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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



11698 to 11713— Continued. 



Cuttingfj, as follows: 



11698. 



Gloho. 





11707. 



Aipim Doce. 



11699. 



Vermelha do P'mlial. 



11708. 



Amarella. 



11700. 



Boacava Brava. 



(Poi- 



11709. 



Cambalho Braca. 





sonous. ) 





11710. 



Mata Foine II. 



11701. 



Tatu. 





11711. 



Rosa. 



11702. 



Alpiiii Auiarello. 





11712. 



Sao Tedruilio. (Very 



11703. 



Vt'rineUuj. 







poisonous. ) 



11704. 



Branca. 





11713. 



Itaplra Braca. (Poison- 



11705. 



Mata Fonie. 







ous. ) 



11706. 



Barra Bonita. 









11714. Tkiticum a ulgare. Wheat. 



From Tempe, Ariz. Received thru Mr. John Jungernian, Septeniljer 2t>, U)04. 

 Fretes. Grown from 8. P. I. No. 7-")S2. 



11715. Tkiticum dukum. Macaroni v^heat. 



From Tempe, Ariz. Received thru Mr. John Jungerman, September 26, 1904. 

 Marouani. Grown from S. P. I. Xo. 9324. 



11716 and 11717. Hokdeum lETKASTiciiu^r. Four-ro-w barley. 



From Tempe, Ariz. Received thru Mr. John Jungerman, September 26, 1904. 



11716. Bekli Grown from S. P. I. No. 7588. 



11717. TelU. Grown from S. P. I. Xo. 7584. 



11718 and 11719. Liatris scariosa. 



Button snakeroot. 



From ^Minneapolis, Minn. Presented bv Prof. E. M. Freeman. Received Sep- 

 tember 22, 1904. 



11718. Roots or conns. 11719. Seed. 



11720. Sic ANA odorifera. 



From Trinidad, British West Indies. Presented by Mr. J. H. Hart, superin- 

 tendent of the Royal Botanic Gardens. Received September 20, 1904. 



11721. Garcinia celebica. 



From Buitenzorg, Java, Dutch East Indies. Presented by Doctor Treub, Sep- 

 tember 28, 1904. 



11722. Avena sativa. Oat. 



From Yancey, Ga. Purchased from Mr. H. Yancev, jr. Received Sejjtem.ber 

 28, 1904. 



Appier RuMproof. 



11723. Ipomoea pes-caprae. 



From Durban, Natal. Presented by Mr. J. L. Elmore, agent and importer of 

 American goods, Third avenue. Received September 30, 1904. 



"These small seeds and pods grow here on the sand next to the seashore, and 

 greatly retard the sand from blowing inland. They grow on runners as much as 80 

 feet in length, every few feet throwing up stems with large green leaves a foot al)ove 

 the sand, thus preventing the sand from shifting." {Elmore. ) 

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