42 SEEDS \NI> I'l \N1> [MPOBTED. 



25702 and 25703 Continued. 



Seed of each of the following: 



25702. "The nearest we can come to identifying the rice described us Sune- 

 jin is a rice known to the merchants locally as Sun trim, the translation of 

 which is ' long kernel.' This rice is said to come from \nam." | WUdt 



it is known here, is sometimes called 'Siamese garden 

 rice, 1 and it commands the highesl price in the market A Chinese rice 

 specialist lure told me that it is known also as Sun trim, which Mr. Wilder 

 Bays corresponds to the Sunriin. At any rat.', it is a fine rice to introduce." 



25703. "Tin' aearesl we can come t-> the variety Paima is Part nor, the trans- 

 lation of which is 'soft.' Tins rice is Baid to conn' from Tonkin." ( Wilder, | 



"This variety is called locally Afep.or 'alcohol rice,' is very .lark colored, 

 and is the one I Buppose \\ hich corresponds to Patma and Mr. Wilder called 

 Pat 



25704 to 25716. 



From Poona, Bombay, India. Presented by Mr. M. \. Peacock, Pennellville, 

 \. v. Eleceived -inn.- 24, 19 

 The follow ing Beeds: 



25704. Dolichos mi i 



25705. l'n \si.oi i - M K \ I.. 

 Black. 



25706. PhASI "l.i 9 BADIATUG I 



< rreen and brown mixed. 



25707. Phaseolus kCONmFOLius Jacq. 

 Brown. 



25708. CYAM0P8I8 TETRAGONOLOB/ I Irani.. 



25709. Cajan im»i. i u Spreng. 

 Mauve. 



25710. Lens esculents Moench. Lentil. 



25711. 1'i-iM arvense I.. Field pea. 

 Mottled green. 



25712. Lathyrus sativus I.. 



25713. Ciceb akiktim m L. Chick-pea. 



25714. Vigna CNGUicuxATA (L.) Walp. Cowpea. 

 Mixed brown and cream colored seed. 



25715. STizoi.or.it m Bp. 

 Mottled gray and brown. 



25716. Glycine hispida (Moench) Maxim. Soybean. 

 Yellow. 



25717. SCHINOPSIS BALAXSAE Engl. 



From Chaco, Argentina. Presented by Sr. Ing. D. Carlos D. Cirola, University 

 of Agriculture, Santa Fe, Buenos Aires. Received June 19, 1909. 

 ' 'A tree belonging to the family Anacardiacea?. Native in Paraguay, where, accord- 

 ing to Engler, it grows on river banks in impervious clay soil. Said to occur also in 

 eastern and southern Argentine. Known locally as quebracho Colorado, and forms one 

 of the sources of the quebracho extract used in tanning." ( W. W. Stockberger.) 

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