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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



46363. 



" No. 6. 



46364. 



" No. 5. 



46365. 



" No. 3. 



46366. 



" No. 8. 



46367. 



' No. 16. 



46368. 



" No. 1. 



46369. 



" No. 13. 



46370. 



"No. 12 



seeds, for the purpose of selecting or developing strains suited to the various 

 conditions obtaining in different parts of the United States. 



46358. Dolichos lablab L. Fabaceae. Bonavist bean. 



" No. 14. Frijol tapiruense." 



46359 to 46361. Phaseolus lunatus L. Fabacese. Lima bean. 



46359. " No. 9. Guaracaro 'bianco.''' 



46360. " No. 11. Guaracaro cafe con lecher 

 46361. "No. 15. Guaracaro peine." 



46362 to 46370. Phaseolus vulgaris L. Fabacese. Common bean. 



46362. " No. 7. Poncha rosada." 

 Caraota blanca." 

 Huevo cle paloma." 

 " Guaracaro rcdondo pintado." 

 Caraota negm.'* 

 Poncha rosada jaspeada" 

 Guacamaya." 



Caraota indiecita pequena." 

 Guaracaro Colorado" 

 46371 to 46373. Vigna sinensis (Torner) Savi. Fabacese. Cowpea. 

 46371. " No. 10. Frijol Colorado." 



46372. " No. 2. Frijol bianco de sopa" 



46373. " No. 4. Frijol bayo." 



46374. Solanum mammosum L. Solanacea?. Susumber. 



From Porto Rico. Presented by Prof. C. S. Sargent, Arnold Arboretum, 

 Jamaica Plain, Mass. Collected by Mr. Sylvester Baxter. Received July 

 25, 1918. 



" In Jamaica difficulties in bringing eggplants to a healthy maturity have been 

 met by grafting them on Solanum mammosum, the so-called ' susumber tree,' a 

 rank, tropical weed, closely related botanically to the eggplant. The grafts are 

 said to produce fruits of large size and fine flavor, and as the stock is peren- 

 nial bearing is continual." (Cook and Collins, Economic Plants of Porto Rico, 

 Contributions from the U. S. National Herbarium, vol. 8, p. 242.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 27713. 



46375. Casimiroa edulis La Llave. Eutacea?. White sapote. 



From Guadalajara, Mexico. Presented by Mr. F. S. Furnivall, through Mr. 

 J. R. Silliman, American consul. Received July 26, 1918. 

 "A pear-shaped variety of the white sapote. The fruits were healthy, of good 

 size, ripe, and of a bright-yellow color." (Furnivall.) 



For previous introduction and description, see S. P. I. No. 39583. 

 For an illustration of the white sapote tree, see Plate I. 



46376 and 46377. Barosma spp. Eutacea?. 



From Transvaal, South Africa. Presented by Mr. J. F. Jewell, American 

 consul at Lourenco Marques, Portuguese East Africa, who obtained them 

 from the Director of Agriculture, through the Division of Botany, Trans 

 vaal Department of Agriculture, Pretoria. Received July 29, 1918. 



