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SEEDS AXD PLANTS IMPORTED. 



34097. ^Iangifera indica L. 



Mango. 



From San Jose, Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. Carlos Werckl^, Department of 

 Agriculture. Received August 25, 1911. Numbered July 3, 1912. 

 "Can6e. One side golden yellow to orange yellow, the other side scarlet. Xearly 

 no fiber. Large, very good. Flesh orange yellow, peculiar flavor. Very beautiful 

 and highly esteemed. Comes perfectly true from seed. For hot, rather dry regions. ' ' 

 (Werckle.) 



See Xo. 30972 for previous introduction. 



34098 and 34099. Stizolobium spp. 



From Parakimedi Estate, Madras, India, through D. Hooper, esq., Office of 

 Economic Botanist, Calcutta, India, at the request of Mr. C. V. Piper. Re- 

 ceived June 24, 1912. 

 Seeds of the following; quoted notes by Mr. Piper: 



34098. "Dukka cJiikkudu (Telugu). Seeds oblong, brown and gray 

 marbled." 



34099. "Seeds ashy gray, with a few black, cloudy splotches. Probably 

 S. cinereum.''^ 



34100. AxxoxA RETICULATA L. Custard -apple. 



From Tehuantepec, Mexico. Presented by I^lr. W. W. Miller, Los Angeles, Cal. 

 Received July 6, 1912. 



34101. Eriobotrya japonica (Tliunb.) Lindl. Loquat. 



From Rome, Italy. Presented by Dr. Gustav Eisen, CaHfomia Academy of 

 Sciences, San Francisco, Cal. Received July 2, 1912. 

 ' ' Seeds taken from fruit as large as average apricots and very fine in taste. ' ' (Eisen.) 



34102 to 34104. Yigna sinensis (Torner) Savi. Cowpea. 



From Alexandria, Egypt. Presented by Mr. D. S. Fish, secretary, Alexandria 

 Horticultural Society. Received July 2, 1912. 

 Seeds of the following; quoted notes by Mr. Fish: 



34102. Luhia shami {Syrian). Without eye spot. 



34103. Lubia shami (Synan). Brown eyed. 



34104. Lubia beladi (Country). Black eyed. 



34105. Medicago rigidula cinerascens (Jord.) Rouy & Fouc. 



From Kharput, Turkey. Presented by Mr. William W. Masterson, American 

 consul. Received July 9, 1912. 



From Pacasmayo, Peru. Presented by !Mr. A. D. Selby, botanist, Ohio Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Station, "Wooster, Ohio, who procured it from Mr. B. H. 

 Kauffman. Received July 8, 1912. 

 "Yuna bean. The sample received is mostly a white-seeded variety, but there is 

 also a brown-seeded variety intermixed.'' 



Alfalfa. 



34106. DOLICHOS LABLAB L. 



Bonavist bean. 



