208 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPOETED. 



15803 to 15805— Continued. 



15804. Xanthosoma sagittifolium. Yautia. 



' ' From the Alta Vera Paz district of Guatemala. The yellow tubers seem 

 to distinguish this from all other known sorts having reddish petioles." 



{Barrett.) 



15805. Dkacontium aspeeum. "Guapa." 



"Resembles Amorphophallus, which was discovered on the upper Amazon 

 and which appears to occur only in Porto Rico and Brazil. The large corm, 

 when well matured, is cooked by the natives, and may be compared to squash 

 in appearance, but has a strong flavor not usually relished at the first taste. 

 The single leaf attains a height of 8 feet. The fetid eflluvium of the flower is 

 poisonous. ' ' (Barrett. ) 



15806. Hyacinthus orientalis albulus. Hyacinth. 



From Boston, Mass. Received thru R. & J. Farquhar & Co., October 2, 1905. 



15807 and 15808. 



From Palm Springs, Cal. Received from Dr. Welwood Murray, thru Mr. T. H. 

 Kearney, October 2, 1905. 



15807. Chilopsis saligna. Desert willow. 

 An ornamental shrub for desert regions. 



15808. Paekinsonia sp. Palo verde. 

 An ornamental desert shrub. 



15809 to 15817 



From Hiroshima, Japan. Presented by Mr. J. T. Meyers. Received September 

 29, 1905. 



15809. Eeioboteya japonica. Loquat. 



15810. Peunus sp. Japanese bush cherry. 



"These (15809 and 15810) are both nursery plants, the 'Usura' (15810) 

 probably thriving under such treatment as would be given young cherry 

 trees." (Meyers.) 



15811. Beassica sp. Turnip. 

 Shogo. 



15812. Beassica pe-tsai. Pe-tsai cabbag-e. 



15813. Beassica sp. Turnip. 

 Mammoth Red. 



15814. Raphanus sp. Badish. 

 Sakura. 



15815. Raphanus sp. Radish. 

 Moriguchi. 



15816. CucuEBiTA sp. Squash. 



Tropical. 



15817. CucuEBiTA sp. Squash. 

 Kyoto. 



15818 to 15820. Feijoa sp. "Guayabilla." 



From Buenos Aires, Argentina. Received thru Dr. Carlos Spegazzini, botanist 

 of the Department of Agriculture, October 5, 1905. 



15818. Large. 15820. Small or Winter. 



15819. Smooth or Manzana. 

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