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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED 



57798. Gossypium sp. Malvaceae. 



Cotton. 



From Ceiba, Honduras. Seeds presented by Alex- 

 ander K. Sloan, American consul. Received June 

 16, 1922. Numbered July, 1923. 



Seeds of a supposedly wild cotton from the Aguan 

 Valley, near Trujillo, Honduras, introduced for 

 department cotton specialists. 



57799. Annona cherimola Mill. 

 Annonacese. Cherimoya. 



From Brisbane, Queensland. Trees presented by 

 A. H. Benson, director of fruit culture. Received 

 July 27, 1923. 



"Pink's Mammoth. Our best variety, raised 

 from seed imported from Central America many 

 years ago. It is of superb quality and large size, 

 frequently weighing 5 or 6 pounds or more, and 

 contains only five or six seeds, most of which are 

 infertile. It is the finest of the family which I 

 have seen in any part of the world." (Benson.) 



57800. COLOCASIA ANTIQUOEUM Schott. 



Aracese. Taro. 



From Aitutaki, Cook Islands. Tubers presented 

 by W. T. Hewett. Received July 30, 1923 



"Nine. A taro with red inner skin and white 

 flesh and of excellent quality when cooked. It is 

 slightly acrid when raw." (R. A. Young.) 



57801. Elaeis melanococca Gaertn. 

 Phcenica^eoe. Palm. 



From Balboa Heights, Canal Zone. Seeds pre- 

 sented by Holger Johansen, agronomist, Plant 

 Introduction Garden, Summit. Received July 

 31, 1923. 



. A large sheading low palm which grows in low 

 moist land. It is closely related to the African oil 

 palm (Elaeis guineensis), and a clear oil is extracted 

 from the Y srnels in small quantities by the natives, 

 who prize it highly for cooking. 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 50480. 



57802. Phaseolus lunatus L. Fa- 

 bacese. Lima bean. 



From Holguin, Cuba. Seeds presented by Thomas 

 R. Towns. Received July 31, 1923. 



"A Lima bean perennial in Cuba." (Towns.) 



Introduced for department horticulturists. 



57803 to 57810. Phaseolus spp. Fa- 

 bacese. 



rom Port of Spain, Trinidad, British West Indies. 

 Seeds presented by R. D. Rands, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry. Received August 1, 1923. Quoted 

 notes by Doctor Rands. 



Locally grown varieties introduced for depart- 

 ment specialists engaged in bean-disease investiga- 

 tions. Nos. 57803 to 57809 are Venezuelan varieties 

 which were purchased in the market at Caracas. 



57803 to 57805. Phaseolus lunatus L. 



Lima bean. 



57803. Tapiramos blancos. 



57804. Guaracaros blancos. 



57805. Guaracoles coloradas. 



57806 to 57810. Phaseolus VULGARIS L. 



Common bean. 



57806. Guaracaro ballo. 



57807. Guaraolas guacamayas. 



57808. Ponchas blancas. 



57809. Ponchas coloradas. 



57810. "A Trinidad variety obtained here." 



57811. Anneslia portoricensis 

 (Willd.) Donn.-Smith (Calliandra 

 portoricensis Benth.). Mimosacese. 



From Rio Piedras, Porto Rico. Seeds presented by 

 E. Murray Bruner, forester, Porto Rico Forest 

 Service. Received July 7, 1923. 



A very handsome white-flowered shrub or small 

 tree, native to the West Indies, which is cultivated 

 as an ornamental in Honolulu, Hawaii. The 

 branches are slender and erect, and the leaves have 

 10 to 30 pairs of narrow leaflets. (Adapted from 

 Rock, Leguminous Plants of Hawaii, p. %l.) 



57812 to 57818. 



From India. Seeds collected by H. V. Harlan, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry. Received July 23, 

 1923. Quoted notes by Doctor Harlan. 



r812 and 57813 

 Seringe 



HORDEUM VULGARE PALLIDUM 



Six-rowed barley. 



57812. "(No. 122. Delhi, 

 chased in the market." 



June 4, 1923.) Pur- 



57813. "(No. 127. Simla. June 7, 1923.) Bar- 

 ley of the new crop secured from a farmer in 

 the river valley northeast of Simla at an alti- 

 tude of about 5,700 feet." 



57814 to 57318. Triticum aestivum L. (T.vul- 

 gare Vill.). Poacese. Common wheat. 



57814. "(No. 123. Delhi. June 4, 1923.) Pur- 

 chased in the market." 



57815. "(No. 124. Delhi. June 4, 1923.) Pur- 

 chased in the market." 



57816. "(No. 125. Simla. June 7, 1923.) 

 Local wheat purchased in the market." 



57817. "(No. 126. Simla. June 7, 1923.) 

 Local wheat of new crop purchased in the 

 market." 



57818. "(No. 128. Simla. June 7, 1923.) 

 Wheat of new crop secured from a threshing 

 floor in the river valley northeast of Simla 

 at an altitude of about 5,700 feet." 



57819. Talinum triangulare ( Jacq.) 

 Willd. Portulacacese. 



From M anila, Philippine Islands . Seeds presented 

 bv P. J. Wester, Bureau of Agriculture. Re- 

 ceived July 31, 1923. 



An erect, branching herbaceous plant, about 3 

 feet high, native to the West Indies and recently 

 introduced from Java into the Philippine Islands. 

 The flowers are pink and produced in great profu- 

 sion. In the Philippines the fleshy, tender leaves 

 are boiled like spinach and served with meat, for 

 which purpose they are excellent. The plant is 

 easily propagated by cuttings. (Adapted from the 

 Philippine Agricultural Review, vol. U, p. S65.) 



57820. Caryophylltjs malaccensis 



(L.) Stokes (Eugenia malaccensis 

 L.). Myrtacese. Ohia. 



From Honolulu, Hawaii. Seeds presented by 

 Willis T. Pope, horticulturist, Agricultural Ex- 

 periment Station. Received August 1, 1923. 



"The fruit is much esteemed, and while in Pana- 

 ma I had the pleasure of tasting preserves made 

 from it which seem to have a characteristic flavor 

 of some merit. When in bloom, the branches of 

 this tree are gorgeous, covered as they are with 

 masses of large flowers an inch or so across, composed 

 of hundreds of beautiful deep rose-pink or crimson 

 stamens. The tree itself is a beautiful ornamental, 

 and it would seem as though more work in the 

 selection of this species should be attempted. The 

 remarkable structure of the seeds suggests a high 

 degree of polyembryony. When the seed germi- 

 nates (as many of them were doing under the tree) 

 the whole large brilliant-green mass seemed to break 

 up into fragments." (David Fairchild.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 54530. 



