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hardy fodder plant, which possesses also some claim as an ornament, and can I >e 

 recommended either as a garden or fodder plant. Seeds sown in March or February, 

 about 4 feet apart, after rain, will readily germinate, and under favorable conditions 

 develop into presentable plants the first year." (Koch.) 



4303. Eremophiea duttonii. 



From South Australia. Received through Mr. Max Koch, Mount Lyndhurst, 

 January 18, 1900. 



"An ornamental shrub, attaining a height of 5 to 8 feet. Corolla orange red; calyx 

 segments much enlarged after flowering; leaves narrowly lanceolate. Aboriginal 

 names in the Dieyerie dialect of central Australia: Kaltya, Maya." (Koch.) 



4304. Eleusine cruciata. Eight-day grass. 



From South Australia. Keceived through Mr. Max Koch, Mount Lvndhurst, 

 January 18, 1900. 



Summer grass. "This annual, which starts into growth any time from October to 

 the end of February, after a sufficient fall of rain, is valuable on account of its 

 extremely quick growth, especially when the country has been reduced to a desert 

 through the long absence of rain. A few days after a rain in summer it will produce 

 fodder for sheep, and keep them going until the slower-growing grasses or herbs 

 yield a crop. This grass grows on alluvial flats, especially in sandy soils. The 

 aboriginal name in the Dieyerie dialect is Wallamoorroo." (Koch.) 



4305. Acacia sentis. Prickly wattle. 



From South Australia. Received through Mr. Max Koch, Mount Lyndhurst, 

 January 18, 1900. 



Bramble Acacia. A small, spreading, thorny tree, sometimes 30 to 40 feet high, with 

 linear or lanceolate phyllodes; occurring in all the colonies of Australia. In western 

 New South Wales ' ' its presence is considered to be a sure indication of underground 

 water. It resists drouth and heat very well, probably because of the enormous 

 depths to which its roots penetrate. Mr. Scott, in sinking wells in the Grey Ranges, 

 northwest New South Wales, traced the roots down to a depth of *80 to 90 

 feet." (Maiden). "TheHimber is soft, but tough. A light-colored gum of good 

 quality is produced sparingly. The bark contains some tannin. The seeds are 

 eaten by the Australian blacks." (V. Mueller.) "Cropped by herbivora in dry 

 seasons and receiving special attention from the camel at all times. Can also be 

 tried as a hedge plant, as it stands clipping well. Seed should be steeped in water 

 for a day or two before sowing in February or March. The aboriginal name in the 

 Dieyerie dialect is Kalyoo." (Koch.) Distributed. 



4306. Bassia dallachyana. 



From South Australia. Received through Mr. Max Koch, Mount Lvndhurst, 

 January 18, 1900. 



"An undershrub of erect habit, cottony, growing about 1 foot or more high. The 

 branches are clothed with wool; the leaves are sessile linear, obtuse, thick, soft, and 

 densely tomentose, about one-half to one inch long; the flowers are mostly in pairs 

 and crowded into terminal leafy spikes; the fruiting calyx is nearly globular, mem- 

 branous and densely woolly tomentose. It is eaten by sheep, but when in fruit I 

 believe it to be injurious to them. As a fodder plant it therefore can not be recom- 

 mended, yet it may be useful to ascertain whether the cottony substance of the 

 fruiting calyx be suitable for manufacture of cotton or felt. These plants produce 

 this cottony or woolly material in great quantities, which, when matured, can easily 

 be stripped off with the hand. The time to sow, like the Atriplex, is in early 

 autumn, 3 feet apart." (Koch.) 



4307. Triticum vulgare. Wheat. 



From Michigan. Received January 19, 1900. 



Budapest. "A red, bearded, winter wheat, with rather hard grains, and ripen- 

 ing fairly early. It has narrow compact heads, well filled. Introduced into Mich- 

 igan from Hungary by C. G. A. Voigt, of Grand Rapids. The grain is dark red in 



