26 SEEDS \M> PLANTS I \l POK I II >. 



25511 Continued. 



•• \ wild euphorbiaceous Mexican plant which is <>f greal interest because the dry 

 stems yield, it is claimed, from •"« to ■"> per eenl of a fine hard wax which seems suited 

 to coating phonograph cylinders and similar uses. Grows in the dry semideserl 

 regions of north-central Mexico, Lower ( California, and southwesl Texas." | Prederii 

 Chisolm.) 



Distribution.- A native of the sand} and stonj slopes in the Rio Grande Valley, in 

 Texas and Mexico. 



25512. Vigna ungutculata (L.) Walp. Cowpea. 

 From New Orleans La Purchased from the J. Steckler Seed Company. 



ed April 29, 1909. 



i " This variety, which is really a mixture of 



varieties, is naturalized in parts of Louisiana, where it volunteers from year to year, 

 It has been grown al Vrlington Farm, Virginia, for the pas1 '■> years, and proves to 

 be a tall, upright, quite leafy, late \ I ■ late for this latitude, but would 



probably 1><' a valuable variety for Florida, where lateness is desired." (C V. Pipt r.) 



25513. Gerbera Jameson] Bolus. Barberton daisy. 

 From Cape Town, South Africa Presented by Mr. II. J. Chalwin, superin- 

 tendent;, Public Gardens. Received May I, 1909. 



"This has a beautiful flower, orange-red in color." [Chalwin.) 



native of the Transvaal region of Smith Africa, especially in the 

 vicinity of Barberton. 



25514. Muci HA gigantea (Willd.) DC. 



From Richmond River, New South Wales, Australia. Presented to Mr. J. 11. 

 Maiden, director and government botanist, Botanic Gardens, Sydney. Re- 

 ceived May 12, . 

 " This is a tall tree-climbing tropical plant, extending over Easl fndia and the 

 Malayan and Smith Pacific Islands. Iii N«-w South Wales it only occurs in the 

 northern district-." 



25515. Ctphomandra betacea (Cav.) Sendt. Tree tomato. 

 From Kingston, Jamaica. Presented by Mr. W. Harris, superintendent, Hope 



Botanic Gardens. Received May 13, 1909. 



See No. 12758 for description. 



Distribution. — Native and cultivated in Central and South America, extending 

 south to the vicinity of Buenos Aires. Also cultivated in the West Indies, in the 

 Mediterranean region, and other countries. 



25516 and 25517. 



From Gobindapur, India. Presented by Mr. A. C. Roy, secretary, Comilla Vic- 

 toria College. Received April 19, 1909. 

 Seed of each of the following: 



25516. Phaseolus radiatus L. 

 Black. 



25517. Lathyrus sativus L. 



