224 SEEDS A.\|i PLANTS IMPORTED. 



16213. Medicago maculata. Bur clover. 

 From Abbeville, S. C. Received thru Mr. Arthur Parker, November 11, 1905. 



16214. M.U8A TEXTTLIS. Manila hemp. 



From Manila, I*. I. Received thru Mr. \Y. s. Lyon, Insular Bureau of Agricul- 

 ture, November L3, L905. 



16215 to 16222. EroDITJM -pp. 



From Geneva, Switzerland. Received thru Mr. 11. Correvon, November 1."., 

 L905. 



16215. ebodium hymenodes. 16219. ellodil'm glandolosdm. 



16216. Ekodium chelidonifo- 16220. Erodicm macbadenum. 



HUM. 



16217. EbODI! M PEL LRGONIFO 



III M. 



16218. EBODIUM !>\i COIDE8. 



16221. Erodium manescavi. 



16222. Ebodium m icboph v 



16223. ( ' \i:im «. mi;i>m:i:i. 



From Pendleton, Oreg. Received thru Mr. \Y. 11. Bleakney, November, 1905. 



" This plant was formerly a staple article of food among the Umatilla and other 

 Indian nil..- of the Pacific Northwest The roots may !>•• eaten either raw or 

 « ked. They have a delicious flavor." (Coville.) (See also No. 12932.) 



16224. BLIGHIA 8APIDA. Akee. 



From Kingston, Jamaica. Received thru Mr. G. N. Collins, November, 1905. 



"Unless rally matured, the white fleshy arillus of this excellenl Eruit is regarded 

 a- poisonous by the natives "i Jamaica." (Collh 



16225 and 16226. XanthOSOMa -pp. Yautia. 



From Floral Park, Long fsland, N. V. Received thru Mr. John Lewis Ohilds, 

 November 17. L9i 



16225. X.ANTHOSOMA 8AGITTIFO- 16226. KANTHOSOMA Sp. 



I.I I M. 



16227. Eucalyptus gonicm llyx. Eucalypt. 



From Guadalajara, Mexico. Received thru Mr. Federico Chisolm, November 

 17. L905. 



16228. Poa pratensis. Kentucky bluegrass. 

 From Winchester, Ky. Received thru Mr. D. S. Gay, November 17, 1905. 



16229. Vigna sinensis. Cowpea. 

 From Bristol, Conn. Received thru Mr. Berman Ockels, November 10, 1905. 



16230. Paspalum dilatatum. Large water grass. 

 From Biloxi, Miss. Received thru Mr. S. M. Tracy, November 18, 1905. 



16231. Aealia racemosa. Spikenard. 



From Xorth Clarendon, Vt. Received thru Mr. James Barrett, November 21, 

 1905. 



Roots and berries of the wild spikenard are used in the preparation of a remedy 

 for catarrhal affections. For use in breeding with Aralia cordata, the Japanese 

 "udo." 

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