208 SEEDS VNI> PLANTS tMPOETED. 



15803 to 15805 ( lontinued. 



15804. Xanthosoma sagittifolium. Ynutia. 



"From the Alia Vera Paz district of Guatemala. The yellow tubers seem 

 i.i distinguish this from all other known Borta having reddish petioles. " 



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15805. Dracontium isperum. "Guapa." 



"Resembles Amorphophallus, which was discovered on the upper Amazon 

 and which appears to occur only in Porto Rico and Brazil. The large conn, 



when well matured, is < ked by the natives, and may be compared t<> squash 



in appearance, bul has a strong flavor nol usually relished at the firsl taste. 

 The single leaf attains a height of 8 feet. The fetid effluvium of the flower is 

 poisonous." I Barrett. ) 



15806. HyaCINTHDS ORIENTALI8 LLBULUS. Hyacinth. 



lr Boston, Mass. Received thru K. A.I. Farquhar a Co., October 2, L905. 



15807 and 15808. 



Palm Springs, Oal. Received from It. Welwood Murray, thru Mr. T. M. 

 Kearney, October 2, L8 



15807. CniLOPSis MALIGNA. Desert willow. 

 An ornamental Bhrub for desert regions. 



15808. Parkinhonia sp. Palo verde. 

 \n ornamental desert Bhrub. 



15809 to 15817 



I i Hiroshima, Japan. Presented by Mr. .1. T. Meyers. Received September 



29, 1905. 



15809. Kriobotbya iaponk \. Loquat. 



15810. I'd m - -[•. Japanese bush cherry. 



rhese 15809 and 15810 are both nursery plants, the 'Umra' (15810) 

 probably thriving under such treatmenl as would be given young cherry 

 trees." l/< 



15811. Brahhk i sp. Turnip. 



15812. Brabhica pb- Pe-tsai cabbage. 



15813. Brassu \ sp. Turnip. 

 Mammoth /.'••/. 



15814. Raphakus sp. Radish. 

 Sakura. 



15815. Raphani b 8p. Radish. 

 Moriguchi. 



15816. Cucdrbita ~i>. Squash. 

 Tropical. 



15817. Cucurbita sp. Squash. 



KiJOtn. 



15818 to 15820. Feijoa sp. " Guayabilla." 



From Buenos Aires, Argentina. Received thru Dr. Carlos Spegazzini, botanist 

 of the Department of Agriculture, October 5, 1905. 



15818. Large. 15820. Small or Winter, 



15819. Smooth or Mo,,-j,i,o. 



