They are covered with soft spines about half an inch in length and are borne in clusters of about 10 to 12 fruits. The skin is not thick or tough, and to eat the fruit the basal end is torn off, exposing the aril, which, with a slight pressure on the apical end of the fruit, slides into one’s mouth. The aril is white, nearly transparent, about one-fourth of an inch thick, and has a mildly sub- acid, somewhat vinous flavor.” (Wilson Popenoe.) See S. P. I. No. 34494 for previous introduction. 42385. NEPHELIUM MUTABILE Blume. Pulassan. * Pulassan. A Malayan tree. similar to the rambutan in appearance, but differing in the fruit and in the leaves, which are gray beneath. The fruit is larger than the rambutan, of a deep purple-brown, with short, blunt processes, and, according to Ridley, the fiavor is decidedly superior to that of the latter fruit.’ (Maemillan, Handbook of Tropi- cal Gardening, 2d ed., p. 176.) 48386. Castinia NicorEeNsis O. F. Cook. Moracez. Nicoya rubber. From San Jose, Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. Carlos Wercklé, Depart- ment of Agriculture. Received April 3, 1916. A medium-sized tree, 10 to 20 meters bigh, with deciduous leaves 8 to 18 inches long and 4 to 8 inches broad, bearing inconspicuous flowers and Grange- red fruits in a receptacle 2 to 38 inches in diameter. Reported so far only from the peninsula of Nicoya, but the probability is that it will be found all along the Pacific coast from Nicaragua to Panama. It is a good rubber pro- ducer, the milk being particularly abundant toward the end of the dry sea- sen. Owing to this fact, it is almost exterminated from the western forests of Costa Rica. (Adapted from Pittier, Centributions from the U. S. National Herbarium vol. 13, 9. 275.) For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 38188, ice) 10 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 42387. Psiprum euasava L. Myrtacee. Guava. From Allahabad, India. Presented by Prof. P. H. Edwards, American Presbyterian Mission. Received April 1, 1916. “ Sufeda or Safeda. White with creamy skin and smooth delicious flesh. This variety is considered the best.” (Hdwards.) 42388. CuHusQuEA QuILA Kunth. Poacez. Bamboo. From Bariloche, Argentina. Presented by Dr. Joseph Vereertbrugghen. Received April 6, 1916. “ Canea, the bamboo from this Cordillera. It is difficult to get ripe seed, but at last I believe I have the real stuff, full grown, ripe, and well dried. According to an agricultural paper of Buenos Aires, they have never tried to get this bamboo from seed, but transplanted the roots.” (Vereertbrugghen.) 42389. OsTERDAMIA MATRELLA (L.) Kuntze. Poacez. Grass. (Zoysia pungens Willd.) From Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Presented by Dr. J. H. Maiden, director, Botanie Garden. Received April 1, 1916. A grass of considerable value on littoral swamps and dry flats near the sea. Aceording to Kirk, it is found sometimes forming a compact turf of dry land and affording a large supply of succulent herbage for horses, cattle, and sheep. Its value, however, in such localities, if bulkier grasses would grow there, must be comparatively little, as, from its close-growing habit, it chokes out all other species. It is evidently much relished by stock, and is worthy of intro- duction in sand-hill districts near the sea or on saline soil inland. (Abstract from Maiden, Useful Native Plants of Australia, p. 112.) For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 34657. 42390 to 42427. From Pretoria, Union of South Africa. Presented by Mr. I. B. Pole Evans, chief, Division of Botany, Department of Agriculture. Received April 5, 1916. Quoted notes by Mr. Evans. Varieties of wheat commonly grown in South Africa. The seed of these varieties was. sown during the winter months as late as August and reaped during the summer-months; that is to say, from November to January. They have all been grown under irrigation with the exception of those neted.” 42390. HorRDEUM INTERMEDIUM CORNUTUM (Schrad.) Harlan. Poaceie. Barley. “No. 18. Barley-wheat, from Fauresmith.” 42391 to 42421. Triticum srstivumM L. Poacer. Wheat. (T. vulgare Vill.) 42391. “No. 14. Kolonie Rooi Koren, from Zastron.” 42392. “No. 1. Hartly Beard, from Edenburg, Orange Free State.” 42393. “No. Du Toit’s Koren, from Austens Port.” 3 42394. “No.4. Australian wheat, from Hdenburg, Orange Free State.” 42395. “No. 5. Klein Rooi Koren.” 42396. “No. 6. Defiance, from Edenburg, Orange Free State.” 42397. “No.7. Baard Koren, from Melkbosch, Bethanie district.” APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1916, 11 42390 to 42427—Continued. 42398. “No.8. Red Egyptian (generally known as Stromberg Root Koren), from Ligton.” 42399. “No.9. Transvaal Wol, from Tagelberg, Bethulie district.” 42400. “No.10. Talawair, from Kleinzuurfontein.” 42401. “No.11. Celliers or Cilliers, from Hammonia, Orange Free State.” 42402. “No. 12. Wit Baard Koren, from Hammonia, Orange Free State.” 42403. ‘No. 13. Rustproof, from Zastron.” 42404. “No. 15. Ou Baard (late), from Kleinzuurfontein.” 42405. “No.16. Gluyas (early).” 42406. ‘“No.17. Root Kaal Koren, from Treurfontein, Faure- smith.” 42407. “No. 19. Sibies Koren, from Fauresmith.” 42408. “No. 20. Klein Koren, from Bethulie district.” 42409. “No. 21. Wolhuter wheat.” 42410. ‘“wNo.60. EHkstein, from Holland Posthmus.” 42411. ‘“No.61. Spring wheat, from Holland Posthmus.” 42412. “No. 62. Bob’s wheat, from H. Stubbs, Corunna.” 42413. “No.63. White Australian wheat or Hoffinan’s, from H. Stubbs, Corunna.” 42414. “No.67. Delaware wheat, from H. J. Joubert, Middelfon- tein, Bethulie district.” 42415. ‘No. 69. Primrose, from Burghersdorp.” 42416. “No. 70. Early spring, from Burghersdorp.” 42417. ‘No. 71. Bosjesveld, from Burghersdorp.” 42418. “No. 77. Wol Koren (grown without water), from J. J. Badenhorst, Verliespan, P. O. Dewetsdorp, Orange Free State.” 42419. “No. 79. Geluks Koren (grown without water), from M. L. Badenhorst, Klipfontein, P. O. Dewetsdorp, Orange Free State.” 42420. “No. 80. Baard Koren (grown without water), from J. J. Badenhorst, Verliespan, P. O. Dewetsdorp, Orange Free State.” 42421. ‘No. 81. Rooi Els wheat, from A. EH. Shore, Kalkfontein, P. O. Dewetsdorp, Orange Free State.” 42422 to 42425. Triticum puRUM Desf. Poacex. Durum wheat. 42422. “No. 72. Media wheat, from Burghersdorp.” 42423. “No.2. Blue Beard, from Klipfontein, P. O. Austens Port.” 42424, “No. 74. Golden Ball, from W. H. Webster, Vaalbank, P. O. Dewetsdorp, Orange Free State.” 42425. “No.65. Bengal wheat or Zwartbaard, from P. v. Aardt, Brockpoort.”’ 42426. TrRiITICUM TURGIDUM L, Poacer. Poulard wheat. “No. 66. Ijzervark, from H. J. Joubert, Middelfontein, Bethulie dis- trict.” 42427. SECALE CEREALE L. Poacer. Rye. PZ SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 42428. Berperis rremontir Torr. Berberidacee. Barberry. From Tucson, Ariz. Presented by Mr. J. J. Thornber, Agricultural Experi- ment Station. Received April 5, 1916. Small, unarmed shrub, 5 to 10 feet high, with two or three pairs of some- ~ what spiny leaflets, the lowest pair close to base of petiole; yellow flowers, and dark-blue ovate berries. Occurring somewhat rarely in canyons from south- western Colorado to Mexico. For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 41764. 42429. Cassia ancustirotia Vahl. Cesalpiniacee. Senna. From Khartum, Sudan, Africa. Presented by Mr. R. Hewison, Department of Agriculture and Forests. Received April 4, 1916. “ Obtained by Mr. Wood, Assistant Director of Forests.” (Hewison.) A small shrub, native to Arabia and east Africa and largely cultivated in parts of southern India. It furnishes Tinnivelly senna, the best known variety of this medicinal product. (Adapted from Macmillan, Handbook of Tropical Gardening and Planting, 2d ed., p. 536.) For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 41282, 42430 to 42434. From Brazil. Collected by Mr. H. M. Curran. 42430. BASELLA RUBRA L. Basellacer. Red basella. “No. 115. Berthala. Cultivated vine, leaf and stem edible, fruits yield purple dye. Barra do Rio Contas, Bahia, Brazil, November, 1915.” (Curran.) An annual or biennial herb, cultivated in the Tropics as a potherb. It is remarkably variable, and several forms have been described under different specific names. It has bisexual white, red, or violet flowers. The form usually considered as Basella rubra is said to yield a rich purple dye, but it is difficult to fix. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard ' Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 1, p. 455.) 42431. ERYYTHROXYLON sp. Erythroxylaceex. “No. 40.” © 42432. HELICTERES OVATA Lam. Sterculiaceze. “Rosca. “No. 345.” A small tree or shrub with simple ovate leaves and flowers in small axillary clusters. The wood is utilized for posts and fuel, and the bark furnishes material for the manufacture of paper; the roots are used medicinally. (Adapted from Correa, Flora do Brazil, p. 64.). For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 36706. 42433. Mimosa sp. Mimosaces. ‘ONO: 42434, ScHIZOLOBIUM PARAHYBUM (Vell.) Blake. Czsalpiniacee. (S. exceisum Vog.) Bacarubi. MANO: doce _ APRIL 1 TO-JUNE 30, 1916, 13 42430 to 42434—Continued. A very large, quick-growing tree, with fine feathery leaves. Native to Brazil. The flowers, of a bright yellow color, are borne in large, erect racemes in February or March when the tree is bare of leaves. The flowers are at once followed by beautiful, young, feathery foliage. (Adapted from Macmillan, Handbook of Tropical Gardening and Plani- ing, 2d ed., p. 300.) 42435 to 42443. From Petrograd, Russia. Presented by Dr. A. A. Fischer de Waldheim, director, Royal Botanic Garden. Received April 6, 1916. 42435. ACER GINNALA SEMENOVIL (Regel and Herd.) Pax. Aceracez. Maple. “ Collected by Miss Zinaida ab Minkwitz in Turkestan in 1914.” A graceful shrub of bushy habit, with glossy, dark-green, deeply 3 to 5 cut leaves and long peduncled panicles of rather fragrant yellowish flowers. The foliage turns a beautiful red in late summer. It is reported hardier than any of the Japanese maples. Native to Russia. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 1, p. 200.) For previous introduction, see 8. P. I. No. 34784. 42436. ACER TRAUTVETTERI Medw. Aceracee. Maple. “ Collected by J. W. Palibin in the Caucasus in 1914.” A tree up to 50 feet in height and 6 feet in girth of trunk, with smooth branches and deeply five-lobed leaves, 4 to 8 inches wide, and about three-fourths as long, dark, lustrous green, smooth above, somewhat paler beneath. It is a handsome foliage tree, native of the Caucasus and Persia, and is distinguished in spring by its brilliant crimson bud seales. (Adapted from W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 160.) For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 32975. 42437. CARPINUS ORIENTALIS Mill. Betulacese. Oriental hornbeam. ty Collected by J. W. Palibin in the Caucasus in 1914.” A small tree or large shrub with small ovate leaves up to 2 inches long and 1 inch wide, dark glossy green above. Native to southeastern Hu- rope and Asia Minor. (Adapted from W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 296.) 42438. FAGUS ORIENTALIS Lipsky. Fagacee. Beech, “Collected by J. W. Palibin in the Caucasus in 1914.” A large perennial tree with elliptic or oblong nearly entire leaves. Na- tive from Asia Minor to northern Persia. (Adapted from Bailey, Stand- ard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 3, p. 1203.) For previous introduction, see S. P, I. No. 27662. 42439. PrRuNUS PROSTRATA Labill. Amygdalacez. Mountain cherry. “ Collected by Miss Zinaida ab Minkwitz in Turkestan in 1914.” A deciduous shrub 2 to 8 feet high, of low, spreading habit, measuring much more in width than it does in height. Flowers one-half to three- fourths of an inch across, produced singly or in pairs. Petals of a lively rose color. Fruit red, one-third of an inch long. Native of the moun- tains of the Levant, where it uSually makes a close, stunted bush, very unlike the rather free-growing plant seen in this country. It needs a 14 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED, 42435 to 42443—Continued. sunny position, and is admirably suited on some roomy shelf in the rock garden fully exposed to the sun. In such a position, following a hot summer, it flowers profusely enough to almost hide its branches. It is perfectly hardy at Kew. (Adapted from W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 248.) For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 40815. 42440. PRUNUS SPINOSISSIMA (Bunge) Franch. Amygdalacez. Wild almond. ‘Collected by Miss Zinaida ab Minkwitz in Turkestan in 1914.” A wild, shrubby almond found between stony débris in the hot and dry mountain regions of Russian Turkestan. May be experimented with for the following purposes: As a drought-resistant stock for almonds and peaches, as a possible drought-resistant nut tree, as an ornamental tree or hedge plant in desert regions, and as hybridization material. (Adapted from F. N. Meyer. See Inventory 31, p. 13.) For previous introduction, see 8S. P. I. No. 33312. 42441. TAMARIX FLORIDA ALBIFLORA Bunge. Tamaricacee. Tamarisk. A leafless shrub with pale reddish purple bark, graceful green twigs, and white flowers. (See Bunge, Tentamen Generis Tamaricum, p. 38.) 42442, TAMARIX KARELINI HIRTA Litv. Tamaricaceer. Tamarisk. A glaucous Tamarix, with purplish brown bark, stiff branchlets, and in- tense purple flowers. (See Bunge, Tentamen Generis Tamaricum, p. 68.) For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 39627. 42443. TAMARIX PENTANDRA Pall. Tamaricacee. Tamarisk. Received as Tamarix pallasii Desv., var. macrostachys Bunge. “This shrub or small tree is one of the most decorative tamarisks in cultivation, flowering in great profusion in July and August. In the wild state it ranges from the Balkan Peninsula through southern Russia to Turkestan and from Asia Minor to Persia, adorning the banks of rivers, particularly in their lower reaches and estuaries. Like other species of this genus, it thrives well in saline soils, but is by no means dependent on a more than ordinary amount of salts in the ground. The flowers are usually rose colored, but sometimes white or nearly so.” (Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, pl. 8138.) For previous introduction, see 8. P. I. No. 39692. 42444 to 42448. MrsemBRYANTHEMUM spp. Aizoacee. Fig marigold. From San Francisco, Calif. Presented by Mr. John McLaren, Golden Gate Park. Received April 12, 1916. Plants of the following: 42444, MESEMBRYANTHEMUM AEQUILATERALE Haw. A succulent plant with stems several feet in length and thick fleshy leaves, spreading out over the ground in large mats and growing luxuriantly on dry barren rocky places and sandy plains. Flowers are fragrant and showy, of a bright rose-purple color, and about 2 inches across. This species is native to Australia, Tasmania, Chile, and Cali- fornia. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 4, p. 2041.) APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1916, 15 42444 to 42448—Continued. 42445. MESEMBRYANTHEMUM BICOLOR L. ‘Shrub 2 to 3 feet high, having straight, upright, stiff twigs with grayish brown bark. WUeaves on the long shoots scattered, only clustered on the short shoots, about as long as the internodes. Flowers in twos, or only one, about 3% cm. broad, yellow within and crimson on the outside. A native of Cape Colony on the sandy plains near Cape Town. (Adapted from Alwyn Berger’s Mesembrianthemen, p. 152.) 42446. MESEMBRYANTHEMUM FLORIBUNDUM Haw. Ice plant. A sueculent plant, tortuous in growth, with branches not over 6 inches Jong, and more or less decumbent; leaves less than 1 inch long, very narrow, terete, curved, obtuse, a little thicker toward the apex; stems and leaves bearing glittering papillae; stems bristly; flowers small, rose colored, the petals being twice as long as the calyx. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 4, p. 2043.) 42447. MErSEMBRYANTHEMUM PUGIONIFORME L. Stems upright, 15 to 30 em. long and 1 to 2 cm. in diameter, simple, rarely branched, with rough brownish green bark. Leaves in thick tufted rosettes, standing upright and incurved, the older bent back, 15 to 20 cm. long, linear, sword shaped, long pointed. Flowering stems rising later- ally from the leafy rosettes, scon dying, distinctly leaved, one to three flowers. Flowers up to 7 cm. broad, cpen in the afternoon, malodorous. Native to Cape Colony. (Adapted from Alwyn Berger’s Mesembrian- themen, p. 217.) 42448. MESEMBRYANTHEMUM SPECTABILE Haw. A succulent plant with prostrate stems but ascending branches; leaves 2 to 3 inches long, crowded, glaucous, incurved and spreading, triquetrous with equal sides, attenuate and mucronate; fiowers purplish, petals 1 inch long, the inner ones somewhat shorter. Grows on dry, barren, rocky piaces and dry sandy plains. Native to Cape Colony regions. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 4, p. 2042.) 42449. SPrriraAkA WILSONI Duthie. Rosacez. From Jamaica Plain, Mass. Cuttings presented by the Arnold Arboretum. Received April 5, 1916. “ Spiraea wilsoni is closely allied to, perhaps only a variety of, S. henryi. It is distinguished, among other points, by its smooth ovary and smooth or slightly silky flower stalks. Leaves of flowering shoots entire, downy above, duller green.” (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 539.) For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 37611. 42450. Coxocasia mscuLENTA (L.) Schott. Aracee. Taro. From Glenwood, Hawaii. Tubers presented by Mr. J. B. Thompson, super- intendent, Glenwood substation. Received April 11, 1916. “Kuoho. An upland taro. This variety was grown quite commonly around Hilo at the time of my visit to Hawaii in 1913 and was considered to be one of the best. The corms and tubers are very acrid in the raw state and require longer cooking to destroy the acridity than is necessary to cook them to a soft, mealy condition. The quality is good when the taro is thoroughly cooked.” (RB, A. Young.) 16 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 42451. Zea mays lL. Poacee. | Corn. From Salmon Arm, Canada. Presented by Mr. Thomas A. Sharpe. Ke- ceived April 10, 1916. “Seed of a very fair flint corn which has ripened here for two years, from seed received from the Agricultural College at St. Anne, Province of Quebec.” (Sharpe.) 42452 and 42453. From Zacuapam, Huatusco, Mexico. Presented by Dr. C. A. Purpus. feceived April 12, 1916. 42452. CacaraA EROSA (L.) Kuntze. Fabacer. Yam-bean. (Pachyrhizus angulatus Rich.) “The young root is much like a turnip in shape and consistency and is easily peeled like a turnip. It is usually eaten raw and may be pre- pared with oil and vinegar in the form of a salad. According to Dr. Edward Palmer it is extensively cultivated in Mexico, where the natives pinch off the blossoms and seed pods, giving as a reason that if the seeds are allowed to mature the roots are not good. In Mexico the roots are much eaten raw, but are also pickled, boiled in soup, and cooked as a vegetable. As they come from the ground they are crisp, sweet, juicy, and of a nutty flavor. They are nourishing and at the same time quench the thirst, so that they are much liked by travyel- ers. One way of preparing the raw roots is to cut them in thin slices and sprinkle sugar over them. They may also be boiled and prepared with batter in the form of fritters, and in Mexico they are often minced or grated and, with the addition of sugar, milk, eggs, and a few fig leaves for flavoring, made into puddings.” (W. #. Safford.) For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 22971. 42453. Gossypium sp. Malvacee. Cotton. “Raised from seed from Oaxaca, dry country without irrigation.” (Purpus.) 42454. Cicer arreTinuM L. Fabacee. Chick-pea. From Malaga, Spain. Presented by Mr. Thomas R. Geary, American vice consul. Received April 5, 1916. “ Seeds of the most productive variety in this district.” (Geary.) “ Hamus, gram, garbanzo. An annual plant growing from 12 to 18 inches in height, cultivated extensively in India, southern Europe, and Mexico. The seeds, two to three, which resemble somewhat the pea, are borne in short pods. They are used as an article of food, parched or toasted, and also ground into a meal that in many respects resembles corn meal. This plant is especially well-adapted for cultivation in our semiarid States.” (Peter Bisset.) : “Jn Jerusalem chick-peas are eaten prepared in the following way: The dry chick-pea is put in an earthen jar with water; the cover is then cemented on with dough or cement, and the whole jar placed in the furnace of a Turkish bath and covered with ashes. It is usually kept in the furnace from 4 o'clock in the afternoon until the next morning. This method of cooking the chick- pea is better than boiling. When the peas are done they are manipulated with the fingers until all the cutside skin comes off; they are then put in a bowl Inventory 47, Seeds and Plants Imported. , PLATE J}. spiavnas aveisononanonnenpanp nnn snsnivesieree orneecetinetsy si BNE iS 1800 MONS ANTS DES A YUL SCCTET:S FELIS ELE INE STOR TIO TOIT BIL ROTO B SIND I IS Hitt eSATA | THE ARRACACHA, A FAVORITE VEGETABLE OF THE VENEZUELANS, WHICH APPEARS TO BE ADAPTED TO THE WARMER PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES. (ARRACACIA XANTHORRHIZA BANCR., S. P. 1. No. 42455.) The whole root is tender and edible. It is generally boiled and mashed like the potato or used in soups like parsnips, to which it is closely allied, but is more delicate in flavor than either. The clump shown is two Seasons old, but clumps of a similar size are produced in a single season. The plant has flowered in Florida this season for the first time. (Photographed by David Fairchild at the Plant Introduction Field Station, Brooksville, Fla., Nov. 25, 1918; P24598FS.) Inventory 47, Seeds and Plants Imported. PLATE Il. BERMUDA ARROWROOT, A STARCH PRODUCER OF IMPORTANCE. (MARANTA ARUNDINACEA L., S. P. I. No. 42463.) A single clump of arrowroot. The rootstocks are said to contain from 15 to 25 per cent of a starch that is considered to be very easily digested and is generally recommended for invalids who find difficulty in digesting other starches. The yield is estimated at from 1,600 to 2,000 pounds of starch to the acre. A considerable arrowroot industry exists in Bermuda and St. Vincent. The exports from the latter island amounted to over $100,000 in 1916. The possibilities of its culture in parts of Florida are being investigated. They are largely questions of yield and labor. (Pho- tographed by David Fairchild at the Plant Introduction Field Station, Brooksville, Fla., Nov. 20, 1918; P24644FS. ) APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1916. 17 and mashed until they become quite creamy, adding, if necessary, a small quantity of the water in which they are cooked. This creamy substance is then usually flavored with a little garlic and salt; and melted butter, into whieh pine seeds are thrown and browned, is added. This is eaten as a break- ast food with fresh bread, the bread being dipped in the ‘cream.’ The cream’ is also eaten with green and red peppers and radishes. The native pame for this ‘cream’ is hummus-imdamas. In Jaffa horse beans are pre- pared in the same way. Olive oil, which is cheaper than butter, is used to some extent instead of butter in Egypt and also in Jaffa.” (Whiting.) 42455. Arracacta xanruorruiza Bancroft. Apiacee. Arracacha. From La Guaira, Venezuela. Roots presented by Mr. Homer Brett, Ameri- can consul. Received April 12, 1916. An umbelliferous plant, native of the South American Andes, growing only at heights of 4,000 feet and upward. The plant is a biennial and develops a large yellowish root the size of the common beet, or perhaps larger. The growing plants resemble celery, and the Spanish name apio, meaning celery, is often applied to it for this reason. The large fleshy root is developed in the first year and, being edible, is used before the tall flower stem appears. This root is eaten boiled, like parsnips, or sliced raw and fried, like potatoes, being very palatable either way. of the dis- ease in almost every instance.” 43228. Victa rapa L. Fabacee. Broad ae From La Paz, Bolivia. Presented by Mr. John D. O’Rear, United States. Minister. Numbered September 20, 1916. “The only variety of broad bean that is cultivated in this country. The bean is produced very successfully here, especially in the high altitudes, and consti- tutes one of the principal articles of diet of the Indians of the Altiplano, who use it in roasted form. It is also used widely as a table food, being of very good quality, and when properly prepared it provides a very wholesome and de- licious dish. These seeds are dried in the same form as that used by the natives for preserving the seed from one season to another and will have to be soaked in water for two or three days before planting.” (O’Rear.) 43229 to 43232. Vicra raBA Li. Fabacer. Broad bean. From India. Presented by Mr. J. MacKenna, Agricultural Adviser to the Government of India, Pusa, who obtained them through the superintendent of the Kumaun Government Gardens. Received August 29,1916. Quoted notes by Mr. MacKenna. “ Of the higher Himalayan forms.” 43229. “No.1. Long podded.” 43231. “No.3. Broad podded.” 43230. “No.2. Long podded.” 43232. “No.4. Broad podded.” JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1916. 31 43233 to 43236. From Nice, France. Presented by Dr. A. Robertson Proschowsky. Received ' August 29, 1916. Quoted notes by Dr. Proschowsky. 43233. LITHRAEA MOLLEOIDES (Vell.) Engl. Anacardiacese. (L. aroeirinha L. Marchand.) “Bush or small tree, very resistant to drought; evergreen glossy foliage; quite hardy here.” 43234. OREOPANAX NYMPHAEIFOLIUM Hort. Araliaces. “Splendid large bush or tree with very large, glossy leaves; quite hardy here.” 43235. PoDACHAENIUM EMINENS (Lag.) Schultz Bip. Asteracez. (P. paniculatum Benth. ) “Very quick growing. Becomes in a few years a small tree; large ever- green leaves; large panicles of white flowers. Naturalized in my garden.” 43236. SEMELE ANDROGYNA (L.) Kunth. Convalleriacez. “A very beautiful climber; splendid foliage; red ornamental berries; evergreen; hardy here; reaches 15 meters in length.” 43237. Carica papaya L. Papayacee. Papaya. From the city of Guatemala, Guatemala. Presented by Mr. D. O’Brien. Received September 1, 1916. “he tree grows well at an altitude of 1,000 to 3,000 feet in these countries, but we have no frost within the height specified. The fruit is delicate and bruises easily. The trees grow best in arid regions where there is very little rainfall. They grow wild, none having been cultivated. The fruit contains pep- sin, which I believe could be extracted for medicinal purposes. Fruit could be placed on the market when other fruits are not in season, say during the months of November to January.” (O’Brien.) j 43238. Butta capirata puLposa (Barb.-Rodr.) Becc. Pheenicacex. Palm. From Fruitland Park, Fla. Presented by Mr. Louis Bosanquet. Received August 28, 1916. “The Hntre Rios palm, the most massive of all the species, almost rivaling in this respect the Canary Island date, though the leaves are much shorter. In mature specimens the trunk is about 30 feet high. I have a few fine photo- graphs of these palms, said to have been taken by Dr. G. Niederlein in the Missiones, Argentina, which exhibit quite large dense forests of tall specimens growing in rather rocky and stony soil. I have only one specimen now, about 15 feet high with a very thick and massive trunk about 7 feet high. Ferns (Phlebodium aureum) grow all around it in dense masses and form a beau- tiful decoration on the rough stem, which is still provided with the old leaf bases. The magnificent crown of stout, almost upright leaves, overtopping the sturdy trunk, makes the specimen an exceedingly stately one. Each year it matures about eight to nine fruit bunches, weighing from 35 to 50 pounds each. Each fruit, of a light orange color, is as large as a plum, very rich in sugar, juicy, intensely fragrant, like a combination of banana and pineapple, and edible. The fruits are as closely set as a bunch of grapes. I have counted over 1,000 in one cluster. The large divided flower scape is inclosed in a very massive spathe of the size and form of a baseball club, or, as a visitor expressed himselli, of a ‘huge Hercules club.’ Excellent wine, jam, and jelly can be made of the 32 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. fruits. The tree grows freely in rich, dry pine-land soil and, like all the other species of this group, it does not seem to require much attention. To Mr. Theo. L. Mead belongs the credit of having introduced this palm into cultivation, but I think his specimens on rich moist land all have perished. It is perfectly hardy and should be grown everywhere in the State and all along the Gulf coast where the soil is suitable.” (H. Nehrling, Transactions of the Florida State Horticultural Society, vol. 22, p. 156 (1909), under Cocos datil.) 43239 to 43242. From Burringbar, New South Wales, Australia. Presented by Mr. B. Har- rison. Received August 30, 1916. 43239. CHAETOCHLOA NIGRIROSTRIS (Nees) Skeels. Poacezx. Grass. (Setaria nigrirostris Dur. and Schinz.) A hardy tufted grass which has made good growth. Although the leaves are a little hard, there is a very large quantity in proportion to the stem ; the grass appears to be a quick succulent grower, carries a good quantity of seed, and grows well in New South Wales. (Adapted from E. Breakwell, Agricultural Gazette, New South Wales, Feb. 2, 1916.) 43240. BRACHIARIA BRIZANTHA (Hochst.) Stapf. Poaces. Grass. (Panicum brizanthum Hochst.) “This grass is a native of the Transvaal bush veldt. Capt. W. H. F. Hughes, of Zeerust, writes that it grows well on the poorest sandy soil and that cattle are very fond of it. The only previous record we have of its value aS a pasture grass is a note from a farmer near Salisbury, Rhodesia, stating that it is eaten by cattle there. We have no record of any vernacular name by which this grass is known.” (J. Burtt Davy, Agricultural Journal, Union of South Africa, vol. 1, No. 5, p. 706, June, 19772) 43241. PENNISETUM PURPUREUM Schum. Poacer. Grass. “'The great value of prolific and drought-resistant fodder plants, which are generally very difficult to procure, is well known to stock owners, and the above variety, which as yet is but little known, can be most highly commended for both of these qualities. With me last season, which was a very dry one and which was a most disastrous one for stock, this grass grew to the height of nearly 11 feet and produced a large quantity of succulent, nutritious, and fattening fodder, which is greatly relished by the stock and is, according to analysis, much richer than green maize A reliable official says: ‘There is a consensus of opinion that in this plant we have found a fodder of great value, which remains green even during such long periods as from six to eight months when otiner herbage is parched up or destroyed.’ It grows rapidly to a height of 12 feet or more in favorable weather, thrives well in various soils, and resists both frost and drought to a remarkable extent. At 7 feet high it has pro- duced 12 tons of green fodder per acre, and a few months later 15 tons, making a total yield of 27 tons per acre. It is everlasting when once established, and the tufts or stems increase in size after each cutting or when grazed off. It should prove of untold value to farmers in South Africa, who suffer much loss through frequent and protracted droughts, in the East Indies, and in other countries where a light rainfall and semiarid conditions prevail. As a prolific and drought-resistant plant it promises to prove one of the very best brought into cultivation.” (Har- rison.) JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1916, 30 43239 to 43242—Continued. 43242. SPoROBOLUS INDIcUS (L.) R. Br. Poacez. Grass. A fine, open pasture grass, found through Australia, variously called rat-tail grass, Chilean grass, and, by the aborigines, jil-crow-a-berry. Its numerous penetrating roots enable it to resist severe drought. It yields a fair amount of fodder, is relished by stock, but is too coarse for sheep; the seeds form the principal food of many small birds. It has been suggested as a paper-making material. (Adapted from Maiden, Useful Native Plants of Australia, p. 109.) 43243. Capparis MICRACANTHA DC. Capparidacee. From Manila, Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. Adn. Hernandez, Director of Agriculture. Received September 6, 1916. “Seeds of a native fruit known locally as Cambagat. This fruit is about the size of a plum, bright red in color, and has an exceedingly fine flavor, somewhat similar to a guava.” (Hernandez.) 43244 to 48252. Triticum spp. Poacee. Wheat. From Athens, Greece. Presented by the director of the Royal Agricultural! Society. Received September 1, 1916. 43244. TRITICUM MONOCOCCUM L. Var. Trimini (Greek). Spring wheat. 43245 to 48249. TrITICUM DURUM Desf. 43245. Var. Mavraani (Greek). Thessaly wheat. 43246. Var. Rapsani (Greek). Thessaly wheat. 43247. Var. Deves (Greek). Humidity-resisting Thessaly wheat. 43248. Var. Deves (Greek). 'Thessaly wheat. 43249. Var. Deves (Greek). Thessaly wheat of the plains. 43250 and 48251. TriricuM arstTivum L. (Triticum vulgare Vill.) 43250. Thessaly wheat of mountainous regions, 43251. Var. Lapsista. Macedonia wheat. 43252. TRITICUM puRUM Desf. Var. Contoarnadouti (Greek). Thessaly wheat. 43253 to 43257. From Colombia. Seeds collected by Mr. H. M. Curran. Received June 24, 1916. Numbered September 11, 1916. Quoted notes by Mr. Curran except as otherwise indicated. 43253. ANNONA MARCGRAVII Mart. Annonacem, “ Probably seed of large-fruited anona.” A tree with the trunk, form of the branches, and color of the bark resembling those of an orange, but with different leaves, flowers, and fruit. Its leaves are about 6 inches long, deep green and glossy above, pale green beneath, and tongue shaped. The entirely yellow flower is large and conspicuous, has a sickening sweet odor, and is deciduous. It is followed by the fruit, which ripens in December and January. This fruit, which is conoid in shape and about 5 inches in its greatest diam- 34 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 43253 to 4325'7—Continued. eter, is green and white mixed or pale green on the outside, and the surface is areoled, with a brown tubercle on.each areola. Not until the fruit falls of its own accord is it eaten, and then it is soft, so that it can be peeled with the fingers. The yellowish pulp has an odor like fer- mented bread dough to which honey has been added, with a sweetish subacid and somewhat bitter taste. The seeds are oval, golden yellow, glossy, smooth, and hard. This tree is a native of Brazil and Venezuela. (Adapted from Safford, Contributions from the National Herbarium, vol. 18, pt. 1, pp. 25 to 28, and from Piso and Marcgrave’s description of araticu ponhé, in 1648.) 43254. Cassia sp. Czesalpiniaces. “ Ornamental yellow-flowered shrub in low lands. San Martin de Loba, April 16, 1916.” 43255. GEONOMA sp. Phcenicacez. Palm. “Cecilia palm. Low, very ornamental, Tierras de Loba, Bolivar.” 43256 and 43257. Matvaviscus sp. Malvacee. 43256. “ Low annual, with red flowers, very ornamental, Tierras de Loba, Bolivar. . Cultivated also in the Philippine Islands.” 43257. “ Ornamental, Tierras de Loba.” 43258. AcTINIDIA CHINENSIS Planch. Dilleniacee. Yang-tao. Plants grown from cuttings sent to the Plant Introduction Field Sta- tion, Chico, Calif., by Mr. D. W. Coolidge, Pasadena, and grafted on seedlings of S. P. I. No. 21781. Numbered for convenience in recording distribution. “The yang-tao, a deciduous climber native to Szechwan Province, China, has attracted considerable attention because of the high quality of its fruits and the ornamental value of the plant. The leaves have a plushlike texture and an unusual dark-green color, while their regular spacing and their large size add to the beauty of the vine. The flowers are buff yellow to white, fragrant, often 14 inches across, and are produced in great abundance. The fruits are ovoid to globose and about 2 inches long. The outside is russet brown and is clothed with villous hairs. The flesh is green, of most excellent flavor, resem- bling that of a gooseberry, but tempered with a flavor peculiarly its own. The fruit is excellent when fresh and also makes very fine jam and sauce.” (Fdir- child.) 43259. Corpta sp. Boraginacee. From Guayaquil, Ecuador. Presented by Mr. Frederick W. Goding, Ameri- can consul general. Received September 5, 1916. 43260. CorprAuxia EpuLIs Hemsl. Cesalpiniaceer. Yeheb nut. From Aden, Arabia. Presented by Mr. A. G. Watson, American vice consul, who obtained the nuts from the Acting Governor of Italian Somaliland at Mogadiscio. Numbered September 12, 1916. The yeheb is a tree or shrub which has recently been discovered in Italian | Somaliland, East Africa. Its seeds, called nuts, have a high food value, con- taining 21 per cent of cane sugar, 2 per cent of reducing sugars, 13 per cent of | proteids, and 37 per cent of carbohydrates. They form an article of commerce and are brought to the coast by caravans and are eaten by the native Dolba- hanta Somalis in preference to rice and dates. Though the climate of Somali- JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1916. BO land is not well known, the indications are that where this plant grows, long periods cf drought occur, but rains are abundant and regular at certain seasons of the year. Winter temperatures probably do not go below freezing. ‘The plant quickly forms a long taproot, bears when only 4 feet high, has evergreen leaves, which if crushed stain the fingers a magenta color, and grows into a large tree. From the investigations which have been made by the Kew Botanic Gardens the indications are that this plant is worthy of a thorough trial in the arid Southwest, at first in the practically frostless areas, and a special effort is being made to get a large enough quantity of the seeds for an extensive experiment. (See Kew Bulletin, 1908, pp. 36-44, 141.) 43261 and 43262. From Lawang, Java. Presented by Mr. M. Buysman. Received September 6, 1916. : 43261. Carica PAPAYA L. Papayacee. Papaya. “Seeds of a very large papaya fruit, measuring 40 cm. in length and 16 cm. in diameter; the natives say there are fruits of 50 cm., but I have never seen them.” (Buysman.) 43262. MEIBOMIA GYRANS (L. f.) Kuntze. Fabacee. Telegraph plant. (Desmodium gyrans DC.) “Flowers and fructifies here as if it were indigenous.” (Buysman.) An erect, short-lived woody plant known as gorachand, native of moist districts, such as northern Bengal. In moist weather, when the sap is active, a jerky motion of the leaflets, like that of a semaphore, is ob- served. It is propagated by seed, which should be sown at the beginning of the rainy season and watered when dry. (Adapted from Woodrow, Gardening in the Tropics, p. 247.) “ Because of its remarkably sensitive stipules, which gyrate, it has become one of the most valuable of plants for plant physiological investi- gations. Those of Dr. Chundu Bose are among the most instructive. It can be grown out of doors in the summer in Washington.” (Fairchild.) Mentioned as a fodder plant in Macmillan, Handbook of Tropical Gardening and Planting, p. 591, 43263 to 43268. From Manila, Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. Adn. Hernandez, Director of Agriculture. Received September 1, 1916. 43263. ANNONA CHERIMOLA X SQUAMOSA. Annonacez. Atemoya. Plants very similar in appearance to the cherimoya; the fruit is small, - about 10 ounces in weight, yellowish green, with very thick, tough skin and white tender flesh. juicy, subacid. It has four to seven seeds, darker colored than those of the cherimoya. (Adapted from Wester, Philippine Agricultural Review, p. 71, Feb., 1914.) 43264. ANNONA GLABRA L. Annonaces., Pond-apple. “Known as Anona in Mexico; Cachiman creme in the French West Indies ; pond-apple in Florida and the West Indies. Vigorous tree, up to 30 feet in height, the trunk 2 feet in diameter. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, deep green above, pale green beneath, glabrous, persistent. Fruit ovate- conical in shape, 24 inches long; skin yellowish, sometimes reddish; seeds conical, few. Pulp of a buttery consistency, very sweet, sometimes cloy- ing. Prof. Foex says this is the commonest fruit on the Mexican market (Mexico City) with the exception of the cherimoya. It is not highly 36 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED, 43263 to 43268—Continued. valued in Florida and is not as hardy as the cherimoya.” (W. Popenoe, Journal of Economic Botany, Pomona College, 1912, p. 296.) 43265. ANNONA MONTANA Macfad. Annonacez. “Native of Porto Rico and other islands of the West Indies. A small tree, bearing a subglobose, muricate fruit of little value. Intro- duced into Florida by the Bureau of Plant Industry for trial as a stock for other Annonas.” (W. Popenoe, Journal of Economic Botany, Pomona College, 1912, pp. 296 and 297.) “Tree 15 meters high, leaves dark green and very glossy, as though varnished, flowers like those of Annona muricata, fruit subglobose, about the size of an orange, pulp white at first, turning yellowish when ripe, seeds yellow or tan colored. Along streams in the mountains usually, but sonretimes at sea level.” (Sajfford, Contributions from the National Herbarium, vol. 18, p. 22, 1914.) 43266. TRICHOSANTHES QUINQUANGULATA A. Gray. Cucurbitacez. An extensively climbing vine with a smooth-angled stem and 5-lobed membranaceous leaves. The flowers occur in racemes. The native habitat of this plant is in the Mangsi Islands, in the Sulu Sea. (Adapted from Gray, Botany U. 8S. Exploring Expedition, vol. 1, p. 645.) 43267. UvArRIA RUFA (Dunal) Blume. Annonacez. Banauac. The fruits of this plant, which is also known as Susong calabao, occur in bunches of 18 to 20, are kidney shaped, bright red, and pubescent, with a thin brittle skin and scant, whitish, juicy subacid flesh and many seeds. Ripens in September. (Adapted from P. J. Wester, Philippine Agricultural Review, vol. 6, no. 7, July, 1913.) 43268. VERNONIA VIDALII Merr. Asteracez. Malasambon. (V. arborea vestita Vidal.) A small tree, 8 to 10 meters high, with the pale-purple inflorescence and the lower surface of the leaves covered with short hairs which under the lens appear pale yellowish white and very dense. Found in the district of Morong. (Adapted from Vidal, Revision Plantas Fili- pinus, p. 160.) 43269 to 48272. From Bariloche, Argentina. Presented by Dr. Joseph Vereertbrugghen. Received September 2, 1916. 43269. CHUSQUEA QUILA Kunth. Poacez. Bamboo. A freely branching arborescent plant with the numerous open panicles at the joints. The leaves are distinct and scarcely half an inch wide. It is a native of Chile. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, p. 449.) 43270. EMBOTHRIUM COCCINEUM Forst. Proteacez. Notro. ‘“‘ Randal. This is a beautiful tree and is giving wood that, here on the spot, is sold by the square inch. It is rather like hazelnut, perhaps nicer.” (Vereertbrugghen.) 43271. LITHRAEA MOLLEOIDES (Vell.) Hngl. Anacardiacex. (L. aroeirinha L. Marchand.) An evergreen shrub, native of southern Brazil and Argentina, with a height of about 12 feet. The leaves are odd-pinnate, with five leafiets, or JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1916. ot 43269 to 43272—Continued. rarely three, and the flowers occur in panicles 2 to 3 inches long. The fruit is round, about a fifth of an inch across, and of a lustrous whiteness. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 4, p. 1894.) 43272. MAYTENUS BOARIA Molina. Celastracee. Mayten. A handsome evergreen shrub, growing to a height of 6 feet, with very smooth, ovate-lanceolate leaves and Small flowers in axils. The native country is Chile, where it is quite common, flowering in May. In Eng- land it succeeds best trained to the front of the south wall, but survives the winter without even the slightest protection. Perfectly hardy in Cali- fornia as far north as San Francisco and highly valued for ornamental planting; recommended for street and avenue planting; timber exceed- ingly hard. It is propagated readily from seeds or from suckers. (Adapted from Hdwards’s Botanical Register, vol. 20, pl. 1702, and Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 4, p. 2017.) 43273 to 43280. Cicer arteTiInum L. Fabacee. Chick-pea. From Seville, Spain. Presented by Mr. Wilbur T. Gracey, American consul, who secured the seeds from Mr. Juan Mateo Gimenze. Received Septem- ber 1, 1916. “ Chick-peas, or, as they are called in Spain, garbanzos, are one of the prin- cipal food products of that country, and may be said to be the staple food of the poorer classes. The plant, Cicer arietinum, is a species of the bean family largely grown around the Mediterranean regions and in central Asia. The seed, which is considerably larger than a pea, is encased in short, thick, hairy pods, and forms, when roasted, the parched pulse of the Hast, and for this reason is some- times known as the Hgyptian pea. Chick-peas seem to thrive best in more or less arid regions, and for that reason the soil in the Seville consular district seems to be particularly suitable, owing to the intense heat and dryness of the summer months, and this district, which comprises the Provinces of Seville, Cordoba, Cadiz, Huelva, Badajoz, and Caceres, produces over half of the chick- peas grown in Spain. In that territory the sowing is generally done in the month of March, and the crops are usually collected when the plants are per- fectly dry, at the beginning of August. It is said, however, that this practice is not to be recommended, as chick-peas which dry in the pods before being cut ‘become exceptionally hard and are difficult to cook, as is not the case if they are collected when the plants become somewhat yellow, before they are abso- lutely dry, and then are piled in small heaps and left to dry in a granary or well-aired room.” (Gracey.) 43273. White, hard, from 50 to 52 peas in 30 grams. 43274. White, hard, from 70 to 75 peas in 30 grams. 43275. White, soft, from 50 to 52 peas in 30 grams. 43276. White, soft, from 60 to 65 peas in 30 grams. 43277. Tawny, soft, from 51 to 53 peas in 30 grams. 43278. Tawny, soft, from 60 to 65 peas in 30 grams. 43279. Tawny, soft, from 50 to 52 peas in 80 grams. 43280. Tawny, soft, from 60 to 65 peas in 30 grams. For an illustration showing a few varieties of chick-peas, see Plate IV, 38 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 43281 and 43282. y From Seharunpur, India. Presented by Mr. A. C. Hartless, superintendent, Government Botanical Gardens. Received August 17, 1916. 43281. NANNORRHOPS BITCHIEANA (Griffith) Wendl. Phcenicacez. Mazri palm. A low gregarious shrub, ascending to 5,500 feet in Baluchistan and Mekran, stemless ordinarily, but sometimes with a stem 10 to 20 feet long. The leaves are 2 to 4 feet long, grayish green in color, and ave beaten with a mallet to remove the fiber, which is used in making mats, baskets, ete. The fruit is a nearly round 1-seeded drupe. The flowers, leaf buds, and fruits are eaten by the natives, and the seeds are made into rosaries. The reddish brown wool of the petioles is impregnated with saltpeter and used as a tinder for matchlocks, and the whole plant when dried is used for fuel in arid regions. In Europe it grows best in a compost of sandy loam, with good drainage, and is propagated by seeds and offsets. An unheated greenhouse is better than a hothouse, (Adapted from H. Blatter, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., vol. 21, pp. 72 to 76.) 43282. PROSOPIS SPICIGERA L. Mimosace. A deciduous thorny tree, found in the arid zones of the Punjab, Sind, Dekkan, etc. It is easily raised from seed and coppices well. The tap- root is enormously long, in one specimen measuring 86 feet. From the stump of the pruned branches and other scars a gum exudes, similar to gum arabic, which, although worthy of investigation, has not hitherto been used. The bark of the tree is used for tanning. The pods are sometimes used for medicinal purposes, but more often are employed as fodder, and in some localities the poorer classes eat the bark. (Adapted from Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Products of India, vol. 6, pt. 1, pp. 340 and 341.) 43283. Rosa rusus Lev. and Van. Rosacez. Rose. From Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, England. Plants purchased from Messrs. Paul & Son. Received September 13, 1916. Wilson No. 666a. A tall, climbing musk rose, up to 6 meters in height, common everywhere in ~ western Hupeh and eastern Szechwan, China, with densely hairy shoots and leaves and large coarsely dentate leaflets, resembling those of certain species of Rubus. The fruit is dull red or dark scarlet, globose, and the peduncles are relatively long and stout. The plant grows up to 1,800 meters altitude. It was first described as Rosa moschata hupehensis Pampanini. (Adapted from Sargent, Plantae Wilsonianae, vol. 2, pt. 2, pp. 308 and 309.) 43284. LircuHi cHINENSIS Sonner. Sapindacez. Litchi. (Nephelium litchi Cambess.) From Canton, China. Presented by Mr. G. Weidman Groff, Canton Chris- tian College, through Mr. Lau Tai Chi. Received September 5, 1916. Wai chi variety. 43285. Garcinia MANGOSTANA L. Clusiaceze. Mangosteen. From Singapore, Straits Settlements. Presented by Mr. J. I. Anderson, director, Botanic Gardens. Received September 12, 1916. One of the most delicious fruits of the Tropics. The handsome tree is 25 toe 30 feet in height, of compact growth, regular in outline, and with dark-green foliage. It comes into bearing at about the ninth year. The rose-pink flowers JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1916. 39 are 14 inches across, and there are two blooming periods each year. The round fruits, about the size of a mandarin orange, are borne from buds pro- duced near the tips of short branches, mainly on the outside of the tree. The rind is thick and the flesh divided into segments much like the orange. The texture resembles a well-ripened plum, and the taste is delicious. In the East Indies it is planted by the natives as a dooryard tree. It is very hard to establish the young trees, which accounts for the small plantings which have been made. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 4, pp. 1889 and 1890.) 438286. Canavaui optusiFrotium (Lam.) DC. Fabacee. From Durban, Natal, Union of South Africa. Presented by Mr. P. van de Bijl, mycologist, Natal Herbarium. Received September 12, 1916. A creeping perennial bean, called palang-palang, akan-kan-tasi, etc., with trifoliolate leaves, and bright pink (Sometimes white) flowers. The pods are oblong with a few chestnut-colored seeds, which, according to Maiden, are eaten after cooking by natives of Australia. This vine is widely distributed on tropical shores and is useful as a binder for loose sand. (Adapted from Safford, Useful Plants of Guam, p. 211.) 43287 and 43288. From Darjiling, India. Presented by Mr. G. H. Cave, Lloyd Botanic Garden. Received September 11, 1916. 43287. DENDROCALAMUS HAMILTONII Nees and Arn. Poace. Bamboo. “A tall, freely growing bamboo. Used for building, water pépes, and other purposes locally.” (Cave.) This bamboo abounds at about 4,000 feet in the Himalayas, where it attains a height of 40 to 80 feet, with grayish white culms which are naked below and much branched above and which become dull green when old. The culm sheaths are long and stiff, up to 18 inches long on the lower part of large stems, are glabrous and shining within and rough and with scanty patches of brown, stiff hairs or glabrous without. The leaves are variable, up to 15 inches long, and the inflorescence is a huge, much-branched panicle. From this bamboo baskets and mats are made, and the young shoots are eaten as a vegetable. The plant is conspicuous for its bright purple-red flowers. (Adapted from Gamble, Bambusee of British India, pp. 85 and 86.) 43288. TooNnA CILIATA Roemer. Meliacez. Toon tree. (Cedrela toona Roxb.) A large, rapidly growing deciduous tree, 50 to 80 feet high and some- times 20 feet in diameter, growing chiefly near streams in tropical Himalayan regions; also at low altitudes in western and southern India. The wood obtained from this important timber tree is not eaten by white ants, is durable, and is not liable to warp. It is used for furniture, carvings, and cigar and tea boxes. The bark is used as a tonic, and the flowers are a source of red and yellow dye. The seeds, young shoots, and leaves are given to cattle as fodder. (Adapted from Watt, Commer- cial Producis of India, p. 290.) 43289 to 43291. Amyepatus persica L. Amygdalacee. Peach. (Prunus persica Stokes.) From Canton, China. Presented by Mr. P. H. Josselyn, American vice consul in charge. Received September 15, 1916. 40 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. ““Chinese peach trees are grown for the most part in the northern Provinces, where the climate is cold. Those grown in Kwangtung Province are inferior in size, color, and flavor to those grown farther north. There are three species © of peaches cultivated in this Province—viz, the sweet, the sour, and the bitter.” (F. D. Cheshire, American consul.) 43289. “ Ying tsui t’'ao (eagle’s beak peach). Very sweet, with a point resembling the beak of the eagle and having a hairy coat. It is grown mostly at Sunchuen, in the Panyu district; Pontang, in the Nanhai district; and also in the Fayun, Sanshui, and Tungkun districts.” ( Josselyn.) 43290. “Ha mi t’ao (honey-flavored peach). Very sweet, slightly round in shape; came originally from Manchuria. This peach is grown for the most part at Fati and Tungka and some other points in the Panyu district.” (Josselyn.) 43291. “ Suan t’'ao (sour peach). Grown at various places in Canton, mostly in the hilly districts. Some are imported to Canton from the Shuikwan and Shuitung districts.” (Josselyn.) 43292. Ficus Hookert Miquel. Moracez. From Darjiling, India. Presented by Mr. G. H. Cave, Lloyd Botanic Garden, at the request of the superintendent of the Royal Botanic Garden, Sibpur, near Calcutta. Received September 15, 1916. An entirely glabrous tree, with thinly coriaceous oval leaves up to 11 inches in length, and axillary, depressed, obovate fruits growing in pairs up to 1 inch in diameter when ripe. The fig is not common and ascends to 6,000 feet in Sikkim, the Himalaya Mountains, and the Khasi Hills, India. (Adapted from King, Annals, Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta, vol. 1, p. 36.) 43293 to 43298. From Bogota, Colombia. Presented by Mr. Jorge Ancizar. Received Sep- tember 16, 1916. 43293. ANNONA CHERIMOLA Mill. Annonacee. Cherimoya. “The principal fruit cultivated by the aboriginal inhabitants of west- ern South America. Endemic in the Andes, and subtropical rather than tropical in its natural habitat. Fruit with an abundance of slightly acidulous pulp with a flavor somewhat like that of a pineapple. Recom- mended for planting in southern California in the foothills near the eoast.” (Sa/fford.) 43294. CARICA CANDAMARCENSIS Hook. f. Papayacex. “From cold climate.” (Ancizar.) “Mountain papaw. A small semiherbaceous tree with a crown of large coarse palmate leaves, native of Colombia and Ecuador, similar to the papaw of the low country, but with fruit only about one-fourth or one- sixth the size of that of the latter. It was introduced at Hakgala Gar- dens, Ceylon, in 1880, and is now commonly grown in hill gardens for the sake of its fruit, being often found in a seminaturalized state about up-country bungalows. The ovoid angular fruit is in season all the year round: though too acid to be used for dessert, it is very agreeable when stewed, and it can also be made into jam and preserves. When ripe the fruit has a pleasant applelike odor. Propagated by seed.” (Mac- millan, Handbook of Tropical Gardening and Planting, p. 191.) JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1916. 41 43293 to 43298—Continued. 43295. CaRIcA PAPAYA L. Papayacesx. Papaya. ““Wrom hot climate.” (Ancizar.) See S. P. I. Nos. 41147 and 48237 for previous introductions and de- scription. 43296. CARYOPHYLLUS JAMBOS (L.) Stokes. Myrtacezx. Rose-apple. (Hugenia jambos L.) Pomarrosa. “This fruit, if properly candied, is one of the finest for the purpose. The rose odor and flavor are remarkably pronounced, and it certainly deserves attention.” (Fairchild.) The rose-apple is a medium-sized tree, native of India. It is cultivated in southern Florida. 43297. PASSIFLORA LIGULARIS Juss. Passifloraces. Sweet granadilla. “An egg-shaped fruit with parchmentlike shell filled with an abun- dance of sweet juice and many small seeds. Used in tropical America for making sherbets and ices, alone or with the addition of lemon juice or spices. Of easy culture in all the warm localities, growing in the form of a vine from trellises and arbors and desirable not only for its fruit but for its beautiful flowers.” (Safford.) 43298. PASSIFLORA MALIFORMIS L. Passifloracex. Granadilla. “Ourubd. Fruit defined spheroid, hard shelled. Suitable for packing. Pulp of fine flavor, used for making sherbets. The flowers are beautiful, variegated, and sweet scented, red and white, with blue corona filaments; involucre composed of three ovate-acute bracts joined at the base, larger than the flower itself. The shell of the fruit is sometimes so hard that it must be broken with a hammer. The inclosed pulp has a pleasant grapelike flavor and is used in making cooling drinks and sherbets.” (Safford. ) 43299 and 438300. Juniperus ceEDRus Webb. Pinacexe. Juniper. From Teneriffe, Canary Islands. Presented by Dr. George V. Perez. Re- ceived September 15, 1916. Quoted notes by Dr. Perez. 43299. “A very small one from our island of Palma.” 43300. “A very large one from Teneriffe.” 43301 to 43329. From Russia. Presented by Mr. W. P. Kotchetkov, Russian Government Agricultural Agency, St. Louis, Mo. Received September 13, 1916. Quoted notes by Mr. Kotchetkovy. 43301. AMELANCHIER ROTUNDIFOLIA (Lam.) Dum.-Cours. Malaceer. (Amelanchier vulgaris Moench.) Service berry. “From Tiflis Botanical Garden.” A low tree or shrub, 15 to 20 feet high, with roundish oval leaves which are very downy and pure white beneath when young, becoming nearly or quite smooth at maturity. The few large white flowers, often 14 inches in diameter, are borne in erect racemes. The fruit is first red, then black, covered with a purplish bloom, and about the size of a black currant. It is edible, but not very palatable. This plant is native in the mountains of central and southern Hurope and has been in cultivation for more than 200 years. It has the largest individual flowers of any 42 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 43301 to 43329—Continued. — of the cultivated amelanchiers and is very beautiful in late April or May. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 190.) 43302 and 43303. AMyYGDALUS FENZLIANA (Fritsch) Korsh. Amygdalacer. (Prunus fenzliana Fritsch. ) “HWrom Tiflis Botanical Garden.” A shrublike tree, with long purplish branches and narrowly ovate leaves. The reddish flowers appear before the leaves in few-flowered clusters and are smaller than those of Amygdalus communis. The peachlike fruit appears on the usually leafless twigs of the previous season’s growth, and the flesh is relatively dry. (Adapted from Fritsch, Sitzungsberichte Akademie Wissenschaften Wien, vol. 101, pp. 632 to 636.) 43302. The ordinary form. - 48303. Selected form, with larger fruits. 43304. LAUROCERASUS OFFICINALIS Roemer. Amygdalaceex. (Prunus laurocerasus L.) Cherry laurel. “From Tiflis Botanical Garden.” An evergreen shrub of quick growth and wide-spreading habit, over 20 feet in height and twice as much in width, entirely devoid of hairs or down. The young shoots are pale green and the leaves are leathery, dark shining green, of various shapes and sizes up to 6 inches long; each bears two or more glands on its lower surface near the base. The dull white flowers are borne in terminal and axillary racemes and the conical fruits are purplish black, about half an inch long, with conical stones. This plant is a native of eastern Europe and Asia Minor and was introduced in 162S, according to Aiton. It flowers in April, but is not as hardy as the Portugal laurel and is not adapted for planting in ordinary shrubberies. It is admirable for planting as undergrowth in thin woodland. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 240.) 43305. Prunus AvVIUM L. Amygdalaceer. Mazzard cherry. “From Tiflis Botanical Garden.” A deciduous tree up to 60 feet or more in height, with a trunk sometimes 2 feet and more in thickness and shining bark, which peels horizontally. The young twigs are smooth and the oval leaves are 3 to 5 inches long. The pure white flowers, about 1 inch across, appear in stalkless clusters from the previous year’s shoots and from spurlike branches of earlier date. The round, blackish red fruit is about three-fourths of an inch in diameter and is sweet or bitter, but not acid. This tree is a native of Europe, including Hngland, and is one of the parents of the cultivated fruiting cherries, especially the black ones. It should not be confused with Prunus cerasus and P. acida, from which it differs in being larger, having more coarsely toothed leaves and a fruit which is not acid. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, pp. 229 and 230.) | 43306. PRUNUS CERASIFERA DIVARICATA (Ledeb.) C.Schneid. Amygdalaceze. (Prunus divaricata Ledeb.) Persian cherry-plum. “From Tiflis Botanical Garden.” A deciduous round-headed tree up to 30 feet in height, with serrate leaves 13 to 23 inches long and pure white flowers, often in dense clusters. JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1916, 43 43301 to 43329—Continued. This differs from the true species in having smaller and yellow fruit which is not indented at the stalk. It is said to be a native of the Caucasus, Persia, Macedonia, etc., and was introduced in 1822. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 238.) 43307. PRUNUS MAHALEB L. Amygdalacee, Mahaleb cherry. “From Tiflis Botanical Garden.” A free-growing, deciduous tree up to 30 or 40 feet in height, with a loose, spreading head of branches and the young twigs downy. The glossy green leaves are broadly ovate or roundish, more or less hairy on each side of the midribs, and are 1 to 24 inches long. The pure white, very fragrant flowers occur to the number of 6 to 10 in racemes. The somewhat egg- shaped, black fruit is about one-fourth of an inch long. This plant, native of central and southern Hurope, was introduced in 1714. It flowers in late April and early May, is fast growing, and thrives well in the sandy soil of Kew. It may be propagated by cuttings made of moderately firm young wood and placed in gentle bottom heat; also by layering. ‘The type raised from seed is used as a stock for grafting cherries. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 242.) 43308. PRUNUS MICROCARPA Meyer. Amygdalaceee. Syrian cherry. “From Tiflis Botanical Garden.” A deciduous bush, 3 or 4 feet high, with stiff short-jointed branches and downy branchlets. The coarsely serrate, broadly ovate pointed leaves are one-half to 1 inch long, and the rosy pink flowers are produced in clusters of two or three from buds and spurs of older branches. The red or yellow fruit is ovate and nearly half an inch in length. This bush is a native of Asia Minor and in 1890 was introduced into Kew, where it requires the sunniest position possible. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 243.) 43309. PRUNUS PROSTRATA Labill. Amygdalacez. Mountain cherry. “Prom Tiflis Botanical Garden.” A deciduous shrub, 2 to 3 feet high, with a low, spreading habit and much wider than high. The slender branches are arched, and the twigs are covered with a minute dark down. ‘The pointed, ovate or obovate, sharply serrate leaves are from 1 to 13 inches long and downy beneath. The bright rose-colored flowers appear singly or in pairs, and the almost stalkless fruit is red and about one-third of an inch long. This shrub is native in the mountains of the Levant and was introduced into Kew in 1802. It needs a sunny position. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, pp. 248 and 249.) 43310. PRUNUS SPINOSA L. Amygdalace. Sloe. “From Tiflis Botanical Garden.” A deciduous, suckering shrub, 10 or 15 feet in height, or in gardens a small tree, with the bark of the young shoots downy and many of the short branches terminated by a spine. The ovate, serrate leaves are sometimes nearly 2 inches long, are downy beneath, sometimes becoming glabrous with age. The pure white flowers appear in March or April, usually singly on the naked wood, and the round fruit, which is half an inch in diameter, is at first blue, then black, and very harsh to the taste. The sloe is native in England and other parts of Hurope, as well as in northern Asia. Its slow growth makes it suitable for small gardens. 44. - SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 43301 to 438329—Continued. The wood is very hard and is prized in rural districts for making hay- rake teeth. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, pp. 2538 and 254.) 43311 and 438312. AVENA saTIva L. Poacez. Oats. 43311. “Local. From the Kazatchin Experiment Field of the Yeni- sei Government, Siberia.” 43312. “No. 358. Local variety, supposed to be rustproof. From the Tulun Experiment Field, Government of Irkutsk, Siberia.” 43313 and 48314. HorpEumM spp. Poacer. Barley. 43313. HorRDEUM VULGARE PALLIDUM Seringe. “Petchora barley. From the Petchora Experiment Station, Ust- Tsilma, Government of Archangelsk, Russia.” 43314. HorpDEUM NoDOosUM L. (Hordeum secalinum Schreb.) “In district of Novo-Uzensk on alkali soils. From the Krasnokut Experiment Station, Samara, Russia.” 43315 to 48318. SECALE CEREALE L. Poacer. Rye. 438315. “Local spring rye. From the Kazatchin Experiment Field of the Yenisei Government, Siberia.” 43316. “Local winter rye. From the Kazatchin Experiment Field of the Yenisei Government, Siberia.” 43317. “No. 68. Winter rye. Of local forms, well resisting frost and the excess of moisture in the spring. From the Tulun Experi- ment Field, Government of Irkutsk, Siberia.” 43318. “No. 73. Winter rye. Of local forms, well resisting frost and the excess of moisture in the spring. From the Tulun Experi- ment Field, Government of Irkutsk, Siberia.” 43319 to 43327. TRrRITICUM AESTIVUM L. Poacez. Wheat. (Triticum vulgare Vill.) 43319 to 48321. “From the Kazatchin Experiment Field of the Yenisei Government, Siberia.” 438319. “Arnautka, local spring wheat.” 43320. “ Minusinka, spring wheat.” 43321. “ Sibirka, spring wheat.” 43322 to 48327. “From the Tulun Experiment Field, Government of Irkutsk, Siberia.” 43322. ‘‘No. 22-A. Spring wheat. A representative of the mass selection of local, early, small-seed wheat, supposed to be interesting as material for hybridization for securing early forms.” 43323. ‘No. 31-B. Spring wheat, of interest in hybridization work, the same as No. 22—A [S. P. I. No. 48322].” 43324. “No. 48. Spring wheat, of interest in hybridization work, the same as No. 22-A [S. P. I. No. 43322].” 43325. “No. 324. Spring wheat. A representative of local red ear with large seeds.” : 43326. “No. 804. Winter wheat. Secured from peasant immi- grants.” 43327. “No. 806. Winter wheat. Secured from peasant immi- grants.” JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1916, — 45 43301 to 43329—Continued. 48328 and 48329. Zea Mays L. Poacez. Corn. 43328. “Local. From Tiflis Botanical Garden.” 43329. “ Kutais. From Tiflis Botanical Garden.” 43330. PassIFLORA MALIFoRMIS L. Passifloraces. Granadilla. From Bogota, Colombia. Presented by Mr. Jorge Ancizar. Received Sep- tember 16, 1916. See S. P. I. No. 48298 for previous introduction and description. 43331. CanavaLi RosrEuM (Swartz) DC. Fabacee. From Kingston, Jamaica. Presented by Mr. W. Harris, Superintendent of Public Gardens. Received September 18, 1916. “An undershrub with a creeping ascending stem and shining nearly round leaflets. 'The racemes are longer than the leaves, the flowers being reddish blue and subcoriaceous. The pods are oblong and shortly acuminate. The plant is found on the sandy shores of Jamaica, and was described by Swartz as Dolichos roseus.” (DeCandolle, Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis, vol. 2, p. 404.) 43332. ScHINOPSIS LoRENTZII (Griseb.) Engl. Anacardiacez. (Quebrachia lorentzii Griseb.) Quebracho. From Buenos Aires, Argentina. Presented by Sr. Benito Carrasco, director, Botanic Garden. Received September 18, 1916. “Tree with very hard wood, unequally pinnate coriaceous compound leaves, flowers in branched panicles; fruita samara. The products which are extracted from this tree constitute the principal resource of the inhabitants where the tree grows. It is one of the Argentine woods which if exposed to the air, buried in part or entirely, or submerged in water will keep 25 years in good condition, as is attested by experiments made by the Argentine railway with posts, beams, ties, ete. When full grown the iogs are made into beams, ties, telegraph poles, etc., and exported in large quantities. The charcoal is very compact and the extract (tannin) is an important product. The sawdust is much used as an astringent.” (Carrasco.) 43333. ANNONA CHERIMOLA X SQUAMOSA. Annonacee. Atemoya. From Manila, Philippine Islands. Seeds presented by Mr. Adn. Hernandez, Director of Agriculture. Received September 20, 1916. See S. P. I. No. 43263 for previous introduction and description. 43334 to 43336. Victa rasa L. Fabacer. Broad bean. From Barcelona, Spain. Procured through Mr. Harris N. Cookingham, American vice consul in charge. Received September 22, 1916. “Upon the gathering of the new harvest, I have obtained through a local firm seeds of the horse bean most widely cultivated in Spain. ‘These varieties are - commonly produced here for forage and buman consumption.” 43334. “No. 1. Mahon horse or broad bean.” 43335. “No. 2. Small Jerez horse or broad bean.” 43336. “No. 3. Seville horse or broad bean.” 46 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 43337. Brtou Marmetos (L.) Lyons. Rutacez, Bel. (Aegle marmelos Correa. ) From Honolulu, Hawaii. Presented by Mr. J. E. Higgins, horticulturist, Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station. Received September 25, 1916. See 8. P. I. Nos. 43027 and 43028 for previous introductions and description. 43338. Dimocarrus LonGAN Lour. Sapindacee. Longan. (Nephelium longana Cambess.) From Paget East, Bermuda. Presented by Mr. E. J. Wortley, director, Ber- muda Agricultural Station. Received September 27 and 29, 1916. “The tree from which these seeds were obtained has borne very sparingly.” (Wortley. ) : 43339. Hovrenta putcis Thunb. Rhamnacee. Raisin tree. From Chungking, China. Plants presented by Mr. E. Widler. Numbered December 6, 1916. A tree growing to a height of 40 to 60 feet, native of China, where it is culti- vated for the peculiar swollen fruit peduncles, which are much esteemed by the Chinese as a delicacy. (Adapted from a note from Frank N. Meyer, May 11, 1915.) See also S. P. I. No. 40718 for further description. 43340 to 48373. Triticum spp. Poacee. Wheat. From Montevideo, Uruguay. Presented by Mr. L. Moreira Acosta, Labora- torio Agronomico. Received September 14, 1916. “A collection of prize wheats of the First National Exhibit of wheats. These wheats are degenerates, but are adaptable to our climate, which has several drawbacks to the cultivation of cereals, due to their resistance and robustness. You will be able to judge our progress in the cultivation of this cereal, which has only in late years had scientific attention devoted to it by our agricultural experts who have studied in our institutes.” (Acosta.) 43340 to 43342. Triticum puruM Desf. Poacer. Wheat. 43340. No. 1549. Trigo de fideo. 43341. No. 411. Trigo de fideo. 43342. No. 805. Trigo de fideo. 43343 to 43373. TrrricuM AESTIVUM L. Poacer. Wheat. (Triticum vulgare Vill.) 43343. No. 1955. Trigo Americano. 48352. No. 367. Trigo. 43344. No. 1021. Trigo. 43353. No. 43. Trigo Pelon. 43345. No. 1266. Trigo. 43354. No. 851. Trigo Pelon. 43346. No. 1070 or 1570. ‘Trigo. 43355. No. 602. Trigo Pelon. 43347. No. 1095. ‘Trigo. 43356. No. 535. Trigo Pelon. 43348. No.1381. Trigo. 43357. No. 879. Trigo Pelon. 43349. No. 211. Trigo. 43358. No. 1218. Trigo Pelon. 43350. No. 2007. Trigo. 43359. No.1991. Trigo Pelon. 43351. No.551. Trigo. 43360. “No. 1288. Trigo Pelon and Trigo Rietti.” These two varie- ties were received under No. 1283 and the packages did not con- tain the varietal names mentioned in the letter. JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1916. 47 43340 and 438373—Continued. 43361. No. 1487. Trigo Pelon. 43368. No. 517. Trigo Barletta. 43362. No. 1518. Trigo Pelon. 43369. No. 1036. Trigo Barletta. 43363. No. 1093. Trigo Pelon. 43370. No. 1555. Trigo Italiano. 43364. No. 545. Trigo Pelon. 43371. No. 1408. Trigo Italiano. 43365. No. 642. Trigo Pelon. 43372. No. 546. Trigo Fucense. 43366. No. 1525. Trigo Pelon. 43373. No. 1331. Trigo Gironde. 43367. No. 1410. Trigo Barletta. 433'74. PuyTELEPHAS MICROCARPA Ruiz and Pav. Phoenicacez. . Corozo nut. From Pernambuco, Brazil. Presented by Mr. A. T. Haeberle, American ~ consul general, Rio de Janeiro. Received September 5 and 7, 1916. This small palm is found native along the banks of streams and on springy hillsides in the Peruvian Andes at an altitude of about 3,000 feet and is closely allied te the one which furnishes the vegetable ivory or tagua nut of commerce (Phytelephas macrocarpa), although it has smaller fruits. The slender inclined stem, sometimes absent entirely, grows up to 10 feet in length, and the fruits are about the size of a child’s head, resembling externally some anonas to such an extent that the Peruvians call them anon de palma, but the palm itself is called yarina. The thick furrowed rind is tough and is reddish within and may be eaten, having a flavor of melon or moldy cheese. The albumen of the unripe seeds is drunk while still watery or eaten when it becomes fleshy, re- sembling in taste a coconut in like state, but when quite ripe it is too hard for eating. (Adapted from description by Richard Spruce, furnished by C. B. Doyle.) 43375 to 433877. Canarium Inpicum Stickm. Balsameacez. (Canarium commune L.) Java almond. From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by Dr. J. C. Koningsberger, director, Botanie Gardens. Received September 26, 1916. See 8. P. I. No. 48024 for previous introduction and description. 43378 and 43379. From Tahiti, Society Islands. Presented by Mr. Edouard Ahnne, presi- dent, Chamber of Agriculture, through Mr. Thomas B. L. Layton, Ameri- can consul. Received September 25, 1916. Quoted notes by Mr. Layton. 43378. Corx LACRYMA-JoBI L. Poacer. Job’s-tears. “Called locally Poepoe, but known elsewhere as Job’s-tears. It was introduced into Tahiti some 30 or 40 years ago, it is said, from the West Indies. The young plants are an excellent forage for both cattle and horses, which seem to eat eagerly of the seeds while they are green and tender. It occurs in abundance in the island of Tahiti, though it is also found in much smaller quantities in nearly every part of the colony. The plant prefers and thrives best in damp soil and in localities where the humidity is great.” 43379. INDIGOFERA SUFFRUTICOSA Mill. Fabacez. Indigo. (Indigofera anil L.) “A leguminous plant found in the colony. Its distribution is extensive throughout the colony, but it occurs in greatest abundance in the Mar- 48 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 43378 and 43379—Continued. quesas Islands, where it grows wild in the low-lying valleys and along the seashore. Mr. Ahnne has supplied specimens of this plant, not because of its qualities as a forage (since it haS no value as an animal food), but because he believed it might be of interest to the Department of Agri- culture to learn of its presence here. There are very few forage grasses in the colony, and the land available for pastures is of limited area.” 43380 and 43381. From Dindigul, southern India. Presented by Rev. Willis P. Elwood, Ameri- can Madura Mission. Received September 27, 1916. Quoted notes by Rev. Mr. Elwood. : 43380. CANAVALI GLADIATUM (Jacq.) DC. Fabacee. Sword bean. “The beans are a very good variety and are perennial. A kind of trellis or arbor should be provided for the beans to run on, as they are rampant growers. The pods when young and tender are cooked, and no Golden Wax bean can surpass them in quality. Of course, they are a purely tropical plant, but they would probably grow in the most southern parts of the country.” 43381. MAXIMILIANEA GOSSYPIUM (L.) Kuntze. Cochlospermacez. (Cochlospermum gossypium DC.) ~* “The seeds are of a variety of silk cotton. The trees grow in shallow soil on the top of sloping rocks. The fiowers are lemon colored, up to 6 inches in diameter, and are very fragrant. The trees grow at altitudes of 2,000 to 2,500 feet in latitude 10° N. They are never seen anywhere except above rocks.” 43382. Amycpatus persica L. Amygdalacez. Peach. (Prunus persica Stokes. ) From Swatow, China. Presented by Mr. G. Hanson, American consul. Received September 28, 1916. “Cling variety.” 43383 to 43385. From Brazil. Collected by Dr. J. N. Rose, United States National Museum. Received September 25, 1916. 43383. ARAUCARIA BRASILIANA A. Rich. Pinacee. “Rose No. 20427. From Monte Serrat, vicinity of Itatiaya, Brazil; collected July 26, 1915.” ! A tall evergreen tree, native in southern Brazil, sometimes 100 feet high, with large and nearly globular cones. The wood is used in con- struction work for turning, ship’s masts, cabinetwork, and for matches. The thick, resinous bark yields, by a fermentation process, an agreeable medicinal drink, and the ashes centain much potash; the resin exuded by the bark furnishes by-products useful in the industries and in medicine. The edible seeds produce white and delicate starch. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, p. 546, and from Correa, Flora do Brazil, p. 61.) 43384. IPoMOEA sp. Convolvulacee. “Rose No. 19969. From the vicinity of Machado Portella, Bahia, Brazil; collected June 19 to 23, 1915.” JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1916. 49 43383 to 43385—Continued. 43385. OPERCULINA TUBEROSA (L.) Meisn. Convolvulaces. (Ipomoea tuberosa L.) A perennial, stout-stemmed herbaceous vine, climbing to the tops of the tallest trees. The leaves are large and compound, with seven oblong sharp-pointed leaflets, and the three to six yellow flowers are on a long peduncle. The fruit is a membranous round capsule, about an inch long, containing two or four seeds which are covered with a black tomentum. The tuber is enormous, but not edible, the entire plant being used aS a purgative. (Adapted from De Lanessan, Les Plantes Utiles des Colonies Francaises, pp. 398 and 3567.) 43386 and 438387. Collected by Dr. J. N. Rose, United States National Museum. Received September 25, 1916. 43386. PROSOPIS STROMBULIFERA (Lam.) Benth. Mimosaces. “Rose No. 20974. From the vicinity of Mendoza, Argentina, Septem- ber 1, 1915. This grows commonly in the Mendoza Desert and is a low shrub not over 12 inches high. Its peculiar screw-shaped pods look like bright-yellow spikes of flowers a short distance away. The plant might prove to be a very good hedge or border plant in western Texas and Arizona. The pods hang on long after the leaves have fallen.” ( Rose.) 43387. ToUNATEA CROCEA (Benth.) Kuntze. Cxsalpiniacer. (Swartzia crocea Benth.) “ Mocutaiba. From the Jardim Botanico, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.” A bushy tree, with leaves having three elliptical leaflets and winged petioles. In October the tree is covered with racemes, each consisting of three or four very aromatic yellow flowers. The Brazilian tree is planted in avenues, and the wood is used for interiors and cab- inetwork. According to Rodrigues, its native name is IMocutaiba, while Correa gives Mocitanyba. (Adapted from Rodrigues, Hortus Fluminensis, p. 188, and from Correa, Flora do Brazii, p. 51.) 43388. Puasrotus coccingeus L. Fabaceex. Scarlet Runner bean. From Boscotrecase, Naples, Italy. Presented by Dr. Gustav A. Wisen. Received September 28, 1916. _“ Fagiuoli di Cera. Named on account of their waxy color, and were the best I tasted in Italy.” (Hisen.) A bean with a twining stem, which, if supported, will rise to a height of 14 feet. The leaves are smaller than those of the common kidney bean, and the flowers, which are in long spikes and of a deep scariet color, are larger. The pods are large and rough, and the seeds are purple marked with black, although sometimes pure white. This bean was formerly cultivated for its flowers only and was first mentioned as being edible by the gardener, Philip Miller. (Adapted from Miller, Gardener's and Botanist’s Dictionary, ed. 9.) 43389. ALEURITES TRISPERMA Blanco. Euphorbiacee. Soft lumbang. From Los Banos, Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. F. W. Foxworthy, Maiuila Bureau of Forestry, at the request of Mr. A. W. Prautch, Mun- tinlupa. Received September 28, 1916, 50 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. “'The advantages of Aleurites trisperma are that the seeds are easier to crack and that the cil dries quicker than that of A. moluccana, according to our Bureau of Science. I have for years written and advocated that our lumbangs (Aleurites) be utilized instead of allowing unknown tons of seed (especially of A. moluccana) to lie and rot; that the world’s supply of vegetable oils is grow- ing in importance, as coconut oil is being more and more withdrawn for food.” (Prautch.) “ From data given by the late William S. Lyon, of Manila, and more recently by the Philippine Bureau of Forestry, it appears that Alewrites trisperma, the soft-shelled lumbang, is much less regular and prolific in bearing than A. moluccana, the more common, hard-shelled species.” (R. A. Young.) For an illustration showing the seeds of the soft lumbang, see Plate V. 43390. Rartipipa COLUMNIFERA APPENDICULATA Cockerell. Asteracex. (Rudbeckia columnaris Sims.) From Boulder, Colo. Presented by Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell. Received September 14, 1916. A low, sweet-scented perennial herb, little branched, with pinnatifid leaves and lanceolate leaflets. The cylindrical receptacle is elongated, and in this variety the yellow ray flowers possess long appendages, usually a pair, arising from the throat. The plant is quite hardy, although it is best to put it in a coldframe during the winter. This plant was discovered in Boulder, Colo., July 8, 1916, by Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell and was introduced for the remarkable collarette which it possesses. (Adapted from Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, vol. 89, pl. 1601, and Cockerell, in Journal of Heredity, September, 1916, pp. 428, 431.) Inventory 48, Seed and Plants Imported. PLATE V. SEEDS WHICH ARE THE SOURCE OF A QUICK-DRYING OIL, THE SOFT LUM- BANG (ALEURITES TRISPERMA BLANCO., S. P. I. No. 438389). The valuable oil expressed from the seeds of the lumbangs (Aleurites moluccana and A. tri- Sperma) merits more attention than has hitherto been accorded it. The seeds of the soft lumbang are easier to crack and the oil dries quicker than that of the hard lumbang (A. moluccana), which is better known. With the amazing rise in importance of vegetable oils, these trees are bound to prove ofincreasing value. (Photographed, natural size, by E. C. Crandall, Oct. 15, 1909; P4868FS.) INDEX OF COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES. Actinidia chinensis, 48258. Aegle marmelos. See Belou marmelos. Akan-kan-tasi, Canavali obtusifolium, 43286. Aleurites trisperma, 43389. Amelanchier rotundifolia, 43301. vulgaris. See Amelanchier rotund- ifolia. Amorphopihallus sp., 48052. Amygdalus fenzliana, 43302, 48303. persica, 43014, 48020, 43124-48188, 43289-43291, 43382. nectarina, 48139-48146. Ananas sativus, 43026, 48070, 43119- 43128, 43223. Annona cherimola, 43298. X squamosa, 48263, 43338. glabra, 438264. maregravti, 482538. montana, 43265. Anon de palma, Phytelephas nvicro- carpa, 43374. Apple, Malus sylvestris: Bella Davis, 43151. Carlton, 43152. Cliff's Seedling, 43153. Climax, 43154. Coldstream Guards, 43155. Cole’s Blushing Bride, 43156. Diadem, 43157. Edward Lippiatt, 48158. General Carrington, 43159. George Neilson, 43160. Hay’s Midseason, 43161. John Sharp, 43162. : Kennerley’s May, 43168. Lilydale, 48164. Lord Wolseley, 43165. Marjorie Hay, 43166. Mona Hay, 48167. Patuka, 43168. Red Spy, 43169. Sharp’s Late Red, 43170. Nonesuch, 48171. Apple, Malus sylvestris—Continued. Taupaki, 438172. Te Whiti, 48178. Willie Sharp, 48174. Arachis hypogaea, 43035, 43086. Araucaria brasiliana, 43383. Aristolochia sp., 48054. ‘ Astelia sp., 43187. Astrocaryum sp., 43058. Atemoya, Annona cherimola X squa- mosa, 43268, 43338. Attalea spectabilis, 43056. Avena sativa, 43311, 43312. Bamboo, Chusquea quila, 43269. Dendrocalamus hamiltonii, 43287. Banauac, Uvaria rufa, 43267. . Barley, Hordeum sp.: Petchora, 43313. Barranquilla, Gossypium sp., 43060. Bean, broad, Vicia faba, 43228-43232, 43334-43336. broad, Jerez, 43335. Mahon, 48334. Seville, 43336. Brosa, Phaseolus lunatus, 43192. horse. See Broad bean, Vicia faba. jack, Canavali ensiforine, 43059. Lima, Phaseolus lunatus, 43192. Scarlet Runner, Phaseolus cocci- neus, 43388. sword, Canavali gladiasum, 43380. yam, Cacara palmatiloba, 430138. See also Cowpea. Bel» Belou marmelos, 43337. Belou marmelos, 48027, 43028, 48337. Bennin, Sesamum orientale, 431938. Bertholletia nobilis, 43114. Brachiaria brizantha, 43240. Brazil nut, Bertholletia nobilis, 48114. Bucare, Hrythrina poeppigiana, 43049. Buchanania latifolia, 43038. Bulnesia arborea, 43057. 43027, 43028, ol 52 Butia bonneti, 43116. capitata pulposa, 43238. Cacara palnatiloba, 43013. Cachiman creme, Annona glabra, 43264. Cacoon antidote, Fevillea cordifolia, 43213. Cactus, Cereus sp., 43050. Café Marchal, Coffea amara, 43073. Cambagat, Capparis micracantha, 43248. Canarium commune. See Canarium indicum. ; indicum, 43024, 43375-43377, Canavali ensiforme, 43059. gladiatum, 43380. obtusifolium, 43286. roseum, 43331. Capparis micracantha, 43243. Carica candamarcensis, 43294. papaya, 43237, 48261, 48295. Caryophyllus jambos, 43296. Cassia sp., 438254. Cedrela toona. See Toona ciliata. Cereus sp., 43050. Chaetochloa nigriorstris, 43239. Chaulmoogra oil tree, Hydnocarpus kureti, 48227. Chayota edulis, 43220. Chayote, Chayota edulis, 43220. Cherimoya, Annona cherimola, 43293. Cherry, mahaleb, Prunus mahaleb, 43307. mazzard, Prunus avium, 48305. mountain, Prunus prostrata, 43309. Syrian, Prunus microcarpa, 43308. Cherry laurel, Laurocerasus officinalis, 43304. Cherry-plum, Persian, Prunus cerasi- fera divaricata, 43306. Chick-pea, Cicer arietinum, 43280. Chusquea quila, 48269. Cicer arietinum, 43273-43280. Citrus sinensis, 43147. Clerodendrum cyrtophyllum, 43021. Cochlospermum gossypium. See Mazi- milianea gossypium. Coffea amara, 48073. Coffee, Coffea amara, 43073. Coix lacryma-jobi, 438378. Cordeauxia edulis, 43260. 43273- SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED, | Cordia sp.. 43259. Corn, Zea mays: Caucasian, 43328, 43329. Early Malcolm, 43117. Early Ottawa, 43118. . Kutais, 43329. Corozo nut, Phytelephas microcarpa, 43374. Cotton. See Gossypium spp. Barranquilla, 43060. Cowpea, Vigna sinensis, 43194, 43218. Crinum sp., 43051. Curubé, Passifiora maliformis, 48298, 43330. Dendrocalamus hamiltonii, 43287. Desmodium gyrans. See Meibomia gyrans. Dimocarpus longan, 43338. Diospyros tupru, 43215. Dolichos roseus. See Canavali seum. Dyer’s madder, Rubia tinctorum, 43037. Tro- Elm. See Ulmus spp. cork-barked, Ulmus foliacea sube- rosa, 43214. Embothrium coccineum, 43270. Eriobotrya japonica, 43148. Brythrina mcropteryz. thrina poeppigiana. poeppigiana, 43049. Eugenia jambolana. cumin. jambos. bos. See Ery- See Syzygium See Caryophyllus jaim- . i Fagiuoli di Cera, Phaseolus coccineus, 43388. Fei tzu, Tumion nuciferum, 43075. Fevillea cordifolia, 48213. Ficus hookeri, 43292. Fragaria sp., 48149, 43150. Garbanzo, Cicer arietinum, 43273- 43280. Garcinia mangostana, 43285. Geonoma sp., 43255. Gossypium sp., 43060. hirsutum, 48016-48019, 43025. Granadilla. See Passifiora spp. Grape, Centennial, Vitis vinifera, 43222. JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1916. Grass, Brachiaria brizantha, 48240. Chaetochloa nigrirosiris, 48239. Coiz lacryma-jobi, 43378. Osterdamia matrella, 430238. Panicum brizanthum. See Brachi- aria brizantha. Pennisetum purpureum, 48241. Sporobolus indicus, 43242. Ground nut, Bambarra, Voandzeia sub- terranea, 43219. Guayacan, Bulnesia arborea, 43057. Hordeum secalinum. See Hordeum nodosum, nodosum, 43314. vulgare pallidum, 43318. Hovenia dulcis, 43339. Hydnocarpus kurzii, 43227. Indigo, Indigofera suffruticosa, 48379. Indigofera ail. See Indigofera suf- fruticosa. suffruticosa, 43379. Tpomoea sp., 43384. tuberosa. See Operculina rosa. Iris, Jris sp., 48022. tube- Jambolan, Syzygium cumini, 43217. Java. almond, Canarium indicum, 43024. 43375-43377. Job’s-tears, Coiz lacryma-jobi, 48378. Juglans insularis, 43032, 43033. Juniper, Juniperus cedrus, 43300. Juniperus cedrus, 43299, 43300. 43299, Kalanzo, Hydnocarpus kurzii, 43227. Kino tree, Pierocarpus marsupium, 48189. Korai, Osterdamia matrella, 43023. Lathyrus sulphureus, 43188. Laurocerasus officinalis, 43364. Litchi chinensis, 43034, 43284. Lithraea aroeirinha. See Lithraea . molleoides. molleoides, 48233, 43271. Livistona australis, 48072. Longan, Dimocarpus longan, 48338. Logquat, Thames Prize, Eriobotrya japonica, 43148. Lumbang, soft, Aleurites trisperma, 43389. a a tte aR a ek i a Se a A ee ee a ee ee 53 Madder, Rubia tinctorum, 48037. Mahaleb cherry, Prunus mahaleb, 43307. Malasambon, Vernonia vidalii, 43268. Malus sylvestris, 48151-48174. Malva blanca, Urena lobata, 48074. Malvaviscus sp., 43256, 43257. Mangifera indica, 43113, 48216, 43224—- 43226. Mango, Mangifera indica: Carabao, 48216. Indian, 43113. Mexican, 4322448226. Mangosteen, Garcinia 43285. Mautsaka, Coffea amara, 43073. Mazimilianea gossypium, 43381. Mayten, Maytenus boaria, 43272. Maytenus boaria, 43272. Mazzard cherry, Prunus avium, 43305. Meibonvia gyrans, 438262. Millet, pearl, Pennisetum glaucum, 43190, 43191. Mocitahyba, Tounatea crocea, 43387. Mocutaiba, Tounatea crocea, 43387. mangostand, Nannorrhops ritchieana, 43281. Nectarine, Amygdalus_ persica tarina: Ansenne, 45139. Diamond Jubilee, 43140. Goldmine, 43141. Lippiatt’s Late Orange, 43142. Muir’s Seedling, 43143. New Boy, 48144. Radium, 438145. Surecrop, 43146. Nephelium liteht. See Litchi chinensis. longana. See Dimocarpus longan. Notro, Embothrium coccineum, 43270. Oats, Avena sativa, 438311, 43312. Operculina tuberosa, 43385. Orange, Best’s Seedless, Citrus sinen- sis, 43147. | Orecpanazr nymphaeifolium, 43234. Oryza sativa, 43221. Osterdamia matrella, 43023. Owenia venosa, 43071. ne€C- Pachyrhizus palmatilobus. See Cacara palmatiloba. Paeonia brown X albiflora, 43015. Palang-palang, Canavali obtusifolium, 43286. 54 Palm, Amazonian, Attalea speciabilis, 43056. Australian fan, tralis, 43072. Brazilian, Butia bonneti, 43116. Cecilia, Geonoma sp., 43255. edible, Scheelea excelsa, 43055. Entre Rios, Butia capitaia pulposa, Tivistona aus- 43238. Mat, Astrocaryum sp., 43058. Mazri, Nannorrhops ritchieana, 43281, Palma estera, Astrocaryum sp., 43058. Panicum brizanthum. See Brachiaria brizantha. , Papaya, Carica papayd, 48237, 43261, 43295. Para nut, Bertholletia nobilis, 43114. Passifiora ligularis, 43297, lutea, 43115. maliformis, 43298, 43330. Pea, Egyptian, Cicer arietinum, 48273- 43280. Peach, Amygdalus persica: Al, 48124. Chinese, 48289-48291, 43382. Eagle’s Beak, 43289. Golden Queen, 43125. Honey-flavored, 43290. Ice Cream, 43126. Ideal, 43127. Kerr’s Late, 43128. Late Champion, 43129. Lent Golden, 43020. Lippiatt’s Late Red, 43130. Model, 43131. Motion’s Cling,-43132. Muir’s Perfection, 43133. Osprey Improved, 43134. Paragon, 43135. Peruvian, 438014. Shipper Cling, 48136. Sour, 438291. Up-to-Date, 43137. Weeping, 43138. Peanut, Arachis 43036. Pear, Pyrus communis: Belmont, 43183. _ Packham’s Late, 43184. Triumph, 438185, Winter Cole, 43186. hypogaea, 438035, SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. Pennisetum glaucum, 43190, 43191. purpureum, 43241. typhoideum. See Pennisetum glau- cum. Peony, hybrid, Paeonia brownii X al- _biflora, 48015. Phaseolus cocecineus, 43388. lunatus, 43192. Phytelephas microcarpa, 43374. Pineapple, Anands sativus: Commonwealth, 43070. Harvey’s, 43026, 43119. Mauritius, 43026, 43120. Pernambuco, 43026, 43121. Ruby, 43026, 43122. Sarawak, 43026, 43123. West Indian, 48223. Plum, Akarana, ‘Prunus salicina, 43175. Alpha, Prunus salicina, 43176. Alubokhara, large, Prunus bokha- riensis, 43041. small, Prunus bokhariensis, 43040. Alucha purple, Prunus bokharicn- sis, 43042. red, Prunus bokhariensis, 43045. Best’s Hybrid, Prunus salicina X (?), 48182. Canada, Prunus nigra, 43076— 43112, 48202-43212: Dwarf early yellow, Prunus bok- hariensis, 48047. Early large red, Prunus bokhari- ensis, 43048. Export, Prunus salicina, 43177. hybrid, Prunus salicina X (?), 43182. Japanese, Prunus salicina, 43175— 43181. Ladakh, Prunus bokhariensis, 43048. Large red, Prunus bokhariensis, 43044. Large yellow, Prunus bokharien- sis, 43046. Late yellow, Prunus bokhariensis, 43039. Sharp’s Early, Prunus salicina, 43178. Wright’s Early, Prunus salicina, 43179, 43180. Purple, Prunus salicina, 43181. JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1916. Podachaenium eminens, 43235. paniculatum. See Podachaenium eminens. Poepoe, Coix lacryma-jobi, 48378. Pomarrosa, Caryophyllus jambos, 43296. Pond-apple, Annona glabra, 43264. Prosopis spicigera, 43282. strombulifera, 43386. Prunus avium, 43305. bokhariensis, 43039-43048. cerasifera divaricata, 43306. divaricata. See Prunus cerasifera divaricata. fenzliana. See Amygdalus feneli- and. : laurocerasus. See Laurocerasus oficinalis. mahaleb, 43307. microcarpa, 43308. nigra, 43076-43112, 43202-43212. persica. See Amygdalus persica. prostrata, 43309. salicina, 43175-43181. xX (?), 43182. spinosa, 43310. Pierocarpus marsupium, 43189. Pyrus communis, 43183-43186. malus. See Malus sylvestris. Quebrachia lorentzti. See Schinopsis lorentzii. : Quebracho, Schinopsis lorentzii, 43332. Queensland sour plum, Owenia venosa, 43071. Radish, Raphanus sativus: All Seasons, 43063. Bottle, 43065. Long String, 43069. Miyashige, 43062. Nerima, 43068. Ninengo, 43064. Sakurajima Mammoth, 43066. Shogoin, 43067. Thirty Days, 43061. Raisin tree, Hovenia dulcis, 43339. Randal, Hmbothrium coccinewm, 43270. Raphanus sativus, 43061-43069. Raspberry, Rubus _ strigosus, 43201. Ratibida columnifera appendiculata, 43390. 43195— 55 Rice, Oryza sativa, 43221. Rosa rubus, 48283. Rose, Rosa rubus, 43283. Rose-apple, Caryophyllus jambos, 43296, Rubia tinctorum, 43087. Rubus strigosus, 43195-43201. Rye, Secale cereale, 43315-43318. Scheelea excelsa, 43055. Schinopsis lorentzvi, 43332. Secale cereale, 43315-43318. Sechium edule. See Chayota edulis. Semele androgyna, 43236. Sequa, Fevillea cordifolia, 43218. Service berry, Amelanchier rotundi- folia, 43301. Sesame, Sesamum orientale, 43193. Sesamum indicum. See Sesamum ori- entale. orientale, 43193. Setaria nigrirostris. nigrirostris, Sloe, Prunus spinosa, 43310. Sour plum, Queensland, Owenia venosa, 43071. > Sporobolus indicus, 43242. Strawberry, Fragaria sp.: Melba, 43149. Phenomenal, 43150. Susong calabao, Uvaria rufa, 43267. Swartzia crocea. See Tounatea crocea. Sword bean, Canavali gladiatum, 43380. i Syzygium cumini, 43217. See Chactochloa T’ao, Amygdalus persica: Ha mi, 48290. Suan, 43291. Ying tsui, 43289. Taraktogenos kurzii. See Hydno- carpus kurzit. Telegraph plant, Meibomia gyrans, 43262. Toon tree, Toona ciliata, 43288. Toona ciliata, 43288. Torreya nucifera. ferum. Tounatea crocea, 43387. Trichosanthes quinquangulata, 43266. Trigo, Triticum spp.: See Tumion nuci- Americano, Triticum aestivum, 43343. Barletta, Triticum aestivum, 43367-43369. 06 Trigo, Triticum spp.—Continued. de fideo, Triticum durum, 43340- 43342. Fucense, Triticum aestivum, 48372. Gironde, Triticum aestivum, 433738. Italiano, Triticum acstivum, 43370, 48371. Pelon, Triticum aestivum, 48353- 43366. Rietti, Triticum aestivum, 43360. Triticum aestivum, 438250, 43251, 43319—- 43327, 48343-43373. durum, 48245-48249, 438252, 48340- 43342. monococcum, 438244. - vulgare. See Triticum aestivum. Tumion nuciferum, 438075. Ulinus spp., 48029, 48030. densa, 43031. foliacea suberosa, 48214. Urena lobata, 43074. Uvaria rufa, 43267. Vengai, Pterocarpus marsupium, 43189. Vernonia vidalii, 43268. Vetchling, Lathyrus sulphureus, 43188 Vicia faba, 48228-43232, 43334-43336 Vigna sinensis, 43194, 43218. Vitis vinifera, 43222. Voandzeia subterranea, 43219. | | SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. Walnut, Cuban, Juglane insuleris, 43032, 43033. Wheat, Triticum spp.: Arnautka, Triticum aestivum, 43319. common, Triticum aestivum, 43250, 43251, 43319-43327, 43343— 43373. Contoarnaouti, Triticum durum, 43252. Deves, Triticum durum, 438247- 43249, durum, Triticum durum, 43245- 43249, 43252, 48340-43342. Lapsista, Triticum aestivum, 43251. | Mavraani, Triticum durum, 43245. ~ Minusinka, Triticum aestivum, 43320. - Rapsani, Triticum durum, 43246. Sibirka, Triticum aestivum, 43321. Trimini, Triticum monococcum, 43244, Yang-tao, Actinidia chinensis, 43258. Yarina, Phytelephas microcarpa, 43374. Yeheb nut, Cordeauzia edulis, 43260. Zea mays, 43117, 43118, 43328, 43329. Zephyranthes sp., 48053. Zoysia pungens. See Osterdamia ma- trella. a : ea oF eee INDUSTRY, aor oe, | WILLIAM A. TAYLOR, Chi of Burean, | INVENTORY OF . oe fone 7 ok ee - Orrick OF FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT INTRODUCTION | _ DURING THE PERIOD FROM OCTOBER ees ste f, TO DECEMBER dl, 1916. ae (No. 49; Nos. 43391 70 43979.) ; a ae cc ae | WASHINGTON: . ae. nes GOVERNMENT PRINTING b DeGR hat . “ i ee oo Toa. Tssued September 14, 1921. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY. WILLIAM A. TAYLOR, Chief of Bureau. INVENTORY OF SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED oye th earths BY THE OFFICE OF FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT INTRODUCTION DURING THE PERIOD FROM CCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1916. (No. 49; Nos. 43391 To 43979.) WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 1921. t ‘af a ye BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY. Chief of Bureau, WILLIAM A.~TAYLOR. Associate Chief of Bureau, KARL F, KELLERMAN. Officer in Charge of Publications, J. E. ROCKWELL. Assistant to the Chief, JaMus E. JONES. ForRnIGN SEED AND PLANT INTRODUCTION, SCIENTIFIC STAFF. David Fairchild, Agricultural Explorer in Charge. P. H. Dorsett, Plant Introducer, in Charge of Introduction Gardens, B. T. Galloway, Plant Pathologist, Special Research Projects. Peter Bisset, Plant Introducer, in Charge of Experimenters’ Service. Wilson Popenoe and J. F. Rock, Agricultural Explorers. R. A. Young, Plant Introducer, in Charge of Dasheen Investigations. H. C. Skeels, Botanist, in Charge of Collections. G. P. Van Eseltine, Assistant Botanist, in Charge of Publications. L. G. Hoover, Assistant Plant Introducer. Cecil C. Thomas. Assistant Plant Introducer in Charge of Jujube Investigations. H. E. Allanson, E. L. Crandall, and P. G. Russell, Assistants. David A. Bisset, Superintendent, Bell Plant Introduction Garden, Glenn Dale, Md. - Edward Goucher, Plant Propagator. J. E. Morrow, Superintendent, Plant introduction Garden, Chico, Calif. Henry Klopfer, Plant Propagator. Edward Simmonds, Superintendent, Plant Introduction Garden, Miami, Fla. Charles H. Steffani, Plant Propagator. Henry E. Juenemann, Superintendent, Plant Introduction Garden, Bellingham, Wash. Wilbur A. Patten, Superintendent, Plant Introduction Garden, Brooksville, Fla. — EK. J. Rankin, Assistant in Charge, Plant Introduction Garden, Savannah, Ga. Collaborators: Thomas W. Brown, Cairo, Egypt; H. M. Curran, Bahia, Brazil; M. J. Dorsey, University Farm, St. Paul, Minn.; Robert H. Forbes, Cairo, Egypt; A. C. Hart- less, Seharunpur, India; Barbour Lathrop, Chicago, fll.; H. L. Lyon, Honolulu, Hawaii; | H, Nehbrling, Gotha, Fla.; Charles T. Simpson, Littleriver, Fla.; Dr. L. Trabut, Director, | Service Botanique, Algiers, Algeria; H. N. Whitford, School of Forestry, New Haven, Conn.; E. H. Wilson, Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Mass.; E. W. D. Holway, | Faribault, Minn.; Dr. William Trelease, University of Illinois, Urbana, Il, 2 CONTENTS. Introductory statement SS ee Index of common and scientific names ILLUSTRATIONS. Puate I. The wild cherry of Guatemala. (Prunus salicifolia H. B. K., Les VEN ee ac eg oe II. A tropical relative of the apple. (Crataegus stipulosa (H. B. ee ts Et NG. 45450) ) 2 Ill. The anay, a new relative of the avocado. (Hufelandia anay eaeaeesmetts A. ING. 93492) 2. IV. The sweet granadilla of Guatemala. (Passifiora ligularis Juss., ; II toy of ee i 5 VY. The green sapote, a rare tropical fruit. (Achradelpha viridis eer)... W. Cook; s. P.-1. No: 434359)__ > VI. The Lamat avocado, from the highlands of Guatemala. (Persea .s memeementim Malt. oS. Pal NG: 43476) 22 Vil. The Kanola avocado, an early variety. (Persea americana Mill., . Sarin ln OPRe “ten ine) fhe ne ee EE _ VIII. A basket of fine Guatemalan cherimoyas. (Annona cherimola Mill., S. P. I. No. 48927) Sk errs fad pe Rat eee a, 2 ast ES, r oo. 8 aren) Wh aha IRG AS at a ‘ > ak < RST oe Aces ~- Pi ~ [ ; ! roe rs BV 4d) PT tT i heal reese } el eupata {paohiisent po A Ee ig) | Stow nok bo. err -t 5 (CELE wat anes aiciiei Teh aba ae | . at byte Sh Ue eee eee eee i Wes Ess Peicetigny ; oat »ANSy 1 ee Ns INVENTORY OF SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED _ BY THE OFFICE OF FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT INTRODUCTION DURING THE PERIOD FROM OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1916 (NO. 49; NOS. 43391 TO 43979). INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT. This inventory is the third to be issued since the declaration of war in April, 1917, and although it covers only 588 numbers it in- eludes a very considerable range of new plants, some of which are not only new to this country as crop plants, but appear to be new to science. It is my sad task to record in this inventory the death of our agricultural explorer, Frank N. Meyer, whose unique and interesting descriptions of plants, particularly from China, Siberia, and Turke- stan, have formed for the past 10 years so important a part of the Piine matter of these inventories. The particulars regarding Mr. Meyer’s death will probably never be known. The cabled advices show that he fell overboard into the Yangtze River on the evening of June 1, 1919, from the steamer Feng Yang Maru while en route from Hankow to Shanghai and that his body was discovered 30 miles above the town of Wuhu, near Nanking. The facts that his wanderings in search of plants are ‘over and his contributions to these inventories at an end are chroni- led with great regret. It is perhaps a significant coincidence that his only contribution to this number is a weeping variety (No. 43791) of the dry-land elm, which was one of his substantial additions to our list of useful trees. In this inventory are included accounts of some of Wilson Pope- - noe’s interesting discoveries in Guatemala, where, as an agricultural _ explorer for the Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction of the - Bureau of Plant Industry, he spent over 16 months, traveling more than 2,000 miles on horseback over the Guatemalan highlands, in _ search, primarily, of promising seedlings of the thick-skinned Guate- malan race of avocado. ~ Perhaps nothing that has occurred in recent years could more strongly emphasize the fact that the horticulturists of southern Cali- fornia and southern Florida are pioneering in the field of tropical horticulture than this search for seedling avocados in Guatemala; ema FS and it is a striking spectacle that one country in the very beginning of a plant industry is hunting for promising seedlings in another where that industry, still on a seedling basis, is one of the main sources of food. In Guatemala there does not appear to be a single 5 6 - SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. orchard of grafted or budded trees, whereas in the United States | there is scarcely a seedling orchard to be found. __ | Mr. Popenoe, whose familiarity with American grafted varieties of avocados enabled him to select commercially promising sorts, in- | spected thousands of avocado trees growing in dooryards and coffee plantations. After judging the productivity and vigor of the trees, } sampling the fruits, and noting the time of their ripening, he photo- | graphed both trees and fruits and sent in bud wood for propagating purposes, with a careful pomological description of each variety. | In this number he describes the following avocado introductions: Nos. 43476, 43486, 43487, 43560, 43602, and 43932 to 43935. Descrip- | tions of other varieties will be found in other inventories. | To the best varieties established as budded trees in our green- | houses and field stations, special names have been given. ‘These | names are all taken from the Maya language, the native language | of the aborigines of Guatemala, and, as they are not difficult to pro- | nounce, it is believed that they should be retained by American hor- | ticulturists. They will serve to identify the varieties as of Guate- | malan origin, obviate the difficulty which always arises from an in- | discriminate naming by growers, and stand as an acknowledgment on our part of the right of one country to have its gifts to another | bear the characteristic names of the country of their origin. The time has gone by when international courtesy should permit us to | bring in from a foreign country a new plant variety, strip it of the name it bears in its native home, and give it either the name of its | introducer or some commonplace English name. It is particularly desired to record here our Government’s appre- | ciation of the courtesies extended to Mr. Popenoe by the officials | and the people of Guatemala. The plants which his expedition | brought in can not fail to become more important as the years pass, | and the Guatemalan avocado will constitute a most valuable gift | from our sister Republic, rivaling perhaps even the gift of the orange from China to Italy or the potato from Peru to Ireland. With the rapid advance being made in avocado culture in America, | Mr. Popenoe’s discovery in Guatemala of a new and remarkable and | hitherto undescribed relative of the avocado becomes a historical fact | of more than usual importance. The anay (Hufelandia anay, No. | 43432), as it is called, is a tall forest tree of low altitudes and there- | fore tender. Its fruits are edible, but not comparable to avocados. — The Guatemalan coyé (Persea schiedeana, No. 43931), produces fruit that rivals even the avocado in quality, though it is apparently | strictly tropical mn; character. : ! — The chayote, or “ mirliton” as it has been called for years by the | Creoles of New Orleans, was represented in this country until recently by two, or at most three, rather distinct varieties. Messrs. Cook and OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1916, 7 ; - Collins called attention to the existence of several varieties in Guate- a a mala as early as 1901; and it appears from Mr. Popenoe’s investiga- _ tions that this vege pele is not only a most important one to the _ Guatemalans, but that it is represented by a large number of very distinct sorts. The success of our large plantings in Florida is demonstrating the econcmic advantages of this remarkable vegetable, _ which is capable of being kept perfectly in cold storage from Novem- _ ber to July. In Guatemala it is called “ giiisquil,” and two main _ classes are distinguished—the peruleros or small, smooth sorts and the ordinary, large, sutured varieties. Some of these varieties (No. _ 43398, for example) are-free from sutures and consequently easier to pare than the varieties with which we have so far experimented; _ others have a distinctive flavor (Nos. 43393 to 43401 and 43422). The cherry has been looked upon by the Europeans living in the _ Tropics as a fruit limited to the Temperate Zone. It is especially interesting, therefore, to call attention to the cereza of Guatemala (No. 43425), which in its wild state is almost as large as an English - Morello, with a meaty texture and the flavor of an oxheart mixed with a trace of bitterness. It is esteemed by the Guatemalans as a fresh fruit and for preserving purposes and deserves to be known throughout the Tropics. The success of anona culture in Florida through the production of hybrids by Simmonds, Wester, and others, the quickness with which the trees recover when injured = frost, ad the delicious character of the fruits make the introduction of the songoya (Annona purpurea, No. 43426) from Guatemala of peculiar interest. This tree, already in cultivation in Guatemala, produces fruit the size of a pummelo, with orange-colored flesh and an aroma resembling that of our native papaw (Aszmina triloba). It can hardly fail to contribute valuable characters te the hybrid fruits which are evidently coming when the plant breeders really get to work in a comprehensive way on the genus Annona. Sicana odorifera (No. 43427) is a tropical cucurbit which deserves _ the consideration of our plant breeders because of its remarkable aroma and its striking color. Mr. Popenoe’s introductions from Guatemala include a black-fruited one and also a carmine one which is as strikingly beautiful a fruit as the writer has ever seen. The tropical papaya has come to stay in Florida, and every year more northern visitors learn to like it. The introduction of a very beautiful variety (No. 43428), with a deep reddish salmon-colored _ fiesh of excellent texture, can not fail to interest Florida growers. ~ - A fruit tree such as the nance (Pyrsonima crassifolia, No. 48429), which is deemed worthy of a place in the dooryards of Guatemala, certainly deserves distribution to other tropical mountain regions. The manzanilla, or tropical hawthorn (No. 43430) of poetics discovered at Mazatenango, like the Chinese haw brought to our re) SEEDS AND-°PLANTS IMPORTED. attention by the late Frank N. Meyer, appears to be a fruit highly prized by the people who grow it. In size and flavor it rivals the Chinese species, Crataegus pinnatifida, and the conserve made from it is quite as delicious. With such materials as these Guatemalan and Chinese introduc- tions to work with, it would seem possible to produce hybrids with our hardy species of Crataegus that would prove valuable in our Southern States. The injerto, or green sapote (Achradelpha viridis, Nos. 43439 and 43788), unlike its relative, the sapote, is an inhabitant of high altitudes and therefore may be expected to thrive in Florida and California, pehouse in beth places the true sapote has failed. It is reported by Mr. Pepenoe as having a better flavor than the sapote. Three selected hybrids between the Chinese and European pears, produced by Dr. Van Fleet and because of their attractive shape, color, texture, and’ flavor now considered by him worthy of a wide trial throughout the country to determine their productiveness and their resistance to pear bhght, are here described (Nos. 43442 to 43444). Enterolobium inane (No. 43455), a characteristic tree of north- ern Argentina, sent in by Mr. H. M. Curran, is reported as being of such beauty that.it is used as an ornamental in Buenos Aires. It is of very rapid growth and is an important timber tree. It is prob- ably hardy enough to grow in California and Florida. The introduction of seeds of the Paraguayan tea, or maté (Nos. 43456 and 43598), and their easy germination bring up again the whole question of this important crop from which millions of South Americans obtain a beverage corresponding to our tea and coffee, since it contains the same alkaloid. As pointed out by Mr. George I. Mitchell, maté differs from tea and coffee in that the theine which it contains is more easily extracted by hot water, and in the preparation of the drink much less tannin becomes dissolved in the brew than is the case with either tea or coffee. Just why the British Army and the Japanese Army should be tea-drinking armies, whereas the American is essentially a coffee-consuming one, is a question probably traceable to the vagaries of taste. Pinus merkusii (No. 43462) , from Java, has the distinction of being the only true pine known to be a native of the Southern Hemisphere, the so-called Kauri pine of New Zealand being a species of Dammara. Tt may thrive in California and Florida. Mangifera verticillata (No. 43479), from the Philippines, intro- duced as of possible value as a stock for the mango, turns out to be a violently poisonous species, producing water blisters like those caused by the poison ivy or the tropical poison wood, Hippomane mancinella. Whether Persea azorica (No. 43480), from St. Michaels, will be as refractory as our Persea pubescens as a stock or whether crosses can OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1916. 9 be produced between it and the avocado are questions for the breeders to decide. It is certain that breeders ought to have a chance to cross these various species under all sorts of conditions. A remarkable collection of field and garden beans (Nos. 43492 to 43543), particularly from the Northern Circle, Burma, is presented by the Deputy Director of Agriculture at Mandalay. | The pickled mume of Japan (No. 43558), although forming part of the army ration of the Japanese, is as little known in America as though it were produced by a tree growing on some other planet. Interest in it is being aroused mainly because of the remarkable picturesqueness of the tree when in flower, but the value of its pickled fruits deserves our consideration. Plants of the tussock grass (No. 438564), of the Falkland Islands, are presented by Mr. W. A. Harding, manager of the Falkland Islands Company. It is there considered not only an excellent forage grass, but is used like asparagus for human food, the young shoots having “a nutty flavor. The chufa industry of southeastern Spain is an important one, and the use of the small tubers for the production of the favorite beverage called horchata de chufa has already attracted the attention of American travelers. Consul Sprague gives a description of the culture under irrigation of this peculiar tuber (No. 43578), which con- tains a very appreciable amount of vegetable fat and a form of man- nite. Apparently the main obstacle to growing this tuberous-rooted sedge in this country has been the difficulty of harvesting the tubers. Grown as they are in Spain, this difficulty seems largely to be reduced. The so-called bonavist bean (Dolichos lablab) has begun to attract some attention in Florida as a cover crop for avocado and citrus orchards, making a dense growth and covering the ground well with- out climbing into the trees. It produces quantities of excellent beans, which when properly cooked are extremely palatable. The variety “Nankinicus” from Georgetown, British Guiana (No. 43594) and the large collection from Burma (Nos. 43505 to 48517) introduced at Mr. Piper’s solicitation may bring forward varieties of better quality than the common one now grown in Florida, which came from the Bahamas. The bonavist bean appears to be peculiarly adapted to culture in Florida and deserves the serious consideration of horticul- -_ turists there. A collection of rare and promising shrubs and ornamental trees presented by Prof. C. S. Sargent, of the Arnold Arboretum, includes » Many hardy and beautiful species from China and Japan collected _ by Mr. E. H. Wilson and other explorers (Nos. 48675 to 43701, 43703 _ to 48736, and 43810 to 43925). (Sixty-one species of the genus Rosa - form a part of this collection, and these are at the disposal of the rose breeders of the country both for trial as stocks and for pur- he 10 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. poses of hybridization. The six species of jasmine (Nos. 43802 to 43807) should stimulate among plant breeders the production of new | forms of these sweet-scented plants. This collection also includes | such valuable new plants as Castanea henryi (No. 43832), a tree | closely related to the chinquapin but larger in dimensions, which is | already being used by Dr. Van Fleet in his work on the hybridiza- | tion of the occidental and oriental chestnuts; Lariz potanini (No. 43851), the most valuable timber tree in China; a low-growing, pro- fuse-fruiting mulberry with delightfully acid fruits, Morus acidosa ' (No. 43859) ; Prinsepia uniflora (No. 43863), a new hardy fruiting | shrub from Shensi; and eight rare species of Prunus (Nos. 43864 to | 43871) for the plant breeders of this genus. : Through the kindness of Dr. D. Duncan Main we have secured a quantity of the new species of Chinese hickory, Carya cathayensis | (No. 43952), which Mr. Meyer discovered near Hangchow several | years ago. Two cultivated species of the genus Canarium (Nos. 43959 and | 43960) furnish the U-lam or “black olives” and the Pak-lam or | “white olives” of Kwangtung Province, China. These two fruits | are so much prized that a man who attempted to steal them was | tied to the tree he had climbed and periodically beaten by the owner | of the tree. The fruits somewhat resemble dried olives when pre- | served, but have a distinct flavor of turpentine. They are used, | however, in immense quantities in the Province of Kwangtung and | deserve to be investigated. The Australian quandong (No. 43423), bearing edible fruits and | oily seeds, is likely to thrive in California and Florida and to add |! another oil-yielding tree to our flora. ’ | The introduction of the ucutiba tree (No. 43424) of the Amazon | Valley, which is considered by Huber one of the most useful trees of the region because of its easily worked timber, emphasizes a fact well recognized by foresters that sooner or later systematic culture | of tropical timber trees on a vast scale will prove to be a profitable business, just as plantation rubber has become a great plant industry. | The botanical determinations of seeds introduced have been made | and the botanical nomenclature revised by Mr. H. C. Skeeis, and the | descriptive and botanical notes arranged by Mr. G. P. Van Eseltine, | ~ who has had general supervision of this inventory. The manuscript has been prepared by Mrs. Ethel H. Kelley. 3 | Davin Farcuinp, Agricultural Laplorer in Charge. Orrice or Foreign SEED AND Piantr INTRODUCTION, e Washington, D. C., September 30, 1919. INVENTORY, 43391. Puastontus tunatus L. Fabacex. Lima bean. From Maryland. Presented by Mr. H. A. Ernst, Youngstown, Ohio. Re- ceived October 2, 1916. “Colored Lima beans, which I secured in Maryland several weeks ago. I was informed there that this bean has been grown by three or four generations of the Ernst family in Frederick and Carroll Counties, and they refer to it as the Hrnsit bean. There can be no doubt but that it will produce true to type. The sample is somewhat undersized, owing to the unfavorable season.” (Ernst.) 43392. ALBIZZIA JULIBRISSIN Durazz. Mimosacee. From Fruitland Park, Fla. Presented by Mr. Louis P. Bosanquet. Re- ceived October 2, 1916. “Seeds of what seems to be a red-flowered form. I have been growing this tree here for a long time. The flowers are much handsomer than the usual form of Albizzia julibrissin, and the new growth is a bluer green.” (Bosan- quet.) See S. P. I. No. 36810 for a description of this species. 43393 to 43401. CuHayorta epuLis Jacq. Cucurbitacee. Chayote. (Sechium edule Swartz.) From Guatemala, Guatemala. Collected by Mr. Wilson Popenoe, Agricul- tural Explorer for the Department of Agriculture. Received October 6, 1916. Quoted notes by Mr. Popence. “ (No. 25a. September 16, 1916.) The chayote, here called giiisquil, is one of the commonest vegetables in this part of Guatemala and exists in a number of varieties. The following set includes those which have been seen com- _ monly in the market during the past two weeks. “Two classes of chayotes are distinguished in the markets as giiisquwiles proper and giiisquiles peruleros or Peruvian giiisquiles. The former includes practically all of the larger fruits; they vary from green to white in color, some are prickly and some smooth, and the surface is usualiy roughened, sometimes with deep sutures from base to apex. The second class, giiisquiles peruleros, includes small fruits, white to green in color, with the surface smooth and free from prickles or soft spines. Both classes are exceedingly abundant in the market.” : 2 1 Each introductior consists of seeds unless otherwise noted. It should be understood that the varietal names of fruits, vegetables, cereals, and other plants used in this inventory are those under which the material was received by the Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction; and further, that the printing of such ‘names here does not constitute their official publication and adoption in this country. As the different varieties are studied, their identity fully established, their entrance into the American trade forecast, and the use of varietal names in American literature be- comes necessary, the designations appearing in this inventory will be subject to change with a view to bringing the forms of the names into harmony with recognized American codes of nomenclature. 11 12 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 43393 to 43401—Continued. 43333. “ Giiisquiles proper. Pyriform, light green. This seems to be a very good variety, both because of its large size and its flavor, which is said to be good. It is pear shaped, flattened on both sides, the sur- face slightly rough and marked by several deep sutures. It is about 6 inches in length and weighs a pound and a quarter. In color it is a pale waxy green, and there are a few spines toward the apex of the fruit. it is the largest variety which I have seen here.” ~ 43394. “Giiisquiles proper. Pyriform, deep green. This variety is slightly smaller than the last [S. P. i. No. 48393], but ef the same form. It is 54 inches long and weighs a pound. The surface is rich green, practically smooth, and without spines.” 43395. “ Giiisquiies preper. Small, prickly, white. This is a smaller fruit than the last two [S. P. L. Nos. 483938 and 43394], measuring about 4 inches in length ang weighing about 7 ounces. It is obovate to pyriform, flattened on the sides, white, the surface marked with shallow sutures and thickly covered with short, soft spines. While the quality is said to be good, the small size and spiny surface of this variety probabiy prevent its being considered among the best.” 438396. “ Giiisquiles proper. Smooth, round, green. This variety is nearly spherical in outline, fattened on both sides, rich green in color, the surface slightly furrowed and nearly free from spines, having only a few toward the apex. It measures 4 inches in length and weighs about 10 ounces. It is one of the commonest varieties in the market, but is said not to be of the best quality.” 43397. “ Giisquiles proper. Prickly, round, green. Slightly smaller than the last [S. P. I. No. 48896], but of the same form. It measures 83 inches in length and weighs about 7 ounces. The surface is bright green, slightly furrowed, and covered thickly with spines. This seems to be rather inferior.” 43398. “ Giiisquiles peruleros. Large white perulero. This is the best which I have seen and seems worthy of attention in the United States. Its attractive appearance, the absence of deep sutures (which render its preparation for the table easier, since the sutures make it difficult to pare some of the varieties), and its good quality combine to make this sort -worthy of special notice. The variety is large for its ciass. measuring 33 inches in length and weighing 9 ounces. it is broadly ovate in outline, very plump, the surface nearly smooth, waxy white in color, and entirely free from spines, as are all the peruleres.” 43399. “ Giiisquiles peruieros. Small white perulero. Much the same shape as the last [S. P. I. No. 43398], but slightly more tapering at the base. It is 22 inches in length and weighs about 3 ounces. The sur- face is similar to that of the large white perulero. This and the fol- lowing two varieties are probably too small to be worthy of much attention in the United States.” a 43400. “ Giiisquiles peruleros. Light-green perulero. Similar in size and shape to the last variety [S. P. I. Ne. 438399], but differing in color, This one is whitish green and has rudimentary pe ES aimost too small to be noticed at first glance.” 43401. “ Gitisquiles peruleros. Dark-green perulero. Slightly smaller than the last two [S. P. I. Nos. 48399 and 43400], but ef the same fornr. The surface is quite smooth and of deep-green color. This is a very common variety in the markets and sells at a very low price.” oa ee OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1916. 13 43402 to 43409. From Constantinople, Turkey. Received through Mr. Hoffman Philip, sec- retary of the American Embassy, at the request of Mr. W. Stanley Hollis, consul general, Beirut, Syria; October 3, 1916. Quoted notes by Mr. George M. Young, consular agent, Beirut. 43402 to 43404.” AmyGpALUS PERSICA L. Amygdalacee. Peach. (Prunus persica Stokes. ) * Peach seeds from Damascus. It is said that the peaches here are usually very good. The seeds are planted about 10 inches deep in the soft rich soil in the month of December and watered every two weeks from February on. Grafts are usually made in the springtime and from other and better varieties on the worst variety, Kelabi.” 43402. “Zihri, summer; thus named from the approximate time of ripening.” 43403. “ Shetawi, winter; thus named from the approximate time Cepening.” 43404. “ Kelabi, large seed.” 43405 to 438408. Prunus aRMENIACA L. Amygdalacez. Apricot. “Apricot seeds from Damascus. Nothing could be more beautiful than the Damascus gardens of apricot trees in blossom timre. Apricots thrive here and attain great perfection. Their taste is excellent. The seeds are planted about 10 inches deep in the soft rich soil in the month of December and watered every two weeks from February on. Grafts are usually made in the springtime and from the other and better varieties on the worst variety, Kelabi. The crop of apricots is so abundant and of such excellent quality that its exportation in the form of apricot paste enriches the locality.” 43405. “ Beledi.” 43407. “ Kelabi.” 43406. “ Lozi.” 43408. “ Ajami, meaning Persian.” 43409. AMYGDALUS COMMUNIS L. Amygdalacez. Almond. (Prunus amygdalus Stokes.) “Almond seeds from Damascus. It might be possible to successfuliy cultivate these nuts in America. Here they grow well and are eaten everywhere. A little donkey loaded with them may be seen in the streets almost any time during the season. They seem to thrive best on the higher ground. The seed is planted about 10 inches deep in the soft rich soil in the month of December and watered every twe weeks from February on.” : 43410. Rosa rusiernosa L. Rosacez. Sweetbrier. From Medford, Oreg. Seeds collected by Dr. B. T. Galloway, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received October 9, 1916. “A wild rose growing on the hillside. A fine plant in Mr. F. C. Reimer’s yard at Talent, Oreg. Plant 5 to 6 feet high, forming a dense globose bush, covered with brilliant red fruit, very striking; stems one-half to 1 inch in _ diameter; leaves slightly scarlet. Mr. Reimer says the fruit hangs on all — _ winter.” (Galloway.) : 2 See footnote, p. 11. 14 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 43411. AmarAnruus PANICULATUS L. Amaranthacez. Amaranth. From Cuzco, Peru. Presented by Mr. Albert A. Giesecke. Received October 9, 1916. “A very special type of the popping variety, which is eaten as a confection or pop corn. It is rare even in Peru.” (Giesecke.) 43412. Axeurires rorpit Hemsl. Euphorbiacee. Tung-oil tree. Plants grown at the plant introduction field stations from seed received from various sources. Numbered for convenience in distribution, October 16, 1916. | 43413 to 43421. From Tierras de Loba, Bolivar, Colombia. Seeds collected by Mr. H. M. Curran. Numbered October 17, 1916. Quoted notes by Mr. Curran unless otherwise indicated. 43413. ALIBERTIA EDULIS A. Rich. Rubiaceex. “(Nos. 42 and 336.)” Inventory 49, Seeds and Plants Imported. PLATE III (HHUFELANDIA ANAY BLAKE, S. P. I. THE ANAY, A NEW RELATIVE OF THE AVOCADO. No. 43482.) The anay grows wild in northern and western Guatemala. Its fruit resembles an avocado of the Mexi- can race in general appearance. The flavor is exceedingly pleasant, but the flesh is rather scanty. This species may prove of value in connection with avocado breeding in the United States. (Photo- graphed by Wilson Popenoe, Sept. 23, 1916, at Mazatenango, Guatemala; P16809FS.) Inventory 49, Seeds and Plants Imported. PLATE IV. 7 Bae ee NEM a THE GRANADILLA OF GUATEMALA. (PASSIFLORA LIGULARIS JUSsS., S. P. I. No. 43437.) Several species of Passifiora are commonly known as granadilla in tropical America. The one here shown is grown in the Guatemalan highlands. It isfound at high altitudes; hence, it should be sufficiently frost resistant for cultivation in California and Florida. The white juicy pulp is sweet, delicately flavored, and faintly perfumed. (Photographed by Wilson Pepenoe, Oct. 19, 1916, at San Lorenzo del Cubo, Guatemala; P16870FS.) Se Inventory 49, Seeds and Plants Imported. PLATE V. - seas ee THE GREEN SAPOTE, A RARE TROPICAL FRUIT. (ACHRADELPHA VIRIDIS (PITTIER) O. F. Cook, S. P. I. No. 43439.) The green sapote, or injerto, is found in the Guatemalan highlands. It is much superior in quality to its relative, the sapote or mamey sapote (Achradelpha mammosa). The fruits have orange-brown flesh inclosing one or two large seeds; the sweet, rich flavor resembles that of the sapodilla. The tree will probably succeed in Florida and will cortaney grow in Porto Rico, Hawaii, and the Philippines. (Photographed by Wilson see Apr. 2, 1917, at San Cristobal, Alta Vera Paz, Guatemala; P17192FS.) Inventory 49, Seeds and Plants Imported. PLATE VI. THE LAMAT AVOCADO, FROM THE HIGHLANDS OF GUATEMALA. (PERSEA AMERI=- CANA MILL., S. P. I. No. 43476.) The Guatemalan avocados are remarkable for their fine quality and their habit of ripening in winter. The variety here shown, Lamat, comes from Amatitlan and is typical of the Guatemalan race. The form is attractive. The weight, about 1 pound, is desirable from a market point of view. Since the Guatemalan avocados are hardier than the West Indian varieties heretofore grown in Florida, they will make it possible for Florida to market avocados in quantity during the winter and spring. (Photographed by Wilson Popenoe, Nov. 5, 1917, at the city of Guatemala, Guatemala; P17401FS.) i] | OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1916. 93 | bluish green; fruits bright yellow till they ripen, when they turn shining black in a short time. Tree loaded with yellow and black fruits for many weeks; || Very prolific. Said to be very good for sweet preserves.” (Wercklé.) 43442 to 438444. Pyrus cHINENSIS X comMmMUNIS. Malacex. | Hybrid pear. Plants grown at the Plant Introduction Field Station, Chico, Calif. Num- bered on October 24, 1916, for convenience in distribution. 43442. Hybrid pear, P. I. G. No. 6587, tree 3, row 42. Raised by Dr. W. Van Fleet, in 1907, and presented to the Plant Introduction Field Station, December 22, 1909. “PWruit large and of attractive pyriform shape, somewhat resembling Bartlett, but with a deep red cheek on yellow ground. Flesh fine grained, tender, and juicy, with but few granules, flavor sweet and pleasant, quality very good. Should make an attractive market pear, It is hoped the usual resistance to oriental pear blight will be shown by this hybrid variety.” (Van Fleet.) 43443. Hybrid pear, from S. P. I. No. 28497, raised by Dr. W. Van Fleet. On account of differences in the fruits this plant and the fol- lowing have been assigned new §S., P. I. numbers. Mr. J. E. Morrow describes the fruit of this one as follows: ‘“ Row. 27, tree 7, fruit large, long, and pyriform; rough greenish skin, dotted; stalk 1% inches long, set between lips, fleshy at the base; calyx large in shallow basin; flesh granular, coarse, juicy; a late pear of excellent size and shape, but very coarse.” 43444. Hybrid pear from S. P. I. No. 28497. Mr. J. EH. Morrow describes the fruit as follows: ‘‘ Row 28, tree 4, in the test orchard. Fruit large size, roundish, oblate; very short neck; skin rough, irregular, dotted; basin broad, deep, and furrowed. Flesh coarse, but sweet and juicy. A pear of promise.” 43445. Pyrus caALLERYANA Decaisne. Malacee. Callery’s pear. Plants grown at the Plant Introduction Field Station, Chico, Calif. Num- bered on October 24, 1916, for convenience in distribution. From a tree grown from seed introduced by Mr. George Compére, who col- lected it in 1908 in the vicinity of Hongkong, China. The parent tree from which these seedlings came is standing in the yard of Mrs. Lenora Williams, at Oroville, Calif. The plant may be described as follows: This wild Chinese pear is not uncommon in western Hupeh at an altitude of from 1,000 to 1,500 meters and is easily recognizable by its comparatively small crenate leaves and small flowers. This pear maintains a vigorous and healthy appearance under the most trying conditions and might prove to be a very desirable blight-resist- ant stock. Also the woolly aphis, which attacks other species of pears, has not been known to touch this species. (Adapted from Compére, Monthly Bulletin, California State Commission of Horticulture, vol. 4, pp. 313-314, and from Rehder, Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, vol. 50, pp. 2387-2388.) “The male parentage of these seedlings is naturally uncertain, as the tree at Oroville might have been cross-pollinated by bees flying from European or other oriental pear trees in the vicinity.” (Fairchild.) 94. SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 43446. Garcrnta MANGOsTANA L. Clusiacez. Mangosteen. From Dominica, British West Indies. Secured through Mr. Joseph Jones, curator, Botanic Gardens. Received October 24, 1916. : “This delicious fruit is about the size of a mandarin orange, round and slightly flattened at each end, with a smooth, thick rind, rich red-purple in color, with here and there a bright hardened drop of the yellow juice, which marks some injury to the rind when it was young. As these mangosteens are sold in the Dutch East Indies, heaped up on fruit baskets or made up into long, regular bunches with thin strips of braided bamboo, they are as strikingly handsome as anything of the kind could well be, but it is only when the fruit is opened that its real beauty is seen. The rind is thick and tough, and in order to get at the pulp inside it requires a ¢ircular cut with a sharp knife to lift the top off like a cap, exposing the white segments, five, six, or seven in number, lying loose in the cup. The cut surface of the rind is of a most delicate pink color and is studded with small yellow points formed by the drops of exuding juice. As you lift out of this cup, one by one, the delicate segments, which are the size and shape of those of a mandarin orange, the light pink sides of the cup and the veins of white and yellow embedded in it are visible. The separate segments are between snow white and ivory in color and are covered with a delicate network of fibers, and the side of each segment where it presses against its neighbor is translucent and slightly tinged with pale green. As one poises the dainty bit of snowy fruit on his fork and looks at the empty pink cup from which it has been taken, he hardly knows whether the delicate flavor or the beautiful coloring of the fruit pleases him the more, and he invariably stops to admire the rapidly deepening color of the cut rind as it changes on exposure to the air from light pink to deep brown. The texture of the mangosteen pulp much resembles that of a well-ripened plum, only it is so delicate that it melts in one’s mouth like a bit of ice cream. The flavor is quite indescribably delicious and resembles nothing you know of and yet reminds you, with a long aftertaste, of all sorts of Creams and ices. There is nothing to mar the perfection of this fruit, unless it be that the juice from the rind forms an indelible stain on a white napkin. Even the seeds are partly or wholly lacking, and when present are so thin and small that they are really no trouble to get rid of. Where cheap and abundant, as in Java, one eats these fruits by the half peck and is never tired of them; they produce no feeling of satiety, such as the banana and the mango do, for there is little substance to the delicate pulp.” (Fairchild.) 43447 to 43449. From El Coyolar, Costa Rica. Seeds presented by Mr. Carlos Wercklé. Received October 20, 1916. 43447. ANNONA MURICATA L. Annonacez. : Soursop. “Guandbana. From a good-sized fruit with only 17 seeds; a very good variety.” (Wercklé.) “ One of the most valuable fruit trees of the Tropics. It is grown with especial excellence in Porto Rico and is common in the markets of Key West, whither it is shipped from the islands to the southward. A favorite drink is made from the juice, and the pulp yields excellent jelly, tarts, and preserves.” (W. EH. Safford.) For further description, see Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticul- ture, vol. 1, p. 292. OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1916. 25 43447 to 43449—Continued. 43448. ANNONA SQuAMOSA L. Annonacee. Sugar-apple. ** Delicious sherbets are made from its custardlike pulp, often with the addition of a little lemon juice, but it is never cooked or made into pre- serves or jelly, like the soursop. The fruit, when green, as well as the seeds and leaves, is used for destroying vermin; and in the West Indies the crushed leaves, in the form of poultices, are applied to ulcers and malignant sores. The root is a drastic purgative.”’ (W. H. Safford.) | For further description, see Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticul- ture, vol. 1, pp. 294-295. 43449. ARACHIS HYPOGAEA L. Fabacer. Peanut. “ Cacahuete, the variety from Rio Grande, which produces many pods with four perfect seeds. These seeds are from a very poor crop. Last year on the same land the pods were much larger, with four large seeds.” (Werckle. ) . 43450. CANARIUM AMBOINENSE Hochr. Balsameacez. From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by the director, Botanic Gardens. Received October 24, 1916. This beautiful tree, which grows to a height of about 90 feet, so resembles Canarium moluccanum in general habit and in the leaves that the two can scarcely be distinguished, although the fruit is different. The bark is smooth and. white. The fruit of this species is oblong, pointed at both ends, with the angles sharp toward the ends and somewhat flattened toward the middle. This tree is found in the island of Amboina, Celebes. (Adapted from Hochreutiner, Plantae Bogoriensis Hxsiccatae, p. 55.) 43451 to 43461. From Argentina. Collected by Mr. H. M. Curran. Received October 11, 1916. 43451 to 43453. Acacta spp. .Mimosacez. 43451. ACACIA FURCATA Gillies. A glabrous, spiny shrub, with very remarkable stipular thorns, which are nearly of equal breadth throughout until they branch off at the apex into spreading horns. The leaves consist of three pairs of pinns, and each pinna consists of seven to nine pairs of pinnules. | The white flowers appear in January, and the pods, which contain from five to eight seeds; are rather large, oblong, and flattened. The hard striped coffee-colored wood is not useful. In the Chaco Santa- fecioén, Argentina, the shrub develops to a considerable size, but when the trunk is large it is usually decayed. This shrub occurs through- out the northern portion of Argentina. (Adapted from Hooker, Botanical Miscellany, vol. 3, pp. 206-207, and from Venturi and Lillo, Contribucién al Conocimiento de los Arboles de la Argentina, pp. 34, 35.) 43452. ACACIA PRAECOX Griseb. A stout tree, not very tall, well known in northern Argentina on account of its globose heads of aromatic flowers. The leaves consist of three to four pairs of pinne and 10 to 24 pairs of pinnules. The wood resembles that of Ceratonia siliqua L., or St.-John’s-bread, 26 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 43451 to 43461—Continued. forms excellent firewood, and is quite abundant. (Adapted from Grisebach, Plantae Lorentzianae, p. 88, and from Venturi and Lillo, Contribucié6n al Conocimiento de los Arboles de la Argentina, p. 35.) 43453. Acacta visco Lorentz. A tree, native of northern Argentina, commonly unarmed, but oc- casionally with recurved thorns. The leaves consist of three to six pairs of pinne; the flowers are sessile. -The walnut-colored, striped hard wood is much appreciated on account of its resistance to mois- ture. It is not abundant and is used for all kinds of carpentry. (Adapted from Grisebach, Plantae Lorentzianae, p. 122, and from Venturi and Lillo, Contribucién al Conocimiento de los Arboles de la Argentina, p. 36.) “A timber tree which yields a very hard durable wood. It is a small tree of the dry regions and should be useful for planting in the mesquite areas of the Southwest.” (Curran.) 43454. CHRYSOPHYLLUM LUCUMIFOLIUM Griseb. Sapotacez. Aguay. A tree found in Misiones and Corrientes, Argentina, with beau- tiful broad green leaves and axillary or lateral flowers. Only one seed - matures in the oval fruit, which is 12 millimeters long. This tree some- times attains considerable size, and the wood, which is flexible and easily split, is used for firewood and gunstocks. The fruit is edible and very sweet. (Adapted from Grisebach, Plantae Lorentzianae, pp. 223-224, and from Venturi and Lillo, Contribucién al Conocimiento de los Arboles de la Argentina, p. 96.) 43455. E/NTEROLOBIUM TIMBOUVA Mart. Mimosacer. Timbo. “This is a very important timber tree and one of the most rapid- growing trees of the Tropics. Much appreciated in Buenos Aires as a shade tree. Reaches its best development in tropical forests, but en- dures cold and drought in a moderate degree.” (Curran.) A tree found throughout all northern Argentina and used as an orna- mental in Buenos Aires. It is unarmed, and the leaves consist of two to five pairs of pinne and ten to twenty pairs of pinnules. The greenish flowers occur in large heads or clusters, and the coriaceous, indehiscent, kidney-shaped pods are fleshy within and contain elliptic seeds. These pods are called orejas de negro in Argentina. From the trunks canoes are made, and the beautiful striped wood is used for a great many pur-- poses, such as general construction work and furniture, for paper pulp, and as a source of saponin. The bark and leaves are said to be poison- ous to fish; the pods are used to remove stains from clothes, and the seeds appear to be poisonous. (Adapted from Venturi and Lillo, Con- tribucién al Conocimiento de los Arboles de la Argentina, p. 41, and from Correa, Flora do Brazil, p. 70.) 43456. ILEX PARAGUARIENSIS St. Hil. Aquifoliacez. Yerba maté. “The Ilex is a plant of humid forest regions, but it will also endure the climate of Buenos Aires. It should be a good plant for Florida and per- haps the coast region as far north as the Cape Fear River, North Caro- lina. In nature it is a forest plant. In cultivation a light shade is often placed over the plants.” (Curran.) . A small, bushy, evergreen tree with serrate alternate leaves, a native of Brazil, Paraguay, and the neighboring countries. The leaves are oe er rr re oft OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1916. 27 43451 to 43461—Continued. roasted and ground to make the Paraguay tea of commerce, which is said to possess the good properties of tea and coffee without their after- effects. In the hospitals of Paris it is used as a stimulant. The yerba groves are located in remote regions and grow best on high land at an elevation of 1,000 to 2,000 feet in soft alluvial soil or soil rich in humus. The seed is very difficult to germinate and without special treatment requires a year before it will come up. An opinion prevails that these seeds will germinate only after being eaten by birds, and a substitute for the gastric juice of the bird has been sought. By a method in use at San Ignacio, Argentina, seedlings have been obtained in five weeks. This plant might be grown in.Texas and California. (Adapted from Friderici, Tropenpflanzer, 1907, pp. 776-783.) 43457. LoONCHOCARPUS sp. Fabacee. The species of this genus are either trees or shrubs, with alternate leaves and opposite leaflets. The papilionaceous fiowers are white, pink, or purple, and occur in simple or branched racemes. The membranous or coriaceous pods are flat and dehiscent, containing one to four, or rarely more, fiat kidney-shaped seeds. An indigo is said to be obtained from this genus, but it is not known in the trade and is little cultivated. (Adapted from Humboldt, Bonpland, and Kunth, Nova Genera et Species, vol. 6, pp. 182, 383, and from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 4, p. 1904.) 43458. PIPTADENIA EXCELSA (Griseb.) Lillo. Mimosacee. (P. communis excelsa Griseb.) “An important timber tree; also planted as a shade tree in Buenos Aires.” (Curran.) An unarmed tree, almost 100 feet high, with 15 to 20 pairs of leaflets in each leaf and spikes of flowers 2 or 3 inches long. The pods are linear. The rather thin bark is not used in tanning, as is that of the other species. The rosy wood, which resembles that of Piptadenia mac- rocarpa, is tough and straight grained and is used by the carpenters of Jujuy for various kinds of work. It is indigenous to the northern part of Argentina and is not exported to the south. (Adapted from Grisebach, Plantae Lorentzianae, p. 121, and from Venturi and Lillo, Contribucién al Conocimiento de los Arboles de la Argentina, p. 48.) 43459. PIPTADENIA MACROCARPA Benth. Mimosacez. “ Used the same as above number.” (Cuwrran.) An unarmed tree, native of Brazil, with grayish tomentulose twigs and branches and 10 to 25 pairs of pinne, each with 20 to 40 pairs of pin- nules, hardly 2 millimeters long. The flowers occur in peduncled heads in the axils of the leaves, sometimes at the ends of the branchlets. The pods are half a foot long and more than an inch wide, with thickened margins. (Adapted from Hooker’s Journal of Botany, vol. 4, p. 341, and from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 5, p. 2647.) 43460. SAccCELLIUM LANCEOLATUM Humb. and Bonpl. Boraginacee. A tree, 2 to 4 meters in height, with many branches, and a trurk 3 decimeters in thickness. The aiternate, lanceolate leaves are 10 to 16 centimeters in height, and the terminal racemes of inconspicuous dice- cious flowers resemble minute bouquets. The fruit is a small drupe. The wood of this tree is about the same in color and texture as that of 28 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 43451 to 43461—Continued. the ash (Fraxvinus excelsior). This tree is found in the Peruvian Andes on the tributaries of the River Guancabamba. (Adapted from Humboldt and Bonpland, Plantes Equinoxiales, pp. 41-44, pl. 13.) 43461. ScHINOPSIS LORENTZII (Griseb.) Engl. Anacardiacez. (Quebrachia lorentzti Griseb.) Quebracho. A tall timber tree, native of central South America, attaining a height of 50 to 75 feet and a diameter of 2 to 4 feet. The leaves are composed of 10 to 15 pairs of pinne and the fiowers occur in panicles. The fruit is a dry, indehiscent samara. The heartwood of this tree is one of the hardest, heaviest, and most durable timbers in the region of its occur- rence. It contains a large amount (20 to 24 per cent) of tannin, which actS aS a preservative, and it is used extensively for railroad ties, wharves, dry docks, fence posts, etc. The wood is whiter than that of the Quebracho colorado of the Chaco. (Adapted from Mell, Forest Serv- ice Circular 202, and from Venturi and Lilio, Contribucién al Conoci- miento de los Arboles dé la Argentina, p. 3.) 43462. Pinus merKxusi Jungh. and DeVr. Pinacee. Pine. From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by the director, Botanic Gardens. Received October 16, 1916. This tree, which is the only pine found south of the Equator, attains a height of 100 feet and forms a flat, umbrellalike crown. It is found in Burma, Borneo, Sumatra, and the Philippines, chiefly at elevations of 3,000 to 4,000 feet. The leaves are in clusters of two, the cones are usually in pairs, and the seeds are smal], much shorter than the unequal-sided wing. The wood is very resinous, and the trunks are used for masts and spars. (Adapted from Brandis, Indian Trees, p. 691, and from Mueller, Select EHaxtra-Tropical Plants, pp. 8938-394.) 43463 and 43464. From the Himalaya Mountains. Collected by Mr. R. E. Cooper and pre- sented by Mr. A. K. Bulley, Bees Ltd., Liverpool, England. Received October 16, 1916. Quoted notes by Mr. Cooper. 43463. CHENOPODIUM sp. Chenopodiacee. (Cooper No. 5259.) “‘ This plant grows in sandy soil at an elevation of 10,000 feet and forms a rosette of red-fruited sprays about 11 inches in diameter.” 43464. DELPHINIUM sp. Ranunculacee. Larkspur. (Cooper No. 53855.) “ This plant grows at an altitude of 10,000 feet and was in fruit only under moist gravel banks.” 43465. Cuorisia 1nsignis H. B. K. Bombacacez. From Guayaquil, Ecuador. Presented by the American consul, through Mr. L. H. Dewey, of the Department of Agriculture. Received November 9, 1916. “This is one of the silk-cotton trees, although not of such economic im- portance as the true kapok. The silk cotton is very nice and useful for stuffing pillows. The trunks of the young trees are spiny, but shed the spines with advancing age. I have seen trees of this species in the foothills of Salta with a diameter of 2 meters 40 centimeters, looking like immense onions. Some of the inhabitants there use the partly hollowed trunks of the live trees around OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1916. 29 their houses for storing their cured meats and other supplies. Here in Tucu- man the Chorisia is used quite a good deal for planting along suburban roads and avenues, and while it is not as beautiful a tree as some it is striking and interesting enough. The large flowers are yellowish white, the pods green at first, changing later on to dark brown. The tree resists quite a good deal of frost, about aS much as the jacaranda, for instance, but probably can not be erown as far north as Washington. In California and the Gulf States it should do quite well. This species is quite scarce.” (H. F. Schultz.) 43466 to 43470. From the Himalaya Mountains. Collected by Mr. R. E. Cooper and pre- sented by Mr. A. K. Bulley, Bees Ltd., Liverpool, England. Received October 16, 1916. Quoted notes by Mr. Cooper. 43466. EREMURUS HIMALAICUS Baker. Liliacez. (Cooper No. 5196.) ‘ This plant, which was found growing in a thin, turfy meadow over sand on river banks in extremely dry situations, is said to occur in only one place, Gonola, Labane, a stage below Kylung. It is 3 or 4 feet high, and the very showy white flowers appear in May.” 43467. PREMURUS HIMALAICUS Baker. Liliacez. “Probably the same as No. 5196 [S. P. I. No. 48466].” 43468. Iris sp. Iridacee. . Iris. (Cooper No. 5357.) “This dwarf iris grew on sloping turf at an altitude of 10,000 to 12,000 feet. Its leaves are thin and narrow.” 43469. SILENE sp. Silenaces. (Cooper No. 5312.) ‘‘ This plant grew to a height of 2 feet in the moist turf of a cornfield and bore white flowers.” 43470. THYMUS sp. Menthacee. Thyme. (Cooper No. 5265.) ‘‘ This plant grows on moist shady slopes at an elevation of 10,000 feet. The flowers are small and yellow, and the fruits are very hairy.” 43471. Boucainvittra sp. Nyctaginacee. Bougainvillea. From Georgetown, Demerara, British Guiana. Cuttings presented by the Department of Science and Agriculture. Received October 3, 1916. An attractive crimson-flowered bougainvillea, originally from Colombia, and now commonly cultivated in several of the British West Indian islands and also in British Guiana. In the latter place the Department of Science and Agriculture has been carrying on experiments with the culture of this orna- mental. The crimson bougainvillea has been successfully raised from cuttings and flowers twice a year in British Guiana, once in April or May and once in October or November. (Adapted from note in Agricultural News, July 1, 1916, vol. 15, p. 220.) 43472 to 43474. Collected by Dr. David Griffiths and grown at the Plant Introduction Field Station, Chico, Calif. Plants numbered October 27, 1916. 43472 and 438473. LEPARGYRAEA ARGENTEA (Pursh) Greene. Elaeeg- naceee. | (Shepherdia argentea Nutt.) Buffalo berry. ** Secured near Pierre, S. Dak. The buffalo berry is a native of the Missouri River valley and westward. In limited localities it has played | 30 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 43472 to 48474—Continued. a rather important role as a jelly fruit. It grows into a large shrub or small tree, resembling rather closely in leafage the so-called Russian olive belonging to the genus Elaeagnus. The fruit is about the size of a currant and varies in color from yellow to red. It is not at all palatabie until very late in the season, after it has partly dried so that the skin is wrinkled and presents a withered appearance. To most tastes it is not palatable at all in the raw state, but it makes a jelly of very superior quality. The fruit is gathered by shaking the trees very late in the season and catching the falling berries upon sheets. The yellow form is usually preferred to the red for culinary purposes.” (Grifiths.) 43472. Red-berried form. 43473. Yellow-berried form. 43474. BERBERIS FREMONTII Torr. Berberidacez. Barberry. “rom Lyford and San Saba, Tex. A native of southern and central Texas. Like the other species of the genus, it has ornamental value. In its native regions the berries are used for culinary purposes. In localities where the species is very abundant jellies are prepared and offered for sale on the markets. The species is very variable.” (Grif- fiths.) s 434'75. Prrska AMERICANA Mill. Lauracez. Avocado. (P. gratissima Gaertn. f.) From Santiago, Chile. Seeds procured through Mr. W. A. Shelly, at the request of Mr. W. F. Wight, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received October 16, 1916. “Palta. I am sending several of the varieties found here in Chile.” (Shelly. ) 43476. PrrsEA AMERICANA Mill. Lauracee. Avocado. (P. gratissima Gaertn. f.) From Guatemala. Cuttings collected by Mr. Wilson Popenoe, Agricultural Explorer for the Department of Agriculture. Received October 20, 1916, to June, 1917. “(Nos. 48, 55, 82, 126, and 148. Avocado No. 3.) Lamat.* OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1916. 43 to be 100 years old. Mr. Watase and I, when we were talking about it, both got the water freely flowing in our mouths. “Yes,” he said, “our famous de- ceased General Nogi used to say to his soldiers, on a hot day in the Manchurian campaign when there was no water in sight, ‘ Boys, how would you like to have now some nice pickled mumes,’ and nobody after that complained about thirst.” 43559. Tacca pINNATIFIDA Forst. Taccacez. Fiji arrowroot. From Donga, Nigeria, British West Africa. Presented by Rev. C. L. Whitman, Sudan United Mission. Received November 11, 1916. **Has very starchy tubers, said to be somewhat poisonous. Leaves irregu- larly lobed, resembling a potato leaf. Seed stalk 1 foot to 8 feet high. Seed pods on a whorl of small pedicels 1 to 14 inches in length. Grows wild in light upland soil near Donga. It is not cultivated here, but in its wild state is much sought after because of its starchiness. I have not learned the process by which it is made edible. It may be useful as a starch producer if it can be grown. Possibly it might be started under glass.” (Whitman.) 43560. Prrsea aMERICANA Mill. Lauraceez. Avocado. (P. gratissima Gaertn. f.) From Guatemala. Cuttings collected by Mr. Wilson Popenoe, Agricultural Explorer for the Department of Agriculture. Received November, 1916, to June, 1917. “(Nos. 54, 109, 115, 187. Avocado No. 6.) Kanola. This variety possesses several valuable characteristics. It is the earliest one found in the Antigua region, commencing to ripen at the end of October. This makes it of particular interest to avocado growers in California, since early-ripening varieties are much desired in that State. The tree is exceedingly productive, and the fruit, though small, is of desirable round form and attractive glossy purple color. The flesh is yellow, free from fiber, and of rich flavor, while the seed is com- paratively small for a fruit of round or oblate form. ‘The parent tree is growing in the sitio of Victor Garcia, who keeps a small estanco on the road from Antigua to San Antonio Aguas Calientes, just above the church of San Lorenzo del Cubo. The elevation is approximately 5,600 feet. Beneath the tree, which stands on:a rather steep hillside, coffee has recently been planted. The soil is very loose, black sandy loam, doubtless of volcanic origin. Judging from the crops grown in the vicinity, it must be quite fertile. The age of the tree is not definitely known. Victor Garcia says that it was already of large size when he was a lad, so it may be considered at least 40 years of age, most likely 50 or more. It stands about 35 feet in height, with a spreading but rather open crown 35 feet broad. The trunk is a foot and a half thick at the base. The first branches are about 8 feet above the ground. The young growths are stout, shapely, and vigorous. The indications are that the variety will be a strong grower. The bud wood is excellent, having strong, well-developed eyes well placed on the young twigs, which are round, smooth, and clean. There is no tendency for the eyes to drop from the young twigs, as there is in some varieties. The wood is not unusually brittle. “Varieties growing at this elevation in Guatemala are not subjected to severe frosts, but shouid be as hardy as the average of the Guatemalan race. “The flowering season of the parent tree is from the end of October to the first of December. It flowers very profusely and in good seasons sets heavy erops of fruit. The crop which ripened at the end of 1916 was enormous. It was impossible to make an accurate count, but a conservative estimate would place the number of fruits at 1,500 to 2,000. After such a heavy crop it is to be expected that a light crop will follow. Very few fruits are being carried 44. SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. to ripen at the end of 1917. Victor Garcia states that at least a few fruits are always produced ; some seasons the crop is small; in others it is very heavy, as it was in 1916. This is commonly the case with Guatemalan avocados. “As already stated, the fruit commences to ripen at the end of October. Ma- turity is indicated by the appearance of a purple blush on one side of the fruit. At this stage it is considered ready for picking, but its flavor is much richer if left on the tree some months longer until the entire fruit is deep purple in color. Apparently this variety has an unusually long fruiting season, for a few fruits (which had been overlooked in picking) were found still hanging on the tree at the end of April, 1917. “As observed during the past harvest, the ripening season appears to be as follows: First fruits maturing at the end of October; most of crop maturing in ‘November and December, but better if left on the tree until January; a few fruits at least remaining on the tree until March and April. “The fruit is uniformly oblate in form, resembling a grapefruit. In size it is small, weighing from 6 to 10 ounces. Under better cultural conditions, how- ever, the weight will probably go up to 12 ounces. The color when the fruit is fully ripe is deep purple. The surface is pebbled, not distinctly roughened. The skin is of good thickness, hard, and brittle. The flesh is deep yellow in color, free from fiber, but with slight fiber discoloration (not, however, of an ob- jectionable nature), of fine texture, and rich, oily flavor. The quality can be considered excellent. The seed is round, not large for a fruit of round or oblate form. It is generally found that fruits of this shape have seeds considerably larger in proportion to the size of the fruit than is common in the good varieties of pyriform or oval shape. Asin nearly all Guatemalan varieties, the seed is quite tight in the cavity. “Form roundish oblate; size small to below medium, weight 6 to 10 ounces, length 2% to 3 inches, greatest breadth 8 to 32 inches; base truncate, the stem inserted squarely without depression; stem fairly stout; 4 inches long; apex flattened, sometimes slightly oblique; surface pebbled, deep purple in color, some- times almost glossy, with numerous small yellowish dots; skin one-sixteenth of an inch thick at basal end of fruit, about one-eighth of an inch thick at apex, separating readily from the flesh, rather finely granular, woody, brittle; fresh deep cream yellow to yellow near the seed, changing to very pale green near the skin, quite free from fiber and with unobjectionable fiber discoloration, firm in texture and of rich, oily flavor; quality excellent; seed small in comparison to size of fruit, oblate, about 14 ounces in weight, sometimes excentric, tight in the seed cavity, with both seed coats adhering closely.” (Popenoe.) For an illustration of the Kanola avocado, see Plate VII. 43561. CuHorista insianis H. B. K. Bombacacee. From Tucuman, Argentina. Presented by Mr. E. F. Schultz, Department of Agriculture, through Mr. W. Henry Robertson, American consul general, Buenos Aires. Received November 6, 1916. “Known throughout this country as Palo borracho. the drunken tree.” (Schultz. ) See S. P. I. No. 42292 for previous introduction and description. 43562. Pyrus cHINENSIS X commUNIS. Malacee. Hybrid pear. Plants grown at the Plant Introduction Field Station, Chico, Calif. Num- bered for convenience in distribution, November 17, 1916. Hybrid pear, P. I. G. No. 6587, tree 8, row 46. Raised by Dr. W. Van Fleet in 1907 and presented to the Plant Introduction Field Station on December 22, 1909, I: NT RE I — ST TT I, NT TE TN Ee 2A A RS NE A TT tt GE NS AE Inventory 49, Seeds and Plants Imported. PLATE VII. ‘THE KANOLA AVOCADO, AN EARLY VARIETY. (PERSEA AMERICANA MILL., S. P. I. No. 43560.) For southern California early-ripening varieties of the Guatemalan race are particularly desired, in order to have fruit available during the winter months. The variety here shown, from near Anti- gua, Guatemala, is considerably earlier than the average Guatemalan avocado and is at the same time an attractive fruit of excellent quality. (Photographed by Wilson Popenoe, Jan. 29, 1917, at Antigua, Guatemala; P17068FS.) Inventory 49, Seeds and Plants Imported. PLATE VIII. A BASKET OF FINE GUATEMALAN CHERIMOYAS. (ANNONA CHERIMOLA MILL., S. P. I. No. 43927.) The cherimoya is recognized as one of the choicest fruits of the Tropics. It succeeds in southern | California and other subtropical regions where the climate iscool and dry. Superior varieties, such as the one here shown, are not excelled in richness of flavor by the pineapple or the straw- berry. They are now being introduced into this country by means of bud wood. (Photographed by Wilson Popenoe, Nov. 8, 1917, at the city of Guatemala, Guatemala; P17407FS.) OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1916. 45 438568. Prersea AMERICANA Mill. Lauracee. Avocado. (P. gratissima Gaertn. f.) E From Livingston, Guatemala. Presented by Mrs. Lucie Potts. Received November 15, 1916. “ Seeds of the hard-shell ‘pear.’ This fruit was sent to me from the Vera Paz district and was cut on November 17. The inside was spoiled when I opened it on November 27. It was badly gathered. I think a small piece of stem should be left, since pulling it all off leaves a circular hole at the base of the fruit that permits a quicker decay.” (Mrs. Potts.) 43564. Poa FLABELLATA (Lam.) Hook. f. Poacee. Tussock grass. From Stanley, Falkland Islands. Roots presented by Mr. W. A. Harding, manager, Falkland Islands Company, at the request of the American con- sul, Punta Arenas, Chile. Received November 15, 1916. _A coarse grass, native of the Falkland Islands, growing on peat soils near the sea. The plant forms dense masses of stems, which frequently rise to the height of 4 to 6 feet, and the long, tapering leaves, from 5 to 8 feet long and an inch wide at. the base, hang gracefully over in curves. The plant is much relished by cattle, being very nutritious. The inner portion of the stem, a little way above the root, is soft and crisp and flavored like a hazelnut. The inhabitants of the Falkland Islands are very fond of it; they boil the young shoots and eat them like asparagus. (Adapted from Hogg, Vegetable Kingdom, pp. 823, 824.) 43565. Cuayora epuuis Jacq. Cucurbitacee. Chayote. (Sechium edule Swartz.) From St. Lucia, British West Indies. Presented by the agricultural super- -intendent at the request of Hon. Francis Watts, Commissioner of Agri- culture for the West Indies, Imperial Department of Agriculture, Bar- bados. Received November 10, 1916. “White. The green and the white varieties appear to be the only ones known in these islands.” (Watts.) 43566. FrrRoNIELLA OBLATA Swingle. Rutacee. Krassan. From Saigon, Cochin China. Presented by Mr. P. Morange, director, Agri- cultural and Commercial Services. Received November 13, 1916. A spiny tree, 25 to 65 feet in height, native of Cambodia and Cochin China, growing rather commonly in forests, both on the plains and on the mountains. The leaflets of the pinnate leaves are oval with rounded or flattened tips, and the very fragrant white flowers appear in many-flowered panicles growing on the branches of the previous year’s growth. The fruits are borne in clusters of three or four, are shaped like a flattened sphere, and are from 2 to 24 inches in diameter. The pulp is edible and is subacid and pinkish. These fruits, which have a pronounced orange flavor when young, are used as a condiment in sauces. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 8, pp. 1219, 1220.) 43567 to 48577.4 Amygdalacee. From Valencia, Spain. Procured through Mr. John R. Putnam, American consul. Received November 16, 1916. Seeds introduced for the work of the Office of Horticultural and Pomological Investigations. *See footnote, p. 11. 46 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 43567 to 4357'7—Continued. 43567 to 43572. AMYGDALUS PERSICA L. Peach. (Prunus persica Stokes.) 43567. Melocoton Bandera FEspaiola. 43568. Tardio Encarnado. 43569. Bresquillo Duraznos. 43570. Tardio Amarillo. 43571. Melocoton Murciano. 43572. Melocoton de Sagunto. 43573. AMYGDALUS PERSICA NECTARINA Ait. Nectarine. Abridor de Alginet. 43574 to 43577. AMYGDALUS PERSICA L. Peach. (Prunus persica Stokes.) 43574. Roquete San Jaime. 43576. Temprano Pequeno. 43575. Paria de Picasent. 43577. Pavia Fina Encarnada. 43578. Cyprrus EscuLENTUS L. Cyperacee. Chufa. From Valencia, Spain. Tubers presented by Mr. R. L. Sprague, American consul, Gibraltar, at the request of Mr. George Eustis, Newport, R. I. Received November 16, 1916. . *“ With regard to the cultivation of chufas, there appears to be little to say. Similarly to peanuts, they require a light sandy soil, well worked, and peri- odical irrigation. In preparing for planting, the soil is well pulverized and mixed with sea sand and organic manure, supplemented occasionally with superphosphates and a little ammonium sulphate. The surface is leveled and irrigation ditches made at a distance of 2 or 38 palms (17 to 24 inches) apart. The spaces between, or rows, are flattened in spots at intervals of 2 or 3 palms, the seed being placed three or four to each hill on the surface and these hills lightly covered with loose earth. The seed is not buried, and the depth of the covering should not exceed 2 inches. The only attention required is occasional weeding and irrigation, as the tuber requires plenty of moisture.” (Sprague.) 43579. CyrRTosTACHYS LAKKA Beccari. Phcenicacee. Palm. F:om Singapore, Straits Settlements. Presented by Mr. I. H. Burkhill, director, Botanical Gardens. Received November 6, 1916. A stately, elegant palm, producing suckers. The slender spineless stem is covered with a cluster of boldly arched leaves, 33 to 43% feet in length. ‘The flowers are moneecious, and the dry fruits are elongate, egg shaped, ard small, about 10 mm. (five-twelfths of an inch) long and half as wide. The ovate seeds are about one-sixteenth of an inch long. This species differs from Cyrtostachys renda in the more elongated and smaller fruits and in the oval seeds. (Adapted from Beccari, Annales du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg, vol. 2, p. 141, and from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 2, p. 947.) 43580. ‘TricoNnpyLus Myricomes (Gaertn. f.) Kuntze. Proteacez. (Lomatia longifolia R. Br.) From Clarence, Blue Mountains, New South Wales. Presented by Mr. Harry B. Shaw, Federal Inspector, port of New York, through Dr. G. R. Lyman, of the Department of Agriculture. Received November 9, 1916. A shrub 8 to 10 feet high, with very narrow lance-shaped leaves and terminal or axillary racemes of cream-colored flowers. The fruit is an eval-oblong OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1916. 47 follicle, and the seeds are winged. ‘The wood is light colored and very hard, with a beautiful small figure, well suited for turnery. (Adapted from Hd- wards’s Botanical Register, pl. 442, and from Maiden, Useful Natwe Plants of Australia, p. 564.) 43581 to 43583. From Madagascar. Presented by Mr. Eugene Jaeglé, director, Agricul- tural Station of Ivoloina, near Tamatave. Received November 8, 1916. 43581. MerpEemMIA Nopitis (Hildebr. and Wendl.) Drude. Phcenicacez. (Bismarckia nobilis Hildebr. and Wend1.) Bismarck’s palm. A tall fan-shaped palm found in western Madagascar, with a stout colummar trunk. The compact foliage has a spread of 3 meters, and from the white-striped leafstalk hang immense clusters of light-brown fruits about the size of plums. (Adapted from Wendland, Botanische Zeitung, vol. 39, pp. 94, 95.) 43582. LAGERSTROEMIA SPECIOSA (Muenchh.) Pers. Lythraces. (L. fios-reginae Retz. ) Crape myrtle. A tree, 50 to 60 feet in height, with leaves from 4 to 8 inches long and large panicles of flowers which vary from rose to purple from morning to evening. This is the chief timber tree in Assam and eastern Bengal, India, and also in Burma. It occurs along river banks and on low swampy ground and is commonly cultivated as an avenue tree. No special eare is used in growing this tree, which is felled when from 30 to 50 years of age, and the timber is used for shipbuilding, boats, etc., being very durable under water. It has been introduced into southern Cali- fornia. (Adapted from Watt, Commercial Products of India, p. 701, and from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 4, p. 1775.) 43583. LInoMA ALBA (Bory) O. F. Cook. Phoenicacez. Palm, A slender, spineless, Arecalike palm found in tropical Asia, where it grows to a height of 30 feet or more and a diameter of 8 or 9 inches, dilated at the base. The leaves are 8 to 12 feet long. Branches of the spadix 6 to 18 inches long, erect or slightly reflexed, zigzag when young. By far the best of the genus and when young a very desirable pinnate house and table palm, deserving to be well known. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 2, p. 1004.) 43584. Cuayorta epuuis Jacq. Cucurbitacee. Chayote. (Sechium edule Swartz.) From Dorcyville, La. Presented by Mr. Leonce M. Soniat, Cedar Grove Plantation. Received November 20, 1916. ‘ “Two of the fruits raised by a gentleman who lives on my place. These are a cross between the green and the white.” (Soniat.) 43585. Dimocarpus LoNGAN Lour. Sapindacez. Longan. (Nephelium longana Cambess.) From Paget East, Bermuda. Presented by Mr. E. J. Wortley, director, - Bermuda Agricultural Station. Received November 20, 1916. Bud wood from the same tree as seed of S. P. I. No. 43338. 48 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 43586. Amycpanus persica L. Amygdalacee. Peach. (Prunus persica Stokes. ) From Nanking, China. Presented by Mr. Paul Jameson, Atherican consul. Received November 22, 1916. “A complete assortment of seeds of all peaches grown in this district. It is the custom to pick the fruit before it ripens.” (Jameson.) Introduced for the work of the Office of Horticultural and Pomological In- vestigations. 43587 to 43589. Rosa spp. Rosacee. Rose. From Kew, England. Cuttings presented by Mr. W. Watson, curator, Royal Botanie Gardens. Received November 20, 1916. 43587. ROSA FERRUGINEA Vill. (Rosa rubrifolia Vill.) An erect shrub, 5 to 7 feet in height, whose stems are covered with a purplish bloom and are armed with small decurved prickles. The leaves are composed of five to seven beautiful purplish red, smooth leaflets, up to 14 inches in length. The deep-red flowers are 1% inches wide and occur a few in a cluster. The nearly globose red fruit is one-half an inch or more long and is smooth. This shrub is found in central Europe, especially in the Alps and Pyrenees and other mountainous regions. Its color makes it a most valuable ornamental in the vegetative condition, and it is very striking when planted in groups. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 440.) 43588. Rosa MOYESII Hemsl. and Wils. A shrub 6 to 10 feet in height, with erect stems armed with stout, pale, broad-based prickles. The leaves are from 3 to 6 inches long and are com- posed of 7 to 13 leaflets, which are dark green above and pale glaucous below. The flowers, which occur solitary or in pairs, are a lurid dark red and from 2 to 23 inches in width. The red bottle-shaped fruits are + inches or more long, with a distinct neck between the body of the fruit and the persistent sepals. This rose is a native of western China and was first found on the frontier of Tibet at an altitude of 9,000 feet and over. iIt is perfectly hardy in the British Isles and is remarkable for the color of its petais. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 435.) 43589. Rosa vVILLosa L. (Rosa pomifera Herrmann.) A bush 4 to 6 feet high, armed with scattered, slender, but broad-based prickles up to one-half an inch long. The leaves, which are from 4 to 7 inches in length, are composed of five to seven leaflets, which are doubly serrate and downy on both surfaces. The deep rosy pink flowers are up to 4 inches wide and are produced in clusters of from three to six. The rich red fruit is pear shaped or rounded and about 13 inches long. This rose is a native of central Europe and has a larger fruit than any other hardy rose. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 439.) OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1916. 49 43590. Hocus sorGHUM VERTICILLIFLORUS (Steud.) Hitche. Poa- cee. Sorghum. From the Seychelles Islands. Presented by Mr. P. Rivaly Dupont, curator, Botanic Station. Received June 22, 1915. Numbered November 25, 1916. “Seeds of a wild sorghum collected at Anse aux Pins, Mahe, Seychelles.” (Dupont. ) Seed separated from S. P. I. No. 40848 and grown during the season of 1916. 43591 and 485928. Trirotium pratense L. Fabacer. ; Red clover. From Reading, England. Presented by Messrs. Sutton & Sons. Received November 21, 1916. 43591. ‘“ Sutton’s cow-grass, which invariably gives only one cutting in the year in this country and lasts four to five years.” (Suwtton.) 43592. “ Hnglish red clover, the ordinary stock of red clover.” (Sutton.) 43593. Passirnora NAPALENSIS Wall. Passifloracee. Granadilla. From Lawang, Java: Presented by Mr. M. Buysman. Received November 18, 1916. A glabrous climbing plaat, found up to 6,000 feet in India, with slender angu- lar branches and distant leaves. The leaves are deep green above and up to 4 inches in length. The small cup-shaped flowers occur in lax few-flowered cymes, and the nearly globular fruit is purplish and about the size of a large pea. (Adapted from Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 2, p. 600.) 43594. DonicHos LnasuaB lL. Fabacee. Bonavist bean. From Georgetown, British Guiana. Presented by Mr. J. F. Waby. Re- ceived November 13, 1916. “Var. Nankinicus. Secured through one of the traveling instructors of the Department of Science and Agriculture in the County of Berbice, adjoining the County of Demerara. We use them as a side dish, mixed with rice, and prefer them to all other bonavists for this purpose.” (Waby.) 43595 to 43597. Maurizorus spp. Fabacee. Sweet clover. From Erfurt, Germany. Purchased from Messrs. Haage & Schmidt, through Mr. Julius G. Lay, American consul general, Berlin. Received November 141916.” 43595. MELILOTUS NEAPOLITANA Ten. (M. gracilis DC.) An herb with slender roots and a straight, slender, glabrous stem 6 to 9 inches high. The leaflets are slightly serrate, and the racemes are straight and slender with pale-yellow flowers. The pods are straight and almost globular and contain two seeds. This plant has been reported from Frejus and Perpignan, France. (Adapted from DeCandolle, Flora Francais, vol. 5, p. 565.) 43596. MELILOTUS SEGETALIS (Brot.) Seringe. An herb, sometimes erect and sometimes lying along the ground, with ovate leaflets somewhat serrate near the bases. The flowers occur in lax 30824°—21—__-4. 5O SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 43595 to 43597—Continued. racemes, and the glabrous pods are nearly round and contain but a single seed. This plant is found in Mediterranean countries from Spain to — Palestine and in northern Africa. It differs from Welilotus sulcata in having fruits two or three times as large. (Adapted in part from DeCan- dolle, Prodromus Systematis Naturalis, vol. 2, p. 187.) , 43597. MELILOTUS sULCATA Desf. An annual herb with erect stems and lax, elongated racemes of small yellow flowers. The rather small pods are almost round and are keeled. | This plant has been found growing in clay in various places in Asia , Minor. (Adapted from Boissier, Flora Orientalis, vol. 2, p. 106, 1872.) 43598. ILex PaRAGUARIENSIS St. Hil. Aquifoliacez. Yerba maté. From Concepcion, Paraguay. Presented by Mr. Thomas R. Gwynn. Re- ceived November 21, 1916. A small evergreen tree, native of Paraguay and Brazil, whose leaves are | roasted and ground to make the Paraguay tea of commerce. This plant might be grown in Texas and California. (Adapted from Friderici, Tropenpflanzer, 1907, pp. 776-783.) See S. P. I. No. 48456 for further description. 43599. NorHopanax Aarporeus (Forst.) Seem. Araliacee. (Panazr arboreum Forst.) From Avondale, Auckland, New Zealand. Presented by Mr. H. R. Wright, Avondale Nursery. Received November 22, 1916. “Seeds of a very pretty evergreen shrub grown for its foliage. Height 15 feet.” (Wright.) 43600. Garcinia MANGosTANA L. Clusiacez. Mangosteen. From Zamboanga, Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. J. A. Tiffany, Philippine Constabulary. Received November 22, 1916. “The present crop of mangosteens in Jolo is the poorest for several years. I found only two or three seeds in each fruit I selected and these were not so good as has been usual in former crops. The next crop should yield some excellent fruits.” - (Tiffany.) 43601. Canaritum ovatumM Engl. Balsameacee. Pili nut. From Manila, Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. Adn. Hernandez, Director of Agriculture. Received November 21, 1916. A tree, native of the Philippines, with compound leaves and triangular drupes containing one seed. These nuts are eaten throughout the eastern part of the world, and from them is extracted an oil which is used for table purposes and also for burning in lamps. (Adapted from notes of H. H. Boyle, assistant horticulturist, Bureau of Agriculture, Manila.) See also 8S. P. I. No. 38372 for further data. 48602. Prrsea AamertcANA Mill. Lauracee. Avocado. (P. gratissima Gaertn. f.) From Guatemala. Cuttings collected by Mr. Wilson Popenoe, Agricultural Explorer for the Department of Agriculture. Received November, 1916, to June, 1917. OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1916. 51 “(Nos. 71, 127, 149. .Avocado No. 7.) Jshkal. Several people have recom- mended this variety as a fruit of unusually fine quality. Ripe fruits of the yariety have not been seen by me. “The parent tree is growing in the patio of the Masonic Building, Ta Avenida Norte No. 4, Guatemala. The elevation here is 4,900 feet. Apparently the tree is quite old, at least 50 years, as it is 60 feet high, with the trunk more than 2 feet thick at the base. The crown is dense and seems to be in vigorous condi- tion. The bud wood is excellent, having well-developed eyes which are not inclined to drop and leave a blind bud. Everything seems to indicate that the yariety is oval to broadly obovoid in form. The caretaker states that it is formed, vigorous, and not unusually brittle. “Avocados growing at this elevation in Guatemala are not subjected to severe frosts. but should be as hardy as the average of the Guatemalan race. “The tree did not produce any fruit in 1916, but it flowered heavily early in 1917 and set a large crop of fruit, which promises to remain on the tree to maturity. According to the caretaker who lives on the property, the season of ripening is from March to July. The fruit is not at its best until May. If this is actually the case, the variety can probably be considered rather late in season of ripening. “ Judging from the young fruits on the tree at this time (July 20, 1916), the variety is oval to broadly obovoid in form. The caretaker states that it is about a pound in weight when mature and dull purple in color when ripe. The surface is strongly pebbled, the skin moderately thick, woody, and brittle. I am inclined to suspect that the seed may be undesirably large, but this can not be definitely ascertained at the present time. Don Pedro Brunj and others tell me that the flesh is of rich yellow color, unusually buttery in consistency, and very rich in flavor. “This variety should not be propagated extensively until it has fruited in the United States, since it is included in this collection solely on the recommenda- tion of Guatemalans who are familiar with it.” (Popenoe.) 43603 to 43606. Prrsea AMERICANA Mill. Lauracee. Avocado. (P. gratissima Gaertn. f.) From Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Presented by Mr. Clarence W. Martin. Received November 24, 1916. Quoted notes by Mr. Martin. 43603. ‘“Colorados. Red aguacates, largest and hardiest variety of Honduras. Stands all degrees of climate in Honduras, cold and hot. Grown at 72° F., mean temperature. Pear shaped.” 43604. “Moreno. A mottled green and brown skin. The fruit is almost perfectly round and not pear shaped. From 3,000 feet altitude. Mean temperature here 72° F.” 43605. “Negros. Black aguacates. From a cool altitude of 3,500 feet. This is a round aguacate. Grown at 72° F., mean temperature.” 43606. “Verdes. A small green aguacate. Most sought after of all, on account of its better flavor. Pear shaped, long necked. Grown at (el ag 43607 to 43632. From Mandalay, India. Presented by Mr. A. W. Sawyer, assistant botanist. Received November 20, 1916. Quoted notes by Mr. Sawyer. 43607 to 48628. Hotcus sorcHUM L. Poacee. Sorghum. (Sorghum vulgare Pers.) iy ae SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 43607 to 48632—Continued. 43607 to 48612. ‘“‘ Burmese dry-zone sorghums, from the Meiktila District.” 43607. “No. 1A. Pyaung-pyu-galée. Used as fodder.” 43608. “No. 2A. Pyaung-ni-galé. Used as fodder.” 43609. “No. 3A. Pyaung-shweé-wa. Used as fodder.” 43610. “No. 4A. Sdn-pyaung. Used as grain and eaten by man and cattle.” 438611. “No. 5A. Ké6én-pyaung, white. Used as grain and fod- der.” 43612. ‘No. 6A. Pyaung-net. Used as fodder.” 43613 to 438628. ‘Indian varieties of sorghum.” 43613. ‘No. 1B. Saloo. From Central Provinces; used as grain.” 43614. ‘No. 2B. Collier. From Central Provinces; used as fodder.” 43615. “No. 3B. Dukuri. From Poona (Dekkan); used as grain.” { 43616. “No. 4B. Hundi. From Poona (Dekkan); used as grain.” 43617. ‘No. 5B. Nilwa. From Poona (DekkKan); used as fodder.” 43618. “No. 6B. Peria Manjal Cholam From Madras.” 43619. “No. TB. Palpu Jonna. From Madras; used as fod- der.” 43620. ‘No. 8B. Giddu Jonna. From Kurnool (Madras) ; used as grain.” 43621. ‘No. 9B. Cherukupatsa Jonna. From Kurnool (Ma- dras) ; used as grain.” 43622. ‘No. 10B. Tella Jonna. From Bellary (Madras) ; used as grain.” 43623. ‘No. 11B. Patcha Jonna. From Bellary (Madras) ; used as grain.” 43624. “No. 12B. Pedda Jonna. From Nandyal (Madras) ; used as fodder.” 43625. ‘No. 18B. Sweet Juar. From Lyalipur (Punjab).” 43626. “No. 14B. Andhri. From Cawnpore (United Proy- inces) ; used for grain and fodder.” 43627. “No. 15B. Bawni. From Cawnpore (United Prov- inces) ; used as grain.” 43628. ‘No. 16B. Dodania. From Cawnpore (United Prov- inces) ; used as grain and fodder.” 43629. ELEUSINE CORACANA (L.) Gaertn. Poacez. Ragi millet. “No. 10. Sdt-vi. From Koilpatti (Madras); used for grain and fodder.” 43630. CHAETOCHLOA ITALICA (L.) Scribn. Poacezx. Millet. (Setaria italica Beauv.) “No. 2C. Sé@t. From Meiktila District, Burmese dry zone; used for grain and fodder.” OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1916. 58 43607 to 43632—Continued. 43631.. PANICUM MILIACEUM L. Poaceer. Proso. “No. 8C. Li. From Meiktila District, Burmese dry zone; used for grain and fodder.” 43632. PANICUM MILIACEUM L. Poacee. Proso. “No. 4C. Li. From Monywa, Burmese dry zone; used as grain and fodder.” 43633. Juniperus PACHYPHLOEA Torr. Pinacee. Juniper. From New Mexico. Collected by Dr. David Griffiths, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received November 23, 1916. * Collected in the Organ Mountains, October 9, 1916.” (Griffiths.) A large tree, often 50 to 60 feet high, with a short trunk 8 to 5 feet in diameter and smooth, reddish brown bark. The leaves are bluish green, and the flowers appear in February and March. The large, reddish brown fruits contain a thick, dry, mealy flesh and are gathered and eaten by the Indians. The wood is light and soft and not strong. This tree is found on dry, arid mountain slopes at elevations of 4,000 to 6,000 feet in the southwestern part of the United States and northwestern Mexico. (Adapted from Sargent, Manual of the Trees of North America, pp. 90, 91.) 43634 and 436385. Jasminum spp. Oleacee. Jasmine. From Kew, England. Cuttings presented by Sir David Prain, director, Royal Botanic Gardens. Received November 22, 1916. 43634. JASMINUM REVOLUTUM Sims. A nearly evergreen shrub of a lax, spreading habit, being the stoutest of the cultivated jasmines. The dull, very dark green leaves are com- posed of from three to seven leaflets, and the fragrant, yellow flowers are produced in terminal corymbs of 6, 12, or more together. This shrub is a native of Afghanistan and the northwestern Himalayas. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, pp. 661, 662). 436385. JASMINUM WALLICHIANUM Lindl. A nearly evergreen shrub, with slender, angled, smooth branchlets and alternate leaves composed of from 7 to 13 leaflets up to 14 inches in length. The yellow flowers are about five-eighths of an inch long and are produced either singly or in clusters of three. This shrub is a native of Nepal, India, and has been cultivated in England since 1812. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 626.) 43636. So~aNumM MELONGENA L. Solanacee. Eggplant. From Westfield, N. J. Presented by Dr. R. S. Keelor. Received November Dito 1916. “The Japanese eggplant of the long-fruited variety, grown from seed in my own garden at Westfield, N. J., from seed’ imported from Japan. This variety of eggplant is very fruitful and possesses fine keeping qualities. In fact, I still have some of them on hand and find them very good eating, although they were picked from the garden five weeks ago, after having been exposed to four or five rather severe frosts and a temperature as low as 36° F.” . (Keeior.) 54. SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 43637. Leucarena ciAuca (L.) Benth. Mimosacee. From Miami, Fla. Presented by Mr. 8. H. Richmond. Received November 28, 1916. “A shrub which grows 10 feet high. The plants sprang up, grew 6 feet, and fruited after we Supposed every root had been eradicated.” (Richmond.) \ 43638. XantTHosoma sp. Aracex. Yautia. From Rama, Nicaragua. Presented by Mr. Carlos Berger. Received No- vember 28, 1916. “Tubers of the supposed Palma yautia. This plant has the peculiarity of drying up during the dry season, like Dorstenia contrayerva and several other plants, all of which dry up here in January, when it still rains, and stay so during the whole so-called dry season, even though it be really dry only a month or so, and despite the fact that the mounds seldom dry out, except in an unusually dry season, about once in ten years. This induces me to believe that these plants have emigrated from the interior of Nicaragua, where there is a well-defined dry season and where they may have acquired the habit of drying up at a certain season of the year.” (Berger.) 43639 to 48641. Sosa max (L.) Piper. Fabacee. Soy bean. (Glycine hispida Maxim.) From Canton, China. Presented by the American consul general, through the Department of Commerce. Received November 27, 1916. “Four varieties of beans are grown in the Canton consular district: The black, the red, the yeliow, and the so-called white. These beans are cultivated along the banks of the Tsochiang and the Yuchiang, in Kwangsi. The best varieties are said to come from near Siangshui and Lungchow in the south- western part of the Province. The actual acreage under cultivation can not be estimated, on account of the fact that the beans are not cultivated in any one district but in many places and in small patches of from 1 to 3 mou. (The mou varies in different parts of China; in Canton 4.847 mou equal 1 acre.)” (From Consular Report, November 7, 1916, p. 504.) 43639. ‘ White bean. The white bean is called by the Chinese chutou or pearl-shaped bean. It is grown principally in the Province of Kwangsi, although certain quantities are produced in Kwangtung, Yunnan, and Kweichow Provinces, which are within this consular juris- diction.” (Consular Report, November 7, 1916, p. 504.) 43640. ‘“ Black beans.” 43641. ‘“ Yellow beans.” 43642 to 48671. From Cairo, Egypt. Seeds presented by the director, Horticultural Divi- sion, Ministry of Agriculture, Gizeh Branch. Received November 10, 1916. 43642. ACACIA SCORPIOIDES (L.) W. F. Wight. Mimosacez. Babul. (A. arabica Willd.) A shrub or small tree, with gray branchlets, and leaves composed of 10 to 20 pairs of leaflets. The flowers are in groups of two to five, and the flat, gray-downy pods are from 8 to 6 inches long. This plant is found extensively in India; also in Arabia and Europe. The gum (Indian gum arabic) which exudes from the tree is of great commercial value and is used for a variety of purposes. The gum is usually obtained without tapping. The pure pale gum comes only from healthy trees and under OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1916. 55 43642 to 43671—Continued. favorable circumstances; long exposure to dampness or rain darkens the gum, and gnarled or diseased stems produce only the inferior darker gum. This gum is used in calico printing and in all other industries where a mucilage is necessary. The bark of this tree as well as the pods is exten- sively used in India as a tanning material, and the wood is much valued on account of its hardness and durability. It may be raised from seeds. (Adapted from Watt, Commercial Products of India, pp. 2-8, and from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 1, pp. 188-189.) 43643. CAESALPINIA PECTINATA Cay. Czsalpiniacez. Tara. (C. tinctoria Domb.) An erect shrub or small tree, native of Peru, where it grows at altitudes from 8,000 to 10,000 feet. In the vicinity of Lima, Peru, the pods are used as a tanning material. See also S. P. I. No. 41323. 43644. CAESALPINIA SEPIARIA Roxb. Cesalpiniaces. A tree found ascending to 4,000 feet in the Himalayas, distributed throughout tropical Asia, and also introduced into tropical America. It is covered with numerous small pale-brown prickles and has rather narrow glabrous leaves about a foot long. The bright-yellow flowers occur in simple, lax racemes from 1 to 2 feet long, and the pods are less than 2 inches long, are hard, and clothed with very small deciduous pristles. (Adapted from Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 2, p. 256.) 43645. CAILLIEA NUTANS (Pers.) Skeels. Mimosacez. (Dichrostachys nutans Benth.) A spiny much-contorted shrub or small tree, native of central Africa. The Acacialike leaves are composed of 5 to 10 pairs of pinne, each with 10 to 20 pairs of leaflets. The flowers occur in dense axillary spikes, the upper ones sulphur yellow and the lower ones rosy lilac. The pod is twisted and is about a third of an inch wide. This shrub has been introduced into southern California. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 2, p. 1003.) 43646. CaJAN INDICUM Spreng. Fabacez. Pigeon pea. A shrub 3 to 10 feet high, cultivated in the Tropics for the nutritious peas. The flowers are yellow and maroon, and the pods are hairy and pealike. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 2, p. 613.) See S. P. I. No. 41646 for previous introduction. 43647. CALLISTEMON SPECIOSUS (Sims) DC. Myrtaces. Bottle-brush. (Metrosideros speciosus Sims. ) A large shrub, native of New South Wales, Australia, but cultivated in the British Isles and in the United States. The leaves are lance shaped, with prominent midribs, and the bright red flowers occur in terminal spikes from 2 to 6 inches long. The golden yellow of the anthers con- trasting with the dark red filaments makes this a beautiful ornamental. It may be grown anywhere, except in places subject to frosts. (Adapted from Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, pl. 1761, and from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 2, p. 630.) 56 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 43642 to 43671—Continued. 43648. CASSIA CORYMBOSA Lam. Czesalpiniacez. A very handsome shrub, native of Argentina, but introduced and culti- vated in the British Isles and the middle portion of the United States. It attains a height of 4 to 10 feet, and the leaves are composed of three pairs of leaflets. In the spring the branches are clothed with numerous corymbs of bright-yellow flowers. This is one of the best-known garden species, being an excellent conservatory plant for spring, summer, and autumn bloom. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol]. 2, p. 680, and from Florists’ Exchange, July 27, 1912.) 43649. CASSIA DIDYMOBOTRYA F'res. ~Cesesalpiniaceze. A woody plant, native of Abyssinia, with leaves composed of five to Seven pairs of leaflets. The flowers occur in racemes growing from the upper axils, the petals being painted by the thick, colored nerves and veins. The slender pods are compressed. (Adapted from Fresenius, Flora, vol. 22;p. 58, 1839.) 43650. CASSIA EREMOPHILA A. Cunn. Czesalpiniaces. (C. nemophila A. Cunn.) A woody plant, found in all the colonies of Australia except Tasmania. The leaves are composed of two pairs of very narrow leaflets, and the pods are very smooth. In Australia both the pods and the leaves of this plant are eaten by stock. (Adapted from Maiden, Useful Mative Plants of Australia, p. 47.) 43651. CITHAREXYLUM QUADRANGULARE Jacq. Verbenacez. A large tree, native of the West Indies, with permanently 4-angled branches and opposite, entire, serrate leaves. The small white odorous flowers occur in racemes, and the fruit is a fleshy drupe. This tree might prove to be a good ornamental for the northern part of the United States. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 2, p. 778.) 43652. CLERODENDRUM INDICUM (L.) Druce. Verbenacez. (C. siphonanthus R. Br.) A shrub, 2 to 8 feet high, rather openly branched, with opposite or verticillate narrow notched leaves. The white flowers, which occur in very large terminal racemes, have tubes 8 to 4 inches long. The fruit is a showy red and purple berry, which persists a long time. This shrub is a native of the East Indies and is also hardy in Florida. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 2, p. 801.) 43653. ARECASTRUM ROMANZOFFIANUM (Cham.) Becc. Phoenicacee. (Cocos romanzofiana Cham.) Palm. This coconut palm is found in Santa Catharina, Brazil, and bears a fibrous fruit, which is eaten, although containing insipid juice. But one seed is contained in this fruit, which is said to be about the size of a walnut. The spadix is about 6 feet in length. (Adapted from Choris, Voyage Pittoresque Autour du Monde, p. 5.) 3 43654. Cordis Myxa L. Boraginacez. Sebesten. A moderate-sized deciduous tree, found in tropical Asia and Australia, with oval leaves and thick, rough bark. The wood is soft and is said to have furnished the lumber from which the nrummy cases were made. In India it is used for boat building, gunstocks, and agricultural imple- > OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1916. 57 43642 to 43671—Continued. ments; it is an excellent fuel. The bark is made into ropes and the fiber is used for calking boats. The fruits are succulent and mucilaginous and when young are eaten as vegetables or pickled. They have also been employed as pectoral medicines. (Adapted from Maiden, Useful Native Plants of Australia, pp. 19, 165, 407, 620, 639, and fronr Gamble, Manual of Indian Timbers, p. 270.) 43655. GENISTA RAETAM Forsk. Fabacee. | Retem. (Retama raetam Webb.) A simple-leaved shrub, from 1 to 3 meters in height, found everywhere on the sand dunes in various places in Egypt; also in Tunis, Algeria, ete. Tt is densely branched, and the leaves are about 5 mm. long. The sessile white flowers, one to five in-a cluster, are about a centimeter long; the pods are inflated and abruptly beaked. The bitter roots are made into a decoction. which is used by the Arabs as a heart stimulant. The plant, after nraceration in water, is applied to wounds as a curative. (Adapted from Forskdl, Flora Aegyptico-Arabica, p. 214, and from Muschler, Manual Flora of Egypt, vol. 1, p. 473.) 43656. GMELINA ARBOREA Roxb. Verbenacez. Gumhar. A large tree, occurring over a large part of India, but nowhere plenti-— ful, being found up to 5,000 feet altitude in moist places. It reaches a height of over 100 feet and a diameter of about 5 feet and is found in deciduous forests in moist, fertile valleys. It has smooth gray bark and loses its leaves in hot weather. While the leaves are off, the flowers appear, followed a little later by the new leaves. The wood is yellowish or white, not very hard, but light and strong, with a handsome luster. As it is easily worked and takes varnish well, it is used for dugout canoes, furniture, carriages, toys, dolls, etc. In Madras the juice of the root is used in cases of dysentery. The tree is often planted in avenues and can readily be raised fronr seeds. (Adapted from Rodger, Forest Bulletin (India) No. 16, 1913.) 43657. JATROPHA curRcAS L. Euplhorbiacee. A large shrub or tree, up to 15 feet in height, found throughout tropical America and Africa. It has long-petioled leaves, somewhat three to five lobed, like the English ivy. The flowers are small and yellowish green, occurring in many-flowered cymes. From the seeds there is obtained by hot pressing an oil of great commercial value. Medicinally it is similar in its action to croton oil, but is a milder laxative. Large quantities are imported into Eurcpe for soap manufacture and for lighting purposes. It is said to be especially used in the manufacture of a transparent soap for dressing woolen cloths. As a drying vil it is also very valuable. The chief supply of this oil (Oleum infernale) now comes from the Cape Verde Islands, where the Portuguese Government is making large planta- tions of purgueira, as it is known. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 3, p. 1720, and from the Bulletin of the Bureau of Agricultural Intelligence, p. 278, April, 1911.) 43658. KALANCHOE MARMORATA Baker. Crassulacee. (kK. grandifiora A. Rich.) A very stout low-branching shrub, native to the mountains of Abyssinia. The oval succulent leaves are pale green, blotched with purple; the young leaves are orange-green with blood-red spots; all of the leaves are crenate. « 58 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 43642 to 43671—Continued. The creamy white flowers. each more than 2 inches long, are in large com- pound panicles. (Adapted from Gardeners’ Chronicle, vol. 12, Sept. 10, 1892, and from Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, pl. 7333.) 43659. MIcROCcOS LATERIFLORA L. Tiliaces. (Grewia asiatica L.) A small tree, native of tropical Africa and India, with roundish serrate leaves from 2 to,.7 inches long. The flowers are yellow, and the fruit is a round, hairy .drupe about the size of a pea. The leaves and the fruits are said to be used in the treatment of dyspepsia and diarrhea. (Adapted from Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 1, p. 386, and from Dragendorff, Heilpflanzen, p. 419.) 43660. MOoONTANOA HIBISCIFOLIA (Benth.) C. Koch. Asteracez. One of the tree daisies of Central America, which is easily distinguished by its five to seven lobed, opposite, entire leaves. It is easily cultivated, the seeds being started indoors ana the plants transferred to the open for foliage effects. It may also be propagated by cuttings. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 4, p. 2064, and from Koch, Wochenschrift des Vereines zur Beforderung des Gartenbaues, vol. 7, p. 407.) 43661. PAVONIA SPINIFEX (L.) Cay. Malvacez. A weak-growing shrub, sometimes attaining the height of 20 feet, but _ with a slender stem and few upright branches. The alternate leaves are oval heart shaped, crenate, and hairy on both sides. The large yellow flowers are odorless. This shrub is a native of South America and is of horticultural value for its flowers. (Adapted from Botanical Register, pl. 339, and from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 5, p. 2489.) 43662. PONGAM PINNATA (L.) W. F. Wight. Fabacee. (Pongamia glabra Vent.) A tall, erect tree or climber with glabrous branches and leaves, the latter composed of five to seven opposite leaflets. The flowers occur in simple axillary racemes,-and the woody, glabrous pods are up to 13 inches long. This species is a native of tropical Asia and Australia and was first introduced into the United States in 1910. The yellow, tough, close-grained ‘wood is prettily marked and might be used for chair mak- ing. In India an oil is extracted from the seeds, which is used as an illuminant and as an application in skin diseases. A poultice made of the leaves is used as a remedy for ulcers. The ash of the wood is a dyeing material. Owing to its handsome foliage, this tree is used as an orna- mental in the Southern States. (Adapted from Maiden, Useful Native Plants of Australia, pp. 200, 591, and from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia . of Horticulture, vol. 5, p. 2753.) 43663. SAPINDUS VITIENSIS A. Gray. Sapindacee. A tree about 30 feet in height, with warty bark on the branchlets and with leaves composed of three to four pairs of shiny green leaflets about 4 inches long. The numerous flowers occur in large terminal panicles, but are small and white and apparently not of ornamental value. Found in the Fiji Islands on leeward coasts. (Adapted from Gray, U. S. Exploring Expedition, Botany, vol. 1, pp. 251, 252.) —_* = rete ttt: ee iit tt LD A En ——s "FE eee ae eee - OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 321, 1916. 59 43642 to 43671—Continued. 43664. ScHINUS TEREBINTHIFOLIUS Raddi. Anacardiacee. A small evergreen tree, native of Brazil, with alternate leaves com- posed of two to seven pairs of oblong, sessile leaflets with serrate mar- gins. The flowers occur in terminal panicles and are followed by globose yermilion fruits. All parts of this tree, and especially the bark, are more or less resinous; the native fishermen smear this resin on their nets to protect them from the water. The leaves are used as an application to wounds and sores. In Minas Geraes the young twigs are used as toothbrushes, cleaning the teeth and hardening the gums. (Adapted from Rodrigues, Hortus Fluminensis, p. 102.) 43665. SoLaANuUM MACRANTHUM Dunal. Solanacezx. An ornamental tree, native of Brazil, attaining a height of 12 to 14 feet and probably more. The ample, alternate leaves, with acutely lobed margins, have prickly veins. These prickles become large and stout on the lower surface, especially on the midrib. The flowers, which occur in axillary racemes, are large and pale lilac in color, with darker dashes and pale lines. This tree has long been cultivated at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. It is readily propagated from cuttings. (Adapted from Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, pl. 4138.) 43666. SPARTIUM JUNCEUM L. Fabaceer. Spanish broom, A tall shrub of rather gaunt habit, native of southern Europe, with erect, cylindrical, rushlike stems, smooth and dark green, which take the place of leaves. The leaves are very few and deciduous, and the fragrant flowers, which occur in terminal racemes up to 18 inches in length, are of a rich glowing yellow. The pods are from 1% to 3 inches long and contain from 5 to 12 seeds. This shrub is grown for its showy flowers, which appear from June to September, and also for the fiber, which is obtained from the branchlets by maceration. This fiber is worked- up into thread, cordage, etc.. The plant must be raised from seeds and kept in pots until ready to be set out. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, pp. 522, 523.) 43667. SPHAERALCEA UMBELLATA (Cay.) Don. Malvaces. (Malva umbellata Cav.) A woody plant, native of Mexico, attaining a height of a foot and a half, covered with dense hairs. The heart-shaped leaves are somewhat seven lobed and dark green, and its numerous scarlet flowers occur in clusters of three, or rarely of four or five. (Adapted from Hdwards’s Botanical Register, vol. 19, p. 1608.) 43668. TERMINALIA ARJUNA (Roxb.) Wight and Arn. Combretacer. A very large tree with smooth green or whitish bark found on the banks of rivers and streams throughout central and southern India. The leaves are narrowly oblong and up to 9 inches in length. The flowers, which appear in April and May, occur in terminal panicles, and the fruit is a 5-winged drupe about 2 inches long. This tree yields a clear, transparent gum, which is used as a drug in northern India; the bark is used as a dye and for tanning, and the wood, which is apt to split in seasoning, is used for carts and agricultural implements. The ash from this wood contains a very high percentage of lime. (Adapted from Watt, Commercial Products of India, p. 107, and from Beddome, Flora Sylwvatica of India, vol. 1, pl. 28.) 60 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 43642 to 43671—Continued. 43669. THRYALLIS BRASILIENSIS L. Malpighiacez. (Galphimia brasiliensis Juss.) A shrub, native of Brazil, with reddish, oval, lance-shaped leaves about 1 inch long and small yellow flowers in short, lax panicles. This orna- mental plant has been introduced into California, where its bright flowers make it very attractive. In Brazil it is called Resedd amarello and Tin- tureira. The flowering season is from September to December. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 3, p. 1512, and from Rodrigues, Hortus Flumineénsis, p. 62.) 43670. TooNna cILIATA Roemer. Meliacez. (Cedrela toona Roxb.) Toon tree. A large deciduous tree, found chiefly near streams in tropical sub- Himalayan regions. The wood obtained from this important timber tree is not eaten by white ants and is very durable. See S. P. I. No. 43288 for further description. 43671. WIGANDIA CARACASANA H. B. K. Hydrophyllacez. A shrubby tropical plant with a green hairy stem and alternate rusty hairy leaves 5 to 6 inches long. The large, pale-violet flowers are borne in loose terminal panicles and make the plant a very showy ornamental. It does not do very well indoors in greenhouses, but should be planted outside in frostless regions. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 6, p. 1975, and from Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, pl. 4575.) 43672. Prosopis cHILENSIs (Molina) Stuntz. Muimosacez. (P. juliflora DC.) Algaroba. From Honolulu, Hawaii. Presented by Mr. J. M. Westgate, agronomist, Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station. Received November 20, 1916. A leguminous tree with small flowers in little heads or spikes. The pod is more or less thickened, and the leaves are composed of a large number of leaflets. This tree is a native of Mexico and the West Indies. (Adapted from note of W. Harris, Kingston, Jamaica, April 7, 1916.) See also S. P. I. No. 42648 for further data. The algaroba has become a very important forage tree in the Hawaiian Islands, where its dissemination has been fostered. The pods are used for fat- tening pigs. 43673 and 43674. Undetermined. Myrtacee. From San Jose, Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. Carlos Wercklé, Department of Agriculture. Received November 20, 1916. - 43673. From tree No. 2. 43674. From tree No. 3. For previous introduction and description, see S. P. I. No. 43441. 43675 to 43701. From Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by the Arnold Arboretum and se- lected by Mr. H. C. Skeels and Dr. W. Van Fleet, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received November 20, 1916. 43675. ACANTHOPANAX SESSILIFLORUM (Rupr. and Maxim.) Seem. Araliacese. An ornamental hardy shrub, found in eastern Siberia. The leaves are palmate, the brownish flowers occur in dense umbels on the spiny - ne ok ee a LL OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1916. _ 61 43675 to 43'701—Continued. branches, and the fruits are blackish berries. (Adapted from note of Frank N. Meyer, dated Nov. 24, 1906.) See also S. P. I. No. 19476 for further data. 43676. ACER ARGUTUM Maxim. Aceracex. Maple. A small deciduous tree, with erect branches and doubly serrate leaves from 2 to 4 inches in length. The greenish yellow flowers are produced in April before the leaves, and the keys are borne in hanging racemes. This tree is a native of the mountain woods of Japan and makes an ele- gant appearance with its pale-green leaves in summer and its purplish - brown branches in winter. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 135.) 43677. BUDDLEIA DAVIDII SUPERBA (DeCorte) Rehd. and Wils. Logania- cer. A large shrub, from 8 to 10 feet high, with rather thick, slightly wrinkled leaves, and pale rose-colored flowers in dense panicles which ap- pear from the axils of the uppermost leaves. This shrub is found in cen- tral and western China. (Adapted from H#. H. Wilson, Horticulture, Sept. 20, 1913, and from Journal of Horticulture, July 10, 1913.) 43678. BUDDLEIA DAVIDII VEITCHIANA Rehder. Loganiaces. A large shrub, having an erect habit and with 4-angled shoots. The flowers are bright mauve with orange-yellow throats, and they occur in rather dense panicles. This variety has a more erect habit and dense flower clusters than the typical species. (Adapted from EH. H. Wilson, Horticulture, Sept. 20, 1913.) 43679. CAMPYLOTROPIS MACROCARPA (Bunge) Rehder. Fabaceer. (Lespedeza macrocarpa Bunge.) A shrub, up to 6 feet in height, with long-stalked leaves and oval leaf- lets. The purple flowers appear in many-flowered racemes about 3 inches long, and the glabrous pods are more than half an inch long. This shrub is found in northern and central China. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 4, p. 1845.) 43680. CoTONEASTER DIELSIANA FE. Pritz. Malacem. A deciduous shrub, about 8 feet high, with ovate leaves and flowers occurring three to seven in a cluster. The round or pear-shaped fruit is scarlet. This shrub is a native of centrai China. (Adapted from Bean. Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 408.) See also S. P. I. No. 40575 for further information. 43681. CoTONEASTER HORIZONTALIS Decaisne. Malacer. A low, flat, deciduous shrub, native of China, with branches spreading horizontally and branchlets covered with thick, brown wool. The dark, glossy green leaves are generally oval and up to one-half inch in length. The flowers are white, suffused with pink, are about one-fourth of an inch in diameter, and appear singly or in pairs in May. The globose fruit is bright red, about one-fifth of an inch in diameter. This is one of the handsomest of the cotoneasters and is easily propagated by cuttings. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 411.) 62 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 43675 to 43'701—Continued. 43682. CoTONEASTER HORIZONTALIS PERPUSILLA C. Schneid. Malaceze. A low Chinese shrub, with the branches almost horizontal and roundish oval leaves, less than one-third of an inch long. The flowers are erect and pink, and the bright-red, ovoid fruit has usually three stones. This variety differs from the typical species in having smaller leaves and fruits. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 2, p. 865.) 43683. DEUTZIA DISCOLOR Hemsl. Hydrangeacez. A shrub 5 or 6 feet in height, native of central and western China. The narrowly oval leaves are dull green and up to 44 inches in length. The flowers, which vary in color fronr white to pink, occur in corymbs and are from half an inch to an inch in width. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 481.) 43684. EvoNyMUS BUNGEANUS SEMIPERSISTENS (Rehder) C. Schneid. Celastrace. A large glabrous shrub or small tree, from 3 to 5 meters high, with bright-green leaves of a bluish or grayish hue, half evergreen. The yellowish white flowers appear in loose three to seven flowered cymes, and the few fruits are bright pink. This variety differs from the species in having leaves which remain on the plant until midwinter. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 2, p. 1188, and from Sargent, Trees and Shrubs, vol. 1, p. 165.) 43685. EUONYMUS EUROPAEUS LEUCOCARPUS DC. Celastracez. A deciduous shrub or small tree, from 10 to 25 feet in height, forming a spreading, bushy head. The leaves are narrowly oval, and the white flowers occur in cymes about 14 inches long. The red fruit is from one- half to three-fourths of an inch wide. This shrub is a native of Europe, including the British Isles, and is very striking in autumn when well laden with fruit. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 589.) 43686. EUONYMUS RADICANS CARRIEREI (Vauy.) Nicholson. Celastracee. A low, spreading shrub with no inclination to climb, with glossy leaves from 1 to 2 inches long. The greenish flowers occur in clusters of five or more at the end of a slender stalk, and the fruit, which is orange shaped and greenish white or tinged with red, is one-third of an inch in diameter. This may be only a stunted form of the typical species. It is a native of-Japan and is cultivated in the New England States. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 542.) 43687. EUONYMUS RADICANS VEGETUS Rehder. Celastracez. A low, spreading shrub up to 5 feet in height, climbing high if placed against a wall. The dull-green, thickish leaves are broadly oval and obtuse, and the greenish white flowers occur in rather dense cymes. The fruit is a greenish white capsule, inclosing a bright-orange aril. Both flowers and fruits appear in great profusion, and it can be recommended as a broad-leaved evergreen for coid regions, (Adapted from Sargent, Trees and Shrubs, vol. 1, p. 130 and pl. 65.) | \} | OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1916. 63 | 48675 to 43'701—Continued. | 438688. EvoNYMUS YEDOENSIS Koehne. Celastracem. A deciduous shrub or small tree, growing 10 feet or more high, with pinkish purple fruit. This shrub is a native of Japan, and in autumn its leaves turn a brilliant red. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 543.) 43689. HYDRANGEA ROSTHORNII Diels. Hydrangeacer. A shrub up to 12 feet in height, with roundish oval, slender-pointed leaves from 4 to 9 inches in length. The white or purplish sterile flowers occur in cymes 4 to 7 inches wide. This shrub is a native of western China, and the flowers appear in July. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 3, p. 1622.) 43690. HyDRANGEA XANTHONEURA Diels. Hydrangeace. A deciduous shrub about 8 feet in height, of a loose, straggling habit. The leaves, dark green above and pale beneath, are in threes and of an oval shape. The creamy white sterile flowers are in flattish panicles of a width of about 6 inches, and the perfect flowers are dull white and one- fourth of an inch wide. This shrub is a native of central China. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 631.) 43691. HYDRANGEA XANTHONEURA SETCHUENENSIS Rehder. Hydrangea- cer. A shrub up to 15 feet in height, with the last year’s branchlets light brown. The narrow, elliptic, bright-green leaves are up to 8 inches long and 4 inches wide, and the white, fertile flowers are in rather loose corymbs from 5 to 10 inches wide, appearing in July. This shrub is a native of western China. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclo- pedia of Horticulture, vol. 3, p. 1620.) 43692. HYPERICUM PATULUM HENRYI Bean. Hypericacee. St.-John’s-wort. A hardy evergreen shrub, native of northern India and the Himalayas, with very large dark-green leaves and large handsome yellow flowers. (Adapted from Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, pl. 4949.) See also S. P. I. No. 38153 for further information. 43693. LESPEDEZA FORMOSA (Vogel) Koehne. Fabacee. (L. sieboldii Miquel. ) / An herb, or in warm regions a shrub, up to 2 meters high, throwing up strong, wiry shoots each year from the crown. .The stems are hairy, angled, reddish or brown, and the rosy purple flowers, nearly half an inch long, occur in very numerous long, drooping racemes. The pod is about half an inch long and pubescent. This plant, which is a native of Japan and China, is a very desirable late bloomer. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 4, p. 1845.) 43694. LIGUSTRUM ACUTISSIMUM Koehne. Oleacee. Privet. A much-branched shrub, with the branches often extending almost horizontally. The leaves are narrowly oval, with slender pointed tips. The white flowers occur in dense panicles from three-fifths of an inch to 14 inches long. This shrub has been found in Hupeh, China. (Adapted from Urban und Graebner, Festschrift zur Feier Herrn Ascherson, p. 198, 1904.) 64 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 43675 to 43'701—Continued. 43695. LIGUSTRUM OBTUSIFOLIUM REGELIANUM (Koehne) Rehder. Olea- cee. Privet. \ A dwarfed shrub of dense habit, with the branches spreading horizon- tally. The oblong or narrowly oval leaves are downy beneath, and the white flowers, produced in July, are in terminal, nodding clusters. The glabrous fruit, at first covered with a purplish bloom, is finally black and is smaller than that of the typical species. This shrub is a native of Japan. Soest from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, pp. 24, 25.) 43696. LONICERA FERDINANDI Franch. _Caprifoliacee. Honeysuckle. A very robust deciduous shrub of spreading, open habit, attaining a height of 8 or 9 feet. The oval duil-green leaves are from 1% to 4 inches long and are hairy on both sides. The yellow flowers are produced in pairs during June, and the fruit is red. This shrub is a native of Mon- golia and China, and it flowers very freely. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Istes, vol. 2, p. 43.) 43697. LoNICERA HENRYI Hemsl. Caprifoliacez. Honeysuckle. An evergreen climbing plant, with oblong leaves and purplish red flow- ers, produced in clusters of 2 or 3 inches across. The fruit is blackish purple. The plant is a native of China and Tibet. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 45.) See also S. P. I. No. 40585 for further information. 43698. LONICERA MAACKII ERUBESCENS Rehder. Caprifoliacez. Honeysuckle. A rather low, spreading skrub, with broadly oval leaves which are dark green above and paler beneath. The flowers are large and tinted with pink, and the fruit is dark red. This variety is found in central China. A very desirable late bloomer. (Adapted from Batley, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 4, p. 1910.) 43699. LONICERA MAACKII PODOCARPA Franch. Caprifoliacee. Honeysuckle. A low, spreading shrub with broadly oval, short-tipped, dark-green leaves. The flowers are white, fading to yellowish, and the fruit is dark red. This shrub, which is a native of central China, is most beautiful in the fall, for the dark-green foliage and the fruits last until November. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 4, p 1910.) 43700. MALUS ARNOLDIANA Rehder. Malacee. . Crab apple. This is a hybrid of Malus floribunda with one of the hybrids of M. bac- cata, and appeared spontaneously in the Arnold Arboretum several years ago. It makes a smaller tree than M. floribunda, but its long, spreading and arching branches are very graceful and the flowers produced on long stems are more than twice as large as those of M. floribunda. ‘These flowers are a beautiful pink, and it is considered by some persons to be the most beautiful of the crab apples. (Adapted from the Arnold Ar- boretum Bulletin of Popular Information, Nos. 8, 1911, and 39, 1913.) OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1916. 65 43675 to 43'701—Continued. 43701. MALUS BACCATA CERASIFERA (Spach) Takeda. Malacez. (Pyrus cerasifera Tausch.) Crab apple. This crab apple,. very probably a hybrid, makes a large tree with a spreading head. The flowers are large and pure white, and the fruit is variable in size, shape, and color. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclo- pedia of Horticulture, vol. 5. 2872.) 43702. GutreLtMa uTinis Oerst. Pheenicaceer. Palm. (Bactris utilis Benth. and Hook.) From El Coyolar, Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. Carlos Wercklé. Received December 7, 1916. “The most valuable palm, besides Cocos nucifera and the date. One of the heaviest bearers per acre of all the fruit trees, the fruit ripening during the greater part of the year. The fruit is orange color, is eaten boiled, generally in salt and water; and is very good. Mixed with sugar many kinds of sweet cakes can be made from it; it is more mealy than the farinaceous tuber roots. This palm grows fairly well on the coast up to 1,100 feet; prefers a damp climate, mountain slopes, and deep soil with plenty of humus. These seeds were taken from well-ripened fruits and dried for two hours in the sun under cover of sackcloth.” (Wercklé.) 43703 to 43736. From Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by the Arnold Arboretum and selected by Mr. H. C. Skeels and Dr. W. Van Fleet, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received November 20, 1916. 43703. MALUS PRUNIFOLIA RINKI (Koidz.) Rehder. Malacez. Apple. (Pyrus prunifolia rinki Bailey.) A wide-spreading small tree, up to 18 feet high, with pink or pinkish _ flowers and oval, serrate leaves. This tree yields an edible fruit, some- times reaching a diameter of 13 inches, of a greenish or yellowish color and with a bitter-sweet flavor. It was formerly cultivated in Japan for its fruit, but is now chiefly used as a stock for the imported varieties. It is a native of China, where it is sparingly cultivated. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 5, p. 2873.) 43704. MALUS SIEBOLDIIT ARBORESCENS Rehder. Malacee. Apple. (Pyrus sieboldii arborescens Bailey.) A shrub or tree, up to 30 feet high, with slightly pubescent oval- oblong leaves which become red in autumn. The flowers are often nearly white, and the red or yellow fruits are about the size of peas. The typical species has pink flowers and is always a shrub. This tree is a native of Japan and is cultivated both for ornament and as a stock for breeding purposes. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 5, p. 2874.) 43705. Matus zumi (Mats.) Rehder. Malacez. Apple. (Pyrus zumi Mats.) -A small tree of pyramidal habit, with oval or oblong leaves from 13 to + inches long. The flowers are pink in the bud, becoming white after opening, are 1 to 14 inches in diameter, and are produced in clusters of four to seven. The globose, red fruits are half an inch in diameter. This 30824°—21—_5 66 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 43703 to 43736—Continued. tree is a native of Japan and was introduced into North America in 1892. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the Pritish Isles, vol. 2, pp. 300.) 43'706. ROSA ABIETINA Grenier. Rosacex. Rose. A compact shrub, 5 to 7 feet in height with straight, slender, very prickly branches, leaves five, seven, or sometimes nine parted, leaflets from half an inch to 1# inches long, three-eighths of an inch to 1 inch wide, and rather small rose-colored flowers in one to eight flowered clus- ters. Known only from Dauphiny and Switzerland. (Adapted from Schneider, Handbuch der Laubholzkunde, vol. 1, p. 567.) 43707. ROSA AMBLYOTIS Meyer. Rosacez. Rose. A stout-branched rose, with dark-purple bark covered with prickles and bristles. The leaves are usually composed of seven leaflets. The flowers are pink and solitary, and the fruits are about half an inch long. This rose has been found in Kamchatka, Siberia. (Adapted from Meyer, Mémoires L’ Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Petersbourg, vol. 5, Botanique, pp. 30, 31, 1849.) 43'708. Rosa BAICALENSIS Turez. Rosacee. Rose. (R. acicularis Lindl.) A low-growing rose with densely prickly stems and leaves composed of three to seven leaflets up to 2 inches in length. The solitary deep-rose flowers are from 13 to 2 inches wide and fragrant. The fruit is pear shaped. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 5, p. 2998.) 437709. Rosa cANINA L. Rosacez. Dog rose. A robust shrub from 6 to 18 feet high, with stems armed with scattered hooked bristles and leaves composed of five to seven leaflets, sometimes downy. The fragrant white or pinkish fiowers occur in clusters, and the egg-shaped or roundish fruits are bright red. This rose, in one or another of its numerous varieties, is found throughout most of the cooler parts of Kurope and western Asia and has been naturalized in North America. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy im the British Isles, vol. 2, Dp. 422.) ~ 437710. Rosa cCAUDATA Baker. Rosacee. Rose. This rose is a tall, vigorous shrub, native of western China. It has stout, arching stems, dark-green foliage, and flowers about 2 inches in diameter. (Adapted from Sargent, Plantae Wilsonianae, vol. 1, p. 42.) See also S. P. I. No. 42976 for further information. 437711. RoSA CHINENSIS MANETTI Dipp. Rosacee. Manetti rose. An upright, vigorously growing rose, with slender branches usually armed with more or less hooked prickles and leaves composed of three to five dark-green shining leaflets. The deep pink flowers are single or semidouble and the fruit is more or less top shaped. This variety has been reconrmended as a stock for forcing roses, but is not entirely hardy. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 5, p. 2988.) &: 43712. RosA CINNAMOMEA L. Rosacex. Rose. (R. pendulina 1.) A strong-growing bush, 6 to 9 feet high, stems erect, much branched near the top, with usually a pair of hooked prickles at the base of the SE ee ere OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1916. 67 43703 to 43736—Continued. leafstalks and numerous others scattered on the stems, especially near the ground. Leaflets usually five or seven, oblong or slightly obovate, 1 to 13 inches long. Flowers produced either singly or few in a cluster, of varying shades of red, 2 inches across. Fruit globose, or slightly elongated, red, half an inch wide. A native of Europe, Siberia, and northern China; cultivated in England for more than 300 years, but not, as was once believed, a native. The flowers have a somewhat spicy odor, from which the species derives its name. It is regarded as the type of a large group of roses whose leading distinctions are prickles, often in pairs just below the leafstalks, and red, snrooth fruit, with a thin skin. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, DOL. 2, p- 4238.) 43713. Rosa cortroria Fries. Rosacez. Rose. A low shrub, up to 5 feet high and thickly branched, with a bluish bloom often appearing on the bark and many hooked spines. The leaves are composed of five to seven roundish oval, hairy leaflets, and the flowers are pink. This rose is found in mountainous parts of Europe and western Asia. (Adapted from Schneider, illustriertes Handbuch der Laubholzkunde, vol. 1, p. 566.) 43714. Rosa Ferox Bieb. Rosacezr. Rose. A dwarf, compact little bush, from 1 to 2 feet high, of a rounded form, with numerous decurved prickles. The leaves are composed of five to seven leaflets, coarsely but evenly serrate, and the white flowers, which are either solitary or in clusters of two or three, are from 1 to 14 inches long. The roundish fruit is red. This rose is a native of the Crimea and Caucasus. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 426.) 43715. Rosa GAYIANA Wall. Rosacee. Rose. A European rose closely allied to Rosa villosa L., from which it appears to differ chiefly by its larger, oblong-ovate leaflets. The thorns are straight and the flowers solitary. (Adapted from Wallroth, Rosae Plantarum Generis Historia Succincia, p. 171, 1828.) 43716. X Rosa HIBERNICA J. E. Smith. Rosacez. Rose. Var. grovesii. A low shrub with glaucous green foliage and small pink flowers. This rose is a hybrid between Rosa spinosissima and Rosa canina. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 5, p. 2995.) 43717. Rosa JuNDzILLI Besser. Rosacez. Rose. A bush from 8 to 9 feet in height, the stems armed with scattered, slightly curved prickles. The leaves are composed of five to seven leaflets, densely serrate, and the pink flowers, which are produced singly or in threes, are 3 inches wide. The globose or slightly egg-shaped fruit is bright red. This rose is a native of central Europe and is remarkable for the abundance of sticky glands on the midribs and petioles of the leaves. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 481.) 43718. ROSA LHERITIERANEA Thory. Rosacez. Rose. This rose, supposed to be a hybrid between Rosa pendulina and Rosa chinensis, climbs to a height of 12 feet, and has slender, sparingly prickly branches. The leaves are composed of three to seven leaflets, 68 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 43703 to 43'736—Continued. and the purple flowers, which are double or semidouble, occur very plentifully in nodding corymbs. The color of the flowers varies with lighter and darker shades. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 5, p. 2993.) 43719. Rosa moscHata Mill. Rosaces. — Musk rose. A tall climbing species reaching to the tops of lofty trees, the stems and branches armed with short, scattered, stout-hooked prickles. The leaves are up to 8 inches in length and consist of five to nine narrowly oval leaflets. The flowers are at first pale yellow, changing to almost pure white, are about 13 inches wide, and are produced in corymbose clusters, often forming an inflorescence over a foot wide. The fruits are red and about one-third of an inch in width. This rose, which has long been cultivated in England, is found from southern Europe to northern India and China. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 434.) 43720. ROSA MULTIFLORA CATHAYENSIS Rehd. and Wils. Rosaceze. Rose. A vigorous, hardy, and handsome rose with the habit of the Japanese Rosa multifiora. The pink flowers are produced in large many-flowered clusters. (Adapted from Sargent, Plantae Wilsonianae, vol. 1, p. 35.) See also S. P. I. No. 42981 for further information. 43721. Rosa MURIELAE Rehd. and Wils. Rosacex. Rose. A Slender-branched shrub, up to 8 feet in height, with bristles and slender prickles. The leaves are composed of 9 to 15 glabrous, serrate. leaflets. The solitary flowers are pink. This rose is found in eastern three to seven flowered corymbs. The orange-red fruit is from one-half to three-fourths of an inch long. This rose is a native of southwestern China. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 5, p. 2998.) 43722. Rosa oxyoDON Boiss. Rosacezr. Rose. A prickly stemmed shrub with leaves composed of five to seven oval leafiets. The solitary flowers are pink. This rose is found in eastern Caucasia, Russia. (Adapted from Boissier, Flora Orientalis, vol. 2, p. 674.) 43723. Rosa PRATTIZ Hemsl. Rosacex. Rose. A slender-branched shrub, up to 8 feet in height, with numerous bristles and slender prickles. The leaves are composed of 7 to 15 obtuse, serrate leaflets, and the pink fiowers, which occur one to three in a cluster, are three-fourths of an inch wide. The scarlet fruit is about one-third of an inch long. This rose is a native of western China. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 5, p. 2998.) 43724. ROSA SPINOSISSIMA L. Rosacezx. Scotch rose. A dwarf bush, rarely more than 8 or 4 feet high, with erect short- branched stems covered with slender spines and stout bristles inter- mixed. The leaves are composed of five, seven, or nine round or oval leaflets, which are dark green and quite smooth. The white or pale- pink solitary flowers are from 14 to 2 inches wide, and the globose fruit is dark brown, finally blackish, from one-half to three-fourths of an inch ——————Ee OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1916. 69 43'703 to 43'736—Continued. in diameter. This rose is very widely spread in Hurope and northern Asia and is frequently found in, England on dry hills near the sea. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 445.) 43725. ROSA SPINOSISSIMA L. Rosaceex. Scotch rose. Var. fulgens Bean. A dwarf bush, from 3 to 4 feet high, with erect short-branched stems. The leaves are composed of five, Seven, or nine round or oval leaflets, which are dark green and quite smooth. The bright rose-colored solitary flowers are from 13 to 2 inches wide, and the globose fruit is dark brown, finally blackish. This rose is widely spread in Europe and northern Asia. The typical species has white or pale-pink flowers. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, pp. 445, 446.) 43726. Rosa vittosa L. Rosacer. Rose. (R. pomifera Herrmann. ) Var. multiplex. A short-branched, stout rose from 4 to 6 feet high, with scattered, slender, broad-based prickles up to half an inch long and leaves up to 7 inches in length. The deep rosy pink flowers are from 14 to 24 inches wide, produced in clusters of three to six or more, and the pear- shaped or roundish rich-red fruits are from 1 to 1% inches long, bristly, and surmounted by the erect sepals. This rose is a native of central EHurope. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol, 2, p. 439.) 43727. SoRBARIA ARBOREA C. Schneid. Rosacer. A tree, from 10 to 35 feet high, with the young twigs olive gray. The leaves are lance shaped or more often oblong, with the lower surfaces more or less hairy and the margin serrate. The white flowers are about one- fourth of an inch wide, and the fruit is probably one-sixteenth of an inch in diameter. (Adapted from Schneider, Illustriertes Handbuch der Laub- holzkunde, vol. 1, p. 490, and from Sargent, Plantae Wilsonianae, vol. 1, pp. 47, 48.) 43728. SorBus comMMIxtTa Hedl. Malaces. A shrub or tree, native of central and northern Japan, with bright- green, serrate, very variable leaves, usually composed of five to six pairs of glabrous leaflets. The white flowers occur in terminal corymbs, and the bright red, nearly globular fruits are about one-fourth of an inch in diameter. (Adapted from Schneider, Illustriertes Handbuch der Laub- holzkunde, vol. 1, pp. 677, 678.) 43'729. SyYRINGA JAPONICA (Maxim.) Decaisne. Oleacez. Lilac. A deciduous tree or shrub up to 380 feet in height, of erect habit. The oval leaves are from 3 to 8 inches long, with a long tapering point, and the white flowers, which are not fragrant, are usually produced at the end of the branch in a pair of broad pyramidal panicles, 8 to 12 inches long. This tree or shrub is a native of Japan. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, pp. 567, 568.) 70 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 43703 to 43736—Continued. 43730. VIBURNUM BUREJAETICUM Regel and Herd. Caprifoliacez. A shrub, 4 to 10 feet high, native of Chosen (Korea). The small light- green leaves and the small umbels of white flowers, followed by the jet- black berries, make this plant very ornamental. (Adapted from a note of Frank N. Meyer, dated Aug. 20, 1906.) See. also S. P. I. No. 20115 for previous introduction. 43731. VIBURNUM DILATATUM Thunb. Caprifoliaces. A deciduous shrub, 6 to 10 feet high, with broadly oval, pointed, hairy leaves. The pure white flowers are all fertile and are produced in June in a hairy 5-rayed cyme, 3 to 5 inches wide. The fruit is bright red and roundish oval in shape. The shrub is a native of Japan and China and is a very profuse bloomer. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 647.) 43732. VIBURNUM HUPEHENSE Rehder. Caprifoliacee. Honeysuckle. A deciduous shrub, native of Hupeh, China, with coarsely serrate, roundish oval leaves and flowers in large flat corymbs. The red fruit is egg shaped, from one-third to two-fifths of an inch long. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 650.) See also S. P. I. No. 42197 for further information. 43733. VIBURNUM ICHANGENSE (Hemsl.) Rehder. Caprifoliaceze. A slender-branched shrub, with yellowish green, oval, acuminate leaves. The white flowers occur in terminal and lateral corymbs up to i2 inches wide, and the fruit is an ovoid drupe about one-fourth of an inch long and is red. The seed is brown. This shrub is a native of China. (Adapted from Sargent, Trees and Shrubs, vol. 2, p. 105, pl, 150.) 437384. VIBURNUM SARGENTII Koehne. Caprifoliaces. A shrub, growing to a height of from 5 to 8 feet, with roundish leaves and flowers in flat corymbs. The rounded fruits are scarlet or orange- scarlet and ripen in September. (Adapted from Florists’ Hachange, May COs 1 91TS) 4 See also S. P. I. No. 87612 for further information. 43735. VIBURNUM THEIFERUM Rehder. Caprifoliaceew. Honeysuckle. A deciduous shrub of erect habit, up to 12 feet in height, with smooth, gray stems. The narrowly oval leaves are sharply serrate, taper pointed, and dark green above. The white flowers are all perfect and are pro- duced in terminal cymes 13 to 2 inches in width. The red fruit is egg shaped and nearly half an inch long. This shrub is a native of central and western China. The specific name refers to the use of the leaves by the monks of Mount Omei as a kind of tea. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 657.) 43736. VIBURNUM WRIGHTII Miquel. Caprifoliacex. A deciduous shrub, 6 to 10 feet high, with erect stems. The bright- green leaves are 2 to 5 inches in length and are slenderly pointed. The white flowers are all perfect and are produced in May.on smooth, downy stalked, 5-rayed cymes, 2 to 4 inches in width. The roundish oval red fruits are one-third of an inch long. This shrub is a native of Japan and China. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Tstes, ‘vol: 2; p: 660.) in OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1916. ar 43737 to 48739. Eseaae communis L. Malacex. Pear. From Ottawa, Canada. Cuttings presented by the director, Central Ex- periment Farm. Received December 6, 1916. ‘“‘Prof. A. J. Logsdail, assistant in plant breeding at the Central Experiment - Farm, tells me that the varieties of Russian pears constitute a part of an original introduction by the late William Saunders 25 to 30 years ago. Out of a large number of pears brought in from Russia, the following three varieties are the only survivors. They have proved to be very hardy as far as cold resistance is concerned, and have also proved, in a large measure, blight re- sistant. I saw the three trees growing while at Ottawa last September; they were vigorous specimens, the trunks being 8 to 10 inches in diameter, and they had a fine growth of wood and foliage. I saw no evidence of blight on the trees. The fruit of all three varieties is said to be fairly good. ‘They here partake of all the characteristics of the Russian types.” (B. T. Galloway.) 43737. ‘“ Bessemianka (°-7753). Blight resistant and very hardy.” (W. T. Macoun.) 43738. “ Kurskaya (°-7705). Particularly blight resistant and very hardy.” (W. T. Macouwn.) 43739. “ Zuckerbirne (°-7729). Particularly blight resistant and very hardy.” (W. T. Macoun.) 48740. Prunus sERRULATA SACIIALINENSIS (Schmidt) Makino. (P. sargentii Rehder.) [Amygdalacee. Sargent’s cherry. From Tokyo, Japan. Purchased from the Tokyo Plant, Seed, & Implement Co. Numbered December 9, 1916. A deciduous tree, 40 to 80 feet in height, with a trunk sometimes 8 feet in diameter and with sharply serrate oval leaves which are often reddish when young. The deep-pink flowers are from 14 to 14 inches wide, and are produced in short-stalked umbels with two to six flowers in each umbel. The fruit is a small black cherry, one-third of an inch in diameter. This tree is a native of Japan and is cultivated in England and in the United States. It is probably the finest timber tree among the true cherries and is also remarkable for its beau- tiful flowers, which appear in April. The seeds germinate freely after lying dormant for a year. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, pp. 250, 251.) 43'741. Trcoma arcENTEA Bur. and Schum. Bignoniacez. From Asuncion, Paraguay. Presented by Mr. C. F. Mead. Received De- cember 1, 1916. ii * Seeds of a tree called in Spanish Para todo and in Guarani quirai. This tree is found in abundance in open fields among palmeras along the upper Para- guay River, both in Paraguayan Chaco and Matto Grosso. The bark is ac- credited among natives as ‘a great remedy’ and is also said to be used like quinine. The timber has merit for certain construction purposes.” (Mead.) 43742. Lonicera stMInis DELAVAYI (Franch.) Rehder. Caprifolia- cee. Honeysuckle. From Paris, France. Plants purchased from Messrs. Vilmorin-Andrieux | Co. Received December 9, 1916. | A half-evergreen climbing shrub, entirely glabrous except for the under surface of the leaves. The leaves are narrow-oval to lance shaped, and the 72 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. white flowers are about 2 inches long. This variety, which is found in central and western China, is the only one of this species in cultivation, and it differs from the typical species in the absence of the pubescence. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 4, p. 1914, and from Schneider, Illustriertes Handbuch der Laubholzkunde, vol. 2, p. 729.) 43743 and 43744. From Darmstadt, Germany. Purchased from Mr. Conrad Appel, through Mr. Julius G. Lay, American consul general, Berlin. Received December Me PiOiG: - 43743. AcrostTis sToLoNIFERA L. Poacez. Creeping bent-grass. “ Seeds of the true German creeping bent, 1916 crop.” (Appel.) 43744. Festuca ruBRA L. Poacer. Red fescue. “ Seed of the true German red fescue, 1916 crop.” (Appel.) 43'745. PassIFLORA MALIFORMIS < EDULIS VERRUCIFERA. Passifiora- cee. Hybrid granadilla. Grown at the Plant Introduction Field Station, Chico, Calif. Numbered December 14, 1916. “A cross between §S. P. I. Nos. 39224, Passiflora maliformis, and 35215, Passi- flora edulis verrucifera.” (R. L. Beagles.) 43746. Mucunasp. Fabacee. From Berea, Durban, Natal. Presented by Mr. P. van de Bijl, mycologist, Natal Herbarium. Received December 11, 1916. “Seeds collected at Umbilo, Durban, Natal, October 29, 1916.” (Van de Bijl.) Received as Canavalia bonariensis. 43747 to 43753. Amycpatus spp. Amygdalacee. Peach. From Fancheng, Hupeh, China. Seeds presented by Mr. Edwin S. Cun- ningham, American consul general, Hankow, who procured them from Mr. C. Stokstad. Received December 11, 1916. Quoted notes by Mr. Stokstad. 43747. AMYGDALUS PERSICA L. (Prunus persica Stokes.) “A large peach.” 43748. AMYGDALUS PERSICA PLATYCARPA (Decaisne) Ricker. (Prunus persica platycarpa Bailey.) “A small disk-shaped peach.” 43749 to 48753. AMYGDALUS PERSICA L. (Prunus persica Stokes.) 43749. “A large luscious peach.” 43750. “A large peach.” 43751. “A downy peach, good for cooking.” 43752. “A very large and most luscious peach, from our own or- chard.” 43753. “A large peach.” OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1916. 73 43754. Pyrus amyepauirormis Vill. Malacee. Pear. From Fresno, Calif. Presented by Mr. George C. Roeding, Fancher Creek Nurseries. Received December 13, 1916. “Seeds of a pear growing on my place, the bud wood of which I secured in Smyrna, Asia Minor, in 1901, and a portion of which I forwarded to your De- partment [S. P. I. No. 7669].” (Roeding.) 43755. Tipuana Trev (Benth.) Lillo. Fabacee. Tipu. (T. speciosa Benth.) | From Cairo, Egypt. Presented by the director, Horticultural Division, Min- istry of Agriculture, Gizeh Branch. Received December 6, 1916. A tall, handsome tree, with rose-colored or creamy white wood, native of the subtropical, temperate, and cool regions of Argentina. (Adapted from Venturi and Lillo, Contribucién al Conocimiento de los Arboles de la Argentina, p. 58.) See also S. P. I. No. 42331 for further description. 43756 to 43758. From Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by the Arnold Arboretum. Received October 23, 1916. 43756. AMPELOPSIS sp. Vitacex. An ornamental woody vine with handsome, deciduous foliage. 43757. COTONEASTER MULTIFLORA CALOCARPA Rehd. and Wils. Malacez. A shrub, up to 6 feet in height, with usually slender, arching branches and rather large, narrowly ovate leaves. The white flowers occur in many-flowered cymes, and the numerous red fruits are nearly half an inch in diameter. This shrub is a native of western China. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 2, pp. 866, 867.) 43758. CoTONEASTER RACEMIFLORA SOONGORICA (Regel and Herd.) C. Schneid. Malacez. An erect shrub, up to 4 feet in height, but rarely prostrate. The leaves are oval and usually somewhat obtuse, and the white flowers, 3 to 12, occur in short-peduncled cymes. The fruit is red. This variety is found in northern China, Caucasia, etc. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 2, p. 867, and from Schneider, Illustriertes Handbuch der Laubholzkunde, vol. 1, p. 754.) 43759 to 43762. From Matania el Saff, Egypt. Presented by Mr. Alfred Bircher, Middle Egypt Botanic Station. Received December 13, 1916. Quoted notes by Mr. Bircher. 43759. BRIDELIA RETUSA (L.) Spreng. Euphorbiaces. “A small Indian tree which grows in every kind of soil. It flowers in November, and the black berries hanging in long racemes ripen early in spring. There is not much pulp on them, but they might be improved by continuous culture. A sauce can be prepared with the dry fruits.” 43760. ILEX PARAGUARIENSIS St. Hil. Aquifoliacez. Yerba maté. “This tree does well here and stands 110° F. and light frosts. These seeds come from imported trees which are only 4 years old; they germi- nate in a much shorter time (two to three months) than the seeds from wild trees, which need two or three years to come forth.” 74 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 43759 to 43762—Continued. 43761. MoRINGA OLEIFERA Lam. Moringacee. Horse-radish tree. (M. pterygosperma Gaertn. ) . “The pods of this variety are free of the bitter taste of the common horse-radish tree and are eaten like French beans if gathered when in a young state.” 43762. PsipIuUM PUMILUM Vahl. Myrtacee. “A small shrub with small yellow fruits resembling those of Psidium araca in size and color, but with dry calyx segments. The fruit is very aromatic, with a much accentuated strawberry flavor. The leaves re- semble the conmmon guava, but are broader.” 43763 to 43766. Fronr Bogota, Colombia. Presented by Capt. H. R. Lemly, Washington, D. C., who received them from Mr. G. E. Child, of Bogota. Received December 4, 1916. 43763. ANNONA CHERIMOLA Mill. Annonacez. Cherimoya. This is the common fornr of the cherimoya as sold in the markets of Bogota. 43764. CARICA PAPAYA L. Papayacee. Papaya. Seeds of the ordinary papaya Sold in the markets at Bogota. 43765. PASSIFLORA LIGULARIS Juss. Passifloraceze. Sweet granadilla. The common form of granadilla sold in the markets at Bogota. 43766. PASSIFLORA MALIFORMIS L. Passifloracez. Curuba. This is the common curubd or Colombian granadilla sold in the markets of Bogota. 43767 to 43783. From Cairo, Egypt. Presented by the director, Horticultural Division, Ministry of Agriculture, Gizeh Branch. Received November 27, 1916. 43767. AESCHYNOMENE ELAPHROXYLON (Guill.and Perr.) Taub. Fabacee. (Herminiera elaphroxylon Guill. and Perr.) A leguminous tree, with compound leaves and yellow flowers, found — growing on-river banks with its stems in the water in many places in tropical Africa. The hairy pods are often sickle shaped, with two or nrore joints. When in flower this tree is very ornamental. The wood is exceedingly light and is used by the natives for making small boats and rafts. The only purpose for which this wood might be used com- inercially is for paper pulp, although it is strong and durable. (Adapted from Kew, Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Additional Series IX, pp. 199, 200, and from Engler and Prantl, Natirlichen Pflanzenfamilien, TTT) 36, 0 BLD )) 43768. BrELOU MARMELOS (L.) Lyons. Rutacez. Bel. (Aegle marmelos Correa.) This is the bael tree of India, where it attains a height of 40 feet. The leaves are deciduous, and the greenish yellow fruit reaches a diameter of ~6inches. The Hindus are very fond of this fruit. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 1, pp. 222, 223.) See also S. P. I. No. 48478 for further description. OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1916. 15 43767 to 43783—Continued. 43769. BIGNONIA UNGUIS-CATI L. Bignoniacez. A woody climber, with compound evergreen leaves and trumpet-shaped orange-yellow flowers about 2 inches long. , This plant, which is a native of Argentina, will stand a little frost if grown in the open in the southern United States and is conspicuous and interesting because of the beauty and profusion of its flowers. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclo- pedia of Horticulture, vol. 1, p. 502.) 43770. CAESALPINIA GILLIESH. (Hook.) Wall. Czsesalpiniaces. A shrub or small tree, native of Argentina, with leaves composed of 6 to 10 pairs of leaflets. The yellow flowers, with red stamens, are in large terminal panicles, and the fruit is a Ssickle-shaped pod. This plant is of value as an ornamental. (Adapted from Léfgren, Notas sobre as Plantas Hxoticas Sao Paulo, p. 39.) 43771. CANAVALI ENSIFORME (L.) DC. Fabacez. Jack bean. Var. nanus. This is a dwarf variety of the common jack bean and is apparently an unpublished garden variety, cultivated at Cairo, Egypt. 43772. CARISSA GRANDIFLORA (H. Mey.) DC. Apocynaces. Carissa. A handsome shrub, originally from South Africa, now cultivated in southern Florida and southern California as an ornamental and for its searlet edible fruits. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 4, p. 2114.) See also S. P. I. No. 41504 for further description. 43773. CASSIA BONARIENSIS Colla. Czsalpiniacese, An ornamental shrub with handsome compound leaves composed of four pairs of leaflets and racemes of bright-yellow flowers. 43774. DaTuRA METEL L. Solanacex. An herbaceous plant, found in the western Himalayas and the mountains of West Dekkan Peninsula, and probably introduced into India. The leaves are heart shaped, almost entire, and pubescent, and the flowers are white. This plant is said to possess the same medicinal properties as the other species of this genus. (Adapted from Watt, Dictionary of the Heonomic Products of India, vol. 3, pp. 39, 40.) 43775. HAEMATOXYLUM CAMPECHIANUM L. Cesalpiniacee. Logwood. A tree, up to 40 feet in height, found in the Tropics from southern Mexico to Venezuela. It yields the Campeche wood or logwood of com- merce, from which are made dyes and inks and also the chemical reagent hematoxylin. (Adapted from Mueller, Select Hxtra-Tropical Plants, p. 248.) 43776. INDIGOFERA DosUA Buch.-Ham. Fabacee. A shrub, found in the central and eastern Himalayas at altitudes rang- ing from 6,000 to 8,000 feet. The flowers are said to be eaten as a pot herb in Kangra, India. (Adapted from Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Products of India, vol. 2, p. 385.) See also S. P. I. No. 89119 for further description. 43777. MoRINGA OLEIFERA Lam. Moringaces. Horse-radish tree. (M. pterygosperma Gaertn.) A small tree, cultivated as an ornamental in Cuba, usually about 15 to 2) feet in height, erect, with compound leaves nearly a foot long. The 76 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 43767 to 43783—Continued. white flowers are borne in panicles, and the slender pods are often a foot long. (Adapted from notes of Wilson Popenoe, July 16, 1915.) See also S. P. I. Nos. 40913 and 43761 for further description. 43778. OPERCULINA TUBEROSA (L.) Meisn. Convolvulacez. (Ipomoea tuberosa L.) A perennial stout-stemmed herbaceous vine, with large, compound leaves and three to six yellow flowers on a long peduncle. The entire plant is used as a purgative. It is a native of Brazil. (Adapted from De Lanessan, Les Plantes Utiles des Colonies Frangaises, pp. 398 and 567.) See also S. P. I. No. 43385 for further description. 43779. PROSOPIS CHILENSIS (Molina) Stuntz. Mimosacez. Algaroba. (P. juliflora DC.) ; A leguminous tree, with small flowers in little heads or spikes. The pod is more or less thickened, and the leaves are composed of a large number of leaflets. This tree is a native of Mexico and the West Indies. (Adapted from a note of W. Harris, Kingston, Jamaica, dated April 7, 1916.) See also S. P. I. No. 42643 for further description. 43780. SoLANUM TORVUM Swartz. Solanacezx. A shrub, from 8 to 10 feet in height, or sometimes flowering as an herb. The stems are prickly, and the unarmed hairy leaves are 4 inches long and 6 inches wide. The white flowers occur in many-flowered racemes and are about 14 inches in diameter. This shrub is distributed throughout tropical America, the Philippines, China, and the Malay Archipelago. (Adapted from Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 4, p. 234.) 43781. TEcoMA sTANS (L.) Juss. Bignoniacee. A shrub found in the West Indies and Central America and sometimes | cultivated as far south as Argentina. The leaves are composed of 5 to 11 pairs of lance-shaped leaflets, and the large yellow flowers occur in terminal panicles. The fruit is a silique, bearing a large number of winged seeds. This shrub is valued as an ornamental, both its flowers and its foliage being very attractive, and it readily adapts itself to many kinds of environment. (Adapted from Ldfgren, Notas sobre as Plantas Exoticas Sao Paulo, pp. 195, 196.) 53782. TITHONIA ROTUNDIFOLIA (Mill.) Blake. Asteracez. (Helianthus speciosus Hook.) A Mexican sunflower, growing to a height of about 5 feet, with a round stem and rather coarse lobed leaves, which are very susceptible to at- tacks by aphids. The orange-colored flowers of this plant make it very charming. (Adapted from Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, pl. 3295.) 43783. TRISTANIA CONFERTA R. Br. Myrtacez. A tall tree, with smooth, brown, deciduous bark and dense foliage. The alternate leaves are from 3 to 6 inches long, and the rather large flowers occur in 3 to 7 flowered cymes. This tree is a native of Australia, and the timber, which is very strong and durable, is used in shipbuilding and for making wharves and bridges. The bark is occasionally used for tanning. (Adapted from Maiden, Useful Native Plants of Australia, pp. 330, 608. 609, and from Bailey, Queensland Flora, part 2, p. 636.) o oe OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1916. et 43784. Dimocarrus LONGAN Lour. Sapindacese. — Longan. (Nephelium longana Cambess.) From Foochow, China. Presented by Dr. W. B. Schober, Cocoanut Grove, Fla., who received them from Mr. F. F. G. Donaldson. Received De- cember 12, 1916. “ Dragon's eyes. Lung leng. A very delightful fruit.” (Donaldson.) 43785. Perris rrutescens (L.) Britton. Menthacee. (P. ocymoides L.) From Yokohaha, Japan. Procured from the Yokohama Nursery Co., at the request of the Institute of {ndustrial Research. Received December 21, 1916. Numbered and distributed to determine where the seeds can be successfully grown and used for the extraction of oil. 43786. Vigna cyLinprica (Stickm.) Skeels. Fabacee. Catjang. From Keijo, Chosen (Korea). Presented by Miss Katherine Wambold. Received November 18, 1916. ‘““Used for making tong pu. Boil half an hour and season with salt.” (Wambold.) 43787 to 43790. From the city of Guatemala, Guatemala. Collected by Mr. Wilson Popenoe, Agricultural Explorer for the Department of Agriculture. Received No- vember 28, 1916. Quoted notes by Mr. Popenoe. 43787. ZEA MAYS L. Poacee. Corn. “No. 45a. White flint corn purchased in the market of the city of Guatemala. It is said to have been raised near by in the highlands. The ears are large, measuring fully 12 inches in length, and taper gradually toward the tips. There are 12 to 14 rows of hard, white, translucent ker- nels. October 7, 1916.” 43788. ACHRADELPHA VIRIDIS (Pittier) O. F. Cook. Sapotacee. Green sapote. “No. 69a. Fifty seeds from fruits purchased in the market of the city of Guatemala. November 12, 1916.” For description, see 8S. P. I. No. 43439. 43789. Zra Mays L. Poacez. Corn. “No. 67a. One ear of corn, presented by Sefor Don Manuel Lemus, Director of Agriculture. This is of an interesting variety, called by Sefor Lemus Zea guatemalensis. It originated in the Department of Zacatepequez, but this seed was grown in the vicinity of Guatemala. According to Sefor Lemus this corn contains very little gluten, grows to a great height, and has proved to be a very valuable strain. November 12, 1916.” 43790. ZEA MAYS L. Poacez. Corn. “No. 68a. One ear of corn, presented by Senor Don Manuel Lemus, Director of Agriculture. This is the variety called by Senor Lemus Zea guatemalensis. It is a selected strain, slightly improved over the form sent under No. 67a [S. P. I. No. 48789], the ears being somewhat larger and having 14 rows of kernels. According to Senor Lemus as many as 16 rows have been found on some ears. November 12, 1916.” 78 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 43791 to 43796. From China. Collected by Mr. Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Explorer for the Department of Agriculture. Received December 21, 1916. Quoted notes by Mr. Meyer. 43791. Ut~mMus pumizra L. Ulmacee. Elm, “Var. pendula Hort. (No. 1258. Peking, China. November 9, 1916.) Cuttings of a weeping form of the ordinary, very drought and alkali resistant elm from North China and Manchuria. The Chinese graft this variety on the trunk of the common form, generally from 5 to 8 feet above the ground. See S. P. I. No. 40507 for further information. Obtained from the Botanic Garden at Peking.” 43792. WISTARIA VENUSTA Rehd. and Wils. Fabaces. “(No. 1259. Peking, China. November 6, 1916.) Cuttings of a vigor- ously growing hardy species of wistaria, blooming at the end of April and early May, bearing multitudes of rather short and dense racemes of individually large flowers, which are of a purplish violet color when first coming out, but when fading away become of pale bluish color. They exhale a delightful scent. This species is quite drought resistant and tolerates a fair amount of alkali. The Chinese most often train it as an arbor over a garden walk or over an open space, underneath which seats and tables can be arranged for enjoyment of the beauty and fragrance of the flowers in spring and the shade of the foliage during the hot summer months. Chinese name Jeng lo, meaning ‘ Winding rattan.’ Obtained from the Botanic Garden at Peking.” 43793. PUNICA GRANATUM L. Punicacezx. Pomegranate. (No. 1260. Peking, China. November 9, 1916.) Plants of a very dwarf form of pomegranate cultivated as an ornamental pot plant, said to bear sometimes as many as 100 fruits on one specimen. The fruits are too small to be of any economic value. Chinese name Pai tze sheh liu, meaning ‘One hundredfold bearing pomegranate.’ ” 43794. WISTARIA VENUSTA Rehd. and Wils. Fabacezx. “(No. 2321a. Peking, China. November 9, 1916.) The same as No. 1259 [S. P. I. No. 43792]. The Chinese claim that among plants raised from seeds one obtains a great variety of colors in the flowers, ranging all the way from pure white to dark purpie. Obtained from the Botanic Garden at Peking.” 43795. WISTARIA VENUSTA Rehd. and Wils. Fabacex. “(No. 2822a. Tientsin, China. November 1, 1916.) The same species as the preceding number [S. P. I. No. 48794], but coming from a colder locality. Collected in Victoria Park, Tientsin.” 43796. PINUS BUNGEANA Zucec. Pinaces. Pine. “(No. 2323a. Lungen Temple, Sankiatien, near Peking, China. Oc- tober, 1916.) The well-known Chinese white-barked pine; 100 catties of seeds, collected for the department through the kindness of Mr. J. V. A. MacMurray, First Secretary of the American Legation at Peking.” 43797. Rosa xAnTHINA Lindl. Rosacee. Rose. Grown at the Plant Introduction Field Station, Rockville, Md. Numbered December 27, 1916. f Seedlings of S. P. I. No. 21620 from a plant grown in Mr. Edward Goucher’s garden. OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1916. 79 48798. Acacra constrricra Benth. Mimosacee. Collected west of the Organ Mountains of New Mexico by Dr. David Griffiths, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received December 21, 1916. “A spiny shrub 3 to 6 feet high. It is one of the most common of our desert covers from southwestern Texas to southern Arizona and thrives even in re- gions receiving but 8 to 9 inches of rainfall. The inflorescence is yellow, globu- lar, prolific, and exceedingly attractive for several weeks when the shrub is in blossom. It is one of the good bee plants of the Southwest, being closely related to the cat’s-claw and huajilio. The shrub will be a useful ornament in Cali- fornia, and possibly farther north in the coast country. It habitually with- stands a temperature of zero without injury.” (Gvrifiths.) 43799 to 438801. Jucians recta L. Juglandacee. Walnut. From Srinagar, Kashmir, India. Presented by Mr. A. C. Hartless, superin- tendent, Government Botanical Gardens, Seharunpur, who secured these walnuts from Mr. H. C. Koul, manager, Koul’s Fruit Gardens. Received December 19, 1916. 43799. “ Kaghazi. These are not very good walnuts. The best ones are expected shortly and we fear they, too, will not be the best, as all Kashmir fruit has been more or less injured this year by a long drought followed by excessive rain. Such a season occurs here once in 12 or 24 years.” (Koul.) 43800. “ Bureul. These are the larger of the two kinds. They are about the best, but not the very best.” (Koul.) 43801. “Wantu. These are not very good, but the kernel is good enough and more oily than the other varieties.” (Koul.) 43802 to 43807. Jasminum spp. Oleacee. Jasmine. | From Ventimiglia, Italy. Cuttings presented by the La Mortola Gardens. Received December 26, 1916. 43802. JASMINUM AZORICUM L. A climbing shrub from the island of Madeira with opposite, evergreen, compound leaves, and terminal clusters of white, fragrant flowers, which appear throughout the year under favorable circumstances. It has been long cultivated in temperate greenhouses and is propagated by cuttings. (Adapted from Cuwrtis’s ‘Botanical Magazine, vol. 44, pl. 1889, and from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 3, p. 1718.) * 43803. JASMINUM HETEROPHYLLUM Roxb. A stout shrubby jasmine from Natal, with shiny, alternate, narrowly oval leaves, up to 5 inches long. The flowers are yellow, up to one-third of an inch long, and occur in compound cymes. (Adapted from Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 3, pp. 601, 602.) 43804. JASMINUM ODORATISSIMUM L. A diffuse shrub from the Madeira Islands, becoming rather large at times, with straight, stiff branches, alternate leaves composed of three to five shining ova! leaflets, and terminal clusters of yellow flowers, which appear in summer. It is odorous, though not more so than many jasmines. It is comparatively hardy and may be propagated by cuttings. (Adapted from Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, vol. 7, pl. 285, and from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 3, p. 1719.) 80 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 43802 to 43807—Continued. 43805. JASMINUM OFFICINALE L. A long, slender, scarcely self-climbing plant, native of India and Persia, but now widely cultivated throughout the warmer portions of the earth, The leaves have two or three pairs of sharp-pointed leaflets, and the white flowers. occur in terminal more or less leafy clusters. In the southern United States the glossy foliage and the white summer-blooming flowers make the plant very attractive, and with protection it will grow as far north as Philadelphia. (Adapted frem Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, vol. 1, pl. 381, and from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 3, Div lLG Loan ; 43806. JASMINUM SIMPLICIFOLIUM Forst. f. A climbing shrub or sometimes a tree, found in Australia and the Friendly Islands, with opposite, shiny, oval leaves usually less than 3 inches long and white flowers about half an inch long, in terminal, branched, many-flowered clusters. It may be propagated by cuttings; it flowers in June and July. (Adapted from Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, vol. 25, pl. 980, and from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, VOLS, Ds LAL 1...) 43807. JASMINUM SINENSE Hemsl. A climbing shrub from central and southern China, with papery leaves composed of three oval or narrowly oval leaflets up to 3, or, occasionally, 6 inches long. The white flowers are 1% inches long and occur in dense cymose panicles. (Adapted from Forbes and Hemsley, Jour. Linn. Soc., vol. 26, pp. 80, 81.) 43808. CorcHuorus capsuuaRis lL. Tiliacez. Jute. From Amoy, China. Presented by Messrs. E. F. Spears & Sons, Paris, Ky., who received it from Mr. Chan Goan Sin, Amoy. Received December 22, 1916. * Jute is an annual plant, requiring a rich, moist, well-drained, alluvial soil and a warm, moist climate, free from frost for at least six months. It will ‘ grow in sandy loam or alluvial soils from Maryland to Florida and Texas, but will not ripen much seed north of the cotton belt. The seed is sown broadcast, the crop harvested by hand, retted in water, and the fiber cleaned by hand from the wet stalks in the water. It could be grown profitably in this country if there were satisfactory methods of removing. the fiber from the stalks and pre- paring it for market. The fiber is used for burlaps, bagging, and gunny sacks.” (L. H. Dewey.) : 43809. Zizipnus susuBa Mill. Rhamnacez. Jujube. (Z. sativa Gaertn.) From Keijo, Chosen (Korea). Presented by Miss Katherine Wambold. Received November 13, 1916. “Tai chu. Faten as they are and much used at feasts.” (Wamobold.) 43810 to 43925. From Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by the Arnold Arboretum and selected by Mr. H. C. Skeels and Dr. W. Van Fleet, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received November 238, 1916. The following plants and cuttings: OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1916. 81 43810 to 48925—Continued. 43810. AcER cISSIFOLIUM (Sieb. and Zuce.) Koch. Aceracee. Maple. A deciduous Japanese maple of compact, rounded habit, becoming 30 feet or more high, with leaves composed of three leaflets up to 34 inches in length. The minute flowers are produced in May with the leaves, and the keys, which are about an inch long, occur in long racemes. In autumn the foliage turns red and yellow. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, pp. 137, 138.) 43811. AcER MIYABEI Maxim. Aceraces. Maple. A deciduous Japanese maple growing from 30 to 40 feet high, with a trunk up to 13 feet in diameter and deeply 3-lobed leaves. The flowers are yellow and downy, appearing in corymbs 2 to 3 inches long, and the keys are up to an inch in length. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 148.) 43812. ACER RUFINERVE Sieb. and Zuce. Aceraceze. Maple. A small, deciduous Japanese maple, with smooth, bluish white, young shoots and dark-green, irregularly serrate, 3-lobed or obscurely 5-lobed leaves. The flowers occur in erect racemes about 3 inches long, and the keys are up to three-fourths of an inch long. Occasionally the young foliage, the leafstalks, and the midribs are red. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, pp. 157, 158.) 43813. ACER TETRAMERUM Pax. Aceracez. Maple. A tree from central and western China, with oval or oblong leaves from | 2 to 34 inches long and staminate flowers in few-flowered sessile racemes. The keys are slender stalked and the nutlets are thick and strongly veined. It is graceful, hardy, and variable, and reaches a height of 25 feet. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 1, p. 202.) 43814. AmyGDALUS NANA L. Amygdalacez. Russian almond. ‘ (Prunus nana Stokes.) A bush from Russia and western Asia, growing to a height of 3 to 5 feet, with thick, rather stiff, sharply serrate, lance-shaped leaves. The pinkish or white flowers are usually solitary and about an inch wide, and the small, hard fruit is hairy and bitter and contains a large, wrinkled, sharp-pointed pit. In Europe this bush is cultivated for its flowers. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 5, p. 2882.) 43815 and 43816. AmycpaLus prrsica L. Amygdalacee. (Prunus persica Stokes. ) Flowering peach. 43815. - se ‘ n y we wees AASANSSS WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFIOE. 1922. BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY. Chief of Bureau, WILLIAM A. TAYLOR. Associate Chief of Bureau, Kart F. KELLERMAN, Officer in Charge of Publications, J: E. ROCKWELL. Assistant in Charge of Business Operations, H. E. ALLANSON. FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT INTRODUCTION. SCIENTIFIC STAFF. David Fairchild, Agricultural Explorer in Charge. P. H. Dorsett. Plant Introducer, in Charge of Introduction Gardeis. B. T. Galloway, Plant Pathologist, Special Research Projects. Peter Bisset, Plant Introducer, ii Charge of Exrperimenters’ Service. Wilson Popenoe and J. F. Rock, Agricultural Explorers. R. A. Young, Plant Introducer, in Charge of Dasheen and Tropical Yam Investigations. C. Skeels, Botanist, in Charge of Collections. P. Van Eseltine, Assistant Botanist, in Charge of Publications. L. G. Hoover, Assistant Plant Introducer, in Charge of Chayote Investigations. C. Thomas, Assistant Plant Introducer, in Charge of Jujube Investigations. L. Crandall, Assistant in Charge of Photographic Laboratory. P. G. Russell and Patty Newbold, Scientific Assistants. David A. Bisset, Superintendent, Bell Plant Introduction Garden, Glenn Dale, Md. Edward Goucher, Plant Propagator. J. E: Morrow, Superintendent, Plant Introduction Garden, Chico, Calif. Henry Klopfer, Plant Propagator. Edward Simmonds, Superintendent, Plant Introduction Garden, Miami, Fla. Charles H. Steffani, Plant Propagator. Henry E. Juenemann, Superintendent, Plant Introduction Garden, Bellingham, Wash. Wilbur A. Patten, Superintendent, Plant Introduction Garden, Brooksville, Fla. BE. J. Rankin, Assistant in Charge, Plant Introduction Garden, Savannah, Ga. Collaborators: Thomas W. Brown and Robert H. Forbes, Cairo, Egypt; A. C. Hartless, Seharunpur, India; E. W. D. Holway, Faribault, Minn.; Barbour Lathrop, Chicago, II1/. ; H. L. Lyon, Honolulu, Hawati; Henry Nehrling, Gotha, Fla.; Charles T. Simpson, Little- ricer, Fla. Dr. Eh. eroues Director, Service Botanique, Algiers, Algeria; Dr. William Trelease, Urbana, Ill.; E. H. Wilson, Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain.. Mass. 2 EE — ——— | t Introductory statement__ DMETINOEY fee Index of common and sc ‘Clentific names__ a PrAtrr J. CONTENTS: ILLUSTRATIONS. The Guatemalan pepino, a seedlesS salad fruit (Solanum niuri- catum, S. P. I. No. 44021) . Bargaining for kau ba in Shanghai Gack latifolia, S. P. LI. MOmesOGS) . The Brazilian genipa (Genipa anyricand, S. P. I. No. 44090) __ . The Imodon ash of Turkestan (Frarinus potanophila, S. VP. I. No. 441382) . A clump of the tulda bamboo in Panama (Baihos ante Si) ae ol No, 44240) _---___ . The nipa palm in fruit (Nypa@ fruticans, S. P. I. No. 44405)____ 3 INVENTORY OF SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED BY THE OFFICE OF FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT IN- TRODUCTION DURING THE PERIOD FROM JANU- ys: TO MARCH 31, 1917 (NO. 50; NOS. 48980 TO INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT. When the war broke out it was expected by many that interest in new plants would suffer a serious setback. That the contrary is true is the conviction forced upon the writer from watching the correspondence which passes over his desk. The hunt for substitutes has served to counterbalance in a measure the effect of the curtail- ment of the funds of amateur and official experimenters, and the spectacle of our dependence upon foreign raw plant materials has been in the nature of a revelation to millions of people. That the world has scattered over it enthusiastic pioneers who see pos- “sibilities in plants which are now obscure, this inventory is evidence, for it describes plants sent in by such pioneers during the third year of the war from 41 different foreign countries or separate islands.. While the total number for the three months covered is not so great as that during the similar period in 1913, the fact must be taken Into account that only two explorers of the office were in the field, ,1Zz, Frank N. Meyer, in central China, and Wilson Popenoe, in Guatemala. : Hosts of the plants have been sent in by correspondents, many of them foreigners, who recognize, as we do, that the area of plant culture can not be confined by national boundaries, but is lmited only by the natural barriers of soil, climate, and human intelligence. In the world to-day there is no large plant monopoly which depends for its maintenance upon the prohibition of the export of the seeds of the plant on which it is founded. Where the plants can grow to perfection and the requisite human intelligence is present and other economic factors are favorable, there plant industries will be built up and maintained so long as the factors of quality and the cost of production and transportation remain favorable and fashion does | not change. Many of the plants herein recorded are in the nature of gifts to America by foreign countries, and it is with especial pleasure that ) we acknowledge officially the debt of gratitude, realizing fully that. 6 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. many years hence, when the plants shall have developed and become widely grown, this debt may indeed be a very large one. The more promising of the introductions appear to be the fol- lowing: Three selected strains of red clover (Trifolium pratense, Nos. 44105 to 44107), presented by the Danish Royal Agricultural Society, two being quite new, the third already in general use in Denmark. Psychotria bacteriophila (No. 44119), a shrub from the Comoro Islands, Madagascar, producing leaves which harbor nodules of bac- teria that gather nitrogen from the air, quite as do the root nodules of the Leguminose. , An ash (Praxinus potamophila, Nos. 44132 to 441384), from Chi- nese Turkestan, sent through the American ambassador by the British consul general at Kashgar. This ash, first introduced by Frank N. Meyer, has proved perfectly hardy at Fallon, Nev., and promises to be a valuable tree on the poor soil of that region. The famous Pai li and other cultivated large-fruited varieties of the blight-resistant pear (Pyrus ussuriensis, Nos. 44145, 44147, 44148, 44150, and 44151) from China, obtained through Mr. Meyer. A tall-growing, new species of spruce (Picea meyeri, No. 44149), found by Mr. Meyer in Shinglungshan, Chihli Province, China, and named by Rehder and Wilson after our explorer. A collection of cultivated varieties of Chinese pears (Nos. 44163 to 44174 and 44176), containing some of Pyrus ussuriensis and others of P. lindleyi. These may prove of considerable value in the studies of bhght resistance which are now being made by Reimer and others. An amaranth (Amaranthus paniculatus, No. 44178) from Kash- mir, where its farinaceous seeds form the staple food of the hill tribes in many parts of India; the plant is known as rajgira. A species of Calamus (No. 44181). called the litoco, introduced bv Mr. Wester, from Kiangan, northern Luzon. This plant bears small, scaly fruits. of subacid, refreshing flavor, resembling the lan- zon (Lansium), and with excellent keeping qualities. Garcinia multifiora (No. 44239), from Kiayingchow, near Swatow. China, a shrub which bears a delicious but small fruit resembling the true mangosteen in flavor. The fact that it has withstood tempera- tures of 27° F. without injury may indicate that it can be grown outside the Tropics, and its relation to the true mangosteen may make it valuable for breeding purposes. Seeds of Bambos tulda (No. 44240), from Dehra Dun, India. This species has proved so easy of cultivation in Panama and Porto Rico and its timber is so valuable for fishing-rod manufacture that the securing of a considerable quantity of seed is worthy of mention. Cudrania tricuspidata (No. 44241), from American-grown trees at Augusta, Ga., where the tree seems to be quite at home and bears TANUABY 1 TO’ MAROEH 31, 1917. fi heavily. Recent information indicates that the silk from silkworms fed upon the leaves of this plant is different from ordinary silk and that lute strings made from it give a clearer tone than those made of silk spun by silkworms fed on the ordinary mulberry leaves. This fact doubtless will be of interest to all those studying the influ- ence of foods upon the secretions. of animal bodies. Silk being a | typical protein, like the white of eggs or the casein of milk, facts discovered regarding changes in its character might have a bearing upon the studies of the changes in the character of other proteins. A wild bush tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum, No. 44245), with wrinkled fruits, from Panama, where it appears, according to Mr. O. W. Barrett, to be resistant to wilt (Bacillus solanacearum). A collection of Chinese peach varieties (Amygdalus spp., Nos. | 44253 to 44266) from Kiangsu Province, China, secured through the Rey. Lacy L. Little, of Kiangyin, among them one variety from the famous Lushang Gardens. In Nairobi, British East Africa, the inner bark of Strychnos spinosa (No. 44019) appears to be used successfully as an antidote | for snake bites and deserves to be investigated. The fact that this plant grows so successfully in southern Florida, where rattlesnakes and moccasins are frequent, may make the wide distribution which has been made of it a thing well worth while. In any event, it de- serves study from this new point of view. The pepino (Solanum muricatum, Nos. 44021 and 44022) appears to be represented in Ecuador by two distinct varieties, one white and the other purple. As this is a fruit of excellent quality, practically seedless, and adapted for salads, it seems a pity that a more thorough | test of it has not been made in America. Enough ought to be pro- _ duced to place it on our markets for several years, for a fruit which | has become so popular in the Canary Islands surely has a chance in America. A new annual legume (Aeschynomene sp., No. 44040), for soil fertilization, from Costa Rica, which, though not certainly a forage | erop, is reported to have unusual quantities of nitrogen-collecting | nodules on its roots. Sixteen distinct species or hybrids of the genus Pyrus (Nos. 44041 _ to 44056), from the Arnold Arboretum. These deserve a thorough | trial as stocks for the cultivated pear. This is particularly interest- _ ing at this time, when the question of shutting out Kuropean-grown _ nursery stock and the creation of a more uniform root system for _ our orchard trees appear as problems of great importance. Few shrubs strike the American visitor to England as adding _more to the charm of the grounds of small cottages than do the | cotoneasters, which are extensively used in dooryards. Many of those used in England are tender here, but certain of the Chinese 8 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. species (see Nos. 48989 to 43995 and 44077 to 44084) are quite hardy with us, and these deserve the same place in our gardening that the ‘more tender species occupy in England. pire boarispe stove often that a plant is introduced from a region so little known as the Falkland Islands, and the climate of these islands of the southern hemisphere may be difficult to approximate in America, but the tussock erass (Poa flabellata, No. 44000), which grows in peaty soils near the sea. yields a good forage, and has edible nutty flavored shoots, should be tested carefully. The tree-tomato (Cyphomandra betacea, No. 44064) appears to have become a cultivated fruit plant-in British East Africa, and « purple-fruited strain of it found there mdicates that something may be done in the selection of this promising species of Solanacez. The species of Rollinia (No. 44094), as yet undescribed, collected by Mr. M. T. Dawe, in the lowlands of northern Colombia, is said to bear orange-colored edible fruits. This adds another annonaceous fruit to the collection being assembled for purposes of hybridization and selection at Miami, Fla. ! The pacaya palm (Chamacdorea sp., No. 44059), cultivated in nearly every garden in Coban, Guatemala, and producing edible in- florescences like ears of corn, deserves to be studied. and if it can be grown in southern Florida or California it should be planted in sufficient quantities to test it thoroughly as a salad-producing plant. A native grape (Vitis tiliaefolia, No. 44060), sold in the city mar- kets of Guatemala, is used extensively for jelly making. It grows luxuriantly in southern Florida and may prove a stock for North American or European grapes. The. soft lumbang tree (Aleurites trisperma, No. 44061), produc- ing an oil similar to that of the Chinese tung-oil tree, deserves study on a plantation scale to determine whether it can be grown economi- cally in our tropical territory and can be depended upon to increase the supply of this valuable drying oil, which has trebled in price since the war. | A remarkable collection of pear species and varieties (Nos. 44274 to 44280) made by Mr. Meyer in Chihli Province, China, and includ- ing a cultivated variety of Pyrus ussuriensis with edible fruits and another pear, possibly a new species, is used for stock by the Chinese horticulturists. Mangifera caesia (No. 44290), a species related to the mango, may be worthy of trial as a stock, or possibly crosses of it might be useful. Four varieties of seedling avocados (Persea americana, Nos. 44439, 44440, 44444, and 44445) from Guatemala, collected by Wilson Popenoe, include one producing fruits of very unusual size (45 ee ee ee er ee JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1917. g ounces) and good quality, which is at the same time a productive sort. The manuscript of this inventory has been prepared by Mrs. Ethel M. Kelley, the botanical determinations of seeds introduced have been made and the botanical nomenclature revised by Mr. H. C. Skeels, and the descriptive and botanical notes arranged by Mr. G. P. Van Eseltine, who has had general supervision of this in- ventory, as of all the publications of this office. Davin Farrcuip, Agricultural Kzplorer in Charge. OFrrice or ForeEiGN SEED AND PLant [ytTRODUCTION, Washington. D. C., October 1h. 1919. EN VENTOR ¥-"- 43980. Berbenris rrirotiotara Moric. Berberidacee. Barberry. From College Station, Tex. Presented by Mr. B. Youngblood, director, Agricultural Experiment Station. Received January 8, 1917. An evergreen shrub from western Texas, with leaves composed of three to five spiny leafiets. which produces red, aromatic, acid berries, about the size of peas. These berries ripen in May. They are often called “ currants,” and are used for tarts, jellies, etc. (Adapted from Coulter, Contributions from the United Stales National Herbarium, vol. 2, p. 10.) “According to Mr. Youngblood’s- verbal statement, this barberry jelly is being made each year in increasing quantities and is highly prized by all who have tested it. There would appear to be a field for the plant breeder in the development of heavy-fruiting barberries of good flavor with few or no seeds. and it seems remarkable that no one has undertaken the task.” (Fairchild.) 43981. Dania sp. Asteracez. Tree dahlia. From Tactic, Alta Vera Paz, Guatemala. Cuttings collected by Mr. Wilson Popenoe, Agr.cultural Explorer for the Department, of Agriculture. Re- ceived January 10, 1917. “No. 78. Double white variety. The pink tree dahlia is common throughout a large part of Guatemala. I have seen it from Antigua to Coban, often in great abundance, its huge single pink flowers, 4 inches in diameter, making it a very Striking thing. The pink form, which apparently is the typical one, is the only form which I have seen in the southern part of Guatemala. but in the vicinity of Tactic there are three other forms. None of these is so common as the pink form, although all are seen occasionally in gardens. The forms in question are a single white, identical with the typical single pink except in its color. which is pure white; a double pink, of the same lilac-pink shade as the typical form, but with double flowers 3 inches in diameter; and a double white form. of the same character as the double pink, but pure white. The tree dahlia is called shikar in the Pokomchi dialect, the language of the Indians at Tactic. It is very commonly planted around gardens and dooryards to form a hedge, large cuttings 3 to 4 feet long and of stems 1 to 2 inches in diameter being inserted in the ground and apparently rooting very readily. The plants grow to 15 feet in height, and when in full bloom, as they are at this season of the 1Each introduction consists of seeds unless otherwise specified. It should be understood that the varietal names of fruits, vegetables, cereals, and other plants used in this inventory are those under which the material was received by the Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction: and further, that the printing of such RMames here does not constitute their official publication and adoption in this country. As the different varieties are studied, their identity fully established, their entrance into the American trade forecast, and the use of varietal names in American literature becomes necessary, the designations appearing will be subject to change with a view to bringing the forms of the names into harmony with recognized American codes of nomenclature. 1] Pe SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. A year, are a glorious sght. Tactic is made beautiful by this common plant, and it would seem well worth while to test it for hedges in California, where the pink form has already been introduced and is offered in the trade. The variety sent in under this number is the dowble white, which seems to be one of the most beautiful of all. The flowers of this form are extensively used by the Indians of Tactic for decorating the images of saints which they have in their houses and in the churches.” (Popenoe.) This is possibly a cultivated form of Dahlia maxroni Safford. 43982. Gossypium sp. Malvacee. | Cotton. | From Asuncion, Paraguay. Presented by Mr. C. F. Mead. Received Janu- ary 10, 1917. 2 “ Seeds of the native red cotton of Paraguay. This is said to be indigenous.” ( Mead.) 43983 and 43984. Cuayora epuuis Jacq. Cucurbitacee. (Sechium edule Swartz.) Chayote. From Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Presented by Dr. Alberto Lofgren, Botanic Garden. Received January 2, 1917. 43983. “Fruit very small and quite corrugated.” (B. 7. Galloway.) 43984. “Fruit medium sized, considerably corrugated, and spineless; skin thick.” (B. T. Galloway.) 43985. Castrintesa rNpivisA Engelm. Scrophulariacez. Painted cup. Grown at the Plant Introduction Field Station, Chico, Calif., from seed col- lected at Lyford, Tex., by Dr. David Griffiths, of the Department of Agri- culture, May 2, 1915. Plants numbered for convenience in distribut on on January 17, 1917. “One of the most showy of the winter annuals of southern Texas. The seed- lings come up very abundantly upon the sandy coastal plain in autumn, develop- ing slowly during the winter but rapidly in early spring. and dominating the color of acres of the landscape in late March and early April. Here its seeds are matured in late April and early May. There are few native plants more showy than this one. This whcle group of painted cups, however, is considered somewhat difficult to grow and is consequently little handled in the trade in this country, although commonly grown in England. Our efforts have met with both success and failure in their handling. Recent trials indicate that the habits of the plant fit it to stand winter handling and that it can be grown successfully as a winter annual in regions having mild winters with sufficient moisture for seed germination in autumn. It requires a comparatively low temperature for its development. Experience at Chico, Calif., shows that the sudden trans‘tion from winter to summer, such as we have, dwarfs the plants before maturity, so that they produce but few cf the colored bracts which are so attractive in all of the painted cups or Indian paintbrushes.” (Griffiths.) 43986. Carica papaya L. Papayacee. Papaya. From St. Leo, Fla. Presented by Father Jerome, St. Leo College. Received January 2, 1917. ““Seed saved from a tree that has endured a temperature of 27° F. and has borne 100 fruits in 12 months from seed. Father Jerome received from Hawaii : the seed from which this tree was grown.” (Peter Bisset.) er 8 ae y ’ 5 bh Pyrvus CALLERYANA Decaisne. Malaces. ch Pear. From Jamaica Plain, Mass. Scions presented by the Arnold Arboretum. Received January 2, 1917. | / JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1917. 13 ' This wild Chinese pear is not uncommon in western Hupeb at altitudes of | 1,000 to 1,500 meters. It is easily recognizable by its comparatively small ) crenate leaves and small flowers. This pear maintains a vigorous and healthy | appearance under the most trying conditions, and might prove to be a very desirable blight-resistant stock. The woolly aphis, which attacks other species | of pears, has not been. known to touch this speci es. (Adapted from Compere, | Monthly Bulletin Calif. State Convn. Hort., vol. 4, pp. 313-314, and from Rehder. | Chinese Species of Pyrus, Proc. Ain. Acad., vol. 50, pp. 237 238.) : i (43988. Prunus voxuartensis Royle. Amygdalacez. Plum. From Seharunpur, India. Cuttings presented by Mr. A. C. Hartless, super- | intendent, Government Botanical Gardens. Received January 4, 1917. | “Alucha black.” A plum from Chinese Turkestan, with medium-sized cling- _ stone fruits of fine flavor, which ripen late in July. They are excellent for |; preserves and jellies. (Adapted from note of Frank N. Meyer, Jan. 10, 1911.) | See also S. P. I. No. 40223 for further data. ia | 43989 to 43996. _ From Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by the Arnold Arboretum. Received January 5, 1917. | | ; 43989. CoTONEASTER AMBIGUA Rehd. and Wils. Malacez. A shrub from western China, up to 7 feet high, with deciduous, oval- | ~' oblong, sharp-pointed leaves up to 2 inches long; five to ten. pinkish flowers borne in corymbs; and black globose fruit about one-third of an inch long containing two or three, rarely four or five, stones. (Adapted | from Sargent, Plantae. Wilsonianae, vol. 1, pp. 160-161.) 43990. CoToNEASTER DIELSIANA Hi. Pritz. Malacee. A shrub from western China. up to 6 feet high, with slender spreading and arching branches and deciduous, firm oval leaves about three- quarters of an inch long with yellowish gray lower surfaces. The pinkish flowers are few- and short stemmed, and the red fruit, a quarter of an inch in diameter, contains three or four stones. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 2, p. 866.) 43991. CoTONEASTER DIVARICATA Rehd. and Wils. Malaces. A deciduous upright shrub from central and western China, with shining oval leaves, one-third to three-quarters of an inch long. The pink flowers are usually in threes, and the fruit, which contains only two stones, is one-third of an inch long. It is a very handsome shrub when studded with its bright-red fruits and is hardy at the Arnold Aboretum. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, VOL. ay: DP... 865.) 43992. CoTONEASTER HORIZONTALIS PERPUSILLA ©. Schneid. Malacee. A low Chinese shrub of prostrate habit, with almost horizontal branches - in two dense series and roundish oval leaves less than one-third of an inch long. The flowers are erect, pink, and either solitary or in pairs: 14 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 43989 to 43996—Continued. and the bright-red oval fruit, a quarter of an inch in diameter. usually contains three stones. One of the most effective fruiting shrubs for rockeries. (Adapted. from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, VOL. 3; D. 869:) 43993. CoTONEASTER NITENS Rehd. and Wils. Malaces, A shrub from western China, up to 43 feet high, with deciduous, oval, obtuse, shining green leaves up te half an inch or more long; probably pink flowers, and nearly black fruits, either solitary or in pairs, up to one-sixteenth of an inch long, and containing two stones. In its native country it grows at elevations of 7,500 to 10.000 feet. (Adapted from Sargent, Plantae Wilsonianae, vol. 1, pp. 156-157.) 43994. CoroNnEASTER OBSCURA Rehd. and Wils. Malacez. A shrub from western China, up to 10 feet in height, with elliptic-oval leaves, 1 to 2 inches long. The fruit is dull red, one-third of an inch long, and generally contains three stones. The flowers are white. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 2, p. 867.) 43995. CoTONEASTER TENUIPES Rehd. and Wils. Malacex. A gracefully. branched deciduous shrub from western China, up to 7 feet tall, with oval or elliptic-oval sharp-pointed leaves about 12 inches long. The flowers are white: the fruits are nearly black, usually solitary, and contain two stones. (Adapted from Sargent, Plantae Wilsonianae, BOL Asap Aad) 43996. SoRBUS POHUASHANENSIS (Hance) Hedl. Malacex. An evergreen shrub from northern China, with reddish brown twigs leaves composed of six to seven pairs of elliptic or lance-elliptic leaflets from 12 to 2 inches long, and red fru ts about one-third of an inch in diameter. This shrub is in cultivation at the Arnold Arboretum. (Adapted from Schneider, Illustriertes Handbuch der Laubholzkunde, vol. 1, p. 672.) 43997 and 48998. From Caracas. Venezuela. Collected by Dr. J. N. Rose, associate curator. United States National Museum. Received jase Fy, S97 43997. IRAGARIA VESCA L. Rosacee. Strawberry. “ Srawberries are found wild in the mountains, but Dr. Ernst declares that they are not native.” (Rose.) 43998. PsiIpIuM GUAJAVA L. Myrtaceex. Guava. “ Seeds of a very large guava, the largest I have ever seen. It is 4 inches long and resembles somewhat a large Bartlett pear. It may be known to you, but is new to me. It is called at Caracas the * Peruvian guava,’ but I saw nething like it in Peru in 1914. It has only recentiy been introduced into Caracas. I obtained the seeds from Mr. eae IL. Pantin, acting manager of the Caracas & La Guaira Railroad.’ ( Rose.) | | | | | = ee ' JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1917. La 43999. Barmera muLriraprata Harv. and Gray. Asteracee. From the Santa Rita Mountains, Ariz. Collected by Dr. David Griffiths. Received January 6, 1917. A very handsome plant, found in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. It is biennial or perennial, densely woolly, with alternate compound leaves and long-stemmed heads of bright-vellow flowers. It is common on the mesas in the early spring, and sometimes continues flowering until late in the fall. (Adapted from Wooton and Standley, Flora of New Mexico, p. 718.) 44000. Poa rnaperiata (Lam.) Hook.f. Poacee. Tussock grass. From Stanley, Falkland Islands. Procured from Mr. W. A. Harding, manager, Falkland Islands Co., through Mr. David J. D. Myers, American consul, Punta Arenas, Chile. Received January 8, 1917. A coarse grass, native of the Falkland Islands, growing on peat soils near the sea. The plant forms dense masses of stems which frequently rise to a height of 4 to 6 feet, and the long, tapering leaves 5 to 8 feet long and an inch wide at the base hang gracefully over in curves. The plant is much relished by cattle; it is very nutritious and contains saccharin. The inner portion of the stem, a little way above the root, is soft and crisp, and flavored like a hazel- nut; the inhabitants of the Falkland Islands are very fond of it. They boil the | young shoots and eat them like asparagus. (Adapted from Hogg, Vegetable Kingdom, pp. 823-824.) See S. P. I. No. 43564 for previous introduction. 44001 to 44005. From Los Angeles, Calif. Presented by Mr. P. D. Barnhart. Received January 9, 1917. 44001. CARDIOSPERMUM HIRSUTUM Willd. Sapindacer. Seeds of a creeping or ascending perennial vine, cultivated in southern California, with a densely hairy, grooved stem, deeply dentate leaves with hairy lower surface, small white flowers in axillary racemes, and pointed, hairy fruits, each containing a globular chocolate-brown seed. This plant is useful for covering arbors; it blooms continuously. It came originally from Africa. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticul- ture, vol. 2,-p. 661.) 44002. Dip_acus LoncirLorus Nutt. Scrophulariaceze. Plants of a low subshrubby perennial from California. The opposite, broadly lanceolate leaves are dark green above, and the large flowers, 13 inches across, are a beautiful pale orange or buff. The showiness and the rare color of the flowers make this plant a most attractive ornamental. 44003. PENTSTEMON coRDIFOLIUS Benth. Scrophulariacez. Beard-tongue. Plants of a more or less shrubby climber, with long very leafy branches and short leafy clusters of rich scarlet flowers nearly 2 inches long. The brilliant flowers form a striking contrast to the dark-green foliage. 16 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 44001 to 44005—Continued. | 44004. Rises spEcIosuM Pursh. Grossulariaceze. Gooseberry. Plants of an evergreen California shrub, 3 to 5 feet high, with shining dark-green 3-lobed leaves and drooping clusters of bright-red flowers. In March and early April it forms one of the conspicuous charms of the. foothills about Los Angeles. 44005. ZAUSCHNERIA CALIFORNICA Presl. Onagracez. Balsamea. Cuttings of a low perennial herb, found at medium altitudes of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California, with erect or decumbent stems about a foot high and oblong or narrow alternate leaves. The- large searlet fuchsialike flowers are up to 2 inches long, and the oblong seeds have tufts of hair at the apexes. Among the Spanish element in California this plant is used as a vulnerary. (Adapted from Jepson, Flora of Western Middle California, p. 327.) 44006. Pyrus CALLERYANA Decaisne. Malacez. Pear. From Hongkong, China. Presented by Mr. W. J..Tutcher, superintendent, Botanical and Forestry Department. Received J anuary 13, 1917. See S. P. I. No. 48987 for previous introduction and description. 44007 to 44017. SaccHarumM orrFicInaRUM L. Poacee. Sugar cane. From Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba. Cuttings presented by Mr. J. T. Crawley, director, Agricultural Experiment Station. Received January 15, 1917. 44007. B-604. 44013. D-806. 44008. B-1753. 44014. Blanca. 44009. B-6308. 44015. Lucier. 44010. B-6450. 44016. Caledonia. 44011. B-6204. 44017. B-3412. 44012. D-74. 44018. Amyepauus persica L. Amygdalacee. Peach. (Prunus persica Stokes. ) ; From Tientsin, China. Presented by Mr. Fred. D. Fisher, American con- sul general. Received January 15, 1917. “Seeds of common peaches; early season, grown on the banks of the Hai Ho, Tienisin, China.” (Fisher.) 44019. Srrycunos spinosa Lam. Loganiacez. Kafir orange. From Nairobi, British East Africa. Presented by Mr. A. C. MacDonald, Director of Agriculture, through Mr. Ralph M. Odell, commercial agent, 3ombay, India. Received January 16, 1917. “A moderate-sized tree of the family Loganiacex, which produces fruit very Similar to an orange. The shell is hard and contains numerous (upwards of 40) seeds of a flat and somewhat circular outline half an inch or more in diameter. When quite ripe the fruit is juicy, and it is eaten and much liked by the natives. The tree is fairly common at Mazeras and Samburu and is probably distributed in other districts in the surrounding country.” (dH. Powell. ) (SH0626d ‘{e06t ‘dy ‘spueysy Areueg ‘eueg sey ivou ‘Arvuey pueiy ‘pryomeg pravq Aq poydeisojoyd) ‘“Spe[es 0} UOTIppe UB SB UONB.IPISUOD SNOTIOS UAOM IT OYVUL IOAVY oYT[Ioquimonod pure ‘ssourornl ‘ssaussey~poes S}T “AIVUBD PUBINH JO SUIPIS PoIB110} oY] UT S9Op I SB SIMA] Paloary-o}VoTPop SB oonpoid Ud }1 oIOYAM ‘ol0Y) 9Yoru Jo9doid syt punNoj svy 4 AOYJOYM [NJIQNOp stip “Spuvjs] Areury oy} ur sey ise ‘aeyndod ourosaq JOU SBY 07VUI0{ OY} JO VATIVIOI STUY} ‘OSV SIvOA OZ BIVUIOVVNY) WO] VIUIOJT]R,) OFUT poonposjur YSNOyL ‘(1Z0bv (ON ‘1 ‘d ‘“S ‘WALVOIYNW WONV10S) LINSY4A Gv1VS SSA1G3S3aS V ‘ONidad NVIVWSLVNS, SHL PLATE |. faventory 50, Seeds and Plants Imported. Inventory 50, Seeds and Plants Imported. PLATE II. BARGAINING FOR KAU BA IN SHANGHAI (ZIZANIA LATIFOLIA, S. P. I. No. 44069). Scene in the Hongkew market. A Japanese girl is bargaining for ‘‘water-bamboo”’ shoots, ‘kau ba,’’ as they are called locally. These shoots supply a tasteful vegetable when properly prepared. The young shoots of this relative of our own American wild rice are eaten in the late spring when they are swollen by the action of afungus similar in its effect to corn smut. It isin no way related to the true bamboo. The usual name for this wild rice is ku, and the South China name for the shoots is chiao sun. (Photographed by Frank N. Meyer, June 11, 1915, at Shanghai, China; P12301FS.) JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 117. ET 44020. Pynrussp. Malacee. wiih Pear. From Ningpo, Chekiang, China. Cuttings presented by Mr. L. C. Hylbert. Received January 15, 1917. 44021 and 44022. Sonanuw mernicarum Ait. Solanacee. Pepino. From Ecuador. Presented by Mr. Frederick W. Goding, American Consul general, Guayaquil. Received January 17, 1917. “After persistent search a place near Huigra was found where the plants erew at an alt tude of 6000 fect. AS a pont of interest I will state that these | | i } two variet es are now growing jin bexes at this office. One of them has pros duced flowers, but no fru t as vet.” (Goding.) 44021. “ Purple pepino.” 44022. “ White pepino.” For an illustration of the Guatemalan pepino, see Plate I. 44028 to 44028. Saccnarem orricinarcm lL. Poaceer. Sugar cane. From Cienfuegos, Cuba. Cuttings presented by Mr. R. M. Grey, Harvard Experiment Station. Received January 18, 1917. “Cuttings. High in sugar. averaging from 19 to 20 per cent sucrose in our hand-mill analyses.” (Grey.) 44023. [No label.] 44026. Harvard 6047. 44024. Harvard 4068. 44027. Harvard 6065. 44025. Harvard 5082. 44C28. Harvard 6159. 44029 to 44035. Saccuarem orricinarum LL. Poacewx. Sugar cane. From Cienfuegos. Cuba. Seeds presented by Mr. R. Ms Grey, Harvard Experiment Station. Received January 1S, OMT. 44029. Harvard 5150. 44033. Harvard 1309. 44030. Harvard 1421. 44034. Harvard 5039. 44031. Harvard 2048S. 44035. Harvard 1193. 44032. Harvard H005. 44036. Carica paraya L. Papayvacee. Papaya. From Pago Pago, American Samoa. Presented by Mr. J. M. Poyer, gov- ernor, American Samoa. Received January 22, 1917. -“A variety of papava known here as ‘ Esi fafine.”” (Poyer.) 44037 to 44039. From Changning. v'a Swatow. China. Presented by Rey. C. . Bousfield, Amerc¢an Baptist Mission. Received January 23, 1917. 44037. CHAETOCHLOA ITALICA (L.) Seribn. Poacere. Common millet. (Setaria italica Beauv.) Millet is cultivated extensively as a food plant in Asia, though if is raised only for fodder in America. am) 492222 18 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 440387 to 44039—Continued. BE 44038. ELEUSINE CORACANA (L.) Gaertn. Poacer. African millet. A grass closely related to and much resembling goose-grass (Hleusine indica), often cultivated as an ornamental. 44039. HoLcus sorcHUM L. Poacee. ee Sorghum. (Sorghum vulgare Pers.) . Apparently a nonsaccharine or forage variety. 44040. ArscHYNOMENE sp. Fabacee. From El Coyolar, Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. Carlos Wercklé. Re- ceived January 17,1917. _ j “Yellow sensitiva. A very dense-growing. leguminous annual, whose roots are almost completely covered with nodules. People say that it is a zood forage plant, but I have never seen cattle eat it. Our best plant for nitrifi- cation of the soil.” (Werckle.) 44041 to 44056. Pyrus spp. Malacee. z iy) Pear. From Jamaica Plain, Mass. Cuttings presented by the Arnold Arboretum. Received January 25, 1917. 4041. PyRUS AMYGDALIFORMIS Vill. 5 A small tree, native of southern Europe, occasionally 20 feet or more high, or sometimes merely a large, rounded shrub. The leaves, which are variable in shape and Size, are from 14 to 24 inches in length; the white flowers, 1 inch wide. are produced in April in corymbs: and the round, yellowish brown fruits are about an inch in diameter. The chief merit of this tree is its picturesqueness in age. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 273.) 44042. PyRUS BETULAEFOLIA Bunge. A slender, fast-growing, graceful tree from northern China, attaining a height of 20 to 30 feet, with the young shoots thickly covered with a persistent gray felt. The dark-green oval or roundish, dentate, long- pointed leaves are 2 to 3 inches long; the white flowers, three-quarters of an inch wide, occur eight to ten in corymbs; and the grayish brown roundish fruits: are about’ the size of a pea. The Chinese use this as a stock on which to graft fruiting pears. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shrubs: Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 279.) 44043. Pyrus BRETSCHNEIDERI Rehder. A medium-sized Chinese tree, with sharp-pointed serrate leaves 2 to 4 inches long, white flowers about three-quarters of an inch wide occur- ring Seven to ten in racemes, and nearly globular yellow fruits up to 15 inches long. It is possible that the native name Pai-li may include this species. (Adapted from Rehder, Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, vol. 50, p. 231.) 44044, PyruUS CALLERYANA Decaisne. See S. P. I. No. 48987 for previous introduction and description. 44045. PYRUS PHAEOCARPA GLOBOSA Rehder. A medium-sized Chinese tree with ovate, round-based, deep-green leaves: unusually large, white flowers; and globular brown or russet slender-stalked fruits. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 5, p. 2780.) JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1917. | 19 44041 to 44056—Continued. 44046. PyRUS HETEROPHYLLA Regel and Schinalh. A small tree, ultimately 20 to 30 feet high, native of Kastern Turkestan, with exceedingly variable leaves of two extreme types, either oval and 2 to 34 inches long, or cut back to the midrib into three to seven narrow lobes, which are three-quarters of an inch to 2 inches long. The white flowers, three-quarters to an inch wide, are produced in small clusters, and the fruit is like an ordinary small pear. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, pp. 284-285.) 44047. PyRUS KORSHINSKYI Litv. ‘A tree native of Bokhara, Turkestan, 20 feet.or more in height, or sometimes a shrub, with coriaceous lance-Shaped or ovate-oblong, coarsely erenate leaves about 3 inches long, and nearly globose stout-stalked fruits almost an inch in diameter, crowned by a persistent calyx. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 5, p. 2868.) 44048. X PYRUS MALIFOLIA Spach. : ; A hybrid of unknown parentage, originally grown in Paris in 1834, where it formed a tree more than 30 feet high with a rounded bushy head. The leaves are oval or roundish, about 3 inches wide, occurring in few-flowered corymbs. The deep-yellow fruit is turbinate and about 2 inches long and wide. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, pp. 286-287.) aes 44049. X PyYRUS MICHAUXII Bosc. A small tree, probably native of the Levant, and said to be a hybrid between Pyrus amygdaliformis and P. nivalis. It has entire oval or oval-oblong, shining leaves up to 38 inches long, white flowers in very short corymbs, and globular or turbinate greenish yellow fruits. ‘(Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 288.) 44050. X PYRUS OBLONGIFOLIA Spach. A small tree, occasionally 20 feet or more high, said to be a hybrid between Pyrus amygdaliformis and P. nivalis, and common in Provence, France. The leaves are oval or oblong, and the fruits, which are yellow- ish, tinged with red on the sunny side, are about 13 inches in diameter. In Provence it is known as the Gros Perrussier. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 273, under P. amygdaliformis oblongifolia.) 44051. Pyrus USSURIENSIS OVOIDEA Rehder. A Chinese tree of pyramidal habit, 30 to 50 feet high, with oval-oblong sharply serrate leaves, 3 to 5 inches long; white flowers in five to seven flowered racemes: yellow, juicy, somewhat astringent, exactly egg-shaped fruits, up to 1% inches long. In autumn the foliage turns a bright scar- let, and the flowers appear a week ahead of the other species of pears. ' (Adapted from Rehder, Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, vol. 50, pp. 228-229, and from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 5, p. 2869.) 44052. Pyrus pASHTA Buch.-Ham. A usually spiny tree from western China and the Himalayas, with leaves when young three lobed and doubly serrate, becoming glabrous with age. The flowers. an inch wide, are mostly in woolly corymbose 20 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 44041 to 44056-—Continued. clusters, and the brown fruits are globose and an inch in diameter. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 5, p. 2870.) Received as Pyrus variolosa, which is generally referred to P. pashia. 44053. Pyrus SALICIFOLIA Pall. Var. pendula Hort. A very elegant tree, native of southeastern Europe and Asia Minor, from 15 to 25 feet high, with pendulous branches, narrow lance-Shaped shiny green leaves 14 to 33 inches long, pure-white flowers three-quarters of an inch wide in small dense corymbs, and pear-shaped fruits 1 to 14 inches long. The leaves and flowers of this very orna- mental pear often open simultaneously, producing a charming effect. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, pp. 292-293.) iz 44054. Pyrvus SERoTINA Rehder. ; A tree native of central and western China, 20 to 30 feet high, with oval-oblong sharply serrate leaves 3 to 5 inches long, six to nine white flow- ers in each raceme, and nearly globular, brown fruits with slender stalks. This species or one of its forms has been recommended on the Pacific coast aS a more or less blight-resistant stock for the European types. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 5, pp. 2868-2869. ) 44055. Pyrus Serrunara Rehder, A tree native of western China, 22 to 25 feet high, with oval or oval- oblong serrulate leaves up to 43 inches long, six to ten white flowers in each umbellate raceme, and nearly globular brown fruits about three- fifths of an inch long. . (Adapted from Rehder, Proceedings of the Amerti- ean Academy of Arts and Sciences, vol. 50, pp. 234-235.) 44056. Pyrus USSURIENSIS Maxim. A tree native of Amur and Ussuri, Siberia, from 20 to 30 feet high, with broadly oval, sharply serrate, acuminate leaves, many-flowered racemes of white flowers, and roundish oval, umbilicate, mild-flavored fruits over an inch in diameter, crowned by a persistent calyx. In autumn the foliage turns a shining brownish red, making the tree very ornamental. (Adapted from /. Regel, in Gartenflora, vol. 10, pp. 374-379.) 44057 and 44058. Vicra rana L. Fabacee. Broad bean. From Tiflis, Caucasus, Russia. Presented by the chief specialist, Plant 3reeding Department, Tiflis Botanic Garden. Received January 2, 1917. 44057. Beans nearly circular in outline and of a dark reddish brown color. 44058. Beans approximately oblong and of a much lighter color. 44059 and 44060. From Guatemala, Collected by Mr. Wilson Popenoe, Agricultural Ex- plorer for the Department of Agriculture. Received January 12, 1917. 44059. CHAMAEDOREA Sp. Phoenicacere. Pacaya palm. (No. 79a. Pacaya palm from Coban, December 13, 1916.) Nearly every garden in Coban contains a number of these small, attractive palms, planted not so much for ornament as for the edible inflorescences EE | | JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1917. As 44059 and 44060—Continued. which they produce. In other parts of Alta Vern Paz the pacaya is also quite common, and it is grown in the southern part of Guatemala as Well. Since it succeeds here at elevations of 5,000 feet or even higher, where the winters are quite cool, it would seem that it ought to be a success in southern California and Florida, though it is difficult to predict what effect the sandy soil of the latter State may have upon it. The palm grows to a height of 15 feet, having a slender stem about 2 inches in diameter and handsome leaves, somewhat reminding one of Chrysalidocarpus lutescens (Areca. lutescens). The foliage is of a rich-green color. The inflorescences are produced along the trunk in the winter and spring, and apparently more or less throughout tke year. Before the spathe has opened it is removed from the paln opened, and the tender inflorescence, nearly white in color and _ finely branched, is removed and eaten. Its preparation for the table con- sists in dipping it in a batter made of eggs and then frying it; in enveloping it in an omelet; in boiling it and serving it as a vegetable: or in mixing it with other vegetables to form a salad. When very young and tender its flavor is agreeable, but when older and nearly ready to emerge from the spathe it has a strongly bitter taste, which makes it disagreeable. It should therefore be used when quite young. The pacaya palm grows in a variety of soils, seeming to do well on «lay and also on black sandy loam. An abundance of lime in the soil does not seem to injure it. It is frequently planted in gardens among coitee bushes, and in many sections it is planted beneath large trees. where it has partial shade. I have seen many beneath large avocado trees, interplanted with coffee bushes. It may be necessary to furnish shade for the pals in California and Florida by means of a slat house or some such device, or they might be planted beneath large trees, as they are in Guatemala. The pacaya as an article of food is exten- sively used in Guatemala and by local standards commands a good price, single inflorescences usually selling at two to five for a peso (2% cents). The spathes are pulled from the palms, tied together in small bundles, and thus brought to market.’ (Popenoe.) 44060. VITIS TILIAEFOLIA Humb. and Bonpl. Vitacez. Grape. (V. caribaea DC.) “(No. S8la. Guatemala, Guatemala, December 29, 1916.) Ne Eee ; JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1917. 2D 44076 to 44084—Continued. If sheltered this shrub will grow in the northern parts of the Un ted States. and if killed to the ground young shoots will spring up vigorously. producing flowers and fruits in the same season. (Adapted from Bailey. Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 2, p. 629, as C. giraldii.) 44077. CoTroONEASTER AMBIGUA Rehd. and Wils. Malacex. See S. P. I. No. 48989 for previous introduction and description. 44078. CoTrONEASTER GRACILIS Rehd. and Wils. Malacez. A shrub from western China, where it is found at altitudes of from 5,000 to 10.000 feet. It atta ns a height of 4 to 10 feet and has light- green leaves up to four-fifths of an inch long. The rose-colored flowers occur in lax 3-flowered corymbs and the immature fruits are about one- | fifth of an inch long. (Adapted from Sargent, Plantae Wilsonianae, vol. 1, pp. 167-168.) 44079. CoTONEASTER HUPENMENSIS Rehd. and Wils. Malacez. A shrub native of central and western China. up to 5 feet in height. with slender spreading branches, oval or elliptic leaves w th gray wool on the lower surfaces, 6 to 12 white flowers in each of the numerous cymes. and red, nearly globular fruits about one-third of an inch in diameter. This is one of the handsomest of cotoneasters in bloom, and is hardy as far north as Massachusetts. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia -- of Horticulture, vol. 2. p. 867.) 44080. CoTONEASTER NITENS Rehd. and Wils. Malacez. | See S. P. I. No. 43993 for previous introduction and description. | 44081. CoroNKeASTER OBSCURA Rehd. and Wils. Malacez. See S. P. I. No. 43994 for previous introduction and descr ption. 44082. COTONEASTER RACEMIFLORA MEYERI Zabel. Malacezr. A low, rather rough shrub from northern Africa and western Asia. with roundish blunt leaves, slightly hairy on the upper surfaces, short- stalked cymes of white flowers, and red fruits. (Adapted from Schneider, Tllustriertes Handbuch der Laubholzkunde, vol. 1, p. 754, as C. racemi- flora numimularia.) 44083. COTONEASTER RACEMIFLORA SooNGORICA (Reg. and Herd.) C. Schneid. Malacez. An erect shrub, up to 4+ feet in he’ght, but rarely prostrate. The leaves are oval and usually somewhat obtuse. and the white flowers occur 3 to 12 in short-peduncled cymes. The fruit is red. This variety is found in northern China, Caucasia, etc. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 2, p. S67, and from Schneider, Iilustriertes Handbuch der Laubholzkunde, vol. 1, p. 754.) 44084. CoTONEASTER TENUIPES Rehd. and Wils. Malacere. See S. P. I. No. 43995 for previous introduction and description. 44085. Garcinia piorca Blume. Clusiacee. Frem Lawang, Java. Presented by Mr. M. Buysman. Received January Der; ADIT. “ The fruit of this tree is eaten.” (Buysinan.) A Javanese tree up to 60 feet high, with membranous, lance-shaped, sharp- pointed leaves up to 5 inches long, pink flowers in few-flowered axillary or terminal clusters. and nearly globular fruits up to 12 inches in greatest diameter. > 26 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. The natives of Java call th’s tree tieuri and kemedjing. The wood is of little use, but in some portions the fruits are sought for the sake of the taste of the seed coats. (Adapted from Koorders and Valeton, Boomsorten op Java. Bijdrage No. 9, pp. 369-372.) 44086. CaMPOMANESIA FENZLIANA (Berg) Glaziou. Myrtacez. From Parana, Brazil. Presented by Mr. B. H. Hunnicutt, Lavras, Minas Geraes, Brazil. Received January 25, 1917. Guabiroba. A small Brazilian myrtaceous tree with foliage resembling that of the European oaks. It reaches a height of 30 to 35 feet and bears orange- yellow fruits, up to an inch in diameter, with edible pulp resembling that of the guava. (Adapted from note of Dorsett, Shamel, and Popenoe, April 13, 1914.) See also S. P. I. No. 37834 for further description. 44087 to 44091. From Lamao, Rataan, Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. P. J. Wester, Lamao Experiment Station, through Mr. Adn. Hernandez, director. Bureau of Agriculture, Manila. Received January 22, 1917. 44087. CITRUS EXCELSA Wester. Rutacez. Limon real. A tall, thorny Philippine shrub of vigorous growth and straggly habit, with thick, leathery leaves and thin-skinned smooth fruits up to 3 inches in diameter, with very juicy, mildly acid pulp. (Adapted from the Philippine Agricultural Review, first quarter, 1915, p. 22.) See also S. P. I. No. 41714 for further description. 44088. CITRUS MEDICA NANA Wester. Rutacer. Dwarf citron. A small thorny shrub, rather common 'in the Philippines, rarely ex- ceeding 2 meters in height, being probably the smallest species in the genus. It has small, sharp spines; narrowly oblong, serrate leaves 7 to 11 em. long; axillary or terminal, rather loose cymes of white flowers with slight purple tinges on the outside; and roundish egg-shaped, smooth, yellow fruits 23 inches or more long, with grayish to greenish, acid, rather dry pulp containing many small flattened, smooth seeds. The Filipinos eat the fruit, but it is too dry to be cultivated for the flesh, and the skin is too thin to be used as citron peel. (Adapted from the Philippine Agricultural Review, first quarter, 1915, p. 19.) See also S. P. I. No. 39581 for further description. 44089. CITRUS MEDICA ODORATA Wester. Rutacee. Tihi-tihi. A small, thorny Philippine shrub about S feet in height, with rather thick, serrate leaves, white. flowers, and fruits up to. 4 inches in diameter, with somewhat dry, sharply acid pulp. (Adapted from the Philippine Agricultural Review. first quarter, 1915, p: 18.) See also 8. P. I. No. 41717 for further description. 44090. GENIPA AMERICANA L. Rubiacez. Genipa. A large stately tree, native of the American Tropics, growing 60 feet in height, with dark-green leaves a foot or more long. The edible © fruits are about the size of an orange. (Adapted from note of Dorsett and Popenoe, April 18, 1914.) See also S. P. I. No. 37833 for further description. For an illustration of the Brazilian genipa, see Plate III. Inventory 50, Seeds and Plants Imported. PLATE III. a — ~ THE BRAZILIAN GENIPA (GENIPA AMERICANA, S. P. I. No. 44090). Outside of its native region this fruit is little known. In eastern Brazil it is commonly used, and it is also grown in the West Indies. Therusset fruits, sometimes nearly 4 inches long, have the flavor of the quince. The tree can be grown only in regions free from severe frosts. See also S. P. I. No. 34882. (Photographed by P. H. Dorsett, Bahia, Brazil, November 12, 1913; P25009FS.) Inventory 50, Seeds and Plants Imported. PLATE IV. THE IMODON ASH OF TURKESTAN (FRAXINUS POTAMOPHILA, S. P. 1. No. 44132). During his expedition to Chinese Turkestan, Mr. Meyer took the photograph reproduced above at Khanaka and obtained some of the seeds shown hanging on the tree. This species of ash, under the trying-conditions of great drought, intense heat, and soil alkali of that region, made a valuable shade tree. Under S. P. I. No. 30652; the trees grown from these seeds were distributed in 1912. In 1915, some young trees were growing at the Fallon Field Stationin Nevada. These promised so much for that treeless region that, through the kindness of the British vice consul, Mr. George MacCartney, more seeds (S. P. I. No. 44132) were imported, with which to make a wide distribu- tion. (Photographed by Frank N. Meyer, Khanaka, Chinese Turkestan, December 5, 1910; P5647EFS.) Ca | JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1917. 2 44087 to 44091—Continued. 44901. Uvaria RuFA (Dunal) DC. Annonacee. Banauac. A much-branched shrub from Java with a stem about the diameter of a man’s arm; alternate, elliptic-oblong, acute or obtuse leaves 23 to 5 inches long; and purplish red, solitary flowers about an inch wide. The obiong, kidney-shaped, red fruits about 13 inches long, in bunches of 18 or 20, contain whitish, scant, juicy, aromatic, subacid flesh without a trace of sugar and containing many seeds. (Adapted from Blume, Flora Java, Annonacee, pp. 19-20, pl. 4, and from the Philippine Agricultural Review, vol. 6, no. 7, p. 321.) 44092. Lavurocerasus acuminata (Wall.) Roemer. Amygdalacez. (Prunus acuminata Hook. f.) From Darjiling, India. Presented by Mr. G. H. Cave, curator, Lloyd Botanic Garden. Received January 29, 1917. ‘Freshly gathered seed.” (Cave.) A tree 30 to 40 feet high, found in the temperate portions of the central and eastern Himalayas at elevations of from 4,000 to 7,000 feet. The slender branches are covered with flat, smooth leaves 4 to 7 inches long and bear yellowish white flowers a quarter to one-third of an inch wide in many-flowered racemes. (Adapted from Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 2, p. 317.) See also S. P. I. No. 41813 for previous introduction. 44093. EucHLAENA MEXICANA Schrad. Poacex. Teosinte. From Zomba, Nyasaland. Presented by Mr. J. Stewart J. McCall, Director of Agriculture. Received January 30, 1917. “ Out in Nyasaland I find this a most valuable forage plant, either when fed — green to cattle or as hay. I consider it to be the best yielding forage plant I. have yet experimented with, and I believe it worthy of special attention in warm districts.” ( McCall. ) 44094. Ro ini sp. Annonacas: From Bogota, Colombia. Presented by Mr. M. T. Dawe, Director of Agri- culture and Agricultural Adviser to the Government. Received February 2 AOL. “A shrub of the tropical parts of the Department of Magdalena, which affords an edible orange-colored fruit; the fiesh is also of orange color.” (Daive.) 44095. Axrurires rorpit Hemsl. Euphorbiacee. Tung-oil tree. Plants grown at the plant-introduction field stations from seed received from various sources. Numbered for convenience in distribution in 1917. Plants grown under Yarrow Nos. 2157. 2158, 2159, 3522; and Chico No. 16151. 44096 to 44098. | | From Amoy, China. Presented by Mr. H. Hoyle Sink, American consul. Received January 11, 1917. 44096. ANDROPOGON INTERMEDIUS R. Br. Poacer. Grass. An erect grass, with rather narrow leaves and slender spikes, growing in large clumps 2 feet or more in height. It is a native of Australia, ie) SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 44096 to 44098—Continued. where .t is used as a forage grass. It is readily propagated from the roots. (Adapted from Bentham and Mueller, Flora Australiensis, pp. 531-532, and from the Agricultural Gazette, New South Wales, May 2, 1914.) 44097. ARTHRAXON BREVIARISTATUS Hack. Poacer. Grass. A tall, graceful grass found in eastern India and China, with culms »O0 to 60 cm. high and Jeaf blades up to 2 inches in length by half an inch in width. (Adapted from DeCandolle, Monographia Phanerogamarum, vol. 6, pp. 350-3851, 1889.) ; 44098. CAPRIOLA DACTYLON (L.) Kuntze. Poacere. Bermuda grass. (Cynodon dactyion Pers.) A pasture and lawn grass for the Southern States; a rather variable species. 44099. SaccuaruM orricrnaruM L. Poacee. Sugar cane. From Cienfuegos, Cuba. Presented by Mr. Robert M. Grey, Harvard Ex- periment Station. Received February 3, 1917. ‘* Harvard No. 6301. Seeds of one of my hybrid canes, which is very prolific and germinates freely when sown in the open ground here.” (Grey.) 44100. CaNarituM AMBIONENSE Hochr. Balsameacem. From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by the director, Jardin Botanique. Re- ceived February 3, 1917. This beautiful tree, which grows to a height of about 90 feet, so resembles Canarium moluccanum in general habit and in the leaves that the two can scarcely be distinguished, although the fruit is different. The bark is smooth and white. The fruit of this species is oblong. pointed at both ends, with the angles sharp toward the ends and somewhat flattened toward the middle. This tree is found in the island of Amboina, Celebes. (Adapted from Hoci- reutiner, Plantae Bogoriensis Exsiccatae, p. 55.) “The seeds are eaten as a table nut, and an emulsion of the oil extracted from the seed is cons’dered an excellent baby food.” (Fairehild.) 44101. Canartom ovatum Engl. Balsameacer. Pili nut. From Camarines, Philippine Islands. Presented by Dr. E. B. Copeland, dean, College of Agriculture, Los Banos, P. I. Received February 8, 1917. A tree, native of the Philippines, with compound leaves and triangular drupes containing one seed. These seeds are eaten throughout the eastern part of the world, und from them is extracted an oil which is used for tabie purposes and also for burning in lamps. (Adapted from notes of H. H. Boyle, assistant horti- culturis!, Manila, P. I.) See also S. P. I. No. 38372 for further distribution. 44102. Pyrus communis L. Malacer. . Pear. From Hamilton City, Calif. Presented by Mr. James Mills. Received January 18, 1917. “ Scions from an old pear tree that was planted by the Mission Fathers about 60 years ago. This tree has not shown any evidence of pear-blight, although blighted trees have been growing in its vicinity.” (Peter Bisset.) JANUARY 1°TO MARCH 31, 1917. 29 44103. Henranrucvs ancusriroiivs L. Asteracer. Sunflower. Grown at the Plant Introduction Field Station, Chico, Calif., from seed collected by Dr. David Griffiths. Numbered February 13, 1917. “This native sunfiower is said to occur from New Jersey to Florida and westward to Texas. It attracted the collector’s atiention in a native condition on the prairies of Arkansas, where it grows most luxuriantly. There are sev- eral characteristics which adapt it to ornamental uses: The general habit of the plant is pleasing; it has a small flower with long, graceful rays; the foliage is narrow, long, drooping, and glossy; the main steam and each of its branches are long, graceful peduncles; but, best of all, it wll cut and come up again and is perennial in habit. These characteristics make this plant valuable for tall massing effects, like the cosmos, as well as for Cutting purposes. The seed distributed this season is from a single variety of this very variable and widely distributed species. Many other forms exist, and doubtless’ ‘nthe hands of horticulturists it will be found capable of much improvement. Some of its varieties are bushy, and all can be pinched back to a bushy form.” (Griffiths. ) 44104. Persea amertcana Mill. Lauracex. Avocado. (P. gratissima Gaertn. f.) From Honolulu, Hawaii. Cuttings presented by Mr. Donald MacIntyre, Moanalua Gardens. Received February 8. 1917. * Woanalua. A chance seedling 19 years of age growing on the estate of Hon. S. M. Damon, Moanalua. Form pyriform; size small to medium: cavity flaring, deep; stem somewhat short, rather thick; surface undulating, hard. coriaceous and slightly pitted; color dark green with medium abundant small irregular-shaped yellowish dots; apex a mere dot; skin medium thick, separat- ing readily from the pulp; flesh yellowish in color, running into green at the rind, fine grained, melting and somewhat buttery, 70 per cent of the fruit; seed medium large, conical, fitting tightly in the seed cavity: flavor rich and nutty. Season, July to September. The tree.is very vigorous. Height, 30 feet, spread 25 feet.” (Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin No. 25, p. 43.) “ Voanalua, the round variety. This is not an easy thing to bud, and all the plants we have have been inarched. A good avocado, one of our best, it is a late variety, however. and on that account might not be as suitable for the climate of Florida as some of the early kinds.” (J/acIntyre.) 44105 to 44107 . TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE L. Fabacee. Red clover. From Denmark. Presented by Mr. H. Hertel, Dan‘sh Royal Agricultural Society, Copenhagen. Received February 8, 1917. 44105. “ Tystofte No. Ti, an early red clover. Furnished by the experi- mental station at Tystofte, near Tjaereby on Sealand. The seed rais- ing of early red clover in general is, at the present time, sparse here in Denmark. where favorable conditions for the fecundations are lacking. “Wor. further information, see the 70th Beretning fra Statens For- ségsvirksomhed i Plantekultur, page 216." ( Hertel.) 44106. “ Tystofte No. 87. a late clover. Furnished by the experimental stat on at Tystofte, near Tjaereby on Sealand. This is a new form. obtainable so far only in small quantities. “For further information, see the 95th Beretning fra Statens For- séesvirksomhed i Plantekultur, page 392." ( Hertel.) 30 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 44105 to 44107—Continued. 44107. “ Hersnap, a late red clover. Furnished by the seed-raising society (Danske Landboforeningers Fr¢gforsyning), Roskilde. This is the best species, being used largely at the present time. “For further information, see the 95th Beretning fra Statens For- sggsvirksomhed i Plantekultur, page 392.” ( Hertel.) 44108. Diospyros kant L. f. Diosypraceex. Kaki. From Kioshan, Honan, China. Cuttings presented by Dr. Nathanael Fedde, American Lutheran Mission. Received January 22, 1917. ‘The Honan red persimmon is of a size like that of the average tomato, and were it not for the large stiff calyx would be almost indistinguishable from one. Commonly, no seeds occur, but some have as many as four or five. The taste is sweet almost to a fault, with no suggestion of pucker unless the core is eaten. The juice leaves a permanent stain in Jinen.” (Fedde.) 44109. SaccHarum orricinaruM L. Poacee. Sugar cane. From Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba. Presented by Mr. J. T. Crawley, di- rector, Agricultural Experiment Station. Received February 12, 1917. “Demerara 74.” 44110. Carica papaya L. Papayacee. Papaya. From Brooksville, Fla. Presented by Mr. James Jennings, throngh Mr. J. E. Morrow. Received February 12, 1917. “Seeds of a small-fruited highly flavored papaya. This tree seems to be unusually hardy and to endure considerable frost. Ripe fruit gathered from tree on February 5, 1917.” (Jforrow.) 44111 and 44112. Carica paraya L. Papayacee. Papaya. From Pago Pago, American Samoa. Presented by Mr. J. M. Poyer, goy- ernor. Received February 12, 1917. 44111. “Esi fafine. Native of Samoa.” (Poyer.) 44112. “ Fsi palagi. Introduced in Samoa.” (Poyer.) 44113 and 44114. From El Coyolar, Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. Carlos Wercklé. Re- ceived January 29, 1917. 441138. AESCHYNOMENE sp. Fabacee. Yellow sensitiva. See S. P. I. No. 44040 for previous introduction and description. 44114, CoccoLoBIS UVIFERA L. Polygonacee. * Jarra. Dense, Small tree, wth small very light-green leaves. A fine plum; seed one-third to two-fifths of the whole fruit, subacid. Hot climate.” (Wercklé.) 44115. Lycopersicon ESCULENtTUM Mill. Solanacez. Tomato. . From Lima, Peru. Presented by Mr. E. E. Wright, at the request of Mr. W. G. Bixby, Brooklyn, N. Y. Received February 16, 1917. “Tomate silvestre.” i 4 | JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1917. 31 | 44116. Ficus papirouia H. B. K. Moracee. From El] Coyolar, Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. Carlos Wercklé. Received - January 29, 1917. | “This tree differs completely from the rest of the genus in its superb fornt. It is very large and very dense and of an exceptionally beautiful color. It is | evergreen, while nearly all the other species are bare for a longer or shorter time during the dry season. The fruit is apparently very much liked by birds, | and the trees are always full of little parrots. Plant in fibrous fern peat or in | turf with a little old mortar (ground) and a little charcoal dust or in common | vegetable peat with ground mortar (sand and lime) and charcoal dust.” (Werckle. ) | 44117. Lycopersicon ESCULENTUM Mill. Solanacenx: Tomato. From Lima, Peru. Presented by Mr. E. E. Wright, at the request of Mr. _ W. G. Bixby, Brooklyn, N. Y. Received February 16, 1917. | “ Cultivated Peruvian tomato from Lurin Valley.” (Wright.) | 44118. Ruyncuosia sp. Fabacex. From El Coyolar, Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. Carlos Wercklé. le- ceived January 29, 1917. “Yellow vetch. A small blooming annual forage plant, growing now in the dry season, while the yellow sensitiva [S. P. I. No. 44113] is completely dried. | After the yellow sensitiva, our best soil enricher.” (Wercklé.) 44119. Psycuorria BACTERIOPHILA Valet. Rubiaceze. From Buitenzorg, Java. Roots presented by Mr. P. J. S..Cramer. chief, _. Plant Breeding Station. Received February 14, 1917. A shrub, 2 to 3 meters high, native of the Comoro Islands, Madagascar. ‘The | elliptic or ovate-oblong, fleshy. dark-green leaves are short petioled and usually | thickly covered with little tubercles formed by bacteria. The greenish white | flowers are in numerous dense thyrses up to 3 inches long, and the fru‘ts are | subglobular drupes about a quarter of an inch in diameter. (Adapted from | _ Valeton, Tcones Bogorienses, vol. 3, pl. 271.) | See also S. P. I. No. 44295 in this inventory for notes on these bacterial leaf nodules in the Ruhbiacesx. : 44120 to 44122. Cuayora epuris Jacquin. Cucurbitacee. (Sechium edule Swartz.) Chayote. Fronr Funchal. Madeira. Presented by Mr. J, E. Blandy. Received Febru- ary 12, 1917. “Pipinella or chu-chu.” (Blandy.) 44120. Large smooth green. 44122. Large smooth white. 44121. Medium spiny green. 44123 to 44126. \| ! | From Cairo, Egypt. Presented by the director, Horticultural Division, Ministry of Agriculture, Gizeh Branch. Received January 5, 1917. 44123. _CASSIA BICAPSULARIS L. Csesalpiniacese. A shrub, found throughout tropical and subtropical South America and cultivated in tropical Asia, 2 to 3.5 meters high, with compound 32 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 44123 to 44126—Continued. leaves up to 9 cm. long, yellow flowers, and curved or straight pods up to 15 em. long by 1.5 em. wide. In Porto Rico this shrub is known by the native names of sen del pais and hoja de sen. (Adapted from Per- kins, Contributions from the National Herbarian, vol. 10, p. 158.) 44124. CroraLarta JUNCEA L. Fabacere. Sunn hemp. _ An erect yellow-flowered annual, 4 to 5 feet high, native of tropical Asia generally and commonly occurring in the dry reg zion of Ceylon. It is cultivated ‘n many places in India and also in northern Ceylon for the sake of the strong and useful fiber obtained from the stems. This fiber is used in India for making coarse Calvas, cordage, and fishing nets, and an average yield is about 640 pounds an acre. A light, rich soil is considered best for grow ing this plant, although with cultivation it may be grown on almost any soil. (Adapted from Macmillan, Hand- book of Tropical Gardening and Planting, pp. 549-550.) 44125. GLYCOSMIS sp. Rutaceze. Received as Glycosmis pleiogyne for which no place of publication has been found. This is probably merely a garden name for a form of G. pentaphylla, a small spineless shrub with dark-green glossy leaves, snall fragrant white flowers, and translucent pinkish berries. 44126. WIGANDIA URENS (Ruiz and Pav.) H. B. K. Hydrophyllacexe. A tall, coarse, woody perennial, from the mountainous regions of Mexico, with ovate, rusty hairy leaves, one-sided spikes of violet flowers, and densely hairy capsules. Propagation is generally by seed. The chief value of wigandias is as foliage plants for subtropical bedding ; they can not endure frost. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture; vol. 4, p. 1975.) 44127. Davipra INvOLUCRATA viLMORINTANA (Dode) Hemsl. Cor- naceex., From Paris, France. Presented by Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co. Received February 10, 1917. A western Chinese tree, 40 to 50 feet high, with alternate,’ bright-green, ovate, coarsely serrate leaves 2 to 44 inches long and inconspicuous flowers in terminal, globular heads about an inch long. In the British Isles this tree is quite hardy, and though it can be propagated by cuttings the plants raised from seeds show the greatest vigor. (Adapted from Curtis’s Botanical Maga- zine, vol. 138, p. 8432.) 44128. Sonranum sp. Solanacee. | ) Wild potato. From Ciudad Lerdo, Durango, Mexico. Tubers presented by Dr. Elswood Chaffey. through Dr. J. N. Rose, United States National Museum. Re- ce ved February 20, 1917. ae ‘T have often heard of these native potatoes, but until ._now have not seen them. I presume that you already know them, but I th'nk that sometimes a fresh lot may be useful to cross with the cultivated varieties to produce, if possible a stock more resistant to the ills poe Pea may ue prone to.” (Chaffey) atadS JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1917. 338 @41 29. Darura piscotor Bernh. Solanacez. From Bard, Calif. Presented by Mr. C. E. Peterson, Yuma Experiment Farm. Received February 12, 1917. A low, somewhat hairy, annual herb, found in Colorado, Arizona, and south- eastern California. It has more or less deeply toothed leaves and purplish white flowers 2 or 3 inches long. The thickish seeds are dark colored with | wrinkled or pitted crustaceous coats. (Adapted from Gray, Synoptical Flora | of North America, vol. 2, p. 240.) Pe ; 44130. Diosprros rvenasrer Retz. Diospyracee. Black sapote. U H From Honolulu, Hawaii. Presented by Mr. Gerrit P. Wilder. Received q February 12, 1917. An ornamental Mexican tree with oblong-oval glossy leaves about 4 inches ' long and light-green edible fruits up to 4 inches in diameter with very dark- | brown sweetish pulp. (Adapted from note of Wilson Popenoe, under S. P. TI. No. 59719, which see for further description. ) 1 | 44131. HisiscapEeLpuus cirFARDIANUuS Rock. Malvacee. | From Honolulu, Hawaii. Presented by Mr. Joseph F. Rock, College of | Hawaii. Received February 13, 1917. ; | | A rather low Hawaiian tree with an inclined trunk about a foot in diameter, ip? magenta flowers, and large yellowish capsules. (Adapted from Rock, | Indigenous Trees of the Hawaiian Islands, p. 299.) { See also S. P. I. No. 42879 for further description. 44132 to 44134. Fraxinus poramopHinta Herd. Oleacezr. Ash. _ From Kashgar, Chinese Turkestan. Presented by Mr. George MacCartney, British consul general, through Mr. Walter Hines Page, ambassador, | London. Received February 15, 1917. -“TImodon. The consul general states that, so far as he is aware, there is | nO special difference of climate or soil between Kashgar or Khotan, nor is there any difference in the ash trees of these two places.” (Page.) 44132. “ Package No. 1. Seeds gathered at Kashgar.” | 44133. “ Package No. 2. Seeds gathered at Kashgar.” \ 44134. ‘“ Package No. 3. Seeds gathered at Kashgar.” See S. P. I. Nos. 30414 and 30652 for previous introductions. | For an illustration of the Imodon ash, see Plate IY. 44135 to 44142. | ‘From the Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. P. J. Wester, through | . Mr. Adn. Hernandez, director, Bureau of Agriculture, Manila. Received ( February 8, 1917. | 44135. CaRicA PAPAYA L. Papayacee. Papaya. { “Grown in Luzon Province.” | 44136. CITRUS LIMETTA AROMATICA Wester. Rutacezx. | 3 Dalayap. “No. 741. Grown in Luzon Province.” A spiny Philippine shrub collected at Palawan, with slender willowy branches, dull-green ovate-elliptic serrate leaves up to 10 cm. long, 492-99 _8 34 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 44135 to 44142—Continued. | purplish white flowers borne singly or in terminal or axillary cymes, and roundish, smooth, lemon-yellow fruits 5 cm. long with thin skin, pale-green, juicy, sharply acid pulp, and very numerous small seeds. (Adapted from the Philippine Agricultural Review, first quarter, 1915, Dp. 255) 44137 and 44188. CITRUS MEDICA NANA Wester. Rutacez. Dwarf citron. A small thorny shrub, collected at Cebu, rather common in the Philippines, with loose cymes of purplish white flowers and roundish egg-shaped, smooth, yellow fruits 24 inches or more long. (Adapted from the Philippine Agricultural Review, first quarter, 1915, p. 23.) 44137. “No. 27. Grown in Luzon Province.” | 44138. “ No. 2384. Grown in Luzon Province.” 44139. CITRUS MEDICA ODORATA Wester. Rutacez. Tihi-tihi. “Grown in Luzon Province.” See also 8S. P. I. Nos. 41717 and 44089 for further description. 44140. Citrus miTIs Blanco. Rutacez. Calamondin. “No. 2584. Grown in Luzon Province.” | A small, somewhat spiny Phil’ppine tree, 4 to 6 meters high, with | oblong elliptic leaves up to 9 cm. long, axillary, usually solitary, white fragrant flowers 21 mm. wide, and globular, orange-yellow, smooth, thin- | skinned fruits 2 to 4 cm. long, with orange-colored, acid, juicy pulp con- | taining large, smooth seeds. The calamondin, both wild and cultivated, is widely distributed in the Philippines, and the trees are nearly always | very prolific. (Adapted from the Philippine Agricultural Review, first quarter, 1915, pp. 12-13.) “This is now widely distributed in Florida, under the incorrect name of Panama orange, from early distributions of S. P. I. No. 2886, which came from Panama.” (Fairchild.) 44141. PENNISETUM CILIARE (L.) Link. Poacee. Grass. (P. cenchroides Rich.) A low, Spreading, perennial graSs with short spikes. 44142. CARICA PAPAYA L. Papayaces. Papaya. “ Grown in Cavite Province.” 44143. AmscHYNOMENE sp. Fabacee. From El Coyolar, Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. Carlos Wercklé. Received February 14, 1917. “Yellow sensitiva. Best soil improver; not troublesome. Hand-picked seed ; free from weeds.” (Wercklé.) ; See also S. P. I. Nos. 44040 and 44113 for previous introductions and descrip- | tion. 44144, Srizotopium niveum (Roxb.) Kuntze. Fabacee. Velvet bean. From Mowbray, Cape Province, South Africa. Purchased from Messrs. GC. Starke & Co. Received February 14, 1917. Kudu-Laing bean, said to be a hybrid velvet bean. JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1917. 35 44145 to 44151. From China. Seeds collected by Mr. Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Ex- plorer for the Department of Agriculture. Received February 9, 1917. 44145. PyRUS USSURIENSIS Maxim. Malacez. Pear. *“ (No. 126b. Peking, China, December 29, 1916.) Twelve large and twelve small specimens of the Peking white pear, Pai li, some with and others without calyx.” (Meyer.) Received as Pyrush simonti, which is now referred by Mr. Rehder to P. ussuriensis. 44146. PYRUS LINDLEYI Rehder. Malacee. Pear. (P. sinensis Lindl.) ; “(No. 127b. Peking, China, December 19, 1916.) Hung hsiao li, meaning ‘red smile pear.’ A remarkable pear of apple shape, with a bright-red blush on one s‘de, while the other side is yellowish, often tinged with green; meat sour and hard; calyx deciduous; peduncle long. A very good keeper and shipper. Of value in breeding experi- ments. Scions sent under No. 1266 [S. P. I. No. 44164].” (Meyer.) 44147. Pyrus UssuRIENSIS Maxim. Malacee. Pear. “(No. 128b. Tsunhwachow, Chihli Province, China, December 9, 1916.) Specimens of the ‘big sour pear,’ Ta suan li, showing size and persistency of calyx. Scions sent under No. 1272 [S. P. I. No. 44169].” (Meyer.) 44148. Pyrus USSURIENSIS Maxim. Malacee. Pear. “(No. 129b. 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