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TUMBOA BAINESII. 25436. Seeds from German Southwest Africa. 
Presented "by Prof. J. Burtt Davy. Received May 1. "A 
peculiar and rare monotypic plant of the deserts of Ger- 
man Southwest Africa. The short stem produces at its 
swollen apex, "besides the cotyledons, in its entire life- 
time only a single pair of yard long, ribbon-like leaves, 
"between which are borne the cone-like inflorescences. 
The plant represents in its development (like Gnetum. 
See Ho. 19093) a transition stage between the lower Gym- 
nosperms like the pines and the Angiosperms or flowering 
plants. (Fischer.) Por propagation; plants available 
later. 
VIGNA UNGUICULATA. Prom New Orleans, La. Purchased from 
the J. Steckler Seed Co. Received April 29. "This 
variety which is really a mixture of varieties is natur- 
alized in parts of Louisiana where it volunteers from year 
to year. It has "been grown at Arlington Parm, Virginia, 
for the past three years and proves to he a tall, upright 
quite leafy, late variety. Too late for this latitude 
"but would probably be a valuable variety for Florida, 
where lateness is desired." IC. V. Piper.) 
NOTES PROM FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS . 
ALGERIA, Lambese. A. Clave, May 28. In a month will send 
seeds of Medicago sativa, M. getula and M. tunetana. In 
the fall will send Pyrus longipes. 
ARGENTINA, Buenos Aires. Chas. D. Girola, April 12. Is 
sending schinopsis balansae (Quebracho bianco) seed, the 
famous tannin tree of the Argentine. 
AUSTRALIA, Brisbane. Ernest G. Scriven, April 20. Is 
..-sending Citrus australis and C. australasica var. sanguinea, 
the finger lime. Will try to get C. inodora (the north 
Queensland lime) and the Atalantia glauca. Por experi- 
ments by the Office of Plant Life History Investigations. 
