182 SEEDS \M> IM.\.\ DS tMPOB i ED. 



14974 and 14975. 



From Sao Paulo, Brazil. Presented by Dr. II. M. Lane, Julj 25, 1905. 



14974. Phaseolus lunatus. Lima bean. 



Grown in Batataes. Doctor Lane says that these are the si wonderfully 



prolific i>"l<- beans I ver sa« . 



14975. NlCOTlANA TABACOM. Tobacco. 



Doctor Lane is afraid it is a mixt lot, as the friend who 

 .-.nt it « rote: " It contains tli>- best varieties grown in the State. The White, 

 Yellow, and Giant can easily be distinguished in the plant-." 



14976 to 14979 NlCOTIANA TABACUM. Tobacco. 



I'r (a.-! ira. Bahia, Brazil. Received from Mr. W. A. Waddell, July 28, 



1905. Sent at the requesl ol Dr. 11. M. Lane, ol . v .t" Paulo. 



14976. Seed from Santa Estevao. 14978. Seed from Cabecas .1.' 



-i in-- i .- . . i. i Mmit \ ba. 



149 i i . Seed from < mteiro Red- 



endo. 14979. Seed from Cruz Mas 



Almas. 



14980 to 14983. Opi STIA 3pp. Prickly pear. 



From Tunis, North Africa. Received thru the director of the Tunisian Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture and Commerce, July 28, 1905. 



111)80. OPUNTIA KICD8-INDICA. 14982. Hl'iMM WCOS - INDICA 



L4081. STIA TUNA. INERMIS. 



14983. Dpi mi \ robusta. 



14984 to 14989. 



From Cape Town, South Africa. Received thru the Smithsonian Institution, 

 from Mr. H.J. Cbalvin, superintendent of the Municipal Gardens, July 29, 1905. 



14984. AsPARAOl'S CRISPUS 14987. Sparaxis PURPUREA. 



14985. FrebsIA REPRACTA u.iia. 14988. SvNNOTIA BICOLOR. 



14986. Sparaxis bulbifbra. 14989. Tritonia fenbstrata. 



14990 and 14991 



Paris, France. Received thru Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co., August 10, 1905. 



14990. VlClA villosa. Hairy vetch. 



14991. Hedysaruxi coronarium. Sulla. 



14992. 7a a mays. Popcorn. 



From Amboina, Dutch Fast Indies. Presented by Mr. Roskott. Received 

 August 9, 1905. 



14993. Citrus axjstralasica. Finger lime. 



From Queensland, Australia. Presented to Prof. VV. M. Hays, SI. Anthony Park, 



.Minn., by Mr. James, Pink, of Wellington Point, near Brisbane. Received 



August 11, 1!'".-,. 



"It is a fruit which I think capable of great Improvement. Nothing has ever 



been attempted with it here, and I send you a few <1 rie«l fruits which, 1 have no doubt, 



contain g I seeds. The plant is a lan:e shrub, very limited in its distribution. 



" The fruit when well grown is from 3 to 4 inches long, of a bright orange-crimson 

 color, ami of excellent flavor.'" Pink. 



14994. Trifolium incarnatum. Crimson clover. 



From New York, N. Y. Received thru Henry Nungesser & Co., August 11, 1905. 



