10 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



16821 to 16852— Continued. 



16847. LoLiiTM iTALicuM. Italian rye-grass. 

 From Conegliano, Italy, 1904. (Agrost. 2371.) 



16848. Festuca pratexsis. Meadow fescue. 

 From Argentina. Peluff's collection, 1904. (Agrost. 2474.) 



16849. Alopecurus PRATENsis. Meadow foxtail. 

 (Agrost. 2324.) 



16850. Dactylis GLOMERATA. Orchard gxass. 

 From Padua, Italy, 1904. (Agrost. 2377.) 



16851. Phleum PRATEXSE. Timothy. 

 From Rome, Italy, 1904. (Agrost. 2366.) 



16852. Hedysarum coroxarium. Sulla. 

 From ^^aples, Italy, 1904. (Agrost. 2.397.) 



16853. OxALis ORTGiESi. Oxalis. 



From Washington, D. C. Received through the National Botanic Garden, 

 December 21, 1905. 



16854 to 16861. Sorghum vulgare. Sorghum. 



From Berlin, Germany. Presented bv the Berlin Botanical Museum. Received 

 December 20, 1905. ' 



Sorghum varieties from tropical Africa, as follows: 



16854. Omlifer. 16858. Ortdifer. 



16855. Usaramensis. 16859. Jucundus. 



16856. Roxburghii. 16860. Baumannii. 



16857. Bensissimus. 16861. Baumannii. 



16862 to 16865. 



From College Park, Md. Received through Mr. H. A. Miller, Agricultural 

 Experiment Station, December 20, 1905. 



16862. Hordeum vulgare. Barley. 

 Te7inessee Winter. (C. I. No. 257.) 



16863. Avexa sativa. Oat. 

 Sixty-Day. (C. I. No. 165.) 



16864. Avexa sativa. Oat. 

 Snoma. (C. I. No. 274.) 



16865. Avexa sativa. Oat. 

 Burt. (C. I. No. 293.) 



16866. DioscoREA trifida. Yampee yam. 



From the Canal Zone. Presented by Mr. George F. Halsev. Received Decem- 

 ber 27, 1905. 



" Roots of a variety apparently distinct from the Jamaica and Porto Rico varieties. 

 This variety should be cultivated in hills and is said to be very productive. The 

 roots are yellowish inside." (Barrett.) 



16867. Syncarpia laurifolia. Turpentine tree. 



From Melbourne, Australia. Presented by Prof. W. R. Guilfoyle, director of 

 the Botanic Gardens. Received December 29, 1905. 



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