30 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



23662 to 23710— Continued. 

 Plants of cadi of the following: 



23662 to 23683. 



Olivier X Tan*ka. 

 23684 to 23710. 



Tanaka X Olivier. 



The above crosses were made between Olivier, S. P. I. No. 6457, an<l Tanaka, 

 S. P. I. N<». 8890 



23711. ClTBULLUS VULGARIS Schnul. 



Prom Egypt. Presented by Mr. Hubert S. Smiley. Gallowhlll, Paisley, 

 Scotland. Received September 23, 1908. 



" Seeds of the ' Boutique el Zeit," commonly known as the ' (inedible water- 

 melon." This comes from south of the Bahr el Ghael and round the port of 

 Rumhek. The natives grow it after the rains and extract the seeds and boil 

 them. The result is an oily lilm on top of the water. This is removed and the 

 process continued until an oil is procured which is said to be very good for 

 lighting purposes. Perhaps this plant would be of service to people in out-of- 

 the-way parts of your country. The melon is unedible." {Smiley.) 



23712. Festuca rubra dumentorum (L.) Hackel. 



Chewing's fescue. 



From Wellington, New Zealand. Presented by Mr. T. W. Kirk, biologist, 

 Department of Agriculture, through Mr. C. V. Piper. Received Sep- 

 tember 28, 1908. 



23713. Eucalyptus microtheca F. Muell. 



From Australia. Presented by Mr. W. R. Guilfoyle, director, Botanic and 

 Domain Gardens, Melbourne, who procured it from J. Staer & Co., seeds- 

 men, etc., Wahroonga, New South Wales. Received September 29, 1908. 



See No. 23495 for description. 



23714 to 23733. 



From East Africa. Received through Mr. O. W. Barrett, Director of 

 Agriculture, Lourenco Marquez, Portuguese East Africa, September 21, 

 1908. 



The following seeds : 



23*7 14. Andropogon sorghum (L.) Brot. 



" (No. 1.) 'A sweet sorghum' in cultivation by the M'chopes Kafirs 

 of Zavala section of Inharrime district. Height, 2.5 to 3.5 meters. Crop 

 (second) in July." {Barrett.) 



" Hackel's variety roxburghii. A 14-inch panicle, loose and open, with 

 very slender branches. Type of the Madagascar ampembies. Glumes 

 rather broad, reddish, hairy, becoming involute and gaping at maturity. 

 Seeds broadly oval, pearly white." (Carleton R. Ball.) 



23715. Andropogon sorghum (L.) Brot. 



" (No. 2.) A goose-neck variety in common cultivation by Kafirs in 

 Gazaland. The best of about 6 more or less distinct sorts. Height, 3 

 to 6 meters. Prefers heavy alluvial soil. Native name (usually) 

 mapira." (Barrett.) 



" Fragments of the head of a white-seeded sorghum probably similar 

 .to the preceding (S. P. I. No. 23715). Glumes shorter and firmer, but 

 involute and gaping. Seeds nearly circular." (Carleton R. Ball.) 



23716. Andropogon sorghum (L.) Brot. 



"(No. 3.) A straight blackhull variety in cultivation by natives of 

 lower Zambezi Valley. Height 3 to 4 meters." (Barrett.) 



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