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27580— Continued. 



The whole plant has mild purgative properties and the vegetable preparations 

 above described are not much indulged in. (Kanetkar.) 



Distribution. — Plains of the western peninsula of India and from the island of 

 Mauritius eastward to the northern part of Australia. 



27586. Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. Cowpea. 



From Honolulu, Hawaii. Presented by Mr. F. G. Krauss, agronomist, Hawaii 

 Experiment Station. Received April 20, 1910. 



" Wilcox. A cowpea which, so far as I have been able to determine, originated 

 in our trials of 1907, either as a mutant or rogue. As it does not resemble any of the 

 half dozen varieties we have been growing in recent years, I do not think it, is a hybrid. 

 It is far ahead of anything we have grown in cowpeas. In the fully developed form, 

 before drying, the pods are a beautiful deep crimson." (Krauss.) 



27587. Castanea sp. Chestnut. 



From Yokohama, Japan. Purchased from the Yokohama Nursery Co. Re- 

 ceived April 11, 1910. 



Korean. 



27598 and 27599. Zea mays L. Corn. 



From Mexico. Procured by Mr. Sam E. Magill, American consul, from Jose" 

 Maria M. Sotomayor. Received April 13, 1910. 



Seeds of the following: 



27598. " Apepitillado" produced near Ocatlan. 



27599. " Apepitillado " produced near Ocatlan by Vidal Gutierrez. 

 Note. — These packages were broken open and the seed probably mixed. 



27600 to 27602. Tkifolium pratense L. Red clover. 



From Roikenvik, Norway. Presented by Mr. Lars Hvinden. Received April 

 13, 1910. 



Seeds of the following: 



27600. Molstad. 27601. Toten. 



"These two clovers are late varieties and should not be grown on marshy 

 soil, but they stand the severest cold for three and four years in Norway." 

 (Hvinden.) 



27602. Hvinden' s. "A red clover which I by chance have discovered. 



It has grown on my farm for years and gave the richest crops I ever saw. 

 It is earlier than Molstad and Toten clover and can be cut twice in the sum- 

 mer." (Hvinden.) 



27603 to 27608. Melilotus spp. 



From St. Petersburg, Russia. Presented by Dr. A. Fischer v. Waldheim, director, 

 Royal Botanic Gardens. Received April 4, 1910. 



Seed of the following: 



27603. Melilotus dentata (Waldst. & Kit.) Pera. 

 27604 to 27606. Melilotus indica (L.) All. 



27607. Melilotus italica (L.) Lam. 



27608. Melilotus messanensis (L.) All. 

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