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20867 to 20869— Continued. 



20868. Physalis ixoc&bpa. Ground cherry. 

 A large-fruited variety. 



20869. Ficus sp. Wild fig-. 

 Small fruits. 



20870 to 20871. Nephelium spp. 



From Kuching, Sarawak. Presented by Mr. John Hewitt, curator of the 

 Sarawak Museum, April 18, 1907. 



20870. Buoh Mo. White. 20871. Buoh Mo. Red. 

 "Possibly these are N. -formatum." (Heicitt.) 



20873. Andropogon sorghum. Sorghum. 



From Bombay, Kirkee, India. Presented by Prof. G. A. Gammie, economic 

 botanist, Ganeshkhind Botanical Gardens, through Mr. David Fairchild, 

 April 10, 1907. 



"Juar. Said to be a dwarf variety." (Gammie.) 



20876. Castilla sp. Rubber. 



From Ancon, Canal Zone, Panama. Received through Mr. Henry F. 

 Schultz, April 19, 1907. 



20877. Asparagus sp. Asparagus. 



From Cape Town, South Africa. Received from Mr. J. S. Henkel, Acting 

 Conservator of Forests, Western Conservancy, March 19, 1907. 



Imported for experiments in the breeding of disease-resistant strains of 

 asparagus. 



20879. Phaseolus sp. 



From Miami, Florida. Received through Mr. W. F. Wight, of the Bureau 

 of Plant Industry, April 22, 1907. 



"Collected on farm of Captain Haden, some miles south of Miami. Source 

 unknown, but probably introduced with a large number of other plants from 

 various parts of the world introduced by him." (Wight). 



20880. Agave rigida eeongata. Henequen. 



From St. Louis, Mo. Received through Dr. Wm. Trelease, director, Mis- 

 souri Botanical Garden, April 20, 1907. 



" Plants representing the true gray henequen or gray sisal of Yucatan. They 

 are what botanists currently call Agave rigida elongata." (Trelease.) 



20890. Carludovica palmata. 



From Ancon, Canal Zone, Panama. Received through Mr. Henry F. 

 Schultz, April 23, 1907. 



20891 to 20894. 



From Kobe, Japan. Presented by Hon. Hunter Sharp, American consul, 

 who purchased them from J. Ikeda & Co., Tokyo, Japan. Received March 

 25, 1907. 



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