48 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



22948. Medic ago sativa L. Alfalfa. 

 From Guaranda, Ecuador. Received from Mr. H. R. Dietrich, consul- 

 general, Guayaquil. Ecuador, through Mr, C. J. Brand, June 8, 1908. 



"(P. L. H. No. 3326.) A rapid-growing form of alfalfa from the Andean 

 plateau, similar in many respects to the Peruvian alfalfa described in Bulletin 

 No. 118, Bureau of Plant Industry." (Brand.) 



22949. Medicago sativa L. Alfalfa. 

 From Chile. South America. Presented by Mr. Jose D. Husbands. Liina- 



vida, Chile, through Mr. C. V. Piper. Received Juno 3, 1908. 

 "Wild alfalfa found in the foothills of the Cordillera, in a section of moist, 

 virgin land, upon which the alfalfa appears as a weed when tield crops are 

 planted for the first time." I Husbands. ) 



22955. Garcinia binucao (Blanco) Choisy. 



From Manila. P. I. Presented by Mr. W. S. Lyon. Received June 11, 1908. 

 ••This has the widest range of any species (of Garcinia) which I know; its 

 fruiting season covers the longest time (March to July) ; it is fairly robust, 

 sometimes 40 meters high, and is the most cosmopolitan of any species we have. 

 I have seen it at sea level and up to 3,000 feet. This binucao. or camangis, or 

 gatasan, et al. is found in rock fissures; in dry. gravelly, sterile washes; on the 

 margins of swamps, and in rich, fat valley soils." (Lyon.) 



22956. Anona reticulata L. Custard apple. 



From Port of Spain, Trinidad. British West Indies. Presented by Dr. 

 E. Andre. Received June 10, 1908. 



22957. Beloi marmelos (L.) W. F. Wight. (Aegle marmelos 



(L.) Correa.) Bael tree. 



From Xyaunglebin. Burma, India. Presented by Rev. Henry W. Hale, Box 

 30. R. F. D. No. 1, Savannah, Ga. Received June 8, 1908. 

 "These seeds are from the very best bael fruit." (Hale.) 

 •' The bael tree of India ascends to an altitude of 4,000 feet. It grows to a 

 height of 40 feet. The fruit has matured near Rockhampton, Australia (23° 

 S. lat.) The plant is readily propagated from root cuttings and is otherwise 

 of easy cultivation. The fruit is of medicinal, particularly antidysenteric, 

 value. The root and the leaves are also used medicinally." (Extract from Von 

 Mueller's Select Extra-Tropical Plants.) (For previous introduction see S. P. I. 

 No. 19367.) 



22958 to 22960. Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. Cowpea. 



From Mount Silinda, Malsetter District, Rhodesia, South Africa. Pre- 

 sented by Rev. Columbus C. Fuller. Received June 13, 1908. 

 The following seeds. Descriptions of varieties by Mr. H. T. Nielsen : 



22958. Black with gray specks. The seed has the same general ap- 



pearance as many of the hybrids between Black and Iron. 



22959. Red. Similar to Red Ripper, but seed is larger. 



22960. Clay. 

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