58 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



5170. Vitis rotexdifolia. Grape. 

 From Clarcona, Fla. Presented by Mr. H. Meislahn. 



Scuppernong. 



5171. Vitis rotexdifolia. Grape. 



From Clarcona, Fla. Presented by Mr. H. Meislahn. 

 Thomas. 



5172. Pt^eroxylox utile. Sneezewood. 



From South Africa. Presented by Hon. A. D. Heywood, Conservator of For- 

 ests, Umtata, Cape of Good Hope. 



"This tree supplies one of the most durable of South African timbers. Very hard 

 and difficult to work, but valuable for fence posts. Splits easily and burns well." 

 ( Von Mueller.) 



5173. Guaiacum officixale. Lignum-vitae. 



From Jamaica. Received through Mr. D. G. Fairchild, from the Director, 

 Botanical Department. 



"Tree, attaining middle size, but of slow growth. Yields a heavy, diagonally 

 fibrous, somewhat odorous, greenish lignum-vitse, which is unique in its qualities and 

 much sought for pulley blocks, rulers, etc. The resin is used medicinally and for 

 chemical tests. ' ' ( Von Mueller. ) 



5174. Trifolium johxsoxi. Clover. 



From British East Africa. Presented by the Director of the Royal Botanic 

 Gardens, Kew, England, through the U. S. National Museum. 



Seeds of the white clover of the rich, short pastures in the Kiluyu district, at an 

 elevation of 6,500 feet. It is greedily devoured by all sorts of stock and will 

 probably prove most useful in tropical and subtropical countries. Distributed. 



5175. Gossypium barbadexse. Egyptian cotton. 



From Egypt. 



5176. Isopogox dawsoxi. Isopogon. 



From New South Wales, Australia. Presented by Mr. R, P. Baker, Curator of 

 the Technological Museum, Sydney. 



"A new species of this genus recently described in the Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 

 It is the tallest of any of the I*opogon* occurring in eastern Australia. The flowers 

 are more showy than those of other species of the genus." {Baker. ) 



5177. Actenotes heliaxthus. Flannel flower. 



From New South Wales, Australia. Presented by Mr. R. T. Baker, Curator of 

 the Technological Museum, Sydney. 



" This is one of the favorite wild flowers of Sydney and at first sight would be 

 taken for a composite, the large, white involucral bracts resembling the ray florets 

 of a composite. It much resembles the edelvmiss of the Swiss Alps. Grows in 

 poor, sandy, rocky soil." (Baker.) 



5178. Lens esculexta. Lentil. 



From Leitmeritz, Bohemia. Received through Messrs. Lathrop and Fairchild, 

 September, 1899. 



"Samples of lentils from Leitmeritz, the noted lentil region of Bohemia." (Fair- 

 child.) 



5179. Cucemis aeeteliferl^s. African horned cucumber. 



From Avonpark, Fla. Presented by Mr. S. G. Donaldson. 



