1907 
liuum sulphureum (Liliaceae), 57676. lily. From Darjiling, India. 
Bulbs presented by G. H* Cave, curator, Lloyd Botanic Garden, through 
Harold Shantz, American vice consul in charge, Calcutta. A large and 
handsome lily, native to northern Burma, with an erect green stem 6 or 
7 feet high, and numerous, scattered, linear, bright-green leaves, the 
longest of which are about 4 inches long and near the base of the 
plant. The flowers, usually in clusters of 2 or 3, are pendent on long 
peduncles, fragrant, and sulphur-yellow, tinged outside with light red. 
(Adapted from Curtis's Botanical Magazine, pi. 7257.) 
medic ago sativa ( Fabaceae ), 57678. Alfalfa. From Moron, Buenos 
Aires, Argentina. Seeds presented by Jose M. Scasso, district agrono- 
mist, Argentine Ministry of Agriculture. "'Alfalfa saludina.' A var- 
iety from the province of Santiago del Estero. It is very hardy and 
resistant to trampling and after cutting grows up again with much vig- 
or. On the other hand it has the defect of losing its leaves when 
ripe, for which reason it is cut for hay when it is just beginning to 
flower. If not cut frequently it has a tendency to become woody. 
Under irrigation it gives 7 or 8 cuttings of green forage per year in 
Santiago del Estero. It is called 'saludina' because it is more re- 
sistant to alkali and saltpeter than the ordinary variety." (Scasso.) 
nageia thunbergii (Taxaceae), 57267. From Hogsback, via Lovedale, 
Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. Seeds presented by David A. Hunter. 
"This tree grows slowly, but finally becomes very large. The timber is 
fine-grained, and is largely used in our shops for furniture."" (Hunter.) 
A fine evergreen timber tree, up to 100 feet tall and with a trunk 
4 feet in diameter, which occurs throughout all the timber forests 
from the Cape of Good Hope to Natal. The quality of the wood of this 
species is very similar to that of Nageia elongata, and for most purposes 
they are used indiscriminately. (Adapted from Sim, Forest Flora of 
Cape Colony, p. 332.) 
osbeckia rubicunda (Melastomaceae ) , 57261. From Ceylon, India. 
Seeds presented by the governor of Ceylon, through Frank B. Noyes, 
Washington, D. C. A branched shrub, 4 to 6 feet in height, with hairy 
elliptic leaves about 2 inches long, and brilliant purplish crimson 
flowers borne in clusters of one to five. Native to Ceylon. (Adapt- 
ed from Macmillan, 1 Handbook of Tropical Gardening, p. 393, and from 
Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 2, p. 520.) 
poa austraus (Poaceae) , 56910. From Hobart, Tasmania. Seeds pre- 
sented by L. A. Evans, Secretary of Agriculture ^ Agricultural and Stock 
Department. "Collected near Lake Tiberius at an altitude of about 
1,400 feet. This is a rather cold area with a light rainfall." (Evans.) 
