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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



74442 — Continued. 



From Soledad, Cienfuegos, Cuba. Cuttings 

 presented by Robert M. Grey, superin- 

 tendent of the biological laboratory and 

 botanic garden of the Institute for Trop- 

 ical Biology and Medicine of Harvard 

 University. Received July 18, 1927. 



Harvard No. 2. A locally grown variety. 



74443. Gossypium arboreum L. Mal- 

 vaceae. Cotton. 



From Sibpur, near Calcutta, India. Seeds 

 presented by C. C. Calder, Superintendent, 

 Royal Botanic Garden, through T. H. 

 Kearney, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived July 5, 1927. 



Locally grown seeds. 



For previous introduction see No. 73125. 



74444. Achras zapota L. Sapotaceae. 



Sapodilla. 



From Bathurst, Gambia, West Africa. 

 Seeds presented by James Howie. Re- 

 ceived July 18, 1927. 



A small tropical American tree with 

 dark-green, leathery leaves, and roundish 

 fruits about 3 inches in diameter ; these 

 have thin skin and pale-brown soft juicy 

 sweet pulp. 



For previous introduction see No. 50466. 



74445 and 74446. 



From Paris, France. Seeds presented by 

 Maurice Jeanson. Received July 15, 

 1927. 



74445. Carissa edulis Vahl. Apocyna- 

 ceae. 



A tropical African shrub, producing 

 small purple edible fruits, which is said 

 to endure some frost. 



7444S. Musa sp. Musaceae. 



An Abyssinian wild banana with edible 

 roots, which is said to endure slight frost. 



74447 to 74459. Gossypium spp. Mal- 

 vaceae. Cotton. 



From Sibpur, near Calcutta, India. Seeds 

 presented bv C C. Calder, Superintendent, 

 Royal Botanic Garden, through T. H. 

 Kearney, Bureau of Plant Industry- Re- 

 ceived July, 1927. 



74447. Gossypium arboreum L. 

 A red variety. 



74448. Gossypium intermedium Todaro. 



A yellow variety. 



74449 to 74453. Gossypium neglectum 

 Todaro. 



74449. No. 2. Variety vera. 



74450. No. 3. Variety vera. Subva- 

 riety malvensis. 



74451. No. 4. Variety vera. Subva- 

 riety JcatJiiatvarensis. 



74452. No. 5. Variety rosea. 



74453. No. 6. Variety rosea. Subva- 

 riety cutcMca. 



74454 to 74457. Gossypium obtusifolium 

 Roxb. 



74454. No. 1. Variety sindica. 



74447 to 74459— Continued. 



74455. No. 7. Nadam. 



74456. No. 8. Variety coconada. 



74457. No. 11. Rozi. 



74458 and 74459. Gossypium SAnguineUM 

 Hassk. 



74458. No. 9. Major. 



74459. No. 10. Major. 



74460 to 74469. 



From Konjeni Siding, Luchenza, Nyasaland 

 Protectorate, Africa. Seeds presented by 

 L. S. Norman. Received July 18, 1927. 



74460. Andropogon schirensis Hochst. 

 Poaceae. Grass. 



A tall erect perennial grass 3 to 10 

 feet high, densely tufted, with very nar- 

 row leaves. Native to tropical Africa. 



74461. Chaetochloa sp. Poaceae. Grass- 

 A tropical African grass. 



74462. Cleistachne sorghoides Benth. 

 Poaceae. Grass. 



A coarse tropical annual grass up to 

 9 feet high, sparingly branched, with 

 long flat leaves. Native to tropical 

 Africa. 



74463. Eragrostis ciliaris (L.) Link. 

 Poaceae. Grass. 



An annual tufted grass up to 2 feet 

 high, growing on sandy soil. It is said 

 to afford good grazing in India. 



74464. Panicum maximum Jacq. Poa- 

 ceae. Grass. 



An erect perennial bunch grass 4 to 6 

 feet high, with open spreading panicles 

 of spikelets. It is a native of Africa, 

 introduced into tropical America, where 

 it is cultivated for forage, furnishing 

 pasture and green food. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 56284. 



74465. Paspalum scrobiculatum L. Po- 

 aceae. Grass. 



An erect annual grass, averaging 2 

 feet in height, native to India, wnere 

 it is also extensively cultivated for the 

 edible grain. The grain is poisonous, 

 however, unless kept for a number of 

 years. Cattle are fond of the grass when 

 it is young ; at the time of ripening it is 

 poisonous to stock. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 56789. 



74466. Pennisetum 

 mach. Poaceae. 



purpureum Schu- 

 Napier grass. 



A variety growing under dry-land con- 

 ditions. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 54513. 



74467. Pennisetum setosum L. Rich. 

 Poaceae. Grass. 



A robust perennial grass 2 to 4 feet 

 high, distributed throughout the Tropics 

 of both hemispheres, and often used for 

 forage. 



For previous 

 5S037. 



introduction see No. 



