130 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



20970 to 20973— Continued. 



shrimps, and chile, forming a dish 'none will refuse.' Roots are also 

 mashed and made into a gruel." {Palmer.) 



20971 to 20973. IPOMOEA batatas. Sweet potato. 



20971. Wild. 20973. Red. 



20972. White. 



20974. Barleria flava. 



From Mindoro, P. I. Presented by Mr. William S. Lyon, horticulturist, 



Bureau of Agriculture, by whom 11 was collected in March, 1907. Re- 



ceived May I. 1907. 



"Dwarf yellow-flowered shrub; very Boriferous over period of six months. 



Thriving al sea level in shallow, rocky soils where exposed to nearly continuous 



droughl from January to May." (Lyon.) 



20976. Raphanus sativus. Radish. 



From chic,,. Cal. Received through Mr. P. II. Dorsett, in charge of Plant 

 Introduction Garden, April 13, 1'.h>7. 

 Seed raised from radishes sent in from Yang-tchow. China, in 1900, by Mr. 

 Frank N. Meyer, agricultural explorer. (Meyer's No. 149.) 



20977. Oryza punctata. Rice. 

 From Cairo, Egypt. Presented by Dr. G. Schweinfurth, May 10, 1907. 



•• wild Scilluk rice, gathered as a cereal by the Shilluk tribes in Lull, above 

 Fashoda. Collected by Mr. Robert Tuerstig, Oindurinan, British Egyptian 

 Soudan." i Schtci infurth. i 



20978 to 20979. Phtsalis. Husk tomato. 



From Queretaro, Mexico. Presented by Mr. M. M. Urquiza, through Mr. 



0. W. Barrett, May 13, L907. 



20978. Husk and fruit purple near stem. 



20979. Husk and fruit yellowish near stem. 



20980. Vh.na i ngi hi lata. Cowpea. 



From Nairobi, British East Africa. Presented by Mr. Henry Powell, 

 Director of Agriculture, through Mr. C. V. Piper, May 10, 1007. 



20981 to 20984. 



From Amani, German East Africa. Presented by Dr. Franz Stuhlmann, 

 direktor des Kaiserlichen Biologiseh-Landwirtschaftlichen Instituts, 

 through Mr. C. V. Piper, May S, L907. 



20981 and 20982. Axdropogon sobghum. Sorghum. 



20981. White durra. " Kisuahili mgau." 



20982. White durra. " Kisuahili fere-fere." 



20983 and 20984. Yigna uxguiculata. Cowpea. 



20983. Brown, resembling Red Ripper. 



20984. Mottled brown, resembling New Era. 



20985 to 20987. 



From St. Georges, Grenada, British West Indies. Presented by Mr. Rudolph 



1. Anstead, agricultural superintendent, Botanic Station, through Mr. 

 O. W. Barrett, May 9, 1907. 



20985 and 20986. Xanthosoma sp. Yautia. 



20987. IPOMOEA BATATAS. 

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