﻿50 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  28772 
  to 
  28779— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  28777. 
  (Undetermined.) 
  

  

  "(H. 
  No. 
  605.) 
  A 
  beautiful 
  evergreen 
  lumber 
  tree; 
  name 
  unknown 
  to 
  me." 
  

  

  28778. 
  Melica 
  violacea 
  Cav. 
  

  

  "(H. 
  No. 
  606.) 
  A 
  wild 
  grass 
  from 
  the 
  south 
  of 
  Chile. 
  Is 
  eaten 
  by 
  animals." 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Talcahuano 
  on 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  central 
  Chile. 
  

  

  28779. 
  Sanguisorba 
  minor 
  Scop. 
  

  

  " 
  (H. 
  No. 
  607.) 
  A 
  wild 
  grass 
  from 
  the 
  south 
  of 
  Chile. 
  Is 
  eaten 
  by 
  animals. 
  " 
  

   See 
  No. 
  25040 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  28780. 
  Dioscorea 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  Paraguay. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  F. 
  Mead, 
  Piropo. 
  Received 
  September 
  

   17, 
  1910. 
  

   ' 
  ' 
  This 
  will 
  stand 
  the 
  same 
  amount 
  of 
  frost 
  as 
  tomato 
  vines. 
  The 
  tubers 
  above 
  ground 
  

   are 
  very 
  similar 
  to 
  potatoes, 
  but 
  the 
  color 
  is 
  dark, 
  from 
  yellow 
  to 
  red. 
  There 
  are 
  also 
  

   white 
  tubers 
  below 
  the 
  ground, 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  regular 
  potatoes, 
  but 
  these 
  are 
  very 
  small. 
  

   It 
  may 
  be 
  possible 
  by 
  selection 
  or 
  crossing 
  to 
  induce 
  the 
  plant 
  to 
  bear 
  marketable 
  

   potatoes, 
  both 
  below 
  and 
  above 
  ground. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  as 
  heavy 
  a 
  cropper 
  as 
  the 
  regular 
  

   potato, 
  and 
  the 
  necessity 
  for 
  a 
  trellis 
  upon 
  which 
  it 
  can 
  climb 
  makes 
  its 
  economic 
  

   value 
  doubtful. 
  It 
  should 
  be 
  planted 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  manner 
  as 
  the 
  potato. 
  Will 
  prob- 
  

   ably 
  thrive 
  in 
  regions 
  favored 
  by 
  sugar 
  cane 
  and 
  oranges. 
  " 
  (Mead.) 
  

  

  28781. 
  Melocanna 
  baccifera 
  (Roxb.) 
  Skeels. 
  Muli 
  bamboo. 
  

  

  (Bambusa 
  baccifera 
  Roxb., 
  PI. 
  Corom., 
  vol. 
  3, 
  p. 
  37, 
  pi. 
  243, 
  1819.) 
  

   (Melocanna 
  bambusoides 
  Trin., 
  in 
  Spreng., 
  Neue 
  Entdeckungen 
  im 
  

   Ganzen 
  Umfang 
  der 
  Pflanzenkunde, 
  vol. 
  2, 
  p. 
  43, 
  1821.) 
  

   The 
  genus 
  Melocanna 
  was 
  established 
  by 
  Trinius 
  in 
  1821 
  (Spreng., 
  Neue 
  Entdeck- 
  

   ungen 
  im 
  Ganzen 
  Umfang 
  der 
  Pflanzenkunde, 
  vol. 
  2, 
  p. 
  43), 
  based 
  on 
  the 
  single 
  

   species 
  Bambusa 
  baccifera 
  Roxburgh. 
  Unfortunately 
  the 
  original 
  specific 
  name 
  was 
  

   changed 
  and 
  in 
  consequence 
  the 
  species 
  has 
  since 
  been 
  known 
  as 
  Melocanna 
  bam- 
  

   busoides 
  Trin. 
  The 
  earlier 
  specific 
  name 
  of 
  Roxburgh 
  is 
  here 
  restored. 
  

  

  The 
  species 
  was 
  described 
  by 
  Roxburgh 
  from 
  the 
  Chittagong 
  Mountains 
  in 
  the 
  

   southwestern 
  part 
  of 
  Upper 
  Burma, 
  India, 
  where 
  it 
  was 
  called 
  "Payu-tullu, 
  " 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  

   now 
  known 
  to 
  occur 
  on 
  the 
  Khasi 
  and 
  Garrow 
  Hills 
  in 
  Assam, 
  and 
  in 
  Arakan 
  and 
  

   Tenasserim, 
  in 
  India. 
  

  

  From 
  Sibpur, 
  Calcutta, 
  India. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Maj. 
  A. 
  T. 
  Gage, 
  superintendent, 
  

   Royal 
  Botanic 
  Gardens. 
  Received 
  September 
  19, 
  1910. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  21347 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  28782. 
  Sec 
  ale 
  cereale 
  L. 
  Rye. 
  

  

  From 
  Schlanstedt, 
  Saxony, 
  Germany. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  Rimpau. 
  Re- 
  

   ceived 
  September 
  19, 
  1910. 
  

   li 
  Old-breeding. 
  " 
  

  

  28783. 
  Argania 
  spinosa 
  (L.) 
  Skeels. 
  Argan. 
  

  

  (Sideroxylon 
  spinosum 
  L., 
  Sp. 
  PI., 
  vol. 
  1, 
  p. 
  193, 
  1753.) 
  

  

  (Argania 
  sideroxylum 
  Roem. 
  and 
  Schult., 
  Syst., 
  vol. 
  4, 
  p. 
  502, 
  1819.) 
  

   The 
  genus 
  Argania 
  was 
  established 
  by 
  Roemer 
  and 
  Schultes 
  in 
  1819 
  (Linn. 
  Systema 
  

   Vegetabilium 
  Secundum 
  Classes, 
  Ordines, 
  Genera, 
  Species, 
  vol. 
  4, 
  p. 
  502) 
  and 
  con- 
  

   tained 
  the 
  single 
  species 
  Sideroxylon 
  spinosum 
  L., 
  but 
  in 
  transferring 
  the 
  species 
  to 
  

   223 
  

  

  