10 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPOETED. 



25725 to 25728— Continued. 



Seeds of the following: 



25725. Stizolobium sp. 



25726 to 25728. Dolichos lablab L. Bonavist bean. 



25726. Black. 25728. Small red. 



25727. Large red. 



25729. Phaseolus lunatus L. 



From Antigua, Leeward Islands, West Indies. Presented by Mr. S. Jackson, 

 curator, Government Botanic Station. Received July 3, 1909. 

 "Barbuda bean.'" 



25730 and 25731. Avena spp. Oat. 



From Jerusalem, Palestine. Presented by Mr. E. F. Beaumont. Received 

 July 6, 1909. 



Seeds of the following: 



25730. Avena sterilis L. 



25731. Avena sativa L. 

 Grown from Jaffa seed. 



25732. Stizolobium sp. 



From Lawang, Java. Presented by Mr. M. Buysman. Received July 10, 1909. 

 Black seeded. 



25733. Medicago sativa L. Alfalfa. 



From Bridgeport, Kans. Grown on the farm of Mr. Carl Wheeler. Numbered 

 for convenience in recording distribution, July 12, 1909. 

 '•'A plant selected for leanness and seed production from same field which produced 

 S. P. I. No. 19508. Grown at the Department greenhouse under Agros. No. 20." 

 (J. M. Westgate.) 



25736. Zea mays L. Corn. 



From Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. Presented by Prof. J. Burtt Davy, gov- 

 ernment agrostologist and botanist, Transvaal Department of Agriculture. 

 Received July 16, 1909. 



"Hickory King. A strain now being developed in South Africa." (Davy.) 



25738. Saccharum officinarum L. Sugar cane. 



From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by Dr. M. Treub, director, Department of 

 Agriculture. Received July 2, 1909. 



"Arrows of one of our best varieties of sugar cane (G. Z. No. 247). Rather a large 

 percentage of these seeds do not germinate." ( Treub.) 



25740. Panicum palmaefolium Koen. 



From Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. Presented by Prof. J. Burtt Davy, 

 government agrostologist and botanist, Transvaal Department of Agriculture. 

 Received July 19, 1909. 

 " I do not consider this one of our best grasses, but it is a useful sort in shady places, 

 in comparatively warm districts, and in forest glades." (Davy.) 



Distribution. — A native of tropical Africa, and extending to the Cape. 

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