JANUABY 1 TO MAEOH 31, 1914. 



8d 



37578 to 37600— Continued. 



37600. ViBUBNUM BUREJAETicuM Regcl and Herd. 



For previous introduction, see Nos. 20115 and 33776. 



"I am doubtful if the true plant to which this name belongs Is now 

 in cultivation, although it may be amoag recent introductions from 

 China. What is usually seen under the name is V. lantana or one of 

 its near allies. The true burejaeticum is qtiite distinct. A deciduous 

 shrub whose young shoots are covered at first with a dense, stellate down, 

 becoming almost white and smooth the second year. Leaves ovate, oval 

 or slightly obovate; tapered, rounded, or slightly heart shaped at the 

 base, tapered and often blunt at the apex; 2 to 4 inches long, 1 to 2 

 inches wide ; evenly and angularly toothed, with scattered, mostly simple 

 hairs above, and scattered stellate ones beneath, chiefly on the veins, 

 becoming almost smooth ; stalk one-quarter to one-half inch long, scurfy. 

 Flowers white, uniform and perfect, one-quarter inch wide, pro- 

 duced in stalked usually 5-branched cymes, 2 inches across; the stalks 

 covered with stellate scurfy down. Native of Manchuria and China." 

 (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 

 6Jt3-6U-) 



37601 to 37603. Triticum aestivum L. Wheat, 

 {Triticum viilgare Till.) 



From Wageningen, Holland. Presented by Mr. C. J. Hesslng, Institute 

 for the Improvement of Agriculture. Received March 27, 1914. 



37601. Wilhelmina. 37603. Millioen, 



37602. Imperial. 



37604 and 37605. 



From Victoria, Karaerun, German West Africa. Presented by the Agri- 

 cultural Exi)eriment Station for Victoria. Received March 27, 1914. 



37604. Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn. Ragi. 



Native names in the following languages: Njaderi, Fulah ; Siggr, 

 Mbum. 



37605. Sesaml^m okientaxe L. Sesame. 

 {Sesamum indicum L.) 



Native names in the following languages: Sam, Mbum; Sidi, Hausa; 

 Dam, Wute; Manasiri, Fulah. 



87606. X Cydonia vEircHn Trabut. Pyronia. 



From Algiers, Algeria. Presented by Dr. L. Trabut, director, Service Bo- 

 tanique. Received April 1, 1914. 



" I am cultivating three hybrids of Cydonia and Pyrus of Veitch's. These 

 plants here are very vigorous and they seem bound to furnish an excellent stock 

 for pears. I am sending you Pyronia A. [a hybrid between Cydonia (Portugal 

 quince) and Pyrus (Bergamotte Esperen), produced by Mr. John Seden in 

 1895], which will take the name Pyronia veitchii Trabut in my article in the 

 Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society." (Trabut.) 



