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SEEDS AND PLANTS i:^IPOETED. 



43567 to 43577— Continued. 



43567 to 43572. Amygdalus persica L. 



{Primus persica Stokes.) 



43567. Melocoton Bandera Expanola. 



43568. Tardio Encaniado. 



43569. Brcsquillo Duraznos. 



43570. Tardio Anmrillo. 



43571. Melocoton Murciano. 



43572. Melocoton de Sagunto. 



43573. AilYGDALUS PERSICA NECTAKIXA Ait. 



Abridor de Alginet. 

 43574 to 43577. AjiYODALrs persica L. 



{Prunns persica Stokes.) 



43574. Roquete San Jaime. 43576. 



43575. Pavia de Picasenf. 43577. 



Peach. 



Nectarine. 

 Peach. 



Tcmprano Pequefio. 

 Pavia Fina Encarnada. 



Chufa. 



43578. Ctperus esculextus L. Cyperacese. 



From Valencia, Spain. Tubers presented by Mr. R. L. Sprague, American 

 consul, Gibraltar, at the request of Mr. George Eustis, Newport, R. I. 

 Received November 16, 1916. 



■' With regard to the cultivation of chufas, there appears to be little to say. 

 Similarly to peanuts, they require a light sandy soil, well worked, and peri- 

 odical irrigation. In preparing for planting, the soil is well pulverized and 

 mixed with sea sand and organic manure, supplemented occasionally with 

 superphosphates and a little ammonium sulphate. The surface is leveled and 

 irrigation ditches made at a distance of 2 or 3 palms (17 to 24 inches) apart. 

 The spaces between, or rows, are flattened in .spots at intervals of 2 or* 3 

 palms, the seed being placed three or four to each hill on the surface and 

 these hills lightly covered with loose earth. The seed is not buried, and the 

 depth of the covering should not exceed 2 inches. The only attention required 

 is occasional weeding and irrigation, as the tubor requires plenty of moisture." 

 iSpraffue.) 



43579. Cyrtostachys lakka Beccari. Phcenicacese. 



Palm. 



F-om Singapore, Straits Settlements. Presented by Mr. I. H. Burkhill, 

 director, Botanical Gardens. Received November 6, 1916. 



A stately, elegant palm, producing suckers. The slender spineless stem is 

 covered Avith a cluster of boldly arched leaves, 3i to 4i feet in length. The 

 flowers are monoecious, and the dry fruits are elongate, egg shaped, and small, 

 about 10 mm. (five-twelfths of an inch) long and half as wide. The ovate seeds 

 are about one-sixteenth of an inch long. This species differs from Cyrtostacliys 

 renda in the more elongated and smaller fruits and in the oval seeds. 

 (Adapted from Beccari, Annalcs du Jardin Botanique de Buiteyisorg, vol. 2, 

 p. IJfl. and from Bailey. Standard Cyclopedia of Horfiriiltyre, vol. 2. p. 9 '/J.) 



48580. Tricondtlus myricoides (Gaertn. f.) Knntze. Proteaceae. 



(Lomatia lonyifolia R. Br.) 



From Clarence, Blue Mountains, New South Wales. Presented by Mr. 

 Harry B. Shaw, Federal Inspector, port of New York, through Dr. G. R. 

 Lyman, of the Department of Agriculture. Received November 9, 1916. 



A shrub S to 10 feet high, vrith very narrow lanco-shaped leaves and terminal 

 or axillary racemes of cream-colored flowers. The fruit is an oval-oblong 



