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ALSTROEMERIA LIGTU. ( Amaryllidaceae . ) 33819-822. Seeds 
of "linto" from Chile. Received through Mr. Jose D. Husbands, 
Limavida, Chile. "Plants from 6 to 36 inches in height with 
Immense bunches of bloom on each stem all in flower at the same 
time. The tubers of all linto are very valuable for making the 
famous chuno or arrowroot, a valuable food for infants, sick 
and convalescents." (Husbands.) For distribution later. 
ANDROPOGON SPP. (Poaceae.) 34046-047. Seeds of so-called 
blue grass from Australia. Presented by Mr. E. Breakwell, Eco- 
nomic botanist, Department of Agriculture, Sydney, N. S. W. 
"Pitted blue grass. A grass similar to A. ser^ceus in habitat. 
Yields abundant and nutritious feed and like its congeners en- 
dures drought and frost splendidly." 34047 "Queensland blue 
grass. Very widely distributed in Australia. A most palatable 
grass to stock. Grows over three feet high on good soil, and 
never less than one foot on the worst of soils. Keeps green 
all the year around, and is little affected by drought or 
frost." (Breakwell.) For distribution later. 
ANDROPOGON SORGHUM. (Poaceae.) 34114. Seeds of Sudan 
grass from Khartoum, Egypt. Presentd by Mr. W. A. Davie, In- 
spector of Agriculture, for the Director, Department of Agri- 
culture and Forests, Sudan government. "The plant Is an annual 
closely resembling in appearence ordinary Johnson grass, but 
entirely lacking the rootstocks which make the latter undesir- 
able. Sudan grass is apparently the wild or half -domesticated 
form of our cultivated sorghums, and it crosses readily with 
tue various varieties of sorghum. It has a much finer stem 
than Amber sorghum, and slightly coarser than timothy." (C. V. 
Piper.) For distribution later. 
ANNONA SP. (Annonaceae . ) 34050. Seeds of an ilama from 
Tehuantepec, Mexico. Presented by Mr. W. W. Miller, Los Ange- 
les, California. "These seeds came from an extremely large 
ilama fruit, probably eight inches in diameter. The fruit 
grows on a tree more like a mulberry than any other tree I 
know of grown in the north. I have never known the fruit to 
grow north of the south end of the State of Vera Cruz or 
Oaxaca. It grows in a very warm, moist climate. The fruit is 
something like a cherimoya. The trees are not prolific bear- 
ers, perhaps a dozen fruit on one tree being as many as I have 
ever seen growing at one time." (W. W. Miller. ) For distri- 
bution later. 
