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19271. Xanthosoma sp. Yautia. 

 From Kingsville, Tex. Presented by Mr. John D. Harvey, October 13, 1906. 



19272. Cynara scolymus. Artichoke. 



From Paris, France. Received through Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co., October 

 16, 1906. 



Flat Brittany. 



19273. DoLICHANDRONE RHEEDII. 



From Manila, P. I. Presented by Mr. W. S. Lyon, of the Bureau of Agri- 

 culture, October 12, 1906. 



19274 and 19275. Asparagus spp. 



From Pretoria, Transvaal. Presented by Prof. J. Burtt Davy, of the Trans- 

 vaal Department of Agriculture. Received October 15, 1906. Imported 

 for work in asparagus-breeding experiments. 



19274. (Davy's No. 2968/1151/06.) 



19275. (Davy's No. 1049/06.) 



" Collected in the Ermelo District, on the high veld between 4,000 and 

 5,000 feet altitude, subject to a summer rainfall of 26 inches, with 

 considerable heat, but a completely dry, cold winter of about five months' 

 duration." (Davy.) 



19276. Pinus longifolia. Pine. 



From Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by Prof. C. S. Sargent, of the 

 Arnold Arboretum. Received September 1, 1906. 



" This is an Indian species and not the same as P. roxburghi, which is the 

 same as P. excelsa." (Sargent.) 



19277. APIUM GRAVEOLENS ( ? ) . 



From Port Stanley, Falkland Islands. Secured by Mr. John E. Rowan, 

 U. S. consul. Received October 18, 1906. 



A wild celery introduced for breeding purposes with the cultivated forms. 



19279. Scirpus TUBEROSUS. 



From China. Received through Mr. John Tull, special agent, October 16, 

 1907. 



Japanese nut Kuro-kuwai. "(No. 1.) Roots of a bulbous plant of Cyper- 

 acese, growing wild in marshy places; also cultivated in paddy land for tubers. 

 In winter they are dug and eaten either raw or boiled, resembling a chestnut 

 in taste. In China starch is made from them and called Batel-fun. This is 

 the Chinese variety which is largely imported into Japan to eat raw. These 

 roots were purchased on the market in Yokohama, Japan." (Tull.) 



19282. Lathyrus tingitanus. Tangier scarlet pea. 



From Algiers, Algeria. Received through Dr. L. Trabut, October 19, 1906. 



19284 to 19287. 



From Tehuacan, Puebla, Mexico. Received through Dr. J. N. Rose, of the 

 U. S. National Museum, October 22, 1906. 



19284. Beaucarnea oedipus, Rose. 



"(No. 11220.) One of my new species and is one of the most remark- 

 able desert plants I have ever seen." (Rose.) 

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