16 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



25804 to 25807— Continued. 



25806. "(South Dakota No. L67.) Of unknown origin. Purchased from a 

 seed dealer at Eartford, S. Dak., in L894, and grown near Baltic, S. Dak., 

 from 1894 to 1904. Baltic seed grown al Eighmore, S. Dak., from L904tOl906. 

 Highmore seed grown al Mitchell, S. I'ak., from l!»07 to the present time. 

 Seed of the 190«; crop is under experiment under s. P. I. No. L9969 and 

 P. I.. II. No. 3251. Tli" L907 seed is under experiment under S. I'. !. No. 

 22946 and P. I.. II. No. 3332. The present Bampleand S. I'. I. No. 25537 are 

 ofthe L908crop. (The so-called Baltic alfalfa.)" (Brand.) 



25807. "(South Dakota No. 240.) Acclimatized Turkestan alfalfa, crop of 

 1908. This sampl ■ was grown from the same parenl seed as No. 25805, South 

 Dakota X". I'M. Thi- strain of Turkestan presents one of the most striking 

 examples of acclimatization yet encountered. Seed of the original importa- 

 tion, S. I'. 1. No. 991, was grown a1 Bighmore, S. Dak., from L899 until L906. 

 Eighmore seed was taken to Mitchell, S. Dak., in L901, where it lias Bince 

 been grown. The presenl sample and S. I'. 1. No. 25607 are of the L908seed 

 crop, grown at Minhell. The L906 seed crop, grown at Eighmore, is under 

 experiment under I'. I.. II. No. 3252." (Brand.) 



25816. T\< < \ i-iNN \ i n 1 1 > v Forst. 



Prom Quilimane, Zambesia, Portuguese Easl Africa. Presented by Mr. 0. W. 

 Barrett, Director of Agriculture, Lourenco Marquez, Mozambique, Portuguese 



Bast Africa. Received July 31, L! 



Semicultivated plant having :; to 5 Amorphophallus-like leaves from a cluster of 

 smooth, thin-skinned, roundish conns and a corymbose cluster of greenish flowers on 

 the summil of a naked, yellowish, erect stipe i some 3 to i feet high, aboul twice heighl 

 of Leaves i. < tonne edible. The natives use il in a variety of ways like potatoes and 

 dry it in the form of a coarse flour. Eabitat, gardens and vicinity) of natives in 

 Zambesia district. Native name, I'llde." (Barrett.) 

 Distribution. — Widely distributed in Africa, India. Australia, and the Pacific 



islands. 



25817. Barosma cbeni lata (L.) Hook. Buchu. 

 From Cape Town, South Africa. Presented i>y Mr.Charles P. Lounsbury, govern- 

 ment entomologist, Department of Agriculture. Received August 2, L909. 



"Buchu succeeds best if -own in time and treated in the same way as nursery trans- 

 plants. It naturally grows in amongst large rocks, so thai the roots go into the ground 

 at the ride of the rocks or large -tone-; this keeps the roots cool, and the ground holds 

 moisture longer. Buchu stands here al I. ">00 to 4,000 feet elevation." (Lounsbury.) 



''This is a shrub about 3 feet high bearing short-petioled, opposite leaves, which 

 vary in form from narrowly oval to lanceolate, with crenate margins and with the 

 surface marked by pellucid oil glands. The leaves form a drug, official in many 

 lands, in America under the name of buchu leaves, valued for their diaphoretic, diuretic, 

 and tonic properties. They contain from 1 to 2 per cent of a volatile oil. The plant 

 occurs uncultivated in the vicinity of Cape Town, South Africa." (R. IF. True.) 



25822 to 25831. Gourd. 



From Nice, France. Presented by Hon. Dulanv Hunter, consul-general. Re- 

 ceived August 3, 1909. 



of the following: 

 25822 to 25824. Lagexaria vulgaris Ser. 



25822. Ornamental, spiral shaped, climbing. 



25823. Ornamental, bottle shaped, climbing. 



25824. Bottle shaped. 

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