24 SEEDS AND PLANTS [MPOBTED. 



26184 Continued. 



Distribution.- Along the wesl coasl of Africa from the Gold Coast in Ashanti through 

 La&os and lower Nigeria to the valley of Mungo River; usually in forests and along 



stream-. 



26185. Stizolobitjm Bp. 



From Tehwa, via Foochow, China. Presented by Miss . F < - - i e A. Marriott. 

 Received I >ecember 3, L909. 



"This species has pods about intermediate in character between the I. yon bean, No. 

 L9979, and the Yokohama, X»». 25251. To judge from its behavior in tho greenhouse, 

 it is about intermediate in time of maturity between these two species. The flowers 

 are white as in the Lyon bean; very similar to the Japanese variety." (C. V. Piper.) 



26186 and 26187. 



From Nice, France. Presented by Dr. A. Robertson Proschowsky. Received 

 November 2, L909. 



26186. FURCRAEA BEDINGHOUSI K. Koch. 



"This plant is said (like most Furcraea, I suppose; to produce good fiber-. 

 This species is hardier than any other Furcraea I cultivate or know, and has once 

 resisted from 5 to 7 degrees below zero Centigrade, without suffering the least. 

 A few seeds were also produced on the 6-meter-high flower stalk." (Pro- 

 8chowsky.) 



Distribution. — On the slopes of Acusca Mountain, south of the city of Mexico, 

 at an elevation of about 12,000 feet. (Bulbs.) 



26187. Maytexus boaria Molina. 



See No. 3394 for description. 



Distribution. — Dry lowlands along the coast of Chili and southward into 

 Patagonia. (Seeds.) 



26188. Kaempferia sp. "Sherungulu." 



From Transvaal, South Africa. Presented by Prof. J. Burtt Davy, government 

 agrostologist and botanist, Transvaal Department of Agriculture, Pretoria. 

 Received November 5, 1909. 



"This plant grows in tropical and subtropical Transvaal and the tubers or rhizomes 

 are dried and sent up from the Low Country, for sale to natives working on the Wit- 

 watersrand, by whom they are supposed to have medicinal or other virtues. 



"It has been suggested that owing to the remarkable fragrance of the tubers, they 

 might possibly be of use in the perfume trade for scenting tooth powders, soaps, etc. 



"The flowers are distinctly ornamental." {Davy.) (Tubers.) 



26189. Chrysanthemum hybridum Hort. Shasta daisy. 



From Rosedale, Santa Cruz, California. Presented by Mr. George J. Streator. 

 Received November 4, 1909. 



"Streator's strain of the so-called Shasta daisy. Seed from the finest semidouble, 

 quilled, fimbriated, or fringed forms." (Streator.) 



26193 to 26195. 



From Mexico. Procured by Dr. David Griffiths, Agriculturist, of this Depart- 

 ment. Received November 5, 1909. 

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