JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1912. 



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34109. Panicum barbinode Trinius. Para grass. 



From the Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. Henry L. Hungerford. Grown at 

 Stock Farm at Alabang, Rizal, near Manila. Received June 3, 1912. 

 "The seed came originally from Ceylon, where the grass is known as Panicum 

 muticum. It closely resembles Para grass but does not seem to have equal forage 

 value." (C. V. Piper.) 



Distribution. — First described from Brazil; apparently generally distributed in the 

 Tropics. 



34110. HoRDEUM VULGARE TRiFURCATUM (Schlecht.) Beaven. 



Barley. 



From China. Presented by Rev. Horace W. Houlding, South Chihli Mission, 

 Tai Ming Fu, North China. Received November 13, 1911. 



34111 and 34112. Opuntia spp. Prickly pear. 



From C. Lerdo, Durango, Mexico. Presented by Dr. Elswood Chaffey. Re- 

 ceived at the Plant Introduction Field Station, Chico, Cal., May 16, 1912. 

 Numbered July 15, 1912. 

 Three cuttings of each of the following: 



34111. Opuntia vilis Rose. 



Distribution. — On the footslopes and plains in the vicinity of Zacatecas in 

 central Mexico. • 



34112. Opuntia azure a Rose. 



Distribution. — The northeastern part of the Province of Zacatecas in central 

 Mexico. 



34113. Gevuina avellana Molina. Avellano. 



From Maquehue, Temuco, Chile. Presented by Mr. D. S. Bullock, Lapeer, 

 Mich. Received July 12, 1912. 

 A beautiful white-flowered proteaceous tree with large rust-colored leaves and coral- 

 red fruit the size of a large cherry. The stone, or nut, is conical, and the kernel has 

 somewhat the taste of hazelnuts; hence the name avellano. 

 See S. P. I. No. 19115 for previous introduction. 



34114. HoLCUS SORGHUM L. Sudan grass. 



{Sorghum vulgare Pers.) 

 'From Khartum, Egypt. Presented by Mr. W. A. Davie, Inspector of Agriculture, 

 for director. Department of Agriculture and Forests, Sudan Government. 

 Received July 12, 1912. 

 "This is apparently identical with S. P. I. No. 25017. The plant is an annual, closely 

 resembling ordinary Johnson grass in appearance but entirely lacking the rootstocks 

 which make that plant undesirable. Sudan grass is apparently the wild or half 

 domesticated form of our cultivated sorghums, and it crosses readily with the various 

 varieties of sorghum. It has a stem much finer than Amber sorghum and slightly 

 coarser than timothy." (C. V. Piper.) 

 For an illustration of Sudan grass growing at the Chico Field Station, see ^late I. 



34116. Medic AGO falcata L. 



Collected in the vicinity of Semipalatinsk, Siberia. Purchased from Mr. G. T. 

 Miroshnikov. Received July 11, 1912. 

 "This is seed of the ordinary 'Sholteek' and is imported for the special purpose of 

 naturalizing this important wild forage plant in various sections of the Northwest, 



