APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1913. 



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35247. Citrus sp. Orange. 

 From Algiers, Algeria. Presented by Dr. L. Trabut, Government Botanist of 



Algeria. Received May 7, 1913. 

 "Cuttings of the late Bema orange, which you may name Bema Late. This is the 

 object of important export from Murcia, Spain, during the summer. Fruit globular 

 oval, medium in size, skin very solid, assuring its preservation." (Trabut.) 



35248. Thea sasaxqua (Tliimb.) Xois. Tea oil. 



{Camellia sasanqua Thunb.) 

 From Chenchow, Hunan, China. Presented by Mr. T. W. Mitchell. Received 

 April 30, 1913. 



"The trees are very curious in that, just as they are harvesting the nuts, the trees 

 are in full bloom for the following year's crop. It produces a vegetable oil very much 

 used for food by the natives and which we ourselves like verj^ much." (Mitchell.) 



Distribution. — The \-icinity of Nagasaki in Japan, in the Chusan and Luchu Archi- 

 pelagoes. 



35249. GoNOLOBUs edulis Hemsley. Cuayote. 

 From San Ramon, Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. Ad. Tonduz, botaniste explo- 



rador. Received May 9, 1913. 

 "An asclepiadaceous twiner with yellow flowers in small racemes, and long fruits, 

 pointed at both ends, pro\'ided with longitudinal wings. The fruit is eaten while 

 still soft." (Tonduz.) 



35250. CiTRULLUS VULGARIS Schrader. Watermelon. 



From Argentina. Presented by Mr. T. A. Havemeyer, Xew York, X. Y. 

 Received April 26, 1913. 

 "Seeds of a watermelon brought me by a friend from Argentina, said to be very 

 good and to have an orange center. It may be of value." (Havemeyer.) 



35251. Cannabis sativa L. Hemp. 

 From Hankow, China. Procured through Mr. Roger S. Greene, American consul 



general. Received April 25, 1913. 



" Ta ma, the great hemp of China, is cultivated chiefly in central China, in the 

 valley of the Yangtze. It attains a height of 8 to 15 feet, has comparatively large 

 leaves, less crowded than the foliage of the common hemp of Europe, and its seeds are 

 comparatively small, dark, and well mottled. 



"Seeds from hemp of this variety have given the best results when cultivated in 

 Kentucky. The seeds should always be acclimated by cultivating the plant one or 

 two generations for seed production before sowing it broadcast in this country for 

 fiber production." (L. H. Dewey.) 



35252. Brachtpodium pinnatum (L.) Beauv. 



From Paris, France. Pm-chased from Vilmorin-Andrieux & Cie. Received 

 May 2, 1913. 



Distribution. — Throughout Europe and eastward to Siberia and Persia; also in 

 northern Africa. 



Purchased for the work of the Office of Forage-Crop Investigations. 



