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212 SEEDS AXD PLANTS IMPORTED. 



15853 to 15874— Continued. 



15868. Secale cereale. • B,ye. 



Fourth generation from Russian seed, obtained at the Paris Exjjosition. 

 (C. I. Xo. 13.) 



15869. Secale cereale. Rye. 



Fourth generation from Russian seed obtained at the Paris Exposition. 

 (C. I. No. 1.) 



15870 to 15874. TRiricrM \ rL(;ARE. Wheat. 



15870. Kharhof. 



Fourth generation from S. P. I. No. 74(57. (C. I. No. 1583.) 



15871. Tarh-ij. 



Fourth generation from seed from Harvev Countv, Kans. (C. I. 



No. 1558.) 



15872. I'lta. 



Fourtli generation from S. P. I. No. 5638. (C". I. No. 1439.) 



15873. Crimean. 



Fourth generation from S. P. I. No. 5636. (C. I. No. 1437.) 



15874. Khurhof. 



Fourth generation from S. P. I. No. 5641. (C. I. No. 1442.) 



15875. Bromus paciucus. 



From Sitka, Alaska. Received thru Prof. C. C. Georgeson, Agricuhural Exper- 

 iment Station, October 13, 1905. 



15876 to 15879. Musa spp. Banana. 



From Manila, P. I. Received thru Mr. William S. Lvon, Bureau of Agriculture, 

 October 16, 1905. 



15876. Carinosa. 15878. La Gloria. 



15877. Lacatan. 15879. Bnmulan. 



15880. Tamarindus ixdica. Tamarind. 



From Manila, P. I. Received tliru ^Ir. William S. Lvon, Bureau of Agriculture, 

 October 16, 1905. 



15881. Garcinia maxgostana. Mangosteen. 



From Port of Spain, Trinidad. Received thru Prof. J. H. Hart, Trinidad Bo- 

 tanical Department, OctoVjer 21, 1905. 



15882. KUNZEA POMIFERA. 



Received by the Office of Grass and Forage Plant Investigations without definite 

 information as to the sender, October 1 7, 1905. 



"Dense, prostrate, sand-binding plant. Grows only on sand hammocks, near the 

 seacoast (in South Australia). Bears large quantities of edible berries in clusters of 

 five or six. Mnntries of natives; native apples of whites. Fruits have the odor and 

 taste of apples." 



15883. Oenothera ovata. Evening primrose. 



From Santa Cruz, Cal. Received thru Mr. George J. St.reator, October 17, 1905. 



15884. Bromus inermis. Smooth brome-grass. 



From Chicago, 111. Received thru yir. A. Dickinson, October 16, 1905. 

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