20 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



47017 to 47057— Continued. 



47019. AxoNOPUS compressus (Swartz.) Beauv. 

 "No. 14." 



47020. AxoNOPUS sp. 

 " No. 15." 



47021. Chaetochloa impressa (Nees) Hitchc. and Cha.se. 

 "No. 16." 



47022. Chaetochloa sp. 



" No. 21. Not native in Marajo. I found tliis kind irrowing in plant 

 pots and plant boxes which contained fruit tree.s brought from the city 

 of Para. Even in Para itself this species is not native and I have never 

 found it on any of my collecting trips." 



47023. Eragrostis glomerata (Walt.) L. H. Dewey. 

 "No. 36." 



47024. Eriochloa sp. 

 "No. 26." 



47025. HoMALOCENCHRUS HEXANDRUS (Swartz) Kuntze. 

 "No. 18." 



47026. Leptochloa virgata (L.) Beauv. 

 "No. 38." 



47027. Mesosetum loliiforme (Hochst.) Chase. 

 " No. 13." 



47028. Olyra latifolia L. 

 "No. 41." 



47029. Okyza latifolia Desv. 



• No. 1. A kind of native rice, growing on not Inundated soil in ]Mara.io. 

 It is an interesting kind for several reasons. In the first place, it is the 

 tallest I ever heard of, growing sometimes to a heiglit of 8 feet. In the 

 second place, it is a perennial kind, gi'owiug in large isolated bunches 

 for several years, flowering and bearing seeds the whole year round. Its 

 leaves are very liroad. The kernels may not have any industrial or 

 culinary value, but as a cattle feed the green plant might be useful. Be- 

 sides this, I consider this kind interesting fi-om a phytogeographical 

 standpoint, demonstrating tliat real native kinds of rice are to be found 

 in the Amazonian region." 



47030. Panicum aquaticum Poir. 

 " No. 20." 



47031. Panicum maximum Jacq. 



" No. 24. A guinea grass of gigantic growth, completely different from 

 the common one we have here. The common guinea grass has narrow 

 leaves and reaches to a height of about 4 feet. Tliis kind is stronger and 

 much taller, having a very broad leaf and reaching a height of 7 or 

 more feet. It is not a native grass of this country, liut was introduced 

 from .Jamaica in soil which was packed around banana suckers, growing 

 among tiie Ijununa trees and especially where the suckers had ))een laid 

 down before planting." 



47032. Panicum maximum .Tacq. 



" No. 2.5. The common guinea gi-a.ss ; introduced, not native." 



