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64048 to 64051 — Continued. 



it frequents the edges of cultivated fields, 

 roadsides, etc. It is more or less hairy 

 with obovate leaflets. The edible seeds 

 are sometimes used as a substitute for 

 coffee, and the plant is often cultivated 

 as an ornamental. 



For previous introduction see S. P. I. 

 No. 56670. 



64052 and 64053. Hippeastrum spp. 

 Amaryllidaceae. Amaryllis. 



From Brazil. Bulbs collected by Agnes 

 Chase, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived May 28, 1925. Notes by Mrs. 

 Chase. 



64052. Hippeastrum sp. 



May 3, 1925. An amaryllis found be- 

 low the summit of Pontao Crystal, Serra 

 do Caparao, Minas Geraes, at an altitude 

 of about 8,000 feet. 



64053. Hippeastrum sp. 



A crimson-flowered amaryllis, about 6 

 inches long, from the summit of Serra 

 da Gramma, Minas Geraes, at an altitude 

 of about 6,000 feet. 



64054 to 64056. Bambos spp. Poaceae. 



Bamboo. 



From Kwangtung Province, China. Off- 

 shoots collected by F. A. McClure, agri- 

 cultural explorer, Bureau of Plant In- 

 dustry. Received June 3, 1925. Notes 

 by Mr. McClure. 



64054. Bambos sp. 



No. 123. Canton Christian College. 

 January 28, 1925. Taai Van tint chuk. 

 A large bamboo, 6 to 10 meters high and 

 6 to 10 centimeters in diameter, which 

 is the most commonly and extensively 

 cultivated variety around Canton. When 

 the plants become established and the 

 canes reach mature size, they are fer- 

 tilized during January or February with 

 liquid or well-rotted manure. The earth 

 is then banked up around the base of the 

 clump to a height of about 4 to 6 deci- 

 meters, and when the young sprouts ap- 

 pear above this they are unearthed by 

 means of a hoe. This bamboo is a gross 

 feeder and requires much fertilizer in 

 order to make its best growth. It seems 

 to be particular as to the soil. 



64055. Bambos sp. 



No. 124. Canton Christian College. 

 January 28, 1925. Tiu shi k'au chuk. 

 A medium-sized bamboo 6 to 8 meters 

 high and 3 to 5 centimeters in diameter, 

 whose young shoots are edible. 



64056. Bambos sp. 



No. 125. Canton Christian College. 

 January 28, 1925. A very large bamboo, 

 attaining in fertile, moist soil a height 

 of 15 meters and a diameter of 12 centi- 

 meters. The young shoots are edible and 

 very sweet, hence the name T'im chuk. 



64057. Gladiolus byzantinus Mill. 

 Iridaceae. 



From Morocco. Seeds collected by David 

 Fairchild, agricultural explorer, Bureau 

 of Plant Industry. Received June 4, 

 1925. 



From the cork-oak forest of Mamora, near 

 Rabat. April 27, 1925. A slender, delicate 

 species with purple-red flowers and much 



more grasslike in habit than the cultivated 

 forms generally. It might give delicacy of 

 form to hybrids. {Fairchild.) 



64058 to 64065. Crotalaria spp. Fa- 

 baceae. 



From Kirstenbosch, Cape Province, Union 

 of South Africa. Seeds presented by 

 Prof. R. H. Compton, director, National 

 Botanic Gardens. Received June 26, 

 1925. 



A collection of crotalarias, introduced 

 for testing as cover crops. 



64058. Crotalaria capensis Jacq. 



A stout, much-branched South African 

 shrub about 4 feet in height, with 

 broadly oval leaves and pure-yellow 

 flowers in many-flowered racemes. 



For previous introduction see S. P. I. 

 No. 59319. 



64059. Crotalaria incana L. 



A tropical American plant about 3 feet 

 high, erect, branched, and somewhat 

 shrubby, and softly gray pubescent. 

 The yellow flowers are crowded in 12 to 

 20 flowered elongated racemes 2 to 8 

 inches long. This plant occurs in waste 

 places throughout the Tropics and is in 

 flower all the year. 



For previous introduction see S. P. I. 

 No. 51834. 



64060. Crotalaria leioloba Bartling. 



A species from the mountainous dis- 

 tricts of northeastern India, and also 

 distributed throughout the East Indies. 

 It is one of the more robust of the 

 herbaceous species, with fine-silky 

 branches and leaves, the latter being 

 oblong and about 2 inches in length. 



For previous introduction see S. P. I. 

 No. 59320. 



64061. Crotalaria retusa L. 



An annual plant, a foot or more high, 

 distributed throughout the Tropics of 

 both hemispheres. The flowers, which 

 are yellow streaked with purple, are in 

 terminal racemes. 



For previous introduction see S. P. I. 

 No. 51842. 



64062. Crotalaria spectabilis Roth. 



A stout shrub, 3 to 5 feet high, native 

 to India and sometimes cultivated in the 

 Punjab for the sake of its yellowish pur- 

 ple flowers produced in dense lax racemes 

 often 20 inches in length. 



For previous introduction see S. P. I. 

 No. 51839. 



64063. Crotalaria striata DC. 



A handsome perennial tropical plant, 

 ultimately about 6 feet high, with spikes 

 of yellow flowers. In Guatemala the 

 young leaves are eaten boiled with rice 

 or meat, and the plant is considered 

 good forage. 



For previous introduction see S. P. I. 

 No. 52531. 



64064. Crotalaria usaramoensis Baker f. 



This East African crotalaria has been 

 tested in Java as a green manure, ac- 

 cording to P. J. S. Cramer, director of 

 the Department of Agriculture, Buiten- 



