26 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



48551 to 48586— Continued. 



48585. Trichosanthe^s cucumeroides (Ser.) Maxim. Cucurbitacese. 



" ( p-QOchow. China. Seeds from tlie garden of Mrs. T. N. Wilkinson. 

 September 14, 1919.) This beautiful vine is grown in pots and trained 

 on a frame about 2 feet high, the vine being wound in and out in a globe- 

 sliaijed arrangement by the Chinese gardeners. In autumu, when the 

 bright-red fruits hang among the dark-green lower leaves and the 

 laciniate starlike flowers peep out among the upper leaves, this plant is 

 very attractive. As a trellis vine it does not show so well, as it is not 

 compact enough. The fruits are about 4 inches long and 1 inch through, 

 shaped like an elongated lemon. AVhen ripe they are a brilliant red." 



48586. Trichosanthes sp. Cucurbitace<'e. 



"(Kuliang Hills, near Foochow, China. August 6, 1919.) A wild gourd 

 found on the hills northwest of Kuliang, growing in grassland ; about 3 

 inches in diameter, round, and yellow, and very full of seed ; pulp bitter 

 but attractive looking. Should be grown as a possible trellis ornamental." 



48587 and 48588. Soja max (L.) Piper. Fabaceae. Soy bean. 



{Glycine hispida Maxim.) 

 From Mirpurkhas, Sind, India. Presented by Mr. T. F. Main, Deputy 

 Director of Agriculture. Received October 21, 1919. 



" Two varieties of soy beans typical of the region around Sind. They have 

 been under trial for the last five years on the Mirpurkhas Farm and give yields 

 varying from 120 to ISO pounds per acre." {Main.) 



48587. " Black soy beans." 48588. " White soy beans." 



48589. Aleurites Montana (Lour.) Wilson. Euphorbiacese. 



Mu-oil tree. 



From Port Louis, Mauritius. Presented by Mr. G. Regnard. Received 

 October 30, 1919. 

 " This tree is very scarce in Mauritius. It was introduced many years ago at 

 the Royal Botanic Gardens of Pamplemousses, imder the erroneous name of 

 Acei- heterophylla. Tlie tree has been grown only for the pretty flowers and 

 foliage. The blossoming generally precedes the coming out of leaves, but in 

 1911 the two appeared together." {Regnard.) 



Aleurites montana yields an oil from the seeds practically identical with that 

 from A. fordii, the tung-oil tree of China. While the seeds of the two species 

 are almost indistinguishable, the fruits are easily recognized by their exteriors ; 

 those of the former are prominently ridged, while those of the latter are 

 smooth. 



48590 to 48594. Triticum aestivum L. Poaceae. 



{T. vuiffare Viii.) Common wheat. 



From Algiers, Algeria. Presented by Dr. L. Trabut. Received November 

 3, 1919. Quotetl notes by Dr. Trabut. 

 " These wheats are cultivated in an oasis by irrigation." 



48590. No description was received with this material. 



48591. " Wheat cultivated in Salla, Sahara." 



48592. "AH Ben Makhlmil from Tuat, Sahara." 



48593. " Kenionf from Tuat, Sahara." 



48594. " Wheat from Gourara, Sahara." 



