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18303 to 18309— Continued. 



18309. AxDROPOGON SORGHUM. Sorg-hum. 



(No data.) 



18310. Phaseolus max. Mung bean. 



From Barbados, British West Indies. Presented by Hon. D. Morris, Commis- 

 sioner of Agrioulture for the West Indies. Received April 6, 15t06. 



Woolly Piirol. 



18311 to 18315. AuACHTS hypocaea. Peanut. 



From Peradeniya, Ceylon. Presented by Mr. J. C. Willis, director of Royal 

 Botanic Gardens. Received April (i, HHXi. 



18311. Taiijnri: 18314. Barbados. 



18312. Mauritius. 18315. Brazil. 



18313. Pondicherry. 



18316 to 18318. DioscoREA spp. Yam. 



From Mava>,nie/, P. R. Presented by the Agricultural Experiment Station. 

 Received April 4, 1906. 



18316. DiOSCOKEA ACILEATA GUINEA. 18318. DiOSCOREA TRIFIDA. 



18317. DioscoREA TRIFIDA. A purplc Variety. 

 A white variety. 



18319 and 18320. 



From :\lanila, P. I. Presented by IMr. William S. Lyon, horticulturist. Bureau 

 of Agriculture. Received April 3, 1906. 



18319. Xanthosoma sp. ^ Yautia. 



" Locallv known aa Gabe de China. Chief distinction seems to be in the size 

 of the main rootstock, whith grows very large. Grown alongside of intro- 

 duced Xanthosoma, it made in eight months a main rootstock as large and half 

 again, weighing, when green, nearly 2 pounds." [Lyon.) 



18320. Colocasia sp. * 

 Most common Gabe of the Philippine Islands. 



18321. Canavalia ensiformis. Sword bean. 



From Mavaguez, P. R. Presented bv the Agricultural Experiment Station. 

 Received March 27, 1906. 



18322 and 18323. Saccharum officinarum. Sugar cane. 



From Cienfuegos, Cuba. Presented by Dr. Robert M. Grey, Harvard Botanical 

 Station, Central Soledad. Received March 27, 1906. 



Samples of each of the following hand-fertilized sugar cane seed: 



18322. CrystaUina X Crystallina. 



18323. Crystallina (female) X Java seedling No. 51 (male). 



18324. LiLiUM philippinense. Lily. 



From Thetford, Vt. Received through Mr. George S. Worcester, April 10, 1906. 

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