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24544. GOSSYPIUM HJRSU- 

 TUM, Cotton. Received through 

 Prof. N. E. Hansen. Native "Kara 

 chigis" (Mack seed), cotton from Tash- 

 kent Turkestan, 



32242. GUELDENSTAEDTSA 



MONOPHYLLA. Obtained by Mr. 

 Frank N. Meyer, from the Botanical 

 Garden at Tomsk, Siberia. A rare 



legume, with small leaves and flowers, 

 found only in Mongolia and Southern 

 Siberia, Of possible value for dry 

 matures for the westernUnited States. 



12988. GOSSYPIUM SP. Cotton. 

 From Pern, South America. 'Tall 



rough." Catacaos. The full rough Pe- 

 ruvian cotton, which is grown in the 

 Piura and the surrounding districts in 

 the northern part of Peru. Two crops 

 of this cotton are exported to the New 

 York asd Liverpool markets every 

 year. 



24902. GUIZOTIA ABYSSINICA. 



From Hubert S. Smiley, Drumalis, 

 Ireland. 



Bwarf annual, cultivated in Abys- 

 sinia and India for its seeds, which 

 mature in twelve weeks after sowing 

 and yield a sweet, bland oil by ex- 

 pression. Plant in warm localities in 

 July, preferably on clayey soils. Re- 

 ported to yield two bushels of seed per 

 acre. 



26319. GREIGIA SPH ACE- 

 LA rA, "Chupon." From Mr. Jose D. 

 Husbands, Limavida, Chile. A bro- 

 melia-like stemless plant with dense- 

 ly clustered sword-shaped leaves re- 

 sembling those of the pineapple. The 

 flowers are purplish and the fruit is 

 fragrant and wedge-shaped, with 

 pleasantly flavored sweet juice. It 

 grows in a comparatively moist cli- 

 mate. 



HAL8MODENDRON HALO- 

 DEN DBO N. Spiny shrub, occurring 

 on sandy and alkaline places in the 

 deserts of Turkestan where the mois- 

 ture is not too far below the surface. 

 Succeeds in partial shade. Recom- 

 mended for testing as a hedge plant in 

 cold wintered regions where long, hot 

 and dry summers prevail. 



