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41883 to 41900— Continued. 



41899. Chrysopogon montanus Trin. 



" This perennial grass is a handsome species growing to a height 

 of 3 to 5 feet. In India it has an excellent reputation for fodder, 

 and, according to Duthie, the seeds are collected and used for food 

 by the natives. This grass has succeeded well in Florida and at 

 Biloxi, Miss., and in this region possesses some promise as a pasture 

 grass." 



For previous introductions, see S. P. I. Nos. 33445 and 34935. 



41900. Coix lacryha-jori L. Job's-tears. 

 " A coarse, annual grass with unusually numerous stems and leaves 



one-half to 1* inches broad. The varieties are numerous, and few 

 of them will mature except in the South. The fruit is peculiar, the 

 female spikelet being inclosed in a capsule composed of a thickened 

 sheath. In most varieties this is hard and porcelainlike, varying in 

 form from cylindrical to globose. These capsules are used as beads 

 for rosaries. In the variety ma-yuen the capsules are soft, and in 

 Burma, especially, are used for human food. The largest varieties 

 grow 4 to 8 feet high and furnish abundant forage of fair quality. 

 None has yet found a place in cultivation in the United States except 

 to a slight extent as an ornamental. This grass requires a long 

 warm season to mature." 



41901. Hedysarum boreale Nutt. Fabacese. 



From Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Presented by Prof. T. N. Willing, 

 University of Saskatchewan. Received March 16, 1916. 



" A perennial leguminous herb with compound leaves and showy racemes of 

 many deflexed magenta to white flowers, native from Newfoundland and north- 

 ern New England to Alaska ; suggested as possibly valuable for breeding with 

 sulla (H. coronarium), the southern species grown so extensively in Algeria, 

 Tunis, aud Spain for fodder." (Fairchild.) 



41902 to 41916. 



From Kirkee, India. Presented by Mr. William Burns, economic botanist, 

 through Mr. C. V. Piper. Received in January, 1916. Descriptive notes 

 by Mr. Piper except where otherwise indicated. 



41902. Dtnerra arabica Jacq. Poacere. Grass. 

 "An annual grass with stems brandling from the base, erect or 



ascending, 1 to 3 feet long. A handsome grass, but not abundant in 

 India and therefore unimportant. Native to southern Asia and northern 

 Africa." 



41903. Eragrostis abyssinica (Jacq.) Schrad. Poaceae. Teff. 

 {Poa abyssinica Jacq.) 



11 Teff, cultivated as a food grain in Abyssinia, has in recent years 

 proved very valuable for hay production in South Africa. In view of 

 these results it is at present being tested again in various parts of the 

 United States. Numerous previous trials have indicated that fetT can 

 not compete with heavier yielding annuals, such as millet and Sudan 

 grass, as a hay crop, but in some parts of the United States it may yet 

 prove to be valuable." 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 40535. 



