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24641 to 24643. Glycine hispida (Moench) Maxim. Soy bean. 



From Taihoku, Formosa. Presented by Mr. I. Kawakami. Received January 21, 

 1909. 



The following seeds : 



24641. (ream-yellow. 



24642. Black, small. 



24643. Black, very small. 



24644 to 24648. 



From Australia. Presented by Mr. B. Harrison, Burringbar, Tweed River, New 

 South Wales, Australia. Received February, 1909. 



Seeds of each of the following (quoted common names given by Mr. Harrison) : 



24644. Chloris ventricosa R. Br. 



"Australian grass." 



Distribution. — A native grass of the southeastern part of Australia, being 

 found in Queensland and New South Wales. 



24645. Eragrostis lacunaria F. Muell. 



"Australian never-fail grass." 



Distribution. — A native grass of the southeastern part of Australia, being found 

 in the valley of theBarcoo River in Queensland, in the valley of the Murray 

 River, and in the vicinity of Lake Eyre, in South Australia. 



24646. Panicum muticum Forsk. 



"Giant Couch. Twenty tons per acre. North Queensland." 



Distribution. — A native grass of the northern part of Egypt, and cultivated or 

 adventitious generally throughout the Tropics. 



24647. Paspalum quadrifarium Lam. (?) 



"Brazilian grass." 



Distribution. — A grass native of the southern part of South America, being 

 found in the low valleys and along shores in southern Brazil, northern Argen- 

 tina, and in Uruguay. 



24648. Sporobolus argutus (Xees) Kunth. 



' ' Brazilian mountain grass . ' ' 



Distribution. — A Brazilian grass found in the province of Piauhy and in the 

 valley of the San Francisco River. 



24650 and 24651. Solanum spp. 



From Mayaguez, Porto Rico. Presented by Mr. D. W. May, special agent in 

 charge, Agricultural Experiment Station. Received February 3, 1909. 



Seeds of the following: 



24650. Solanum maiimosum L. 



"Berengena de marimba." "A large-fruited wild species used as a stock on 

 which to graft the cultivated varieties of eggplant. The handsome yellow 

 fruits are reputed to be poisonous." (Frederic Chisolm.) 



Distribution. — A native of southern Mexico, extending from the region of 

 Orizaba south through Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, and Guiana; also in the 

 West Indies. 

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