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MOCUNA & STIZOLOBIUM. 24422-428. A collection of seven kinds 
of Mucunas and Stizolobiums from Dr. M. Treub, Buitenzorg, 
Java, Deo. 28. 
ORYZA SATIVA. 24441. Prom Mr. F. 6. Krauss, Honolulu, Hawaii, 
Jan. 6. "A strong, erect grower 34-40 inches tall, "bears 
heavily a kernel of good quality. Matures in 120 days. 
One of the "best Japan rices grown at the Hawaii station." 
PANICUM MOLLE. 24402. Prom Dr. J.W. Hart, Piracicaba, 
Brazil, Peb. 28, 1908. Numbered Dec. , 1908. "Apparently 
distinct from the ordinary variety of Para grass grown in 
the United States." 
PAITICUM MOLLE. 24434. Prom Tampico, Mexico, through Mr. John 
Kennedy. Distinct from ordinary strain of Para grass, mors 
vigorous and recovers more quickly after cutting and de- 
cidedly superior." (Tracy.) Above grown by S.M. Tracy, 
Biloxi, Miss., from whence it will be distributed. 
PAKICUM SULCATUM. 24368. Prom P.J. Wester, Miami, Pla. , 
Dec. 5, 1908. "This plant does exceedingly well here, and 
it has recently occurred to me that it would be a success- 
ful and cheap substitute for palms for decorative pur- 
poses." (Wester.) 
PERSIA GRATISSIMA. 24439. Avocado seeds from Wm. Harris, 
Kingston, Jamaica, Jan. 5. 
PENNISETUM AMERICANUM. 24444-447. Bazra. from M.A. Peacook, 
Sholapur, India, Dec. 26. "There seems to be several 
widely different strains inoluded in this lot." (Vinall.) 
"The Bazra is a food grain and is scarcely ever fed to 
animals on account of its expense. Both this and the 
Jowar (Nob. 24442-43) grow on the poorly cultivated, semi- 
arid plains of the Deccan." (Peacook.) 
SALIX. 24418. Prom Pengtai, China. Received through P. IT. 
Meyer. "A weeping willow growing on very dry plaoes. 
Used as a shade tree in the streets of Peking under trying 
olimatic and other conditions | well worth a trial in west- 
ern regions of the United States." (Meyer.) Cuttings 
sent to Chi oo. 
SOLANUM TUBEROSUM. 24358. Seeds, "Perhuencas" named from an 
Indian tribe of same name. Grown without deterioration 
from beginning of Colonial days." Prom Jose D. Husbands, 
Limavida, Chile, Deo, 17. 
TRIPOLIUM SUBTBRRANEUM. 24420. Prom Mr. A.B. Leckenby, 
Auckland, New Zealand, Dec. 21. "This is a native of 
