40 SEEDS AXD PLANTS IMPORTED. 



45482 to 45485— Contimiecl. 



45485. Pterogyne nitexs Tulasne. Cfesalpiniacese. 



" fbyra-ro. In many ways this timber is tlie most useful found 

 hereabouts, especially for hulls of boats, coach work, etc. You have no 

 timber at all like it." (Mead.) 



A tall, stout, unarmed tree, abundant in parts of Argentina and Brazil. 

 The wood is very strong and resistant and is used in the construction 

 of carts, excepting the spokes. It is considered an excellent wood in 

 Misiones, whence it is exported. It is also highly valued in Salta and is 

 used in coach making. (Adapted from Tenturi and LiUo, Contribucion 

 al Conocimiento de los Arboles de ,'« Argentina, p. 57.) 



45486 to 45489. 



From Sao Paulo, Brazil. Seeds presented by Comte Amadeu A. Barbiellini. 

 Received November 8, 1917. 



45486. Annona sp. Annonaceae. 



Sent in as Aratkum ponhe (Annona marcgrarU) , but it does not agree 

 with other material of this number already received. It is to be grown 

 for identification. 



45487. Annoxa cherimola Mill. Annonacese. Cherimoya. 

 A Brazilian horticultural variety of cherimoya. 



45488. Streptochaeia spicata Schrad. Poacese. Grass. 

 A very rare South American grass, the moi-phology of which is not 



well understood. It is to be grown for the studies of the Department 

 agrostologists. 



45489. ZoRNiA diphylla gracilis (DC.) Benth. Fabacefe. 



A tufted annual with wiry stems, lanceolate leaflets dotted with black 

 glands, 3 to 32 flowered racemes 1 to 3 inches long, and pods with two 

 to six densely prickly joints. It is stacked by the Foulahs for horse 

 provender. Tlie variety gracilis is a slender form of this species. Native 

 to tropical America and Brazil. (Adapted from llartiiis, Flora Brasilien- 

 sis, vol. 15, pt. 2, p. 83, and from UndJey, Treasury of Botany, pt. 2, p. 

 1352.) 



45490 to 45499. 



From Montevideo, Uruguay. Seeds presented by Seiior PJcardo Salgueiro 

 Silveira, for the secretary of the Association of Agriculturists. Received 

 November 9, 1917. 



45490. Arachis hypogaea L. Fabacese. Peanut. 



" Matii Brasilera." Said to be excellent varieties, acclimated in Uru- 

 guay. 



45491. Avena sativa L. Poacese. Oats. 

 " 1888." Reported as a superior variety. 



45492. Hordeum vl^lgare palliditm Seringe. Poaceae. Barley. 

 " 1551." Said to give excellent yield.s. 



45493. LiNUM usiTATisSiMUM L. Linacese. Flax. 

 " 1961." Said to be a superior form under Uruguayan conditions. 



45494 and 45495. IMedicago sativa L. Fabacese. Alfalfa. 



Two lots sent in as Argentine and Peruvian strains, but not distin- 

 guislied in any way. 



45494. Alfalfa " 1697." 45495. Alfalfa " 199^." 



