﻿36 
  , 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  26299. 
  (Undetermined.) 
  (Scrophulariacese.) 
  

  

  From 
  Yosemite 
  Valley, 
  Mariposa 
  County, 
  Cal. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  W. 
  McCau- 
  

   ley, 
  through 
  Col. 
  G. 
  B. 
  Brackett, 
  pomologist. 
  Received 
  December 
  1, 
  1909. 
  

   "Seed 
  of 
  a 
  wild 
  plant 
  that 
  grows 
  in 
  this 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  and 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  val- 
  

   uable 
  for 
  cattle 
  to 
  feed 
  on. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  large 
  plant, 
  attaining 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  3 
  to 
  4 
  feet 
  and 
  grow- 
  

   ing 
  in 
  the 
  shape 
  of 
  a 
  small 
  tree. 
  It 
  ripens 
  in 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  October, 
  coming 
  up 
  

   the 
  following 
  season 
  from 
  seed. 
  It 
  is 
  at 
  its 
  best 
  for 
  cattle 
  in 
  August, 
  when 
  it 
  is 
  still 
  

   tender. 
  When 
  driven 
  cattle 
  throng 
  the 
  woods 
  at 
  this 
  season 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  they 
  will 
  

   go 
  out 
  of 
  their 
  way 
  to 
  munch 
  on 
  this 
  plant; 
  later 
  in 
  the 
  season 
  it 
  becomes 
  hard 
  and 
  

   woody, 
  and 
  then 
  cattle 
  will 
  only 
  eat 
  the 
  more 
  tender 
  branches 
  of 
  it. 
  This 
  plant 
  grows 
  

   in 
  light, 
  sandy 
  soil 
  of 
  granitic 
  origin 
  and 
  apparently 
  without 
  moisture; 
  it 
  thrives 
  on 
  

   steep 
  south 
  hillsides 
  among 
  brush 
  and 
  rocks, 
  also 
  on 
  the 
  mountain 
  top 
  in 
  the 
  pine 
  

   forests 
  4,000 
  feet 
  above 
  sea 
  level. 
  A 
  peculiarity 
  of 
  the 
  plant 
  is 
  that 
  it 
  grows 
  in 
  little 
  

   patches 
  — 
  here 
  half 
  a 
  dozen 
  plants, 
  and 
  there 
  possibly 
  50 
  together; 
  I 
  believe 
  the 
  seed 
  

   does 
  not 
  spread 
  readily. 
  If 
  this 
  plant 
  could 
  be 
  cultivated 
  with 
  success 
  I 
  believe 
  it 
  

   would 
  be 
  valuable 
  as 
  a 
  forage 
  plant 
  to 
  be 
  grown 
  without 
  irrigation. 
  It 
  grows 
  well 
  at 
  

   altitudes 
  as 
  low 
  as 
  2,000 
  feet 
  above 
  sea 
  level, 
  where 
  the 
  thermometer 
  stands 
  at 
  100° 
  

   and 
  marks 
  as 
  high 
  as 
  110°." 
  (McCauley.) 
  

  

  26300. 
  Roystonea 
  regia 
  (H. 
  B. 
  K.) 
  O. 
  F. 
  Cook. 
  

  

  From 
  Nice, 
  France. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  A. 
  Robertson 
  Proschowsky. 
  Received 
  

   November 
  27, 
  1909. 
  

   "A 
  variety 
  from 
  Mexico." 
  (Proschoivsky 
  .) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Common 
  about 
  Cruces, 
  Gorgona, 
  and 
  San 
  Juan, 
  in 
  Panama, 
  and 
  in 
  

   Cuba, 
  Antigua, 
  and 
  other 
  West 
  Indian 
  islands. 
  

  

  26301. 
  Andropogon 
  halepensis 
  virgatus 
  Hackel. 
  

  

  From 
  Algiers, 
  Algeria. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Doctor 
  Trabut. 
  Received 
  December 
  2, 
  

   1909. 
  

   "This 
  grass 
  is 
  vigorous, 
  but 
  not 
  stoloniferous, 
  and 
  would 
  be 
  interesting 
  for 
  hybri- 
  

   dizing 
  with 
  Sorghum 
  vulgare 
  [Andropogon 
  sorghum]. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  moderately 
  good 
  forage 
  

   like 
  Johnson 
  grass, 
  but 
  has 
  the 
  advantage 
  of 
  not 
  stooling. 
  This 
  variety 
  is 
  perennial 
  

   here 
  and 
  produces 
  many 
  seeds." 
  ( 
  Trabut.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Egypt, 
  extending 
  from 
  Alexandria, 
  through 
  Nubia, 
  to 
  the 
  valley 
  of 
  

   the 
  White 
  Nile, 
  in 
  the 
  Province 
  of 
  Kordofan. 
  

  

  26302 
  and 
  26303. 
  Vigna 
  ungupoitlata 
  (L.) 
  Walp. 
  Cowpea. 
  

  

  From 
  Entebbe, 
  Uganda. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  R. 
  Fyffe, 
  Botanical 
  and 
  Forestry 
  

   Department. 
  Received 
  December 
  3, 
  1909. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  native 
  names 
  as 
  given 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Fyffe: 
  

  

  26302. 
  Buff 
  seeded. 
  (This 
  number 
  was 
  assigned 
  to 
  three 
  packages 
  of 
  seed 
  

   which 
  had 
  been 
  mixed 
  in 
  transit. 
  The 
  native 
  names 
  are 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  ' 
  ' 
  Mpendi 
  

   Kiriya 
  Mugombere." 
  "Mpendi 
  Kantinti," 
  "Mpendi 
  Bimogoti.") 
  

  

  26303. 
  Black 
  seeded. 
  "Mpendi 
  Luzzige." 
  

  

  26304 
  to 
  26329. 
  

  

  From 
  Chile. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Jose 
  D. 
  Husbands, 
  Limavida 
  (via 
  Molina), 
  

   Chile, 
  November 
  9, 
  1909. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Husbands: 
  

   205 
  

  

  