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INDIGOFERA LINIFOLIA. (Fabaceae.) 33608. Seeds from 
Dehra Dun, India. Collected by .Mr. C. V. Piper. "A legume 
with fine stems and numerous small leaves, growing to a height 
of 6 or 8 inches. Considered one of the best pasture plants 
of the Ganges valley." (Piper.) For distribution later. 
LAGERSTROEMIA SPECIOSA. (Lythraceae . ) 33548. Seeds from 
Seharanpur, India. Presented by A. C. Hartless, Esq., super- 
intendent, Botanical gardens. "An evergreen tree growing to a 
height of 30 to 40 feet, with handsome foliage and large 
purple flowers in clusters. One of the handsomest flowering 
trees of the East Indies." (Pip*r.) For distribution later. 
LITHRAEA CAUSTICA. ( Anacardiaceae . ) 33697. Seeds from 
Chile. Received through Mr. Jose D. Husbands, Limavida, 
Chile. "A comestible fruit, small, sweet, and good for unfer- 
mented chica or cider. Although the tree is poisonous the 
fruit is not." (Husbands.) For distribution later. 
MEDIC AGO HISPIDA RETICULATA. (Fabaceae.) 33711-712. 
Seeds of a bur clover from Chile. Received through Mr. Jose 
D. Husbands, Limavida, Chile. "A dwarf bur clover which is 
late and new to me. This beardless sort spreads upon the 
ground, and is so interwoven with each other as to completely 
cover it with a dense growth of animal food, especially suit- 
able for sheep. The leaves rise above the ground from 2 to 3 
inches. Feeding upon this will not destroy the plant like the 
larger varieties, as when the leaves are removed it sprouts 
anew and does not die. The larger sorts dry up after seeding 
more or less like peas. They are not climbers but lean 
against some support and then support each other rising to a 
height of from 20 inches to 4 feet, according to the kind. 
They grow quickly from self sown seed in any poor soil. In 
fertile moist land it thrives wonderfully." (Husbands.) For 
distribution later. 
MEIBOMIA SP. (Fabaceae.) 33591. Seed from Mussoorie, 
India. Collected by Mr. C. V. Piper. "A shrub 6 to 12 feet 
high with handsome pink flowers in racemes. Decidedly orna- 
mental." (Piper.) For distribution later. 
MUSA SP. ( Musaceae.) 33689. Suckers of banana from 
Manila, Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. W. S. Lvon. 
"The 'Bumulan' is rated our second best in quality and by many 
accorded equal rank In quality with 'Lacatan' and is in all 
respects a better carrier. I can vouch for it as being a 
robust healthy grower and so far as I have observed free from 
disease. The fruit is borne 100-120 to the bunch and is 
