JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1908. 13 



21758 to 21767. Rheum spp. Rhubarb. 



From St. Petersburg, Russia. Presented by Dr. A. Fiscber von Waldhehn, 



Received January 6, 190S. 



director, Imperial Botanic Garden. 



21758. Rheum rhapontictjm L. 

 Queen Victoria. 



21759. Rheum undulatum L. 



21760. Rheum rhaponticum L. 



21761. Rheum palmatum tanguticum Maxim. 



21762. Rheum palmatum L. 

 Red flowered. 



21763. Rheum australe Don. 



21764. Rheum compactum L. 



21765. Rheum palmatum atropurpureum. 



21766. Rheum moorcroftianum Royle. - 



21767. Rheum acuminatum Hook. f. & Tbomas. 



21768 and 21769. Medicago sativa L. Alfalfa* 



From Bassorab, Persian Gulf. Purcbased from Mr. H. P. Cbalk, agent for 

 tbe Hills Brothers Company, New York. Received January 7, 1908. 



Arabian alfalfa or Jet. 



21768. Seed from unirrigated plants. 



21769. Seed from irrigated plants. 



21770 to 21778. 



From French Guinea. Presented by M. Aug. Chevalier, 63 Rue de Buffon, 

 Paris, France. Received January 10, 1908. 



Ipomoea batatas (L.) Poir. Sweet potato. 



Ipomoea batatas (L.) Poir. Sweet potato. 



Ipomoea batatas (L.) Poir. Sweet potato. 



CG1.EUS sp. 



Coleus sp. 



Dioscorea BULBIFERA L. 



Musa sp. 



Xanthosoma sagittaefoliui 



21770. 

 21771. 

 21772. 

 21773. 

 21774. 

 21775. 

 21776. 

 21777. 



White. 

 21778. Xanthosoma sagittaefolium (L.) Schott. 



Rose. 



(L.) Schott. 



Banana. 

 Yautia. 



Yautia. 



21779. Citrus nobilis X vulgaris. 



From Algiers, Algeria. Presented by Dr. 

 Received January 9, 1908. 



"Fruit large, mediocre, colored." (Trabut.) 



P. Trabut, government botanist. 



21780 to 21782. 



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

 Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Mass., in cooperation with this Department. 

 Received January, 1908. 

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