9$ SEEDS AM) PLANTS LMPORTED. 



18641 to 18651. CYAMOPSIS TETRAGONOLOBA. GrUar. 



From Sural, India. Presented by Mr. F. Fletcher, Deputy Director of Agricul- 

 ture, Bombay Presidency. Received June 4, 1906. 



Nadiad varieties; 



18641. 



Sotia. The seed of this variety is principally used as cattle food. It i> also 

 >mw ii in beds of ginger, turmeric, etc., t" serve as -hade plant- to young shoots. 



18642. 



Wakardia. The pods of this variety are used as a green vegetable. 



18643. 



Telia. This is also sown for vegetable purposes, but it is considered superior 

 to Wakardia on accounl of it- 1 >< ■ i m _>- more smooth. 



18644. 



Pardeshi. Deed as a vegetable. 



Sural varieties: 



18645. 



Talabda. Seed used ascattle I I. 



18646. 



5 Ha. Chiefly used as a vegetable; bul in the case of valuable garden crops, 

 Buch as ginger, turmeric, si nan, etc., it serves a double purpose, viz, as a shade 

 plant and as green manure. 



18647. 



Makhairia. Used only as a vegetable. 

 Dhulia varieties: 

 18648. 



Botkya. A Bhort-podded variety used as a vegetable. 



18649. 



Telia. A long-podded variety used as a vegetable; cooks better than the 

 Botkya. 



1 tharwar varieties: 



18650. 



Turai chavali. Used as a vegetable. 



18651. 



Chole chavali. Used as a vegetable. N 



18652 to 18661. Dioscorea spp. Yam. 



From Mavayuez, 1'. K. Received at the Subtropical Laboratory and Garden, 

 Miami, Fla., in May. 1906. 



A collection of yams, as follows: 



18652. Dioscorea trifida. 

 Segro or Yampee < ex Jamaica). 



18653. Dioscorea trifida. 

 Afapuey Blanco. White roots. 



18654. Dioscorea trifida. 

 Mapuey Colorado. Purple roots. 



18655. Dioscorea pentaphylla (?). 

 (Ex Hawaii.) 



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