168 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED, 



14470. Eragrostis abyssinica. Teflf. 



From San Giovanni a Teduccio, near Naples, Italy. Received thru Dammann 

 &Co., July 21, 1905. 



14471. Xanthosoma sagittifolium. Yautia. 



From Mayaguez, P. R. Received from the Agricultural Experiment Station, 

 July 24, 190.5. 

 "This varietv is in many respects the best of all the yautias cultivated in tropical 

 America. It j'ields .3 to .tVj^i"^^ to the nill, and can be grown on a great variety of 

 soils. It requires about ten months to mature. 



"This varietv is known as 'RoUiza ' in Porto Rico. It is also grown in Trmidad, 

 Venezuela, and Balize, British Honduras. The fresh roots contain 20 per cent to 

 28 per cent of starch, with very little fiber. 'No. 1,' of P. R. Exp. Station." 

 (Barrett.) 



14472 and 14473. 



From Manila, P. I. Received thru Capt. George P. Ahern, chief of the Bureau 

 of Forestry, July 24, 190-5. 



14472. Orania philippixensis. Palm. 

 ' "A palm indigenous to the Philippine Islands." [Ahem ) 



14473. Pandanus luzonexsis. 



"A plant indigenous to the Philippine Islands, found at elevations up to 600 

 meters above sea level. Apparently closely related to Pandanus sylrestris Bory, 

 from the island of Reunion, differing in" its larger size, longer leaves, etc. 

 Described in Bulletin No. 17, Bureau of Government Laboratories, Manila, 

 P. 1., 'New or Noteworthv Philippine Plants, II,' by Botanist Elmer D. Mer- 

 rill." {Ahem.) 



14474. ViGNA SINENSIS. Cowpca. 

 From Grovetown, Ga. Received thru Mr. W. W. Hamilton, July 26, 1905. 



14475. SoLANUJi coMMERSONi. Aquatic potato. 



From Montevideo, Uruguay. Received thru Dr. J. Clyde Macartney, July 25, 



1905. 



14476. Opuntia sp. Prickly pear. 



This number (14476) was assigned to about 500 seedling cacti sent by Mr. Luther 

 Burbank, Santa Rosa, Cal., to Dr. S. A. Knapp, San Antonio, Tex., for planting on 

 the Government demonstration farm. 



14477 to 14479. 



From City of ^Mexico, ]\Iexico. Received thru Dr. J. N. Rose, of the United 

 States National Museum, July 28, 1905. 



A collection of unidentified plants. 



14480. Ipomoea BATATAS (?). ~ Dahomcy swect potato. 



From Bordeaux, France. Received thru Hon. Albion W. Tourgee, United States 

 consul, July 31, 1905. 



This plant "is a native of Dahomey and very prolific. The leaves of the plant can 

 be used as a suljstitute for.spinach, and the tubers, containing a higher percentage of 

 sugar than beets, are fine flavored and make exceptionally good food for live stock." 

 ( Tourgee. ) • ~- 



14481. LiLTUM LONGIFLORUM ExiMEUM. Easter lily. 



From Washington, D. C. Received July 31, 1905. Selected bulbs grown in 

 the Department greenhouses. 



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