12 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



23381 to 23386 Continued. 



23383 and 23384. " Svi>rt <>r two coarse-growing forage grasses." (Hurl.) 



23383. Panlcum sp. 



" Capim iniihii branca de Ttapira." 



23384. Panicum sp, 

 " <'<i pint d iiiin ." 



23385. I'wi.i \i \iwi\ii m J:i.(i. Guinea grass. 



"<'<ii>im colonia. This Is a rant grower and makes a quantity of hay 

 that .ill classes of stock eal eagerly. in our alfalfa Held it is the mosl 

 perslstenl 'weed' thai we bave t-> contend with. Usually it is in Bower 

 every time the alfalfa Is cut, and the combination Im-;i t s timothy and 

 clover." {Hart, i 



23386. Makanta akin m \ \< i \ I.. (?) Arrowroot. 



"This Is much superior t" the common arrowrool we bnve been grow- 

 ing; is very large and easier t<> dig on account of its bulbs being near 



the Burface. ii mighl I I some value where the common Bermuda 



arrowroot flourishes." I Hart, i 



23390. Tbicholai n \ ROffl \ NTees. 



From Pirncicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Presented by Dr. J. William Hart, 

 director, Agricultural College, through Mr. < '. V. Piper. Received July 

 27, 1908. 



" FavoriU grass. A eery flne hay grass, n does no1 grow In clumps like so 

 many of our grasses, and may prove a good lawn grass for the South." (Hurt.) 



23391 and 23392. 



From Spain. Received through Mr. M. Frail. •. of this Department, July 28, 

 1908. 



23391. Mi i>n \. ... SATTVA L. Alfalfa. 



"These roots of 'Mielga' wer ly Benl to show the size, and were 



taken from the roadside near the village of Vlllares de la Reina. This 

 plant remains green through drought, while other small vegetation 



Withers away." i li'iih . i 



•• The oame ' Mielga ' is never applied to the cultivated form of alfalfa, 



but only to tli" wild form. Some s Lsmen also apply it to Medicago 



sativa varia. 



"The plants lack the uprighl habil of cultivated alfalfa, and arc viewed 



very much as w Is are in ibis country. Frequently it is quite difficult 



to eradicate them from fields in which they have become established. 

 The roots sometimes acquire a diameter of an inch or more." (Brand.) 



23392. Amygdaltts communis L. Almond. 

 "Cuttings of seedling bard-shelled almonds from along the railway 



track near Bobadilla. These trees were planted by the railroad company, 

 and extend from Bobadilla 50 miles northward. They are now (1908) 

 13 years old and are bearing fruit. This is the most colossal seedling 

 orchard of these seedling hard-shelled almonds in the world, and the 

 late-flowering varieties are worthy of being picked out and propagated." 

 (Fairchild.) 



23393. Solantjm jamesii Toit. 



From Santa Fe. N. Mex. Presented by Mr. M. J. Nagle, through Mr. R. A. 

 Oakley. Received July 18, 1908. 

 See Nos. 10473 and 18342 for previous introductions. 

 23395. Litchi cmNENSis Sonner. Leitchee. 



From Nodoa, island of Hainan. South China. Presented by Mrs. L. E. M. 



Kelly, Hoihow, island of Hainan, South China, via Hongkong. Received 



August 1, 190S. 

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