8 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



53910 to 5391 a— Continued. 



53912. Trikolium repeks L. Fabacese. White clover. 



" On the very few flat meadowlands along the lowest part of the little 

 river Var the herbaceous growth is cut five times yearly, green fodder 

 being very much in demand in this exceedingly dry climate, so I could 

 not find any ripe seeds on the plants which are found here and there 

 on these little meadows. But with my two sous I started on an excur- 

 sion and found a few scattered plants on somewhat drier ground, though 

 apparently it does not exist on the sunburnt hillsides. We managed to 

 gather a few seeds more or less ripe. Perhaps you may find, after all, 

 that the plant growing here may be more drought resistant than the ordi- 

 nary clovers. We have had no rain of any importance since Sep- 

 tember." 



53913 and 53914. Trifolium spp. Fabacese. 



From Melbourne. Victoria. Seeds purchased from F. H. Brunning. Re- 

 ceived August 2, 1921. 



53913. TErFOLiUM feagifeeum L. Strawberry clover. 



" Tarwei variety." {Brunning.) 



" A creeping perennial clover of possil)Ie value as a forage and 

 lawn plant in the cooler and intermountain regions of the United 

 States." (F. N. Meyer.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 29263. 



53914. Trifolium subtereaneum li. Subterranean q^over. 



" One of the most nutritious plants known to agriculture, indigenous 

 to Britain, found growing on dry, sandy, gravelly soil. The steins grow 

 over each other to a depth of 6 or 7 inches, the lower ones being as 

 healthy as those above." (Brunning.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 52335. 

 53915 to 53917. 



From Guatemala, Guatemala. Seeds presented by Sr. Ad. Tonduz, Di- 

 reccion General de Agricultura. Received June 29, 1921. Numbered 

 July, 1021. Quoted notes by Sr. Tonduz. 



53915 and 53916. Triticum aestivum L. Poace*. Comnion wheat. 



(T. vidgare Vill.) 



53915. " Xo. 107h. From San Miguel Acatan, Huehuetenango." 



53916. "No. 108. Trigo sipac. From Patzum, Chimaltenango." 

 53917. PisuM SATivL'M L. Fabacert!. Garden pea. 



" Xo. 9S. From San Pedro las Huertas, Sacatepequez.' 



53918. Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni. Asteracese. 



From Buenos Aires, Argentina. Plants presented by the director of 

 the Botanic Gardens, Asuncion, Paraguay, through D. S. Bullock, 

 agricultural trade commissioner. United States Department of Agri- 

 culture, American Embassy, Buenos Aires. Received July 25, 1921. 



" This plant has been the subject of at least two rather detailed researches, 

 as follows: Rasenack, P., Uber die Siiss-stoffe des Eupatorium rebaudianum 

 und des Siissholzes, in Arbeiten aus dem Kaiserlichen Gesundheitsamte, 28 

 (1908), 420-443, and Dieterich, Karl, Uber die Bestandteile der Paraguay- 

 Siiss-stoffpflanze Eupatorium rebaudianum, Kaa-Hee, und ihre pharma- 

 zeutLsche Verwertbarkeit, in Pharmazeutische Zentrallialle, 50 (1909), 435- 

 440; 458-462. 



" The latter reported the presence of two gluensides, rebaudin and eupatorin, 

 whereas Rasenack found only one, which he terms only eupatoriumsiiss-stofl. 

 Both investigators were interested in this material as a possible substitute 



