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72677. Cajanus indicus Spreng. Fa- 

 baceae. Pigeon pea. 



From Freetown, Sierra Leone, Africa. Seeds pre- 

 sented by M. T. Dawe, Commissioner of Lands 

 and Forests. Received February 26, 1927. 



Locally grown seeds. 



72678. Stizolobitjm aterrimum Piper 

 and Tracy. Fabaceae. 



Mauritius bean. 



From Barreios, Pernambuco, Brazil. Seeds pre- 

 sented by Dr. A. Menezes Sobrinho, Director, 

 Barreios Experiment Station. Received Febru- 

 ary 26, 1927. 



A tropical leguminous annual used as a cover 

 plant in sugar-cane districts. 



72679 to 72689. Soja max (L.) Piper 



{Glycine hispida Maxim.). Fabaceae. 



Soy bean. 



From Ranchi, Bihar and Orissa, India. 



presented by the deputy director of agriculture. 

 Received February 26, 1927. 



Locally grown varieties. 



72679. Assam X Bermelli. 



72680. Bermelli. 



72681. No.l. BiloxiX Bermelli No. 2. 



72682. No. 2. Biloxi X Bermelli No. 9. 



72683. Black Early X Bermelli No. 5. Type 1. 



72684. Black Early X Bermelli No. 4. 



72685. Black Early X Bermelli No. 6. 



72686. Black Early X Bermelli No. 9. Type 2. 



72687. Black Mottled Java. 



72688. Burma No. 1. 



72689. Mixed Kanke Giant. 



72690. Cajanus indicus Spreng. Fa- 

 baceae. Pigeon pea. 



From Indore, India. Seeds presented by A. 

 Horard, director, Institute of Plant Industry. 

 Received February 26, 1927. 



A small-seeded variety which is grown in Malwa, 

 India. 



72691. Trifolium 

 Fabaceae. 



SQUARROSUM L. 



Clover. 



From San Remo, Italy. Seeds presented by 

 Dr. Mario Calvino. Received February 26, 

 1927. 



An upright or ascending, robust annual, with 

 branches up to 30 inches in length; native to the 

 Mediterranean countries. The pink or white 

 flower heads are oval when young, becoming more 

 elongated later. 



For previous introduction see No. 67170. 

 72692 and 72693. Nicotiana spp. So- 

 lanaceae. 



From Tabor, Czechoslovakia. Seeds presented by 

 Dr. Adolf Kutin, director, botanic garden. Re- 

 ceived February 26, 1927. 



72692. Nicotiana chinensis Fisch. 



An annual relative of tobacco {Nicotiana 

 tabacum), which grows to a height of 6 feet, 

 with pink flowers. Native to China. 



For previous introduction see No. 42335. 



72693. Nicotiana rustica L. Aztec tobacco. 

 Locally grown seeds. 



72694. Eremocitrus glauca (Lindl.) 

 Swingle (Atalantia glauca Benth.). 

 Rutaceae. 



Australian desert kumquat. 



From Dundas, New South Wales. Seeds pre- 

 sented by Herbert J. Rumsey. Received Feb- 

 ruary 25, 1927. 



A shrub or small tree about 14 feet high, native 

 to the deserts of northeastern Australia. The small 

 thick leathery leaves are gray-green, and the fruits 

 are about half an inch in diameter. The acid juice 

 of the fruit forms the basis of an agreeable beverage, 

 and the peel has the sweetish flavor of the kumquat. 

 It is the hardiest of all the evergreen citrus fruits 

 and is of promise to plant breeders. 



For previous introduction see No. 69875. 

 72695 to 72709. 



From the Canary Islands, West Africa, and Spain. 

 Seeds collected by David Fairchild, agricultural 

 explorer, Bureau of Plant Industry, with the 

 Allison V. Armour expedition. Received Feb- 

 ruary and March, 1927. 



72695. Annona cherimola Mill. Annonaceae. 



Cherimoya. 



Botanic Gardens, Orotava, Teneriffe, Canary 

 Islands. December 23, 1926. A large, fine- 

 fruited variety. 



Cnestis ferruginea DC. Connara- 



No. 997. Near Konakry, French Guinea, 

 West Africa. January 16, 1927. A very orna- 

 mental shrub, 8 to 12 feet high, with handsome 

 glossy green leaves and soft plushlike scarlet 

 fruits. These fruits appear during the Christ- 

 mas season in West Africa, where they are used 

 for decorative purposes. 



72697. Cucumis melo L. Cucurbitaceae. 



Melon. 

 From Gibraltar, Spain. A sweet winter 

 melon obtained in the market. 



72698 to 72701. Elaeis gtjineensis Jacq._ Phoe- 

 nicaceae. African oil palm. 



No. 1106. From Konakry, French 

 Guinea, West Africa. January 15, 1927. 

 Seeds from a selected variety which is 

 supposed to be rich in oil and particularly 

 valuable. 



No. 1109. From Sierra Leone, West 

 Africa. January 22, 1927. "Nigerian 

 thin-shelled" variety which is a selection 

 from the ordinary "Nigerian" made by 

 the agricultural experiment station, Jala. 



72700. No. 1110. From Sierra Leone, West 

 Africa. January 22, 1927. A medium- 

 shelled strain of the "Nigerian thin- 

 shelled" variety made by the agricultural 

 experiment station, Jala. 



72701. No. 1111. From Sierre Leone, West 

 Africa. A thick-shelled strain of the 

 "Nigerian thin-shelled" African oil palm 

 selected at the agricultural experiment 

 station, Jala. 



72702 to 72705. Sorghum vulgare Pers. Poa- 

 ceae. Sorghum. 



72702. No. 967. Bank of the Gambia River, 

 Gambia, West Africa. January 10, 1927. 

 There are seven months of drought and 

 about 40 inches of rainfall in this region. 

 The soil is a stiff clay containing some 

 laterite. 



72703. No. 968. Georgetown, McCarthy Is- 

 land, Gambia, West Africa. January 10, 

 1927. Kinto wollen, the cultivated sor- 

 ghum of the Gambia region. 



