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27955— Continued. 



the natives protect the mouth and nose with cloths while working on this product." 

 (R. H. True.) 

 Distribution. — The lower slopes of the Atlas Mountains in Morocco. 



27956. Gossypium barbadense L. Cotton. 



From Trujillo, Honduras. Presented by Mr. T. S. Chaffee, through Dr. J. N. 

 Rose, Associate Curator, Division of Plants, U. S. National Museum, Washing- 

 ton, D. C. Received May 23, 1910. 

 "A sample of sea island cotton grown here from seed planted the latter part of 

 August, 1909. The stalk measured 10^ feet in height and bore 78 bolls and 6 blossoms." 

 {Chaffee.) 



27957. Feljoa sellowiana Berg. "Guayuba." 



From Salto, Uruguay. Presented by Mr. John J. C. Williams. Received May 

 23, 1910. 

 For description see S. P. I. Nos. 26120 and 26121. 



27958. Royena pallexs Thunb. 



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

 Government agrostologist and botanist. Received May 23, 1910. 



"Blaauw-bosch. A bush growing in the semitropical and southwestern districts of 

 the Transvaal, the fruit of which is said to be edible." (Davy.) 



Distribution. — Along the margins of the woods in southern Africa, extending from 

 Lower Guinea and the Mozambique district southward to the Cape, rising to an ele- 

 vation of 5,000 feet in Natal. 



27959. Cacara erosa (L.) Kuntze. 



From Tampico, Mexico. Presented by Dr. Edward Palmer. Received May, 

 1910. 

 " Jicama de Aqua. This is the finest and most valued variety, because of the agree- 

 able water it affords. Travelers carry a supply of the roots as a substitute for water. 

 This winter it was for sale at many street corners." (Palmer.) 

 See No. 22971 for previous introduction. 



27960. Cannabis sativa L. Hemp. 



From Gumma Prefecture, Japan. Purchased from the Yokohama Nursery Com- 

 pany, Yokohama, Japan. Received May 21, 1910. 



A large variety of hemp, said to be 10 feet long. 



27961 to 27968. 



From Russia. Received through Mr. Frank N. Meyer, agricultural explorer, 

 May 18, 1910. 

 Cuttings of the following: 



27961. Puxica granatum L. Pomegranate. 



From near Yelisavetpol, Caucasus, Russia. "(No. 753, Apr. 6, 1910.) A 

 variety of pomegranate called in the Tartar language 'Kizil Kabuch.' Fruits 

 very large, sometimes 5 inches in diameter, of bright-red color; flesh of sour- 

 sweet taste. Ripens in October and keeps for about four months. Obtained 

 from the Vohrer Estate, Karaji. 



"Yelisavetpol is famous for its pomegranates, which are said to be of finer 

 quality than any place else in the Caucasus." (Meyer.) 

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