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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



52917 to 52923— Continued. 



It is very persistent in its own patches and crowds out practically 

 everything else. The patches that I saw produced very little seed; 

 possibly more will be produced when we get into the beginning of the 

 dry season." 



52918. Beach r ARIA plantaginea (Link) Hitchc. Poaceae. Grass. 



" Collected at Ponto Novo ; where it occurred it crowded out practically 

 everything else. It made a dense covering, the leafy part of it standing 

 about 2^ feet tall. I saw it growing at all the points visited and find it 

 also present here at Bello Horizonte. It looks as though it may be 

 perennial here. The seed habits seem to be good, as it appears to ripen 

 about all at the same time." 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 21961. 



52919. HoLcus halepensis L. Poacere. Johnson grass. 



{Sorghum lialepense Pers.) 



" Collected at Ligacao. Appears to be a sorghum that grows natively 

 as a weed." 



52920. Paspalum sp. Poacese. Grass. 

 " Collected at Furtados de Campos." 



52921. Paspalum sp. Poacese. Grass. 

 " Collected at Ligacao." 



52922. Valota insularis (L.) Chase. Poacese. Grass. 



" Collected at Ponto Novo. Occurs rather abundantly along the road- 

 side." 



52923. Laurocerasus iltcifolia (Niitt.) Roemer. Amygdalacese. 

 (Prunus ilicifolia Walp.) 



From Los Angeles, Calif. Seeds presented by P. D. Barnhart. Received 

 April 5, 1921. 



" Wild cherry, for trial as stock and as an ornamental evergreen tree." 

 (Barnhart.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 39584. 



52924 to 52926. Lilium spp. Liliacese. Lily. 



From Ootacamund, Bombay Presidency, India. Presented by F. H. 

 Butcher, curator. Government Botanic Gardens and Parks. Received 

 April 1, 1921. 



52924. Lilium neilgherrense Wight. 



Bulbs of an Indian lily with a globose bulb 5 to 7.5 cubic millimeters 

 in diameter, with a stiff stem 3 to 6 decimeters high, creeping at the base, 

 and with 30 to 40 crowded leaves. The one to three white ascending 

 fragrant flowers are 15 to 18 cubic millimeters long and trumpet shaped. 

 The perianth segments are oblanceolate, reflexed only at the tips. 

 (Adapted from Botanical Gazette, vol. 27, p. 2Jf2.) 



52925. Lilium nepalense D. Don. 



Bulbs of a magnificent species, of striking beauty, generally considered 

 too tender for open-air culture except in the more favored parts of 

 England, introduced from Nepal in 1824. The plant grows 1 to 3 feet 

 high and bears nodding bell-shaped flowers of a beautiful soft yellow, 

 the lower half of the gracefully recurved segments being blotched with 

 bright purple-brown and shaded with maroon. (Adapted from Journal of 

 Horticulture and Home Farmer, 3d ser., vol. 54, p. 348.) 



52926. Lilium neilgherrense Wight. 

 Seeds of S. P. L No. 52924. 



