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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED 



58719 to 58724. Castanea mollissima 

 Blume. Fagacese. 



From Nanking, China. Seeds presented by Prof. 

 J. H. Reisner, College of Agriculture and For- 

 estry, University of Nanking. Received March 

 11, 1924. Notes by Professor Reisner. 



Introduced in connection with experiments to 

 obtain a blight-resistant strain of chestnut. 



58719 and 58720. Secured by Rev. S. Emmet 

 Stephens, Tsingtao, Shantung. 



58719. Tsi li- From Taianhsien Kinkou, Shan- 

 tung. 



53720. From Chuchenghsien, Shantung. 



58721 to 58723. Secured by Rev. H. G. Romig, 

 Tanghsien, Shantung. 



58721. From Tanghsien, Shantung. 



58722. From Yencheng, Shantung. 



58723. From Peihsien, Shantung. 



53724. Secured by Rev. J. E. Shoemaker. Kuyao, 

 Chekiang, from Shanyu. Chekiang. 



58725 to 58730. 



From Addis Ababa, Abyssinia. Seeds collected 

 by H. V. Harlan, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received February 26 and March 14, 1924. Field 

 notes by Doctor Harlan. 



Collected in Modjo, Abyssinia. 



58725. Andropogon ceresiaeformis Nees. Po- 

 aceae. Grass. 



(No. 298. November 11, 1923.) Used for 

 thatching. 



A tufted perennial, erect or ascending grass 

 with very slender stems 1 to 4 feet long. Native 

 to South Africa. 



58726. Andropogon sp. Poaceae. 



Grass. 



Solanaceae. 



Red pepper. 



(No. 305. November, 1923.) Seeds of a wild 

 roadside grass. 



58727. Avena abyssinica Hochst. Poaceae. 



Oats. 



(No. 292. November 11, 1923.) Selected in a 

 field of mixed oats and barley: said to be seeded 

 with the barley. 



58728. Avena strigosa Schreb. Poaceae. Oats. 



(No. 304. November. 1923.) Panicles from a 

 field of barley. 



58729. Brassica sp. Brassicaceae. 

 (No. 317. November, 1923.) 



58730. Capsicum annutjm L. 

 (No. 318. November, 1923.) 



58731. Chloris sp. Poaceae. Grass. 



From Paris, France. Seeds presented by Prof. D. 

 Bois, Museum of Natural History. Received 

 February 29, 1924. 



Introduced for forage-crop specialists. 



58732 to 58802. 



From Addis Ababa, Abyssinia. Seeds collected 

 by H. V. Harlan, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received February 26 and March 14, 1924. Notes 

 by Doctor Harlan. 



58732 and 58733. Cicer arietincm L. Fabaceae. 



Chickpea. 



58732. (No. 312. Modjo, Abyssinia. Novem- 

 ber, 1923.) 



58732 to 58802 — Continued. 



58733. (No. 352. Addis Ababa, Abyssinia. No- 

 vember 17, 1923.) Purchased in the market. 



58734. Coriandrum sativum L. Apiaceae. 



Coriander. 



(No. 316. Modjo, Abyssinia. November , 

 1923.) A plant esteemed because of its fragrant 

 capsules. 



58735. CrcrRBiTA maxima Duchesne. Cucurbi- 

 tacea?. Squash. 



(No. 323. Modjo, 

 1923.) 



Abyssinia. November, 



58736. Eragrostis abyssinica (Jacq.) Schrad. 

 Poaceae. Teff. 



(No. 375. Addis Ababa, Abyssinia. No- 

 vember 17, 1923.) Purchased in the market. 



58737. Eragrostis abyssinica (Jacq.) Schrad. 

 Poaceae. Teff. 



(No. 296. Modjo, Abyssinia. November 11, 

 1923.) Grown as a cereal crop; preferred to all 

 others for bread making. 



58738. Gossypium sp. Malvaceae. Cotton. 



(No. 2S9. Lake Zwai, Abyssinia. November 

 5, 1923.) From Hans Jammasch's ostrich farm. 



58739. Gossypitjm sp. Malvaceae. Cotton. 



(No. 290. Lake Zwai, Abyssinia. November 

 5, 1923.) From Hans Jammasch's ostrich farm. 



58740 and 58741. Guizotia abyssinica (L. f.) 

 Cass. Asteraceee. 



An annual plant, 6 to 8 feet high, with showy 

 yellow flower heads. The black, shining seeds 

 furnish the Niger oil of commerce. 



58740. (No. 314. Modjo, Abyssinia. No- 

 vember, 1923.) 



58741. (No. 344. Addis Ababa, Abyssinia. 

 November 17, 1923.) Purchased in the 

 market. 



58742 to 58748. Holcus sorghum L. (Sorghum 

 vulgareFers.). Poaceae. Sorghum. 



58742. (No. 291. Modjo, Abyssinia. No- 

 vember 11, 1923.) A wild sorghum, 3 or 4 

 feet high, found growing in fields and grass- 

 lands. 



58743. (No. 306. Modjo, Abyssinia. No- 

 vember, 1923.) A loose-panicled sorghum 

 grown here for the seeds. 



58744. (No. 338. Addis Ababa, Abyssinia. 

 November 17, 1923.) Purchased in the 

 market. 



58745. (No. 353. Addis Ababa, Abyssinia. 

 November 17, 1923.) Purchased in the 

 market. 



58746. (No. 394. Molu. November 19, 1923.) 

 From the banks of the Muger River. 



58747 to 58755. Hordeum spp. Poaceae. 



58747 and 58748. Hordeum deficiens Stoud . 

 Deficient barley. 



58747. (No. 293. Modjo, Abyssinia. No- 

 vember 11, 1923.) 



58748. (No. 339. Addis Ababa, Abyssinia. 

 November 17, 1923.) Purchased in the 

 market. 



58749 to 58754. (Addis Ababa, Abyssinia. No- 

 vember 17, 1923.) Purchased in the market. 



58749. Hordeum vulgare coeleste L. 



Six-rowed barley. 



(No. 368.) 



