DECEMBER, 1905, TO JULY, 1906. 



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16985 to 17034— Continued. 



17017. ViCIA DISPERMA. 



17018. ViCIA KERRCGINEA. 



17019. ViCIA CERARDI. 



17020. ViCIA CJLOBOSA. 



17021. ViCIA GRANDIFLORA. 



17022. VlCIA HYHRIDA. 



17023. ViCIA LUTEA. 



17024. ViCIA MACROCAKPA. 



17025. ViCIA MULTIFLURA. 



17026. VlCIA OXOBRYCHIOIDES. 



17027. VlCIA PANNONICA. 



17028. ViCIA PEREGRINA. 



17029. VlCIA I'lCTA. 



17030. VlCIA I'SEUDO-CRACCA. 



17031. VlCIA SYLVATICA. 



17032. ViciA SPURIA. 



17033. VlClA STRIATA. 



17034. VlCIA TRICOLOR. 



17035 to 17050. 



From Sydney, New South VVales. Presented by Prof. J. II. INIaiden, director 

 of Botanic Gardens. Received January 2, 190(5. 



Panicum prolutum. 

 Paspalum brevifolium. 

 Pennisetum compres- 



8UM. 



pollinia fulva. 

 Chaetochloa AUREA. 

 Sporobolus lindleyi. 



Stipa elegantissima. 

 Stipa tuckeri. 



17051 and 17052. Bouteloua spp. 



From Silver City, N. Mex. Received through Mr. James K. Metcalfe, January 

 5, 1906. 



17051. Bouteloua curtipendula. 



17052. Bouteloua oligostachya. 



17053. SOLANUM COMMERSONI. 



Tall grama grass. 

 Blue grama grass. 



Aquatic potato. 



From Burlington, Vt. Received through Prof. William Stuart, of the Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Station, January 6, 1906. 



Tubera grown from stock obtained through Dr. Edouard Meckel, of Marseille, 

 France. " Heckel is not at all of the opinion that Holannm comniersonii should replace 

 our common potato; but if it is adapted to swampy locations it would become very 

 valuable to us, and possibly nonbitter hybrids might be produced for poorly 

 drained soils by cross fertilization." (L.' Witlmuck, Gartenflora, 54: 452, 1905.) 

 (See note to No. 10324.) 



17054. SoLANUM COMMERSONI. Aquatic potato. 



From Santa Rosa, Cal. Received through Mr. Luther Burbank, November 28, 

 1905, and February 10, 1906. 



Tubers grown from No. 10324. "Has rather small vines, produces an enormous 

 amount of flowers all summer and a reasonable amount of seed balls, which, how- 

 ever, unless pollenized from some other variety never produce a seed. Owing to its 

 wandering disposition, not extra (juality, and not being very productive it will never 

 become popular. I judge from what I have read in the f rench papers that the bluish 

 variety is better." {Burbank.) 



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