1883 
ALLOTEROPSIS semialata (Poaceae) , 56786. Cockatoo grass. From Burr- 
ingbar, New South Wales. Seeds presented by B. Harrison. "A native 
grass which becomes 2 to 3 feet high in sandy soil." (Harrison.) 
"Cockatoo grass is excellent pasturage and of good seeding habit. 
It is leafy at the base." (Roland McKee.) 
alnus nepalensis (Betulaceae ) , 56636. AMer. From Yunnan, China. 
Seeds collected by J. F. Rock, Agricultural Explorer of the Bureau of 
Plant Industry. "(No. 6858. September 27, 1922.) A tree up to 70 feet 
high, with a trunk 3 to 4 feet in diameter, which is very common all 
over Yunnan at altitudes of 4,000 to 7,000 feet. It is a rapid grower, 
used chiefly for firewood, and appears to thrive in spite of the tall 
grass, 5 to 8 feet high, which surrounds it. I would recommend it 
strongly for planting in grassland where trees can not usually be grown." 
(Rock.) 
amygdalus PERSICA (Amygdalaceae) , 56760. Peach. From China. 
Scions sent in by K. M. Gordon, South Shantung Industrial and Agri- 
cultural School of the American Presbyterian Mission (North) , at the 
request of C. A. Reed, Bureau of Plant Industry. "(No. 4.) 'Fei peach.' 
From 90 li (about 30 miles) northwest of Taianfu, Shantung. This is 
the most famous peach of China; it is a clingstone, with the skin and 
flesh tinged with red." (Gordon.) 
bromus unioloides (Poaceae), 56638. Grass. From Auckland, New Zea- 
land. Seeds presented by W. S. Hill, agricultural instructor, Seddon 
Memorial Technical College. "'Giant brome grass. 1 I made this select- 
ion at the Moumahaki Experimental Farm in 1913, and during the six gen- 
erations through which it has passed it has exhibited the characters 
of a pure line. It has proved superior to the commercial prairie grass 
(Bromus unioloides) in yield and resistance to smut. The seed is heavier 
and retains its vitality well. The strain is likely to prove of great 
value as pasturage in regions of mild winters and on the lighter soils. 
The bulk of the growing from early autumn sowing is made during the 
winter and early spring." (Hill.) 
bucklandia populnea (Hamamelidaceae ) , 56637. From Yunnan, China. 
Seeds collected by J. F. Rock, Agricultural Explorer of the Bureau of 
Plant Industry. "(Nos. 7574, 7575. November 21 , 1922 . ) A tall straight 
tree, 60 to 80 feet in height, of fine appearance, found near Kaotien, 
one day's journey north of Tengyueh, at an altitude of 6,000 feet. The 
broadly triangular leaves are dark green, and the yellow male flowers 
are in globose heads. This should be an ornamental lawn tree." (Rock.) 
candollea graminifoua (Candolleaceae) , 56563. From Hobart, 
