JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1915. 31 



41008. Polakowskia tacaco Pittior. Cucurbitaceae. Tacaco. 



From Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. Carlos Werckl§, at the request of Mr. 

 J. E. Van der Laat, director, Department of Agriculture. Received Au- 

 gust 20, 1915. 

 " Leave the fruits until shriveled, then put them in a pile of rotten leaves or 

 very loose peat, as they do not sprout if planted in common garden earth." 

 (Wercktt.) 



See S. P. I. Nos. 26244, 26245, and 36592 for previous introductions. 



41009 to 41016. Triticum spp. Poaceae. Wheat. 



From Northern Circle, Jubbalpore, Central Provinces, India. Presented by 

 G. Evans, Deputy Director of Agriculture. Received July 30, 1915. 

 41009 to 41011. Triticum aestivitm L. 

 (Triticum vulgnre Vill.) 



41009. Hansi pissi (soft Hansi). 



41010. Sukerhai pissi (soft Sukerhai). 



41011. Murya. 



41012 to 41016. Triticum durum Desf. 



41012. Bansi. 



Bansi is described as a hard red wheat by Watt, in Commercial 

 Products of India. 



41013. Dahutia. 



Probably the same variety that Watt describes as Daodia, soft 

 and starchy, white. 



41014. Howrah. 



41015. Jalalia. 



Watt, in Commercial Products of India, describes this as hard 

 and glutinous, white. 



41016. Tigharia. 



41017 to 41029. Triticum spp. Poaceae. Wheat. 



From Petrograd, Russia. Presented by Dr. Robert Regel, chief, Bureau 

 of Applied Botany. Received August 17, 1915. Quoted notes by Dr. 

 Regel. 



41017 to 41023. Triticum aestivum L. 

 (Triticum vttlgare Vill.) 



41017. "No. 126. Var. ferrugineum Al., subvariety sibiricum. Col- 

 lected in Perm Government, 1906. Received from the Agricultural 

 Society of the Province. Called Krasnokoloska, spring form. 

 Grown by the bureau (pure line 0272.\'_'. 1D14, sowing 75, Govern- 

 ment of Voronezh)." 



41018. " No. 273. Var. ferrugineum Al., subvariety rossicum. Col- 

 lected in Tomsk Government, 1903. Received through Prof. 

 Prjanishnikov. Spring form. Grown by the bureau (pure line 

 062A2, 1913, sowing 46, Voronezh Government)." 



41019. " No. 902. Var. alborubrum Korn., subvariety orientate. Col- 

 lected in Bokhara. 1909. Received from exhibition In Tashkent 

 from the collection of Bokharian Emir. Winter form. Grown by 

 the bureau (sowing 30, 1911-12, Petrokof Government)." 



