10 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



16821 to 16852— Continued. 



16847. Lolium italicum. Italian rye-grass. 

 From Conegliano, Italy, 1904. (Agrost. 2371.) 



16848. Festuca pratensis. . Meadow fescue. 

 From Argentina. Peluff' s collection, 1904. (Agrost. 2474.) 



16849. Alopecurus pratensis. Meadow foxtail. 

 (Agrost. 2324.) 



16850. Dactylis glomerata. Orchard grass. 

 From Padua, Italy, 1904. (Agrost. 2377.) 



16851. Phleum pratense. Timothy. 

 From Rome, Italy, 1904. (Agrost. 2366.) 



16852. Hedysarum coronarium. Sulla. 

 From Naples, Italy, 1904. (Agrost. 2397.) 



16853. Oxalis ortgiesi. Oxalis. 



From Washington, D. C. Received through the National Botanic Garden, 

 December 21, 1905. 



16854 to 16861. Sorghum vulgare. Sorghum. 



From Berlin, Germany. Presented by the Berlin Botanical Museum. Received 

 December 20, 1905. 



Sorghum varieties from tropical Africa, as follows: 



16854. Ovulifer. 16858. Ovulifer. 



16855. Usaramensis. 16859. Jucundus. 



16856. Roxburghii. 16860. Baumannii. 



16857. Densissimus. 16861. Baumannii. 



16862 to 16865. 



From College Park, Md. Received through Mr. H. A. Miller, Agricultural 

 Experiment Station, December 20, 1905. 



16862. Hordeum vulgare. Barley. 

 Tennessee Winter. (C. I. No. 257.) 



16863. Avena sativa. Oat. 

 Sixty-Day. (C. I. No. 165.) 



16864. Avena sativa. Oat. 

 Snoma. (C. I. No. 274.) 



16865. Avena sativa. Oat. 

 Burt. (C. I. No. 293.) 



16866. Dioscorea trifida. Yampeeyam. 



From the Canal Zone. Presented bv Mr. George F. Halsev. Received Decem- 

 ber 27, 1905. 



" Roots of a variety apparently distinct from the Jamaica and Porto Rico varieties. 

 This variety should be cultivated in hills and is said to be very productive. The 

 roots are yellowish inside. ' ' (Barrett. ) 



16867. Syncarpia laurifolia. Turpentine tree. 



From Melbourne, Australia. Presented by Prof. W. R. Guilfoyle, director of 

 the Botanic Gardens. Received December 29, 1905. 



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