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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED 



57944 to 58012— Continued. 



57979. Trifolium pratense L. Fabaceae. 



Red clover. 

 "(No. 161. Raipur. June 18, 1923.) Appar- 

 ently ordinary red clover but not cultivated." 



579S0. Trifolium repens L. Fabacese. 



White clover. 



"(No. 150. June 15, 1923.) From the orchard 

 in the old garden of Lalla Rukh at Manarbal, 

 Kashmir. Apparently ordinary white clover." 



57981. Trigonella foenum-graectjm L. Fa- 

 baceae. Fenugreek. 



"(No. 234.) Used for fodder and green manure. 

 Does not look as vigorous here as in Tunisia." 



57982 to 58009. Triticum aestivum L. ( T. vulgar e 

 Vill.). Poaceae. Common wheat. 



57982. "(No. 148. Simla. June 7, 1923.) 

 Spikes from a threshing floor." 



57983. "(No. 160. Raipur. June 18, 1923.) 

 Selections made in fields about Raipur." 



57984. "(No. 171. Nacimbagh. June 23, 1923.) 

 Head selections of wheat that seemed to 

 differ from the rest of the field." 



57985 and 57986. "(Nos. 172 and 173. Nacim- 

 bagh. June 23, 1923.) Variations of two 

 types of wheat." 



57985. No. 172. 57986. No. 173. 



57987. "(No. 174. Sind Valley. June 24, 

 1923.) Three spikes of wheat found growing 

 in No. 168 [S. P. I. No. 57951]." 



57988 to 57995. "(Nos. 175 to 177, 179, 180, and 

 182. June 24, 1923.) Wheat types on bench 

 on south side of the Sind Valley." 



57988. No. 175. 



57989. No. 176. 



57990. No. 177. 



57991. No. 179. 



57992. No. 180. 



57993. No. 182. 



57994. No. 184. 



57995. No. 185. 



57996. "(No. 186. Ganderbol. June, 1923.) 

 Consists of a single spike, but no others of 

 this type were found in the immediate lo- 

 cality of this specimen." 



57997. "(No. 219.) Wheat 17 B. A selection 

 not yet distributed. A red wheat of good 

 milling and baking quality." 



57998. "(No. 220.) Type XI wheat. Has done 

 well in the colony. Profitable for export but 

 poor for milling and baking." 



57999. "(No. 221.) Lyallpur 8 A wheat. 

 Good on both dry and irrigable lands. A 

 good milling wheat." 



58000. "(No. 222.) Lyallpur 8 wheat. Similar 

 to No. 221 [S. P. I. No. 57999]." 



58001. "(No. 223.) Lyallpur 16 A wheat' 

 Likely to do well in a dry area." 



58002. "(No. 224.) Lyallpur 17 wheat. Try 

 in a dry area." 



58003. "(No. 225.) Lyallpur No. U wheat. A 

 typical dry-area wheat." 



58004. "(No. 226.) Lyallpur No. 9 wheat. 

 This is the check or standard variety at 

 Lyallpur. Good for milling and baking." 



58005. "(No. 227.) Lyallpur No. IS wheat.. A 

 dry-land variety." 



58006. "(No. 228.) Lyallpur 9 C wheat. A 

 selection from No. 9 wheat [S. P. I. No. 

 58004]." 



58007. "(No. 229.) Lyallpur Cron III wheat. 

 A hybrid selection which has done well." 



57944 to 58012— Continued. 



58008. "(No. 230.) Lyallpur Cron II wheat. 

 The same as No. 229 [S. P. I. No. 58007]." 



58009. "(No. 231.) Lyallpur Cron C 121 wheat. 

 A hybrid resistant to yellow rust." 



58010 to 58012. Triticum durum Desf. Poaceae. 

 Durum wheat. 



58010. "(No. 159. Raipur. June 18, 1923.) Se- 

 lections from the only field of pure durum 

 wheat I have seen so far in Kashmir." 



58011. "(No. 178. June 24, 1923.) A type on 

 bench on the south side of Sind Valley." 



58012. "(No. 181. June 24, 1923.) A type on 

 bench on the south side of Sind Valley." 



58013 and 58014. 



FromLikiang, Yunnan, China. Seeds collected by 

 J. F. Rock, National Geographic Society, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. Received September 10, 1923. 

 Quoted notes by Mr. Rock. 



58013. Prunus majestica Koehne. Amygda- 

 laceae. 



"(No. 8793. Talifu. June 30, 1923.) Var. tali- 

 ensis. Seeds from the same trees as that collected 

 in April, 1922 [S. P. I. No. 55498]. This is a very 

 vigorous and healthy early-fruiting wild cherry, 

 which grows at an altitude of about 8,000 feet." 



58014. Zea mays L. Poaceae. Corn. 



"(No. 8795. Taku. June, 1923.) This variety 

 is cultivated on the plateau of Taku, by Nashi 

 (Moso) tribesmen, and, next to wheat, is one of 

 their most important crops. The plants are 8 to 10 

 feet high, and the ears are large and uniformly 

 yellow." 



58015. Medicago falcata L. Fa- 

 bacese. Alfalfa. 



From Ekaterinoslav, Russia. Seeds presented by 

 the Russian Bureau of Applied Botany, through 

 D. Borodin, New York, N. Y. Received June 14, 

 1923. Numbered July, 1923. 



"No. 841. 1919 crop." (Borodin.) 



Introduced for department agronomists. 



58016. Flacourtia indica (Burm. f.) 

 Merr. (F. ramontchi L'Herit.). Fla- 

 courtiaceae. Ramontchi. 



From Manila, Philippine Islands. Seeds presented 

 by P. J. Wester, Bureau of Agriculture. Received 

 July 31, 1923. 



A shrub or small tree, armed with scattered 

 slender spines, native to many parts of the Philip- 

 pine Islands. The white flowers are borne singly 

 or in pairs in the leaf axils or at the ends of short 

 branchlets. The rounded dark-purple fleshy fruits 

 are nearly half an inch in diameter and contain 

 edible fleshy pulp of an agreeable flavor. (Adapted 

 from Brown, Wild Food Plants of the Philippines, 

 p. 126.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 53576. 



58017. Vigna sinensis (Tomer) Savi. 

 Fabacese. Cowpea. 



From Port of Spain, Trinidad, British West Indies. 

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

 Industry. Received August 1, 1923. 



" Frijoles ballos. This variety was obtained from 

 the public market in Caracas, Venezuela." 

 (Rands.) 



Introduced for department pathologists studying 

 bean diseases. 



