14 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



19152 to 19166— Continued. 



19154. Panicum maximum. Guinea grass. 

 "(No. 3.) Local name Capim Gutiue da Bahia." (Hart.) 



19155. Chaetochloa sp. 



"(No. 4.) Probably of little or no value." (Hart.) 



19156. Leptochloa geacilis. 



"(No. 5.) Eaten by animals with relish." (Hart.) 



19157. Panicum maximum. Guinea grass. 



"(No. 0.) Local name Grama colonia. Much esteemed for hay and 

 pasture. Grows 2 meters high on good land." (Hart.) 



19158. Tbicholaena rosea. 



"(No. 7.) Local name Favorit a. A splendid variety for hay." (Hart.) 



19159. Cassia sp. 



"(No. 20.) A legume found growing on uncultivated land; shrub about 

 0.75 meter high; doubtless owing to the renovating effect .of this and 

 related species the high fertility of the soil here is partly due." (Hart.) 



19160. Cassia sp. 



"(No. 27.) Shrub about 0.0 meter high. Similar to preceding num- 

 ber.*' (Hart.) 



19161. Cassia sp. 



"(No. 28.) A leguminous annual shrub, about 00 centimeters high, 

 bearing an enormous crop of seed. Found on borders of cultivated fields 

 and in pastures. Not eaten by stock." (Hart.) 



19162. Axdropogon halepensis. Johnson grass. 



"(No. 29.) An indigenous grass similar to Amber sorghum cane when 

 growing." (Hart.) 



19163. 



"(No. 30.) A leguminous vine growing wild in abandoned fields." 

 (Hart.) 



19164. Chaetochloa sp. 



"(No. 31.) A large, coarse grass growing in open places in forests; 

 eaten by horses. Its robust habit and strikingly veined blades would 

 suggest its trial as an ornamental grass." (Hart.) 



19165. Panicum sp. 



"(No. 33.) A grass found growing sparingly in the shade; not culti- 

 vated." (Hart.) 



19166. Panicum sp. 



"(No. 34.) A grass found on the margin of the forest on somewhat 

 moist soil; probably of no agricultural value." (Hart.) 



19167. Peesea gratissima. Avocado. 

 From Queretaro, Mexico. Presented by Sr. M. M. Urquiza. Received 



September 7, 1906. 



Seed. 



19168. Oryza punctata. Rice. 

 From Ujiji, German East Africa. Presented by Dr. G. Schweinfurth, Ber- 

 lin, Germany, through Mr. David Fairchild. Received August 27, 1906. 



Wild rice to be used in breeding experiments for the production of more 

 disease-resistant varieties. 

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