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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED 



57742 to 57748. 



From Ibarra, Ecuador. Seeds presented by J. F. 

 Tamayo. Received July 11, 1923. Quoted notes 

 by Sen or Tamayo, unless otherwise stated. 



57742. Datura sp. Solanaceae. 



"Floripondio. In general appearance this re- 

 sembles the garden floripondio, but it fruits pro- 

 fusely, and the white flowers are somewhat 

 smaller." 



57743. Lupinus sp. Fabaceae. lupine. 



"Wild altramuz. From the Pinllar Ridge. I 

 believe this is an annual and might be suitable 

 as a cover crop in semia/id regions." 



57744. Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. Sol- 

 anaceae. Tomato. 



"The plant from which these seeds were taken 

 produced two crops." 



57745. PsiDiUMsp. Myrtacese. 



"Ouayabilla. A wild guava which grows in 

 the hacienda La Victoria, near Ibarra. In the 

 wild state it is a shrub 4 feet high, while under 

 cultivation it becomes 10 feet or more in height. 

 The leaves and flowers are like those of the culti- 

 vated guava. It may prove valuable as a stock." 



57743. Salvia sp. Menthaceae. 



Sage. 



"A wild salvia with sky-blue flowers a half inch 

 in diameter, found on waste land and on the 

 edges of cultivated fields. It is herbaceous, 

 about a foot high, and roots at the nodes." 



57747. Solanum sp. Solanaceae. 



"Seeds of a wild potato from La Rineonada." 



"A wild solanum which grows abundantly in 

 certain places, preferring the protection of shrub- 

 by vegetation along ravines on the paramo. The 

 plant resembles that of the cultivated potato; 

 the tubers, however, are rarely more than an inch 

 long by half an inch in thickness, and they are 

 whitish brown with white flesh. They are at- 

 tacked by late-blight, as are cultivated potatoes 

 in the same region." ( Wilson Popenoe.) 



57748. Trifolium sp. Fabaceae. 



Clover. 



"A wild clover with white flowers, collected at 

 La Rineonada." 



57749. Dioscorea 

 coreacese. 



ALATA L. DioS- 



Greater yam. 



From Barbados, British West Indies. Tubers pre- 

 sented by John R. Bovell, Director of Agriculture. 

 Received July 5, 1923. 



"Barbados Bed. There are two varieties of this 

 red yam, one darker than the other, and I am for- 

 warding tubers of the darker one." (Bovell.) 



" These tubers of the darker strain of the Barbados 

 Red yam weigh from \\i to 2 pounds each and are 

 club shaped. The inner skin is deep purple, and 

 except near the tip of the tuber, where it is pale 

 purple, the flesh is moderately deep purple with 

 scattered fibers of deeper color. This yam cooks 

 mealy and rather dry aud is of very good flavor. 

 The color fades somewhat during cooking, leaving 

 the yam an attractive light reddish purple." (R. 

 A. Young.) 



57750 to 57756. 



From Egypt. Spikes collected by H. V. Harlan, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry. Received July 12, 

 1923. Quoted notes by Doctor Harlan. 



57750 to 57755. Hordeum vulgare pallidum 

 Seringe. Poaceae. Six-rowed barley. 



"From the Province of Sharqiyh." 



57750. "(No. 102. Shershema, Markaz of 

 Hehia. May 14, 1923.) Spikes from a field 

 of the delta type of barley." 



57750 to 57756— Continued. 



57751. "(No. 103. Markaz of Kop Lahr. May 

 14, 1923.) From the field of Ahmid Selim." 



57752. "(No. 104. Markaz of Kop Lahr. May 

 14, 1923.) Spikes selected from two fields." 



57753. "(No. 105. Markaz of Kop Lahr. May 

 14, 1923.) From the estate of Baron Menase." 



57754. "(No. 106. Markaz of Kop Lahr. May 

 14, 1923.) From a field." 



57755. "(No. 107. Markaz of Kop Lahr. May 

 14, 1923.) From a field." 



57758. Triticum dicoccum Schrank. Poaceae. 



Emmer. 



"(No. 108. Gizeh. May 12, 1923.) Spikes of 

 an Abyssinian emmer sent at this time because a 

 severe storm has since damaged the plats and 

 better spikes may not be obtainable." 



57757 to 57769. Saccharum offici- 

 narum L. Poaceae. Sugar cane. 



From Pasoeroean, Java. Seeds presented by Dr. 

 J. Kuyper, Assistant Director, Sugar Experiment 

 Station. Received July 17, 1923. Quoted notes 

 by Doctor Kuyper. 



"These are all self-crosses." 



57757. "1499 P. O. J. Of Chunn^ blood." 



57758. 1407 P. O. J. 



57759. " Kafka. A British Indian cane resem- 

 bling Chunnee." 



57760 to 57769. "All of Kassoer blood." 



57760. No. 2721. 57765. No. K 44- 



57761. No. 2727. 57766. No. K 89. 



57762. No. 2734. 57767. No. K 262. 



57763. No. 1117. 57768. No. K 1349. 



57764. No. 1177. 



57769. "Kassoer. Kassoer blood is resistant 

 to the yellow-stripe disease." 



57770. Ilex paragtjariensis St. Hil. 

 Aquifoliaceso. Yerba mate. 



From Buenos Airrs, Argentina. Seeds presented 

 by Edward F. Feely, commercial attache, through 

 B. R. Hart, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic 

 Commerce. Received July 19, 1923. 



Seeds of yerba mate introduced for the purpose 

 of establishing this interesting beverage plant in the 

 United States. 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 55621. 



57771. Artocarpus communis Forst. 

 Moracese. Breadfruit. 



From Summit, Canal Zone. Plants presented by 

 Holger Johansen, agronomist, Introduction Gar- 

 den. Received July 30, 1923. 



"The jack fruit (Artocarpus integra) has been 

 grown successfully in southern Florida. The 

 closely allied breadfruit, however, has not yet 

 received an adequate trial in that State, and the 

 department is now attempting to introduce seedless 

 forms, which are the only ones worthy of extensive 

 cultivation. These are propagated by cuttings 

 which, as P. J. Wester, of the Philippine Bureau of 

 Science, has shown, can readily be rooted in sand 

 if made in the proper manner. While it is not 

 anticipated that the breadfruit tree will ever be- 

 come of economic importance in the continental 

 United States, it is thought that it may prove an 

 interesting addition to the list of tropical economic 

 plants which can be grown in the gardens of south- 

 ern Florida." ( Wilson Popenoe.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 57701. 



