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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



38763. Belou marmelos (L.) Lyons. Rutacese. Bael. 



(Acfile marmelos Correa.) 

 From Rangoon, Burma, India. Presented by Rev. William H. S. Hascall, 

 Received July 14, 1914. 

 See S. P. I. Nos. 24450, 33094, and 38299 for previous introductions and de- 

 scription. 



38764. OsMELiA sp. (?) Flacourtiacese. Lubi lubi. 

 From Catanduanes, Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. E. H. Koert, 



superintendent, Bicol Farm, through Mr. Paul Popenoe, Washington, 



D. C. Received July 9, 1914. 

 " Seeds of a plant which possesses high value for food both for man and 

 beast. In its wild state it appears to prefer places rather heavily mulched." 

 (Koert.) 



38765 to 38776. 



From Pretoria, Union of South Africa. Presented by Mr. I. B. Pole Evans, 

 chief, Division of Botany, Department of Agriculture. Received July 

 2, 1914. 



38765. Andropogon erianthoides F. Muell. Poacese. Satin-top grass. 

 See S. P. I. No. 19254 for previous introduction. 



38766. Alloteropsis eckloniana (Nees) Hitchcock. Poacese. Grass. 

 {Bluffia eckloniana Nees.) 



Distribution. — A compactly tufted perennial grass growing from 1 to 

 3 feet tall, found in the Kalahari region and in the vicinity of Durban in 

 South Africa. 



38767. Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees. Poaceae. Grass. 

 See S. P. I. No. 21313 for previous introduction. 



Distribution. — A densely tufted perennial grass with open, nodding 

 panicles, growing about 2 feet high in the Kalahari region of South 

 Africa and extending southward to the Cape of Good Hope. 



38768. Eragrostis poa Stapf. Poacese. Grass. 



Distribution. — A densely tufted perennial grass about 2 feet high, 

 found in moist places in the Caledon division of the coast region and in 

 Bechuanaland in the Kalahari region of South Africa. 



38769. Fingerhuthia africana Lehm, Poacese. Grass. 



Distribution. — A densely tufted grass resembling timothy in habit and 

 appearance, found in Little Namaqualand, in the Kalahari region and 

 in the Transvaal in South Africa. 



38770. Ischaemum glaucostachyum Stapf. Poacese. Grass. 



Distribution. — A slender perennial grass growing about 3 feet high, 

 found along the Pinaars River in the Transvaal, South Africa. 



38771. Panicum maximum Jacq. Poacese. Guinea grass. 



38772. Panicum nigropedatum Munro. Poacese. 



Distribution. — A perennial grass growing 1 to 21 feet high, found 

 in the Kalahari region of Africa and northward to the upper Zambezi 

 region. 



