﻿JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1918. 



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46338 to 46354— Continued. 



46338. Lentilla lens (L.) W. F. Wight. 

 (Lens esculenta Moencli.) 

 " Peas, Lentejas." 



Fabacere, 



Lentil. 



46339. Phaseolus lunatus L. Fabacere. 







Lima bean 



" Beans, Pallares." 









46340 to 46351. Phaseolus vulgaris L 



Fabacea?.. 





Common bean 



46340. "Bayo." 46346. ' 



' Misturiado 







46341. "Burro." 46347. ' 



' Panamito > 



efoi 



'zado." 



46342. " Panamito." 46348. ' 



' Burro amarillc 



." 



46343. " Canwrw." 46349. ' 



' Caballero." 







46344. " Criollo." 46350. ' 



' Chalos." 







46345. "Overo." 46351. " 



Cacique." 







46352. Pisuai sativum L. Fabacea?. 







Garden pea 



"Alberjas" 









46353. Vicia faba L. Fabacese. 







Broad bean. 



" Habas." 









46354. Vigna sinensis (Torner) Savi. Fabacea?. 





Cowpea. 



" Fumbes" 









46355 to 46357. 



From Richmond, Australia. Presented by Mr. F. H. Baker. Received July 

 24. 1918. 



46355. Acacia diffusa Lindl. Mimosacese. 



A straggling shrub, native to New South Wales, with loosely scattered 

 sessile, linear leaves about an inch long and yellow flowers in axillary 

 heads about the size of a pea. (Adapted from The Botanical Register, 

 vol. 8, pi. 63 4.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 44320. 



46356. Acacia juniperina Willd. Mimosacea?. Prickly wattle. 

 " The common prickly wattle of the coastal and mountain districts. 



A prickly scrambling shrub, usually with white or cream-colored flowers. 

 Very common in New South Wales." {Maiden. Wattles and ^Yattlebark•s. 

 3d ed., p. 77.) 



46357. Hakea rostrata F. Muell. Proteacea?. 



An erect shrub several feet in height with glabrous branches. The 

 terete leaves are smooth and rigid. The flowers are borne in sessile 

 axillary clusters. The rugose fruit is 1 to 2 inches long by three- 

 fourths of an inch broad, recurved at the base, incurved from the middle, 

 with a closely inflexed conical beak. Found in Victoria and southern 

 Australia. (Adapted from Beniham, Flora Australiensis, vol. 5, }>. 

 508.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 45S6S. 



46358 to 46373. 



From Caracas. Venezuela. Presented by Mr. H. Pittier, through m\ . 



Homer Brett, American consul, La Guaira. Received July 24, 191S. 



Quoted notes by Mr. Pittier. 



These legumes have been introduced for use in a series of experiments in 



testing and breeding varieties of South American plants which bear beanlike 



