PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



67837 to 67847— Continued. 



67846. Stizolobiu.m velutixum (Hassk.) 

 Piper and Tracy. Fabaceac. 



No. 802. A selected variety of the 

 velvet bean which covers the ground in 

 two and one-half months. It grows up 

 to an altitude of 3,000 feet. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 43536. 



67847. VlGNA vexillata (L.) Rich. Fa- 

 baceae. 



No. 798. A South Amei'ican yellow- 

 flowered climber which is being used as 

 a cover crop in Java. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 48607. 



67848. ZiziPHirs xylopyrtjs (Retz.) 

 Willd. Rhamnaceae. 



From Bombay, India. Seeds obtained by 

 Wilbur Keblinger. United States consul. 

 Received August 24, 1926. 



A small thorny Indian tree, a close rela- 

 tive of the Chinese jujube (Ziziphus ju- 

 juba). In its native country, where it 

 grows in hot dry places, the young shoots, 

 leaves, and fruits serve as fodder for live- 

 stock, and the hard tough wood is used in 

 making carts. The hard bony fruits in- 

 close two or three edible kernels. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 53593. 



67849. Zinzibee officinale Roscoe. 

 Zinziberaceae. Ginger. 



From Kandy, Ceylon. Tubers obtained by 

 David Fairchild and P. H. Dorsett, agri- 

 cultural explorers, Bureau of Plant In- 

 dustry, with the Allison V. Armour ex- 

 pedition. Received February 26, 1926. 

 Numbered July, 1926. 



No. 319. January 12, 1926. A variety 

 grown in the vicinity of Kandy. 



67850. Queecus s-p. Fagaceae. Oak. 



From San Jose, Costa Rica. Seeds pre- 

 sented by Federico Peralta. Director, San 

 Jose Department of Agriculture. Re- 

 ceived July 19, 1926. 



A central American tree of possible value 

 for the warmer parts of the United States. 



67851. CousrjsriA sp. Asteraceae. 



Taimat. 



From Tangier. Morocco. Seeds presented 

 by Moses Albert Azancot, Paseo Cenarro. 

 Received July 23, 1926. 



Taimat. This plant grows wild here 

 around the wheat fields. The flower buds 

 are boiled in salted water and eaten ; they 

 taste something like asparagus. The un- 

 cooked juice from the plant is used with 

 apparent success as a substitute for rennet 

 by the local cheese manufacturers. {Azan- 

 cot.) 



A prickly leaved thistlelike plant. 



67852 to 67856. 



From Yalta, Crimea, Russia. Seeds pre- 

 sented by Th. K. Kalajda, horticultural 

 director, Nikta Botanic Garden. Re- 

 ceived July 23, 1926. 



Locally grown seeds. 



67852 to 67856— Continued. 



67852. Melilotus alba Desr. Fabaceae. 



White sweet clover. 



67853. Melilotfs officinalis (L. ) Lam. 

 Fabaceae. Sweet clover. 



67854. Melilotus tacrica CBieb.) Se- 

 ringe. Fabaceae. Sweet clover. 



67855. Teifolium aevense L. Fabaceae. 



Glover. 



67856. Trifolicm pratense L. Faba- 

 ceae. Red clover. 



67857 to 67863. Trifolium resupina- 

 ttjm L. Fabaceae. Persian clover. 



From Leningrad. Russia. Seeds presented 

 by A. Kol, cbief, bureau of introduction, 

 Institute of Applied Botany. Received 

 August 3. 1926. 



A small prostrate annual clover com- 

 mon in the vicinity of Cairo, Egypt ; usu- 

 ally found in heavy soils. 



67857. No. 2525. 



67858. No. 2526. 



67859. No. 2537. 



67860. No. 2541. 



67861. No. 3287. 



67862. No. 3701. 



67863. No. 4155. 



67864 to 67879. Triticum aestftum L. 

 {T. rulgare VHL). Poaceae. 



Common wheat. 



From Melbourne. Victoria. Australia. Seeds 

 presented by H. A. Mullett, superintend- 

 ent of agriculture. Received July 15. 

 1926. 



67864. Confederation. 67872. Omrah. 



67865. Free Gallipoli 67873. Rajah. 



- Ao,5S - 67874. Rajah Seln. 



67866. GHuri*. 67g75 RQnee 



67867. MaCs White. 67g76 SepQy 



67868. Mahratta. e787T ^.^ (? . 



67869. Marmora. A). 



67870. Mogul. 



67871. Nizam. 



67878. Turvey. 



67879. Wanno7i. 



67880. Pextzia incana (Thunb.) 

 Kuntze (P. virgata Less.). Astera- 

 ceae. 



From Cape Province, Union of South Africa. 

 Seeds presented by George A. Gill, prin- 

 cipal, Grootfontein School of Agriculture, 

 Middleburg. Received July 28, 1926. 



A low-growing, spreading bush which 

 layers naturally when the tips of its 

 branches arch over and touch the ground. 

 In the eastern Provinces of Cape Colony, 

 where the rains occur in summer but where 

 long, severe droughts are frequent, this is 

 one" of the most valuable of all the karoo 

 plants for fodder purposes. It is espe- 

 cially good for sheep and goats, which eat 

 it down almost to the ground. (Note by 

 David Fairchild under No. 10635.) 



For previous introduction see No. 64649. 

 67881 to 67883. 



From Dundas, New South Wales, Australia. 

 Seeds presented by Herbert J. Rumsey. 

 Received August 9. 1926. 



