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MANGIFERA INDICA. ( Anacardiaceae . ) 31477. Cuttings of mango 
from Piracicaba, Brazil. Presented by Mr. Clinton D. Smith., 
Escola Agricola Pratica, Piracicaba. Introduced like, the preced- 
ing. For distribution later. 
MANGIFERA ZEYLANICA. (Anacardiaceae.) 31633. Seeds of a 
native Ceylonese small-fruited mango from Peradeniya, Ceylon. 
Presented by Dr. John C. Willis, Director, Royal Botanic Gardens, 
Peradeniya. Introduced as a possible stock for the common mange. 
For distribution later. 
MEDIC AGO SPP. (Fabaceae.) 31609-612. Seeds of native 
medicagos from Chile. Received through' Mr. Jose D. Husbands, 
Limavida, Chile. Forms of Medicago arabica and M. hispida. For 
distribution later. 
MEDICAGO SP. (Fabaceae.) 31617. Seeds of alfalfa from. near 
Baba, northwestern Mongolia. "M. falcata? An alfalfa, found here 
and there in large quantities on the hills, growing between dense 
grass at altitudes of about 4000 feet, reaching a height of 
apparently not over two feet. As the cold is very intense in 
these regions, these plants may be tested in the most northern 
sections of the United States." (Meyer's introduction.) For 
distribution later. 
MEDICAGO SATIVA. (Fabaceae.) 31687. Seeds of alfalfa from 
Chugutehak, Mongolia. "A strain of alfalfa said to be much 
hardier than the ordinary varieties, but also said to be of 
slower growth. While fields sown to imported Turkestan seed give 
three cuttings a year in Chugutehak, this variety gives but two, 
but while of the Turkestan alfalfa one third of the plants get 
killed in a severe winter, this strain is said not to suffer at 
all. To be tested in a cool dry region especially in Wyoming, 
Montana, Idaho, etc." (Meyer's introduction.) For distribution 
later . 
PERSEA AMERICANA. (Lauraceae.) 31614, 31616, 31631. Seeds 
of avocados from Amatitlan and Livingston, Guatemala, and from 
Chile. Introduced in the effort to get the best varieties of this 
most promising fruit for thorough trial in southern Florida and 
California. For distribution later. 
PHYTOLACCA DIOICA. ( Phytolaccaceae . ) 31482. Seeds of the 
Ombu from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Presented by Mr. Joseph E. 
Wing, agent of the United States Tariff Board. "This tree does 
not withstand much frost. It is the common tree of the plains 
of Argentina, and is seen making a dense green mound of verdure 
in the very dry soils, green during the worst droughts. It makes 
extraordinarily rapid growth. I have seen the trees fully 12 
feet in diameter. It is a very tenacious tree andi once 
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