48 SEEDS AXD PLANTS I?.IP<^)r>TKI). 



45204 to 45214— Continued. 



45208. Chloris beeviseta Benth. Toacefe. Grass. 

 " (.Tardin Agrostolojiique, Leverville. .Tuly. 1917.)" A West African 



grass from the Cape Coast region, resjembling Chloris compressa in the 

 structure of its flowers. Tlie new growth is said, in Belgian Kongo, to 

 form an ex'cellent pasture for small animals. 



Rhodes grass, C. gayana, also from western tropical Africa, has suc- 

 ceeded so well in the Soutliern States that this grass also should receive 

 a thorough trial. 



45209. HoLCUs sobghum aerticilliflorus (Steud.) Hitchc. Poacea*. 



Tabucki grass. 



" (Variety astolonifenis VDR. .Tardin Agrostologique, Leverville, .July 

 1917.)" 



45210. Paxicum diagonale Xees. Poacefe. , Grass. 



" (.Tardin Agi'ostologique. Leverville.) Useful as pasture in the young 

 state." 



A perennial tufted grass reaching a height of more than 3 feet. 'Native 

 to Central and East Africa. 



45211. Pennisetum benthami Steud. Poacese. Grass. 



" (Jardin Agrostologique, Leverville, ,Tuly, 1917.) A good forage 

 species for cattle." 



45212. Fennisetxjm setosum (Swartz) L. Rich. Poacere. Grass. 



" (Jardin Agrostologique, Leverville, July, 1917.) Pasture in the 

 young state for small animals." 



A tall, leafy, branching perennial, erect or ascending from a geniculate 

 base, the long, flat blades pubescent or scabrous, the purplish spikes 10 to 

 15 centimeters (4 to 6 inches) long. On gra.ssy slopes and in open woods, 

 Mexico and West Indies to South America, and aLso in tropical Asia and 

 Africa. (Adapted from Hitchcock and Cha^e, Grasses of the West In- 

 dies, p. So.'f.) 



45213. Perotis INDICA (L.) Kimtze. Poarere. Grass. 

 (P. latifolia Ait.) 



"(Jardin Agrostologique, Leverville.)" An annual or subperennial 

 grass, with stout and l)ranching leafy culms and usually short, broad, 

 rigid, ciliate blades, conuuon throughout tropical Africa and Asia. It 

 grows to a height of 10 inches, and is said in the Belgian Kongo to be 

 a good pasture in the young state for small anihials. 



45214. Sporobolus molleri Hack. Poacese. Grass. 



"(Cultivated in the .Jardin Agrostologique, Leverville, July 8, 1917.) 

 Value as yet undetermined." 



45215. Prunus conradinae Koelme. Amygdalaceie. Cherry. 



Grown at the Plant Introduction Field Station, Rockville, Md., from scions 

 presented by I\Ir. David Fairchild from his place, " In the Woods," 

 Chevy Chase, Md. Introduced originally by the Arnold Aboretum, Ja- 

 maica Plain, Mass. Numbered September, 1917. 



A handsome tree from western China, up to 40 feet in height, with the 

 trunk 8 to 20 inches in diameter, thin, pale-green leaves, and white to deep 

 blush-colored flowers, an inch or less across, which appear early in the spring. 

 It is very similar to Sargent's cherry (Prunus serrulata sachaUnensis) . 



