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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



New Zealand flax. 

 Received July 30, 1900. 



5361. Phormium cookiaxus. 



From New Brighton, Canterbury, New Zea]an 

 Presented by Mr. L. Cockayne. 



A form growing on limestone rocks at sea level. Distributed. 



5362. Oryza sativa. Rice. 



From Java. Received through Messrs. Lathrop and Fairchild,. July 30, 1T00. 



A small sample of the most noted Javan rice, the Indra Mayoe, secured fro n the 

 Holland exhibit at the Paris Exposition, 1900. Distributed. 



5363. CUCURBITA MAXIMA. 



Pumpkin. 



From Forestburg, S. Dak. Received August 2, 1900. Presented by Hon. H. C. 

 Warner. 



Hungarian honey. Seed grown at Forestburg two years from the original No. 14, 

 Inventory No. 1, imported by Prof. N. E. Hansen. 



5364. Atriplex nummularia. 



From Coolabah, New South Wales. 

 3,1900. (See No. 5082.) 



Old man saltbush. 



Presented bv Mr. R. W. Peacock, August 



5365. Atriplex halimoides. 



From Coolabah, New South Wales. 

 3,1900. (See No. 5083.) 



Saltbush. 

 Presented by Mr. R. W. Peacock, August 



'5366. Atriplex leptocarpa. Saltbush. 



From Coolabah, New South Wales. Presented bv Mr. R. W. Peacock, August 

 3, 1900. 



A much-branched trailing perennial. The whole plant is covered with glaucous 

 bloom. The leaves are very variable in shape, but mostly oblong, and from 1 to 2 

 'inches in length. The fruit is small, narrow, cylindrical, and prominently two- 

 pointed at the apex. This species was introduced into California in 1891 and has 

 become widely distributed. (See Farmers' Bulletin No. 108.) Distributed. 



5367. Atriplex angulata. 



From Coolabah, New South Wales. 

 3, 1900. 



Saltbush. 



Presented by Mr. R, W. Peacock, August 



"A dwarf shrubby plant with spreading branches more or less covered with a 

 £ mealy whiteness. It withstands very dry weather, is easily cultivated, and makes 

 la valuable hay for feeding stock. The seeds should be sown in early autumn, after 

 a rainfall. ' ' ( Tu rner. ) Distributed. 



5368. atriplex tesicaria. 



Bladder saltbush. 



From Coolabah, 

 3, 1900. 



New South Wales. Presented bv Mr. R. W. Peacock, August 



An erect, bushy shrub, 18 inches to 2 feet high, and covered with a white, scaly 

 dust. The leaves are about three-fourths of an inch long and oblong in shape. The 

 cfruit is membranous, with large, inflated, angled, bladder-like appendages on each 

 side, hence the name "bladder saltbush." In Australia tins species is considered 

 one of the most valuable forage plants, because of the abundance oi seed which it 

 produces and the ease with which the seeds are spread about. It withstands the 

 utmost extremes of drought. (See Farmers' Bulletin No. 108.) 



: 5369. Atriplex leptocarpa. 



From Coolabah, New South Wales. 

 3, 1900. Distributed. 



(See No. 5366.) 



Saltbush. 



Presented by Mr. R. W. Peacock, August 



