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SK.KDS AND PLANTS QI 1>< >in Kl >. 



22487. Bambos arundinacea Retz. 



Bamboo. 



From Saint Syrophorien. Belgium. Presented by Mr. Jean Houzeau cle 

 Lehaie. Received March 30, 190S. 



(For description see No. 21317.) 



22488. Cicek arietinum L. Chick-per.. 



From Mexico City, Mexico. Purchased from Prof. Felix Foex, National 

 School of Agriculture. Received April 1, 1908. 



(For description see Nos. 10974 and 11634.) 



22489 to 22492. 



From Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Presented by Prof. C. A. Zavitz, Agricul- 

 tural College, through Mr. N. H. Vinall. Received April 1, 190S. 



22489. Chaetochloa italica (L.) Scribn. Millet. 

 California. 



22490. Panicum miliaceum L. Proso millet. 

 Red French. 



22491. Chaetochloa italica (L.) Scribn. Millet. 

 Holy Terror Gold Mine. 



22492. Panicum miliaceum L. Proso millet. 

 Japanese Panicle. 



"The above are to be used in classification work and varietal tests." 

 (Vinall.) 



22496 and 22497. 



From Lahore, Punjab, British India. Presented by Mr. TV. R. Mustoe, 

 superintendent, Government Historical Gardens. Received March 16, 

 1908. 



22496. Beaumontia gkandiflora (Roxb.) Wall. 



"A climbing, woody vine. Leaves opposite, short petioled, oblong, 6 to 8 

 inches long, 2 to 5 inches wide, entire. Flowers greenish yellow, in axil- 

 lary cymes. Corolla bell shaped, about 5 inches across, five lobed, margin 

 wavy. * * * Seed takes nearly one year to ripen." {Roxburgh.) 



" Nomen bengalense : Dhootura Luta." (Wall. ) 



22497. Bombax malabakicum DC. 



" One of the largest of the Indian trees, often 100 feet high. Leaves 

 alternate, long petioled, digitate. Leaflets, 5 to 7, lanceolate, 6 to 12 

 inches long, entire, smooth on both sides. Covered with large red flowers 

 early in spring, before the leaves appear. 



" Salmuli, the Sanscrit name; Beng. Simul; Teling. Boorgha." (Rox- 

 burgh, Flora Inclica, vol. 3, p. 167.) 



22498 to 22502. 



From Hangchow, Chehkiang, China. Presented by Dr. D. Duncan Main, 

 through Mr. J. M. W. Farnham. Shanghai, China. Received March 26, 

 1908. 



22498 to 22501. Glycine hispida (Moench) Maxim. Soybean. 



22498. Yellow. Similar to No. 18619. 



22499. Yellow. 



22500. Green. Similar to No. 17S57. 



22501. Black. 



22502. Pisum aevense L. Field pea. 



Varietal descriptions of the above were made by Mr. H. T. Nielsen. . 

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