1DECEMBER, 1905, TO JULY, 1906. 



19 



17071. Panicum laevifolium. 



From Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. Presented by Prof. J. Burtt Davy, 

 agrostologist and botanist of the Department of Agriculture. Received Jan- 

 uary 9, 1906. 



17072 to 17075. Eleusine coracana. 



From Bombay Presidency, India. Received through Mr. F. Fletcher, Deputy 

 Director of Agriculture, January 9, 1906. 



17072. " Mukti Nagli." (Close heads. ) From Lonawla. 



17073. " Zipri Nagli. ' ' (Open heads. ) 



17074. "Nagli." (Red.) 



17075. " Nagli." (White.) 



17076 to 17092. 



From Paris, France. Received through 

 1906. 

 Seeds of forage crops, as follows: 



17076. Anthyllis vulneraeia. 



17077. Astragalus falcatus. 



17078. Brassica oleracea. 



17079. Brassica oleracea. 



17080. Cytisus scoparius. 



17081. Festuca dumetorum. 



17082. Festuca heterophylla. 



17083. Festuca ovina. 



17084. Festuca rubra. 



17085. Festuca tenuifolia. 



17086. Lotus villosus. 



17087. Medicago media. 



17088. POA FERTILIS. 



17089. POA NEMORALIS. 



17090. POA SEMPERVIRENS. 



17091. POA TRIVIALIS. 



17092. Ulex EUROPAEUS. 



Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co., January 9, 



Kidney vetch. 



Milk vetch. 



Improved branching borecole. 



Thousand-headed kale. 



Common broom. 



Various-leafed fescue. 



Sheep's-fescue. 



Red fescue. 



Slender-leaved fescue. 



Greater bird's-foot trefoil. 



Sand lucern. 



Wood meadow grass. 



Rough-stalked meadow grass. 

 Furze, gorse, or whin. 



17093. Chrysophyllum cainito. Star-apple. 



From Washington, D. C. Plants grown in the Department greenhouse from 

 seed obtained in 1904 by Mr. G. N. Collins in Jamaica, British West Indies ; 

 numbered January 10, 1906. 



Fruit from which seeds were obtained was large and light colored. 



17094 and 17095. Eragrostis abyssinica. Teff. 



From Abyssinia. Received through His Excellency S. A. Ras Makomen, Jan- 

 uary 12, 1906. 



17094. Pearl white seed. 17095. Brown seed mixed with white. 



"Teff is the staple food of the Abyssinians. Considering the general phy- 

 sique of the nation and that teff is practically the sole means of nourishment, 

 as the poorer classes seldom taste meat, the cereal is undoubtedly rich in nitrog- 



