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28343. Diospyros microcarpa (Jacq.) Gurke. 



From Sydney, New South Wales. Presented by Prof. J. H. Maiden, director 

 and government botanist, Botanic Gardens. Received July 6, 1910. 



"A large shrub or tree 20 to 40 or even 100 feet high; trunk sometimes 2 feet in 

 diameter. Leaves oblong or oval, alternate, palish green, especially beneath. Flow- 

 ers dioecious, tetramerous (or rarely trimerous) . Fruit globular or ovoid, J to § inch 

 thick, fuscous and glabrescent when ripe; edible; ultimately one-celled and one- 

 seeded. Slender-growing tree with elongated trunk and elegant, rigid foliage. Wood 

 close, very tough and firm." {Extract from Hierrfs Monograph of Ebenacese, in Trans- 

 actions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, vol. 12, p. 246.) 



Distribution. — In the forest region along the coast in New South Wales and Queens- 

 land, Australia. 



28344. Crotalaria candicans Wight and Arnott. 



From Poona, Bombay, India. Presented by Mr. P. S. Kanetkar, superintendent, 

 Empress Botanical Gardens. Received July 9, 1910. 



"This crop is used for green manuring in the Madras Presidency. Out of that 

 presidency it is not known." (Kanetkar.) 



"A copiously branched undershrub, attaining 4 feet in height, with short-petioled 

 leaves and panicles of bright-yellow flowers, produced in great profusion at the 

 beginning of January. It thrives in any fair garden soil and is propagated by seed." 

 (Extract from Woodrow's Gardening in India, p. 277.) 



Introduced for experimental growing as a cover crop, for breeding purposes, and 

 as an ornamental in our Southern States. 



Distribution. — Slopes of the Nilgiri and Madura Hills, in the southern part of India. 



28345. Vicia faba L. Horse bean. 



From Dongola Province, Egypt. Presented by Mr. S. E. Durant, inspector of 

 agriculture, at the request of the Director of Agriculture and Lands, Sudan 

 Government, Khartum. Received July 7, 1910. 



"This grain is never used for stock feed, but it is ground into flour and mixed with 

 wheat flour, then baked into bread. The straw is fed to stock, the only preparation 

 being that the grain is first thrashed out by hand. The natives do not consider that 

 bean straw forms such a valuable fodder as that of wheat." (Durant.) 



28346 to 28350. Oryza sativa L. Rice. 



From Philippine Islands. Received through Mr. William S. Lyon, Manila, 

 July 1, 1910. 



Seeds of the following; native names. and notes as given by Mr. Lyon: 



28346. Inaplaya. Matures in A\ months. 



28347. Inita. One of the earliest; often matures in 100 days. 



28348. Dinalaga. Late; matures in 4 to 4| months. 



28349. Minalit. Very late; matures in 5 or more months. 



28350. Pimling-berto . Medium; matures in 4 to A.\ months. 



28351. Diospyros discolor Willcl. Mabola. 



From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by the Director of Agriculture. Received 

 July 14, 1910. 



Seeds. See No. 26112 for description. 

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