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18303 to 18309— Continued. 



18309. Axdropogon sorghum. Sorg-hum. 



(No data.) 



18310. Phaseolus max. Mung bean. 



From Barbados, British West Indies. Presented by Hon. D. Morris, Commis- 

 sioner of Agriculture for the West Indies. Received April 6, 1906. 



Woolly Pyrol. 



18311 to 18315. Arachis htpogaea. Peanut. 



From Peradeniya, Ceylon. Presented by Mr. J. C. Willis, director of Royal 

 Botanic Gardens. Received April 6, 1906. 



18311. Tanjore. 18314. Barbados. 



18312. Mauritius. 18315. Brazil. 



18313. Pondicherry. 



18316 to 18318. Dioscorea spp. Yam. 



From Mavaguez, P. R. Presented bv the Agricultural Experiment Station. 

 Received April 4, 1906. 



18316. Dioscorea aculeata guinea. 18318. Dioscorea trifida. 



18317. Dioscorea trifida. A purple variety. 

 A white variety. 



18319 and 18320. 



From Manila, P. I. Presented by Mr. William S. Lyon, horticulturist, Bureau 

 of Agriculture. Received April 3, 1906. 



18319. Xanthosoma sp. Yautia. 



" Locally known as Gabe de China. Chief distinction seems to be in the size 

 of the main rootstock, which grows very large. Grown alongside of intro- 

 duced Xanihosoma, it made in eight months a main rootstock as large and half 

 again, weighing, when green, nearly 2 pounds." {Lyon.) 



18320. Colocasia sp. 



Most common Gabe of the Philippine Islands. 



18321. Canatall^ ensiformis. Sword bean. 



From Mavaguez, P. R. Presented by the Agricultural Experiment Station. 

 Received March 27, 1906. 



18322 and 18323. Saccharum officinarum. Sugar cane. 



From Cienfuegos, Cuba. Presented by Dr. Robert M. Grey, Harvard Botanical 

 Station, Central Soledad. Received March 27-, 1906. 



Samples of each of the following hand-fertilized sugar cane seed: 



18322. Crystalline, X Crystalline. 



18323. Crystallina (female) X Java seedling No. 51 (male). 



18324. Lilium philippinexse. Lily. 



From Thetford, Vt. Received through Mr. George S. Worcester, April 10, 1906. 

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