INVENTOBY. ^ 



4370. Fceniculum dulce. Sweet fennel. 



From Naples. Italy. Received February 5, 1900. 



4371. Boehmeria ntvea. Ramie. 



From Naples. Italy. Received February 5. 1900. 



A perennial, native of eastern Asia. 1< >ng grown in China and India. A fiber known 

 na grass \> manufactured from the stem-. Ramie requires a hot, moist climate, 

 without extremes of temperature, and a rich, moist soil, bo that growth shall be 

 rapid and continuous during the season. The plant is propagated by seeds, cuttings, 

 layers, and division of the roots. The seeds, when used, should be started in hot- 

 beds and the bed- shaded until the plants are 2 to 6 inches high, when they may 

 be transplanted to the fields. The best method of propagation is by dividing the 

 roots. The plant is ready for harvest when the seeds commence to ripen. 



4372. Teratoma SILIQUA. Carob. 



From Naples. Italy. Received February 5, 1900. 

 81 John'- Bread, or Algaroba. See No. 3112, Inventory No. 



4373. Hovexia dulcis. Raisin tree. 

 From Naples, Italy. Received February 5, 



■ - 28 and 3310, Inventory No 



4374. Nicotiana tabacum. Tobacco. 

 From Naples, Italy. Receive. 1 February 5, 1900. 



If jariai Del 



4375. NlCOTLANA TABACUM. TobaCCO. 

 From Naples, Italy. Received F< 



Hungaria I 



4376. NicoTiANA tabacum. Tobacco. 



From Naples. Italy. Received February 5, 1900. 

 Hungarian Szegedin. 



4377. Vigna catjang. Cowpea. 



From Naples. Italy. Received February 5, 1900, under the name of Dolichos 

 sphorospermus. 



4378. Pachyrhizos tuberosus. Yam-bean. 



From Naples. Italy. Received February 5, 1900. 



' ' The yam-bean or ahipa is a native of Venezuela and other parts of South America 

 up to elevated country. It climbs to a height of 20 feet and bears pods much larger 

 than those of P. angulatus, which in a young state are used like French 1 teans. When 



boiled they are tender and sweetish, but deleterious when raw. They are free from 

 fibrous Btrings at the edge. Seeds variable in color. The tubers of three plants may 

 fill a bushel basket. They mature in a few months. These edible tubers may attain 

 _: it of 60 pound.-." Von Mueller.) 



4379. Vigna catjang. Cowpea. 



From Naples. Italy. Received February 5, 1900. under the name of Dolichos lubia. 



4380. Dolichos lablab. Madagascar bean. 



From Naples, Italy. Received February 5, 1900. 



