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24370 to 24401— Continued. 



24394. Pyrus sp. 



24395. Crataegus sp. Hawthorn. 

 "(No. 62.) Native hawthorn from -Irkutsk, near Lake Baikal, eastern 



Siberia." (Hansen.) 



24396. Vacinnium sp. 



"(No. 46.) As gathered wild near Chita, Transbaikal region, and sold on 

 fruit bazaar. The largest fruit of blueberry type I have ever seen, averaging 

 three or four times larger than ordinary blueberries." (Hansen.) 



24397. Fragaria vesca L. ' 



"(No. 2.) Seeds of a wild strawbeny from near Syrastan, on the Siberian 

 railway, western Siberia, between Zlautoust and Chelabinsk. For fruit breed- 

 ing." 



24398. Rubus sp. 



"(No. 97.) Wild raspberry from station Bogotol, between Taiga and Kras- 

 noyarsk, central Siberia, on Siberian railway." (Hansen.) 



24399. Fragaria vesca L. • 

 (St. Tajga.) 



24400. Paeonia sp. 



"(No. 93.) As found wild near Stretinsk, near beginning of the Amur 

 River, Transbaikal region, eastern Siberia. Here it gets extremely cold in 

 winter. Of interest to breeders of Pseonias." (Hansen.) 



24401. Corylus sp. 



"(No. 70.) Probably C. heterophylla. The wild hazelnut from near Buch- 

 edu, in the Chingan Mountains, on the Siberian railway, in western Manchu- 

 ria, the farthest eastern point reached in my 1908 trip." (Hansen.) 



\ 24402 and 24403. 



From Piracicaba, Brazil. Presented by Dr. J. W. Hart. .Received February 28, 

 1908. Numbered for convenience in distributing December, 1908. 

 The following plants: 



24402. Panicum muticum Forsk. Para grass. 

 Apparently distinct from the ordinary variety of Para grass grown in the 



United States. 



24403. Capriola bactylon (L.) Kuntze. Bermuda grass. 

 This grass is grown in Brazil under the name of " Graminaz fina." The va- 

 riety is apparently distinct from the ordinary variety of Bermuda grass grown 

 in the United States. 



24404. Coperxicia cerifera Mart. Carnauba palm or Brazil- 

 ian wax palm. 



From Piracicaba, Brazil. Presented by Dr. J. W. Hart. Received December 



26, 1908. 

 This tree is not native to this section of Brazil and it may be possible that these 

 ill give you hardier plants than those grown in the hotter portions of the coun- 

 try." (Hart.) 



"The stem of this plant furnishes starch; the sap, sugar; the leaves, a rope fiber; the 

 pinnae are woven into mats, hats, baskets, and brooms; the inner part of the leaf 

 Btalks serves as a substitute for cork, and most important of all the young leaves are 

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