﻿78 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  28286 
  to 
  28289. 
  

  

  From 
  Port 
  Louis, 
  Mauritius. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  Regnard. 
  Received 
  June 
  

   25, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Regnard: 
  

  

  28286. 
  Dovyalis 
  hebecarpa 
  (Gardn.) 
  Warb. 
  

   "A 
  fruit 
  tree 
  from 
  Ceylon." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  In 
  the 
  jungles 
  of 
  the 
  Central 
  Province 
  of 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Ceylon. 
  

  

  28287. 
  Anona 
  sp. 
  

  

  "A 
  species 
  from 
  Ceylon." 
  

  

  28288. 
  Combretum 
  comosum 
  Don. 
  

   "Pretty, 
  ornamental 
  shrub." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Along 
  Bagroo 
  River 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Sierra 
  Leone 
  in 
  upper 
  

   Guinea. 
  

  

  28289. 
  Flacourtia 
  ramontchi 
  L'Herit. 
  

   "A 
  large-fruited 
  thornless 
  species." 
  

  

  See 
  No. 
  26655 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  28290 
  to 
  28292. 
  Andropogon 
  sorghum 
  (L.) 
  Brot. 
  Sorgo. 
  

  

  From 
  Island 
  of 
  Tsungming, 
  China. 
  Obtained 
  by 
  Mr. 
  D. 
  MacGregor, 
  superin- 
  

   tendent, 
  parks 
  and 
  open 
  spaces, 
  Shanghai, 
  China. 
  Received 
  June 
  25, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  quoted 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Carleton 
  R. 
  Ball: 
  

  

  28290. 
  Early 
  variety. 
  "Apparently 
  typical. 
  Spikelets 
  obovate; 
  glumes 
  

   black 
  and 
  shining, 
  pubescent 
  at 
  tip; 
  awned." 
  

  

  28291. 
  Late 
  variety. 
  "Same 
  remarks 
  apply 
  to 
  this 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  preceding 
  

   (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  28290). 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  sample 
  yet 
  received 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  seeds 
  

   were 
  all 
  plump 
  and 
  mature." 
  

  

  "The 
  two 
  preceding 
  lots 
  are 
  similar 
  to 
  or 
  probably 
  identical 
  with 
  S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  

   No. 
  28024." 
  

  

  28292. 
  Light-colored 
  variety. 
  "This 
  differs 
  from 
  the 
  preceding 
  numbers 
  in 
  

   having 
  reddish-brown 
  glumes. 
  Very 
  few 
  of 
  the 
  seeds 
  are 
  developed. 
  It 
  is 
  

   probably 
  identical 
  with 
  S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  28025." 
  

  

  28293 
  and 
  28294. 
  Anona 
  cherimola 
  Miller. 
  Cherimoya. 
  

  

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

   June 
  27, 
  1910. 
  

  

  28293. 
  (Cuttings.) 
  28294. 
  (Seeds.) 
  

  

  "A 
  very 
  hardy 
  variety 
  found 
  in 
  my 
  garden. 
  The 
  seeds 
  may 
  reproduce 
  this 
  hardy 
  

   strain. 
  The 
  fruits 
  are 
  of 
  no 
  value." 
  (Proschowsky 
  .) 
  

  

  28296 
  to 
  28303. 
  Medic 
  ago 
  falcata 
  X 
  sativa. 
  Alfalfa. 
  

  

  Hybrid 
  alfalfa 
  plants. 
  Parentage 
  identical 
  with 
  S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  27742. 
  Parents 
  

   selected 
  and 
  hybrids 
  made 
  by 
  Messrs. 
  J. 
  M. 
  Westgate 
  and 
  W. 
  J. 
  Morse 
  at 
  the 
  

   Arlington 
  Experimental 
  Farm 
  during 
  the 
  summer 
  of 
  1908. 
  Numbered 
  in 
  the 
  

   summer 
  of 
  1910. 
  

  

  28296. 
  Agrost. 
  No. 
  2113. 
  Sixth 
  plant 
  in 
  row. 
  

  

  28297. 
  Agrost. 
  No. 
  2113. 
  Seventh 
  plant 
  in 
  row. 
  

  

  28298. 
  Agrost. 
  No. 
  2113. 
  Eighth 
  plant 
  in 
  row. 
  

   208 
  

  

  