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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 





Bonavist bean. 



Lima bean. 



Lima bean. 



Common bean. 



Common bean. 



Cowpea. 



46184 to 46191— Continued. 



46186. DoLicHOS LABLAB L. Fabaceae. 

 Variety unknown. 



46187. Phaseolus li'natus L. Fabaoese. 



46188. Phaseolus lunatics L. Fabacese. 



46189. Phaseolus vulgaris L. Fabacese. 



46190. Phaseolu^s vulgaris L. Fabacete. 



46191. Vigna sinensis (Torner) Savi. Fabacese. 

 Also known as " Black-eyed bean." 



46192. Hibiscus macrophyllus Roxb. Malvacea\ 



From Cairo, Ejrypt. Presented l)y tlie director. Horticultural Section, 

 Gizeh P>rancli. Mini.'itry of Agriculture. Received May 22. 1918. 



A shrub or small tree, native to India, sjtarsely covered with brown, villous, 

 tufted haii-s. The orbicular-cordate leaves, about 6 inches across, with petioles S 

 inches long, are usually entire and are covered underneath with dense hairs. 

 The niany-flowei-ed terminal cyines are made up of purple flowers 4 inches in 

 diameter. (Adapted from Hooker, Flora of Britis]i Iivlin, vol. 1. p. 331.) 



46193 to 46203.^ 



From Antofagasta. Chile. Procured by Mr. Thomas W. Voetter. American 

 consul. Received May 22, 1918. Quoted notes by Mr. Voetter. 



46193. Phaseolus coccineus L. Fabacese. Scarlet Runner bean. 

 " No. 8. Panares.'' 



46194. Phaseolus lunatus L. Fabacese. Lima bean. 

 '■ No. 9. PaUares achataclos. Probably from Peru." 



46195 to 46202. Phaseolus vulgaris L. Fabacese. Common bean. 



46195. "No. 1. Bayosr 46200 



46196. " No. 2. Burritos." 



No. 6. Frutillas ( straw- 

 berry ) ." 



" No. 7. Ovalitos." 

 •■ No. 10. Triffuitos." 



Corn. 



" Province of Tacna. Chile. Used for toasting and for making ' chicha,' 

 a fermented beverage." 



46204. Garcinia mangostana L. Cliisiace^e. Mangosteen. 



From Buitenzox'g. Java. Presented hy the dire<tor. Botanic Garden. 

 Received May 2^, 1918. 



" This delicious fruit is about the size of a madarin orange, round and 

 slightly flattened at each end. with a smooth, thick rind, rich red-purple in 

 color with here and there a bright, hardened drop of the yellow juice, which 

 marks some injury to the rind when it was young. As these mangosteens are 

 sold in the Dutch East Indies, heaped up <m fruit baskets, or are made into 

 long, regular bunches with thin strips of braided bamboo, they are as strik- 

 ingly handsome as anytliing of the kind can well be; but it is only when the 

 fruit is opened that its real beauty is seen. The rind is thick and tough and 



» See footnote on page 19. 



