﻿18 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



44037 to 44039— Continued. 



44038. Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn. Poacese. African millet. 

 A grass closely related to and much resembling goose-grass (Eleusine 



indica), often cultivated as an ornamental. 



44039. Holcus sorghum L. Poaceae. Sorghum. 

 (Sorghum vulgare Pers.) 



Apparently a nonsaccharino or forage variety. 



44040. Aeschynomene sp. Fabaceae. 



From El Coyolar, Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. Carlos Werckle. Re- 

 ceived January 17, 1917. 

 " Yellow sensitiva. A very dense-growing leguminous annual, whose roots 

 are almost completely covered with noduh s. People say that it is a good 

 forage plant, but I have never seen cattle eat it. Our best plant for nitrifi- 

 cation of the soil." {WerckU.) 



44041 to 44056. Pyrus spp. Malacese. Pear. 



From Jamaica Plain, Mass. Cuttings presented by the Arnold Arboretum. 

 Received January 25, 1917. 



4041. Pyrus amygdaliformis Vail. 



A small tree, native of southern Europe, occasionally 20 feet or more 

 high, or sometimes merely a large, rounded shrub. The leaves, which 

 are variable in shape and size, are from 1* to 2\ inches in length ; the 

 white flowers, 1 inch wide, are produced in April in corymbs: and the 

 round, yellowish brown fruits are about an inch in diameter. The chief 

 merit of this tree is its picturesqueness in age. (Adapted from Bean, 

 Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 273.) 



44042. Pyrus betueaefolta Bunge. 



A slender, fast-growing, graceful tree from northern China, attaining 

 a height of 20 to 30 feet, with the young shoots thickly covered with a 

 persistent gray felt. The dark-green oval or roundish, dentate, long- 

 pointed leaves are 2 to 3 inches long; the white flowers, three-quarters 

 of an inch wide, occur eight to ten in corymbs; and the grayish brown 

 roundish fruits are about' the size of a pea. The Chinese use this as 

 a stock on which to graft fruiting pears. (Adapted from Bean, Trees 

 and Shrubs- Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 279. ) 



44043. Pyrus bretschneideri Rehder. 



A medium-sized Chinese tree, with sharp-pointed serrate leaves 2 to 

 4 inches long, white flowers about three-quarters of an inch wide occur- 

 ring seven to ten in racemes, and nearly globular yellow fruits up to 

 U inches long. It is possible that the native name Pai-li may include 

 this species. (Adapted from Rehder, Proceedings of the American 

 Academy of Arts and Sciences, vol. 50, p. 231.) 



44044. Pyrus calleryana Decaisne. 



See S. P. I. No. 43987 for previous introduction and description. 



44045. Pyrus phaeocarpa glohosa Rehder. 



A medium-sized Chinese tree with ovate, round-based, deep-green 

 leaves: unusually large, white flowers: and globular brown or russet 

 slender-stalked fruits. (Adapted from Bailey. Standard Cyclopedia of 

 Horticulture, vol. 5. p. 2780.) 



