﻿JULY 
  1 
  TO 
  SEPTEMBER 
  30, 
  1910. 
  13 
  

  

  28343. 
  Diospyros 
  microcarpa 
  (Jacq.) 
  Gurke. 
  

  

  From 
  Sydney, 
  New 
  South 
  Wales. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Prof. 
  J. 
  H. 
  Maiden, 
  director 
  

   and 
  government 
  botanist, 
  Botanic 
  Gardens. 
  Received 
  July 
  6, 
  1910. 
  

  

  "A 
  large 
  shrub 
  or 
  tree 
  20 
  to 
  40 
  or 
  even 
  100 
  feet 
  high; 
  trunk 
  sometimes 
  2 
  feet 
  in 
  

   diameter. 
  Leaves 
  oblong 
  or 
  oval, 
  alternate, 
  palish 
  green, 
  especially 
  beneath. 
  Flow- 
  

   ers 
  dioecious, 
  tetramerous 
  (or 
  rarely 
  trimerous). 
  Fruit 
  globular 
  or 
  ovoid, 
  \ 
  to 
  f 
  inch 
  

   thick, 
  fuscous 
  and 
  glabrescent 
  when 
  ripe; 
  edible; 
  ultimately 
  one-celled 
  and 
  one- 
  

   seeded. 
  Slender-growing 
  tree 
  with 
  elongated 
  trunk 
  and 
  elegant, 
  rigid 
  foliage. 
  Wood 
  

   close, 
  very 
  tough 
  and 
  firm." 
  {Extract 
  from 
  Hiern's 
  Monograph 
  of 
  Ebenacex, 
  in 
  Trans- 
  

   actions 
  of 
  the 
  Cambridge 
  Philosophical 
  Society, 
  vol. 
  12, 
  p. 
  246.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  In 
  the 
  forest 
  region 
  along 
  the 
  coast 
  in 
  New 
  South 
  Wales 
  and 
  Queens- 
  

   land, 
  Australia. 
  

  

  28344. 
  Crotalaria 
  candicans 
  Wight 
  and 
  Arnott. 
  

  

  From 
  Poona, 
  Bombay, 
  India. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  P. 
  S. 
  Kanetkar, 
  superintendent, 
  

   Empress 
  Botanical 
  Gardens. 
  Received 
  July 
  9, 
  1910. 
  

  

  "This 
  crop 
  is 
  used 
  for 
  green 
  manuring 
  in 
  the 
  Madras 
  Presidency. 
  Out 
  of 
  that 
  

   presidency 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  known." 
  {Kanetkar.) 
  

  

  " 
  A 
  copiously 
  branched 
  undershrub, 
  attaining 
  4 
  feet 
  in 
  height, 
  with 
  short-petioled 
  

   leaves 
  and 
  panicles 
  of 
  bright-yellow 
  flowers, 
  produced 
  in 
  great 
  profusion 
  at 
  the 
  

   beginning 
  of 
  January. 
  It 
  thrives 
  in 
  any 
  fair 
  garden 
  soil 
  and 
  is 
  propagated 
  by 
  seed." 
  

   {Extract 
  from 
  Woodrovi's 
  Gardening 
  in 
  India, 
  p. 
  277.) 
  

  

  Introduced 
  for 
  experimental 
  growing 
  as 
  a 
  cover 
  crop, 
  for 
  breeding 
  purposes, 
  and 
  

   as 
  an 
  ornamental 
  in 
  our 
  Southern 
  States. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Slopes 
  of 
  the 
  Nilgiri 
  and 
  Madura 
  Hills, 
  in 
  the 
  southern 
  part 
  of 
  India. 
  

  

  28345. 
  Vicia 
  faba 
  L. 
  Horse 
  bean. 
  

  

  From 
  Dongola 
  Province, 
  Egypt. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  S. 
  E. 
  Durant, 
  inspector 
  of 
  

  

  agriculture, 
  at 
  the 
  request 
  of 
  the 
  Director 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  and 
  Lands, 
  Sudan 
  

  

  Government, 
  Khartum. 
  Received 
  July 
  7, 
  1910. 
  

  

  "This 
  grain 
  is 
  never 
  used 
  for 
  stock 
  feed, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  ground 
  into 
  flour 
  and 
  mixed 
  with 
  

  

  wheat 
  flour, 
  then 
  baked 
  into 
  bread. 
  The 
  straw 
  is 
  fed 
  to 
  stock, 
  the 
  only 
  preparation 
  

  

  being 
  that 
  the 
  grain 
  is 
  first 
  thrashed 
  out 
  by 
  hand. 
  The 
  natives 
  do 
  not 
  consider 
  that 
  

  

  bean 
  straw 
  forms 
  such 
  a 
  valuable 
  fodder 
  as 
  that 
  of 
  wheat." 
  {Durant.) 
  

  

  28346 
  to 
  28350. 
  Oryza 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Rice. 
  

  

  From 
  Philippine 
  Islands. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  William 
  S. 
  Lyon, 
  Manila, 
  

   July 
  1, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  native 
  names 
  and 
  notes 
  as 
  given 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Lyon: 
  

  

  28346. 
  Inaplaya. 
  Matures 
  in 
  A.\ 
  months. 
  

  

  28347. 
  Inita. 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  earliest; 
  often 
  matures 
  in 
  100 
  days. 
  

  

  28348. 
  Dinalaga. 
  Late; 
  matures 
  in 
  4 
  to 
  4 
  \ 
  months. 
  

  

  28349. 
  Minalit. 
  Very 
  late; 
  matures 
  in 
  5 
  or 
  more 
  months. 
  

  

  28350. 
  Pimling-berto 
  . 
  Medium; 
  matures 
  in 
  4 
  to 
  4| 
  months. 
  

  

  28351. 
  Diospyros 
  discolor 
  Willd. 
  Mabola. 
  

  

  From 
  Buitenzorg, 
  Java. 
  Presented 
  by 
  the 
  Director 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  Received 
  

   July 
  14, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds. 
  See 
  No. 
  26112 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

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