28 SEEDS AND PLANTS [MPORTED. 



21961. Panicum plantaginetjm Link. 



From Biloxi, Miss. Grown by Prof. S. M. 'rimy, season of 1907. Received 

 January, L908. 



■■Seci from a single planl growing with No. L915S, Natal grass, at Biloxj 

 Miss. A very promising grass for thai locality." (Piper.) 



21962. Medicago sativa L. Alfalfa. 



Prom Mecca, Cal. Presented i>y Mr. E. Brauckman, through Mr. J. M. 

 Westgate. Received February 20, inns. 



"Seed from Arabian alfalfa, No. 12992, supposedly crossed with ordinary 

 alfalfa which was grown alongside of it." i Westgate.) 



21963 and 21964. 



From Guatemala. Collected by Prof. w. A. Kellerman, Ohio stale Univerj 

 sity, Columbus, Ohio. Presented through 1 >r. .1. N. Rose, of the United 

 Slates National Museum. Washington, D. < '. Received February 20, 190$ 



21963. Dahlia [mperiaxis Roezl. 



"(Kellerman's No. 7072; Rose's No. 08 17. > Plants of this species 

 found growing 18 feel high." {Kellerman.) 



21964. I '.i \i I \i:\i \ Gl \n MALI NSIS Rose. 



"(Kellerman's No. 7029; Rose's No. 08 IG.) Tree 6 to 12 meters high] 

 with a thickened bulbous base abruptly tapering into a slender stem 5 td 

 s centimeters in diameter; the swollen base covered with corky bark 8 

 centimeters thick; upper part of stem smooth, with very thin bark: 

 leaves numerous, slightly roughened on both surfaces, clustered al 

 the top as in the common cultivated Beaucarneas, erect (?), broad at 

 base ' I" to ."it millimeters), 10 to L5 millimeters broad above ihe 

 has.- ami gradually tapering upward into a long filiform top bit to so 

 centimeters long, the margin entire; the male inflorescence an open pani- 

 cle, en to :mi centimeters long; female inflorescence not seen; fruit ir> 

 millimeters long, strongly three winged; wings thin, I to 5 millimeters 



broad. 



"Collected halfway up the side of the Sierra de las Minas, opposite 

 i:i Kan. -ho. Guatemala, April 10, 1905 i Kellerman's No. 1320). 



"This species belongs with /»'. inermis and /;. pliabilis, but the fruit 



is broader winged than the former and the leaves are broader than ill the 

 latter." i Ros* . i 



21965. Tkl< IIII.IA EMETICA Yalil. 



From Pretoria, Transvaal. South Africa. Presented by Prof. J. Burtt Davy, 

 governmenl agrostologisl and botanist, Transvaal Department of Agricul- 

 ture. Received February 24, 1 908. 



"This is one of our most ornamental evergreen shade trees, yielding an oil 

 known as • Maawa." of which I understand there is some export from Portu- 

 guese East Africa to Marseille." (Davy.) 



21966. Chayota edtjlis Jacq. Chayote. 



From St. Rose, La. Presented by Mr. Henry McCall. received February 

 24. 1908. 



"A large, smooth, light green and very prolific variety raised in Louisiana, but 

 original source unknown. To be distributed to growers in the South with the 

 object of encouraging its culture for the mai-ket." (Fischer.) 



21967 to 22023. 



From Peking, Chihli, China. Received through Mr. F. X. Meyer, agricul- 

 tural explorer for this Department, at the Plant Introduction Garden, 

 Chico, Cal., February 12, 1908. 

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