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SEEDS AXD PLANTS IMPORTED. 



49162 to 49173— Continued. 



49171. ( Undetermiued. ) 



"(No. 266. Victoria Falls, Xovember 17, 1919.) A 'wait-a-bit' woody 

 vine with large pods 3 to 4 inches long." 



49172. (Undetermined.) 



"(No. 270. Victoria Falls. November 17, 1919.) A small tree with 

 yellow flowers and beadlike fruits. " 



49173. Urginea altissima (L. f.} Baker. Liliacese. 



"(No. 271. Victoria Falls. November 17, 1919.) A large bulb with 

 tall spikes of greenish white flowers about 3 feet high ; abundant. " 



49174. RuBus sp. Rosacese. Raspberry. 



From Porto Rico. Plants presented by E. E. Barker, plant breeder, Insular 

 Experiment Station, Rio Piedras. Received Januai-y 8, 1920. 



" On a recent trip into a mountainous part of the island in the district of 

 Aibonito, I found the native raspberry, called ' fresa,' growing luxuriantly. 

 The plants grow a meter or more in height and were in dense patches. They 

 were in flower and beginning to fruit. The fruit is large and brilliant red in 

 color; the flavor is not remarkable." (Baker.) 



Poaceffi. 



Bamboo. 



49175. ScHizosTACHYUM sp. 



From Bonkulen, Sumatra. Seeds pre.sented by H. Wigman, Buiteuzorg, 

 Java, through F. E. Lloyd, McGill Univei'sity, Montreal, Canada. Re- 

 ceived January 8, 1920. 



Bamboos of this genus, according to Munro, " are very closely allied to Melo- 

 canna." G. F. Richmond, in the I'hilippine Journal of Science, Sect. A, vol. 

 5, p. 233, gives results of an experimental cutting of Schizostachyum mucro- 

 natum for pulp. Approximately one-quarter of an acre produced about 4 tons 

 of air-dry material free of nodes. " This weight will produce approximately 

 2 short tons (1,812 kg.) of pulp." 



49176 to 49196. Corylus spp. Betulacese. Filbert. 



From Set Jean-le-BIanc. Orleans, France. Plants and cuttings presented 

 by Edmond ^'ersin. Received January 9, 1920. 



49176 to 49193. Cobyxvs avellana L. 



49176. No. 1. Du B6ani. 



49177. No. 2. Fertile. 



49178. No. 3. D' Alger. 



49179. No. 4. De Bey ties. 



49180. No. 6. Dc Nottingham. 



49181. No. 7. De Brunsicick. 



49182. No. 9. Cosiord a coque 



tend re. 



49183. No. 10. Bergeri. 



49184. No. 11. Fructu alio. 



49185. No. 12. 



49186. No. 13. 



49187. No. 14. 



49188. No. 15. 



49189. No. 17. 



49190. No. 18. 



49191. No. 19. 



49192. No. 20. 



49193. No. 21. 



Fertile dc Coutard. 



Col. 



Daviana. 



D'Angleten-e. 



Large fruited. 



Golden leaves. 



Des Anglais. 



Atlas. 



Emperor. 



Turkish hazel. 



49194. COKYLUS COLtTRNA L. 



No. 16. The nuts of this species are small and somewhat flattened, 

 with the roundish involucre several, times longer than the nut. The tree 

 reaches a height of 70 feet, with broad shining leaves. (Adapted from 

 Goeschke, Die Eazelnuss, p. ')!.) 



