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34475. Oryza sativa L. Rice. 

 From Madagascar. Presented by Mr. Stuart R. Cope, London, England. Re- 

 ceived October 25, 1912. 

 * ' Tsimakata . Dry mountain rice . " ( Cope. ) 



34476 to 34478. 



From German East Africa. Presented by the Usumbwa Co., Usumbwa, Post 

 Tabora. Received October 28. 1912. 

 Quoted notes taken from the Usumbwa Co.'s letter: 



34476. HoLCus sorghum L. Sorghum. 

 (Sorghum vulgare Pers.) 



"Grows here to a height of 6 to 9 feet, but takes from five to six months to 

 ripen. The crop is enormous, and many different kinds of the plant are grown 

 by the natives." 



34477. Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn. Ragi. 

 "A quick-growing and much-planted grain of 1| to 2 feet in height. The 



crop ripens in about three months." 



34478. Castalia stellata (Willd.) Salisbury. Water lily. 

 (Nymphaea stellata Willd.) 



"Known as the 'sweet-scented blue lotus.' The flowers measure 3 to 4 

 inches across and are of a light-blue color with yellow center." 



Distribution. — In rivers, lakes, and ponds in extratropical Africa and in 

 India. 



34479 to 34481. Rosa spp. Rose. 



From Erfurt, Germany. Purchased from Haage & Schmidt. Received No- 

 vember 6, 1912. 

 Ten cuttings each of the following: 



34479. Rosa damascena trigintipetala (Dieck) Koehne. 



"A single-flowered strong-growing form of Rosa gallica var. daTuascena gi'own 

 in Bulgaria for perfume purposes." {W. Van Fleet.) 



34480. Rosa gallica L. 



"Byzantina. Double-flowered dwarf form, cultivated for perfume purposes 

 in Bulgaria, France, and Germany." {W. Van Fleet.) 

 34881. Rosa gallica L. 



Conditorum. This was received as Rosa conditorum, which seems never to 

 have been published as a species. 



"Double-flowered dwarf form, cultivated for perfume purposes in Bulgaria, 

 France, and Germany." (W. Van Fleet.) 



34482. Prunus fruticosa Pallas. Cherry. 



(P. chaTnaecerasus Jacq.) 

 From Omsk, Siberia. Presented by Mr. A. F. Reinecke, American consular 

 agent. Received October 31, 1912. 

 See S. P. I. No. 32224 for pre\ious introduction. 

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