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BE] DS AM- PLANTS IMPORTED. 



Radish. 

 1/ 



China jute, 

 licing plant called 



Hemp. 



18429 to 18458 Continued. 



18449. R LPHANUS SATIVUB. 



Prom Shanghai. " No. 245a. Seed of a white v 



18450. Amrii.os avicennae. 



From Shanghai. "(No. 246a.) Seed oi a fibei 

 pa-m i." 



18451. ( ' \\\ \i:is BATIVA. 



From Shanghai. (No. 247a.) 



18452. Brass* \ sp. 

 From Shanghai. 



18453. ( lOBCHOBl - Bp. 



■ii Shanghai No. 249a Seed of a fiber-producing plant called 



'Ching-mu-tse.' The fiber is used in weaving rush mats." I Meyer, i 



18454. Bobdeum VULGARE Barley. 

 1-V. .in Shanghai. No. 250a. i 



18455. Pisi m bativt m. Pea. 

 From Shanghai. No. 251a. ) 



18456. | Undetermined, i 



. Shanghai. No. 252a.) A mixture of vetches and peas. 



18457. TRITCCUM vi . Wheat. 

 From Tan-yang. 



18458. HoRDEUM VDX6ARE mmm. Barley. 



I rom Tan-yang ■■>. Seed of a hull-less barley obtained at Tan- 



yang near Chinkiang, south of the Yangtze River." Meyer.) 



18459 and 18460. GLYCINE HI8PIDA. Soy bean. 



From Weal Branch, Mich. Received through Mr. Edward E. Evans, May 2, L906. 



18459. G 18460. Early black. 



18461. Trifolium sp. Clover. 



From Pretoria, Transvaal. Presented by Prof. .1. Burtl Davy, agrostolo^i.-t and 

 botanist of tin- Transvaal Department of Agriculture. Received April 30, 1906. 



•■/. '■■ . t i-li East Africa, where it grows at an altitude of about 



to 7,000 feet; it - to grow well when planted in a dry country." 



18462. ( !UCUMI8 ftlELO. 



From Cartagena, Colombia. Presented by Mr. Win, 

 Costa Rica. Received April 28, 1906. 



Seed of the native Cartagena muskmelon. 



Muskmelon. 



R. Maxon, of San Jose, 



18463. Axixropogon cymbarius. 



From Central Madagascar. Presented by M. Derlandlee, of the Madagascar 

 Department of Agriculture, Tananarivo. Received April 27, 1906. 



"A good forage plant when young, and the best known of the central Madagascar 

 species. Known by the natives as Verotsanjy." (Derlandlee.) 



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