Hew Plant Immigrant!. 
Received between Oct, 1 and 12th, 1908. 
AFRICA, Egypt. Citrullus vulgaris. 23711 Rao. 
Sept. 23 from Mr. H 8. 8miley, "Seed of the 
Boutique el Zeit commonly known as the 'Unedible 
Watermelon*. Thie seed oomee from south of the 
Bahr el Ghazal and round the sort of Rumhelc. Tha 
natives grow it after the rains, axtraot tha seeds 
and boil them. The result is an oil, said to be 
very good for lighting purposes." 
Australia, Melbourne. Medleago sativa. Rec, in Aug. 
from Mr. Edward Mead. 23752. Hunter River or Tarn- 
worth. "This comes from the chief alfalfa growing 
district in Australia," 23753, Queensland. This al- 
falfa was grown at Clifton on the Downs by a man who 
is well up in the saving of a good strain of broad 
leaf alfalfa." 
Australia, Sydney, H. 3. W. Eucalyptus microtheoa. 23713. 
Sept. 8. "Widely dispersed over the most arid extra- 
tropical as well as tropioal inland regions of Austral- 
ia. Withstands unsoorohed a frequent heat of 156°? 
in Central Australia, yet neither affected by excep- 
tionally severe frosts U8°F) in the South of Prance, 
when many other Euoalpts suffered. The development 
of this species in southern France and Algeria has 
been marvelously quick. One of the best trees for 
desert tracts; in favorable places 150 feet high." 
Australia, Wellington Point, Brisbane, Queensland. 
Rubus. 23748. Rec. Oct. 3 from Mr. James Pink. "Fed- 
eral . A cross between Rubus flava from Japan and our 
native Rubus rosaefoUius. Did not think much of it 
till present season. It has improved much by cultiva- 
tion and become a great favorite in the markets — in 
fact it is the only Rubus grown for commercial pur- 
poses in Queensland. The fruit is larger than the Eng- 
lish raspberry and a bright crimson color. n 
Brazil, Piracicaba, Sao Paulo. Stizolobium. 23751. 
Rec. Sept. 14 from Prof. J. Wm. Hart who says: "I 
