﻿18 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



41731 to 41743— Continued. 



41738. Amygdalus peesica L. Amygdalaceae. Peach. 



(Primus persica Stokes.) 

 "HardoL From Seharunpur. Similar to Heharunpur or Country 

 [S. P. I. No. 41733] and Large Agra [S. P. I. No. 41740], varying accord- 

 ing to the localities in which they are grown." 



41739. Amygdalus persica nectabina Ait. Amygdalaceae. Nectarine. 

 " A nectarine from Kashmir. A French variety ; grafted, late." 



41740 to 41743. Amygdalus persica L. Amygdalacese. Peach. 



{Primus persica Stokes.) 



41740. "Large Agra. From Seharunpur. Similar to Seharunpur or 

 Country [S. P. I. No. 41733] and Harden [S. P. I. No. 41738], 

 varying according to the localities in which they are grown." 



41741. "Small white Kashmiri. From Kashmir. Indigenous late 

 variety grown from seed. Not much taste, though sweet." 



41742. " Small red Kashmiri. From Kashmir. Indigenous late va- 

 riety ; ripens last of all. Grown from seed." 



41743. " Mai-Cha. From Seharunpur. A Chinese variety. One of 

 the first to come into hearing; it remains long on the trees." 



41744 to 41762. Poacese. Grass. 



Procured by Mr. Roland McKee, of the Bureau of Plant Industry, from the 

 Australian exhibit of the Panama-Pacific Exposition, San Francisco, Cal. 

 Received January 14, 1916. Descriptive notes by Mr. McKee except where 

 otherwise indicated. 



41744. Chaetochloa macrostachya (H. F>. K. ) Scribner and Merr. 

 (Setaria, macrostachya H. B. K.) 



" Grows 4 feet tall, leafy, shatters easily. A good fodder." 



41745. Manisuris compress a (L. f.) Kuntze. 

 (Rottboellia compressa L, f.) 



"For swamp lands and margins of rivers; 5 feet tall, leafy, coarse; 

 fair seed habit." 



41746. Panicum distachyon L. 



" Excellent pasture and hay grass ; 21 feet tall, leafy ; fine seed habits 

 for a Panicum." 



" The stems of this grass creep and root at the joints ; it is an immense 

 yielder and is grown for hay in the northern districts. This is one of 

 several indigenous grasses tested at Gracemere, near Rockhampton, and 

 considered best for the purpose of haymaking." {Maiden, Useful Native 

 Plants of Australia, p. 98.) 



41747. Arundinella nepalensis Trin. 



" Grows 5 feet tall, erect, fairly leafy ; good seed habit ; wants tropical 

 climate and good soil." 



41748. Themeda gigantea avenacea (F. Muell.) Hack. 

 (Anthistiria avenacea F. Muell.) Kangaroo grass. 



"A good fodder grass, 6 feet tall, rather coarse, medium leafy; fair 

 seed habit. Tall oat-grass of the downs country." 



" In parts it is one of the most productive grasses in Australia, and 

 (unlike other kangaroo grasses) it possesses the advantage of being a 



