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India, and in the western peninsula from the Konkan to Travancore. In February 

 the plant produces its white flowers, which are arranged in short but distinct racemes 

 with peduncles a little less than a quarter of an inch in length. The berry is globular 

 ovoid, three-fourths of an inch wide, with a long apiculus, four celled, four seeded." 

 {H. Trimen, Handbook of the Flora of Ceylon, vol. 1, p. 226; Hooker's Flora of British 

 India, vol. 1, p. 512.) 



Introduced for the citrus-breeding work of the Office of Crop-Physiology and Breed- 

 ing Investigations. 



36103. Pennisetum purpureum Schumacher. Elephant grass. 



From Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia. Presented by the Assistant Government 

 Agriculturist, Department of Agriculture. Received September 12, 1913. 

 ''This plant seeds very shyly, but grows readily from either sUps or roots. " 

 Distribution. — A tall grass with long spikes, found in Guinea and Kamerun in West 

 Africa and from Zanzibar to Mozambique on the east coast. 



36104. SoLANUM sp. Wild potato. 



From the island of Conejos, off the coast of Chile. Presented by Mr. R. Christie, 

 through Mr. W. F. Wight, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received Septem- 

 ber 11, 1913. 



"Wild potatoes. There are two kinds, or perhaps more. The stems of one kind 

 grow to a height of over 2 meters. This kind does not come to maturity until the 

 month of June, as I was informed by an old Indian, the other kind I think is the same 

 that you found on the west coast. I send them just as I got them out of the earth, with- 

 out washing them, as it may be of advantage for you to examine the earth in which 

 they have grown. I have no doubt that they are the true indigenous potato." 

 {Christie.) 



36105. Lathyrus sp. 



From Castro, Chile. Presented by Mr. R. Christie, through Mr. W. F. Wight, of 

 the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received September 11, 1913. ' 

 "WW peas. They grow in sandy soil, about 10 inches high, and give an abun- 

 dance of pretty blossoms in bunches and have the peculiarity that when they are ripe 

 the pods do not open, but fall entire upon the ground. " {Christie.) 



36106. (Undetermined.) 



From Concepcion, Chile. Collected by Mr. W. F. Wight, of the Bureau of Plant 

 Industry. Received May 7, 1913. 



36107 to 36121. 



From China. Collected by Mr. Frank X. Meyer, Agricultural Explorer for the 

 Department of Agriculture. Received September 9, 1913. 

 Quoted notes by Mr. Meyer, except as indicated. 

 36107 and 36108. Prunus sp. 



36107. "(No. 1873a. Peking, China. May 22, 1913.)" A small, red, sweet 

 cherry, bearing from one to six fruits on its forked little tomentose pedun- 

 cles. Locally named ying tau'r. May be Prvmus pauciflora. Probably 

 the same species as No. 1840a [S. P. I. No. 35640]." 



36108. "(No. 1874a. Peking, China. May 21, 1913.) A small, red, sweet 

 cherry of large size and of finer taste than the preceding number, 1873a 

 [S. P. I. No. 36107], otherwise the same remarks apply to it." 



