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26289 to 26291. 



From Kentung, Burma. Presented by Rev. R. Harper, M. D., American Baptist 

 Shan Mission. RBceived November 29, 1909. 



Seeds of the following; notes by Rev. R. Harper: 



26289. Stizolobium sp. 



"Collected by Captain McGregor. This is a sort of creeper, I believe, very 

 thorny." 



26290. Anona squamosa L. 



" Mah au hsa. This fruit is a favorite in Burma, and if it can be grown in the 

 Southern States ought to command a large market." 



26291. Carica papaya L. Papaw. 

 Papaia, from which a digestive extract called papain is made. 



26292 and 26293. Stizolobium spp. 



From Dharapuram, India. Presented by Rev. George N. Thomssen, Baptla, 

 South India, who procured them from Dr. C A. Barber, government botanist, 

 Agricultural College, Coimbatore, India. Received November 29, 1909. 



Seeds of the following: 



26292. "Punarklali." 



26293. (Native name not given.) 



"These varieties grow wild in southern India." {Barber.) 



26294 to 26296. Victa faba L. Horse bean. 



Presented by Mr. R. L. Sprague, American consul, Gibraltar, Spain. Received 

 November 29, 1909. 



Seeds of the following: 



26294. From Mazagan, Morocco. 



26295. From Spain. 



26296. From Taragona, SpaiD. 



26297. Amygdalus axdersoxii (Gray) Greene. Wild peach. 



From Pyramid Lake, Nevada. Presented by Mr. Marsden Manson, San Fran- 

 cisco, Cal. Received December 1, 1909. 



Mr. Manson recommends this wild peach as a stock and for hybridizing experiments. 

 See No. 21657 for previous introduction. 



Distribution. — California, from Sierra County southward to Inyo County, and in the 

 western part of Nevada. 



26298. Axon a loxgiflora S. Watson. 



From Altadena, Cal. Presented by Dr. F. Franceschi, Santa Barbara, Cal. 

 Received December 1, 1909. 



"Fruit said to compare well in quality with the cherimoyer. The species is hardy 

 and grows quite vigorously at Altadena, Cal. To judge from photographs of fruit, 

 leaves, and seeds, it would seem to be a species intermediate between Anona cheri- 

 mola and Anona squamosa, possibly a natural hybrid between these species." (P. J. 

 Wester.) 



Distribution. — In ravines on the slopes of the Cerro de San Estevan, in the vicinity 

 of Rio Blanco, Mexico. (Seed.) 



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