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21820. Xiphagrostis condensatus (Hack.) W. F. Wight. (Mis- 

 canthtjs condensatus Hack.) 



From Yokohama, Japan. Purchased from the Yokohama Nursery Com- 

 pany. Received January IS, 1908. 



( For description see No. 10524. i 



21823. Lansium domesticum Jack. Doekoe. 



From Manila, P. I. Presented by Mr. W. S. Lyon. Received January 6, 1908. 



Philippine local name Lanson; Java name Doelcoc. " I have met it more or 

 less widely throughout the archipelago, but, so far as I know, it only fruits 

 abundantly and well in Laguna Province, Luzon, and in widely remote Jolo. 



" Fruits should become thoroughly mature before picking ; those commonly 

 found in the markets are picked when immature. I have sent ripe fruits from 

 Manila to Yokohama (eleven days) and green ones to Honolulu (twenty-one 

 days) successfully." {Lyon.) 



21824 and 21825. 



From Hokkaido, Japan. Presented by Mr. K. Hashimoto, Kuchchau Agri- 

 cultural Society, Abutagun. Received January 14, 1908. 



21824. Phasf.olus angttlaris (Willd.) W. F. Wight. (Dolichos an- 



gularis Willd.) Adzuki bean. 



Red. " Fsed in making ari." {Hashimoto.) 



21825. Glycine hispida (Moench) Maxim. Soybean. 



Amherst ('?). "Used in the manufacture of 'soy,' ' miso,' ' tifu,' etc." 

 {Hashimoto.) 



21826. Xaxthosoata sagittaefoeium (L.) Schott. Yautia. 



From Georgetown, British Guiana. Presented by Mr. Donald Mitchell, 

 American vice and deputy consul, through Mr. O. W. Barrett. Received 

 September 4, 1906. 



" The tubers of this variety were mingled with those of No. 19149, but when 

 grown proved to be distinct from any other variety of yautia (?) in the collec- 

 tion." {Barrett.) 



21827. Medicago sativa L. Alfalfa. 



From Chinook, Mont. Purchased from Mr. F. G. Cooper. Received Janu- 

 ary 22. 1908. 



Grimm. 



21828 and 21829. Medicago sativa L. Alfalfa. 



From the Sevier Yalley, near Oasis, Utah. Purchased. from Mr. A. F. Bliss, 

 Deseret, Utah. Received January 22, 1908. 



21828. First crop. 21829. Second crop. 



21830 and 21831. Glycine hispida (Moench) Maxim. Soy bean. 



From Hokkaido, Japan. Presented by the Yokohama Nursery Company, 

 Yokohama, Japan. Received January 24, 1908. 



21830. Butterball. Japanese name AJcita. 



21831. Japanese name Rumoi. 

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