26 ^ND PLANTS rMPORTED. 



25511 Continued. 



•• \ wild euphorbiaceous Mexican planl which La of great interest because the dry 



stems yield, it is claimed, from .'! to 5 per cenl of a fine hard wax which seems suited 



ing phonograph cylinders and similar uses. Grows in the dry semidesert 



ions of north-central Mexico, Low^r California, and southwest Texas." Frederit 



-ill in. ) 



l> ■ ibvHon. A native of the Bandy and Btony slopes in the Rio < rrande Valley, in 

 l as and Mexico. 



25512. Vigna i nguiculata (L.) Walp. Cowpea. 



From New Orleans, La. Purchased from the J. Steckler Seed Company. 

 Received April 29, L909. 



Steckler's Improved Louisiana Wild. "This variety, which is really a mixture of 

 varieties, is naturalized in parts of Louisiana, where it volunteers from year to year. 

 It has been grown at Arlington Farm, Virginia, for the past 3 years, ami prove- to 

 !»<• a tall, upright, quite leafy, late variety. Too late for this latitude, but would 

 probably he a valuable variety for Florida, where latenes9 is desired." | C. I'. J'i/„ r.) 



25513. (ierbeka jamesom Bolus. Barberton daisy. 



From Cape Town, South Africa. Presented by Mr. H. J. Chalwin, superin- 

 tendent, Public Gardens. Received May 1, 1909. 



" This has a beautiful flower, orange-red in color." {Chalwin.) 



Distribution. — A native of the Transvaal region of South Africa, especially in the 

 vicinity of Barberton. 



25514. Mtjcuna gigantea (Willd.) DC. 



From Richmond River, New South Wales, Australia. Presented to Mr. J. H. 

 Maiden, director and government botanist, Botanic Gardens, Sydney. Re- 

 ceived May 12, 1909. 



" This is a tall tree-climbing tropical plant, extending over East India and the 

 Malayan and South Pacific Islands. In New South Wales it only occurs in the 

 northern districts." (Maiden.) 



25515. Cyphomandra betacea (Cav.) Sendt. Tree tomato. 



From Kingston, Jamaica. Presented by Mr. W. Harris, superintendent, Hope 

 Botanic Gardens. Received May 13, 1909. 



See No. 12758 for description. 



Distribution. — Native and cultivated in Central and South America, extending 

 south to the vicinity of Buenos Aires. Also cultivated in the West Indies, in the 

 Mediterranean region, and other countries. 



25516 and 25517. 



From Gobindapur, India. Presented by Mr. A. C. Roy, secretary, Comilla Vic- 

 toria College. Received April 19, 1909. 

 Seed of each of the following: 



25516. Phaseolus radiatus L. 

 Black. 



25517. Lathyrds sativus L. 



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