JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30^ 1914. 



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38765 to 38776— Continued. 



38773. Chaetochloa aurea (Hochst.) Hitchc. Poacese. 

 (Setaria aurea Hochst.) 



Distribution. — A perennial grass growing 6 feet tall, with dense panicles 

 covered with yellowish or bright orange bristles, found in the Kalahari 

 region of South Africa and in tropical Africa and Asia. 



38774. Chaetochloa lindenbergiana (Nees) Hit<ihc. Poacese. 

 {iietaria lindenhergiana Stapf.) 



See S. P. I. No. 34817 for previous introduction. 



38775. Chaetochloa nigrirostris (Nees) Skeels. Poacese. 

 {Setaria nigrirostris Dur. and Schinz.) 



38776. Chaetochloa sulcata (Aubl.) Hitchc. Poacese. 

 {Setaria sulcata Raddi.) 



38777. SoLANUM TUBEROSUM L. Solanaceae. Potato. 



From Lima, Peru. Procured from Sefior J. A. MacKnight, director, Escuela 

 Normal de Varenes. Received July 15, 1914. 



38778. Prunus armeniaca L. Amygdalacese. Apricot. 



From Sorama Vesuviana. Presented by Dr. Gustav Eisen, Rome, Italy. 

 Cuttings received July 17, 1914. 



" Pelese apricot. Size, large ; slightly ovoid. Deep crease between the cheeks, 

 one of which is larger than the other. Skin smooth, w^ithout spots. Color, 

 orange chrome, with carmine flush. Seed medium, with a small projection or 

 huir- Flesh very firm ; ripens evenly all around and shows no unripe side. 

 Fhivor very fine. Sweetness medium (the specimen having been picked while 

 unripe). Leaves pointed. I consider this apricot one of the finest, if not the 

 finest, I have come across. It should be a splendid shipper, and if the sweet- 

 ness Is increased by allowing the fruit to ripen more, it should prove a very 

 desirable table fruit, superior to the Royal. An average fruit displaced 53 c. c. 

 water when immersed in a graduate." {Eisen.) 



38779. LiTCHi CHiNENSis Sonnerat. Sapindacese. Litchi. 

 {Nephelium litchi Cambess.) 



From Honolulu, Hawaii. Presented by Mr. Chester J. Hunn, assistant 

 horticulturist, Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station. Received July 

 20, 1914. 



"A small, bushy tree, with handsome dense foliage, native of China. It 

 blossoms in the dry season (about February), producing sprays of pale-green 

 flowers, and ripens its fruit about June. The fruit, produced in clusters, is of 

 the size and form of a large plum, with a rough, thin, scalelike rind, which be- 

 comes of a beautiful red tinge, gradually turning to a dark-brown color before 

 it is quite ripe. The jellylike pulp or aril which covers the seed is of a trans- 

 lucent whiteness and of an agreeable refreshing flavor. This fruit, represented 

 by different varieties of varying quality, is grown to great perfection about 

 Calcutta and elsewhere in India and is commonly sold in the bazaars when in 

 season. Cameron says it thrives up to 3,500 feet in South India, giving at 

 Bangalore two crops of fruit a year (in May and December). It is grown 

 successfully in Mauritius, but curiously enough it is rarely met with in Ceylon, 



