BULLETIN OF FOREIGN PLANT INTRODUCTIONS. 
No. 14. March 21 to April 5, 1909. 
NEW PLANT IMMIGRANTS. 
ANONA. 25164. Prom 0. W. Barrett, Lourenco Marques, 
Portuguese East Africa. Received March 30. "A small 
tree, wild near Lourenco Marques. Pruit 2-4 inches long, 
yellowish skin, bright yellow pulp; edible. " (Barrett.) 
Seed sent to Subtropical Garden, Miami, Plorida, for prop- 
agation. 
ARISAEMA SP. (?) 25083. Seed from Mokanshan, China. Pre- 
sented by Mr. D. MacGregor thru Mr. P. M. Meyer. Re- 
ceived March 20. "Pruit plum-colored, aromatic, vinous 
flavor; seeds in pulp; fruit the size of a plum." 
(MacGregor.) Por propagation; plants available later. 
ASTRAGALUS SINICUS. 25082. Seeds from near Shanghai, 
China. Presented "by Mr. D. MacGregor thru Mr. Frank N. 
Meyer. Received March 20. "Used in the Chekiang Prov- 
ince as a leguminous green manure crop on the low-lying 
rice fields." (Meyer.) For preliminary tests by Office 
of Agrostologist . If satisfactory seed will be available 
later. 
ATALANTIA HINDSII. 24587. Seeds from Hong Kong, China. 
Presented by Mr. S. T. Dunn. Received Jan. 14. "A 
shrub with compound branchlets, leathery leaves L§— 3 in. 
long, bearing small flowers in axillary clusters, follow- 
ed by small, orange colored fruits." For distribution 
by Plant Life History Investigations. 
CITRULLUS VULGARIS. 25095. From Island of Raiatea, Society 
Islands. Presented by Mr. Julius D. Dreher. Received 
March 15. "This melon was of a rich green color; its rind 
was thin and its pulp unusually red, tender and sweet. 
It was eaten at the Consulate and we regarded it as so 
good that I decided to send the seed to America for 
trial 1" (Dreher. ) 
