20 SEEDS ami PLANTS IMPOR1 ID. 



25351 to 25371 Continued. 



25369 to 25371. Deb BAMF81 \ tTBOPUBPUBEA i Wahlenb.) Scheele. 



Distribution. A native of arctic regions, extending from Alaska to Labra- 

 dor, and in northern Europe and Siberia. 



25389 and 25390. A\ in \ 8ATIVA L. Oat. 



- \ ill.-. Spain. Presented by Mr. R. L. Sprague, American consul, 

 Gibraltar, Spain. Received April 30, L909. 



25435. Leoythis usitata Miers. (?) Sapucaia nut. 



From Port of Spain, Trinidad, British West Indies. Presented by Dr. E. 

 Andre. Received May I, L909. 



Phia is the species which produces the well-known sapucaia nuts of commerce; 

 it abounds in the island of Caripe and other parts of the province of Para (Brazil)." 

 (/. Miers, Transactions, Linnsean Society, vol. SO, p. 208.) 



25436. Tumboa bainesii Hook. f. 



From German Southwest Africa. Presented by Prof. J. Burtt Davy, government 

 agrostologist and botanist, Transvaal Department of Agriculture, Pretoria, 

 Transvaal, South Africa. Received May 1, 1909. 



\ peculiar and rare monotypic plant of the deserts of German Southwest Africa. 

 The short stem produces at its swollen apex, besides the cotyledons, in its entire life- 

 time only a single pair of yard-long ribbonlike leaves between which are borne the 

 conelike inflorescences. The plant represents in its development (like Gnetum, see 



19093) a transition stage between the lower gymnosperms, like the pines, and 

 the angiosperms, or flowering plants." (W.Fischer.) 



Distribution. — A native of the stony desert plains in the vicinity of Mossamedes 

 and Cape Negro in Portuguese West Africa, and in Damara-land in German West 

 Africa. 



Note. — This plant is the Wehvitschia miriabilis of the botanical text-books and is as 

 yet not generally known to the general reader under the above Latin name. 



25437 to 25440. 



From China. Procured from Mr. H. J. Openshaw, Yachow, Szechwan Province, 

 via Chungking, West China. Received March 3, 1909. 

 The following seeds; Chinese names given by Mr. Openshaw. 



25437 and 25438. Glycine hispida (Moench) Maxim. Soy bean. 



25437. Huang dou. Looks like Acme. 



25438. Lu dou. Very similar to Guelph. 



25439. Pisum arvense L. Field pea. 

 Wan dou. 



25440. Dolichos lablab L. Bonavist bean. 

 Behp'iai don. White. 



25464. Cucumis melo L. Muskmelon. 



From Yokohama, Japan. Purchased from the Yokohama Nursery Company. 

 Received May 5, 1909. 



Makuwa-uri. 



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