66 BBEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



25169 to 25171. 



i Portugut i Vfrica Presented by Mr. <>. W. Barrett, Director of 



Agriculture, Lourenco Marque? Received March 30, L909. 



The followii 



25169. A won * Jis Pers. 



\ amall tree, wild near Lourengo Marquez. Frail 2 to 4 inches 

 long, yellowish -kin. bright yellow pulp. Edible. Shironga (Kafir) name 

 \f oi \fazhopfa." {Barrett.) 



D > button. A 1"A Bhrub or Bmall tree, native to the tropical region of 

 A fii tending from Guinea and the upper valley of the Nile Bouth to the 



Zambezi Valley. 



25170. Strychnos spinosa Lam. Kafir orange. 



No. 24.) A. tree 15 to 25 feel high, in bush veld from Zululand to Rhodesia. 

 FVuil spherical, 2 to :'. inches in diameter, yellow when ripe, hard shelled. 

 Edible. Flavor like 'cinnamon and pears.' Shironga (Kafir) name M'sdla." 

 Barrett. Se< No. 9611 for the original importation and description. 



Distribution. A Bmall tree native to the tropical region and the southern 

 pari of Africa and also in the Seychelle [slands and in Madagascar. 



25171. Vanguerla infausta Burch. 



No. l' : >. \ Bmall tree near Lourenco Marquez, in sandy soil. Fruit 

 roundish, flattened distal. Edible: pulp dry, sweet. Shironga (Kafir) name 

 Wpfilo." (Barrett 



Distribution.— A native of the southeastern part of Africa, being found in 

 the vicinity of Johannesburg and of Natal, and in the eastern part of Cape 

 ■ lony. 



25172 to 25174. Medicago spp. 



From farm of Mr. Lewis Brott, Sextorp, Nebr. These three lots were grown in 

 cultivated rows. 42 inches apart, for seed and were open to the possibilities 

 of cross-pollination among themselves. The Turkestan alfalfa was separated 

 from BrotVs Dry-Land alfalfa by 14 rows of sand lucern. Seed collected by 



Mr. J. M. West gate. August 15, 1908. 



Seeds of the following: 



25172. Medicago sativa L. Alfalfa. 



BrotVs Dry-Land. "From same stock as S. P. I. No. 19566, grown in row 

 adjacent to row of sand lucern (S. P. I. No. 20457) and presumably cross- 

 pollinated with the same." (Westgate.) 



25173. Medicago sativa varia (Mart.) Urb. Sand lucern. 

 "Grown from S. P. I. No. 20457 in row adjacent to BrotVs Dry-Land alfalfa." 



WestgaU 



25174. Medicago sativa L. Alfalfa. 

 Turkestan. "Grown from S. P. I. No. 18751 in row adjacent to sand lucern 



S. P. I. No. 20457)." (Westgate.) 



25175 and 25176. Medicago spp. 



From Berlin. Germany. Secured from J. & P. Wissinger, Samenhandlung, Berlin, 



Germany, through Mr. Charles J. Brand. Received March 24, 1909. 

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