﻿112 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



40370 to 40376-Continued. (Quoted notes by Rev. C. Noss.) 



40374. " No. 37. Hishidaizu (water caltrop, alluding to the flattened 

 shape) ; eaten parboiled and seasoned with shoyu and salt." 



40375. " No. 38. Name unknown, cultivated from ancient times in 

 Soma County, Fukushima Ken; used for miso." 



40376. "No. 39. Hakodate-nishihi-daizu (Hakodate brocade) ; used for 

 miso." 



40377 to 40382. Medicago spp. Fabacese. 



From Sydney, New South Wales. Presented by Mr. G. Valder, under- 

 secretary and director, Department of Agriculture. Received March 31, 

 1915. 

 From the Bathurst Experiment Farm. Selected. 



40377 to 40381. Medicago sativa L. Alfalfa. 



40377. Bathurst No. 1. 40380. Arabian. 



40378. Bathurst No. G. 40381. Montana. 



40379. Bathurst No. 13. 



40382. Medicago sativa vabia (Mart.) Urban. Sand lucern. 



40383 and 40384. 



From Joinville, Brazil. Presented by Mr. Jean Knatz. Received March 

 29, 1915. 



40383. Chorisia insignis H. B. K. Bombacacese. 



" Seeds of a tree which grows very well in many parts of our State." 

 (Knatz.) 



40384. Colocasia sp. Aracese. 

 Mangarita. Tubers. 



40385 to 40387. 



From Nakskov, Denmark. Presented by Mr. R. Wiboltt. Received Marcli 

 26, 1915. Quoted notes by Mr. Wiboltt. 



40385. A vena sativa L. Poaceae. Oat. 

 "Abed Danish Giant No. J/5. The best Danish oat." 



40386. Hordeum distichon nutans Schubl. Poacere. Barley. 

 "Abed Binder, 2-rowed novelty, 1915. This has' been tried for a num- 

 ber of years by the Danish State experiment stations and is now acknowl- 

 edged as one of the earliest and heaviest yielders of all kinds of 2-rowed 

 barley." 



40387. Hordeum vulgare L. Poacese. Barley. 

 "Abed, July, 6-rowed novelty, 1915. This has been tried for a number 



of years by the Danish State experiment stations and is now acknowl- 

 edged as one of the earliest and heaviest yielders of all kinds of rowed 

 barley." 



40388. Ipomoea batatas (L.) Poir. Convolvulacese. 



Sweet potato. 



From Cuba. Presented by Mr. Juan T. Roig, botanist, Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station, Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba. Tubers received March 22, 

 1915. 

 " No. 68. Cieldn, white group. From Taco Taco, Pinar del Rio. Yielding 

 37,478 arrobas (of 25 pounds each) per caballeria (33 J acres)." (Roig.) 





