. Plant inventory; plant material introduced . eived April 20, notes by Mr. Pini. Locally grown seed introduced for. departmentspecialists engaged in clover breeding. 56880. From Emilia. 56881. From TJmbria. 56883 to 56891. Coix lacryma-jobima-teex (Rom.) Stapf. Poaceae. Ma-yuem From Manila, Philippine Islands. Seeds pre-sented by Adn. Hernandez, director, Bureauof Agriculture, at the request of P. J. April 23, 1923. The ma-yuen, or adlay, has attracted considerableattention as a cereal for tropical regions. Accord-ing to P. J. Wester, Bureau of Agricul
. Plant inventory; plant material introduced . eived April 20, notes by Mr. Pini. Locally grown seed introduced for. departmentspecialists engaged in clover breeding. 56880. From Emilia. 56881. From TJmbria. 56883 to 56891. Coix lacryma-jobima-teex (Rom.) Stapf. Poaceae. Ma-yuem From Manila, Philippine Islands. Seeds pre-sented by Adn. Hernandez, director, Bureauof Agriculture, at the request of P. J. April 23, 1923. The ma-yuen, or adlay, has attracted considerableattention as a cereal for tropical regions. Accord-ing to P. J. Wester, Bureau of Agriculture, Manila,it is better than upland rice for tropical agriculturein being more drought resistant, a heavier yielder,and much less expensive to cultivate. The seedscan be used laigely in the same manner as corn. 56883. Batangas. 56884. Cotabato Brown. 56885. Cotabato White. 56886. La Union White. 56887. Lamao No. 1. 56888. Lamao No. 2. 56889. Lamao White. 56890. Momungan. 56891. Mountain Prcince. Inventory 75, Seeds and Plants Imported Plate. Fig. I.—Habitat of the Wild Pineapple (Ananas and 56852) S. P. I. Nos. The origin of the cultivated pineapple is obscure. The Spaniards found it growing in thegardens of the Indians when they reached tropical America at the end of the fifteenth cen-tury. It seems probable that the cultivated varieties were derived from one or more of thewild forms which are still found in the central part of Brazil. The environmental conditionsunder which one of these forms occurs is shown in the above reproduction of a photographtaken by Professor Rolfs near Vicosa, in the State of Minas Geraes, at an altitude of about650 meters (approximately 2,130 feet) : fi X , , ?;?Jpf • < • :WvMh.:-,.i, iK^t \ . WJ Fig. 2. A Wild Pineapple from Central Brazil (Ananas sp. ; 56851 and 56852) P. I. Plant breeders occupied with the production of new pineapple varieties will be interested inthis wild form sent from the State of Minas Geraes by Pr
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