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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED 



57042 to 57074— Continued. 



57353. "(No. 39. Temacin. April 5, 

 1923.) Collected from a small plat 

 under date palms; a fairly pure 

 variety of the Peruvian or Portu- 

 guese type not seen at Biskra." 



57054. "(No. 40. Biskra. May 8 

 and 13, 1923.) Barley spikes col- 

 lected from fields about the town. 

 Several types are included." 



57055. "(No. 42. Biskra. April 13, 

 1923.) Barley of the new crop pur- 

 chased in the market at Biskra." 



57056. " (No. 43. El Kantara. April 

 10, 1923.) Purchased in the market 

 at El Kantara. The 1922 crop is 

 probably from Batna or Setif." 



57057. "(No. 46. Biskra. April 13, 

 1923.) Barley purchased in the 

 market. Said to have been grown 

 at Soada, 20 miles southeast of 

 Biskra. From the 1923 crop." 



57058. "(No. 47. Biskra. April 13, 

 1923.) New crop from Soada, 20 

 miles southeast of Biskra." 



57059. "(No. 48. Biskra. April 13, 

 1923.) Purchased in the market 

 place. The dealer claimed the 

 shipment came from Morocco." 



57060. "(No. 50. El Outaia. April 

 13,1923.) Barley of the 1923 harvest 

 purchased in Biskra. Grown at 

 El Outaia." 



57061. "(No. 51. Biskra. April 13, 

 1923.) Barley of the 1923 harvest 

 purchased in the market." 



57062. "(No. 55. Setif. April 20, 

 1923.) Barley of the 1922 crop ob- 

 tained from the grower." 



57063. "(No. 58. Algiers. April 21, 

 1923.) Barley purchased in the 

 native market." 



57064. "(No. 59. Algiers. April 21, 

 1923.) Barley purchased in the 

 native market." 



57065. "(No. 61. Algiers. April 21, 

 1923.) Barley purchased in the 

 native market. Appears to be a 

 mixture of 2-rowed and 6-rowed 

 barleys. Probably imported." 



57066 to 57072. Triticum spp. Poaeese. 



57066 to 57071. Triticum durum Desf. 



Durum wheat. 



57066. "(No. 31. Tuggurt. April 3, 

 1923.) Wheat from the Oasis of 

 Tuggurt. Purchased in the mar- 

 ket. All wheat here is of the durum 

 type, probably because of its wide 

 use in the manufacture of kushos " 



57067. " (No. 34. Tuggurt. April 5, 

 1923.) The sample of wheat was 

 the best quality seen in the 

 market." 



67068. "(No. 41. Ghoufi. April, 

 1923.) Wheat with a little barley 

 secured by Capt. M. W. Hilton- 

 Simpson from the Rossira Valley, 

 Aures Mountains. It may be an 

 old variety long established there. 

 This is a remote locality, and 

 Roman ruins are common." 



57042 to 57074— Continued. 



57089. " (No. 45. El Kantara. April 

 10, 1923.) Purchased at El Kantara, 

 probably originally from Batna. 

 1922 crop." 



57070. "(No. 49. Biskra. April 13, 

 1923.) Wheat from a native mill. 

 Source not known, but probably 

 from the plateau." 



57071. "(No. 56. Setif. April 20, 

 1923.) Wheat of the 1922 crop ob- 

 tained from the grower." 



57072. Triticum ventricosum (Tausch) 

 Ces. Pass, and Gib. 



"(No. 54. Biskra. April, 1923.) The 

 seeds under this number were obtained 

 by picking over samples of barley for sale 

 in the Biskra market." 



57073 and 57074. Zea mays L. Poaeese. 



Corn. 



57073. "(No. 32. Tuggurt. April 5, 1923.) 

 The seed of this sample shelled from a 

 single ear purchased in the market. No 

 other type of corn was on sale here." 



57074. "(No. 44. Biskra. ADril 13, 1923.) 

 Purchased in the market. Grown at 

 Mgous, where, according to the Arabs, 

 more corn than wheat or barley is 

 grown." 



57075 and 57076. 



Diospj^racese. 



DlOSPYROS KAKI L. f. 



Kaki. 



From Weihsien, Shantung, China. Scions 

 presented by Rev. J. A. Fitch, American 

 Presbyterian Mission. Received May 22, 

 1923. Quoted notes by Mr. Fitch. 



'These are reported to be nonastringent." 



57075. " Tie shi dze (iron kaki)." 



57076. " Toa shi dze (palm-of-the-hand kaki)." 



ESCULENTUM 



Tomato. 



57077. Lycopersicon 

 Mill. Solanaceae. 



From St. Vincent, British West Indies, 

 presented by T. Jackson, agricultural super- 

 intendent, Botanic Gardens. Received May 

 19, 1923. 



"A small native variety said to be immune to 

 point-rot." (Jackson.) 



57078. Sabinea carinalis Griseb. 

 Fabaceas. 



From Dominica, British West Indies. Seeds 

 presented by Joseph Jones, curator, Botanic 

 Gardens. Received May 21, 1923. 



This tiee is known locally as bois charibe and 

 is one of the most showy of our native plants. It 

 is a very fine flowering tree, and I have seen nothing 

 in the Tropics to surpass it as a mass of color. If 

 grown on fairly good land it will not make a good 

 show, but if planted on a dry, rocky hillside where 

 it will be scorched by the sun for a period of three 

 or four months each year it makes a marvelous dis- 

 play of flowers . " (Jones.) 



A shrub or small tree with featherlike leaves and 

 large scarlet flowers which are borne in clusters of 

 three to five, appearing before the leaves. (Adapted 

 from Griscbach, Flora of the British West Indies, 

 p. 183.) 



