52 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



22411 to 22415. Glycine hispida (Moench) Maxim. Soy bean. 



From Naples, Italy. Purchased from Dannnann & Co. Received March 25, 

 1908. 



22411. Samarow. 



22412. Black. " Similar to Cloud." (Nielsen.) 



22413. Brown. 



22414. Yellow. " Similar to Acme." (Nielsen.) 



22415. Giant yellow. 



22416 to 22418. Medicago spp. 



From Berlin. Germany. Purchased from A. Metz & Co. Received March 

 24, 1908. 



22416. Medicago sativa L. Alfalfa. 

 Piedmont.- 



22417. Medicago sativa L. Alfalfa. 

 Provence. 



22418. Medicago sativa vakia ( Mart. ) TJrb. Alfalfa. 

 Sand lucern. 



22419. Perilla fkutescens (L.) Britton. 



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

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

 Received March 21, 1908. 



"(No. 793, Jan. 23, 190S.) Herb, 3 to 4 feet, cultivated in the mountains in 

 the immediate neighborhood of Ichang, at altitude from 1,000 to 3,500 feet. 

 From the seeds is expressed a sweet, culinary oil, much esteemed by the 

 Chinese locally. The colloquial name is Tzu ma." (Wilson.) 



22420. Chaetochloa italica (L.) Scribn. Millet. 



From Mitchell, S. Dak. Purchased from the Dakota Improved Seed Com- 

 pany. Received March 23, 1908. 



Kursk. " To be used in classification and varietal tests." (Vinall.) 



22428. Glycine soja Sieb. & Zucc. 



Grown at Arlington Farm, Yirginia, season of 1907, under C. V. P. No. 0474. 

 Received March, 1908. 



" Original seed presented by the Botanic Gardens, Tokyo, Japan. A near 

 relative to the soy bean, but a spreading or decumbent plant, abundantly pro- 

 vided with large root nodules. Has considerable promise as a cover or green 

 manure crop." (Piper.) 



22429. Buscus aculeatus L. Butcher's broom. 



From Vornero, Naples, Italy. Presented by Dr. C. Sprenger. Received 

 March 28, 1908. 



"An erect (liliaceous) shrub, with minute, bractlike leaves and branches 

 (phyllodia) simulating leathery, persistent, leaflike bodies. The fruits are red 

 berries, one-half inch in diameter; the flowers are small." (Bailey.) 

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