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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  I 
  

  

  32713 
  to 
  32725— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  32717. 
  "Hayany. 
  A 
  variety 
  from 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Hayany 
  in 
  Upper 
  Egypt. 
  

   The 
  dates 
  are 
  said 
  by 
  Delchevalerie 
  to 
  be 
  made 
  up 
  into 
  a 
  paste 
  and 
  eaten 
  by 
  

   the 
  inhabitants 
  of 
  that 
  part 
  of 
  Egypt. 
  See 
  S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  6438." 
  (Walter 
  T. 
  

   Swingle.) 
  

  

  32718. 
  "Siwi." 
  32720. 
  " 
  Bartamoda." 
  » 
  

  

  32719. 
  "Adel 
  Malakawi." 
  l 
  

  

  32721. 
  " 
  Amhat. 
  As 
  to 
  this 
  variety 
  there 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  much 
  confusion 
  in 
  the 
  

   Egyptian 
  literature, 
  several 
  varieties 
  being 
  undoubtedly 
  confounded 
  under 
  

   the 
  same 
  name. 
  Until 
  the 
  dates 
  fruit 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  difficult 
  to 
  tell 
  more 
  about 
  

   them." 
  (Walter 
  T. 
  Swingle.) 
  

  

  32722. 
  "Zagloul." 
  See 
  No. 
  6439 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  32723. 
  u 
  Bint 
  Aischa." 
  See 
  No. 
  6440 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  32724. 
  "Amary. 
  Perhaps 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  Amri 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  6445). 
  The 
  name 
  

   would 
  indicate 
  a 
  red 
  date, 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  common 
  date 
  in 
  Lower 
  Egypt, 
  frequently 
  

   exported 
  to 
  Europe 
  in 
  a 
  dry 
  condition." 
  (Walter 
  T. 
  Swingle.) 
  

  

  32725. 
  "Samany." 
  See 
  No. 
  6441 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  32726. 
  Citrus 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  Hangchow, 
  China. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mrs. 
  J. 
  H. 
  Judson, 
  Hangchow 
  College. 
  

   Received 
  February 
  7, 
  1912. 
  

  

  32728. 
  Prosopis 
  stephaniana 
  (Bieb.) 
  Kunth. 
  

  

  From 
  Ayaba, 
  Oued 
  Rh'ir, 
  south 
  of 
  Biskra, 
  Algeria. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  L. 
  Trabut, 
  

  

  Algiers, 
  Algeria. 
  Received 
  February 
  8, 
  1912. 
  

   "Grows 
  on 
  alkaline 
  deserts. 
  " 
  (Trabut.) 
  

   See 
  No. 
  29996 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  32729. 
  Aralia 
  californica 
  S. 
  Watson. 
  California 
  spikenard. 
  

  

  From 
  California. 
  Procured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  P. 
  Rixford, 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  Indus- 
  

   try, 
  stationed 
  in 
  San 
  Francisco. 
  Received 
  February 
  7, 
  1912. 
  

   Procured 
  for 
  breeding 
  purposes. 
  See 
  No. 
  32169 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  32730. 
  NlTRARIA 
  SCHOBERI 
  L. 
  

  

  From 
  Spencers 
  Gulf, 
  South 
  Australia. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Prof. 
  J. 
  H. 
  Maiden, 
  Director, 
  

  

  Royal 
  Botanic 
  Garden, 
  Sydney, 
  New 
  South 
  Wales, 
  Australia. 
  Received 
  

  

  February 
  8, 
  1912. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  notes 
  were 
  written 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Maiden, 
  while 
  standing 
  opposite 
  plants 
  of 
  

  

  Nitraria 
  schoberi 
  at 
  Port 
  Augusta 
  at 
  the 
  northern 
  end 
  of 
  Spencers 
  Gulf, 
  South 
  Australia. 
  

  

  "Fruits 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  a 
  small 
  cherry 
  with 
  a 
  narrowish, 
  grooved 
  stone. 
  Very 
  fleshy, 
  

  

  translucent, 
  and 
  of 
  a 
  reddish 
  brown 
  color, 
  remarkably 
  like 
  a 
  Kentish 
  cherry. 
  Not 
  at 
  

  

  all 
  bad 
  eating, 
  with 
  a 
  slight 
  bitter 
  flavor, 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  unpleasant." 
  

  

  32731. 
  Chaetochloa 
  magna 
  (Griseb.) 
  Scribn. 
  Wild 
  millet. 
  

  

  From 
  Millstone, 
  Md. 
  Collected 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Ivar 
  Tidestrom, 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  

  

  Industry, 
  September 
  1, 
  1911. 
  Received 
  February 
  8, 
  1912. 
  

  

  "This 
  species, 
  a 
  large 
  succulent 
  annual, 
  resembles 
  the 
  cultivated 
  foxtail 
  millet. 
  

  

  It 
  grows 
  among 
  shrubs 
  and 
  high 
  herbs 
  or 
  in 
  the 
  open 
  in 
  mucky 
  soil 
  along 
  the 
  coast 
  

  

  from 
  Maryland 
  southward. 
  I 
  am 
  unable 
  to 
  say 
  whether 
  or 
  not 
  it 
  can 
  be 
  grown 
  in 
  

  

  ordinary 
  field 
  soil, 
  but 
  it 
  seems 
  worthy 
  of 
  trial." 
  (A. 
  S. 
  Hitchcock.) 
  

  

  i 
  " 
  Drying 
  dates 
  from 
  Upper 
  Egypt." 
  (Aarousohn.) 
  

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