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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



18429 to 18458— Continued. 



18449. Raphanus sativus. Radish. 

 From Shanghai. "(No. 245a. ) Seed of a white variety." {Meyer.) 



18450. Abutilon avicennae. China jute. 



From Shanghai. "(No. 246a.) Seed of a fiber-producing plant called 

 pa-mu. ' ' ( Meyer. ) 



18451. Cannabis sativa. Hemp. 

 From Shanghai. (No. 247a.) 



18452. Brassica sp. 



From Shanghai. (No. 248a.) 



18453. CoRCHORUs sp. 



From Shanghai. "(No. 249a.) Seed of a fiber-producing plant called 

 ' Ching-mu-tse.' The fiber is used in weaving rush mats." (Meyer.) 



18454. HoRDEUM vuLGARE. Barley. 

 From Shanghai. (No. 250a.) 



18455. PisuM SATIVUM. Pea. 

 From Shanghai. ( No. 251a. ) 



18456. (Undetermined.) 



From Shanghai. (No. 252a.) A mixture of vetches and peas. 



18457. Triticum vulgake. Wheat. 

 From Tan-yang. (No. 253a. ) 



18458. Hordeum vulgare nudum. Barley. 



From Tan-yang. "(No. 254a.) Seed of a hull-less barley obtained at Tan- 

 yang near Chinkiang, south of the Yangtze River." {Meyer.) 



18459 and 18460. Glycine hispida. Soy bean. 



From West Branch, Mich. Received through Mr. Edward E. Evans, May 2, 1906. 



18459. Green. 18460. Early black. 



18461. Trifolium sp. Clover. 



From Pretoria, Transvaal. Presented by Prof. J. Burtt Davy, agrostblogist and 

 botanist of the Transvaal Department of Agriculture. Received April 30, 1906. 



'^Limoru clover seed from British East Africa, where it grows at an altitude of about 

 6,000 to 7,000 feet; it also appears to grow well when planted in a dry country." 

 {Davy.) 



18462. CUCUMIS MELO. 



Muskmelon. 



From Cartagena, Colombia. Presented by Mr. Wm. R. Maxon, of San Jose, 

 Costa Rica. Received April 28, 1906. 



Seed of the native Cartagena muskmelon. 



18463. Andropogon cymbarius. 



From Central Madagascar. Presented by M. Derlandlee, of the Madagascar 

 Department of Agriculture, Tananarivo. Received April 27, 1906. 



"A good forage plant when young, and the best known of the central Madagascar 

 species. Known by the natives as T'ieroteanji/." {Derlandlee.) 



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