38 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



24672 to 24711— Continued. 



24693 to 24711— Continued. 



24703. "OylanDaiDizen:' 



Straw-yellow, very similar to Okute, S. P. I. No. 19986. 

 24 7 04 . " Gosha Dai Dizen . ' ' 



Very similar to S. P. I. No. 24700. 



24705." Light shade of chromium-green, similar in appearance to S. 

 P. I. No. 17857, but the color is not quite the same. 



24706. Black. Apparently just like our Buckshot, S. P. I. No. 17251. 



24707. "Kuru Maru." 



Apparently just like Nuttall, S. P. I. No. 17253. 



24708. "Sirohaha." 



Apparently just like Butterball, S. P. I. No. 17273. 



24709. "Teppo." 



Citron-yellow, seeds about the size of Butterball. 



24710. "Jfofonan'." 



Seed very similar to S. P. I. Nos. 24700 and 24704, but the hilum is 

 russet in this case. 



24711. "Rohugatsu." 



Citron-yellow, with very faint hilum, seed about the size and shape 

 of Mammoth. 



24712. Chamaecyparis nootkatensis (Lamb.) Spach. 



Yellow cedar. 



From Cholmondeley Sound, Prince of Wales Island. Collected by Ranger 

 Babbitt and presented by Mr. W. A. Langille, forest supervisor, Ketchikan, 

 Alaska. Received February 15, 1909. 

 For use in foreign exchanges. 



Distribution. — A native tree of the northwestern part of North America, extending 

 from southern Alaska southward through British Columbia and the Cascade Moun- 

 tains of Washington and Oregon to the valley of the Santiam River. 



24713 and 24714. 



From Harrar, Abyssinia. Presented by Mr. T. Gerolimato, through Mr. Hubert 

 S. Smiley, Drumalis, Lame, County Antrim, Ireland. Received February 16, 

 1909. 

 Seeds of each of the following: 



24713. Rhamnus prinoides L'Herit. 



"This plant is called Gheisho, not Geaho, and grows by preference on the hills; 

 it reaches a height of 10 to 12 feet. The leaves are never added to the tieff [ma.de 

 of the seeds of Eragrostis abyssinica], but only to the tedj (the hydromel), which 

 consists of one part of honey and two parts of water; then the leaves of Gheisho 

 are added to hasten the fermentation." (Gerolimato.) 



Distribution. — A shrub or small tree, native of Abyssinia in East Africa and 

 also of extratropicaL South Africa, extending to the Cape of Good Hope. 

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