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55814. Olea klropaea L. Oleacese. Olive. 



From Nice. France. Cuttinjrs presented by l>i-. A. lloberlson Proschowsky. 

 Receivpfl Xdvcniber 25, 1922. 



Variety Arh6qu'ma. This is a favurile lunong the Catalan uurseryiueu iu 

 tiie Province of I.erida. Spain, wliere it represents 92 per cent of the olives 

 planted. It appear.*; to be ihc one nio.st resistant to the ratlicr frecjuent drops 

 in tcuiperature on the Fruel Plain Tlie jtroduclion is very high in the 

 irrij^ated .sections every year and every two years in the other sections. In 

 habit tlie tree is spreadinir. with the secondary branches retlexed. In this 

 region tlie oHvh trees are lanned every two years and often every year, with 

 a special re.jnvenatinii- ])rnnini,' every 10 or 12 years, in order to keep down the 

 size of the trees and make easier the hand picking of the fruit. (Adapted 

 from Revue de Botanique Appliquee. ml. 2, p. 26.) 



55815. Dendrocalamus sikkimensis Gamble. Poaceiv. Bamboo. 



From Darjiliug, India. Seeds presented by G. H. Cave, curator, Lloyd 

 Botanic Garden. Received November 1, 1922. 



" Seeds of the large-st biiniboo of these forests, collecte<l at an altitude of 

 2,000 feet." (Core.)' 



A beautiful tufted bamboo native to Sikkim, India, where the dark-green 

 culms reach a height <»f 60 feet or more and a diameter of 5 to 7 inches. The 

 species is easily distinguished by its large reddish brown ixlobular flower 

 heads and den.sely velvety stem sheath. The long narrow leaves are said to 

 be poisonous, and from tlie stems are made the " chungas,"' or native buckets, 

 used for carrying water and milk and for churning. (Adapted from Annals 

 of fhe Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta, vol. 7, p. 82.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 54450. 



55816. VoANDZEiA suBTERRANEA (L.) Thouai's. FabacesB. 



From Eliolowa. Cameroon, West Africa. Seeds presented by Fred Hope. 

 Received November 2. 1922. 



A creeping annual leguminous plant which matures its fruits in the same 

 manner as the peanut, whence its common name " groundnut." It is native 

 to tropical Africa and is extensively grown in that continent, as well as in 

 other tropical countries, for its edible seeds. 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 55104. 



55817 to 55819. 



From Yunnan, China. Seeds collected by J. F. Rock. Agricultural Ex- 

 plorer of the United States Department of Agriculture. Received Octo- 

 ber 4, 1922. Quoted notes by Mr. Rock. 



» It should l)e undei-stood that the varietal names of fruits, vegetal>lcs, cereals, and 

 other plants usod in this invontnrv are those under which the material was received 

 when introduced bv the Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction and. further, that 

 the printing of such mimes here does not constitute their official publication and adoption 

 in this country. As the different viirictics are .studied, their identity fully ostahlished. 

 their entrance" into the American trade forecast, and the use of varietal names for them 

 in American literature becomes necessary, tlie foreign varietal designations appearing in 

 this inventory will bo subject to change with a view to bringing the forms of the names 

 into barmony with recognized American codes of nomenclature. 



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