208 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



15803 to 15805— Continued. 



15804. Xaxthosoma sagittifolum. Yautia. 



' ' From the Alta Vera Paz district of Guatemala. The yellow tubers seem 

 to distinguish this from all other known sorts having reddish petioles." 

 {Barrett.) 



15805. Dracoxtum asperum. "Guapa." 



"Resembles Amorphophallus, which was discovered on the upper Amazon 

 and which appears to occur only in Porto Rico and Brazil. The large corm, 

 when well matured, is cooked by the natives, and may be compared to squash 

 in appearance, but has a strong flavor not usually relished at the first taste. 

 The single leaf attains a height of 8 feet. The fetid etfluvium of the flower is 

 jwisonous." {Barrett.) 



15806. Hyacinthus orientalis albulus. Hyacinth. 



From Boston, Mass. Received thru R. & J. Farquhar & Co., October 2, 1905. 



15807 and 15808. 



Fjom Palm Springs, Cal. Received from Dr. Welwood Murray, thru Mr. T. H. 

 Kearney, October 2, 1905. 



15807. Chilopsis SALiGNA. Desert willow. 

 An ornamental shrub for desert regions. 



15808. Pakkinsonia sp. Palo verde. 

 An ornamental desert shrub. 



15809 to 15817 



From Hiroshima, Japan. Presented by Mr. J. T. ]\Ieyers. Received September 

 • 29, 1905. 



15809. Eriobotrya JAPOXICA. Loquat. 



15810. Pkcxis sp. Japanese bush, cherry. 



"These (15809 and 15810) are both nursery plants, the 'Usura' (15810) 

 probably thriving under such treatment as would ])e given young cherry 

 trees." ' {Meyers.) 



15811. BRASsiCAsp. Turnip. 

 Shogo. 



15812. Brassica PE-TSAi. Pe-tsai cabbage. 



15813. Brassica sp. Turnip. 

 Mammoth Red. 



15814. Raphaxus sp. Hadish. 

 Sakura. 



15815. Raphanus sp. Radish. 

 Moriguchi. 



15816. CucoRBiTA sp. Squash, 

 Tropical. 



15817. CuciRBiTA sp. Squash. 

 Kyoto. 



15818 to 15820. Feijoa sp. " G-uayabilla." 



From Buenos Aires, Argentina. Received thru Dr. Carlos Spegazzini, botanist 



of the Department of Agriculture, October 5, 1905. 



.15818. Large. 15820. Small or Winter. 



15819. Smooth or Manzana. 

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