INVENTORY/ 



46951 and 46952. 



From Algiers, Algeria. Presented by Dr. L. Trabut. Received January 2, 

 1919. Quoted notes by Dr. Trabut. 



46951. Beta vulgabis L. Chenopodlacese. Beet. 



" Variety perennis. The leaves may be eaten like spinach. It grows 

 spontaneously in the north part of Africa." 



46952. Phalaris teuncata Guss. Poacese. Grass. 



" For winter forage." 



A perennial about 2 feet high, found in the Mediterranean region. 

 The flowers are borne in a dense spike, resembling timothy. (Adapted 

 from Pereira Flora de Portugal, p. 69.) 



46953 and 46954. Oryza satts^a L. Poacese. Rice. 



From Manchuria. Presented by Mr. A. A. Williamson, American consul 

 at Dairen. Received January 3, 1919. 



" Seeds of two varieties of dry or upland rice, received from the South 

 Manchuria Railway Company and which were grown at the company's experi- 

 ment station at Kungchuling. These two varieties are said to have given 

 the best results yet obtained at that place, which lies about 400 miles north 

 of Dairen in latitude between the 43d and 44th degrees, about on a line with 

 Concord, X. H." (Williamson.) 



46953. "A superior spring form of beardless dry-land rice (chang ch'un 

 icu mang Uu tao)." 



46954. "A large-grained variety of dry-land rice bearded with deciduous 

 awns (tai ch'ing mao Uu tao)." 



46955. Phalaris coerulescens Desf. Poacese. Grass. 



From Algiers, Algeria. Presented by Dr. L. Trabut. Received January 3. 

 1919. 

 " Seeds of a good forage grass. Our sheep, in summer time, know how to 

 find the subterranean bulbous parts in the ground and live on them when all 

 other vegetation is dried up." (Traiut.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 22961. 



^ All introductions consist of seeds unless otherwise noted. 



It should be understood that the varietal names of fruits, vegetables, cereals, and other 

 plants used in these inventories are those which the material bore when received by this 

 office : and further, that the printing of such names here does not constitute their official 

 publication and adoption in this country. As the different varieties are studied, their 

 identity fully established, their entrance into the American trade forecast, and the use of 

 varietal names for them in American literature becomes necessary, the foreign varietal 

 designations appearing in these inventories will in many cases undoubtedly be changed 

 by the specialists intere'^ted in the various groups of plants and the forms of the names 

 brought into harmony with recognized American .codes of nomenclature. 



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