﻿42 
  seeds 
  and 
  plants 
  imported. 
  

  

  29167. 
  Zea 
  mays 
  L. 
  Corn. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Ciudad 
  del 
  Maiz, 
  State 
  of 
  San 
  Luis 
  Potosi, 
  Mexico, 
  the 
  latitude 
  being 
  

   approximately 
  22° 
  20' 
  and 
  the 
  longitude 
  being 
  approximately 
  20 
  miles 
  west 
  

   of 
  the 
  line 
  which 
  runs 
  exactly 
  north 
  and 
  south 
  through 
  Mexico 
  City. 
  The 
  

   elevation 
  of 
  the 
  ranch 
  is 
  approximately 
  1,000 
  meters. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Wil- 
  

   bert 
  L. 
  Bonney, 
  American 
  consul, 
  San 
  Luis 
  Potosi, 
  Mexico. 
  Received 
  Decem- 
  

   ber 
  16, 
  1910. 
  

   "This 
  corn 
  was 
  grown 
  by 
  an 
  American 
  ranchman 
  who 
  selects 
  his 
  seed 
  corn 
  carefully, 
  

   and 
  this 
  sample 
  may 
  be 
  regarded 
  as 
  representing 
  the 
  best 
  corn 
  now 
  grown 
  in 
  this 
  

   State." 
  (Bonney.) 
  

  

  29169 
  and 
  29170. 
  

  

  From 
  Seharunpur, 
  India. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  R. 
  S. 
  Woglum, 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  

   States 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  December 
  20, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  29169. 
  Bambos 
  sp. 
  Bamboo. 
  

   "Said 
  to 
  be 
  seed 
  of 
  a 
  bamboo 
  which 
  grows 
  wild 
  around 
  Seharunpur." 
  

  

  (Woglum.) 
  

  

  29170. 
  LlMONIA 
  ACIDISSIMA 
  L. 
  

  

  "I 
  found 
  one 
  tree 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  in 
  the 
  Botanical 
  Garden 
  at 
  Seharunpur. 
  

   Tree 
  25 
  to 
  30 
  feet 
  tall 
  and 
  very 
  healthy. 
  Fruit 
  ripening 
  at 
  this 
  time 
  of 
  year 
  

   (November 
  15). 
  A 
  small 
  blackish 
  fruit, 
  almost 
  half 
  an 
  inch 
  in 
  diameter, 
  con- 
  

   taining 
  a 
  small 
  pit 
  of 
  roundish 
  form." 
  (Woglum.) 
  

  

  See 
  No. 
  26496 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  29171. 
  Diospyros 
  sp. 
  Persimmon. 
  

  

  From 
  Tampico, 
  Mexico. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Clarence 
  A. 
  Miller, 
  American 
  consul, 
  

  

  who 
  procured 
  them 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Mordelo 
  Vincent. 
  Received 
  December 
  17, 
  1910. 
  

  

  "The 
  fruits 
  from 
  which 
  this 
  seed 
  was 
  taken 
  are 
  not 
  very 
  large. 
  They 
  have 
  green 
  

  

  skins 
  and 
  black 
  meat 
  and 
  resemble 
  in 
  contour 
  the 
  Japanese 
  persimmon. 
  They 
  are 
  

  

  very 
  sweet 
  but 
  insipid 
  and 
  full 
  of 
  seed." 
  (Miller.) 
  

  

  29172. 
  Nicotiana 
  trigonophylla 
  Dunal. 
  Wild 
  tobacco. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  neighborhood 
  of 
  San 
  Pedro 
  de 
  Ocampo, 
  Mexico. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  

   Elswood 
  Chaffey, 
  Cerros, 
  Mazapil, 
  Zacatecas, 
  Mexico. 
  Received 
  December 
  19, 
  1910. 
  

  

  Cimarron. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  In 
  sandy 
  soil, 
  Texas 
  to 
  California 
  and 
  southward 
  to 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  

   Coahuila 
  in 
  central 
  Mexico. 
  

  

  29173. 
  Zizania 
  latifolia 
  (Griseb.) 
  Stapf. 
  Wild 
  rice. 
  

   From 
  Canton, 
  China. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  W. 
  Groff, 
  Canton 
  Christian 
  College. 
  

  

  Received 
  December 
  20, 
  1910. 
  

   " 
  Woo 
  Jcau 
  or 
  hau 
  sun." 
  

   See 
  No. 
  26760 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

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