28 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



24602 and 24603. Medicago spp. 



From Germany. Secured by Mr. G. Schulze, civil engineer, Altenkirchen, 

 Westerwald, Germany, and presented by Mr. Paul Schulze, Chicago, 111., 

 through Mr. Charles J. Brand. Received January 22, 1909. 

 Seeds of each of the following : 



24602. Medicago sativa L. Alfalfa. 

 Provence. From Bonn, Germany. (P. L. H. No. 3352.) 



24603. Medicago sativa varia (Mart.) Urb. Sand lucern. 

 From Erfurt, Germany. (P. L. H. No. 3353.) 



24604. Cajan indicum Spreng. 



From Little River, Fla. Presented by Mr. E. J. Andrews, through Mr. P. J. 



Wester, in charge of Subtropical Garden, Miami, Fla. Received January 22, 



1909. 

 "(S. G. No. 1169.) This plant is similar in habit and appearance to the ordinary 

 pigeon pea, except that the standard of the corolla is streaked with deep orange-red, 

 while the ordinary species in cultivation here is pale lemon-yellow; it differs also in 

 that the plant blooms early in the fall and the seed ripens by Christmas or a little 

 later, while the ordinary pigeon pea is still in bloom and will not ripen its seed for a 

 month more at least. The pigeon pea is useful in poultry yards, where the chickens 

 crack the pods and eat the peas. This variety would be useful, as it ripens earlier 

 than the ordinary variety, and would probably be of interest to the people in Hawaii, 

 Porto Rico, and the Canal Zone. The seed from which Mr. Andrews's plants grew 

 came from Nassau, Bahama." {Wester.) 



24605 to 24607. Triticum aestivum L. Wheat. 



From Smyrna region, Turkey. Presented by Mr. H. Caramanian, Amasia, 

 Turkey, at the request of Mr. M. A. Carleton. Received January 23, 1909. 

 Seeds of each of the following: 



24605. ' l Red blach atoned." 



24606. " Yellow Potissana." 



24607. " White Poussana . ' ' 



24608. Rosa sp. Rose. 



From Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Presented by Sefior Severo Hernandez, 

 through Mr. Frederic Chisolm. Received January 26, 1909. 

 "The 'rosa rellena' of the Mexicans, a healthy, strong-growing variety with flowers 

 as large and perhaps better formed than those of the American Beauty, rather darker 

 in color and not so fragrant." (Chisolm.) 



24609. Glycosmis pentaphylla (Retz.) Correa. 



From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by Dr. M. Treub, director, Botanic Garden. 

 Received January 27, 1909. 

 Variety dilatata. An unarmed shrub with evergreen compound leaves of one to five 

 leaflets. The small, white, fragrant flowers are borne in panicles. The berries are 

 white, globose, varying from the size of a pea to that of a cherry. 



Distribution. — Throughout tropical and subtropical Himalaya, ascending to 7,000 

 feet in Sikkim; also in southern China, in the Philippines, and in northeastern Aus- 

 tralia. 

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