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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPOKTED. 
  

  

  32038 
  to 
  32042— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  32041. 
  Oryza 
  satiya 
  L. 
  Rice. 
  

   From 
  Aksu, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1586a, 
  February 
  27, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  local 
  variety 
  of 
  wet-land 
  rice, 
  called 
  Ah 
  

   kiltrick. 
  In 
  looks 
  and 
  yield 
  very 
  much 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  the 
  preceding 
  number, 
  

   but 
  not 
  near 
  so 
  good 
  in 
  quality; 
  swells 
  but 
  little 
  in 
  cooking 
  and 
  is 
  not 
  so 
  white 
  

   and 
  large. 
  To 
  be 
  tested 
  like 
  the 
  preceding 
  number." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  32042. 
  Hordeum 
  sp. 
  Barley. 
  

   From 
  Yengi 
  Malah, 
  Tien 
  Shan 
  Mountains, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  Altitude, 
  

  

  7,950 
  feet. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1587a, 
  March 
  4, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  black 
  hull-less 
  summer 
  barley, 
  grown 
  under 
  

   irrigation 
  on 
  rocky 
  fields 
  at 
  high 
  altitudes. 
  A 
  very 
  rare 
  local 
  variety, 
  appar- 
  

   ently 
  a 
  mutation 
  which 
  has 
  not 
  yet 
  been 
  fixed. 
  It 
  is 
  intermixed 
  with 
  other 
  

   varieties 
  and 
  with 
  wild 
  black 
  and 
  white 
  oats, 
  which 
  may 
  also 
  prove 
  to 
  be 
  inter- 
  

   esting. 
  Locally 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  feed 
  for 
  horses 
  and 
  may 
  possibly 
  be 
  of 
  value 
  for 
  

   growing 
  for 
  this 
  purpose 
  in 
  elevated 
  arid 
  and 
  semiarid 
  regions. 
  To 
  be 
  tested 
  

   especially 
  in 
  the 
  intermountain 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  Note.— 
  See 
  Nos. 
  32280 
  and 
  32281 
  for 
  oats 
  and 
  barley 
  picked 
  out 
  of 
  this 
  lot. 
  

  

  32043 
  to 
  32060. 
  

  

  From 
  Brazil. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Welnian 
  Bradford, 
  Crowley, 
  La. 
  Received 
  

   October 
  2, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  quoted 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Bradford: 
  

  

  32043. 
  MiCHELiA 
  champaca 
  L. 
  Champac. 
  

   ••Magnolialike 
  tree 
  having 
  yellow 
  blooms. 
  Not 
  as 
  sweet 
  as 
  our 
  magnolia. 
  

  

  Grows 
  30 
  feet 
  high. 
  It 
  is 
  being 
  planted 
  in 
  Sao 
  Paulo 
  as 
  an 
  ornamental 
  street 
  

   tree." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  tall 
  tree 
  found 
  wild 
  in 
  the 
  forests 
  on 
  the 
  temperate 
  slopes 
  of 
  

   the 
  Himalayas 
  in 
  northern 
  India 
  ; 
  often 
  cultivated. 
  

   32044 
  to 
  32046. 
  Annona 
  squamosa 
  L. 
  Sweetsop. 
  

  

  ' 
  F 
  ruta 
  de 
  conde 
  . 
  This 
  is 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  Princess 
  fruit; 
  there 
  is 
  another 
  

   variety 
  called 
  the 
  Prince. 
  In 
  my 
  estimation 
  it 
  is 
  the 
  best 
  fruit 
  that 
  ever 
  grew. 
  

   The 
  largest 
  plants 
  I 
  have 
  noticed 
  are 
  about 
  12 
  feet 
  high, 
  and 
  the 
  largest 
  fruit 
  

   about 
  5 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter." 
  

   32047. 
  Passiflora 
  sp. 
  Passion 
  fruit. 
  

  

  ' 
  ' 
  Maracuja 
  roxo 
  (purple 
  maypop) 
  . 
  This 
  is 
  round, 
  very 
  hard, 
  and 
  stiff. 
  Should 
  

   not 
  be 
  eaten 
  until 
  quite 
  ripe, 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  too 
  sour." 
  

   32048 
  and 
  32049. 
  Passiflora 
  sp. 
  Passion 
  fruit. 
  

  

  " 
  Said 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  best 
  to 
  eat." 
  

  

  32048. 
  "Maracuja 
  amarello 
  (yellow 
  maypop). 
  Large." 
  

  

  32049. 
  "Maracuja 
  amarello 
  (yellow 
  maypop). 
  Small." 
  

  

  32050. 
  Passiflora 
  ligularis 
  Juss. 
  Passion 
  fruit. 
  

   " 
  Maracuja 
  guasu 
  (large 
  maypop). 
  " 
  

  

  32051. 
  Erythrixa 
  crista-galli 
  L. 
  

   See 
  Xo. 
  29655 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  32052. 
  Rollixia 
  sp. 
  

  

  32053. 
  TOLLTFERA 
  Sp. 
  

  

  "A 
  tall 
  forest 
  tree. 
  "Wood 
  deep 
  purple, 
  oily, 
  very 
  sweet 
  scented, 
  proof 
  

   against 
  the 
  attack 
  of 
  ants, 
  absolutely 
  everlasting. 
  Posts 
  made 
  from 
  it 
  never 
  

   rot, 
  and 
  trunks 
  and 
  furniture 
  are 
  insect 
  proof. 
  " 
  

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