SEl^KMHEK, 19CX), TO DECEMliEK, ltM)3. 311 



9851. Pkunus CERASIT8 (?). Cherry. 



From Mexii'o. Kt'ct'ivetl through Mr. C. OiiiU'idoiik, .Iiiiu' '^t, lOO,!, by Mr. W . A. 

 Ta\ li»r, iKunologi.-^t in c-Iiarge of lield investigatioiKs. 



Ciipnliu. 



9852. Anduopogon sorghutvi. Kafir corn. 



From Durban, Xatal. Presented l)y Mr. Claude Fuller, Government Entonjolo- 

 gist, through Mes.sr8. Lathrop and Fairchild (No. lli».Sa, August 5, 1903). 

 Received Auguf;t81, 190:i 



Mahcle or Maiiele. "This variety has i)roved more resistant than any other to a 

 speeies of aphis which injures all the connnon sorts." {Fairchild.) 



9853 and 9854. Tkiticum durum. "Wheat. 



From I'oona Farm, Kirki, India. Sent by the superintendent through Latham 

 & Co., Bombay, India, addressed to Dr. S. A. Knapp. Received July 23, 1903. 



9853. 9854. 



PiolaKarte. From Shu edrager(?). Shet Gahu. From Poona. 



9855 and 9856. Axdropogox sorghum. Sorghum. 



From Poona Farm, Kirki, India. Sent by the superintendent through Latham 

 & Co., Bombay, India, addressed to Dr.S. A. Knapp. Received July 13, 1903. 



9855. 9856. 



iridgep Joirar. Ihitjdi Juirnr. 



9857. Castilla sp. nov. 



From Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. Guy N. Collins, of the Department of Agri- 

 culture, June 16, 1903. 



Seed of a new species of great promise as a rubber producer. 



9858. Theobroma sp. nov. Cacao. 



From Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. Guy N. Collins, of the Department of Agri- 

 culture, June 16, 1903. 



Seeds of a new species. 



9859. Cassia auriculata. Avaram. 



From Manamadura, South India. Presented by Rev. Edward P. Holton, through 

 Miss Nina G. Holton, of this Department. Received September 5, 1903. 



Grown and used extensively in South India; the bark for tanning, the leaves, twigs, 

 and seed pods as a fertilizer for salt lands, wet cultivation. Habit, low and brushy 

 like a blueberry bush on rocky, sandy, dry, waste lands. 



9860. Cyperus nutans. Matting rush. 



From Japan. Received through Mr. R. H. Sawver, Kennebunk, Me., July 23, 

 1903. 



Cultivated in the rice fields of Japan. Straw dried and used in tlie manufacture 

 of the coarser, cheaper grades of Japanese matting. 



9861. Cyperus tegetiformis. Matting rush. 



From China. Received through Mr. R. H. Sawyer, Kennebunk, Me., July 23, 

 1903. 



Native in salt marshes along the coast of China. Three-cornered rush split, dried, 

 and used in manufacture of Chinese floor matting. 



