L68 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



14470. Eragrostis abyssinica. Teff. 



From San Giovanni a Teduccio, near Naples, [talv. Received thru Dammann 

 & Co., Jul} 21, 1905. 



14471. XANTHOSOMA 8AGITTIFOLIUM. Yailtia. 



From Mayaguez, P. R. Received from Ihe Agricultural Experiment Station, 

 July 24, 1905. 



■This variety is in many respects the besl <>i' all the yautias cultivated in tropical 

 America. It yields "> to 5 pounds to the hill, and can be grown on a great variety of 

 Boils. It requires about ten 1 1 1> >i 1 1 1 1 ~ to mature. 



"This variety is known as 'Rolliza ' in Porto Rico. It is also grown in Trinidad, 

 Venezuela, and Balize, British Honduras. The fresh roots contain 20 per cent t<> 

 28 per cent of starch, with very little fiber. 'No. I,' of I'. R. Exp. Station." 



14472 and 14473. 



From Manila, P. I. Received thru Capt. George P. ^hern, chief of the Bureau 

 of Forestry, Jul) 24, 



14472. OranI/S PHILIPPINES Palm. 

 " \ palm indigenous to tin- Philippine Islands." I Ahern i 



14473. PaNOANUS m ZONENSIS. 



•• \ plant indigenous t" the Philippine Islands, found at elevations up to 600 

 meters above sea level. Apparently closely related to Paiidanwsylvesforw'BoTy, 

 from the island of Reunion, differing in its larger size, longer leaves, etc. 

 D scribed in Bulletin No. 17. Bureau of Governmept Laboratories, .Manila, 

 1". I nli\ Philippine Plants, II,' by Botanist Elmer 1>. Mer- 



rill." 



14474. VlGNA SINENSIS. Cowpea. 

 From Grovetown, Ga R> eived thru Mr. VV. w. Hamilton, July 26, 1905. 



14475. SoLANUM COMMERSONI. Aquatic potato. 

 From Montevideo, Uruguay. Received thru Dr. J. Clyde Macartney, July 25, 



14476. Opuntia sp. Prickly pear. 



This number 14476) was assigned to aboul 500 seedling cacti senl by .Mr. Luther 

 Burbank, Santa Rosa, Cal., to Dr. S. A. Knapp, San Antonio, Tex., for planting on 

 the ' rovernmenl demonstration farm. 



14477 to 14479. 



From City "t' Mexico, Mexico. Received thru Dr. .1. X. Rose, of the United 

 States National Museum, July 28, 1905. 



A collection of unidentified plants. 



14480. [pomoea batatas (?). Dahomey sweet potato. 



From Bordeaux, France. Received thru Hon. Albion W. Tourgee, United States 

 consul, July 31, 1905. 



This plant "is a native of Dahomey and very prolific. The leaves of the plant can 

 be use<l as a substitute tor spinach, and the tubers, containing a higher percentage of 

 sugar than beets, are fine flavored and make exceptionally good food for live stock." 

 ( Tour gee.) 



14481. Liltu-M loxgiflorum eximetoi. Easter lily. 



From Washington, D. C. Received July 31, 1905. Selected bulbs grown in 

 the Department greenhouses. 



