16 SEEDS AXI) PLAXTS I.MPOirrKI). 



44001 to 44005— Continued. 



44004. RiBES SPECIOSUM Pursli. Grossulariacese. Gooseberry. 

 Plants of an evergreen California shrub, 3 to 5 feet high, with shining 



dark-green 3-lobed leaves and drooping clusters of bright-red flowers. In 

 March and early April it forms one of the conspicuous charms of the 

 foothills about Los Angeles. 



44005. Zaxtschnekia californka Presl. Onagraceje. Balsamea. 



Cuttings of a low perennial hei'b, found at medium altitudes of the 

 Sierra Nevada mountain range in California, with erect or decumbent 

 .stems about a foot high and oblong or narrow alternate leaves. Tlu- 

 large scarlet fuchsialike flowers are up to 2 inches long, and the oblong 

 seeds have tufts of hair at the apexes. Among the Spanish element in 

 California this plant is used as a vulnerary. (Adapted from ./c/y.so/i, 

 I lorn of Western MUldJe California. ]>. .^,.27.) 



44006. Pyku.s calleryaxa Decaisne. Malaceffi. Pear. 



From Hongkong. China. Presented by Mr. W. J. Tutchtn-, sui)eriiireii(lent. 

 Botanical and Forestry Department. Received January 13, 1917. 



See S. P. I. No. 43987 for previous introduction and description. 



44007 to 44017. Saccharum ornciXARUM L. Poacese. 



Sugar cane. 



From Santiago de las Vegas. Cuba. Cuttings presented by Mr. J. T. 

 Crawley, director, Agricultural Experiment Station. Received .January 

 15, 1917. 



44007. B-604. 44013. D-30G. 



44008. B-1753. 44014. Blanca. 



44009. B-6808. 44015. Lucier. 



44010. B-6450. 44016. Caledonia. 



44011. B-6204. 44017. B-3412. 



44012. D-74. 



44018. Amygdalus PERsicA L. Amygdalacese. Peach. 

 {Prunus persica Stokes.) 



From Tientsin, China. Presented by Mr. Fred. D. Fisher, American con- 

 sul general. Received January 15, 1917. 



" Seeds of common peaches ; early season, grown on the banks of the Hai 

 Ho, Tientsin, China." (Fisher.) 



44019. Strychnos sriNosA Lam. Loganiacese. Kafir orange. 



From Nairobi, British East Africa. Presented by Mr. A. C. MacDonald. 

 Director of Agriculture, through Mr. Ralph M. Odell, commercial agent, 

 Bombay, India. Received January 16, 1917. 



"A moderate-sized tree of the family Loganiacea^, which produces fruit very 

 similar to an orange. The shell is hard and contains numerous (upwards of 

 40) seeds of a flat and somewhat circular outline half an inch or more in 

 diameter. When quite ripe the fruit is juicy, and it is eaten and much liked 

 by the natives. The tree is fairly common at Mazeras and Samburu and is 

 probably distributed in other di.striets in the surrounding country." {H. 

 Powell. ) 



