18 SEEDS AND PLANTS [MPORTED. 



23918 and 23919— Continued. 



L908, the bushes won- most heavily Loaded with bright scarlel berries, mak- 

 ing them extremely ornamental. Mr. Nash said that, in his expectation, 

 this particular variety may even replace B. thunbergii on accounl of Lta early 

 and ornamental fruiting capacities." ]£eyer.) 



23919. I. n, i \i .-p. 



"This came to us ;t~ Ligustrum ma88aloungeanum. u i Nash.) 



"A remarkable privet, with rather Large Leaves, of dark green, glossy ap- 

 pearance. Grows densely branched and Is of somewhat Eastigiate habit. 

 May In' of use in hybridization work when attempts are being made to create 

 a privet combining the hardiness of L. ibota with the Leaf characteristics of 



/. . >>i ii li'/o/ in in." M( • 



23920 to 23929. 



From South Africa. Presented by Mr. W. C. S. Paine, through Mr. W. 1 >. W'arne, 

 Cecil Botel, Umtali, Rhodesia, South Africa. Receive d July 20, 19C8. 



Seed of each of the following: 



23920. Eragrostis sp. 



23921. Eragrostis sp. 



23922. Bambos (?). 



23923. Tristachya biseriata Stapf. 



23924. Tristachya rehmanni Hack. 



23925. Pogoxarthria falcata (Hack.) Rendle. 



23926. Panicum serratum (Thunb.) R. Br. 



23927. Themeda forskalii Hack. 



23928. Axdropogox rufus (Nees) Kunth. (?) 



23929. Axdropogon pleiarthrox Stapf. (?) 



" The above selection I made from veldt cattle favor, although I can not claim 

 to state with any authority the specific value of the grasses. The soil is dioritic, 

 a sandy loam, varying in color from pinkish red, deep red, and chocolate." {Paine.) 



23930 to 24113. 



From China. Brought by Mr. Frank N. Meyer, agricultural explorer, direct 

 from China. Turned over to this office to be numbered for distribution Octo- 

 ber, 1908. 



The following seed.-: 



23930. Astragalus sixicus L. 



"(No. 986a, May 31, 1908.) A few seeds of a most important leguminous 

 plant, which is grown and plowed under for manure on low-lying rice fields. 

 Sown in the autumn in rows or broadcast, plowed under in May or early June 

 just before the rice has to be planted. According to the Chinese, is not fit 

 as a cattle food. Collected on some bamboo boxes while en route to America 

 aboard S. S. Ashtabula, the soil coming from near Hangchow, Chekiang, China." 

 {Meyer.) 



23931. Medicago dexticulata Willd. Bur clover. 



"(No. 987a, May 28, 1908.) A yellow-flowered bur clover, grown by the 



Chinese on low-lying rice fields as a winter crop, to be plowed under in spring, 



serving as manure. Mostly sown in autumn in rows or broadcast after coming 



up by itself. The cattle feed eagerly upon this crop. Collected on some 



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