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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED 



61312. Citeus atjranttfolia (Christm.) 

 Swingle. Rutacese. Lime. 



From Panama. Seeds collected by David 

 Fairchild, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received August 23. 1924. 



August 2, 1924. A wild lime growing 

 in dense shade on the new Lathrop Trail 

 just opened up across Barro Colorado 

 Island. The fruits were of medium size, 

 with few seeds, and of excellent quality. 

 (Fairchild.) 



61313. Martinezia ekosa Linden. Phoe- 

 nicacene. Palm. 



From Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba. Seeds 

 presented by Gonzalo Fortun, Director, 

 EstaciSn Experimental Agronomica. 

 through David Fairchild. Bureau of 

 Plant Industry. Received July 25, 1924. 



A small ornamental feather-leaved palm 

 from tropical America which is covered 

 throughout with long, needlelike spines. 

 A related species (M. cari/otaefoli-a) is 

 grown to some extent in lower Florida. 



For previous introduction see S. P. I. 

 No. 51724. 



61314. HORDETTM DISTICHOX PALMELLA 



Harlan. Poaceas. Two-rowed barley. 



From Czechoslovakia. Seeds presented by 

 Scheuker & Co.. Bron. Received August 

 12, 1924. 



To be grown for comparison and cul- 

 tural tests. 



61315 and 61316. Upxeoea escexenta 

 (A. DC.) Benth. Apocynacess. 



From Maymyo, India. Seeds presented by 

 Charles T. Bogg, Superintendent, Gov- 

 ernment Botanic Garden. Received July 

 14, 1924. 



A vigorous climber from eastern India. 

 which, according to Watt (Dictionary of 

 the Economic Products of India), has 

 received some consideration in that coun- 

 tr3 r as a source of rubber. In Burma the 

 plant is cultivated to some extent for 

 the edible fruit, which is about the size 

 of an orange and popular with the natives. 

 It is now introduced for department 

 specialists experimenting with rubber- 

 yielding plants. 



61315. From the Conservator of Forests. 

 Tavoy. {Bogg.) 



61316. From the Extra Assistant Con- 

 servator of Forests. Mergui. (Bogg.) 



61317 to 61321. 



From Japan. Seeds presented by K. Matsu- 

 shima. through W. S. Field, San Fran- 

 cisco, Calif. Received July 15, 1924. 



A collection of seeds sent in without 

 notes : to be grown and tested for value as 

 forage. 



61317. Agropyrox semicostatum Nees. 

 Poacese. Grass. 



A perennial, fibrous-rooted grass, with 

 erect stems and narrowly linear leaves. 

 Native to Afghanistan. 



61318. Agropyron sp. Poaceas. Grass. 



61319. Hordeusi nodosum L. (H. seca- 

 linum Schreb.). Poacea?. Grass. 



A perennial, European grass, of up- 

 right habit, about a foot in height. 



61317 to 61321— Continued. 



61320. Melilotus spaveolens Ledeb. 

 Fabaceae. Sweet clover. 



A Siberian sweet clover introduced for 

 cultural and comparison tests. 



61321. Yicia amoena Fiscb. Fabacea?. 



Vetch. 



A perennial Siberian vetch, with stems 

 up to 4 feet in length and purplish 

 flowers. 



61322. Melilotus indica (I*) All. Fa- 



bacere. Sweet clover. 



From Simla. India. Seeds presented by 

 H. E. J. Peake, Khaltoo Fruit Orchards, 

 Solan brewery. Received July 17, 1924. 



A local strain of annual yellow melilot, 

 collected near the Solan brewery ; intro- 

 duced for testing by agronomists. 



61323. Heterospathe elata Scheff. 

 Phoenicacea?. Palm. 



From Manila. Philippine Islands. Seeds 

 presented by Adn. Hernandez, Director, 

 Bureau of Agriculture, at the request of 

 P. J. Wester, Manila. Received July IS. 

 1924. 



A tall, unarmed palm, with a slender, 

 straight stem and long pinnate leaves, 

 growing in protected situations and where 

 the rainfall is evenly distributed. It is 

 one of the most attractive and graceful 

 palms that I have seen, and from my 

 experience with it at Lamao it will make 

 a good plant for the conservatory and 

 possibly a good house palm. {Wester.) 



For previous introduction see S. P. I. 

 No. 46640. 



61324 to 61328. 



From Hobart Tasmania. Seeds presented 

 by L. A. Evans, Secretary of Agricul- 

 ture, Agricultural and Stock Depart- 

 ment. Received July 5. 1924. 



61324. AXOPTERUS GLANDULOSUS Labill. 



Escalloniaceas. 



A handsome evergreen shrub, abun- 

 dant in Tasmanian forests. with 

 leathery, toothed leaves and rather large 

 flowers, white with a rosy tint, produced 

 in erect, terminal racemes. 



61325 and 61326. Billaediera loxgiflora 

 Labill. Pittosporace®. 



A twining shrub, sometimes several 

 feet in length, with leaves varying from 

 oval to linear in shape and from half 

 an inch to 2 inches in lensrth. The 

 flowers are pendulous on solitary stems 

 an inch long. This plant grows wild 

 along watercourses in Australia and 

 Tasmania. 



For previous introduction see S. P. I. 

 No. 56562. 



61325. Pink flowers. 



61326. Blue flowers. 



61327. Drimys laxceolata CPoirl Baill. 

 (D. aromatica F. Muell.). Magno- 

 liaces. 



The bark of this Tasmanian shrub or 

 small tree, like that of its Chilean rela- 

 tive [Drimys winteri\, possesses aro- 

 matic properties, and the round drupes, 

 about the size of a pea, are used as a 

 condiment. 



