JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1917, 25 



45037 to 45040— Continued. 



vol. 7, p. 529, and from Maiden, Useful Xatire Plants of Australia, 

 p. 73.) 



45038. Andropogon ixtekmedius R. Br. Poace?e. Grass. 

 An erect grass with ratlier narrow leaves and slender spikes, growing 



in large clumps, 2 feet or more in height. It is a native of Australia, 

 where it is used as a forage grass. It is readily propagated from the 

 roots. (Adapted from Bcnthani, Flora Australiensis. p. oS], and from 

 Agricultural Gazette, Xeir South Wales, Man 2, 191. 'i.) 



45039. Chaetochloa barbata (Lara.) Hitchc. and Chase. PoaceiB. 



Grass. 



A weak-stemmed annual grass which grows freely in open and waste 

 ground from the "West Indies to Brazil. It is a native of tropical Asia, 

 and in Australia has been recommended as a forage grass. (Adapted 

 from Hitchcock and Chase, Orasses of the West Indies, and from letter 

 of B. Harrison.) 



45040. Panicum decompositum R. Br. Poacere. Grass. 

 A tall, coarse, succulent, semiaquatic grass, cultivated in many parts 



of Australia as a forage crop. It produces an abundance of forage and 

 is greatly relished by stock. It has yielded under cultivation as much 

 as 3 tons of hay per acre. The seeds are produced in December and 

 January. (Adapted from Maiden, Useful Native Plants of Australia, p. 

 97.) 



45041 to 45043. Hordeum vulgare coeleste L. Poacea?. 



Barley. 



From Nanking, China. Presented by Mr. J. H. Reisner, College of Agri- 

 culture and Forestry, University of Nanking. Received July 30, 1917. 

 " Hull-less barley, collected in Chinese fields, June, 1917. These hull-less bar- 

 leys mature earlier than the hulled varieties and are harvested early in May." 

 (Reisner.) 



45041. Light. 45043. Dark. 



45042. Medium. 



45044. RuBus racemosus Eoxb. Rosacese. Blackberry. 



From Kingston, Jamaica, Briti.sh West Indies. Seeds presented by Mr. 



William Harris, Hope Gardens, Department of Agriculture. Received 



July 31, 1917. 



A rambling bush, with the branchlets, petioles, and inflorescence covered 



with glandular hairs and with straight or hooked prickles on the stems. The 



leaves are composed of jBve to seven oval or roundish dentate leaflets, and the 



large red flowers are in axillary or terminal corymbs. The plant is a native 



of the Nilgiri Hills, India. (Adapted from Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 



2, p. 3J,0.) 



45045. BuTiA eriospatha (Mart.) Becc. Phoenicaceae, Palm. 

 (Cocos eriospatha Mart.) 



From Gotha, Fla. Fruits presented by Mr. H. Nehrling. Received August 

 1, 1917. 

 "A most beautiful glaucous pinnate-leaved palm with slightly violet-colored 

 leaf stems. The seeds were received under the name of Cocos blumenavia from 

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