224 SEEDS A2s-D PLANTS I3IP0ETED, 



16213. Medicago aiaculata. Bur clover. 

 From Abbeville, S. C. Received thru Mr. Arthur Parker, November 11, 1905. 



16214. ]\lrsA TEXTiEis. Manila hemp. 



From Alanila, P. I. Received thru Mr. W. S. Lyon, Insular Bureau of Agricul- 

 ture. November 13, 1905. 



16215 to 16222. Eeodium ^pp. 



From Geneva, Switzerland. Received thru 3Ir. H. Correvon. November 18, 

 1905. 



16215. 



EitODrUil HYMEXODES. 



16219. 



Ekodium CTLA>'DrLosr:M. 



16216. 



Eeodium chelidonifo- 



16220. 



ERODirM iVlACEADEXinyi. 





LIOI. 



16221. 



EE0Dir>I MANESCAVI. 



16217. 



Eeoditai pelaego>-ifo- 

 LirM. 



16222. 



EeODIUM ilACEOPHTL 

 LOI. 



16218. 



Eeodiuai daucoides. 







16223. Caeuai gairdneri. 



From Pendleton. Oreg. Received thru Mr. W. H. Bleakney, November, 1905. 



■ • This plant was formerly a staple article of food among the Umatilla and other 

 Indian tribes of the Pacific Northwest. The roots may be eaten either raw or' 

 cooked. They have a delicious flavor." {Coville.) (See'also No. 12932.) 



16224. Blighia sapida. Akee. 



From Kingston, Jamaica. Received thru Mr. G. N. Collins, November, 1905. 



• ■ Unless fully matured, the white fleshy arillus of this excellent fruit is regarded 

 as poisonous by the natives of Jamaica." ' {Collins. ) 



16225 and 16226. Xanthosoma -pp. Yautia. 



From Floral Park. Long Island, N. Y. Received thru Mr. John Lewis Childs, 

 November 17. 1905. 



16225. Xajsthoso^ia sagittifo- 16226. Xa^tthosoma sp. 



LITM. 



16227. Eucalyptus goniocaetx. Eucalypt. 



From. Guadalajara. Mexico. Received thru Mr. Feclerico Chisolm. November 

 17. 1905. 



16228. PoA PRATENSis. Kentucky bluegrass. 

 From Winchester. Ky. Received thru 3Lr. D. S. Gay, November 17, 1905. 



16229. ViGXA sixExsis. Cowpea. 

 From Bristol. Conn. Received thru Mr. Herman Ockels. November 10, 1905. 



16230. Pa SP ALUM die at at cm. Large water grass. 

 From Biloxi. Miss. Received thru Mr. S. M. Tracy, November IS, 1905. 



16231. Aralia racemosa. Spikenard. 



From North Clarendon. Vt. Received thru Mr. James Barrett. November 21, 

 1905. 



Roots and berries of the wild spikenard are used in the preparation of a remedy 

 for catarrhal affections. For use in breeding with Aralia cordata, the Japanese 

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