SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED 



56183 to 56191— Continued. 



56191. Flindersia oxleyana F. Muell. 

 Meliaceae. 



A tall, much -branched tree, often becoming 

 100 feet in height, with opposite compound 

 leaves which are crowded under the loose, 

 many-flowered panicles. The bright-yellow, 

 strong and fibrous wood is used in cabinet 

 work; it is not readily attacked by white 

 ants. (Adapted from Bailey, Queensland 

 Flora,pt.l,p.289.) 



56192. Raphantjs sativus L. Brassi- 

 cacese. Radish. 



From Algiers, Algeria, North Africa. Seeds 

 presented by Dr. L. Trabut, Government 

 botanist. Received January 5, 1923. 



"Variety campestris. An improved giant radish, 

 with large roots, used as cattle feed. The seeds 

 are sown at the beginning of the rainy season, from 

 August to October." (Trabut.) 



56193 to 56195. Coix lacryma-jobi 

 ma-yuen (Rom.) Stapf. Poaceae. 



Ma-yuen. 



From Buitenzorg, Java. Seeds presented by 

 H. de Veer, chief of the plant-breeding sta- 

 tion for annual crops, Java Department of 

 Agriculture. Received January 8, 1923. 

 Quoted notes by Mr. de Veer. 



The ma-yuen is an edible soft-hulled variety of 

 Job's-tears (Coix lacryma-jobi) quite different from 

 the ordinary form, with hard beadlike seeds. It is 

 grown in India, China, the East Indies, and also 

 in the Philippines, where it is known as "adlay." 

 For an account of the uses of adlay as a cereal and 

 for analytical data, see The Philippine Agricultural 

 Review, vol. 14, pp. 159-177. 



56193. " Djali ketan. A glutinous form." 



56194. " Witte djali bras. A form with white 

 seeds. " 



56195. " Zw arte djali bras. A form with black 

 seeds." 



For illustrations of the ma-yuen, see Plates 

 I and II. 



56196 and 56197. Nageia spp. Taxa- 

 ceae. 



From Hogsback, via Lovedale, Cape Province, 

 South Africa. Seeds presented by David A. 

 Hunter. Received January 8, 1923. 



"These trees grow slowly but finally become very 

 large. The timber is fine grained and is largely 

 used in our shops for furniture." (Hunter.) 



56196. Nageia elongata (Ait.) Kuntze. 

 (Podocarpus elongata L'Herit.) 



This is known in South Africa as the "com- 

 mon yellow-wood," and it is the largest, 

 most plentiful, and one of the most useful 

 trees of Cape Province. The narrow ever- 

 green leaves are quite short, being little more 

 than an inch long. The tree becomes 80 to 

 120 feet in height, with a trunk usually 3 

 to 4 feet in diameter, occasionally 10 feet. 

 The wood is light, soft, moderately strong 

 and elastic, and of a pale yellow brown. 

 When exposed to the weather the wood is 

 quite durable. 



56197. Nageia thunbergii (Hook.) F. 

 Muell. (Podocarpus thunbergii Hook.) 



A fine evergreen timber tree, up to 100 feet 

 tall and with a trunk 4 feet in diameter, which 

 occurs throughout all the timber forests from 

 the Cape of Good Hope to Natal. The quality 

 of the wood of this species is very similar to 

 that of the preceding [S. P. I. No. 56196], and 

 for most purposes they are used indiscrimi- 

 nately. 



56198. Cyrtanthtts contractus 1SL 



E. Brown. Amaryllidaceae. 



From Pretoria, Transvaal, Union of South 



Africa. Bulbs presented by I. B . Pole Evans, 



Chief, Division of Botany, Department of 



Agriculture. Received January 10, 1923. 



A handsome member of the amaryllis family from 

 the Transvaal, where its conspicuous beauty as it 

 flowers on the burnt-over fields has earned it the 

 name of "fire lily." The narrow bluish green 

 leaves are over a foot in length, and the Van Dyke 

 red peduncle, 7 inches or over long, bears a pendu- 

 lous cluster of faintly scented scarlet or carmine 

 flowers with strawberry-red pedicels. (Adapted 

 from Flowering Plants of South Africa, vol. 1, pi. 4.) 



56199 to 56265. Triticum spp. Po- 

 acese. 

 From Lisbon, Portugal. Seeds presented by 

 Prof. D. A. Tavares da Silva, Instituto Supe- 

 rior de Agronomia. Received January 10, 1923. 

 Quoted notes by Professor Tavares da Silva. 



A collection of the wheat varieties of Portugal, 

 obtained from the Instituto Superior de Agronomia, 

 Lisbon. Secured for department cerealists. 



56199 to 56231. Triticum aestivtjm L. 

 ( T. vulgar e Vill.) Common wheats 



56199 and 56200. "Hard white-bearded 

 wheat." 



56199. "No. 5. Barbella." 



56200. "No. 11. Rieti." 

 56201 to 56208. "Soft wheat." 



56201. "No. 30. Barbella." 



56202. "No. 31. Beirao." 



56203. "No. 33. Galego barbado." 



56204. "No. 34. Portuguez." 



56205. "No. 35. Precoceitaliano." 



56206. "No. 36. Ribeiro." 



56207. "No. 37. Rieti." 



56208. "No. 38. Temporao de Coru- 

 che." 



56209 to 56217. " Beardless wheat." 



56209. "No. 42. Aurora." 



56210. "No. 43. GalSgo rapado." 



56211. "No. 44. Gentil rosso." 



56212. "No. 45. Manitoba." 



66213. "No. 46. M6cho de espiga 

 quadrada." 



56214. "No. 48. GaUgo rapado X 

 Vermeljoilo." 



56215. "No. 49. Fucense X Mdcho 

 de espiga branca." 



56216. "No. 50. Rieti X Galego ra- 

 pado." 



56217. "No. 51. Rieti X Macho de 

 espiga branca." 



56218 to 56231. " Bearded wheat." 



56218. "No. 52. Amarello de barba 

 branca X Ribeiro." 



56219. "No. 53. Amarello de barba 

 preta X Ribeiro." 



56220. "No. 54. Amarello de barba 

 preta X Ribeiro (Sado)." 



56221. "No. 55. Anafil X Galego 

 barbado (Belem)," 



56222. "No. 56. Barbella X Santa 

 Martha." 



