JULY, 1906, TO DECEMBER, 1907. 



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21318— Continued. 



" Highly recommended as a decorative plant for the hothouse. It can not 

 compare with other Bromeliads for its flowers, but is a handsome plant for its 

 foliage. Leaves crowded into a head, at first erect then gracefully drooping, 

 of leathery texture, barely an inch wide and 3 feet in length. Flowers borne 

 on spikes in the axils of the lower leaves." (Gartenflora, Vol. XIV, p. 137, 

 1865.) (See also S. P. I. No. 3361.) 



21319 and 21320. 



From Ichang, China. Secured by Mr. E. H. Wilson, of the Arnold Arbore- 

 tum, Jamaica Plain, Mass., in cooperation with this Department. Re- 

 ceived September 18 and 19, 1907. 



21319. Rheum sp. Rhubarb. 

 '/(No. 101.) The medicinal rhubarb of western Hupeh. It occurs 



wild in woods above 7,000 feet, but is now extremely rare. It is spar- 

 ingly cultivated by the peasants in the mountains at altitudes between 

 6,000 and 8,000 feet. The seeds sent are from plants cultivated at 6,500 

 feet in the Hsing-shan district. The quality of this Hupeh rhubarb is 

 poor and its market value low as compared with the Szechuan drug." 

 ( Wilson. ) 



21320. Fragaria dtjchesne. Strawberry. 

 "(No. 102.) There are two strawberries in the mountains here above 



4,000 feet altitude — one the common Hantboney (Fragaria elatior) ; the 

 other a red-fruited woodland variety of good flavor. The seeds sent are 

 in all probability of the latter species, but since I did not gather them 

 myself, I am not absolutely certain." (Wilson.) 



21321. Panicum spectabile. 



From Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Presented b; 

 of the Agricultural College, through Prof. C. V. 

 1907. 



r Dr. J. W. Hart, director 

 Piper. Received July 19, 



21322 to 21327. 



From Georgetown, British Guiana. Presented by Prof. A. W. Bartlett, 

 government botanist, Botanic Gardens, through Prof. C. V. Piper. Re- 

 ceived August 12, 1907. 



21322. Pachira insignis. 



21323. Pachira aquatica. 



21324. sophora tomentosa. 



21325. 

 21326. 

 21327. 



Indigofera anil. 

 Crotalaria incana. 

 Clitoria arborescens. 



21329 to 21346. 



From Richmond, New South Wales, Australia. Presented by Mr. H. W. 

 Potts, principal, Hawkesbury Agricultural College. Received July 13, 

 1907. 



21339. Panicum deco m po s- 



ITUM. 



21340. Panicum effusum. 



21341. Panicum flavidum. 



21342. Panicum gracile. 



21343. Panicum trachy- 



RHACHIS. 



21344. Paspalum brevifolium. 



21345. Paspalum scrobicula- 

 tum. 



21346. Andropogon australis. 

 From Inverill, New South 



21329. 



Andropogon affinis. 



21330. 



Andropogon interme- 





dius. 



21331. 



Andropogon pertusus. 



21332. 



Chloris truncata. 



21333. 



Danthonia penicil- 





LATA. 



21334. Eragrostis pilosa. 



21335. Eragrostis pilosa (?). 

 (Perennial variety.) 



21336. Eragrostis lepto- 



stachya. 



21337. Eragrostis brownei. 



21338. Microlaena stipoides. 

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