﻿46 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



41155 to 41162— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. H. M. Leake.) 



41160. "No. 48. Six-rowed, from Kheri." 



41161. "No. 59. Six-rowed, from Kheri." 



41162. HORDEUM VULGARE VIOLACEUM Kom. 



" Red barley. Six-rowed, from Cawnpore Farm." 



41163. Solanum tuberosum L. Solanaceae. Potato. 

 From Buenos Aires, Argentina. Presented by Mr. W. D. Backhouse, through 



Mr. W. F. Wight, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Tubers received Sep- 

 tember 6, 1915. 

 " From a few miles southeast of La Plata, in the Province of Buenos Aires, at 

 a few meters' altitude above a lagoon, on land that had never been cultivated. 

 The potatoes grew in small patches and the tubers were surprisingly good. 

 Though this species flowers very profusely, it apparently does not seed. I had 

 a patch isolated and inclosed some hundred plants, and not one seed was ob- 

 tained. The tubers are by no means plentiful, either. The whole patch only 

 gave about a kilo, and the biggest was about 2 inches in diameter." (Back- 

 house. ) 



41164. Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. Cucurbitaceae. 



Tsama melon. 



From Johannesburg, Union of Soutk Africa. Presented by Mr. J. Burtt 



Davy, botanist, Agricultural Supply Association. Received September 



20, 1915. 



" I have been able to get in touch with a gentleman living in the Kalahari 



Desert who is able to secure the true Tsama melon, which grows about 250 



miles farther west than his place. I do not know whether you are aware that it 



is extremely difficult to get the true article from the Kalahari, owing to the fact 



that the natives have an intense dislike to letting the seed leave the country 



and are up to all kinds of tricks to prevent it. Much of the so-called Tsama 



that appears in South Africa is the common Kafir melon or Manketaan, which 



appears to be far less drought resistant and not nearly so serviceable for desert 



regions." (Davy.) 



This is the remarkable forage melon of the Kalahari, which furnished much 

 of the feed for the huge herds of wild animals formerly pasturing there. 



41165. Lilium philippinense Baker. Liliacese. Benguet lily. 



From Manila, Philippine Islands. Presented by the director, Department of 

 Agriculture. Bulbs received September 24, 1915. 



41166. (Undetermined.) 



From San Jose, Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. Carlos Werckle, Department 

 of Agriculture. Received September 30, 1915. 



41167. Cacara erosa (L.) Kuntze. Fabacese. Yam bean. 

 (Pacliyrhizus angulatus Rich.) 



From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by the director, Department of Agricul- 

 ture. Received September 28, 1915. 

 ' Bangkoewang. This variety is the only one cultivated by the natives here." 

 (The Director.) 

 See S. P. I. Nos. 38665 and 41143 for previous introductions and description. 



