﻿JANUARY 
  1 
  TO 
  MARCH 
  31, 
  1910. 
  45 
  

  

  26896— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  leaves 
  frequently 
  trail 
  and 
  wind 
  through 
  the 
  underbrush 
  10 
  to 
  12 
  feet 
  in 
  length. 
  

   The 
  species 
  sent 
  is 
  armed 
  with 
  sharp 
  and 
  recurved 
  spines 
  and 
  the 
  leaves 
  stood 
  up 
  

   straight 
  11 
  to 
  14 
  feet 
  high 
  (measured). 
  The 
  mother 
  plants 
  grow 
  at 
  Mariato, 
  Province 
  

   of 
  Veraguas, 
  R. 
  P., 
  on 
  the 
  property 
  of 
  the 
  Boston-Panama. 
  Company, 
  on 
  rubber 
  land 
  

   (semi 
  wild 
  trees)." 
  (Schultz.) 
  

  

  26897. 
  Diospyros 
  senegalensis 
  Perrott. 
  

  

  From 
  Hartley 
  and 
  Melsetter 
  districts, 
  Rhodesia, 
  South 
  Africa. 
  Presented 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  H. 
  Godfrey 
  Mundy, 
  agriculturist 
  and 
  botanist, 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  

   Salisbury, 
  Rhodesia. 
  Received 
  February 
  24, 
  1910. 
  

   "Native 
  names: 
  M'shuma, 
  M'chenji, 
  Cheehati 
  or 
  M'soko. 
  This 
  tree 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  

   considerable 
  size 
  and 
  the 
  timber 
  to 
  be 
  useful 
  for 
  building 
  purposes. 
  The 
  fruit 
  is 
  

   described 
  as 
  resembling 
  that 
  of 
  ' 
  Mahobohobo' 
  ( 
  Uapaca 
  kirikiana 
  Mill.), 
  though 
  some- 
  

   what 
  smaller 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  thinner 
  skin. 
  Three 
  to 
  five 
  seeds 
  in 
  each 
  fruit. 
  Habitat, 
  

   warm 
  and 
  sheltered 
  river 
  banks, 
  and 
  not 
  found 
  in 
  dry, 
  waterless 
  localities." 
  {Mundy.) 
  

   See 
  No. 
  25634 
  for 
  distribution 
  of 
  this 
  species. 
  

  

  26898. 
  Cicer 
  arietinum 
  L. 
  Chick-pea. 
  

  

  From 
  Brooklyn, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  Messrs. 
  Labato 
  & 
  Lombroso. 
  Received 
  

   February 
  25, 
  1910. 
  ' 
  

   Mexican. 
  

  

  26899. 
  Avena 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Oat. 
  

  

  From 
  Pretoria, 
  Transvaal, 
  South 
  Africa. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  I. 
  B. 
  P. 
  Evans, 
  

   Transvaal 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  Received 
  February 
  23, 
  1910. 
  

   Algerian. 
  "With 
  us, 
  oats 
  suffer 
  very 
  considerably 
  from 
  rust, 
  and 
  this 
  variety 
  is 
  

   practically 
  the 
  only 
  one 
  that 
  shows 
  immunity 
  to 
  the 
  pest." 
  (Evans.) 
  

   To 
  be 
  used 
  in 
  breeding 
  work 
  for 
  rust 
  resistance. 
  

  

  26901 
  to 
  26907. 
  

  

  From 
  Tientai, 
  via 
  Ningpo, 
  China. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Rev. 
  A. 
  O. 
  Loosely, 
  through 
  

   Mr. 
  B. 
  Youngblood, 
  Scientific 
  Assistant, 
  Farm 
  Management 
  Investigations, 
  

   Oklahoma, 
  Okla. 
  Received 
  February 
  28, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  descriptive 
  notes 
  by 
  Rev. 
  A. 
  O. 
  Loosely: 
  

  

  26901. 
  Eriobotrya 
  japonica 
  (Thunb.) 
  Lindl. 
  Loquat. 
  

  

  iC 
  Bibo 
  (bee-bo). 
  A 
  delicious 
  fruit 
  growing 
  in 
  clusters, 
  each 
  fruit 
  being 
  

   smaller 
  than 
  a 
  small-sized 
  egg; 
  it 
  is 
  splendid 
  for 
  eating 
  raw, 
  stewed, 
  or 
  made 
  

   into 
  jam 
  or 
  jelly. 
  This 
  tree 
  produces 
  abundantly, 
  but 
  the 
  kernel 
  is 
  large 
  in 
  

   proportion 
  to 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  fruit. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  possible 
  to 
  make 
  the 
  fruit 
  larger 
  

   by 
  cultivation." 
  

   26902 
  and 
  26903. 
  Diospyros 
  kaki 
  L. 
  f. 
  Persimmon. 
  

  

  26902. 
  Seeds 
  long 
  and 
  narrow. 
  

  

  26903. 
  Seeds 
  short 
  and 
  broad. 
  

  

  "I 
  presume 
  you 
  have 
  better 
  persimmons 
  in 
  California, 
  but 
  I 
  never 
  saw 
  them 
  

   in 
  the 
  Middle 
  West; 
  these 
  ought 
  to 
  grow 
  in 
  Oklahoma. 
  The 
  fruit 
  of 
  one 
  is 
  the 
  

   size 
  and 
  shape 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  egg; 
  the 
  other 
  is 
  larger, 
  round, 
  and 
  flat; 
  they 
  are 
  a 
  

   delicious 
  fruit 
  for 
  eating 
  raw 
  or 
  dried. 
  They 
  have 
  a 
  long 
  season 
  of 
  about 
  two 
  

   months, 
  are 
  prolific, 
  and 
  a 
  sure 
  crop." 
  

  

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