52 SEEDS AM> J" I. A NTS [MPORTED. 



22411 to 22415. Glycine hispida (Moench) Maxim. Soybean. 



From Naples, Italy. Purchased from Dammann & Co. Received March 25, 

 1908. 



22411. Samarow. 



22412. Black. " Similar to Cloud." (Nielsen.) 



22413. Brown. 



22414. yellow. " Similar to Acme." {Nielsen.) 



22415. Gianl yellow. 



22416 to 22418. Medicago spp. 



From Berlin, Germany. Purchased from A. Metz & Co. Received March 

 24, 1908. 



22416. Medicago sativa L. Alfalfa. 

 Piedmont. 



22417. Medicago sativa L. Alfalfa. 

 Provence. 



22418. Medicago sativa varia (Mart.) Frb. Alfalfa. 

 Sand lucern. 



22419. Perilla frutescens (L.) Eritton. 



From Ichang, Hupeh, China. Secured by Mr. E. H. Wilson, of the Arnold 

 Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Mass., in cooperation with this Department. 

 Received March 21, 1008. 



'•( No. 7 , .>: , », Jan. 23, 1908.) Herb. 3 to 4 feet, cultivated in the mountains in 

 the immediate neighborhood of Ichang, at altitude from 1,000 to 3.500 feet. 

 From the seeds is expressed a sweet, culinary oil, much esteemed by the 

 Chinese locally. The colloquial name is Tzu nni." (Wilson.) 



22420. Chaetochloa italica (L.) Scribn. Millet. 



From Mitchell. S. Dak. Purchased from the Dakota Improved Seed Com- 

 pany. Received March 23, 1008. 



Kursk. " To be used in classification and varietal tests." ( Vinall.) 



22428. Glycine soja Sieb. & Zucc. 



Grown at Arlington Farm. Virginia, season of 1007, under C. V. P. No. 0474. 

 Received March. 1908. 



•' Original seed presented by the Botanic Gardens. Tokyo, Japan. A near 

 relative to the soy bean, but a spreading or decumbent plant, abundantly pro- 

 vided with large root nodules. Has considerable promise as a cover or green 

 manure crop." I Piper.) 



22429. Ruscus aciileattjs L. Butcher's broom. 



From Vomcro. Naples. Italy. Presented by Dr. C. Sprenger. Received 

 March 28, 1968. 



"An erect (liliaceous) shrub, with minute, bractlike lea\es and branches 

 (phyllodia) simulating leathery, persistent, leaflike bodies. The fruits are red 

 berries, one-half inch in diameter: the Mowers are small." (Bailey.) 



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