42 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



22904 to 22906— Continued. 

 22906. Myrica nagi Tbunb. 



From Dongsi, Chehkiang, Cbina. "(No. 734a, June 25, 1907.) Small- 

 fruited variety. For further remarks, see Nos. 732a and 733a (S. P. I. 

 Nos. 22904 and 22905 ) . Tbe Chinese graft the large, sweet-fruited vari- 

 eties upon tbe wild seedlings, but even among the seedlings there is a 

 large variation in size of fruits and in productiveness." (Meyer.) 

 For previous importations see S. P. I. Nos. 9164 and 9314. 



22907. Carex triangularis Boeckler. Sedge. 

 From Texas. Collected by Mr. F. W. Clarke, special agent in charge of 



matting-rush investigations. Received May, 1908. 

 " This seed was collected from plants growing in ditches and marshy places 

 along and back from the Victoria division of the S. P. R. R. between Wharton 

 and El Campo, Tex. No seed was gathered from a stalk less than 3 feet tall, 

 and most of the seed was secured from plants 3 feet 6 inches high and upwards. 

 This Carex occurs in abundant quantities from Crowley, La., to Victoria, Tex., 

 and I presume it covers the whole coast country, but it is probably most plentiful 

 in the black, waxy rice belt of Texas." (Clarke.) (For previous introduction 

 see S. P. I. No. 20990.) 



22908. Lens esculenta Moench. 



From Mexico. Secured by Mr. David Griffiths, assistant agriculturist, 

 United States Department of Agriculture, on the market at Laredo, Tex. 

 Received May G, 1908. 

 "Lanteja. A common leguminous plant grown in Mexico extensively and 

 used in about the same way as the chick pea." (Griffiths.) 



22909. Picea obovata schrenkiana (Fisch. & Mey.) Masters. 

 From St. Petersburg, Russia. Presented by Di*. A. Fischer von Waldheim, 



Imperial Botanic Gardens. Received March 27, 1908. 

 Tall, pyramidal tree, with pendulous branchlets and dull green leaves. Native 

 of central Asia. (Extract from Bailey.) 



22910. Xanthosoma sp. Yautia. 

 From Barbados, British West Indies. Presented by Mr. Valpierre Croney, 



9 East 97th street, New York, through Mr. O. W. Barrett. Received 

 May 11, 1908. 

 Nut Ecldo. 



22911 to 22913. Andropogon sorghum (L.) Brot. 



From Tsungming Island. China. Obtained through Rev. J. Ware and pre- 

 sented by Mr. S. P. Barcbet, interpreter, American consulate, Shanghai, 

 China. Received May 20, 1908. 



22911. Xowliang. 

 Brown. 



22912. Kowliang. 

 Black-Hull. 



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