﻿W SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPOETED. 



47017 to 47057— Continued. 



47019. Axonopus compressus (Swartz.) Beauv. 

 "No. 14." 



47020. Axonopus sp. 

 " No. 15." 



47021. Chaetochloa impressa (Nees) Hitchc. and Chase. 

 "No. 16." 



47022. Chaetochloa sp. 



" No. 21. Not native in Marajo. I found this kind growing in plant 

 pots and plant boxes which contained fruit trees brought from the city 

 of Para. Even in Para itself this species is not native and I have never 

 found it on any of my collecting trips." 



47023. Eragrostis glomerata (Walt.) L. H. Dewey. 

 "No. 36." 



47024. Eriochloa sp. 

 "No. 26." 



47025. Homalocenchrus hexandrus (Swartz) Kuntze. 

 "No. 18." 



47026. Leptochloa virgata (L.) Beauv. 

 " No. 38." 



47027. Mesosetum loliiforme (Hochst.) Chase. 

 " No. 13." 



47028. Olyra latifolia L. 

 "No. 41." 



47029. Oryza latifolia Desv. 



" No. 1. A kind of native rice, growing on not inundated soil in Marajo. 

 It is an interesting kind for several reasons. In the first place, it is the 

 tallest I ever heard of, growing sometimes to a height of 8 feet. In the 

 second place, it is a perennial kind, growing in large isolated bunches 

 for several years, flowering and bearing seeds the whole year round. Its 

 leaves are very broad. The kernels may not have any industrial or 

 culinary value, but as a cattle feed the green plant might be useful. Be- 

 sides this, I consider this kind interesting from a phytogeographical 

 standpoint, demonstrating that real native kinds of rice are to be found 

 in the Amazonian region." 



47030. Panicum aquaticum Poir. 

 " No. 20." 



47031. Panicum maximum Jacq. 



" No. 24. A guinea grass of gigantic growth, completely different from 

 the common one we have here. The common guinea grass has narrow 

 leaves and reaches to a height of about 4 feet. This kind is stronger and 

 much taller, having a very broad leaf and reaching a height of 7 or 

 more feet. It is not a native grass of this country, but was introduced 

 from Jamaica in soil which was packed around banana suckers, growing 

 among the banana trees and especially where the suckers had been laid 

 down before planting." 



47032. Panicum maximum Jacq. 



" No. 25. The common guinea grass ; introduced, not native." 



