28 SKIDS AND PLANTS [MPORTBD. 



22731 to 22737. 



Prom Nlmboli, Post Mangrul-Dastgir, Distrid Amraoti, Berars, India. 

 Presented by Mr. Anant Sitaram Dbavale, tbrougb Mr. C. V. Piper. 

 Received April 24, 1908. 

 The following seeds : 



22731. ('a.ian [ndicum Spreng. 



•• Tur. A legume food crop. The dry fodder is generally fed to cattle." 

 t Dhavah . I 



22732. [NDIGOFERA QLANDTJLOSA Wendl. 



" Divale. An extraordinary leguminous planl ; grows on good soil and 

 shows the greatest number of root nodules. Used only for green manure." 

 i Dhavah . | 



22733. Sesbah hisi'i.xosa (Jacq.) Steud. (Aeschynomene bispinosa 

 Jacq.) 



•• Shevari. A legume forage crop; grown under irrigation; very nourish- 

 ing to sheep and bullocks when fed in green stale"' (Dhavale.) 



22734. (Undetermined.) 



"Shevari. A legume forage crop ; grown under irrigation; very nourish- 

 ing; is fed to bullocks in green stale.'* (Dhavale.) 



22735. Sesban aegyptiaca Pers. ( ?) 



"Savara. A legume forage crop: is fed t<> bullocks and sheep in green 

 state. Grows wild." {Dim rale.) 



22736. Ciceb arietinum L. 



"Harbhara. A legume food crop; is fed to horses .in green state, and 

 the seed also when dry. Horses love it most." {Dhavale.) 



22737. Psoralea cobylifolia I.. 



••lia nii-lii. A legume plant; is fed to buffaloes; very rarely bears root 

 nodules." (Dhavale.) 



22738. Pisum sativum L. Pea. 



From Boston. Mass. Received through It. & J. Farquhar & Co., April 27, 



l«.i08. 



'"To he used for breeding purposes." I Young.) 



22739. ( V< tijbita pepo L. Squash. 



From Shanghai. Kiangsu, China. Presented by Rev. J. M. W. Farnham, 

 Chinese Tract Society. Received April IT, 1908. 



"A fine winter squash (Chinese)." (Farnham.) 



22740 and 22741. Colocasia spp. Taro. 



From Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana. Presented by Dr. C. J. J. Van Hall, 

 through Mr. O. W. Barrett. Received April 28, 1908. „ 



The following tubers : 



22740. 



"Hindoe-taya. This has been imported by British Indian coolies." 

 (Van Hall.) 



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