﻿22 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPOETED. 
  

  

  26643 
  to 
  26646— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  26644. 
  Olive 
  brown. 
  " 
  Mo 
  shih 
  tou 
  or 
  the 
  Mo 
  shih 
  bean. 
  This 
  bean 
  is 
  

   mostly 
  used 
  for 
  cattle 
  feed. 
  They 
  also 
  sometimes 
  extract 
  the 
  oil 
  and 
  use 
  it 
  

   for 
  hair 
  tonic." 
  

  

  26645. 
  Green, 
  very 
  similar 
  to 
  No. 
  20854. 
  " 
  Ch'ing 
  tou 
  or 
  green 
  bean. 
  This 
  

   bean 
  is 
  used 
  to 
  make 
  bean 
  curd, 
  an 
  article 
  of 
  food 
  much 
  prized 
  by 
  the 
  

   Chinese; 
  the 
  sprout 
  of 
  this 
  bean 
  is 
  also 
  much 
  liked." 
  

  

  26646. 
  Yellow, 
  very 
  similar 
  to 
  No. 
  17273. 
  " 
  Yuan 
  tou 
  or 
  Huang 
  tou 
  (yellow 
  

   bean). 
  This 
  bean 
  forms 
  the 
  staple 
  crop 
  of 
  Manchuria, 
  and 
  is 
  eaten 
  by 
  the 
  

   natives 
  in 
  many 
  ways. 
  Oil 
  is 
  also 
  extracted 
  from 
  them 
  and 
  the 
  residuum 
  

   forms 
  the 
  bean 
  cake 
  of 
  commerce 
  which 
  is 
  used 
  so 
  extensively 
  in 
  Japan 
  for 
  

   fertilizer." 
  

  

  26647. 
  Canavali 
  ensiforme 
  (L.) 
  DC. 
  Jack 
  bean. 
  

  

  From 
  Mayaguez, 
  Porto 
  Rico. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  D. 
  W. 
  May, 
  director, 
  Agricul- 
  

   tural 
  Experiment 
  Station. 
  Received 
  February 
  3, 
  1910. 
  

   "An 
  upright 
  variety 
  grown 
  in 
  1909 
  at 
  Biloxi, 
  Miss., 
  Baton 
  Rouge, 
  La., 
  and 
  Gaines- 
  

   ville, 
  Fla. 
  It 
  makes 
  a 
  bushy 
  plant 
  3 
  to 
  5 
  feet 
  high, 
  very 
  different 
  from 
  other 
  varieties. 
  

   Seeds 
  white." 
  (C. 
  V. 
  Piper.) 
  

  

  26648 
  and 
  26649. 
  Prunus 
  sibirica 
  L. 
  

  

  From 
  Steglitz, 
  near 
  Berlin, 
  Germany. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  Ledier, 
  first 
  curator, 
  

   Royal 
  Botanic 
  Garden. 
  Received 
  February 
  3, 
  1910. 
  

  

  26648. 
  (Cuttings.) 
  

  

  26649. 
  (Seeds.) 
  

  

  "This 
  has 
  a 
  future 
  as 
  a 
  hardy 
  ornamental 
  shrub 
  or 
  small 
  tree 
  in 
  our 
  Northern 
  

   States." 
  (F. 
  N. 
  Meyer.) 
  

  

  26650 
  to 
  26653. 
  

  

  From 
  Pretoria, 
  Transvaal, 
  South 
  Africa. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Prof. 
  J. 
  Burtt 
  Davy, 
  

   Government 
  agrostologist 
  and 
  botanist, 
  Transvaal 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  

   Received 
  February 
  3, 
  1910. 
  

   of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  26650. 
  Pentzia 
  incana 
  (Thunb.) 
  Kuntze. 
  "Karroobush." 
  

   See 
  No. 
  26266 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  26651. 
  Trichloris 
  mendocina 
  (Phil.) 
  Kurtz. 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  Central 
  Argentina, 
  in 
  the 
  Provinces 
  of 
  Santa 
  del 
  Estero, 
  

  

  Cordoba, 
  and 
  Mendoza. 
  

  

  26652. 
  Elionurus 
  argentius 
  Nees. 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  South 
  Africa, 
  from 
  German 
  Southwest 
  Africa, 
  the 
  Kalahari 
  

  

  Desert, 
  and 
  Transvaal, 
  southward 
  to 
  the 
  Cape. 
  

  

  26653. 
  Chaetochloa 
  nigrirostris 
  (Nees) 
  Skeels. 
  (Panicum 
  nigrirostre 
  

   Nees, 
  Fl. 
  Afr. 
  Austr. 
  55. 
  1841. 
  Setaria 
  nigrirostris 
  Dur. 
  and 
  Schinz. 
  Fl. 
  

   Afr. 
  5: 
  774. 
  1895.) 
  

  

  The 
  name 
  Setaria 
  Beauv. 
  Agrost. 
  51. 
  pi. 
  13. 
  f. 
  3. 
  1812, 
  is 
  invalid 
  as 
  applied 
  

   to 
  a 
  genus 
  of 
  grasses, 
  since 
  it 
  was 
  used 
  earlier 
  by 
  Acharius, 
  Lich. 
  Suec. 
  4, 
  

   256. 
  1798, 
  for 
  a 
  genus 
  of 
  lichens 
  and 
  in 
  that 
  sense 
  replaces 
  the 
  genus 
  Alectoria 
  

   Acharius, 
  1810. 
  The 
  name 
  Chaetochloa 
  was 
  therefore 
  proposed 
  by 
  Scribner 
  

   in 
  1897 
  for 
  the 
  genus 
  of 
  grasses 
  previously 
  known 
  as 
  Setaria. 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  South 
  Africa 
  from 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Klerksdorp 
  in 
  central 
  Johan- 
  

   nesburg 
  southward 
  through 
  the 
  eastern 
  part 
  of 
  Orange 
  River 
  Colony 
  and 
  Natal 
  

   to 
  the 
  Queenstown 
  and 
  Komgha 
  districts 
  in 
  Cape 
  Colony. 
  Original 
  locality, 
  — 
  

   " 
  In 
  altoribus 
  ad 
  Omsammubo, 
  locis 
  graminosis 
  alt. 
  1.000 
  (Drege)." 
  

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