44 SEEDS \M> PLANTS [MPORTED. 



26387 and 26388. 



FromG etown, Demarara, British Guiana. Presented by Mr. F. A. Stockdale, 

 tanl director and governmenl botanist, Science and Agriculture Depan- 

 raent, Botanic Gardens. Received December LO and II, 1909. 

 .•■1- of the following palms: 



26387. AlTALEA COHTTNE Mart. 

 e No. L970 for description. 



Distribution. Eonduras, and the northeastern part of South America. 



26388. COPERNICIA TECTORUM (H. B. K.) Mart. (?) 

 Distribution. — The valley of the Orinoco River, in South America. 



26389 to 26397. Zea mays L. Corn. 



From Hamburg, Germany. Purchased from Mr. Albert Schenkel, 47 Rosen- 



strasse. Received December 10, 1909. 

 edfl of each of the following; names of varieties as catalogued: 



26389. Zea atkopurpurea. 



26390. Zea caragua. 



26391. Zea gracillima variegata. 



26392. Zea gracillima variegata gigantea. 



26393. Zea gracillima zebrina aurea. 



26394. Zea japoxica, foliage variegated. 



26395. Zea japoxica gigaxtea quadricolor. 



26396. Zea sp. Rissen mais von Peru. 



26397. Zea tuxicata, foliage variegated. 



The above were purchased for the experiments of Mr. G. N. Collins, assistant bota- 

 nist, Bionomic Investigations, this Department. 



26398. Citrus auraxtium sinensis L. Orange. 



From Toliman Barranca, Hidalgo, Mexico. Presented by Mr. Jorge J. White, 

 Zimapan, Mexico. Received December 15, 1909. 



"Cuttings of an orange that retails for 10 centavos each in Mexico City; it is small 

 and extremely sweet, and I believe with care will make a fancy shipping orange. 

 The barranca where they grow was settled by the Spanish padres, who, I believe, 

 introduced the orange; owing to neglect by the Indians, who own all the trees, which 

 are now very few, I suppose that the fruit has deteriorated, but careful cultivation 

 and perhaps crossing might give a remarkably fine orange. 



"The winters here are very mild; the soil, generally speaking, is very poor and full 

 of gravel, and is also thin, not exceeding a meter in thickness; underlying the soil is 

 the usual detritus — coarse bowlders — found in the beds of mountain streams. The 

 elevation is about 4,000 feet above sea level. " (White.) 



26399 to 26406. Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. Cowpea. 



From Mount Selinda, Rhodesia, South Africa. 

 Presented by Mr. C. C. Fuller, through Mr. W. L. Thompson, M. D. Received 

 November 27, 1909. 



Seeds of the following, with descriptions of same: 



26399. Small, black. 26403. Maroon. 



26400. Large, black. 26404. Small, buff. 



26401. Small, speckled. 26405. Large, buff. 



26402. Large, speckled. 26406. Cloudy violet and buff. 

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