36 SEEDS AM» PLANTS IMPORTED. 



26299. (Undetermined. I Scrophulariace®.) 



From Yoaemite Valley, Mariposa County, Gal. Presented by Mr. F. W. McCau- 

 ley, through Col. <i. B. Bracks tt, pomologist. Received December 1, 1909. 

 "Seed of a wild plant that grows in this section of the country and seems to be val- 

 uable for cattle to f Lon. It is a large plant, attaining a height of 3 to 4 feel and grow- 

 ing in the shaj i" a .-mall tree. It ripens in the latter part of October, coming up 



the following season from seed. It is al its best for cattle in August, when it is still 

 tender. When driven cattle throng the woods at this season of the year they will 

 go "in of their way to munch on this plant; later in the season it becomes hard and 

 woody, and then cattle will only eat the more tender branches of it. This plantgrows 

 in light, sandy Boil of granitic origin and apparently without moisture; it thrives on 

 steep south hillsides among brush and rocks, also on the mountain top in the pine 

 forests 1.000 feet above sea level. A peculiarity of the plant is that it grows in little 

 patches -here half a dozen plants, and there possibly 50 together; I believe the seed 

 does doI spread readily. If this plant could be cultivated with success I believe it 

 would be valuable as a forage plant to be grown without irrigation. It grows well at 

 altitudes as low as 2,000 feet above sea level, where the thermometer stands at 100° 

 and marks as high as 110°." (McCauley.) 



26300. Roystoxea regia (H. B. K.) O. F. Cook. 



From Nice, France. Presented by Dr. A. Robertson Proschowsky. Received 

 November 27, 1909. 



"A variety from Mexico." (Proschowsky.) 



Distribution. — Common about Cruces, Gorgona, and San Juan, in Panama, and in 

 Cuba, Antigua, and other West Indian islands. 



26301. Axdropogox halepexsis virgatus Hackel. 



From Algiers, Algeria. Presented by Doctor Trabut. Received December 2, 

 1909. 



"This grass is vigorous, but not stoloniferous, and would be interesting for hybri- 

 dizing with Sorghum vulgare [Andropogon sorghum]. It is a moderately good forage 

 like Johnson grass, but has the advantage of not stooling. This variety is perennial 

 here and produces many seeds." ( Trabut.) 



Distribution. — Egypt, extending from Alexandria, through Nubia, to the valley of 

 the White Nile, in the Province of Kordofan. 



26302 and 26303. Vigxa uxguiculata (L.) Walp. Cowpea. 



From Entebbe, Uganda. Presented by Mr. R. Fyffe, Botanical and Forestry 

 Department. Received December 3, 1909. 



Seeds of the following; native names as given by Mr. Fyffe: 



26302. Buff seeded. (This number was assigned to three packages of seed 

 which had been mixed in transit. The native names are as follows: "Mpendi 

 Kiriya Mugombere," "Mpendi Kantinti," "Mpendi Bimogoti.") 



26303. Black seeded. "Mpendi Luzzige." 



26304 to 26329. 



From Chile. Received through Mr. Jose D. Husbands, Limavida (via Molina), 

 Chile, November 9, 1909. 



Seeds of the following; notes by Mr. Husbands: 

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