66 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



25169 to 25171. 



From Portuguese East Africa. Presented by Mr. O. W. Barrett, Director of 

 Agriculture, Lourenco Marquez. Received March 30, 1909. 

 The following seeds: 



25169. Anona senegalensis Pers. 



"I No. 23.) A .small tree, wild near Lourenco Marquez. Fruit 2 to 4 inches 

 long, yellowish skin, bright yellow pulp. Edible. Shironga (Kafir) name 

 M'zkampfo or Mjazhdpfa.' ' (Bam it.) 



Distribution. — A low shrub or small tree, native to the tropical region of 

 Africa, extending from Guinea and the upper valley of the Nile south to the 

 Zambezi Valley. 



25170. Strychnos SPINOSA Lam. Kafir orange. 

 "(No. 24.) A live L5 to 25 feel high, in bush veld from Zululand to Rhodesia. 



Fruit spherical, 2 to '■) inches in diameter, yellow when ripe, hard shelled. 

 Edible. Flavor like 'cinnamon ami pears.' Shironga (Kafir) name M'sdla." 

 (Barrett.) See No. 9611 for the original importation and description. 



Distribution. — A small tree native l<> the tropical region and the southern 

 part of Africa and also in the Seychelle Islands and in Madagascar. 



25171. Vanguekia infausta Burch. 



"(No. 25.) A small tree near Lourenco Marquez, in sandy soil. Fruit 

 roundish, flattened distal. Edible; pulp dry, sweet. Shironga (Kafir) name 

 M'pfilo." (Barrett.) 



Distribution. — A native of the southeastern part of Africa, being found in 

 the vicinity of Johannesburg and of Xatal. and in the eastern part of Cape 

 Colony. 



25172 to 25174. Medicago spp. 



From farm of Mr. Lewis Brott, Sextorp, Nebr. These three lots were grown in 

 cultivated rows, 42 inches apart, for seed and were open to the possibilities 

 of cross-pollination among themselves. The Turkestan alfalfa was separated 

 from Brott' s Dry-Land alfalfa by 14 rows of sand lucern. Seed collected by 

 Mr. J. M. Westgate, August 15, 1908. 

 Seeds of the following: 



25172. Medicago sativa L. Alfalfa. 

 Brott' s Dry-Land. "From same stock as S. P. I. No. 19566, grown in row 



adjacent to row of sand lucern (S. P. I. No. 20457) and presumably cross- 

 pollinated with the same." (Westgate.) 



25173. Medicago sativa varia (Mart.) Urb. Sand lucern. 

 "Grown from S. P. I. No. 20457 in row adjacent to Brott' s Dry-Land alfalfa." 



(Westgate.) 



25174. Medicago sativa L. Alfalfa. 

 Turkestan. "Grown from S. P. I. No. 18751 in row adjacent to sand lucern 



(S. P. I. No. 20457)." (Westgate.) 



25175 and 25176. Medicago spp. 



From Berlin, Germany. Secured from J. & P. Wissinger, Samenhandlung, Berlin, 



Germany, through Mr. Charles J. Brand. Received March 24, 1909. 

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