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Company and which was grown at the Company ' s experiment 

 station at Rung chu ling, Sinkiang. These two varieties 

 are said to have given the best results yet obtained 

 at that place, which lies about 400 miles north of 

 Dairen, between 43 and 44 N. latitude, about on a line 

 with Concord, New Hampshire." (Williamson.) 



Oxalis crenata (Oxalidaceae ) , 47059. From France. 

 Tubers presented by Mr. Stuart R. Cope, Paris. "I am 

 sending you a couple of tubers of Oxalis crenata which has 

 recently made its appearance here as a vegetable. It 

 Is directed to be cooked as the crosne, Staehys sieboldi, 

 which is a common vegetable here and is usually fried 

 In fat, but I am informed that this Oxalis may also 

 be boiled and mashed, like turnips." (Cope.) 



Panieum maximum (Poaceae), 47031. Grass. From 

 Para, Brazil. Presented by Mr. Andre Goeldi through 

 Mr. Geo. H. Pickerell, American Consul. "No. 24. A 

 Guinea grass of gigantic growth, completely different 

 from the common one we have here. The common Guinea 

 grass has narrow leaves and reaches to a height of about 

 4 feet, fhis kind is stronger and much taller, having 

 a very broad leaf, and reaching a height of 7 or more 

 feet. It is not a native grass of this country but was 

 introduced from Jamaica in soil which was packed 

 around banana suckers. It was growing among the banana 

 trees, and especially where the suckers had been laid 

 down before planting." (Goeldi.) 



Phalaris eoerulescens (Poaceae), 46955. Grass. From 

 Mustapha-Alger , Algiers. Presented by Dr. L. Trabut . 

 "Seeds of a good forage grass. Our sheep know how 

 to find the subterranean bulbous parts in the ground, 

 and live on them, in summer, when all other vegetation 

 is dried up." (Trabut.) 



Phalaris truneata (Poaceae), 46952. Grass. From 

 Mustapha-Alger, Algiers. Presented by Dr. L. Trabut. 

 "For winter forage." (Trabut.) A perennial grass, 

 about 2 feet high, found in the Mediterranean region. 

 The flowers are borne in a dense spike, resembling 

 timothy. (Adapted from Pereira, Flora de Portugal, 

 p. 69.) 



Prosopis chilensis (Mimosaceae) , 46973. Algarroba. From 

 Duran, near Guayaquil, Ecuador. Presented by Dr. J. N. 

 Rose, United States National Museum. "The mesquite in 



