28 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



23551 to 23623 -Continued. 

 23578 to 23623— Continued. 



23614. Purple with while around eyes, round, Irregular. Flesh 

 yellow, marked with red. 



23615. White, elongated, Irregular, uniform. 



23616. Red, round, flattened, regular. Flesh streaked with red. 



23617. White with pink eyes, elongated, irregular. 



23618. Dull red. coarsely mottled in small patches, elongated, 

 and flattened. 



23619. Red, elongated, flattened, Irregular. Flesh, deep yellow. 



23620. White, elongated, irregular. 



23621. Did! red. elongated, irregular. 



23622. White, round or elongated, flattened, irregular. 



23623. Red. elongated, knobby, irregular. 



23625 to 23627. 



From Orenburg, Russia. Presented by Mr. W. s. Bogdan, agronomist. 

 Received September 8, 1908. 



The follow in- seeds : 



23625. BlEDK \<.o i \ic.\r\ ].. 23627. Glycybbhiza QLABBA I.. 



23626. Lai ii vim s i i Bl BOSl S I.. 



23631. Colchict m \t it mnale L. Colchicum. 



From Baumschulenweg, near Berlin, Germany. Purchased from Mr. L. 

 Spiith, for Doctor Trues experiments. Received September IT, 1908. 



Sim- No. 23436 for description. 

 23632 to 23643. Musa spp. Banana. 



From Ceylon. Procured i>y Dr. C. Drieberg, secretary, Ceylon Agricultural 

 Society, Colombo, Ceylon, a1 the requesl of Mr. O. W. Barrett. Re- 

 ceived September 1. L908. 



The follow in- suckers : 



23632. 



Hambanputoalu. 



23638. 



A a! il: ii II ii. 



23633. 



Suramondan. 



23639. 



Rata Hondarawala 



23634. 



Sudu Puwalu. 



23640. 



Muliii \lu maudlin. 



23635. 



Marihawalu. 



23641. 



Puspato '/' //. 



23636. 



Kalu Rata Hondarawala. 



23642. 



DaTena. 



23637. 



Suwadel. 



23643. 



Alumondan. 



"S. p. I. Nos. 23632 to 23641 and ^:»'T:; arc varieties indigenous to Ceylon, 

 while S. P. I. No. 23642 is a variety imported from Queensland some time since, 

 but is by no means an improvement on the Ceylon varieties. Varieties S. P. I. 

 Nos. 23637 and 23638 arc generally considered the best." (Drieberg.) 



23644. Coelococctjs amicarum (Wendl.) W. F. Wight. 



Caroline ivory-nut palm. 



From Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. William S. Lyon, Gardens of 

 Xagtajan, Manila. P. I. Received September 21, 1908. 



See No. 21044 for description. 



23645. Viola calcarata L. 



From Kew, England. Presented by Mr. David Prain, director, Royal 

 Botanic Gardens. Received September 21, 1908. 

 " Introduced for the purpose of hybridizing with the common pansy to pro- 

 duce an improved pansy that will withstand hot summer weather." (Oliver.) 



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