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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPOETED. 



38578. Persea Americana Miller. Lauracese. Avocado. 



{Per sea gratissima Gaertn. f.) 

 From Antigua, Guatemala. Collected by Mr. O. F. Cook, of the Bureau 

 of Plant Industry. Received June 20, 1914. 

 " Seed of large round type (hard shelled), dark brown on outside, flesh cream 

 colored. Called 'Antigua No. 3.' Weight of fruit 2 pounds. June 7, 1914." 

 {Cook.) 



38579. Trifolium repens L. Fabaceae. Wild white clover. 



From Chester, England. Procured from Mr. James Hunter. Received 

 April, 1914. 



"An indigenous variety of white clover of Kentish origin which, owing to its 

 success in experiments made by the Armstrong College at Cockle Park, has 

 lately been much sought after. It is a very desirable variety of white clover, 

 iH very permanent, and superior to the ordinary white Dutch clover, inasmuch 

 as one pound of seed of the wild variety seems to be as effective as two pounds 

 of the Dutch. It is well suited for pasture." (Hunter.) 



38580. Elephantorrhiza elephantina (Burch.) Skeels. Mimo- 



(Elephantorrhiza burchellii Benth.) [sacese. 

 From Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Presented by Mr. J. Burtt 

 Davy, botanist. Agricultural Supply Association. Received June 19, 1914. 



See S. P. I. Nos. 25941 and 31309 for previous introductions. 



" The plants of this genus can hardly be said to grow to shrub size ; they are 

 merely shrublets of annual growth, 1 to 2 feet high, from perennial roots. 

 T>eaves bipinnate, with 6 to 8 pairs of pinnae, each many foliate, the leaflets half 

 an inch long, obliquely linear. Racemes simple or branched, many flowered, 2 to 

 i inches long, rising from the axils of the lower leaves; the flowers shortly 

 pedicelled, one-sixth of an inch long, yellowish. Calyx 5-toothed. Petals 5, 

 free. Stamens 10, ovary sessile, many ovuled. Pod 6 to 8 inches long, 1^ inches 

 wide, thin, with a persistent margin from which the valves dehisce separately. 

 E. elephantina is the only Cape species, being distinguished from the other, a 

 Transvaal plant, by its linear pointed leaflets. The huge roots are rich in 

 tannin, and were formerly used largely in colonial tanning, and are still pre- 

 ferred for the production of a certain color and quality not obtained with other 

 tanning materials. Its cultivation has not been attempted, and the natural 

 supply is insufficient to meet a large commercial demand." {Sim, Forest Flora 

 of Cape Colony.) 



38581 to 38583. 



From Guatemala. Collected by Mr. O. F. Cook, of the Bureau of Plant 

 Industry. Received June 20 and 23, 1914. Quoted notes by Mr. Cook. 



38581. Peksea Americana Miller. Lauracese, Avocado. 

 (Persea gratissima Gaertn. f.) 



From Antigua, Guatemala. Fruit from tree described under S. P. I. 

 No. 38549. 



38582. Chamaedoeea sp. Phcenicacese. Pacaya palm. 

 From San Antonio, Guatemala. 



" June 5, 1914. Perhaps not the same species as the pacaya of Coban. 

 A somewhat smaller palm, with the pinnae closer together and somewhat 

 broader." 



