112 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



40370 to 40376-Continued. (Quoted notes by Rev. C. Noss.) 



40374. "No. 37. Hishidaizu (water caltrop, alluding to the flattened 

 shape) ; eaten parboiled and seasoned with shoyu and salt." 



40375. "No. 38. Name unknown, cultivated from ancient times in 

 Soma County, Fukushima Ken ; used for miso." 



40376. " No. 39. Hakodate-nishiki-daizu (Hakodate brocade) ; used for 

 m iso." 



40377 to 40382. Mkdicago spp. Fabaceae. 



From Sydney, New South Wales. Presented by Mr. G. Valder, under- 

 secretary and director, Department of Agriculture. Received March 31, 

 1915. 

 From the Bathurst Experiment Farm. Selected. 



40377 to 40381. Medicago sativa L. Alfalfa. 



40377. Bathurst No. 1. 40380. Arabian. 



40378. Bathurst No. G. 40381. Montana. 



40379. Bathurst No. 13. 



40382. Medicago sativa varia (Mart.) Urban. Sand lucern. 



40383 and 40384. 



From Joinville, Brazil. Presented by Mr. Jean Knatz. Received March 

 29, 1915. 



40383. Chokisia insignis H. B. K. Bombaeacese. 



" Seeds of a tree which grows very well iu many parts of our State." 

 (Knatz.) 



40384. Colocasia sp. Araceae. 

 Mangarita . Tubers. 



40385 to 40387. 



From Nakskov, Denmark. Presented by Mr. R. Wiboltt. Received March 

 26, 1915. Quoted notes by Mr. Wiboltt. 



40385. A yen a sativa L. Poacea?. Oat. 

 "Abed Danish Giant No. ',5. The best Danish oat." 



40386. Hordeum imstichon nutans Schubl. Poaceae. Barley. 



"Abed Binder, 2-rowed novelty, 1915. This has been tried for a Dum- 

 ber of years by the Danish Slate experiment stations and is now acknowl- 

 edged as one of the earliest and heaviest yielders of all kinds of 2-rowed 

 barley." 



40387. Hordeum vulgabe L. Poacese. Barley. 

 "Abed, July. 6-rowed novelty, 1915. This has been tried for a number 



of years by the Danish State experiment stations and is now acknowl- 

 edged as one of the earliest and heaviest yielders <<f all kinds of rowed 

 barley." 



40388. Ipomoea batatas (L.) Poir. Convolvulacese. 



Sweet potato. 

 From Cuba. Presented by Mr. Juau T. Roig, botanist. Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station. Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba. Tubers received March 22. 

 1915. 

 "No. 68. Ciel6n, white group. From Taco Taco, I'inar del Rio. Yielding 

 37,478 arrobas (of 25 pounds each) per caballcrfa (.".."J acres)." (Roig.) 



