﻿72 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPOBTED. 
  

  

  30268 
  to 
  30275— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  "The 
  flesh 
  is 
  very 
  white 
  and 
  of 
  high 
  quality, 
  similar 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  yampies 
  

   of 
  the 
  Canal 
  Zone 
  and 
  Jamaica 
  (Nos. 
  29540 
  and 
  30091). 
  The 
  external 
  appear- 
  

   ance 
  of 
  the 
  tubers 
  is 
  not 
  quite 
  so 
  good 
  as 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  variety 
  from 
  the 
  Canal 
  

   Zone, 
  but 
  is 
  better 
  than 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  Jamaica 
  variety. 
  The 
  skin, 
  under 
  the 
  

   surface, 
  is 
  pink 
  or 
  purplish. 
  The 
  size 
  and 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  tubers 
  received 
  varied 
  

   considerably. 
  The 
  largest 
  weighed 
  over 
  8 
  ounces. 
  " 
  (R. 
  A. 
  Young.) 
  

  

  30269. 
  Dioscorea 
  sp. 
  Yam. 
  

   "A 
  yam 
  of 
  good 
  quality. 
  The 
  flesh 
  is 
  perfectly 
  white 
  and 
  is 
  mealy 
  when 
  

  

  cooked." 
  (R. 
  A. 
  Young.) 
  

  

  30270. 
  Xanthosoma 
  sp. 
  Yautia. 
  

   Called 
  tannia 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Caracciolo. 
  

  

  "The 
  tubers 
  are 
  large, 
  sometimes 
  weighing 
  1 
  pound, 
  usually 
  club 
  shaped, 
  

   have 
  purplish-red 
  sprouts, 
  and 
  are 
  of 
  good 
  quality. 
  The 
  flesh 
  when 
  baked 
  is 
  

   much 
  like 
  that 
  of 
  a 
  very 
  white 
  and 
  mealy 
  potato. 
  " 
  (R. 
  A. 
  Young.) 
  

  

  30271. 
  Colocasia 
  sp. 
  Dasheen. 
  

   "Some 
  of 
  the 
  corms 
  or 
  rootstocks 
  received 
  were 
  much 
  elongated 
  and 
  very 
  

  

  large, 
  single 
  specimens 
  weighing 
  up 
  to 
  5£ 
  pounds. 
  These 
  large 
  corms 
  had 
  

   evidently 
  grown 
  continuously 
  for 
  about 
  two 
  years. 
  Both 
  corms 
  and 
  tubers 
  are 
  

   of 
  good 
  quality, 
  and 
  when 
  baked 
  are 
  white 
  and 
  mealy. 
  They 
  are 
  slightly 
  acrid 
  

   when 
  raw. 
  The 
  corm 
  is 
  scarcely 
  different 
  from 
  the 
  tuber 
  in 
  quality, 
  although 
  

   it 
  is 
  a 
  trifle 
  drier. 
  " 
  (R. 
  A. 
  Young.) 
  

  

  30272. 
  Colocasia 
  sp. 
  Dasheen. 
  

   " 
  Chinese 
  eddo. 
  This 
  is 
  eaten 
  also, 
  but 
  not 
  in 
  large 
  quantities. 
  " 
  ( 
  Caracciolo.) 
  

   "The 
  corms 
  and 
  tubers 
  are 
  nonacrid 
  and 
  are 
  of 
  fair 
  quality. 
  When 
  baked 
  

  

  the 
  flesh 
  is 
  mealy 
  and 
  white, 
  except 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  corms 
  it 
  is 
  sometimes 
  slightly 
  

   violet 
  colored." 
  (R. 
  A. 
  Young.) 
  

  

  30273. 
  Colocasia 
  sp. 
  Taro. 
  

   Malanga. 
  "This 
  is 
  not 
  much 
  liked 
  here, 
  as 
  it 
  scratches 
  the 
  mouth; 
  but 
  if 
  

  

  dried 
  for 
  a 
  day 
  or 
  two 
  before 
  cooking, 
  it 
  has 
  not 
  this 
  effect." 
  (Caracciolo 
  .) 
  

  

  30274. 
  Dioscorea 
  sp. 
  Yampie. 
  

   "A 
  purple-fleshed 
  variety 
  found 
  among 
  the 
  white-fleshed 
  tubers 
  (No. 
  30268) 
  

  

  received 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  source. 
  The 
  external 
  appearance 
  of 
  the 
  varieties 
  was 
  

   identical." 
  (R. 
  A. 
  Young.) 
  

  

  30275. 
  Canna 
  sp. 
  

  

  u 
  P 
  erica 
  Guaro. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  Spanish 
  name, 
  but 
  the 
  natives 
  call 
  it 
  'toloman' 
  , 
  

   others 
  'arrowroot' 
  ." 
  (Caracciolo.) 
  

  

  30276 
  to 
  30297. 
  

  

  From 
  Paris, 
  France. 
  Presented 
  by 
  the 
  Museum 
  of 
  Natural 
  History. 
  Received 
  

  

  March 
  27, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following, 
  procured 
  for 
  testing 
  and 
  breeding 
  work: 
  

  

  30276. 
  Phleum 
  pratense 
  L. 
  Timothy, 
  

  

  30277. 
  Phleum 
  paniculatum 
  Huds. 
  

  

  30278. 
  Phleum 
  paniculatum 
  Huds. 
  

  

  30279. 
  Platycodon 
  grandlflorum 
  (Jacq.) 
  DC. 
  - 
  

   Variety 
  autumnale. 
  

  

  30280. 
  CORIARIA 
  MYRTTFOLIA 
  L. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  countries 
  along 
  the 
  northern 
  shore 
  of 
  the 
  Mediterranean 
  

   from 
  Spain 
  to 
  Greece, 
  excepting 
  Italy. 
  

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