42 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 
32713 to 32725— Continued. 
32717. "Hayany. A variety from the town of Hayany in Upper Egypt. 
The dates are said by Delchevalerie to be made up into a paste and eaten by 
the inhabitants of that part of Egypt. See S. P. I. No. 6438." (Walter T. 
S mingle.) 
32718. "Siwi." 32720. " Bartamoda." » 
32719. "Adel Malakawi." » 
32721. " Amhat. As to this variety there seems to be much confusion in the 
Egyptian literature, several varieties being undoubtedly confounded under 
the same name. Until the dates fruit it will be difficult to tell more about 
them . " (Walter T. Swingle . ) 
32722. "Zagloul." See No. 6439 for description. 
32723. " Bint Aischa." See No. 6440 for description. 
32724. "Amary. Perhaps the same as Amri (S. P. I. 6445). The name 
would indicate a red date, which is a common date in Lower Egypt, frequently 
exported to Europe in a dry condition." (Walter T. Swingle.) 
32725. "Samany." See No. 6441 for description. 
32726. Citrus sp. 
From Hangchow, China. Presented by Mrs. J. H. Judson, Hangchow College. 
Received February 7, 1912. 
32728. Prosopis stephaniana (Bieb.) Kimth. 
From Ayaba, Oued Rh'ir, south of Biskra, Algeria. Presented by Dr. L. Trabut, 
Algiers, Algeria. Received February 8, 1912. 
"Grows on alkaline deserts. " (Trabut.) 
See No. 29996 for previous introduction. 
32729. Aralia californica S. Watson. California spikenard. 
From California. Procured by Mr. G. P. Rixford, of the Bureau of Plant Indus- 
try, stationed in San Francisco. Received February 7, 1912. 
Procured for breeding purposes. See No. 32169 for description. 
32730. NlTRARIA SCHOBERI L. 
From Spencers Gulf, South Australia. Presented by Prof. J. H. Maiden, Director, 
Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Received 
February 8, 1912. 
The following notes were written by Prof. Maiden, while standing opposite plants of 
Nitraria schoberi at Port Augusta at the northern end of Spencers Gulf, South Australia. 
"Fruits the size of a small cherry with a narrowish, grooved stone. Very fleshy, 
translucent, and of a reddish brown color, remarkably like a Kentish cherry. Not at 
all bad eating, with a slight bitter flavor, not at all unpleasant." 
32731. Chaetochloa magna (Griseb.) Scribn. Wild millet. 
From Millstone, Md. Collected by Mr. Ivar Tidestrom, of the Bureau of Plant 
Industry, September 1, 1911. Received February 8, 1912. 
"This species, a large succulent annual, resembles the cultivated foxtail millet. 
It grows among shrubs and high herbs or in the open in mucky soil along the coast 
from Maryland southward. I am unable to say whether or not it can be grown in 
ordinary field soil, but it seems worthy of trial." (A. S. Hitchcock.) 
» " Drying dates from Upper Egypt." (Aaronsohn.) 
