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BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY.
Chief of Bureau, William A. Taylor.
Assistant Clticf of Bureau, Karl F. Kellerman.
Officer in Charge of Publications, J. E. Rockwell.
Chief Clerk, James E. Jones.
Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction.
scientific staff.
David Fairchild, Agricultural Explorer in Charge.
P. H. Dorsett, Plant Introducer, in Charge of Plant Introduction Field Stations.
Peter Bisset, Plant Introducer, in Charge of Foreign Plant Distribution.
Frank N. Meyer and Wilson Popenoe, Agricultural Explorers.
H. C. Skeels, S. C. Stuntz, and R. A. Young, Botanical Assistants.
Nathan Henderson and Glen P. Van Eseltine, Assistants.
Robert L. Beagles, Superintendent, Plant Introduction Field Station, Chico, Cal.
Edward Simmonds, Superintendent, Subtropical Plant Introduction Field Station, Miami, Fla.
John M. Rankin, Superintendent, Yarrow Plant Introduction Field Station, Rockville, Md.
E. R. Johnston, In Charge, Plant Introduction Field Station, Brooksville, Fla.
Edward Goucher and H. Klopfer, Plant Propagators.
Collaborators: Aaron Aaronsohn, Director, Jewish Agricultural Experimental Station, Haifa, Palestine;
Thomas W. Brown, Gizeh, Cairo, Egypt; H. M. Curran, Bahia, Brazil; Dr. Gustav Eisen, California
Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, Cal.; E. C. Green, Scnico do Algodao, Pio de Janeiro, Brazil; A. C.
Hartless, Seharunpur Botanic Gardens, Seharunpur, India; Barbour Lathrop, Chicago, III.; William S.
Lyon, Gardens of Nagtajan, Manila, P. I.; Miss Eliza R. Scidmore, Yokohama, Japan; Charles Simpson,
Little River, Fla.; Dr. L. Trabut, Director, Service Bolanique, Algiers, Algeria; E. H. Wilson, Arnold
Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Mass.
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CONTENTS.
Tage.
Introductory statement 5
Inventory 9
Index of common and scientific names 87
ILLUSTRATIONS.
Page.
Plate I. Fruiting branch of the rollinia (Rollinia orthopetala A. DC). (S.P.I.
No. 36561 .) 32
II. The tacaco, a Costa Rican vegetable (Polakowskia tacaco Pittier) 32
III. Fruit and leaves of the white sapote (Casimiroa edulis La Llave) 36
IV. The Rosa mango of Bahia, Brazil. (S. P. I. Nos. 36688 and 36841.) . . 36
V. An old navel-orange tree in an orchard at Bahia, Brazil 50
VI. Fruit of the Mu-yu, the south Chinese wood-oil tree (Aleurites
montana (Lour.) Wils.). (S. P. I. No. 36897.) 50
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INVENTORY OF SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED
BY THE OFFICE OF FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT
INTRODUCTION DURING THE PERIOD FROM OC-
TOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1913 (NO. 37: NOS.
36259 TO 36936).
INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT.
This inventory records, among other plant material imported, the
collections made by three separate expeditions which were sent out
by this office to foreign countries.
An expedition composed of Mr. P. H. Dorsett, of this office, Mr.
A, D. Shamel, physiologist, of the Office of Horticultural and Pomo-
logical Investigations, and Mr. Wilson Popenoe, of this office, was,
during the time covered by this inventory, exploring in southern
Brazil. This expedition left Washington on October 4,1913, and made
a careful survey of the navel-orange region around Bahia and also
a study of orange growing around Rio de Janeiro. Its object was
to find, if possible, the origin of the Bahia navel orange and to dis-
cover strains of this remarkable orange which might prove more
productive or better in other respects than varieties which have
originated in California from the cuttings introduced into North
America in 1870. In addition to securing bud wood of promising
strains of this orange which have originated in Bahia through bud
variation, the expedition secured the stocks (laranja da terra, S. P. I.
No. 36636) upon which the navel orange is grown in its own home.
Strong evidence was also found that the Bahia navel originated,
probably in Bahia itself, as a bud sport from the Selccta orange,
which has been grown there since the earliest days of orange cxdture
in Brazil. Shipments of the fruit of the Bahia orange were success-
fully made, and orange specialists were given an opportunity to
compare the Bahia fruit with the best California-grown navels. The
former are characterized by their light greenish yellow color and
milder acidity. They are sweeter and perhaps juicier, but lack
sprightliness. They might meet with favor among those who prefer
a sweet orange, but on account of their paler color would not attract
favorable attention in our markets. Whether the new and vigorous
Bahia strains of the navel orange introduced (such as S. P. I. Nos.
36689 and 36691) will fruit in California over a longer period of the
Note. — This bulletin is a record of new or little-known seeds or plants procured mostly from abn i
It is intondod for distribution to agricultural experiment stations and the more important private coop-
erators.
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6 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
year or prove otherwise more valuable will require several years to
determine, but it seems probable that out of these new importa-
tions new and valuable strains will come.
As further results of this Brazilian expedition covered by this
inventory may be mentioned the discovery of the Rosa mango ;;t
Rio do Janoiro, the showiest and one of the best mangos in that
region (S. P. I. Nos. 36688 and 36841, PI. IV), and the inter
fruit known as the jaboticaba. This latter, curiously enough, although
one of the favorite fruits of the Brazilians, appears to have attracted
little or no attention in other parts of the world, notwithstanding
its delicious character and the remarkable way in which the fruits
are borne on the trunk and limbs of the tree. (S. P. I. Nos. 36702
and 36888. Reproductions from photographs appeared in "Plant
Immigrants," No. 02, December, 1013.)
Prof. S. C. Mason, of the Office of Crop Physiology and Breeding
Investigations, prosecuted an extended study of the date-palm varie-
ties of Egypt and Nubia, visiting the Oases of Dakhleh and Khargeh,
where he established the identity of the long-sought "Wahi" with
the Saidy, the choice export date of the Libyan Oases. A visit to
Merowe, capital of the Province of Dongola. Sudan, was a very
satisfactory and profitable trip. Through the unusual courtesies
extended to him by Governor Jackson and the British officials
generally, in Egypt, he secured as gifts from the important sheiks
to the American Government, or by purchase, date offshoots of
rare and valuable varieties. The Gondeila (S. P. I. No. 36827), one
of the choicest dry dates; the Bentamoda (S. P. I. No. 36818), which
Prof. Mason thinks will rank with the Deglet Noor and Menakher in
quality; the great staple food date Barakawi (S. P. I. No. 36S26),
a variety as hard as bone but softening quickly in water; and the
Kulma (S. P. I. No. 36828), which reminds one of the Moroccan
variety, the Tafilelt, are among those described in this inventory.
In the governor's garden at Merowe Prof. Mason discovered a sub-
tropical plant, Dodonaea viscosa (S. P. I. No. 36813), which will bo
tested in Florida and California as a new hedge plant.
The collections of Mr. Frank N. Meyer, agricultural explorer of
this office, during the three months covered by this inventory, were
for the most part made in the Chihli Province of China. They
include large-fruited varieties of the Chinese walnut (S. P. I. Nos.
36662 and 36663), suited, he thinks, for the lower Rocky Mountain
region; a species of Chinese chestnut, Castanca moMissima (S. P. I.
No. 36666), which, while it does not form a large tve^, bears excel-
lent nuts and is seemingly more resistant there to the bark disease
(Ivn'lotliia parasitica) than our American chestnut is here; a wild
hazelnut of good quality (S. P. I. No. 36726), occurring at an eleva-
tion of 5,000 to 7,000 feet, for trial in cool regions in America and
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1913.
for breeding purposes; an edible wild grape, Vitis amurensis
(S. P. I. No. 36753), from the Little Wu Tai Mountains, which appears
not yet to have been hybridized with American or European grapes;
an unusually vigorous form of wild peach, said to be a hybrid (S. P. I.
No. 36665); three dwarf flint varieties of maize, ripening in 8 to 10
weeks (S. P. I. Nos. 36667 to 36669); dwarf sorghum, growing not over
3 or 4 feet high, for short-season regions (S. P. I. Nos. 36670 to 36672) ;
three new wild roses (S. P. I. Nos. 36S57 to 36859) from the Little Wu
Tai Mountains, for the use of American rose breeders; three varieties
of Chinese jujubes of good quality (S. P. I. Nos. 36852 to 36S54); four
species of wild asparagus, one of which produces edible shoots (S. P. I.
Nos. 36766 to 36769); a variety of the kohl-rabi, which weighs as
much as 25 pounds (S. P. I. No. 36770); a variety of the plain spe-
cies, Prunus salicina (S. P. I. No. 36S04), which produces a fruit
said to be the size of an apple, suited, according to Mr. Meyer, to the
cooler sections of the United States; a biennial species of Artemisia
(S. P. I. No. 36797), which the Chinese use as a stock upon which to
graft chrysanthemums, suggested as of value in the North where the
nights are too cool and the summers too short to raise chrysanthe-
mums out of doors; and from the Little Wu Tai Mountains 39 spe-
cies of shrubs and ornamental plants (S. P. I. Nos. 36726 to 36764),
many of which will doubtless be of value around the farm homes
and in the city dooryards of the Northwest.
Through the constantly growing circle of foreign and domestic
friends of plant introduction the following important importations
have been made:
A variety of Mexican avocado, to which the writer's attention was
directed, found by Postmaster General Burleson growing in the
little Mexican village of Lagas, at 5,000 feet altitude (S. P. I. No.
36687); a collection of spring and winter wheats from Turkestan
(S. P. I. Nos. 36498 to 36527), sent by Dr. Richard Schroeder, who
believes they should do especially well in California and Utah, whore
summer rains are rare; four varieties of the papaya (S. P. I. Nos.
36275 to 36278) from Minas Geraes, Brazil, where a single seedling
produced by actual count 200 fruits in 30 months; four independent
shipments of Korean ginseng seed (S. P. I. Nos. 36282, 36596, 36716,
and 36900) ; the Quina de Pernambuca, a small yellow-flowered tree
which will stand light frosts and which is used like cinchona as
a medicinal plant (S. P. I. No. 36661); the ilama, a red-fleshed anona
from Tlatlaya, Mexico (S. P. I. No. 36632); a collection of soy, nmng,
and adzuki beans from Harbin, Manchuria (S. P. I. Nos. 36914 to
36923); a collection of sorghum varieties from German East Africa
(S. P. I. Nos. 36610 to 36616); a barberry witli edible fruit from the
foothills of the Cordilleras of Argentina (S. P. I. No. 36626); a yellow
Ussurian plum (S. P. I. No. 36607), which will probably prove hardy
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in the Northwest and which, because of its fine characteristic flavor,
will be of use in hybridization experiments in that region; two
Guatemalan varieties of avocado, originating from seed introduced
into Hawaii many years ago by Admiral Beardsley (S. P. I. Nos.
36603 and 36604) ; seeds of Prunus salicifolia (S. P. I. No. 3637 1 ) , a wild
species which, according to Mr. W. F. Wight, is considered promising
in Peru as a stock for the sweet cherry; the Shalil, probably a hard-
fleshed peach, from the Kurram Valley in the Northwest Frontier
Province, India (S. P. I. No. 36485); the madronho tree of the Canary
Islands, a species which is gradually becoming rare, but which as a
shade tree in Naples is strikingly beautiful (S. P. I. No. 36529); the
Mu-yu, a south Chinese species of wood-oil tree, Aleurites montana (S.
P. I. No. 36S97), from Hongkong, of special interest because a larger
proportion of its flowers are reported to be fertile than is the case in
the central Chinese species which is now established in this country;
a collection of Chinese corn (S. P. I. Nos. 36889 to 36895) made by
Dr. Yamei Kin in the Chihli Province; nuts of the palm Bactris
utilis (S. P. I. No. 36573), which when cooked have much the taste
of potatoes and form one of the principal foods of the Indians of
Costa Rica around San Jose and Cartago; the white sapote tree,
Casimiroa edulis (S. P. I. No. 36602, PI. Ill), from Sierra Madre,
Cal., where the severe frost of 1913 caught only a few of the blossoms;
a near relative of the chayote vine, Polakowskia tacaco (S. P. I. No.
36592, PI. II), which forms one of the primitive foods of the Indians
of Costa Rica and has been incorporated by the Spanish Costa Ricans
in their menu; a perennial rice from Senegal, West Africa, discovered
recently by M. Ammann, of the Jardin Colonial at Nogcnt sur Marne,
France (S. P. I. No. 36533); a collection of strains of alfalfa, gathered
together at Poona, India, from various parts of British India (S. P. I.
Nos. 36551 to 36560); the fruit tree Rollinia ortlwjietala, which gro
on soil which is often flooded for a considerable period of tunc at
Para, at tho mouth of the Amazon, and which produces a fruit similar
to tho cherimoya (S. P. I. No. 36561, PI. I); and a hybrid of superior
excellence between the cherimoya and the sugar-apple, produced by
Mr. Edward Simmonds at the Miami Field Station (S. P. I. No. 36562).
The manuscript of this inventory has been prepared by Miss May
Rikw, the botanical determinations of seeds introduced have been
made and the notes on geographic distribution compiled by Mr. II. C.
Skeels, and the descriptive and botanical notes arranged byMr.S.C.
Stuntz, who has also had general supervision of this inventory, as of
all the publications of this office.
David Faikchild,
Agricultural Exjrtorerin Cliarge.
Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction,
Washington, D. C, October 4, 1915.
INVENTORY.
36259. Schinus terebinthifolius Raddi.
Grown at the Plant Introduction Field Station, Miami, Fla., under Station No.
115, from seed received from the Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station,
through Mr. P. J. Wester, in 1909.
Medium-sized, ornamental, evergreen anacardiaceous tree, native of Brazil, with
very striking foliage, highly prized for avenue and lawn planting in mild-wintered
regions. Similar to S. molle, but with stiffer branches and leaves larger and darker
green.
Plants.
36260. Karat as plumieri Morr.
From Caracas, Venezuela. Collected by Mr. H. Pittier, of the Bureau of Plant
Industry. Received August 14, 1913.
"One of the peculiar bromeliaceous fruits common on the market at Caracas during
the months from January to April is the curujujul, said to proceed from the above-
named species. It is a slender pod, in shape somewhat like a very young banana
finger and of a pale greenish yellow color. Its thin skin contains a translucent fluid
of sirupy consistency and very sweet in winch are embedded the numerous black
seeds. The curujujul is very much relished on account of its refreshing qualities and
its delicate perfume, being either sucked offhand or served in the form of sherbet.
It is also used in the preparation of a fine preserve. This plant grows wild in the lower
belt of Venezuela; it is also planted at times in hedges. As it is, the fruit is a valuable
addition to the Venezuelan fruit market, and it could very likely be improved by
cultivation. The same plant is reported from Colombia, Central America, and Mexico.
I had previously partaken of the fruits in Nicoya, Costa Rica, where the plant is known
as pinuela de garrobo and in Chepo, Panama, where it is called piro, but the fruits
were much smaller and of a very inferior quality. These may have belonged to
distinct species. The fruits of the Mexican pinuela as sold cooked on the market
at Tehuantepec are smaller, according to a natural-size picture taken by Messrs.
G. N. Collins and C. B. Doyle (No. 9513)." (Pittier.)
36261. Lilium longiflortjm Thunbcrg. Harris's lily.
From Philadelphia, Pa. Presented by Mr. William K. Harris. Received
October 3, 1913.
"Var. eximium. Bulbs raised from the original stock of the well-known harrisii
Easter lily. To be grown to produce seed for the experimental work of Bureau
officials." (Bisset.)
Bulbs.
36262. Carica papaya L. Papaya.
From Buenos Aires, Argentina. Presented by Mr. H. M. Curran. Received
September 29, 1913.
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36263. Pistacia spp. Pistache.
From Fresno, Cal. Collected at Roeding Park, September 25, 1913, by Mr. J. E.
Morrow, for propagation at the Plant Introduction Field Station, Chico, Cal.
Seeds from trees numbered 1 to 24. To be grown for stocks only.
Trees 1 to 24 proved to be a mixture of species of Pistacia, probably including P.
mutica, J', vera, and /'. terebinthus, all of these species bjivu g been sent to Roeding
Park.
36264. Schixopsis lorextzii (Griseb.) Engler. Quebracho.
From Buenos Aires. Argentina. Presented by Dr. Carlos Thays, Director of the
Botanic Garden. Received October 2, 1913.
See S. P. I. No. 34016 for previous introduction.
For a full discussion of the economic value of this anacardiaceous tree, see "Que-
bracho wood and its substitute?, " by Clayton D. Mell and Warren D. Brush, Forest
Service ( ircular 202, 1912.
36265 and 36266. Citrus sixexsis (L.) Osbeck. Orange.
From Guatemala. Presented by Mr. S. Billow, Guatemala City. Received
October 2, 1913.
36235. " ' An orange slightly acid in taste; very juicy; 23 cm. in circumference
with a rind 3 mm. in thickness; 4 or 5 will weigh a pound. Crown at
Escuintla, 1,111 feet above sea level. The average annual rainfall is 125
inches; temperature from 60° to 95° F." (Billow.)
Seeds.
36266. "An orange very sweet and juicy; 26 cm. in circumference with a
rind 4 mm. in thickness; 4 or 5 will weigh a pound. Grown at Moran, 3,959
feet above sea level. The average annual rainfall is 60 inches; temperature
60° to 90° F." (Billow.)
Seeds.
36267 to 36269. Zea mays L. Corn.
From Cuzco, Peru. Presented by Mr. F. A. Peralta, at the request of Mr. W. F.
Wight, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received August 5, 1913.
Quoted note- by Mr. W. W. Tracy, who tested the varieties.
36267. "But five plants germinated, all but one of which died without
coming into tassel, that one not maturing fruit. The plant was notably
deep rooted."
36268. ''Six plants germinated, all smaller and weaker than the preceding;
no plants ta eled. They were very deep rooted, with a narrow, hard I
These two might develop into strains adapted to dry lands and high tem-
peratures. They seem to suffer from cold and wet."
36269. (No report.)
36270. Persea americaxa Miller. Avocado.
(P. gratissima Gaertn.)
From Miami, Fla. From seedlings sent from Washington to the Plant Introduc-
tion Field Station, Miami, Fla., and grown there under Carden No. 1247.
Received September 10, 191
"Oblong oval, slightly oblique in shape; medium large, 5 inches long, 3$ inches
wide; weight 24 ounce.-; surface fairly smooth; yellowish green, almosl yellow at
base, numerous large yellow dots; meat deep yellow, light green near the skin, three-
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1913. 11
fourths to 1 inch thick, of melting, buttery texture and rich, nutty flavor; quality
good to very good; seeds medium small, oblate, flattened on sides, and slightly rough
on the surface." (Wilson Popenoe.)
36271. Solanum actjleatissimum Jacquin.
From Caravellas, Brazil. Presented by Mr. Fred Birch. Received October
9, 1913.
' ' Seeds of the sweet hollow tomato ; plan 1 18 inches to 2 feet high , forming a branched
bush exceedingly spiny; leaf about the size of a medium maple leaf but chaped like
those of the ordinary tomato; skin of fruit tough, scarlet in color; flesh about three-
sixteenths to one-fourth inch thick, white, granular, soft, and sweet; the seedj grow
in a loose, dry cluster in the center. Plants grown in the richest soil are lesa spiny
than those growing on the dry hillside." (Birch.)
Under the name arrebenta-cavallos, M. Pio Correa describes this plant as being
"used for cutaneous affections and in mesenteric tuberculosis." He says that it is
poisonous.
36272. Eugenia ventenatii Bentham.
Drooping myrtle.
From Victoria, Australia. Presented by Mr. J. Cronin, curator, Melbourne
Botanic Garden. Received October 8, 1913.
"Drooping myrtle, or large-leaved water gum; 40 to 60 feet in height, 24 to 36
inches in diameter. Wood of a gray or pinkish hue and beautifully marked. It is
close grained, hard, heavy, and tough; it is used for tool handles, poles of drays, ribs
of boats, and the flooring boards of verandas." (J. H. Maiden, Useful Native Plants
of Australia.)
Distribution. — This myrtaceous tree occurs in the valley of the Brisbane River in
Queensland, the valley of the Clarence River in New South Wales, and along the coast
of Moreton and Rockingham Bays in Queensland.
36273 to 36278.
From Minas Geraes, Brazil. Presented by Mr. Fred Birch. Received October
6, 1913.
36273. Carica papaya L. Papaya.
"Karl Schultz. One of the regular-shaped papayas; under the average size,
about 6 inches long and 4 to 4£ inches in diameter. The rich orange-colored
skin was the clearest and most neariy free from spots and wrinkles that I have
ever seen; the flesh is extra thick and the seed cavity very small; seeds large.
Extra good quality." (Birch.)
36274. Annona sp.
"Seeds of the Jaca-andu, the 'wild dog's jack fruit' or wild forest soursop
of Minas Geraes. Fruit the size of an orange; very aromatic and delicious
when partaken of very sparingly." (Birch.)
36275 to 36278. Carica papaya L. Papaya.
36275. "Seeds of the best long-stemmed papaya [i. e., from staminate
trees]; sweet and richly flavored; bears great quantities of sweet-scented
jasminelike flowers on long steins, which are very attractive to hum-
ming birds and insects. As the young fruit grows its weight makes the
long stem drop gradually to the trunk of the tree, where it forms one of
the dangling clusters which Burround and hide the trunk. Sometimes
such a cluster will consisl of from 15 to 25 pear-shaped fruits, weighing
from 1 to 2 pounds each. Tiny take a long time to grow and ripen. Most
of this sort are inferior in taste." (Birch.}
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36273 to 36278— Continued.
36276. "Seeds of a large, globular papaya, -with firm, sweet flesh. One
of the best tasting papayas and of very good keeping and shipping quali-
ties." (Birch.)
36277. "Seeds from our Watergate papaya, of very delicate, rich flavor.
The first ripe fruit was picked within 12 month.- of the selling out of the
seedling tree, and within 18 months from that time we had over 200
fruits from it." (Birch.)
36278. "Seeds of a pear-shaped fruit weighing over 4 pounds each,
about 12 inches long and 6 inches in diameter and of fine rich flavor.
They woidd be worth growing in Florida or California. I have heard
that colonists in Minas Geraes got them from Rio Grande do Sul."
(Birch.)
36279. Peumus boldus Molina. Boldo.
From southern Chile. Collected by Mr. W. F. Wight, of the Bureau of Plant
Industry. Received May 7, 1913.
"(No. 47.) A shrub or small tree belonging to the Monimiaceic, with dark-green,
very aromatic foliage and abundant white, fragrant flowers. The fruit, although sweet
and agreeable, has little flesh. It is considerably prized in southern Chile." ( Wight.)
' ' The boldo has opposite short-stalked ovate leaves, which are entire and rough on the
surface. The flowers are in little axillary racemes, the males and females on different
plants. The center of the male flower is occupied by a great many stamens and that
of the female by from two to nine ovaries, which when ripe are succulent drupes, about
the size of haws and very aromatic, as are all the parts of the plant. The bark is
serviceable to tanners, and the wood is preferred before any other in the country for
making charcoal, while the fruits are eaten." (A. A. Black, in Lindlcifs Treasury of
Botany.)
36280 and 36281. Carica papaya L. Papaya.
From Colombo, Ceylon. Presented by Mr. Charles K. Moser, American consul.
Received October 7, 1913.
Notes, through Mr. Moser, from an interview with Mr. II. F. Macmillan, curator,
Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya, Ceylon.
"Mr. Macmillan said that Carica papaya was introduced into Ceylon from the West
Indies before 1G78. Carica candamarcensis was a native of Ecuador and was intro-
duced into Ceylon about 1880. 1 t is being grown with some difficulty in the Hakgala
Gardens, near Newara Eliya, and through the operation of birds it has been scattered
among remote, inaccessible places through the mountains, where it is growing wild.
It will not grow lower than 3.000 feet, and while its fruits are edible when stewed,
little use is made of them. The papaya in general cultivation in Ceylon is the ordi-
nary West Indian variety without any changes in form or nature. There is no Sing-
halese variety or any other papaya indigenous to Ceylon. So far as he knows Carica
papaya and Carica cam nsis have never been crossed. There is no 'Ceylon
hybrid papaya' and no hybrid papaya of any sort. The disthn tiona noted by Dr.
Huybertsz (that the 'Ceylon hybrid papaya' is not a cross between Carica canda-
marcensis, or mountain pawpaw, and Carica papaya, but a product of natural cross-
fertilizatiorj I sn the Carica papaya introduced into the island from the Weal
Indies about L678 and a variety of the same species which he thinks indigenous to
Ceylon and which he calls > papaya) are imaginary.
"If the flavor and papain of the papaya produced in Ceylon are superior to those
produced in the West Indies or elsewhere, it is probably due to climatic or soil con-
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ditions. A monoecious form, in which the trees of both sexes bear fruit, is not very
general, but is often found. The same tree is quite likely to produce long or round
fruit, one form weak in j^apain and one strong.
"According to a resident of Kegalle, the trade in papain has been carried on in that
district for more than 30 years and it is chiefly in the hands of Chetties and coast
Moors at the present time. Owing to religious objections, it is very difficult to get a
photograph of these people and their connection with the papain industry. Thia
resident says that a large business is at present carried on in artificial papain, which
is prepared from rice flour or starch. A pound of artificial papain costs only about
14 cents gold to produce but is sold in Colombo at from 98 cents to $1.25 per pound.
It is asserted that a large number of parcels of this adulterated or artificial papain are
being shipped to London. These facts, however, can not be verified by this office."
3G280. Ordinary Ceylonese papaya.
36281. "This is a selection of Carica papaya, the juice of which is rich
in papain." (Moser.)
36282. Panax quinquefolium L. Ginseng.
(Aralia quinquefolia Decne. and Planch.)
From Songdo, Chosen (Korea). Presented by Mr. N. Gist Gee, Soochow^Jniver-
sity, Soochow, China. Received October 14, 1913.
"The soil is prepared by mixing sand and loam in the proportion of one to one.
The sand is frequently obtained by sifting it from the bed of a near-by stream. In
order to get as near as possible to the natural wild environments of the plant, the
leaves of the oak or chestnut tree are collected, allowed to decay, and then dried.
When dry, this material is crumbled very fine and then mixed, half and half, with
sand sifted from the hillside. This is obtained by first removing the top layer and
getting the unexposed earth. The plants are cultivated on elevated beds about 6
or 8 inches above the pathways between them. These beds are usually just about
wide enough for one to work them from one side (about 2 or 2\ feet). The length of
the bed varies with the kind of field; short on hillsides, quite long in the valleys.
Fertilizer 1 inch thick is spread upon the beds before the seeds are planted. The
beds are covered over with sheds (ordinary sheds with curtains which can be rolled
up or down, closing them in front). They seem to keep the plants sheltered through-
out their entire period of growth and regulate the amount of sunlight by the curtains.
Before planting, soak the seeds in water for four days until they swell and are nearly
ready to burst. Then take them out and dry them. This should be done before full.
Then in the fall bury a vessel in the earth in a shady place and place the seeds, as
already prepared, in it, leaving it uncovered. Allow them to freeze, leaving them in
the vessel until the spring. Drive nails with heads as large as the ginseng seeds in
a plank, making them about 1 inch apart. Use this [o plant the seeds regularly
about five-eighths of an inch deep. Place a seed in ea a hole and cover lightly with
the hand. The rows should be about 6 inches apart. Spray with a very fine stream
of water twice a day. Allow the planted seeds to receive the sunlight until the sprouts
appear. During all of this time the beds should be protected from rains, but sprayed
regularly twice a day. The soil should be kept in good condition by hand cultiva-
tion after the young plants come up. This care must be constantly given to (he
plants. The plants are taken up at the time they are about 1 year old and only the
best ones are saved for transplanting. Many planters do this each year for . i\ years
after the plant comes up. Others transplant and select for only the Brsl two or three
years. The plants are planted out about G inches a ] (art and in rows about 1 foot apart .
Care must be taken to give the two regular waterings each day during the growing
seasons." (Gee.)
1-1 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
36283 to 36484.
Collected by Mr. W. F. Wight, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received July
7, 1913.
Quoted notes by Mr. Wight, except as otherwise indicated.
36283. Abrus fraecatorius L. Jequirity.
"(No. 310. Arequipa, Peru.) Guarero. Seeds obtained from an Indian
medicine woman, from whom no reliable information could be obtained.
They probably came from a lower altitude, but even if from the mountain
region they can be grown only in the most favored localities of Florida and
California."
36284 and 36285. Agrostis spp.
"From Tiahuanaco. Bolivia. Grass from the plateau near Tiahuanaco. It
forms tufts and is rather wiry when old. It is doubtful whether even the
llama will eat it except when it is young. The native grasses of this region
appear to have little value, but they may be of botanical interest."
36284. "(No. 681.)" 36285. "(No. 683.)"
36286. Allium cepa L. Onion.
"(No. 292.) Seeds obtained from an Indian woman in Arequipa, Peru.
There seems to be practically no seed trade, as a business, in Peru, and these
seeds may show some interesting variations."
36287. Amaranthus pp.
"(No. 595.) Seeds obtained from an Indian medicine woman in Oruro.
Bolivia."
36288 to 36293. Annona cherlmola Miller. Cherimoya.
36288. "(No. 341. Cuzco, Peru.) This fruit is very abundant in the
market at Cuzco and of excellent quality. Probably none are grown
within one or two days' journey from the city, and they are often brought
from valleys at four or five days' distance."
36289. "(No. 591. Oruro, Bolivia.) Some of the very finest eheri-
moyas seen in South America were in the market at Oruro. They
came from the vicinity of Cochabamba."
36290. "(No. 650. From Peru.) A cherimoya with surface slightly
roughened."
36291. "(No. 651.) Rough surface, the usual type in Peru, but still of
excellent quality."
36292. "(No. 649. Peru.) This fruit had a practically smooth surface
and by many is considered superior to those with the rough surface."
36293. "(No. 660. Arequipa, Peru.) An excellent specimen."
36294. Annona muricata L. Soursop.
"(No. 652. Lima, Peru.) Guandbana or custard-appk. This is usually a
larger fruit than the cherimoya and of softer texture. Quite common in the
market at Lima and perhaps at other places in some seasons."
36295. Apixtm sp.
"(No. 293. Arequipa, Peru.) Seeds obtained from an Indian woman in
Arequipa."
See S. P. I. No. 36286 for further note.
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1913. 15
36283 to 36484— Continued.
36296 to 36298. Arachis hypogaea L. Peanut.
36296. "(No. 330. Cuzco, Peru.) Manin. Peanuts sold by Indian
women on the market at Cuzco."
36297. "(No. 311. Arequipa, Peru.) Manin. Peanuts sold by Indian
women in the market."
36298. "(No. 339. Cuzco, Peru.)"
36299. Brassica oleracea capitata L. Cabbage.
"(No. 288. Arequipa, Peru.) Repallo. Seeds obtained from an Indian
woman in Arequipa.
See No. 36286 for further note.
36300. Brassica oleracea capitata L. Cabbage.
"(No. 289. Arequipa, Peru.) Repallo bianco. Seeds obtained from an
Indian woman in Arequipa."
See S. P. I. No. 36286 for further note.
36301. Brassica rapa L. Turnip.
"(No. 290. Arequipa, Peru.) Navo. Seeds obtained from an Indian woman
in Arequipa. Grown by the Indians. May show some interesting varia-
tions."
36302. Brassica oleracea capitata L. Cabbage.
"(No. 291. Arequipa, Peru.) Seeds obtained from an Indian woman in
Arequipa. Grown by the Indians. May show some very interesting varia-
tions."
38303. Caesalpinia sp.
"(No. 312. Arequipa, Peru.) Seeds of a large tree obtained from an Indian
medicine woman in Arequipa, from whom no reliable information could be
obtained. They probably came from a lower altitude, but even if from the
mountain region they can be grown only in the most favored localities of Florida
or California."
36304. Chenopodium sp.
"(No. 295. Peru.) Caiiegua. A species of Chenopodium said to be culti-
tivated in the Puno district in the same wxy as quinoa, although what I sup-
posed to be this ia a smaller plant and more spreading in habit. It is probably
less valuable than quinoa and certainly not grown to the same extent."
36305 to 36312. Chenopodium quinoa Willd. Quinoa.
"One of the plants cultivated by the native inhabitants of the highlands of
Peru and Bolivia is a species of Chenopodium (C quinoa) and so far as foliage
is concerned not very unlike in general appearance our ordinary goosefoot. Its
seeds, however, are white or nearly so and fully three times as largo as those of
C. album. In pre-Columbian times this plant was one of the main foods of the
Indians, evidently ranking with the potato and corn in this respect. None
of the Old World cereals being known before the discovery, it was only natural
that the cultivation of this plant should have extended over a considerable
area. In addition to Peru and Bolivia it was probably grown in some parts
of Argentina and is known with certainty to have been cultivated in Chile;
in fact, there even appears to have been an Araucanian or Mapuche name for it.
Doubtless its cultivation at the present time is less extensive than formerly,
due in part to the diminished Indian population and in part to an apparent
ignorance or indifference on the part of tho white population to its real merits
as a food. At present it is probably most commonly grown on the Titicaca
16 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
36283 to 36484— Continued.
plateau. It is Baid to yield abundantly, though it doe? not seem to Ik in-cd
to any one to measure the yield of a given area. In late April and May some of
the field? were red with compact panicle.-, for this seemed the only part of the
plant visible for a short distance. Other fields had a greeni ih cast, there being
two or probably more varieties. On the island of Chiloe, southern Chile, the
plant grows much taller than any seen about Lake Titicaca and the foliage was
also much more abundant, though whether the latter condition was due to the
difference in the season or to the lower altitude and more abundant rainfall
is uncertain. The grain is used by the Indians in the same manner as rice,
being put in soups and made into porridge. It appeals to a North American
primarily as a breakfast food and should rank with oatmeal and some of the
better wheat preparations. It may be cooked and served in a manner similar
to oatmeal, but to spread it out in a tray about an inch deep after steaming
and then brown it in the oven makes it even more appetizing."
36305. "(No. 294. Peru.)"
36306. "(No. 355. La Paz, Bolivia.) Canahue. This may be another
species of Chenopodium grown by the Indians, or possibly the wild form
of C. quinoa. What I supposed was this plant has a different habit from
C. quinoa, however."
36307. "(No. 371. Peru.) The well-known quinoa, of which there are
two and possibly three varieties."
36308. "(No. 619. Peru.)"
36309. "(No. 631. Cuzco, Peru.) White quinoa from near Cuzco."
36310. "(No. 643. Oraya, Peru.)"
36311. "(No. 644. Lima, Peru.) Quinoa from Lima."
36312. "(No. 648. Lima, Peru.)"
36313. Coriaxdrum sativum L. Coriander.
"(No. 313. Peru.)"
36314 and 36315. Cucumis melo L. Muskmelon.
36314. "(No. 306. Peru.)"
36315. "(No. 307. Peru.)"
36316 to 36323. Cucurbita spp. Squash.
36316. "(No. 331. Cuzco, Peru.) There is a great variety of squashes
in Peru and Bolivia, and they have evidently been cultivated for many
centuries. Some of the vases taken from graves said by archeologists to
be very old have evidently been modeled from different types of
squashes."
36317. "(No. 340. Cuzco, Peru.)"
36318. "(No. 345. Cuzco, Peru.)"
36319. "(No. 348. Oruro, Bolivia.)"
36320. "(No. 349. Oruro, Bolivia.)"
36321. "(No. 363. Oruro, Bolivia.)"
36322. "(No. 369. Cuzco, Peru.)"
36323. "(No. 372. Oruro, Bolivia.)"
36324. Luctjma pp.
"(No. 582. Cuzco, Peru.) These fruits were smaller and not so good in
quality as those from Arequipa. Whether this is due to their being brought
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1913.
17
36283 to 36484— Continued.
in before being fully mature or because of the higher altitude, it is impossible
to say. They should be able to endure more cold than seeds from a lower alti-
tude."
36325 to 36342. Cucurbita spp.
36325 to 36327. Cucurbita spp. Squash.
36325. "(No. 397. Cuzco, Peru.)"
36326. "(No. 586. Cuzco, Peru.)"
36327. "(No. 589. Cuzco, Peru.)"
36328. Cucurbita ficifolia Bouche.
"(No. 375. Cuzco, Peru.) Lacayoti. This vegetable has a rind resem-
bling the watermelon in appearance, but with a thick stem like that of a
squash. It is gathered before being completely matured and used with
other vegetables and meats in the preparation of a kind of soup."
36329. Cucurbita maxima Duch. Squash.
"(No. 665. Lima, Peru.) Squash, pronounced excellent in quality by
the American family to whom I took it to be tested."
36330 to 36341. Cucurbita pepo L.
"Most of them pronounced excellent by the American family to which
I took them to be tested."
36330. Cucurbita spp. Pumpkin.
"(No. 381. Oruro, Bolivia.) The only pumpkin seen either in Bolivia
or Peru. Rather small, but of good quality."
(No. 654. Lima, Peru.)" Squash.
36331.
36332.
36333.
36334.
36335.
36336.
36337.
36338.
36339.
36340.
36341.
"(No. 655.
"(No. 656.
"(No. 657.
"(No. 659.
"(No. 061.
"(No. 662.
"(No. 663.
"(No. 664.
"(No. 666.
"(No. 667.
Lima, Peru.)"
Lima, Peru.)
Squash.
Large. Excellent in quality."
Squash.
Lima, Peru.)"
Lima , Peru . ) Middle-sized squash . ' '
Lima, Peru.)"
Lima, Peru.)"
Lima, Peru.)"
Lima, Peru.)"
Lima, Peru.)"
Lima, Peru.)"
36342. Cucurbita sp.
Squash.
Squash.
Squash.
Squash.
Squash.
Squash.
Squash.
Squash.
"(No. 669. Arequipa, Peru.) Squash from the market in Arequipa."
36343. Cyphomandra sp. Tree tomato.
"(No. 346. Arequipa, Peru.) A fruit sold in the markel a1 Arequipa.
Not a true tomato, but called Tomate chileno by the Indians."
36344. Ephedra sp.
"(No. 364. Oruro, Bolivia.) A low-growing Ephedra on the mountains at
Oruro. Probably of in I eres t only in a botanical collection."
36345 and 36346. Hordei i vulgare L. Barley.
36345. "(No. 302. Arequipa, Peru.)"
36346. "(No. 303. Arequipa, Peru.)"
16715°— 16 2
18 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
36283 to 36484— Continued.
36347 and 36348. LuMNua spp.
38347. "(No. 287. Arequipa, Peru.) Seeds obtained from an Indian
medicine woman in Arequipa, from whom no reliable information could
be obtained. They probably came from a lower altitude, but even
if from the mountain region they can be grown only in the mosl favored
localities of Florida or California."
36348. "(No. 334. Cuzco, Peru.) A tall-growing lupine with
large white seeds, found in a garden at Cuzco, but of unknow □ origin."
36349. Nassella sp. Grass.
"(No. 680. Bolivia.) From the plateau near Tiahuanaco. This grass forms
tufts and is rather wiry when old. It is doubtful whether even the llama will
eat it except when it is young. The native grasses of this region appear to have
little value, but they may be of botanical interest."
36350 to 36357. Opuntia spp. Prickly pear.
36350. "(No. 343. Cuzco, Peru.) Tuna. A variety with reddish
fruits. This fruit is greatly prized in Peru and Bolivia, and this was
exceptionally good in quality."
36351. "(No. 351. Oruro, Bolivia.) A wild cactus at 13,500 feet eleva-
tion, near Oruro. The seeds are very red, and dye is sometimes made
from them."
36352. "(No. 359. Arequipa, Peru.) Tuna. From the market at
Arequipa."
36353. "(No. 379. La Paz, Bolivia.) Tuna. With green fruit."
36354. "(No. 374. Oruro, Bolivia.) A wild species from the mourn ain
above Oruro, 13,500 feet altitude."
36355. "(No. 354. La Paz, Bolivia.) The fruit of this is bronze colored
and excellent in quality."
36356. "(No. 366. Oruro, Bolivia.) Seeds of a wild cactus found on
the nxmntain above Oruro, at about 13,500 feet altitude."
36357. "(No. 370. Cuzco, Peru.) A tuna with green fruit, of good
qiiality, but not quite equal to those with reddish or bronze-colored
fruits."
36358 and 36359. Ormosia spp.
36358. Ormosia monospermy (Swartz) Urban.
"(No. 309. Lima, Peru.) Guanro de Ja montafia. Seeds obtained
from an Indian medicine woman in Arequipa, from whom no reliable
information could be obtained. They probably came from a lower alti-
tude, but even if from the mountain region they can be grown only in
the most favored localities of Florida or California."
36359. "(No. 309a. Lima, Peru.)"
The ormosias are tropical timber trees, the red and black seeds of which are
often used for necklaces.
36360. JIordeum vulgare L. Barley.
"(No. 335. Oruro. Bolivia.)"
36361. Passiflora sp. Passion fruit.
"(No. 352. Arequipa, Peru.) Tumbas. This is a fruit belonging to the
Passifloracea' and grown in the gardens of foreigners as well as by the Indians.
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1913. 19
36283 to 36484— Continued.
The fruit is longer than that of Passiflora ligularis, being about 4 inches long
and 1£ to If inches in diameter."
36362 and 36363. Passiflora ligularis Juss. Passion fruit.
36362. "(No. 588. Oruro, Bolivia.) This fruit is 2 or 3 inches in diam-
eter and very agreeable in taste, being much prized by many foreigners
as well as by the natives. It comes from some of the valleys a few days'
journey from Oruro and at a lower altitude."
36363. "(No. 668. Lima, Peru.) Fruit of Passiflora, common in the
market at Lima."
36364. Physalis sp.
"(No. 47. Arequipa, Peru.) A very good Physalis, grown in a garden at
Arequipa and used for making preserves."
36365. Pimpinella anisum L. Anise.
"(No. 305. Peru.) Anise seed grown by the Indians."
36366 to 36368. Piptadenia spp.
36366. "(No. 399. Oruro, Bolivia.)"
36367 and 36368. Piptadenia cebil Grisebach. Cebil.
36367. "(No. 329. Cuzco, Peru.) Seeds, probably of some tropical
tree. Native name Huilca. Obtained from an Indian medicine
woman at Cuzco."
36368. "(No. 380. Oruro, Bolivia.) Probably a tropical tree.
Obtained from an Indian medicine woman."
36369 and 36370. Pisum sativum L. Pea.
36369. "(No. 316. Peru.)"
38370. "(No. 620. Cuzco, Peru.) A variety of Pisum grown by the
Indians near Cuzco."
36371. Prunus salicifolia II. B. K. Black cherry.
"(No. 593. Cuzco, Peru.) Capoilles. This Prunus grows wild about 25
miles from Cuzco and at a lower altitude, perhaps 8,000 or 9.000 feet, and is a
native species. The fruit is about as large as an Early Richmond cherry. Mr.
Payne, an English farmer beyond Cuzco, expects to try it as a stock for the
sweet cherry and believes it will enable him to grow the latter fruit in that part
of Peru."
36372 to 36374. Psidium guajava L. Guava.
36372. "(No. 579. Arequipa, Peru.) A pear-shaped guava, 3$ to 4
inches long."
36373. "(No. 658. Arequipa, Peru.) A large pear-shaped guava from
Arequipa."
36374. "(No. 581. Arequipa, Peru.) A large guava, about 3 inches
long and slightly pear shaped. Brought to the Arequipa markd by the
Indians. These trees sometimes reach a height of 20 feet in Peru."
36375. Ricinus communis L. Castor bean.
"(No. 314. Arequipa, Peru.) Ygerilla. Seeds obtained from an Indian
medicine woman in Arequipa, from whom no reliable information could be
obtained."
20 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
36283 to 36484— Continued.
36376. Sai'ixhi S saionakia L. Soapberry.
"(No. 592. Oruro, Bolivia.)"
36377. Ricinus communis L. Castor bean.
"(No. 315. Arcquipa, Peru.) Ygerilla. Obtained from an Indian medicine
woman at Arcquipa, from whom no reliable information could be obtained."
36378. Sapindus saponaria L. Soapberry.
"From Cuzco, Peru. Used in washing."
36379 to 36383. Solaxijm spp.
36379. "(No. 336. Sicuani, Peru.) Seeds of a wild species from near
Sicuani."
36380. "(No. 362. Oruro, Bolivia.) A wild tuber-bearing species of
Solanum, found on the mountain above Oruro at an elevation of about
13,000 feet. It evidently grows only 8 or 10 inches high in its dry,
rocky habitat, and the tubers found were about one-hall inch in diame-
ter."
36381. "(No. 376. Quiquijana, Peru.) A wild species of Solanum. Xo
tubers were found."
36382. "(No. 580. Arequipa, Peru.) A wild Solanum from Arequipa,
of no value except for its botanical interest."
36383. "(No. 646. Oruro, Bolivia.) A wild Solanum from the moun-
tain above Oruro at an elevation of 13,500 feet. It is not tuber bearing
and is only of botanical interest."
36384. Solanum tuberosum L. Potato.
"(No. 670. Arequipa, Peru.) Seeds from a field near Arequipa."
36385 and 36386. Stipa sp. Grass.
36385. "(No. 595a. Oruro, Bolivia.)"
36386. "(No. 682. Tiahuanaco, Bolivia.)"
36387. Toluifera sp.
"(No. 395. Oruro, Bolivia). Seed, probably of a tropical tree, obtained
from an Indian woman."
36388 to 36390. Triticum spp. Wheat.
36388. "(No. 304. Peru.)"
36389. "(No. 394. Oruro.. Bolivia.)"
38390. "(No. 396*. Oruro, Bolivia.)"
36391. Tropaeolum Nasturtium.
"(No. 353. La Pa/., Bolh La.) This nasturtium grew wild on the mountain
side uliove La Paz and was seen in other localities. The petals are deeply
laciniate."
36392. Triticum AESTrvuM L. Wheat.
(T. mlgareYm.)
"(No. 398. Oruro, Bolivia.)"
36393. \niA iaka L. Broad bean.
"(No. 342. Cuzco, Peru.) Avas. A variety grown about 12 miles from
Cuzco and said in be good."
36394. Ormosla
3 i. Cuzco, Peru i 1 trge red Beeds, probably of a tropical tree,
obtained from an Indian medicine woman in <uzco."
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1913. 21
36283 to 36484— Continued.
36395 to 36484. Phaseolus spp. Bean.
"The following numbers are varieties of beans collected by Mr. W. F. Wight
in various places during his South American trip. As found in the markets
these beans are very badly mixed, one of the packets containing more tban 20
distinct varieties. These varieties have been sorted out of the various num-
bered packets secured by Mr. Wight and each variety given a separate number.
The sorting of the varieties has been done by Dr. D. N. Shoemaker, who has
also furnished the descriptions." (Skcels.)
36395 to 36475. Phaseolus vulgaris L.
36395. "No. 1. (Arequipa, Peru. April 22, 1913.) White bean,
similar in shape to Pea bean, but variable in size. Selected from Wight's
No. 284."
36396. "No. 2. (Concepcion, Chile.) Caballeros. White, kidney
shaped. Selected from Wight's No. 78."
36397. "No. 3. (Arequipa, Peru. April 22, 1913.) White, with very
light-yellow eye; resembles white P. coccineus in texture of skin.
Selected from Wight's No. 285."
36398. "No. 4. (Panguipulli, Chile.) White, like Pea bean, but longer.
Selected from Wight's No. 145."
36399. "No. 5. (Arequipa, Peru. April 22, 1913.) White, kidney
shaped, resembling white P. coccineus in texture of skin. Selected
from Wight's No. 281."
36400. "No. 6. (From Peru.) White."
36401. "No. 7. (Arequipa, Peru. April 22, 1913.) White, kidney
shaped, much like No. 5 (S. P. I. No. 3G399). Selected from Wight's
No. 283."
36402. "No. 8. (Concepcion, Chile. February 10, 1913.) Very light
yellow; size, shape, and pattern that of Horticultural Pole. Selected
from Wight's No. 52."
38403. "No. 9. (Oruro, Bolivia.) White, round. Selected from
Wight's No. 337."
36404. "No. 10. Selected from Wight's Nos. 675, 676, 677. and 678,
from Arequipa, Peru, and No. 51, Bueye, from Concepcion, ( hile."
36405. "No. 11. (Avalitos. Concepcion, Chile.) Brownish terra cotta,
speckled with light yellow, and with darker eye. Selected from Wight's
No. 71."
36406. "No. 12. (Chincha. Dr. Aguilar, Cuzco, Peru.) Light stippled
ground, with light-yellow markings. Not uniform in size. S
from Wight's No. 671."
36407. "No. 13. (Azufrados. Concepcion, Chile) Coppery-yellow
self. Selected from Wight's No. 76."
36408. "No. 14. (Dr. Aguilar, Cuzco, Peru.) Reddish yellow
Selected from Wight's No. 673."
36409. "No. 15. (Del Norte. Dr. Aguilar, Cuzco, Peru.) Dun color
self. Selected from Wight's No. 672."
36410. "No. 16. (Avalitos. Concepcion, Chile.) Buff ground, with
markings from yelluw to Mack. Uniform in size, shape, and pattern.
Selected from Wight's No. 71."
22 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
36283 to 36484— Continued.
36411. "No. 17. (Burros. Concepcion, Chile.) Dark fawn, about the
size of Medium beans. Selected from Wight's No. 74."
36412. "No. 18. (Concepcion, Chile.) Light olive. Selected from
Wight's No. 72."
36413. "No. 19. (Oruro, Bolivia.) Light yellow, with darker eye.
Selected from Wight's No. 389."
36414. "No. 20. {Borito. Talcahuano, Chile.) Golden bronze green,
almost round. Selected from Wight's No. 259."
36415. "No. 21. (Manteco. Concepcion, Chile.) Yellow self. Uni-
form in shape but not in size. Selected from Wight's No. 75."
36416. "No. 22. (Panguipulli, Chile.) Buff self, with slightly darker
eye. Selected from Wight's No. 144."
36417. "No. 23. (Arequipa, Peru.) Copper-orange self, straight kid-
ney shape. Selected from Wight's No. 281."
36418. "No. 24. (Arequipa, Peru.) White ground, with reddish
blotches. Selected from Wight's No. 282."
36419. "No. 25. (Concepcion, Chile.) White ground, half covered
with dun, which i3 mostly covered with maroon blotches. Long, slightly
curved. Selected from Wight's No. 50."
36420. "No. 26. (Concepcion, Chile.) White on one half, other end
buff with purple stripes. Selected from Wight's No. 51."
36421. "No. 27. (Concepcion, Chile.) White ground, buff markings,
small. Selected from Wight's No. 51."
38422. "No. 28. (Arequipa, Peru.) Selected from Wight's X •>-•. 675,
677, and 678. Half white, other half yellow buff, marked with deep
purple stripes; large, kidney shaped."
36423. "NoT29. (Arequipa, Peru.) Selected from Wight's Nos. 282, 675,
677, 678, and 679. Half white, half red, even-margined pattern, long."
36424. "No. 30. Selected from Wight's Nos. 675, 676, 677, 678, 679, from
Aroquipa, Peru, and 357, from Oruro, Bolivia. White ground, mottled
with reddish brown; large, flat."
36425. "No. 31. (Oruro, Bolivia.) Selected from Wight's Nos. 337,
344, 350, and 389. White ground, blotched with black and purple-brown;
globular shape."
36426. "No. 32. (Oruro, Bolivia.) White ground with round red spots;
Hat. Selected from Wight's No. 350."
36427. "No. 33. (Oruro, Bolivia.) White stippled ground, with dark
purple around eye, and splashed over half the bean. Selected from
Wight's No. 337."
36428. "No. 34. (Oruro, Bolivia.) Yellowish stipple in smooth-mar-
gined pattern, overlaid with purplish stripe; long. Selected from
Wight's No. 3S9."
36429. "No.35. (Cuzco, Peru.) Selected from Wight's Nos. 357, 358,
373, and 377. White ground, Bpotted with dark reddish brown; flat.
large."
36430. "No. 36. (Cuzco, Peru.) Selected from Wight's Nos. 357 and
361. White ground, spotted with black; large, long."
36431. "No. 37. (Cuzco, Peru.) Selected from Wight's Nos. 373, 377,
and 383. Yellowish purple ground, striped with dark purple."
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1913. 23
36283 to 36484— Continued.
36432. "No. 38. Selected from Wight's Nos. 358, 377, and 3S3, from
Cuzco, Peru, and No. 344, from Oruro, Bolivia. White ground with
brown blotches overlaid with purple stripes; globular."
36433. "No. 39. Selected from Wight's Nos. 337 and 350, from Oruro,
Bolivia, No. 373, from Cuzco, Peru, and No. 677, from Arequipa, Peru.
White ground blotched with reddish brown; flattened globular."
38434. "No. 40. (Oruro, Bolivia.) Selected from Wight's Nos. 337,
350, and 389. Covered with purple splashes; round."
36435. "No. 41. (Oruro, Bolivia.) Selected from Wight's Nos. 337 and
344. Yellowish purple ground, striped with dark purple and black;
round."
38436. "No. 42. (Oruro, Bolivia.) Yellowish ground, almost covered
by purple to black blotches and stripes; round. Selected from Wight's
No. 337."
38437. "No. 43. Selected from Wight's No. 337, from Oruro, Bolivia,
and No. 358, from Cuzco, Peru. Yellowish buff; small, round."
33433. "No. 44. (Oruro, Bolivia.) Selected from Wight's Nos. 337 and
389. Dark brown; small, round."
38439. "No. 45. Selected from Wight's Nos. 350 and 389, from Oruro,
Bolivia, and Nos. 358 and 383, from Cuzco, Peru. Dark purple to black;
small, round."
38440. "No. 4G. Selected from Wight's Nos. 350 and 389, from Oruro,
Bolivia, and Nos. 338, 358, 373, 377, and 383, from Cuzco, Peru. Maroon;
small, globular."
38441. "No. 47. Selected from Wight's Nos. 338, 358, 373, 377, and 382,
from Cuzco, Peru, and Nos. 337, 358, and 3S9, from Oruro, Bolivia. Dun
colored, striped darker; small, round."
38442. "No. 48. Selected from Wight's Nos. 337 and 389, from Oruro,
Bolivia, and Nos. 338, 358, 373, 377, and 3S3, from Cuzco, Peru. Dun
colored with purple blotches; small, round."
38443. "No. 49. Selected from Wight's Nos. 282, 675, 676, 678, and 679,
from Arequipa, Peru, and No. 389, from Oruro, Bolivia. Dun ground,
finely stenciled and broadly striped 'with dark purple; large, straight."
38444. "No,, 50. Selected from Wight's Nos. 337 and 350. from Oruro,
Bolivia, and No. 282, from Arequipa, Peru. Dun ground, black striped;
long."
38445. "No. 51. Selected from Wight's Nos. 675, 676, 677, 678, and 679,
from Arequipa, Peru. Dun ground, dark purple stripes and blotches;
long, square ended."
36446. "No. 52. (Oruro, Bolivia.) Maroon, with broad white micro-
pylar stripe; round. Selected from Wight's No. 3:>7."
36447. "No. 53. (Cuzco, Peru.) Selected from Wight's Nos. 358 and
3S3. Dun, with white micropylar stripes; small, round."
36448. "No. 54. (Oruro, Bolivia.) Dun, with purple stripes and broad
white micropylar stripes. Selected from Wight's No. :'.:'.7."
33449. "No 55. (Oruro, Bolivia.) Selected from Wight's Nos. 337,
350, and 3S9. Drab with broad while micropylar stripe; large, straight,
flat."
24 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
36283 to 36484— Continued.
36450. "No. 56. Selected from Wight's No. 383, from Cuzco, Peru, and
No. 389, from < »ruro, Bolivia. Dark drab with broad light micropykr
stripe; small, long."
36451. "No. 57. Selected from Wight's Nos. 282, 675, 676, 677, and
678, from Arequipa, Peru, and Nos. 337 and 389. from Oruro, Bolivia.
Bluish purple with light-dun micropylar stripe."
36452. "No. 58. Selected from Wight's Nos. 282, 675, 676, and 678,
from Arequipa, Peru, and Nos. 350 and 387, from Oniro. Bolivia. Purple-
brown with broad micropylar stripe; large, long, flat, broad."
36453. "No. 59. Selected from Wight's No. I 16, from Panguipvlli.
Chile, and from No. 389, from Oruro, Bolivia. Dun self, slightly darker
eye; long, straight."
36454. "No. 60. (Panguipulli, Chile.) Purple-garnet self; long,
straight, square end. Selected from Wight's No. 142."
36455. "No. 61. (Panguipulli, Chile.) Dun self, with darker eye;
long, square end. Selected from Wight's No. 143."
36456. "No. 62. (Arequipa, Peru.) Dun, mottled with dark purple;
very large, flat. Selected from Wight's No. 579."
36457. "No. 63. (Araucanos. Concepcion, Chile.) Much like Horti-
cultural Pole. Selected from Wight's No. 77."
36458. "No. 64. Selected from Wight's No. 350. from Oruro, Bolivia,
and No. 383, from Cuzco, Peru. White, with black stripe from hilum to
to micropylar end."
36459. "No. 65. Selected from Wight's Nos. 675 and (177. from Are-
quipa, Peru. White, with brown stripe lengthwise of the hilum; large,
kidney shaped."
36460. "No. 66. (Arequipa, Peru.) White, purple blotch at hilum.
and light-dun stripe on micropylar end, black eye; large, round, square
ends."
36461. "No. 67. Selected from Wight's Nos. 677 and 678, from Are-
quipa, Peru, and Nos. 373 and 377, from Cuzco, Peru. Dun, with d
blotches; large."
36462. "No. 68. Selected from Wight's Nos. 675, 677, and 679 from
Arequipa, Peru, and Nos. 358 and 383, from Quzco, Peru. Dun, with
purplish markings; large."
36463. "No. 69. Selected from Wight's No. 678, from Arequipa, rent,
and Nos. 350 and 389, from Oruro, Bolivia. Dun. striped purple; fairly
larj
36464. "No. 70. (Oruro. Bolivia.) Reddish chrom and pattern
like Kentucky Cutshorts. Selected from Wight's No. 344."
36465. "No. 71. (Concepcion, Chile.) Selected from Wight's No
and 7:;. Aliados. bight dun. splashed olive; straight, round ends."
36466. "No. 72. Selected from Wight's No. 73, from Concepcion, i hile,
and No. 338, from Cuzco, Peru. Light, with reddish markings; small."
36467. "No. 73. Selected from Wight's Nos. 675 and 677, from
quipa, Peru, and tios. 337, 344, and 350, from Oruro, Bolivia. Dark
purple, almost self; long."
36468. "No. 71. Selected from Wight's X . from Oruro,
Bolivia, and No. 377, from Cuzco, Peru."
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1913. 25
36283 to 36484— Continued.
36469. "No. 75. Selected from Wight's No. 677, from Arequipa, Peru,
and Nos. 337, 344, and 389, from Oruro, Bolivia. Dim; large."
36470. "No. 76. Selected from Wight's Nos. 337 and 389, from Oruro,
Bolivia, No. 357, from Cuzco, Peru, and Nos. 51 and 73, from Concepcion,
Chile. Yellow or white, finely mottled; roundish."
36471. "No. 86. Mixed, oval, a little larger than Medium beans; colors
various, dark."
36472. "No. 87. Flat, short, light colored, about the size of Medium
beans; mixed."
36473. "No. 88. Globular, a little smaller than Marrows, colors various,
dark."
36474. "No. 89. Mixed. Dark-red self; short, rather flat; a little larger
than Medium beans."
36475. "No. 90. Large, yellow ground, mottled; straight, square ends;
mixed."
36476 to 36478. Phaseolus coccineus L. Bean.
36476. "No. 77. (Oruro, Bolivia.) White form of Scarlet Runner.
Selected from Wight's No. 386."
36477. "No. 78. (Oruro, Bolivia.) White Runner. Selected from
Wight's 388."
36478. "No. 79. (La Paz, Bolivia.) White Runner. Selected from
Wight's No. 356."
36479 to 36484. Phaseolus lunatus L. Lima bean.
36479. "No. 80. (Ica, Peru.) White; a thick form of ordinary flat
large Lima, very large."
36480. "No. 81. (Oruro, Bolivia.) White; a very large flat Lima.
Selected from Wight's No. 3S8."
36481. "No. 82. (Arequipa, Peru.) White; large flat Lima.
Selected from Wight's No. 286."
36482. "No. 83. (La Paz, Bolivia.) Almost white, stippled; flat,
of peculiar kidney shape. Selected from Wight's No. 356."
36483. "No. 84. (Oruro, Bolivia.) White, almost covered with
black; kidney shaped, larger at one end. Selected from Wight's
No. 385."
36484. "No. 85. (La Paz, Bolivia.) White, almost covered with
red; kidney shaped, larger at one end."
36485. Amygdalus persica L. Peach.
(Prunus persica Stokes.)
From Kurram Valley, Northwest Frontier Province, India. Presented by Mr.
Henry D. Baker, American consul, who secured them from Maj. G. J. Davis,
commandant, Kurram Militia, Parachinar, Kurram Valley. Received October
11, 1913.
"The Shalil grows like a peach, which it much resembles, and lias about the Bame
blossom. The flesh is yellow and sweet, but it is not so juicy as 1 hat of a peach. Major
Davis considers that it would be a particularly valuable fruit for cooking or canning,
as the flesh, being harder than that of a peach, would probably ao1 break bo easily and
could be more easily manipulated for such purposes. It grows at about 5,600 feet
elevation. The only reference I can find to the Shalil in any book I have on India
26 SEEDS AND PLAXTS IMPORTED.
is in the Imperial Gazetteer of the Northwest Province, wherein it states as regards
the Kurram Valley: 'The climate varies. In winter even Lower Kurram is very cold
and a bitter wind prevails, while in the summer it is hot and dry. Upper Kurram is
never unpleasantly hot, even in summer, while in winter snow covers the ground for
weeks. Wherever water is available for irrigation the soil is highly productive.
owing to the absence of a settled government and the internal feuds of the people, the
cultivable area is not all under cultivation, and irrigation is carried on only by small
channels constructed and maintained by a single hamlet or family. Apples, p
grapes, cherries, pomegranates, peaches, and a fruit peculiar to the Kurram and Tirah
known as Shalil also grows, and with improved communications fruit growing will
probably become an important industry. Famine is unknown in Kurram.' ' (B<
36486. Phoexicophorium bobsigianum (Koch) Stuntz. Palm.
(Stevensonia grandifolia Duncan.)
From the Seychelles Islands. Presented by Mr. P. Rival y Dupont, curator,
Botanical Station. Received October 10,1913.
"This noble palm, famous for its beauty, is one of a group of five confined exclusively
to the Seychelles Islands and each representing a single species. The tree in its
mature state is wholly destitute of spines, whereas in the yor:ng state the deep orange-
red petioles are clothed with black needlelike spines 1 to 3 inches long, and the young
leaves are orange beneath and mottled with orange-brown spots above. The differenc?
between the young and mature plants is so great that a person unfamiliar with the
palm would consider them as belonging to different species. The flower spike is from
3 to 6 feet in length, divided into numerous slender branches swollen at the 1
and densely covered above with yellow flowers, each about a quarter of an inch in
diameter. The flowers are monceciou (Gardeners' Chronicle, February 18, 1893,
. 1.)
36487. Xepheosperma yax-iioutteaxa (TTendl.) Balf. f. Palm.
From the Seychelles Islands. Presented by Mr. P. Pdvaly Dupont, curator,
Botanical Station. Received October 10, 1913.
36488. Puxica graxatum L. Pomegranate.
From German East Africa. Presented by the Usumbwa Company. Xyembe-
Bulungwa, Post Tabora. Received October 22, 1913.
| uttings.
36489 to 36491.
From Tutuila, American Samoa. Presented by Commander C. D. Stearns,
governor. Received October 14, 1913.
36489. Caeica papaya L. Papaya.
36490. Colubeina asiatica Brongn. 36491. Ipomoea erp.
36492 to 36496. Nicotiana tabactjm L. Tobacco.
rn Klaten, Java. Presented by the director of the Tobacco Experiment Sta-
tion, Klaten, at the request of the director, Department of Agriculture, Buiten-
zonr, Java. Received October 15, 1913.
Cigar- wrapper types grown under the following names:
36492. "No. 1. Kanari 36495. "No. 4. Wonosobo."
36493. "No. 2. Y ." 36496. "No. 5. Kedoe."
36494. "No. 3. E."
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1913.
27
36497. Garcixia obloxgifolia Champion.
From Hongkong, China. Presented by Mr. William J. Tutcher, Botanical and
Forestry Department. Received October 22, 1913.
"A tree with leaves shortly stalked, oblong, narrowed at the base, 2h to 3 inches
long, the upper ones almost sessile. The yellow flowers produced in May are terminal
and unisexual, the males three to seven together and shortly pedunculate. SepaLs
2 lines, petals nearly 5 lines long. Stamens consolidated into a solid mass, occupying
the center of the flower. The females are solitary and rather smaller. It is common
in the Happy Valley woods, Hongkong, but is not known to come from elsewhere.
The foliage is nearly the same as that of G. cambogia, but the male pedicels are much
shorter and the anthers more numerous." (Bentham's Flora Hongkong ensis, p. 25.)
36498 to 36527. Triticum aestiyum L. "Wheat.
(T. vulgare Yill.)
From Tashkend, Turkestan. Presented by Dr. Richard Schrocder, Tashkend
Agricultural Experiment Station. Received October 14, 1913.
"Our Turkestan spring wheats are often sown in the late fall or in the winter and
do fairly well, though our winter is rather hard. They are sown on nonirrigated land
and stand drought exceedingly well, better than durum. The most of our precipi-
tation we get in the spring, maximum in March, the summer and fall being exceedingly
dry, some years without a drop of rain, so I think that our spring wheat will not
suit your Southern States, nor even your Central States, Kansas for instance, for they
must suffer from rust in rainy summers. But in California and Utah, where they do
not have summer rains, these wheats will probably be found of high value." (Extract
from Dr. Schroeder's letter, dated October SJ16, 1913.)
36498.
"No.
181.
Spring."
36513.
"No.
524.
Winter."
38499.
"No.
251.
Spring."
36514.
"No.
52S.
Winter."
36500.
"No.
341.
Spring."
36515.
"No.
537.
Spring."
36501.
"No.
357.
Spring."
36516.
"No.
553.
Winter."
38502.
"No.
370.
Spring."
33517.
"No.
022.
Winter."
36503.
"No.
371.
Spring."
33513.
"No.
G39.
Winter."
36504.
"No.
414.
Winter."
33519.
"No.
694.
Spring."
36505.
••No.
420.
Spring."
36520.
"No.
708.
Spring."
33506.
"No.
421.
Spring."
36521.
"No.
7s7.
Winter."
36507.
"No.
424.
Winter."
36522.
"No.
792.
Winter."
36503.
"No.
432.
Winter."
36523.
"No.
800.
Winter."
33509.
"No.
433.
Spring."
36524.
"No.
804.
Wint
36510.
"No.
435.
Winter."
33525.
"No.
888.
Winter."
36511.
"No.
438.
Winter."
36523.
"No.
889.
Winter."
33512.
"No.
520.
Winter."
36527.
"No.
896.
Winter."
36528. Hibiscus waimeae X(?).
From Honolulu, Hawaii. Presented by Mr. E. V. Wilcox, Hawaii Agricultural
Experiment Station. Received October 24, 1913.
"Ruth Wilcox. A very vigorous, freely branching shrub with good foliage, upright
growth, and light-gray bark. Leaves cordate, crenate, blunt, 2f to 4$ inches wide,
3 to 5 inches long, light green, shiny, pubescent on both sides, petiole 1 \ inches long.
Flowers 6 inches wide, pure white, no eye, petals wide, column crimson toward the
tip, 4 inches long, stigma scarlet, filaments crimson, bracts six to eight, greenish brown,
peduncle 1 inch long. Flower opens at noon, lasts two days, has delicate perfume.
Best white thus far bred -ceding.
28 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
"A hybrid between the varieties May Damon [described as itself a hybrid between
two native varieties, Kauai white and Beatrice], and Knudsen white, one of the three
horticultural forms of the native Hibiscus waimeae." (Wilcox and Holt, Ornamental
lliliiscus in Hawaii, Bui. 29, Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station.)
36529. Arbutus canariensis Duharael. Madronho.
From Teneriffe, Canary Islands. Presented by Dr. George V. Perez. Received
October 23, 1913.
"The madronho is becoming very rare here, but it is still found in the mountain
ravines. It will not stand frosts." (Perez.)
"It is one of the most beautiful shade trees that is grown around Naples and should
be tested for park and street, purposes in Florida and southern California. Its clean
pink and green bark and dark-green foliage make it a most strikingly beautiful object."
(Fair child.)
36530. Sphenostylis stenocarpa (Hochst.) Harms.
From Amani, German East Africa. Presented by Dr. A. Zimmerman, director,
Kaiserliches Biologische Landwirtschaftlichen Institut. Received October 13,
1913.
See S. P. I. No. 31194 for previous introduction and description.
36531. Diospyros kaki L. f. Persimmon.
From Sibpur, near Calcutta, India. Presented by the Superintendent, Royal
Botanic Gardens. Received October 20, 1913.
36532. Annona muricata L. Soursop.
From Honolulu, Hawaii. Collected by Mr. R. A. Young, of the Bureau of Plant
Industry. Received September 6, 1913.
"A seedling soursop producing fruits weighing up to 1^ pounds each. Coll
July 28, 1913. On the authority of Mr. T. F. Sedwick, the quality may be said to be
unusually fine. Fruit of this flavor would make a very delicious sherbet. The I
is in the yard of Mr. Frank Cooke, in the Kaimuki district of Honolulu." ( Young.)
36533. Oryza longistaminata A. Chcv. and Roehrich.
Perennial rice.
From Nogent-sur-Marne, France. Presented by the director, Jardin Colonial.
Received October 24, 1913.
"Seeds of perennial rice discovered in French Wes1 Africa by M. Ammann, chief
of the chemical service of this establishment."
A full discussion of this interesting variety is given in T.a agriculture pratique des
pays cliauds, vol. 11, pt. I, pp. 89 to 94 and 265 to 278, and vol. 11. pt. 2, pp. 433 to
i:.s (1911).
36534. Cucumis melo L. Muskmelon.
From Leghorn, Italy. Presented by Mr. Leon Pohm de Sauvanne, American
vice consul. Received October 22, 1913.
"This melon has a cream-white flesh or pulp, is very aromatic and sweet, has a
ioth skin, measures about 6£ by 8£ inches, and weighs from 4 to 5 pounds."
(De Sauvanne.)
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1913. 29
36535. Bellucia costaricensis Cogniaux. Papaturro agrio.
From San Jose, Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. Carlos Werckle, Department of
Agriculture. Received October 27, 1913.
"Shrub with large flowers and yellow fruits of the size of a gooseberry, and with
strongly pronounced taste, between sweet and sour. Known only in the valley of
Diquis. and the name given it by Werckle does not appear very appropriate." (Pit-
tier, Las Plantes Usuales de Costa Rica, 190S.)
36536 to 36545.
From Petrograd, Russia. Presented by Mr. Raphael Zon, of the U. S. Forest
Service, who secured them from Mr. W. A. Dubiansky, Imperial Botanic Gar-
den, Petrograd. Received October 25, 1913.
36538 to 36540. Calligonum spp.
36536. Calligonum arborescens Litw.
"Trans-Caspian Kara Kum."
Distribution. — A shrub about 10 feet high, found in the region of south-
western Asia east of the Caspian Sea. This species and the one following
have proved excellent sand binders in Turkestan. (See S. P. I. Nos. 9583
and 9594.)
36537. Calligonum caput-medusae rubicundum ilerder.
"Trans-Caspian Kara Kum."
36538. Calligonum caput-medusae Schrenk.
"Trans-Caspian Kara Kum.
36539. Calligonum eriopodum Bunge.
"Trans-Caspian Kara Kum."
36540. Calligonum setosum Litw.
"Trans-Caspian Kara Kum."
36541. Elymus sp.
"A good fodder grass which stands a great'deal of alkali in the soil, but requires
some moisture." (Zon.)
36542 to 36544. Elaeagnus angustifolia L. Oleaster.
36542. "Forma spontanea Litw. Stands alkali and sandy soil well."
(Zon.)
36543. "Forma sphaerocar pa Litw. Buchara. It is not afraid of frosts;
grows equally well on very alkaline and shifting sands. The fruit is
less palatable than that of E. angustifolia forma culta or E. angustifolia
spontanea." (Zon.)
36544. "Forma culta Litw. Trans-Caspian prairie, Buchara. In gar-
dens on sandy soils of the valley of the River Amu-Darya. Fairly palat-
able edible fruit." (Zon.)
36545. Aeluropus littoralis (Gouan) Pari.
"A splendid grass for sands. It yields hay of high quality; is not afraid of
very heavy frosts." (Zon.)
36546 to 36548. Avena sativa L. Oat.
From Petrograd, Russia. Presented by Mr. Basil Benzin, Department of Agri-
culture. Received February 12, 1913.
30 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
36546 to 36548— Continued.
36546. "(No. 20.) Local oats, unirrigated, from Vernoe district, Semiryet-
chensk Province. Crop 1912." (Benzin.)
"A commercial sample of a small yellow oat, probably of tbe Sixty-Day
type (C. 1. No. 750)." (C. W. Warburton.)
36547. "(No. 111.) Oats, from Pishpek district, Semiryetchensk Province.
Crop 1912." (Benzin.)
"An ordinary commercial sample. Grain of the Sixty-Day type, but
lighter in color (C. I. No. 710.)" (C. W. Warburton.)
36548. "(No. 114.) Swedish Select oats, irrigated, from Tashkend dis-
trict, Syr-Darya Province. Crop 1912." (Benzin.)
"Typical of the variety (C. I. No. 717)." (C. W. Warburton.)
36549. Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.) Taub. Guar bean.
From Whittier, Cal. Presented by Mr. R. S. "Woglum, of the Department of
Agriculture. Received October 29, 1913.
"During the summer of 1911 I collected a few seeds of the Gawarfulli bean at Nag-
pur, Central Provinces, India. This seed was planted this spring in our garden here
in Whittier and we secured about 30 plants." (Woglum.)
36550. Pahudia rhomboidea (Blanco) Prain. Tindalo.
From Lamao, Bataan, Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. P. J. Wester, hor-
ticulturist, Division of Horticulture, Lamao Experiment Station. Received
November 1 , 1913.
"A large forest tree, attaining a height of 25 meters. The tindalo is one of our most
valuable timber trees and is not found outside of the Philippines. It would unques-
tionably succeed well in Porto Rico and Panama, but is too tender for Florida."
(Wester.)
"The tindalo is a tree reaching a height of 25 to 30 meters [SO to 90 feet] and a
diameter of 60 to 80 cm. [24 to 32 inches], occasionally up to 120 cm. [4 feet]. It
is usually without buttresses and has a somewhat regular bole 12 to 15 meters [37 to 46
feet] in length. The crown, one-half the height of the tree, is broad spreading, base
shaped, semiopen, and partly deciduous during the dry season. The tindalo has a
wide distribution throughout the islands, but is not abundant. It is found scattered
usually on dry, shallow, or rocky soil on the low ridges and hills along the coast. Less
frequently it is scattered in the edges of the dipterocarp forests. The bark is about
10 mm. [two-fifths of an inch] in thickness, creamy yellow in color, and has an uneven
surface, due to the saucerlike depressions made by the shedding of the outer layer.
It is covered with numerous corky pustules, and sheds in scroll-shaped patterns.
The inner bark is brownish yellow in color. The leaves are alternate, simple, com-
pound, with three [sometimes four] pairs of leaflets. These are smooth with white
bloom beneath, from :\\ to 10 cm. [IV to 4 inches] long and from 3 to 5 cm. [I to 2
inches] wide. Thesapwood is white to creamy brown; the heartwood is yellowish red,
becoming very dark with age. It is heavy, hard, durable, not difficult to work, has
a fine, usually straight grain, takes a beautiful finish, and is almost free of the defect
of warping. Tindalo has the following uses: Fine furniture, cabinet making, fine
interior finish (doors, floors, Btairways, panels, etc.), railway ties, shipbuilding, and
general construction purposes." (Whitford, Principal Forest Trees of the Philippines,
p. S9.)
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1913. 31
36551 to 36560. Medicago sativa L. Alfalfa.
From Poona, India. Presented by Rao Sahib G. K. Kelkar, Extra Deputy
Director of Agriculture. Received November 3, 1913.
Description by Mr. Gammie, Imperial Cotton Specialist, taken from Mr. Forster
Main's letter dated April 4, 1913.
"From botanical examination it seems that the specimens do not show practically
any appreciable difference, the only slight differences which were noticed being the
more or less hairy nature of the leaves, the prominent or obscure toothing of their
margins, the greater or less emargination of their tips and the smaller or larger size of
the same."
36551. "(No. 1.) Grown at Ganeshkhind Garden from seed obtained from
Manavadar. ITas small obovate-cuneate leaflets three-fourths to 1 inch long
by one-fifth to one-fourth inch broad, hairy on the under surface, midrib, and
nerves, with the apex emarginate and retuse."
36552. "(No. 2.) Grown at Ganeshkhind Garden from seed obtained from
Rajkot. Has less hairy leaflets with less prominent teeth."
36553. "(No. 3.) Grown at Ganeshkhind Garden from seed obtained from
Palitana No. 1. Teeth of leaflets more prominent."
36554. "(No. 4.) Grown at Ganeshkhind Garden from seed obtained from
Palitana No. 2. More or less like Manavadar No. 1. (S. P. I. No. 36551.)"
36555. "(No. 5.) Grown at. Ganeshkhind Garden from seed obtained from
Bhownugger. Less hairy, large leaflets 1£ to 1£ inches long by one-fourth
to one-half inch, oblanceolate, less emarginate, teeth rather obscure."
36556. "(No. 6.) Grown at Ganeshkhind Garden from seed obtained from
Bhownugger (Umrala). Teeth of leaflets prominent, leaflets small, hairy.
less emarginate. The flowers showed no difference."
36557. "(No. 7.) Grown at Ganeshkhind Garden from seed obtained from
Bhownugger (Godhra). Teeth of leaflets prominent, leaflets small, hairy,
less emarginate."
36558. "(No. 8.) Grown at Ganeshkhind Garden from seed obtained from
Bhownugger (Botad). Leaflets small, teeth prominent."
36559. "(No. 9.) Grown at Ganeshkhind Garden from seed obtained from
Bhownugger (Kundla). Leaflets small, teeth prominent."
36560. "(No. 10.) From Junaghar. A new sample for your trial. "
36561. ROLLINIA ORTHOPETALA A. DC.
Seeds from S. P. I. No. 22512 grown at the Plant Introduction Field Station,
Miami, Fla., in 1912. Received November 0, 1913.
"From its behavior at Miami this tree promises to be a success in south Florida.
It should be tried on the edge of the Everglades. Mrs. Fairchild and I both found
the fruit delicious." (David Fairchild.)
S<v S. P. I. No. 27579 for previous introduction and description and Plate I for an
illustration of a fruiting branch of this tree.
36562. Annona cherimola X squamosa.
Grown at the Plant Introduction Field Station. Miami, Fla., from Garden No.
1803, tree B. Received November 3. 1913.
"A fruit resulting from the cross of S. P. I. No. 26731, Annona cherimola, ? , and S.
P. I. No. 267 11, Annona squamosa, $ . I made this cross in May, 1910. The work
was done between five and six o'clock in the evening, as you know squamosa pollen
is ripe at that time. The petals of the cherimola were forced open ami the pollen
dropped in." (Simmotids.)
32 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
36563 and 36564.
From Chang Chun, Manchuria. Presented by Dr. R. J. Gordon, Irish Presby-
terian Mission. Received October 25, 1013.
36563. Lespedeza sp. 36564. Melilotus alba Desr.
36565 and 36566. Linum usitatissimum L. Flax.
From Bombay, Poona, India. Presented by Mr. William Burns, economic
botanist. Received November 1, 1913.
36565. "From Punjab. Flax which is grown after the rice crop." (Burns.)
36566. "From the United Provinces, Jalaun district. Grown at the Orai
farm. Flax which is grown after the rice crop." (Burns.)
36567 and 36568.
From Santa Cruz, Argentina. Presented by Mr. H. W. Reynard. Received
November 7, 1913.
38567. Fabiana imbricata Ruiz and Pavon. (?)
" Malta verde. Grows on mud flats and river valleys; is of a softer nature than
the Matta negra and does not attain quite such a height, about 2 feet to 2 feet
6 inches." (Reynard.)
"An evergreen shrub of heathlike appearance, ultimately reaching 6 to S
feet in diameter and in height; erect in habit when young, ultimately spreading.
Branches downy, long, and tapered, densely furnished with Bhort, .-lender
twigs, from one-half to 2 inches long. These twigs are themselves com-
pletely covered with tiny, pointed, 3-angled Leaves, one-twelfth inch long,
and, in June, are each terminated by a solitary pure white flower. Corolla
five-eighths to three-fourths inch long, tubular, but narrowing towards the I
with the rounded shallow lobes at. the apex reflected; calyx bell shaped, one-
twelfth inch long.
"Native of Chile; introduced in 1838. This beautiful shrub is unfortunately
rather tender, and at Kew, although it occasionally survives the winter, has
never been a success in the open. In milder and more upland localities it is
a shrub of great beauty, flowering freely and transforming each branch into a
slender raceme of blossom. It likes a light soil, and can be Increased easily
by late Bummer cuttings in gentle heat." (11'. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs IJardy
in the British Isles, vol. 1, pp. 549-550.)
36568. Berberis sp. Barberry.
"Califata. A prickly plant, very hardy, attains a height of about 5 feet, has
a little black berry which is eaten by the natives of the country; grows in cor-
ners sheltered from the wind in little clumps of from 5 to r> bushes, but occa-
sionally one sees a hush standing alone on the high pamp: (Reynard.)
36569 and 36570.
From China. ( ollected by Mr. Frank N. Meyer. Agricultural Explorerfor the
Department of Agriculture. Received November 7, 1913.
36569. Euonymtjs S]>.
"(No. L889a. Hsiao wu tai shan. Chihli Province, China. August 27,
L913.) A very small Eunoymus, somewhat like /' radica s, but of upright
growth. Rare, found in a stony hank. Of value as a small lining shrub along
pathways and Bhrubbery beds." {Meyer.)
Inventory 37, Seeds and Plants Imported.
Plate
Fruiting Branch of the Rollinia (Rollinia orthopetala A. DC1.
36561.)
(S. P. I. No.
A Brazilian fru i t closely related to theolierhnoyaand sugar-apple, li is perhaps a more shovvj
fruit than either, the carpels being tinged with orange, and certainly deserves the praise
given it by Baker, Fischer, and others. Natural-size photograph t P10149FS i, by E. 1 ■
dall, of fruit borne at the Miami Field Station by S. P. I. No. 22512, August 21, 1912.
Inventor/ 3 7, Seeds and Plants Imported.
Plate II.
The Tacaco, a Costa Rican Vegetable (Polakowskia tacaco Pittier i.
r se fruits ure borne on a rapidly growing vine resembling other cucurbit vines. They arc
picked green, boiled in water, and form a favorite addition t" \ soups, or are
pickled, it is a near relative of the chayole [Chayota edttlis). Natural-size photograph
(P6119FS), bj E. L. Crandall.ofS. P. I. No.26245, November 19, 1909. (See S. P. I. No
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1913. 33
36569 and 36570— Continued.
36570. Lilium sp. Lily.
"(No. 1033. Hsiao wu tai slian. Chihli Province, China. August 4, 1913.)
A lily of vigorous growth, bearing orange-red flowers, which have dark spots
on their petals. Cultivated in Tie' ling temple. Of use as an ornamental garden
perennial for the cooler sections of the United States: can stand considerable
shade." (Meyer.)
36571 and 36572. Rubus sp. Blackberry.
From San Jose. Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. J. E. van der Laat. director,
Department of Agriculture, at the request of Mr. Carlos Werekle. Received
December 13, 1913.
36571. "Castille blackberry, famous on account of its extraordinary size
and taste." (Van der Laat.)
36572. "Stone blackberry, famous on account of its extraordinary size and
taste." (Van der Laat.)
36573. Bactris utilis Benth. and Hook. Palm.
From San Jose, Costa Rica. Presented by the Department of Agriculture. San
Jose. Received December 16, 1913.
' ' By far the largest and best variety. ' '
"Near Guilielma (Bactris) speciosa, from which, however, it is easily distinguished.
This species of palm grows in Costa Rica on the eastern slope in the luxuriant primeval
forests at an altitude of from 2,500 to 4,000 feet. The mealy fruits, about the size and
shape of a large pigeon's egg, have when cooked very much the taste of potatoes,
and form in many places one of the principal foods among the Indians. At San
Jose and Cartago I saw this fruit piled up in heaps in the market, whither it had been
brought for sale by the Indians from Orosi. It is called by the inhabitants Pechevaye."
(Oersted, Videnskabelige Meddelelser, 1858, p. 46.)
36574. Aleurites Montana (Lour.) Wils. Mu-yu (wood-oil) tree.
From Tak Hing. southern China. Presented by Rev. J. K. Robb, American
Reformed Presbyterian Church. Received December 27, 1913.
"Seeds of a tree that is found in this vicinity. The natives tell me that the oil is
extracted from the seeds, and even by their crude methods of operation the yield is
as much as 25 per cent of the total weight. This seems rather large to me, though I
must confess, to complete ignorance on the subject." (Robb.)
36575. Garcixia mangostana L. Mangosteen.
From Kingston, Jamaica. Presented by the Department of Agriculture. Re-
ceived November 4, 1913.
36576. Soja max (L.) Piper. Soy bean.
(Glyciru hispida Maxim.)
From Fakumen, Manchuria. Presented by Dr. S. A. Ellerbeck, Mukden Hos-
pital, who secured them from Mr. F. W. S. O'Neill. Fakumen. Received
November 1, 1913.
"A bean called white eyebrow bean. This is the nearest I can obtain to the beau you
mention. It is said that this bean produces plenty of oil. The name seems t" arise
from the white edge from winch the sprouts come " (O'Neill.)
16745°— 16 3
34
SEEDS AND PLANTS IMP0HTK1).
36577 to 36587. Trittcum aestivtjm L. Wheat.
(Triticum vulgare Vill.)
From Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Presented by Mr. G. Valder, at
the request of Mr. W. M. Carne, of the Department of Agriculture. Received
November 7, 1913.
36577. "BathurstNo. 2." 36583. "Jonathan."
36578. "Cedar." 36584. "Wagga No. 19."
36579. "Cleveland." 36585. •Warren."
36580. "CowraNo. 3." 36586. "Rymer."
36581. "Genoa." 36587. "Thew."
36582. "John Brown."
36588. Benzoin sp.
From Chang Ning, Kiangsi, via Swatow, China. Presented by Rev. C. E. Bous-
field. American Baptist Mission. Received October 28, 1013.
"Seeds of a large shrub which grows on the hills here. The berries and leaves are
very fragrant and are used by the Chinese as a flavoring for their food." (Bousfield.)
36589. Citrus grandis (L.) Osbeck. Pomelo.
Received from Mr. Robert A. Young, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Septem-
ber 6, 1913.
"Seeds from pomelos estimated to be at least 6 inches in diameter, served on the
S. S. Manchuria from Hongkong to San Francisco. The fruit was served broken into
sections. The flesh was white and sweet, with scarcely any acidity, and was very
agreeable to the taste. The texture was rather coarse. The steward said they came
from Canton and were called Canaloni (?) melons." ( Young.)
36590 to 36592.
From San Jose, Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. Carlos Werckle\ Department of
Agriculture. Received November 11, 1913.
36590 and 36591. Licania platypus (Hemsl.) Fritsch. Sansapote.
36590. " Seeds of the smaller sansapote from the Pacific coast. Large
fruit with highly aromatic and sweet flesh; very good." (WerckU.)
36591. "Seeds of the larcre sansapote from the Atlantic slope, at 500
meters altitude; fruit weighs up to 4 pounds; one of the best fruits, by
many people preferred toAchradclpha (Lucuma) mammosa.,, (WerckU.)
36592. Poi.akowskia tacaco Pittier. Tacaco.
" A eucurbitaceoua plant, the fruit of which is used as a green vegetable. It
is a near relative to the chayote, but the fruil is smaller, fusiform, sot with stiff
s] lines at the base, and of quite a distinct taste It is one of the primitive foods
of the native Indians of Costa Rica, where it grows wild in fresh, shady places
<>f ihe temperate region, and its use a£ a -. egetable has been readily adopted by
the Spanish Costa Eticans. Nowadays the plain is at leasl semicultivated on
the central plateau. To grow it, a whole mature fruil is set in a rich, loose leaf
mold, with the spiny end up and almost showing at the surface. The vines
spread on the ground or on low hushes ur supports. The fruits, which are about
2\ inches long and 1 \ inches broad, hang from shorl peduncles and are picked
when still green. After taking away Ihe basal spines, they are boiled in water
either w hole or cul into small pieces, or pickled, or made into preserves. They
are also a favorite addition to the native vegetable soups." (II. Pittkr.)
For previous introductions, see s. P. I. Nos. 26244 and 261
For an illustration of the fruit of this cucurbit, see Plate II.
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1913. 35
36593 to 36595. Colocasia sp. Dasheen.
Grown at the Plant Introduction Field Station, Brooksville, Fla.
36593. ' ' A selected strain of the Trinidad dasheen (or taro) in which the flesh,
when baked or boiled, is dry and mealy, of good flavor, and creamy white
in color. The large corms on exposure to the air for a time after cooking,
however, may become slightly grayish in color. (Grown from a single hill
selected from S. P. I. No. 15395 in 1911. The crop was tested for its edible
qualities in 1912 and again in 1913. In the former year the quality was
uniform. In the latter a number of plants produced tubers of quality differing
from the above, though the bulk of the crop was uniform. The variation
was quite possibly due to the accidental mixing of other tubers before
planting.)" (R. A. Young.)
36594. "A selected strain of the Trinidad dasheen in which the flesh when
cooked is mealy, slightly nutty in flavor, and grayish white in color. (The
sourceof this selection is the same as for S.P.I. No. 36593.)" (R. A. Young.)
36595. "A selected strain of the Trinidad dasheen in which the flesh when
baked or boiled is creamy white in color, moist, and of fair flavor. The flesh
of the corms sometimes becomes slightly grayish a short time after cooking.
(The source of this selection is the same as that of S. P. I. Nos. 3G593 and
3G594.) Mixed with the foregoing were some tubers of S. P. I. No. 36595,
in which the flesh of the corms is grayish white, mealy, and slightly nutty
when cooked." (R. A. Young.)
36596. Panax quinquefolium L. Ginseng.
(Aralia quinquefolia Decne. and Planch.)
From Seoul, Chosen (Korea). Presented by Miss Katharine Wambold, through
the American consul general. Received November 8, 1913.
"It is very difficult to grow the plants, the Koreans tell me. They start them in
small masses of stones. It takes several years to get even small plants. September,
I am told, is the proper time to buy seeds. However, it is becoming increasingly
difficult to obtain them." ( Wambold.)
36597. Solanum quitoense Lamarck.
From Santander-Quilichao, Colombia. Presented by Mr. D. G. Prado. Received
November 7, 1913.
"Lulo. A fruit resembling a tomato. The fruit, when ripe, is yellow, has a sour,
pleasant taste, and is used to make cooling drinks. It lasts 8 or 10 days after cut,
and in the States it may be cultivated with profit to supply the soda fountains with a
fruit to make flavoring extracts. I believe it can be grown in Florida, California,
and Texas." (Prado.)
36598. Lagenaria vulgaris Ser. Gourd.
From Lagos, Southern Nigeria. Presented by Mr. J. A. de Gage, King's College,
Lagos, at the request of Mr. G. Regnard, Port Louis, Mauritius. Received
November 7, 1913.
36599. Juglans australis Griseb. Walnut.
From Buenos Aires, Argentina. Presented by Mr. A. J. Ziibiaur. through Mr.
W. F. Wight, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received November 10, 1913.
"Seeds secured from some locality in the north of Argentina. This species occurs
from Tucuman northward to the Bolivian frontier, and possibly even beyond."
(Wight.)
36 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
36600. Linum rsriAi issiMi.M L. Flax.
I'mni Bombay, Poona, [ndia. Presented by Mr. William Burns, economic
botanist. Received November L3, 1 !»13.
"From Benares, United Provinces." (Burns.)
36601. Mai.is sp. ' Apple.
From T howfu, Shantung, ( bina. Presented by Rev. W. H. Hay- Re-
ceived November 6, 1013.
"Lin-kin apple. A species of crab apple which 1 found to make an admirable
grafting Btock. Seeds were secured from a perfectly ripe fruit which was grown in
my garden from trees which I had set out Eor grafting purposes. It j- not easy to get
seed from the Chinese, as they almost always pull the fruit before it i- I Lpe." Hayes.)
36602. Casimiroa edulis La Llave. White sapote.
From Pasadena, Cal. Presented by Mr. KnowlesA. Ryerson. Received Novem-
ber L5, 1913.
"Harvey. Grown at sierra Madre, Cal. It is the best variety growing in southern
California at the present time. This particular tree is growing at the fool of the
mountains in a soil which is pure, coarse, decomposed granite. It never receives
irrigation of any description and but scant cultivation, yet bears enormous crops
every year. The frost of last January (1913) caught a few of the blossoms only."
(Ryerson.)
Distribution. — A tree found from the States of Sinaloa and Durango, in Mexico
southeastward to Guatemala.
For an illustration of the fruit and leaves of the white sapote, see Plate III.
36603 to 36605.
From Honolulu, Hawaii. Presented by Mr. Chester J. Hunn, assistant horticul-
turist, Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station. Received November 17, 1913.
36603. Persea Americana Miller. Avocado.
(P. gratissii r1 n. f.
(No. 149. Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station.) "Aboul 20 years ago
Admiral Beardsley, leaving Guatemala for Hawaii, carried with him a number
of avocados for consumption on the way. He saved two seeds, wrapping them
in cotton-wool and packing them in ice. Arriving in Honolulu, he gave one
seed to Judge Wiedeman and the other to Mrs. I". K Wilder. The former was
planted at L402 Punahou Street . now occupied by the McDonald, and although
both seeds grew, the MvDonaldis far superior in quality anil blooms earlier.
"Form roundish to spherical; size medium to medium large; cavity small.
shallow, and flaring; stem somewhat slender ami very Long, varying from <;
inches to 15 inches in length; surface undulating, very bard, coriaceous, and
markedly pitted; color dark olive green to purple with small, very abundant,
irregular-shaped yellowish dots; apex a mere dot, slightly depressed; skin
very thick and woody, separating freely from the pulp; flesh yellow in color,
running into green at the skin, fine grained, oily, and somewhat buttery, 75
per cent of fruit; seed fairly large, roundish, conical, just a trifle loose in the
cavity; flavor rich and nutty. Season July to January.
•'The trie is quite vigorous, but tends to grow upward rather than to branch
out , possibly due to confinement This 'pear ' Is especially noteworthy, since
it will keep for a long time after being removed from the tree. Mr. G. P. Wilder
reports that he has kept the fruit for 21 weeks after removal from the tree.
The tree carried fruit over through the blossoming period of the following
season. Height !<> feet, spread 20 feel
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Plate IV.
The Rosa Mango of Bahia, Brazil. (S. P. I. Nos. 36688 and 36841.)
•| in- is one of the commonest named varieties in Brazil, li is of a very striking rich rose-
red color, has a medium-sized stone, and is .«aid to be of good quality. It reproduces
from seed, ripens in December, and appears to be a free fruiter. Natural-size
photograph (P15389FS i, by Dorsett, Shamel.and Popenoe, Bahia, Brazil, December 15, 1913.
OCTOBEE 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1913. 37
36603 to 36605— Continued.
"Valuable as a late avocado. Its woody skin, which is really a shell, is in its
favor for shipping." (Higgins, Hunn. and Holt, Bulletin No. 25, Hawaii
Agricultural Experiment Station, The Avocado in Hawaii, p. 4-3.)
Cuttings.
36604. Persea Americana Miller. Avocado.
(No. 1035. Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station.) "The nutmeg
avocado. Fruit from the original [McDonald] avocado tree of the Guatemala
or ' hard-shelled ' type was collected in December, 1907. A seedling grown from
this seed was placed in the orchard on March 17. 1908. This tree came into
bearing in December, 1911, four years from seed.
"Form roundish to spherical; size medium; cavity small, shallow, and flaring;
stem short and inclined to be thick; surface undulating, very hard; coriaceous
and markedly pitted; color greenish purple to black, with very abundant,
irregular-shaped yellowish dots; apex a mere dot. slightly depressed; skin very
thick and woody, separating fairly well from the pulp; flesh yellow in color,
running into green at the skin, fine-grained, a trifle juicy, oily, and somewhat
buttery, 68 percent of the fruit; seed large, roundish, flattened at thebase, fitting
tightly in the cavity; flavor rich and nutty. Season late. This tree is quite
vigorous and is pyramidal in shape. Height 15 feet, spread 8 feet." (Ilunn. in
Annual Report of the Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station, 191 .'. p. 38.)
Cuttings.
36605. Carica papaya L. Papaya.
"No. 2762. A type of papaya which bears two forms of fruit, round and oval.
Mr. Higgins, in the papaya bulletin, calls these two types the pentandra.' and
elongata." (Extract from C. J. Hunn's letter dated December 4, 1913.)
"The fruit of this type which I tested was of the round form and, though
yellow and fully ripe, was so firm that it could scarcely be dented with the
fingers. The flesh was rather thin but of very good quality. ' ' (R. A. Young.)
36606. Pleiogynium solandri (Benth.) Engler.
From Brisbane, Queensland. Australia. Presented by Mr. J. F. Bailey, director,
Department of Agriculture and Stock. Received November 13, 1913.
"These seeds are from a tree growing here which has not f raited before for years."
(Bailey.)
"A moderate-sized tree, the trunk occasionally acquiring a very great thickness.
Timber soft when cut, though it afterwards becomes hard and tough. Diameter 24
to 36 inches, height 40 to 60 feet." ( Maiden, Useful Native Plants of Australia, p. .599.)
36607. Pruxcs sp. Plum.
From Siberia. Presented by Mr. Ustin ( .udjakoff, at the request of Mr. Prank X.
Meyer. Received at the Plant Introduction Field Station, Chico, Cal., Novem-
ber's, 1913.
"Yellow Ussurian plum, very hardy, and its fruits possess a fine characteristic
aroma. Could be used in hybridization work to create perfectly hardy plums for cold
regions." (Extract from F. N. Meyer's letter. February 4. 1918
36608. Alecrites fordii Hemsley. Tung (wood-oil) tree.
From China. Presented by Mr. J. L. Young, Chinese Agricultural Commissioner,
Chicago, 111. Received November 17. L913.
38 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
"These nuts were gathered from the best oil-producing district in Szechwan Prov-
ince. The trees are quite large, sometimes attaining a heighl of approximately 30
or more feet and a diameter of from 15 to 20 inches. The branches are spreading, the
leaves are rather large, smooth, and more or less heart shaped. The tree thrives in
many parts of China, but does best in the upper Yangtze Valley, and in some portions
of the southern part of the country. The tree grew wild a few years bark, when
attempts were made to cultivate it. When cultivated, the kernels are planted in
garden beds something like the nurseries in this country, and when tin- young plants
become a foot and a half high, they are transplanted into a favorable location and
soil about 20 feet apart each way, and the soil is kept well stirred between them until
the trees come into bearing. Under favorable conditions the tree begins to bear
at about three years, but in ordinary cases about four years are necessary to bring
fruit." ( Young.)
36609. IiuBUs sp. Raspberry.
From New York. Presented by Dr. Ira lllman. Received November 18, 1913.
"This plant resulted from a series of crosses of every sort of promising berry, both
of European and domestic variety, I could obtain from abroad, some 212 (if my memory
serves me rightly), the remarkable feature of which is that in flavor it partakes of the
Rubus idaeus quality, in growth characteristics totally unlike any sort I know of.
The canes in spring grow 3 to 4 feet and come into full fruit June 15, which of itself
is an unusual feature, on laterals quite like other sorts. There is a very heavy crop
till August, then these canes begin to wither; meanwhile, terminal buds start, as do
new canes. These grow up straight 6 feet or more, and now on the terminal of the cane
flowers from 50 to 125 in number appear, and from this on to frost these canes are
covered with buds, blossoms, and unripe fruit. Frost finds them covered as above
described, and literally thousands are frozen. The plants sucker so freely that I have
counted 50 to one plant." ( Ulman . |
38610 to 36616.
From Dodoma, German East Africa. Presented by Mr. W. Sperling, Kaiserliche
Bezirksamtmann. Received November 13, 1913.
36610 to 36615. Holcus sorghum L. Sorghum.
(Sorghum vulgarc Pers.)
36610. " Utwasimba. Stems without sugar; grain suitable for making
native beer and meal." {Sperling.)
"(C. I. 550.) Apparently a pink kafir with a rather slender 8-inch
head, small pink seeds, and short black glumes." (C. R. Ball.)
36611. "Ganvaii. Stems give sugar; grain mostly used for native beer."
(Sperling.)
"(C. I. 551.) A rather loose 10-inch head similar to Planter sorgo, but
with medium-large, somewhat llattened white seeds and short brown
glumes." (C. R. Ball.)
36612. "Ndagumo. Stems contain sugar; grain used in making meal
and beer. Can also be eaten in a raw condition." (Sperling.)
"(C. I. 551.) A very compad oval-oblong pendent head with small
yellowish-white seeds and short brownish-to-black glumes." (C. R.
Ball.)
36613. "Lugugu. Edible stems; grain makes very good meal." (Sper-
ling.)
"(C. I. 553.) Variety roxb urghii. The typical lax panicle with open,
yellow glumes and small yellowish white oval seeds " (C. R. BallA
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1913. 39
36610 to 36616— Continued.
36814. "Chiganzacha-Uwana. Stems without sugar; grain gives good
meal and beer." (Sperling.)
"(C. I. 554.) Variety roxburghii. Typical lax panicle with black,
open glumes and large white seeds." (C. R. Ball.)
36615. " Utwewampela. Sugar-containing stems; grain used for flour and
beer manufacture." (Sperling.)
36616. Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br. Pearl millet.
(P. typhoideum Rich.)
36617. Actinidia arguta (S. and Z.) Planch.
From Fusan, Chosen (Korea). Presented by Mr. George H. Winn. Received
November 14, 1913.
"A vine which bears very delicious fruits, and we enjoy sauce or preserves made of
it very much. It closely resembles the guava of southern California in taste and
consistency . " ( Winn . )
36618 to 36621. Eucalyptus spp.
Received from the Forest Service, Washington, D. C, November 19, 1913.
36618 and 36619. Eucalyptus crebra Mueller. Iron-bark.
36618. From Los Angeles, Cal. "This iron-bark is usually a slender
tree of pleasing aspect, growing about 100 feet high and 2 to 3 feet in
diameter. The trunk is commonly straight and even in size. Accord-
ing to Maiden, Sir William Macarthur pronounced it ' the most picturesque
of the different species of eucalypts called iron-bark.' The bark, like
that of other iron-barks, is rough and persistent. It is harder, darker,
and more deeply furrowed than the bark of either Eucalyptus panicu-
lata or Eucalyptus siderophloia, approaching closely to Eucalyptus sider-
oxylon in these respects. The wood is reddish, with inlocked fibers.
The branchlets are slender and drooping, presenting with the foliage a
pleasing appearance. The leaves are narrow, equally green on the two
surfaces, and quite thin; veins and oil dots not conspicuous. The flow-
ers are very small, in clusters of 3 to 7, usually occurring in panicles.
The seed cases are very small, goblet shaped or cup shaped, with
minute valves. The narrow-leaved iron-bark endures a greater vari-
ety of climatic conditions than do the other iron-barks. It is the only
one of the group that will endure the climate of the dry, hot interior
valleys of the Southwest. At Fresno, Cal., it grows vigorously, and
young trees have grown well at the experiment station farm near Phoe-
nix, Ariz. It endures minimum temperatures of 18° to 20° F. and max-
imum temperatures of 110° to 118°. It is said to be content with
poor soil. Judging by experience with the species thus Ear, it ought
to grow in most valley and hillside situations in the Southwest. On
account of the wood being so hard, tough, and elastic, ill" timber is
useful for a great variety of purposes. It is one of the highly valued
timber trees of Australia. The wood is durable under ground, and is
consequently much used for posts, railway ties, and piles. It is also
useful for bridge material, for wagon making, and for a great variety of
technic purposes." (McClatchie, Bureau of Forestry Bulletin Xo. .>.•>.
Eucalypts Cultivated in the United States, 1902, p. 59.)
36619. From Australia. Received August, 1910. The same species as
S. P. I. No. 36(118. but the seed received direct from Australia and not
from California.
40 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
36618 to 36621— Continued.
36620. Eucalyptus gunnii Hook. f.
From Australia. Received August. 1910. "The tree is usually not a tall
one, but in some situations in Australia it is said to rise to a height of 250 feet.
No trees growing in the Southwest, howev< r. give proi attaining a great
height, though some of them are already 00 feet high. The trees are sometimes
crooked and irregular in growth. In alpine regions they axe Baid to be mere
shrubs. The bark of the trunk is usually rough and brownish, and is con-
tinually flaking off, leaving the outer pari smooth. The branches are usually
smoother. The foliage is denser and darker than that of many eucalypts,
frequently being confined to the ends of the branches, however. The leaves
of the young trees are roundish, and opposite on the stem, and these of the adult
tree are scattered and lance shaped. They are usually shiny and more or less
stiff. The flowers are of medium size and the seed cases usually near]
shaped. This species grows well near the coast and for some distance inland.
It is a very hardy species, and. since in Australia it grows to an elevation of 4.000
to 5,000 feet, it ought to succeed in elevated regions of the Southwest. It
endures fairly well the summer heat of the interior valleys, and during winter
grows thriftily, even though the temperat ore fall to 20° F. each night. The tree
does not furnish an especially useful timber. When it grows straight it is used
by artisans for many purposes, and it also makes a fair fuel. It is a very prom-
ising species as a forest cover for mountain situations not subject to high summer
temperatures. The sap of the alpine form of the tree is said to be used by the
aborigines of Australia for making a kind of cider." McClatchie, Bureau of
Forestry Bulletin No. 35, p. 64-)
36621. Eucalyptus stuartiana Mueller.
From Australia. "The trees of this species never attain a very great size, but
they make a comparatively rapid growth during the first 10 years, in some cases
reaching a trunk diameter of 1 foot and a height of 30 to H> feet during that
period. The tree usually grows quite erect, with a somewhat stocky appear-
ance. The bark of the trunk and main branches is rough ami more or less
fibrous. It is of a grayish-brown color outside and is salmon colored next the
wood. The leaves of the young seedlings and of young suckers are opposite
on the stem, and roundish or lance shaped, usually having a distinct bloom
on the surface. The later leave- are scattered, lance shaped, or sickle shaped,
shiny, and equally dark trreen on the two surfaces. When crushed they give
forth a pleasanl odor, somewhat resembling that of apple-. The flowers are of
medium size, usually in compact clusters of three to eight. The deciduous
covering of the flower buds is com 1. The seed cases are rather small,
and are commonly nearly top shaped. The species thrives at and near the
coast, but doe- not do well in the dry. hot valleys of the interior. It endures
minimum temperatures of 10° to L8° I\. and it therefore may be planted in
higher latitudes and at greater elevations than mosl species. Upon account
of its resistance to frost, t1 dypl is useful for a forest cover, for wind-
breaks, and for shade in ravines and on fairly moist hillsides and mountains
where, en account of too heavy winter frosts, other species would not thrive.
The tne furnishes a timber thai is hard. but. not being straight grained, is
somewhat difficull to split. It is useful for fence posts and tor fuel. According
to Baron von Mueller, it is employed to some extenl for furniture manufacture
in Australia.'" McClatchie, Bureau Forestry Bulletin No. 35, p. 81.)
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1913. 41
36622. Triticum aestivum L. Wheat.
(T. vulgare Vill.)
From Bogliasco, Italy. Presented by Dr. F. Franceschi. Received November
17, 1913.
' ' This is Gentile rosso (pale red) wheat. Among the varieties of grain cultivated most
extensively in Tuscany the one named Gentile rosso stands out as typical. This seems
to correspond to the Triticum hybernum aristis carens spica, or red grained, a variety of
the broad species founded by Linnaeus. The name Gentile rosso is not general in Tus-
cany, but this grain is known' in various regions under various names, which causes
confusion frequently. It is also called 'red calbigia,' 'Sicilian calbigia,' 'German cal-
bigia,' etc. These names refer in all cases to a grain having the following character-
istics: With long spike unarmed or furnished with short rudimental remains [of awns],
especially toward the top of the spike; with glumes slightly reddish; with medium-
sized grains, lengthened, with deep median indentation, and brownish red integument
(clear tobacco color); with straw rather large, robust, whitish. The Gentile rosso has
medium development, good stooling, earliness of maturity, and all the good characters
of high productivity." ( Translated from Grano da Seme Gentile Rosso, Amministraziono
A. e M. di Frassineto, p. 5.)
36623. Perse a borbonia (L.) Spreng.
(P. carolinensis Nees.)
From New Orleans, La. Procured through Mr. Sam Marshall, superintendent,
Audubon Park. Received November 7, 1913.
"A large tree with bark broken into flat ridges; leaf blades elliptic-oblong, 5 to 15
cm. long, often acuminate at both ends, bright green and lustrous above, glaucescent
and finely reticulated beneath; sepals ascending, the inner ovate, 2 to 3 times longer
than the outer, acutish; fruits obovoid or globose-obovoid, 1 to 1.5 cm. long, dark
blue or nearly black, lustrous." (Small, Flora of the Southeastern United States.)
To be grown for hybridization purposes and for possible stocks for the avocado.
Its slow growth may dwarf the avocado and its hardiness make it of value at the
northern limit of avocado growing. (Fairchild.)
36624 and 36625.
From Brazil. Presented by Dr. A. D. Melvin, Chief of the Bureau of Animal
Industry, who received them from Mr. Murdo McKenzie, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Received November 19, 1913.
36624. Sorghastrum stipoides (H. B. K.) Nash. Jaragua grass.
(Chrysopogon avenaceus Benth.)
"Makes a big stand of hay and is of succulent growth." (Melvin.)
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 34699.
36625. Melinis minutiflora Beauv. Molasses grass.
"It does nut grow upright but more bike a vine." ( Melvin.)
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 36051.
36626. Berberis iieterophyi.i.a Jussieu. Barberry.
From Chubut, Argentina. Collected by Mr. J. R. Pemberton, Buenoa Aires,
Argentina. Received November 17, 1913.
"An edible species of Berberis, occurring everywhere in the foothills of the Cor-
dilleras. These seeds were collected at a latitude of 43° S. The fruits are blue in
color and are about three-eighths of an inch in diameter. They are of sweet flavor,
resembling Muscat grapes, and the juice is so blue that i1 stains the mouth likehuckle-
42 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
berries. Its local name is califata, and Mr. Pemberton believes it will make an excel-
lent hedge plant, growing about 4 feet high. It is extremely productive, and Mr.
Pemberton has often sal down near bushes of these califatas and made a meal of these
blue berries. This species should thrive in the Puget Sound region and along the
coasl of California, and possibly in the South Atlantic coasl region. It should be
tested also as Ear north as Philadelphia." (Fairchild.)
Distribution. — A low shrub found in southern Chile and southward to the Straits
of Magellan.
36627. Lilium sp.
From Soochow, China. Presented by Mr. N. Gist Gee, Soochow University.
Received November 18, 1913.
"Pah Woh. The leaves have a thin skin over them; this is peeled off and the
fleshy part is cooked in water. It should be planted in light soil and carefully culti-
vated. It, like the San Yah [S. P. I. No. 36629], is considered as very healthful,
and the two are often sold together." (Gee.)'
Bulbs.
36628. Carica papaya L. Papaya.
From Colombo, Ceylon. Presented by the American consul, Colombo. Re-
ceived November 28, 1913.
36629. Dioscorea sativa L.
From Soochow, China. Presented by Mr. N. Gist Gee, Soochow University.
Received November 18, 1913.
"San Yah [Shan yao]. This is grown in light clay soil and is used much as the
sweet potato. It is used a great deal as food in the fall and is thought to have very
decidedly beneficial effects upon one's health. It may also be used in soups with
meat." (Gee.)
36630. Linum usitatissimtjm L. Flax.
From Geneva, Idaho. Procured from Mr. F. W. Boehme. Received November
20, 1913.
A variety adapted to high altitudes. Procured for experimental purposes by the
Office of Cereal Investigations.
36631. Diospyros kaki L. f. Persimmon.
From Washington, I). C. Received, through Mr. S. A. Jones, from a tree growing
on the grounds of Mr. Theodore Barnes. November 25, 1913.
"This tree is about 7 years of age and passed through a temperature of 14° below
zero in 1911 with but slight injury." (Peter Bisset.)
Scions.
36632. Axnoxa diversifoi.ia Safford. llama.
From Tlatlaya, District of Sultepec, State of Mexico. Mexico. Presented by Mr.
William Brockway. Received November 22, 1913.
"Seeds of the red-fleshed cherimoya. The natives here do not call this sp>
either an anona or cherimoya; they call it llama." (Brock nay.)
36633. Carica papaya L. Papaya.
From Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. A. M. Hicks. Chicago, 111. Received
November 24, L913.
"Fruits especially large and fine; as large as three or four ordinary ones." (Hicls.)
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1913. 43
36634 to 36638.
Collected by Messrs. P. H. Dorsett, A. D. Sharnel, and Wilson Popenoe, of the
Bureau of Plant Industry. Received December 27, 1913.
Quoted notes by Messrs. Dorsett, Sharnel, and Popenoe, unless otherwise stated.
36334 to 38337. Citrus spp.
33834. Citrus nobilis deliciosa (Tenore) Swingle. Tangerine.
"(No. 27. Bahia. Brazil, November 28, 1913.) Tangerine. Twelve
bud sticks of the laranja cravo, or tangerine, from select tree No. 5, in Dr.
Fortunato da Silva's grove, Cabulla. For trial in California and Florida."
Bud sticks.
36635. Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck. Orange.
"(No. 35. Bahia, Brazil, December 4, 1913.) Navel-orange bud sticks
from plat 1, tree 8-6, grove of Col. Frederico da Costa, Matatu. One of
the older trees, about 15 years of age; height 18 feet; spread 20 feet; circum-
ference of trunk 23\ inches; headed 11 inches from the ground; 4 main
branches; dense foliage; dark-green color. There were no variations in
the type of fruit observed. Navel very small. Very little mottle-leaf
and very little gummosis. Very few and very small dead branches. This
tree is one of the best types of navel oranges in the section of the grove in
which plat 1 is located. There were 171 June-crop fruits and 8 December
crop, making a total of 179. Should be tried in California for an improved
type of navel orange."
36636. Citrus aurantium L. Bitter orange.
"(No. 23. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November 3, 1913.) Bud wood of
the laranja da terra, from Shr. A. G. Fontes' ranch, Banca Velha, near Rio
de Janeiro. This variety is most highly esteemed as a stock. The trees
grow to large size, are very thorny, and show great vigor of growth. The
leaves are distinguished by large winged petioles, an inch across. The
fruits at this time are small, about one-half inch in diameter. The farm
superintendent at Fontes' ranch says: ' This variety is a very fine stock for
Selecta, Pera, tangerine, and other commercial varieties.' Trees of this
variety should be tried in California for seed production for stacks. It
should be given a very careful trial in all citrus districts in the United
States for stock purposes."
36637. Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck. Orange.
"(No. 37. Bahia, Brazil. December 4, 1913.) Navel orange from plat 2,
tree 5-1, Col. Frederico da Costa's grove, Matatu. Height of tree 13 feet ;
spread 16 feet; height of head 1H inches; number of main branehe- :
Foliage dense and dark green. There were 85 June-crop fruits and 250 of
the December crop, making a total of 335 fruits, evenly distributed through
the tree. Navel very small and mostly rudimentary. Very little mottle-
leaf or gum disease. Very little dead wood; small branches only. Tree
about 8 years old and in very healthy and vigorous c< ndition. Should
be tried in California f < r an improved type of navel orange."
Bud sticks.
36638. Rosa laevigata Michx. Rose.
"(No. 25. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November 1, L913.) A climbing shrub,
reaching to the tops of large trees in a wild state; its stems armed with
hooked spines. Leaves three-foliolate, brilliantly glossy green, and quite
smooth; leaflets shortly stalked, oval or ovate, simply toothed, \': to 1
inches long, half as wide, of thick, firm texture. Flowers 3 to 6 inches
44 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
36634 to 36638— Continued.
across, pure white, fragrant, solitary, an 1 borne on a very bristly stalk; sepals
stout. 1 inch or more long, with leafy tips more or less bristly. Fruit red,
three-fourths inch wide, somewhat longer, thickly set with bristle? one-sixth
inch long, the sepals persisting at the top for a long time.
'•Native of China, but long naturalized in the southern United States, and
lirst named in 1803 from specimens collected in Georgia by Pursh. the American
botanist. How it reached America from China docs not appear to be known,
but it was cultivated in Georgia in 1780. Afterwards it received a multitude
i if names, the best known of which was ' sin ica.' Perhaps the most beautiful of
all single wild roses when seen at its best, it is. unfortunately, too tender for
the open air except in such places as Cornwall. Elsewhere it can only succeed
in exceptionally sheltered sunny corners. A cross between this species and
some other rose (perhaps a form of indica l is called 'Anemone.' This is hardy
on a wall, and bears several large, lovely, blush-colored flowers in a cluster."
(TF. /. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isks, vol. 2. p. 432.)
36639. Holcus sorghum L. Sorghum.
(Sorghum vulgare Pers.)
From Khartum. Egyptian Sudan. Presented by the Director of Agriculture and
Forests. Received October 11, 1913.
"Dura 8ufa, which was obtained from the "White Nile Province."
36640 to 36642.
From Lawang, Java. Presented by Mr. M. Buysman, Jardin Botanique. Re-
ceived November 22, 1913.
36640. Cayapoxia sp.
"From Paraguay. With pretty, ornamental fruits.'' (Buysman.)
36641. Coffea sp.
"From Rhodesia. Can perhaps be tried and crossed with other species.'*
(Buysman.)
36642. Ipomoea sp.
'From Argentina. With large rose flowers. (This species Kew can not
trace.)" (Buysman.)
36643 to 36652. So.ta max (L.) Piper. Soy bean.
Glycine hispida Maxim.)
From Newchwang, Manchuria. Presented by Mr. George F. Bickford. vice con-
sul. Received November 24, 1913.
(Quoted notes by Mr. Bickford.
36643. " Large black beans, Taheitou. From Ilsin Min-fu."
36644. "Largi round. Flack bean. Tn liehhei: From near Hsin Min-fu."'
36645. "Small black beans, ll^laoheo tou. From Hsin Min-fu.''
36646. "Green soy beans, Chingtou. From Chang Chun, north of Mukden."
36647. "White eyebrow soy bean of the Fakumen meadow land."
36648. "White eyebrow soy bean, Pei mei. From Sze Ping Kai, northeast
of Mukden."
36649. ••(.olden yellow soy beans, Chin Inning tou. From north of Mukden."
36650. "Yellow soybean, Hwang tou. From Liao River valley."
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1913. 45
36643 to 36652— Continued.
36651. "Golden round soy bean. Chin yuan or Chin yuan tou. From north of
Mukden."
36652. "Yellow soy bean, Yuan tou. From Kung Chuling, south of Harbin.
Round."
36653. Soja max (L.) Piper. Soy bean.
(Glycine hispida Max.)
From Peh tuan lin tza, northern Manchuria. Presented by Mr. N. Kristiansen,
at the request of Dr. S. A. Ellerbeck, Mukden Hospital. Received November
29, 1913.
"Manchurian bean, from Heilung chiang, northern Manchuria." (Kristiansen.)
36654. Citrus limonia Osbeck. Lemon.
From Barberton, Transvaal, South Africa. Procured from Harris & Todd.
Received December 3, 1913.
"My brother-in-law spent several years at Barberton, in the Transvaal. He tells
me that a neighbor has several wonderful lemon trees, which he calls 'Spanish lemon.'
He says that the fruit is large, contains about a pint of juice, and the trees are very
prolific, so much so that they break down if not propped. The fruit is almost seed-
less, with a thin, smooth skin; strongly acid." (A. D. Shamel.)
"Your description of the tree and fruit is quite correct (not the pint of juice). We
have grown the fruit here 7 inches long and 4 inches through. They come fairly true
to seed, but the majority are not so good as the variety kept true by grafting." (Harris
& Todd.)
Bud sticks.
36655. Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br. Pearl millet.
(P. typhoideum Rich.)
From Nyassaland, Africa. Presented by Mr. T. J. Treffry, assistant agriculturist,
Government farm, Port Herald. Received December 3, 1913.
"Pearl millet, grown here; weight per acre about 8 hundredweight; planted in
clumps about 3 feet apart each way. It is grown largely as a native food crop in the
lower elevations and along the banks of the Zambezi." ( Treffry.)
36656 to 36658. Solanum sp. Potato.
From Oruro, Bolivia. Presented by Mr. C. N. Mitchell, through Mr. W. F. Wight,
of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received December 3, 1913.
"Potatoes that have been handed to me by one of the natives here. From the
region of Huailla-Marca, in the Province of Carangas, Bolivia, in the department of
Oruro. These are not wild potatoes, but a kind which he recommends as suitable
for your purposes." (Mitchell.)
Tubers.
36656. "(No. 2.) Color brown and shape obloug." (Mitchell.)
36657. "(No. 3.) Lead color. Name Ajahuiri." (Mitchell.)
36658. (No notes.)
36659. Carica papaya L. Papaya.
From Barberton, Transvaal. South Africa. Procured from Harris & Todd.
Received December 3, lit 13.
46 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
36660. Cucumis melo L. Muskmelon.
From ( 'onstantinople, Turkey. Presented by Mr. D. A. Davis, general secretary,
Young Men's < hristian Association. Received December 2, 1913.
"Seeds of a very delicious kind of muskmelon which we have in abundance in the
early summer. They are oblong, with a smooth, yellow, very tliin rind. The melons
are very juicy." (Davis.)
36661. Coutarea hexandra (Jacq.) K. Schum.
(C. speciosa Aubl.)
From Puerto Bertoni, Paraguay. Presented by Mr. Guillermo F. Bertoni, Esta-
cion Agronomica. Received December 3, 1913.
"Quina dc Pernambuca. A pretty little tree which reaches a height of nearly 5
meters (17 feet) in good soil; in poor soil it attains a height of 2 to 3 meters (6 to 10 feet).
As a medicinal plant its properties are similar to the Cinchona, and it is much used
in Paraguay and Brazil. Besides its medicinal qualities, it is a pretty, ornamental
plant, of good appearance, not very leafy, but with symmetrical branches. It loses
its leaves in the winter, and in the spring, when it begins to bud, it is covered with
pretty yellow flowers with a sweet perfume. It is originally from the wooded region
of Paraguay and Brazil and is found frequently in stony soil on the high banks of
rivers and ravines. It is a plant of the warm regions, but it resists cold fairly well.
It stands a minimum temperature of 3 to 5° below zero C. (25° F.) perfectly, and
it is quite probable that it could resist a lower temperature." (Bertoni.)
36662 to 36675.
From China. Collected by Mr. Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Explorer for the
Department of Agriculture. Received at the Plant Introduction Field Station,
Chico, Cal., December 15 and 22, 1913.
Quoted notes by Mr. Meyer.
36662. Juglans regia sinensis C. DC. Walnut.
"(No. 1890a. Ying tau ko, Chihli Province, China. September 12, 1913.)
A large variety of Chinese walnut, coming from an elevated locality, which,
however, is much sheltered by mountains. To be tried especially in the lower
Rocky Mountain valleys."
36663. .Juglans regia sinensis C. DC. Walnut.
"(No. 1891a. Peking, China. October 15, 1913.) A large variety of Chinese
walnut, coming from the mountains west of Peking. For trial in the lower
Rocky Mountain valleys."
36664. Amygdalus davidiana (Carr.) B. S. and Z. Wild peach.
(Pruntis davidiana Franch.)
"(No. L892a. Peking, China. September, 1913.) About 1,500 pounds of
wild-peach stones collected from cultivated trees in various parts of Chihli
Province. China. As there is a great deal of variation among these seeds they
may be graded according to size, the larger ones to be used as stocks for vigor-
ously growing stone fruits, like peaches, apricots, and certain plums, while the
smaller ones can be used as stocks for small. Blow-growing stone fruits, as bush
berries, sand cherries, dwarf plums, and almonds. A goodly portion of I
sec.. 1 also be devoted to testing against various diseases our stone fruits
are suffering from, with the objecl of finding out whether they will be le.-s sus-
ceptible to such di.-eases when grafted on this remarkably in althy wild peach."
36665. Amygdalus davidiana (Can.) B. S. and Z. Wild peach.
(Prunns davidiana Franch.)
No. 1894a. Peking, China. July 25, 1913.) A very vigorously growing
form of wild peach tree found in the well-trampled courtyard of the Chinese
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1913. 47
36662 to 36675— Continued.
inn in Peking. Said to be a hybrid. The trunk, 5 feet above the ground,
measures 5 feet G inches in circumference. Chinese name Mau tau shu, meaning
'hairy peach tree.' Not to be used for stock, but for seed-bearing purposes."
36666. Castanea mollissima Blume. Chestnut.
"(No. 1893a. Peking, China. October 9 to 15, 1913.) About 250 pounds
of Chinese chestnuts, said to come from the Pang shan region to the northeast
of Peking.
"This North China chestnut has no value as a lumber tree, being of a low-
branching open-headed growth, while the tree does not grow tall, specimens
over 40 feet in height being rare. It seems, however, much more resistant to
the bark-fungus disease than the American chestnut, and it might be utilized
in certain hybridization experiments to combine the good qualities of both the
American and the Chinese parents into one tree. This chestnut loves a well-
drained, decomposed granite soil, preferably at the foot of hills or of mountains;
it also seems quite averse to strong winds and thrives best in well-sheltered
valleys. In its native localities it is but little cultivated, the peasants being
content to plant a few trees here and there along the bases of hills and on sloping
fields, and the trees in general look much thriftier when close to rocks and
bowlders than when seen on fairly level fields. From the nature of the tree
and the climate in which it grows one might conclude that sheltered valleys
in the foothill section of the Rocky Mountain region will probably suit this
chestnut better than any other section in the United States, and some serious
attempts should be made to establish it in these regions as a hardy nut-bearing
tree."
36667. Zea mays L. Corn.
"(No. 1895a. Peking, China. September 29, 1913.) A variety of flint
maize, said to be of dwarf growth and of very early ripening habits, occupying
the ground only from 8 to 10 weeks. Chinese name To kwei boun tze, meaning
'earliest of all maize.' "
36668. Zea mays L. Corn.
"(No. 189Ga. Hwai-lai, Chihli Province, China. July 30, 1913.) A dwarf-
growing variety of white flint maize, of early ripening habits. Fit for regions
with short growing seasons."
36669. Zea mays L. Corn.
"(No. 1897a. Sliih-men, Chihli Province, China. August 3, 1913.) An
early-ripening variety of yellow-seeded flint maize, said to be of dwarf growth.
Fit for regions with short growing seasons."
36670. Holcus sorghum L. Sorghum.
{Sorghum, vulgare Pers.)
"(No. 1898a. Hwai-lai, Chihli Province, China. July 30, 1913.) A variety
of sorghum with reddish brown seeds borne in dense heads; growing not higher
than 3 to 4 feet. Of value in regions with short growing seasons. Chinese
name Wu ta lang kaoliang, meaning 'Tom Thumb sorghum.' '
36671. Holcus sorghum L. Sorghum.
(Sorghum vulgare Pers.)
"(No. 1899a. Tan hwa, Chihli Province, China. September 1, 1913.) A
dwarf variety of sorghum with large, dense heads and reddish brown seeds.
Fit for regions having short growing seasons."
48 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
36662 to 36675— Continued.
36672. EOLCUS SORGHUM L. Sorghum.
(Sorghum vulgare Pers.)
"(No. 1900a. Tan hwa, Chihli Province, China. September 1, 1913.) A
dwarf variety of sorghum with large, dense heads and white grains. Fit for
regions having short growing seasons."
36673. Ciiaktochloa italica (L.) Scribner. Millet.
(Setaria italica Beam . I
"(No. L901a. Tan hwa, Chihli Province, China. September 1, 1913.) A
short-season variety of bird's millet having dense ears. Chinese name Hsiao
mi tze. Fit for regions having short growing seasons."
36674. Panicum miliaceum L. Proso.
"(No. 1902a. Tan hwa, Chihli Province, China. September 1, 1913.) A
variety of proso of low growth, early ripening habits, and big yield. Fit for
regions having short growing seasons. Chinese name Huang mi."
36675. A vena nuda Hoejer. Oat.
"(No. 1903a, Ta sliiang yang, Chihli Province, China. August 1, 1913.) A
good variety of hull-less oats, much cultivated in the higher mountain regions
of northern China. A coarse flour is made from it, which is eaten in the form
of noodles, dumplings, and cakes. Chinese name Yu mei. Especially worth
trying in the mtermountain sections of the United States. May be of <rreat
value to oatmeal manufacturers."
36676. Phoenix dactylifera L. Date.
From Egypt. Brought over by Prof. S. C. Mason, of the Bureau of Plant Industry,
who received it as a present from Sheik Abbes Mohammed Ahmed. Elsheikh
Issa, Keneh, Egypt, November 1, 1913.
Mosque. "As the Arabic name, rendered 'The Date by the Land,' referring to its
being a seedling tree growing by the border of a cultivated field, is an awkward one,
I prefer to name this the Mosque date, as hah of the fruit and offshoots of the original
tree had been vowed to his mosque by the owner. The fruit is slightly softer than
semidry and inclined to be a bit sticky. It is of medium size, yellow, ripening to
amber brown, thin skinned, the flesh very rich and sugary, the Beed small. 1 con-
sider that it has no superior as a packing date among all Egyptian varieties." | Mason.)
Offshoot.
36677 and 36678.
From Peking, China. Collected by Mr. Frank N. Meyer. Agricultural Explorer
for the Department of Agriculture. Received November 28, 1913.
36677. ( ui mi asia sp.
"(No. 1036. Peking, China. November :;. l!ii:'». ) A dry-land taro, or daah-
een, cultivated in North China. The* Ihinese call the largo main conns 'males.'
and these are considered much coarser than the cormlets, which are called 'fe-
males.' The latter are especially appreciated when served boiled and steamed
hot witli molten sugar over them. Chinese name Uto or Yu too." (Meyer.)
"This variety is similar to those previously received from Japan and North
China and is of a quality greatly inferior to seme of those from w armer regions."
/>'. .1 . Young.)
36678. LiLlUM sp. Lily.
"(No. L040. November:;. L913.) A Chinese lily, said to come from southern
China. The scales are eaten boiled in soup, sweetened with honey or sugar;
and this is considered a very line dish. < ihinese name Pai <//<<<. " ( Miyer.)
36680.
"No.
1.
Joko."
36681.
"No.
2.
36682.
"No.
3.
36683.
"No.
4.
36684.
"No.
5.
36685.
"No.
6.
36686.
"No.
7.
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1913. 49
36679. Olea verrucosa (R. and S.) Link. Wild olive.
From Wellington, Cape Province. Presented by Mr. C. W. Mally, entomologist.
Department of Agriculture, Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope. Received
December 5, 1913.
"These were gathered at Wellington, Cape Province." (Mally.)
For previous introduction and description, see S. P. I. No. 9559.
36680 to 36686. Holcus sorghum L. Sorghum.
(Sorghum vulgare Pers.)
From Victoria, Kamerun. Presented by Dr. Karl Ludwigs, director of the Experi-
ment Station, at the request of the governor. Received December 2, 1913.
Quoted notes by Dr. Ludwigs.
Wuteguincakorn. Native name Mekossie. Sample from
Fullahkorn. Native name Bakoa. Sample from Joko."
Tikarkorn. Native name Mfonghuya. Sample from Joko."
Andjiki or Teleri. Sample from Ngaundere."
Djolomri. Sample from Ngaundere."
Daneri. Sample from Ngaundere."
Angom. Sample from Ngaundere."
36687. Persea Americana Miller. Avocado.
(Pcrsea gratissima Gaertn. f.)
From Lagas, Mexico. Presented by Mr. Theodore C Hamm, American consul,
Durango, Mexico. These seeds were procured at the suggestion of Hon. Albert
S. Burleson, Postmaster General. Received December 6. 1913.
"The fruits of the avocado, or aguacate, as it is locally called, grown in the Lajas
district. After some little search and inquiry, aguacates were found which had been
brought in from the very district named in the letter of the Agricultural Explorer in
Charge [near the Indian village of Lagas in western Mexico. This village is described
as being located on a small plateau of 4,000 or 5,000 feet elevation, near the Chico
River, about 175 miles southwest of the city of Durango, and something like 100 miles
from the coast]. The aguacate grows extensively throughout southern and south-
western Durango, and the fruit is highly prized locally. It is used chiefly in salads
and as a substitute for butter. Large quantities are sold in the Durango market at
prices ranging from 3 to 6 centavos (\\ to 3 cents, American currency) each. ' ' (Hamm.)
36688 to 36715.
Collected by Messrs. P. H. Dorsett. A. D. Shamel, and Wilson Popenoe, of the
Bureau of Plant Industry. Received December 4 and 27, 1913.
Quoted notes by Messrs. Dorsett, Shamel. and Popenoe.
36688. Mangipera indica L. Mango.
"(No. 1. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. October 25, 1913.) Bud sticks of the Rosa
mango, from the nursery of Eickhoff, Carneiro Leiio A C. This variety is said
originally to have come from Uahia. The fruit is of good size, in shape very
similar to the Alfonso of Bombay, the left shoulder more prominent than the
right and the apex slightly beaked. The color is a bright golden yellow, with
a red cheek. The flesh is said to be so free from fiber that it can be eaten with
16745°— 16 4
50 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
36688 to 36715 — Continued.
a spoon, and the flavor is said to be excellent. Its season here is December.
It bears good crops here, in spite of a fungus which attacks the flower spikes."
See S. P. I. No. 36841 for another introduction and Plate IV for an illustra-
tion of the fruit of this mango.
36689. Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck. Orange.
"(No. 38. Bahia, Brazil. December 4, 1913.) Navel orange from plat 2,
tree 6-1, Col. Frederico da Costa's grove. Matatu. Tree 13 feet high, 15 feet
spread, trunk 18J inches in circumference. Foliage dense and dark green.
On it were 44 June-crop fruits and 327 of the December crop, making a total
of 371 fruits. The fruits are very uniform and show little or no variation in
type. Fruits very evenly distributed all through the tree. Navel very small
in size. Very little mottle-leaf and very few small dead branches. Tree 8
years old. This tree is a very promising type of navel and should be given a
thorough trial in California for an improved type of navel orange. The fruits
are the best in quality in all respects of any of this variety yet tested here."
Bud sticks.
36690. Mangifera indica L. Mango.
"(No. 3. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. October 25, 1913.) Bud sticks of the
Augusta mango, from the nursery of Eickhoff , Carneiro Leao & C. This variety,
like Carlota, is not considered as good as Itamaraca, though of larger size. Its
season is December. ' '
36691. Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck. Orange.
"(No. 39. Bahia, Brazil. December 4, 1913.) Navel orange, plat 2, tree
11-1, Col. Frederico da Costa's grove, Matatu. Tree 11 feet high; 13 feet spread;
circumference of trunk 13f inches; headed 16 inches from the ground. Foliage
very dense; dark green in color. On it were 50 June fruits and 59 of the De-
cember crop, making a total of 109 fruits. In addition, we found many flowers,
fruits just set, and very small, medium, and large fruits on this tree. The fruit-
ing habit of this tree seems to tend toward production all the year round. For
this reason this type should be tried in ( Jalif ornia with a view to securing a t ype
which will fruit during a longer period than the Washington navel."
36692. Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck. Orange.
"(No. 40. Bahia, Brazil. December 4, 1913.) Navel orange from plat 2,
tree 8^1, Col. Frederico da Costa's grove. Matatu. Tree 13 feet high, spread 18
feet, circumference of trunk 20^ inches. Foliage very dense and dark green.
On it were 202 June-crop fruits and 21 December-crop fruits; the latter, in
this case, will probably not ripen until March or April, or even later. The
entire crop of this tree could, without exception, be included in the June crop.
This very great difference in habit of fruiting from neighboring trots led us to
secure bud sticks for propagation, in the hope of securing a type of navel which
will fruit in California at a different season from existing types. Very little
gum disease or mottle hat and very few small dead branches. Tree 8 years
old and in very healthy and vigorous condition."
For an illustration showing the manner of growth of the navel-orange tree
and the ultimate size which it attains at Bahia, Brazil, see Plate V.
36693. ACROCOMIA SCLEROCARPA Mart. Palm.
"(N<>. 21. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. November !. L913.) Fruits of a Brazilian
palm, sold in the market here. The outer shell is removed and the firm, white
flesh surrounding the seed is eaten."
Inventory 37, Seeds and Plants Imported.
Plate V.
An Old Navel-Orange Tree in an Orchard at Bahia, Brazil.
This illustration shows the ultimate heightand size which navel-orange trees attain in this
region. This orchard of Col. Barretto's at ('abulia is probably the oldest in Bahia. li
was planted over 10 years ago and is still productive. Mr. A. 1). Shamel, of the Bra-
zilian Exploring Expedition, is shown at the right. Photograph (P14501FS), by Dorsett,
Shamel, and Popenoe, December 13. 1913. (See S. P. I. No. 36692.
Inventory 3 7, Seeds and Plants Imported.
Plate VI.
Fruit of the Mu-yu. the South Chinese Wood-Oil Tree
Montana (Lour.' WilsA (S. P. I. No. 36897 J
Aleurites
a single seed and portions "f a dried fruit, snowing the characteristic ridges of the
r shell of the fruit, called by the southern Chinese the Mu-yu. This i* a more
3 than the Tung-yu (wood-oil) tri i , but its oil is probably
quite as valuable. Natural-size photograph i P13746FS),by E. L. Crandall, December,
1913.
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1913. 51
36688 to 36715— Continued.
36694. Citrus aurantium L. Bitter orange.
"(No. 13. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. October 30, 1913.) Laranja da terra.
Bud sticks from the Catramby ranch, Banca Velha, near Rio de Janeiro. From
a large, vigorous, and healthy tree. Should be propagated and fruited for trial
as stocks in both California and Florida."
36695. Hibiscus mutabilis L.
"(No. 24a. Bahia, Brazil. November 12, 1913.) Seeds of a beautiful mal-
vaceous shrub found in a garden near Barra, in the outskirts of the city. The
plant is 15 or 18 feet high, with large, entire, light-green leaves, resembling those
of the abutilon. The flowers are 4 inches in diameter, double; the color a beau-
tiful rose pink. If not already grown in Florida, this plant is well worthy of a
trial."
36696. Morus alba L. Mulberry.
"(No. 17. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. November 1, 1913.) Cuttings of a mul-
berry growing on the property of Shr. Jose Elias Esteres, Rua Sao Goncalo, in
Nictheroy, across the bay from Rio de Janeiro. This appears to be the same
variety as the one grown at the Catramby ranch, Porta d'Agua. We sampled
a preserve made from the fruits of Shr. Catramby'stree, and it struck us as being
different from the mulberries grown in the United States and of very good
flavor. The fruit appears to be rather small, but the seeds are also small. It
may prove of value for the manufacture of jams and preserves."
36697. Carica papaya L. Papaya.
"(No. 27a. Bahia, Brazil. November 27, 1913.) Seeds of the large-fruited
papaya, called here mamao da India. The specimen from which these seeds
were taken measured 11^ inches in length and 5| inches in width at its broadest
point. The flesh was 1} inches thick, bright orange color, and of rich, agreeable
flavor, practically free from musky odor. This type is sometimes propagated
by cuttings, according to Dr. Argollo Ferrao, in order to perpetuate choice
strains. The fruits are prepared for eating by making four or five shallow inci-
sions from base to apex and allowing the milky juice to run out; after standing
for a day or two they are ready for the table. Should be grown in southern
Florida, in connection with the papaya breeding work."
36698. Citrus grandis (L.) Osbeck. Pomelo.
"(No. la. Bridgetown, Barbados, British West Indies. October 10, 1913.)
Grapefruit, purchased in the town of Bridgetown from one of the native women.
The fruit cut contained 51 seeds; globular shape, smooth skin, dull ivory-white
color; 12£ inches in circumference; flesh tender, no core, fairly juicy, good
flavor; badly stained with black-scale smut. Its seedy character prohibits it.
from being of any special use in the United States unless as a stock for other
citrus fruits. Twenty-four cents was paid for li' fruits."
•36699. Zea mays L. Corn.
"(No. 2a. Barbados. October 10, 1913.) Yellow Hint corn, 11 rows, 38
kernels in a row, dryand sound ; evidence of corn earworm attacks al end of cob
but not in kernels; ears tightly inclosed by a heavy husk, which extends I to 2
inches beyond the end of the ear. Stalks about A\ feet high, frequently two
ears to the stalk. Mr. Shamel's estimate of the yield from the field where the
sample was secured is 40 bushels per acre. Hills 1 by I feel ; hand cultivate n;
dark, rich soil about 2 feet deep on coral rock. Seed corn dried in the husk on
the ridges of houses and in trees. Secured en a return trip to St. Jehu's Church.
Corn usually planted from April to June, harvested from October to December.
52 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
36688 to 36715— Continue. I.
At this time (October 10, 1913) 25 to 30 houses were seen, on the comb or ridge
of which were from 100 to 300 ears in the husk saved for seed. The ears were
tied together by plaited outside husks, one ear on one side of the ridge and one
on the other. In the trees the ears were tied in the same way and thrown across
the limbs 15 to 20 feet from the ground. We saw the entire stalks fed to cot 1 le,
on compost heaps. On a trip of 30 miles we saw fully 400 acres of corn. Mr.
Shamel says, ' This appears to be an almost perfect meal corn, equal to what
we have in the United States.' "
36700. Annona muricata L. Soursop.
"(No. 3a. Bridgetown, Barbados, British West Indies. October 10, 1913.)
Seeds saved from a fruit purchased on the street. The fruit measured 9!- inches
long and 15V inches in circumference. It is oblong in shape and of a slightly
greenish color; taste subacid; quality very good. Fur 1 rial in southern Florida
and in southern California."
36701. Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck. Orange.
"(No. 4a. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. October 4, 1913.) Seeds from small or,
rather, medium, somewhat oblong seedling oranges served on the table of the
Hotel International. The fruit is golden yellow; flesh bright golden yellow;
good quality, quite juicy; skin thin; two to eight or more seeds. It might be
well to grow a few to try out in California and Florida."
36702. Myrciaria cauliflora (Mart.) Berg. Jaboticaba.
"(No. 5a. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. October 24, 1913.) Among the fruit
trees cultivated in gardens about Rio de Janeiro the jaboticaba is one of the
commonest, and certainly one of the most beautiful. The largest trees are
30 to 40 feet in height and fully 40 feet in spread, with dense, dome-shaped
heads of light-green foliage. The individual leaves vary in size according
to the variety, some being 3 inches while others are not more than 1 inch in
length; oblong-lanceolate in form, glossy, light green in color, usually pink in
the young stage. The trunk of the tree is often very large, one specimen that
we measured being 80 inches in circumference at the base, and it usually
branches close to the ground. The bark is smooth, grayish brown in color,
reminding one of the bark of the guava and other myrtaceous fruits.
"The name jaboticaba is a Tupi word, spelled by some authorities jabuticaba;
this name is applied only to the fruit, the suffix 'eira' being added to signify the
tree, making the word jaboticabeira, or 'jaboticaba tree.' The name is usually
pronounced lure at Rio de Janeiro as though spelled ja-bu-ti-ca-ba, with the
accent on the fourth syllable.
"Tin: tree flowers here in May and June, and the fruit ripens in October and
November. As signified by the specific name, cauliflora, the fruits are produced
on the old wood, and we have seen many trees whose trunks were literally
covered with fruits down to within 2 or 3 feet of the ground. The fruiting is
not confined, however, to the large wood, bul extends clear out to the ends of
the smallest branches; the fruits are sessile or nearly so, and a tree covered with
them from the ground to the ends of the small limbs presents a rather unusual
appearance, to say the least.
"Four varieties are offered by the nurserymen here, but do not seem to be
recognized by the people in the rural districts. They come from different
parts of Brazil, and probably no1 more than one or two of them are in general
cultivation here. Since they are supposed to come true from seed, it is quite
p i ible that one or more of them may be entirely different species. Their
names are Sao Paulo, Murta, ( 'orda, and Branca; the variety Sao Paulo may be
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1913. 53
36688 to 36715— Continued
Myrciaria jaboticaba Berg, which, according to Barbosa Rodrigues, is commonly
known as jaboticaba de Sao Paulo. Its foliage is much larger than the common
jaboticaba which grows around Rio de Janeiro. Murta is said to be a large-
fruited variety, but we have seen only young plants of it. Coroa we saw in
fruit at a local nursery, and it seems to be the common local variety, which is
described farther on. Branca (white) is a little-known, small-fruited variety.
"The fruits seen in the market here vary greatly in size, but otherwise seem
to be about alike. A good specimen is an inch and a half in diameter, round
or nearly so, and dark maroon-purple in color, greatly resembling in appearance
some of the grapes of the rotundifolia type. This resemblance extends to the
internal characteristics of the fruit as well, the texture of the flesh, its color
and flavor, as well as the seeds, suggesting a grape more than any other tem-
perate fruit. The skin is thick and very tough; it is broken by squeezing the
fruit with the thumb and finger, when the pulp slides out into the mouth and
the skin is discarded. The pulp is translucent, very juicy, and of a subacid,
pleasant flavor, with a rather peculiar tang, which one is not sure to like at first,
but which is very agreeable as soon as one becomes accustomed to it. The
seeds, one to four in number, are rather large and adhere closely to the pulp;
the boys here seem to swallow them, but this may not be a A^ery desirable
proceeding from a physiological standpoint. The Brazilians seem almost pas-
sionately fond of this fruit, especially the children, who spend hours at a time
under the trees hunting for the ripe fruits and then working them off with a
long pole if they are where they can not be reached.
"Following is a pomological description of the fruit as purchased in the
Rio de Janeiro market and as seen growing in gardens around the city: General
form slightly oblate to very broadly pyriform, with a majority of the specimens
round or very nearly so; cross section regularly round; length three-fourths to
1^ inches, breadth three-fourths to 1 § inches; base of fruit in some cases slightly
extended, in others slightly flattened; apex usually slightly flattened, with a
small disk and vestiges of the four sepals; surface smooth, somewhat glossy to
very glossy, color purplish maroon to maroon-purple when fully ripe: skin one-
sixteenth inch thick, tough and leathery, and not easily broken, but separating
readily from the flesh, which comes out in a body when the sldn is broken;
flesh translucent, whitish, jellylike in consistency, full of juice; flavor vinous,
with a peculiar tang of its own; seeds normally four, but one to three sometimes
abortive. Three seems to be the commonest number, but two is also common,
and a few have been seen with five. Shape of seed oval to almost round, flat-
tened laterally, three-eighths to one-half inch long, one-eighth inch thick;
seed coats very thin. Tractically no cultivation is given the trees we have
seen, and we have heard of no other way of propagating (hem than by seed."
36703. Amygdalus persica L. Peach.
(Pruniis persica Stokes.)
"(No. 6a. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. October 24, 1913.) One hundred and
eighty seeds from small, inferior, but somewhat peculiar peaches purchased in
the market. This peach is of a rather dirty green color, I he flesh while, some-
times slightly tinged with red at the stone. The quality is poor, and there is
little juice. Ninety per cent or more were infested with maggots. We have
not seen the trees upon which peaches of this kind grow. They may be used
for stocks or possibly for breeding."
36704. Solanum aculeatissimum Jacquin.
"(No. 8a. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. October 23, 1913.) Five fruits secured
along the roadside of the Tijuea Drive. They are from 1 inch to \\ inches in
54 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
36688 to 36715— Continued.
diameter and bright red in color. The under sides of the leaves and the
branches are* quite thickly covered with rather long, sharp thorns. M ay prove
valuable as an ornamental or for breeding."
36705. Grevillea baxksii II. Brown.
"(Xo. 9a. Rio de Janeiro. Brazil. October 27, L913.) In foliage this spe-
cies greaily resembles its congener. Grevillea robusta, but its habit of growth is
entirely different and its flowers much finer. The trees in the Rio de Janeiro
Botanic < larden, from which these seeds were taken, are about 18 feet in h< :
broad topped, and rather open in growth. The hark is rough, and ashy brown
in color. The wood is brittle. The leaves are 6 to 8 inches long, 5 to 6 inches
wide, deeply divided, dull green on the upper side and silvery beneath. The
flowers, which are borne on spikes 3 to 5 inches long, are a beautiful rose-red in
color. May prove of value as an ornamental tree in Florida and southern
California."
36706. Helicteres ovata Lamarck.
"(No. ]0a. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. October 27, 1913.) A sterculiaceous
shrub growing in the Botanic Garden here, somewhat resembling an abmilon
in general appearance. Leaves heart shaped, about 4 inches in breadth and
5 inches in length, lanate. bright green in color. The chief interest of this
plant lies in its seed pods, which are about the size of almonds and twisted
spirally. Should be tried in Florida and California."
36707. Citrus ACRAXTiLM L. Bitter orange.
"(No. 11a. Rio de Janeiro. Brazil. October 29, 1913.) Laranja da terra.
Seeds of the bitter orange, or laranja da terra, from Shr. Catramby's ranch at
Porta d'Agua, a suburb of Rio de Janeiro. For trial in Florida and California
as a stock for other citrus fruits, for which purpose it is used here."
36708. Schinus terebixthifolius Raddi.
"(No. 28a. Bahia, Brazil. November 27, 1913.) Seeds of a handsome
tree which grows wild along the roadsides here. It greatly resembles the species
grown in California under the name of Schinus tereb lus, and may. in fact,
prove to be the same thing. The leaves are deep rich green in color, the leaf-
lets larger and less numerous than in S. molle. The berries are borne in rather
compact clusters and are bright crimson in color. The tree is of different
habit from S. violle, and is occasionally used as a hedge plant to good effect.
It should be grown in south Florida and southern ( alifornia."
36709. Myrciaria cauliflora (Mart.) Berg. Jaboticaba.
"(No. 13a. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. October 28, 1913. Jaboticaba, or
jabuticaba. Seeds from selected large fruits out of the same lot as No. 5a ( S. P.
I. No. 3G702). The fruits from which these seeds were taken were all an inch
or more in diameter, and in most cases contained four seeds each."
36710. Zea mats L. Corn.
"(No. 14a. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. October 30. 1913.) Catctc variety,
grown on the Catramby ranch, Porta d'Agua. near Rio do Janeiro. Field about
20 acres, growing on bottom land and planted in rows I apart, the hills
checked about 3$ feel apart. Stalks aboul 8 feet high. Ears about 3 feet from
the ground. Ears in silk at this time, usually one ear to th< stalk. Cultivated
by hand hoeing. Soil rich and black. The , rep was planted about August 1
and will lie ripe in January. The ranchman says that this is the only variety
that dee- well in i his vicinity. Ee says it can be planted at any time of the year
and grows equally well at all times. The two sample ears are nubbins left
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36688 to 36715— Continued.
over from the last crop, the ears in the field being 8 to 10 inches long, yellow
flint, 12 and 14 rows. The kernels are hard, with a large proportion of horny-
endosperm and a large germ. Should be tried in Florida and other Southern
States."
36711. Zea mays L. Corn.
"(No. 15a. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. October 30, 1913.) Red Peruvian corn
purchased in a seed store here. Kernels very large, starchy."
36712. Zea mays L. ■ Corn.
"(No. 16a. • Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. October 30, 1913.) White Peruvian
corn purchased in a seed store here. Kernels very large, starchy."
36713. Eugenia tomentosa Cambess. Cabelluda.
"(No. 17a. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. October 30, 1913.) The cabelluda,
a myrtaceous fruit, native of Brazil. The tree is very handsome, wilh oblong,
lanceolate, glossy leaves. The fruits are slightly less than an inch in diameter,
oblate in form, orange yellow, the surface covered with a soft down, whence
the name cabelluda, or hairy. The seeds are very large, one or two to a fruit,
and leave but little room for the juicy pulp. The flavor is very peculiar.
subacid, with the tang possessed by many of the eugenias. On the whole, the
fruit is not one which would be likely to become very popular, but it is well
worthy of a trial by those in Florida and California who are interested in rare
fruits. From Shr. Catramby's garden at Porta d'Agua. near Rio de Janeiro,
and at Nictheroy.
"This myrtaceous fruit, although a native of the State of Rio de Janeiro, is
not commonly cultivated in gardens around the city, so far as we have seen.
While an occasional tree is seen here and there, it can not compare in popu-
larity with the jaboticaba or the pitanga, two allied traits also native to this
region. When well grown, the tree is very handsome, and would be of value
as an ornamental alone. It reaches a height of 20 to 30 feet, with a broad,
dome-shaped head of foliage. The leaves are 2 to 4 inches in length and about
1 inch in breadth, oblong-lanceolate, bright green and slightly tomentose above,
dull green and tomentose below.
"The name cabelluda is the feminine of the Portuguese adjective cabelludo,
and has reference to the downy tomentum present on both the leaves and the
fruits. The tree flowers in June, and the fruits, which ripen in October and
November, are sessile and produced on the small branches in great profusion.
In general appearance the fruit somewhat resembles a gooseberry. The largest
specimens are slightly under ] inch in diameter, round or nearly so, the skin
firm and thick. To eat the frail one merely places it against his lips, squeezes
it until the skin breaks and the seeds with the pulp surrounding them slide
into his mouth. The pulp is rather scanty, but is juicy and of pleasant llavor,
similar to the wild May-apple of the United States (Podophyllum peltatum).
The large seeds are surrounded with short, course libers, something on the order
of the fibers surrounding the mango seed.
"The cabelluda is said to be tender and suitable only for culture in tropical
countries, but it may prove to be adapted to southern Florida, and possibly to
southern California, as well. Both on account of its value as a fruii and iis oi oa-
mental appearance it should he given a thorough trial in these re; ions.
"A pomological description of the fruit, as scon in various gardens around
Rio de Janeiro, is as follows: General form round or slight ly oblate; < ross section
round; length about three-fourlhs inch; width about three-fourths inch; base
rounded; apex rounded, crowned by a small disk; surface smooth, downy, color
56 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
36688 to 36715— Continued.
golden yellow, with faint longitudinal lines under the skin, giving a ribbed
appearance: skin thick and very tough, separating readily from the pulp,
rather acid in taste; pulp translucent, yellowish white, aromatic, juicy, scanty
in quantity; flavor subacid, suggesting the wild mandrake, or May-apple;
agreeable when fully ripe; .seeds one to two, surrounded by short fibers, ellip-
tical to oval in form, slightly compressed, about three-eighths of an inch in
length."
36714. Cassia grandis L. f.
"(No. 18a. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. November 1, 1913.) Seeds of a large
leguminous tree producing handsome pink and yellow flowers. Its seed pods
are over a foot in length, plump, and very hard. The specimen from which
these seeds were secured was growing by the roadside in Nictheroy, across the
bay from Rio de Janeiro."
36715. Carapa guianensis Aublet. Andiroba.
"(No. 20a. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. November 3, 1913.) Andiroba. An
Amazonian tree belonging to the Meliacea?, used to good effect in the Rio de
Janeiro Botanic Garden as an avenue tree. It grows to a height of 50 feet or
thereabouts and has compound leaves \\ feet in length, the individual leaflets
3 or 4 inches long, obtuse, and dark green in color. The fruits are the size of a
baseball, russet brown on the exterior, thick shelled, dividing into four sections
when ripe and exposing the large, brown seeds, somewhat similar in shape and
appearance to chestnuts. Should be tried as an ornamental tree in southern
Florida and southern California."
36716. Panax quinqtjefolium L. Ginseng.
(Aralia quinquefolia Decne. and Planch.)
From Seoul, Chosen (Korea). Presented by Mr. George H. Scidmore, consul
general. Received December 10, 1913.
36717. Amygdalus persica L. Peach.
(Prunus jiersica Stokes.)
From Chosen (Korea). Presented by Mr. Alfred Welhaven, Unsan, Chosen.
Received December 8, 1913.
"Peach bud wood from Tying Yang, where the best blood-red peaches grow."
(Welhaven.)
36718 to 36810.
From China. Collected by Mr. Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Explorer for the
Department of Agriculture. Received November 28, 1913.
Quoted notes by Mr. Meyer.
36718. Prunus triloba Lindl. Plum.
"(No. 1901a. Peking, China. July 23, 1913.) Collected from cultivated
shrubs in the grounds of the German legation at Peking. A flowering plum
much cultivated in gardens in North China in a great many varieties. The
color of its flowers ranges from pale pink to a dark violet -rose, while as regards
size, degrees of doubleness, profusion, difference in time of opening, and in
lasting qualities, a very great variation exists."
36719. Pkunus timloha Lindl. Plum.
No. 1905a. Hsiao Wit tai shan, Chihli Province, China. August, 1913.)
Collected from wild shrubs on the north slopes of mountains, at elevations of
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1913. 57
36718 to 36810— Continued.
5,000 to 6,000 feet, where this flowering plum occurs in extensive thickets.
May be of great botanical interest as the genuine wild type of a shrub which is
extensively cultivated by the Chinese."
36720. Prunus triloba Lindl. Plum.
"(No. 1906a. Near Shih-men, Chihli Province, China. August 3, 1913.)
A large-fruited variety of flowering plum found growing in a loess cliff. Al-
though sour and hard, it may be of value in hybridization experiments, for this
wild plum seems very hardy and drought resistant."
36721. Prunus humilis Bunge. Plum.
"(No. 1907a. Hsiao Wu tai shan, Chihli Province, China. August, 1913.)
A wild, shrubby plum, not growing higher than 1 to 3 feet. Of value as a small
shrub in rockeries and possibly as a factor in hybridization experiments.
Chinese name Aroo li, meaning 'ground plum.' This same species was sent in
formerly under S. P. I. Nos. 20076, 20085, 20086, 20087, 20088, and 20342."
36722. . Prunus sp. Plum.
"(No. 190Sa. Near Nankou, Chihli Province, China. July 28, 1913.) Col-
lected from very low shrubs on very stony places. A wild, shrubby plum, not
growing higher than 1 to 3 feet. Of value as a small shrub in rockeries and
possibly as a factor in hybridization experiments. Chinese name Noo li,
meaning 'ground plum.'"
36723. Prunus padus L. Cherry.
"(No. 1909a. Hsiao Wu tai shan, Chihli Province, China. August 23, 1913).
A bird cherry found in the mountains at elevations of 6,000 to 9,000 feet. Of
tall, shrubby growth and very fruitful. Of value as a very hardy ornamental
park and garden shrub for the colder sections of the United States.
"In Siberia the people eat the little cherries after they have been dried and
pounded up with the stones, kernel and all, as stuffing in little cakes, and they
taste quite aromatic."
36724. Amygdalus persica L. Peach.
(Prunus persica Stokes.)
"(No. 1910a. Kalgan, Chihli Province, China. September 5, 1913.) A
small but hardy peach cultivated in sheltered localities in the northern parts
of Chihli Province. To be tested in the regions north of the peach belt proper."
36725. Amygdalus davidiana (Carr.) B. S. and Z. Wild peach.
(Prunus davidiana Franch.)
"(No. 1911a. Peking, China. September 18, 1913.) Some exceptionally
large stones selected from among No. 1892a (S. P. I. No. 36664). To be planted
for seed-bearing purposes in a locality congenial for this purpose."
36726. Corylus sp. Hazelnut.
"(No. 1912a. Hsiao Wu tai shan, Chihli Province, China. August, 1913.)
A wild hazelnut of good quality, growing in dense thickets on the north slopes of
mountains at elevations of 5,000 to 7,000 feet. The nuts grow in clusters and are
surrounded individually by large, fri aged involucres. Of value as a nut-bearing
shrub for the cooler sections of the United States."
36727. Corylus sp. Hazelnut.
"(No. 1913a. Hsiao Wu tai shan, Chihli Province, China. August, 1913.)
A wild hazelnut, occurring on the mountain sides at elevations of 5,000 to 9,000
feet. The nuts grow in clusters and are inclosed individually in long, beaklike
involucres, which are covered with spiny hairs that easily find lodging between
58 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
36718 to 36810— Continued.
one's fingers and cause stinging sensations. Of value as a park shrub for the
cooler sections of the United States."
36728. Larix daiiurica Turcz. Siberian larch.
"i No. L91 la. Hsiao Wu taishan, Chihli Province, China. August 29, 1913.)
A larch found at elevations of 5,000 to 10,000 feet in sheltered localities, growing
up into a stately timber tree, but where exposed to winds and in the higher
elevations remaining shrublike. Of value possibly as an ornamental park tree
for the cooler sections of the United States. Chinese name Tsai sku."
36729. Picea obovata Ledeb. Spruce.
"(No. 1915a. Hsiao Wu tai shan, Chihli Province, China. August 21, 1913.)
An ornamental blue spruce found on mountain slopes at elevations between
4,000 and 9,000 feet. Of value as an ornamental park and garden evergreen for
the dry and cool sections of the United States. Apparently a slow grower."
36730. Sorbus sp. Mountain, ash.
"(No. 191Ga. Hsiao Wu tai shan, Chihli Province, China, August 8, 1913.)
A very ornamental rowan, found on the north side of mountain slopes at eleva-
tions of 5,000 to 7,000 feet. Mostly seen in the form of a tall shrub with many
branches. Bears a multitude of umbels of orange-red berries. Of value as a
hardy ornamental park and garden shrub for the cooler sections of the United
States."
36731. Ostryopsis davidiana Decaisne.
"(No. 1917a. Hsiao Wu tai shan, Chihli Province, China. August 21, 1913. i
A spreading shrub, growing to a height of 3 to 5 feet, very much resembling
the hazelnut in habit and looks. Of value as a cover plant for banks and
stony places. Said to be pretty when in flower."
36732. Viburnum opulus L.
"(No. 1918a. Hsiao Wu tai shan, Chihli Province, China. August 22, 1913.)
A snowball bearing brilliant carmine-red berries in autumn. Of value as an
ornamental shrub for the cooler sections of the United States."
36733. Acanthopanax sp.
"(No. 1919a. Hsiao Wu tai shan, Chihli Province, China. August 29, 1913.)
A spiny shrub, met with in mountain ravines at elevations of 7,000 to 9,000 feet.
Of value as a park shrub for the cooler sections of the United States."
36734. Acanthopanax sp.
"(No. 1920a. Hsiao Wu tai shan, Chihli Province, China. August 23, 1913.)
A spiny shrub of more slender and open growth than the preceding, No. 1919a
(S. P. I. No. 36733). Met with in mountain ravines at elevations of 7,000 to
9,000 feet. Of value as a park shrub for the cooler sections of the United States."
36735. Rhamnus sp.
"(No. 1921a. Ying tau ko, Chihli Province, China. September 12, 1913.)
A Rhamnus of dense growth, having small foliage and bearing large jet-black
berries. Thfe shrub does not grow tall, but is densely branched and assumes
well-rounded forms when not mutilated. Of value as a garden ami park shrub
umlas material for medium-sized hedges, especially for the drier sections of
the United Slates."
36736. Berberis amurensis Rupr. (?). Barberry.
No. L923a. Hsiao Wu tai shan, Chihli Province. China. Augusl 20, 1913.
A. barberry of tall, gaunt growth, with large but verj sparse foliage. Found
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1913. 59
36718 to 36810— Continued.
among other scrub growth on stony mountain sides at elevations of 5,000 to G,000
feet."
36737. Berberis chinensis Poir. Barberry.
"(No. 1924a. Hsiao Wu tai shan, Cliihli Province, China. August 28, 1913.)
A barberry of low growth, 1 to 3 feet high, found between bowlders and rocks
at elevations of 4,000 to 6,000 feet. Becomes very showy toward the end of
the summer, when its berries, which are produced in great abundance, assume
a bright coral-red color. Of value as an ornamental low shrub for rockeries and
on stony places in the cooler sections of the United States."
36738. Cotoneaster sp.
"(No. 1925a. Hsiao Wu tai shan, Chihli Province, China. August 21, 1913.)
A bush found on the north slopes of mountains at elevations of 5,000 to 6,000
feet. Of tall, expanding growth, ornamental in the fall with its multitude of
soft red berries. Of value as a decorative park and garden shrub for the cooler
sections of the United States."
36739. Cotoneaster moupinensis Franch.
"(No. 1920a. Hsiao Wu tai shan, Cliihli Province, China. August 21, 1913.)
A Cotoneaster growing into a tall shrub, having rather large, glossy leaves and
bearing oval, blackish berries. Found on stony mountain slopes at eleva-
tions of 5,000 to 6,000 feet. Of value as a decorative park and garden shrub
for the cooler sections of the United States."
36740. Cotoneaster sp.
"(No. 1927a. Hsiao Wu tai shan, Chihli Province, China. August 23, 1913.)
A Cotoneaster of medium-tall growth. Leaves oval-round, tomentose beneath;
berries depressed, of dark-violet color. Rare. One specimen found on a peaty
place at an elevation of over 8,000 feet. Of value as a decorative park and
garden shrub for the cooler sections of the United States."
36741. Cornus sp.
"(No. 1928a. Hsiao Wu tai shan, Chihli Province, China, august, 1913.)
A shrub growing to a height of 8 feet, well branched and of expanding growth.
Leaves large, slightly hirsute underneath; berries borne in masses, turning
bluish black when ripe. Found at elevations of 5,000 to 6,000 feet. Of value
as a decorative park and garden shrub for the cooler sections of the United
States."
36742. Cornus sp.
"(No. 1929a. Hsiao Wu tai shan, Chihli Province, China. August 23, 1913.)
A shrub growing to a height of 8 feet; well branched and of expanding growth.
Leaves and fruits quite hirsute; berries borne in masse.-;, turning bluish black
when ripe. Found at elevations of 5,000 to 6,000 feet. Of value as a decorative
park and garden shrub for the cooler sections of the United States."
36743. Hippophae rhamnoides L. Sea buckthorn.
"(No. 1930a. Hsiao Wu tai shan, Chihli Province, China. August 28, 1913.)
The sea buckthorn, which occurs along the seashore of northwestern Europe
and throughout the higher parts of Asia. Of value as a hedge plant for the
colder semiarid sections of the United States. Chinese name Ta Izu ku dim."
36744. Sambucus racemosa L. Elder.
"(No. 1931a. Hsiao Wu tai shan, Chihli Province, China, August 5, 1913.
An elder growing into a medium-sized bush, bearing scarlet berries; is con-
tented with poor, rocky soils. Of value as an ornamental park shrub for the
cooler sections of the United State
60 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
36718 to 36810— Continued
36745. Sambuct* williamsii Bance. (?) Elder.
"(No. 1932a, Near Shih men, Chihli Province, China. August 2, 1913.)
An elder found mostly along the roadsides, generally cut back every winter
for fuel. Of value for bank-binding purposes in semiarid sections. Chinese
name Wong pa tiao."
36746. Caragana sp.
\To. 1933a. Near Tan hwa, Chihli Province, China. September 2, 1913.)
A Caragana found growing in rocks and on dry places, reaching a height of only
2 to 3 feet. Of value as a lining shrub along pathways or for use as division
lines between blocks of nursery stock. Especially fit for the colder sections of
the United States."
36747. Colutea sp.
"(No. 1934a. Near Tan hwa, Chihli Province, China. September 2, 1913.)
A shrub of small dimensions, found in loess cliffs. Rare. Of use for bank-
binding purposes in semiarid sections."
36748. Lonicera sp. Honeysuckle.
"(No. 1935a. Hsiao Wu tai shan, Chihli Province, China. August 23, 1913.)
A bush honeysuckle of large growth and of decidedly ornamental habit. Leaves
large, dark green, against which the bright-red berries stand out beautifully.
These berries are borne in pairs on long, erect peduncles. Of value as an
ornamental shrub for the cooler sections of the United States."
36749. Lonicera sp. Honeysuckle.
"(No. 1936a. Hsiao Wu tai shan, Chihli Province, China. August 14, 1913.)
A bush honeysuckle of dwarf, sturdy growth, assuming characteristic outlines
when not disturbed. Leaves small, round-elliptical, of light-green color, with
buttressed veins underneath near the petiole; berries comparatively large,
solitary, sessile, of opaque red color. This dwarf shrub is met with at eleva-
tions of 5,000 to 9,000 feet. Of value as an ornamental shrub for the cooler
sections of the United States."
36750. Lonicera sp. Honeysuckle.
"(No. 1937a. Hsiao Wu tai shan, Chihli Province, China. August 13, 1913.)
A bush honeysuckle of tall, rather open growth. Leaves large; these and the
young branches quite shiny. Berries large, oval, orange-red, inclosed in large
involucres, often two together. This shrub inhabits shady places in the high
mountain regions. Of value as an ornamental shrub for the cooler sections of
the United States."
36751. Lonicera sp. Honeysuckle.
"(No. 1938a. Hsiao Wu tai shan, Chihli Province, China. August 29, 1913.)
A shrubby honeysuckle of spreading habits found on somewhat peaty soils at
high elevations. The berries, of which two are grown into one, are borne on
long pedum les, usually hidden by 'the glossy willowlike foliage. Of value as
a ground cover on moist and peaty places in the colder sections of the United
States."
36752. Lonicera caerulea L. Honeysuckle.
No L939a. Hsiao Wu tai shan, Chihli Province, China. August 23, 1913. )
A hush honeysuckle found on moist and peaty places at high altitudes. Bears
a multitude of large dark-blue berries, which are inedible when raw. Of value
as a ground cover on moist and peaty places in the colder sections of the United
States."
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1913. 61
36718 to 36810— Continued.
36753. Vitis amurensis Ruprecht. Grape.
"(No. 1940a. Hsiao Wu tai shan, Chihli Province, China. August 26, 1913.)
A very hardy grape, found at elevations of over 5,000 feet. The fruits, though
small, are edible. This species may be further developed and may also be used
in hybridization experiments in trying to produce hardier grapes. Possesses
value as an arbor and porch cover vine. For the colder sections of the United
States."
36754. Ampelopsis aconitifolia Bunge.
"(No. 1941a. Hsiao Wu tai shan, Chihli Province, China. August 28, 1913.)
A wild vine crawling over stony places. Of value as a porch and arbor vine,
especially for the drier parts of the United States. Chinese name Pa shan ghu.
Seeds from cultivated plants were sent formerly under S. P. I. Nos. 17938 and
17939."
36755. Schizandra chinensis (Turcz.) Baillon.
"(No. 1942a. Hsiao Wu tai shan, Chihli Province, China. August 23, 1913.)
A trailing vine of small growth, found between bowlders and rocks. Leaves
not unlike those of Aclinidia kolomikta; berries in small clusters, red, sour.
Of use as a small porch and trellis vine for the colder sections of the United
States."
Distribution. — The Provinces of Chihli, Kiangsu, and Shensi in China, and
in Japan.
36756. Ribes sp. Gooseberry.
"(No. 1943a. Hsiao Wu tai shan, Chihli Province, China. August 23, 1913.)
A wild gooseberry found between rocks and bowlders in the mountains at
altitudes of 5,000 to 7,000 feet. Very well armed, even the berries themselves
being covered with large spines. Of value possibly in hybridization experi-
ments, trying to produce mildew-resistant varieties. Chinese name Tzu li,
meaning 'prickly pear.' "
36757. Duchesnea indica (Andrews) Focke. Yellow strawberry.
(Fragaria indica Andr. I
""(No. 1944a. Hsiao Wu tai shan, Chihli Province, China. August 13, 191:!. )
A wild strawberry found on the north slopes of mountains and in alpine meadows
at elevations of 0,000 to 9,000 feet. Fruits fairly large, of beautiful carmine-red
color, of slightly elongated shape, with the seeds deeply embedded. Of use
possibly in hybridization experiments. Chinese name Tee ren tze. This is the
first time I have seen wild strawberries in North China."
36758. Rubus sp.
"(No. 1945a. Hsiao Wu tai shan, Chihli Province, China. August 23, 1913.)
A red-fruited, herbaceous bramble of nontrailing habits, growing only from «'<
to 10 inches high, found on shaded places in the higher mountains al elevations
of 7,000 to 10,000 feet. The fruits are quite Large and juicy, though the seeds
are too conspicuous and too bony. May be of value as a new garden fruit for die
cooler parts of the United States. Chinese name Lu lieh to."
36759. Rubus sp.
"(No. 194Ga. Hsiao Wu tai shan, Chihli Province, China. August 23, L913.)
A red-fruited, low-growing herbaceous bramble, almost like the preceding
number, 1945a (S. P. I. No. 3G758), but with smaller fruits am! less perceptible
seeds, found in semishady places at altitudes of 5,000 to 7,000 feet . May be of
value as a new garden fruit for the cooler parts of the United States."
62 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
36718 to 36810— Continued.
36760. Incarvtllea sinensis Lam.
"(No. 1017a. Near Fangshan, Cliihli Province, China. July 31, 1913.) An
ornamental biennial, having large carmine-rose colored flowers arranged on
long spikes. Of value as a garden plant for the drier sections of the United
States. A well-drained soil, not too rich, seems to suit it best. Through
selection this plant possibly might be made an annual. Chinese name Hong
la pa tsui yang hua."
36761. Ligularia sp.
"(No. 1948a. Hsiao Wu tai shan, Cliihli Province, China. August 12, 1913.)
A large-leaved Ligularia, growing between rocks and bowlders along running
watercourses. Flowers yellow, borne in flat, divided racemes. Of value as
an ornamental herbaceous perennial along water expanses in parks, especially
in the cooler sections of the United States. Collected at elevations of 5,000 to
7,000 feet."
36762. Ligularia sibirica (L.) Cass.
' • Xo. 1949a. Hsiao Wu tai shan, Chihli Province, China. August 29, 1913.)
A large-leaved Ligularia, found growing between rocks and bowlders along
watercourses and on moist places at altitudes of 7,000 to 11,000 feet. Of value
as an ornamental herbaceous perennial along water expanses in parks, especially
in the cooler sections of the United States."
36763. Scutellakia sp.
"(No. 1950a, Hwai lai, Chihli Province, China. July 30, 1913.) A species
of skullcap bearing large racemes of deep-blue flowers. The plants love stony
situations and are of dwarf growth. Of value as a rocky plant for the cooler
sections of the United States."
36764. Lychnis coroxata Thunberg.
"(No. 1951a. Hsiao Wu tai shan, Chihli Province, China. August 20, 1913.)
A perennial Lychnis with brick-red flowers, found among scrub growth on
gentle mountain slopes. Of value possibly as a showy plant for the hardy
border."
36765. Iris exsata Thunberg. Iris.
"(No. 1952a, Kalgan, Chihli Province, China. September 5, 1913.) A
vigorously growing strain of Iris ensata, grown in gardens around Kalgan, where
the leaves are used as an ever ready and handy garden tying material. Of
special value for the drier sections of the United States for the above purposes
and as a lining plant along paths and roads. Chinese name Tsiao via lien."
36766. Asparagus dauricus Fisch. Asparagus.
"(No. 1953a. Peking, China. September 27, 1913.) An asparagus found
growing wild on the city wall of Peking. Of erect growth. The young shoots
are collected by the Chinese and eaten boiled as a vegetable. Of value possibly
in breeding experiments and for bank-binding purposes in semiarid regions."
36767. Asparagus sp. Asparagus.
"(No. 1954a. Fengtai, near Peking, China. September 10, 1913.) A wild
erect-growing asparagus, found on a sandy bank. Of value possibly in breeding
experiments and for bank-binding purposes in semiarid regions."
36768. Asparagus -p. Asparagus.
" Xo. 1955a. Near Bui van pu, Chihli Province, Cluna, September 2,
1913.) A wild upright-growing asparagus, found in a loess bank. Of value
possibly in breeding experiments and for liank-binding purposes in semiarid
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1913. 63
36718 to 36810— Continued.
36769. Aspa-ragus trichofhyllus flexuosus Trautv. Asparagus.
"(No. 1956a. Nankou, Chihli Province, China. July 28, 1913.) A wild
asparagus found on a clayey ridge. Of value possibly in breeding experiments
and for bank-binding purposes in semiarid regions. An ornamental garden
plant, especially for the drier sections of the United States. The branches
of this species of asparagus are bent in a peculiar zigzag manner."
36770. Brassica oleracea caulo-rapa DC. Kohl-rabi.
"(No. 1957a. Kalgan, Chihli Province, China. September 5, 1913.) Avery
large variety of kohl-rabi, weighing when fresh 16 pounds. Tbis variety thrives
especially well in the vicinity of Kalgan, where occasionally specimens are
obtained weighing up to 25 pounds. The official Chinese name of this variety
is Man ching p'yl Hang, meaning 'globular kohl-rabi.' '
36771. Raphanus sativus L. Radish.
"(No. 1958a. Hwai lai, Chihli Province, China. July 29, 1913.) A Chinese
winter radish, said to be of good flavor. There are red and green ones among
this lot of seeds. Chinese name Tsui loba. See former notes for uses and for
cultivation (S. P. I. No. 31697)."
36772. Raphanus sativus L. Radish.
"(No. 1959a. Hwai lai, Chihli Province, China. July 29, 1913.) A long,
white, autumn radish, said to be of good quality. Chinese name Pai loba."
36773. Beta vulgaris L. Chard.
"(No. 1960a. Hwai lai, Chihli Province, China. July 29, 1913.) A Chinese
variety of Swiss chard, called Tien ts'ai or Ching da. The fleshy midribs are
used fried in oil, either alone or with meat. Able to withstand a fair amount
of alkali in the soil."
36774. Capsicum annuum L. Red pepper.
"(No. 1961a. Kalgan, China. September 5, 1913.) A large, fleshy variety
of chili pepper, used scalded with meats. ( 'hinese name Sze ssu la tze, meaning
'persimmon pepper.' As the soil around Kalgan is quite alkaline and the cli-
mate semiarid, this and the following varieties of pepper may thrive well in
those parts of the United States where similar conditions are experienced."
36775. Capsicum annuum L. Red pepper.
"(No. 1962a. Kalgan, China. Septembers. 1913.) A medium-large pep-
per, more pungent than the preceding number, 1961a (S. P. I. No. 36774;. but
used in similar culinary ways. Chinese name La tze."
36778. Capsicum annuum L. Red pepper.
"(No. 1963a. Kalgan, China. September 5, 1913.; A beautiful elongated
variety of chili pepper, mostly dried and kept for winter uses. Chinese name
Chang la tze, meaning 'long pepper." "
36777. Capsicum annuum L. Red pepper.
"(No. 1964a. Kalgan, China. September 5, 1913.) A long, slender variety
of chili pepper, quite pungent; used as a condiment; also dried for winter use.
Chinese name Hsien la tze, meaning "thread pepper.' "
36778. Cucurbita maxima Duch. Squash.
"(Xo. 1965a. Kalgan, China. September 5. 1913.) A large, ribbed winter
squash of yellow color with green blotches, (hinese name Hsi ghu lu, meaning
'western squash.' Of value especially for the semiarid sections of the United
States. Stands a fair amount of alkali."
64 * SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
36718 to 36810— Continued.
36779. Cucurbita maxima Duch. Squash.
"(No. L966a. Hwai lai, Chihli Province, China. July 29, 1913.) An edible
squash or gourd, used stewed, as a vegetable Chinese name Yu kua. Of
value especially for the semiarid sections of the United States."
36780. Nicotxana RtrsTiCA L. Tobacco.
' f Xo. 1907a. Tie ling tze temple, Hsiao Wu tai shun, Chihli Province,
China. August 25, 1913.) A coarse variety of tobacco cultivated in the tem-
ple garden, at an elevation of 5,000 feet. Chinese name Hsiao yea yen. For
nicotine-content tests."
36781. Brassica pekinensis (Lour.) Skeels. Cabbage.
"(No. 1968a. Kalgan. China. September 5, 1913.) A Chinese early winter
cabbage having light-yellow heart leaves. Called Huang ya pax ts'ai. For cul-
tural information, see former notes on the Chinese cabbage (S. P. I. No. 36113)."
36782. Brassica chinensis Jusl. Cabbage.
"(No. 1969a. Kalgan. China. September 5, 1913.) A Chinese summer
cabbage having heavy white midribs, which are cut in inch-long pieces and
eaten fried, either alone or with meat, or boiled in a soup made from dried
shrimps, giving all these dishes a very appetizing flavor. Chinese name
Chiang glian pai ts'ai."
36783. Brassica pekinensis (Lour.) Skeels. Cabbage.
Xo. 1970a. Hwai lai, Chihli Province, China. July 29, 1913.) A large
variety of winter cabbage, said to be of good quality. Chinese name Tung
pai ts'ai, meaning 'winter cabbage.'"
36784. Medicago ruthexica (L.) Trautv. Alfalfa.
"(No. 1971a. Near Tan hwa. Chihli Province, China. September 2, 1913.)
A wild alfalfa of spreading and semiascending growth; found in all sorts of
open spaces. Flowers of dark yellowish color, pods short and flat, borne in
little clusters, springing open and scattering their seeds when ripe. On very
dry and exposed places the plants make but small growth, but where found in
moist places and between grasses they supply quite a mass of herbage, which is
eagerly eaten by all grazing animals. This alfalfa is found at elevations of 2.000
to 8.000 feet, making a much more abundant growth in the higher mountain
regions than on the lower plains. Of decided value as a forage plant on ranges
and grazing grounds. Might be found valuable enough even to be grown in
congenial localities for hay and for green fodder. Chinese name Ye mu shu,
meaning 'wild alfalfa.' "
36785. So.ta max (L.) Piper. Soybean.
"(No. 1972a. Peking, China. September 29, 1913.) The original wild soy
bean, which occurs in North China here and there in hedges, copses, between
shrubbery, and between reeds i I'ltrni/inites communis) on the drier places, where
it turns itself around any support available. The beans are blackish and very
small and are inclosed in small pods, which arc quite hairy, though looking
typically like some of the smaller cultivated varieties of soy beans. The
poorest of the < Shinese eat the young pods when boiled, but the plant at large is
considered a weed and is gathered only when large quantities are found, in
\\ hit b case ii is fed to domestic animals as a fodder. Of value possibly as a fod-
der plant when sown oul among erect -growing vegetal ion. like barnyard millet.
Johnson grass, and corn. Chinese name Mau dolt, meaning 'hairy bean.' '
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1913. 65
36718 to 36810— Continued.
38786. Vicia sp. Vetch.
"(No. 1973a. Hsiao Wu tai shan, Chihli Province, China. August 23, 1913.)
A vetch of tall growth, making much herbage, found among scrub. Of value
possibly as a forage plant for the cooler sections of the United States."
36787. Vicia sp. Vetch.
"(No. 1974a. Hsiao Wu tai shan, Chihli Province, China. August 12, 1913.)
A vetch of tall growth, but producing less herbage than the preceding number,
1973a (S. P. I. No. 36786); found at an elevation of 6,000 feet. Of value pos-
sibly as a forage plant for the cooler sections of the United States."
36788. Geranium sp. Crane's-bill.
"(No. 1975a. Near Pau an tchou, Chihli Province, China. September 3,
1913.) A biennial crane's-bill found here and there on the banks of ditches;
produces an immense mass of herbage, which is eagerly eaten by horses, mules,
and donkeys. Probably valuable enough to be grown as a forage supply, espe-
cially in the western United States, and more specifically as a winter crop in
the Pacific coast region. Sow out in late summer or early fall."
36789. Erodium sp. Crane's-bill.
"(No. 1976a. Near Hui yau pu, Chihli Province, China. September 2,
1913.) Found on sandy and pebbly places, producing much herbage, especially
when the nights become cool. Is eagerly browsed by all domestic animals.
Apparently identical with No. 1884a (S. P. I. No. 36117). These remarks there-
fore apply to it also."
36790. Astragalus sp.
"(No. 1977a. Near Tan hwa, Chihli Province, China. September 2, 1913.)
Found on dry loess banks; has but scanty foliage, but produces a mass of fine
stems, which bear slender racemes of bluish white or white flowers. Of value
possibly as a soil binder in semiarid regions, and perhaps for forage purposes."
36791. Stipa sp.
"(No. 1978a. Near Tan hwa, Chihli Province, China. September 2, 1913.)
A bunch-grass found on clayey ridges. The leaves and stalks are very tough
and the latter are used to make strong brooms. Might possibly be of value in
the manufacturing of strong paper, and could be grown in the cooler parts of the
semiarid belt in the United States. Chinese name Tchi tchi.'"
36792. Agropyron sp.
"(No. 1979a. Hsiao Wu tai shan, Chihli Province, China. August 27, 1913.)
A vigorously growing grass, found in shaded places at altitudes of 5,000 to 8,000
feet. Of use possibly for grazing purposes."
36793. Elymus daiiuricus Turcz.
' ' (No. 1980a. Hsiao Wu tai shan, Chihli Province, China. August 29, 1913. )
A tall grass with heavy, erect stems, found on fertile flats in the mountains at
elevations of 7,000 to 9,000 feet. Of use possibly for grazing purposes."
36794. Elymus sibiricus L.
"(No. 1981a. Hsiao Wu tai shan, Chihli Province, China. August 29, 1913.)
A tall grass with heavy, overhanging heads, found in great masses on fertile
flats in the higher mountain regions at altitudes of 6,000 to 9,000 feet. Of value
possibly for grazing purposes."
16745°— 16 5
66 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
36718 to 36810— Continued.
36795. IIolcus sorghum L. Sorghum..
(Sorghum vulgare Pers.)
"(No. 1982a. Near San kia tien, Chihli Province, China. September 11,
1913.) A tall-growing white-seeded variety of sorghum, often producing
several heads as side shoots. Its productivity, however, is not as great as the
varieties that bear only one panicle."
36796. Chaetochloa italica (L.) Scribner. Millet.
(Setaria italica Beauv.)
"(No. 1983a. Kalgan, China. September 5, 1913.) A prolific variety of
bird millet grown on the somewhat alkaline soils around Kalgan. Chinese
name San pun huang goo tze, meaning 'thrice-changing yellow small millet.'"
36797. Artemisia sp. Wormwood.
"(No. 1984a. Peking, China. October 18, 1913.) A biennial wormwood,
occurring as a weed in all sorts of dry waste places. The Chinese utilize this
plant as a stock to graft chrysanthemums upon and claim that the chrysanthe-
mums thus grafted are earlier, need less water and no manure, are more easily
lifted and transplanted , and in general require far less care than when on their
own roots. To obtain the best results, the Chinese sow the seed in late sum-
mer in well-drained beds. The seeds germinate quickly, but the plants make
very little growth during the autumn and winter. When spring comes, how-
ever, they develop with great vigor, and in June they have well-formed stems.
The Chinese then cut off the main stem an inch or so from the ground and graft
a chrysanthemum scion upon it by the ordinary cleft -graft method. No wax
is used, but only a small strip of fiber, while the plants are shaded during the
first days. The stock and the scion soon unite and continue to grow vigorously.
On very strongly developed specimens of the stock the main branches are
often used to insert on every one a different variety of chrysanthemum or to
train a beautiful 'standard' tree of it, and some of such specimens are fully as
good as the plants seen at home exhibitions of chrysanthemums. This pre-
viously described method of grafting chrysanthemums might prove to be
valuable for the sections of the United States where the summers are somewhat
too short or the nights too cool to rear the plants successfully out of doors, like,
for instance, the more elevated parts of the Rocky Mountain States.
"Care has to be taken to water the plants sparingly when lifted and planted
in flower pots. The Chinese name of this Artemisia is Ghau tze."
36798. Thladiantha dubia Bunge.
"(No. 1985a. Peking, China. October 7, 1913. ) An ornamental perennial
cucurbit, with scarlet fruits the size of small hens' eggs. Chinese name T:t
hua."
36799. Schizonotus sorbifolius (L.) Lindl.
(Spiraea sorbifolia L.)
"(No. 1986a. Peking, China. October 11, 1913.) A variety of the ordinary
Borbus-li a \ ■< <U] >ir; i a, which grows well in Peking, thriving even in well-trampled
inner courtyards, where soil conditions certainly are unfavorable to plant
growth. Remains in flower, more or less, from the end of June until the end
of September. Of value especially as an attractive shrub for back yards in our
cities and as a garden shrub for semiarid sections of the United States. Sow
out on peaty soil and keep in a shady place."
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1913. 67
36718 to 36810— Continued.
36800. NlTRARIA SCHOBERI L.
"(No. 1987a. Near Tientsin, China. July 16, 1913.) A densely brandling
hardy shrub of spreading habits. Has small bluish green leaves and bears
small berries, which change from light green through red into a violet black.
Found growing on strongly alkaline flats. Of value possibly as a soil and sand
reclaimer for alkali regions. Collected and presented by Mrs. Mary Clemens,
wife of the Rev. Joseph Clemens, chaplain to the 15th Regiment, United States
Infantry, at Tientsin, China. Received on October 19, 1913."
36801. Crataegus pinnatifida Bunge. Hawthorn.
"(No. 1988a. Peking, China. October 8, 1913.) A large-fruited variety of
Chinese edible haw; for selection and for stocks. See previous introduction,
No. 1841a (S. P. I. No. 35641)."
36802. Pyrus sp. Pear.
"(No. 1989a. Peking, China. October 8, 1913.) A very small pear of rus-
set color, with a long peduncle. Becomes quite soft and mushy after having
been kept in a room for a couple of weeks; quite different from the small
variety of Pyrus sinensis, which remains hard and shriveled up. Obtained at
a fruit stand in Peking; probably collected from wild trees." — *e^
36803. Malus sp. Crab apple.
"(No. 1990a. Peking, China. October 8, 1913.) A Chinese crab apple,
the size of a large cherry, of dark-purple color; of fine flavor when made into
a compote. Apparently very hardy and of value for the semiarid sections of
the United States when grafted on the Siberian Malus baccata, which is very
drought resistant. Chinese name Ghae tang kuo."
36804. Prunus salicina Lindl. Plum.
"(No. 1991a. Kalgan, China. September 8, 1913.) A variety of plum of
wine-red color and said to be as large as an apple, coming from Yu tchan, west-
ern Chihli Province, China. Obtained from its collector, Mr. Rusted, of the
British American Tobacco Co., at Kalgan. Of value possibly for the cooler
sections of the United States."
36805. Amygdalus persica L. Peach.
(Prunus persica Stokes.)
"(No. 1992a. Peking, China. October 15, 1913.) A peculiar pointed variety
of winter peach of white color. Flesh hard, but sweet; skin covered with a
dense, felty down, which can be scraped off and looks like short wool."
36806. Amygdalus persica L. Peach.
(Prunus persica Stokes.)
"(No. 1993a. Kalgan, China. September 8, 1913.) A very large variety of
clingstone peach, coming late in the season; of good quality, though not very
sweet. Probably imported from Shantung Province."
36807. Amygdalus davidiana (Carr.) B. S. and Z. Wild peach.
(Prunus davidiana Franch.)
"(No. 1994a. Peking, China. October 23, 1913.) A variety of the davidi-
ana peach, of fastigiate growth, trees becoming 50 to 60 feet high. Of value as
an appropriate tree for cemeteries and other places where some dignity of out-
line is required. Suitable especially for the drier sections of the United States.
As pyramidal trees in general do not come true from seed, only a small per-
centage of the trees from these seeds may be expected to be of a correct col-
umnar shape, while the bigger part will be all sorts of intermediate types."
68 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
36718 to 36810— Continued.
36808. Diospyros lotus L. Persimmon.
"(No. 1995a. Peking, China. October 22 to 29, 1913.) Twenty thousand
seeds of the wild persimmon from North China; to be used as stocks for cultivated
varieties of persimmons, especially for the drier parts of the United States."
36809. Soja max (L.) Piper. Soy bean.
{Glycine hispida Maxim . )
"(No. 1996a. Peking, China. October 30, 1913.) A rare, brown and black
striped variety of soy bean, used roasted as a delicacy. Very wholesome,
apparently, and worthy of trial by the American public. Could be slightly
salted and buttered and sold like pop corn and peanuts. Chinese name of this
bean Ghu pee doh, meaning 'tiger-skin bean.'"
36810. Albizzia julibrissin Durazz. Silk tree.
"(No. 1997a. Peking, China. October 24, 1913.) The so-called silk tree,
a beautiful little tree with feathery foliage and delicate rosy flowers, which are
borne in large masses. Withstands drought, dry heat, and a fair amount of
alkali quite successfully, and thrives to perfection in the rather uncongenial
climate of North China. Of value as an ornamental garden and park tree,
especially for the sections of the United States where the summers are dry and
hot and the winters not too severe. Produces an especially fine effect when
planted in a row or in a scattered group in some prominent place. Can also
be used as a shade-giving tree on tea plantations, as is being done at Chakva,
near Batoum, in the Caucasus, where by this method the picking season is
considerably extended. This North China form may possibly be hardier than
the types at present cultivated in America, as suggested by Prof. Sargent,
director of the Arnold Arboretum."
36811 to 36813.
From the Sudan. Presented by Gov. H. W. Jackson, of Merowe, Dongola Prov-
ince, through Prof. S. C. Mason, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received
December 9, 1913.
Quoted notes by Prof. Mason.
36811 and 36812. Allium cepa L. Qnion.
"From northern Amalad, Amer Island, near the fourth cataract of the Nile.
Taken from the ground in May and early June (our Sacaton and Texas dates
of harvest), they are now (September 21) about as hard as baseballs. They
are not mild flavored by any means, and an onion with such keeping qualities
in this intense heat is surely a find. These people sow the seed in beds in
October or November, and transplant to the growing beds in February. I
think the Imperial Valley, Yuma, and Indio would be the correct places to try
out this seed."
36811. "Dongola onion, red." 36812. "Dongola onion, white."
"There are three quite distinct types, but a round one with a pure white
color and of medium size is regarded as the best."
36813. Dodonaea viscosa (L.) Jacq.
"Seed of a plant received from the gardens of the governor at Merowe. A
very interesting hedge plant, which is beautifully dense and green, responds
to the shears perfectly, and when taken in hand early makes a perfectly compact
wall clear to the ground. This shrub was found at Erkowit, near Suakin, in
the hill country of the Sudan, under conditions which suggested that it might
be native there, but its presence was probably duo to some remote importation,
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1913. 69
36811 to 36813— Continued.
as this species is pretty generally distributed throughout the tropical world.
The shrub is called tattas by the natives. The governor is not sure whether it
will endure any degree of frost, but thinks it may. The seedling plants form a
rather deep taproot and must be transplanted with some care on that account.
This is one of the most perfect tropical hedge plants I have ever seen."
36814. Artemisia maritima L. Wormseed.
From Russia. Presented by Mr. John H. Grout, American consul at Odessa.
Received November 29, 1913.
" In only one part of the country (Tashkend) was I able to secure the seed, and there
it was in the hands of one firm. This firm has a small plantation a long distance away,
where the seed is raised in small quantities.
"Russian pharmacists obtain their supplies of the flower buds from central Asia,
where on some of the dry hillsides the plants grow in great profusion and without any
sort of cultivation. There it is richest in the volatile oil and in santonin, for which
it is valued. The same variety of plant is also found in parts of Persia and Asia Minor
and , I believe, also in places in Hungary. It seems to thrive best in semiarid climates
with a superabundance of sunshine and a certain brackishness of soil. It would doubt-
less grow well in some parts of the southwestern portion of the United States on cal-
careous loess and on the outskirts of salt marshes. Whether a plant which grows
wild in other places and only needs to be collected could be grown with great profit
in the United States may be open to doubt." (Grout, extracts from letters dated April
14 and November 8, 19 IS.)
"Artemisia maritima L., is a very variable species, and two varieties which are
known as A. cina Berg and Schmidt, and A. paucifiora Weber are usually regarded
as the source of the so-called Levant wormseed, or santonica, of the Pharmacopoeia.
The commercial supply of santonica comes largely from Turkestan, but the harvests
of three successive years, 1909 to 1911, proving a failure, considerable interest has
been aroused in the possibility of producing this drug in other countries." (W. W.
Stockberger. )
36815 to 36817.
From American Samoa. Presented by Commander C. D. Stearns, Governor of
Samoa. Received December 10, 1913.
36815. Mangifera indica L. Mango.
"Mango seeds taken from fruits grown in these islands." (Stearns.)
36816. Dioscorea sp.
Tuber.
36817. Tersea Americana Miller. Avocado.
(Persea gratissima Gaertn. f.)
"Seeds taken from fruits grown in these islands." \Stearns.)
36818 to 36828. Phoenix dactylifera L. Date.
From Dongola, Sudan, Africa. Offshoots collected by Prof. S. C. Mason, of the
Bureau of Plant Industry. Received December 17. 1913.
Quoted notes by Prof. Mason.
"It is generally acknowledged that the four date varieties of importance in this
Province were originally brought up the river from the Sukkot district, a very inac-
cessible region between the second and third cataracts of the Nile, now included,
for administrative purposes, in Haifa Province, with the capital at Wadi Haifa. John
Lewis Burkhardt, in his account of his travels in Nubia in 1813, mentions the excel-
36823.
"Bentamoda.
No. 6."
36824.
"Bentamoda.
No. 7."
36825.
"Bentamoda.
Xo. 13.
70 SEEDS AND PLANTS [MPOETED.
lence of the dates of Sukkot and says that the merchants of Merowe brought commodi-
ties in exchange for them, their own country having but few dates and those of bad
quality. Dongola Province is now the great date-producing region, and the people
are alive to the value of the offshoots and are planting every one they can get. offering
none for sale. The great source of supply is the Sukkot country, already mention'1 1
where the industry has declined from the going out of the young men and on account
of the difficulties of transportation. The three important varieties recognized in both
districts are Barakawi, Gondeila, and Bentamoda."
36818. "Bentamoda. No. 1. The find which is worth the whole journey
is the Bentamoda, a Sukkot variety which is very rare. A man of consequence
may have two or three trees. The gift of an off shoot to a friend is a mark of dis-
tinction. I was at once told by both Governor Jackson and his head gardener
that one could not by any means go out and buy a stock of these. I really
think the Bentamoda variety ranks with the Deglet Noor and Menakhcr. The
stone is small and clean, and the fruit has the appearance and flavor to give it a
place in the first rank. It was learned from the Omda of Aswan that the Barta-
moda, or Suhhota, of which a few trees may be found near Aswan, is identical
with this variety, the first name being a modification of Bentamoda and the
second givenin reference to the district from which the offshoots were obtained .
Aaronsohn secured a few offshoots under the name 'Bartamoda' in 1911."
36819. "Bentamoda. No. 2."
36820. "Bentamoda. No. 3."
36821. "Bentamoda. No. 4."
36822. "Bentamoda. No. 5."
36826. "Barakawi is the great food staple and export date and is said to reach
Cairo under the name Ibrimv, though there may be a distinct variety of this
name. It is 2 J inches long or longer, narrow, tapering from base to apex; dull
purplish red; it dries bone hard, but is sweet and of a wheaty flavor; said to
resist the weevil and to keep two or three years. The people say that these
dates put in a tightly closed vessel of water a day or two become as good as
fresh dates and that the water makes a very pleasant drink. Governor Jackson
informs me that this date is much sought as a food supply by pilgrims jour-
neying to Mecca, on account of its excellent carrying and keeping qualities."
36827. "The Gondeila (as these people have it), or Jendila, is an oblong or
oval, blocky date, antimony yellow (Ridgway, xv), ripening to a chestnut
brown. It is a semidry date as it ripens, but exposed to the sun for two
hours each day it is made quite dry. It must, however, be carefully guarded
against weevils. It reaches Cairo only on special orders or as presents. It
is one of the varieties offered to guests as a sweet. When sold, an ardeb of
320 pounds brings here about 154 piasters (a piaster is about 5 cents'). This
variety is worth importing and is common enough, so that a fair supply can
probably be obtained."
36828. "Kulma. A very soft, sticky date when first mature, but becomes
firmer when cured in the sun. The fruit is 2\ to 2^ inches long and 1 \ to 1|
inches broad; dull yellow, ripening to a rather dull, unattractive brown.
The skin is a bit thick and the flesh soft and rich, but with a lot of tough rag.
It is a date worth trial, but not equal to the Bentamoda, though reminding
one in a way of the Tafilelt. The people explained that this variety should
never be planted on land near a river bank, but well inland, in a dry situation.
Then the fruit cures without spoiling."
For full notes on these date varieties, see "Dates of Egypt and the Sudan.'' by S. <'.
Mason. Bulletin No. 271, U. S. Department of Agriculture, 1915.
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1913. 71
36829 to 36840.
From Pying Yang, Chosen (Korea). Presented by Mr. Charles L. Phillips,
Presbyterian Mission. Received December 10, 1913
Quoted notes by Mr. Phillips.
36829 to 36837. Soja max (L.) Piper. Soybean.
{Glycine hispida Maxim.)
"The soy bean in Korea is usually sown in the fields with millet. In the
early spring, after the millet has reached the height of 2 or 3 inches, the beans
are dropped in between the hills of the grain, all of which is sown in rows and
cultivated with the Korean ox plow. Beans of this kind produce best in heavy
clay soil rather than in light, stony ground. These beans serve as food for man
and beast and are used most extensively throughout this whole northern
country. For man, bread and cake are baked with these beans, a sloppy cereal
dish is cooked, and, of course, everywhere soy is made. Especially with the
yellow varieties, bean sprouts are grown during the winter, which furnish a
fresh vegetable dish for the people at a time when green things are scarce. The
beans are put in an earthen dish and daily sprinkled with water and kept in the
warm living room of the house, where they are quickly sprouted and send
long shoots out from the dish. These sprouts are a great relish. They are boiled
and eaten with rice and millet. For fodder, the beans are fed in the pod to the
cattle and horses, but in cold weather are most often boiled and fed as a hot
mash."
36829. "No. 1. Yellow. This is the most common of all soy beans in
Korea."
36830. "No. 2. Small yellow." 36831. "No. 3. Black."
36832. "No. 4. Green. These beans are also roasted and popped like
our pop corn or bike roasted chestnuts. A great favorite among the
Korean children."
36833. "No. 5. Brown. Rarely grown in northern Korea."
36834. "No. 6. Brown and black."
36835. "No. 7. Black and yellow."
36836. "No. 8. Mottled green and black."
36837. "No. 9. Black with white spots. Called sometimes in this
province 'widowers' beans.'"
36838 to 36840. Phaseolus angularis (Willd.) W. F. Wight.
Adzuki bean.
36838. "Gray mottled. Long pods, with seven or eight beans in one
pod. Used extensively in northern Korea. Boiled and eaten as a
cereal. Planted with millet; yields best in heavy loamy soil."
36839. "Yellow. Long pods, with seven or eight beans in one pod.
Used extensively in northern Korea. Boiled and eaten as a cereal.
Planted with millet; yields best in heavy, loamy soil."
36840. " Red. Soap is made from this variety."
72 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
36841 to 36845.
From Bahia, Brazil. Collected by Messrs. P. II. Dorsett, A. D. Shamel, and
Wilson Popenoe, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received December 18,
1913.
Quoted notes by Messrs. Dorsett, Shamel, and Popenoe.
36841. Mangifera indica L. Mango.
"(No. 26. November 20, 1913.) Bud wood of the variety called Manga da
Rosa, or Rose mango, from the orchard of Dr. Miguel de Teive e Argollo, at
Roma, on the outskirts of Bahia.
" Manga da Rosa is one of the commonest named varieties of the mango, both
here and at Rio de Janeiro. The name seems to be applied to seedling trees
in many cases. On investigation we find that the seed is polyembryonic.
which leads to the belief that the variety may in reality be a seedling race or
type, like the No. 11 of the West Indies and Florida, and like this race maintain
its characteristics, even when grown from seed.
"The fruits of this variety are of good size and ripen here in December and
January. At the present time they are almost full grown. The form is some-
what similar to that of the No. 11 mango, broad at the base, with the stem
inserted to one side, making the left shoulder full and high, while the right
shoulder is falling. The apex is rather pointed, with a rather prominent beak
about one-half inch above the longitudinal center of the fruit. Both cheeks
are distinctly compressed and are overspread with rich rose-red, a very attractive
and striking color. The seed is medium in size and those we have examined
contained from five to eight embryos. The flavor and quality are said to be
very good, and the trees seem to be carrying better crops of fruit than in the case
of other varieties. This mango should be given a thorough trial in Florida,
both to determine its value as a fruit and to throw more light on the fruiting
habits of the polyembryonic mangos, which seem to be an especially promising
class."
See S. P. I. No. 36688 for a previous introduction and Plate IV for an illustra-
tion of the fruit of this mango.
36842. Bauhinia sp.
"(No. 22a. November 9, 1913.) Seeds collected from a tree growing on the
Rua Victoria, near No. 6 1 . This small tree, 18 to 20 feet high, bears very pretty
light-pink flowers and long, brownish pods. It is seen quite often in the yards
here in the city. It is possible that this species is already in the United States.
It should be propagated and tried, as it might prove quite distinct."
36843. Operculina tuberosa (L.) Meissn.
"(No. 23a. November 9, 1913.) Seeds of a supposed Ipomoea. An old
gate and posts near 71 Rua Victoria are covered with a strong-growing woody
vine that has been almost completely killed, on account of street-improvement
work. The seed pods, which are very large and characteristic of those of our
morning-glories, contain from one to four, rarely five, large velvety black seeds.
A leaf of which we made a rough pencil sketch is 7 lobed. We were unable to
find a flower. For propagation and test in California and Florida."
36844. Carica papaya L. Papaya.
"(No. 25a. November 12, 1913.) Seeds of an interesting variety of the
mamao, or papaya, obtained in the market at Bahia. The fruit is oblate in form.
4 inches long, and 5 inches wide. It would be an ideal size fur shipping. The
quality is good, but the seed cavity is rather large. Should be tried in southern
Florida,"
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1913. 73
36841 to 36845— Continued.
36845. Cucumis melo L. Muskmelon.
"(No. 26a. November 12, 1913.) Seeds of a large melon grown at Joazeiro,
on the Sao Francisco River, 250 miles inland from Bahia. This melon is 10
inches long and 5 inches in diameter, straw colored, and heavily ribbed. The
flesh is light salmon color, with a pronounced musky flavor; of fair quality. It
might prove of value in parts of the arid Southwest."
36846 to 36848. Soja max (L.) Piper. Soy bean.
(Glycine hispida Maxim.)
From Dalny, Manchuria. Presented by Mr. Albert W. Pontius, American consul.
Received December 10, 1913.
"A large variety of beans is grown in Manchuria, and together with their resultants,
bean cake and bean oil, they constitute by far the most valuable item in the export
trade of the three provinces. In the month of April they are sown by hand in drills
and the crop is ripe in September; but as regards the beans of commerce there is an
exception, namely, the small green bean known as Lu ton (Phaseolus aureus Roxb.),
which ripens as early as July and can be sown again in that month and gathered early
in October. The Chinese distinguish the beans of commerce by their colors. At
the end of March or beginning of April the ground fertilizer (night soil and animal
manure) is spread over the fields in the furrows in which the previous season's beans
were cultivated. The soil in the old ridges is then turned with the ordinary shallow
native plow, the new ridges being formed where the fertilizer has been spread. The
ground is broken with a wooden roller drawn by a mule, the tops of the ridges being
partly leveled. A line marker is then used on the leveled ridges, this implement
marking a shallow trench, preparing the ground for seeding purposes.
"The planting of beans in Manchuria takes place during the month of April. The
seeding is effected in two manners, the beans being sown in light furrows or in finger
holes placed uniformly apart. The former method is quite simple and requires no
explanation; in the use of the latter method, the finger holes are about 9 inches apart,
four or five seeds being dropped in each hole. The amount of seed used differs in the
various districts, a higher altitude requiring a proportionately larger quantity of seed.
The following shows the different quantities of seed used in the varying latitudinal
districts of Manchuria: Liaotung Peninsula (district south of Tashihchiao), from
thirty to forty-five hundredths of a bushel per acre; Mukden, Tiehling, and Kaiyuan,
from forty-five to sixty hundredths of a bushel per acre; Kirin, from sixty -five to
eighty hundredths of a bushel per acre; Heilungchiang, eighty hundredths of a bushel
or more per acre. The first breaking and weeding of the soil takes place from six to
ten days after seeding and when the sprouts are from 3 to 4 inches in length. Weeding
is subsequently effected during intervals of four or five days (every ten days in
northern Manchuria). Native hoes and rakes are used for weeding, the ground being
broken with a wooden plow drawn by a horse or mule. The period of harvesting is
from the latter part of September to the beginning of October, the bean plants being
cut close to the roots, a stone roller or wooden flail being used in hulling. The average
crops per acre by districts are estimated as follows: In southeast Manchuria and the
coast of the Yellow Sea the yield is from 10 to 15 bushels per acre; in the Liao River
valley, Changtu, Kaiyua, Tiehling, and Mukden the yield is from 40 to 50 bushels
per acre; at Kirin the yield is from 24 to 26 bushels per acre; and in Heilungchiang
(Amur district) the yield is from 17 to 22 bushels per acre." (Pontius.)
36846. "Yellow bean. Pai mei, 'white eyebrow,' from the white scar on the
saddle, or point of attachment to the pod. This variety is highly prized for
the quantity of oil or fat which it contains. Shipped from Fanchiatun
station, near Changchun, south Manchuria." (Pontius.)
74 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
36846 to 36848 —Continued.
36847. "Yellow bean. Hei chi, 'black belly,' from the dark-brown scar on
the saddle. This variety is highly prized for the quality of oil or fat which
it contains. Shipped from Kinchou station, leased territory." (Pontius.)
36848. "Green bean. Ching tou. This variety is said to yield more legu-
min in the manufacture of bean curd than the yellow bean, but the quality
is inferior. It is also boiled and used as food." (Pontius.)
36849 and 36850. Lentjm usitatissimum L. Flax.
From Smyrna. Asia Minor. Presented by Mr. John W. Dye. American vice
consul general. Received December 13, 1913.
36849. The annual production of flaxseed in the Province of Smyrna is
estimated at 2S0.000 to 300.000 pounds, the greater part of which is exported
to France. Germany, and Italy. The price averages about 4 to 5 cents per
pound." (Dye.)
36850. "A small sample of a grade of flaxseed grown on the island of Crete
which appears on this market and is held at the same price as that from
Asia Minor." (Dye.)
36851. Lentjm usitatissimum L. Flax.
From Pskoff, Russia. Presented by Malcolm & Co. Received December 16,
1913.
36852 to 36861.
From China. Collected by Mr. Frank X. Meyer. Agricultural Explorer for the
Department of Agriculture. Received December 17, 1913.
Quoted notes by Mr. Meyer.
36852 to 36854. Ziziphus jljuba Miller. Jujube.
(Zizxphus sativa Gaertner.)
36852. "(No. 1041. Peking. China. November 7, 1913.) A variety of
jujube with large, round -oblong fruits of a dark mahogany-brown color;
meat somewhat juicy and quite sweet. Trees of rather small growth and
quite spiny. Cultivated in Peking gardens under the name Ta tsao.
meaning 'big jujube.' "
36853. "(No. 1042. Peking. China. November 8. 1913. > A variety of
jujube bearing rather small fruits of roundish shape and of a red-brown
color; meat very sweet. Trees grow to be large, with heavy trunks and
few spines. Produces more fruit when ringed annually. Cultivated in
Peking gardens under the name Hsiao tsao. meaning 'small jujube."
36854. "(No. 1043. Peking. China. November 9. 1913.) A jujube
bearing large fruits of elongated shape, tapering toward the end: color a
rich reddish brown. Of sweet taste; meat firm; of rather good keeping
qualities. Trees of tall growth with few branches; foliage very large.
Cultivated in Peking gardens under the name Yu tsao. meaning 'tooth
jujube.' on account of the tapering shape of the fruits."
36855. Viburnum plicatum Thunberg.
Xo. 199Sa. Hsiao Wu tai shan. Chihli Province, China August 30, 1913.)
A shrub of medium dimensions, found on stony mountain slopes. Bears in
early summer many umbels of whitish flowers, followed by berries which change
from green to red and when ripe to black. The foliage is quite green and
dense, the leaves somewhat undulated. Of value as a hardy ornamental
drought -resisting shrub for the colder regions of the United States."
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1913. 75
36852 to 36861— Continued.
36856. Ribes sp. Currant.
"(No. 1999a. Hsiao Wu tai shan, Chihli Province, China. August 29, 1913.)
A currant of tall, open growth found on northern mountain slopes at elevations
of 7,000 to 10,000 feet. Berries red, small, sour, and not juicy."
36857 to 36859. Rosa sp. Rose.
36857. "(No. 2000a. Hsiao Wu tai shan, Chihli Province, China. August
24, 1913.) A very tall and vigorously growing wild rose, found among
tall scrub on mountain slopes. Of value as a stock for cultivated roses
for the colder sections of the United States."
36858. "(No. 2001a. Hsiao Wu tai shan, Chihli Province. China.
August 21, 1913.) A wild rose of low, bushy growth found on stony
mountain sides. Of use possibly for stony and pebbly places in wild
gardens."
36859. "(No. 2002a. Hsiao Wu tai shan, Chihli Pro\ince, China.
August 29, 1913.) A wild rose of low growth and spreading habit, each
stalk standing separately; found in semishady places at elevations of
7,000 to 10.000 feet. Of use possibly beneath trees as an open ground
cover, especially for the colder sections of the United States."
36860. Hemerocallis sp. Day lily.
"(No. 2003a. Hsiao Wu tai shan, Chihli Province, China. August 29, 1913.)
A low-growing liliaceous plant with linear leaves, found on open, rocky places
at altitudes of 5,000 to 7.000 feet. Of value possibly as a hardy perennial for
the colder sections of the United States.
36861. Phase oltjs vulgaris L. Bean.
"(No. 2004a. Hsiao Wu tai shan, Chihli Province, China. August 30, 1913.)
A good variety of garden bean cultivated in a temple garden at an elevation
of 5,000 feet. Of value apparently as a garden vegetable for the cooler sections
of the United States."
36862 and 36863. Cucoris melo L. Muskmelon.
From Spalato, Dalmatia, Austria-Hungary. Presented by Mr. William T. Forbes,
Worcester, Mass. Received December 6, 1913.
36862. "Seeds of a muskmelon served at the Grand Belle vue Hotel. Melons
nearly spherical, 9 inches in diameter; flesh 3 inches thick and seed opening
3 inches. Sweet; flesh green; tastes like pineapple." (Forbes.)
36863. "Seeds of a muskmelon served at the Grand Bellevue Hotel. Melons
9 inches in diameter; very sweet; green flesh; pineapple taste; very fine."
(Forbes.)
36864. Bellucia sp. Papaturro.
From San Jose, Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. Carlos Werckle, Department of
Agriculture, San Jose. Received December 9, 1913.
"A small tree, with fruit which to my taste is one of the best; flowers large and
beautiful; very fragrant; for hot climates, deep, fresh alluvial land; grows principally
on the banks of creeks." (Werckle.)
36865. Juglans cinerea X regia. Walnut.
From Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by Mr. John G. Jack, East Walpole, Mass.
Received December 22, 1913.
76 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
" From tho Eben Bacon estate, Prince Street, Jamaica Plain, Mass. A large tree with
the aspect of a butternut (/. cinerea) but closer, less deeply furrowed bark. Leaves
of few large leaflets. Nuts much like J. cinerea, but shell less sharply rough and husk
not glandular pubescent. Trunk about 4 feet in diameter at 2 feet from ground, at
4 feet from ground dividing info three large limbs." (Jack.)
"A large widespreading specimen with a trunk diameter of 4 feet 3 inches about
2 feet above the surface of the ground and just below the point where it divides inio
three large limbs, standing in the grounds of Mr. Eben Bacon, of Jamaica Plain. Tide
tree is supposed to have been planted between 50 and GO years ago." (Garden and
Forest, No. 349, October 31, 1894.)
36866 to 36887.
From Pango Pango, Samoa. Presented by Commander C. D. Stearns, Governor
of American Samoa. Received December 10, 1913.
36866. Adenanthera pavonina L. Coral bean tree.
"A handsome deciduous tree with spreading branches and bipinnate leaves
bearing pods of glossy, scarlet, biconvex seeds. Pinnae two to six pairs; leafh-ts
6 to 12 pairs, oval, obtuse, glabrous; flowers in racemes, numerous, small, white
and yellow mixed, fragrant; calyx 4 to 5 toothed; stamens 8 to ]0; pods linear,
somewhat curved, bivalved, 10 to 12 seeded.
"The tree is a native of the East Indies, where the jewelers use the seeds
for weights, each weighing almost exactly 4 grains. The heartwood of the larger
trees is of a deep-red color. It is hard and durable and in India is sometimes
used as a substitute for red sandalwood. It yields a dye which the Bralimine
of India use for marking their foreheads. It has long been growing in Guam,
and is pretty well distributed over the island. Its vernacular name, kolales,
is an imitation of 'corales' (coral beads), and is likewi.se applied to the smaller
seeded Abrus abrus." (W. E. Safford, Useful Plants of Guam.)
36867. Barringtonia asiatica (L.) Kurz. Fiitu.
" Fiitu. A moderate-sized tree; cuts light but grows brown by exposure.
The wood is curly, brittle, and soft; it is quite light and is used for canoes; it i^
not a valuable wood for general use, though much esteemed by the natives on
account of the ease with which it is worked. The fruit is reduced to powder
and used to stupefy fish in a method of fishing called Sen. The leaves are
large and lustrous, like magnolia foliage, and the flowers are very beautiful/'
(Stearns.)
36868. Barringtonia samoensis A. Gray.
"Falaga:'
Distribution. — A tree whose protruding red-stamened flowers are borne in
racemes 2 feet long. Found in Samoa and on the adjacent islands.
36869. Bixa orellana L. Annatto tree.
" Loa. A small tree, bearing prickly capsules containing seeds surrounded
by red pulp, which yields 1 lie well-known annatto of commerce. Leaves cordate-
ovate, acuminate entire or angular, smooth on both surfaces.
"Annatto is prepared by macerating the pods in boiling water, removing the
seeds, and leaving t he pulp to settle. The water is then poured off, and the
residuum, which is of a bright-yellow or orange color, is used as a dyestuff.
In Guam il is sometimes put in soup and rice. The Caroline Islanders use it
to paint their bodies, together with turmeric. It is sometimes used in the same
way by the Samoans.
"The chief uses to which annatto is applied are for dyeing silk and cotton
orange yellow and for coloring < In i e .md butter. The color imparted to fab-
rics, however, is not lasting." (W. E. Safford. Useful Plants of Guam.)
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1913. 77
36866 to 36887— Continued.
36870. Canavali sp.
"Fiie-lopa."
36871. Clerodendrum amicori'm Seem.
" ' Mamalnpe."
Distribution. — A white-flowered shrub, often 15 feet tall, found in Samoa
and on the adjacent islands.
36872. Crassina elegans (Jacq.) Kuntze.
(Zinnia elegans Jacq.)
"Maheriha."
36873. Dioscorea sp. Yam.
"Soi, a species of yam."
36874. Gynopogon bracteolosa (Rich.) Schumann.
(Alyxia bracteolosa Rich.)
"Nau, or Laumaile.,':
36875. Indigofera sp.
"Fue. This is one of the many varieties of creeping plants. This one in
particular is a kind of shrub." (Stearns.)
36876. Leucaena glauca (L.) Benth.
"Lopa. Another of the lopa species." (Stearns.)
36877. Maba elliptica Forster. Maba.
"A shrub of 6 feet or more, or a moderate-sized tree, or sometimes a lofty
tree; branches slender, cinereous, terete, rather rough; shoots hairy, glabres-
cent; leaves elliptical or oblong-lanceolate, obtuse at the apex, cuneate at base,
glabrescent, subcoriaceous, 1^ to 4£ inches long by three-fourths to If inches
wide. Petioles one-tenth to one-fifth inch long. The fruit is fleshy, peduncu-
late, crowded, greenish, ellipsoidal, scarcely 1 inch long by one-half inch
thick, pubescent or nearly glabrous, two or three celled; seeds triquetrous.
This plant is called Maba by the natives in the Friendly Islands, and Kiharupat
in Java, and Anume in the Navigator's Islands. It is eaten by the children and
flowers in June or July and in January or February. When young, it is difficult
to distinguish from M. rufa, and approaches also in appearance M. buxifolia."
(Hiern, Monograph of Ebenacese, in Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical
Society, vol. 12, pt. 1, p. 122, 1873.)
36878 and 36879. Meibomia umbellata (L.) Kuntze. Bush tick trefoil.
(Desmodium umbellatwn DC.)
"Lala. A shrub 1 to 2 meters high, growing on the sea beach, with densely
downy young branches, 3-foliate leaves, and axillary umbels of whitish papili-
onaceous flowers. Branches terete; petioles 2.5 cm. or less long, slightly fur-
rowed; leaflets subcoriaceous with raised costate veins, green and glabrous
above, thinly gray-canescent or nearly glabrescent beneath, end leaflet larger
than side ones, roundi3h, or broad-oblong, 5 to 7.5 cm. long; umbels 6 to 12
flowered; pedicels short, unequal; calyx 4 mm. long, densely silky, 4-parted,
2-bracted; bracts minute, deciduous; standard of corolla obovate, keel blunt;
stamens monadelphous; pod jointed, 3.5 to 5 cm. long, the joints 3 to 5, thick,
glabrescent or silky, indented at both sutures.
"A strand shrub of wide tropical distribution. Common near the beach iu
Guam, Samoa, Fiji, and the Malay Archipelago. In Samoa it is used for perches
for pet fruit pigeons. The Guam name means ' lizard's bush. ' " ( W. E. Safford,
Useful Pla7its of Guam.)
78 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
36866 to 36887 --Continued.
36880. Mokinda ciTiiiFOLiA L. Nona.
"This plant, called ladda or lada by the natives of Guam, has seeds of unusual
interest. Their buoyancy is insured by a distinct air cell. They are fre-
quently found in the drift of tropical shores, and experiments have been made
which demonstrate the great length of time they will float in salt water."
(W. E. Safford. Useful Plants of Guam.)
Distribution. — A small tree, cultivated as well as wild, in the warmer part*-
of India and in Ceylon: also found on the islands eastward to Australia.
36881. Mybistica inutilis Rich. Nutmeg.
iL Atone; a tree." (Steam
36882. Parixari laurinum A. Gray. Ifi-ifi.
"IJi-iJi. A large tree which bears a round, very hard fruit; it is used by the
natives mixed with coconut oil to make a thick paste for the hair. Very,
common in Samoa." (Stearns.)
36883 and 36884. Styloma pacifica (Seem, and Wendl.) O. F. Cook. «
(Pritchardia pacifica Seem, and Wendl.)
' ' Niu-piu; the fan palm . ' ' (Stearns. )
36885. Scleria polycarpa Bockeler.
"Selescle; species of sedge. " (Stearns.)
36886. Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertner. Kapok.
(Eriodendron anfractuosum DC.)
" Vavse; tree cotton."
36887. Colocasia sp.
Tuber.
36888. Myrciaria cauliflora (Mart.) Berg. Jaboticaba.
From Bahia, Brazil. Collected by Messrs. P. H. Dorsett, A. D. Shamel, and
Wilson Popenoe, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received December 25,
1913.
"(No. 32a. December 5, 1913.) Two hundred and thirty-eight seeds of the jaboti-
caba, from specimens purchased in the Bahia market. The variety (or species) 6eems
to be distinct from either of those sent in from Rio de Janeiro, the seeds being slightly
larger, less compressed, and the cotyledons white instead of pinkish. The majority
of the fruits contain only one seed, hut two are found in some instances. The fruits
average over an inch in diameter. The color is deep purplish maroon. We find the
jaboticaba when fully ripe to be of an exceedingly agreeable flavor. This fruit is
certainly worthy of a thorough trial in southern Florida and southern California."
(Dorsett, Shamel, and Popenoe.)
36889 to 36896.
From Tientsin, China. Presented by Dr. Yamei Kin, Pei-Yang Woman's Medical
School and Hospital. Received December 27. L913.
36889 to 36895. Zea mays L. Corn.
36889. "No. 1. Two ears of the red mi pang tze, an early variety called
chen chu, 'pearl,' on account of its small size. From Yutien district in
Chihli Province." (Kin.)
36890. "No. 1. One ear of a white variety of the mi pang tze. From
Yutien district in Chihli Province." (Kin.)
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1913. 79
36889 to 36896— Continued.
36891. "No. 1. Another variety of the early mi pang tze, called the
ma ya, 'horse teeth,' on account of its shape and size." (Kin.)
36892. "No. 2. Mi pang tze from the Shali ho district, which is not far
from Peking. Also from Chihli Province." (Kin.)
36893. "No. 2. Mi pang tze of a late variety from the Yutien district,
Chihli Province." (Kin.)
36894. "Loose corn from package No. 1. From Yutien district, Chihli
Province."
36895. "Loose corn from package No. 2. From the Shali district."
36896. Sesamum orientale L. Sesame.
"From Yutien district, Chihli Province. Seed of the best sesame of this
district, which is noted for its good sesame oil.
"The sesame seed is very small and needs to be thinly sown in rows, so that
between the plants there will be a hand's span of space, and the rows should be
wide enough apart to permit an animal to pass, to draw the harrow, as they
say in China. It is what I should judge to be about 2 feet. It is important to
allow space enough, or it will not make a good strong growth. The little bagful
is sufficient for a mu [about one-sixth acre] of ground. It does not need much
moisture, doing best in such soil as is good for maize, and needs only about the
same amount of manure. It is particular in that it will not bear at all if any
other kind of plant is put in between the rows. You know the Chinese are
great on mixing a row of beans or something small between the kaoliang or
maize.
"This sesame should grow to be about the height of a man, say 5 feet, more
or less, depending on the vigor of growth. When the leaves at the bottom of
the stalk begins to turn yellow it should be gathered and tied into bundles and
stood up straight till such time as the pods, as they say, ' open their mouths' ;
then, picking the stalks up, shake them upside down into a flat basket, when
the seeds will readily fall out. If it is desired to let the seed ripen fully on the
stalk before gathering, one must put a flat basket under the stalk and shake
the stalk, or else the seeds will largely be lost, as they fall out readily once the
pods dehisce.
"In making the oil, the process is not by the ordinary method of pressure,
but as follows: First, the seed must be lightly roasted to a brown color, but not
burned, or else the oil will be bitter. The heat makes the oil give out a peculiar
nutty odor. It is lightly ground in a small mortar till it is like a coarse meal,
and then it is stirred in a bowl with a wooden stick, adding a little water when
it becomes a very sticky mass and the whole adheres together like a lump of
dough. Adding more water at this stage, while constantly stirring, drives out
the oil, which appears in the bowl separate from the sticky mass. The first
lot of water produces the best oil, and successive additions produce oil that is
thinner and thinner, and finally the mass falls apart, when there is no more
oil to be obtained. The residue is used for fertilizer. It is excellent for pot-
ted plants, being clean and quick in action, though it does not last as long as
some other kinds of fertilizer, according to my limited experience. I asked why
they did not press the oil as with peanuts, etc., and the reply was that it would
be wasting so much oil, for the Chinese have only the primitive stone mills,
and they would require a large amount of seed to begin with and much would
adhere to the stones, so that it would be lost. It is considered the finest oil for
cooking purposes, and what I have tried certainly has yielded good results.
But it requires to be fresh, and perch, doughnuts, etc., things that require to
80 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
36889 to 36896— Continued.
be fried in deep oil, are delicious, superior to those fried in the fine qualities
of pure light-green olive oil that I have seen. The seeds roasted lightly over a
fire in an ordinary saucepan are often added to cakes, somewhat like the poppy
seeds the Germans are so fond of over their various breads and rolls, and often
some of (he fancy rice dishes are made with a mixture of the sesame seed. It
is used largely to sprinkle over the sticks of barley sugar sold on the streets,
performing the double office of powder to keep the candy from sticking together
and adding a nutty flavor, which enriches the candy." (Kin.)
36897 to 36899.
From Hongkong, China. Presented by Mr. W. J. Tutcher, superintendent,
Botanical and Forestry Department. Received December 27, 1913.
36897. Aleurites Montana (Lour.) Wils. Mu-yu (wood-oil) tree.
" Mu-yu. The three species of Aleurites./orrfw'Hemsl., montana (Lour.) Wils.,
and cordata R. Br., from very early times have been almost hopelessly confused.
The first mention of the Mu-yu shu (literally, wood-oil tree), A. montana (Lour.)
Wils., occurs in Lamarck's Encyclop6die Methodique Botanique, where, under
the name Dryandra oleifera, the fruit of this tree is described, in conjunction with
the flowers and foliage of A. cordata R. Br. He [Lamarck] states that it is called
Mou-yeou by the Chinese and that it was cultivated in the Jardin du Roi, at
l'lsle de France. The Jesuit missionary, Loureiro, a Portuguese, established
himself at Canton in 1779, and for three years investigated the flora of that
region. He secured specimens of the Mu-yu slm, and in his Flora Cochinchi-
nensis, page 518 (1790), describes it as Vernicia montana, and his specific name,
being the oldest valid name, must stand. Subsequent authors have given
other names to this tree, and several of them, notably Mueller Arg. (in- De
Candolle's Prodromus, vol. xv, pt. 2, p. 724, 1866), continued the confusion
begun by Lamarck (loc. cit.).
"As a cultivated tree, A. montana occurs in the subtropical parts of south-
eastern China, from the province of Fokien southward to Tonkin, and is also
undoubtedly a native of these regions. It requires, without question, a sub-
tropical climate and a more abundant rainfall than its more northern relative,
A. fordii. In the central part of the Fokien Province, both Mu-yu and
Tung-yu trees occur, according to Dunn (Report of the Botanical and Forestry
Department, Hongkong, 1905, p. 117), and are known colloquially as Ilwa-
tung and Guong-tung, respectively. The Ilwa-tung, to quote Dunn, 'is the
most valued, because all the flowers of the majority of the trees produce fruit
from which the oil is made, while in the second kind a few flowers only in each
cluster are perfect, quite 80 per cent being male flowers.' This statement is
not borne out by specimens before me, including some collected in Fokien by
Dunn. The inflorescences might almost be classed into male and female,
but there is nothing to indicate whether or not they came from the same or
different trees. From the herbarium material one might reasonably assume
that the tree was nearly dioecious, yet in all probability it is monoecious, as in
other species of the family, but with a strong tendency to have the male and
female flowers collected in different inflorescence of the same tree.
"The Mu-yu tree in size, habit, foliage, and general appearance (but not in
the flowers and fruits) closely resembles the Tung-yu tree (A. fordii Hemsl.).
The flowers are borne in a terminal corymb or a raceme on shoots of the current
season's growth after the leaves have fully expanded. The 'male' inflores-
cence is many flowered, much branched, corymbose, 15 to 20 cm. long, and
20 to 30 cm. (1 cm. equals 0.3937 inch) broad. The 'female' inflorescence is
OCTOBEE 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1913. 81
36897 to 36899— Continued.
relatively few flowered, racemose, and 8 to 12 cm. long. The fruit is markedly-
distinct, being egg shaped, 5 to 6 cm. long, 4 to 4.5 cm. wide, pointed at the sum-
mit and flattened at the base, with three longitudinal and many traverse,
much-raised ridges; the interior part of the fruit (mesocarp) is thick and woody
and incloses (usually) three compressed, broadly obovoid seeds, each about
3 cm. long by 2.5 cm. broad, and warty on the outside. When ripe, the fruit
opens from the base upwards into three parts and the seeds can then be readily
extracted. Since the fruit is comparatively thick and quite woody, it is not
easily rotted by fermentation, as is the case in that of the Tung-yu tree.
"As will be shown later, the exports of oil from this tree are small, and it ia
quite impossible to cite chemical analyses that apply solely to the mu-yu,
the product of A. montana. In all probability Mu-yu has been investigated
by chemists, but, owing to the botanical confusion that has existed down to
the present, it has not been clearly distinguished from Tung-yu or from the
Japanese wood-oil. It is therefore very desirable that both the kernels which
yield this Mu-yu and the commercial product itself be examined by chemists,
and its constants, etc., definitely established. In order to avoid any possi-
ble eiTor, a sample of the fruit should be obtained and the seeds extracted in
the laboratory." (E. H. Wilson, in the Bulletin of the Imperial Institute, vol.
11, no. 3, July to September, 1913.)
For an illustration of the seed and fruit of the Mu-yu wood-oil tree, see
Plate VI.
36898. Garcinia oblongifolia Champion.
"A native of Hongkong. This is a strong-growing creeper, which produces
an edible fruit of a very pleasant, slightly acid taste." (Tutcher.)
36899. Poupartia axillaris (Roxb.) King and Prain.
(Poupartia fordii Hemsl.)
"A tree about 30 feet high in its native habitat in Hongkong. It has fruit of
an acid taste, rather bigger than a damson." ( Tutcher.)
36900. Panax quinquefolium L. Ginseng.
(Aralia quinquefolia Decne. and Planch.)
From Songdo, Chosen (Korea). Presented by Mr. Alfred Welhaven, Unsan,
Chosen. Received December 26, 1913.
"This seed was secured at Songdo, Chosen, the home of ginseng cultivation, and I
hope the seed will prove all that is claimed for it. The ginseng from Songdo is the best
in the world, according to the prices paid for it by the Chinese, who are the chief
consumers of ginseng. I have secured this seed from a Korean gentleman living in
Songdo, and he says the seed is first class and will surely give results if properly taken
care of. His instructions are to keep the seed in damp sand." (Welhaven.)
36901 to 36905. Soja max (L.) Piper. Soy bean.
(Glycine hispida Maxim.)
From Peking, China. Presented by Mr. John McGregor Gibb, Peking Univer-
sity. Received December 26, 1913.
Quoted notes by Mr. Gibb.
36901. "Iron pod."
36904.
"Big, white eyed."
36902. "Small golden flower."
36905.
"White flower, short
36903. "The yellow four in a
stalks."
pod."
16745° 16 6
82 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
36906 to 36912.
From Dalny, Manchuria. Presented by Mr. Albert W. Pontius, American consul .
Received December 26, 1913.
Quoted notes by Mr. Pontius.
36906. Soja max (L.) Piper. Soy bean.
{Glycine hispida Maxim.)
"Black soy bean. Shipped from Suchiatun station."
36907. Phaseolus angulaius (Willd.) W. F. Wight. Adzuki bean.
''Small black bean. Shipped from Changchun station."
36908. Viona sinensis (Torner) Savi. Cowpea.
"Small bean. Chinese name Changtou; Japanese name Urura-mame.
Shipped from Sanshihlipao, near Kinchou."
36909. Phaseolus aureus Roxb. Mung bean.
"Small green bean. Shipped from Yingchengtsu (in the Dairen district)."
36910 to 36912. Phaseolus angularis (Willd.) W. F. Wight.
Adzuki bean.
36910. "Small red bean. Shipped from Changchun station."
36911. "Small red-spotted bean. Shipped from Changchun station."
36912. "Small white bean. Shipped from Sunshu station."
36913 to 36924.
Presented by Mr. Lewis S. Palen, Harbin, Manchuria. Received December
29, 1913.
Quoted notes by Mr. Palen.
36913. Cucurbita maxima Duch. Squash.
36914 to 36919. Soja max (L.) Piper. Soybean.
(Glycine hispida Maxim.)
36914. "(From Tsitsikhar, Manchuria, November 5, 1913.) Yellow.
White-eyebrow variety, Ta pax met*. This bean is used for oil, bean
curd, sauces, and bean sprouts. This sample is from about 100 miles
east of this neighborhood. This variety is found mostly west of Kai-
yuan and Tiehling on the South Manchuria Railway. The estimated
yield is from 936 to 2,574 pounds per acre, and the price roughly esti-
mated at 46 cents gold per bushel of 60 pounds on the market."
36915. "(No. 2. Changchun, Manchuria. November 1, 1913.) Yel-
low. Golden, round variety, Chin yuan tou. This bean is used for oil.
bean curd, sauces, and bean sprouts. It is the variety most generally
found scattered all over the bean districts of Manchuria. The estimated
yield is from 936 to 2,574 pounds per acre, and the price is roughly esti-
mated at 46 cents gold per bushel of 60 pounds on the market. The
Chinese are most casual in their estimates of yields."
36916. "(No. 3. Kirin, Manchuria. November 1, 1913.) Large green
variety, Ta ching tou. A bean with green epidermis and green interior.
The percentage of oil is less than that of the yellow. Used as bean curd,
and as bean sprouts boiled with vegetables. The estimated yield is
from 936 to 2,574 pounds per acre and the price slightly less than that
of the yellow; roughly, 3 per cent."
36917. "(No. 3. Changchun, Manchuria.) Small green. Green epi-
dermis and yellow interior."
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1913. 83
36913 to 36924— Continued.
36918. "(No. 4. Changchun, Manchuria. November 1, 1913.) Large
black variety, Ta wu tou. The oil equals about 75 per cent of that from
the yellow. Mostly fed to horses and cattle. In some places officials pro-
hibit the use for oil, in fear of the cost of feed being too greatly enhanced.
It grows best and is much used on wet and marshy lands, where the
yellow and green varieties will not do well. The yield is about the
same as that of the yellow. The price is from 1 to 2 per cent higher
than the yellow, owing to the Japanese demand at Dalny. The Chinese
do not know the reason why it is preferred to the yellow."
36919. "(No. 5. Tsitsikhar, Manchuria. November 5, 1913.) Flat,
black variety, Pien wu tou. The oil equals about 75 per cent of that
from the yellow. Mostly fed to horses and cattle. In some places offi-
cials prohibit the use for oil, in fear of the cost of feed being too greatly
enhanced. The sample probably comes from about 100 miles to the
northeast of here. It will do well in very wet ground. The price ia
estimated at about 50 cents gold per bushel of 60 pounds on the Tsit-
sikhar market, which is slightly lower than the price of the yellow."
36920. Phaseolus aureus Roxb. Mung bean.
"(No. 6. Changchun, Manchuria. November 1, 1913.) Green beans, Lu
tou tze. Boiled with rice, when it is supposed by the Chinese to have a laxa-
tive effect; used also in making vermicelli. Quite generally found throughout
bean districts. The yield, roughly estimated, is 1,700 pounds. The retail
price in the Changchun market is 65 cents gold per bushel of 60 pounds."
36921 to 36923. Phaseolus angularis (Willd.) W. F. Wight.
AdzuM bean.
"Used boiled with kaoliang, corn, and other grains. The beans are first
put in the kettle and cooked some time before the grains are added. Used
also for white vermicelli. Although earlier than the yellow, green, and
black soy beans, these small beans are said to be more confined to the southern
districts. I can not vouch for this. The yield, roughly estimated, is 1,500
to 2,000 pounds. The price is slightly lower than that of sample No. 6 [S. P. I.
No. 36920], say 5 per cent."
36921. "(No. 7. Changchun, Manchuria.) Small red bean, Hung hsiao
tou."
36922. "(No. 8. Changchun, Manchuria.) Small gray mottled bean,
Li hsiao tou."
36923. "(No. 9. Changchun, Manchuria.) Small white bean, Pai
hsiao tou."
36924. Phaseolus vulgaris L. Kidney bean.
"(No. 10. Changchun, Manchuria.) Su cheng tou. Earliest of all varieties.
Boiled like our Boston beans. Often planted as a catch crop where the green
and yellow beans failed."
36925. Quercus suber L. Cork oak.
From Gibraltar, Spain. Presented by Mr. R. L. Sprague, American consul.
Received December 22, 1913.
"Spanish cork -oak acorns gathered in the woods in the vicinity of Gaucin. which
is considered the best cork -producing region." (Sprague.)
84 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
36926. Asparagus lucidus Lindloy. Asparagus.
From Taihoku, Formosa, Japan. Presented by the Bureau of Productive Indus-
tries, Government of Formosa. Received December 26, 1913.
"This is a scrambling plant of the most vivid preen, forming an entangled mase
many feet in length when cultivated in the greenhouse, but in its natural state not
even a foot high. It is a native of Macao, whence it was received by the Duke of
Northumberland, with whom it has produced little green flowers at Lyon. It is nearly
allied to A. falcatus, from which it differs in its smaller solitary leaves and in the
flowers not growing in racemes." (Edwards's Botanical Register, 1844, Misc., p. 29,
No. 36. 1
36927 to 36929.
From Bahia, Brazil. Collected by Messrs. P. H. Dorsett, A. D. Shamel, and
Wilson Popenoe, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received December 27,
1913.
Quoted notes by Messrs. Dorsett, Shamel, and Popenoe.
36927. Cocos coronata Martius. Nicuri palm.
"(No. 29a. November 28, 1913.) Seeds of the nicuri palm, a species
common in the region around the city of Bahia. It grows to a height of 20 or
30 feet and is usiially somewhat acraggly in appearance, on account of the
leaves being whipped and torn by the wind. The old leaf bases usually adhere to
the trunk and are arranged spirally, giving a curious twisted appearance to the
palm. The leaves are glaucous, and when well grown are very graceful, though
not as feathery as Cocos plumosa and others of that type. In the interior of
Bahia State this palm is very abundant, according to Dr. Argollo Ferrao, and
goats feed on the fruits. The hard shell of the seed incloses a kernel which
is fed to chickens and is sometimes eaten by the people themselves. The
leaves are used as thatch and for making brooms, carpets, and hats; the nicuri
hat is commonly worn by the natives in the rural districts around Bahia, and
is sold in the markets at from 200 or 300 reis to 1 milreis (7 to 35 cents) each,
according to quality. The plant is of slow growth. A wild orchid, called here
wild vanilla, commonly grows on its trunk. It should be tried in Florida and
California. These seeds were obtained at Shr. Pedro da Costa's place in Matatu,
a suburb of Bahia."
36928. Canna sp. Canna.
"(No. 30a. November 28, 1913.) Seeds of a wild canna which grows along
the roadsides in the suburbs of Bahia. Its flowers are scarlet; the petals are nar-
row; the plant grows 3 to 4 feet high. For hybridization."
36929. Eugenia tmflora L. Pitanga.
"(No. 31a. November 29, 1913.) Seeds of the pitanga from select fruits
produced at the country home of Dr. Fortunato da Silva in ('abulia, a suburb
of Bahia. These fruits were chosen because of their unusually large size and
handsome appearance. Should be tested in California and Florida as a selected
strain of this interesting fruit. The pitanga is extensively used here as a hedge,
plant, and appeals to us as being unusually good for this purpose. The fruit
is esteemed by the natives, especially when made into jelly or preserves.
Pitanga sherbet is also popular in Bahia and is served in the caf6s. Since
the plant is already known in California and Florida under the name of "Surinam
cherry,' a description of this fruit is not necessary."
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1913. 85
36930. Carica papaya L. Papaya.
From Brooksville, Fla. Grown at the Plant Introduction Field Station, Brooks-
ville. Received December 30, 1913.
Seed of original plant given to Mr. Gomme by Mr. A. F. Spawn, late of Kissimmee,
Fla. Seed supposed to be of Porto Rican origin. "We have two trees fruiting in the
garden here, and they have withstood the cold these two seasons so far. The fruit
appeals to me more than the Texas and Mexican varieties, being a little larger and
sweeter; in fact, it is one of the best flavored papayas I have ever eaten. They
make excellent preserves when cooked with lemon and a small quantity of apple."
(Gomme.)
36931 to 36933.
From Elim, German Southwest Africa. Presented by the Finnish Mission.
Received December 26, 1913.
36931. Pennisetum: glaucum (L.) R. Brown. Pearl millet.
(Pennisetum typhoideum Rich.)
"Omahangu."
36932. Holcus sorghum L. Sorghum.
(Sorghum vulgare Pers.)
"Native name 'Iilja.' Red seeded."
36933. Vigna sinensis (Tomer) Savi. Cowpea.
"Omakunde, native pea."
36934. Cyphomandra betacea (Cav.) Sendt. Tree tomato.
From La Guayra, Venezuela. Presented by Mr. Thomas W. Voetter, American
consul. Received December 30, 1913.
" Tomate extranjero. Seeds of a fruit growing wild on the mountains near La Guayra.
The accounts of the nature of the plant are conflicting, some stating that it is a tree
about the size of a coffee tree; others that it is an annual and small. It is compara-
tively scarce. The fruit seems to be a species of tomato. It is about 3 inches long,
with a diameter about half that. It is ovoid in shape, with a very firm and smooth
skin, red in color, glossy, and of very attractive appearance. The flesh is firm and
nearly fills the fruit, the seeds being relatively few in number and comparatively
hard. The consistence, structure, and flavor of the flesh are very like a tomato. It
preserves well. This plant is said not to be a native of Venezuela, and the names
given, Tomate extranjero and Tomate f ranees, would indicate the same." (Voetter.)
36935 and 36936. Holcus sorghum L. Sorghum.
(Sorghum vulgare Pers.)
From Carignan, Ardennes, France. Purchased from Denaiffe & Fils. Received
December 30, 1913.
36935. Black. 36936. White.
INDEX OF COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES.
Abrus praecatorius, 36283.
Acanthopanax spp., 36733, 36734.
Acrocomia sclcrocarpa, 36693.
Actinidia arguta, 36617.
Adenanthera pavonina, 36866.
Adzuki bean. See Phaseolus angularis.
Aeluropus littoralis, 36545.
Agropyron sp., 36792.
Agrostis spp., 36284, 36285.
Aguacate, Per sea americana, 36687.
Ajahuiri, Solarium sp., 36657.
Albizzia julibrissin, 36810.
Aleurites fordii, 36608.
montana, 36574, 36897.
Alfalfa (China), 36784.
(India), 36551-36560.
See also Medicago spp.
Allium cepa, 36286, 36811, 36812.
Alyxia bracteolosa. See Gynopogon brac-
teolosa.
Amaranthus sp., 36287.
Ampelopsis aconitifolia, 36754.
Amygdalus davidiana, 36664, 36665, 36725,
36807.
persica, 36485, 36703, 36717,
36724, 36805, 36806.
Andiroba, Carapa guianensis, 36715.
Andjiki, Holcus sorghum, 36682.
Angom, Holcus sorghum, 36686.
Anise, Pimpinella anisum, 36365.
Annatto, Bixa orellana, 36869.
Annona cherimola, 36288-36293.
X squamosa, 36562.
diversifolia, 36632.
muricata, 36294, 36532, 36700.
sp., 36274.
Anume, Maba elliptica, 36877.
Apium sp., 36295.
Apple, crab, Malus sp., 36601, 36803.
lin-kin, 36601.
Arachis hypogaea, 36296-36298.
Aralia quinquefolia. See Panax quinque-
folium.
Arbutus canariensis, 36529.
Arrebenta-cavallos, Solatium aculeatissi-
mum, 36271.
Artemisia maritime, 36814.
sp., 36797.
Ash, mountain, Sorbus sp., 36730.
Asparagus dauricus, 36766.
lucidus, 36926.
trichophyllus flexuosus, 36769.
spp., 36767,36768.
Astragalus sp., 36790.
Atone, Myristica inutilis, 36881.
Avas, Viriafaba, 36393.
Avena nuda, 36675.
sativa, 36546-36548.
Avocado (Florida), 36270.
(Hawaii), 36603, 36604.
(Mexico), 36687.
McDonald, 36603.
Nutmeg, 36604.
(Samoa), 36817.
See also Persea americana.
Bactris utilis, 36573.
Bakoa, Holcus sorghum, 36681.
Barberry. See Berberis spp.
Barley (Bolivia), 36360.
(Peru), 36345, 36346.
See also Hordcum vulgare.
Barringtonia asiatica, 36867.
samoensis, 36868.
Bauhinia sp., 36842.
Bean, adzuki. See Phaseolus angularis.
Aliados, 35465.
Araucanos, 36457.
Avalitos, 36405, 36410.
Azufrados, 36407.
(Bolivia, Chile, Peru), 36395-36478.
Borito, 36414.
broad, Viciafaba, 36393.
Bueye, 36404.
Burros, 36411.
Caballeros, 36396.
(Chile, Bolivia, Peru), 36395-36478.
(China), 36861.
87
88
SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
Bean, Chincha, 36406.
Del Norte, 36409.
kidney. See Phaseolus vulgaris.
Lima. See Phaseolus lunatus.
(Manchuria), 36921-36924.
Manteco, 36415.
mung, 36909, 36920.
(Peru, Bolivia, Chile), 36395-36478.
Bcarlet runner, Phaseolus coccineus,
36476.
eoy. See Soja max.
white runner, Phaseolus coccineus,
36477, 36478.
Bellucia costaricensis, 36535.
pp., 36864.
Benzoin sp., 36588.
Berberis amurensis, 36736.
chinensis, 36737.
heterophylla, 36626.
sp., 36568.
Beta vulgaris, 36773.
Bixa orellana, 36869.
Blackberry, Castille, 36571.
Stone, 36572.
Boldo, Peumus boldus, 36279.
Bramble, Rubus spp., 36758, 36759.
Brassica chinensis, 36782.
oleracea capitata, 36299, 36300,
36302.
caulo-rapa, 36770.
pekinensis, 36781, 36783.
rapa, 36301.
Broad bean, Viciafaba, 36393.
Bush tick trefoil, Meibomia umbellata,
36878, 36879.
Butternut-walnut hybrid, Juglans cin-
erea X regia, 36865.
Cabbage. See Brassica oleracea capitata.
Chinese, Brassica spp., 36781,
36783.
Cabelluda, Eugenia tomentosa, 36713.
Caesalpinia sp., 36303.
Calafata, Berberis heterophylla, 36626.
Calbigia, Triticum aestivum, 36622.
Califata, Berberis sp., 36568.
Calligonum arborescens, 36536.
caput-medusae, 36538.
rubicund urn,
36537.
eriopodum, 36539.
setosum, 36540.
Canahue, Cheno podium quinoa, 36306.
Canaloni melon, Citrus grandis, 36589.
Canavali sp., 36870.
Canegua, Chenopodium sp., 36304.
Canna sp., 36928.
Capoilles, Prunus salicifolia, 3637 1 .
Capsicum annuum, 36774-36777.
Caragana sp., 36746.
Carapa guianensis, 36715.
Carica papaya, 36262, 36273, 36275-36278,
36280, 36281, 36489, 36605,
36628, 36633, 36659, 36697,
36844, 36930.
Casimiroa edulis, 36602.
Cassia grandis, 36714.
Castanea mollissima, 36666.
Castor bean, Ricinus communis, 36375,
36377.
Catete, Zea mays, 36710.
Cayaponia sp., 36640.
Cebil, Piptadenia cebil, 36367, 36368.
Ceiba pentandra, 36886.
Chaetochloa italica, 36673, 36796.
Chang la tze, Capsicum annuum, 36776.
tou, Vigna sinensis, 36908.
Chard, Beta vulgaris, 36773.
Chen chu, Zea mays, 36889.
Chenopodium quinoa, 36305-36312.
sp., 36304.
Cherimoya, Annona cherimola, 36288-
36293.
Cherry, bird, Prunus padus, 36723.
black, Prunus salicifolia, 36371.
Chestnut, Castanea mollissima, 36666.
Chiang ghan pai ts'ai, Brassica chinensis,
36782.
Chin hwang tou, Soja max, 36649.
yuan, Soja max, 36651.
tou, Soja 7nax, 36651, 36915.
Chinese wood-oil tree. See Aleurites spp.
Ching da, Beta vulgaris, 36773.
tou, Soja max, 36646, 36848.
Chrysopogon avenaceus. See Sorghastrum
stipoides.
Citrus auruntium, 36636, 36694, 36707.
grandis, 36589, 36698.
limonia, 36654.
nobilis ddiciosa, 36634.
sinensis, 36265, 36266, 36635, 36637,
36689, 36691, 36692, 36701.
Clerodendrum amicorum, 36871.
Cocos coronata, 36927.
Coffea sp., 36641.
Colocasia spp., 36593-36595, 36677, 36887.
Colubrina asialica, 36490.
Colutea sp., 36747.
Coral bean tree, Adenanthera pavonina,
36866.
INDEX OF COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES.
89
Coriander, Coriandrum sativum, 36313.
Coriandrum sativum, 363] 3.
Cork oak, Quercus suber, 36925.
Corn (Barbados), 36699.
(Brazil), 36710-36712.
Catete, 36710.
Ch9n ehu, 36889.
(China), 36667-36669, 36889-36895.
Ma ya, 36891.
Mi pang tze, 36889-36893.
(Peru), 36267-36269.
Peruvian, 36711, 36712.
To kwei boun tze, 36667.
See also Zea mays.
Cornus spp., 36741, 36742.
Cory lus 8-pp., 36726, 36727.
Cotoneaster moupinensis, 36739.
spp., 36738, 36740.
Coutarea hexandra, 36661.
speciosa. See Coutarea hexandra.
Cowpea, Vigna sinensis, 36908, 36933.
Changtou, 36908.
Omakunde, 36933.
Uzura-mame, 36908.
Crab apple, Malus spp., 36601,36803.
Crane's-bill, Erodium sp., 36789.
Geranium sp., 36788.
Crassina elegans, 36872.
Crataegus pinnatifida, 36801.
Cucumis melo, 36314, 36315, 36534, 36660,
36845, 36862, 36863.
Cucurbita ficifolia, 36328.
maxima, 36329, 36778, 36779,
36913.
pepo, 36330-36341.
spp., 36316-36323, 36325-36327,
36342.
Currant, Ribes sp., 36856.
Curujujul, Karatas plumieri, 36260.
Custard-apple, Annona muricata, 36294.
Cyamopsis tetragonoloba, 36549.
Cyphomandra betacea, 36934.
sp., 36343.
Daneri, Holcus sorghum, 36685.
Dasheen (China), 36677.
(Florida), 36593-36595.
(Samoa), 36887.
See also Colocasia spp.
Date, Barakawi, 36826.
Bentamoda, 36818-36825.
Gondeila, 36827.
Jendila, 36827.
Kulma, 36828.
Mosque, 36676
Day lily, Hemerocallis sp., 36860.
Desmodium umbellatum. See Meibomiu
umbellata.
Dioscorea saliva, 36629.
spp., 36816, 36873.
Diospyros kaki, 36531, 36631.
lotus, 36808.
Djolomri, Holcus sorghum, 36684.
Dodonaea viscosa, 36813.
Dryandra oleifera. See Aleurites monta na.
Duchesnea indica, 36757.
Elaeagnus angusti/olia, 36542-36544.
Elder, Sambucus racemosa, 36744.
williamsii, 36745.
Elymus dahuricus, 36793.
sibiricus, 36794.
sp., 36541.
Ephedra sp., 36344.
Eriodendron anfractuosum. See Ceiba
pentandra.
Erodium sp., 36789.
Eucalyptus crebra, 36618, 36619.
gunnii, 36620.
stuartiana, 36621.
Eugenia tomentosa, 36713.
unifiora, 36929.
ventenatii, 36272.
Euonymus sd. 36569
Fabiana imbricata, 36567.
Falaga, Barringtonia samoensis, 36868.
Flax (Asia Minor), 36849, 36850.
(Idaho), 36630.
(India), 36565, 36566, 36600.
(Russia), 36851.
See also Linum usitatissimum.
Fragaria indica. See Duchesnea indica.
Fue, Indigofera sp., 36875.
Fue-lopa, Canavali sp., 36870.
Fullahkorn, Holcus sorghum, 36681.
Fiitu, Barringtonia asiatica, 36867.
Garcinia mangostana, 36575.
oblongi/olia, 36497, 36898.
Gawarfulli bean, Cyamopsis tetragono-
loba, 36549.
Geranium sp., 36788.
Ghae tang kuo, Malus sp., 36803.
Ghau tze, Artemisia sp., 36797.
Ghu pee doh, Soja max, 36809.
Ginseng. See Panax quinqxicfolium.
Glycine hispida. See Soja max.
Gooseberry, Ribcs sp., 36756.
Gourd, Lagenaria vulgaris, 36598.
90
SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
Grape, Vitis amurensis, 36753.
Grass, Nassella sp., 36349.
Jaragua, Sorghastrum stipoides,
36624.
Molasses, Melinis minutifiora,
36625.
Stipa sp., 36385, 36386.
Grevillea banksii, 36705.
( luanabana, Annona muricata, 36294.
Guar bean, Cyamopsis tetragonoloba,
36549.
Guarero, Abrus praecatorius, 36283.
de la rnontana, Ormosia spp.,
36358, 36359.
Guava, Psidium guajava, 36372-36374.
Gum, large-leaved water, Eugenia ven-
tenatii, 36272.
Guong-tung, Aleurites fordii. See under
36897.
Gynopogon bracteolosa, 36874.
Harris's lily, Lilium longiflorum, 36261.
Hawthorn, Crataegus pinnatifida, 36801.
Hazelnut, Corylus spp., 36726, 36727.
Hei ehi, Soja max, 36847.
Helicteres ovata, 36706.
Hemerocallis sp. , 36860.
Hibiscus mutabilis, 36695.
waimeae X (?), 36528.
Ruth Wilcox, 36528.
Hippophaii rhamnoides, 36743.
Holcus sorghum, 36610-36615, 36639,
36670-36672, 36680-36686, 36795, 36932,
36935, 36936.
Honeysuckle, Lonicera spp., 36748-36752.
Hong la pa teui yang hua, Incarvillea sin-
ensis, 36760.
Hordeum vulgare, 36345, 36346, 36360.
Hsi ghu lu, Cucurbita maxima, 36778.
Hsiao heo tou, Soja max, 36645.
mi tze, Chaetochloa italica, 36673.
teao, Ziziphus jujuba, 36853.
yea yen, Nicotiana rustica, 36780.
Hsien la tze, Capsicum annuum, 36777.
Huang mi, Panicum miliaceum, 36674.
ya pai ts'ai, Brassica pekinensis,
36781.
Huilca, Piptadenia cebil, 36367.
Hung haiao tou, Phaseolus angularis,
36921.
Hwa-tung, Aleurites montana. See under
36897.
Hwang tou, Soja max, 36650.
Ifi-ifi, Parinari laurinum, 36882.
Iilja, Holcus sorghum, 36932.
llama, Annona diversijolia, 36632.
Incarvillea sinensis, 367G0.
Indigo/era sp., 36875.
Ipomoea spp., 36491, 36642.
Iris ensata, 36765.
Iron-bark, Eucalyptus crebra, 36618, 36619.
Jaboticaba Branca, 36702.
Coroa, 36702.
Murta, 36702.
Sao Paulo, 36702.
See also Myrciaria caulijlora.
Jaboticabeira. See Myrciaria caulijlora.
Jabuticaba. See Myrciaria caulijlora.
Jaca-andu, Annona sp., 36274.
Jaragua grass, Sorghastrum stipoides, 36624.
Jequirity, Abrus praecatorius, 36283.
Juglans australis, 36599.
cinerea X regia, 36865.
regia sinensis, 36662, 36663.
Jujube, Ziziphus jujuba, 36852-36854.
Kaoliang, Holcus sorghum, 36670.
Kapok, Ceiba pentandra, 36886.
Karatas plumieri, 36260.
Kiharupat, Maba elliptica, 36877.
Kohl-rabi, Brassica oleracea caulo-rapa,
36770.
Kolales, Adenanthera pavonina, 36866.
La tze, Capsicum annuum, 36775.
Lacayoti, Cucurbita Jicijolia , 36328.
Lada, Morinda citrifolia, 36880.
Ladda, Morinda citrijolia, 36880.
Lagenaria vulgaris, 36598.
Lala, Meibomia umbellata, 36878, 36879.
Laranja cravo, Citrus nobilis deliciosa,
36634.
da terra, Citrus aurantium, 36636,
36694, 36707.
Larch, Siberian, Larix dahurica, 36728.
Large-leaved water gum, Eugenia rente-
natii, 36272.
Larix dahurica, 36728.
Laumaile, Gynopogon bracteolosa, 36874.
Lemon, Citrus limonia, 36654.
Lespedeza sp., 36563.
Leucaena glauca, 36876.
Li hsiao tou, Phaseolus angularis, 36922.
Licania platypus, 36590, 36591.
Ligularia sp., 36761.
sibirica, 36762.
INDEX OF COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES.
91
Lilium longiflorum, 36261.
spp., 36570, 36627, 36678.
Lily, Harris's, Lilium longiflorum, 36261.
See also Lilium spp.
Lima bean, Phaseohis lunatus, 36479-
36484.
Linumusitatissimum, 36565, 36566, 36600,
36630, 36849-36851.
Loa, Bixa orellana, 36869.
Lonicera caerulea, 36752.
spp., 36748-36751.
Lopa, Leucaena glauca, 36876.
Lu tieh to, Rubus sp., 36758.
tou, Phaseolus aureus. See under
36846-36848.
tze, Phaseolus aureus, 36920.
Lucuma sp., 36324.
Lulo, Solanum quitoense, 36597 .
Lupinus spp., 36347, 36348.
Lychnis coronata, 36764.
Ma ya, Zea mays, 36891.
Maba, Maba elliptica, 36877.
Maba elliptica, 36877.
Madronbo, Arbutus canariensis, 36529.
Makerika, Crassina elegans, 36872.
Malus spp., 36601, 36803.
Mamalupe, Clerodendrum amicorum,
36871.
Mamao, Carica papaya, 36844.
da India, Carica papaya, 36697.
Man ching p'yi liang, Brassica oleracea
caulo-rapa, 36770.
Mangifera indica, 36688, 36690, 36815,
36841.
Mango, Augusta, 36690.
(Brazil), 36688, 36690, 36841.
Rosa, 36688, 36841.
(Samoa), 36815.
Mangosteen, Garcinia mangostana, 36575.
Manin, Arachis hypogaea, 36296-36297.
Matta verde, Fabiana imbricata, 36567.
Mau doh, Soja max, 36785.
tau shu, Amygdalus davidiana.,36665 .
Medicago ruthenica, 36784.
saliva, 36551-36560.
Meibomia umbellata, 36878, 36879.
Mekossie, Holcus sorghum, 36680.
Melilotus alba, 36564.
Melinis minutiflora, 36625.
Mfonghuya, Holcus sorghum, 36682.
Mi pang tze, Zea mays, 36889-36893.
Millet, Chaetochloa italica, 36673. 36796.
pearl, Pennisetum glaucum, 36616,
36655, 36931.
Molasses grass, Melinis minutiflora, 36625.
Morinda citrifolia, 36880.
Morus alba, 36696.
Mou-yeou, Aleurites montana, 36897.
Mountain ash, Sorbus sp., 36730.
Mulberry, Morus alba, 36696.
Mung bean. See Phaseolus aureus.
Muskmelon (Austria), 36862, 26863.
(Brazil), 36845.
(Italy), 36534.
(Peru), 36314, 36315.
(Turkey), 36660.
See also Cucumis melo.
Mu-yu shu, Aleurites montana, 36897.
tree, Aleurites montana, 36897.
Myrciaria cauliflora, 36702, 36709, 36888.
Myristica inutilis, 36881.
Myrtle, drooping, Eugenia ventenatii,
36272.
Nassella sp., 36349.
Nasturtium, Tropaeolum sp.. 36391.
Nau, Gynopogon bracteolosa, 36874.
Navel orange. See Citrus sinensis.
Navo, Brassica rapa, 36301.
Nephrosperma van-houtteana, 36487.
Nicotiana rustica, 36780.
tabacum, 36492-36496.
Nicuri palm, Cocos coronata, 36927.
Nitraria schoberi, 36800.
Niu-piu, Styloma pacifica, 36883, 36884.
Nona. Morinda citrifolia, 36880.
Noo li, Prunus humilis, 36721.
sp., 36722.
Nutmeg, Myristica sp., 36881.
Oak, cork, Quercus suber, 36925.
Oat (China), 36675.
hull-less, 36675.
(Turkestan), 36546-36548.
See also Avena spp.
Olea verrucosa, 36679.
Oleaster, Elaeagnus angustifolia, 36542-
36544.
Olive, wild, Olea verrucosa, 36679.
Omahangu, Pennisetum glaucum, 36931.
Omakunde, Vigna sinensis, 36933.
Onion. See Allium cepa.
Operculina tuber osa, 36843.
Opuntia spp., 36350-36357.
92
SKKDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
Orange, bitter. Citrus aurantium, 36636,
36694, 36707.
(Brazil), 36635-36637, 36689,
36691. 36692, 36694, 36701,
36707.
(Guatemala), 36265, 36266.
Ormosia monosperma, 36358.
spp., 36359, 36394.
Oryza longistaminata, 36533.
Ostryopsis davidiana, 36731.
Pa Bhan ghu, Ampelopsis aconitifolia,
36754.
Pah woh, Lilium sp., 36627.
Pahudia rhomboidea, 36550.
Pai gho, Lilium sp., 36678.
hsaio tou, Phaseolus angularis, 36923.
loba, Raphanus saliva, 36772.
mei, Soja max, 36846.
ts'ai, Brassica spp., 36781-36783.
Palm. See Acrocomia sclerocarpa, Bactris
utilis, Cocos coronata, Ne-
phrosperma van-houtteana, and
Phoenlcophoriumborsigianum.
Panax quinquefolium, 36282, 36596, 36716,
36900.
Panicum mlllaceum, 36674.
Papaturro, Belinda sp., 36864.
agrio, Bellucia costaricensis ,
36535.
Papaya (Argentina), 36262.
(Brazil), 36273, 36275-36278,
36697, 36844.
(Ceylon), 36280, 36281, 36628.
(Costa Rica), 36633.
(Florida), 36930.
(Hawaii), 36605.
Karl Schulz, 36273.
(Samoa), 36489.
(Transvaal), 36659.
Watergate, 36277.
See also Carica papaya.
Parinari laurinum, 36882.
Passifiora ligularis, 36362, 36363.
sp., 36361.
Passion fruit, Passiflora spp., 36361-36363.
Pea, Pisum sativum, 36369, 36370.
Peach (Brazil), 36703.
(China), 36664, 36665, 36724,36725,
36805, 36806, 36807.
(Chosen), 36717.
(India), 36485.
wild. See Amygdalus davidianc.
See also Amygdalus persica.
Peanut, Arachis hypogaea, 36296-36298.
Pear, Pyrus sp., 36802.
Pearl millet, Pennisetum glaucum, 36616.
36655, 36931.
Pechevaye, Bactris utilis, 36573.
Pei mei, Soja max, 36648.
Pennisetum glaucum, 36616, 36655, 36931.
typhoideum . See Pennise turn
glaucum.
Pepper, red, Capsicum annuum, 36774-
36777.
Persea americana, 36270, 36603, 36604,
36687, 36817.
borbonia, 36623.
carolinensis . See Persea borborna.
grallsslma. See Persea americana.
Persimmon. See Diospyros spp.
Peumus boldus, 36279.
Phaseolus angularis, 36838-36840, 36907,
36910-36912, 36921-36923.
aure.us, 36909, 36920.
coccineus, 36476-36478.
lunatus, 36479-36484.
vulgaris, 36395-36475, 36861,
36924.
Phoenicophorium borsigianum, 36486.
Phoenix dactylif era, 36676, 36818-36828.
Phy sails sp., 36364.
Plcea obovata, 36729.
Pien wu tou, Soja max, 36919.
Pimpinella anisum, 36365.
Piiluela de garrobo, Karatas plun
36260.
Plptadenia cebil, 36367, 36368.
sp., 36366.
Piro, Karatas plumleri, 36260.
Pistache, Pistacia sp., 36263.
Pistacia sp., 36263.
Pisum sativum, 36369, 36370.
Pitanga, Eugenia unijlora, 36929.
Plciogynium solandri, 36606.
Plum (China), 36718-36722, 36804.
Yellow Ussurian (Siberia), 36607.
See also Prunus spp.
Polakowskia tacaco, 36592.
Pomegranate, Punica granatum, 36488.
Pomelo, Citrus grandis, 36589, 36698.
Potato (Bolivia), 36656-36658.
(Peru), 36384.
See also Solanum spp.
Poupartla axillaris, 36899.
fordii. See Poupartla axillaris.
Prickly pear, Opuntla spp., 36350-36357.
Pritchardia pacijica. See Styloma pacifica.
INDEX OF COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES.
93
Proso, Panicum miliaceum, 36674.
Prunus davidiana. See Amygdalus david-
iana.
humilis, 36721.
padus, 36723.
persica. See Amygdalus persica.
salicifolia, 36371.
salicina, 36804.
triloba, 36718-36720.
spp., 36607, 36722.
Psidium- guajava, 36372-36374.
Pumpkin, Cucurbita pepo, 36330.
Punka granatum, 36488.
Pyrus sp., 36802.
Quebracho, Schinopsis lorentzii, 36264.
Quercus suber, 36925.
Quina de Pernambuca, Coutarea hexan-
dra, 36661.
Quinoa, Chenopodium quinoa, 36305-
36312.
Radish, Raphanus sativus, 36771, 36772.
Raphanus sativus, 36771, 36772.
Raspberry, Rubus sp., 36609.
Red pepper, Capsicum annuurn, 36774-
36777.
Repallo, Brassica oleracea capitata, 36299.
bianco, Brassica oleracea capi-
tata, 36300.
Rhamnus sp., 36735.
Ribes spp., 36756, 36856.
Rice, perennial, Oryza longi-staminata,
36533.
Ricinus communis, 36375, 36377.
Rollinia orthopetala, 36561.
Rosa laevigata, 36638.
spp., 36857-36859.
Rose (Brazil), 36638.
(China), 36857-36859.
See also Rosa spp.
Rubus spp., 36571, 36572, 36609, 36758,
36759.
Sambucus racemosa, 36744.
williamsii, 36745.
San pien huang goo tze, Chaetochloa
italica, 36796.
yah, Dioscorea sativa, 36629.
Sansapote, Licania platypus, 36590, 36591.
Santonica, Artemisia maritima, 36814.
Sapindus saponaria, 36376, 36378.
Sapote, white, Casimiroa edulis, 36602.
Scarlet runner, Phaseolus coccineus, 36476.
Schinopsis lorentzii, 36264.
Schinus terebinthifolius, 36259, 36708.
Schizandra chinensis, 36755.
Schizonotus sorbifolius, 36799.
Scleria polycarpa, 36885.
Scutellaria sp., 36763.
Sea buckthorn, Hippophae rhamnoides,
36743.
Selesele, Scleria polycarpa, 36885.
Sesame, Sesamum orientate, 36896.
Sesamum orientate, 36896.
Setaria italica. See Chaetochloa italica.
Shalil, Amygdalus persica, 36485.
Shan yao, Dioscorea sativa, 36629.
Siberian larch, Larix dahurica, 36728.
Silk tree, Albizzia julibrissin, 36810.
Soapberry, Sapindus saponaria, 36376,
36378.
Soi, Dioscorea sp., 36873.
Soja max, 36576, 36643-36653, 36785,
36809, 36829-36837, 36846-36848, 36901-
36906, 36914-36919.
Solanum aculeatissimum, 36271, 36704.
quitoense, 36597.
tuberosum, 36384.
spp., 36379-36383, 36656-36658.
Sorbus sp., 36730.
Sorghastrum stipoides, 36624.
Sorghum, Andjiki, 36683.
Angom, 36686.
Bakoa, 36681.
Chiganzacha-Uwana, 36614.
(China), 36670-36672, 36795.
Daneri, 36685.
Djolomri, 36684.
Dura sufa, 36639.
(France), 36935, 36936.
Fullahkorn, 36681.
Ganvaii, 36611.
(German East Africa), 36610-
36615.
(German Southwest Africa),
36932.
Iilja, 36932.
(Kamerun), 36680-36686.
Lugugu, 36613.
Mektxsfne, 36680.
Mfonghuya, 36682.
Ndagumo, 36612.
(Sudan), 36639.
Teleri, 36683.
Tikarkorn, 36682.
dtwasimba, 36610.
Utwewampela, 36615.
94
SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
Sorghum, Wu ta lang kaoliang, 36670.
Wuteguineakorn, 36680.
See also Holcus sorghum.
Soursop. See Annona muricata.
Soy bean, Chin hwang tou, 36649.
yuan, 36651.
tou, 36651, 36915.
(China), 36785, 36809.
Ching tou, 36646, 36848.
(Chosen), 26829-36837.
Ghu pee doh, 36809.
Hei chi, 36847.
Hsiao heo tou, 36645.
Hwang tou, 36650.
(Manchuria), 36576, 36643-
36653, 36846-36848, 36914-
36919.
Mau doh, 36785.
Pai mei, 36846.
Pei mei, 36648.
Pien wu tou, 36919.
Ta ching tou, 36916.
hei tou, 36643.
lieh hei, 36644.
pai mei, 36914.
wu tou, 36918.
White eyebrow, 36576, 36647.
Widowers' beans, 36837.
Yuan tou, 36652.
See also Soja max.
Sphenostylis stenocarpa, 36530.
Spiraea sorbifolia. See Schizonotus sorbi-
folius.
Spruce, Picea obovata, 36729.
Squash (China), 36778, 36779, 36913.
(Peru), 36316-36323, 36325-36327,
36329, 36331-36342.
See also Cucurbita sp.
Stevensonia grandifolia. See Phoenico-
phorium borsigianum.
Stipa spp., 36385, 36386, 36791.
Strawberry, yellow, Duchesnea inaica,
36757.
Styloma pacifica, 36883, 36884.
Su cheng tou, Phaseolus vulgaris, 36924.
Surinam cherry, Eugenia uniflora, 36929.
Sze ssu la tze, Capsicum annuum, 36774.
Tacaco, Polakowskia tacaco, 36592.
Ta ching tou, Soja max, 36916.
hei tou, Soja max, 36643.
lieh hei, Soja max, 36644.
pai mei, Soja max, 36914.
tsao, Ziziphus jujuba, 36852.
Ta tzu ku chen, Ilippopha'e rhamnoides.
36743.
wu tou, Soja max, 36918.
Tangerine, Citrus nobilis deliciosa, 36634.
Taro. See Dasheen.
Tattas, Dodonaea viscosa, 36813.
Tchi tchi, Stipa sp., 36791.
Tee ren tze, Duchesnea indica, 36757.
Teleri, IIolcus sorghum, 36683.
Thladiantha dubia, 36798.
Tick trefoil, Meibomia umbellata, 36878,
36879.
Tien ts'ai, Beta vulgaris, 36773.
Tikarkorn, Holcus sorghum, 36682.
Tindalo, Pahudia rhomboidea, 36550.
To kwei boun tze, Zea mays, 36667.
Tobacco (China), 36780.
(Java), 36492-36496.
Kanari, 36492.
Kedoe, 36496.
Wonosobo, 36495.
See also Nicotiana spp.
Toluiferasj)., 36387.
Tomate extranjero, Cyphomandra betacea.
36934.
francos, Cyphomandra betacea,
36934.
chileno, Cyphomandra sp., 36343.
Tree tomato, Cyphomandra spp., 36343,
36934.
Triticum aestivum, 36392, 36498-36527,
36577-36587, 36622.
vulgare. See Triticum aestivum.
spp., 36388-36390.
Tropaeolum sp., 36391.
Tsai shu, Larix dahurica, 36728.
Tsao, Ziziphus jujuba, 36852-36854.
Tsiao ma lien, Iris ensata, 36765.
Tsui loba, Raphanus sativus, 36771.
Tumbas, Passifiora sp., 36361.
Tuna. See Opuntia spp.
Tung pai ts'ai, Brassica pekinensis, 36783.
Tung-yu, Aleurites fordii. See under
36897.
Turnip, Brassica rapa, 36301.
Tze kua, Thladiantha dubia, 36798.
Tzuli, Ribes sp., 36756.
Uto, Colocasia sp., 36677.
Uzura-mame, Vigna sinensis, 36908.
Vavae, Ceiba pentandra, 36886.
Vernicia mo nta na . See A leurUes mo nta na .
Vetch, Vicia epp., 36786, 36787.
INDEX OF COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES.
95
Viburnum opulus, 36732.
plicatum, 36855.
Vitiafaba, 36393.
spp., 36786, 36787.
Vigna sinensis, 36908, 36933.
Vitis amurensis, 36753.
Walnut. See Juglans sp.
butternut hybrid, 36865.
Water gum, large-leaved, Eugenia vente-
natii, 36272.
Wheat, Bathurst No. 2, 36577.
(Bolivia), 36389, 36390, 36392.
Calbigia, 36622.
Cedar, 36578.
Cleveland, 36579.
Cowra No. 3, 36580.
Genoa, 36581.
Gentile rosso, 36622.
German calbigia, 36622.
(Italy), 36622.
John Brown, 36582.
Jonathan, 36583.
(New South Wales), 36577-36587.
(Peru), 36388.
Red calbigia, 36622.
Rymer, 36586.
Sicilian calbigia, 36622.
Thew, 36587.
(Turkestan), 36498-36527.
Wagga No. 19, 36584.
Wheat, Warren, 36585.
See also Triticum spp.
White runner, Phaseolus coccineus, 36477,
36478.
sapote, Casimiroa edulis, 36602.
Harvey, 36602.
Widowers' beans, Soja max, 36837.
Wongpatiao, Sambucus williamsii, 36745.
Wood -oil tree. See Aleuriles spp.
Wormseed, Levant, Artemisia maritime,
36814.
Wormwood, Artemisia sp., 36797.
Wu ta lang kaoliang, Holcus sorghum.
36670.
Wuteguineakorn, Holcus sorghum, 36680.
Yam. See Dioscorea sp.
Ye mu shu, Medicago ruthenica, 36784.
Ygerilla, Ricinus communis, 36375, 36377.
Yu kua, Cucurbita maxima, 36779.
mei, Avena nuda, 36675.
tao, Colocasia spp., 36677.
tsao, Ziziphus jujuba, 36854.
Yuan tou, Soja max, 36652.
Zea mays, 36267-36269, 36667-36669,
36699, 36710-36712, 36889-36895.
Zinnia elegans. See Crassina elegans.
Ziziphus jujuba, 36852-36854.
sativa . See Ziziphus jujuba .
o
Issued August 17, 1917.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY.
WILLIAM A.TAYLOR, Chief of Bureau.
INVENTORY
OF
SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED
BY THE
OFFICE OF FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT INTRODUCTION
DURING THE PERIOD FROM JANUARY 1
TO MARCH 31. 1914.
(No. 38; Nos. 36937 to 37646.)
WASHINGTON:
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.
1917.
Issued August 17, 1917.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY.
WILLIAM A. TAYLOR, Chief of Bureau.
INVENTORY
OF
SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED
BY THE
OFFICE OF FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT INTRODUCTION
DURING THE PERIOD FROM JANUARY 1
TO MARCH 31, 1914.
(No. 38; Nos. 36937 to 37646. )
WASHINGTON:
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.
1917.
BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY.
Chief of Bureau, William A. Taylor.
Associate Chief of Bureau. Karl F. Kellerman.
Officer in Charge of Publications, J. E. Rockwell.
Chief Clerk, James E. Jones.
Foreign- Seed and Plant Introduction.
SCIENTIFIC STAFF.
David Fairchild, Agricultural Explorer in Charge.
P. H. Dorsett, Plant Introducer, in Charge of Plant Introduction Field Stations.
B. T. Galloway, Assistant to the Secretary and Plant Pathologist.
Peter Bisset, Plant Introducer, in Charge of Foreign Plant Distribution.
Frank N. Meyer and Wilson Popenoe. Agricultural Explorers.
H. C. Skeels, S. C. Stuntz, and R. A. Young, Botanical Assistants.
David A. Bisset, Nathan Menderson, and Glen P. Van Eseltine, Assistants.
Robert L. Beagles, Superintendent, Plant Introduction Field Station, Chico, Cal.
F.dward Simmonds, Superintendent, Plant Introduction Field Station, Miami, Fla.
John M. Rankin, Superintendent J Yarrow Plant Introduction Field Station, Kockvtlle. MI.
J. E. Morrow, Superintendent, Plant Introduction Field Station, Brooksiillc, Fin.
Edward Goucher, Plant Propagator.
Collaborators: Aaron Aaronsohn, Director, Jewish Agricultural Experimental Station,
Haifa, Palestine; Thomas W. Brown, Cizeh, Cairo, Egypt; H. M. Curran, Laurel, Md.;
M. J. Dorsey, University Farm, St. Paul, Minn.; H. T. Edwards, Ridgeicood, AT. J.;
Dr. Gustav Eisen, California Academy of Sciences, San Frattcisco, Cal.; E. C. Green,
Servico do Algodao, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; A. C. Hartless, Seharunpur Botanic Gar-
dens, Seharunpur, India; E. J. Kraus, University of Chicago, Chicago, III.; Barbour
Lathrop, Chicago, III.; Miss Eliza R. Scidmore, Yokohama, Japan; Charles Simpson,
Littleriver, Fla.: II. P. Stuckey, Experiment, Ga.; Dr. L. Trabut, Director, Service
Botanique, Algiers, Algeria; E. H. Wilson, Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Mass.
CONTENTS.
Page.
Introductory statement o
Inventory 11
Index of common and scientific names 93
ILLUSTRATIONS.
Plate I. Fruits of the gravata, a Brazilian bromelia, S. P. I. No. 36967 16
II. Plant of the gravata in the virgin forest near Lavras, Brazil, S. P. I.
No. 36967 16
III. Fruits of the grumichama (Eugenia dombeyi), S. P. I. No. 369G8 16
IV. Fruiting branch of the pitomba (Eugenia luschnathiana), S. P. I.
No. 37017 16
V. The pitomba tree of Brazil (Eugenia luschnathiana), S. P. I. No.
37017 28
VI. An old imbu tree (Spondias tuberosa) at Brejo, Brazil, S. P. I. No.
37018 28
VII. Fruits of the cashew (Anacardium occidentale) , S. P. I. No. 37027 28
VIII. Rheedia edulis, a wild relative of the mangosteen, S. P. I. No.
37384 28
IX. Fruits of the pera do campo of Brazil (Eugenia klotzschiana) , S. P. I.
No. 37392 56
X. An orchard of Chinese persimmons (Diospyros kaki), S. P. I., No.
37540 56
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INVENTORY OF SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED
BY THE OFFICE OF FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT
INTRODUCTION DURING THE PERIOD FROM
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1914 (NO. 38; NOS.
3693T TO 37646). _
INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT.
While plants adapted to cultivation in the Southern States pre-
dominate in this inventory, it is probable that something of interest
to nearly everyone who is experimenting with plants will be found
described or listed in it, and this introductory statement is designed
to point out certain interesting features regarding them which occur
to the writer even before sufficient time has elapsed since their
introduction to make anyone really familiar with their behavior
in this country.
Whether the Kerguelen cabbage (Prinr/Jea antiscorbutica, No.
87554), which is a low, sprawling plant with heads of leaves some-
times 18 inches across, that occurs close to the seashore on Ker-
guelen Island, will ever thrive in this country may be a question,
but no doubt those interested in cabbages will be glad to test it. It
has a dense white heart and a taste like mustard and cress, though
coarser. The Lit ton (Phaseolus aureus, No. 3T0T8), a bean from
which in China a starch that is considered superior to corn or wheat
starch is prepared for laundry purposes, deserves to be investigated
in this country. A collection of 23 varieties of beans (Nos. 37036 to
37058) from Fusan, Chosen (Korea), may yield some valuable sorts
for cultivation in our gardens after they become acclimated. And
among the 98 varieties of soy beans secured through Consul General
Scidmore, of Seoul (Nos. 37228 to 37325), and similar collections
from Pyeng Yang (Nos. 37326 to 37356) and Kongju (Nos. 37306 to
37104), Chosen (Korea), there should be some valuable forms of this
remarkable food plant. The eight named varieties (Nos. 37145 to
37152) of Japanese udo from Kanagawa Ken propagated by cut-
tings will doubtless make it possible to lengthen materially the season
of this new spring vegetable.
Nut growers will J)c interested in testing the English walnut
variety (No. 37225) which Dr. Trabut has sent in from the moun-
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6 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
tains of Algeria, where it has been grown for centuries by the natives
and appears to have become fixed in character.
The possibility of greater or less resistance of the Chinese chestnut
(Castanca mottissima) to the chestnut bark disease will make Frank
N. Meyer's discovery of two superior fruiting varieties (Nos. 37547
and 37548) in the region south of Sianfu of peculiar interest.
Varieties of Abyssinian flax from Addis Abeba (Nos. 37085 to
37089), secured through the courtesy of Capt. Sandford, of the
British Legation, may be valuable to the students of the flax in-
dustry if the peculiar adaptability of Abyssinian barleys to Cali-
fornia conditions is an indication of similarity of climate.
Egyptian-cotton growing has become an industry in California,
but experimenters are still at work testing different strains, and they
may find something of value in a reported nearly wild form from
Angola, Africa (No. 37125), which there develops a very strong
fiber. Although it is perhaps a question whether American paper
manufacturers are j7et ready to put on their program the investiga-
tion of any grass for paper-pulp purposes, the preliminary7 trial of
hchae?num binatum (No. 37014), which has been experimented with
for this purpose in British India, can hardly fail to interest them.
There are now a number of bamboo groves in the Southern States,
and the fact has been abundantly demonstrated that there are thou-
sands of square miles of territory which might be covered with species
of this remarkable plant. Whether the Takuara bamboo of Para-
guay {Bambos guadua, No. 37009), which grows on low, sandy lands
along the rivers and attains a height of GO feet, will prove hardy re-
mains to be determined.
The expedition from this office sent to Bahia and Ttio de Janeiro
to investigate the culture of the navel orange found in occasional
use there as a cover crop a species of Crotalaria (No. 36969)
which may prove valuable for dry or semiarid orchard lands in this
country. Information has come through the same source regarding
the use in that region of the fruits of the Macaiiba palm ( Acrocomia
sclerocarpa, No. 37382) for hog feed. The thick layer of white,
starchy material surrounding the hard kernel is said to be preferred
to corn and to be very fattening. The fruit clusters of these palms
weigh as much as 65 or 75 pounds.
Of grain crops for trial perhaps the most interesting are the
sorghum varieties (Nos. 36960 to 36963), which are grown by the
Matabele, Setchuana, Mambukuschu, and Serotse tribes of southwest-
ern Africa, the pearl millet (No. 36959), from German Southwest
Africa, and a collection of wheat, rye. barley, and buckwheat (Nos.
37154 to 37167) from the Tulun Experiment Field of Russia.
This inventory contains a number of interesting new fruits as a
result of the work of the Brazilian expedition composed of Messrs.
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1914. 7
P. H. Dorsett, A. D. Shamel, and Wilson Popenoe. These will be
of special interest to experimenters in California, southern Texas,
and Florida. They include a large- fruited variety of the cashew
(No. 37027), a fruit tree which deserves to be better known in
Florida. Not only is its fruit edible, both out of hand and preserved
or in the form of an ade, but the nut when roasted is one of the most
delicate of all table nuts.
The pitomba {Eugenia luschnathiana, No. 37017), a deep orange-
colored aromatic fruit of the myrtle family which ripens in Decem-
ber; the imbu (Spondias tuberosa, No. 37018), a drought-resistant
tree of the caatinga lands of the interior of Brazil, the fruits of
which are consumed in great quantities, both fresh and preserved,
and also used to a considerable extent in making imbuzada, a drink
peculiar to the country, made of the juice and pulp of the fruit mixed
with boiling milk; the so-called wild lemon {Rheedia edulis, No.
37381), a relative of the mangosteen; the cambuca (Myrciaria edulis,
No. 37091), a relative of the jaboticaba, with a flavor resembling that
of the passion fruit; the grumichama (Eugenia dombeyi, No. 36968),
another species of the myrtle family, which resembles remotely our
cultivated cherry and is pronounced by the members of the expedition
one of the most agreeably flavored fruits of its class; the gravata
(No. 36967), a wild relative of the pineapple, with straw-colored,
spicy, delightfully acid fruits and a skin containing a strong vege-
table acid which attacks the hands, lips, and mouth of anyone
thoughtless enough to handle it carelessly; the pera do campo (No.
37392), an extremely interesting wild fruit-bearing bush which has
uot yet been cultivated, although it bears large pear-shaped aromatic
fruits on shoots not over 1 feet high ; the laranja da terra (No. 36971) ,
a citrus stock on which in Bahia the navel orange is grown; the
laranja selecta (No. 36917), a promising variety of orange which it
is thought is likely to mature its fruits in California during spring
and summer, and as it has no thorns and produces fruits of ideal
shape for packing, it may possibly prove to be of considerable value
to citrus growers in Florida and southern California ; the lime orange
(Nos. 36919 to 36951), with a flavor halfway between that of the
orange and the lime; a shaddock reported to be seedless (No. 36916),
and a juicy pink-fleshed shaddock (No. 36915) are some of the other
introductions of the expedition covered by this inventory.
The Japanese and Chinese persimmon collections now in this coun-
try have been materially added to through the introduction of 9
varieties (Nos. 37165 to 37173) collected by Mr. Meyer near Ling-
pao, Honan; 16 varieties (Nos. 37525 to 37510) from Nantotchu.
south of Sianfu; and a collection of 46 varieties (Nos. 37168 to
8 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
87213) from Prof. Tanikawa, representing the collection growing at
the Okitsu Government Horticultural Experiment Station in Japan.
Those interested in the question of stocks for the cultivated pear will
want to test the pear-quince hybrid Pyronia (No. 37606), which has
been favorably mentioned by Dr. Trabut.
The lime growers on the Florida Keys will doubtless test the
Sylhet, or Rungpur, lime (No. 37084), sent in by Mr. A. C. Hartless
from Seharunpur, where it is used for softening leather.
Additions to the Chinese jujube collections have been made through
the Ya hu tsao, or " gourd-shaped jujube " (No. 37069), sent by Dr.
Yamei Kin, and the large-fruited jujubes of Lingpao (Nos. 374-75
and 37476), where hundreds of acres of this fruit were seen by
Mr. Meyer.
The Chinese Cudrania, a close relative of the Osage orange, has
proved hardy at Washington; and as many of the Javanese trees
have shown their ability to thrive in southern Florida, the introduc-
tion of both male and female forms of a Javanese Cudrania with
bright orange fruits which are considered edible by the Japanese in
Formosa (Nos. 36986, 37015, and 37016) is of interest, in view of
the fact that hybrids have already been made between Cudrania and
the Osage orange.
The following additions to the shrubs and trees suitable for door-
yard and park planting appear in this inventory:
The Sumatra Casuarina (No. 37119), which, if it thrives, can
scarcely fail to be more cheerful as a street tree in Florida than the
Australian species; the Queensland gold-blossom tree (Barkh/a
syringifolia, No. 37134). which bears racemes of golden yellow
flowers; Bauhinia hookeri (No. 37135) from Australia, which bears
white flowers with crimson edges; three hardy Chinese species of
Cotoneaster (Nos. 37596 to 37598) ; five species of barberries (Nos.
37495 to 37499) originally from China and the mountains of tropical
Asia ; live distinct varieties of the Chinese allspice (Mt ratio. />/<>> cox,
formerly Ohvmonanthus fragrans, Nos. 37487, 37488, and 375*22 to
37524), a fragrant flowering shrub of interest to florists: and the
large-flowered tropical Tdlauma Jioihfsoni (No. 37216), which bears
blooms 6 inches across, resembling the magnolia.
Chinese names in this inventory have been brought, so far
possible, into accord with the best authorities, the geographic nam!
(except when fixed by decisions of the United States Geographic
Board) being given in the form accepted by the Chinese Ministry of
Communications Postal Guide. Many of the smaller village names
however, are not listed therein, and in all such case- the location of
the village is given with reference to the nearest town mentioned in »
that reference work.
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1914. 9
The manuscript of this inventory has been prepared by Miss May
Riley, the botanical determinations of introductions have been made
and the notes on geographic distribution compiled by Mr. H. C.
Skeels, and the descriptive and botanical notes arranged by Mr. S. C.
Stuntz, who has also had general supervision of this inventory, as of
all the publications of this office.
David Fairchild,
Agricultural Explorer in Charge.
Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction.
Washington, D. C, July 29, 1916.
INVENTORY.
36937 and 36938. Linum usitatissimum L. Flax.
From Matania el Saff, Egypt. Presented by Mr. Alfred Bircher, Middle
Egypt Botanic Station. Received January 3, 1914.
Secured from two different dealers in flaxseed and therefore given distinct
numbers as representing perhaps two distinct varities. For the use of the
Office of Cereal Investigations in its work on flax.
36939 and 36940.
From Kalat, Baluchistan. Presented by Capt. S. Williams, assistant politi-
cal agent, Mastung, Kalat, Baluchistan, India. Received January 3, 1914.
36939. Hordeum vulgare L. Barley.
"Barley grown in this State." (Williams.)
36940. Triticum aestivum L. Wheat.
(Triticum vulgare Vill.)
"Wheat grown in this State." {Williams.)
36941. Solakum tuberosum L. Potato.
From Bogota, Colombia. Presented by Senor J. M. Vargas Vergara, De-
partment of Agriculture. Received January 3, 1914.
"Papa gruesa, a variety of tuquerrena, selected at random, which will show
you the development the tubers reach here, these presumably not being the
largest." (Vargas Vergara.)
36942 to 36954.
From Brazil. Collected by Messrs. P. H. Dorsett, A. D. Shamel, and Wilson
Popenoe, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received January 8, 1914.
Quoted notes by Messrs. Dorsett, Shamel, and Popenoe.
36942. Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck. Sweet orange.
"(No. 42. Bahia, Brazil. December 13, 1913.) Navel orange bud
sticks from select tree No. 6, Dr. Fortunato da Silva's place, Cabulla.
Circumference of trunk, 21$ inches ; height of tree, 14 feet ; spread of
tree, 17 feet; habit of growth, spreading. Tree 12 feet from coffee
bushes. Two main branches, forking 19 inches above ground ; foliage
dense, dark green ; leaves elliptical, medium size, petiole medium size ;
no thorns. Fruits, June crop, 296; December crop, 14. No variations of
fruit noticed. Fruits borne all through the tree and of yellowish brown
color for the ripe ones. Navel small to medium size, mostly rudimentary.
Brown and cottony scale, lichens, and several fungi on the tree. Very
little mottle-leaf and very little gum disease. No plant parasites. Tree
about 14 years old. Few dead branches. For trial in California for
improved navel types."
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12 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
36942 to 36954— Contd. (Quoted notes by Mr. Dorsett and others.)
36943. Crraus mki.ka L. Citron.
"(No. 45. Bahia, Brazil. December 19, 1913.) Thirteen cuttings from
the grove of Dr. Miguel <le Teive e Argollo, Roma, Bahia. Typical citron
of commerce of very good quality. For trial in southern California."
36944. Citrus grandis (L.) Osbeck. Shaddock.
"(No. 46. Bahia, Brazil, December 19, 1913.) Bud sticks of sweet
shaddock or grapefruit from Dr. Miguel de Teive e Argollo's grove,
Roma, Bahia. Large pear-shaped fruit, thick skinned, straw-colored
flesh, sweet flavor, somewhat resembling the grapefruit in quality. Tree
very productive. For trial in southern California,"
36945. Citrus grandis (L.) Osbeck. Shaddock.
"(No. 48. Bahia, Brazil, December 19, 1913.) Thirty bud sticks of
pink-fleshed shaddock or grapefruit from the orchard of Dr. Miguel de
Teive e Argollo, Roma, Bahia. Mr. Popenoe says this fruit resembles
the Indian pummelo. Its shape closely resembles that of a slightly flat-
tened typical Marsh's seedless grapefruit, but it is two to four times the
size. Very smooth, thick skin. Flesh a beautiful pink color, very at-
tractive and striking. Fairly juicy, strong grapefruit flavor, very few-
seeds. This fruit is of possible value for use in salads aside from its
use as a breakfast fruit. The texture of both the skin and flesh is very
tender, which may render this fruit a valuable addition to our citrus
fruits for making preserves. Tree productive under unfavorable condi-
tions for fruiting. Very little mottle-leaf or gum disease and apparently
resistant to both. Should be tried extensively in both Florida and Cali-
fornia and the fruits tested for the manufacture of grapefruit products."
36946. Citrus grandis (L.) Osbeck. Shaddock.
"(No. 49. Bahia, Brazil, December 19, 1913.) Nineteen bud sticks of
what was reported to be a seedless shaddock from the orchard of Dr.
Miguel de Teive e Argollo. Roma. Bahia. Dr. V. A. Argollo Ferrao says
this is the true laranja tanja, which is frequently recommended as a
stock for budding navel oranges. The tree has very little mottle-leaf
or gummosis. and under unfavorable conditions has made a very vigorous
and healthy growth. Very productive. Fruits about the size of a typical
Marsh's seedless grapefruit". Skin rather thick but tender. Flesh tender.
juicy, with strong grapefruit flavor, and many seeds. Should be tried in
both California and Florida, especially for breeding purposes and as a
stock on which to bud the sweet orange."
36947. Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck. Sweet orange.
"(No. 50. Bahia, Brazil, December 19. 1913.) Seventeen bud sticks
of laranja selecta from Dr. Miguel de Teive e Argollo's place, Roma,
Bahia. Typical fruits, averaging about lot) size (to the box), very
smooth, thin skin. Very juicy, juice slightly acid; of excellent quality.
Few seeds. This fruit will probably mature in California during the
spring and summer seasons and may prove a valuable addition to the
summer fruits in that State. Fruits very uniform on the tree, and when
started the light-green color changes to deep, somewhat reddish orange.
No thorns on the tree. Very vigorous in growth under unfavorable con-
ditions. Fruits ideal shape for packing. Should be tried in Florida and
California."
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1914. 13
33942 to 36954— Contd. (Quoted notes by Mr. Dorsett and others.)
36948. Citrus sinensis (L. ) Osbeck. Sweet orange.
"(No. 51. Bahia, Brazil, December 19, 1913.) Thirty-seven bud sticks
from navel orange tree No. 1-6-1, grove of Col. Demetrio Luiz de Souza,
Cruz do Cosme, Bahia. This tree is the best in the De Souza grove.
Height, 18 feet ; spread, 21 feet. Habit of growth, spreading ; height of
head, IS inches; three main branches; dense dark-green foliage. Leaves
elliptical, medium size. Petiole medium, no thorns. Fruits, June crop,
237 ; December crop, 49 ; total, 286. No variations observed in the fruits.
December fruits yellowish green ; navel small to medium, usually rudi-
mentary. Brown and other common scales, lichens, and common fungi
on trees. Much mottle-leaf; little gummosis. Tree 25 years old, with
few small dead branches. Fruits large, symmetrical, and uniform.
Should be tried in California for improved navel type."
36949 to 36951. Citrus spp. Lime orange.
- From Bahia, Brazil. Collected December 19, 1913.
" Bud sticks of laranja limit, or lime orange, from trees 1 to 3, fazenda
of Col. Joao de Teive e Argollo, Agua Comprida, 28 kilometers north of
Bahia. Large, thrifty trees; very fruitful. Very little mottle-leaf or
gum disease. Dense foliage, large dark-green leaves. Petioles similar to
those of the navel orange. Crop borne at different intervals throughout
the year, similar to the navel orange. Fruit light green in color, skin
medium thick, flesh tender, very juicy, the juice spurting from fruit when
cut. Flesh light golden in color, very little rag. Flavor combines that
of the orange and lime; very good. With more acid, as the navel orange
grown in California shows compared to the same fruit in Bahia. the
laranja lima will furnish a valuable fruit drink. Five or six seeds were
found in the fruits cut. Col. Argollo says trees come true from seed.
The trees are more productive than those of the navel orange under the
same conditions and sell for more money at Agua Comprida, bringing 100
to 120 reis (3J to 4 cents) apiece throughout the year. While the leaves
have the petiole of the navel orange, the shape and serrations resemble
more closely those of the leaves of lima doce, or sweet lime. Should be
tried in California and Florida, more particularly in California. The
fruits produced are about the same size as navel oranges grown under
the same conditions on Col. Argollo's ranch. Fruits egg shaped and of
desirable shape and size for commercial packing. Will average 96 to 175
fruits to the California box."
36949. "No. 52. From tree No. 1. Tree had no thorns."
36950. "No. 53. From tree No. 2. Tree had large thorns."
36951. "No. 54. From tree No. 3. Tree had no thorns."
36952. Pereskia sp.
"(No. 55. Bahia, Brazil, December 19, 1913.) Cuttings of the swucucti,
from a hedge in front of the orange grove of Col. Frederico de Costa,
Matatu, Bahia. The thorns of this plant, of which samples were sent.
it was thought might prove valuable for phonograph needles, but trial
showed them to be too brittle. The plant grows 15 to 18 feet high, with
a cluster of thorns at each leaf axil. For trial in California and Florida,"
14 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
37647 to 37678— Contd. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
days, preferably in the wind, to let them dry. Meantime the
peelings have been carefully dried in the sun and kept in airy
baskets. The fruits are now taken from the strings and put into
baskets and jars with the dried peelings between and over them,
and they are now ready for the consumer.
"Another method of drying, which is often practiced with the
smaller varieties, is to run a knife point in a spiral or horizontal
way through the skin of the fruits, then to put them in the sun
on coarse matting. After they have been drying for several weeks
they are thrown into a pile and covered with matting or sack-
ing, allowing them to sweat. When through with this process
they are ready for the market. Persimmons treated in this way
are, as a rule, of a quality much inferior to those that have been
given more care, but on the other hand they sell so cheaply that
even coolies and beggars regale themselves on them.
"These dried persimmons are a most wholesome and pleasant
food, comparing very favorably with dried figs, and often even
preferable to them, being of less cloying sweetness and not pos-
sessing- the multitude of objectionable small seeds. There are
large sections in the United States, especially in the Southwest,
where no doubt the dried-persimmon industry could be success-
fully established, and, with up-to-date methods of drying and
curing, a much cleaner and probably superior article could be
obtained than the product seen in China, and the nation would
be richer by a new and wholesome food product. Besides these
dried persimmons, the Chinese manufacture sugar, spirits, and
vinegar from different varieties."
37649. "(No. 1110.) A Chinese variety of persimmon, said to be
large, of fiat shape with circular incisions, of orange color;
seedless, having in some fruits furrows on the top. The fruits
do not keep well, and they resist drying. Chinese name Sh&ng ti
shih tzH, meaning 'measure-box persimmon.' This variety seems
to be like the Tamopan."
37650. "(No. 1111.) A Chinese variety of persimmon, said to be
large, of square, flat shape; of reddish color; partly seedless. A
good keeper. Local name Mu shift tsu, meaning 'wood persim-
mon.' "
37651. "(No. 1112.) A Chinese variety of persimmon, said to be
of small to medium size, of red color, with blotches here and
there on the skin, seedless, and of very tine flavor. Local name
Chi lisin hung shih tzii, meaning 'chicken-heart red persimmon."1
37652. "(No. 1113.) A Chinese variety of persimmon, said to be
of small to medium size, of rounded form, color red, partly seed-
less; can not be kept long, fresh or dried. Local name Shan lea
tan shih tsu, meaning 'mountlike persimmon.'"
37653. "(No. 1114.) A Chinese variety of persimmon, said to be
small, of round-oblong shape, rod, seedless. Good only when
fresh. Local name CM chien hung shih i~ii, meaning 'tongue-
point red persimmon.' "
37654. "(No. 1115.) A Chinese variety of persimmon, said to be
small, of round-oblong shape, color orange-red, partly seedless;
APEIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. 15
37647 to 37678— Contd. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
can not be dried or kept long. Local name Mao chien shih tzii,
meaning ' hairy point persimmon.' "
37655. "(No. 1116.) A Chinese variety of persimmon, said to be
medium large, of flattened, square shape, with four vertical fur-
rows, of orange-red color, partly seedless ; can not be dried or kept
long. A rare variety. Local name Pan shih tzu, meaning 'flat
persimmon.' "
37656. "(No. 1117.) A Chinese variety of persimmon, said to be
small, of round-oblong shape, with furrows running vertically ;
color yellowish red ; partly seedless; can not be dried or kept long.
Local name Shui shih tzu, meaning 'water persimmon.'"
37657. "(No. 1118.) A Chinese variety of persimmon, said to he
small, of round-oblong form, color bright red, seedless; can be
kept fresh for a long time. Local name Huo kuan sJiih tzu, mean-
ing ' fire-pot persimmon.' This variety and other small sorts are
sometimes put into jars with fresh water for a couple of weeks,
after which treatment they have acquired quite a different taste,
losing much of their sweetness and often being just a little tart."
For an illustration of the fruit of the fire-pot persimmon, see
Plate I.
37658. "(No. 1119.) A Chinese variety of persimmon, said to be
small, of yellowish color, having many seeds. Thought to be a
hybrid between Diospyros kaki and D. lotus. Local name Ssii pu
hsiang shih tzu, meaning ' different persimmon.' "
37659. Ziziphus jujuba Miller. Rhamnacese. Jujube.
(Ziziphus sativa Gaertn.)
"(No. 1123. From village of Shiyapu, Shensi, China. February 4,
1914.) A variety of jujube having large fruits of barrel shape, of a
beautiful light-brown color. Can be eaten fresh or put up in weak
brandy; a really fine-looking jujube. Chinese name Ma lien tsao (Ma
lien jujube), referring to the supposed fact that this jujube resembles
the flower bud of a terrestrial orchid, with brownish flowers (Cym-
bidium sp.)."
37660. Thuja orientalis L. Pinaeepe. Arbor vitae.
"(No. 1127. From near Chaoyi, Shensi, China. February 7, 1914.)
A globular form of the oriental arbor vitse, of very dense growth. Valu-
able as an appropriate tree for cemeteries and for places of dignity.
Thuja orientalis is one of the most beloved trees of North China and is
much planted in temple courts and on burial grounds. It withstands
an astonishing amount of drought, neglect, and alkali, and it may be
of special value to certain sections of the United States."
37661 to 37665. Diospyros kaki L. f. Diospyracese. Persimmon.
From the village of Yukotsun, near Puchowfu, Shansi, China. Febru-
ary 8, 1914.
37661. "(No. 1129.) A Chinese variety of persimmon, said to be
large, of flat, square shape; of reddish color; partly seedless.
Excellent for drying purposes. Is of such good quality when
dried that formerly a shipment was made every winter to the
imperial court at Peking. Sells locally at 1 mace of silver per
catty (7 cents gold for 1J pounds). Local name Ch'ing shih tzii,
16 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
36967 to 36978— Contd. (Quoted notes by Mr. Dorsett and others.)
virtually, not united iu one compound fruit as in the pineapple. Should
be tried in California and Florida. The name gravata is applied to a
number of bromelias here."
For illustrations of the gravata plant and fruit, see Plates I and II.
36968. Eugenia dombeyi (Spreng.) Skeels. Grumichama.
(Eugenia brasilicnsis Lam.)
"(No. 34a. December 13, 1913.) The grumichama or grumixama, a
myrtaceous fruit, native of Brazil, both for its ornamental value and its
fruit is worthy of a careful trial in California and Florida. The tree,
which grows to 25 or 30 feet in height, is shapely and densely clothed with
glossy deep-green foliage. The individual leaves are elliptical, about 4
inches in length, thick, and leathery. The fruits ripen here in November,
and in general appearance very much resemble cherries. The form is round
or slightly flattened, the color deep crimson. The stem is 1 inch or more
in length. The thin skin incloses a soft, tender pulp, of mild and delicate
flavor. The seeds, one to three in number, are rounded or hemispherical,
about one-fourth to three-eighth of an inch in length. The grumichama
is one of the most agreeably flavored myrtaceous fruits we have tasted,
and in addition the tree is a beautiful and shapely ornamental."
For an illustration of the grumichama fruit, see Plate III.
36969. Ceotaxakia betusa L.
"(No. 35a. December 19, 1913.) Seed from two plants in the orange
orchard of Col. Baretto, Cabulla. Plants 2 to 3 feet high, producing
from 2 to 5 main branches, each bearing from 6 to 12 seed pods contain-
ing 12 to 20 seeds each. Root development extensive, the roots finely
branched and covered with medium-sized nodules. The root system closely
resembles that of vetch. Stems succulent, and it plowed under at the
time would quickly decompose. This plant is self-sown in all the orchards
we have visited. Dr. Argollo says it is particularly suited for dry or
semidry lands, and he predicts that it may become a very useful cover
crop for southern California and other semiarid regions."
36970. Phaseolus vulgaris L. Bean.
"(No. 36a. December 19, 1913.) The pink bean, feijao, which is the
source of feijoada, one of the principal foods of the poorer class of Bra-
zilians. Bought in the public market of Bahia at 240 reis (8 cents) per
liter. Said to have been grown at Alagoinhas, in the interior of Bahia
State."
36971. Citrus aubantium L. Sour orange
"(No. 37a. December 19, 1913.) Laranja da terra. Seed from fruits
grown by Col. Demetrio Luiz de Souza, Cruz do Cosme, near Bahia. This
is the principal stock for the laranja <le umbigo, or navel orange. For
trial in California and Florida as stocks for other citrus fruiis."
36972. Cocos cokonata Mart. Nicuri palm.
"(No. 38a. December 19, V.n\\.\ Seeds of the Nicuri or Alicuri palm,
from the vicinity of Matatu, near Bahia. For a description of the plant,
see S. P. I. 3G927."
Inventory 38, Seeds and Plants Imported.
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Fruits of the Gravata, a Brazilian Bromelia, S. P. I. No. 36967.
When the outer skin is peeled back the fruit juices are sucked out. The fruit flesh is tnms-
lucent, crisp, spicy, and delightfully acid. Under the skin is a layer of cells containing
a vegetable acid much stronger than that in I ho pineapple, which attacks tho lips and
makes them raw. (Photographed (P15343FS) by Dorsett, fcjhamel, and l'openoe, Bahia,
Brazil, November 29, 1913. Natural size.)
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Fruits of the Grumichama (Eugenia dombeyi), S. P. I. No. 36968.
The deep crimson fruits resemble cherries somewhat in appearance. They have a mild,
delicate flavor, which is very agreeable, and they ripen in November in Brazil. (Pho-
tographed (P15332FS) by D'orsett, Shamel, and Popenoe, Bahia, Brazil, November 27,
1913. Natural size.)
Inventory 38, Seeds and Plants Imported.
Plate IV.
Fruiting Branch of the Pitomba (Eugenia luschnathiana), S. P. I. No. 3701 7.
A rare fruit belonging to the myrtle family, which is occasionally cultivated in t'. miens about
Bahia, Brazil, ii is orange yellow, thin skinned, melting, and juicy, with a very aromatic
ami pungenl odor. (Photographed fP15387FS) by Dorsett, Shamel, aud l'oi>euoe, Bahia,
Brazil, December 14, 1913. Natural size.)
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1914. 17
36967 to 36978— Contd. (Quoted notes by Mr. Dorsett and others.)
36973. Elaeis guineensis Jacq. Dende palm.
"(No. 39a. December 20, 1913.) Seeds of the Dend6 or Guinea oil
palm, from trees in the vicinity of Matatu, Bahia. The fleshy pericarp
of the seeds furnishes an oil which is an important food product here,
especially among the negroes, with whom the palm is said to have come
over from Africa. It now grows in an apparently naturalized state on
the hillsides about Bahia and in many places is one of the most con-
spicuous features of the landscape. It is a particularly handsome plant,
with long, feathery leaves and a slender trunk sometimes 50 or 60 feet
high. It is probably too tropical for California, but may succeed in
southern Florida, where it should be given a thorough trial both as an
oil producer and as an ornamental plant."
36974. Theohroma cacao L. Cacao.
"(No. 40a. December 19, 1913.) Seeds of Criollo cacao from the
fazenda of Col. Joao de Teive e Argollo, Agua Comprida, 28 kilometers
north of Bahia. For trial in Porto Rico."
36975. Citkus aubantium L. Orange.
"(No. 41a. December 19, 1913.) Seeds of laranja da terra, from the
roea of Sefior Pedro F. M. de Amorim, at Brotas, in the suburbs of
Bahia. See S. P. I. No. 36971. For trial as a stock for commercial fruits
in California."
36976. Zea mays L. Corn.
" (No. 42a. December 19, 1913. Catete corn, yellow flint, ears with
12 rows of kernels. Said to have been grown at Alagoinlias, in Bahia
State."
36977. Garcinia sp. African mangosteen.
"(No. 43a. December 19, 1913.) Seeds of the Mangostao da Africa,
from the fields of Dr. Miguel de Teive e Argollo, Roma, Bahia. The
name '.African mangosteen ' implies that it is a Garcinia, and it has every
appearance of being a member of that genus. The plant is young, about
6 feet high, broad and spreading, with oblong, elliptical, leathery, thick
leaves. The fruits are broadly pyriform, about 1* inches in length,
bright orange in color. The skin is thin and surrounds a small mass of
bright orange pulp in which the two very large oval seeds are embedded.
Tbe flavor is acid, but pleasant. To be grown in connection with the
mangosteen experiments. May prove desirable as a stock for the
mangosteen."
36978. Caryophyllus jambos (L.) Stokes. Rose-apple.
{Eugenia jambos L.)
"(No. 44a. December 19, 1913.) Seeds of a good form of the jambo
or rose-apple, from a tree on tbe grounds of Dr. Miguel de Teive e
Argollo, Roma, Bahia. Fruits of good size and quality, the skin pale
yellow. For trial in Florida and California as an improved form of this
fruit."
36979 to 36983.
From Paris, France. Purchased from Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co. Received
January 3, 1914. For the work of the Office of Forage-Crop Investiga-
tions.
18 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
36979 to 36983— Continued.
36979 and 36980. Holcus sorghum L. Sorghum.
(Sorghum vulgare Pers.)
36981. Holcus halepensis L. Johnson grass.
(Sorghum halepensis Pers.)
36982. Holcus sorghum L. Sorghum.
(Sorghum vulgare Pers.)
36983. Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Brown. Pearl millet.
(Pennisetum typhoideum Rich.)
36984. Musa sp. Banana.
Collected by Dr. H. L. Shantz, of the Bureau of Plant Industry, in 1913, on
the plantation of Mr. E. Z. Blackman, Miami, Fla. Received January
13, 1914.
" The plant is about 10 feet high and the fruit about 5 feet from the ground.
It is thought that these plants may be the result of early importations made by
the United States Department of Agriculture from the Philippines." (Shantz.)
36985 and 36986.
From Hongkong, China. Presented by Mr. W. J. Tutcher, superintendent,
Botanical and Forestry Department. Received January 15, 1914.
36985. Fortunella hindsii (Champ.) Swingle. Hongkong kumquat.
(Atalantia hindsii Oliver.)
" A shrub with compressed branchlets, ovate-elliptical, leathery leaves
li to 3 inches long, bearing small flowers in axillary clusters, followed
by small orange-colored fruits." (Tutcher.)
Distribution. — Found on the wooded hills in the vicinity of Hongkong,
China.
"The Hongkong kumquat (Fortunella hindsii) differs from the round
kumquat (F. japonica), the oval kumquat (F. margarita), and the
Meiwa kumquat (F. crassifolia) in a number of morphological characters,
some of them of decided taxonomic significance in this group. It may be
regarded as constituting a new subgenus.
"Protocitrus Swingle. Differs from Eufortunella (1) in having the
ovary hypoinerous (3 or 4 celled, not 5 celled) ; (2) in the ovary wall
of the mature fruits having on the inside between the stalks of the pulp
vesicles a number of minute wartlike pale-yellow, cellular masses; (3)
in having the dissepiments of the fruit dry and the peel thin and not very
fleshy; (4) in having shorter, broader, more brachytic flowers; (5) in
having leaves with the veins more prominent on both faces, and less
pallid below.
"The two most important characters distinguishing the subgenus Pro-
tocitrus from Fufortunella are the few-celled ovary and the dimorphic
emerg< ncen from the ovary wall of the fruit, viz. ordinary pulp vesicles
and verruciform tufts of loosely aggregated more or less colored cells.
"The Hongkong kumquat. which, as already indicated, is the sole
Species el' the subgenus Prolocilrux, may be described as follows:
"A spiny shrub or small tree; twigs slender, angled when young;
leaves oval-elliptical, tapering sharply at both ends, dark green above and
faintly venose, paler and venose below; petioles winged, often merging
Into the lamina of the leaf without a separative joint. Flowers short,
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1914. 19
36985 and 36986— Continued.
broad, not opening very widely ; pistil very short ; style shorter than the
ovary ; stigma large, cavernous ; ovary 3 or 4 celled ; ovules 2 in a celL
Fruits small, 1.5 to 2 cm. in diameter ; subglobose, bright orange red
when ripe, the color of a tangerine orange ; pulp vesicles very few, small,
fusiform ; seeds thick, oval or ovate in outline, plump, 9 to 11 by 7 to 8
by 5 to 6 mm., pistache green in section.
" The Hongkong wild kumquat grows commonly on the dry hills about
Hongkong and on the mainland of China opposite." (W. T. Swingle,
Jour. Wash. Acad. Set., vol. 5, p. 174-175, 1915.)
36986. Cudrania javanensis Trecul.
" The fruit is round, rather more than an inch in diameter, of a bright
orange color, with a sweet, rather insipid taste. It is quite as good a
fruit as many others which are eaten." (Tutcher.)
Distribution. — A shrub or small tree found in eastern Africa and in
India and eastward and southeastward to China and through the Malayan
Archipelago to Australia.
36987. Carica papaya L. Papaya.
From Manila, Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. O. W. Barrett, chief,
Division of Horticulture, Bureau of Agriculture. Received January 13,
1914.
" The Dapitan, or Singapore variety, recognized by us as distinct from the
Hawaiian variety." (Barrett.)
36988 to 36990.
From St. Denis, Island of Reunion. Presented by Mr. August de Villiles.
Received January 6, 1914.
36988. Phaseolus calcabatus Roxb. Rice bean.
" The rice bean is cultivated to a limited extent in Japan, China, India,
Mauritius, Java, and the Philippines. What is supposed to be the wild
original of this bean occurs in India.
" The plant is strictly an annual and is half twining in habit. Planted
in rows, the different varieties grow 12 to 30 inches high and produce
vining branches 3 to 6 feet long. The leaves closely resemble those of the
common bean, but not infrequently are 3 lobed. The flowers are bright
yellow, produced in racemes of 10 to 20. The pods are smooth, slender,
falcate, straw colored, brownish, or blackish, 3 to 4 inches long, and burst
open readily at maturity. Though very productive of seed, the vining
habit of the plant, as well as the shattering, makes it difficult to harvest.
The flowers are self-fertile, as when bagged at Arlington Farm they set
pods perfectly.
" Like other annual legumes, the later varieties are much larger in
growth than the early ones. The late ones are very vigorous in growth
and make a thick, dense mass of foliage. Such sorts may prove valuable
as cover crops in the South, but, unfortunately, they are all subject to
root-knot. This, together with the shattering of the seed, will always
militate against their extensive use.
"The varieties differ mainly in their periods of maturity and in the
color of the seeds, which are straw-colored, brown, maroon, black, and
gray marbled.
20 SEED? AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
36988 to 36990 -Continued.
" The plant is well adapted to practically the same area as the cowpea
and will doubtless attract attention from time to time. Under present
conditions it is very doubtful whether this bean can be economically
utilized in this country.
" In different parts of India various vernacular names are given to
this bean, among them Sutri, Sita-mas, Pau maia, Onrush, and Gurounsh.
"In Japan it is called Tsuru adsuki; in China, Mu-tsa (Shanghai),
'Crab-eye' or 'Lazy-man' pea (Soochow), and 'climbing mountain
bean' (Yachow) ; in Cuba, where introduced, 'little devil,' or ' mambi,'
bean." (C. V. Piper.)
36989. Stizolobium aterrimum Piper and Tracy. Mauritius bean.
For a detailed description of this plant, with discussion of its value,
see Bureau of Plant Industry Bulletin 179, entitled "The Florida Velvet
Bean and Related Plants," by C. V. Piper and S. M. Tracy, 1910.
36990. Vigna sinensis (Torner) Savi. Cowpea.
"A very late, procumbent cowpea of poor habit; apparently of no
value." (C. V. Piper.)
36991. Caragana arborescens Lam. Siberian pea tree.
From Paris, France. Procured from Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co. Received
January 9, 1914.
For propagation at the Northern Great Plains Field Station. Mandan. X. Dak.
36992. Solanum polyadenium Greenman. Potato.
From Soulseat, Castle Kennedy, Scotland. Presented by Mr. J. Ailcman
Paton. Received January 15, 1914.
" Pubescent throughout, with hirsute spreading hairs intermixed with
densely crowded stipitate glands, heavy scented. This very pronounced and
very disagreeable odor corresponds absolutely to that which is given off when
the leaves of Ailanthus glandulosa L. are crushed. It is not found to my
knowledge in any other species of Solanum (among the tuber-bearing) and is
sufficient, aside from its pale-leaved foliage of very peculiar form, resembling
that of the tomato, to make it immediately distinguishable from all others.
Tubers white; stems somewhat striate-angled ; leaves pinnatiseet, 5 to 12 centi-
meters long, 4 to 8 centimeters broad, usually auricled at the base by small
subfalcate leaves of reduced axillary branches; segments 7 to 9, lance-oblong to
ovate, 1.5 to 4 centimeters long, 0.5 to 2 centimeters broad, somewhat acuminate,
obtuse, abruptly contracted below into an oblique subpetiolulate base; Interme-
diate segments much smaller, very unequal, rarely more than a centimeter in
length; inflorescence terminating the stem and branches in pedunculate falsely
dichotomous, more or less horizontally spreading cymes; flowers several; pe-
duncles 1 to 2.5 centimeters long, jointed; calyx live parted; segments sub-
lanceolate to somewhat oblong, often abruptly contracted into an attenuated
apex, persistent; corolla five angled, plicate, about 1 centimeter high and 2
centimeters broad, white; ovary and style glabrous; fruit conical-ovate. 10 to
13 millimeters long, two-thirds to nearly as broad, glabrous. Mexico, state of
Hidalgo; limestone hills, El Salto station, September 1.".. 1902. C. <1. Prinple.
No. S692 (herb. (Jreennian)." (Greenman, Proc. Am. Acad. Art* and Science,
vol. 39, p. 89, 1903.)
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1914. 21
36993. Aleurites fordii Hemsley. Tung tree.
From Hongkong, China. Presented by Mr. George E. Anderson, consul
general. Received January 12, 1914.
" Wood-oil nuts from Yingtak, Kwangtung Province, China, which were
brought to this office by Mr. M. P. Roach, of this city." (Anderson.)
36994 and 36995.
From Saigon, Cochin China. Presented by Mr. P. Morange. Received
January 14, 1914.
36994. Coix lacryma-jobi L. Job's-tears.
"This is the only variety existing in Cochin China." (Morange.)
36995. Feeoniella oblata Swingle.
" Spiny tree, 25 to 65 feet high, native to Cambodia and Cochin China ;
leaves odd-pinnate, three to four pairs; leaflets covered with small whitish
hairs, especially when young, pellucid-punctate, oval or obovate, crenulate
when young, often emarginate, with a very short petiole; rachis pubes-
cent ; flowers in many-flowered panicles, white, very fragrant, usually
five parted, with lanceolate pointed petals ; stamens four times the num-
ber of the petals, anthers large, oval, filaments joined together at the
base by the woolly pubescence of the appendices occurring on their inner
side ; flowers borne in clusters of 3 or 4, flattened spheroid. This species
occurs commonly in the forests of Cambodia and is sometimes cultivated
by the natives for its flowers which, when young, have a pronounced
orange odor and are used as a condiment in sauces." (W. T. Sioingle.
In Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 3, p. 1219, 1915.)
36996. Zea mays L. Corn.
From Pago Pago, American Samoa. Presented by Commander C. D.
Stearns, Governor of American Samoa. Received January 8, 1914.
"An ear of corn raised in American Samoa. The name of the corn is not
known, and it was raised quite by accident, a woman having planted a few
seeds." (Stearns.)
36997. Solanum tuberosum L. Potato.
From Bogota, Colombia. Presented by Seiior J. M. Vargas Vergara, Min-
istro de Obras Publicas. Received January 9, 1914.
" Seed potatoes which I have received from the region of Pamplona. Depart-
ment of Santander. While the sample referred to is not precisely that which
you desired, since it is not a native potato, and it has been cultivated, I believe,
notwithstanding, that it will be of interest to you and I am quoting below the
information given me by the prefect of the Province of Pamplona : ' The
potato which is sent to-day is known as papa niontailera and is cultivated in
clayey earth at an altitude of 2,000 meters above the level of the sea at a
temperature of 18° C.
" ' There is a current story that a hunter found in the mountains of this
country a plant called potato; he transplanted it into his garden, from which
tlif cultivation has spread and reached to-day a point where considerable num-
bers are cultivated.'
" It is said that this potato resists very well the shipment to warm countries
and keeps well in condition for eating for several months. My attention was
called to the excellent condition in which the sample arrived with reference to
this last observation, and, moreover, the complete absence of disease and insects,
which invariably attack the tubers in other localities." (Vargas Vergara.)
22 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
36998 to 37001.
From Erfurt, Germany. Purchased from Haage & Schmidt. Received
January 7, 1914. For the experiments of the Oflice of Forage-Crop In-
vest igal ions.
36998 to 37000. Holcus sorghum L. Sorghum.
(Sorghum vulgare Pers.)
36998. Black. 37000. Brown.
36999. White.
37001. Holcus hai.kpkxsis L. Johnson grass.
(Sorghum Italcpensis Pers.)
37002 and 37003. Phaseolus annularis (Willd.) Wight.
Adzuki bean.
From Wakamatsu, Iwashiro, Japan. Presented hy Rev. Christopher Noss.
Received January 5, 1914.
"The adzuki used in this region seems to he identical with the sample you
sent me [S. P. I. No. 17851]. I found only one other sort, the white.
" The Japanese use the adzuki in two ways. They boil them soft and mix
them with boiled rice and salt, making a mass called akameshi (red food),
which is used particularly on certain festive occasions. They also use them in
confections, boiling them very soft, straining through a cloth and mixing with
sugar in various ways. There is also an adzuki flour, which is used to make
the same confections, but is considered less delicious, though more convenient.
I should have said that in making the ordinary an the boiled adzuki are put
through a sieve to remove the hulls and then put into a bag and squeezed to
remove the excess of moisture. Brown sugars are commonly employed. One
variety, yokan, is made by adding kanten [isinglass, a gelatine made from sea-
weed] to the an." (Noss.)
37002. Common adzuki. 37003. Yellow adzuki.
37004 and 37005.
From Peking, China. Collected by Mr. Frank N. Meyer. Agricultural Ex-
plorer for the Department of Agriculture. Received at the Plant Intro-
duction Field Station, Chico, Cal., January 3, 1914. Received here
January 8, 1914.
Cuttings of the following; quoted notes by Mr. Meyer.
37004. Foksythia suspexsa (Thui'.b.) Vatal.
"(No. 1044. December 1, 1913.) A variety of golden bell with flowers
apparently larger than the ordinary sort commonly found in European
and American gardens. Very resistant to drought and able to stand a
fair amount of alkali in the soil, of special value to the drier sections
of the United States. Chinese name Huang shou tan."
37005. Viburnum fragrans Bnnge.
"(No. 1045. December 1, 1913.) A viburnum, flowering in spring
before the leaves have fully come out, bearing fragrant white flowers,
carried erect as round panicles. Somewhat stiff in outlines. Able to
withstand drought and alkali to a fair degree. Of value in the drier
sections of the United States. Chinese name Tan ch'un."
JANTTABY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1914. 23
37006 to 37008.
From Chita, Transbaikalia, Siberia. Purchased from Mr. M. M. Timo-
gowitsch by Mr. Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Explorer for the Depart-
ment of Agriculture. Received January 20, 1914.
37006. Prunus sibieica L. Apricot.
Baikal apricot.
37007. Betuxa fbuticosa Pallas. Birch.
This shrub, known to the Tungus as Buhyka or Marak, abounds in the
swamps and stony mountains in the subalpine region of Siberia, espe-
cially around Lake Baikal, everywhere associated with Rhododendron
dauricum L. and always resembling it. Steller observed this same
shrub beyond the Lena River, and it is frequent in Kamchatka. This
species is very similar to Betula humilis of Europe, but the leaves are
more tapered toward the apex, have usually five or six pairs of veins,
and the toothing is finer, sharper, and more regular ; the wings of the
seed are also comparatively broader than in humilis. It is a native of
northeastern Europe and Siberia, inhabiting boggy places. (Adapted
from Pallas, Flora Rossica; Schneider, Laubholzkunde ; and W. J. Bean,
Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 257.)
37008. Maltjs baccata (L.) Moench. Siberian crab apple.
(Pyrus baccata L.)
" Genuine var. vera. Transbaikal apple."
"A tree 20 to 40 feet high, forming a rounded, wide-spreading head of
branches, the lower ones arching or pendulous at the extremities ; trunk
1 to 2 feet in diameter. Leaves 1J to 3J inches long, about half as wide ;
oval or ovate, rounded or tapering at the base, shallowly and bluntly
toothed ; smooth above, and either smooth or downy beneath ; stalks
slender, 1 to 2 inches long. Flowers white, produced during April in
umbels ; each flower 1$ inches across and borne on a slender stalk 1 to
1J inches long. Fruit three-quarters to seven-eighths of an inoh thick,
globular, bright red, hollowed at the insertion of the stalk, and with a
round scar, but no calyx teeth at the top.
" Widely spread in nature, this species reaches from Lake Baikal, in
Siberia, eastward to Manchuria and North China, and the same or a
similar tree is found in the Himalayas. Introduced to Kew in 1784.
It varies considerably in the downiness of the various parts. Some of
the trees in the Kew collection have smoorh young shoots, leaves, calyx
tube, and flower stalks; others have all these parts downy. The lobes
of the calyx appear to be invariably silky hairy inside. As a tree for
gardens, the Siberian crab stands in the first rank. It is pretty in
April when laden with its abundant white flowers, but its great value
and charm are most apparent in autumn, when its plentiful crop of
cherrylike crabs turns a brilliant red. They remain long on the leafless
branches, and I have seen them lighting up the garden on fine days as
late as February. This tree is closely allied to Pyrus pruni folia, but the
fruit of the latter is more elongated, not indented at the base, and
nearly always crowned with the calyx teeth. The late Dr. Regel, about
30 years ago, sent seeds to Kew of about a dozen varieties with names,
but when the trees flowered and bore fruit they proved indistinguishable
The fruit, of Pyrus baccata, although harsh when eaten raw, makes a
very excellent jelly." (IF. ./. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the
British Isles, vol. 2, p. 278-279.)
24 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
37009 and 37010.
From Puerto Bertoni, Paraguay. Presented by Mr. G. H. Bertoni. Re-
ceived January 23, 1914.
37009. Bambos guauua Humb. and Bonpl. Bamboo.
(Guadua angustifolia Knntli.)
" Takuara. Native Paraguayan bamboo. Grows by preference in the
low, sandy lands along the rivers. Here reaches ;i height of 1". to 20
meters, and the culm, which reaches a diameter of 10 to 15 centimeters,
is used for pots or jars." (Bertoni.)
37010. Phaseolus caracalla L.
"Climbing legume very similar to Phaseolus caracalla. In good soils
grows to large size. It is annual, with good foliage, and in autumn
or late summer is covered with beautiful flowers. Much used as an orna-
mental. This legume, originating in the warm parts of Paraguay, re-
quires much heat for perfect development. In cold regions it generally
flowers well, but does not set seed. This is no inconvenience, since the
plant is easily propagated from cuttings." (Bertoni.)
Received as 'Phaseolus bertonii Francesehi, but apparently merely a form of
P. caracalla.
37011. Crotalaijia mesopontica Taub.
From Kyimbila, German East Africa. Presented by Mr. Ad. Stolz. Re-
ceived January 15, 1914.
"The base of the stem somewhat ferruginous-villous, resembling C. emar-
pinata Boj., but with the apex of the leaflets obtuse or subcordate, mucronulate.
calyx hirsute, villous. From West Karagwe on laterite soil at heights of 1.400
to 1,800 meters." (Engler, Die Pflanzemcelt Ost-Afrikas, p. 207, 1895.)
" This plant grows very quickly, might be transplanted for annual or perennial
cultivations, as it is a perennial bush and forms a cushion of 2 to 3 feet diam-
eter." (Stolz.)
37012. Hibiscus sabdariffa L. Roselle.
From Donna, Tex. Presented by Mr. Eltweed Pomeroy. Received Janu-
ary 10, 1914.
"Seed collected from plants grown at Donna, Tex. A showy annual. The
voung calyces and steins and leaves of the plant when cooked make a delicious
jelly, similar to that made from cranberries or red currants. The plant requires
a long growing season to reach maturity and is injured by light frosts; there
fore it is adapted only to the Tropics or the warmer temperate zones." (Peter
THsset.)
37013. Artabotrys uncinatus (Lam.) Merrill. Ylang-ylang.
(Artabotrys odoratissimus R. Br.)
From Gotha, Fla. Presented by Mr. II. Nehrling. Received January 22,
1914.
"A shrub with climbing divaricate branches; young branches slightly pubes-
cent at first, at length glabrous, more or less zigzag; leaves lanceolate or
oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, usually acute at the base, glabrous on both sides,
glossy and with short, thick petioles, 5 to 10 inches long by 2 to 3 inches broad ;
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1914. 25
hooked peduncles glabrous, curved downward almost like a spiral, somewhat
flattened, usually opposite a leaf, often with the portion of the branch above it
more or less aborted, so as to make it appear terminal; calyx three parted,
the divisions ovate-acute; petals six, ovate lanceolate, brownish red on the
upper part, with broad claws, woolly or pubescent (cotoneux), concave
within and constricted between the claws and the limb, the three outer petals
about three-fourths of an inch long, somewhat larger than the inner, and rela-
tively broader ; ovaries about 8 to 12, gradually tapering upward to the obtuse
stigmatic apex, clothed with minute hairs, and containing two basal collateral
erect ovules ; fruits several, rounded ovoid, abruptly pointed at the apex, nearly
sessile, about the size of a walnut inclosed in its hull, at length smooth, lightly
punctate, and enclosing two oblong seeds truncated at the base rising side by
side from the base, more or less compressed and bearing a marginal groove
around the periphery of the hard bony testa. This species was described by
Lamarck from specimens collected by Sonnerat in the East Indies and Mada-
gascar. Artabotrys uncinatus is frequently planted in the warm regions of the
Eastern Hemisphere for the sake of its fragrant flowers." (W. E. Safford.)
37014. Ischaemum binatum (Retz.) Buse.
(Spodiopogon angustifolius Trin.)
From Calcutta, India. Presented by Mr. D. Hooper, Economic Botanist to
the Botanical Survey of India. Received January 23, 1914.
" This grass is a wild plant, chiefly produced by root cuttings from old
clumps, and its seeds are thus seldom, if ever, harvested. They have to be
produced by special requisition, but the plant is abundant in hilly localities,
where the simple ciiltivators seldom care to depart from their established
primitive methods." (Hooper.)
"A perennial grass, plentiful in drier tracts of India, from Chota Nagpur and
Rajmahal to Nepal and Garhwal, also throughout the plains northward, viz, in
the Central Provinces, Central India, and Kajputana to the. Punjab, Kashmir,
and Afghanistan, ascending to altitudes of 7,000 feet. The grass, from the most
ancient times, in the localities where it abounds, has been extensively used for
making ropes, string, and mats, and utilized in the construction of rope bridges,
and to some extent takes the place of jute in agricultural sacking.
" Sir D. Brandis was the first to recognize that Royle, Wallich, and others
were in error in overlooking the grass Ischaemum as the most important, if not
the true hhabar. Stewart {Jour. Agri. Hort. Soc. Ind., 1863, xiii, 293), while
acknowledging his indebtedness for this correction, expressed the opinion that
the grass should in the future play an important part as a paper material ;
he was thus apparently the first to suggest that use for the grass. Duthie led
to a true identification botanically, and Sir George King pioneered the trade
as a paper material. In the Annual Report for the Botanic Gardens of Cal-
cutta for 1893-94, he tells us that he had sent home in 1873 samples of the grass
to a paper maker in Scotland, who reported favourably on it, and again in
1877 had furnished the late Mr. Routledge, through the India Office, with a con-
signment for experiment in Sunderland. Investigations were also made in
India from 1882, the first by Mr. Deveria, and finally by the Bally Mills Com-
pany (Ltd.) and others, until the grass became firmly established as a paper
material.
" The Kew Bulletin and the Indian Forester have devoted much attention to
this subject for some years past, and the Annual Administration Reports of
26 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
the Forest Department have recorded the measures taken to foster and extend
production. The grass has thus been systematically placed before the public.
It has, in consequence, become an assured paper material, restricted alone by
the insufficiency of the supply. The attempt has accordingly been made to
cultivate the plant in localities more accessible to the paper mills, thereby
lowering the ruinously heavy freight charges. More or less successful experi-
ments of this kind have been conducted in Poona, Mysore, Hyderabad Deccan,
and in Hyderabad Sind. Systematic cultivation has also been undertaken in
Manbhum, Birbhum, and Murshidabad. In Poona it has been announced that
the yield is 24 cwt. of dry grass per acre. It was, however, ascertained that
when grown on soils of a better class than in its wild habitat or under warmer
aud moister conditions, it tends to flower too profusely, and this lowers its
value as a paper material.
" In Murshidabad, according to Mr. B. C. Bose, assistant director of agri-
culture, Bengal, it is now planted in clumps along the borders of mulberry
fields. Two cuttings are taken in the year, one in September and the other in
March. With irrigation, three or four crops can be had. This is, at any rate,
the experience in Poona. The March crop is cut after the grass has flowered
and yields very inferior fiber. No steps are taken to remove the flower stalks,
no doubt owing to the cost of picking them out. The September crop does not
flower and yields the best fiber. The people look upon the formation of the
flower stalks as a necessary evil which they have no means of checking."
(Watt, Commercial Products of India.)
Distribution. — The warmer parts of India, ascending to 7,000 feet in the
Himalayas and eastward to China and the Philippines.
37015 and 37016. Ctjdrania javanensis Trecul.
From Taihoku, Formosa, Japan. Presented by the Bureau of Productive
Industry. Received January 23, 1914.
37015. Five male plants. 37016. Five female plants.
" The fruit of Gudrania javanensis is considered edible in Japan, but
not eaten with a relish."
37017 to 37028.
From Bahia, Brazil. Collected by Messrs. P. H. Dorsett, A. D. Shamel,
and Wilson Popenoe, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received January
22, 1914.
Quoted notes, except as indicated, by Messrs. Dorsett, Shamel, and Popenoe.
37017. Eugenia luschnathiana Berg. Pitomba.
"(No. 45a. December 20, 1913.) A rare and interesting myrtaceous
fruit seen in two gardens at Cabulla, near Bahia, and called by the
natives pitomba. Berg (in Martius, Flora Brasiliensis) gives Bahia as
its habitat, but adds that there are other species which produce edible
fruits as well, so this may not necessarily be the above species. Seeds
from the gardens of Col. Elvidio Esteres Assis and Dr. Fortunate da
Silva, Bahia. The tree is 20 to 30 feet in height, compact, densely foli-
ated, and very handsome in appearance. The individual leaves are ellip-
tical lanceolate, acuminate, about 3} inches in length, thick and leathery,
glossy, deep green above, light green beneath. Veins scarcely discernible on
the upper surface. The fruits which are produced on the small branches,
are broadly obovate in form, about 1 inch in length and seven-eighths
of an inch in breadth on an average. The stem is 1 inch or more in
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1914. 27
37017 to 37028— Contd. (Quoted notes by Mr. Dorsett and others.)
length, slender. Apex flattened and broad, crowned by the persistent calyx,
with four or five green lanceolate sepals one-half inch or more in length.
Color of fruit deep orange-yellow, when fully ripe almost bright orange.
Skin thin, tender, and easily broken, inclosing a soft melting pulp, bright
orange in color, very juicy, and of an acid, very aromatic flavor. The
aroma of the fruits themselves is very penetrating. The seeds, normally
one in number, but sometimes two, three, or rarely four, are attached to
one side of the seed cavity and do not adhere to the flesh. When single
the seed is nearly round, slightly less than half an inch in diameter, the
seed coat whitish. When more than one, the seeds are hemispherical or
angular. The season here is December. The trees which we have seen
do not produce as heavy a crop as the grumichama or some other myr-
taceous fruits, but nevertheless bear fairly abundantly. The fruit is
especially esteemed for making jellies and is also used for jams and
sherbets, while the negroes relish them when eaten out of hand. The
flavor, however, is somewhat acid when they are eaten in this way, and
the fruit will probably be of the greatest value for culinary use rather
than dessert. The pitomba should be tried in the warmest parts of
Florida and California. It seems to be vigorous and easily grown, great
numbers of volunteer seedlings springing up around the base of the tree
after the fruit has dropped."
For illustrations of the pitomba tree and fruit, see Plates IV and V.
37018. Spondias tuberosa Arruda. Imbu.
" (No. 46a. December 26, 1913.) Seeds of the imbu, from fruits pur-
chased in the Bahia market. This tree is not common here on the coast,
but is said to grow profusely on the dry caatinga lands of the interior of
Bahia State. The tree is low and spreading in habit, with a dense, um-
brageous head of light-green foliage. The leaves are compound, about 6
inches in length. The fruits are oval to nearly round, about 1 inch in
diameter on an average, and pale greenish yellow in color when fully
ripe. The large, hard seed is surrounded by soft, juicy pulp, of a rather
acid flavor, much esteemed when prepared with milk to form the popular
imbuzada. For trial in California and Florida."
For an illustration of the imbu tree, see Plate VI.
37019. Ambukana cxaudii Schwacke and Taub. Umburana.
" (No. 47a. December 26, 1913.) Umburana. Seed presented by Mr.
Gulins Frank, of Conquista,, State of Bahia. Said to be a large tree,
very common in the interior of that State. The seeds are aromatic
and are used by the natives to mix with tobacco."
37020. (Undetermined.)
"(No. 48a. December 26, 1913.) Fructa de sabao (soap fruit). Seeds
presented by Mr. Gulins Frank, of Conquista, State of Bahia. The ripe
fruits are macerated, put in boiling water, and the fat skimmed off as
it rises to the surface. The fruit ripens in August and September. The
fat is used in place of soap. For trial in California and Florida."
37021. Cocos schizophylla Mart. Nicuri palm.
"(No. 49a. December 26, 1913.) Seeds of the Nicuri palm, obtained
from trees growing on a hillside at Retiro, near Bahia. For a descrip-
tion of a related species, see S. P. I. No. 36927."
28 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
37017 to 37028— Contd. (Quoted notes by Mr. Dorsett and others.)
37022. VlGNA sinensis I Turner ) Savi. Cowpea.
"(No. 50a. December 26, 1913.) Feijdo fradiiilio. Two liters of seed
cost 2S0 reis [9 cents] per liter, at Mercado Novo, Bahla. A cowpea used
by (lit' natives as food when cooked. Raised in dry lands of the State of
Bahia."
37023. Phaseolus vulgaris L. Bean.
" (No. 51a. December 26, 1913.) Feijdo preto or black bean. Grown
on dry lands of the interior of Bahia State. Widely used by the Bra-
zilians to make feijoada."
37024. Phaseolus vulgaris L. Bean.
"(No. 52a. December 26, 1913.) Mulata gorda bean, bought in Mer-
cado Novo at 240 reis [8 cents] per liter. Name means ' fat mulattress.'
Raised on dry lands of the interior of Bahia State."
37025. Opuntia sp. Prickly-pear.
"(No. 44. December 19, 1913.) Pads of a spineless Opuntia secured
from Col. Frederico da Costa's place, Matatu, near Bahia, December 8,
1913. There is a large plant at each corner of the avenue leading from
the house to the road. The pads are all free from spines."
37026. Eugenia uniflora L. Pitanga.
"(No. 54a. December 26, 1913.) Pitanga seed, from the roga of Dr.
Miguel de Teive e Argollo, Roma, Bahai. This plant is already grown
in California and Florida to a limited extent, but, so far as we know, its
value as a hedge plant is not realized in those States. Here in Bahia it
is one of the commonest hedges, and seems to be admirably adapted to
this use. Seed to be grown for distributing plants in Florida and south-
ern California on a scale large enough to determine its value as a hedge
plant for those regions.
" It can be made a most useful and valuable ornamental plant for
gardens, for hedges about gardens, city property, and orange groves:
and from the fruit a large number of really desirable ices, jams, and
preserves can be made. I like it better than the guava, and the trees
and fruits are extremely attractive."
37027. Anacardium occidentale L. Cashew.
"(No. 55a. December 26, 1913.) Seeds of the caju mantriga. from the
island of Itaparica. The name means 'butter caju.' The cajus of
Itaparica are considered the best in this district, and of all the trees on
the island the one which produces the cuji'i ))xnit<i;i<i is considered one
of the very best. The fruits are extremely large, a beautiful light yellow
in color, and of good flavor. Should be tried in Florida."
For an illustration of the cashew fruits, see Plate VII.
37028. Anacardium occidentals L. Cashew.
"(No. f>7a. December 26, 1913.) Seeds of particularly large and fine
specimens <>f mju amarella, or 'yellow caju,' from Itaparica. See notes
under 55a I S. P. I. No. .".7027]. For trial in Florida."
37029. Punica granatum L. Pomegranate.
0 From Algiers. Algeria. Presented by Mi'. Bernard <1. Johnson. Received
January 23, 1914.
"Pomegranate cuttings from the Algerian oasis, Laghouat. I found these
pomegranates of exceptionally fine flavor." (Johnson.)
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Fruits of the Cashew (Anacardium occidentale), S. P. I. No. 37027.
Asingletreeof this large-fruited variety, which is known as the butter cashew (caju manteiga),occ\as
on the island of Itaparica, off the coast of Bahia, Brazil. Although it, has a good deal of fiber
it is exceedingly juicy and beautifully colored. The cashew is popular as a table fruit in Brazil.
The cashew nut, one of the best table nuts known, is contained in (he kidney-shaped end of tho
fruit. It is surrounded by a layer of cells containing a very poisonous juice which produces an
eruption like that caused by poison ivy, but being volatile this is driven oil when the nuts
are roasted. (Photographed (P15403FS) by Dorsett, Shamel, and Popenoe, Bahia, Brazil,
December 24, 1(J13. Natural size.)
Inventory 38, Seeds and Plants Imported.
Plate VIII.
Rheedia edulis a Wild Relative of the Mangosteen, S. P. I. No. 37384.
This small, very handsome tree is known in the region around Lavras, Brazil, as the Limao do
matto, or wild lemon, because of the appearance and acid tasteofits bright-yellow Juicy fruits,
which are eaten out of hand and also preserved. It may prove a stock for the mangosteen.
(l'hotographed (l'14G4'3FSj by Dorsett and l'upenoe, Lavras, Brazil, January 12, 1U14.)
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1914. 29
37030. Panicum maximum Jacq. Guinea grass.
From Mayaguez, Porto Rico. Presented by Mr. D. W. May, Agricultural
Experiment Station. Received January 23, 1914.
37031. Hordeum vulgare L. Barley.
From Aleppo, Syria. Presented by Mr. Jesse B. Jackson, American consul.
Received January 23, 1914.
"Black barley. The grain is very hard, and it is claimed that it will resist
insects for five or six years if kept in dry places." (Jackson.)
37032 and 37033.
From Pago Pago, American Samoa. Presented by Commander C. D.
Stearns, governor. Received February 3, 1914.
37032. Musa sp. Banana.
37033. Colocasia sp. Taro.
Plants.
37034. Myrciaria cauliflora (Mart.) Berg. Jaboticaba.
From Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Collected by Messrs. P. H. Dorsett, A. D.
Shamel, and Wilson Popenoe, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received
February 2, 1914.
"(No. 19a. November 4, 1913.) Seeds from about 40 pounds of fruits pur-
chased in the public market at a cost of 5 milreis (about one dollar) for the
lot. The fruit appears to be of an entirely different type from those the seed
of which was sent in under S. P. I. Nos. 36702 and 36709, suggesting that they
may even be distinct species, since there are two or more species of Myrciaria
in Brazil known under the common name of jaboticaba. The fruit of this
variety is uniformly round or slightly oblate in form and variable in size,
the best specimens being slightly less than 1 inch in diameter and of about
the same length. The skin is smooth and glossy, deep purplish maroon in
color over the entire surface. The pulp is very juicy and of pleasant vinous
flavor. Seeds one to four, two being the commonest number in good-sized
fruits. For further data concerning the jaboticaba, see notes under S. P. I.
No. 36702." (Dorsett, Shamel, and Popenoe.)
37035. Persea americana Miller. Avocado.
(Persea gratissima Gaertn. f.)
From Bahia, Brazil. Presented by Dr. V. A. Argollo Ferriio, through
Mr. A. D. Shamel, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received Janu-
ary 22, 1914.
"Dr. Argollo secured from a friend of his near Bahia a lot of avocado fruits,
typical of the best commercial variety, for experimental shipment to New
York. These fruits were packef. in a tight box and upon arrival in Washing-
ton in February, 1914, the fruits were examined for commercial condition.
While some of the fruits were found to have carried through the voyage from
Bahia to Washington in good condition, most of them were affected by a species
of Colletotrichuni. This development interfered with the quality of the fruit, so
that a satisfactory judgment as to its comparative commercial value was not
possible. The fruits were rather pear shaped, with fairly large seeds and a hard
rind. The meat was yellowish white and about half an inch in thickness
around the seed. The color of the rind was urreen. The size of the fruits was
about 5 to 6 inches long and from 21 to 3 inches in maximum diameter. Dr.
Argollo did not know of any local name for this variety, except the name
avocado." (Shamel.)
30 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
37036 to 37058.
From Fusan, Chosen (Korea). Presented by Row George H. Winn, Pres-
byterian Mission. Received January 2S, 1914.
(•noted notes by Mr. Winn.
"The white beans are the ones that are generally raised. In the cultivation
of the beans they are generally planted in rows about 2 feci apart, sometimes
a little wider, and are well fertilized. Needless to say the weeds are kept
down by band hoeing three or four times during the summer. The beans are
planted here in May or early in June and harvested in November ;is a rule,
though even in October we occasionally see the harvesting of the beans in
specially well-favored places. The harvesting is entirely done by band (sis
is all farm work except plowing) after which the beans are carried to the
thrashing floor, where they are thoroughly dried in the sun and thrashed by
the flail."
37036 and 37037. So.ta max (L.) Piper. Soybean.
(Glycine hispida Maxim.)
37036. " No. 1. Yulgochi bean. Very hardy, will grow and produce
where the ordinary beans will not amount to much."
37037. "No. 2. Kambool. Very commonly found in the markets."
37038 and 37039. Phaseolus angularis (Willd.) W. F.' Wight.
♦ Adzuki bean.
37038. "No. 3. The gray bean; very hardy, will grow and produce
where the ordinary beans will not amount to much."
37039. " No. 4. The white-eye black bean ; carefully cultivated and
given sufficient fertilizer."
37040 to 37055. So.ta max (L.) Piper. Soybean.
(Glycine liixi>i<hi Maxim.)
37040. "No. 5. Brown mottled bean; carefully cultivated and given
sullicient fertilizer."
37041. "No. 6. Brown. Planted around the edges of the rice fields
or where there is a small corner that can be utilized, they are
very hardy and will grow and produce where the ordinary beans
will not amount to much."
37042. "No. 7. Large white-eyed bean; carefully cultivated and
given sufficient fertilizer."
37043. " No. S. Large green bean. The larger beans are all carefully
cultivated and given sufficient fertilizer."
37044. "No. 9. Black mottled brown bean. As a rule, the smaller
beans are planted around the edges of the rice fields or where
there is a small corner that can be utilized. They are very hardy
and will grow and produce where the ordinary beans will not
amount to much."
37045. 'No. 10. White mottled black bean; carefully cultivated and
given sufficient fertilizer."
37046. "No. 11. Ordinary green bean. As a rule, these beans are
planted around the edges of the rice fields or where there is a
small corner that can be utilized. They art, however, often planted
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1914. 31
37036 to 37058— Continued.
in fields. They are very hardy and will grow and produce where
the ordinary heans will not amount to much."
37047. "No. 12. Brown mottled bean; often planted around the
edges of rice fields and where there is a small corner that can be
utilized; very hardy and will grow and produce where ordinary
beans will not amount to much."
37048. " No. 13. Large blue bean ; carefully cultivated and given
sufficient fertilizer."
37049. " No. 14. Large black bean ; carefully cultivated and given
sufficient fertilizer."
37050. " No. 15. Small black bean ; grown around the paddy fields.
It is cultivated in larger areas because it is supposed to be extra
nourishing, and some seem even to suppose it has medicinal prop-
erties, but I fear there is not much to it."
37051. "No. 16. The larger beans are all carefully cultivated and
given sufficient fertilizer."
37052. " No. 17. The red bean ; carefully cultivated and given suffi-
cient fertilizer."
37053. " No. 18. Black mottled yellow. Small beans which are
planted around the edges of the rice fields or where there is a
small corner that can be utilized ; very hardy and will grow and
produce where the ordinary beans will not amount to much."
37054. " No. 19. Maroon beau. One of the larger beans, all of which
are carefully cultivated and given sufficient fertilizer; but this
is not very commonly found."
37055. " No. 20. Ordinary white bean. One of the larger beans ;
carefully cultivated and given sufficient fertilizer."
37056. Phaseolus aureus Roxb. Mung bean.
" Green pot bean. It is very closely allied to the soy bean, but is not
used in making soy as far as I know. It is used in making cakes and
candies. It is also eaten with rice, being cooked with it. It is often
used for invalids' food, being cooked and strained and made into a sort
of jrrupl "
37057 and 37058. Phaseolus angularis (Willd.) W. F. Wight.
Adzuki bean.
37057. "Red pot bean. The pot bean is very closely allied to the
soy bean, but it is not used in making soy as far as I know. It
is used in making cakes and candies. It is also eaten with rice,
being cooked with it."
37058. " White pot bean. This variety is very rarely seen."
37059. Persea Americana Miller. Avocado.
(Persea gratissima Gaertn. f.)
From Pago Pago, American Samoa. Presented by Commander C. D.
Stearns, governor. Received February 6, 1914.
69935°— 17 3
32 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
37743. Vigna sinensis (Tornor) Savi. Fabacese. Cowpea.
From Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Presented by Mr. J. Burtt
Davy, Transvaal Maize Breeding Station, Burttholm, Vereeniging, South
Africa. Received April 11, 1014.
"Dinawa (Sesutu name) grown by the Transvaal Basuto among the maize,
for food." (Davy.)
37744. Prunus armeniaca L. Amygdalacese. Apricot.
From the oasis of Dakhleh, Kgypt. Presented by Sheik Abu P.akr, of
Rashida village, to Prof. S. C. Mason, of the Bureau of Plant Industry,
at the time of his visit there. Received April 12, 1914.
" Dakhleh apricot. Seedling apricots growing in the irrigated gardens of the
oasis of Dakhleh, western Egypt. The fruits vary greatly in size and quality,
but some are of decided excellence. Quantities of them are dried with the pits
in them and used stewed as a dessert during the winter months. These fruits
are believed to have been grown in the oasis since the Roman occupation, nearly
2,000 years ago, and are interesting to American plant breeders on account
of their resistance to desert conditions of heat. The mean annual temperature
of the oasis of Dakhleh is above 75° F., some monthly means being close to
90° F." (Mason.)
37745. Cocos romanzoffiana Cham. Phcenicacese. Palm.
From Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Presented by Dr. John C. Willis, botanic
garden. Received April 13, 1914.
See S. P. I. No. 34757 for previous introduction.
" Stems 30 to 40 feet high, somewhat fusiform above : leaves about half as long
as the caudex, the withered ones deflexed, pendent, the upper ones spreading,
often arching; segments conduplicate at the base, ensiform ; spadix about 6 feet
long, at first inclosed in a stout, pendulous spathe which appears among the
lowest leaves. In southern Brazil, near the sea, according to recent character-
izations, it comprises a wide variety of forms. Probably the Cocos flexuosa
planted in this country is not Cocos flexuosa of Martius, but of Hort., a hardy
form of romanzoffiana. which, according to the late Barbosa-Rodrigues, is a
polymorphic species including, besides this flexuosa type, all our garden forms
known as C. phnnosa Hook., C. corona ta Hort. (not Mart.), C. botryophora
Hort., C. datil Griseh. and Drude, and C. australis Mart." (N. Taylor. In
Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture.)
37746 and 37747. Ountia spp. Cactacese. Prickly-pear.
From Barbados, British "West Todies. Collected by Messrs. P. II. Dorsett,
A. D. Shamel. and Wilson Popenoe, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Re-
ceived April 13, 1914. Cuttings of the following; quoted notes by Messrs.
Dorsett, Shamel, and Popenoe.
37746. "(No. 73.) Cochineal cactus, as it is called by the negroes.
Found growing near a small hut between Bridgetown and Hofetown,
about 2 miles hack from the coast. The plant was treelike in form,
about 12 feet in height, and covered with small fruits of a peculiar
shade of cochineal red. Pads almost spineless."
37747. "(No. 74.) A low-growing, very spiny Opuntia, called by the
negroes flatiron prickles, found along the roadside between Bridgetown
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. 33
37746 and 37747— Con. (Quoted note by Mr. Dorsett and others.)
and Holetown, about 2 miles from the coast. It had been recently
planted in this location for a permanent fence between the road and
a farmyard. The plants were young and probably did not show their
habit of growth very well. Pads covered with very abundant, long,
light-yellow spines."
37748 to 37798.
From Brazil. Collected by Messrs. P. H. Dorsett, A. D. Shamel, and Wilson
Popenoe, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received April 13, 1914.
Scions (except as noted) of the following; quoted notes by Messrs.
Dorsett, Shamel, and Popenoe.
37748 to 37793. Citrus spp. Rutacea?.
37748 to 37751. Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck. Navel orange.
From the grove of Dr. Fortunato da Silva, at Cabulla, Bahia.
37748. " Select tree No. 1. A tree about 12 years old, 16 feet
in height, 16 feet in spread, with a trunk 20 inches in cir-
cumference near the ground. It is headed 2 feet above
the ground and in habit of growth is spreading and drooping.
The foliage is very dense, dark green in color ; no spines.
The June crop is 241 fruits and the December crop 65 fruits.
One fruit has an abnormal shape, namely, a sunken sec-
tion. A typical fruit weighs 400 grams, is llf inches in
circumference, 3$ inches in diameter. The skin is one-
eighth of an inch thick, the core being one-half of an inch
in diameter. In form the fruit is spherical, flattened at the
blossom end ; button flush with surface, blossom flush with
surface. When ripe the skin is yellowish green, flesh rich
golden, surface smooth. Rag tender, juice very abundant, one
fruit containing 150 c. c. Flavor sweet, quality good. Seeds,
none. Navel three-eighths of an inch in diameter, opening
three-sixteenths of an inch in diameter. This tree and select
trees Nos. 2 and 3 in the same orchard are growing in the
vicinity of a stable and probably receive more than the ordi-
nary amount of manure. They were selected on the basis of
large production of a fine quality of fruit. The trees are of
very thrifty appearance, with an abundance of dark-green,
healthy foliage. Few scale or other insect pests, fungus
diseases, or plant parasites were found on these trees, indi-
cating an apparent resistance to these enemies of the orange
tree in this section, where no treatment for scale or plant
parasites is ordinarily given."
37749. " Select tree No. 2. A tree 15 feet in height, 16 feet in
spread, of erect habit of growth. It is about 12 years old,
with a trunk 17$ inches in circumference near the ground. It
is headed 28 inches above the ground and the foliage is dense,
deep green in color; no spines. The June crop is 113 fruits
and the December crop 107. There are no apparent variations
among the fruits, a typical one of which weighs 440 grams, is
12^ inches in circumference, and in diameter is 3 }S inches.
The skin is three-sixteenths of an inch in thickness, and the
core is nine-sixteenths of an inch in diameter. In form the
71476°— 17 3
34 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
37069 to 37083 — Continued. (Quoted notes by Dr. Yamei Kin.)
37073. "White apricot, round late variety, from Chihli Province."
37074 and 37075. So.ia max (L.) Piper. Soybean.
(Glycine hispida Maxim.)
37074. " Yiieh ya tou, literally ' moon-tooth ' hean, so called from the
edge of the green peeping outside of the black thick skin like the
crescent moon in the sky. Is largely used for making bean sprouts,
which they say requires a bean that is not mealy or farinaceous,
as that kind becomes mushy in the process of germination and
has no taste left. Also is good for feeding animals, requiring to
be lightly steamed before feeding, not boiled, for then, the oil
escapes and the flavor is lost. This kind is valued for its oil,
which it contains in a great amount, and for making bean curd.
This must be grown in a well-drained clay soil ; black or moist
earth will not do."
37075. " Cha tou. Specially used for making bean curd and bean
sprouts."
37076. Vigna sinensis (Torner) Savi. Cowpea.
" P'a tou. A mealy, farinaceous bean just to cook in the ordinary way."
37077. Soja max (L.) Piper. Soybean.
" Huang tou. Used for making bean curd as well as starch and vermi-
celli."
37078. Phaseolus aureus Roxb. Mung bean.
" Lii tou. This makes a better quality of starch than anything else. It
is curious that iu China starch for laundry purposes obtained from maize
or wheat is not valued so highly as that made from this bean. Vermicelli
is also made from the starch of this bean, and one can at once distinguish
it from that made from ordinary starch by the fact that it keeps its
clearness and shape much better, no matter how much it is boiled. It
also has a better flavor and good keeping qualities. Perhaps it might be
an addition to the laundry starches of America, as I fancy it would take
a much better gloss, as it is harder than the ordinary starch and would
not need so much paraffin added to make a gloss. I doubt if the Ameri-
can palate would care for the vermicelli; it is clear, like glass, and the
long strings are surpassingly slippery to eat, worse than the round
Italian spaghetti."
37079. Pjiasfolus vulgaris L. Bean.
" Hung yiin tou. Though the bean itself can be eaten, it is usually used
with the pod and all, like a string bean, and it is prized generally for
its long bearing qualities, producing, once it begins, for three months
at least."
37080. So.i a max (L.) Piper. Soybean.
( dli/cine hispida Maxim.)
" Ching tou. Used only for the oil expressed and fodder purposes."
37081. Dolichos lablab L. Bonavist bean.
"Kuan tung ching. (The Manchurian peninsula is often spoken of as
the Kuan tung district.) The common name is ' old-woman's-ear.' and it
is a specialty at the north. The ripe beans can be used like any other
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1914. 35
37009 to 37083— Continued.
beans, but are generally used in the pod like string beans. As it grows
readily and likes the cold weather, just so that the blossoms do not actu-
ally freeze, it thus provides a green bean when the other string beans
are gone. In cooking, the object is not to make it soft, but just to plunge
It into boiling hot water and not much more than scald it, so that it
still remains crisp enough for salad ; then it is dressed with vinegar and
oil. It should be grown on a trellis. The pods when full grown measure
from 4 to 6 inches in length and about 2 inches across ; people do not
generally wait till it is full grown, but begin to eat it when young, so
that the whole pod can be used."
37082 and S7083. Holcus sorghum L. r Sorghum.
(Sorghum vulgar e Pers.)
37082. " Brown kaoliang. Apparently identical with Redstem, S. P. I.
No. 22011 (C. I. No. 327), except the peduncle is not red." (C. R.
Ball.)
37083. " These white varieties go by the common name of ' Step-
grandma White.' Exactly why they should be called ' Stepgrandma '
I do not know as yet ; possibly I shall hear the legend of it some-
time later when I go to the place myself. Used largely for human
consumption. Grows to a height of 20 feet."
" Blackhull kaoliang. Undoubtedly the same as Brill Blackhull
(Agrost. No. 1442), S. P. I. No. 6710 (Agrost. No. 1457), S. P. I.
No. 17920 (C. I. No. 120)." (C. R. Ball.)
37084. Citrus sp. Lime.
From Seharuupur, India. Presented by Mr. A. C. Hartless, superintendent,
Government Botanical Gardens. Received January 31, 1914.
" Sylhet or Rung pur. It is one of our oldest varieties ; our oldest catalogue,
dated 1S54, mentions it. I can not even ascertain why the name of Sylhet or
Rungpur is given to it. These are distinct places in India, and widely apart.
It is a very hardy tree, and makes good hedges, always productive and orna-
mental. I have estracted and kept its juice and found it refreshing, but the
natives do not care for it, as it is too sour for them. They use it very largely,
however, for softening leather. It forms a part of the daily supply of fruits,
as it is used so much for our boots and cleaning. It comes true from seed."
(Hartless.)
37085 to 37089. Linum usitatissimum L. Flax.
From Addis Abeba, Abyssinia. Received through the British Legation at
that place January 31, 1914.
Quoted notes by Capt. D. A. Sandford.
"Flax (local name, talba) grows in most parts of Abyssinia. It is usually
sown in July and reaped in November. The natives use it for cooking purposes
and its oil also medicinally as a laxative. The general price of the seed is
25 pounds to the dollar (Maria Tberesa), but the white variety is preferred to
the others and is slightly more expensive."
37085. " Black. From Mundjar, 40 miles east of Addis Abeba. Requires
a warmer climate than other varieties."
37086. " White. From Soddo, 25 miles south of Addis Abeba."
36 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
37085 to 37089— Con. (Quoted notes by Capt. D. A. Sandford.)
37087. " Dark red. From Boulga, 40 miles northeast of Addis Abeba."
37088. " Black and white. From Soddo, 25 miles south of Addis Abeha.
It is sown mixed."
37089. "Red. From Metcha, 40 miles west of Addis Abeba."
37090 to 37095.
From Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Collected by Messrs. P. H. Dorsett, A. D.
Shamel, and Wilson Popenoe, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received
February 5, 1914.
Quoted notes by Messrs. Dorsett, Shamel, and Popenoe.
37090. Myrciaeia jaijoticaba (Veil.) Berg. Jaboticaba.*
(Myrcia jaboticaba Baill. )
"(No. 58a. January 5, 1914.) Seeds from a batch of fruits purchased
in the market here. The presence of a short stem on the fruit leads to
the belief that they are of the species Myrciaria jaboticaba and not M.
cauliflora, of which seeds have already been sent in. The size is variable,
the best specimens being about 1 inch in diameter. Color dark purplish
maroon. The skin seems a little tougher than the M. cauliflora and the
flavor is more acid and not quite so pleasant. Seeds normally four,
rarely one, two, or more commonly three."
37091. Ocotea regeliana (Meissn.) Mez.
"(No. 59a. January 6, 1914.) Seeds from a tree growing on the hill-
side above the Hotel Internacional. Slender in form, about 30 feet high,
leaves light green, stiff, somewhat glossy, elliptical acute, 2£ to 3 inches
long. Fruits oval, three-fourths of an inch long, purplish black, glossy,
with a woody calyx. Pulp one-eighth of an inch thick, bluish purple."
37092. Gaecinia sp.
"(No. 60a. January 6, 1914.) Seeds from a tree in the Jardin Botanico
bearing the number 54. We believe that this species has already been
introduced into the United States, but are sending a few seeds for possi-
ble use in connection with the mangosteen experiments."
37093. Ocotea sp.
"(No. Ola. January 6, 1914.) Seeds of an arborescent shrub growing
on the hillside west of the Hotel Internacional. Leaves deep green,
thick, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 3 to 4 inches in length. For trial as
an ornamental in Florida and southern California."
37094. Myrciaria edtjlis (Veil.) Skeels. Cambuca.
(Eugenia edulis Veil.)
"(No. 62a. January 6, 1914.) Seeds of the cambucd, from fruits
purchased in the market. A very interesting myrtaceous fruit, closely
resembling in foliage and general character of fruil the jaboticaba.
Leaves lanceolate-elliptical, acuminate, deep green above, lighter green
beneath, 4 to 5 inches long. Fruits oblate in form, - inches in width
and li inches long, sessile, surface smooth, bright orange-yellow in color
(Code de Couleurs 156). Skin thin, outer flesh one-fourth of an inch
thick, tough and acid, inner pulp or edible portion surrounding the seed
about the siiine thickness, soft, translucent, juicy, of average subacid
flavor, somewhat resembling that of Passi/iora edulis. Seed oval, com-
pressed laterally, one-eighth of an Inch long. For trial in Florida and
California."
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1914. 37
37090 to 37095— Continued.
37095. Bactris caryotaefolia Mart. Palm.
"(No. 68a. January 6, 1914.) Seeds from palm fruits bought in the
market, where they are called sucum (tucumf). The thin pulp surround-
ing the seed is edible, rather acid in flavor. Fruits black, about three-
quarters of an inch in diameter. For trial in Florida and California."
37096 to 37099.
From Joinville, Brazil. Presented by Mr. Jean Knatz. Received February
5, 1914.
37096 and 37097. Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott.
37096. " Green yama." 37097. " Purple yama."
37098 and 37099. Xanthosoma sp.
37098. " Green taya." 37099. Purple taya."
" The quality of the tubers of these yamas and tayas, as grown at the Plant
Introduction Field Station, Brooksville, Fla., in 1914, was very poor, and the
varieties will be of interest mainly for botanical study." (,R. A. Young.)
37100 to 37102. Echium spp.
From Santa Ursula, Teneriffe, Canary Islands. Presented by Dr. George V.
Perez. Received January 26, 1914.
37100. Echium perezii Sprague.
An erect plant, 2 meters high, resembling Echium icildpretii in its silky
leaves, rose-colored corolla, and long exserted straight filaments, which
radiate regularly from its mouth, but differing from that species in the
broad lax inflorescence and longer style arms. A recently discovered'
species from Punta Liana and Barranco del Agua, Punta, Canary Islands,
sent to Kew by Dr. George V. Perez, for whom the species is named.
' (Adapted from Kew Bulletin, 19Uh pp. 210 and 267.)
37101. Echium pintnana Webb and Berth.
"A very rare plant indeed." (Perez.)
For previous introduction and description, see S. P. I. No. 32263.
37102. Echium wildpretii Pearson.
For previous introduction and description, see S. P. I. No. 35097.
37103. Durio zibethinus Murray. Durian.
From Singapore, Straits Settlements. Presented by Mr. I. Henry Burkhill,
Botanic Gardens, Singapore. Received February 6, 1914.
See S. P. I. No. 28082 for previous introduction.
" Civet-cat fruit. A very large, handsome, pyramid-shaped tree, native of the
Malayan Archipelago, and commonly cultivated in the Straits, Burma, Java, etc.,
for the sake of its celebrated fruit. The latter is produced on the older
branches, varies somewhat from round to oval in shape, and usually weighs
from 5 to 7 pounds or more. It is armed with thickly set, formidable prickles
about one-half inch long ; when ripe it becomes slightly yellow, and possesses
an odor which is intensely offensive to most people, especially on first acquaint-
ance with it. The cream-colored pulp surrounding the seed is the edible portion ;
this is most highly prized by the Malays and other oriental people, and is
also relished by Europeans who acquire a taste for it. Firminger describes it as
38 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
• resembling blancmange, delicious as the finest cream,' whilst Mr. Russell
Wallace considered that 'eating durians is a sensation worth a voyage to the
East.' The large seeds may be roasted and eaten like chestnuts. Pounded into
flour, they are said to be sometimes made into a substance like ' vegetable ivory.'
The durian tree thrives in the moist low country of Ceylon up to 2,000 feet ele-
ction, and luxuriates in deep alluvial or loamy soil. In Peradeniya gardens
there are magnificent specimens well over 100 feet in height. They usually
flower in March and April, and the fruit is ripe in July or August. Durian
fruits are variable in size, shape, flavor, and quantity of pulp, according to
variety. The trees also vary in productiveness, some varieties being almost
barren. Selection and high cultivation should, therefore, be practiced in order
to obtain the best fruits. The tree is readily -propaga ted by seed if sown fresh;
the seed is of short vitality and germinates in seven to eight days." (Mao-
millan. Handbook of Tropical Gardening and Planting.)
37104 to 37116.
From Zaria, Northern Nigeria, Africa. Presented by Mr. K. T. Rae, De-
partment of Agriculture. Received February 4, 1914.
Quoted notes by Mr. Rae.
37104 to 37111. Vigna sinensis (Torner) Savi. Cowpea.
37104. "No. 1. Dariya amariya (Hausa name). These are grown,
though not extensively, in the pagan districts of this province."
37105. "No. 2. Hunum marini (Hausa name). These are grown
though not extensively, in the pagan districts of this province.
They were experimented with for the first time this year, and
under unfavorable conditions, with a rainfall of only 27.9 inches,
about 5 inches below the average, this variety proved to be the
second best yielder, giving 41 pounds per acre."
37106. "No. 3. Zaria wake (Hausa name)."
37107. Red. Selected from No. 3. Zaria wake.
37108. Spotted. Selected from No. 3. Zaria wake.
37109. " No. 4. Saka-baba-sata. These cowpeas were experimented
with for the first time this year, and under unfavorable conditions,
with a rainfall of 27.9 inches, about 5 inches below the average,
this variety proved to be the best yielder, giving 56 pounds per
acre."
37110. "No. 5. Farin wake (Hausa name)."
37111. (No data.)
37112. Phaseolus lunatus L. Lima bean.
"No. 1. Small black and white bean. Edible climbing bean."
37113. Phaseolus lunatus L. Lima bean.
" No. 2. Large pure white bean. Edible climbing bean."
37114 to 37116. Hor.cus SORGHUM L. Sorghum.
(Sorf/hum nil </arr Pers.)
37114. "No. 1. Locality, Kano. Local name Kama, one of the
most common varieties grown here, both for human consumption
and for stock."
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1914. 39
37104 to 37116— Continued.
87115. "No. 2. Locality, Kano. Local name Fara fara. One of the
varieties most commonly grown here, both for human consumption
and food for stock."
37116. " No. 3. This variety is grown in much smaller amounts and
the grain, as will be seen, is a very poorly developed one. This
fact would seem to support the statement made on page 146 of
Dudgeon's 'Agricultural Products of British West Africa,' i. e.,
that the stem is particularly rich in saccharine juice and that this
variety is mainly used as a cattle food."
37117. Annona cherimola Miller. Cherimoya.
From San Jose, Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. Carlos Werckle, Depart-
ment of Agriculture. Received January 30, 1914.
"Java. Fruit tree ; hot climate." (Wercldd.)
37118. Carica papaya L. Papaya.
From Angola, Africa. Presented by Rev. W. P. Dodson. Received January
26, 1914.
" Seeds that are acclimatized here for a generation. It is not the United
States variety, but rather that of South America, and is a most delicious soft
fruit that grows abundantly. It ought to grow in southern Florida or southern
California, quite south (Imperial Valley)." (Dodson.)
37119 to 37121.
From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by the Department of Agriculture.
Received January 29 and February 6, 1914.
37119. Casuarina sumatrana Jungh.
" Introduced as a better style of Casuarina, forming a large and more
graceful tree than C. equisctifolia, used so commonly as a street tree in
Florida." (Fairchihl. )
"A shrub which in greenhouse cultivation may attain a height of 1A
meters or more, excessively branched. Branches spread out, elegantly
bent down by the weight of the twigs. Brandies, twigs, and little twigs
are three cornered, very thin, destitute of leaves, gracefully arched, some-
times pendent, forming by their union plumy masses or a kind of foxtail,
the whole of a deep shining green. Few plants are prettier, and above
all more suitable for commercial ornamentation, either for bouquets or
decorations for ballrooms. This species has a considerable number of
thin twigs, which give to the whole an excessive lightness which can be
compared to the marabous employed for decorating headdresses. Another
advantage yet which these twigs present is that, being completely desti-
tute of leaves, and owing their plumy lightness to the delicacy of the
different parts, they retain their ornamental character for a very long
time, which does not take place when this character is due to the loaves.
This species is cultivated in a light and firm mixture consisting of vege-
table mold and peat, to winch is added a small quantity of very sandy
soil, in pots well drained and relatively large. However, a better way is
to cultivate them in the ground in a ho! house, or, at the least, in a good
temperate house. Then the plants are very hardy and one can, at need,
cut off the branches to make bouquets or other forms of ornamentation.
40 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
37119 to 37121— Continued.
It goes without saying that, cultivated in pots, this species will serve In
the decoration of apartments, in the filling of jardinieres, etc." (E. A.
CunU a in Revue Horticole, 1889, p. [67.)
37120. Coix lacryma-jobi L. Job's-tears.
For a detailed account of this crop plant, see the Agricultural Ledger,
1904, no. 13.
37121. Cordia suaveolens Blume.
A large boraginaceous tree up to 60 feet in height, with alternate,
variable leaves, equal or unequal at the base, acute or slightly obtuse,
rotund elliptic or narrowly ovate, papery, hairy in the axils of the
nerves; flowers small and white- in terminal or axillary cymes. (Adapted
from Koorders and Valeton, Mcdcdctliiuicn nil 'xljtnds Plantentuin, vol.
W, p. 69, 1900.)
37122 to 37124. Carica papaya L. Papaya.
From San Jose, Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. Carlos Werckle, Depart-
ment of Agriculture. Received January 31, 1914, in three separate pack-
ets, but without varietal names or descriptions.
37125. GOSSYTITTM BARBADENSE L. Cotton.
From Angola, Africa. Presented by Rev. W. P. Dodson. Received January
26, 1914.
" I have often thought of bow highly Egyptian cotton has been spoken of
and thought you would like to try some from Angola. As the natives make it
up it is very strong. The truth is, that even the natives prize these seeds they
are so scarce, owing to the fact tbat it is practically a wild plant. This cot-
ton is very strong. A single thin cord of it is used by the native to sew up
his cloth or mulele. Many old men are found spinning, and ten years ajro a
few used to weave, but weaving is now almost a lost art. I have in America
a sample of the cloth, about four yards of it, sewed together. It is coarse,
but good and very strong work. When a native has such a cloth it lasts him
for as long as ten years." (Dodson.)
37126. Chayota edtjlis Jacq. Chayote.
From Altadena, Cal. Procured from the West India Gardens. Received
February 7, 1914.
Secured for experimental work at one of the plant introduction held stations.
37127. Crataegus pinnatktda Bunge. Hawthorn.
From Soochow, China. Presented by .Mr. N. Gist Gee, Soochow Univer-
sity. Received February 10, 191 !.
See S. P. I. No. 35456 for previous introduction and description.
37128. Furcraea elegans Todaro.
From La Mortola, Ventimiglia, Italy. Presented by Mr. Alwin Berger,
curator of the garden. Received February 9, 1P14.
"This is one of the seventeen species of the genus Furcraea. succulent desert
plants from Central America and particularly from Mexico. The perianth is
whitish and wheel shaped. The cushions have a swelling at the base, in which
respect it differs from Agave, a genus bearing a somewhat close resemblance.
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1914. 41
The species of Furcraea are cultivated in much the same way as those of Agave
except that the former are given more heat and water. As a rule, Furcraeas
hear fruit not more than once and then die without producing suckers. They
do. however, produce when in flower an immense number of bulbils which may
be used for propagation. It is impossible to say at what size or age the plant
will bloom. Grown in pots they may take a century. On the other hand, plants
from bulbils have been known to flower in three years. The leaves of F. elegans
measure 4 to 5 inches at the broadest part and 3 inches above the base. They
are rough on the back and are armed with large prickles. The peduncles are
trom 20 to 25 feet long. The branches are slightly compound and the panicles
often reach from 10 to 12 feet." (L. H. Bailey, Cyclopedia of American Hor-
ticulture.)
Bulbils.
37129 and 37130.
From Lai Bagh, Bangalore, India. Presented by Mr. G. H. Krumbiegel,
economic botanist, Mysore Government Botanical Gardens. Received
February 9, 1914.
37129. Bameos sp. Bamboo.
This was received in response to a request for " bamboo rice " listed
in the Official Handbook of Exhibits of the Mysore Dasara Industrial and
Agricultural exhibition, 1911. among the rices, with the description:
" Kiri bidari rice (bamboo rice). This is prepared out of bamboo paddy
which is grown in the bamboo trees once' in 60 years. This is used as
food by the poor during distress and also used as medicine for those that
are suffering from enlargement of the spleen."
37130. Oryza sativa L. Rice.
" Kembuti bhatta."
37131. Garcinia mtxltiflora Champion.
From Hongkong, China. Presented by Mr. W. J. Tutcher, Botanical and
Forestry Department. Received February 9, 1914.
An opposite-branched clusiaceous shrub, with entire, ovate or obovate, short-
stalked, thick leaves, 3 to 3$ inches long, and terminal corymbs of 4-petaled
flowers. Common toward the Black Mountain, Hongkong, flowering in the heat
of summer. (Adapted from Bentham, Flora Hongkongensis, p. 25, 1861.)
37132 and 37133. Cucurbita pefo L. Squash.
From Rome, Italy. Presented by Dr. Gustav Eisen. Received February 9,
1914.
" Zucchetta. A peculiar kind of squash. This squash is eaten green and
while the flower is yet adherent to the fruit, and never when the fruit is ripe,
it least I have never seen it eaten at that stage. Used slewed, fried, etc., in
many different ways, like squash or green peas. It is most delicious when boiled
in fresh butter and is fully equal to tender green peas, though of a different
flavor. I prefer zucchetta to any other fresh vegetable in this country. Many
eat the flowers when the new fruit is not more than 1 or - inches long, though
generally they are sold when the fruit is between G and 10 inches, always while
green." (Frisen.)
37132. "Zucchetta nana, ' Cerbero.' "
37133. "Zucchetta nana, ' Rom una.'"
42 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
37134 to 37144.
From Brisbane, Australia. Presented by Mr. J. F. Bailey, Botanic Gar-
dens, through Dr. E. C. Joss, Portland, Oreg. Received February 4,
1914.
37134. Babklta syringifolia Mueller. ftold-blossom tree.
This is the only species of a genus belonging to the section of the pea
family bearing regular flowers. It is a large tree, with alternate simple
coriaceous leaves, which have long stalks, and are in form like those of
the lilac (Syringa), but have seven radiating nerves. The flowers are
golden yellow, very numerous, and disposed in axillary or terminal
racemes. The pods are stalked, about half an inch long, thin, contain-
ing few seeds. The plant is a native of eastern Australia, and is found
near the Brisbane River. It is commonly known as the Queensland gold-
blossom tree. The wood is hard, close grained, of a blackish gray color,
and might be suitable for tool handles. The tree is. however, of greater
value to the horticulturist than to the timber merchant, its pleasant
foliage and luxuriant yellow flowers rendering it a pretty object in the
gardens. Diameter. 12 to 15 inches; height, 40 to 50 feet. (Adapted
from Lindley, Treasury of Botany; Maiden, Useful Native Plants of Aus-
tralia, p. 384; and Guilfoyle, Australian Plants, p. 10.)
37135. Bauhinia hookeri Mueller.
" This is a large tree, with a spreading head, usually finite glabrous.
Leaflets quite distinct, very obliquely and broadly ovate or obovate, very
obtuse, three-fourths of an inch to li inches long, finely 5 to 7 nerved,
with a small thick point terminating the petiole between them. Flowers
white, edged with crimson, few, in short terminal racemes, the ]>edicels
very short. Calyx glabrous, or nearly so, 1 inch long or even more, the
disk-bearing base narrow cylindrical, the free part about as long,
divided nearly to the base into five narrow lobes. Petals clawed, ovate,
nearly equal, the lamina nearly 11 inches long, slightly villous outside
near the base. Stamens ten. rather longer than the petals. Ovary on a
long stipe; stigma large. Tod stipitate. flat, 1 to 1\ inches broad.
Northern Australia: Arnhem Bay, Port Essington. Queensland: Broad
Sound, Gilbert River, Sutton River, Rockhampton, and islands of Torres
Strait." (Bcnthatn, Flora Australiensis, vol. 2, p. 296, 1864.)
37136. Brachychitox aceRlfoltum Mueller. Lacebark tree.
(Sterculia acerifolia Cunn.)
This is a semideeiduous tree of New South Wales and is commonly
called the Illairarra flame tree, or Lacebark tree. The flowers are of a
bright -red color, which make the trees a conspicuous object at a distance.
It attains a height of 60 to 120 feet and a diameter of 2 to ;; feet. The
bark is used by the aborigines for making fishing nets. The w | is sofl
and spongy. (Adapted from Lindley, Treasury of Botany; and Von
Mueller, Select Extra-Tropical Plants, p. 81.)
37137. Cassia BREWSTER] TOMENTELLA Mueller.
A tree attaining to a height of 30 to 40 feet, with the branches, under
side of Leaflets, and Inflorescence minutely hoary tomentose. The leaflets
are small and short and the flowers rather small. The seeds of this
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1914. 43
37134 to 37144— Continued.
species appear to be flattened at right angles to the embryo, which, in
the other sections of Cassia, lies parallel to the valves. This variety is
found in Queensland on hilly pastures and river banks on the Burdikin
at Rockhampton, at Port Denis, and on the Fitzroy River. (Adapted
from Bentham, Flora Australiensis, vol. 2, p. 282, 186-).)
37138. Castanospermum austrai.e Cunn. and Fraser.
Moreton Bay chestnut.
See S. P. I. No. 32087 for previous introduction and description.
37139. Erythrina sp.
37140. Ficus macrophylla Desf. Moreton Bay fig.
See S. P. I. No. 3494 for previous introduction and description.
37141. Ficus rubiginosa Desf. Port Jackson fig.
This is one of the hardiest of all the fig trees, and very eligible among
the evergreen shade trees, particularly for promenades. Tins fig, like
all other figs, exudes a juice when the bark is wounded, but at present
it is put to no useful purpose. The resinous exudation of this tree re-
sembles Euphorbium in appearance, and varies in color from dirty yellow
or red to almost white, solid, generally brittle, but tough in the interior
of large pieces, opaque, with dull and waxlike fracture ; at 30° C. it
softens and becomes plastic, like gutta-percha, but not sticky, provided
it has been previously wetted with water. In its natural state it has
neither taste nor odor but evolves an odor like that of wax when heated,
and evinces a characteristic taste on being masticated. It is quite in-
soluble in water, either hot or cold. The greater part of it is soluble in
cold alcohol, and a considerable portion of the remainder in hot alcohol.
The names commonly given to this plant are Port Jackson fig, narrow-
leu red fig, and native Banyan. (Adapted from Maiden, Useful Native
Plants of Australia, p. 225, and Von Mueller, Select Extra-Tropical
Plants, p. 228.)
37142 and 37143. Phormium tknax Forster. New Zealand flax.
37142. 37143. Variegated.
37144. Stenocarpus sinuatus Endl.
" This tree is known as the ' tulip tree ' or ' fire tree ' and is so called
on account of the brilliancy of its flowers. To the aborigines of northern
New South Wales it is known as yiel-yiel, or yill-gill. The wood is nicely
marked, and admits of a good polish. It is close grained, hard, and
durable. It is used f©r staves and veneers, and is also suitable for
cabinetwork. It is not a plentiful tree. Diameter 24 inches, height 60
to 70 feet. Northern New South Wales and Queensland." {Maiden,
Useful Native Plants of Australia, p. 600.)
37145 to 37152. Aralia cordata Thunberg. Udo.
From Yokohama, Japan. Procured from L. Boehmer & Co. Roots received
February 12, 1914.
"This material came from Kanagawa Ken." i /.. Boehmer.)
37145. Kan. 37149. Yakate red.
37146. Yama. 37150. Yakate white,
37147. Wase white. 37151. Wase red.
37148. Oku white. 37152. Oku red.
44 SEEDS AXD PLANTS IMPORTED.
37153. ScHizoNOTUS sorbifolius (L.) Lindl.
(Spiraea sorbi folia L.)
From Peking. China. Collected by Mr. Frank N. Meyer. Agricultural Ex-
plorer for the Departmenl of Agriculture. Received February 17, 1914.
"(No. 1046. December 1, 1913.) A variety of the ordinary Sorbus-leaved
Spiraea, which is very impartial to adverse conditions. See description of No.
1086a [S. P. I. No. 36700] for further details." (Meyer.)
"A shrub 3 to 6 feel high, which suckers freely; stems erect, very pithy,
varying from nearly smooth i" downy. Leaves 8 to 12 inches long, composed
of 13 to 25 leaflets, which are lanceolate, 2 to 3$ inches long, one-half to 1
inch wide; sharply and conspicuously double toothed, tireen on both sides;
usually quite smooth above and the same beneath. Flowers one-third of an
inch across, white, produced during July and August in a stiff, erect raceme
6 to 10 inches high; flower stalks downy and glandular; ovaries smooth or
nearly so.
"Native of northern Asia from the Ural Mountains to Japan; introduced in
1750. It is distinguished from its near allies Spiraea Undleyana and 8. aitehi-
soni by its comparatively dwarf, stiff habit, and narrower, stiffer flower
panicles, (irown in rich soil it makes a handsome shrub." (ir. J. Bean, Trees
mid Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. '<)■>. under spiraea sorbifolia.)
Cuttings.
37154 to 37167.
From Tulun, Russia. Presented by Mr. Victor Pissareff, Tulun Experiment
Field. Received February 11, 1014.
Quoted notes by Mr. Pissareff.
37154. Triticum aestivum L. "Wheat.
(Triticum vulgare Yill.)
" Common summer wheat of the country. Province Irkutsk, latitude
52° 16' ; Malta country, 1013."
37155. Secale cekeale L. Rye.
"Native summer rye. Province of Yakutsk, latitude 62° V N."
37156. Hordeum vulgare L. Barley.
" Summer barley. Province of Yakutsk, latitude 62° 1' N."
37157. Triticum aestivum L. Wheat.
(Triticum vulgare Yill.)
"Summer wheat from native wheat. Somewhal frozen, 1013."
37158. Triticum aestivum L. Wheat.
(Triticum vulgare Yill.)
"Summer wheat Amerikanka. Province Yakutsk, latitude 02° 1' N."
37159. Teiticum durum i»<-sf. Wheat.
"Summer macaroni wheat. Atbasar Agricultural School, Province of
Akmolinsk, crop of 1012."
37160. Triticum aestivum I>. Wheat.
( Triticum vulgare Yill.)
" Winter wheat Sandomyrka, Province of Tomsk. Siberia."
37161. Trifolium pbatense L. Red clover.
"Wild red clover collected at Tulun Experiment Field, Province of
Irkutsk, 1913."
JANUAKY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1914.
45
37154 to 37167— Continued.
37162. Phleum praten.se L. Timothy.
" Timothy grass, crop of 1912. Irkutsk, from Bajandai field."
37163. Vicia amoena Fisch. Vetch.
" Wild vetch collected at Tulun, Irkutsk, 1913."
37164. Triticum aestivum L. Wheat.
(Triticum vulgare Vill.)
" Summer wheat. Province of Yakutsk, 1912."
37165. Trifolitjm i/upinaster L. Clover.
"Wild clover collected at Tulun, Government of Irkutsk, 1913."
37166. Fagopykum vulgare Hill. Buckwheat.
(Fagopyrum esculentum Moench.)
" Native buckwheat, Irkutsk, Malta country, crop of 1913."
37167. Triticum aestivum L. Wheat.
(Triticum vulgare Vill.)
" Native summer wheat. Province of Yakutsk."
37168 to 37213. Diospyeos kaki L. f. Persimmon.
From Okitsu, Japan. Presented by Mr. T. Tanikawa, in charge of the
Government Horticultural Experiment Station. Received February 19,
1914.
" We take great pleasure in sending you scions of all the kakis which we now
have in our garden.
" These kakis were gathered from several localities of this country as prom-
ising varieties. We must confess that it is very difficult to collect all the
varieties named in our ' Special Bulletin No. 28,' because many of them are
seedlings of some varieties and named by the finder or the cultivator. Such
kakis are almost always inferior in quality and too scarce in number to be
recognized as a variety. For those reasons we regret that we can not send such
kakis to you." (Tanikawa.) v
Sweet varieties, as follows:
37168.
No. 1.
Tenjin-goslio.
37178.
No.
11.
Kiara.
37169.
No. 2.
Ama-hyakume.
37179.
No.
12.
Zenji-maru
37170.
No. 3.
Fit !W.
37180.
No.
13.
Ye-gosho.
37171.
No. 4.
Yedoichi.
37181.
No.
14.
Yashima.
37172.
No. 5.
Hana-gosho.
37182.
No.
15.
Yedoich i.
37173.
No. 6.
Mizu-shima.
37183.
No.
16.
Sekaiichi.
37174.
No. 7.
Jiro.
37184.
No.
17.
Tsukiyo.
37175.
No. S.
Oranda-gosho.
37185.
No.
IS.
Toyo-oka.
37176.
No. 9.
Oku-gosho.
37186.
No.
19.
Ogosho.
37177.
No. 10.
Otera.
37187.
No.
20.
Kanro.
Astringent varieties, as follows:
37188.
No. 1.
Handai.
37192.
No.
5.
h'dira-bata.
37189.
No. 2.
Shiroto-damasM.
37193.
No.
6.
Oyotsu-mizo,
37190.
No. 3.
Saijo.
37194.
No.
7.
Talc lira.
37191.
No. 4.
Koshu-hyakume.
37195.
No.
8.
Akadamu.
46
SEEDS AM) PLANTS IMPORTED.
37168 to 37213
-Continued.
37196. No. 9.
Yamayaki (For
37205.
N... 18.
Tanenashi.
stocks).
37206.
No. 19.
Yetnon.
37197. No. 10.
Omidansu.
37207.
No. 20.
Hira-tancnashi
37198. No. 11.
Shozayt mon.
37208.
No. 21.
Mi otoyiki.
37199. No. 12.
Dojo-hacMya.
37209.
No. 22.
Vokono.
37200. No. 13.
Horibei.
37210.
No. 23.
Qi-ombo.
37201. No. 14.
Air. \i- mish Ira : u.
37211.
No. 24.
Inayama.
37202. No. 15.
Fuji.
37212.
No. 25.
Obi-shi.
37203. No. 16.
Hira-gaki.
37213.
No. 26.
Onihira.
37204. No. 17.
Yotsu-mizo.
37214. Li num. usitatissimum L.
Flax.
From Hoshangabad, Central Provinces, British India. Presented by Mr. A.
Howard, Imperial Economic Botanist, Agricultural Research Institute,
Pusa, Bengal, India. Received February 20, 1914.
37215. Oryza sativa L. Rice.
From Lima, Peru. Presented by Mr. Benton McMillin, American minister.
Received February 17, 1914.
" Highland rice, grown in the montana of Peru. It is a species produced
without irrigation and at an elevation several thousand feet above the sea
level. It is quite possible you might develop it into a valuable food product."
(McMillin.)
37216. Talauma hodgsoni Hook. f. and Thorns.
From Sibpur, near Calcutta, India. Presented by the superintendent,
Royal Botanic Gardens. Received February 17, 1914.
This is a tender evergreen tree belonging to the Magnoliacere. It is 50 to 60
feet tall, bearing cup-shaped fragrant flowers fully 6 inches across and 4 inches
deep, blooming in early spring. The ivory-white petals are quite thick and
contrast finely with the glaucous purplish blue sepals. Leaves, 8 to 20 by 4 to 9
inches, obovate oblong, cuspidate or obtuse, leathery, glaucous; (lowers solitary,
terminal; sepals 3 to 5, purple outside, petals about six in number. This
species is a native of the Himalayas, a region which is perhaps richer in hand-
some magnolialike trees than any other area of equal size in the world. This
species grows at altitudes ranging from 5,000 to 6,000 feet. (Adapted from
Hooker and Thomson, Botanical Magazine, pi. 7392, and Bailey, Cyclopedia of
American Horticulture.)
37217 and 37218.
From Barberton, Transvaal. Presented by Mr. George Thorncroft. Re-
ceived February 21, 1914.
37217. Cebopegia thokncroftit N. E. Brown.
"This is a climber 4 to 5 feet, always found growing up an acacia
tree in the dry veldt." (Thorncroft.)
" Ceropegia thorncroftii closely resembles C. crispata N. E. Br., not
only in its habit and as regards its foliage, but also in having a cluster
JANUARY 1 TO MAECH 31, 1914. 47
37217 and 37218— Continued.
of thick fleshy roots instead of a tuber. But while it is nearly allied to
C. cr is pu la, C. thorncroftii differs markedly from that species in having
much smaller flowers characterized by the gibbous projection at the mid-
dle of the keel on the inner side of the lobes, of which there is no trace
in C. crispata. Mr. Lynch informs us that C. thorncroftii requires the
usual treatment under ordinary tropical conditions of the other species
of the genus except that in winter it appears to demand a rather higher
temperature than the majority and to prefer a greater degree of dry-
ness. It has done well in the stove, but has not succeeded in the cactus
house. The masses of fleshy roots appear to be sensitive to any excess
of moisture, especially if associated with too low a temperature."
(Curtis' s Botanical Magazine, 1912, tab. 8^58.)
37218. Dimokphotheca spectabilis Schlechter.
" Magenta color, disk purple, attains a height of 2 feet on the mountain
stony places, altitude 5,000 feet. This plant appears after the first
rains in October, and is burnt off in the winter by the veldt fires. A
very beautiful plant." (I 'homer oft.)
37219. Zea mays L. Corn.
From Puerto Bertoni, Paraguay. Presented by Dr. Moises S. Bertoni. Re-
ceived February 21, 1014.
" Seeds of a new variety of early hard maize, communis minor. This is a
new variety which we believe will be of great interest in those countries in
which the early European maize gives good results with difficulty. It is a
new variety which we have obtained in this agronomic station by hybridization
and selection of various species of hard and soft maizes of different degrees of
earliness. It is almost as early a ripener as the variety of Early Soft maize,
which serves as the base, and almost as hard and good as the Hardy Canary
maize, with which it was first crossed. It is notably hardy and drought resist-
ant. The plant is small and of good production." (Bertoni.)
37220. Phaseolus vulgaris L. Bean.
From Bahia, Brazil. Collected by Messrs. P. H. Dorsett, A. D. Shamel, and
Wilson Popenoe, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received January
22, 1914.
"(No. 53a. December 26, 1914.) Mulatinha (little mulattress), a bean grown
on the dry lands of the interior of Bahia State. One liter of seed purchased in
the Mercado Novo at 240 reis [8 cents]." (Dorsett, Shamel, and Popenoe.)
37221 and 37222.
From Nice, France. Presented by Dr. A. Robertson Proschowsky. Re-
ceived February 6, 1914.
37221. An nona cherimola L. » Cherimoya.
" Seeds of the anona which this year produced a few quite good fruits in
my garden. This species fruits every year, but usually the fruits are
full of seeds and have little edible substance." (Proschowsky.)
37222. Secamone wightiana (Hook, and Arn. ) Schumann.
(Toxocarpus wightiana Hook, and Arn.)
" Small Shrub, showy orange-colored flowers, rather thorny." (Pros-
chowsky.)
Distribution. — The Provinces of Hupeh and Kwangtung in China and
the islands of Hongkong and Hainan.
69935°— 17 1
48 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
37223. Dendrocalamus stkictus (Roxb.) Nees. Bamboo.
From Lansdowne, India. Collected by Mr. R. S. Woglum, Bureau of
Entomology, while on his trip to India in 1911.
"A very useful and strong bamboo of India, formerly used universally for
spear shafts. The plant flowers frequently and does not die down after flower-
ing, as is the case with so many bamboos. The culms are said sometimes to
reach a height of 100 feet. (Woglum.)
37224 and 37225.
From Algiers, Algeria. Presented by Dr. L. Trabut, director, Service
Botanique. Received February 20, 1914.
37224. Cotcdia obliqua Willd.
"A beautiful tree, very vigorous with us, introduced as seed from Cochin
China." {Trabut.)
Distribution. — Western India, extending from the Punjab region south-
ward to Ceylon.
A small, twisted, boraginaceous tree, up to 20 feet in height, with
alternate, ovate leaves, smooth above, hairy on the veins below ; and
lateral or terminal cincinnal inflorescences of small white flowers. From
Java and Sumatra. (Adapted from Koorders and Valeton, Mededeelingen
uit 'sLands Plantentuin, vol. $2, p. 67, 1900.)
37225. Juglans regia L. Walnut.
" The nut has been cultivated in the mountains by the natives from
the most ancient times; they propagate them by sowing seed, ami they
have thus obtained some very fine varieties, which are fixed." (Trabut.)
37226. Colocasia antiquorum Schott. Taro.
From Mr. H. B. Shaw, who obtained them as a sample from a shipment
from Beirut, Syria, imported by M. J. Corbett & Co., brokers, of New
York. Corms received February 1, 1914.
"A variety of taro apparently identical with the Egyptian taro. The quality
is inferior." {R. A. Young.)
37227. Coix lacryma-jobi L. Job's-tears.
From Pamplemousses, Mauritius. Presented by the overseer, Royal Botanic
Garden. Received February 26, 1914.
37228 to 37325. Soja max (L.) Piper. Soy bean.
(Glycine hispida Maxim.)
From Seoul, Chosen (Korea). Presented by Mr. George H. Scidmore,
American consul general. Received February 17, 1914.
"I submit the following information, which has been obtained, for the most
nnrt, from the Director of the Department of Agriculture, Commerce, and In-
dustry, of the General Government of Chosen. The same officer has very kindly
supplied samples of 9S varieties of soy beans.
"The usual period during which the seed is sown extends from the middle
of May to aboul July 10. In case the sowing is postponed till the hitter part
of that period the fields from which wheat has already been harvested are used.
The soil is first prepared by plowing and is then shaped into small hemispherical
hillocks about 4 feet in diameter. The seed is planted in drill holes ou the
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1914. 49
top of these hillocks, 6 or 7 inches being left between drill holes and 5 or 6
seeds being sown together in a hole. As a general rule, no manure or other
fertilizer is used, but when it is desired to enrich the soil ashes are most com-
monly employed.
"After the plants have sprouted sufficiently, the shoots are thinned out so
as to leave two or three only to each drill hole. This process takes place at
the time of the first weeding. The ground surrounding the plants is gone over
with a hoe or other implement two or three times to turn over the soil and to
weed the field. The process outlined above gives briefly the method of- cultiva-
tion generally in use throughout Chosen, and is applicable whether the beans
are planted in separate fields by themselves or in the same fields with other
crops.
" It is used mainly for its food value, the oil, and the residue as a fertilizer
after the oil has been expressed. It is valuable as a food product for both
men and cattle, the latter finding it a very excellent fodder when the whole
plant is used. The principal food products for human consumption derived
from the soy bean are bean paste, soy, bean curd, meal, etc." (Scidmore.)
37228. "Al. Six Months. Yellow. From South Chusei Province, Koshu
district."
37229. "A2. Widower. Yellow. From North Heian Province, Seisen
district."
37230. "A3. Broad River. From South Heian Province, Junan district."
37231. "A4. White. Yellow. From North Zenra Province, Chinan dis-
trict."
37232. "A5. Early Yellow. Yellow. From North Heian Province,
Kokai district."
37233. "A6. White Stalk. Yellow. From Kokai Province, Hakusen
district."
37234. "A7. White. Yellow. From South Zenra Province, Kokujo dis-
trict."
37235. "AS. Chestnut. Yellow. From Keiki Province, Koka district."
37236. "A9. Yelloiv. From North Heian Province, Jijo district."
37237. "A10. Rengyq Egg. Yellow. From North Kankyo Province,
Kichishu district."
37238. "All. White. Yellow. From South Chusei Province, Koshu
district."
37239. "A12. Chodan. Yellow. From Keiki Province, Hotoku dis-
trict."
37240. "A13. White. Yellow. From Kogen Province, Heisho district."'
37241. "A14. White. Yellow. From North Kankyo Province, Shojo
district."
37242. "A15. Food. Yellow. From South Keisho Province, Genyo dis-
trict."
37243. "A16. Small White. Yellow. From South Heian Province, Eiju
district."
37244. "A17. White Vegetable. Yellow. From South Chusei Province,
Enki district."
37245. "A18. Rat's Eye. Yellow. From Keiki Province, Hotoku dis-
trict."
50 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
37228 to 37325— Continued.
37246. "A19. Large-Grained Wlrite. Yellow. From South Keisho Prov-
ince, Sensei district."
37247. "A20. White Hat's Eye. Yellow. From North Chusei Province,
Injo district."
37248. "A21. White. Yellow. From Keiki Province, Kokusan district."
37249. "A22. Soja bean. Yellow. From Keiki Province, Kaijo dis-
trict."
37250. "A23. White Horse. Yellow. From Keiki Province, Yojo dis-
trict."
37251. "A24. White. Yellow. From South Zenra Province, Defuku dis-
trict."
37252. "A25. White King. Yellow. From Kokai Province, Inritsu dis-
trict."
37253. "A26. White. Yellow. From South Heian Province, Junan dis-
trict."
37254. "A27. Burnt. Yellow. From Kokai Province, Hakusen district."
37255. "A2S. Rich and Virtuous. Yellow. From Kogen Province,
Seizen district."
37256. "A29. White. Yellow. From South Chusei Province, Rinsen
district."
37257. "A30. Early White. Yellow. From North Heian Province,
Neihen district."
37258. "A31. Soja bean. Yellow. From Kokai Province, Kinsen dis-
trict."
37259. "A32. White Rat's Eye. Yellow. From Keiki Province, Yochi
district."
37260. "A33. White. Yellow. From South Kankyo Province, Kosan
district."
37261. "A34. Golden. Yellow. From North Keisho Province, Junko
district."
37262. "A35. White Rat's Eye. Yellow. From North Chusei Province.
Eishun district."
37263. " Bl. Large Date. Gray. From Keiki Province, Chikusau dis-
trict."
37264. " B2. Red. Gray. From South Heian Province, Eiju district."
37265. " B3. Tea. Gray. From South Keisho Province, Shinshu dis-
trict."
37266. " B4. Indigo. Gray. From Keiki Province. Fuhei district."
37267. " B5. Date. Gray. From Keiki Province, Maden district."
37268. "B6. Large Date. Gray. From Keiki Province, Yojo district."
37269. " B7. Six Months. Gray. From South Kankyo Province, Rigen
district."
37270. " B8. Swallow. Gray. From South Keisho Province, Genyo dis-
trict."
37271. " B9. Great Date. Gray. From North Keisho Province, Hoki
district."
37272. v BIO. Red. Gray. From Kogen Province, Seizen district."
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1914. 51
37228 to 37325— Continued.
37273. " Bll. Date. Gray. From Reiki Province, Yosen district."
37274. " B12. Red. Gray. From North Keisho Province, Neikal dis-
trict."
37275. "B13. Red. Gray. From South Chusei Province, Kosan dis-
trict."
37276. " B14. Red. Gray. From South Kankyo Province, Bunsen dis-
trict."
37277. " B15. Red Rat. Gray. From South Heian Province, Eiju dis-
trict."
37278. " B16. Red Rice. Gray. From Kokai Province, Kokusan dis-
trict."
37279. " BIT. Rat's Eye. Gray. From North Heian Province, Kijo
district."
37280. " CI. Blue. Green. From South Kankyo Province, Tansen dis-
trict."
37281. " C2. Bluish. Green. From Kokai Province, Chosen district."
37282. " C3. Blue. Green. From North Chusei Province, Mokusen dis-
trict."
37283. " C4. Blue. Green. From South Chusei Province, Koshu dis-
trict."
37284. " C5. Blue. Green. From Keiki Province, Koka district."
37285. " C6. Blue. Green. From North Kankyo Province, Meisen dis-
trict."
37286. " C7. Barbarian Blue. Green. From North Kankyo Province,
Kichishu district."
37287. " C8. Clasped Hands. Green. From Kogen Province, Waiyo dis-
trict."
37288. " C9. Clear Green. Green. From North Chusei Province, Teisen
district."
37289. " CIO. Blue. Green. From Keiki Province, Yojo district."
37290. " Cll. Blue. Green. From Kogen Province, Seizen district."
37291. " C12. Camphor. Green. From North Kankyo Province, Kichi-
shu district."
37292. " C13. Blue. Green. From South Chusei Province, Yokusen
district."
37293. " C14. Blue. Green. From South Heian Province, Junan dis-
trict."
37294. " C15. Small Blue. Green. From South Chusei Province, Kanho
district."
37295. " C16. Blue. Green. From South Chusei Province, Eisan dis-
trict."
37296. " C17. Clear Blue. Green. From North Heian Province, Jijo
district."
37297. " C18. Barbarian. Green. From North Heian Province, Neilien
district."
37298. " C19. Yellow Powder. Green. From South Keisho Province,
Shinshu district."
52 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
37228 to 37325— Continued.
37299. " C20. Yellow Roll. Green. From South Keisho Province, Genyo
district."
37300. " 021. Blue. Green. From South Kankyo Province, Bunsen
district."
37301. " C22. Blue. Green. From North Keisho Province, Genfu dis-
trict."
37302. " Dl. Black. From South Kankyo Province, Rigen district."
37303. " D2. Rich Black. From North Chusei Province, Seisan district."
37304. " D3. Black Chestnut. From South Chusei Province, Taiko dis-
trict."
37305. " D4. Black. From Kogen Province, Koryo district."
37306. " D5. Large Black. From South Zenra Province, Nanpei dis-
trict."
37307. " D6. Black. From North Keisho Province, Ennichi district."
37308. ,: D7. Black. From North Zenra Province, Chinan district."
37309. " D8. Black. From South Keisho Province, Kieho district."
37310. " D9. Black Rat's Eye. Black. From North Chusei Province,
Tanyo district."
37311. " D10. Black. From North Kankyo Province, Kainei district."
37312. " Dll. Rat's Eye. Black. From South' Zenra Province, Reisui
district."
37313. " D12. Rat's Eye. Black. From Kokai Province, Inritsu dis-
trict."
37314. " D13. Black Vegetable. Black. From South Kankyo Province,
Kanko district."
37315. " D14. Rat's Eye. Black. From South Kankyo Province, Bun-
sen district."
37316. " D15. Rat's Eye. Black. From South Keisho Province, Genyo
district."
37317. "D16. Black Rat's Eye. Black. From Keiki Province, Inchiku
district."
37318. "El. Confucian Scholar. Striped. From South Heian Province,
Tokusen district."
37319. " E2. Bird's Egy. Striped. From Keiki Province, Hotoku dis-
trict."
37320. " E3. Bird's Egg. Striped. From North Keisho Province, Guni
district."
37321. " E4. Black Striped. From North Keisho Province, Eisen dis-
trict."
37322. " E5. Food. Striped. From South Zenra Province, Reisui dis-
trict."
37323. " E6. Purple. Striped. From Keiki Province, Hosen district."
37324. " E7. Red Striped. From Kokai Province, Choen district."
87325. " E8. Thousand Tied. Striped. From North Heian Province,
Neihen district."
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1914.
53
37326 to 37376.
From Pyeng Yang, Chosen (Korea). Presented by Rev. W. M. Baird, Union
Christian College, through the American consul. Received February 17,
1914.
" Bean seeds. I have been unable to find out their characteristics. Many
binds of beans are grown here. I was able to secure some privately ; also at one
of the public exhibitions I was able to secure from Honorable Matsunagi, gov-
ernor of this province, who was the patron of the fair, samples of all the seeds
exhibited there, but without descriptions." (Baird.)
37326 to 37356. Soja max (L.) Piper.
(Glycine hispida Maxim.)
37326. Green.
37327. Brown.
37328. Small black.
37329. Large black.
37330. Cream with tan
markings.
37331. Small black.
37332. Large black.
37333. Small green.
37334. Chocolate color,
large.
37335. Cream mixed with
brown and green.
37336. Chocolate color.
37337. Green.
37338. Cream with black
saddle.
37339. Black with white
veining.
37357 to 37366. Phaseolus angularis (Willd.) W. F. Wight.
Adzuki bean.
37362. Red.
37363. Gray.
37364. Gray mottled.
37365. Purplish.
Soy bean.
37340. Green.
37341. Yellow.
37342. Small brown.
37343. Black and white.
37344. Small yellow.
37345. Large yellow.
37346. Black.
37347. Small brown.
37348. Small black.
37349. Yellow.
37350. Dark brown.
37351. Small dark brown.
37352. Black.
37353. Greenish yellow.
37354. Yellow.
37355. Yellow.
37356. Dark brown.
37357. Purple.
37358. Blue black.
37359. Gray mottled.
37360. Blue and gray mot-
tled.
37361. Red and gray mot-
tled.
37367 and 37368. Phaseolus aureus Roxb.
37367. Very small green.
37369 to 37374. Phaseolus vulgaris L.
37369. White with purple
spots.
37370. Tan with purple
spots.
37366. Purplish.
Mung bean.
37368. Small green.
Bean.
37371. White and brown.
37372. Black.
37373. Light brown.
37374. Red.
54 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
3732G to 37376— Continued.
37375. Vigna sinensis (Tomer) Savi. Cowpea.
Small, flesh colored.
37376. Pisum sativum L. Pea.
37377 to 37379. Holcus sorghum L. Sorghum.
{Sorghum vulgare Pers.)
From San Giovanni a Teduccio, Italy. Purchased from Dammann & Co.
Received January 30, 1914.
37377. " Sugar millet." 37379. (No data.)
37378. "Red seeded."
37380. Diospyros lotus L. Khurma persimmon.
From Batum, Russia. Presented by Mr. Leslie A. Davis, American consul,
who procured them through the courtesy of Prof. A. N. Krasnoff, director
of the botanical garden near Batum. Received February 25, 1914.
37381. Garctnia vidalii Merrill. Libas.
From Manila, Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. O. W. Barrett, chief,
Division of Horticulture, Bureau of Agriculture. Received February 28,
1914.
"(No. 3941. Libas seeds.)"
" This characteristic species of Garcinia is a native of the Province of
Rizal, Luzon. It is easily recognized by its rather large, numerously veined
leaves, which are broadly rounded at the apex and frequently retuse. It is a
tree attaining a height of about 12 meters, the branches and branchlets being
stout and somewhat angular, brownish or yellowish, rugose when dry. The
leaves are opposite, and ohovate or elliptical obovate, 15 to 25 cm. long and 6
to 14 cm. wide. The flowers are 5-merous, the staminate ones wilh stout,
4-angled, about 5 mm. long pedicels. The fruit is fleshy, greenish, and smooth
when fresh, subglobose, 5 to 6 cm. in diameter, edible." (E. D. Merrill, in
Philippine Journal of Science, vol. 3, p. 861, 1909.)
"This species occurs in the Province of Agusan, northeastern Mindanao."
(Barrett.)
37382 to 37392.
From Lavras, Minas Geraes, Brazil. Collected by Messrs. P. H. Dorsett,
A. D. Shamel, and Wilson Popenoe, of the Bureau of Plant Industry.
Received February 2S, 1914.
Quoted notes by Messrs. Dorsett, Shamel, and Popenoe.
37382. Acrocomia sclerocakpa Martins. Macauba palm.
"(No. 64a. January 22, 1914.) Macauba palm, a beautiful pinnate-
leaved species, which grows wild in this region. The trunk reaches a
height of 50 feet or more and is profusely covered with sharp spines,
varying from 1 to 4 inches in length and black in color. Its distribution
in this part of Brazil is very wide: we have observed considerable num-
bers at altitudes of 9(M) meters, which leads to the belief that it may
prove adaptable to southern California.
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1914. 55
37382 to 37392— Contd. (Quoted notes by Mr. Dorsett and others.)
" The leaves are very graceful and .somewhat finer than Cocos plumosa.
As an ornamental plant this palm should be of value. The fruit is
produced in clusters sometimes weighing 30 to 40 kilograms. The hard
kernel is surrounded by a thick layer of white starchy material, some-
what mucilaginous in texture. Hogs are very fond of the fruits ; accord-
ing to Prof. Hunnicutt, of the Escola Agricola, they will eat them in pref-
erence to corn, and they are said to be very fattening."
37383. Cupeessus sp. Cypress.
"(No. 65a. January 22, 1914.) Seed from a coniferous tree along the
main walk leading to the Gymnasio de Lavras. A very handsome tree,
compact and symmetrical, glaucous in color. At present the trees are
about 20 feet in height. They were introduced here from Sao Paulo."
'37384. Rheedia eduos (Seem.) Planch, and Triana.
"(No. 66a. January 22, 1914.) Seeds from a row of trees growing in
the grounds of the Instituto Evangelico. The fruit, which is now ripe,
is called limao do mqtto (lemon of the forest) by the natives. The
trees are 20 to 25 feet in height, pyramidal in form, and handsome in
appearance with their deep-green, glossy foliage. The leaves are 4 to 6
inches in length, oblong lanceolate, acute at the apex, thick, stiff, the
veins scarcely visible on the upper surface, prominent beneath. In gen-
eral characteristics the fruit is almost identical with that of Rheedia
brasiliensis. The form is elliptical, frequently tapering at both ends,
and even prominently pointed at the apex. The length is about 2 inches,
diameter 1| inches, color bright orange-yellow. Stem three-fourths of
an inch to 1 inch in length, stout ; skin one-eighth of an inch or more in
thickness, terebinthine and disagreeable in taste, rather brittle, easily
separable from the snowy white pulp which surrounds the seeds. The
- flavor is acid unless the fruit is almost overripe, and strongly resembles
that of Lansium domestieinn. The character of the pulp is similar to that
of the mangosteen, melting, juicy, and beautiful in appearance. The seeds
vary from one to three, two being the commonest number, and they are
oblong-oval in form, about 1 inch in length, adhering closely to the pulp;
when cut, a yellow gamboge oozes out of them. Boys are very fond of
this fruit, but the Americans here do not care for it. It is said to make
a very superior doce or preserve. For trial in California and Florida."
For an illustration of the Rheedia edulis tree, see Plate VIII.
37385. Eugenia sp.
"(No. 67a. January 22, 1914.) A small, guavalike fruit, about three-
fourths of an inch in length, oval, orange-yellow in color, produced by a
tree 40 to 50 feet in height growing in the virgin forest here. The
flower is rather acid but agreeable, and the fruit is very attractive in
appearance. For trial in California and Florida."
37386. Begonia sp. Begonia.
"(No. 69a. January 22, 1914.) A flowering vine growing along the
railroad track at Cambuhy, State of Minas Geraes. To be tried in Cali-
fornia and Florida."
37387. Zea mays L. Corn.
"(No. 70a. January 22, 1914.) Yellow flint corn grown by Pedro de
Paulo Lemos, at Pratinha, State of Minas Geraes."
56 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
37382 to 37392— Contd. (Quoted notes by Mr. Dorsett and others.)
37388. Melinis minutiflora Beauv. Gordura grass.
"(No. 71a. January 22, 1914.) Seed of Capim gordura, the principal
forage jjrr:is.s of this region, from the fazenda of Pedro de Paulo Lemos,
at PratinliM, State of Minas Geraes."
37389. CROTAXARIA ANAGYROIDES H. B. K.
"(No. 72a. January 22, 1914.) Seed of the amendoim do matto,
probably a Crotalaria, growing along a watercourse in the Fazenda
Modelo of the Instituto Evangelico. A small shrub, 4 to 6 feet high, with
blight yellow flowers. For trial in the warmer parts of the United
States as a cover crop."
37390. (Undetermined.)
"(No. 73a. January 22, 1914.) A shrub, 6 to 10 feet high, frequent on
the campo here. Leaves oblong, obtuse, 2 to 3 inches in length. The
fruit is more or less round, about an inch in diameter, and bright orange
in color. Surrounding the single large seed is a layer of fibrous pulp,
very sweet in taste, and exuding a milky fluid when the fruit is plucked
from the stem. For trial in California and Florida."
37391. Indigofera suffruticosa Miller. Indigo.
(Indigofera anil L. )
"(No. 74a. January 23, 1914.) Anil, a small wiry shrub, 5 to 6 feet
in height, which grows in the pastures around the edge of town. Dr.
Argollo, of Bahia, thinks it may prove of considerable value as a cover
crop for dry lands. For trial in the southern United States."
37392. Eugenia klotzschiana Berg. Pera do campo.
"(No. 75a. January 23, 1914.) Cabacinha do campo, or pera do campo.
A pear-shaped, very fragrant fruit produced by a small wiry shrub occa-
sionally seen on the campo here. The plant grows to a height of 4 or 5
feet under favorable conditions, with very few branches ; when growing
on land that is pastured it grows only 2 feet high, with many unbranched
stems arising from the ground. The leaves are oblong lanceolate, rather
hard and tough, tomentose beneath, and alternate. Tbe fruits are
strikingly similar in appearance to a small russet pear. They vary from
2 to 3 inches in length and are russet brown in color, with a thick
tomentum on the surface; the skin is thin and surrounds a whitish, very
juicy, and aromatic pulp, so fragrant that its odor can be detected several
yards away. The flavor is rather acid, but very aromatic. The seeds
viiry from one to three or four, and are oval or somewhat irregular in
shape, about half an inch in diameter. The proportion of seed to flesh is
small for wild fruit. The season is said to be November and December;
there are very few fruits left now. A very superior doce is said to be
made from this fruit, and the shrub seems on the whole unusually prom-
ising for trial in the mildest parts of the United States."
For an illustration of the pera do campo, see Plate IX.
37393 and 37394.
From Los Angeles, Cal. From Aggeler & Musser Seed Co., through Dr.
D. N. Shoemaker, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received March
4, 1914.
Inventory 38, Seeds and Plants Imported.
Plate IX.
Fruits of the Pera do Campo of Brazil (Eugenia klotzschiana), S. P. I. No. 37392.
A wild bush, not over 5 feet high, bearing on second-year shoots not 2 feet from the ground
several large russet-brown fruits which so scent the air that their presence can be detected
many yards away. The melting acid pulp is aromatic and agreeable, and more or less pur-
gative. The bush will probably stand light frosts. (Photographed (P15465FS) by Dorsett
and l'openoe, Sitio, Minas Geraes, Urazil, January 20, 1914. Natural size.)
Inventory 38, Seeds and Plants Imported.
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37393 and 37394— Continued.
37393. Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott. Taro.
" (No 143 in their Chinese catalog of 1913.) Banlung taro. This taro
or dasheen is of the type which produces comparatively few tubers.
The corm is elongated and full of tender purple fibers. The variety is
apparently identical with one obtained from several different sources,
under different names. The quality is excellent, though the cornis and
tubers are acrid when raw." (R. A. Young.)
Corms.
37394. Amokphophallus sp.
"(No. 126 in their Chinese catalog of 1913.) Claw spud. One of the
varieties grown by Chinese gardeners in southern California." (B. A.
Young. )
Tubers.
37395 to 37404.
From Kongju, Chosen (Korea). Presented by Rev. Wilbur C. Swearer,
Methodist Episcopal Church. Received February 26, 1914.
Quoted notes by Mr. Swearer.
37395. Phaseolus angularis (Willd.) W. F. Wight. Adzuki bean.
" No. 1. Cherry pea. I should say not properly a pea but a bean.
Red, white eyed ; small variety. Sow in April in soil about an inch deep,
in little hills about 6 or 7 inches apart, two or three beans in a hill,
weed and hoe three times during the season. The plants grow 1£ feet
high without any support and are harvested in the early part of October
after the leaves are dried and fallen off, or have been gathered before
frost to feed to cattle. These beans and all others I am sending are
much smaller than usual, owing to the fact that last summer there was
very little rain."
37396 to 37404. Soja max (L.) Piper. Soy bean.
{Glycine hispida Maxim.)
37396. " No. 2. Date bean. Round brown bean. Sown during the
first part of April and reaped at the end of August or the first
part of September. Cultivated about the same as the cherry pea
[S. P. I. No. 37395], only in hills about a foot apart. None of
these beans do well if planted too close together. This bean fer-
tilizes the ground well ; grows to a height of 2 feet. Pods are
short and rough and contain 3 or 4 beans each. None of the
soy beans are pole beans. This bean is much smaller than usual,
owing to the fact that last summer there was very little rain."
37397. " No. 3. White Chestnut bean. Round yellowish white bean.
A favorite with the Koreans. Cultivated the same as the Date
bean [S. P. I. No. 37396]. Used as food for animals and people.
Appearance of vines similar to the Date bean."
37398. " No. 4. Big Green bean. Round, flat, yellowish green.
Sown in June and harvested in October, they grow 2 feet high.
Cultivation similar to that of the Date bean IS. P. I. No. 37396] ;
pods also similar."
58 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
37395 to 37404— Contd. (Quoted notes by Rev. W. C. Swearer.)
37399. " So. 5. Black-Eyed bean. Small, yellowish, green bean, "with
black eye. Can be sown in drills; beans 2 or 3 inches apart. The
Koreans take these beans after they are dried and place them
in water in the house and eat them after they have sprouted,
sprout and all, as a vegetable."
37400. " No. 6. Rat's-Eije bean. Small, round, black bean. Sown
the last part of April, in hills several inches apart, they grow
1 foot high. There are four or five beans in a pod. The people
sometimes eat them raw, claiming that they have medicinal prop-
erties. Usually they are sprouted and eaten as a vegetable."
37401. "No. 7. Black Chestnut bean. Round, flat, black bean.
Sown either in April or in June, they are fed to animals or are
eaten. This bean is much smaller than usual, owing to the fact
that last summer there was very little rain."
37402. " No. 8. Castor-Oil bean. So named because the Koreans
think it resembles the bean of that plant. Black, with the skin
cracked and white streaks showing through. This is also a favorite
with the Koreans, both for animal food and for man. This bean
is much smaller than usual, owing to the fact that last summer
there was very little rain."
37403. " No. 9. Large Black-Green bean. Round, dark-green and
black. Sown in the middle of May. Cultivation similar to that
of the Date bean [S. P. I. No. 37396]. This bean is much smaller
than usual, on account of lack of rain the past summer."
37404. " No. 10. Pheasant-Leg bean. So named because the mark-
ing on it resembles those on the leg of a Mongolian pheasant.
Small, round, brown bean. Sown the last part of May, not too close
together. People eat them usually after they have sprouted them
in the house."
37405. Avena sterilis L. Oat.
From Algiers, Algeria. Presented by Dr. L. Trabut, Government Botanic
Service. Received March 5, 1914, as A. sterilis segetalis forma nigra
Trabut.
For a full discussion of these interesting Algerian oats, see L. Trabut, The
Origin of Cultivated Oats, Journal of Heredity, vol. 5, p. 74-S5, 1914.
37406 to 37420. Trifoliu^t pratense L. Red clover.
Seed from individual selections grown at the Indiana Agricultural Experi-
ment Station, La Fayette, Ind., in the clover nursery ; seeded in the
spring of 1912, the seed being gathered in the fall of 1913. Selections
were made for hardiness, drought resistance, and desirable forage and
seed habits.
37406. Riga, Russia, red clover grown from S. P. I. No. 18394, plant 5;
total seed yield of plant, 1.75 grams.
37407. Riga, Russia, Jeletz red clover, grown from S. P. I. No. 18511,
plant 12; total seed yield of plant, 1.5 grams.
37408. Old Swedish red clover, grown from S. P. I. No. 2U46S, plant 7;
total seed yield of plant, 1 gram.
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1914. 59
37406 to 37420— Continued.
37409. Wild red clover from Chile, grown from S. P. I. No. 25487, plant
1 ; total seed yield of plant, 2.5 grams.
37410. North Dakota red clover; total seed yield of plant, 0.04 gram.
37411. Indiana mammoth red clover; total seed yield of plant, 2 grams.
37412. Indiana mammoth red clover; total seed yield of plant, 0.2 gram.
37413. Perm, Russia, red clover, grown from S. P. I. No. 30910, plant 2;
total seed yield of plant, 0.9 gram.
37414. Missouri red clover ; total seed yield of plant, 0.08 gram.
37415. Missouri red clover; total seed yield of plant, 0.32 gram.
37416. North Dakota red clover; total seed yield of plant, 1.2 grams.
37417. North Dakota red clover; total seed yield of plant, 0.8 gram.
37418. Individual selections from unnumbered Indiana plant; total
seed yield of plant, 2.1 grams.
37419. Individual selections from unnumbered Indiana plant; total seed
yield of plant, 1.8 grains.
37420. Individual selections from unnumbered Indiana plant; total seed
yield of plant, 1.55 grams.
37421 to 37444. Trtfolium pratense L. Red clover.
Seed from individual selections grown at the Iowa Agricultural Experi-
ment Station, Ames, Iowa, in the clover nursery ; seeded in the spring of
1912 ; seed gathered in the fall of 1913. The selections were made for
hardiness, drought resistance, and desirable forage and seed habits.
37421. Perennial Swiss red clover, grown from seed produced in North
Dakota ; total seed yield of plant, 6.9 grams.
37422. Orel, Russia, red clover, grown from S. P. I. No. 28036, plant 4 ;
total seed yield of plant, 7.6 grams.
37423. New York red clover ; total seed yield of plant, 8.4 grams.
37424. New York red clover ; total seed yield of plant, 9.8 grams.
37425. Indiana mammoth red clover ; total seed yield of plant, 14.3
grams.
37426. Indiana mammoth red clover; total seed yield of plant, 13.9
grams.
37427. Ohio red clover ; total yield of plant, 3.6 grams.
37428. Ohio red clover ; total seed yield of plant, 6.4 grams.
37429. Missouri red clover ; total seed yield of plant, 9.4 grams.
37430. Siberian drought-resistant red clover, grown from S. P. I. No.
32222, plant 1; total seed yield of plant, 2.1 grams.
37431. Siberian drought-resistant red clover, grown from S. P. I. No.
32222, plant 14 ; total seed yield of plant, 6.9 grams.
37432. Individual selection; total seed yield of plant, 0.55 gram.
37433. Individual selection of red clover ; total seed yield of plant, 8
grams.
37434. Individual selections of red clover, grown from Iowa No. 1 ; total
seed yield of plant 6.1 grams.
37435. Individual selection of red clover, grown from Iowa No. 2; total
seed yield of plant, 7.7 grams.
60 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
37421 to 37444— Continued.
37436. Individual selection of red clover, grown from Iowa No. 3 ; total
seed yield of plant, 4.8 grams.
37437. Individual selection of red clover, grown from Iowa No. 4 ; total
seed yield of plant, 6.1 grams.
37438. Individual selection of red clover, grown from Iowa No. 5; total
seed yield of plant, 3.5 grams.
37439. Individual selection of red clover, grown from Iowa No. 6 ; total
seed yield of plant, 3.9 grams.
37440. Individual selection of red clover, grown from Iowa No. 7; total
seed yield of plant, 5.5 grams.
37441. Individual selection of red clover, grown from Iowa No. 8 ; total
seed yield of plant, 4.2 grams.
37442. Individual selection of red clover, grown from Iowa No. 9 ; tota.
seed yield of plant, 8.7 grams.
37443. Individual selection of red clover, grown from Iowa No. 10; total
seed yield of plant, 3.4 grams.
37444. Individual selection of red clover, grown from Iowa No. 11 ; total
seed yield of plant, 7.4 grams.
37445 to 37460. Trifolium pratense L. Red clover.
Seed from individual selections grown at the North Dakota Agricultural
Experiment Station, Agricultural College, Fargo, N. Dak., in the clover
nursery ; seeded in the spring of 1912, the seed being gathered in the fall
of 1913. The selections were made for hardiness, drought resistance, and
desirable forage and seed habits.
37445. Chile red clover, grown from S. P. I. No. 13515, plant 7; total
seed yield of plant, 13 grams.
37446. North Dakota red clover ; total seed yield of plant, 12 grams.
37447. North Dakota grown Sutton's perewnial red clover from Eng-
land ; total seed yield of plant, 6.1 grams.
37448. North Dakota grown from South Dakota red clover; total seed
yield of plant, 9 grams.
37449. North Dakota grown perennial Swiss red clover; total seed
yield of plant, 6 grams.
37450. North Dakota grown Orel red clover; total seed yield of plant,
8 grams.
37451. Tot en, Norway, red clover, grown from S. P. I. No. 27001, plant
9; total seed yield of plant, 2 grams.
37452. Hvinden's, Norway red clover, grown from S. P. I. No. 27602,
plant 4; total seed yield of plant, 4 grams.
37453. South Dakota grown Orel red clover, grown from S. P. I. No.
27465, plant 6; total seed yield of plant, 14 grams.
37454. Orel, Russia, red clover, grown from S. P. I. No. 28036, plant 5;
total seed yield of plant, 7 grains.
37455. New York red clover; total seed yield of plant, 11 grams.
37456. Indiana mammoth red clover; total seed yield of plant, 50 grams.
37457. <»lno rod clover; total seed yield of plant, 25 grams.
37458. Ohio red clover ; total seed yield of plant, 16 grams.
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1914. 61
37445 to 37460— Continued.
37459. Missouri red clover ; total seed yield of plant, 7.1 grams.
37460. Delaware red clover; total seed yield of plant, 27 grams.
37461. Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck. Jaffa orange.
Seeds from selected fruits of the Jaffa orange. Purchased in London, Eng-
land. Received March, 1914.
37462. Lychnis coronata Thunberg. Wild pink.
From Shanghai, China. Presented by Rev. J. M. W. Farnham.
37463 and 37464. Prunus cerasifera divaricata (Ledeb.)
Schneider.
From Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by the Arnold Arboretum. Re-
ceived March 4, 1914.
" Seed from Botanic Gardens, Tiflis, February, 1914."
"A deciduous tree with the same habit and general aspect as P. cerasifera;
neither does it appear to differ in the flowers or foliage. The fruit, however,
is smaller (about three-fourths of an inch across), yellow, and not indented
at the junction with the stalk. Probably this tree and P. cerasifera are only
varieties of one species. They flower at the same time and are not distinguish-
able then. There is an old specimen near the cactus house at Kevv which is
probably one of the largest in the country. It is 25 feet high, 27 feet through,
and its trunk is 3 feet 8 inches in girth. Quite possibly trees may be growing
in various gardens as P. cerasifera. The trees at Kew have rarely borne fruits,
but these are quite distinct from cherry plums (P. cerasifera) . The species is
said to be a native of the Caucasus, Persia, Macedonia, etc., and to have been
introduced in 1822." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British
Isles, vol. 2, p. 235, under P. divaricata.)
37465 to 37490.
From China. Collected by Mr. Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Explorer for
the Department of Agriculture. Received March 6, 1914.
Cuttings of the following; quoted notes by Mr. Meyer.
37465 to 37473. Diospykos kaki L. f. Persimmon.
37465. "(No. 1047. Near Lingpao, Honan, China, December 23,
1913.) A local variety of persimmon, being of small size, somewhat
angular in shape, of orange-red color ; meat firm ; can be dried for
winter uses. Chinese name Ssu fang shih tzu, meaning ' square
persimmon.' "
37466. "(No. 1048. Near Lingpao, Honan, China, December 23,
1913.) A variety of persimmon said to be of Large size, of Hat
shape, but not having a circular incision; color orange-red; meat
soft and juicy; not a keeper; seedless. Chinese name Ta hung pao
shih tzu, meaning 'large red persimmon.'"
37467. "(No. 1049. Near Lingpao, Honan, China, December 23,
1913.) A variety of persimmon said to be of very large size;
fruits round and slightly tapering toward the apes ; meat juicy and
sweet ; seedless. Chinese name Ou hsin shih tzu, meaning ' quince-
heart persimmon.' "
62 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
37465 to 37490— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
37468. "(No. 1050. Near Lingpao, Honan, China, December 23,
1913.) A variety of persimmon, said to be small, oblong in form,
of reddish color, seedless; can be kept for a long time. Chinese
name Cliu kuan shih tzu, meaning 'bamboo-cup persimmon.'"
37469. "(No. L051. Near Lingpao, Honan, December 23, 1913.) A
variety of persimmon small to medium in size, round and flattened
in shape; bears two furrows mi top, which cross each other; color
orange-red, of sweet taste, seedless; can be dried. Chinese name
Kuo kai shih tzu, meaning 'pan-covered persimmon.'"
37470. "(No. 1052. Near Lingpao, Honan, December 23, 1913.) A
variety of persimmon said be of round-oblong shape, of medium
size; meat juicy, color orange red, seedless. Chinese name Shui
citing shih tzu, meaning 'water-well persimmon.'"
37471. "(No. 1053. Near Lingpao, Honan, December 23, 1913.) A
variety of persimmon of round-oblong shape, medium in size, color
orange reddish, seedless; meat sweet and firm; can be dried. Chi-
nese name Lien hsin shih tzu, meaning 'lotus-heart persimmon.'"
37472. "(No. 1054. Near Lingpao, Honan, December 23, 1913.) A
variety of persimmon of round, fiat shape, of medium size, color
reddish, seedless ; meat not very juicy ; can be dried for winter
uses. Chinese name Ching mien shih tzu. meaning 'mirror-face
persimmon.' "
37473. "(No. 1055. Near Lingpao, Honan, December 23, 1913.) A
variety of persimmon said to bear small fruits, color red, shape
round oblong. The tree is a seedling and of tall, vigorous growth ;
it is said to bear but sparingly. May possibly have an abundance
of staminate flowers and be of value as a pollen bearer. Chinese
name II uo ehing shih tzu, meaning 'fiery spectacle persimmon.'"
37474. PbttnT7S armemaca L. Apricot.
" (No. 1056. Near Lingpao, Honan, December 23, 1913.) An apricot
said to bear large fruits, which are red cheeked on the side facing the
sun. while being of whitish color on the shaded side. The tree grows
to a large size. Chinese name Ta Using, meaning 'big apricot.'"
37475 and 37476. Zizephus JTTJXTBA Miller. Jujube.
(Ziziphus saliva Gaertn.)
37475. "(No. 1057. Near Lingpao, Honan, December 23, 1913.) A
variety of jujube said to bear large fruits of dark brown-red color.
Chinese name Ta tsao, meaning ' big jujube.' "
37476. "(No. 1058. Lingpao, Honan, December 24. 1913.) A vari-
ety of jujube bearing very large fruits of dark brown-red color;
the meat is quite sweet, but of a loose structure. These jujubes
often are as big as small hens' eggS ami are locally much used
baked in bread. The trees are grown in large groves, and the
total acreage of them around Lingpao must run well into the hun-
dreds. Chinese name Ta hung tsao, meaning 'large red jujube.'"
37477. For.sYTittA srsi'KNs.v (Thunb.) Yahl.
"(No. 1059. Talmashan. Shensi. China, December 29. 1913.) A va-
riety of golden bell, collected in dry, rocky places at an altitude higher
than 5.(HM) feet. Local name Lien eh'iao. Of value especially for the
drier sections of the United States."
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1914. 63
37465 to 37490— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
37478. Abelia trifi.ora R. Brown (?).
"(No. 1060. Tahuushan, Sheusi, December 29, 1913.) A shrub, grow-
ing from 4 to 10 feet in height, mostly found on shady places; the old
wood becomes curiously grooved, bearing six longitudinal furrows. Of
value as an under shrub in large parks and grounds. Local name Liu
Fung thu. Collected at an altitude higher than 5,000 feet."
37479. Euonymus alatus (Thunb.) Rupr.
"(No. 1061. Tahuashan, Shensi, December 29, 1913.) A cardinal's-
cap, found in stony places, usually in semishady situations. The young
shoots are ornamented with four large corky wings. Collected at an
altitude higher than 5,000 feet."
37480. Kolkwitzia amabilis Graebner.
"(No. 1062. Tahuashan, Shensi, December 29. 1913.) A shrub, grow-
ing from 4 to 6 feet in height, found in rocky places. Has the look of a
Spiraea, but the small fruits are spiny. Collected at an altitude higher
than 5,000 feet."
37481. Rubus sp.
"(No. 1063. Tahuashan, Shensi, December 29, 1913.) An erect-grow-
ing Rubus, having the looks of a vigorous raspberry. Collected at an
altitude higher than 5,000 feet."
37482. Populus sp. Poplar.
" (No. 1064. Sianfu, Shensi, January 4, 1914.) A variety of poplar of
fastigiate growth with a whitish bark and having apparently large leaves.
Of special value as a quick-growing tree for windbreaks. Seems to with-
stand alkali to a considerable degree, but apparently prefers a moist soil.
Local name Pai yang shu."
37483. Tamarix sp. Tamarisk.
"(No. 1065. Sianfu, Shensi, January 6, 1914.) A tamarisk of large
growth, able to withstand drought and alkali to a great degree. Of value
especially for those semiarid sections of the United States where the
winters are not too severe. Chinese name Shan ch'un Uu, meaning
' mountain spring willow.' "
37484. Ziziphus jujuba Miller. Jujube.
(Ziziphus satira Gaertn.)
"(No. 1066. Sianfu. Shensi. January 6, 1914.) A variety of jujube
of very gnarled and zigzag growth. The fruits are said to be round,
medium size, shining brown-red and of sweet taste. Chinese name So
tsao. meaning ' tasteful jujube.' Obtained from Mr. J. A. Ross, post-
master at Sianfu."
37485. Magnolia denotata Desr. Magnolia.
(Magnolia yulan Desf.)
" (No. 1067. Sianfu, Shensi, January 6. 1914.) A magnolia said to
bear very large white flowers; this variety grows to large size and is
grafted on a wild stock. Chinese name Pai yii Ian."
37486. Mauus sp. Crab apple.
"(No. 1068. Sianfu, Shensi, January 6, 1914.) A variety of orna-
mental crab apple, growing to be a large tree. Flowers said to be single.
of reddish pink color, and individually of large size. Chinese name Ha%
Vang, meaning ' sea pear.' "
«9935°— 17 5
64 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
37872 to 37936— Contd. (Quoted notes by Dorsett and Popenoe.)
37895. Bunchosia sp. Malpighiacere. Cafe do matto.
"(No. 112a. Lagoa Santa, Minas Geraes, Brazil. February 5, 1914.)
Caf6 do matto. A tree about 25 feet high, producing flusters of bright-
red fruits the size of small cherries. Each fruit contains one large seed
surrounded by a viscous, sticky substance, of sweetish flavor but very
astringent. The leaves are said to make a tea equal to mat6, and the
fruit to have medicinal value."
37896. Zea mays L. Poaceae. Corn.
"(No. 114a. Vespasiano, Minas Geraes, Brazil. February 5, 1914.)
Two ears of corn from a field in the edge of town. Picked at random.
The crop in general is not yet ripe."
37897. Psidium sp. Myrtacea?. Guava.
"(No. 127a. Pirapora, Minas Geraes, Brazil. February 10, 1914.)
A wild guava, produced by a small tree 15 to 20 feet high, abundant
along the banks of the Rio Sao Francisco in this region. The fruits,
while rather small in size, are remarkable for the large proportion of
pulp to seeds. The seeds are not only small but very few in number.
The pulp is yellowish in color and of very agreeable flavor, having very
little of the musky flavor so much objected to in most guavas. The
size of the fruit Is about 1 to 1\ inches in length by 1 inch in breadth,
color light green, light yellow when fully ripe. Should be given a trial
in Florida and California."
37898. Bromklia sp. Bromeliacea\ Bromelia.
"(No. 118a. Pirapora, Minas Geraes, Brazil. February 9, 1914.) A
plant similar in general appearance to the pineapple, except that the
spines on the leaf margins are fewer and larger. Common on the
campo here. Fruits individually about 1} inches in length, plump, oval,
containing several seeds. Very similar to the gravatd sent in from
Bahia. For breeding experiments."
37899. Attalea sp. Phamieacea?. Palm.
"(No. 119a. Pirapora. Minas Geraes, Brazil. February 9, 1914.)
Seed of a native palm from the region near the Rio Sao Francisco
beJow here. Kernels said to be very good to eat. Presented by Mr.
Barker, of this place, who states that there were 82 nuts in the cluster
from which i his came."
37900. <',:i.tis mortfolia Planch. Ulmacese. Jua mirim.
"(No. 121a. Pirapora, Minas Geraes, Brazil. February 10, 1914.)
Jua mirim or small jua, growing on the river hank right in town. The
tree is about 30 feet high, somewhat spreading in habit. Fruits about
one-fourth of an inch in diameter, orange colored, much sought after
by children."
37901. Babyxtxum DTJBnrM (Spreng.) Pierre. Csesalpiniacese.
(Peltophorum vogelianum Walp.)
"(No. 122a. Pirapora. Minus Geraes, Brazil. February 10, 1914.)
Seed of a large tree ."it to 60 feel high, broad and spreading, giving fine
shade. A handsome ornamental tree. Flowers bright yellow, with
golden-yellow anthers. Called cumi fistula here, but this name properly
belongs to another plant. Seed obtained from trees growing on the hank
of the Rio Sao Francisco at the landing across from railroad station."
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. 65
37872 to 37936— Contd. (Quoted notes by Dorsett and Popenoe.)
37902. Kolliniopsis discreta Safford. Annonaceae. Monkey fruit.
"(No. 125a. Januaria, Minas Geraes, Brazil. February 15, 1914.)
Possibly a Guatteria. Small tree 20 to 25 feet high, common between
here and Brejo, 4 miles back from the river. Called fruta de macaco,
not eaten by the people."
37903. Mauritia vinifera Martius. Phoenicacese. Burity palm.
"(No. 126a. Januaria, Minas Geraes, Brazil. February 15, 1914.)
Seeds of the Burity palm, which grows in low, moist places along the
river. Its fiber is used for making hammocks, cordage, etc. These
seeds were purchased from a native, and some of them may be too old
to germinate."
37904. Caryocar brasiliensis Cambessedes. Caryocaracese. Piqui.
"(No. 129a. Januaria, Minas Geraes, Brazil. February 15, 1914.)
Fruit of the piqui, a common wild fruit in Minas Geraes. It grows on
the campos from here to Lavras, where we first saw it. The fruit is
just commencing to ripen; the layer of yellow pulp surrounding the
seed is edible and has a peculiar taste. The tree grows to a height
of 30 feet or more and is broad and spreading in habit."
37905. Xylopia carminativa (Arruda) R. E. Fries. Annonacese.
Monkey 's-pepper.
"(No. 131a. Januaria, Minas Geraes, Brazil. February 15, 1914.)
Pimento de macaco, ' monkey's-pepper.' Sold in the market here for
seasoning and also used as a remedy for intestinal troubles. Said to be
produced by a small tree native to this region. For trial in California
and Florida."
37906. Amburana claudii Schwacke and Taub. Fabacese.
Fragrant imburana.
"(No. 134a. Januaria, Minas Geraes, Brazil. February 15. 1914.)
Imburana dc cheiro, fragrant imburana, a seed highly esteemed in this
region. It is ground and mixed with tobacco, to be taken in the form
of snuff, and a tea prepared from it is valued as a remedy for colds.
Produced by a tree native to this region." Large leguminous tree with
odd pinnate leaves composed of 11 to 15 alternate leaflets and large
clusters of cream-white flowers. The valuable wood, which is used for
flooring, window frames, vats, etc., is much sought after. The crushed
seeds are used to perfume tobacco. Both the wood and the seeds have
a strong odor of coumarin. (Adapted from Engler and Prantl, Natiir-
lichen Pflanzen-Familien, III,3 p. 387.)
See S. P. I. No. 37019 for previous introduction.
37907. Ziziphus joazeiro Mart. Rbainnacea\ Jua.
"(No. 135a. Januaria, Minas Geraes, Brazil. February 14, 1914.)
Seeds of the jua, called here jua de boi. A tree growing to 40 or 50
feet high, symmetrical and compact in growth, densely foliated and very
thorny, the thorns, however, being short and rather small. The fruits
are used only as a remedy, a tea made from them being considered an
emollient and very good for bronchial affections. Stock eat the fruit.
The tree is believed to have considerable value as forage, particularly for
dry lands, where it succeeds extremely well."
37908. Annona squamosa L. Anuonaceoe. Anona.
71476°— 17 5
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37495 to 37499— Continued.
37497. Bebbebis SUBCATTLIALATA Schneider.
" Very similar in general aspect to B. stapfiana, but distinguished hy
its distinctly angled branchlets, larger leaves, and translucent yellowish
green fruits, suffused with rerl. Native of Tibet and western China."
CNew Garden Plants of WIS, Ketc Bulletin.)
37498. Bebbkris hookebi Lemaire.
"This Berberis from the mountains of tropical Asia is a hardy, ever-
green bush, which attains a height of 10 feet. It is an evergreen of most
beautiful aspect, with brown branches, a very dark green, dense foliage,
and long, slender, 3-parted spines. The leaves grow in clusters and are
about 3 or 4 inches long, with sharp, prickly points and numerous tin*-
serratures, ending in a straight point on each side On the upper side
they are rich, bright green, turning to a claret color in the autumn,
and are remarkably netted. On the under side they are pale green and
shining. The flowers are large and deep yellow in color." (Pa.rlon,
Flower Garden, vol. 1, p. 12 and 79.)
37499. Bebbebis wilsonae Hemsley.
See S. P. I. No. 29959 for previous introduction.
"An elegant deciduous (sometimes partly evergreen) shrub, 2 to 4 feet
high, of spreading habit, and usually more in diameter. Branches com-
paratively thin, reddish brown, slightly downy, armed with slender,
3-parted spines, one-half to three-fourths of an inch long, and red when
young. Leaves as a rule less than 1 inch long, mostly ol (lanceolate, and
either rounded or sharply pointed at the apex; otherwise entire, or occa-
sionally three lobed at the apex; smooth, conspicuously veined, gray-green
above, somewhat glaucous beneath. Flowers small, pale yellow, borne
2 to 6 together in fascicles or short racemes. Berries roundish, coral or
salmon red, somewhat translucent, borne very abundantly.
" Native of western China ; discovered and introduced about 1904 by
Mr. E. H. Wilson, after whose wife it is named. This is ope of the most
charming new introductions from western China, of neat yet elegant
habit, and most noteworthy for its prettily colored, abundant berries.
The leaves are said by Wilson to assume brilliant tints in autumn."
(11'. ./. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. I. p. 252-
258.)
37500. Pyrus calleryana Decaisne. Pear.
From Hongkong, China. Presented by Air. W. J. Tutcher, superintendent.
Botanical and Forestry Department. Received February 28, 1914.
"Pyrus calleryana is a widely distributed species [in China 1 and seems not
uncommon on the mountains at an altitude of 1,000 to 1,500 meters. It is
easily recognizable by its comparatively small crenate leaves, like the inflores-
cence glabrous or nearly glabrous, and by its small Sowers with 2, rarely 3.
styles. When unfolding, most specimens show a loose and thin t omentum on
the under side of the leaves, which usually soon disappears. . . . The species
was introduced hy E. H. Wilson to the Arnold Arboretum in 190S ami the young
plants seem to be hardy here." (Alfred Rehder, Proceedings of the American
Academy, vol. 50, no. 10, p. 237. 1915.)
Distribution.— The Provinces of Shantung, Kwangtung, and Kiangsu, in
China.
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1914. 67
37501. Laksium domesticum Jack. Duku.
From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by the director of the Botanical Garden,
Received March 6, 1914.
1 See S. P. I. No. 24431 for previous introduction and description.
37502. Meibomia gtroides (DC.) Kimtze.
(Desmodium gyroides DC.)
From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by Dr. C. J. J. Van Hall, Department
of Agriculture. Received March 6, 1914.
" This is the most valuable of the many species of Desmodium known to us
at present. It grows in bushy form and produces many leaves; it can also be
cut to any height, and lives a long time. Desmodium gyroides is to be found in
the neighborhood of Plaboeanratoe, up to 2,500 feet. It produces a quantity of
seed which is very small, and it is therefore advisable to sow it in lines. The
seed will germinate in about a fortnight. One drawback to the use of this
plant, however, is that often many of the young plants die shortly after they
appear above the ground for some reason which has not yet been satisfactorily
explained.
" This Desmodium is considered to be a very good manurial plant for coffee
and hevea plantations, since it produces numerous leaves which form a fairly
thick humus layer. It does not suffer from any disease; the only fault to be
found with it is that some of the plants, after being pruned a couple of times,
may be attacked by Corticium salmonicolor. If the injured plants be removed
Immediately, however, there is no fear of any harm being done to the culti-
vated plants." (Kew Bulletin, 191 J,, p. .?',.)
37503. Holcus sorghum L. Sorghum.
(Sorghum vulgare Pers.)
From Northern Nigeria, West Africa. Presented by Mr. J. Shelley, London,
England. Received March 7, 1914.
"Guinea com or dower. This corn forms the staple article of diet of millions
of African negroes. It is very prolific and seems to thrive best in the Tropics,
though it is possible that it may he acclimated to grow in the Temperate Zone.
The stalks sometimes attain a height of 20 feet. These stalks can be used for
forage and basket making." (Shelley.)
37504 to 37507.
From Pago Pago, American Samoa. Presented by Commander C. D.
Stearns, Governor of American Samoa. Received March 3, 1914.
Quoted notes by Commander Stearns.
37504. (Undetermined.)
" Magugu. A small size tree ; grows very thick."
37505. Bixa oreixana L. Arnotto.
" Loa. Useful for red dye from the seeds."
37506. Aqlaia edulis (Roxb.) A. Gray.
" Lagaali."
37507. Gynopogon bracteolosa (Rich.) Schumann,
(Alyxia bracteolosa Rich.)
" Qau. A vine suitable for hedge."
68 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
37508. Capkiola dactylon (L.) Kuntze. Giant Bermuda grass.
(Cynodon dactylon Pers.)
Grown at Arlington, Va., and Biloxi, Miss.
" Giant Bermuda grass. A very large, vigorous form of Bermuda grass,
which at Biloxi, Miss., grows to a height of 20 inches and in a single season
produces superficial stolons 15 feet long. The original of this variety has been
lost. It was sent to Arlington from the greenhouse under S. P. I. No. 24434,
but its association with that number was probably entirely accidental." (C. V.
Piper. )
37509 to 37516. Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott. Dasheen.
Grown at the Plant Introduction Field Station, Brooksville, Fla., season of
1913.
Quoted notes by R. A. Young.
37509 to 37512.
" The propagating material of these strains consists of tubers from a
single plant of S. P. I. No. 15395."
37509. "A selected Trinidad dasheen in which the flesh of the corm
when cooked is mealy, of good flavor, and yellowish in color, not
becoming darker on exposure to the air."
37510. "A selected strain of the Trinidad dasheen in which the flesh
of the corm when cooked is mealy, of good flavor, and creamy
white in color."
37511. "A selected strain of the Trinidad dasheen in which the flesh
of the corm when cooked is mealy, slightly nutty, and almost white
in color."
37512. "A selected strain of the Trinidad dasheen in which the flesh
of the corm when cooked is mealy, slightly nutty, and grayisb
white in color."
37513. "A selected strain of the Trinidad dasheen in which the flesh of
the corm when cooked is fairly mealy, of good flavor, and grayish white
to light violet in color. (Propagating material of this strain was se-
lected from S. P. I. Nos. 15382, 15395, and 19224.)"
37514. "A selected strain of dasheen in which the flesh of the corm
when cooked is mealy, slightly nutty, and violet-colored. (Propagat-
ing material for this strain was taken from several selected hills of
S. P. I. No. 19224)."
37515 and 37516.
" Propagating material for these strains was selected from several
bills of S. P. I. No. 15382."
37515. "A selected strain of the Trinidad dasheen in which the flesh
of the corm when cooked is mealy, of good flavor, and cream white
in color."
37516. "A selected strain of the Trinidad dasheen in which the flesh
of the corm when cooked is mealy, slightly nutty, and grayish
white in color."
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1914. 69
37517 to 37521. Oryza sativa L. Rice.
From Vercelli, Italy. Presented by the director, Rice Experiment Station.
Received March 4, 1914.
37517. "Common native variety. Source, Santhia (Novara). Very
fertile soils, highest production, matures first decade in October."
37518. " Var. selciyama. Source, Vercelli. In most fertile soils, highest
production, matures at the end of September."
37519. " Variety native early No. 2. Source, Santhia (Novara). Fertile
soils, medium production, matures at the end of September."
37520. "Native early No. 3. Source, Santhia (Novara). Soils of me-
dium fertility, production medium, matures second decade in Sep-
tember."
37521. "Variety Sancino. Source, Vercelli. Fertile soils, good produc-
tion, matures second decade in September."
37522 to 37548.
From Sianfu, Shensi, China. Collected by Mr. Frank N. Meyer. Agricultu-
ral Explorer for the Department of Agriculture. Received March 14, 1014.
Cuttings of the following; quoted notes by Mr. Meyer.
37522 to 37524. Meeatia peaecox (L.) Rehd. and Wilson.
{('hinionanthufi fragrans Lindl.) Winter-sweet.
37522. "(No. 1076. January 13, 1914.) A variety of the Chinese
allspice, having large flowers, the outer petals of which are broad
and dark waxy yellow, while the inner ones are brownish red
striped, very fragrant. Chinese name Hu t'i la mei, meaning 'fox-
paw allspice.' Of value as a flowering shrub for the mild-wintered
sections of the United States." See also S. P. I. Nos. 37487 and
37488.
37523. "(No. 1077. January 13, 1914.) A variety of the Chinese
allspice, being a variety of the preceding number [S. P. I. 37522],
flowers smaller, petals less broad and more pointed, inner petals
darker colored, possesses a very agreeable, hyacinthlike fragrance.
Chinese name Chicn pan hu t'i la mei, meaning ' narrow-petaled
fox-paw allspice.' Of value as a flowering shrub for the mild-
wintered sections of the United States."
37524. "(No. 1078. January 13. 1914.) A variety of Chinese all-
spice, having small flowers of rather dark yellow color, strongly
scented ; apparently the wild type. Chinese name Kou ying la
mei, meaning ' dog-fly allspice.' Of value as a garden shrub in
mild-wintered climates."
37525 to 37539. Diospybos kaki L. f. Persimmon.
37525. "(No. 1081. Village of Nantotchu, south of Sianfu. Janu-
ary 20, 1914.) A local variety of persimmon, said to be of medium
size, round shape, orange-yellow color, and seedless ; can be either
dried or kept fresh for a long time. Chinese name F6n niu h.sin.
shih tzii, meaning ' rosy oxheart persimmon.' "
37526. "(No. 1082. Village of Nantotchu, south of Sianfu. Janu-
ary 20, 1914.) A local variety of persimmon, said to be much like
the preceding [No. 37525], but somewhat smaller and of brighter
color. Chinese name F&n shih tzu, meaning 'rosy persimmon."'
70 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
37522 to 37548— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
37527. "(No. 1083. Village of Nantotehu, south of Sianfu. Janu-
ary 20, 1914.) A local variety of persimmon, said to be of medium
size, somewhat square at base, but rounded off at the top, of yel-
lowish color, seedless, not a good keeper. Chinese name / slung
shih tzil, meaning 'early persimmon.'"
37528. "(No. 1084. Village of Nantotehu, soutli of Sianfu. Janu-
ary 20, 1914.) A local variety of persimmon, said to be of medium
size, square at base, but tapering toward the top; of yellowish
color, seedless; can be either dried or kept fresh for a considerable
time. The trees generally are heavy bearers. Chinese name
Ch'in shih tzu, meaning 'Chin persimmon.'"
37529. "(No. 1085. Village of Nantotehu, south of Sianfu. Janu-
ary 20, 1914.) A local variety of persimmon, said to be of small
size, round shape with rounded-off top, of reddish color and seed-
less ; can be either dried or kept fresh for a long time. Chinese
name Mien tan shih tzu, meaning ' ball-of-flour persimmon.' "
37530. "(No. 1086. Village of Nantotehu, south of Sianfu. Janu-
ary 20. 1914.) A local variety of persimmon, said to be rather
small, square at base but tapering toward top, of red color, and
seedless; can be either dried or kept fresh for several months.
Chinese name Hung shih tzu, meaning ' red persimmon.' The bark
of an old tree of this variety is characteristically smooth and of
an ashy white color."
37531. "(No. 1087. Village of Nantotehu, south of Sianfu. Janu-
ary 20, 1914.) A local variety of persimmon, said to be of elon-
gated shape, square at base, of reddish color, seedless ; can be
either dried or kept fresh for a long time. Chinese name Ch'iu
chien ting shih tzu, meaning 'autumn-ripening persimmon.'"
37532. "(No. 1088. Village of Nantotehu, south of Sianfu. Janu-
ary 20, 1914.i A local variety of persimmon, said to be of medium
size, of angular shape, and yellowish color; calyx very large. The
trees are of spreading growth and are prolific bearers. Chinese
name Kou pu ch'ih shih tzu, meaning ' no-dog-can-eat-them-all per-
simmon.' "
37533. "(No. 1089. Village of Nantotehu, south of Sianfu. Janu-
ary 20, 1914.) A local variety of persimmon, said to be of small
to medium size, round shape, yellow color, and seedless; can be
either dried or kept fresh for a long time. When not picked,
many of the fruits dry on the tree. Chinese name Kua kern shih
tzu, meaning persistent persimmon.'"
37534. "(No. 1090. Village of Nantotehu, south of Sianfu. Janu-
ary 20, 1914.) A variety of Chinese persimmon, said to be of
large size, of flat shape, with an incision running horizontally
around, of orange-yellow color, and seedless. Chinese name Chung
fin shih tzii, meaning 'double-stage persimmon.' This variety is
apparently identical with Tamopan."
37535. "(No. 1091. Village of Nantotehu, south of Sianfu. Janu-
ary 20, 1914.) A Chinese variety of persimmon, said to be of
large size, round-oblong shape, and yellowish color; contains but
few seeds, and possesses a very agreeable sweet flavor. A superior
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1914. 71
37522 to 37548— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
quality of dried persimmon can be made from it. Chinese name
Niu hsin shih tzu, meaning ' oxheart persimmon.' "
37536. "(No. 1092. Village of Nantotchu, south of Sianfu. Janu-
ary 20, 1914.) A local variety of persimmon, said to be medium
to large in size, round-oblong in shape, with four vertically running
furrows, of orange color, and seedless ; can be dried. Chinese
name Chien ting shih tzu, meaning ' pointed-top persimmon.' "
37537. "(No. 1093. Village of Nantotchu, south of Sianfu. Janu-
ary 20, 1914.) A local variety of persimmon, said to be large, of
tapering form, but square at base, of red color, seedless; can be
either dried or kept fresh for a long time. Chinese name Shao
shih tzu, meaning ' fire-red persimmon.' "
37538. "(No. 1094. Village of Nantotchu, south of Sianfu. Janu-
ary 20, 1914.) A local variety of persimmon, said to be of medium
size, of somewhat square, flattened shape, yellow, seedless; can be
dried. Chinese name Man erh shih tzu, meaning ' meaty ' or ' solid
persimmon.' "
37539. "(No. 1095. Village of Nantotchu, south of Sianfu. Janu-
ary 20, 1914.) A Chinese variety of persimmon, said to be small,
of round-oblong shape, color quite red, seedless ; can be kept fresh
almost throughout the winter. Chinese name Huo kuan shih tzu,
meaning ' fire-pot persimmon.' "
37540. Diospykos lotus L.
"(No. 1096. Village of Nantotchu, south of Sianfu. January 20, 1914.)
The original wild form of the North Asiatic persimmon, from which prob-
ably nearly all cultivated varieties of so-called oriental persimmons have
been developed. The fruits are small, of globular shape and yellowish
green color ; taste sour and astringent ; full of seeds. The tree occurs on
gently sloping mountain sides and on the edges of loess ravines ; it is
able apparently to stand a great amount of drought. Of medium dimen-
sions, inclined to be low branched, bark fairly smooth and scaly, of an
ashy color. Locally it is sparingly used as a stock for cultivated varie-
ties. Chinese name Yeh shih tzu, meaning ' wild persimmon.' "
For an illustration of a Chinese persimmon orchard, see Plate X.
37541. Euonymus kadicans acutus Rehder.
"(No. 1097. Village of Nantotchu, south of Sianfu. January 20,
1914.) A variety of eardinal's-eap, the nonfruiting branches of which
climb up against walls and tree trunks. Leaves of glossy green and
bronze-red color, persistent throughout the winter. Thrives best in full
sun. Chinese name Tung ch'ing, meaning • winter green.' Of value as a
wall cover plant for mild-wintered regions."
37542. Populus tomentosa Carr. Poplar.
"(No. 1098. Village of Nantotchu, south of Sianfu. January 20,
1914.) The white poplar of North China, growing to large size and to
old age on congenial spots. Loves somewhat sheltered locations on
loess lands or along rividets on rich but well-drained soil. Of special
value as an avenue tree for the milder parts of the semiarid belt in the
United States. Chinese name Ta pai yang shu, meaning ' big white
poplar tree.' "
72 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
37522 to 37548— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
37543. DidSFYBOS kaki L. f. Persimmon.
"(No. 1099. Village of Nantotchu, south of Siarifu. January 20,
1914.) A variety of Chinese persimmon, said to be square at base, with
rounded-off top, has vertically running grooves, color orange-red, seed-
less ; can be kept fresh for some time, but is not tit to be dried. Chinese
name Man fieri hung shih tzu, meaning 'fleshy sky-red persimmon.'"
37544. Syringa sp. Lilac.
"(No. 1100. From mountains near Nantotchu, south of Sianfu. Janu-
ary 21, 1914.) A lilac of small slender growth, found on a stony moun-
tain .slope at an elevation of about 3,000 feet ; apparently rare."
37545. Lonicera sp. Honeysuckle.
" (No. 1101. From mountains near Nantotchu, south of Sianfu. Jan-
uary 21, 1914.) A bush honeysuckle of open growth, having hairy leaves
and flowering apparently very early. Found on dry, shady places at alti-
tudes between 2.000 and 4,000 feet."
37546. Euonymus kadicans acutus Rehder.
"(No. 1102. Village of Yatzeko, south of Sianfu. January 22, 1914.)
Collected from a specimen having a trunk as thick as a man's arm.
These fruiting branches may perhaps supply very shapely bushes wheu
routed and kept free from climbing shoots. Of special value I'm- the
mild-wintered sections of the United States. See also remarks under
No. 1097 [S. P. I. 87541]."
37547 and 37548. Castanea moli.issima Blume. Chestnut.
37547. "(No. 1103. Village of Yatzeko, south of Sianfu. January
22, 1914.) A variety of Chinese chestnut, said to have large
fruits; is locally being propagated by top grafting. Apparently
very resistant to the bark fungus. This variety might be tested
in experiments to see whether it retains its resistance to the dis-
ease after having been grafted on American stock."
37548. "(No. 2005a. January 14, 1914.) A remarkable large variety
of Chinese chestnut, coming from a mountainous district one day's
journey to the south of Sianfu. The trees are said to he low
branched and not at all of tall growth. Chinese name K'uei li tzu,
meaning 'superior' or ' tirst-class chestnut seeds.'"
37549 to 37553. TIolcus sorghum L. Sorghum.
(Sorghum vulgare Pers.)
From German East Africa. Presented by Usumbwa Co., Nyembe Bulungwa,
Tabora. Received March 5, 1914.
37549. KalunMr-1 37552. Kalumli-2.
37550. Utembe. 37553. M.
37551. Holongo waza.
37554. Pringlea antiscorbutic a Brown. Kerguelen cabbage.
From Havre, France. Presented by Mr. Rene F. Rossiere. Received Feb-
ruary 27, 1914.
From Kerguelen Island.
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1914. 73
" This species of Pringlea is exceedingly abundant over all of the Falkland
Islands, ascending the hills up to 1,400 feet, but only attaining its usual large
size close to the sea, where it is invariably the first plant to greet the voyager.
Its rhizomata, often 3 or 4 feet long, lie along the ground ; they are some-
times 2 inches in diameter, full of spongy and fibrous substances intermixed,
of a half-woody texture, with the flavor of horse-radish, and bear at the
extremity large heads of leaves, sometimes 18 inches across, so like those of
the common cabbage that if growing in a garden with their namesake they
would not excite any particular attention. The outer leaves are coarse, loosely
placed, and spreading; the inner form a dense white heart that tastes like
mustard and cress, but much coarser. The whole foliage abounds with essential
oil of pale-yellow color, highly pungent, confined in vessels that run parallel
with the veins of the leaf, and which are very conspicuous on making a trans-
verse section of the head." (Hooker, Flora Antarctica, p. 2^0.)
37555 and 37556.
From Sianfu, Shensi, China. Collected by Mr. Frank N. Meyer, Agricul-
tural Explorer for the Department of Agriculture. Received at the Plant
Introduction Field Station, Chico, Cal., March 4, 1914.
Rooted cuttings ; quoted notes by Mr. Meyer.
37555. Phyixostachys pubkkitla nigra (Lodd.) Houzeau. Bamboo.
(Phyllostachys nigra Munro. )
"(No. 1073. January 10, 1914.) A bamboo having black canes, grow-
ing from 15 to 20 feet high. Of very pleasing appearance when planted
against a wall and care is taken that the plantation does not become too
dense. Chinese name Mei chu chili."
37556. Bambos sp. Bamboo.
"(No. 1074. January 10, 1914.) A bamboo, growing only 1 to 3 feet
high, having fairly broad leaves and but thin stems. -It seems to like a
situation where the soil* does not become too dry. Of special value as a
bank binder and a ground cover plant for the mild-wintered sections of
the United States. Chinese name Lo han chu chih."
37557. Ophiopogon japonicus (L. f.) Ker-Gawler.
From Rome, Italy. Presented by Dr. Gustav Eisen. Received March
16, 1914.
" Seeds of a liliaceous plant, used extensively to form carpets or lawns under
the trees or in the open; requires no cutting, as it never grows higher than
4 or 5 inches. If planted closely it makes a very fine lawn, which requires
little watering and which does well in the shade. The berries resemble those
of Oonvallaria and are of a splendid sky blue, looking like beads made of lapis
luzuli." (Eisen.)
37558. Chaenomeles lagenaria cathayensis (Hemsl.) Kehder.
Quince.
(Cydonia cathayensis Hemsl.)
From Peking, China. Collected by Mr. Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Ex-
plorer for the Department of Agriculture. Received March 13, 1914.
Seeds taken from a sample fruit sent in by Mr. Meyer, November 1, 1013.
74 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
37559. Amyodalus pedunculata Pallas.
(Primus pedunculata Maxim.)
From Chita, Transbaikal, Siberia. Presented by Mr. M. M. Timogowitsch.
Received March 14, 1914.
Distribution. — A shrub found in the region around Lake Baikal in south-
eastern Siberia and in northeastern Mongolia.
37560 to 37562. Berbebis spp. Barberry.
From Madrid, Spain. Presented by the curator, Botanic Garden, Madrid.
Received March 19, 1914.
37560. Berbebis macbaca.ntha Schrader.
37561. X Bebberis neubebti Lemaire.
" This species of Berberis is a hybrid between Berberis aqui folium and
B. vulgaris. The branches are grayish brown, without spines, and up-
right. The leaves are simple, oval or ovate, sometimes with one or two
smaller leaflets. They are 1£ inches to 3 inches in length, spiny or
setulose dentate, and dark grayish green above. The flowers are borne
in racemes. This species of Berberis is hardy in the north, but the leaves
are not persistent." (Bailey, Cyclopedia of American Horticulture.)
" The older leaves are alternate, solitary, evergreen, and in form, color,
and substance like those of the common holly. In the axils of some of
these are borne tufts of leaves resembling those of the common Berberis,
not only in their tufted arrangement, but also in their form, texture,
serration, and deciduous character. The leaves of the common Berberis,
however, are all simple, while many of these, are ternate, some palmately,
others pinnately so (i. e., the three leaflets are either stalked or sessile).
The holly like leaves we take to be exaggerated representatives of the
palmately divided spines that are commonly met with in the barberry.
A similar exaggeration of development is manifested in the ternate leaves.
We are indebted to Mi-. Nicholson for the identification of this Berberis
with that called in German nurseries B. neuberti X, which originated in
A. N. Baumann's nursery at Bollweiler, in Alsace, as an accidental cross
between the purple-leaved variety of B. vulgaris and the common Mahonia
(B. aquifolium). The explanation of the singular conformation of the
plant, with some of the leaves evergreen, others deciduous, is thus
furnished by its mixed parentage." (Gardeners' Chronicle, June 26, 1886.)
37562. Berbebis sp.
37563. Soja max (L.) Piper. Soy bean.
(Glycine hispida Maxim.)
From Songdo, Chosen (Korea). Presented by Rev. W. G. Cram, the Anglo-
Korean School. Received March 19, 1914.
White Manchurian soy bean.
37564 and 37565. Vigna spp.
From Paris, France. Procured from Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co. Received
February 21, 1914.
37564. Vigna cylindbica (Stickman) Skeels. Cowpea.
Received as Dolichos, long Tonkin bean.
37565. Vigna sesqtttjpedaijs (L.) Fruwirth. Asparagus bean.
" Received as extra long-podded Dolichos. This is a buff-seeded variety
of the asparagus or yard-long beau." (W. J. Morse.)
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1914. 75
37566. Solanum quitoense Lam.
From Guayaquil. Ecuador. Presented by Mr. Frederic W. Goding, Ameri-
can consul general. Received March 23, 1914.
" Naranjilla. A native fruit of Ecuador. Seeds obtained from a small fruit
resembling an orange, with a diameter of a trifle more than an inch, very sour,
but used locally for salads and refreshing drinks. Also delicious ices are pre-
pared with its juice. The tree grows to a height of 4 or 5 feet in a moderately
warm climate, a few hundred feet above the sea level." (Goding.)
37567. Chrysopogon aciculatus (Retz.) Trinius.
From Honolulu, Hawaii. Presented by Dr. E. V. Wilcox, Hawaii Agricul-
tural Experiment .Station. Received March 12. 1914.
Native Pilipiliula.
" This grass is almost exclusively used for lawns at Hongkong, where it is
known as lovilovi grass. Although rather coarse, it is the most satisfactory
grass yet found on the thin soil at Hongkong. When the grass is ready to go
to seed, however, it is very objectionable on account of the sharp-pointed fruits,
which stick to the clothing wherever they touch it. The grass is also abundant
in the Philippines and in India. It makes excellent pasturage, but the objec-
tionable features are such that it is doubtful whether it should be introduced in
this country. The present supply of seed has been secured for the purpose of
testing in Florida under conditions which will not permit of its spreading until
opportunity has been given to determine whether its good qualities will out-
weigh its bad." (C. V Piper.)
Distribution. — Generally distributed throughout tropical Asia, the Polynesian
islands, and in Australia.
37568 and 37569. Secale cereale L. Rye.
From Chita, Transbaikal. Siberia. Presented by Mr. A. Savary, director,
Central Experiment Station, Transbaikal. Received March 14, 1914.
" Spring rye from the neighborhood of the county seat, Verkhne Udinsk, har-
vested in the year 1913." (Savary.)
37570 to 37576.
From Vladivostok, Siberia. Presented by Mr. John F. Jewell, American
consul. Received March 16, 1914.
Seeds grown in the Ussuri district along the Ussuri Railroad; quoted notes
by Mr. Jewell.
37570 to 37574. Soja max (L.) Piper. Soybean.
(Glycine hispida Maxim.)
37570. " No. 1. Chinese bean, grown in the village of Chernigovka
by P. J. Monostirniy."
37571. " No. 2. Chinese bean, grown in the village of Petrovka."
37572. " No. 3. Chinese bean, grown by St. Troitzky monastery at
Shmakovka."
37573. " No. 4. Yellow bean. Ko-yi."
37574. " No. 5. Khei."
76 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
37570 to 37576— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. J. F. Jewell.)
37575. Piiaseolus angularis (Willd.) W. F. Wight. Adzuki bean.
"No. 6. No special name for these beans."
37576. Phaseouus aureus Roxb. Mung bean.
"No. 7. NofftL"
37577. Carica papaya L. Papaya.
From Manila, Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. William S. Lyon. Re-
ceived March 11, 1914.
"One of these 'seedless' fruits has now perfected 26 and the other 35 seeds
and at the same time we are still getting plenty of entirely vacant fruits. After
all, seedlessness is no especial virtue in a papaya, even though the normal fruit
found here bears always a double handful, several hundred at least, hut has
the undoubted value of decreasing the size of the placental cavity and greatly
increasing the thickness of the flesh. Most of our seedless plants have had a
rind of 30 to 32 millimeters in thickness as against an average of 12 to 15
millimeters of the unimproved kinds. These figures are by measurement and
not by guess. If prolificacy be a trait worth cultivating, then this variety has
it in a superlative degree. Only about 16 months from the seed, we are now
eating the last of the third crop, aggregating (for the three) about 100 fruits.
and a fourth crop is due to begin to ripen in about one month. The greater
part of the first crop I have sold at the rate of $15 per hundred, although, as
I indicated to you before, the greatly reduced size of the subsequent crops
would depreciate their market value. Still another freak development I notice,
that would make the fixation of the variety even by vegetative means a matter
of doubt, is a sudden variation in form, the present crop showing a pre-
ponderance of oblong fruits, while a few are as round as a pomelo. This is a
feature, however, that I surmise may lie much within the control of the culti-
vator. The immense size of the fruits and their position, one bearing down
upon the other, has an undoubted tendency to elongate them. Careful thinning.
I am of the opinion, would modify this to the extent of producing fruits more
nearly round; that is a desideratum." (Lyon.) _
37578 to 37600.
From Edinburgh, Scotland. Presented by the Royal Botanic Garden. Re-
ceived February 25, 1914.
37578 to 37581. Asparagus spp. Asparagus.
37578. Asparagus gonocladus Baker.
37579. Astaragus gracilis Royle.
37580. Asparagus plumosus Baker.
37581. Asparagus scandens Thunberg.
37582 and 37583. Sorbus spp.
37582. Sorbus alnifolia (Sieh. and Zucc.) Koch.
(Crataegus alnifolia Sieb. and Zucc.)
"A deciduous tree of rather slender, erect habit, ultimately 40 to 50
feel high; branchlets furnished with short silky hairs when quite
young. Leaves of thin texture; li to 3 inches long, three-fnurthg
of an inch to 1$ inches wide; the apex pointed, the base rounded,
margins double toothed; nerves parallel in 7 to 12 pairs; silky hairy
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1914. 77
37578 to 37600— Continued.
beneath when young, becoming smooth later ; stalk one-half to three-
fourths inch long. Flowers white, one-half inch in diameter, pro-
duced during May in corymbs 2 to 3 inches across ; calyx and flower
stalks silky. Fruit one-third to one-half inch long, oval, bright red.
no calyx adhering at the top.
-Native of Japan and Chosen. (Korea) ; put in cultivation by Mr.
Spath of Berlin about 1892, but may have been known before. It
is one of the neatest and most pleasing of the Micromcles group,
and is very appropriately named. The leaves are bright green be-
neath, and bear a close resemblance to those of an alder. Fine crops
of fruits ripen, and they become very brightly colored, and remain
long on the tree, but only a small proportion contain good seeds.
Very deserving of cultivation." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs
Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 272, under Pyrus alnifolia.)
37583. Sorp.us aria salicifolia Myrin. Whitebeam.
" A tree usually 30 to 45 feet high in gardens, but occasionally
met with 60 to 80 feet high ; main branches more or less erect ;
young branchlets clothed with loose white down, becoming nearly
smooth and lustrous dark brown by winter, and furnished with pale,
wartlike excrescences. Leaves with 8 to 13 pairs of parallel ribs,
oval or obovate ; 2 to 4 inches long, half to two-thirds as wide ;
usually tapering, but sometimes rounded at the base, pointed or
rounded at the apex ; margins doubly toothed ; upper surface bright
green, smooth except when quite young ; always covered with a close
white felt beneath ; stalk one-half to 1 inch long. Flowers dull
white, heavy scented, about one-half inch across, and produced
toward the end of May in corymbs 2 to 3 inches across; stalks and
calyx covered with white down. Fruit oval or roundish, one-third to
one-half inch long, scarlet-red, specked with brownish dots.
" Native of the British Isles and pretty general over Europe ; also
found in some of its forms in Asia Minor and North Africa. There
is no tree more characteristic of the chalk hills of Britain or more
beautiful in regard to foliage and fruit, but it is often reduced to a
mere shrub. It is very effective in the breeze when the wind, by
lifting the leaves, reveals the pure white under surface to the ob-
server in kaleidoscopic glimpses. Although apparently preferring
the limestone in a state of nature, it thrives quite well under culti-
vation in almost any well-drained soil. A tree well laden with the
bright red fruits is also one of the most beautiful of autumn pictures ;
only, owing to the depredations of birds, often of short duration. It
is best propagated by seeds, but the young plants grow very slowly at
first. The timber is hard and heavy, but it is too scarce to count
for much in the timber trade. The largest tree recorded by Elwes
is at Camp Wood, near Henley-on-Thames, which in 1905 was 75
feet high by 4 feet 9 inches in girth of trunk.
" Var. salicifolia. Leaves narrower than in the type, but not so
narrow as in var. angnstifolia ; stalks longer, as a rule." (W. J.
Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p.
274-276, under Pyrus aria salicifolia.)
37584 to 37586. Malus spp.
78 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
37578 to 37600— Continued.
37584. Mai. us baccata (L.) Moench. Siberian crab apple.
(Pyrus baccata L.)
See S. P. I. No. 37008 for description.
37585. Mat.us cerasifera Spach.
"A cross between Pyrus prunifolia and P. baccata and a very
beautiful crab. Flowers white, fruit about the size of a cherry,
colored purplish red. The calyx teeth sometimes remain on the
fruit, as in P. prunifolia. sometimes f;ill away." (W. J. Bean,
Tree* and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 291, under
Pyrus cerasifera.)
37586. Malus baccata (L. ) Moench. Siberian crab apple.
Var. maxima.
37587. Pyrus canescens Spach.
" Probably a hybrid between Pyrus nivalis and P. salicifolia. In re-
gard to it Decaisne wrote that ' it is intermediate between P. nivalis and
P. salicifolia; its leaves are of the same size as those of nivalis, and
often twisted as in salicifolia.' They are lanceolate or narrowly oval,
finely round toothed, very white when young, shining dark green above
when mature. Fruit pale green, much shorter stalked thau P. nivalis. A
handsome tree in spring." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the
British Isles, vol. 2, p. 289.)
37588. X Sorbus hostii (Jacq. f.) Heynh.
"Pyrus hostii {Sorbus hostii Hedlund) is a hybrid between the abov
[P. chaniaemespilus Ehrhart] and some form or ally of P. intermedia. The
foliage is much larger than of P. chaniaemespilus, and more resembles
that of P. intermedia in size and in the presence of down o \ the lower
surface; the toothing is sharp and jagged. In the dense, compact inflores
cence and in the upright, pinkish petals the influence of P. clwmaemes
pilus is apparent. P. hostii is found wild on the Alps of Austria." ( \V.
J. Bean. Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 280.)
37589. X Sorbus latifolia (Lam.) Pers.
(Pyrus rotundifolia Moench.)
" A tree 30 to 45 feet, sometimes over 60 feet high ; branchlets downy
when young, becoming by winter shining and quite smooth. Leaves
roundish ovate, 2 to 4 inches long, often nearly as wide at the base as
they are long; the apex pointed, the base either truncate or broadly
wedge shaped; margin either cut into triangular, pointed lobes which are
sharply toothed, or simply jaggedly toothed; smooth, dark lustrous green
above, covered beneath with a grayish felt; ribs 6 to 10 on each side;
stalk downy, one-half to 1 inch long. Flowers white, five-eighths in
across, borne in corymbs 3 inches wide during May ; stalks and calyx ve
woolly. Fruits globular, one-half inch in diameter, dull brownish red
" This interesting tree Avas first discovered in the forest of Fontaine-
bleau early in the 18th century. Its origin lias iriven rise to considerable
difference of opinion, but it is generally believed to be a hybrid between
Pyrus aria and Pyrus torminalis. In many respects, notably in shape
and woolliness of leaf, and in colour of fruit, it is certainly intermediate
between them. Whether the Fontainebleau tree be a hybrid or not (and
It is said to come true from seed), very similar ones found in middle
..
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1914. 79
37578 to 37600— Continued.
Europe are almost certainly hybrids. The tree in various forms is found
in the west of England. It has been much confused with P. intermedia,
and in some of its forms approaches that tree in form of leaf. But it
is usually much less downy on the lower surface by the end of the sum-
mer, the winter buds are paler, and the angle between the marginal
lobes of the leaf is wider, often 90° in P. lati folia, whereas in P. inter-
media it is frequently a mere slit at the base. There is a very fine old
specimen in the Earl of Bathurst's woods at Cirencester, between 70 and
80 feet high and 11 feet in girth of trunk." (W. J. Bean, Trees and
Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 286.)
37590 to 37592. Malus spp.
37590. Malus pkunifolia (Willd.) Borkh. Siberian crab apple.
(Pyrus prunifolia Willd.)
" A small tree with downy young shoots and ovate or broadly oval
leaves, 2 to 4 inches long, half or more than half as wide, unequally
round toothed, downy beneath. Flowers white, 1£ inches across,
produced in April in umbels of 6 to 10 blossoms; calyx with long,
narrow, always woolly lobes. Fruit round or slightly ovoid and
elongated, 1 inch in diameter, yellowish or red, crowned with the
persistent calyx.
" There is some doubt as to the origin of this crab. Aiton gives
the date of its introduction to England as 1758, and its native coun-
try as Siberia, to which other authors have added North China. But
there appears to be no genuine proof of its existence in either coun-
try. It has been suggested that it is a hybrid between P. baccata and
P. malus. It is distinguishable from P. baccata in fruit by having
the calyx lobes nearly always adhering at the top, although not in-
variably. Although longer cultivated in Britain than P. baccata, it
does not appear to have reached so large a size." (W. J. Bean, Trees
and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 290-291.)
" This species, which is commonly known as the Siberian crab, is a
tree native to Siberia and usually attains a height of 20 to 30 feet;
the (lowers greatly resemble those of the common pear, and the
fruit when ripe is of a yellowish color with a slight tinge of red on
the side exposed to the sun. The fruit is like that of the medlar: has
an austere taste and is more palatable when decay has begun."
(Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening.)
37591. Malus peunifolia rinki (Koidy.) Rehder.
{Pyrus ringo Wenzig.)
Var. fastigiata bifera.
"A small ^ree. usually under 20 feet in height, of graceful habit;
young branches covered with grayish down. Leaves ovate or oval, 2
to 4 inches long; two-thirds as wide, downy above when young, per-
manently so beneath, sharply toothed; stalk one-half to three-fourths
inch long, downy. Flowers in applelike clusters, each on a woolly
stalk 1 to 1£ inches long, rosy red in bud, paler when open, becom-
ing almost white ; calyx lobes narrowly lanceolate, hairy on both
sides. Fruit pendulous, 1£ inches long, 1 inch wide, roundish, egg
shaped, bright yellow, crowned by persistent calyx lobes.
" This tree appears to have been originally introduced to Europe
by Siebold from Japan about the middle of last century, but it is
69935*°— 17 6
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37578 to 37600— Continued.
not known to be anywhere wild in Japan. It is surmised to be a
hybrid between P. spcclahilis and some form of P. mains. As a tree
for the garden its great attraction is its abundant, gracefully pendent,
bright yellow fruits, which hang from the lower side of the branches
in long, crowded rows and make it probably the handsomest of our
yellow-fruited hardy trees. They have an applelike flavour and are
quite pleasant eating.
" Var. fastigiata bifera, A tree of pyramidal habit, probably a
hybrid between some form of /'. wains and /'. ringo. Fruit abundant,
yellow, stained with red, about the size of a pigeon's egg." (W. /.
Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hindu in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 292.)
37592. Mat/us fusca (Raf.) Schneider.
(Pyrvs rivularis Dougl.)
"A tree 20 to SO feet high, often a shrub; branchlets slender, more
or less downy. Leaves variously shaped, from broadly ovate to ob-
long lanceolate, often 3-lobed : the largest 4 inches long and 2* inches
wide, more often 1 to 3 inches long and half as wide ; the base
tapering, rounded, or slightly heart shaped, pointed at the apex,
sharply toothed: downy on both sides; stalk downy, 1 to 1* inches
long. Flowers white or rose tinted, three-fourths inch across, pro-
duced in clusters of 6 to 12. Fruit egg shaped, one-half to three-
fourths inch long, red. yellow, or greenish yellow, the calyx teeth
fallen away from the top.
" Native of western North America ; introduced in 1S36, according
to Loudon, but little known in cultivation now, although it is offered
sometimes in tree catalogues of continental firms. It belongs to the
Toringo group of crabs, but appears to have no special value for the
garden. The fruit has an agreeable subacid taste, and the wood, being
close and hard, is valued in the Western States for uses similar to
those of apple and pear wood in this country." (11*. ./. Bean, Trees
and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2. p. 192.)
37593. X Sorbus alpina (Willd.) Heynh.
"This species is commonly known as the bastard quince, and is a
native of the mountainous parts of Europe. It is a shrub which attains
a height of 5 to 6 feet. The flowers, which are of a reddish color, make
their appearance in May and June. The leaves are ovate, serrate.
glabrous, clothed when young with a deciduous down. The fruit is round
and of a reddish color." (Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening.)
" Pyrus alpina, Willdenow {Sorbus alpina Heynhold), is very nearly
allied [to dippelii], having 1\ aria and /'. arhiiti folia as its parents.
It differs from P. dippelii most markedly in having clear red fruits and
in the leaves (upper surface especially) being less downy." (W. J. Bean.
Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2. p. 282.)
37594. Ai:oxia melanocahpa (Michx.) Elliott. Black chokeberry.
(Pyrvs melanocarpa Willd.)
"This is a pretty native shrub which is found in the damp woods
throughout the country, north and south. When in the woods it is often
8 to 10 feet high, but to be fully appreciated it must he seen as a bush;
shrub. It has clusters of white flowers, usually on every branch, and
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37578 to 37600— Continued.
later on the clusters change to berries, which become very black and
handsome, especially in the late autumn, when the leaves have fallen.
The foliage of this bush is of a shining green, changing in autumn to
bright yellow, orange, and red." (Florists' Exchange, August 23, 1918.)
37595. Sorbus hybrida L. Bastard service tree.
(Pyrus pinnatiflda Ehrh.)
"A deciduous tree, 20 to 40, occasionally over 50 feet high, with
ascending branches ; twigs covered with loose grayish floss when young,
becoming smooth and of a dark lustrous brown by winter. Leaves 3
to 5 inches long, 1 to 2 inches wide; narrowly oblong ovate in main
outline, but usually pinnate or cut nearly to the midrib at the base,
the upper portion lobed and toothed, but less deeply so toward the apex,
which is merely coarsely toothed; the lower surface is covered with a
dull gray, persistent down ; leaf stalk one-half to 1£ inches long, downy.
Flowers white, about one-half inch wide, produced in May in corymbs
3 to 5 inches across. Fruit bright red, round oval, two-fifths inch long.
"This tree, especially handsome in foliage and fruit, is found wild
in north and central Europe, and is generally believed to be a natural
hybrid between Pyrus intermedia and P. aucuparia. The influence of
the latter is seen in the larger leaves, especially of the. sterile shoots,
having usually from 1 to 3 pairs of leaflets at the base. On the flower-
ing twigs many of the leaves are simple. It is found wild in the Isle
of Arran, rarely in England. It is connected with both intermedia and
aucuparia by intermediate forms, but as a rule reproduces itself true
from seed. The habit generally is erect, but a form sent out by Messrs.
Rackhouse of York with more than usually erect branches is called var.
fastigiata." ( W. •/. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles,
vol. 2, p. 289-290.)
37596 to 37598. Cotoneaster spp.
37596. Cotoneaster divakjcata Kehd. and Wilson."
" This species of Cototieaster, which is valued chiefly for its dark
red, often long-persistent fruit, is a native of western China and
was introduced into this country in 1909 by Mr. E. H. Wilson. It
has been grown successfully in the gardens of the Arnold Arboretum,
where it has stood the winters without severe injury. It promises
to become a valuable garden plant in this country." (Arnold Ar-
boretum, Bulletin of Popular Information, No. 19, April 25, 1912.)
"A deciduous shrub up to 6 feet high, of spreading habit ; young
shoots clothed with grayish hairs, becoming the second year smooth
and reddish brown. Leaves roundish oval, sometimes ovate or obo-
vate, tapered abruptly toward both ends, the apex mucronate ; one-
third to 1 inch long, one-fourth to five-eighths inch wide (smaller
on the flowering shoots) ; dark glossy green, and soon smooth above,
sparsely hairy beneath ; veins in three or four pairs ; leaf stalk one-
twelfth inch or less long. Flowers usually in threes at the end
of short twigs, often supplemented by solitary ones in the axils of
the terminal leaves, rosy white; calyx lobes triangular, they and the
tube loosely woolly. Fruit red, egg shaped, one-third inch long, car-
rying two stones.
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37578 to 37600— Continued.
" Native of west Hupeh and west Szeehwan, China ; first found
by Henry in the latter province about 1887; introduced to the
Cooinbe Wood nursery by Wilson in 1904. It is one of the hand-
somest in fruit of Chinese Cotoneasters, and was given a first-class
certificate by the Royal Horticultural Society in the autumn of
1912. It is allied to the Himalayan C. simonsii." (W. ./. Bean,
Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. Ij08-/f09.)
37597. Cotoneaster pannosa Franchet.
See S. P. I. Nos. 32936, 33043, and 33159 for previous introductions.
" This evergreen Cotoneaster hails from Yunnan, China, and
it is one of the finest berried winter shrubs in cultivation. This
species makes a splendid specimen for the lawn, as it has a grace-
ful habit with its drooping, slender brandies and small, grayish
green leaves. This Cotoneaster is quite hardy in England and
should do well against a wall, where it would make a good effect."
(Gardeners' Chronicle, March If, WIS.)
"An evergreen shrub of free and elegant habit, 10 feet or mora
high ; branches arching and slender, covered with whitish felt when
young. Leaves oval, tapering toward both ends, one-half to 1 inch
long, about half as wide; always dull green above, covered with
whitish felt beneath ; stalk up to one-quarter inch long. Flowers
one-quarter to three-eighths inch across, borne in corymbs of as
many as 15 or 20: petals white, spreading; calyx woolly. Fruits
scarcely one-quarter inch long, dull red.
"Native of Yunnan, China, up to 9,000 feet altitude; raised in
Paris in 1888 from seed sent there by the Abbe Delavay. Intro-
duced to Kew in 1892. The differences between this species and
Cotoneaster franvheti have already been alluded to under thai spe-
cies. Both are characterized by extreme elegance of habit, and by
being very woolly on young bark, flower stalk, calyx, and under
surface of leaves; but C. pannosa has duller leaves, less hairy when
young on the upper surface, more spreading, whiter petals, and
shorter, rounder fruits of a deeper red." (W. J. Bean, Trees and
Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. l^lk-)
37598. Cotoneaster saeicifloria rtjgoas (Pritz.) Rehd. and Wilson.
"I do not know that the typical C. salicifolia is in cultivation.
It is a species of West Szechwan, China, discovered by the Abbe
David nearly thirty years ago. It has white flowers and red, ovoid
fruits, one-sixth of an Inch long.
" Var. rugosa, Rehder and Wilson (C. rugosa Pritzel). — In this
variety the leaves are larger, up to 3 inches long and 1J inches wide,
the veins numbering six to twelve pairs. The fruit is coral red,
larger than in var. floccosa, and contains usually two stones. The
plant is more vigorous, coarser looking, and with bigger leaves than
var. floccosa, but in many respects similar.
" Introduced by Wilson (No. 335) in 1907 from West Hupeh,
where he found it 9 feet high." (W. J. Bean, Trees and shrubs
Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. Iflk-hl^-)
37599. Berberis hookeri Lemaire. Barberry.
" Compacta. A compact form of Berberis wallichiana Hort"
See S. P. I. No. 37498 for previous introduction.
JAJSTUABX 1 TO MABOH 31, 1914. 83
37578 to 37600— Continued.
87600. Viburnum bubejaeticum Regel and Herd.
For previous introduction, see Nos. 20115 and 33776.
"I am doubtful if the true plant to which this name belongs is now
in cultivation, although it may be among recent introductions from
China. What is usually seen under the name is V. lantana or one of
its near allies. The true burejaeticum is quite distinct. A deciduous
shrub whose young shoots are covered at first with a dense, stellate down,
becoming almost white and smooth the second year. Leaves ovate, oval
or slightly obovate; tapered, rounded, or slightly heart shaped at the
base, tapered and often blunt at the apex; 2 to 4 inches long, 1 to 2
inches wide; evenly and angularly toothed, with scattered, mostly simple
hairs above, and scattered stellate ones beneath, chiefly on the veins,
becoming almost smooth ; stalk one-quarter to one-half inch long, scurfy.
Flowers white, uniform and perfect, one-quarter inch wide, pro-
duced in stalked usually 5-branched cymes, 2 inches across; the stalks
covered with stellate scurfy down. Native of Manchuria and China."
(W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p.
6IiS-6U-)
37601 to 37603. Triticum aestivum L. Wheat.
(Tritiaum vulgare Vill.)
From Wageningen, Holland. Presented by Mr. C. J. Hessing. Institute
for the Improvement of Agriculture. Received March 27, 1914.
37601. Wilhelmina. 37603. Millioen.
37602. Imperial.
37604 and 37605.
From Victoria, Kamerun, German West Africa. Presented by the Agri-
cultural Experiment Station for Victoria. Received March 27, 1914.
37604. Eleusine cokacana (L.) Gaertn. Ragi.
Native names in the following languages: Njaderi, Fulah ; Sigge,
Mbum.
37605. Sesamum obientale L. Sesame.
(Sesamum indicum L.)
Native names in the following languages : Sam, Mbum ; Sidi, Hausa ;
Dam, Wute; Manasiri, Fulah.
37606. X Cydonia veitchii Trabut. Pyronia.
From Algiers, Algeria. Presented by Dr. L. Trabut, director, Service Bo-
tanique. Received April 1, 1914.
" I am cultivating three hybrids of Cydonia and Pyrus of Veitch's. These
plants here are very vigorous and they seem bound to furnish an excellent stock
for pears. I am sending you Pyronia A. [a hybrid between Cydonia (Portugal
quince) and Pyrus (Bergamotte Esperen), produced by Mr. John Seden in
1395], which will take the name Pyronia veitchii Trabut in my article in the
Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society." (Trabut.)
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37607. Pinanga iNSioNis Beccari. Palm.
From Los Banos, Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. C. F. Baker, Uni-
versity of the Philippines, College of Agriculture. Received March 2,
1914.
" From high on Mount Maquiling, Province of Laguna. This is a very stately
and fine red-fruited palm, said to be near Areca catechu, but very different in
fruit from that species, although the fruit is sometimes used in the same way."
(Baker.)
37608. Allium trifoliatum Cyrillo.
From Algiers, Algeria. Presented by Dr. L. Trabut, director, Service
Botanique. Received March 24, 1914.
"This plant forms a turf. The leaf is very good as a condiment, after the
fashion of chives." (Trabut.)
Distribution. — An herbaceous perennial found in the countries bordering on
the Mediterranean Sea from Italy eastward to Syria and Palestine.
Bulbils.
37609. Coix lacryma-jobi L. Job's-tears.
From Singapore, Straits Settlements. Presented by Mr. I. H. Burkhill,
Singapore Botanic Gardens. Received March 21, 1914.
37610 to 37612.
From Kew, England. Presented by Sir David Prain, director, Royal Bo-
tanic Gardens. Received March 23, 1914.
37610 and 37611. Spiraea spp.
37610. Spiraea veitchi Hemsley.
" This is a new species which was discovered in China by Mr. E. H.
Wilson and through him it has been introduced into cultivation. The
plant forms a neat compact shrub, with linn growths 6 to 8 feet long,
of a reddish brown clothed with small glaucous-green, oblong-lanceo-
late leaves, serrate along their apical portion. The flowers of the
short side growths along the whole length of the previous year's
shoots are in terminal corymbs, pure white and very showy in mass."
(Hortus Veitchii, p. 379.)
37611. Spiraea wilsoni Duthie.
"This Spiraea, which was introduced a few years ago from China
by Mr. E. H. Wilson, has proven to be a most valuable addition to
deciduous dowering shrubs. Robust in growth, Spiraea wilsoni
forms a large spreading bush u to G feet in height. The inflorescences
of white flowers terminate short axillary shoots, which develop from
the upper two-thirds of last year's vigorous sheets. As these bend
over in a graceful, arching manner, a bush in full (lower presents a
pleasing picture. The flowers are borne in flattened, rather compact,
rounded corymbs, about the middle of June. The corymbs are about
1* to 23 inches across, the individual (lowers a quarter of an inch in
diameter. S. wilsoni makes a Dice lawn specimen for small or large
gardens, while for large clumps and shrubby borders it is well worth
consideration." (The Garden, August SO, 1913.)
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37610 to 37612— Continued.
37612. Viburnum sargenti Koehne.
" This shrub usually grows from 5 to 8 feet tall, with upright branches
which, on adult plants, assume a dark-gray, corky appearance. The
leaves are roundish ovate to ovate, usually 3-lobed, rounded to square at
the base, 1\ inches long and 2 inches broad, dark yellowish green and
smooth above, pale green and somewhat pilose beneath. The fiattish
corymbose flower cluster, with prominent showy neutral flowers sur-
rounded by the corymbs, and the fertile flowers with purple anthers
come in blossom about the first of June. The subglobose or rounded
fruit, scarlet or orange-scarlet, ripens in September. This species greatly
resembles Viburnum arnericana, but differs from it in its more upright
habit, largely ray flowers, and the fruits are not as brilliant and are
considerably smaller and less abundant. Viburnum sargenti is perfectly
hardy at Rochester, N. Y., and there it is a very useful park and garden
shrub." (The Florists' Exchange, May 20, 1911).
37613 to 37622.
From Cambridge, England. Presented by Mr. R. Irwin Lynch, curator,
Botanic Garden. Received March 24, 1914.
37613. Amygdalus persica L. Peach.
(Prunus persica Stokes.)
37614. Cydonia oblonga Miller. Quince.
(Pyrus cydonia L.)
See S. P. I. No. 30059 for previous introduction and description.
37615. Laurocerasus lusitanica (L.) Roem.
(Prunus lusitanica L.) Portuguese cherry laurel.
"An evergreen shrub of wide, bushy form, usually 10 to 20 feet, but
occasionally 40 to 50 feet high, more in diameter ; young branches quite
smooth and very dark. Leaves ovate or oval, 2| to 5 inches long, 1| to 2
inches wide ; quite smooth on both surfaces ; very dark, glossy green
above, paler below ; shallowly roundish toothed. Racemes produced in
June from the ends of the previous summer's shoots and from the axils
of their leaves ; 6 to 10 inches long, 1 to 1J inches through, more or loss
erect. Flowers white, one-third to one-half inch across, calyx cup shaped,
with shallow, rounded lobes ; stalk one-third of an inch long. Fruit
dark purple, one-third of an inch long, cone shaped, pointed. 'Native of
Spain and Portugal; introduced in 1648* (Alton). In all but the coldest
parts of Great Britain the Portugal laurel is one of the handsomest and
most effective of evergreens. It should be grown as isolated specimens,
especially in thinly wooded parts of the grounds. Although it is chiefly
valued for the luxuriance of its rich green lustrous foliage, it has some
merit as a flowering shrub, for in June it produces an extraordinary pro-
fusion of long, slender racemes, whose only defect is that the (lowers are
rather dull. It is hardier than the cherry laurel, and on warm, well-
drained soil withstands 32 degrees of frost without being in the least
affected." ( W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles,
vol. 2, p. 21,1).
37616. Malus baccata (L.) Moench. Siberian crab apple.
(Pyrus baccata L.)
See S. P. I. Nos. 26681 and 31028 for previous introductions.
86 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
37613 to 37622— Continued.
37617. Mai.us pbunifolia (Willtf.) Borkh. Siberian crab apple.
{J'l/riis prunifolia Willd.)
See S. P. I. Nos. 27124 and 30261 for previous introductions and S. P. I.
No. 37590 for description.
37618. Mespilus germanica L. Medlar.
See S. P. I. No. 29197 for previous introduction.
"A low deciduous tree of crooked, picturesque habit, usually under
20 feet high; young branchlets very hairy, older ones armed with stiff,
straight spines one-half to 1 inch long. Leaves almost without stalks,
lanceolate or oval, 2 to 5 inches long, minutely toothed; downy on both
surfaces, hut more so beneath. Flowers solitary at the end of short
leafy branches ; about 1 inch across, white or slightly pink, produced
on a very short, woolly stalk in May or early June. Petals five, roundish;
sepals covered with gray wool, triangular at the base, drawn into a long,
narrow point standing out beyond the petals. Fruit five celled, apple
shaped, brown, with a broad, open eye, surrounded by the persistent
calyx, and showing the ends of the bony seed vessels.
" The wild medlar is a native of Europe and Asia Minor and is found
wild in the woods of several counties in the south of Fngland, notably
Sussex and Kent, but it is not believed to be truly indigenous. It has
long been cultivated for its fruit in English orchards, and several named
varieties exist. The cultivated forms are distinguished by thornless or
nearly thornless branches, by larger, broader leaves, and by larger fruits,
up to 1$ or 2 inches across. Although much esteemed by those who have
acquired the taste for them, medlars are not a popular fruit. They
should be left on the tree until the end of October or later, then stored
in a fruit room until they are ' bletted ' — a term given to indicate a state
of incipient decay. A jelly made from the fruits meets a more general
taste. The medlar is most closely allied to Crataegus, differing in the
solitary flower, etc. It is very hardy and not particular as to soil."
(W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p.
81-82.)
37619. Pbxinus domestica insititia (Jusl.) Schneider. Bullace.
(Prunus institia Jusl.)
" This species of Prunus is a tall, much-branched shrub, which some-
times attains a height of 20 feet. The flowers are white and appear on
the branches before the leaves. The lateral clusters are only one to two
flowered. The fruit of this species is globose, nearly black, and in the
wild state about one-half inch in diameter." (Britton and Broun. Illus-
trated Flora of the Northern States and Canada.)
"A small deciduous tree with foliage similar to that of Prunus com-
munis, but with some of its branches spiny. Fruit globular, three-fourths
inch in diameter, black or yellow; several white-fruited varieties are
grown in orchards. The bullace is a native of Britain and other parts
of Europe. Being found in many hedgerows, the typical form scarcely
deserves a place in the arboretum, but the double-flowered variety is
more ornamental. P. spinosa, insititia, and communis are by some
authorities considered as all forms of one species. It is easy enough
to distinguish P. spinosa by its black bark, its small, sharply toothed
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37613 to 37622— Continued.
leaves, and small, round, black fruits. But P. insititia and communis
are more closely allied ; they both have brown bark, larger and more
bluntly toothed leaves, but the fruit of the bullace is round and often
white or yellow, whilst the plum is black and oval. Intermediate forms
occur, of which the damson is one, having an oval, purple, sour fruit.
(The damsons take their name from Damascus, where they have been
cultivated since before the Christian era.) The Mirabelle group of
plums, with round, yellow fruits, acid and sweet, belong to P. insititia."
(W, J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 238.)
37620. Pybus salicifolia Pall. Willow-leaved pear.
See S. P. I. No. 26764 for previous introduction and description.
"A tree 15 to 25 feet high, branchlets covered with down, which is
quite white when young. Leaves 1£ to 3i inches long, one-third to
two-thirds inch wide; narrowly lanceolate, tapering gradually towards
both ends, covered when young on both sides with a beautiful silvery
gray clown ; later in the year this falls away from the upper surface,
leaving it shining green ; margins quite entire ; stalk one-half inch long
or less, sometimes scarcely noticeable. Flowers pure white, about three-
fourths inch across, produced in April, closely packed in small rounded
corymbs, the calyx and flower stalk covered with white wool. Fruit of
the typical pear shape, 1 to 1£ inches long and wide.
" Native of southeastern Europe and Asia Minor ; introduced in 1780.
It is much the most ornamental of all true pears. Its leaves and flowers
often open simultaneously, and it then presents a very charming pic-
ture, the willowlike leaves being of a conspicuous silky white. After
the flowers fade, the leaves remain silvery for some weeks, gradually,
however, becoming greener on the upper surface. The fruit is harsh to
the palate and of no value." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in
the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 292-293.)
37621 and 37622. Ribes spp.
37621. Kibes alpinum L. Currant.
" This species of Ribes which is commonly called the Mountain
currant is a native of the mountains of Europe and the Orient. The
branches are whitish and upright and the leaves slightly hairy above.
The flowers, which are dioecious, are yellowish green in color and
occur in staminate and pistillate clusters, the former having 20 to 30
flowers and the latter 5 to 10 flowers to the cluster. The peduncles
are glandular hairy, and the bracts are longer than the pedicel and
flower. The fruit of this species is smooth, scarlet colored, and
insipid or sweetish to the taste." (Bailey, Cyclopedia of American
Horticulture.)
37622. Ribes speciosum Pursh. Gooseberry.
This is a hardy shrub which is a native of California and ap-
parently of Mexico. If this species can not be said to be so beautiful
a shrub as Ribes sanguineum, the Scarlet currant, it is at least by
far the most elegant of gooseberries and considered by some to be
the most showy member of the genus. In brilliancy of color it is
perhaps superior to that species, and in the abundance of flowers
nearly its equal. With all its beauty, however, this species has the
demerit, common to all gooseberries, of hiding its pretty bright red
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37613 to 37622— Continued.
flowers with its leaves. The branches arc covered with fine reddish
prickles and glandular tipped hairs. The thorns arc long, slender,
and occur commonly in threes. The leaves are small, thick, shining,
and partially evergreen. The berries are small, prickly, dry. and few
seeded. (Adapted from Botanical Register, vol. 18, pi. 1557 {1832),
and Bailey, Cyclopedia of American Horticulture.)
37623. Citrus sp. Orange.
From Singapore, Straits Settlements. Presented by Capt. J. Prentice, Corps
of Engineers, United States Army. Received March 19, 1914.
" Seeds from Johore oranges. A very fine variety of free peelers, sweet,
russet skin. To be tested in Florida." (Prentice.)
37624. Cucumis melo L. Muskmelon.
From Barcelona, Spain. Presented by Mr. Henry H. Morgan. American
consul general. Received March 19, 1914.
" The so-called Valencia, which matures in the late fall and keeps in good
condition for three or four months, melons of this variety being obtainable
throughout Spain as late as the month of February. These melons do not
generally ripen on the vine, but are gathered while green and hung in nets
from the ceiling and doorways, after they have been gathered and exposed to
the air and sun, where the ripening process is completed. The sweetest and
most exquisite varieties are grown in warm climates, somewhat tempered by
fresh winds. Melons can be grown to perfection with a bottom heat of 75° !•'..
gradually increasing to 80°, and an atmospheric temperature of 75° to 80'
when the fruit is swelling, as much sun heat as the plant can bear being allowed
at all times. The melon thrives best in rich turfy loam, somewhat heavy, with
which a little well-rotted manure has been mixed. In planting, the seeds are
almost invariably used. Shoots are also employed, although to a very limited
extent. Once the seeds are put in the ground the plant is allowed to thrive and
no transplanting takes place. Melons exposed to the south and west always
crack, which is remedied somewhat by turning the fruit over and changing
its position. The purer the water applied the sweeter the fruit will be. Cold
and impure water from wells has a prejudicial effect. When the soil contains
too much humidity wooden boards or tiles should be placed under the fruit,
thus preventing it from rotting. The melon is ripe when its stem changes
color and tends to separate itself from the fruit. The best grades are solid and
heavy, with a shiny peel. The winter melons, which are gathered before ripen-
ing, will subsequently become completely seasoned. These fruits should he
gathered in dry periods and never immediately alter a heavy rainfall. The best
time to pick melons is at daybreak." (Extract from Consular report, "Melon
Cultivation in Spain.")
37625 and 37626.
From Zacuapam, Huatusco, Vera Cruz, Mexico. Presented by Dr. C. A.
Purpus. Roots received March 30, 1914.
37625. Euchi.aena mexicana Schrad. Teosinte.
"From Coseomatepec, Vera Cruz, a railroad station between Cordoba
and Huatusco. I saw the grass teosinte in several of the fields near that
town. It is raised as a forage plant. This grass seems to be a little
tender, because I saw it was damaged some by frost, which is not unusual
I
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1914. 89
37625 and 37626— Continued.
in that place, because it must be 400 to 500 feet high and is situated at the
foot of Citlaltepetl, the so-called Peak of Orizaba. This grass is not pro-
pagated by seed, but, like sugar cane, by cuttings. The lower parts of the
stems are cut like sugar cane and put into the ground. It grows in
bundles and stands frost to a certain degree." (Purpus.)
37626. Polygonum sachalinense F. Schmidt. Sacaline.
" Forage plant from Japan."
37627 to 37631.
From Paris, France. Presented by the director, Museum of Natural His-
tory. Received March 18, 1914.
37627. Diospyeos lotus L. Persimmon.
For previous introductions, see S. P. I. Nos. 36808 and 37380.
37628. Prunus sp.
Received as Cerasus salicifoHa, but the seeds do not agree with those
in the seed collection under this name.
37629. Prunus domestica L.
" Var. armenioides Lieg."
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 33170.
37630. Prunus cerasifera divaricata (Ledeb.) Schneider.
See S. P. I. Nos. 37463 and 37464 for previous introductions.
37631. Laurocerasus ilicifolia (Nutt.) Roemer. Cherry laurel.
(Prunus ilicifolia Walp.)
" This is an evergreen bush or tree commonly known as the Spanisfi
tvild cherry or the mountain evergreen cherry. It is a small tree, rarely
becoming 30 feet tall, with a dense crown. The leaves are ovate to ovate-
lanceolate and hollylike, acute, or sometimes acuminate, mostly broad
and sometimes rounded at the base. The margins are coarsely spiny
tootbed and the blades thick and shining. The flowers are white and are
borne in slender racemes less than 2 inches long in the spring. The fruits
are rather large, sometimes two-thirds of an inch long, nearly globose,
purple or nearly black. This species is a most worthy garden plant and
may be seen growing from San Francisco to Lower California." (Bailey,
Cyclopedia of American Horticulture.)
37632 to 37637. Oryza sativa L. Rice.
From Mandalay, Burma, India. Presented by Mr. E. Thompstone, Deputy
Director of Agriculture, Northern Circle. Received March 31, 1914.
Quoted notes by Mr. Thompstone, except as indicated.
" Rangoon or Rangooni Chat. Certain samples of rice under the vernacular
name were collected by this office in Khulna in 1900. This is a kind of Atap and
is aso sold in Calcutta. The Rangoon Chal is cheaper than the Dcshi variety
of Atap and is generally consumed by the poorer classes. I am inclined to
believe that rice imported from Rangoon is generally called Rangoon or Ran-
gooni Chal.1' (Extract from Letter, April 9, 1914, Botanical Survey of India.)
37632. " No. 2. Ngaseingyi. This is a Kauk kyi or main crop and is
transplanted in July or August when the nursery plants are 30 to 45
days old. Longevity is about 125 days from transplanting; good to
eat and is in great demand for milling."
90 SEEDS AND PLAJS 18 I IMPORTED.
37632 to 37637— Contd. (Quoted notes by Mr. E. Thompstone.)
37633. "No. 6. Taiuif/tcik pun. This is also a main crop, transplanted
in Jdly or August when the nursery plants are 30 to 45 days old.
Longevity is about 110 days from transplanting. Grains small and
soft; consumed largely by well-to-do people."
37634. " No. 55. Nga cheik. Main crop, transplanted in July or August
when the nursery plants are 30 to 45 days old. Longevity is about 115
days from transplanting. It is a glutinous rice of black color; good
to eat."
37635. " No. 157. Mya wa. Main crop, transplanted in July or August
when the nursery plants are 30 to 45 days old. Longevity is about 115
days from transplanting. Glutinous; fairly good to eat."
37636. " No. 280. Byat pyu. Main crop, transplanted in July or August
when the nursery plants are 30 to 45 days old. Longevity is about 110
days from transplanting. Good to eat ; consumed largely."
37637. " No. 395. Kyaung byu. Main crop, transplanted in July or
August when the nursery plants are 30 to 45 days old. Longevity is
about 95 days. Rice soft, good to eat."
37638 to 37646.
From St. Petersburg, Russia. Presented by the director, Imperial Botanic
Gardens. Received March 19, 1914.
37638. Coronilla scorpioides (L.) Koch.
See S. P. I. No. 30106 for previous introduction.
37639. Medicago falcata X sativa.
37640. Clematis fusca mandshukica Regel. Clematis.
Distribution. — A suberect herbaceous perennial with grayish brown
flowers, found in the eastern part of Asia from the Baikal region east-
ward to Kamchatka and Sakhalin, and in Japan.
"A semiherbaceous climber, 8 or 9 feet high, stems angled, downy
when young. Leaves pinnate, 4 to 8 inches long, and composed mostly
of five or seven leaflets, which are ovate with a rounded or heart-shaped
base, and often long, tapering points, not toothed; smooth or slightly
downy beneath. Flowers solitary on stout stalks, which are one-half to
1 inch long, and thickly covered with reddish brown hairs. The flower
has the pitcher shape of the Viorna group, the sepals being three-fourths
to 1 inch long, the points recurved ; outside they are reddish brown,
woolly. Seed vessels with tails about 1$ inches long, plumed with yellow-
ish brown, silky hairs. Native of northeastern Asia, from Asiatic Russia
through Manchuria to the Kuril Islands. It is an interesting but not
very ornamental plant, distinct in its group because of the very short,
hairy flower stalks and the hairiness generally of the flower. It grows
very well and produces abundant seed." (IF. J. Bean, Trees und si: nth*
Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 36Q.)
37641. Crataegus oxyacantha L. Hawthorn.
" Var. incisa."
37642. Pkuntjs prostrata Labill. Bush cherry.
For previous introduction and description, see S. P. I. No. 2894.").
"A deciduous shrub, 2 to 3 feet high, of low, spreading habit and
measuring much more in width than It does in height. Branches slender,
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1914. 91
37638 to 37646— Continued.
arching outwards and downwards, the young ones covered with a minute,
dark-colored down. Leaves ovate or obovate, pointed, from 1 to 1^ inches
long, sharply toothed, and downy beneath (less markedly so in cultiva-
tion). Flowers one-half to three-fourths of an inch across, produced
singly or in pairs with the young leaf clusters from the previous season's
shoots in April, very short stalked ; petals of a lively rose color ; calyx
tubular. Fruit almost stalkless, red, one-third of an inch long, tapering
towards the end.
" Native of the mountains of the Levant, where it usually makes a
close, stunted bush, very unlike the rather free-growing plant seen in
this country. It needs a sunny position and is admirably suited on some
roomy shelf in the rock garden fully exposed to the sun. In such a
position, following a hot summer, it flowers profusely enough to almost
hide its branches. It is perfectly hardy at Kew, and it is rather re-
markable that it remains so rare and little known, seeing that it was
introduced (from Mt. Lebanon) in 1802." (W. J. Bean, Trees and
Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 248-249.)
37643. Lonicera chrysantha Turcz. Honeysuckle.
" This species of Lonicera, which is valued chiefly for its dark red
fruits, is one of the most conspicuous of the early-flowering species. It
Is a native of eastern Siberia, and since its introduction by Mr. E. H.
Wilson in 1910 has proven perfectly hardy in the gardens of the Arnold
Arboretum." (Arnold Arboretum Bulletin of Popular Information, Nos.
19 and 23, April 25 and May 22, 1912.)
37644. Lonicera ruprechtiana Regel. Honeysuckle.
" This shrub sometimes attains a height of 12 feet. The leaves are
ovate lanceolate, acuminate, usually dark green above, grayish pubescent
beneath, 2 to 4 inches long. The flowers are borne on rather long pe-
duncles which are pure white at first and glabrous on the outside. The
fruits make their appearance in May or June, and they are usually red
but at times yellow. This species of Lonicera is much rarer than its
hybrids with L. tatarica." (Bailey, Cyclopedia of American Horti-
culture.)
37645. Prunus grayana Maxim. Bird cherry.
" This species of Prunus occurs throughout the forest regions of Japan,
and it is also frequently seen on the plains of Yezo. The flowers, which
occur in racemes, make their appearance in early June and are followed
in August by black fruits. In shape this species greatly resembles P.
padus, the main difference being in the flowers, which are less fragrant."
(Bui. Acad. Imp. Sciences, St. Petersburg, vol. 29 (1884), P- 107.)
" A native of Japan, where it is a small tree 20 to 30 feet high, with
a slender trunk. This species is very closely allied to our common bird
cherry (Prunus padus), differing chiefly in the leaves, which have no
glands on the very short stalks (almost invariably present in P. padus),
and in the teeth being finer and more hairlike. The white flowers are
borne in erect racemes up to 4 inches long. Fruit black, about the size
of peas, narrowing toward the apex. The species inhabits the mountain
forests of the main island of Japan and the southern parts of Yezo. The
true plant is very uncommon in cultivation." (W. J. Bean, Trees and
Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 237.)
92 SEEDS AMI PLANTS IMPORTED.
37638 to 37646 Continued.
37646. Pbtjnus maackii Etuprecht. Manchurian bird cherry.
"This species of Pninus. which is a native of the region around the
lower Amur River, is a tree which attains a height of 35 feet The
young shoots have a glistening reddish brown bark, greatly resembling
that of the ordinary cherry, which breaks and peels away from the
branches in leafy flakes. The fruits of this species are black and about
half the size of those of Prunus pad vs." (Bui. Acad. Imp. Sciences,
St. Petersburg, vol. 15 (2857), p. 361.)
" A Manchurian bird cherry, up to 40 feet or more high in a wild
state; very distinct, through the bark of the trunk being smooth and of
a striking brownish yellow color and peeling like that of a birch; young
wood downy. The leaves are ovate, rounded ai the base, pointed, very
finely toothed; 3 or 4 inches long, by about half as wide; they are hairy
on the midrib and veins, and are rendered very distinct by being cov-
ered with glandular dots on the lower surface. Raceme 2 to 3 inches
long, springing from the previous season's wood; calyx tube cylindrical,
bell shaped, the lobes glandular toothed; petals white, not so long as
the stamens.
" Introduced to cultivation by way of St. Petersburg in 1910; the culti-
vated plants already show the distinct, smooth, yellowish trunk. Ii is
different from ordinary bird cherries in the racemes coming on the year-
old wood and from the laurels in being deciduous." (W. J. Bean, Tree*
and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol: 2, p. 241-2J/2.)
INDEX OF COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES.
Abelia tri flora, 3747S.
Aerocomia sclerocarpa, 37382.
Adzuki bean (Phnseolus angularis),
37002, 37003, 37038, 37039, 37057,
37058, 37357-37366, 37395, 37575.
Aglaia edulis, 37506.
Aleurites fordii, 36993.
AJicuri palm (Cocos coronata), 36972.
Allium trifoliatum, 37608.
Alyxia bracteolosa. See Gtynopogon
bracteolosa.
Amawele (Holcus sorghum), 36962.
Amburana clavdii. 37019.
Amendoim do nmtto {Crotalaria
anagyroides ) , 37389.
Amorphophallus sp., 37394.
Amygdalus pedunculata, 37559.
persica. 37613.
Anacardium occidentale, 37027, 37028.
Anil. Indigofera suffruticosa, 37391.
Annona cherimola, :>7 117, 37221.
(Costa Rica), 37117.
(France), 37221.
Jam. 37117.
Apple, crab, Siberian. Sec Mains bac-
cate.
Transbaikal I \Salus baccata),
3700S.
Apricot (Prunus armeniaca), 37006,
37072, 37073, 37474.
Baikal {Prunus sibirica). 37006.
(China), 37072, 37073, 37474.
Pai hsiang hsing erh, 37072.
(Siberia), 37006.
Ta hsing, 37474.
white, 37073.
Aralia cordata, 37145-37152.
Arnotto (Bixa orellana), 37505.
Aronia melanocarpa, 37594.
Artabotrys odoratissimus. See Arta-
botrys undnatus.
uncinatus, 37013.
Asparagus bean (Vigna sesquipe-
dalis), 37565.
Asparagus gonocladus, 37578.
gracilis, 37579.
plumosus, 37580.
scandens. 37581.
( Scotland ) , 37578-37581 .
Atalantia hindsii. See Fortunella
hinds ii.
Avena sterilis, 37405.
sterilis segetalis f. nigra, 37405.
Avocado (Per sea americana), 37035,
37059. 37061..
(Brazil). 37035.
(Hawaii), 37061.
(Samoa), 37059.
Bactris caryotae folia, 37095.
Bamboo (Bambos sp.). 375.i6.
(Bambos guadua), 37009.
(China), 37555, 37556.
(Dendrocalamus strict us). :>7223.
(Phyllostachys puberula nigra),
37555.
(India), 37129. 37223.
Lo ban chu chih, 37556.
Mei <'lni chih, 37555.
(Paraguay), 37009.
Takuara, 37009.
Bambos sp.. 37129, 37556.
guadua, 37009.
Baminn (Musa spp.), 36984, 37032.
Banlung taro (Cdlocasia escuienta),
37393.
Banyan, native (Ficus rubiginosa),
37141.
Bnrberry (Bcrberis spp.) :
(Ireland), 37495-37499.
(Scotland). 37599.
(Spain), 37560-37562.
Barklya syringifolia, 37134.
Barley (Hordcum vulgare)i
(Baluchistan). 36939.
(Siberia), 37156.
(Syria), 37031.
Bauhinia hookeri, 37135.
93
94
SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORT KD.
Bean, adzukl (Phuseolus annularis),
37002, 37003, 37038, 37039,
:?7U57, 37058, 37357-37366, 37395,
37575.
asparagus (Vigna sesquipedalis),
37565.
bonavist (Dolichos lablab), 37081.
(Brazil), 30970, 37023, 37024,
37220. '
(China), 37079.
Climbing mountain (Pliaseolus
ealearatus), 36988.
common { Pliaseolus vulgaris),
36970, 37023, 37024, 37079,
37220, 37369-3737-!.
date (Soja max), 37396.
gray, 37038.
green pot, 37056.
Hung yiin tou. 37079.
Lima (Pliaseolus lunatus), 37112,
37113.
little devil (PhaseoVus calcara-
tus), 36988.
In tou (Pliaseolus aureus), 37078.
mambi (Pliaseolus ealearatus),
36988.
Mauritius (SHzolobium aterri-
i)i um), 36989.
mulata gorda, 37024.
mulatinha, 37220.
mung (Pliaseolus aureus), 37056,
37078, 37367, 37368, 37576.
(Nigeria). 37112, 37113.
red pot, 37057.
rice (Phaseolus ealearatus),
36988.
Tonkin long (Vigna cylindrica),
37564.
white-eye black, 37039.
wliite pot, 37058.
yard-long {Vigna sesquipedalis),
37565.
Begonia sp., 37386.
Berberis sp., 37562.
gagnepaini, 37495.
hookeri, 37498. 37599.
macracantha, 37560.
X neuherti, 37561.
prattii, 37496.
subcaulialata, 37497.
wiUonae, 37499.
Bermuda grass (Capriola dactylon),
36953, 37508.
Berseem (Trifolium alexandrinum) ,
36966.
lieiula frutieosa, 37007.
Bhabar (Ischaemum binatum), 37014.
Birch (Bctula frutieosa), 37007.
lii.ra orellana, 37505.
Bonavist bean (Dolichos lahlab),
37081.
Brachychiton acerifolvum, 37136.
Bradburya sp., 37493.
Bromelia sp., 36967.
Buckwheat (Fagopyrum vulgare),
37166.
Buhyka (Betula frutieosa), 37007.
Bullace (Prunus domestica insititia),
37619.
Cabbage, Kerguelen (Pringlea anti-
scorbutica), 37554.
Cabacinha do campo (Eugenia
ldotzschiana), 37392, 37492.
Cacao, criollo (Theobroma cacao),
36974.
Cjirtus. See Opuntia spp. and Pere-
skia sp.
Caju amarella (Anacardium Occident
tale), 37028.
manteiga (Anacardium occiden-
tal e), 37027.
Cambuca (Myrciaria edulis), 37094.
Campomanesia guaviroba, 37491.
ob versa, 37064.
Capim gordura (Melinis minuti flora) I
37388.
Capriola dactylon, 36953, 37508.
Caragana arborescent, 36991.
Cardinal's - cap (Euonymus alatus),
37479, 37541.
Cariea papaya, 36987. 37118, 37122-
37124, 37577.
Caryophyllus jambos, 36978.
Cashew (Anacardium occirfentale),
37027, 37028.
Cassia bretosU ri tomenteUa, 37137.
Castanca mollissima, 37547, 37548.
Castanospernnnn austmlc, 37138.
Casuarina suniatrana, 37119.
Catete (Zea mays), 36976
Ccrasus salici folia. See Prunus sp.
Ceropegia thorneroftii. 37217.
Cha tou (Soja max), 3707.".
Chaenomeles layenaria cathayensis,
37558.
Chayota edulis, 37126.
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1914.
95
Chayote (Chayota eduiis), 37126.
Cherimoya (Annona cherimola) ,
37117, 37221.
Cherry, bird {Primus grayana) , 37645.
bush (Prunus prostrata), 37642.
Manchurian bird (Primus
maackii), 37646.
mountain evergreen (Laurocera-
sus ilicifolia), 37631.
Spanish wild (Laurocerasus ilici-
folia), 37631.
laurel (Laurocerasus ilicifolia),
37631.
laurel, Portuguese (Laurocerasus
lusitanica) , 37615.
pea (Phascolus angularis), 37395.
Chestnut (Castanea molissima),
37547, 37548.
K'uei li tzu, 37548.
Chien pan hu t'i la mei (Mcratia
praecox), 37523.
Chien ting shin tzu (Diospyros kcki),
37536.
Chimonanthus fragrans. See Mcratia
praecox.
Ch'in shih tzu (Diospyros kaki), 37528.
Chinese allspice. See Mcratia praecox.
Ching mien shih tzu (Diospyros kaki),
37472.
Ching ton (Soja max), 37080.
Ch'iu chien ting shih tzu (Diospyros
kaki), 37531.
Chung tai shih tzu (Diospyros kaki),
37534.
Chokeberry, black (Aronia mclano-
earpa), 37594.
Chrysopogon acieulatus, 37567.
Chu kuan shih tzu (Diospyros kaki),
37468.
Citron (Citrus medico), 36943.
Citrus spp., 36949-36951, 37084, 37623.
aurantium, 36971, 36975.
grandis, 36944-36946.
medica, 36943.
sinensis, 36942, 36947, 36948, 37461.
Civet-cat fruit (Durio zibethinus),
37103.
Claw spud (Amorpliophallus sp.),
37394.
Clematis fusca mandshurica, 37040.
Clover, red. See Trifolium prdtense.
wild (Trifolium In pinaster), 37 165.
69935°— 17 7
Cocos coronata, 36972.
schizophylla, T7021.
Coix lacryma-jobi, 30994, 37120, 37227,
37609.
Colocasia sp., 37033.
antiquorum, 37266.
esculenta, 36955-36958, 37096,
37097, 37393, 37509-37516.
Cordia obliqua, 37224.
suareolcns, 37121.
Corn (Zea mays) :
(Brazil). 36976, 37387.
Catete, 36976.
communis minor, 37219.
(Paraguay), 37219.
(Samoa), 36996.
Coronilla scorpioides, 37638.
Cotoneaster divaricate, 37596.
pannosa, 37597.
salieifolia rugosa, 37598.
Cotton (Gossypium barbadense) , 37125.
Egyptian, 37125.
Cowpea (Vigna spp.) :
(Brazil), 37022.
(China), 37076.
(Chosen), 37375.
Dariya amariya, 37104.
Farin wake, 37110.
(France), 37564.
Hunum marini, 37105.
(Nigeria), 37104-37111.
P'a tou, 37076.
(Reunion), 36990.
Saka-baba-sata, 37109.
Saria wake, 37106-37108.
Crab apple (Mains sp.), 37486.
Hai fang, 37486.
Siberian. See Mains baccata and
M. prunifolia.
Crab-eye (Phascolus calearatus),
36988.
Crataegus alnifolia. See Sorbus alni-
folia.
oxyacantha, 37641.
pinnatifida, 37127.
Crotalaria anagyroides, .*!73S9.
mesopontica, 37011.
quinquefolia, 37065.
retusd, 36969.
Cucumis melo, :?7024.
Cucurbit a pepo, 37132, 37133.
Cudrania javanensis, 36986, 37015,
37016.
Cupressus sp., 37383.
96
SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
Currant, mountain, 37621.
Cydonia cathayensis. See Chaenome-
les lagenaria cathayensis.
oblonga, 37614.
X veitchii, 37606.
Cynodon dactylon. See Capriola
dactylon.
Cypress (Cuprcssus sp.), 37383.
Dam (Sesamum orientate), 37605.
Dariya amariya (Vigna sinensis),
37104.
Dasheen (Colocasia esculenta) :
(Dutch Guiana 1, 36955-36958.
(Trinidad), 37509-37516.
See also Taro.
Date (Phoenix dactylifera) , 37060.
(Egypt), 37060.
Saidy, 37060.
Wahi, 37060.
Dende palm (Elaeis guinecnsis) , 36973.
Dendrocalamus strictus, 37223.
Desmodium gyroides. See Meibomia
gyroides.
Dimorphotheca spectabilis, 37218.
Diospyros kaki, 37168-37213, 37465-
37473, 37525-37539, 37543.
lotus, 37380, 37540, 37627.
Dolichos bean (Vigna cylindrica),
37564.
long-podded (Vigna sesquipeda-
lis), 37505.
Dolichos lablab, 37081.
Dower (Holcus sorghum), 37503.
Duku (Lansium domcsticum), 37501.
Durian (Durio zibethinus), 37103.
Durio gibethinus, 37103.
Echium perezii, 37100.
pininana, 37101.
wildpretii, 37102.
Eesun sze ssu (Diospyros kaki), 37527.
Elaeis guinecnsis, 36973.
Eleusine coracana, 37604.
Erythrina sp., 37139.
Enehlacna mcxicana, 37625.
Eugenia, sp., 373S5.
brasiliensis. See Eugenia dom-
beyi.
dombeyi, 36968.
cdulis. See Atyrciaria edulis,
jam bos. See Caryophyllus jam-
bos.
Eugenia sp. — Continued.
klotzschiana, 37392, 37492.
luschnathian-a, 37017.
uniflora, 37026.
Euonymus alatus, 37479.
radicans aentus, 37541, 37546.
Fagopyrum csculentum. See Fagopy-
ruin vulgare.
vulgare, 37166.
Fara fara (Holcus sorghum), 37115.
Farin wake (Vigna sinensis), 37110.
Feijao (Phaseolus vulgaris), 36970.
fradinho (Vigna sinensis), 37022.
preto (Phaseolus vulgaris), 37023.
Fen niu hsin shin tzu (Diospyros
kaki), 37525.
Fen shih tzu (Diospyros kaki), 37526.
Feroniella oblata, 36995.
Ficus macrophylla, 37140.
rubiginosa, 37141.
Fig, Moreton Bay (Ficus macro-
phylla) , 37140.
narrow-leaved (Ficus rubiginosa),
37141.
Port Jackson (Ficus rubiginosa),
37141.
Fire tree (Stenocarpus sinuatus),
37144.
Flame tree (Brachychiton aceri fo-
lium), 37136.
Flax (Linum usitatissimum) :
( Abyssinia ) , 37085-37089.
(British India), 37214.
(Egypt), 36937, 36938.
talba, 37085-37089.
Forsythia suspensa, 37004, 37477.
Fortunella hindsii, 36985.
Fructa de sabSo (undetermined),
37020.
Furcraea elegans, 37128
Garcinia sp., 36977, 37092.
mulliflora, 37131.
vidalii, 37381.
Gau (Gynopogon bractcolotwi), 37."»<i7.
Glycine hispida. See Soja max.
Gold-blossom tree (Barkh/d syringy
folia), 37134.
Golden bell (Forsythia suspensa),
37004, 37477.
Qooseberry {Ribes speciosum), 'mv-2.
Gordura grass (Melinis minuti flora),
37388.
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1914.
97
Oossypium barbadcnse, 37125.
Grapefruit (Citrus grandis), 36944-
36946.
Grass, Bermuda (Capriola dactylon),
36953, 37508.
gordura (Melinis minutiflora),
37388.
Guinea (Panicum maximum),
37030.
Johnson {Holcus halepensis),
36981, 37001.
lovilovi (Chrysopogon aciculatus),
37567.
Gravata (Bromelia sp.), 36967.
Grumichama (Eugenia dombcyi),
36968.
Grumixama (Eugenia dombcyi), 36968.
Guabiroba (Campomanesiaguaviroba),
37491.
Guadiloba (Campomanesia obversa),
37064.
Guadua angustifolia. See Bambos
guadua.
Guinea corn (Holeus sorghum), 37503.
grass (Panicum maximum), 37030.
oil palm (Elaeis guineensis),
36973.
Gurounsh (Phaseolus calcaratus),
36988.
Gurush (Phaseolus calcaratus), 36988.
Gynopogon bracteolosa, 37507.
Hai fang (Mains sp.), 37486.
Hawthorn (Crataegus oxyacantha),
37641.
(Cratocgus pinnatifida), 37127.
Hibiscus sabdariffa, 37012.
Holcus halepensis, 36981, 37001.
sorghum, 36960-36963, 36979,
36980, 38982, 36998-37000,
37082, 37083, 37114-37116,
37377-37379, 37503, 37549-
37553.
Honeysuckle (Loniccra spp.), 37545,
37643, 37644.
Hordeum vulgare, 36939, 37031, 37156.
Huang shou tan (Eorsythia suspensa),
37004.
'Huang tou (Soja max), 37077.
Hung shin tzu (Diospyros kaki), 37530.
. Hung yiin tou (Phaseolus vulgaris),
37079.
Hununi marini (Vigna sinensis),
37105.
Huo ching shih tzu (Diospyros kaki),
37473.
Huo kuan shih tzu (Diospyros kaki),
37539.
Hu t'i la mei (Meratia praecox ), 37522.
I sheng shih tzu (Diospyros kaki),
37527.
Illawarra flame tree (Brachychiton
aceri folium ) , 37136.
Imbu (Spondias tuberosa), 37018.
Indigo ( Indigofera tinctoria ) , 37067.
(Tndigofera suffruticosa), 37391.
Indigofera anil. See Indigofera suf-
fruticosa.
hirsuta, 37068.
suffruticosa, 37391.
tinctoria, 37067.
Ischacmum binatum, 37014.
Itumbi (Holcus sorghum), 36962.
Jaboticaba (Myrciaria cauliflora),
37034.
(Myrciaria jaboticaba), 37090.
Jambo (Caryophyllus jambos), 36978.
Jara (Annona chcrimola) , 37117.
Job's-tears. See Coix lacryma-jobi.
Johnson grass (Holcus halepensis),
36981, 37001.
(France), 36981.
(Germany), 37001.
Juglan* regia, 37225.
Jujube (Ziziphus jujuba) :
K'ang tsao, 37070.
Lung chao tz'Q shu, 374S9.
So tsao, 37484.
Ta hung tsao, 37476.
Ta tsao, 37475.
Ya hu tsao, 37069.
Kaki. See Diospyros kaki.
Kambool (Soja max), 37037.
K'ang tsao (Ziziphus jujuba), 37070.
Kaoliang (Holcus sorghum), 37082,
37083.
Blackhull, 37083.
Brown, 37082.
Stepgrandma White. 370S3.
Kaura (Holcus sorghum), 37114.
Kembuti bhatta {Oryza sativa), 37130.
Kerguelen cabbage (Pringlea antiscor-
butica), 37554.
Khei (Soja max), 37574.
Kiri zidari rice (Bambos sp.), 37129.
98
SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
Ko-vi (Soja max), 37573.
Kou pu ch'ih shih tzu (Diospyros
leak*), 37532.
Kou ying la niei (Meratia praccox),
37524.
Kiui kan shih tzu (Diospyros kaki),
37533.
Kuan tung ching (Dolichos lablab),
37081.
K'uei li tzu (Castanea mollissima),
37548.
Kumquat, Hongkong (Fortnnella
hindsii), 36985.
Kuo kai shih tzu (Diospyros kaki),
37469.
Labelebele (Pennisetum glaucum),
36959.
Lacebark tree (Brachychiton aceri-
folium), 37136.
Lagaali (Aglaia edulis), 37506.
Lansium domesticum, 37501.
Laranja da terra (Citrus aurantium),
36971, 36975.
de urubigo (Citrus sinensis). See
under 36971.
lima (Citrus spp.), 36949-36951.
selecta (Citrus sinensis), 36947.
tanja (Citrus grandis), 36946.
Tjaurocerasus tticifolia, 37631.
lusitanica, 37615.
Lazy-man pea (Phaseolus calcarafus),
3698S.
Libas (Garcinia via" alii), 37381.
Lien eh'iao (Forsythia suspensa),
37477.
Lien hsin shih tzu (Diospyros kaki),
37471.
Lilac (Syringa sp.), 37544.
Lima doce (Citrus sp.), See under
36949.
Limao do matto (Rheedia edulis),
37384.
Lime (Citrus sp.), 37084.
(India), 37084.
Rungpur, 37084.
sweet. Sec under 36949.
Sylhet, 37084.
Lime orange (Citrus spp.), 36949-
36951.
I. iiium usitatissimum, 36937, 36938,
37085-37089. 37214.
Little devil bean (Phaseolus ealcara-
tus). 3698$,
Liu t'ung mn (Abelia tri flora), 37478.
Loa (Iii.ru orellana), 37505.
Lo han chu ehih (Bambos sp. ), 37.">."><;.
Lonicera sp., .'IT."}.").
chrysantha, .''>"<; \:J>.
ruprcchtiana, 37644.
Lovilovi grass (Chrysopogon aeicu-
latus), 37567.
Lii tou (Phasiolus aureus), 37078.
Lukeriga (Holcus sorghum), 36962.
Lung chao tz'u shu (Ziziphus jujuba),
37489.
Lychnis coronata, 37462.
Macafiba palm (Acrocomia selero-
carpa), 37382.
Magnolia denndata, 37485.
yulan. See Magnolia denudata.
Magugu (undetermined), 37504.
Mahango (Pennisetnm glaucum),
36959.
Mahorka (Nieotiana ruxtica), 36964.
Malus sp., 374S6.
baeeata, 37008, 37584, 37586, 37616.
cerasifcra, 37585.
fusea, 37592.
prunifolia, 37590, 37617.
prunifolia rinki, 37591.
Mambi bean (Phaseolus calcarafus),
36988.
Man erh shih tzu (Diospyros kaki),
37538.
Man t'ien hung shih tzu (Diospyros
kaki), 37543.
Manasiri (Sesamum orient ale), 37605.
Mangifera indica, 36965.
Mango (Mangifera indica), 36965.
Mangostao da Africa (Garcinia sp. ),
36977.
Mangosteen, African (Garcinia sp.),
36977.
Mnrak (Betula frutirosa), 37007.
Mauritius bean (Stizolobium atcrri-
murn), 369S9.
Mausa (Pennisetum glaucum), 36959.
Mavola amassen (Holcus sorghum),
36962.
Mawele (Holcus sorghum), 36962.
Medieago faleata X satira, 37639.
Medlar (MespUus germanica), 37618.
Meibomia gyroides, 37502.
Mei chu ehih (Phyllostachyi nigra),
37555.
Melinis minuti flora, 37388.
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1914.
99
Meratia praecox, 374S7, 374S8, 37522-
37524.
Mespilus germanica, 37618.
Mien tan shin tzu (Diospyros Laid),
37529.
Millet, sugar (Holcus sorghum), 37377.
Moreton Bay chestnut (Castanosper-
mum australe), 37138.
Bay fig (Ficus macrophylla) ,
37140.
Mountain currant (Ribes alpinum),
37621.
evergreen cherry ( Laurocerasus
ilicifolia), 37631.
Mulata gonla bean (Phaseolus vul-
garis), 37024.
Mulatinha (Phaseolus vulgaris), 37220.
Mung bean. See Phaseolus aureus.
Murchurkee (Nicotiana rustica),
36964.
Murua (Holcus sorghum), 36961.
Musa sp., 36984, 37032.
Muskmelon (Cucumis melo), 37624.
Valencia, 37624.
Mu-tsa (Phaseolus calcaratus) , 36988.
Myrcia jaboticaba. See Myrciaria
jaboticaba.
Myrciaria cauliflora, 37034.
edulis, 37094.
jaboticaba, 37090.
Naranjilla (Solarium quitoense),
37566.
Navel orange. See Citrus sinensis.
New Zealand flax (Phormium tenax),
37142, 37143.
Niant (Pennisetum glaucum), 36959.
Nicotiana rustica, 36964.
Nicuri palm (Cocos coronata), 36972;
Cocos schizophylla, 37021.
Niu hsin shih tzu (Diospyros kaki),
37535.
Njaderi (Eleusine coracana), 37604.
Nogti (Phaseolus aureus), 37576.
Oat (Avena sterilis), 37405.
Ocotea sp., 37093.
regeliana, 37091.
Oil palm, Guinea (Elaeis guineensis),
36973.
Ophiopogon sp., 37557.
Opuntia spp., 36954, 37025.
Orange (Citrus spp.), 36975, 37623.
(Brazil), 36942, 36947, 36948.
Jaffa, 37461.
Johore, S7623.
lime (Citrus spp.), 36949-36951.
navel, 36942, 36947, 36948.
sour (Citrus aurantium), 36971,
36975.
sweet (Citrus sinensis), 36942,
36947, 36948, 37461.
Oryza saliva, 37130, 37215, 37517-
37521, 37632-37637.
Ou hsin shih tzu (Diospyros Icaki),
37467.
Ovambokorn, red (Holcus sorjhum),
36963.
P'a tou (Vigna sinensis), 37076.
Pai hsiang hsing erh (Prunus armenir
aca), 37072.
Pai yang shu (Populus sp. ), 37482.
Pai yii Ian (Magnolia denudata),
37485.
Pai yii wan la mei (Meratia praecox),
37488.
Palm, Alicuri (Cocos corona ta), 36972.
(Brazil), 36972, 36973, 37021,
37095, 37382.
Dende (Elaeis guineensis) , 36973.
Guinea oil (Elaeis guineensis),
36973.
Macauba, 37382.
Nicuri (Cocos coronata), 36972.
(Cocos schizophylla), 37021.
(Pinanga insignis), 37607.
sucum, 37095.
tucum, 37095.
Pan chin li (Pyrus sp.), 37071.
Panicum maximum, 37030.
Papa gruesa (Solanum tuberosum),
36941.
Papa montanera (Solanum tube-
rosum), 36997.
Papaya (Carica papaya) :
(Africa), 37118.
(Costa Rica), 37122-37124.
Dapitan, :{('.!>S7.
(Philippine Islands), 36987,37577.
seedless, 37577.
Singapore, 36987.
Pan mala (Phaseolus calcaratus),
369SS.
100 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38176 to 38182— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
said to be red outside and inside. Of agreeable sour taste. Can be kept
almost a year. A most excellent fruit for jellies, compotes, cake fillings,
etc. Cbinese name Ta sunn cha, meaning ' large sour haw.' "
Grafted trees and scions.
38177. Qstebdamia sp. Poaceae.
"(No. 1212. Mountains near Taianfu, Shantung, China. March 22,
1914.) A grass of low growth and of spreading habits, thriving to per-
fection on thin, decomposed rock soil, along mountain paths where much
tramping takes place; also found on inclines, where the mat of routs pre-
vents the soil from being washed out. Of decided value, apparently, as a
bank, lawn, and golf-course grass, especially for the drier parts of the
United States."
38178. Amygdalus pebsica L. Amygdalacese. Fei peach.
{Prunus persica Stokes.)
"(No. 1213. Feicheng, Shantung, China. March 27, 1914.) A re-
markable variety of clingstone peach, considered to be the best in all
China. Size large to very large ; shape round ; very heavy, often over
1 pound apiece; skin quite downy and of a pale yellowish color with a
slight blush on one side. Meat very juicy and sweet and of excellent
aromatic flavor, of white color except near the stone, where it is reddish.
Stone very large and pointed, meat strongly adhering to it. Ripens in
early to middle October and possesses excellent shipping and keeping
qualities. The trees are of erect growth when young ; when older, how-
ever, they spread out considerably, but they remain of open growth. To
reach their greatest perfection these peaches are fertilized every spring,
while during a dry season they are irrigated from wells ; the fruit is
also thinned out. The soil wherein they seem to thrive best is a porous,
light clayey loam of reddish color, retaining moisture quite well but not
becoming too soggy. The local people calculate that on an average a tree
supplies $10 worth (Mexican) of fruit each season, and they consider an
orchard of these trees a very valuable asset indeed. The climate around
Feicheng is of a semiarid nature, and this variety of peach may be ex-
pected to thrive especially well in the regions west of the Rocky Moun-
tains. Chinese name Fei t'ao, meaning 'Fei peach.' "
Grafted trees and scions.
38179. Salix sp. Salicacese. Willow.
"(No. 1179. Village of Chenkiao, Honan, China. March 8, 1914.)
A willow of golden yellow color, much planted on the sandy Hats along
the Yellow River for sand-binding purposes. Of value for similar uses,
especially for the drier parts of the United States."
38180. Zinzibeb officinale Rose. Zinziberaceae. Ginger.
"(No. 1214. Feicheng, Shantung, China. March 26, 1914.) A variety
of ginger grown on sandy loam in the vicinity of Minyang to the south
of Taianfu. Much hawked about throughout Shantung and retailing at
from 10 to 12 cents (Mexican) per pound. Is much relished as a condi-
ment in soups and with meat dishes and considered to be very healthful,
so much so in fact that Confucius advised his pupils to make ginger one
of their relishes to be eaten daily. The Chinese plant the rhizomes as
soon as the soil becomes warm and harvest the plants in the autumn
after a light frost ; the rhizomes are stored in cool dugouts and kept
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. 101
38 176 to 38182— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
covered over with slightly moist, sandy soil. Chinese name Hsien chiang,
meaning ' fresh ginger.' "
Rhizomes.
38181. Queecus liaotungensis Koidzumi. Fagaceae. Oak.
"(No. 188a. Hsiao Wutaishan, Chihli Province, China. August 25,
1913.) A low-growing, scrubby oak, found in thickets at elevations be-
tween 5,000 and 7,000 feet above sea level. Looks in leaf very much like
Q. pedunculata. Of value as a shade tree in parks and as a ground
cover on mountain slopes in the cooler parts of the United States."
38182. Castanea mollissima Blume. Fagaceae. Chestnut.
"(No. 2013a. Chiningchow, Shantung, China. March 16, 1914.) A
Chinese chestnut, of which the nuts have a somewhat peculiar form,
being bent in at their tops. From the Taishan region near Taianfu,
Shantung, where the trees are all badly attacked by the bark disease
Endothia parasitica."
38183. Holcus sorghum L. Poa^eae. Giant Sudan sorghum.
(Sorghum vulgare Pers.)
From Algiers, Algeria. Presented by Dr. L. Trabut. Cuttings received
May 14, 1914.
" The stalk of this sorghum is very tall, sometimes reaching a height of 4.24
meters. The leaves are large and the panicles are small. This sorghum does
Dot mature in Algiers but is propagated by cuttings." (Trabut.)
38184 to 38187.
From China. Collected by Mr. Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Explorer
for the Department of Agriculture. Received at the Plant Introduction
Field Station, Chico, Cal., May 4, 1914. Cuttings of the following ; quoted
notes by Mr. Meyer.
38184. Paulownia fobtunei (Seem.) Hemsley (?). Scrophulariaceae.
"(No. 1180. Village of Chenkiao, Honan Province, China. March 8,
1914.) A Paulownia, planted here and there on sandy lands as a soil
binder and windbreak. The wood is of a very light nature and is used
in the construction of light furniture, playthings for children, bowls,
jars, etc. Of value as a soil binder and an ornamental park tree, espe-
cially for the mild-wintered sections of the United States. Chinese name
T'ung shu."
Root cuttings.
38185. Punica gbanatum L. Punicacese. Pomegranate.
"(No. 1186. Tsaochowfu, Shantung, China. March 10, 1914.) A
pomegranate, producing very large double flowers of a brilliant red color.
No fruits are set. Chinese name Shuang shih liu hua, meaning ' double-
flowering pomegranate.' Obtained from the garden of the Roman
Catholic Mission at Tsaochowfu."
38186. Vitis vinifera L. Vitaceae. Grape.
"(No. 1187. Tsaochowfu, Shantung, China. March 10, 1914.) A
Chinese variety of grapevine, producing large bunches of black grapes,
the individual berries of which are very elongated. This grape is very
sweet and possesses good keeping and shipping qualities. Chinese name
Nai tzu p'u Vao, meaning ' nipple grape.' "
102
SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
Ltice- ■< 'onlinued.
(Italy),
Kenabuti Bhatta, 37130.
Kiri bidari (liambos sp.), 37129.
Kyaung byu, 37637.
Mya wa, 37635.
Nga cheik, 37634.
Ngaseingyi, 37632.
(Peru), 37215.
Rangoon, 37032-37037.
Rangooni Chal, 37632-37637.
Sancino, 37521.
Sekiyama, 37518.
Taungteik pan, 37633.
Rosa sp., 37490.
Rose (Rosa sp.), 37490.
Yiieh chi mu tan, 37490.
Rose-apple (Caryophyllus jambos),
36978.
Roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa) , 37012.
Rubus sp., 374S1.
Rye (Sccale cereale), 37155, 37568,
37569.
(Siberia), 37155, 37568, 37569.
sachalinense) ,
dactylifera),
Sacaline (Polygonum
37626.
Saidy date (Phoenix
37060.
Saka-baba-sata (Vigna sinensis),
37109.
Sam (Scsamum orientate), 37605.
Schizonotus sorbifolius, 37153.
Secale cereale, 37155, 37568, 37569.
Secamonc wigJitiana, 37222.
Service tree, bastard (Sorbus hy-
brida), 37595.
Sesame (Sesamum orientate), 37005.
Sesammn indicum. See Sesamum
orientale.
orientale, 37605.
Shaddock (Citrus grandis), 30944-
36946.
(Brazil), :'.•;:) H-36946.
pink-flesbed, 36945.
?han ch'un lin (Tamarix sp.), 37483.
Shao shin tzu (Diospyros kaki), 37r>.'VT.
Sliih tzu. See Diospyros kaki.
Shui Ching shili tzu {Diospyros kaki),
37470.
Siberian era!) apple. See Mains bac-
cata and M. prunifolia.
Sidi (Sesamum orientate), 37605.
Slgge (III <it sine coracana), 37604.
Sita-mas (Phaseolus calcaratus),
36988.
So tsao (Zi:iphus jujuba), 37484.
Soap fruit (undetermined), 37020.
Boja max, 37036, 37037, 37040-37055,
37062, 37063, 37074, 37075, 37077,
37080, 37228-37350, 37396-37404,
87563, 37570-37574.
Solanum polyadenium, 'A"A)[)2.
quitoense, 375t'>t;.
tuberosum, 36941, 36997.
Sorbus alnifolia, 375S2.
X alpina, 37593.
aria salicifolia, 37583.
X hostii, 37588.
hybrida, 37595.
X latifolia, 37589.
Sorghum (Holcus sorghum) I
(Africa), 37114-37116.
Amawele, 36962.
(China), 37082-37083.
Fara fara, 37115.
(France), 36979, 36980, 36982.
(German East Africa), 37549-
37553.
(German Southwest Africa),
36960-36963.
(Germany), 36998-37000.
halcpensis. See Holcus halepensis.
Holongo waza, 37551.
(Italy), 37377-37379.
Itumbi, 36962.
Kalundi-1, 37549.
Kalundi-2, 37552.
Kaura, 37114.
Lukeriga, 3G962.
M., 37553.
Mavela amassen, 36962.
Mawele, 36962.
Mum a. 3G961.
(Nigeria), 37503.
Ovambokorn, red, 36963.
Susue, 36960.
Utembe. 37550,
nil fid re. See HolCUS snrgtutm.
Soy I ican i Soja max) :
Barbarian, 37297.
Blue, ::tu86.
Bird's Egg, 3731!). 37320.
Black. 373(12. 37305. 37307-37309,
37311.
Black Chestnut, 37304, 37401.
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1914.
103
Say bean — Continued.
Large, 37306.
Rat's Eye, 37310, 37317.
Rich, 37303.
Striped, 37321.
Vegetable, 37314.
Black-Eyed, 37399.
Black-Green, large, 37403.
Blue, 372S0, 37282-37285, 372.89,
37290, 37292, 37293, 37295,
37300, 37301.
Clear, 37296.
Small, 37294.
Bluish, 37281.
Broad River, 37230.
Burnt, 37254.
Camphor, 37291.
Castor-Oil, 37402.
Cha tou, 37075.
Chestnut, 37235.
(China), 37062, 37063, 37074,
37075, 37077, 370S0.
Chinese, 37570-37572.
Ching tou, 37080.
Chodan, 37239.
(Chosen), 37036, 37037, 37040-
37055, 37228-37356, 37396-39404,
37563.
Clasped Hands, 37287.
Confucian Scholar, 37318.
Date, 37267, 37273, 37396.
Date, Large, 37263, 37268.
Food, 37242, 37322.
Golden, 37261.
Great Date, 37271.
Green, Big, 37398.
Green, Clear, 372S8.
Huang tou, 37077.
Indigo, 37266.
Kambool, 37037.
Khei, 37574.
Ko-yi, 37573.
Moon-tooth, 37074.
Pheasant-leg, 37404.
Purple, 37323.
Rat's Eye, 37245, 37279, 37312,
37313, 37315, 37316, 37400.
Red, 37264, 37272, 37274-37276.
Rat, 37277.
Rice, 37278.
Striped, 37324.
Rengyo Egg, 37237.
Rich and Virtuous, 37255.
Soy bean — Continued.
(Siberia), 3757U-37574.
Six Months, 37228, 37269.
Soja, 37249, 37258.
Swallow, 37270.
Tea, 37265.
Thousand Tied. 37325.
White, 37231, 37234, 37238, 37240,
37241, 37246, 3724S, 37251,
37253, 37256, 37257, 37260.
Chestnut, 37397.
Early, 37257.
Horse, 37250.
King, 37252.
Large-Grained, 27246.
Manchurian, 37563.
Rat's Eye, 37247, 37259,
37262.
Small, 37243.
Stalk, 37233.
Vegetable, 37244.
Widower, 37229.
Yellow, 37236.
Early, 37232.
Powder. 37298.
Roll, 37299.
Yiieh ya tou, 37074.
Yulgochi, 37036.
Spiraea sorbi folia. See Schizonotus
sorbifolius.
veitchi, 37610.
wilsoni, 37611.
SSpodiopogon angustifolius. See Is-
chacmum binatum.
Spondias tuberosa, 37018.
Spud, claw (Amorphophallus sp.),
37394.
Squash (Cucurbita pepo) , 37132, 37133.
(Italy), 37132, 37133.
Zucchetta nana, 37132, 37133.
Ssii fang shih tzu (Diospyros kit Li),
37465.
Stenocarpus sinuatus, 37144.
Sterculia aceri folia. See Uracil i/clii-
ton acerifolium.
Stizolobvum aterrimum, 369S9.
velutinum (?), 37066.
Su hsin la mei (Meratia praecox),
37487. .
Sucum (Bactris caryotaefolia) , 37095.
Sugar millet (Holcus sorghum), 37377.
Surucucu (Pereskia sp.), 36952.
Susue (Holcus sorghum), 36960.
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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
Sutri {Pha8eolus calcaratus), 36988.
S grin tin sp., :>7.~» 14.
Ta hsing (Prunus armeniaca), 37-171.
Ta hung pan sliili t/,u (Diospyros
kaki), 37466.
Ta hung tsao (Ziziphus jujuba), 37476.
Ta pai yang shu (Populus tomentosa),
37542.
Ta tsao {Ziziphus jujuba), 37475.
Takuara (lioinhos guadua), 37009.
Toloiuno hodgsoni, 37216.
Talba (Linum usitatissimum) , 37085-
37089.
Tamarisk (Tamarix sp.), 37483.
Tamarix sp., 37483.
T'an ch'un (Viburnum fragrant),
37005.
Taro (Colocasia sp.), 37033.
banlung, 37393.
(Colocasia antiquorum), 37226.
(Colocasia esculenta), 37393.
(Syria), 37226.
Taya (Xanthosoma spp.), 37098,37099.
Teosinte (Euchlaena mexicana) , 37625.
Theobroma cacao, 36974.
Timothy (Phleum pratense), 37162.
Tobacco (Nicotiona rustica), 36964.
Toxocarpus icightiana. See Secamone
wightiana.
Tri folium olcxandrinum, 36966.
lupinaster, 37165.
pratense, 37161, 37406-37460.
Triticum aestivum, 36940, 37154,
37157, 37158, 37160, 37164, 37167,
37G01-37603.
durum, 37159.
vulgare. See Triticum aestivum.
Tsao (Ziziphus jujuba) :
K'ang, 37070.
So, 37484.
Ta, 37475.
Ya hu, 370(10.
Tsuru adzuki (Phaseolus calcaratus),
36988.
Tucuni (Bactris caryotac 'folio). 37095.
Tulip tree (Stenocarpus sinuatus),
37144.
Tung ch'ing (Euonymus radiant* acu-
tus), 37541.
Tung tree (Aleurites fordii), 36993.
Tuquerrena (Solatium tuberosum),
36941.
Udo (Aralia cordata), 37145-37152.
Kan, 37145.
Oku red, 37152.
Oku white, 37148.
Wase red, 37151.
Wase white, 37147.
Yakate red, 37149.
Yakate white, 37150.
Yarna, 37146.
Umburana (Amhurana claudii), 37019.
Undetermined, 37020, 37390, 37494,
37504.
Vetch (Vicia amocna), 37163.
Viburnum burejacticum, 37600.
fro grans, 37005.
sargenti, 37612.
Vicia amoena, 37163.
Vigna cylindrica, 37564.
sesquipedalis, 37565.
sinensis, 36990, 37022, 37076,
37104-37111, 37375.
Walnut (Juglans rcgia), 37225.
Wheat (Triticum aestivum and T.
durum) :
Amerikanka, 37158.
(Baluchistan), 36940.
(Holland), 37601-37603.
Imperial, 37602.
Millioen, 37603.
Sandomyrka, 37160.
(Siberia), 37154, 37157-37160,
37164, 37167.
Wilhelmina, 37G01.
Whitebeam (Sorbus aria salici folia) ,
37583.
Winter-sweet (Meratia praecox),
37487, 37488, 37522 37524.
Wood-oil tree {Aleurites fordii), 30993.
(China), 36993.
Xanthosoma spp., 37008, 37000.
Ya hu tsao (Ziziphus jujuba), 37069.
Yama {Colocasia esculenta), 37096,
37097.
Yard \"wj: bean (Vigna sesquipedalis),
37565.
Yautia (Colocasia esculenta), 36955-
3605.S.
Yeh shin tzu (Diospyros lotus). 37540.
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1914.
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Yiel-yiel (Stenocarpus sinuatus),
37144.
Yill-gill (Stenocarpus sinuatus), 37144.
Ylang-ylang (Artabotrys uncinatus),
37013.
Yiieh chi mu tan (Rosa sp.), 37490.
Yueli ya ton (Soja max), .">7<>74.
Yulgochi {Soja max), 37036.
Zaria wake (Vigna sinensis). 37106-
37108.
Zea mays, 36976, 36996, 37219. 373S7.
Ziziphus jujuba, 37069, 37070. 37475,
37476, 374S4, 37489.
saliva. See Ziziplius jitjitbu.
Zucchetta (Cucurbita pepo), 37132,
37133.
o
Issued September 15, 1917.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY.
WILLIAM A. TAYLOR, Chit/ uf Bureau.
INVENTORY
OF
SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED
BY THE
OFFICE OF FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT INTRODUCTION
DURING THE PERIOD FROM APRIL 1
TO JUNE 30, 19U.
(No. 39; Nos. 37647 to 38665. )
WASHINGTON:
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.
1917.
Issued September 15, 1917.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY.
WILLIAM A. TAYLOR, Chief of Bureau.
INVENTORY
OF
SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED
BY THE
OFFICE OF FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT INTRODUCTION
DURING THE PERIOD FROM APRIL 1
TO JUNE 30, 1914.
(No. 39; Nos. 37647 to 38665. )
WASHINGTON:
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.
1917.
BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY.
Chief of Bureau, William A. Taylor.
Associate Chief of Bureau, Karl F. Kellerman.
Officer in Charge of Publications, J. E. ROCKWELL.
Chief Clerk, James E. Jones.
Foreign Seed and Punt Introduction.
scientific staff.
David Fairchild. Agricultural Explorer in Charge.
P. H. Dorsett, Plant Introducer, in Charge of Plant Introduction Field Stations.
B. T. Galloway, Plant Pathologist, in Charge of Plant Protection and Plant Propagation.
Peter Bisset, Plant Introducer, in Charge of Foreign Plant Distribution.
Frank N. Meyer and Wilson Popenoe, Agricultural Explorers.
H. C. Skeels, S. C. Stuntz, and R. A. Young, Botanical Assistants.
David A. Bisset, Nathan Menderson, and Glen P. Van Esejtine. Assistants.
Robert L. Beagles, Superintendent, Plant Introduction Field Station, Chico, Cal.
Edward Simmonds, Superintendent , Plant Introduction Field Station, Miami, Fla.
John M. Rankin, Superintendent, Yarrow Plant Introduction Field Station, Rockville, Md.
J. E. Morrow, Superintendent, Plant Introduction Field Station, Brooksville, Fla.
Edward Goucher, Plant Propagator.
Collaborators: Aaron Aaronsohn, Director, Jewish Agricultural Experiment Station , Haifa,
Palestine; Thomas W. Brown, Oizeh, Cairo, Egypt; H. M. Curran, Laurel, Md.; M. J.
Dorsey, University Farm, St. Paul, Minn.; H. T. Edwards, Ridgewood, N. J.; Dr. Gustav
Elsen, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, Cal.; E. C. Green, Servico do
Algodao, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; A. C. Hartless, Seharunpur Botanic Gardens, Seharun-
pur, India; E. J. Kraus, University of Chicago, Chicago, III.; Barbour Lathrop, Chicago,
111.; Miss Eliza R. Scidmore, Yokohama, Japan; Charles Simpson, Littleriver, Fla.; H. P.
Stucky, Experiment, Ga.; Dr. L. Trabut, Director, Service Botanique, Algiers, Algeria;
E. II. Wilson, Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Maes.
CONTENTS.
Page.
Introductory statement 5
Inventory 13
Index of common and scientific names 163
ILLUSTRATIONS.
Page.
Plate I. The " fire-pot" persimmon (Diospyros lcalci L. f.), S. P. I. No. 37657. 16
II. The' salt-bag" persimmon ( Diospyros kaWL.i.), S. P. I. No. 37672. 16
III. The bakopary (Rheedia brasiliensis (Mart.) Planch, and Triana),
S. P. I . No. 37802 48
IV. The carnauba palm (Copernicia cerifera Martius), S. P. 1. No. 37866. 48
V. An orange-colored swamp anona (Annona spinescens Martius),
S. P. I. No. 37911, on the banks of the Rio Sao Francisco 66
VI. Fruits of the swamp anona (Annona spinescens Martius), S. P. I.
No. 37911 66
VII. Trial plat of favorita grass (Tricholaena rosea Nees), S. P. I. No.
38021. at the Horto Florestal, an experiment station at Joazeiro,
Bahia, on the banks ot the Rio Sao Francisco 80
VIII. A field ol caatingueiro grass (Chloris eleqans H. B. K.), S. P. I. No.
38023 80
IX. Guatemalan avocado fruits (Persea americana Miller), S. P. 1. Nos.
38400 to 38402. Collected by the O. F. Cook expedition to
Guatemala in 1914 128
X. The °;reen sapote { Achradelpha viridis (Pittier) O. F. Cook), S. P. I.
Nos. 38478 to 38481 128
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INVENTORY OF SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED BY
THE OFFICE OF FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT IN-
TRODUCTION DURING THE PERIOD FROM APRIL
1 TO JUNE 30, 1914 (NO. 39 ; NOS. 3T647 TO 38665).
INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT.
This inventory, which covers the quarter closing just before the
outbreak of the European war, is the largest and contains the most
variedly interesting plant material which has come in during any
quarter since the Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction was
organized in 1898. It describes or lists 1,019 introductions, which is
an average of more than 13 for each official working day, and a
perusal of the notes will give a good idea of the world-wide oper-
ations of this office. It might be interesting to point out that a large
amount of the material which is brought in is secured by the oper-
ations of an exchange system. During the year, for example, 537
shipments of seeds or plants were sent to official and special private
experimenters abroad. The office is becoming, in fact, an inter-
national office of seed and plant exchange, which, in many instances,
has been of as much value to foreign agriculturists as to the Ameri-
can farmer.
To look over such catalogues as this — of a thousand different
plants — is, even to experiment-station men, so much of an under-
taking that with the first inventory, published in 1898, the custom
was established of mentioning in an introductory statement the more
apparently promising and interesting introductions described. There
are so many which deserve special mention in this one that the writer
has attempted a rough classification of them.
CEREALS.
From the large number of cereals which have come in for trial
or have been gathered for the monographic studios of experimenters
with these crops, there might be mentioned the introduction of the
Note. — This bulletin is a record of new or little-known seeds or plants procured mostly
from abroad. It is intended for distribution to agricultural experiment stations and the
more important private cooperators.
5
6 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
two principal rice varieties of Tarragona, Spain (Nos. 37696 and
37697) ; a collection of South African wheats (Nos. 38618 to
38631), including the best Boer sorts adapted to the poor, unmanured
Jpnds of that region; 11 varieties of wheat (Xos. 38343 to 38353)
which have been developed by the wheat breeders of the Department
of Agriculture of New South Wales and are considered worthy of
trial in our own Southwest; a selected Danish 2-rowed barley (No.
37706) and a 6-rowed variety (No. 37707), showing peculiar resist-
ance to smut and leaf-spot, and a yellow spring oat of good quality
(No. 37708), the results of selections carried on by breeders of the
Royal Danish Agricultural Society of Copenhagen; the dwarf Black
Grushevsk sorghum (No. 37733) from the farm of the Grand Duke
Nicholas in the Ekaterinoslav Province of Russia, which is distin-
guished by early maturity, even in very cold summers, and is the
best yielder of 20 sorts tested there; and a variety of maize (No.
38541) which is grown by the Panetes Indians of the upper Gy
Parana (Machabo) River of Brazil, secured by Mr. Leo Miller, of
the Roosevelt expedition, the first white man to visit the tribe.
FORAGE CROPS.
Of forage crops the most remarkable included in this inventory
is that reported by Mr. J. B. Thompson, of the island of Guam,
Merremia hederacea (Burin.) Hallier (No. 38647), a creeping plant
of the morning-glory family, which appears to be more palatable
to stock than any of the other forage plants on the island and is
capable of being used continuously as pasturage. The Brazilian
expedition of the office, composed of Messrs. Dorsett, Shamel, and
Popenoe, during its stay in southern Brazil secured seeds or plants
of 59 wild or cultivated forage grasses (Nos. 37983 to 38011 ).
These will probably be of special interest to southern agriculturists.
The Apitrefle, or bee clover (No. 37937), a variety of red clover
so named because the honeybees are able to collect nectar from its
much shortened, more open flowers, sent by Prof. G. Martinet, of
Lausanne, Switzerland, will interest bee men as well as agricultur-
ists. Two annual species of clover from Budapest, Trifolium angu-
latum Waldst. and Kit. and T. parviflorum Ehrh. (Nos. 37681 and
37682), which remain dwarf in dry years, serving as pasturage,
but grow high enough for hay on wet spots or in wet year-, may
possibly fit in with American requirements; and a wild type of
Kentish white clover (No. 38579), which experiments at Armstrong
College, Cockle Park, England, have shown is better than Dutch
clover, may prove suitable for acclimatization here. Mr. Meyer
found several hardy varieties of Chinese sugar cane (Nos. 38257
and 38332) at Chengchow and Kaifeng, in Honan Province,
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. 7
which might be grown above the natural cane belt in the South
and be useful for fodder, if not for sirup production. Whether
or not an Italian rye-grass (No. 37709) of especially early-maturing
habit, selected from single plants by the Royal Agricultural Society
of Denmark, a meadow fescue (No. 37710) very resistant to the rust
(Puccinia), and the orchard-grass variety " Olsgaard " (No. 37711),
all from Copenhagen, will thrive in this country, where climatic
conditions are so different, is a question to be determined by trial.
With the exception of the Algaroba of Hawaii (Prosopis), forage
trees seem to have made little progress in agriculture in the United
States, and it is consequently a question whether the Jua tree of the
caatinga land around Joazeiro, Brazil (No. 37923), a species of
jujube, the leaves and the fruits of which are eaten by stock, wTill
make a place for itself in this country.
NUT-BEARING TREES.
Two nut-bearing trees, the galo, Anacolosa luzoniensis Merrill
(No. 38395), a Philippine species from the mountains of Cavite,
with a kernel having the flavor of corn, and the k'uei li tzu (No.
37799). a superior large-fruited form of the blight-resistant Chinese
chestnut, Castanea mollissima Blume, which Mr. Meyer found south
of Sianfu, Shensi, are described in this inventory.
TIMBER, SHELTER-BELT, AND SHADE TREES.
Of trees for timber, windbreak, or shade purposes the following
will be of interest: The true Catalpa bungei C. A. Meyer, first
introduced in 1905 from Peking by Prof. Sargent, of the Arnold
Arboretum, coming in through Mr. Meyer from Shansi (No. 38251),
where, as he reports, it grows 100 feet in height and 10 to 15 feet in
circumference, being planted by the Chinese for its strong, light,
durable wood, which somewhat resembles black walnut in appear-
ance, and another introduction of Catalpa bungei (No. 38119) from
the Caucasus, where presumably it has been introduced from China ;
a quick-growing form of white poplar, Populus tomentosa Carr.
(No. 38255), much planted by the Chinese for its timber; Fortune's
Paulownia (No. 38184), which is used in China on sandy land as
a soil binder and windbreak and produces very light wood; a 60-
foot Himalayan birch, Betula utilis D. Don (No. 38287), which,
though not hardy in Great Britain, may thrive in this country, where
we have more sunlight; an English elm, Ulmus hollandica vegeta
(No. 38492), of very vigorous, rapid growth, attaining 100 feet in
height, a hybrid between Ulmus glabra Miller and U. scabra Miller,
an old specimen of which may be seen at Mr. Walter Hunniwell's
8 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
noted place at "VVellesley, Mass. ; molave, Vitex parviflora A. Juss.
(No. 37705), the forest tree producing one of the best high-grade
building timbers in the. Philippines; and the sycamore tree of the
Bible, Fieus sycomorus L. (No. 37729), a long-lived tree much
esteemed for its shade, which the Arabs beat to induce it to bear its
inferior figs.
FIBER PLANTS.
Two fiber plants were brought from Brazil by the expedition sent
there in October, 1913: The caroa, Neoglaziovia variegata (Arruda)
Mez, from Joazeiro (No. 37794), a species of Bromeliacese growing
wild in the caatinga lands along the Sao Francisco River and used
by the natives for hammock ropes, and the piassava palm, Attalea
funifera Martins (No. 378G8), from Bahia, from the fiber of which
most excellent brooms and brushes are made, while from the hard
nuts buttons are manufactured.
VrGETABLES.
Of new vegetables there are a number of unusually interesting
species. Mr. Wester sends from Manila a new variety of roselle
(No. 37698) which matures 20 days earlier than the Victor variety
and may be useful as a jelly producer farther north than the Victor
can be grown; he directs attention also to a cucumber (No. 37700)
introduced into the Philippines from Seharunpnr. which has shown
resistance to insect attacks and is proving to be one of the best
sorts of cucumbers for trial in the Tropics; E. Webb & Sons, of
Wordsley, England, have sent in No. 37807, which purports to be
a hybrid between thousand-headed kale and kohl-rabi, a vegetable
with a thickened stem growing 5 feet high, which is suitable for for-
age during the winter; Mr. Meyer has secured plants of the Chinese
ginger (No. 38180), the candied rhizomes of which are shipped from
China to America in great quantities; five varieties (Nos. 38356 to
38360) of the very best starch, table, and feeding potatoes of Polish
origin, bred by the Polish plant breeder, Henry Dotowski, have
been secured; from New Zealand has been brought in the New Era
potato (No. 37917), which, according to J. G. Harris, of Raetihi,
has not been affected by potato blight, whereas other varieties on
either side of it have been blackened. AVhat resembles closely the
yampee yam of Jamaica, Dioscorea alata L. (No. 37913), seems to
have secured a foothold at Avon Park, Fla., and is doing as well
there, according to Mr. J. De HofF, as the sweet potato. It deserves
serious study. From the region about Coban. Guatemala. Mr. O. F.
Cook, during his expedition there in 1914, sent seeds of the remark-
able pacaya salad palm, Chamaedorea sp. (Nos. 38403 and 38404),
APRIL i TO JUNE 30, 1914. 9
which produces from four to six large, fleshy, edible inflorescences,
beginning with the third or fourth year. These inflorescences, or
pa cay as, are about the size of ears of sweet corn and when cooked
make a delicate salad. It is believed that the species will grow in
southern Florida.
FRUITS.
A remarkable number of new fruits and interesting varieties of
our staple fruits are represented. Mr. Meyer has added to the
list of those already introduced 24 new varieties of oriental persim-
mon, among these being 11 from Tongjapu (Nos. 37048 to 37658),
including an especially valuable variety for drying purposes, which is
used to make a dried-fruit product comparable to the dried fig; an
improved variety of the Diospyros lotus L. (No. 37811) used for
stocks in the orchards established on the loess table-lands, wdiere they
nre subjected to an unusual amount of drought and alkali; five new
forms of persimmon from Shensi Province (Nos. 37661 to 37665) ;
the salt-bag persimmon and the honey-pot persimmon (Nos. 37672
9nd 37678), the latter no larger than a cherry, a prolific bearer, and
very showy when loaded with fruit; five varieties from Shantung
(Nos. 37948 to 37952), one of which is eaten pickled in brine. A
staminate variety (No. 38482) has been found in Bermuda by Mr.
Peter Bisset, which ought to be valuable as a pollenizer.
The importance of finding a blight-proof pear has induced Mr.
Meyer to continue his search for a better flavored melting Chinese
pear, and he has sent in from Shensi, Honan, and Shantung 15
varieties of more or less promise for breeding purposes (Nos.
38240 to 38242, 38262 to 38271, 38277, and 38278) ; and Rev. Hugh
W. White has sent the Tangshan pear (No. 37982), the only pear he
has seen that does not have a woody taste, but is sweet and juicy.
An ancient apricot variety (No. 3774*4), from the Dakhleh Oasis
of Egypt, sent in by Prof. S. C. Mason during his expedition to
Egypt and the Sudan in search of date varieties, may prove of value
in our own desert region, since it is able to withstand an annual
temperature of 75° and monthly means as high as 90° F.
The growing importance of the Chinese jujube as a fruit for the
Middle West is emphasized by the receipt from Mr. Meyer of 14
Jarge-fruited varieties (Nos. 38243 to 38247, 38249 to 38253, and
38258 to 38201), some with fruits as large as or larger than ordinary
hens' eggs, being more like small pears. They can be eaten fresh,
stewed with rice, baked, preserved with honey, sugar, etc., and Mr.
Meyer reports in the neighborhood of Paihsiangchen an increasing
area, which already amounts to several thousand acres, almost entirely
given over to jujube culture.
10 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
A red-fleshed, large-fruited variety of Chinese haw (Xo. 38176),
which can be kept for several months, was secured by Mr. Meyer.
The famous Fei peach (Xo. 38178), imported once before by Mr.
Meyer, but which died in transit, is now growing at our gardens from
additional material which he obtained. It is considered the best
peach in China and. because of its large size, lateness (middle of
October), good shipping qualities, and aromatic flavor, may be a
valuable addition to American commercial varieties.
Messrs. P. H. Dorsett, A. D. Shamel, and Wilson Popenoe, as a
result of their expedition to Rio de Janeiro and Bahia, Brazil, sent
in scions from 24 specially studied trees of the Bahia navel orange,
selected because of their superior bearing capacity, uniformity of
fruit, sweetness, general vigor, lack of spines, and a tendency to bear
throughout the year. They also sent in the Selecta orange of Eio de
Janeiro (Xos. 37796 and 37840 to 37842), a variety which has been
under culture there for more than a hundred years and is now. be-
cause of its sprightly flavor, more extensively cultivated there than
the navel orange, notwithstanding the fact that it contains seeds; the
pear orange (Xos. 37797 and 37813), which bears in the off season of
the Selecta pear-shaped fruits of good quality; the bitter orange,
laranja da terra (Xo. 37775), and the seedy sweet orange, laranja
da china (Xo. 37776), both of which are used as stocks for the navel
orange in southern Brazil; and the lime orange (Xo. 37784), a variety
highly esteemed for ades, having a flavor intermediate between that
cf an orange and a lime. Mr. Harry Boyle, who secured the Xakon
Ohaisri seedless Siamese pummelo (Xo. 37724). making a special trip
to Bangkok from the Philippines, reports that it is not always seed-
less in Siam. The alamoen from Surinam (Xo. 37804). fruits of
which were sent in by Mr. James Birch Rorer. of Trinidad, is a
superior and very distinct variety of grapefruit with peculiarly
juicy, tender flesh which does not squirt when one thrusts a spoon
into it. The seedless pummelo (Xo. 37780) secured by the Brazilian
expedition may also be of value.
Such citrus relatives as the desert kumquat. Eremocitrus c/hiuca
(Lindl.) Swingle (Xo. 37712), and Atalantia moyiophylla DC, from
India and Ceylon (Xo. 38511), may be of great value in breeding new
types of citrus trees.
Of more strictly subtropical fruits, the following are new to the
United States: A wild, remarkably sweet fruit allied to the longan.
Euphoria cinerea Radlk. (Xo. :w>7h. from Cavite Province, in the
Philippines: four varieties (Nbs. 38478 to 38481) of a Guatemalan
fruit from Coban called the injerto. AchradelvJia viridis, similar to
but hardier and better than the sapote; the pitaya (Xo. 38601). a
pleasant-flavored, deep-purple fruit produced by an epiphytic Cereus;
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. H
a rare species of Anacardium (No. 38209) from Cuba, related to
the cashew, which might prove a good stock for that fruit; the
fruta de condessa (No. 38171), an indigenous annonaceous fruit,
Rollinia deliciosa Safford, from Rio de Janeiro; the guabiroba,
Campomanesia fenzliana (Berg) Glaziou (No. 37834), a Brazilian
myrtaceous fruit resembling the guava, but stronger flavored and
highly esteemed for jellies; three new Eugenias with edible fruits,
suited to culture in Florida (Nos. 37830 to 37832) ; the bright yel-
low-fruited Rheedia brasiliensls (Mart.) Planch, and Triana (No.
37S02) from Rio de Janeiro, strongly resembling in taste the famous
mangosteen; the imbu, Spondias tuberosa Arruda (Nos. 37861 to
37865), from Januaria, one of the most popular fruits of the interior
of Brazil.
The most important addition to subtropical fruits, however, is
doubtless that made by the Guatemala expedition under the charge of
Mr. O. F. Cook, in the shape of 24 varieties of hard-shelled avocados
(Nos. 38477, 3S549 to 38564, 38578, 38581, 38583, 38587, and 38638 to
38640) collected in the region of Coban, Antigua, and the city of
Guatemala, some of them at an altitude of 5,000 feet. As these ripen
late, in the winter and spring, and are of good quality, some of them
should be of special value in assisting the development of that
remarkable new fruit industry which is rapidly getting on its feet
in southern California and southern Florida.
MISCELLANEOUS PLANTS OF INTEREST.
The discovery of a new oil plant seems to have been made in the
Ngart, Pluhenetia conophora Muell. Arg. (No. 38644), a creeping
plant from Kamerun, which is cultivated in the cornfields there and
bears nuts the size of walnuts which contain 53.8 per cent of an
oil similar to linseed oil, which is used for cooking and .also as a
drying oil. From the leaves of the carnauba wax palm, Copemicia
cerifera Martius (No. 37866), a wax is secured that was formerly
used for phonograph records. Their fruits are said to be an excellent
bog feed, and a grove of palms for hog pasturage seems not to be an
impossibility.
The Chia, a species of Salvia (No. 38048), from the swollen seeds
of which, according to Purpus, the Mexicans make a refreshing
drink which was used by the ancient Aztecs, should interest ama-
teurs in the South, as well as the. ava plant, Piper methysticum
Forster (No. 38291), from which the South Sea Island kava is made.
The true gum-arabic acacia, Aca</a rendc Guill. and Per. (No.
38524), from Khartum, may be capable of acclimatization in our
southwestern desert region.
12 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
EDITORIAL NOTE.
Chinese place and plant names in this inventory have been brought,
so far as possible, into accord with the best authorities, the geographic
names (except when fixed by decisions of the United States Geo-
graphic Board) being given in the form accepted by the Chinese Min-
istry of Communications Postal Guide. Many of the smaller village
names, however, are not listed therein, and in all such cases the loca-
tion of the village is given with reference to the nearest town
mentioned in that work.
The manuscript of this inventory has been prepared by Miss May
Riley, the botanical determinations have been made and the notes
on geographic distribution compiled by Mr. II. C. Skeels, and the
descriptive notes arranged by Mr. S. C. Stuntz, who lias also had
general supervision of this inventory.
David Fairchild,
Agricultural Explorer in Charge.
Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction,
Washington, D. C.} November 11, 1916.
INVENTORY.
37647 to 37678.
From China. Collected by Mr. Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Explorer for
the Department of Agriculture. Received April 2, 1914. Cuttings of the
following, except as noted ; quoted notes by Mr. Meyer unless otherwise
indicated.
37647. Syringa sp. Oleacese. Lilac.
"(No. 1107. From Sianfu, Shensi, China. January 30, 1914.) A lilac
of slender growth, the flowers of which are said to be of a peculiar deep
shade of blue. Though the individual panicles are small, they are pro-
duced in such profusion as to make a striking impression. Obtained,
like the cuttings listed under the preceding number, from the garden of
the English Baptist Mission Hospital at Sianfu."
37648 to 37658. Diospyros kaki L. f. Diospyracese. Persimmon.
From the village of Tongjapu [Tungchiaochenl, near Fuping, Shensi,
China. February 3, 1914.
37648. "(No. 1109.) A Chinese dry-meated variety of persimmon,
of medium large size and round-oblong shape ; color, dark orange-
red ; contains seeds as a rule. This variety is a good keeper and
is also one of the best sorts for drying purposes. Chinese name
Ta kou tsu niu hsin shih tzu, meaning ' big-hooked oxheart per-
simmon.' To obtain a superior quality of dried persimmons, the
following method is used with this variety : In early October
sound fruits are picked, which, although ripe, must still be hard.
Care should be taken to have the peduncle with a piece of twig
attached to each fruit. The fruits are peeled by means of a small,
special knife, an average worker peeling 2,000 persimmons a
day, though an expert brings it up to 3,000. The peeled fruits
are tied, by means of their peduncles, to loosely twisted but
strong strings, which hang in pairs vertically from horizontal
beams put up especially for this work. From 200 to 300 fruits
are tied to each string, the work of tying being started by put-
ting a couple of fruits at the bottom first, so as to keep the
strings taut, after which the work progresses from top to bottom.
The fruits are now left hanging for about 20 days in a warm, sunny
situation, where, if possible, the wind can also blow, but where
there is freedom from dust. The persimmons should be squeezed
and manipulated by hand every four or five days to assist them
in drying uniformly and to prevent them from becoming hard in
spots. After they have dried thus for about three weeks, they are
taken down, strings and all, and a cool place is selected, where
they are all put into a big heap and covered with matting. They
are now allowed to sweat for 10 days, during which process a
dry, white, powdery sugar forms on the surface of the fruits.
When sufficiently cured they are hung up again for a couple of
13
14 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
37647 to 37678— Contd. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
•lays, preferably in the wind, to let them dry. Meantime the
peelings have been carefully dried in the sun and kept in airy
baskets. The fruits are now taken from the strings and put into
baskets and jars with tho dried peelings between and over them,
and they are now ready for the consumer.
"Another method of drying, which is often practiced with the
smaller varieties, is to run a knife point in a spiral or horizontal
way through the skin of the fruits, then to put them in the sun
on coarse matting. After they have been drying for several weeks
they are thrown into a pile and covered with matting or sack-
iHg, allowing them to sweat. When through with this process
they are ready for the market. Persimmons treated in this way
are. as a rule, of a quality much inferior to those that have been
given more care, but on the other hand they sell so cheaply that
even coolies and beggars regale themselves on them.
"These dried persimmons are a most wholesome and pleasant
food, comparing very favorably with dried figs, and often even
] in 'feral ile to them, being of less cloying sweetness and not pos-
sessing the multitude of objectionable small seeds. There are
large sections in the United States, especially in the Southwest,
where no doubt the dried-persimmon industry could be success-
fully established, and, with up-to-date methods of drying and
curing, a much cleaner and probably superior article could be
obtained than the product seen in China, and the nation would
be richer by a new and wholesome food product. Besides these
dried persimmons, the Chinese manufacture sugar, spirits, and
vinegar from different varieties."
37649. "(No. 1110.) A Chinese variety of persimmon, said to be
large, of flat shape with circular incisions, of orange color;
seedless, having in some fruits furrows on the top. The fruits
do not keep well, and they resist drying. Chinese name Sh&ig ti
shih tzu, meaning 'measure-box persimmon.' This variety seems
to be like the Tamopan."
37650. "(No. 1111.) A Chinese variety of persimmon, said to be
huge, of square, flat shape; of reddish color; partly seedless. A
good keeper. Local name Mu shih tzu, meaning 'wood persim-
mon.' "
37651. "(No. 1112.) A Chinese variety of persimmon, said to be
of small to medium size, of red color, with blotches here and
there on the skin, seedless, and of very fine flavor. Local name
Chi hsin hung shih tzu, meaning 'chicken-heart red persimmon.' "
37652. "(No. 1113. ) A Chinese variety of persimmon, said to be
of small to medium size, of rounded form, color red, partly seed-
less; can not be kept long, fresh or dried. Local name Shan ko
tan shih t:u. meaning 'mountlike persimmon.' "
37653. "(No. 1114.) A Chinese variety of persimmon, said to be
small, of round-oblong shape, red. seedless. Good only when
fresh. Local name Chi chien hung shih tzu, meaning 'tongue
point red persimmon.' "
37654. "(No. 1115.) A Chinese variety of persimmon, said to be
small, of round-oblong shape, color orange-red, partly seedless;
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. ' 15
37647 to 37678— Contd. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
can not be dried or kept long. Local name Mao chien shift tzu,
meaning ' hairy point persimmon.' "
37655. "(No. 1116.) A Chinese variety of persimmon, said to be
medium large, of flattened, square shape, with four vertical fur-
rows, of orange-red color, partly seedless ; can not be dried or kept
long. A rare variety. Local name Pan sliih tzii, meaning ' flat
persimmon.' "
37656. "(No. 1117.) A Chinese variety of persimmon, said to be
small, of round-oblong shape, with furrows running vertically ;
color yellowish red ; partly seedless ; can not be dried or kept long.
Local name Shut sJiili tzu, meaning 'water persimmon.'"
37657. "(No. 1118.) A Chinese variety of persimmon, said to be
small, of round-oblong form, color bright red, seedless; can be
kept fresh for a long time. Local name Huo Jcuan shih tzH, mean-
ing ' fire-pot persimmon.' This variety and other small sorts are
sometimes put into jars with fresh water for a couple of weeks,
after which treatment they have acquired quite a different taste,
losing much of their sweetness and often being just a little tart."
For an illustration of the fruit of the fire-pot persimmon, see
Plate I.
37658. "(No. 1119.) A Chinese variety of persimmon, said to be
small, of yellowish color, having many seeds. Thought to be a
hybrid between Diospyros kali and D. lotus. Local name Ssu pu
hsiang shih tzu, meaning ' different persimmon.' "
37659. Ziziphus jujuba Miller. Rkamnacese. Jujube.
{Ziziphus sativa Gaertn. )
"(No. 1123. From village of Shiyapu, Shensi, China. February 4,
1914.) A variety of jujube having large fruits of barrel shape, of a
beautiful light-brown color. Can be eaten fresh or put up in weak
brandy ; a really fine-looking jujube. Chinese name Ma lien tsao ( Ma
lien jujube), referring to the supposed fact that this jujube resembles
the flower bud of a terrestrial orchid, with brownish flowers (Cym-
bidium sp.)."
37660. Thuja orientalis L. Pinacese. Arbor vitse.
"(No. 1127. From near Chaoyi, Shensi, China. February 7, 1914.)
A globular form of the oriental arbor vitse, of very dense growth. Valu-
able as an appropriate tree for cemeteries and for places of dignity.
Thuja orientalis is one of the most beloved trees of North China and is
much planted in temple courts and on burial grounds. It withstands
an astonishing amount of drought, neglect, and alkali, and it may be
of special value to certain sections of the United Slates."
37661 to 37665. Diospyros kaki L. f. Diospyraceae. Persimmon.
From the village of Yukotsun, near Puchowfu, Shansi, China. Febru-
ary 8, 1914.
37661. "(No. 1129.) A Chinese variety of persimmon, said to be
large, of flat, square shape; of reddish color; partly seedless.
Excellent for drying purposes. Is of such good quality when
dried that formerly a shipment was made every winter to the
Imperial court at Peking. Sells locally at 1 mace of silver per
catty (7 cents gold for 1J pounds). Local name Ch'ing shih tzU,
16 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
37647 to 37678— Contd. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
meaning ' green persimmon.' It is curious to note that the Chinese
say that the higher one can go into the mountains and the nearer
to the limit of successful culture, the better flavored the persim-
mon fruit becomes and the more bountiful the crops, even though
the trees are not so large as on the plains and are not as long
lived. In this way the persimmon seems to resemble the peach
remarkably closely."
37662. "(No. 1130.) A Chinese variety of persimmon, said to be
large, of round-oblong shape, color reddish, partly srrdloss. Sup-
plies a superior product when dried; can also be kept fresh for
a long time. Local name Niu hsin ta shih tzu, meaning ' oxheart
big persimmon.' "
37663. "(No. 1131.) A Chinese variety of persimmon, said to be
of medium size, barrel shaped, and of yellow color ; contains seeds ;
a good keeper, but not suitable for drying. Local name Lou hu
shih tzu, meaning ' basket-jar persimmon.' "
37664. "(No. 1132.) A Chinese variety of persimmon, of small to
medium size, of flattened round shape with top regularly sunken,
and of orange color ; partly seedless ; can be kept fresh throughout
the winter when stored in a cool place. Does not dry well.
Chinese name Citing mien shih tzii, meaning 'mirror-face per-
simmon.' The Chinese around Puchowfu cultivate several hundred
acres of this variety, solely for the purpose of distilling a brandy
from the fruits, which possesses a slightly bitter flavor. "With
western methods, no doubt a superior sort of spirits could be
made from the persimmon, or even perhaps an alcohol, fit for
household uses."
37665. "(No. 1133.) A Chinese variety of persimmon, said to be
small, of round shape, color reddish; partly seedless; can he dried
and also kept fresh for a long time. Local name P'ing shih tzi,
meaning ' flat persimmon.' "
37666 and 37667. Diospykos kaki L. f. Diospyracese. Persimmon.
From the village of Kenyangtchun, near Puchowfu, Shansi, China.
February 10, 1914.
37666. "(No. 1134.) A Chinese variety of persimmon, said to be
very large and heavy, of flat shape, slightly furrowed; color red-
dish; seedless; of fine quality either fresh or dried. Local name
Ch'ing shih tzu, meaning ' green persimmon.' This may turn out to
be the same as No. 1129 [S. P. I. No. 37001]."
37667. "(No. 1135.) A Chinese variety of persimmon, said to be
large, of round shape, with the tops well rounded off; color red-
dish; contains seeds; can be dried well, supplying a good product.
Local name K'nci shih tzu, meaning -crown persimmon.'"
37668. Ziziphus jujuba Miller. Rhamnacese. Jujube.
{Ziziphus sativa Gaertn.)
"(No. 1139. From near Puchowfu, Shansi. China. February 10, 1914.)
A variety of jujube hearing large fruits of round-oblong form, color
dark mahogany brown. Good for drying, as well as for eating fresh.
Chinese name Ta tsao, meaning 'big jujube.' "
37669 and 37670. Diospykos kaki L. f. Diospyracese. Persimmon.
From the village of Wangyuko, Shansi, China. February 15, 1914.
Inventory 39, Seeds and Plants Imported.
Plate I.
The "Fire-Pot" Persimmon (Diospyros kaki L. f.), S. P. I. No. 37657.
A very small variety of persimmon of dark reddish color, resembling an intermediate form
between a Persian date and a plum. Locally called Huo kmm shih teU, meaning "fire-pot"
persimmon. The fruits can be kept fresh almost throughout tho cut ire winter, but the Chi-
nese also eat them slightly fermented by keeping them in water for a few weeks and pouring
off the water every few days. Their flavor reminds one of beer, and travelers relish t Item
decidedly. (Photographed at Paihsiangchen, Shansi, China, by Frank N. Meyer, February
14, 1U14; natural size; F13044FS.)
Inventory 39, Seeds and Plants Imported.
Plate II.
The "Salt-Bag " Persimmon (Diospyros kaki L. f.), S. P. I. No. 37672.
A very unusual form of oriental persimmon, being square, elongated and tapering, and having
four vertical furrows. Of pale, orange-yellow color; seedless; calyx very large and strongly
persistent. Can be kepi fresh for several months. On account of its attractive and sinking
form and Color this variety may become a great favorite with the American public. Chinese
name 17 n putai shih tz>i. meaning "salt-bag" persimmon. (Photographed at Mienchih,
llonan, China, by Frank N. Meyer, February 22, 1914; natural size; P13040FS.)
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. 17
37647 to 37678— Contd. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
37669. "(No. 1153.) A Chinese variety of persimmon, said to be
of small to medium size, of oblong tapering form, with longitudinal
furrows ; of orange-red color ; contains seeds ; good only when
fresh. Local name Niu nai shifi tzu, meaning ' cow's-nipple per-
simmon.' "
37670. "(No. 1154.) A Chinese variety of persimmon, said to be
much like the preceding, but of somewhat different shape. Bears
the same name."
37671. Ulmus sp. Ulmaceas. Elm.
"(No. 1156. From the village of Maochingchen, Shansi, China. Feb-
ruary 16, 1914.) A species of elm, occurring in dry loess cliffs and in
decomposed slate rocks. In general, of a shrubby nature, but, when not
disturbed, growing to a medium-sized tree. The young branches are often
provided with broad corky wings, making them appear much thicker
than they really are. Of value possibly as a park tree, especially for
the drier parts of the United States."
Cuttings and roots.
37672 to 37678. Diospyros kaki L. f. Diospyracea?. Persimmon.
From near Mienchih, Honan, China. February 21, 1914.
37672. "(No. 1157.) A Chinese variety of persimmon, of remark-
able form, being of square, oblong shape, tapering toward the
apex and having hairy, vertical furrows; of medium size; color,
pale orange-yellow ; calyx very large ; seedless. Can be kept fresh
for several months. A really beautiful persimmon, which will
probably become very popular with the American people. Local
name Yen pu tax shih tzu, meaning ' salt-bag persimmon.' "
For an illustration of the fruit of the salt-bag persimmon, see
Plate II.
37673. "(No. 1158.) A Chinese variety of persimmon, said to be
large, of round, flat shape and of red color; partly seedless; can
be dried and also kept fresh for a long time. A superior variety.
Local name Yil kuci tun shih tzii, meaning ' globular persimmon.' "
37674. "(No. 1159.) A Chinese variety of persimmon, said to be
very large ; of round shape, with top running into a point ; of
red color ; partly seedless ; can be dried or kept fresh for a long
time. Local name Ta ou hsin shih tzu, meaning ' big pointed-heart
persimmon.' "
37675. "(No. 1100.) A variety of Chinese persimmon, said to be
medium large ; of round shape, although very flat ; color, red ;
partly seedless; good only when fresh. Local name P'ai p'ai shih
tzii, meaning ' pounded persimmon.' "
37676. "(No. 1161.) A variety of Chinese persimmon, said to be
large, of square, flat shape, and having two furrows on top, in
the form of a Maltese cross ; color, red ; seedless ; can be kept
fresh for a long time, but resists drying. Local name Chia listen
hung shih tzu, meaning 'pick-fresh red persimmon.'"
37677. "(No. 11G2.) A Chinese variety of persimmon, said to be
of medium size and of oblong, tapering form, with pointed top ;
color, yellow ; seedless. For fresh use only. Local name Pa yiich
huang shift tzii, meaning ' eighth-moon yellow persimmon.' "
71476°— 17 2
18 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
37647 to 37678— Contd. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
37678. "(No. 1163.) A Chinese variety of persimmon, the fruits
of which are said to be of the size of large cherries, quite round ;
of beautiful red color; very sweet, but full of seeds. The trees
grow tall and are prolific bearers and very showy when loaded
with ripe fruits. Local name Mi kuan 8hih tzu, meaning 'honey-
pot persimmon.' "
37679 and 37680.
From Sianfu, Shansi, China. Collected by Mr. Frank N. Meyer, Agricul-
tural Explorer for the Department of Agriculture. Received at the
Plant Introduction Field Station, Chico, Cal., March 18, 1914.
37679. Phyllostachys sp. Poaceae. Bamboo.
"(No. 1075. January 13, 1914.) A bamboo growing to 15 to 20 feet in
height, having green stems which have but a small air channel in them.
Foliage more or less in bunches and quite dense. Of value as an orna-
mental garden plant for the mild-wintered sections of the United States.
Especially valuable as a windbreak. Chinese name Tung po chu, mean-
ing ' the bamboo of Tungpo.' " (Meyer.)
Plant.
37680. Prunus tomentosa Thunberg. Amygdalaceae. Bush cherry.
"(No. 1080. January 13, 1914.) A variety of bush cherry said to bear
small white fruits, rare locally. To obtain the best results, the Chinese
bud and graft this bush cherry on Aniygdalus davidiana, usually low
in the ground, but often also budded high as 'standard' trees. Chinese
name Pai ying Vao, meaning ' white cherry.' " (Meyer.)
37681 and 37682. Trifolium spp. Fabaceae. Clover.
From Hungary. Presented by Mr. E. Brown, Botanist in Charge of the
Seed Laboratory, Bureau of Plant Industry. Received April 15, 1914.
Dr. A. Degen, of the Royal Hungarian Seed-Testing Station at Budapest,
Hungary, says of these clovers :
"These species really form a valuable constituent of our pastures and mead-
ows. Trifolium angulation and T. parviflorum grow in our lowland plains
almost always in company on alkaline heavy clay soils. Tliey are both annual
plants, and only in wet years or on wet spots attain a height which allows an
abundant hay crop. Under other circumstances they remain dwarf and yield
only a short but very valuable hay, and are therefore principally useful as
pasturage. They are both very early plants, their chief period of development
being from the middle of April to the middle of June.
"These clovers have a cultural value only on alkaline, somewhat humid
soils, and are not suitable for others or for culture under different climatic con-
ditions.''
37681. Tkifolium angulatum Waldst. and Kit. Fabaceae.
37682. Tkifolium parviflorum Ehrh. Fabaceae
37683. Malus sylvestris Miller. Malaceae. Apple.
(I'yrus mains L.)
From Saloniki Greece. Presented by Rev. P. H. House, president, Thessa-
lonica Agricultural and Industrial Institute. Received April 24, 1914.
" Tetovo apple.
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. 19
37683— Continued.
" Tetovo is the Bulgarian name of the town of which Kalkundeleu is the
Turkish name; Tetovsky is the adjective, meaning 'from Tetovo.'" (P. H.
House, letter dated June 5, 191 Jf.)
37684. Soja max (L.) Piper. Fabacese. Soybean.
(Glycine hispida Maxim.)
From Peking, China. Received at the State Department in a pouch from
Peking, China. Received March 20, 1914.
" This variety is probably the kind asked for in your letter under the name
of the ' white-eyed ' soy bean. It is known as ' the large white eyebrow bean '
among the Chinese where it is grown." (Source unidentified.)
37685. Canarium ovatum Engler. Balsameacese. Pili nuts.
From Manila, Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. O. W. Barrett, chief,
Division of Horticulture, Bureau of Agriculture. Received March 31, 1914.
"The pili is a forest tree producing an excellent table nut." (Barrett.)
37686 to 37691.
From Tiflis, Caucasus. Presented by the director, Botanic Gardens. Re-
ceived March 30, 1914.
37686 to 38688. Prunus spp. Amygdalacea?.
37686. Prunus microcarpa Meyer. Cherry.
See S. P. I. No. 27303 for previous introduction and description.
37687. Prunus prostrata Labill. Bush cherry.
See S. P. I. Nos. 2S945, 30564, and 37642 for previous introduc-
tions and description.
37688. Prunus cerasifera divaricata (Ledeb.) Schneider.
See S. P. I. No. 37463 for previous introduction and description.
37689. Pyrus nivalis elaeagrifolia (Pall.) Schneider.
" This wild olive-leaved Pyrus, which is a native of Asia Minor, is a
distinct bush or small tree greatly valued for ornamental purposes. The
flowers of this beautiful Pyrus, which are white and small, make their
appearance in May. The fruit is small, globose in shape, crowned with
a very prominent calyx. The leaves are lanceolate, oblong lanceolate, or
linear lanceolate, and covered with a whitish, silky pubescence." (Nich-
olson, Dictionary of Gardening.)
37690 and 37691. Fragaria spp. Rosacea?. Strawberry.
Introduced for the work of the Office of Pomological and Horticultural
Investigations in plant breeding.
37690. Fragaria vesca L.
This common species of Fragaria, which is commonly known as the
" wildwood strawberry," is very widely dispersed over the temperate
and colder parts of the Northern Hemisphere, extending northward
to Lapland and Iceland, southward to the mountains of Java, as-
cending the Himalayas to 13,000 feet and the Scottish highlands to
7,000 feet. The fruit of this species is borne above the leaves.
Sometimes they are as much as 12 inches above the ground. This
Fragaria is a stout, tufted plant, dark green in color and less vil-
20 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
37686 to 37691— Continued.
Ions than either /■'. canadensis or F. virginiana. (Adapted from
Muclli r. Be'tebt H.rtra -Tropical Plants and Britton and Brown, Flora
of the Northern States and Canada.)
37691. Fragaria viriois Duchesne.
(Fragaria collina Ehrh.)
" This Fragaria, though not identical with F. vesca, resembles it
very closely and may be regarded as a mere variety of that European
species. Under the name of ' hill strawberry ' it occurs in various
parts of Europe and is cultivated to some extent in Norway as far
north as latitude 67° 56'. The fruit of this species has a somewhat
musky odor." (Mueller, Select Extra-Tropical Plants.)
37692 to 37695. Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott. Araceae.
Taro.
From Waimea, island of Kauai, Hawaii. Collected August 16, 1913, by
Mr. It. A. Young, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Tubers of the fol-
lowing ; quoted notes by Mr. Young.
37692. " Kumii. A rare variety of the Hawaiian taro, having brilliant
red petioles. The name Kumu is said to have been given because of the
similarity of color to that of the Hawaiian fish of the same name. The
variety is unimportant commercially. There are others of this class,
varying from this one in certain details."
37693. "Apuwai ulaula. A commercial variety of the Hawaiian taro.
the leaf blades of which curl upward, forming a cuplike receptacle
which holds water. The name Apuwai signifies this character of the
leaf."
37694. " Lau loa. Leaf blade long, petiolar spot purple; laminar sinus
closed about one-fourth of distance; petiole dark green below, shaded
with maroon, shading into solid dark maroon above the sinus, except
on the outer side, where it becomes light green; petiolar sinus wings
margined with red."
37695. " Maka opio. A commercial variety grown on the island of
Kauai. Leaf characters similar to the preceding [S. P. I. No. 37094]."
37696 and 37697. Oryza sativa L. Poacese. Rice.
From Barcelona, Spain. Presented by Mr. Carl Bailey Hurst, American
consul general. Received March 25, 1914.
"The principal region where rice is grown on an extensive scale in this
consular district is in the Province of Tarragona, on the right hank of the
Ebro River, and in the tract commonly known as 'Amposta.' The total pro-
duction in tli*-' district named amounted to 29,750 long tons during the year
1913, cultivated over an area of 8,500 hectares (21,004 acres), giving an aver-
•iLre production of 33 tons per hectare (2.47 acres). In the Province of Gerona
and in the Balearic Islands rice is also cultivated, but not in quantities of
commercial importance. Here the production in 1913 was S.43 and 7.59 tons,
respectively.
"The Province of Valencia is the most important rice-growing center In
Spain, the average annual crop amounting to some 200,000 long tons. Rice
as a popular food enters into the diet of the people to such an extent that the
APEIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. 21
37696 and 37697— Continued.
home production is not sufficient to meet the demands, and regular imports
are made, varying in accordance with the crop obtained.
" The two principal varieties of rice cultivated on the banks of the Ebro River,
in this particular consular district, are commonly known as Benlloch and
Bomba ; the latter variety is also grown in the Balearic Islands.
" Rice sowing in this district takes place about the end of March and the
beginning of April. The harvesting season begins in the latter part of Au-
gust and continues into early September, under normal weather conditions.
A considerable portion of the labor is done by peasants from Valencia, who go
to the Tarragona rice fields during the sowing and harvesting seasons.
"An authority states that the cost of planting, preparing the land, transporta-
tion to warehouse, drying, rent of land, thrashing, wages, and incidental ex-
penses, aggregate $123.10 for an acre producing 50 hectoliters (141.8S bushels)
of unshelled rice, which is sold at $2.70 per hectoliter (2.83 bushels), making
a gross profit of $133 and a net earning of $11.90 for each 50 hectoliters of
rice obtained. For sown rice, which is the method principally resorted to in
Spain on account of larger profits, the outlays would approximate $90.90, and
the yield would come to 44 hectoliters (124.86 bushels) of unshelled rice. In
the latter instance the net profits would, therefore, amount to $27.90." (Re-
port, February 18, 19Uf.)
37696. "Bomba."
" The ruling wholesale prices, which are subject to considerable
fluctuation, run at present as follows : Shelled, $11.20 to $13.70 per 100
kilograms ; unshelled, $6.50 to $7.20 per 100 kilograms."
37697. " Benlloch."
" The ruling wholesale prices, which are subject to considerable
fluctuation, run at present as follows : Shelled, $6.85 to $7.75 per 100
kilograms (220 pounds) ; unshelled, $4.70 per 100 kilograms."
37698 to 37705.
From Lamao, Bataan, Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. P. J. Wester,
horticulturist, Division of Horticulture, Lamao Experiment Station. Re-
ceived March 31, 1914. Quoted notes by Mr. Wester, except as otherwise
indicated.
37698. Hibiscus sabdariffa L. Malvaceae. Roselle.
" Tempiano roselle. A variety that has originated at this station as
a sport from Victor. The Temprano is less vigorous than its progenitor,
but has the merit of being 20 days earlier, and if it retains this char-
acteristic in the United States, it should become of considerable value."
37699. Botor tetragonoloba (L.) Kuntze. Fabacese. Winged bean.
(Psophocarpus tetragonolobvs DC.)
" Seguidilla. Climbing beans with 4-winged pods, which, used as
string beans when they are tender, are of excellent quality. They should
be of great value in Porto Rico and 'Panama, but the soil is too poor in
Florida. I tried them for two seasons in Miami, Fla., but they were
not a success. The seed should be planted in April or May. The plant
does best in rich, rather moist, but well-drained land."
37700. Cucumis sativus L. Cucurbitaceae. Cucumber.
"India cucumber. A cucumber especially adapted to the Tropics, in-
troduced from India.
22 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
37698 to 37705— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. P. J. Wester.)
"Size large, 22 to 30 cm. long, averaging 26 cm. in circumference;
average weight, 850 grams ; form oblong, cross section more or less trian-
gulate; color brown, the surface cracking as the cucumber attains ma-
turity, exposing the flesh and giving it the appearance of being reticu-
lated ; surface fairly smooth ; flesh perhaps somewhat less tender than
the standard cucumbers of the Temperate Zone, nevertheless very good ;
seed abundant.
" The seed of this variety was presented to the Bureau of Agriculture
by Mr. A. C. Hartless, superintendent of the Seharunpur Botanical
Garden, United Provinces, India, in 1911, and was sown at the end of
the rainy season the same year at the Lamao Experiment Station. From
the seed saved, another sowing was made in January, 1913, together
with a large number of imported varieties of cucurbits of all classes.
In this trial the India showed itself hardier and superior to all the
cucurbits planted in the resistance to insect pests, which practically de-
stroyed the rest, notwithstanding frequent applications of arsenical
sprays. The variety is of vigorous growth and a satisfactory yielder
and is unquestionably one of the best varieties adapted to local condi-
tions, everything taken into consideration, that has been introduced into
the Philippines. A large area has lately been planted to India at the
Lamao Experiment Station, with a view to producing seeds for general
distribution throughout the Philippines another year. India is the
original home of the cucumber, and the variety under consideration
seems to be an improvement upon the aboriginal form that is especially
adapted to tropical conditions. According to Mr. Hartless this cucumber
is grown throughout India as a climber, during the rainy season. Not-
withstanding its extensive cultivation in India it is a curious fact that
this distinct cucumber variety has never received a variety name. Coin-
cident to its wide dissemination throughout the Philippines it has there-
fore been considered expedient to christen the variety in order to dis-
tinguish it from other varieties, and it has been named India, in honor
of the ancestral home of the cucumber." (Wester, Philippine Agricul-
tural Review, February, 191%.)
37701 and 37702. Dioscobea spp. Dioscoreaceae. Yam.
37701. Dioscobea pentaphylla L.
"Lima-Lima. An edible yam, though inferior in quality to Dios-
corea alata and D. fasciculata. It should prove a very interesting
climbing ornamental in the Tropics and In the subtropical regions
of the United States."
37702. Dioscorea aculeata L.
" Tugue. This species occurs in many varieties, from a culinary
point of view. These are some of the very best, mealy, with a trace
of sugar. From my experience with yams in Miami, Fla., I do not
believe that the Tugue will succeed there, but it should do very well
in Porto Rico and Panam;i."
37703. Sindoba- supa Merrill. Ca>salpiniacea?.
"A tree reaching a height of 25 m. and a diameter of 140 cm. with
equally pinnate leaves, coriaceous glabrous leaflets, aud densely pubescent
calyx Lobes which have a few straight or curved spines on the upper
half. Branch and branchlets glabrous. Leaves with a glabrous rachls.
6 to 7 cm. long; stipules foliaceous, 1 cm. long, acute, the base rounded
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. 23
37698 to 37705— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. P. J. Wester.)
or auriculate, glabrous or nearly so; leaflets 2 or mostly 3 jugate, the
lower pair somewhat smaller than those above, oblong ovate, 5 to 8 em.
long, 2.5 to 4 cm. wide, very coriaceous, entirely glabrous or with few
scattered hairs on the under surface, especially on the midrib, the apex
rounded, the base acute; nerves numerous, close, faint; petiolules 4 mm.
long, acute, pubescent ; pedicels 2 mm. long, each with two lanceolate
acute pubescent bracteoles 4 mm. long. Calyx tube short, the lobes four,
thick, 1 cm. long, densely pubescent within with appressed yellowish
hairs, outside densely cinereous puberulous and in the upper half with a
few straight or curved pubescent spines about 3 mm. long. Petal one, as
long as the calyx lobes, densely appressed pubescent on the margins
below. Staminal sheath and filaments hairy. Ovary hirsute. Pod
broadly ovate, flattened, rounded at the base, the apical beak very small
or nearly obsolete. Valves dehiscent, woody, uniformly armed on the
outside with strong straight spines 5 mm. long and more or less densely
ferruginous pubescent, becoming quite glabrous in age. Seeds usually
four, ovate, hard, black, with an arillate funicle.
"A species related to and previously identified with Sindora icallichii
Benth. (S. wallichiana Benth.), of the Malayan Peninsula, differing
from that species in its glabrous leaves and larger pods. Dr. Prain,
director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, has examined some of the
material cited above and informs me that this species is not identical
with Bentham's S. wallichiana. I have accordingly described the Philip-
pine plant as a distinct species, using for the specific name the Tagalog
name supa, by which this important timber tree is universally known in
the Philippines. The timber of this tree is hard and of a yellowish or
reddish color, being used in naval and general constructions, and is
frequently substituted for the more valuable ipil wood (Intsia bijuga
O. Ktze). From 1900 to 1904 supa ranked fourteenth in amount received
in the local lumber markets, with a total of 177,189 feet board measure,
its average price for sawed lumber being $81.50, United States currency,
per 1,000 feet b. m. In addition to being a valuable timber tree, supa
also yields considerable quantities of a straw-colored or light-yellow,
somewhat fragrant oil, which burns with a clear flame. From a report
submitted to the Chief of the Forestry Bureau by Mr. Kobbe, forester,
the following extracts are taken: 'This oil (supa) is secured from the
trunk of the living [tree] and not from the fruit or dead wood. The
tree is usually hacked with bolo cuts as high as a man can reach, and
the oil runs down the channels so formed into some vessel so placed as
to catch the product. The oil seems to be a product of the entire woody
portion of the tree and does not flow from any particular portion, such
as the sapwood only. If an auger hole be bored into the heart of a
living tree, as much as 10 liters of oil is frequently obtained from the
one hole. When the trees are slashed for gathering the oil, the first
that exudes is set on fire, the heat causing a great increase in the flow
of oil.' The oil is not widely used. There is a demand for it for the
manufacture of paint, especially for use on ships, varnish for sailboats.
etc., and as an illuminating oil. Tagalog, supa, in Baler; also manapo."
(E. D. Merrill, Philippine Journal of Science, ml. I, suppl., p. 198, 190().)
37704. Ormosia calavensis Azaola. Fabacese. Bahai.
"A timber tree of more or less value in the Philippines."
24 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
37698 to 37705— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. P. J. Wester.)
"Bahai is a medium-sized tree found very scattered in the dipteroearp
forest. The wood is red, but Is little known on the markets." (if. N.
Whit ford, Forests of the Philippines, vol. 2, p. 43, 1911.)
37705. Vitex pakvifloka A. Juss. Verbenacea*. Molave.
"A timber tree of more or less value in the Philippines."
''Molave is a tree that in exceptional cases will reach a height of 35
to 38 meters and a diameter up to 200 centimeters, with a bole 16 to
20 m. Usually, however, it is below 30 m. and may form in severe con-
ditions a scraggly tree with a bole 2 m. or less in length. The bole is
usually crooked, fluted, and buttressed. It has an open wide-spreading
crown. It is found throughout the [Philippine] Islands, especially on
the low coastal hills, usually on limestone, but may occur on volcanic
rocks. It is intolerant of shade, and partially or wholly deciduous dur-
ing the dry season. The bark is 8 to 10 mm. in thickness, yellowish
brown to gray in color, velvety to the touch, sometimes shedding in
small thin flakes ; otherwise smooth. The inner bark is light yellow,
with darker yellow rings when freshly cut, but rapidly turning brown ou
exposure. The leaves are opposite, usually trifoliately compound ; the
leaflets are smooth and vary in size from 5 to 15 cm. long and 2.5 to
7 cm. wide. The sapwood is creamy white ; the heartwood a pale yellow,
often turning to dull brown on exposure. It has a fine, usually cross
grain, with short and brittle fibers, making it easy to work. It is hard
and heavy. It turns greenish yellow when treated with an alkali, and
has a bitter taste and a slight odor. It stains water a greenish yellow
color. Molave is one of the best high-grade construction timbers in the
islands and is a good substitute for teak. It resists well the action
of fungi, teredo, and white ants. The following is an enumeration of
its uses: House construction (posts, doors, interior finish, flooring, joists,
siding, sills), shipbuilding (knees, cutwater, sternposts), wagon making
(axles, wheels, rims, spokes), bridges, cabinetmaking, carabao yokes,
cogwheels, docks, salt-water piles, pillars, plows, rice mortars, railroad
ties, sugar mills, paving blocks, furniture, balusters and other turned
work, hemp presses, sculpture, wooden tools, plane stocks, and tool
handles. Practically all the Provinces in the Philippines contain
molave, though in many it is no longer in commercial quantities." (H. N.
Whitford, Forests of the Philippines, p. 97, 1911.)
37706 to 37711.
From Copenhagen, Denmark. Presented by the Royal Danish Agricultural
Society, Received April 2, 1914. Quoted notes furnished by the society.
37706 and 37707. Hobdeum spp. Poacea-. Barley.
37706. HoKDEUM DISTICHON NUTANS Schubl.
"No. 3. Prentice barley of Tystofte; 2-ranked barley. Originally
from a single plant of the primitive species from England, and grown
by Mr. N. P. Nielsen at the Tystofte Experiment Station. The
most widely known species of barley in Denmark. A little late
The blade does not grow very long. Good quality of grain. Resists
well attacks of Helminthosporvum gramineum and smut (Ustilago).
Gives a large crop. Should be sown early and relatively thin.
Thrives especially well in good soil."
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. 25
37706 to 37711— Continued.
37707. HORDEUM VULGARE L.
"No. 4. Tystofte cruciferous barley (Tystofte korsbyg) ; common
barley with six ranks (square). Originally from a single plant
grown by Mr. N. P. Nielsen at the Tystofte Experiment Station.
Late, essentially with large grains. Resists well Hehninthosporium
gramineum and smut (Ustilago). Gives a large harvest of grain and
straw. Should be sown early. Thrives especially well in good soil."
37708. Avena sativa L. Poacere. Oat.
"No. 6. Yellow Naesgaard oats (Gul Naesgaard Havre) ; spring oats.
Originally from a single plant of Beseler oats grown by Mr. H. A. B.
Vestergaard at the Abed Experiment Station. The chaff is yellow ;
hence the name. Weight of grain and volume very high. Straw stiff
and large quantities obtained. The land should be strongly fertilized
and seed should be sown early."
37709. Lolium multiflorum Lamarck. Poacea\ Italian rye-grass.
" No. 11. Italian rye-grass ; Tystofte No. 152. A subvariety grown by
Mr. N. P. Nielsen at the Tystofte Experiment Station from a single plant.
Of very early maturity, with ample and leafy stalk growth. Thrives
especially well on nonpermanent pasture land. Gives large and sure
harvests not only at the first mowing, but also in the second growth."
37710. Festuca elatior L. Poacese. Meadow fescue.
" No. 12. Meadow fescue ; subvariety No. 9 of L'Union des Societies
Cooperatives de Consommation de Danemark, and grown by Mr. Karl A.
Jorgensen, Lyngby, from a single plant. A little late, very resistant to
rust (Puccinia). Gives large and sure harvests, especially on the first
mowing. Thrives only in pasture land, which should remain more than
one year in grass."
37711. Dactylis glomerata L. Poaceae. Orchard grass.
" No. 13. Orchard grass ; subvariety Olsgaard. Grown by Mr. Ras-
mussen, Olsgaard. Resembles in appearance and its early-maturing
qualities the American orchard grass. Gives large harvests. Thrives
only in pasture land, which should remain more than one year in grass."
37712. Eremocitrus glauca (Lindl.) Swingle. Rutacese.
[Atalantia glauca Benth.) Desert kumquat.
From Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Presented by Mr. J. F. Bailey,
Brisbane Botanic Gardens. Received January 22, 1914.
" From the experiment station at Dulacca. The people in the district are
using quantities of them for drinks." (Jean White.)
" A shrub or small tree bearing edible fruits and occurring in Queensland
and New South Wales, Australia, in subtropical regions subject to severe cold
and extreme drought. The leaves of the plant are small (1 to 1* by one-eighth
to one-fourth inch), emarginate, and show marked drought-resistant adapta-
tions. The fruits of this species are used by the settlers in Australia for jam
and pickles and ade is made from the juice. The Australian desert kumquat
is the hardiest evergreen citrus fruit known, besides being the only one show-
ing pronounced drought-resisting adaptations; it boars in the wild state edible
fruits with a pleasant acid juice and a mild-flavored peel. These characteris-
tics make this plant very promising for use in breeding new types of hardy
drought-resistant citrus fruits." (IF. T. Swingle. In Bailey, Standard Cyclo-
pedia of Horticulture.)
26 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
37713. Asparagus tenuifolius Lam. Convallariaceae.
Asparagus.
From Chene, Geneva, Switzerland. Presented by Mr. Henry Correvon.
Received April 6, 3914.
See S. P. I. No. 33147 for previous introduction.
"An herbaceous perennial from southern Europe; like A. officinalis, with very
slender, numerous cladodes and large, bright red berries." (</. B. Norton. In
Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture.)
37714 to 37717. Cicer arietinum L. Fabacese. Chick-pea.
From Dardanelles, Turkey. Presented by Mr. F. R. J. Calvert, Thymbra
Farm. Received April 4, 1914.
"The season for planting these beans is from the beginning of April to the
middle of May." (Calvert.)
" It is a viscose, pubescent, much-branched, annual herb, generally not exceed-
ing 60 cms. in height. The stem is more or less woody and ribbed, and the
leaves are compound, pinnate, and stalked, with a varying number of leaflets,
not generally exceeding 16. The flowers are papilionaceous, white or purplish
in color, solitary, and with geniculate stalks. The fruit is an oblong, turgid,
2-seeded pod 2 to 2.5 cms. long and about half as broad, and the seed is gener-
ally somewhat symmetrically wrinkled. No varieties are distinguished by grow-
ers, but seed merchants distinguish two forms, viz, the Nitaya and the Dakar.
these two merely constituting a single variety, superior samples being reckoned
as Nitaya and those inferior in quality as Dakar. When the crop is to be
eaten fresh, the harvesting is done about four months after planting, while the
seed is yet tender and before the seed coat begins to harden and become tough.
Grown for grain, the crop is harvested about five and one-half or six months
after sowing." (Foaden and Fletcher, Textbook of Egyptian Agriculture.)
The four numbers were received separately, but without any notes as to their
differences. In appearance there are no evident differences.
37718. Diospyros kaki L. f. Diospyracese. Persimmon.
From Wakamatsu, Iwashire, Japan. Presented by Rev. Christopher Noss,
M. D. Cuttings received April 9, 1914.
" Gosho."
37719 to 37721.
From Kashgar, Chinese Turkestan. Presented by Mr. George Macartney,
British consul general. Received April 4, 1914.
37719 and 37720. LlNUM i sitatissimum L. Linacea?. Flax.
37719. From Kashgar. 37720. From Tashmalik.
37721. Cannabis sativa L. Moracea. Hemp.
" Kashgar hempseed."
The hempseed was requested as the variety from which hashish or bhang is
made. See Watt. Commercial Products of India, for a full account of the prepa-
ration and use of this narcotic.
37722. Caxavali sp. Fabaceae. Babricou bean.
From Bridgetown, Barbados, British West Indies. Presented by Mr. John
R. Bovell, Department of Agriculture. Received March 15, 1914.
APEIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. 27
37723. Holcus sorghum L. Poacese. Sorghum.
(Sorghum vulgar e Pers. )
From Algeria, Algiers. Presented by Dr. L. Trabut, Government botanist.
Received April 9, 1914.
" Sorghum gathered at the mouth of Oued Zhour. Gathered from the fields
where I observed the Mezera or sorghum hybrid of Sorghum halepcnse (Sor-
ghum annuum, Trabut's Flora of Algeria). It is probable that you will obtain
this form from the seeds. I would have gathered seed of Mezera, but these
seeds drop when they are ripe like Sorghum halepense." (Trabut.)
When grown this proved to be the ordinary sorghum, with no trace of the
expected hybrid, and it has been discarded as a variety of little or no value.
37724. Citrus grandis (L.) Osbeck. Rntacese. Pummelo.
(Citrus decumana Murr.)
From Siam. Presented by Mr. Harry Boyle, assistant horticulturist, Bu-
reau of Agriculture, Philippine Islands. Received December, 1913.
" On September 13 the writer proceeded to the Nakon Chaisri district, where
the finest pummelo orchards are located. The largest of these was owned by
a Chinese planter and contained about 20 hectares, three-fourths of which
was planted with pummelos of the ' seed ' variety, while some 25 per cent of
the area contained ' seedless ' trees. The orchard is divided into plats some
7 meters wide by 60 to 90 meters long, separated by trenches some 3 to 4
meters wide by 1\ meters deep. The pummelo trees are planted in single rows
on these plats. All trees are propagated by marcottage, or the ' don ' method.
The writer was able to demonstrate the modern methods of buddage, and
through the assistance of Koon Pisit explained each step so that, were it not
for the deeply inoculated custom in vogue there, the planter would now be
able to propagate his trees much more rapidly and economically. The soil
of this orchard contains about 60 per cent clay.
" The first fruits examined in the ' seedless ' section proved to be full of
seeds. Upon inquiry as to the reason for this it was stated that the seed-
lessness was due to the salt deposited from the brackish water which backs
up into the river during the dry season ; the planter also said that a coco-
nut shell of salt was placed in the hole at the time of transplanting the tree,
and that another shellful was given the tree each year." (H. H. Boyle, in
Philippine Agricultural Review, February, 191/f.)
37725. Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.) Taub. Fabacea?. Guar.
(Cyamopsis psoraleoides DC.)
From Bombay, India. Procured from Messrs. Ralli Bros., through the
American consul at Bombay. Received April 7, 3914.
"A robust annual pulse cultivated in many parts of India from the Himalayas
to the Western Peninsula and never found truly wild in any part of India.
Mollison mentions three forms met with in Kaira and Baroda territory, viz,
(1) pardeshi, sown sparsely among kharif (autumn) cereals; (2) sotia guvar,
growing 8 to 10 feet high and sown extensively in Gujarat. It is raised as
a shade plant to ginger, and the leaves are left on the ground as a green
manure; in the garden lauds of Surat it is grown with cucumbers, being planted
in May and irrigated until the rains. The pods are used as a vegetable and
served like French beans; (3) deshi, the common form with violet seeds,
sown as an ordinary dry crop and extensively used as cattle fodder. Duthie
and Fuller mention a form known as deoband kaicdra, which is often culti-
28 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
37725— Continued.
vated in the United Provinces as a hedge or shade plant. They observe also
that when the plant is cultivated as a vegetable it is grown on highly manured
land near villages, but when raised for cattle fodder is cultivated on light,
sandy soils. It is sown at the commencement of the rains and cut in October.
The average yield of dry pulse is about 10 maunds to the acre. Guar is
specially suitable as a green manure or green fodder crop, owing to the amount
of nitrogen it contains and its comparative freedom (when young) from fiber.
Church gives the nutrient ratio of the dry beans as 1:1.7, and the nutrient
value 79. In certain districts, such as Meerut, where this plant is regu-
larly and largely grown as cattle food, the breed of animals met with is re-
markably fine — a high testimony to the care taken of them." Watt, Com-
mercial Products of India.)
37726 to 37728.
From San Jose, Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. Carlos Wercklg, Depart-
ment of Agriculture. Received March 31, 1914.
37726. Mimusops elengi L. Sapotacea?. Munamal.
See S. P. I. Nos. 5029 and 30957 for previous introductions.
"A large, evergreen tree, with fleshy leaves, glossy, oval, with nerva-
tion slightly emphasized; calyx of six sepals in two series; corolla
rotate, with linear appendages; stamens six; 6-celled superior ovary;
berry with a single seed by abortion. The wood is good for cabinet-
making, joinery, and turning. The fruit, which is shaped like an olive,
is eaten, but its flavor is not very agreeable. The odorous flowers,
which possess astringent and tonic properties, serve for the preparation
of a perfume ; the red, woody, fibrous bark is astringent and is used as
a febrifuge and a tonic; a decoction is used as a gargle for salivation.
The fruits and seeds furnish an oil for burning. The root is astringent."
{Lanessan, Les Plantes Utiles des Colonics Francoises.)
37727. Sterculia sp. Sterculiacea?.
37728. Byrsonima crassifolia (L.) H. B. K. Malpighiacea?. Nance.
"A shrub or small tree, flattened and forming in certain parts of the
torrid and temperate regions, but especially in the torrid regions along
the Pacific, characteristic groups called nancitalcs (from its common
name nance). The leaves are thick, oval, entire, and smooth. The yellow
flowers form short spikes ; the fruits are small yellow berries and give
off a peculiar odor, rather unpleasant, which is the reason, according to
Gagini, that the Spanish call the tree merdicra. The fruits are used to
make a sort of beverage." (Pittier, Les Plantas Usuales de Costa Riea.)
37729. Ficus sycomorus L. Moraceae. Sycamore fig-.
From Cairo, Egypt. Presented by Mr. Thomas W. Brown, at the request
of Prof. S. C. Mason, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received April
11, 1914.
" Sycamore fig."
" This is the sycamore tree of Scripture. It is a very large tree, growing
abundantly in Egypt, Syria, and the East; it produces red figs about the size
of an egg, but almost insipid ; the Egyptians eat them with great relish ; for
drying they are of no value, being then tasteless, unpleasant, and full of seeds.
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. 29
37729— Continued.
The fig of this species is an article of great consumption in those countries;
wine and vinegar are made from the fermented fruits ; the wood has been em-
ployed from great antiquity in making mummy cases." {Hogg, Vegetable
Kingdom. )
Cuttings.
37730. Clitoria laurifolia Poir. Fabacese.
(Clitoria eajanifolia Benth.)
From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by the ' Experimental Garden of the
Department of Agriculture. Received April 11, 1914.
A pink-flowered shrub growing to a height of 4 or 5 feet and propagated by
cuttings. Native of Malay Archipelago and introduced throughout the Tropics.
37731 and 37732. Oryza sattva L. Poacese. Rice.
From Sophia, Bulgaria. Presented by Mr. Alaricus Delmard, Palais de
Sophia. Received April 11, 1914.
" Red and white varieties. The red is for rich soils and the white for poor
soils. Tbe results also depend on the quantity and quality of the water of irri-
gation ; for example, near Philippopolis some very poor land produces excellent
rice, for the reason that the river which irrigates that land comes from the
beech forests and sheep pastures, and the water is rich in decayed vegetable
and animal matter, the sheep grazing on the mountain moors, where the swampy
ground is full of little streams supplying the river. The red rice is the one that
gives a far greater yield. I can not obtain the true name of these two varieties,
but they are the only two cultivated here especially for Turkish markets.
Cleaned specimens are sent to show just the amount of cleaning given to produce
fhe just medium between color when cooked and retaining the best flavor."
(Delmard.)
37731. Red. 37732. White.
37733 and 37734. Holcus sorghum L. Poacea?. Sorghum.
(Sorghum vulgare Pers.)
From Kharkof, Russia. Presented by Mr. J. V. Emelianoff, acting director,
Agricultural Experiment Station. Received April 9, 1914.
37733. " Black Grushevsk has been originated in Ekaterinoslav Province
(Grushevsky Farm of the Grand Duke Nicholas)." (Emelianoff.)
" On the whole, about 20 varieties were cultivated during the experi-
mental period, the best results, from the seed point of view, being
obtained with the Black Dwarf Grushevsk sorghum, which in 1910
produced 3,G02 pounds per acre, and in 1911, 2,803 pounds per acre.
This kind of sorghum is distinguished by its maturing sufficiently
early even in very cold summers. The presence of side branches in-
creases the yield in the case of dry seasons, but in very wet years
they have a contrary effect." (Bulletin Agricultural Intelligence and
Plant Diseases, vol. 3, No. 6, p. 1307-1808, 1912.)
37734. "Early Iantar. This v:irirty was received from your country
and this name is nothing else but a translation into Russian of your
name 'early cane.'" (Emelianoff.)
" In dry seasons or on drier plots the early varieties, such as Early
Iantar, came to the fore. In order to insure abundant forage crops
30 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
37733 and 37734— Continued.
throughout the summer two varieties of sorghum should he sown, a
very early kind, Iantar, which can be first cut at the beginning of
July, and a rather late kind which yields well, such as Orange Kansas,
which can he cut for the first time at the end of July." (Bulletin
Agricultural Intelligence and Plant Diseases, vol. 3, No. 6, p. 1308,
1912.)
37735. Pelargonium radula (Cav.) L'Heritier. Goraniaceye.
Rose geranium.
From Algeria. Presented by A. Mermier Boyer, Chabet el Ameur. Re-
ceived April 15, 1914.
" The rose geranium, a plant with an exquisite odor, grown and distilled in
France, Spain, Algiers, and the island of Reunion, deserves some considera-
tion with regard to cultivation, inasmuch as the oil distilled from the plant
is of such a nature as to make it almost indispensable in the perfumery indus-
try. Unlike that of lavender, the odor of the rose geranium resides in the
leaves, the flowers being almost odorless. Experiments in a preliminary way
are now being carried on to determine the quality of the oil capable of being
distilled from this plant. As in the case of the rose and lavender, the most
suitable location can be learned only by a system of tests in localities with
different climatic and soil conditions."' (Rabak, Frank, The Production of
Volatile Oils and Perfumery Plants in the United States, U. 8. Dept. of Agr.,
Pur. of Plant Tnd. Bull. 195, p. }/-i?, 1910.)
It is for the experiments above mentioned that these cuttings were introduced.
37736. Pelargonium odoratissimum (L.) Solander. Geraniacese.
Rose geranium.
From Erfurt, Germany. Procured from Haage & Schmidt. Plants re-
ceived April 14, 1914.
37737 to 37740. Oryza sativa L. Poacere. Rice.
37737 and 37738.
From Batum, Russia. Presented by Mr. Leslie A. Davis. American
Consul. Received March 30, 1914. Quoted notes by Mr. Davis.
37737. "Swamp rice. This is a better variety than the mountain
rice, and was formerly cultivated here to some extent, but its cul-
ture is now prohibited in the Province of Batum as one of the
measures being taken to eradicate malaria from this district. I
understand that this variety is now cultivated on the other side
of the Turkish frontier and in the Lenkoran district on the Caspian
Sea."
37738. ".Mountain rice. This variety is inferior lo the swamp
rice, but it is the only variety now cultivated here."
37739 and 37740.
From Marseille. France. Presented by Mr. Alphonse Gaulin. American
consul general. Received March IV,, 1914. Quoted notes by Mr. Gaulin.
" Rice is cultivated in France only in the departments of Bouches du
Rhone, Gard, and Aude. The total area devoted to this crop, which was
about 3,000 acres 10 years ago, has been steadily decreasing in recent
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37737 to 37740— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. A. Gaulin.)
years, and is now less than 1,400 acres, distributed as follows : Bouches
du Rhone, 1,025 acres; Gard, about 300 acres; Aude, 25 acres. In the
Bouches du Rhone the industry is limited to the Camargue region, a
vast marshy plain of alluvial formation comprising the delta of the
Rhone and consisting mainly of rough pasture lands. The only com-
mercial varieties of rice grown in the country are the Ranghino and the
Bcrtone, which were imported from Italy. The crops for 1912 and 1913
were estimated at 1,260 and 940 metric tons, respectively, of ' risone '
or undecorticated grain. According to M. E. de Laroque, Director of the
Agricultural Service of the Bouches du Rhone Department, the yield of
'risone' in the Camargue during the last two years was as follows:
1912, 924 metric tons ; 1913, 747 metric tons. M. de Laroque states that
the cultural methods employed are rather primitive, and unquestionably
inferior to the methods in vogue in Italy, and particularly in Spain.
These methods are described in a pamphlet entitled ' La Culture du Riz
en Italie et en Camargue,' by M. de Laroque. The annual imports of
rice at Marseille average over 00,000 metric tons, of which the greater
part is taken up by local mills. These imports come chiefly from Indo
China, British India, Japan, Java, and Egypt. Rice exports from
Marseille average about 2,000 metric tons, consisting mainly of whole
rice, flour and semolina, and screenings, the French African colonies and
possessions being the principal countries of destination. According to
present indications this trade can be at best only of occasional interest
to American shippers, so far as this district is concerned. A list of the
principal Marseille importers and rice millers may be had from the
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce at Washington."
37739. "The Ranghino represented about four-fifths of the crop
in 1912 and 1913. The weight of the straw is about double that of
the grain. The price averaged 22 francs ($4,240) per 100 kilos
(220 pounds) in 1912, and ranged from 18 to 21 francs ($3.47 to
.$4.05) in 1913. In this district rice is sown at the end of April
or the beginning of May. This variety is harvested in September
and October."
37740. " Bertone is sown at the end of April or the beginning of
May and harvested in August or September."
37741 and 37742.
From Brussels, Belgium. Presented by Mr. H. Meyer, acting director,
Ministry of the Colonies. Received April 6, 1914.
37741. Croton angolensis Muell. Arg. Euphorbiacese.
"A euphorbiaceous plant from the Belgian Kongo. The native name Is
Saku, so called by the Nasku, meaning 'lumbago.' A largo forest tree.
Its aromatic and spicy bark is macerated in palm wine and then used in
rubbing for pains. Its wood is of good quality and is used for building
and for timber." {Meyer.)
37742. Panpanus butayei Wildem. Pandanaceae.
"One of the Pandonaeew from the Belgian Kongo. The native name
in Kanga is Kenge, meaning 'to tie, to bind, to twist,' alluding to the
different uses of the leaves. Beautiful ornamental plant growing along
rivers. The leaves serve for making solid and flexible mats, which bear
the name Mfumbu and more rarely that of Matea." (Meyer.)
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37743. Vigna sinensis (Tomer) Savi. Fabaceae. Cowpea.
From Johannesburg, Transvaal. South Africa. Presented by Mr. J. Burtt
Davy, Transvaal Maize Breeding Station, Burttholm, Yereeniging, South
Africa. Received April 11, 1914.
"Dinaica (Sesutu name) grown by the Transvaal Basuto among the maize,
for food." {Davy.)
37744. Prunus armeniaca L. Amygdalacese. Apricot.
From the oasis of Dakhleh, Egypt. Presented by Sheik Abu Bakr, of
Rashida village, to Prof. S. C. Mason, of the Bureau of Plant Industry,
at the time of his visit there. Received April 12, 1914.
" Dakhleh apricot. Seedling apricots growing in the irrigated gardens of the
oasis of Dakhleh, western Egypt. The fruits vary greatly in size and quality,
but some are of decided excellence. Quantities of them are dried with the pits
in them and used stewed as a dessert during the winter months. These fruits
are believed to have been gro«wn in the oasis since the Roman occupation, nearly
2,000 years ago, and are interesting to American plant breeders on account
of their resistance to desert conditions of heat. The mean annual temperature
y.f the oasis of Dakhleh is above 75° F., some monthly means being close to
90° F." (Mason.)
37745. Cocos romanzoffiana Cham. Phcenicacese. Palm.
From Rio de Janeiro. Brazil. Presented by Dr. John C. Willis, botanic
garden. Received April 13, 1934.
See S. P. I. No. 34757 for previous introduction.
" Stems 30 to 40 feet high, somewhat fusiform above : leaves about half as long
as the caudex, the withered ones deflexed, pendent, the upper ones spreading,
often arching; segments conduplicate at the base, ensiform ; spadix about 6 feet
long, at first inclosed in a stout, pendulous spathe which appears among the
lowest leaves. In southern Brazil, near the sea, according to recent character-
izations, it comprises a wide variety of forms. Probably the Cocos flexuosa
planted in this country is not Cocos flexuosa <>f Martius, but of Hort., a hardy
form of rotnanzoffiana, which, according to the late Barbosa-Rodrigues. is a
polymorphic species including, besides this flexuosa type, all our garden forms
known as C. plumosa Hook.. C. coronuta Hort. (not Mart.), C. botryophora
Hort., C. datil Griseb. and Drude, and C. australis Mart." (X. Taylor. In
Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture.)
37746 and 37747. Opuxtia spp. Cactaceae. Prickly-pear.
From Barbados. British West Indies. Collected by Messrs. P. H. Dorsett,
A. D. Shamel, and Wilson Popenoe, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Re-
ceived April 13, 1914. Cuttings of the following; quoted notes by Messrs.
Dorsett, Shamel, and Popenoe.
37746. "(No. 73.) Cochineal cactus, as it is called by the negroes.
Found growing near a small hut between Bridgetown and Holetown,
about 2 miles back from the coast. The plant was treelike in form,
about 12 feet in height, and covered with small fruits of a peculiar
shade of cochineal red. Pads almost spineless."
37747. "(No. 74.) A low-growing, very spiny Opuntia. called by the
negroes flat iron prickles, found along the roadside between Bridgetown
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37746 and 37747— Con. (Quoted note by Mr. Dorsett and others.)
and Holetown, about 2 miles from the coast. It had been recently
planted in this location for a permanent fence between the road and
a farmyard. The plants were young and probably did not show their
habit of growth very well. Pads covered with very abundant, long,
light-yellow spines."
37748 to 37798.
From Brazil. Collected by Messrs. P. H. Dorsett, A. D. Shamel, and Wilson
Popenoe, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received April 13, 1914.
Scions (except as noted) of the following; quoted notes by Messrs.
Dorsett, Shamel, and Popenoe.
37748 to 37793. Citrus spp. Rutacea*.
37748 to 37751. Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck. Navel orange.
From the grove of Dr. Fortunato da Silva, at Cabulla, Bahia.
37748. " Select tree No. 1. A tree about 12 years old, 16 feet
in height, 16 feet in spread, with a trunk 20 inches in cir-
cumference near the ground. It is headed 2 feet above
the ground and in habit of growth is spreading and drooping.
The foliage is very dense, dark green in color; no spines.
The June crop is 241 fruits and the December crop 65 fruits.
One fruit has an abnormal shape, namely, a sunken sec-
tion. A typical fruit weighs 400 grams, is 11J inches in
circumference, 3£ inches in diameter. The skin is one-
eighth of an inch thick, the core being one-half of an inch
in diameter. In form the fruit is spherical, flattened at the
blossom end ; button flush with surface, blossom flush with
surface. When ripe the skin is yellowish green, flesh rich
golden, surface smooth. Rag tender, juice very abundant, one
fruit containing 150 c. c. Flavor sweet, quality good. Seeds,
none. Navel three-eighths of an inch in diameter, opening
three-sixteenths of an inch in diameter. This tree and select
trees Nos. 2 and 3 in the same orchard are growing in the
vicinity of a stable and probably receive more than the ordi-
nary amount of manure. They were selected on the basis of
large production of a fine quality of fruit. The trees are of
very thrifty appearance, with an abundance of dark-green,
healthy foliage. Few scale or other insect pests, fungus
diseases, or plant parasites were found on these trees, indi-
cating an apparent resistance to these enemies of the orange
tree in this section, where no treatment for scale or plant
parasites is ordinarily given."
37749. " Select tree No. 2. A tree 15 feet in height, 16 feel in
spread, of erect habit of growth. It is about 12 years old,
with a trunk 17§ inches in circumference near the ground. It
is headed 28 inches above the ground and the foliage is dense,
deep green in color ; no spines. The June crop is 113 fruits
and the December crop 107. There are no apparent variations
among the fruits, a typical one of which weighs 440 grains, is
12| inches in circumference, and in diameter is 3il inches.
The skin is tnree-sixteenths of an inch in thickness, and the
core is nine-sixteenths of an inch in diameter. In form the
71476°— 17 3
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37748 to 37798— Contd. (Quoted notes by Mr. Dorsett and others.)
fruit is rather elongated, the button flush with the surface, as
well as the blossom. When ripe, the skin is light green in
color and the flesh light golden yellow. The surface is smooth.
Rag tender, juice fairly abundant, one specimen containing 150
c. c. The flavor is sweet, rather insipid. Quality good in com-
parison with other navel oranges grown in this region. Seeds,
none. Navel diameter seven-sixteenths of an inch; navel open-
ing three-sixteenths of an inch."
37750. " Select tree No. 3. A 12-year-old tree, 16 feet in height,
IS feet in spread, drooping and spreading in form, with a trunk
circumference of 20 inches. The foliage is dense, dark green
in color ; no spines. No variations appear among the 130
fruits of the June crop and the 55 fruits of the December
crop. A typical fruit weighs 480 grams, is 12J inches in cir-
cumference, 4 inches in diameter, with a skin three-sixteenths
of an inch in thickness. The core diameter is half an inch.
Button and blossom flush with skin. When ripe, the skin is
yellowish green, the flesh being deep golden yellow. The surf nee
is smooth in texture. Rag tender, flesh very juicy, one specimen
containing 170 c. c. Flavor is subacid; quality good. Navel
diameter is five-sixteenths of an inch, navel opening being
three-sixteenths of an inch. There are on this tree many
blossoms just opening, fruits just set, and small fruits, as well
as those mentioned in the June and December crops, indicating
a tendency to bear throughout the year."
37751. " Select tree No. 4. A 25-year-old tree, 20 feet in height,
2S feet in spread, erect in habit ; head almost 4 feet above the
ground, with a trunk 32 inches in circumference. The foliage
is sparse, deep green in color ; spines long and sharp. There
are 270 fruits in the June crop and 12 in the December crop.
Selected because of the erect habit of the tree and on account
of the fact that it is reported that the fruits frequently contain
seeds."
37752. Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck. Navel orange.
From the grove of Col. Frederico da Costa. Matatu, Bahia.
" Tree 2-8-2. A tree about 8 years' old, 14 feet in height, 15 feet in
spread, erect in habit, headed 11 inches above the ground, the trunk
being 20A inches in circumference. Foliage dense; very dark green
in color; no spines. In the June crop there are 156 fruits; in
December, 33 fruits. The principal variations appear in flattened
fruits and large, protruding navels, although the navel is normally
very small."
37753 to 37759.
From the grove of Dr. Fortunate da Silva, Cabulla, Bahia.
37753. Citrus nobilis dei.iciosa (Tenore) Swingle.
Tangerine.
" Select tree No. 5. A tree about 25 years old, 12 feet in height,
22 feet in spread; head 2 feet above the ground, spreading in
form with a trunk 30 inches in circumference. Foliage dense,
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37748 to 37798— Contd. (Quoted notes by Mr. Dorsett and others.)
very light green in color ; no spines. The June crop is 350 fruits
and the December crop 54 fruits, among which no variations
appear. A typical fruit weighs 180 grams, is 9| inches in cir-
cumference, 3 inches in diameter, with a skin one-eighth of an
inch thick and a core five-eighths of an inch in diameter. The
shape is flattened, the button end raised, the blossom end
slightly depressed. When ripe, the skin is yellowish green, the
flesh being pinkish in color. The surface is smooth, with oil
glands deeply sunken. The rag is tender, the flesh very juicy,
a single fruit containing 65 c. c. of juice. The flavor is pro-
nounced and the quality good. There are from 20 to 23 seeds in
a fruit."
37754 to 37759. Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck.
Navel orange.
37754. "Tree 1-1-3. An old tree, 16 feet in height, 16
feet in spread, head 20 inches above the ground, spreading
in form, with a trunk 21f inches in circumference. The
foliage is open, deep green in color ; thorns confined to
one branch. There are no apparent variations among the
185 fruits of the June crop and 35 of the December crop.
A typical fruit weighs 560 grams and is 13 inches in
circumference ; diameter 4£ inches, with a skin one-
eighth of an inch in thickness and a core three-fourths of
an inch in diameter. Form of fruit, elongated, flattened
at the blossom end. Button and blossom flush with sur-
face. When ripe, the skin is yellowish green in color,
the flesh being golden. The surface is smooth. The rag
is very coarse and the flesh dry, a single fruit containing
only 150 c. c. of juice. The navel is 1 inch in diameter,
the opening being three-fourths of an inch wide."
37755. " Tree 1-1-2, renewed tree top about 2 years old.
A tree probably 25 years old, 16 feet in height, 20 feet
in spread. Head I3 feet above the ground, spreading in
form, the trunk being 23 f inches in circumference. The
foliage is open, deep green in color ; no spines . There
are about 10 fruits in the June crop and 20 in the De-
cember crop, among which no variations are apparent.
A single typical fruit weighs 480 grams, is 12f inches
in circumference and 4 inches in diameter. The skin is
one-eighth of an inch thick ; a core rather open, seven-
eighths of an inch in diameter. The shape is spherical,
somewhat flattened at both ends, the button slightly
sunken, blossom flush with the surface. When ripe the
color is yellowish, rather better than the average, the flesh
golden yellow. The rag is coarse, and a single fruit
contains 150 c. c. of juice. The flavor is sweet, the quality
fair. In diameter the navel is five-eighths of an inch and
the opening is three-sixteenths of an inch."
37756. "Tree 1-4-6. Tree 25 years old, 14 feet in height,
14 feet in spread, erect in habit, head li feet above the
ground, with a trunk 23 inches in circumference. The
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foliage is very open, deep preen in color; no spines. The
June crop is 191 fruits and the December crop 15 fruits,
among which there are no apparent variations."
37757. "Tree 1-5-2. A tree about 25 years old, 13 feet
in height, 13 feet in spread, headed 10 inches above the
ground; spreading in form, with a trunk 27 inches in cir-
cumference. The foliage is dense, deep green in color; no
spines. There are 145 fruits in the June crop and 14 in
the December crop. The most noticeable variation among
them is the tendency to elliptical form, which is ihown by
a few fruits."
37758. " Tree 1-6-3. A tree about 25 years old, 18 feet in
height, 12^ feet in spread, very erect in form, headed 1
foot above the ground, with a trunk 32 inches in circum-
ference. Foliage open, deep green in color ; no thorns.
The June crop is 125 fruits ; the December, 30 fruits. One
orange-colored fruit is evidently off season. There are no
other noticeable variations. The navel is small."
37759. '• Tree 1-6-7. A tree about 25 years old, 16 feet in
height, 16 feet in spread, erect in growth; head 14 inches
above the ground, with a trunk 33 inches in circumference.
The foliage sparse, deep green in color; no spines. In
the June crop there are 355 fruits and in the December
crop 11 fruits, among which there are no apparent varia-
tions. The navel is uniformly small."
37760 to 37773.
From the grove of Col. Frederico da Costa. Matatu, Bahia.
37760 to 37770. Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck. Navel orange.
37760. " Tree 1-8-6. A tree about 15 years old, 18 feet in
height, 20 feet in spread, headed 11 inches above the
ground ; spreading in habit, with a trunk 23i inches in
circumference. The foliage is dense, dark green in color;
do spines. In the June crop there are 171 fruits and in
the December crop 8 fruits, among which no variations are
apparent. The navel is very small. This is a very old
tree, having the largest trunk of any citrus tree observed
in this orchard. Extreme fruitfulness is combined with
the tendency to bear fruits all the year round, as there are
Hewers in all stages of development on this tree. No
mottle-leaf was observed, and it seems possible that this
tree may be resistant to chlorosis."
37761. "Tree 1-8-1. A tree about 1~> years old, 16 feet in
height, L8 feet in spread, drooping in habit, headed about
13 inches above the ground, with a trunk 22} inches in
circumference. The foliage is very dense, deep green in
color; no spines. In the June crop there are 110 fruits
and in the December crop 16 fruits, among which no
variations are visible. The navel is small to medium in
size."
37762. "Tree 1 8-5. A tree about 15 years old, IS feet ii
height, 20 feet in spread, beaded 1* feet from the ground;
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spreading in habit, with a trunk 29 inches in circumfer-
ence. Foliage dense, dark green in color ; no spines.
There are 145 fruits in the June crop and 50 in the De-
cember crop, the most notable variation being an occa-
sional striped fruit. The navels vary in size from small
to medium ; a fine, healthy tree producing fruits of large
size."
37763. " Tree 1-7-0. A tree about 15 years old, IS feet in
height, 20 feet in spread, erect in habit, headed 20 inches
above the ground, with a trunk 2 feet in circumference.
The foliage is dense, dark green in color ; no spines. In
the June crop there are 190 fruits and in the December
crop 13 fruits. The principal variation is a protruding
navel, though the size is normally small to medium. A
fine, healthy tree."
37764. " Tree 2-5-1. A tree about S years old, 13 feet in
height, 10 feet in spread, headed Hi inches above the
ground ; spreading in habit, with a trunk 20| inches in
circumference. The foliage is dense, dark green in color ;
no spines. There are 85 fruits in the June crop and 250 in
the December crop. On one limb there are S wrinkled
fruits of the Australian type. The navel is normally very
small. Remarkable for the large number of fruits pro-
duced in the December crop.''
37765. "Tree 2-0-1. Tree about 8 years old, 13 feet in
height, 15 feet in spread, drooping in habit, headed 1J
feet above the ground. Trunk 18-$ inches in circumfer-
ence. The foliage is dense, dark green in color ; no spines.
There are 44 fruits in the June crop and 327 in the De-
cember crop, all being very uniform in type. The navel
is uniformly small. This tree is remarkable tor the large
number of fruits in the December crop."
37766. "Tree 2-11-1. A tree about S years old, 11 feet
in height, 13 feet in spread, headed 10 inches above the
ground, spreading in habit, circumference of trunk 10$
inches. Foliage very dense, dark green ; a few small
spines. In the June crop there are 50 fruits and in the
December crop 59. The principal variations noted are a
few large navels and the abnormal shape of the fruit.
The navel is normally medium sized. Selected tor its ap-
parent tendency to produce fruit throughout the year."
37767. "Tree 2-S-4. A tree about S years old, 13 feet in
height, 18 feet in spread, headed 10 inches above the
ground, spreading in habit, trunk 20| inches in circumfer-
ence. Foliage very dense, dark green in color; a few
small spines. In the June crop there are 262 fruits and
21 in the December crop, among which there are a few
with very large navels, although the navel is normally
medium sized. This tree was selected for its large pro-
duction of June fruits."
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37748 to 37798— Contd. (Quoted notes by Mr. Dorsett and others.)
37768. "Tree 2-©-5. a tree aboul 8 years old, 15 feet in
height, 15 feet in spread, erect and open in habit, headed
16 inches above the ground, with a trunk 21* incites in
circumference. The foliage is dense on the outside of the
tree, dark green in color; no spines. In the June crop
there are 210 fruits and in the December crop 35. The
shape of the fruit varies considerably. Then- are some
large navels, although the navel is normally very small.
Selected because of its rather peculiar, upright, open habit
of growth and small leaves. It is distinct in type from
the typical navel orange tree in Bahia."
37769. "Tree 2-10-2. A tree about 8 years old, 14 feet in
height, 16 feet in spread, headed about 15 inches above
the ground, spreading in habit, with a trunk 19 \ inches
in circumference. Its foliage is very dense, dark green in
color ; no spines. In the June crop there are 297 fruits
and 20 in the December crop, among which there are no
apparent variations. The navel is uniformly very small.
Selected because of the preponderance of June fruits.*'
37770. " Tree 2-10-1. A tree about 8 years old, 14 feet in
height, 15 feet in spread, of drooping habit, headed 17
inches above the ground, with a trunk 18 inches in cir-
cumference. The foliage is very dense, dark green; no
spines. There are 98 fruits in the June crop and 97 in
the December crop. The fruit variations are very notice-
able on this tree, the principal ones being cylindrical and
flattened shapes, the fruit wrinkled, very large and pro-
truding navels, and very large navel openings. The navel
varies from very small to very large. A typical specimen
rrom this tree weighs 340 grains, is 11 J inches in circnm-
rerence, 3| inches in diameter, the skin is one-sixteenth
of an inch thick, and the core is one half inch in diam-
eter. The shape is most commonly llattened, the button
flush with the surface, the blossom sunken. The color is
yellowish green, with the flesh deep golden yellow. The
surface is very smooth. The rag is coarse and the flesh
fairly juicy, a typical specimen containing 130 c. c. of
juice. The flavor is subacid and the quality good. This
variety is unusually thin skinned."
37771. Citeus nobilis deliciosa (Teuore) Swingle.
Tangerine.
"Tree 2-6-2. Tree about 11 feet in height, 12 feet in spread,
headed 17 J inches above the ground, spreading in habit, the
trunk being 18 inches in circumference. The foliage is very
dense, light green in color; many large spines. There are no
fruits in the June crop, but 565 in the December crop, among
which two were found with small navels. Typical fruit weighs
about 120 grains, is N'' inches in circumference, 2| inches in
diameter, and skin one-eighth of an inch thick, and the core
five-eighths of an inch in diameter. The shape is Battened,
button flush with surface, blossom slightly sunken. The surface
is yellowish green in color, the flesh pinkish. The rag is tender,
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37748 to 37798— Contd. (Quoted notes by Mr. Dorsett and others.)
and a typical fruit contains 50 c. c. of juice. The flavor is
sweet and the quality fair. There are about 19 seeds to the
fruit."
37772 and 37773. Citrus limetta Risso. Sweet lime.
37772. " Tree 1-2-5. This fruit, known in Portuguese as
lima doce, is about the size of a lemon, a typical fruit
being 2\ inches in diameter. The skin is pale green in
color externally and slightly less than one-fourth of an
inch in thickness. The core is closed and small, the juice
sweet and cloying in flavor. This is a fruit that is highly
esteemed by the Bahians. Its flavor is similar to that of
the lime, but with less acidity. The seeds number 12.
The tree is very productive."
37773. " Tree 1-1-7. See previous number [S. P. I. 37772]
for description."
37774 to 37777.
From the grove of Col. Demetrio Luiz de Souza, Cruz de Cosme,
Bahia.
37774. Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck. Navel orange.
" Tree 1-6-1. A tree about 25 years old, 18 feet in height,
21 feet in spread, headed 1$ feet above the ground, spreading
habit, trunk 27 inches in circumference. Foliage dense, dark
green in color; no spines. There are 237 fruits in the June
crop and 49 in the December crop, no variations among them
being apparent. The navel is medium sized. The fruits on this
tree were some of the finest we observed during our stay in
Bahia."
37775. Citrus aurantium L. Bitter orange.
" Tree 1-1-1. The bitter or Seville orange, known in Portu-
guese as laranja da terra. This is the citrus generally used in
Bahia as a stock for the navel orange, as well as for other
varieties of citrus fruits. The tree from which these buds were
taken is about 15 years old, 14 feet in height, 13 feet in spread,
erect in habit, headed 15 inches above the ground, with a trunk
23j inches in circumference. The foliage is dense, deep green ;
thorns very large and strong. There are 106 fruits in the June
crop and 46 in the December crop, among which no variations
were noticed. Typical fruit of laranja da terra weigbs about
180 grams and is 9* inches in circumference, 3 inches in diame-
ter, with a skin one fourth of an inch thick and a core three
fourths of an inch in diameter. The shape is oblate, with the
button and blossom Hush with the surface. The skin is dull
orange in color and the flesh pale orange. The texture of the
surface is rough. The rag is tender, juice abundant, a single
fruit containing 60 c. C. The flavor is bitter and rather acid.
The quality is poor for eating out of hand, the fruit being used
principally for making marmalade. Obtained for trial as a
stock plant for citrus fruits in this country and also for marma-
lade or cooking purposes."
4U SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
37748 to 37798— Contd. (Quoted notes by Mr. Dorsett and others.)
37776. Citrus sinensis (L.) O.sbeck. Orange.
'• Jjininjn da china. Tree 1-2-1. This is a seedy, sweet
orange, inferior in quality to tbe navel orange and grown princi-
pally as a stock plant for the latter. In parts of the interior of
Brazil, however, it is commonly grown for its fruit, the navel
orange being little known in many of these regions. It is of
fair size, usually pale green in color when ripe, with tough rag,
many seeds; juice abundant and of subaeid flavor. In Bahia
it is not commonly used for stock, laranja da terra being used
for this purpose, but in the interior, where the latter is little
known, it is more largely utilized. This variety ripens in Bahia
after the June crop of navels is gone, hence it brings a good
price on the market."
37777. Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck. Orange.
"A seedy orange, said to be identical in character with laranja
selecta as grown at Bahia, and taken from a tree said by Col.
Demetrio Luiz de Souza to have been grown from a bud tflken
from a navel-orange tree. The tree is 6 years of age, 12 feet
in height, 12 feet in spread, head ;i little less than 2 feet above
the ground, spreading in form, with a trunk 15 J inches in circum-
ference. The foliage is dense, dark green in color; a tew very
small thorns. There are 31 fruits in the June crop and 39 in
the December, no variations being apparent among them. The
fruit is about 3 inches in diameter, with skin one-fourth of an
inch thick and core about half an inch in diameter. The rag
is tender and the juice very abundant. The fruit shows no
sign of a navel and contains about eight perfectly developed
seeds. This tree is of special interest because of the possibility
of its having arisen as a bud sport or as a reversion of the navel
orange to the parent laranja selecta type."
37778. Citrus grandis (L.) Osbeck. Pummelo.
(Citrus decumana Murr.)
From the ranch of Dr. Miguel de Teive e Argollo, Roma, Bahia.
"A very large pummelo with flesh of rich pink color. A good speci-
men weighs 2,000 grams and is 23* inches in circumference, with a
diameter of 7* inches. Tbe skin is 1 inch thick and tbe core 1J inches
in diameter. The form of fruit is oblate, with a smooth, fine skin,
light green in color. The rag is coarse, the flesh rather dry. the flavor
sweet and agreeable. One fruit contained 102 seeds. This pummelo
is not widely known in Brazil. The tree is low and spreading in
form, and the fruits are produced in '-lusters like the grapefruit
grown in the United States, it seems to have possibilities as a salad
fruit, particularly because of its attractive color as well as its izood
flavor."
37779 to 37782.
From the grove of Dr. Miguel de Teive e Argollo. It. una. Bahia.
37779. Citrus bergamia Kisso. Bergamot orange.
"Tree said by Dr. Argollo to be the Bergamot orange. A
typical fruit weighs about 620 grams, is 14i Inches in circum-
ference, 4§ inches in diameter, with skin five-eighths of an inch
thick and core a half inch in diameter. The shape is somewhat
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. 41
37748 to 37798— Contd. (Quoted notes by Mr. Dorsett and others.)
pyriform, the fruit being elongated at the base and flattened at
the apex. The smooth surface is yellowish in color. The rag is
coarse, the flesh not very juicy, one fruit containing about 110
c. c. of juice. The flavor is sweet, with a slight bitter twang.
Quality can be considered only fair. The specimen examined
contained 7 seeds."
37780. Citrus gbandis (L.) Osbeck. Pummelo.
(Citrus decumana Murr.)
"A seedless variety, not widely grown in Bahia, and found by
us only in this one garden. Averages about 1J pounds in weight,
has a rather thick skin and abundant juice. The flavor is that
of typical grapefruits grown in the United States. Its origin is
unknown."
37781. Citrus medica L. Citron.
"A fruit about 1,000 grams in weight, 14§ inches in circumfer-
ence, 4J inches in diameter, with a skin li inches thick, and a
core 1 inch in diameter. The surface is rough and pale green in
color. The flesh contains but little juice and is pale straw color
with coarse rag. The flesh is utilized for the manufacture of a
preserve."
37782. Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck. Orange.
"Laranja selecta. Cuttings from a tree on Dr. Argollo's place.
This orange has been introduced from Rio de Janeiro under
S. P. I. No. 37840, which see for description."
37783. Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck. Navel orange.
From the grove of Col. Julio Barretto, Cabulla, Bahia.
'•A tree said to be more than 40 years old, 20 feet in height, 21
feet in spread, erect in habit, headed 1 foot 5 inches above the
ground, with a trunk 38f inches in circumference. The foliage is
sparse, dark green ; no spines. There are in the June crop 398 fruits
and in the December crop 264 fruits. Little variation is noticeable
among them, excepting the size of navels, which varies from small to
medium. A typical fruit weighs 420 grams, is 11J inches in circum-
ference, 4J inches in diameter, with a core three-fourths of an inch
in diameter. The shape is elongated, the button and blossom flush
with the surface. The color is yellowish green and the flesh golden
yellow. The surface is smooth. The rag is tender and the flesh
very juicy, one fruit containing 140 c. c. of juice. The flavor is sub-
acid, the quality being very good. The navel is seven-sixteenths of
an inch in diameter and the opening one-eighth of an inch. This tree
is remarkable for productiveness. The fruit is of especially fine
quality. It is budded on laranja <t<t terra stock. (See S. P. I. Nos.
37791 and 37792)."
37784 to 37786. Citrus sp. Lime orange.
From the grove of Col. Joao de Teive e Argollo, Agua Comprida,
Bahia.
37784. "These trees are about 20 years of age, 20 feet in
height, 20 feet in spread, headed about 4 feet above the
ground, and with trunks 'jr> inches in circumference. Erect
and open habit of growth. Foliage sparse, light green in
42 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
37748 to 37798— Contd. ( Quoted notes by Mr. Dorsett and others.)
color; few spines; tree productive. A typical fruit weighs
350 grams, is 11 inches in circumference, 3J inches in diame-
ter, the skin is one-fourth of an inch thick and core 1* inches
in diameter. The form is oval to nearly spherical ; color yel-
lowish green when ripe. The surface is smooth, the flesh
golden yellow in color. The rag is tender and t lie juice is
abundant, a single specimen containing 125 c. c. of juice. The
flavor is a mixture of that of the orange and lime, sweet and
pleasant. The seeds are 2 to 8 in number. Col. Argollo says
that this variety comes true from the seed. It is common in
the markets of Rio de Janeiro during February and March,
and is evidently highly esteemed by the Brazilians because of
its pleasant, refreshing flavor. It is used extensively for mak-
ing an orangeade which the Brazilians esteem more highly than
that made from other citrus fruits."
37785 and 37786. See S. P. I. No. 37784 for description.
37787. Citrus ljmetta Risso. Sweet lime.
From the grove of Dr. Fortunato da Silva, Cabulla, Bahia.
" This fruit, known in Portuguese as lima doce, is about the size
of a lemon, a typical fruit being 24. inches in diameter. The skin is
pale green in color, externally, and slightly less than one-fourth of
an inch in thickness. The core is closed and small ; the juice sweet
and cloying in flavor. This is a fruit that is highly esteemed by the
Bahians. Its flavor is similar to that of the lime, but with less
acidity. The seeds number 12. The tree is very productive."
37788 and 37789.
From the grove of Col. Frederico da Costa, Matatu, Bahia.
37788. Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck. Navel orange.
"A tree about 15 years old, 16 feet in height, 21 feet in spread,
headed about 15 inches above ground, spreading in form, with a
trunk 31 inches in circumference. The foliage is very dense,
dark green ; no spines. In the June crop there are 113 fruits,
in the December crop 24, no prominent variations being appar-
ent among them. A typical fruit is about 440 grams in weight,
12^ inches in circumference, 4 inches in diameter, the skin is
one-eighth of an inch in thickness, and the core is three-fourths
of an inch in diameter. The shape is elong:it<Hl, the button end
slightly sunken, the blossom end slightly raised. The surface is
light golden in color. The rag is very tender, and the juice is
abundant, one fruit containing 150 c. c. of juice. The navel is
1 inch in diameter and the navel opening is one-fourth of an
inch wide."
37789. Citrus limetta Risso. Rutacese. Sweet lime.
For description of the sweet lime, see S. P. I. No. 37787.
37790. Mangifera indica L. Anacardiacea\ Rose mango.
From Roma, Bahia. See S. P. I. No. 3784(5 for description.
37791 and 37792. ClTBUS sinensis (L.) Osbeck. Rutacea?. . •
Navel orange.
From the grove of Col. Julio Barretto, Cabulla, Bahia.
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. 43
37748 to 37798— Contd. (Quoted notes by Mr. Dorsett and others. )
37791. "A tree believed to be about 40 years old, but with a
top much younger than this, perhaps 8 years old, as the tree
has been renewed by cutting it back to the old stump. Its
height is about 10 feet, its spread 12 feet, its habit droop-
ing, its trunk. 29f inches in circumference, and it is headed
14 inches above the ground. The foliage is dense, dark
green; no thorns. In the June crop there are 139 fruits
and in the December crop 35, the principal variations being
in the size of the navel, which is from very small to medium."
37792. "A tree said to be more than 40 years old, about 20
feet in height, and 27 feet in spread, erect in habit, headed
more than 4 feet above the ground, with a trunk 37* inches
in circumference. The foliage is sparse, dark green ; no spines.
In the June crop there are 234 fruits and in the December
crop 139, among them being many which are flattened or
wrinkled. Navels vary from medium to large in size, some
of them being very large and" protruding. This and S. P. I.
No. 37791 are from a grove that is said to be one of the
very oldest existing in Bahia. The Bahia navel orange is
believed to have originated near it. Many of the trees in
this grove are said to be about 40 or more years of age, but
have had their tops renewed several times by cutting back
to the trunk, a custom common in Banian orchards. The
orchardists generally believe that these renewed tops produce
better fruit than the original tree. It appears to us that
this may be due to the fact that as the trees grow older and
decline in vigor and productiveness, the fruit naturally be-
comes smaller and poorer. By renewal its size and quality
are considerably increased, equal perhaps to the fruits borne
by a young tree. This 45-year-old orchard is said to be one
of the most productive and profitable in Bahia."
37793. Citrus sp. Rutaeese. Lime orange.
From the grove of Col. Jo5o de Teive e Argollo, Agua Comprida,
Bahia. Lime orange, called in Portuguese laranja lima. See S. P. I.
No. 37784 for description.
37794. Neoglaziovia variegata (Arruda) Mez. Bromeliacea\ Caroa.
(Billbcrgia variegata Schultz.)
From Joazeiro, Brazil. Presented by Dr. Leo Zehntner, Director of the
Horto Florestal, Joazeiro, Bahia.
" This plant is found in the caatingas or dry lands of the interior of
Bahia State, particularly around Joazeiro. It grows to a height of 4
or 5 feet, and is conspicuous among the other plants on the caatinga
because of its variegated leaves, which are deep green blotched with
white. The natives harvest the wild plants, extract the liber, and make
of it ropes, baskets, hammocks, etc. One of the commonest articles
made of caroa fiber is a small rope about one-fourth of an inch in
diameter and 6 feet in length, which is sold in the Joazeiro markets at
100 reis (about 3 cents) and is used to string up hammocks.
" Statistics concerning the extent of the caroa industry are lacking.
The plant should be worthy of a trial in the southwestern United States,
44 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
37748 to 37798— Contd. (Quoted notes by Mr. Dorsett and others.)
however, to determine its value and the feasibility of economically
extracting the fiber."
Plants.
37795. Citeus bebgamia Risso. Rutacese. Bergamot orange.
From Roma, Bahia. See S. P. I. No. 37779 for description.
37796. Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck. Rutaeese. Orange.
From the grove of Senhor Joao Elias Esteres, Nictheroy, Rio de
Janeiro.
" Cuttings of laranja selecta from a variety which is a favorite in
Rio de Janeiro, its cultivation being much more extensive than that
of the Bahia navel orange. It is hard to understand why this should be,
when one considers that the navel is seedless while Selecta contains
numerous seeds. It seems to be the popular opinion, however, that
Selecta is a better flavored orange than the navel grown in this section.
Selecta is believed to be the parent of the Bahia navel, and there is
good evidence to substantiate this belief. It is an orange of good size,
about as large as a good California Washington Navel, but slightly
flattened or oblate in form. The flesh is tender and juicy and of a
delicious sprightly flavor, rather a contrast in this respect to the Bahia
navel, which is usually lacking in acidity."
37797. Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck. Rutaeese. Orange.
From Maxambomba, Brazil.
" Cuttings of laranja da pera from Maxambomba, about 30 kilometers
from Rio de Janeiro, on the Central Railway. This variety is called the
pear orange, presumably because of its slightly elongated form. It is a
smaller fruit than the Selecta, being more nearly comparable to the
Mediterranean Sweet, grown in California. These cuttings are from the
grove of Jose Maria Corres, one of the best in the region around
Maxambomba. The trees are very prolific fruiters and ripen their
crop about Christmas time, at almost the opposite season of the year
from Selecta, which ripens from March or April until September. It is
one of the chief commercial varieties of the region, and while rather
seedy, there is an abundance of juice and little rag. The flavor is very
sweei and not so refreshing as Selecta."
37798. Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck. Rutacese. Orange.
"From the nursery of Eickhoff, Carneiro Leao & Co., Rio de .Janeiro.
Cuttings of laranja da pera. See S. P. I. No. 37797 for a description of
this variety."
37799 to 37801.
From China. Collected by Mr. Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Explorer
for the Department of Agriculture. Received April 2, 1914. Quoted
notes by Mr. Meyer.
37799 and 37800. Castanea moulissima Blunie. Fagacese. Chestnut.
Prom the village of Yatzeko, south of Sianfu, Shensi, China. Janu-
ary 20, 1914.
37799. "(No. 2006a.) A large-fruited variety of Chinese chest-
nut, which locally is propagated by top grafting. The trees are
of low-branching habits and prefer a well-drained, decomposed
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. 45
37799 to 37801— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer,)
rock soil, possibly at the foot of mountains. They seem to be
quite resistant to the bark disease but may perhaps not be quite
hardy north of Washington, D. C. Chinese name K'uei li tzu,
meaning ' superior chestnut.' "
37800. "(No. 2007a.) The ordinary form of local chestnut, having
rather small nuts; the trees are low branching and do not grow
tall ; the leaves persist on the trees till spring. Chinese name
Yin U tzu, meaning ' silver chestnut.' Propagated from seed only.
See remarks under Nos. 2005a and 2006a [S. P. I. Nos. 37548
and 37799]."
37801. Diospyros lotus L. Diospyracese. Persimmon.
"(No. 2008a. Mountains near Nantotchu, south of Sianfu, Shensi,
China. January 21, 1914.) The wild form of cultivated Japanese and
Chinese persimmon, collected at an altitude of over 2,000 feet above sea
level. Chinese name Ych shih tzu."
See No. 1096 [S. P. I. No. 37540] for additional information.
37802. Rheedia brasiliensis (Mart.) Planch, and Triana. Clu-
siacese. Bakopary.
From Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Presented by Dr. J. C. Willis, director of
the Jardim Botanico. Received April 13, 1914.
"A beautiful pyramidal tree of the family Guttifersp, known in the State
of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where it is indigenous, under the name of bakopary.
As the name indicates, the fruit greatly resembles the balcury (Platonia in-
signis — Aristoclesia esculenta) ; it is somewhat smaller in size than the latter,
and while not considered so delicious, is highly esteemed by the natives, par-
ticularly when prepared in the form of a doce or jam, when, as one authority
says, it is 'a nectar.' In general form the fruit is ovate, rather sharp at
the apex. In length it varies from 1^ to 1* inches, in width from 1 to 1J
inches. The stem is 1£ to 2 inches in length, rather stout. When fully ripe
the color is light orange yellow tinged with green. The tough, pliable skin,
about one-eighth of an inch thick, surrounds the soft, translucent, snowy white
pulp in which the two oblong elliptical seeds are embedded. In flavor the
pulp is subacid, sprightly, strikingly similar to that of the mangosteen, though
perhaps not quite so delicate.
" Deserves a trial in the warmest sections of the United States, not only
for its own merits as a fruit but in connection with the mangosteen experi-
ments. As a stock for the mangosteen it might prove of value." ( Wilson
Popenoe. )
For an illustration of the leaves and fruit of the bakopary, see Plate III.
Plants.
37803 to 37805. Citrus spp. Rutacese.
Presented by Mr. James Birch Rorer, mycologist. Board of Agriculture,
Port of Spain, Trinidad, through Mrs. S. T. Rorer. Received April
21, 1914.
37803. Citrus aurantifolia (Christm.) Swingle. Lime.
From the island of Tobago, British West Indies.
Cuttings.
46 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
37803 to 37805— Continued.
37804. Cuius gbandis (L.) Osbeck. Alamoen.
(Citrus decumana Murr.)
From Surinam.
"Alamoen. During the past three years I have made several trips to
Surinam and have found there a fruit which they call alamoen, and
which seems to me to be far superior to the grapefruit in flavor. So far
as I can learn it is a native of that part of the world; trees are growing
everywhere there and thousands of fruit rotting every year. Trees come
true to seed, I have been told by various planters in Surinam." (Rarer.)
37805. Citrus limetta Risso. Sweet lime.
From the island of Tobago, British West Indies.
37806. Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench. Malvaceae.
(Hibiscus esculentus L.) Okra.
From Rashida, Dakhleh Oasis, Western Egypt. Presented by Sheik Abu
Bakr, through Prof. S. C. Mason, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Re-
ceived April 22, 1914.
37807. Brassica oleracea caulo-rapa X viridis. Brassicaceae.
Marrow kale.
From Wordsley, Stourbridge, England. Procured from E. Webb & Sons.
Received April 20, 1914.
" This is a cross between thousand-headed kale and kohl-rabi. Produces a
thickened stem of a marrowy nature, and grows about 5 feet high. During the
autumn the leaves should be cut and given to cattle. Later on, before severe
frost sets in, gather the stems and store, safe from frost, for food supplies
through the winter. The culture is similar to thousand-headed kale." (Webb
& Sons.)
37808. Eremocitrus glauca (Lindl.) Swingle. Rutaceae.
(Atalantia glauca Benth.) Desert kumquat.
From Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Presented by Mr. J. H. Maiden,
director, Botanic Garden. Received April 22, 1914.
" Fresh fruits of the native lime from Collarenebri, in the northwest of this
State." (Maiden.)
37809 to 37812.
From China. Collected by Mr. Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Explorer for
the Department of Agriculture. Quoted notes by Mr. Meyer.
37809. Poncirus trifoliata ( L. ) Raf. Rutaceae. Trifoliate orange.
(Citrus trifoliata L.)
From Sianfu, Shensi, China. Received April 2, 1914.
"(No. 2009a. January 26, 1914.) The well-known hardy trifoliate
orange, quite common on the Sianfu plain on Chinese burial grounds.
Sparingly used as a hedge plant, especially around old temple gardens.
The plant is much used by Chinese gardeners in poi culture upon which
to grail various citrus fruits and keep them dwarfed. Locally the fruits
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. 47
37809 to 37812— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
are used as fuel after having been roughly crushed and partly dried.
The wood occasionally is employed in carpentering work and for tool
handles and carrying poles, but it is not much thought of. The plant
seems to be able to stand a great amount of drought and some alkali
also, and it might prove to be of great value as a hedge plant for sec-
tions of the semiarid United States where the winters are not too severe.
The fruits of this orange are often quite large and elongated near the
peduncle. May possibly be a different and perhaps hardier variety than
the ordinary Japanese form. Chinese name Ch'ou ch'eng tzu."
37810. Ulmus parvifolia Jacq. Ulmacea?. Elm.
From the village of Nantotchu, south of Sianfu, Shensi. Received
April 14, 1914.
"(No. 2010a. January 21, 1914.) A small-leaved species of elm,
growing in favorable localities into a tall tree with a heavy trunk ; on
dry, exposed loess cliffs, however, it remains in the nature of a tall
shrub. The bark is scaly and thrown off in small patches, making the
trunk and limbs quite smooth ; the trees flower in late summer and the
ripe fruits, together with the dead, brown foliage, are retained in shel-
tered spots until springtime. This elm is very drought resistant and
stands a fair amount of alkali. It is much planted by the Chinese for
its lumber, which is durable and tenacious and in special demand by cart
builders. Of value for the mild-wintered semiarid sections of the United
States as a useful lumber tree and as an ornamental tree for parks and
along roads. Chinese name Kuang kuang yii shu, meaning ' lustrous '
or ' shiny elm tree.' "
37811 and 37812. Diospyros lotus L. Diospyraceae. Persimmon.
37811. From Fuping, Shensi. Received April 14, 1914.
"(No. 2011a. February 3. 1914.) An improved variety of the
ordinary lotus persimmon of North China, used extensively by the
Chinese as a stock for their cultivated kaki varieties. To obtain the
best results, the practice of patch budding in late spring should be
followed, and the Chinese as a rule set two or three buds on the
same stock, so as to make sure. This lotus persimmon occurs
naturally in dry loess ravines, along steep edges of loess table-
lands, and on pebbly and rocky inclines. It seems to be able to with-
stand a truly amazing amount of drought and also a fair percentage
of alkali, but the trees do not thrive on low places or on lands which
are not properly drained. The use of this lotus persimmon as a
stock in America may possibly make persimmon culture successful,
even in regions with a summer rainfall of 10 to 12 inches only.
Local name Juan tsao tzu, meaning ' soft jujube.' "
37812. From Ishih, Shansi. Received April 4, 1914.
"(No. 2012a. February 12, 1914.) The ordinary form of the wild
lotus persimmon, the fruits of which are a sweetmeat for children.
For further information see preceding number. Local name Juan
tsao tzu."
37813 to 37818.
From Guayaquil, Ecuador. Presented by Mr. Frederic W. Goding, Ameri-
can consul general. Received April 11, 1914. Quoted notes by Mr.
Goding, except as otherwise indicated.
48 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
37813 to 37818— Contd. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. W. Goding.)
37813. Aciiradelpha mammosa ( L. ) Cook. Sapotaceae. Sapote.
(Lucuma mammosa Gaertn. f.)
"Mamey Colorado. A fruit about the size of a teacup, resembling a
potato in general appearance, the skin being rough, dark greenish
brown, mottled with sordid yellow. The edible portion is red, soft,
sweet, with a peculiar but pleasant flavor, in the center of which is a
shuttle-shaped seed about 2 inches long, of a chestnut-brown color and
always apparently split along one side; within the hard, thin, shining
shell is a white kernel. These fruits are produced by large trees com-
mon throughout the warm coastal region of Ecuador, whence they are
brought, in quantities, by the natives to the Guayaquil markets. In
Mexico are to be found fruits bearing similar names, but widely differing
otherwise."
37814. Mammea Americana L. Clusiacese. Mammee.
"Mamey cartajina, also called mata serrano, in general appearance
resembles the Colorado. The edible part, however, is rather hard like
that of the squash, in which are to be found two large, rough nuts flat-
tened on one side, but otherwise rounded, the flat surfaces lying together,
inside being the kernel. The hard exterior of the nut is grated by the
natives and used to kill fleas ; when applied to infested dogs the parasites
leave the animal at once. This fruit is used locally only for making
an excellent jam. These fruits are produced by large trees common
throughout the warm coastal region of Ecuador, whence they are
brought, in quantities, by the natives to the Guayaquil markets. In
Mexico are to be found fruits bearing similar names, but widely differing
otherwise."
37815. (Undetermined.)
"Zapote. This fruit outwardly resembles a round summer squash, the
smooth skin being pale greenish, hard, and thick. The inside is deep
orange yellow, stringy, not unlike the interior of a mango in appearance
and taste, and incloses four or five long, more or less three-cornered nuts
with leathery skin to which the stringy pulp firmly adheres, within
being the kernel. These fruits are produced by large trees common
throughout the warm coastal region of Ecuador, whence they are brought
by the natives, in large quantities, to the Guayaquil markets. In Mexico
are to be found fruits bearing similar names, but widely differing
otherwise."
37816. Tripiiasia trifoi.ia (P.urm. f . ) P. Wilson. Putacea?.
(Triphasic aurantiola Lour.)
"Limoncillo. Grows on a bushy shrub about 6 feet high, with several
stems. It is used in making jams and other preserves."
"This is a spiny shrub, having leaves composed of three egg-shaped
leaflets, notched at the top; its Mowers are white and sweet scented and
usually grow singly in the leaf axils, producing 1 to 3 celled berries,
containing a single seed surrounded with pulp in each cell. They have
a trilobed calyx, as many petals, six distinct stamens, and an ovary
elevated on a short stalk and ending in a longish thick style which ulti-
mately falls away. It is a native of southern China, but it is now
naturalized in many parts of the East Indies, and is also cultivated in
the West Indies. It.s fruits are about as large as hazelnuts and have a
red skin. When ripe they have an agreeable sweet taste, but if gathered
Inventory 39, Seeds and Plants Imported.
Plate III.
The Bakopary (Rheedia brasiliensis (Mart.) Planch, and Triana), S. P. I.
No. 37802.
The bakopary, native of the State of R io de Janeiro, Brazil, and occasionally planted in gardens,
is a handsome ornamental tree and produces bright-yellow fruits wit h translucent, white flesh.
The flavor is subacid, delicate, and spicy, strongly suggestive of the mangosteen, to which it is
related and for which it may prove a good stock. (Photographed at ! : io de Janeiro by Messrs.
Dorsett, ishamel, and Popeuoe, January 2, iyi4; natural size; 1J15415FS.)
Inventory 39, Seeds and Plants Imported.
Plate IV.
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The Carnauba Palm (Copernicia cerifera Martius), S. P. I. No. 37866.
An interesting and valuable Brazilian fan palm round in abundance in the valley of the K i 1 E i
I i mi i co, both scattered and in comparatively large grove . The trees attain a diameter of 12
■ ; or more and a height of 20 to30 feet. The irnnks are used for fence posts and in house
i : in. The nuts are highly prized for h ig feed, candles made ir.mi t ho wax exuding
from the leaves, which is much harder than tallow or paraffin, are dark yellowish brown in color
and burn with a clear, yellow, fairly brilliant ilamo. The wax industry, which was formerly
pro perous in this roirioii, is nit now ver\ remunerative, owing primarily, it is said, to the fact
thatexten ive landowners have prohibited the cutting of the le e I 'holographed at Seuto
Se, Brazil, by Mi i . Dorsett and Popenoe, February 20, 1914; P14910FS.)
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. 49
37813 to 37818— Contd. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. W. Goding.)
green they have a strong flavor of turpentine, and the pulp is very
sticky. They are sometimes preserved whole in sirup and occasionally
sent to this country from Manila as lime berries," (Lindley, Treasury
of Botany, vol. 2, p. 1113.)
37817. Punica granatum L. Punicacese. Pomegranate.
" Granada. The tree attains a height of 10 to 15 feet, and a diameter
of 2 to 3 inches. The fruit is used for the table and for flavoring."
37818. Annona squamosa L. Annonaceae. Sweetsop.
" This fruit also grows on a tree some 12 to 15 feet high. The fruit Is
delicious for table use, much more so than the cherimoya."
37819. Mauritia vinifera Martius. Phcenicacese. Burity palm.
From Januaria, Minas Geraes, Brazil. Collected by Messrs. Dorsett,
Shamel. and Popenoe, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Plants received
April 13, 1914.
(No. 72. February 14, 1914.) The Burity palm. See No. 32873 for previous
introduction and description.
37820 and 37821. Pelargonium spp. Geraniacere. Geranium.
From Kew, England. Presented by Sir David Prain, director, Royal
Botanic Gardens. Cuttings received April 16, 1914.
37820. Pelargonium capitatum (L.) L'Herit.
For previous introduction see S. P. I. No. 31957.
37821. Pelargonium radula (Cav.) L'Herit.
For previous introductions see S. P. I. Nos. 31965 and 31966.
Var. major.
37822 to 37869.
From Brazil. Collected by Messrs. P. H. Dorsett A. D. Shamel, and Wilson
Popence, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received April 13, 1914.
Q>soted notes (except as otherwise indicated) by Messrs. Dorsett, Shamel,
and Popenoe.
37822. Opuntia sp. Cactacese. Prickly-pear.
From Sao Joao del Rey, Minas Geraes.
"(No. G4. January 26, 1914.) Cuttings taken from plants in a back
yard in the edge of town. Quite common here."
37823. Cereus jamacaru DC. Cactacese. Cactus.
From Januaria, Minas Geraes.
"(No. 65. February 14, 1914.) Mandacaru de boi, growing 25 or 30
feet high. Said to produce an edible fruit, and the wood is commonly
used in building. Several large plants were seen here."
Cuttings.
37824 to 37828. Opuntia spp. Cactacese. Prickly-pear.
Cuttings of the following :
37824. "(No. 66. Morrinhos, Minas Geraes. February 10, 1014.)
Low-growing cactus called palma, said to produce very good fruit.
Found on the hillside just back of the old church."
71476°— 17 4
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37822 to 37869— Contd. (Quoted notes by Mr. Dorsett and others.)
37825. "(No. 67. Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bahia. February 23, 1914.)
Collected on the side of the hill of solid rock which lies at the
edge of town."
37826. "(No. 68. Joazeiro, Bahia. February 23, 1914.) From the
Illia do Fogo in the Rio Sao Francisco. Called palma by the
natives."
37827. "(No. 70. Joazeiro, Bahia. February 24, 1914.) Two pads
of nearly spineless Opuntia growing along the fence of the Horto
Florestal."
37828. "(No. 71. Bom Fim. March 27, 1914.) Pads of a quite
common spiny variety, secured a mile or two out of town on the
hillside in the campo."
37829 to 37850.
From Rio de Janeiro. Plants purchased of Eickhoff, Carneiro Leao
& Co.
37829. Mykciaria edulis (Veil.) Skeels. Myrtacea?. Cambuca.
(Eugenia edulis Yell.)
"The cambucd, a native of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
and commonly cultivated in gardens for its highly appreciated fruit.
In growth the tree is very similar to the jaboticaba, the leaves being
considerably larger, however, and the bark a darker shade of brown.
A row of fine specimens in the Jardim Botanico bears the garden
number 58. The fruits are produced both on the small limbs and on
the trunk, though the specimens we have seen do not fruit clear down
to the ground, as the jaboticaba frequently does. The season is from
February to May in this region.
"In form the fruit is oblate, 11 inches in length, and 2 inches in
breadth ; stem, practically none, the fruits being sessile, or nearly
so; base flattened, cavity none; apex flattened, calyx persistent, a
very small, brown disk not over one-eighth of an inch in diameter,
level with the surface of the fruit; skins smooth, orange yellow in
color, thin, tenacious, fairly tough ; flesh divided into two portions,
the firm outer flesh one-fourth of an inch thick, leathery, very acid
in taste, light orange in color, the inner flesh, constituting the edible
portion of the fruit, being soft, jellylike in consistency, translucent,
light orange in color, subacid in flavor, greatly resembling some of
the passifloras, quite pleasant, and evidently highly esteemed by the
Brazilians; seed oval or nearly so, compressed, about seven-eighths
of an inch in length, three-fourths of an inch in breadth, and seven
eighths of an inch in thickness, the cotyledons light purple in color;
seed coat deep brown, reticulated, not adhering very closely to the
flesh. For trial in Florida and southern California."
37830 to 37832. Euoenia spp. Myrtacea?.
37830. Eugenia campestris Velloso. Cambuhy da India.
(Eugenia arrabidae Berg.)
"A small, highly ornamental tree, native of Brazil. It Is com-
monly known as Cambuhy da India or Uraia do campo. The
leaves are small, linear lanceolate, opposite, deep green in color.
The (lowers, which are produced in September, are axillary
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. 51
37822 to 37869— Contd. (Quoted notes by Mr. Dorsett and others.)
and terminal, and are followed by small, yellow, rather acid
fruits which are appreciated by the natives. The bark is said
to be astringent and aromatic. For trial in southern Florida
and southern California."
37831. Eugenia myrcianthes Niedenzu.
(Eugenia edulis Benth. and Hook, not Veil.)
Cereja do Rio Grande.
" The cereja do Rio Grande, a small tree native of Brazil, with
small, oblong, acute, dark-green leaves, producing in June ob-
long, purplish red fruits about the size of an olive, with greenish
flesh. It is said to bear prodigiously. The fruits are rather
hard "when ripe, and for this reason are usually mashed into a
paste before being eaten. For trial in southern Florida and
southern California."
37832. Eugenia speciosa Cambess.
"A Brazilian myrtaceous fruit listed by Eickhoff, Carneiro
Leiio & Co. under this name. It is said to be of value for its
fruit. For trial in southern Florida and southern California."
"A large much-branched tree, indigenous to the State of Sao
Paulo, in Brazil. The leaves are petiolate, elliptic or obovate
elliptic, obtuse, pubescent when young, but at length glabrate.
The flowers are borne upon solitary peduncles in the axils of
the leaves; petals obovate, concave, pellucid punctate, ciliolate.
The fruit of this species is edible but is little known, and a
good description is lacking." (Cambcsscdes. In St. Hilaire,
Flora Brasiliae Mcridionalis, vol. 2, p. 1351, 1829.)
37833. GENirA Americana L. Bubiacea?. Genipap.
"A large tree, native of the American Tropics. In the British
West Indies it is called genipap; in Brazil, genipapo. At Bahia it
is very common, and (luring the season the markets are full of the
fruit. Some of the finest specimen trees we saw were fully 60 feet
in height, symmetrical and stately in appearance, but devoid of
foliage for a part of the year, as the species is deciduous in this
climate. The leaves are a foot or more in length, oblong obovate,
sometimes entire, sometimes more or less dentate, dark green in
color. The flowers, which are produced in November, are small and
light yellow in color. The fruits are the size of an orange, broadly
oval to nearly spherical in form, russet brown in color. After being
picked they are not ready to be eaten until they have softened and
are bordering on decay. A thin layer of granular flesh lies imme-
diately under the tender membranous skin, and inclosed by this is
a mass of soft, brownish pulp in which the numerous small, com-
pressed seeds are embedded. It is difficult to eat the pulp without
swallowing the seeds. The flavor is characteristic and quite pro-
nounced; it may be likened, perhaps, to that of dried apples, but it
is somewhat stronger and the aroma is considerably more pene-
trating.
"Besides being eaten in the fresh state, the fruit is put to
numerous other uses, one of the most important of which is the
manufacture of a distilled liquor known as licor de genipapo. Tins
article retains the peculiar and distinctive flavor of the ripe fruit
52 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
37822 to 37869— Contd. (Quoted notes by Mr. Dorsett and others.)
and is highly esteemed by the Brazilians. Its manufacture is carried
on commercially in certain l'egions. A refreshing drink, known as
genipapada, is also prepared from the ripe fruit, with the addition
of sugar and water, much as lemonade is made in the United States.
"A dye is extracted from the green fruit which, according to
Barbosa Rodrigues, is employed by the Mundurucu Indians for tat-
tooing. It is also used for coloring clothes, straw, hammocks, etc.
" Various medicinal uses are attributed to the genipap by the
Brazilians; the root is said to be purgative and the juice of the
fruit diuretic. For trial in southern Florida and southern Cali-
fornia."
37834. Campomanesia fenzliana (Berg) Glaziou. Myrtaeese.
Guabiroba.
"A small Brazilian myrtaceous tree with foliage remarkably simi-
lar to that of some of the European oaks. The common name,
guabiroba, which is applied to it, is also given, with various minor
variations, such as gabiroba and guabiraba, to several fruits of the
two allied genera Abbevillea and Campomanesia.
"Although occasionally reaching a height of 30 or 35 feet, the
guabiroba, as commonly seen in gardens, is a tree of 20 or 25 feet
in height, rat Iht sparsely foliated, with elliptical-ovate entire leaves
about 2 inches in length, the veins depressed on the dorsal surface,
prominent on the ventral surface.
"The fruits greatly resemble small guavas ; they are from threa
fourths to 1 inch in diameter, oblate in form, the apex crowned by
a large disk and prominent 5-parted calyx. In color they are orange
yellow when fully ripe, the surface slightly wrinkled and covered
with a thick tomentum or down. The skin is linn, and surrounds
a layer of granular, light-yellow pulp which incloses the seeds and
the soft pulp in which they are embedded. The flavor is similar
to that of the guava, but frequently a little stronger. The prin-
cipal use to which the fruits are put is the manufacture of jams and
jellies.
"According to Padre Tavares, there are four varieties of this
species, but they are not well known.
" The tree seems likely to prove suitable for cultivation in south-
ern Florida and southern California. It should be given a trial in
those regions."
37835. Psidium guajava L. Myrtaeea\ Guava.
"The Goiaba roxa, or purple guava, a selected variety of the
common tropical guava which is cultivated in Rio de Janeiro. It is
said to be of superior size and quality and should be given a trial iu
Florida."
37836. Eugenia dombeyi (Sprengel) Skeels. Myrtacese.
(Eugenia brasiliensis Lam.) Grumichama.
"The grumixama or grumichama. See S. P. I. No. 3096S for de-
scription. For trial in Florida and California."
37837 to 37839. Myrciaria sp. Myrtacea*. Jaboticaba.
For general information concerning the jaboticaba, see S. P. I.
No. 3G702.
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37822 to 37869— Contd. (Quoted notes by Mr. Dorsett and others.)
37837. "Jabotieaba murta. One of the commonest varieties
(or species) of the jabotieaba both in Rio de Janeiro and the
State of Minas Geraes. The most noticeable difference be-
tween it and the other principal variety, coroa, is the smaller
size of the leaves. Ordinarily the leaves of murta are not
over 1 inch in length. The fruit is said to be about tbe same
as that of coroa.
" It is impossible, at the present time, to determine the ac-
tual status of this and other varieties of the jabotieaba. There
is great need of a careful study of the species and varieties
of Myrciaria to throw some light on the subject."
37838. "Jabotieaba de cabinho or de Para. While this variety
of jabotieaba is offered by one nursery firm, no data concerning
it was obtainable. It is said to be of very good quality."
37839. "Jabotieaba corda. This and murta are the two com-
monly recognized varieties of jabotieaba in Rio de Janeiro
and Minas Geraes. Tbe leaves of the coroa are 2 inches in
length, about twice the size of those of murta. There is said
to be very little difference in the fruits of the two."
37840 to 37845. Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck. Rutaceae. Orange.
37840. " Laranja selecta. This unusually choice orange is one
of the two principal varieties grown in the Rio de Janeiro
district and has tbe added distinction of having been, as all
the evidence indicates, the parent of the Bahia navel orange,
or Selecta de umbigo, as it is still called, whose culture in
California at the present day forms so important an industry.
" The origin of the Selecta orange is obscure. It has been
cultivated in Brazil for more than a century, and although it
has been superseded in Bahia by its offspring, the navel
orange, it is still cultivated commercially near Rio do Janeiro,
particularly in the Sao Goncalo district at Nictheroy. The
main crop ripens in July, but it commences to come into the
market in March and continues until October. On the fancy-
fruit stands it brings 2 to 3 milreis (65 cents to $1) per
dozen, but in the public market it can be purchased at a con-
siderably lower price. Around Nictheroy tbe fruit is picked
and brought to the market in baskets strapped across the backs
of mules or horses.
"The typical Selecta differs from the Bahki navel in form
and in the absence of a navel, with the accompanying presence
of seeds. In other points the two varieties are very similar.
The typical Selecta as found in the markets may be described
as follows: General form roundish oblate; cross section regu-
larly round; size medium large, good specimens being 3 to
3A inches In length and 3J to 3* inches in breadth; stem
sometimes inserted slightly obliquely; base usually tapering
very little, flattened for a distance of one-half to three-fourths
of an inch from the stein insertion, sometimes slightly rough,
due to thickening of tbe skin; cavity none or practically none;
apex flattened and frequently depressed for a distance of
half an inch from the stigmatic point; surface varying from
54 SKKDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
37822 to 37869— Contd. (Quoted notes by Mr. Dorsett and others.)
smooth to rather coarsely pitted; color varying from yellow^
isli green to greenish yellow early in the season, becoming
entirely yellow later and bright orange-yellow when fully
ripe; skin one-eighth m one-fourth of an inch thick, usually
thickest around the base of the fruit, the <>il glands large and
abundant; segments n to L3, rag extremely tender, bul com
rather large, frequently one-fourth of an inch in diameter at
the center of the fruit, usually solid: flesh light orange, len-
der, very juicy; flavor never mawkish or insipid, always
sprightly, subacid, with plenty of character, probably as good
as the Bahia navel, and with greater acidity; quality very
good; seeds variahle in number, ranging from 1 to 20, hut com-
monly about 12 perfect ones and (J abortive or undeveloped
ones, in size rather large, varying from one-fourth to one-half
an inch in length.
" It is common to find rudimentary navels in Selccta oranges
from trees which ordinarily produce normal fruits. This
phenomenon is so common that in some lots of fruit examined
In the Rio de Janeiro markets as many as 10 per cent showed
rudimentary navels in varying stages of development. In some
instances the navels are as large as in an average navel orange.
" Natives of Rio de Janeiro generally consider the Selector
as grown in that locality, superior to the navel orange
grown in Bahia. The Bahians, of course, do not admit this,
but the fact remains that Selecta as grown in Rio de Janeiro
is somewhat more highly flavored than the Bahia navel. For
this and other reasons it seems important that Selecta he
given a thorough trial in the orange-growing sections of the
United States."
37841. " Laranja selccta branca. The white Selecta orange, a
subvariety of the commercially important laranja selecta
propagated by the firm of Eickhoff, Carnelro Leao & Co. As
yet it does not appear to he widely distributed, and we have
had no opportunity to examine specimens of its fruits. It is
said to be a desirable form and should be given a trial alq
with laranja selecta."
37842. " Laranja selecta rajada. Another subvariety of the
Selecta orange, of which no description is available. For trial
in the orange-growing sections of the United States."
37843. '•Laranja da pcra. This variety is distinguishable from
Selccta by its elongated form, smaller size, thinner skin, and
sweeter flavor. It is extensively cultivated in the vicinity ol
Ri<> de Janeiro, especially at Maxambomba and in the neigh-
borhood of Cascadura. It is not pyriforna In shape, as the
name 'pear orange' would indicate, but is usually oval, and
as seen In the markets is rarely more than 3 Inches in diame-
ter. Ripening at the opposite season of the year from SclCctiM
the two do not usually compete in the markets.
"The typical fruit may be described as follows: Form
broadly oval to nearly spherical: cross section round; size
medium small, length 2£ inches to 3J inches, diameter 2* to
Si inches; stem inserted squarely; base rounded, cavity none
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. 55
37822 to 37869— Contd. (Quoted notes by Mr. Dorsett and others.)
or practically none ; apex rounded ; surface smooth ; color
when fully ripe bright orange ; skin one-eighth of an inch
thick, pliable, oil glands rather small; segments commonly 10;
rag rather tough, core open, one-fourth to three-eighths of an
inch in diameter ; flesh golden yellow, tender, exceedingly
juicy ; flavor sweet, apt to be cloying when the fruit is very
ripe ; quality good ; seeds averaging S to 10, small to medium
size.
" While most abundant in the markets about Christmas
time, the season commences in late September or October and
extends to the end of January. The variety is an extremely
prolific bearer — quite a contrast in this respect to Selecta,
whose bearing habits are like those of the Bahia navel orange.
The branches of Pera trees are not infrequently so heavily
laden with fruits that they have to be propped to prevent
them from breaking.
" One of the finest groves of this variety seen in the vicinity
of Rio de Janeiro is that of Shr. Cezar Augusto Henriques, at
Maxambomba. The trees here are all budded on the sour
orange {laranja da terra), the commonest stock in this region
and generally considered the best ; at 4 years of age the
budded trees produce on an average 500 fruits per tree, ac-
cording to the statement of the owner. The usual price
obtained for the fruits is 5 milreis (about $1.60) per hundred.
The orchard is situated on a hillside, the soil being rich clay
loam, grayish in color. No deep cultivation is given the
trees, but the surface is fpequently hoed to keep down weeds.
" The variety should be given a trial in the orange-growing
sections of the United States to determine its quality and
value, as well as its season of bearing, under different climatic
conditions."
37844. "Laranja natal (Christmas orange), as the name indi-
cates, is so named because it ripens at Christmas time. In
general appearance the variety is strikingly similar to
laranja pera, so much so, in fact, that closer acquaintance
may prove it to be Pera under another name. Its bearing
habits are the same, and the fruits of both to the casual
observer are identical in appearance. At Maxambomba, where
large orchards of Pera are located, this variety does not
appear to be grown ; at Nictheroy, on the other hand, Pera
does not seem to be common. Natal taking its place; all of
winch suggests that it may be known in the two different
localities under different names. For trial in the orange-
growing sections of the United States."
37845. "The so-called laranja vertieillata, a variety grown by
Eickhoff, Carneiro Leflo & Co. The leaves show the greatest
variation in form and size, making the variety of interest to
plant breeders. The fruit is of good size, but is considered of
pooi- quality. For cultivation by those interested in the breed-
ing of citrus fruits."
37846 to 37848. Mangifera indica L. Anacardiacese. Mango.
56 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
37822 to 37869— Contd. (Quoted notes by Mr. Dei sett and others.)
Plants of the following:
37846. "Manga <i<i rosa, or 'Hose mango,' a fruit of good size
and attractive appearance, Is extremely popular in the mar-
kets of Rio de Janeiro during the holiday season, when single
specimens sell from 2 to cl\ milreis, the equivalent of 65 to 80
cents. Most of the fruits marketed In Rio de Janeiro are
shipped dowji from the vicinity of Pernambuco, where the
variety is said to be extensively grown. It is also grown at
Pallia, and to a limited extent at Rio de Janeiro, but is not
considered to reach such a high state of perfection in the
latter region as it does farther north.
"As seen in Bahia and Rio de Janeiro, the typical fruit of
this variety may be described as follows: General form com-
pressed oval, tending to cordate, cross section oval : size
medium large, weight 4S0 grams, length 4| inches, breadth at
widest point 3J inches; stem insertion oblique, stem long,
rather slender; base slightly flattened, cavity shallow, flaring,
somewhat irregular; ventral shoulder very broad and rounded,
usually high; dorsal shoulder less prominent, sometimes fall-
ing; apex very slightly beaked, but not sharp, nak 1 inch
above the longitudinal apex, a small depression; surface
smooth, color rich golden yellow tinged with salmon, one side
of fruit overspread with bright rose red, varying to salmon
red or flame red; dots and marblings subcutaneous, slightly
lighter in color than surface; skin one-sixteenth of an inch
in thickness, adhering rather closely, tough and firm, making
the fruit a good shipper; flesh 1 inch thick on shoulder,
slightly less on body of fruit, deep yellow in color, very little
aroma, very juicy, firm and meaty, hut rather fibrous, par-
ticularly near the ventral and dorsal edges of the seed : flavor
sweet, slightly aromatic, but not so spicy and sprightly as in
some of the better Indian mangos; quality good; seed large,
3£ inches long, 2 inches broad at widesl point, about five-
eighths of an inch thick, oblique, pointed at apical end,
polyembryonic, fibrous over its entire surface but especially
on edges, where the fibers are 1 inch long; season at Bahia
December to late January.
"Manga da rom is generally believed to have been intro-
duced into Brazil from Mauritius. It is propagated by in-
arching, 2-year old grafted trees selling at the equivalent of
$2.35 to $3.35 each. Because of its unusually handsome ap-
pearance and admirable shipping and keeping qualities it
seems worthy of a careful trial in southern Florida."
37847. " Carlota. One of the few grafted varieties of mango
cultivated in Brazil. It is known both at Bio de Janeiro and
at Bahia. While rather small In size, it is of good flavor and
less fibrous than many Brazilian mangoes. As seen in the
garden of Dr. Antonio Calmon do Pin e Almeida, on the
Island of Itaparica, near Bahia, it may be described as fol-
lows: General form roundish oblate, compressed laterally,
cross section ovate; size medium small, length 3 inches,
breadth 3J inches, thickness 2J inches; stem inserted squarely
or nearly so ; base flattened, slightly sunken on ventral side of
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stem and raised on dorsal side, cavity practically none ; dorsal
shoulder rounded ; ventral shoulder very broad, level ; apex
blunt, nak three-eighths of an inch above the longitudinal apex,
slightly sunken; surface smooth, dull orange yellow in color,
tinged with green ; dots numerous, subcutaneous, small,
rounded, lighter in color than surface; skin medium thick,
firm and tough, adhering closely; flesh bright orange in color,
aroma pronounced and agreeable, juicy, firm, slightly fibrous;
flavor rich, fairly spicy, sweet; quality good; seed oblong,
apparently monoembryonic, 2§ by If by 1 inch, fiber long on
ventral edge, elsewhere short and fine; season December to
January. Considered worthy of a trial in the mango-growing
sections of Florida."
37848. "Augusta. A small mango, but one of the few varieties
propagated in Brazil by inarching or grafting. As seen grow-
ing in the garden of Dr. Antonio Calmon do Pin e Almeida, on
Itaparica Island, near Bahia, it may be described as follows:
General form obliquely oval; cross section oval; size small,
length 2f inches, breadth 2i inches, thickness 2 inches; stem
inserted obliquely ; base obliquely flattened, cavity practically
none ; dorsal shoulder rounded, low ; ventral shoulder rounded,
high ; apex rounded, nak five-sixteenths of an inch above the
longitudinal apex, a slight depression ; surface smooth, green
yellow in color, tinged and overspread with orange on cheek;
dots numerous, subcutaneous, small, rounded, lighter in color
than surface ; skin thick, firm and tough, adhering closely :
flesh pale orange in color, very juicy, aroma pleasant but not
pronounced ; flavor subacid, not very aromatic ; seed large for
size of fruit, ovate reniform, 1\ by 1\ by 1 inch, very fibrous
over entire surface, monoembryonic; season December to Janu-
ary. For trial in the mango-growing sections of Florida."
37849. Panicum barbinode Trinius. Poacese. Angola grass.
" Capim de Angola, or 'Angola grass,' of the variety cultivated at
Rio de Janeiro. M. Pio Correa considers this a forage crop of ordi-
nary value, but states that in some sections of Brazil it is highly
esteemed."
37850. Stenotaphkum secundatum (Walt.) Kuntze. Poacea\
Shore-grass.
"A broad-leaved grass, of which there are two varieties, one self-
colored and one variegated. Both are extensively employed in Rio
de Janeiro as lawn grasses, and while rather coarse for this purpose,
they seem to be better adapted to the climatic conditions than many
other lawn coverings which are planted."
37851 to 37853. Opuntia spp. Cactacese. Prickly-pear.
37851. "(No. 138a. Morrinhos, Minas Geraes, Brazil. Febru-
ary 16, 1914.) An almost thornless species common on the
rocky hillside back of town. Fruit said by the natives to be
very good. Cuttings obtained and plants photographed."
Plant of No. GO LS. P. I. No. 37824].
58 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
37822 to 37869— Contd. (Quoted notes by Mr. Dorsett and others.)
37852. "(No. 150a. Joazeiro, Bahla, Brazil. February 23,
1914.) A small cactus on the Una do Fogo in the Rio Sao
Francisco between Joazeiro and Petrolina. Pads flat, small,
almost spineless. Called palma by the natives."
Plant of No. 68 [S. p. I. No. 37826].
37853. "(No. 189a. Joazeiro, Bahia, Brazil. February 24,
1914.) Seed of a nearly spineless opuntia from Horto
Florestal."
Plant of No. 70 fS. P. I. No. 37827].
37854 to 37860. Oryza sativa L. Poaceae. Rice.
37854. "(No. 117a. Pirapora, Minas Geraes, Brazil. February
9, 1914.) Taken from a spot in the field where the thrasher
had stood in the previous year and where the plants were
twice as tall as in other parts of the field. From the fazenda
of Col. Caetano Mascarenhas."
37855 to 37857.
From Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. March 23, 1914. Seed from
Naples, Italy.
37855. "(No. 206a.) Called Louro do Japan. (Japanese
golden)."
37856. "(No. 208a.) Called Kitaima do Japao."
37857. "(No. 209a.) Var. branco, or white."
37858. (Pirapora, Minas Geraes, Brazil. February 9. 1914.
One head taken from specimen No. 358b [S. P. I. No. 37854].)
37859 and 37860.
"(Bahia. Brazil, December 18, 1913. Single heads taken from
specimen No. 114b.) Specimens taken from rather dry upland,
on the estate of Col. Joao Argollo, Agua Comprida, near Bahia.
Cultivated on a small scale only."
37859. A. Length of head 10| inches.
37860. B. Length of head 9 inches.
37861 to 37865. Spondias tubkbosa Arruda. Anacardiacea?.
Imbu.
37861 and 37862. From Januaria, Minas Geraes, Brazil, Feb-
ruary 15, 1914.
37861. "(No. 128a.) Seeds of (he imbu or wmbu, one of
the most popular fruits of this region. The tree, which
is wild here and quite common in some places, is of a
peculiar habit of growth, branching 4 to 0 feet above the
ground and forming a very broad, dense, and flat-topped
head of foliage. When the large limbs are cut and placed
in the ground as fence posts, they take root and grow.
The fruits, which are sometimes produced in great pro-
fusion and are ripe at this season, are oval in form, about
1$ inches in length, and light green in color. The skin is
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. 59
37822 to 37869— Contd. (Quoted notes by Mr. Dorsett and others.)
rather tough, and incloses the translucent, juicy pulp in
which is embedded the single large seed. The flavor of
the pulp is rather suggestive of a sweet orange, and is
agreeable in the extreme. Aside from being consumed in
the fresh state, the fruit is extensively used for the manu-
facture of jellies and jams, in which a considerable trade
has been built up. In addition, a popular dessert called ini-
buzada is made from the slightly unripe fruit by mixing
the strained and sweetened pulp with milk. The ease of
its culture, together with the superiority of its fruit,
recommends the imbu for careful trial in Florida and
California."
37862. "(No. 133a.) The imbu. See 328a [S. P. I. No.
37861] for description. Seeds procured from boys who
picked them up off the ground where they had been dis-
carded after the fruit was eaten. Seeds may not all grow ;
a few appeared to be old."
37863. "(No. 140a. Remanso, Brazil. February 20, 1914.)
For description, see No. 128a [S. P. I. No. 37861]."
37864. "(No. 157a. Joazeiro, Babia, Brazil. February 23,
1914.) Seed of the imbu, picked up along the bank of the
river where the fruits had been eaten and the seeds dropped.
See No. 128a [S. P. I. No. 37861] for description."
37865. "(No. 223a. Bom Fim, Bahia, Brazil. February 27,
1914.) Seeds collected on the streets of Bom Fim, where they
had been dropped by the natives after eating the fruit. See
No. 128a [S. P. I. No. 37S61] for description."
37866. Copernicia cerifera Martius. Phoenicacea?.
Carnauba palm.
" (No. 182a. Joazeiro. Bahia, Brazil. February 24, 1914.) Seeds
of the carnahuba, a valuable wax palm found along the banks of the
Bio Sao Francisco from well above Barra to below Joazeiro. In
places it grows in great abundance, forming large groves along the
banks of the stream. The leaves are fan shaped, rather finely cut,
about 2 to 3 feet in diameter, light green in color. The plant fre-
quently attains a height of 25 to 30 feet. The wax is extracted by
cutting the leaves and drying them in the sun, when the wax exudes
in the form of a powder. Candles made from it are yellowish brown
in color, extremely hard, and burn with a clear yellow, fairly bril-
liant light. They sell for 40 reis (1.2 cents) each, but very lew are
made nowadays and they are difficult to obtain. The fruit is valued
for hog feed and many of the large landowners are preserving the
trees for the production of fruit. The trunks are extensively em-
ployed in building houses. The wax industry was formerly pros-
perous in this region, but is not now very remunerative, and only
small quantities are exported. The leaves are used for brooms, etc.
For trial in Florida and California."
For an illustration of the carnauba palm tree, see Plate IV.
37867. Cocos coronata Martins. Phcenicacese. Nicuri palm.
"(No. 217a. Bahia, Brazil. March IS,, 1914.) Seeds of the nicuri
palm. See No. 29a [S. P. I. No. 36927] for description."
60 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
37822 to 37869— Contd. (Quoted notes by Mr. Dorsett and others.)
37868. Attalea funifera Martius. Phoenicaeea?. Piassava palm.
"(No. 218a. Bahia, Brazil. March 20. 1914.) A large, pinnate-
leaved palm, found in certain sections of the State of Bahia. It is
valuable because of the fiber which it furnishes, as well as for its
hard, black fruits, which are used to make buttons. The oily kernel,
elliptical and nearly 2 inches in length, is used as an article of
food by the natives of the poorer classes. Piassava fiber is an im-
portant article of export at Bahia, and the manufacture of piassava
brooms forms an industry of considerable extent. The fiber is ex-
tracted from the leaf stalks, and is coarse, stiff, cinnamon brown in
color. For trial in the warmest sections of the United States."
37869. Elaeis guineensis Jacq. Phoenicacese. Dende palm.
"Bahia, Brazil. Seeds of the dende palm. See No. 39a IS. P. I.
No. 3(3973] for description."
37870 and 37871. Panax quinquefolium L. Araliaceae.
(AraJia quinquefolia Decne. and Planch.) Ginseng".
From Peking, China. Presented by His Excellency Ts'ao Julin, twice Min-
ister for Foreign Affairs, through Dr. Paul S. Reinsch, American minister,
Peking. China, at the request of Mr. Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Ex-
plorer for the Department of Agriculture. Received April 18, 1914.
" Kwantien and six other places in Fengtien Province have always been
famous for the cultivation of ginseng. There are two varieties — ' Mountain
ginseng' {Shan shin) and 'Garden ginseng' (Yuan shin). Mountain ginseng
is popularly known as 'Great Mountain ginseng' (Ta shan sliin). or •stick'
(Pang chi). The popular name of 'Garden ginseng' is 'Sprouting ginseng'
( Yang shin).
" ■ Mountain ginseng ' is cultivated at high altitudes. The length of the root
in the soil is over 2 feet. The stalk puts forth branches. The plant commences
to grow in the spring and ceases in the autumn. It is not injured either by
drought or by floods, and is consequently easy to cultivate.
" ' Garden ginseng ' has always been grown on shady slopes and in black
earth. Every year at harvest time the seeds are stripped off and soaked in
clear water. The outer skin is rubbed off and the seeds dried in the sun. They
are then mixed with clean earth and placed on the ground. At the end of a
year they are taken out and replanted. In the second year they will put forth
buds, and in the fourth they will bear seeds.
" If, after stripping off the seeds, it is not desired to plant them the coming
year, the soaking process should be omitted and the seeds left in their skins
and wrapped up and placed in a high place, out of reach of the least dampness.
They may then be left for any number of years. When planted they should
be left In their skins in 2 inches of earth. After two years they will begin to
put forth buds, and after four years they will bear seeds. But alter tirst
being planted they should be covered with mats and kept moist by fine rain."
{Tt'ao Julin.)
37870. " Seeds of the wild ginseng from Tunghwahsien, located in
Hsingking Subprefecture, Shengking Province, Manchuria, east of
Mukden, latitude 41° 37' north and longitude 12S° 7' east." (Ts'ao
Julin.)
37871. '• Seeds of the wild ginseng from Fusung." (Ts'av Julin.)
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. 61
37872 to 37936.
From Brazil. Collected by Messrs. P. H. Dorsett, A. D. Shamel, and Wilson
Popenoe, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received April 13, 1914.
Quoted notes (except as otherwise indicated) by Messrs. Dorsett and
Popenoe.
37872. Roixinia sp. Annonacese. Rollinia.
"(No. 76a. Larvas, Minas Geraes, Brazil. January 24, 1914.) Seeds
of a wild araticum collected near Lavras."
37873 to 37877.
From Sao Joao del Rey, Minas Geraes, Brazil.
37873. Hiebacium sp. Cichoriacese.
"(No. 77a. January 25, 1914.) Seeds of a small plant, appar-
ently an annual, occasionally seen along the watercourses and
around the edge of town. It grows to a height of 1£ to 2 feet and
produces bright scarlet flowers about half an inch in diameter."
37874. Caesalpinia sp. Cflesalpiniaeese.
"(No. 8Sa. January 26, 1914.) Shrub 15 to 18 feet high, used as
a hedge plant ; stems very thorny. Seeds said to be poisonous. Col-
lected near the edge of town."
37875. Jatropha curcas L. Euphorbiacea?. Mamona.
"(No. 89a. January 26, 1914.) A low, spreading tree; sometimes
used as a hedge plant. Fruit a 3-celled capsule, containing three
seeds. We were told that the common name is mamona, but this
belongs to the castor bean."
37876. Ormosia monosperma (Swartz) Urban. Fabacese.
"(No. 90a. January 26, 1914.) A bean used by the negroes to
keep off fever. A necklace of them is placed around the children's
necks. We have not seen the tree which produces them. These
were purchased from a negro woman."
37877. Cipura paludosa Aublet.
"(No. 91a, January 26, 1914.) A beautiful dwarf irislike plant,
growing along the river bank. Its grasslike leaves grow to a height
of 12 or 15 inches under favorable conditions ; the flowers are not
over 1 inch in diameter, but of a most delicate light-blue color,
similar to that of the Iris pallida dalmatica. Well worthy of a
trial as a border plant in warm climates and for forcing."
" Root a round tunicated bulb, covered with membranous integu-
ments. Leaves radical, about a foot high, narrow lanceolate, laxly
plicate, 3-nerved or thereabouts, with longitudinal parallel lamellose
ribs, thin, grass green, quite smooth, far acuminate, upright, spring-
ing from even petiolelike convolute submembranous bases, equitant
near the bulb. Stem round, short, strict, terminated by the flower
fascicle, which rises from the bosom of a 2-valved involucre, the
outer valve of which is similar to the leaves and though smaller
yet far longer than the fascicle and even with the summits of the
other leaves, inner valve several times less [than the outer], con-
volute. Pedicels of the fascicle equal to their valves, 1-fiowered ;
flowers several, expanding in succession, and of very short duration.
A native of Guiana, where it was found by Aublet in moist meadows
(savannahs) at the foot of Mount Coutou, flowering in August; he
says it varies with blue flowers." (Curtis's Botanical Magazine, pi.
1803.)
62 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
37872 to 37936— Contd. (Quoted notes by Dorsett and Popenoe.)
37878. Crotalaria sp. Fabacere.
"(No. 93a. Sitio, Minas Geraes, Brazil. January 28, 1914.) Seeds
of a leguminous shrub growing on the edge of a small stream below
town. Height about <> feet. Flowers pealike, bright yellow in color.
To be tried as a green cover crop."
37879 and 37880. Rollinia spp. Annonacese. Araticum.
37879. Rollinia DOLAisKii'KT.u.o < Itaddi I St. Ililaire.
"(No. 94a. Sitio, .Minas Geraes, Brazil. January 28. 1914.)
Seed from araticum fruit, large variety with prominent protuber-
ances, partly eaten away by birds."
37880. Rollinia glaucescens Sond.
"(No. 9.">a. Sao Joao del Key, Minas Geraes, Brazil. January
26. 1914.) Tree about 15 feet high, leaves oblong lanceolate, smooth.
the fruits about 1 inch in diameter, more or leas heart shaped,
bright orange-yellow in color, the surface smooth or nearly so.
Flavor only fair, and seeds almost fill the interior of the fruit."
37881. Michelia champaca L. Magnoliacese. Champac.
"(No. 96a. Sao Joao del Rey, Minas Geraes. Brazil. January 26.
1914.) The Indian champac, very popular here in Brazil as a street
and ornamental tree. Its growth is symmetrical and compact, usually
rather pyramidal in habit. The largest specimen seen was about 40 feet
in height. The bright orange-colored, star-shaped flowers 2 inches in
diameter have a delightful fruity fragrance."
37882. Rollinia laurifolia Schlecht. Annonaceae.
"(No. 98a. Sitio, Minas Geraes, Brazil. January 28. 1914.) Seeds
from one fruit, shown cut in halves in photograph. This is the species
with prominent protuberances on the surface, fruit heart shaped, about
1* inches in length."
37883. Maurandia barclaiana Lindley. Scrophulariacea.
"(No. 99a. Barbacena, Minas Geraes, Brazil. January 30, 1914.) A
small vine, found in the cemetery of the church of Boa Morte. Ir grows
5 or 6 feet in height and forms a dense mat of foliage, the individual
leaves not more than 1 inch in diameter. The flowers, which are pro-
duced in the utmost profusion, are funnel form, about 1 inch in diameter,
and of a rich blue-purple color. A handsome ornamental, well worthy
of a trial in different parts of the United States."
37884. Cosmos sulpiiureus Cav. Asteracea?. Cosmos.
"(No. 100a. Bello Horizonte, Brazil. February 2. 1914.) An annual
plant, very similar in growth and appearance to our northern cosmos.
Found near the railroad tiack below town, apparently escaped from cul-
tivation. Flowers bright orange, 1A inches in diameter, identical in form
with our cosmos flowers. May already be known in the United Siatc<;
if not, it is well worthy of cultivation."
37885. Rents rosaefoiiis Smith. Rosacea?. Raspberry.
"(No. 101a. Sao Joao del Rey, Minas Geraes, Brazil. January 26,
1914.) Seeds of the Amora berry, which appears i<> us to be Rubus rosm -
folius. The plant grows in an apparently naturalized state around culti-
vated areas and iu abandoned gardens. The berries are larger than rasp-
berries, bright red in color, and of good flavor, thougk a trifle lacking in
character."
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. 63
37872 to 37936— Contd. (Quoted notes by Dorsett and Popenoe.)
37886. Cestrum sp. Solan.ice.in.
"(No. 102a. Sitio, Minas Geraes, Brazil. January 28. 1914.) A shrub,
6 to 8 feet high, with lanceolate leaves and corymbs of tubular, orange-
yellow flowers, about 1 inch long. Looks very similar to one of the
Oestrums grown in California."
37887. Rubus sp. Rosacea?.
"(No. 103a. Sitio, Minas Geraes, Brazil. January 28, 1914.) Plant, 5
to 6 feet high, found in the river valley below town. The fruits, which
are produced very abundantly, are the size and form of blackberries, but
light green in color when ripe and very sweet in flavor. Of possible
value for hybridization."
37888. Phaseolus vulgaris L. Fabacea?. Bean.
"(No. 105a. Barbacena, Minas Geraes, Brazil. January 30, 1914.)
Sulphur bean. According to Mr. Frank R. Brainard, Chefe das Culturas,
this is one of the best dry beans cultivated on the experimental farm.
It is used as a dry bean. He does not know whether it can be used as a
snap bean. Very attractive in appearance."
37889. Punica granatum L. Punicacea?. Pomegranate.
"(No. 104a. Bello Horizonte, Brazil. February 2, 1914.) Seed from
a fruit purchased in the market here. One of the largest we have seen in
Brazil, about 4 inches in diameter and of fairly good quality."
37890 and 37891. Phaseolus vulgaris L. Fabacea?. Bean.
From Barbacena, Minas Geraes, Brazil.
37890. "(No. 106a. January 30, 1914.) Amendoim or 'peanut
bean,* from the experimental farm of the Aprendizado Agricola. A
dry bean of large size and attractive appearance, considered of
excellent quality."
37891. "(No. 107a. January 30, 1914.) Spotted bean, a variety
considered by Mr. Frank Brainard, Chefe das Culturas of the
Aprendizado Agricola, as a very good quality."
37892. Rollinia glaucescens Sond. Annonacea?.
"(>io. 108a. Sao Joao del Rey, Minas Geraes, Brazil. January 9,
1914.) Seeds of the araticum sent in under No. 95a [S. P. I. 37S80],
which see for description. Collected on our first visit to Sao Joao."
37893. Aristolochia galeata Mart, and Zuec. Aristolochiacea\
Birthwort.
"(No. 110a. Bello Horizonte, Minas Geraes, Brazil. February 2,
1914.) A vine found on the fence along the railroad track 5 or G
miles east of town. It covers the fence for a distance of 15 or 18
feet, and produces its peculiar shaped, large, spotted flowers in great
profusion. Brown is the predominating color of the flowers, the mot-
tlings being greenish and cream colored."
37894. Vigna sinensis (Torner) Savi. Fabacea?. Cowpea.
"(No. Ilia. Vespasiano, Minas Geraes, Brazil. February 5, 1914.)
Seed from plants growing in a cornfield a short distance east of town
along the railroad track. The plants were climbing up the cornstalks,
which were 10 to 15 feet high."
64 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
37872 to 37936— Contd. (Quoted notes by Dorsett and Popenoe.)
37895. Bunchosia sp. Malpighiaceae. Cafe do matto.
"(No. 112a. Lagoa Santa, Minas Geraes, Brazil. February 5, 1914.)
Caf6 do matto. A tree about 25 feet high, producing clusters of bright-
red fruits the size of small cherries. Each fruit contains one large seed
surrounded by a viscous, sticky substance, of sweetish flavor but very
astringent. The loaves are said to make a tea equal to mat6, and the
fruit to have medicinal value."
37896. Zea mays L. Poacese. Corn.
"(No. 114a. Vespasiano, Minas Geraes, Brazil. February 5, 1914.)
Two ears of corn from a field in the edge of town. Picked at random.
The crop in general is not yet ripe."
37897. Psidium sp. Myrtacere. Guava.
"(No. 127a. Pirapora, Minas Geraes, Brazil. February 10, 1914.)
A wild guava, produced by a small tree 15 to 20 feet high, abundant
along the banks of the Rio Sao Francisco in this region. The fruits,
while rather small in size, are remarkable for the large proportion of
pulp to seeds. The seeds are not only small but very few in number.
The pulp is yellowish in color and of very agreeable flavor, having very
little of the musky flavor so much objected to in most guavas. The
size of the fruit is about 1 to li inches in length by 1 inch in breadth,
color light green, light yellow when fully ripe. Should be given a trial
in Florida and California."
37898. Bromklia sp. Bromeliacea1. Bromelia.
"(No. 118a. Pirapora, Minas Geraes, Brazil. February 9, 1914.) A
plant similar in general appearance to the pineapple, except that the
spines on the leaf margins are fewer and larger. Common on the
campo here. Fruits individually about 1\ inches in Length, plump, oval,
containing several seeds. Very similar to the gravata sent in from
Bahia. For breeding experiments."
37899. Attalea sp. Phcenicaeea*. Palm.
"(No. 119a. Pirapora, Minas Geraes, Brazil. February 9, 1914.)
Seed of a native palm from the region near the Rio Sao Francisco
beJow here. Kernels said to be very good to eat. Presented by Mr.
Barker, of this place, who states that there were 82 nuts in the cluster
from which this came."
37900. Celtis morifolia Planch. Ulmacea?. Jua mirim.
"(No. 121a. Pirapora, Minas Geraes, Brazil. February 10, 1914.)
Jua mirim or small jua, growing on the river hank light in town. The
tree is about 30 feet high, somewhat spreading in habit. Fruits about
one-fourth of an inch in diameter, orange colored, much sought after
by children."
37901. Babyxylum dubium (Spreng.) Pierre. Csesalpiniaceae.
(Peltophorum vogelianum Walp.)
"(No. 122a. Pirapora. Minas Geraes, Brazil. February 10, 1914.)
Seed of a large tree 5(> to di> feet high, broad and spreading, giving line
shade. A handsome ornamental tree. Flowers bright yellow, with
golden-yellow anthers. Called cana fistula here, hut this name properly
belongs to another plant. Sod obtained from trees growing on the bank
of the Rio Sao Francisco at the landing across from railroad station.*'
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. 65
37872 to 37936— Contd. (Quoted notes by Dorsett and Popenoe.)
37902. Rolliniopsis discketa Safford. Annonacese. Monkey fruit.
"(No. 125a. Januaria, Minas Geraes, Brazil. February 15, 1914.)
(Possibly a Guatteria. Small tree 20 to 25 feet high, common between
here and P>rejo, 4 miles back from the river. Called fruta de macaco,
not eaten by the people."
37903. Mauritia vinifeba Martius. Phoenieaceae. Burity palm.
"(No. 126a. Januaria, Minas Geraes, Brazil. February 15, 1914.)
Seeds of the Burity palm, which grows in low, moist places along the
river. Its fiber is used for making hammocks, cordage, etc. These
seeds were purchased from a native, and some of them may be too old
to germinate."
37904. Caryocar bbasiliensis Cambessedes. Caryocaracese. Piqui.
"(No. 129a. Januaria, Minas Geraes, Brazil. February 15, 1914.)
Fruit of the piqui, a common wild fruit in Minas Geraes. It grows on
the campos from here to Lavras, where we first saw it. The fruit is
just commencing to ripen ; the layer of yellow pulp surrounding the
seed is edible and has a peculiar taste. The tree grows to a height
of 30 feet or more and is broad and spreading in habit."
37905. Xylopia carminativa (Arruda) R. E. Fries. Annonacese.
Monkey 's-pepper.
"(No. 131a. Januaria, Minas Geraes, Brazil. February 15, 1914.)
Pimenta de macaco, ' monkey's-pepper.' Sold in the market here for
seasoning and also used as a remedy for intestinal troubles. Said to be
produced by a small tree native to this region. For trial in California
and Florida."
37906. Amburana clatjdii Schwacke and Taub. Fabacese.
Fragrant imburana.
"(No. 134a. Januaria, Minas Geraes, Brazil. February 15. 1914.)
Imburana de cheiro, fragrant imburana, a seed highly esteemed in this
< region. It is ground and mixed with tobacco, to be taken in the form
of snuff, and a tea prepared from it is valued as a remedy for colds.
Produced by a tree native to this region." Large leguminous tree with
odd pinnate leaves composed of 11 to 15 alternate leaflets and large
clusters of cream-white flowers. The valuable wood, which is used for
flooring, window frames, vats, etc., is much sought after. The crushed
seeds are used to perfume tobacco. Both the wood and the seeds have
a strong odor of coumarin. (Adapted from Engler and Prantl, Natiir-
lichen Pflanzen-Familien, III,3 p. 387.)
See S. P. I. No. 37019 for previous introduction.
37907. Ziziphus joazeiro Mart. Rhainnacen?. Jua.
"(No. 135a. Januaria, Minas Geraes, Brazil. February 14, 1914.)
Seeds of the jua, called here jua de boi. A tree growing to 40 or 50
feet high, symmetrical and compact in growth, densely foliated and very
thorny, the thorns, however, being short and rather small. The fruits
are used only as a remedy, a tea made from them being considered an
emollient and very good for bronchial affections. Stock eat the fruit.
The tree is believed to have considerable value as forage, particularly for
dry lands, where it succeeds extremely well."
37908. Annona squamosa L. Anuonaceae, Anona.
71476°— 17 5
66 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
37872 to 37936— Contrl. (Quoted notes by Dorsett and Popenoe.)
"(No. 136a. Januaria, Minas Geraes, Brazil. February 15, 1914.)
Here called pinha. Just now it seems to be the mosi important fruit
in Januaria ; the season is at its height and the fruits are hawked about
the streets at 2 vintens (40 reis) each. Tins tree bears so heavily
here and is of such fine quality that these few seeds are sent because of
the possibility that they may prove to be a superior strain.''
37909. Zea mays L. Poacea?. Corn.
"(No. 137a. Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bahia, Brazil. February 17, 1014.)
Two ears of corn purchased in the village. The common type of corn
in this region, used for the manufacture of farinha (corn meal, for
human consumption) and for hog feed."
37910. Attalea sp. Phcenieacea?. Palm.
"(No. 130a. Januaria, Minas Geraes. Brazil. February 15, 1914.)
Seed of the palm sent in under No. 119a [S. P. I. No. 37899] from
Pirapora. A large species, growing along the banks of the Rio Sail
Francisco between here and Pirapora. Called palmeira by the natives.
Each fruit contains several seeds."
37911. Annona spinescens Martius. Annonacese. Anona.
"(No. 140a. Urubu, Bahia, Brazil. February 17, 1914.) Seed of an
araticum growing on low, marshy land near the river bank. Bushy
shrub 10 to 15 feet high, which because of its compact form and stout
spines may be of value as a hedge plant. The fruit, about 3 inches in
length and orange-red in color, is edible, but of little value. Hogs seem
to be very fond of it. We saw this plant first at Morrinhos; there it
was scarce, here it is the commonest plant along the riverside."
For illustrations of this shrub in its native habitat and of its fruits,
see Plates V and VI.
37912. Capsicum sp. Solanacese. Bed pepper.
"(No. 141a. Barra, Bahia, Brazil. February 18, 1914.) Small pepper,
collected near a native hut at a binding above Barra where we stopped
to take on wood."
37913. Sarcostemma apiculatum Decne. Aselepiadacese.
"(No. 146a. Xiquexique, Bahia, Brazil. February 19. 1914.) Seed of
a sand-binding plant collected on the banks of the Rio Sao Francisco.
This plant is most vigorous in growth and forms a loose mat close to
the ground, as well as growing up to 4 or 5 feet high in a tangled mass
under favorable conditions. For trial in Texas and tbe Southwest."
37914. Ricinus communis L. Euphorbiacea?. Castor bean.
"(No. 147a. Pilao Arcado, Bahia, Brazil. February 19. 1914.) Seeds
collected from plants growing on the bank of tbe Rio Sao Francisco, in
an apparently naturalized state, a few miles above Pilao Arcado."
37915. Vigna sinensis (Torner) Savi. Fabacea?. Cowpea.
"(No. 148a. Barra, Bahia, Brazil. February 19. 1914.) Known here
as I'rijao gurutuba. In the dry regions of the interior it is said to
ripen in 60 days from the sowing of the seed, and to produce most
abundantly. Planted in October and November, the beginning of the
wet season, in hills 18 to 20 inches apart. Considered specially suited
to dry soils. Varieties badly mixed: should be separated into various
types if used for planting."
37916. Jatropha acanthophvi.i.a Lofgren. Kuphorbiacea?. Favelleira.
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37872 to 37936— Contd. (Quoted notes by Dorsett and Popenoe.)
"(No. 150a. Reinanso, Bahia, Brazil. February 20, 1914.) Seeds of
the favelleira, a medium-sized tree with handsome dark-green foliage
and spines on the young wood. The seeds are rich in oil and are deli-
cious to the taste, having the flavor of the Brazil nut. Presented by
Col. Angelo Camilho, of this place."
37917. Ipomoea fistulosa Martius. Convolvulacese.
"(No. 151a. Oliveira, Bahia, Brazil. February 20, 1914.) Seed of a
shrub very common along the banks of the Rio Sao Francisco and in
low, wet places in this region; height, 10 to 15 feet, tall and slender,
branching very little, stems slender and supple, flowers funnelform, 4
inches in diameter, lilac red in color. A very abundant bloomer. Seeds
are expelled from the capsules at the slightest disturbance."
37918. Sida sp. Malvaceae.
"(No. 152a. Joazeiro, Bahia, Brazil. February 22, 1914.) Small plant
1 to 2 feet high, compact and bushy in form, shrubby at base. The flow-
ers are funnelform, clear light yellow in color, very similar in appear-
ance to Linum flavum, but not so deep in color. Might be of value as a
greenhouse plant, on account of its dwarf, compact form and profuse
blooming."
37919. Neoglaziovia con color C. H. Wright. Brorneliaceae.
Macambira.
"(No. 153a. Joazeiro, Bahia, Brazil. February 23, 1914.) The Ma-
cambira, a bromeliaceous plant greatly resembling the pineapple in
growth and appearance. It is found growing in great profusion among
the rocks on the Ilha do Fogo, in the middle of the Rio Sao Francisco
between Joazeiro and Petrolina, whence these seeds were obtained. The
flower stalks are 4 to 6 feet high, the flower heads a foot long and 3
inches in diameter, producing seed in the greatest abundance. As far as
we can learn, the fiber is not used here, though that of the caroa (Neogla-
ziovia variegata) is employed extensively for the manufacture of cordage."
37920. Cucumis melo L. Cucurbitaceae. Muskmelon.
"(No. 154a. Joazeiro, Bahia, Brazil. February 23, 1914.) Seed of
the large yellow meldo commonly sold here and grown in the vicinity of
town. A salmon-fleshed melon with smooth, deeply ribbed skin, light
yellow in color. The size is large, up to 15 or 20 pounds. The flavor is
that of a small muskmelon ; the quality very good. For trial in the
Southwest, as it seems to be suited to dry lands."
37921. Hyptis longipes St. Hil. Menthaceae.
"(No. 155a. Joazeiro, Bahia, Brazil. February 23, 1914.) A trailing
plant, common on the Ilha do Fogo, in the middle of the Rio Sao Fran-
cisco, between Joazeiro and Petrolina. It flourishes on pure sand and
forms a close mat of stems, which suggests that it might be used in the
Southwest as a sand-binding plant. Its flowers, borne in heads 1 inch
in diameter and 6 inches above the ground, are bright purple in color,
very ornamental in appearance."
37922. Psidium sp. Myrtacese. Guava.
"(No. 156a. Joazeiro, Bahia, Brazil. February 23, 1914.) The araga
mirim, or small guava, from the Horto Florestal. Fruit about an inch
in diameter, yellow in color, thin skinned, the pulp soft, translucent, the
68 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
37872 to 37936— Contd. (Quoted notes by Dorsett and Popenoe.)
seeds abundant. In appearance the plant is similar to Psidium guajava.
For guava breeding experiments."
37923. Zizipiius joazeiro Mart. Rhamnaceae. Jua.
"(No. 158a. Joazeiro, Bahia, Brazil. February 23, 1914.) Seed of
the jua, collected from wild trees on the caatinga near the river 2 miles
below town. This interesting and valuable tree is common on the
caatingas or dry lands bordering on the Rio Sao Francisco from Joazeiro
nearly up to the border of the State of Minas Geraes. Here at Joazeiro
it is quite common, but the trees are usually found scattered among the
other plants on the caatinga and do not occur in large groves. In places
where cattle and horses can get at the trees while young they are kept
eaten off almost to the ground, and have a peculiar dwarfed, stunted ap-
pearance. When allowed to develop to mature size the tree forms a
beautiful, dense green, umbrageous head of foliage 30 feet in diameter.
The leaves are somewhat hard and brittle in texture, oval to ovate, about
2 inches in length. The small wood is armed with short, stiff thorns,
which are not, however, particularly dangerous. The fruit varies greatly
in size, according to the tree by which it is produced. The best fruits are
nearly an inch in diameter, creamy yellow in color, spherical or nearly
so. Inside the thin skin is a thick layer of mealy flesh, within which
lies the seed and the layer of translucent, mucilaginous pulp which sur-
rounds it. The seed is about the size and shape of a small olive stone.
The pulp adheres to it very closely and can scarcely be separated even
in the mouth. The flavor is peculiar and somewhat insipid. The trees
bear prodigiously, the ground under them being covered with fruits at
the end of the season. Sheep, cattle, horses, and swine eat the fruit
greedily, and it is considered wholesome for them. The principal value
of this tree would seem to be as a source of stock feed in dry regions,
both the fruits and the foliage being of value for this purpose. In addi-
tion, the ornamental value of the tree and its drought-resisting qualities
commend it for culture in arid regions. While it is probably not very
hardy, it seems likely to be adapted to the Southwest."
37924. Inga affinis DC. Mimosacese. Jatuba.
"(No. 181a. Joazeiro, Bahia, Brazil. February 24, 1914.) Jatuba.
A native leguminous tree of slow growth, furnishing lumber extensively
used in boat building. The pod in which the seeds are produced con-
tains a soft, sweet pulp which is sometimes eaten."
37925. Phaseolus semiekecttjs angustifolfus Martius. Fabaceie.
"(No. 183a. Joazeiro, Bahia, Brazil. February 24, 1914.) Seed of
a brown-flowered leguminous plant 3 to 4 feet high, very slender and
with few branches. Common near the river in Horto Florestal. Grows
in clay soil near the bank of the Rio Sao Francisco. Flowers deep
brown, pealike in form."
37926. Aeeurites moluccXna (L. ) Willd. Euphorbiacese. Lumbang.
"(No. 190a. Bahia, Brazil. March 9, 1914.) Seeds of the noguetra,
from the small park in the praga of Piedade. According to Dr. Argollo
FerrSo, these seeds are eaten by the natives. A rapid-growing tree,
which bears heavily in this climate."
37927. Bactkis cakyotaki oi ia Mart. Phieniearea'. Palm.
"(No. 191a. Bahia, Brazil. March 9, 1914.) Palm seeds sold in
the market under the name of manivclho. The seed is surrounded by
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. 69
37872 to 37936— Contd. (Quoted notes by Dorsett and Popenoe.)
a thin layer of subacid pulp of very agreeable flavor. Clusters of fruit
are common in the market now."
37928. Mimusops coriacea (DC.) Miquel. Sapotaceae.
"(No. 192a. Bahia, Brazil. March 9, 1914.) A native fruit called
bacopariu by Dr. Argollo Ferrao, but it certainly is not the true bacopari
(Rheedia hrasiliensis) . The fruits are round, about If. inches in diam-
eter, yellow in color. The two to five seeds are surrounded by a dry,
mealy pulp of sweet, rather mawkish flavor."
37929. Poutebia caimito (R. and P.) Radlk. Sapotaceae. Abiu.
"(No. 193a. Bahia, Brazil. March 9, 1914.) The abiu, a rather rare
fruit, but highly esteemed both here and at Rio de Janeiro. In form it
Is elliptical, 2 to 3 inches long, deep yellow in color. The one to four
large, obiong seeds are surrounded by a translucent, whitish pulp very
similar in flavor to the sapote and fully as agreeable."
37930. Rollinia sylvatica (St. Hil.) Mart. Annonaceae. Araticum.
"(No. 194a. Bom Fim, Brazil. February 27, 1914.) Seed of an
aratirum. Secured along the railroad right of way about a mile east
of town ; small shrub or small tree."
37931. Sesban macrocabpum Muhl. Fabaceae.
"(No. 195a. Bom Fim, Brazil. February 27, 1914.) Amoves casadas.
Ornamental yellow or yellowish brown flowered tree."
37932. Syzygium sp. Myrtaceae. Azeitona.
"(No. 19Ga. Bom Fim, Brazil. February 27, 1914.) Azeitona. Seed
from small shrubby tree near town in low, swampy ground."
37933. Annona salzmanni A. DC. Annonaceae.
"(No. 202a. Bahia, Brazil. March 11, 1914.) Seed of an araticum
from Col. Decca's."
37934. Couma rigida Muell. Arg. Mucuje.
"(No. 203a. Bahia, Brazil. March 13, 1914.) Mucuj6. Seed from
fruit purchased in the market. Said to be a large tree."
37935. Genipa amebicana L. Rubiaceae. Genipap.
"(No. 204a. Bahia, Brazil. March S, 1914.) Tbis fruit is quite
common in the market now."
37936. Moquilea tomentosa Bentham. Rosacea?.
"(No. 205a. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. March 23, 1914.) Seeds of the
oity tree."
Distribution.— A tree found in the vicinity of Pernambuco in Brazil.
37937 to 37939. Trifolium pratense L. Fabaceae. Red clover.
From Lausanne, Switzerland. Presented by Prof. G. Martinet, Federal
Establishment for Seed Control and Experiments, through .Mr. 10. Brown,
of the Department of Agriculture. Received April 30, 1914. Quoted
notes by Prof. Martinet.
37937. "No. 944. Apitrdfte (huminelbee clover), a variety which is
very productive for three years and can lu- used two years after being
sown. It has the peculiarity of being accessible to honeybees, owing
to its short corolla, which is more open at the top. The Director of
the Office of Experiment Stations, Dr. A. C. True, last summer in
70 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
37937 to 37938— Continued. (Quoted notes by Prof. G. Martinet.)
visiting our establishment saw several bees getting honey from this
clover, although he had declared himself t«, be skeptical before seeing
this. As this select inn is also one of our best as regards the crop,
farmers and beekeepers will find it useful."
37938. '• No. 943. This is a perennial clover with numerous fine stocks
and many leaves. It develops daughter plants beside the parent stock.
This will last for four years and more. The seeds are uniformly
yellow, so that it is easy to verily their identity."
37939. "No. 950. Perennial clover higher than the preceding, hut not
lasting for so long a time. Most of the seeds are dark violet."
37940. Asparagus tenuifolius Lam. Convallariacee'.
Asparagus.
From Chene. Geneva, Switzerland. Plant presented by Mr. Henri Corre-
von. Received May 7, 1914.
"This asparagus I found in the Alps of Coino. Lombardy." (Corrt run.)
37941 and 37942. Medicago sativa L. Fabaceae.
Provence alfalfa.
From Paris. France. Presented by Mr. A. M. Thackara, American consul,
who obtained it from Mr. A. Kousset, Paris. Received April 24, 1914.
Quoted notes by Mr. Thackara.
37941. " Ordinary Provence alfalfa recleaned against dodder. Mr.
Rousset states his belief that this newly harvested seed is desired by
the United States Department of Agriculture to distinguish the place
of growth in France, but adds that, as he explained to the Chief of the
Seed Laboratory, the climate of France is, in his opinion, too even to
justify such a theory. He declares that alfalfa seed grown in the
Provence district would not, when newly harvested, be any different or
contain other varieties of foreign seed than alfalfa grown in other
parts of France."
37942. "Extra Provence alfalfa recleaned."
37943. Dioscorka ai.ata L. Dioscoreacea?. Yam.
From Santa Rosa. Fla. Received February 17. 1913, from Mr. William M.
Wilson, who obtained them from Dr. E. K. Neal, of the same place.
Dr. Neal secured the original material from Mr. J. De Hoff, Arch
Creek, Fla. Additional material received from Mr. J. J. Chapman,
March 9, 191.",.
"The tubers received were rather small and resembled the Jamaica yanipee
in both form and quality. Judging from these specimens the variety is well
worth cultivating in Florida." ( /.'. 1. Young.)
"I gol one seed tuber in L893, when I first came to Avon Park. De Soto County,
Fla., from a neighbor, II. G. Burnett, who had a few in his garden: he got them
from his father-in-law, at Fort Myers, where they have been grown, I under-
stand, for 50 years; not in large quantity, however. I have kepi see,] from year
to year since that time, no more, though, than 1 wanted myself, until year before
last, when somehow they made several times more seed tubers than I ever saw-
before. This lasl year they again made only a very few seed tubers. I re-
ceived them under tin' name of WhiU Jamaica yam. but do not know whether
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. 71
37943— Continued.
this name is correct. Mr. Burnett, who was quite a horticulturist, said their bo-
tanical name was Dioscorea alata. I grew them for five years near Palatka
(at Florahome) and they did well on high hammock land. Down here in Dade
County, on very light sandy and rocky land, they produce as much as sweet
potatoes, and with me take the place of Irish potatoes ; the latter will not suc-
ceed in this dry soil at all. The yams keep for months." (J. De Hoff.)
37944. Phoebe nanm.lt (Oliver) Gamble. Lauraceae. Nanmu.
(Machilus nanmu Hemsl.)
From Chungking, China. Presented by the American consul. Received
May 1, 1914.
37945 and 37946. Coix spp. Poacese. Job's-tears.
From the northern Shan States, Burma. Presented by Mr. H. G. Carter,
Economic Botanist to the Botanical Survey of India, Indian Museum,
Calcutta, India. Received April 20, 1914. Quoted notes by Mr. Carter.
For detailed information relating to these two varieties, see Sir George Watt's
account of Coix published in the Agricultural Ledger No. 13, of 1904.
37945. Coix lacryma-jobi ma-yuen (Rom.) Stapf.
" Forma 4. No. 3bl95, edible."
37946. Coix lacryma-jobi stenocarpa (Oliver) Stapf.
" No. 3bl97. Used for bead chains, door screens, and rosaries."
37947. Solanum tuberosum L. Solanaceee. Potato.
From Raetihi, New Zealand. Purchased of Mr. J. G. Harris. Received
April 22, 1914.
" New Era potato. The potatoes are lemon colored in the skin and oval in
shape; they are shallow in the eyes and will be economical in use. They grow
to a large size, and it is no infrequent thing for a whole root to average a pound
per tuber. Indeed, a drawback to the propagation of this potato is the remark-
ably few small potatoes grown. On my land, which is light and lies in the
center of the North Island of New Zealand at an elevation of 2,000 feet, I have
grown this variety up to 20 tons to the acre. We have frequent summer frosts
here on account of the elevation, but these frosts, though they blacken the ordi-
nnry varieties of potatoes, do not affect the Neiv Era. Indeed, nothing short of
a heavy frost will touch it, but it is the blight-resisting qualities of this potato
which are chiefly remarkable. Season after season, growing in a field with
other kinds on both sides, it has remained unaffected while the various other
kinds have been blackened and ruined. I am confident that unless long culti-
vation lessens the potato's virility the Irish blight will soon be no longer a
terror to potato growers." (Harris.)
37948 to 37955.
From China. Collected by Mr. Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Explorer for
the Department of Agriculture. Received May 1, 1914. Cuttings of the
following; quoted notes by Mr. Meyer.
37948 to 37952. Diosfyros kaki L. f. Diospyracese. Persimmon.
From near Tsaochowfu, Shantung, China. Collected March 10, 1914.
72 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
37948 to 37955— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
37948. "(No. 1181. A local variety of persimmon, said to be
large, and of elongated, square form, with a constriction running
around close to the calyx. Color red ; contains few seeds as a rule.
Can be dried or kept fresh for a long time, and is considered to
be a very good variety. The trees grow to be tall, but have well-
formed heads. Chinese name Ssil ling shih tzu, meaning ' four-
squared persimmon.' This and the following varieties are grown
on an open plain on sandy loam, and they may possibly be hardier
than other varieties. According to Father Petrie, of the Roman
Catholic Mission at Tsaochowfu, these persimiuoas are injured by
cold whenever the mercury goes below zero F. The stocks, which
are Diospyros lotus, never freeze locally, being able to stand severe
cold, apparently."
37949. "(No. 1182.) A local variety of persimmon, said to be
large, of round form, with rounded-off top. Color yellow, seedless ;
can be dried or kept fresh for a long time ; considered to be a fine
variety. The trees are of sturdy growth and are prolific bearers.
Chinese name Pen shih tzu, meaning ' original persimmon.' "
37950. "(No. 1183.) A local variety of persimmon, said to be
medium large ; of round, pointed form, with a square base. Seed-
less ; can be kept fresh for a long time. Chinese name Yu lou t'ou
sJiih tzu, meaning ' oil-basket persimmon.' "
37951. "(No. 1184.) A local variety of persimmon, said to be
small, of round, flattened shape, with square base. Color yellow;
seedless. Is generally eaten pickled in brine. Chinese name Yen
shih tzu, meaning ' salted persimmon.' "
37952. "(No. 1185.) A local variety of persimmon, said to he
small, of round, flattened form, with top slightly curved in. Of
yellow color ; seedless. A very early ripener ; good only when
fresh. Chinese name Pa yiich huang shih tzu, meaning 'eighth
moon yellow persimmon.' "
37953. Populus tomentosa Carr. Salicacea\ Poplar.
From near Lungkuchi, Shantung, China.
"(No. 1189. March 13, 1914.) The tall-growing North Chinese white
poplar, especially recommended as a shade and avenue tree for deep,
sandy lands in semiarid regions. See former notes [S. P. I. No. 37.">42.]"
37954. Chaenomeles lagenaria cathayensis (Hemsl). Schneider.
(Cydonia cathayensis Hemsl.) Malacca-. Quince.
From Tsaochowfu, Shantung, China.
"(No. 1190. March 11, 1914.) A large-fruited variety of Chinese
quince, much grown on the sandy loam around Tsaochowfu."
For previous introductions and descriptions, see S. P. I. Nos. 3545S and
3r.G39.
37955. Crataegus pinnatifida Buuge. Malacca?. Hawthorn.
From Tsaochowfu, Shantung, China.
"(No. 1191. March 11, 1914.) A medium large fruited variety of Chi-
nese haw, of beautiful red color, much used preserved and as a jelly.
Chinese name Hung law, meaning ' red fruit.' "
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. 73
37956 to 37964.
From Victoria (Pittoa, near Garua), Karuerun, German West Africa. Pre-
sented by the Agricultural Experiment Station. Received April 15, 1914.
37956 to 37961. Holcus sorghum L. Poacea?. Sorghum.
(Sorghum vulgar e Pers. )
37956. No. 1. Kakassirie. 37959. No. 7. Kilburie.
37957. No. 5. Baierie bode~rie. 37960. No. 8. Deparie dan&rie.
37958. No. 6. Danerieballoi- 37961. No. 9. Ssanerari.
ssolod&rie.
37962. Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Brown. Poaceas. Pearl millet.
(Pennisetum typhoideum Rich.)
No. 10. Jadirie (Kolbenhirse) .
37963 and 37964. Holcus sokghum L. Poacea?. Sorghum.
(Sorghum vulgar e Pers.)
37963. No. 11. Gaderie.
37964. No. 12. Gordori or Deparie bod&rie.
37965 to 37972.
From Peru. Presented by Mr. A. Martin Lynch at the request of Dr.
Harry V. Harlan, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received April 2-3,
1914. Quoted notes by Dr. Harlan.
37965 to 37967. Zea mays L. Poaceae. Corn.
"Purchased in Sicuani (elevation, 11,500 feet), but possibly coming
from lower down the valley of the Vilcanote."
37965. "(No. 1. Arequipa, Peru.) Large-grained calico maize."
37966. "(No. 2. Sicuani, Peru.) Large white-grained maize."
37967. "(No. 3. Arequipa, Peru.) Large-grained yellow and mixed
maize."
37968. Hoedeum vulgare L. Poacea?. Barley.
"(No. 5.) Seed purchased in Juliaca (elevation, 12,500 feet) ; a coarse
6-rowed barley grown for hay as horse feed on the pampas and for grain
in some of the protected areas."
37969 and 37970. Chenopodium spp. Chenopodiaceae.
37969. Chenopodium sp. Caiiagua.
"(No. 6.) Canagua from Juliaca, Peru. Commonly grown as a
cereal crop in elevations as high as 13,500 feet. Is not injured by
light freezes at any stage of growth. Not particularly palatable.
Might prove useful in high mountain areas, but should be tested
under strict control, as it is possible that it might become a weed."
37970. Chenopodium quinoa Willd. Quinoa.
"(No. 7.) Quinoa from Juliaca. Only slightly less hardy than
Canagua, It is a very palatable cereal and is much less likely to
become a weed. Worth testing in areas subject to frosts where
wheat and barley are grown with difficulty."
37971. Triticum aestivum L. Poaceae. Wheat.
(Triticum vulgare Vill.)
"(No. 8.) Wheat purchased in Juliaca but imported probably from the
valley of the Vilcanote. Apparently mixed."
74 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
37965 to 37972— Continued. (Quoted notes by Dr. H. V. Harlan.)
37972. Zea mays L. Poacese. Corn.
"(No. 9.) Small-grained yellow maize. Purchased in Juliaca, hut
imported from Cuzco."
37973 to 37979.
From Chelsea, London, England Purchased from James Veitch & Sons,
Ltd. Plants received April 27, 1914.
37973 and 37974. Rhododendron spp. Ericaceae. Rhododendron.
37973. X Rhododendron forsteriam m Hort.
"White and fragrant." {Veitch, Indoor Plants, 1910.)
Listed by William Watson, Rhododendrons and Azaleas, p. 43, as a
hybrid between R. edgeworthii and R. veitchianum.
37974. X Rhododendron fragrantissi.mi m Burn.
" Pure white and very fragrant." (Veitch, Indoor Plants, 1911.)
Supposed to he a hybrid between 7?. ciliatum and R. ethji worthU.
37975 and 37976. Berberis spp. Berber idaceae. Barberry.
37975. Berberis stapfiana Schneider.
"This species of Berberis is very similar to B. thunbergii, but the
growths are more erect and the leaves are not red tinted. It is a
dense, spiny bush with deciduous oblanceolate entire leaves, racemose
fascicles of yellow globose flowers, and coral or currant-red berries
borne in clusters. It is a native of China." (Kew Bulletin of Mis-
cellaneous Information, 1913, Appendix III.)
37976. Berberis coryi Hort.
"This species of Berberis is apparently an evergreen, and as an
ornamental plant is far superior to either //. veitchii or B. giraldU.
The leaves are in clusters, spatulate and glaucous beneath. The
berries, which are also glaucous, are round in shape and currant red
in color. It is a native of China." (Gardeners' Chroniele, 3d s< /..
vol. 52, p. 321, 1912.)
37977 to 37979. Rosa spp. Rosacese. Rose.
37977. Rosa alberti Regel.
"A species with long, graceful shoots clothed with glaucous foliage
and bearing ornamental club-shaped coral-red fruits about 1 inch
long, which last in good condition for a long time. It is a native of
Turkestan." (Kew Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information. /.''/..'. Ap-
pendix III.)
Distribution. — A white-flowered rose found in the Sungari region
of southern Siberia.
37978. Rosa setipoda Hemsl. and Wilson.
"A remarkable rose, allied to R. macrophylla, with large corymbs of
handsome rose-pink flowers. Its long pedicels clothed with spread-
ing, gland-tipped bristles and numerous foliaceous bracts give it a
singular appearance. The species is not uncommon In shrubberies in
the mountains of the northwestern pari of the Province of Hupeh,
China." (/•:. //. Wilson, in Kew Bulletin, 1916, p. 158.)
37979. Rosa moyesii Heiusley and Wilson.
Received as R. furyesii.
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. 75
37980. Aleurites sp. Euphorbiaceae. Tung- tree.
From Chaoyanghsien, Kwangtung, China. Presented by Dr. C. B. Lesher,
American Baptist Mission, who secured them through Rev. C. E. Bous-
field. Received April 23, 1914.
"Aleurites seeds from about 200 miles in the interior."
37981. Pyrus communis L. Malacese. Pear.
From Newark Valley, New York. Presented by Mr. A. F. Barrott. Re-
ceived April 28, 1914.
" Scions from a pear tree bearing seedless and coreless fruits. Several years
ago I purchased from Green's Nursery Co., Rochester, N. Y., a Bartlett pear
tree. The second year after this tree was put out it was broken off level with
or just a little below the ground. It sprouted again and grew rapidly. I had
been away from my farm about five years ; when I returned last year I found
a fine pear tree which had over half a bushel of Seckel pears on it. We ate
and used them all, and did not find a seed or a core in any of them. I have not
been able to find out from my former tenants whether or not this seedless and
coreless condition has heretofore existed. It seems to me that if this pear
will stand propagation without changing its character it would be quite a
find." (Barrott.)
37982. Pyrus sp. Malacca?. Pear.
From China. Presented by Rev. Hugh W. White, American Presbyterian
Mission, Yencheng, Kiangsu, China. Received April 28, 1914.
" Tangshan. Unquestionably the finest pear of China. But it is not widely
known, because the region of production has heretofore been very secluded,
and the fruit does not keep more than one or two months. It is the only Chi-
nese pear that does not have the woody taste and feel, and it has a sweet,
juicy flavor. It also grows large, much larger than the ordinary American
pear. It grows about 40 miles west of a city called Hsuchowfu, Kiangsu Prov-
ince. I suppose I am one of the three or four white men that have been in the
immediate section where this pear grows. This pear is called the Tangshan
pear, from Tangshanku, the name of the place that produces it." (Wliite,
extract from letter dated March 26, 1912.)
Cuttings.
37983 to 38041. Grasses.
From Brazil. Collected by Messrs. P. H. Dorsett and Wilson Popenoe, of
the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received April 13, 1914. Quoted notes by
Messrs. 1 >orsel I and Popenoe.
37983 to 37993.
From Sao Joao del Rey, Minas Geraes, Brazil. Collected January 2G,
1914.
37983. Mklinis minutifloka Beauv. Poacese. Capim gordura.
"(No. 78a.) Seeds of capim gordura from plants in an old aban-
doned garden which hau been completely overrun with this grass."
37984. Panicum maximum Jacq. Poacese. Guinea grass.
"(No. 79a.) Seed of a grass growing on top of an old adobe wall
at the church Senhor do Bom Fim. Seed heads viscous; in stripping
off seed they stick together. In an extremely dry situation."
76 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
37983 to 38041— Contd. (Quoted notes by Dorsett and Popenoe.)
37985. Ekagrostis bauiensis Sehrad. Poacese.
"(No. 80a.) Seed of a bunch grass from the top of a hill at the
church Senhor do Bom Fim. An open-bunch grass, rather spread-
ing, about 4 to 6 inches high, seed stalks 12 to 18 inches high. Grow-
ing on top of a high hill, in very exposed and dry situation ; soil
almost pure sand. Seeds dull greenish purple in color."
37986. Aristida sanctae i.uciae Trin. Poacese.
"(No. 81a.) Seed of a bunch grass from the top of a hill at the
church Senhor do Bom Fim. Close bunch grass, bunches about 4
inches in diameter ; height of seed stalks about 18 inches ; dry soil,
almost pure gravel. Open pasture land."
37987. Axonopus chrysoblepharis (Lag.) A. Chase. Poacese.
"(No. 82a.) Seed of a bunch grass, growing on a hill at the
church Senhor do Bom Fim. Growing in very small bunches,
height 3 or 4 inches, flower stalks IS to 20 inches ; exposed and
very dry location ; soil dry and almost pure gravel. Flower heads
usually 2 partite, rarely 3 or 4 partite."
37988. Eragrostis articulata (Schrank) Ness. Poacese.
"(No. 83a.) Seed of a grass growing on a hill at the church
Senhor do Bom Fim. A low grass, 3 to 4 inches high, flower stalks
about 6 inches high, on very dry and exposed situation, soil almost
pure gravel."
37989. Sporoboltjs indicus (L.) R. Br. Poacese.
"(No. 84a.), Seeds of a grass growing on a bill at the church
Senhor do Bom Fim. Bunch grass in clumps 2 to S inches or more
In diameter; height 6 to 8 inches; flower stalks IS to 24 inches; on
exposed and very dry location, very gravelly soil."
37990. Eragrostis expansa Link. Poacese.
"(No. 85a.) Seed of a grass growing on a hill at the church
Senhor do Bom Fim. Bunch grass in small clumps, exposed and dry
location, soil almost pure gravel."
37991. Panicum campestre Nees. Poacese.
"(No. S6a.) Seed of grass growing on a stock range back of the
church Senhor do Bom Fim. Bunch grass closely eaten off by cattle
in pasture where collected. Height, where not browsed, 8 to 10
inches. Dry pasture land, heavy red clay soil, altitude l,(K)0 meters."
37992. Chaetochloa imberbis (Poir.) Scribner. Poacese.
{Sctaria imberbis R. and S.)
"(No. 87a.) Seed of a grass from a stock range back of the
church Senhor do Bom Fim. Foxtail grass, fairly common on stock
ranges, one that the cattle eat. Dry, reddish clay soil."
37993. Andropogon i.eucostachyus H. B. K. Poacese.
"(No. 109a.) Grass seed from a hill near the church Senhor
do Bom Fim. Bunch grass, in small clumps, height about 8 to L2
inches, flower stalks 18 to 20 inches, growing in an exposed and dry
situation, soil almost pure gravel."
37994 to 37996.
From Pirapora, Minas Geraes, Brazil.
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. 77
37983 to 38041 — Contd. (Quoted notes by Dorsett and Popenoe.)
37994. Chloris polydactyla (L.) Swartz. Poacese.
"(No. 113a. February 8, 1914.) A grass found in the village
across the river from here. It grows to a height of about li feet,
with seed stalks running up to 3 feet. It seeds profusely, is said to
be good, when young, as a pasture grass, and appears to be suitable
for hay."
37995. Axonopus sp. Poacese.
Axonopus sp. prox. Paspalum marginatum Trin.
"(No. 116a. February 9, 1914.) Seed of grass growing on campo
here. One of the common grasses on the campo. Flower stalks up
to 2 to 2i feet in height. Appears to have been closely grazed by
stock."
37996. Paspalum notatum Fluegge. Poacese.
"(No. 120a. February 10, 1914.) Seed of grass collected on the
campo about 100 yards from the west bank of the Rio Sao Francisco,
where it covers the ground in a solid mat, and makes a good
pasture."
37997 to 37999.
From Januaria, Minas Geraes, Brazil.
37997 and 37998. Panicum spp. Poaeea?.
37997. Panicum maximum Jacq. Guinea grass.
"(No. 123a. February 14, 1914.) Capita colonia, one of the
principal forage grasses here, second in importance to capiat
bengu. Seed collected in a field recently planted to this grass.
Does not appear to be as widely known as capita bengu, but is
said to be of very good quality."
37998. Panicum barbinode Trin. Para grass.
"(No. 124a. February 14, 1914.) Capiat bengu, very similar
in appearance to capiat de Angola of Bahia. The most important
forage grass here, and preferred above all others. Grows to a
height of 7 or 8 feet under favorable conditions and is con-
sidered one of the best forages for cattle and horses. Does not
seem to be cut very much, the stock being turned in on it to
pasture."
87999. Dactyloctenium aeoyptium (L.) Willd. Poaeea?.
(Eleusine aegyptiaca Desf.) Crowfoot grass.
"(No. 132a. February 15, 1914.) A low grass growing in a
pasture back of town. Makes a close sod and propagates by runners."
38000 to 38003.
From Xiquexique, Bahia, Brazil. Collected February 19, 1914.
38000. Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) Willd. Poaeea*.
(Eleusine aegyptiaca Desf.) Crowfoot grass.
"(No. 142a. Seed of a grass collected on the bank of the Rio Sao
Francisco, previously collected at Januaria. It grows very tall on
soil that is pure sand."
38001. Synthekisma digitata (Sw.) Hitchc. Poacese.
"(No. 143a.) Seed of a grass collected on the bank of the Rio Sao
Francisco. Appears to be a large Bermuda grass. Grown on soil
which is pure sand."
78 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
37983 to 38041— Contd. (Quoted notes by Dorsett and Popenoe.)
38002. Eragrostis acuminata Doell. Poaceae.
"No. 144a.) Seed of a grass collected on the bank of the Rio Sao
Francisco from soil that is a pure sand. Looks like a grass collected
previously at Sao Joao del Rey."
38003. Anthephora hermaphrodita (L.) Kuntze. Poacea.
(Anthephora elegans Schreb.)
"(No. 145a.) Seed of a grass with which we are unfamiliar,
brought on board by one of the passengers, who had collected it on
the sandy hank of the Rio Sao Francisco. The only specimen we
had became misplaced."
38004 to 38023.
From Joazeiro, Bahia, Brazil. Collected February 24, 1914.
38004. Chaetochloa setosa (Sw.) Scrihner. Poacea?.
(Setaria setosa Beauv. ) Bitter grass.
"(No. 160a.) Seed of capim amargo (bitter grass) from Horto
Florestal. Grows on very poor soil, but is not considered very good
for stock."
38005. Holctjs sorghum effusus (Hack.) Hitchc.
"(No. 161a.) Seed of capim de boi from Horto Florestal. When
young it is much liked by cattle; when old the stems are rather
tough. Not good for hay ; height 5 feet ; on clay silt soil."
38006. Paspalum scutatum Nees. Poacea?.
"(No. 162a.) Grass from Horto Florestal. On clay silt soil."
38007. Leptochloa filiformis (Pers.) Beauv. Poacea?.
"(No. 163a.) Grass from Horto Florestal. Grown on clay silt soil.
Probably good."
38008. Anthephora hermaphrodita (L.) Kuntze. Poacea?.
(Anthephora elegans Schreb.)
"(No. 164a.) Capim espelta from Horto Florestal. Called by Dr.
Zehntner capim espelta, and considered by him very good. Grown
on clay silt soil."
38009. Nazia aliena (Spreng.) Scribner. Poacea?.
"(No. 165a. Capim carapicho de ovelho from Horto Florestal
Grown on clay silt soil, considered not very good, but grows on poor-
est soil."
38010. Eragkostis cii.iaris (L.) Link. Poacea1.
"Capim, barba de bode, on clay silt soil in Horto Florestal. Not
considered of great value."
38011. Sporobolus argutus (Nees) Kunth. Poacea?.
"(No. 167a.) (Jrass grown on clay silt soil in Horto Florestal.
Small, not of much value."
38012. Eragrostis articulata (Schranki Nees. Poacea'.
"(No. 16Sa.) Capim linn, on clay silt soil in Horto Florestal. Not
considered very good ; not siillicienl leaf growth."
38013. ChXOBIS I.KI'IANTIIA HitchCOCk. Poacea'.
"(No. L69a.) Grown on clay silt soil in Horto Florestal. Name
not known. Looks like a very good grass; " feci high."
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. 79
37983 to 38041 — Contd. (Quoted notes by Dorsett and Popenoe.)
38014. Panicum hirticaule Presl. Poacese.
"(No. 170a. From Horto Florestal. Probably a capim de passa-
rinho, grown on clay silt soil."
38015. Syntherisma digitata (S\v.) Hitchcock. Poacese.
"(No. 171a.) From Horto Florestal, on dry silt soil."
38016. Paspalum denticulatum Trinius. Poacese.
"(No. 172a.) Grass from Horto Florestal, on clay silt soil; not
abundant here."
38017. Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) Willd. Poacese.
(Eleusine aegyptiaca Desf.) Crowfoot grass.
"(No. 173a.) Capim pe de gallinha or pe de periquito, on clay silt
soil in Horto Florestal. Not considered to have much value. Re-
sists drought well ; not abundant here."
38018. Panicum hirticaule Presl. Poacese.
"(No. 174a.) Capim de passarinho, a very good grass, on clay silt
soil, in Horto Florestal." ^
38019 and 38020. Eriochloa polystachya H. B. K. Poacese.
38019. "(No. 175a.) On clay silt soil in Horto Florestal.
Not abundant here."
38020. "(No. 176a.) On clay silt soil in Horto Florestal.
Of very good quality ; better for hay than pasture. Seems to
prefer clay soil."
38021. Tricholaena rosea Nees. Poacese. Favorita grass.
(Panicum tencriffae R. Br.)
"(No. 177a.) Capim favorita, believed to be native, but now
planted in Minas Geraes, Sao Paulo, and elsewhere. Considered a
very good grass; used for hay in Sao Paulo.
For an illustration of favorita grass as grown in Brazil, see
Plate VII.
38022. Eriochloa punctata (L.) Hamilton. Poacese.
"(No. 179a.) Height about 4 feet, on clay silt soil near river
bank in Horto Florestal. Good forage for stock."
38023. Chloris elegans H. B. K. Poacese. Caatingueiro grass.
"(No. 180a.) Capim caatingueiro, believed by Dr. Leo Zehntner
to be one of the best grasses here. Has come into flower three weeks
after cutting. On clay silt soil in Horto Florestal."
For- an illustration of caatingueiro grass as grown in Brazil, see
Plate VIII.
38024 to 38027.
From Bom Fim, Bnhia, Brazil. Collected February 26, 1914.
38024. Panicum maximum Jacq. Poacese, Guinea grass.
"(No. 184a.) Capim guine (guinea grass), or, as it is sometimes
called, capim assil (big grass). Commonly cultivated here, there
bcin.L' a number of small plantations 1 to :', acres in extent. Planted
about 4 by 4 feet, grows C> to 10 foot high. Said to he tine for cattle
but rather too fattening for horses."
80 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
37983 to 38041— Contd. (Quoted notes by Dorsett and Popenoe.)
38025. Valota insularis (Elmg.) Chase. Poaceae. Sour-grass.
"(No. 186a.) A grass collected on a hillside in the outer edge of
town. It is rather abundant in this region ;ind may have value as
a hay grass. It grows rather luxuriantly, reaching a height of 5 feet
or even 6."
38026 and 38027. Chaetochloa spp. Poaceae.
38026. Chaetochloa laciinea (Nees) Hitchcock.
Foxtail grass.
"(No. 187a.) A foxtail grass, growing on the hillside at the
edge of town. Does not seem to be of any particular value.
Grows 2 to 2i feet high.
38027. Chaetochloa caudata (Lam.) Scribner.
"(No. 188a.) A grass about 3 feet high, growing abundantly
on the hillsides around town. The soil is stiff clay, and the
climate here is very dry for a large part of the year."
38028. Paspalum attenuatum Presl. Poaceae.
En route from Bom Fim to Bahia, Brazil. Collected February 28,
1914.
"(No. 198a.) Collected between Agua Fria and Entroncamento, 45
kilometers above Alagoinhas. Very common on rolling dry uplands."
38029. Chloris vikgata Swartz. Poaceae.
From Serrinha, Brazil. Collected February 28, 1914.
"(No. 199a.) Secured at Serrinha."
38030. Panicum maximum Jacq. Poaceae. Guinea grass.
From Bom Fim, Bahia, Brazil. Collected February 26, 1914.
"(No. 200a.) Capim guin6 (guinea grass), or, as it is sometimes
called, capim assil (big grass). Commonly cultivated here, there being
a number of small plantations 1 to 3 acres in extent. Planted about
4 by 4 feet, grows 6 to 10 feet high. Said to be fine for cattle but rather
too fattening for horses."
38031. Paspalum conjugatum Berg. Poaceae.
From Ramona, Bahia, Brazil. Collected March 11. 1914.
"(No. 201a.) Seed of what appears to be and is reported to be a
very good pasture grass. When pastured close it makes a good sod ; likes
low situations."
38032 to 38039.
From Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Purchased from Eickhoff, Carneiro
Leao & Co.
38032 to 38034. Holcus spp. Poaceae.
38032. Holcus halepensis L. Sudan grass.
(Sorghum halepense Pers.)
"(No. 207a. March 23, 1914.)"
38033 and 38034. Holcus sorghum L. Sorghum.
(Sorghum vulgarc Pers.)
38033. "(No. 210a.)"
38034. '\ No. 211a. March 23, 1914.)"
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37983 to 38041 — Contd. (Quoted notes by Dorsett and Popenoe.)
38035. Capbiola dactylon (L.) Kuiitze. Poacea\
(Cynodon dactylon Pers.) Bermuda grass.
"(No. 212a. March 23, 1914.)"
38036. Arbhenathebuii elatius (L.) Beauv. Poacese.
Oat-grass.
"(No. 213a. March 24, 1914.)"
38037. Cymbopogon rufus (Nees) Rendle. Poaeeaa.
(Andropogon rufus Kunth.)
"(No. 214a. March 24, 1914.) Capim jaragua."
38038. Melinis minutifloba Beauv. Poacea?. Molasses grass.
"(No. 215a. March 23, 1914.) Capim gordura roxo."
38039. Panicum bulbosum H. B. K. Poaeea?. Guinea grass.
" (No. 216a.) Capim guine, or guinea grass."
38040 and 38041.
From Bahia, Brazil. Collected March 19, 1914.
38040. Homolepis isocalycina (Meyer) Chase. Poacese.
{Panicum isocalycinum Meyer.)
"(No. 221a.) Seed from grass growing in clay on a hillside in a
small pasture near the ' Centro Agricola ' Experiment Station near
Bahia. Grass roots at joints."
38041. Panicum laxum Swartz. Poacese.
"(No. 222a.) Seed from grass growing in clay soil on a hillside in
a small pasture near the ' Centro Agricola ' Experiment Station
near Bahia. This appears to be a bunch grass ; soil dry ; exposed
situation."
38042 and 38043. Cinchona spp. Rnbiaceae.
From Kalimpong, Bengal, India. Presented by Mr. Henry F. Green, man-
ager, Government Cinchona Plantations, at the request of the superin-
tendent of cinchona cultivation in Bengal. Received May 2, 1914.
38042. Cinchona officinalis L. Cinchona.
" The loxa or crown bark, the pale bark of commerce. This is a
native of Ecuador and Peru and with C. succirubra was the species as-
signed by Markham to his colleague, Spruce, to discover. It is grown
at high elevations (above 7.000 feet) in the Nilgiris, Ceylon, and Sik-
kim, but not extensively. It is a weak, straggling tree, attaining at
most only 20 feet in height. Its cultivation in Sikkim has. however, been
almost abandoned, owing to the climate being too moist, but it is per-
haps the most important of the species grown in the Nilgiri Hills."
(Watt, Commercial Products of India.)
38043. Cinchona succiruijka Pavon. Cinchona.
"The red bark is largely cultivated on the hills of South India at
altitudes of 4,500 to 6,000 feet ; at higher altitudes the growth is too small
to make its cultivation profitable. On the hills east of Toungoo in Burma
and in some parts of the Satpura Range of Central India it is grown,
and also met with in the Government plantations of Sikkim, but it is
not popular, and is rapidly being replaced by C. calisaya var. ledgcriana.
71476°— 17 6
82 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38042 and 38043— Continued.
It is a hardy plant with a hold, sturdy stem. In rich and sheltered
situations it grows to a height of 50 feet or more. The leaves are bright
apple green in color, the plantation in consequence looking light and
bright, while one of C. officinalis looks dark and gloomy." (Watt, Com-
mercial Products of India.)
38044. Oryza sativa L. Poacese. Rice.
From Lusambo, Belgian Kongo, Africa. Presented by Mr. J. A. Stockwell,
through Mr. W. R. Lamberth, Oakdale, Cal. Received May 6, 1914.
" Seed of the African hill rice. This rice is raised here on the hillsides,
where it can get no water, except that which rains on it.
" I had thought of its being used at home in this way. In Louisiana, where
I used to live, we have what are known as the ' pimple prairies,' and where
these pimples or mounds occur in the rice fields, it causes not only that much
land to be wasted but often weeds grow on them, the seeds of which are very
hard to remove from the rice. I thought that perhaps if these mounds were
planted with this hill rice that this trouble could be avoided." (Stockwell.)
38045. Vicia faba L. Fabacese. Broad bean.
From Algiers, Algeria. Presented by the American consul. Received May
1, 1914.
38046. Vigna nilotica (Delile) Hook. i. Fabacese.
From Cairo, Egypt. Presented by Mr. Thomas W. Brown, Gizeh Branch,
Ministry of Public Works, Department of Agriculture, Horticultural
division, through Prof. S. C. Mason, of the Department of Agriculture.
Received May 1, 1914.
" In Muschler's Flora it is stated that this grows in the Delta, hut I have
seen it only in Aswan and Nubia. This seed was grown at Gizeh. It Is of
much less value than the common variety of Vigna sinensis, commonly culti-
vated throughout the country." (Broun.)
38047. Ceiba acuminata (S. Wats.) Rose. Bombaeacete.
(Eriodendron acuminatum S. Wats.) Mexican cotton tree.
From Tlatlaya, State of Mexico. Presented by Mr. William Brockway.
Received April 25, 1914.
"Mexican cotton tree (pochota). Collected near Tlatlaya, April 6, 1914."
(Brockway.)
38048. Salvia sp. Menthacese. Chia.
From Zacuapam, Huatusco, Vera Cruz, Mexico. Presented by Prof. C. A.
Purpus. Received May 6, 1914.
"The seeds are put into water, where they swell up and soften and are used
as a drink, mixed with sugar and red wine. Chia was used by the Aztecs in
olden times to make a drink, mixed with corn (maize)." (Purpus.)
38049 to 38052.
From Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand. Presented by Mr. D. Petrie. Re-
ceived April 21, 1914.
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. 83
38049 to 38052— Continued.
38049. Gaya ltallii (Hook, f.) Baker. Malvaceae.
(Plagianthus lyallii Hook f.) Large-flowered ribbon wood.
"A very fine small tree of the order Malvaceae, with fine clusters of
cherrylike flowers, and it is hardy here." (Petrie.)
"A beautiful shrub, found only in the mountainous districts of the
South Island. This is one of the very few New Zealand trees which
shed their leaves in the winter and show autumnal tints. The leaves
are clothed with stellate hairs, and are deeply notched. This plant is
one of the many surprises of the New Zealand forest. The traveler, who
sees for the first time its cherrylike blossoms amidst the greenery of
the bush, usually regards it as an escape* from some garden. Its soft,
tender, deciduous leaves are in strong contrast to the normal, hard,
glossy leaf of the typical trees of the New Zealand forest, whilst its
flowers are equally different from the typical, minute, greenish clusters
of Nothopanax, etc." (Laing and Blackwell, Plants of New Zealand.)
38050. Fuchsia procumbens R. Cunningh. Onagracese. Fuchsia.
"A spreading slender shrub with sweet flowers. Good for rockery if
climate is mild." (Petrie.)
"A slender, prostrate plant 6 to 18 inches long. Leaves ovate or
cordate, one-fourth to one-half an inch long. Flowers one-half to three-
fourths inch long, solitary, axillary, erect. Petals none. Berry shining,
pale red. In sandy or rocky places. It lacks the graceful, pendulous
flower stalks which enhance so much the beauty of the cultivated forms,
but it is a very dainty little species. The sharp contrast between the
beautiful waxy yellow of the calyx and the intense pure blue of the
pollen would make it noticeable anywhere. Any other color but yellow
is rare in pollen, and such a bright blue as this has probably some definite
though unknown significance. It is of the same color in the two other
New Zealand species. It is also extremely viscid. This no doubt enables
it to cling readily to any insect which may enter the flower. The vis-
cidity is due to the development by the pollen grains of structureless
drops of a glutinous fluid that very readily draws out into long fine
threads. In each of the three New Zealand species of Fuchsia there are
three forms of flower, and in some cases, also, intermediate forms. In
F. procumbens there is a long-, short-, and mid-styled form, but the
stamens are of the same length in each case." (Adapted from Laing and
Blackwell, Plants of New Zealand.)
38051. Meteosideros diffusa Smith. Myrtacese.
"A fine low-branching shrub, crimson flowers. North Island, Now
Zealand." (Petrie.)
38052. Pittosporum eugenioides Cunningh. Pittosporacea*. Tarata.
" South and North Islands, New Zealand." (Petrie.)
"A tree sometimes 40 feet in height, glabrous, with large corymbs of
fragrant flowers of a greenish yellow hue. Leaves 2 to 3 inches long,
broadly oblong, usually waved at the margins. Bark white. Capsules
2 to 3 valved. A beautiful tree whose pale-green loaves with undulating
margins emit, when bruised, a lemonlike odor. The delicate venation
and light-colored, almost white, midrib add to the beauty of the leaf.
The Maoris mixed the resinous exudation from the bark with the juice
of the sow thistle and worked it into a ball, which they chewed. In
October the tree produces masses of yellowish green flowers, whose heavy
84 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38049 to 38052— Continued.
honied odor is almost sickening in its intensity. According to Mr. O. M.
Thomson, the plant is probably often self-pollinated; but Mr. Kirk points
out, in his Forest Flora, that though stamens and pistils are always
present, one or the other is often abortive, so that the flowers are often
practically unisexual. The wood of this species, like that of the other
species of the genus, is almost worthless. The tree is often cultivated
for its beauty, and is sometimes — though not so often as P. tenuifolium —
used to form an ornamental hedge." (Laing and Blackicell, Plants of
New Zealand.)
38053. Holctts sorghum. L. Poacese. Sorghum.
(Sorghum vulgar e Pers.)
From San Giovanni a Teduccio, Italy. Purchased from Dammann & Co.
Received January 30, 1914.
"Durra."
38054 and 38055. Rubus bogotensis H. B. K. Rosacea.
Blackberry.
From Bogota, Colombia. Procured by Mr. F. L. Roekwood, clerk, American
Legation, at the suggestion of Mr. Frank M. Chapman, curator, American
Museum of Natural History. Received May 6, 1915.
Rooted plants ; quoted notes by Mr. Chapman.
38054. "A remarkable blackberry which we found growing near a
roadside posada. called El Pinyon. on the road between Bogota and
Fusagasuga. El Pinyon, with an altitude of 9,600 feet, is in the Tem-
perate Zone, with an average annual temperature of probably about
60°. The warm air from the Magdalena Valley at this point
draws up through a cut in the mountains and is condensed as it
reaches El Pinyon, at which place the descent to Fusagasuga begins ; the
result is a cold, perpetually moist climate, such as I imagine we should
find it very difficult to duplicate in the United States, and for this rea-
son it might be hard to introduce the berry into this country. As for
the berry itself, I, unfortunately, can.tell you very little about it except
in regard to its size and flavor. We did not. I am sorry to say. even
make measurements of the berries, and I have therefore found great
difficulty in making my friends believe my stories of its size. From
memory, however, I should say that its length was between 3A and
4 inches, its breadth between 2 and 2i Inches, and its height between
2 and 3 inches. The flavor was most delicious, and suggested in part
that of the blackberry of the subtropical zone of the Andes, known as
El Moral de Castile, and to some extent that of the raspberry. The
berries grew in small clusters of three or four, and not" many
appeared to be on one bush. The bushes, us I remember, were rather
tall and scraggly, but they were placed with other vegetation, and I
gained no clear idea of their form. They were not abundant."
38055. '• El Moral dr Castile. This berry, which appears to grow wild,
attains a size and shape comparable to that of our best cultivated
varieties, and to my mind has a better flavor than any of them. It
may be found in abundance in the subtropical /.one at an elevation of
6,000 to 8,000 feet; or, to he more definite, at a posada about one hour
below El Pinyon. toward Fusagasuga. known as El Roble. Here, too,
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. 85
38054 and 38055— Contd. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. M. Chapman.)
the rainfall is high, for the entire Temperate Zone is included in the
area of condensation. We worked at these localities during the first
part of April, when the blackberry crop had not reached full maturity.
I should say that, provided similar conditions prevail in other years,
April 15 would be about the proper time to find the plants in fruit."
38056. Pelargonium odoratissimum (L.) Soland. Geraniacese.
Rose geranium.
From Nice, France. Presented by the American consul. Received May 5,
1915.
" From Pegomas, the center of the geranium-plant industry in this district.
The vice consul was informed by the principal growers of geranium that only
one variety is used in the perfume industry, the botanical name being Pelargo-
nium odoratissimum, and that the cuttings are taken at the end of October or
at the beginning of November, and must be very carefully handled during the
winter months, and especially protected against cold and frost, which necessi-
tates careful attention." (Extract from report by William Dulany Hunter,
American consul, Apr. 23, 191 If.)
38057 to 38062. Hordeum spp. Poacese. Barley.
From Zurich, Switzerland. Presented by Prof. Dr. Albert Volkart, Swiss
Seed Experiment Station, through Mr. David F. Wilber, American consul.
Received March 23, 1914. Quoted notes by Dr. Volkart.
38057. Hordeum vulgare coeiiulescens Seringe.
"Four-rowed winter barley (unimproved domestic variety) from
Riniken, Canton Aargau."
38058. Hordeum vulgare L.
''Argovia (4-rowed winter barley, pure bred from domestic barley).
From the Agricultural School at Brugg, Canton Aargau."
38059 and 38060. Hordeum disticiion nutans Schubl.
38059. "Two-rowed spring barley (unimproved domestic variety)
from Adlikon bei Andelfingen, Canton of Zurich."
38060. "Adliker barley (2-rowed, pure bred from a single domestic
variety) from Jb. Ohninger, Adlikon."
38061 and 38062. Hordeum vulgare L.
38061. "Four-rowed spring barley (unimproved domestic variety)
from Vorrenwald Eich, Canton Lucerne."
38062. "Six-rowed spring barley (unimproved domestic variety)
from Pfyn, Canton Thurgau."
38063 to 38084. Opuntia spp. Cactacese. Prickly-pear.
From Berlin, Germany. Presented by the Botanic Garden. Cuttings re-
ceived May 6, 1914.
38063. Opuntia albicans Salm-Dyck.
38064. Opuntia anacantha Speg.
38065. Opuntia candelabriformis Mart
38066. Opuntia chrysacantha Hort.
38067. Opuntia consoleana Hort.
8G
SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38063 to 38084— Continued.
38068. Opuntia cubassavica Mill.
38069. Opuntia elata delaetiana Weber.
38070. Opuntia sp.
38071. Opuntia elata Salin-Dyck.
38072. Opuntia elongata (Willd.) Hii worth.
38073. Opuntia glaucescens Salin-Dyek.
38074. Opuntia glaucophylea Wendl.
38075. Opuntia glomeeata Haw.
38076. Opuntia kleiniae P. DC.
38077. Opuntia lanceolata Haw.
38078. Opuntia lemaieeana Console.
38079. Opuntia micbocaepa Eugelm.
38080. Opuntia paeaguayensis K. Schumann.
38081. Opuntia spegazzinii Web.
38082. Opuntia sulphubea Gillies.
38083. Opuntia mieckleyi K. Schumann.
38084. Opuntia vulpina Web.
No. 3S070 was received as Opuntia diacantha, the name of which is not
found to have been published.
Sorghum.
38085 to 38087. Holcus sorghum L. Poaceae.
(Sorghum vulgare Pers.)
From Sapporo, Japan. Presented by Mr. T. Minami, Professor of Agron-
omy, College of Agriculture, Tohoku Imperial University, at the request
of Dr. R. Shoji. Received May 6, 1914. Quoted notes by Mr. Minami.
38085. " No. 1. Sorghum (so-called sorghum Janome) produced in
Hokkaido in 1912."
38086. "No. 2. Sorghum (common) produced in Hokkaido in 1912."
38087. "No. 3. Sorghum (common) produced in Honshu (the main-
land of Japan) in 1913."
38088 to 38093. Oryza satiya L. Poaceae. Rice.
From Southern Circle, Burma, India. Presented by Mr. A. McKerral,
Deputy Director of Agriculture. Received May 4, 1914.
38088. Ngasein paddy. No. 1. 38091. Bau-gauk. No. 4.
38089. Baw yoot. No. 2. 38092. Jam paddy. No. 5.
38090. Nga-cheik-gale. No. 3. 38093. Saba-net-Taungbya. No. 6.
38094 and 38095. Amyodalus persica L. Amygdalaceae. Peach.
(Prunus persica Stokes.)
From Arequipa, Peru. Presented by Mr. Leon Campbell, Superintendent
of the Observatorio. Received May 2, 1914. Quoted notes by Mr.
Campbell.
38094. "Pencil seeds gathered in Arequipa market February 15 to
March 20, 1914."
38095. "A distinct class, known here as U villas. Collected near the
Observatorio, March, 1914."
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. 87
38096 to 38099.
From Queensland, Australia. Presented by Mr. J. A. Hamilton, Tolga, via
Cairns, Queensland, Australia. Received April 29, 1914. Quoted notes
by Mr. Hamilton, except as otherwise stated.
38096. Backhousia bancroftii Bailey and Muell. Myrtacese.
" Seed of a giant hardwood, one of our best ; likes a fairly wet climate ;
grows 5 to 6 feet in diameter."
" Wood of a light-gray color, hard, close grained, something like teak,
useful as a building timber ; rather dark toward the center in large
trees; splits straight and freely." (Bailey. In Maiden, Useful Native
Plants of Australia.)
38097. Passiflora edulis Sims. Passifloracea\ Passion fruit.
" A large-fruited passion fruit."
38098. Tristania stjaveolens (Soland.) Smith. Myrtaceae.
"A common tree here ; makes a fair shade tree."
"Timber used for buggy and coach frames, tool handles, mallets, cogs
of wheels, posts, etc. It is remarkably strong and elastic, tough, close
grained, and durable, but it is liable to rend in seasoning. ' It is of a
red color, resembling Spanish mahogany. It is extensively used for piles,
as it is found to resist the ravages of the teredo longer than any other
wood as yet tried in the colony.' (Catalogue, Queensland Woods, Colo-
nial Exhibition, 1886.)" (Maiden, Useful Native Plants of Australia.)
38099. Maximilianea sp. Cochlosperruacese.
(Cochlospermum sp.)
38100 to 38104.
From Lamao, Bataan, Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. P. J. Wester,
horticulturist, Division of Horticulture, Lamao Experiment Station.
Received April 29-30, 1914.
38100. Abroma augusta L. f. Sterculiaceae.
" It is found in various parts of India, growing to be a small tree.
Flowers most profusely during the rains, and ripens seed during the cold
season. The bark abounds with strong white fibers, which make a very
good substitute for hemp ; and as the plant grows so quickly as to yield
two, three, or even four crops of cuttings within the year fit for peeling,
etc., it may be advantageously cultivated (in India) for its fibers which,
though not so strong as hemp, make a good common cordage. The top
leaves of this stately vegetable are oblongly cordate, nearly twice longer
than broad, scarcely angular or scalloped, and have short stalks, the
lower ones are oblately cordate, nearly round in the circumference, cut
into 5 to 7 pointed lobes, and have long stalks. The corolla is nodding,
and the petals converge." (Botanical Register, pi. 518, 1821.)
38101 and 38102. Citrus spp. Rutacese.
38101. Citrus nobilis deliciosa (Tenore) Swingle. Mandarin.
" Seeds of a small, oblate, very thin-skinned mandarin of most ex-
cellent quality, that is Imported from China in considerable quanti-
ties. It is to my mind greatly superior to all the mandarins I have
eaten here or in Florida, with possibly the exception of the Oneco,
which it very much resembles in flavor. Considering how well the
88 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38100 to 38104— Continued.
mandarin reproduces itself from seed, at least a few seedlings of
excellent quality ought to be obtained from these seeds." (Wester.)
38102. Citrus sp. Lime.
38103. Talauma sp. Magnoliaceae.
"A very ornamental tree in the Philippines. This species in all proba-
bility is too tender for the mainland of the United States." Wester.)
38104. Mussaenda philippica A. Richard. Rubiaeeae.
"A very ornamental tree in the Philippines. This species in all proba-
bility is too tender for the mainland of the United States." (Wester.)
" A shrub or small tree 3 to 5 meters high, more or less pubescent or
nearly glabrous. Leaves oblong ovate to oblong lanceolate, acuminate, 6
to 14 cm. long, base acute ; stipules about 4 mm. long, 2-fid. Cymes termi-
nal, rather open, pubescent, few flowered. Calyx about 7 mm. long, four
of the teeth as long as the tube, one very much enlarged as a white, leaf-
like, long-petioled, elliptic-ovate appendage, the lamina 4 to 8 cm. long.
Corolla yellow, pubescent, about 2 cm. long, enlarged upward. Fruit
about 1.5 cm. long. Common and widely distributed in the Philippines,
variable. Perhaps only the Philippine representative of the Indo-Malayan
Mussaenda frondosa L." (Merrill, Flora of Manila.)
38105 to 38110.
From Matania el Saff, Egypt. Presented by Mr. Alfred Bircher, Middle
Egypt Botanic Station. Received May 4, 1914. Notes by Mr. Bircher.
38105. Citritllus vulgaris Schrad. Cucurbitacese. Watermelon.
"From Rhodesia. A watermelon with greenish flesh of poor taste,
but a good keeper, which can be stored away for six months or more ; it
may be valuable for hybridization purposes."
38106 and 38107. Hibiscus spp. Malvaceae.
38106. Hibiscus physaloides Guill. and Perr.
" From the Kongo. The leaves are cooked like spinach ; the taste
Slightly acid."
Distribution. — A tall herb or under shrub with cordate 5-lobed
leaves and purple flowers, found in the Senegal region of Upper
Guinea, in the Mozambique district, and in the vicinity of Durban,
Africa.
38107. Hibiscus sabdariffa L. Roselle.
38108. Holcus halepensis L. Poaceae. Sudan grass.
(Sorghum halepense Pers.)
"A fodder grass growing spontaneously in Egypt.**
38109. Phtsalis curassavica L. Solanaceae.
"Berries edible in cooked state."
38110. Vigna sinensis (Tomer) Savi. Fabaceae. Cowpea.
"Var. Mammoth, of gigantic growth."
38111. Zephyranthes sp. Amaryllidaceae.
From Bom Fim, Bahia. Brazil. Collected by Messrs. Dorsett, Shamel. and
Popenoe, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received April 13, 1914.
" (No. 75. February 27, 1914.) A beautiful bright pink amaryllislike flower,
found in a field of Capim favonta." (Dorsett, Shamel, and Popenoe.)
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. 89
38112. Seaforthia elegans R. Brown. Phoenicaceae. Palm.
(Ptychosperma elegans Blume.)
From Belize Botanical Station, British Honduras. Collected by Mr. O. F.
Cook, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received May 8, 1914.
" Said to grow wild in the Stann Creek district, south of Belize, but a native
of northern Australia. A slender, graceful palm, reaching 30 feet in height,
growing in the garden of the British consul at Livingston. Large-fruited form.
This appears to be the genuine Ptychosperma elegans, originally described as
Seaforthia elegans. The palm that is commonly planted in California under
the name Seaforthia elegans does not represent this species, but has been de-
scribed recently as the type of a new genus, under the name Loroma amethystina ."
(Cook.)
38113. Cucumis anguria L. Cucurbitaceae.
From Joazeiro, Brazil. Collected by Messrs. Dorsett, Shamel, and Popenoe,
of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received April 13, 1914.
"(No. 197a. February 23, 1914.) Maxixe. Seed of a small, spiny, oval,
green fruit used extensively as a vegetable in the interior." (Dorsett, Shamel,
and Popenoe.)
"An annual plant, native of South America, where the fruit is eaten ; much
branched, creeping ; stems slender, reaching a length of 2 to 3 meters, coarsely
hairy and with simple tendrils ; leaves divided into 5 to 7 rounded, very slightly
dentate leaves ; flowers yellow, very small, numerous. Fruit oval, green, striped
lengthwise with whitish bands, and becoming pale yellow at maturity. It is
entirely covered with fleshy, pointed or bent protuberances, simulating true
spines ; the fruit attains at maturity a length of 5 cm., with a diameter of 3 to
4 cm. The peduncle is very nearly twice the length of the fruit, the interior
of which is entirely filled with the seeds. The flesh itself is far from abundant :
it is white, solid, and has a very agreeable cucumber taste, without any bitter-
ness. In the colonies they eat the fruit of this Antillean cucumber cooked or
preserved in vinegar." (Vilmorin-Andrieux & Cie., Plantes Potageres, p.
197-198.)
38114 and 38115. Rubus bogotensis H. B. K. Rosaceae.
Blackberry.
From Bogota, Colombia. Procured by Mr. F. L. Rockwood, clerk, American
Legation. Received May 7, 1914.
38114. " Seeds of an extra large blackberry from Fusagasuga." (Rock-
tvood. )
38115. "Big blackberry from Facatativa, Colombia." (Rockwood.)
See S. P. I. Nos. 38054 and 38055 for previous introductions and de-
scription.
38116. (Undetermined.)
From Zacuapam, Huatusco, Vera Cruz, Mexico. Presented by Dr. C. A.
Purpus. Received May 6, 1914.
38117 to 38135.
From Pago Pago, American Samoa. Presented by Commander C. D.
Stearns, Governor of American Samoa. Received April 28. 1914. Quoted
notes by Commander Stearns, except as otherwise indicated.
90 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38117 to 38135 — Contd. (Quoted notes by Commander Stearns.)
38117. Adenantheua pavonina L. Mimosaceae. Coral-bean tree.
" Lopu. Has red berries that are used for necklaces."
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 36866.
"La Aulopa. A handsome deciduous tree. The heart of the wood (of
the larger trees) is a deep-red color. It is hard and durable and In
India is used at times as a substitute for red sandalwood. Yields a dye."
38118. Calophyllum inophyllum L. Clusiacese. Mast wood.
"A valuable tree; grows tall, with heavy trunk; the wood cuts nearly
white but grows red as exposed ; it is hard, curly, and heavy, suited to
cabinetwork on account of its beautiful red color. Canoes are made of
this wood, and it is much used for general purposes. The oil extracted
from the seeds is used as a medicine for eye diseases. In southern
Polynesia the green, fragrant oil from the nut is used for lamps and
as an external remedy for bruises and rheumatism. The resin from
the trunk is one of the tacamahac gums of commerce ; it is agreeably
aromatic (in Tahiti it is used as a scent), yellowish green in color, and
soluble in alcohol."
38119. Canna indica L. Cannaceae. Canna.
"Fagamanu."
"Fanamanu. In India the seeds are sometimes used for shot, and are
made into necklaces and other ornaments; they yield a purple dye. but
it is not very permanent. Starch may be obtained from this, but not so
good as that from another variety."
38120. Cassia sp. Caesalpiniaceae.
"Lauvai matui."
38121. Capsicum fkutescens L. Solanaceae. Bed pepper.
"Polo. Bush, small Chile pepper."
38122. Cordia subcordata Lam. Boraginacese.
" Very light wood ; serves for floats for fish nets. The berries are used
as paste for native cloth. The wood is rather soft, but it is durable and
of a rich walnut color; it is much prized in Hawaii, where it is used for
cups and poi calibashes. When polished, the wood shows wavy bands of
light and dark."
Distribution. — Southeastern Asia and Madagascar and eastward through
the Malayan Archipelago to Australia and Hawaii.
38123. Cassia occidentalis L. Caesalpiniaceae.
"Fuefuesina. A small creeper. The leaves are used by natives as a
liniment, and were used in olden times to drive evil spirits from the
body."
38124. Dysoxylum maota Reinecke. Meliaceae.
"Maota. A short, heavy tree with dense foliage ; wood is light colored,
straight grained, not durable. It is the favorite tree of the wild pigeon,
which eats its fruit."
38125 and 38126. Gynopogon spp. Apocynaeeae.
38125. Gynopogon sp.
"Ma Ali. A large tree, very abundant ; wood light slate color,
coarse grained, but straight, dry, and light ; quite hard ; the odorifer-
ous gum is much used by the natives."
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38117 to 38135 — Contd. (Quoted notes by Commander Stearns.)
38126. Gynopogon bracteolosa (Rich.) Schumann. Gau.
(Alyxia bracteolosa Rich.)
"Gau. A shrub used in making ' ula.' "
38127. Heenandia peltata Meissner. Hernandiacese.
"Pua. The wood is very soft and light and takes fire readily from a
flint and steel. It has been used in Guam for making canoes, but they
soon become water-logged and useless if unpainted and left exposed to
the weather. The bark, seeds, and young leaves are slightly purgative,
and the juice of the leaves is a depilatory, destroying hair without pain.
Distributed in tropical Asia, Africa, and Australia, and eastward in the
Pacific as far as Tahiti. The Samoan name signifies 'iris' (of the eye)
and is given because of the fruit, which is inclosed in an inflated, globu-
lar involucel, having a circular orifice." (Safford, Useful Plants of
Guam. )
38128. Santalum sp. Santalacese. Asi.
"Asi. A kind of sandalwood. Wood used for building purposes."
38129. Macaranga tanarius (Stickman) Muell. Arg. Euphorbiacse.
"Pata. A very large tree of the forest ; the wood, however, is of no
value, decaying rapidly."
38130 and 38131. Vitex trifolia L. Verbenaceae.
38130. " Gaunulega. A small-sized shrub; the leaves when pounded
fine and mixed with water form, it is said, a valuable medicine
for tropical fever, using three times a day."
Distribution. — Scattered throughout India and eastward and
northward to Japan, the Philippines, and northern Australia.
38131. " Said to be a valuable remedy for fever."
38132. Citrus hystrix DC. Rutaceae. Moli.
" Moli. Nonedible. In several islands of the Pacific the fruit is used
as soap in washing clothes and the hair."
38133. Tacca pinnatifida Forster. Taccaceae.
" Masoa."
38134. Dioscorea sp. Dioscoreaceae. Yam.
" Yams are troublesome to raise. They are very nutritious, however,
and may be prepared in many ways. In many of the islands they are
combined with coconut milk and made into dumplings."
38135. Inocarpus edulis Forster. Fabacese. Tahiti-chestnut.
" Samoan chestnut. One of the most striking features of the forest.
It bears a kidney-shaped fruit which is eaten cooked, when not quite
ripe, and tastes much like a chestnut. The wood is of light color,
straight, of fine texture, and very tough. It is used for burning lime
in open kilns, the wood having the remarkable quality of burning readily
when green. In some of the Pacific islands the nuts are preserved in
pits, like breadfruit, where they ferment. In Samoa it forms a staple
food for several months of the year. The wood is perishable and of
little economic value; the bark is astringent."
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38136. Pelargonium capitatum (L.) L'Herit. Geraniacese.
Rose geranium.
From Marseille, France. Presented by Mr. Alphonse Gaulin, American
consul general, who secured them through Mr. P. Basson from the Jardin
Botanique de Marseille. Received May 20, 1914.
" Rose geranium plants grown in this district. These plants are similar to
(hose grown in the Toulon region." (Gaulin.)
38137. Pelargonium odoratissimum (L.) Solander. Geraniacese.
Rose geranium.
From Nice, France. Presented by Mr. William Dulany Hunter, American
consul. Received May 20, 1914.
See S. P. I. No. 3S056 for description.
38138. Medicago sativa L. Fabacese. Alfalfa.
From Paris, France. Procured from H. Fauchet & Co., through Mr.
Alexander M. Thackara, American consul. Received May 9, 1914.
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 34863.
38139. Trifolium alexandrinum L. Fabacese. Berseem.
From Cairo, Egypt. Presented by Mr. Ralph S. Green, through Mr. Olney
Arnold; agent and consul general. Received May 18, 1914.
" Our special Misgawi [also called Muscowi and Muskawi] is by far the most
important variety. It is tall, luxuriant in growth, and yields an astonishing
amount of green forage. It is very largely grown under perennial irrigation.
It requires plenty of water and will give four or five cuttings and a seed crop.
" The cultivation of Misgawi berseem is of the simplest nature, as the crop
is little trouble after a stand is obtained. The seed is usually sown here in
October and November, the amount used being 30 kilos per acre. The method
of sowing depends on the locality. In the basins it is sown broadcast on the
mud as soon as the water is off. After cotton or doura (maize) there are
two chief ways of sowing the berseem. In one the standing crop is heavily
watered about 10 days before harvesting, and the seed is broadcast in the water.
In the other method the crop is removed and the land ridged; the ridges are
split with the native plow. In case the crop is doura on the flat, a single
plowing is given with the native plow. The land is then rolled, divided by
ridges into convenient areas for watering, watered heavily, and the seed sown
broadcast on the water. It sinks to the bottom, and on the removal of the
water quickly germinates. In some cases the seed is soaked before sowing
to make it sink more readily, but this does not seem to be necessary unless
there is wind. Whether it is better to sow among the standing crop or not,
depends on the locality. It is better to plow, if possible, but in the northern
part of the delta region the cotton picking is late, and if the Misgawi is sown
after the cotton is off, it is very slow in coming to maturity, as the cold
weather has then set in. It is usual there to sow among the cotton when the
land is being flooded after the picking.
"When the seed is sown early, and so gets the benefit of the warm weather,
the plant grows rapidly and is watered as often as seems necessary. There is
danger in very early sowing, however, as the young plants, particularly in the
southern part of the delta region, are subject to the attacks of surface cater-
pillars and cotton worms. Late sowing, on the other hand, may retard a crop
APEIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. 93
38139— Continued.
very much, indeed, since cold weather in the early stages will almost stop the
growth altogether. About three waterings will be needed before the first cut-
ting, which is taken when the plants are about 25 cms. high. The time elaps-
ing between sowing and first cutting is about 45 to 80 days, according to the
i character of the weather. In the majority of cases tbe crop is eaten on the
ground by animals ; in other cases the crop is cut or pulled by hand and carried.
The soil should be just moist enough to stimulate the plant to grow again at
once when cut. This is best attained by watering 10 days or so before it is
l intended to cut it off. A few days after the crop has been removed the land
is again watered, and the Misgawi grows very rapidly, usually giving a second
cutting in from 25 to 35 days. This crop is treated like the first, and in this
i way the land is made to give four good cuttings from the main crop. With
early sowing a fifth may be gotten, and then the plant is allowed to flower
i and produce seed. With late planting the fifth cutting would be light, and
! it is usual to allow it to seed after the fourth.
" The cultural management of our Misgawi berseem is also very simple.
Manures are never applied, as the growth is quite satisfactory without them.
Tt will grow well on most cultivated soils. On very light soils drought must
i be carefully guarded against, and the plants will not grow on salt lands.
" The following are the approximate areas of Misgawi which will carry the
various farm animals on average land during the season: Bullock, two-thirds
of an acre ; cow and young stock, slightly less ; horse and mules, half an
acre ; donkey, one-fourth acre ; sheep usually pick up what is left by the other
animals and would never be allowed uncut berseem. About one-third more
of the first cutting than of the subsequent ones is required for animals."
( Green. )
" Repeated trials for several years subsequent to 1900 failed to find a region
in this country where the temperature conditions were suited to the culture
of this plant. It requires cool weather, without frost. For a complete account
of this plant as used for forage and soiling in Egypt, see Bureau of Plant
Industry Bulletin 23, Berseem : The Great Forage and Soiling Crop of the
Nile Valley." (Fairchild.)
38140. Crotalakia juncea L. Fabaceae. Sunn hemp.
From Jubbulpur, Northern Circle, India. Presented by Mr. John H.
Ritchie, Deputy Director of Agriculture, at the request of Mr. A. Howard,
Imperial Economic Botanist, Pusa. Received May 11, 1914.
" Sann hemp. The seed is not of a pure agricultural line, but is simply
seed as grown by the Indian ryot and represents the common crop of this dis-
trict. I may add that all the finest qualities of sunn hemp come from this
part of India, which is within the limits of my working circle."
38141. Corchorus capsularis L. Tiliacese. Jute.
From Dacca, Bengal, India. Presented by the Department of Agriculture
at the request of Mr. A. Howard, Imperial Economic Botanist, Pusa.
Received May 11, 1914.
" Bengal jute."
" Corchorus capsularis is an annual plant, growing from 5 to 10 feet high,
with a cylindrical stalk as thick as a man's finger, and seldom branching
except near the top. The leaves, which are of a light-green color, are about
4 to 5 inches long by 1£ inches broad toward the base, but tapering upward
into a long, sharp point with edges cut into sawlike teeth, the two teeth next
94 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38141— Continued.
to the stalk being prolonged into bristlelike points. The flowers are small
and of a whitish yellow color, coming out in clusters of two or three together
opposite the leaves. The seed pods are short and globular, rough and wrin-
kled." (Charles Richards Dodge, Descriptive Catalogue of Useful Fiber
Plants of the World, which see for a brief description of the plant, its cultiva-
tion, manufacture, and uses.)
38142 to 38168.
From Yentimiglia, Italy. Presented by Mr. Alwin Eorger, curator, La
Mortola Garden. Received April 10, 1914. Quoted notes that embody
Wilson's numbers are from his original field notes.
38142 and 38143. Asparagus spp. Convallariaceae. Asparagus.
38142. Asparagus cooperi Baker.
See S. P. I. No. 35089 for previous introduction and description.
38143. Asparagus asparagoides (L.) W. F. Wight.
(Asparagus medeoloidcs Thunb.)
See S. P. I. Nos. 18466 and 30014 for previous introduction. The
" smilax " of florists.
38144 and 38145. Berberis spp. Berberidacese. Barberry.
38144. Berberis globosa Benth.
See S. P. I. Nos. 31245 and 32920 for previous introductions.
38145. Berberis guimpeli Koch and Bouche.
See S. P. I. Nos. 32921 and 34304 for previous introductions.
"Small-leaved, short-thorned shrub of upright growth." (Spdth.)
Referred by Rehder (in Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia) to B. sinen-
sis.
38146. Betula luminifera Winkler. Betulaceae. Birch.
"(Wilson No. 17.) From Hingshanhsien, western Hupeh, China."
38147. Casuarina glauca Sieb. Casuarinace.e. Belar.
See S. P. I. No. 1S686 for previous introduction.
Distribution. — A large tree found along streams and in the mountain!
in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia.
An evergreen tree, 40 to 50 feet high and 1 to 2 feet in diameter, with
reddish flowers. The timber is Strong and tough, and is used for staves,
shingles, etc., also for rails, but not for posts. It is of a red color, beauti-
fully marked, close in the grain, but very brittle. It might be useful
for cabinetwork. A specimen of the bark contained 17.2 per cent of
extract and 11.58 per cent of tannic acid. (Adapted from Guilfoyle,
Australian Plants, and Maiden, Useful Native Plant* of Australia.)
38148. Clebodendbum trichotomi'.m Thunb. Verbenaeea1.
" Wilson No. 216. From Ichang, western Ilupeh. at an altitude of 1,000
meters."
38149 to 38151. Cotoneaster spp. Malacca'.
38149. Cotoneaster divaricata Rehder and Wilson.
(Wilson No. 232.)
"From thickets, Hingshanhsien. western Ilupeh. at altitudes of
1,650 to 2.000 meters. September, 1907 (No. 232, type). This species
is most nearly related to C. simonsii Baker, from which it is readily
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. 95
38 142 to 38168— Continued.
distinguished by its smaller leaves, constantly fewer flowered
racemes, less acuminate sepals, and by its ovoid darker red fruits;
in habit and general appearance the two species are very distinct. It
seems also related to C. mucronata Franchet from Yunnan, which
differs chiefly in the lax 2 to 4 flowered racemes and more densely
hairy leaves." {Sargent, Plantae Wilsonianae, vol. 1, p. 157-158,
1912.)
38150. Cotoneaster horizontalis perpusilla Schneider.
"(Wilson No. 496.) On bare, rocky ground, north and south of
Ichang, western Hupeh, at an altitude of 1,300 to 2,000 meters.
Prostrate, fruit red."
" This small-leaved form of C. horizontalis is the common coton-
easter of the moorlands in western Hupeh, being abundant in open,
rocky ground. It is probably merely a climatic form of the type,
since the seedling plants under cultivation have the larger leaves of
the type." (Render and Wilson. In Sargent, Plantae Wilsonianae,
vol. 1, p. 155, 1912.)
38151. Cotoneaster pannosa Franchet.
See S. P. I. Nos. 32936, 33159, and 37597 for previous introductions
and description.
38152. Diospyros lotus L. Diospyracese. Persimmon.
"(Wilson No. 621.) From Changlohsien, western Hupeh, at an alti-
tude of 1,000 meters."
38153. Hypericum patulum henryi Bean. Hyper icaceae.
((?) Wilson No. 1355.)
" From Tachienlu, western Szechwan, abundant in thickets at altitudes
of 1,500 to 2,400 meters, November, 1908. A shrub with golden flowers,
from three-fourths to 1 meter tall. This variety is easily distinguished
from the type by its narrower acute sepals, which are broad and rounded
in the type. The cymes are several to many flowered, the flowers larger
and the leaves, too, are usually larger and of thicker texture. At the
Arnold Arboretum it has proved of more vigorous growth and hardier
than the type." (Render. In Sargent, Plantae Wilsonianae, vol. 2,
p. JfOS, 1915.)
38154. Jasminum floridum Bunge. Oleacea?. Jasmine.
(Wilson No. 789.)
" From Ichang, Hupeh, at altitudes of 300 to 700 meters, December,
1907. A yellow-flowered bush 1 meter tall." (Sargent, Plantae Wil-
sonianae, vol. 2, p. 614, 1916.)
See S. P. I. No. 35101 for previous introduction and description.
38155. Indigofera amblyantha Cniib. Fabacere.
(Wilson No. 786.)
" Ichang, western Hupeh, at altitudes of 300 to 1,000 meters, December.
1907. The erect, racemose Inflorescence of this pleasing shrub continues
to grow and bear flowers from mid-July until late autumn. The flowers
vary from pale rose to red pink and are very freely produced. The
shrub is common in western Hupeh but has not been recorded from
Szechwan." (Sargent, Plantae Wilsonianae, vol. 2, p. 99-100, 191Jf.)
96 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38142 to 38168— Continued.
38156. Campyloteopis macrocarpa (Bunge) Rehder. Fabaeeae.
(Lespedeza macrocarpa Bunge.)
(Wilson No. 576.)
"A bush 1 to 2 meters high, flowers pale purple, from thickets at au
altitude of 1,000 to 1,600 meters, Hingshanhsein, western Hupeh, No-
vember, 1907." (Sargent, Plantae Wilsonianae, vol. 2, p. IIS, 191%.)
38157. Prunus cerasifera divaricata (Ledeb.) Schneider. Amygda-
lacese. Cherry.
See S. P. I. Nos. 37463, 37464, and 37688 for previous introductions and
description.
"A deciduous tree with the same habit and general aspect as P. cerasi-
fera; neither does it appear to differ in the flowers or foliage. The fruit,
however, is smaller (about three-fourths of an inch across), yellow, and
not indented at the junction with the stalk. Probably this tree and
P. cerasifera are only varieties of one species. They flower at the same
time, and are not distinguishable then. There is an old specimen nea?
the Cactus House at Kew which is probably one of the largest in the
country. It is 25 feet high, 27 feet through, and its trunk is 3 feet 8
inches in girth. Quite possibly trees may be gi'owing in various gardens
as P. cerasifera. The trees at Kew have rarely borne fruits, but these
are quite distinct from cherry plums (P. cerasifera). The species is said
to be a native of the Caucasus, Persia, Macedonia, etc., and to have
been introduced in 1822." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the
British Isles, vol. 2, p. 235.)
38158. Rhus punjabensis sinica (Diels) Rehder and Wilson. Ana-
cardiacea?. Sumach.
(Wilson No. 275.)
"From woodlands, north and south of Ichang, at altitudes of 1,000 to
1,600 meters, September, 1007. A small tree 5 to 8 meters tall; flowers
whitish, fruit crimson. This variety differs from the type chiefly in the
slightly winged upper part of the rhachis of the leaf, and in the usually
fewer and more sessile leaflets. The fruits agree exactly with those ot
B. itunjabensis. In cultivated plants from 4 to 0 years did the win;: <>n
the rhachis is very pronounced and continues down its whole length.
The differences, however, are not always obvious, but until more is known
of the distribution of these plants it is convenient to keep the Chinese
as a distinct variety. This sumach is abundant in the thickets and mar-
gins of woods in western Ilupeh and Szechwan as a small tree with a
short, relatively thick trunk covered with dark-gray, moderately smooth
bark. The numerous branches are spreading and form a flattened round
head. In autumn when laden with pendulous panicles of dark red or
crimson this tree is very attractive. Colloquially this tree is known as
the Hung In yang and the galls which are produced on the leaves and
at the ends of the young shoots are sometimes distinguished as '/'// pei t:n,
but more usually are called Wu pei tzu, though this name strictly speak-
ing belongs to the galls produced on the leaves of R, javanica.,' (Sar-
gent, Plantae Wilsonianae, vol. 2, p. 116-111, 1914.)
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. 97
38142 to 38168— Continued.
38159 to 38166. Rosa spp. Rosacese. Rose.
38159. Rosa soulieana Crep.
See S. P. I. Nos. 21747 and 32962 for previous introductions.
38160. Rosa xanthina X (?).
Hybrid.
38161. Rosa rubus Leveille and Vant.
" Wilson No. 431. From Patung, western Hupeh, at an altitude of
600 to 1,300 meters."
" This is a common species everywhere in western Hupeh and
eastern Szechwan from river level to 1,300 meters. The densely
hairy shoots and leaves readily distinguish it from its near relatives.
The leaflets are often large and coarsely toothed, and the leaves
though variable in shape resemble those of certain species of Rubus.
The fruit is globose, and the pedicels are relatively long and stout."
(Sargent, Plantae WUsonianae, vol. 2, p. 309, 1915.)
38162. Rosa banksiae normalis Regel.
"(No. 619. Near Ichang, Hupeh, China. October, 1907.) A
scandent bush 6 meters and more tall and as much in diameter,
flowers pure white, fragrant, fruit dull red, abundant. This rose is
very abundant in western Hupeh and eastern Szechwan from river
level to 1,000 meters altitude, and is fairly common in western
Szechwan in the valleys of the Tung and Min Rivers and neighbor-
ing regions up to 1,500 meters altitude. It delights in glens, ravines,
and rocky places generally, where it forms tangled masses 6 meters
and more high and as much in diameter ; commonly it rambles over
trees, and Wilson has seen trees 15 meters and more tall completely
festooned with this rose. The flowers are always pure white, and
we have never observed any tendency toward double flowers in the
wild plant; nor did Wilson see it or any of its forms cultivated in
gardens in central or western China. The umbellate inflorescence
well distinguishes this species from its nearest relation Rosa micro-
carpa Lindley. The root bark is used locally for strengthening and
dyeing fishing nets brown. This variety appears to be confined to
central and western China, and we have seen no specimens of the
wild plant from regions east of the 112th meridian of longitude."
(Sargent, Plantae WUsonianae, vol. 2, p. 317, 1915.)
38163. Rosa helenae Rehder and Wilson.
" Wilson No. 666. From Wushan, eastern Szechwan, at an alti-
tude of 1,000 to 1,500 meters."
"Rosa helenae is very abundant in rocky places from river level
to 1,500 meters everywhere in western Hupeh and eastern Szechwan,
but has not yet been reported from farther west. It forms in way-
side thickets and by the banks of streams tangled masses often 6
meters tall and as much through, and in the margins of woods it
rambles over small trees. When covered with masses of its white
fragrant flowers this rose is very beautiful. It has proved quite
hardy and flowered profusely at the Arnold Arboretum." (Sargent,
Plantae WUsonianae, vol. 2, p. 311, 1915.)
71476°— 17 7
98 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38142 to 38168— Continued.
38164. Rosa btjbtjs Loveille and Yant.
"Wilson No. GGGA. From Hingshanhsien, western Hupeh, at an
altitude of 1,300 meters."
38165. Rosa brunonii Lindl.
" Wilson No. 1125. From Washan, western Hupeh, at an altitude
of 1,300 to 2,000 meters."
" Rosa brunonii is fairly common in the valley of the Tung River,
where it forms tangled masses 6 meters and more high and as much
In diameter." (Sargent, Plantae Wilsonianae, vol. 2, p. 807, 1915.)
38166. Rosa filipes Rehder and Wilson.
"Wilson No. 1228 [received as No. 1128]. From near Wenchwan.
western Szechwan, at altitudes of 1,300 to 2,300 meters."
A white-flowered shrub up to 15 feet in height, with a few hooked
prickles and producing long runners. The scarlet, globose fruits are
up to one-half inch in diameter. This rose is a native of western
China. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture,
vol. 5, p. 2991.)
38167. Spiraea japonica acuminata Franch. Rosacea?.
(Wilson No. 579.)
"A pink-flowered bush, three-fourths to 1J meters high, from roadsides,
south of Ichang, western Hupeh, at altitudes of 1,000 to 1.700 meters,
November, 1907." (Sargent, Plantae Wilsonianae, vol. 1, p. Jf52, 1912.)
" This species of Spiraea, which is a native of the northern part of
China and Japan, is a handsome, hardy, deciduous shrub with brilliant
rose-colored flowers, which are produced in July and August. In general
appearance this species resembles the Nepal Spiraea bella, but is far
more ornamental on account of the brilliant tint of its petals, especially
when the flower buds first begin to expand. The leaves are dark green,
the under sides being glaucous but not hairy." (Pa.rtov. Wtower Garden,
vol. 11, p. 118.)
38168. Vitis reticulata Gagnep. Vitacete,
(Wilson No. 378.)
"From cliffs at altitudes of 900 to 1,500 meters, Hingshanhsien, west-
ern Hupeh, October, 1907." (Sargent, Plantae W.iteonianae, vol. 1, p. 103,
1911.)
38169 and 38170. Stizolobium cinkueum Piper and Tracy.
Fabaceae.
From Amani, German East Africa. Presented by the Kaiserlich Biologisch
Landwirtschaftliches Institut. Received May 9, 191 \.
38169. Mangutungu. From Alt Langenburg. 02101.
38170. J.usutubi. From Usumbwa, Tabora, German East Africa. Janu-
ary, 1914.
"02102. Apparently identical with S. P. I. No. 32021." (C. V. Piper.)
38171 to 38174.
Collected by Messrs. P. IT. Doirsett, A. D. Sharaei, and Wilson Popenoe, of
the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received April 13, 1914. Quoted notes by
Messrs. Dorsett. Shamel, and Popenoe.
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. 99
38171 to 38174— Contd. (Quoted notes by Mr. Dorsett and others.)
38171. Rollinia deliciosa Safford. Annonacere. Fruta de condessa.
"(No. 224a. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. March 20, 1914.) The fruta de
condessa (fruit of the countess), indigenous in the State of Rio de
Janeiro, whence the fruit is shipped to the markets of the capital and
sold there at 100 to 400 reis (3 to 12 cents) apiece. In general form the
fruit is conical to cordate, frequently 3 to 4 inches in diameter. The
surface is covered with conical protuberances of varying prominence,
and is creamy yellow in color when the fruit is fully ripe. The skin is
rather tough and not easily broken; it surrounds the milky white, some-
what mucilaginous flesh, in which the seeds are embedded. The flavor
is somewhat insipid, but is much esteemed by the Brazilians, as evidenced
by the quantity of the fruit sold. The seeds are not so numerous as in
many other annonaceous fruits, but they are about the same size as
those of cherimoya. The fruit ripens in February and March in this
region. Should be given a trial in Florida and southern California,
particularly as a stock for the cherimoya and other choice annonaceous
fruits."
3817f>. Mimusops sp. Sapotacese.
"(No. 225a. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 22, 1914.) A small sapo-
taceous fruit from the Jardim Botanico. Tree about 20 feet high. Fruit
oval, slightly under 1 inch in length, maroon in color. The flesh sur-
rounding the single seed is whitish and of very pleasant flavor, resem-
bling that of the sapodilla."
38173. Holcus sorghum L. Poacese. Sorghum.
(Sorghum vulgare Pers.)
"(No. 226a. From Barbados, British West Indies. April 5, 1914.) One
head of sorghum, collected in a held near Bridgetown, where it was
being cultivated."
38174. Solanum sp. Solanacese.
"(No. 227a. Brazil.) Data concerning seed has been lost, but it proba-
bly came from the interior of Bahia State, Brazil."
38175. Parinari excelsum Sabine. Rosacete.
From Mount Coffee, Liberia. Presented by Mr. Henry O. Stewart. Re-
ceived May 11, 1914.
Rough-skinned plum (?).
"The fruit is about the size of an Imperatrice plum, covered with a rough
skin of a grayish color, and commonly called the Rough-skin or Gray plum. It
is brought into the market on the west coast of Africa, but is not much es-
teemed on account of the small quantity of edible matter it contains, which is
only the dry farinaceous substance surrounding the large stone." (Lindley,
Treasury of Botd/ny, vol. 2, p. 8.'/6.)
38176 to 38182.
From China. Collected by Mr. Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Explorer for
the Department of Agriculture. ReceivedMay 11 L5, 1 1)1 4. Quoted notes
by Mr. Meyer.
38176. Ckaiakm/s pinnatifida Bunge. Malacca'. Hawthorn.
"(No. 1209. Village of Tachingko, near Taianfu, Shantung, China.
March 21, 1914.) A large-fruited variety of Chinese hawlhorn, fruit
100 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38176 to 38182— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
said to be red outside and inside. Of agreeable sour taste. Can be kept
almost a year. A most excellent fruit for jellies, compotes, cake fillings,
etc. Chinese name Ta suan cha, meaning ' large sour haw.' "
Grafted trees and scions.
38177. Qstekdamia sp. Poacese.
"(No. 1212. Mountains near Taianfu, Shantung, China. March 22,
1914.) A grass of low growth and of spreading habits, thriving to per-
fection on thin, decomposed rock soil, along mountain paths where much
tramping takes place; also found on inclines, where the mat of roots pre-
vents the soil from being washed out. Of decided value, apparently, as a
bank, lawn, and golf-course grass, especially for the drier parts of the
United States."
38178. Amygdalus peesica L. Amygdalacese. Fei peach.
(Prunus persica Stokes.)
"(No. 1213. Feicheng, Shantung, China. March 27, 1914.) A re-
markable variety of clingstone peach, considered to be the best in all
China. Size large to very large ; shape round ; very heavy, often over
1 pound apiece ; skin quite downy and of a pale yellowish color with a
slight blush on one side. Meat very juicy and sweet and of excellent
aromatic flavor, of white color except near the stone, where it is reddish.
Stone very large and pointed, meat strongly adhering to it. Ripens in
early to middle October and possesses excellent shipping and keeping
qualities. The trees are of erect growth when young ; when older, how-
ever, they spread out considerably, but they remain of open growth. To
reach their greatest perfection these peaches are fertilized every spring,
while during a dry season they are irrigated from wells ; the fruit is
also thinned out. The soil wherein they seem to thrive best is a porous,
light clayey loam of reddish color, retaining moisture quite well but not
becoming too soggy. The local people calculate that on an average a tree
supplies $10 worth (Mexican) of fruit each season, and they consider an
orchard of these trees a very valuable asset indeed. The climate around
Feicheng is of a semiarid nature, and this variety of peach may be ex-
pected to thrive especially well in the regions west of the Rocky Moun-
tains. Chinese name Fei Vao, meaning 'Fei peach.' "
Grafted trees and scions.
38179. Salix sp. Salicacea?. Willow.
"(No. 1179. Village of Chenkiao, Honan, China. March S. 1914.)
A willow of golden yellow color, much planted on the sandy flats along
the Yellow River for sand-binding purposes. Of value for similar uses,
especially for the drier parts of the United States."
38180. Zinziber officinale Rose. Zinziberaceae. Ginger.
"(No. 1214. Feicheng, Shantung, China. March 26, 1914.) A variety
of ginger grown on sandy loam in the vicinity of Minyang to the south
of Taianfu. Much hawked about throughout Shantung and retailing at
from 10 to 12 cents (Mexican) per pound. Is much relished as a condi-
ment in soups and with meat dishes and considered to be very healthful,
so much so in fact that Confucius advised his pupils to make ginger one
of their relishes to be eaten daily. The Chinese plant the rhizomes as
soon as the soil becomes warm and harvest the plants in the autumn
after a light frost ; the rhizomes are stored in cool dugouts and kept
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. 101
38176 to 38182— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
covered over with slightly moist, sandy soil. Chinese name Hsien Chiang,
meaning ' fresh ginger.' "
Rhizomes.
38181. Queecus liaotungensts Koidzumi. Fagaeeae. Oak.
"(No. 188a. Hsiao Wutaishan, Chihli Province, China. August 25,
1913.) A low-growing, scrubby oak, found in thickets at elevations be-
tween 5,000 and 7,000 feet above sea level. Looks in leaf very much like
Q. pedunculata. Of value as a shade tree in parks and as a ground
cover on mountain slopes in the cooler parts of the United States."
38182. Castanea mollissima Blume. Fagaeeae. Chestnut.
"(No. 2013a. Chiningchow, Shantung, China. March 16, 1914.) A
Chinese chestnut, of which the nuts have a somewhat peculiar form,
being bent in at their tops. From the Taishan region near Taianfu,
Shantung, where the trees are all badly attacked by the bark disease
Endothia parasitica."
38183. Holcus sorghum L. Poa^eae. Giant Sudan sorghum.
(Sorghum vulgar e Pers.)
From Algiers, Algeria. Presented by Dr. L. Trabut. Cuttings received
May 14, 1914.
" The stalk of this sorghum is very tall, sometimes reaching a height of 4.24
meters. The leaves are large and the panicles are small. This sorghum does
not mature in Algiers but is propagated by cuttings." (Trabut.)
38184 to 38187.
From China. Collected by Mr. Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Explorer
for the Department of Agriculture. Received at the Plant Introduction
Field Station, Chico, Cal., May 4, 1914. Cuttings of the following ; quoted
notes by Mr. Meyer.
38184. Paulownia fobtunei (Seem.) Hemsley (?). Serophulariaceae.
"(No. 1180. Village of Chenkiao, Honan Province, China. March 8,
1914.) A Paulownia, planted here and there on sandy lands as a soil
binder and windbreak. The wood is of a very light nature and is used
in the construction of light furniture, playthings for children, bowls,
jars, etc. Of value as a soil binder and an ornamental park tree, espe-
cially for the mild-wintered sections of the United States. Chinese name
T'ung shu."
Root cuttings.
38185. Punica gkanatum L. Punicaceae. Pomegranate.
"(No. 1186. Tsaochowfu, Shantung, China. March 10, 1914.) A
pomegranate, producing very large double flowers of a brilliant red color.
No fruits are set. Chinese name Shuang shih liu hua, meaning ' double-
flowering pomegranate.' Obtained from the garden of the Roman
Catholic Mission at Tsaochowfu."
38186. Vitis vinifera L. Vitaceae. Grape.
"(No. 1187. Tsaochowfu, Shantung, China. March 10, 1914.) A
Chinese variety of grapevine, producing large bunches of black grapes,
the individual berries of which are very elongated. This grape is very
sweet and possesses good keeping and shipping qualities. Chinese name
Nai tzu p'u t'ao, meaning ' nipple grape.' "
102 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38184 to 38187— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
38187. Zizipiius jujuba Miller. Rhainnaceae. Jujube.
(Ziziphtis sativa Gaertn.)
"(No. 1188. Near Kuyehsien, Shantung, China. March 14, 1914.) A
large-fruited variety of jujube of oblong shape and reddish brown color.
Good for drying. Local name Ta tsao, meaning ' large jujube.' "
38188. Castilla nicoyensis O. F. Cook. Moraceae.
Central American rubber.
From San Jose, Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. Carlos Werckle, Depart-
ment of Agriculture. Received May 14, 1914.
See S. P. I. Nos. 33784 and 35892 for previous introductions and description.
38189 and 38190. Trifolium pratense L. Fabaceae. Bed clover.
From Rosthern, Saskatchewan, Canada. Presented by Mr. Seager
Wheeler, through the Office of Forage-Crop Investigations. Received
May 11, 1914.
" Seed of red clover grown at Rosthern, Saskatchewan, Canada. It was
grown under very severe winter conditions and is expected to prove extremely
hardy." («/. H. Westgate.)
38189. From seed of S. P. I. No. 31205.
38190. From seed of S. P. I. No. 31232.
38191. Bertholletia nobilis Miers. Lecythidaceae. Brazil nut.
From Para, Brazil. Presented by the American consul. Received May 13,
1914.
38192 and 38193. Diospyros spp. Diospyraceae.
From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by the director, Botanic Gardens.
Received May 15, 1914.
38192. Diospyros discolob "Willd. Mabola.
See S. P. I. Nos. 19216, 26112, and 3051S for previous introductions
and description.
"A tree of moderate size, 40 feet or more high ; the trunk furnishes a
hard, compact ebony of an exceedingly black color. Fruit thick, fleshy,
globose or subglobose, densely hairy, reddish, like a quince, 4 to 6
seeded, with flesh rose colored. 3 to 4 inches in diameter; pulp white,
hairs ferruginous; albumen cartilaginous, not ruminated; fruiting calyx
flatfish, appressed, rather more than 1 inch in diameter. The wood is
very hard, of a dark flesh color, which in time becomes Mack like ebony.
The fruit has an agreeable smell like a quince (but sometimes not so),
and is edible after removing the hairs and skim" (Hiern, Myograph
of the Ebenacea, p. 251, 1878.)
88193. Diospyros subtbuncata Hochreutiner. Persimmon.
Distribution. — -A persimmon found in Sumatra, closely related to 1).
bomeensis Hiern, from which it differs in having the calyx truncate,
the corolla tomentose outside, and a slightly larger fruit.
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. 103
38194 to 38205. Holcus sorghum L. Poaceae. Sorghum.
(Sorghum vulgare Pers.)
From Sapporo, Japan. Presented by Mr. T. Minami. College of Agricul-
ture, Tohoku Imperial University. Received May 13, 1914. Seeds pro-
duced in Manchuria last year ; quoted notes by Mr. Minarni.
38194. "(No. 1.) Kokkoku kinsui (means red glume and thick ear)."
38195. "(No. 2.) Konen-koryo (means red glutinous sorghum)."
38196. "(No. 3.) Gai-hansaku (meaning is not clear)."
38197. "(No. 4.) Shokowaishin-han-koryo (means small yellow
dwarf)."
38198. "(No. 5.) Nen-koryo-ko (means glutinous sorghum which is
red)."
38199. "(No. 6.) Shokokoku-han-koryo (small yellow glume)."
38200. "(No. 7.) Kokkoku dagan-kohan-koryo (means black glume and
red grain, looks like snake's eye)."
38201. "(No. 8.) Jiokkoku sasui (means black glume and loose ear)."
38202. "(No. 9.) Chikuyd-scihan-koryo (means bamboo leaf and green
grain)."
38203. "(No. 10.) Kokkoku hakunen-koryo (means black glume and
white glutinous grain)."
38204. "(No. 11.) Kokoku waishin-han-koryo (means black glume
and dwarf)."
38205. "(No. 12.) Kijali(-haku-han-k6ryo (means white grain which is
very much liked by swallows)."
38206 and 38207.
From Tokyo, Japan. Procured from the Tokyo Plant, Seed & Implement
Co. Received May 14, 1914.
38206. Pkunus serrulata Lindl. Amygdalacese. Flowering cherry.
" Young shoots slightly hairy. Leaves broadly ovate or obovate, 2 to
44. inches long to 11 to 2| inches wide ; wedge shaped or almost rounded
at the base, the apex abrupt narrowed to a long point, margins doubly
toothed, both surfaces, but especially the lower one, hairy on the midrib
and veins; stalk one-fourth to half an inch long; hairy. Flowers in
short racemes, sometimes reduced to a fascicle of usually four blos-
soms; each flower three-fourths of an inch across, the five petals jagged
at the apex, borne on a bristly hairy stalk one-half to three-fourths of
an inch long; calyx tube hairy; the lobes ovate triangular; glabrous."
(W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, under P.
pscudocerasus. )
Introduced for Use as a stock on which to tost both the fruiting cher-
ries and the Japanese double-flowered forms.
37207. Pisum sativum L. Fabacese. Pea.
38208. Medicago sativa L. Fabacese. Alfalfa.
From Batum, Russia. Presented by Mr. Leslie A. Davis, American consul.
Received May 1G, 1914.
"Grown in the Caucasus. I think a better quality is grown in Turkestan
and that the Turkestan seed is planted in the Caucasus to some extent."
(Davis.)
104
SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38209. Anacardium excelsum (Bert, and Bal.) Skeels. Anacar-
( Anacardium rhinocarpus DC.) [diaceae.
From Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba. Presented by Mr. J. T. Crawley, di-
rector, Agricultural Experiment Station. Received May 18, 1914.)
" Fruits of a rare tree. This fruit was collected at Casilda, Trinidad, Santa
Clara Province, and is commonly known as nariz on account of its similarity
to the fruit of the Marafwn (Anacardium occidentale) in appearance, foliage,
and inflorescence. It is a very tall tree ; the leaves are very large and the
peduncle not so succulent as in the Haranon. The botanist thinks that it could
perhaps be Anacardium rhinocarpus, and says that it is found only in the
district of Trinidad, and no use is made of the tree or its fruits." (Crawley.)
38210 to 38212.
From Asmara, Eritrea, Africa. Presented by the Direzione di Coloniz-
zazione Service. Received May 18, 1914.
38210. Colutea istbia Miller. Fabaceae.
(Colutea halepica Lam.)
See S. P. I. No. 33029 for previous introduction.
"A shrub 1 to 4 meters high with the appearance of C. arborescens,
from which it differs in its smaller, oblong, slightly silky leaves, in its
raceme of 2 to 4 flowers, and in its legumes, which are more acute at
the two extremities. Rocky places of the Altipiano and its slopes, at
1,600 to 2,600 meters." (Adriano Fiori, Boschi e Piante legnose dell-
Eritrea, p. 1SJ/.)
38211. Sesban sp. Fabaceae. 38212. (Undetermined.)
38213 to 38228.
From Tokyo, Japan. Presented by the director, Japanese Imperial Depart-
ment of Agriculture. Received May 15, 1914.
38213 to 38220. Soja max (L.) Piper. Fabaceae. Soy bean.
(Glycine hispida Maxim.)
38213. Tsurunoko.
38214. Var. Aksaya.
38215. Gowari.
38216. Hudaka.
38221 to 38227. Oryza sativa L. Poaeea\ Bice.
38221. Var. Shinriki.
38222. Var. Aikoku.
38223. Takenari.
38224. Omachi.
38228. Soja max (L.) Piper. Fabaceae. Soy bean.
(Glycine hispida Maxim.)
Shirashaya.
38217.
Aotsurunoko.
38218.
KOsuirasu.
38219.
Var. Juninyonomi,
38220.
Aoniudo.
Poacea*.
38225.
Kame-no-o.
38226.
6 bo.
38227.
Shekitori.
Yam.
Received May
38229. Dioscorea sp. Dioscoreaceae.
From Brooklyn, N. Y. Purchased from Mr. A. I. Wilson.
22, 1914.
" Yams sell at 6 cents per pound." ( Wilson. )
"A yam of good quality. The flesh is mealy, yet firm and of good flavor.
The specimen received weighed 6 pounds." (R. A. Young.)
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. 105
38230 to 38285.
From China. Collected by Mr. Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Explorer
for the Department of Agriculture. Received at the Plant Introduction
Field Station, Chico, Cal., March 30, 1914. Quoted notes by Mr. Meyer.
38230. Prunus armeniaca L. Amygdalacese. Apricot.
"(No. 1105. Sianfu, Shensi, China. January 30, 1914.) An apricot,
said to bear large fruits, besides being very ornamental when in blossom.
The trees grow to a remarkably large size. Scions collected in an old
mandarin's garden."
38231. Malus sp. Malacese. Crab apple.
"(No. 1106. Sianfu, Shensi, China. January 30, 1914.) A flowering
crab apple, of low-branching, wide-spreading growth, said to bear masses
of small double flowers of rosy red color. Scions obtained from the
garden of the English Baptist Mission Hospital."
38232. Populus sp. Salicaceae. Poplar.
"(No. 1108. Village of Beetchi, near Fuping, Shensi, China. February
2, 1914.) A poplar of remarkable fastigiate growth, used as a windbreak
on a dry loess table-land. Apparently the same as No. 1064 [S. P. I. No.
37482], but possibly more drought resistant. Of value as a windbreak
for the drier parts of the United States."
Cuttings.
38233 to 38235. Salix sp. Salicaceae. Willow.
From the village of Tungchiaopu, Shensi, China. Cuttings collected
February 3, 1914.
38233. "(No. 1120.) A willow, growing to be a tall tree with
heavy trunk. The main branches are of erect growth and of dark-
green color, but the young twigs are slender and gracefully droop-
ing while possessed of a delicate yellowish color. A fine tree for
parks, especially when planted in a clump or as solitary specimens,
where they can be seen from some distance."
38234. "(No. 1121.) A willow, forming heavy trunks, of erect-
spreading growth, while the reddish colored young twigs are
slightly drooping. Of value for parks when planted in clumps
or as solitary specimens where they can be seen for some distance."
38235. "(No. 1122.) A willow, growing to be a tall tree, forming
heavy trunks with dark-brown bark. The young branches are
somewhat pendent. This and the preceding two numbers [S. P. I.
Nos. 38233 and 38234] are all three grown locally as timber trees.
They seem to be of remarkably fast growth, especially when
planted alongside irrigation canals."
38236. Wikstroemia chamaedaphne (Bunge) Meissner. Thymeheacese.
"(No. 1124. Near Kwanshanchen, Shensi, China. February 4, 1914.)
Rooted plants of a thymeleaceous small shrub, growing from 1 to 3 feet
in height, having somewhat leathery, small foliage, which is semiper-
sistent throughout winter ; bears small terminal racemes of yellow
flowerlets. Found here and there on dry banks and hill slopes in great
quantities. The bark is of a tenacious nature and the plant might pos-
sibly be cultivated as a prospective leather-paper supply."
106 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38230 to 38285— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
38237. Euonymus sp. Celastraceae.
"(No. 1125. Village of Tchangpai, Shensi, China. February 5, 1914.)
Cuttings of spindle wood, usually seen as a shrub, but when not mo-
lested growing to be a medium-sized tree. The plant is an excellent
bank binder, throwing up suckers all around ; it stands drought to
a wonderful extent, while it resists alkali also to a certain degree. In
most places this shrub is cut down every year, but this treatment seems
to make it spread more. It deserves to be given a thorough test as a
bank and soil-binding plant, especially in the semiarid parts of the
United States."
38238. Salix sp. Salicaceae. Willow.
"(No. 1126. Near Chaoyi, Shensi, China. February 7, 1914.) Cut-
tings of a willow of wide-spreading growth, forming a characteristically
well rounded head when becoming older. Apparently able to stand a
goodly amount of drought and alkali."
38239. Gleditsia sp. Caesalpiniaceae.
"(No. 1128. Near Puchowfu, Shansi, China. February 8, 1914.) A
very thorny shrub of rather tall growth, occurring on dry places. Said to
bear whitish flowers. Of value perchance as a hedge shrub for the drier
sections of the United States. Chinese name Lang ya ch'ih, meaning
' wolf's teeth.' Roots, to be planted slantingly."
38240 to 38242. Pyeus chinensis Lindl. Malaceae. Pear.
From near Puchowfu, Shansi, China. Scions or cuttings collected Feb-
ruary 10, 1914.
38240. "(No. 1136.) A very large variety of Chinese pear, pro-
ducing fruits that often weigh 1 pound apiece. Of barrel shape,
color dark yellow, flesh nonmelting, somewhat coarse in texture,
but juicy and sweet to the taste. Possesses good keeping and
shipping qualities. Of value for hybridization experiments,
Chinese name Chin li, meaning ' golden pear.' "
38241. "(No. 1137.) A variety of Chinese pear, of medium large
size, of round form, color pale yellow, flesh nonmelting. of some]
what granular texture, juicy, and of but moderately sweet taste.
Of value for hybridization experiments' and for canning purposes;
Chinese name Pai li, meaning ' white pear.' This Pai li is quite
different from the Peking pear that passes under the same name."
38242. "(No. 1138.) A variety of Chinese pear of apple shape and
looks, being red cheeked on one side and ocher yellow on the
other. Flesh hard and sourish. A most remarkable keeper and
shipper. Of value as a cooking pear, for sauces, and possibly in
hybridization experiments. Chinese name Hung hsiao li, meaning
1 red sour pear.' "
38243 ^j 38247. Zizu-nus jujuiia Miller. Iihamnacea\ Jujube.
(Ziziphus saliva Gaertn.)
From near Paihsiangchen, Shansi, China. Scions collected February
13, 1914.
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. 107
S8230 to 38285— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
38243. "(No. 1140.) A very valuable variety of jujube, producing
fruits among which there are some as large as ordinary hens'
eggs ; fruits of roundish oblong form, of somewhat cylindrical
shape ; color mahogany brown ; meat quite sweet and of a solid
texture. This is one of the most famous jujubes of all China,
and merchants come from far away to buy them up. The fruits
can be eaten fresh, sun dried, baked in bread, stewed with rice,
millet or meat, dry baked in the oven, preserved with honey
and cane sugar, and also put up in weak brandy, tasting very well
in each of these ways. They are also prized for medicinal pur-
poses, especially when several years old, and, though 1-year-old
fruits retail locally at 8 to 10 cents (Mexican) per catty, fruits
7 to 10 years old sell at $1 (Mexican) and over for the same
weight. They are used for relief of pain in the chest and
respiratory organs and are considered to be very strengthening.
The trees of this variety appear not to grow to large size; they
are of open, loose habit, and do not produce fruit of uniform size.
In the vicinity of Paihsiangchen several thousand acres are given
over to their cultivation, and it seems to be a paying industry, as
the acreage is constantly being enlarged. Propagation is done
only by planting suckers; grafting, budding, and ringing seem to
be unknown to the local people. A peculiar bunch disease is
much in evidence on this variety as well as on other varieties, and
growers complain that it is causing considerable reduction of the
crop; they do not combat it, however, by cutting the bunches
out. Special attention should be paid in America that this disease
does not get a foothold. Chinese name of this variety Ta yuan
tsao, meaning ' big round jujube.' "
38244. "(No. 1141.) A local variety of jujube, producing fruits of
medium size, of elongated cylindrical shape ; color, light mahogany
brown. Can be eaten fresh, but they are best when put up in weak
brandy. Chinese name T'iao tsao, meaning ' stick jujube,' refer-
ring to the shape of the fruit."
38245. "(No. 1142.) A variety of jujube, said to be of medium size,
of tapering, elongated form, good only when fresh. Chinese name
Shui men tsao, meaning ' water-breath jujube.' "
38246. "(No. 1143.) A variety of jujube of medium size, of
oblong-pointed form; color, light mahogany brown. Fruits can be
brandied. Trees of vigorous growth, making long, outstretched
branches. Chinese name Chi hsin tsao, meaning ' chicken-heart
jujube.' "
38247. "(No. 1144.) A variety of jujube, said to be of medium
size, of round form; color, dark mahogany brown; meal somewhat
brittle. Good only when fresh. Chinese name Yuan ts'ui tsao,
meaning ' round, fragile jujube.' "
38248. Jasminum nudift.okum Lindley. Oleacese. Jasmine.
"(No. 1145. Paihsiangchen, Shansi, China. February 14, 1914.) A
yellow-flowered jasmine occurring at the edges of dry banks, ravines,
and grave mounds, flowering before the leaves come out, sometimes even
in midwinter. The plants are of spreading habit, the very long, slender.
108 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38230 to 38285— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
and angular green branches rooting wherever they touch moist ground
and making a regular matting of living twigs, keeping soil and stones
from moving away. This plant is by its nature fit to cover rockeries, to
be grown at the edges of terraces, to cover old walls, etc., and deserves
to be given a thorough test as a bank and soil binder, especially in the
sections of the United States where the winters are not too severe, while
the summers can be hot and dry. Chinese name Ying ch'un hua, mean-
ing ' meeting-the-spring flower.' "
Cuttings.
38249 to 38253. Ziziphus jujuba Miller. Rhamnacese. Jujube.
(ZizipJius sativa Gaertn.)
Scions of the following:
38249. "(No. 1146. Fuma, near Anyihsien, Shansi, China. Febru-,
ary 14, 1914.) A variety of jujube supposed to be the largest of all;
fruits are said to be larger than ordinary hens' eggs and resemble
small pears ; oval shape ; color, mahogany brown. This variety is
said to have originated through having grafted an ordinary jujube
on pear roots (?). Chinese name Li tsao, meaning 'pear jujube.'
Good only when eaten fresh."
38250. "(No. 1147. Village of Nanyangyao, near Anyihsien, Shansi,
China. February 14, 1914.) A variety of jujube of peculiar shape,
the top" being larger than the base in some fruits and protruding
above it with a circular constriction just below, giving the impres-
tion of one fruit placed above another ; size, medium ; color, light
mahogany. Can be eaten fresh or put up in weak brandy. Chinese
name P'o p'o tsao, meaning ' mother-in-law jujube,' having reference
to the peculiar shape of the fruit, in connection with the fact that
a Chinese wife generally sits under the rule of her husband's
mother."
38251. "(No. 1148. Village of Siaoshu, near Anyihsien, Shansi,
China. February 14, 1914.) A variety of jujube of oval, tapering
shape, medium sized ; color, light brown-red. Can be put up in
weak brandy. Chinese name Ken tsao, meaning ' hard jujube.' '
38252. "(No. 1149. Village of Nantsunwu,. near Anyihsien, Shansi,
China. February 14, 1914.) A variety of jujube, the fruits of
which are said to be flat in shape and somewhat undulated. The
branches are curiously bent and twisted, while the tree assumes a
beautiful bowl-like form. Chinese name Kuai tsao, meaning ' bent
jujube.' "
28253. "(No. 1150. Village of Nantsunwu, near Anyihsien, Shansi,
China. February 14, 1914.) A variety of jujube, said to be much
like the preceding (No. 1149) ; the branches, however, are less
twisted, while the form of the tree is more open and loose."
38254. Catalpa bungei C. A. Meyer. Bignoniacese.
"(No. 1151. Village of Wangyuko, near Anyihsien, Shansi, China. Feb-
ruary 15, 1914.) A quick-growing Chinese timber tree, growing to large
size, specimens being seen 100 feet tall, with trunks 10 to 15 feet in
circumference a few feet above the ground. The Chinese plant this tree
for its wood, which is strong, light, durable, and nonwarping. It resem-
bles walnut to some extent and is much in demand for table tops and for
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. 109
8230 to 38285— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
fine furniture. This tree might possibly be profitably cultivated in the
semiarid regions of the United States where the winters are not too
severe, while the summers may be quite hot. They are easily propagated
from suckers that spring up from roots that are close to the surface of the
ground, and the tree thrives best when planted close to irrigation canals
and on sheltered places. They prefer a porous soil. Chinese name Ch'iu
shu, meaning ' autumn tree.' "
Young rooted trees.
38255. Populus tomentosa Carr. Salicacea?. Poplar.
"(No. 1152. Village of Wangyuko, near Anyihsien, Shansi, China.
February 15, 1914.) A quick-growing form of white poplar, much planted
by the Chinese for its timber. Forms a tall, straight trunk when kept
trimmed up high. Of value as a timber tree on the farm and possibly a
good wood for match sticks and for light fruit boxes. May thrive espe-
cially well in the southwestern United States. Chinese name Ta pai yang
shu, meaning * big white poplar.' "
Rooted trees.
38256. Gleditsia sp. Ca?salpiniacea>.
"(No. 1155. Village of Changtienyuan, Shansi, China. February 16,
1914.) A soap-pod tree, apparently of scrubby growth, occurring on dry,
rocky mountain slopes. May possibly possess value as a hedge shrub,
especially in semiarid sections."
Roots.
38257. Sacchakum nabenga (Nees) Wallich(?). Poaceae. Sugarcane.
"(No. 1164. Chengchow, Honan, China. February 25, 1914.) A very
hardy variety of Chinese sugar cane cultivated here and there along the
Yellow River. The canes reach a height of 4 to 6 feet, have a diameter
of about 1 inch, and are of a beautiful purplish violet color. Sugar per-
centage low. Of value possibly for the milder parts of the United States
as a source of supply for sirups, molasses, and sweets for the children.
The canes should be stored during the winter in frost-proof cellars or
dugouts with dry soil sprinkled over and between them. In China young
and old are fond of pieces of raw sugar cane, which in the milder sec-
tions form one of the most common articles of winter sweetmeats.
Chinese name Kan chd."
Cuttings.
38258 to 38271.
From the village of Wulipu, Honan, China. Collected February 27,
1914. Scions of the following:
38258 to 38261. Ziziphus jujuba Miller. Rhainnacese. Jujube.
(Ziziphus sativa Gaertn.)
38258. "(No. 1165.) A variety of jujube, producing fruits of
medium large size, of cylindrical shape, slightly tapering down
toward base ; color light mahogany brown ; meat of firm tex-
ture and very sweet ; can be eaten fresh, as well as smoked
and dry baked in the oven. Chinese name Hui tsao, meaning
* ashy jujube,' referring to its looks before being quite ripe."
38359. "(No. 1166.) A variety of jujube, said to be of medium
size, of round form ; meat of crackling nature. Eaten fresh
only. Chinese name Su tsao, meaning ' brittle jujube.' '
110 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38230 to 38285— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
38260. "(No. 1167.) A variety of jujube, said to be of medium
size, of elongated shape, tapering toward the base. Ripens
very late in the summer. Good only when fresh. Chinese
name Chui yiieh ch'ing tsao, meaning 'ninth-moon green ju-
jube' (the Chinese ninth moon being October)."
38261. "(No. 11GS.) A variety of jujube, said to be medium
large, of barrel shape, and pointed on both sides. Good only
when fresh. Chinese name Ma ya Vou tsao, meaning ' horse's
teeth jujube.' "
38262 to 38271. Pyrus chinensis Lindley. Malaceae. Pear.
38262. "(No. 1169.) A variety of Chinese pear, growing to a
very large size, of round-oblong shape; color dark yellow ; meat
of somewhat coarse texture, but juicy and sweet ; a good keeper
and shipper. Chinese name E li, meaning ' swan pear.' '
Of value like No. 1136 [S. P. I. No. 38240] for hybridization
purposes.
38263. "(No. 1170.) A variety of Chinese pear, said to reach
very large size, of round-oblong shape; color dark yellow;
does not keep long. Chinese name Pin li, meaning ' luscious
pear.' Of value possibly in breeding experiments."
38264. "(No. 1171.) A variety of Chinese pear, said to be
large, of round shape and of pale-yellow color. Ripening in
summer and not keeping long. Chinese name Sha pai li,
meaning 'sand white pear.' Of value possibly in breeding
experiments.
38265. "(No. 1172.) A variety of Chinese pear, said to be
large, round, and of purplish violet color. Able to withstand
long shipping and keeping until late in spring. Chinese name
Tzu su li, meaning ' violet brittle pear.' "
38266. "(No. 1173.) A variety of Chinese pear, said to be of
medium size, of real pear shape ; sweet ; not a keeper. Chinese
name Nai li, meaning ' milk pear,' or Yin li. which means
'silver pear.' Of value possibly in breeding experiments."
38267. "(No. 1174.) A variety of Chinese pear, said to be of
medium size, of yellow color; very sweet; ripening in summer
and not keeping. Chinese name Huang li, meaning ' yellow
pear.' Of value possibly for breeding purposes."
38268. "(No. 1175.) A variety of Chinese pear, said to be
large, of green color, of sweet taste, ripening in early Augusta
does not possess keeping qualities. Chinese name Ch'ing i>'i
t'ien li, meaning ' green-skin sweet pear.' Of value possibly
for breeding purposes."
38269. "(No. 1176.) A variety of Chinese pear, said to be
medium large; of round shape; sweet. Ripening in summer
and not a keeper. Chinese name Shut ;>'/;' /<'. meaning ' water
white pear.' Of value possibly for breeding purposes."
38270. "(No. 1177.) A variety of Chinese pear, said to be
large, of barrel shape; color pale yellow; sweet. Does not
possess keeping qualities. Chinese name Kao ting pai li,
meaning 'tall top white pear.' Of value possibly for breed-
ing purposes."
APEIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. Ill
38230 to 38285— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
38271. "(No. 1178.) A variety of Chinese pear, said to be of
medium size ; round oblong in shape, of russet-brown color ;
flesh soft and mealy, does not keep long. Chinese name Tien
kua li, meaning 'sweet melon pear.' Of value possibly in
breeding."
38272 to 38274. Amygdalus persica L. Amygdalacese. Peach.
(Prunus persica Stokes.)
From near Taianfu, Shantung, China. Scions or cuttings collected
March 20, 1914.
38272. "(No. 1197.) A Chinese variety of peach, said to be very
large, weighing up .to 1 pound apiece. Of greenish white color, of
pointed shape; meat very juicy; sweet and fragrant. Possessing
good keeping qualities, being kept until December. Chinese name
Fo shou t'ao, meaning ' Buddha's hand peach.' "
38273. "(No. 1198.) A Chinese variety of peach, said to be medium
large, of white color ; meat firm and sweet. A late ripener and
possessing good keeping qualities. Chinese name Ch'iu pai t'ao,
meaning 'autumn white peach.'"
38274. "(No. 1199.) A flowering variety of peach, said to be very
ornamental when bearing its large rosy red flowers. The fruits
are small, of dark rosy red color and of a peculiar shape, having 3
points ; taste sweet and reminding one of pineapple. Chinese
name Pi t'ao, meaning ' fragrant peach.' "
38275 and 38276. Amygdalus pebsica platycabpa (Decne.) Ricker.
Amygdalacese.
38275. "(No. 1200.) A Chinese variety of peach, said to be of
large size, of flat shape; meat juicy and sweet. Color greenish
outside, while red inside, especially around the stone. Chinese
name Ta pien t'ao, meaning ' large flat peach.' "
38276. "(No. 1201.) A Chinese variety of peach, said to be small,
of flat shape, meat juicy and sweet, color red. Chinese name
Hsiao pien tfao, meaning ' small flat peach.' "
38277 and 38278. Pykus chinensis Lindley. Malaceae. Pear.
From near Taianfu, Shantung, China. Scions collected March 21,
1914.
38277. "(No. 1202.) A variety of pear, said to be medium large,
of round-oblong shape, of yellow color ; juicy and sweet. Possesses
good keeping qualities. Chinese name Chin sui tzu li, meaning
• golden earring pear.' "
38278. "(No. 1203.) A variety of pear, said to be medium large,
of round-oblong shape, yellow color, good flavor, breaking easily
when falling. Chinese name Su li, meaning ' brittle pear.' "
38279 and 38280. Malus sp. Malaceae. Apple.
From the village of Fanchiachwang, near Taianfu, Shantung, China.
Scions collected March 22, 1914.
38279. "(No. 1204.) A variety of apple, said to be large, of red
color; flesh firm and of sweet flavor. Chinese name Ta p'in kito,
meaning 'large apple.' Apparently very drought resistant and
possibly of value for the drier parts of the United States."
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38230 to 38285— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
38280. "(No. 1205.) A variety of crab apple, said to be large, of
light-green color and of subacid taste. Chinese name Ta sha kuo,
meaning ' large crab apple.' Of value for the drier parts of the
United States."
38281 and 38283. Pbunus spp. Amygdalaceae.
From the village of Tachingko, near Taianfu, Shantung, China. Col-
lected March 21, 1914.
38281. Pbunus abmeniaca L. Apricot.
"(No. 1206.) A variety of apricot, said to be very large; color
half red and half yellow ; sweet and juicy. Chinese name Ta shui
Jibing, meaning ' large water apricot.' "
38282. Pbunus sp. Apricot plum.
"(No. 1207.) Scions of an apricot plum, said to produce medium
large fruits of red color. Chinese name Hsing mei, meaning ' apri-
cot plum.' "
38283 and 38284. Crataegus pinnatifida Bunge. Malaceae.
Hawthorn.
From the village of Tachingko, near Taianfu, Shantung, China. Scions
collected March 21, 1914.
38283. "(No. 1208.) A variety of Chinese hawthorn, fruit said to
be large, of red color outside, while the meat inside is white, of
agreeable subacid taste, not keeping as long as other varieties.
Chinese name Mien shan cha, meaning ' soft mountain haw.' "
38284. " (No. 1210. ) A variety of Chinese hawthorn, fruit said to be
large and of red color both inside and out. Chinese name Hung li
shan cha, meaning ' red inside mountain haw.' This may possibly
be the same variety as No. 1209 [S. P. I. No. 38176]. The Chinese
haw fruit seems to thrive best on well-drained semigravelly or
sandy loam, and the best quality of fruit is produced on trees that
grow on mountain terraces. It is not unlikely to become a fruit
of considerable importance in America, whenever it shall become
known. The Chinese graft and bud this haw on wild and seedling
stock of Crataegus pinnatifida, but experiments should be made,
to determine whether other species of Crataegus will be suitable
also for stocks."
88285. Albizzia sp. Mimosaceae.
From the mountains near Taianfu, Shantung, China. Root cuttings
collected March 22, 1914.
"(No. 1211.) A silk-flowered tree, occurring on sterile, rocky mountain
slopes; grows into a medium-sized tree. Apparently a good soil binder
and of value possibly for the drier sections of the United States as a
soil retainer on mountain slopes and as an ornamental park tree. The
wood is tough and is used in the construction of carts. Local name
Fu jung hua, meaning ' old-man's-face flower.' "
38286. Gossypium sp. Malvaceae. Cotton.
From Brazil. Purchased through Cowdrey & Co., New York City. Received
April 3, 1914.
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From Darjiling, India. Presented by Mr. G. H. Cave, curator, Lloyd
Botanic Garden, through Mr. Wilson Popenoe of the Bureau of Plant
Industry. Seeds of Sikkim plants received May 14, 1914.
38287. Betula utilis D. Don. Betulacese. Birch.
Distribution. — A large tree found at an altitude of 7,000 to 14,000 feet
on the temperate slopes of the Himalayas from Kashmir to Sikkim in
northern India, and eastward through China and Japan.
"A tree 60 feet high, with a creamy white trunk and branches ; bark
peeling off in papery flakes; young shoots densely covered with gray
down, becoming reddish brown. Leaves ovate, rounded at the base,
pointed, 2 to 3^ inches long, about two-thirds as wide, rather coarsely
and irregularly toothed; upper surface dark green, with scattered down;
lower surface pale, downy on the midrib and veins, the latter in 9 to 12
pairs ; leafstalk three-fourths of an inch long, downy ; fruiting catkins 1^
inches long, one-third of an inch in diameter, cylindrical ; scales downy on
the margins, the middle one considerably the longer, and rounded at the
end. Native of the Himalayas ; introduced by Sir Joseph Hooker in 1849 ;
perhaps before, certainly several times since, from which, judging by its
rarity, it would seem that it is not very hardy. A tree over 30 feet high,
planted by the late Mr. Chambers at Grayswood in 18S2, is the best I
know. Young plants have been raised at Kew from its seed, but have
not yet had to withstand hard frost. In a letter Mr. Chambers remarked
that the bark of his tree ' even to the branches is creamy white, the
young twigs of an orange chocolate, very pretty in winter.' Some trees
also exist in Trinity College Botanic Gardens, Dublin." (W. J. Bean,
Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 263.)
38288 and 38289. Michelia spp. Magnoliacese.
38288. Michelia cathcartii Hook. f. and Thorns.
Distribution. — A tall tree with white flowers, found on the tem-
perate slopes of the Himalayas at an altitude of 5,000 to G.000 feet
in Sikkim, northern India.
38289. Michelia lanuginosa Wallich.
Distribution. — A large bush or tree, with large white flowers, often
4 inches in diameter, found on the temperate slopes of the Hima-
layas at an altitude of 5,000 to 7,000 feet, from Nepal to Bhutan in
northern India.
38290. Alnus nepalensis D. Don. Betulacese. Alder.
38291 and 38292.
From Pago Pago, American Samoa. Presented by Commander C. D.
Stearns, Governor of American Samoa. Received May 25, 1914. Quoted
notes by Commander Stearns.
38291. Piper methysticum Forster. Piperaeese. Ava (kava).
" These cuttings are of the best variety grown in the island, and in
planting them care should be taken to place the stalk at an angle of
about 30" from the perpendicular, as it grows far more quickly in this
position. Most of the ava raised in American Samoa is used as a
beverage. The product of the ava plant is ready for use after about 4 to
6 years' growth."
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38291 and 38292 — Contd. (Quoted notes by Commander Stearns.)
38292. Carica papaya L. Papayacese. Papaya.
" The mummy-apple tree is very prolific in Samoa. Any land that is
cleared, no matter where its location, unless Immediately put in cultiva-
tion, will be covered in a few months with a thick growth of mummy
apples. It has been suggested that the mummy-apple seeds were carried
by birds, but they grow so prolLfically that this seems almost impossible.
I have known tracts of land cleared in Samoa and inside a year to be
so thick with mummy-apple trees that a man could not walk over the
land without cutting his way through, the mummy-apples being so
closely spaced and coming up without apparent cause. Mummy-apples
are used here as a fruit for breakfast. The seeds are eaten by many
as an aid to digestion, as they contain a digestive somewhat similar
to pepsin ; the fruits are also baked like squash. The flesh is used to
flavor ice cream, as a diet for the sick, in fruit salad, an'd in a number
of other dishes, so it is a rather valuable fruit to us."
38293 and 38294.
From Lamao, Bataan, Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. P. J. Wester,
horticulturist, Division of Horticulture, Lamao Experiment Station.
Received May 25, 1914.
38293. Citrus hystrix DC. Rutaceae.
" Cabuyao. A thorny tree from G to 12 meters in height, with a
rather dense rounded head, frequently with drooping brain lies; young
growth more or less purplish, smooth; leaves 16 to 24 centimeters long,
ovate, acute, smooth, shining, lighter below than above, crenate; petioles
8.5 to 12 centimeters long, broadly winged, the area of the wings fre-
quently exceeding the leaf area ; fruit variable, from oblate to pyriform
turbinate or oblong, smooth to more or less corrugate, greenish lemon-
yellow; rind medium thick; flesh greenish, juicy, sharply acid, aromatic,
contained in 12 to 15 locules ; juice sacs short and blunt; seeds usually
many, flat, reticulate. Malaysia, including the Philippines to India.
Like all other Philippine citrus fruits, the cabuyao goes under a multi-
plicity of names, varying with the many tribal languages of the Archi-
pelago and the different forms of the fruit; some of these names are
auha, balincolong, biasong, tibulit, colobot, etc. Excepting the citron,
the cabuyao is perhaps less esteemed than any of the better known
citrus fruits in the Philippines and can scarcely be said to be cultivated.
Some kinds are eaten with fish by the Filipinos and make a fairly good
ade. Most forms are also used in cleaning clothes and as a hair wash.
The cabuyao has scarcely been introduced beyond its native habitat and
is seldom seen even in botanical collections. For attractive shape lines
certain forms of the cabuyao are surpassed by no other citrus fruit.
Some of these forms unquestionably will be recognized as subspecies
on closer study, or possibly as separate species." (Wester, Bulk tin X<,.
27, Citriciilture in the Philippines.)
For a further account of the cabuyao and related forms see Westers
Citrus Fruits in the Philippines, Philippine Agricultural Review, First
Quarter, 1915.
38294. Lagerstroemi a speciosa (Muenchh.) Pers. Lythracea?.
(J,agcrstrocinia flos-reginae Retz. ) Crape myrtle.
" Banalxt. One of our most showy forest trees when it is in bloom.
The wood is valuable also, very hard, and almost indestructible. It
ought to bo introduced into Porto Rico and Panama." | Wy iter.)
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38295 and 38296. Vigna sinensis (Tomer) Savi. Fabacese.
Cowpea.
From Pungo Andongo, Angola. Presented by Rev. J. C. Wengatz, Meth-
odist Episcopal Mission. Received May 21, 1914. Quoted notes by Mr.
Wengatz.
38295. " Black Makunde or ' Makunde ia bafeta.' "
38296. "Red Makunde or 'Makunde ia kusuku.'"
38297 and 38298.
From Peradeniya, Ceylon. Presented by Mr. H. F. Macmillan, superintend-
ent, Royal Botanic Gardens. Received May 22, 1914.
38297. Atalantia ceylanica (Am.) Oliver. Rutacese.
38298. Paramignia monophylla Wight. Rutacese.
Distribution. — A stout, climbing evergreen shrub, found in India from
the Sikkim Himalayas at an altitude of 2,000 to 5,000 feet, southward
mostly in the low mountains, to Ceylon.
38299. Belou marmelos (L.) Lyons. Rutaceae. Bael.
(Aegle marmelos Correa.)
From Calcutta, India. Presented by the Royal Botanic Garden, Sibpur.
Received May 21, 1914.
"A small, spiny tree, originally a native of India, now commonly grown in the
low country of Ceylon and other tropical countries for its fruit. The latter is
globular, and varies in size from that of a cricket ball to a large melon ; it has
f. very hard green shell, inclosing a mass of doughy aromatic pulp, intermingled
with which is a limpid glutinous substance, which some people relish for its
flavor, but more particularly for its medicinal value. The fruit is a well-known
specific for dysentery, and is much used in native medicine. The principal sea-
son for it is during the months of February to April. The tree is propagated
by seed, and thrives in ordinary soil." (Macmillan, Handbook of Tropical
Gardening and Planting.)
38300 and 38301. Solanum tuberosum L. Solanacese. Potato.
From Alford, Lincolnshire, England. Procured from Mr. S. Brewer through
Mr. Charles M. Hathaway, American consul, Hull, England. Received
May 19, 1914. Quoted notes by Mr. Brewer.
38300. " Vitality. Blight-proof potato. First growth is weak ; they
will then grow strong and throw a large top. Allow plenty of room.
Grown oh black fen land."
38301. "Vitality. Blight-proof potato. Allow good room; the first
growth weak ; then they thicken and throw large haulms. Grown on
fine soil."
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38302 to 38326. Hordeum spp. Poacese. Barley.
From St. Petersburg, Russia. Presented by Mr. Robert Regel, Bureau of
Applied Botany. Received May 6, 1914.
Reintroduced for the work of Mr. A. G. Johnson, of the University of Wiscon-
sin, on the various species of Helminthosporium and their distribution through-
out the barley districts of the world.
38302. Hordeum sp.
38303 and 38304. Hordeum distichon nutans Schubl.
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38302 to 38326— Continued.
38305 and 38306. Hordeum vulgare L.
38307. Hordeum vulgare L. mixed with //. distichon nutans Schubl.
38308 to 38310. Hordeum vulgare L.
38311. Hordeum vulgare himalayense Rittig.
38312. Hordeum vulgare L.
38313. Hordeum vulgare leiorrhynciium Koernicke.
Received as H. vulgare leiorrhynciium nckludmoi R. Regel, described
in full in Regel's Glattgrannige Gersten, p. 69-71, 1909.
38314. Hordeum vulgare nigrum (Willd.) Beaven.
Received as H. vulgare nigrum daghestanicum R. Regel, described in
Regel, Flaxberger, and Malzeff, The Most Important Forms of Wheat
Barleys, etc. (Russian), p. 31, 1910.
38315. Hordeum vulgare pallidum Seringe.
Received as H. vulgare pallidum hibernaculum R. Regel, op. cit, p. 31.
38316. Hordeum vulgare L.
Received as H. distichum pcrsicum eriwancnse R. Regel, Glattgrannige
Gersten, p. 75-76, 1909.
38317. Hordeum distichon erectum Schubl.
38318 and 38319. Hordeum vulgare L.
38320. Hordeum distichon erectum Schubl.
38321. Hordeum vulgare L.
38322. Hordeum vulgare L.
38323. Hordeum distichon nutans Schubl.
38324. Hordeum vulgare L.
38325. Hordeum vulgare nigrum (Willd.) Beaven.
38326. Hordeum vulgare L.
38327. Oryza sativa L. Poaceae. Rice.
From Dakhleh Oasis, western Egypt. Purchased from Sheik Abu Bakr,
through contract made by Prof. S. C. Mason, of the Bureau of Plant
Industry, on his visit to the oasis in October, 1912. Received May
20, 1914.
"This rice is a variety grown in the Oases of Khargeh and Dakhleh and
there regarded as quite distinct from the so-called valley rice which is used
in reclaiming the salty lands in the delta of Lower Egypt.
" Mr. Wright, manager of the Corporation of Western Egypt, at Khargeh,
and Sheik Abu Bakr, the chief man of Dakhleh Oasis, both especially recom-
mended this rice as being a valuable crop for reclaiming salty lands. They
stated that it can be grown successfully on land quite too strong for barley.
" My idea in bringing this in was not that it would be of sufficient
importance to use as a main crop on high-priced irrigated lands, but that it
should be given a test as a useful crop in reclaiming lands at present too
salty for the growing of alfalfa and barley. Considerable areas of land of
this character in the Coachella Valley are accessible to a good flow of artesian
water.
" In Dakhleh the land is bordered with quite high ridges and the water
kept almost continuously on the rice, it being essential, of course, that there
be some wash or lower tract into which the surplus water can be diverted.
My idea is that it is this excess of water that really does the chief
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38327— Continued.
work of improving the alkaline ground, rather than the rice crop itself ;
but if a crop of rice can be raised, contributing toward the expense of re-
claiming such land and bringing it into condition for usefulness with other
crops, the rice certainly justifies itself." (Mason.)
38328. Raphanus sativus L. Brassicacese. Radish.
From Taianfu, Shantung, China. Collected by Mr. Frank N. Meyer, Agri-
cultural Explorer for the Department of Agriculture. Roots received
May 27, 1914.
"(No. 1216. March 28, 1914.) A peculiar variety of Chinese winter radish
of very mild and sweet taste. Eaten by the people like apples. Promoting an
appetite and aiding digestion. Chinese name Hsiang cKing lo po, meaning
'sweet green root.'" (Meyer.)
38329 to 38331.
From Lavras, Minas Geraes, Brazil. Presented by Mr. B. H. ITunnicutt,
director, Escola Agricola de Lavras, through Miss Charlotte Kemper.
Received May 19, 1914. Quoted notes by Mr. Hunnicutt.
38329. Calopogonium orthocarpum Urban. Fabacese.
'' Leguminous vine, well liked by stock. Popularly known as Corda de
viola, ' violin chord.' From the farm, Lavras Agricultural School, April
15, 1914.
38330. Chorisia insignis H. B. K. Bombacaceae.
" Seeds from the Paina tree that is in the praga in front of our
gchool. The silky fiber in the fruit with the seed is highly appreciated
for pillows, fine mattresses, etc. It sells here for from 30 to 40 milreis
($10 to $13) for an arroba, or 15 kilos (33 pounds). The tree is also a
very handsome shade tree."
38331. Meibomia sp. Fabaceae.
"A weed very similar to Florida beggarweed, popularly known as
carapicho; leguminous plant. From Lavras Agricultural School, Lavras,
Minas Geraes, April 15, 1914."
38332. Saccharum narenga (Nees) Wallich (?). Poaceae.
Sugar cane.
From Kaifeng, Honan, China. Collected by Mr. Frank N. Meyer, Agri-
cultural Explorer for the Department of Agriculture. Cuttings received
May 27, 1914.
"(No. 1215. March 4, 3914.) Several varieties (mixed) of hardy sugar
cane, grown in the vicinity of Kaifeng. They contain a much greater per-
centage of sugar than the variety obtained under No. 1164 [S. P. I. No. 38257],
To be tested like that number, for sirups, molasses, and sweets for children, and
might possibly be a good fodder for milch cows." (Meyer.)
38333. Phoebe nanmu (Oliver) Gamble. Lauraceae. Nanmu.
(Machilus nanmu Hemsl.)
From Yachow, Szechwan. Presented by Dr. Edgar T. Shields, West China
Baptist Mission. Received May 27, 1914.
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 37944.
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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38334. Pelargonium sp. Geraniacese. Rose geranium.
From Valencia, Spain. Presented by Mr. Claude I. Dawson, American
consul, who procured them from J. Robillard & Co. Cuttings received
May 29, 1914.
" Malvarrosa, or rose geranium. This is the variety which yields the gera-
nium oil of commerce." (Dawson.)
Orange.
Received May
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38335. Citrus sp. Rutacese.
From Yokohama, Japan. Presented by Mr. E. H. Wilson.
6, 1914.
" Natsu Mikan. During my recent trip to soutbern Kyushu I made a collec-
tion of the various citrus fruits cultivated here. Among these fruits is an
orange with which I am unfamiliar. Its Japanese name is Natsu Mikan, and
it is said to keep longer than any other variety and to be very sweet at mid-
summer. It is a light-skinned variety with rather pale flesh, and the skin sepa-
rates from the flesh as in the pummelo. The tree bears in a small state and
the fruit is decidedly handsome in appearance. In February and March it is
still on the tree and the flavor is sour and very decidedly bitter. I shall test
the fruit again at midsummer to find if it becomes distinctly .sweet. Very
likely this orange is well known to you, but it occurs to me that sweet oranges
at midsummer would find a ready market. If of any interest to you there
would be no difficulty in securing a supply of seeds. I think growing plants
could also be obtained. Apparently it is as hardy as the navel orange."
( Wilson. )
" Regarding the so-called ' sweet summer orange,' fruits of which I sent
in the spring, I have since eaten this fruit in the summer and unhesitatingly
say that the term 'sweet' is a misnomer; sour is the correct word to use, and
I do not think there is the remotest possibility of this fruit appealing to the
American palate." {Wilson, in letter dated September 7, 191 Jf.)
38336. Olea europaea L. Oleaceae. Olive.
From Bermuda. Collected by Mr. Peter Bisset, of the Bureau of Plant
Industry. Received June 2, 1914.
" Cuttings from an olive that fruits sparingly in Bermuda. For trial in
Florida, where soil and climatic conditions are similar, and where the olive
does not fruit." (Bisset.)
38337 to 38340.
From Tsaochowfu, Shantung, China. Collected by Mr. Frank N. Meyer,
Agricultural Explorer for the Department of Agriculture. Received at
the Plant Introduction Field Station, Chico, Cal., May 27, 1914. Plants
of the following; quoted notes by Mr. Meyer.
38337. Peunus glandulosa Thunberg. Amygdalaceae.
"(No. 1192. March 11, 1914.) A shrub of small dimensions, said to
be quite ornamental in the spring when in flower. Apparently rare.
Chinese name Yii hua mei.
"A. Has pure white flowers; Chinese name Pai yii hua nu i.
"/.'. Has rosy flowers; Chinese name Hung yii hjta mei.
"C. Has white flowers dotted with red spots; Chinese name Hua yii
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38338. Buxus sempebvirens L. Buxacea?. Box.
"(No. 1194. March 11, 1914.) A broad-leaved variety of box of
dense, sturdy growth, apparently fairly hardy. The trees, when getting
older, assume umbrellalike shapes and are quite ornamental when seen
in old temple yards. Chinese name Huang ya, meaning ' yellow bud.' "
Rooted plant.
38339. Paeonia albiflora Pallas. Ranunculacese. Peony.
"(No. 1195. March 11, 1914.) A collection of five rare varieties of
herbaceous peonies, among which yellow, green, and black ones are said
to occur.
"A. Hei shao yao, meaning ' black peony.'
"B. Chin chan shao yao, meaning ' golden spreading peony.'
"C. Lu huang shao yao, meaning 'reed-yellow peony.'
"D. Ping ch'ing shao yao, meaning ' ice-green peony.'
"E. Kao lean hung shao yao, meaning ' tall-stem red peony.'
38340. Paeonia suffrtjticosa Andrews. Ranunculaeese. Peony.
(Paeonia moutan Sims.)
"(No. 1196. March 11, 1914.) A collection of 12 rare varieties of
tree peonies, among which yellow, blue, green, and black flowering ones
are said to occur.
"A. Lan t'ien mu tan, meaning ' beautiful sky-blue peony.' Flowers
said to be of a deep-blue color.
"P.. Yu leuo t'ien chHng mu tan, meaning ' cleared-up-weather peony.'
Flowers said to be of an opaque-blue color.
"C. Yu i huang mu tan, meaning ' imperial dress yellow peony.' Flow-
ers said to be of dark-yellow color.
"D. Chin lun mu tan, meaning ' golden wheel peony.' Flowers said to
be of a bright yellow color.
"E. Yao huang mu tan, meaning ' handsome yellow peony.' Flowers
said to be of ocher-yellow color.
"F. Mo chin mu tan, meaning ' black and gold peony.' Flowers said
to be of dark leather-brown color.
"G. Lii yu mu tan, meaning ' green-jade peony.' Flowers said to be of
a transparent-green color.
"II. Tou lii mu tan, meaning ' mung-bean green peony.' Flowers said
to be of an opaque-green color.
"I. llao nai mu tan, meaning ' crane-white peony.' Flowers said to
be very large and of a brilliant white color.
"J. Mei jen mien mu tan, meaning ' handsome woman's-face peony.'
Flowers said to be large and of a particularly fine shade of rose color.
"K. Chuang yuan hung mu tan, meaning ' superior red peony.' Flowers
said to be of a beautiful brilliant red color.
"L. Tung wu erh chiao mu tan, meaning ' Tung wu, doubly beautiful
peony.' Flowers said to be large, of variegated color, being while with
red spots here and there.
" The soil best suited to these tree peonies is of a loose, porous, sandy
loam nature, with perfect drainage and of great depth. In the district
to the northwest of Tsaochowfu one finds such soil and climatic condi-
tions as seem to suit this peony to perfection, and the plants are grown
there on fields as regular crops and are sent all over eastern China,
going as far south as Canton and as far north as Mukden, to be used
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38337 to 38340— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. X. Meyer.)
mainly for forcing purposes. More than 300 varieties are said to be
in cultivation here. The best time for transplanting is considered to be
September, while propagation is effected through division. The plants
require 3$ feet distance in all directions to develop to perfection, while
older plants even need to be 4 to 6 feet apart. At the approach of
winter these peonies are covered over with some soil, which is taken
away again in early March. This saves the flower buds from being
winterkilled and reduces danger from damage by men or beasts, as the
wood of the tree peony is quite brittle. Possibly an industry could be
established in some suitable section of the semiarid southwestern
United States, where the tree peony could be grown in large quantities,
to supply florists with one of the most decorative flowers for winter
forcing purposes."
38341. Copaiva copalllfera (Benn.) Kuntze. Cacsalpiniaceae.
(Copaifera guibourtiana Benth.)
From Kindia, French Guinea, Africa. Presented by the director of the
agricultural station. Received May 25, 1914.
Distribution. — A tree with compound leaves and small flowers in panicled
spikes, found in the Sierra Leone region of Upper Guinea. It is called Kobo
tree by the natives. The wood is odoriferous and furnishes a valuable copal.
38342. Psidium sp. Myrtaceae. Guava.
From Bahia, Brazil. Presented by Dr. V. A. Argollo Ferrao. Received
May 25, 1914.
"AraQa cagao. A native guava, pear shaped and of good size. The flesh is
white, and the seeds, though large, are few in number. The tree grows to a
height of 20 to 25 feet. The fruit is used principally for jams." C\YU$on
Popenoe.)
38343 to 38353. Triticttm aestivum: L. Poaceae. Wheat.
{Triticum rulgare Vill.)
From Perth, West Australia. Presented by Mr. E. A. Cook, Department of
Agriculture. Received May 25, 1914.
"These wheats are well-known Australian varieties, almost all of them hav-
ing been produced by the wheat breeders of the Department of Agriculture of
New South Wales, Australia, from which State they were evidently sent to
Wrest Australia. These are all soft, or comparatively soft, wheats of the gen-
eral type grown so abundantly in Australia. They are comparable to the soft,
white wheats of the Great Basin and Pacific coast regions of this country.
Their principal value to us is for testing in the Southwest under conditions
climatically similar to those of Australia. They may also have value as the
basis for crossbreeding. (C. R. Ball.)
38343. Alpha. Medium early. 38350. CftUyas Early. Medium
38344. Bayah. Late. early.
38345. Bunyip. Very early. 38351. StetmoedeL Medium
38346. Comeback. Medium early. early.
38347. Federation. Late. 38352. Warren. Medium
38348. Firhank. Very early. early.
38349. Florence. Very early. 38353. Yandilla King. Late.
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. 121
38354 and 38355. Holcus sorghum L. Poacese. Sorghum.
(Sorghum vulgare Pers.)
From Sapporo, Japan. Presented by Mr. T. Minami, Professor of Agron-
omy, Tohoku Imperial University. Received May 28, 1914. Quoted notes
by Mr. Minami.
38354. " No. 1. Early ripening. Cultivated in Honshu, the mainland
of Japan."
38355. " No 2. Middle ripening. Cultivated in Honshu, the mainland
of Japan."
38356 to 38360. Solanum tuberosum L. Solanaceae. Potato.
From Warsaw, Russia. Presented by Mr. Jozef Glisezynski, at the request
of Mr. Edouard de Kostecki, Central Agricultural Society in Poland.
Tubers received June 3, 1914.
Five varieties of the very best starch, table, and feeding potatoes, exclusively
of Polish origin.
"All these varieties take their origin from the well-known potato breeder
Henry Dotowski in Nowa Wies, Austrian Poland, and for many years have
undergone an excellent and very careful selection at my seed-producing olgri."
(Glisezynski.)
38356. "1. Maguola. First-rate table variety."
38357. " 2. Busola. Excellent starch potato."
38358. "3. Olgierd. Excellent starch potato."
38359. " If. Faryd. Excellent starch potato."
38360. " 5. Bohun. One of the best feeding potatoes."
38361 to 38366. Oryza sativa L. Poacea3. Rice.
From Paramaribo, Surinam. Presented by the director, Department of
Agriculture. Received June 1, 1914.
38361. Boeloeh Mum (Boeloe item).
38362. Boeloeh poetih (Boeloeh pitih).
38363. Ketan item.
38364. Moetmoerio (Moetmoeria).
38365. Patraka (Skrivimas Koti; Patarka).
38366. Witte Wanica (Wittie Wanica).
38367 to 38371. Oryza sativa L. Poaceae. Rice.
From Bangalore, India. Presented by Mr. G. H. Krumbiegel, economic
botanist, Mysore Government Botanic Gardens. Received June 1, 1914.
"The growing period is from 120 to 130 days." (Krumbiegel.)
38367. 1. Banku paddy. 38370. //. Kareyur or Pallaiya
38368. 2. Garudan Sumba. Samba.
38369. S. Vallai Kattai. 38371. 5. Muthu Samba.
38372 to 38398.
From Manila, Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. II. T. Edwards, Direc-
tor of Agriculture, through Mr. Harry II. Boyle, assistant horticulturist
Received May 22, 1914. Plants of the following, quoted notes by Mr.
Boyle, unless otherwise indicated.
122 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38372 to 38398— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. H. H. Boyle.)
38372. Canabium ovatum Engler. Balsarueaceae. Pili nut.
" Trees are found growing in the various islands of southern Luzon, in
the Province of Albay. The leaves are compound ; the fruit is a tri-
angular drupe, containing one seed. The nuts are eaten quite extensively
in the islands and throughout the eastern part of the world. From them
an oil is extracted, which is used for the table and also for burning in
lamps. This nut is the best I have ever eaten. During the past two
years quite a number of shipments of this nut have been made to San
Francisco and find a ready market. A gum, that resembles in properties
the copaiba balsam, is extracted from the bark."
38373. Passifloka laurifolia L. Passifloracese. Passion fruit.
"An edible variety obtained from Mr. P. Morange, director of the
Botanic Gardens, Saigon, Cochin China. The fruit is of a bright yellow
color, pear shaped, about the size of the ordinary pear tomato, and very
similar to it in appearance. A bitter substance, which is being employed
to counteract intermittent fever, is extracted from the leaves."
38374. Euphoria cinekea Radlk. Sapindaceae.
" Undoubtedly a new species, closely allied to the longan, found in
the mountains of Cavite Province near the tov<n of Silang, Philippine
Islands. The trees are li feet in caliper, and from 50 to 60 feet in
height. The fruit has a remarkably sweet flavor ; the pulp is semitrans-
parent, and is greatly prized by all who eat it."
38375. Eugenia cukeanii C. B. Robinson. Myrtaceae.
" Native of the island of Catanduanes, Philippine Islands. Fruits the
size of a large cherry, glossy, purplish black in color, borne on the stem
near the axil of the leaf in very large clusters. As many as a gallon of
fruits have been noted attached to a branch 1£ feet in length. Native
name Egot, Igot, or Igut."
38376. Carissa ovata R. Brown. Apocynacese.
"A species introduced from the Botanic Gardens, Sydney, Australia.
Spines and foliage much reduced in comparison with the species arduina.
This variety has not yet fruited or flowered in the Philippines. Greatly
valued in Australia for its fruit, as well as its medicinal properties."
38377. Abtocarpus odoratissima Blanco. Moracese. Marang.
See S. P. I. No. 36256 for previous introduction and description.
38378. Stadmannia oppositifolia Lam. Sapindaceae.
"No. 4255."
38379 to 38381. Mangifeba indica L. Anacardiaceae. Mango.
" Three of the best fruiting varieties grown in the Buitenzorg Botanic
Gardens, Java. These were received at the Bureau of Agriculture, Phil-
ippine Islands, without varietal names." »
38379. P. I. No. 3651. 38381. P. I. No. 3649.
38380. P. I. No. 3650.
38382. Mangifera sp. Anacardiaceae. Mango.
"(No. 3123.) Obtained from the northern part of the island of Pala-
wan by Mr. E. D. Merrill, botanist, Bureau of Science, Philippine Islands.
Remarkable for its small seeds and the small amount of liber. Tree of
very large size."
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. 123
38372 to 38398— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. H. H. Boyle.)
38383. Dillenia philippinensis Rolfe. Dilleniaceae.
" Native name ' Catmon.' A very ornamental shade tree indigenous
throughout the Philippine Islands. The fruit consists of five distinct
united carpels; it is acid and is extensively used by the natives for
flavoring fish."
38384. Dillenia sp. Dilleniaceae.
" This tree is used throughout the Malay Peninsula as a shade tree.
The fruits are used by the natives along with fish. It contains from 5
to 20 cells, the carpels growing together around the fleshy center and
surmounted by as many radiating styles, each cell containing numerous
seeds surrounded by a gelatinous pulp."
38385. Atalantia sp. Rutaceae.
" Perhaps Atalantia retusa. Two plants obtained from Mr. P. Mo-
range, Director of the Botanic Gardens, Saigon, Cochin China. A very
interesting type, which perhaps might be of value for plant breeding."
38386. Hibiscus mutabilis L. Malvaceae.
"A double white-flowering variety. Perhaps the only one of Its kind
in cultivation. Has the same shaped flower as the Peachblow variety. A
beautiful ornamental shrub."
38387. Mangifera indica L. Anacardiacese. Mango.
" Var. mekongensis. Obtained from the Botanic Gardens, Cochin China.
Native name Xoai thanhca. One of the best edible varieties grown in the
country."
38388. Citrus sp. Rutaceae.
" Obtained from Mr. P. Morange, director of the Botanic Gardens,
Saigon, Cochin China. A very distinct citrus species which resembles a
pomelo both in foliage and in the fruit. Named after the town of Moi
in Indo China." Received as Citrus moi, for which no place of publica-
tion has yet been found.
38389. Belou marmelos (L.) Lyons. Rutaceae. Bael.
(Aegle marmelos Correa.)
" Seedlings of a fruit obtained from a tree grown on the plaza of the
largest pagoda in Siam, which is situated in the town of Propatone. As
this fruit is of a different type from the ordinary Aegle marmelos, it is
thought that it might be of some value. The fruit is fully 5 inches in
length and 1\ inches in width, more of the melon shape than pyriform."
38390 and 38391. Mangifera indica L. Anacardiacese. Mango.
38390. " Carabao. This variety is a native of the Philippines, and
is, without doubt, the best mango fruit I have ever eaten. It is
indigenous all over the Philippine Islands, principally found grow-
ing along the walls of the rice paddies. Rarely cultivated in
orchard form."
38391. "Pico. To my mind this is the second best mango I have
ever eaten. For scarcity of fiber and for excellent flavor it
is worthy of this rank. The name Pico has reference to the
fruit being sharp pointed, resembling a pickax."
124 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38372 to 38398— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. H. H. Boyle.)
38392. Garcinia binucao (Blanco) Choisy. Clu.siaceae. Batuan.
" Native name ' Batuan.'' Native of Augusan Province. Might pos-
sibly prove a good stock for Garcinia manyostana."
38393. Anacabdium occidentale L. Auacardiaceae. Cashew.
"A pink-fleshed variety, obtained from Mr. P. Morange, Director of the
Botanic Gardens, Saigon, Cochin China."
38394. Mangifeba vebticillata C. B. Robinson. Anacardiacete.
Bauno.
For previous introduction and description, see S. P. I. No. 34431.
38395. Anacolosa luzoniensis Merrill. Olacaceae. Galo.
"A tree 20 to 30 feet in height, resembling in appearance the Diospyros
viryiniana. Produces small fruits the shape of an olive, the kernels of
which have the flavor of corn and contain very nourishing properties.
Found in the mountains of Cavite near the towns of San Francisco and
Silang."
38396. Gustavia gbacillima Miers. Lecythidaeese.
"A very pretty tree, obtained from Mr. P. Morange, Director of the
Botanic Gardens, Saigon, Cochin China."
38397. Antigonon guatimalense Meissn. Polygonacea?.
" Obtained from the Botanic Gardens, Singapore, Straits Settlements.
Flowers more numerous and much larger than A. leptopus."
"A trailing or climbing plant, with slender, angular, pubescent stems,
the leaves about 4 by 3 inches, the upper ones smaller, supported on
short, terete downy stalks, and of a broadly ovate-oblong form, deeply
cordate at the base with two rounded lobes, the apex shortly acuminate.
The upper surface is puberulous, the lower softly downy. The flowers
are very numerous and borne in tufts along the sides of long racemes or
panicles, which terminate in branched tendrils. Each flower is raised
on a slender pedicel about three-fourths of an inch long, subtended by
an ovate-acute bract about half the length of the pedicel. The calyx,
which is the showy part of the flower, has five membranous segments ;
the three outer are of a beautiful rosy pink color about 1 inch in length
by rather less in breadth, cordate at the base, oblong, rounded toward
the apex, which terminates in a very short deltoid point. Within these
are two other sepals of about the same length as the outer ones, but
much narrower, falcate, lanceolate, apiculate. Within these sepals are
eight stamens of unequal length, united into a short tube at the base
surrounding the 3-cornered ovary, but above free. The fruit exceeds
the stamens in length, and is terminated by the remains of three styles,
each surmounted by a capitate stigma. Messrs. Sbiuttleworth and
Carder speak in the most glowing terms of the beauty of this plant,
and the specimens they have brought certainly confirm their good opin-
ion. It is much the finest Antigonon known to us." {M. T. Masters, in
Gardeners'1 Chronicle, ser. 2, vol. 7, p. 780, 789, 1877.)
39398. Canabium ovatum Engler. Balsa meaceae. Pili nut.
38399 to 38404.
From Guatemala. Collected by Mr. O. F. Cook, of the Bureau of Plant
Industry. Received June 0 and 10, 1914. Quoted notes by Mr. Cook.
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. 125
38399 to 38404— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. O. F. Cook.)
38399. Collinia sp. Phoenicaceap. Palm.
"A small species with narrow pinnae and slender, short-jointed trunk.
A few plants were introduced several years ago and have been found
very well suited to household cultivation."
38400 to 38402. Persea Americana Miller. Lauracese. Avocado.
(Pcrsea gratissima Gaertn. f.)
" The avocado season is much too far along to do satisfactory work.
In most places the season is completely over, but at these higher alti-
tudes a few fruits are still in the market, as yet none of a quality to
particularly recommend them. But I see one thing clearly, that it is the
late varieties of these countries that we want. The early varieties ripen
in August and September, the others in December, etc., and as the
colder places are reached the crop goes around into the spring months."
38400. " From Purulha, Department of Bajo Verapaz, Guatemala.
Cuttings from a tall, slender tree, 30 feet high, growing in the
garden of Senor Ernesto Avouet, at Purulha ; altitude, 5,000 feet.
A large, round, hard-shelled, small-seeded type, without fruit at
this time (May 25), but said to be one of the very best in this
vicinity."
38401. " From Coban, Department of Alta Verapaz, Guatemala.
Diescldorff No. 2. Scions from a tree bearing large, oval, hard-
shelled fruit with reddish flesh. Without fruit at this time (May
22.) Growing in garden of Senor Dieseklorff, at Coban; altitude,
4,300 feet. Fruit said to be of superior quality."
38402. " From Coban, Department of Alta Verapaz, Guatemala.
Dieseldorff No. 3. Round shaped fruit, flesh yellowish green, large
proportion of flesh, rather small seed, very tough, thick shell.
Scions from a large spreading tree 50 feet tall, growing in garden
of Senor Dieseldorff, at Coban ; altitude, 4,300 feet. At this time
(May 22) the tree carried a large crop of mature fruit."
For an illustration of Guatemalan avocado fruits, see Plate IX.
38403 and 38404. Chamaedorea sp. Fhcenicacese.
" Pacaya " salad palm.
" From Coban, Department of Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. Collected at
an elevation of 4,300 feet. A large species, with a large fleshy edible
inflorescence, used as a cooked vegetable or as a salad.
" Pacaya palms are grown here in great abundance, so that any
amount of seed could be obtained. Some of the palms have four, five,
and even six pacayas, as the edible male inflorescences are called, so
that we did not overestimate the amount of fruit that might be pro-
duced in a successful planting. I feel confident that the palms would
grow very well in sheltered situations in southern Florida, or I would
suggest that a planting be made in the slat house at Miami, with (he
idea of leaving some of the palms to grow to maturity. They attain a
height of 12 to 15 feet, but fruit much younger, possibly in the third or
fourth year."
38403. Small seedling plants. 38404. Collected May 22, 1914.
126 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38405 to 38407.
From Zaria, Northern Nigeria. Presented by Mr. P. H. Lamb, director,
Department of Agriculture. Received June 1, 1914.
" These varieties are crops which occupy the land for about five months in
Nigeria, and the seed was obtained from Bornu, where it matured last season
with a rainfall of 10 to 20 inches. The soil on which they were grown is,
generally speaking, a light sandy loam, and the yield per acre here generally
varies between 300 and 600 pounds of clean corn per acre." (Lamb.)
38405 and 38406. Holcus sorghum L. Poacese. Sorghum.
(Sorghum vulgare Pers.)
38405. Kaura. 38406. Jan dawa.
38407. Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Brown. Poacese. Pearl millet.
(Pennisetum typhoideum Rich.)
" Maiwa."
38408 to 38414.
From Novospasskoe, Russia. Presented by Mr. A. Woeikoff, director, Bu-
reau d' Acclimatation. Received May 18, 1914.
38408. Amygdalus pedunculata Pallas. Arnygdalacese.
(Prunus pedunculata Maxim.)
Seeds from M. M. Timogovich, Tchita, Transbaikalia. See S. P. I. No.
37559 for previous introduction.
38409. Picea obovata Ledeb. Pinacese. Fir.
Seed from the Provinces of Transbaikalia and Jakutsk. See S. P. I.
Nos. 20319 and 36729 for previous introductions and description.
"In its general appearance this species bears a considerable resem-
blance to the common spruce, having similar leaves and very downy
young shoots. It is, however, distinct in the cones, which are smaller
(about 3 inches long) and have the scales rounded and entire at the
apex (not jagged as in P. excelsa). It-is widely spread in Siberia and
northeast Russia, and in places reaches a stature of 100 feet ; valuable
in supplying timber and fuel in cold, inclement regions. It has little
garden value, being less to be preferred than the common spruce." ( W. J.
Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 160.)
38410. Prunus tadus L. Arnygdalacese.
Var. sibirica. Seed from the Provinces of Transbaikalia and Jakutsk.
38411 and 38412. Ribes spp. Grossulariacese. Currant.
38411. Ribes dikuscha Fisch.
Var. appendiculatum. Seed from the Provinces of Transbaikalia
and Jakutsk.
38412. Ribes diacantha Pallas.
Seed from the Provinces of Transbaikalia and Jakutsk.
D is I rib nt ion. — A bush bearing oblong, golden-red currants, found
in the Altai and Transbaikal regions of Siberia, in Songaria, and in
Mongolia.
"A deciduous shrub, -4 to 6 feet high, armed with spines in pairs
one-eighth to one-fifth of an inch long, or sometimes unarmed;
young shoots not downy. Leaves obovate or rounded, often 3-lobed,
the lobes coarsely toothed, three-fourths of an inch to 2 inches wide,
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. 127
38408 to 38414— Continued.
the base ordinarily wedge shaped but sometimes rounded, quite
smooth ; stalk one-fourth to five-eighths of an inch long, more or less
furnished with bristles. Flowers unisexual, the sexes on different
plants. Males yellowish in erect glandular racemes. Fruit roundish
oval, about as big as a red currant, smooth, scarlet red. Native of
Siberia, Manchuria, etc. ; introduced in 1781. This shrub, which has
no particular merit, resembles R. alpinum in the plants being 1-sexed,
but differs in having prickles and in the markedly wedge-shaped
leaves. In having spines and flowers in racemes, it unites the char-
acters of the currants and gooseberries, but its affinities are with
the former." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British
Isles, vol. 2, p. 401.)
Introduced for breeding purposes.
S8413. Rhododendron daukicum L. Ericaceae.
Seed from the Provinces of Transbaikalia and Irkutsk.
" This rhododendron is a native of Dahuria, Mandshuria, and Sachalin,
and, coming from a cold region, a spell of mild weather in midwinter
causes it to begin to open its flowers very early in this country [Eng-
land] ; therefore they often fall a prey to frost before they can expand.
Nevertheless, it is a good kind of plant, for in those seasons when it does
escape injury it adds a brilliant touch of color to the garden at a very
dull season. There are several forms of the plant, some having deciduous
leaves, and in other cases the leaves are evergreen or subevergreen."
(The Garden, January 11, WIS, p. 18.)
"A deciduous or semievergreen shrub up to 6 feet in height ; young
shoots scaly and downy. Leaves oval, rounded at the apex, tapering or
rounded at the base, half an inch to 1$ inches long, one-fourth to five-
eighths of an inch wide, dark glossy green and slightly scaly above, paler
and scaly beneath. Flowers bright rosy purple, 1 to 1§ inches across,
produced during January and February singly from each one of a cluster
of scaly buds at the end of the previous summer's growth, where there
are usually but one or two flowers open at a time. Corolla flat, saucer
shaped; calyx lobes five, short." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy
m the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 852.)
38414. Larix kurieensis Mayr. Pinacese. Larch.
Seed from the Provinces of Primorskaya and Sakhalin.
See S. P. I. No. 35171 for previous introduction and description.
38415. Lotus tetragonolobus L. Fabacese.
From Paris, France. Presented by Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co. Received
June 9, 1914.
Distribution. — The countries bordering on the Mediterranean from Spain
through Italy and the Balkan peninsula to the Transcaucasian Provinces of
southeastern Russia, and in northern Africa.
38416 to 38427.
From Novospasskoe, Russia. Presented by Mr. A. Woeikoff, director, Bu-
reau d'Acclimatation. Received May 16-18, 1914.
38416 to 38418. Amygdaeus persica L. Amygdalaccae. Peach.
(Primus persica Stokes.)
128 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38416 to 38427— Continued.
Seed of peaches cultivated by the natives of Turkestan and northern
Persia.
38416. Rugani Gau. 38418. Var. 1.
38417. Pastack Shaftaly.
38419. Catalpa bungei Meyer. Bignoniaeeae.
See S. P. I. Nos. 16914 and 22578 for previous introductions.
Seed from the Caucasus by Mr. G. I. Strunnikoff.
"A tree 20 to 30 feet high, of bushy habit. Leaves 2 to 1\ inches long,
li to 4^ inches wide, ovate or somewhat triangular, with a wedge-shaped
or straightly cut base, sometimes entire, but often coarsely scalloped, so
as to form 1 to 6 large teeth on each side, mostly on the lower half, quite
smooth at maturity ; stalk one-half to two-thirds as long as the blade.
Flowers not yet seen in this country, but described as ' white and pur-
ple' ; they are produced 3 to 12 together in a flatfish corymb. Corolla
1$ inches long and wide. Native of China, and evidently frequent in the
neighborhood of Pekin. Although the true species was only introduced
in 1905, through Prof. Sargent, plants under the name have long been
in cultivation ; these, however, are nearly always C. bignonioides var.
nana, but sometimes C. ovata. The true C. bungei is still very rare. Of
its ornamental qualities little can yet be said, but as represented by
dried specimens at Kew. its inflorescence is small. Its quite smooth
leaves distinguish it from other cultivated species except the new C.
duclouxii (which is said to have pale-pink flowers with deeper spots)."
(W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 812.)
38420. Daphne caucasica Pallas. Thymelseaceae.
Seed from the Caucasus by Mr. G. I. Strunnikoff.
See S. P. I. No. 30573 for previous introduction.
"A deciduous shrub, up to 4 feet high, with flowering twigs downy;
barren young twigs less so or smooth. Leaves produced oftener rounded
than tapered at the apex, 1 to If inches long; one-third to half an inch
wide ; smooth, pale green above ; somewhat glaucous beneath. Flow its
glistening white, fragrant, produced during May and June in terminal
heads of usually 4 to 12 blossoms; the perianth one-third of an inch
across, with ovate lobes; tubes one-third of an inch long, cylindrical,
silky outside; ovary slightly downy. Native of the Caucasus; many
times introduced and lost. It has no great merit, but is pleasing in its
fragrance and for its abundant flower clusters borne at the end of
crowded, short, leafy shoots springing from the previous year's growth.
It thrives exceedingly well at Warley Place, where there are rounded
bushes 4 feet high. It differs from /). alpina in its smooth leaves."
(11'. ./. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. ^6S.)
38421 to 38426. Pbxxnus spp. Amygdalaceae.
Seed from the Caucasus by Mr. G. I. Strunnikoff.
38421 to 38424. Pkunus cebasifera imvarkata (Ledeb.) Schneider.
38421. Var. /lava. See S. P. I. No. 3S157 for description of the
Subspecies.
38422. Var. macrocarpa. 38424. Var. horten-sis flara.
38423. Var. nigra macrocarpa.
38425. Prints prostrata Labill. Bush cherry.
See S. P. I. Nos. 2S945, 30564, and 37642 for previous introductions.
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APKIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. 129
38416 to 38427— Continued.
38426. Prunxjs spinosa macrocarpa Wallroth. Sloe.
A large-seeded form of the sloe, which W. J. Bean (Trees and
Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 253-254) describes as
" a deciduous, suckering shrub 10 to 15 feet high, or in gardens a
small tree ; bark of young shoots downy, many short branches ter-
minated by a spine. Leaves varying from obovate to oval and
ovate, three-fourths of an inch to If inches long, one-half to three-
fourths of an inch wide, sharp toothed, downy beneath on the midrib
and veins, becoming sometimes quite glabrous with age. Flowers
produced in March or early April, usually on the naked wood, singly,
sometimes in pairs, from the previous year's buds, each one-half to
three-fourths of an inch across, pure white, and borne on a smooth
stalk one-fifth of an inch long. Fruit round, half an inch in di-
ameter, at first blue, then shining black, very harsh to the taste.
The sloe is found wild in Britain and other parts of Europe as well
as in north Asia. It occurs in hedgerows and in woods, where it is
occasionally a tree over 20 feet high. It is oftenest seen in wild
places or poor soils as a scrubby bush. The wood of the species is
very hard and prized in rural districts for making hayrake teeth."
38427. Pterocarya fraxinifolia (Lam.) Spach. Juglandacese.
{Pterocarya caucasica C. A. Meyer.) Caucasian walnut.
See S. P. I. Nos. 27768 and 30809 for previous introductions. Seed
from the Caucasus sent by Mr. G. I. Strunnikoff.
"A large deciduous tree, ultimately 80 to 100 feet high, usually much
less in this country (England) and branching low down, forming a
wide-spreading head ; trunk of large trees 10 to 12 feet in girth, with
deeply furrowed bark ; ends of young shoots minutely scurfy. Leaves
8 to 18 inches (sometimes over 2 feet) long, composed of from 3£ to 13i
pairs of leaflets; these are stalkless, oblong, obliquely rounded at the
base, pointed, toothed, normally 2 to 4J inches long by three-fourths of
an inch to If inches wide (occasionally, on vigorous shoots, 8 or 9 inches
long) ; dark green, smooth and glossy above, tufted with stellate hairs
along the midrib beneath ; common stalk round. Male catkins 3 to 5
inches long, cylindrical, the flowers closely packed ; female catkins 12
to 20 inches long, with the flowers scattered ; both pendulous ; afterwards
developing nuts which, with the wings, are three-fourths of an inch in
diameter, roundish, oblique, horned at the top. Native of the Caucasus
and Persia, inhabiting moist places. It was introduced to France by
the elder Michaux, who took back seeds from Persia in 1782. According
to Elwes, the finest specimen in Britain is at Melbury, in Dorset, which
is 90 feet high and 12 feet in girth of trunk. There is a beautiful speci-
men at Claremont, Surrey, which, when I saw it in 1910, measured 19
feet around its short, rugged trunk. The tree likes a rich, loamy soil
and abundant moisture, and whilst the fine specimens mentioned above
show that it will thrive very well in the south of England, it loves more
sunshine than our climate affords. The lover of trees will find nothing
more interesting in and around Vienna than the magnificent examples
of Pterocarya. There, of course, the summers are much hotter and
the winters colder than ours ; the tree bears fruit freely and is very
striking in late summer when hung with the long, slender catkins."
(W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p.
26 1-262.)
71476°— 17 9
130 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38428 to 38434. Cocos nucifera L. Phoenicacese. Coconut.
From Pago Pago, American Samoa. Presented by Commando*' C. D.
Stearns, Governor of American Samoa. Received May 2.~i. L914,
Notes by Commander Stearns, except that the meaning of the native names is
given by Mr. W. E. Safford.
38428. (4) Niu Afa. Cordage coconut. A good tree but the nuts
are mostly picked green, owing to the fact that llic husk is considered
of more value by the natives in the manufacture of slnnet, which is
used as a binding twine in the construction of Samoan houses.
38429. (2) Niu Ui. Dark-colored coconut. This has a very thick
kernel and the trees yield from 80 to 100 nuts per year.
38430. (1) Niu Ilea. Ordinary coconut. This has a very thick ker-
nel and the trees yield from 80 to 100 nuts per year.
38431. Niu Vai. Water-bottle coconut.
38432. (5) Niu Lea. Fine-flavored coconut. A tree that seldom
grows over 8 to 10 feet high, producing a large nut ; the kernel is
better suited for confectionery purposes than for copra. The Samoan
coconut has a very high value in the copra market.
38433. Niu Nai. Select, or choice coconut.
38434. (3) Niu Kea. Pale-leaf coconut. This has a very thick ker-
nel and the trees yield from 80 to 100 nuts per year.
38435 to 38472.
From China. Collected by Mr. Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Explorer for
the Department of Agriculture. Received June 8, 1914. Quoted notes
by Mr. Meyer.
38435 and 38436. Lentilla lens (L.) W. F. Wight. Fabacese.
(Lens esculenta Moench.) Lentil.
38435. "(No. 2014a. Sianfu, Shensi, China. January 24, 1014.)
A small variety of lentil, much grown as a winter field crop all
through the milder sections of the Provinces of Honan, Shansi,
Shensi, and Kansu ; also much planted as a ground cover in per-
simmon orchards and among other fruit trees. The seeds are
sown in the fall after the other crops have been harvested; they
germinate quickly, hut make little growth during the winter
months. In spring, however, they shoot up rapidly and in June
they are harvested, after which winter wheat or short-seasoned
soy beans, mung beans, or other quick-maturing crops are sown.
Chinese name Tsa pien ton, meaning 'mixed Hat beans.' This
lentil deserves a trial as a winter crop among citrus orchards and
other fruit trees in the mild-wintered sections of the United
States."
38436. "( No. 2015a. Puchowfu, Shansi, China. February 10, 1914.)
A larger variety of lentil; otherwise the same remarks apply to it
as to the preceding numher IS. P. I. No. 38435], The lentil might
possibly also he grown as a summer crop in the Lntermountain sec-
tions, either for forage purposes or for human food."
38437. Vicia faba L. Fahaeeae. Horse bean.
"(No. 2010a. Sianfu, Shensi, China. January 24, 1914.) A variety
of horse bean grown as a winter garden crop in the milder parts of
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. 131
38435 to 38472— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
Shensi. The beans are planted in the fall, make but little growth during
the winter, but in spring they make an astonishingly rapid growth and
the green beans are one of the earliest vegetables on the markets. Of
value as a garden or field crop for the mild-wintered sections of the
United States, especially in the West and Southwest; possibly also for
the intermountain sections. Chinese name Hsiao ts'an ton, meaning
' small silkworm bean,' referring to the silky lining of the green pod."
38438 to 38440. Pisum spp. Fabacea?. Pea.
From Sianfu, Shensi, China. Collected January 24, 1914.
38438 and 38439. Pisum sativum I;.
38438. "(No. 2017a.) A small yellow variety of garden pea,
much grown as a winter crop throughout the milder sections
of Shantung, Honan, Shansi, Shensi, and Kansu, and espe-
cially utilized as a cover crop in persimmon orchards. To be
utilized in America like Nos 2014a and 2015a [S. P. I. Nos.
38435 and 38436]. Chinese name Huang wan ton, meaning
' yellow pea bean.' "
38439. "(No. 2018a.) A variety of garden pea, somewhat
different from No. 2017a IS. P. I. No. 3843S] ; but the same
remarks apply to it."
38440. Pisum abvense L. Field pea.
" (No. 2019a.) A variety of field pea grown in immense quantities
as a winter crop all through the milder parts of north-central China.
The roughly broken peas form the main food, when mixed with
moistened, chopped-up straw, for all the hard-working farm animals.
For possible uses see remarks under Nos. 2014a and 2015a [S. P. I.
Nos. 38435 and 38436]. Chinese name Hei wan ton, meaning 'black
pea bean.' "
38441 to 38446. Phaseolus spp. Fabaceae. Bean.
38441. Phaseolus calcaratus Roxb.
"(No. 2020a. Kwanyintang, Honan, China. December 20, 1913.)
A rare variety of bean used in soups as a human food, also being
mixed with chopped and moistened straw and fed to domestic ani-
mals. Chinese name Wan ton, meaning ' pea bean.' This bean is
said to be very prolific, and it does not require a long season to
mature."
38442 and 38443. Phaseolus angularis (Willd.) W. F. Wight.
Adzuki bean.
38442. "(No. 2021a. Sianfu, Shensi, China. January 24, 1914.)
A large, white variety of adzuki bean used boiled in soups, for
bean-sprout production, and when ground up and mixed with
sugar as a stuffing in certain cakes. Chinese name Pai hsiao
ton, meaning 'white small bean.'"
38443. "(No. 2022:i. Lintung, Shensi, China.) A mixed lot
of adzuki beans, consisting of several distinct varieties. I'sed
like No. 2021a [S. P. I. No. 384-121, being also sparingly fed to
domestic animals. Chinese name Tsa hsiao ton, meaning
' mixed small beans.' "
38444 and 38445. Phaseolus vulgaris L. Bean.
From Sianfu, Shensi, China. Collected January 24, 1914.
132 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38435 to 38472— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
38444. "(No. 2023a.) A red-seeded variety of garden bean
much grown as a vegetable around Sianfu. Of value possibly
for semiarid climes. Chinese name Hung yiin tou, meaning
4 red garden bean.' "
38445. "(No. 2024a.) A white-and-red speckled variety of
garden bean much grown around Sianfu. Of value, like No.
2023a [S. P. I. No. 38444]. Chinese name Hua yiin tou,
meaning * mottled garden bean.' "
38446. Phaseolus angularis (Willd.) W. F. Wight.
Adzuki bean.
"(No. 2025a. Sianfu, Shensi, China. January 24, 1914.) A large
red variety of adzuki bean, used in all ways like No. 2021a [S. p. I.
No. 38442.] Chinese name Hung hsiao tou, meaning 'red small
bean.' "
38447 to 38449. Vigna sinensis (Tomer) Savi. Fabacese. Cowpea.
38447. "(No. 2026a. Sianfu, Shensi, China. January 24, 1914.)
Mixed varieties of cowpeas, eaten as human food. Chinese name
Tsa chiang tou, meaning ' mixed cowpea.' "
38448. "(No. 2027a. Lingpau, Honan, China. December 24. 1913.)
A red-seeded variety of cowpeas, rare. Used like No. 2026a [S. P. I.
No. 38447]. Chinese name Hung chiang tou, meaning 'red cow-
pea.' "
38449. "(No. 2028a. Sianfu, Shensi, China. January 24, 1914.)
A variety of cowpea, being white with a black ' eye.' Used like
Nos. 2026a and 2027a IS. P. I. Nos. 38447 and 3S44S1. Chinese
name Yang yen pai chiang tou, meaning ' sheep's-eye white cow-
pea.' "
38450 to 38462. Soja max (L.) Piper. Fabaceaa. Soybean.
(Glycine hispida Maxim.)
38450 and 38451.
From Sianfu, Shensi, China. Collected January 24, 1914.
38450. "(No. 2029a.) A large variety of yellow-seeded soy
bean. Chinese name Ta huang tou, meaning ' large yellow
bean.' "
38451. "(No. 2030a.) A medium-large variety of yellow-seeded
soy bean. Chinese name Ta huang tou, meaning ' large yellow
bean.' "
38452. "(No. 2031a. Puchowfu, Shansi, China. February 10,
1914.) A large, yellow-seeded variety of soy bean. Chinese name
Ta huang tou, meaning ' large yellow bean.' "
38453 to 38457.
From Sianfu, Shensi, China. Collected January 24, 1914.
38453. "(No. 2032a.) A small, yellow-seeded variety of soy
bean. Chinese name Hsiao huang tou, meaning ' small yellow
bean.' "
38454. "(No. 2033a.) A small, yellowish seeded variety of soy
bean. Chinese name Huang tou, meaning 'yellow bean.'"
38455. "(No. 2034a.) A very small, yellow-seeded variety of
soy bean. Chinese name Hsiao huang tou, meaning ' small
yellow bean.' "
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. 133
38435 to 38472— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
38456. "(No. 2035a.) A variety of soy bean with light-green
seeds. Chinese name Ch'ing tou, meaning ' green bean.' Used
pickled in brine as appetizers with meals."
38457. "(No. 2036a.) A variety of soy bean with dark-green
seeds. Used like No. 2035a [S. P. I. No. 38456]. Chinese
name Ch'ing tou, meaning ' green bean.' "
38458. "(No. 2037a. Kwanyintang, Honan, China. December 20,
1913.) A rare variety of soy bean, of dark olive-drab color. Said
to be very productive. Chinese name Huai tou."
38459. "(No. 2038a. Lingpao, Honan, China. December 24, 1913.)
A rare local variety of soy bean, having reddish seeds. Chinese
name Ta tzu tou, meaning ' large violet bean.' "
38460 to 38462.
From Sianfu, Shensi, China. Collected January 24. 1914.
38460. "(No. 2039a.) A black-and-brown striped variety of soy
bean, used mainly roasted as a delicacy. Chinese name Hu p'i
tou, meaning ' tiger-skin bean.' "
38461. "(No. 2040a.) A large, black-seeded variety of soy
bean. Chinese name Ta hei tou, meaning ' large black bean.' "
38462. "(No. 2041a.) A small, black-seeded variety of soy
bean, used mainly boiled as a feed for hard-working draft
animals. Chinese name Hsiao hei tou, meaning ' small black
bean.' "
38463. Holcus sorghum L. Poacese. Sorghum.
(Sorghum vulgare Pers. )
From Puchowfu, Shansi, China. Collected February 10, 1914.
"(No. 2042a.) A vigorous variety of kaoliang, producing long, strong
stems, much employed in building the poorer kinds of dwellings. The
grains are used for^distilling purposes and as feed for animals. Chinese
name Hung Icao Hang, meaning ' red kaoliang.' "
38464. Medicago sativa L. Fabacese. Alfalfa.
From Linchinhsien, Shansi, China. Collected February 11, 1914.
"(No. 2043a.) An alfalfa extensively grown here and there on fairly
alkaline soils. The young sprouts are eaten by the people as a vegetable.
Chinese name Mu hsii, meaning ' wooden beard.' "
38465. Trigonella foenum-graecum L. Fabaceae. Fenugreek.
From Sianfu, Shensi, China. Collected January 24, 1914.
"(No. 2044a.) A legume grown as a winter vegetable around Sianfu;
tastes slightly bitter. Chinese name K'u t'ou tzu, meaning ' bitter head.'
Of value possibly as a winter-forage plant for the mild-wintered sections
of the United States."
38466. Cannabis sativa L. Moraeese. Hemp.
From Sianfu, Shensi, China. Collected January 24, 1914.
"(No. 2045a.) A variety of hemp, said to produce very strong fiber.
Chinese name Ma tzu, meaning ' hempseed.' "
134 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38435 to 38472— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
38467 and 38468. Pinus armandi Franchet. Pinaceae. Pine.
38467. "(No. 2046a. Tungkwanhsien, Shensi, China. December
26, 1913.) Edible pine seeds, coming from the Tsin Range. Chi-
nese name Sung tzu, meaning ' pine seeds.' "
38468. "(No. 2047a. Tahuashan, Shensi, China. December 29,
1913.) A pine, growing to medium size only; produces very large
cones, full of large edible seeds, which are eagerly collected by the
priests in the temples, while the cones supply an excellent fuel.
Occurs on somewhat sheltered spots at altitudes of 5,000 feet and
over."
38469. Amygdalus pebsica L. Amygdalacese. Peach.
(Prunus persica Stokes.)
From Feicheng, Shantung, China. Collected March 26, 1914.
"(No. 2048a.) A ver-y large clingstone peach of which grafted trees
and scions are sent under No. 1213 [S. P. I. No. 38178]."
38470. Amygdalus persica platycaepa (Decne. ) Rieker. Amygdalaceae.
Flat peach.
"(No. 2049a.) A large variety of flat peach, said to be of light-red
color, while being very juicy and sweet. Chinese name Ta hung pied
t'ao, meaning ' large red flat peach.' "
38471 and 38472. Juglans begia L. Juglandacese. "Walnut.
38471. From Weichutchien, south of Sianfu, Shensi, China. Col-
lected January 22, 1914.
"(No. 2050a.) A Chinese variety of walnut of quite elongated
shape, said to be grown in the Tsin Range."
38472. From Peking, China. Collected April 17, 1914.
"(No. 2051a.) A peculiar walnut with strangely deep grooves and [I
markings, highly prized by the Chinese, who use them in pairs to
fumble with in their hands to keep the finger muscles limber. Said
to grow in the mountains to the north of Peking. Possibly a hybrid
between Juglans regia and J. mandchuridh. Chinese name Shan ho
Vao, meaning ' mountain walnut.' "
38473 to 38476. Coix spp. Poaceae. Job's-tears.
From the northern Shan States, Burma. Presented by Mr. H. G. Carter,
Economic Botanist to the Botanical Survey of India. Indian Museum,
Calcutta, India. Received April 20, 1914. Quoted notes by Mr. Carter.
For detailed information, see Sir George Watt's account of Coix, published in
the Agricultural Ledger No. 13, of 1904.
38473. Coix lacbyma-jobi ma-yuen (Rom.) St a] if.
" Forma 2. No. 3bl93, edible."
38474. Coix lacbyma-jobi L.
" Var. typica. No. 3bl94. The typical .bib's tears."
38475. Coix lacbyma-jobi qigantea (Koen. i Stapf.
" No. 3bl96."
38476. Coix i.acbyma-jobi L.
"Var. typica. No. 3bl94. The typical Job's-tears."
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. 135
38477. Persea Americana Miller. Lauraceae. Avocado.
(Persea gratissima Gaertn. f. )
From Coban, Department of Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. Collected by Mr.
O. F. Cook, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received June 10, 1914.
" Dieseldorff No. 1. Scions from a large spreading tree, 30 feet high, in the
garden of Seiior Dieseldorff at Coban; altitude 4,300 feet. Fruit oval, hard
shelled, small at this time (May 22). Flesh firm, smooth; seed medium large."
(Cook.)
For further description, see S. P. I. Nos. 38400 to 38402.
38478 to 38481. Achradelpha viridis (Pittier) O. F. Cook.
(Calocarpum viride Pittier.) Sapotacere. Injerto.
From Coban, Department of Alta Verapaz, Guatemala; altitude 4,300 feet.
Collected by Mr. O. F. Cook, of the Bureau of Plant Industry, May 22,
1914. Received June 9-10, 1914.
"Another find not properly appreciated heretofore is the green sapote, injerto
(Spanish) or raxtul, as the Kekchi Indians call it. This was described re-
cently by Pittier as Calocarpum viride, but the generic name is a homonym and
I have proposed Achradelpha to replace it. This new species Achradelplia
viridis is a much finer tree than the true sapote, and apparently much better
adapted to a cool climate. The foliage is much heavier than that of the sapote
and of a deeper green color; in form and general appearance not very unlike
that of the loquat, but the trees grow to a large size and are very handsome.
They take the place of the sapote altogether at the higher altitudes around
Coban, where they thrive at elevations of 3,000 to 6,000 feet, though both trees
are found in the Senshu and Cajabon districts. The failure of the sapote to
thrive in Florida need not exclude the green sapote, and a trial planting will
be in order. The seeds are like those of the true sapote, but smaller and in
some varieties much shorter. The fruits of this green sapote run through a
series of different forms, about the same as those of the sapodilla, from long,
pointed, oval to short, broad, and flat or concave at the base. The fruit is of
good texture and flavor, and the taste is like that of the sapodilla (Achras
zapota), but the fruit does not soften so much with maturity and -the flesh is
not granular like that of the sapodilla. The quality of the flesh is distinctly
superior to that of the true sapote and much more likely to please the American
palate. Anybody who likes papayas or Japanese persimmons might be expected
to think favorably of the green sapote, as it comes distinctly into the same
class of sweetish, smooth, tender, pulpy fruits. There is no astringency or un-
pleasant aftertaste whatever, so that none of the curing difficulties of the
persimmons would be encountered. On the outside the fruits are a pleasing
yellowish green color, more or less russeted at either end. The flesh inside is
yellow, but with a reddish or brownish tinge, not as yellow as some of the
Japanese persimmons nor as dark as others. There are many varieties of the
green sapote in Guatemala, those of the Coban district being distinctly superior
to those found in the markets of the city of Guatemala." (Cook.)
38478. (No notes.) 38480. Large, top shaped.
38479. Small, heart shaped. 38481. Heart shaped.
For an illustration of the fruit of the green sapote, see Plate X.
136 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38482. Diospyros kaki L. f. Diospyraceae. Persimmon.
From Sunnylands, Bermuda. Presented by Mr. Theodore Outerbridge,
through Mr. Peter Bisset, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received
June 9, 1914.
" Cuttings of a variety bearing annually about 50 staminate flowers to one
pistillate ; therefore it should prove a valuable pollinator for planting in or-
chards of kaki persimmons, if the plants maintain this feature, as up to the
present time a great loss in fruit is incurred yearly in these orchards from lack
of pollination. The fruit borne by the parent tree is said to be of good size
and quality." {Bisset.)
38483. Diospyros discolor Willd. Diospyraceae. Mabola.
From Hamilton, Bermuda. Presented by Mr. T. M. Dill, through Mr. Peter
Bisset, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received June 9, 1914.
" Scions from a tree growing in the garden of Mr. T. M. Dill, Hamilton,
Bermuda." (Bisset.)
38484 and 38485. Hordeum distichon nutans Schubl. Poacere.
Barley.
Presented by Mr. J. B. Jackson, American consul, Aleppo, Syria. Received
June 2, 1914. Quoted notes by Mr. Jackson.
38484. "No particular name is applied locally to this variety except
' white ' barley. The qualities possessed are unknown here. The mar-
ket price for this and the black variety is the same."
38485. " No particular name is applied locally to this variety except
' black ' barley. According to dealers the black barley is very hard and
resists against insects for two or three years, and even longer if kept
in dry places. The qualities possessed are unknown here. The market
price for this and the white variety is the same."
38486. Bombycodendron viDALiANUM (Naves) Merr. and Rolfe.
(Thespesia campylosipJwn Vidal.) Malvacea?. Lanutan.
From Lamao, Bataan, Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. P. J. Wester,
horticulturist, Division of Horticulture, Lamao Experiment Station. Re-
ceived June 4. 1914.
"Seed of the lanutan, a tree valuable for its wood, and also quite orna-
mental, with large white flowers having a red center, shaped like those of the
tropical Hibiscus 7-osasinensis, about 7 inches in diameter. It is probably too
tender for Florida." (^Yester.)
38487 and 38488.
From China. Collected by Mr. Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Explorer for
the Department of Agriculture. Received May 27, 1914. Quoted notes
by Mr. Meyer.
38487. Crataegus pinnatifida Buuge. Malacea\ Hawthorn.
From Taianfu. Shantung, China. Collected March 20, 1914.
"(No. 47b.) A sample of fine large Chinese hawthorn fruits. Excellent
for jellies, preserves, ere. Price locally 5 to 7 cents i Mexican) per catty
(16 ounces). Grafted trees and scions sent of this variety under No.
1209 [S. P. I. No. 3S176J, which see for description."
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. 137
38487 and 38488— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
38488. Thladiantha dubia Bunge. Cucurbitacese.
From Peking, China. Collected April 18, 1914.
"(No. 1217.) Tubers of a climbing cucurbitaceous plant, producing yel-
low flowers followed by fruits the size of hen's eggs, which become scarlet
when fully ripe. The Chinese plant the roots of male and female plants
close together so as to insure a bountiful supply of fruits. The roots of
male plants are said to be large and elongated, while those of the female
plants are small and round."
38489. Trichosanthes kirilowii Maxim. Cucurbitacese. Gourd.
From Peking, China. Collected by Mr. Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Ex-
plorer for the Department of Agriculture. Received at the Plant Intro-
duction Field Station, Chico, Cal., May 25, 1914.
" (No. 1218. April 28, 1914.) Tubers of a rare gourd, cultivated as an orna-
mental perennial. The fruits hre also used for medicinal purposes, when dried.
Chinese name Kua^lii." (Meyer.)
38490. Hordeum vulgare L. Poacese. Barley.
From La Paz, Bolivia. Presented by Mr. John D. O'Rear, American min-
ister, La Paz. Received June 9, 1914.
"Seeds of the barley generally grown over the whole Bolivian highlands, and
of which, as far as I have been able to ascertain, no other varieties are used.
It is planted, and in most cases the Indians forget all about it until time to
reap the harvest. To plant it, the ground is tilled in a primitive manner and as
the seed is thrown in, it is covered with about half an inch of dirt, this being
done especially to keep the birds from eating the seed. The planting is done
here in the early spring and the crop reaped in the autumn, but in many parts
of the country it is planted the year round and always seems to produce equally
well. Once planted, in some places it is watered daily, this producing the best
results, but in places where water is scarce the irrigation is left entirely to the
rains. The Indians very seldom use any fertilizers, excepting now and then a
little manure, and almost immediately after reaping a crop they begin to plow
and prepare the ground for another planting of seed. After four or five
years they allow the ground to rest for a year. The grass is used generally all
over the highlands as food for cattle and especially for horses and mules, when
it is dry, and the grain is also fed to cattle and used for human food. The
barley grows to a height of about 3 or 4 feet under ordinary circumstances here,
and it is allowed to dry thoroughly before it is cut. The thrashing is done by
allowing donkeys to tramp on it till the grain is thoroughly separated."
( O'Rear. )
38491 and 38492. Ulmus spp. Ulmaceae. Elm.
From Cambridge, England. Presented by Mr. R. Irwin Lynch, Botanic
Garden. Received June 9, 1914.
38491. Ulmus foliacea Gilib.
"East Anglian elm." (Lynch.)
"A tree 100 feet high, represented in Great Britain by several forms
varying in habit from slender, cone-shaped trees to beautifully pendu-
lous-branched ones. The typical form is a pyramidal tree, at least up
to middle age, the branches often corky, sometimes extremely so ; young
shoots almost or quite without down in the adult tree, slender. Leaves
138 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38491 and 38492— Continued.
obliquely oval or ovate, doubly toothed, narrowing at the apex to a
shortish point, very unequal at the base (one side of the blade being
tapered, the other rounded or semicordate), 1£ to 4 inches long, 1 to 2
inches wide (on vigorous shoots considerably larger), upper surface
glossy green and sraootb, lower surface downy only in the vein axils or
along the midrib; stalk one-fourth to half an inch long; veins in 10 to 13
pairs. Flowers crowded in dense clusters close to the leafless shoot.
Fruit oval or obovate, smooth, one-half to five-eighths of an inch long]
notched at the top, with the seed close to the notch. Native of Europe
and western Asia, and one of the two undisputed species of British elms.
The other. U. montana, is amply distinguished by the seed being in i lie
middle of the fruit, by the very downy shoots and much larger, downy
leaves. The common elm, U. campestris, differs in its rounder leaf,
downy all over beneath and rough above. The usual autumn color is
yellow." ("IF. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles,
vol. 2, p. 618.)
38492. Uimus hollandica vegkta (Loud.) Rehder.
"The Huntingdon elm." (Lynch.)
" This fine elm, according to information given to Loudon by Mr. John
Wood, of Huntingdon, in 1836, was raised in the nursery of his firm about
the middle of the eighteenth century from seed gathered in Hinching-
brook Park. It is, no doubt, a hybrid between U. montana [U. seabra
Miller] and U. nitens [V. glabra Miller], and, like many hybrid trees, is
of remarkably vigorous growth. One of the largest of all elms, it reaches
100 feet in height, forming a thick, short trunk 5 or 6 feet in diameter
with ascending branches. Leaves up to 5 or 6 inches long, more than
half as wide, smooth above and downy beneath only in the leaf axils.
Fruit oval, up to seven-eighths of an inch long, the seed not reaching to
the notch at the top. This last character and its less downy leaves dis-
tinguish it from U. major, of presumably the same parentage. The veins,
too, are more numerous (14 to 18 pairs) than in U. major. According
to Elwes it has the defect of splitting in the trunk, due to its habit of
forking low down. This, however, can be prevented by timely pruning.
The tree produces suckers." (11*. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in
the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 621.)
38493 to 38495.
From Chiengrai, Siam. Presented by Dr. W. T. Lyon, Overbrook Hospital.
Received June 4, 1914. Quoted notes by Dr. Lyon.
38493 and 38494. Oryza sativa L. Poacese. Rice.
38493. " Kow chow, Siamese name. This bears a little heavier
than Kow 8an [S. P. I. No. 38494]. Is white and has very hard
kernels, and resembles American rice very much. Aboul IS varie-
ties are grown here in North Siam."
38494. "Kow son. Siamese name. Is very glutinous and is pre-
pared by steaming; the kernels are very sticky. The fields are not
measured in acres like ours in America, bul are measured by
baskets. A field planted to Kow san, which requires 4 baskets
to plant, will yield from 400 to 450 baskets."
38495. Gossypitjm sp. Malvaceae. Cotton.
" This was grown at Chiengkum about 60 miles from here, near the
French Indo-China border."
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38496 and 38497. Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.) Lindl. Malaceae.
Early loquat.
From Italy. Presented by Dr. Gustav Eisen, Rome, Italy. Received June
10, 1914. Quoted notes by Dr. Eisen.
38496. " From Naples, Italy. Seeds of a large plum-shaped loquat.
Very early ; ripe April 1. Extraordinarily sweet ; seeds variable and
not in conformity with the fruit. This is the earliest in the market
and quite remarkable as to size and quality."
38497. " From Boscotrecase, Italy. Giant loquat. Very finest quality
and largest size. Of bright deep-orange color, seeds round. The tree
is said to be an enormous bearer and of the very best quality. May
1 to 24."
38498. Synecanthus fibrosus H. Wendland. Phcenicacea?.
Uchul palm.
From Senahu, Guatemala. Collected by Mr. O. F. Cook, of the Bureau of
Plant Industry. Received June 11, 1914.
" Ripe fruits red. Collected May 20, 1914. A slender, graceful, pinnate-
leaved palm reaching 15 feet in height, with large, open inflorescences bearing
beautiful bright-red fruits the size of a large cherry. Grows in cool, damp
mountain-side forests in the Senahu district at an altitude of 2,000 to 4,000
feet." (Cook.)
38499 to 38514.
From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by the Director of the Botanic Garden.
Plants received May 27, 1914.
38499. Citrus aurantifolia (Christm.) Swingle. Rutacese.
No. 2. Djeroek citroen basar.
38500 and 38501. Cudrania javanensis Trecul. Moraceee.
38500. No. 5.
" This climbing thorny shrub can be utilized for hedges. Fruit
edible, of a pleasant taste. The root furnishes a yellow dye."
(Mueller, Select Extra-Tropical Plants.)
38501. No. 6.
38502 to 38508. Citrus spp. Rutaceae.
38502. Citrus medica L. Citron.
No. 7. Var. genuina Engl. (Djeroek citroen.)
38503. Citrus aurantium L. Bitter orange.
No. 9. (Djeroek mania.)
38504. Citrus hystrix DC.
No. 10. (Djeroek peoroet.)
"A wild species whose fruit is used for washing hair and bleach-
ing clothes." (H. N. Whitford, Forests of the Philippines.)
"A tree 15 meters in height and 15 to 20 cm. in diameter, wood
yellowish, fibrous, with very hard grain, good for making tool
handles, and for joinery and cabinetwork." (Lancssan, Plantes
Utiles des Colonies Francaises.)
38505. Citrus papaya Hassk.
No. 11. (Djeroek papaya.)
140 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38499 to 38514— Continued.
38506 to 38508. Citrus aurantium L. Bitter orange.
38506. No. 12. (Djeroek panda n.) 38508. No. 15. (Dje-
38507. No. 14. (Djeroek balie.) roek balie.)
38509 and 38510. Sevebinia bixifolia (Poir.) Tenore. Rutaceae.
(Atalantia buxifolia Oliv.)
38509. No. 16. One plant. 38510. No. 17. One plant.
38511. Atalantia monophylla DC. Rutaceae.
No. 20. Var. genuine Hochr.
"A large shrub or small tree, native to India, Ceylon, Burma, Siam,
and Indo-China, usually spiny ; leaves glabrous or sometimes pubescent,
1 to 3 inches long; petioles short, slightly or not at all winged; flowers
borne in axillary panicles ; calyx irregularly lobed, split to the base on
one side ; petals usually 4, stamens 8, the filaments connate and form-
ing a completely closed tube; ovary 3 to 5 celled; fruit from one-half
to three-fourths of an inch in diameter, with skin like a lime, globose,
with several cells (generally 4), each usually containing one seed and
filled with pulp vesicles, making the fruit much like a miniature orange.
This tree, still little known outside of India and Ceylon, the type of the
genus Atalantia, is one of the promising species for trial as a stock on
which to graft other citrus fruits and also for use in breeding new
types of citrus fruits. The fruits yield an oil which in India is con-
sidered a valuable application in chronic rheumatism." (W. T. Swingle.
In Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture.)
38512. Diospyros peregrina (Gaertn.) Guerke. Diospyraceae.
(Diospyros embryopteris Pers.)
No. 21.
See S. P. I. No. 33567 for previous introduction and description.
38513 and 38514. Garctnia kidia Roxb. Clusiacese.
38513. No. 23. One plant. 38514. No. 24. One plant.
" Toung-tha-lai. An evergreen tree 50 to 70 by 20 to 3<» by ."> t<> G
feet. Berry the size of a small lime, globular ovoid, dark purple-
brown, much depressed at the apex, terminated by a nipple-shaped
protuberance on which the thick and short-styled stigma rests. Fre-
quent in the moister upper mixed and in the tropical forests all
over Burma from Chittagong, Pegu, and Martaban down to Tenas-
serim and the Andanians. Flowers in March to May. fruits May
to June. Shade loving. Substratum permeable sandstone and meta-
morphic. Wood white, turning yellowish, rather heavy, coarsely
fibrous, loose grained, very perishable. Yields inferior gamboge."
(Vesque, Chittiferce.)
38515 and 38516. Chamaedorea spp. Phoenicaceae.
From Senahu, Department of Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. Collected by Mr.
O. F. Cook, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received June 11, 1914.
Quoted notes by Mr. Cook.
38515. Chamaedorea sp. Canquib palm.
"A handsome dwarf, finely pinnate-leaved palm, growing in the deep
shade of mountain forests and dry protected hillsides in the Senahu
district at an altitude of 2,000 to 4,000 feet. Grows up to 3 feet in
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. 141
38515 and 38516— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. O. F. Cook.)
height. Shows wide range of adaptability to flourish under moist
forest conditions as well as dry hillsides exposed to considerable dry
weather. It is specially attractive as a household or table palm."
38516. Chamaedorea eenesti-augusti H. Wend land.
Shella-accum palm.
"A small, handsome, slender-stemmed, simple-leaved palm, growing in
the moist mountain forests of the Senahu district at an altitude of
2,500 feet. Suitable for greenhouse and household cultivation."
38517 to 38522.
From La Paz, Bolivia. Presented by Mr. Horace G. Knowles, Incaoro
Mines Company. Received May 26, 1914. Quoted notes by Mr. Knowles.
38517. Zea mays L. Poaceae. Corn.
" Cuzco."
38518. Citruelus vulgaris Schrad. Cucurbitacese. Watermelon.
" These seeds were taken from small melons resembling somewhat in
size, flavor, and color of flesh the Princess Marie and Roumanian melon."
38519. Cucumis melo L. Cucurbitacese. Muskmelon.
" Seeds from the largest muskmelon or cantaloupe I ever saw. It
weighed about 15 pounds and the flavor was very good. It can be con-
sidered the other extreme in size to that of the watermelon [S. P. I.
No. 38518]."
38520 to 38522. Fragaria chiloensis (L.) Duchesne. Rosacea?.
Strawberry.
" I have been very much impressed with the firmness and keeping
quality of the Bolivian strawberry. To reach this market they have
to make a long and hard trip on burros, and after that I have kept them
for two weeks in good condition. It occurred to me that they might be
crossed with some of our berries and impart to them some of their firm-
ness and keeping quality. They are longer than our berries, and the
color is light flesh, with shade of yellow, not as pretty as our deep-red
varieties. The white one with cream tint [S. P. I. No. 38520] was
curious because of its color and also its flower, which was quite distinct
from that of our wild strawberry."
38523. Medicago sativa L. Fabacese. Alfalfa.
From Mamouret ul Aziz (Harput), Turkey. Presented by Mr. William W.
Masterson, American consul. Received May 28 and June 9, 1914.
" These seeds were procured last season near a mountain village some six
hours away." (Masterson.)
38524. Acacia verek Quill, and Per. Mimosacese. Gum arabic.
From Khartum, Sudan. Presented by Mr. S. A. Wood, Assistant Director of
Forests, Department of Agriculture and Forests. Received June 13, 1914.
" This tree produces the true gum arabic of commerce. It thrives best in a
dry climate, with a maximum rainfall of 21 inches and a dry period of no
rain for several months. Any soil will suit it. The tree as it grows out here
is fit for tapping in the fifth year after sowing." (Wood.)
Distribution. — The Senegambia region of Upper Guinea on the west coast of
Africa, and in the Nile Valley in Nubia.
142 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38525 and 38526. Annona spp. Annonacese.
From Pretoria, Union of South Africa. Presented by Mr. I. B. Pole Evans,
chief, Division of Botany, Depart incut of Agriculture. Received June
11, 1014.
38525. Annona senegaeensis Pers. Anona.
" Fresh seeds collected by Dr. Medley Wood, of the Natal Herbarium,
Durban." (Pole Evans.)
"Annona senegalensis Pers. is remarkably variable, occurring some-
limes as a sm.-ill shrub less than a meter high, and sometimes as a large
tree. The flowers are 6 petaled. with the inner petals narrow, connivent,
their tips meeting above the center of the gynoeciu'm. The seeds are
small, oblong, hard, smooth, and glossy, with relatively large caruncles
at the base, somewhat like those of A. comifolia and .1. nutans of south-
ern Brazil and Paraguay. It is possible that the species A. senegalensis
as now understood may be found to be composed of several species."
(Safford, Classification of Annona.)
38526. Annona cherimoea Miller. Cherimoya.
" Seeds of the cultivated variety grown by Mr. Trollope. Wonder-
boom, Pretoria, Pretoria district. Although of fair size, it is not abnor-
mal by any means, as fruits up to 21 pounds in weight are not altogether
uncommon. The variety in question is unnamed and was grown from
seed of a specimen brought to Durban from India, which country may
be set down as the home of the fruit. The custard-apple has a very
wide range in South Africa; it is grown successfully in the warmer
districts of the Transvaal, Natal, and Cape Provinces, and may be
found from Louis Trichardt in the north to the district of George on
the south coast. Propagation is simple, as the tree grows readily from
seed, but (as in the case of most other fruits) it can not be depended
upon to reproduce itself true from seed; recourse therefore is had to
grafting, and this is accomplished usually by much the same method
as the Western Province farmer employs in grafting his grapevines; the
scions are inserted in the stocks ami (lie whole covered over with soil.
It appears to be immaterial whether the grafting is done below, on a
level with the surface, or above the ground, as long as the scion is
covered and kept fairly moist for the first week or two. From what
may be gathered from Indian writers on the subject, it would appear
that the custard-apple tree has a decided weakness for growing out of
cracks and crannies in rocks, old walls, and other similar situations.
Possibly in the wild state this may be the case, and so, assuming the
correctness of this statement, one is prepared to read thai 'a deep stony
soil is generally suitable, bill alluvial produces good specimens.' From
what the writer has seen in South Africa, both the best -grown trees
and the finest fruit are produced in the deep \'rvi' loams, such as may be
found along the Magaliesberg Mountains in the Transvaal and in any
other parts both of the Cape and Natal. It is necessary, however, for
the tree to succeed that a frostless situation be selected in which to
plant it ; that plenty of room he allowed for the spread of its roots and
branches; and that it receive such attention with the pruning shears
and cultivator as is meted out to any other fruit tree when planted in
orchard form. When single trees are grown in a garden it may be
possible to afford them plenty of liquid cow manure, and to this par-
ticular dressing they seem to respond more readily than to any other.
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. 148
38525 and 38526— Continued.
In the case of a small plantation, this system would be more difficult to
carry out, but in case cow manure were obtainable it should certainly
be used and a complete fertilizer applied biennially. The custard-apple
is supposed to be one of those fruits for which a taste must be ac-
quired." (Agricultural Journal of the Union of South Africa, vol. 6, no.
2, p. 273.)
38527. AleupkItes foedii Hemsley. Euphorbiacete. Tung tree.
From Nice, France. Presented by Dr. A. Robertson Proschowsky. Re-
ceived June 3, 1914.
38528 and 38529. Triticum aestivum L. Poacese. Wheat.
(Triticum vulgare Vill.)
From Johannesburg, Transvaal, Africa. Presented by Mr. J. Burtt Davy.
Received June 1L, 1914. Quoted notes by Mr. Davy.
38528. " Gluyas Early. One of the two useful wheats now grown here."
38529. " Wolkoren. One of the two useful wheats now grown here."
38530 to 38532. Oryza sativa L. Poacese. Rice.
From Georgetown, British Guiana. Presented by Mr. Lester W. Collins,
vice and deputy consul in charge, who secured it from Mr. C. A. Ban-
croft, Science and Agriculture Department. Received June 8, 1914.
Quoted notes from Mr. Bancroft.
38530. '•Hill or Upland rice No. 6 (H6). Introduced in 1902 from
Ceylon. Appearance vigorous. Stooling good. Growth spreading, 2
to 3 feet in height. Grain shape, long; paddy color, pale straw;
busking good. Comes to maturity in six months. Milling qualities
good and well adapted for making both white and brown rice. In a
series of tests extending over nine years (1905 to 1913, inclusive) the
mean results are as follows: Bags (120 pounds) paddy per acre, 38.9."
38531. "Ordinary or Lowland rice. No. 75 (075). Eastern name ISura
dliani. Has been cultivated at the experimental fields since 1905.
Appearance vigorous, stooling freely. Growth spreading, 2 to 3 feet
height. Grain shape, long; paddy color, pale straw; husking easy.
Comes to maturity in six months. Milling qualities good and well
adapted for making both white and brown rice. In a series of tests
extending over nine years (1905 to 1913, inclusive) the mean results
are as follows: Bags (120 pounds) paddy per acre, 38.9. This variety
is at present in demand by the East -Indians, in whose hands the
greater part of the rice cultivation of this colony is."
38532. "D&merara Creole. This variety, which was probably brought
from the East by the indentured Indians, many years back, is the
most extensively cultivated. II lias been cultivated in the colony for
a number of years. Growth spreading, 2 to 3 feet in height. Grain
shape, long; paddy color, pale straw; husking easy. Conies to ma-
turity in six months. Milling qualities good but not quite up to H6
[S. P. I. No. 38530] and 075 | S. P. I. No. 385311. In a series of tests
extending over nine years (1905 to L913, inclusive), the mean results
are as follows: Bags (120 pounds) paddy per acre, 37."
144 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38533. Holcus sorghum L. Poacese. Sorghum.
(Sorghum nil (jar e Pers.)
From Victoria, Kamerun, German West Africa. Presented by the director
of the experiment station. Received June 1, 1914.
Gabli killirom. Sown in the rainy season. Seed from the Mora residency in
the German lands near Lake Chad.
38534 to 38536.
From Marionofka, Seytler, Crimea, Russia. Procured by Mr. E. Brown,
of the Bureau of Plant Industry, from Mr. Christian Fey. Received
June 3, 1914.
38534. Triticum aestivum L. Poacese. Wheat.
(Triticum vulgare Vill.)
"Semihard winter wheat." (C. R. Ball.)
38535 and 38536. Hordeum spp. Poacese. Barley.
38535. Hordeum distichon nutans Schubl.
Two-rowed barley.
38536. Hordeum vulgare L.
Six-rowed barley.
38537. Chrysanthemum sp. Asteracese.
From Liverpool, England. Presented by Joseph Gardner & Sons. Re-
ceived June 6, 1914.
Sample of Asiatic pyrethrum.
38538. Ptychosperma gracilis Labill. Phcenicacea?. Palm.
From Belize, British Honduras. Procured by Mr. O. F. Cook, of the
Bureau of Plant Industry, from the Belize Botanical Station. Received
June 12, 1914.
"No. 1. Small species. April 19, 1914. A cespitose pinnate-leaved palm
12 to 15 feet high, growing in the Belize Botanic Garden about 10 miles from
the mouth of the Belize River. Probably suitable for cultivation in Florida
and California. The pinnae are broader than those of Seaforthia elegans, and
more broadly truncate at the ends. The inflorescence has simple branches
covered with a rusty tomentum." (Cook.)
38539 and 38540. Seaforthia elegans R. Brown. Phcenicacese.
(Ptychosperma elegans Blume. ) Palm.
From Livingston, Department of Izabal, Guatemala. Collected by Mr. O. F.
Cook, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received June 12, 1914. Quoted
notes by Mr. Cook.
38539. "No. 2. Large fruit. April 21, 1914. From a tree with larger
seeds than No. 3 [S. P. I. No. 38.140].
38540. " No. 3. Small-fruited form. A small palm, 10 to 15 feet high ;
trunk 4 inches thick, bearing large clusters of coral-red fruits about the
size of thorn-apples (Crataegus) and having exactly the same taste."
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. 145
38541 and 38542. Styloma spp. Phoenicaceae. Palm.
From Belize, British Honduras. Procured by Mr. O. F. Cook, of the
Bureau of Plant Industry, from the Belize Botanical Station. Hand-
some fan-leaved palms growing in the Belize Botanic Garden about
10 miles from the mouth of the Belize River; received June 12, 1914.
38541. Styloma pacifica (Seem, and Wendl.) O. F. Cook.
(Pritchardia pacifica Seem, and Wendl.)
No. 4. " Probably suitable only for extreme southern Florida."
(Cook.)
38542. Styloma thurstonii (Muell. and Drude) O. F. Cook.
(Pritchardia thurstonii Muell. and Drude.)
No. 5.
38543. Chamaedorea graminifolia H. Wendland. Phoenieacese.
Palm.
From Lanquin, Department of Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. Collected by
Mr. O. F. Cook, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received June 12, 1914.
" No. 6. Collected May 7, 1914. Nearly ripe seeds. A small, stoloniferous,
slender-stemmed, finely pinnate-leaved palm growing at the summits of very
rocky hills and cliffs, after leaving Lanquin on the road to Chiacum. Alti-
tude, about 3,000 feet." (Cook.)
38544 to 38547.
Collected on the Roosevelt expedition to South America by Mr. Leo E.
Miller, of the American Museum of Natural History, New York City.
Received June 9, 1914. Quoted notes by Mr. Miller.
38544 to 38546. Zea mays L. Poacea\ Corn.
38544. "No. 1. Upper Gy Parana River, Brazil. Corn received
from the Panetes, or Powetes, Indians on the upper Gy Parana
(Machabo) River, Brazil, South America. This tribe of Indians
was absolutely unknown. I was the first person to come in
contact with them. The Gy Parana flows into the Madeira.
March, 1914."
38545. " No. 2. October, 1913. Forty-day corn from southern
Argentina, said to mature within 40 days of planting."
38546. " No. 3. October, 1913. Corn from extreme southern Argen-
tina. Said to grow in cold climate; requires five months to
mature."
38547. Lecythis usitata Miers. Lecythidaceae. Paradise nut.
"No. 4. May. 1914. Nuts from the lower Amazon. Comparatively
rare, considered better, and more expensive than ' Brazil nuts.' Trees
are said to produce within three years. Requires marshy or swampy
ground in hot locality."
38548 to 38567.
From Guatemala. Collected by Mr. O. F. Cook, of the Bureau of Plant
Industry. Received June 18, 1914. Quoted notes by Mr. Cook, unless
otherwise indicated.
71476°— 17 10
146 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38548 to 38567— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. O. F. Cook.)
38548. Solantm muricatum Aiton. Solanaeea\ Pepino.
"June 6, 1914. Antigua, Guatemala."
"According to Werckle, the unripe fruits of this species under 'he
name pepino mango are eaten cooked like pumpkins, and when ripe form
a very good salad. It appears to be native to Guatemala, but in Costa
Rica, where it is also called manguena, it is met with only in a state of
cultivation." (Pitticr, Plantes Usuales de Costa Rica.)
Cuttings and rooted plants.
38549 to 38564. Terse a American a .Miller. Lauracea?. Avocado.
(Persea gratissima Gaertn. f. )
38549. " No. 1. From Antigua, Department of Sacatepeques, Guate-
mala. Cuttings from a large spreading tree, 35 feet high, growing
behind the Hotel Casa de Rojas. Altitude 5.000 feet. At this time
(June 6) the tree carried a large crop of mature fruit. The fruit
was large (3£ inches in diameter), round, and hard shelled. The
outer skin was smooth and of a pleasing dark-green color. The
flesh was thick, firm, pale yellow near the seed, becoming yellow-
ish green toward the surface. Flavor excellent. Seed medium
large.'*
38550 to 38564.
Hard-shelled avocados from the market, city of Guatemala, Guate-
mala.
38550. " No. 1. Round type. 10 cm. long by 9 cm. in diameter.
Surface green, smooth. Shell thick. Flesh firm, pale yel-
lowish green near seed, becoming darker toward surface.
Seed large."
38551. " No. 2. Round green type with rather smooth outer
surface thick ; tough shell. Flesh pale, whitish, firm ; seed
large. Fruit measured about 10.5 cm. long by 9.5 cm. in
diameter."
38552. " No. 3. Fruit had thick flesh of a bright-yellow color,
much superior in attractiveness to Nos. 1 and 2 [S. I'. I.
Nos. 38550 and 38551]. Fruit measured 10.5 cm. Ion? by
9.5 cm. in diameter, shell less than 2 mm. thick, hut fairly firm.
Outer surface rather smooth. Seed smaller than Nos. 1 and 2.
38553. " No. 4. Fruit with very rough outer surface, green,
slightly longer than broad. Flesh superior to any of the
others. Shell thick and hard. Seed rather small. Fruit
measures about 10.5 cm. long by 9.5 cm. in diameter."
38554. " No. 5. Fruit round, green, very rough-skinned, shell
extremely hard and thick (4 to 5 mm.). Flesh pale greenish
white around seed, becoming darker toward outer shell. S
rather large. Fruit measured about 8.5 cm. long by 9 cm. wide.
Flat on both ends."
38555. " No. 6. Fruit green, rather smooth on surface, not so
large as No. 5 [S. P. I. No. 38554 ] . hut of similar shape.
Shell thick. Flesh pale greenish white near the seed, becom-
ing darker toward the skin ; rather thin but firm. Seed large."
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. 147
38548 to 38567— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. O. F. Cook.)
38556. " No. 7. Truit oval, outer surface very smooth, pleas-
ing dark-green color. Shell thick. Flesh thick, firm, pale
greenish white near the seed, becoming darker toward the
shell. Fruit measured 10.5 cm. long by 9 cm. in diameter.
Seed rather small."'
38557. " No. 8. This was the largest fruit seen in the market.
Obovate, outer skin purplish, smooth, 12 cm. (5 inches) long
by 10.5 cm. in diameter. Shell thick. Flesh thick, firm, pale
greenish white near the seed, becoming darker toward the sur-
face. Seed large."
38558. "No. 9. Large purplish, smooth-skinned type like No. 8
[S. P. I. No. 38557], but slightly smaller. Seed about the
same size. Flesh not so thick."
38559. " No. 10. Fruit round, flat topped, purplish, outer sur-
face rough. Shell thick. Flesh pale greenish near the seed,
becoming darker toward the surface. Seed large. Fruit 8
cm. long by 9 cm. in diameter."
38560. "No. 11. Fruit flattest seen at market. Length, 7.5
cm. ; diameter, 9 cm. Purplish in color ; surface rough ; shell
thick. Flesh pale greenish near the seed, becoming darker
toward the surface. Seed large."
38561. "No. 12. Fruit purplish, rough, nearest round, measur-
ing 8 cm. each way. Shell thick. Flesh pale greenish near
the seed, becoming darker toward the surface. Seed large."
38562. " No. 13. Fruit obovate, 10.5 cm. long by 9.5 cm. in
diameter. Surface rough. Shell not so thick as others.
Flesh thick, firm, pale greenish near the seed, becoming darker
toward the surface. Seed small. This fruit would be very
desirable if the shell were thicker."
38563. " No. 14. Fruit pear shaped, purplish, slightly longer
than No. 3S562. Shell thick (3 to 4 mm.). Flesh yellowish in
color at the middle, but the greenish layer under the shell is
quite deep. Proportion of flesh in this type is greater than in
the round forms. Seed very small."
38564. " No. 15. Fruit pear shaped, purplish, about same size
as No. 14 [S. P. I. No. 3S563] ; shell not so thick. Flesh yel-
lowish at the middle, but the greenish layer under the shell is
quite deep. Proportion of flesh in this type is greater than in
the round forms. Seed very small."
38565. Hymexaea courbaril L. Caesalpiniaceae. Guapinol.
" From the market of the city of Guatemala. Tune. 1914. Altitude. 5,000
feet. A handsome tree with curious compound leaves, consisting of only
two leaflets, comparable to Bauhinia, but not united. Thick, woody shells
of large pods contain a resin and are burned by the Indians like torches.
Said also to be used in the manufacture of varnish. The seeds are
packed in a thick layer of grayish powdery substance like licorice root,
having a somewhat similar sweetish taste. Commonly eaten, and the
pods are often sold in the markets."
Distribution. — From southern Mexico through Central America and the
northern part of South America to Brazil.
148 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38548 to 38567— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. O. F. Cook.)
38566. Achradelpha viridis (Pittier) O. F. Cook. Sapotacese.
(Calocarpum viride Pittier.)
" Inferior variety from the market of the city of Guatemala."
See S. P. I. Nos. 38478 to 38481 for previous introductions and de-
scription.
38567. Chayota edulis Jacq. Cucurbitacea?. Chayote.
(Sechium cdtile S\v. )
" Thin-skinned variety of chayote from the market of the city of Guate-
mala."
38568. Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.) Lindl. Malaceae. Loquat.
From Algiers, Algeria. Presented by Dr. L. Trabut. Received June 20,
1914.
" Tanaka loquat. An excellent variety of fruit, with very firm flesh of a
yellow color. Stands transportation for a period of one week. In Algeria the
seeds give varieties superior to the original type, furnishing interesting varie-
ties for the market." (Trabut.)
See S. P. I. No. 8890 for description of the original introduction of this
variety from Japan into the United States.
38569 and 38570. Holcus sorghum L. Poacese. Sorghum.
(Sorghum vvlgare Pers.)
From Victoria. Kamerun. German West Africa. Presented by the director
of the Experiment Station. Received .Tune 1, 1914. Quoted notes by the
director.
" Seed from the Mora residency in the German lands near Lake Chad."
38569. " Gabli nialgo. Sown at the rainy season."
38570. " Massaggoa adjagama. For the manufacture of firkiboden this
variety is preferred. It is planted after the rainy season."
38571 to 38576. Rubus spp. Rosacese.
From Sibpur, near Calcutta, India. Presented by the Royal Botanic Gar-
dens. Received June 15, 1914.
38571. Rubus alpestris Blume.
Distribution. — A straggling shrub found on the temperate slopes of
the Himalayas at an altitude of 7,000 to 18,000 feet ami also in Java.
38572. Rubus andersoni Hook. f.
Distribution. — A bramble from altitudes of 7,000 to 8,000 feet in the
Sikkim Himalayas.
38573. Rubus calycinus Wallich.
Distribution. — A creeping herbaceous perennial with simple reniform
leaves and scarlet fruits, usually with but few fruitlets, found in India
on the temperate slopes of the Khasi Hills at an altitude of 4,000 to
5,000 feet'
38574. Rubus niveus Thunb.
See S. I'. I. Nos. 32453, 33344, and 34334 for previous introductions and
description under the name R. lasiocarpus.
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. 149
38571 to 38576— Continued.
"A large, spreading shrub ; stems and branches glabrous, purple,
pendulous, and often rooting at the tips ; prickles small, usually few.
Leaflets 5 to 11, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, lateral leaflets 1£ to 24 inches,
terminal one rather larger, often lobed ; upper surface green, glabrous,
lower white tomentose. Flowers dark pink, one-third to two-thirds of an
inch in diameter, crowded in small, tomentose panicles. Calyx lobes
tomentose inside and out, lanceolate, acute, longer than the petals.
Drupelets black, hoary. Throughout the Himalayas, 4,000 to 10,000
feet." (Collett, Flora Simlcnsis.)
38575. Rubus pedunculosus Don.
(Rubus niveus Wall.)
Distribution. — A large rambling bush found on the temperate slopes
of the Himalayas at an altitude of 6,000 to 10,000 feet, from Kashmir to
Bhutan in northern India.
"A deciduous shrub, with very stout, erect, biennial stems, 1 to 1$
inches thick and in vigorous plants 4 to 6 yards high, covered with a
soft, thick, velvety down, and sprinkled over with minute prickles.
Leaves 6 to over 12 inches long, composed of 3 to 5 leaflets. Side leaflets
about half the size of the terminal one, stalkless or nearly so, obliquely
ovate, coarsely and doubly toothed, slightly hairy above, covered with a
close white felt beneath, and with silvery hairs on the veins ; terminal
leaflets ovate to roundish heart shaped, long stalked, from 3 to 5 inches
long and wide, in other respects the same as the side ones. Flowers
white or pale pink, half an inch across, the petals shorter than the
sepals. Fruits blue-black, small.
" Native of western and central China, whence it was introduced about
1901 ; the species has, however, been known to botanists as far back as
1825 from plants growing on the Himalayas. The Chinese plants are
chiefly remarkable for their vigor; Mr. Wilson states that it is occasion-
ally 20 feet high. It is the most robust of all Rubi; hardy in Britain,
as may be seen by plants in the Kew collection." (W. J. Bean, Trees
and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, pp. 458-J,59.)
38576. Rubus paniculatus Smith.
See S. P. I. No. 23870 for previous introduction and description.
"A rambling climber; prickles few, very small; branches tomentose.
Leaves simple, broadly ovate, 3 to 5 inches, usually cordate, long pointed,
more or less lobed, upper surface nearly glabrous, lower white tomentose.
Flowers white, in spreading, tomentose, terminal panicles. Calyx white
tomentose; lobes narrowly pointed, longer than the petals. Drupelets
black or dark purple. Temperate Himalayas, 3,000 to 7,000 feet." {Col-
li It, Flora Simlensis.)
38577. Amygdalus persica L. Amygdalacea?. Peach.
(Prunus persica Stokes.)
From Concepcion and Temuco, Chile. Presented by Mr. G. F. Arms, Con-
cepcion, Chile. Received Juno 15, 1914.
" Seeds of a very late peach ripening in May, which would correspond to our
November." (W. F. "lYight.)
150 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38578. Persea Americana Miller. Lauracese. Avocado.
(Persea gratissima Gaertn. f. )
From Antigua, Guatemala. Collected by Mr. O. F. Cook, of the Bureau
of Plant Industry. Received June 20, 1914.
" Seed of large round type (hard shelled), dark brown on outside, flesh cream
colored. Called 'Antigua No. 3.' Weight of fruit 2 pounds. June 7, 1914."
( Cook. )
38579. Trifolium repens L. Fabacese. Wild white clover.
From Chester, England. Procured from Mr. James Hunter. Received
April, 1914.
"An indigenous variety of white clover of Kentish origin which, owing to its
success in experiments made by the Armstrong College at Cockle Park, has
lately been much sought after. It is a very desirable variety of white clover,
is very permanent, and superior to the ordinary white Dutch clover, inasmuch
as one pound of seed of the wild variety seems to be as effective as two pounds
of the Dutch. It is well suited for pasture." (Hunter.)
38580. Elephantorrhiza elephantina (Burch.) Skeels. Mimo-
(Elephantorrhiza burchellii Benth.) [saceae.
From Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Presented by Mr. J. Burtt
Davy, botanist. Agricultural Supply Association. Received June 19, 1914.
See S. P. I. Nos. 25941 and 31309 for previous introductions.
" The plants of this genus can hardly be said to grow to shrub size; they are
merely shrublets of annual growth, 1 to 2 feet high, from perennial roots.
Leaves bipinnate, with 6 to 8 pairs of pinna?, each many foliate, the leaflets half
an inch long, obliquely linear. Racemes simple or branched, many flowered, 2 to
1 inches long, rising from the axils of the lower leaves ; the flowers shortly
pedicelled, one-sixth of an inch long, yellowish. Calyx 5-toothed. Petals 5,
free. Stamens 10, ovary sessile, many ovuled. Pod 6 to 8 inches long, 1$ inches
wide, thin, with a persistent margin from which the valves dehisce separately.
I), elephantina is the only Cape species, being distinguished from the other, a
Transvaal plant, by its linear pointed leaflets. The huge roots are rich in
tannin, and were formerly used largely in colonial tanning, and are still pre-
ferred for the production of a certain color and quality not obtained with other
tanning materials. Its cultivation has not been attempted, and the natural
supply is insufficient to meet a large commercial demand." (Sim, Forest Flora
of Cape Colony.)
38581 to 38583.
From Guatemala. Collected by Mr. O. F. Cook, of the Bureau of Plant
Industry. Received June 20 and 23, 1914. Quoted notes by Mr. Cook.
38581. Persea Americana Miller. Lauraceie. Avocado.
(Persea gratissima Gaertn. f.)
From Antigua, Guatemala. Fruit from tree described under S. P. I.
No. 38549.
38582. Chamaedorea sp. Phcenicacea?. Pacaya palm.
From San Antonio, Guatemala.
" June 5, 1914. Perhaps not the same species as the pacaya of Coban.
A somewhat smaller palm, with the pinna? closer together and somewhat
broader."
APKIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. 151
38581 to 38583— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. O. F. Cook.)
38583. Persea Americana Miller. Lauracea?. Avocado.
(Persea gratissima Gaertn. f.)
From Antigua, Guatemala.
" Slightly pear shaped, hard shelled, flesh thick, firm. 'Antigua No. 2.'
Collected June 6, 1914, in the market at Antigua. Surface green, rough;
shell thick ; seed small."
38584 to 38586. Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Brown. Poacese.
(Pennisetum typhoideum Rich.) Pearl millet.
From Victoria, Kamerun, German West Africa. Presented by the director
of the experiment station. Received June 1, 1914. Quoted notes by the
director.
" Seed from the Mora residency in the German lands near Lake Chad. The
resident writes : ' These species appear in all parts of the residency.' For the
construction of firkiboden the Massuggoa adjagama [S. P. I. No. 3S570] is pre-
ferred. The latter is only sowed after the rainy season, the others at the rainy
season."
38584. "Argum breke. Planted during the rainy season."
38585. "Argum matia. Planted during the rainy season."
38586. "Argum moro. Sown during the rainy season."
38587. Persea Americana Miller. Lauraceae. Avocado.
{Persea gratissima Gaertn. f. )
From Antigua, Guatemala. Collected by Mr. O. F. Cook, of the Bureau of
Plant Industry. Received June 26, 1914.
"Antigua No. 1. From the same tree as the bud wood [S. P. I. No. 38549].
June 6, 1914." (Cook.)
38588. Cocops rivalis O. F. Cook. Phoenicacese. Palm.
From Mayaguez, Porto Rico. Presented by Mr. W. E. Hess, Agricultural
Experiment Station. Received June 16, 1914.
" Plants of the rarest and prettiest of Porto Rico palms. This species greatly
resembles in habit and appearance Oeonoma gracilis, but has more leaflets.
At its type location it is growing on the bank of a stream, with the roots
in the water, and in another location some 8 miles distant in an apparently
dry limestone ravine ; there are probably not more than a couple of dozen
specimens left, and among this less than half a dozen fruiting trees; being
of little value to the natives they are, when large enough, cut down for fence
posts." (Hess.)
38589 to 38600.
From Cairo, Egypt. Presented by Mr. Thomas W. Brown, horticulturist,
Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture, Gizeli, at the request of Prof. S. C.
Mason, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received June 15, 1914.
Quoted notes by Mr. Brown, except as otherwise indicated.
38589 to 38591. Zea mays L. Poacese. Corn.
38589. "Amrivani (American)."
152 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38589 to 38600— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. T. W. Brown.)
38590. " Beladi (Egyptian)."
" Beladi is the earliest variety. It is short, with a thin stem
and a small cob and grain. It is a light cropper and ripens in less
than three months. The seed is yellow or white and round. It is
much grown near towns for human consumption." (Foaden and
Fletcher, Textbook of Egyptian Agriculture.)
38591. " Biltanir
38592. Holcus sorghum L. Poaceae. Sorghum.
(Sorghum vulgar e Pers.)
" Isnawi."
38593. Zea mays L. Poaceae. Corn.
"Nab el Gamal."
" Neb el Gamel is the variety probably most extensively grown. It is
tall, thick stemmed, with a large cob and large, flat, translucent grains.
The name is given from a fancied resemblance of the grain to the tooth
of a camel. The yield is large, but it requires liberal manuring to produce
full crops. It is late in ripening, occupying the land about four months."
(Foaden and Fletcher, Textbook of Egyptian Agriculture.)
38594. Holcus sorghum L. Poaceae. Sorghum.
(Sorghum vulgare Pers.)
" Eivaiga."
38595 to 38598. Zea mays L. Poaceae. Corn.
38595. "Fayoumi." 38596. " ManpalaicV
38597. " Sinebra."
"Resembles Neb el Gamel somewhat in habit, but is not so vigor-
ous. The cobs are smaller than Neb el Gamel, but larger than
Beladi. The grain is translucent." (Foaden and Fletcher, Text-
book of Egyptian Agriculture.)
38598. " Hadari:'
38599. Holcus sorghum L. Poaceae. Sorghum.
(Sorghum vulgare Pers.)
" Saifl beladi rafeh (Thin Summer Egyptian)."
38600. Zea mays L. Poaceae. Corn.
"Safra (yellow)."
38601. Cereus triangularis Miller. Cactacese. Pitaya.
From the city of Guatemala, Guatemala. Collected by Mr. O. F. Cook, of
the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received June 20, 1914.
"From the market, city of Guatemala. June, 1914. Pitaya, not pitahaya,
as in Porto Rico. Outer surface of fruit old rose in color, including flesh and skin.
Pulp of interior bright magenta, with more red than magenta (Ridgway No. 4G),
but not so much as rosolane purple, and somewhat lighter than either, but ap-
pearing darker from the black seeds. The flesh is not as dark as a purple beet,
but of nearly the same color. Taste is very pleasant, very slightly acid, not
unlike watermelon or like prickly pear fruits, but seeds delicate and thin walled,
so that they are readily chewed, like seeds of the fig. The pulp does not seem
sticky, but each seed is inclosed in a separate vesicle, purple like the pulp, but
apparently much more sticky, that adheres readily to the finger or to any dry
surface. This doubtless serves the purpose of attaching the seeds to tree
trunks, where the plants grow as epiphytes, or to walls."
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. 153
38602 to 38617.
From La Paz, Bolivia. Presented by Mr. Horace G. Knowleg. Received
June 19, 1914. Tubers of tbe following ; quoted notes by Mr. Knowles.
38602 to 38615. Solanum tuberosum L. Solanacese. Potato.
38602 to 38604. "Anco-choque (papa blanca de monda, white
potato without admixture with other variety)."
38602. A. 38603. B. 38604. C.
38605 to 38607. " Chiar imilla (papa para caldo, potato for soup)."
38605. A. 38606. B. 38607. C.
38608. " Mamani (papa de monda, potato of unmixed variety)."
38609. " Phinu (papa de mesa, table potato)."
38610. Purple potato, round. 38613. Dark purple, long.
38611. Reddish potato, round. 38614. White potato, small.
38612. Dark purple potato, round. 38615. Black potato.
38616. Ullucus tuberosus Caldas. Basellacea>. Ulluco.
"I'll licit papa lisa (smooth potato). Not a true potato, but Ullucus
tuberosus of the family Basellacese."
38617. Solanum tuberosum L. Solanacese. Potato.
Purple, long bent.
38618 to 38632.
From Jobannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Presented by Mr. J. Burtt
Davy, botanist, Agricultural Supply Association. Received June 19,
1914. Quoted notes by Mr. Davy, except as otherwise indicated.
38618 to 38631. Triticum spp. Poaeese. Wheat.
38618 to 38621. Triticum aestivum L.
(Triticum vulgare Vill.)
38618. " Standerton Winter wheat. No. 14082."
38619. "(No. 140S4.) Potchefstroom White wheat. This re-
sembles the beardless Wit Wolkoren, but tbe glumes are
smooth and shiny. A few specimens can generally be found
in any field of wheat, but I have seen only one pure stand,
and that was on tbe farm of Mr. Dirk Nolte, Groot Marico.
Three seasons ago Mr. Nolte picked out a few ears from
among his other wheats and sowed them apart from the
others, harvesting the seed by itself. Last season he sowed
from the progeny about a bag of seed, and now has 30 to 40
bags, which will enable him to test its comparative yield and
milling qualities. This variety is sometimes known as Kaal-
kop, but this name applies equally to other sorts." (Trans-
vaal Agricultural Journal, vol. 6, no. 22, p. 250, 1908.)
38620. "(No. 140S5.) Caledon Baard wheat."
38621. "(No. 14081.) Spring wheat."
38622. Triticum durum Desf.
"(No. 140S7.) Apulia (durum).
38623. Triticum aestivum L.
(Triticum nth/are Vill.)
"(No. 140S8.) Grimbeek's Kleinkoren."
154 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38618 to 38632— Contd. (Quoted notes by Mr. J. Burtt Daw.)
38624 and 38625. Triticum durum Desf.
38624. "(No. 14089.) Theunissen (durum). The Theunissen
shows an interesting transition from durum to soft type, whlcb
our millers think may make it useful in time."
38625. "(No. 14090.) Medeah wheat."
38626 to 38631. Triticum aestiyum L.
(Triticum vulgare Vill.)
38626. "(No. 14091.) Ecksteen wheat Resembles the Wit
Kleinkoren [S. P. I. No. 38628]. hut is said to be some three
weeks earlier in coming to maturity." (Transvaut Agricul-
tural Journal, vol. 6, no. 22, p. 250, 1908.)
38627. "(No. 14093.) Fourie wheat."
38628. "(No. 14094.) Wit Kleinkoren. A short-stalked small-
cured, white, bearded, glabrous wheat. By many farmers
it is considered the best wheat of the country, though others
prefer the softer grained, beardless Wolkorens. < >n many
farms it was lost during the war and has not again been ob-
tained, but some plants are to be found in almost every wheat
field, and a few farmers have reestablished their stocks by
selecting two or three and growing them separately; these
farmers are now in a position to sell to their neighbors. The
plants of Kleinkoren are low of stature as compared with the
Wolkorens, hence the name Kleinkoren ; the ears are smaller
and average fewer grains than in the Wolkon tw, but it is evi-
dent from the great variation in size under similar conditions
that this fault could, to some extent at least, be improved
away. Kleinkoren is said to require much manure, and it is not
recommended for unmanured lands unless they are very rich.
In the Crocodile Valley it is usually grown on lands manured
with kraal manure and cropped with the tobacco during the
previous summer." (Transvaal Agricultural Journal, vol. 6,
no. 22, p. 250, 190S.)
38C29. "(No. 14095.) Rooi Wolkoren. A beardless, tall-grow-
ing, heavy-headed variety, stooling well, i. e.. producing a large
number of stalks from a single root ; the -rains run from 75 to
109 per ear; the outer glumes are densely clothed with brown-
ish red down, hence the name Wolkoren. This is the roost
widely grown variety in the Marico and Crocodile Valleys, and
in the opinion of most farmers it divides honors with Klein-
koren as one of the two best wheats for these regions. For
poor and unmanured lands it is considered the best wheat
grown. The tool is considered objectionable, as it is said to
felt the sieves of the machines; in damp seasons it hinders the
drying out of the sheaves, as the moisture is retained longer
than on the smooth ears of the hh inkon n8." (Transvaal Ag-
ricultural Journal, vol. 6, ho. .'.'. p. 252, 1908.)
38630. "(No. 14096.) Gluyos Early wheat."
38631. "(No. 14(i!iTJ Australian Early wheat."
38632. Euythkina zEYHKRi Harvey. Fabace;e.
"A very ornamental hardy herbaceous perennial. Flowers scarlet."
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. 155
38633. Ferula sp. Apiacese. Asaf etida.
From Teheran, Persia. Presented by Mr. Craig W. Wadsworth, American
consul general. Received June 19, 1914.
" Ferula, which produces the asafetida of commerce, growing in the neigh-
borhood of Meshed and Kerman. I wrote to the former place, but was unable
to obtain the seed ; however, one of our missionaries at Meshed, with the as-
sistance of the British consul, succeeded in obtaining these roots." {Wads-
icorth. )
38634 to 38637.
From Guayaquil, Ecuador. Presented by Mr. Frederic W. Goding, Ameri-
can consul general. Received June 20, 1914. Quoted notes by Mr.
Goding.
38634. Achradelpha mammosa (L.) Cook. Sapotacese. Sapote.
(Lucuma mammosa Gaertn. f.)
For previous introductions and description, see S. P. I. Nos. 35673 and
37813.
38635. Annona squamosa L. Annonacea?. Sugar-apple.
"The fruit is the size of an orange, with pale-green skin, the markings
of which resemble dressed alligator hide. Within, the appearance and
taste resemble the other species. It grows on a bush found in the low
coastal districts of Ecuador."
38636. Cyphomandra betacea (Cav.) Sendt. Solanacese.
Tree tomato.
" Seeds of a fruit locally called ' Tomate de arbol,' found growing in
the lowlands, but will stand a certain degree of frost. This tree tomato
grows on a tree of good proportions, about 10 feet high. The fruit, ovoid
in shape, about the size of a small peach, is of a bright reddish color ; the
skin, the interior divisions of them, the seeds, and the taste are almost
identical with those of the ordinary tomato."
38637. Prunus salicifolia H. B. K. Amygdalaceae. Wild cherry.
" Seeds of a fruit locally called capulies, found growing in the low-
lands, but will stand a certain degree of frost. This wild cherry grows
on a large tree from which very hard lumber is made. It is said to be
proof against insect borers and is used extensively where a strong and
durable material is required. The fruit is pleasant to the taste."
38638 to 38640. Persea Americana Miller. Lauracese.
(Persea gratissima Gaertn. f. ) Avocado.
From Antigua, Guatemala. Collected by Mr. O. F. Cook, of the Bureau of
Plant Industry. Received June 19, 1914.
From the same tree as the bud wood (S. P. I. No. 3S549).
38638. No. 1. 38640. No. 3.
38639. No. 2.
38641 and 38642. Passiflora spp. Passifloraceae.
Passion fruit.
From Bogota, Colombia. Presented by Capt. H. R. Lemly, U. S. Army,
retired. Received June 24, 1914. Quoted notes by Capt. Lemly.
156 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38641 and 38642— Contd. (Quoted notes by Capt. H. R. Lemly.)
38641. PASBIFLOBA mai.iiohmis L.
" Curuba. A vine, bearing fruit, yellow when ripe, saffron-colored pulp.
To be eaten with cream and sugar.
"This Curuba flourishes at this altitude, 9,000 feet, and a constant
temperature of about 60° F, in the shade. It ought to grow in the
United States."
38642. Passiflora liguiaris Juss.
" Granadilla. Fruit of the passion vine; greenish yellow when ripe."
38643. Medicago sativa L. Fabacese. Alfalfa.
From Tripoli, Africa. Presented by I>r. F. Franceschi, Bogliasco, Genoa,
Italy. Received June 25, 1914.
"Var. khobezy. This variety grows larger and yields more foliage than the
ordinary type. It appears to he very common and the seed costs twice as much.
Experiments made at the Agricultural School of Portici have shown that it is
rather tender and will be fit only for Florida and southern California, perhaps
also for breeding purposes." (Franceschi.)
38644. Plitkenetia conophora Muell. Arg. Euphorbiaceae.
From Victoria, Kamerun, German West Africa. Presented by the experi-
ment station. Received June 27, 1914.
Another oil fruit which springs from the creeping plant which is cultivated
everywhere in the Ossidinge district in the fields among maize and can be ob-
tained in great quantity was sent in to us also by Dr. Mansfield, district magis-
trate. Prof. Gilg determined the fruit as Plukenetia eonophora. The thin-
shelled nut, about the size of a walnut, contains a firm, round, hard, oily
kernel, loose in the shell. The kernel as well as the oil contains no harmful
substance, as various experiments with animals show; it is used by the natives
as a cooking oil. It belongs also, like the linseed oil (to which it is very simi-
lar in other ways), to the drying oils. It will be very valuable as a substitute
for linseed oil. which is rising in price from year to year and which is a raw
product tor linoleum and varnish making. The kernels without the shells
weigh 4 to ."i grains. The native name of the plant is Ngart. The fatty residue
contains 7.3 grams nitrogen — 45.G per cent protein. The investigation of the
oil gives the following data:
Specification.
Oil content of the kernels, per e nt . .
Specific weight of the oil at 17.."> i .
Congealing point of oil °C
lodin number of the oil
Io'lin number of the free fatly acids.
Saponification number
Refraction exponent at 17.5" C
Ngai
oil.
53. S
-0.934
-33
177.3
1n7 1
192
1 IS30
Linseed oils.
0.930 lo 0.934
-16 to -20
170 to 202
190 to 210
188 to 195
i. \ 1 i,.i ■ 1 I'roai A" rausc and Dicssilhuml, Troptiipllamer, vol. Id, p. tSt, 1909.)
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. 157
38645. Olea foveolata E. Meyer. Oleacese. Wild olive.
From Cape Town. Union of South Africa. Presented by Mr. C. W. Mally,
entomologist, Department of Agriculture, at the request of Mr. C. P.
Lounsbury, Division of Entomology, Pretoria, Union of South Africa.
Received June 27, 1914.
"Collected in the neighborhood of East London, Cape Province." (Mally.)
See S. P. I. Nos. 25846 and 33783 for previous introductions.
"A tree 30 to 40 feet in height, 9 to 15 inches stem diameter, usually found in
what is or has been dense forest, and with a clean, straight stem so similar in
marking to black ironwood (0. laurifolia) that expert woodcutters seldom
differentiate between the two, but if they do it is considered of little impor-
tance which is used, the value being considered about equal, except that its
size makes this more suitable for disselbooms (poles) than O. laurifolia, while
for heavy timber the latter is the better. Leaves elliptical or oblong, varying a
good deal in size and form, sometimes oval, usually about 2 inches long, three-
fourths of an inch to \\ inches wide, bluntly pointed, entire, coriaceous, gla-
brous glossy above, pale below, and with more or less hairy pits in the axils of
the veins on the lower surface. Panicles axillary, much shorter than the leaves,
few flowered ; flowers one-fourth of an inch across, white ; petals hooded, fruit
half an inch long, elliptical, purple, nearly dry, with a large 1-seeded stone.
Common in all the eastern and Natal forests, seldom so large as O. laurifolia,
and not more sound. Fourcade gives its properties as ' Weight, 63 pounds per
cubic foot ; relative hardness, 7 ; coefficient of elasticity, 1,024 tons ; modulus of
rupture, 6.22 tons; crushing load, 4.5 tons per square inch.'' (Sim, Forest
Flora of Cape Colony).
38646. Eubus bogotensis H. B. K. Kosacese. Blackberry.
From Fusagasuga, Colombia. Presented by Mr. F. L. Rockwood, clerk of
the American Legation, Bogota, Colombia. Received June 25, 1914.
" Seeds of a large blackberry from Fusagasuga." (Rockivood.)
38647. Merremia hederacea (Burm.) Hallier. Convolvulaceae.
(Convolvuhis flavvs Willd.)
From the island of Guam. Presented by Mr. J. B. Thompson, Agricultural
Experiment Station, through Mr. C. V. Piper, of the Bureau of Plant
Industry. Received June 29, 1914.
"A twining vine of the convolvulus family which is found to be an excellent
forage plant here. It is very common here and springs up as volunteer growth
on newly cleared and fallow fields at any time of the year providing there is
sufficient moisture to germinate the seed. We have a tract of unseeded ground
at the station with an area of approximately 2 acres, a portion of which is cov-
ered with this growth, and during the past three months throe mature
rows have been pasturing upon this tract exclusively and have made good
gains every month, and this during a season when growth of most forage plants
is backward and cattle generally have a tendency to fall in flesh. The tract
would probably furnish plenty of pasture for two or three head of animals in
addition to the three that are now maintained upon it. I am not aware of
any other forage plant here for which stock in general seem to have an equal
relish. Animals at the station showing a loss of appetite, during periods of
fever, have frequently refused all else than this and the leaves of the bread-
158 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38647— Continued.
fruit tree, and this little vine is generally the last nourishment to be declined.
I wish, however, to caution in regard to the handling of this seed, as the tend-
ency which this plant shows to reseed the soil and perpetuate itself for year
after year on a given tract of land might make it a pest and a very troublesome
one. Here it sometimes appears in cornfields after cultivation is discontinued
and acts somewhat similar to the old related morning-glory pest of Kansas corn
fields." , (Thompson.)
Distribution. — A perennial twining vine with yellow flowers, found in tropical
Africa and Asia, and eastward through the islands of the Indian Ocean to the
Philippines.
38648 and 38649.
From St. Croix, Danish West Indies. Presented by Dr. Longfield Smith,
director, Agricultural Experiment Station. Received June 27, 1914.
Quoted notes by Dr. Smith, except as otherwise indicated.
38648. Carica papaya L. Papayacea?. Papaya.
" Seeds of a very fine papaya."
38649. Tabebuia pentaphtlla (L.) Hemsley. Bignoniacese.
"A very fine flowering tree. The grandparent of these seeds is grow-
ing in Dominica, and when in flower presents the most handsome ap-
pearance."
"A tree of the forest, glabrous, with opposite compound, rigid leaves;
leaflets petiolulate, elliptical, five and four; calyx campanulate, slightly
bilabiate ; corolla white or rose, glabrous, puberulent on the inside, with
five slightly unequal lobes; four didynamous stamens; ovary with two
cells; capsule linear, elongated, subcylindric, with 3-keeled valves. This
tree, very widely distributed, gives a beautiful wood for cabinetwork
and is much sought after for wheelwright's work. The bark is consid-
ered a febrifuge." (Lanessan, Plantes Utiles des Colonies Francoises.)
38650 to 38658.
From Manila, P. I. Presented by the Manila City Nursery, through Mr.
Henry H. Boyle, assistant horticulturist, Bureau of Agriculture, Manila.
Received June 26, 1914.
38650. Adenantheba pavonina L. Mimosacea?. Coral-bean tree.
See S. P. I. Nos. 315S5 (under the name Ormosia calavensis), 36866,
and 38117 for previous introductions and description.
"A large deciduous tree met with in the moist forests of Bengal,
Assam, Bombay, Madras, and Burma, and readily propagated by seed.
A gum is said to be afforded by it. The wood is powdered and used
as a dye and is the red paste with which the Brahmans color their
foreheads after bathing. Taylor says a decoction of both the seeds and
wood is used in pulmonary affections and as an external application
in chronic ophthalmia. The timber is much employed for house build-
ing and cabinetniaking. The seeds, which are sometimes eaten, are
bright and therefore used for rosaries and as weights (about 4 grains).
Ground to a paste with borax they form a useful cement." {Wait,
Commercial Products of India.)
38651. Rauhinia tomentosa L. Ca^salpiniacea?. St. Thomas tree.
See S. P. I. No. 18685 for previous introduction.
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. 159
88650 to 38658— Continued.
Distribution. — A shrub with large showy yellow flowers in clusters
found In tropical Africa and Asia and the islands of the Indian Ocean.
38652. Canangium odoratum (Lam.) Baill. Annonacese.
(Cananga odorata Lam.) Ylang-ylang.
See S. P. I. Nos. 20908 and 35243 for previous introductions and de-
scription.
"A tree bearing a profusion of greenish yellow fragrant flowers with
long, fringelike petals, from which the perfume ilang-ilang [ylang-ylang]
is made. Leaves alternate, simple, entire, ovate oblong, finely acuminate,
puberulous beneath ; sepals 3 ; petals 6, in two series, narrowly linear ;
stamens many, linear, borne at the base of the ovary, the connective
produced into a lanceolate, acute process ; ovaries many ; style oblong ;
ripe carpels about 12, ovoid or obovoid, black, 6 to 12 seeded.
" Bark of tree smooth, ashy ; trunk straight normally, but in Guam
often twisted out of shape by hurricanes. Its wood is soft and white
and not very durable, but in Samoa the natives make small canoes
of it, and the Malayans hollow out the trunks into drums or tom-toms.
In Guam straight trunks of sufficient size for canoes are never found.
" This tree is found in Java, the Philippines, and in many islands
of the Pacific. It is widely cultivated in the Tropics. Its introduc-
tion into Guam is comparatively recent ; but the fruit-eating pigeons
are spreading it gradually over the island. The natives sometimes use
its flowers to perfume coconut oil. In Samoa it is very highly esteemed.
Its fringelike flowers are there strung into wreaths and garlands by
the natives, together with the drupes of Pandanus and the scarlet fruit
of Capsicum.
" Ilang-ilang trees may be readily propagated either by cuttings or
seeds. These should be planted in orchards or groves 8 meters apart.
They thrive well on most tropical islands and in countries with moist,
warm climates. About the third year the flowers appear. They bloom
continuously, so that flowers and fruit may be always found on the
same tree.
"From the flowers a pleasnntly scented volatile oil is derived, known
in commerce as the oil of ilang-ilang. In the Philippines and the East
Indies this is sometimes adulterated with an oil extracted from the
flowers of Michclia champaca. Ilang-ilang oil is obtained by steam dis-
tillation. In this process steam is generated in a small boiler and
passed into a closed vessel containing the flowers. The mixed water and
oil vapor as it leaves this vessel is condensed, and the oil separated from
the water by decantation. In the Philippines, German distillers have ob-
tained it in the ratio of about 25 grams from 5 kilometers of flowers
(0.5 per cent). It finds a ready market in Paris, Nice, and Grasse, and
is used also by perfumers in London, Leipzig, Berlin, and Frankfort.
The best quality of oil is perfectly clear and very fragrant. The second
quality is yellowish and turbid. A perfume is also derived from the
blossoms by the method known as enfleurage, as with jasmines and other
fragrant flowers. By this process the fragrant oil is absorbed by refined
fats, butter, or oil spread over trays, on the surfaces of which the flowers
are sprinkled. These are changed at frequent intervals and the fat
* worked ' so as to present a fresh surface each time the new flowers are
laid upon it. Finally it is scraped off the tray, melted, strained, and
poured into jars in the form of a pomade. When oil is used in this
160 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38650 to 38658— Continued.
process, layers of cotton are steeped in it, spread upon trays, and the
flowers sprinkled over the surface, after which the oil is pressed out.
Care should he taken to use fresh oil. Coconut oil is liahle to become
rancid very soon.
" The method used by the natives to extract the perfume is very simple.
The flowers are put into coconut oil and allowed to remain there a
short time, after which they are removed and replaced by fresh ones.
The process is hastened by heating the oil. To avoid excessive heat tlfc
vessel used for the process is partly filled with water and the oil poured
upon it. This prevents the temperature rising above that of boiling
water, and the lower specific gravity of the oil keeps it separate from
the water. The Macassar oil of commerce ' is coconut oil in which the
flowers of Cananga odorata and Michelia ehampaca have been digested.'
(Spon\s Encyclopedia, vol. 2, p. 11/22. 1882.) Ilang-ilang oil is becoming
an important article of export from the Philippines. From the commer-
cial monthly summary, published by the Bureau of Insular Affairs (May,
1904), it appears that the amount exported is steadily increasing."
(Safford, Useful Plants of Guam.)
38653. Delonix recia (Boj.) Kafin. Csesalpiniacese.
(Poinciana regia Boj.) Royal poinciana.
"A rapid-growing tree with broad top and wide-spreading branches.
Leaves gracefully bipinnate, 30 to 60 cm. long, with 10 to 20 pairs of
pinna?, each pinna with numerous small oval leaflets ; flowers large, in
large racemes, bright scarlet, the upper petal striped with yellow; calyx
segments valvate ; petals 5, clawed, obovate ; stamens 10, free, exsertcd ;
pod flat, straplike, 15 to 60 cm. long. This handsome ornamental tree
is a native of Madagascar. It has become widely spread, and is now
found in all tropical countries. It yields a yellowish or reddish brown
mucilaginous gum, containing oxalate of lime." (Safford, Useful Plants
of Guam.)
38654. Samanea saman (Jacq.) Merrill. Mimosaceae. Saman tree.
(Pithecolobium saman Benth.)
"A handsome tree with spreading branches and bipinnate leaves.
Pinnse 2 to 6 pairs ; leaflets 2 to 7 pairs, obliquely ovate or obovate
oblong; corolla yellowish ; stamens light crimson; flowers growing in
globose clusters like crimson pompoms. Its pods contain a sweetish
pulp and are relished by cattle and horses. In Honolulu it is one of the
favorite shade trees." (Safford, Useful Plants of Guam.)
38655. Bakyxvi.um ineeme (Roxb.) Pierre. Csesalpiniacese.
(Peltophorum ferrugineum Benth.)
"A medium-sized tree with dense rounded crowns, compound pinnate
leaves and small leaflets. Flowers large, yellow, in large, terminal.
erect, many flowered panicles, the pods flat, rather broad, with a narrow
wing down one side. One of the finest shade trees in Manila, and quite
frequently cultivated. Thrives well, gives a good shade, is not decidu-
ous, and has abundant and beautiful flowers." (Catalogue, Manila
City Nursery.)
38656. Ac ati (jranoifi.ora (L.) Desv. Fabacese.
(Sesbania grand i flora Poir.)
Var. coccinea.
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1914. 161
38650 to 38658— Continued.
The species is described {Catalogue, Manila City Nursery) as "a
medium-sized or rather small tree, with compound, pinnate leaves with
small oblong leaflets, and very large white flowers, 2\ to 5 inches long.
The pods are long, slender, and pendulous. A desirable ornamental ; not
good for shade, however, as the top is rather thin. The large white
flowers are used by the natives for food." The variety differs in hav-
ing red flowers.
38657. Lactuca sativa L. Cichoriacese. Lettuce.
" I have grown many varieties of lettuce and worked with a number
of hybrids produced in the department. If my memory serves me well
there is not one variety or one hybrid which will equal this lettuce when
grown properly. It strongly resembles a cross between Grand Rapids
and Golden Queen, a semiopen and semiheading variety. During its
young stages of growth it has the brightest golden color of any lettuce
of which I know. This character alone would make it especially valu-
able for garnishing dishes. Aside from this it is a very good table let-
tuce. This was obtained from Macao, a Portuguese possession off the
coast of China. Sent to the Manila Bureau of Agriculture by Mr. Soares,
of Hongkong, China." (Boyle.)
38658. Chrysanthemum sp. Asteraeese. Chrysanthemum.
"A vegetable which is greatly used by the Chinese under the name of
Chung ow. This vegetable is used by the Chinese in the same manner
that we use kale and spinach. It is a very good substitute for both."
(Boyle.)
38659 to 38663. Solanum tuberosum L. Solanaceee. Potato.
From Warsaw, Russia. Presented by Mr. K. Drewitz, at the request of
Mr. Edouard de Kostecki, director, Polish Agricultural Experiment Sta-
tion. Received June 27, 1914.
Tubers of the following:
38659. Warszawa. 38662. Bohun.
38660. Twites. 38663. Clio.
38661. Wohltmann.
38664 and 38665.
From Burma, India. Presented by Mr. Henry Ware Hale, Savannah, Ga.
Received June 26, 1914.
38664. Belou maemelos (L.) Lyons. Rutaceae. Bael.
(Aegle marmelos Correa.)
For previous introductions and descriptions, see S. P. I. Nos. 24450 and
33094.
"The bael fruit of India. A handsome tree, native to northern India,
but widely cultivated throughout the Peninsula as well as in Ceylon,
Burma, Siam, and Indo-China. The trifoliolate leaves, borne on wing-
less petioles, arc thin in texture, probably owing to the fact that they are
deciduous. Although not so hardy as the deciduous trifoliate orange of
China and Japan, the bael fruit tree is said to endure a considerable
degree of cold (20° F. or lower) in the drier parts of northwestern
71476°— 17 11
162 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38664 and 38665— Continued.
India. The fruit is greenish yellow, globular, or nearly so, varying
from 2 to 6 (usually 4 to 5) inches in diameter. The fruit of the wild
tree is considerably smaller than that of the cultivated form. The hard
shell, one-eighth of an inch thick, is filled with the pale-orange, aromatic
pulp, in which occur 10 to 15 long, narrow cells containing the seeds
embedded in transparent, tenacious gum. These cells correspond to the
Segments of an orange, while the pulp is made up of the pith and the
greatly thickened fleshy membranes separating the cells. The ripe fruit
is much esteemed by the Hindus, many of whom consider it the best u|
the citrus fruits ; the European residents in India often become very
fond of it. Watt (Dictionary of Economic Products of India, 1:123)
says : ' The fruit, when ripe, is sweetish, wholesome, nutritious, and very
palatable and much esteemed and eaten by all classes. The ripe fruit,
diluted with water, forms, with the addition of a small quantity of
tamarind and sugar, a delicious and cooling drink.' The famous bot-
anist, Roxburgh (Flora Indica, 2:580), says: 'The fruit is nutritious,
warm, cathartic, in taste delicious, in fragrance exquisite.' On the other
hand, VV. K. Mustoe, superintendent, Government Archaeological Gardens.
Lahore, India, writes: 'The fruit is greatly prized for eating by the
natives, but can scarcely be looked upon as palatable to the white man.
except as a sherbet.' Sherbet is made from the mashed pulp, which is
diluted with a little water and then strained into milk or soda water
and sugared to taste. Sometimes a little tamarind is added to give
a subacid flavor. All Indian medical authorities agree that the bael
fruit has a most salutary influence on the digestive system. The ripe
fruit is mildly laxative and is a good simple remedy for dyspepsia. The
unripe fruit is a specific of the highest value for dysentery, but so mild
that it can be given to children without danger. The bael fruit tree is
widely cultivated in India and is found in nearly every temple garden.
It is dedicated to Siva, whose worship can not be completed without its
leaves. This promising fruit tree is now being tested at several points
in the warmer parts of the United States." (W. T. Swingle, hi Bailey.
Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture.)
38665. Cacara erosa (L.) Kuntze. Fabaceae. Yam bean.
(Pachyrhizus angulatus Rich.)
" Seeds of an edible tuber bean. The tubers are usually the size of
an orange. Flesh white, somewhat like a turnip. It is usually eateD
raw, though I believe the Chinese sometimes cook it with pork and the
Burmese with their curries. This vine requires a long season. The tuber
is cooling and refreshing, being as juicy as an artichoke." (Hale.)
INDEX OF COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES.
Abelmachus esculent us, 3TS06.
Abiu. Pouteria caimiti 37929.
Abroma augusta, 38100.
Acacia verek, 38524.
Achradelpha mammosa, 37813, 38634.
viridis, 3847S-38481, 38566.
Adenunthera pdvonina, 38117, 38650.
Adzuki bean, Phaseolus angularis,
38442, 38443, 38446.
Aegle marmelos. See Belou marmelos.
Agati grandiflora, 38656.
Aikoku, Oryza sativa, 38222.
Aksaya, Soja max, 38214.
Alamoen, Citrus grandis, 37804.
Albiszia sp., 382S5.
Alder, Alnus nepalensis, 38290.
Aleurites sp., 37980.
fordii, 38527.
moluccana, 37926.
Alfalfa, Medicago sativa:
(China), 38464.
(France), 37941, C7942, 38138.
Khobezy, 38643.
Mu hsu, 38464.
Provence, 37941, 37942.
(Russia), 38208.
(Tripoli), 38643.
(Turkey), 38523.
Alnus nepalensis, 38290.
Alyxia bracteolosa. See Gynopogon
bracteolosa.
Amburana claudii, 37906.
Amendoim bean, Phaseolus vulgaris,
37890.
Ainora berry, Rubus rosaefolius, 37885.
Ainores casadas, Sesban macrocarpumr
37931.
Amygdalus persica, 38094, 38095, 38178,
38272-38274, 38416-38418, 38469,
38577.
persica platycarpa, 38275, 38276,
38470.
pedunculata, 38408.
Anacardium excelsum, 38209.
occidentale, 38393.
rhinocarpus. See Anacardium ex-
celsum.
Anacolosa luzoniensis, 38395.
Anco-choque. Solanuni tuberosum,
38602-38604.
Andropogon leucostachyus, 37993.
rufus. See Cymbopogon rufus.
sorghum effusus. See Holcus sor-
ghum effusus.
Angola grass, Panicum barbinode,
37849.
Annona cherimola, 38526.
salzmanni, 37933.
senegalensis, 38525.
spinescens, 37911.
squamosa, 37818, 37908, 38635.
Anona, Annona
(Brazil), 3790S, 37911, 37933.
(Ecuador), 37818, 38635.
(South Africa), 3S525.
Anthephora elegans. See Anthephora
hermaphrodita.
hermaphrodita, 3S003, 38008.
Antigonon gua.'iinalense, 38397.
Aoniudo, Soja max, 38220.
Aotsurunoko, Soja max, 38217.
Apple, Mains spp. :
(China), 38279, 38280.
crab. 3S231.
Mains sylvestris, 37683.
Ta p'in kuo, 3S279.
Ta sha kuo, 3S280.
Tetovo, 37683.
Tetovsky, 37683.
(Turkey), 37683.
Apricot, Primus armeniaca, 37744,
38230, 38281.
(China), 3S230, 38281.
Dakhleh, 37744.
(Egypt), 37" « 4.
Ta shui hsing, 38281.
Apricot plum, Prunus 382S2.
Hsing mei, 38282.
Apuwai ulaula, Colocasia esculenta,
37693.
Araga cagao, Psidium sp., 38342.
mirim, Psidium sp., 37922.
Aralia quinquefolia. "ee Panax qinn-
quefolium.
163
164
SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
Araticum. See Annona spp. and Rol-
linia spp.
Arbor vita?, Thuja orientalis, 37f ).
Argum breke, Pennisetum glaucum,
385S4.
matia. Pennisetum glaucum, 38585.
moro, Pennist urn glaucum, 38586.
Aristida sanetae luciae, 37086.
Aristoclesia esculen ta. See under 37802.
Aristolochia galeata, 37893.
Arrhenathcrum elatius, 38036.
Artocarpus odoratissima, 3S377.
Asafetida, Ferula sp., 3S633.
Asi, Santalum sp., 38128.
Asparagus asparagoides, 38143.
cooperi, 38142.
medeoloides. See Asparagus as-
paragoides.
tenuifolius, 37713, 37940.
Atalantia sp., 38385.
buxifolia. See Severinia buxifolia.
ceylanica, 38297.
glauca. See Eremocitrus glauca.
monophylla, 38511.
Attalca spp., 37899, 37910.
funifera, 37868.
Ava, Piper methysticurn, 3S291.
Arena sativa, 37708.
Avocado, Persea americana:
Antigua No. 1. 38549, 3S5S7, 3S638.
No. 2, 385S3, 38039.
No. 3, 38578, 38640.
Dieseldorff, 38401, 38402, 38477.
(Guatemala), 38400-38402, 38477,
38549-3S564, 38578, .'58581, 3S5S3,
385S7, 38638-38640.
Axonopus sp.. .'{79t>5.
ch ryso bleph a ris, 37987.
Azeitona, Syzygium sp., 37932.
Babricou bean. Canavali sp.. 37722.
baclchousia bancroftii, 38096.
Bacopariu, Mimusops coriacea, 37028.
Bactris cari/oliK folia. 37!»*J7.
Bael, Belou man, Kins, 38299, 3S3S9,
38664.
Bahai, Ormosia calavensis, .'57704.
Baierie boderie, Holcus sorghum,
.",7: 157.
Bakopary, Rheedia brasMcnxis, 37802.
Bakury, Aristoclesia esculenta. See
under 37802.
Balincolong, Citrus hy-slrix, 38293.
Bamboo, Phyllostachys sp., 37G79.
(China), 37679.
Tong po cbu. 37679.
Banaba, Lagerstroemia & peciosa, :5S294.
Banku paddy, Oryza sativa, 38307.
Barberry. See Berberis spp.
Barley, Hordi um -pp.:
Adlik* r, 38060.
Argovia, 38058.
black, 38485.
(Bolivia), 38490.
cruciferous, 37707.
(Denmark i. 37706, 37707.
four-rowed, 38057, 38058, 38061.
(Peru), 37968.
Prentice, 37706.
(Russia ) Ms:;. 12 38326,38535, 38536.
six-rowed, 37707, 37968.
38536.
( Switzerland ) . 384 ir.7-38062.
(Syria), 38484, 38485.
two-rowed, 37706, 38059, 38060,
38535.
Tystofte korsbyg, 37707.
white, 3S4S4.
Baryxylum (labium, 37901.
incrmc, 38655.
Batuan, Garcinin binurao. 38392.
Bauhinia tomentosa, 38G51.
Bauno, Mangifera verticillaia, 38394.
Bean, adzuki, PhaseoltU angu
3S442. 38443, 38446.
(Algeria), 38045.
Amendoim, 37890.
Babricou, Canavali sp.. 37722.
( Brazil t. 37888, 37890, 37S91.
broad, Vicia faba, 3S045.
(China). 38441-38446.
common, Phaseolus vulgaris. 31
37890. 37891, Ml I. 38445.
horse. Vicia faba, 38437.
Hsiao is'an tou, 38437.
Una yiin tou, 38445.
Hung hsiao tou. 38446.
yiin tOU, 3S 144.
l'ai hsiao tou, 384 12.
peanut, 37S90.
sprout, I'h'isi olusealcaratits. 3
sulphur, 37888.
Tsa hsiao tou, 38443.
Wan tou, 38441.
winged, Botor tt tragonoloba, 37699
Belar, Casuarina giam-a, ;isi47.
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165
Bclou marmelos, 38299, 38389, 38664.
Berberis coryi, 37976.
globosa, 38144.
guimpeli, 38145.
stapfiana, 37975.
Bergamot orange, Citrus bergamio,
37779, 37795.
Bermuda grass, Capriola dactylon,
38035.
Berseem, Tri folium alexandrinum,
38139.
Hertholletia nobilis, 38191.
Bet ula luminifera, 38146.
utilis, 38287.
Biasong, Citrus hystrix, 38293.
Billbergia variegata. See Neogla-
ziovia variegata.
Birch. See Betula spp.
Birthwort, Aristoloehia galeata, 37893.
Bitter orange. Citrus aurantium,
37775, 38503, 38506-38508.
Blackberry, Rubus spp., 38054, 38055,
38114, 38115, 38646.
(Colombia), 38054, 38055, 38114,
38115, 38646.
El Moral de Castile, 38055.
Bombycodendron vidalianum, 38486.
Botor tetragonoloba, 37699.
Box, Buxus semperrirens, 38338.
Huang ya, 38338.
Brassier, oleracea caulo-rapa X vir-
idis, 37807.
Brazil nut, Bertholletia nobilis, 38191.
Broad bean, Vicia faba, 38045, 38437.
Bromelia sp., 37898.
Bunchosia sp., 37895.
Burity palm, Mauritia rinifera, 37819,
37903.
Bush cherry :
Pai ying t'ao. 37680.
Prunils prostrata, 37687, 38425.
Prunus tomentosa, 37680.
Buxus sempervirens, 38338.
Byrsonima crassifolia, 37728.
Caatingueiro grass. Chloris elegam,
38023.
Cabuyao, Citrus hystrix, 38293.
Cacara erosa, 3S665.
Cactus, Cereus jamacaru, 37S23.
cochineal. Opuntia sp.. 37746.
Mandacaru de boi, 37823.
Caesalpinia sp., 37874.
Cafe do matto, Bunchosia sp., 37S95.
Galocarpum viride. See Achradelpha
viridis.
Calophyllum inophyttum, 38118.
Calopogonium orthocarpum, 38329.
Cambuca, Myrdaria edulis, 37829.
Cambuhy da India, Eugenia campeS'
tris, 37830.
Campomanesia fenzliana, 37834.
Campylotropis macrocarpa, 38156.
Cana fistula, Baryxylum dubium,
37901 .
Canagua, Ghenopodium sp., 37969.
Cananga odorata. See Canangium
odoratum.
Canangium odoratum, 38652.
Canarium ovatunu 37685, 38372, 38398.
Cana rati sp.. 37722.
Candlenut, Aletirites moluccana, 37926.
Canna indica, 38119.
Cannabis sativa, 37721. 38466.
Canquib palm, Chamaedorea sp., 3S515.
Cantaloupe, Cucumis melo, 38519.
Capim amargo, Chaetochloa setosa,
38004.
assu, Panicum maximum, 38024,
38030.
barba de bode, Eragrostis eitiaris,
38010.
bengu, Panicum barbinode, 37998.
caatingueiro, Chloris elegam, 38023.
carapicho de ovelho, Nazia aliena,
38009.
colonia, Panicum max imum, 37997.
de Angola, Panicum barhinode,
37849.
de boi, Holcus sorghum, 3S005.
de passarinho, Panicum hirticaule,
38014, 3S018.
espelta, Anthephora hcrmaphro-
dita, 38008.
favorita, Tricholaena rosea, 38021.
fino, Eragrostis artieulata, 38012.
gordura, Melinis minutiflora,
379S3.
gordura roxo, Melinis minuti-
flora, 3S03S.
guim'-. Panicum spp.. 37984. 38024,
38030, 38039.
jaragua, Cymbopogon rufus, 3S037.
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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
Capim pe de gallinha, Dactyloctcnium
aegyptium, 38017.
pe de periquito, Dactyloctcnium
aegyptium, .'5X017.
Capriola dactylon, 3S035.
Capsicum sp., 37912.
fruteseens, 38121.
Capulies, Prunus salicifolia, 38637.
Carapicho, Meibomia sp., 38331.
Carica papaya, 38292, 38648.
Carissa ovata, 3S376.
Carnahuba, Copernicia cerifera, 37866.
Carnauba palm, Copernicia cerifera,
37866.
Caroa, Ncoglaziovia variegata, 37794.
Caryocar brasilicnsis, 37904.
Cashew, Anacardium occidentals,
38393.
Cassia sp., 38120.
occidentalis, 38123.
Castanea mollissima, 37799, 37800,
38182.
Castilla nicoyensis, 3S188.
Castor bean, Ricinus communis, 37914.
Casuarina glauea, 38147.
Catalpa bungei, 38254, 38419.
Catmon, Dillenia philippinensis, 38383.
Ceiba acuminata, 38047.
Celtic morifolia, 37900.
Cereja do Rio Grande, Eugenia myrcir
anthes, 37831.
Cereus jamacaru, 37S23.
triangularis, 3S601.
Cestrum sp., 37886.
Chaenomeles lagenaria cathayensis,
37954.
CJiaetochloa caudata, 38027.
imberbis, 37992.
lachnea, 38026.
setosa, 38004.
Chamaedorea spp., 38403, 38404, 38515,
38582.
em es t i-a ugu sti, 38516.
gram in i folia. ,>x.">43.
Champac, Michelia champaca, 37SS1.
Chayota edulis, 3S~>C>7.
Chayote, Chayota edulis, 38567.
Chenopodium sp., .".7969.
i/ninoa, 37970.
Cherimoya, Annona eherimola, 38526.
Cherry, Prunus spp.:
bush, I'm tins prostrata, 37687,
38425.
Primus tomentosa, 37680.
Capulies, 38637.
(China), 37680.
(Ecuador), 38637.
flowering, Prunus serrulata, 38206.
(Italy), 38157.
(Japan), 38206.
Prunus cerasifera divaricata, 38157.
microcarpa, 37686.
(Russia), 37686, 37687, 38425.
wild, Prunus salicifolia, 38637.
Chestnut, Castanea mollissima, 37799,
37800, 38182.
(China), 37799, 37800, 3S182.
K'uei li tzu, 37799.
Yin li tzu, 37800.
Chi ehien hung shih tzu, Diospyros
kaki, 37653.
Chi hsin tsao, Ziziphus jujuba, 38246.
Chi hsin hung shih tzu. Diospyros kaki,
37651.
Chia, Salvia sp., 38048.
Chia hsien hung shih tzu, Diospyros
kaki, 37676.
Chiar imilla, Solatium tuberosum,
3S605-38607.
Chick-pea, Cicer arietinum, 37714—
37717.
Dakar. See under 37714-37717.
Nitaya. See under 37714-37717.
(Turkey), 37714-37717.
Chikuyo-seihan-koryo. Holeus sor-
ghum, 3S202.
Chile pepper, Capsicum frutcsans,
38121.
Chin ehan shao yao, Paeovja albiflora,
3S339.
Chin li, Pyrus chinensis. 3X240.
Chin lun mu tan, Paconia suffruticosa,
3S340.
Chin sui tzu li. Pyrus chinensis, 38277.
Ching mien shih tzu, Diospyros kaki,
37664.
Oh'ing p'i t'it'ii li. Pyrus chinensis,
38268.
Ch'ing shih tzu, Diopyros kaki, 37601,
37666.
Ch'ing tou, Sofa max, 38456, 38457.
Ch'iu pai t'ao, Amygdalus persica,
3S273.
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167
Ch'iu shu, Catalpa bungei, 38254.
Chloris elegans, 3S023.
leptantha, 3S013.
polydactyla, 37994.
virgata, 38029.
Chorisia insignis. 3S330.
Ch'ou cheng tzu, Poncirus trifoliata,
37S09.
Chrysanthemum spp., 3S537, 38658.
Cliuang yiian hung niu tan, Paeonia
suffruticosa, 38340.
Chui yiieh ch'ing tsao, Ziziphus ju-
juba, 38260.
Chung ow, Chrysanthemum sp., 3S658.
Cicer arietinum, 37714-37717.
Cinchona spp. :
crown bark, 3S042.
loxa. 38042.
officinalis, 38042.
pale bark, 38042.
red bark, 3S043.
succirubra, 38043.
Cipura paludosa, 37877.
Citron, Citrus medica, 37781, 38502.
Citrullus vulgaris, 3S105, 38518.
Citrus spp.. 37784-37786, 37793, 38102,
3S335, 3S3S8.
aurantifolia, 37S03, 38499.
aurantium, 37775, 38503, 38506-
38508.
bcrgamia, 37779, 37795.
drcumana. See Citrus grandis.
grandis, 37724, 37778, 37780, 37804.
hystrix, 38132, 38293, 3S504.
limctta, 37772, 37773, 37787, 37789,
37805.
medica, 37781, 38502.
moi, 38388.
nohilis deliciosa, 37753, 37771,
38101.
papaya, 38505.
sinensis, 37748-37752, 37754-
37770, 37774, 37776, 37777,
37782, 37783, 37788, 37791,
37792, 37796 - 37798, 37840 -
37845.
trifoliata. See Poncirus trifo-
liata.
Clerodendrum trichotomum, 38148.
Clitoria cajanifolia. See Clitoria lau-
rifolia.
laurifolia, 37730.
Clover, Trifolium spp.
Apitrefle. 37937.
(Canada), 38189, 38190.
(Hungary), 37G81, 37682.
red. Trifolium pratense, 37937-
37939, 3S189-38190.
( Switzerl a nd ) , 37937-37939.
white, 3S579.
Cochineal cactus, Opuntia sp., 37746.
Coehlospermum sp. See Maximilia-
nea sp.
Coconut, Cocos nucifera, 38428-38434.
cordage, 38428.
Niu Afa, 38428.
Niu Kea, 38434.
Niu Lea, 3S432.
Niu Mea, 38430.
Niu Nai, 38433.
Niu Ui, 3S429.
Niu Vai, 38431.
(Samoa), 3S428-38434.
Cocops rivalis, 38588.
Cocos corona ta, 37867.
nucifera, 38428-38434.
romanzofflana, 37745.
Coix lacryma-jobi, 38474, 38476.
lacryma-jobi gigantea, 38475.
ma-yuen, 37945, 38473.
stenocarpa, 37946.
Collinia sp., 38399.
Colobot, Citrus hystrix, 38293.
Colocasia esculenta, 37692-37695.
Colutea halepica. See Colutea istria.
istria, 38210.
Convolvulus flavus. See Merremia he-
deracea.
Copaifera guibourtiana. See Copaiva
copallifera.
Copaiva copallifera, 38341.
Copcrnicia cerifera, 37866.
Coral-bean tree, Adenanthera pavonina,
38117, 38650.
Corchorus capsularis, 38141.
Corda de viola, Calopogonium ortho-
carpum, 38329.
Cordia subcordata, 38122.
Corn, Zea mays:
Amricani, 38589.
(Argentina), 38545, 38546.
Beladi, 38590.
Biltani, 3S591.
(Bolivia), 3S517.
(Brazil), 37896, 37909, 38544.
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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
Corn — Continued.
Cuzco, 38517.
( Egypt i . :;sr.S!)-38591, 38593, 38595-
38598, 38600.
Fayoumi, 38595.
Hadari, 38598.
Manyalawi, 38596.
Nab el Gamal, 38593.
Neb el Gainel, 38593.
(Peru), 37965-37967, 37972.
Safra, 38600.
SinebVM, 3S597.
Cosmos sulphureus, .'57884.
Cotoneaster divaricate, 38149.
horizontalis perpusilla, 3S150.
pannosa, 38151.
Cotton, Qossypium spp., 38286. 38495.
tree, Ceiba acuminata, 38047.
Couma rigida, 37934.
Cowpea, Vigna sinensis:
(Angola), 38295, 3S296.
Black Makunde, 38295.
(Brazil), 37894, 37915.
(China), 38447-38449.
Dinawa, 37743.
(Egypt), 38110.
Feijao gurutuba, 37915.
Hung chiang tou, 3S448.
Makunde ia bafeta, 38295.
Makunde ia kusuku, 38296.
Mammoth, 38110.
Red Makunde, 38296.
(Transvaal ). 37743.
Tsa chiang tou. 38447.
Yang yen pai chiang tou, 38449.
Crab apple. Mains sp., 38231.
Crape myrtle, Lagerstroemia speciosa,
38294.
Crataegus pinnatiflda, 37955, 38176,
38283. 38284. 38487.
Crotalaria sp., 37878.
juncea, 38140.
Croton angolensis, 37741.
Cucumber, Cucumis sativus, 37700.
India, 37700.
(Philippine Islands), 37700.
CucumAs anguria, .38113.
melo, 37920, 38519.
sativus, 37700.
Cudrania javanensis, 38500, 38501.
Currant, Ribes diacantha, 38412.
Ribcs dikU8Cha, 38411.
(Russia), 38411, 38412.
Curuba, Passiflora maUfomw9\ 38641.
Cyamopsis psoraleoides. See ciiamop-
sis tetragondloba.
it tragonoloba, '.'>~~-~<.
Cydonia cathayv nsis. See Chaenom-
eles cat/linn nsis.
Cymbopogon nuns. :;so:;t.
Cynodon dactylon. Sec Capriola dac-
tylon.
Cyphomandra betacea, 38636.
Dactylis glomerata. 37711.
Dactyloctenium a e gy pt i u m, 37999,
38000. 38017.
Danerie-balloi-ssoloderie, Holcus sor-
ghum, 37958.
Daphne caucasica, 38420.
I>< lonix regia, 38653.
Dend<"> palm. Elaeis guineerisis, 37869.
Deoband kawara, Cyamopsis tetra-
gonoloba, .">77-J.~>.
Deparie boderie, Holcus sorghum,
37964.
danerie. Holms sorghum, 379GO.
Desbi. Cyamopsis tetragonoloba, 37725.
Dill ruin sp., 3S3S4.
ph ilippinensis, 38383.
Dinawa. Vigna sinensis. 37743.
Dioscorea, spp.. 38134, 3S229.
aculeata. 37702.
alata. 37943.
pentaphylla, 37701.
Dibspyros discolor, 38192, 38483.
embryopteris. Sec Diospyros pere~
grina,
haki, 37648-37658, 37001-37667,
37669. 37670, 37672-37678, 37718,
37948-37952,38482.
lotus, 37801, 37811, 37S12, 38152.
peregrin a, 38512.
subtruncata, 38193.
Djeroek balie, Citrus aumntium,
38507. 38508.
cltroen, Citrus medica, 38502.
Citroen basar. Citrus aurantifolia,
38499.
manis, Citrus aumntium, 38503.
papaya, Citrus papaya, 38505.
pandan, citrus aumntium, 38506.
peoroet. Citrus hystrix, 3S504.
Dysoxylum maota, 38124.
ft li. 1'iirus rhinensis. 38202.
Egot, Eugenia curranii, 3S375.
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169
Elaeis guineensis, 37869.
Elephant orrhiza burchellii. See Ele-
pliantorrhiza clephantina.
elephantina, 385S0.
Eleusine aegyptiaca. See Dactylocte-
nium aegyptium.
Elm, Ulmus spp. :
(China), 37671, 37810.
East Anglian, 38491.
(England), 38491. 38492.
Huntingdon, 38492.
Kuang kuang yii shu, 37810.
Eragrostis acuminata, 38002.
articulata, 37988, 38012.
bahiensis, 37985.
ciliaris, 38010.
expansa, 37990.
Eremocitrus glauca, 37712, 37808.
Eriobotrya japoniea, 38496, 38497,
38568.
Eriochloa polystachya, 38019, 38020.
punctata, 3S022.
Eriodcndron acuminatum. See Ceiba
acuminata.
Erythrina seyheri, 38632.
Eugenia arrabidae. See Eugenia cam-
pcstris.
brasiliensis. See Eugenia dom-
beyi.
catnpestris, 37830.
curranii, 38375.
dombcyi, 37836.
edulis. See Eugenia myrcianthes ;
Myrciaria edulis.
m yrcianth es, 37S31.
speciosa, 37832.
Euonymus sp., 38237.
Euphoria cinerea, 38374.
Ewaiga, Eolcus sorghum, 38594.
Fagamanu, Canna indica, 3S119.
Fanamanu, Canna indica, 38119.
F;i\ rllcira, Jatropha acanthophylla,
37916.
Favorita grass, Tricholaena rosea,
38021.
Fei t'ao, Amygdalus pcrsica, 38178.
Feijao gurutuba, Vigna sinensis,
37915.
Fenugreek. Trigonella foenum-grae-
cum :
K'u fou tzfl, 38465.
Ferula sp,, .•'»st;33.
Fescue, meadow, Festuca elatior, 37710.
Festuca elatior, 37710.
Ficus sycamorus, 37729.
Field pea, Pisum arvense, 38440.
Fig, Ficus sycomorus:
(Egypt), 37729.
sycamore, 37729.
Fir, Picea obovata, 38409.
Flatiron prickles, Opuntia sp., 37747.
Flax, Linum usitatissimum, 37719,
37720.
(Turkestan), 37719, 37720.
Flowering cherry, Prunus serrulata,
38206.
Fo shou t'ao, Amygdalus persica,
38272.
Fragaria chiloensis, 38520-38522.
collina. See Fragaria viridis.
vesca, 37690.
viridis, 37691.
Fruta de condessa, Rollinia deliciosa,
38171.
macaco, Rolliniopsis dis cr eta ,
37902.
Fu jung hua, Albizzia sp., 38285.
Fuchsia procumbens, 38050.
Fuefuesina, Cassia occidentalis, 38123.
Gabiroba, Campomanesia fenzliana,
37834.
Gabli killirom, Holcus sorghum, 38533.
nialgo, Holcus sorghum, 38569.
Gaderie, Holcus sorghum, 37963.
Gai-hansaku, Holcus sorghum, 38196.
Galo, Anacolosa luzoniensis, 38395.
Garcinia binucao, 38392.
kidia, 3S513, 38514.
Gau, Gynopogon bractcolosa, 38126.
Gaunulega, ^'itc.r tri folia, 3S130.
Gaga lyallii, 38049.
Gcnipa americana, 37833, 37935.
Genipap, Gcnipa americana, 37833,
37935.
Genipapo, Genipa americana, 37833.
Geranium, Pelargonium spp. :
(Algeria), .TT735.
(England). 37820, 37821.
(France). 38056. 38136, 38137.
( < lermany), MTT.'iO.
Malvarrosa. 3S334.
rose. .''TT.'1."'
38137. 38334.
(Spain). 38334.
3 ii'' i.
.".si Lie, 3S136,
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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
Ginger, Zinziber officinale, 38180.
Ginseng, Panax quinqucfolium, 37870,
37871.
(China). 37870, ."7871.
Qleditsia spp., 38239, 38256.
Glycine hispida. See Soja max.
Goiaba roxa, Psidium guajava, 37835.
Gordori, Holcus sorghum, 37964.
Gosho, Diospyros kaki, 37718.
Gossypium spp., 3S286, 38495.
Gourd, Kua lii, 384S9.
Trichosanthes kiriloicii, 38489.
Gowari, Soja ma.r, 38215.
Granada, Punica granatum, 37817.
Granadilla, Passiflora ligularis, 38642.
Grape, Vitis vinifera, 38186.
Nai tzu p'u t'ao, 38186.
Grass. Angola, 37S49.
Bermuda, Capriola dactylon, 38035.
bitter, Chaetochloa setose, 38004.
(Brazil), 37983-38041.
caatingueiro, Chloris elegans,
38023.
crowfoot, Dactyloctenium aegyp-
t iu in, 37999, 3S000, 38017.
favorita, THcholaena rosea, 38021.
foxtail, Chaetochloa imberbis,
37992.
Chaetochloa lachnea, 38026.
guinea. Panicum spp., 379S4, 37997,
38024. 38030, 38039.
Italian rye, Lolium multiflorum,
37709.
meadow fescue, Fcstuca elatior,
37710.
molasses, Mclinis minutiflora,
38038.
oat. Arrhenatherum clatius, 38036.
orchard. Dactylis glomerata, 37711.
Para, Panicum barbinode, 37998.
shore, Stcnotaphrum secundatum,
37850.
sour, Yalota insularis, 38025.
Sudan, Holcus halepensis, 38032,
3S108.
Grumichama, Eugenia dombeyi, 37836.
Grumixama, Eugenia dombeyi, 37836.
Guahiroba, Ctunpomancsia fenzliana,
37834.
Guapiuol, Hinnniaca courbar'., 3S565.
Guar, Cyamopsis tetragonoloba, 37725.
Guava :
Araga cagao, 38342.
Araga mirim, 37922.
Guava — Continued.
(Brazil), 37835, 37897, 37922,
:;s::42.
Psidium guajava, 37835.
Psidium spp.. 37897, 37922, 38342.
Guinea grass, Panicum spp., 37984.
37997, 38024, 38030, 38039.
Gum arabic, Acacia verek, 38524.
Gustavia gracillima, 38396.
Gynopogon sp., 381 25.
bractcolosa, 38126.
Hadaka. Soja ma.r. 38216.
Hao pai mu tan, Paeonia suffruticosa,
38340.
Haw. See Hawthorn.
Hawthorn, Crataegus pinnatiflda:
(China), 37955, 38176, 38283,
38284. 3S4S7.
Hung kuo, 37955.
Hung li shan cha. 3S284.
Mien shan cha, 38283.
Ta suan cha, 38176.
Hei shao yao, Paeonia albi flora. 3S339.
Hei wan tou, Pisum arvense. 38440.
Hemp, Cannabis satira, 37721. 38466.
Kashgar. 37721.
Ma tzu, 3S466.
sann, Crotalaria juncea, 38140.
sunn, Crotalaria juncea, 3S140.
Hernandia peltata, 38127.
Hibiscus esculentus. See Abelmoschus
esculent us.
mutabUis, 3S3S6.
physaloides, 38106.
sabdariffa, 37698. 38107.
Hieraeiutn sp., 37873.
Holcus halepensis, 38032. 3S108.
sorghum, 37723. 37733, 37734.
37956-37901. 37963, 37964, 3S033,
38034, 38053, 38085-38087, 38173,
38183, 38194-38205, 38354, 38355,
38405, 3S406. 3S463, 38533, 38569,
38570, 38592, 38594, 3S599.
sorghum effusus, 38005.
Homolepis isocalycina, 38040.
Horse bean, Yicia faba, 38437.
Hsiao ts'an tou, 3S437.
Hordeum sp., 3S302.
distichon erect urn, 38317, 38320.
nutans, 37706, 3S059. 3S060,
38303, 3S304, 3S323, 38484,
38485, 38535.
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171
Hordcum vulgare, 37707, 37968, 38058,
38061, 38062, 38305-38310, 38312,
38316, 38318, 38319, 38321, 38322,
38324, 38326, 38490, 38536.
vulgare coerulescens, 38057.
Jiimalayense, 38311.
leiorrhynchum, 38313.
nigrum, 38314, 38325.
pallidum, 38315.
Hsiang ch'ing lo po, Raphanus sativus,
38328.
Hsiao hei tou, Soja max, 38462.
huang tou, Soja max, 38453, 38455.
pien t'ao, Amygdalus persica platy-
carpa, 38276.
ts'an tou, Vicia faba, 38437.
Hsien chiang, Zinziber officinale, 38180.
Hsing mei, Prunus sp., 38282.
Hu p'i tou, Soja max, 38460.
Hua yii hua mei, Prunus glandulosa,
3S337.
Hua yiin tou, Phaseolus vulgaris,
38445.
Huai tou, Soja max, 38458.
Huang tou, Soja max, 38454.
li, Pyrus chinensis, 3S267.
wan tou, Pisum sativum, 38438.
ya, Buxus scmpervirens, 38338.
Hui tsao, Ziziphus jujuba, 38258.
Hung chiang tou, Vigna sinensis, 38448.
fu yang, Rhus punjabensis sinica,
38158.
hsiao li, Pyrus chinensis, 38242.
hsiao tou, Phaseolus angularis,
38446.
kao liang, Holcus sorghum, 38463.
kuo, Crataegus pinnatifida, 37955.
li shan cha, Crataegus pinnatifida,
38284.
yii hua mei, Primus glandulosa,
38337.
yiin tou, Phaseolus vulgaris, 38444.
Hun kuan shih tzu, Dispyros kaki,
37657.
Hyinenaea coarbaril, 3S565.
Hypericum patulutn henryi, 3S153.
Ifyptis longipes, 37921.
Igot, Eugenia curranii, 38375.
Igut, Eugenia curranii, 38375.
Ilang-ilang, Canangium odoratum,
3S652.
Irubu, Spondias tuberosa, 37861-37S65.
Imburana de cheiro, Amburana claudii,
37906.
Indigo f era amblyantha, 38155.
Inga affinis, 37924.
Injerto, Achradelpha viridis, 38478-
38481.
Inocarpus edulis, 38135.
Ipomoea fistulosa, 37917.
Jaboticaba coroa, Myrciaria sp., 37839.
de cabinho, Myrciaria sp., 37S38.
de Para, Myrciaria sp., 37838.
murta, Myrciaria sp., 37837.
Jan dawa, Holcus sorghum, 38406.
Jasmine, Jasminum floridum, 38154.
Jasminum nudiflorum, 38248.
Ying ch'un hua, 38248.
Jasminum floridum, 38154.
nudiflorum, 38248.
Jatropha acanthophylla, 37916.
curcas, 37875.
Jatuba, Inga affinis, 37924.
Job's-tears. See Coix lacryma-jobi.
Jua, Ziziphus joazeiro, 37907, 37923.
Jua de boi, Ziziphus joazeiro, 37907.
Jua mirim, Celtis mori folia, 37900.
Juan tsao tzu, Diospyros lotus, 37S11,
37812.
Juglans regia, 38471. 38472.
Jujube, Ziziphus jujuba:
Chi hsin tsao, 38246.
(China), 37659, 37668, 38187,
38243-^38247. 38249-38253, 38258-
38261.
Chui yiieh ch'ing tsao, 38260.
Hui tsao, 38258.
K§n tsao, 3S251.
Kuai tsao, 3S252.
Li tsao, 38249.
Ma lien tsao, 37659.
Ma ya t'ou tsao, 3S261.
P'o p'o tsao, 38250.
Shui men tsao. 3S245.
Su tsao, 3S2.VJ.
Ta tsao, 37(;c,S. 381S7.
Ta yuan tsao, 3S243.
T'iao tsao. 38244.
Yuan \<s'ui tsao. 3S247.
Juningonomi Soja mar, 38219.
Jute. Bengal, Corchorus vapsularis,
38141.
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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
Kakassirie, Molcus sorghum, 37956.
Kale, .Marrow. lirussica dleracea caulo-
rapa X viridis, 37807.
Kan che. Saccliarum narenga. 38257.
Kao kan hung shao yao, Paeonia albi-
flora, 3S339.
Kao ting pai li, Pyrus chinensis, 38270.
Kaoliang, Holcus sorghum, 38463.
Kaura, Holcus sorghum, 38405.
Kava, Piper methysticum, 38291.
Ken tsao, Ziziphus jujuba, 38251.
Kenge. Pandanus butayei, 37742.
Kijaku-haku-han-koryo, Holcus sor-
ghum, 38205.
Kilburie, Holcus sorghum, 37959.
Kobo. Copaiva copallifera, 38341.
Kokkokri dagan-kohan-koryo, Holcus
sorghum, 38200.
hakunemkoryo, Holcus sorghum,
38203.
sasui, Holcus sorghum, 3S201.
waishin - han - koryo, Holcus sor-
ghum, 38204.
kinsui, Holcus sorghum, 38194.
Konen-kGryo, Holcus sorghum, 38195.
Kosuirasu, Soja max, 38218.
K'u t'ou tzu, Trigonella foenum-
graecum, 38465.
Kua Hi, Trichosanthes kiriloicii, 38489.
Kuai tsao, Ziziphus jujuba, 3S252.
Kuang kuang yii shu, Limits parvi-
folia, 37810.
K'uei li tzu, Castanea mollissima,
37799.
K'uei shin tzu, Diospyros kaki, 37667.
Kumquat, Desert, Eremocitrus glauca,
37712, 37S08.
Kunm, Colocacia esculcnta, 37692.
La Aulopa, Adenanthera pavonia,
38117.
Lactuca sativa, 38657.
Lagerstroemia flbs-reginae. See Lager-
stroemia speciosa.
speciosa, 3S294.
Lan t'ien nm tan, Paeonia suffruticosa,
38340.
Lang ya ch'ih, Gleditsia sp., 38239.
Lanutan, Bombycodendron vidalianum,
38486.
Laranja da China, Citrus sinensis,
377TU
Laranja da pera. Citrus sinensis, 37797.
37798, 37843.
da terra, Citrus aurantium, 37775.
lima, Citrus sp.. 37793.
natal, Citrus sinensis, 37844.
selecta, ('ileus sinensis, 37777,
377S2, 37796, 37840.
branca, Citrus sinensis, 37841.
rajada, Citrus sinensis, 37842.
verticillata, Citrus sinensis, 37845.
Larch, Larix kurilensis, 38414.
Larix kurilensis, 38414.
Lau lan, Golocasia esculcnta. 37694.
Lauvai niatui. Cassia sp., 38120.
LecytMs usitata, 38547.
Lens esculcnta. See Lentilla lens.
Lentil, Lentilla lens, 38435, 38436.
Tsa pien toil, 38435.
Lentilla lens, 38435, 38436.
Leptochloa filiformis, 38007.
Lespedeza maerocarpa. See Campy-
lot ropis m a eroearpa .
Lettuce. Lactuca sativa,, 38657.
Lilac, ttyringd sp., 37647.
Lima doce, Citrus limetta, 37772,
37773. 37787.
Lima -lima, Dioscorea pentaphylla,
37701.
Lime. Citrus sp., 38102.
Citrus aurantifolia, 37803.
Citrus limetta, 37772, 37773. 377^7.
37789, 37805.
(Brazil), 37772, 37773, 37787,
37789.
(Bririsli West Indies), 37803.
37805.
(Philippine Islands), 38102.
sweet, 37772, 37773, 37787, 37789,
37805.
Lime orange. Citrus spp., 37784-37786,
37793.
Linum usitatissimum, 37719. 37720.
Limoneillo, Triphasia tri folia, 37816.
Li tsao, Ziziphus jujuba. 3S249.
Lot iu m multiflnrum. 37709.
Lopa, Adenanthera pavonina, 3S117.
Loquat, Eriobotrya japonica, 3S496,
38497, 38568.
Tanaka, 385i 8
Lotus tetragonolobus, 38415.
Lou 1j ii shin tzu, Diospyros, kaki,
37663.
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173
Ln huang shao yao, Paeonia albiflora,
38339.
Lii yii mu tan, Paeonia suffrutieosa,
3S340.
Lucuma mammosa. See Achradelpha
mammosa.
Lusumbi, Stisolobium eincreum, 3S170.
Ma Ali, Gynopogon sp., 38125.
Ma lien tsao, Ziziphus jujuba, 37659.
Ma tzii, Cannabis sativa, 3S466.
Ma ya t'ou tsao, Ziziphus jujuba,
38261.
Mabola, Diospyros discolor, 38192,
384S3.
Macambira, Neoglasiovia concolor,
37919.
Macardnga tanarius, 38129.
Machilus nanmu. See Phoebe nanmu.
Maka opio. Colocasia esculenta, 37695.
Makuncle ia bafeta, Vigna sinensis,
38295.
ia knsuku, Vigna sinensis. 3S296.
Maiwa, Pcnnisetum glaucum, 38407.
Maize. See Zea mays.
Malus spp., 3S231, 38279, 3S2S0.
sylvestris, 37683.
Malvarrosa, Pelargonium sp., 38334.
Mamani, Sola mini tuberosum, 3S60S.
Mainey carta jina, Mammea amerieana,
37814.
Colorado, Achradelpha mammosa,
37S13.
Mammea amerieana. 37S14.
Maminee, Mammea, amerieana, 37814.
Mamona, Jatropha cure-as, 37S75.
Manapo, Sindora supa, 37703.
Mandacaru de boi, Cereus jamacaru,
37S23.
Mandarin, Citrus nobilis deliciosa.
38101.
Manga da rosa, Mangifera indica,
37790. 37846.
Mangifera sp., 383S2.
indica. 37790, 37840-37848, 38379-
38381, 38387, 3S390, 38391.
n rticillata, 38394.
Mango, Mangifera spp.:
Augusta, 37848.
(Brazil), 37790, 37846-37848.
Carabao, 38390.
Carlota, 37847.
(Cochin China), 38387.
Mekongensis, 38387.
Mango — Continued.
(Philippine Islands), 38379-3S3S1,
3S382, 38390, 38391.
Pico, 3S391.
Rose, 37790. 37S46. '
Xoai thanhca, 3S387.
Manguena, Solatium muricatum. 38548.
Mangntnngu, Stizolobium cinereiim,
38169.
Manivelho, Baetris caryotaefolia.
37927.
Mao chien shin tzu, Diospyros fcalci,
37654.
Maota, Dysoxylum maota, 38124.
Marang, Artocarpus odoratissima*
38377.
Marrow kale, Brassica oleracca caulo-
rapa X viridis. 37807.
M;v . Tacca pinnatiflda, 38133.
Massaggoa adjagama, lloleus sorgh""!,
38570.
Mast wood, Calophyllum inopli glluni,
38118.
Mata errano, Mammea ameri. .at
37814.
Maurandia harclaiana, 37883.
Mauritia rinifera. 37819, 37903.
Maximilianea sp., 38099.
Maxixe, Cucumis angaria, 38113.
Meadow fescue, Festuca elatior, 37710.
Medicago sativa, 37941, 37942, 38138,
3820S. 38464, 3S523, 38643.
Mei jen mien mu tan, Paeonia suf-
fruticosa. 3S340.
Mcibomia sp., 38331.
Melao, Cucumis melo, 37920.
Melinis minutifiora, 379S3, 3S038.
Merdiera, Byrsonima crassifolia, 37728.
Merrcmia hederac i, r,Q047.
Mi trosideros diffusa, 38051.
Meeera, Holcus sp. X. See under
37723.
Mi kuan shih tzu. Diospyros kalci,.
37678.
Michelia cathcartii, 382S8.
champaca, 37S81.
lanuginosa, 3S2S9.
Mien slian cha, Crataegus pinnatiflda,
3S2S3.
Millet, pearl, I'cnnisctum glaueuniy
37<»<;2. :;snsi_:;sns6.
MimuNops sp., 38172.
coriacea, .".7!»2S.
elengi, .".7726.
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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
Misgawi, Trifolium alexandrinum,
38139.
Mo chin mu tan, Paeonia suffruticosa,
38340.
Molasses grass, Mclinis minutiflora,
38038.
Molave, Vitex pa rri flora, 37705.
Moli, Citrus hystrix, 3S132.
Monkey fruit, Rolliniopsis discreta,
37902.
Monkey's-pepper, Xylopia carminaiiva,
37905.
Moquilea tomentosa, 37936.
Mu hsii, Medicago sativa, 384G4.
Mu shih tzu, Diospyros kaki, 37650.
Mu tan, Paeonia suffruticosa, 3S340.
Mucuje, Couma rigida, 37934.
Mummy apple, Carica papaya, 38292.
Munamal, Mimusops clcngi, 37726.
Muscowi, Trifolium alexandrinum,
38139.
Muskawi, Trifolium alexandrinum,
38139.
Mr ' m Ion, Cucumis melo, 37C20,
38519.
Mussaenda philippica, 38104.
Myrciaria spp., 37837-37839.
edulis, 37S29.
Nai li, Pyrus chinensis, 3S2G6.
Nai tzu p'u t'ao, Vitis vinifera, 38186.
Nance, Byrsonima crassifolia, 37728.
Nanmu, ^ ocbc nanmu, 37944, 38333.
Nariz, Anacardium excelsum, 38209.
Natsu mikan. Citrus sp., 38335.
Navel orange, Citrus sinensis. See
Orange, navel.
Nazia aliena, 38009.
Nen-koryo4vo. Holeus sorghum, 38198.
Neoglaziovia concolor, 37919.
variegata, 37794.
Ngart, Plukenetia conophora, 38644.
Nicuri palm. Cocos coronata, 37867.
Is'iu Afa. Cocos nucifcra, 3842S.
Niu hsin ta shih tzu, Diospyros kaki,
37662.
Niu Kea, Cocos nucifcra, 38434.
Niu Lea, Cocos nucifera, 38432.
Niu Mea, Cocos nucifera, 3S430.
Niu Nai, Cocos nucifera, 38433.
Niu nai shih tzu, Diospyros kaki,
37669, 37670.
Niu Ui, Cocos nucifcra, 38429.
Niu Vai, Cocos nucifera, 3S431.
Nogueira, Aleurites moluccana, 37926.
Oak, Quercus liaotungensis, 38181.
Oat, Arena sativa, 37708.
Gul Naessaanl, 37708.
Naesiia:ird Yellow, 37708.
Oat - grass, Arrhenatherum elatius,
38036.
Obo, Oryza sativa, 38226.
Oity, Moquilea tomentosa, 37936.
Okra, Abelmoschus esculentus, 37806.
Olea europaea, 38336.
foveolata, 38645.
Olive, Olea europaea, 38336.
wild, Olea foveolata, 38645.
Opuntia spp.. 37746, 37747, 37822,
37824-37828, 37851-37853, 38070.
albicans, 38063.
anacantha, 38064.
candelabriformis, 38065.
chrysacantha, 38066.
consolcana, 38067.
curassavica, 38068.
diacantha, 38070.
elata, 38071.
elata delaetiana. 38069.
elongata, 3S072.
gliucesccns, 38073.
glaucophylla, 38074.
glomcrata, 3S075.
klciniae, 38076.
lanccolata, 38077.
Icmaireana, 38078.
microcarpa , 38079.
mieckleyi, 3S083.
paraguayvnsix. 38080.
spcgazzinii, 38081.
sulphured, 38082.
vulpina, 38084.
Orange, Citrus spp. :
Bergamot, Citrus bcrgamia, 37779,
37795.
bitter, Citrus aurantiurn, 37775.
38503, 3S506-3850S.
(Brazil), 37748-37752, 377">4-
37770, 37774-37777, 37782-377^;.
3778S. 37791-37793, 37795-377: is.
37840-37845.
(China), 37809.
Ch'ou ch'gng tzu. 37809.
Djeroek balie. 38507, 38508.
manis, 38503.
pandan, 38506.
(Japan), 38335.
(Java), 3S503, 38506-38508.
Laranja da china, 37776.
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Orange — Continued.
Laranja da pera, 37797, 37798,
37843.
da terra, 37775.
lima, 37793.
natal, 37844.
selecta, 37777, 37782, 37796,
37840.
branea, 37841.
rajada, 37842.
verticillata. 37845.
lime, 37784-37786, 37793.
Moli, 38132.
Natsu mikan, 38335.
navel, 37748-37752, 37754-37770,
37774, 37783, 37788, 37791, 37792.
pear, 37797. 37798, 37843.
Seville, 37775.
sour. See Citrus aurantium.
sweet. See Citrus sinensis.
trifoliate, Poncirus trifoliata,
37809.
Orchard grass, Dactylis glomerata,
37711. .
Ormosia calavensis, 37704.
monosperma, 37876.
Oryza sativa, 37696, 37697, 37731,
37732, 37737-37740, 37854-37860,
38044, 38088-38093, 38221-38227,
38327, 38361-38371, 38493, 38494,
38530-38532.
Osterdamia sp., 38177.
Pa yiieh huang shin tzu, Diospyros
kaki, 37677, 37952.
Pacaya salad palm, Chamaedorea sp.,
38403, 38404.
Pachyrhisus angulatus. See Cacara
erosa.
Paeonia albiflora, 38339.
moutan. See Paeonia suffruticosa.
suffruticosa, 38340.
Pai hsiao tou, Phaseolus angularis,
38442.
Pai li, Pyrus chinensis, 38241.
P'ai p'ai shin tzu, Diospyros kaki, 37675.
Pai yii hua mei, Primus glandulosa,
38337.
P'ai p'ai shin tzu, Diospyros kaki, 37675.
Paina, Chorisia insignis, 38330.
Palm, Attalea spp., 37899, 37910.
Bactris caryotae folia, 37927.
(Brazil), 37745, 37819, 37866-
37869, 37899, 37903, 37910, 37927.
Palm — Continued.
(British Honduras), 38112, 38538,
38541, 3S542.
Burity, 37819, 37903.
Canquib, 3851").
Carnahuha, 37866.
Carnauba, 37S66.
Chamaedorea spp., 38403, 3S404,
38515, 385S2.
erncsti-aiigitsti, 38516.
gramini folia, 3S543.
Cocops rival is, 385S8.
C(X)os corona ta, 37867.
nucifera, 38428-3S434.
romanzoffiana, 37745.
Collinia sp., 38399.
Dende, 37869.
(Guatemala), 3S399. 38403, 38404,
38498, 38515, 38516. 3S539, 3S540,
38543, 38582.
Manivelho, 37927.
Mauritia vinifera, 37819, 37903.
Nicuri, 37867.
Pacaya salad, 38403, 3S404, 38582.
Palmeira, 37910.
Piassava, 37868.
(Porto Rico), 38588.
Ptychosperma gracilis, 38538.
salad, 38403, 38404, 3S582.
Seaforthia elegans, 3S112, 3S539,
38540.
Shella-accum, 38516.
Styloma paciflca, 38541.
thurstonii, 38542.
Uchul, Synecanthus flbrosus, 38498.
Palma, Opuntia spp., 37824, 37826,
37852.
Palmeira, Attalea sp., 37910.
Pan shin tzu, Diospyros kaki, 37655.
Panax quinquefolium, 37870, 37871.
Pandanus butayci, 37742.
Pang chi shen, Panax quinquefolium,
37870, 37871.
Panicum barbinode, 37849, 37998.
bulbosum, 38039.
campestre, 37991.
hirticaule, 38014, 38018.
isocalycinum. See Homolepis iso-
calycina.
laxum, 38041.
maximum-, 379S4, 37997, 38024,
38030.
teneriffae. See Tricholaena rosea.
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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
Papaya, Carica papaya, 38292, 38648.
(Danish West Indies), 38648.
(Samoa), 38292.
Paradise nut, Leeythis usitata, 38547.
Paramignia monophylla, 38298.
Pardeshi, Cyamopsis tetragonoloba,
377LT..
Parinari excel. sum, 38175.
Paspalum attenuatum, 38028.
con juya turn, 38031.
denticulatum, 38016.
distich urn. .See Paspalum nota-
turn.
notatum, 37996.
scuta l urn, 38006.
Passiftora edulis, 38097.
lauri folia, 38373.
liyularis, 38G42.
maliformis, 38641.
Passion fruit. See Passiftora spp.
Pastack shaftaly, Amygdalus persica,
38417.
Pata, Macaranga tanarius, 3S129.
Paulouniia fortunei, 3S1S4.
Pea, Pisum sativum, 3S207, 38438,
38439.
(China), 3S438-38440.
field, Pisum arvense, 38440.
Huang wan tou, 38438.
Peach. Amygdalus persica:
(Chile), 38577.
(China), 38178, 3S272 - 3S276,
3S469, 3S470.
Ch'iu pai t'ao, 38273.
Fei t'ao, 38178.
Fo shou t'ao, 3^272.
Hsiao pien t'ao, 38276.
Pastack shaftaly, 38417.
(Peru), 38094, 38095.
Pi t'ao, 38274.
Rugani Can. 38416.
(Russia). 38416 38418.
Ta hung pien t'ao, 38470.
Ta pien t'ao, 38275.
Uvillas. 3809.1.
Pear, Pyrus spp. :
(China ) . 379S2, 38240 38242, 3S202-
38271, 38277, 38278.
Ohin li. 38240.
Chin sui t/.fi li. 38277.
Ch'ing p'i t'ien li. 38268.
ft 11, 38262.
Huang li, 38267.
Pear — Continued.
Hung hsiao li. 38242.
Kao ting pai li. 38270.
Nai li, 38266.
(New York), 379S1.
Pai li, 38211.
Pin li, 38263.
seedless and coreless, 37981.
Sha pai li. 38264.
Shui pai li. 38269.
Su li, 38278.
Tangshan, 37982.
Tien kua li. 38271.
Tzu su li, 38265.
Yin li, 38266.
Pearl millet, Pennisetum glduoum:
Arguin breke, 38584.
matia. 3S585.
nioro, 385S6.
(German West Africa), 37962,
3S5S4-38586.
Jadirie. 37962.
Kolbenhirse, 37962.
Maiwa, 38407.
(Nigeria), 38407.
Pelargonium sp., 38334.
eapitatum, 37820. 38136.
odoratissimum, 37736, 3S056, 3S137.
radula, 37735, 37821.
Peltophorum ferrugint urn. See Baryx-
yliuu inerme.
vogelianum. See Baryxylum du-
bium.
Pen shih tzu, Diospyros kaki. 37949.
Pennisetum glaucum, 379G2, 38407,
3S5S4-385S6.
typhoideum. See Pennisetum glau-
cum.
Peony. Paeonia spp.:
Chin chan shao yao. 38339.
Chin lun mu tan. 38340.
China), 38339. 3S340.
Chnang yuan hung mu tan. 38340.
Hao pai mu tan. 38340.
Hei shao yao, 38339.
Kao kan hung shao yao. 38339.
Fan t'ieu mu tan. 38340.
Fu huang shao yao, 38339.
Lii yii mu tan, 38340.
Mei jen mien mu tan. 38340.
Mo chin mu tan, 38340.
Ping ch'ing shao yao. 38339.
Ton lii mu tan, 38340.
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Peony — Continued.
Tung wu erh chiao mu tan. 38340.
Yao huang mu tan, 38340.
Yii i huang rau tan, 38340.
Yii kuo t'ien ch'ing mu tan, 38340.
Pepino, Solarium muricatum, 38548.
Pepper, red, Capsicum spp., 37912,
38121.
Persea americana, 38400-38402, 38477,
S8549-3S564, 38578. 38581, 38583,
38587. 38638-38640.
gratissima. See Persea americana.
Persimmon, Diospyros spp. :
(Bermuda), 38482.
Chi chien hung shih tzii, 37653.
Chi hsin hung shih tzu, 37651.
Chia hsien hung shih tzu, 37676.
(China). 37648-37658, 37661-
37667, 37669, 37670. 37672-37678,
37S01. 37811, 37812. 37948-37952,
38152.
Ching mien shih tzu, 37664.
Ch'ing shih tzu, 37661, 37666.
fire-pot. 37657.
Gosho. 37718.
Huo kuan shih tzu, 37657.
(Japan), 3771S.
(Java), 38193.
Juan tsao tzu, 37811, 37832.
K'uei shih tzu, 37667.
Lou hu shih tzu, 37663.
lotus. 37811, 37812.
Mao chien shih tzii, 37654.
Mi kuan shih tzu, 37678.
Mu shih tzu, 37650.
Niu hsin ta Shih tzu. 37662.
Niu nai shih tzu, 37669, 37670.
Pa yiieh huang shih tzu, 37677,
37952.
P'ai p'ai shih tzu. 37675.
Pan shih tzu, 37655.
Pen sliili tzu. 37!) (J).
P'ing shih tzu, 37665.
salt-hag. .">7()72.
seedless. 37649-37651.37653, 37657.
Shan ko tan shih tzu. 37652.
Sheng ti shih tzu, 37649.
Shui shih tzu, 37656.
Ssu l&ag shih tzu. 37948.
Ssu pu hsiang shih tzu, 37658.
Ta kou tzu niu hsin shih tzu,
37648.
Persimmon — Continued.
Ta ou hsin shih tzu, 37674.
Tamopan. See under 37649.
wild. Diospyros lotus, 37801, 37811,
37S12.
Yen shih tzu, 37801.
Yen pu tai shih tzii, 37672.
Yen shih tzu, 37951.
Yu lou t'ou shih tzu, 37950.
Yii kuei lun shih tzu, 37673.
Phaseolus angularis, 38442, 38443,
38446.
calcaratus, 38441.
semierectus angustifolius, 37925.
vulgaris, 37888, 37890, 37891,
38444, 38445.
Phiuu, Solatium tuberosum, 38609.
Phoebe nanmu, 37944, 38333.
Phyllostachys sp., 37679.
Physalis curassavica, 38109.
Pi t'ao, Amygdalus persica, 38274.
Piassava palm, Attalea funife.a,
37868.
Pieea obovata, 38409.
Pili nut, Canarium ovatum, 37685,
38372, 3839S.
Pimento de macaco, Xylopia carmina-
tiva, 37905.
Pin li, Pyrus chinensis, 38263.
Pine. Pinus armandi, 38467, 3S468.
(China). 38467, 38468.
Sung tzu, 38467.
Ping ch'ing shao yao, Paeonia albi flora,
38339.
P'ing shih tzu, Diospyros kaki, 37665.
Pinna, Annona squamosa, 37908.
Pinus armandi, 38467, 38468.
Piper methysticum, 38291.
Piqui, Caryocar brasiliensis, 37904.
Pisum arvense, 3S440.
sativum, 38207, 3843S, 38439.
Pitahaya, Cereus triangularis, 3S601.
Pitaya, Cereus triangularis, 38601.
Pithecolobium saman. See Samanea
saman.
Pittosporum eugenioides, 38052.
Plagianthus lyallii. See Gaya lyallii.
Platonia insignis, under 37802.
Plulccnclia couophora, 38644.
P'o p'o tsao. Ziziphus jujnba, 38250.
Pochota, Ceiba acuminata, 380 17.
Poinciana regia. Sec Delonix regia.
polo. Capsicum frutescens, 38121.
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178
SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
Pomegranate, Punica granatum, 37817,
37889, 3S185.
(Brazil), 37889.
(China), 38185.
(Ecuador), 37817.
Shuang shin liu hua, 38185.
Poncirus tri folia la, 37809.
Poplar, Populus spp., 37953, 38232,
38255.
(China), 37953. 38232. 38255.
Ta pai .vans shu, 38255.
Popular sp., 38232.
tomentosa, 37953, 38255.
Potato, Solarium tuberosum:
Anco-choque, 38602-38604.
blight-proof, 38300. 38301.
Bohun, 38360, 38662.
(Bolivia). 38602-38615 38617.
Busola, 38357.
Chiar imilla, 38605-38607.
Clio, 38663.
(England), 38300, 38301.
Faryd, 38359.
Maguola, 38356.
Mamanl, 38608.
New Era, 37947.
(New Zealand), 37947.
Olgierd, 3S358.
Phinu, 38609.
(Russia), 38356-38300, 3S659-
38663.
Twitez, 38060.
Vitality, 38300. 38301.
Warszawa, 38659.
Wohltmann, 38601.
Poutcria caimito, 37929.
Prickly-pear. See Opuntiu s:,p.
Pritchardia pacifica. See Styloma pa-
cified.
thurstonii. See Styloma thurs-
tonii.
Prunus sp., 38282.
armeniaca, 37744, 38230, 38281.
cerasifera divaricata, 376SS, 3S157,
38421-38424.
glandulosa, 38337.
microt arpa, 37686.
pad ns. 38410.
pedunculata. Sec Amygdalus pe-
ilunculatn.
persiea. Sec imygdalus persiea.
prostrata, 37687, 3S425.
eulicifolia, 3S(>.*!7.
Prunus serrulata, :*.vjno.
spinosa macrocarpa, 38426.
• tomentosa, 37680.
Psidium spp.. 37*97. ::7<r_>_!. .'W342.
guajara. 37835.
Psophocarpus tetra gonolobus See
Botor U tragonoloba.
Pterocarya caucasica. See I'tcro-
carya fraxinifolia.
fraxinifolia, 38427.
Ptychosperma elegans. See Seaforthio
elegans.
gracilis, 38538.
Pua. Hernandia peltata, 38127.
Pummelo, Citrus grand is. :J>7724. 37778.
(Brazil). 37778.
(Philippine Islands), 37724.
seedless, 37780.
Siamese, 37724.
Punica granatum, 37817, 37889. 38185.
Pyretlirum. Chrysanthemum sp., 38537.
Pyrns sp., 37982.
chinensis, 38240-38242; 38262-
38271. 38277,38278.
communis, 3798.1.
mains. See Mains siiln stris.
nivalis claeagrifolia, 37089.
Quercus liaotungensis, 3S181.
Quince. Chaenomeles laa< naria catliay-
ensis, 37954.
Quinoa, Chenopodium quinoa, 37970.
Radish. Raphanus sativus, 38328.
Hsiang ch'ing lo po. 38328.
winter, 38328.
Ranghino, Oryza sativa, 37739.
Rapltanus saiirus, 3832S.
Raspberry. Rubus sp.. 37887.
Rubus rosat folius, 37S85.
Raxtul, Achradelpha riridis, 38478-
38481.
Red clover. Trifolium pratense, 37937-
37939, 38189, 38190.
Red pepper, Capsicum spp., 37912,
38121.
Rheedia brasiliensis, 37802.
Rhododendron ciliatum X edgeworthii
37974.
dauricum, 38413.
edgeworthii X veitchianum, 37973
forsU riauuni. .">7'.»7."..
fragrantissimum. :>7!>74.
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179
R)ms punjabensis sinica, 38158.
Ribbonwood, large-flowered, Gaya ly-
allii, 3S049.
Kibes diacantha, 3S412.
dikuscha, 38411.
Rice, Oryza sativa :
(Africa), 3S044.
Aikoku, 38222.
Banku paddy, 3S367.
Bau-gauk, 38091.
Baw yoot, 38089.
( Belgian Kongo) , 38044.
Benlloch, 37697.
Bertone, 37740.
Boeloeh itum, 3S361.
poetih, 38362.
Boinba, 37696.
Branco, 37S57.
(Brazil), 37854-37860.
(British Guiana ) . 38530-38532.
(Bulgaria), 37731. 37732.
( Burma ) , 38088-3S093.
Dakhleh Oasis, 38327.
Demerara Creole, 38532.
(Egypt), 3S327.
(France), 37739-37740.
Garudan Samba, 38368.
(India), 38088-38093, 38367-38371.
(Japan), 38221-38227.
Java paddy. 38092.
Kame-uo-o, 38225.
Kareyur, 38370.
Ketan item, 38363.
Khargeh Oasis, 38327.
Kitaima do Japao, 37856.
Kow chow, 38493.
Kow san, 38494.
Louro do Japao, 37855.
Lowland No. 75. 38531.
Moetmoerio, 38364.
mountain, 37738.
Muthu Samba, 38371.
Nga-cheik-gale, 38( « m >.
Ngasein paddy, 38088.
Obo, 38226.
Omachi, 38224.
Pallaiya Samba, 3S370.
Patarka, 38305.
Patraka, 38365.
Ranghino, 37739.
red, 37731.
(Russia), 37737, 3773S.
Saba-net-Taungbya, 3S093.
Rice — Continued.
Shekitori, 38227.
Shinriki. 38221.
(Siam), 38498, 38494
Skrivimas Koti, 38365.
(Spain), 37696, 37697.
Sura dhani, 3S531.
(Surinam), 38361-38366.
swamp, 37737.
Takenari, 38223.
Upland No. 6, 38530.
Vallai Kattai, 3S369.
white, 37732.
Witte Wanica, 38366.
Ricinus communis, 37914.
RoUinia sp., 37872.
delieiosa, 3S171.
dolabripetala, 37S79.
glaucescens, 37880, 37892.
laurifolia, 37882.
sylvatica, 37930.
Rolliniopsis discreta, 37902.
Rosa alberti, 37977.
banksiac normalis, 3S162.
brimonii, 3S165.
fargesii, 37979.
filipes, 3S166.
helenae, 3S163.
moyesii, 37979.
rubus, 38161, 38164.
setipoda, 37978.
soulieana, 38159.
xanthina X (?), 38160.
Rose. See Rosa spp
Roselle, Hibiscus sabdariffa, 37098,
38107.
Temprano, 37698.
Royal poinciana. Delonix regia, 38653.
Rubber, Central American. Castilla
nicoyensis, 38188.
Rubus sp., 37887.
alpestris, 38571.
andersoni, 38572.
bogotensis, 38054, 38055, 38114,
38115. 38646.
calycinus, 38573.
ii i reus Thunh., .'.8571.
niveus Wall. Sec Rubus pedum-
culosus, 38576.
paiiiciilatii s , 38576.
pedunculosus, 38575.
rosaefolius, 37885.
Rugani Gau. Amiitidalus persica, 38416.
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SEEDS AND PLANTS [MPORTED.
Rye-grass, Italian. Lolium multiflorum,
37709.
Saba-net-Taungbya, Oryza sativa,
38093.
Saceliarum narenga, 38257, 38332.
St. Thomas tree, Bauhinia tomentosa,
38651.
Saku, Croton (UkjoU nsis, .'57741.
Salad palm, Chamaedorea spp., 38403,
38404.
Salix spp., 38179, 38233-38235, 38238.
.sVf/rm sp., 3S048.
Saman tree, Samanea saman, 3SG54.
Samanea saman, 38654.
Samoan chestnut, Inocarpus edulis,
38135.
Sana hemp, Crotalaria juncea, 3S140.
Santalum sp., 3S12S.
Sapote, Achradelpha mammosa, 37813,
38634.
green. Achradelpha viridis, 38478-
384S1, 38566.
Sarcostemma apiculatum, 37913.
Sea forth ia elegans, 38112. 38539, 3S540.
Sechium edule. See Chayota edulis.
Seguidilla. Botor tetragonoloba, 37699.
Sesban sp., 38211.
niacroca rp um. .".7031.
Sesbania grandiflora. See Agati
grandiflora.
Setaria imberbis. See Chaetochloa
intberbis.
setosa. See Chaetochloa setosa.
Severinia buxifolia, 38509, :;s.-,io.
Sha pai li, Pyrus chinensis, 38264.
Shan ho t'ao, Jur/luns naia. 38472.
ko tan sliih tzfl, Diospyros Laid,
37652.
shen, Panax quinquefolium. 37870,
3787 1 .
Shao yao, Paeonia albiflora, 38339.
Shekitori, Oryza sativa, 38227.
Sheila -accum palm, Chamaedorea
< i in sti-augusti, 38516.
Sh§ng ii shih tzfi. Diospyros kaki,
:;7(;i!!
Shih tzQ. Sit Diospyros kaki.
Shinriki, Oryza saliva, 38221.
Shirashaya, Soja max. 38228.
Shokokoku-han-koryo, II ulcus .si,, ghum,
:; ;
Shok6waishin-han-kory5, Jfolcus sor-
ghum, 38197.
Shore-grass, Stenotaphrum secunda-
tum, 37850.
Shuang shih liu liua. Tunica granatum,
381 85.
Shui mgn tsao, Ziziphus jujuba, 38245.
pai li, Pyrus chinensis, 38269.
shih tzu. Diospyros kaki, :',7<».~»G.
Sida sp., 37918.
Si/ndora supa, :;7703.
Sloe, Primus spinosa macrocarpa,
384L'<;.
Soap-pod tree, Qleditsia sp.. :;s^.j(j.
Soja max, ::7<;si. 38213-38220, 3s_:>.
38450-38462.
Solanum sp., 38174.
muricatum, 38548.
tuberosum, 37947. 38300, 38301,
38356-38360, 38602-38615, 38617,
38659-3S663.
Sorghum, Holcus sorghum:
(Algeria), 37723, 38183.
Baierie boderie. 37957.
(Barbados), 38173.
Black Grushevsk, 37733.
(Brazil), 38033, 38034.
Chi kuyo-seihan-k Jryo. 38202.
(China), 38463.
Danerie-balloi-ssoloderie. 37958.
Deparie boderie, 37964.
danerie, 379c>n.
Durra, 38053.
(Egypt), 38592, 3S.V.U. ::s.->99.
Ewaiga, 38594.
i\:\\A\ killirom, 38533
Gabli nialgo, 38569.
Gaderie, .">7!iG3.
Gai-hansaku. 3S196.
(German West Africa). :i7:»r.«;-
37961, 37963, 37964, 38533,
38569, 38570.
Gianl Sudan. 38183.
Gnrdori. .".7!)t;i.
Hung kao Hang ;',S4<;3.
Iantar, 37734.
(Italy). 38053.
Esnawi, 38592.
Jan dawa, ::s406.
Janorae, mis."..
(Japan i. 38085 38087, 381!)4-
38205, :;s:;:, t. ::s:;:.o.
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181
Soighum — Continued.
Kakassirie, 37956.
kaoliang. 38463.
Kaura, 3S405.
Kijaku-haku-han-koryo, 38205.
Kilburie, 37959.
Kokkoku (lagan - kohan - koryo,
38200.
hakunen-koryo, 38203.
kinsui. 38194.
sasui, 38201.
waishin-han-koryo, 38204.
Konen-koryo, 38195.
Massaggoa adjagama. 38570.
Mezera, under 37723.
Nen-koryo-ko, 38198.
(Nigeria), 38405, 38406.
(Russia), 37733, 37734.
Saifi beladi rafeh, 38599.
Shokokoku-han-koryo, 38199.
Shokowaishin-han-koryo, 38197.
Ssanerari, 37961.
porghum halepense. See Holcus lialc-
/jensis.
nil (/are. See Holcus sorghum.
Sotia guvar, Cyamopsis tetragonoloba,
37725.
Sour-grass, Valota insularis, 3S025.
Soy bean, Soja max:
Aksaya, 38214.
Aoniiido, 38220.
Aotsurunoko, 38217.
(China), 37684. 38450-38462.
Ch'ing tou, 38456, 3S457.
Gowari, 38215.
Hadaka, 38216.
Hsiao hei tou, 38462.
Hsiao huang tou, 38453. 3S455.
Hu p'i tou. 38460.
Huai tou. 38458.
Huang tou, 38454.
(Japan), 38213-38220, 38228.
Juningonomi, 38219.
Kosuirasu, 38218.
Large white eyebrow. 37684.
Shirashaya, 38228.
Ta hei tou, 38461.
Ta huang tou. 3S450-38452.
Ta tzfl tou. 38459.
Tsurunoko, 38213.
Spindle wood, Euonymus sp., 38237.
. Spiraea japonica acuminata, 38167.
Spondias tnberosa, 37S61-37S65.
Sporobolus argutus, 38011.
indicus, 37989.
Ssanerari, Holcus sorghum, 37961.
Ssu leng shih tzu, Diospyros kaki,
3794S.
Ssu pu hsiang shih tzfl, Diospyros kaki,
37658.
Stadmannia oppositifolia, 38378.
Stenotaphrum secundatum. 37S50.
Sterculia sp., 37727.
Stizolobium cinereum, 38169, 38170.
Strawberry, Fragaria spp. :
(Bolivia), 3S520-38522.
hill, 37691.
(Caucasus), 37690. 37691.
white, 38520.
wildwood, Fragaria rcsca, 37690.
Styloma pacifica, 38541.
thurstonii, 38542.
Su li, Pyrus chinensis, 38278.
Su tsao, Ziziphus jujuba, 3S259.
Sudan grass, Holcus hahpcnsis, 3S032,
38108.
Sugar-apple, Annona squamosa, 38635.
Sugar cane, Saccharum narcnga:
(China). 38257. 38332.
Kan chO. 38257.
Suha. Citrus hystrix, 38293.
Sumach, Rhus punjabcnsis sinica,
3S15S.
Sung tzu, Pinus armandi, 3S467.
Sunn hemp, Crotalaria juncea, 3S140.
Supa, Sindora supa, 37703.
Sura dhani, Oryza saliva, 38531.
Sweetsop. Annona squamosa, 37818.
Sycamore fig, Ficus sycomorus, 37729.
Synecanthus fibrosus, 38498.
Syntherisma digitata, 3S015.
Syringa sp., 37647.
Sysygium sp.. 37932.
Ta hei tou. Soja max, 38461.
Ta huang tou, Soja max, 38450-38452.
Ta hung pien t'ao, Amygdalus persica
platycarpa, 38470.
Ta kou tzu niu hsin shih tzu, Dios-
pyros kaki. 'M'< 18.
Ta on hsin shih tzu, Diospyros kaki.
37674.
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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
Ta pai yang shu, Populus tomentosa,
38255.
Ta pien t'ao, Amygdalus persica platy-
carpa, 3S275.
Ta p'in kuo, Malus sp., 38279.
Ta sha kuo, Malus sp., 38280.
Ta shan shen, Panax quinquefolium,
37870, 37871.
Ta shui hsing, Prunus armeniaca,
3S2S1.
Ta suan cha, Crataegus pinnatiflda,
381 7G.
Ta tsao. Ziziphus jujuba, 37668, 38187.
Ta tzu ton, »So/« ma#9 38459.
Ta yuan tsao, Ziziphus jujuba, 38243.
Tabcbuia pentaphyila, 8S649.
Tarca pinnatiflda, 38133.
Tahiti-chestnut, Inocarpus edulis,
38135.
Takenari, Oryza sativa, 38223.
Talauma sp., 38103.
Tangerine, CHrus nobilis delieiosa,
37753, 37771.
(Brazil), 37753, 37771.
Tarata, Pittosporum eugcnioides, 3S052.
Taro, Coloeasia escttlenta:
Apuwai ulaula, 37693.
(Hawaii), 37692-37695.
K u inu, 37692.
Lau loa, 37694.
Maka opio. 37695.
Thespesia campylosiphon. See Bomby-
eodcndron vidalianum.
ThladiantJia dub in, 384SS.
Thuja orientalis, 37660.
T*iao tsao, Ziziphus jujuba, 38244.
Tibulit, Citrus hystrix, 3S293.
T'ien kua li, Pyrus chinensis, 38271.
Toinate de arbol, Cyphomandra beta-
<(<i, .",sr,36.
Tomato, tree, Cyphomandra betacea,
38636.
Tmi lii inu tan, Paeonia suffruticosa,
38340.
Toung-tha-lai, Garcinia kidia, 38513,
38514.
Tree tomato, Cyphomandra bcta<<<i,
38636.
Tricholaena rosea, 38021.
Trichosanthes kirilourii, 38489.
Trifolium alexandrhium, 38139.
angulation, 37681.
parvi/lorum, 37682.
Trifolium pratense, 37937-37939, 38189-
38190.
repens, 38579.
Trigonella foenum-graecum, 38465.
Triphasia aurantiola. See Triphasia
trifolia.
trifolia, 37816.
Tristania suaveolens, 38098.
Triticum aesthmm, 87971. 38343-38353
38528, 38529, 38534, 88618-38621,
38623. 38626-38631.
durum, 3S622, 38624, 3S625.
vulgare. See Triticum aestivum
Tsa Chiang tou, Vigna sinensis, 38447.
Tsa hsiao tou, Phaseolus angularity
88443.
Tsa pien tou, Lentilla lens, 38435.
Tsao. See Ziziphus jujuba.
Tsurunoko, Soja max, 38213.
Tu pei tzu, Rhus punjabensis sinica^
38158.
Tugue, Dioseorea aculeata, 37702.
Tung po chu, Phyllostachys sp., 37679
tree, Aleurites spp., 37980, 38527.
wu erh chiao inu tan, Paeonia sup
fruticosa, 38340.
T'ung shu, Pauloumia fort unci. 38184
Tzu su li, Pyrus chinensis, 38265.
Uehul palm, Synecanthus fibrosus,
3849S.
Ulluco. Ullucus tuberosus, 38616.
Ullucu papa Lisa, Ullucus tuberosus,*
3S616.
Ullucus tuberosus, 3S616.
Ulmus sp., 37671.
foliacea, 38491.
hollandica vegeta, 38492.
parvifolia, 37810.
Uinlm, Spondias tuberosa, 37861-3786^
Undetermined, 37815, 38116, 3S212.
Uvaia do campo, Eugenia cam pest ris,
37830.
Dvillas, Amygdalus persica, 38095.
ValOta iusuhirix. 38025.
Vicia faba, 38045, 38437.
Yiyna nilotica. 38M46.
sinensis, 37748. 37S94. 3791^
38110, 3S29."). 38296. 38447-
3S449.
Vitex parviflora, 87705.
trifolia. 38130, 3S131.
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Vitis reticulata, 38168.
vinifera, 38186.
Walnut, Juglans regia, 38471. 38472.
Caucasian. Pterocarya fraxini-
folia, 38427.
Shan ho t'ao, 38472.
Wan tou, Phascolus calcaratus, 38441.
Watermelon, Citrullus vulgaris, 3S105,
3S51S
Wheat, Triticum spp.:
Alpha, 38343.
Apulia, 3S622.
Australian Early, 38631.
(Australia), 3S343-3S353.
Bayah, 38344.
Bunyip, 38345.
Caledon Baard, 38620.
Comeback, 38346.
durum, 38022. 38624, 38625.
Ecksteen, 3S626.
Federation. 38347.
Firbank, 38348.
Florence, 38349.
Fourie, 38627.
Gluyas Early, 38350, 38528, 38630.
Grimbeek's Kleinkoren, 38623.
Kaalkop, 38619.
Medeah. 38625.
(Peru), 37971.
Potcheistrooin White, 38619.
Rooi Wolkoren, 3S629.
(Russia), 38534.
spring, 3S621.
Standerton Winter, 38618.
Steinwedel, 3S351.
Theunissen, 38024.
(Transvaal), §8528, 38529, 3S61S-
38631.
Warren, 38352.
Wit Kleinkoren, 38628.
Wolkoren, 38529, 38629.
Vandilla King, 38353.
Wikstroemia chamaedaphne, 3S236.
Willow, Salix spp., 38179, 38233-38235,
38238.
Wood-oil tree. See Tung tree.
Wu pei tzu, Rhus punjabensis sinica,
3S15S.
Xoai thanhca. Mangifera indica, 3S387.
Xylopia carminativa, 37905.
Yam, Dioseorea spp., 37701, 37702,
37943, 38134, 3S229.
Lima-Lima, 37701.
Tugue, 37702.
Yam bean, Cacara erosa, 38665.
Yang shen, Panax quinquefolium,
37870, 37871.
Yang yen pai chiang tou, Vigna sinen-
sis, 3S449.
Yao huang mu tan, Paeonia svffruti-
cosa, 38340.
Yeh shih tzu, Diospyros lotus, 37801.
Yen pu tai shih tzu, Diospyros kaki,
37672.
Yen shih tzu, Diospyros kaki, 37951.
Yin li, Pyrus chinensis, 38266.
Yin li tzu, Castanea mollissima, 37800.
Ying ch'un hua, Jasminum nudiflorum,
38248.
Ylang-ylang, Canangium odoratum,
38652.
Yu lou t'ou shih tzu, Diospyros kaki,
37950.
Yii hua mei, Primus glandulosa, 38337.
Yii i huang mu tan, Paeonia suffruti-
eosa, 3S340.
Yii kuei lun shih tzu, Diospyros kaki,
37673.
Yii kuo t'ien ch'ing mu tan. Paeonia
suffrutieosa, 38340.
Yuan shen, Panax quinquefolium.
37870, 37871.
ts'ui tsao, Zizi pints jujuba, 3S247.
Zapote (undetermined), 37S15.
Zea mays, 37896, 37909, 37965-37967,
37972, 38517, 38544-38546, 38589-
38591, 38593, 38595-3S59S, 38000.
Zephyranthes sp., 38111.
Zinziber officinale, 3S1S0.
Ziziphus joazeiro, 37907, 37923.
jujuba, 37659, 37668, 38187, 38243-
38247, 38210 38253, 38258
38261 .
sativa. See Ziziphus jujuba.
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Issued October 30, 1917.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY.
WILLIAM A. TAYLOR, Chief of Bureau.
INVENTORY
OP
SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED
BY THE
OFFICE OF FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT INTRODUCTION
DURING THE PERIOD FROM JULY 1
TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1914.
(No. 40; Nos. 38666 to 39308.)
WASHINGTON:
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.
1917.
Issued Octuljer 30, 1H17.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY.
WILLIAM A. TAYLOR, Chief of Bureau.
INVENTORY
OF
SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED
BY THE
OFFICE OF FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT INTRODUCTION
DURING THE PERIOD FROM JULY 1
TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1914.
(No. 40; Nos. 38660 to 39308.)
WASHINGTON:
30VERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
iyi7.
BUREAU OF PLANT INTH STRT-
chief of Bureau, William A. TAYLOR.
Associate Chief of Bureau. Karl F. Kellekman.
Officer in Charge of Publications, J. E. Rockwell.
Chief Clerk, James E. Jones.
Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction.
scientific staff.
David Fairchild, Agricultural Explorer in Charge.
P. H. Dorsett, Plant Introducer, in Charge of Plant Introduction Field stations.
B. T. Galloway, Plant Pathologist, in Charge of Plant Protection and Plant Propagation.
Peter Bisset, Plant Introducer, in Charge of Foreign Plant Distribution.
Frank X. Meyer and Wilson Popenoe, Agricultural Explorers.
II. C. Skeels, S. C. Stuntz, and R. A. Young, Botanical Assistants.
David A. Bisset, Nathan Henderson, and Glen P. Van Eseltine, Assistants.
Robert L. Beagles, Superintendent, Plant Introduction Field Station, Chico, Gal.
Edward Simmonds, Superintendent, Plant Introduction Field Station, Miami, Fla.
John M. Rankin, Superintendent. Yarrow Plant Introduction Field Station. Bockville, Md.
J. E. Morrow, Superintendent, Plant Introduction Field Station, Brooksville, Fla.
Edward Goucher, Plant Propagator.
Collaborators: Aaron Aaronsohn, Director, Jewish Agricultural Experimental station.
Haifa, Palestine; Thomas W. Brown, Gizeh, Cairo, Egypt; H. M. Curran, Laurel, Md. ;
M. J. Dorsey, University Farm, St. Paul, Minn.; H. T. Edwards, Ridgewood, N. J.;
Dr. Gustav Eisen, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, Cat.; E. C. Green.
Servico do Algodao, Rio Ac Janeiro, Brazil; A. C. Hartless, Seharunpur Botanic Gardens.
Seharunpur, India; E. J. Kraus, University of Chicago, Chicago, III.; Barbour Lathrop,
Chicago, III; Miss Eliza R. Scidmore, Yokohama, Japan; Charles Simpson, IAttlerivcr,
Fla.; H. P. Stuckey, Experiment, Ga. ; Dr. L. Trabut, Director, Service Botaniqm,
Algiers, Algeria; E. H. Wilson, Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Mass.
2
CONTENTS.
Page.
Introductory statement 5
Inventory 9
Index of common and scientific names 99
ILLUSTRATIONS.
Page.
Plate I. The first Chinese litchi tree (Litchi chinensis Sonnerat) to fruit in
the United States. (See S. P. I. No. 38779.) 28
II. An orchard of the large-fruited Chinese hawthorn {Crataegus, pin-
natifida Bunge) near Taianfu, Shantung, China. (See S. P. I. No.
38796.) 28
III. Arbor vitse (Thuja orientalis L.) in Shensi, China. (See S. P. I.
No. 38798.) 30
IV. An old soap-bean tree (Gleditsia sinensis Lam.) near Tientangyi,
Shensi, China. (See S. P. I. No. 38800.) 30
V. The lumbang (Aleurites moluccana (L.) Willd.) growing in Bahia,
Brazil. (See S. P. I. No. 38945.) 50
VI. The Queensland nut (Macadamia ternifolia Mueller), as grown in
Cuba. (See S. P. I. No. 39144.) 50
VII. Foliage and flowers of the Queensland nut (Macadamia ternifolia
Mueller), as grown in Florida. (See S. P. I. No. 39144.) 84
VIII. Spathodea campanulata Beauv., a strikingly handsome ornamental
tree for Florida. (See S. P. I. No. 39222.) 84
IX. Tree of Phyllanthus acida (L.) Skeels growing in Florida. (See
S. P. I. No. 39261.) 96
X. Fruit and foliage of Phyllanthus acida (L.) Skeels, as grown in
Florida. (See S. P. I. No. 39261.) 96
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INVENTORY OF SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED
BY THE OFFICE OF FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT
INTRODUCTION DURING THE PERIOD FROM [ULY
1 TO SEPTEMBER 30. 1914 (NO. 40; NOS. 3SGG6 TO
89308).
INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT.
The introductions in this inventory which appear most important
from the brief descriptions received and from our limited experi-
ence with them are as follows:
Forage plants. — The Australian Ehodes grass. Chloris virgata
variety decora, No. 39177, which has succeeded wonderfully on clay-
pun, wind-swept, and sun-scorched soils when other grasses were
difficult to establish; 12 species of grass, Nos. 38765 to 38776, from
South Africa, some from the. Kalahari desert region and others
from the Transvaal and the Caldeon division of the coast region,
which, if any of them prove as valuable as the Rhodes grass so suc-
cessfully established here from the same general climatic area, will
decided acquisitions; a cowpea. No. 39143, called imboomba.
grown by the Zulus of South Africa : a selected forage sugar cane
called Quacsofoca, No. 39165, which in Queensland has proved su-
perior to all the old standard sorts by its hardiness, yield, softness.
and superior food value; grasses, Erianthus rufipilus, from the Hima-
layas, and Pollinia fulca, from the interior of Australia, Nos. 39010
and 39011, of one of which cattle are so extremely fond that they kill
it by close cropping; and a smaller, finer stemmed grass somewhat
resembling Para grass. Eriochloa subglabra, No. 38802. from Brazil
(•ailed Capim Angolinha.
Cereals. — A collection of 13 forms of the grass Goix lacryma-jobi,
Nos. 38868 to 38880, known as Job's-tears, certain of which produce
soft kernels and are cultivated for food: 33 varieties of corn. Nos.
S9228 to 39260, of the characteristic type from Copacabana, Peru:
5 varieties of the same cereal, Nos. 39158 to 39102. from Yachow,
western China: a collection of sorghum varieties from Java, Nos.
39264 to 39282; 20 varieties of rice from the same tropical island,
Note. — This bulletin is a record of new or little-known seeds or plants procured mostly
Erom abroad. It is intended for distribution to agricultural experiment stations and the
more important private coorerators.
5
6 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
Nos. 39199 to 39218; and the 2 commercial rices of the Valencia rice-
growing region of southeastern Spain, Xos. 38685 and 38686.
Vegetables. — A fine variety of the winter pe-tsai or Chinese cab-
bage, Brassica pekinensis, No. 38782, with very white heads of a
mild flavor; 2 rhubarb species, Nos. 39049 and 39050, from Dar-
j'ling, the stems of one of which are used for tarts, which
might be hybridized with Rheum rhaponticum; 22 varieties of
cassava, Nos. 38947 to 38908, representing the most important sorts
grown in the State of Bahia, Brazil: a variety of pumpkin, No.
38884, from the Oasis of Merv, Turkestan, which has withstood the
heat and drought of Sonora, Mexico, better than other sorts tested
there; a long blood-red carrot for pickling purposes, from Sianfu,
China, No. 38780; and a shrubby species of indigo, Indigo f era
dosua, No. 39119, from the temperate Himalayas, the flowers of which
are eaten as a potherb, while the plant is used for fodder.
Fruits. — Seedlings from a large feijoa fruit, No. 38970, which was
3| by 2J inches, a most unusual size for this promising Paraguayan
fruit: the Pelese apricot from Somma Vesuviana in Italy, No. 38778,
which, according to Dr. Gustav Eisen, the discoverer, is superior to
the Royal, with very firm flesh and fine flavor and good shipping
qualities; the wampi, Claucena lansium, No. 38708, a fruit related to
the orange, but not as yet fruited in America, promising, furthermore,
as a stock for the orange and grapefruit; a tropical grape, Vitis
tiliaefolia, No. 38853, of vigorous habit and producing good fruits
useful for jellies, which deserves to be used in the production of
varieties of tropical grapes of good quality ; six varieties of kuruba or
Passiflora, Nos. 38881, 38882, and 39223 to 39220. which in Bogota
are standard market fruits very highly esteemed by North Ameri-
cans there, a red-fruited variety being particularly prized because of
its decorative color; a new species of Eriobotrya, E. petiolata, No.
39111, related to the loquat. which may be of value as a stock for the
latter, from the eastern Himalayan region; the Luisa mango. No.
38981, a fine type, presumably originating from Philippine seed
in the island of Cuba: a quantity of litchi seeds gathered from
bearing trees of this important fruit now growing in the Hawaiian
Islands, No. 38779; Poupartia axillaris^ No. 39130, a new fruit and
shade tree from western Hupeh and Szechwan Provinces of
China, which has proved hardy in Georgia: Sorbus cuspidata and
Sorbus insig?iis, Nos. 39133 and 39134, two deciduous fruit trees
native to the eastern Himalayas; Dillenia pentagyna^ No. 39109, a
deciduous tree from Oudh, Bengal, Assam. India, and Burma, the
flowers, buds, and green fruits of which are eaten by the natives; and
a remarkable rambling Rubus, A', niveus. No. 39130, from Kashmir
and Sikkim, which is reported to bear a fruit superior to the English
blackberry.
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1914. 7
Trees for shade, for use around the dooryard, or for windbreaks. —
The 80-foot tall, wild, pink-flowered cherry of Japan, Primus serru-
lata sachalinensis, No. 38761, irom the Arnold Arboretum, which de-
serves to be planted by the hundreds of thousands in our parks and
on our private estates because of its hardiness and great beauty as a
spring-flowering tree; the Nepal ash, No. 39014, which, though not
hardy in England, may prove to be so in our Southern States ; the East
African cedar, Juniperus procera, No. 39185, from Eritrea, the wood
of which, according to Schweinfurth, makes better pencils than that
of the American juniper; the Swaziland tree, Balanites maughamii.
No. 39196, a native of Portuguese East Africa, from the seeds of •
which a clear yellow odorless oil of about the commercial value of
cottonseed oil is obtained, but which, because of difficulties of ex-
traction, has not been exploited; the lofty forest tree, Picea smithi-
ana, No. 39040, from Darjiling, India, the wood of which is used for
packing cases and for charcoal ; the moderate-sized horse-chestnut
from northern Bengal, Aesculus assamicus, No. 39102 ; the Mongolian
linden, Tilia mongolica, No. 38810, from Tahuashan, China, which Mr.
Meyer thinks will be hardy in our Northern States; three distinct
varieties of the Chinese soap-bean tree, Gleditsia sinensis, Nos. 38800
to 38802, which are remarkably drought and alkali resistant and are
very ornamental, carrying all winter their pods, which contain large
amounts of saponin; and the cigar-boxwood tree of China, Toona
sinensis, No. 38805, from Changli, which ought to make a beautiful
shade and avenue tree and be useful in the Southwest for its timber.
The small Nepalese hazelnut, Corylus ferox, No. 39106, with prickly
cups but edible nuts, may find a use in the development of the hazel-
nut industry. The large bamboo, Dendro calamus hamiltonii, Nos.
38736 and 39178, from Darjiling, which produces shoots 80 feet tall,
the young sprouts of which are edible and from which a luxury
called gass-tenga is made in Assam, may prove hardy in the South-
ern States and be used, as it is in India, for windbreak purposes.
As dooryard shrubs for small homes may be mentioned an evergreen
Cotoneaster, C. microphylla, No. 39008; 18 Himalayan species of
Rhododendron, Nos. 39051 to 39068, among them a dwarf form, a
yellow -flowered form, and one reported to be adapted for use in the
parched and arid climate of Tibet; a Nepal barberry, Berberis nepa-
lensis, No. 39105, which flowers from October to March in the mild
climate of its native habitat; an autumn-flowering plant, Polygonum
\ vaccinifolium, No. 39048, for rock work, which lias proved a favorite
in England, where its bright rose-colored flowers bloom from August
to November; and three forms of the evergreen shrubs Euonymus,
Nos. 38833 to 38835, from Tahuashan, in the Shensi Province of
China.
8 SEEDS AND PLANTS [MPORTED.
Editorial note. — Chinese names in this inventory have been brought,
so far as possible, into accord with the best authorities, the geo-
graphic names (except when fixed by decisions of the United States
Geographic Board) being given in the form accepted by the Chinese
Ministry of Communications Postal Guide. .Many of the smaller
village names, however, are not listed therein, and in all such cases
the location of the village is given with reference to the nearest town
mentioned in that reference work.
The manuscript of this inventory has been prepared by Miss May
Riley, the botanical determinations of seeds introduced have been
made and the notes on geographic distribution compiled by Mr. IT. C.
Skeels, and the descriptive notes arranged by Mr. S. C. Stuntz, who
has also had general supervision of this inventory.
David Fairchild,
Agricultural Explorer in Charge.
Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction.
Washington, D. C, November 16, 1916.
I WEN TORY.
38666 and 38667.
From Tolga, Queensland, Australia. Presented by Mr. J. A. Hamilton.
Received July 1, 1914. Quoted notes by Mr. Hamilton.
38666. Hibiscus radiatus Cav. Malvaceae.
"Flowers yellow, crimson center. This plant is reputed a cure for
fevers, etc., and a blood purifier. The whole plant is cut up, boiled, and
the liquid drunk. Prefers sandy soil."
38667. Livistona mvelleri Bailey. Phcenicaceae. Fan palm.
" Fan palm, 10 feet. Requires sandy soil."
38668. Piratinera alicastrum (Swartz) Baill. Moraceae.
(Brosimum alicastrum Swartz.) Bread-nut tree.
From Merida, Yucatan. Mexico. Presented by Mr. Julio Rendon, through
Mr. P. L. Ricker, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received July 2, 1!»14.
See S. P. I. No. 34876 for previous introduction and description.
38639. Pennisettjm glaucum (L.) R. Brown. Poacese.
(Pennisetum typhoideum Rich.) Pearl millet.
From Zomba, Nyassaland, Africa. Presented by the Department of Agricul-
ture, Zomba. Received June 29, 1914.
•• Machewere. A local variety of spiked millet."
38670. Holcus halepensis L. Poaceae. Johnson grass.
(Sorghum halepense Pers.)
From Bahia, Brazil. Presented by Dr. V. A. Argollo Ferrao. Received
July 1, 1914.
•• The maturing of seeds of this grass seems to be very irregular, perhaps
because we are now in our rainy season." (Argollo /'< rrao!)
38671 to 38674.
From Port Louis. .Mauritius. Presented by Mr. G. Regnard. Received
July 2. 1914. Quoted notes by Mr. Regnard, except as otherwise indicated.
38671. Aleubites fordii Memsley. Euphorbiaceae. Tung tree.
"Large, spreading tree, very ornamental, both for its foliage and large
pinkish white flowers. I have sent you b\ this mail per sample pes'
two positive plates of Aleurites sp.. representing flowers and young tree.
about 20 feet high, which bloomed profusely during the month of November
at my up-country residence. The blossoming generally precedes the coming
out of leaves, but this year, owing to more active vegetation, the (lowers
9
10 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38671 to 38674— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. G. Regnard.)
and leaves showed at the same time. The seeds will be analyzed in our
Department of Agriculture, and I shall give you the result. It is to be
feared that the crop of seeds will he poor, as we have had very windy
weather which has been an obstacle to the pollination."
38672. Hoscheria melanochoetes Wendland. Phcenicaceae. Palm.
"Fruit tree, from Saigon, Indo-China."
38673. Phoenicopiiorium bobsigianum (Koch) Stuutz. Phcenicaceae.
(Stevensonia grandifolia Duncan.) Palm.
See Hooker, Curtis's Botanical Magazine, plate 7277, for full description.
38674. Kollinia mucosa (Jacq.) Baillon. Anuonaceae.
(Rollinia sieberi A. DC.)
" Fruit tree, very large fruited."
"A small tree with the habit of Annona reticulata L. with large edihle
fruit not equal in flavor to that of the cherimoya or sagar-applc" (Saf-
ford, Classification of Annona, Contr. U. 8. Nat. Herb., vol. 18, p. 58-&0,
1914, which see for full description and illustration.)
38675. Annona cherimola Miller. Annonacese. Cherimoya.
From Brisbane, Australia. Presented by Mr. Leslie Gordon Oorrie. Scions
received July 1, 1914.
38676 to 38684.
From Cuzco, Peru. Presented by Dr. A. A. Giesecke, president, University
of Cuzco. Received July 1, 1914.
38676 to 38678. Amygdalus persica L. Amygdalaceae. Peach.
(Prunus persica Stokes.)
38676. Special white. 38678. Special white.
38677. Doncietitas.
38679. Amygdalus persica nfctarina Ait. Amygdalaceae. Nectarine.
38680 to 38683. Amygdalus persica L. Amygdalaceae. Peach.
{Prunus persica Stokes.)
Seeds of four distinct varieties of peaches introduced, like the preced-
ing, for the work of Mr. W. F. Wight in breeding rosaceous plants.
38684. Prunus salicieolia II. B. K. Amygdalaceae. Black cherry.
"Not only is the rum cherry (Prunus serotina) widely spread in North
America, hut one of its forms reaches through Mexico, across the Isth-
mus of Panama, as far south as the mountains of Peru. Near Quito,
in Ecuador, where this tree grows on the Equator, it appears to be in
fruit the whole year round. This is /'. salicifolia." (II'. J. Bean, Trees
and shrub* Hardy in I lie British Isles, vol. i. i>. 251.)
38685 and 38686. Okyza sativa L. Poaceae. Rice.
From Spain. Presented by .Mr. Claude 1. Dawson. American consul.
Valencia, Spain. Received July 2, 1914.
■'Two strains of the Benlloch (or Belloch) variety. The commercial classes
of rice in the Valencia region, especially along the north and south hanks of the
Jucar River, or center of the rice district, are at present Benlloch (or Belloch)
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBEK 30, 1914. 11
38685 and 38686— Continued.
and Amonquili. During 1913 the two were cultivated in the proportion of 80
per cent for the first and 20 per cent for the second, and in the season just
beginning the Benlloch will certainly be overwhelmingly preferred, ip view of
repeated excellent results obtained by experiment stations and in actual culti-
vation. The Benlloch (or Belloch) variety is of undetermined origin and very
little is known here concerning it. It was introduced and distributed to farmers
by the agricultural experiment station at Burjasot, near Valencia (Granja
Escuela practica de Agricultura de Valencia). It was easily and quickly
domesticated and appears to be peculiarly adapted to this soil. It germinates
quickly in the seed bed and stands transplanting according to the usual practice
in this region. The grain gives a large percentage of rice flour in milling and
the straw is firm and remains sound from beginning to end. One disadvantage
is that it matures somewhat later than other varieties. It is also said to be
inferior in food value to the Bo'mba variety. The yield of Benlloch rice in 1913
was reported as being unusually high. In the municipal division of Villanueva
de Castellon of the Ribera Alta of the Jucar River many fields produced 900
kilos per hanegada (10,800 kilos per hectare, or about 9,620 pounds per acre).
Some fields gave even better results, reaching 1,000 kilos per hanegada (12,000
kilos to the hectare, or 10,688 pounds to the acre). According to report, this
rice was sold at an average price of 27 pesetas per 100 kilos ($4.86 per 220
pounds) on the thrashing floor. It is this wonderful productivity which has
popularized the Benlloch variety, since it is to this condition more than the
class that all the work and hopes of the Valencia rice cultivator are sub-
ordinate." (Extract from Mr. Dawson's letter dated Apr. 25, 191 //.)
38687 to 38693.
From Russia. Secured by Mr. E. Brown, of the Bureau of Plant Industry.
Received July 3, 1914. Quoted notes by Mr. Brown, except as otherwise
indicated.
38687 to 38691.
From Ekatarinodar, Kuban Government, Russia.' Secured from Mr.
A. N. Rockel.
38687. Triticum aestivum L. Poacea?. Winter wheat.
(Triticnm vvlgare Vill.)
" No. 1. Best yielding variety in the Kuban district, from 30 to 60
bushels per acre. Seeded at the rate of 1A bushels per acre from
August till November." (Rockel.)
38688. Hordextm distichon nutans Schubl. Poacea1.
Winter barley.
"No. 2. Seeded September to November in the south and August
to September in the north ; yield 50 to 80 bushels per acre." ( Rockel.)
38589. Brassica alba (L.) Boiss. Brassicaceae. Yellow mustard.
"No. 4. (Jives two crops in summer. Seeded in February to March
High oil content." (Rockel.)
38690 and 38691. Zf..\ mays L. Poacere. Corn.
38690. "No. 5. One of the small early types (Cinquantino) ol
Hint corn raised in the Kuban district."
38691. "No. 6. One of the small early types {Cinquantino) of
flint corn, called Perl, raised in the Kuban district."
12 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38687 to 38693— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. E. Brown.)
38692 and 38693.
From the estate of A. Vafesal, " Klarofskoy," Nog - Step] >rn-
ment of Taurida, Russia.
38692. Secali: cebeaxe P. Poacea;. Winter rye.
'•No. 7. This is the best variety grown in the region."
38693. A vena sativa P. Poacese. Oats.
" No. 8. This is the best variety grown in ilit- region."
38894. Annona cherimola Miller. Annonacese. Cherimoya.
From Mexico. Presented by Mr. Charles F. O'Brien, Los Angeles, Cal.
Received at the Plant Introduction Field Station, Chico, Cal., May, 1914.
•• Seeds from a very choice variety of Mexican cherimoya. grown in the
mountains east of Culiacan, Sinaloa." (O'Brien.)
3S695. Araucaria aratjcana (Mol.) Koch. Pinacese. Pehuen.
From Barbacena, Minas Geraes, Brazil. Presented l>y Mr. Frank li.
Brainerd, Experiment Station. Received July S, 1914.
"An evergreen tree, 50 to 80 feet high, of pyramidal or rounded form, with
an erect cylindrical bole, 1* to 2* feet thick, all but the oldest parts prickly
with living leaves or the remains of dead ones. Branches produced in regular
tiers of five to seven. Leaves very uniform, ovate, with a slender spine-tipped
point, from 1 to 2 inches long, one-half to 1 inch wide: hard, rigid, and
leathery; dark glossy green except at the paler growing tips of the branches,
and with numerous stomatic lines on both surfaces. The leaves are arranged
spirally on the branch, overlapping at the broad, stalkless base, and are very
densely packed (about 24 to 1 inch of stem) ; they remain alive for 10 to
years, and then persist for an indefinite time dead. Male and female flow
are usually borne on separate trees, but not invariably; the former are pro-
duced on egg-shaped or cylindrical catkins 3 to 5 inches long, the scale-
lanceolate, densely packed, with the slender points reflexed, the pollen beiiiL'
shed in early July. The female cones take two seasons to develop, appearing
in the spring of one year and shedding their seeds in August or September of
the next; they are. globose, and usually 5 to 7 inches thick. Seeds conical,
inches long, three-fourths inch wide.
"Native of Chile; originally discovered about 1780, and introduced to
England by Archibald Menzies in 1795. Menzies had, two or three years
previously, when attached to Vancouver's voyage of survey, pocketed some nuts
put on for dessert whilst be and the ship's officers were dining with the Vice-
roy of Chile. He sowed these nuts on board ship, and ultimately landed five
plants, which proved to be the Araucaria, alive in England. One of the five
existed at Kew until 1892. The Chile pine, whilst hardy in most parts of
the British Isles, attains its finest development in the softer, moister couuties
and in good free soil. It should always be raised from seeds, fertile ones of
which are now regularly produced in several gardens. At Castle Kennedy I
have seen seedling plants springing up naturally near the trees from which
Mcds had fallen. Araucaria imbricata is of peculiar interest ;is the only ir«>
from the south of the Equator that attains to timber-producing size in the
average climate of the British Isles. It becomes over 100 feet high and 7
feet in diameter of trunk in Chile, deriving its name from the Aram o Province
(inhabited by the Araucanos Indians), where it was first found. A species Is
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1914. 13
38695— Continued.
found in Brazil, and several others in Australia and New Caledonia — all
tender. In its general aspect, and especially as compared with the ordinary
types of northern vegetation, the Chile pine is the most remarkable hardy
tree ever introduced to Britain. It should always be grown as an isolated
tree, or in an isolated group, as it associates very badly with ordinary garden
vegetation. It was first introduced in quantity .to this country [England] in
1844 by Wm. Lobb." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs in the British Isles, vol.
1, p. 199, under Araucaria imbricata.)
38696 to 38698.
From Port Louis, Mauritius. Presented by Mr. G. Regnard. Received
July 9, 1914. Quoted notes by Mr. Regnard.
38696. Linoma alba (Bory) O. F. Cook. Phoenieace;e.
Mascarene cabbage palm.
"A palm that attains a height of 50 feet. Young plants have dark-
red margins on new leaves, which diminish when the tree becomes older.
This true red variety is getting very scarce now, as almost all the trees
newly planted are a cross mixture with the white. These seeds were
gathered on the true red sort in a wide plantation of them. The
cabbage of this palm is commonly eaten here and has quite a delicate
flavor."
For a discussion of this Mascarene cabbage palm, see the Journal of
the Washington Academy of Sciences, vol. 7, p. 123, 1917.
38697. Hyophorbe amaricaulis Martius. Phoenicacea?. Palm.
" Said to grow 60 feet, though I have never seen it over 30 feet. This
palm is very common in Round Island and has spread now in Mauritius,
where it is planted as a curious ornamental plant only. Trunk bottle
shaped."
38698. Kigelia pinnata (Jacq.) DC. Bignoniacea?.
" The sausage tree, called by the natives here Calabasse d'Ameriqm ,
though a spreading tree of tropical Africa. The quite heavy and large
fruit. 20 inches and over, sometimes 4 feet, are produced on very long
cordlike stalks, thus hanging in the air, where they dangle for several
weeks. This tree is held sacred by the savage tribes of Nubia. The wood
is very hard and durable and easily worked."
38699 to 38707. Opuntia spp. Cactacese. Prickly -pear.
From Nice, France. Presented by M. Robert Roland Gosselin, through Mr.
William Dulany Hunter, American consul, Nice. Received July 10, 1914.
Cuttings introduced at the request of Dr. David Griffiths for his work in
monographing the genus Opuntia in connection with studies of its forage value.
38699. Opuntia spinulifeba Salm-Dyck.
See S. P. I. No. 33335 for previous introduction.
38700. Opuntia ikus-indica (L.) Miller.
Var. costaricensis.
38701. Opuntia decumana (Willd.) Haw.
See S. P. I No 8916 for previous Introduction.
14 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38699 to 38707— Continued.
38702. Opuntia gyhnocarpa Weber (?).
These cuttings were received under the name Opuntia cafayatensis.
38703. Opuntia (ami essa Weber.
Sec S. P. I. No. .">."..';.">4 for previous introduction.
38704. Opuntia rorusta labbeyi Weber.
See S. P. I. No. 33328 for previous introduction.
38705. Opuntia sp.
38706. Opuntia gymxocarpa Weber.
See S. P. I. No. 33329 for previous introduction.
38707. Opuntia streptacantha Lem.
See S. P. I. No. 33327 for previous introduction.
38708. Clauckxa lansitjm (Lour.) Skeels. Rutaceae. Wampi.
(Clausena wampi Oliver.)
From Honolulu, Hawaii. Presented by Mr. E. V. Wilcox, Hawaii Experi-
ment Station. Iteceived July 9, 1914.
"These seeds were kindly donated to the station by Mr. A. J. Campbell, of
Honolulu, who has a wampi tree which bears a heavy crop of excellent fruit."
(Wilcox.)
"A low, spineless tree, with spreading branches; leaves spirally arranged,
pinnate ; leaflets 5 to 9, ovate elliptical, 3 to 5 inches long, petiolate, light green,
shiny above; flowers 4 to 5 parted, smoll, white, in large terminal panicles;
ovary villous, 5-celled, with 1 ovule in each cell; style short; stamens 10; fruit
ovate globose, about 1 inch long; skin glandular, pubescent; seeds green. The
wampi is a native of southern China, where it is commonly grown for its fruits.
It is cultivated to some extent in Hawaii and could probably be grown in the
warmer parts of Florida and California. It can be grafted on grapefruit and
other species of Citrus, which makes it desirable to test it as a stock for common
citrous fruits. (W. T. Sicingle. In Bailey. Standard Cyclopedia of Horti-
culture.)
38709 to 38731.
From Angeles National Forest. Cal. Presented by the Forest Service,
Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C, on the conclusion of
eucalyptus planting in the national forests. Notes adapted from A. J.
McClatchie, EucalyptS Cultivated in the United States. Bulletin 33..
Bureau of Forestry, are given abridged credits, with page citations.
Most, if not all. of this seed was collected from California-grown tn
38709 to 38730. Eucalyptus spp. Myrtaeese.
38709. Eucalyptus alpina Lindley. Alpine gum.
This tree, which is commonly known as the Alpine gum, is a small
evergreen tree which reaches a height of 10 or ir, feet. The flowers
are sessile in the leaf axils, and solitary or few. They are white in
color. This rare and interesting alpine species might possibly do well
for street planting. (Adapted from W. Ii. Ouilfoyle, Australian
Plants, and Bailey, Cyclopedia of Imerican Horticulture.)
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1914. 15
38709 to 38731— Continued.
38710. Eucalyptus bicolok A. Cunniugh. Cooburn.
" This species is found growing in south Australia and eastern
Australia to the Gulf of Carpentaria. This tree has a variety of local
names, some of which are Cooburn, box, black box, yellow box, bastard
box, and grey gum. It is also called slaty gum, from the gray and
white patches on the bark.
" The timber is hard and durable, very lasting underground, and
of a red color. It is used for fencing, rough buildings, and sleepers,
also for shafts, poles, and cogs. It is more easily worked than the
generality of ironbarks. The large trees are frequently hollowed and
decayed at heart. This tree attains a height of between 100 and 120
feet and a basal diameter of 24 to 36 inches." {Maiden, Useful Native
Plants of Australia, p. .'ill, under E. largiflorens.)
38711. Eucalyptus citriodora Hook. Lemon-scented gum.
This is a handsome, fast-growing tree, soon becoming tad and
slender. In favorable situations in the Southwest it attains a
height of 60 to 100 feet in 10 to 15 years. The trunk is straight
and even, the foliage being confined mostly to the lofty summit.
The bark is light colored, faintly mottled by indentations that
indicate where thin patches have flaked off. This mottling of the
trunk, together with the stately character of the tree, the graceful
foliage, the profuse bloom, and the fragrant leaves make this
eucalypt one of the most attractive of the genus. The leaves of
the tree are long, quite narrow, and equally shiny green on both
sides. The foliage possesses a pleasant odor, closely resembling
that of a lemon, giving the tree its varietal name citriodora. The
tree thrives in the frostless coast regions, but is not suited to the
dry interior valleys. It is especially sensitive to low temperatures.
The wood is of a grayish, brownish, or yellowish tint, flexible,
strong, and durable. The timber is used for fencing, implement
handles, shipbuilding, paving, railway ties, bridge building, car-
riage making, and for the manufacture of railway coaches in
Australia. The great value of this wood is due to its strength, elas-
ticity, and beauty. Its profuse bloom makes it valuable also for
bee pasture. (McClatchie, p. 54, 55.)
38712. Eucalyptus pauciflora Sieher. White gum.
This tree is of medium size; rarely exceeds 75 feet in height
and 3 feet in diameter. It is a stately and quite handsome tree.
The main branches are usually spreading and the smaller branches
, drooping. The bark is smooth and grayish. The leaves arc shiny.
the same color on both sides, and quite thick. The medium-sized
flowers are in compact clusters. The shape of the fruits is that of
the broader part of an egg. The tree does best in regions of mod-
erate temperatures a short distance from the coast. It is resist-
ant to frost. In Australia it grows from the base to near the top
of the highest mountains. It will not endure drought nor a hot,
dry atmosphere, though supplied with plenty of water artificially.
The timber is comparatively soft, splits fairly well, but is rather
brittle. It is not useful for underground purposes, but makes a
good fuel. (McClatchie, p. 55, under E. coriacea.)
16 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38709 to 38731— Continued.
38713. Eucalyptus cladocalyx F. Muell. Sugar gum.
(Eucalyptus conjuocalyj- V. Muell.)
This tree attains :i fair size and is commonly symmetrical and
erect. Its growth is quite rapid from an early age. The usual
height ranges from 50 to 100 feet, and in Australia the trunk is said
to often attain a diameter of 5 or 6 feet. As a rule the trunk is
straight, with only a slight taper. The bark is left smooth by i In-
continuous flaking off of the patches or strips. The bark of the main
stem is usually a deep cream color, that of the branches darker
before shedding, and of the young twigs quite red. This Eucalyptus
furnishes a timber that is very durable as railway ties, as posts, and
for other underground situations. The wood warps very little in
drying and when dry is very hard. It is also useful for the naves
and felloes of wheels. (McClatchie, p. 57, 58.)
38714. Eucalyptus vimixalis Labill. Manna gum.
Both in Australia and in the Southwest the individuals of this
species make rapid growth and commonly become trees of large size.
Those growing in the Southwest give promise of eventually attaining
a height of 300 feet and a trunk diameter of 15 to 30 feet. The surface
of the bark varies considerably in appearance. That of the trunk and
main branches is commonly persistent, but from some trees long.
slender strips are shed, leaving the trunk smooth and of a greenish
or reddish creamy color. The persistent bark is brownish in color,
furrowed and rough. This bark has the peculiar characteristic of
exuding a honeylike substance, called ' lerp ' by the natives, but bet-
ter known as ' manna,' when the bark is punctured or wounded by
insects. This Eucalyptus grows under quite a variety of climatic
conditions. In the Southwest it thrives near the coast, on dry mesas.
in the elevated valleys of the interior, and in the hot valleys of
much of the desert region. The timber of this tree is less valuable
than most of the eucalypts. It is not durable under ground and does
not make good fuel. In Australia it is used for shingles and for
rough building material. The tree can be grown for a forest cover,
for windbreaks, for fuel, and for shade in many localities where
species producing a better timber will not grow. (McClatchie, i>.
82, 83.)
38715. Eucalyptus globuli s Labill. Blue gum.
This species is the best known of the eucalypts and in many
respects the best known tree in all the world. It is the third tallest
of the species Of Eucalyptus, the usual height in Australia being 200
to 300 feet. In California, where trees can be found 30 or more
years old. many have attained the height of 150 feet, and a diameter
of 3 to 6 feet during these years. This remarkable tree has the
power of adapting itself to a variety of Climatic conditions. It thrive-
both in moist, warm regions, and in quite hot, dry ones. It makes
a good growth both in low lands and in dry. stony uplands. This
species is the most generally useful of all the eucalypts. The timber
of this tree is of a rather pale color, is hard, heavy, and very strong
and durable. It is fairly straight grained and split - easily. In
Australia it is used for shipbuilding, for carriage making, and in
the manufacture of agricultural Implements. It is also used in
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1914. 17
18709 to 38731— Continued.
bridge building, for telegraph poles, and for railway ties. It is also
the one that is used principally in the manufacture of eucalyptus
Oil in California. (McClatchie, p. 61-63.)
38716. Eucalyptus goniocalyx F. Muell. Mountain spotted gum.
This tree commonly attains a good size, in some situations in
Australia reaching a height of 300 feet, with a diameter of 6 to 10
feet. The leaves of the adult tree are long and quite slender, the two
sides being similarly colored. The flowers are nearly steniless, in small
clusters borne on flattened stalks. This species grows well in the
coast regions of California, but so far as known has not been tested
in the dry, hot valleys of the interior, or other similar situations. In
Australia it ascends to elevations of 4,000 feet, and is therefore a
promising species for the mountains of the Southwest. The tree fur-
nishes a hard, tough wood used by wheelwrights, by boat builders,
and for general building purposes. It is very durable in the ground
and is consequently useful for railroad ties, for posts, and for other
purposes in underground situations. It also makes an excellent fuel.
(McClatchie, p. 63, 64-)
38717. Eucalyptus gomphocephala DC. Tooart tree.
The tree is rather stocky and is usually symmetrical. The bark
of the trunk is dark gray, rough, and persistent. From the branches
the bark flakes off in strips, leaving the surface smooth and light
colored. The twigs are reddish yellow. The leaves are thick and
shining and somewhat leathery, the upper surface being darker than
the lower. The flowers are of large size. This tree thrives along the
coast and does fairly well in the dry, interior valleys. It has not
been grown extensively enough yet to determine what degrees of heat
and cold it will endure in America. The tree furnishes a heavy wood
that is very tough and strong. It is one of the strongest timbers in the
world. The grain is so close and curled or twisted that it is not
easily split. The timber is used principally in shipbuilding and for
bridges. It is very durable in all kinds of weather and in a great
variety of situations. (McClatchie, p. 63.)
38718. Eucalyptus leucoxylon F. Muell. White ironbark.
Trees of this species attain fair size in a comparatively short
time and when full grown are large. They are apt to grow out of
the perpendicular, and the trunks are frequently crooked. The wood
is white and straight grained. The foliage has a pleasing bluish cast
and is well distributed over the tree. The leaves of the young seed-
lings are broad, opposite, stemless, or short stemmed. This tree will
grow in a greater variety of climates than most euealypts ; in fact,
there are few situations in the Southwest in which it will not thrive.
It grows vigorously on the coast, on the interior plains and foothills,
and in the dry, hot desert valleys of the interior. On account of its
adaptability to so great a variety of climatic conditions, it can be
used as a forest cover for almost all kinds of situations and thus
supply a timber useful for a large number of purposes. It can be
grown for fuel and for other purposes that the ordinary blue gum
serves where the latter will not grow. (McClatchie, p. 66.)
71478°— 17 2
18 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38709 to 38731— Continued.
38719. Eucalyptus macrorhyncha F. Muell.
Victoria stringy bark.
This tree is said to attain a fair height in Australia, but the
specimens growing in the .Southwest do not yet give promise of at-
taining great size, due probably to being planted at too low an eleva-
tion. The tree has not proved to be a very symmetrical one. The
bark of the trunk and branches is thick, fibrous, and persistent,
usually a dark-gray color. This species thrives at the coast, and is
said to grow in Australia on comparatively sterile mountain ranges.
It is, in Australia, essentially a mountain species, seldom growing
on the plains. It will not endure dry, hot climates. The bark of the
tree being rough and fibrous, it is used extensively in Australia for
roofing sheds, stables, and other outbuildings. The fibers are also
sometimes used for strings. The tree furnishes a wood that is hard
and durable and easily split. It is useful for lumber, for fencing,
and for shingles and fuel. The tree is a promising one as a forest
cover for mountain ranges of the Southwest. (McClatchie, p. 67.)
38720. Eucalyptus obliqua L'Herit. Stringy bark.
This is a tall, straight-stemmed tree, sometimes attaining a
height of 300 feet in Australia, with a stem diameter of 10 feet
The bark is fibrous and persistent on both the trunk and the
branches, being of a somewhat grayish color. The leaves of the
young trees are commonly broad, but they become narrower as the
tree increases in age. This species grows fairly well at or near the
coast, doing best, however, some distance inland, but it does not
thrive in the dry, hot valleys of the interior. It will thrive in light,
barren soils, but does not endure severe drought. The timber of this
species is straight and easily split. In Australia this tree furnishes
much of the hardwood lumber used for rough building purposes. It
is also used extensively for fence rails, palings, and shingles. The
bark has been used for paper making. (McClatchie, p. 70.)
38721. Eucalyptus piperita Smith. Peppermint stringy bark.
The trees of this species attain a considerable heighl and are
commonly erect and shapely. The grayish bark of the trunk is
fibrous and persistent. The leaves of the adult tree vary in shape
from a broad lance shape and very unequally sided to a narrow
lance shape and quite straight leaf. The flowers are about medium
size, in compact clusters of 6 to 12. The tree makes a fairly rapid
growth near the coast and in cool inland situations, but does not
endure dry, hot climates, and will not tolerate heavy frosts. The
timber is readily split and is used for fencing and general building
purposes. It is one of the species eligible for planting as a forest
cover on mountain sides where it is not too dry nor subject to too
heavy frosts. (McClatchie. p. 72, 73.)
38722. Eucalyptus polyantiikmos Schauer. Red box.l
This is commonly a medium-sized tree, although it is said occa-
sionally to reach a height of 2.50 feet in Australia. It is not a rapid!
grower, and few of the American specimens have attained a diameter]
of over 1 foot. It commonly sends up a single trunk, but quite fre-
quently several stems arise from the same base. The tree is of a
spreading habit, and with its characteristic foliage and profuse
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1914. 19
8709 to 38731— Continued.
bloom presents a very pleasing appearance. The bark of the trunk
and branches is persistent, somewhat furrowed, and grayish in color.
This species thrives under a great variety of climatic conditions.
It grows at and near the coast, in the foothills, on the mountain
sides, and in the hot, dry valleys of the interior. The timber of this
tree is very hard, strong, and durable, being used in Australia for
railroad ties, for cogs, and for the parts of wheels. It also makes an
excellent fuel. Its habit of growth and pleasing aspect render it
a good shade tree. It can also be used as a windbreak in localities
where faster growing trees will not endure the climatic conditions.
(McClatchie, p. 73.)
38723. Eucalyptus amygdalina Labill. Peppermint gum.
In its native country the individuals of this species are the tallest
of the genus. This eucalyptus is one of the most remarkable and
important of all plants. Viewed in its marvelous height when
standing forth in its fullest development on the slopes or within
glens of mountain forests, it represents probably the tallest of all
the trees of the globe. Considered as a hardwood tree of celerity
in growth, it ranks among the very foremost. The tree endures low
temperatures, but is injured by dry heat. It does best near the
coast and at moderate elevations in well-watered mountain regions.
The timber is not as valuable as that of many other eucalypts, but
is said to be useful for shingles, rails, and for planking ships. It is
comparatively light, unlike many other eucalypts, floating on water.
It does not usually last well underground, nor does it furnish fuel
of good quality. The leaves are a source of eucalyptus oil. (Mc-
Clatchie, p. 51, 52.)
38724. Eucalyptus resinifera Smith. Kino eucalypt.
This is a tree of fair size, when full grown, reaching a height
of 100 feet. It is usually erect and symmetrical. The bark of the
trunk is dark reddish, fibrous, and persistent, resembling consider-
ably that of the stringy barks. The bark of the branches is more
or less deciduous. The wood is a rich red color, resembling true
mahogany, and is very heavy. This Eucalyptus, known as the red
mahogany, grows quite well in the coast regions of California, but
does not thrive in the dry interior valleys. It does not resist severe
frosts, nor does it endure high temperatures in a dry atmosphere.
The tree furnishes a timber that is very strong, hard, and durable.
It is used in Australia for piles, posts, paving, shingles, and general
building purposes. (McClatchie, p. 74, 75.)
38725. Eucalyptus longirostris Muell. Red gum.
(Eucalyptus rostrata Schlecht.)
Individuals of this species make a fairly rapid growth and are
commonly above medium size. The tree varies considerably in habit
and appearance, in some cases being erect and stately and in other
cases unsymmetrical and irregular in growth. Tins red gum is cine
of the leading forest trees of the Australian continent. The tree
is commonly about 100 feet high in Australia, but is reported under
favorable circumstances to grow to double (bat height, with a trunk-
diameter of 6 to 12 feet. The red gum grows under a great variety
20 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38709 to 38731— Continued.
of climatic conditions. II is scattered over the southeastern part of
Australia, growing there in a great variety (if situations. While ,
it prefers moisl river hottoms with an equable climate, it will endure
much heat, severe frosts, and considerable drought. The red gum
furnishes a timber that is very valuable Cor many purposes. When
freshly cut the wood is a rich red color that grows darker as it is
exposed to the air. It is close grained, the fibers being interlocked,
thus rendering it quite difficult to split. In America the principal
uses made of the red gum have been for fuel and for posts. <>n
account of its profuse bloom it is a good honey-yielding tree, both in I
Australia and in America. (McClatchie, p. 76, 77.)
38726. Eucalyptus sideuoxylon A. Cunningh. Red ironbark. I
The red ironbark is a tree of medium to large size. It usually
grows erect, with an even trunk, having numerous side branches, I
especially toward the top. It never grows to a great height. The I
bark is the hardest and the darkest of the ironbarks, the color
usually being a dark red or brown. It is furrowed and cracked
and studded with beads of the kino that exudes from it. The
whole appearance of the tree, with its rough, dark bark, its silvery
narrow leaves, and daintily colored flowers, is quite distinctive,
contrasting strongly with the smooth-barked broader leaved species
of the genus. The wood is dark red, very hard, and heavy.
The leaves are narrow lance shaped, often curved, and usually
have a more or less evident silvery surface. The red iron-
bark is one of the very useful eucalypts. While the timber
is not prized as highly in Australia as that of other ironbarks,
it is nevertheless valuable for many purposes. Its principal use
is for bridge construction, for railway ties, for girders and large
beams in building, for joists, for posts, for the hubs, spokes, and
shafts of vehicles, and for a great variety of other purposes where
strength and durability are required. (McClatchie, p. 80.)
38727. Eucalyptus virgata Sieber.
This is an erect shrub or a small tree with smooth or slightly
ribbony bark and pale-colored wood, and it is found along the
eastern coast of New South Wales. Australia. The mature leaves
are lance shaped, generally about 4 inches long, of a thick, very
coriaceous texture, and equally green and shining on both sides.
The flowers occur usually six in each head, and the nearly globular
fruits are about half an inch in diameter. The timber from this
eucalypt is of an inferior quality. A singular fact about this
eucalypt is that it does not seem to have any distinctive native
name, being usually called scrubby gum, a name also applied to
many other species. (Adapted from ./. //. Maiden, Forest Flora of
New south Wales, vol. •'?. p. 85 89, i>J. .<>'/.)
38728. Ilic M-ii'iis i kketicornis Smith. Flooded gum.
This tree attains a good size under favorable conditions, but
it is commonly not much above LOO feet in height and 6 feet in
diameter in Australia. In the Southwest it makes a rapid growth
and gives promise of reaching fully the size the trees do in their
home. The species thrives under a variety of climatic conditions.
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1914. 21
38709 to 38731— Continued.
It grows best near the coast but endures the dry heat of the
interior valleys. The trees of this species furnish an excellent
red-colored timber that is very hard, heavy, and durable. It is
used for general building purposes, for shipbuilding, for wheel-
wright work, for railroad ties, for telegraph poles, posts, fencing,
and fuel. (McClatcMe, p. 81, 82.)
38729. Eucalyptus viminalis Labill. Manna gum.
See S. P. I. No. 38714 for previous introduction and description.
38730. Eucalyptus muelleriana Howitt. Yellow stringy bark.
"This is perhaps only a variety of E. jrilularis ; bark more fibrous
or stringy, the inner bark yellow and imparting a yellow stain to the
wood; juvenile leaves often with tufts of hairs; adult leaves glossy
above ; lid blunt or slightly pointed ; fruit typically one-half inch
thick." (H. M. Hall. In Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticul-
ture. )
38731. Syncarpia glomulifera (Smith) Niedenzu. Myrtacea?.
(Syncarpia laurifolia Ten.) Burra murra.
" This tree, which is a native of Queensland and New South Wales, is
locally known as the turpentine tree. It attains a height of 200 feet and
a stem girth of 30 feet. It is a quick grower and well adapted for shading
roadsides. The wood is very durable and is mostly used for flooring and
for cabinetmaking, as it takes a high polish. It is one of the most valuable
known timbers for piles in salt or fresh water. It is also used in the
construction of railway sleepers, in shipbuilding, and for other purposes
where a strong, durable wood is required. The wood is almost fireproof."
(Mueller, Select Extra-Tropical Plants, p. 521.)
38732. Pennisetum glaucum (L.) K. Brown. Poaeese.
(Pennisetum ti/phoideum Rich.) Pearl millet.
From Lusambo, Belgian Kongo, Africa. Presented by Mr. J. A. StOCkwell.
Received July 10, 1914.
African millet.
38733 to 38741.
From Darjiling, India. Collected by Mr. L. J. Mackintosh, Clover Cot. at
the request of Mr. J. F. Rock, collaborator of the Bureau of Plant
Industry.
38733. Abies spectabilis Lambert. Pinaceae. Fir.
(Abies wcbbiana Lindl.)
"A lofty evergreen tree, met with in the Himalayas from the Indus to
Bhutan; in the northwest Himalayas between 7,000 ami L3.000 Ceet; in
the inner ranges of Sikkim and Bhutan, between 9,000 ami 13,000 feet;
and in the outer ranges not below 10,000 feel. This tree yields a white
resin which is sometimes medicinally used in India. The resin, mixed
with oil of roses, when taken internally produces intoxication. This
mixture is used externally for headaches, neuralgia, etc. The timber
made from this tree is not durable when exposed to the weather, bul seems
22 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38733 to 38741— Continued.
in List well in ilio form of shingles iu Sikkim, whence it is sometimes
exported to Tibet for roofing. At Murree shingles ;ire said to last 8 to 10
years and at Kulu 3 to 6 years. It is also much used for construction
purposes. Very little information exists regarding the rapidity of its
growth. The hark is used for roofing shepherds1 huts, and it is also made
into troughs for the salt given to the sheep grazing on the high Himalayas."
(Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Products of India, vol. 1, p. 5.)
38734. Acer hookeri Miq. Aceracese. Maple.
"This species, which is a native of the eastern temperate Himalayas,
is found growing at altitudes of S,000 to 10,000 feet around Sikkim and
Bhutan. Plants with copper-colored foliage are not uncommon around
Darjiling. This tree attains a height of 40 to 50 feet." ( Watt, Dic-
tionary of the Economic Products of India, vol. J, p. 69'.)
38735. Albizzia chinensis (Osbeck) Merrill. Mimosacese.
(Albizzia stipulata Boiv.)
See S. P. I. No. 2.7T82 for previous introduction.
Concerning this plant, Watt {Commercial Products of India), under
A. stipulata, says: "All Indian species afford gum, more or less copi-
ously, from wounds on the stem, and though little is known for certain of
the specific differences of these gums, that of .4. stipulata is reputed to be
especially valued as a size in the manufacture of Nepal paper. The
hark is said to be a fish poison; the leaves of most species are regarded
as useful fodders, and m some instances the trees are sperialh grown
on that account, but, according to Mr. Hartless, the stipules and young
leaves of this species are poisonous to cattle. The timber is very soft.
By far the greatest interest in the species of Albizzia centers iu this
species, which is now very extensively grown as a shade tree for tea both
iu Assam and Darjiling. It is known as the $au in the former Province
and the Jcala-siris in the latter. Its chief value turns on the nitrating
warts formed on its roots."
38736. Dendrocalamus hamiltonii Nees and Arn. Poacea?. Bamboo.
"A common bamboo in the eastern Himalayas from Kumaon to Assam.
It is generally a tall grass, 40 to 60 feet in height, but sometimes found
as a long and tangled bush. The young shoots are used as food, being
boiled and eaten in Sikkim, Bhutan, and Assam. The halms are large,
3 to 6 inches in diameter, rather hollow, and not always straight, but
they are used for every variety of purpose. The bamboo grows gregari-
ously on hillsides up to 3,000 feet. This bamboo is used by some tea
planters for shading their estates from the hot and violent winds. This
bamboo flowers every year, which is not the case with all others of this
genus." (Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Products of India, vol. 3,
P. 71.)
38737. Nyssa sessiliflora Hook. f. and Thorns. Oornacese,
"This is a large tree found in the forests of the Sikkim Himalayas
above 5,000 feet; also in Martaban between 4.000 and 6,000. The wood
is gray, soft, and even grained, and is used for house building and other
purposes about Darjiling." ( Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Products
Of India, vol. 5, p. [88. I
38738. Qi i :r< i s sp. I'agaeese. Oak.
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1914. 23
38733 to 38741— Continued.
38739. Trachycarpus hartiana (Wall.) Wendl. Phoenicacea?. Palm.
"This species is found growing in the temperate Himalayas at alti-
tudes of 6,000 to 8,000 feet, and from Nepal eastward to the Khasiu Hills
at altitudes of 4,000 to 5,000 feet. It is also found growing at Burma at
altitudes between 6,000 and 6,500 feet. The trunk is 20 to 50 feet long
and slender, clothed beneath the crown with persistent leaf sheaths. The
younger parts are softly furfuraceously hairy. The leaves are 4 to 5 feet
in diameter, subglaucous beneath, cut about half way down into linear
two-lobed segments. The flowers are yellow, ovaries villous. Drupe 1 to
Si inches long, dirty blue in color." (Hooker, Flora of British India, vol.
6, p. 436.)
38740. Terminalia tomentosa (Roxb.) Wight and Am. Combretacea?.
38741. (No. 17.) (Undetermined.)
38742 to 38751. Panax quinquefolium L. Araliaceae. Ginseng.
(Aralia quinquefolia Decne. and Planch.)
From China. Presented by His Excellency Tsao Julin, twice Minister for
Foreign Affairs, through Dr. Paul S. Keinsch, American minister, Peking,
China ; at the request of Mr. Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Explorer for
the Department of Agriculture.
See S. P. I. Nos. 37S70 and 37S71 for other varieties and for description.
Quoted notes by Tsao Julin.
38742. " Seeds of the wild ginseng from Linkiaughsien."
38743. " Seeds of the wild ginseng from Kwantien. Located in Fung-
huang Subprefecture, Shengking Province. Latitude 40° 42' N. and
longitude 124° 49' E."
38744. " Seeds of the cultivated ginseng from Kwantien."
38745. " Seeds of cultivated ginseng from Fushun. Located northeast
of Mukden. Latitude 41° 53' N. and longitude 123° 51' E."
38746. " Seeds of cultivated ginseng from Chianhsien, located in
Shengking Province, Manchuria, in Hsingking Subprefecture."
38747. " Seeds of cultivated ginseng."
38748. " Seeds of cultivated ginseng from Antuhsien."
38749. " Seeds of cultivated ginseng from Linkiaughsien."
38750. " Seeds of cultivated ginseng from Tunghwahsien, located In
Hsingking Subprefecture, Shengking Province, Manchuria, east of
Mukden. Latitude 41° 37' N. and longitude 128° 7' E."
38751. "Seeds of cultivated ginseng from Fusung."
38752 to 38755. Okyza sativa L. Poacese. Rice.
From India. Presented by Mr. H. G. Carter, economic Botanist to the
Botanical Survey of India, Indian Museum, Calcutta, India. Received
July 3, 1914. Quoted notes by Mr. Carter.
38752. "(No. 35958, Bengal, India.) Kalojira. From the district
agricultural officer, Mymensingh, Bengal Province."
38753. "(No. 36241, Bombay, India.) DhundhaH. From the district
agricultural overseer, Broach, Bombay Province."
24 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38752 to 38755— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. H. G. Carter.)
38754. "(No. 36249, Burma, India.) Nakcrijea. From the deputy
commissioner, Akyab, Burma Province."
38755. "(No. 3G319, Hyderabad, India.) Kamod. From Hyderabad,
Hyderabad Province."
38756. Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott. Aracese. Taro.
From Honolulu, Hawaii. Presented by Mr. Gerrit P. Wilder, through Mr.
Chester J. Hunn. assistant horticulturist, Hawaii Experiment Station.
Received July 0, 1914.
Kai koi o Ewa.
38757. Psidiem cattleianum Sabine. Myrtaceae. Guava.
From Santa Barbara, Cal. Presented by Mr. G. P. Rixford, San Fran-
cisco, Cal. Received at the Plant Introduction Field Station, Chico, Cal.
Yar. lucidum Hort.
" Seed of a yellow guava, supposed to be a little hardier than the ordinary
form." (R. L. Beagles.)
38758 and 38759.
From Kew, England. Presented by the director, Royal Botanic Gardens,
Kew, England.
38758. Acacia retixodes Schlecht. Mimosacese. Wirilda.
This everflowering acacia is a native of Victoria and South Australia.
where it grows along the river banks. It does well in moist places, but
never grows beyond the size of a small tree, usually attaining a height
of 20 to 25 feet. The wood is prettily grained, tough, and durable;
furnishes a good gum arabic. (Adapted from Maiden, Useful Native
Plants of Australia, and Mueller, Select Extra-Tropical Plants.)
38759. Escallonia pterocladon Hooker. fiscalloniacese.
"A small, decidedly hardy, much-branched shrub, native of western
Patagonia, 4 or 5 feet high, with spreading branches. It is a bushy
plant with leaves like a small-leaved myrtle and abundant, very pretty,
Epacrislike, fragrant flowers, white, tinged with red. The old wood is
clothed with loose, cracked papyraceous bark and the branches are
straight, rigid, singularly angled, and winged with vortical alae (wings)
which are sinuate and downy or fringed at the edge." (Curtis's Botanical
Magazine, pi. 4827.)
38760. Cotoneaster frigida Wall. Malacese.
From Los Angeles. Cal. Seed collected by Mr. P. H. Dorsett, of the Bureau
of Plant Industry, at Mr. Huntington's place, Los Angeles. Cal., Novem-
ber 11, 1911. Received at the Plant Introduction Field Station, Chico,
Cal.
"A large, rounded, deciduous shrub, 15 to 20 feet high, or a small tree;
branchk'ts at first covered with pale down, becoming smooth. Leaves 3 to 5
inches long, i to 2 inches wide, narrowly oval or obovate, deep dull green and
smooth above, pale and very woolly beneath when young, becoming almost
smooth by autumn. Flowers while, one-third of an inch across, produced very
numerously in llattish corymbs 2 inches or more across, terminating in short,
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1914. 25
38760— Continued.
leafy twigs ; flower stalks very woolly. Fruits in large clusters, each fruit about
the size of a pea, rich, bright red.
" Native of the Himalayas ; introduced in 1824, and perhaps the most strik-
ing of all the cotoneasters. The splendid clusters of ' berries ' wreathing the
brandies make some of the most brilliant pictures of autumn and early winter.
Near London, owing to the attacks of birds, they disappear usually before
Christmas, but in country places are occasionally seen hanging until February.
The species is the most robust in the genus, making, if left to itself, a huge
bush 20 feet high and as much through, consisting of numerous branching
stems ; but if kept to one stem when young, and the lower branches removed, it
will make a pretty round-headed tree with a well-shaped trunk. There is a
fine specimen of this kind in the Victoria Park at Bath whose trunk is 6
feet or so high and 1 foot or more thick. No hardy shrub more beautiful
than this thrives in town gardens." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in
the British Isles, vol. 1, p. Jt09-',10.)
The wood of Ibis small tree is attracting considerable attention in England
as a source of wood for the manufacture of heads for golf sticks.
38761. Prunus serrtjlata sachalinensis (Schmidt) Makino.
(Primus sargentii Rehder.) Amygdalacese. Sargent's cherry.
From Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by Dr. C. S. Sargent, Arnold
Arboretum. Received July 6, 1914.
" This species is considered by Wilson valuable as a stock for the Japanese
cherries." (Sargent.)
Distribution. — A large tree, often 75 feet high and 3 feet in diameter, found
in Chosen (Korea) and the islands of Hokkaido, Hakodate, and Hondo, in
Japan.
"A deciduous tree, 40 to 80 feet high, with a trunk sometimes 3 feet in
diameter ; young shoots smooth. Leaves obovate to oval, drawn out at the
apex into a long, slender point, rounded, sometimes slightly heart-shaped at
the base, sharply toothed, 2 to 4 inches long, about half as wide, quite smooth
on both surfaces, often reddish when young ; stalk smooth, one-half to 1 inch
long, with a pair of glands near the blade. Bracts red, oblong, one-half inch
long, edged with small glandular teeth. Flowers 1J to 1J inches across, of a
lovely deep blush color, produced two to six together in short-stalked umbels.
each flower with a stalk 1 to 1\ inches long; petals obovate, notched at the
broad apex ; calyx tubular, with five ovate, pointed lobes one-fourth inch long,
smooth and entire; stamens deep rose. Fruit a small black cherry, one-third
inch wide.
" Native of Japan, introduced by Sargent to Kew in 1893. This splendid
cherry, probably the finest of the true cherries as a timber tree, is also one of
the most beautiful in its blossom. It flowers in April. The seeds germinate
freely after lying dormant a year." (W. J. Bean, Trees anil Shrubs Hardy in
the British Isles, vol. 2, 250-251, under P. sargentii.)
38762. Annona muricata L. Annonaceae. Guanabana.
From Guayaquil, Ecuador. Presented by Mr. Frederic W. Coding, Ameri-
can consul. Received July 10, 1914.
" Giiandbana, a fruit growing wild throughout the coastal region of Ecuador,
on a very large tree. Evidently it is closely related to the eherimoya."
(Ooding.)
26 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38763. Belou marmelos (L.) Lyons. Rutacese. Bael.
(Aegle marmelos Correa.)
From Rangoon, Burma, India. Presented by Rev. William H. S. Hascall.
Received July 14, 1914.
See S. P. I. Nos. 24450, 33094, and 38299 for previous introductions and de-
scription.
38764. Osmelia sp. (?) Flacourtiacese. Lubi lubi.
From Catanduanes, Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. E. H. Koert,
superintendent, Bicol Farm, through Mr. Paid Popenoe, Washington,
D. C. Received July 9, 1914.
" Seeds of a plant which possesses high value for food both for man and
beast. In its wild state it appears to prefer places rather heavily mulched."
( Koert.)
38765 to 38776.
From Pretoria, Union of South Africa. Presented by Mr. I. B. Pole Evans,
chief, Division of Botany, Department of Agriculture. Received July
2, 1914.
38765. Andkopogon erianthoides F. Muell. Poacea?. Satin-top grass.
See S. P. I. No. 19254 for previous introduction.
38766. Alloteropsis eckloniana (Nees) Hitchcock. Poacea?. Grass.
(Bluffla eckloniana Nees.)
Distribution. — A compactly tufted perennial grass growing from 1 to
3 feet tall, found in the Kalahari region and in the vicinity of Durban in
South Africa.
38767. Fragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees. Poace:e. Grass.
See S. P. I. No. 21313 for previous introduction.
Distribution. — A densely tufted perennial grass with open, nodding
panicles, growing about 2 feet high in the Kalahari region of South
Africa and extending southward to the Cape of Good Hope.
38768. Eragrostis poa Stapf. Poacea?. Grass.
Distribution. — A densely tufted perennial grass about 2 feet high,
found in moist places in the Caledon division of the coast region and in
Bechuanaland in the Kalahari region of South Africa.
38769. Fingerhuthia africana Lehm. Poaceae. Grass.
Distribution. — A densely tufted grass resembling timothy in habit and
appearance, found in Little Namaqualand, in the Kalahari region and
in the Transvaal in South Africa.
38770. Ischaemtjm GLAUCOSTACHYUM Stapf. Poacese. Grass.
Distribution. — A slender perennial grass growing about 3 feet high,
found along the Pinaars River in the Transvaal, South Africa.
38771. Panicum maximum Jacq. Poacese. Guinea grass.
38772. Panicum nigropedatum Monro. Poacea?.
IH.sh ibiitiou. — A perennial grass growing 1 to 2* feet high, found
in I he Kalahari region of Africa and northward to the upper Zambezi
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1914. 27
38765 to 38776— Continued.
38773. Chaetochloa aurea (Hochst.) Hitchc. Poacese.
(Setaria aurea Hochst.)
Distribution.— & perennial grass growing 6 feet tall, with dense panicles
covered with yellowish or bright orange bristles, found in the Kalahari
region of South Africa and in tropical Africa and Asia.
38774. Chaetochloa lindenbergiana (Nees) Hitahc. Poacese.
(Setaria lindenbergiana Stapf.)
See S. P. I. No. 34817 for previous introduction.
38775. Chaetochloa nigrirostris (Nees) Skeels. Poacese.
(Setaria nigrirostris Dur. and Schinz.)
38776. Chaetochloa sulcata (Aubl.) Hitchc. Poacese.
(Setaria sulcata Raddi.)
38777. Solanum tuberosum L. Solanacese. Potato.
From Lima, Peru. Procured from Senor J. A. MacKnight, director, Escuela
Normal de Varenes. Received July 15, 1914.
38778. Prunus armeniaca L. Amygdalacese. Apricot.
From Somma Vesuviana. Presented by Dr. Gustav Eisen, Rome, Italy.
Cuttings received July 17, 1914.
" Pelcse apricot. Size, large; slightly ovoid. Deep crease between the checks,
one of which is larger than the other. Skin smooth, without spots. Color,
orange chrome, with carmine flush. Seed medium, with a small projection or
hun- Flesh very firm ; ripens evenly all around and shows no unripe side.
Flavor very fine. Sweetness medium (the specimen having been picked while
unripe). Leaves pointed. I consider this apricot one of the finest, if not the
finest, I have come across. It should be a splendid shipper, and if the sweet-
ness is increased by allowing the fruit to ripen more, it should prove a very
desirable table fruit, superior to the Royal. An average fruit displaced 53 c. c.
water when immersed in a graduate." (Eisen.)
38779. Litciii chinensis Sonnerat. Sapindaceae. Litchi.
(Nephelium litchi Cambess.)
From Honolulu, Hawaii. Presented by Mr. Chester J. Hunn, assistant
horticulturist, Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station. Received July
20, 1914.
"A small, bushy tree, with handsome dense foliage, native of China. It
blossoms in the dry season (about February), producing sprays of pale-green
flowers, and ripens its fruit about June. The fruit, produced in clusters, is of
the size and form of a large plum, with a rough, thin, scalelike rind, which be-
comes of a beautiful red tinge, gradually turning to a dark-brown color before
it is quite ripe. The jellylike pulp *>r aril which covers the seed is of a trans-
lucent whiteness and of an agreeable refreshing flavor. This fruit, represented
by different varieties of varying quality, is grown to great perfection about
Calcutta and elsewhere in India and is commonly sold in the bazaars when in
season. Cameron says it thrives up to 3,500 feet in South India, giving at
Bangalore two crops of fruit a year (in May and December). It is grown
successfully in Mauritius, but curiously enough it is rarely met with in Ceylon,
28 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38779— Continued.
though introduced here as early as 1802. The tree flourishes and produces
fruit at Peradeniya, but the variety here grown is obviously an indifferent one
There are several varieties in cultivation, distinguished by size and shape of
fruit, quality of pulp, and size of seed. Litchi fruits'are dried and preserved
in China and Cochin China, whence they are exported to Europe and America.
Dried litchis are not unlike raisins, both in appearance and taste. The tree
may be increased by seed, but budding or grafting should be adopted to propa-
gate the best varieties." (Macmillan, Handbook of Tropical Gardening and
Planting.)
For an illustration of the litchi tree as grown in California, see Plate I.
38780. Hordeum vulgare L. Poaceae. Barley.
From Anioy, China. Presented by Mr. Lester Maynard, American consul.
Received July 16, 1914.
38781 to 38844.
From China. Collected by Mr. Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Explorer
for the Department of Agriculture. Received July 10, 1914. Quoted
notes by Mr. Meyer.
38781. Opijiopogon japonicus (L. f.) Ker-Gawler. Liliaceae.
"(No. 2112a. Tahuashan, Shensi, China. December 29, 1913.) A
liliaceous herbaceous perennial, found in shady nooks on rocky places.
Of value possibly in the hardy border in shady places."
38782. Bkassica pekinensis (Lour.) Skeels. Brassicacese. Pe-tsai.
"(No. 2052a. Tsaochowfu, Shantung, China. March 11, 1914.) A
remarkably fine variety of winter pe-tsai, of very white color and
possessing a mild, sweet flavor. Weighs up to 10 pounds apiece.
Chinese name Ta pai ts'ai, meaning ' large white vegetable.' See former
notes [S. P. I. No. 36113] as to cultivation."
38783. Brassica napifoemis (Paill. and Bois) Bailey. Brassicacea?.
Turnip-rooted Chinese cabbage.
"(No. 2053a. Village of Tachungko, near Taianfu, Shantung, China.
March 21, 1914.)"
38784 and 38785. Raphanus sativus L. Brassicacese. Radish.
38784. "(No. 2054a. Siaufu, Shensi, China. January 30, 1914.)
A Chinese winter radish of a beautiful bright red color; shape
round and flattened; size medium large. A very attractive-look-
ing winter vegetable. Chinese name T'ieh hung tan lo po, meaning
' iron-red ball root.' "
38785. "(No. 2055a. Sianfu, Shensi, China. January 30, 1914.)
A variety of Chinese early summer radish of bright red color and
of elongated shape. Can be eaten fresh or stewed. Chinese name
Yeh chi hung shut lo po, meaning ' wild-pheasant red-winter root.' "
38786. Daucus cakota L. Apiaceae. Carrot.
"(No. 2056a. Sianfu, Shensi, China. January 30, 1914.) A long,
blood-red carrot. Of special value for pickling purposes <>n account of
its attractive color. Thrives besl on deep. rich, sandy soils which retain
moisture well. Chinese name Hung t'iao lo po, meaning ' red-stick root.' "
Inventory 40, Seeds and Plants Imported.
Plate I.
The First Chinese Litchi Tree (Litchi chinensis Sonnerat) to Fruit in the
United States. (See S. P. I. No.'38779.)
Although the famous Afong litchi tree has borne more or less regularly in Honolulu for the past
twenty years, most of the attempts which have been made to grow this species in California
and Florida have failed. This illustration, according to Mr. Hadley, shows a seedling intro-
duced by Keasoner Bros., of Oneco, Fla., now growing on the I fadley place in Santa Barbara,
Cal. It was 9 feet high and had a spread of 134 feet at the time the photograph here repro-
duced was taken, October 2s, 1914. In 1914 it bore and ripened several fruits. In 1915 it
bloomed but failed to fruit, it was not injured by the fie eze ol 1913, although to jusl lu.w low-
temperatures it was subjected is not known. A report from India indicates thai 21° !•". will
injure the foliage, whereas a similar report from South China is I i the effect thai 24° K. injured
large trees severely. The freeze of February 3, 1917 1 I, at Miami, Fla., 1
10-year-old trees nearly to the ground. (Photographed by \\ ilson Popenoe, I ictober 28, 1914;
P16216FS.)
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38781 to 38844— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
38787. Allium schoenoprasum L. Liliacea?. Chives.
" (No. 2057a. Sianfu, Shensi, China. January 30, 1914.) A superior
variety of chives, much used, forced in darkness as a winter vegetable.
Eaten with fried meats and as a savory in soups ; considered to be
very healthful. Might possibly be a profitable crop in America when
supplied to the Hebrew and Chinese colonies in eastern American cities.
Chinese name Chiu ts'ai tzu."1
38788. Capsicum annuum L. Solanacea>. Red pepper.
"(No. 2058a. Feicheng, Shantung, China. March 26, 1914.) A
very elongated variety of Chili pepper, locally much dried and kept for
winter use. Is used as a condiment in soups and with noodles when
ground and mixed with sesame oil and a little salt, creating a good
appetite that way. Chinese name Ch'ang la chiao, meaning ' long chili
pepper.' "
38789 to 38792. Zea mays L. Poacese. Corn.
From Peking, China. Collected April 28, 1914.
38789. "(No. 2059a.) A variety of flint maize, of golden-yellow
color, said to ripen early. Chinese name Wu yiich hsien yii mi,
meaning ' fifth moon new imperial grain.' "
38790. "(No. 2060a. A rare variety of flint maize of grayish
color, said to ripen early. Chinese name Wu yiich listen yii mi,
meaning ' gray imperial grain.' "
38791. "(No. 2061a. A rare variety of flint maize of violet-pur-
plish color. Said to have come from Japan. Chinese name Tzu
yii mi, meaning ' violet imperial grain.' "
38792. "(No. 2062a.) Mixed varieties of flint maize said to have
come from Japan. Chinese name Tsa jih pen yii mi, meaning
' mixed Japanese imperial grain.' "
38793. Diospyeos kaki L. f. Diospyracese. Persimmon.
"(No. 2063a. Provinces of Honan, Shensi, Shansi, and Shantung,
China. December, 1913, to April, 1914.) Collected from fruits of
cultivated varieties. To be sown to obtain primarily pollen-bearing
trees."
38794. Pyrus chinensis Lindl. Malacea?. Pear.
"(No. 2064a. Provinces of Honan, Shensi, Shansi, and Shantung,
China. December, 1913, to April, 1914.) Mixed varieties of Chinese
pears obtained from fruits of cultivated varieties. To be sown to obtain
new varieties possibly."
38795. Chaenomeles lagenaria cathayensis (Ilemsl.) Kehder. Ma-
lacca?. {Pyrus cathayensis Ilemsl.) Quince.
"(No. 2065a. Sianfu, Shensi, China. January 19, 1914.) Mixed
varieties of Chinese quinces. To be sown like S. P. I. No. 3S794. See
S. P. I. No. 35639 for remarks."
38796. Crataegus pinnattfida Bunge. Malacca'. Hawthorn.
"(No. 2066a. Provinces of Honan and Shantung. China. February
and March, 1914.} Mixed varieties of Chinese haw fruits. To be sewn
out for stocks. The seeds may remain dormanl for one or two years."
For an illustration of a hawthorn orchard in China, see Plate II.
30 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38781 to 38844— Continued. (Quoted note- by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
38797 and 38798. Thuja orientalis Tj. Pinacese. Arbor vitae.
From Chaoyi, Shensi, China. Collected February 7, 1914.
38797. "(No. 2007a.) A remarkable form of the oriental arbor
vitae, of flattened globular shape and <>f very dense growth. A rare
tree ! Of value for cemeteries and for places of dignity. Specially
suited to mild-wintered, semiarid climes."
38798. "(No. 2068a.) A conical form of the oriental arbor vitae,
of somewhat less dense growth than S. P. I. No. 38797. of like
value."
For an illustration of the arbor vitae as grown in China, see
Plate III.
38799. Tyrus sp. Malaceae. Pear.
"(No. 2069a. Kwanynnting, Honan, China. December 20. 1913.) A
small species of pear of round-elongated shape with long peduncle. Color
russet brown. Becomes soft and mushy when ripe. Chinese name
T'fuii/ li, meaning 'sugar pear.'"'
38800 to 38802. Gleditsia sinensis Lam. Csesalpiniacese. Soap bean.
38800. "(No. 2070a. Sianfu, Shensi, China. January 7, 1014.)
A large-podded variety of the Chinese soap bean. These Chinese
Gleditsias often grow to very large size, becoming quite old and at
times making beautiful, well-rounded heads of dense brandies and
foliage. The conspicuous pods persist on the trees all through
the winter. These trees are marvelously drought resistant and do
not object to a certain amount of alkali. Recommended as an orna-
mental park and shade tree for the mild-wintered, semiarid sections
of the United States. The Chinese find use for the pods, when
sliced up, as a substitute for soap for washing their hair and cer-
tain fabrics. They call them Tsao cliio, meaning ' black horns.'
To insure a quick germination, scratch the seed or immerse for a
second or so in boiling water."
For an illustration of the soap-bean tree in China, see Plate IV.
38801. "(No. 2071a. Lingpao, Honan. China. December 24, 1914.)
The ordinary Chinese soap bean, as seen everywhere along the roads
in Honan and Shensi. The young trees often have their trunks
covered with big spines, which often have totally disappeared,
however, when the trees are old. For further remarks, see S. P. I.
No. 38800."
38802. "(No. 2072a. Puchowfu, Shensi, China. February 9, 1914.)
A rare variety of Chinese soap bean, having long, slender pods of
cylindrical shape. For further remarks see S. P. I. No. 38803.
Chinese name Hsiang ya tsao chio meaning 'elephant's trunk soap
bean/ "
38803. Junipebus CHINENSIS L. Pinacea'. Juniper.
"(No. 2075a. Village of Nantotchu, Shensi. China. January 10. 1914.)
A vigorous-growing form of the North Chinese juniper recommended
like S. P. I. No. 38S04. Chinese name Hsiieh /"». meaning 'red conifer.'"
38804. JuNir-ERUS chinensis L. Pinacese. Juniper.
"(Xn. jot la. Sianfu. Sheusi, China. January 25, 1914.) A juniper of
tall, but graceful growth, apparently a form of Juniperus chinensis. Able
Inventory 40, Seeds and Plants Imported.
Plate III.
Arbor vit/e (Thuja orientalis L.) in Shensi, China. (See S. P. I. Mo. 38798.)
A single specimen of conical form, culled by the Chinese Weng />"i shv, meaning "water-jar
conifer," referring to its outlines, which seem to resemble certain typesof water jars. Of value
as an evergreen lor cemeteries and for places of dignity. Especially suited to mild-wintered
semiarid climes. (Photographed by Frank N. Meyer, August 15, 1914, near Chaoyi, Shensi.
China; P13157FS.)
Inventory 40, Seeds and Plants Imported.
Plate IV.
An Old Soap-Bean Tree (Gleditsia sinensis Lam.) near Tientangyi, Shensi,
China. (See S. P. I. No. 38800.)
A large old tree found in a dry place. The dense bead of branches is characteristic of this species of
honey locust as seen on the Sianfu plain. It is a long-lived beautiful shade tree with long stout
spines and well-rounded head of dense branches and foliage. It is remarkably resistant to drought
and a valuable ornamental park and shade tree for the semiarid sections of the United States.
The large thick pods, which contain considerable quantities of saponin, are sliced and used as a
substitute for soap. No. 38800 is a large-podded variety of this interesting tree. (Photographed
by Frank N. Meyer, January 23, 1915; P12160FS.)
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBEE 30, 1914. 31
38781 to 38844— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
to withstand considerable drought and alkali, and recommended as a
very ornamental evergreen for parks and gardens in the mild-wintered,
semiarid sections of the United States."
38805. Toona sinensis (Juss.) Roemer. Meliacese.
(Cedrela sinensis Juss.)
From Changli, Chihli, China. Secured by Mr. Frank N. Meyer, from
Mrs. Mary Clemens. Collected November 1, 1913.
"(No. 2076a.) The well-known Chinese cigar-box wood, of which the
Chinese eat the young sprouts like spinach. The trees become quite old,
grow to large size, and withstand drought and alkali to a considerable
extent. Recommended as a shade and avenue tree for the mild-wintered
sections of the semiarid belt in the United States. Chinese name Hsiang
ch'un shit, meaning 'sweet chnn tree.' Obtained from Mrs. Mary Clemens
at Tientsin, who collected these seeds at Changli."
38806. Paulownia foktunei (Seem.) Hemsley (?). Scrophnlariacese.
"(No. 2077a. Village of Nanrotchu, south of Sianfu, Shensi, China.
January 21, 1914.) A Paulownia growing into a medium-sized tree, able
to withstand drought and a certain amount of alkali. For further in-
formation, see S. P. I. No. 3S1S4."
38807. Ligustrum quihoui Carr. Oleacea?. Privet.
"(No. 2078a. Mountains near Nantotchu, Shensi, China. January 21,
1914.) A privet found in rocky banks and in between pebbles and rocks,
growing into a small or medium-sized bush. Bears masses of small black
berries, that set off well the small evergreen foliage. Is much utilized
by the Chinese upon which to graft Olca fragrans. Of value as a hedge
and border shrub, especially for the mild-wintered, semiarid parts of the
United States. Chinese name Tung ch'ing chih, meaning ' wintergreen.' '
38808 and 38809. Lespedeza sp. Fabaeese.
From Tahuashan, Shensi, China. Collected December 29, 1913.
38808. "(No. 2079a.) A shrubby Lespedeza, growing 3 to 4 feet in
height, found on rocky mountain slopes at altitudes of 3.000 to
4,000 feet. Of value possibly for forage purposes and as a cover
shrub on sandy wastes."
38809. "(No. 2080a.) A small, shrubby Lespedeza, found on rocky
mountain sides at about 3,000 feet elevation. Of value possibly for
forage purposes and as a cover shrub on sandy wastes."
38810. Tilia mongolica Maxim. Tiliacea?. Linden.
"(No. 2081a. Tahuashan, Shensi, China, December •_'!>, 1913.) A small-
leaved linden occurring on rocky mountain sides. In the higher alti-
tudes and in the more exposed places it remains a slirub. but when found
in sheltered localities grows to be a tall tree. Of value possibly as a
hardy shade and park tree for northern localities. Collected at 5,000 feet
altitude. Chinese name Mi twin shu."
38811. Berberis sp. Berberidacese. Barberry.
"(No. 2084a. Tahuashan, Shensi, China. December 29, 1913.) A bar-
berry of medium tall growth, found on stony mountain slopes. Bears
very large red fruits, which may prove to be of value for preserving pur-
poses. Collected at an altitude of about 6,000 feet."
32 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38781 to 38844— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
38812. Hydrangea bretsciineideri Dippel. Hydra ngeacea?.
Hydrangea.
"(No. 2085a. Tahuashan, Shensi, China. December 29, 1913.) A
vigorously growing Hydrangea, mostly found between bowlders or rocks
on somewhat moist soils. Of value possibly as an ornamental park
shrub for northern regions."
38813. Viburnum sp. Caprifoliacea1.
"(No. 20S6a. Tahuashan, Shensi, China. December 29, 1913.) A
Viburnum, found as undergrowth between tall, open trees. In habit
resembling Viburnum opulus but of looser growth and thinner branches.
Of value possibly as an ornamental park shrub for northern regions."
38814. Lonicera periclymenum L. Caprifoliacea?. Honeysuckle.
"(No. 2087a. Tahuashan, Shensi, China. December 29, 1913.) A
twining honeysuckle found between scrub in shady places. The flowers
are borne in terminal bunches and are surrounded by a typical large
circular involucrum. Of value as a porch or pillar vine in gardens and
parks."
38815 and 38816. Lonicera spp. Caprifoliacea?. Honeysuckle.
From the mountains near Nantotchu, Shensi, China. Collected Jan-
uary 21, 1914.
38815. "(No. 2088a.) An evergreen, trailing honeysuckle bearing
black berries, found on well-sheltered, rocky banks. Of value
for covering waste places."
38816. "(No. 2089a.) A bush honeysuckle. See S. P. I. No. 37545
for previous introduction."
38817. Exochorda racemosa (Lindl.) Rehder. Rosacea?.
(Exoclwrda grandlflora Lindl.)
"(No. 2090a. Tahuashan, Shensi, China. December 29, 1913.) A
medium tall, sturdy shrub, found here and there in great masses in
rocky crevices at altitudes between 3,000 and 5,000 feet. Of value
as an ornamental garden shrub, especially for rockeries, and for semi-
arid regions."
38818. Clematis sp. Ranunculacea?. Clematis.
"(No. 2091a. Tahuashan, Shensi, China. December 29, 1913.) A
climbing clematis found in between shrubbery and running over same.
Bears apparently large flowers ; possesses somewhat glossy foliage.
Collected at an altitude of 4,500 feet."
38819. Elsholtzia stauntoni Benth. Menthacea?.
"(No. 2092a. Tahuashan, Shensi, China. December 2S. 1913.) A
woody labiate, growing from 1$ to 2 feet in height, found amidst
stony debris at altitudes between 2,000 and 3,000 feet. Of value pos-
sibly as a rockery shrub and along open borders."
38820. Albizzia sp. Mimosacea?.
"(No. 2093a. Near Taianl'u Shantung, China. .March 22, 1914.) A
silk-flower tree having whitish blossoms and large doubly pinnate
leaves. Found on rocky, sterile, mountain slopes. Of value as a soil
binder in dry regions. For further information see S. P. I. No. 38285."
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBEK 30, 1914. 33
38781 to 38844— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
38821. Rosa sp. Rose.
"(No. 2094a. Tahuashan, Shensi, China. December 29, 1913.) A
shrubby rose, of which the young twigs are reddish colored and bear
very broad, reddish spines, like Rosa hvgonis. The old fruits are
black. Collected on stony places at an altitude of about 5,000 feet."
38822. Celtis sinensis Pers. Ulmaceae. Hackberry.
"(No. 2095a. Near Mienchih, Honan, China. February 20, 1914.) A
hackberry, growing into a medium-sized tree, producing a dense head
of branches. Found in rocky cliffs. Of value as a shade tree for semi-
arid climes."
38823. Rosa multiflora cathayensis Kehd. and Wils. Rosacese. Rose.
"(No. 2096a. Tahuashan, Shensi, China. December 29, 1913.) A
semievergreen, trailing rose, found on rocky places and among low
scrub. Leaves dark, glossy green; apparently very floriferous. Of
value possibly in breeding experiments."
38824. Caragana sp. Fabacese.
"(No. 2097a. Tahuashan, Shensi, China. December 29. 1913.) A pe-
culiar species of Caragana of very erect growth, found on semishady
rocky mountain slopes, at altitudes of over 5,000 feet. Of value as a
garden and park shrub for northern regions."
38825. Zanthoxylum alatum Roxb. Rutacese.
"(No. 209Sa. Mountains near Nantotchu, south of Sianfu, Shensi,
China. January 21, 1914.) A Chinese pepper bush having semipersist-
ent pinnate leaves, of which the midribs are winged. Of loose and open
growth and having long, overhanging branches. Found beneath tbe shel-
ter of various trees. Of value possibly as an ornamental park shrub
for the mild-wintered regions of the United States."
38826. Jasminum sp. Oleacea?. Jasmine.
"(No. 2099a. Near Nantotchu, Shensi, China. January 21, 1914. ) A
jasmine, growing to 1 to 3 feet in height, having erect, bright-green
branches and bearing black berries. Found on dry and sterile mountain
slopes, between scrub. Of value possibly as a rockery shrub and along
borders and pathways in gardens and parks."
38827. Smilax vaginata Decaisne. Smilacacese.
"(No. 2100a. Tahuashan, Shensi, China. December 29, 1913.) A pe-
culiar liliaceous shrub having strong, but brittle, erect branches of green
color, growing to 3 to 5 feet in height. Bears small clusters of blue-black
berries. Found on shaded mountain slopes and as undergrowth beneath
trees. Deciduous. Of value as a ground cover beneath tree growth for
southern parks."
38828. Syringa amurensis Rupr. (?) Oleacese. Lilac.
"(No. 2101a. Tahuashan, Shensi, China. December 29, L913.) A tree
lilac, found in great masses here and there on rocky mountain slopes,
at altitudes between 3,000 and 5,000 feet, of value as a Stock for stand-
ard lilacs and for hybridization purposes."
38829. Syringa sp. Oleacese. Lilac.
"(No. 2102a. Mountains near Nantotchu. Shensi, China. January 21,
1914.) A lilac of small and slender growth found on a stony mountain
slope. See S. P. I. No. 37511 for prevous introduction."
71478°— 17 3
34 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
.38781 to 38844- Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
38830. Syringa villosa Vahl. Lilac.
"(No. 2103a. Tahuashan, Shensi, China. December 29, 1913.) A
small lilac of very sturdy growth, found in rocky cliffs at altitudes of
4,000 to 6,000 foot. Of value as a garden and park shrub for the north-
ern sections of the United States."
38831. Thuja orientai.is L. Pinaceae. Arbor vitae.
"(No. 2104a. Mountain near Nantotchu, Shensi. China. January 21.
1914.) The ordinary oriental arbor vitae, collected from specimens found
growing on exposed rocky places. For trial in sections north of the pres-
ent limits of this tree. Also to be tested in very dry localities. Chinese
name Mien po, meaning ' soft conifer." "
38832. Kolkwitzia amabilis Graebner. Caprifoliaceae.
"(No. 2105a. Tahuashan, Shensi. China. December 29, 1913.) A
shrub, growing from 4 to 6 feet in height, found on rocky places, bear-
ing small, spiny fruits. See S. P. I. No. 374S0 for previous introduction."
38833 to 38835. Euonymus spp. Celastrace:e.
From Tahuashan, Shensi, China. Collected December 29, 1913.
38833. "(No. 2106a.) A shrubby cardinal's-cap having long, thin
branches, bearing small fruits, hanging down on long peduncles.
Found in between bowlders and rocks."
38834. "(No. 2107a.) A shrubby cardinal's-cap of more robust
growth than S. P. I. No. 38S33, also having larger fruits. Found
as undergrowth beneath tall trees on rocky places."
38835. "(No. 210Sa.) A cardinal's-cap having large, fleshy fruits;
grows into a medium-sized shrub ; found on somewhat shady
places."
38836. Celastkus angulatus Maxim. Celastraceae. Bittersweet.
"(No. 2109a. Tahuashan. Shensi, China. December 30, 1913.) A
species of bittersweet of semitrailing, shrubby growth, found on partly
shaded places in between scrub. Quite ornamental when covered with its
masses of yellow capsules, out of which peep the scarlet-orange coated
seeds."
38837. Paedeeia foetida L. Rubiacese.
" (No. 2110a. Mountains near Nantotchu, Shensi, China. January 21.
1914.) A slender, semiwoody climber, found on rocky mountain slopes
in between tall scrub ; bears bunches of yellowish berries."
38838. Cocculus sp. Menispermacere.
" (No. 2111a. Mountains near Nantotchu, Shensi. China. January 21.
1914.) A trailing herbaceous vine, bearing bluish berries; found on open
stony places."
38839. Ophiopogon japonicus (L. f.) Ker-Gawler. Liliacese.
" (No. 2113a. Mountains near Nantotchu, Shensi, China. January 21,
lt»14.) An Ophiopogon, with long, slender leaves, remaining green all
winter. Bears long spikes of black berries. Found on mountain
slopes of decomposed rock between low scrub. Of value as an edging
plant along pathways and as a ground cover in shady places for the
mild-wintered sections of the United States."
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1914. 35
38781 to 38844— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
38840. Asparagus sp. Convallariacese. Asparagus.
"(No. 2114a. Chaoyi, Shensi, China. February 7, 1914.) A rare
species of asparagus of somewhat trailing or twining growth; found in a
sandy loess bank."
38841. Anemone sp. Ranunculacese. Anemone.
" (No. 2115a. Tahuashan, Shensi, China. December 29, 1913.) A tall-
growing anemone, found amidst bowlders and rocks on somewhat shel-
tered places at altitudes between 2,000 and 4,000 feet. Apparently orna-
mental."
38842. Trichosanthes kirilowii Maxim. Cucurbitacese. Gourd.
"(No. 2116a. Maochinchen, Shensi, China. February 17, 1914.) A
gourd, grown as an ornamental, also used as a medicinal simple, called
Kua Hi. See S. P. I. Nos. 36118 and 38489 for previous introductions.*'
38843. Acer sp. Aceracea?. Maple.
" (No. 2082a. Tahuashan, Shensi, China. December 29, 1913.) A
maple, growing to be a medium-sized tree, having a scaly, somewhat rosy
colored bark. Leaves small, trifoliate and hirsute ; coloring up in fall
to a rosy wine red. Wood very hard and used for posts and pillars. Col-
lected at about 5,000 feet elevation. The seeds may remain dormant for
a long time."
38844. Crataegus sp. Malacese. Hawthorn.
" (No. 2083a. Tahuashan, Shensi, China. December 29. 1913.) A
shrubby hawthorn, found on rocky mountain slopes. Collected at an alti-
tude of over 5,000 feet. Of value possibly as a park shrub in northern
climes."
38845 and 38846. Oryza sativa L. Poacese. Rice.
From Valencia. Spain. Presented by Mr. Eduardo E. Monteraso. Estacion
Arrocera de Sueca. Received July 20. 1914.
38845. Amonquili.
38846. "Bcnlloch. This variety is cultivated in this region at the pres-
ent time, although three years ago Amonquili, now no longer culti-
vated, was the variety raised." {Monteraso.)
38847 to 38849. Colocasia esctjlenta (L.) Schott. Aracejr.
Tar .
From Honolulu, Hawaii. Presented by Mr. E. V. Wilcox, Hawaii Experi-
ment Station. Received July 16, 1914.
38847. Aweoweo taro. Furnished by Mr. V. S. Holt. Waianae.
38848. Keokeo. Secured from the Waterhouse Co., Honolulu.
38849. Ulaula. Secured from the Waterhouse Co.. Honolulu.
38850 and 38851.
From Buenos Aires, Argentina. Presented by the director general, Botanic
Garden. Received July 10, 1914.
38850. Caeica quercifoi.ia (St. Hil.) Benth. and Hook. Papayacese.
See S. P. I. Nos. 3534 and 30586 for previous introductions and descrip-
tion.
36 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38850 and 38851— Continued.
38851. Glemtsia amorphoides (Griseb.) Taub. Csesalpiniacees.
l&arugandra amorphoides Griseb.)
See S. P. I. Nos. 8934 ami 33965 for previous introductions and de-
scription.
38852. Mkdigago sativa L. Fabacese. Alfalfa.
From Ekatarinodar, Kuban Government, Russia. Secured by Mr. E.
Brown, of the Bureau of Plant Industry, from Mr. A. N. Rockel. Re-
ceived July 3. 1914.
"This is the best alfalfa region in southern Russia, where it has been culti-
vated for 30 years. Seed is said to have been first brought from Turkestan. In
the southern part of the district where the soil is deepest, alfalfa lasts 10 to 12
years. In the northern part the soil is shallower, and alfalfa does not usually
last over 4 or 5 years." (Brown.)
38853. Vitis tiltaefolia Humb. and Bonpl. Vitacese. Grape.
(Titis caribaea DC.)
From Herradura, Pinar del Rio, Cuba. Collected by Mr. Wilson Popenoe,
Agricultural Explorer for the Department of Agriculture. Received
July 23, 1914.
"(No. 1, July 17, 1914.) A vigorous, rapid-growing vine, occurring in the
mountains of this Province. These cuttings were obtained from a plant grow-
ing in the garden of Prof. F. S. Earle, who considers the species to be of great
interest and value for use in developing a race of grapes which can be success-
fully grown in strictly tropical regions, and he recommends that careful atten-
tion be devoted to the hybridization of this species with some of the northern
cultivated grapes. In Prof. Earle's garden the vine has completely covered a
cashew tree 20 or 25 feet in height and produces fruit very similar in appear-
ance to the wild grape of the North. The bunches are 3 to 5 inches in length,
loose, the berries deep purple in color, and about three-eighths of an inch in
diameter. They are used here for making jelly and grape juice." (Popenoe.)
38854. Ochroma lagopus Swartz. Bombacacea?.
From Ceylon. Presented by Mr. J. T. Crawley, director, Estacion Experi-
mental Agronomica, Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba. Received July 17,
1914.
"A very valuable plant of large growth; the wool produced by the fruit is
textile, and the wood of the trunk is very light. It is employed in Cuba among
other purposes for sustaining on the water the nets used for fishing, instead of
cork." (Crawley.)
38855 and 38856.
From Peking, China. Collected by Mr. Frank N. Meyer. Agricultural
Explorer for the Department of Agriculture. Received July 24, 1914.
Quoted notes by Mr. Meyer.
38855. Saxtfraga sp. Saxifragacese. Saxifraga.
"(No. 1220. June 14. L914. ) A wild plant, offered for sale in the streets
of Peking. Said to lie ornamental, having rose-colored flowers. Loves
somewhat moist, shady situations. Chinese name Ssii clii hai Vang,
meaning 'four-season begonia.'"
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1914. 37
38855 and 38856— Continued. (Quoted note by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
38856. Peunus tomentosa Thunb. Amygdalaceae. Cherry.
"(No. 2117a. June, 1914.) Stones of the North China bush cherry,
a fruiting shrub of great promise for the cooler, semiarid sections of the
United States. Chinese name Suan t'ao or Suan ying t'ao, meaning
' sour cherry.' "
38857 and 38858.
From Asuncion, Paraguay. Presented by Mr. C. F. Mead. Received July
23, 1914. Quoted notes by Mr. Mead.
38857. Manihot esculenta Crantz. Euphorbiacese. Cassava.
(Manihot utilissima Pohl.)
" Yeruti (shorter and smaller canes). In June, 1913, I started a Para-
guayan on a small chacra belonging to myself, situated at Caballero,
about 50 miles south of Asuncion. That month he planted 3 hectares of
maize. At the last cultivation of said crop, about October 20, he planted,
as is customary here, mandioca or cassava, as you call it, between rows.
I have just returned from a two-weeks' trip to this same place, and on
June 1 I dug up 100 plants, weighing the tubers. From these weights,
as an average of the whole, the crop was 38,500 kilos per hectare. All
of this mandioca will not be used this year, and all that is left in the
ground until next year will produce nearly double the weight. Accord-
ing to my figures, that date is 7 months 11 days from time of planting,
but they have been digging and using the same mandioca since the middle
of April. The varieties planted are called in Guarany Mandio Yeruti and
Mandio Conception, both of them sweet varieties, and differing, in that
the Conception resists drought better. I cau not give you any statistics
as to chemical properties, but I have seen the practical results of feed-
ing, it being the staff of life here for the family and for farm animals.
The starch content is very high also, great quantities being used for
making almidon or mandioca flour or starch. The plants need a sandy
and very loose soil, but not too rich, or they will all run to stalk."
38858. Ilex paraguariensis St. Hil. Aquifoliacese. Yerba mate.
"The yerba industry is one of the most prosperous in all this district,
and it is getting better every day."
38859. Achras zapota L. SapotaceaB. Sapodilla.
(Achras sapota L.)
From Port of Spain, Trinidad, British West Indies. Presented by Dr. J. I.
Senior, through Mr. A. J. McConnico, American consul. Received July
23, 1914.
"Some time before I left Trinidad I came across a sapodilla tree which has
enormous fruits, quite the largest I have ever seen. As none were ripe, I had
no opportunity of testing the quality." (Frank Evans.)
"It may not be out of the way to mention that I imported this plant from
Curacao, Dutch West Indies, where the sapodilla grows to perfection in all the
different and best varieties; among many that I imported only two of them
produce such very large fruits." (Senior.)
38 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38860. Feroniella lucida (Scheff.) Swingle. Kutacese.
(Feronia lucida Scheff.)
From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by the director, Department of Agri-
culture. Received July 24, 1914.
For description, see W. T. Swingle. In Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of
Horticulture.
38861. Manihot esculenta Crantz. Euphorbiaceae. Cassava.
(Manihot utilissima Pohl.)
From Asuncion, Paraguay. Presented by Mr. C. F. Mead. Received July
23, 1914.
" Conception (long thick canes)."
For description, see S. P. I. No. 38857.
38862. Hymenaea courbaril L. Csesalpiniaceae. Guapinol.
From San Jose, Costa Rica. Presented by the Department of Agriculture.
Received July 16, 1914.
See S. P. I. No. 3S565 for previous introduction.
" One of the most beautiful trees of the tierra caliente of the Pacific coast,
with low trunk and flattened forking, and with leaves composed of two leaflets
and imitating a deer's skull. Its fruits are short, thick pods, chocolate color,
enclosing variegated seeds surrounded by a dry white powder, used as food by
the Indians. The wood is hard and used in the construction of various articles
as, for example, mills for grinding cane." (Pittier, Plantes Vsvales de Costa
Rica. )
38863. Stizolobium sp. Fabaceae.
From Schoeneberg, P>erlin, Germany. Presented by Prof. Dr. G. Schwein-
furth. Received July 16, 1914.
" Probably from Tabora. German East Africa, but there is no definite infor-
mation on this point. This Stizolobium has short, gray, appressed pubescence
cm the pods, and the seeds are pale gray, thickly spotted, and clouded with
brown. Both the pods and the seeds resemble very closely some of the hybrids
obtained between the Lyon bean and the Florida velvet bean. This suggests
that the present Stizolobium may likewise be a hybrid." (C. V. Piper.)
38864 and 38865. Medicago sativa L. Fabacese. Alfalfa.
From General Roco. Rio Negro, Argentina. Presented by Mr. Walter
Fischer, director, Experiment Station, General Roco. Received July 24,
1914.
"It is customary in this valley, where everything is grown under irrigation
and where four cuttings of alfalfa are made per season, lo save the second cut-
ting for the seed crop when seed is desired. The object of this is to get a crop
more free of weeds than the first cutting would be, and in which there is very
often quite a large amount of tribal tic olor (Melilotus parviflora, I believe).
As a rule, however, there are very few weeds in any of the alfalfa fields here.
These seeds are as they came from the machine, with only the coarse chaff
removed." ( Fischer.)
38864. No. 1. From the first cutting.
38865. No. 2. From the second cutting.
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1914. 39
38866. Holcus sorghum verticielielorus (Steud.) Hitchc.
From Pretoria, Union of South Africa. Presented by Mr. I. B. Pole Evans,
chief, Division of Botany, Department of Agriculture. Received July
24, 1914.
"The seed of this plant matures very irregularly, and I fear much of this
seed was unavoidably collected immature. Out here it seems to thrive best
in moist clayey loam soils (riversides), but it is apt to become infested with
the maize stalk borer." (Evans.)
38867. Oryza sativa L. Poacese. Rice.
From Saloniki, Greece. Presented by Mr. G. Bie Ravndal, American consul
general, Constantinople. Received July 16, 1914.
"Saloniki. European Turkey grows very little rice; since Macedonia has
been taken from the empire by the allied Balkan States, practically none at all.
Though all Constantinople was carefully searched for it, not a sample of any
sort of rice grown in Turkey in Europe could be obtained here. Inquiries made
of the British consul at Adrianople, charged with American interests, produced
no better uesult, and only from the American consul at Saloniki could any infor-
mation and a sample be secured at all. According to his reply to my request,
rice is grown in the region of Vodena, territory now belonging to Greece,
near Saloniki, the annual production of which is estimated at from 30 to
40 tons. Almost the entire yield is consumed in Vodena. Some 900 to
1,000 tons are grown in the region of Struuyntza and from 500 to 600 tons
in Ichtib, formerly forming a part of European Turkey and now under the
sovereignty of Bulgaria and Serbia, respectively. The crop grown at Ichtib
is considered of best quality. The soil of Vodena is ordinary earth through
which water runs continually. The season of sowing is April ; of harvesting,
October. The quantity of yield to the doniiru (which is equivalent to 1,600
square piks=S56.48 square yards) is from 300 to S00 okes (840.50 to 2,257.50
pounds) of unshelled rice. One hundred okes (2S2.19 pounds) will give from
50 to 55 okes (141 to 155.20 pounds) of shelled rice. It seems that a record of
the cost of production is not obtainable from the growers in these regions. The
produce is sold according to the prevailing market prices. From 8 to 10 okes
(22.50 to 28.20 pounds) of seed are necessary for one douiim (856.48 square
yards). Owing to the abundance of marshy ground essential for rice cultiva-
tion in the region of Vodena, the possibilities for the development of this indus-
try are considerable." (Ravndal.)
8868 to 38880. Coix spp. Poacese. Job's-tears.
From Burma, India. Presented by Mr. H. G. Carter, economic botanist to
the Botanical Survey of India, Indian Museum, Calcutta, India. Re-
ceived July 20, 1914. Quoted notes by Mr. Carter, except as otherwise
indicated.
38868 and 38869. Coix lackyma-jobi gigantka (Koenig) Stapf.
38868. "Var. aquatica. No. 36288, from the district commissioner,
Pegu, Burma."
38869. "Var. aquatica. No. 3(5289, from the district commissioner,
Pegu, Burma."
8870. Coix LACRfMA-joiii stenocarfa (Oliver) Stapf.
"No. 36323, from (lie superintendent and political officer, Southern
hii States, Taungyi, Burma."
40 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38868 to 38880— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. H. G. Carter.)
38871 to 38874. Coix lauiym a-joi-.i ma-yukn (Romanet) Stapf.
"From the superintendent and political officer, Southern Shan States,
Taungyi, Burma."
38871. No. 36324. 38873. No. 30320.
38872. No. 30325. 38874. No. 30327.
"The fully cultivated and edihle form. Mayuen, is grown (so far
as India is concerned) in the Central Provinces, Sikkim. the Khasi
Hills, Burma, and the Shan States, and outside of India it appears
to he cultivated in Tonkin, China, ami the Malaya, hut apparently
nowhere else. In the elongated seinipyriform states of cultivated
C. hieryma-jobi there is a further peculiarity, viz, a portion at the
base of the fruit spathe becomes constricted into a weil-marked
annular disk. The condition with a soft and striated shell and basal
annulus appears to constitute the variety known to botanists as
Mayuen, a name given in honor of the Chinese general who is sup-
posed to have first pointedly directed attention to the plant." (Watt,
Commercial Products of India, which see for discussion of the plant
as a crop.)
38875 to 38880.
"From the superintendent and political officer, Southern Shan States,
Taungyi, Burma."
38875. Coix lacryma-jobi stenocarpa (Oliver) Stapf.
No. 36328.
" In the variety known as stenocarpa the capsular spathe is elon-
gated until it becomes cylindrical, hut when cultivated the tubes (so
formed) change in color to chalky white or become almost straw
colored." (Watt, Commercial Products of India.)
38876. Coix lacryma-jobi L.
No. 36329.
38877 to 38879. Coix lacryma-jobi ma-yvex (Romanet) Stapf.
38877. No. 36331. 38879. No. 36333.
38878. No. 36332.
38880. Coix LACRYMA-JOBI L.
"No. 36339. This shows a transitional form of variety stenocarpa
passing into variety monilifer."
"The flattened spheroidal form, the connecting link between C
lacryma-jobi and var. stenocarpa, is the special bead form. It is
wild plaid met with chiefly in Burma, the Malaya, China, a I
Japan, and has been named by me var. monilifer:' (Watt, Comtrf-
cial Products of India.)
38881 and 38882. Passiflora maliformis L. Passifloraceae.
Passion frit.
From Bogota. Colombia. Presented by Mr. T. A. Thomson, Amhan
minister, who obtained them from .Mr. :•". L. Rockwood, clerk the
legation, Bogota. Received July 24, 1914. Quoted notes by Mrftock-
wood.
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1914. 41
38881 and 38882— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. L. Rock-
wood.)
38881. "No. 1. Kuruba amariUa, yellow kuruba, is a prolific bearer
and a standard fruit in the market of this capital. The fruits are
used in the same manner as strawberries for the table. It is a climb-
ing vine and has an attractive flower."
38882. "No. 2. Kuruba indio, Indian kuruba. Its name is taken from
the frequency with which it is met around the huts of the Indians in
the Andes. A brilliant scarlet flower and green-colored fruit which
is liked by the Indians and eaten without any preparation. Seldom,
if ever, found in the market. These fruits arc mixed with the yellow
when procuring them from the mountain by parties sent out for
them."
38883 to 38887.
From Esperanza, Sonora, Mexico. Presented by Mr. W. W. Mackie,
director. Yaqui Valley Experiment Station. Received July 22, 1014.
Quoted notes by Mr. Mackie, except as otherwise indicated.
"Gathered in Merv, Transcaspia, Turkestan, in 1911. These seeds came
from selections out of three years of crops, during which time I have had
them under observation. The climate for the first part of the year in the
Yaqui Valley is very similar to the summer of Turkestan, where I obtained
these seeds."
38883. Beta vulgaris L. Chenopodiacese. Beet.
"The beets produced from these seeds are very vigorous, hardy, and
drought resistant.. The leaves are large and tender and are much
used for greens in Turkestan. The flesh is tender, sweet, and light red
in color. The root grows to an immense size and is eaten greedily by
stock. For three seasons this beet has regularly produced an abundance
of plump seeds of high viability in June from seeds planted in the preced-
ing fall. This seeding of beets the first year from seed sometimes occurs
at intervals in individuals when subjected to drought and again irri-
gated, thus starting a new or second growth, but this Turkestan beet
produces seed from every beet regularly in June."
38884. Cucurbita pepo L. Cucurbitaceae. Pumpkin.
"Grown for three years at the experiment station at Merv. When
planted in March immense crops were produced in June. With the begin-
ning of the rainy season in July another crop is planted, producing line
crops in December. The soil is a dark-red clay. Other pumpkins do not
produce such good crops, nor do they so well withstand the heat and
drought. The rind is hard and greenish in color. It is a good beeper,
lasting for months in this warm climate."
38885. HordeUM vulgare pallidum Seringe. Poace.e. Barley.
" White Turkestan barley gathered in Merv, Transcaspia. Turkestan, in
1911. 'The barley itself is of the 6-rowed nutans type and has a marked
flesh-colored aleurone layer, such as is characteristic of barleys of Asiatic
origin; in fact the flesh-colored appearance is more pronounced than we
have ever noticed in any similar barley before. This barley reallj la
Strange to us. It is irregular in size and form and has a very low albu-
men content' (due no doubt to the skinning off of the germ or embryo
by too close thrashing). 'The taste and flavor are remarkably agreeable.
If any of this barley is malted, we should be pleased to receive a 5-pound
42 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38883 to 38887— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. W. W.
Mackie.)
sample of the malt, since we are inclined to believe that this barley,
under proper conditions as to cultivation and thrashing, would result in
good malt. If this barley could possibly be grown on a rich, nitrogenous
soil, so that the albumen content could be increased to about 13 per cent,
it, in our opinion, would be by far the best barley for malting purposes
among the samples sent.' (Report of WaM-Henius Institute of Ferment-
ology.)
" Our field tests show this barley to be very vigorous and hardy, with
splendid germination. In height it Is about 20 to 30 per cent shorter
than the common California 6-rowed barley, but produces thicker and
longer heads. It is nearly 3 weeks earlier in maturing. In other words,
it is a quicker growing variety. On account of its propensity to rust, 1
would advise that it be planted inland, away from the influence of the
seacoast fogs. It appears to be entirely suited to the arid irrigated re-
gions of the Southwest. All our grains are grown entirely without rain
by the aid of irrigation, even to sprouting the seed. The White Turke-
stan yields far better than other varieties tested."
38886 and 38887. Hordeum vulgare nigrum (Willd.) Beaven. Barley.
38886. " Late Black Turkestan barley gathered in 1911. This bar-
ley was secured by me in Samarkand. Turkestan, where the winters
are quite severe, with considerable snow. The thermometer often
goes far below zero. Our tests at the experiment station show it
to be vigorous and hardy, but three weeks later than all other
barleys. It behaves much like winter wheat which lies beneath
the covering of snow during the winter. This barley would prob-
ably do well in the colder regions of the United States. It yields
about the same as common or California barley."
38887. " Early Black Turkestan barley. This barley is a selection
from the Early White Turkestan, which it resembles in every par-
ticular except color."
38S88. Persea Americana Miller. Lauracese.
(Persea gratissima Gaertn. f.) Murrieta avocado.
From Pasadena, Cal. Presented by Mr. R. J. Mather. Received July 30,
1914.
"The Murrieta avocado is the only one of the large-fruited, thick-skinned
type that ripens in the fall, as far as the author is aware, and this fact makes
it of special importance. Few others are on the market at the same time. It
is of the round type and is an ideal shipper. At the present time it is rather
difficult to propagate (because the trees are growing in very shallow soil under-
lain with bedrock, which condition may affect the vigor of the trees and
through that the vitality of the buds), but this may be overcome in the future.
"Form, obliquely roundish; length, S:{, diameter 3* inches; weight, 16 to 20
ounces; apex slightly depressed; base rounded: cavity furrowed, narrow, very
shallow, and abrupt; stem stout, truncate; surface undulating to slightly
rough; color, yellowish green with numerous medium, rounded, greenish-yellow
dots; skin medium thick, tough, finely granular, separating readily from the
flesh; flesh creamy yellow, slightly greenish near the skin; texture line grained.
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1914. 43
38888— Continued.
smooth, buttery; fiber, none; flavor rich, very nutty, and pleasant; quality
extra good ; seed large, spherical, tight in cavity ; seed cavity large ; season
September and October at Los Angeles, Cal." (K. A. Ryer&on, University of
California Journal of Agriculture, No. Jt, p. 83, 1913.)
38889. Triticum aestivum L. Poaceae. "Wheat.
{Triticum vulgare Vill.)
From Esperanza, Sonoia, Mexico. Presented by Mr. W. W. Mackie, di-
rector, Yaqui Valley Experiment Station. Received July 22, 1914.
"Turkestan wheat gathered in 1911. These seeds came from selections out
of three years of crops, during which time I have had them under observation.
The climate for the first part of the year in the Yaqui Valley is very similar to
the summer of Turkestan where 1 obtained these seeds. This wheat was se-
cured on the irrigated lands of the Merv Oasis in Transcaspia, where it is
grown mainly by irrigation. It somewhat resembles Chul wheat, which was
secured in the Valley of the Syr Darya farther north. In Turkestan it yields
well and is very hardy and vigorous in the face of severe dry winds and
drought. In the Yaqui Valley, however, it is entirely consumed with rust, as
is Chul wheat. We lie 30 miles inland from the Gulf of California." {Mackie.)
38890 and 38891.
From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by the director, Botanic Gardens. Re-
ceived July 30, 1914.
38890. Artocarpus Integra (Thunb.) L. f. Moracea?. Jack fruit.
See S. P. I. Nos. 6451 and 27170 for previous introductions and de-
scription.
"A very large tree, native of South India and Malaya, introduced
and cultivated in Ceylon, where it has become seminaturalized. The
enormous fruits, a single one of which may weigh over 100 pounds, are
borne on the trunk and older branches, sometimes at the base of the
trunk or even under ground. It is usually oblong and irregular in shape
(sometimes almost round), being always green, with the rind consist-
ing of somewhat hexagonal knobs. This fruit forms a very important
article of food with the natives, whilst some Europeans also relish it
when cooked in curries. When ripe, the fruit has an overpowering odor,
and the stronger the latter the better the quality of the fruit, the
former not being disliked by those who relish the latter. With the ex-
ception of the rind and core, the whole of the fruit is eaten, the white or
cream-colored, soft, flaky pulp being used either raw, or boiled, or fried,
and used as vegetable for curries, etc. The large, albuminous, datelike
seeds are roasted and esteemed in curries. The timber is excellent for
cabinetwork, building, etc., and is much used in Ceylon; lemon yellow
at first, it turns with age to a very dark tint like mahogany, to which
it is but little inferior. The tree is propagated by seed ami is suited to
moist or semidry districts up to 2,000 feet elevation." {Macmillan,
Handbook of Tropical Gardening.)
38891. Guilandina bonduc L. Oa^salpiniaceae.
(Caesalpinia bonduccUa Fleming.)
See S. P. I. Nos. 33570 and 34G71 for previous introductions and de-
scription.
44
SI.KDS AND PLANTS I .M I '( 1 1: TKD.
38892 to 38968.
From P.aLiiii, Brazil. Collected by Messrs. P. II. Dorsett, A. D. Shamel, :iri(l
Wilson Poponoe. of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Quoted notes by
Messrs. Dorsett, Shamel, and Popenoe, except as otherwise indicated.
38892. Eeiochloa si bglabba (Nash) Hitchc. Poacea'.
(Monachne subglabra Nash.) Capim Angolinha.
" Capim Angolinha, or 'small Angola,' as the name signifies. Tins
somewhat resembles the common Angola or Para grass, hut is character-
ized by finer growth. It is not grown so extensively as Angola in the
region around Bahia, and little is known concerning its probable value,
but it is considered worthy of a trial in this country."
Plants.
38893 to 38907. Saccharum offtcinarum L. Poaceae. Sugar cane.
" Obtained from the Centro Agricola, at Bahia, Brazil, through the
courtesy of Dr. V. A. Argollo Ferrao."
38893. Cayana seedling No. 1. 38900.
Cayana seedling No. 2. 38901.
Cayana seedling No. 3. 38902.
Cayana seedling No. 4. 38903.
Cayana seedling No. 5. 38904.
Cayana seedling No. 6. 38905.
Cayana seedling No. 7. 38906.
38894.
38895.
38896.
38897.
38898.
38899.
38907.
Cayana seedling No. 8.
Cayana seedling No. 9.
Cayana seedling No. 10.
Cayana seedling No. 11.
Cayana seedling No. 13.
Cayana seedling No. 14.
Cayana seedling No. 17.
Seedling of Manteiga, meaning " butter.
38908. Ananas sativus Schult. f. Bromeliaeese.
Pineapple.
"These plants are of the variety commonly cultivated in the vicinity
of Bahia, Brazil, where they are known under the name of Abaci -ri.
The pineapples of this region are of such excellent quality that they have
become, along with those of Pernambuco, famed throughout Brazil.
During our stay in 1913-14 we were impressed by their excellence and
thought it desirable to try the variety in North America, to see if it
would retain its quality in other regions. By some the superiority of
Bahia and Pernambuco pineapples is considered due to the peculiarly
favorable conditions of climate and soil rather than to any superiority of
the varieties cultivated."
38909 to 38922. Poacerc. Bamboo.
"A collection of bamboos obtained from the Centro Agricola at Bahia.
Brazil, through the courtesy of Dr. V. A. Argollo Ferrao. This collection
has been assembled by Dr. Argollo from southern Europe as well as
local sources."
38909 to 38911. Bambos sp.
38909. B. 1.
38910. B. 2.
38911. B. 3.
38912 and 38913. Piiyllostachys spp.
38912. Phyllostachys sulfurea (Carr.) A. and C. Riviere.
"This has yellow stems scarcely so robust as typical P. mitis,
bin otherwise almost identical." (11. J. Bean, Trees (i>nl Shrubs
Hardy in tin British Isles, vol. 2, i>. 151-152.)
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1914. 45
38892 to 38968— Contd. (Quoted notes by Mr. Dorsett and others.)
38913. Phyllostachys puberula nigra (Lodd.) Houzeau.
(Phyllostachys nigra Munro.)
" Stems varying from 10 to 20 feet high in different parts
of the country and from one-half inch to 1} inches in diam-
eter, very hollow ; at first green, they become with age quite
black, the branchlets usually mottled. Leaves in plumelike
masses, usually 2 to 3-J inches long, one-fourth to five-eighths
inch wide (sometimes larger), of thin texture, dark green
above, rather glaucous beneath, smooth on both surfaces, the
margins roughened with minute teeth ; secondary veins 3 to 6
each side of the midrib. When quite young there is a slight
downiness at the base of the midrib beneath. The leaf sheath
is terminated by a few erect bristles.
" Native of China and Japan and one of the most elegant of
bamboos ; very distinct because of its black stems. It is quite
a hardy species when once established, although it grows much
larger in hotter climates. It is the oldest of Phyllostachys in
English gardens and according to Loudon was 7 feet high in
the Horticultural Society's gardens in 1837." (W. J. Bean,
Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 152.)
38914. Arundinaria hindsii Munro.
Received as Bambos erecta.
" The stems tufted, 8 to 10 feet high, round, quite erect, up to
1 inch diameter, dark olive green, at first covered with a waxy
bloom ; joints often 8 to 10 inches apart ; central pipe large. Branches
erect, forming dense clusters at each joint. Leaves mostly erect,
dark green above, rather glaucous beneath, smooth on the surfaces,
but with numerous bristlelike teeth on one margin and a few scat-
tered ones on the other; the longest are S to 9 inches long, the
broadest three-fourths to 1 inch wide; the average width is from
one-fourth to five-eighths inch, tapered at the base, the apex long,
tail-like. Secondary veins 4 to 6 each side the midrib.
"Native of Japan, cultivated in England since about 1875. It
flowered in 1910 and 1911. It is one of the least elegant of bam-
boos, similar in foliage to Arundinaria graminea but less copiously
leafy and with darker leaves. The stems and leaves are also st on I el-
and darker green, the habit is less dense, and the plants do not
run so rapidly." (W. J. Bran, Trees mid Shrubs Hardy in the
British Isles, vol. 1, p. 216.)
38915. Sasa tessellata (Munro) Makino and Shibata.
(Bambusa tesselata Munro.)
"Stems 2 to 3 feet high, one-eighth to one-sixth inch in diameter,
with a very small hollow up the center; the joints 1 t<> ■ '< inches
apart. Stem sheath persistent, 8 to 10 inches long, clasping not
only that part of the stem above the joint from which, it springs
but also portions of the two or three stein sheaths above it: it is
fringed with hairs. Leaves somewhat ribbed, of varying size, the
largest 18 inches Ion- and 3 to 4 inches wide in the middle; abruptly
tapered at the base, very slenderly pointed, dark green above, glau-
cous beneath. The larger leaves have L5 to 18 secondary veins at
each side of the midrib, which is yellow, and tucked under one
Side of the midrib, especially toward the base, is a line of pale hairs.
46 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38892 to 38968— Contd. (Quoted notes by Mr. Dorsett and others.)
"Native of China, cultivated in England since 184.",. probably be-
fore. It is the most striking of dwarf bamboos, with larger leaves
than any other, tall or dwarf, and forms broad,' rounded masses, the
outer Stems of winch arch outward to the ground, and out of which
spring each summer the spikelike new growths. It lias never 1 n
known to flower under cultivation. Very hardy. It differs from .1.
palmata in the dwarfer habit but larger leaves.'' < \v. ./. Bean,
Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 21'J, under
Arundinaria raaamoicski.)
38916 and 38917. Bambos sp.
38916. B. 4. 38917. B. 5.
38918. Bambos aurea-striata Kegel.
38919 and 38920. Phyllostachys spp.
38919. Phyllostachys aurea A. and C. Riviere.
" Stems pale yellowish green, 10 to 15 feet high in this coun-
try, stiffly erect, growing in tufts and spreading slowly, the joints
often 5 or 6 inches apart, except at the base, where they are
crowded. Beneath each joint there is a curious swollen band,
about one-fourth inch wide, which distinguishes this from all
other hardy bamboos. Leaves 2 to 4$ inches long, one-third to
seven-eights inch wide, broadly tapered at the base, slenderly
pointed, dark green above, glaucous beneath, smooth on both
surfaces, minutely toothed on the margins; secondary nerves 4
or 5 each side the midrib; stalk one-sixth inch or less lorn::
the leaf sheath surmounted by two tufts of bristles at the sum-
mit.
" Native of Japan, cultivated in Europe since the ' seventies '
of last century. It flowered at Bitton with Canon Kllacombe,
and with the late Signor Fenzi. at Florence, in 187G. It is a
pleasing bamboo if planted in a goodly sized mass, although not
so graceful as the majority. It is only likely to be confused
with P. mitis, which is, however, a taller bamboo without the
crowded joints at the base of the stem and without the swollen
band beneath the joint, which is so distinctive a character in
P. aurea. HI'. ./. Bean. Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British
Isles, vol. 2, p. 140-150.)
38920. Phyllostachys bambusoidf.s mabuacea Houzeau.
{Phyllostachys quilioi marliacea Bean.)
" Stems 18 to 20 feet high in this country, three-fourths to 1 \
inches thick at the base, deep green. Branches long: stein
Sheaths pinkish when young, conspicuously mottled with dee])
purple. Leaves among the largest in the hardy Phyllostachys
group, varying from 2$ to 6 inches long, one-half to 1{ inches
wide (occasionally they are even larger), bright green above.
glaucous beneath; smooth except for some down at the base of
the midrib beneath; one margin toothed; secondary veins ~> to
7 each side of the midrib: leaf sheath with a conspicuous tuft of
bristles at the top, one-fourth to one-half inch long.
"Native of Japan, introduced into France by Admiral Du
Quilio in 18G6. It is one of the finest of the hardy bamboos,
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1914. 47
38892 to 38968— Contd. (Quoted notes by Mr. Dorsett and others.)
very hardy and free growing. P. rAridi-glaucescens is the only
species with which, in the adult stage, it is likely to be confused,
and from that species it is distinguished by the mottled leaf
sheaths (in P. viridi-glaucescens they are simply striated or
tinged with purple), by the larger leaves, and longer branches.
" Var. marliacea (P. marliacea Mitford). Marliac's bamboo.
A form distinguished by the curious wrinkling of the stems, espe-
cially towards the base. It does not appear to be so vigorous as
the species, and behaves more like P. mitis in regard to hardi-
ness." (W. -/. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British
Isles, vol. 2, p. 152, under P. quilioi.)
38921. Arundinaria simonii variegata Hooker.
" Stems up to IS feet high, round, very hollow, from 1 to 1{ inches
in diameter at the base, the outer ones arching outwards. Stem
sheaths rather persistent, the largest 8 to 10 inches long, purplish
when young, hairy at the margins, very glazed within. Leaves narrow
oblong, broadly wedge shaped at the base, with long, tapered points,
3 to 12 inches long, one-third to li inches wide, vivid green above,
glaucous on one side of the midrib beneath, rather greener the
other ; secondary veins 4 to 7 each side of the midrib.
" Native of China, introduced to France by M. Simon in 1862. A
very vigorous bamboo, which spreads rapidly by means of its under-
ground suckers, and, with the exception of A. fastuosa, the tallest of
our hardy sorts. It bears some resemblance to that species (but dif-
fers in the more persistent stem sheaths, in the lack of short, crowded
branches at each joint, and in its less tufted habit, as well as in its
rampant underground suckers). A. simonii flowered all over the
country between 1903 and 1905. For many years previous to these
dates odd stems had flowered and occasionally borne seed without
any damage to the plants, but then came the flowering of the entire
plants, none of which ever recovered. In gardens now .1. simonii
is only known by small plants raised from the seed then obtained.
"Var. variegata, Hooker {Bambusa albo-striata Hort.). In this
variety some of the leaves are striped with white, the leaves so
marked being very small and narrow. The full-sized green leaves
do not differ from those of the type. This variety has not yet
flowered, except partially, in this country. It is of little value."
(W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1,
p. 219.)
38922. Bam bos sp.
B. 6.
38923 to 38927. Mxjsa paradisiaca sapientum (L.) Kunize. Mtisacese.
Banana.
"Presented by Dr. V. A. Argollo Ferrao.
"A collection of bananas from Bahia, Brazil. This collection com-
prises the most important varieties cultivated at Bahia."
38923. And or d\\<jua.
48 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38892 to 38968— Contd. (Quoted notes by Mr. Dorsett and others.)
38924. "Mara (apple). A dessert banana, one of the most popu-
lar of all, and one of the commonest in the markets. Said to do
best on sandy soil, the fruits being hard and of poor texture on
clayey soil. It fruits in less time than most other varieties."
38925. " Praia (silver). A medium-sized banana, white fleshed,
and of good quality. One of the favorites among the natives."
38926. "Sao Thom&z. A short, very plump variety, produced in
short, compact bunches. It is usually baked or cooked in some
form."
38927. " Maranhao. This is also known as Poucos e Boa* (few
and good). A long, slender fruit, usually eaten cooked. The
bunches are slender and produce fewer fruits than the average."
38928 to 38942. Citrus spp. Rutaceae.
Plants.
38928. Citrus sinensis (L.) Osheck. Navel orange.
Presented by Dr. V. A. Argollo Ferrao.
"Laranja selecta de umbigo."
38929. Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck. Navel orange.
" This tree was presented by Col. Demetrio Luiz de Souza, of
Cruz do Cosme, one of the suburbs of Bahia. Col. Demetrio is one of
the most successful propagators of the navel orange, and annually
buds considerable numbers. This specimen is a selected bud chosen
from his nursery."
38930. Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck. Navel orange.
"A navel orange tree budded from tree 1-1-3 in the grove of Dr.
Fortunato da Silva, at Cabulla, Bahia. The bud was inserted on
a 1-year-old budded navel obtained for us by Dr. V. A. Argollo
Ferrao. For description of this selection, see S. P. I. No. 37754.
under which bud wood from the same tree is listed."
38931. Citrus eimetta Risso. Sweet lime.
"A budded tree of the lima dace, or sweet lime, from the grove
of Dr. Fortunato da Silva, Cabulla, Bahia. The sweet lime is popu-
lar among Brazilians; in form it is broader and shorter than a
lemon, and the pulp, while very juicy, is almost devoid of acidity.
It is eaten out of hand or is used to prepare a refreshing drink.
Tt is hardly likely that it could vie in popularity with either the
lime or Lemon in the United States."
38932. Citrus sp. Lime orange.
"Budded tree of the laranja liiua, or lime orange. Bud wood was
obtained from the grove of Col. Joao de Teive e Argollo at Agua
Comprida, about 12 miles from Bahia, and the buds inserted on
navel-orange stock. This fruit is described under S. P. I. Nos. 377S4
to 377SG."
38933. Citrus i.imf.tta Risso. Sweet lime.
"Budded tree of the sweet lime: buds taken from tree 1-1-7
in the grove of Col. Froderico da Costa. Matatu, near Bahia. See
S. P. I. No. 37773 for description."
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1914. 49
38892 to 38968— Contd. (Quoted notes by Mr. Dorsett and others.)
38934 to 38937. Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck.
Plants.
38934. Navel orange.
"A young budded tree of navel orange No. 2-11-1, taken from
the grove of Col. Frederico da Costa at Matatu, near Bahia.
This type of fruit is described under S. P. I. No. 37776."
38935. Navel orange.
" Young budded tree of navel orange No. 2-9-5, from the grove
of Col. Frederico da Costa at Matatu, near Bahia. This selec-
tion is described under S. P. I. No. 37768."
38936. Selecta orange.
" Laranja selecta, obtained from Dr. Miguel de Teive e
Argollo's place, Roma, Bahia. See S. P. I. No. 36947 for descrip-
tion of this variety."
38937. Orange.
" The tree from which this bud was taken is growing in the
orchard of Col. Demetrio Luiz de Souza, at Cruz do Cosme, near
Bahia. Col. Demetrio says that it was budded from a navel
tree, but it has evidently reverted and is now producing seedy
oranges without navels, but otherwise of the same character as
the Bahia navel orange. It is interesting because of this fact,
and should be planted in Florida or California to see if it will
maintain its present character."
38938 to 38940. Citrus sp.
Plants.
38938. " Seedlings of laranja africana, a large, pummelolike
fruit, which is used here principally as stocks for budding to
the navel orange. It is not common in this region."
38939. " Laranja tanja, another large citrus fruit, resembling
a poor pummelo in character. It is used as stock on which
to bud the navel orange and for this purpose is considered
good, though it is not as widely used as laranja da terra, or
bitter orange."
38940. " The limao doce, or sweet lemon, a fruit which is
popular in this region. It resembles an ordinary lemon, but Is
of a very sweet flavor and entirely devoid of acid."
38941 and 38942. Citrus nobilis deliciosa (Tenore) Swingle.
Plants. Tangerine.
38941. "A tree of the common tangerine grown at Bahia,
which does not appear to be different in any important respects
from some of the tangerines cultivated in the United States.
It should be tried in California or Florida in comparison with
local tangerines to prove its quality."
38942. "The laranja cravo, apparently very similar to the
tangerine, if not identical with it. It is popular in Bahia,
and is generally said to be larger and slightly different from
the tangerine, though it appeared to us that the two names
were used rather loosely and sometimes even applied to the
same thing. For trial in California and Florida."
71478'— 17 4
50
SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38892 to 38968— Contd. (Quoted notes by Mr. Dorsett and others.)
38943. Spokdias sp. Anacardiaceae.
"A tree presented by Dr. V. A. Argollo Ferrao. The species is one
common at Bahia and is esteemed in this region. Its fruils have not
been seen by any members of our party, hence its identity can not be
determined, hut it is probably one of the commoner tropical species. The
fruits are said to be the size of hen's eggs, orange yellow in color, and
of good flavor."
Plant.
38944. Psidium ara^a Raddi. Myrtacere. Guava.
"An uncommon species of guava, known here as Araca, presented by
Dr. V. A. Argollo Ferrao. It is said to have a large fruit and few seeds.
The leaves are different in character from most of the guavas. Should
be tried in California and Florida."
Plants.
38945. Aletjrites moltjccana (L.) Willd. Euphorbiacea?. Lumbang.
(Aleuritcs triloba Forst.)
" One of the candle-nut or wood-oil trees, found growing in a garden
near Bahia. The tree was full of fruit at the time of our visit. Should
be tried in comparison with the wood-oil trees now being sent out by this
office."
Plants.
For an illustration of the lumbang tree growing in Brazil, see Plate V.
38946. Panicum sp. (?) Poacea?.
" Capitn cayana. A forage grass grown in this region. This is a large,
coarse grass grown in very low and wet lands. It can be rooted from
single-eye cuttings and grows very rapidly. Should be given a trial in
moist regions of the South."
Plants.
38947 to 38968. Manihot esculenta Crantz. Euphorbiacea?.
(Maniliot utilissima Pohl.) Cassava.
"A collection of varieties of mandioca or cassava presented by Dr.
V. A. Argollo Ferrao. This set includes varieties which have been
assembled at the Centro Agricola from all parts of Bahia State and
should be of interest for trial in the southern United Stales. The
varieties, as a rule, vary but little in appearance and are difficult to
tell apart in some cases. Those which have the word aipim before the
varietal name are sweet cassava and are eaten boiled as a vegetable
without previous treatment. Others are bitter and are used for the
preparation of cassava meal ; they must be treated before using to remove
the prussic acid."
Plants.
38947.
No. 1.
Mitlatinho.
38953.
No.
9.
La )uly.
38948.
No. 2.
Aipim Pacara.
38954.
No.
10.
Vassnura.
38949.
No. 4.
Aipim Varudo.
38955.
Xo.
11.
Pratn Cheio,
38950.
No. 6.
\ ijiim Paraguay.
38956.
No.
12.
Ttapicuru.
38951.
No. 7.
Gamadura.
38957.
No.
13.
Saracura.
38952.
No. 8.
Aparecida.
38958.
No.
14.
Milagrosa,
Inventory 40, Seeds and Plants Imported.
Plate V.
The Lumbang (Aleurites moluccana (L.) Willd.) Growing in Bahia, Brazil.
(See S. P. I. No. 38945.)
An oil-nut tree growing beside the road on the plantation of Coronel Frederico da ( iosl a al Bahia.
The tree has pale-green foliage and the fruits conhu'n nut like seeds, from which lumbang nil is
expressed. The kernel is somewhat poisonous, being strongly purgat ive in effect when eaten.
Lumbang oil has been largely used in the manufacture of soap and is now being invest igated as
a possible paint oil. The tree is known in Hawaii as the kukui and as thecandlenul in some
other parts of the world. (Photographed by Messrs. Dorseit, Shamel, and Popenoe, I lecember
25, 1913; P14568FS.)
Inventory 40, Seeds and Plants Imported.
Plate VI.
Uik
The Queensland Nut (Macadamia ternifolia Mueller'
(See S. P. I. No. 39144.)
as Grown in Cuba.
This Australian tree has grown very well in southern California and in Florida, having produced
■ "1 crops at about 7 years of age. The nuts are about the size of large marbles and of a most
delicious flavor, resembling that of Brazil nuts, but mure delicate. This tree (S. P. I. 21249)
was introduced in the form of a seed from Brisbane in 1907 ami planted out in Cuba in January,
1909, by 11. A. Van Hermann, on whose estate it i^ standing. (1 'holographed by Wilson
l'openo'e, Santiago delas Vegas, Cuba, July 18, 1914; P16069FS.)
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1914.
51
38892 to 38968-
-Continued.
38959. No. 15.
Sao Pedro Branca.
38964.
No. 20.
Rio de Janeiro,
38960. No. 16.
Babu Branca.
38965.
No. 21.
Crioulinho.
38961. No. 17.
Vassoura Molle.
38966.
No. 22.
Itaparica.
38962. No. 18.
Babu Preto.
38967.
No. 23.
Mangue.
38963. No. 19.
Tutano.
38968.
No. 24.
Gravatdo.
38969. Plagianthus betultnus A. Cunningh. Malvaceae.
Ribbon wood.
From Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand. Presented by Mr. D. Petrie. Re-
ceived July 25, 1914.
" From the southern part of our colony and should be hardy enough for your
lowlands. The tree is dioecious and it would be interesting to note how many
turn out male and how many female. The tree naturally grows on alluvial
flats and by the side of streams that meander through such stations. I doubt if
it would thrive anywhere else." (Petrie.)
" A tree, varying from 30 to 60 feet in height, with terminal panicles of white
flowers. The young shrub forms a mass of tortuous interlacing branches.
Leaves lobed or coarsely toothed. Petals rounded at the tips. North and South
Island, Chatham Islands." {Laing and Blackwcll, Plants of New Zealand.)
38970. Feijoa sellowiana Berg. Myrtaceae. Feijoa.
From Pasadena, Cal. Presented by Mr. D. W. Coolidge, Coolidge Rare
Plant Gardens. Received at the Plant Introduction Field Station,
Chico, Cal.
" This is a seedling from a fruit that measured 3^ by 2i inches. Named
Feijoa macrocarpa by Dr. Franceschi, of Santa Barbara, Cal." (Coolidge.)
38971 to 38973. Linum spp. Linacese. Flax.
From Paris, France. Purchased from Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co. Received
July 30, 1914.
38971. Linum perenne L.
Var. album Hort.
A white form of the perennial flax, which grows about 2 feet high and
is generally cultivated as an ornamental.
38972. Linum grandiflorum Desf.
Var. rubrum Hort.
38973. Linum usitatissimum L.
38974. Prunus umbellata Elliott. Amygdalacese. Plum.
From Brooksville, Fla. Collected by Mr. William Goinnie, assistant farm
superintendent in charge, Plant Introduction Field Station, Brooksville,
Fla. Received August 3, 1914.
" Seeds from Mr. Raymond Robbins, Snow Hill."
A tree, sometimes 15 to 20 feet high, with a short, often crooked or inclining
trunk 6 to 10 inches in diameter, slender, unarmed branches forming a wide,
compact, flat-topped head. Wood heavy, hard, close-grained, dark reddish
52 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38974— Continued.
brown, with thick, lighter colored sapwood of about 30 layers of annual growth.
The fruit is used in large quantities in making jellies and jams. Sandy bottom
land and along the borders of the forest of long leaf pine, usually in the
neighborhood of the coast, from South Carolina to western Louisiana and
southern Arkansas. (Abridged from Sargent, Trees of North America.)
38975 and 38976. Belott marmelos (L.) Lyons. Rutacese. Bael.
(Aegle marmelos Correa.)
From Nyaunglebin, Burma, India. Presented by Rev. E. N. Harris, Ameri-
can Baptist Foreign Mission Society. Received July 30, 1914.
38975. " Small variety." 38976. " Large variety."
38977. Toluifera pereirae (Klotzsch) Baill. Fabacea?.
(Myroxylon pereirae Klotzsch.) Balsam of Peru.
From Havana, Cuba. Presented by Mr. J. Pascual Baldwin, through Mr.
W. E. Safford, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received July 24, 1914.
Source of balsamo bianco, or balsamito.
38978. Prunus armeniaca L. Amygdalacese. Apricot.
From Somma Vesuviana, Italy. Presented by Mr. Gustav Eisen. Received
July 27, 1914.
" Pelese apricot seeds from Somma Vesuviana." (Eisen.)
See S. P. I. No. 38778 for previous introduction and description.
38979 and 38980. Brachychiton spp. Sterculiaceae.
From Brisbane, Australia. Presented by Mr. Leslie Gordon Corrie, Queens-
land Acclimatization Society. Received July 30, 1914.
38979. Brachychiton acerifolium Mueller. Flame tree.
(Sterculia aceri folia Cunningh.)
This species of Sterculia, which is a native of New South Wales and
Queensland, is a large evergreen tree reaching a height of about 60 feet.
The wood of this species, as with all other sterculias, is soft and light and
has but a very limited use. The flowers are brilliant scarlet in color and
are produced in great abundance. This tree has been introduced into this
country and may now be seen growing on streets and lawns in California.
A gummy substance exudes from the trunk of this tree, which, of any
of the well-known gums, most resembles the tragacanth. (Adapted
from Bailey, Cyclopedia of American Horticulture, and Maiden, Useful
Native Plants of Australia.)
38980. Brachychiton luridum Mueller.
(Sterculia lurida Muell.)
"This tree, which is commonly known as the sycamore or hat tree, Is a
native of northern New South Wales and Queensland. The timber is
white, soft, not durable, is easily split, and is occasionally used for
shingles. The bark of this tree yields a strong and valuable fiber, similar
to bass, or Russian matting." (Maiden, Useful Native Plants of Australia.)
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1914. 53
38981 and 38982. Mangifera indica L. Anacardiaceae. Mango.
38981. From Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba. Collected by Mr. Wilson
Popenoe, Agricultural Explorer for the Department of Agriculture.
Cuttings received August 4, 1914.
"(No. 5. July 30, 1914.) Luisa, a mango of the Philippine type of
which the parent tree is growing in the Casa Vivienda garden at the Cen-
tral Nueva Luisa, Jovellanos, Matanzas Province. Scions have been
taken from the original tree and propagated by Mr. A. H. Van Hermann,
of this place, from whom these cuttings were obtained.
" The Philippine mango as found here in Cuba is an entirely distinct
race from the other mangos found on the island. The type can be dis-
tinguished from the others grown here by the pale, grayish mahogany
color of the young leaves, the venation of the leaves, the slender, com-
pressed fruits, terminating in a sharp point at the apex, and the thin husk
which surrounds the seed.
" The Cecil mango of Miami, Fla., is a representative of this race and
exhibits the characteristics which are noticeable here in Cuba. The race
is believed originally to have come from the Philippines.
" While there is remarkably little variation among the seedlings of this
race, there are frequently noticeable differences in the size, brightness of
color, and flavor of the fruit. Luisa is described by Prof. F. S. Earle,
who was, I believe, the first to observe it, as a fruit 4 to 5 inches in
length, dull yellowish green in color, with little fiber and a remarkably
good flavor. It is considered by Prof. Earle the best mango of the
Philippine type which he has seen." (Popenoe.)
38982. From Havana, Cuba. Presented by Mr. Charles Hernandez,
Director General of Posts and Telegraphs. Received August 3, 1914.
" From the mango grove in the Quinta Ariles near Cienfuegos. The
most appreciated of all the kinds of mangos that grow on this island ;
it is very much looked for by the people of Cienfuegos, and therefore the
consumption is limited to only that portion of the country." (Hernandez.)
38983. Trifolium subterraneum L. Fabaceae. Clover.
From Adelaide, Australia. Presented by Mr. W. Champion Hackett. Re-
ceived July 29, 1914.
38984. Medicago sativa L. Fabaceae. Alfalfa.
From Valparaiso, Chile. Presented by Mr. Alfred A. Winslow, American
consul.
" Seed of 1913-14 harvest." (Winslow.)
38985. Voandzeia subterranea (L.) Thouars. Fabaceae.
Juga bean.
From Johannesburg, Transvaal, Union of South Africa. Presented by Mr.
J. Burtt Davy. Received August 1, 1914.
" Juga beans; these are proving useful in our bush-veldt country (below
4,000 feet altitude) for stock food ; they are crushed and fed to cattle and pigs.
54 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38985— Continued.
Our natives are very fond of these beans, and when well cooked they are
considered quite palatable by white people." (Davy.)
38986 to 38990.
From the Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. H. R. Reed, acting su-
perintendent, Singalong Experiment Station. Received August 7, 1914.
Quoted notes by Mr. Reed.
38986. Aleurites moluccana (L.) Willd. Euphorbiaceae. Lumbang.
(Aleurites triloba Forst.)
"A large tree, fruit fleshy, 2 inches long, containing one or two hard-
shelled, oily seeds. Oil is extracted from the seeds, and the refuse is
used as fertilizer in the Philippines."
38987. Clitokia teknatea L. Fabaceae. Butterfly pea.
"A climbing, somewhat woody vine, stems sometimes one-third of an
inch in diameter. Flowers numerous, attractive, deep blue, pale blue,
or white."
38988. Lactuca sativa L. Cichoriaeeae. Lettuce.
"A variety introduced from China. It grew especially well at the
Singalong Experiment Station. Leaves are light green and tender."
38989. Passifloea foetida L. Passifloraceae. Passion fruit.
"A herbaceous ornamental vine with white or pinkish flowers about
1 inch in diameter. Introduced into the Philippines from tropical
America."
38990. Soja max (L.) Piper. Fabaceae. Soy bean.
(Glycine hispida Maxim.)
"A variety introduced from China. This variety was very productive
of seed at the Singalong Experiment Station."
38991 to 39101.
From Darjiling, India. Collected by Mr. L. J. Mackintosh, Clover Cot,
at the request of Mr. J. F. Rock, collaborator, of the Bureau of Plant
Industry.
38991. Acacia catechu (L. f.) Willd. Mimosaeeae. Catechu.
" This species of Acacia is a tree which attains a height of about 80
feet with a stem circumference of 9 feet. The wood is hard, heavy,
extremely durable, and is used locally for underground posts particularly
and for millwork. The extract prepared from the bark and the heart-
wood is one of the catechus of medicine or cutch of tannery. This tree
may be found growing from India to East Africa at altitudes as high
as 5,000 feet." (Mueller, Select Extra-Tropical Plants, p. 3.)
38992. Acek sp. Aceraceae. Maple.
38993. Aconitum fekox Wallich. Ranunculaceae. Aconite.
" This species is a native of the temperate subalpine Himalayas and
may be found growing from Sikkim to Garwhal, at altitudes of 10,000
to 14,000 feet. The stem is 3 to 6 feet in length and is puberulous and
leafy. The flowers are large and of a pale dirty-blue color. The five
erect follicles are usually densely villous, and in some Garwhal speci-
mens glabrous." (Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 1, p. 2S.)
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1914. 55
38991 to 39101— Continued.
38994. Aconitum luridum Hook. f. and Thorns. Ranunculacese.
Aconite.
" This Aconitum is a native of the alpine east Himalayas and may
be found growing around Sikkim at altitudes of 14,000 feet. The stem
is 2 to 3 feet in length, slightly pubescent, and has very few leaves. The
radical leaves are 2 to 3 inches in diameter. The flowers are dull red
in color and the sepals are brown tomentose." (Hooker, Flora of
British India, vol. 1, p. 28.)
38995. Albizzia sp. Mimosacea?.
38996. Albizzia odobatissima (L. f.) Benth. Mimosaceae.
" This is a large, deciduous tree, met with in the sub-Himalayan
tract from the Indus eastward, ascending to 3,000 feet in altitude. This
tree yields a dark-brown gum in rounded tears, tasteless but soluble in
water. The bark is boiled by the Garo people, together with the leaves
of the Dugal (Sarcochlamys pulcherrima) and the yarn of their cloth,
to give the latter a brownish color. As a medicine the bark is applied
externally and is considered efficacious in leprosy and in inveterate ulcers.
When boiled in ghi the leaves are used by the Santals as a remedy for
coughs. The timber made from this tree is used in the manufacture of
wheels, oil mills, and furniture. The timber is excellent for all purposes
requiring strength and durability, and is considered one of the most
valuable of jungle timbers." (Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Prod-
ucts of India.)
38997. Alnus nepalensis D. Don. Betulaeere. Alder.
"This tree, which is a native of the Himalayas, reaches a height of
about 60 feet and may be found growing at altitudes between 3,000 and
9,000 feet. The bark of this Alnus is used for tanning and dyeing."
(Mueller, Select Extra-Tropical Plants, p. 33.)
38998. Amoora rohituka (Koxb.) Wight and Am. Meliacere.
" This is an evergreen tree with a large crown of branches, which is
widely distributed over the Malay Archipelago and the Philippine Islands.
The fruit is smooth, pale yellow or red in color, and from 1 to li inches
in diameter. It is rather soft and fleshy, 3-celled, and 3-valved. A sort
of economic oil is extracted from the seed of this fruit." (Hooker,
Flora of British India, vol. 1, p. 559.)
38999. Anemone rupicola Camb. (?) Ranunculacese. Anemone.
" This species of Anemone is a native of the inner alpine valleys of the
Himalayas and may be found growing from Gores to Kashmir to
Sikkim at altitudes of 12,000 to 15,000 feet. The radical leaves are long
pe.ioled, and the segments are more or less petioled and sharply incised
or 3-lobed. The sepals are 1 to 1£ inches in length, broadly oval, and
downy on the outside. The flowers, which are 1 or 2 in number, are
large and very showy." (Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 1. p. 8.)
39000. Bauiiinia purpurea L. Csesalpiniaceae. Orchid tree.
A small to middle-sized tree; leaves coriaceous, glabrous, somewhat
cordate, cleft one-third to one-half their depth, 9 to 11 nerved; lobes
obtuse or somewhat acute; flowers in few-flowered axillary and terminal
corymbs, fragrant; petals red, one streaked with white on the claw,
oblanceolate, acute; fertile stamens, 3 to 4, very long, the rest sterile or
abortive; pod 1 foot long. India, Burma, China. One of the finest flower-
56 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38991 to 39101— Continued.
ing small trees in southern Florida. Flowers are borne in the greatest
profusion, 3 to 5 inches across, varying in color from almost white to a
shade of rich purple, and marked and shaded with many tones. The
plant is robust and hardy, growing to a height of 15 feet in less than
two years, and blooms all winter and spring. (Adapted from Bailey,
Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture.)
39001. Bekbebis sp. Berberidaceae. Barberry.
39002. Betula cylindrostachya Wallich. Betulaceae. Birch.
"A tree native of the Himalayas and may be found growing there at
altitudes of 3,000 and 10,000 feet. It reaches a height of about 60 feet,
and thrives well along forest streams. The wood is hard, strong, and
durable." (Mueller, Select Extra-Tropical Plants.)
39003. Boschniakia himalaica Hook. f. and Thorns. Orobanchacese.
A parasite on Rhododendron roots.
" This is a plant 6 to 18 inches in height which inhabits the temperate
and subalpine regions of the Himalayas at altitudes of 8,000 to 10,000
feet at Kumaon and 10,000 to 13,000 feet at Sikkim. The stem of this
plant, which is often as thick as a man's thumb, is pale brown in color
and is tuberous at the root. The scales are numerous and rigid and
range from one-half to three-fourths inch in length. This species differs
widely from the Asiatic species B. glabra in its much larger size, the
flowers being twice as large and the fruit three times as large." (Hooker,
Flora of British India, vol. It, p. 327.)
39004. Cebastium sp. Silenacea?.
39005. Chaerophyleum villosum Wallich. Apiacese.
Distribution. — An herb growing about 4 feet tall, with long white hairs
on the stem, found in the Himalayas at an altitude of 5,000 to 12,000
feet, and in the Khasi Hills, in India.
39006. Chrysanthemum atkinsoni C. B. Clarke. Asteracea?.
Chrysanthemum.
Distribution. — A strongly scented purple-flowered chrysanthemum found
on the slopes of the Sikkim Himalayas, in northern India, at an altitude
of 13.000 to 15,000 feet.
39007. Clematis Montana Hamilton. Ranunculacea?. Clematis.
"This species of Clematis is a woody climber which inhabits the tem-
perate Himalayas from the Indus to Brahmaputra at altitudes as high as
12,000 feet. Always above 8,500 feet in Sikkim and in the Khasi Hills
and Maniput, above 4,000 feet." (Watt, Dictionary of the Economic
Products of India.)
"A deciduous climber of vigorous habit, growing at least 20 feet high ;
stems smooth except when quite young. Leaves composed of 3 leaflets
on a common stalk 2 to 4 inches long, the leaflets short stalked, ovate
to lanceolate, pointed, variously and unequally toothed, 1 to 4 inches
long, half as wide. Flowers solitary, pure white, 2 to 1\ inches across,
each borne on a smooth stalk 2 to 5 inches long. Sepals 4, spreading,
oval. Seed vessel elliptical, surmounted by a plumose style, \\ inches
long. Native of the Himalayas, introduced by Lady Amherst in 1831.
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1914. 57
38991 to 39101— Continued.
It is quite hardy near London, and is undoubtedly one of the loveliest of
all climbers. The flowers appear in May, and being produced singly on
long stalks, can only be confused with the white variety of C. alpina, and
that is not only very different in habit and vigor, but has the petal-like
parts of the flower characteristic only of the Atragene group. C. montana
is a valuable plant for covering arbors, pergolas, and especially verandas,
where its long shoots can be allowed to hang down and form a sort of
curtain." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles,
vol. 1, p. 363-364.)
39008. Cotoneastee micbophylla Wallich. Malacese. Cotoneaster.
" This is an ornamental plant which has recently been introduced into
our gardens. It is known as Khariz luni in Kashmir and Oarri in
Kumaon. The wood of this species is used in the manufacture of walking
sticks and baskets. When mixed with Parretia it is used in the construc-
tion of twig bridges in Kashmir. The fruit of this species is sweet."
(Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Products of India.)
"An evergreen shrub, of low, spreading, or even prostrate habit, rarely
more than 2 to 3 feet high unless trained. Branches often slender but
rigid, woolly when young. Leaves one-fourth to one-half inch long, half
or less than half as wide, ovate or obovate, deep glossy green above, grey
and woolly beneath, pointed, rounded, or notdhed at the apex. Flowers
white, one-third inch across, generally solitary (occasionally two or three).
Fruit round, scarlet red, one-fourth inch in diameter. Native of the
Himalayas up to 11,000 feet, introduced in 1824. This pleasing evergreen
is nearly related to C. buxifolia on one side, and C. thymaefolia on the
other. They may be forms of one species, but from buxifolia this and
C. thymaefolia are distinguished by fewer flowers in the cluster and the
dwarf habit. The present plant makes a very pretty covering for sloping
banks, forming eventually a dense low thicket. Single plants make a
pretty evergreen furnishing for the rock garden, but C. thymaefolia and
C. congesta are to be preferred." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy
in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 418.)
39009. Cremanthodium oblongatum C. B. Clarke. Asteraceje.
" This is usually a robust species and is found growing in the Sikkim
Himalayas, near the Tibetan frontier, at altitudes ranging from 12,000
to 16,000 feet. The leaves of this species are 2 to 2£ inches in diameter,
pale beneath, with coarsely reticulated nerves. The petioles are stout,
1 to 2 inches in length, and not inflated at the base. The alternate
nerves of the leaf distinguish this species from all others except C.
pinnatifldum." (Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. S, p. 331.)
39010. Erianthus rufipilus (Steud.) Griseb. Poaceae.
(Erianthus fulvus Nees.)
39011. Pollinia fulva (R. Br.) Benth. Poacere.
(Pollinia cuminyiana Nees.)
" From the interior of Australia. It is a sweet perennial grass, of
which the cattle are so fond that they eat it closely down, thus causing
It to die out. It is easily raised by redissemination." (Mueller, Select
Extra-Tropical Plants, p. 181.)
58 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38991 to 39101— Continued.
39012. Ebigeron multiradiatus (Lindl.) Benth. Asteracese.
" This is one of the most beautiful of all the alpine Composite, but
very variable and difficult to distinguish from forms of neighboring
species, especially E. alpina. It is a native of grassy, wet places along
the whole length of the Himalayan Range, from Kashmir, where it
inhabits altitudes of 7,000 to 9,000 feet, to Sikkim, where it ascends to
12.000 feet. It is a pubescent or hirsute herb, in the small state 6 or 10
inches high, with simple scapelike leafy stems, and numerous radical
leaves, and a branched leafy stem. The leaves are usually 4 to 8 inches
long, oblanceolate, and narrowed into a rather long petiole." (Curtis's
Botanical Magazine, pi. 6530.)
39013. Ekythrina arborescens Roxb. Fabaceae.
"A small or moderate sized tree, found in the outer Himalayas from
the Ganges to Bhutan up to 7,000 feet and also in the Kashmir Hills.
It is chiefly remarkable for its brilliantly colored flowers, which are
usually produced before the new leaves. The wood is rather durable,
though light and somewhat open grained. It does not warp or split and
takes a good varnish. It is used in the manufacture of light boxes, toys,
scabbards, trays, and also for firewood." (Watt, Dictionary of the
Economic Products of India.)
39014. Fbaxinus flobibunda Wallich. Oleaceae. Ash.
This Fraxinus, which is commonly known as the Nepal ash, is found
growing in the Himalayas at altitudes ranging from 4.000 to 11,000 feet.
This tree attains a height of about 120 feet, and the girth of stem is not
uncommonly 15 feet. This tree not only serves as a timber tree but also
as a fine avenue ornamental. The wood is very useful for oars, plows,
and various other implements. (Adapted from Mueller, Select Extra-
Tropical Plants, p. 233.)
" In 1S7G the late Sir George King, then of the Calcutta Botanical
Gardens, sent seeds of this fine ash to Kew. Of the trees raised one
survives, which was cut to the ground in the winter of 1SS0-81, but is
now about 15 feet high. Although it withstood the frosts of February,
1895, without injury and is now apparently perfectly hardy, its rate of
growth with us is not such as to recommend it for general cultivation,
except in the milder counties. It is one of the ornus group, and in the
northwestern Himalayas, where it is native, reaches SO to 100 feet in
height. Its branches are without down and its leaves 10 to 15 inches
long. Leaflets usually 7 or 9, oblong (terminal one obovate), tapered
at both ends, 3 to 6 inches long, 1 to 2\ inches wide, sharply toothed,
smooth above, downy beneath, chiefly on the midrib and veins. Main
stalk grooved, stalk of leaflets one-fourth to one-half inch long. Flowers
white, in large terminal panicles. It resembles some of the big-leaved
forms of F. ornus, but the leaflets are normally much larger, more
prominently ribbed beneath, and longer pointed. Introduced first, Lou-
don says, in 1822, but killed in the winter of 1S36-37." (W. J. Bean,
Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 568.)
39015. Gaultheria nummulabioides Don. Ericaceae.
Distribution. — A procumbent shrub with small white flowers and blue-
black berries, found throughout the Himalayas at an altitude of 5,000 to
9,000 feet, on the Khasi Hills in India, and in Java.
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1914. 59
38991 to 39101— Continued.
" A dwarf evergreen shrub, 4 to 6 inches high, forming dense tufts, and
spreading by underground shoots ; stems slender and wiry, covered with
bristles, and bearing over their whole length leaves one-quarter inch
apart in two opposite rows. Leaves leathery, heart shaped, becoming
smaller toward the tip of the shoot ; one-quarter to five-eighths inch long,
about the same wide ; the lower surface and the margins are bristly, the
upper side is dark, dull green and wrinkled, the lower one very pale pol-
ished green ; stalk one-eighth inch or less long. Flowers produced singly
in the leaf axils from the under side during August ; corolla egg shaped,
white or tinged with pink, scarcely one-quarter inch long.
" Native of the Himalayas ; long cultivated, but still rare in gardens.
It makes charming dense tufts of foliage and stems, but needs some
shelter. At Kew it thrives well in a damp bed of peat in one of the
recesses of the rock garden, where it has not suffered from cold since
the frosts of February, 1895. Its roundish leaves, closely and regularly
set in two rows, and gradually decreasing in size toward the end of the
shoot, with the slender, conspicuously bristly stems, render it quite
distinct from any other plant in cultivation. Increased by cuttings."
(W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p.
580-581.)
39016. Gentiana tubiflora Wallich. Gentianaceae. Gentian.
Distribution. — A very low, tufted herb with large blue flowers, found
in the alpine Himalayas and in Tibet.
39017. Gerbera kunzeana A. Br. and Asch.
39018. Gynura angulosa DC. Asteraeere.
Distribution. — An herbaceous composite, sometimes 10 feet tall, with
small flower heads and oblong leaves often 2 feet long, found on the
temperate slopes of the Himalayas up to an altitude of 4,000 feet, and in
the Khasi Hills, in India.
39019. Iris cxarkei Baker. Iridacea?. Iris.
" Iris clarkei is obviously a member of the sibirica group, but differs
from all the other species of that group, except /. prismatica, in the pos-
session of a solid, as opposed to a hollow, stem. In all other respects
it seems perhaps most closely related to the western Chinese members
of the group, J. forrestii and /. bullcyana, with which it agrees in having
leaves which are glaucous on the under side but polished and glossy
above. The color of the flowers borne by this Iris varies greatly even in
the wild state, as was proved by a second series of plants that I owe to
the kindness of Mr. Cave. All shades of blue and purple may occur. In
its native habitat, I. clarkei grows in ground that is swampy for half the
year and frozen hard under snow during most of the remaining months.
In cultivation it should naturally do best in damp soil, rich in humus, but
for some reason or other it has proved difficult to keep, for many plants
have died out after flowering. Seedlings are fairly easily raised, though
the seeds do not germinate very readily and the plants are of somewhat
slow growth.
"Apparently confined to a circumscribed area in the Sikklm and
Bhutan region at a height of 6,000 to 11,000 feet." (Abridged from
Dykes, The Genus Iris, p. 29-30.)
60 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38991 to 39101— Continued.
39020. Juncus GRiSEBACHii Buchenau. Juneaceae.
Distribution. — A perennial Juncus growing about 2 feet tall, on the
subalpine slopes of the Himalayas in Sikkim, Kumaon, and Bhutan, in
northern India.
39021. Mallotus sp. Euphorbiaceae.
39022. Meconopsis wallichii Hook. Papaveraceae.
" This is undoubtedly one of the finest of the poppyworts in cultivation.
It is an extremely handsome herbaceous biennial and is remarkable,
being one of the few if not the only true blue-flowered poppy in culti-
vation at the present time. It attains a height of 4 to 7 feet and forms
a perfect pyramid. It is exceedingly beautiful when in full flower. The
blossoms are about 3 inches in diameter, broadly saucer shaped, pendent,
and of a lovely shade of blue. The blooms always commence to open
at the summit of the stem, then gradually from day to day expand, until
the lowest and last bud is reached." (The Garden, July 12, WIS.)
39023. Meibomia tiliaefolia (G. Don) Kuntze. Fabaceae.
(Desmodium tiliaefolium G. Don.)
Distribution. — A shrubby legume with lindenlike leaves and long
racemes of large pink flowers, found in the temperate and tropical
Himalayas up to an altitude of 9,000 feet in northern India.
" A semiwoody plant, which sends up annually from a woody rootstock
a number of erect stems 2 to 4 feet high, more or less downy. Leaves
trifoliolate, with a main stalk 2 to 3 inches long. Panicles terminal,
8 to 12 inches high, the lower section borne in the uppermost leaf axils.
Flowers one-half inch long, varying from pale lilac to dark pink, borne
on a slender stalk not quite so long as itself. Native of the Himalayas
at 9,000 feet. It flowers from August to October, but needs a hot sum-
mer to bring out its best qualities. In cold, wet seasons the flowers do
not open at all. Propagated by division of the rootstock in spring. The
late Sir Henry Collett called this a ' protean plant ' ; the form in culti-
vation is one whose leaves are not very downy." (W. J. Bean, Trees and
Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. ^80, under Desmodium tiliae-
folium.
39024. Michelia lanuginosa Wallich. Magnoliaceae.
39025. Michelia sp. Magnoliaeea*.
39026. Mucuna imbricata DC. Fabaceae.
39027. Clematis zeylanica (L.) Poir. Ranunculaceae. Clematis.
(Naravelia zeylanica DC.)
"A scandent bush, very plentiful in the tropical Himalayas from East
Nepal eastward to Bengal, Assam, and also distributed to Ceylon.
Around Calcutta it is one of the most abundant of plants. A fiber is
obtained from the stems of this species which is twisted into rough but
very useful ropes." (Matt, Dictionary of the Economic Products of
India.)
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1914. 61
38991 to 39101— Continued.
39028. Ophiopogon intermedius Don. Liliacese.
Distribution. — A low, herbaceous perennial with grasslike leaves and
a slender scape of small white flowers, found on the temperate slopes of
the Himalayas and on the Khasi Hills in India and in Ceylon.
Of possible value for cultivation in shady locations where grasses
refuse to grow.
39029. Oxybia digyna (L.) Hill. Polygonacea?.
" This species is commonly known as the mountain sorrel. It is a small
plant with an acid flavor which occurs in the alpine Himalayas at alti-
tudes of 10,000 feet. It is found in western Tibet up to an altitude of
17,500 feet and is distributed to the mountains of Europe, north Asia,
and America. This plant is sometimes eaten as a cooling medicine, and
in Ohamba the leaves, which have a pleasant sorrel taste, are eaten raw."
(Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Products of India.)
39030. Paknassia sp. Saxifragacese.
39031. Pedicularis clarkei Hook. f. Scrophulariacese.
" This more or less hirsute herb is found growing in the alpine Sikkim
Himalayas at altitudes ranging between 12,000 and 13,000 feet. The stem
is 16 to 20 inches in height and sometimes as thick as the middle finger.
The corolla tube, which is rather longer than the calyx, is of a reddish
or purplish color. The lower lip of the corolla is small, narrow, and
shorter than the upper." (Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 4, P- 810.)
39032. Pedicularis flexuosa Hook. f.
Distribution. — An erect or decumbent herb growing 2 feet high, with
pinnatifid leaves and bearing leafy spikes of rosy flowers, found on the
alpine slopes of the Sikkim Himalayas in northern India at an altitude
of 10,000 to 13,000 feet.
39033. Pedicularis lachnoglossa Hook. f.
Distribution. — An erect herb with a simple stem, narrow pinnatisect
leaves, and racemes of small red-purple flowers, found at an elevation of
14,000 feet in the Lachen Valley of the Sikkim Himalayas in northern
India.
39034. Pedicularis longiflora Rudolph.
Distribution. — A low herbaceous perennial with pinnatifid leaves and
yellow flowers, found in the vicinity of Lake Baikal in Siberia.
39035. Pedicularis megalantiia Don.
Distribution. — A low herb with pinnatifid leaves and lax racemes of
yellow or rose-purple flowers, found on the temperate and subalpine
slopes of the Himalayas at an altitude of 7,000 to 15,000 feet, from Kash-
mir to Sikkim, in northern India.
39036. Pedicularis mollis Wallich.
Distribution. — An herbaceous annual 3 feet high with spikes of dark
purple flowers, found in the alpine Himalayas in northern India and in
Tibet at an altitude of 10,000 to 14,000 feet.
39037. Pedicularis sciiizorrhyncha Prain.
39038. Pentagonia physalodes (L.) Hiern. Solanacese.
(Nicandra physaloides Gaertn.)
62 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38991 to 39101— Continued.
39039. Piiotinia integrifolia Lindley. Malaceae.
Distribution. — A tall shrub or small tree with corymbs of white flowers
and blue berries, found on the lower slopes of the Himalayas up to an alti-
tude of 7,000 feet and in the Khasi Hills in India.
39040. Picea SMiTiiiANA (Wall.) Boiss. Pinaceje.
(Picca morinda Link.)
"A lofty tree met with in the northwest Himalayas between 7,000 and
11,000 feet in Sikkim and Bhutan. The wood is white, with reddish
brown tinge, and slightly harder than Abies webbiana. The wood is ex-
tensively used for packing cases, rough furniture, and planking. It
crackles and sends out sparks when burning and is consumed very
quickly but is much in demand for charcoal. The bark is used for roofing
shepherds' huts, and the leaves are collected by the hill people as a manure
and they are also used as litter for cattle." {Watt, Dictionary of the
Economic Products of India.)
39041. Picroeehiza kubroa Bentham. Serophulariacese.
"A low, more or less hairy herb, with a perennial woody, bitter root-
stock, common in the alpine Himalayas from Kashmir to Sikkim at alti-
tudes of 9,000 to 15,000 feet. The root of this species is used in medicine
in cases of fever and dyspepsia and as an ingredient of various purga-
tives." (Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Products of India.)
39042. Piptadenia oudhensis Brandis. Miinosacea?.
39043. Piptanthus nepalensis (Hook.) Sweet. Fabaceae.
"A shrub, 6 to 10 feet high, possessing the habit of laburnum, native
of the temperate Himalayas from Sikkim to Bhutan at altitudes ranging
from 7,000 to 9,000 feet. The branches are downy, the stipules are small,
connate, and amplexicaul. The leaflets are glabrescent, lanceolate, 2 to 4
inches in length, and narrowed at both ends. The flowers, which range
from 12 to 20 in number, occur in subdense racemes." (Hooker, Flora
of British India, vol. 2, p. 62.)
"A shrub or low tree with very pithy young shoots, naturally 8 to 12
feet high, but growing taller against walls, where it is generally placed
in England. At Kew it is deciduous, but in milder climates it retains
more or less foliage during the winter. Leaves alternate, consisting of
three lanceolate, stalkless leaflets, 3 to G inches long, about one-third as
wide, with a marginal nerve; smooth except when quite young, dark
green above, glabrous beneath ; the common leafstalk 1A to 2 inches long.
Racemes stiff, erect, 2 to 3 inches long, and as much broad, hairy, and
set with hairy bracts. Flowers pea shaped, li inches long, the stalk up to
1 inch long, and, like the brown calyx, very hairy ; petals bright yellow.
Pod 3 to 5 inches long, three-fourths inclj wide.
"Native of the Himalayas, introduced to England in 1821. It thrives
well against a wall, where it flowers in May, but is not permanently
hardy in the open air at Kew. A shrub of exceptionally vigorous appear-
ance, it is, nevertheless, not long lived. It is easily propagated by seeds,
which it ripens in quantity, and owing to its dislike of root disturbance,
should be grown in pots until planted in permanence. Its flowering
sprays resemble those of the herbaceous genus Thermopsis. Wilson has
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1914. 63
38991 to 39101— Continued.
recently introduced from China a Piptanthus almost or quite identical
with P. nepalensis, which may, he thinks, prove hardier." (W. J. Bean,
Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 19/f.)
39044. Pittosporum floribundum Wight and Arnott. Pittosporaceae.
"A small tree found in the subtropical Himalayas from Sikkim to
Garhwal, ascending to 5,000 feet in the hills. The medicinal virtues and
the utilization of this plant have recently been brought to light. The
bark is bitter and aromatic and is said by the natives to possess narcotic
properties. The plant contains an aromatic resin, yellow in color, and
having very tenacious properties. The wood is light colored, strong and
tough, but of small size." (Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Products
of India.)
39045. Pleurospermum apiolens C. B. Clarke. Apiaceae.
Distribution. — A low herb with pinnate leaves, belonging to the parsnip
family and having an odor similar to that of celery, found in the interior
valleys of the Sikkim Himalayas in northern India at an altitude of
11,000 to 14,000 feet.
39046. Pleurospermum brunonis (DC.) Bentham. Apiaceae.
Distribution. — A low herb with pinnate leaves found on the slopes of
the Himalayas from Kashmir to Nepal in northern India at an altitude
of 9,000 to 14,000 feet.
39047. Pleurospermum hookeri C. B. Clarke. Apiaceae.
Distribution. — A low herb belonging to the parsnip family, found on
the slopes of the Sikkim Himalayas in northern India at an altitude of
10,000 to 16,000 feet.
39048. Polygonum vaccinifolium Meissner. Polygonaceae.
"This is apparently a common Himalayan plant which has proved
sufficiently hardy to bear the open air of this climate [England]. It is a
low-growing, neat plant, and by its numerous slender stems trailing along
the ground and rooting at the joints it soon forms a spreading, compact
patch. The leaves are quite concealed by the copious spikes of bright
rose-colored flowers, which continue blooming from August to November
uninterruptedly. It is well adapted for the front part of rock work, in
situations where it will not be subject to drought in summer. This plant
promises to become a great favorite in our gardens as a bedding-out
plant, especially where autumn flowers are desired. (Curtis' s Botanical
Magazine, pi. Jt622.)
39049. Rheum acuminatum Hook. f. and Thorns. (?) Polygonaceae.
Rhubarb.
"This is the common rhubarb of the Sikkim Himalayas and very
closely resembles in most respects the well-known Rheum emodi. It in-
habits rocky places, often amongst bushwood in the subalpine and alpine
regions of the Himalayas of Sikkim and East Nepal, at elevations of
9,000 to 13,000 feet. The stems are pleasantly acid, and, though more dry
and stringy than those of R. emodi, may be used for tarts. The root is
spongy and but slightly, if at all, medicinal." (Curtis's Botanical Maga-
zine, pi. 4877.)
64 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38991 to 39101— Continued.
39050. Rheum nobile Hook. f. and Thorns. Polygonaceae. Rhubarb.
" A handsome herbaceous plant, with a stem 3 to 4 feet high and as
thick as the wrist at the base. It is found in the inner ranges of the
Sikkim Himalayas at altitudes between 13,000 and 15,000 feet. The root
resembles that of the medicinal rhubarb, but is spongy and inert. The
acid stems are eaten both raw and boiled, and the dried leaves afford
a substitute for tobacco." (Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Products
of India.)
39051. Rhododendron anthopogon Don. Ericaceae. Rhododendron.
" A small shrub, with very aromatic, strongly scented leaves, common
at altitudes between 11,000 and 16,000 feet on the alpine Himalayas, from
Kashmir to Bhutan, and distributed to central and northern Asia. The
leaves of this plant are aromatic, and their smoke is considered by the
natives to be useful in some diseases. They are supposed to contain
stimulant properties and are collected and exported to the plains, where
they are officinal. This is one of the species which is thought by the
Bhutias to excite the headache and nausea which attends ascents to the
high elevations of the eastern Himalayas." (J. D. Hooker. In Watt,
Dictionary of the Economic Products of India.)
"An evergreen shrub, 2 feet or less high, of compact habit ; young
branchlets hairy and covered with brown scurf. Leaves oval or ovate,
1 to 1$ inches long, one-half to three-fourths inch wide, dark, rather
glossy green above, covered with brown scales beneath ; stalk one-fourth
inch long. Flowers sulphur colored, one-half to three-fourths inch across,
produced in a small terminal cluster, 1 to li inches wide. Corolla thin,
almost transparent; tube hairy inside, expanding at the mouth into five
wavy lobes ; calyx lobes oblong, pale green, one-eighth inch long, fringed
at the margin; stamens five (sometimes up to eight), very short, and in-
cluded within the tube; flower stalk scaly, one-sixth inch or less in
length. Flowers in April.
" Native of the high Himalayas from Cashmere eastward, up to
16,000 feet altitude, where it covers large areas; introduced in 1820.
The whole plant has a strong, aromatic, slightly acrid odor, especially
when crushed. It is an interesting little plant and one of the hardiest
of Himalayan species, b.ut not in any way showy." (W. J. Bean, Trees
and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 3^1.)
39052. Rhododendron arboreum Smith. Ericaceae. Rhododendron.
"A tree which often attains a height of 25 feet, common on the
temperate Himalayas from the Indus to Bhutan, at altitudes between
5,000 and 10,000 feet. It is frequent on the Khasi Hills, between 4,000
and 6,000 feet, and occurs also on the hills of southern India and Ceylon,
very abundant in Manipur, and on the Kareen Hills in Burma. The
leaves of the young trees are poisonous and are used medicinally for
headaches. The flowers have a sweet-sour taste and are said to make a
good subacid jelly. They are, in some parts of the Himalayas, eaten
by the natives, who become intoxicated if they consume a large quantity.
The wood is soft, reddish white or reddish brown in color, and even
grained, and apt to warp and shrink. The wood is chiefly used for fuel
and charcoal, but it is also sometimes employed for building and for
making dishes." (Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Products of India.)
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1914. 65
38991 to 39101— Continued.
"A small evergreen tree ultimately 30 to 40 feet high, with a thick,
sturdy trunk, the branches forming a head as wide as the tree is high,
and reaching to the ground. Leaves narrowly oblong, tapering at both
ends, 4 to 7 inches long, 1 to 2 inches wide, smooth above, covered beneath
with a coat of silvery scales ; stalk one-half to 1 inch long. Flowers
blood red, borne in a compact hemispherical head, 4 to 5 inches through,
sitting close on the terminal whorl of leaves. Corolla bell shaped, 1$ to 2
inches across ; stamens 10 ; calyx very small ; flower stalk downy.
" Native of the outer Himalayas, where it is widely spread ; intro-
duced in 1817. This species is one of the most variable of all rhodo-
dendrons, but the form just described, with crimson flowers and silvery
undersurface of the leaves, may be taken as the type." (W. J. Bean,
Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. S//2.)
39053. Rhododendron arboreum campbelliae (Hook, f.) Vilmorin ana
Bois. Ericaceae. Rhododendron.
"Flowers purplish rose; leaf reddish beneath." (W. J. Bean, Trees
and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. SJt2.)
39054. Rhododendron arboreum Smith. Ericace*. Rhododendron.
See S. P. I. No. 39052 for description.
39055. Rhododendron barbatum Wallich. Ericaceae. Rhododendron.
"A tree met with in the temperate Himalayas from Kumaon to Bhutan,
at altitudes between 8,000 and 12,000 feet. The wood is pinkish red in
color and shining and of slow growth. It weighs about 39 pounds to the
cubic foot." (Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Products of India.)
"An evergreen shrub or small tree, the bark peeling from the branches
and leaving them blue-gray and smooth ; winter buds viscid ; branches
yellowish, sometimes smooth, sometimes bristly. Leaves in a terminal
cluster, oblong, heart shaped at the base, terminated by a short, fine
point, 4 to 9 inches long, 1 to 3 inches wide, dark dull green and smooth
above, pale and usually smooth beneath; stalk one-half to 1 inch long,
conspicuously bristly on the upper side and at the base of the midrib.
Flowers densely packed in a hemispherical truss about 4 inches wide,
blood red. Corolla bell shaped, 1$ inches across, five lobed ; stamens
10 ; calyx with five smooth, ovate lobes, one-fourth inch long.
" Native of the Himalayas up to 12,000 feet, introduced about 1849.
This rhododendron is hardy in a sheltered spot at Kew. where it flowers
in April. It is somewhat gaunt of habit, but worth growing for its
marvelous richness of color. It is, of course, much finer in Cornwall
and similar places. There is some variation in the bristliness of the
stems and leaves. In one form the young wood is furnished with bristles,
and the leafstalk is bristly all round ; bristles up to one-half inch long."
(W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p.
Sl',-8/,5.)
39056. Rhododendron camelliaeflorum Hook. f. Ericacea?.
Rhododendron.
"This rhododendron is a native of the Nepal and Sikkim Himalayas
at elevations of 9,000 to 12,000 feet. It usually grows on the limbs of
lofty trees, where its branches hang down and are several feet in length.
In looser forests, where light and air are better distributed, it is found
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growing on the ground and rocks. The stems are 2 to 6 feet in length
and are as thick as a goose quill. The leaves are 2 to 3 inches in length,
spreading, very thick and coriaceous, deep green above, and very stout.
The flowers are li inches in diameter, white, and of a very thick texture."
(Curtis' s Botanical Magazine, pi. J/932.)
39057. Rhododendron campanulatum Don. Ericaceae.
Rhododendron.
" This is a large shrub found in the inner Himalayas from Kashmir
to Bhutan, at altitudes between 9,000 and 14,000 feet. It occurs also
on the outer ranges of the Chor and Kedarkanta and is very abundant
in Sikkim. The leaves of this species are exported to the plains, where
they are ground up with tobacco and used as snuff, which is said to
be useful in colds and hemicrania. The wood is light pinkish in color
and moderately hard." (Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Products of
India. )
"An evergreen shrub of stiff, spreading habit, 6 to 12 feet high, more
in diameter; bark peeling; young shoots smooth. Leaves oval, 3 to 5*
inches long, 1| to 1\ inches wide ; abruptly tapering at the apex, tapering,
rounded, or slightly heart shaped at the base, smooth above, densely
covered beneath with a red-brown felt ; stalk one-half to 1 inch long,
often reddish. Flowers rosy purple of numerous shades, 2 inches across,
produced during April in rather loose clusters about 4 inches wide.
Corolla broadly bell shaped, with 5 notched lobes, the upper ones dark
purple spotted ; calyx downy, small and scarcely lobed ; stamens 10,
smooth or sometimes downy towards the base; flower stalk about 1
inch long.
" Native of the interior Himalayas of Sikkim and Nepal ; introduced
in 1825. This is perhaps the hardiest and most satisfactory of Himalayan
rhododendrons near Loudon, where it flowers regularly and profusely.
In very cold weather (and it withstands uninjured 32 degrees of frost)
its leaves roll themselves up tightly, giving the shrub a very curious
aspect. It is very variable in the color of the flowers, which are some-
times quite pale, sometimes of a bright bluish purple, sometimes lilac;
in the amount of felt at the back of the leaf; and in the color of the
leaf scales that accompany the young bursting shoots, which are some-
times rich crimson, sometimes green." (W . J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs
Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 3-}7.)
39058. Rhododendron campylocarpum Hook. f. Ericaceae.
Rhododendron.
"This is a small bush 6 feet high, roundish in form, of a bright, cheer-
ful green hue, which, when loaded with its inflorescences of surpassing
delicacy and grace, claims precedence over its more gaudy congeners and
has been regarded by some as the most charming of the Sikkim rhodo-
dendrons. The plant exhales a grateful honeyed flavor from its lovely
bells, and a resinous sweet odor from the stipitate glands of the petiole,
pedicels, calyx, and capsules." (Curtis's Botanical Magazine, pi. -'/'J68.)
"An evergreen shrub, 4 to 8 feet high, of neat, bushy habit. Leaves
21 to 4 inches long, half as wide, heart shaped or rounded at the base,
the apex with a short, abrupt tip. upper surface dark glossy green, lower
one vividly blue-white; stalk one-half to 1 inch long, thickly set with
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38991 to 39101— Continued.
stalked glands when young. Flowers pale yellow, slightly fragrant, in
loose terminal clusters of 6 to 8; corolla bell shaped, 2} to 3 inches
across; lobes five, rounded; calyx scarcely one-quarter inch across, the
five shallow lobes edged with dark, stalked, viscid glands; flower stalk
about 1 inch long, and, like the ovary and base of style, glandular;
stamens 10, downy at the base.
" Native of the Sikkim Himalayas at 12,000 feet. Although not one
of the hardiest species, it has lived outside in the sheltered Rhododendron
Dell at Kew for over 20 years with no other protection than the situ-
ation affords. It is at present the best of the larger species with yellow
flowers (apart from Azalea) in cultivation, although the color, in some
forms especially, is too pale and sulphurlike to give hopes of founding
upon it a race of golden-flowered kinds. Perhaps the finest example of
this rhododendron is in the Earl of Morney's garden at Whiteway, in
Devonshire, which, some years ago, was 8 feet high." (W. J. Bean,
Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 348.)
39059. Rhododendron ciliatum Hook. f. Ericacea?. Rhododendron.
" This species grows in the Sikkim Himalayas in the inner ranges only,
in wet, rocky places, rarely in woods, at elevations ranging from 9,000
to 10,000 feet. It is a small, very rigid shrub, growing in clumps 2 feet
high, generally in moist, rocky places. The odor of this plant is faintly
resinous and pleasant, and resembles in some respects R. barbatum, but
it is widely different in stature and habit." (J. D. Hooker, The Rhodo-
dendrons of Sikkim-IIimalaya, pi. 2%.)
"An evergreen shrub of stiff, wide-spreading habit, rarely more than
3 to 4 feet high out of doors near London, but 9 feet high and twice as
much in diameter in Cornwall ; young branchlets covered with bristly
hairs. Leaves oval or obovate, tapering sometimes equally to both ends,
sometimes more gradually toward the base, 2 to 4 inches long, three-
fourths to \\ inches wide, bristly on the upper surface and on the mar-
gins, scaly beneath ; stalk bristly, one-fourth to one-third inch long.
Flowers beautiful rosy red in bud, pale pink on opening, becoming al-
most white with age, 2J inches across, produced three to five in a clus-
ter during March and April ; corolla widely bell shaped, with broad
notched lobes; calyx lobes rounded ovate, bristly on the margins,
stamens 10, hairy at the base, flower stalks one-half inch long, bristly.
"Native of Sikkim, introduced to Kew in 1S50. It is hardy there, but
really needs milder conditions to bring out its best qualities. In Mr.
Shilson's garden at Tremough, near Falmouth, some years ago I saw a
specimen of the larger dimensions given above. Near London it needs
a very sheltered position, and in such a spot, although it grows slowly,
it frequently gives a very charming display in April if the weather be
kind." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2.
p. 350.)
39060. Rhododendron roylei Hook. f. Ericacea?. Rhododendron.
(Rhododendron cinnabarinum Hook, f.)
"This is a shrub which attains a height of 4 to 8 feet, met with on
the eastern Himalayas at elevations of 10,000 to 12,000 feet. The leaves
are universally considered poisonous to cattle and goats. It is employed
as fuel, but the smoke causes the eyes to Inflame and the face to swell."
(Wait, Dictionary of the Economic Products 0/ India.)
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"An evergreen shrub, 6 to 10 feet high, somewhat thin and sparse of
habit, the branches long and slender, scaly when young. Leaves 2 to 4
inches long, three-fourths to 1J inches broad, oval, tapering about equally
to each end, smooth, and of a grayish green metallic luster above, scaly
beneath, and varying in color from glaucous green to reddish brown ;
stalk one-third inch long. Flowers funnel shaped and, like those of
Lapageria, li to 2 inches long, very variable in color, ordinarily of a
dull cinnabar red, produced during May and June, from five to eight in
terminal heads. In other forms the corolla is orange red outside, yel-
lowish within, sometimes greenish. Calyx with four short, broadish lobes
and one longer narrow one, or sometimes with all five nearly equal, scaly.
Stamens 10, scarcely so long as the corolla, hairy at the base ; flower stalk
one-third inch long, scaly.
" Native of Sikkim and Bhutan ; introduced in 1849. This distinct and
striking species is chiefly remarkable for the variability of the color of its
flowers and the under surface of its leaves." (W. J. Bean, Trees and
Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 851.)
39061. Rhododendron dalhousiae Hook. f. Ericaceae.
Bhododendron.
" Of all the Sikkim rhododendrons this is perhaps the one which has
excited the greatest interest, partly from the great size and beauty of the
fragrant flowers and partly from the peculiar place of growth, generally
in its native localities among moss, with ferns and Aroidese, and upon the
limbs of large trees. This rhododendron is a native of East Nepal,
Sikkim, and Bhutan at elevations of 6,000 to 9,000 feet. It is a straggling
bush, 6 to 8 feet high ; the stems are clothed with a reddish papery bark,
and the branches are straggling in distant whorls, each branch bearing its
leaves and flowers only at the extremity, three to five in number, very
large and fragrant." (Curtis' s Botanical Magazine, pi. 4718.)
39062. Rhododendron falconeri Hook. f. Ericaceae. Rhododendron.
"A moderate-sized tree or frequently a gregarious shrub, abundant in
the eastern Himalayas from east Nepal to Bhutan at altitudes between
9,000 and 13,000 feet. The wood is of a reddish white color and shining,
with a satiny lustre, takes a beautiful polish, is hard, and does not warp.
It is easily worked and is not apt to split. It is admirably adapted for
use in the parched and arid climate of Tibet, and the Bbutias make from it
cups and spoons and many other useful domestic articles." (Watt, Dic-
tionary of the Economic Products of India.)
"A large shrub or a small tree, ultimately over 30 feet high, with stiff,
very thick, somewhat sparse branches, woolly when young. Leaves oval
or oblong, 6 to 12 inches long, 1\ to 6 inches wide (sometimes larger) ;
very stout, thick, and strongly veined, the upper surface dark green,
curiously wrinkled, but otherwise smooth, the lower surface covered with
a dense, rust-colored felt ; stalk 1 to 2 inches long. Flowers about 2 inches
across, creamy white, shaded with lilac and marked with a conspicuous
dark-purple blotch at the base, fragrant, produced in spring in large
terminal clusters 6 to 9 inches across, the flowers tightly packed. Corolla
bell shaped, 2 inches long, its lobes varying in number from eight to ten ;
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 19H. 69
38991 to 39101— Continued.
calyx scarcely observable ; stamens 12 to 16, shorter than the corolla ;
style about as long as the corolla, stout, and surmounted by the large
knoblike stigma ; flower stalk downy, 1 inch long.
" Native of the Himalayas ; introduced about 1850. This is one of the
noblest of all the genus, but not very hardy. After many trials it has
been given up at Kew as hopeless, the plants lingering for years, but
always in a miserable condition. Yet in the Duchess garden at Belvoir
Castle there is a specimen about 16 feet high now in perfect health,
although it suffered in the great frost of February, 1895. But this garden
is elevated and is in the form of an amphitheater facing south, a very
favorable position compared with low-lying, flat country. In the south
coast gardens in Ireland and in Cornwall it is perfectly at home." (W.
J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. S5If.)
39063. Rhododendron fulgens Hook. f. Ericaceae. Rhododendron.
" A small tree or large shrub of the Nepal and Sikkim Himalayas,
found at altitudes of 10,000 to 14,000 feet. The wood is of a gray color,
darker in the center, and moderately hard and even grained." (Watt,
Dictionary of the Economic Products of India.)
" An evergreen shrub, 6 to 12 feet high, with stiff branches and peeling
bark. Leaves oval, 3 to 4 inches long, li to 2 inches wide, rounded at the
end except for a short, abrupt tip, somewhat heart shaped at the base,
covered beneath with a thick, reddish brown felt. Flowers blood red,
1 to 1£ inches across, densely packed in hemispherical trusses 3i inches
wide. Corolla bell shaped, with five shallow, notched lobes ; calyx very
small, shallowly lobed ; stamens 10, much shorter than the corolla, not
downy.
" Native of Nepal and Sikkim at 10,000 to 14,000 feet ; introduced about
1849. This species is very similar to it!, campanulatum in foliage, but
is not quite so hardy nor so free in growth. Its flowers are the richest
red of any hardy species except R. thomsoni (which is of quite a dif-
ferent type) and R. barbatum. They appear during March and April and
provide a feast of color unequalled in cold districts so early in the year.
A siiitable spot for it is some sheltered outskirt of woodland, especially
where the flowers may be protected from early morning sunlight. At
Kew the various titmice are very fond of pecking a hole through the base
of the corolla, presumably to get at the honey. An ornamental feature
of the plant is the crimson bracts that accompany the young growth in
the spring." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles,
vol. 2, p. S57-358.)
39064. Rhododendron grande Wight. Ericaceae. Rhododendron.
"A tree frequent in the Sikkim and Bhutan Himalayas at altitudes of
7,000 to 11,000 feet. The wood is of a yellowish color with a darker
heartwood, shining, soft, and even grained." (Watt, Dictionary of the
Economic Products of India.)
39065. Rhododendron lanatum Hook. f. Ericaceae. Rhododendron.
"This species of rhododendron is found on (he rocky spurs of the
humid mountains and gullies of the Sikkim Himalayas at elevations of
10,000 to 12,000 feet. It is a large shrub or small tree, with the trunk
6 inches in diameter at the stoutest part, irregularly and repeatedly
branching. The branches are much gnarled and bare of leaves, and are
70 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38991 to 39101— Continued.
covered with a dark-colored rugged bark, very different from the prevail-
ing beautiful papery clothing of the genus. The flowers are a pale
sulphur color." {J. D. Hooker, Rhododendrons of Sikkim-Himalaya.)
39066. Rhododendron lepidotum Wallich. Ericaceae. Rhododendron.
" A shrub found on the temperate and alpine Himalayas, from Kashmir
to Bhutan at altitudes between 8,000 and 15,000 feet. The medicinal
properties of this plant are similar to those of R. anthopogon [S. P. I.
No. 39051]." {Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Products of India.)
" A low, evergreen, sometimes nearly deciduous shrub, usually 1 to 2
feet high in this country, but said to be 4 feet high in the Himalayas;
young wood, leaves, leafstalk and flower stalks dotted thickly with
minute scales. Leaves oblong, 1 to li inches long, about one-half inch
wide, only hairy on the margins when young. Flowers rosy crimson,
produced singly or a few together during June, each about 1 inch across,
flat and saucer shaped, and borne on a stalk 1 to 11 inches long; corolla
tube very short, lobes rounded. Stamens about 10, hairy toward the
base, not protruded; calyx lobes one-eighth inch long, rouuded.
" Native of the lofty interior ranges of the Nepal and Sikkim Hima-
layas, up to 16,000 feet altitude, and in Yunnan. It is hardy at Kew,
and one of the most distinct and interesting of dwarf rhododendrons.
Sir Joseph Hooker mentions varieties with golden-yellow flowers and
greenish yellow flowers, which do not appear to be in cultivation. Seeds
are frequently borne." {W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the
British Isles, vol. 2, p. 366.)
39067. Rhododendron setosum Don. Ericaceae. Rhododendron.
"A small and elegant shrub found in Sikkim and Nepal at altitudes
between 13,000 and 16,000 feet. The natives attribute the oppression
and headaches attending the crossing of the loftiest passes to the strongly
resinous odour of this rhododendron. A useful volatile oil of no less
marked character than that of the American Gaultheria might probably
be obtained from the foliage by distillation." {Watt, Dictionary of the
Economic Products of India.)
"A dwarf evergreen shrub, 6 to 12 inches high, of close, bushy habit ;
young shoots densely clothed with pale bristles and minute down.
Leaves oblong, tapered at the base, rounded at the apex, three-eighths
to five-eighths inch long, bristly on the margins, very scaly above, rather
glaucous and less scaly beneath. Flowers 3 to 8 in a terminal cluster;
corolla 1 inch across, reddish purple, lobed to two-thirds of its depth ;
calyx comparatively large, scaly and downy, with five ovate lobes one-
fourth inch long; stamens hairy at the base; flower stalk scaly, slender,
one-fourth inch long.
" Native of the Himalayas up to 10,000 feet. The plant is very distinct
in its bristly character and strong resinous odor. Introduced in 1S25,
this curious alpine species is now very rare. It thrives well in the
Edinburgh Botanic Garden, but in the South misses its winter covering
of snow and is often excited into growth too early." ( U\ J. Bean, Trees
and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 378-37'J.)
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1914. 71
38991 to 39101— Continued.
39068. Rhododendron wightii Hook. f. Ericaceae. Rhododendron.
" This species has very handsome trusses of large, pale yellow flowers.
It is very rare in collections, although it has been in cultivation in this
country for many years. It is found growing abundantly in woody
valleys in the Himalayas and on the spurs of all the mountains at an
elevation of 12,000 to 14,000 feet." (Gardener's Chronicle, May 31, 1913.)
"An evergreen shrub of bushy habit, and up to 10 feet high, with very
leathery, dark-green leaves, 6 to 8 inches, sometimes more, long, 2$ to
3 inches wide, covered beneath with a reddish brown felt. Flowers bell
shaped, pale yellow, blotched on the upper side with crimson, about 1*
inches across, the five lobes shallow, notched, and reflexed. Calyx lobes
five, shallow, broadly triangular, and, like the flower stalk, which is 1$
inches long, hairy ; stamens 10, shorter than the corolla, downy at the
base; ovary clothed with a white felt; style smooth, much longer than
the stamens.
" Native of the Himalayas up to 14,000 feet ; very rare in cultivation,
but existing in the open ground in Miss A. Mangles's collection at Little-
worth, near Farnham, also at Kew (under glass). It is a rhododendron
of great beauty and distinctness in its pale yellow flowers, which are
borne as many as 20 together in rather loose heads." (W. J. Bean,
Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 385-386.)
39069. Rubus sp. Rosacea*.
39070. Salix tetraspekma Roxburgh. Salicaceae. Willow.
" This species is found in the mountains of India growing at altitudes
of 2,000 to 7,000 feet. This thick-stemmed willow is worthy of a place
on banks of watercourses. The twigs can be worked into baskets, the
wood serves for gunpowder, and the foliage for cattle fodder." (Mueller,
Select Extra-Tropical Plants, p. JfS8.)
39071. Salix sp. Salicacese. Willow.
39072. Saussueea deltoidea (DC.) C. B. Clarke. Asteraceae.
Distribution. — A composite growing 8 feet tall with panicles of large,
purple flowers, found in the central and eastern Himalayas from Gar-
whal to Bhutan, in northern India, at an altitude of 0,000 to 11,000
feet.
39073. Saussurea sp. Asteraceae.
39074. Saxifraga purpurascens Hook. f. and Thorns. Saxifragacese.
Saxifrage.
" This beautiful and hardy species comes from the temperate regions
of the Sikkim Himalayas, where it was discovered growing in wet places
at an elevation of 10,000 to 14,000 feet. Though closely allied to the
Himalayan S. ligulata and the Siberian S. crassifolia, it is extremely
different from and far more beautiful than any of these species. Noth-
ing, indeed, can exceed the bright glossy green of the leaves, which are
elegantly margined with red, or the deep, bright, vinous red-purple of
its scape and inflorescence." (Curtis's Botanical Magazine, pi. 5066.)
39075. Sedum asiaticum (Dou) Sprengel. Crassulacese.
"This species of Sedum, which is a native of the Himalayas, is culti-
vated in Europe and possibly in America. It reaches a height of 0 to 12
72 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38991 to 39101— Continued.
inches, but seems to suffer from the wetness of an ordinary border in
winter and should probably be wintered under glass. The leaves are
opposite, linear, coarsely and irregularly toothed. The flowers, which
occur in compact, globose cymes, are yellow in color and make their
appearance in summer. In India it is said to have red flowers." (L. //.
Bailey, Cyclopedia of American Horticulture.)
39076. Sedum eoseum (L.) Scopoli. Crassulaceae.
" This Sedum is a neat-growing plant, suitable for rockeries or the
front rows of borders. It reaches a height of 8 to 10 inches, the leaves
are scattered and oblong, the flowers are greenish purple, in a terminal
flat-topped cyme 1 inch across. This species of Sedum may be found
growing in Europe, North America, and the Himalayas." (L. II. Bailey,
Cyclopedia of American Horticulture.)
39077. Selinum tenuifolium Wallich. Apiaceae.
"A hardy perennial herb with finely cut, fernlike foliage, and a stem
about 8 feet high, branched, with numerous umbels of white flowers. The
ultimate segments of leaves are narrowly lanceolate and acute. This
plant was offered as a novelty in America in 1899 and later recommended
as a foliage plant for single lawn specimens." (L. H. Bailey, Cyclopedia
of American Horticulture.)
39078. Senecio uncinellus DC. Asteraceae.
(Senecio densiflorus Wall.)
Distribution. — A yellow-flowered shrubby sneezewort with white-
woolly leaves, found on the lower slopes of the central and western
Himalayas and on the Khasi Hills in India.
39079. Sbnecio raphanifolius Wall. Asteraceae.
{Senecio densiflorus Wall.)
Distribution. — A yellow-flowered herbaceous perennial of the aster
family with lyrate-pinnatifid leaves and red pappus on the fruiting heads,
found on the slopes of the central and eastern Himalayas in northern
India at an altitude of 10,000 to 14,000 feet.
39080. Senecio scandens Buch.-Ham. Asteraceae.
A woody climbing plant reaching a height of several yards, with slen-
der, somewhat hairy branches. The leaves are rather small, grayish
green, short stemmed, lance-elliptic and acute, with small triangular
teeth on the margins, and are either simple or have 2 or 3 leaflets at the
base. The yellow flower heads, about three-fourths of an inch wide,
occur in lax terminal corymbs. The home of this species is in the Hima-
layas and in China. It should not be confused with the commonly culti-
vated S. scandens Hort, which is S. mikanioides Otto. (Adapted from
Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Royal Gardens, Kew, Appendix
III, 1910, p. 82.)
39081. Senecio sp. Asteraceae.
39082. Sobbus insignis (Hook, f.) Hedl. Malaceae.
(l'yrus ijisignis Hook, f.)
Distribution. — A small tree, one of the most beautiful of the whole
genus, found on the slopes of the Sikkim Himalayas at an altitude of
8,000 to 11,000 feet.
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 19H. 73
38991 to 39101— Continued.
39083. Poupaktia axillaris (Roxb.) King and Prain. Anacardiaceae.
(Poupartia fordii Hemsl.)
39084. Stephania botunda Lour. Menispermacese.
Distribution. — A climbing shrub with peltate leaves and umbels of
small berries, found on the tropical and temperate slopes of the Hima-
layas in India, and in Siam and Cochin China.
" Cu-tnot-tu-nhien. Twining shrubby stem, very long, unarmed, gla-
brous; leaves peltate, trigonal, rounded, pointed, glabrous, alternate,
petioled ; flowers dioecious, in compound lateral umbels ; male flowers,
calyx with six subacute spreading sepals, corolla none; the andrceeium
is represented at maturity by a cylindrical column at the top of which is
found a circular disk, bordered by an anther, unique in appearance,
opening by a marginal, horizontal, and continuous fissure; female
flower, calyx with one lateral sepal, corolla with two lateral petals;
ovary unilocular, 1-ovuled ; berry small, oval, monospermous. The large,
rounded, wrinkled, tuberous root of rusty color, with filiform rootlets, is
extremely bitter and tonic." (Lanessan, Les Plantcs Utiles des Colonies
Francaises. )
39085. Thalicteum foliolosum DC. Ranunculaceae.
" This is an erect rigid shrub found in the temperate Himalayas at
altitudes between 5,000 and 8,000 feet and in the Khasi Hills at 4,000
and 6,000 feet. The root of this plant is used in the preparation of
various medicines for ague and as a tonic in convalescence from acute
diseases. The root of this species contains a large quantity of berberine
that is so combined as to be readily soluble in water." (Watt, Dic-
tionary o/ the Economic Products of India.)
39086. Teachydium obtusiusculum (DC.) C. B. Clarke. Apiacese.
Distribution. — An herbaceous perennial related to the parsnip, grow-
ing a foot high on the Sikkim Himalayas in northern India, at an eleva-
tion of 11,000 to 13,000 feet.
39087 to 39092. (Undetermined.)
39093. Oxyspoba paniculata (Don) DC.
39094. Hymenodictyon excelsum (Roxb.) Wallich.
39095. Ventilago sp.
39096. Moeus sp.
39097 to 39100. (Undetermined.)
39101. Stachys sebicea Wallieh. Menthaeeae.
An erect herb, 2 to 4 feet in height, with usually simple stems; oblong,
sharply toothed or crenate leaves; and purple-spotted pink flowers
crowded in axillary whorls, forming more or less interrupted, long,
terminal spikes. The plant is covered with long, silky hairs.
Distribution.— Western Asia to northern India.
74 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
39102 to 39141.
From Darjiling, India. Presented by Mr. G. N. Cave, Lloyd Botanic Gar-
dens, through Mr. Wilson Popenoe, Agricultural Explorer for the Depart-
ment of Agriculture.
39102. Aesculus assamicus Griffith. ^Esculaceae.
(Aesculus punduana Wall.)
" This is a moderate-sized deciduous tree, found in northern Bengal,
in the Khasi Hills, Assam, and Burma, ascending to 4,000 feet. The
leaflets are five to seven, shortly petioled. Panicles narrowly lanceolate,
nearly equaling the leaves, lower pedicels longer. Petals white and yel-
low. The wood is white, soft, and close grained, but very rarely used.
It weighs about 36 pounds per cubic foot." (Watt, Dictionary of the
Economic Products of India.)
39103. Albizzia odoratjssima (L. f.) Benth. Mimosaceae.
For previous introduction and description, see S. P. I. No. 38996.
39104. Albizzia chinensis (Osbeck) Merrill. Mimosaceae.
(Albizzia stipulata Boiv.)
"A large deciduous, fast-growing tree, met with in the subalpine tract
from the Indus eastward, ascending to 4,000 feet in Oudh, Bengal. Burma,
and South India. This tree is attracting considerable attention in
Assam. It has been found that tea flourishes better under it than when
exposed to the sun. The most favorable explanation of this fact is that
the leaves manure the soil ; the roots, which do not penetrate deep, tend
to open up the soil, -while the shade is not so severe as to injure the tea,
the leaves closing at night and during the early morning. The gum which
flows copiously from the stem is used by the Nepalese for sizing their
' Daphne ' paper. The sapwood of this tree is large and white, while
the heartwood is browm and generally not durable. The wTood is used in
the manufacture of cart wheels, wooden bells, and in Bengal it has been
tried for tea boxes, for which purposes it will probably be well suited."
(Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Products of India.)
39105. Berberis nepalensis (DC.) Spreng. Berberidaeese. Barberry.
"A shrub or small tree with large or small leaves, common on the outer
Himalayas, from the Ravi eastward to the Khasi and Naga Hills, at
altitudes above 5,000 feet. A yellow dye is extracted from this plant by
the Bhutias and Nagas, but used only to a small extent. The wood, which
has a handsome yellow color, is hard and might be used for inlaying."
(Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Products of India.)
"An evergreen shrub, sometimes 20 feet high in the Himalayas, but
rarely more than one-third as high in Britain. Leaves with as many as
25 leaflets, usually about 15. Leaflets dark, glossy green, obliquely ovate,
lanceolate, 1$ to 4$ inches long, the lowest pair broader and shorter than
the others, spine-toothed, of firm leathery texture. Flowers yellow, borne
in slender racemes 6 to 12 inches long. Berries oval or nearly globose,
about one-fourth inch in diameter, covered with blue-white bloom.
"Native of the Himalayas, this barberry is too tender to thrive well
except in the milder parts of Britain or in exceptionally sheltered spots.
At Kew it lives but a short time out of doors, although it has succeeded
well in a sheltered spot in the gardens of Belvoir Castle for a good many
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years. It has by some authorities been united with B. japonica, but is
sufficiently distinguished by its more numerous, smaller, even-sized, and
more tapering leaflets and the brilliantly polished upper surface. For
the milder counties it is a most desirable shrub, commencing to flower as
early as October, but at its best in March and April. Several forms of it
exist, some of which approach B. japonica:' (W. J. Bean, Trees and
Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 245.)
39106. Cobylus febox Wallich. Betulaceae.
"This is a small tree, native of Nepal and Sikkim, found growing at
altitudes ranging from 8,000 to 10,000 feet. The fruit, which has an
edible kernel, is covered with a prickly cup. The wood is pinkish white
in color, moderately hard and even grained." (Watt, Dictionary of tlie
Economic Products of India.)
39107. Cbacca canhida (DC.) Kuntze. Fabaceae.
(Tephrosia Candida DC.)
This species, which is a close relation of Tephrosia purpurea, is a
shrub which attains a height of about 10 or 11 feet. It makes a great
deal of soft growth and covers the ground well. This shrub has been
very well reported on in the east and in various parts of the West
Indies. A characteristic feature is its long tap root. (Adapted from
Bulletin of the Trinidad Agricultural Society, August 12, 1012, and
Hooker, Flora of British India.)
39108. Dicentba thalictbifolia (Wall.) Hook. f. and Thorns. Papav-
eracese.
"This species of Dicentra is a native of the temperate Himalayas and
may be found growing from Nepal to Bhutan at elevations of from 4,000
to 8,000 feet and in the Khasi Hills at 5,000 feet. This plant is very
similar to D. scandens and probably not specifically distinct, but the
capsule is broader, three-fourths of an inch long, thick, fleshy, and very
tardily dehiscent. The style is stouter and the seeds finely granulate
near the hilum and coarsely so on the back. It is common in Sikkim,
and the pods are drier and most dehiscent at higher elevations." (Hooker,
Flora of British India, vpl. 1, p. 121.)
39109. Dillenia pentagyna Roxb. Dilleniaceae.
"A deciduous tree of Oudh, Bengal, Assam, Central, South and Western
India, and Burma. In the younger trees the leaves are sometimes as
much as 2 feet in length and the flowers, buds, and fruit, when green,
are eaten by the natives. The tree flowers in March and April and later
produces a berry which is said to have an agreeable acid flavor resembling
that of Greivia asiatica. The wood is tough, moderately hard, and of a
reddish gray color. The wood is used in the construction of ships, rice
mills, and in the manufacture of charcoal, which is of very good quality.
The leaves of this tree are sold in the bazaar at Poona as a substratum
for thatching." (Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Products of India.)
39110. Elaeocaupus sikkimensis Mast. Elaeocarpaceae.
"A tree native of the eastern Himalayas and found growing at Sikkim
and Assam at elevations of about 5,000 feet. The leaves are glabrous,
8 inches long and 3 inches wide. The racemes are erect, half the length
of the leaves, and the pedicels are thinly pilose. The flowers are about
76 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
39102 to 39141— Continued.
one-half inch in diameter, and the petals are cuneate and slightly silky
at the back." (Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 1, p. 402.)
39111. Eeiobotrya petiolata Hook. f. Malaceae.
" This plant is a native of the eastern Himalayas and is found growing
in Sikkim and Bhutan at elevations of 5,000 to 9,000 feet. The leaves are
firmly coriaceous and vary from 6 to 9 inches in length and 3 to 3J inches
in width. The panicles are from 3 to 6 inches in length and broad,
branched from the base, very spreading and clothed with a rusty
tomentum, as are the very young leaves on both surfaces. The flowers
are one-half inch in diameter, shortly pediceled and not crowded."
(Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 2, p. 370.)
May possibly have some value as a stock for the loquat.
39112. Ebythrina abbobescens Roxb. Fabaceae.
" This is a small, moderate-sized tree, found in the outer Himalayas
from the Ganges to Bhutan up to 7,000 feet in the Khasi Hills. This
species is chiefly remarkable for brilliantly colored flowers. The wood is
soft and slightly spongy." (Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Products
of India.)
39113. Ficus bengalensis Linn. Moraceaj. Banyan tree.
"A large tree found in the subalpine tract and lower slopes of the
Deccan and is so common in Mysore that it may be said to be charac-
teristic of the arboreal vegetation in many parts of that province. This
tree attains a height of 70 to 100 feet and sends down roots from its
branches, thus indefinitely expanding its horizontal growth. This tree
yields an inferior rubber, and lac is also collected from it. A coarse rope
is prepared from the bark and the aerial roots. Paper is also reported to
have formerly been prepared in Assam from the bark and to a small
extent is still so prepared in Madras. The milky juice is externally ap-
plied for pain and bruises and as an anodyne application to the soles of
the feet when cracked or inflamed. It is also applied to the teeth and
gums as a remedy for toothache. The wood is of a grayish color, is mod-
erately hard, and as it is durable under water it is used in the manu-
facture of well curbs. It is sometimes used for boxes and door panels."
(Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Products of India.)
39114. Ficus hookebi Miquel. Moracese.
A tree occasionally found in the Sikkim Himalayas and the Khasi
Hills at altitudes ranging from 1,000 to 6,000 feet. The leaves are thinly
coriaceous, long petioled, broadly elliptic or subobovate, with a sbort,
broad, obtuse, entire cusp. The base is rounded or slightly narrowed,
3-nerved, receptacles in axillary pairs. The large basal bracts are united
in an entire cartilaginous cup which envelops the lower third of the ripe
receptacle. (Adapted from Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 5, p. 505)
39115. Fbaxinus floribunda Wallich. Oleacea;. Ash.
" This is a large deciduous tree found growing in the Himalayas from
the Indus to Sikkim, between 5,000 and 8,500 feet. A concrete, saccharine
exudation called manna is obtained from the stem of this tree and is em-
ployed as a substitute for the officinal manna. The sugar contained in this
exudation, called mannite, differs from cane and grape sugar in not being
readily fermentable, though under certain conditions it does ferment and
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1914. 77
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yields a quantity of alcohol varying in strength from 13 to 33 per cent.
Like the officinal manna, this is used for its sweetening and slightly
laxative properties. The wood is white with a reddish tinge, soft to
moderately hard in structure, resembling in some respects the European
ash. This tree is very valuable and is used in the manufacture of oars,
jampan poles, ploughs, platters, spinning wheels, and for many other
purposes." (Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Products of India.)
See S. P. I. No. 39014 for previous introduction and description.
39116. Gtnuka nepalensis DC. Asteracese.
"A tall, handsome species, native of the temperate Himalayas from
Kumaon to Bhutan at altitudes ranging from 2,000 to 5,000 feet and in the
Martaban Mountains near Maulmein at altitudes of 4,000 to 5,000 feet.
The lower portion of the stem is as thick as the little finger, and the
leaves are 3 to 7 inches in length, acuminate, usually irregular, coarsely
toothed, and broadly pubescent on both surfaces." (Hooker, Flora of
British India, vol. 3, p. 837.)
39117. Hypericum oblongifolium Choisy. Hypericaceae.
(Hypericum cernuum Roxb.)
"A glabrous shrub, 3 to 6 feet in height, native of the western temperate
Himalayas from Kumaon to Sikkim at altitudes ranging from 5,000 to
7,000 feet. The branches of this species are cylindrical in form, glaucous
when young, and the leaves, which are minutely dotted, are sessile and
range from 1 to 3 inches in length. The cymes are 3 to 5 flowered and
terminal, while the flowers are 2 inches in diameter, at first white, then
gradually turning to yellow." (Hooker, Flora of British India, vol.
1, p. 253.)
39118. Hypericum patulum Thunb. Hypericaceae.
" This is a small, glabrous shrub found growing throughout the temper-
ate Himalayas from Bhutan to Chamba and in the Khasi Hills. The
scented seeds of this species are employed as an aromatic stimulant in
Patna, to which place they are exported from Nepal." (Watt, Dictionary
of the Economic Products of India.)
"A dwarf shrub in this country [England], but said to grow as high
as 6 feet in Japan and the Himalayas. Leaves 1 to 2$ inches long, ovate,
deep green above, glaucous beneath. Flowers 2 inches across, borne in
a cyme at the end of the shoot ; petals bright golden yellow, overlapping,
roundish; sepals broadly ovate, one-third inch long. Stamens in five
bundles.
" Introduced to Kew from Japan by Oldham in 1S62 ; a native of China
and the Himalayas. The type is not absolutely hardy, and almost always
has its stems cut back to ground level during the winter. These spring
up again the following season from 1 to 2 feet high, and flower from July
to October. After a few years the shoots are apt to become more and
more weakly and it becomes necessary to renew the stock from cut-
tings. The only species with which it can be confounded are //. hook-
erianum, from which it differs in the branchlets being two-edged, espe-
cially just beneath the flowers; //. lysimacfiioides, which lias narrow,
linear-lanceolate sepals: and //. uralum, with flowers half the size." (IV.
J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 689.)
78 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
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39119. Indigofeba dosua Hamilton. Fabaceae.
"This is a shrub of the temperate, central, and eastern Himalayas
from Simla to Bhutan and Assam at altitudes ranging from G,000 to 8,000
feet. The flowers of this Indigofera are said to be eaten in Kangra as a
potherb. This species is prized as fodder for sheep and goats, and buf-
faloes are also said to be very fond of it." (Watt, Dictionary of the Eco-
nomic Products of India.)
39120. Jasminum humile Linn. Oleacese. Jasmine.
" A small, erect, rigid shrub, native of the subtropical Himalayas from
Kashmir to Nepal, at altitudes of 2,000 to 5,000 feet; found also in South
India and Ceylon, from 2,000 to G.000 feet. It is widely cultivated
throughout the gardens in India. In the Kuram Valley a yellow dye is
extracted from the roots, and it is curious that this fact should be un-
known to the hill tribes in India, where the plant is equally abundant.
A dyestuff, much used in Chittagong under the name of juri may, how-
ever, possibly be derived from this jasmine. Like many other jasmines,
this species bears flowers which yield an aromatic essential oil used in
native perfumery. The milky juice which exudes on an incision in the
bark of this plant is alleged to have the power of destroying the un-
healthy lining walls of chronic sinuses and fistulas." (Watt, Dictionary
of the Economic Products of India.)
" It is a dwarf plant with nearly always ternate leaves and one to four
flowers on a stalk. It was cultivated by CapL Tradescant in 165G, but be-
ing rather tender and not so ornamental as either revolutum or wallichi-
anum, has probably disappeared from cultivation. It used to be known
as Italian jasmine." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the
British Isles, vol. 1, p. 662.)
39121. Laurocerasus acuminata (Wall.) Roemer. Amygdalacere.
(Prunus acuminata Hook, f.) Cherry.
Distribution. — An evergreen cherry 30 to 40 feet high with drooping
racemes of yellowish white flowers, found on the temperate slopes of the
Himalayas from Nepal to Sikkim in northern India at an altitude of
5,000 to 7,000 feet.
39122. Mallotus nef-alensis Muell. Arg. Euphorbiaceae.
" This is a small tree of the central and eastern part of the Himalayas
from Nepal to Sikkim and may be found growing at altitudes ranging
from 5,000 to 7,000 feet and in the Khasi Hills at from 4,000 to 5,000
feet. The wood is white and soft and makes growth moderately fast,
five rings to the inch radius." (Watt, Dictionary of the* Economic Prod-
ucts of India.)
39123. Meibomia floribunda (G. Don) Kuntze. Fabacea?.
(Desmodium floribundum G. Don.)
Distribution.— A. shrubby legume with trifoliate leaves and copious
racemes of large pink flowers, found on the tropical and temperate slopes
of the Himalayas up to an elevation of 7,000 feet and in the Khasi Hills
in India.
39124. Meibomia tiliaefolia (G. Don) Kuntze. Fabaceae.
(Desmodium tiliaefolium G. Don.)
"A large deciduous shrub of the Himalayas from the Indus to Nepal,
found growing at elevations of from 3,000 to 9,000 feet. It is also said
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39102 to 39141— Continued.
to be met with in Tavoy. The bark of this tree yields an excellent fiber
which is extensively employed in rope making and in many parts of the
Himalayas it is used for the manufacture of paper. The roots are con-
sidered carminative, tonic, and diuretic and are also used in cases of
bilious complaints. The wood is of a yellowish brown color with a dark
center. The leaves afford a useful fodder." (Watt, Dictionary of the
Economic Products of India.)
See S. P. I. No. 39023 for previous introduction and description.
39125. Michelia cathcartii Hook. f. and Thorns. Magnoliacere.
" This is a large tree which is found in the temperate forests of the
Sikkim Himalayas at altitudes of 5,000 to 6,000 feet. The sapwood is
large and white in color, while the heartwood is a dark olive brown
and moderately hard. The wood of this species is used for planking
and would do well for tea boxes." (Watt, Dictionary of the Economic
Products of India.)
39126. Osbeckia stellata Don. Melastomacese.
" One of the 29 species of melastomaceous plants which are found in
the Indian peninsula. They are mostly herbs, sometimes shrubs, and
are worth cultivating on account of their beautiful flowers; otherwise
they are of little economic value. This species is a small shrub, native of
the eastern Himalayas and the Khasi Hills at altitudes ranging from
4,000 to 8,000 feet, common about Darjiling. The wood is light brown
and moderately hard." (Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Products of
India. )
39127. Pieris villosa Hook. f. Ericaceae.
" This is a small tree resembling P. ovalifolia in leaves, flowers, and
fruits. It is a native of the alpine Himalayas at altitudes ranging from
9,000 to 10,000 feet. The leaves are hardly more villous beneath than
in some forms of P. ovalifolia. The calyx teeth are very narrow down-
wards, only shortly connate; the corolla is rather wider, but not defi-
nitely separated by the absence of horns at the apex of the filament."
(Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 3, p. 461.)
39128. Piptanthus nepalensis (Hook.) Sweet. Fabacea?.
See S. P. I. No. 39043 for description.
39129. Pittosporum floribundum Wight and Arnott. Pittosponu-eae.
"A small tree found in the subtropical Himalayas, from Sikkim to
Garhwal, ascending to 5,000 feet on the hills. The medicinal virtues
and utilization of this plant have recently been brought to light. The
bark is bitter and aromatic and is said by the natives to possess nar-
cotic properties. The plant contains an aromatic rosin, yellow in color
and having very tenacious properties. The wood is light colored, strong
and tough, but of small size." (Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Prod-
ucts of India.)
39130. Rubus niveus Thunb. Rosacea?. Raspberry.
"This is a large, rambling, very valuable plant met with in the tem-
perate Himalayas, from Kashmir to Sikkim, at altitudes between o.OOO
and 10,000 feet, and also on the Khasi Hills, in the western peninsula,
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on the higher Ghats from Kanara southward, in P>urma and Ceylon. The
fruit, which is red, orange, or of a glaucous blue-black color, is some-
what dry, but very palatable. Large quantities are imported into the
bazaars of the hill stations for sale to Europeans. The fruit of this
species is similar in flavor to the common English blackberry, but vastly
superior and its cultivation might be rendered very productive. The
use of this species as a hedge plant is also recommended." (Watt, Dic-
tionary of the Economic Products of India.)
See S. P. I. Nos. 32453 and 38574 for previous introductions.
39131. Rubus pedunculosus Don. Rosacea;. Raspberry.
(Rubus niveus Wall.)
"A large, rambling shrub met with in the temperate Himalayas, from
Kashmir to Bhutan, at altitudes between 6,000 and 10,000 feet on the
west, and 5,000 to 11,000 feet on the east. This species yields a fruit
which is very succulent and pleasantly tasted. It is yellowish or reddish
brown in color." (Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Products of India.)
See S. P. I. No. 38575 for previous introduction.
39132. Rubus paniculatus Smith. Rosacea?. Raspberry.
"A very rambling climber, which has all the parts, except the upper
surface of the leaves, covered with a dense tomentum. It is found in
the temperate Himalayas from Hazara to Sikkim, at altitudes between
3,000 and 8,000 feet, and in the Khasi Mountains between 4,000 and
5,000 feet. The fruit consists of numerous large, round, black drupes
and is edible but insipid in flavor. The wood is soft and porous with
very large medullary rays." (Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Products
of India.)
See S. P. I. Nos. 23870 and 38576 for previous introductions.
39133. Sorbus cuspidata (Spach) Hedlund. Malaceae.
(Pyrus vestita Wall.)
"A deciduous tree which is a native of the eastern Himalayas and
may be found growing from Garhwal to Sikkim at altitudes between
9,000 and 10,000 feet. The fruit is edible and is sometimes used as
food." (Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Products of India.)
"A deciduous tree of large size in a wild state, but rarely seen more
than 35 feet high under cultivation. The habit is rather gaunt ; branches
few, thick, covered when young with a white wool, which afterwards
falls away, leaving the shoots of a smooth, purplish brown. Leaves oval
or ovate, 5 to 7 (sometimes 9) inches long by 2J to 5 inches wide, the
margins toothed, sometimes doubly so or slightly lobed ; upper surface
covered at first with a white cobweblike down, but soon becoming smooth,
lower surface covered with a persistent thick felt, at first white or yel-
lowish white, becoming grey later; nerves parallel, in 10 to 17 pairs;
stalk one-third to 1 inch long. Flowers white, five-eighths inch across,
produced in late May or early June in substantial corymbs 2 to 3 inches
wide; petals woolly within; stalks and calyx very woolly.
" Native of the Himalayas, introduced in 1820, and the most striking
In its foliage of all the whitebeam group. Although nearly a century has
elapsed since it was first brought into cultivation, very few specimens of
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large size exist in this country [England]. The largest of these which I
know is at Buckland St. Mary, Chard, which a few years ago was nearly
40 feet high. It grows well for some years, and then suddenly and with-
out any apparent reason, sometimes in the middle of the summer, will
droop and die." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British
Isles, vol. 2, p. 299, under Pyrus vestita.)
39134. Sorbus insignis (Hook, f.) Hedl. Malaceae.
(Pyrus insignis Hook, f.)
"A small, very robust tree, native of the Sikkim Himalayas at alti-
tudes ranging from 8,000 to 11,000 feet. The branchlets are nearly as
thick as the little finger, and the bud scales are rigid, chestnut brown in
color and shining. The younger parts are clothed with long, rather silky,
rusty brown wool, while the older parts are glabrous." (Hooker, Fiord
of British India, vol. 2, p. 377.)
39135. Soebus microphylla Wenzig. Malaceae. *
(Pyrus microphylla Wall.)
" This Pyrus, which is a native of the temperate Himalayas at
altitudes of 10,000 to 14,000 feet, is possibly only a form or young
state of P. foliolosa or aucuparia, but a very much more slender, sub-
scandent plant with more deeply serrate leaflets. The Sikkim variety
of this plant has red flowers, and the fruits are white or pale blue in
color." (Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 2, p. 376.)
39136. Poupartia axillaris (Roxb.) King and Prain. Anacardiaeesp.
(Poupartia fordii Hemsl.)
"This is a rather common tree at low altitudes in western Hupeh
and in Szechwan, and is chiefly confined to the valleys. It grows from 15
to 25 meters tall and the trunk is often a meter in diameter near the base.
The branches are massive and form an oval or rounded head; the bark
is grey, deeply fissured and persistent; the leaves are deciduous. The
(lowers are polygamodioecious ; the male and female flowers are borne
in many-flowered panicles which spring from the axils of scales and
also from the axils of the lower leaves. The hermaphrodite flowers
are much larger than the unisexual flowers, and are borne in short
racemes which are commonly 1-flowered by abortion and never more
than 3 or 4 flowered. The leafy shoots bearing panicles of unisexual
flowers look very much like branches of Rhus succedanca L. The fruit
of this tree is yellow, oval, from 2.5 to 3 cm. long, rounded on the sum-
mit. It is eaten by the Chinese. The vernacular name is ' Hsuan tsao.' '
(Sargent, Plantae WUsonianae, vol. 2, p. 172-173, under Spondias
axillaris.)
39137. Styrax hookeri Clarke. Styracaeea\
"This is a small tree frequently met with in Sikkim and Bhutan at
altitudes between 6,000 and 7,000 feet. The wood is white, close grained,
and moderately hard." (Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Products of
India.)
39138. Symplocos theaefolia Don. Symplocacea?.
"An erect tree of the eastern Himalayas, from Nepal to Bhutan, oc-
curring at altitudes between 4,000 and 6,000 feet. It is also common in
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the Khasi Hills and in Martaban. The leaves of this species are used as
an auxiliary in dyeing with Morinda tinctoria and l#ic. The wood is
white and soft and is used for fuel and for rough house posts." (Watt,
Dictionary of the Economic Products of India.)
39139. Talauma hodgsoni Hook. f. and Thorns. Magnoliaceae.
" One of the 15 species of Magnoliaceaj which are distributed through-
out the Tropics of eastern Asia, Japan, and South America. This species
is a native of India and may be found in the forests of the Sikkim
Himalayas and the Khasi Hills at elevations ranging from 4,000 to
5,000 feet. The wood is very soft and even grained, and weighs about 21
pounds per cubic foot." (Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Products of
India. )
39140. Trachycarpus martiana (Wall.) Wendl. Phoenicaceje. Palm.
See S. P. I. No. 38739 for previous introduction.
39141. Vaccinium glauco-album Hook. f. Vacciniacese.
Distribution. — A shrub with large white persistent bracts under the
pinkish flowers which are borne in dense racemes, found on the slopes
of the Himalayas at an altitude of 7,500 to 10,000 feet, from Sikkim to
Bhutan, in northern India.
"An evergreen shrub, 2 to 4 feet high; young stems smooth. Leaves
stiff and hard in texture, oval or ovate, 1$ to 24 inches long, five-eighths
to 1| inches wide; pointed, with bristleljke teeth on the margins, green
and smooth above, of a vivid blue-white and slightly bristly on the mid-
rib beneath. Racemes slightly downy, 2 to 3 inches long, produced
from the leaf axils and conspicuous for their large, persistent, blue-
white bracts, edged with bristles. Corolla pinkish white, one-fourth
inch long, cylindrical ; calyx smooth, shallowly l«bed. Berries one-third
inch in diameter, globose, black, covered with blue-white bloom.
" Native of the Himalayas at 9,000 to 10,000 feet altitude, only hardy
in the milder parts of the kingdom. It is remarkable for the vivid blue-
white bloom on the fruit, bracts, and under surface of the loaves."
(W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 626.)
39142. Coumarouna odorata Aublet. Fabacese. Tonka bean.
(Dipteryx odorata Willd.)
From La Guayra, Venezuela. Presented by Mr. Thomas W. Voetter,
American consul, who received them from the consular agent at Ciudad
Bolivar. Received August 5, 1914.
For previous introduction and description, see S. P. I. No. 35904.
39143. Vigna sinensis (Tomer) Savi. Fabacese. Cowpea.
From Johannesburg, Transvaal, Union of South Africa. Presented by
Mr. J. Burtt Davy. Received July 30, 1914.
" Known as imboomba among the Zulus and grown by them for food. It is
said to be a rank grower and prolific bearer; the 49 seeds were taken from 3
pods. It is grown down the coast as far as Pondoland, and should prove useful
in Florida and elsewhere in the Gulf States." (Davy.)
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1914. 83
39144. Macadamia ternifolia Mueller. Proteacese.
Queensland nut.
From Sydney, Australia. Purchased from Anderson & Co. Received at
the Plant Introduction Field Station, Chico, Cal., August 4, 1914.
For description see S. P. I. No. 18382.
For illustrations of the tree, foliage, and flowers of the Queensland nut, see
Plates VI and VII.
39145. Malus sylvestris Miller. Malaceae. Apple.
From Sophia, Bulgaria. Presented by Mr. Alaricus Delmard. Received
August 11, 1914.
" Scions of the apples which have been found immune from Schizonetira
lanuginosa. Dr. Lambreff informs me that he has experimented with these in
orchards infested with that blight, and that while the other varieties all suf-
fered, these have remained immune." {Delmard.)
39146. Amorphophallus giganteus Blume. Aracese.
From Medan, Deli, Sumatra. Presented by Mr. L. P. De Bussy. Received
August 11, 1914.
Distribution. — An herbaceous perennial which sends up from a large bulb
an enormous pinnatifid leaf and a purplish spathe 9 inches long surrounding
i white spadix, which is followed by a large red fruit ; found in Java and
Borneo.
39147. Gossypium barbadense L. Malvaceae. Cotton.
From Lima, Peru. Presented by Mr. A. Martin Lynch. Received July 1,
1914.
" Mil AM cotton."
*
39148. Oryza sativa L. Poaceae. Rice.
From Lima, Peru. Presented by Mr. A. Martin Lynch. R<^eived July 30,
1914.
" Rice seed called Carolina in the northern part of Peru, and cultivated in
the valley of Pacasmayo and Lambayeque." (Lynch.)
39149 to 39151. Hordeum vulgare L. Poacea?.
Peruvian barley.
From Peru. Presented by Mr. William W. Handley, American consul gen-
eral, Callao, Peru. Received August 5, 1914. Quoted notes by Mr.
Handley.
39149. " Peruvian barley grown in the southern district of Arequipa,
Peru."
39150. "Peruvian barley grown in the southern district of Cuzco,
Peru."
39151. " Peruvian barley grown in the southern district of Juliaca,
Peru."
39152 and 39153.
From the Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. H. R. Reed, acting super-
intendent, Singalong Experiment Station. Received August 7, 1914.
Quoted notes by Mr. Reed.
84 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
39152 and 39153— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr.H.R.Reed.)
39152. Triticum aestivum L. Poaceae. Wheat.
(Triticum vulgare Vill.)
"Spanish Zarraccno or Candcal. Grown in Cagayan Province. Intro-
duced into the Philippines 50 years ago. Is planted at the end of the
rainy season; is grown on highlands and matures in 90 days."
Candeal is recognized in Argentina, where it is commonly grown, as a
variety of T. durum Desf. This numher, however, is T. aestivum L.
39153. Gossypium sp. Malvaceae. Kidney cotton.
"A plant 3 to 9 feet high, flowers large, yellow. Is cultivated for orna-
mental purposes and grows wild in the Philippines. Samples of fiber
were sent to cotton firms in the United States, and comments were very
favorable."
39154. Bambos sp. Poaceae. Bamboo.
From Burma, India. Presented by Rev. Robert Harper, American Baptist
Mission, Pyinmana. Received August 8, 1914.
" The bamboo from which I gathered the seeds was not very large, but it
was tall and graceful. Several bunches were in seed, but I collected the best
bunches." {Harper.)
39155. Mangifera indica L. Anacardiaceae. Mango.
From Mount Coffee, Liberia, Africa. Presented by Mr. Henry O. Stewart.
Received August 18, 1914.
39156. KiciNus communis L. Euphorbiaceae. Castor bean.
From the Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. H. R. Reed, acting superin-
tendent, Singalong Experiment Station. Received August 7. 1914.
39157. Medicago sativa L. Fabaceae. Alfalfa.
From Stockholm, Sweden. Presented by Mr. Ernest L. Harris, American
consul general. Received August 19, 1914.
"Alfalfa seed in this country is called Bid Lucerne or Mcdicarjo sativa. I
have been informed that the same is imported from Germany, but that the
actual country of origin is Hungary. Alfalfa is grown in Sweden, but the seed
does not ripen. While still green it is cut and used as fodder or for mixing
with other animal feeds." (Harris.)
39158 to 39162. Zea mays L. Poaceae. Corn.
From Yachowfu, China. Presented by Dr. Edgar T. Shields. West China
Baptist Mission, who received them from Mr. Yob. Peh Yin, Lusan, near
Yachow. Quoted notes by Dr. Shields.
39158. "No. 1. Yellow corn, planted about April 5, or may be planted
10 days e.'irlier or later. They reckon that I his is the very best variety
for feeding cattle. The country people make corn cakes of the meal,
mixing the same with boiling water and afterwards either baking or
steaming the cake. They say that cakes made of this variety of corn
digest more slowly than any of the other kinds, but the flavor of the
cake is good. This corn ripens in about KM) days after planting. They
plant from three to five grains in a hill, afterwards thinning it out to
two stalks."
Inventory 40, Seeds and Plants Imported.
Plate VII.
Foliage and Flowers of the Queensland Nut (Macadamia ternifolia Mueller),
as Grown in Florida. (See S. P. I. No. 39144.)
The leaves are evergreen and of a thick, tough character, giving the tree an attractive app
(Photographed, natural size, by "Wilson Popenoe, .Miami, Fla., April 18, 1915; P16345FS.)
Inventory 40, Seeds and Plants Imported.
Plate VIII.
Spathodea campanulata Beauv., a Strikingly Handsome Ornamental Tree for
Florida. (See S. P. I. No. 39222.)
This tall, straight tree from western tropical Africa has succeeded remarkably well in India and
Java as a shade tree. < >riginally broughl from Jamaica by Mr. W. J. Matheson, it is now the
largesl specimen in the United States. With its large, brighl orange-red 1 lowers produced al the
tips of the branches, i1 is very ornamental and conspicuous at a distance, t Photographed by
■\\ ilson Popenoe, al Four Way Lodge, the residence of Mr. Matheson, Cocoauut Grove, Flu.,
April lo, 1916; P16716FS.)
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1914. 85
39158 to 39162— Continued. (Quoted notes by Dr. E. T. Shields.)
39159. "No. 2. White corn, planted about April 5. It has a nuer
taste and digests easier than No. 1."
39160. "No. 3. Red corn, planted about April 5. The taste resembles
that of the yellow or No. 1 [S. P. I. No. 39158]. This is the best variety
for making their whisky, which is a very intoxicating drink. Whisky
is also made from No. 1, but this is the variety most used."
39161. "No. 4. Red and yellow striped. The same as No. 1, except
for the color."
39162. " No. G. White corn. This variety is to be planted 10 to 15
days later than the other varieties (which are planted about April 5).
The taste is very good, and the corn is very gelatinous."
39163. Nicotiana tabacum L. Solanacese. Tobacco.
From the Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. H. R. Reed, acting super-
intendent, Singalong Experiment Station. Received August 7, 1914.
"A variety of tobacco commonly grown in Cagayan Valley. Plants grow 4
feet high, leaves large." (Reed.)
39164. Persea americana Miller. Lauracese. Avocado.
{Persea gratissima Gaertn. f.)
From Tumbala, Chiapas, Mexico. Presented by Mr. Stanford N. Moreson.
Received August 26, 1914.
39165. Saccharum officinarum L. Poacese. Sugar cane.
From Brisbane, Australia. Presented by Mr. Leslie Gordon Corrie. Re-
ceived August 26, 1914.
"QuGtsofoca. The standard fodder cane grown here for stock food purposes
and known as the Indian cane. Amongst other seedlings tested for this purpose
we have secured one that from all points is an improvement upon the old
standard. I am sending some cuttings which you will be able later on to dis-
tribute to some of your Southern States. We have found it here of superior
value from the standpoints of food value, softness, hardiness against, low tem-
peratures, and weight per acre. It is a prodigious yielder." (Corrie.)
39166 and 39167. Pennisetum spp. Poacese.
From Salisbury, Rhodesia. Presented by the Department of Agriculture
Received August 24, 1914.
39166. Pen ntsetum schimperi Richard. Napier's fodder grass.
39167. Pennisetum macrourum Trinius. M'fufu grass.
Distribution. — A perennial grass growing 3 feet or more high in the
central and coast region of South Africa.
39168 and 39169.
From Sibpur, Calcutta, India. Presented by the superintendent, Royal
Botanic Gardens. Received August 24, 1914.
39168. Mebope angulata (Willd.) Swingle. Rutacese.
(Citrus wigulatus Willd.)
"A curious and as yet little known salt-resistant plant related to Citrus,
of interest for trial as a stock. A small spiny tree bearing curious
86 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
39168 and 391 6&— Continued.
angular fruits and growing in the tidal swamps in southern Java; leaves
coriaceous, thick, 3 to 5 by 1 to 1} inches, borne on simple petioles:
flowers white, 5 parted with 10 free stamens, pistil projecting beyond the
stamens; fruits triangular, 1 to 2 inches long, in cross section approxi-
mately an equilateral triangle three-fourths to 1 inch on a side. This
peculiar thick-leaved plant thrives in saline soils and is being tested
as a stock for other citrus fruits by the U. S. Department of Agriculture.-'
(W. T. Swingle. In Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. .',.
p. 2038.)
39169. Rubus ellipticus Smith. Rosacete. Raspberry.
See S. P. I. No. 33342 for previous introduction.
39170 to 39172.
From Donga, Northern Nigeria, Africa. Presented by Rev. C. L. Whitman,
Sudan United Mission, London, E. C, England. Received August 11, 1914.
Quoted notes by Mr. Whitman.
39170. Holcus sorghum L. Poacese. Sorghum.
( Sorghum vulgare Pers.)
"Guinea corn. It is usually planted in May and harvested in Decemher."'
39171. Sesamum orientale L. Pedaliaceae. Sesame.
(Sesamum indicum L.)
"Benise seed. This has a much shorter season than the guinea corn
and is planted at various times. It is grown mostly by the Munshi tribe
and is sold by them to the English trading firms. Only a very little is
used for food."
39172. Gossypium sp. Malvaceae. Cotton.
39173. Persea Americana Miller. Lauraceae. Avocado.
(Persea gratissima Gaertn. f.)
From Lumija, Chiapas, Mexico. Presented by Mrs. H. H. Markley. Re-
ceived August 28, 1914.
"These are slightly pear shaped, 5 to 6 inches long and 10 inches in circum-
ference at the largest part. The skin is very thin, tree a prolific bearer, growing
40 or more feet, symmetrical in shape, like a well-formed oak. Our temperature
ranges from 70° to 100° F." (Mrs. Markley.)
39174. Diospyros macrophylla Blume. Diospyraceae.
Persimmon.
From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by the director, Botanic Gardens.
Received August 31, 1914.
See S. P. I. No. 30521 for previous introduction.
"A tree 60 feet high, with dark terete branches. Leaves alternate, oval or
oval oblong, acuminate at apex, rounded or subcordate at base, thinly coriaceous,
nearly glabrescent below, with clear, slender, arching lateral veins, glabrous
above, 3 to 10 inches long by 1£ to 4} inches wide; petioles one-sixth to one-
fourth inch long. Male flowers axillary, paniculate, one-fourth inch long,
pubescent; panicles many flowered, 1 to 1% inches long, ultimate pedicels mostly
short. Calyx shortly 3 to 5 fid, globose urceolate, three-sixteenths inch long.
lobes deltoid ; corolla silky outside, ovoid in bud, shortly five lobed, tube very
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1914. 87
39174— Continued.
crass and hard ; stamens 12, unequal, in pairs, glabrous. Female cymes few
flowered, short, calyx four to five fid, hairy on both sides, accrescent in fruit ;
fruit tomentose, subglobose, 1 inch or more in diameter.
"Java, in mountainous places, Blume. Local name, Kitjallung" (Hicrn,
Monograph of the Ebenacece, p. 237, 1873.)
39175. Prunus avium L. Amygdalacese. Cherry.
From Rome, Italy. Presented by Dr. Gustav Eisen. Received August 24,
1914.
" Ma rosea grossa di Firenze, probably a seedling from Mara sea di Piedmont c.
Very large, dark brownish black, flesh very firm, very slightly adhering to the
stone, which, however, separates readily. Subacid, sweet, and slightly astrin-
gent. Fine shipper. Suitable both for table and preserves. This cberry is
larger than any I have seen in California, and, in my opinion, it is of exceptional
qualities." (Eisen.)
39176. Claucena lansium (Lour.) Skeels. Rutacese. Wampi.
(Ctausena team pi Oliver.)
From Hongkong, China. Presented by Mi-. W. J. Tutcher, superintendent,
Botanical and Forestry Department. Received August 22, 1914.
See S. T. I. Nos. 25546 and 31730 for previous introductions, and 3S70S for
description.
39177. Chlokis virgata Swartz. Poacese.
Australian Rhodes grass.
From Burringbar P. O., New South Wales. Presented by Mr. B. Harrison.
Received August 26, 1914.
Var. decora. r
" This grass is a rapid grower and a heavy yielder of nutritious fodder. It
attains the height of 3 and 4 feet, is relished by stock, and will retain its
verdure when other grasses are dried up, and if cut before seeding makes
palatable hay. According to analysis, it is one of the richest grasses we possess,
either imported or indigenous. It is only quite recently that it has come into
prominence, principally through the favorable reports from Queensland, where
it is said to have succeeded wonderfully in clay-pan, wind-swept, ami sun-
scorched country where other grasses were difficult to establish. It is. how-
ever, a native of this State also, having been identified in 1904, and it will
probably succeed even with a lighter rainfall and under more adverse condi-
tions than the imported species (C. gayana and virgata) which have a greal
reputation as drought resisters. The seed is very light, is carried some distance
by the wind, and the grass spreads rapidly." (Harrison.)
39178. Dendrocalamus hamiltonii Nees and Am. Poacese.
Bamboo.
From Darjiling, India. Presented by Mr. G. H. Cave, Lloyd Botanic
Garden, at the request of Mr. J. L. Rock, Division of Forestry, Hono-
lulu, Hawaii. Received August 27, 1914.
"It is a large bamboo that flowers sporadically and also gregariously. It
occurs in the northeast Himalayas, Assam, the Kliasi Hills, Sylliet, and
88 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
39178— Continued.
Upper Burma, and is distributed westward to the Sutlej, though beyond Nepal
it is doubtfully indigenous. The culms run from 40 to as much as 80 feet in
height and from 4 to 6 inches in diameter; the nodes are marked with root
scars, the internodes are 12 to 20 inches in length and the walls half an Inch
thick. It is the common bamboo of Darjiling, the Duars, and Assam, and is
universally employed for all kinds of basket and mat work. For building
purposes it is not much esteemed. The young shoots are eaten as a vegetable,
und in Assam a specially prepared substance known as gass-tenga is eaten as a
luxury. The inner layer of the culm sheath is utilized for covering Burmese
cigarettes. Referring to its straggling habit, Mr. Oliver says: 'When they
have no trees to support them, the main stems bend over, forming impenetrable
thickets, and the lateral branches ascend vertically, often forming shoots
nearly as long as the main stems.' Mr. Manson alludes to the value of this
species to the tea planters of the Darjiling district in shading their plantations
from hot and violent winds." (Watt, Commercial Products of India.)
39179. Phisalis peruviana L. Solanaceae. Cape-gooseberry.
From Tolga via Cairns, Australia. Presented by Mr. J. A. Hamilton. Re-
ceived August 25, 1914.
39180 and 39181. Rubus sp. Rosacea.
From Srinagar, Kashmir, India. Presented by the director, Department
of Agriculture. Received August 26, 1914.
39182 and 39183. Madhuca spp. Sapotacere. Mahwa.
From Sibpur, Calcutta, India. Presented by the superintendent, Royal
Botanic Gardens. Received August 24, 1914.
" It may be said that there are two great products of these trees [formerly
known as Bassia latifolia, B. longifolia, and B. malabarica], the edible flowers
and the oil-bearing seeds. A gum or gutta (the milky sap hardened) flows from
incisions or abrasions on the stem. In some parts of the country ringing of
the stem is practiced just on the setting of the fruits. When this is done the
gum may be obtained in abundance. The bark is employed as a dye. The
flowers, the oil, the spirits distilled from the flowers, and the bark are all
used medicinally. Lastly the timber has some merit, but the trees, as a rule,
are too valuable to allow their being killed for this purpose. The malum
[rnahwal shows its leaves from February to April. The cream-colored flowers
appear in great clusters (of 30 to 50) near the ends of the branches, from
March to April, and are soon followed by the young leaves. Preparatory to the
harvest of flowers, the people clear the ground below the trees by burning the
weeds and smoothing the soil. About March the flowers begin to come to ma-
turity, and every morning just after sunrise the succulent corolla tubes fall in
showers to the ground. This continues till the end of April, each tree yielding
from 2 to 4 maunds (2$ to 5 bushels) of flowers, but usually the fall from a
single tree is complete in about 7 to 10 days. A drying floor is prepared in a
position central to a selected batch of trees. The ground is smoothed and
beaten; on this the flowers as collected day by day are spread out to dry in
the sun. In a few days they shrink in size, change in color to a reddish brown,
and their peculiar sweet smell becomes more concentrated and the resemblance
to that of mice more intense. But the malum that is intended for sale is not
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1914. 89
39182 and 39183— Continued.
dried to the same extent as that set apart for home consumption, and naturally
so, since the loss in weight is considerable. But mahua is eaten extensively
while fresh. In the dried form it is cooked and eaten along with rice and other
grains or food materials. Before being eaten the dry corolla tubes are beaten
with a stick to expel the stamens ; the quantity required is then boiled for six
hours or so and left to simmer until the water has been entirely evaporated and
the mahua produced in a soft, juicy condition. Tamarind or sal (Sliorea
robusta) seeds and gram (chick-pea) are frequently eaten along with mahua.
By the better classes it is fried with ghi (butter) or with mahua oil. It is ex-
tremely sweet, but the power to eat and digest this form of food is an acquired
one, so that few Europeans are able to consume more than one flower without
having disagreeable after effects. Sometimes the mahua is dried completely,
reduced to a powder, and mixed with other articles of food. In that con-
dition it is often baked into cakes. Sugar may also be prepared from the
flowers, or they may be distilled and a wholesome spirit prepared, the chief
objection to which is its peculiar penetrating smell of mice. Nicholls estimated
that in the Central Provinces, 1,400,000 persons use mahua as a regular article
of food, each person consuming one maund (1J bushels) per annum, an amount
that would set free about 1A maunds of grain, or about 30 per cent of the food
necessities of the people in question. This, the lowest estimate, comes to one
quarter of a million pounds sterling which the trees present annually to these
Provinces." ('Watt, Commercial Products of India, which see for discussion
of the spirit manufacture and the use and manufacture of oil and butter from
the seeds.)
39182. Madhtjca indica Gmeliu.
(Bassia latifolia Roxb.)
Distribution. — A tree 50 feet tall found throughout central India at an
altitude of 1,000 to 4,000 feet.
39183. Madhtjca longifolia (L.) Coville.
(Bassia longi folia L.)
Distribution. — A tree 50 feet tall found in Malabar and in Ceylon.
39184. Holcus sorghum L. Poacese. Sorghum.
(Sorghum vulgare Pers.)
From the Seychelles Islands. Presented by Mr. P. Itivaly Dupont, curator.
Botanical Station. Received August 12, 1914.
39185 and 39186.
From Asmara, Eritrea, Africa. Presented by the director, Government of
the colony of Eritrea, Government Office, Bureau of Colonization. Re-
ceived August 24, 1914.
39185. Juniperus procera Hochst. Pinacese. East African cedar.
See S. P. I. Nos. 22775 and 27505 for previous introductions and
description.
"A tree attaining in Eritrea from 20 to 25 meters in height and 1
meter in diameter, with oval, open head; bark tracked into long narrow
plates, boughs cylindrical. Leaves scalelike, small, in tour series, semi-
oval or lengthened linear in the same plant. Flowers dioecious. Fruit
globose ovoid or depressed globose. 5 to 7 mm. in diameter, bluish
black and pruinose at maturity. Wood with yellowish white sapwood,
90 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
39185 and 39186— Continued.
very distinct from the heart wood, which is colored dark red, odor very
strongly aromatic, characteristic. This wood, compact, with fine grain
and susceptible of beautiful polish, is largely used for the manufacture
of furniture, doorframes, for beams which resist decay, and for the
manufacture of pencils. For this last use Schweinfurth has found it
superior to the American species, but so far as I know no experiments
have been made. . . . The indestructibility of this wood is such that
it resists intact the dissolving action of the atmospheric agents, of in-
sects, and of fungi, even after several years, since the tree has been cut,
fallen, and left in the forest." (Adriano Fiori, Boschi e Piante 1e</twse
del V Eritrea.)
39186. Rosa abyssinica R. Br. Rosacea. Rose.
Distribution. — A white-flowered climbing rose, probably a form of the
musk. rose (R. moschata Miller), found in Abyssinia.
39187. Rubus rosaefolids Smith. Rosacea. Raspberry.
From Port Louis, Mauritius. Presented by Mr. G. Regnard. Received
August 31, 1914.
"Seeds of our yellow-fruited Rubus. This variety is very scarce, probably
because they are generally planted together with the common red variety with
which it becomes cross-fertilized very easily, and the red predominates. I
should therefore advise you to have these planted at a good distance from the
red variety. The sowing of the yellow variety should be made in a rich soil
and the plants cultivated in sheltered deep soil in the shade and well watered
when in want of rain. The Rubus grows naturally by roots." {Regnard.)
39188 to 39190.
From Mayaguez, Porto Rico. Presented by Mr. W. E. Hess, plant propa-
gator, Porto Rico Agricultural Experiment Station. Received August 29,
1914. Quoted notes by Mr. Hess.
39188. Acrista monticola Cook. Phoenieacete. Palm.
"Palma de Sierra. The mountain palm of Porto Rico covers many
mountain slopes, especially in the eastern part of the island between
2,000 and 3,000 feet above sea level. It apparently thrives in this very
humid, cool atmosphere and usually forms a clear stand. This palm
greatly resembles .-lreca bauerii, grown to a great extent as a decorative
palm in greenhouses, and young plants of Acrista are equally attractive.
The bud of the mountain palm furnishes a good cabbage, but is not as
sweet as those of the royal palm. Its black fruits are the size of a
cherry and are relished by hogs."
39189. Aekia attenuata Cook. Phoenicacea?. Llume palm.
" The tallest of Porto Rico palms, reaching a height of 60 to 100 feet.
Its foliage resembles the royal palm, but is shorter; the trunk never
exceeds 6 to 8 Inches in diameter. This palm is found only on limestone
hills and usually feeds upon nothing but the humus collected in the
cracks of these rocks. The large bunches of orange-red berries, which
are the size of a small cherry, are very attractive and are fed to chickens
and hogs."
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1914. 91
39188 to 39190— Continued. (Quoted note by Mr. W. E. Hess.)
39190. Calathea lutea (Aubl.) G. F. W. Meyer. Marantacese.
Pampano,
"This is one of our finest native foliage plants, attaining a height of
10 to 12 feet; its dark green leaf blades are oblong, round at the apex,
4 to 5 feet long, and 2 to 3 feet wide. The under side is covered with
a blue powder. The graceful curved veins give a characteristic appear-
ance. This plant likes rich soil and plenty of moisture. Planted with
bananas and other foliage plants near a pond it will rival in beauty any
of its neighbors."
39191. Salix sp. Salicacese. Willow.
From Semipalatinsk, Siberia. Presented by Prof. N. E. Hansen, South
Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, Brookings, S. Dak.
"Cuttings from small trees I found growing along the creek about 80 miles
southwest of Semipalatinsk. This is a very dry region with 8 inches of annual
rainfall and the temperature ranging from 50° F. below zero in winter to 10tT
above in summer. The remarkable characteristic about this willow is that the
young shoots can be tied into knots without breaking, so it should be a good
basket willow and good for tying bundles of nursery stock." (Hansen.)
39192. Hordeum vttlgare L. Poaceae. Barley.
From Tripoli, Libya, Africa. Presented by Dr. F. Francesehi, Florence,
Italy. Received September 3, 1914.
"A local variety, of which there is considerable export to Germany and
England for beer factories; Sxir in Tripolino, Orze in Italiano." (Francesehi.)
39193. Triticum aestivum L. Poacese. Eivett's Red wheat.
(Triticum vulgare Vill.)
From Coggeshall, Essex, England. Presented by John K. King & Sons.
Received September 2, 1914.
" Pedigree stock of Rivett's Red wheat."
39194. Ziziphus jujuba Miller. Rhamnacese. Jujube.
(Ziziphus sativa Gaertn.)
From Peking, China. Collected by Mr. Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Ex-
plorer for the Department of Agriculture. Received August 24, 1914.
"(Sample 119b. Peking, China. June 22, 1914. ) A very large-fruited variety
of jujube, passing under the trade name of Hsiang tsao, or 'rattling jujube,'
referring to the fact that the seeds rattle when shaken. Officially known as
Ta yuan tsao, or 'big round jujube.' These jujubes come from the vicinity of
Paihsiangchen, southwestern Shansi ; they are a rare delicacy in Peking, selling
for 3U cents (Mexican) per catty. They are eaten stewed with sugar or honey
as a compote with rice and also boiled in rice, the same as western people use
prunes. Soaking in water over night improves their delicacy of flavor. Scions
sent under No. 1140 [S. P. I. No. 38243]." (Meyer.)
39195. Pelargonium sp. Geraniaceae. Geranium.
From Genoa. Italy. Presented by Mr. John E. Jones, American consul
general. Received August 21, 191 1.
"Cuttings of a new Pelargonium." (Jones.)
92 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
39196. Balanites maughamii Sprague. Zygophyllacese.
From Swaziland, Africa. Presented by Mr. J. Burtt Davy, botanist, Agri-
cultural Supply Association, Johannesburg, Transvaal, Union of South
Africa. Received September 1, 1914.
"The seed is considered a valuable oil seed in those parts of the country
in which it grows; that is to say, at altitudes below 1,000 feet in the sub-
tropical belt, but with a comparatively low rainfall, probably not more than
15 inches, this coming during the summer season. The tree is a handsome one,
though not very large, and should be useful in Florida." (Davy.)
" This species of Balanites is a native of Portuguese East Africa and may he
found growing in the Lebonibo Mountains, the Madanda Forest, and by the
Umbeluzi and Rovuma Rivers. It is a tree which reaches a height of about 00
feet, with irregular-shaped bole up to 1§ feet in diameter. According to the
report of the Imperial Institute, the fruits of Balanites maughamii seem un-
likely to be of economic value for export, owing to the difficulty of removing
the external sugary pulp and extracting the kernel from the thick, fibrous shell
in which it is inclosed, but may, however, be of considerable importance for
local consumption. The oil obtained from these kernels is clear, yellow, and
liquid, possessing no marked smell or taste and having the following constants:
Specific gravity, 0.91G; saponification value, 198.5; iodine value, 100. The oil,
if produced on a commercial scale, would probably realize the current price
of refined cottonseed oil, but it is thought that the difficulties mentioned above
would prevent its production on a large scale. Judging from the localities
where this species is known to occur, it might be expected to do well in tropical
and subtropical countries with a well-marked dry season. It would not be
advisab'e to plant it on a large scale, however, until a satisfactory method of
extracting the kernel has been devised." (Kew Bulletin of Miscellaneous In-
formation, 1913, No. J,, p. 136.)
39197. Amaranthus gangeticus L. Amaranthacea?. Amaranth.
From Seharunpur, India. Presented by Mr. A. C. Hartless, superintendent,
Government Botanical Gardens. Received September 4, 1914.
" Var. tristis. Lal-sag, a vegetable that we use here during our hot season ;
it should be sown in the summer, as it will not stand cold." (Hartless.)
39198. Lupinus pilosus Murray. Fabacese. Lupine.
From Kyimbila, German East Africa. Presented by Mr. Ad. Stolz. Re-
ceived August 31, 1914.
"African lupine growing wild on sandy soil." (Stolz.)
Distribution— An annual lupine with digitate leaves and large blue flowers,
found in the countries bordering on the Mediterranean from Greece to Palestine
39199 to 39218. Oryza sativa L. Poacese. Rice.
From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by the Botanic Gardens. Received
September 8, 1914.
39199. Berod. 39203. Kawoeng.
39200. I'elak. 39204. Balidjembel.
39201. Bandan. 39205. Dyalen.
39202. Glindoeran. 39206. Laradjawi.
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1914.
93
39199 to 39218— Continued.
39207.
Mamas.
39213.
Mololc.
39208.
Eowel.
39214.
Solo.
39209.
Menoer.
39215.
Rogol.
39210.
Carolina.
39216.
Walen.
39211.
Baok.
39217.
Osog.
39212.
Sarilaia.
39218.
Gondc.
39219 to 39222.
From Cuba. Presented by Mr. Juan T. Roig, botanist, Cuban Agricultural
Station, Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba. Received September 10, 1914.
Quoted notes by Mr. Roig.
39219. Copernicia glabrescens Wendland. Phoenicacese. Hat palm.
" Seeds of one of the Cuban hat palms called yarey, collected at San
Juan de la Palma, Guantanamo, Oriente, Cuba. It is used mostly for
thatching."
39220. Pereskia portulacifolia (L.) Ha worth. Cactaceae.
From Noraliche, Guantanamo, Oriente, Cuba.
39221. Sterculia carthaginensis Cavanilles. Sterculiacese.
Anacahuita.
" The most popular tree at Guantanamo. From the flowers a decoction
is made against cough. The seeds are toasted and eaten like peanuts."
Distribution. — Tropical America, extending from southern Mexico to
Brazil and naturalized in the West Indies.
39222. Spathodea campanulata Beauv. Bignoniacese.
From Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba.
See S. P. I. Nos. 9007 and 31953 for previous introductions and
description.
For an illustration of this handsome ornamental tree, see Plate VIII.
39223 to 39226. Passiflora maliformis L. Passifloracese.
Passion fruit.
From Bogota, Colombia. Presented by Mr. F. L. Rockwood, clerk of the
legation. Received September 11, 1914. Quoted notes by Mr. Rockwood.
" In my opinion, the yellow kuruba will be a valuable addition to table fruits
in the United States, for it grows in a fresh, cool climate, and it is the main
market fruit of that class here. The red kuruba is not common, and the fam-
ilies that have it think it is the best, but it is not a prolific bearer and not so
hardy. The indio [S. P. I. No. 38882], the yellow, and the red are nil more or
less of one family. A climbing vine, it covers walls, outhouses, and small build-
ings with evergreen, continually bearing fruit. The flowers are very handsome,
and it is thought to be more or less a passion flower and fruit. The surround-
ings and conditions have turned it into a market fruit."
39223. " Yellow kuruba."
39224. "Native yellow kuruba of the finest quality."
39225. "The red kuruba is the most nearly perfect in both fruit ;ind
flower and is difficult to obtain. It is highly prized by families for
decoration and table use and is not to be found on the market."
89226. " Red kuruba." See S. P. I. No. 39225.
94
SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
39927. Triticum dicoccum Schrank. Poaceae. Emmer.
From Bombay, India. Presented by Mr. Henry D. Baker, American consul,
who secured it from Mr. Frank Harrison, Bombay. Received September
11, 1914.
" Seeds of wild Kathiawar wheat, which is supposed to be the original parent
of all wheats in the world, from the district of Kathiawar, on the west coast
of India, north of Bombay, and in the Bombay Presidency." (Baker.)
"This wheat grows wild in Kathiawar, a very dry tract on the west coast of
India, north of Bombay. It is said that all wheats in existence can be traced
back to this stock and that it spread from India westward via Chaldea (Meso-
potamia) and Egypt thousands of years ago. Natives who eat this wheat
declare it is more palatable and has a better food value than any of the modern
varieties grown in India. It has great drought-resisting properties and should
do well in the arid tracts of the Southern States of America. Natives collect
this wheat in the jungle and separate it from the straw by treading, i. e.
cattle are made to walk over it in a circle until the grain is separated from
the straw. They then pass the grain through hand querns, in order to get rid
of the chaff, or husk, which is very thick. We find, however, that a rice huller
manufactured by an American firm will hull it in a most satisfactory manner."
(Harrison.)
"A variety of white spring emmer, such as is commonly grown in our North-
western States. It is interesting, however, to have the opinion of the natives
concerning it." (M. A. Carleton.)
39228 to 39260. Zea mays L. Poacese.
From Copacabana. Peru. Presented by Capt.
Received September 15, 1914.
39228.
Dark red.
39243.
39229.
Red.
39244.
39230.
Yellow.
39245.
39231.
Yellow.
39232.
Red and white banded.
39246.
39233.
Red and white varie-
39247.
gated.
39248.
39234.
Yellow.
39249.
39235.
White.
39250.
39236.
Orange endosperm.
39251.
39237.
Maroon and white
39252.
banded.
39253.
39238.
Yellow.
39254.
39239.
Cream.
39255.
39240.
Mottled yellow and
39256.
black.
39257.
39241.
Blue and white aleu-
39258.
rone.
39259.
39242.
Cream.
39260.
Corn.
James W. Tynan, Puno, Peru.
Red and white variegated.
Light variegated.
Dark red and yellow varie-
gated.
White.
Maroon and white banded.
Faint yellow.
Yellow and gray.
Red and white banded.
Yellow.
Red.
Maroon.
< (range and yellow.
Red pericarp.
Cream.
Ligbt yellow.
Red and yellow variegated.
Dark yellow,
('ream.
39261. Phvllanthus acida (L.) Skeels. Euphorbiaceae.
(Ph i/lla H-thus distichus Muell. Arg.)
From Guayaquil, Ecuador. Presented by Mr. Frederic W. Goding, American
consul general. Received September 17, 1914.
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1914.
95
39261— Continued.
" Grosella. Grows on a tree 13 feet high and 4 or 5 inches in diameter, the
branches beginning about 6 feet from the ground. The fruit grows from the
branches direct, in small clusters, entirely separated from the leaf branch. The
berry is prized very highly for jams and jellies." (Goding.)
For illustrations of the habit, fruit, and foliage of this tree as grown in
Florida, see Plates IX and X.
39262. Saccharum officinarum X ciliare. Poacese.
Sugar cane.
From Cienfuegos, Cuba. Presented by Mr. Robert M. Grey, superintendent.
Harvard Botanical Station.
" Cuttings of a hybrid cane, the result of a cross between our field sugar cane
Saccharum officinarum L. 9 and Saccharum ciliare $ (S. P. I. No. 17991.)
In carrying on my hand hybridizing work (1909) among the canes I found S.
ciliare in flower and used the pollen on one of my seedling varieties of <S. offici-
narum, which resulted in the present cross. To be sure, it has no commercial
value, as it contains but little sugar, but it may be of interest to know that the
species will cross-fertilize." (Grey.)
39263. Allium cepa L. Liliaceae.
From Valencia, Spain. Presented by Mr. Claude I.
consul. Received September 19, 1914.
Onion.
Dawson, American
39264 to 39286.
From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by Mr. T. E. Van der Stok, Chief of the
Station for Selection of Annual Crops, Botanic Garden. Received Septem-
ber S, 1914. Quoted notes by Mr. Van der Stok.
39264 to 39282. Holcus sorghum L. Poacese. Sorghum.
(Sorghum vulgare Pers.)
" Generally growing in the mountains on a very small scale."
39264.
Gandroeng keu-
39273.
Gandroeng goeiceup.
peul.
39274.
GundroeJig.
39265.
Tjantel.
39275.
Gandroeng sekocl.
39266.
Tjantel octjir.
39276.
Tjantel.
39267.
Gandroeng.
39277.
Gandroeng titinggi.
39268.
Gandroeng tarigoe
39278.
Gandroeng boerajot.
or I'adimekah.
39279.
Gandroeng bcureum.
39269.
Gandroeng djcbrag.
39280.
Gandroeng degem.
39270.
Gandroeng tjinde.
39281.
Gandroeng djabag.
39271.
Tjantel item.
39282.
Gandroeng koempaj bcureum.
39272.
Tjantel tjondro.
39283 to 39285. Chaetochloa itaeica (L.) Scribner. Poacefe. Millet.
(Setaria italica Beauv.)
"Generally growing in the mountains on a very small scale."
39283. Koenjit boentoet koctjing.
39284. Djaicawoet. 39285. Koenjit ramo koetjing.
96 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
39264 to 39286— Continued. (Quoted note by Mr. T. E. Van der
Stok.)
39286. Coix LACBYMA-JOBi L. Poacese. Job's-tears.
" Handjeli. Generally growing in the mountains on a very small
scale."
39287 to 39293.
From Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba. Presented by Mr. Juan T. Rplg,
botanist, Cuban Experiment Station. Received September 22, 1!)14.
39287 to 39290. Copernicia spp. Phcenieacea?. Palm.
39287. Copernicia macroglossa Wendland.
Jata.
39288. Copernicia hospita Martius.
Guano hediondo.
39289. Copernicia glabrescens Wendland. Hat palm.
Yarey. See S. P. I. No. 39219 for previous introduction.
39290. Copernicia hospita Martius.
Guano espinoso.
39291. Paurotis wrightii (Gris. and Wendl.) Britton.
{Copernicia tvrightii Gris. and Wendl.)
Miraguano espinoso.
" Paurotis is a monotypic genus, inhabiting swamps and hammocks
along the Chockoloskee River in southwestern Florida and Andros Island,
Bahamas (where it is called Spanish-top), and it is frequent in Cuba. '
(Britton, North American Trees, p. 1^1, 1908.)
39292. Inodes blackburniana (Glazebrook) Cook.
Palma cana.
39293. Coccothrinax miraguama (H. B. K.) Beccari.
Yuraguana.
39294. Amaranthus viridis L. Amaranthacese.
From Chosenholme, Wonsen, Chosen (Korea). Presented by Mr. C. F. S.
Bilbrough. Received September 14, 1914.
11 B yam, used as a vegetable in Burma, boiled like spinach. I do not know
if this is used or known in Europe." (Bilbrough.)
39295. Amygdalus microphtlla H. B. K. Amygdalacea?.
(Prunus microphyUa Hemsl.)
From Zacuapam, Huatusco, Vera Cruz, Mexico. Presented by Mr. C. A.
Purpus. Received September 15. 1914.
" From a shrub loaded with ripe fruits. I have opened several and found
the kernels sound as an apple, which is a great exception." (Purpus.)
39296. Cereus sp. Cactaceae. Pitahaya.
From Guatemala City. Guatemala. Presented by Mr. S. Billow. Plants re-
ceived September 25, 1914.
"The fruiting season is now over." (Billow.)
Inventor)' 4-0, Seeds and Plants Imported.
Plate IX.
Tree of Phyllanthus acida (L.) Skeels, Growing in Florida. (See S. P. I. No.
39261.)
This tree stands on the place of C. B. Douglas at Miami, Fla. The clustering of the shoots al the
end of the branches gives it the appearance of having pinnately compound leaves. The l<
are in reality simple and alternate. The tree is an at trad ive ornamental in Florida, aside from
the fact that it produces large quantities of peculiarly acid fruits. (Photographed by W ilson
Popenoe, June 23, 1915; P16366TS.)
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39297. Annona cherimola Miller. Annonacese. Cherimoya.
From Bogota, Colombia. Preseuted by Capt. H. R. Lemly, U. S. Army,
retired. Received September 19, 1914.
39298 to 39302.
From Salisbury, Rhodesia. Presented by Mr. H. Godfrey Mundy, Gov-
ernment Agriculturist and Botanist, Department of Agriculture. Re-
ceived September 21, 1914. Quoted notes by Mr. Mundy, except as other-
wise indicated.
39298. Securidaca longipedunculata Fresenius. Polygalacese.
"The Rhodesian violet tree."
"A much-branched shrub 8 to 10 feet high with violet flowers in ter-
minal racemes, found in Abyssinia, the Mozambique district, and in
Upper and Lower Guinea. The bark of this plant affords the Buaze
fiber of Zambesiland." (Oliver, Flora of Tropical Africa, vol. 1, p. 184,
1868.)
39299. Vigna sinensis (Torner) Savi. Fabacea?. Cowpea.
" Grown by the natives here."
39300. Bolusanthus speciosus (Bolus) Harms. Fabacere.
(Lonchocarpus speciosus Bolus.) Wistaria tree.
See S. P. I. No. 21S0S for previous introduction.
39301. Ci.itoria ternatea L. Fabacese.
"A blue-flowering creeper, indigenous to India."
39302. Thunbergia sp. Aeanthacere.
"A very handsome blue-flowering native Thunbergia, also a creeper."
39303. Nicotiana tabacum L. Solanaceae. Tobacco.
From Guatemala City, Guatemala. Presented by Mr. S. Billow. Received
September 17, 1914.
"A short time ago I noticed several plants growing in a little park near this
city. I secured some of the seed. I questioned the gardener in charge about
how the plants came there and he said they were volunteers; one of the
laborers stated he used the leaf for smoking, and it was very strong. As far
:\y I can tell there was no plant disease, but 1 noticed a large number of green
insects which attacked the leaves." {Billow.)
39304 to 39308.
From Ogbomosho. Nigeria. Presented by Rev. George Green, M. P.. South
ern Baptist Mission. Received September 14, 1914.
39304. Phaseoi.us sp. Fabacea1.
"Bean, grows on vines, native of Nigeria, West Africa." (Green.)
39305. Phaseoi.us lunatus L. Fabacese. Butter bean.
Native (?).
39306. Vigna sinensis (Torner) Savi. Fabacese. Cowpea.
Native black-eye pea.
39307 and 39308. Hot.cus sorghum L. Poacese. Sorghum.
(Sorghum vulgare Pers.)
71478°— 17 7
INDEX OF COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES.
Abacaxi, Ananas sativus, 3S908.
Abies spectabills, 38733.
webbiana. See Abies spectabilis.
Acacia catechu, 38991.
retinodes, 38758.
Acer sp., 38843, 38992.
hookeri, 3S734.
Acliras sapota. See Achras zapota.
zapota, 3S859.
Aconite, Aconitum spp., 38993, 38994.
Aconitum ferox, 3S993.
luridum, 38994.
Acrista monticola, 3918S.
Aegle marmelos. See Belon marmelos.
Aeria attcnuata, 39189.
Aesculns assamicus, 39102.
punduana. See Aesculus assami-
cus.
Aipini Pacara, Manihot esculenta,
38948.
Paraguay, Manihot esculenta,
3S950.
Variulo, Manihot esculenta, 3S949.
Albizzia sp., 38820, 38995.
chinensis, 38735, 39104.
odoratissima, 38996, 39103.
stipulata. See Albizzia chinensis.
Alder, Alnus ncpalensis, 38997.
Aleurites fordii, 38671.
moluccana, 38945, 38986.
triloba. See Aleurites moluccana.
Alfalfa, Medicago satira:
(Argentina), 38S64, 38865.
(Chile), 3S984.
(Russia), 38852.
(Sweden), 39157.
Allium cepa, 39263.
schoenoprasum. 3S787.
Allolcropsis eckloniana, 38766.
Alnus ncpalensis, 3S997.
Amaranth, Amaranthus spp., 39197,
39294.
Amaranthus gangeticus, 39197.
viridis, 39294.
Amoora rohituka, 38998.
Amorphophallus giganteus, 39146.
Amygdalus microphylla, 39295.
pcrsica, 38676-38678, 38680-38683.
persica nectarina, 3S679.
Anaeahuita, Stcrculia carthaginensis,
39221.
Ananas sativus, 38908.
Andropogon erianthoides, 38765.
Anemone sp., 38841.
rupicola, 38999.
Annona cherimola, 38675, 3S694, 39297.
muricata, 38762.
Apple, Mains sylvestris, 39145.
Apricot, Prunus armeniaca:
(Italy), 3S778, 3S978. .
Pelese, 38778, 3S97S.
Aralia <ininquefolia. See Pana.r quin-
quefolinm.
Araucaria araucana, 3S695.
Arbor vita?, Thuja, orientalis, 3S797,
38798, 38831.
Mien po, 38831.
Artocarpus Integra, 38S90.
Arundinaria hindsii, 38914.
ragamoicski, under 3S915.
simonii variegata, 38921.
Ash, Fraxinus floribunda, 39014, 39115.
Asparagus sp., 3SS40.
Arena sativa, 38693.
Avocado, Persea americana:
(California), 38888.
(Mexico), 39164, 39173.
Murrieta, 08SS8.
Aweoweo taro, Colocasia esculenta,
38847.
Bad, Belon marmelos, 38763, 38975,
38976.
Balanites maughamii, 39196.
99
100
SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
Balsam of Peru, Toluifera pereirac,
38977.
Balsamito, Toluifera pereirac, 3S077.
Balsamo bianco, Toluifera pereirae,
38977.
Bamboo, Arundinaria spp.; Bant bos
spp.; Phyllostachys spp.:
(Brazil), 38909-38922.
Dendroealamus hamiltonii, 38736,
39178.
(India), 38736, 39154, 39178.
Marliac's, 38920.
Sasa tcssellat,t, 38915.
Bambos sp., 38909-38911, 38916, 3S917,
38922, 39154.
aurea-striata, 38918.
erecta. See Arundinaria hindsii.
Bambusa albo-striata. See Arundi-
naria simonii rartegata.
tesscllata. See Sasa tessellata.
Banana, Musa paradisiaca sapientum,
38923-38927.
Ana, 3S923.
(Brazil), 38923-38927.
d'Agua, 38923.
Maga, 38924.
Maranhao, 38927.
Prata, 38925.
Poucos e Boas, 3S927.
Sao Thomaz, 3892G.
Banyan tree, Ficus bengalensis, 39113.
Barberry. See Berberis spp.
Barley, Hordeum spp. :
(China), 38780.
Early Black Turkestan, 38887.
Late Black Turkestan, 3S8S6.
(Mexico), 38885-3S8S7.
Orze, 39192.
(Peru), 39149-39151.
(Russia), 386S8.
Sxir, 39192.
(Tripoli). 39192.
White Turkestan, 38S85.
Bassia lafifolia. See Madhuca indica.
longifolia. See Madhuca longi-
folia.
Bauhinia purpurea, 39000.
Bean. Phaseolus sp., 39304.
butter, Phaseolus lunatus. 39305.
Jug&,Voandseia subterranea, 38985.
Tonka, Coumarottna odorala.
31)142.
Beet, Beta vulgaris, 38883.
Belou marmelos, 38763, 38975, 3*976.
Benise seed, Sesamum orientate, 39171.
Berberis sp, 38811. 39001.
nepalensis, 3910a.
Beta vulgaris, 3X883.
Betula cylindrostachya, 39002.
Birch, Betula cylindrostachya, 39002.
Bittersweet, Celastrus angulatus,
38836.
Bluffla eckloniana. See Alloteropsis
eckloniana.
Bolusanthus speciosus, 39300.
Boschniakia himalaica, 39003.
Box, Eucalyptus bicolor, 38710.
bastard, 38710.
black, 38710.
red, 38722.
yellow, 38710.
Brachychiton acerifolium, 38979.
lurid urn, 38980.
Brassica alba, 38689.
napiformis, 38783.
pekinensis, 38782.
Bread-nut tree, Piratinoa aticastrum,
3S668.
Brosimum alicastrum. See Piratinera
alicastrum.
Burra murra, Syncarpia glomulifera,
38731.
Bush cherry. Prunus tomentosa, 38856.
Butterfly pea, CUtoria ternatea, 38987.
Byam, Amaranthus viridis, 39291.
Cabbage, Chinese, Brassica pekinensis,
38782.
turnip-rooted, Chinese, Brassica
na pi form is, :\x~x'.\.
Cacsalpinia bonducella. See Ouil-
andina bonduc.
Calabasse d'Amerique, Kigclia pin-
na ta, 3S698.
Calathea lutea, 39190.
Cape-gooseberry, Physalis peruviana,
39179.
Capim Angolinha, EriocJUoa subglabra,
38892.
cayana, Panicum sp.. 38946.
Capsicum annuum, 3S788.
Cardinal's-cap. See Euonymus sp.
Caragana sp., 38824.
Carica quercifolia. INX.IO.
Carrot, Daucus carota, 38786.
Hung t'iao lo po, 387S6.
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1914.
101
Cassava, Manihot esculenta:
Aipim Pacara, 38948.
Paraguay, 38950.
Varudo, 38949.
Aparecida, 38952.
Babu Branca, 38960.
Babu Preto, 3S962.
(Brazil), 3S947-3S9GS.
Concepcion, 388G1.
Crioulinbo, 389G5.
Gamadura, 38951.
Gravatao, 38968. '
Itaparica, 38966.
Itapicuru, 3S956.
Bandy, 38953.
Mandio Yeruti. See under 38857.
Mandlo Concepcion. See under
38857.
Mangue, 38967.
Milagrosa, 38958.
Mulatinho, 3S947.
(Paraguay), 3S861.
Prato Cheio, 38955.
Rio de Janeiro, 38964.
Sao Pedro Branca, 38959.
, Saraeura, 38957.
Tutano, 38963.
Vassoura, 38954.
Vassoura Molle, 38961.
Yeruti, 38857.
Castor bean, Ricinus communis, 39156.
Catechu, Acacia catechu, 38901.
Cedar, East African, Juniperus pro-
cera, 39185.
Cedrela sinensis. See Toona sinensis.
Celastrus angulatus, 38836.
Celtis sinensis, 38822.
Cerastium sp., 39004.
Cereus sp., 39296.
Ghaenomeles lagenaria cathayensis,
38795.
Chaerophyllum villosnm, 39005.
Chaetochloa aurea, 38773.
italica, 39283-39285.
lindenbergiana, 38774.
nigrirostris, 38775.
sulcata, 38776.
Ch'ang la chiao, Capsicum annuum,
38788.
Cheriinoya, Annona cherimola:
(Australia), 38675.
(Colombia), 39297.
(Mexico), 38694.
Cherry, black, Prunus salicifolia,
3S684.
bush, Primus tomentosa, 38856.
(China), 38856.
(India), 39121.
(Italy), 39175.
Marasca grossa di Firenze, Prunus
avium, 39175.
(Peru), 38684.
Sargent's, Prunus serrulata sacha-
linensis, 38761.
Sua n t'ao, Prunus tomentosa,
38856.
Suan ying t'ao, Prunus tomentosa,
38856.
Chili pepper, Capsicum annuum, 38788.
Chin ts'ai tzn, Allium schocnoprasum,
38787.
Chives, Allium schocnoprasum, 38787.
Chiu ts'ai tzu, 38787.
Chloris virgata, 39177.
Chrysanthemum atkinsoni, 39006.
Citrus, sp., 3S932, 38938-38940.
angulatus. See Merope angulata.
limetta, 3S931, 38933.
nobilis deliciosa, 38941, 38942.
sinensis, 3S92S-38930, 3S934-3S937.
Claiiccna lansium, 38708, 39176.
Clausena icampi. See Claucena lansium.
Clematis sp., 38S18.
Montana, 39007.
zeylanica, 39027.
Clitoria tcrnatca, 3S987, 39301.
Clover, Trifolium subterraneum, 3S9S3.
Coccothrinax miraguama, 39293.
Cocvulus sp., 3S83S.
Coix lacryma-jobi, 38876, 3S8S0, 39286.
lacryma-jobi gigu n U a . ,'!ss(>8, 38869.
ma-yuen, 38871-3S874, 3S877-
38879.
stenocarpa, 38870, 38875.
Colocasia esculenta. 3S756, 38847-
38849.
Cooburn, Eucalyptus hicolor. 3S710.
Copcrnicia glabrcsccns, 39219, 392S9.
hospita. 392SS, 3!»2!M).
imnroglossa, 39287.
wrightii. See I'aurotis wrightii.
Corn, Zea mays:
(Chin;.). 38789 wsiwi. 39158-
39162.
Cinquantino, 38690, 38691.
102
SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
Corn — Continued.
Hui yii mi, 3S790.
Perl, 38691.
(Peru), 39228-39260.
(Russia), 38690, 38691.
Tsa jih pen yii mi, 38792.
Tzu yii mi, 38791.
Wu yiieh hsien yii mi, 38789.
Corylus ferox, 39106.
Cotoneaster frigida, 38760.
microphylla, 39008.
Cotton, Gossypium spp. :
Kidney, 391 53.
Mit Ann, 39147.
(Northern Nigeria), 39172.
(Peru), 39147.
(Philippine Islands), 39153.
Coumarouna odorata, 39142.
Cowpea, Yiijna sinensis, 39143, 39299,
39306.
Cracca Candida, 39107.
Crataegus sp., 38S44.
pinnatifida, 38796.
Cremanthodium oblongatum, 39009.
Cucurbita pepo, 38884.
Cu-mot-tu-nhien, Stephanie rotunda,
39084.
Daucus carota, 38786.
Dcndrocalamus hamiltonii, 38736,
39178.
Desmodium floribunduin. See Mei-
bomia floribunda.
tiliac folium. See Meibomia
tiliaefolia.
Dicentra thalictrifolia, 39108.
Dillenia pentagynn, 39109.
Diospyros kaki, 3S793.
macrophylla, 39174.
Diptcryx odorata. See Coumarouna
odorata.
Elaeocarpus sikkimensis, 39110.
EWioltzia stauntoni, 38819.
Kinmer, Triticum dienccum, .'59227.
Eragrostis curvula, 38767.
poa, 38768.
Erianthus fulvus. See E. ruflpilus.
ru/ipilus, 39010.
Erigeron multiradiatus, 39012.
Eriobotrya petiolata, 39111.
I "i iochloa subglabra, 38892.
Erythrina arborescens, 39013, 39112.
E8callonia pterocladon, 38759.
Eucalyptus alpina, .''.S709.
amygdalina, 38723.
bicolor, 387 L0.
citriodora, 38711.
cladocalyx, 38713.
corynocalyx. See Eucalyptus
cladocalyx.
globulus, 38715.
gomphocephala, 38717.
goniocalyx, 38716.
leucoxylon, 38718.
longirostris, 38725.
macrorhyncha, 38719.
muelleriana, 38730.
obliqua, 38720.
pauciflora, 38712.
piperita, 38721.
polyanthemos, 38722.
resinifcra, 3S724.
rostrata. See Eucalyptus longi-
rostris.
sideroxylon, 38726.
tercticornis, 3S728.
viminalis, 38714, 38729.
virgata, 38727.
Euonymus sp., 38833-38835.
Exochorda grandiflora. See Exo-
chorda racemosa.
racemosa, 3S817.
Fan palm, Livistona muelleri, 38667.
Feijoa macrocarpa. See under 38970.
sellouriana, 3S970.
Feronia lucida. See Feroniella lueidu.
Feroniella lucida, 38860.
Ficus bengalensis, 39113.
hookcri, 39114.
Fimgerhuthia africana, 38709.
Fir, Abies spectabilis, 3S733.
Flame tree, Brachycliiton acerifolium.
38979.
Flax. Lin ii in spp., 38971-3S973.
Fraxinus floribunda, 39U14, 39115.
Garri, Cotoneaster microphylla, 3900S.
Oarugandra amorphoides. See Ole-
ditsia amorphoidi s.
Oaultln tin nuinmularinides, 39015.
Gentian, Gen tin mi tubiflora, 39016.
Qentiama tubiflora, .">(.K)16.
Geranium, Pelargonium sp., 39195.
Gerbera kunzeana, 39017.
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103
Ginseng, Panax quinqucfolium, 38742- ■
38751.
(China), 38742-38751.
Gleditsia amorphoides, 38851.
sinensis, 38800-38802.
Glycine Kispida. See Soja max.
Gossypium sp., 39153, 39172.
barbadense, 39147.
Gourd, Trichosanthes kirilowii, 38842.
Grape, Yitis tiliaefolia, 38S53.
(Cuba), 38853.
Grass, Alloteropsis eckloniana, 38766.
Australian Rhodes, Chloris vir-
gata, 39177.
Capim Angolinha, 38892.
eayana, 38946.
Eragrostis curvula, 38767.
Eragrostis poa, 38768.
Fingcrhuthia africana, 38769.
Ischaemum glaucostachyum,
38770.
Johnson, 38670.
M'fufu, Pennisetum macrourum,
39167.
Napier's fodder, Pennisetum
schimperi, 39166.
Satin-top, Andropogon erianthoi-
des, 38765.
Grosella, Phyllanthus acida, 39261.
Guanabana, Annona muricata, 3S762.
Guano espinoso, Copernicia hospita,
39290.
hediondo, Copernicia hospita,
39288.
Guapinol. Hymenaea courbaril, 3S862.
Guava, Psidium cattleianum, 3S757.
Psidium araca, 38944.
(Brazil), 38944.
(California), 38757.
Guilandina bonduc, 3SS91.
Guinea corn, Holcus sorghum, 39170.
grass, Panicum maximum, 38771.
Gum, alpine, Eucalyptus alpina, 38709.
blue. Eucalyptus globulus, 3.8715.
flooded, Eucalyptus tcrcticomis,
38728.
gray, Eucalyptus bicolor, 38710.
lemon scented, Eucalyptus citrio-
dora, 38711.
manna, Eucalyptus viminalis,
38714, 38729.
mountain spotted, Eucalyptus
goniocalyx, 38716.
Gum — Continued.
peppermint, Eucalyptus amygda-
lina, 38723.
red, Eucalyptus longirostris, 38725.
spotted, Eucalyptus goniocalyx,
38716.
slaty, Eucalyptus bicolor, 38710.
sugar, Eucalyptus cladocalyx,
38713.
white, Eucalyptus pauciflora,
38712.
Gynura angulosa, 39018.
nepalensis, 39116.
Hackberry, Celtis sinensis, 38822.
Handjeli, Coix lacryma-jobi, 39286.
Hat palm, Copernicia glabrescens,
39219, 39289.
Hat tree, Brachychiton luridum, 38980.
Hawthorn, Crataegus spp., 38796,
38S44.
Hibiscus radio t us, 3S666.
Holcus halepensis, 38670.
sorghum, 39170. 39184, 39264-
392S2, 39307, 39308.
sorghum verticilliflorus, 38S66.
Honeysuckle. See Lonicera spp.
Hordcum distichon nutans, 386S8.
vulgare, 3S7S0, 39149-39151, 39192.
nigrum, 38886, 38887.
pallidum, 3S885.
Hsiang ch'un shu, Toona sinensis,
38805.
tsao, Ziziphus jujuba, 39194.
ya tsao chio, Gleditsia sinensis,
38S02.
Hsiieh po, Junipcrus chinensis, 38803.
Hui yii mi, Zea mays, 3S790.
Hung t'iao lo po, Daucus carota, .'58786.
Hydrangea bretacJmeideri, 38812.
Hymenaea courbaril, 3S862.
Hymenodictyon excelsum, 30094.
Hyophorbc amaricaulis, 38697.
Hypericum cernuum. See Hypericum
oblongifoliuni.
oblongifolium, ::;H17.
pa tul urn, 3!) 118.
Ilex paraguariensis, 3S858.
Imboombn, Vigna sinensis, 39143.
Indigofera dosua, 39119.
Inodfx hlnekburniana, 3'J2921
Iris clarkei, 39019.
104
SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
Ironbark, red, Eucalyptus sideroxylon,
3872G.
white, Eucalyptus leucoxylon,
38718.
Ischaemum glaucostachyum, 38770.
Jack fruit, Artocarpus Integra, 38890.
Jasmine, Jasminum spp. :
(China), 38826.
(India), 39120.
Jasminum sp., 38826.
lui mile, 39120.
.Tata, Copernicia macroglossa, 39287.
Job's-tears, Coix lacryma-jobi, 38SGS-
38S80, 392S6.
Johnson grass, Holcus halepensis,
3S670.
Juga bean, Voandzeia subterranea,
3S985.
Jujube, Ziziphus jujuba, 39194.
Hsiang tsao, 39194.
Ta yuan tsao, 39194.
Juncus grisebachii, 39020.
Juniper. Juniperus spp.
Hsiieh po, 38803.
Juniperus chinensis, 38803, 38804.
procera, 391S5.
Kai koi o Ewa, Colocasia csculenta,
38756.
Kala-siris, Albiszia chinensis, 3S735.
Keokeo taro, Colocasia csculenta,
38S48.
Khariz luiii, Cotoneaster microphylla,
39008.
Kigelia pinnata, 3SG9S.
Kino eucalypt, Eucalyptus resinifcra,
38724.
Kitjallung, Diospyros macrophylla,
39174.
Kolkiritzia a>iiahilis, ^8832.
Kua lii. Trichosanthes kirilowii, 38842.
Kuruba amarilla, Passiflora mail-
I nnn is, 38881, 39223, 39224.
indio, Passiflora maliformis, 3SSS2.
red, Passiflora maliformis, 39225,
39226.
Lactuca sativa, 3S9SS.
Lal-s;i.ic, Amaranthus yatiyeticus, 39197.
Laranja africana, Citrus sp., 38938.
cravo, Citrus nobilis deliciosa,
38942.
Laranja — Continued.
lima, Citrus sp., 38932.
selecta, Citrus sinensis, 38936.
selecta de umbigo, Citrus sinensis,
3S928.
tauja, Citrus sp., 38939.
Laurocerasus acuminata, 39121.
Lemon, sweet, Citrus sp., 38940.
Lespedcza sp., 38808, 38809.
Lettuce, Lactuca sativa, 3S9S8.
Ligustrum quihoui, 38807.
Lilac, Syringa spp.
Lima doce, Citrus limetta, 3S931.
Limao doce, Citrus sp., 3S940.
Lime (Brazil), 38931, 38933.
sweet, Citrus limetta, 38931,
38933.
Lime orange, Citrus sp., 3S932.
Linden. Tilia mongolica, 38S10.
Mi tuan shu, 3SS10.
Linoma alba, 3869G.
Linum yrandiftorum var. ' rubrum,
38972.
perennc var. album, 3S971.
usita tissim u m , 38973.
Litclii chinensis, 3S779.
Livistona mucllcri, 3S667.
Llume palm, Aeria attenuata, 39189.
Lonchocarpus speciosus. See Bolusan-
thus speciosus.
Lonicera sp., 3S815. 3SS16.
periclymenum, 3SS14.
Lubi lubi, Osmelia sp. (?), 3S7G4.
Lucerne, Bla, Medicago sativa, 39157.
Lumbang, Aleurites moluccana, 3S945,
3S986.
Lupine, Lupinus pilosus, 39198.
Lupinus pilosus, 3919S.
Macadamia ternifolia, 39144.
Machewere, Pennisetum glaucum,
38GG9.
Madhuca indica, 39182.
longifolia, 39183.
Mahogany, red. Eucalyptus resinifcra,
38721.
Mahwa, Madhuca spp., 391S2, 39183.
Mallotus sp., 39021.
nepalensis, 39122.
Mains si/ 1 vest ris, 39145.
Mandioca, Manihot csculenta, 3SS57,
3S8G1, 38947-389GS.
Mangifera indica, 3S981, 38982, 39155.
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105
Mango, Mangifera indica, 38981, 38982,
39155.
(Cuba), 38981, 38982.
(Liberia), 39155.
Luisa, 38981.
Manihot esculenta, 38857, 38S61, 3S947-
38968.
utilissima. See Manihot esculenta.
Maple, Acer spp., 38734, 38S43, 3S992.
Mcconopsis loallichii, 39022.
Medicago sativa, 38852, 388G4, 388G5,
38984, 39157.
Mcibomia floribunda, 39123.
1 iliac folia, 39023, 39124.
Melilotus parviflora, 38864, 38865.
Merope angulata, 39168.
M'fufu grass, Pennisetum macrourum,
39167.
Mi tuan shu, Tilia tnongolica, 38810.
Michclia sp., 39025.
eathcartii, 39125.
lanuginosa, 39024.
Mien po, Thuja orientalis, 38831.
Millet, Chaetochloa italica, 39283-
39285.
(Belgian Congo), 38732.
Djawawoet, 39284.
(Java), 39283-39285.
Koenjit boentoet koetjing, 39283.
Koenjit ramo koetjing, 39285.
Macbewere, 3S669.
(Nyassaland), 38669.
pearl, Pennisetum glaucum, 38669,
38732.
Miraguano espinoso, Paurotis wrightii,
39291.
Monachne subglabra. See Eriochloa
sub glabra.
Mountain sorrel, Oxyria digyna, 39029.
Morus sp., 39096.
Mucuna sp., 39026.
Musa paradisiaca sapientum, 38923-
38927.
Mustard, yellow, Brassica alba, 3S6S9.
Myroxylon pcreirae. See Toluifera
pereirae.
Napier's fodder grass, Pennisetum
schimperi, 39166.
Naravelia zeylanica. See Clematis
zeylanica.
Navel orange, Citrus sinensis, 38928-
38930, 38934, 38935.
Nectarine, Amygdalus persica necta-
rina, 38679.
Nephclium litchi. See Litchi chinen-
sis.
Nicandra physaloidcs. See Penta-
gonia physalodes.
Nicotiana tabacum, 39163, 39303.
Nyssa sessiliflora, 38737.
Oak, Quercus sp., 38738.
Oats, Arena sativa, 3S693.
Ochroma lagopus, 38S54.
Onion, Allium cepa, 39263.
Ophiopogon intermedins, 39028.
japonictis, 38781, 38839.
Opuntia sp., 38705.
cafayatensis, 38702.
camuessa, 38703.
decumana, 38701.
ficus-indiea costaricensis, 38700.
gymnocarpa, 38702, 3S706.
robust a larreyi, 3S704.
spinulifera, 38699.
streptacantha, 38707.
Orange (Brazil), 38928-3S930, 3S932,
38934-38937.
laranja lima, 3S932.
laranja selecta, 38936.
laranja selecta de umbigo, 38928.
lime, 3S932.
navel. Citrus sinensis, 38928-
38930, 38934, 38935.
Orchid tree, Bauhinia purpurea, 39000.
Oryza sativa, 38685, 3S686, 38752-
38755, 38845, 38846, 38867, 39148,
39199-39218.
Osbeckia stellata, 39126.
Osmelia sp. (?), 38764.
Oxyria digyna, 39029.
Oxyspora paniculata, 39093.
Paederia foetida, 38837.
Pai ts'ai, Brassica pekinensis, 3S782.
Palm, Acrista monticola, 39188.
Aeria at I en u at a, 391S9.
(Australia), 38667.
Coccothrinax miraguama, 39293.
Copcrnivia glabrescens, 39219,
39289.
Copernicia hospita, 39288, 39290
(Cuba), 39219, 392S7-39203.
Fan, Livistona muelleri, 38667.
Guano espinoso, Copernicia hos-
pita, 39290.
106
SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
Palm — Continued.
Guano hediondo, Copemicia hos-
pita, 39288.
hat, Copemicia glabrescens, 39219,
39289.
Hyophorbe aniaricaulis, 38697.
(India), 38739, 39140.
Inodes blackbumiana , 39292.
Jata, Copemicia macroglossa,
39287.
Linoma alba, 38696.
Mascarene cabbage, 3S696.
Llume, Aeria attenuata, 39189.
(Mauritius), 38672, 38673, 38696,
38697.
Miraguano espinoso, Paurotis
wrightii, 39291.
Palma cana, Inodes blackbumi-
ana, 39292.
Paurotis icrightii, 39291.
Phoenicophorium borsigia num,
38673.
(Porto Rico), 39188, 39189.
Roscheria melanochoetes, 38672.
Trachycarpus martiana, 38739,
39140.
Yarey, 39219, 392S9.
Yuraguana. Coccothrinax mira-
guama, 39293.
Palma cana, Inodes blackbumiana,
39292.
Palma de Sierra, Acrista monticola,
39188.
Pampano, Calathea lutea, 39190.
Panax quinquefolium, 3S742-38751.
Panicum sp. (?), 3S946.
maximum, 38771.
nigropedatum, 38772.
Parnassia sp., 39030.
Passiflora foetida, 38989.
maliformis, 38881, 38882, 39223-
39226.
Passion fruit, Passiflora spp. :
kuruba amarilla, 3SS81, 39223,
39224.
kuruba indio, 38882.
Pauloumia fortunei, 3S806.
Paurotis uyrightii, 39291.
Pea, butterfly, Clitorir tcmatea, 38987.
Peach, Amygdalus persica.
Doncietltas, 38677.
(Peru), 38676-38678, 38680-38683.
Pear, Pyrus sp., 38799.
Pyrus chinensis, 38794.
(China), 38794.
T'ang li, 38799.
Pedicularis clarkei, 39031.
flexuosa, 39032.
luchnoglossa, 39033.
longiflora, 39034.
megalantha, 39035.
mollis, 39036.
schizorrhyncha, 39037.
Pehuen, Araucaria araucana, 38695.
Pelargonium sp.. 39195.
Pennisctum glaucum, 38669, 38732.
macrourum, 39167.
schimperi, 39166.
typhoideum. See Pennisetum
glaucum.
Pentagonia pltysalodcs, 39038.
Pepper, red, Capsicum annuum, 38788.
Ch'ang la chiao, 38788.
Pepper bush, Chinese, Zanthoxylum
alatum, 3S825.
Pereskia portulacifolia, 39220.
Persea americana, 38S88, 39164, 39173.
gratissima. See Persea ameri-
cana.
Persimmon, Diospyros spp.:
(China), 38793.
(Java), 39174.
Pe-tsai, Brassica pekinensis, 3S782.
Phaseolus sp., 39304.
lu nut us, 39305.
Phoenicophorium horsigianum, 3S673.
Phot in ia intcgrifolia, 39039.
Phyllanthus acida, 39261.
distichus. See Phyllanthus acida.
Phyllostachys a urea, 3S919.
bambusoides marliavca, 38920.
marliacea. See Phyllostachys bam-
busoides marliacea.
nigra. See Phyllostachus puberula
nigra.
puberula nigra, 3S913.
quilioi marliacea. See Phyllo-
stachys bambusoides marliacea.
sulfurea, 3S912.
viridi-glaucescens, under 38920.
Physalis peruviana, 39179.
Picea morinda. See Picea smithiana.
smithiana, 39040.
Picrorhiza kurroa. 39041.
Pieris villosa, 39127.
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Pineapple, Ananas sativus, 38908.
Piptadenia oudhensis, 39042.
Piptanthus nepalensis, 39043, 39128.
Piratinera alicastrum, 3S668.
Pitahaya, Cereus sp., 39296.
Pittosporum floribundum, 39044, 39129.
Plagianthus betulinus, 3S969.
Pleurospermum apiolens, 39045.
brunonis, 39046.
hookeri, 39047.
Plum, Prunus umbellata, 38974.
Pollinia cumingiana. See Pollinia
fulva.
fulva, 39011.
Polygonum vaccinifolium, 39048.
Potato, Solatium tuberosum, 38777.
Poupartia axillaris, 39083, 39136.
fordii. See Poupartia axillaris.
Prickly - pear, Opuntia spp., 38699-
38707.
Privet, Ligustrum quihoui, 38807.
Tung ch'lng chin, 38807.
Prunus acuminata. See Laurocerasus
acuminata.
armeniaca, 38778, 38978.
avium, 39175.
microphylla. See Amygdalus mi-
crophylla.
persica. See Amygdalus persica.
salicifolia, 38684.
sargentii. See Prunus serrulata
sachalinensis.
serrulata sachalinensis, 38761.
tomentosa, 38856.
umbellata, 38974.
Psidium araca, 38944.
cattleianum var. lucidum, 387f>7.
Pumpkin, Cucurbita pepo, 38884.
Pyrus sp., 38799.
cathayensis. See Chacnomeles
lagenaria cathayensis.
chinensis, 38794.
insignis. See Sorbus insignia.
microphylla. See Sorbus micro-
phylla.
vestita. See Sorbus cuspidata.
Queensland nut, Macadamia ternifolia,
39144.
Quercus sp., 38738.
Quince, Chaenomeles lagenaria cath-
ayensis, 38795.
Radish, Raphanus sativus, 38784,
38785.
Chinese early summer, 38785.
Chinese winter, 38784.
T'ieh hung tan lo po, 38784.
Yeh chi hung shui lo po, 38785.
Raphanus sativus, 38784, 38785.
Raspberry, Rubits spp.
(India), 39130-39132, 39169.
(Mauritius), 39187.
Yellow fruited, 39187.
Rheum acuminatum, 39049.
nob He, 39050.
Rhodes grass, Australian, Chloris vir-
gata, 39177.
Rhodesiau violet tree, Securidaca
longipeduneulata, 39298.
Rhododendron anthopogon, 39051.
arboreum, 39052, 39054.
arboreum campbelliae, 39053.
barbatum, 39055.
camelliaeflorum, 39056.
campanulatum, 39057.
catnpylocarpum, 39058.
ciliatum, 39059.
cinnabarinum. See Rhododendron
roylei.
dalhousiae, 39061.
falconer i, 39062.
fulgens, 39063.
grande, 39064.
lanatum, 39065.
lepidotum, 39066.
roylei, 39060.
setosum, 39067.
wightii, 39068.
Rhubarb. See Rheum spp.
Ribbon wood, Plagianthus betulinus,
38969.
Rici", Oryza sativa:
Amonquili, 38845.
Balidjembel, 39204.
Baok, 39211.
Benlloch, 366S5, 38686, 38846.
Berod, 39199.
Carolina, 3914S, 39210.
Dhundhari, 38753.
Dyalen, 39205.
Glindoeran, 39202.
Gonde, 39218.
(India ) , 3S752-38755.
(Java), 39199-39218.
Kalojira, 38752.
108
SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED,
Rice — Continued.
Karnod, 38755.
Kawoeng, 39203.
Kowel, 39208.
Laradjawi, 39206.
Mamas, 39207.
Menoer, 39209.
Molok, 39213.
Nakerijea, 38754.
Osog, 39217.
Pandan. 39201.
Pelak, 39200.
(Peru), 39148.
Rogol, 39215.
Saloniki, 3SS67.
Sari lain. 39212.
Solo, 39214.
(Spain), 38685, 38686, 38845,
38846.
(Turkey), 38867.
Walen, 39216.
R iriii us communis, 39156.
Rollinia mucosa, 38674.
sieberi. See Rollinia mucosa.
Rosa sp., 38821.
abyssinica, 3918C.
multiflora cathayensis, 38823.
Rose. See Rosa spp.
Roscheria melanochoetes, 38672.
Rubus sp., 39069, 39180, 39181.
elUpticus, 39169.
niveus Thunb., 39130.
niveus Wall. See Rubus pedun-
culosus.
paniculatus, 39132.
pcdunculosus, 39131.
rosaefolius, 39187.
Rye, Secale cereal, 38692.
(Russia), 3S692.
Saccharum offlcinarum, 38893-3S907,
39165.
X cUiare, 39262.
Salte sp., 39071. 39191.
tetrasperma, 39070.
Sapodilla, Aehras zapota, 38859.
Sasa tessellata, 38915.
Sau, Albizzia chinensis, 38735.
Sausage tree, Kigelia pimnata, 38698.
snussurea sp., 39073.
deltoidea, 39072.
Saxifraga sp., 38855.
purpurascens, 39074.
Saxifrage. See Saxifraga spp.
Secale ccrcale, 38692.
Securidaca longipcdunculata, 39298.
Sedum asmticum, 39075.
roscum, 39076.
Selinum tenuifolium, 39077.
Senecio sp.. 39081.
densiftorus. See Senecio uncinel-
lus.
diversifolius. See Senecio raph-
anif alius.
raphanifolius, 39079.
scandens, 39080.
uncinellus, 39078.
Sesame, Scsamum orientate, 39171.
Sesamum indicum. See Sesamum
orientate.
orientate, 39171.
Setaria aurea. See Chaetochloa
aurea.
italica. See Chaetochloa italica.
lindenbergiana. See Chaetochloa
lindenbergiana.
nigrirostris. See Chaetochloa
nigrirostris.
sulcata. See Chaetochloa sulcata.
Silk-flower tree, Albizzia sp., 38820.
Smilax vaginata, 38827.
Soap bean, Gleditsia sinensis, 38800-
38802.
Hsiang ya tsao chio, 3SS02.
Tsao ehio, 38800.
Soja max, 38990.
Solatium tuberosum. 38777.
Sorbns cuspidata, 39133.
insignis, 39082, 39134.
microphylla, 39135.
Sorghum, Holcus spp. :
i Brazil), 3S670.
Gandroem djebrag, 39269,
<;androeng, 39267, 39274.
beureum, 39279.
boerajot. 39278.
(legem, 39280.
djabag, 39281.
goeweup, 39273.
keupeul, 39264.
koempaj beureum, 392S2.
sekoel, 39275.
tarigoe, 39268.
tfttnggi, 39277.
tjinde, 39270.
Guinea corn, 39170.
JULf 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1914.
109
Sorghum — Continued.
(Java), 39264-39282.
(Nigeria), 39170, 39307, 39308.
Padimekah, 39268.
(Seychelles Islands), 39184.
Tjantel, 39265, 39276.
item, 39271.
oetjir, 39266.
tjondro, 39272.
(Union of South Africa), 38866.
Sorghum vulgare. See Holcus sorghum.
Soy bean, Soja max, 38990.
Spathodea campanulata, 39222.
Spondias sp., 38943.
Ssfi chi hai fang, Saxifraga sp., 3SS55.
Staehys sericea, 39101.
Stephania rotunda, 39084.
Sterculia acerifolia. See Brachychiton
acerifolium.
earthaginensis, 39221.
lurida. See Brachychiton luridum.
Stevensonia grandifolia. See Phoeni-
cophorium borsigianum.
Stizolobium sp., 38863.
Stringy bark, Eucalyptus obliqua,
38720.
peppermint, Eucalyptus piperita,
38721.
Victoria, Eucalyptus macrorhyn-
cha, 38719.
yellow, Eucalyptus muelleriana,
38730.
Styrax hookcri, 39137.
Suan t'ao, Prunus tomentosa. 38856.
ying t'ao, Prunus tomentosa, 38856.
Sugar cane, Saccharum spp. :
(Australia), 39165.
(Brazil), 38893-38907.
Cayana, 38893-38906.
(Cuba), 39262.
Manteiga, 38907.
Quacsofoca, 39165.
Sycamore, Brachychiton luridum,
38980.
Symplocos thcacfolia, 39138.
Syncarpia glomulifera, 38731.
laurifolia. See Syncarpia glomu-
lifera.
Syringa sp., 38829.
amurensis, 38828.
villosa, 38830.
Ta pai ts'ai, Brassica pekinensis, 3S7S2.
Ta yuan tsao, Ziziphus jnjuba, 39194.
Talauma hodgsoni, 39139.
T'ang li, Pyrus sp., 38799.
Tangerine, Citrus nobilis deliciosa,
38941, 38942.
Taro, jColoca sin csculcnta, 38"50, 38847-
" 38849.
Aweoweo, 38847.
(Hawaii), 38756, 38847-38849.
Kai koi o Ewa, 38756.
Keokeo, 38S48.
Ulaula, 38849.
Tephrosia Candida. See Cracca Can-
dida.
Terminalia tomentosa, 38740.
Thalictrum foliolosum, 39085.
Thuja orientalis, 38797, 38798, 3S831.
Thunbcrgia sp., 39302.
T'ieh hung tan lo po, Raphanus sa-
tivus, 3S784.
Tilia mongolica, 3S810.
Tobacco, Nicotiana tabacum, 39163.
39303.
Toluifcra pcreirae, 38977.
Tonka bean, Coumarouna odorata,
39142.
Tooart tree, Eucalyptus gompho-
cephala, 38717.
Toona sinensis, 38805.
Trach year pus martiana, 38739, 39140.
Traehydium obtusiusculum, 390S6.
Trebol de olor, Melilotus parviflora,
38864, 38S65.
Trichosanthcs kiriloicii, 38842.
Trifolium subtcrraneum, 389S3.
Tritieum acstivum, 38687. 38889,39152,
39193.
dicoccum. 39227.
vulgare. See Tritieum aestivum.
Tsa jib pen yii mi, Zea mays, 387!>U.
Tsao, Ziziphus jujuba, 39194.
Tsao chio, Gleditsia sinensis, 38800.
Tung ch'ing cliih, IAgustrum quihoui,
38807.
Tung tree, Aleurites fordii, 38071.
Turnip-rooted Chinese cabbage, 38783.
Turpentine tree, Syncarpia glomuli-
fera. 3S731.
Tzu yii mi, Zea mays, 3S791.
Ulaula taro, Colocasia sp.. 38849.
Undetermined. 3S741, 39087-39092,
39097-39100.
110
SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
Vaccinium glauco-album, 39141.
Ventilago sp., 39095.
Viburnum sp., 38813.
Vigna sinensis, 39143, 39299. 39306.
Vitis caribaea. See Vitis tiliaefolia.
tiliaefolia, 38853. ^
Voandzeia subterranea, 38985.
Wampi, Clauccna lansium, 38708,
39176.
Wheat, Triticum spp. :
Candeal, 39152.
(England), 39193.
Kathiawar, wild, 39227.
(Mexico), 38889.
(Philippine Islands), 39152.
Rivett's Red, 39193.
(Russia), 38687.
Spanish Zarraceno, 39152.
Turkestan, 38889.
wild Kathiawar, 39227.
Willow, Salix spp.
Wirilda, Acacia retinodcs, 38758.
Wistaria tree, Bolusu-nthus speciosus,
39300.
Wu yiieh hsien yii mi, Zea mays, 38789.
Yarey, Copernicia glabrcscem, 39219,
39289.
Yeh chi hung shui lo po, Eaphanus
sativus, 38785.
Yerba mate, Ilex paraguariensis,
38858.
Yuraguana, Coccothrinax miraguama,
39293.
Zanthoxylum alatum, 38825.
Zea mays, 38690, 38691, 38789-38792,
39158-39162, 39228-39260.
Ziziphus jujuba, 39194.
sativa. See Ziziphus jujuba.
o
Issued Dee&mber 29, 1917.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. :
BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY.
WILLIAM A. TAYLOR, Chief of Bureau.
INVENTORY
OF
SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED
BY THE
OFFICE OF FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT INTRODUCTION
DURING THE PERIOD FROM OCTOBER 1
TO DECEMBER 31, 1914.
(No. 41; Noa. 39309 to 39681.)
WASHINGTON:
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.
1917.
issued December 2'j, lyir.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY.
WILLIAM A. TAYLOR, Chief of Bureau.
INVENTORY
OF
SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED
BY THE
OFFICE OF FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT INTRODUCTION
DURING THE PERIOD FROM OCTOBER 1
TO DECEMBER 31, 1914.
(No. 41; Nos. 39309 to 39681.)
WASHINGTON:
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.
1917.
INVENTORY OF SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED
BY THE OFEICE OE FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT
INTRODUCTION DURING THE PERIOD FROM OC-
TOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1914 (NO. 41; NOS.
39:109 TO 39681): .
INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT.
Although a small one, this inventory contains descriptions of soma
very interesting new material.
A low-growing creeping legume (Dolichos hosei, the Sarawak
bean), which keeps down the weeds successfully in rubber planta-
tions in the Malay States and should be of value in citrus orchards
in Florida (S. P. I. No. 39335), and a wild prostrate form of alfalfa
from the mountains between Hotien, Honan, and Luanfu, Shansi,
China, will interest those experimenting with forage and cover
crops (S. P. I. No. 39426).
The Rosa odorata gigantea (S. P. I. No. 39593), a giant among
the roses from the Himalayas, with white flowers G inches across
and a more rampant growth than the Cherokee rose and which lias
already shown that it will cross on other roses, ought to open the
way for a new race of climbing roses in the South.
Eight varieties of sweet potato from the Cuba Experiment Sta-
tion (S. P. I. Nos. 39610 to 39617), among them a prize winner of
the Camaguey exhibition, will be wanted for trial by southern sta-
tions, and the wild tomato of Funchal (S. P. I. No. 39362), intro-
duced by Mr. Gable from the driest rocky locations on the island of
Madeira, where it grows wild and is believed to be from the original
stock from which the cultivated tomato has sprung, will probably
interest tomato breeders because of its drought-resistant qualities.
An unusually large collection of Chinese barleys, ;'>S varieties
(S. P. I. Nos. 39494 to 39531), presented by the special envoy for
foreign affairs, through the United States consul general at Shang-
hai, may yield good new varieties for some sections of this country.
Note. — This bulletin is a record of new or little-known seeds or plants procured mostly
from abroad. It is intended for distribution to agricultural experiment stations and the
more important private cooperators.
5
0 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
The chingma, the so-called China jute or Tientsin fiber (S. P. I,
No. 39361), which yields a harsher and stronger fiber than the Indian
jute and is used for carpet making, has been introduced from Ichang,
China, and, if improved methods for extracting the fiber can be
devised, may prove a profitable crop in America.
The attempt to save from extinction the last survivor of a species
of tree closely related to our cultivated cotton, in order that hybrids
with it may be made, has a great deal more than a sentimental inter-
est. Seeds from the dying tree of this Kokia drynarioides (S. P. I.
No. 39354) from Molokai, have been secured by Mr. Rock, of Hawaii.
The doom boom of the South Africa veldt {Acacia horrida), the
most widely distributed of all South African trees and the char-
acteristic landscape tree in the pictures of big-game hunting in
South Africa, appears to be a promising hedge plant and windbreak
for trial in Texas (S. P. I. No. 39355).
The most beautiful of the flowering trees of Java {Spathodeu.
campanulata) , introduced from Africa into that island, which is in
bloom there almost throughout the whole year, was sent in by Dr.
B. T. Galloway several years ago and has flowered in southern
Florida, and new importations of seed have consequently been made
(S. P. I. No. 39415). To Mr. W. M. Matheson will go the honor of
the first introduction of this tree into Florida, for he brought it in
earlier from Jamaica.
The success of various species of Tamarix as low windbreaks in
Texas has made it advisable to get together the other species of this
genus, and two of these have been imported from the desert of
Farab, Bokhara, Turkestan (S. P. I. Nos. 39628 and 39G29).
The accounts of the Mahwa tree {Madhuca indica, S. P. I. No.
39325), the fleslry flowers of which produce food annually in India
worth over a million dollars, have made it seem desirable to introduce
it into Florida and Porto Rico, even though these dried flowers have
an unpleasant odor of mice and appear to be somewhat indigestible.
The value of this tree seems truly remarkable, and it deserves investi-
gation from an American point of view.
The rapid growth of avocado groves in California and Florida
and the growing realization that a fruit which produces over 29
percent of fat is more than a mere table delicacy make the dis-
semination of the Guatemalan and Mexican hard-shelled spring and
winter ripening seedlings of remarkable shipping qualities, which
have in recent years been grown in California, of much more than
passing interest (S. P. I. Nos. 39369 to 39375).
American Consul Charles K. Mosers discovery of a delicious
Ceylonese mango almost as large as a coconut, with a striking red
blush and almost no fiber, shows that all of the most desirable types
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1914. 7
of the mango varieties of India evidently can not be secured through
' correspondence (S. P. I. No. 30485).
The popularity of the Paraguayan fruit Feijoa sellowiana and
its unexpected hardiness in the South make a large-fruited seedling
of especial importance at this time (S. P. I. No. 39555).
The rosy fleshed anona called llama (Annona diversifolia) , con-
sidered one of the best of this important class of fruits (S. P. I. No.
39567), and the Annona purpurea (S. P. I. No. 39358), a new, large,
aromatic-fruited species, add two important fruit plants to the sub-
tropical collection.
The Chinese wampi (Claucena lansium) has shown that it will-
grown in Florida, and either its pale yellow rough-skinned fruits of
aromatic flavor or its ability as a stock to carry the grapefruit may
make it of value (S. P. I. No. 39568).
The tropical ciruelas ,Spondias lutea (S. P. I. No. 39563), which
are popular in the markets of Bogota three months of the year,
should, if one can judge by the success of other species of the same
genus there, thrive well in Florida.
A study seems not yet to have been made of the varieties of coconut
and their comparative value for the different purposes to which coco-
nuts are put, and the introduction by Mr. H. Pittier, from Punta
Burica, Panama, of a rare variety rich in oil (S. P. I. No. 39356)
emphasizes the need of a thorough study of this immensely valuable
food plant.
The possible use of new stocks for the pear and an investigation of
the origin of the blight-proof Kieffer and LeConte pears will make
necessary close comparisons of the different Chinese species, and pear
breeders will want plants coming from the original trees of Pyrus
betulaefolia which were sent to Kew and the Arnold Arboretum by
Dr. Bretschneider in 1882 (S. P.I. Nos. 39547 and 39548) ; also plants
of Pyrus bretschneideri (S. P. I. No. 39538), which, at the arboretum,
in addition to being a remarkable ornamental, yields yellow globose,
juicy fruits of fair quality, from which it is thought by Prof. Sar-
gent the best of the Chinese cultivated pears have been derived ; and
Pyrus ovoidea (S. P. I. No. 39541), which is possibly the parent of
the Kieffer and has large, abundant flowers and foliage that colors
scarlet in autumn; and particularly Pyrus phaeocarpa (S. P. I. No.
39540), with pyriform fruits, which has never been attacked by pear
blight, although a large tree of it has been standing in the arboretum
for many years, exposed to infection.
The woolly aphis is a serious pest of apple orchards in Chile, but
four immune varieties of apple have been found there and extensively
propagated by a large nursery firm at Santiago. They are deserv-
ing of trial in this country (S. P. I. Nos. 39320 to 39323).
8 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTKD.
Mr. Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Explorer of the Department
of Agriculture, has discovered in the Shansi Province of China a
true wild apricot, the kernels of which are pickled in brine and
eaten as appetizers by the natives (S. P. I. No. 39439). and in the
mountains south of Sianfu, Shensi Province (S. P. I. No. 39428),
and again in Chaoyu, Shansi Province (S. P. I. No. 39544). a small,
sour, but freestone wild peach, which may be of decided importance
to peach breeders, /'rinsepia uniftora, which he found near Fucheng,
a spiny shrub, very decorative in May, and bearing fruits which
resemble cherries, being dark red in color, quite juicy, and sour, may
add a useful hardy fruiting shrub to the gardens of this country
(S. P. I. No. 39432). A Prinsepia introduced by AVilson has proved
hardy in the Arnold Arboretum.
Chinese place and plant names in this inventory have been
brought, as far as possible, into accord with the best authorities, the
geographic names (except when fixed by decisions of the United
States Geographic Board) being given in the form accepted by the
Chinese Ministry of Communications Postal Guide. Many of the
smaller village names, however, are not listed therein, and in all
such cases the location of the village is given with reference to the
nearest town mentioned in that work.
The manuscript of this inventory has been prepared by Miss May
Riley, the botanical determinations of seeds introduced have been
made and the notes on geographic distribution compiled by Mr.
H. C. Skeels, and the descriptive notes arranged by Mr. S. C. Stuntz,
who has also had general supervision of this inventory.
David Fairchild,
Agricultural Explorer in Charge.
Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction,
Washington, l>. ('., November J'j, 1916.
INVENTORY.
39309. Mangifera indiga L. Aiiaeardiacese. Mango.
From Punjab, India. Presented by Mr. A.- H. Brydges, Loomis, Cal.
Received at the Plant Introduction Field Station, Ohieo, Cal.
"Seeds from the village of Aliwal, District of Jhalandar, Punjab, India.
They are the earliest fruiting varieties in that locality, ripening in August."
( Brydges. )
39310 to 39313. Holcus sorghum L. Poacese. Sorghum.
(Sorghum vulgarc Pers.)
From Hamburg, Germany. Presented by the Botanische Staats-Institut.
39310. From German East Africa.
39311. From Kamerun.
39312. From Togo.
39313. From German East Africa.
39314. Dolichos lablab L. Fabaceae. Bonavist bean.
From Mbale Sana, Lumbwa, British East Africa. Presented by Mrs. E. L.
Smith. Received October 3, 1914.
"Njui, a Kikuyu bean much liked and valued by the natives." (Mrs. Smith.)
39315 to 39317.
From Boulder. Colo. Presented by Mr. Theo. D. A. Cockered. Received
October 1, 1!)14. Quoted notes by Mr. Cockered, except as otherwise
indicated.
39315 and 39316. Pentstemon humilis Nutt. Scrophulariacese.
" From Flagstaff Hill." Low-branching perennial occurring in the
Rocky Mountains and westward. It is well suited for the hardy border,
but does not usually grow higher than 6 inches. The flowers, which
are one-half inch in length, are rather narrow .-Mid of a deep-blue color,
sometimes ranging to white. It grows well in fairly good soil. The
flower stalks should he supported by light stakes to keep ihein from
being blown about by the winds or borne down by heavy waterings.
(Adapted from Bailey, Cyclopedia of American Horticulture, and Mc-
Laren, Gardening in California.)
39315. "A very beautiful variation with brighl blue flowers, a
different shade of color from the normal. It may have to be taken
to the F2 gem-ration to show its true colors."
39316. "A variety with very pale flowers. Probably will not
appear with pale color until the F* generation.
9
10 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
39315 to 39317— Con. (Quoted notes by Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell.)
39317. Rosa angustiarum Cockerell. Rosacea?. Rose.
"From Wood Mountain, Colo., September. 1914 (D. M. Andrews).
Published as Rosa pratinvola angustiarum in Daniels' Flora of Boulder,
Colo., and Vicinity (University of Missouri Studies, 1911, p. 148). 1
now consider it a distinct species. The fruits vary in shape on the
same branch."
39318 and 39319.
From Burringbar, New South Wales, Australia. Presented by Mr. B. Har-
rison. Received October 1, 1914.
39318. Angophora lanceolata Cavanilles. Myrtaceie. Apple myrtle.
"An evergreen tree found in New South Wales and Queensland, 24 to
36 inches in diameter, 70 to 80 feet in height. The tree produces a kino
or gum which, when freshly exuded, has (like other Angophora and a few
Eucalyptus kinos) a smell like sour wine, but more disagreeable. Even
when quite freshly exuded it is exceedingly brittle. It has a bright frac-
ture, and is of a ruby color, with a tinge of brown. Color of powder
orange-brown. Water acts but slowly upon it, forming a pale reddish
brown solution, and leaving abundance of sediment. Timber strong,
heavy, subject to gum veins; used for naves of wheels, slabs, rough build-
ing, and fuel." (Maiden, Useful Native Plants of Australia, pp. 236
and 376.)
39319. Chenopodium sp. Chenopodiaceae.
" Said to grow tc a height of 11 feet in arid country ; a splendid fod-
der for dairy stock." (Harrison.)
39320 to 39323. Malus sylvestris Miller. Malacese. Apple.
(P lints mains L.)
From Santiago, Chile. Presented by Sefior Salvador Izquierdo.
"These scions are of apple varieties which are free from the woolly aphis
and are cultivated with much success in Santa Ines." (Izquierdo.^)
39320. No. 993. Gobernador, Givit 39322. No. 994. Uuidobro.
39321. No. 991. Esq it i si ta de 39323. No. 984. \<lmirah!c dc
Santa lnes. Otono.
39324 and 39325.
From Allahabad, India. Presented by Mr. William Bembower, Ewing
Christian College. Received October 8, 1914.
39324. Diospyros nigricans Wallich. Diospyracese.
"A tree 50 feet high, with many lax cinereous, glabrescont branches:
young shoots and petioles minutely puberulous. Leaves oval oblong,
much acuminate at apex, somewhat narrowed at base, alternate, turning
black when dry, firmly membranous, glabrous, except on midrib which
is puberulous and depressed on the upper surface; lateral veins and net
veins delicate, not conspicuous above ; 3 to 5 inches long by 1 to 13
inches wide; petioles one-tenth to one-seventh inch long.
"Male plants. Flowers in few flowered (3 to 6) short axillary
puberulous cymes, subsessile, one-quarter to one-third inch long, bracts
small, imbricated. Calyx with scattered short ferruginous hairs out-
side, shortly 4-lohed. Corolla with tew scattered short hairs outside,
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1914. 11
39324 and 39325— Continued.
deeply (two-thirds) lobed, slender; lobes reilexed at apex. Stamens 32
in one case, very unequal, many minute, glabrous.
" Female plants. Fruit glabrous, ovoid or globose, pointed at apex,
about two-thirds inch long, 4-celled, 4-seeded, solitary. Fruiting calyx
4-partite, with scattered ferruginous hairs outside, nearly glabrous
inside, with oval, flat, spreading or reflexed lobes, one-third inch long.
Seeds oblong, two-thirds inch long; albumen not ruminated, embryo
nearly as long as the albumen. Fruiting peduncles shortly hispid, one-
fifth inch long, patent, unilateral, bearing 2 small bracts." (Hiem,
Monograph of the Ebenacece.)
39325. Madhuca indica Gmelin. Sapotaceae. Mahwa.
(Bassia latifolia Roxb. )
• " I hope you will get a few Mahiva plants, though I know the per-
centage of vitality is very small in these seeds." (Bembotver.)
For previous introduction and description, see S. P. I. No. 39182.
39326 to 39329. Opuntia spp. Cactacese. Prickly -pear.
From Strathmore, North Quay. Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Pre-
sented by Mr. Arthur Temple Clerk. Plants received at the Plant In-
troduction Field Station, Chico, Cal.
39326. Opuntia vulgaris Miller.
39327. Opuntia tomentosa Salm-Dyck.
39328. Opuntia brasiliensis (Willd.) Haworth.
39329. Opuntia stricta Haworth.
39330. Atalantia monophylla DC. Rutacese.
From Sibpur, near Calcutta, India. Presented by the Royal Botanic Gar-
den. Received October 17, 1914.
See S. P. I. No. 38511 for previous introduction and description.
39331. Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Kunth. Fabaccae.
(Gliricidia maculata H. B. K.)
From Manila, Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. D. LeRoy Topping,
Bureau of the Treasury, Manila. Received October 8, 1914.
" Madre de cacao. I used it for a house decoration and had stalks of it
fully 10 feet long that were a mass of bloom, and everybody exclaimed, 'Quite
like a bit of Japan.' The plant is inclined to sprawl, and if wanted purely
for ornamental purposes it would be well to prune it." (Topping:)
39332 to 39334.
From Lavras, Minas Geraes, Brazil. Presented by Mr. Benjamin II. Him-
nieutt, director, Escola Agricola de Lavras. Received October IT. 1914.
Quoted notes by Mr. Hunnicutt, except as otherwise indicated.
39332. Panicum barbinodk Trinius. Poacese. Carib grass.
Capim d' Angola.
See S. P. I. No. 37998 for previous introduction and description.
39333. Tibouchina stenocarpa (DC.) Cogn. Melastomaceae.
"Seeds of a wild flowering shrub, commonly called Quaresma or Lent,
as it blooms at Lent. It has a beautiful purple flower, and the blooming
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39332 to 39334— Con. (Quoted notes by Mr. B. H. Hunnicutt.)
season covers a number of months. It grows well on (lie poorest, driest
grounds wo have and blooms during the dry season. I think it has been
cultivated in some gardens in Brazil, although I never have seen it.
Ornamental only."
39334. Stryphnodendron barbatimam Mart. Mimosaceae.
Barbatimao.
" Barbatimao. The bark of this is used for tanning purposes."
"Total dissolved solids, 31.6 per cent: solids soluble in cold water,
28.6 per cent; nontannins, 6.7 per cent; tannins, 20.1 per cent." (Letter
from Bureau of Chemistry, November 21, 1914.)
39335. Dolichos hosei Craib. Fabacese. Sarawak bean.
From Kuala Lumpur, Malay States. Presented by the director, Depart-
ment of Agriculture. Received October 16, 1914.
Seed from plants sent by Mr. Hose to Kuala Lumpur Experimental Planta-
tion.
" I have found a small creeping bean of the Vigna family which is indigenous
to Sarawak, but as yet I have been unable to ascertain its name; and I think
it is just possible that it has never been reported from Sarawak. This bean
appears to fulfil all that is required (a low-growing leguminous plant which
can be dug into the soil and reproduce itself in time to check the growth of
weeds and grows readily from cuttings), but seeds are very difficult to procure.
The flower is yellow and the leaf a rich light green ; the roots do not penetrate
the ground more than 1 inch ; the plant forms a thick level mass about 6 inches
thick on the ground; it will grow on almost any soil, but for preference a light
soil, and in six months after planting should prevent all wash if planted 3 feet
apart. I have been planting this bean with rubber for three years and have
now 200 acres planted with it, and it has proved itself in every way a success."
(Hose, in Agricultural Bulletin of the Federated Malay States, p. 276.)
39336. Chorisia speciosa St. Hil. Bombacaceae. Samuu.
From Asuncion, Paraguay. Presented by Mr. C. F. Mead. Received Octo-
ber 15, 1914.
" Seeds of the Samuu, as called here. As to its beauty as an ornamental
plant. I have every confidence in its making good. 1 wish to call your attention
to one difference this variety has in comparison with the kind described in the
department bulletins, which is that this tree does not need a humid atmosphere,
and it will stand a very decided nip from frost, though to what degree I have
not registered." (Mead.)
39337 to 39340. Manihot spp. Euphorbiacea?. Manicoba.
From Labia. Brazil. Presented by Dr. V. A. Argollo Ferrfio. Received
October 5. 1914. Quoted notes by Dr. Argollo.
"The good name that Jequie rubber had was on account of being prepared in
sheets and pure, because the Manihot dichotoma is tapped ou the bark in
porangOB (tins) like Hevea, so such rubber is clean from impurities ami is easily
prepared in thin sheets of nice appearance. Manihot heptaphyUa (Rio Sao
Francisco zone) and I/, piauhyensis (State of Piauhy) being tapped near the
roots, if not tapped carefully, give rubber that has a large proportion of sand
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1914. 13
39337 to 39340— Con. (Quoted notes by Dr. V. A. Argollo.)
and clay. As to quality, the Jequie is the worst, for it has resins and less
elasticity. Growers who planted M. dichotoma succeeded badly because the
growth of trees is extraordinarily variable. Seedlings from the same tree show
an extraordinary variability of leaves and growth. M. dichotoma requires at
least 6 years, as a rule, before tapping. The best variety for plantations is
M. piauhyensis, for it gives the best rubber, and can be tapped at 3 years
(even at 2 years under good conditions). AVith low prices of manigoba rubber,
manigoba can only give profits if labor is very cheap, not exceeding 0.3 milreis
(16 cents) per clay. Manicobas will not stand frost. (I have seen some severely
injured in Sao Paulo by slight frosts in coffee districts.) Manigoba requires a
rainy season in summer. The M. heptaphylla and M. dichotoma are found in
parts of the State of Bahia on the other side of the chains of mountains (hat-
divide the State in two climates. Between the mountains and the sea the rains
are during winter, and on the other side, from the mountains to the Rio San
Francisco, the rainfall is in summer. Manigoba grows in the second zone if
planted, but does not give much rubber nor good quality, as Villa Nova planta-
tions show, although the trees have the best appearance. (Villa Nova is on
the mountain that divides the climatic zones of the State. In the mountains
you have rains in summer and neblinas (fog rain) in winter.) In the mani-
goba. districts there are heavy rains during summer for 4 to 6 months ; such
i*ains may last for 10 days, day and night. There are no rains during the dry
season, and from time to time there happens a dry year and summer rains
fail (about once in 10 years). In our State people who have manigoba forests
or plantations are investing in cotton, because the low price of rubber does not
give enough profits to pay for the tapping of trees. Manigoba will not stand
stagnant water. I am going to gather for you seeds of the three varieties. I
do not know whether any of them can be successfully cultivated in the States, but
if you have the proper climatic conditions — rains in summer, no frosts, and soil
from decomposed granite (red clayey sandy or sandy clayey) — I think you
will prefer the small M. piauhyensis"
39337. Manihot glaziovii Muell. Arg.
"Manicoba Ceara. These small seeds with dark colorations are quite
different from other varieties. This is the commonly known manigoba
for the first time tapped. It gives a good rubber and is tapped on the
bark that is naturally exfoliated, which makes the tapping and collect-
ing of clean rubber difficult."
39338. Manihot dichotoma Ule.
"Manicoba Jennie. Seeds long, of which the largest are quite typical."
39339. Manihot piauhyensis Ule.
"Manicoba Piauhy."
39340. Manihot heptaphylla Ule.
"Manicoba Sao Francisco; round seeds."
39341. (Undetermined.)
From San Jose, Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. Carlos Werckle, through
Mr. Ad. Tonduz, Department of Agriculture, San Jose. Received October
21, 1914.
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39342. Versciiaffeltia splendida Wendl. Phoenicacea?. Palm.
From Port Louis. Mauritius. Presented by Mr. G. Regnard. Received
October 19, 1914.
See S. P. I. No. 340S3 for previous introduction.
39343 to 39351.
From Paris, France. Purchased from Vilmorin-Arxlrieux & Co. at the
request of Mr. C. V. Piper, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received
at the seed warehouse on October 20, 1914. Quoted notes by Mr. J. M.
Westgate.
39343. Onobrychis vulgaris Hill. Fabacese. Common sainfoin.
(Onobrychis viciacfolia Scop.)
" This seed was obtained for trial on sandstone hills. It is a deep-
rooted perennial forage crop which is to be tried in humid and sub-
humid sections."
39344. Medicago lupulina L. Fabacese. Yellow trefoil.
" This seed was obtained for experiments with clover substitutes and
as a pasture plant in the Southern States and northward."
39345. Obnithopus sativus Brot. Fabacese. Serradella.
" This seed was obtained for experiments with clover substitutes
and as a pasture constituent in humid and subhumid climates."
39346. Ulex europaeus L. Fabacese. Gorse or whin.
" This seed was obtained for trial as a browsing shrub in limestone
sections in humid and subhumid parts of the country."
39347 to 39349. Lupinus spp. Fabacese. Lupine.
" This seed was obtained for use as a substitute for crimson clover in
.green-manuring experiments in the Northern States."
39347. Lupinus albus L. White lupine.
39348. Lupinus angustifolius L. Blue lupine.
39349. Lupinus luteus L. Yellow lupine.
39350. Cytisus scoparius (L.) Link. Fabacese. Scotch broom.
"This seed was obtained for trial as a browsing shrub in limestone
sections in humid and subhurnid parts of the country."
39351. Spergula arvensis L. Silenacese. Giant spurry.
" This seed was obtained for trial as a green-manure crop and a
forage crop."
39352. Annoka cherimola Miller. Annonacese. Cherimoya.
From Bogota, Colombia. Presented by Capt. H. R. Lemly. United States
Army, retired. Received October 17, 1914.
" Seeds from a particularly fine specimen." (Lemly.)
"The principal fruit cultivated by the aboriginal inhabitants of western
Smith America. Endemic in the Andes, and subtropical rather than tropical
in its natural habitat. Fruit with an abundance of slightly acidulous sweet
juicy pulp, with a flavor somewhat like that of a pineapple. Recommended for
planting in southern California in the foothills near the coast." ( W. E. Sa fjord.)
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1914. 15
39353. Coffea amara F. F. Bruijning. Kubiacese. Coffee.
From Tamatave, Madagascar. Presented by Mr. James G. Carter, American
consul. Received October 12, 1914.
" Mautsaka, the so-called caffein-free coffee grown in the south of Mada-
gascar." (Carter.)
" This coffee was collected in the Fort Dauphin district. It occurs fre-
quently in the southeastern portion of Madagascar, grows from 5 to 5$ meters
high, and resembles the ordinary coffee very much, although the leaves are
smaller. The ripe fruit assumes a yellowish color ; the seeds, which are har-
vested in February and March, contain no caffeine. The smell of the roasted
coffee is pleasant, although the taste of the drink prepared therefrom is bitter
and unpleasant. This species of coffee has not yet come into cultivation."
(F. F. Bruijning, in Verslagen van Landbouwkundige Onderzoekningen dcr
Rijkshindbomcprocf stations, no. 18, p. 115, 1915.)
39354. Kokia drynarioides (Seem.) Lewton. Malvaceae.
(Gossypium drynarioides Seem.)
From Mahana, Molokai, Hawaii. Presented by Mr. Joseph F. Rock,
botanist, College of Hawaii, Honolulu, who secured them from Mr. Joseph
P. Cooke. Received October 28, 1914.
" A few weeks ago I wrote Mr. Cooke, the owner of Molokai Ranch, on whose
grounds the only tree of this species grows, asking if there were any seeds to
be found on it, as you know this species was declared extinct, but it has re-
vived again and one single branch produced some leaves and flowers as well as
a few seeds. I am propagating a number of them here." (Rock.)
39355. Acacia horrida (L.) Willd. Mimosacae. Doom boom.
From Johannesburg, Union of South Africa. Presented by Mr. J. Burtt
Davy, Agricultural Supply Association. Received October 24, 1914.
See S. P. I. Nos. 1805 and 3330 for previous introductions and description.
"A glabrous, flat-topped tree, usually spreading more than its height. The
most widely distributed of all South African trees, extending from Capetown
through the Karroo to Damaraland, Orange River Colony, Transvaal, Natal,
and Delagoa Bay. Its range is, however, curiously affected in places, it being
absent, possibly through frost, in several large flat alluvial localities where
single trees have grown to perfection. It ascends to about 4,000 feet alti-
tude from the eastern coast and considerably further from the western,
but is absent from the higher parts of the Drakenburg, and seldom mixes with
Proteacese, thus indicating that soil as well as climate controls its distribution.
Occasionally it forms a fine spreading tree 30 to 40 feet in height, and with
$ stem 2 feet in diameter ; much more frequently it is a small umbrella-shaped
tree of 10 to 15 feet in height with a clear bole only to 6 or 8 feet, and the
constant regrowth dots or covers the veld with smaller sizes in localities where
it is not kept down.
"Although usually evergreen, yet in dry, cold, carroid localities it is often
leafless for a considerable part of the year, and in some localities for years in
succession, and is then enormously spiny and colors the veld white Instead of
green. In most places its use is principally for fuel, for which purpose there is
no better wood ; but as this does not, except near the towns, use up all that
grows, its increase in remote localities is a difficult matter to check. Fire burns
16 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
the grass under mature thorn trees without doing them much damage, and as
the seeds germinate most readily after being soaked in boiling water or half
roasted, these grass fires aid rather than retard regrowth. Chopping off trees
to the ground only Induces an abundant coppice growth, but it is found thai by
chopping them off 2 feet above ground during summer the coppice growth is
more easily controlled, and the stump often dies. Native localities usually
become free of thorn trees eventually, partly through the unrestricted native
demand for fuel, kraalwood, etc., and partly through the browsing of goats,
which of all artificial methods is the surest means of keeping the tree down.
A small brown scale insect, however {Prosopophora prosopidis var. mimosae),
is found to kill the trees wholesale on the occasions of its visits in the Bedford
district. During very dry winters it is not an uncommon practice to fell a few
leafy thorn trees daily as a green bite for stock; during summer the shade of
the spreading tree is sought after by cattle and sheep; young plants are always
browsed, and where obtainable the roots are relished by croats; and for scenic
effect there is perhaps no prettier tree, growing as it often does on a flat, rocky
subsoil which will carry no better growth ; on hot, rocky banks it is common,
but it is never found in high, dense forest. Bark rough, thick, dark; formerly
much used locally in the tanning of leather, and even now. at about half the
price per ton as compared with black wattle, it pays to employ it for local use
but not for export, as the percentage of tannin for the bulk is too low.
"The doom boom is the host of an innumerable lot of pests, being often
cleared of foliage by caterpillars of several large moths and by bagworms; its
timber is often bored by Apate dorsalis and Chrysooothris dorsata : certain ants
occasionally inhabit the thorns and induce a most thorny development ; strange
gall abortions or malformations of pods are caused by a fungus : another fungus
(Oecidium omamentale) makes artistic floriated curls of the young twigs; and
Loranthus and mistletoe are frequent parasites.
"Doom boom makes a strong, rough hedge if soaked seed is sown in line and
kept watered till germination has taken place. It is also useful for sowing in
beds of intermittent rivers with a view to arresting silt during future floods.
It suffers severely during soft snowstorms, the horizontal branches and foliage
breaking under a heavy weight of snow." (Sim, Forest Flora of Cape Colony.)
39356. Cocos nucifera L. Phcenicaceae. Coconut.
From Panama. .Secured by Mr. H. Pittier. of the Bureau of Plant Industry.
Received October 29, 1914.
"The small Burica nut, of which I have not been able to obtain a whole speci-
men, but T send along the three shelled ones which I have been keeping here
till I could do better. This is said to be very rich in oil and to be scarce also.
except around Punta Burica on the boundary between Costa Rica and Panama."
{Pittier.)
39357 and 39358.
Front San Jose, Costa Rica. Presented by the National Museum, San Jose.
Received October 24, 1914.
39357. AcHKADEi.riiA mammosa (JU) O. F. Cook. Sapotacea?.
(Lueuma mammosa Gaertn. f.) ' Sapote.
See s. p. 1. Nos. 35673 and 37813 for previous Introductions and
description.
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1914. 17
39357 and 39358— Continued.
39358. Axxoxa purpurea Mog. and Sesse. Annonacefe.
"This species has large aromatic fruit, velvety on The outside, with
raised hooked tubercles; yellow aromatic pulp which is edible when ripe,
but said to be unwholesome if eaten to excess. A medium-sized forest
tree ranging from Mexico to Panama and Venezuela." (W. E.~ Safford.)
39359 and 39360.
From Bogota. Colombia. Presented by Mr. Roberto Ancizar, secretary to
the Colombian Legation, through Mr. W. E. Safford, of the Bureau of
Plant Industry. Received October 29, 1914.
39359. Axxoxa cherimola Miller. Annonacese. Cherimoya.
"One of the most delicious of the fruits of the higher regions of
western South America ; this variety is juicy and of a sweet acidulous
flavor. Seeds relatively small in proportion to the pulp. Suitable for
cultivation in the foothills of southern California."' (Safford.)
39360. Passifloka ligularis Juss. Passifloracese. Granadilla.
"An egg-shaped fruit with parchmentlike shell filled with an abun-
dance of sweet juice and many small seeds. Used in tropical America for
making sherbets and ices alone or with the addition of lemon juice or
spices. Of easy culture in all warm localities, growing in the form
of a vine from trellises and arbors, and desirable not only for its fruit
but for its beautiful flowers." (W. E. Safford.)
39361. Abutilon theopiirasti Medic Malvaceae. Ch'ingma.
(Abutilon avicennae Gaertn.)
Grown at Arlington Farm from seed received from Mr. R. A. Currie,
Ichang, China, through Mr. A. H. Sugden, acting commissioner of cus-
toms, Hankow, China.
" Seeds of what purports to lie ta ma. The capsules look to me small,
and I am nearly sure that I have seen much larger ones, and I fear that these
may be only the common hemp." (Currie.)
"The seeds from China are evidently those of the ch'ingma (Abutilon theo-
phrasti), producing the so-called China jute or Tientsin fiber of commerce.
Ch'ingma is cultivated from central China northward. Its liber is stronger but
somewhat harsher than that of India jute. It is used in this country to a
limited extent, chiefly in the manufacture of jute carpets and rugs. The plant
is adapted to the climate from Virginia to New York and westward to the Mis-
souri Valley. It may be regarded as a promising fiber planl for introduction
into this country, provided suitable methods can be devised for extracting the
fiber and preparing it for market. We planted some of the seeds at Arlington
Farm and secured 16 excellent plants about 3 meters high. The plants
and also the leaves, flowers, and fruits were nearly twice the size of those
of the ordinary velvet leaf planted at the same time, but otherwise no distinct
difference has been detected between the two forms. We have harvested a
quantity of seed from the plants this season, so as to have stock for sowing next
year." (L. H. Deicey.)
74545°— 17 2
18 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
39362. Lycopersicon esculentum Miller. Solanaceae.
Wild tomato.
From Funchal, Madeira. Presented by Mr. Charles H. Gable, director,
Junta Agrieola. Received October 31, 1914.
"The Httle wild tomato Lycopersicum vulgare eerasiforme which is found
in Madeira is considered by Lowe (A Manual Flora of Madeira) as being
the original stock from which our cultivated varieties have been derived. The
same author states that besides ' growing spontaneously everywhere below 2,000
feet about Funchal and other towns and villages in Madeira, it is completely
naturalized on the central rocky crest of the North Deserta.' The North
Desert is an almost barren, uninhabited island which lies about 30 miles from
Madeira. To quote further: 'It has been found also in the Great Salvage by
Sr. C. C. Noronha ; and the interior of Sao Iago, one of the Cape Verdes,
between the Ribeira dos Pices and the Boa Entrada of Sta. Catarina. I
found it mixed with Momordica eharantia L., overspreading in vast tangled
beds or masses whole miles of mountain tracts at an elevation of 3,000 to 4,000
feet above the sea.' The selection which has taken place in the development of
our cultivated varieties has not greatly changed the general appearance of the
plant. The writer has not had the opportunity of making the careful botanical
study necessary for the intelligent comparison of the characters presented by
this wild tomato and our cultivated varieties, so there will be presented here
only very brief observations of the conditions in which the plants grow. One of
these plants was transplanted to a favorable part of the garden where the
ground was rich and had plenty of moisture. It made a tremendous growth,
and at the end of three months the plant was 5 feet in diameter and 34 feet
high. Unfortunately, the plant was destroyed, so that it was impossible to
complete the record. Another plant was found where it could not have had a
drop of water for at least three months. It probably had started to grow
during the last few rains of the spring, but had completed its growth during the
heat and drought of summer. The particular spot where it grew was the hottest
of the hot parts of the island. When it was found, the vine was apparently
entirely dead and lying flat on the ground ; the leaves had dried up and dropped
off; but the fruits, every one of which was ripe, were clinging to the vine.
It also seemed very strange to find that the fruits were all plump and firm —
over 300 of them on this one vine. The fruits are so very acid that they
can be used for little else besides soups, and the natives do not use them a
great deal for even that. Their keeping quality, however, might prove a desir-
able characteristic in crossing with some of the highly developed varieties with
the object of obtaining a good shipping tomato of pleasing flavor." (Gable.)
39363. Hoedeum vulgare coeleste L. Poaceae. Barley.
From Jerusalem, Palestine. Presented by Mr. Ernest F. Beaumont, Ameri-
can Colony. Received October 28, 1914.
•' I'ropheVs barley. This is grown around Mecca and is esteemed as sacred
by the Mohammedans. No animal is made use of in its planting, harvesting,
or thrashing, as such use would be considered as defiling it. You will notice that
the kernels shell out from the husk quite clean, like wheat." (Beaumont.)
39364. Oryza sativa L. Poaceae. Rice.
From Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia. Presented by Mr. H. G. Mundy,
Government agriculturist and botanist, Department of Agriculture,
through Mr. C. V. Piper, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received
November 9, 1914.
"Mashonaland rice. Native crop grown in Southern Rhodesia." (Mundy.)
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBEE 31, 1914. 19
39365 to 39368. Hordeum spp. Poacese. Barley.
From Pusa, India. Presented by Mr. Bernard Coventry, agricultural ad-
viser to the Government of India, Imperial Department of Agriculture.
Received November 4, 1914.
39365 and 39366. Hordeum spp. Barley.
Huskless 6-rowed varieties.
39365. Hordeum vulgare coeleste L.
A new form with very short awns.
39366. Hordeum vulgare himalayense Rittig.
Smoke-colored grain. Received as H. gymnohexastichon, but
identified by Dr. H. V. Harlan as above.
39367 and 39368. Hordeum vulgare L. Barley.
39367. Common 6-rowed barley.
39368. Common 6-i-owed barley, husked.
39369 to 39375. Peusea Americana Miller. Lauracese.
(Persea gratissima Gaertn. f. ) Avocado.
From Altadena, Cal. Collected by Mr. Wilson Popenoe, of the Bureau of
Plant Industry. Bud sticks received November 9, 1914. Quoted notes
by Mr. Popenoe.
39369. "(No. 6. November 2, 1914.) Taft avocado. This variety is
one of the most promising of the thick-skinned, spring-ripening avo-
cados which has yet fruited in California. It originated with Mr.
C. P. Taft, of Orange, whose name it bears. Its parentage is not defi-
nitely known, but it belongs, without doubt, to the type from Atlixco,
Puebla, Mexico, which has been so widely disseminated in south-
ern California by John Murietta, of Los Angeles. The Taft is broadly
pyriform. averaging about 1 pound in weight, with a bright green,
undulating surface and thick, tough skin, which separates readily
from the flesh. The seed is rather small, comparatively speaking,
and fits tightly in its cavity. The flesh is smooth, fine grained, withoul
a trace of fiber, of rich, nutty flavor, and excellent quality. Its keen-
ing qualities are remarkable, and it ships well. The tree is a very
vigorous grower and buds easily. The foliage is reddish bronze when
young, deep green later. In California the fruit commences to ripen
in May and will hang on the tree in perfect condition through June
and July. Owing to the difference in climatic conditions, the season
may be somewhat earlier in Florida. While the variety has not been
as prolific in fruiting as some of the others, this may have been due
partly to the fact that the parent tree, which is the only one yet in full
bearing, has been cut back severely for propagation. Mr. Taft has
taken over 10,000 buds from it in a single season. For trial in southern
Florida."
39370. "(No. 7. November 2, 1914.) Dickinson avocado. This is an
avocado of the true Guatemalan type, the seed from which the parent
tree was grown having been brought from Guatemala City to Los
Angeles about 16 years ago. In size it is slightly smaller than the
best varieties of the type, averaging not over 10 ounces in weight.
20 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
39369 to 39375— Con. (Quoted notes by Mr. Wilson Popenoe.)
It is, however, unusually prolific. The form varies from oval to
broadly obovate. The surface is rough, almost tuberculate, dark
green until fully ripe, when it changes to deep purple. The skin is
thick, woody, granular in texture. The flesh is free from fiber,
smooth, and of good flavor. The seed is slightly under average size,
compared to the size of the fruit, and is perfectly tight in the cavity.
The tree appears to be a vigorous grower and about as hardy as most
of the Guatemalan varieties grown here. Although it has been grown
under unfavorable conditions and is somewhat small in size, the
parent tree has produced more than 800 fruits in a single season.
It ripens from April to June. To be tried in southern Florida."
39371. "(No. 8. November 2, 1914.) Meserve avocado. A variety
originated at Long Beach, Cal., on the ranch formerly owned by
Mr. A. R. Meserve. The seed is believed to have come from Hawaii;
in characteristics of fruit and foliage the variety is almost identical
with some of the avocados of Guatemalan and southern Mexican ori-
gin which are grown in California, but in view of the fact that the
Guatemalan avocados were long ago introduced into Hawaii this is not
surprising. As a commercial variety the Meserve has the advantage
that it is nearly round. Quality is its other strong point, the flavor
being unusually rich and pleasant. The skin is deep green in color,
thick and woody, as in all of this type. Good specimens will average
nearly a pound in weight. The seed is medium sized, tight in the
cavity. In growth the tree is vigoi*ous, and while the parent was
badly injured in the cold weather of January. 1913, this may not
have been due to its tenderness so much as to its exposure and condi-
tion at the time. It is a good bearer, and on the whole seems to be a
very promising variety. The season is April and May in southern
California. For trial in southern Florida."
39372. "(No. 9. November 2, 1914.) Solano avocado. This is one of
the largest varieties yet fruited in California. It originated on (he
property of Mr. Alfred Solano at Hollywood, Cal., and is of the southern
Mexican or Guatemalan type. Probably its origin may be sought in
one of the shipments of avocados brought to Los Angeles from Atlixco,
Puebla, Mexico, by John Murietta. In shape the Solano is oval to
oblong pyriform ; the size is large, averaging from 16 to 28 ounces
in weight. The skin is thick, tough, externally green in color, and
almost smooth. The flesh is creamy yellow in color, smooth, and free
from fiber. The parent tree has been grown in the center of a lawn
where it received a good deal of water, consequently the fruits have
not been quite as rich in flavor as tbey would probably have been under
normal conditions. The seed is small in comparison with the size of the
fruit, and it is tight in the cavity. For a variety of this size, the Solano
is very productive. Its season is May and June. In growth it is vig-
orous and strong, but it does not produce good bud wood and is more
difficult to propagate successfully than some others. For trial in
southern Florida."
39373. "(No. 10. November 2, 1914.) Blakeman avocado. Originated
on the Dickey place at Hollywood. Cal.. from a seed imported from
Atlixco, Puebla, Mexico, by John Murietta. of Los Angeles. It is an
excellent variety of the thick-skinned Guatemalan type. In form it is
broadly obovate. but broader at the basal end than is common with
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 19U. 21
39369 to 39375— Con. (Quoted notes by Mr. Wilson Popenoe.)
fruits of this shape, and without any suspicion of a 'neck.' It will
average slightly less than a pound in weight. The surface is deep
green in color, the skin thick and woody. The flesh is smooth, fine
in texture, buttery, and of very rich, pleasant flavor, considered one
of the best in quality of the Guatemalan varieties fruiting in Cali-
fornia. The seed is about medium in size and tight in the cavity.
The parent tree, at 8 years of age, is bearing between 200 and 300
fruits, which can be considered a good record in view of the fact
that seedlings of this type do not usually come into bearing until
the sixth or seventh year. The season of ripening is May and June.
In growth it is strong and vigorous. For trial in southern Florida."
39374. "(No. 11. November 2, 1914.) Oanter avocado. One of the
best known and largest local varieties of the thin-skinned, fall
ripening Mexican type of avocado. It originated at Whittier, Cal.
The form is oblong ovate, the weight being sometimes as much as
10 or 12 ounces, though the average would probably be somewhat
less. The skin is scarcely thicker than that of an apple, and it ad-
heres closely to the flesh. Externally the color is light green, with
minute russet spots. The flesh is creamy yellow in color, of very
rich and nutty flavor. The seed is rather small, but sometimes loose
in its cavity. The fruit shows a tendency to decay around the apical
end and does not always ripen evenly. This may possibly be avoided
by picking at a certain stage before the decay has commenced to show.
The tree is a very vigorous grower and much hardier than the average
variety of the Guatemalan type. It is extremely prolific and comes
into bearing at a very early age, trees two years from the bud some-
times carrying several fruits. It may be of value for cultivation
in sections of Florida which are too cold for the Trapp and other
varieties of that class."
39375. "(No. 12. November 2, 1914.) Harmon avocado. This, like
the Ganter, is a thin-skinned, fall-ripening avocado, its season being
late September to early November. It is one of the most vigorous
and hardy varieties yet grown in California and when planted in
orchard form makes a handsome, shapely tree. The fruit is obliquely
obovate in shape and weighs from 7 to 10 ounces, or even more in
exceptional cases. The surface is smooth, glossy, light green in color,
overspread with purplish maroon and with numerous light yellow
dots. The skin is thin and adheres closely to the flesh. In texture
the flesh is very buttery and smooth, in color yellow when fully ripe,
and in flavor very rich and nutty. The seed is not above average size,
but is loose in its cavity, which being rather large makes the propor-
tion of flesh smaller than in some other varieties. When allowed to
hang on the tree until late in the season the fruits frequently crack
at the apical end, the fissure sometimes extending clear through into
the seed cavity. Because of its hardiness it will be desirable to give
this variety a trial in those sections of Florida which are too cold
for the Trapp and other avocados of that class."
39376 to 39381.
From Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia. Presented by Mr. H. G. Mundy, Gov-
ernment agriculturist and botanist, Department of Agriculture, through
Mr. C. V. Piper, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received November 9,
1914. Quoted notes by Mr. Mundy.
22 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38376 to 39381— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. H. G. Mundy.)
39376. Eleusine cokacana (L.) Gaertner. Poaceae. African millet.
" Rapoko. Seeds of the native crop grown in Southern Rhodesia."
39377. Holcus sorghum verticilliflorus (Steudj Hitchcock. Poaceae.
Sorghum.
39378 to 39380. Holcus sorghum L. Poaceae. Sorghum.
{Sorghum ruUjare Pers. i
" Seeds of the native crop grown in Southern Rhodesia."
39378. " Durra. Probably American in origin; known locally as
Sapling."
39379. " Durra. White."
39380. "Sorghum. Obtained by us from Australia, but a native
of the west coast of Africa and known as Mazagua."
39381. Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Brown. Poaceie. Pearl millet.
(Pennisetum typhoideum Rich, i
" Inyouti, native crop grown in Southern Rhodesia."
39382 and 39383. Passiflora spp. Passifloraceae.
From Bogota, Colombia. Presented by Mr. Henry Coronado, Republic of
Colombia Bureau of Information, Washington, D. C, through Mr. \Y. E.
Safford, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received November G, 1914.
Quoted notes by Mr. Safford.
39382. Passiflora ligularis Juss. Granadilla.
" Fruit ovoid, very juicy, with tine flavor. Used in Colombia for mak-
ing sherbets. Suitable for covering trellises and arbors."
39383. Passiflora m aliform is L. Curuba.
" Fruit depressed spheroid, hard shelled. Suitable for packing. Pulp
of fine flavor; used for making sherbets. The variegated, beautiful
red and white flowers with blue corona hlaments are sweet scented.
The involucre, composed of 3 ovate-acute bracts joined at the base, is
larger than the flower itself. The shell of the fruit is sometimes so hard
that it must be broken with a hammer. The inclosed pulp has a pleasant
grapelike flavor."
39384 to 39391.
From San Juan Bautista. Tabasco. Mexico. Presented by Mr. Gabriel
Itie, director, Agricultural Experiment Station. Received November 7.
1914. Quoted notes by Mr. Itie.
39384. Oryza sativa L. Poaceae. Rice.
"Creole rice from dry lands. Harvested in the Mango Pass, near San
Juan Bautista, Tabasco. Mexico."
39385. Rivera corymbosa (L.) Hallier. Convolvulaceae.
"Escharentuii. Convolvulaceous plant, abundant in the Department of
Monte Cristo, Tabasco, and in the States of Campeche and Yucatan.
The fragrant flower produces honey."
39386 and 39387. Vigna sinensis (Torner) Savi. Fabaceae. Cowpea.
39386. •" White cowpea. Agricultural experiment station of Ta-
basco. This variety appeared in a lot of Blackeye cowpeas. It is
not known if this is a sport or an accidental sowing. The flower is
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1914. 23
39384 to 39391— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. Gabriel Itie.)
white and identical with the flower of the Blackeye, but the seed
is entirely white, having at times a black border around the
hilum. Edible."
39387. " Cowpea panadero (baker's cowpea), Gonzalez Cosio Col-
ony, Department of Huimanguillo, Tabasco, Mexico. This va-
riety, known under the name of 'baker's bean' (panadero bean)
was probably introduced from Porto Rico by the colonists. The
seed is edible, especially when young."
39388. Ankona glabra L. Annonacese. Anona.
" Corclw. Grows in abundance on the margins of the lakes around
San Juan Bautista, Tabasco, Mexico. The pulp of the fruit is of an
orange color and very fragrant. Eaten at times by the inhabitants.
Sometimes used as a stock upon which to graft other anonas."
39389. Ceiba acuminata (S. Wats.) Rose. Bombacacese. Pochote.
"Pochote. Comes from the State of Oaxaca, Mexico. According to
J. Guardiola (Boletin de la Direcion de Agricultura, Parte I, January,
1912, .p. 30), this variety is recommended for its earliness and the small
height it attains. It can be reproduced by seeds or cuttings, and in
the following year, when it has reached a height of 70 to 80 cms., it
commences to flower and fruit. This depends on the climate and the
nature of the soil in which the plant is grown. It can be grown in
rocky soil if necessary. Its growth is rapid. Its cultivation will be
very productive after three years. Reproduction by cuttings is much
used in the country in the forming of live hedges of very line appearance
in the flowering season. In the State of Oaxaca its production exceeds
1G0,000 kilos annually. It is produced in the districts of San Carlos,
Yautepec, Tehuantepec, Juchitan, Tuxtepec, Juchila, and Pochutla, but
it is not cultivated. It is cultivated on a small scale in the State of
Michoacan, and in Ario de Rosales a price of 50 cents per kilo of clean
fiber has been realized."
39390 and 39391. Capsicum annuum L. Solanacese. Red pepper.
" Harvested in the experimental station of Tabasco from seed from
Oaxaca. Very prolific and piquant."
39390. Red pepper. 39391. Yellow-podded red pepper.
39392. Thrinax microcarpa Sargent. Phcenicaceae. Palm.
From Pumpkin Key, Florida. Collected by Mr. David A. Bisset, of the
Bureau of Plant Industry.
" Seeds of a palm growing in a dense hammock growth on Pumpkin Key,
about 40 miles below Miami. It is a very attractive palm and might prove of
value as an ornamental. The largest plant seen was about 15 feet high and
had a trunk 4 inches in diameter. All of the leaves are silvery on the under
side and they keep this glaucous character until they turn brown. It is prob-
ably a native of the keys, but it is somewhat rare, as on Pumpkin Key only 33
or 14 specimens were found." (D. A. Bisset.)
39393 and 39394. Amygdalus persica L. Amygdala cese.
(Prunus persica Stokes.) Peach.
From La Paz, Bolivia. Presented by Mr. George M. McBride, director,
American Institute. Received November 10, 1914.
24 SEEDS AND PLANTS I. M PORTED.
39395 to 39411. Hordeum spp. Poacese. Barley.
From Sydney, New South Wales. Presented by Mr. G. Valder, undersecre-
tary and director, Department of Agriculture. Received November 12,
1914. Quoted notes by Mr. Valder.
39395 and 39396.
" From the experiment farm, Cowra. Harvested December, 1913."
39395. Hordeum vrr.i ,ai:i: L.
" Shorthead barley, dark grain."
39396. Horiteum vulgare coerulescens Seringe.
" Roseirorthy Oregon barley, grain dark colored."
39397 to 39401. Hordeum vulgaee L.
39397. '• Barley No. IS. Grain slightly dark."
39398. " Barley No. 22. Remarkably early."
39399. "Bailey No. 24. Early variety, short straw, -.'rain pale
colored."
39400. " Barley No. 36."
39401. "Barley No. 49. A good barley, not well grown."
39402 to 39405.
" From the experiment farm, Bathurst."
39402. Hordeum distichon ebectum Sehubl.
The Maltster.
39403. Hordeum vulgare L.
Cape.
39404. Hordeum vulgare violaceum Koern.
Black Hull-less.
39405. Hordeum vulgare coerulescens Seringe.
Sea of Azof.
39406 to 39411.
" From the Wagga Experiment Farm, Bomen."
39406. Hordeum distichon L.
Kin V( r.
39407. Hordeum distichon nutans Sehubl.
Gi8borne.
39408. Hordeum distichon ebectum Sehubl.
Archer.
39409 and 39410. Hobdeum vulgabe L.
39409. Skinless. 39410. Can«dian Battledore No. 1.
39411. Hobdeum distichon ebectum Sehubl.
< 'anadian Malting No. 2.
39412. Ferontella lucida (Scheff.) Swingle. Rutacea?.
From Buitenzorg, .lava. Presented by the Department of ALrrinilture.
Received November 14. 1914.
See S. P. I. Nos. 28123, :;il72, and 38860 for previous introductions.
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1914. 25
39413. Castanea crenata Sieb. and Zucc. Fagaceae. Chestnut.
From Tokyo, Japan. Presented by Miss B. Catherine Pifer. Received
November 13, 1914.
Imperial chestnut.
39414. Franklinia alatamaha Bartram. Theacese.
(Gordon id pubescens L'Herit.)
From Philadelphia, Pa. Presented by Mr. Ogleby Paul, Fairmount Park.
Received October 7, 1914.
See S. P. I. Nos. 26930 and 26931 for previous introductions and description.
" This is probably one of the least known of our small trees, and yet it
stands among the most beautiful of our native plants. In habit of growth
and in the leaf the Gordonia, or, as it is sometimes called, Franklinia, is not
unlike a magnolia, although in the flower it more nearly resembles a camellia.
Furthermore, it is especially valuable on account of its late flowering period,
plants being in bloom at the present time in the Arnold Arboretum. The Gor-
donia is of a rather upright habit, forming a well-shaped head. It is a member
of the tea family, Theacese. Its finely crenate, lance-obovate leaves are of the
color of the leaves of Magnolia acuminata, but whitish downy beneath. The
fragrant flowers are borne on the ends of the branches on short, stout peduncles.
They are pure satiny white, about 2§ inches in diameter and bowl shaped at
their best, later becoming flatter as the flower ages. The stamens are bright
golden yellow and are placed directly on the petals, where they form a tuft
perhaps a half inch or more in diameter, making a beautiful combination of
color against the pure white of the petals. The pod is globular, light green,
and covered with a whitish down. This plant was first discovered in southern
Georgia, whence it was introduced into Europe in 1744, and named by Dr.
Garden in honor of his ' old master, Dr. James Gordon,' and by Ellis it was
dedicated to a London nurseryman of the same name. This nurseryman ap-
pears to have been a contemporary of Philip Miller. It was called Franklinia
in honor of Dr. Franklin. During the past hundred years it has not been
found in a wild state, although much searched for. This fact makes it not
only a rare and valuable tree, but one which should be more propagated and
kept, lest it be lost entirely to future generations. In the vicinity of Philadel-
phia there are several trees growing in the open without protection, but north
of that point its hardiness can not be wholly depended upon. In protected
situations, however, I see no reason why we of the North can not enjoy its
exquisite beauty, provided, of course, we give it protection. In the Arnold
Arboretum the plants receive part shelter from the other plants, which are
planted about them, and came through the winter of 1913-14 when so many
other beautiful things perished. The Gordonia may be propagated from layers
or from seeds, and will thrive in a peaty soil or in leaf mold and sand."
(Hubert M. Canning, in Horticulture, Oct. 24, 1914.)
39415. Spathodea campanulata Beau v. Bignoniaceae.
From Peradeniya, Ceylon. Presented by Mr. H. F. Maemillan. superintend-
ent of the botanic gardens. Received November 14, 1914.
" This seems to be the only species of Spatbodea generally known in the East.
The tree flowers profusely at Peradeniya almost throughout the year, except
in the dry season, but seldom or never bears fruit here. It produced, however,
fruit and seeds in our former garden at Anuradhapura, now abandoned, where
the climate is much drier than at Teradeniya, the rainfall being limited to three
mouths of the year." (Maemillan.)
26 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
39416 and 39417. Solanum spp. Solanacese.
From Bremen, Germany. Presented by Prof. I >r. <!. Bitter, Bremen Botanic
Garden. Received November 13, 1914. Quoted notes by I>r. Bitter.
"Cultivated in tbe botanic garden. Bremen, L914, from seeds."
39416. Solanum caesium Griseb.
"Seeds received from Oran, northern Argentine."
39417. Solanum acaule Bitter.
" Seeds collected in 1913 in Oruro, Bolivia."
39418 to 39422.
From Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba. Presented by Mr. Juan T. Roig,
botanist, Cuban Agricultural Station. Received November 14, 1914.
Quoted notes by Mr. Roig.
39418. Eugenia tuberculata (H. B. K.) DC. Myrtacese.
*' Grajo. A myrtaceus shrub producing bard wood."
39419. Harpullia cupanioides Roxburgh. Sapindacea?.
"A fine tree cultivated at tbe station. Of rapid growth and probably
producing good timber."
Distribution. — A tree bearing erect panicles of yellow flowers, followed
by pendent clusters of orange-colored fruits, found in India and Ceylon
and eastward to Sumatra, Java, and Borneo.
39420. Pithecolobium tortum Martius. Mimosaeea?.
" Humo. A tree producing valuable golden-colored timber. Much used
for posts and fences."
39421. Sophora tomentosa L. Fabacea?.
" Tambalisa. A very ornamental sbrub with yellow flowers. It forms
wide masses and is suitable for planting around the house and gardens."
39422. Trichilia havannensis Jacq. Meliacea?.
" Siguaraya. A low tree much used for hedges and popularly em-
ployed, as a drug plant, against rheumatism and other diseases."
39423 to 39442.
From China. Collected by Mr. Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Explorer for
the Department of Agriculture. Received November 17, 1914. Quoted
notes by Mr. Meyer.
39423. Holcus sorghum L. Poaceae. Kaoliang.
(Sorghum vulgare Pers.)
"(No. 2118a. Linhsien, Honan, China. July 5, 1914.) A variety of
kaoliang grown as a fodder for domestic animals. Is generally sown out
very thickly either in small patches or as strips along fields. In appear-
ance is much like Johnson grass. Chinese name Chiao ts'ao kaoliang,
meaning ' emerald-grass kaoliang.' "
39424. Cannabis sativa L. Moracese. Hemp.
"(No. 2119a. Luanfu, Shansi, China. July 13, 1914.) A variety of
hemp, said to produce long, strong, and fine fiber. Growu on terraces on
somewhat moist soil at altitudes between 3,000 and 4,000 feet."
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1914. 27
39423 to 39442— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
39425. Ricinus communis L. Euphorbiaceae. Castor bean.
"(No. 2120a. Southwest Shansi, China; August 4 to 14. 1914.) Var.
incrmis. A variety of castor beau having spineless burs. Occurs sporad-
ically in fields among the ordinary sort. Of value to students of muta-
tion and variation in plants, and possibly of commercial value also as
producing less waste material than the common varieties."
39426. Medicago sativa L. Fabacea?. Alfalfa.
"(No. 2121a. Mountains between Hotien, near Linhsien, Honan, and
Luanfu, Shansi, China. July 7 to 12, 1914.) A wild alfalfa, found every-
where between grasses, bowlders, rocks, and pebbles, on banks, cliffs, etc. ;
of low spreading growth, foliage small, flowers of blue color, large indi-
vidually, but racemes small. Branches not erect except when having some
support. Thrives best, apparently, at altitudes between 2,000 to 4.000 feet
above sea level. Of value possibly as a pasture plant in the inter-
mountain sections of the United States. This alfalfa may be one of the
original forms in which this important forage plant occurs on the globe,
and the erect-growing varieties now so extensively cultivated might have
been derived from one of these prostrate forms."
39427. Incarvillea sinensis Lamarck. Bignoniaceae.
"(No. 2122a. Near Wuwang on the Hwang River, Shansi, China.
August 11, 1914.) Var. floreflava. A variety of this biennial, having
large, pale-yellow flowers, instead of rosy ones. Of value as an orna-
mental for the hardy border. Of special interest to botanic gardens."
39428. Amygdalus sp. Aruygdalacesp. Peach.
"(No. 2123a. Sianfu, Shensi, China. August 21 to 26, 1914.) Stones
of the real wild peach, growing in the mountains one day's journey
south of Sianfu. The fruits are small, hard, and sourish, but there is
considerable variation in them as regards size and taste. They are
apparently all freestones, and while some have red flesh near the stone,
others are white throughout. The Chinese eat these fruits out of hand,
but they do not appeal to the white races, although they might be
utilized when preserved, as they possess the real peach flavor. Local
name Yiny t'ao, meaning ' cherry peach.' "
39429 and 39430. Prunus armeniaca L. Ainygdalaceae. Apricot.
39429. "(No. 2124a. Peking, China, June 25, 1914.) A large
apricot of soft yellow color and of mango shape, which is a very
unusual form among apricots. Said to come from the vicinity of
Paotingfu, Chihli Province."
39430. "(No. 2125a. Peking, China. June 27, 1914.) An apricot
with fruits as large as small apples; of whitish yellow color with
some blush on one side. Of fresh and sweet taste. Said to come
from the vicinity of Paotingfu."
39431. Xanthoceras sorbifolia Bunge. Sapindaceae.
"(No. 2126a. Chaoyu, Shansi, China. July 22, 1914.) A shrub,
occasionally growing into a small-sized tree, found in loess cliffs. The
shiny pinnate foliage reminds one of an ash, but the drooping racemes
of white flowers, with yellow stamens, produced in great masses in
early summer, give the shrub quite a distinct appearance. The Chinese
eat the kernels of the fruit and call the plant Mu kua hua, meaning
28 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
39423 to 39442 -Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. X. Meyer.)
'quince flower,' on account of the large fruits resembling those of the
Japanese quince. This shrub, closely related tf) the horse chestnut, is
decidedly ornamental and of special value as a garden shrub for those
seniiarid sections of the United States where the winters are not too
severe."
For illustrations of this shrub as seen growing in China and of its
fruit and foliage, see Plates I and II.
39432. Prinsepia uniflora Batalin. Amygdalacese.
."(No. 2127. Near Fuchengchen, Shansi, China. July 21, 1914.) A spiny
shrub, having many long branches, growing from 3 to 5 feet in height,
and of spreading habits. Foliage lanceolate and serrated, resembling
that of a Rhamnus. Flowering early in May with pale rosy flowers, pro-
duced in great masses. The fruits, which are of dark-red color and
resemble small cherries in general looks, ripen in July. They are quite
juicy, but sour; however, they vary a good deal as regards size, degree
of juiciness, and acidity, some being edible out of hand, while others are
very acrid. By selection, strains could he obtained, no doubt, which
could be cultivated as garden fruits. The shrubs love a well-drained
situation and thrive quite well even on rocky debris. Of value as an
ornamental spring-flowering bush and as a prospective fruiting shrub,
especially for the drier parts of the United States where the winters
are not too severe. Local Chinese name Tz'u yu, meaning 'spiny elm.''
For illustrations of the Chinese Prinsepia in flower and in fruit, see
Plates III and IV.
39433. Rhamnus sp. Khanmacea?.
"(No. 2128a. Kulo, Shansi, China. July 24, 1914.) A tall, shrubby
Rhamnus, often growing into a small tree. Of spreading habits, leaves
slender, lanceolate and serrate, looking not unlike slender davidiana
peach leaves. This shrub is apparently rare ; it is found here and
there in loess cliffs and on old grave mounds; it seems to be able to
withstand a good deal of alkali. Of value as a park shrub and possibly
as a hedge plant, especially for the drier sections of the United States.
The purplish black berries possess a sickening sweet taste and are ap-
parently not eaten by the Chinese."
39434. Ampelopsis aconitifolia dissecta (Carr. ) Koebne. Vitacese.
"(No. 2129a. Pingyangfu, Shansi, China. August 2, 1914.) A va-
riety of Ampelopsis, with finely cut folia.se, of light-green hue. and
bearing dull-yellow berries. Very ornamental when covering a wall or
trained over some latticework. Of value as a porch, arbor, and pergola
vine, especially in semiarid climes."
39435. Vicia sp. Fabaceae. Vetch.
"(No. 2130a. Mountains near Hotien, near Linhsien. Honan, China.
July 7, 1914.) A vetch of vigorous growth, foliage glabrous. Found in
rocky crevices and apparently able to withstand drought quite well. Of
value possibly for forage purposes."
39436 to 39439. Prunus spp. Amygdalaeeae.
39436. Prunus humu.is Bunge. Plum.
"(No. 2131a. Yuncheng, Shansi, China. August 11, 1914.) A
variety of wild Chinese dwarf plum, with fruits as large as good-
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Plate II.
Fruiting Bf
>f Xanthoceras sorbifolia. (See S. P. I. No. 39431.)
This North Chinese plant, heliums to the horse-chestnut family. 1' is found wild as a
shruh in dry loess hunks and cliffs in Shansi, Honan, Shensi, ami Kansu, iu whi< b
provinces the country ] pie eal the kernels, calling the plant Mu kua hva (quince
flower i . presumably on account of the fruits Bomewhat resembling Japanese quinces
in appearance. In temple courts around Peking one frequently finds this plant cul-
tivated, and in such places it grows into a small tree, often with a dense head of
foliage. Though seldom seen in American gardens, it deserves to be more widely
planted, especially in dry, sunny situations, where its masses of white flowers with
yellow and red blotches in the center appearing in May make the plant of great
decorative value. (Photographed by Frank N.Meyer.at Chaoyu, Shansi, China,
Julv J:;, 1914; P12264FS.)
Inventory 41, Seeds and Plants Imported.
Plate III.
The Chinese Prinsepia (Prinsepia uniflora) in Flower. (See S. P. I. No.
39432.)
As a flowering shrub for dry regions the Prinsepia iswell worthyof introduction, [tssmall white
flowers are crowded denselv around tin- branches. (Photographed by Frank N. Meyer, in the
mountains near Tsintse, Cliina, May 6, 1907; P5282FS.)
Inventory 41, Seeds and Plants Imported.
Plate IV.
Fruiting Branches of a Recently Introduced Chinese Prinsepia (Prinsepia
uniflora). (See S. P. I. No. 39432.)
'J'li i« dry-land spiny shrub should be adapted to the extremes of drought and cold of the < ; r< -h t
Plains area and the extreme Southwest. Its fruit* are dark red in color and vary a good
deal in size and in degree of acidity and amount of pulp, [t is probably capable of consider-
able improvement l>v selection, i Photographed by Frank N. Meyer, Fuchengchen, Shansi,
July 21, 1914; P18147FS.) Natural Bize.
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1914. 29
39423 to 39442— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
sized cherries, but of sour flavor. Said to grow here and there in
the mountains near Yuncheng. Chinese name Jou li tzu, meaning
' fleshy plum.' "
39437 and 39438. Prunus simonii Carr. Plum.
39437. "(No. 2132a. Hotien, near Linhsien, Honan, Chifia.
July 7, 1914.) A large variety of green plum, having a small
stone; flesh somewhat hard and sour. To be used for obtain-
ing new types."
39438. "(No. 2133a. Paotienchen, Shansi, China. July 17,
1914.) A very large variety of green plum, with some violet
blush on one side. Flesh somewhat hard, a good shipper, ap-
parently. To be used for obtaining new types."
39439. Prunus armeniaca L. Apricot.
" (No. 2134a. Near Lienma, Shansi, China. July 20, 1914.) Wild
apricots, growing in great profusion here and there on the mountain
sides at altitudes between 3,000 and 5,000 feet above sea level. Trees
of medium size, fruits generally small and sourish, but often most
beautifully colored. The natives collect these fruits for their kernels,
which are pickled in brine after the skin has been removed and
are eaten as appetizers before meals. They are also used in
high-class confectionery, like almonds, which, strange to say, the
Chinese do not have. Chinese name Shan hsing, meaning ' mountain
apricot.' For trial in some northern sections like Colorado. Utah,
Wyoming, etc."
39440 to 39442. Holcus sorghum L. Poacea1. Kaoliang.
(Sorghum vulgare Pers. )
39440. " (No. 2135a. Near Tachingkuan, on the Hwang River, Shansi,
China. August 15, 1914.) A variety of kaoliang, with pale amber-
colored seeds and having heavy spikes. Grown on reclaimed mud
flats along the Yellow River, where the fields are often inundated
for several weeks at a time. The plants grow extraordinarily tall,
specimens of 15 feet in height not being rare."
39441. "(No. 2136a. Near Tungchowfu, Shensi, China. August 16,
1914.) A variety of kaoliang with reddish brown seeds; of slen-
der, medium-tall growth and having orange-red stems. Grown
mostly in small patches and strips around fields, principally for
the bright-red skin of its stems, which is much used in fancy mat
weaving."
39442. "(No. 2137a. Mingyangtcheng, Shansi, China. August 12,
1914.) A variety of kaoliang of medium-tall growth, having droop-
ing panicles and sinning, dark reddish brown seeds. Crown
mostly in small patches and strips around fields. Is much used
for broom manufacture"
39443. Calamus sp. Phoenk-aeea?. Palm.
From Manila, Philippine Islands. Presented by the director, Bureau of
* Agriculture. Received November 18, 1914.
30 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
39444. Oryza sativa L. Poacese. Rice.
From Bangkok, Siam. Presented by Mr. Carl C. Hansen, American vice
and deputy consul general. Received November 19, 1914.
"Siamese paddy known as Kaw Sawan, which occurs in Thong. Amphur
Muang Sawankaloke." (Hansen.)
39445 and 39446. Oryza sativa L. Poacese. Rice.
From Valencia. Spain. Presented by Mr. Claude I. Daw sun. American
consul. Received November 17, 1914.
39445. "Amonquili rice, from the Alberique district, Province of
Valencia, Spain. The commercial classes of rice in the Valencia
regions, especially along the north and south banks of the Jucar River,
or center of the rice district, are at present Berilloch or Bellocli [S. P.
I. No. 38685] and Amonquili. During 1913 the two were cultivated in
the proportion of 80 per cent for the first and 20 per cent for the
second, and in the season just beginning the Benlloch will certainly be
overwhelmingly preferred in view of repeated excellent results ob-
tained by experiment stations and in actual cultivation." (Extract
from letter of Mr. Claude I. Dawson, American consul, dated Apr.
25, l'JUf.)
39446. " Bomba rice, from tjie Calasparra district, Province of Murcia,
Spain. The Bomba variety, which formerly was more extensively culti-
vated in this region than all other classes, hut in recent years gave
such poor results and proved so susceptible to the undefinable disease
known as the falla (the literal translation of which is 'deficient'),
which so greatly depleted the crops of 1911 and 1912 that it is now
hardly cultivated at all. The Bomba class was cultivated with more or
less success, but although a select variety and excellent in its food
value, cultivatoi's never secured the best results claimed for it. It is of
Japanese origin, but was imported here from China. In Lombardy
(Italy) the grain is said to reach much larger size than in the vega
of Valencia, due probably to more care in the selection of seed."
(Extract from let tor of Mr. Claude I. Dawson, American consul, dated
Apr. 25, 19U,.)
39447 to 39453.
From Calulo, Angola, Africa. Presented by Mr. W. P. Dodson. Received
November 16, 1914. Quoted notes by Mr. Dodson.
39447 to 39451. Iloi.crs sorghum L. Poacese. Sorghum.
(Sorghum vulgare Pers.)
"This sorghum is ground up- by the natives and used for porridge.
Native name Mballa."
39452. Vigna sinensis (Tomer) Savi. Fabacese. Cowpea.
"A very useful little black-eyed pea, called Mahundc.
39453. Ei.eusine coracana (L.) Gaertner. Poacese. African millet.
" The native name is Lino. It is ground up by the natives and used for
porridge." 4
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1917. 31
39454 to 39456. Annona spp. Annonacese.
From Amani, German East Africa. Presented by the director, Imperial
Agricultural Institute. Received November 11, 1914,
39454. Annona cherimola Miller. Cherimoya.
See S. P. I. Nos. 27483, 39352, and 39359 for previous introductions and
description.
39455. Annona muricata L. Soursop.
39456. Annona senegalensis Persoon.
See S. P. I. Nos. 30835 and 38525 for previous introductions and de-
scription.
39457. Ficus sp. Moracere. Fig.
From Kiayingchow, China. Presented by Rev. George Campbell. Received
November 28, 1914.
This seed was sent in by Mr. Campbell as Shan p'i p'a, or " mountain loquat."
39458 and 39459.
From Florida. Collected by Mr. David A. Bisset, of the Bureau of Plant
Industry, on Mr. Charles Deering's place, Buena Vista, Fla. Received
November 27, 1914. Quoted notes by Mr. Bisset.
39458. Duranta repens L. Verbenacea?.
"A beautiful ornamental evergreen shrub of spreading habit and
pendent branches, growing to a height of 8 feet and bearing racemes of
small light-blue flowers followed by bright-yellow fruits. The glossy
green foliage and the bright-yellow berries form a striking contrast and
serve to make the shrub a most attractive one. Flowers and berries
are seen on the plant at the same time."
39459. Lawsonia inermis L. Lythraceae. Henna.
"An ornamental evergreen shrub witb small glaucous leaves a ml
panicles of small cream-colored flowers which possess a most agreeable
fragrance. The flowers are followed by small green capsules which
change from green through dark red to brown. Capsules are somewhat
persistent, this being the only objectionable feature of the plant. Shrub
adapted for ornamental purposes and possibly of value in perfumery."
39460 to 39462. Hordeum spp. Poaceoe. Barley.
From Pusa, India. Presented by Mr. Bernard Coventry, agricultural ad-
viser to the Government of India, Imperial Department of Agriculture.
Received November 24, 1914. Quoted notes by Mr. Coventry.
39460. Hordeum distichon ianthinum Koern.
" Black huskless, 2-rowed. Grown in the Punjab."
39461. Hordeum vulgare coelbste L.
"Amber-colored, huskless 6-rowed barley. Grown in the Punjab."
39462. Hordeum vulgare L.
N"The common 6-rowed bearded barley, locally obtained. Grown in the
Punjab."
32 SEEDS AMi PLANTS IMPORTED.
39463. Gynopogon iLunoi.irs (Muell.) K. Schumann. Apocy-
(Alyxia ilicifolia Muell.) [naceae.
From Wellington 1 '< >i n i . near Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Presented
bj Mr. James Pink. Received November 25, 1014.
"A white-flowered shrub growing about G feet high, producing a profusion of
berries <>f a brighl orange-scarlet. It should make a valuable ornamental plain
for decorative purposes." (Pink.)
39464. Prunus armeniaca L. Amygdalacese. Apricot.
From Gizeh. Egypt. Secured by Prof. S. C. -Mason, of the Bureau of Plant
Industry, through Mr. Thomas \Y. Brown, Ministry of Agriculture,
Gizeh. Received November 28, 1914.
39465 to 39484.
From China. Presented by Miss Paula Bitter, Chicago, 111. Received
November 30. 1014. Quoted notes by Miss Bitter. >
39465. Bbassica bapa L. Brassicacea?. Turnip.
"Man ching. A good sweet turnip."
39466. Raphasus sativus L. Brassicacea?. Radish.
"7*0!' lo po. Long white turnip, planted in spring, grows exceedingly
large."
39467 and 39468. Brassica rEKixi;xsis (Lour.) Skeels. Brassicacea'
Pe-tsai cabbage.
"A large winter cabbage of the Chinese kind. Planted in summer,
transplanted in early fall or late summer, and left out until frost."
39469 to 39473. Cucumis sativus L. Cucurbitacese. Cucumber.
39469. " Ch'ang tsai lnia. A long thick cucumber."
39470. " Yuan su kua. Round cucumber."
39471. " Pax cJi'ang su kua. A large, thick, white gourd, similar
to the cucumber ; good. Plant like cucumber."
39472. " Huang kua. A long, slight cucumber. Can be planted
as in America; might be called seedless: very good."
39473. " Ch'ang su kua, A kind of cucumber."
39474. Allium schoenopeasum L. Liliacese. Chives.
"Chiu ts'ai. A kind of onion grass."
39475. I. \. iMA sativa L. Cichoriaceae. Lettuce.
39476. I.tnA cylindrica ( I -. I Roenier. Cucurbitacese, Loofah.
■■ ssu kua. Long cucumberlike."
39477. ZlziPHUS JUJUBA Miller. Khamnacea?. Jujube.
i Ziziphus sativa < Saertn. i
39478. Allium cepa L. Liliaceie. Onion.
" Long onion. Should be hilled."
39479. Sisamim okmntaii I.. Pedaliaceae. Sesame.
{Sesamum indicum L.)
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1914. 33
39465 to 39484— Continued. (Quoted notes by Miss Paula Hitter.)
39480. Beta vulgaris L. Chenopodiacese. Beet.
" Chun ta. The heavy leaves are used as greens, something like
spinach."
39481. Daucus carota L. Apiacese. Carrot.
" Planted like ours and almost if not quite like some of our kinds.
a "
39482. Brassica napus L. Brassicacese. Rape.
39483. Solanum melongena L. Solanaceae. Eggplant.
"Chi'eh tzu.,y
39484. Coriandrum sativum L. Apinceae. Coriander.
" Yen ts'ai. A green like parsley."
39485. Mangifera indica L. Anacardiacese. Mango.
From Ceylon. Presented by Mr. C. K. Moser, American consul, Harbin,
Manchuria. Received December 2. 1914.
"A few months before I left Ceylon a Singhalese friend sent me a few
mangos which he called" coconut mangos, which he said were from Jaffna and
very rare. They were about as large as a coconut and similar in shape, the
skin and flesh a deep, rich yellow, except upon the cheeks, where burned a
blush as glorious as any that ever dyed a peach. They were the most delicious
fruits my wife and I ever tasted in all our lives. We never saw either in
India or Ceylon any others like them, and when I wrote to Jaffna I was
informed they did not grow there, but that they were evidently a rare variety
which seldom fruited in Ceylon and then only in certain localities. Unfortu-
nately, I was too busy to investigate them, and I have forgotten the Singhalese
name which Dr. Brown, of Jaffna, gave for them, but I saved the seeds, and
under separate cover I am sending them to you in the hope that you may be
able to plant them in Florida and grow trees from them. If you should do this
and succeed with them, I wish to stipulate only one thing; that one tree be-
longs to me, and that I shall have its fruits some time. It is certainly not
commonly known in the Middle East, and it certainly is a fruit for a king.
It has neither fibrous flesh nor petroleum flavor ; the fruits from which these
seeds came were perfect." {Moser.)
39486 and 39487.
From Penang, Straits Settlements. Presented by the director, Penang
Botanical Gardens. Received December 3, 1914.
39486. Amorphophallus haematospadix Hook. f. Araceae.
An araceous herb with short turbinate tubers, 2-i inches in diameter,
3-parted leaves 20 inches across, and oblanceolate leaflets. Peduncle
brown, striated, terete. Sheaths appressed at the base, red-brown.
Spathe 5 inches long: limb primrose yellow; tube striate with pink, dark
purple within. Spadix sessile, 7 inches long, tip blood red. (Adapted
from Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 6, p. 517.)
74545°— 17 3
34 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
39486 and 39487 —Continued.
39487. Arisaema fimbriatum Masters. Aracese.
"Arisaema fimbriatum belongs to Engler's .section Triseeta, having two
stalked, leaves each deeply divided into three ovate-acute glabrous seg-
ments. The petioles are long, pale purplish rose colored, sprinkled with
small purplish spots. The spathes are oblong acute or acuminate, con-
volute at the base, brownish purple, striped longitudinally with narrow-
whitish bands. The spadix is cylindrical, slender, terminating in a long
whiplike extremity, much longer than the spathe. The flowers have the
arrangement and structure common to the genus, the females being
crowded at the base of the spadix, the males immediately above them,
and these passing gradually into fleshy incurved processes, which in
their turn pass gradually into long slender, purplish threads, covering
the whole of the free end of the spadix." (Master*. In Qordeners'
Chronicle, 1884, vol. 2, p. 680.)
39488. Cartca candamarcensis Hook. f. Papayaceae. Papaya.
From California. Presented by Mr. William A. Spinks, Monrovia, Cal.
Received November 27, 1914.
" Seeds of a small-fruited papaya, from Spinks's ranch, near Duarte, Cal.
The fruit itself of this variety seems to be worthless. It turns quite yellow on
ripening.'' (Spinks.)
39489. Betula japonica Siebold. Betulacese. Birch.
From Hsiao Wutaishan, Chihli Province, China. Collected by Mr. Frank
N. Meyer, Agricultural Explorer for the Department of Agriculture.
Seeds collected from herbarium material carried under Meyer No. 1163.
"A tree ordinarily from 40 to GO, occasionally over 100 feet high, with a
silvery white trunk; branches pendulous at the ends; young w 1 not downy,
but furnished with glandular warts. Leaves broadly ovate, sometimes rather
diamond shaped; 1 to 2\ inches long, three-fourths to 1A inches wide; broadly
wedge shaped or truncate at the base, slenderly tapered at the apex, doubly
toothed; not downy, but dotted with glands on both surfaces; stalk one-half to
three-fourths inch long. Fruiting catkins three-fourths to 1} inches long,
one-third inch wide, cylindrical ; scales smooth except on the margin ; middle
lobes the smallest. Native of Europe (including Britain), especially of high
latitudes; also of parts of north Asia. This birch, with B. puoescens, forms the
B. alba of Linnaeus, but most authorities now concur in separating them. The
species is easily distinguished from H. pubescens by the warts on the young
branchlers and by the absence of down on all the younger vegetative parts. In
the latter respect it differs from all the other cultivated birches except
B. populifolia." (11'. ./. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles,
vol. 1, p. 263, under B. verrucosa.)
39490 and 39491.
From Funchal, Madeira. Presented by Mr. C. H. Gable, through Mr. C. V.
Piper, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received December 3, 1914.
39490. Anpropogon hirtus L. Poaceae.
Distribution. — A perennial tufted grass about 3 feet high, found in the
countries bordering on the .Mediterranean and southward through Africa
to the Cape of Good Hope,
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1914. 35
39490 and 39491— Continued.
39491. Holcus halepensis L. Poacese. Johnson grass.
(Sorghum halepensis Pers.)
"Herbarium specimens show that the Madeira form differs usually
in having dark purple panicles, and I think there might be other char-
acters associated with this." (Piper.)
39492 and 39493.
From Bogota, Colombia. Presented by Gapt. H. R. Lemly, United States
Army, retired. Received December 3, 1914.
"To be tried in Florida and California."
39492. Annona cherimola Miller. Annonacea?. Cherimoya.
39493. Caryophyllus jambos (L.) Stokes. Myrtaeea?. Rose-apple.
(Eugenia jambos L.)
39494 to 39531. Hordeum spp. Poacese. Barley.
From China. Presented by Mr. Thomas Sammofls, American consul gen-
eral, Shanghai, who secured it from the Special Envoy for Foreign
Affairs. Received December 1, 1914.
39494 to 39496. Hordeum vulgare L.
39494. From Lanchi, Chekiang Province.
39495. From Sienku, Chekiang Province.
39496. From Fenghsien, Kiangsu Province,
39497. Hordeum vulgare coeleste L.
From Lungchuan, Chekiang Province.
39498 to 39501. Hordeum vulcare L.
39498. From Jukao, Kiangsu Province.
39499. From Puchinghsien, Kiangsu Province.
39500. Early barley from Wuyi, Chekiang Province.
39501. From Shaohingfu, Chekiang^Province.
39502. Hordeum vulgare coeleste L.
From Ghan'gshan, Chekiang, Province. Used for food and for making
a strong wine.
39503. Hordeum vulgare l,.
From Siangshan, Chekiang, Province.
39504. Hordeum vulgare himalayense Rittig.
From Yangchung, Chekiang Province.
39505. Hordeum vulgare coeleste L.
White round barley from Yungkang, Chekiang Province.
39506 and 39507. Hordeum vulgare L.
39506. From Siangshan, Chekiang Province.
39507. From Paoshan, Kiangsu Province.
39508. Hordeum vulgare coeleste L.
From Yunhwo, Chekiang Province.
36
SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
39494 to 39531— Continued.
39509 to 39522. Hordeum vulgabe L.
39509. From Juian, Chekiang Province.
39510. From Siangshan, Chekiang Province.
39511. From Sungkiangfu, Kiangsu Province.
39512. From Paoying, Kiangsu Province.
39513. From Sinchanghsien, Chekiang Province.
39514. From Sienku, Chekiang Province.
39515. From Wuyi, Chekiang Province.
39516. From Suianhsien, Chekiang Province.
39517. From Pingyanghsien, Chekiang Province.
39518. From Tientai, Chekiang Province.
39519. Superior grade from Shanghai, Kiangsu Province.
39520. From Kinhwafu, Chekiang Province.
39521. From Kunshan, Kiangsu Province.
39522. From Tinghai, Chekiang Province.
39523. Hordeum vulgare coeleste L.
From Pingyanghsien, Chekiang Province.
39524 to 39531. Hordeum vulgare L.
39524. From Kiangpu, Kiangsu Province.
39525. From Chuhsien, Chekiang Province.
39526. From Iwu, Chekiang Province.
39527. From Yuhwanting, Chekiang Province.
39528. Red barley from Sinchanghsien, Chekiang Province.
39529. From Pinghu, Chekiang Province.
39530. From Pinghu, Chekiang Province.
39531. From Tinghai, Chekiang Province.
39532 to 39536. Aleurites fordii Hemsley. Euphorbiaceae.
Tung tree.
From Experiment, Ga. Secured from the Agricultural Experiment Sta-
tion. Received December1 4, 1914.
39532. Fruit did not fall until nipped by light frost.
39533. Seed from 1-acre plat, row 5, tree 1. Large fruit, but a sparse
bearer.
39534. One-acre plat, row 5, tree 7. Small prolific crop from one tree.
39535. Nut plat, row 2, tree 8. Fruit very large, but a sparse bearer;
14 pounds when harvested. Fruit matured and fell to the ground
October 15 to 20, several days before frost
39536. Mixed.
39537. Lavanga scandens (Roxb.) Buch.-Ham. Rut area?.
From Pusa, India. Presented by Mr. Bernard Coventry, agricultural ad-
viser to the Government of India. Received December 9, 1914.
"A tall, lax-growing, but scarcely scandenl shrub, with straggling branches,
which are glabrous (as in every part of the plant), terete, bearing a rather
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBEE 31, 1914. 37
long subulate decurved spine in the axil of the leaf. Leaves alternate, remote,
3-foliolate. Petiole 2 to 3 inches long. Leaflets 5 to 6 inches long, lanceolate,
acuminate, entire, penninerved, pellucido-punctate. Flowers axillary, fascic-
ulate, in a dense short raceme, much resembling those of the orange and not
less fragrant. Calyx monophyllous, forming a short cylinder, 4-lobed at the
mouth. Petals white, fleshy, oblong, four times as long as the calyx, at length
patent and even reflexed. Stamens eight, united into a white fleshy tube for
nearly their whole length, the apices free, and bearing each a linear or oblong-
acuminate yellow anther. Pistil as long as the stamens. Ovary seated on a
fleshy torus. Style columnar. Stigma large, globose." (Botanical Magazine,
pi. 1,522, 1850.)
Introduced for the work of the Office of Crop Physiology and Breeding
Investigations.
39538 to 39541. Pyrtjs spp. Malacese. Pear.
From Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by Prof. C. S. Sargent, Arnold
Arboretum. Cuttings received December 7, 1914. Quoted notes by Prof.
Sargent.
39538. Pyrus bretschneideri Rehder.
"(No. 2.) 452-4. Raised from seed sent to the Arnold Arboretum from
Peking, China, by Dr. Bretschneider. A pear with yellow, globose, juicy
fruits, of fair quality, which we call Pyrus bretschneideri. Of great value
as a decorative plant and, judging from the quality of the fruit, it has
economic possibilities. I believe it is from this species that the best
Chinese pears are derived."
39539 and 39540. Pyrus phaeocarpa Rehder.
" Raised from seed sent to the Arboretum from Peking, China, by
Dr. Bretschneider. This species has very small brown fruit. Of great
value as decorative plants."
39539. (No. 3.) 452-7. Fruit globose in form.
39540. (No. 4.) 452-9. Fruit pyriform.
39541. Pyrus ovoidea Rehder.
"(No. 5.) 4033. This is remarkable among pears in having ovoid, not
obovoid, fruit. The fruit is of fairly good quality, and the tree has
ornamental value on account of its large and abundant flowers and its
good foliage which, unlike that of any other pear tree, turns to brilliant
scarlet in the autumn. Judging by the shape of some of the Chinese
fruits of which you have recently sent us photographs, this may be the
origin of some of the cultivated Chinese pears. It is possible that one
of the parents of the Kieffer pear may be this species. We know P.
ovoidea only as a cultivated tree. It has long been cultivated in the
Arboretum as J', simonii, under which name we had it from Kew, where
in turn it had come from the museum in Paris. P. simonii, however, is a
synonym of P. vssuriensis."
39542 and 39543.
From Littleriver, Fla. Presented by .Mr. C. T. Simpson. Received De-
cember 2, 1914. Quoted notes by -Mi'. Simpson.
39542. Adenanthera pavonina L. Miniosacea?. Circassian bean.
"A large tree from tropical Asia with dark-green bipinnate leaves and
spiral pods of lenticular, brilliant red beans. These are used for food
38 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
39542 and 39543— Con. (Quoted notes by Mr. C. T. Simpson.)
by the natives of India and are strung into beautiful necklaces. The
flowers are brownish, in long spikes. The tree is a rapid grower and
is quite ornamental."
39543. Kopsia arbokea Blume. Apocynaceae.
"A large shrub or small tree belonging to the Apocynaceae, with spatu-
late, thick, shining, dark-green leaves in whorls and small white flowers
in clusters. These are followed by deep red, almond-shaped, nutlike
fruits which are quite ornamental. It is a very handsome tree or large
shrub, but it is very tender."
39544. Amygdalus sp. Amygdalacae. Wild peach.
From near Chaoyu, near Luanfu, Shansi, China. Collected by Frank N.
Meyer, Agricultural Explorer for the Department of Agriculture. Re-
ceived November 17, 1914.
"Dried fruits aud stones of the real wild peach, collected at an elevation
of 4,000 feet above the sea." (Meyer.)
39545. Oryza sativa L. Poacese. Rice.
From Constantinople, Turkey. Presented by Mr. G. Bie Ravndal, American
consul general. Received December 7, 1914.
" Information obtained from a rice dealer, whose principal house is in Mouda-
nia in the Vilayet of Broussa, shows that about 100 to 150 tons of rice is yearly
grown in the district of Pazarkioi-Guemlek and about 150 to 200 tons in the
Broussa district, but, owing to the increased amount sown, a crop of 400 tons
is expected this year. All of the rice is consumed locally. It is described
as being of better quality than that grown in Philippopolis, just across the
Turkish frontier in Bulgaria, which is, I am told, very good rice. One
kileh (20 okes = 56.40 pounds) of seed rice is usually sown on 3 deunums
(2,569.44 square yards), producing 100 to 120 kileh (5,640 to 6,76S pounds)
of good unshelled rice. Twenty okes (56.40 pounds) of unshfilled rice yields
14 okes (39.48 pounds) of shelled rice." Sowing is usually done in the latter
part of April and harvesting in August or the beginning of September. Rice
grows in black, loose soil and is well watered by frequent rains as well as,
lately, by irrigation canals which keep the soil damp. The cost of this rice,
wholesale, is 3£ to 3* piasters ($0,143 to .$0,154) per oke (2.82 pounds) ;
unshelled rice can be bought for 55 to 60 paras ($0.0605 to $0,166) per oke
(2.S2 pounds). The past year it was sold for 3* piasters ($0.ir>4) per oke
(2.82 pounds)." (Ravndal.)
39546. Saccharum officinarum L. Poaceae. Sugar cane.
From Santiago dr las Vegas, Cuba. Presented by Mr. J. T. Crawley,
director, Agricultural Experiment Station. Received December 8, 1914.
Grystallina. "Noel Deerr in his 'Cane Sugar,' page 26, says that the
Crystallina is a Batavian cane and is the lighter of the two purple Batavian
canes. It is known in Hawaii as Roue Bamboo, in the British West Indies as
White Transparent, in Cuba as Cristallina, and in Louisiana as Home Purple.
It is of no distinct color, sometimes being a pale or ash color, and at other
times a wine-colored cane. Its color depends upon its age and environments.
the younger the cane the more color it contains, and the young parts of the
same cane are more colored than the older parts. It is a comparatively thin
cane, with long joints, and has a longitudinal channel running from the eye
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1914. 39
to the next joint above. It is prone to fall down from the effects of high wind,
is comparatively soft, and furnishes, when mature, a juice of high sucrose
and purity. It is a comparatively hardy cane and will give remunerative crops
on soils and under conditions where many other canes would fail. While
not immune to the attacks of insects and diseases, it is among the canes which
most successfully resist them." (Crawley.)
39547 and 39548. Pyrtjs betulaefolia Bunge. Malaceae. Pear.
From Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by Mr. Jackson Dawson, superin-
tendent, Arnold Arboretum. Received December 8, 1914.
" Pyrus betulaefolia was obtained from Dr. Bretschneider from the mountains
near Peking, China, and was sown at the Arboretum in 1882, so that our plants
are about 31 years of age. (Dawson.)
"A slender, quick-growing, graceful tree, 20 to 30 feet high ; young shoots
covered thickly with a gray felt which persists the whole of the year. Leaves
ovate or roundish ovate, 2 to 3 inches long, 1\ to 1$ inches wide; long pointed,
tapered or rounded at the base, regularly and sometimes rather coarsely
toothed ; downy on both surfaces at first, remaining so on the veins beneath
throughout the season ; dark green, smooth and lustrous above ; stalk 1 to 1£
inches long, gray felted like the shoot. Flowers 8 to 10 together in a corymb,
white, each about three-fourths inch across, on a downy stalk three-fourths
to 1 inch long; calyx downy, its short, triangular teeth falling away froih the
small roundish fruit, which is about the size of a large pea, grayish brown with
white dots. Native of North China ; introduced to Kew in 18S2 through seeds
sent by the late Dr. Bretschneider. The chief characteristics of the tree are
its quick graceful growth and small fruits not crowned by calyx teeth. Its
fruit would appear to be of no value, but the tree is used by the Chinese as a
stock on which they graft fruiting pears." (W. J. Beau, Trees and Shrubs
. Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 279.)
39549. Garcinia cornea L. Clnsiacese.
From Bronx Park, New York City. Presented by the New York Botanical
Garden. Received December 11, 1914.
See S. P. I. Nos. 11721 and 23882 for previous introductions and descriptions.
39550. Castanea sp. Fagacese. Chestnut.
From Nanking, China. Presented by Rev. Joseph Bailie, University of
Nanking. Received December 10, 1914.
"Collected inside the city of Nanking, fall of 1914." (Bailie.)
39551. Dimocarpus longan Louriero. Sapindacese. Longan.
(Nephelium longana Cambess.)
From Oneco, Fla. Presented by Iieasoner Brothers. Received December 11,
1914,
39552 and 39553.
From Sibpur, Calcutta, India. Presented by Maj. A. T. Gage, superin-
tendent, Royal Botanic Gardens. Received December L2, 1!U4.
39552. Lavanga scandens (Roxb.) Buch.-ILwn. Rutacese.
See S. P. I. 39537 for previous introduction and description.
39553. Mangifeba sylvatica Roxb. Anacardiacese.
Distribution. — A large tree found on the tropical slopes of the Hima-
layas and in the Khasi Hills, in India.
40 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
39554 and 39555.
From Goleta, Cal. Presented by Mr. Joseph Sexton. Cuttings received
December 12, 1914. Quoted notes by Mr. Peter Bisset.
39554. Diospyros kaki L. f. Diospyruceae. Persimmon.
" The parent tree bears staminate flowers in great profusion, as well
as pistillate ones ; therefore it is valuable as a pollinator for orchards
of kaki varieties that do not bear staminate flowers. Fruits small to
medium in size."
39555. Feijoa sellowiana Berg. Myrtacese. Feijoa.
" Cuttings from a variety bearing fruits about 2* inches in length by
1£ inches in diameter and of excellent quality."
39556 to 39559.
From California. Received at the Plant Introduction Field Station, Chrco,
Cal. Quoted notes by Mr. Peter Bisset.
39556. Diospyros kaki L. f. Diospyraceae. Persimmon.
* " Scions collected on the place of Mr. K. Stevens, Santa Barbara, Cal..
from a tree bearing staminate flowers in abundance, as well as pistillate
ones. Will be of value as a pollinator for nonstaminate varieties.
Fruits small, but produced in profusion."
39557. Crataegus lavallei F. Herincq. Malacea?. Hawthorn.
" Scions received from Mr. Frank J. Hart, Los Angeles, Cal. A small
shrubby tree growing to 20 feet in height, bearing bright orange-colored
fruits."
39558. 'Ceratonia siliqua L. Causal pi niacese. Carob.
" Seeds received from Mr. C. W. Beers, horticultural commissioner,
Santa Barbara, Cal. Gathered from trees growing in that vicinity.
Will be used to grow stocks ou which to bud the improved varieties of
carobs."
39559. Tamarix sp. Tarnarieaeeee. Tamarisk.
"Cuttings of an undetermined variety received from Mr. M. IL Craw-
ford, Del Mar, Cal. The parent tree was about 12 feet in height, the
branches long and slender, leaves long and grayish green, giving a plume-
like effect."
39560 and 39561. Holcus sorghum L. Poaceoc. Sorghum.
(Sorghum vulgare Pers. )
From Bie, Angola, Africa. Presented by Mr. W. II. Sanders. American
Board of Missions. Received December 10, l'.H4.
39560. Brown. 39561. White.
39562. Aleurites Montana (Lour.) AVilson. Euphorbiacea?.
Mu-yu tree.
From Takhing, South China. Presented by Rev. J. K. Robb, American
Reformed Presbyterian Church. Received December in. 1!H4.
See S. P. I. No. 36897 for previous introduction and description.
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1914. 41
39563. Spondias lutea L. Anacardiacese.
From Bogota, Colombia. Procured through Mr. F. L. Rockwood, clerk of
the American Legation. Received December 10, 1914.
"A fruit which is in the market about 3 months of the year. It is reddish
yellow, grows on a small tree, like cherries on a small scale. It has never
been cultivated, but has a very large seed and a pleasant, slightly acid taste,
and the market name is ciruelas, which is Spanish for ' plums.' They are
about three-fourths of an inch long and oblong in shape, a very handsome fruit.
The season lasts only from June to September. This class of fruit is abundant
in the valleys of the Andes in a warm climate where the temperature is from
70° to 80°, and it seems to do best below the coffee belt in valleys where it is
shaded and well watered. The fruit is very popular in this market, especially
among the children, and seems very healthful to use. The price is higher in pro-
portion to other tropical fruits in the Bogota market, owing to the fact that
none is cultivated and dependence is placed upon the wild crop only. This fruit
is said to counteract the eating of too much meat." (Rockwood.)
39564. Couepia polyandra (H. B. K.) Rose. Rosacese.
From San Jose, Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. Carlos Werckle. Received
December 10, 1914.
39565. Cobaea sp. Polemoniacese.
From Guatemala City, Guatemala. Presented by Dr. R. Tejada A. Re-
ceived December 2, 1914.
" Received from the Helvetia estate, situated in the jurisdiction of San
Felipe, Retalhuleu, 2,500 feet." {Tejada.)
39566. Cucumis melo L. Cucurbitacese. Muskmelon.
Seed received through Mr. G. P. Rixford, grown at the Plant Introduction
Field Station, Chico, Cal.
South African melon seed, purchased in the San Francisco market. (P. L. H.
No. 6117.)
39567. Annona diversifolia Safford. Annonacese. llama.
From San Salvador, Central America. Presented by Mr. Ralph D. Cornell,
Claremont, Cal., through Mr. Wilson Popenoe, of the Bureau of Plant
Industry. Received December 15, 1914.
" Called Anona blanca by the natives."
According to Mr. W. E. Safford (Contr. from the F. 8. National Herbarium,
vol. 18, pt. 1, p. 19-20), this interesting ami valuable anona is called ilania
at Colima, Tlatlaya, and Acapulco in southern Mexico. .Mr. Safford describes
the fruit as large, fleshy, and aromatic, with the .juicy pulp frequently pink
or rose tinted. It is shaped like a pineapple cheese and is usually covered
with large stout protuberances, though sometimes they are lacking in fruits
of the same tree. Undoubtedly this is .me of the best of the anonas, though
rare and little known. It should be given a careful trial in southern Florida
and southern California.
42 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
39568. Clatjcena lansium (Lour.) Skeels. Rutaceae. Wampi.
{Clausena wampi Oliv.)
From Honolulu, Hawaii. Presented by Mr. J. E. Higgins, Hawaii,
Experimental Station. Received December 15, 1914.
"This tree is rather rare in Hawaii, but is an interesting species, and I
consider it worthy of limited cultivation." (Higgins.)
"A small tree, 18 to 20 feet, with luxuriant foliage, native of South China;
nearly glabrous pinnate leaves; small dense panicles of whitish sweet-scented
flowers, produced in April ; fruit ripens in June and July ; an edible berry,
borne in clusters like the grape, individual fruit nearly globose, the size of
a large marble, rough, tough, orangelike rind, pale straw yellow in color
and covered with glands fuli of green balsamic oil; seeds 1 to 3 nearly filling
the fruit cavity; a small quantity of almost colorless juicy pulp between the
seeds and the rind, with an agreeable, aromatic acid taste. Propagated by
seeds and layers. Often used as a dessert fruit, but mostly for preserves.
The leaves are used in flavoring." (Report of the Hawaii Agricultural Experi-
ment Station, 1914, P- 33.)
39569. Ampelopsis megalophylla Diels and Gilg. Vitaceae.
From Jamaica Plain. Mass. Presented by the Arnold Arboretum. Cuttings
received December 17, 1914.
See S. P. I. No. 34537 for previous introduction and description.
39570. Castanea sp. Fagaceae. Chestnut.
From Nanking, China. Presented by Rev. Joseph Bailie, University of
Nanking. Received December 17, 1914.
39571. Myristtca malabarica Lamarck. Myristicaceae. Kanagi.
From Bombay, India. Presented by Mr. V. I. Parekh. Received December
14, 1914.
" Jangli caudle seeds, which can be obtained from Indian jungles, but are gen-
erally neglected. The oil extracted is used for burning purposes only. It con-
tains a resinous substance, very sticky, and expected to turn out to be of some
use iu preparing alizarine colors or mordant, being oily. Can be had in large
quantity if collected at the proper time, at a very small cost." (Parekh.)
"A large tree of the western coast from the Konkan southwards in evergreen
forests. The seed yields a yellowish oil when bruised or boiled. It is used
medicinally and for illumination. The fruit appears to have been used for
adulterating the nutmegs and mace of .1/. fragrant. The wood is moderately
hard and used in building." ( Watt, Commercial Products of India.)
39572. Crataegus arnoldiana Sargent. Malaceae. Hawthorn.
From Jamaica Plain, .Mass. Presented by the Arnold Arboretum. Re-
ceived December 17, 1914.
To be grown as stocks. For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 347;>2.
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1914. 43
39573. Garoinia multtflora Champion. Clusiaceae.
From Kiayingchow, China. Presented by Rev. George Campbell. Received
December 17, 1914.
" Shan pi pa. Dr. Chang sent me these fruits and added a note to the effect
that people said the fruit is entirely wholesome. It has a pleasant subacid taste,
something like an orange, but there is little meat. From a bush with deeply
lobed leaves." (Campbell.)
39574 and 39575. Berberis spp. Berbericlaceae. Barberry.
From Elstree, Herts, England. Presented by Hon. Vicary Gibbs, Alden-
ham House Gardens. Plants received December 21, 1914.
39574. Berberis aggregata Schneider.
" This is one of Wilson's recent introductions from China, and was
shown (at a Royal Horticultural Society show) as a richly berried,
open-spreading bush about 18 inches high. The leaves, dull green above
and gray green below, are in axillary rosettes of about nine. They vary
from ovate and entire to oblanceolate, with a few teeth or spiny hairs on
the upper half, and are generally about one-half by one-fourth inch. The
berries are small, nearly globular, and borne in dense close-seated clus-
ters, in one of which we counted as many as 21 berries, though there
are, more generally, only half that number. They are a very charming
creamy green color, suffused with coral, and reminding one of those
of B. wilsonae." (Gardeners' Chronicle, September 27, 1913.)
39575. Berberis subcaulialata Schneider.
"A deciduous shrubby western Chinese barberry with strongly angulate
branches, oblanceolate leaves, one-half to 1 inch long, acute, rarely 3-
pointed at the apex, whitish beneath; flowers in very short 6 to 8 flow-
ered racemes or rarely fascicled, nodding. Fruit globose, red." (Rehder.
In Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture.)
See S. P. I. No. 37497 for previous introduction.
39576. Quercus cyclobalanoides Trelease. Fagacese. Oak.
From Vera Cruz, Mexico. Presented by Dr. C. A. Purpus. Received De-
cember 21, 1914.
"Fine, large tree, which has, as I am told, a most excellent wood. The oak
will grow well in your colonies, Porto Rico, or the Philippines." (Purpus.)
39577. Crataegus pinnatifida Bunge. Malacea?. Hawthorn.
From Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by the Arnold Arboretum. Re-
ceived December 21, 1914.
39578. Alsophila sp. Tree fern.
From Baguio, Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. P. J. Wester, horti-
culturist, Lamao, Bataan. Received December lit, L914.
"This is a tree fern, attaining a height of about 20 feet, with slender stem
and very graceful, growing between 3,000 and 4,000 feet, altitude. The stems
are now being utilized by the Bureau of Education at their trade school in
44 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
Baguio in making flower stands, picture frames, and various small, useful,
and ornamental articles for the office or the home, which are really ornamental,
picturesque, and distinctly different from anything in that line that I have
ever seen. The plants are very abundant, and if the steins would ship suc-
cessfully and the plants later could be sold at a price that would be remunera-
tive to the importer, you would gain an ornamental that in its line would be
second to none." (Wester.)
39579 to 39581. Citrus spp. Eutacese.
From Lamao, Bataan, Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. P. J. Wester,
horticulturist, Lamao Experiment Station. Received December 19, 1914.
Quoted notes by Mr. Webster.
39579. Citbus gbaxdis (L.) Osbeck. Panuban.
(Citrus decumana Murr.)
"Panuban. An oblate fruit the size of a large orange, smooth, of the
same color as the pummelo, thin skinned, juicy, and well flavored. I have
not seen the trees, but believe it to be a hybrid between the pummelo and
the orange or mandarin."
" A spiny tree, 3 to 4 meters tall, of robust growth ; young growth
pubescent; leaves 12 to 17 centimeters long, 4.7 to 8 centimeters wide,
oblong ovate, crenate, coriaceous ; base rounded ; petiole 15 to 23 milli-
meters long, wing margins narrow, at most 18 millimeters broad, and
cuneiform ; flowers not seen ; fruit 5.7 centimeters long, 7 centimeters in
transverse diameter ; oblate with shallow apical cavity ; surface smooth,
lemon yellow ; skin very thin ; pulp contained in 11 to 12 locules, yel-
lowish, fairly juicy, subacid, acidity and sweetness well blended, aro-
matic and well flavored; seed large, polyembryonic. The panuban is
said to bloom about New Year, and the fruit ripens in September to
November; the trees are reported to be very prolific. The panuban has
been reported only from Lias, Bontoc, where half a dozen trees are said
to grow. Possibly it may be an accidental hybrid between the pummelo
and the orange or mandarin ; if it is simply a mutation it is one of the
most striking of the species. However this may be, the pummelo char-
acter is strongly dominant in both the foliage and the fruit. Very well
flavored, the fruit is too dry to be acceptable to a discriminating public,
but it is not improbable that under cultivation the juiciness would in-
crease. In such a case the panuban might become a fruit of commercial
importance." (Adapted from Philippine Agricultural Review, vol. 8, first
quarter, 1915, p. 12.)
39580. Citrus medica odorata Wester. Tihi-tihi.
" Tihi-tihi. the leaves of which analyze 0.6 per cent of essential oil.
The plant is a shrub, fruiting three years from seed ; the fruit is of no
value.
"A small, thorny shrub, seldom exceeding 12.5 meters in height, with
sharp, stout spines ; young growth bright green ; leaves 7.5 to 11 cm.
long, 4.3 to 6.5 cm. broad, elliptical, rather thick and leathery, serrate,
of distinct fragrance; base rounded; apex notched; petioles very short, 4
to 6 mm. long, not winged: flowers one to tour, in axillary compressed
cymes, sessile, rarely exceeding 38 mm. in diameter; calyx large, promi-
nently cupped; petals four to five, fleshy, white, with a tinge of purple
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1914. 45
39579 to .39581— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. P. J. Wester.)
on the outside; stamens 36 to 42, unequal, shorter than stigma; filaments
united in groups of four to six ; pollen abundant ; gynoecium frequently
aborted ; ovary elevated on a bright green disk, large, 4 mm. long, 13 to 14
loculed ; style tapering from ovary, scarcely more slender, rather short ;
stigma large, knoblike, and cleft ; fruit 60 to 65 millimeters long, 7
to 10 cm. in transverse diameter, weighing 300 to 475 grams, oblate,
with a shallow basal cavity, and sometimes a mammillate apex, more
or less ridged longitudinally, fairly smooth, clear lemon yellow ; lenticels
scattered, depressed; oil cells large, equal or a trifle raised; skin rather
thick; pulp grayish, rather dry, sharply acid, of lemon flavor; juice
cells long and slender ; seeds many, sometimes 125 in a single fruit,
short, broad, and flattened. The tihi-tihi is a rare plant found in culti-
vation in Cebu and Bohol ; one plant has been seen in Misamis, Mindanao.
The plant is very precocious, fruiting as early as the third year from seed,
everbearing. The fruit is used by the Filipinos in washing their hair. It
is not eaten, and is of no commercial importance. The tihi-tihi differs
from the citron in its green, tender, highly aromatic growth, the leaves
having been found to contain 0.6 per cent essential oil, as analyzed by
the Bureau of Science. The fruit is strikingly different from the citron."
(Citrus Fruits in the Philippines, Agricultural Review, first quarter,
1915.)
39581. Citrus medica nana Wester.
" Seeds of a lemon that fruits the second year from seed and is ex-
ceedingly prolific. The fruit is dry and seedy, but the variety might
be useful in hybridization work for the production of very dwarf and
precocious varieties."
39582. Aleukites fordii Hemsley. Euphorbiacese. Tung tree.
Grown at the Plant Introduction Field Station, Rockville, Md., under sta-
tion No. 6587.
Plants grown from seed received from Mr. S. H. Gaitskill, Mcintosh, Fla.,
from trees growing on his place, which were sent to him by the Office of Foreign
Seed and Plant Introduction.
39583. Casimiroa edulis La Llave. Rutacese. White sapote.
Grown at the Plant Introduction Field Station, Miami, Fla.
Plants grown from seed of selected fruits taken from a tree growing at the
station, Miami, Fla.
39584. Laurocerasus ilicifolia (Nutt.) Roemer. Amygdalaceae.
(Prunus ilicifolia Walp.)
Plants grown at the Plant Introduction Field Station, Chico, Cal.
"An evergreen tree, attaining a height of 30 feet and forming a dense crown.
Leaves hollylike, thick and shiny. Tree bears small, white flowers in slender
racemes less than 2 inches long ; red or black fruits, one-half inch in diameter,
of a pleasant subacid flavor, but somewhat astringent. Trees suitable for
hedges." (Peter Bisset.)
46 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
38585 and 39586.
From Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by the Arnold Arboretum. Re-
ceived December 24, 1914.
To be grown as stocks.
39585. Crataegus lauta Sargent. Malacese. Hawthorn.
" A spiny arborescent shrub, allied to C. ellwangeriana, with ovoid
fruit, bright orange-red, three-quarters of an inch long. Much planted in
Boston parks, but of unknown origin." (Rehder. In Bailey, Standard
Cyclopedia of Horticulture.)
39586. Kalopanax ricinifolius (S. and Z.) Miquel. Araliacese.
(Acanthopanax ricinifolium Seem.)
See S. P. I. Nos. 20312 and 34783 for previous introductions and de-
scription.
39587 and 39588. Holcus spp. Poacese.
From Algiers, Algeria. Presented by Dr. L. Trabut. Received December
21, 1914. Quoted notes by Dr. Trabut.
39587. Holcus halepensis X sorghum.
" Var. annuum. Called Mezera by the natives. 1914."
39588. Holcus halepensis X sorghum.
" Described as a variety cultivated in the same region which hybridizes
with H. halepensis and gives the Mezera, but under cultivation appar-
ently a hybrid between Johnson grass and sorghum."
39589. Phaseolus mungo L. Fabacese. Urd.
From Manila, P. I. Presented by Mr. William S. Lyon. Received Decem-
ber 19, 1914.
" Seeds of a native Phaseolus. I lay no claim to its virtues as a seed pro-
ducer; indeed I have it growing side by side with a number of other species,
and I find it relatively inferior as such, but as a cover crop I have wholly dis-
carded all of the scores of leguminous plants I have tested in favor of this.
I have made distribution of the seeds to a number of abaca planters and they
are most enthusiastic over its utility in young hemp plantations. Like myself,
they all have come to discredit cowpeas and all velvet beans, Lyon included, for
the reason that in good soils the growth of the cover crop is so exuberant that
except at great outlay for labor any plants under 1 meter tall are smothered
out of existence. On the other hand, in old plantations which are fairly well
shaded the cowpeas and velvet beans make a spindling and inefficient growth
to accomplish the main purpose of choking out a number of objectionable weeds
and grasses which, notwithstanding the shade, flourish to the detriment of the
abaca. I have more than an acre now in my rose garden and for two seasons
have grown this bean to the exclusion of all others. It makes a low, dense,
spreading mat about a foot thick and not much disposed to climb ; the result is
I am able to plant two crops a year among my dwarf rose bushes without
choking them, with a marked saving in cultivation and irrigation, as well as
a marked improvement in the quantity and quality of the flowers obtained."
(Lyon.)
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1914. 47
39590 and 39591. Hordeum vulgare L, Poaceae. Barley.
From Maison Carree, Algeria. Presented by Mr. I. Ducellier, Algerian
Agricultural School. Received December 10, 1914.
" Square barley."
39590. From the valley of the Cheliff.
39591. Grown on the high plateau of the valley of Constantine.
39592. Hordeum vulgare L. Poaceae. Barley.
From Barquisimeto, Venezuela. Through Mr. Thomas W. Voetter, Ameri-
can consul, La Guaira. Received December 22, 1914.
"This seed was grown near Barquisimeto, in the Puerto Cabello consular
district. I have been able to learn of no other vicinity in Venezuela besides
this where barley is grown." (Voetter.)
39593. Rosa odorata gigantea (Collett) Render and Wilson. Ro-
sacea. Rose.
From Hollywood, Cal. Presented by Mr. E. D. Sturtevant. Received
December 24, 1914.
See S. P. I. Nos. 27301 and 28030 for previous introductions and description.
"The giant rose of the Himalayas (Rosa gigantea) probably has larger flow-
ers than any other wild rose in existence. In their native forests the flowers
often reach a diameter of 6 inches; cultivated they should exceed this. The
rose is furthermore a vigorous grower. It was introduced to the United States
in 1902 by the Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction of the United
States Department of Agriculture, and on a number of occasions since then,
and it at once attracted the interest of hybridizers, who try to retain its size
and vigor while increasing its hardiness by crossing with a more cold-resistant
specimen. Dr. F. Franceschi, of Santa Barbara, Cal., has made several hybrids
which showed vigor and hardiness as well as great beauty, the flowers being
creamy white with yellow centers. At the Botanic Gardens in Lisbon, Portugal,
it has been crossed with the well-known rose Reine Marie Henriette, and largo,
rich, orange-yellow flowers produced. In warmer regions, such as California,
the Southern States, and the Riviera of the Mediterranean, it is cultivated
for its own sake, and its flowers, sometimes not borne very profusely, are often
pure gold in color. Sir Joseph Hooker mentions a red form in Sikkim, India,
but the best known type is white. Its fruit, as large as a small apple, is edible
and sometimes sold in the Indian markets. The bush often makes a growth of
40 feet or more, dropping its blossoms (which at a short distance look like
clematis) from the tops of tall trees in upper Burma and western China. It
flourishes best in shade." (American Breeders' Magazine, vol. It, p. 108-109,
1918.)
39594 to 39609.
From Shiraz, Persia. Presented by Col. J. N. Merrill. Received December
21, 1914. Quoted notes by Col. Merrill.
39594. Holcus sorghum L. Poacese. Sorghum.
(Sorghum vulgare Pers. )
" No. 1. Sorghum corn from Goshne Kon."
39595. Hordeum distichon L. Poaceae. Barley.
" No. 2. Barley from Fariab."
48 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
39594 to 39609— Continued. (Quoted notes by Col. J. N. Merrill.)
39596. Holcus sorghum L. Poacese. Sorghum.
(Sorghum rulgare Pers.)
"No. 3. Sorghum of Shiraz."
39597. Hordeum distichon L. Poacesr>. Barley.
" No. 4. Barley from Mardasht. This is dry cultivated, i. e., gets
very little water."
39598 and 39599. Triticum aestivum L. Poacese. Wheat.
(Triticum vulgare Vill.)
39598. " No; 5. Wheat from Fariafc."
39599. " No. 6. Wheat of Mardasht. Dry cultivated, getting very
little water."
39600. Panicum miliaceum L. Poacese. Millet.
" No. 7. Millet from Koshkehidak."
39601 and 39602. Triticum aestivum L. Poacese. Wheat.
(Triticum vulgare Vill.)
39601. "No. S. Wheat from Siyakh."
39602. " No. 9. Wheat from Bavanat."
39603. Oryza sativa L. Poacese. Rice.
" No. 10. Rice from Deh Noo."
39604 to 39606. Triticum aestivum L. Poacese. Wheat.
{Triticum rulgare Vill.)
39604. "No. 11. Wheat from Ramjerd."
. 39605. "No. 12. Wheat from Garm Sir; Garm Sir means the
warm country and refers to the part of Fars Province where the
nomad tribes go to spend the winter ; it is not far from the
Persian Gulf."
39606. " No. 13. Wheat from Sarhad."
39607 to 39609. Oryza sativa L. Poacese. Rice.
39607. "No. 14. Rice from Shames Abad."
39608. " No. 15. Rice from Ali Abad."
39609. " No. 16. Rice from Gel Khan."
39610 to 39617. Ipomoea batatas (L.) Poir. ConvolvulaceEe.
Sweet potato.
From Cuba. Presented by Mr. Juan T. Roig, botanist, Agricultural Ex-
periment Station, Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba. Received December 31,
1914. Quoted notes by Mr. Roig.
"These varieties have been planted from vines in average soil, unfertilized
and not irrigated except at the time of planting. The yield notes accompanying
each variety have been obtained from the following calculation based on the
result of the crop this year. The varieties have been planted three times suc-
cessively at the station and the tubers tested as many times. The vines were
planted at the distance of 33 cm. between plants and 1 meter between rows,
which makes three plants per square meter, that is, 402,000 plants in a
caballeria. a Cuban land measure equivalent to 33£ acres. I have assigned
400,000 plants in round numbers to each caballeria. Sweet potatoes are com-
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1914. 49
monly planted in Cuba at the distance of 30 cm. between plants and one
Cuban vara (848 mm.) between rows. The prices here at present are 30 cents
tc the arroba (25 pounds) as sold to the dealer by the guajiros (peasants).
The dealer sells the sweet potatoes at 2 cents per pound. The numbers of the
varieties refer to my collection. The time for each to mature is six months."
39610. "No. 189. Sapotillo, yellow inside. From El Caney, Oriente;
20,869 arrobas per caballeria."
39611. "No. 107. San Juan, white. From Zarzal, Oriente; 36,051
arrobas per caballeria."
39612. "No. 126. Martinica morado. From Bayamo, Oriente; 83,478
arrobas per caballeria."
39613. " No. 20. Brujo morado, yellow inside. From Cienfuegos,
Santa Clara ; 7,192 arrobas per caballeria ; June."
39614. "No. 28. Disciplinado Colorado, white. From Camaguey;
33,285 arrobas per caballeria."
39615. "No. 14S. Jiguani, white inside. From Jiguani, Oriente;
33,964 arrobas per caballeria."
39616. "No. 33. Centanro amarillo, pale yellow. From Camaguey;
23,130 arrobas per caballeria. To this variety a prize was awarded in
the Camaguey Agricultural Exhibition."
39617. "No. 229. Amarillo, pale yellow. From Camaguey; 32,800
arrobas per caballeria."
39618. Castanea sp. Fagacese. Chestnut.
From Songdo, Chosen (Korea). Presented by Rev. C. H. Deal, Anglo-
Korean School. Received December 28, 1914.
39619. Clematis sp. Ranunculacese. Clematis.
From Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by the Arnold Arboretum. Received
December 10, 1914.
Arnold Arboretum No. 7391.
39620. Punica granatum L. Pimicacese. Pomegranate.
From Mobile, Ala. Presented by Mr. Marsena A. Parker. Received De-
cember 2, 1914.
" The largest of the fruits weigh 1| to 1£ pounds and are about the size
of an average grapefruit ; skin is yellow with occasionally a brownish spot ;
seeds are pink; and the flavor is good, rather sweet, and when fully ripe, just
as they burst open, extremely sweet."
39621. Prunus serrulata Lindl. Amygdalacese.
Flowering- cherry.
From Yokohama, Japan. Purchased from the Yokohama Nursery Co.,
Ltd. Received December 29, 1914.
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 32860.
" Seeds of the wild cherry of Japan upon which the Japanese graft their
flowering cherries. The Yokohama Nursery Co. is authority for the statement
that this wild cherry can be reproduced very easily from cuttings and that the
scions of many varieties are grafted on it and not budded, as is the custom in
74545°— 17 4
50 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
this country with the flowering cherries. It has been suggested that this new
stock may possibly be easier to cultivate than the mazzard <>r mahaleb seedlings
which are now in use and the propagating work done in the winter on the bench
instead of in the field. The difficulty in getting a stock that is large enough
to bud in regions where the leaf-blight seriously attacks the mazzard or mahaleb
seedlings has suggested a trial of this Japanese wild cherry, which is quite
immune to the leaf-blight and which possibly may be a way out of this difficulty
Recent tests in this country have shown that this wild form strikes root readily
in sand." (Peter Bisset.)
39622 to 39625.
From Bogota, Colombia. Presented by Senor Jorge Ancizar. Received
December 30, 1914. Quoted notes by Senor Ancizar.
39622. Annona cherimola Miller. Annonaceae. Cherimoya.
39623. Persea Americana Miller. Lauracese. Avocado.
(Persea gratissima Gaertn.)
39624. Solanum tuberosum L. Solanacese. Potato.
" Small potatoes that come much earlier than any other potatoes and
are very much appreciated here. They are yellow inside."
Tubers.
39625. Cereus sp. Cactaceae. Pitahaya.
"Pitahaya, a kind of creeping cactus that bears a beautiful large white
flower and gives a very nice fruit ; to be eaten with a little sugar and
wine sometimes."
Cuttings.
39626. Tiitjnbergia gibsoni S. Moore. Acanthacese.
From Lawang, Java. Presented by Mr. M. Buysman, Botanic Gardens.
Received December 26, 1914.
"From eastern tropical Africa; it is a fine climbing plant with fiery orange-
red flowers." (Buysman.)
" The flowers are clear orange color, about 1£ inches in diameter. They rise
solitary from the leaf axils of the prostrate growths on erect 3-inch purplish
pedicels, and burst through one side of the balloonlike paired and united crim-
son-stained bracts. The leaves are opposite, about an inch long, triangular, firm
textured, and glossy above. Introduced from British East Africa." (Garden-
ers' Chronicle, May 17, 1913.)
39627 to 39630.
From Petrograd, Russia. Presented by the director, Imperial Botanic
Garden. Received December 28, 1914.
39627 to 39629. Tamarix spp. Tamaricacese. Tamarisk.
39627. Tamarix karelini hirta Litv.
From Turkestan.
39628. Tamarix pentandra Pallas.
Var. brachystachys. On clayey deserts, Farab. Bokhara, Turk-
estan, October 23, 1914. Collected by .Mr. II. B. Androsov.
OCTOBEE 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1914. 51
39627 to 39630— Continued.
The species is described as "A deciduous shrub or small tree,
ultimately from 12 to 15 feet high, or upward, with long, slender
plumose branches. Leaves very small, pointed, the largest one-
eighth inch long, arranged at intervals along the flowering shoots;
the smallest one-fifth as large and crowded 50 or more to the inch.
Flowers arranged densely in slender, sometimes branching racemes,
1 to 5 inches long, each tiny blossom one-eighth inch across, rosy
pink ; they cover the whole terminal part of the current year's shoot,
which is thus transformed during August into a huge plumelike
panicle of blossom as much as 3 feet long. Sepals, petals, and
stamens all 5 in number. Native of southeastern Europe and Asia
Minor, especially on the banks of tidal rivers. This beautiful
tamarisk is quite hardy and one of the most pleasing of late-flowering
shrubs. It should be planted in groups large enough for its soft,
rosy plumes to produce an effect in the distance. To obtain it at its
best, it is necessary to cut it back every winter almost to the old
wood. It then sends up the long slender branches which flower for
six. weeks or so in August and September. It is propagated with
the greatest ease by making cuttings, 6 to 9 inches long, in early
winter of the stoutest part of the season's growth, and putting them
in the ground out of doors, like willows. It has been called a
variety of T. hispida, but that species is very distinct in its downy
twigs and leaves." (W. J. Bean, Trees and SJirubs Hardy in the
British Isles, vol. 2, p. 575-577.)
39629. Tamakix Florida albiflora Bunge.
Edge of sandy deserts, Farab, Bokhara, Turkestan, October 14,
1914. Collected by Mr. H. B. Androsov.
39630. Myricaria germanica (L.) Desv. Tamaricacese.
A shrub from 6 to 8 feet high, with very narrow flat leaves, and spikes
of pink flowers, indigenous through most parts of Europe and the Cau-
casus and extending into the Himalayas. This species belongs to a
genus separated from Tamarix and containing those plants of the
order Tamaricaceae which have 10 stamens and feathery seeds inserted
in the middle of the valves of the capsule. The stems of this species are
slender, striate, glaucous green when young and the leaves are linear
lanceolate. Racemes 1 to 18 inches long, spiked, lateral or terminal,
and the bracts have broad membranous margins. The branches of this
species are employed in the Himalayas as a fodder for sheep and goats
and the wood, which is hard and of a whitish color, is used for fuel.
(Adapted from Hooker, Flora of British India, Watt, Dictionary of the
Economic Products of India, and Lindlcy, Treasury of Botany.)
39631 to 39634.
From Nanking, China. Presented by Rev. Joseph Bailie. University of
Nanking. Received December 31, 1914. Quoted notes by Mr. Bailie.
39631. Zanthoxylum bungei Planchon. Rutacese.
"Hua chiao. Leaves of shrub and seeds used in flavoring."
39632. Solanum dulcamara L. Solanaceae.
"A perennial vine of the nightshade family, with beautiful red berries
that make the hedges look ornamental."
52 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
39631 to 39634— Continued. (Quoted notes by Rev. Joseph Bailie.)
39633. Clematis sp. Ranunculacese. Clematis.
" Purple mountain clematis."
39634. Loniceba sp. Caprifoliaceae. Honeysuckle.
" Red-berried shrub having flowers like those of woodbine or honey-
suckle. Shrub just now (November 21) is beautiful with red berries."
39635. Aleurites fordii Hemsley. Euphorbiacese. Tung tree.
From Riverside, Cal. Presented by Mr. Fred M. Reed. Received at the
Plant Introduction Field Station, Chico, Cal., December 30, 1914.
" Being on a main-traveled road and a strange-looking tree, they attract a
great deal of attention, and people carry them off as curiosities and occasionally
eat them." (Reed.)
39636 to 39660.
From Darjiling, India. Presented by Mr. G. H. Cave, Lloyd Botanic Gar-
den. Received December 15, 1914.
39636. Albizzia lebbeck (L.) Benth. Mimosacese. Lebbek.
See S. P. I. Nos. 9038 and 18509 for previous introductions and descrip-
tion.
" This tree, which is used in Reunion as a shade crop for coffee, bears
the names there of noir Wane, noir rouge; its wood is white, with red,
brown, or reddish black heart, solid, well veined, and gives good knees
for boat building; it is employed in turnery, cabinetmaking. and for
wheelwright work. Exposed to the weather it does not last more than
10 or 15 years. The trunk yields a gum analogous to gum arabic. In
Senegal the astringent bark and seeds are employed for diarrhea, dys-
entery, and hemorrhoids. The oil extracted from the seeds is used for
leprosy. The flowers are emollient and applied in cataplasms for boils,
etc." (De Lanessan, Les Plantes Utiles des Colonies Francoises.)
39637. Anthocephalus cadamba (Roxb.) Miquel. Rubiacea?.
"A large deciduous tree, wild in northern and eastern Bengal, Pegu,
and the western coast ; cultivated in northern India. During the first
two or three years it grows very fast, about 10 feet a year, the girth
increasing at the rate of 1 inch a month. After 10 or 12 years the growth
becomes very slow. The bark is used medicinally as a febrifuge and
tonic. The fruit is eaten, and the foliage is sometimes used as fodder for
cattle. The wood is white, with a yellowish tinge, soft and evenly
grained, and much used for building purposes. This species is cultivated
for ornamental purposes and for the grateful shade its large, coarse
foliage affords." (Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Products of India.)
39638. Boehmkria ruguiosa Weddell. Urticaceae.
"A small tree with grayish-brown branches met with in Garhwal,
Kumaon, Nepal. Sikkim. and Bhutan. The wood Is of a reddish color,
moderately hard, evenly grained, durable, and seasons well. It weighs
about 41 pounds per cubic foot and is very easily worked. It is used in
the manufacture of bowls, milk pails, churns, cups, and tobacco boxes."
(Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Products of India.)
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1SH4. 53
39636 to 39660— Continued.
39639. Bucklandia populnea R. Brown. Hamamelidacea?.
"A large evergreen tree attaining a height of 80 feet, met with in the
eastern Himalayas, Khasi Hills, and the Hills of Martaban, from 3,000
to 8,000 feet above the level of the sea. The wood is a grayish brown,
rough, moderately hard, close-grained, and durable. It is extensively
used in Darjiling for planking and for door and window frames."
(Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Products of India.)
39640. Cassia laevigata Willd. Csesalpiniacea?.
See S. P. I. No. 3324 for previous introduction.
"A glabrous shrub native of tbe American Tropics, with 3 to 4 pairs
of ovate-oblong or ovate-lanceolate acuminate leaflets, and yellow flowers
in terminal or axiliary racemes. Pod leathery, 2 to 3 inches long, nearly
cylindrical." (Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture.)
39641. Dichroa febrifuga Loureiro. Hydrangeaceae.
"A somewhat virgate, rare greenhouse shrub, 5 to 9 feet tall, with
lanceolate or obovate-lanceolate leaves 8 inches long and glabrous except
on the nerves. In habit this species resembles a hydrangea, with violet-
blue flowers in pyramidal panicles a foot across and handsome blue
berries. The genus Dichroa consists of a single species and is found
in the Himalayas, Malaya, and China, occurring in the temperate Hima-
layas at altitudes between 5,000 and 8,000 feet. Some authorities state
that the Chinese form has larger flowers than this Indian one." (Bailey,
Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture.)
39642. Edgeworthia gardneri (Wall.) Meissn. Thymelaeacese.
See S. P. I. Nos. 9162 and 23754 for previous introductions and
description.
"A large bush found in the Himalayas at between 4,000 and 9,000 feet
elevation. The strong, tough fiber obtained from the long, straight,
sparsely branched twigs of this bush must, sooner or later, become one
of the most valuable of Indian fibers. The finest qualities of Nepal paper
are made from this plaint, which produces a paper whiter than that
obtained from Daphne cannabina." (Watt, Dictionary of the Economic
Products of India.)
39643. Ficus hookeri Miquel. Moraceae.
"A tree with all its parts glabrous; leaves thinly coriaceous, long
petiolate, broadly elliptic or subovate elliptic, with short, broad, blunt
apical cuspis, edges entire, base rounded or slightly narrowed, 3-nerved ;
lateral nerves six to eight pairs, not very prominent : under surface pale ;
length 5 to 11 inches ; stipules linear lanceolate, flaccid, 1.5 to 3.5 inches
long, caducous; receptacles axillary, in pairs, sessile, obovate, depressed,
when ripe from 0.5 td 1 inch across; the large basal bracts united to
form an entire cartilaginous cup which envelops tbe lower third of
tbe ripe receptacle; male flowers numerous, scattered, with no proper
perianth, stamen single on long filament which is embraced by the
lanceolate scales of the receptacle ; gall and fertile female flowers alike,
except as l-egards the contents of the ovary, tbe perianth of four to
five linear-lanceolate pieces, achenes of a very dark brownish color,
style rather short, thick. Habitat, Sikkim Himalayas and Khasi Hills,
from 2,000 to 6,000 feet. Not common. At once distinguished by the
singular cup formed by the united basal bract." (Annals of the Royal
Botanic Garden, Calcutta, vol. 1, p. S6.)
54 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
39636 to 39660— Continued.
39644. Hypericum patulum Thunberg. Hypericacese.
St.-John's-wort.
See S. P. I. Nos. 1710 and 39118 for previous introductions and
description.
A dwarf shrub in England, but said to grow as high as 6 feet high
In Japan and the Himalayas. Leaves 1 to 1\ inches long, ovate, deep
green above, glaucous beneath. Flowers 2 inches across, borne in a cyme
at the end of the shoot; petals bright golden yellow, overlapping, round-
ish; sepals broadly ovate, one-third inch long. Stamens in 5 bundles.
Introduced to Kew from Japan by Oldham in 1862; a native also of
China and the Himalayas. It is not absolutely hardy in England (at
Kew) and almost always has its stems cut back to ground level during
the winter. These spring up again the following season from 1 to 2 feet
high and flower from July to October. After a few years the shoots are
apt to become more and more weakly and it becomes necessary to
renew the stock from cuttings. The only species with which it can be
confounded are H. hookerianum, from which it differs in the branch-
lets being 2-edged, especially just beneath the flowers ; H. lysimachioides,
which has narrow, linear-lanceolate sepals; and H. uralum, with flowers
half the size. (Adapted from W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in
the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 639.)
39645. Laurocerasus acuminata (Wall.) Roemer. Amygdalacese.
(Prunus acuminata Hook, f.)
See S. P. I. No. 39121 for previous introduction.
39646. Leucosceptrum canum J. E. Smith. Menthacese.
"A tree 30 feet tall with short trunk, found in the temperate Himala-
yas from Kumaon to Bhutan at altitudes between 2,000 and 8,000 feet
Also in the Khasi Hills between 4,000 and 5,000 feet. The branches are
very stout, nearly terete, densely or laxly tomentose or woolly, rarely
glabrate. The elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate leaves are 6 to 12 inches
long, glabrous above, silvery white, with buff or brown tomentum be-
neath, mostly variable in thickness, rarely green and glabrate. The
corolla is of a whitish or pinkish color." (Hooker, Flora of British
India. )
39647. Lindenbergia hookeri C. B. Clarke. Scrophulariaceae.
39648. Lobelia rosea Wallich. Campanulaceae.
"A species occurring in the subtropical Himalayas from Kumaon to
Bhutan and the Khasi Hills at altitudes of 4,000 feet. It is also
abundant in the Terai of North Bengal and Assam. The stem is 4 to 12
feet high, suberect with short horizontal branches with drooping tips.
The leaves are rather long, about 6 inches, narrow at both ends and
about 1 inch wide in the middle. The corolla is three-fourths inch wide
and of a rose or white color. The fruit is subglobose in form and one-
third inch in diameter. The seeds are ellipsoid in shape, compressed,
and not margined." (Hooker, Flora of British Jndia.)
39649. Memecylon edule Roxb. Melastomacese. Ironwood.
"An exceedingly common shrub met with in the east and south of
India and in Ceylon, Tenasserim, and the Andaman Islands. The leaves
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1914. 55
39636 to 39660— Continued.
are employed in South India for dyeing a ' delicate yellow lake.' In
conjunction with myrobolans and sappan wood they produce a deep red
tinge much used for dyeing grass mats and cloth. The leaves are
thought by the natives to be cooling and astringent, but though occa-
sionally given internally they are chiefly employed as a lotion in con-
junctivitis. The plant flowers in the beginning of hot weather and pro-
duces astringent, pulpy berries which when ripe are eaten by the natives.
The wood is hard, close grained, durable, and valuable for many pur-
poses, but very difficult to work. The shrub is very handsome when
covered with its dense bloom of blue flowers, and well worth cultivating
as an ornamental plant." (Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Products
of India.)
39650. Moeus laevigata Wallich. Moracese. Mulberry.
"A medium-sized tree, wild and cultivated in the tropical and subtrop-
ical Himalayas from the Indus to Assam up to 4,000 feet. The flowers
appear in the cold weather and the long cylindrical yellowish white or
pale-purple fruit ripens from March to May and is eaten by some, though
insipidly sweet and of little value. The wood is yellow, with darker
. streaks of various colors, and is used for boat oars and furniture."
(Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Products of India.)
39651. Osbeckia stellata Don. Melastomaeeae.
See S. P. I. No. 39126 for previous introduction and description.
39652. Pandanus furcatus Roxb. Pandanacea?.
"A palmlike tree of northern and eastern Bengal, western India, and
Burma. The leaves are used in Burma for making mats, and accord-
ing to some authorities the leaves of this species are sewn together to
make sails for boats. The outer wood is moderately hard, containing
satiny, vascular bundles ; inner wood soft and spongy ; used in Burma
for making floats for fishing nets." (Watt, Dictionary of the Economic
Products of India.)
39653. Phlogacanthus thyrsiflorus (Roxb.) Nees. Acanthacese.
"A large evergreen shrub found in the sub-Himalayan tract from
Kumaon to Assam, the Khasi Hills, and Burma. It is very handsome,
with long spikes of flame-colored flowers. The wood is white, moderately
hard, and close grained. Often cultivated." (Watt, Dictionary of the
Economic Products of India.)
39654. Phoenix ouseleyana Griffith. Phcenicacese. Palm.
See S. P. I. No. 21753 for previous introduction.
39655. Randia uliginosa (Retz.) Poir. Rubiaceae.
"A small deciduous tree of eastern, central, and southern India, but
not commonly found in the more northern parts of the Peninsula. The
fruit is used in dyeing as a color intensifier and also in medicine as a
remedy for diarrhea and dysentery. The fruit when boiled or roasted
Is eaten by the natives as a vegetable, either alone or in curries. The
leaves are boiled and eaten as greens and also serve as fodder for cattle.
The wood is whitish gray, closely grained, and hard, but not used for
any special purpose. The unripe fruits are used as a fish poison."
{Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Products of India.)
56 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
39636 to 39660— Continued.
39656. Rubia coedifolia L. Rubiaceae. Indian madder.
An herbaceous creeper with perennial roots which is met with in the
hilly districts of India from the northwest Himalayas eastward and
southward to Ceylon. The Man jit root or East Indian madder is ob-
tained for the most part from this species and is much employed by the
natives of India for dyeing coarse cotton fabric or the threads from
which it is woven various shades of scarlet, coffee brown, or mauve.
The East Indian madder of commerce consists of a short stalk, from
which numerous cylindrical roots about the size of a quill diverge. These
are covered with a thin brownish pulp, which peels off in flakes, dis-
closing a red-brown bark marked by longitudinal furrows. Many differ-
ent methods are used for dyeing with this madder, a short account of
which may be found in Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Products of
India.
39657. Rubus calycinus Wallich. Rosacea?.
"A species native to the eastern and central temperate Himalayas
and found in Sikkim as high as 9.000 feet above the sea and in Bhutan
as high as 8,500 feet. This slender prickled species has a creeping stem
which sometimes reaches 3 feet. The leaves are 1 to 3 inches in diameter
and sometimes hairy beneath. The solitary or twin flowers are 1 inch
in diameter and borne on erect 1 to 2 leaved shoots. This is very near a
Philippine Island species, which has smaller flowers." (Hooker, Flora
of British India.)
39658. Rubus bosaefolius Smith. Rosacea1.
"A small shrub found in the temperate Himalayas from Kumaon to
Sikkim at altitudes between 5,000 and 7,000 feet. It occurs also in the
Khasi Hills and on the Hills of Ava and Martaban, and is distributed
to Java. It is naturalized and cultivated in the Tropics and warm tem-
perate regions, and in cultivation often has double flowers. The fruit is
large, red, edible, and is frequently sold in Darjiling markets." (Watt.
Dictionary of the Economic Products of India.)
39659. Senecio scandens Hamilton. Asteraceae.
See S. P. I. No. 39080 for previous introduction.
39660. Solanum verbascifolium L. Solanacese.
"A shrub or small tree frequently met with throughout India in the
tropical and subtropical regions and distributed to southeastern Asia,
Malay, North Australia, and the tropical Americas. Used medicinally by
the natives, but its properties are unimportant. In southern India it is
cultivated for its fruit, which is eaten in curries. The wood is light
yellow in color and of soft texture." (Watt. Dictionary of the Economic
Products of India.)
39661. Commelina sikkimensis C. B. Clarke. Coimnelinaceae.
From Sibpur, near Calcutta, India. Presented by the superintendent, Royal
Botanic Garden. Received December 30, 1914.
A species occurring in the Himalayas from Sikkim to Assam at altitudes rang-
ing from 2,000 to 4,000 feet.
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1914. 57
39662 to 39664.
From Darjiling, India. Presented by Mr. G. H. Cave, Lloyd Botanic Gar-
den. Received December 15, 1914.
39662. Toona ciliata Roemer. Meliacese. Toon tree.
(Cedrela toona Roxb.)
See S. P. I. Nos. 22076, 31250, and 32826 for previous introductions and
description.
"A very handsome tree on account of its long, feathery, graceful leaves,
which when young are of a crimson tint. It grows to a height of 40 to 50
feet and yields fine timber, which is of commercial importance." (Mac-
millan, Handbook of Tropical Gardening and Planting.)
" The timber is durable, not eaten by white ants, and not liable to warp.
It is therefore much in demand for furniture and carvings, especially in
Seharunpur, and in Bengal and Assam is constantly used for tea boxes,
hence its having become scarce. . . . The bark is used, along with a
powder of the nuts (seeds) of Caesalpinia bonducella, as a tonic and anti-
periodic in native medicine. The flowers afford a red and yellow dye.
The seeds, young shoots, and leaves are given as a fodder to cattle."
(Watt, Commercial Products of India.)
39663. Teach ycarpus maetiana (Wall.) Wendl. Phcenicacete. Palm.
See S. P. I. No. 38739 for previous introduction and description.
39664. Tetrastigma beacteolatum (Wall.) Planchon. Vitacea?.
(Vitis bracteolata Wall.)
"A species with smooth stems and numerous minute flowers, found in
Bhutan and Assam. The stems and the trifoliate leaves are glabrous and
the branches are very slender, with leaves 3 to 5 inches long. The fruit
is 2 to 3 seeded, of the size of a pea, round in form and black in color.
The flowers of this species are by far the smallest of the genus." (Hooker,
Flora of British India.)
39665 to 39674.
From Sibpur, near Calcutta, India. Presented by the superintendent, Royal
Botanic Garden. Received December 30, 1914.
39665. Cubculigo eecuevata Dryander. Amaryllidaceae.
"A stemless tuberous-rooted herb 2\ or more feet high, native of tropi-
cal Asia and Australia. The leaves are formed from the roots, and are also
the drooping yellow flowers which appear almost on the ground. It is
used by florists for vases, jardinieres, and all other general decorative
work. To be at its best it should be planted in a bed where it will attain
a height of 5 feet. When planted in this manner it is a very desirable
summer ornamental. The graceful arching leaves are so constructed (hat
they move from side to side with the slightest movement of the air. This
species is propagated by division and the pieces if placed in sand in a
warm greenhouse will root readily before potting." (Bailey, Standard
Cyclopedia of Horticulture.)
39666. Ficus hookebi Miquel. Moraceae.
See S. P. I. Nos. 39114 and 39643 for previous introductions and d*.
scriptions.
39667 and 39668. Ilex spp. Aquifoliaceae. Holly.
39667. Ilex fbagilis Hook. f.
A small tree with very brittle, quite glabrous branches which is
found in the Sikkim and Bhutan Himalayas at altitudes of 7,000
58 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
39665 to 39674— Continued.
to 10,000 feet and in the Khasi Mountains at Surureem as high as
5,000 feet. The leaves are of a bright deep-green color and more
membranous than any of the other Indian species. They are very
strongly reticulate, with many raised nerves beneath the petiole, one-
half to two-thirds inch long. The flowers are one-eighth inch in
diameter and fascicled. The fruit, which is borne on short, stout
pedicels, is one-sixth inch in diameter, fleshy, red, globose ; stigma
rather large and tumid ; stones thickly coriaceous. (Adapted from
Hooker, Flora of British India.)
39668. Ilex intricata Hook. f.
A low, rigid, straggling shrub, forming matted masses with in-
terlaced woody branches, found in the Sikkim and East Nepal
Himalayas as high as 11,000 feet above the sea. The branchlets
are stout, angled, and rigid ; the ridges waited. The leaves are
spreading, thickly coriaceous, of a bright green color, and narrowed
into very short petioles. The flowers are one-tenth inch in diame-
ter, and the sessile fruit is globose in form and red in color. (Adapted
from Hooker, Flora of British India.)
39669. Impatiens longipes Hook. f. and Thorns. Impatientacese.
A very distinct plant 4 to 5 feet in height found in the temperate
Sikkim Himalayas from 8,000 to 10,000 feet above the level of the sea.
This species has scattered uniform leaves and long, axillary, sub-
horizontal peduncles 2 to 5 inches long. Leaves 3 to 5 inches, mem-
branous, rather falcate ; petiole one-fourth to one-half inch. Flowers
loosely racemed, pale yellow, unspotted ; buds rounded at the apex,
sepals sometimes four, ovate lanceolate ; lateral winged lobe rounded,
terminal 1 inch, broadly subulate. Hooker states that he has not seen
any other habitat for this species but Sikkim. In the form of flower it is
most allied to Impatiens laxifolia and its allies. (Adapted from Hooker,
Flora of British India.)
39670. Piptanthus nepai.ensis (Hook.) Sweet. Fabacese.
See S. P. I. Nos. 39043 and 39128 for previous introductions and
description.
39671. Sameucus javanica Reinw. Caprifoliacese.
" This is a very widely distributed species ranging from the Malayan
Archipelago to central Japan and western China and has also been
found in eastern Africa. It is characterized by the slender-pedicelled
flowers, t lie presence of conspicuous abortive flowers, and the very wide
and loose inflorescence with the longer rays subthyrsoid. It has red
fruits and shows a tendency to have the upper leaflets more or less
adnate to the rhachis and sometimes decurrent." (Sargent, Pluntae
Wilsonianae, part 2, p. SOI.)
39672 and 39673. Solanum spp. Solanacexe.
39672. Solanum sp.
39673. Solanum torvum Swartz.
See S. P. I. Nos. 3915, 24651, and 30895 for previous introductions.
39674. Stephania rotunda Lour. Menispermacete.
See S. P. I. No. 89084 for previous introduction.
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1914. 59
39675. Stizolobium sp. Fabacese.
From Darjiling, India. Presented by Mr. G. H. Cave, Lloyd Botanic Gar-
den. Received December 31, 1914.
39676 to 39681.
From Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by the Arnold Arboretum. Re-
ceived December 10, 1914. Seeds of Chinese plants sent to the Arboretum
by Mr. Maurice L. de Vilmorin.
39676. Cbataegus sp. Malacese. Hawthorn,
No. 7380.
39677. Meibomia sp. Fabaeeae.
No. 7389.
39678 and 39679. Rhus sp. Anacardiaceae.
39678. No. 7379. 39679. No. 7385.
39680. Thuja sp. Pinaceae. Arbor vitae.
No. 7378.
39681. Leptodermis oblonga Bunge. Rubiaceae.
No. 7392.
A shrub or bush, about 3 feet in height, with white, pink, or purplish
flowers. It is native of central and western China, where it ascends to
3,000 meters (10,000 feet), growing in rocky places. (Adapted from C. S.
Sargent, Plantae Wilsonianae, vol. 3, part 2, p. 403, 404, 1916.)
INDEX OF COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES.
Abutilon avicennae. See Abutilon theo-
phrasti.
theophrasti, 39361.
Acacia liorrida, 39355.
Acanthopanax ricinifolium. See Kalo-
panax ricinifolius.
Achradelpha mammosa, 39357.
Adenanthera pavonina, 39542.
Albizzia lebbeck, 39636.
Aleurites fordii, 39532-39536, 39582,
39635.
montana, 39562.
Alfalfa, Medicago sativa, 39426.
Allium cepa, 39478.
schoenoprasum, 39474.
Alsophila sp., 39578.
Alyxia ilici folia. See Gynopogon ilici-
folius.
Amorphophallus haematospadix, 39486.
Ampclopsis aconitifolia dissecta, 39434.
megalophylla, 39569.
Amygdala s spp., 39428, 39544.
persica, 39393, 39394.
Andropogon hirtus, 39490.
Angophora lanceolata, 39318.
Annona cherimola, 39352, 39359, 39454.
39492, 39622.
dwersifolia, 39567.
glabra, 39388.
muricata, 39455.
purpurea, 39358.
senegalensis, 39456.
Anona, Annona spp.
blance, Annona diversifolia, 39567.
AnthocephaUis cadamba, 39637.
Apple, Malus sylvestris, 39320-39323.
Admirable de Otofio, 39323.
(Chile), 39320-39323.
Esquisita de Sanbi Ines, 39321.
Gobernador Civit, 39320.
Huidobro, 39322.
Apricot, Prunus armeniaca:
(China), 39429, 39430, 39439.
(Egypt), 39464.
Shan hsing, 39439.
Arbor vitse, Thuja sp., 39680.
Arisaema fimbriatum, 39487.
Atalantia monophylla, 39330.
Avocado, Per sea americana:
Blakeraan, 39373.
( Cal if or nia ) , 39369-39375.
(Colombia), 39623.
Dickinson, 39370.
Ganter, 39374.
Harman, 39375.
Meserve, 39371.
Solano, 39372.
Taft, 39369.
Barbatimao, Stryphnodendron barba-
timam, 39334.
Barberry. See Bcrberis spp.
Barley, Hordeum spp. :
(Algeria), 39590, 39591.
Archer, 3940S.
Black Hull-less, 39404, 39460.
Canadian Battledore No. 1, 39410.
Canadian Malting No. 2, 39411.
Cape, 39403.
(China), 39494-39531.
Gisborne, 39407.
huskless, 39365, 39366, 39404,
30460, 39461.
(India), 39365-39368, 39460-39462.
Kinver, 39406.
.Maltster, 39402.
(New South Wales), 39395-39411.
(Palestine), 39363.
(Persia), 39595, 39597.
Prophet's, 39363.
Roseworthy Oregon. 39396.
Sea of Azof, 39405.
61
62
SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
Barley — Continued.
Shorthead, 39395.
six-rowed, 39365-39368, 39461,
39462.
skinless, 39409.
two-rowed, 39460.
(Venezuela), 39592.
Bassia lalifolia. See Madliuca indica.
Bean, bonavist, Dolichos lablab, 39314.
Circassian, Adenanthera pavo-
nina, 39542.
Kikuyu, 39314.
Njai, 39314.
Sarawak, Dolichos hosei, 39335.
Panadero, Tigna sinensis, 39387.
Beet, Beta vulgaris, 39480.
Chun ta, 39480.
Berberis aggregata, 39574.
subcaulialata, 39575.
Beta vulgaris, 39480.
Betula japonica, 39489.
Birch, Betula japonica, 39489.
Boehmeria rugulosa, 39638.
Bonavist bean, Dolichos lablab, 39314.
Brassica napus, 39482.
pekinensis, 39467, 39468.
rapa, 39465.
Broom, Scotch, Cytisus scoparius,
39350.
Bucklandia populnea, 39639.
Cabbage, pe-tsai, Brassica pekinensis,
39467, 39468.
Cactus, Cereus sp., 39625.
Calamus sp., 39443.
Cannabis sativa, 39424.
Capim d'Angola, Pariicum barbinode,
89.S32.
Capsicum annuum, 39390, 39391.
Carica candamarcensis, 39488.
Carob. Ceratcm'w siliqua, 39558.
Carrot, lumen* carota, 39481.
Caryophyllus jumbos, 39493.
Casimiroa edulis, 39583.
Cassia laevigata, 39640.
Castanea, spp., 39550, 39570, 39618.
crenata, 39413.
Castor bean, Ricinus communis, 39425.
Cech' la toona. See Toona ciliata.
Ceiba acuminata, 39389.
Cera timid siliqua, 39558.
Cereus sp., 39625.
Ch'ang su kua, Cucumis sativus, 39473.
Ch'ang tsai kua, Cucumis sativus,
39469.
Chenopodium sp., 39319.
Cherimoya, Annona cherimola.
39622.
(German East Africa), 39454.
Cherry, flowering, Prunus serrulata,
39621.
Chestnut, Castanea spp. :
(China), 39550, 39570.
(Chosen), 39618.
Imperial, 39413.
(Japan), 39413.
Chiao ts'ao kaoliang, Holcus sorghum,
39423.
Chi'eh tzu, Solanum melongena, 39483.
Ch'ingma, Abutilon theophrasti, 39361.
Chiu ts'ai, Allium sclwenoprasum,
39474.
Chives, Allium schoenoprasum, 39474.
Chiu ts'ai, 39474.
Chorisia speciosa, 39336.
Chun ta, Beta vulgaris, 39480.
Ciruelas, Spondias lutea, 39563.
Citrus decumana. See Citrus grandis.
grandis, 39579.
medica nana, 39581.
medica odorata, 39580.
Claucena lansium, 39568.
Clausena icampi. See Claucena lan-
sium.
Clematis spp., 39619, 39633.
Cobaea sp., 39565.
Coconut, Cocos nucifcra, 39356.
Burica, 39356.
Cocos nucifcra, 39356.
Coffca amara, 39353.
• '"five. Mautsaka, Coffea amara, 39353.
Commelina sikkimensis, 39661.
Corcho, Annona glabra, 3938S.
Coriander, Coriandrum sativum, 39484
Fen ts'ai, 39484.
Coriandrum sativum, 3948^,
Coucpia polyandra, 39564.
Cowpea, Vigna sinensis:
(Angola), 394rii\
(Mexico). :h»:^<;. 39387.
panadero, .".'.».".v7.
Cratin gus sp., 39676.
ornoldiana, 39572.
lauta, 39585.
lavallci. 39.">7.
pinna ti/ida, 39577.
OCTOBEB 1 TO DECEMBEE 31, 1917.
63
Cucumber, Cucumis sativus:
Ch'ang su kua, 39473.
Ch'ang tsai kua, 39469.
Huang kua. 39472.
Pai ch'ang su kua, 39471.
Yuan su kua, 39470.
Cucumis meld, 39566.
sativus, 39469-39473.
Curculigo recurvata, 39665.
Curuba, Passiflora maliformls, 39383.
Cytisus scoparius, 39350.
Daucus carota, 39481.
Dichroa febrifuga, 39641.
Dimocarpus longan, 39551.
Diospyros kaki, 39554, 39556.
nigricans, 39324.
Dolichos hosei, 39335.
lablab, 39314.
Doom boom, Acacia horrida, 39355.
Duranta repens, 39458.
Durra, Holcus sorghum, 39378, 39379.
Edgcworthia gardneri, 39642.
Eggplant, Solanum melongena, 39483.
Chi'eh tzii, 39483.
Eleusine coracana, 39376, 39453.
Eschaventum Rivea corymbosa, 39385.
Eugenia jam-bos. See Caryophyllus
jambos.
tuberculata, 39418.
Feijoa scllowiana, 39555.
Fern, tree, Alsophila sp., 39578.
Feroniclla lucida, 39412.
Ficus sp., 39457.
hookeri, 39643, 39666.
Fig. See Ficus spp.
Flowering cherry, Prunus serrulata,
39621.
Franklinia alatamaha, 39414.
Garcinia cornea, 39549.
multi flora, 39573.
Gliricidia maculata. See Gliricidia
sepium.
septum, 39331.
Gordonia pubesce'ns. See Franklinia
alatamaha.
Gossypium drynarioides. See Kokia
drynarioides.
Grajo, Eugenia tuberculata, 39418.
Granadilla, Passiflora ligularis, 39360,
39382.
Grass, ' Carib, Panicum barbinode,
39332.
Johnson, Holcus halepensis, 39491.
Gynopogon ilicifolius, 39463.
Harpullia cupanioidcs, 39419.
Hawthorn. See Crataegus spp.
Hemp, Cannabis sativa, 39424.
Henna, Lawsonia inermis, 39459.
Holcus halepensis, 39491.
halepensisX sorghum, 39587, 39588.
sorghum, 39310-39313, 39378-
39380, 39423. 39440-39442, 39447-
39451, 39560. 39561, 39594, 39596.
sorghum verticilliflorus, 39377.
Holly, Ilex spp., 39667, 39668.
Honeysuckle, Lonicera sp., 39634.
Hordeum distichon, 39406, 39595, 39597.
distichon erectum, 39402,
• 39408, 39411.
ianthinum, 39460.
nutans, 39407.
vulgare, 39367, 39368, 39395, 39397-
39401, 39403, 39409, 39410,
39462, 39494-39496, 39498-
39501, 39403, 39506, 39507,
39509-39522, 39524-39531,
39590-39592.
coeleste, 39363, 39365, 39461,
39497, 39502, 39505, 39508,
39523.
coeriilcscens, 39396. 39405.
Mmalayense, 39366, 39504.
violaceum, 39404.
Hua chiao, Zanthoxylum buriget, 39631.
Huang kua, Cucumis sativus, 39472.
Humo, Pithecolobiiun tortum, 39420.
Hypericum pa till inn, 39644.
llama, Annona diversifolia, 39567.
Ilex fragilis, 39667.
intricata, 39668.
Impatiens longipes, :!0669.
Incarvillea sinensis. 39127.
Indian madder, Rubia cordifolia,
39656.
Inyouti, Pennisetum glaucum, 39381.
Ipomoea batatas, 39610-39617.
Ironwood, Memecylon edule, 39649.
Jangli candle seeds, Myristica mala-
harica, 30571.
Jequie rubber, Manihot dichotoma,
39338.
64
SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
Johnson grass, Holcus halepcnsis,
39491.
Jou li tzu, Prunus humilis, 39436.
Jujube, Ziziphus jujuba, 39477.
Kalopanax ricinifolius, 39586.
Kanagi, Myristica malabarica, 39571.
Kaoliang, Holcus sorghum, 39423,
39440-39442.
Kikuyu bean, Dolichos lablab, 39314.
Kokia drynarioides, 39354.
Kopsia arborea, 39543.
Lactuca saliva, 39475.
Laurocerasus acuminata, 39645.
Hid folia, 39584.
Lavanga scandcns, 39537, 39552.
Lawsonia incrmis, 39459.
Lebbek, Albizzia lebbeclc, 39636.
Lemon, Citrus mcdica nana, .39581.
Lent, Tibouchina stenocarpa, 39333.
Lcptodermis oblonga, 39681.
Lettuce, Lactuca sativa, 39475.
Leucosceptrum canum, 39646.
Lindenbergia hookeri, 39647.
Lobelia rosea, 39648.
Longan, Dimocarpus longan, 39551.
Lonicera sp., 39634.
Loofah, Luffa cylindrica, 39476.
Luco, Elcusine coracana, 39453.
Lucuma matnmosa. See Achradelpha
mammosa.
Luffa cylindrica, 39476.
Lupine. See Lupinus spp.
Lupinus albus, 39347.
angustifoliu s, 39348.
luteus, 39349.
Lycopersicon esculentum, 39362.
Madder, Indian, Rubia cordi folio,
39656.
Madhuca indica, 39325.
Madre de cacao, Gliricidia septum,
39331.
Mahwa, Madhuca indica, 39325.
Makunde, Vigna sinensis, 39452.
Malus sylvestris, 39320-39323.
Man ching, Brassica rapa, 39465.
Mangifera indica, 39309, 394S5.
sylvatica, 39553.
Mango, Mangifera indica.
(Ceylon), 39485.
coconut, 39485.
(India), 39309.
Manitoba, Manihot spp. :
(Brazil), 39337-39340.
Ceara, 39337.
Jequie, 39338.
Piauby, 39339,
Sao Francisco, 39340.
Manihot dichotoma, 39338.
glaziovii, 39337.
heptaphylla, 39340.
piauhyensis, 39339.
Manjit root, Rubia cordifolia, 39656.
Mazagua, Holcus sorglnim, 39380.
Mballa, Holcus sorghum, 39447-39451.
Medicago lupulina, 39344.
sativa, 39426.
Meibomia sp., 39677.
Melon, African, Cucumis melo, 39566.
Memecylon edule, 39649.
Mezera, Holcus halepcnsis X sorghum,
39587.
Millet, African, Eleusine coracana,
39376, 39453.
Panicum miliaceum, 39600.
pearl, Inyouti, 39381.
pearl, Pennisettim glaucum, 39381.
Morus laevigata, 39650.
Mu kua hua, Xanthoceras sorbifolia,
39431.
Mu-yu tree, Aleurites montana, 39562.
Mulberry, Morus laevigata, 39650.
Muskmelon, Cucumis mclo, 39566.
Myricaria gcrmanica, 39630.
Myristica malabarica, 39571.
Myrtle, apple, Angophora lanceolata,
39318.
Kcphelium longana. See Dimocarpus
longan.
Njai, Dolichos lablab, 39314.
Noir blanc, Albiszia lebbeck. 39636.
rouge, Albizzia lebbeck, 39636.
Oak, Quercus cyclobatanoidcs, 39576.
Onion, Allium ccpa, 39478.
Onobrychis viciacfolia. See Onobry-
chis vulgaris.
vulgaris. 39343.
Opuntia brasilicnsis, 39328.
stricta, 39329.
tomentosa, 39327.
vulgaris, 39326.
Ornithopus sativus, 39345.
Oryza sativa, 39364, 39384, 39444-
39446, 39545, 39603, 39607-39609.
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1917.
65
OsbecJda stellata. 39G51.
Pai eh'ang su kua, Cucumis sativus,
39471.
Pai lo po, Raphanus sativus, 394G6.
Palm, Calamus sp., 39443.
(Fiorida). 39392.
(India), 39654, 39GG3.
(Mauritius), 39342.
(Philippines), 39443.
Phoenix ouseleyana, 39654.
Thrivax microcarpa, 39392.
Trachycarpus martiana, 39663.
Versrhaffeltia splendida, 39342.
Pandanus furcatus, 39652.
Panicum barbinode, 39332.
miliaceum. 39600. .
Panuban, Citrus grandis, 39579.
Papaya, Carica candamarcensis, 39488
Passiflora Ugularis, 39360. 39382.
maliformis, 39383.
Pea, black-eyed, Vigna sinensis, 39452.
Peacb, Amygdalus persica.
(Bolivia). 39393, 39394.
(China), 39428, 39544.
wild, 39428, 39544.
Ying t'ao, 39428.
Pear. See Pyrus spp.
Pearl millet, Pennisetum glaucum,
39381.
Pennisetum glaucum, 39381.
typhoideum. See Pennisetum
glaucum.
Pentstcmon humilis, 39315, 39316.
Pepper, red, Capsicum annuum, 39390.
39391.
Persca amcricana, 39369-39375, 39623.
gratissima. See Per sea ameri-
cana.
Persimmon, Diospyros kaki, 39554.
39556.
Pe-tsai, Brassica pekinensis, 39467,
39468.
Phaseolus mungo, 39589.
Phlogacanthus thyrsi/torus. 39653.
Phoenix ouseleyana, 39654.
Piptanthus nepalcnsis, 39670.
Pitahaya, Ccrcus sp., 39625.
Pithecolobium tortum, 39420.
Plum, Prunus spp. :
(China), 39436 39438.
green, 39437, 3943S.
Jou li tzu, 39436.
74545°— 17 5
Poehote, Ceiba acuminata. 39389.
Pomegranate, Punico granatum,3$C>20.
Potato, Solarium tuberosum, 39624.
Priekly-pear. See Opuntia spp.
Prinsepia uniflora, 39432.
Prunus acuminata. See Laurocerasus
acuminata.
armeniaca, 39429, 39430, 39439,
39464.
humilis, 39436.
ilicifolia. See Laurocerasus ilici-
folia.
persica. See Amygdalus persica.
serrulata, 39621.
simonii, 39437, 39438.
Punica granatum, 39620.
Pyrus betulaefolia, 39547, 39548.
bret Schneider i, 39538.
malus. See Malus sylvestris.
ovoidea, 39541.
phaeocarpa, 39539. 39540.
Quaresma. Tibonchina stenocar pa,
39333. .
Quercus cyclobalanoides, 39576.
Radish, Raphanus sativus. 39466.
Pai lo po, 39466.
liandia uliginosa, 396")."i.
Iiape, Brassica napus, 39482.
Raphanus sativus, 39466.
Kapoko, Eleusine coracana, 39376.
Red pepper. Capsicum annuum, 39390,
39391.
Rhamnus sp., 39433.
Rhus spp., 39678, 39679.
Rice, Oryza sativa:
Amonquili, 39445.
Bomba. 39446.
Creole. 39384.
Kaw Sawan, 39444.
(Mashonaland), 39364.
(Mexico), 39384.
(Persia), 39603, 39607 39609.
(Siam), 39444.
(South. tii Rhodesia), 39364.
(Spain), 3944a, 39446.
(Turkey). 39."45
Ricinus communis, 39425.
Rivea eorymbosa, 39385.
Rosa angustiarum, 39317.
odorata gigantea, 3!)593.
Rose. - See Rosa spp.
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SKI.IKS \XD PLANTS IMPORTED.
Rose-apple, Caryophyllus jambos,
39493.
Rubia cor di folia, 39656.
Rubus calyeinus, 39657.
rosaefolius, 39658.
Saccharum officinarum, 39546.
Sainfoin, common, Onobrychis vulga-
ris, 39343.
St.-John's-wort, Hypericum patulum,
39644.
Sambucus javanica, 39671.
Samuu, Chorisia speciosa, 39336.
Sapote, Achradelpha mammosa, 39357.
white, Casimiroa edulis, 39383.
Scnecio scandens, 39659.
Serradella, Ornithopus sativus, 39345.
Sesame, Sesamum oriental e. 39479.
Sesamum indicum. See Scsamum ori-
entate.
orient ale. 39479.
Shan hsing. Primus armeniaca, 39439.
Shau p'i p'a, Ficus sp., 39457.
Siguaraya, Trichilia havannensis,
39422.
Solatium sp.. 39672.
acaule, 39417.
caesium, 39416.
dulcamara, 39632.
melon gena, 39483.
torvum, 39673.
tuberosum. 39624.
verba sci folium, 39660.
Sophora tomentosa, 39421.
Sorghum. Holeus sorghum:
(Angola). 39447-39451. 39560.
39561.
(China). 39423, 39440-39442.
Durra. 39378, 39379.
(German East Africa), 39310,
39313.
(Kaimn-mi). 39311.
Kaoliang, 39423, 39440-39442]
Mazagua, 39380.
Mballa. 3!>447-3!MM.
(Persia), 39549, 39596.
Sapling, W'SMs.
(Southern Rhodesia), :,.'.):>,77-
39:1s' i.
(Togo). 39312.
Sorghum halepensis. s.m> Holeus halfi-
pensis.
vulgare. Sec Holeus sorghum.
Soursop, Annona muricata, .'in 155.
Spathodea campanulata, 39415.
Spcrgnla arrrnsix, 39351.
Spondias lutea, 39563.
Spurry, giant, Spcrgnla arvensis,
39351.
Ssu kua, Luffa cylindrica, 39476.
Stephanie rotunda. 39674.
Stizolobium sp., 39675.
Stryphnodcndron barbatimam. 39334.
Sugar cane. Saecharum officinarum,
39546.
Crystallina. 39546.
Sweet potato, Ipomoea b a t <i t n * ,
39610-39617.
Amarillo, 39617. ■
Brujo morado, 39613.
Centauro amarillo. 39616.
(Cuba). 39610-39617.
Disciplinado Colorado, 39614,
Jiguani. 39615.
Martinica morado. 39612.
San Juan, 39611.
Sapotillo, 39610.
Tamarisk, Tamarix spp. :
(California). 39559.
(Russia), 39627-39629.
Tamarix sp., 39559.
florhln albiflora, 39629.
karelini hirta, 39627.
pentandra, 39628.
Tamhalisa, Sophora tomentosa, 3942L
Tetrastigma bracteolatum, 39664.
Thrinax microcarpa, 39392.
Thuja sp., 39680.
Thunbergia gibsoni, 39626.
Tibouchina stenocarpa. 39333.
Tihi-tihi. Citrus medica odorata, 3!)5S0.
Tomato, wild, Lycopersicon esculen-
tum, 39362.
Toon tree. Toona ciliata, 39662.
Toona ciliata. 39662.
Trachycarpus martiana, 39663.
Trefoil, yellow. Medicago lupulina,
.•:'.'.-,44.
Trichilia havannensis, 39422.
Triticum aestivum, :,.!U>s. :;<.>;,'.»«.>. 39601,
39602. 39604 39606.
vulgare. Sec Triticum aestivum.
Tung tree, Aleurites fordii, 39532-
39536, 39582, 39635.
Turnip. Brassica rapa, 39465.
Man clung. 39465.
Tz'u yii. Prinsepia uniflora, 39432.
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1914.
67
Ulew europaeus, 39346.
Undetermined, 39341.
Urd, Phaseolus mungo, 395S9.
Verschaffeltia splendida, 39342.
Vetch. Vicia sp., 39435.
Vicia sp., 39435.
Vigna sinensis, 39386, 39387, 39452.
Vitis bracteolata. See Tetrastigma
bracteolatum,
Wampl, Claucena lansium, 395G8.
Water-lemon, Passiflora ligularis,
39360.
Wheat, Triticum spp. :
(Persia). 39598, 39599. 39601,
39602, 39004-39606.
Whin, Vlex europaeus, 39346.
Wood-oil. See Aleurites spp.
Xanthoveras sorbifolia, 39431.
Yen ts'ai, Coriandrum sativum, 3!>484.
Ying t'ao, Amygdalus spp., 39428.
Yuan su kua, Cucumis sativus, 3'.i470.
Zanthoxylum bungei, 39631.
7Aziphiis jujuba, 39477.
sativa. See Ziziphus jujuba.
o
Issued April 17. 1<»1K.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY.
WILLIAM A. TAYLOR, Chief of Bureau.
INVENTORY
OF
SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED
I'.Y THE
OFFICE OF FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT INTRODUCTION
DURING THE PERIOD FROM JANUARY 1
TO MARCH &£ 1915.
(No. 42; Nos. 59682 to 40388.)
WASHINGTON :
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFIOE.
1918.
Issued April 17. 1918.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY.
WILLIAM A. TAYLOR, Chief of Bureau.
INVENTORY
OF
SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED
BY THE
OFFICE OF FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT INTRODUCTION
DURING THE PERIOD FROM JANUARY 1
TO MARCH 31, 1915.
(No. 42; Nos. 39682 to 40388.)
WASHINGTON:
GOVKRNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.
1918.
INVENTORY OF SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED
BY THE OFFICE OF FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT
INTRODUCTION DURING THE PERIOD FROM
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1915 (NO. 42; NOS.
39682 TO 40388).
INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT.
Owing to the disturbed condition of ocean traffic and the uncer-
tainty of getting perishable plant material in, no expeditious were
undertaken except that into the Province of Kansu, China, which
had been planned for two years. Nevertheless, an unusual number of
interesting and important plants are described in this number of the
inventory. Mr. Frank N. Meyer, who made the Kansu expedition,
although hampered by the difficulty of getting good interpreters
who were willing to accompany him to the borders of Tibet, suc-
ceeded in getting as far as the capital of Kansu Province, but was
obliged to retrace his steps from that point.
He discovered a number of very interesting plants, however, among
which perhaps the most important will be found to be some large-
fruited wild freestone peaches, Amygdalus spp. (No. 40001 to 40006) ;
the Tangutian bush almond, Amygdalus tangutica ( Xos. 39893.
40010, and 40011), a species very resistant to drought and cold : a wild
pear, Pyrus ussuriensis (No. 40019), of the melting, juicy type, quite
distinct from the characteristic hard, gritty ones of China; a will
species of grape, Vitis sp. (No. 40026), with small bunches of black
edible berries; wild hardy apricots, Prunus armeniaca (Xos. 40012
and 40013), which may enable breeders to extend the area of success-
ful apricot culture farther northward; a very hardy dwarf crab
apple. Mains sp. (No. 39923), from an altitude of 9,000 I'eet in Kansu ;
a wild gooseberry, Ribes alpestre giganU um (No. 39916), growing L5
feet tall, found on dry embankments, a promising hedge plant for the
cold semiarid sections of the United States; a very vigorous-growing
currant. Ribes sp. (No. 30910). from 7.000 feel altitude, which makes
;* hush 25 i'vvi tall; a wild cherry, Prunus setulosa (No. 39911),
which has possibilities as a stock plant: Potanin's peach. Amygdalus
persica potanini (Xos. t0007 to L0009), a bushy form resembling
otherwise A. daridiana, which has been so successful as a slock, hut
.I
6 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
which, according to Mr. Meyer, is likely to prove ev< n more drought
resistant than the latter species and be useful as a stock in the dry
regions of this country; two wild plums. Primus spp. (Nos. 10014
and 10015). with possibilities for breeding purposes, from Shensi
Province; and a citrus species (Nos. .">(.>897 and 40039), with fruits
resembling those of a sour mandarin, which would appear to have
unusual hardiness.
Of shade trees and shrubs for dooryards. Mr. Meyer secured a
poplar, Populus suaveolens przewalskii (No. 39900); a beautiful
evergreen bush, Daphne tangutica (No. 39914), suited to regions like
Long Island; a bush honeysuckle. Lonicera sp. (No. 39915), for low
hedges in the colder sections of the country: a Chinese rowan,
Sorbus sp. ( No. 40021) : an ideal cover for shady portions of the door-
yard, Schizandra sphenanthcra (No. 400*25) ; a valuable late-flowering
porch climber with white flowers. Polygonum sp. (No. 10034) : and
Wilson's horse-chestnut, Aesculus wilsonii (No. 40037), from near
( Ihenghsien, Kansu, a new form of this valuable avenue tree.
Of the introductions made through correspondents the following
are the most noteworthy : -
Four varieties of corn. Zea mays (Nos. 3993G to 39939). were col-
lected by Mr. F. Kingdon Ward in the Valley of Nmaihka in Upper
Burma, where a remarkable corn culture exists at an altitude of 5,000
to G.000 feet, which appears to be very ancient. On one of these
varieties (Xo. 39937) Mr. Collins has found signs of the characteristic
waxy endosperm which has heretofore appeared only on corns from
eastern China and nowhere else in the world, and this fact may be of
value in determining the origin of this remarkable corn. A surpris-
ingly interesting collection of Spanish corn varieties. Zea mays ( Nos.
40259 to 40294),- from Spain and the Canary Islands and different
portions of the mainland, which was made by Sefior Valero, an offi-
cial agricultural engineer who recently visited this country, has
already unusually excited the interest of the corn specialists.
So much interest attaches to the spineless cactus that the dis-
covery in Hawaii of a form without spines and with very few spicules.
Opuntia sp. (No. 39853), which is supposed to have been brought
there by Don Marin and which in comparison with Burbank's spine-
less cactus has shown its ability to live on dry islands of the Hawaiian
group where the Burbank cactus has quickly perished, will interest
a wide circle of experimenters.
The Porto Rican black walnut, Juglans portoricensis (No. 10236).
which matures its nuts in April and May; the red bush nut from New
South Wales, Hichsbeachia pinnatifolia (No. 39871) ; the late-bloom-
ing varieties of English walnut. Juglans regia (Nos. 39839 to 39844
and 39881 to 39880) . from ( Jrenoble, France, to which our attention was
directed by Prof. J. Russell Smith : the Tibetan tree hazelnut. Corylus
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1915. 7
ehinensis (No. 39007), which grows to 100 feet in height and of
which Mr. Meyer has secured seeds in China; the wild small-fruited
but probably very hardy walnuts from Kansn. Juglans regia (No.
40016) ; and a new form of the comparatively disease-resistant-
Chinese chestnut with slender trunk. Castanea sp. (Nos. 40035 and
40036), will be of particular interest to nut specialists.
Extensive introductions of sweet-potato varieties have been made
through Mr. Roig from the experiment station at Santiago de las
Vegas, where many trials have been conducted with this vegetable,
Ipomoea batatas (Nos. 31)720 to 39735, 39741 and 39712. 39799 to
39802, 39831 to 39833. 39941 to 39945, 40237 to 40258, and 40388).
A Japanese gentleman visiting this country, Mr. Kuwashima, has
directed attention to the fact that one of the highest priced vege-
tables in Japan is the Mitsuba or Mitsuba-jeri, Deringa canadensis
(No. 39869), a native of this country as well. The young leaves
are eaten boiled and the roots are fried.
Dr. Trabut has sent in a wild pear. Pyrus mamon nsis (Nos. 4o-_>97
and 40331), from the Moroccan forests of Maniora. which is resistant
to drought and thrives in sandy noncalcareous soils.
Thirteen varieties of plum, Prunus bokhariensis (Xos. 40223 to
40235). adapted to the warm South, from Seharunpur, India, have
been sent in by Mr. Hartless. They begin fruiting in May and
bear for two months.
His Majesty the Ameer of Afghanistan sent through his special
envoy. Mr. Jewett, a remarkable collection of dried fruits and seeds
representing varieties of tree and field crops which are grown in
his country. The most interesting of these were the samples of
dried white mulberry. Morns alba ( No. 4021.")). which in Afghanistan
is considered a very important article of food and proved upon
analvsis to have the food value of dried figs. As Kabul has a cold
winter climate and is subjected to intense summer heat, the cultiva-
tion of a sweet, drying variety of mulberry may be worth considering
for the Great Plains of this country. Those sent by the Ameer were
extremely palatable.
The best market apple of southern Italy and Sicily is the Limon-
cella (Xo. 39829). Dr. Gustav Eisen, who sent in bud wood of it.
considers it superior to any variety now grown in southern Cali-
fornia, where it is likely to succeed best.
Of strictly southern or subtropical introductions, the following
are worth mentioning: The black sapote from the [sle of Pine-.
Diospyros ebenaster (No. 39719) : the famous durian of Java, Durio
zibethinus ( Xo. 39709), noted at the same time for its delicious
flavor and offensive odor: ;i rare specie- of anona, Aniiomi sclero-
derma (Xo. 40305), front Guatemala, of richer flavor than the sour-
sop: the Ilarrar fig from Abyssinia, Ficus sp. (No. 39828), which
8 SEEDS AND PLANTS [MPORTED.
can -land heavy summer rains and may thrive in Texas: the syca-
more fig, Ficus sycomorus (Nos. 39827, 39857, and 39858), which
is at the same time a shade tree and a fruit tree of minor impor-
tance, interesting because of the ancient methods practiced to liber-
ate the fig insects from the fruit; and the bushukan or ringer citron
of Japan, Citrus medica sarcodactylis (No. 39940), a curious dwarf
potted plant grown for its fragrant flowers and the perfume of its
fruits.
Of shade trees, park shrubs, and plants for the dooryards of the
city, as well as country homes, there are an unusual number in this
inventory. They include the best of the Egyptian tamarisks, Tuma-
rix aphylla (No. 39856), remarkably successful as a timber tree on
reclaimed desert lands where the irrigation water is quite saline,
and three species of tamarisks from the Caucus;!-. Tamarias Jtohe-
nackeri (No. 39691), Tamarix />■ ntandra (No. 39692), and Tamarix
sp. ( Xo. 39693) : the giant-fruited oak of Zacuapam, Mexico. Quer-
cus insignis (No. 39723), with acorns 2^ inches across; two remark-
ably fragrant flowered species of Pittosporum from the Riviera,
where they have been found successful. P. floribundum and /'. mac-
rophyllum (Nos. 39727 and 30728): the Guadeloupe Island palm,
Erythea edulis (Xo. 39740). suggested as possibly hardy in the
South Atlantic coast region: a collection of correctly named varie-
ties of Japanese flowering cherries. Prunus serrulata (Nos. 39743 to
:'.'.•". - and 39820 to 39826), presented by the municipality of Tokyo
and taken from the cherry-tree arboretum maintained by this mu-
nicipality itself by Mr. E. H. Wilson, of the Arnold Arboretum: a
collection of cotoneasters, Cotoneaster spp. (Nos. 40162 to 40175),
many of which have proved especially adapted to dooryard use; a
collection of barberries, Berberis spp. (Nos. 40139 to 40153), from
i e Kew Gardens, to test in comparison with Thunberg's barberry,
which has become one of the most popular of spiny dooryard orna-
mentals: the large wild cherry tree of Japan. Prunus serrulata sat ha-
linensis (Xo. 10190), a long-lived timber tree, which grows to lie 80
feet tall and centuries old and ha- not yet been used as a stock by the
Japanese, though probably the hardiest of all Japanese species and
superbly beautiful with its masses of pink blooms; a new linden.
probably a hybrid, Tilia euvhlora (No. 10197). which, because of its
large bright-green leave- and their freedom from insects, is being
planted as a street tree on the C< ntinent : a new species of flowering
quince, ( haenomeles japonica (No. t0161 ). most charming of the red-
flowered shrubs, the fruit.- of which make excellent preserves, and its
relative, the large-fruited Chinese quince, Chaenomeles lagenaria
cathayensis ( Xo. 10160), the large ornamental fruits of which are
used for perfume purposes; and two new roses for the rose bree lers,
one from the Himalayas. Rosa webbiana (No. 1:0191 ). and the other
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1915. 9
from central China, with delicate purplish rose blooms, Rosa sertata
(No. 40193).
Through the courtesy of Prof. Sargent, of the Arnold Arboretum,
seeds have been received of a number of the rare shade, park, timber,
and ornamental trees from foreign countries which have proved
hardy at Jamaica Plain, Mass., and are worthy of a wider trial in
the Northern States (Nos. 39983 to 39998).
Chinese names in this inventory have been brought, so far as
possible, into accord with the best authorities, the geographic names
(except when fixed by decisions of the United States Geographic
Board) being given in the form accepted by the Chinese Ministry of
Communications Postal Guide. Many of the village names, however,
are not listed therein, and in all such cases the location of the village
it- eriven with reference to the nearest town mentioned in that valuable
reference work.
The manuscript of this inventory has been prepared by Miss May
Riley, the botanical determinations of seeds introduced have been
made and the notes on geographic distribution compiled by Mr.
H. C. Skeels. and the descriptive and botanical notes arranged by
Mr. S. C. Stuntz, who has also had general supervision of this
in\ entory.
David Fairchild,
Agricultural Explorer in Charge.
Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction.
Washington, D. 6'., December 20, 1916,
INVENTORY.
39682 to 39690.
From Sibpur, near Calcutta, India. Presented by Mr. C. C. Calder, Royal
Botanic Garden. Received January 11. 1915.
"Collected on the eastern Himalayas." {Calder.)
39682. ('kepis japonica (L.) Bentharu. Cichoriacese.
A common eastern Asiatic herb.
39683. Pogostemon fraternus Miquel. Menthaceae.
Distribution. — An herbaceous perennial related to patchouli and be-
longing to the mint family, found at an altitude of 3,000 to 5,000 feet in
the Sikklm Himalayas in India and in Java.
39684. Blumea myriocephala DC. Asteracea?.
Distribution. — A composite shrub with leaves G to 10 inches long and
small heads of flowers in a pyramidal panicle; found in the Sikkim
Himalayas in India.
39685. Marsdenia tenacissima (Roxb.) Wight and Arnott. Asclepia-
dacese.
A climbing plant distributed throughout the lower Himalayas, ascend-
ing to 5,000 feet, from Kuniaon to Assam and Burma. The plant is
fond of dry. barren localities, twining on the hushes and small tree-.
The hark' of the steins yields a large quantity of beautiful tine silky
fiber, which is extracted by cutting the stems into sections and then
scraping them clean with the finger nails or with a stick. The moun-
taineers of Rajmahal make their bowstrings from this fiber, because of
its strength and durability. In Dr. Roxburgh's tests of twine made from
this fiber, he found that in the dry and wet states it bore a strain of
248 and 843 pounds, when hemp in the same state bore 158 and L90
pounds. More recent tests, however, place it below hemp in strength,
but above it in elasticity. The fiber is much used in making fishing
nets, and is not liable to injury by submersion in water. ( >ne of the
chief characteristics of this liber is its elasticity, and it is considered
to be the second best fiber in India. This species, though producing a
good fiber, is not in general cultivation, being a climber; difficulties exist
with which the Indian cultivator has not yet attempted to deal. A milky
juice exudes from the cuts on the stems which, thickens into an elastic
Substance, which acts in the same way as India rubber in removing
black-lead marks. (Adapted from Watt, Dictionary of tin Economic
Products of India, and ('. R, Dodge, Useful Fiber Plants of the World.)
39686. Caryopteris paniculata < '. B. Clarke. Verbeuacese.
"A spreading shrub, from Upper Burma; branches terete, -lender.
pubescent. Leaves mostly obtuse or rounded at the base. Panicles
axillary, subsessile one-half to 2\ inches, distinctly panidod. radii- dis-
11
12 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
39682 to 39690— Continued.
tinct, often 20 to 60 flowered. Corolla pubescent, deep red." {Hooker,
Flora of British India, vol. !h p. 597.)
Of similar value perhaps to ('. mastacanthus.
39687. Hoya globttlosa Hook. f. Asclepiadacese.
Distribution. — A stout, handsome, asclepiadaceous climber with orbicu-
lar leaves and umbels of cream-colored flowers, found up to an altitude
of 3,000 feet in the Himalayas of Sikkim and Assam, in India, and suc-
ceeding under the same treatment as H. carnosa. .
39688. Triumfetta pilosa Roth. Tiliaceae. Burweed.
An herbaceous hairy or bristly tropical weed with yellow flowers in
dense cymes.
39689. Erianthtjs rcfipilus (Steud.) Griseb. Poacese.
{Erianthus fulvus Nees.)
"A perennial grass found in the temperate Himalayas at altitudes of
5.000 to 7.000 feet. Stems 6 to 8 feet high, silky hairy just above the
panicle. The leaves are 2 to 3 feet long and one-fourth inch to 1 inch
wide, slightly rough and with the margins of the sheath hairy. Panicle
8 to IS inches, grey white or tinged with purple. Spikelets about one-
tenth inch long with the basal hairs 3 to 4 times as long as the spikelets."
{Collett, Flora Simlensis.)
Introduced lor the work of the Office of Forage-Crop Investigations.
39690. Neyeaudia mahai.ascariexsis (Kuuth) Hook. f. Poaceae.
"A species found on the plains of north India, ascending to 5,000 feet,
throughout tropical Asia and Africa and Madagascar. A perennial
grass with leafy, solid stem G to 10 feet high. The leaves are flat, 1 or
2 lVoi long and up to 1 inch wide, with base clasping the stem. Ligule
very short and hairy. Spikelets purple-brown, narrow, slightly flattened,
one-fourth to one-third inch long. 4 to 8 flowered (flowers all fertile
ex. -opt sometimes tlie uppermost), in a shining silky erect panicle 1 to
3 feel long. The branches are in half whorls and more or less spread-
in--." {Collett, Flora Simlensis.)
39691 to 39693. Tamarix spp. Tamaricaceae. Tamarisk.
From Caucasus. Russia. Presented by the Tillis Botanic Garden. Received
January 7, 1915.
39691. Tamarix iiohenackeri Bunge.
39692. Tamarix pentandra Pallas.
"This shrub or small tree is one of the most decorative tamarisks in
cultivation, flowering in ureal profusion in July and August. In the
wild state it ranges from the Balkan Peninsula through southern Rus-
sia to Turkestan, and from Asia Minor to Persia, adorning the banks of
rivers, particularly in their lower reaches and estuaries, hike other
Species of this genus, it thrives well in saline soils, hut is by no means
dependent on a more than ordinary amount of sails \u ,]H. ground. The
flowers are usually rose-colored, but sometimes white or nearly so."
{Botanical Magazine, pi. S138.)
39693. Tamarix sp.
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1915. 13
39694 to 39697.
From Nanking, China. Presented by Rev. Joseph Bailie, University of
Nanking. Received January 7, 1915.
39694. Solanum dulcamara L. Solanacea\
A vine of the nightshade sort.
39695. Zanthoxylum bungei Planchon. Rutacese.
Hud chia.
39696. Clematis sp. Ranunculacese. Clematis.
Purple mountain clematis.
39697. Loniceba sp. Caprifoliacese.
Red-berried shrub; flowers like woodbine.
39698. Diospyros ebenaster Retz. Diospyraceae. Black sapote.
From Santa Fe, Isle of Pines. Presented by Mr. H. S. Jones. Cuttings
received January 18, 1915.
See S. P. I. No. 39719 for description.
39699 and 39700. Citrus spp. Rutacese.
From Catania. Italy. Presented by Mr. Joseph E. Haven, American consul.
Received January 16, 1915.
39699. Citrus bergamia Risso. Bergamot orange.
39700. Citrus aurantium L. Bitter orange.
"To the bitter orange plant is grafted the bud wood of the Bergamot
orange, as Bergamot oranges do not grow from a Bergamot seed."
(Haven.)
39701. Ophiopocon japonicus (L.) Ker. Liliacese.
Grown at the Plant Introduction Field Station, Rockville, Md.
"A small evergreen plant, with grasslike leaves, growing to a height of 3 to G
inches and 'searing racemes of small white flowers followed by pale-blue berries.
Much used in Italy as a ground cover in the shade of trees where grass will not
grow." (Peter Bisset.)
39702 to 39705. Dioscorea spp. Dioscoreacese. Yam.
From Guam. Presented by the Experimental Station of Guam, through
Mr. W. E. Safford, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received January
13, 1915.
For a general discussion of the yams of Guam, sec W. E. Safford, Useful
Plants of Guam, pages 257 to 2G3, 1905.
39702. Nika. 39704. Dago agaga. (Red yam.)
39703. Nika cimarron. 39705. Dago hava. (Southern yam.)
39706. Rhus sp. Anacardiacese.
From Nanking, China. Presented by Rev. Joseph Bailie, University of Nan-
king. Received January 7, 1915.
Cha In kou.
14 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
39707. Aleurites fordii Hemsl. Euphorbiaceae. Tung tree.
From Foley, Ala. Purchased from Mr. J. L. Sebastian. Received January
9, 1915.
Seed from S. P. I. No. 21013, sent him ir February, 1908.
39708. Vanilla sp. Orchidacese. Vanilla.
From Tampico, Mexico. Presented by Mr. Tliomas H. Bevan. Cutting
received January 12, 1915.
39709. Durio zibethinus Murr. Bombacacese. Durian.
From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by the director, Botanic Garden. Re-
ceived January 11, 1915.
See S. P. I. Nos. 28082, 34072, and 37103 for previous introductions.
"A very large, handsome, pyramid-shaped tree, native of the Malayan Archi-
pelago and commonly cultivated in the Straits, Burma, Java, etc., for the sake
of its celebrated fruit. The latter is produced on the older brandies, varies
somewhat from round to oval in shape, and usually weighs from 5 to 7 pounds
or more. It is armed with thickly set, formidable prickles about one-half inch
long; when ripe it becomes slightly yellow and possesses an odor which is
intensely offensive to most people, especially on first acquaintance with it.
The cream-colored pulp surrounding the seed is the edible portion : this is most
highly prized by the Malays and other oriental people, and is also relished by
Europeans who acquire a taste for it. Firminger describes it as ' resembling
blancmange, delicious as the finest cream,' while Mr. Russel Wallace con-
sidered that ' eating durians is a sensation worth a voyage to the East.' The
large seeds may be roasted and eaten like chestnuts. Pounded into flour they
are said to be sometimes made into a substance like ' vegetable ivory.' The
durian tree thrives in the moist low country of Ceylon up to 2,000 feet elevation
and luxuriates in deep alluvial or loamy soil. In Peradeniya Gardens there
are magnificent specimens well over 100 feet in height. They usually flower
in March or April, and the fruit is ripe in July or August. Durian fruits are
variable in size, shape, flavour, and quantity of pulp, according to variety.
The trees also vary in productiveness, some varieties being almost barren.
Selection and high cultivation should therefore be practiced in order to obtain
the best fruits. The tree is readily propagated by seed if sown fresh ; the
seed is of short vitality and germinates in 7 to 8 days." (MacmUUm, Handbook
of Tropical Gardening and Planting, p. 1'$.)
39710. Quercus suber L. Fagacea?. Cork oak.
From Gibraltar, Spain. Procured through Mr. Richard L. Sprague, Ameri-
can consul. Received January 4, 1915.
" Spanish cork oak acorns gathered in the cork woods near Alpandiere and
Gaucin station. Province of Malaga. 4"> miles north of Gibraltar. These acorns
are of line quality." (Sprague.)
See S. 1'. I. No. 36925 for previous introduction.
39711. Chenopodum bonus-henricus L. Chenopodiaeea3.
Good King Henry.
From Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. Purchased from Penned & Sous.
Received January 2, 1915.
For experimental use as greens: not for distribution.
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1915. 15
39712. Citrus bergamia Risso. Rutacese. Bergamot orange.
From Naples, Italy. Presented by Mr. Jay White, American consul. Re-
ceived January 5. 1915.
"A small tree; leaves oblong oval, with long, winged petioles; flowers small,
white, very fragrant; fruits pyriform. 3 to 4 inches in diameter, thin skinned,
pale yellow when ripe; pulp acid; seeds oblong, many. Extensively cultivated
in Calabria for the essential oil which is expressed from the peel and used in
making eau de Cologne and other perfumes. (Swingle. In Bailey, Standard
Cyclopedia of Horticulture.)
39713. Castanopsis sp. Fagaceoe.
From Changning, Kiangsi, via Swatow, China. Presented by Rev. C. E.
Bousfield, American Baptist Mission. Received January 5, 1915.
" While crossing some hills near here I came across some chestnut trees which
are new to me. I think that, though smaller, the nuts have a better flavor than
the common kind." (Bousfield.)
39714. Aleurites fordii Hemsl. Euphorbiaceae. Tung tree.
From Fairhope, Ala. Presented by Mr. C. O. White. Received January
2, 1915.
Seeds from S. P. I. No. 21013 sent to Mr. White in 1908.
39715 and 39716.
From Calcutta, India. Presented by the Botanic Garden, through Mr.
C. V. Piper, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received January 4. 1915.
Quoted notes by Mr. Piper.
39715. Holcus halepensis L. Poacese. Johnson grass.
(Sorghum halepensis Pers.)
" This Indian variety of Johnson grass differs in producing more
abundant rootstocks and in having a larger, looser panicle with drooping
branches."
39716. Andropogon annulatus Forsk. Poaceas.
"An abundant grass in northern India often cut for hay."
Stems one-half to 3 feet long, branching, often half climbing, bent at
the lower joints and then ascending; leaves mostly basal, 6 to 12 inches
long, narrow, rigid, upper surface hairy. Spikelets in pairs on five to
eight unequal spikes 1 to 2A inches long and forming a digitate cluster
at the top of the stem. (Adapted from Collett, Flora Simlensis, p. 60S.)
39717 and 39718.
From Nanking. China. Presented by Rev. Joseph Bailie, University of
Nanking. Received January 2, 1915.
39717. Castanea sp. Fagacese. Chestnut.
Chestnuts from Anhwei.
39718. Solanum dulcamara L. Solanacese.
An ornamental vine with red berries.
77481°— 18 2
16 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
39719. Diospyros ebenaster Retz. Diospyracese. Black sapote.
From Santa Fe. Isle of Pines. Presented by Mr. H. S. Jones. Received
January 4, 1915.
"From fine ripe fruits from 2* to 3 inches in diameter. The fruits are just
beginning to ripen (December 28) and will last until about the middle of
February." (Jones.)
"The sapote priclo or sapote negro (black sapote) of Mexico, an interesting
fruit belonging to the persimmon family. The tree grows in compact, shapely
form and is of very ornamental appearance with its oblong-oval, glossy leaves
about 4 inches long. In appearance the fruits greatly resemble some varieties
of the kaki or Japan persimmon ; in place of being bright orange, however, they
are light green when ripe, and measure 2i to 3 or even 4 inches in diameter.
In shape they are oblate or distinctly flattened aud the persistent, light-green
calyx is quite prominent.
" The interior of the fruit, when ripe, is anything but attractive in appear-
ance, the flesh being dark brown or almost black in color, and of a greasy con-
sistency. The flavor is sweet, but rather lacking in character; for this reason
the Mexicans frequently serve the fruit cut up, or mashed up, with orange juice;
it is a first-rate dish. The seeds look like those of the persimmon and are not
very numerous.
"According to Mr. Jones, the fruit ripens in the Isle of Pines from the last
part of December to the middle of February. The tree is rare outside of cer-
tain parts of Mexico, but has done well at Mr. Jones's place. It seems worthy
of much wider dissemination throughout the Tropics. Types from the cooler
parts of Mexico have withstood a little frost in southern California, yet the tree
can not be considered very hardy." (Wilson Popenoe.)
For previous introductions, see S. P. I. Nos. 24600 and 3969S.
39720. Cocos nucifera L. Phcenicacese. Coconut.
From Panama. Secured by Mr. H. Pittier, of the Bureau of Plant Industry.
Received January 4, 1915.
"This shipment may contain specimens of the Burica, San Bias, which the
natives call coco de cuchiUa, and possibly specimens of the Montiosa variety."
(Pittier.)
39721. Castanea mollissima Blume. Fagacese. Chestnut.
From Tientsin. China. Procured through Mr. Samuel S. Knabenshue,
American consul general. Received May 14, 1914.
39722. Capsicum annuxjm L. Solanacea?. Red pepper.
From Budapest, Hungary. Presented by the American consul.
39723. Qtjerctjs tnsignis Martens and Galleotti. Fagacea\ Oak.
From Zacuapam, Vera Cruz, Mexico. Purchased from Dr. C. A. Purpus.
Received January 7. EM 5.
"These acorns were sent to me by a friend, Sefior Guillermo Ziche, from
FTnatusco, and were collected in the Sierras west of town at about 1,500 to 1.G00
fed altitude. I am sure you will be able to grow the oaks in the southern part
of Florida, where the palms (Roystonea (Onniin.ru) regia) grow. They need a
moist climate .>r subtropical forests to do well." (Purpus.)
Inventory 42, Seeds and Plants Imported.
Plate I.
Giant Acorns of a Mexican Oak (Quercus insignis, S. P. I. No. 39723>.
A white oak which occurs about midway down the Hanks of Mount Orizaba, forming i here trees
GO to 80 feet high branching 30 or 40 feet from the ground. Believed by Dr. (.'. A. Purpus calla-
ble of acclimatization in Florida, l'orto Rico, and Hawaii. The acorns are edible. Photo-
graphed, natural size, by Mr. E. L. Crandall, Washington, JD. C, March 14, 1914 (P13834FS).
Inventory 42, Seeds and Plants Imported.
The Sycamore Fig I Ficus sycomorus S. P. I. Nos. 39827, 39857, and 39858).
From the wood of this "sycamore" of Scripture, the ''Tree of Life'' of the Egyptians, the ancient
coffins were made. It is a true lig tree and was introduced into Egypt , probably from Yemen
on the east coast of the Red Sea, in very early limes. If bears figs of inferior quality which are
inhabited by the fig insect (Sycophaga erassipes). These figs are notfil to eat unless their tips
are cut off to lei the fit; insects escape. From the time of Plinyeven the Egyptian boyshave
operated on these sycamore figs, using a kind of thimble made of iron plate 'ending in an iron
"linger nail." The figs arc borne on small leafless fleshy branches arising directly from
the trunk, ami it is the practice to beal the trunk of the tree with a hammer to increa eits
fruitfulness. The illustration shows the scars thus induced. Photographed by S. C. Mason
(P20231CP).
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1915. 17
"The tree is rapid in growth and quite different in habit from most oaks.
It reaches an ultimate height of 60 to 80 feet or more, Is quite erect, and sends
out large branches at the height of 30 or 40 feet from the ground. Tt is found
in considerable abundance about midway down the flanks of Mount Orizaba,
being most common about Chiapas, according to Dr. C. A. Purpus, who lias
recently been collecting in that region. It is a white oak, maturing its fruit
the first season, and, being a white oak, its fruit has sufficient edible quality to
be available at least for stock food.
"The only other oaks that approximate it in size, according to Dr. William
Trelease, of the University of Illinois, who called the attention of this asso-
ciation to the species, 'are a close relative, Quercus strombocarpa, of the same
region, and a Guatemalan black oak, Q. skinneri, the latter apparently an
equally large tree and with acorns 2 inches in diameter, but presumably bitter
or astringent like our own black acorns.'
" The nuts of the Qucrcvs insignis are usually about 2 inches in diameter,
but may reach 2-J inches. Their weight is from 50 to 65 grams each. In view
of its range, the tree is naturally to be supposed unsuited to a temperate
climate, but Dr. Purpus writes, 'I think it a very useful tree, which could be
raised in Florida, Cuba, Porto Rico, etc' The Office of Foreign Seed and
Plant Introduction of the United States Department of Agriculture is now en-
deavoring to introduce it to those regions on a large enough scale to give it a
chance of success. If it is found to be well adapted, it is possible that native
species of oaks could in some cases be grafted over with the productive new one.
thus yielding a large crop of acorns with very little trouble or care. Hybridiz-
ing experiments should also be tried with some of the best North American
oaks, with a view to seeing whether the size of their acorns can not be
increased." (The Journal of Heredity, vol. 5, p. J/06, 191//.)
For an illustration of the giant acorns of this Mexican oak, see Plate I.
39724 to 39726.
From Tientsin, China. Presented by Dr. Yamei Kin, Peiyang Woman's
Medical School and Hospital. Received January 8, 1015. Quoted notes
by Dr. Kin.
39724. Brassica pekinensis (Lour.) Skeels. Brassicaceae. Pe-tsai.
" Seed from Shantung of the fine, specially white pai ts'ai. It is grown
in the same way as the Chihli pai ts'ai, but is larger, not so tall, and said
to be of better keeping quality."
39725 and 39726. Cucumis melo L. Cueurbitaeere. Muskmelon.
" White melon that is very delicate in flavor and easily grown."
39725. Larger seeds. 39726. Smaller seeds.
39727 and 39728. Pittosporum spp. Pittosponuva\
From Nice, France. Presented by Dr. A. Robertson-Prosehowsky, Jardin
d'Acclimatation. Received January 6, 1915. Quoted notes by Dr.
Proschowsky.
39727. PiTxosroRUM fi.oribunoum Wight and Arnott.
"This species has large leaves and is of comparatively rapid growth.
It has numerous small flowers, which are very fragrant. It is one of
the most floriferous species I possess, and is new to the Riviera."
For previous introductions, see S. P. I. Nos. 390-11 and 39129.
18 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
39727 and 39728— Contd. (Quoted notes by Dr. A. Robertson-
Prbschowsky.)
39728. Pittosporum macrophyllum Laut. and K. Sch.
"The plant has existed in my garden for more than twenty years. It
is the must beautiful of the dozen or so Pittosporum species which I cul-
tivate. The leaves occasionally attain nearly the size of those of M<i;i-
nolia grandiflora, and the (lowers are perhaps not surpassed in fragrance
by any other flower. Indeed, the fragrance is most exquisite. Would not
such highly fragrant flowers be of value for the extraction of perfume?"
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 11644.
39729 to 39735. Ipomoea batatas (L.) Poir. Convolvulacese.
Sweet potato.
From Cuba. Presented by Mr. Juan T. Roig, botanist, Agricultural Ex-
periment Station, Santiago de las V«gas. Tubers received January 7,
1915. Quoted notes by Mr. Roig; yields stated in arrobas (of 25 pounds
each) per caballeria (33s acres).
39729. "Camilla. From Trinidad. Santa Clara. White inside; yield-
ing 34,260 arrobas per caballeria."
39730. " Camarioca. From Punta Brava, Havana. Yellow inside;
yielding 26,834 arrobas per caballeria."
39731. "Pan von vino. From Madruga, Havana. Red outside, striped
with violet inside, very sweet; yielding 48,695 arrobas per caballeria."
39732. " Hache. From Jiguani, Oriente. Pale yellow inside; yielding
36,521 arrobas per caballeria.*'
39733. "Camareto. From Cienfuegos. Saffron colored inside; yield-
ing 15,060 arrobas per caballeria."
39734. " Mongorro. From Isle of Pines. Deep yellow inside; yield-
ing 23.40S arrobas per caballeria."
39735. " Miseria. From El Caney, Oriente. Pale yellow inside; yield-
ing 14,530 arrobas per caballeria."
39736 and 39737.
From Nanking, China. Presented by Rev. Joseph Bailie, University of Nan-
king. Received January 11. 1915.
39736. Celastbus sp. Celastraceae.
'■ f'liia na yell SllU."
39737. Rhynchosia volubilis Pour. Fabacefe.
"/ ho tzu."
A twining herb with tomentose, subrotund, ternate leaves and many
yellow axillary flowers.
Distribution. — Eastern China and Indo-China.
39738. Cannabis sativa L. Moracese. Hemp.
From Yokohama, Japan. Procured from the Yokohama Nursery Co. Re-
ceived .January is, L915.
"' Tochigi production; slender tall variety."
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1915. 19
39739. Euonymus sp. Celastraceae.
From Nanking, China. Presented by Rev. Joseph Bailie, University of
Nanking. Received January 14, 1915.
" Yen chili shu. Leaves are like laurel ; fruit is a little bright-scarlet seed
protruding from a little husk." (Ha Hie.)
39740. Erythea edulis (Wendl.) Watson. Phcenicacea?.
Guadeloupe Island palm.
From Santa Barbara, Cal. Presented by Mr. W. H. Morse, through Mr.
O. F. Cook, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received January 21, 1915.
" This palm has been found in the wild state only on Guadeloupe Island, off
the coast of Lower California, but it has been planted widely in the coast
region of California and undoubtedly is one of the finest, and at the same time
one of the hardiest, of the whole series of ornamental palms. In California it
appears to be more hardy than Washingtonia, and since Washingtonia is being
grown at Charleston and other Atlantic coast points, the Guadeloupe Island
palm may also be able to survive. At least it should be given a fair trial. It
may not be as well suited to Florida, on account of the hot. humid summer.
Trachycarpus also does not thrive in Florida. We would suggest that seedlings
bo grown for experimental planting in the Carolinas and other Atlantic Coast
States." (Cook.)
39741 and 39742. Tpomoea batatas (L.) Poir. Convolvulacea;.
Sweet potato.
From Cuba. Presented by Mr. Juan T. Roig, botanist. Agricultural Ex-
periment Station. Santiago de las Vegas. Tubers received January 1G.
191"). Quoted notes by Mr. Roig.
39741. "(No. 213.) Centauro; pale yellow inside; from Imias. Oriente;
yielding 19.130 arrobas (of 25 pounds each) per caballerfa (333 acres)."
39742. "(No. 92.) Tornasol; yellow. From Puerto Principe. Cama-
guey ; yielding 9.918 arrobas (of 25 pounds each) per caballerfa (33J
acres)."
39743 to 39798. Prunus serrulata Lindl. A-mygdalaceae.
Flowering" cherry.
From Tokyo, Japan. Presented by Mr. E. II. Wilson. Arnold Arboretum.
Cuttings received January 15 and 23. 1915. Quoted notes by Mr. Wilson.
A collection of named varieties of Japanese flowering cherries. These are
from the collection owned by the municipality of Tokyo, and dried (lowering
specimens are now in the herbarium of the Arnold Arboretum. The supple-
mentary serial numbers are Wilson's collection numbers.
39743 and 39744.
"To be grown on th 'dinary Japanese cherry stocks."
39743. No. 2. 39744. No. 3.
39745. No. 4. "To he grown on Prunus serrulata sachalinensis stock
39746 to 39798.
"To be grown on the ordinary Japanese cherry stocks."
39746. No. 5. 39748. No. 7.
39747. No. 6. 39749. No. 8.
. ••
20
SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
o 39798— Continued.
39750.
No. 9.
39751.
No. 10.
39752.
No. 11.
39753.
No. 12.
39754.
No. 13.
39755.
No. 14.
39756.
No. 15.
39757.
No. 1G.
39758.
No. 17.
39759.
No. 18.
39760.
No. 19.
39761.
No. 20.
39762.
No. 21.
39763.
No. 22.
39764.
No. 23.
39765.
No. 24.
39766.
No. 25.
39767.
No. 26.
39768.
No. 27.
39769.
No. 28.
39770.
No. 29.
39771.
No. 30.
39772.
No. 31.
39773.
No. 32.
39774.
No. 33.
39775.
No.
34.
39776.
No.
35.
39777.
No.
36.
39778.
No.
37.
39779.
No.
38.
39780.
No.
39.
39781.
No.
40.
39782.
No.
41.
39783.
No.
42.
39784.
No.
43.
39785.
No.
44.
39786.
No.
45.
39787.
No.
46.
39788.
No.
47.
39789.
No.
48.
39790.
No.
49.
39791.
No.
50.
39792.
No.
51.
39793.
No.
52.
39794.
No.
53.
39795.
No.
54.
39796.
No.
55.
39797.
No.
56.
39798.
No.
57.
39799 to 39802. Ipomoea batatas (L.) Poir. Convolvulacese.
Sweet potato.
From Cuba. Presented by Mr. Juan T. Roig, botanist, Agricultural Ex-
periment Station, Santiago de las Vegas. Received January IS, 1915.
Quoted notes by Mr. Roig; yields stated in arrobas (of 25 pounds each)
per caballeria (33 J acres).
39799. "(No. 29.) Camagucy ; yellow inside. From Puerto Principe.
Yielding 41,982 arrobas per caballeria."
39800. "(No. 118.) Yema de huevo; yellow. From Colon, Matanzas.
Yielding 6.260 arrobas per caballeria."
39801. "(No. 30.) Colorado brujo; yellow flesh. From Puerto Principe.
Yielding 10,436 arrobas per caballeria."
39802. "(No. 72.) Chino bianco; white. From Taco Taco, Pinar del
Rio. Yielding 18,15G arrobas per caballeria."
39803 to 39807. Zea mays L. Poacese. Corn.
From Oroya, Peru. Collected by Dr. J. N. Rose, United States National
Museum.
"Corn obtained from Chola women, at an altitude of 12,200 feet, in July,
1914." (Rose.)
39803. Light yellow. 39806. Brownish.
39804. Mixed blue and white. 39807. White.
39805. Red.
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1915. 21
39808 to 39816. Annona cherimola X squamosa. Annonacece.
Atemoya.
From Lamao, Bataan, Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. P. J. Wester,
horticulturist, Lamao Experiment Station. Received January 11, 1915.
Cuttings of the atemoya, a new hybrid between the cherimoya and the sugar-
apple.
" In 1908, at the subtropical laboratory, Miami, Fla., the writer successfully
hybridized the cherimoya and the sugar-apple, the sugar-apple and the custard-
apple, the cherimoya and the mamon, and the mamon and the sugar-apple. Sev-
eral hundred seedlings resulted from this work, part of which were planted out
in 1910, the hybrids between the cherimoya and the sugar-apple showing re-
markable vigor and thriftiness. In 1911, hybrid seeds of the same combination
from a cross made in 1910 were brought to the Philippines and the seeds sown
in March of the same year. These hybrids exhibited the same remarkable vigor,
and some attained a height of 2.3 meters in one year and bloomed when they were
16 months old. No fruits resulted, however. This year (1913), in the course
of the reorganization work at Lamao, where the plants are growing, it became
necessary to transplant the hybrids, and their fruiting is on that account unfortu-
nately delayed for another year." (Wester, Philippine Agricultural Review,
vol. 6, 315, July, 1913.)
The further history of these hybrids is told in the Review for February, 1914 :
" The blossoming season of the cherimoya is somewhat in advance of that of
the custard-apple, but owing perhaps in part to the shock and retardation due
to the transplanting, a few flowers appeared in June on one of the transplanted
hybrids. One of these was pollinated with pollen from the custard-apple (An-
nona reticulata L.), with the result that it set, and a fruit developed and ripened
October 8, 1913. The following is a description of the fruit : Size small, weight
280 grams ; length 7.7 cm., equatorial diameter 7.6 cm. ; cordiform in shape,
with prominent carpels and distinct areoles ; exterior yellowish green, almost
glabrous; skin very thick and tough; flesh white, tender, and melting, with a
slight trace of fiber, juicy, subacid, rich, and aromatic; flavor excellent, very
Similar to a good cherimoya with a dash of the delicate sweetness of the sugar-
opple; seeds 4 to 7, similar in shape to cherimoya seed, but darker colored.
The fruit is rather small, but regular and well shaped, about the size of a sugar-
apple, which was to be expected considering that the father parent, the cheri-
moya, was also undersized. With the employment of large-fruited cheriinoyas
for breeding work we may also anticipate a progeny with larger fruits. The
atemoya plants, of which there are 23 that have not yet fruited, are very simi-
lar in appearance to the cherimoya, and the fruit is also practically identical
with the prominent-carpelled cherimoyas. Superior to the sugar-apple, it is not
claimed that the atemoya is an improvement upon the cherimoya, but it has
been hoped by crossing the cherimoya with the sugar-apple the excellent flavor
of the subtropical cherimoya, which does not succeed well in the low latitudes
near the Equator, might be imparted to the progeny, and that I he other parent
from the lowlands would impart to it adaptability to a tropical climate. It
would seem that this anticipation has been realized in the above instance. The
name atemoya, which is here being proposed for this new race of fruits, is de-
rived from a combination of one of the old original names of the sugar-apple,
Ate pannicensis (quoted from Hernandez, in his work ' Nova Plantarum,
Animalium et Mineralium Mexicanorum Historia,' published in 1651), and
cherimoya." (Wester.)
22 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
Of the nine plants represented by cuttings, No. 4 [S. P. I. No. 39S09] repre-
sents the plant which fruited in 1913; the remainder first bore fruit in 1914.
39808. No. 3. " This proved to be one of the best among the hybrids
that fruited this season." (H. T. Edwards.)
39809. No. 4. " Fruited last year." (H. T. Edwards.)
39810 to 39816.
" These proved to be the best among the hybrids that fruited this
season." (H. T. Edwards.)
39810. No. 5. 39814. No. 14.
39811. No. 6. 39815. No. 10.
39812. No. 11. 39816. No. 17.
39813. No. 12.
39817 to 39819.
From Tolga, Queensland, Australia. Presented by Mr. J. A. Hamilton.
Received January 16, 1915. Quoted notes by Mr. Hamilton.
39817. Cymbidium slave R. Brown. Orcnidaceae.
Distribution. — An epiphytal orchid with narrow leaves 1 foot long
and racemes of red-blotched greenish flowers, found along streams in
Queensland and New South Wales.
39818. Passiflora edulis Sims. Passifloraeere. Passion fruit.
" Large-fruited passion fruit. Season 1914."
39819. Rubus sp. Rosacea?. Wild raspberry.
" Wild raspberry, Evelyn Table-land No. 2."
39820 to 39826. Prunus serrulata Lindl. Amygdalacese.
Flowering" cherry.
From Tokyo, Japan. Presented by Mr. E. H. Wilson, Arnold Arboretum.
Cuttings received January 15 and 23, 1915.
"To be grown on the ordinary Japanese cherry stocks." (Wilson.)
39820. No. 58. 39824. No. G2.
39821. No. 59. 39825. No. G3.
39822. No. 60. 39826. No. 04.
39823. No. 01.
39827. Ficus sycomorus L. Moraceae. Fig.
From Cairo, Egypt. Presented by Mr. Thomas W. Brown, director. Horti-
cultural Division, Gizeh Branch, Ministry of Agriculture. Cuttings re-
ceived January 20. 1915.
" No. 3. Var. '" ledi. A variety which is most commonly eaten at Alexandria."
(Brown.)
"The tree is cultivated in Egypt and is identical with the sycamore of Scrip-
ture. Ficus sycomorus, or the Egyptian fig, seems to lie invariably infested with
the Insect Sycophaga crassipes, which is the same insect supposed to effect
caprification in Malta, according to Rev. T. F. Marshall. This tig never pro-
duces ripe seed in Egypt, though it has been introduced from the earliest times.
Not only are the ancient coffins made of the wood, but it was adopted as the
sacred 'Tree of Life.' It probably came from Yemen, where Prof. Dr Schwein-
fnrth saw many seedling trees grown spontaneously. The tree bears three crops
per annum, in May, June, and August-September. Boys cut off the top of the
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1915. 23
figs of the first two crops only. The figs have no pleasant flavor until the
operation has heen performed; then the figs become very sweet, but remain
smaller than when cut open. The object is to let the insect escape. Those that
are left become watery and tasteless and are full of namoos or Sycophaga.
The instrument used in Egypt for removing the 'eye' or top of the sycamore
fig is a kind of thimble made of iron plate ending in a spatula like a finger
nail. It is fixed on the thumb of the right hand. The operation is made only
en fruits which shall be picked the following day. The day after the operation
the fig is quite ripe. The male flowers in those figs are all aborted and the
females never have perfect seeds. The figs of the third generation are larger,
of an agreeable taste, and sweet scented ; but they are not operated upon, only
because in August and September, though the trees are much fuller of fruit than
in May and June, the people have so much to do at that time. They are
seldom sold and only eaten by the owners of the trees, or else they are aban-
doned to the field mice, birds, and dogs, which latter are very fond of them.
These nilg fruits are full of Sycophaga. It is a very interesting fact that Pliny
also describes the process as closely corresponding with this modern method."
{Muschler, Manual Flora of Egypt, vol. 1, p. 2^8.)
For an illustration of this remarkable tree, see Plate II.
39828 and 39829.
From Rome, Italy. Presented by Dr. Gustav Eisen. Cuttings received
January 26, 1015. Quoted notes by Dr. Eisen.
39828. Ficus sp. Moracese. Fig.
" Harrar. A fig from Abyssinia, most interesting and different from
Ficus carica. Possibly a variety of Ficus pseudocarica. Fruit medium;
outside violet brown, pulp reddish brown-vermilion, brilliant. Sweeter
and better flavored than any other variety when fully ripe. Growth of
branches somewhat pendent, leaves like Broussonetia papyrifera. Abun-
dant bearer and hardy. Suited, I think, to Texas, Arizona, and southern
California. May also do well in some other parts of the South, as it can
stand considerable summer rain."
39829. Malus sylvestbis Miller. Malacese. Apple.
(Pyrus mains L.)
" Limoncella or Limoncello apple. Middle and southern Italy, espe-
cially Naples clown to and including Sicily. The only apple adapted to a
warm and dry climate, at the same time possessing qualities which com-
pare favorably with those of good northern apples. It is the host variety
of apple grown in Italy for the general market. Medium or below
medium, apex truncate, constricted below the apex, wi ler at base.
Oblong, much longer than wide. Stalk short, slender, core long, narrow,
solid, with very few seeds, flesh solid, white, sweet and subacid, crisp
and juicy. Color of skin lemon yellow, shaded to a very slight pinkish
flush. Flavor strong, agreeable, resembling that of certain red Cabernet
grapes. Very fine shipper. Ripe from the end of November to February.
This variety is not to be preferred to our better American apples in the
Northern States, its value consisting in its adaptability to warm countries
where the northern apples do not thrive. Should do well in California,
Arizona, and Texas in localities with deep and rich soil. It is superior
to any California apples grown on the central and southern plains and
compares well with those grown in the mountains, except as to size.
Retails at 35, 45 to 50 centesimi a kilo, or from i to 1 cent American each,
more or less, according to size."
24 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
39830. Holcus iialepensis L. Poaceie. Johnson grass.
(Sorghum Iialepensis Pers.)
From Kirkee, Bombay, Poona, India. Presented by Mr. W. Burns, Ganesh-
khind Botanical Gardens, through Mr. C. V. Piper, of the Bureau of Plant
Industry. Received January 26, 1915.
39831 to 39833. Ipomoea batatas (L.) Poir. Convolvulaccac.
Sweet potato.
From Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba. Presented by Mr. Juan T. Roig, bota-
nist, Agricultural Experiment Station. Tubers received January 25, 1915.
Quoted notes by Mr. Roig.
39831. "No. 75. Cascarillo; white. From Madruga, Havana. Yield-
ing 23.791 arrobas (of 25 pounds each) per caballeria (33i acres)."
39832. "No. 199. Picadito; white. From Trinidad, Santa Clara.
Yielding 12,617 arrobas (of 25 pounds each) per caballeria (33J acres.)"
39833. " No. 9S. San Pedro bianco, white. From Taco Taco, Pinar del
Rio. Yielding 25,217 arrobas (of 25 pounds each) per caballeria (33$
acres)."
39834. Annona cherimola Miller. Annonacese. Cherimoya.
From Guemes, Argentina. Presented by Mr. Henry F. Schultz, through
Mr. L. J. Keena, American consul general, Buenos Aires. Received Janu-
ary 23, 1915.
" The cherimoya was introduced into Campo Santo from Peru about 50 years
ago, and while the famous ' oldest residents,' who heard the tales of the original
importers, claim that the fruits have degenerated greatly, it must be admitted
that the quality of the present-grown cherimoyas in this region is very fine indeed.
I have never eaten as good cherimoyas in Central America or in the United
States as are produced here ; their flavor and aroma are exquisite and their
texture velvety and most delicious. The beautifully fragrant, creamlike pulp
melts in the mouth like the best ice cream, and, were it not for the somewhat
objectionable seeds, a finer fruit could hardly be imagined. After sampling
the locally produced cherimoya I feel no hesitancy in withdrawing the state-
ment which I have made in the States, before visiting this country, that cheri-
moya culture had no important future in the United States. California can
undoubtedly produce at least as good cherimoyas as are raised in this country,
and as soon as people acquire a taste for them and learn to know and appre-
ciate the fruit cherimoya culture will become quite an important addition to
horticulture in that State." (Schultz.)
For detailed information, see report from the American consul, dated De-
cember 18, 1914.
39835. Persea Americana Miller. Lauracese. Avocado.
(Pcrsca gratissima Gaertn. f. )
From Rome, Italy. Presented by Dr. Gustav Eisen. Received January 26,
1915.
"A different variety from those sent before (S. P. I. No. 34698). Hardy,
seeds smaller." (Eisen.)
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1915. 25
39836. Manisuris exaltata (L. f.) Kuntze. Poaceae.
(Rottboellia exaltata L. f.)
From Sibpur, near Calcutta, India. Presented by the superintendent, Royal
Botanic Garden. Received January 23, 1915.
Distribution. — An annual grass with stems 4 to 10 feet high, ranging through-
out India, ascending to 7,000 feet in Gurhwal.
39837. Adenophora verticillata Fisch.
From Harbin, Manchuria. Presented by Mr. Lewis S. Palen. Received
January IS, 1915.
"Chinese Ssu yeh ts'ai, or 'Four-leaf plant.' Sample taken in September,
1914, on the Sungari River, 50 miles above its confluence with the Amur. It
grows all through the woods here and on the open plain, coming earlier in the
spring than almost any other save the wild onion. About 6 inches to 1 foot
high by the end of May. It makes a delicious green for stewing by the middle
of May in a climate where the frost is not out of the ground more than 4 or 5
inches by the middle of April. If it could be introduced at home, it might prove
of considerable value. It has an excellent flavor and is superior, in my estima-
tion, to many of the greens used in America. We prefer it to spinach."
(Palen.)
39838. Myricaria germanica (L.) Desv. Tamaricacese.
From Darjiling, India. Presented by Mr. A. C. Hartless, superintendent,
Government Botanical Gardens, Seharunpur, India, who procured it
from Mr. G. H. Cave, Lloyd Botanic Gardens, Darjiling. Received Janu-
ary 23, 1915.
See S. P. I. No. 39G30 for previous introduction and description.
39839 to 39844. Juglans regia L. Juglandacese. Walnut.
From Grenoble, France. Presented by Mr. Thomas W. Murton, American
vice consul. Received January 2, 1915.
All are late-blooming varieties from Tullins, Isere, the name of the orchard
(Clos) from which the nuts came being given in each case.
"As instructed, I made a first trip, on June 23, to Tullins. Isere, and neighbor-
ing walnut-growing districts, where I located several line, vigorous, healthy-
looking specimens of the late-blooming variety of walnut trees, cuttings from
which are desired later by the Department of Agriculture for experimental
purposes.
"It will be my duty also to forward to this department at harvesting time
samples of the nuts produced by these trees for comparison and possible sowing.
"This variety, though a good producer, is little appreciated by growers
hereabouts, for the reason that the fruit it bears is lighter in weight than
most other kinds and consequently not so profitable from a pecuniary point of
view; indeed, there is a growing tendency on the part of the farmers in this
region to eliminate all such trees from their plantations on this account. As
a matter of fact, several of those thai I have marked are destined to be cut
down in the near future, and the probability is that little by little this par-
ticular species will disappear entirely from the region of the Isere to make
way for the more esteemed and much preferred grafted Mayctte, the cultiva-
tion of which has greatly increased within the past four or live years in and
around Tullins, where several new orchards have been laid out independently
of individual plantings.
39839.
Xo.
1.
Clos Masson.
39840.
No.
2.
Clos Duraiul.
39841.
No.
3.
Clos May.
39842.
No.
4.
Clos Lafarge,
26 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
" On the other hand, the fact should not be lost sight of that the fruit of
the late-blooming walnut tree is fine in appearance, relatively large in size,
bright in color of both shell and interior skin, and of good taste, although
perhaps the meat is not so well nourished or as tine of flavor as the Mayette
or Franquette, but in my opinion it compares favorably with the quality known
as Parisians, and properly cared for and grafted should prove a good producer."
{Murton. Report dated at Grenoble, France, July 1, lOL'f.)
39843. No. 5. Clos Durand.
39844. No. 6. Clos Bernardin
(altitude 2,000 feet).
39845 to 39852. Saccharum officinarum L. Poacea\
Sugar cane.
From Manila, Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. II. T. Edwards,
director, Bureau of Agriculture. Cuttings received February 1, 1915.
"The following varieties are largely grown here." (Eduards.)
39845. Common N egros purple. 39849. Cebu light purple.
39846. Pampanga dark purple. 39850. Inalmon.
39847. Luzon No. 1. 39851. Laguna white.
39848. Luzon Xo. 2. 39852. Pampanga Unlit purple.
39853. Opuntia sp. Cactacese. Prickly-pear.
From Honolulu, Hawaii. Presented by Mr. J. E. Higgins, Hawaii Ex-
periment Station. Received February 1, 1915.
"A variety believed to have been introduced into Hawaii by Don Marin."
(Higgins.) .
"A number of years ago the station collected in Honolulu several slabs of
an almost spineless cactus. Dr. W. T. Brigham states that he has known
this cactus for a long time and that he believes it was introduced by Dun
Marin. Dr. Brigham suggests that this cactus be called the Manini cactus
(the Hawaiian form of Marin). These cactus slabs were grown into plants,
which after subsequent subdivision have developed into a hedge nearly 100
feet long.
"An opportunity offered to test the hardiness of this cactus in comparison
with a number of other drought-resisting plants and several varieties of Bur-
bank's cactus. All of these plants were set out on the island of Kahoolawe in
an excessively dry region somewhat exposed to wind. At the end of six
months the place was visited again, when it was found that none of the plants
had grown except the Marin cactus, which was growing satisfactorily. In the
few tests which the station has been able to make, this cactus, under dry con-
ditions, has grown about three times as fast as the Burbank varieties.
"Plant averaging (> to S feet in height, shrubby, and much branched. . . .
Petals averaging 25. outer ones short and fleshy, Inner ones long and thin,
rose to pink in color. . . . The1 joint changes to a succulent and juicy
fruit, 11 to 2 inches long, 1 to 1A inches wide, pear shaped to globose, areoles
with numerous small spicules, claret red; pulp deep claret red, many seeds,
watery and almost tasteless. Rapid growth, very productive, and best propa-
gated from slab cuttings, since the seeds are liable to be cross-fertilized with
the spiny Opuntias.
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1915. 27
" Since this cactus is of rapid growth and comparatively free of spines, it is
worthy of attention as an ornamental hedge and' as a fodder plant." {Report
of the Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station, 191 .), p. 11 and 82.)
39854 and 38855. Cucumis melo L. Cucurbitacese.
Muskmelon.
From Madrid, Spain. Presented by Senor Gregorio Cruz Valero. Received
January 14, 1915. Quoted notes by Senor Valero.
39854. " Seeds of a single winter melon. This is cultivated here alter-
nately with cereals in dry lands. It does especially well in dry farm-
ing. The earth is argillaceous, calcareous, and silicate to a great depth.
In Tunis, after the cereal which precedes it is harvested, it receives in
September or October a good working to a depth of 30 cm., to receive
the water from the autumn rains. In February it is given another more
superficial working, and at the coming of spring, the first of March or
April, it is given a third working, preparatory to sowing. Sowing re-
quires the opening of holes to a depth of 25 cm. or less. After this a
layer of manure is placed in the holes to a depth of 4 cm., and then
loose earth. On this four or five seeds are sown and covered with
loose earth. The successive operations consist of continuous efforts to
prevent the dust mulch from being lost and to avoid evaporation.
During the growing season there is little rain and storms are rare.
The distance between the hills is 2 to 2.25 meters, according to the con-
dition of the earth, and about the same between the rows. The har-
vesting is done in September. Tlie degree of ripeness at which the
fruit should be separated from the plant is known by the fact that it is
quite white and has reached the highest development, and before the
odor is noticed. I have said that four or five seeds should be placed
in each hill, but after germination, when they have reached a develop-
ment of 25 to 30 cm., the two strongest, or the strongest plant, is left
and the distance between the plants is made accordingly."
39855. "Mixed winter melon seed, selected from the same variety as
S. P. I. No. 39S54."
39856 to 39858.
From Cairo, Egypt. Presented by Mr. Thomas W. Brown, director, Horti-
cultural Division, Cizeh Branch, Ministry of Agriculture. Cuttings re-
ceived February 3, 1915. Quoted notes by Mr. Brown.
39856. Tamarix aphylla (L.) Karsten. Taniaricacese. Tamarisk.
"This is by far the best of the Egyptian species for cultivation as a
timber tree on desert land. We have employed it largely as a wind and
sand break, at the sewage farm at Khanka, which is situated on what
was unreclaimed desert land. The cuttings were planted along shallow
water channels, containing in one case chlorine equivalent to sodium
chloride to the extent of 1,272 parts per million and in another case to
the extent of 2,028 parts per million. Tamarix aphylla very rarely pro-
duces seed here."
Distribution.— A tree 20 to :',() feet high, found in Algeria and Egypt in
northern Africa, and from Persia and Arabia eastward to India.
39857 and 39858. Furs SYCOMORTJS L. Moracea\ Fig.
39857. " Var. h'otimi ; usually eaten at Cairo."
39858. "Var. h'ilalii; never eaten."
For an illustration of this remarkable tree, see Plate II.
28 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
39859. Loeoma amethystina O. F. Cook. Phoenicacere. Palm.
From Santa Barbara, Cal. Presented by Mr. C. B. Hale, through Mr. O.
F. Cook, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received February ".. 1915.
"Seeds of a palm that has proved to be well suited for outdoor planting in
California. It lias been grown under several names, Ptyehosperma elegans,
Seafortliia elegans, Archontophoenix alexandrae, and Archontophoenix cun-
ninghamiana. But after a study of the original descriptions of these genera
and species, the California palm does not appear to be referable to any of them,
and has to be described as new. A preliminary account is being published in
the Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, with the name Loroma
amethystina. Although the species is well known in California and is un-
doubtedly available through dealers under the different names, it may be worth
while to make at least a limited distribution of seedlings from the original
tree on which the new genus and species are being based. The type individual
is in the collection of Mr. C. B. Hale, under the care of Mr. W. BE. Morse. The
palm is larger and has longer and more spreading leaves than the true Pli/eho-
spcrma or Sea forth ia elegans [S. P. I. No. 38112]. On the other hand, it is a
smaller palm than the true Archontophoenix alexandrae. It may be worth
while to have a considerable planting of this palm made at the new Miami
garden, in order to test its adaptability to the local conditions. On account of
the former confusion of names, we do not know whether the reports that have
been made regarding the behavior of Scaforthia and Ptyehosperma in Florida
relate to this palm or to others." (Cook.)
39860 and 39861.
From Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by the Arnold Arboretum. Re-
ceived February 3, 1915.
39860. Abies sachalinensis nemorensis Mayr. Pinacese.
Sachalin fir.
Wilson No. 7869.
The species is described as "a tree 130 feet high, native of northern
Japan, Saghalien, etc.. but so liable to injury by late spring frost in this
country as to be of no value. It has the nordmanniana arrangement of
leaf, but in the forward-pointing leaves, which are three-fourths to li
inches long and very white beneath, it resembles A. veitchii; buds white,
resinous, ('ones 2A to 3i inches long. Introduced in 1STS by Maries for
Messrs. Veitch. I saw a tree about 16 feet high at Murthly Castle, near
Perth, in 1906. but even there not in the best of health." (11". J. i>Y</»,
Trees and Shrubs Hard)/ in the British Isles, vol. I. p. 117.)
39861. Taxus cuspidata Sieb. and Zucc. Taxaeeae. Yew.
Wilson No. 7778.
"A tree 40 to 50 feet high in Japan, with a trunk girthing about 6
feet; in cultivation a low tree or spreading shrub; older baric reddish
brown. Leaves one-half to 1 inch long, one-twelfth to one-eighth inch
wide; linear, tapered rather abruptly at the apex to a fine point;
rounded, and with a distinct stalk at the base one-twelfth inch long;
dark green above, witb a broad, tawny yellow strip composed of 10 to 12
stomatic lines on each side of the green midrib beneath. The leaves are
arranged approximately in two ranks, and stand more or loss erect from
the twig, often forming a narrow V-shaped trough. Fruit red, as in
T. baccata.
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1915. 29
39860 and 39861— Continued.
" Native of Japan, introduced about 1855 by Fortune, and very bardy
though slow growing. It thrives extremely well in the trying New Eng-
land climate and is apparently one of the best evergreens introduced
there. There are two distinct forms of it in cultivation, the one a tree,
the other, var. compacta, a compact, low bush, wider than it is high.
Whilst the general aspect is the same as that of the English yew, it can
be distinguished by the marked yellow tinge of the under surface of the
leaves, and by the longer, more oblong winter buds, with looser, more
pointed scales." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British
Isles, vol. 2, p. 582.)
y
39862 to 38864. Linum spp. Linaceae. Flax.
From Paris, France. Purchased from Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co. Received
February 1, 1915.
39862. Linum grandiflorum Desf.
Var. roseum.
39863. Linum perenne L. 39864. Linum campanulatum L.
39865. Jacqtjemontia coelestis Planchon. Convolvulaceae.
Nepal creeper.
From Port Louis, Mauritius. Presented by Mr. G. Regnard. Cuttings re-
ceived February 6, 1915.
" The beautiful Nepal creeper ; a free bloomer, not very tall growing.
Flowers sky blue, quite showy." (Regnard.)
39866. Castanea sp. Fagaceaa. Chestnut.
From China. Presented by Rev. W. F. Hayward, American Church Mission.
Received January 30, 1915.
39867. Garcinia mangostana L. Clusiaceae. Mangosteen.
From Kingston, Jamaica. Presented by Mr. W. Harris, Hope Gardens.
Received February 11, 1915.
39868. (Undetermined.)
From Monrovia, Liberia. Presented by Dr. C. C. Boone. Received Janu-
ary 20, 1915.
" Seeds of the best Liberian cherry." (Boone.)
39869. Deringa canadensis (L.) Kuntze. Apiaccre.
(Cryptotaenia canadensis DC.)
From Brooklyn, N. Y. Presented by Dr. C. Stuart Gager, director, Brooklyn
Botanic Garden. Received February 11. 1915.
" Mitsuba, Mitsuba-jeri, a perennial herb of the order Umbel 1 if erae, growing
wi'd in moist valleys, but much cultivated from seeds or by dividing t lie roots.
In spring, young leaves come forth to a height of about 1 foot. They are eaten
boiled, and the roots can also be eaten tried. One variety with tine threadlike
petioles and shooting bushes 8 to 10 inches high is called Ilo mitsuba (thread
honewort)." (Useful Plants of Japan, p. 12, No. 50.)
SO SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
Described by Mr. Kuwashima as one of the highest priced vegetables culti-
vated in Japan, and the young shoots are recommended as an excellent green
salad.
39870 to 39874.
From Burringbar, New South Wales. Australia. Presented by Mr. B.
Harrison. Received February 32, 1915. Quoted notes by Mr. Harrison.
39870. (Undetermined.)
" Seeds of the Australian sour plum, a tree of palmlike habit of growth.
The purple plums are formed in clusters on the bark of the tree."
39871. IIkksdeachia pinxatifolia Mueller. Proteacea?.
"Red bush nuts. This tree grows to the height of 30 or 40 feet, and
the fruit is borne in racemes, attached to the bark and branches of the
tree, each carrying 10 or 12 fruits. The flavor is not quite so good as the
Queensland nut, Macadamia ternifolia, nor does it keep so well, but never-
theless they are sold in some fruit shops here at 12 cents per pint. I do
not think they have been cultivated anywhere in the United States, but
could easily be grown in any of the warm Southern States."
39872. IIovea linearis (Smith) R.' Brown. Fabacea?.
" A handsome blue-flowered leguminous shrub. S to 10 feet in height.
Stock eat the foliage, and it is also a good fertilizing plant, rich in
ammonia."
39873. Kennedya eubicunda (Schneev.) Vent. Fabacea1.
"A long, coarse vine, bearing a profusion of red flowers. The foliage
is eaten occasionally by stock. It would be useful for arbors and should
prove useful as a fertilizing plant. Very rich in ammonia."
39874. Steeculia sp. Sterculiaceae.
"A handsome ornamental shrub 12 to 15 feet in height. Crows in
sandy soil. The pods, which are several inches in circumference, form
in clusters of 5 to 7; when ripe they turn scarlet and when open the
round, black seeds adhere to the edges of the capsule."
39875. Citrus grandis (L.) Osbeck. Rutac a?. Pummelo.
From Upper Burma, India. Presented by Mr. F. Kingdon Ward. Re-
ceived February 8. 101.").
"Grown in Shan villages on the plain of Hkamti Loong (1.200 feci ) . hut
scarcely cultivated. Soil alluvial and sandy ; with proper manuring and prun-
ing would probably give an excellent fruit. Very juicy. Seems to differ from
the ordinary Indian fruit." {Ward.)
39876. Saccharum officinartjm L. Poaceac. Sugarcane.
From Manila. Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. Cleve W. Iliues. sugar
technologist, Bureau of Agriculture, Manila. Cuttings received February
ir.. 1915.
" Negros purple morada. One of the main reasons why this cane is quite
popular here is on account of its soft shell or outer tissue, which facilitates
its milling in the small native plants and gives a greater percentage of juice
than the finer varieties. Improved varieties have given much better results in
the large modern factories as well as increased yields in the fields." (Hi'ics.)
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1915. 31
39877 and 39878.
From Paris, France. Procured from Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co. Received
February 16, 1915.
39877. Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn. Poacese. Ragi millet.
39878. Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Brown. Poacese. Pearl millet.
(Pennisetum typhoidcum Rich.)
39879. Citrus grandis (L.) Osbeck. Rutacese. Pummelo.
From China. Presented by Mr. W. Paddock, Ohio State University. Re-
ceived February 11, 1915.
39880. Garcinia morella (Gaertn.) Desr. Chisiaceae.
From Cienfuegos, Cuba. Presented by Dr. Emilio Cabada. Received Feb-
ruary 16, 1915.
See S. P. I. Nos. 12G93 and 17995 for previous introductions and description.
" Produces a small edible fruit, similar in shape and size to a cherry. The
tree reaches a height of 10 to 15 meters and produces the best quality of Cam-
bodian gamboge." {L'Horticole Coloniale, Catalogue dcs Plantes Economiques
povr les Colonics.)
39881 to 39886. Juglans regia L. Juglandacese. Walnut.
From Grenoble, France. Presented by Mr. Thomas W. Murton, American
vice consul. Bud sticks received February 19, 1915.
See S. P. I. Nos. 89S39 to 39844 for description.
All are late-blooming varieties from Tullins, Isere, France, the name of the
orchard (Clos) from which the nuts came being given in each case.
39881. No. 1. Clos Masson. 39885. Xo. 5. Clos Durand (bis).
39882. No. 2. Clos Durand. 39886. No. 6. Clos Bernardin (alti-
39883. No. 3. Clos May. tude 2,000 feet).
39884. No. 4. Clos Lafarge.
39887. Annona reticulata L. Annonacea1. Custard-apple.
From Quilimane, Portuguese East Africa. Presented by Mr. E. II. Heron,
acting director of agriculture, Beira. Mozambique. Seed received Feb-
ruary 2, 1915, as A. senegalensis.
"These prove to be seeds of A. reticulata, a cultivated species introduced into
Africa from America. A. senegalensis is not as good as the ordinary cultivated
species of A. reticulata and A. squamosa. It is. however, valuable on account
of the size to which it grows as stock for other species, and it is of special
botanical interest, since all other edible annonaeeous fruits are of American
origin, while it is African." (Safford.)
39888 and 39889. Cannabis sativa L. Moracese. Hemp.
From Turin, Italy. Presented by the American consul. Received February
11, 1915.
39888. "No. 19. Carmagnola. Hemp is cultivated in the Provinces of
Turin and Cuneo between Carmagnola and the Po. It is said that no
other country in the world can produce such liber and seed. Some
botanists have classified Carmagnola hemp as a distinct variety
77481°— 18 3
32 SEEDfe AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
39888 and 39889— Continued.
under the name Cannabis satira excelsior. The area under cultivation
is 2,314 acres, and the production of fiber 11,110 tons (?). Carmag-
nola hemp is more productive and more vigorous than that of Emilia,
and it is said to be resistant to Orobanche. Its stalks are 3 to 4 meters
high. It is sown by hand, pulled by hand, and water retted. The
yield is about 1,000 pounds per acre. Fiber of inferior quality is
obtained from seed stalks." (From abstract of report on Agriculture
and Industries of Piedmont by Major Percy Chapman, Textile Mercury,
October, 191/,.)
" It grows somewhat taller and thicker in stalk than the other varie-
ties of hemp cultivated in this vicinity and is the most in demand by
planters." (Charles B. Perry, American consul, report of January 21,
1915.)
39889. " No. 30. Bologna hemp is grown on the rich alluvial soils of
the lower Po Valley, in the Provinces of Bologna, Ferrara, Modena,
Emilia, and Rovigo, in northeastern Italy. Greater care is given to
the crop in this region than anywhere else, and the result is hemp of
the finest quality and highest price on the market. Nearly 200,000
acres are devoted to the crop each year, and the annual production is
more than 80.000 tons. A 2-year rotation with wheat is practiced, the
land being plowed 12 to 18 inches deep in June immediately after the
wheat Is harvested and thoroughly cultivated until the hemp seed is
sown the following February. The crop is cut by hand, water retted,
and broken mostly by machinery. Seed produced in Ferrara or
Bologna gives a hemp with a light, hollow stick, while the Carmag-
nola variety gives a more woody stick with a smaller percentage of
fiber." (L. H. Deivey.)
" Ferrara hemp is the common name of the Bologna type most grown
in the Piedmont district." (Charles B. Perry, American consul, report
of January 21, 1915.)
39890. Cucurbita sp. Cucurbitaceaj.
From La Paz, Bolivia. Presented by Dr. J. N. Rose, National Museum,
Washington, D. C. Received February 15, 1915.
" Seeds of a large pumpkinlike plant, obtained from the market at La Paz.
Bolivia." (Rose.)
"A large globose, pumpkinlike fruit, found in the markets of Peru and
Chile and said to have been cultivated in prehistoric times by the natives of
those regions; highly esteemed by the modern inhabitants; smooth outside,
with yellow flesh, and large seeds which are used as articles of food. Suitable
for the warmer regions of the United States where irrigation is practiced."
(Sa fjord.)
39891. Citrullus vulgaris Schrader. Cucurbitaceae.
Watermelon.
From Burttholm, Vereeniging, South Africa. Presented by Prof. J. Burtt
Davy, Transvaal Maize-Breeding Station. Received February 17, 1915.
"Seeds of the true Tsama melon, sent to me from Kuruman as having been
collected in the heart of the Kalahari Desert. I send these because there is so
Inventory 42, Seeds and Plants Imported.
Plate III.
An Interesting Hardy Citrus Fruit from Kansu, China (Citrus sp., S. P. I. Nos.
39897 and 40039 .
A peculiar loose-skinned fruit with light yellow rind, agreeable sharp-sour taste and lemon odor.
The trees are thrifty ami apparently prolific. Thi : i i Found at altitudes ol 2,000 lo
4,500 feet in a region where persimmons, fl ; . pomegi mates, walnuts, and pears are cultivated.
1'hotographed by Frank N. Meyer, October 20, 1914 (P13140FS).
Inventory 42, Seeds and Plants Imported.
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much seed of other desert melons now distributed under the name Tsama
that it is often doubtful whether people have the real thing." (Davy.)
This is the great forage melon of the Kalahari, described by explorers as of
considerable value for cattle feed in that region.
39892. Colocasia antiquorum Schott. Araceae. Egyptian tare
From Cairo, Egypt. Presented by Mr. Thomas W. Brown, Department of
Agriculture, Gizeh branch. Tubers received February 20, 1915.
"The common name of the plant in Egypt is Qolqas. The plant is just com-
ing into flower (October 6). It is an important crop in some districts of this
country." (Brown.)
" This plant is of the same type as the specimens received from Syria and
Madeira, as well as from some other parts of the world. It is inferior in
quality to the dasheen." (R. A. Young.)
39893 to 39895.
From Burma. India. Collected by Mr. F. Kingdon Ward. Received Feb-
ruary 8, 1915. Quoted notes by Mr. Ward.
39893. Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertiier. Poacea?. Ragi millet.
" Grain grown to supplement maize and mountain rice for making
flour. Grown by the Marus, Ninaihka Valley, on dry hillsides, not irri-
gated, 4,000 to 5,000 feet. Soil from disintegrated granite. Also by
Lisus in Salwin Valley under similar conditions."
39894. Nicotiana tabacum L. Solanacea?. Tobacco.
" Tobacco grown by the Marus, far Upper Burma, Valley of Nmaihka
or eastern Irrawaddy. Altitude 4,000 to 5,000 feet. Soil from disinte-
grated granite. Monsoon rains in the summer, very hot. Winter cold
but no snow ; lies too low."
39895. Zea mays L. Poacea?. Corn.
" Maize grown by Lisus and Marus, Valley of Nmaihka and eastward,
5,000 to 8,000 feet. Poor soil from disintegration of granite rocks, but
soil previously covered with forest which is cut and burnt on the spot.
Heavy summer rainfall. Maize ripens in July and August."
39896. Garcinia mangostana L. Clusiacea?. Mangosteen.
From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by the director, Botanic Gardens. Cut-
tings received February 23, 1915.
39897 to 39924.
From China. Collected by Mr. Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Explorer for
the Department of Agriculture. Cuttings (except of 39914) received
February 23, 1915. Quoted notes by Mr. .Meyer, except as otherwise in-
dicated.
39897. Citrus sp. Rutacese.
"(No. 1221. From near Lianjapa (near Hsiku), Kansu. China. October
19, 1914.) A peculiar species of citrus growing into a large tree, bearing
loose-skinned, round, flattened fruits the size of mandarin oranges.
Color of rind, light yellow; rind full of oil glands, smelling like a line
lemon; segments separating easily; fairly juicy and of an agreeable
34 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
39897 to 39924— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. X. Meyer.)
sharp sour taste; contains plenty of large seeds. These sour mandarin
fruits make a very pleasing 'ade cut up, rind and all, in a tumbler of
water with some sugar added. They als; taste well when cut up in slices
in hot tea, while a few pieces of rind added to a soup or stew give a
novel and agreeable flavor.
"The trees are of thrifty growth, making large heads of dark-green
foliage; they are prolific bearers, apparently; young shoots armed with
large spines. They are not grafted or budded, but propagated from seeds
only. This citrus is found at altitudes of 2,000 to 1,500 feet, and where
they grow one finds the following trees cultivated: Diospyros Jealci; Ficus
carica; Punica granatum; Juglans regia; Pyrus sinensis; Moms alba;
Hovenia fluids; lAgnstrum lucidum; Trachycarpus excelsus; and PhyUo-
stachys sp. Of value, possibly, as a tree for the home garden in sections
north of the citrus belt proper."
For an illustration of this interesting fruit, see Plate III.
39898. Amygdalus tangutica (Bat.) Korsh. Amygdalacese. Almond.
(Primus tangutica Koehne.)
"(No. 1222. Village of Lantsai (near Hsiku), Kansu, China. October
28, 1914.) A bush almond found in rocks and cliffs along the right
bank of the Hsiku River, collected at an altitude of 4,200 feet. Shrubs
from 4 to 10 feet high, in sheltered places reaching even a height of 20 to
25 feet: densely branched, branches often zigzag running and ending in
spines. Foliage small and of a glaucous green color. Fruits very variable
in size, looks, and shape; skin downy and thin; stones ranging in size
from that of a cherry stone up to a good-sized apricot stone, of many
forms, some round and quite smooth, others pointed or heart shaped and
grooved like peach stones, shells moderately thin, kernels small on the
average and quite bitter ; they are. however, eagerly collected by ground
squirrels. Here and there local Chinese also collect them and exp
a clear oil from the kernels for culinary purposes. These kernels are
also sparingly eaten after having been boiled first, so as to remove part
of the bitter flavor.
" This Tangutian almond occurs in many places in the Province of
Kansu. growing at altitudes of 4,000 to 10,000 feet. They are able to
withstand a great degree of drought, cold, and dry heat. It is recom-
mended as a factor in certain hybridization experiments, trying to create
hardy bush almonds. As a stock for almonds it might he tested, but since
it throws up many shoots from the base it may not have any commercial
value. As a hedge plant for dry regions it also possesses value, while as
an ornamental spring-flowering shrub it possibly could be employed in
gardens and parks in the cooler parts of the semiarid United States.
Chinese name Yeh hsiao hsing, meaning 'wild small apricot'; also
Mao t'ao, meaning ' hairy peach.' "
For an illustration of these almonds as grown in China, see Plate IV.
39899. Amygdalus persica potanini (Bat.) Kicker. Amygdalacese.
[Prunus persica potanini Ratal.) Potanin's peach.
"(No. 1223. From village of Tchutsaitze (near Hsiku), Kansu,
China. October 2!». L914.) A wild peach of the davidiana type, but
differing from the last in various points. Collected at the base of shel-
tered mountains at an altitude of 1,300 feet. A tall shrub or even
small tree, up to 30 feet in heighl bark of stem or trunk dark reddish
JANUAEY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1915. 35
39897 to 39924— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
brown and quite smooth in the younger shoots; Waves like those of
Amygdalus davidiana, but often broader in the middle and always less
pointed. Fruits of round elongated form; skin covered with a heavy
down, no edible flesh ; stones of elliptical shape, grooves longer than in
A. davidiana, shells very hard and thick, kernels elongated and rela-
tively small. Found growing at altitudes of 4,000 to 7,000 feet, in side
valleys away from the Hsiku River; thrives especially well in sheltered
and warm mountain pockets. Of value especially like A. davidiana as a
stock for stone fruits and possibly able to stand even more dry beat ;
also recommended as an ornamental spring-flowering tree, especially
for the drier parts of the United States. Chinese name Mao t'ao, mean-
ing ' hairy peach.' "
39900 to 39904.
From near Kagoba (south of Hsiku), Kansu, China. Collected Novem-
ber 1, 1914.
39900. Populus suaveolens przewalskii (Maxim.) Schneider.
Salicaceae. Poplar.
" No. 1224. A poplar, growing into a tall tree with a trunk of
ashy gray color, looking quite distinct from any ordinary poplar ;
leaves large and somewhat grayish underneath. Found mainly where
the soil retains its moisture. Of value as a stately avenue and park
tree for those sections of the United States where winters are not
too severe. Collected at an elevation of 8,000 feet. Chinese name
Shui pai yang, meaning water white poplar.' "
For an illustration of these poplar trees as found growing in
China, see Plate V.
39901. Saeix sp. Salicacere. Willow.
" No. 1225. A willow with scaly bark, mostly seen as a shrub, but
gro\vs also into a medium-sized tree. Found on exposed mountain
plateaus up to 11,000 feet. Of value for windbreaks in northern
localities."
39902. Prunus brachypoda Batalin (?) Amygdalacea\ Cherry.
"No. 1226. A wild cherry growing into a tall shrub or small tree.
collected at an altitude of 9,000 feet. Bears fringed leaflets at base
of leaf petioles. Colors up brilliantly in autumn. Of value possibly
for breeding purposes, as a stock, and as an ornamental garden
shrub for cool regions."
39903. Euonymus sp. Celastracea?.
"No. 1227. A spindle vood, growing into a medium-sized tree with
a dense, well rounded-ofl head of branches. Leaves round, ellip-
tical, of opaque green color, and somewhat wrinkled. Collected at
an altitude of 8.000 feet. Of value as an ornamental park tree for
the cooler sections of the United States."
39904. Ficus sp. Moracesp. Fig.
"No. 1228. A fig found growing in rocks, apparently of a shrubby
nature; only s>en once. Leaves quite elongated and rough to the
touch. Collected at an altitude of (5.000 feet. Of value possibly in
regions where the winters are not too severe."
36 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
39897 to 39924— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
39905 to 39911.
From near Paodji (near Hsiku), Kansu, China. Collected Novem-
ber G and 7, 1914.
39905. Dipelta yitnnanensis Franchot. Capri foliaceae.
" No. 1229. A shrub of the appearance of a Lonicera, but bear-
ing triangular, winged fruits. Found in a few places on over-
grown mountain slopes at altitudes of 7,000 feet. Of value possibly
as an ornamental garden shrub."
39906. Deutzia sp. Hydrangeaceae.
" No. 1230. A Deutzia of vigorous growth, from G to 10 feet tall,
having large, silvery gray leaves, found between scrub on open
mountain slopes at altitudes between 6,000 and 8,000 feet. Of value
possibly as an ornamental garden shrub."
39907. Corylus chinensis Franeh. Betulaeea?. Hazelnut.
" No. 1231. A hazelnut growing into a tree SO to 100 feet tall
having a trunk often a few feet in diameter. Baric reddish brown
and peeling off in loose layers like that of a birch. Leaves large, of
elliptical shape, petioles long, nuts small and each inclosed in a
protruded involucre ; they are borne in clusters from two and three
up to seven and eight. Shell very thick; kernels small, but edible.
This hazel tree bears masses of catkins at the time the leaves come
down ; it looks very much like a birch or an alder, and. aside from its
having a utilitarian use as a nut-bearing tree, it also has a decided
value for ornamental purposes, especially when planted in a group
or a grove of some extent. Through selection and by hybridization
possibly strains can be obtained bearing larger nuts with thinner
shells and possessing commercial value. The climate where these
hazels thrive is not a very severe one, and the trees probably will
not be able to stand extreme temperatures. Collected at an altitude
of 7.000 feet."
39908. Hydrangea sp. Hydra ngeaceae.
" No. 1232. A shrub of compact and robust growth. Collected in
a grove of tall red birches, at an altitude of S,000 feet. Of value as
an ornamental shrub for shady places for the cooler sections of the
United States."
39909. Corylvs tiretica Batalin. Fagaeea?.
" No. 1233. A small tree found in between tall scrub on protected
mountain sides at 8,000 feet altitude. Bears burs like those of a
chestnut, which contain chinkapinlike nuts; it bears, however, also
catkins like a hazel or an alder when it is leafless. Leaves some-
what like those of a chestnut, but of a thinner and less persistent
structure. Of value possibly as a new nut-bearing tree, tit for
regions where the winters are not too severe."
39910. Ribes sp. Grossulariacese. Currant.
" No. 1234. A currant of very vigorous growth, collected on a
sheltered mountain side at an altitude <>f over 7,000 feet. The shrubs
are of open growth and reach a height of 25 feet. Of value possibly
lor hybridization purposes."
Inventory 42, Seeds and Plants Imported.
Plate V.
A Kansu Poplar (Populussuaveolens przewalskii, S. P. I. No. 39900).
A stately lull poplar with an ashy-gray trunk and large leaves, gras ish beneath; a distinct t.
It grows at an altitude of 8,000 feel in Kansu, in moisl locations. Called Chinese the
"Water White poplar." Photographed by Frank N. Meyer, November l, 1914 (P131G5FS).
Inventory 42, Seeds and Plants Imported.
Plate VI.
A Tall-Growing Gooseberry from Kansu, China (Ribes alpestre giganteum,
S. P. I. Nos. 39916 and 40022i.
\ remarkably spiny tall will I gooseberry, growing al altitudes of 7,000 to 9,000 feel in the Pto\ ince
of Kansu. Suitable as a hedge planl . The berries are elongated, of medium size, ami bang on the
in h throughoul mosl of the winter. These fruits arc preserved by American missionaries and
make a delicious tan jam. Photographed by Frank X. Meyer, near Yuugsa, Kansu, November
29, 1914 (P13149FS).
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1915. 37
39897 to 39924— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
39911. Prunus setulosa Batalin. Amygdalaeese. Cherry.
" No. 1235. A wild cherry growing into a tree 40 to 60 feet tall,
with a good-sized trunk. Leaves somewhat tomentose. Collected at
an altitude of 7.000 feet. Of value possibly as a stock and for
breeding purposes."
39912. Diospykos kaki L. f. • Diospyraceae. Persimmon.
"(No. 1236. Near Kuatsa, on the Hsiku River, Kansu, China. No-
vember 10, 1914.) A remarkably large and beautiful persimmon of very
flat shape and bearing some furrows on top Color bright deep orange;
seedless ; nonjuiey ; of excellent keeping qualities ; can be eaten fresh or
dried ; not free from pucker. Quite a rare variety. Local name Mo mo
shih tzu, meaning ' loaf of bread persimmon,' though many different
forms pass under that name."
39913. Diospyros kaki L. f. Diospyracece. Persimmon.
"(No. 1237. Near Hsiku, Kansu, China. November 14, 1914.) A per-
simmon of square shape, bearing generally a constriction close to the
peduncle, also often furrowed vertically. Of light orange color, seed-
less ; non.iuiey ; a very good keeper, but of astringent properties when
eaten fresh, therefore consumed when roasted or steamed, by which pro-
cesses the pucker disappears for the greater part ; also much eaten dried.
Chinese name Fang shih tzu, meaning ' square persimmon.' "
39914. Daphne tangutica Maxim. Thymelaeaceoe.
"(No. 123S. Near Hsiku, Kansu, China. November 17, 1914.) A
very beautiful evergreen bush of low and compact growth; foliage
dark green and leathery : occurring on stony debris in sheltered ravines
and in open woodlands at altitudes of 5.000 to 10,000 feet. Flowers
white, with a slight violet tinge, faintly scented, appearing in early
spring, though some stray ones can be seen in autUKin also. Berries
bright red and ripe at the end of May and in early Tune. This shrub
is of high decorative value; it can be employed especially near houses
and low walls, and may succeed in sections of the United States
where the winters are not too severe, like Long Island, for instance.
The plant is apparently easy to propagate from root cuttings, for roots
that were seen sticking out amidst pebbles and stony debris and of which
the top parts had been chopped off were observed to put forth new
sets of branches. In the mountains to the north of Hsiku, where this
Daphne occurs in abundance, one also finds great quantities of Bnxus
scnijwvircns and an evergreen species of Pteris, while ivy clings here
and there against the rocks, all this often conveying the impression as
if man had brought these plants together here and had made a wild
garden of it."
"A low, densely branched, evergreen shrub, of close, neat, sturdy
habit; young shoots hairy. Leaves leathery, thick, densely arranged
toward the end of the twig; oval inclined to obovate; 1 to 2 indies long,
one-half to three-fourths inch wide; stalkless, the base tapered, the apex
rounded and notched, margin revolute; dark glossy green, smooth.
Flowers produced during early May in a crowded cluster 3 inches
across, terminating the branch, each flower borne on a short, conspicu-
ously brown-felted stalk; perianth tube smooth, five-eighths inch long;
rosy purple outside, glistening white, tinged with purple, inside; lobes
ovate, one-third inch long. Fruit bright red.
38 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
39897 to 39924— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. X. Meyer.)
" Native of western China ; discovered by Mr. A. E. Pratt near Tachienlu,
at 13,500 fe<>t altitude. Introduced from the same spot by Wilson in 1901.
I saw this delightful little bush flowering In the Coombe Wood nursery
in April. 1909. and it was exquisitely fragrant, like lilac. The plant is of
compact habit and will probably not grow much more than 1 to 2 feet
high. It is apparently very hardy and if it can be propagated in suffi-
cient quantity will make a valuable addition to cultivated Daphnes.
It has some affinity with I), odora, but is easily distinguished by its
thick, much smaller notched leaves and the shaggy young shoots and
flower stalks." (IP. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British
Isles, vol. 1, p. '/?.'/. )
Rooted plants.
39915 and 39916.
From near Taochow, Kansu, China. Collected November 25, 1914.
39915. Lonicera sp. Caprifoliacese. Honeysuckle.
" No. 1240. A shrubby honeysuckle of somewhat spreading low
growth, occurring in loess cliffs and on table-lands at altitudes of
8,000 to 10,000 feet. Leaves round, elliptical, small; branches an-
gular, with the bark coming off in long, slender strips; berries red.
This shrub is apparently very resistant to cold and to drought. Of
value as an ornamental and as a low hedge shrub for the colder
semiarid sections of the United States."
39916. Ribes alpestee giganteum Janczewski. Grossulariacese.
Gooseberry.
"No. 1241. A wild gooseberry, growing from 6 to 15 feet tall,
found in dry loess embankments at altitudes of 7,000 to more than
9,000 feet. Remarkably spiny ; berries medium large, of elongated
shape and persisting throughout the greater part of the winter.
These gooseberry fruits are preserved by the American missionaries
at Kiucheng, and they supply a very delicious tart compote. Of
value apparently as a fruiting shrub and as a hedge plant for the
cold semiarid sections of the United States."
For an illustration of this tall-growing bush as found in China,
see Plate VI.
39917 to 39920.
From near Yangsa (near Titao), Kansu, China. Collected November
29 and 30, 1914.
39917. Sibiraea laevigata ( L. ) Maxim. Rosacea?.
(Spiraea laevigata L.)
"No. 1243. A shrub growing from 4 to S feet tall, found on
somewhat moist ground, and in semishady situations; flowers white,
in racemes, appearing in June. Of value as an ornamental shrub for
the colder sections of the United States. Collected at an altitude
of more than 9,000 feet."
"A deciduous shrub of sturdy, bushy habit, 2 to 5 feel high, with
thickish, rather sparse, perfectly smooth, brown branchlets, Leaves
entire, narrowly obovate; 2 to 4} inches long, one-half to seven-
eighths inch wide; stalkless, tapering at the base, the apex with a
short, abrupt point : glaucous green and quite smooth. Flowers
white, produced from April to early June In terminal spreading coin-
pound panicles 3 to 5 inches high. Native of Siberia; introduced to
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1915. 39
39897 to 39924— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
Britain in 1774. This species, whilst not particularly showy, is quite
distinct from all other spiraeas in its foliage, which in shape and color
is more suggestive of a spurge (Euphorbia) than the genus to which
it belongs. Shrubs 4 feet high are often as much as 7 feet through."
(W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p.
357. under Spiraea laevigata.)
39918. Prunus stipulacea Maxim. (?) Amygdalacese. Cherry.
"No. 1244. A wild cherry, bearing apparently very small fruits;
found in somewhat moist and semishady situations. Grows into a
tall shrub with many steins. Collected at an altitude of more than
9,000 feet. Of value possibly as an ornamental shrub, as a stock, and
for breeding purposes."
39919. Philadelphia sp. Hydrangea cere.
" No. 1245. A mock orange, found between scrub on a mountain-
side at an altitude of 9,500 feet. Apparently extraordinarily florifer-
ous, to judge by the mass of empty seed capsules that were left. Of
value possibly as an ornamental garden shrub for the cooler sections
of the United States."
39920. Ribes sp. Grossulariacese. Currant.
" No. 1246. A currant of medium tall growth, found beneath tall
scrub on a mountain slope at an altitude of 9,500 feet. Of value
possibly for breeding purposes."
39921 to 39923.
From Lienhuashan (near Taochow), Kansu, China. Collected Novem-
ber 30, 1914.
39921 and 39922. Salix sp. Salicacete. Willow.
39921. " No. 1247. A remarkable variety of willow, growing
into a tall shrub or a bushy small tree and of which the tops
for the length of about 1 foot are of a bright yellow color.
When seen from above on a sunny winter day they make a strik-
ingly cheerful impression. Of special value for parks when
planted in masses or in groups in glens or low-lying places,
so that they can be viewed from above. Collected at an alti-
tude of 9,000 feet. Proposed name Golden-Top willow. Where
these Golden-Top willows grow deep-blue spruces, snowy white
birches, and red-wooded dogwoods are also found. This, to-
gether with the purplish crags as a background, make a most
wonderfully harmonious winter landscape."
39922. "No. 1248. A variety of the Golden-Top willow, but
with the young twigs of a rich reddish brown color, or value
for parks when planted in masses or in groups in glens or low-
lying places, so that they can be viewed from above."
39923. Malls sp. Malacca'. Crab npple.
" No. 1249. A peculiar species of crab apple, bearing its small fruits
in bunches. These fruits are of the size of peas, are bright red, and
possess an agreeably sour flavor; they probably could be well utilized
for preserves. The trees are of somewhat dwarf growth and seem
remarkably hardy. They may be of value as stocks, as ornamental
trees for northern regions, and for breeding purposes. Collected at
an altitude of 9,000 feet."
40 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
39897 to 39924— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
39924. Populus simonii Carriere. Salicacea?. Poplar.
"(No. 12-10. Near Chenyatan (near Titao), Kansu, China. December
1, 1914.) A variety of Chinese poplar, the trunk of which is remarkably
warty, while the wood seems to be curled, as in bird's-eye maple. Col-
lected on sandy land at an altitude of 8,000 feet. For specialists in fig-
ured woods."
39925. Canavali gladiatum (Jacq.) DC. P'abacese.
Sword bean.
From Changning, Kiangsu, via Swatow, China. Presented by Rev. C. E.
Bousfield, American Baptist Mission. Received February 23, 1013.
39926. Angraecum fragraxs Thouars. Orchidaceie.
From Curepipe. Mauritius. Presented by Mr. A. D. de Grandpre. Received
February 17, 1915.
The interest attached to this little orchid is due to the persistent vanillalike
odor of the leaves when dry, which has led to its use as a tea in Bourbon, in
Mauritius, and even to some extent in France. According to a notice of an
article on this plant by a M. Gobley, in the Gardeners' Chronicle (1850, p. 599),
communicated to the Chemical Gazette, it is considered a digestive and even
recommended in diseases of the respiratory organs. The popular name is vari-
ously spelled Fahame, Faham, Fahan, Fahon, Fahum, and Faam, of the origin
of which I have no information. It is a native of both Bourbon and Mauritius.
Leaves few, toward the top of the stem, 3 to 4 inches long by one-half to three-
fourths inch broad. Flowers solitary, axillary, 2 inches in diameter across tha
sepals, pure white, fragrant. (Adapted from Curtis's Botanical Magazine, pi.
7161.)
39927. Manisuris exaltata (L. f.) Kuntze. Poaceae.
(Rottbocllia exaltata L. f.)
From Poona, Bombay, India. Presented by Mr. W. Burns, economic bot-
anist, Agricultural College. Received February 20, 1915.
"Seeds from my herbarium specimens." (Burns.)
Introduced for the work of the Office of Forage-Crop Investigations.
39928 and 39929.
From Lawang, Java. Presented by Mr. M. Buysman, Botanic Garden.
Received February 23, 1915.
39928. Canangium odoratum (Lam.) Baillon. Annonacea-.
(Cananga odorata Hook. f. and Thorns.) Ylang-ylang.
For previous introductions and descriptions, see S. P. I. Nos. 2090S,
352 13, and 3S(;."2.
39929. Thunbergia cirsoni S. Moore. Acanthaceie.
"A very fine climbing new species from east tropical Africa, with very
Intense, large, fiery orange flowers." {Buysman.)
See S. P. I. No. 39G2G for previous introduction and description.
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1915. 41
39830 and 39931. Carica spp. Papayacer.e.
From Buenos Aires, Argentina. Presented by Sr. Benito J. Carrasco,
director general, Botanic Garden. Received February 23, 1915.
44 Indigenous plants of this country." (Carrasco.)
39930. Carica papaya L.
39931. Carica quercifolia (St. Hil.) Benth. and Hook.
39932 to 39939.
From Burma, India. Collected by Mr. F. Kingdon Ward. Received Feb-
ruary 20, 1915. Quoted notes by Mr. Ward, except as otherwise indicated.
39932. Capsicum annuum L. Solanace?e. Red pepper.
"Dwarf Capsicum grown by the Kachins, near Laza Mali Valley, north-
ern Burma, latitude 26° ; open cultivated areas, sandy soil, 1,000 to 2,000
feet ; monsoon climate ; ripe December, dry season."
39933. Chaetochloa italica (L.) Scribner. Poaceae. Millet.
(Setaria italica Beauv.)
"Millet from Kachin Hill tracts."
39934 and 39935. Gossypium spp. Malvacea?. Cotton.
" Grown by Kachins in the mountains west of the Mali River, latitude
25° to 27° N., Upper Burma. Altitude 2,000 to 3,000 feet. Not irrigated.
Monsoon climate. Soil friable clays or fine sands, all derived from sand-
stones."
39936 to 39939. Zea mays L. Poacerc. Corn.
"Grown by Naingvaws in the Valley of Nmaihka, Upper Burma, lati-
tude 26° to 27° N. Altitude 5,000 to 0,000 feet. Soil derived from granite
and other igneous rock. Climate, monsoon with frequent breaks of fine
hot weather in summer. Not irrigated."
39936. Dark red. 39937. Variegated.
" Some of the seeds on the ear have an unmistakable waxy endosperm.
This is the first time that this type of endosperm has been found outside
the small region around Shanghai. The early Chinese accounts state
that maize was introduced into China from the west, and this region of
Upper Burma has always been under suspicion. That this typo peculiar
to China has reappeared from this region is very suggestive." (6*. V.
Collins.)
39938. Variegated. 39939. Dark yellow.
39940. Citrus medica sarcodactylis (Nooten) Swingle. Rutacese.
Bushukan.
From Yokohama, Japan. Scions purchased from the Yokohama Nursery Co.
Received February 24, 1915.
"Bushukan differs from the common citron in having the segments of the
fruit separated into fingerlike processes. The flowers are very fragrant and
are used by the Chinese and Japanese for perfuming rooms ami clothing. It is
sometimes grown as a dwarf potted plant for ornament. It should lie introduced
into tins country." (Swinyle. In Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture,
vol. 2, p. 7 SI.)
42 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
39941 to 39945. Ipomoea batatas (L.) Poir. Convolvulacese.
Sweet potato.
From Cuba. Presented by Mr. Juan T. Roig, botanist, Agricultural Experi-
ment Station, Santiago tie las Vegas, Cuba. Tubers received February
19, 1915. Quoted notes by Mr. Roig; .yields stated in arrobas (of 25
pounds each) per caballeria (33 J acres.)
39941. " No. 6. Papa; white. Froin the station. Yielding 10,550 arro-
bas per caballeria."
39942. "No. 200. Mani; white. From Trinidad, Santa Clara Province.
Yielding 29.217 arrobas per caballeria.
39943. " No. 182. Santiago; white. From El Caney, Oriente. Yielding
22,817 arrobas per caballeria."
39944. " No. 198. Papayon; white. From Trinidad, Santa Clara Prov-
ince. Yielding 6,792 arrobas per caballeria."
39945. '• Xo. 24. Blanco. From Luyano, Habana. Yielding 43,930 arro-
bas per caballeria."
39946. Prunus maritima Wangenheim. Amygdalaceye.
From Wading River, Long Island, N. Y. Presented by Mr. E. S. Miller,
through Mr. W. F. Wight. Received February 24, 1915.
Pomology No. S0370.
A deciduous shrub of low, compact habit, 4 to 8 feet high and more in diameter,
with gray, downy young branchlets, becoming dark with age. Flowers white,
one-half inch across, produced in May, usually in pairs or in threes at each bud
on last year's shoots. Fruit red or purple, round or oblong, one-half to 1
inch in diameter. Native of the eastern United States, frequently inhabiting
sandy or gravelly places near the coast. Its fruits are gathered for preserves,
but they appear to vary in quality and sweetness. The flowers are borne
profusely in this country [England], and the species is one of the most attractive
of dwarf plums. (Adapted from W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the
British Isles, vol. 2, p. 2'i2.)
39947. Quercus insignis Martens and Galleotti. Fagacerc. Oak.
From Zacuapam, Vera Cruz, Mexico. Presented by Dr. C. A. Purpus.
Received February 24, 1915.
See S. P. I. No. 39723 for previous introduction and description.
39948 to 39951. Nicotiana sp. Solanace.v. Tobacco.
Collected by Dr. J. N. Rose, United States National Museum. Received
February IS, 1915. Quoted notes by Dr. Rose.
39948. "Tobacco from Santa Clara, Peru. Collected July 3, 1914."
39949. "Tobacco seed from near San P.artelonie, Peru. Collected July
20, 1014."
39950. " Like Nicotiana glauca, but leaves narrow. Collected August
12, 1914."
39951. "Collected September 3, 1014."
39952. Garcinia mangostana L. Clusiaceae. Mangosteen.
From Kingston. Jamaica. Presented by Mr. W. Harris, Hope Gardens.
Received February 26, 1915.
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1915. 43
39953. Prunus armeniaca L. Amygdalacese. Apricot.
From Santiago, Chile. Presented by Mr. W. A. Shelly. Received February
26, 1915.
39954. Persea indica (L.) Sprengel. Lauraceae.
From Nice, France. Presented by Dr. A. Robertson-Proschowsky, Jardin
d'Acclimatation. Received February 26, 1915.
See S. P. I. Nos. 14498 and 19371 for previous introductions.
39955. Passiflora edulis Sims. Passifloracese. Passion fruit.
From California. Presented by Mr. F. O. Popenoe, West India Gardens,
Altadena. Received March 1, 1915.
"Grown at Camarillo, Cal." {Popenoe.)
39956. Aleurites fordii Hemsl. Euphorbiaceae. Tung tree.
From Hankow, China. Purchased from L. C. Gillespie & Suns. Received
March 2, 1915.
39957. Feroniella oblata Swingle. Rutaceae.
From Saigon, Cochin China. Presented by Mr. P. Morange, Director of
Agriculture. Received March 1, 1915.
39958 to 39963. Zea mays L. Poaceoe. Corn.
From Manila. Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. H. T. Edwards, direc-
tor, Bureau of Agriculture. Received March 1, 1915.
39958. "No. 1. Native white {Moro). The native white which has
been improved by selection during the past three years is very promis-
ing and may prove to be valuable elsewhere." {H. 0. Jacobson.)
39959. No. 2. Native red {En- 39962. No. 5. Native yellow
carnado). (Laguna).
39960. No. 3. Tupol. 39963. No. 6. Tiwiquit.
39961. No. 4. Dali-an.
39964. Delonix regta (Boj.) Rafinesque. Csesalpiniacese.
(Poinciana regia Hook.) Royal poinciana.
From Asuncion, Paraguay. Presented by Mr. C. F. Mead. Received March
1, 1915.
" Chirato."
"A rapid-growing tree with broad top and wide-spreading branches. Leaves
gracefully bipinnate, 30 to 60 cm. long, with 10 to 20 pairs of pinnse, each pinna
with numerous small oval leaflets; flowers large, in large racemes, bright scar-
let, the upper petal striped with yellow; calyx segments valvato; petals five,
clawed, obovate; stamens 10, free, exserted; pod flat, straplike, 15 to 60 cm.
long.
"This handsome ornamental tree is a native of Madagascar. It has become
widely spread and is now found in all tropical countries. It yields a yellowish
or reddish brown mucilaginous gum containing oxalate of lime." {Safford,
Useful Plants of Gnaw.)
44 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
39965. Castanf.a crenata Sieb. and Zucc. Fagaceae. Chestnut.
From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by the director, Botanic Garden.
Received March 3, 1915.
"A small tree, frequently less than 30 feel high, according t<> Sargent, hut
occasionally much larger; young shoots sometimes very downy, with the down
persisting through the iirst winter, sometimes merely scaly. Leaves oblong
lanceolate. 3 to 7 inches long, 1J to 2 inches wide, heart shaped or rounded at the
base, pointed; the teeth small, with bristlelike points; lower surface covered
with a close gray down; stalk one-half inch long, downy. Nuts like those of
C. sativa.
"Native of Japan; introduced in 1905, if not before, to Kew, where young
plants are thriving very well. This is a valuable food tree in Japan, and Sar-
gent observes that he never saw chestnuts offered in such quantities for sale
in Europe or America as there. Ordinarily the nuts are smaller than those of
the European tree, but from selected trees or varieties they are as large as the
best European varieties." (11'. J. Bean, Trees and Slu-ubs Hardy in the British
Isles, vol. 1, p. 807.)
39966. Juglans regia L. JuglandacejE. Walnut.
From Seharunpur, India. Presented by Mr. A. C. Hartless, superintendent,
Government Botanic Garden. Received February 23, 1915.
"From Kumaon Gardens. Naini Tal. Called Garhwal Kaghzi. I do not
think, however, that this seed is true to the name given. Kaghzi is the vernacular
for paper, and refers to its alleged thin or paper shell. 'Walnuts are grown only
on the hills ; the season is from September to December. Walnuts are common
in the bazar at about 3 to 4 annas (6 to 8 cents) per hundred." (Hartless.)
39967 to 39982.
From Soochow, China. Presented by Mr. N. Gist Gee, Soochow University.
Received February 11, 1915. Quoted notes by Mr. Gee, except as other-
wise indicated.
39967 to 39972. Soja max (L.) Piper. Fabaceae. Soybean.
(Glycine hispida Maxim.)
39967. "(No. I. Kua Shu tou (Kwa zoh). Melon-ripe bean.) This
is so named because of its time of ripening. Seeds are sown about
the first of May and cropped late in June when melons are ripe.
Used only as a vegetable."
39968. "(No. 2. Chia chia san tou (Kah kali sen). Pod pod three
bean.) Planted in the middle of May and reaped during Septem-
ber. Used as a vegetable and for manufacturing oil."
39969. "(No. 3. Hung hsiang chili tou (Una siany sze). Red
familiar bean.) These are 'Loving beans,' as the characters sug-
gest. Planted in the middle of May and harvested about Septem-
ber. Used both as vegetables and in the manufacture of oil."
39970. "(No. 4. Ihi In, i (Huh). Black bean.) Owing to their
color, these are called 'Black beans.' Planted in the first part of
June and reaped in the middle of October. Used as a vegetable
and in the manufacture of oil."
39971. "(No. 5. Ku li ch'iny (Kica lea china). Bone inside
green.) Planted early in June and harvested in late October.
Used only in making oil."
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1915. 45
39967 to 39982— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. N. Gist Gee.)
39972. "(No. 6. Shih tzii ho tou (Zee tee 'ah). Persimmon-seed
bean.) Planted in the first part of June and cropped in the middle
of September. They are largely used as vegetables."
39973. Pisum sativum L. Fabacerc. Pea.
"(No. 7. Hsiao han (Siao ea). Small cold.) This bean is so named
because of the time of planting. The Chinese characters mean 'early
winter.' Planted in the middle of October and cropped in late May of
the next year. Used as food when young."
39974 to 39977. Soja max (L.) Piper. Fabaeea?. Soybean.
(Glycine hispida Maxim.)
39974. "(No. 8. Pa yiieh pai tou (Pah yuih). Eighth-month white
bean.) The combined meaning of its color and its time of ripening
indicates the name. Planted in May and harvested in September,
which is the eighth month of the Chinese calendar. Used to make
oil. This and No. 9 [S. P. I. No. 39975] are the best two for oil
manufacture."
39975. "(No. 9. Shui pai tou (Gee huh). Water-white bean.)
Planted in late May and reaped in September. Used to manufac-
ture oil ; one of the best two for oil manufacture."
39976. "(No. 10. Niu t'a picn (Nue duh pea). Cow crush fiat.)
Its use and time of harvesting are the same as those of the Gee
huh [S. P. I. No. 39975]. The beans are trodden out by cows;
hence the name."
39977. "(No. 11. Wu chHao tou (Oh tsah). Sparrow's cackling
(or magpie) bean.) Planted about the last part of June and
cropped in mid-October. Used largely to make oil."
39978. Gleditsia sinensis Lam. Cresalpiniacea?. Honey locust.
G. sinensis is distinguished from G. caspica by never apparently hav-
ing more than 14 leaflets to each simply pinnate leaf. It is found on the
mountains near Peking as a tree 40 feet high. Cultivated on the Conti-
nent in Paris,- Montpellier, Florence, etc., but not in England, according
to Henry. (Adapted from W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the
British Isles, vol. 1, p. 596.)
39979. Phaseolus angularis (Willd.) W. F. Wight. Fabacese.
Adzuki bean.
"(No. 13. Shih tou (Zc). Sowing (or fall) bean.) Planted in the
fourth month of the Chinese colendar (May) and reaped in July. Used
largely as a vegetable when young."
39980. Dolichos lablab L. Fabacere. Bonavist bean.
"(No. 14. Ch'ih tou (Tsih). Red bean.) Planted in the first pari of
June and cropped in the middle of September. Used as food when mixed
with rice."
39981. Phaseolus aureus Roxb. Fabace.r. Mung bean.
"(No. 15. Pai picn tou (Buh p<c). White fiat bean.) Planted in the
first part of June and cropped in late September. Used as a vegetable
and to make cakes."
39982. Soja max (L.) Piper. Fabaceaa. Soy bean.
(Glycine hispida Maxim.)
"(No. 16. Lii tou (Tj>Ji). Green bean.) Planted in the early part of
June and cropped early in September. Used the same as the Ch'ih tou
[S. P. I. No. 399S01. Called ' green bean' because of its color, probably."
46 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
39983 to 39998.
From Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by the Arnold Arboretum. Received
February 2G, 1915. Collected in Japan by Mr. E. H. Wilson.
39983 to 39987. Abies spp. Pinacese. Fir.
39983. Abies makiesii Masters. Maries's fir.
Wilson No. 7595.
"A tree 40 to 50, occasionally SO, feet high, of compact, pyramidal
form ; young shoots very densely covered with red-brown down, which
persists several years; buds small, globose, completely encased in
resin. Leaves- one-third to 1 inch long, one-twelfth inch wide; dark
shining green and deeply grooved above; glaucous beneath, with two
broad bands of stomata ; apex rounded and notched. The lower ranks
spread horizontally, whilst the upper shorter ones point forward and
completely hide the shoot. Cones 3 to 4 inches long, about 2 inches
wide, rounded at the top, egg shaped, purple when young; bracts
hidden.
"Discovered on Mount Hakkoda, in Japan, by Charles Maries in
1S7S, and introduced by him at the same time. It is one of the rarest
of silver firs, and scarcely a good tree exists in the country. I saw
a small healthy specimen at Scone Palace in 1906. Two years later, in
Mr. Hesse's nursery at Weener, in Hanover. I saw a healthy batch
he had raised from seeds. I do not know that it has borne cones in
this country. (The fir figured in the Botanical Magazine, t. S09S, is
A. wcbbiana.) Maries's fir is best distinguished by the thick red-
brown covering of down on the twigs." ( 11'. •/. liean, Trees and Shrubs
Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 123.)
39984. Abies sachalinensis (Schmidt) Masters. Fir.
Wilson No. 7613.
"A tree 130 feet high, native of northern Japan, Sakhalin, etc.,
but so liable to injury by late spring frost in this country as to be of
no value. It has the nordmanniana arrangement of leaf, but in the
forward-pointing leaves, which are three-fourths to li inches long
and very white beneath, it resembles .4. veitchii; buds while, resinous.
Cones 2J to 3^ inches long. Introduced in 1878, by Maries, for
Messrs. Veitch. I saw a tree about 16 feet high at Murthly Castle,
near Perth, in 1906, but even there not in the best of health." ( \V. J.
Bean, Trees and shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. J, p. 117.)
39985. Abies sachalinensis nemobensis Mayr.
Wilson No. 7869.
See S. P. I. No. 39860 for previous introduction and description.
39086. Abies umbki.i.ata Mayr.
Wilson No. 7707.
"Abies umbellata is quite closely allied to, and may be merely a
form of, 1. brachyphylla, but the leaves are more distinctly sep-
arated into two opposed sets, and the V-shaped opening left by the
Uppermost leaves is much wider; they are also longer (up to li
inches), the stomatic bands beneath are narrower and duller white,
the apex is much more tapered, and the double points made by the
notch are sharp, almost spiny. An interesting distinction is pointed
out by Henry in the corrugation of the branchlets; in 1. umbellata
this is less apparent in the second and third years; in 4. brachyphylla
It is more pronounced. A cut brauchlet bears a considerable re-
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1915. 47
39983 to 39998— Continued.
semblance to that of A. firma, but the downy unroughened surface of
the shoot of the latter at once distinguishes it. A. umbellata appears
to have all the beauty and hardiness of A. brachyphylla." {W. J.
Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 119.)
C9987. Amis veitchii olivacea Shirasawa. Fir.
Wilson No. 7525.
The species is described by Bean (Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the
British Isles, vol. 1, p. 127), as "a tree 50 to 70 feet high; young
shoots brown, furnished with a more or less scattered, minute down ;
buds globose, very resinous, purplish. Leaves one-half to If inches
long, one-sixteenth inch wide, the base tapered, the apex cut off
straight and notched ; dark glossy green and grooved above, vividly
white with stomatic lines beneath. All the leaves point forward, and
most of them curve more or less upward ; a few occur underneath
the shoot, but most of them are above it or at the sides. On lateral
shoots growing erect or nearly erect the leaves are arranged about
equally around the twig. Cones cylindrical, 2 to 2£ inches long,
about 1 inch wide ; blue-purple at first.
" Discovered on Fujiyama, Japan, by John Gould Veitch in 1S60.
Introduced by Maries in 1879. Among silver firs this species is very
distinct, on account of the narrow truncate leaves pointed for-
ward and curling upward and intensely blue-white beneath. The
best tree I have ever seen is at Murthly, which in 1906 was just
over 30 feet high; it is a particularly handsome conifer in a small
state, but appears inclined to develop a somewhat lanky habit with
age."
"Aoshirabe (Japanese). This tree differs from the species chiefly
in the characters of the cones, which are cylindrical, somewhat ob-
tusely pointed, 7 cm. (2.8 inches) long, and 25 mm. (1 inch) in
diameter, olive-yellow, while those of A. veitchii show a deep blue-
violet color." (H. Shirasawa, Mitteilungcn der Deutschcn Dcndrolo-
gisehen Gesellschaft, p. 256. 1914-)
39988. Acer capillifes Maxim. Aceraceae. Maple.
Wilson No. 7747.
"A deciduous tree, sometimes 30 to 35 feet high, the branchlets erect
when young and marked with whitish stripes running lengthwise ;
branchlets smooth. Leaves reddish when young, three lobed ; 3 to 5
inches long, about three-fourths inch wide; smooth, doubly toothed, the
terminal lobes triangular and larger than the side ones; veins and stalks
usually red. Flowers greenish white, in drooping slender racemes 2* to
4 inches long. Fruits smooth, numerous, in drooping racemes ; key one-
half to three-fourths inch long; wings rounded at the end, one-fifth inch
wide, spreading at an angle of 120° to almost horizontal.
"Native of Japan, introduced to cultivation by Prof. Sargent, who
found fruiting trees in Japan in October, 1892, and sent young trees to
Kew a year or two later. It has proved hardy. It is one of the hand-
some group with striated branches, including A. penn&ylvanicum and
A. rufinerve, to both of which it is closely allied and hears much resem-
blance in shape of leaf, but is readily distinguished by the absence of
down on leaf, young wood, and flower stem." I W. ./. Bam, Trees ami
Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. tS6 and 137.)
77481°— 18 4
48 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
39983 to 39998— Continued.
39989 to 39991. Betui.a spp. Betulacene. Birch.
39989. Retula sCHMiDtn Regel.
Wilson No. 7687, from the Province of Shimotsuke, Hondo, around
Lake Chuzenji, at an altitude of 1,200 to 1,600 meters. October 20,
1914.
"A tree 30 to 35 meters tall, girth 2.1 to 3 meters. This is a woll-
marked species characterized by the narrow hut stiff erect catkins
and by the fine denticulations of the short-petioled leaves. The
bracts are rather short, with obtuse or acute lobes, tbe middle one
being twice longer than the erect lateral lobes. Tins remarkable
birch is rare in Japan, and I saw it only on the wooded shores of
Lake Chuzenji and in the ascent there from Nikko. It is a large
tree, with thick branches and black bark which falls off in thick,
rather small plates of irregular shape." (Plantae Wilsonianae, vol.
2. p. 475-476.)
39990. Retula japonica kamtschatica (Regel) Winkler.
Wilson No. 76G9, from the Province of Shimotsuke, Hondo, around
Yumoto, on Senjogahara. October 19, 1914.
" Slender tree, 8 to 20 meters tall, girth 0.3 to 0.9 meter, hark pure
white, common, fruit pendulous." (Plantae Wilsonianae, vol. 2, p.
487.)
39991. Retula grossa Sieb. and Zucc.
Wilson No. 7680, from the Province of Shimotsuke, Hondo, around
Lake Chuzenji, October 21, 1914.
" Yoguro-mincbari. A tree 20 to 25 meters tall, girth 2.1 to 3
meters, fruit erect." (Plantae Wilsonianae, vol. 2, p. 477.)
39992. Juniperus litoralis Maxim. Pinacea3. Juniper.
Wilson No. 7740.
Distribution. — A prostrate shrub found along the sandy shores of the
islands of Japan.
39993. Acanthopanax sciadophylloides Franch. and Savat. Araliacea^.
Wilson No. 7649.
A tan; glabrous shrub with alternate branches. Leaves alternate,
long petiolate (12 to 25 cm.), digitately five parted; the upper often
three parted or occasionally simple. Leaflets long petiolate (1 to 3 cm.),
ovate from a rounded or slightly attenuate base, slightly acuminate at
the apex, sharply denticulate, pale green above, somewhat glaucous be-
neath. Flowers white, arranged in more or less dense panicles. Japan.
(Adapted from Franchet et Savatier, Enumeratio Plantarum .faponi-
carum, v. 2, p. 378. 1879.)
39994 and 39995. Larix spp. Pinacea?. Larch.
39994. Larix kurilensis Mayr.
Wilson No. 7328.
See S. P. I. No. 35171 for previous introduction and description.
39995. Larix daiiurica principiskuppkec hi ii (Mayr) Rehd. aud
Wilson.
The Korean larch.
Inventory 42, Seeds and Plants Imported.
Plate VII.
■r^*A^ » — -V -"li+tJ*
. .,■*.
;>* ijt
Trunk of Potanin'S Peach (Amygdalus persica potanini, S. P. I. No. 40007).
A wild peach or the typo of A. davidiana, but seldom growing so large; max in inn 30 feet, occurs
at altitudes of 4,000 to 7,ooo feet in side valleys, especially in well-sheltered w irm mountain
pockets. Its fruits are not edible, but as a slock for stone fruits it may prove mure drought
resistant even than davidiana. Its behavior on a hillside location is shown in the illustration.
I'hotographed by Frank Is'. Meyer, October 29, 1914 (P12108FS).
Inventory 42, Seeds and Plants Imported.
Plate VIII.
A Hardy Wild Pear Tree in Kansu, China (Pyrus sp., S. P. I. No. 40019).
This remarkable wild pear, according to Render, stands close to if it is not identical with Pyrus
ussvrknsis, which has aroused so much interest because of its resistance to pear blight. It occurs
in the mountains at altitudes of 8,(HH) feet in company with the Siberian crab, Popultts trcmula.
and Picea obovata, all northern plants. Though the fruits from the wild tree are hard, acrid, and
inedible, the species appears to have given rise to cultivated forms of this pear, which, unlike the
true Chinese pear (Pyrus sinensis), are melting in character and not hard and gritty. As a stock
or for breeding purposes such a vigorous wild pear can hardly fail to be of value. Photographed
by Frank N. Meyer near Tchenyatau, Kansu, December I, 1914 (P12129FS).
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1915. 49
39983 to 39998— Continued.
"The typical form of L. principis ruppreehtii as represented by
the specimens from Wutaiahan (collected by Purdom and Meyer)
looks quite distinct from typical L. dahvriea, but the specimens from
Weichang, together with others from Manchuria, Amurland, and
Korea, form a series which gradually merge into typical L. dahvrica.
With L. sibirica Ledebour, with which it has been compared, it
agrees only in the size of its cones, but differs in their perfectly
glabrous, more spreading, and thinner scales not incurved on the
margin, truncate, or (particularly in the Weichang specimens) even
emarginate at the apex, and in the more conspicuous bracts which
are often, particularly in the lower part of the cone, more than half
as long as the scales; in all these characters L. principis ruppreehtii
agrees with L. dahuriea, and it seems therefore best to consider it
a variety of this species, distinguished by the more numerous scales.
Purdom and also Meyer speak of this larch as forming forests on the
northern slopes of Wutaishan and in its neighborhood where, accord-
ing to Meyer, the snow does not melt until well into May. In the
Weichang region Purdom remarks that the tree is now becoming
very scarce." (Render and Wilson, Plantae Wilsonianae, vol. 2,
p. 21, 191J,.)
39996. Picea koyamai Shirasawa. Pinacese. Spruce.
Wilson No. 7528.
A small, cone-shaped Japanese spruce, up to 10 m. (32£ feet) high;
the trunk reaches a diameter of 25 cm. (10 inches). The young trees
present an appearance similar to those of P. exeelsa. Young twigs red-
dish brown, smooth ; buds cone shaped, short ; scales brown, covered
with resin; needles short, thick, obtuse, four sided, standing thickly and
obliquely on the twigs; straight or often somewhat bowed, 7 to 13 mm.
(one-fourth to one-half inch) long, seeming blue-white from a distance.
Cones elliptic oval, obtuse, brownish yellow-green, 3.5 to 6 cm. (1.4 to 2.4
inches) long, 2.5 cm. (1 inch) broad. (Adapted from H. Shirasawa,
Mitteilungen der Deutschen Dendrologischen Oesellschaft, p. 254, 191 4-)
39997. Taxus cuspidata Sieb. and Zucc. Taxaceae. Yew.
Wilson No. 7778.
For previous introduction and description, see S. P. I. No. 39861.
39998. Viburnum furcatum Blume. Caprifoliacea\
Wilson No. 7624.
"A native of Japan and China. This also has the showy sterile margi-
nal flowers, but its stems are more uniformly erect. It differs also in the
shorter stamens, which are only half the length of the corolla, and in the
shape of the furrow in the seed. It succeeds in gardens no better than
V. alnifolium, although there was a healthy plant at Abbotshury. near
Weymouth, a few yeai\s ago. It is a native of northern Japan at low
levels and of the mountainous parts of the south. The foliage turns
brilliant scarlet to reddish purple in autumn. It Is a bush 1L' or more
feet high in a wild state." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the
British Isles, vol. 2, p. 642.)
Distribution. — The Provinces of Hupeh and Szechwan in China and on
Sakhalin Island and in Japan.
50 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
39999. Qtjercus sp. Fagaceae. Oak.
From Zacuapam, Vera Cruz, Mexico. Presented by Dr. C. A. Purpus.
Received March 5, 1915.
Selected from a lot of Qucrcus insignia.
40000 to 40039.
From China. Collected by Mr Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Explorer
for the Department of Agriculture. Received March 2, 1915. Quoted
notes by Mr. Meyer, except as otherwise indicated.
40000 to 40006. Amygdalus spp. Amygdalacese. Peach.
40000. Amygdalus persica L.
(Primus persica Stokes.)
"(No. 2138a. July to November, 1914.) Cultivated and escaped
peaches, collected along the roadsides in the Chinese Provinces of
Honan, Shansi, Shensi, and Kansu at various altitudes. To be
sown to obtain new types, possibly."
40001 to 40006. Amygdalus spp.
40001. "(No. 2139a. Sianfu, Shensi, China. August 30, 1914.)
Wild peaches having larger fruits than the ordinary wild
ones, said to come from near Tzewu, to the south of Sianfu,
but some also probably collected from trees in gardens which
were raised from wild seeds. When seen wild this peach
generally assumes a low bush form of spreading habit ; when
planted in gardens and attended to, it grows into a small
tree, reaching a height of 12 to 20 feet, with a smooth trunk
of dark mahogany-brown color. The leaves are always much
smaller and more slender than in cultivated varieties, while
their color is much darker green. They seem to be somewhat
less subject to various diseases than the cultivated sorts, and
they are most prolific bearers, although the fruit is of very
little value, on account of its smallness and lack of flavor.
In gardens around Sianfu this wild peach is utilized as a
stock for improved varieties. It is also grown as an orna-
mental ; said to be literally covered in spring with multitudes
of shell-pink flowers. See also No. 2123a [S. P. I. No. 39428]."
40002. "(No. 2140a. Tsing Range, Shensi, China. September,
1914.) Wild peaches, occurring in the foothills of the higher
mountains at altitudes of 2,000 to 5,000 feet, generally found
at the edges of loess cliffs and on rocky slopes. There is a
great deal of variation to be observed as regards size and
shape of leaves, density of foliage, and general habits."
40003. "(No. 2141a. Near Paichiatien. near Fenghsien. Shensi.
China. September 17, 1914.) Wild peaches found on a moun-
tain side, at an altitude of 4.000 feet; these small trees and
bushes had borne such a heavy crop that the ground beneath
them was covered with a layer, a few inches thick, of the
small, yellowish, hairy fruits. The local inhabitants didn't
(•(insider them worth collecting even, and they were rotting
and drying up."
40004. "(No. 2112a. Kagoba (south of Hsiku), Kansu, Chiuu.
October 3, 1914.) Wild peaches occurring as tall shrubs in
loess cliffs at the Tibetan frontier at altitudes of 0,000 to 8,000
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1915. 51
40000 to 40039— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
feet. Save for some children who eat these wild peaches, they
are otherwise considered worthless wild fruit. Local name
Yeh t'ao, meaning ' wild peach,' and Mao t'oa, meaning ' hairy
peach.' "
40005. " (No. 2143a. Near Kwatsa (on the Hsiku River) , Kansu,
China. November 10, 1914.) Wild peaches found on stony
mountain slopes in a wild, very sparsely populated country.
No fruit trees whatsoever are cultivated by the local settlers
in the mountains, and the way some of these peach bushes
grow excluded them from ever having been brought there by
any man or even any quadruped ; only birds might have trans-
ported them."
40006. "(No. 2144a. Tchutsaitze (near Hsiku), Kansu, China.
November 2, 1914.) Wild-growing peach of tall, bushy growth,
having the looks and habits of a type midway between the
wild peach and Potanin's peach. Collected at an altitude of
4,500 feet, at the foot of a dry mountain."
40007 to 40009. Amygdalus persica potanini (Batal.) Kicker. Amyg-
(Prunus persica potanini Batal.) [dalaceae.
40007. "(No. 2145a. Tchutsaitze (near Hsiku), Kansu, China,
October 29. 1914.) Potanin's peach, collected at an altitude of
4.300 feet. Scions sent under No. 1223 [S. P. I. No. 39S99], which
see for further x'emarks."
For an illustration of the trunk of this peach tree as found growing
in China, see Plate VII.
40008. "(No. 2146a. Near Tchutsaitze (near Hsiku), Kansu, China,
November 3, 1914.) A variety of Potanin's peach having very
much larger stones than the ordinary variety. Collected at an
altitude of 6,000 feet. Of value especially as a stock for stone
fruits ; also recommended as an ornamental spring-flowering tree,
especially for the drier parts of the United States."
40009. "(No. 2147a. Near Paoji (near Hsiku), Kansu, China.
November 9, 1914.) Potanin's peach, collected from mountain
sides, where it is much cut for its fine straight shoots, which servo
for pipestems and for whip butts. Altitude, 7,000 feet."
40010 and 40011. Amygdalus tangutica (Bat.) Korsli. Amygdalacese.
(Primus tangutica Koehne.)
40010. "(No. 2148a. Lantsai (near Hsiku), Kansu. China. Octo-
ber 29, 1914.) The Tangutian almond, collected at an altitude of
4,200 feet. Scions sent under No. 1222 [S. P. I. No. 39898], which
see for further notes."
40011. "(No. 2149a. Near Kiucheng (New Taochow), Kansu, China,
November 27, 1914.) The Tangutian almond, collected along the
banks of the Tao River, at an altitude of 9,450 feet. It was here
that the Russian traveler G. N. Potanin obtained some of his ma-
terial in 1885. For further remarks, see X... 1222 I S. P. 1. No.
39898]."
40012 and 40013. Prunus akmkniaca L. Amygdalacese. Apricot.
40012. "(No. 2150a. Near Lantsai (near Hsiku), Kansu. China.
November 3, 1914.) Wild apricots, occurring very commonly in
52 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
40000 to 40039— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. X. Meyer.)
the mountains at altitudes of 5,000 to 9,000 feet. The natives col-
lect the stones, crack them, take the kernels out, and eat them,
after having boiled them. They still taste bitter, however. Of
use possibly in extending apricot culture farther north ; also as
stocks for stone fruits in semiarid regions and as hardy spring-
flowering park trees for the cooler parts of the United States."
40013. "(No. 2151a. Near Kwatsa (on the H.siku River), Kansu,
China. November 10, 1914.) Wild apricots, coming from a dif-
ferent district : otherwise the same remarks apply to them as to the
preceding Dumber."
40014 and 40015. Prunus spp. Amygdalaceae. Plum.
40014. "(No. 2152a. Near Kwanyintang (between Paochi and
Fenghsien), Shensi, China. September 15, 1914.) A wild plum,
found on somewhat stony mountain slopes at altitudes between
4,000 and 5,000 feet. Grows into a tall bush, densely branched
and often spiny on the young shoots. Fruits the size of a large
marble, of yellowish green color, flavor very spicy, although sour
near the skin and the stone. Of value possibly to supply compotes
and for breeding experiments."
40015. "(No. 2153a. Kagoba (south of Hsiku), Kansu, China.
October 31, 1914.) A wild plum, growing into a tall bush or even
a small tree, found on sloping stretches of loess land at the foot
of mountains near the Tibetan frontier at altitudes of 6,000 to
8,000 feet. Of value possibly, like the preceding number."
40016. Juglans regia L. Juglandaeese. Walnut.
"(No. 2145a. Hsiku. Kansu. China. October 26, 1914.) Wild wal-
nuts, growing on sheltered mountain sides and in narrow valleys at
altitudes of 5,000 to 8,000 feet. There is some variation in the size and
quality of nuts from various trees, but in general these wild walnuts
are small, hard shelled, and not sweet. The trees may. however, be
much hardier than the Persian strain of walnuts, and possibly they
could be utilized in extending walnut culture farther north."
40017 and 40018. Cephalotaxus drupacea sinensis Rehd. and Wilson.
Taxacese.
40017. "(No. 2155a. Near Kwanyintang (between Paoki and
Fenghsien), Shensi, China. September 15. 1914.) An evergreen
conifer, growing into a tall shrub or rarely into a gnarled small
tree. Resembles in general habits Cephalotaxus fortunei, but of
denser, less open growth, especially beautiful when young, or two
or three years after it has been cut down to the ground ; for this
plant throws up sets of new shoots more compact in growth than
the original stems. It withstands a great amount of shade, and
thrives even among bowlders and stony debris. Of value as an
ornamental evergreen, especially for shady places, for those parts
of the United States where tin- winters are not too severe. Col-
lected at an altitude of 4,000 feet.''
40018. "(No. 2156a. Near Kwatsa (on the Hsiku River), Kausu,
China. November 10, 1914.1 The same as the preceding number
[40017], but coming from a different locality; collected at 5,000
feel altitude. Locally this shrub is called Shut pei Shu, meaning
'water conifer.' Its seeds are collected by the people and eaten
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1915. 53
40000 to 40039— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
boiled, apparently to remove a poisonous principle. They are
rich in oil, but taste bitterish even after having been boiled. Of
value like the preceding number."
40019. Pyrus ussuriensis Maxim. Malacea?. Pear.
"(No. 2157a. Near Tchenyatau (near Titao), Kansu, China. Decem-
ber 1, 1914.) A species of wild pear, growing to be a large tree, with a
wide-spreading, dense head of branches. Bark of dark color and in the
main trunk even blackish and deeply furrowed in old specimens. Young
branches often ferociously spiny and especially so in suckers. Leaves
small and with much shorter peduncles than in Pyrus chinensis. Fruits
globose, flattened. Calyx persistent, peduncle generally short ; much
variation exists as regards size, but the fruits of this species of pear
are generally small ; the flesh is also acrid and often quite hard, though
some of the larger ones are edible after having been frozen. This pear
is not found in the warm valleys, but it thrives best at altitudes of
about 8,000 feet, in company with such hardy trees and shrubs as Picea
obovata, Populus tremula, Mains baccata, Uippophae rhamnoides,
Syringa amttrensis, Rhamnus dahurica, Sorbaria sorbifolia, and others.
This pear has apparently given rise to some locally cultivated forms
bearing small, sour fruits, which are juicy, however, and melting, and
not hard and gritty, like the poorer strains of P. chinensis. Of undoubted
value as a stock for pears in cold sections and as a factor in breeding
experiments in trying to extend successful pear culture farther north-
ward."
For an illustration of this hardy pear tree as found growing in China,
see Plate VIII.
40020. Malus sp. Malaeese. Crab apple.
"(No. 2158a. Lienhuashan (near Taochow), Kansu, China. Novem-
ber 30, 1914.) A peculiar species of crab apple of which scions were
sent under No. 1249 [S. P. I. No. 39923], which see for further infor-
mation."
40021. Sorbus sp. Malaeese. Rowan.
"(No. 2159a. Lienhwashan (near Taochow), Kansu, China. Novem-
ber 30, 1914.) A species of rowan of tall, shrubby growth; found in
somewhat shady places at altitudes of 8,000 to 10,000 feet. Leaves small
and pinnate, berries of pale yellow color, in some species apparently
white. Possessing a good flavor, though somewhat bitter; of use, how-
ever, for preserves. This rowan is of value possibly as a tree for the
home garden, especially for the cooler sections of the United States."
40022. Ribes alpestre giganteum Janczewski. Grossulariaceae.
Gooseberry.
"(No. 2160a. Near Yangsa (near Titao), Kansu. China. November 29,
1914.) A very spiny wild gooseberry, with quite elongated fruits. Col-
lected at an altitude of more than 9,000 [Vet. For further informal ion.
see No. 1241 [S. P. I. No. 3991 6 J."
For an illustration of this tall-growing bush as found in China, see
Plate VI.
40023. Prinsepia uniflora Batalin. Amygdalacea?.
"(No. 2161a. Near Sanszemiau (near Taochow), Kansu. China. De-
cember 1, 1914.) A fruit-bearing, spiny shrub, suggested as a possible
54 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
40000 to 40039— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
new fruiting bush for the semiarid sections of the United States, col-
lected at an altitude of 6,500 feet. See also remarks under No. 2127a
[S. P. I. No. 39432]."
40024. Diospybos lotus L. Diospyracese. Persimmon.
"(No. 2162a. Hsiku, Kansu, China. October 20, 1914.) A variety
of Ohoorma persimmon, with fruits much larger than the ordinary sort;
shape also different, being flattened globose; color yellow, changing later
on into blackish. Taste much like a kaki, making one think that D.
lotus possibly could be developed into a promising fruit-bearing tree
adapted especially for mild-wintered semiarid regions."
40025. Schizandra sphenanthera Rehd. and Wilson. Magnoliacere.
"(No. 2163a. Paoki, Shensi, China. September 12, 1914.) A peren-
nial woody vine of slender growth, found between tall scrub in shady
places; foliage not unlike that of Actinidia kolomikta, but somewhat
thinner and with red petioles. The carmine-red berries are borne in
small spikes on fleshy stalks, and they hang down gracefully ; these
berries are the size of currants ; they possess a subacid, spicy, aromatic
taste, somewhat too pronounced to make it acceptable right away to
most Caucasian people. The Chinese eat them much and claim they
purify the blood and dislodge waste matter from the body. By selection
better varieties could be obtained, no doubt, which might prove to be
quite acceptable to the western palate. This vine deserves to be experi-
mented with for the following purposes : As an ornamental cover vine
for shady places, as a possible new fruiting vine to be grown on trellises
on northern exposures, and as a medicinal plant having apparently some
value as a blood cleanser. Chinese name Wu wei tzu, meaning ' fruit of
five tastes.' "
40026. Vitis sp. Vitacese. Grape.
"(No. 2164a. Near Kwanyintang (between Paoki and Fenghsien),
Shensi, China. September 15, 1914.) Wild grapes, overrunning tall scrub
and trees on mountain sides at altitudes between 3,000 and 5,000 feet.
The small bunches of blackish blue berries are collected by the people
and eaten, but no attempts seem to be made to domesticate these wild
grapes. Of value possibly in breeding experiments, as stocks, and as
ornamental cover vines for pergolas, etc. There may be several distinct
forms among these seeds."
40027. Dipelta yunnanensis Franchet. Caprifoliacese.
"(No. 2165a. Near Paoji (near Hsiku), Kansu, China. November 6,
1914.) A shrub of the appearance of a Lonicera when seen in winter,
but bearing triangular winged fruits. Cuttings sent under No. 1229 [S.
P. I. No. 39905], which see for further information."
40028. Eucommia ulmoides Oliver. Trochodendracea?. Tuchung.
"(No. 2166a. Huihsien, Kansu, China. September 28, 1914.) A Chi-
nese caoutchouc tree, found wild on densely forested mountain slopes in
southwestern Shensi and southeastern Kansu; also much cultivated in
gardens and here and there planted along roadsides. This tree has the
peculiar property of exhibiting rubberlike threads of shining whitish
color whenever pieces of bark or leaf are snapped across, but it shows
this peculiarity strongest of all in its winged fruits, which fact is
often shown by the Chinese to those who have never seeu it before.
Inventory 42, Seeds and Plants Imported.
Plate IX.
A Hardy Gum-Producing Tree
in Kansu, China (Eucommia ulmoides, S.
No. 40028).
P. I.
The Tu chung or Shihmien shu treo of Kansu is planted with poplars along roadsides, and its long
slender steins are used for house building. It grows to 80 feet in height, preferring shelter from
other trees. It has proved hardy at Washington. Its bark and leaves contain a peculiar gum,
which as yet has been imperfectly investigated by chemists, but which among the Chinese is
highly prized. The ground-up bark is given as a heart stimulant, and is said to especially benefit
confirmed opium smokers. Photographed by Frank N. Meyer near Fuorryi, Kansu, October 7,
1914 (P12164FS).
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1915. 55
40000 to 40039— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
They call this tree on this account Shih mien shu, meaning ' stone cotton
tree,' reference being made apparently to the resemblance of this
caoutchouc or rubber to asbestos. The bark of this Eucommia is a valu-
able drug, used as a heart stimulant and said to benefit especially those
whose hearts have become affected by overindulgence in opium. The
bark is called Tu chung, meaning ' heart's ease,' and the tree also passes
under that name, although in Shensi and Kansu the name Shih mien shu
is the one commonly used. It seems that the bark is mostly taken from
trees that are from 7 to 12 years old. Here and there the Chinese have
taken advantage of the rapid growth the Eucommia makes when young,
and they have planted them along roadsides, together with poplars. The
long, stender, and straight stems are used for house-building purposes.
This tree reaches a height of 80 feet, but it seems to grow best when
sheltered by other trees. Of value as a quick-growing ornamental tree
for parks in those sections of the United States where the winters are
not too severe. It also might be planted in plantations, after careful
inquiries have been made as to the amount of bark China could take an-
nually, and its bark exported to China. Obtained from the garden of
the Belgian Roman Catholic missionaries in Huihsien."
"A deciduous tree, not yet found by Europeans in a wild state, but
from 20 to 30 feet high, as seen cultivated by the Chinese. It probably
readies a large size. Leaves alternate, ovate to oval, long and slender
pointed, toothed, 2 to 8 inches long, slightly hairy on both surfaces when
young, becoming smooth above. Flowers unisexual, the sexes on separate
trees ; they are inconspicuous, the males consisting of brown stamens
only ; female ones not seen by me. Fruit flat and winged, 1-seeded,
rather like an enlarged fruit of wych-elm, oval oblong, 1£ inches long,
tapering at the base into a short stalk, apex notched.
" Introduced to France from China about 1896, and a few years later
to Kew, where several plants raised from the original plant (a male)
are 15 to 20 feet high and have several times flowered. It was first
discovered in China by Henry as a cultivated tree, 20 to 30 feet high,
but as its bark is and has been for 2,000 years highly valued by the
Chinese for its real or supposed tonic and other medicinal virtues, it
is never allowed to reach its full size, but is cut down and stripped of
its bark. To Europeans the most interesting attribute of this tree is its
containing rubber. What its commercial value may be is doubtful ; the
rubber is apparently of inferior quality, but the tree is of peculiar
interest, as the only one hardy in our climate that is known to produce
this substance. If a leaf be gently torn in two, strings of rubber are
visible. At Kew, grown in good loam, it has proved absolutely hardy
and a vigorous grower; it can be propagated by cuttings made of half-
ripened wood put in gentle heat. Wilson introduced seeds to the Coombe
Wood nursery, from which, no doubt, trees of both sexes have been
raised. Some authors place it in the witch-hazel family." ( U . •/. Bean,
Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1. p. 5S4-5S5.)
For an illustration of these gum-producing trees as found growing in
China, see Plate IX.
40029. Trachycarpus excelsus (Thunb.) Wemll. Phoenicacese. Palm.
"(No. 21G7a. Huihsien. Kansu, China. September 28, L914.) The
Chinese fan or coir palm, cultivated in gardens in southern Shensi and
southern Kansu as an ornamental tree, reaching a height of 30 to 40
56 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
40000 to 40039— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. X. Meyer.)
feet. Withstands successfully winter temperatures, unprotected, of
— 12° C. (+11° F.), as happened in Huihsien on November 1, 1895,
• when all the other palms around there died. Of value as a fine orna-
mental garden and park tree for all parts of the United States where the
mercury does not go much below 10° F. Chinese name Tsung 8hu,
meaning ' coir palm tree.' Obtained like the preceding number, 21GGa
[S. P. I. No. 4002S]."
40030. Abelmoschus maxihot (L. ) Medic. Malvaceae. Hibiscus.
(Hibiscus munihot L.)
"(No. 2168a. Near Tsaichiapu, Shensi. China. September 9, 1914.)
A species of Hibiscus, with many large flowers of clear yellow color;
cultivated here and there on fertile Hats along the Wei River as a vege-
table. The petioles of the flowers, just before they expand, are picked
and also the young tops; these are dried in the wind or in the sun and
when dry, ground into a powder, which is sprinkled over flour noodles
to make them more gelatinous, or it is added to soups and sauces to
make them mucilaginous. The taste of this powder is slightly subacid,
and not unpleasantly so. Possibly a good jelly could be made from it.
Chinese name Chili ts'ao."
40031. Asparagus trichophyllus flexiosus Trautv. Convallariaceae.
"(No. 2169a. Near Yangsa (near Titao), Kansu, China. November 30,
1914.) An asparagus of trailing habits and having spiny bracts; found
wild among low scrub in a loess bank. Apparently rare. Of value possi-
bly in breeding experiments and as a tilling garden perennial."
10032. Alax.ilm chixexse (Lour.) Kehder. L'ornaceie.
(Marlea begonifolia Koxb. )
"(No. 2170a. Near Yuyinchen (between Liangtang and Huihsien),
Kansu, China. September 26, 1914.) A shrub or small tree, belonging
to the Cornaceae, bearing leaves of many forms, some being very large
and of lop-sided, elliptical shape, while others have five points and are
small, resembling leaves of Liquidambar styraciflua. Found in somewhat
damp places at the foot of embankments or along streams. Of value as
a striking looking garden and park shrub for mild-wintered regions."'
40033. Osteomeles schwerixae Schneider. Malaceae.
"(No. 2171a. Kwatsa (on the Hsiku Itiver), Kansu. China. November
10, 1914.) A very dense-growing shrub, from 2 to 5 feet tall, having small,
dark-green, finely pinnate leaves. Found on dry stony wastes and in
rock cliffs. Bears small bluish black berries in the late fall of the year
and is said to bloom profusely in early summer with conspicuous white
flowers. Of value as a shrub for rockeries and as a lining bush along
pathways running irregularly."
"An evergreen shrub, growing probably 6 to S feet high in the open,
considerably more against a wall; the long, slender, flexible branchlets
covered with short gray hairs. Leaves pinnate, 2 to 4 inches long, com-
posed of 81 to 15* pairs of leaflets, covered, more especially beneath,
with gray down; main stalk hairy, channeled above. Leaflets oblong-
oval or obovate, with a shorl abrupt point, stalkless. one-quarter to five-
eighths inch long, about one-third as wide. Flowers white, one-half to
two-thirds inch diameter, produced in June in branching corymbs 1$
to 3 inches across, terminating lateral twigs; calyx lobes ovate-lauceo-
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40000 to 40039— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. X. Meyer.)
late, hairy outside, smooth within. Fruit egg shaped, one-fourth to
three-eighths inch long, at first dark red, blue-black when ripe, smooth,
crowned by the persistent calyx ; 5-seeded.
" Native of Yunnan and other parts of China ; originally raised in the
Jardin des Plantes at Paris from seed which had been sent from Yunnan
by the Abbe Delavay in 1S88 ; introduced to Kew in 1892. Forms nearly
allied to this Chinese plant occur throughout the southeast Pacific region
as far as the Sandwich Islands and New Zealand. The whol«f were at
first included under O. anthyllidifolia Lindley, but the west Chinese
plant has been separated on the strength of its smooth fruit, less hairy
calyx lobes, and usually but not always narrower leaves, thus leaving
Lindley 's name for the tropical and subtropical woolly fruited plants.
They are extremely closely allied, but perhaps the latter could not be
grown out of doors with us.
"0. schwerinae is a shrub of distinct appearance, its foliage very
suggestive of some of the Leguminosa? ; it is also very elegant in habit
and attractive in blossom. But we do not find it hardy in the open,
although it survives mild winters. It makes a very delightful wall
plant. It can be increased by cuttings made of moderately ripened wood
placed in gentle heat. Seed ripens only in favorable years." (W. J.
Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 113.)
40034. Polygonum sp. Polygonaee*.
'•(Xo. 2172a. Tung Tung (near Tangchangpu), Kansu. China. Novem-
ber 19, 1914. ) A Polygonum of slender woody growth ; a vine, found on
open places here and there, covering often whole blocks of scrub or rocky
cliffs with its masses of showy white flowers, which appear in late sum-
mer and are produced in the greatest profusion. Foliage relatively small
and resembling leaves of buckwheat. Able apparently to withstand
much drought and adverse conditions. Of decided value as a porch.
arbor, pergola, and trellis vine for the greater part of the United States.
Collected at an altitude of 5,000 feet."
40035 and 40036. Castanea sp. Fagacea?. Chestnut.
40035. "(No. 2173a. Huihsien, Kansu, China. September 28,
1914.) A species of chestnut of medium tall growth; trunk more
slender, and bark smoother than in C.mollissima, while the leaves,
burs, and nuts are smaller. Loves apparently shady situations
and damp soil. Of value as a nut-bearing tree, especially for the
southeastern United States. Obtained like No. 2166a [S. P. I.
No. 40028].'*
40036. "(No. 2174a. Chenghsien, Kansu, China. October 4. 1914.)
A species of chestnut, said to occur wild in the mountains ; ap-
parently the same as the preceding number, 2173a I S. P. 1.
No. 40035]. Where these chestnuts grow in gardens one also
finds some of the following trees, showing how mild the climate is:
Liyustrum lueidum, Trachycarpus (Chamaerops) excelsus, llo-
venia dulcis, Diospyros kaki, Tunica granatum, Phyllostachys bam-
busoides (P. quilioi), etc."
40037. Aesculus wilsonii Kehder. JEsculacese. Horse-chestnut.
"(No. 2175a. Chishan, near Chenghsien, Kansu, China. October 1.
1914.) A Chinese horse-chestnut growing into a large tree with an
enormous spread of head. Of value as a beautiful shade tree, especially
58 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
40000 to 40039— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
for those parts of the United States where the winters are not too
severe. Collected in a temple compound at an altitude of 6,000 feet."
" This beautiful tree has been usually confused with A. chinemis
Bunge, which differs in its nearly glabrous short-petiolulate leaves spar-
ingly pilose only on the veins below and cuneate at the base, in the
smaller flowers and chiefly in the subglobose slightly depressed fruit
truncate and slightly impressed at the apex, with thick walls, in the dry
fruit 3 to 4 mm. thick, and in the smaller seeds with the hilum occupying
one-half or more than one-half of the surface of the seed. It is also
closely allied to A. indica Colebrooke, which differs in its larger flowers
with much broader petals, in the inflorescence with less crowded ascend-
ing ramifications, and in the cuneate glabrous leaflets; A. punduana
Wallich, which more resembles our species in its inflorescence and
flowers, is easily distinguished by its very short-stalked cuneate and
glabrous subcoriaceous and indistinctly serrulate leaflets." (Sargent,
Plantae Wilsonianae, vol. 1, p. J/99.)
40038. Quercus sp. Fagacese. Oak.
"(No. 2176a. Near Yaopuko (near Chenghsien), Kansu, China. Oc-
tober 6, 1914.) An oak, having medium large, somewhat undulate
leaves ; grows up into a medium-sized tall tree with a dense head of
foliage. Of value as a shade and timber tree for those sections of the
United States where the winters are not very severe. Collected at an
altitude of 3,500 feet."
40039. Citrus sp. Rutacea?.
"(No. 2178a. Lianjapa (near Hsiku), Kansu, China. October 19,
1914.) A peculiar species of citrus of which scions were sent under
No. 1221 [S. P. I. No. 39S97], which see for further information."
For an illustration of this interesting fruit, see Plate III.
40040 to 40064.
From Sydney, New South Wales. Presented by Mr. J. H. Maiden, Botanic
Gardens. Received February 18. 1915. A collection of proteaceous
shrubs and trees recommended for trial in the United States.
40040. Conospermum taxifolium Smith. Proteacea3.
An erect twiggy shrub, with its stem and few branches more or less
pubescent, sometimes glabrous. Leaves numerous, scattered, rigid, from
one-half to three-fourths of an inch long, linear lanceolate, with a very
sharp point. The peduncles are axillary, arising singly from several of
the upper leaves, so that taken collectively they form a sort of corymb.
Each peduncle is simple or forked, pubescent, furnished with remote,
ovate bracts, and terminated by several sessile, pubescent, whitish flowers.
(Adapted from Curtis' s Botanical Magazine, />!. 2724.)
Distribution. — Along streams and near the coast in New South Wales
and Queensland, and in Tasmania.
40041 to 40046. Greytllea spp. Proteaceav
40041 and 40042. Grevii.i.ea hanksii R. Brown.
40041. Var. Alba. "An evergreen shrub or tree, 12 to 20 feet
high. Queensland." {(Jailjoyle, Australian Plants, p. 193.)
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1915. 59
40040 to 40064— Continued.
40042. Received as var. forsteri, but forsteri is a red-flowered
variety of G. robusta. This plant on flowering proves to be
G. banksii.
40043. Grevillea caleyi R. Brown.
Distribution. — A slender shrub about 6 feet tall with handsome
pinnately divided leaves which are softly villous underneath and
with short racemes of beautiful small red flowers, found in the
vicinity of Port Jackson in New South Wales.
40044. Grevillea hilliana F. Mueller. Silky oak.
An Australian tree 50 to 60 feet high and 2 to 3 feet in diameter.
Leaves variable, ranging from entire, ovate oblong, 6 to 8 inches
long to deeply pinnatifid with 5 to 7 oblong or lanceolate lobes several
inches in length (the whole leaf then being more than 1 foot long),
glabrous above, more or less silky pubescent beneath. Flowers white,
small, and very" numerous, in dense, cylindrical racemes, 4 to 8 inches
long. (Adapted from Maiden, Forest Flora of Neiv South Wales,
p. 53.)
40045. Grevillea laurifolia Sieber.
Distribution. — A low or trailing shrub with silky tomentose
branches and broadly lanceolate leaves which are smooth above and
silky below and with short racemes of small flowers, found on the
slopes of the Blue Mountains in New South Wales.
40046. Grevillea triternata R. Brown.
Distribution. — An erect bushy shrub with finely divided leaves hav-
ing narrow, sharp-pointed segments and terminal racemes of small
flowers; found along mountain streams in New South Wales.
40047 to 40053. Hakea spp. Proteacea?.
" Drought-resistant plants which endure moderate frosts and are
therefore well adapted to the drier parts of the South and Southwest. In
California they are grown as far north as Sacramento. One of these,
H. laurina, produces strikingly handsome flowers ; H. elliptica is prized
for the bronze color of its young foliage; while the spiny leaved species
are serviceable for planting in public parks or in any place where it is
necessary for shrubs to protect themselves from pedestrians or vandals.
" Hakeas may be propagated by cuttings taken from ripened shoots,
but they are almost universally grown from seeds. These are gathered
from year-old capsules, which are very hard and must bo dried for some
time before they will open. The seeds are sown in winter or early spring
in the ordinary mixture of sand, leaf mold, and loam; they germinate
easily, even without heat. The young seedlings are pricked off into
boxes and held in the lath house for a season before planting in the
open. For best results Hakeas should be grown in light well-drained
soil and need but little water after they are once established; much
moisture is injurious except during the summer months." {Bailey,
Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 3, p. 1427-1428. )
40047. Hakea acicularis (Vent.) Knight.
Distribution. — A tall shrub or small bushy tree with cylindrical.
sharp-pointed leaves 1 to 3 inches long and white flowers, found
from Port Jackson to the Blue Mountains in New South Wales.
60 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
40040 to 40064— Continued.
40048. Hakea dactyloides (Gaertn.) Car.
Distribution. — A tall shrub with erect branches, narrow 3-nerved
leaves 2 to 4 inches long, and small white flowers in axillary clusters,
found along streams in New South Wales.
40049. Hakea gibbosa (Smith) Cav.
Distribution. — A shrub with cylindrical, sharp-pointed leaves 1 to 3
inches long and small white flowers in sessile, axillary clusters, found
in the vicinity of Port Jackson in New South Wales.
40050. Hakea leucoptera R. Brown.
"This plant if* commonly known as the needle bush or pin bush,
and from its fleshy roots a good drinking water can be obtained in
the arid regions in which it grows. A circle a few inches deep is
dug around the base of the tree ; the roots, which run horizontally,
are soon discovered. They are divided from the tree and torn up,
many of them being several feet in length. They are then cut into
pieces, each about 9 inches long, and placed on end in a receiver ; and
good, clear, well-tasting water is obtained. The timber obtained
from this tree is coarse grained and soft ; it takes a good polish and
is sometimes used for tobacco pipes, veneers, etc. Specific gravity,
0.818." (Maiden, Useful Native Plants of Australia.)
"An evergreen shrub, 5 to 8 feet high, with white flowers."
(Guilfoyle, Australian Pla.nts, p. 201.)
40051. Hakea microcarpa R. Brown.
Distribution. — A shrub up to 6 feet in height, with cylindrical
leaves from 1 to 4 inches long and bearing axillary clusters of white
flowers with tubes 4 inches long, found in Tasmania and in New
South Wales and Victoria, ascending the Australian Alps to an
elevation of 6.000 feet.
40052. Hakea pugioxiformis Cavanilles.
" Seeds of this plant were received among some of the first arrivals'
from Botany Bay. It is a free grower and attains a height of 4 or 5
feet, forming a handsome greenhouse shrub and producing plenty of
flowers. These are odoriferous, and although not showy have a neat
and lively appearance. It may be propagated by cuttings with
facility. The most proper soil for it is a mixture of loam and peat.
It is by no means a tender plant and merely needs protection from
frost in the winter season. It usually blooms in the latter part of
the summer." (Loddiges's Botanical Cabinet, vol. -'/, p. 353.)
40053. Hakea ulicina carinata Mueller.
"Leaves usually linear lanceolate or linear, pungent, 4 to 8
inches long, prominently 1 to 3 nerved beneath; perianth anil
pedicels glabrous; fruit rarely above one-half inch long, with a short,
straight beak. The foliage resembles the European furze." (Bailey.
Cyclopedia, of American Horticulture.)
Distribution. — A tall shrub found near Adelaide and on the Bugle
Range in South Australia.
40054 and 40055. Isopogon spp. Proteacese.
40054. IsopogOn anemonefolius (Salisb.) Knight.
stem shrubby, 3 feet high, villous. Leaves scattered, rigid.
nerved, smooth, erect, lengthened downward so as to resemble a
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1915. 61
40040 to 40064— Continued.
long footstalk, branched at the upper part jnto about three pairs of
pinna?, the lowermost of which are longest and various forked at
the end ; points all armed with a callous reddish mucro Oi* gland.
Common flower solitary, globose, sessile. Calycine scales ovate
acuminate, very woolly except the margin, completely imbricate,
forming a globose cone stuffed with a fine white cottony substance.
Corolla 1-petaled, tubed ; tube longer than limb, which is 4-cleft,
hairy, tortuose. Anthers linear, 24obed, sessile ; style exserted,
club shaped. Stigma conical, acute ; the style and stigma have a
singular appearance in this species, something like two cones with
their bases applied together, but when the flowers first open these
parts are so entirely covered with the pollen as to appear 4-
sided. (Adapted from Curtis' s Botanical Magazine, pi. 697, and
Johnson, Gardeners' Dictionary.)
40055. Isopogon anethifolius (Salisb.) Knight.
Distribution. — A low shrub 3 to 4 feet high with leaves resem-
bling those of dill (Anethum graveolcns L.) and bearing conical
heads of small yellow flowers, found from Port Jackson to the Blue
Mountains in New South Wales.
40056. Lambertia Formosa Smith. Proteacese.
"Another very striking plant was the Honey flower, with small, pointed
glaucous leaves that could inflict a good sharp prick on marauding
fingers. The Lambertia, which is said to be confined to this State, has
numbers of heavy bell-shaped flowers of scarlet and pink that are usu-
ally sticky with a rank honey, much sought after by the pretty little
honey eaters, who dip their long, curved bills deep down into these showy
blossoms and thus help to propagate the species." (H. M. Vaughan, An
Australian Wander-Year, p. 72.)
40057. Macadamia ternifolia F. Mueller. Proteacese.
Queensland nut.
See S. P. I. No. 18382 for previous introduction and description.
40058 to 40060. Persoonia spp. Proteacese.
40058. Persoonia angtjlata R. Brown.
Distribution. — A shrub with linear-lanceolate sharp-pointed leaver
crowded on the erect branches and with small solitary axillary
flowers, found on the slopes of the Blue Mountains in New South
Wales.
40059. Persoonia media R. Brown.
Distribution. — A tall, erect shrub with elliptical, falcate leaves and
small axillary flowers which are followed by dark-colored berries,
found in the valley of the Brisbane River in Queensland and along
the Hastings and Clarence Rivers in New South Wales.
40060. Persoonia myrtilloides Sieber.
Distribution. — A spreading shrub about 4 feet high with oblong-
ovate leaves and small yellowish white flowers in the axils of the
upper leaves, found in the Blue Mountains in New South Wales and
at an altitude of 4,000 feet in the Nangatta Mountains in Victoria.
40061 and 40062. I'ETKorini.A spp. Proteacese,
62 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
40040 to 40064— Continued.
40061. Petrophila pulchella (Schrad.) R. Brown.
Stem shrubby, erect. Leaves alternate, filiform, twice or three
times irregularly pinnate; leaflets unequal, divaricate when full
grown and not unaptly resembling the antlers of a reindeer, whence
it has been known by the name rangiferina among cultivators.
Flowers white, collected into an oblong-ovate cone, terminal. Bracts
obcordate acuminate, quite entire, imbricate, one to each corolla.
Corolla 4-petaled ; petals equal, adhering half way in the tube, but
separating spontaneously when they fall off. Anthers oblong, at-
tached without filament a little below the tip of the petal, as in the
rest of the genus. Ovary surrounded with a white, hairy pappus,
oblong, thickened at the base, and gra%ially tapering upward till
it terminates in a style that is longer than the corolla, recurved, but
after deflorescence erect. Stigma club shaped, hispid, and persistent.
(Adapted from Curtis's Botanical Magazine, pi. 796, and Johnson,
hardeners' Dictionary.)
40062. Petrophila sessilis Sieber.
Distribution. — A white-flowered shrub 8 to 12 feet high, much re-
sembling P. pulchella, but with the segments of the leaves more
divaricate and the branches silky tomentose, found on the Blue
Mountains in New South Wales and along Moreton Bay in Queens-
land.
40063. Stenocabpus sinuatus Endl. Proteacea?.
As long ago as 1828 the lamented Allan Cunningham discovered this
plant on the banks of the Brisbane River, Moreton Bay. with other inter-
esting novelties. Not, however, meeting with the subject in flower, he
took no further notice of it in his journal than to remark that " it is a
slender tree, of most remarkable habit, with leaves large from the ex-
tremities of the branches, glossy and lobed, or laneinated." Had he seen
its blossoms elegantly arranged in candelabrumlike bundles, clothed with
the most vivid orange-scarlet silky pubescence, he would assuredly have
ranked it amongst the most important of his numerous additions to the
Australian flora. It is a plant constituting a small tree 16 feet or more
high, with a slender trunk, branched, and bearing the ample and glossy
evergreen foliage at the extremities of the branches. Leaves alternate,
1 to 2 feet in length, obovate lanceolate. Flowers umbellate; umbel
compound ; peduncles lateral from an old branch, or sometimes terminal.
(Adapted from Curtis's Botanical Magazine, pi. ^253, and Johnson,
Gardeners' Dictionary.)
40064. Telopea speciosissima (Smith) R. Brown. Proteaceae.
" By many people this plant is known as the tulip or native tulip. It
bears neither affinity nor resemblance to that flower and the name is
probably a corruption of Telopea. This plant is known as the waratah,
which is doubtless an aboriginal name, but its origin does not appear to
be clear at the present time. It is a stout, erect, glabrous shrub 6 to
8 feet high bearing a strikingly handsome flower which has come to be
recognized as the national flower of New South Wales. It lends itself
in a remarkable decree to decorative treatment and hence is frequently
depicted literally, or as a motif, in wrought iron, wood and stone carving,
stained glass, and pottery decoration. The fruit is technically known
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31. 1915. 63
40040 to 40064— Continued.
as a follicle. One toaratah flower (composed, of course, of a large num-
ber of individual flowers) matures, under favorable circumstances, 12 to
20 follicles. The toaratah is found in the coast and mountain districts
of New South Wales, from the Hunter River in the north to the Clyde
and Braidwood district in the south. It is one of those plants which
finds its southern limits where the sandstone formation ends ; it does
not pass over to the granite. It delights in rocky situations, and if it
were not for the fact that it grows in the Blue Mountains and other
coast ranges, frequently in very rough country, it would be threatened
with extinction. This plant may be raised from seed, which readily ger-
minates when fresh. The waratah is a plant which is coming increas-
ingly into favor in private gardens, and under cultivation it attains a
luxuriance unknown in its wild state. It is one of the most gorgeous
of all subtropical plants under cultivation. Our experience with it is that it
flowers the third year from seed. It is a stout, erect shrub of 6 to 8 feet,
Leaves cuneate oblong or almost obovate, 5 to 10 inches long, mostly
toothed in the upper part, tapering into a rather long petiole, coria-
ceous, penniveined with the midrib prominent, a few rarely quite entire.
Flowers crimson, in dense ovoid or globular heads or racemes about 3
inches in diameter. Involucral bracts colored, ovate lanceolate, the inner
ones 2 to 3 inches long, the outer ones few and small, surrounded by a
dense tuft of floral leaves like the stem ones, but smaller and more en-
tire. Bracts under the pairs of flowers very short ; pedicels thick, re-
curved, one-fourth to one-half inch long. Perianth glabrous, nearly 1 inch
long. Ovules 12 to 16, fruit recurved, 3 to 4 inches long. Seeds 10 to 20,
the nucleus broad, obliquely quadrate, the wing obliquely truncate, one-
fourth to one-half inch long." (Maiden, Flowering Plants and Ferns of
New South Wales, part 1, 1895.)
40065. Lithocarpus cornea (Lour.) Rehd. Fagacete.
(Quercus cornea Lour.) Evergreen oak.
From Hongkong, China. Presented by Mr. W. J. Tutcher, Botanical and
Forestry Department. Received March 6, 1915.
See S. P. I. No. 35320 for previous introduction and description.
40066 to 40068.
From Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by the Arnold Arboretum. Re-
ceived March 4, 1915.
"Collected in Japan by Mr. E. H. Wilson."
40066. Clethea barbineevis Sieb. and Zucc. Clethracese.
Wilson No. 7039.
"A deciduous shrub, 3 to 6 feet high in cultivation, more bushy and loss
erect than the American species; young shoots at first sprinkled with
a minute starry down. Leaves often clustered at the end of the twig,
oval or obovate, more tapering at the base than at the apex ; 2 to 5
inches long, 1 to 1\ inches wide; hairy at first on both sides, but espe-
cially so on the midrib and nerves beneath, toothed; stalk one-fourth to
three-fourths inch long. Flowers white, one-third inch across, produced
from July to September in a rather compact, terminal panicle 4 to 6
inches long, covered with white, starry down ; calyx and seed vessel
hairy ; stamens smooth.
77481°— 18 5
64 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
40066 to 40068— Continued.
"Native of Japan and China; Introduced in 1S70. It is a very pretty
shrub where it thrives, but it is not so hardy as C. alnifolia, although it
will survive all but the severest winters near London. The leaves have
usually two more pairs of veins than the American species." (W. J.
Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 372.)
40067. Prunus ssioei Schmidt. Ainygdalaceae. Bird cherry.
Wilson No. 7648.
Distribution. — A wild cherry found on Sakhalin Island, in Honshu and
Hokushu in Japan, and in southern Manchuria and western China.
"Although, according to Sargent, this bird cherry is a common tree in
Yezo [Hokushu] and in the mountain forests of Hondo [Honshu], Japan,
it has only recently been brought into cultivation. The same author
(Forest Flora of Japan, p. 38) observes that it is always easily dis-
tinguished by its pale, nearly white bark. Young shoots smooth. Leaves
oblong, often inclined to obovate, the apex drawn out into a long slender
point, the base more or less heart shaped, the margin closely set with
fine, almost bristlelike teeth ; thin membranous, smooth above and the
same beneath except for the tufts of brownish down in the vein-axils;
stalk slender, 1 to 1^ inches long, with one or two glands near the blade.
Flowers small, white, produced in slender, glabrous, cylindrical racemes
4 to 6 inches long and about 1 inch wide. The species has been found in
Manchuria and Sakhalin. 'The wood is very hard and close grained,
and is used by the Ainos for numerous domestic purposes.' (Sargent.)"
( W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, rot. 2, p. 25.'f.)
40068. Schizophragma hydrangeoides Sieb. and Zucc. Hydrangeacea?.
Wilson No. 7671.
"A deciduous climbing shrub, reaching 40 or more feet high in a wild
state; young stem smooth, reddish, and furnished with aerial roots.
Leaves broadly ovate with a rounded, heart-shaped or tapering base;
4 to 6 inches long, 2\ to 4 inches wide; strongly veined, coarsely and an-
gularly toothed, deep green and smooth above, but paler, rather glau-
cous, and with silky hairs beneath: stalk 1 to 2 inches long. The
leaves near the inflorescence are tapered at the base; those on sterile
shoots heart shaped. Flowers small, yellowish white, slightly scented,
produced during July in a broad, flattish, cymose inflorescence S or 10
inches across. The chief feature of the inflorescence is the bracts.
one of which terminates each main branch of the cyme, and is heart
shaped or ovate, pale yellow, 1 to \\ inches long; flower stalks fur-
nished with a thin, loose down.
"Native of Japan, where, along with Hydrangea petiolaris, it forms
a conspicuous feature in the forests, often covering the trunks of large
trees. In gardens it is rare, the plant grown under the name being
almost invariably Hydrangea petiolaris, which it resembles in habit, hut
in respect to leaf and inflorescence it is quite distinct. It flowered with
the late Mr. Chambers at Haslemere in 1905 for the firsl time, so far
as I am aware, in this country. It has since flowered with Miss Willmotl
at Warley and with Sir E. Fry near Bristol. The floral bracts are
variable in size and shape." (W. -/. limn. Trees and Shrubs Hardy in
the British Ishs. vol. .'.. p. 505.)
This vine will cling to a brick or cement wall just as English ivy will,
and it forms a beautiful cover with its white bracts. It is hardy and de-
serves a place in all gardens. (Fairchild.)
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40069 to 40071.
From Lawang, Java. Presented by Mr. M. Buysman, Botanic Gardens.
Received March 3, 1915.
40069. Archontophoenix alexandrae (Muell.i Wendl. and Drude.
Phoenicacea\ Palm.
A showy and elegant palm, completely spineless, and with tall, stout,
70 to SO foot trunks, which are conspicuously ringed by the annular
scars of the fallen leaves. Leaves divaricate, terminal, several feet long,
forming a large crown, pinnately divided, the segments entire or
toothed, numerous, the longer ones 1% feet long, one-half to 1 inch broad,
acuminate and entire or slightly notched, green above, ashy glaucous
beneath; in very young specimens the leaves are undivided or simply
bipartite ; midrib prominent, the ribs more slender ; rachis very broad
and thick, glabrous or slightly scurfy, keeled above, convex beneath, the
petiole slightly tomentose, and channeled above; inflorescence appearing
much below the leaves, about 1 foot long, consisting of two long flat-
tened, ultimately pendent and deciduous spathes, inclosing the short-
peduncled and much-branched, pendulous spadices ; flowers monoecious,
greenish yellow, sessile on the branches of the spadix ; in male flowers
the eight perianth segments are unique in the family ; female flowers
with three perianth segments, sometimes more; fruit a drupe, ovoid
globular, containing a single fibrous seed. Seldom ripening fruit on
plants cultivated outdoors in California, and rather tender when young.
Native of Queensland. (Adapted from Norman Taylor. In Bailey,
Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture.)
40070. Cassia grandis L. f. Csesalpiniacese.
See S. P. I. Nos. 26170, 33781, and 36714 for previous introductions and
descriptions.
40071. Spathodea nilotica Seemann. Bignoniaeea\
Distribution, — A bushy tree 15 to 20 feet high with racemes of large
scarlet flowers, found in the upper Nile Valley, in Kongo Free State, and
in German East Africa.
40072 and 40073.
From Guayaquil, Ecuador. Presented by Mr. Frederick W. Coding, Ameri-
can consul. Received March 3, 1915. Quoted notes by Mr. Goding.
40072. Tassiflora sp. Passifloraceae, Passion fruit.
"Seeds collected from plants growing 10,000 feet above sea level."
40073. Prunus salicifolia H. B. K. Amygdalacese. Wild cherry.
"Ca.pulics. Wild cherry; grows in cold districts."
See S. P. I. Nos. 36371 and 38637 for previous introductions and de-
scriptions.
40074. Enkianthus campanulatus (Miq.) Nichols. Ericaceae.
From Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by the Arnold Arboretum. Received
March 8, 1915.
Wilson No. 6S97. A variety collected in Japan by .Mr. F. H. Wilson.
The species is described as "a deciduous shrub usually 4 to <! feet high, oc-
casionally a small tree, branches in whorls; young shoots smooth, reddish.
66 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
Leaves produced in a cluster at the end of the twig, or alternate on strong
growths ; obovate to oval, tapered more gradually toward the base, finely
toothed, 1 to 2\ inches long, one-half to \\ inches wide, hairy on the veins of
both surfaces, dull green ; stalk one-eighth to five-eighths inch long. Flowers
produced during May from the terminal bud of the previous year's growth in a
hairy raceme sometimes almost reduced to an umbel. Corolla bell shaped,
one-third inch long, pendulous, with five rounded lobes, pale creamy yellow.
veined and tipped with red; calyx with five lanceolate, pointed divisions one-
sixth inch long; stamens very short; flower stalk downy, one-half to 1 inch
long. Seed vessel egg shaped, one-third inch long.
"Native of Japan, introduced in 1880 by Maries, for Messrs. Veitch. This
is the most satisfactory of the species of Enkianthus in our gardens, being quite
hardy and flowering freely. It is sometimes cut by late frost. In the Arnold
Arboretum, Massachusetts, where the frosts are much more severe than ours,
it succeeds remarkably well. The leaves turn golden and red in autumn."
(IP. 1. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 512. I
40075. Passiflora edulis Sims. Passifloracese. Passion fruit.
From Guemes, Argentina. Presented by Mr. H. F. Schultz, director. Agri-
cultural Experiment Station, Guemes. Received March 4, 191".
" Seed from fruits cultivated in San Lorenzo de Jujuy. I consider this variety
of passion fruit a very important acquisition for the localities where it may be
feasible to grow it in the United States. I have eaten different varieties of
P. edulis and the very large P. quadrangularis of Panama, the fruits of which,
as you know, sometimes attain a length of 25 cm. and a diameter of 15 cm. I
consider the fruits very delicious and peculiarly tempting to the palate, as well
for a breakfast fruit as for dessert, and most important perhaps for soft-
drink manufacture, this latter especially on account of its rich and pleasing
flavor and fragrance. The few plants which I have been growing here and
which are now about a year old. have already yielded quite a number of fruits,
which are light-purple skinned, of usual egg-shaped form, and from 5* to
7 cm. long and 4£ to 5 cm. in diameter. The seeds are eaten, together with the pe-
culiarly tinted, greenish pulp, because they form no disturbing element at all. It
requires a little practice to separate the mass of pulp and seeds from the
tough, leathery exterior by means of a teaspoon after the fruit is halved, just as
it is necessary for the novice to acquire the desired proficiency in eating a grape-
fruit without danger to his own and his neighbor's eyes and clothes. The
fruits do not seem to possess any of the narcotic principles which Grisebach
states are present in some Passiflora species, for I have repeatedly eaten a
dozen fruits at a sitting, and my children eat from 10 to 20 a day without any
Pad effects. The fruits keep a very long time and are palatable and wholesome
even after the leathery skin has dried or crumpled up. I presume that these
passifloras are more peculiarly suited to California than to Florida conditions,
because San Lorenzo is situated in a dry. warm climate where frosts are very
uncommon. Truly enough the short rainy season, which lasts from about Janu-
ary until March, during which time there are copious precipitations, agtf -
quite well with these plants, too, for which reason they may also do surpris-
ingly well in Florida. Mr. Smyth, from whom I obtained this strain, states
that his plants last, according to soil conditions, from 3 to 8 years, while I
understand that in Queensland they fruit for 20 to 50 years." (Schultz.)
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67
40076 to 40093. Holcus sorghum L. Poaceae. Sorghum.
(Sorghum vulyare Pers.)
Numbered March 15, 1915.
40076 to 40088.
Presented by the Usumbwa Company, Nyembe Bulunswa, Port Tabora,
German East Africa.
40076.
Brown durra.
Holongo wape.
40077.
White durra.
Mgegene.
40078.
White durra.
MJculapolo.
40079.
White durra.
Y embay emba.
40080.
White durra.
Ikululukizi.
40081.
Kangtvala.
40085.
40082.
Upolo.
40086.
40083.
Kagiri.
40087.
40084.
White durra.
Luwele. 40088.
Upolo wamagohe.
Red shallu. N.
Brown durra. K.
Brown durra. T.
40089 to 40093.
From Victoria, Kamerun, German West Africa. Presented by the
director of the experiment station.
40089. Brown durra. Gabli sambull. From the Mora residency
in the German lands near Lake Chad. Sown at the rainy season.
40090 to 40093.
From Pittoa near Garua. Brown durra.
40090. Gewerie.
40091. No. 3. DanM-polari.
40092. No. 4. Dschundi Rei.
40093. Bita (from Tahiti). Red shallu.
40094 to 40098.
From San Juan Bautista, Tabasco, Mexico. Presented by Mr. Gabriel
Itie, director, Agricultural Experiment Station. Received March 1, 1915,
Quoted notes by Mr. Itie except as otherwise indicated.
40094 and 40095. Capsicum spp. Solanaceae. Red pepper.
40094. " Seeds of chili masch. Spontaneous. Little shrub, peren-
nial. Leaves and flowers small. Fruit very short, almost round.
White and reddish at first and then black or brown when mature.
Very piquant."
40095. " Pico de paloma, seeds of chili. Spontaneous. Is distin-
guished from the preceding [S. P. I. No. 40094] by its larger fruit,
attaining from 1 to 2 cm. in size. Likewise very piquant."
40096. Ricinus communis L. Euphorbiacea?. Castor bean.
"Seeds of higuerilla. Gathered in the fields of the station. Sponta-
neous in the State, but not known, in spite of its abundant fruiting qual-
ities and its richness in oil. At least two varieties are distinguished
one with brown petioles and one with white petioles. The seeds sent are
of the latter."
40097. Diphysa suberosa S. Watson. Fabacese.
" Seeds of chipilcoite. This legume grows wild in this State and is
sown also for stakes for fences. Its wood is one of the most appre-
68 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
40094 to 40098— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. G. Itic'.)
ciated for its durability and resistance to the agents of decay, damp,
and insects. It keeps well in water. It is used much for telegraph posts,
sleepers, and to strengthen the base of poles of more common wood."
40098. Sponuias lutea L. Anacardiacese.
" Seeds of Hobo. Wild and cultivated. This is the wood most com-
monly employed for fences by reason of its easy propagation, for hedges
and for the wonderful rapidity of its growth. The white and light wood
is employed for the manufacture of packing boxes."
" Jobo. A large tree, with rounded head, compound leaves, and
odorous white flowers in racemes, and yellow fruits resembling large
jocotes (Spondias purpurea). They are very aromatic and the taste is
acid and refreshing. The wood is white and soft and appears not to
be used except in the fences of the tierra caliente." (Pit tier, Las
Plantas Usuales de Costa Rica.)
40099. Quercus suber L. Fagaceae. Cork oak.
From Campo Seco, Cal. Procured from Mrs. Edward Maher. Received
February 23, 1915.
40100. Pyrus sp. Malaceae. Pear.
From Chingchowfu, Shantung, China. Presented by Rev. W. M. Hayes.
Cuttings received March 27, 1915.
"Chinese winter pear. This variety is really not ripe until the next spring
after it is picked, and while not as luscious as a good apple, yet it fills a va-
cancy in April and May very acceptably." (Hayes.)
40101. Garcinia mangostana L. Clusiaceae. Mangosteen.
From Kingston, Jamaica. Presented by Mr. W. Harris, Hope Gardens,
Received March 13, 1915.
40102. Pleiospermium alatum (Wight and Arn.) Swingle. Ruta-
(Limonia alata Wight and Arn.) [ceie.
From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by the director, Botanic Gardens. Re-
ceived March 16, 1915.
A small spiny tree from southern India and Ceylon, with 4 to 5 celled small
soft-rinded orangelike fruits, about an inch in diameter, each cell having 1 to 2
seeds, surrounded by dark-colored, strong-smelling, mucilaginous gum. From
the fact that P. alatum grows abundantly in the drier parts of Ceylon, it would
be desirable to test it as a stock on which to graft citrus for culture on the
drier types of soil. (Adapted from Swingle, Journal Washington Academy of
Sciences, vol. 6, p. J,26-Jf31, 1916.)
40103. Garcinia tinctoria (DC.) W. F. Wight. Clusiaceae.
(Garcinia xanthochymus Hook.)
From Utakamand, India. Presented by Mr. F. H. Butcher, curator, Botanic
Garden and Parks. Received March 17, 1915.
"A symmetrical cone-shaped bushy tree, growing to 25 or 30 feet high, native
of South India and Malaya. It hears large leathery leaves. 12 to 1G inches long
and 2i to 3£ inches in width. The handsome yellow fruit, produced in great
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1915. 69
abundance in December and January, is of the form and size of a small orange,
usually with a pointed projection at the end, the tender thin skin being smooth
and polished. The yellow juicy pulp is of an acid but refreshing taste. The
tree is propagated by. the large seeds, and thrives up to about 3,000 feet or
more." (Macmillan, Handbook of Tropical Gardening and Planting.)
40104. Persea americana Miller. Lauraceoe. Avocado.
(Persea gratissima Gaertn. f.)
From Alajuela, Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. F. W. Smith, at the request
of Dr. Inksetter. Cuttings received March 18, 1915.
40105. Vitis vinifera L. Vitacea3. Grape.
From Alicante, Spain. Presented by Senor Gregorio Cruz Valero, director,
Estacion Enologica. Cuttings received March 18, 1915.
"The Lairen grape, I am of the opinion, is the same as Listan or Palomino,
at the present time extensively grown in California as the Golden Chassclas."
(George C. Husmann.)
40106 to 40138.
From Wakamatsu, Iwashiro, Japan. Presented by Rev. Christopher Noss.
Received March 8, 1915. Quoted notes by Mr. Noss.
" From an exhibition in Kawamata, near Fukushima City."
40106 to 40127. Soja max (L.) Piper. Fabacese. Soy bean.
(Glycine hispida Maxim.)
40106. "Mochidaizu (dai, large; zu, bean), used in mochi (glutinous
rice boiled and pounded in a mortar)."
l 40107. "No. 2. Nakatedaizu (second early), used in miso (beans,
etc., pickled in salt and made into soup), tofu (bean curd)."
40108. "No. 3. Shichi-ri-korobi-daizu (20-mile rolling), used for
tofu, miso, and soy."
40109. "No. 4. Yuki-no-shita-daizu (under the snow), used for
tofu. soy, and miso."
40110. "No. 5. Wasedaizu (early), used for tofu, soy, and miso."
40111. "No. 6. Misodaizu."
40112. "No. 7. Ko-tsubu-daizu (small grain), used for miso and
natto (buried, fermented, and eaten as a relish)."
40113. 'No. 8. Kinako-daizu, made into kinako (a (lour used in
cooking) and also natto. Said to have been brought by soldiers
from Manchuria.
40114. "No. 9. Tamazukuridaizu (name of a county near Sendai),
used boiled."
40115. "No. 10. Asahidaizu (morning sunt, used for natto."
40116. "No. 11. Darumadaizu (Dharma, whose image is a roly-
poly, can not be upset), used boiled and for tofu"
40117. "No. 12. Taiwandaizu (Formosa), used boiled."
40118. "No. 13. llato-koroshi-daizu (dove killer), used boiled."
40119. "No. 14. Usu-ao-duizu (light green), used for kinako and
boiled."
70 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
40106 to 40138— Continued. (Quoted notes by Rev. C. Noss.)
40120. "No. 15. Ao-daizu (green), used for kinako and boiled."
Aka-kuhi-daizu (red stalk), used for natto and
40121.
"No. 16,
miso."
40122.
" No. 17.
40123.
" No. 18.
Fuku-shiro-daizu (clothing white), used for tofu."
Haehi-ri-han-daizu (21 miles), used boiled. The
name Haehi-ri-han-daizu involves a curious play on words. Hachi-
ri-han means 'eight ri (a ri is 2\ miles) and a half,' which is just
a little short of ku-ri. Now, ku-ri means nine ri, and kuri also
means chestnut, so the expression in question means that the
beans so named are almost equal to chestnuts."
40124 to 40127. "Beans are used boiled."
40124. " No. 19. Yoshiwaradaizu (harlot quarters in Tokyo)."
40125. "No. 20. Chadaizu (tea, alluding to the color)."
40126. "No. 21. Kichidaizu (lucky)."
40127. "No. 22. Kurodaisu (black)."
40128. Diospyros lotus L. Diospyracese. Persimmon.
" Mamegaki (bean persimmon). The edible Japanese persimmon is
grafted on the stock of this tree."
40129 to 40134. Phaseolus angularis (Willd.) W. F. Wight. Faba-
cese. Adzuki bean.
"Beans are made into on (boiled, strained, and mixed with brown
sugar) and boiled and mixed with boiled rice to make akameshi (red
food)."
40129. "No. 24. Akaazuki (aka, red; azuki, little bean)."
40130. "No. 25. Nakateazuki (second early)."
40131. "No. 26. SJUroazuki (white)."
40132. "No. 27. Okuteazuki (late)."
40133. "No. 28. Kataazuki (mottled, figured)."
40134. " No. 29. Dainagon azuki."
40135. Phaseolus coccineus L. Fabacese.
"No. 23. Daikivodaizu (great light), boiled and made into cakes."
40136 to 40138. Pisum spp. Fabaceae.
" The pods are boiled in soup with miso."
40136. Pisum arvense L. Field pea.
"No. 32. Itaria Osaya (Italian large pod)."
40137 and 40138. Pisum sativum L. Pea.
40137. " No. 31. Nion Saya."
40138. "No. 30. Nion Kinu Saya (Japan silk pod)."
40139 to 40201.
From Kew, England. Presented by the director, Royal Botanic Gardens.
Received March 5, 1915.
40139 to 40153. Berberis spp. Berberidaceae. Barberry.
40139. Berberis sp.
Received as Berberis vilmoriniana.
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1915. 71
40139 to 40201— Continued.
40140. Berbeeis hookeri viridis Schneider.
Differs from the typical form in having the leaves bright green
underneath.
40141. Berberis subcauliai.ata Schneider.
See S. P. I. Nos. 37497 and 39575 for previous introductions and
description.
"This species belongs to the same group as B. stapfiana [S. P. I.
No. 37975], but it has globose fruits ripe in November, more dis-
tinctly angled branchlets, and larger leaves ; the general aspect is
otherwise very similar." (W. J. Bean, Trees mid Shrubs Hardy in
the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 249.)
40142. Berberis aggregata Schneider.
See S. P. I. Nos. 34550 and 39574 for previous introductions and
description.
"A small, spreading bush. Leaves in rosettes abouir nine together,
ovate to oblanceolate, entire or with a few teeth or spiny hairs in
the upper half, dull green above, gray-green beneath, usually about
one-half inch long and one-fourth inch broad. Berries small, creamy
green, suffused with coral, in dense sessile clusters. China." (Kew
Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, 1914, Appendix, p. 58.)
40143. Berberis angulosa Wall.
See S. P. I. Nos. 27115 and 33016 for previous introductions.
"A deciduous shrub, 4 feet or more high, with erect, grooved branch-
lets covered when young with a short, dark down. Leaves dark,
glossy green, clustered in the axils of stiff spines, which are some-
times single, but usually wedge shaped, 1 to 1$ inches long, leathery,
narrowing at the base to a very short stalk or none at all, the apex
either rounded or pointed, often terminating in a short tooth ; the
slightly curled back margins are either entire or have 1 to 3 spiny
teeth at each side. Flowers solitary, on stalks one-half to 1 inch
long, or on short two to four flowered racemes ; orange-yellow, globose,
one-half to two-thirds inch across ; outer sepals narrow oblong, inner
one twice as wide; petals obovate. Fruit elliptical, two-thirds inch
long, scarlet.
" Native of north India ; first discovered in Kumaon early in the
19th century and in 1849 by Hooker in the Sikkim Himalayas, at
11,000 to 13,000 feet. It is absolutely hardy at Kew, and, although
not one of the showiest barberries, is noteworthy for its unusually
large flowers and berries. The latter are eatable, and, being less
acid, are more palatable than most barberries." (W. J. Bean, Trees
and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 234.)
"Berberis angulosa is a rare Himalayan species and one of the
largest flowered and fruited of the 13 found in that mountain range ;
It Is also one of the most distinct. In Sikkim it forms a shrub 4
feet high and more . . . and forms a striking object in autumn from
the rich golden yellow and red coloring of the foliage." (Curtis' s
Botanical Magazine, pi. 7071.)
40144. Berberis aristata DC.
See S. P. I. Nos. 27116, 327S9, and 33017 for previous introductions.
"A very handsome shrub, of spreading, elegant habit, as much as
10 feet high and 15 feet in diameter, with smooth young branchlets
72 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
40139 to 40201— Continued.
becoming gray the second season. Ordinarily it is deciduous, but
young plants or vigorous sucker growths will retain their foliage
through the winter. Leaves 3 to 7 in a tuft, 1£ inches long in each
tuft, obovate, green on both sides, or often whitish beneath ; always
spine tipped, but varying from few or numerous teeth on the margins
to none at all. Each tuft of leaves springs from a single or triple
spine, sometimes 1J inches long, and produces one drooping raceme
2 to 3 inches long. Flowers numerous, bright golden yellow. Berries
spindle shaped or oblong, up to one-half inch long, red, covered with
blue- white bloom.
'• Native of the Himalayas, and represented by a great number of
slightly varying forms, all of which are valuable garden plants.
Of all deciduous barberries this is the strongest growing ; it is also
one of the most ornamental. It is an admirable shrub on a spacious
lawn, almost as striking when loaded with its fine trusses of blue-
white berries as when it is in bloom. So well adapted to our climate
is it that it has been found wild in English hedgerows, having
grown there, no doubt, from seeds deposited by birds." (W. J. Bean,
Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 235-236.)
40145. Berberis concinna Hook. f.
See S. P. I. Nos. 27117 and 33018 for previous introductions.
"The seeds (of the original collection) were gathered from small
bushes growing in the Lachen Valley of the Sikkim Himalayas, at an
elevation of 12,000 to 13,000 feet ; it there formed a small, low bush,
1 to 3 feet high, with spreading almost prostrate branches, thickly
covered with small leaves of a deep-green hue and polished above,
snowy white and glaucous below ; these colors, the large oblong
scarlet berries, and red branchlets giving the shrub a singularly neat
and pretty appearance when in fruit." (Hooker. In Curtis's Bo-
tanical Magazine, pi. -J7-J'/, 1853.)
"A low, deciduous bush, 3 feet high, of close, compact habit,
branches furrowed. Leaves lustrous green above, white beneath,
obovate, 1 inch or less long, tapering at the base to a short stalk,
the midrib ending in a tuft of leaves. Flowers solitary, on a slender
stalk 1 to 1$ inches long, pendent, globose, deep yellow, one-half
inch across. Berries oblong, fleshy, red, one-half to three-fourths
inch long.
" Native of the Sikkim Himalayas, at 12,000 to 13,000 feet ; intro-
duced to Kew by Sir Joseph Hooker about 1S50. A very pretty
barberry, and distinct through the vivid whiteness of the under
surface of the leaves. It is best propagated by seeds, which it pro-
duces most seasons." (IV. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the
British Isles, vol. 1, p. 238.)
40146. Berberis diaphana Maxim.
Scarlet-fruited, yellow-flowered bush, 1 to 2 meters high, from
western Szechwan, China, nearly related to B. macrosepala of the
Sikkim Himalayas, which has puberulous branchlets and is not
found in China, and to B. yunnanensis, which has thinner, mostly
entire, leaves, three to eight flowered, often rather elongated inflores-
cences, and only three to four ovules and seeds. This barberry may
be distinguished by its chartaceous leaves, distinctly reticulate on
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1915. 73
40139 to 40201— Continued.
both sides, and mostly spinose serrate, one to four flowered inflores-
cence, and by the more numerous (six to eight) ovules and seeds.
(Adapted from Schneider, in Plantae Wilsonianae, vol. 1, p. 354,
1913.)
40147. Berberis gagnepaini Schneider.
See S. P. I. Nos. 32701 and 37495 for previous introductions and
description.
"An evergreen shrub, 3 to 6 feet high. Leaves lanceolate, 2 to 4
inches long, one-fourth to three-fourths inch broad, tapering very
much toward the apex, coriaceous, spiny on the margin, spines at the
bases of the leaves tripartite, one-half to two-thirds inch long.
Flowers in fascicles of usually five to nine, delicate yellow, borne on
red pedicels. Fruits ellipsoid, glaucous purple. This is figured in
Curtis's Botanical Magazine, pi. 8185, as B. acuminata, but the true
B. acuminata Franch. is less compact in habit, has larger, coarser,
and thicker leaves, and stouter spines. China." (Kew Bulletin of
Miscellaneous Information, 1910, Appendix Hi, p. 60.)
40148. Berberis polyantha Hemsl.
See S. P. I. No. 32698 for previous introduction and description.
"A deciduous shrub, 6 to 10 feet high, the young shoots reddish
brown, ribbed, not downy ; thorns solitary or three pronged, one-half
to 1 inch long. Leaves obovate and mostly rounded at the end, the
larger ones toothed at the terminal half, the smaller ones frequently
entire, all tapered and wedge shaped at the base ; one-half to 2
inches long, one-eighth to two-thirds inch wide; finely netveiued on
both sides, not downy; stalk one-fourth inch or less long. Flowers
yellow, produced during June and July in drooping panicles 3 to 4
inches long, 1 to li inches wide, carrying 20 to over 50 blossoms.
Fruit red.
" Discovered in 1899 by Mr. A. E. Pratt, near Tatsienlu, Szechwan,
western China ; introduced from the same region by Wilson in 1904.
A very fine species, remarkable for the large and abundant flower
panicles." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British
Isles, vol. 1, p. 246.)
40149. Berberis prattii Schneider.
See S. P. I. No. 37496 for previous introduction.
" This western Szechwan shrub, 6 to 10 feet tall, was first col-
lected by Mr. A. E. Pratt in the neighborhood of Tatsienlu. It was
subsequently met with there and at Muping by Mr. E. H. Wilson,
when collecting for Messrs. James Veitch & Sons. Originally in-
cluded by Hemsley in B. polyantha, this Berberis has been kept apart
by Schneider on account of its less closely reticulated leaves and
narrower inflorescence. But while perhaps most closely related to
B. polyantha Hemsley, B. prattii most resembles B. brevipaniciilata
C. K. Schneid., with which it lias been confused in collections, though
it is readily distinguished by the pale green but not glaucous lower
surface of the leaves. Like B. brevipaniciilata, our plant is a shrub
of dense growth, forming a mass of twiggy branches out of which
are thrust each year a number of long whiplike shoots. More beau-
tiful when in flower than most Chinese species of the genus, it is
74 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
40139 to 40201— Continued.
still more effective when laden in September with its branches of
salmon-red fruits. The shrub grows very freely and is apparently
quite hardy; the freedom with which it fruits promises to make its
propagation easy. Like other species of Berberis, this one enjoys
a well-drained loamy soil." (Curtis's Botaniml Magazine, pi. 85.'/'J.)
40150. Berbekis stapfiana Schneider.
See S. P. I. No. 37975 for previous introduction and description.
"A deciduous, or partially evergreen, glabrous shrub, probably 5
or 6 feet high, of elegant habit, the stems spreading and arching;
leaf clusters one-third inch apart, spines three pronged, very slender
and needlelike, brown, one-third to three-fourths inch long. Leaves
oblanceolate, rounded to pointed at the apex, mostly entire, but some-
times toothed near the end, tapered at the base; one-half to 1 inch
long, one-twelfth to three-sixteenths inch wide ; scarcely stalked, of
hard" texture. Flowers pale yellow, globose, one-sixth inch wide,
borne four to seven together in axillary, stalkless, or very shortly
stalked clusters. The stalk of the individual flower is one-eighth to
one-sixth inch long. Fruit oval, carmine red with a slight bloom, one-
fourth inch long, containing two or three seeds.
'• Native of western China ; introduced to Kew from St. Petersburg
in 1896, and later from Wilson's seeds. M. Maurice de Vilmorin has
also grown it for some years at Les Barres, in France. It is a
charming shrub, of free, graceful growth, allied to B. icilsonae, but
that species is distinguished by its downy shoots." (W. J. Bean,
Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 2.}3.)
40151. Berberis virescens Hook. f.
See S. P. I. Nos. 27122 and 30753 for previous introductions.
"An elegant, deciduous shrub, 6 to 9 feet high; with smooth, red-
dish brown, shining branches, armed at each leaf tuft with a slender,
3-parted or single spine up to three-fourths inch long. Leaves two-
thirds to 1% inches long, obovate, thin, pale but bright green ; the
apex round or tipped with a small spine, the margins toothed or
entire. Flowers one-third inch in diameter, pale greenish or sulphur
yellow, and produced on slender, short stalks, either in panicles or
short racemes. Berries slender, nearly one-half inch long, reddish,
covered with bloom.
" Discovered by Sir Joseph Hooker, at an elevation of 9,000 feet,
in Sikkim, in 1849, and introduced to Kew about the same time ; this
barberry was not given specific rank until described 40 years after.
It is not one of the most attractive of barberries in regard to its
flowers or fruit, but its habit is elegant, and the red tinge of its
stems is pleasing in winter. There are two forms of the species at
Kew, one regarded as typical, with red fruits; the other, var. macru-
carpa, with large black fruits five-eighths inch long." ( W. J. Bean,
Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 251.)
40152. Berberis wilsonae Hemsl.
"An elegant, deciduous, sometimes partially evergreen shrub, 2 to
4 feet high, of spreading habit, and usually more in diameter;
branches comparatively thin, reddish brown, slightly downy, armed
with slender 3-parted spines one-half to three- fourths inch long, and
red when young. Leaves as a rule less than 1 inch long, otherwise
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1915. 75
40139 to 40201— Continued.
entire, or occasionally three lobed at the apex ; smooth, conspicuously
veined, gray-green above, somewhat glaucous beneath. Flowers
small, pale yellow, borne two to six together in fascicles or short
racemes. Berries roundish, coral or salmon red, somewhat translu-
cent, borne very abundantly. Native of western China; discovered
and introduced about 1904 by Mr. E. H. Wilson, after whose wife
it is named. This is one of the most charming new introductions
from western China, of neat yet elegant habit, and most noteworthy
for its prettily colored, abundant berries. The leaves are said by
Wilson to assume brilliant tints in autumn." (W. J. Bean, Trees
and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 253.)
40153. Berbeeis yunnanensis Franchet.
"A deciduous shrub, 3 to 6 feet high, of dense, rounded habit, with
gray, smooth branchlets, armed with 3 or 5 parted spines. Leaves
obovate, sometimes almost orbicular, three-fourths to 1* inches
long, one-third to two-thirds, rarely 1 inch wide, rounded or pointed
at the apex, tapering to a stalk at the base ; margins mostly entire
on the flowering twigs, more often toothed on the sterile ones.
Flowers pale yellow, three to eight in a cluster ; three-fourths inch
across, flower stalks slender, three-fourths to li inches long. Berries
oval, bright red, one-half inch long. Native of western China : first
discovered in Yunnan by Delavay in 1885, at an altitude of 10.000
feet. It reached cultivation by way of France, and was introduced
to Kew in 1904. It is a pretty shrub, and is distinct in regard to
the size of its flowers and fruit, both of which are amongst the
largest in the genus. It is also one of the most beautiful in its
autumn livery of crimson." (ir. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy
in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 253.)
40154 and 40155. Betula spp. Betulacea?. Birch.
40154. Betula ermani Cham.
A tree said to become 100 feet high ; bark of the trunk peeling,
creamy white ; that of the branches orange-brown. Leaves broadly
ovate, with a straight or slightly heart-shaped base, taper pointed,
coarsely triangular toothed ; 2 to 3 inches long, 1J to 2h inches broad.
Native of Manchuria, Korea [Chosen], Japan, and, like many other
plants from the same region, very liable to injury by spring frosts,
owing to its early start into growth. For this reason it does not
form a clean trunk and is subject to fungoid attacks. (Abridged from
^Y. J. Bean, Trees and Sfwubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. I,
p. 256.)
40155. Betula ermani nipponica Maxim.
A Japanese form. This variety thrives better in cultivation
through starting later into growth, and makes a clean-grown, hand-
some birch — one of the most striking of the white-stemmed group.
(Adapted from W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British
Isles, vol. 1, p. 256-257.)
40156. Calophaca wolgarica (L. f.) Fisch. Fabaceae.
"A deciduous shrub, said to become 6 feet high, hut rarely more than
half as high in this country [England] ; bark of branches downy when
quite young, peeling when old. Leaves pinnate, 2 to 3 inches long, com-
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posed of 11 to 17 leaflets. Racemes produced from the leaf axils of the
current year's growth, 3 to 5 inches Long, very downy, carrying four to
nine flowers toward the end. Flowers yellow, pea shaped, three-fourths
to 1 inch long, each on a stalk one-eighth inch long; calyx downy, one-
third inch Ions, with slender, pointed teeth. Pod three-fourths to li
inches long, cylindrical, covered with glandular hairs, one or two seeded.
Blossoms in June and July. Native of the southeastern part of European
Russia, in the. regions of the Rivers Volga (from which it takes its name)
and Don. It is frequently found in arid places and on dry hillsides.
Introduced in 175G. It is quite hardy in the south of England, but may
need the protection of a wall in the north. It likes abundant sunshine,
and during hot summers flowers profusely. It is only after such sea-
sons that seeds ripen. As a rule, it is grafted on standards of laburnum
or Caragana, when it forms a big, mop-headed plant with sanipendent
branches. Plants raised in that way are sometimes short lived, but it is
probably the best and easiest way, for plants raised from seed are not
easy to rear. They are very liable to decay through damp during the
winter, and should for two years be kept in pots, then planted out on a
well-drained site. When grafted on the laburnum, no special precautions
are needed." (IV*. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles,
vol. 1, p. 282.)
40157 and 40158. Caragana spp. Fabaceoe.
40157. Caragana aurantiaca Koehne.
"A deciduous shrub about 4 feet high, with graceful, ultimately
pendulous, leafy branches, long, slender, but little divided, and
armed with triple spines. Leaves very short stalked, consisting of
four narrow, linear leaflets, one-third to one-half inch long, one-
eighth inch wide. Flowers three-fourths inch long, produced singly
on a stalk one-fourth inch long, orange yellow; calyx three-sixteenths
inch long, bell shaped, with five triangular, minutely ciliated teeth.
Pod 1 to 11 inches long, smooth, rather cylindrical, pointed, carry-
ing four to six seeds.
" Native of central Asia ; introduced in 1887 as a variety of C.
pygmaea, of which it was at first regarded merely as a deeper
colored form. It differs also in the more taper-pointed leaflets and
in the shorter calyx. This and C. pygmaea are probably the prettiest
of all Caraganas. Its habit is graceful, and it blossoms with great
profusion, the flowers banging thickly from the under side of the
branch in a long row, three oi four to the inch. It blossoms in May
and June and can be easily propagated by 'ate summer cuttings."
(IF. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1,
p. 288.)
40158. Caragana frutex (L.) Koch.
"A deciduous shrub up to 10 feet in height, with long, often erect,
supple branches, not much divided except near the ends. Leaves
composed of two pairs of leaflets, which are attached near the end
of the common stalk, being themselves stalkless; they are obovate,
rounded at the end, one-half to over 1 inch long, smooth, dull green.
Flowers bright yellow, three-fourths to 1 Inch long, produced singly
on a stalk somewhat shorter than itself. Calyx one-third inch
long, bell shaped, smooth. Pod 1£ inches long, one-eighth inch wide,
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40139 to 40201— Continued.
cylindrical, smooth. In a wild state this species extends from the
souch of Russia to Japan. It was introduced in 1752. It is a
pretty shrub in flower, and is often quite neat and graceful in
habit, especially when 3 or 4 feet high, with its numerous thin
twigs, rather pendulous. It is distinct in being unarmed and with-
out down." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British
Isles, vol. 1, p. 290.)
40159. Carmichaelia flagelliformis Colenso. Fabacese.
"A deciduous or often leafless shrub, 4 or 5 feet high, with numerous
erect-growing, slender, grooved branches, flattened or convex when young,
round when old. Leaves very small and inconspicuous, consisting of three
or five tiny leaflets, which are somewhat larger in young plants than in
old ones. Flowers purplish lilac, pea shaped, produced in axillary downy
racemes; there are from one to three racemes at each joint of the twigs
and from three to seven flowers in each raceme, the whole forming a
short, dense cluster. The flowers, although small, about one-eighth inch
long, are borne in extraordinary profusion. Pod one-fourth to one-half
inch long, nearly as wide, ending in a stout-pointed beak, and contain-
ing usually two seeds. Native of New Zealand, long grown at Kew in a
greenhouse, and for the last 20 years unprotected in the open ground,
where, although slightly injured at the younger parts in severe winters,
it is on the whole quite hardy and produces both flowers and seeds in
abundance. It is not very showy or ornamental, but its flat, erect
branches give it a quaint and unusual aspect. These green shoots per-
form the usual functions of leaves. It is not so attractive a plant as its
ally, Notospartium carmichaeliae, but is hardier. The Notospartium dif-
fers in its stouter twigs and more pendulous habit, in its larger pink
flowers, and in the longer, narrower, jointed pod containing more seeds."
( W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, />. 292.)
40160 and 40161. Chaenomeles spp. Malacese. Quince.
40160. Chaenomeles lagenaria cathayensis (Hemsl. ) Rehd.
"A deciduous shrub of open habit, sparsely branched and more or
less thorny. The branches are tortuous, furnished with spiny spurs
several inches long. Leaves short stalked, lanceolate, 3 to 5 inches
long, finely toothed, pointed, tapering at the base; smooth above,
reddish downy beneath. On the young growths of the year the
stipules are large, broad, and leaflike, oblique, 1 inch long, toothed.
On year-old shoots the leaves are in tufts springing from the axil of
a spine; stipules small. Flowers two or three together in short
clusters; each flower 1* inches in diameter; petals white, round,
overlapping; calyx ciliate. Stamens numerous, shorter than the
petals. Fruit very large and heavy, 4 to 6 inches long, 2£ to 3* inches
wide; somewhat egg shaped, but abruptly contracted near the base.
Seed three-eighths inch long, wedge shaped, pointed at one end.
Although this quince is probably a native of China, nothing appears
to be definitely known of its habitat. Henry collected it in the
Province of Hupeh, China, but never undoubtedly wild. It has long
been grown at Kew, and by Canon Kllaconibe at Bitton, but its
introduction is unrecorded. It is perfectly hardy and bears fruit
freely, but this does not ripen always oul of doors. Although not in
any way showy, its habit is quaint, and the huge fruits stuck close
78 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
40139 to 40201— Continued.
to the branches have a curious and interesting appearance. In-
creased by seeds." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the
British Isles, vol. 1, p. ^52, under Cydonia cathayensis.)
40161. Chaenomeles japonica (Thunb.) Lindley. Dwarf quince.
"A low, spreading, deciduous thorny shrub, usually under 3 feet
in height, considerably more in width; branchlets very downy when
young. Leaves 1 to 2 inches long, obovate or oval to almost orbic-
ular, toothed, tapering at the base to a short stalk, quite smooth;
stipules large on the young growing shoots, ovate or broadly heart
shaped, one-fourth to three-fourths inch wide. Flowers in almost
stalkless clusters from the joints of the year-old wood, very
abundant, orange-red, scarlet or blood red, 1J inches across. Fruit
apple shaped, 1£ inches in diameter, yellow, stained with red on the
sunny side, fragrant. Native of Japan ; introduced about 1869 by
Messrs. Maule, of Bristol. This is one of the most charming of red-
flowered dwarf shrubs, flowering from April to June, and when at
its best, literally wreathing its branches with blossom. It bears
fruits freely, and they are pleasantly colored and scented in early
winter ; though harsh and acid when raw, they make an excellent
conserve. Besides its dwarfer habit, it differs from its near ally,
C. japonica [C. lagenaria], in having more obovate or rounded leaves,
minutely warted twigs, and more coarsely toothed leaves. (W. J.
Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. ^53,
under Cydonia maulei.)
40162 to 40175. Cotoneaster spp. Malacere. Cotoneaster.
40162. Cotoneaster affinis bacillaris (Wall.) Schneider.
"A deciduous shrub, 15 or more feet high, said to be found also
as a small tree, of very graceful habit. Branches arching and often
pendulous toward the end, the whole forming a wide-spreading mass
more in diameter than in height ; twigs smooth, or slightly downy.
Leaves 1 to 3 inches long, one-third to half as wide, of variable
shape, usually oval, ovate, or slightly obovate, pointed, smooth or
becoming so ; stalk one-fourth to one-half inch long. Flowers white,
one-third inch across, borne numerously in cymose clusters, 1 to 2
inches across, at the end of short axillary7 branches. Fruit roundish,
one-fourth inch or less in diameter, purplish brown or nearly black.
Native of the Himalayas up to 10,000 feet. This is one of the most
useful of cotoneasters, and one of the most graceful. It has been
largely planted on the margins of the island of the lake at Kew,
where the branches overhang the water and have the elegance of
a willow, with the added attractions of abundant flowers and fruits.
As a flowering shrub, this is one of the prettiest in the genus, but its
fruits have not the bright color that gives to many cotoneasters
their greatest charm. The wood is strong and elastic, and is valued
in its native regions for making walking sticks and spear shafts.
The species is variable in the shape and amount of down on the
leaves, and no clear line can be drawn between it and C. affinis,
which has woolly leaves. (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in
the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 1(06.)
40163. Cotoneaster dammeri Schneider.
"A prostrate, evergreen shrub, with slender creeping stems keep-
ing close to the ground ; young wood downy. Leaves obovate or
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40139 to 40201— Continued.
oval, three-fourths to 1{ inches long, one-fourth to five-eighths inch
wide ; margins incurved, apex usually rounded, downy on the lower
surface when young, ultimately quite smooth on both sides ; stalk
one-eighth to one-fourth inch long ; veins in four to six pairs.
Flowers solitary, occasionally in pairs, on downy stalks one-fourth
inch long, pure white, one-third to one-half inch in diameter ; calyx
downy, with broad triangular lobes. Fruit coral red, globose, or
rather top shaped, one-fourth inch wide. Native of central China ;
found by Henry near Ichang, and introduced in 1900 by Wilson
from western Hupeh, where it occurs at 5,000 to 7,000 feet altitude.
It is quite hardy and is very distinct among cotoneasters for its
perfectly prostrate habit. Its fruits are brightly colored, and the
plant will no doubt prove useful as an evergreen carpet shrub ; also
for covering sunny slopes, as it is very vigorous. It occurs wild on
heaths and rocky ground." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy
m the British Isles, vol. 1, p. ill.)
40164. Cotoneaster divaricata Rehd. and Wilson.
"A deciduous shrub up to 6 feet high, of spreading habit; young
shoots clothed with grayish hairs, becoming the second year smooth
and reddish brown. Leaves roundish oval, sometimes ovate or obo-
vate, tapered abruptly toward both ends, the apex mucronate; one-
third to 1 inch long, one-fourth to five-eighths inch wide, smaller on
the dowering shoots ; dark glossy green, and soon smooth above,
sparsely hairy beneath; veins in three or four pairs; leafstalk one-
twelfth inch or less long. Flowers usually in threes at the end of
short twigs, often supplemented by solitary ones in the axils of the
terminal leaves, rosy white; calyx lobes triangular; they and the
tube loosely woolly. Fruit red, egg shaped, one-third inch long, carry-
ing two stones. Native of western Hupeh and western Szechwan,
China ; first found by Henry in the latter Province about 18S7 ; intro-
duced to the Coombe Wood nursery by Wilson in 1904. It is one of
the handsomest in fruit of Chinese cotoneasters and was given
a first-class certificate by the R. H. Society in the autumn of 1912.
It is allied to the Himalayan C. simonsii." (IV. J. Bean, Trees and
Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. J/09.)
40165. Cotoneaster foveolata Rehd. and Wilson.
"A deciduous shrub, 10 to 20 feet high ; young shoots covered with
yellowish gray, bristly hairs, becoming smooth and grayish the second
year. Leaves oval to ovate, slender pointed, usually wedge shaped,
sometimes rounder at the base; 1A to 4 inches long, three-fourths to
If inches wide; dull green and soon smooth above, sparsely hairy
beneath, more so on the midrib and veins; margins downy, veins in
3 to G pairs, the blade often puckered between them; stalk woolly,
one-sixth inch or less in length. Corymbs three to seven flowered,
on a stalk about one-half inch long, and hairy, like the young wood;
flowers one-third inch wide; petals rose-tinted white; calyx tube
woolly, the lobes triangular and woolly only on the margins. Fruit
red, finally black, roundish, one-fourth to one-third inch wide, carry-
ing usually three or four stones. Native of western Hupeh, China;
introduced by Wilson in 1908. It has not flowered under cultivation
but is growing vigorously." (W.J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy
in thp British Isles, vol. 1, p. ^09.)
77481°— IS 6
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40139 to 40201— Continued.
40166. COTONEASTER FRANCHETI BoiS.
"An evergreen shrub, 8 to 10 feet high, with slender, gracefully
arching branches, which the first year are covered with a dense, pale
brown wool. Leaves oval, tapering toward both ends, from three-
fourths to 1^ inches long, about half as wide, pointed ; upper sur-
face rather hairy when young, lustrous green later, lower surface
covered with a thick, whitish, afterwards pale-brown felt ; stalk one-
eighth inch or less long. Flowers borne in corymbs of 5 to 15 flowers,
terminating short, lateral, leafy twigs ; petals erect, white, touched
with rose on the outside; calyx felted like the under surface of the
leaves. Fruit oblong, one-fourth to one-third inch long; orange
scarlet. Native of Tibet and western China ; first raised in France
about 1895. by Mr. Maurice de Vilmorin, from seed sent by the Abbe
Soulie. It is a shrub of very elegant growth, whose fruits are freely
borne, but lose in brilliancy by the grayish down, more or less dense,
which covers them. It was first confused with C. pannosa; the dis-
tinguishing characters may be defined as follows : Leaves rather
longer than in pannosa, but with stalks scarcely half as long, the
upper surface somewhat lustrous ; flowers not so numerous in each
cluster, petals erect and rose tinted ; fruits larger, longer, and not of
so deep a red. It flowers in May, and the fruit is ripe in October."
(W. J. Bean, Trees and Slwubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1,
p. 409.)
40167. Cotoneaster henryana (Schneid.) Relul. and Wilson.
"An evergreen shrub, 10 to 12 feet high, of sparse habit; the
branches gracefully pendulous; young shoots hairy, becoming the
second year smooth, and of a dark purplish brown. Leaves 2 to 4*
inches long, about one-third as wide, narrowly oval or obovate, finely
pointed, dark green, and somewhat rough to the touch above; cov-
ered beneath when young with a grayish wool which mostly falls
away by the second season, that which remains becoming brown and
confined to the midrib and veins, the under surface still remaining
brownish white; veins in 9 to 12 pairs; stalk one-fourth to one-half
inch long, hairy. Flowers white, produced about the middle of June
in corymbs 2 to 2A inches across, terminating leafy twigs less than
1 inch long, that spring from the axils of the still-persisting leaves
of the previous year; stamens 20, with purple anthers; calyx and
flower stalks hairy. Fruit brownish crimson, egg shaped, one-fourth
inch long. Native of central China ; introduced by Wilson in 1901. A
handsome and distinct evergreen, and probably the largest leaved of
cotoneasters with persistent leaves. Allied to C. salicifolia." ( W. -1.
Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. .'ilO.)
40168. Cotoneaster multiflora Bunge.
"A deciduous shrub or small tree, 10 to 12 feet high; branches
slender, pendulous, or arching, and smooth except when quite young.
Leaves thin in texture, varying in shape from ovate and oval to
roundish, three-fourths to 2i inches long, one-half to 1A inches
wide; usually blunt or rounded at the end; hairy when quite young,
but soon becoming smooth above; pale and often smooth, never per-
manently woolly beneath; stalk one-fourth to one-half inch long.
Flowers white, produced in branching clusters of 3 to 12 or more,
not pleasantly scented. Fruit round or pear shaped, red. Native of
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40139 to 40201— Continued.
Soongaria and other parts of the northwestern borders of China ;
introduced in 1S37. This is one of the most elegant of cotoneasters.
There is a specimen at Kew with a single well-formed trunk support-
ing a crown of pendulous or arching branches; the whole 10 to 12
feet high. When the branches are wreathed with the abundant
blossom in May and June, this tree makes a most charming picture.
The same or a closely allied shrub has recently been introduced by
Wilson from western China, but 1,500 or more miles to the southwest
of the first habitat." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the
British Isles, vol. 1, p. JflS.)
40169. Cotoneaster pannosa Franchet.
"An evergreen shrub of free and elegant habit, 10 feet or more
high ; branches arching and slender, covered with whitish felt when
young. Leaves oval, tapering toward both ends, one-half to 1 inch
long, about half as wide; always dull green above, covered with
whitish felt beneath; stalk up to one-fourth inch long. Flowers
one- fourth to three-eighths inch across, borne in corymbs of as many
as 15 or 20; petals white, spreading; calyx woolly. Fruits scarcely
one-fourth inch long, dull red. Native of Yunnan, China, up to 9,000
feet altitude; raised in Paris in 1SS8, from seed sent there by the
Abbe Delavay. Introduced to Kew in 1S92. The differences be-
tween this species and C. francheti [S. P. I. No. 4016G] have already
been alluded to under that species. Both are characterized by ex-
treme elegance of habit and by being very woolly on young bark,
flower stalk, calyx, and under surface of leaves; but C. pannosa
has duller leaves, is less hairy, when young, on the upper surface,
more spreading whiter petals, and shorter, rounder fruits of a deeper
red." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles,
Vol, 1, p. -'ft'/.)
40170. COTONEASTER RACEMIFLORA (Desf. ) Koch.
"A deciduous shrub up to G or 8 feet high, with slender branches,
gray felted when young, becoming smooth and reddish brown later.
Leaves oval or ovate, sometimes roundish, tapering toward the base,
one-half to 1$ inches in length, dark green and ultimately smooth
above; gray felted beneath. Flowers white, in clusters of 4 to 12
or more on felted stalks. Fruit roundish, bright red. Native of
southeastern Europe, Asia Minor, etc. Its identity has been much
obscured, owing to a confusion with C. Hndleyi, a taller, more robust
shrub with much larger leaves and black fruits, also known as
C. nummular ia." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the
British Isles, vol. 1, p. 41'/.)
40171. COTONEASTER DIELSIANA PrltZel.
"A deciduous shrub, 8 feet, perhaps more, high, with long, ex-
tremely slender, arching or quite pendulous branches; brancblets
downy when young. Leaves one-half to H inches long, three-eighths
to 1 inch wide, ovate; hairy above when young, covered beneath with
felt, at first white, afterwards pale brown ; veins prominent. Flowers
three to seven in a cluster, terminating side shoots 1 inch or so
long; calyx and flower stalk hairy, calyx lobes Shallowly triangular.
Fruit scarlet, round or rather pear shaped ; one-quarter inch long.
Native of central China; introduced for Messrs. Veitch by Wilson in
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40139 to 40201— Continued.
1900. It flowers in June, and the fruit is in full color In September
and October; it is then one of the most effective of cotoneasters.
The habit is singularly graceful, the long whiplike shoots spreading
outward and downward in every direction. The name applanata
refers to the distichous arrangement of the branches of young plants,
which gives them the appearance of a well-trained tree." (W. J.
Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. J,0S,
under C. applanata.)
40172. Cotoneaster acutifolia viixosula Rehd. and Wilson.
"A deciduous shrub of bushy habit, 5 to 7 feet high, branches often
pendulous ; young twigs downy. Leaves pointed, ovate-lanceolate to
oval, 1 to 24 inches long, half as wide; dull green, and with scat-
tered hairs above, paler and hairy beneath, especially when young;
veins in five or six pairs; stalk one-twelfth to one-eighth inch long.
Flowers white, three or more together in corymbs; stalks and calyx
woolly, lobes of calyx triangular. Fruit reddish at first, finally
black, one-third inch in diameter, smooth. Native of northern and
western China. This is not one of the handsomest of cotoneasters and
is, perhaps, a poor form of C. lucida. There has been much con-
fusion between the two, owing to C. lucida also having been called
C. acutifolia, but from that species the present one is distinguished
by its dull green, not shining, more hairy leaves, and its woolly calyx
and flower stalks. Yar. villosula has young shoots clothed with yel-
lowish gray loose hairs, becoming smooth and purplish brown the
second year. Leaves 14 to 4* inches long, one-half to 2\ inches wide,
larger and more drawn out at the apex than in the type. Petals
rose-tinted white. Fruit roundish pear shaped, two-fifths inch long,
woolly, ultimately shining black. Native of western Hupeh ; intro-
duced by Wilson in 1900. A very vigorous shrub." (IT. J. Bean,
Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. '/05.)
40173. Cotoneaster affinis Lindley.
" The identity of this species is somewhat confused, but what ia
usually grown under the name is an ally of C. bacillaris and C.
frigida. It has the woolly young leaves, young wood, and flower
stalks of the latter, but the purplish brown fruit of C. bacillaris.
It is a shrub 10 to 15 feet high and deciduous. Leaves oval, acute,
or bluntish at the apex, up to 34 inches long. Native of the Hima-
layas; introduced in 1S2S." (IV7. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in
the British Isles, vol. 1, p. J/06.)
40174. Cotoneaster amoena Wilson.
"A densely branched, stiff-habited evergreen bush of spreading
habit, 3 to 5 feet high ; young shoots slender but rigid, felted with
gray wool. Leaves oval or ovate, tapered about equally to both
ends, terminated by a line point; one-third to three-fourths inch
long, one-fourth to two-fifths inch wide; glossy green and with loose
hairs above, clothed beneath with a thick, grayish wool ; veins in 2
to 4 pairs; stalks one-twelfth to one-eighth inch long. Flowers
white, one-fifth inch wide, borne in G to 10 flowered corymbs; petals
roundish; stamens 20; calyx woolly, with triangular-ovate teeth.
Fruit bright red, roundish obovoid, broadest above the middle,
one-fourth inch long, packed in umbellike clusters at the eud of
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short twigs that have sprung from the growths of the previous year.
Native of Yunnan, China ; introduced hy Wilson about 1904 to the
Coombe Wood nursery. It is most closely allied to C. francheti
among older species, but is dwarf er and stiffer in habit, the leaves
smaller, the berries a richer red, especially on the exposed side."
(W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1,
p. 406.)
40175. Cotoneasteb zabeli Schneider.
"A deciduous shrub, 6 to 9 feet high ; young shoots covered
with loose grayish hairs, becoming smooth the second year and
dark brown. Leaves one-half to 1$ inches long, half to two-thirds
as wide ; variable in shape, but usually oval or ovate, mostly blunt
to rounded at the apex ; but sometimes pointed, the base rounded
to truncate ; dark dull green above, with loose, appressed hairs,
clothed beneath with yellowish gray felt ; stalk one-eighth inch
long, felted. Flowers in clusters of 4 to 10, small, rose colored;
stamens 20; flower stalk and calyx felted. Fruit red, roundish,
pear shaped, downy, one-third inch long. Native of western Hupeh,
China ; introduced in 1907 by Wilson, who described it as the
common cotoneaster of the thickets of western Hupeh. It is
allied to integcrrima and tomentosa ; from the former it differs in
Its felted calyx, and from both in the more numerously flowered
inflorescences." ( 1J\ J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the
British Isles, vol. 1, p. 416.)
40176. Corokia duddleioides Cunningham. Cornacere.
"A small tree, with long, narrow leaves, shining above and downy
beneath. Flowers in slender panicles. Corolla one-fourth inch long,
yellow. Drupe, orange-red. North Island: Mangonui to East Cape.
Flowers December. Native name Korokia-taranga." (Laing and Blaclc-
well, Plants of New Zealand.)
40177. Deutzia longifolia Franchet. Hydra ngeacese.
See S. P. I. Nos. 34533 and 34G00 for previous introductions and
description.
"A deciduous shrub 4 to G feet high ; young shoots sparsely scurfy ;
afterwards smooth, bright brown, peeling. Leaves narrowly oval lan-
ceolate, rounded or tapered at the base, slender pointed, finely toothed ;
1J to 5 inches long, one-fourth to one-half inch wide, upper surface dull
grayish green, sprinkled with pale, flat, usually 5 or G rayed, stellate
hairs; under surface grayish white, covered with a close feltlike layer
of many-rayed stellate scales, the midrib and chief veins furnished on
each side with few to many white simple hairs. Flowers in corymbose
panicles, 2 to 3 inches long and wide, produced in June at the end of
short 2 to G leaved twigs; each flower is about 1 inch across, rich pur-
plish rose, paling at the margins of the petals. The wings of the inner
stamens are deeply bilobed at the top, the anthers set in the notch;
calyx lobes linear oblong, persistent, covered like the calyx tube and
flower stalks with pale, starry scurf. Fruit one-fourth inch across.
Native of western China ; introduced by Wilson in 1905. This is one of
the finest of the Chinese Deutzias, both in size of flower and richness of
tint. It is closely allied to D. discolor, but is distinguished by the
longer, narrower leaves, more distinctly veined beneath, and especially
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by the simple hairs along the midrib — absent In discolor; the wings of
the inner stamens are deeply bilobed in discolor, but the lobes do not
reach up to or above the anther, as in longifolia." ( W. J. Bean, Trees
and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. .'/83.)
40178. Dipelta ventricosa Hemsl. Capri foliaceae.
"A deciduous shrub, G to 15 feet high ; young shoots downy. Leaves
oval or ovate-lanceolate, rounded at the base, the apex long and tape?
pointed, edged with a few gland-tipped teeth, sometimes quite entire;
2 to G inches long, three-fourths to 1J inches wide; downy on the
margins and slightly so on both surfaces; stalks one-eighth to one-
third inch long. Flowers produced at the end and in the leaf axils of
short side shoots; usually they are solitary in the leaf axil and in a
terminal corymb of three. Corolla between tubular and pitcher shaped ;
1 to li inches long, and three-fourths inch wide at the mouth ; the tube
protruded on one side near the base; 5-lobed, the lobes rounded, and the
two upper ones the smaller; deep rose outside, paler within, except in
the throat, which is orange colored. Calyx with five awl-shaped lobes,
one-third inch long, fringed with short hairs. Flower stalk slender and
furnished with several bracts at the base of each flower. These bracts,
the largest two-thirds inch long, one-third inch wide, are persistent and
become attached to the fruit, which is also covered by the persistent
calyx. Distinct from Dipelta fioribunda in the smaller bellied corolla.
Native of western China ; discovered and introduced by Wilson in 1904 ;
flowered in the Coombe Wood nursery in May, 190S. It thrives very
well, and promises to be an ornamental as well as interesting shrub."
(W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p.
1,91.)
40179 and 40180. Euonymus spp. Celastracea;.
40179. Euonymus planipes Koehne.
"A deciduous shrub or small tree, closely allied to E. latifolivs,
and of similar habit and dimensions. The leaves are like those of
that species in most respects, but are more coarsely toothed, and
the stalk is not channeled on the upper side. The fruit is rosy red anil
5-lobed, as in E. latifolivs, but differs in having the top conical ; nor
are the wings of each lobe flattened and knifelike as in /•;. latifolius.
Except in these respects the two differ but little. Native of Japan ;
introduced to Kew from the Arnold Arboretum in 1895, as E.
tnacropterus ; it has borne fruit for several years past, and promises
to be as handsome as latifolius." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs
Hard)) in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 5'//.)
40180. Euonymus yedoensis Koehne.
"A deciduous shrub or small tree, of sturdy, flat-topped habit,
growing 10 feet or more high; branches stiff; young shoots smooth.
Leaves obovate, usually broadly so, sometimes oval, tapered at both
ends, but more abruptly at the apex, minutely toothed ; 2 to 5
inches long. 14 to ?, inches wide, smooth, strongly veined beneath;
leaf stalk one-third to five-eighths inch long. Flowers with styles
of varying length. Fruit pinkish purple, about the size of those of
E. europacus; seeds with an orange-colored coat, but not much
exposed. Native of Japan ; named by Prof. Koehne in 1904. It is
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allied to E. europ'aeus, but is distinguished by the brown-purple
anthers. I have not seen it in flower, but there is a fine bush in the
vicarage garden at Bitton, near Bristol, where its leaves turn a
brilliant red in early autumn." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs
Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 543-5-J-}.)
40181. Helianthemtjm formosum (Curt.) Dunal. Cistaeere.
"A low shrub with wide-spreading branches, growing 2 to 3 feet high,
but more in width, the young shoots erect, the whole plant gray with
short down, intermixed with which are numerous whitish, stellate, or
long simple hairs. Leaves oblong, oval, or obovate ; one-half to li inches
long, one-fourth to one-half inch wide ; 3-nerved at the narrowed base,
the apex rounded or abruptly pointed. Flowers borne at the end of
short side twigs, clustered, but appearing successively ; each flower is
1A inches in diameter, bright rich yellow, each petal with a conspicuous
brownish purple blotch near, but not reaching to, the base. Sepals
three, ovate, taper pointed, very hairy. Native of central and south
Portugal; introduced in 17S0; perhaps the most beautiful of all the sun
roses we cultivate. It is perfectly hardy, and I have never seen it per-
manently injured by frost, even 30° to 32°. It is admirable for covering
a dry, sunny bank, and remains well furnished with foliage through the
winter. It commences to flower in May." (W. J. Bean, Trees and
Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 612.)
40182. Hydrangea bretschneideri Dippel. Hydrangeacea?.
See S. P. I. No. 3SS12 for previous introduction and description.
"A deciduous shrub, 8 to 10 feet high, forming a sturdy bush, old bark
peeling; young branches smooth. Leaves oblong to ovate, 3 to 5 inches
long, 1 to 2\ inches wide; rounded or wedge shaped at the base, slender
pointed, regularly toothed ; dull and smooth above, hairy on the veins
and sometimes over the whole surface beneath. Corymbs flattened,
4 to G inches across, with a considerable number of large sterile
flowers at the margins; these are three-fourths to 11 inches across,
the three or four sepals rounded or obovate, white, afterwards rosy.
The small, perfect flowers are dull white; flower stalks clothed with
erect bristly down. The seed vessels are egg shaped, the persistent calyx
forming a raised band round the middle. Native of China ; introduced
from the mountains about Peking, in 18S2, by Dr. Bretschneider.
Planted in a sunny position in good soil, it makes a really handsome
shrub, flowering in June and July, perfectly hardy and always vigorous."
(W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 624.)
40183. Indigofera gerardiana Wallich. Fabacepe.
"A deciduous shrub with downy, slightly ribbed branches. At Row,
where it is almost invariably cut back to the ground each winter, it sends
up a dense thicket of erect, scarcely branched shoots. 2 to 4 feet high,
clothed from top to bottom with leaves. Where the climate is milder
the shoots survive, and it then becomes a much-branched shrub, perhaps
G or 8 feet high. On a wall at Row it is 10 feet high. Leaves pinnate,
2 to 4 inches long, composed of G to 10 pairs of leaflets and an odd one;
leaflets three-eighths to five-eighths inch long, obovate or oval, clothed with
gray appressed hairs on both sides, the apex notched or rounded and
having a short, bristlelike tip. Racemes produced from the leaf axils in
succession from below upward, on the terminal part of the shoot. They
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are 3 to 5 inches long, bearing short-stalked, pea-shaped flowers one half
inch long, rosy purple, two dozen or more on each raceme. Calyx downy,
with lance-shaped lobes. Pod deflexed when ripe, 1* to 2 inches long,
ene-eighth inch wide, cylindric, 6 to 10 seeded. Native of the north-
western Himalayas. Commencing to blossom about the end of June and
continuing until the end of September, having also foliage of great beauty
ami luxuriance, this is one of the most ornamental of late-flowering
shrubs. It has the disadvantage of starting late into growth, and it is
not until June that the stools become well furnished. For this reason
it is not suitable for planting alone in masses. It likes abundant sun-
shine, and does not flower so freely in dull seasons." (W. -J. Bean, Trees
and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, y. 655.)
Distribution. — Temperate and subtropical slopes of the western Hima-
layas from the Salt Range to Kumaon, in India, and west to Afghanistan.
40184 to 40187. Lonicera spp. Caprifoliaceae. Honeysuckle.
40184. Lonicera orientalis longifolia Dippel.
(Lonicera kesselringi Kegel.)
" It has oblong or oval-lanceolate leaves li to 2i inches long, rarely
more than three-fourths inch wide. Flowers pink, smaller than in
oricntalis, the corolla tube only slightly swollen, stalk one-third
inch long. Introduced from Kamchatka in 1SS8." (W. J. Bean,
Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 51.)
40185. Lonicera trichosantha Bureau and Franchet.
"A deciduous bush, of vigorous growth and rounded, dense, leafy
habit, probably 8 feet or more high, the whole plant with a pale
grayish aspect; young shoots at first downy, becoming smooth later
in the season. Iveaves oval, often inclined to obovate, rounded or
broadly wedge shaped at the base and short pointed or rounded at
the apex, 1 to 2 inches long, one-half to 1$ inches wide; dull gray-
green above, paler beneath, both sides at first downy, becoming
almost smooth, especially above; stalk one-eighth to one-fourth inch
long. Flowers pale yellow, fading to a deeper shade; corolla one-
half to three-fourths inch long, hairy outside. Calyx bell shaped,
but split into two parts. Berries red. Native of Szechwan. China;
discovered by the Russian traveler Potanin. Introduced in quan-
tity by Wilson about 1908. A robust species of the same class as
de/lccicalyx and quinquelocularis." (^Y. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs
Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 59.)
40186. Lonicera deflexicalyx Batalin.
"A deciduous shrub of elegant spreading habit; branches often
horizontal or drooping, the branchlets in opposite rows; young shoots
purple, downy. Leaves 1$ to 3 inches long, scarcely half as wide,
rounded at the base, narrowly ovate, pointed, dull green and downy
above; grayish and hairy beneath, especially when young; stalk one-
third inch long. Flowers in pairs from each axil along the branch-
lets, all expanding upwards; corolla yellow, five-eighths inch long,
downy outside, the lower lip much deflexed, tube shorter than the
lobes; stamens hairy at the base; style wholly hairy; stalk one-
fourth inch long; fruit orange-red. Native of China and Tibet;
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introduced in 1904. A strikingly elegant, free-growing shrub, very
hardy and floriferous, showing its flowers to good advantage by pro-
ducing them on the upper side of the long, feathered branches. It
flowers in May and June, and grows probably 8 feet or so high."
(W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2,
P. U-)
40187. LONICERA QUINQUELOCULARIS TRANSLUCENS (CaiT.) Zabel.
" This is very closely allied to and perhaps only a form of L. quin-
quelocularis. The leaves are longer pointed, more markedly ciliate,
and the upper surface rougher than in quinquelocularis ; the corolla
tube also is shorter and more protuberant on one side. A sturdy
bush, 10 feet high, that flowers freely." (W. J. Bean, Trees and
Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 5'/.)
40188. Picrasma quassioides (Don) Bennett. Simaroubaceae.
"Picrasma ailanthoides Planchon. A slender, deciduous tree, 20 to 40
feet high, with very handsome young bark of a reddish brown, conspicu-
ously marked with yellow spots. Leaves pinnate, 10 to 15 inches long,
glabrous, consisting of 9 to 13 leaflets, which are glossy green. 1 to 4
inches long, ovate, unequal at the base, round or pointed at the apex,
sharp toothed at the margin, and with a very short stalk. Flowers
green, one-third inch across, in a lax, branching corymb 6 to 8 inches
long, and often nearly as wide; stalks downy. Fruit a berry, about the
size of a pea, rather obovoid, with the calyx still attached. This tree,
according to some authorities, is a form of P. quassioides, a species
which, in that sense, is spread in a wild state from Japan and China
through the Himalayas as far south as Java. This is, no doubt, extend-
ing the specific limits of P. quassioides too far. No tree from Java
would be as perfectly hardy in our climate as is this. The above de-
scription is based on trees growing at Kew which were introduced from
Japan in 1S90. They have flowered and borne fruit several times, and
young plants have been raised from the seed. They have no beauty
of flower or fruit, but of the foliage in autumn Sargent observes, ' few
Japanese plants 1 saw are as beautiful as this small tree.' The leaves
turn first orange, then scarlet. The whole tree is permeated by a singu-
larly bitter principle. Its nearest ally among hard trees is Ailanthus."
(W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 165.)
40189 and 40190. Prunus spp. Amygdalacea\
40189. Prunus maximowiczii Rupr.
"A deciduous tree, up to 20 or 30 feet high, with a slender trunk;
branchlets downy, the down persisting through the first wiuter.
Leaves ovate or oval, pointed at the apex, rounded at the base;
1$ to 3 inches long, three-fourths to li inches wide ; doubly toothed,
downy on the midrib and veins beneath and with scattered hairs
above; stalk one-third to one-half inch long, downy. Flowers rather
dull yellowish white, about five-eighths inch across, produced in mid-
May on stalked racemes 2 to 3$ inches long, remarkable for the
large leaflike bracts with which they are furnished; from (i to 10
flowers occur on a raceme, each flower on a downy stalk one-half
to three-fourths inch long; calyx hairy, with pointed, toothed
lobes. Fruit globose, one-sixth inch wide, shining, at first red. then
black; ripe in August. Native of Korea [Chosen], Manchuria, and
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Japan; introduced by Sargent to the United States in 1S02 and by
him sent to Kew in 1S!).">. The tree is interesting and very distinct
among cherries because of the conspicuous bracts on the inflorescence,
which remain until the fruit is ripe; but neither In (lower nor fruit
is it particularly attractive, as cherries go. For its autumn coloring
it may prove valuable, as it turns a brilliant scarlet both in Japan
and North America. It is very hardy." (\V. J. Bean, Trees and
Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 2-'t3.)
40190. Prunus serrulata sachalinensis (Schmidt) Makino.
(Prunus sargentii Rend.)
"A deciduous tree, 40 to 80 feet high, with a trunk sometimes
8 feet in diameter; young shoots smooth. Leaves obovate to oval,
drawn out at the apex into a long, slender point; rounded; some-
times slightly heart shaped at the base, sharply toothed, 2 to 4
inches long, about half as wide; quite smooth on both surfaces,
often reddish when young; stalk smooth, one-half to 1 inch long,
with a pair of glands near the blade. Bracts red, oblong, one-half
inch long, edged with small glandular teeth. Flowers li to 1* inches
across, of a lovely deep blush color, produced two to six together
in short-stalked umbels, each flower with a stalk 1 to 1J inches
long; petals obovate, notched at the broad apex; calyx tubular,
with five ovate, pointed lobes one-fourth inch long, smooth and
entire; stamens deep rose. Fruit a small black cherry, one-third
inch wide. Native of Japan; introduced by Sargent to Kew in
1893. This splendid cherry, probably the finest of the true cherries
as a timber tree, is also one of the most beautiful in its blossom.
It flowers in April. In June, 1910. I saw the trees first introduced
to America in the Arnold Arboretum; they were then laden with
an extraordinary profusion of small black cherries. The seeds
germinate freely after lying dormant a year." ( W. •/. Hi nn, Trees
and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 250.)
"Prunus sargentii is a large, long-life tree of great vigor, perfectly
hardy here in New England and, for these reasons alone, ought
to be tried as stock for the flowering cherries of Japan, exclusive of
Prunus pendula, P. suhhirtclla, and their forms.
" My studies in Japan have convinced me that the failure to
succeed with Japanese cherries in western lands is due to their
being worked on a stock which, though quick growing, is short
lived and not suited to the rigors of such a climate as that of New
England. I therefore turn to the Japanese species where vigor
and hardiness are proved, P. sargentii.
" It has yet to be shown that the Japanese cherries will grow
on this particular stink, but such evidence as I have accumulated
is most encouraging, and I make bold to prophesy that fully 00 per
cent will be found to thrive on P. sargentii, but they must be
worked high enough to prevent them getting off on their own roots.
"Prunus sargentii and its varieties are found scattered in woods
on the mountain sides throughout the length and breadth of Japan,
but are nowhere very abundant. The type is found from the Nikko
region northward. Both the type and Its forms are commonly
planted, and many fine avenues and groves occur in different parts
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of Japan — for example, at Yoshino near Nara, at Arashigama near
Kyoto, Kogaini near Tokyo, at Nikko and Chuzenji ; at Noboribeten
near Muroran, at Onumakoen near Hakodate, etc. The last two
mentioned places are in Hokkaido [Hokushu]." (E. U. Wilson,
letter of April 11, 1915.)
40191 to 40193. Rosa spp. Rosacese. Rose.
40191. Rosa webriaka Wallich.
"A graceful shrub of thin habit, 4 to 6 feet high, whose long,
slender branches are armed with straight spines one-third to one-
half inch long, often in pairs; stems often blue-white when young.
Leaves 1 to 3 inches long, usually smooth, sometimes downy, com-
posed of five to nine leaflets ; common stalk with tiny prickles be-
neath. Leaflets obovate, broadly oval, or almost round, one-fourth
to three-fourths inch long, toothed toward the end. Flowers li to 2
inches across, pale pink, produced singly on short lateral twigs ;
flower stalks one-third to one-half inch long, smooth or slightly
glandular; sepals about one-half inch long, lanceolate, terminating in
a short tail, ciliate; calyx tube is more or less glandular. Fruit
pitcher shaped, bright red, three-fourths inch long, apart from the
persisting sepals with which it is crowned. Native of the Hima-
layas, at from G,000 to 1S,000 feet elevation. This delightful rose,
so distinct in its thin, graceful habit, its pale yellowish prickles, its
tiny leaves, and glaucous young stems, is also very pretty in June
when covered with its blush-tinted flowers and in autumn when
carrying its bright-red fruits. It can best be propagated by layer-
ing, also by seeds when the plant is sufficiently isolated to be s;ife
against cross-fertilization, but is still very rare in cultivation. It
has a recently introduced ally in R. willmottiae, from western
China." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles,
vol. 2, p. f/7.)
40192. Rosa hugonis Hemsi.
"A bush of rounded habit, 8 feet high and more in diameter;
branches slender, sometimes gracefully arching, armed with straight,
flattened spines of varying length, which are associated on the
barren shoots with numerous bristles. Leaves 1 to 4 inches long,
quite smooth. Leaflets 5 to 11, oval or obovate, one-fourth to three-
fourths inch long; finely toothed, deep grass green. Flowers '_'
inches across, bright yellow, solitary on short lateral twigs; flower
stalk smooth, slender, three-fourths inch or less in length; calyx
tube smooth, sepals one-half Inch long, entire, downy inside. Fruit
smooth, nearly round, one-half to five-eighths inch wide, black when
ripe, the calyx persisting at the top. Native of western China;
first raised at Kew in ISO!), from seed sent to England by Father
Hugh Scallan (Pater Hugo), a missionary in its native country. It
is a most charming rose and the most vigorous of the yellow-flowered
species, beautiful even when not in flower for its luxuriant, feathery
masses of foliage. It shares with R. scricea the distinction of being
the earliest of roses to (lower, usually by mid-May. It is allied to
the Scotch rose, but differs markedly in habit. It is perfectly hardy,
free, but neat and not rampant in growth. The spines vary much
in character and are often altogether absent from some portions of
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the shoots ; the largest are thin, flattened, triangular, one-half Inch
long, reddish, and translucent." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs
Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. $29.)
40193. Rosa sertata Itolfe.
"A shrub of elegant habit, up to 5 feet, perhaps more, high;
branches glaucous, graceful, and slender, armed with spines up to
one-half inch long, in pairs or scattered. Leaves 2 to 4 inches long,
composed of 7 to 11 leaflets, which are stalkless, oval to oblong,
sharply toothed ; one-third to three-quarters inch long, three-six-
teenths to three-eighths inch wide; gray-green above, glaucous be-
neath; stipules edged with glandular hairs. Flowers few or solitary,
on short twigs, 2 to 2* inches across, flower stalk two-thirds to \\
inches long, glandular-hairy or smooth ; petals broadly obcordate, deli-
cate purplish rose; calyx lobes ovate-lanceolate, tapering to a long,
narrow point, minutely downy, sometimes glandular downy, some-
times smooth ; anthers deep yellow. Fruit deep red, egg shaped,
three-quarters inch long, the sepals persisting at the top. Native of
central China ; introduced by Wilson in 1907 and flowered at Kew in
June, 1910. It is an extremely elegant and pretty rose, allied to
R. webbiana and R. wilmottiae. From the former of these it differs
' in its laxer habit, its few, slender, straight, stipulary thorns, and its
more slender, beaked fruit.' (Curtis' 's Botanical Magazine.) R.
tcilmottiae is smaller in its leaves and flowers." (W. J. Bean, Tree*
and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. MS.)
40194 and 40195. Rubus spp. Rosacea.
40194. Rubus giraldianus Focke.
"A vigorous deciduous shrub up to 8 or 10 feet high; its biennial
stems much branched toward the summit, pendulous at the ends,
covered with a vividly white, waxy covering, not downy, armed rather
sparsely with broad-based spines. Leaves pinnate, consisting of
usually nine leaflets, and from 5 to 8 inches long; the main stalk
downy and armed with hooked spines. Leaflets 1J to 2* inches long,
three-quarters to 1$ inches wide, the terminal one the largest ; ovate
or rather diamond shaped ; lateral ones oval-lanceolate ; all un-
equally and rather coarsely toothed, slender pointed, smooth above,
white beneath with a close felt. Inflorescence a terminal panicle;
the flowers small and of little beauty, purple. Fruit black. Native
of China; first found in the Province of Shensi by Giraldi, later in
Szechwan by Wilson, who introduced it in 1907. Its claims to recog-
nition in the garden are its remarkably white steins, which are as
striking in this respect as those of R. biflorux. and its pendulous
branches, which give a remarkable fountainlike aspect to the shrub."
(W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. t,
p. 458.)
40195. Rubus omeiensis Rolfe.
"A large, straggling shrub, with round stems, unarmed, but fur-
nished with small, stellate hairs. Leaves of maplelike form, five or
obscurely seven lobed, with a heart-shaped base; 3 to 7 inches long
and as much wide; irregularly toothed, stellately downy beneath,
less so above; stalk 2 to 3 inches long; stipules one-half to three-
quarters inch long, cut up into deep, narrow segments. Panicles many
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flowered, terminal; flowers one-half inch across, with downy stalks;
calyx downy, the lobes pointed, triangular; petals purple. Native
of western China, and found on Mount Omi by Wilson, who intro-
duced it for Messrs. Veitch, with whom it flowered in August, 1908.
It grows up to 6,000 feet elevation and will probably be perfectly
hardy. It makes growths 10 to 12 feet long in a season. The
stipules are rather remarkable." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs
Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 465.)
40196. Steanvaesia davidiana undulata (Decne.) Render and Wilson.
Malaceae.
"A low, spreading evergreen shrub, or a tree over 20 feet high, with
very downy young branchlets. Leaves leathery, oval-lanceolate, pointed,
glossy green, li to 3$ inches long, one-half to 1? inches wide ; entire,
downy only on the midrib and margins; stalk one-third to one-half inch
long, downy. Flowers white, produced in June in terminal, hairy-stalked
corymbs, li to 2J inches wide ; each flower about one-half inch across ; petals
soon falling; calyx with five triangular lobes, silky hairy when young;
stamens about 20. Fruit brilliant red, of the shape and size of common
haws. Native of China ; introduced by Wilson for Messrs. Veitch about
1901. Unlike the previous species, this appears to be quite hardy. It
flowers with great freedom, but the blossoms last in beauty a very short
time. Its great charm as a garden shrub is in its abundant crop of
bright-red fruits. The leaves, as in Photinia, turn red sometimes before
falling. The specific name refers to the frequently wavy margins of the
leaves." ( W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles,
vol. 2, p. 556, as S. undulata.)
40197. Tilia euchlora Koch. Tiliacese.
"A tree as yet about 40 feet high in this country, but probably con-
siderably higher naturally, of graceful, often rather pendulous growth ;
young shoots smooth. Leaves roundish ovate, oblique and heart shaped
at the base, with short, tapered points ; 2 to 4 inches long, often more
In young trees, and as much or more wide ; rich glossy green and smooth
above, pale green beneath and smooth, except for tufts of hairs in the
axils of the veins; marginal teeth small, regular, and slender; stalk
smooth, 1 to 2 inches long. Flowers produced in the latter half of July,
three to seven together in cymes 2 to 4 inches long, yellowish white.
Floral bract linear-oblong, or narrowly lance shaped, 2 to 3 inches long,
one-fourth to five-eighths inch wide, smooth, shortly stalked. Fruit dis-
tinctly ovoid, tapered to a point, shaggy, with pale-brown wool, one-
fourth to one-third inch long.
"Of doubtful origin; introduced about I860. In some respects this is
the most beautiful of the limes, on account of its bright-green large leaves
and pleasing form. It is remarkably free from insect pests. In the
summer of 1909, when not only limes but nearly every other tree and
shrub was infested with aphides and other pests, I examined specimens
of this lime at intervals during the summer and never found a single
parasite on the leaves. Yet it is quite uncommon in this country. On
the Continent, however, its qualities are better appreciated, and it la
being much planted in streets. Its brilliantly glossy, rounded, nearly
glabrous leaves and pendulous branches very well distinguish it. It has
been suggested that it is a hybrid between T. cor data and the scarcely
U2 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
£0139 to 40201— Continued.
known T. caucasica found in the Caucasus." (TV. J. Bean, Trees and
Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 590.)
40198 to 40201. Viburnum spp. Caprifoliaceae.
40198. Viburnum lobophyllum Graeb.
"A deciduous shrub, with young shoots smooth or soon becoming
so. dark reddish brown when mature. Leaves ovate to roundish
or broadly obovate, abruptly narrowed at the apex to a short
point ; mostly rounded, sometimes broadly wedge shaped at the
base; coarsely toothed except toward the base; 1* to 4 inches long,
seven-eighths to 3j inches wide ; smooth or downy only on the mid-
rib and veins; veins in five to seven pairs; leafstalk one-fourth to 1
inch long. Corymbs 2 to 4 inches wide, with seven main branches,
which, like the secondary ones, are minutely downy and glandular.
Flowers white, one-fourth inch across, stamens longer than the corolla,
anthers yellow. Fruit bright red, roundish, one-third Inch long.
Native of western China ; introduced by Wilson in 1901. and again
in 1907 and 1910. It belongs to the confusing group of red-fruited
Asiatic Viburnums containing wrightii, betulifolium, dilatatum, etc."
(17. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2,
p. 652.)
40199. Viburnum henryi Hemsl.
"An erect, evergreen shrub, becoming 10 feet high, having a treelike
habit; branchlets stiff, smooth. Leaves narrowly oval, oblong, or
obovate; 2 to 5 inches long, 1 to 1J inches wide; shortly pointed,
wedge shaped or rounded at the base, shallowly toothed, dark
shining green above, paler beneath, smooth on both sides or slightly
furnished with stellate down on the stalk and midrib; stalk slightly
winged, one-half to three-fourths inch long. Panicles stiff, pyram-
idal, 2 to 4 inches wide at the base, and about as long; flowers per-
fect and uniform, white, one-fourth inch across, opening about mid-
summer. Fruits oval, one-third inch long, at first red, then black.
Native of the Patung district of central China, discovered there by
Henry in 1SS7; introduced by Wilson for Messrs. Veitch in 1901. It
is distinct among hardy Viburnums through its long, narrowish,
nearly or quite smooth leaves, its stiff, thin, erect habit, and espe-
cially its pyramidal panicles. At Coombe Wood it has proved quite
hardy since its introduction. It was given a first-class certificate by
the Royal Horticultural Society in September, 1910, for its beauty in
fruit." (IV. •/. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles,
vol. 2, p. 6 ',!>.)
40200. Viburnum phlebotbichum Sieb. and Zucc.
Viburnum phlebotrichum is very distinct from V. wrightii in the
smaller, narrower, ovate to oblong, shorter stalked leaves, the more
numerous, silky, whitish hairs on the veins beneath, the quite smooth
and slender-stalked cymes, the purple calyx, and especially the very
short stamens. Native of .lapan. (Adapted from W. J. Bean, Trees
and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. ?, p. 600.)
40201. Viburnum rhytidophyi.lum Hemsl.
"An evergreen shrub, perhaps eventually 10 feet high and as much
through; the stout branches thickly covered with starry down.
Leaves ovate-oblong; 3 to 7j inches long, 1 to 2} inches wide; pointed
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1915. 93
40139 to 40201— Continued.
or blunt at the apex, rounded or slightly heart shaped at the bate;
upper surface glossy, not downy, but deeply and conspicuously
wrinkled ; lower one gray with a thick felt of starry down ; stalk
one-half to 1$ inches long. Flowers produced on large terminal
uinbellike trusses 4 to 8 inches across, which form into bud in the
autumn and remain exposed all through the winter and until the
blossoms expand the following May or June. They are a dull yel-
lowish white, about one-fourth inch in diameter. Fruit oval, one-
third inch long, at first red, then shining black. Native of central
and western China; introduced by Wilson for Messrs. Veitch in 1900.
This remarkable shrub is one of the most distinct and striking, not
only of Viburnums, but of all the newer Chinese shrubs. It appears
to be quite hardy, and flowers well in spite of the curious habit of
forming its inflorescences and partially developing them in autumn.
Its beauty is in its bold, wrinkled, shining leaves and red fruits.
The flowers are dull and not particularly attractive. It was given
a first-class certificate by the Royal Horticultural Society in Sep-
tember, 1907. During that month of the year its fruits are red."
(IF. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p.
655.)
40202. Sabicea sp. Kubiacese.
From Lusambo, Belgian Kongo, Africa. Presented by Mr. J. A. Stockwell.
Received March 15, 1915.
" Tomwamwc, a fruit (berry) that grows in clusters on a vine which resem-
bles very much the honeysuckle of the South. The berry is very fine flavored,
somewhat resembling the strawberry, although not the equal of that fruit. It
makes a beautiful jelly." (Stockwell.)
40203 to 40205.
From Lamao, Bataan, Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. P. .T. Wester,
horticulturist in charge, Lamao Experiment Station. Received March
15, 1915.
40203. Cucumis sativus L. Cucurbitacete. Cucumber.
"The India cucumber. Size, large, 22 to 30 cm. long, averaging 26
cm. in circumference; average weight S50 grams; form oblong, cross
section more or less triangular; color brown, the surface cracking as
the cucumber attains maturity, exposing the flesh and giving it the ap-
pearance of being reticulated; surface fairly smooth; flesh perhaps some-
what less tender than the standard cucumber of the Temperate Zone,
nevertheless very good ; seed abundant.
"The seed of this variety was presented to the Bureau of Agriculture
by Mr. A. C. Hartless, superintendent of the Seharunpur Botanical Car-
den, United Provinces. India, in 1011, and was sown at the end of the
rainy season the same year at the Lamao Experiment Station. From
the seed saved another sowing was made in January, 1913, together with
a large number of imported varieties of cucurbits of all classes. In this
trial the India showed itself hardier and superior to all the cucurbits
planted in the resistance to insect pests, which practically destroyed the
rest, notwithstanding frequent application of arsenical sprays. The
variety is of vigorous growth and a satisfactory yielder and is unques-
94 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
40203 to 40205— Continued.
tionably one of the best varieties adapted to local conditions, everything
taken into consideration, that has been introduced into the Philippines,
"A large area has lately been planted to India at the Lamao Experi-
ment Station with a view of producing seed for general distribution
throughout the Philippines another year.
" India is the original home of the cucumber, and the variety under
consideration seems to be an improvement upon the aboriginal form that
is especially adapted to tropical conditions.
"According to Mr. Hartless, this cucumber is grown throughout India
as a climber during the rainy season. Notwithstanding its extensive cul-
tivation in India, it is a curious fact that this distinct cucumber variety
has never received a variety name. Coincident to its wide dissemina-
tion throughout the Philippines it has therefore been considered expe-
dient to christen the variety in order to distinguish it from other varie-
ties, and it has been named India in honor of the ancestral home of the
cucumber." {Wester, The Philippine Agricultural Review, vol. 7, no. 2,
Feb., 1911)
40204 and 4C205. Hiniscus sabdabiffa L. Malvaceae. Roselle.
40204. " Tcmprano roselle, 20 days earlier than other varieties."
( IV ester. )
" Plant of medium vigor and upright growth, branching pro-
fusely, rarely exceeding 1.23 meters in height; stems light red;
leaves palniately 5-lobate with conspicuously narrow lobes; flowers
normal ; pollen golden brown ; calyx of the same general form as
the Victor, but smaller, average length 45 mm., width 25 mm., with
epicalyx 39 mm. The variety is prolific, and the fruiting season is
20 days earlier than Victor and Rico.
" When the Victor fruited for the first time at Lamao in 1911 one
plant was conspicuous for its earliness, and seed was saved from
this plant and sown the following year. The early trait of the
parent was transmitted to the progeny, and the earliest plant was
again isolated and the seed sown in 1913. In harvesting the fruit
and seed of the third generation the early habit and other charac-
teristics that distinguish this new strain from its parent, the Victor,
seem to be sufficiently well fixed to merit its recognition as a
separate variety, and it has been named Tcmprano on account of
its early habit.
" The Tcmprano is more subject to leaf-blight than any of the
other varieties mentioned in this paper, and therefore, on account
of its deficiency in vigor, it is not recommended for planting on a
large scale. In tact, the Tcmprano is of more value in a subtropical
than a tropical country, where early frosts at the approach of the
cold season destroy the ordinary varieties before their fruiting
season is over." {Wester, The Philippine Agricultural Review,
vol. 7, no. 6, June, 10l.'h)
40205. "Altissima. Plant of upright habit, vigorous, attaining a
height of 2.5, sometimes exceeding 3.5 meters, branching sparsely
or not at all; leaf lobes narrow; flowers normal; pollen golden
yellow; full-grown calyces 25 mm. long. 22 mm. wide. Including
epicalyx 27 mm. ; calyx lobes thin and fibrous, and thickly covered
with short, stiff bristles ; seed pod almost totally filling cavity.
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1915. 95
40203 to 40205— Continued.
" The above description applies to two varieties, seed of which
was received by the Bureau of Agriculture from the Gold Coast,
West Africa, in 1911, and which in some respects differ radically
from all other forms examined by the writer. They differ from
each other in that one kind belongs to the red type of roselle, while
the other form is intermediate between the red and the green.
They evidently have no economic value on the Gold Coast, for our
correspondent forwarded the seed with the remark that it was an
' interesting plant.'
" Because of the fibrous and spiny character of the small calyces
of the two forms belonging to Altissima they have no culinary value.
However, their habit of growth is favorable to the production of
long fiber, and according to Mr. M. M. Saleeby, chief of the fiber
division of this bureau, the two forms of Altissima are far superior
to jute and all other varieties of roselle (including four from India)
in habit, growth, and yield. As yet, the fiber of the Altissima has
not been carefully studied, but it is apparently suitable for all uses
in which jute fiber is now employed. The commercial possibilities
of the fiber of the Altissima are now being investigated by Mr.
Saleeby ; the results will be published in a future issue of the
Review.
" In India roselle is grown chiefly for its fiber, and in a limited
way it is considered as a food plant in the Old World Tropics, the
equatorial belt of the Western Hemisphere, and Australia. Accord-
ing to Mr. W. E. Safford, Bureau of Plant Industry, United States
Department of Agriculture, before the advent of artificial refrigera-
tion the wealthy planters in certain parts of Mexico sent Indian
runners to the snow-capped mountains in their neighborhood to
bring down ice or snow for making roselle sherbet.
"It may be of interest to readers in foreign countries to know
that roselle soda water, roselle sundaes, roselle sherbet, and roselle
ice cream are now included among the other standard offerings of
a similar character in some of the best restaurants and ice-cream
parlors in Manila, and it is confidently believed that if the roselle
products were advertised and featured in .the United States it
would be a question of only a short time when their real excellence
would win for them general recognition ; the culture of roselle
would then become an industry of considerable importance among
the minor crops of the Tropics and subtropics." (Wester, The
Philippine Agricultural Review, vol. 7, p. 268-269, 101'/.)
40206 and 40207. Malus spp. Malaceae.
From Albano, Stockholm, Sweden. Presented by Dr. Veit Wittrock, di-
rector, Botanic Garden. Received March 16, 1915.
40206. Malus zumi (Mats.) Rehder. Crab apple.
"A small tree of pyramidal habit; young wood slightly downy. Leaves
ovate or oblong; li to 3i inches long, three-fourths to 1^ inches wide;
tapering or rounded at the base, smooth except when quite young; stalks
about 1 inch long. Flowers pink in bud, becoming white after opening,
1 to li inches diameter, produced in clusters of four to seven ; calyx
lobes woolly, especially inside; flower stalks 1 to li inches long. Fruit
one-half inch diameter, globose, red.
77481°— 18 7
96 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
40206 and 40207— Continued.
"Native of Japan; introduced to North America In 1892 by Sargent,
and thence to Kew in 1905. It is one of the group of Japanese crabs to
which Pyrus torlngo and /'. sargenti belong, distinguished by small fruits
marked at the apex by the scar of the fallen calyx. It Is said to be
superior to P. toringo as a garden tree in the Arnold Arboretum, being
covered there in May by a mass of flowers, and in autumn by ' attractive
bright red fruits.' It differs from both its allies in Its oblong leaves
being only slightly or not at all lobed, and from P. sargenti in its wider
flowers and less crowded petals. The fruits are larger than the pealike
ones of P. toringo." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British
Isles, vol. 2, p. 300.)
40207. X Malus kaido Dippel.
"Perhaps a hybrid between spectabilis and ringo. It has larger, more
deeply colored flowers than the former." (IT. ./. Bean, Trees and Shrubs
Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 207.)
40208. Berberis glaucescens St. Hilaire. Berberidacere.
Barberry.
From Nancy, France. Presented by the director, Botanic Garden. Received
March 15, 1915.
"A shrubby species with 3-parted spines one-fourth to two-thirds inch long,
brownish yellow in color, leaves subsessile, about one half to 1J inches long
and one-third to two-thirds inch broad, obovate oblong, obtuse, mucronulate.
entire, glabrous, and glaucescent. Flowers globose, about the size of those
of Berberis vulgaris, all parts very smooth. Found in the woods of the
Province of Cisplatina near the border of old Lusitania near the city of
Maldonado." {Saint-Hilaire, Flora Brasiliae Mcridionalis, vol. 1, p. !fl, 1S25.)
40209 to 40211.
From Nanking, Kiangsu, China. Presented by Rev. Joseph Bailie, Uni-
versity of Nanking. Received March 24, 1915. Quoted notes by Mr.
Bailie.
40209. Castanea sp. Fagaeea?. Chestnut.
" Scions from trees inside of the city of Nanking, and I am not quite
sure that they ought not to be grafted before we can expect them to
produce true. They are about the largest chestnuts we have in China."
40210. Amygdalus pebsica platycarpa (Decne. ) Ricker. Amygdalacea»,
{Primus persiea platycarpa Bailey.) Flat peach.
" Scions of the pien t'ao, or ' flat peach; ' early choice."
40211. Pkunus sp. Amygdalaceaj. Cherry.
" I .a rge red."
40212 to 40219.
From Kabul, Afghanistan. Presented by Ilis Majesty Habibnllah Khan,
Ameer of Afghanistan, through Mr. A. C. Jewett. Received February 23,
1915. Quoted notes by Mr. Jewett, except as otherwise indicated.
10212 and 40213. Amygdalus communis L. Ainygdalaceaj. Almond,
" Paper-shell almonds."
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1915. 97
40212 to 40219— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. A. C. Jewett.)
40214. Elaeagnus angustifolia L. Ekeagnaceae. Oleaster.
"Sinjid from Kabul."
40215. Morus alba L. Moraeeae. Mulberry.
" The dried mulberries form the principal food of the poor people of
the mountain districts of Kohistan. In the valleys of Kohistan and
around Kabul there are extensive orchards of this mulberry, all irri-
gated, anil the yield seems to be heavy. There is a howl if you cut
down a mulberry tree. When the mulberries are ripe, they sweep
under the trees and let the fruit fall down and dry them, just as they
do the plums in California. For eight months the people live entirely
on these mulberries. They grind them and make a flour and mix it
with ground almonds. My men come month after month with their
shirts tilled with them. They can carry in their shirts enough of these
dried mulberries for five days' rations. These men are commandeered
and they bring their food with them. They get no other food whatever;
mulberries and water is the whole diet. They sit down on the rocks,
and they lunch and dine on nothing but these dried mulberries."
40216. Pinus gerardiana Wallich. Pinaceae. Pine.
" Pine nuts."
"A moderate-sized evergreen of the inner, dry, and arid northwest
Himalayas, generally between 6,000 and 10,000 feet ; mountains of
northern Afghanistan and Kafiristan ; also Hariab district at 7,000 to
11,000 feet." (Gamble.)
" The chief product of this species is the almondlike seed, contained
in the cones. The cones ripen in October, are plucked before they open,
and heated to make the scales expand. The seeds are then removed and
are largely eaten by the natives and stored for winter use. In Kunawar
they are said to form a staple food with the inhabitants. They are also
exported to the plains from the hills of the Punjab, and large quantities
are imported annually into India from Afghanistan. The wood is hard,
durable, and very resinous, but rarely utilized, since the tree is so
highly valued for its seeds." (Watt, Commercial Products of India.)
40217 and 40218. Pistacia vera L. Anacardiacese. Pistache.
" Laughing pistachio from Herat."
40219. I'runus armeniaca L. Amygdalaeere. Apricot.
" Sun-dried apricots from Kandahar."
40220 and 40221. Cydonia veitchii Trabut. Malacea?.
Pyronia.
From Algiers, Algeria. Presented by Dr. L. Trabut, Government botanist
for Algeria. Received March 19, 1915.
" Different plants from those sent you in 1914, although coming from the
same sowing. This is nearer to Pyrus than to Cydonia." (Trabut.)
40220. Pyronia 538-A. 40221. Pyronia 538-B.
See Journal of Heredity, vol. 7, p. 410-419, September, 1916, for a discussion
of these interesting hybrids.
98
SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
40222. Citrus berg a mi a Risso. Rutaceae. Bergamot orange.
From Bronte, Sicily. Presented by Mr. Charles Beek. Received March
25, 1915.
" The Bergamot orange grows all down the coast of Calabria from above
Scilla to the end of the boot and is not cultivated in Sicily; it grows all along
the seashore and is cultivated intensely, i. e., highly manured and watered with
the greatest care." (Beek.)
40223 to 40235. Pruntts bokhariensis Royle. Amygdalacese.
Plum.
From Seharunpur, India. Presented by Mr. A. C. Hartless, superintendent,
Government Botanic Garden. Plants received March 20, 1915. Quoted
notes by Mr. Hartless.
" Country varieties. This is a race of plums the origin of which has not yet
been satisfactorily settled. By some botanists it is supposed to be a distinct
species from either the Japanese or European plums. They are undoubtedly
much more adapted for semitropical conditions than any other varieties. They
can be cultivated with success either in the plains (of northern India espe-
cially) or on the hills. Some of them are very good indeed as a dessert, and
nil can be utilized in cooking and preserving. For general culture in the plains
these are to be strongly recommended. In the vernacular they are generally
known as Alubokhara and Alucha. The difference between the two is not very
marked ; but a practiced person can detect them. The former is much more
free growing than the Alucha, and the fruits are slightly more oval in shape.
No. 1 to No. G are the oldest known varieties. Nos. 7 to 14 are termed plums
by the malis, but to others are generally classed as Alubokharas. They have
been collected from various sources :n northern India, and as they have dis-
tinguishing characters they have been named according to these. They all
fruit freely on the plains, coming into fruit about the beginning of May and
lasting for nearly two months."
40223. " No. 1. Alubokhara. Large. Later than No. 2 [S. P. I. No.
40224]. Good for dessert but not good for cooking."
C0224. "No. 2. Alubokhara. Small. Earlier than No. 1 [S. P. I. No.
40223]."
40225. " No. 4. Alucha. Purple. One of the best in my opinion."
40226. " No. 5. Alucha. Red. The best of the Aluchas."
40227. "No. G. Alucha. Yellow."
40228. " No. 7. Alubokhara. Dwarf early yellow. Good for dessert"
40229. " No. 8. Alubokhara. Early large red. Good for dessert."
40230. " No. 9. Alubokhara. Early round. Good for dessert."
40231. "No. 10. Alubokhara. Kabul Greengage. Is one of the best"
40232. "No. 11. Alubokhara. From Ladak. Is better for cooking."
40233. "No. 12. Alubokhara. Large red. Good both for dessert and
for cooking."
40234. "No. 13.
and for cooking."
40235. " No. 14. Alubokhara
cooking."
Alubokhara. Large yellow. Good both for dessert
Late yellow. Good both for dessert and
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1915. 99
40233. Juglaxs roRTORiCENSis Dode. Juglandaceae. Walnut.
From Adjuntas, Porto Rico. Presented by Mr. D. W. May, Agricultural
Experiment Station, Mayaguez, Porto Rico, who secured the nuts from
Mr. Bartolome Barcelo, Adjuntas. Received March 19, 1915.
" There is perhaps but one tree of this kind all around this district, and the
people did not seem to know what it was. The owner of the tree informs me
that these walnuts mature in April." (Barcelo.)
40237 to 40258. Ipomoea batatas (L.) Poir. Convolvulacese.
Sweet potato.
From Cuba. Presented by Mr. Juan T. Roig, botanist, Agricultural Ex-
periment Station, Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba. Received March 22.
1915. Quoted notes by Mr. Roig; yields stated in arrobas (of 25 pounds
each) per eaballerfa (33J acres).
40237 to 40243. White group.
40237. " No. 24. Blanco. From Luyano, Havana. Yielding 43,930
arrobas per eaballerfa."
40238. "No. S7. Papa. From Camaguey. Yielding 10,017 arro-
bas per eaballerfa."
40239. " No. 93. Amarratc conmigo. From Taco Taco, Pinar del
Rio. Yield'ng 15,02G arrobas per eaballerfa."
40240. " No. 124. Scqnito. From Bayamo, Oriente. Yielding 24,347
arrobas per eaballerfa."
40241. " No. 155. Rayo. From Imias, Oriente. Yielding 3,S(>9
arrobas per caballeria."
40242. " No. 1S2. Santiago. From El Caney, Oriente. Yielding
22,817 arrobas per eaballerfa."
40243. '• No. 200. Manf. From Trinidad, Santa Clara. Yielding
29,217 arrobas per eaballerfa."
40244 to 40256. Red group.
40244. " No. 19. Vuclta-arriba. From Santiago de las \regas,
Havana. Yielding 25,S0S arrobas per eaballerfa."
40245. " No. 34. Malcta. From Santiago de las Vegas, Havana.
Yielding S4,SG9 arrobas per eaballerfa."
40246. " No. 49. Cicnfucgos. From Santiago de las Vegas, Havana,
Yielding 2S,S13 arrobas per eaballerfa."
4G247. " No. 57. Andrinito. From Santiago de las Vegas, Havana.
Yielding 9,130 arrobas per eaballerfa."
40248. " No. 02. Matojo. From Cienfuegos, Santa Clara. Yield-
ing 53,000 arrobas per eaballerfa."
40249. " No. 71. Tuno. From Taco Taco, Pinar del Rio. Yield
ing 29,739 arrobas per eaballerfa."
40250. " No. 97. Manila Colorado. From Taco Taco, Pinar de!
Rio. Yielding 9,313 arrobas per eaballerfa."
40251. "No. 99. San Pedro Colorado. From Taco Taco, Pinar del
Rio. Yielding 13,434 arrobas per eaballerfa."
40252. "No. 121. Mulato. From Santiago de las Vegas, Havana.
Yielding 27,304 arrobas per eaballerfa."
100 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
40237 to 40258— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. J. T. Roig.)
40253. " No. 129. Botija. From Nueva Gerona, Isla de Piuos.
Yielding 28,696 arrobas per caballerfa."
40254. " No. 195. Sabanilla Colorado. From Trinidad, Santa
Clara. Yielding 45,174 arrobas per caballerfa."
40255. " No. 255. Mambf. From Camaguey. Yielding 30,469 arro-
bas per caballerfa."
40256. " No. 233. Isla de Pinos. From San Luis, Pinar del Rio.
Yielding 12,521 arrobas per caballerfa."
40257 and 40258. Violet group.
40257. "No. 21. Vvcltabajero. From Botanical Garden, Havana.
Yielding 36,347 arrobas per caballerfa."
40258. " No. 227. Manf morado. From Camaguey. Yielding 19,217
arrobas per caballerfa."
40259 to 40294.
From Alicante, Spain. Presented by Sefior Gregorio Cruz Valero, engi-
neering director of the Estacion Enologica de Cocoentaina. Received
March IS, 1915. Quoted notes by Sefior Valero.
40259 to 40279. Zea mays L. Poaceae. Corn.
40259 to 40266. " From the Province of Navarra."
40259. Aricun, from the Baztan Valley.
40260. Rojo dc Tudcla, from Tudela.
40261 to 40264. "From Pamplona."
40261. Hembrilla jirafa. 40263. Hembrilla petit.
40262. Cuenca. 40264. Hembrilla.
40265. "Hembrilla del pueblo, from Aranguren."
40266. " Rojo de Ardanaz, from Ardanaz."
40267. " Gathered from the neighborhood of Vitoria, in the Prov-
ince of Alava."
40268. " From near San Sebastian, Province of Guipuzcoa."
40269 to 40271. " From the region of Galicla, in the Province of
Corunna."
40269. Corriente del pais. 40271. Del pais mcjorado.
40270. Flamenco.
40272 to 40279. " From the Canary Islands."
40272. From Batan. 40276. From Agaete.
40273. From Santa Bri- 4C277. From Telde.
gidia. 40278. From Jiuamar.
40274. From Tafira. 40279. From Los Hoyos, Arucaa.
40275. From Teror.
40280. Cicee abietinum L. Fabaeeffi. Chick-pea.
" Garbanzos, from the Canary Islands."
40281. Lathyrus sativus L. Fabacese.
" Chicharo bianco de Lanzarote, from the Canary Islands."
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1915. 101
40259 to 40294 — Continued. (Quoted notes by Senor G. C. Valero.)
4C282. Lentilla lens (L.) W. F. Wight. Fabaceae, LentiL
(Lens esculenta Moeneh.)
" Lenteja, from the Canary Islands."
40283 to 40285. Pisum sativum L. Fabaceae. Pea.
" From the Canary Islands."
40283. (No notes.) 40285. Arvejaa.
40284. Arbejon de Lanzarotc.
40286 and 40287. Phaseolus vulgabis L. Fabaceae. Bean.
" From the Canary Islands."
40286. Frijol. 40287. Judias de color.
40288 and 40289. Vicia faba L. Fabaceae. Broad bean.
" From the Canary Islands."
40288. Habas moras. 40289. Haba Castellana.
40290. Lupinus albus L. Fabaceae. Lupine.
"Altramuccs de Hicrro, from the Canary Islands."
40291. Lathykus tingitanus L. Fabaceae. Tangier pea.
40292. Lathybus sativus L. Fabaceae.
Chicharaca de Hierro.
40293. Phalabis canabiensis L. Poaceae. Canary grass.
"Alpiste, from the Canary Islands."
40294. Vicia monanthos (L.) Desf. Fabaceae.
" Lentejos de Tcnerife, from the Canary Islands."
40295 and 40296. Quercus spp. Fagaceae. Oak.
From Zacuapam, Vera Cruz, Mexico. Purchased from Dr. C. A. Purpus.
Received March 24, 1915.
40295. Quebcus insignis Martens and Galleotti.
See S. P. I. No. 39723 for previous introduction and description.
40296. Quebcus sp.
40297. Pyrus mamorensis Trabut. Malacese. Pear.
From Algiers, Algeria. Presented by Dr. L. Trabut. Received March 22,
1915.
" Seeds of a Moroccan pear, spontaneous, growing in abundance, from the
forest of the Mamora. I believe this will make a good stock." (Trabut.)
40298. Eragrostis sp. Poacea?. Perennial teff.
From Burttholm, Union of South Africa. Presented by Prof. J. Burtt Davy,
Transvaal Maize Breeding Station. Received March 23, 1915.
" Seed of a native species of Eragrostis, a perennial, which is a most excellent
summer pasture and hay grass and one which establishes itself very readily on
plowed ground, forming pure stands. It prefers a sandy loam, with a rainfall of
obout 28 inches in summer, and stands about 10 degrees F. of frost in dry
weather. I have called it perennial telT and should like you to try it on the
poor sandy lands of Florida." (Davy.)
102 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
40299 and 40300. Hibiscus sabdariffa L. Malvaceae. Roselle.
From Lamao, Bataan, Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. P. J. Wester,
horticulturist, Lamao Experiment Station, through Mr. Paul Popenoe.
Received March 25, 1915.
40299. "Archer roselle. Plant robust, frequently exceeding 1.C0 meters
in height, brandling freely, all parts of the plant being greenish or
whitish ; stems nearly smooth ; leaf lobes rather narrow ; flowers
smaller than those in the red types; 'eye' yellowish; pollen pale
yellow; stigma green; full-grown calyx greenish white, sparsely covered
with short, stiff bristles; average length of calyx 45 mm., width 2G mm.,
including epicalyx 32 mm.
"The Archer is very prolific, and the fruit is somewhat less acid than
that of the red types, and the products made from it are whitish or
amber colored. In the West Indies a wine is made from this variety
that is said to resemble champagne in taste and appearance.
" Seed of the above-described variety was received from Mr. A. S.
Archer, Antigua, British West Indies, by the writer early in 1913, a ad
it was tested in the Lamao Experiment Station the same year. It has
been named in honor of Mr. Archer, with whom the writer has had the
privilege of being in correspondence for many years, and who has
greatly assisted the Bureau of Agriculture in the introduction of many
useful and decorative tropical American plants.
" The green type of roselle, to which the Archer belongs, was de-
scribed as Hibiscus digitatus by Cavanilles in 1790, but it is now con-
sidered to be a form of H. sabdariffa L." (Wester, The Philippine
Agricultural Review, vol. 7, p. 267-268, June, 1914.)
40300. " Victor roselle. This variety is distinguished by having the
unifoliolate leaves of the young plant change early into leaves deeply
5-lobed, these leaf characters remaining until the flowering period, when
the leaves become 3-parted or again unifoliolate. The stems and
calyces are reddish. The pollen is a golden brown. The calyces average
about 45 to 50 mm. in length and 2S mm. in equatorial diameter, taper-
ing toward the apex ; the calyx lobes are frequently convolute, and the
fleshy spines subtending the calyx lobes are longer and more slender
than in the Rico, and are curved upward. The Victor is more upright
in habit than the .Rico and somewhat earlier in fruiting, due probably
to its having been cultivated in Florida for several years." (Wester,
The Philippine Agricultural Review, vol. 5, p. 126. Mar., 1912.)
40301. Acrocomia crispa (H. B. K.) C. F. Baker. Phoenicaceae.
Palm.
From Cuba. Presented by Mr. C. T. Simpson, Littleriver, Fla. Received
March 25, 1915.
"A most striking and beautiful palm, growing in a variety of soils and
situations throughout the greater part of Cuba. The stem is seldom more than
8 inches in diameter at the base, but it rapidly expands to 2 feet or more,
carrying its size up almost to the handsome, somewhat spiny leaves. In poor
Boil it seldom attains a height of over 20 feet, but in rich valleys it grows up
to GO feet. The very hard seeds had better be carefully cracked." (Simpson.)
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1915. 103
40302. Bauhiota kappleri Sagot. Csesalpiniaceae.
From Littleriver, Fla. Presented by Mr. G. T. Simpson. Received March
25, 1915.
"A small tropical tree bearing large, handsome, pinkish flowers variegatea
with yellow and spotted with red. A rapid grower and abundant bloomer."
(Simpson.)
40303. Elaeis melanococca Gaertn. Phoenicacese. Oil palm.
From Cristobal, Canal Zone. Obtained by Mr. O. F. Cook, of the Bureau
of Plant Industry. Received March 30, 1915.
"Large, spreading, low palm with short, thick, erect, or slightly trailing
trunk. Grows in low, moist land close to the sea. Closely related to Elaeis
guineensis, the African oil palm. Oil extracted in small quantities by the
natives from the kernels. Appears suitable for plantings in Florida." (Cook.)
40304 to 40306. Axxona spp. Annonacese.
From Cajabon, Guatemala. Presented by Mr. W. F. Curley, at the request
of Mr. O. F. Cook, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received March 24,
1915.
40304. Annona reticulata L. Custard-apple.
" Raxpac, or Anona morada of warm climate; red fruit. (Curley.)
40305. Annona scleroderma Safford. Poxte.
" The fruit is spherical or subglobose, with a hard shell having the
surface divided into polygonal areoles by obtuse raised ridges. The
seeds are comparatively large, compressed, and smoothly polished. The
leaves are coriaceous, oblong, and acuminate, with the secondary nerves
not prominent." (Safford.)
Mr. O. F. Cook, in his field notes, makes the following entry : " The
fruit called by the Kekchi Indians, of Alta Ycrapaz, boxte, or boshte,
Is curious rather than beautiful. The shell is divided into angular de-
pressed areoles by raised ridges. When mature the ridges are dark
brown and the areoles between them green. The pulp is readily separable
into slender pyramids. These are normally 1-seeded, but in many cases
they are seedless. The texture of the pulp is perfect, the flavor aromatic
and delicious, with no unpleasant aftertaste. It is much richer than
the soursop, with a suggestion of the flavor of the zapote olanco, or
tnatasano (Casimiroa ediilis), but not in the least objectionable. It can
be eaten most conveniently with a spoon. The most fragrant pulp is
close to the rind. The seeds separate from the surrounding pulp more
readily than in most Annona fruits."
40306. Annona squamosa L. Sugar-apple.
" Pae, or white-meat anona, not the Tzunun of cold country." (Curley.)
40307 to 40310. Linum usitatissimum L. Linacea?. Flax.
From Rosario, Argentina. Presented by Mr. William Dawson, jr., American
consul. Received April 29, 1915. Quoted notes by Mr. Dawson.
"I am informed by dealers and growers at Rosario that tlax grown in this
district is not classified according to the botanical variety. The only classifica-
tion is that based on the size and quality of the grain, which depends chiefly
on the soil and methods of cultivation. Flax is grown in this district exclu-
104 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
slvely for the seed, the fiber being burned. The following remarks are taken
from an article on flax, written by Sefior Carlos D. Girola and published in
the reports of the agricultural and live-stock census of 1908, volume 3, pages
409 and 410:
"There exists no botanical or even agricultural classification of the varieties
of flax grown In Argentina, and seeds vary so greatly according to soils and
the conditions under which obtained that it is often difficult to establish by
mere ocular examination the current classification which divides linseed into
two main groups: Linos grandes (large flax or linseed) and linos pequenos
(small flax or linseed), or linetas. The linos grandes were originally brought
from southern Europe and particularly from the south of Italy. The linos
pequenos, or linetas, seeds of which are smaller than those of the linos grandes,
came from northern Europe, especially Russia, and resemble in form and color
the linseed of Riga, Pskof, etc. The linos grandes require a richer soil and
more temperate climate than does the smaller variety. The latter stands the
cold better and gives satisfactory yields in less fertile soils where the linos
grandes would not prosper. On account of its suitability for colder climates
the lineta occupies the southern zone of the belt where flax is cultivated."
40307. " This is an average linseed representing the standard com-
mercial product of the Province of Santa Fe."
40308. " This seed is typical of a high-grade linseed of the lineta type
(small grain)."
40309. " Classed as a high-grade linseed."
40310. " Seed of a somewhat inferior linseed."
40311 to 40324. Lathyrus spp. Fabacese.
40311 to 40315. From Kew, England. Presented by Sir David Prain,
direr-tor, Royal Botanic Garden. Received April 27, 1915.
40311. Lathyrus cirrhosus Seringe.
Glabrous annual. Stem four-sided, wing angled. Leaflets two to
three pairs. Flowering peduncles, one to three. Found in the Pyre-
nees Mountains. (Adapted from Dc Candolle, Prodromus, vol. 2, p.
874, 1828.)
40312. Lathyrus grandiflorus Sibthorp and Smith.
Everlasting pea.
Perennial climbing legume. Leaves with one pair of leaflets.
" Stem winged, 4 to G feet long; leaflets large, ovate, obtuse, mucron-
ulate, undulate, tendrils branched, short ; stipules small : peduncles
two to three flowered, longer than the leaves; shield large, obeordate,
notched, broad, rose purple, wings dark purple; pod linear, 3 inches.
June, July. Larger vine than L. latifolius, but weaker and less
rampant. Flowers as large as those of the sweet pea. Free flower-
ing, succeeding in any soil, not requiring much light. Adapted to
banks, along walk margins in woods, among strong shrubs, and as a
covering for rocks." (Bailey, Cyclopedia of American Horticulture,
vol. 2. p. 888. )
40313. Lathyrus polyanthus Boiss. and Blanche.
A glabrous, somewhat glaucous Lathyrus with prostrate or ascend-
ing angular stems, large ovate stipules, single-flowered peduncles,
and yellow corolla. Found in Syria and Mesopotamia. (Adapted
from Iioissier, Flora Oriental is, vol. 2, p. 602.)
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1915. 105
40311 to 40324— Continued.
40314. Lathyrus setifolius L.
A glabrous annual, with climbing or prostrate stems, 2 to 5 cm.
(8 to 20 inches) long, slightly winged. Leaves short petioled, the
lower without, the upper with branched tendrils. Leaflets long, nar-
row linear. Stipules hastate, usually linear lanceolate. Peduncles
one flowered. Flowers scarlet red. Native of Europe. ( Adapted from
Ascherson and Graebner, Synopsis der Mittel-Europdischen Flora,
vol. 2. p. 10!t0.)
40315. Lathyrus undulatus Boiss.
Perennial climbing legume. Leaves with one pair of leaflets.
" Stems twining, broadly winged ; leaflets oblong ; peduncles five to
six flowered ; flowers a mauve red. A form intermediate between L.
latifolius and L, rotundifolius. A somewhat tender species, said to
be six weeks earlier than any other." {Bailey, Cyclopedia of Ameri-
can Horticulture, vol. 2, p. 888.)
40316 to 40324. From Edinburgh, Scotland. Presented by Dr. I.
Bailey Balfour, Royal Botanic Garden. Received April 26, 1915.
40316. Lathyrus montanus Bernh.
"Perennial, stem simple, angled, smooth; leaflets five to eight
pairs, large, elliptic lanceolate, pointed, glaucous below ; peduncles
many flowered, a little shorter than the leaves ; flowers large, orange-
yellow. June, July. Forests of the Alps. A shade-enduring species
with flowers erect in spikelike clusters and adapted to borders and
rockeries." {Bailey, Cyclopedia of American Horticulture, vol. 2,
p. SS9.)
40317. Lathyrus nissolia L.
An erect or ascending nearly glabrous annual, 2 to 4 meters (8 to 16
Inches) high, with simple, rarely branched, 4-angled stem. Petiolea
leaflike, without tendrils. Stipules small, subulate. Peduncles
slightly pubescent, one (rarely two) flowered. Flowers purple. Na-
tive of Europe. (Adapted from Ascherson and Graebner, Synopsis
dcr Mittel-Europdischcn Flora, vol. 2, p. 1023.)
40318. Lathyrus sphaericus Retzius.
A small annual, usually not over 75 cm. (2£ feet) high. Leaflets
of the upper leaves 8 cm. (3 inches) long and 1 to 6 mm. (one-
twenty -fifth to one-fourth inch) broad. Stipules hastate lanceolate,
longer than the petiole. Flowers less than 1 cm. (three-eighths
inch) long, brick red. Native of Europe. (Adapted from Ascherson
and Graebner, Synopsis der Mittel-Europdischen Flora, vol. 2,
p. 1037.)
40319. Lathyrus sylvestris L. Flat pea.
See S. P. I. Nos. 20776 and 32415 for previous introductions and
description.
40320. Lathyrus undulatus Boiss.
See S. P. I. No. 40315 for description.
40321. Lathyrus venetus (Mill.) Rouy.
Stem prostrate, usually branching underground. Leaflets broadly
oval, subacute, 4 cm. (1.6 inches) long. 2 cm. (0.S inch) broad, short
Ciliate. Peduncles thicker than in L. vermis. Flowers nearly half
as large. Petals clear purple, the standard darker with dark stripes.
106 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
40311 to 40324— Continued.
Pods covered with small brown to red glands. Seeds brown.
(Adapted from Aschcrson and Gracbner, Synopsis der Mittel-Furo-
pdischen Flora, vol 6, p. 10^9.)
40322. Lathyrus vernus (L.) Bernh. Spring bitter vetch.
"Perennial, stem simple, somewhat pubescent, 1 to 2 feet long;
leallets two to three pairs, ovate acuminate, light green; stipules
entire ; peduncles five to seven flowered, shorter than the leaves ;
flowers blue-violet; keel shaded with green, nodding. May, June.
Hills and woods, southern and central Europe. The most popular
Orobus ; a compact, tufted plant, growing quickly in sun or a little
Bhade ; best in deep, sandy loam, in a sheltered position ; hardy."
(Bailey, Cyclopedia of American Horticulture, vol. 2, p. SS9.)
40323. Lathyrus vernus flacciuus Arcang.
" Differs from the species in its narrower and longer leaflets and
lanceolate stipules." {Aschcrson and Gracbner, Synopsis der Mittel-
Europdischcn Flora, vol. 2, p. 10'iS.)
Distribution. — Southern France and northern Italy.
40324. Lathyrus vernus (L.) Bernh.
Var. azureus. A blue-flowered form.
40325 and 40326. Hordeum spp. Poacese. Barley.
From Chungking, China. Presented by Mr. E. Carleton Baker, American
consul. Received April 21, 1915.
" Barley is not grown to any extent in the vicinity of Chungking. As stated
by Mr. E. H. Wilson, the botanist, in his book on Szechwan, ' it is only in the
mountainous Tibetan borderland that it is largely grown. The Chinese do not
care for the meal, and the grain is chiefly used for making spirits and for
feeding pigs and other domestic animals.'" (Baker.)
40325. Hordeum vulgare nigrum (Willd.) Beaven.
40326. Hordeum vulgare pallidum Seringe.
40327. Stuartta monadelpiia Sieb. and Zucc. Theacese.
From Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by the Arnold Arboretum, which
secured it from Dr. H. Shirasawa, Forest Experiment Station, Meguro,
near Tokyo, Japan. Received April 2S, 1915.
Tama tsia (Japanese). An ornamental small tree or shrub with alternate
subflexuous branches; alternate, serrate, ovate-oblong leaves and small white
flowers solitary in axils of the leaves. The flower is subtended by a pair of
ovate or oblong bracts. Calyx five parted. Corolla regular, five petals.
Stamens indefinite, inonadelphous. Styles five. (Adapted from Sicbold and
Zuccarini, Flora Japonica, p. 181.)
"A deciduous shrub or small tree, 30 feet high; bark peeling, young shoots
clothed at first with fine hairs. Leaves oval or ovate oblong. 1J to 4 inches
long, five-eighths to 1J inches wide; wedge shaped at the base, tapered at the
apex, toothed; at first hairy on both surfaces (but more densely so above)
and at the margin, becoming almost smooth; bright green on both sides; stalk
hairy, one-eighth to one-fourth inch long. Flowers solitary in the leaf axils,
1 to 1$ inches across, white, fragrant. Stamens numerous, downy ; style united
into one column, 5-rayed at the top; bracts, sepals, and petals silky at the
back.
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1915. 107
" Native of Japan and China ; introduced from the latter country by Wilson
about 1901. Whether this is quite the same as the Japanese form is not cer-
tain, but in both countries they are characterized by hairiness of leaf and
shoot, and are thereby distinguished from S. pseudo-camellia. Little is known
of it in gardens, where only small plants exist, but it does not appear to be
equal in beauty to the other species." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy
in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 553.)
40328 to 40330. Chrysanthemum spp. Asteraceoe.
Chrysanthemum.
From Erfurt, Germany. Purchased from Haage & Schmidt. Received
April 26, 1915.
40328. Chrysanthemum leucopilodes Hort.
"A subalpine perennial with silver-white leaves and large yellow
flower heads. Suitable for rockery. Asia Minor." {Haage d Schmidt,
catalogue.)
40329. Chrysanthemum kurdicum Hort.
40330. Chrysanthemum macrophyllum Waldst. and Kit.
A somewhat villous, erect Chrysanthemum with pubescent, nearly
sessile, pinnately parted leaves; broadly lanceolate, dentate lobes; com-
posite corymbs ; subglobose involvucres ; white-ray flowers and whitish
disk flowers. Eastern Europe. (Adapted from De Candolle, Prodromus,
vol. 6, p. 5S.)
40331. Pyrus mamorensis Trabut. Malacese. Pear.
From Algiers, Algeria. Presented by Dr. L. Trabut. Received April 24,
1915.
" Seeds of a Moroccan pear from the Mamora. It occurs with the cork oak
in the forest of Moroccan Mamora. Very resistant to dryness in the sandy,
noncalcareous soils. This vigorous tree will probably form a good stock. The
fruit is rather large; the seeds very large." (Trabut.)
40332. Actinidia arguta (Sieb. and Zucc.) Planch. Dilleniacese.
From Chosen (Korea). Presented by Mr. D. F. Higgins, Peking, China,
Received April 26, 1915.
" Korean, dareh. These seeds are in rather small fruits, on account of the
lateness of the season when they were gathered. They were secured through
the kindness of Mr. P. C. Kang, of Holkol, Chosen (Korea), a Korean friend of
mine. It is characteristic of the spirit of the Koreans that the coolies had to
go about 8 miles and over a pass which required an ascent and descent of more
than 2,000 feet and would receive but 20 sen (a little less than 10 cents, United
States currency) apiece for their day's work (half pay), because they could
not secure first-rate specimens of the dareh fruit." (Higgins.)
40333. Meibomia uncinata (Jacq.) Kuntze. Fabaceae.
(Dcsmodium uncinatum DC.)
From San Jose, Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. Oton Jimenez L., Costa
Rican National Museum. Received April 27, 1915.
"This seed was secured with much difficulty on the banks of the Rio
Torres, because at this inopportune time the inflorescences contain few seeds."
(Jim6nez L.)
108 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
40334 to 40336. Lathyrus spp. Fabaceae.
From Cambridge, England. Presented by Dr. R. Irwin Lynch, Botanic
Garden. Received April 2G, 1915.
40334. Lathyrus heterophyllus L.
Plants gray-green, up to 3 in. (10 feet) long. Lower leaves with one
pair, upper with two to three pairs of leaflets. Petioles winged on the
upper portion and not between the leaflets. Leaflets lanceolate, acumi-
nate. Flowers purple. Throughout Europe. (Adapted from Ascherson
and draebner, Synopsis der Mittel-Euroydischcn Flora, vol. 6, p. 1017.)
40335. Lathyrus palustbis L. Marsh pea.
" Stem slender, 1 to 3 feet long, glabrous or somewhat pubescent, often
winged, rather erect ; leaflets two to four pairs, oblong lanceolate, acute,
1 to 2 inches long; tendrils branched; stipules small, lanceolate; pedun-
cles two to eight flowered, scarcely longer than the leaves ; flowers pur-
plish, one-half inch long; pod 2 inches long. Summer. Northern North
America and northern Europe, in moist places. A good bog plant"
{Bailey, Cyclopedia of American Horticulture, vol. 2, p. 889.)
40336. Lathyrus sylvestris L. Flat pea.
See S. P. I. Nos. 20776 and 32415 for previous introductions and de-
scription.
40337. Phaleria blumei (Decne.) Bentham. Thymelaeacese.
From Lawang, Java. Presented by Mr. M. Buysraan, Jardin Botanique.
Received April 26, 1915.
" The bark of this shrub is used for cordage ; it is a rare species." (Buysman.)
Bushy glabrous shrub with opposite nearly oblong leaves, 6 inches long and 2
inches broad. Numerous white or yellowish flowers in terminal heads. Fruit a
drupe with a succulent but not very thick epicarp. Found throughout the Malay
Archipelago, southern Asia, and the islands of the North and South Pacific.
40338. Diospyros ebexaster Retz. Diospyracese. Black sapote.
From Honolulu, Hawaii. Presented by Mr. Gerrit P. Wilder. Received
April 23, 1915.
See S. P. I. Nos. 24600 and 39719 for previous introductions and description.
40339 to 40344.
From Horqueta, Paraguay. Presented by Mr. Thomas R. Gwynn. Re-
ceived April 27, 1915. Quoted notes by Mr. Gwynn.
40339. Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench. Malvaceae.
(Hibiscus esculentus L.)
" Seed of okra that I have continually raised in this country for the
last 25 years, from seed sent from North Carolina."
For previous introductions, see S. P. I. Nos. 33749, 34405, and 37S06.
40340. Cabica papaya L Papayaceac. Papaya.
" Mamoni. Tree melon; grows to a height of 5 to 6 yards. Excellent
for man. animals, and fowls."
40341. Cucurbita sp. Cucurbitaeea?.
"Andiy. A cross between squash and pumpkin. The plant is of tre-
mendous growth and surpasses anything in the pumpkin line I have ever
Been. Yields enormously."
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1915. 109
40339 to 40344— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. T. R. Gwynn.)
40342. Gossypium sp. Malvaceae. Kidney cotton.
" Mandiyu. I planted this in August, and it is now just beginning to
bloom. If a cold snap comes in June or July there will be no yield this
year, but the plant, cut down something like a foot from the ground, will
produce next year. The plant grows to be some 3 to 4 yards in height
and yields to its full capacity for some 8 to 10 years. It is no good in
comparison with our cotton."
40343. Psidium guajava L. Myrtaceae. Guava.
" Fruit about the size of a walnut ; green skin and red meat ; leaf
thick, coarse, and rough. Tree about the size of a grafted apple. It is
not cultivated here. There are several varieties of this fruit ; I send the
one I think the best."
40344. Rollinia sp. Annonacea?.
"Arctacu. Luxuriant tree. Fruit small and oi* little use on account of
seed."
40345 to 40348.
Presented by Mr. H. M. Curran. Received April 30, 1915. Quoted notes
by Mr. Curran, except as otherwise indicated.
40345. Anacardium sp. Anacardiacese. Cashew.
" From Para, Brazil. An edible, wild, red-fruited cashew nut. Large
tree."
40346. Carica papaya L. Papayaceo?. Papaya.
" From Santos, Brazil. Similar in size to the Philippine papaya."
40347. Chrysophyllum cainito L. Sapotacese. Star-apple.
"From Trinidad, British West Indies. Star-apple; purple fruit."
"A fairly handsome West Indian tree, with striking dark-green leaves,
which are copper colored underneath. The purplish black, smooth fruit
is round in shape, about 2i to 3 inches in diameter, and usually two to
four seeded, the seeds being brown and one-half inch long. In an unripe
state the fruit contains a sticky white latex, but when fully matured
the white, transparent, jellylike substance surrounding the seed is sweet
and agreeable. The fruit when cut across presents a stellate form, the
cells with their white edible contents radiating from the central axis;
hence the name star-apple. The tree is well worth cultivating for orna-
mental purposes, or as shade for roadsides, etc. It thrives at Peradeniya,
where it was first introduced in 1S02. Propagated by seed, and thrives
best in deep, rich, and well-drained soil." (Alaeinillan, Handbook of
Tropical Gardening and Planting, p. 135.)
40348. Poutekia caimito (Ruiz and Pavon) Radlkofer. Sapotacea?.
(Lucuma caimito Ruiz and Pavon.) Abfu.
" From Para, Brazil. Edible sapotaceous fruit ; large, yellowish in
color."
See S. P. I. No. 37929 for previous introduction and description.
40349 and 40350. Lathyrus spp. Fabacere.
From Groningen, Netherlands. Presented by the director, University
Botanic Gardens. Received May 1, 1915.
110 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
40349 and 40350— Continued.
40349. Lathyrus montanus Bernh.
For previous introduction nnd description, see S. P. I. No. 40310.
40350. Lathyrus nicer Bernh. Black pea.
"Stem erect or ascending, branched, angled, 1 to 2 feet long; leaflets
six to eight pairs, elliptical or ovate, one-half to 1 inch long, light green,
turning black when drying; stipules narrow, small peduncles six to
eight flowered, longer than the leaves ; flowers purple, small. June, July.
Mountainous and rocky districts, middle Europe. Slender species, with
short rootstocks, succeeding in the shade." (Bailey, Cyclopedia of
American Horticulture, vol. 2, p. 889.)
See S. P. I. No. 22554 for previous introduction.
40351. Spondias sp. Anacardiaceae. Ciruela.
From Pacasmayo, Peru. Collected by Mr. O. F. Cook, of the Bureau of
Plant Industry. Received May 11, 1915.
" No. 33, March 25, 1915. Fruits scarlet or coral In color." (Cook.)
40352 to 40367. Linum usitatissimum L. Linacese. Flax.
From Argentina. Presented by Mr. Leo J. Keena, American consul gen-
eral, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Received May 3, 1915. Quoted notes by
Mr. Keena.
" I append herewith the following information in regard to the linseed mar-
ket, winch may be of interest: Linseed in Argentina is cultivated exclusively
for the seed, no advantage being taken of the fiber for textile purposes on ac-
count of lack of initiative in this country. During the season of 1913-14 the
total area under cultivation was 4,396,774 acres, of which 1.375.112 acres
corresponded to the Province of Santa Fe, 1,131.950 acres to Cordoba, and
the balance equally divided between the Provinces of Entre RIos and Buenos
Aires. During the year 1914 the total exports amounted to 93S,01G metric
tons."
40352. " Taken from a shipment of 70 tons from the station of San
Guillermo, on the Central Argentina Railway."
40353. " Taken from a 300-ton shipment from the station of Morteros,
on the Central Argentina Railway."
40354. "Taken from a 100-ton shipment from the station of Morteros,
on the Central Argentina Railway."
40355. "Taken from a 70-ton shipment from the station of Timbres,
on the Santa Fe Railway."
40356. "Taken from a 150-ton shipment from the station of Canada
Rosquin, on the Cordoba and Rosario Railway."
40357. "Taken from a 400-ton shipment from the station of San
Genaro, on the Central Argentina Railway."
40358. "Taken from a 100-ton shipment from the station of Coronel
Bogado, on the Cordoba and Rosario Railway."
40359. "Taken from a shipment of 200 tons at the station of Morye,
on the Santa Fe Railway."
40360. "Taken from a 30-ton shipment from the station of Carabelas,
Province of Buenos Aires."
40361. "Taken from a 50-ton shipment from the station of Casilda,
on the Central Argentina Railway."
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1015. Ill
40352 to 40367— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. L. J. Keena.)
. 40362. "Taken from a 25-ton shipment from the station of La Pereira,
on the Central Argentina Railway."
40363. "Taken from a shipment of 50 tons from the station of
Cayugueo, on the Central Argentina Railway."
40364. " Taken from a shipment of 50 tons from the station of Wilder-
muth. on the Central Argentina Railway."
40365. " Taken from a shipment of 200 tons from the station of
Irigoyen, on the Central Cordoba Railway."
40366. "Taken from a 300-ton shipment from the stations of Pilar and
Moisesville, on the Santa Fe Railway."
40367. " Taken from a 90-ton shipment from the station of Cruz, on
the Central Argentina Railway."
40368. Rosa sertata Rolfe. Rosacea1. Rose.
From Kew, England. Presented by Mr. Arthur W. Hill, assistant director,
Royal Botanic Gardens. Received March 29, 1915.
For previous introduction and description, see S. P. I. No. 40193.
40369. Zea mays L. Poacea?. Corn.
From Santa Rosita, Guatemala. Presented by Mr. John J. Gruchy. Re-
ceived March 31, 1915.
" In regard to weevil-proof corn, I regret to say that further experience shows
the corn to which you refer to be not entirely weevil proof, although it is more
resistant to the weevil than the ordinary flint corns here, probably owing !o the
fact that it has a much thicker skin. It is a native sweet corn discovered by
me when endeavoring to improve a yellow flint corn cultivated here. It was
of extremely mixed type, so that a single ear would often contain grains of
four or Ave quite distinct types. As a starter, I separated my seed into lots
belonging more or less to the different types represented, and planted them
separately for comparison. For several seasons after the segregation new
types kept appearing, many of them quite different from the original planting,
and finally I observed in some ears scattering grains which looked like sweet
corn. I secured two distinct ears of sweet corn, one yellow and the other of a
reddish brown color. At this altitude, 4,800 feet, I believe it takes between
four and five months to mature. The reddish strain has been lost and I doubt
if it reappears. As a roasting ear it is quite sweet, but the skins are so thick
that I spit them out. This characterise is quite undesirable in a sweet corn,
hut possibly if it could be transferred by crossing to a denl corn, it might help
to increase its resistance to weevil while still green in the field." (Gruchy.)
40370 to 40376. So ja max (L.) Piper. Fabaceae. Soybean.
(Glycine hispida .Maxim.)
From Wakamatsu, Iwashiro, Japan. Presented by Rev. Christopher Noss.
Received March 27, 1915. Quoted notes by Mr. \< ss.
40370. " No. 33. Hikagedaizu (shade), produces in shady places; used
for miso."
40371. "No. 34. Dekisugidaisu (excessive yield); used for miso."
40372. " No. 35. Kurodaisu (black); eaten boiled and sugared."
40373. " No. 36. Nakatedaizu (medium early) ; used for miso."
77481°— 18 8
112 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
40370 to 40376-Continued. (Quoted notes by Rev. C. Noss.)
40374. "No. 37. Hishidaizu (water caltrop, alluding to the flattened
shape) ; eaten parboiled and seasoned with shoyu and salt."
40375. "No. 38. Name unknown, cultivated from ancient times in
Soma County, Fukushima Ken ; used for miso."
40376. " No. 39. Hakodate-nishiki-daizu (Hakodate brocade) ; used for
m iso."
40377 to 40382. Mkdicago spp. Fabaceae.
From Sydney, New South Wales. Presented by Mr. G. Valder, under-
secretary and director, Department of Agriculture. Received March 31,
1915.
From the Bathurst Experiment Farm. Selected.
40377 to 40381. Medicago sativa L. Alfalfa.
40377. Bathurst No. 1. 40380. Arabian.
40378. Bathurst No. G. 40381. Montana.
40379. Bathurst No. 13.
40382. Medicago sativa varia (Mart.) Urban. Sand lucern.
40383 and 40384.
From Joinville, Brazil. Presented by Mr. Jean Knatz. Received March
29, 1915.
40383. Chokisia insignis H. B. K. Bombaeacese.
" Seeds of a tree which grows very well iu many parts of our State."
(Knatz.)
40384. Colocasia sp. Araceae.
Mangarita . Tubers.
40385 to 40387.
From Nakskov, Denmark. Presented by Mr. R. Wiboltt. Received March
26, 1915. Quoted notes by Mr. Wiboltt.
40385. A yen a sativa L. Poacea?. Oat.
"Abed Danish Giant No. ',5. The best Danish oat."
40386. Hordeum imstichon nutans Schubl. Poaceae. Barley.
"Abed Binder, 2-rowed novelty, 1915. This has been tried for a Dum-
ber of years by the Danish Slate experiment stations and is now acknowl-
edged as one of the earliest and heaviest yielders of all kinds of 2-rowed
barley."
40387. Hordeum vulgabe L. Poacese. Barley.
"Abed, July. 6-rowed novelty, 1915. This has been tried for a number
of years by the Danish State experiment stations and is now acknowl-
edged as one of the earliest and heaviest yielders <<f all kinds of rowed
barley."
40388. Ipomoea batatas (L.) Poir. Convolvulacese.
Sweet potato.
From Cuba. Presented by Mr. Juau T. Roig, botanist. Agricultural Experi-
ment Station. Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba. Tubers received March 22.
1915.
"No. 68. Ciel6n, white group. From Taco Taco, I'inar del Rio. Yielding
37,478 arrobas (of 25 pounds each) per caballcrfa (.".."J acres)." (Roig.)
INDEX OF COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES.
Abelmoschus esculentus, 40339.
manihot, 40030.
Abies mariesii, 399S3.
sachalinensis, 39984.
nemorensis, 39860, 39985.
umbellata, 39986.
veitchii olivacea, 39987.
Abiu, Pouteria caimito, 40348.
Acanthopanax sciadophylloides, 39993.
Acer capillipes, 39988.
Acrocomia crispa, 40301.
Actinidia arguta, 40332.
Adenophora vertieillata, 39837.
Adzuki bean, Phaseolus angularis,
39979, 40129-40134.
Aesculus ivilsonii, 40037.
Alangium chinense, 40032.
Aleurites fordii, 39707, 39714, 39956.
Alfalfa, Medicago sativa.
Arabian, 40380.
Bathurst, 40377-40379.
Montana, 40381.
(New South Wales), 40377^10381.
Almond (Afghanistan), 40212, 40213.
bush (China), 39898, 40010, 40011.
Mao t'ao, Amygdalus tangu-
tica, 39898.
paper shell, Amygdalus communis,
40212, 40213.
Tangutian, 40010, 40011.
Yen hsiao hsing, Amygdalus tangu-
tica, 39898.
Alpiste, Phalaris canariensis, 40293.
Altranmees de Hierro, Lupinus aibus,
40290.
Amygdalus spp., 40001-40006.
communis, 40212, 40213.
persica, 40000.
platycarpa, 40210.
potanini, 39899, 40007-40009.
tangutica, 3989S, 40010, 40011.
Anacardium sp., 40345.
Andiy, Cucurbita sp., 40341.
Andropogon annulatus, 39716.
Angraecum fragrans, 39926.
Annona cherimola, 39834.
cherimola X squamosa, 39808-
39816.
reticulata, 39887, 40304.
scleroderma, 40305.
squamosa, 40306.
Anona, Annona reticulata, 39887.
morada, Annona reticulata, 40304.
Aoshirabe, Abies veitchii olivacea,
399S7.
Apple, Malus sylvestris, 39829.
Limoncella, 39S29.
Limoncello, 39829.
Apricot, Prunus armeniaca.
(Afghanistan), 40219.
(Chile), 39953.
(China), 40012, 40013.
wild, 40012, 40013.
Arbejon de Lanzarote, Pisum sativum,
40284.
Archontophocnix alcxandrae, 40069.
Aretaeu, Rollinia sp., 40344.
Arvejas, Pisum sativum, 40285.
Asparagus trichophyllus fiexuosus,
40031.
Atemoya, Annona cherimola X si/uu-
mosa, 39S08-39816.
Arena sativa, 40385.
Avocado, Persea americana, 39835,
40104.
(Costa Rica), 40104.
(Italy), 39835.
Barberry, Berberis spp., 40139^10153,
40208.
Barley, Hordeum spp. :
Abed, 40387.
Abel Hinder, 40386.
(China), 40325, 40326.
(Denmark), 40386, 403S7.
Bauhinia kappleri, 40302.
Bean, adzuki, Phaseolus angularis,
39979, 40129- 101 3 I.
113
114
INDEX OF COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES.
Bean, adzuki. Akaazukl, 40129.
adzuki, DainagOD azuki, 40134.
Kataazuki, 40133.
Nakateazuki, 40130.
Okuteazuki, 40132.
Shih tou, 39979.
Khiroazuki. 40131.
Ze tou, 39979.
bonavisr, Dolichos hiblab, 39980.
broad, Viria faba, 40288, 40289.
Haba Castellana. 40289.
Habas moras, 40288.
(Canary Islands), 40286, 40287.
common, Phaseolus vulgaris,
40286, 40287.
Prijol, 40286.
(Japan), 40129-40134.
Judias de color, 40287.
mung, Phaseolus aureus, 39981.
Berbcris sp.. 40139.
aggregata, 40142.
angulosa, 40143.
aristata, 40144.
coneinna, 40145.
diaphana. 40146.
gagnepaini, 40147.
glaucescens, 40208.
hookeri viridis, 40140.
polyantha, 40148.
prattii, 40149.
stapfiana, 40150.
subeaulialata. 40141.
vilmoriniana, 40139.
rircscens, 40ir>l.
wilsonae, 40152.
yunnanensis, 40153.
Bergamot orange, Citrus bcrgamia,
39699, 39712, 40222.
Betula ermani, 40154.
ennani nipponica, 40155.
grossa. 39991.
japonica ka m tsch a t ica , 39990.
schmidtii, 39989.
Birch. See Betula spp.
Blumea myriocephala, 39684.
Bonavist bean. Dolichos lablab, 399S0.
Boslite, Annona scleroderma, 40305.
Boxte, Annona scleroderma, 40305.
Brassica pekinensis, 39724.
Buh pee ton, Phaseolus aureus, 39981.
Burweed, Trmmfetta pilosa, 39688.
r.ush nut, Hieksbeaeliia pimiatifoUa,
39S71.
Bushukan, citrus medico sarcodac-
tut is. 39940.
Valophaca wolgarica, 40156.
Cananga odorata. See Canangium
odoratum.
Canangium odoratum, 39928.
Canary grass, Phalaris t anariensis,
40293.
Canavali gladiatum, 39925.
Cannabis satira, 39738, 39888, 39889.
Capsicum spp. 40094, 4009.",.
annuuui. 39722, 39932.
Capulies, Prunus salici folia. 40073.
Caragana aurantiaca, 40157.
frutex, 40158.
Carica papaya, 890.30. 40340. 40340.
querci folia, 39931.
Carinichaelia ftagelliformis. 40159.
Caryopteris panieulata, 396S0.
Cashew, Anacardvum sp.. 4< »."»4r..
Cassia grandis, 40070.
Castanea spp.. 39717, 39S00. 40035,
40036. 40209.
crenata, 39965.
mollissima, 39721.
Castanopsis sp., 39713.
Castor bean. Ricinus com munis, 40006.
Celastrus sp.. 39736.
Cephalotaxus drupacea sinensis. 40017,
40018.
Cha lu kou. Rhus sp.. 39706.
Chaenomeles japonica, unci.
lagenaria cathayensis, (0160.
Chaetochloa italica, 39933.
Chenopodium bonus-henricus, 39711.
Cberimoya. Annona cherimola. 30S34.
Cherry, Prunus spp.. 39902. 39911,
39918.
bird, Prunus ssiori. 40067.
Capulies. Prunus salicifolia, 40073.
(China), 39902, 39911, 39918,
40211.
( Ecuador), 40073.
flowering, Prunus serrulata,
39743 39798, 39820-39826.
large red, 40211.
Liberian (undetermined), 39868,
wild, 39902, 39911, 39918, 10073.
Chestnut. Castanea spp.
(China), 39717. 39721, 39866,
40035, tot i36. 40209.
(Java), 39965.
Cilia cilia san tou. Soja ma.r, 39908.
INDEX OF COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES.
115
Chiang yeh shu, Celastrus sp., 39736.
Chicharaca de HIerro, Lathyrus tingi-
t an US, 40292.
Chicharo bianco de Lanzarote, Lathy-
rus 8ativti8, 40281 .
Chick-pea, Cicer arietinum, 40280.
Garbanzos, 40280.
Chili ts'ao, Abelmoschus manihot, 10030.
Ch'ili tou, DolicJios lablab, 39980.
Chili, Capsicum sp., 40095.
masch, Capsicum sp., 40004.
Chipilcoite, Diphysa suberosa, 40097.
Chivato, Delonix regia, 39964.
Chori.sia insignix, 403N.3.
Chrysanthemum kurdicum, 40329.
leucopilodes, 40328.
maerophyllum, 40330.
Chrysophyllum cainito, 40347.
Cicer arietinum, 40280.
Ciruela, Spondias sp., 40351.
Citrullus vulgaris, 39891.
Citrus sp],.. 39897, 400.30.
aurantium, 39700.
bergamia, 39699, 39712. 40222.
grandis, 39875, 39879.
medica sarcodactylis, 39940.
Clematis sp., 39696.
Clethra barbim rvis, 10066.
Coconut. Coeos nucifera, 39720.
Burica, undo]- 39720.
coco de cuchilla, under 39720.
Mont iosa, under 39720.
(Panama), 39720.
San Bias, under 39720.
Coeos nucifera, 39720.
Colocasia <]>., 40384.
antifjuorum. 30892.
Conospermum taxifolium, 40040.
Cork oak, Querent suber, 39710, 40099.
Corn. Zea niniis: .
Aricun, 40259.
(Burma), 39895, 39936 39939.
(Canary Islands), 40272^0279.
Corriente del pais, 40269.
Cuenca, 40262.
Dali-an, 39961.
I >el pais mejorado, 40271.
Enoarnado. 399."">9.
Flam. mho, 40270.
(Guatemala I, W369.
Hembrilla, 40264.
Hembrilla del pueblo, 40265.
Hembrilla jirafa, 40261.
Hembrilla petit, 40263.
Corn. Laguna, 39962.
Moro. 39958.
(Peru), 39803-39807.
(Philippine Islands). 39958-39963.
Itojo de Ardanaz, 40266.
Rojo de Tudela, 40200.
(Spain), 40259-40271.
Tapol, .".9900.
Tiniquit, 39903.
Corokia buddleioides, 4017G.
Corylus chinensis, 39907.
tibetica, 39909.
Cotoneaster acutifolia villosula, 40172.
afflnis, 40173.
bacillaris, 40162.
amoena, 40174.
dammeri, 10163.
dielsiana, W171.
divaricata, 40101.
foveolata, 40165.
francheti, 40166.
henryana, 40107.
anil ft flora, 40108.
liainio.su, 40169.
racemiflora, 40170.
zabeli, 40175.
Cotton, Gossypium spp. :
(Burma I, 3993 1. 399:;.-).
Kidney, 40.341'.
Mandiyu. 40342.
( 'rah apple, Mains spp. :
(China), 39923, 40020.
(Sweden I, 40206.
Crepis japoniea, 39682.
Cryptotaenia canadensis. ^c<> Deringa
canadensis.
Cucumber, Cucumis sativus, W203.
India. 40203.
(Philippine Islands). 10203.
Cucumis melo, 39725, 39726, 39854,
39855.
sativus, 40203.
Cucurbita spp., 39890, W341.
Currant. Ribes spp., 39910, 39920.
Custard - apple, Innona reticulata,
39887, W304.
Raxpac, 403(11
Cydonia veitchii, W220, W221.
Cymbidium suave, 39817.
Dago agaga, Dioscorea sp., 39704.
hava. Dioscorea sp., 39705.
Daikwodaizu, Phaseolus coccineus,
40135.
116
INDEX OF COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES.
Daphne tangutica, 30914.
Dareh, Actinidia arguta, 40332.
Delonix regia, 39964.
Deringa canadensis, 39869.
I>< smodium uncinatum. See Mcibomia
uncinata.
Deutzia sp., 39906.
Ion gi folia, 40177.
Dioscorea spp., 39702-39705.
Diospyros ebenaster, 39698, 39719.
40338.
kaki, 39912, 39913.
lotus, 40024, 4012S.
Dipelta ventricosa, 40178.
yunnanensis, 39905, 40027.
Diphysa suberosa, 40097.
Dolichos lablab, 39980.
Durian, Durio zibcthinus, 39709.
Durio zibethinus, 39709.
Durra, Holcus sorghum, 40076-40093.
Elaeagnus angnstifolia, 40214.
Elaeis melanococca, 40303.
Eleusine coracana, 39877, 39893.
Enkianthus campanulatus, 40074.
Eragrostis sp., 4029S.
Erianthus fulvus. See Erianthus ru-
ftpilus.
ruflpilus, 396S9.
Erythea edulis, 39740.
Eucommia uimoides, 40028.
Euonymus spp., 39739, 39903.
planipes, 40179.
yedoensis, 40180.
Faam, Angraecum fragrant, 39926.
Faham, Angraecum fragrans, 39926.
Faliame, Angraecum fragrans, 39926.
Fahan, Angraecum fragrans, 39926.
Fahon, Angraecum fragrans, 39926.
Fahum, Angraecum fragrans, 39926.
Fang shin tzu. Diospyros kaki. 39913.
Feroniclla oblata. 39957.
Ficus spp., 39S2S. 39904.
sycomoru8, 39827, 39857, 39S58.
Fig. Ficus spp. :
Abyssinian, 39828.
beledi, 39827.
(China), 39904.
(Egypt), 39S27. 39857, 39! 58.
Harrar, 39828.
(Italy), 39828.
Kilabi, 39858.
Fig, Roumi, 39857.
sycamore, 39827.
Fir, Abies spp., 39983-39987.
Maries's, 39983.
Sakhalin. 39860.
Flax, Una in spp.
(Argentina), 40307-40310. 40352-
40367.
( France ) , 39S62-39864.
Roseum, 39862.
Flowering cherry, Prunus serrulata,
39743-39798. 39820-39826.
Frijol, Phaseolus vulgaris, 40286.
Garbanzos, Cieer arietinum, 40280.
Garcinia mangostana, 39867, 39896,
39952, 40101.
moreUa, 39880.
tinctoria. 40103.
xanthochymus. See Garcinia tinc-
toria.
Gee bun tou. Sofa max, 39975.
Ghoorma, Diospyros lotus, 40024.
Glcditsia sinensis, 39978.
Glycine hispida. See Soja max.
Good King Henry, Chcnopodium bonus-
henricus, 39711.
Gooseberry, Ribes alpestre giganteum,
39916, 4O022.
Gossypium spp., 39934. 39935, 40342.
Grape, Vitis spp. :
(China), 40026.
Golden Chasselas, under 40105.
Lairen. 40105.
List an. tinder 40105.
Palomino, under 40105.
(Spain), 40105.
Crass. Canary, Phalaris canariensis,
40293.
Johnson, Holcus halepensis, 39715,
39830.
Grevillea banksii, 40041, 40042.
raleyi, 40043.
hilliana, 40044.
laurifolia, 40045.
tritemata, 40046.
Guava, Psidium guajava, 40343.
Baba Castellana. Viria faha. I'rjso.
Hahas moras, \ iciu faba, 10288.
Hakea acicularis, 40047.
dactyloides, -10048.
gibbosa, 40049.
INDEX OF COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES.
117
Hakea leucoptera, 40050.
microcarpa, 40051.
pur/ion iform is. 40052.
ulicina carinata, 40053.
Hazelnut. Corylus chinensis, 39907.
Hei tou, Soja max, 39970.
Heliarithemum formosum, 40181.
Hemp. Cannabis sativa, 39738, 39SSS,
39889.
Bologna, 39889.
Carmagnola, 39S88.
Ferrara, 398S9.
(Italy), 39888. 39889.
(Japan), 39738.
Hibiscus esculentus. See Abelmoschus
esculent us.
manihot. See Abelmoschus mani-
hot.
sabdariffa, 40204, 40205. 40299,
40300.
Hicksbeachia pinnatifolia, 39871.
Higuerilla, Ricinus communis. 4009G.
Hobo, Spondias lutea, 40098.
Eolcns halepensis, 39715. 39830.
sorghum, 40076-40093.
Honewort, Deringa canadensis, 39869.
Honey flower. Lambertia formosa,
40056.
Honey locust, Gleditsia sinensis. 39978.
Honeysuckle, Lonicera spp., 39697,
39915. 40184-40187.
Hordeum distichon nutans, 40386.
vulgare, 40387.
nigrum, 40325.
pallidum, 40326.
Horse-chestnut, Aesculus wilsonii,
40037.
II oral linearis. 39872.
Hoya globulosa, 39087.
Hsiao nan. Visum sativum, 39973.
Hua chia, Zanthoxylum bunged, 39695.
Huk tou, Soja max, 39970.
Hung hsiang chili tou, Soja max, 39969.
Hydrangea sp., 39908.
bretschneideri, 40182.
I ho tzu, Rhynchosia volubilis, 39737.
Indigofera gerardiana, 40183.
Tpomoea batatas, 39729-:,.i)7.,,.r>, HHTII.
39742, 39799-39802, 39831 39833,
39941-39945, 40237-402r>N, 40388.
Isopooon anemone folius, 40054.
anethifolius, 40055.
Ito mitsuba,
39869.
Jhringa canadensis,
Jaequemontia coclcstis, 39865.
J(»bo, Spondias lutea, 40098.
Johnson grass, Holcus halepensis,
39715, 39830.
Judias de color, Phaseolus vulgaris,
40287.
Juglans portoricensis, 4o-j:,,c>.
regia, 39839-39S44, 39881-39886,
39966, 40016.
Juniper, Juniperus litoralis, 39992.
Juniperus litoralis, 39992.
Kali kah sen tou, Soja max. 39968.
Kennedya rubicunda, 39873.
Korokia-taranga, Corokia buddleioides,
40176.
Ku li ch'ing, Soja max. 39971.
Kua shu tou. Soja max, 39967.
Kwa lea ching, Soja max, 39971.
Ivwa zoh tou, Soja max, 39967.
Lambertia formosa. 40056.
Larch. See Larix spp.
Larix dah urica principisrupprech tit,
39995.
kurilensis, 39994.
Lathyrus cirrhosus, 40311.
grandi floras, 40312.
heterophyllns, 40334.
montanus, 40316, 40349.
viger, 4035O.
nissolia, 40317.
palustris, 4o,"..">5.
polyanthus. 40.'!13.
sativus, 40281, 40292.
sctifolins, 40314.
sphaericus, 40318.
sylvestris, 40319, 10336.
tingitanus, 40291.
undnlatus, 10315, 10320.
react us. 40321.
vermis, 4o:>,l,l\ 40324.
flaccid us. 40323.
Lens esciilenta. See Lentilla lens.
Leuteja, Lentilla l< us, 40282.
Lentejos de Tenerife, Vicia monanthos,
40294.
Lentil, Lentilla lens. 40282.
Lentilla has. 40282.
118
INDEX OF COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES.
Lineta, Linum usitatissimum, 40307
40310.
Linos grandes, Linum usitatissimum,
40307-40310.
pequefios, Linum usitatissimum,
40307-4031H.
Linum campanulatum, 39864.
grandiflorum, 39862.
perenne, 39863.
usita t issim u m , 4( 1307-40310, 40352
40367.
Litliocarpus cornea, 4006:*).
Loh tou, Soja max, 39982.
Lonicera spp., 39697, 39915.
defleseicalyx, 40186.
kesselringi. See Lonicera orien-
talis Ion ffi folia.
orientalis longifolia, 40184.
quinquelocularis tr an since n s,
40187.
trichosantha, 40185.
Loroma amethystina, 39859.
Lii tou, Soja max, 39982.
Lucern. sand, Medicago sativa varia,
40382.
I.uiuma caimito. See Pouteria cai-
rn ito.
Lupine. Lupinus albus, 40290.
Lupinus albus, 40290.
Macadamia ternifolia, 40057.
Mains spp., 39923, 40020.
X kaido, 40207.
sylvestris, 39829.
snmi, 40206.
Mamegaki, Diospyros lotus, 40128.
Mamoni. Carica papaya, 40340.
Mangarita, Colocasia sp., 40384.
Man^'osteen, (iareinia mangostana.
(Jamaica), 39867, 39952, 10101.
(Java), 39896.
Manini cactus, under Opuntia sp.,
39853.
Wanisuris exaltata, 39836. 39927.
Mao t'ao. Ammplalus spp., 39899, 40004.
Amygdalus tangutica, 39898.
Maple Acer capillipes, 39988.
Marlea begonifolia. See Alangium
i hi noise.
Marsdenia tenacissima, ."'.'.Mis."".
Mnliciuio sativa. 4o.°,77-40381.
sativa varia, 40382.
Heibomia uneinata, 1-0333.
.Millet, Chaetochloa italica, 39933.
Pearl, Pennisetum glaucum, 39878.
Kagi. Eleusine coracana, .".9877,
39893.
Mitsuba, Deringa canadensis, 39869.
Mitsuba jeri, Deringa canadensis,
39869.
Mock orange, Philadelphus sp., 39919.
Mo mo shili tzu, Diospyros; Laid, 39912.
Morns alba, 40215.
Mulberry, Morns alba, 4021."..
Mung bean. Phaseolus aureus, 39981.
Muskmelon, Cucumis mclo, 39725,
39726. 39854, 39855.
(China), 39725, 39726.
(Spain), 39854. 39855.
winter. 39854, 39855.
Myricaria germanica, 39838.
Needle bush, ffakea leucoptera, 40050.
Nepal creeper, Jacquemontia coelestis,
39865.
Neyrandia madagascariensis, 39690.
Nicotiana spp., 39948-39951.
tabacnm, 39894.
Nika, Dioscorea sp., 3970:!.
Nika Cimarron, Dioscorea sp., 39703.
Niu t'a pien. Soja max, ;}!f!t7b.
Nue duh pea. Soja max, 39976.
« >ak. Querents spp. :
(China ). 40038, 40065.
cork, Quercus snber, 39710, 40099.
evergreen, Lithocarpus cornea,
40005.
(Mexico), 39723, 39917. 39999,
40295, 40296.
(Spain). 39710.
( »at. Anna sativa, 10385.
Abed Danisk Giant No. 45, 40385.
< Mi tsah tOU, Soja max, 39977.
Okra, Abelmoschus escnlentus, -4n:;:::>.
< Heaster, Elaeagnus angustifolia,
40214.
Ong siang s/.e tou, Soja max, 39969
Ophiopogon japoniens, 39701.
Opuntia sp., 39853.
Orange, Bergamot, Citrus bergamia,
390! t!), 39712. 40222.
bitter. Citrus aurantitim, 39700.
(Italy), 39699, 39700, 39712.
(Sicily), 402212.
Osteomeles schicerinae, l<>033.
INDEX OF COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES.
119
Pa yiieh pai tou, Soja max, 39974.
Pac, Arinona squamosa, 40306.
Pah yuih tou, Soja max, 39974.
Pai pien tou, Phaseolus aureus, 39981.
Pai ts'ai, Brassica pekinensis, 39724. .
Palm, Acrocomia crispa, 40301.
Archon tophoenix a I e x a n d r a e,
40069.
(California). 39740, 39859.
(Canal Zone), 40303.
(China), 40029.
(Cuba). 40301.
Elaeis melanococca, 40303.
Guadeloupe Island, 39740.
(Java), 40069.
Loroma amcthystina, 39859.
oil, Elaeis melanococca, 40303.
Trachycarpus excelsus, 40029.
Tsung shu, Trachycarpus excelsus,
40029.
Papaya. Carica papaya, 40340, 40346.
(Brazil). 40346.
Mamoni, 40340.
(Paraguay), 40340.
Passiflora sp., 40072.
edulis, 39818, 39955, 40075.
Passion fruit, Passiflora spp.
Pea, Pisum spp. :
Arbejon de Lanzarote, 40284.
Arvejas. 40285.
black, Lathyrus niger, 40350.
(Canary Islands), 40283-40285.
(China), 39973.
everlasting, Lathyrus grandiflorus,
40312.
field, Pisum arvcnsc, 40136.
Itaria Osaya, 40136.
flat, Lathyrus sylvestris, 40319,
40336.
Hsiao ban. 39973.
(Japan). 40136-40138.
marsh. Lathyrus palustris, 40335.
Nion Saya, 40137.
Nion Kinu Saya, 40138.
Siao ea, 39973.
Tangier. Lathyrus tingitanus,
40291.
Peach, Amygdalus spp. :
(China ) . 39899, 40000-40006, 40210.
mao t'ao. 39899, 40004.
pien t'ao, 40210.
Potanin's, 39899, 40007-10009.
wild, 40001-40006.
Pear, Pyrus spp. :
(Algeria), 40297, 40331.
(China), 40019, 40100.
Chinese winter, 40100.
Moroccan, 40297, 40331.
Pearl millet, Pennisetum glaucum,
39878.
Pennisetum glaucum, 39878.
typhoideum. See P e n n i set u m
glaucum.
Pepper, red. See Capsicum spp.
Persea americana, 39835, 40104.
gratissima. See Pcrsca americana.
indica, 39954.
Persimmon, Diospyros spp.:
(China), 39912. 39913, 40024.
Fang shin tzii, Diospyros Icaki,
39913.
Ghoorma, Diospyros lotus, 40024,
(Japan), 40128.
Mamegaki, Diospyros lotus, 40128.
Mo mo shih tzii, Diospyros Icaki,
39912.
Persoonia angulata, 40058.
media, 40059.
myrtilloides, 40000.
Petrophila pulchella, 40061.
sessilis, 40062.
Pe-tsai. Brassica pekinensis. 39724.
Phalaris canariensis, 4020:;.
Phaleria blumei, 40337.
Phaseolus angularis, 39979, 40129-
40134.
aureus, 39981.
coccineus, 40135.
vulgaris, 40286, 40287.
Philadelphus sp., 39919.
Picea koyamai, 39996.
Pico de palonia. Capsicum sp.. (0095.
Picrasma quassioides, Joins.
Pien t'ao, Amygdalus persica platy-
carpa, 40210.
Pin bush, Hakea leucoptera, 40050.
Pine, I'inus gerardiana, 40216.
Pinus gerardiana, 40216.
Pistache, Pistacia vera, W217, 40218.
Laughing, 40217. W218.
Pistacia rem. 40217, 40218.
Pisum arvense, 40136.
sativum, :\wi:\. 10137, 40138,
40283 10285.
Pittosporum fioribundum, :>'.)727.
macrophyllum, 39728.
Pleiospcrmium alatum, 40102.
120
INDEX OF COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES.
Plum, Primus spp. :
Alubokhara, 40223, 40224. 40228-
4023").
Alucha, 40225-40227.
Australian sour (undetermined),
39S70.
(China). 40014, 40015.
(India). 40223-40235.
Kabul Greengage, 40231.
wild. 40014. 40015.
Pogostemon fraternus, 39683.
Poinciana regia. See Delonix regia.
Polygonum sp., 40034.
Pomelo. See Pummelo.
Poplar, Populus spp. :
(China). 39900. 39924.
Shui pai yang, 39900.
Populus simonii, 39924.
suaveolens przeicalskii, 39900.
Pouteria caimito, 40348.
Poxte, Annona scleroderma. 40305.
Prickly-pear, Opuntia sp., 39853.
Prinsepia uni flora, 40023.
Prunus spp., 40014, 40015, 40211.
armeniaca, 39953, 40012, 40013.
40219.
boTcharicnsis, 40223-40235.
brachypoda, 39902.
maritime, 39940.
maxim <> voiczii, 401 89.
persica. See Amyydalus persica.
platycarpa. See Amyydalus
persica platycarpa.
potanini. See Amyydalus per-
sica potanini.
salicifolia, 40073.
sargentii. See Prunus serrulata
sachalinensis.
serrulata, 39743-39798, 39820-
39826.
serrulata sachalinensis, 40190.
setulosa, 39911.
ssiori, 40067.
stipulacea, 39918.
tangutica. Sec Amygdalus tangu-
tica.
Psidium guajava, 40343.
Pummelo, Citrus grandis, 39875, 39879.
(China). 39879.
(India), 39875.
Pyronia, Cydonia veitchii, t'»22o. 40221.
Pyrus sp., 40 100.
mains. Sec Malus sylvestris.
mamorensis, 40297, 40331.
ussurk nsis. -KI019.
Qolqas, Colocasia antiquorum, 39892.
Queensland nut, Macadamia ternifolia,
40057.
Quercus spp.. 39999, 40038, 40296.
cornea. See Lithocarpus cornea.
insignis, 39723, 39947, 40295.
suhcr. 39710. 40099.
Quince. Chaenomeles spp., 40160, 40161.
dwarf. 40161.
Ragi millet. EUusine coracana. 39877,
39893.
Raspberry, wild. Rubus sp.. 39819.
Raxpac, Annona reticulata, 40304.
Red pepper. Capsicum spp. :
(Hungary), 39722.
(India), 39932.
(Mexico), 40094, 40095.
Pico de paloma, 40095.
Rhus sp.. 397<m;.
Rhynchosia voluMUs, 39737.
Ribcs spp., 39910, 39920.
alpestre yiyanteum, 39916, 40022.
Ricinus coin munis, 40096.
Rollinia sp., 40344.
Rosa hugonis, 40192.
scrtata, 40193, 40368.
webbiana, 40191.
Rose. Rosa spp.
Roselle. Hibiscus sabdariffa. 40204.
40205, 40299, 40300.
Altissima, 40205.
Archer, 40299.
(Philippine Islands) 40204. 40205,
40299. 40300.
Temprano, 40204.
Victor, 40300.
Rottboellia exaltata. See Manisuris
exaltata.
Rowan. Sorbus sp.. 40021.
Royal poinciana. Delonix regia, 39964.
Rubus sp.. 39819.
giraldianus, 40194.
omeiensis, 40195.
Sabicea sp., 40202.
Saccharum offlcinarum, 39845-39852,
39876.
Salix spp., 39901, 39921, 39922.
S;iinl lucern. Medicago saliva varia,
40382.
Sapote, black. Diospyros ebenaster,
3909S. a; 17 19. 40338.
prieto. 39719.
negro, 39719.
INDEX OF COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES.
121
Schizandra sphenanthera, 40025.
Schizophragma hydrangeoides, 40068.
Setaria italica. See Chaetoehloa ital-
ica.
Shih mien shu, Eucommia ulmoides,
40028.
Shih tou, Phaseolus angularis, 39979.
Shih tzu ho tou, Soja max, 39972.
Shui pai tou, Soja max, 39975.
Shui pai yang, Populus suaveolens
przewalskii, 39900.
Shui pei shu, Cephalotaxus drupaeea
sinensis, 40018.
Siao ea, Pisum sativum, 39973.
Sibiraea laevigata, 39917.
Silky oak, Grevillea Miliaria, 40044.
Sinjid, Elaeagnus angustifolia, 40214.
Soja max, 39967-39972, 39974-39977,
39982, 40106-40127, 40370-40376.
Solatium dulcamara, 39694, 39718.
Sorbus sp., 40021.
Sorghum, Holeus sorghum, 40076-
40093.
Bita, 40093.
Danki-polari, 40091.
Dschundi Rei, 40092.
durra, 40076-40080, 40084, 40087-
40093.
Gabli sambull, 40089.
(German East Africa), 40076-
40088.
Gewerie, 40090.
Holongo wape, 40076.
Ikululukizi, 40080.
Kagiri, 40083.
( Kamerun ) , 40089-40093.
Kangwala, 40081.
Luwele, 40084.
Mgegene, 40077.
Mkulapolo, 40078.
shallu, 40086, 40093.
Upolo, 40082.
Upolo wamagohe, 40085.
Yembayemba, 40079.
Sorghum halepensis. See Holeus hale-
pensis.
vulgare. See Holeus sorghum.
Soy bean, Soja max:
Akaduiki-daizu, 40121.
Ao-daizu, 40120.
Asahidaizu, 40115.
Chadaizu, 40125.
Chia chia san tou, 39968.
Soy bean (China), 39967-39972, 39974-
39977, 39982.
Darumadaizu, 40116.
Dekisugidaizu, 40371.
Fuku-shiro-daizu, 40122.
Gee buh tou, 39975.
Hachi-ri-han-daizu, 40123.
Hakodate-nishiki-da izu. 40376.
Hato-koroshi-daizu, 40118.
Hei tou, 39970.
Hikagedaizu, 40370.
Hishidaizu, 40374.
Huk tou, 39970.
Hung hsiang chih tou, 39969.
(Japan). 40106-40127, 40370-
40376.
Kah kah sen tou, 39968.
Kiehidaizu, 40126.
Kinako-daizu, 40113.
Ko-tsubu-daizu, 40112.
Ku li ch'ing, 39971.
Kua shu tou, 39967.
Kurodaizu, 40127, 40372.
Kwa lea ching. 39971.
Kwa zoh tou, 39967.
Loh tou, 39982.
Lfl tou, 39982.
Misodaizu, 40111.
Moehidaizu, 40106.
Nakatedaizu, 40107, 40373.
Niu t'a pien, 39976.
Nue duh pea, 39976.
Oh tsah tou, 39977.
Ong siang sze tou. 39969.
Pa yiieh pai tou, 39974.
Pah yuih tou, 39974.
Shichi-ri-korobi-daizu, 40108.
Shih tzu ho tou, 39972.
Shui pai tou, 39975.
Taiwandaizu, 40117.
Tamazukuridaizu, 40114.
Usu-ao-daizu. 40119.
Wasedaizu. 40110.
Wu ch'iao tou, .">(.»!)77.
Yoshiwaradaizu, 10124.
Yuki-no-shita-daizu, 40109.
Zee tee 'ah tou, 39972.
Spathodea nilotica, 40071.
Spindle wood, Euonymus sp.. 39903.
Spiraea laevigata. Sec Sibiraea laevi-
gata.
Spondias sp., 40351.
////<■(/. 40098.
Spruce, Picea koyamai, 39996.
122
INDEX OF COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES.
Ssu ych ts'ai, Adenophoni verticillata,
39837.
Star-apple, Chrysophylltim cainito,
40347.
st< nocarpus si mi ii tits. 40063.
Sterculia sp., 39874.
Stranvaesia daridiana undulata, 40106.
Stuarlia monadelpha, 40327.
Sugar-apple, innona squamosa, 40306.
Pac, 40306.
Sugar cane, SaccJiarum offldnarum:
Cebu light purple, 39849.
Inalmon, 39850.
Laguna white. 39851.
Luzon No. 1. 39847.
Luzon No. 2. 39848.
Negros purple. 39845.
Negros purple morada, 39876.
Pampanga dark purple. 39846.
light purple. 39852.
(Philippine Islands), 39845-39852,
39876.
Sweet potato. Ipomoea batatas:
Amarrate conmigo. 40239.
Andrinito, 40247.
Blanco, 39945. 40237.
Botija, 40253.
("a maguey. 39799.
Camareto, 39733.
( Jamarioca, 39730.
Candela, 39729.
Casearillo, 39831.
Centauro, 39741.
Chino bianco. 39802.
Ciclon, 40388.
Cienfuegos, 40246.
Colorado brujo, 39801.
(Cuba). 39729-39735. 39741. 39742.
39799-39802. 39831-39833. 39941-
39945, 40237-40258. 40388.
Hache, 39732.
Isla de Pinos. 40256.
Maleta, 40245.
Mambf, 40255.
Manf. 40243.
Manf niorado. 40258.
Maui. 39942.
Manila Colorado. 40250.
Matojo. 40248.
Miseria, 39735.
Mmigorro, 39734.
Mulato, 40252.
Pan con vino, 39731.
Papa, 39941, 40238.
Sweel potato, Papayon, .">0944.
Picadito, 39832.
Kayo, 40241
Sabanilla Colorado, 40254.
San Pedro bianco, 39833.
San Pedro Colorado, 40251.
Santiago. 39943. 40242.
Sequito, 40240.
Tornasol, 39742.
Tuno, 40249.
Vuelta-arriba, 40244.
Vueltabajero, 40257.
Y.Mna de huevo, 39800.
Sword bean, Canavali gtadiatum,
39925.
Sycamore fig. Ficus sycomorus, 39827.
Tamarisk. Tamarix spp.:
(Egypt), 39856.
( Russia ) . 39691-39693.
Tamarix sp., 39693.
aphylla, 39856.
hohenackeri, 39691.
pentandra, 39692.
Taro, Egyptian. Colocasia antiquorum,
39892.
Taxus cv spid at a. 39861, 39997.
Teff. perennial. Eragrostis sp., 40298.
Telopea speciosissima, 40064.
Thiuitx riiin gtbsoni, 39929.
Tilia euchlora, 40197.
Tobacco, Nicotiana spp.:
(Peru), 39948-39949.
(Burma), 39894.
Tomwamwe. Sabicea sp.. 40202.
Trachycarpus excelstis, 40029.
Triumfetta pilosa, 39688.
Tsih ton. Doliehos lablab, 39980.
Tsung sbu. Trachycarpus excelsus,
40029.
Tuchung. Eucommia ulmoides, 40028
Tung tree. Aleurites fordii, 39707,
39714, 39956.
Undetermined. 39868. 39S70.
Vanilla sp.. 39708.
Vetch, bitter, Lathyrus vernus, 40322.
Viburnum furcatum, 39998.
henryi, 40199.
lobophyUum, 40198.
pJdebotrichum, 40200.
rhytidophyUum, 40201.
INDEX OF COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES.
123
Vicia faba, 402S8. 40289.
monanthos, 40294.
Vitis sp., 40026.
vinifera, 40105.
Walnut, Juglans spp. :
(China), 4001G.
Clos Bernardin, 39844, 39886.
Clos Durand, 39840, 39843, 39882,
39885.
Clos Lafarge, 39842, 39884.
Clos May, 39841, 39883.
Clos Masson, 39839, 39881.
(France), 39839-39844, 39881-
39886.
Garhwal Kaghzi, 39966.
(India), 39966.
(Porto Rico), 40236.
Watermelon, Citrullus vulgaris, 39891.
(South Africa), 39891.
Tsaraa, 39891.
Willow, Salix spp. :
(China), 39901, 39921, 39922.
Golden-Top, 39921, 39922.
Wu ch'iao tou. Soja max, 39977.
Wu wei tzu, Schizandra sphenanthera,
40025.
Yama tsia, Stuartia monadelpha,
40327.
Yam, Dioscorea spp., 39702-39705.
Dago agaga, 39704.
Dago hava, 39705.
(Guam), 39702-39705.
Nika, 39702.
Nika Cimarron, 39703.
red, 39704.
southern, 3970.">.
Yeh hsiao hsing, Amygdalus tangutica,
39898.
Yeh t'ao, Amygdalus sp., 40004.
Yen chili shu, Euonymus sp., 39739.
Yew, Japanese, Ta.cus cuspidata,
39861. 39997.
Ylang-ylang, Canangium odoratum,
39928.
Zanthoxylum bungei, 39695.
Ze tou, Phaseolus annularis, 39979.
Zea mays, 39803-39807, 39895, 39936-
39939, 39958-39963, 40259-40279,
40369.
Zee tee 'ah tou, Soja max, 39972.
o
% Issued March 3u, WIS.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY.
WILLIAM A.TAYLOR, Chief of Bureau.
c*
INVENTORY
OF
SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED
BY THK
OFFICE OF FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT INTRODUCTION
DURING THE PERIOD FROM APRIL 1
TO JUNE 30, 1915.
(No. 43; Nos. 40389 to 40895. )
WASHINGTON:
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.
Issued March 30, 1918.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY.
WILLIAM A.TAYLOR, Chief of Bureau.
INVENTORY
OF
SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED
BY THE
OFFICE OF FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT INTRODUCTION
DURING THE PERIOD FROM APRIL 1
TO JUNE 30, 1915.
(No. 43; Nos. 40389 to 40895. )
WASHINGTON:
GOVERNMENT PRINTING CFFIOE.
1918.
BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY.
Chief of Bureau, William A. Taylor.
Associate chief of Bureau, KABL I". Kei.lerman.
Officer in Charge of Publications, J. E. Rockwell.
Chief Clerk, James E. Junks.
Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction.
scientific staff.
David Fairchild, Agricultural Explorer in Charge.
P. H. Dorsett, Plant Introducer, in Charge of Plant Introduction Field Stations.
B. T. Galloway, Plant Fathologist, in Charge of Plant Protection and Plant Propagation.
Peter Bisset, Plant Introducer, in Charge of Foreign Plant Distribution.
Frank N. Meyer. Wilson Popenoe. and F. C. Reinier. Agricultural Explorers.
H. C. Skeels, S. C. Stuntz, and R. A. Young, Botanical Assistants.
D. A. Bisset, R. N. Jones, P. G. Russell, and Glen P. Van Eseltine, Assistants.
Robert L. Beagles, Superintendent, Plant Introduction Field station, Ghico, Cal.
E. O. Orpet, Assistant in Plant Introduction, Chico, Cal.
Edward Simmonds, Superintendent, Plant Introduction Field Station. Miami, Fla.
John M. Rankin, Superintendent, Yarrow Plant Introduction Field station, Rockville, ild.
Harry Duffield, jr.. Assistant in Plant Introduction, Rockville, Md.
J. E. Morrow, Superintendent, Plant Introduction Field Station, Brooksville, I la.
Henry E. Juenemann. Superintendent, Plant Introduction Field station, Bellingham, Wash.
Edward Goucher, Plant Propagator.
Collaborators: Aaron Aaronsohn, Director, Jewish Agricultural Experimental station,
Haifa, Pah stint ; Thomas W. Brown, Gizeh, Cairo. Egypt; II. M. Curran. Laurel, ild.;
M. J. Dorsey, University Farm. St. Paul. Minn.; Dr. Uustav Eisen, New York. X. T.J
E. C. Green, Servico do Algoddo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; A. C. Hartless. Seharunpur
Botanic Gardens, Seharunpur, India; Barbour Lathrop, Chicago, III.: Miss Eliza R.
Scidmore, Washington, It. C; Charles Simpson, Littleriver, Fla.; II. P. Stuckey,
Experiment, ca ; Dr. L. Trabut, Director, Service Botanique, Algiers. Algeria; II. X.
Whitford, School of Forestry, New Haven, Conn.; E. H. Wilson, Arnold Arboretum,
Jamaica Plain, Mass.
2
CONTENTS.
Page.
Introductory statement 5
Inventory H
Index of common and scientific names 99
ILLUSTRATIONS
Plate I. The orange jessamine (Chalcas exotica (L.) Millspaugh) in southern
Florida. (S. P. I. No. 40392) 12
II. A weeping form of Chinese elm, Ulmus pumila L. (S. P. I. No.
40507) 12
III. The granadilla, Passiflora quadrangular is L., in Hawaii. (S. P. I.
No. 40552) 44
IV. Seeds of the oil kiri, or Hri oil, tree (Aleurites cordata (Thunb.) Muell .
Arg.) of Japan. (S. P. I. No. 40673) 44
V. White eggplants (Solatium melongena L.) from China. (S. P. I.
No. 40759) 76
VI. The Smith bamboo grove at Burroughs, near Savannah, Ga. {Phijl-
lostachyssv.; S. P. I. No. 40842) 76
3
INVENTORY OF SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED
• BY THE OFFICE OF FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT
INTRODUCTION DURING THE PERIOD FROM
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1915 (NO. 43; NOS. 40389 TO
40895).
INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT.
The plant material recorded in this inventory represents collec-
tions made and gifts received from different parts of the world while
the European war was in progress, and, as showing how little the war
has affected the attitude of the scientific men with whom this office
is in touch, it may be remarked that specialists in the following coun-
tries have furnished plants or seeds in response to requests or upon
their own initiative: Italy, France, Holland, England, and their
colonies, Russia, China, Sweden, Greece, Spain, Mexico. Argentina,
Japan, Colombia, Turkey, Peru, Costa Rica, Ecuador. Chile, Guate-
mala, Cuba, Liberia, and Paraguay. While the number of shipments
falls below that of similar periods before the war and is probably
much below7 what it would have been had there been no war. it is
nevertheless a substantial showing of cooperation among the scientific
plant enthusiasts of the world.
The most notable collections recorded in the inventory are those
made by the Department's explorer, Mr. Frank X. Meyer, during
his expedition into the little-known Province of Kansu. in north-
western China. This expedition was made from Peking, from
which city Mr. Meyer started on June 20, 1014. his route taking him
through the following principal cities of China and enabling him
to get a general idea of the field for exploration there: Changte
(Honan), Luanfu, Pingyangfu. Wensi, Tungchowfu, Sianfu, Paoki.
Fenghsien, Huihsien, Chenghsien, Chiehchow, Siku, Minchow, Tao-
chow, Titaochow, Lanchowf'u. Pingliang, Kingchow, and Pinchow.
It is outside the province of this brief introduction even to sketch
the accomplishments of this expedition, which lasted seven months.
further than to call attention to the plant species which were dis-
covered during its progress, as enumerated in this inventory. Mr.
Note. — This bulletin is a record of new or little known seeds ami plants procured
mostly from abroad. It is Intended for distribution to agricultural experiment stations
and the more important private cooperators.
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6 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
Meyer's character sketches of the things he finds and the uses which
he believes can be made of them are always interesting reading, and
often they give a glimpse into the circumstances surrounding the
discovery and securing of the seeds or other plant material which
he sends in to be grown somewhere in this country. As only little
more than a year has passed since these collections were sent in, it
is manifestly impossible to indicate anything regarding the ultimate
success of the various introductions which he made.
One unfortunate circumstance it may not be out of place to record
here, as it may have a bearing upon the botany of some of Mr. Meyer's
introductions. Although perhaps the most laborious work of the
expedition was the collecting and drying of the herbarium specimens,
of which he procured a large number, a considerable portion of his
collections was lost in the great Galveston storm, which by an unfor-
tunate coincidence struck that city just as his collections were on the
" last lap." so to speak, of their long steamer and railroad journey
from Kansu to Washington. About a third of his specimens were
ruined, especially herbaceous material, but the larger part of the
woody specimens were saved, mounted, and are now in the herbarium.
A variety of hull-less oats (S. P. I. No. 40650) and a hull-less bar-
ley (S. P. I. No. 40652), two varieties of high-altitude corn (S. P. I.
Nos. 40653 and 40654) from western Kansu, near the borders of Tibet.
and five varieties of kaoliang collected in the Provinces of Shensi and
Kansu, may prove of value in the development of varieties suited to
our own high plateaus.
The recent researches of Reimer, which indicate that certain of the
Chinese pear species have a remarkable resistance to pear blight,
will give an unusual interest to the collection of three as yet unde-
termined forms of Pyrus from Kansu.
The collection of Chinese jujubes at Chico has been enriched by
two varieties (S. P. I. Nos. 40506 and 40877) which Mr. Meyer con-
siders stand second only to a variety which he discovered previously
at Paihsiangchen, Shansi. One of these (S. P. I. No. 40506) has
fruits as large as a small hen's ^g:g and unlike most varieties is
destitute of spines when old and produces trees having trunks li
feet in diameter. Another (S. P. I. No. 40878) is used for boiling
with millet, or much as we do raisins for baking in bread.
As was expected. Mr. Meyer found that Kansu possesses a great
variety of ornamental tree- and shrubs. Two species of Viburnum
(S. P. I. Nos. 40692 to 40694). three species of Euonymus (S. P. T.
Nos. 40696 to 40698), four species of rose (S. P. I. Nos. 40699 to
40702), and a linden (S. P. I. No. 40720) which may make a valuable
park tree arc among those recorded in this inventory.
At an altitude of 6,000 feet near Lungteh, Kansu, Mr. Meyer found
the davidiana peach (S. P. I. No. 40722). This is possibly its most
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1915. 7
western locality in China. Those interested in the breeding of hedys-
arums for the production of hardy forage varieties or as ornamentals
will welcome two species, as yet undetermined, which Mr. Meyer
found in Kansu (S. P. I. Nos. 40746 and 40747). The gall nuts of
China, which are exported in large quantities from Hankow and are
used for a black dye by the Chinese and for tanning purposes by
Europeans, Mr. Meyer found to come from the Shensi Province and
to be produced by a gall insect which attacks the leaves of a native
sumac, Rhus potanini (S. P. I. No. 40717), which sumac might
easily be grown on cheap lands in our Southern States, as it is not
particular as to soil requirements. Both this species and another
from the same region, Rhus javanica (S. P. I. No. 40716), are hand-
some ornamentals.
Since the Chinese pistache (Pistacia chinensis) has shown itself
adapted to the Southwest and avenues of it have been started, it is
interesting to have Mr. Meyer's record of a tree at Tsaichiapu
(S. P. I. No. 40662) which has a girth of 16 feet, measured 5 feet
above the ground. The wide range of territory in which the Chinese
elm ( Ulmus pumila) has succeeded will make Mr. Meyer's introduc-
tion of a weeping variety of this species of unusual interest (S. P. I.
No. 40507).
( dmoensia maxima, the largest flowered legume known, a tropical
vine producing fragrant blooms as beautiful as many orchids, has
flowered in Cuba from plants distributed from this office, and another
introduction (S. P. I. No. 40391) has been made from Angola,
where it spreads underground to great distances. It deserves to be
naturalized in the hammocks of southern Florida.
Ninety-one species and varieties of the genus Kibes (S. P. I. Nos.
40406 to 40496) has been assembled for the studies of the white-pine
blister rust, for which certain species appear to be a secondary host.
Among these are a number of very interesting hybrids and new or
rare species, such as the hybrid between the black currant and the
gooseberry (X Ribes schneideri) , Wilson's Rites longeracemosum,
and the X Ribes succirubrum, the plants of which are reported to be
in their second generation identical with those of the Hist generation.
Dr. Eisen has sent in a fig variety from Naples called the Troiaro
(S. P. I. No. 40499) which he considers superior to the White
Adriatic and declares to be the best tabic fig in Italy. It requires a
•nore even climate than that of Fresno in which to mature, hut is
not affected seriously by fall rains. Prof. Savastano, the veteran
horticulturist of southern Italy, has sent from his own garden at
Acireale, Sicily, what he considers to be the best walnut of the
Sorrento type (S. P.I. No- L0394).
Prof. J. Burtt Davy calls attention again to the success in the
Transvaal of the Abyssinian tell' (Eragrostis abyssinica; S. P. I. No.
8 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
40535), which he says has become a standard hay crop, teff hay
selling for as much as £5 a ton in Johannesburg.
The tabog of the Philippines (Chaetospermum glutinosum) , seed
of which our late collaborator, Mr. William S. Lyon, sent in (S. P. I.
No. 40550), represented in the mind of this experienced observer,
whose death has recently been announced by the papers and whose
contributions to these inventories have been most valuable, a possible
stock for citrus fruits.
The begonia, which years ago Prof. I. B. Balfour, of the Edin-
burgh Botanic Gardens, brought back from the island of Socotra,
east of the Gulf of Aden, appears to have been most successfully
used in the production of a race of winter-blooming begonias (S. P. I.
No. 40526).
Of ornamentals for city dooryards and home gardens a number
of new or rare species are represented in this inventory — the yellow-
flowered Clematis tangutica (S. P. I. No. 40570), the dwarf Chinese
box, Buxus harlandii (S. P. I. No. 40566), the Cotoneaster dielsiana
(S. P. I. No. 40575) from central China, Vitis flexuosa parvifolia
(S. P. I. No. 40600) from the same region, Primula littoniana (S.
P. I. No. 40857) from Yunnan, and Pyrus salicifolia (S. P. I. No.
40497) from Russia.
Apple breeders may be interested in the new species of Malus from
Formosa, Malus formosana (S. P. I. No. 40619), which is very dis-
tinct from all other species of this genus, and asparagus breeders in
Asparagus lucidus (S. P. I. No. 40617) from the same island, the
roots of which are preserved in sugar and called Tenmondo in
Formosa.
To assist in a study of the insecticidal properties of pyrethrum. a
large collection of species of Chrysanthemum was introduced (S. P.
I. Nos. 40511 to 40513, 40542 to 40548, and 40627 to 40644) and tested
by the Insecticide and Fungicide Board.
What success will attend the trial in Florida and California citrus
groves of Cracca Candida (S. P. I. No. 40894) and Craeca villosa
purpurea (S. P. I. No. 40895), two cover-crop plants from Ceylon,
remains to be seen. The former appears to be a favorite green-
manure crop in that tropical island.
Chinese names in this inventory have been brought, so far as pos-
sible, into accord with the best authorities, the geographic names
(except when fixed by decisions of the United States Geographic
Board) being given in the form accepted by the Chinese Ministry of
Communications Postal Guide. Many names of the smaller villages,
however, are not listed therein, and in all such cases the location of
the village is given with reference to the nearest town mentioned in
that reference work.
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As heretofore, this inventory has been prepared by Miss May
Riley, the botanical determinations of seeds introduced have been
made by Mr. H. C. Skeels, and the descriptive and botanical notes
arranged by Mr. S. C. Stuntz, who has also had general supervision
of this inventory, as of all the publications of this office.
It is with deep regret that we record here the death of Mr. Stephen
C. Stuntz, which occurred on February 2, 1918, while this inventory
was in press. Mr. Stuntz had charge of the publications of this office
for more than seven years. Through an unusual acquaintance with
languages and with bibliography he had built up and systematized
these publications, which are known throughout the country to thou-
sands of amateur and professional gardeners and practical farmers,
and many of the improved appliances and methods which have
served to make the work of plant introduction a success were due to
his thought and ingenuity.
David Fairchild,
Agricultural Explorer in Charge.
Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction,
Washington, D. C, February 20, 1918.
INVENTORY.
40389. Pyrus communis L. Malaceae. Pear.
From Novospasskoe, Russia. Presented by Mr. A. D. Woelkoff, director,
Jardin Experimental de l'Ecole Horticulture, Cholmy. Received April 7,
1915.
Var. caucasica.
40390. Phaseolus vulgaris L. Fabaceae. Bean.
From Foxboro, Mass. Presented by Rev. Father C. N. Field. Received
April 2, 1915.
" Flowering beans, grown at St. Augustine's Children's Farm, Foxboro, last
year. Quite pretty bunches of flowers, the seeds of several kinds of which were
brought me from Jamaica." (Field.)
40391. Camoensia maxima Welw. Fabacese.
From Loanda, Angola, Africa. Presented by Mr. J. Gossweiler. Received
April 7, 1915.
" The plant upon which this genus was founded was discovered in Angola by
the late Dr. Welwitsch when in the Portuguese service, and by him it was in
consequence named after the famous Lusitanian poet. It is a climbing shrub,
' common in the dense forests of the Golungo Alto, adorning the loftiest trees of
the outskirts with its splendid bunches of pendulous milk-white flowers, tinged
with gold on the edge of the petals.'
"The specimen before us is slightly puberulous, with long-stalked trifolio-
late-acuminate leaves, minute stipules, and close racemes of flowers, which
under cultivation are erect rather than pendulous, as originally described and
figured, but which, when growing over tall trees, as described by Dr. Welwitsch,
might well be pendent, as he described them. The inflorescence and outer por-
tion of the calyx are thickly covered with dense, felted, coarse brown hairs.
The bracteoles are about half an inch long, lanceolate, deciduous. The calyx
tube, measuring about 2 inches in length, is leathery, cylindric, curved, dividing
into a relatively short, irregularly 5-lobed limb, of which the thick segments are
imbricate in the bud. The five petals, which are twice the size of the calyx, all
have long white, narrow stalks, and all expand above into a spoon-shaped limb,
somewhat papery in texture, plicate and crumpled in the bud, reticulate in vena-
tion, and edged with a narrow border of rich orange yellow, which Mr. Wood-
all describes as tipped with gold lace, so delicate and fairylike is the frilled
edging. The uppermost petal, or standard, is much larger than the others, and
has the inner surface of the disk as well as the margins Hushed with yellow.
The side petals, or wings, are at first uprighl and rigid within the standard, but,
as the artist remarked while making Ins sketch, they are endowed with elasticity
when touched by the pencil, and after the discharge of the pollen they become
drooping. The two lower petals and the stamens are also at first quite rigid,
but subsequently fall. The snow-white stamens an1 shorter than the petals, in
in number, forming a tube at the base, filamentous above. The narrow, angular
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12 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
ovary is stalked, its stalk adherent to the tube of the calyx for its lower half.
The cylindric style is slightly hairy at the upper part, and terminates in a green,
cushion-shaped stigma. The flowers have a delicate fragrance, which has been
compared to that of vanilla. The yellow color of the edge of the petals is ap-
parently due to the presence of coloring matter in the four or five rows of cells
nearest to the margin. Those at the extreme edge are raised into pimplelike
elevations, whilst those on the surface of the disk of the petal are flat and sir-
ous in outline, containing in some cases oil in small quantities and minute starch
grains, or some substance faintly colored blue by iodine. The thin texture of
the petals causes them to be fugacious, and the golden rim which is so beautiful
an adornment to the frilled edge very soon turns to dirty brown. These circum-
stances detract greatly from the value of the flower in a gardener's eyes, but it
must be remembered that the flowers are in clusters and open in succession and
that when grown as seen by Welwitsch in Angola they no doubt amply justify
his eulogium.
" Mr. Monteiro, to whom we are indebted for the introduction of this and
many other African rarities sent by him at different times to Kew from Angola,
thus writes of the Camoensia in his interesting book, Angola and the River Congo
(MacMillan, 1875) : 'It was at Quiballa (a large town situated on a low flat-
topped hill on the northern limit of Angola) that we were so fortunate as to
obtain s'pecimens of the flowers and a quantity of ripe seeds of the beautiful
plant named Camoensia maxima by its discoverer, Dr. Welwitsch. We saw in-
growing along the sides of the road as soon as we left the gneiss formation and
entered on the mica slate ; but more abundantly in the more bare places on the
sides of the hills at Quiballa. in the very hard clay of the decomposed mica slate.
The Camoensia grows as a hard, woody bush, with rather long straggling
branches covered with fine large leaves and bearing bunches of flowers. Its
roots spread underground to great distances and shoot out into other plants, so
that on attempting to remove what we thought were nice small plants we always
came to a great thick root, which we followed and found to proceed from old
bushes at a considerable distance. Half a dozen of the seeds germinated on
arrival at Kew Gardens, so that I hope this lovely flower will be shortly in
cultivation, a welcome addition to our hothouses.' At Kew the plant behaves
exactly as described in the above extract, the bed in which it is planted being a
mass of woody routs whence numerous suckers spring. These, however, are not
allowed to grow, the specimen being limited to about five stems, the thickest
being now nearly 2 inches in diameter and very hard. The longest shoots are
about 12 feet in length, and they are almost wholly clothed with bright-green
trifoliate leaves. New shoots are developed freely all over the plant, and to
keep ir from becoming a thick tangle many of these are removed annually. It
is pranted in a hot, moist stove in a raised border of rich well-drained loamy
soil, below which there are several hot-water pipes. The stems are trained on
wiies close to the roof of the house, which is somewhat flat and faces due south.
During bright sunshine the house is shaded with an ordinary canvas blind. This
plant has been in this position for about 10 years, and all sorts of experiments have
been made to induce it to flower; but although it has always grown mosl vigor-
ously, it has never shown any signs of flowering before this year. Plants tried
in the large palm house and other tropical houses, including the succulent house,
were not so successful. If planted in a suitable position in a tropical garden.
this plant would soon cover an enormous area. We intend to put in cuttings of
the branches which are now in flower, in the expectation that they will respond
more readily to treatment for Hewers than has been the case hitherto. It would
he interesting to hear if the plants in Trinidad and Ceylon have flowered regu-
larly since they first yielded. Probably the exceptional amount of bright sun-
Inventory 43, Seeds and Plants Imported.
Plate I.
The Orange Jessamine (Chalcas exotica CD Millspaugh) in Southern Florida
(S. P.I. No. 40392).
A sma-Il tree or bushy shrub with fragranl white Bowers and pointed red frail a half inch
in length. It is one of the most beautiful of all tropical shrubs for formal plantings,
as attractive as box, but with the added beauty of exquisitely fragrant flowers and
showy red fruit. It is a relative of (Minis, and lemons have been successfully budded
on it as a stock. Its very vigorous root system makes it promising for stuck purposes
in certain regions. (Photographed at the .Miami, Fla., Field Station, August t'>, 1915;
P34FS-m.)
Inventory 43, Seeds and Plants Imported.
A Weeping Form of the Chinese Elm, Ulmus pumila L. (See S. P. I. No. 40507.)
The extreme hardiness of this Chinese elm, which has been widely distributed throughout
our Northwestern Stales, will make this picturesque weeping form, which is a rare
variety even in China, particularly welcome in that region for use in cemeteries and
parks. The specimen shown was photographed by Mr. Frank N. Meyer on an old grave
near Fengtai, Chihli, China, Mar. 'J.T, 1908 (P5429FS).
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shine enjoyed in this country during the early part of the past summer has a
great deal to do with the flowering of the Camoensia." {Gardeners' Chronicle,
ser. 3, vol. 20, p. 597.)
40392. Chalcas exotica (L.) Millspaugh. Kutaceae.
( Murray a exotica L.) Orange jessamine.
From Hongkong, China. Presented by Mr. W. J. Tutcher, superintendent,
Botanical and Forestry Department. Received April 7, 1915.
" The orange jessamine is commonly grown in greenhouses on account of its
abundant and very fragrant flowers. These are often to be seen along with the
mature red fruit, which make a striking contrast with the panicles of white
flowers and delicate foliage. The root growth of this species is remarkably
vigorous under greenhouse conditions. Lemons can be budded on it and make a
rapid growth. It is being tested as a stock for the common citrus fruits in situ-
ations in which a vigorous root system is desired." (IF. T. Swingle. In Bailey,
standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 2, p. 729.)
One of the most attractive of all shrubs for formal plantings in frostless
regions.
For an illustration of the orange jessamine, see Plate I.
40393. Aleurites fordii Hemsley. Euphorbiaceae. Tung tree.
From Experiment, Ga. Presented by Mr. H. P. Stuckey, horticulturist,
Georgia Agricultural Experiment Station. Received April 6, 1915.
" From tree 8, row 10, of nut plat at the Georgia Agricultural Experiment
Station. The fruit is of medium size and the tree fairly prolific." (R. A.
Young. )
40394. Juglans regia L. Juglandacese. Sorrento walnut.
From Acireale, Sicily. Presented by Mr. L. Savastano, director, Royal
Experiment Station. Received April 1, 1915.
" Cuttings from the true Sorrento walnut, collected on one of my properties,
where they are the best walnuts, and from small trees." (Savastano.)
40395 to 40405.
From Biskra, Algeria. Presented by Mr. Bernard G. Johnson. Cuttings
received April 2, 1915. Quoted notes by Mr. Johnson.
40395. Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck. Rutacese. Orange.
" Biskra blood orange."
40396 to 40405. Olea europaea L. Oleaceae. Olive.
"The first four specimens (S. P. I. Nos. 40396 to 40399) are probably
the ones most accurate, although I hope they arc all true to name. At
Biskra, olives are hardly ever planted from cuttings, but spring up for-
tuitously from seeds and are then grafted or budded. At the Chateau
Landon, at least, I was shown young trees that had been budded to
Zoragi. I have seen numerous did trees where suckers had been per-
mitted t<> grow to seme size; such are called Zaboosh. I have given the
Arabic way of writing, although the person that gave them to me was not
educated. It is difficult to find Learned people among the natives of
Algeria. I have transcribed the names ;is they sound i" me. Prof. Trabut
says that 'all along the Mediterranean there arc different varieties of
olives every 50 miles,' so there is a good chance that Tefahi, Zoragi, and
14 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
40395 to 40405 — Contd. (Quoted notes by Mr. B. G. Johnson.)
Boo Shookiya are original of Biskra. Prof. Trabut thinks the oil of
Zoragi would he useful to blend with cottonseed oil."
40396. "No. 1. Tefahi (meaning apple). From the orchard of
Amir Ali el Huni. This is the largest fruited of the olives grown at
Biskra, but a light hearer."
40397. "No. 2. Zoragi. From the orchard of El Hadji Mohammed
Ben, El Hadji Mohammed Brahim, who is kebir or village chief at
Bab Dharb. This variety seems to be the most common at Biskra;
probably 80 per cent or more of all the trees belong to it. Only
trees of this variety attain very large size. The tree at M. Maljean's
place was over 4 feet in diameter and apparently solid wood. It is
a heavy bearer, and the fruit is quite large, though smaller than
Tefahi (S. P. I. No. 40396). It is used for oil and pickling. Prof.
Trabut says ' the oil of Zoragi is very thick and heavy and not much
appreciated by the natives.' This fault can, however, be remedied
by mixing with a lighter oil."
40398. " No. 3. Tunisiya. Probably introduced from Tunis. Speci-
mens taken from the garden of Abd Rhozell Ben Babish. Tree
grows more slender and taller, with lighter trunk. The fruit is
smaller. I have seen but few trees of this variety. Makes a better
oil but is a much inferior producer."
40399. " No. 4. Boo Shookiya? (Producer of spines; Boo, in Arabic,
father or producer.) The specimens are from the orchard of El
Hadji Mohammed Ben, El Hadji Mohammed Brahim. The main
characteristic is that the wood suffers from a disease, and you will
notice that nearly all Boo Shookiya have this trouble. The fruit
is not so round as Tefahi or Zoragi, but more oval, and has a sepa-
rate formation at one end resembling a spine, therefore the name.
The fruit is used mostly for pickling. The variety is not so preva-
lent as Zoragi, but is quite common."
40400. "No. 5. Zoragi. From the orchard of M. Maljean. This
tree was exceptionally large."
40401. "No. 6. Tefahi. From tbe property of Swedi Sheik Swedi."
40402. "No. 7. Zoragi. From the Chateau Landon. All the youug
trees there had been grafted to Zoragi."
40403. "No. 8. Boo Shookiya. From the property of El Hadji
Jazeneb Medani. These specimens were apparently freer from the
disease, but not the trees."
40404. " No. 9. Tefahi. From the property of El Hadji Boo Sitta."
40405. " No. 10. Zoragi. From the Babesh property (one of the
richest in Biskra)."
40406 to 40496. Ribes spp. Grosstilariaceje.
From Paris. France. Purchased from Mr. Maurice Vilmorin. Cuttings re-
ceived April 1, 1015. Secured for the use of the pathologists of the
Bureau of Plant Industry in their studies of the relationships between
this genus and the white-pine blister rust.
" Various species of Ribes and Pinus imported from other countries for the use
of the Office of Forest Pathology have been secured for the purpose of carrying on
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1915. 15
much-needed critical experimental work upon the white-pine blister rust. This
disease attacks the 5-needled pines in one stage, and has as alternating hosts the
various species of Ribes. The exact limitation of the disease upon the species of
either of these genera is at present unknown. So far as tested all Ribes have taken
the disease. The securing of results with the pines is much slower, but there is
good reason to believe that all 5-needled pines will serve as hosts for the disease.
Many foreign Ribes and pines are not available in this country from seeds, cut-
tings, or plants; hence the necessity of importing small numbers of them. This
disease is so well established in one section of this country at present and
threatens such tremendous timber values, both in the East and the West, that
it is important that any resistant species of either pine or Ribes he known as
soon as possible, with a view to the extensive use of this species in future in place
of the more susceptible ones. For this reason an effort is being made to secure
specimens of all foreign species of Ribes and 5-needled pines." (Dr. Perley
gpaulding.)
Numbers quoted are those of the Maurice Vilmorin Fruticetum.
40406 to 40409. Ribes spp.
40406. "7378." 40408. " 74S8."
40407. "7402." 40409. "7530."
40410. Ribes maximowiczit Batalin.
- 7.").". V."
"(Wilson No. 958a.) From thickets, Washan, western Szechwan, alti-
tude 1,800 to 2,500 meters. August, 1908." (Wilson.)
40411 to 40413. Ribes spp.
40411. "7555F." 40413. "7477."
40412. " 7555."
40414. Ribes affine H. B. K.
" 7472."
" Shrub 2 to 3 meters in height, young shoots glabrous or subpubescent,
the year-old shoots shining, clear red-brown. Leaves rather small or
medium, rounded, 6 cm. long and broad, 3 to 5 lobed, with lobes sometimes
obtuse and little developed, base truncate or cordate, glabrous or sub-
pubescent, even glandular above, subpubescent or pubescent below.
Racemes very variable, short and rather crowded, medium or rather long
up to 12 cm., in this case loose with about 15 flowers. Sometimes the
racemes are branched and 20 cm. long (R. multiflorum Kunth). Flowers
medium, subcampanulate, white or a little washed with rose, pubescent,
not glandular, odorous. Fruit as large as a currant, round, black, shiny.
covered with a withered flower, with regularly reflexed sepals. Pulp
colorless, not juicy, containing 15 rather small ovoid or angular seeds.
Native of Mexico in the high mountains in the Federal Districi and else
where. It bears in Mexico the name of Ciruelillo" (A'. Janczewski,
Monoyraphie des Groseillicrs, p. 830.)
40415. Ribes alpestre commune Janczewski.
"7555 M-A."
"(Wilson No. 277 A.) From thickets. Fanghsien, western Hupeh, at
altitudes of 2,100 to 2,250 meters. September, 1907." (Wilson.)
14682°— 18 2
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40406 to 40496— Continued.
40416 and 40417. RlBES ai.imnum L. Alpine currant.
40416. " 7375."
"A deciduous unarmed shrub, reaching in gardens 6 to 9 feel in height
and as much or more in diameter, of dense, close habit : young twigd
shining, and at first more or less glandular. Leaves broadly ovate or
roundish, Ji and sometimes 5 lobed, the lobes coarsely toothed, the
base straight or heart shaped, with five radiating veins ; upper surface
With scattered bristly hairs, the longer one usually shining and more
or less hairy on the veins; one-half to 1| inches long and wide; stalk
glandular-downy, one-fourth to one-half inch long. Flowers uni-
sexual, the sexes nearly always on separate plants, produced in the
axils of bracts longer than the flower stalk, greenish yellow; the
males on small, erect, glandular racemes 1 to li inches long, the
females fewer and on racemes half as long. Currants red, nor pala-
table. Native of the northern latitudes of the Old World, including
England and Scotland. The largest specimens I know of form part
of the old hedge on the east front terrace of the old hall at Trout-
beck; according to a letter at Kew they are treelike. 1." feel high, and
not less than 300 years old. Although this currant has no special
beauty of flower or fruit, it makes a very neat and pleasing shrub, ad-
mirable for shady places. Occasionally plants with perfect flowers
may be found." (IV. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British
Isles, vol. 2, p. 307.)
40417. " 7375 B." Var. sterile.
" The so-called var. sterile appears to he merely the normal male-
flowered plant. None of the forms of R. alpmum need a rich soil.
They retain the neat, compact habit, which is their greatesl merit, in
rather poor soil. The yellow-leaved forms color best in full sun."
(W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2,
p. 398.)
For further description, see S. P. I. No. 40416.
40418. Kibes americanum Miller. Currant.
" 7345."
"Tins shrub is unarmed, and closely allied to the common black cur-
rant, which it resembles in having 3-lobed or 5-lobed leaves, with a
coarse irregular toothing and a deeply heart-Shaped base, and in possess-
ing the same heavy odor, due to yellowish glands on the lower sur-
face. The fruit also is black. The American species, however, is quite
distinct in the flowers; these are nearly twice as long, more tapering and
funnel shaped, and yellow. Moreover, the bract from the axil of which
each flower springs on the raceme is longer than the stalk. (In A*.
nigrum it is small and much shorter than the flower stalks.) Native
of eastern North America from New Brunswick to Virginia, Kentucky,
etc.; introduced in 1720. As a garden shrub, the only quality which
recommends this currant is that its foliage becomes suffused with bril-
liant hues of crimson and yellow in autumn. For this quality it is sold
in •nurseries, often as /,'. miSSOUriense — wrongly, for the true plant of that
name is a gooseberry with spiny branches." [W. J. B< an. Trees and
Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2. p. .ms.)
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40406 to 40496— Continued.
40419. Kibes eokzli Regel. Gooseberry.
"7535." This species is described by Bean as Ribes amictum.
"A deciduous armed shrub, 3 to 6 feet high; young shoots downy.
Leaves one-half to 1 inch wide, roundish or kidney shaped in general
outline, 3 or 5 lobed, the lobes often with sharp teeth ; more or less
downy on both faces, especially beneath; stalk one-third inch long,
usually downy and sometimes glandular-hairy. Flowers solitary or in
pairs, on a short downy, often glandular stalk, pendent. Calyx purplish
crimson, downy; the tube cylindrical, one-fourth inch long; the sepals
one-third inch long; petals rosy white, erect, shorter than the sepals.
Berry purple, one-half inch wide, covered with slender prickles. Native
of California. This pretty and curious gooseberry is not common in cul-
tivation, the plant that has been distributed for it from nurseries being
as a rule either R. lobbii or R. menziesii. Its nearest ally is R. omentum.
The specific name {amictum) refers to the shape of the bract surrounding
the base of each flower, which resembles the amict, or hood, worn by
Roman Catholic clergy at mass." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy
in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 398.)
40420. X Ribes akcuatum Jancz. . Gooseberry.
" 7503."
" Gracile X rotundifolium. Shrub 1^ meters high with long, slender
more or less arched branches, bristly, spines none, the nodal spines
weak, up to 5 mm. long, wanting here and there. Leaves rather small,
rounded, oblong, 3 to 5 lobed, up to 5 cm. in width, truncate or rounded at
the base, subglabrous, resembling those of R. rotundifolium. Flowers
pale, or a little washed with purple, glabrous, rather small. Fruit round,
the size of a large currant, dark purple, with a light bloom, taste of that
of R. grossularia. Ripens in the middle of July. Its habit, leaves,
spines, as well as the shape of the flower, above all the petals, resemble
very much R. rotundifolium, but it is even more vigorous and hardy, its
racemes and stamens are even more short, the pollen compound, the
fruit deep purple and not green. After repeated comparisons, we believe
that it is a hybrid, gracile X rotundifolium and not divaricatum X
gracile as we had previously thought." (E. Janczewski, Monographie des
Oroseilliers, p. '/'J7.)
40421 and 40422. Ribes aueeum Pursh. Currant.
40421. "7305. Var. chrysococcum Rydb."
The species is described as follows: "A deciduous, lax-habited,
spineless shrub, 6 to 8 feet high, producing a crowded mass of stems
which branch and arch outward at the top; young shoots minutely
downy. Leaves usually 3 lobed, often broadly wedge shaped or
palmate, the lobes coarsely toothed; three-fourths to 2 inches long,
as much or more wide, pale green on both sides, and smooth, or soon
becoming so; stalks smooth or downy, one-half to 12 inches long, verj
variable in length compared with the blade. Flowers spicily fra-
grant, bright golden yellow, appearing in April in semipendulous
racemes 1 to 2 inches long, each flower with a tubular calyx one-half
inch long; the spreading lobes one-fourth to three-eighths inch long;
bract at the base of the flower stalk longer than the latter. Fruit
18 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
40406 to 40496— Continued.
black-purple, round, smooth, one-third inch in diameter. Native of
the central United States; introduced in 1812. Thi- species and
R. sanguim um are by far the most attractive of the currants in their
blossom, and it is very distinct among them in its long, tubular,
yellow calyx." (IT. ./. liimi. Trees and shruh.s Hardy in tin British
Isles, vol. 2, p. 398-391). )
The so-called variety chrysorovrum is simply a yellow-fruited form.
40422. " 7305." Typical Ribes aureum.
See S. P. I. No. 40421 for description.
40423. Ribes fascictjlatum Siebold and Zuccarini.
"7540."
"A deciduous, unarmed shrub, 3 to 5 feet high; young shoots finely
downy. Leaves 3 to 5 lobed, the largest 2 inches long, 2£ to 3 inches
wide; the lobes coarsely toothed, usually more or less downy: stalk
downy and with feathered bristles near the base. Flowers unisexual,
the sexes on separate plants. Males clustered four to nine together in a
stalkless umbel — i. e., each flower is on its own stalk without uniting on
a common ope — yellow, fragrant, smooth; females usually in pairs, some-
times three or four. Fruits erect on a stalk one-fifth inch long, round,
one-third to one-half inch diameter, smooth, bright scarlet. Native of
China, Japan, and Corea. and distinct from all other species in cultiva-
tion in having the flowers clustered in fascicles.
" Var. chinensi Maximowicz (R. billardii Carr.) is a taller shrub, par-
tially evergreen, more downy than the type. The fruits of both are or-
namental, and remain long on the branches."' (W. J. Bean, Trees and
shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 401.)
40424. Ribes bubejense F. Schmidt. Gooseberry.
" 7532."
"A small shrub covered with copious fine prickles ; blooms as early as
R. aciculare. Leaves sparingly pilose, somewhat glandular-setaceous.
Inflorescence pale or reddish. Calyx small, retlexed. Corolla white, tri-
angular. Stamens longer than the corolla. Manchuria, northern Corea,
northern China." (C. K. Schneider, Handbuch der Laubholzkunde, vol.
2, p. 98',, 1912.)
40425. X Ribes cakriekei Schneider. Black currant.
"7358. Qlutinosum var. albidum $ X nigrum $."
"Vigorous shrub, 1£ meters high, without the disagreeable odor of the
black currant. Young shoots pubescent, rather large and stiff. Buds
ovoid-oblong, of good size, but smaller than those of R. glutinosum, with
herbaceous greenish scales a little touched with red. Leaves of medium
size or rather large, up to 11 cm. long and 12 cm. wide, ordinarily trilo-
bate, with the middle lobe usually as predominant as in the black currant,
the base cordate, often asymmetrical, pubescenl on the nerves and dotted
below with small sessile glands. Leaves falling late. Racemes hori-
zontal ii] i to >s cm. in length, loose, with 1(> to 15 Bowers. Buds almost
red. Flowers medium, flesh colored, tomentose, and glandulose. Fruit
round, as large as a currant, black, not pruinose, entirely similar to that
of the black currant, which it also resembles in taste. Ripens in July
and August. R. rarrierei is a chance hybrid which was found among the
seeds of R, glutinosum var. albidum by Billard at Fontenay aux Roses
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1915. 19
40406 to 40496— Continued.
and was named R. intermedium by Carriere in 18G7. This name not be-
ing tenable because of the R. intermedium Tausch, 1838, Schneider
changed it to R. carricrei. R. carrierei is intermediate between its
parents. From R. glutinosum it draws the vigor, the size of the buds, the
raceme, the bractlets, the forms and the coloring of the flowers and the
small rounded glands; from R. nigrum, the form of the leaves, of the
anthers, and of the pistil, as well as the fruits ripening rather early."
(E. Janczewski, Monographie des Groseilliers, p. 488.)
40426. Ribes petkaei'm caucasicum (Bieberstein ) Jancz.
Caucasian red currant.
" 7425."
" Shrub 1 to 3 meters, with young shoots almost always pale, usually
glabrous, rarely dotted with glands or with glandular hairs. Buds a
little larger than in R. rubrum, colored with dark brown already at the
end of May, and easily distinguished at this time. Leaves usually
rounded, up to 15 cm. long and broad, 3 to 5 lobed, rarely trifid. with
lobes lengthened and subacute, or short and obtuse, with base trun-
cate, subcordate or very deeply cordate, smooth or roughly rugose, gla-
brous, or subpubescent, even dotted with glandular hairs or subsessile
glands, shiny or dull above, glabrous, subpubescent. or pubescent be-
neath. Flowers subcampanulate, whitish, salmon colored, or purple,
glabrous, or subpubescent. Fruit more or less compressed at the ends
like a bergamot pear, red or blackish purple crowned with a withered
flower with circular insertion. Flesh juicy, colored, more or less acid,
resembling a little the bilberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea) in its taste.
Ripens in July. Germination slow, in six to eight months. Native of the
high mountains of Europe and North Africa (summit of the Atlas), and
almost all of Siberia, even as far as the River Indigirka, perhaps even to
the Okhotsk Sea. Inhabiting so great a space, R. petraeum presents
varieties which are distinguished by their habit, foliage, racemes, color
and form of flower, and coloring of the fruit. Among these is the variety
caucasicum. Shoots glabrous or subglabrous. Leaves rounded, up to 13
cm. bread and 12 cm. long, ordinarily 5 lobed. the lobes little developed,
subobtuse, with base very deeply cordate, smooth, subglabrous, or pubes-
cent. Racemes sometimes lengthened, even up to 10 cm. Flowers red-
dish. Receptacle furnished with five tubercles below the petals. Fruits
red or blackish purple. From the Caucasus." (E. Janczewski, Mono-
graphie des Groseilliers, p. 290.)
40427. Ribes curvatum Small. Gooseberry-
" 7428."
"A low, deciduous, busby shrub, less than 3 feet high ; the shoots smooth,
purplish, armed with slender, simple or triple spines. Leaves roundish,
usually 1 inch or less in diameter. 3 to 5 lobed. toothed, slightly downy;
stalk slender, downy. Flowers produced singlj or in pairs (rarely more)
on pendent stalks, white; calyx bell shaped with linear, much reflexed
sepals one-fourth inch long; petals very short, white: ovary covered with
resinous glands; stamens one-fourth inch long, erect, both they and tin-
style downy. Fruits globose, smooth, one-third inch across, purplish.
Native of the southeastern United States, apparentlj hardy. 1 broughl
plants from the Arnold Arboretum to Kew in July, 1910, which, so far as 1
am aware, were the first introduced into this country. It is closely allied
20 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
40406 to 40496— Continued.
to R. niveum, which it resembles in its white flowers and downy style and
stamens, but the glandular ovary and often glabrous anthers are different.
R. curvatum is also much dwarfer in hain't, and comes from the opposite
side of North America." (IF. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the
British Isles, vol. 2, p. .}0i.)
40428 to 40431. Ribes diacantha Pallas.
40428. " 7555 G."
"A deciduous shrub, 4 to 6 feet high, armed with spines in pairs
one-eighth to one-fifth inch long, or sometimes unarmed; young
shoots not downy. Leaves obovate or rounded; often 3 lobed and
lobes coarsely toothed ; three-fourths to 2 inches wide, the base ordi-
narily wedge shaped, but sometimes rounded, quite smooth; stalk one-
fourth to five-eighths inch long, more or less furnished with bristles.
Flowers unisexual, the sexes on different plants. Males yellowish, in
erect glandular racemes. Fruit roundish, oval, about as big as a red
currant, smooth, scarlet red. Native of Siberia, Manchuria, etc.;
introduced in 1781. This shrub, winch has no particular merit, re-
sembles R. alpinum in the plant being one sexed. but differs in having
prickles and in the markedly wedge-shaped leaves. In having spines,
and flowers in racemes, it unites the characters of the currants and
gooseberries, but its affinities are with the former." I W. J. Bean.
Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 401.)
40429. " 7385."
For description, see S. P. I. No. 40428.
40430. " 7385 E. From Transbaikal."
For description, see S. P. I. No. 40428.
40431. "7385 $ ."
For description, see S. P. I. No. 40428.
40432 to 40434. Ribes FASCicm-ATUM Siebold and ZuccarinL
40432. "7370. Var. chinense 9."
For description, see S. P. I. No. 40423.
40433. " 7370 A. Var. chinense 9."
For description, see S. P. I. No. 40423.
40434. " 7370 B. Var. chinense."
For description, see S. P. I. No. 40423.
40435. Ribes amebicantjm Miller.
" 7348."
See S. P. I. No. 4041S for previous introduction and description.
40436. Ribes fbagbans Pallas.
" 7340."
" Small shrub, fr 50 to 70 cm. high, with young shoots richly glandu-
lar, glabrous, or pubescent. Plants very odorous, with an agreeable
odor resembling that of balm (Pallas). Leaves leathery, rugose, rounded
reniform, up to 5 cm. long and 6 cm. broad, trilobate, with lobes little
pronounced, ovoid, or rounded, subcordate at the base, richly glandular,
glabrous, or pubescent below. Flowers white, basin shaped, glandular, or
pubosront. Fruit as large as a large currant, red according to Pallas,
black according to Turczaninow, or whitish according to Bunge. Very
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1915. 21
40406 to 40496— Continued.
tasty, according to Pallas. On the herbarium specimens we find it
brownish and pale. Native of Siberia and northern Manchuria, on
exposed rock in the sun or in the woodlands in the high mountains of
Altai, Urugdei, Ssoyoutes Mountains and in the extreme east of Siberia
up to the Okhotsk Sea. R. fragrans is a neighbor of R. hudsonianum
and R. dikuscha, but it is well distinguished by the rounded kidney-
shaped leaves, leathery and rugose; besides, it is an alpine or subalpine
plant of small size and very odorous. Its variety with pubescent leaves
has been described by Bunge under the name of R. graveolens. It is
smaller in all its parts than the Pallas type." (E. Janczewski, Mono-
graphie des GroscilUers,~p. 343.)
40437. Ribes bracteosum fuscescens Jancz. Black currant.
" 7336."
This species is described as follows: "An unarmed deciduous shrub
6 to 8 feet high; young shoots smooth, except for a little loose down at
first. Leaves handsomely 5 or 7 lobed, 3 to 7 inches (sometimes more)
wide ; the lobes palmate, reaching half or more than half the way to the
midrib, sharply and irregularly toothed ; dotted with resin glands be-
neath; bright green and soon quite smooth above; stalk slender, often
longer than the blade, smooth except for a few bristles at the base.
Racemes produced in May, erect, slender, up to 8 inches long. Mowers
numerous, greenish yellow, prect, one-third inch across, each on a slender,
slightly downy stalk about one- fourth inch long. Currants erect, resin
dotted, globose, one-third inch diameter, black with a blue-white bloom.
" Native of western North America ; discovered by Douglas in 1S26.
An interesting species of the black currant {nigrum) group, very distinct
in its large maplelike leaves (occasionally 10 inches across) and long,
slender, erect racemes. Rarely seen but quite hardy at Kew." ( W. J.
Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Iscs, vol. 2, p. 309.)
40438. X Ribes futurum Jancz. Red currant.
"7423. Vvlgare macrocarpum $ X warssewiczii $ ."
"Robust shrub, young shoots stained with red, glabrous, sometimes
dotted with a few glandular hairs. Leaves rather large, rounded, up to 11
cm. long and 12 cm. broad, 3 to 5 lobed, cordate at the base, subglabrous.
Flowers almost rotate, pale, flesh colored or washed with brownish cop-
per. Fruit rather large size, purple or deep red. subacid. Ripens at the
end of June and in July. Insertion of the withered flower pentagonal. We
have produced this hybrid by fertilizing in 1003 R. vulgare macrocarpum
(Red Versailles currant) with R. warszewiczii. It is almost intermediate
between the parents, but has drawn more from die mother in the form of
the flower and the anthers, more from the father in the coloration of the
flower and the nonlobed receptacle. The calloused swelling of the recep-
tacle is completely intermediate in its form and its elevation." (E.
Janczewski, Monographic </cs- Groseilliers, p. '(78.)
40439. Ribes glaciai.e Wallicli. Currant.
" 7380."
"Shrub from 3 to 5 meters, the young slioots red or washed with red,
glabrous, or dotted with short hairs. l.mls oblong, red or reddish in
autumn. Development and flowering very early. Habit of I', alpinum.
Leaves rather small, length and breadth up to 0 cm. rounded or ovoid,
usually 3 to 5 lobed, (be posterior lobes often very small, the middle one
22 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
40406 to 40496— Continued.
noticeably predominant, .sometimes strongly pointed or almost acuminate
with subcordate or truncate base, sometimes even rounded, a little glossy,
glabrous, dotted with glandular hairs. Leaves but little developed at
flowering. Male racemes erect, 1$ to 4* cm. Ions, with from 7 to 30
flowers. Flowers subturbinate, purplish maroon on the inside, glabrous.
Female racemes very short, one-half to 2 cm., loose, hearing three to six
(lowers in wild plants, 2 to 3 cm. long in cultivation, with about ten
flowers. Pedicels very short at flowering. Bracts caducous. Flowers
subrotate, smaller than the males, purplish or reddish maroon, sometimes
greenish. Fruit small, like a currant, round or obovate, reddish scarlet,
glabrous, occasionally shortly pedunculate (one-half mm.), crowned with
withered flower. Pulp flesh colored, subacid or a little sweet, not gelati-
nous. Seeds rather small, oblong. Matures in middle July. Native of the
high mountains of southern China, Yunnan, Hupeh, Szechwan. Tibet, and
in the Himalayas. Wallich confused R. glaciate with R. acuminatum, but
accepting the opinion of Govan that they are specifically distinct, I pro-
pose to apply the name R. glaciate to the plant having the smaller leaves
more like those of R. alpinum. Hooker fil. and Thomson do the contrary,
and describe R. acuminatum under the name of R. glaciate" (E. Janc-
zewski, Monographic des Groseilliers, p. 467.)
40440. Ribes trilobum Me.ven.
(Ribes gayanum Spach.)
"7325. 5."
"An unarmed evergreen shrub. 3 to 5 feet high ; the young wood, leaf-
stalks, flower stalks, ovary, and calyx shaggy with soft hairs. Leaves
stout, greyish, very broadly or roundish ovate; 1 to 2 inches long and
broad; the three lobes rounded and toothed, the base usually straight;
downy on both sides. Flowers bell shaped, yellow, honey scented, closely
packed in erect cylindrical racemes, 1 to 2 inches long, one-half inch
diameter. Berries about the size of peas, purple-black, hairy. Native of
Chile. A handsome evergreen and distinct in the shape and color of
its inflorescence and the hairiness of its various parts. Some forms
are less downy. Flowers in early June. It has been cultivated at Kew
for many years and is quite hardy." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs
Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 'i01-Jf02.)
40441. Ribes trilobum Meyen.
[Ribes gayanum Spach.)
" 7325. $ ."
See S. P. I. No. 40440 for description.
40442 and 40443. Ribes glaciale Wallich. Currant.
40442. "7380 $."
See S. P. I. No. 10439 for previous introduction and description.
40443. " 75.15 K."
"Wilson No. 180. From woods, Fanghsien, western Hupeh, at an
altitude of 2.250 meters. September, T.MI7; a form with large sepals."
( Wilson.)
See S. P. I. No. 40439 for previous introduction aud description.
40444. X Ribes Gordon iaSum Lemaire. Currant.
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40406 to 40496— Continued.
"A hybrid between R. aureum and R. sanguineum, raised at Shrubland
Park, near Ipswich, about 1837, by Donald Beaton, a famous gardener of
his time. It is intermediate in most respects between its parents in habit,
in the leaves being smaller and less hairy than those of R. sanguineum,
and in the colour of the flowers, which are reddish outside, yellowish
within, a curious blend. It is hardier than R. sanguineum and can be
grown in parts of the New England States where that species is too
tender to thrive. It is interesting and not without beauty, but is inferior
to either of its parents." (TV. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the
British Isles, vol. 2, p. 402.)
40445. Ribes cynosbati L. Gooseberry.
" 7505."
" Dogberry. A native of eastern North America, introduced in 1759.
Its stems are weakly armed or not at all ; leaves and leafstalks downy,
calyx green, bell shaped with reflexed sepals ; petals white ; ovary bristly,
the bristles not gland tipped ; style downy toward the base ; fruit red-
dish purple, scarcely one-half inch in diameter, more or less covered with
slender prickles." (IF. ./. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British
Isles, vol. 2, p. 403.)
40446. Ribes grossularioides Maxim. Gooseberry.
" 7484."
"A native of China and Japan, with smooth or bristly stems armed with
triple spines ; leaves smooth or with glandular bristles. It differs from
R. grossularia in the style not being downy and in the red berries being
smooth. Introduced to Kew from North China by the late Dr. Bret-
schneider in 1881." (TV. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British
Isles, vol, 2, p. 403.)
40447. Ribes himalayense ukceolatum Jancz.
" 7515 B."
" Wilson No. 4414. A bush 2 to 3 meters high, with black fruits from
woodlands, Fanghsien, western Hupeh, altitudes, 2,300 to 2.G00 meters.
September, 1910." (Wilson.)
For a more complete description of the species, see S. P. I. No. 40448.
40448. Ribes himalayense Decalsne.
" 7515."
"Tall shrub 2 to 4 meters. Young shoots glabrous, a beautiful red in
springtime (May and June). Buds, very small, lengthened. Vegetation
and flowering very much later than in the currants of the gardens, con-
temporaneous with R, petraeum var. bullatum. Leaves rounded or ovoid,
up to 12 cm. in length and breadth, lobed or more deeply cut, with lobes
little developed and subobtuse, more often pointed, cordate at base, some-
times very deeply, dotted with glandular hairs above and rarely pubescent
beneath. Flowers subcampanulate, or suburceolate, greenish, mottled with
red or even purple on the outside, subglabrous or pubescent. Fruit rather
large, red or black, insipid, oligospermous, crowned with a fleshy collarette
and with the withered flower. Seeds rather large. Native of the Chinese
Empire from the Himalaya Mountains and those of Yunnan at the south
as far as Shensi on the north. Always in the high mountains. We know-
three varieties of this species, var. decaisnei Jancz. Leaves with acute
lobes, flowers with sepals exposed from the middle of their length, ciliate
24 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
40406 to 40496— Continued.
or not. They resemble those of R. petraeum. Native of the Himalayas,
Hupeh, and Shensi. Var. appendiculatum Jancz. Leaves with short
subobtuse lobes. Flowers similar, not ciliate. Anthers surmounted with
a point prolonging the connective. We know this only from herbarium
specimens collected in the Himalayas at Phulal Daru, Nila Valley. Var.
urceolatum Jancz. Leaves acute lobed. Flowers with swollen receptacle,
with short broad sepals, more or less divergent into a funnel, always
ciliate. Native of Yunnan and Sikkim. Our plant is originally from
Sikkim. The flowers are purple on the outside and pubescent." (E.
Janczewski, Monographie des Groseilliers, p. 296.)
40449. Ribes hiktellum Michx. Gooseberry.
" 7485."
" This species is very near R. oxyacanthoides, but has smooth shoots
and stamens twice as long as the petals, which arc purplish. Berry
smooth, purplish or black, one-half inch across. — Curtis's Botanical Mag-
azine, pi. 6892 (as oxyacanthoides). It has borne very good fruit in the
Isle of Wight, where it is known as ' currant gooseberry.' ' (W. J. Bean,
Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. ^02.)
40450. X Ribes hoeosericeum Otto and Dietrich. Currant.
" 7349."
" Petraeum var. caucasicum X rubrum. Erect shrub* 1 to 1$ meters,
with robust shoots washed with red. Leaves medium size, rounded.
6* cm. long, 1\ cm. broad, 3 lobed, more often sublobate, with lobes little
developed, cordate base, subglabrous above, quite pubescent below.
Flowers shortly campanulate, reddish, more often brownish, ciliate.
Fertility sometimes little, sometimes great, according to the year. In
some cases as many as 15 fruits in the raceme. Fruits small or medium
in size, blackish purple, ordinarily compressed near the flower and in the
form of a bergamot, surmounted by the withered flower with ovoid or
pentagonal-rounded insertion. Pulp juicy, red, rather acid. Seeds few in
number, purple. The second generation is heterogenous, composed
of plants of which some resemble a little R. vulgare, others entirely re-
semble R. rubrum, which grew beside the mother plant and probably
served to fertilize it. if?, holosericeum (velvety currant) resembles in
the richness of its racemes and the coloration of the flowers R. petraeum,
but its receptacle, devoid of all excrescence, its straight filaments and the
arch of the ovary little raised attest that R. rubrum entered into the
crossing. The pubescence of the leaves, their cordate base, their slightly
developed lobes, as well as the deep coloration of the fruits, seem to
indicate that R. petraeum var. caucasicum with blackish fruits was one
of its parents. In fact R. holosericeum is grown in some establishments
under the name R. caucasicum." (E. Janczewski, Monographie des
Groseilliers, p. Jf8S.)
40451 and 40452. Ribes inebrians Lindley.
40451. "7327."
"Very similar to I', cereum, and equally pleasing, this differs in
having the brad ;it the base of each flower not toothed and pointed.
the style smooth, and the flowers deeper in colour. Introduced from
western North America in 1S27." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs
HunUj in the British Isles, vol. >. p. 399-.'f00.)
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40406 to 40496— Continued.
40452. "7327 B. Var. minus:'
See S. P. I. No. 40451 for description.
40453. X Ribes innominatum Jancz.
" 7491."
" Divaricatum X grossularia. More or less tall shrub. Shoots gla-
brous or pubescent ; nodal spines simple or ternate, more or less vigor-
ous, measuring up to 18 mm., setiform spines none or rare. Leaves
almost small, subeoriaceous, rounded, 2* cm. long and 3 cm. broad or
larger, 3 to 5 lobed, the lobes little developed, obtuse, the base subcordate
or truncate, glabrous or subpubescent. Flowers purplish maroon, bristly
with stiff hairs. We have received two forms of this hybrid from the
establishment of Monsieur M. Spath with the labels. Ribes sp. No. 3
and No. la. They differ from each other by their habit and above all
by the pubescence. The form ' a ' is a more erect shrub with both shoots
and ovary glabrous and certainly derived from R, grossularia a vulgare.
The form ' /3 ' is on the contrary a more squatty shrub, with both shoots
and ovary pubescent, and its fruits ripen later. It arises without doubt
from R. grossularia 8 uva crispa. The intervention of R. divaricatum in
the crossing is betrayed by the habit of the plant, above all by the form
and coloration of the flower. Fruit of form ' a ' round, larger than a
currant, purple, slightly pruinose, glabrous. Taste mild, resembling that
of a gooseberry. Ripens middle decade in July. That of form ' /3 '
subglabrous, purple, ripening at the end of July." (E. Janczewski,
Monographie des Groseilliers, p. f(96.)
40454. X Ribes koehneanum Jancz. Red currant.
" 7437. Multiflorum X vulgare."
"A shrub similar to other red currants in our gardens. Leaves medium
sized, rounded. 6* cm. long. 7i cm. broad. 3 to 5 lobed, more often sub-
lobed because the lobes are very little developed, obtuse, with cordate
or subcordate base, subpubescent. Flowers small, basin shaped, brownish.
Fruits very numerous, medium size, red, acid, ripening in the end of
July. Insertion of the withered flower perfectly pentagonal, as in 7?.
vulgare. R. koehneanum- resembles R. multiflorum in the length and
richness of racemes as well as in the length of stamen and style, and
resembles R. vulgare in the form of the flower and the breadth of the
anthers." (E. Janczewski, Monographie des Groseilliers, i>. \85.)
40455. Ribes lacxtstre (Pers.) Poiret.
" 7400."
"A deciduous shrub. 3 to 5 feet high, the stem thickly covered with
slender prickles or stiff bristles; spines at the joints numerous, from
three to nine, arranged in a semicircle. Leaves 1 to l", inches long anil
wide, handsomely and deeply 3 or 5 lobed, the lobes often again deeply
cut; stalk and chief veins more or less bristly. Flowers from 12 to 20
in glandular-downy drooping racemes. 2 to 3 inches long, tunnel shaped,
with short, spreading sepals brownish crimson inside, creamy white or
pinkish outside. Berry round, about the size of a black currant, covered
with gland-tipped bristles, black. Native of North America, on both
sides of the continent, inhabiting cold, damp localities ; introduced in
1812. Although the general aspect of this shrub is that of a gooseberry.
especially in the shape of its leaves and in its spines, it has the long
26 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
40406 to 40496— Continued.
racemes and flowers of the currants. Its multiple spines are also distinct.
Although it has no lively color to recommend it. it is pretty when its
branches are strung with the graceful drooping racemes." (W. J. Bean,
Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. '. p. £08.)
40456. liiia os -montigenum McClatchie.
" 7553."
"Another species, which mutes as R. lacustre does the two sections of
the genus, but has shorter, fewer flowered racemes (six to ten) and
bright red fruits. Introduced from western North America in 1905."
(11*. •/. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. -'(03.)
40457. Kibks leptanthum A. Gray. Gooseberry.
" 7508."
"A deciduous, spiny shrub, 3 or 4 feet high, with slightly downy, occa-
sionally glandular-bristly young branches: spines usually slender, soli-
tary, up to one-half inch long. Leaves roundish or somewhat kidney
shaped, one-fourth to three-fourths inch wide, deeply 3 or 5 lobed, toothed,
the base mostly truncate; stalk as long as the blade, downy at the base.
Flowers white, tinged with pink, one to thrf n a short stalk; calyx
cylindrical, the sepals downy, ultimately reflexed. Fruit oval, shining.
blackish red, slightly downy or smooth. Native of Colorado, New Mexico,
etc. ; one of the prettiest and daintiest of gooseberries lately introduced,
the branches being slender and densely clothed with tiny leaves." | \V. J.
Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. .'/0'.)
40458. Ribes longeracemosum Franchet. Currant.
" 7517."
"Mr. Wilson has recently introduced this extraordinary currant from
western China, where it had originally been discovered by the Abbe David.
The one character which distinguishes it from all its tribe is its remark-
able racemes, from 12 to 18 inches long, pendulous, thinly set with
greenish flowers and afterwards with jet-black fruits which Mr. "Wilson
tells me are about the size of an ordinary black currant and of good
flavor. It is a deciduous unarmed shrub with smooth young shoots and
3 or 5 lobed. smooth leaves. 3 to ~>h inches long and wide: stalks up to
4i inches long, furnished with glandular bristles most numerous toward
each end. Flowers tubular, bell shaped, smooth. The species appears
to be quite hardy and is worth the attention of lovers of curiosities and
Of fruit growers for hybridising. The fruits, however, are very thinly
disposed along the stalk." ( W. J. Bean, Trees and shrubs Hardy in the
British isles, vol. 2, p. W4.)
40459. Ribes longebacemostjm davidii Jancz.
•• Tooo Y."
"Wilson No. 898. Woodlands, altitude L,800 to 2,400 meters. Mupin,
western Szechwan, June, 1908." (E. //. Wilson.)
40460. Ribes manshubicum (Maxim.) Komarow. Red currant.
" 7544."
"Shrub li to 2 meters, with young shoots glabrous or subpubescent.
Bark of the wild plants almost black, with leaden reflections. Buds ovoid,
not larger than those of /.'. petraeum. Leaves large, broad, resembling
those of R. latifolium, 9 cm. long, 11 cm. broad, usually 3 lobed, more
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1915. 27
40406 to 40496— Continued.
rarely 5 lobed, with lobes often sharp, even acuminate, subeordate or
cordate base, dull, glabrous, or pubescent below. Racemes pendent, up
to 16 cm. long (in Shensi), even 20 cm. (according to Franchet), with-
out appendages in the lower third, loose or crowded, bearing as many as
50 flowers. Flowers small, basin shaped, greenish, glabrous or sub-
pubescent. Young fruit bluish green, fruit as large as a very large cur-
rant, red, subacid under cultivation, or strongly acid (according to
David). Insertion of the dry flower 5 lobed. Seeds large, rounded;
matures in mid-August. Native of northern China, Shensi, eastern Mon-
golia, Chihli, Korea, and in all of Manchuria down to the sea. In cool
elevated valleys, and in more or less humid forests, Komarow distin-
guished two varieties : Var. villosa with leaves subpubescent above, tomen-
tose below, with larger lobes. It lives in Shensi and Mongolia. Its
racemes are very long and loose ; var. subglabrum, with glabrous leaves,
or a little pubescent on the nerves. Their lobes are habitually pointed.
even acuminate. Racemes short, 3 to 8 cm., crowded, containing as many
as 45 flowers. We have received this from some locality in eastern
Manchuria (Ussuri). It also lives in Korea. R. manshuricum is a twin
species of R. multiflorum, distinguished perfectly by the form of the leaves,
by the less deeply split style, and the projections of the receptacle lower
and not united by a distinct ring." (E. Janczewski, Monographic de
Groseilliers, p. 21 If. )
40461. Ribes meyeri Maxim.
" 7433."
" Tall shrub, more than 1 meter. Young shoots washed with red,
slender, glabrous. Buds lengthened, very small, as in R. himalayense.
Developing very late, contemporaneous with R. petraeum. Leaves rounded,
9 cm. long and broad, almost always 5 lobed. with lobes subacute or
obtuse, sometimes little developed, with cordate base, glabrous, more
rarely dotted with glandular bristles abov%. Flowers small, subtubular,
washed with reddish purple. Fruit round, black, shiny, crowned by the
withered flower contracted into a wisp. Pulp juicy, deep purple, without
pronounced flavor. Matures in the end of July and August. Germina-
tion slow, after seven months, rarely after three months. Native of the
mountains of Central Asia from the Pamir as far as Sungaria. We know
and cultivate two distinct varieties of this species, of which probably
the first was known to Maximowicz: Var. tanguticum .lane/,., with the
leaves more or less acute lobed. dotted above with glandular bristles,
from Tangout; var. turkestanicum Jancz., with leaves more or less
obtuse lobed, glabrous above, from Turkestan and Sungaria." {E. Janc-
zewski, Monographic des Groseilliers, p. 2.97.)
40462. Ribes meyeri turkestanicum Jancz.
" 7412 B."
For description of this species, see S. P. I. No. 40461.
40463. Ribes meyeri tanguticum Jancz.
" 7412."
For description of this species, see S. P. 1. No. 40461.
40464. Ribes moupinense laxiflobum Jancz.
" 7555 Z."
28 . SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
40406 to 40496— Continued.
" Wilson No. 4212. A bush 2 to 3 meters high, with black fruits, from
Mupin, western Szechwan, altitude 2,300 to 2,800 meters. October, 1910.
(E. H. Wilson.)
40465. Ribes moupinense Francliet. Currant.
" 7444."
" Shrub from 1 to 2 meters or more high (according to David), 2 to 5
meters (according to Delavay). Somewhat twisted branches, with young
shoots glabrous. Leaves very variable, sometimes rounded. 5 lobed, with
base deeply cordate (from Tibet), sometimes trifid, with lobes very
sharp and acuminate, with base truncate or subcordate (from Yunnan,
Hupeh, and Kansu), length in that case up to 14 cm. and breadth up to
16 cm., glabrous, dotted with glandular bristles above and on the nerve
below. Flowers turbinate, greenish, red or washed with red. glabrous,
subsessile. Fruits sessile, round, rather large for a currant, black
(Delavay), glabrous, shining, crowned with fleshy collarette and the
withered flower. Native of the high mountains of eastern Tibet, Prov-
inces of Muping, Yunnan, Kansu. Shensi, and Hupeh. We do not know
this species except from herbarium specimens, but believe that we have
distinguished two sufficiently characteristic varieties, var. looatum, with
rounded leaves, lobed, with short thin racemes, native of eastern Tibet;
var. tripartitu)i) (Batalin) with tripartite leaves and medium-sized or
lengthened racemes. It is a plant more widely spread, known from
Kansu, Yunnan, Hupeh, and Shensi." (E. Janczewski, MonograpMe des
Groseilliers, p. 299.)
40466. Ribes multiflorum Kit. Red currant.
" 7435."
"This is one of the red-currant group, and, as regards its flowers, the
most striking; they are yellowish green, crowded on slender, cylindrical,
pendulous racemes, sometimes 4 to 5 inches long. When well furnished
with these the shrub is quite ornamental. For the rest it is vigorous, up
to 6 feet high, and has stout unarmed branches, stouter perhaps than
those of any other currants; leaves of the red-currant shape and size.
gray with down beneath. Fruit roundish, red when ripe, one-third inch
diameter. Native of southern and eastern Europe: introduced about
1818." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Is/, s, vol. 2,
p. .',05.)
40467. RlBES nevadense Kellogg. Currant.
" 7301."
A shrubby wild western American currant with thin, 3 to 5 lobed leaves,
green on both sides, spreading, nodding, or ascending racemes, usually 12
to 2d flowered; small (lowers with the white petals softer than the rose-
colored sepals; and subglobose, blue berries.
40468 and 40469. Ribes NIGRUM L. Blackcurrant.
40468. " 7350."
"An unarmed shrub, 5 to G feel high, distinguished by its peculiar
Odour, due to small yellowish glands sprinkled freely over the lower
surface of the leaf, which is conspicuously 3 lobed. deeply notched
at the base, long stalked, coarsely toothed. Flowers bell shaped,
dull white, in racemes, each flower from the axil of a minute bract;
iruii black. Native of Europe and Siberia, possibly of Britain.
APEIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1915. 29
40406 to 40496— Continued.
Several varieties of this species so well known as the 'black currant '
of fruit gardens have been distinguished. The varieties dissection
and Jaciniatum are curious and interesting, but no others are worth
cultivation as ornamental shrubs." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs
Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. Jf05.)
40469. " 7350 G. Var. korolkoun."
See S. P. I. No. 40468 for description.
40470. Ribes orientals Desf. Currant.
" 7365."
"An unarmed deciduous shrub 5 or 6 feet high; young shoots and leaf-
stalks covered with stiff gland-tipped sticky hairs. Leaves of the red-
currant size and shape, but shining green and with bristly down on the
nerves beneath ; stalk one-half to 1 inch long. Flowers unisexual, the
sexes on different plants, and produced on somewhat erect racemes 1 to
2 inches long ; they are green suffused with red and covered with viscid
hairs; berries red, downy. Native of eastern Europe and western Asia.
The R. resinosum of Pursh, until recently regarded as a native of North
America, and figured as such in Curtis's Botanical Magazine, pi. 153S,
is really this species. It has little garden value, but is distinct in its
unisexual flowers, very viscid glands, and erect racemes." (W. J. Bemi.
Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. Jt06.)
40471. Ribes oxyacanthoides L. Gooseberry.
" 7480."
" Is widely spread over North America. It has bristly branches, the
leaves are downy, and more or less glandular, the stamens as long as the
petals; the ovary, calyx, and berry smooth, the last red-purple." ( W. J.
Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 402.)
40472 and 40473. Ribes petraeum Wulf. Red currant.
40472. " 7430."
"Another of the red-currant group, widely spread in a state if
nature in Europe and North Africa. It has no value as an orna-
mental shrub, its flowers being green suffused with purple, somewhat
bell shaped, in horizontal or slightly nodding racemes, 3 or 4 inches
long. The leaves are more deeply lobed than in the common red
currant, the lobes pointed. Fruit roundish, flattened somewhat at
the end, red, very acid." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in
the British Isles, vol. 2, p. Jf09.)
40473. " 7430 C. Var. rigens." Red currant.
See S. P. I. No. 40472 for description.
40474. Ribes petraeum X multiplorum. Red currant.
" 7545."
For a description of this species, see S. P. I. No. HH72.
40475. Ribes tbiste Pallas.
"7440." This was received as B. propinquum Turcz.
40476. X Ribes BOBUSTUM .Tancz. Gooseberry.
" 7520."
"A hybrid between R. niveum and R. oxyacanthoides. It is a verj
vigorous bush and was received at Kew in 1S90 from the late Mr. Nye-
30 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
40406 to 40496— Continued.
land, gardener to the King of Denmark. Beyond that, I know nothing
of its origin." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British
I sirs. vol. 2, p. J,06.)
40477. Ribes rotundifolium Michx. Gooseberry.
" 7500."
"A native of the eastern United States, from Massachusetts to North
Carolina. Its solitary spines are small and inconspicuous; young wood
and leaves downy, but not glandular or bristly ; flowers greenish purple ;
calyx, ovary, and berry smooth. The fruit is purple and of good flavor."
( W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol 2, p. )<>!. i
40478. Ribes eubeum L. Red currant.
" 7420."
" Found wild in Britain, is sometimes met with in gardens under the
name of R. schlechtendalii Lange. Its racemes are horizontal or ascend-
ing, not drooping or pendent as in vulgare, and the flowers are urn shaped
or broadly funnel shaped rather than saucer shaped. Cultivated forms
of this species are grown in the gardens of Scandinavia, but in western
and central Europe the cultivated red and white currants are exclusively
R. vulgare." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles,
vol, 2, p. J,09.)
40479 and 40480. Ribes sanguineum Pursh. Flowering currant.
40479. " 7360 B."
"A deciduous unarmed bush, 7 or S feet high, usually considerably
more in diameter ; young shoots covered with a close, fine down.
Leaves 3 or 5 lobed, palmately veined, the lobes broad and rounded,
unequally toothed, the base conspicuously heart shaped ; 2 to 4 inches
wide, less in length; smooth or nearly so above, soft with pale down
beneath; stalks three-fourths to 2 inches long covered with minute
down, like the young shoots, but with a few bristles near the base.
Flowers deep rosy red, produced during April in drooping, finally
ascending, racemes 2 to 4 inches long, 1 to li inches wide: each
flower one-half inch long and nearly as wide ; the slender flower
stalk, ovary, and tubidar calyx dotted with glandular down. Cur-
rants globose, one-fourth inch diameter, glandular, black, covered
with blue bloom. Native of western North America ; discovered
by A. Menzies in 1793 and introduced by Douglas for the Horti-
cultural Society in 1826. This currant is the finest of Ribes and
in the very front rank of all spring-flowering shrubs, being one
of those that never fails to blossom well. Whilst all its forms are
beautiful, some are preferable." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs
Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. IfOt.)
40480. " 7360 J. Var. intermedium."
See S. P. I. No. 40479 for description.
40481. Ribes glutinosum Bentham. Currant.
" 7360 I."
" This differs from R. sangutneum in the young shoots and leaves being
furnished with glandular-glutinous hairs and in being less downy; also
in its quite pendulous racemes. It is inferior in garden value. Native
of California and Washington." (11'. ,/. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hard;/
in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 408.)
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40406 to 40496— Continued.
40482. X Rires schneideri Maurer.
" 7492."
"A hybrid between the black currant (male) and the gooseberry, raised
in Germany." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British
Isles, vol. 2, p. 406.)
40483. Ribes speciosum Pursh. Gooseberry.
" 7460."
"A deciduous, spiny shrub, 6 to 9 feet high, the young shoots furnished
with gland-tipped bristles. Leaves 3 lobed, sometimes 5 lobed, sparsely
toothed, and from three-fourths to li inches long and wide, with smaller
ones often obovate and tapered at the base; usually quite smooth; stalk
slender, scarcely as long as the blade, with a few glandular bristles,
especially at the base. Flowers rich red, usually two to five in pendulous
clusters, the main stalk longer and less glandular than the minor ones.
Calyx tubular, one-half inch long, glandular; sepals four, not reflexed;
petals four, about as long as the sepals; stamens four, red. standing out
three-fourths inch beyond the calyx. Fruit glandular bristly, red, one-
half inch long, rarely seen in this country. Native of California: dis-
covered by Menzies about 1793, and introduced from Monterey by a naval
surgeon named Collie in 1828. As a flowering shrub it is the most beau-
tiful of the gooseberries. Its branches are reddish, horizontal, or slightly
dependent, and from their under side the richly coloured fuchsialike blos-
soms hang profusely in rows during April and May. It is very distinct
in the parts of the flower, being in fours (not the usual fives) and in
the very long highly coloured stamens. It is one of the earliest shrubs
to break into leaf, often in early February. It shows to best advantage
perhaps against a wall, where it will grow 10 or 12 feet high, but it is
quite hardy in the open at Kew, where it has grown 6 or 7 feet high. It
can be rooted from cuttings, but does not strike readily: layering is a
more certain process." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the
British Isles, vol. 2, p. 408.)
40484. X Ribes succirubrum Zabel. Gooseberry.
" 7.107."
"Niveum 9 X divaricatum $. Rather robust shrub, tall, with young
shoots glabrous, armed with strong nodal spines, simple, more ravelj
ternate. up to 20 mm. long. Leaves rounded, up to 4 cm. long, 5 cm. wide.
3 to 5 lobed, with lobes little developed and obtuse, the base truncate or
subcordate, dull, almost glabrous, similar to those of /.'. niveum. Flowers
rose-carmine, pretty, resembling those of the parents in form and dimen-
sion. Fruit as large as a large currant, elliptical or rounded. Mack,
lightly pruinose, juicy, subacid, edible, ripens in mid-July. Concerning
the origin of this hybrid, perfectly intermediate between its parents,
M. Zabel, of Gotha, wrote us in his letter of March 19, 1904: 'I have
raised this /,'. succirubrum in 1888 from seeds of R. niveum, beside which
grew R. divaricatum.' M. Zabel senl us branches and flowers of the
hybrid and of its second generation winch are absolutely identical.
Here. then, is a new example of the constancy of hybrids between species
which in no way follows the law of .Mendel." i /.'. Janczewski, Mono-
graphic des Groseilliers, p. 500.)
14682°— 18 3
32 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
40406 to 40496— Continued.
40485. Hikes stenocakimm .Maxim. Gooseberry.
" 7465."
"Shrub 1 to 2 meters high. Shoots vigorous, clotted or bristling with
setiform spines, branches glabrous or bristly with similar spines. Nodal
spines ternate, very vigorous, the middle one up to 23 mm. long in the
more spiny plants: ternate or quinate and much smaller in the less spiny
plants. Leaves small, 3* cm. long. 4 cm. broad. 3 to 5 lobed or 3 to 5 cut,
with lobes deeply incised, subcordate or cordate base, glabrous or
pubescent, ordinarily dotted with glandular hairs. Flowers rather small,
whitish or a little washed with red. glabrous or dotted with hairs, pro-
terandrous. Fruit rather large, oblong, 20 to 25 mm. long, 8 to 10 mm.
in diameter, glassy, colorless, finally washed with carmine, glabrous or
dotted with glandular bristles, borne on a peduncle 4 or § mm. long,
crowned by the withered flower contracted into a twisted wisp. The
pericarp thick, acid, the seeds few in number. Ripens the end of July,
but the fruit hangs till October. Native of northern China, in the moun-
tains of Kansu and Shensi. The race with glabrous fruits was discovered
in 1872 by Przewalski in Tangut, Province of Kansu; those with his] .id
fruits in 1894 by Father J. Giraldi in northern Shensi. The former only
has been introduced into our gardens, where it succeeds very well."
( A'. Janczewski, Monographic des Groseilliers, p. 37^.)
40486. Kikes axtbeum I'ursh. Buffalo currant.
"7308. Var. tenuiflorum Jepson."
"This variety differs from R. aureum in having smaller flowers with-
out fragrance and in the fruits being amber colored and translucent, with
an acid flavor. It is also a taller shrub, up to 12 feet high. According
to Dr. Coville, this is the true R. aureum of Pursh." (II*. ./. Bean, Trees
and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 399.)
40487. Ribes triste Pallas. Red currant.
" 7438."
"The American form of red currant, a shrub of laxer habit than R.
vulgare, the leaves white, with down beneath when young; flowers
purplish: fruit red. small, and hard. It is said to be pretty and graceful
in blossom in the United States and Canada, where it inhabits cold bogs
and woods from New Hampshire to Nova Scotia. It is also native of
northern Asia." {W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British
I sir.,, ml. 2. p. 409.)
40488. Ribes ussubiense Jancz. Black currant.
" 735" "
" Shrub 1 meter high, much branched, producing subterranean branches
(rhizomes) like /,'. aureum. Young shoots subpubescent, dotted with
rather numerous yellow glands. Buds whitish. Odor of the plant re-
sembling camphor, not at all resembling the black currant. Leaves up
to 8 cm. long and broad. " to 5 lobed. the middle lobe very predominant,
rather acute, with cordate base, glabrous, not shiny, dotted below with
yellow glands. Flowers briefly campanulate, whitish or a little yellowish.
pubescent, glandular. Fruit round, as large as a currant, black (greenish
blue before ripening), not aromatic, surmounted by a withered flower.
the insertion of which is pentagonal rounded. Flesh greenish, slightly
sweet subacid, seeds small, ovoid or oblong, with a gelatinous greenish
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1915. 33
40406 to 40496— Continued.
coating, rather thick, with funicle very inflated, gelatinous. Ripens at
the end of June. Fruit falls as soon as it is ripe. Germination more rapid
than in other bisexual currants, in 22 to .".it days. Native of eastern Man-
churia (Ussuri) in forests. R. ussuriense resembles in structure of its
flowers the European black currant, rather than the Asiatic but it differs
so much in its aroma, its longer bracts, the color of its flowers, the ex-
posed sepals, and by the production of subterranean branches, that we do
not hesitate to consider it as a twin species and not as a simple variety of
R. nigrum. We have received it from three locations in eastern Man-
churia, and have grown seeds from Chabarowsk. The floral buds are very
sensitive to winter cold. They were all frozen in the winter in 1904-1905,
and almost all in 1905-1 906-1907." (E. Janczor.ski, Monographic des
GroseiUiers, p. 3^J.)
40489. Ribes valdiviantjm Philippi.
" 7525."
"Robust shrub. 3 meters high or more, with young shoots rather thin,
very pubescent, dotted with yellow glands, year-old shoots dropping their
outside bark like the red currant and becoming almost green. Leaves
not leathery, almost all falling in autumn and winter, ovoid-rounded,
6 cm. long, 5£ cm. broad, 3 to 5 lobed, middle lobes strongly predominant,
with truncate or subcordate base, cuneiform in the small leaves, pubescent
in youth, finally glabrous above, dotted with yellow glands and pubescent
on the nerves beneath. Male racemes arched, almost pendent, up to
7 cm. long, rather loose, or more crowded, bearing as high as 40 flowers.
Sometimes the basal flower is replaced by a secondary raceme ."» cm. long,
with 15 flowers. Flowers campanulate, with the five sepal nerves promi-
nent, yellow, the base of the tube greenish, pubescent, female racemes
unknown. Fruiting racemes up to 9 cm. long, bearing up to 2.~i flowers,
bracts persistent, reflexed, 5 mm. long. Pedicels -1 mm., pubescent.
Bractlets none. Fruit oboval, 6 mm. hum. 4 mm. broad (round and black
according to Gay), pubescent, glandular, crowned with withered (lowers
contracted into a wisp. Native of the Province of Valdivia in < "bile,
where the shrub is called Pulul or Parilla and the fruit Uvilla. Philippi
has already distinguished one variety, sessiliflorum, which is distinguished
from the type by the long racemes, 4 to 10 cm. long, bearing 30 to 60
flowers, and by the subglabrous, subsessile flowers, dotted even on the
teeth of the calyx with very numerous glands. It is found in Chiloe and
even, according to Philippi. in the Province of Valdivia." i E. Jancsewski,
Monographic des GroseiUiers, p. //-T.)
40490. Ribes velutinum X queecetobum. Gooseberry.
" 7olS."
"ft. velutinum Greene is a shrub 1 to 1? mm. high, young shouts velvety,
dotted with glandular bristles. Nodal spines simple or ternate. up to
18 mm. long, sometimes pubescent at I lie base. Leaves small, rounded
reniform, 8 to 30 mm. long. 11 to 35 nun. broad. :> to ."> lobed. or " to ."
fid. deeply dentate, the base truncate, similar to those of I', mierophyUum
and R. leptanthum, pubescent, often glandular. Flowers small, orange
yellow, or white, velvety. Fruits small, purple-black, glabrous, pubescent
or dotted with pediceled glands, crowned with withered flowers, fastened
into a wisp. Seeds small. Germination in January and February, after
34 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPOETED.
40406 to 40496— Continued.
2, 7, even 13 months. Native of California, Nevada, and Utah, in the
mountains. 1,400 to 2,800 meters. Designated by different names or con-
sidered as a variety of R. leptanthum by its shorter style, by its nectar-
iferous ant tiers, and by the pubescence of its leaves. R. congdoni (A*.
quercetorum Greene) with subglabrous ovary and glabrous fruit is con-
sidered a variety. It is a plant likewise from California, from .Mariposa
County, according to Heller, and from Kern County."' (E. Janczewski,
Monographic des Groseilliers, i>. 380.)
40491. Kibes vibuknifolium A. Gray.
" 7498."
"An evergreen, unarmed shrub, 7 or 8 feet high against a wall, young
shoots slightly downy at first, with numerous resin glands. Leaves
ovate or oval, three-fourths to If inches long, one-half to 1J inches
wide; rounded at the base, blunt at the apex, coarsely toothed, glossy and
smooth above, almost or quite devoid of down beneath, but thickly sown
with resin dots which emit a very pleasant turpentinelike odour when
rubbed; stalk downy, one-eighth to one-sixth inch long. Flowers one-
third inch across, produced in April in erect racemes about 1 inch long,
terminating short, densely leafy shoots; dull rose coloured, the sepals
spreading. Berry oval, red, one-third inch long. Native of Lower Cali-
fornia and Santa Catalina Island ; introduced to Kew in 1S97. A remark-
ably distinct species, of little beauty, but interesting for its evergreen
aromatically scented leaves. It needs wall protection at Kew." (IT. J.
Bean, Trees unit shrubs Huiily in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 408).
40492. Kibes tkilobum Meyen.
(Ribcs gayanum Spach.)
" 7328."
See S. P. I. No. 40440 for previous introduction and description.
40493. Kibes sp.
'• 7555 P. Vilmorin No. 5261."
40494. Kibes watsoxiaxcm Koehne. Gooseberry.
" 7450."
"Shrub little branched, with stiff shoots, pubescent, bristly with gland-
ular bristles, without setiform spines, armed only with very short nodal
spines, never more than G nun. long, usually ternate, rarely more numer-
ous (5 to 7) and semiverticiliate. Clauds secreting a yellow oily sub-
stance, soluble in alcohol. Vegetation and flowering very late. Buds
ovoid, much larger than in neighboring species. Leaves small, rounded,
rather pale green, 21 to (J mm. long, 'Al to 63 cm. broad. :\ to 5 lobed, very
deeply cut with lobes obtuse, base subcordate or cordate, pubescent and
bristling with glandular hairs, blowers medium sized, whitish or Mesh
colored, bristly with stiff hairs. Fruil pale, rather large, spherical, entirely
bristly with rather Ion- delicate spines. Flesh a little viscous, rather
sweetish. Ripens the end of July and August. Native of the high moun-
tains of northern California (Trinity .Mountains. l'.Toii meters), and of
Oregon and Washington (.Mount Paddo at 2,000 meters). R, teat-
sonianum never produces scattered setiform spines, even on the most
vigorous shoots." (/■;. Janczewski, Monographic des urost iin< r*. /-. .lax).
40495. Kibes iuvaku ahm Dougl. Gooseberry.
" 4795."
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1915. 35
40406 to 40496— Continued.
"A native of the coast region of western North America, of vigorous
growth, and up to 10 feet high. Its young wood is armed with single or
triple spines up to two-thirds inch long and is sometimes bristly, usually
smooth. Leaves with appressed hairs above, almost or quite smooth
beneath. Calyx downy, greenish purple, petals whitish, ovary and berry
smooth, the last globose, one-third inch diameter, black-purple. This
species is nearly allied to R. rot inuli folium, but is found wild on the
opposite side of the continent, and is a bigger hush, well armed with
long, stout spines." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British
Istes, vol. 2, p. 402.)
40496. Ribes petraextm Wulf. Currant.
" 7430 B. Var. opulifolium."
See S. P. I. No. 40472 for description of this species.
40497. Pyrus salicifolia Pall. Malacese. Willow-leaved pear.
From Novospasskoe, Russia. Presented by Mr. A. D. Woeikoff, director.,
Jardin Experimental de l'Eeole Horticulture, Cholmy. Received April
7, 1915.
"A tree, 15 to 25 feet high, branchlets covered with down, which is quite
white when young. Leaves 1* to 3* inches long, one-third to two-thirds inch
wide; narrowly lanceolate, tapering gradually toward both ends, covered when
young on both sides with a beautiful silvery grey down; later in the year this
falls away from the upper surface, leaving it shining green ; margins quite
entire; stalk one-half inch long or less, sometimes scarcely noticeable. Flowers
pure white, about three-fourths inch across, produced in April, closely packed
in small, rounded corymbs, the calyx and flower stalk covered with white wool.
Fruit of the typical pear shape. 1 to 14, inches long and wide. Native of south-
east Europe and Asia Minor. It is much the most ornamental of all true pears.
Its leaves and flowers often open simultaneously, and it then presents a very
charming picture, the willowlike leaves being of a conspicuous silky white. After
the flowers fade the leaves remain silvery for some weeks, gradually, however,
becoming greener on the upper surface. The fruit is harsh to the palate and
of no value." (IT. ./. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in tin: British Isles, vol. .\
p 292.)
40498 and 40499.
From Boscotrecase. near Naples. Italy. Presented by Dr. Gustav Eisen.
Received April 8, 1915.
40498. Pbunus domestica L. Amygdalacese. Prune.
" Papagone. I have not seen the fruit from this tree, hut as the trees
were growing in the garden of a friend of mine I have no doubt that h;s
statement that the fruit was the best was true. The Papagone should do
well in any climate similar to that of Naples." (Eisen.)
Cuttings.
40499. Ficus cakica L. Moracese. Fig.
" Troiaro. This fig requires a much warmer climate, at least a more
even climate, than that of Fresno, and I think should not he recommended
to any locality north of Los Angeles. Where it does well it is a superior
variety, preferable to the 117///. Adriatic It is the best table Hg in
Italy. Around San Francisco Bay this tig never matures. It is not
affected by fall rains, like Adriatic and most other tigs, and possesses
36 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
40498 and 40499— Continued.
advantages not found in any other fig ripening at the same time,
September-October. I have not seen the fruit from this tree, but as the
trees were growing in the garden of a friend of mine I have no doubt
thai his statement that the fruit was the very best was true." (Eisen.)
Cuttings.
40500 to 40505.
From Novospasskoe, Russia. Presented by Mr. A. D. Woeikoff, director,
Jardin Experimental de l'Ecole Horticulture, Cholmy. Received April 7,
1915.
40500. Prunus cerasifera divaricata (Ledeb. ) Schneider. Amygda-
lacese. Myrobalan.
Forma hortensis flora. A yellow-flowered garden variety.
For previous introductions and description, see Nos. 37688 and 38157.
40501 and 40502. Prunus domestica L. Amygdalaceae. Plum.
40501. "Eschi." 40502. " Ishopi."
40503. Prunus domestica insititia (Jusl.) Schneid. Amygdalaceae.
Bullace.
" Kanatsh-Tambul."
See S. P. I. No. 37619 for previous introduction and description.
40504. Prunus stbirica L. Amygdalaeese. Siberian apricot.
"A deciduous bush or small tree; leaves ovate, the apex long drawn
out; 2 to 3i inches long, half as wide, reddish at first, then bright green
and smooth above, with axil tufts of down beneath ; stalk one-half to 1
inch long. Flowers mostly solitary, white or pink. Fruit scarcely
stalked, about 1 inch long, yellow, except on the sunny side, covered with
a velvety skin; the flesh scanty, dry, harsh, and scarcely edible; kernel
of the nut with an almondlike, bitter taste.
"Native of the mountains of southern Siberia, where, according to
Pallas, the Russian botanist, some mountain sides are covered with its
pink blossoms in May, when the northern sides are purple with Rho-
dodendron dauricum. Although an old tree in gardens lit was culti-
vated at Kew 100 years ago) and still offered for sale by continental
dealers, it is scarcely known in England nowadays. So far as I have
seen, it has very little to recommend it for gardens, being of about the
same value as the wild apricot, to which it is very closely allied. Its
leaves have usually much more elongated points." (W.J. Bean, Trees and
Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 253.)
40505. Prunus spinosa macrocarpa Wallroth. Amygdalaeese. Sloe.
40506 to 40509.
From China. Collected by Mr. Frank N. Meyer. Agricultural Explorer for
the Departmenl of Agriculture. Received April 12, 1915. Quoted notes
by .Mr. Meyer, except as otherwise indicated.
40506. Ziziphus jujuba Miller. Rhaninacese. Jujube.
( Ziziphus sativa Gaertn.)
"(No. 1252. Near Pinchow, Shensi, China. January 20. 1915.) A
local variety of jujube, having large and heavy fruits of elongated form;
considered to be the second best jujube in China, the 1'aihsiangchen
(Shansi) variety coming first (S. P. I. No. 3*243). Color of fruits red-
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1915. 37
40506 to 40509— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. X. Meyer.)
dish brown, meat quite solid and very sweet, size often as large as small
lien's eggs. Trees of thrifty growth, assuming remarkably large dimen-
sions for jujubes, trunks being seen li feet in diameter. The trees are
almost spineless when old and sucker but very little. Apparently not at-
tacked by ' bunch disease,' although infected wild bushes were seen in
close proximity. Propagated by suckers exclusively. The wood of this
jujube is extensively used in the manufacture of combs and in all sorts
of turnery work, this industry having its seat in and around the village
of Tafutze. Chinese name Chin tsao and Fei tsao, meaning ' golden
jujube ' and ' fat jujube.' "
Cuttings.
40507. Ulmus pumila L. Ulmacese. Elm.
"(No. 1253. Peking, China. February 23, 1915.) Yar. pendula. A
weeping variety of the very drought-resistant North Chinese elm, not
growing apparently to very large dimensions. Of value as a character-
istic ornamental tree, especially fit for cemeteries and for parks in
cold and semiarid sections. Shows up particularly well when planted
on embankments alongside water expanses. Chinese name Lung chao
yii slut, meaning ' dragon's-claw elm tree.' Obtained from the Botanical
Garden at Peking."
Cuttings.
For an illustration of a weeping form of the Chinese elm (Ulmus
pumila), see Plate II.
40508. Castanea mollissima Plume. Fagacese. Chestnut.
"(No. 2179a. Sianfu, Shensi, China. January 25, 1915.) A large-
fruited variety of Chinese chestnut, coming from Yatzeko, south of
Sianfu, railed Qui li tzu, meaning 'superior chestnut.' Tins variety
is propagated by grafting. It seems on the whole somewhat more re-
sistant to the bark disease (Endothia parasitica) than the ordinary
strain of Chinese chestnut."
40509. Citrus sp Rutacese.
"(No. 2180a. Lanchowfu, Kansu, China. December 30, 1914.) A pe-
culiar citrus fruit, of medium-large size, somewhat flattened, skin loose.
wrinkled, and warty, of dark-orange color. Segments separating easily;
flesh bitterish, but not disagreeably so. Said to come from Szechwan,
which also means southern Shensi to ordinary people. Crowing where
tangerines also thrive. Chinese name Wan t:C(."
40510. Cydonia oblonga Miller. Malacese. Quince.
(Pyrus cydonia L. )
From Denton, Md. Presented by Air. Samuel G. Bye, superintendent, estate
of J. W. Kerr. Received April 13, 1915.
Scions of a large-fruited quince from flu estate of .1. W. Kerr. Denton. .Md.
40511 to 40523.
From Groningen, Holland. Presented by the director, Botanic Garden.
Received April l\, 1915.
40511 to 40513. Chrysanthemum spp. Asteracese. Chrysanthemum.
Introduced for the work ol the Insecticide and Fungicide Board, for
studies in the production of pyrethrum powder.
88 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
40511 to 40523— Continued.
40511. Chrysanthemum caucasicum Pers. Chrysanthemum.
A glabrous perennial chrysanthemum. Stems erect, simple or
sparingly branched; leaves pinnately divided, Leaflets linear-subu-
late; flower heads solitary, terminal; ray flowers white, disk yellow.
40512. Chrysanthemum coccineum Willd. Chrysanthemum.
"Glabrous perennial 1 to 2 feet high; stem usually unbranched,
rarely branched at the top; leaves thin, dark green, or in dried
specimens dark brown; involucral scales with a brown margin; rays
white or red, in such shades as pink, carmine, rose, lilac, and crim-
son, and sometimes tipped yellow, but never wholly yellow."
(Bailey, standard Cyclopedia of Hortimlture, vol. 2, p. 7.57.)
40513. Chrysanthemum carinatum Schousboe.
"Glabrous annual, 2 to 3 feet high; stem much branched; leaves
rather fleshy, pinnatifid ; flowers in solitary heads which are nearly
2 inches across, with typically white rays and a yellow ring at the
base; involucral bracts carinate (keeled). The two colors, together
with the dark-purple disk, gave rise to the name tricolor. The
typical form, introduced into England from Morocco in 17(J8. was
pictured in Curtis's Botanical Magazine, pi. 508, 17'J!>. By 1856
signs of doubling appeared. In 1858 shades of red in the rays ap-
peared in a strain introduced by F. K. Burridge, of Colchester,
England, and known as C. burridgeanum Hort. (See Curtis's Bo-
tanical Magazine, pi. 5095, which shows a ring of red on the rays,
adding a fourth color to this remarkably brilliant and varied flower,
and Flore des Serres, vol. 13, pi. 1313, which also shows c. venustum
Hort., in which the rays are entirely red. except the original yellow
circle at the base.) ('. annulatum Hort. is a name for the kinds
with circular bands of red, maroon, or purple. C. dunnetti Hort. is
another seed-grower's strain. There ax*e full double forms in yellow
margined red and white margined red. the flowers 3 inches across.
The commonest and gaudiest of annual chrysanthemums, distin-
guished by the keeled or ridged scales of involucre and the dark
purple disk." (Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 2,
V- 754.)
40514 to 40520. Iris spp. Iridacese. Iris.
Introduced for the use of the Office of Horticultural and Pomological
Investigations in its landscape-gardening work.
40514 and 40515. Iris hai.oimiii.a Pall. Iris.
40514. A small-flowered iris. 8 to 12 inches high.
"The color of the flower is variable and may be either white
veined with yellow, a dull yellow, or some shade of gray
purple." (\Y. R. Dykes, The Genus Iris. p. 62.)
Distribution. — Native of Asia, ranging from the Caucasus,
through Persia to Afghanistan and the Northwest Frontier,
Province of India.
40515. (No notes.)
40516. I ins sp. Iris.
Received as Iris mongolica Pisch., for which name a place of publi-
cation has not been found.
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, PJ15. 39
40511 to 40523— Continued.
45017. Iris monnieri DC. Iris.
A tall, slender iris, the native country of which is unknown, with
narrow leaves (3 feet long and 1 to 1A inches wide). Steins (3 to 4
feet) bearing one or more lateral clusters and a terminal head of
2 to 3 lemun-yellow flowers. (Adapted from W. B. Dykes, The
Gouts Iris, p. 6'-'/.)
40518. Iris sp. Iris.
Received as Iris spuria, hut seeds do not agree with other material
of this species in the seed collection.
40519. Iris spuria desertorum Ker-Gawl. Iris.
Similar to I. halopJiila, but has lavender flowers.
"The plants grow quickly into close masses of foliage from which
emerge numerous stems. The individual flowers are small, but they
are produced so freely that the whole effect is ornamental. Cultiva-
tion is extremely easy, for the plants seem to succeed in any soil.
Moreover, the flowers are self-fertilized and seed is produced in
abundance." (11*. 7?. Dykes, Tltc Geitus Iris, p. 62.)
40520. Iris squaeens L. Iris.
A medium-sized iris from southern Europe of the general appear-
ance of I. germanica.
"The falls are veined with yellow-white on a bluish ground. The
standards and styles are of a dull yellow color." (^Y. R. Dykes, The
Genus Iris, p. 113.)
40521 to 40523. Oenothera spp. Onagraceae. Evening primrose.
40521. Oenothera biennis L. 40523. Oenothera glauca Michx.
40522. Oenothera fruticosa L.
Introduced for the studies of Mr. H. H. Bartlett on the genus
Oenothera and the mutations of the various species, as he wished to
determine the plants grown at the various botanic gardens under
the various names.
40524. Coccothrinax argentea (Lodtl.) Sargent. Phcenicacese.
{Thrinax argentea Lodd.) Palni.
From Cuba. Presented by Mr. Charles T. Simpson. Littleriver, Fla.
Received March 25, 1915.
"The species from which this seed was taken is entirely different from any-
thing I have seen in cultivation in Florida or elsewhere. The netted shea i lis
at the base of the leaves are striking, as they have very large, strong meshes.
The tree grows in open savannas and in dry open forests. This palm is quite
attractive, and I saw it in cultivation at the ureal hotel at Camaguey. A line
Thrinax with a stem diameter up to 4 or more inches and a height of '2 feet.
The dark-green leaves are silvery beneath, their bases being beam i fully netted.
Grows in a variety of soils, in shade or sunshine." {Simpson.)
40525. Allogyne cuneiformis (DC.) Lewton. Malvaceae.
{Fugosia cuneiformis Benth.)
From Sharks Ray, western Australia. Presented by Mr. T. S. McNulty,
Undersecretary for Agriculture and Industries, Penh. Western Australia.
Received April 4. 1915.
40 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPOKTED.
"A rare and little-known Wesl Australian species of Fugosia, a genus, as ob-
served by Bentham and Hooker fil., very nearly allied on the one hand to
Hibiscus, on the other to Gossypium ; differing from the former chiefly in the
style, from the latter in the bracteoles. The present species seems to have been
discovered in Dirk Hartog's Island by Allan Cunningham, who gave it a manu-
script name implying that it has a goatlike odour. Milne, during the voyage
of Captain Denham in H. M. S. Herald, found it on the same island, and re-
marks that it is a seashore plant (as indeed might be expected from its very
thick and fleshy leaves). A much-branching and very woody shrub, with copi-
ous oblanceolate or spatulate, rather than cuneiform, leaves, thick and fleshy,
readily breaking off in a dry state. Flowers large, axillary, solitary ; the pedun-
cles clavate : the calyx leafy, downy ; the petals broadly obovate. pure white, with
a deep blood-coloured spot at the base. Anthers also blood coloured, beautifully
arranged in whorls, as in the Hibiscus huegelii; and the style and stigma, erect
and connivent, are the same as in H. huegelii, from which this seems hardly
generically distinct." (Curtis's Botanical Magazine, pi. 5'f13.)
40526. Begonia socotrana Hook. f. Begoniaceae. Begonia.
From Nancy. France. Presented by Messrs. V. Lemoine & Fils. Bulbs
received April 14, 1915.
"It is necessary to keep the bulbs at rest during the summer, in pots, the
soil not being absolutely dry: they will grow in autumn." (Lemoine.)
"A winter-flowering species; stems annual, stout, and succulent, forming at
the base a number of closely set scales or suppressed leaves resembling bulbs;
leaves dark green, orbicular, peltate. 4 to 7 inches across, center depressed,
margin recurved, crenate, flowers all male except the terminal one of each
branch of the cyme, in terminal few-flowered cymes, bright rose. Bulbs or
semitubers were brought from the hot sandy island of Socotra by I. B. Balfour,
and grown at Kew in 1880. This excellent plant requires to be grown in a light
position in a stove to develop at its best. The bulbs should be shaken out of
the old soil in September or October and potted up in a light soil, rich in humus,
and placed in heat and moisture, and when well established should be liberally
supplied with manure water. The flowers appear during the winter months,
after which the plant dies down, forming a number of large resting buds or
bulbs; the pots should then be placed in an intermediate temperature and be
kept nearly dry until the following growing period comes round. On account
of its habit of producing flowers in winter, this species has been largely used
by the hybridist in the production of a race of winter-flowering begonias, of
which there are many named varieties. Following are leading socotrana
derivatives: Oloin de Lorraine, Gloire de Sceaux, Tfininidn ■/<■ Lemoine,
Incomparaoilis." (Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. l. p. tftS.)
40527. Platantjs orientalis L. Platanaeea\
Oriental plane tree.
From Lahore. India. Presented by the superintendent, Government Agri-
Borticultural Gardens. Received April 9, 1915.
See S. 1'. I. No. 34342 for previous introduction.
40528 to 40531. Aloe spp. Liliaceae.
From Barberton, Transvaal. Presented by Mr. George Thorncroft. Re-
ceived April 9, 1915.
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1915. 41
40528 to 40531— Continued.
40528 and 40529. Aloe spp.
40528. " Unnamed species, stem 2 feet foliage greenish gray. I
have not yet seen this in flower, hut it is quite different from any
other." ( Thorncroft. )
40529. "A new species, provisionally named Aloe sessiliflora.
Flower stems 2 feet, plant 3 feet high, flowers close, compact to
stem, color pale yellow. Habitat, rocky hillsides." (Thorncroft.)
40530. Aloe marlothii A. Berger.
"An arborescent aloe often attaining a height of 10 feet, with extremely
spiny leaves and horizontally spreading orange-red flowering spikes."
40531. Aloe sp.
" Stemless leaves in rosette, annually throws a flower stem, branching
7 feet high, flowers pink. The most beautiful Aloe I know."
(Thorncroft.)
Received as Aloe prctorcnsis, for which name a place of publication
has not been found.
40532. Canavali gladiatum (Jacq.) DC. Fabaceio.
Chinese knife bean.
From Nanking, China. Presented by Mr. William Millward, University of
Nanking. Received April 10, 1915.
" Tao tou (Dao do), Chinese knife bean."
40533. Luffa cylindrica (L.) Boemer. Cucurbitacea?.
(Luff a aegyptiaca Mill.) Loofah gourd.
From Asuncion, Paraguay. Presented by Mr. C. F. Mead. Received April
12, 1915.
"A climbing vine, not over delicate, which matures its fruit in about six
months. If figuring on using for sponges, pick fruits when green, as sponge
will be softer in that case." (Mead.)
40534. Quercus insignis Martens and Galleotti. Fagacese. Oak.
From Zacuapam, Huatusco, Vera Cruz, Mexico. Purchased from Dr. C. A.
Purpus. Received April 13, 1915.
See S. P. I. No. 39723 for previous introduction and description.
40535. Eragrostis abyssinica (Jacq.) Schrad. Poacese. Teff.
From Johannesburg, Union of South Africa. Presented by .Mr. 1. Burtt
Davy, botanist, Agricultural Supply Association. Received April 14, 1915.
"For trial as a hay grass in Florida and other parts of the Southeast. Teff
continues to ho a standard hay crop here, and in spite of the tad that it has how
been established in South Africa for several years, prices of tell" hay on the
Johannesburg market have again been ruling up to £4 10s. Od. ami £~> per Ion.
It is remarkable how well stock do on tins grass, and the way in which its use
has spread without any artificial boom proves clearly that it is a first-class
thing." (Davy.)
42 SEEDS AND PLANTS IM PORTED.
40536 and 40537. Lathyrus spp. Fabaceae.
From Ottawa. Canada. Presented by Dr. H. T. Giissow. Dominion Botanist,
Central Experiment Farm. Received April 12. 1915.
40536. Lathyrus drummondi Hurt. Everlasting pea.
This everlasting pea is similar to L. rotundifolius, but it is earlier.
freer of bloom, more vigorous in growth, and sets its seed pods more
abundantly. The flowers are of a bright orange-carmine tint. (Adapted
from Gardeners' Chronicle, July .}. 1896. p. 20.)
40537. Lathtbtjs sylvestris L. Everlasting pea.
See S. P. I. Nos. 20776 and 32415 for previous introductions.
40538 to 40541. Orobanche spp. Orobanchacese.
From Cambridge. England. Presented by Dr. R. Irwin Lynch. Botanic
Garden. Received April 12, 1915.
Introduced for the experiments of Mr. Orland E. White, assistant curator of
plant breeding. Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
40538. Orobanche flava Martius.
" On Petasites albus."
"A genus of singular-looking parasitic plants. All the species agree in
having a dingy brownish yellow stem, which is leafless throughout, but
furnished with numerous pointed scales, which take the place of leaves.
The upper portion of the stem bears a spike of rather large flowers, of
which the calyx is of the same russet hue as the stem ; the corolla is
2 lipped, of a yellowish color tinged with pink or purple-blue and veined."
{Lindley, Treasury of Botany, col. 2, p. 824.)
40539. Orobanche lucorum A. Braun.
" On Beroeris vulgaris."
40540. ( ►bobanche bamosa L.
"On hemp. Cannabis sativa, annual."
40541. Orobanche salviae Schultz.
" On Salvia glutinosa."
40542 to 40548. Chrysanthemum spp. Asteracese.
From Nancy. France. Presented by Prof. Edmond Gain, director. Botanic
Garden. Received April 14. 1915.
Introduced for the work of the Insecticide and Fungicide Board, for studies
in the production of pyrethrum powder.
40542. Chrysanthemum anethifoltum Brou^-s. Marguerite.
Perennial; rarer in cultivation than C. frutescens, from which it is
distinguished by its glabrous hue and by the way in which the leaves
are cut.
40543. Chrysanthemum bai.samita L. Costmary.
"Tall and stout perennial: leaves sweet scented, oval or oblong, obtuse.
margined with blunt or sharp teeth, lower ones petioled, upper ones
almosl -rssile, the largest leaves 5 to 11 inches long. 1A to 2 inches wide;
pappus a short crown." (Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture,
vol. 2, p. 151.)
Distribution. — An herbaceous perennial found on the slopes of the
mountains in Russian and Turkish Armenia.
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40542 to 40548— Continued.
40544. Chbtsanthemtjm cokymbosum L. Chrysanthemum.
"Robust perennial, 1 to 4 feet, stem branched at the apex; leaves
sometimes 6 inches long. 3 inches wide, widest at the middle and taper-
ing both ways, cut to the very midrib, the segments alternating along
the midrib. Flowers borne in dense flat-topped clusters; rays white."
(Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 2, p. 755.)
Distribution. — An herbaceous perennial found in the meadows among
mountains in southern Europe, western Asia, and northern Africa.
40545. Chrysanthemum praealtum Vent.
"The Caucasian form of C. parthenium, distinguished by more deeply
cut leaves, longer peduncled heads, and rays longer than the disk rather
than equaling it." (Bailey, standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 2,
p. 756.)
40546. Chrysanthemum segetum L. Corn marigold.
"Annual, 1 to 1$ feet; leaves sparse, clasping, oblong to oblanceolate,
variable, the lower petioled and the upper clasping, incisions coarse or
fine, deep or shallow, but usually only coarsely serrate, with few and
distant teeth, the lower ones less cut ; bracts of involucre broad, obtuse :
rays obovate and emarginate. golden yellow." (Bailey. Standard Cyclo-
pedia of Horticulture, vol. 2, p. 754-)
Distribution, — An herbaceous perennial found in fields in northwestern
Europe.
40547. Chrysanthemum serotinum L.
45048. Chrysanthemum viscosum Desf.
"Annual ; disk orange yellow, rays sulphur yellow. Mediterranean
region." (Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 2. p. 758.)
40549. Oryza sativa L. Poaoea\ Rice.
From Constantinople, Turkey. Presented by Mr. G. Bie Ravndal, American
Consul-General. Received April 17, 1915.
" Broussa rice."
See S. P. I. No. 39545 for previous introduction and description.
40550. Chaetospermum glutixosum (Blanco) Swingle. Rutacese.
Tabog.
From Manila. Philippine Islands. Presented by -Mr. William S. Lyon.
Received April 17, 1915.
"Since reading Mr. Swingle's monograph on Citropsis, I am prompted to ask
if you know whether he has successfully worked any standard varieties of the
orange on Chaetospermum glutinosum and if any te-ts have yet been made in
growing under arid conditions. I think, but am not quite certain, that I wrote
that this species occurs on well-drained gravelly hillsides where subjected to
70 inches of rain, practically all of which falls in 5 months. 2 to 1 in.-i
being scattered over the remaining seven months in a few inconsequential
showers. Even in the few years when the rainfall in the dry season exceeds
this amount, it is. at best, absolutely a negligible quantity, for the reason that
the prevailing hot. dry winds and unclouded sun will remove every appreciable
trace of moisture from the soil a few hours after a fall of a quarter to n half
inch. On the other hand. I lost a row of about two dozen 3-year-old seedling
tobug growing in undrained land which was nearly Inn not quite inundated
44 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
during a 10-days' storm in which we had nearly 2 feet of water fall. At the
same time, adjacent rows of Mexican limes and sweet oranges in variety were
hardly injured. Some of the water-logged tobug which I had dug up had for
their size an extraordinary root system, and in porous land I am of the opinion
would penetrate to a surprising depth." (Lyon.)
" The tabog is a rapid-growing tree when young, and in a warm greenhouse
shows vigorous root growth. This species is being tested as a stock for use in
commercial citriculture. Experiments have shown that oranges, lemons, grape-
fruits, and kumquats grow well when budded or grafted on young tabog plants."
{Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 2, p. 728.)
40551 and 40552.
From Bogota, Colombia. Presented by Mr. Jorge Ancizar. Received April
16, 1915.
40551. Dolicholus phaseoloides (Swartz) Kuntze. Fabacese.
(Rhynchosia phaseoloides DC.)
" Pionia. A creeping plant. The seeds, which are red and black, taken
in infusion and ground to a paste are good for epilepsy." ( Ancizar.)
A twining, suffrutescent, high-climbing legume, with three ovate or
ovate-rhomboid leaflets, numerous yellow-flowered racemes (with purple
striate standards), and black seeds with a scarlet-yellow ring around the
hilum. (Adapted from Griscbach, Flora of the ^Ycst Indies, p. 190.)
40552. Passiflora qtjadrangularis L. Passifioraceaa. Passion fruit.
"Badea. It is a creeping plant and gives a great fruit, five pounds, of
fine flavor." (Ancizar.)
"A strong, quick-growing climber, with large oval leaves and a square
stem, native of tropical America. Its large, oblong, greenish yellow fruit
is not unlike a short and thick vegetable marrow, and contains in its
hollow center a mass of purple, sweet-acid pulp mixed with the flat seeds.
In the unripe state the succulent portion of the fruit may be boiled and
used as a vegetable. The root is usually swollen and fleshy, and is some-
times eaten like a yam. The flowers are generally fertilized by insects,
but these should be aided by artificial fertilization by hand, so as to
ensure a larger crop of fruit. When the fruit is over, the shoots should
be well cut back, retaining little but the stem. The plant is propagated
by either seed or cuttings, and thrives up to about 3.000 feet in Ceylon.
It should be trained over a trelliswork or fence, or allowed to climb a tree
with low-spreading branches." (Macmillan, Handbook of Tropical Gar-
dening and Planting.)
For an illustration of the fruit of Passiflora quadramjularis, see
Plate III.
40553. Garcinia loureiri Pierre. Chisiacea?.
From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by the director of the Botanic Garden.
Received May 5, 1915.
Buanha. A tree 40 to 60 feel high, with opposite branches and coriaceous,
nearly oblong leaves, 3 to 6 inches long. The younger branches are Dearly
square, but soon become cylindrical. Flowers inconspicuous. Fruit ovoid. 1*
inches long, acidulous, edible. Introduced as a possible stock for the man-
gosteen. Cultivated throughout the Provinces of lower Cochin China and Cam-
bodia. (Adapted from Pierre, Flore Forestiere de la Cochin Chine.)
Inventory 43, Seeds and Plants Imported.
Plate
The Granadilla, Passiflora quadrangularis L, in Hawaii (S. P. I. No. 40552).
One of the tropical passifloras as it appears in Hawaii. T( is related to the maypop,
which grows like a weed on the dry, thin soils of our Southern States, and hybrids
between these two species ought to be attempted. This vine is climbing to a consider-
able height over a tree of the kukui (Aleurites moluccana Willd.) in a ravine at Kobin
son Station. The fruits weigh from -I to G pounds each and the pulp is ,.t delicious
flavor. The thick, fleshy rind of this specimen was more or less infested with what
was said to be the melon fly, a relative of the Mediterranean fruit fly. (Photographed
by Mr. It. A. Young, Aug. 14, 1913; P11877FS.)
Inventory 43, Seeds and Plants Imported.
Plate IV.
910
Seeds of the Oil Kim, or Kiri Oil Tree 'Aleurites cordata (Thunb.)
Muell. Arc.) of Japan (S. P. I. No. 40673).
This species is quite distinct from iho related tuns-oil tree of central China, having much
smaller seeds. The kiri oil tree is grown only in southern Japan, Formosa, and the
coastal provinces of China. The seeds furnish a drying oil, similar to tung oil, which
finds a similar use in the chemical Industries. (Photographed by Mr. E. J.. Crandall,
March 26, 1909; P4589FS ; natural size; S. P. I. No. 25080.)
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1915. 45
40554 and 40555.
From Pacasmayo, Peru. Collected by Mr. O. F. Cook, of the Bureau of
Plant Industry. Received May 11, 1915. Quoted notes by Mr. Cook.
40554. An nona cherimola Miller. Annonaeese. Cherimoya.
" No. 31. This fruit was brought on board the steamer at Pacas-
mayo. Peru, March 25, 1915. It is heart shaped, 10 cm. long, nearly us
broad, the surface appearing to be formed of large overlapping scales, each
scale with a distinct rounded tubercle near the lower end. Scales attain
a length of about 2 cm. and a width of 1.5 cm., the tubercles 3 to 5 mm.
broad. In texture the skin is rather tough and leathery, the surface
finely wrinkled and hairy. Seeds large, 1.8 cm. long by 1.2 cm. broad.
the surface wrinkled and of rather irregular shape, with prominent
margins, the epidermis of the fresh seeds loosening in irregular bam Is.
like leaf-miner burrows on leaves."
40555. Persea Americana Miller. Lauracese. Avocado.
(Persea gratissima Gaertn.)
"No. 32. An avocado brought on board the steamer at Pacasmayo.
Peru, March 25, 1915. It evidently belongs to the so-called West Indian
type, with soft, flexible skin, but in this sort rather firm, so that it is
possible to take out the flesh with a spoon. Shape distinctly pearlike,
12 cm. by 8 cm. Skin light green, about 2 mm. thick, the surface nearly
smooth, shining, sprinkled with minute whitish points. Flesh rather
pale, with no discolored fibers, rather soft and delicate in texture, not
nearly so firm as in the Guatemalan hard-shelled type. Seed 7 cm. by
5.5 cm., with a strong hard beak above and a distinct broad hollow
at the base. Seed coats fitting closely, distinctly mottled with dark
and light brown when newly cleaned. Although the seed is not loose
in a cavity, as in many of the West Indian avocados, it is very heavy
and would probably bruise the neighboring tissues if the fruits were
handled carelessly after the flesh begins to soften."
40556 to 40558. Lycopersicon esculentum Miller. Solanacese.
Tomato.
From Paris, France. Purchased from Messrs. Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co.
Quoted notes from their catalogue. Received April 10. 1015.
40556. " Reine des Hdtives (Queen of the Earlies). Smooth, exception-
ally early, hardy, and resistant to disease."
40557. "Ties lidtive de pleine terre (open air, very early). Hardy and
resistant to disease. Very highly esteemed On- exportation."
40558. "Merveille des Marches (.Marvel of the Markets). Productive
variety, very resistant to disease. Fruits of a beautiful live red,
very smooth, not splitting at all."
40559. Canarium ovatum Engler. Balsameacese. Pili nut.
From California. Presented by Mr. V. O. Popenoe, West India Gardens,
Altadena, Cal. Received April 20. 1915.
"Pili nuts, bought in Los Angeles market at 12i cents per pound."
(Popenoe.)
46 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
40560. Swietenia mahagon] Jacq. Meliaceae. Mahogany.
From Elliotts Key, Fla. Presented by Dr. John Gifford, Cocoanut Grove.
Fla. Received April L9, L915.
"Seeds from a tree on Elliotts Key. I thoughl it of special interest, because
it is the ^et\ of the true mahogany from :i native tree ol Florida. Just now the
seed is scarce, but at times a wagonload of the capsules could be obtained, since
the tree is unite common on the keys and lower mainland of this State. It is
called Madeira here, and many persist in the foolish belief that it is not the
true mahogany of commerce." (Gifford.)
See S. P. I. Nos. L0409, 346GS, and 36170 for previous introductions and de-
script ion.
40561 to 40600.
From Elstree, Herts. England. Presented by Mr. Vicary Gibbs. Aldenham
House Gardens. Plants received April 22. 1915.
40561. (Undetermined.) Received as Viburnum acerlfoHum, but ap-
parently it is not a Viburnum.
40562 and 40563. Bkkbekis spp. Berberidaceae. Barberry.
40562. P.ERBEKIS BRACHYPODA MaXlIll.
"A scarlet-fruited western Chinese bush up to 2 meters in height.
Inflorescence sometimes somewhat paniculate near the base. Fruits
elliptic, up to 11 mm. long and 6 mm. across, with a sessile stigma."
(Sargent, I'lantae Wilsonianae, vol. 1, p. 375.)
40563. Bkkbekis sibcaulialata G. K. Schneider.
"This species belongs to the same group as B. stapfiana ( S. P. I.
Nos. 37975 and 40150), but it has globose fruits ripe in November,
more distinctly angled branchlets, and larger leaves: the genera!
aspect is otherwise very similar." (IT. /. Bean, Trees and Shrubs
Hardy hi the British l.sh.s, rat. 1, /). ."/9.)
40564 and 40565. Petti. a spp. Betulace.-e. Birch.
40564. Betula .taponica mandshubica (Regel) Winkler.
- Wilson No. 4088. A gray-barked tree 10 to 2.1 meters tall, in
girth 1.5 to 2.4 meters, from Chetoshan, west of Tachienlu. western
Szechwan. at altitudes of 2,S00 to 3,700 meters, September, 1910."
{Sargent, Plantae Wilsonianae, vol. .'. /». )61.)
40565. Betula occidentalis Hooker.
'•There is a good deal of confusion in regard to this tree, and it
has heen called /;. occidentalis (Sargent); />. papyrifera var. h/al-
liana (Koehne) ; and fi. papyracea var. occidentalis (Dippel). The
name occidentalis was founded by the elder Hooker in 1S39 on
specimens of three distinct birches. As it might with equal pro
priety be given to any one of them, it is better to drop it altogether.
B. lyallitiita is one of the very finest of birches and reaches some-
times 12»i feet in heigh!: bark reddish brown to whitish, peeling.
Young shoots warted, downy, yellowish brown. Leaves ovate with
a rounded or heart-shaped base, ordinarily 3 to 4 inches long, but on
young trees often over 5 inches long: hairy along the midrib and
veins beneath; veins in 7 to 10 pairs. The tree is no doubt closely
allied to the paper birch, but Sargent, who regards it as specifically
distinct, distinguishes it by its downy fruiting scales, its brown
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1915. 47
40561 to 40600— Continued.
bark, its larger size, and bigger leaves. Trees introduced in recent
years are growing admirably. A native of British Columbia and
Washington, inhabiting moist situations. The tree recently put into
cultivation as B. macrophylla is either this species or a form of B.
papyri/era." (11'. ./. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British
Isles, vol. 1, p. 2J8, under Bit ala lyalliana.)
40566. Buxus harlandii Hanee. Buxacese. Box.
"A dwarf evergreen bush of rounded compact habit, nor likely, so far
as one at present is able to judge, to get more than 2 or 3 feet high;
shoots slender, mostly erect, slightly downy when young. Leaves stand-
ing erect, narrowly oblong or obovate, one-half to 1J inches long, one-
eighth to three-eighths inch wide, tapering at the base, rounded at the
apex, smooth. Native of China. This is one of the dwarf est of the
boxes and somewhat similar to B. sempervirens var. suffruticosa, the
'Edging box,' but its leaves are longer. Its neat habit and slow growth
make it useful in positions -where a dwarf evergreen is needed which will
not soon outgrow its space." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in
the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 277.)
40567. Cassinia leptophylla (Forst.) R. Brown. Asteracese.
"An evergreen, heathlike shrub, 4 feet or more high, with erect, slender
branchlets, not viscid, but clothed with a dense grayish down. Leaves
one-eighth to one-sixth inch long, one-twentieth to one-sixteenth inch
wide, linear, or slightly wider toward the end; smooth, dark green
above, covered beneath with white or yellowish down. Flower heads
white, very small and numerous, forming terminal corymbs 1 to 2 inches
across. Blossoms in August and September. Native of New Zealand;
very similar to C. fulvida, but paler beneath the leaves. The whole plant
has a winter cast. It differs also in having the disk (or receptacle) on
which the florets are borne, furnished with numerous scales; nor is it
quite so hardy." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British
Isles, vol. 1, p. 30.',.)
40568. Celastkus actjminatus L. f. Celastracese.
"An unarmed shrub or small tret' from 5 to 20 feet in height with
trunk 7 to 18 inches in diameter. Wood very heavy, hard, strong, very
close grained and compact, suitable for turners" work and engraving.
This species is easily known from a curious peculiarity of the leaves
and bark, which show numerous fine, white, silky threads when broken.
From Natal and Cape Colony." ( Wood, Natal Plants, pi. 267.)
40569. Celastkus angtjlatus Maxim. Celastraceae.
"A shrub 2 to 3 feet high or more, with long, trailing shoots. Leaves
orbicular or elliptic, 4 to 7 inches across, deep green, flowers incon-
spicuous. China." (Krir Bulletin, 1910, p. 62.)
40570. Clematis tangutica (.Maxim.) Korsh. Ranunculacese.
Clematis.
"A species closely allied to. or perhaps a varietj of C. orientalis,
growing 8 or 10 feet high; stems slightly downy. Leaves grey-green,
like those of ('. orientalis, but downy when young; leaflets raggedly
toothed, and sometimes 2 or 3 lobed. Flowers rich yellow, solitary, on
downy stalks .", to 6 inches long; sepals nearly 2 inches long, narrowly
14082°— 18 1
48 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
40561 to 40600— Continued.
ovate, long and slenderly pointed, downy outside and at the edges. Seed
vessels crowned with long, feathered styles. Native of central Asia;
introduced to Kew from St. Petersburg in 1S9S. It is the handsomest
yellow-flowered clematis in cultivation, the finest flowers being about
4 inches across. It differs from C. orientalis in the larger flowers and
in the downy stems, flower stalks, etc. It is a superior plant." (W. J.
Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. /, n. 367.)
40571 and 40572. Cotoneaster sp. Malacese.
40571. " 32 Forrest. A very handsome trailing bush."
40572. " 33 Forrest."
40573. Convolvulus cneorum L. Convolvulaeea?.
"An evergreen, very leafy shrub, 2 to 3 feet high, covered with silky
hairs that give the entire younger part of the plant a beautiful silvery
aspect. Leaves shortly stalked, alternate, narrowly oblong or oblanceolate,
1 to 21 inches long, one-eighth to one-half inch wide, always tapered at
the base, but either pointed or rounded at the apex Flowers in a terminal
umbel, but opening successively during the summer; they are of the trum-
pet-mouthed type common to ' morning-glory,' being 1 } inches long, rather
more across, of flimsy texture, white tinged with pink, yellow in the tube;
calyx as long as the corolla tube, silky. Native of southern Europe; cul-
tivated in England, according to Aiton, in 1640. It is not quite hardy
near London except against a wall, but thrives in the south and west.
There are five strips of silky hairs traversing the corolla lengthwise out-
side. It needs a dry sunny spot, and can be increased very readily by
cuttings during the summer and placed in gentle heat." (11'. ./. Bean,
Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 380.)
40574 to 40579. Cotoneaster spp. Malacese. Cotoneaster.
40574. Cotoneaster dammeri radicans Schneider.
This variety differs from the typical form described under S. P. I.
No. 40163 in its long peduncles and constantly one or two flowered
racemes. The fruit is globose and bright scarlet, and the normal
habit of this plant prostrate and rooting. (Adapted from Sargent,
Plantar Wilsonianae, vol. 1, p. 116.)
40575. Cotoneaster dielsiana Pritzel.
"A deciduous shrub. S feet, perhaps more. high, with long, extremely
slender, arching or quite pendulous branches; hranchlets downy when
young. Leaves one-half to 1% inches long, three-eighths to 1 inch
wide, ovate: hairy above when young, covered beneath with felt, at
first white, afterwards pale brown: veins prominent. Flowers 3 to
7 in a cluster, terminating side shoots 1 inch or so long: calyx and
flower stalk hairy: calyx lobes shallowly triangular. Fruit scarlet,
round or rather pear shaped, one-fourth inch long.
'• Native of central China: introduced for Messrs. Veitch by Wilson
in 1900. It flowers in June, and the fruit is in full color in September
and < >ctober ; it is then one of the most effective of ( 'oloiieasters. The
habit is singularly graceful, the long whiplike shoots spreading out-
ward and downward in every direction. The name ' applanufa ' refers
to the distichous arrangement of the branches of young plants, which
give them the appearance of a wall-trained tree." I W.J. Bean, Trees
and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. J/08.)
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1915. 49
40561 to 40600— Continued.
40576. Cotoneaster dielsiana elegans Rehder and Wilson.
This variety differs from the typical forms described under S. P. I.
No. 40575 in its thinner, yet more persistent leaves, smaller pendulous
brick or orange red fruit, (Adapted from Sargent, Plantae Wil-
sonianae, vol. 1, p. 166.)
40577. Cotoneaster divaricata Rehder and Wilson.
For previous introductions and description see S. P. I. Nos. 37596,
38149, and 40164.
40578. Cotoneaster salicifolia floccosa Rehder and Wilson.
"An evergreen shrub 6 to 12 feet high, the branchlets very slender,
downy at first, but becoming smooth and of a dark reddish brown by
the end of the season. Leaves leathery, lanceolate or narrowly ovate,
wedge shaped at the base, tapering to a sharp point ; three-fourths to
24 inches long, one-fourth to three-fourths inch wide ; the upper sur-
face glossy green, wrinkled, not downy ; the lower one covered at first
with silky white floss, some of which falls away by the end of the
year, showing the grey-white surface beneath; veins in 7 to 14 pairs;
leafstalk about one-eighth inch long. Corymbs about 1 inch wide,
carrying 9 to 15 flowers ; stalks and calyx woolly, the teeth of the
latter triangular. Fruit roundish, about one-fourth inch in diameter,
bright red, containing usually three stones. Introduced by Wilson
(No. 1133a) from western China in 1908, and again in 1910. A very
graceful, distinct, and attractive evergreen, highly recommended by its
collector for the beauty of its fruit." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs
Ha nil) in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. ffl'f.)
40579. Cotoneaster saiicifolia rugosa (Pritz.) Rehder and Wilson.
" In this variety the leaves are larger, up to 3 inches long and 1J
inches wide, the veins numbering 6 to 12 pairs. The fruit is coral
red, larger than in var. floccosa, and contains usually two stones. The
plant is more vigorous, coarser looking, and with bigger leaves than
var. floccosa, but in many respects similar. Introduced by Wilson
(No. 335) in 1907 from western Hupeh, where he found it 9 feel high."
(W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1,
p.JtU.)
40580. Deutzia schneideriana laxiflora Rehder. Hydrangeacea;.
Shrub 2 to 2J m. high from western Hupeh, China. Leaves oblong-
lanceolate, acuminate, base rounded or broadly wedge shaped, remotely
and irregularly denticulate, 2 to 3 inches long and three-fifths if 1 inch
broad, with sparse hairs above and densely hairy below. Inflorescence
broadly paniculate. Differs from the type chiefly in flu1 leaves being on
their under side only sparingly stellate-pubescent and therefore green,
and in the looser and broader panicles. (Adapted from Sargi ut. Plantae
Wilsonianae, vol. 1, p. 7-8.)
40581. Euonymus radicans acutus Rehder. Celastracese.
"This western Chinese variety resembles, in its climbing habit, /'.
japonica radicans Miquel [now called /•:. radicans], bul is easily dis-
tinguished from this, as well as from the type, by the thinner, acute, or
shortly acuminate leaves distinctly veined beneath. In typical /.
japonica [E. radicans], the leaves are obtuse or obtusish, more coarsely
50 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
40561 to 40600— Continued.
and crenately serrate, and of thicker texture; the veins are not as dis-
tinct as in var. acuta, hut more so than in var. radicans, where they are
almost invisible." (Sargent, Plantae Wilsonianae, vol. 1. p. }8G.)
40582. Fraxinus paxiana Lingelsheim. Oleaceae. Ash.
"(Wilson No. 4423.) Tree 22 m. tall, girth 2.G m. From woodlands,
Fanghsien, Hupeh, altitude 1.800 to 2,300 m. ; October, 1910." {Sargent,
Ptantae Wilsonianae, vol. 2, p. 259.)
40583. Fuchsia thymifolia II. I>. K. Onagraceae.
Received as F. reflexa, but later information gave the above name.
40584. Helianthemum tuberaria Mill. Cistaeese.
"A handsome herbaceous perennial, with terminal racemes of bright-
yellow flowers, 1 inch or more in diameter. Native of southern Europe
and rather tender, but suffering more from too much moisture than from
cold." (Sweet's Cistincae, pi. 18.)
40585. Lonicera henryi Hemsley. Caprifoliacese. Honeysuckle.
"An evergreen climber, with slender, very downy young shouts. Leaves
oblong, with a lance-shaped apex and a rounded or heart-shaped base;
li to 4 inches long, three-fourths to 11 inches wide: dark green above,
paler and rather glossy beneath; downy only on the midrib and margins;
stalk one-eighth to one-half inch long. Flowers purplish red. produced
during June at the end of the shoot in a cluster 2 or 3 inches across;
each stalk is twin flowered. Corolla 2-lipped, three-fourths inch across,
the lips much reflexed, the tube about one-half inch long, hairy within,
smooth outside; stamens slightly downy; style hairy, protruded one-half
inch beyond the corolla ; bracts awl shaped, about one-fourth inch long.
Fruit blackish purple. Native of China and Tibet; introduced by Wilson
in 1908, and first flowered at Nuneham in 1010. It is a free-growing
Climber of the same character as L. japonica, which is, however, very
distinct in the big leaflike bracts. Botanically, it is more closely allied to
alseuosmoides and gi7^aldii.,, (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in
the British Isles, vol. 2, p. -'/J.)
40586. Olearia traveusii (Muell.) Hook. f. Asteracese.
"Akeake. A tree 20 to 30 feet high and sometimes 2 feet in diameter.
This may be considered as the only valuable timber tree in the Chatham
Islands, being durable and not subject to attacks of insects." {Buchanan,
Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, vol. 7, p.
837. I
40587. OxYCOCCTJS MACROCARPUS (Ait.) 1'ers. Yacciniaeea\ Cranberry.
40588. I'hoiima vii.i.osa (Thunb.) DC. Malaceae.
"A deciduous shrub or small tree. Leaves ohovate. or ovate-lanceolate,
1$ to 3£ inches long, three-fourths to 1* inches wide; the apex drawn out
into a long fine point, tapered at the base, finely and regularly toothed,
each tootli gland tipped. Flowers white, mi corymbs 1 inch Ion-- and 1J
inches wide, produced in May; stalks conspicuously warted; each flower
about one-half inch in diameter. Trait the size and shape of common
haws. red. The foliage, too, is often a beautiful red in autumn. Native
of Japan, China, and Corea. It is a variable plant, especially in the
amount of down on the leaves, young shoots, and llower stalk. In the
typical Villosa the leaves are. as a rule, more ohovate and all the younger
parts of the plant hairy; the flower stalk is felted with grey down and
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1915. 51
40561 to 40600— Continued.
the fruit is about one-third inch long." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs
Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 145.)
40589. Piptanthus concolor Harrow. Pabacese.
(Wilson No. SS5.) From Tatsienlu, western Szechwan, China, occur-
ring in thickets at an elevation of 2,300 to 3,500 meters.
40590. Potentilla fruticosa L. Rosacea*.
(Wilson No. 1213.) A common American shrub, much branched, up
to 4 feet in height, with peculiar shreddy bark. The leaves are com-
posed of three to seven leaflets, and the numerous showy bright-yellow
flowers are up to 1$ inches in width and appear all through the summer.
This shrub is also common on exposed rocky mountain slopes above
2,500 meters (8,125 feet) in western Szechwan and rarely in Hupeh,
China. It is extremely variable in size of leaves and flowers and in the
degree of hairiness. Wilson's No. 1213 was collected in October, 1910,
at Mupin, western Szechwan, in thickets and rocky places. (Adapted
from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, and Sure/cut, Plantae
Wilsonktnae, vol. 2, part 2, p. 302.)
40591. Potentilla fruticosa albicans Rehder and Wilson.
(Wilson No. 1213a.) This shrub differs from the species in the white
tomentose under surface of the leaflets. The leaves are composed of
five dull grayish green leaflets, and the bright-yellow flowers are about
2 cm. (four-fifths inch) wide. The foliage strongly resembles that of
P. fruticosa vilmoriniana. Wilson No. 1213a was collected at Tatsienlu,
western Szechwan. at altitudes of 3,300 to 4,000 meters (10,000 to 13,000
feet), November, 1908. (Adapted from Sargent, Plantae Wilsonianae,
vol. 2, part 2, p. 302.)
40592. X Malus arnoldtana Rehder. Malacese. Crab apple.
"A plant which is evidently a hybrid of M. floribunda with one of the
hybrids of M. baecata appeared spontaneously in the Arboretum several
years ago and has been named M. amoldiana. It has much larger pink
flowers and larger fruit than M. floribunda, and in flower it is one of the
most -beautiful of all crab apples." (Arnold Arboretum, Bulletin of
Popular Information No. 39.)
40593. Ribes lacustre (Pers.) Poiret. Grossulariacese.
For previous introduction and description, see S. P. I. No. 4041
40594. Rubus giraldianus Focke. Rosacea?.
"A vigorous, deciduous shrub up to 8 or 10 feet high : its biennial stems
much branched toward the summit, pendulous ;it the end. covered with a
vividly white waxy covering, not downy, armed rather sparsely with broad-
based spines. Leaves pinnate, consisting of usually nine leaflets, and
from 5 to 8 inches long; the main stalk downy and armed with hooked
spines. Leaflets li to '21 inches long, three-fourths to 1 | inches wide, the
terminal one the largest; ovate or rather diamond shaped; lateral ones
oval-lanceolate; all unequally and rather coarsely toothed, slender
pointed, smooth above, white beneath, with a close felt. Inflorescence a
terminal panicle; the flowers small and of little beauty, purple; fruit
black.
"Native of China: first found in the Province of Shensi by Giraldl,
later in Szechwan by Wilson, who introduced it in 1907. Its claims to
recognition in the garden are its remarkably white stems, which are as
52 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
40561 to 40600— Continued.
striking in this respect as those of /?. biftorus, and its pendulous branches,
which give a remarkable fountainlike aspect to the shrub." (W. J. Bean,
Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. Jt58.)
40595. Rxtbus ikknaeis Fpcke. Rosacese.
"An evergreen prostrate shrub; steins round, slender, covered with a
dense gray down, amidst which are sel numerous small decurved prickles.
Leaves roundish with a heart-shaped base and an abrupt, pointed apex;
6 inches or more across, margins toothed and bristly, sometimes obscurely
lobed ; upper surface smooth, dark green, lower one covered with a pale-
brown felt and more or less hairy on (he yellow veins ; stalks lh to 3 inches
long. Flowers white, produced singly or in pairs in the leaf axils and in a
small terminal cluster. Fruit large, red.
"Native of central and western China; introduced about 1900 by Wil-
son for Messrs. Veitch. It is one of the most striking and remarkable of
simple-leaved Rubi, the foliage being of a shape and size suggestive of a
colt's-foot leaf, but having on the upper surface a curious metallic luster.
Mr. Wilson informs me that it is common in woods up to S,#00 feet eleva-
tion, and will probably thrive best in partially shaded situations. It
may prove of value as a handsome covering for semishaded slopes or
wherever a low evergreen vegetation is desired." (W. •/. Bean, Trees and
Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. J/60.)
40596. Senecio greyi Hook. f. Asteracese.
"Nearly allied to S. laxifolius. Grows well in the milder countries.
This has larger, broader leaves than S. la&ifolius and denser corymbs of
flowers. From the North Island, New Zealand." (W. J. Bean. Trees
and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 50S.)
40597. Sorbaria arborea Schneider. Rosaceae.
"Recently introduced from China by Wilson; is very closely allied to
lindleyana. It is apparently the most treelike of the Spiraeas and is some-
times 30 feet high. From lindleyana it differs chiefly in the hairs beneath
the leaf being clustered (not simple), and especially in the shorter calyx
tube and longer stamens." (W. J. Bean. Trees and Shrubs Hard)/ in the
British Isles, col. 2. p. 53S, under Spiraea arborea.)
40598. Veronica cataractae Forster. Scrophulariaceae.
"This species may be taken as a type of the semi herbaceous section of
the genus. The flowers are one half inch broad and very pretty, the
petals being red. spotted with dark red at the entrance to the throat.
Stems prostrate at the base and ascending. Leaves very variable, oval or
oblong, one-half to G inches long, serrate. Racemes very slender, few
flowered. Generally on deep rocks, and often cultivated, particularly
around Dunedin." (Laing and BlackweU, Plants of Xcir Zealand, pp.
S83-88.',.)
40599. Viburnum veitchi C. II. Wright. Caprifoliacese.
"A deciduous shrub about 5 feet high; young branches, leafstalks, and
under surface of the leaves densely Clothed with stellate down. Leaves
ovate, pointed, heart Shaped at the base: 3 to .1 inches long, 2 to 3 inches
wide: sharply and widely toothed ; upper surface with scattered stellate
down. Flowers white, uniform and perfect, one-fourth inch across;
produced on a stoutly stalked, very scurfy-downy cyme that is 4 or 5
inches across. Fruit red, then black. Native of central China ; discovered
and introduced in 1901 by Wilson for Messrs. Veitch. It is one of the
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1915. 53
40561 to 40600— Continued.
lantana group, differing from V. lantana itself in the more remote
marginal teeth and in the calyx being felted with .starlike down. Wilson
found it as a shrub about 5 feet high, but rare; he considered it to be
about the most ornamental of the lantana group." (TV. J. Bean, Trees
and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 65!). )
40600. Vitis flexuosa parvifolia (Roxb.) Gagnepain. Vitaceae.
"A slender-stemmed, elegant climber, shoots smooth, or downy only when
quite young. Leaves roundish ovate and heart shaped at the base, or
triangular and truncate at the base, often contracted at the apex to a
slender point, amongst the smallest in the genus, being ordinarily 2 to 3J
inches across, of thin, firm texture; smooth and glossy above, downy on
the veins and in the vein axils beneath. Inflorescence slender, 2 to 6
inches long. Fruit about the size of a pea, black. Native of Japan,
Gorea, and China ; long cultivated in gardens, but recently brought more
prominently into notice by new forms introduced from China. It is a
variable species, but the typical form is known by its quite small, unlobed
(or indistinctly 3-lobed) leaves, smooth and very glossy above. Var. wil-
soni Veitch has leaves rarely more than 3 inches long, scarcely as wide,
deep lustrous bronzy green above, purple beneath when young. It is one
of the most dainty in appearance of all vines. Introduced from central
China by Wilson for Messrs. Veitch in 1900." (W, J. Bean, Trees and
Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 670.)
40601 and 40602.
From Port Louis, Mauritius. Presented by Mr. G. Regnard. Received
April 16, 1915. Quoted notes by Mr. Regnard, except as otherwise in-
dicated.
40601. Carica papaya L. Papayacese. Papaya.
" Var. nana. The size of the large fruits is nearly 11 feet by 10 inches.
The fruit is bright yellow when ripe, the skin is rough, and the taste
sweet and flavor good. The male tree is dwarf like the female."
40602. Solanum macranthum Dunal. Solanacese.
" Ornamental tree, 40 feet high, native in Brazil."
The ample, alternate leaves, with acutely lobed margins, have prickly
veins. These prickles become large and stout on the lower surface, espe-
cially on the midrib. The flowers, which occur in axillary racemes, are
large and pale lilac in color, with darker dashes and pale lines. This tree
has long been cultivated at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. It is
readily propagated from cuttings. (Adapted from Curtis'* Botanical
Magazine, pi. 4188, 1845.)
40603 to 40607.
From China. Presented by Mr. A. Sugden, Chefoo, China. Received April
20, 1915. Quoted notes by Mr. Sugden, except as otherwise indicated;
40603. Bombax malabaricum DC. Bombacacese.
"It may be tree cotton which has been used to pack something sent
from Canton to Peking. It reminds me of the tree cotton <>f the South,
so I have picked out the seeds and send them with a little cotton, as they
appear to be ordinary style cotton seed, and we believe it to be some
variety of wild cotton."
54 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
40603 to 40607. Continued. Quoted notes by Mr. A. Sugden.
40604. Bbassica pekinensis (Lour.) Skeels. Brassicacese. Pe-tsai.
" Shantung cabbage. It grows in the north of China, is lettuce shaped,
and weighs from 5 to 8 pounds. When boiled it is nearly as good, if not
quite, as sea kale; eaten raw, in salad, it is of so delicate a flavor that
I know of no vegetable in England to approach it. It is ;m autumn cab-
bage, should be planted about IS inches apart, thrives besl with moisture,
and in Shantung is well watered every day; there the seed is sown in
June. When nearly full grown it should be tied round so ;i- in give it a
good white heart. If it can be acclimatized in this country it will be a
great addition to our vegetables." (Extract from George Hughes's letter
to tin Kew Royal Gardens, April 21, 1887.)
40605. Crataegus pixxatifida Bunge. Malaeeae. Chinese haw,
" Suan cha ( iza ). The fruit of this hawthorn is about as big as a dam-
son and to my mind excellent as stewed fruit or as a cheese. To cook,
simmer in hot water for a few minutes till soft enough to pull the skin off
with the lingers; if cut off with a knife they say much of the coloring
matter is lost; our cook then pokes the stones out through the top with
a chopstick; they are then stewed for a few minutes with lots of sugar;
the rough way of cooking is to cut in half to remove stones and not to
peel. They look nicer the other way and the skin does not improve them
for eating."
40606. Crataegus pixnatifida Bunge. Malaeeae. Chinese haw.
"Suan Jha (t:a). Fruits larger than those of the preceding number
[S. P. I. No. 40605 J, which see for description."
40607. Sola xr ii sp. Solanaeeae.
"The pods were white, but turned yellow as they ripened; there was
but a bit of leaf left, which looked something like a slender cabbage leaf."
40608. Cannabis sativa L. Moracese. Hemp.
From Damascus, Syria. Presented by Mr. YV. Stanley Hollis, American
consul general, Beirut, Syria, who secured it from Consular Agent Young,
Damascus. Received April 16, 1915.
"Turkish hemp. The seeds should be planted in well-irrigated or nearly
marshy, rich ground and at the time of year that will favor the quickest
growth, as, of course, the higher the shoots can be grown, the longer and better
the fiber that will be produced." (Young.)
40609. Osterdamia tenuifolia (Trin.) Kuntze. Poacva .
Japanese lawn grass.
From Yokohama, Japan. Purchased from the Yokohama Nursery Com-
pany. Plants received April 30, 1915.
" Birodoshiba."
40610 and 40611. Psidium guajava L. Myrtacew. Guava.
From New Smyrna. Fla. Presented by .Mi-. John V. Detwiler. Plants re-
ceived .May 1. L915. Quoted notes by .Mr. Detwiler.
40610. " Pink variety. Plants over a year old, which possibly by the
inarching process can be made to bear earlier than usual. The largest
fruits I have seen weighed 17£ ounces; they have been known to weigh
20 ounces."
40611. " Pure white variety."
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1915. 55
40612. Saccharum officinarum L. Poacese. Sugar cane.
From Honolulu, Hawaii. Presented by the director, Experiment Station,
Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association. Cuttings received May 1, 1915.
Demerara 1135.
40613. Daphne blagayana Freyer. Thymeleacese.
From Chester, England. Purchased from Dicksons Seed Growers, seed
merchants and nurserymen. Plants received May 6, 1915.
"Native of the mountains of eastern Europe, discovered by Count Blagay
in 1837; introduced about 1S75. This beautiful and sweet-scented Daphne has
perhaps nowhere been so successfully cultivated as in the Glasnevin Botanic
Gardens. It is there planted on low mounds composed of stones and loam
from a granite district. The secret of success appears to be in the continuous
layering of the shoots. As soon as the young growths are an inch or so long the
previous summer's branches are weighed down to the ground by placing stones
on them. A little soil may come between. By this system the whole plant
is always renewing its root system at the younger parts. At Glasnevin I have
seen a patch S feet across in the rudest health. This system is, no doubt,
helped by the moist, equable climate of Dublin. As this shrub is found on
calcareous rock, stones of the same character would appear to be preferable
for layering, but Sir F. Moore tells me he does not consider this Daphne needs
lime. He recommends good loam or peat and leaf soil aud partial shade."
(11". J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, pp. /f67-468.)
40614. Sorbus domestica L. Malacege.
(Pyru-s sorbus Gaertn.)
From Kew. England. Presented by Sir David Prain, director, Royal
Botanic Garden. Cuttings received May 6, 1915.
See S. P. I. Nos. 10349 and 27184 for previous introductions and description.
40615 and 40616.
From Yachowfu, West China. Presented by Dr. E. T. Shields. Medical
Missionary of the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society. I Mai us
received May 12, 1915.
40615. (Undetermined.) Mountain oak.
40616. Phoebe nanmu (Oliver) Gamble. Lauraceee.
(Machilns nanmu Hemsl.) Lanmu, or nanmu.
"In western Hupeh and Szechwan the name Nanmu shu is applied to
this and other species of Phoebe and to the genera .Machilns ami
Actinodaphne. These trees are the source of 'nanmu,' one of the most
valuable of all Chinese timbers. All the species are evergreen and
singularly handsome trees. In Szechwan they are abundant up to an
altitude of 1.000 meters, often forming extensive w Is. They are
largely planted around homesteads and temples and are a prominent
feature of the scenery of parts of the Chengtu Plain and of the region
round the base of Mount Omei. Those trees grow to a great size and
have clean straight trunks and wide, umbrageous heads. The wood is
close grained, fragrant, greenish white and In-own in color, easily
worked, and very durable. It is highly esteemed in furniture making
and for pillars and beams in the temples and in the houses of the wealthy.
56 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
40615 and 40616— Continued.
In the form of planks it is used for the bottoms of boats." (Sargent,
1 'la tit ue Wilsonianae vol. 2, p. 11.)
See S. P. I. Nos. 30039, 37944, and 38333 for previous introductions and
description.
40617 to 40619.
From Formosa. Presented by the Bureau of Productive Industry. Taihoku,
Formosa. Received May 12, 1915.
40617. Asparagus lucidus Lindley. Convallariacese. Asparagus.
From Mount Daiton, near Taihoku. Japanese name Tenmondo.
" Kusasugi-kadsura or Tenmondo; a perennial herb of the order of
Liliacese, growing wild on seacoasts and also cultivated in fields. There
are standing and climbing varieties. In summer it produces small yel-
lowish flowers, which are succeeded by little red berries. The tuberous
roots grow iu tufts about the size of a finger, and are preserved in sugar
or used for various cooking purposes after having been boiled in water
to take away the acridity." | [ s< ful Plants of Japan, pp. 29 and 121.)
Plants.
40618. Cudbania javanensis Trecul. Moracese.
From Mount Daiton, near Taihoku, April 9, 1915.
" Kicakwatsu gayu. au evergreen shrub of the order Urticacese, of a
vinelike nature, provided with thorns on the stem, and found in the
Provinces of Satsuma and Osumi. The barren and fertile flowers shoot
separately on distinct plants. It bears flowers in summer and reddish
yellow sweet fruits in winter. They are eaten fresh or preserved in sugar.
The wood is used for dyeing yellow." {Useful Plants of Japan, Xo.
2136.)
Cuttings.
40619. Maltjs fobmosana Kawakami and Koidz. Malacese.
"Japanese name Taiwan-ringo. From Arisan, March 20, 1915."
"This is a very distinct species, differing from all other [species of]
Mains by the tubular constricted disk enclosing the connate base of the
five styles. The large globose fruit with its impressed persistent calyx
and short stalk resembles that of the common apple." {Rehder, in
Plantac Wilsonianae, vol. 2, p. 295, 1915.)
"In November. 1005. on my exploring trip to Mount Niitaka, I chanced
to discover the fruit of a very rare plant belonging to Pomacese at .Mount
Suizan. 7,000 feet high, in the southern part of the Arisan Range. As
it resembled an apple in appearance, I tasted it. and foum. it somewhat
like an apple hut rather astringent, with a fine odor. Afterwards I
was told that the aborigines usually eat them cook . A- the tree was
4 to 5 feet in circumference and 40 to 50 feet high. I was not able to
pluck either the boughs or the leaves, and had to content myself with
picking up t'.ie leaves and fruit lying about >n the -round. In October
of the following year 1 collected some of the same fruit again at Mount
Arisan. At this time I found that the tree belonged to the genus of
apple trees, but. being unable to obtain the flower, I could not properly
specify it In March of this year, however. Mr. Mori, of the Botanical
Laboratory, succeeded in collecting the flower of this tree at a place
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1915. 57
40617 to 40619— Continued.
7,000 feet high in Mount Gokwan, in the aboriginal district of Nanto.
Some time afterwards Mr. Sasaki, my assistant, found the flower of
the same tree in its later stage of bloom at Mount Bui. in the district of
Ako. After having gathered all these facts together, I was at last
enabled to solve this difficult problem, which bad been taking my atten-
tion for a year. The plant in question is a species of wild apple tree,
and is called Sashibe or Sado by the aborigines. According to Mr. Mori,
'Sashibe' is the name given by the Bunun tribe and • Sado' is the one
used by the Atayal tribe, living near Horisha. This plant is well
known among the Formosan aborigines, so that their villages are often
named after this plant. This plant is called 'Take sashibe' in Ako
district and 'Ala/n sad' at Horisha, both 'take' and 'aian' signifying
a tribe. It is said that among the aborigines of the Paiwan tribe of
Taito district their villages are often named after this plant. The Chi-
nese inhabitants, however, name it differently ; at Ako it is called
' Shaburai' and at Rinkiho 'Soan-sha' [Suan cha, sour hawthorn?]
The fruit is often pickled in salt and sold by Chinese grocery dealers in
towns in the vicinity of the savage district. They cost on an average
about 6 sens per dozen. I bought some of the fruit myself at Ako and
Rinkiho. The seed of the fruit germinating very easily, it could, in my
opinion, be successfully grafted with good European apples. This is,
however, a practical question requiring an experiment. In April of this
year I made a scientific research into the nature of the said plant, in
collaboration with Mr. G. Koidzumi, of the Science College of the Tokyo
Uuniversity, which resulted in our identifying it as a new species."
(Kaivakami, Tokyo Botanical Magazine, vol. 25, p. 145-146, 1911.)
40620 to 40622. Prunus spp. Amygdalacese.
From Sapporo, Japan. Presented by the director, Botanic Garden of the
College of Agriculture, Tohoku Imperial University. Received May 3,
1915.
40620. Prunus nipponica kurilensis (Miyabe) Wilson.
A small freely branching tree with reddish or grayish brown bark.
Young leaves densely pubescent or pilose. Mature leaves pilose to sparsely
hirsute or pubescent on the veins, obovate-subrhombic to ovate-elliptic:
blade 4.5 to 8 cm. long. 3 to 4.5 cm. broad, acuminate. Flowers 1 to :
fasciculate, earlier than the leaves. Petals broadly elliptic-obovate, til
with rose color. Japan. (Adapted from G. Koidzumi, .lour. Coll. Sci.
Imp. Univ. Tokyo, vol. 34, art. 2, p. 284-)
40621. Prunus maximowiczii Rupr. Cherry.
See S. P 1. No. 40189 for previous introduction and description.
40622. Pbunus sereulata sachalinensis (Schmidt) Makino.
{Prunus sargentii Rehder.) Sargent's cherry.
Young leaves brownish, stipules lanceolate ."> to 6 mm. ion-, laciniate.
Flowers rose colored, umbellate-fasciculate, large, earlier than or appear-
ing with the leaves. Bracts obovate-oblong, ."> to 6 mm. long. •_'.:. to :: nun.
broad, margin fimbriate-denticulate. (Adapted from a. Koidzumi, Jour.
Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. of Tokyo, vol. 34, art. 2, p. 276.)
58 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
40623 to 40626.
From Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by the Arnold Arboretum. Received
April 14, 1915.
40623. Prunus serrulata sachaxinensis (Schmidt) Makino. Amyg-
i Prunus sargentii Rehder.) [dalaceae. Sargent's cherry.
" The first of the Japanese cherries to flower is Prunus sargentii. This
is a tall tree in the native forests of the northern island of Japan, where
it is valued as a timber tree. There are six specimens of different sizes
on the Forest Hill road. Arnold Arboretum, and they are now covered
with clusters of large pink or rose-colored single flowers, for the color of
the flowers of this tree varies considerably on different individuals. The
small black fruits which ripen in June are almost hidden by the large
dark-green leaves, which in the autumn turn to shades of orange and red;
the smooth, shining, reddish bark adds to the beauty of this tree. Travel-
ers who have seen cherry blossoms in many lands declare thai Prunus
sargentii should become a common tree if nurserymen will recognize its
value and make a business of making it known to the public." {Arnold
Arboretum, Bulletin of Popular Information. Xo. 20.)
Plants.
40624. Vitis vinifera L. Vitacese. Peking grape.
" The so-called Peking grape is a variety of V. vinifera which we received
in April, 1904. from Mr. E. T. Williams, in Peking. The fruits are said to
be black. At present we have no plants of it in the Arboretum." {Rehdt r. |
Rooted eyes.
40625. Rosa hugonis Hemsl. Rosacea?. Rose.
" Grafted on the roots of Rosa multiflora." (Jackson Dawson.)
See S. P. I. No. 40192 for description, and the Journal of Heredity, vol.
6, p. 429, September, 1915, for description and illustrations.
Grafted plants and cuttings.
40626. Rosa multiflora Thunb. Rosacea. Rose.
"These roots are good for all varieties of roses." (Jackson Dawson.)
40627 to 40644. Chrysanthemum spp. Asteraceae.
Chrysanthemivn.
From Kew, England. Presented by Sir David Praia, director, Royal
Botanic Gardens. Received May 4, 1915.
Introduced for the work of the Insecticide and Fungicide Board, for studies
in the production of pyrethrum powder.
40627. Chrysanthemum sp.
Received as Chrysanthemum anserinaefolium Hausskn. and Born., for
which no place of publication has yet been found.
40628. Chrysanthemum balsam it a L.
See S. P. I. No. 40543 for previous introduction and description.
40629. Chrysanthemum balsamita L.
Var. tomentosa.
40630. Chrysanthemum caucasicum Pers.
See S. P. I. No. 40511 for previous introduction and description.
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1915. 59
40627 to 40644— Continued.
40631. Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium (Trev.) Vis.
" Glaucous perennial, slender. 12 to 15 inches high ; steins unhranched,
with a few short, scattered hairs below the flower ; leaves long-petioled,
silky beneath, with distant segments; involucral scales scarious and
whitish at the apex. Dalmatia. Said to be the chief source of Dalma-
tian insect powder. Rarely cultivated as a border plant. Common in
botanic gardens." (Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 2,
p. 757.)
40632. Chrysanthemum coccineum Willd.
See S. P. I. Nos. 31103 and 40512 for previous introductions and de-
scription.
40633. Chrysanthemum coronarium L.
'•Annual, 3 to 4 feet ; leaves bipinnately parted, somewhat clasping or
eared at the base, glabrous, the segments closer together than in C. cari-
naturn ; involucral scales broad, scarious; rays lemon colored or nearly
white. July to September. The full double forms, with rays reflexed
and imbricated, are more popular than the single forms. This and
C. eariuatum are the common summer chrysanthemum. This is common
in old gardens, and is also somewhat used for bedding and pot culture."
(Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, rot. 2, p. 754.)
40634. Chrysanthemum corymbosum L.
40635. Chrysanthemum grande (L.) Hook. f.
" Stout erect perennial of Algeria, 2 to 3 feet; leaves oblong to linear-
oblong, often lyrate, coarsely toothed; flower heads large, solitary, ray-
less, golden yellow, to 2 inches across." (Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of
Horticulture, vol. 2, p. 758.)
40636. Chrysanthemum sp.
Received as Chrysanthemum haussknechtii, the place of publication of
which has not yet been found.
40637. Chrysanthemum lacustre Brotero.
"Perennial; endlessly confused with C. maximum in gardens, and the
two species are very variable and difficult to distinguish ; the flowers can
hardly be told apart. C. lacustre is a tailor ami more vigorous plant,
and sometimes it is branched at the top, hearing three heads, while ('.
maxim ion is always 1-headed, and the leaves in that species are much
narrower. Height, 3 to 6 feet; stem sparsely branched; leaves partly
clasping, ovate-lanceolate, with coarse, hard teeth; rays about 1 inch
long; pappus of the ray 2 to 3 eared. Portugal, along rivers, swamps,
and lakes." (Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol 2, p. 757.)
40638. Chrysanthemum i.i.rc anthem r.\i L. Oxeye daisy.
40639. Chrysanthemum macbophyllum VValdst. ami Kit.
"Perennial herb, 3 feet; leaves very large, nearly sessile, pinnatisect.
the lobes lanceolate ami coarsely toothed; heads very many, corymbed;
rays white with yellowish tinge, the disk yellow. June, July; an out-
door plant. Hungary." (Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture,
vol. 2, p. 758.)
60 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
40627 to 40644— Continued.
40640. Chrysanthemum maximum Ramond.
"This perennial species has narrower leaves than C. lacustre, and
they are narrowed at the base ; height, 1 foot ; stems more angled than
the above, simple or branched at the base, always 1-headed and leafless
for 3 to 4 inches below the head; lower leaves petioled, wedge shaped
at the hiise, or long oblanceolate; the upper leaves becoming few, lanceo-
late, but usually not very prominently pointed, the teeth not very large
or striking; pappus, none; involucral scales narrower and longer, whitish
transparent at the margin, while those of C. lacustre are broader, more
rounded at the apex, and with a light-brown scarious margin. Pyrenees."
(Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol 2, p. 757.)
40641. Chrysanthemum myconis L.
Plant erect or ascending, glabrous or pubescent, simple or strictly
branched. Leaves serrate; the lower petiolate, obovate-cuneate ; the
upper semiclasping, obovate-oblong, oblong, or linear. Rays yellow. Med-
iterranean region. (Adapted from Hdlacsy, Conspectus Florae Graecae,
vol. 2, p. 69, 1902.)
40642. Chrysanthemum fallens Gay.
Plants erect, more or less hispid, one to few headed. Lower leaves
petiolate. obovate-cuneate, crenate ; the others sessile, ligulate, dentate,
or the uppermost often entire. Rays white. Europe. (Adapted from
Hdlacsy, Conspectus Florae Graecae, vol. 2, p. 68, 1902.)
40643. Chrysanthemum parthexium (L.) Bernh. Feverfew.
"Glabrous strong-scented perennial, 1 to 3 feet, much branched in the
taller forms; leaves ovate or oblong-ovate in outline, pinnatisect or bi-
pinnatisect, smooth or lightly pubescent; segments oblong or elliptic-ob-
long, pinnatifid or cut, the uppermost more or less confluent : Sower heads
small, many stalked, corymbose; disk yellow; rays white, oblong, equaling
or exceeding the disk. Europe to the Caucasus.*' (Bailey, Standard
Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 2, p. 756.)
40644. Chrysanthemum praealtum Vent.
See S. P. I. No. 40545 for previous introduction and description.
40645 to 40649. Hordeum vulgare L. Poaceae. Barley.
From Backe, Kramfors, Sweden. Presented by Mr. J. Mannerheim, director,
Kramfors Joint Stock Company. Received May S, 1915. Quoted notes
by Mr. Mannerheim.
40645. "Grain introduced from Snanse, Norway. 36 years ago. Since
that cultivated near the Tasjoberg."
40646. " Grain from Backe village in Fjallsjo Parish. Whence the grain
originally came, the farmers can not say. It has nevertheless now been
sown for over 30 years from its own seed."
40647. "Grain cultivated at Alanas parsonage and the seed brought
from Jormvattnet, Frostvikens Parish, about 10 years ago."
40648. "This grain has grown for many years in Bergvettnets village,
Dorotea Parish, on the farm of J. Gustafson. This grain sprang from
a variety the name of which is not given."
40649. "The grain came from Aldernas village, Tas.jo Parish, and has
grown in Risbock on the farm of Th. Tjauden for three years."
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1915. 61
40650 to 40669.
From China. Collected by Mr. Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Explorer for
the Department of Agriculture. Received April 19. 1915. Quoted notes
by Mr. Meyer.
40650. Avena nuda Hoejer. Poaeece. Oat.
"(No. 2184a. Paodji, near Hsiku, Kansu. China, November 6, 1914.)
Hull-less oats, cultivated in the higher regions of Kansu and Tibet as a
human food. The grains are parched slightly, ground into flour, which is
mixed with weak tea and eaten as a porridge. Flour from nonparched
oats is also much used in the making of noodles and for certain coarse
cakes. These oats are apparently able to stand more drought and heat
than hull-less barley, which is also much grown in the higher mountain
regions of northwestern China. They are, however, apparently not as
productive as the hull-less barley and the flour has not quite the rich
flavor that the barley flour has. Of interest to breeders and of value for
the intermountain sections of the United States."
40651. Avena sativa L. Poaeece. Oat.
"(No. 2185a. Titaochow, Kansu, China. December 3. 1914.) Mixed
varieties of oats, grown locally at altitudes between 6,000 and Si.000 feet
above the sea. Used as feed for domestic animals. Of interest to breed-
ers; they possibly may produce varieties more resistant to drought and
heat than our present strains in cultivation."
40652. Hordetjm vulgare L. Poacese. Barley.
"(No. 2186a. Kiucheng (near Taochow), Kansu, China. November 28,
1914.) Hull-less barley, cultivated up to 11,000 feet above the si n
mountain terraces in western Kansu and Tibet. Much used as a human
food and in some sections the mainstay of the people. The grains are
parched, ground into flour, and this flour is eaten mixed with hoi tea,
butter, or grease, when obtainable, and often a bit of salt is added.
Most times it is consumed in the form of a stiff dough, manipulated and
eaten with the fingers, and called Tzamba. Another way is to pour hot
water or milk on it and eat it as a gruel or porridge. The flour from
nonparched grains is used in the form of noodles, often much mixed
with flour from broad beans, from which it receives a coarse flavor. Of
value for the more elevated regions of the United States."
40653 and 40654. Zea mays L. Poacese. Corn.
40653. "(No. 2187a. Tungtung, Kansu. China. November 19,
1914.) A fine variety of white-seeded flint maize, cultivated on
mountain terraces at altitudes between 4. ."hid and 5,000 feel above
the sea. Of value possibly in extending maize culture farther
north."
40654. "(No. 2188a. Yaopuko, near Chenghsien. Kansu. China.
October 6, 1914.) A variety of flint maize with red grains and
small ears; grown in the higher mountain regions where the nights
are always cool and often very short seasons are experienced. Of
value possibly in extending maize culture farther north."
40655. Vicia F.ui.v L. Fabacese. Broad bean.
"(No. 2189a. Kiucheng (near Taochow), Kansu, China. November 28,
1914.) Broad beans ore much grown in the mountains of western Kansu
and Tibet at altitudes of 6,000 to ll.OOo feet above the sea. They are
much used as human f 1 when ground into Hour, of which noodles are
62 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
40650 to 40669— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
made, usually with flour from wheat, barley, or oats added. The
inferior qualities are used as feed for hard-working domestic animals.
Chinese name Ta ton, meaning 'big bean.' Of value for the more ele-
vated sections of the United States as a summer crop. As a winter crop,
they thrive well in all such sections where there are no heavy frosts."
40656 to 40660. Soja max (L.) Piper. Fahaceie. Soy bean.
{Glycine hispida Maxim.)
40656. "(No. 2190a. Yangpingkwan, Shensi, China. September 10,
1914.) A small-seeded variety of soy bean, of greenish color,
grown along the edges of submerged rice fields. Of value possibly
as an aftercrop for moist lands in the southern United States."
40657. "(No. 2191a. Yangpingkwan, Shensi, China. September 10,
1914.) A very small-seeded variety of soy bean, of yellow color,
grown along the edges of submerged rice fields. Of value possibly
as an aftercrop for moist lands in the southern United States."
406&8. "(No. 2192a. Yangpingkwan, Shensi, China. September 10,
1914.) A very small-seeded variety of the soy bean, of black color.
Said to be of somewhat twining habit and growing on drier lands
than the preceding numbers [S. P. I. Nos. 40656 ami 40657]".
40659. "(No. 2193a. Siku, Kansu, China. November 19. 1914.)
Mixed green and yellow seeded varieties of soy beans of nonshat-
tering habits. Grown on warm, dry mountain terraces under
decidedly semiarid conditions. Of value possibly for the south-
western United States more specifically."
40660. "(No. 2194a. Lanchowfu, Kansu. China. December 15,
1914.) Mixed brown and yellow seeded varieties of soy beans; not
grown locally, but probably coming from Shensi."
40661. Pisum akvexse L. Fabacese. Field pea.
"(No. 2195a. Yangpingkwan, Shensi. China. September 10. 1914.)
Gray field peas, much grown as a winter crop in the milder sections of the
Yangtze and Yellow River basins: also as a summer crop in the cooler
mountain sections of western Kansu. They are much fed to hard-working
domestic animals, preferably broken up coarsely and mixed with chopped
Straw of proso, bird's millet, and even kaoliang. A very palatable starch
is also made from them, looking like blancmange, which is much eaten
cold in summer, sprinkled over with some vinegar and chili-pepper sauce.
Chinese name Wan ton."
40662. PlSTACIA CHINENSIS Bunge. Anacardiaceae. Pistache.
"(No. 2196a. Near Kuanyintang, between Paoki and Fenghsien, Shensi.
China. September 15, 1914.) A beautiful and characteristic Chinese
pistache tree, having graceful, pinnate foliage, which when )u<\ coining
out is of wine-red color, then becomes uiossy green, while toward fall
it turns to flaming scarlet, purple, and yellow hues. The tree is dioecious,
the males becoming larger and taller than the females, lives to be sev-
eral centuries old, and can reach truly enormous sizes when very old
and when located in a good situation. A tree near the village of Tsai-
kiapu, Shensi Province, has a girth of 16 feet at 5 feet above ground. Of
value as a graceful park and avenue tree, especially for the milder semi-
arid sections of the United States."
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1915. 63
40650 to 40669— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
40663 to 40667. Holcus sorghum L. Poaceae. Kaoliang.
(Sorghum vulgar e Pers.)
40663. "(No. 2197a. Fenghsien, Shensi, China. September 5, 1914.)
A small variety of kaoliang, with small heads; grown along the
edges of fields as windbreaks. Generally sown in strips from 1 to 2
feet wide."
40664. "(No. 2198a. Chowchih (Djotze), Shensi. China. Septem-
ber 7, 1914.) A tall and erect variety of kaoliang, with compact
heads and brown grains, grown in large fields."
40665. "(No. 2199a. Near Meihsien, Shensi, China. September 9,
1914.) A medium tall variety of kaoliang with dense and heavy
heads and large grains of dark-amber color. Grown in patches close
to the villages. Used as a human food when ground into flour,
from which are made little loaves which are of coarse taste and
texture. Chinese name Ta shih kaoliang, meaning literally 'big,
full, high grass. ' "
40666. "(No. 2200a. Near Hweihsien, Kansu, China. September
26, 1914.) A tall slender variety of kaoliang, with drooping heads,
having large grains. Grown only for spirit manufacturing."
40667. "(No. 2201a. Near Hweihsien, Kansu. China. September
29, 1914.) A robust variety of kaoliang of tall growth, with heavy
drooping heads and very large grains. Grown exclusively for
spirit manufacturing."
40668. Amygdalus davidiana (Carr.) B. S. and Z. Amygdalacese.
(Prunus davidiana Franch.) Wild peach.
Received at the Plant Introduction Field Station, Chico, Cal., April
30, 1915.
"(No. 2182a. Peking, China. February 27, 1915.) The well-known
davidiana peach, used as a stock for stone fruits in North China. Col-
lected in several localities in the Chihli Province; obtained by purchase.
Chinese name Slum t'ao, meaning ' mountain peach.' '
40669. Diospyeos lotus L. Diospyraceae. Persimmon.
Received at the Plant Introduction Field Station, Chico, Cal., April
30, 1915.
"(No. 2183a. Peking, China. February 25, 1915.) The GJworma, or
Ghoorma persimmon, much used as a stock in North China to ring-bud
or patch-bud kakis upon. Obtained by purchase. Chinese name Hei
tsao, meaning 'black jujube.' "
40670. Gentiana lutea L. Gentianacese. Gentian.
From Geneva, Switzerland. Presented by Mr. 11. Correvon Received
May 11. 1915.
"A tall, stout, hollow-stemmed perennial herb of open or partly open grassy
places on the mountains of southern and central Europe, [ts large flowers are
bright yellow and spotted and occur in axillary clusters. The underground por-
tion is frequently a yard in length and may have several long branches. II is
commonly collected in flower. To prevent its extermination, the Austrian Gov-
ernment imposed a, heavy lino for collecting a roof not a! leasl 1! cm. < tour-
fifths of an inch) in diameter at the top, this ordinarily requiring a 3-years'
14682°— 18 5
G4 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
growth and insuring its previous propagation by seed. The United States'
supply comes chiefly from France. One of the best of the simple bitters, excit-
,iiur the How of the gastric juice, promoting the appetite, and aiding digestion."
[The National Standard Dispensatory, pp. 718-714.)
Plants.
40671 and 40672. Lathyrus spp. Fabacese.
From Nancy. France. Presented by Mr. Edmond Gain, director. Botanic
Garden. Received May 1, 1915. Secured for the breeding experiments
of Mr. David Burpee.
40671. Lathyrus cirbhosus Ser.
See S. P. I. No. 40311 for previous introduction and description.
40672. Lathyrus sylvestris L. Everlasting pea.
See S. P. I. Nos. 32415 and 40537 for previous introductions and
description.
40673. Aleurites cordata (Thunb.) Muell. Arg. EuphorbiaceaB.
Kiri oil tree.
From Yokohama, Japan. Purchased from the Yokohama Nursery Co. Re-
ceived May 12, 1915.
"The wood is used for boxes and clogs and the bark for dyeing Ashing nets.
From the nuts oil is pressed. This is called kiri oil. It is thick and poisonous ;
rats die soon after eating it. Umbrellas, raincoats, poles, lanterns, paper
doors, etc., are coated with the oil. It is also used in printing shops, as it
dries quickly. The recent advancement of chemical knowledge has discovered
divers uses for it. viz, the oil can be employed directly in varnish manufacturing
without previous oxidation, and after boiling with oxid of lead it dissolves in
turpentine oil and produces refined varnish without adding turpentine. If
paper be soaked with the oil, it makes a transparent waterproof on which any
mark can be made with ink. Paint made of the kiri oil instead of linseed oil
dries quicker; hence it is better adapted for painting ships and metal work."
(Translated from the Japanese, Timber Trees Utility, by MoroTco.)
See S. P. I. Nos. 21012 and 25080 for previous introductions and description.
For an illustration of the seeds of the kiri oil tree, see Plate IV.
40674 to 40676. Citrus spp. Rutacese.
From Lamao. Bataan, Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. P. J. Wester,
horticulturist. Lamao Experiment Station. Received May 15, 1915.
40674. Citrus medica L. Citron.
40675. Citrus medica nana Wester.
"This variety might make an interesting pot plant." (Wester.)
"A small, thorny shrub, rarely exceeding 2 meters in height: fruit 65
or more mm. long. "> mm. in diameter, ellipsoid to almost roundish,
pointed at apex, lemon yellow, smooth: rind medium thick: pulp grayish
to greenish, acid, rather dry; juice cells long and slender, almost linear;
seeds many, rather small, flattened, smooth. The plant is rather com-
mon in the Archipelago and has been noted in Tarlac, Pampanga, Bulacan,
Laguna. and ('elm. It is frequently grown and fruited in small pots,
and is probably the smallest species in the genus. It is surprisingly
productive and precocious, fruiting as early as the second year from
seed, and is practically everbearing. The fruit is eaten by the Filipinos,
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1915. 65
40674 to 40676— Continued.
but is too dry to be cultivated for tbe flesli, and the skin is too thin for
utilization as citron peel." (Wester, Citrus Fruits in the Philippines,
Philippine Agricultural Review, first quarter, 1915.)
40676. Citrus medica odorata Wester. Tihi-tihi.
" The leaves of this species contain 0.6 per cent essential oil, and the
plant might possibly be grown for this oil." (Wester.)
"A small, thorny shrub, seldom exceeding 2.5 meters in height, with
sharp, stout spines; fruit 60 to 65 mm. long, 7 to 10 cm. in transverse
diameter, weighing 300 to 475 grams, oblate, with a shallow basal cavity,
and sometimes a mammillate apex, more or less ridged longitudinally.
fairly smooth, clear lemon yellow; lenticels scattered, depressed; oil
cells large, equal or a trifle raised, skin rather thick; pulp grayish, rather
dry, sharply acid, of lemon flavor; juice cells long and slender: seeds
many, sometimes 125 in a single fruit, short, broad, and flattened. The
tihi-tihi is a rare plant found in cultivation in Cebu and Bohol ;
one plant has been seen in Misamis Mindanao. The plant is very pre-
cocious, fruiting as early as the third year from seed, everbearing, and
the fruit is used by the Filipinos in washing the hair. It is not eaten
and is of no commercial importance. The tihi-tihi differs from the citron
in its green, tender, highly aromatic growth, the leaves having been
found to contain 0.6 per cent essential oil, as analyzed by the Bureau
of Science. The fruit is strikingly different from the citron." < Wester,
Citrus Fruits in the Philippines, Philippine Agricultural Review, first
quarter, 1915.)
40677 to 40770.
From China. Collected by Mr. Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Explorer for
the Department of Agriculture. Received May 11, 1915. Quoted notes
by Mr. Meyer.
40677 to 40680. Juniperus spp. Pinace*. Juniper.
40677. Juniperus saltuaria Rehder and Wilson.
"(No. 2202a. Siku, Kansu, China. November 14. 1914.) A pe-
culiar species of juniper, of weeping habit, forming long cordlike
branches, which hang down perpendicularly from the crown. Able
to stand much drought and heat, but apparently quite sensitive to
severe frosts. Of value as a quaint ornamental tree for cemeteries,
especially for the drier sections of the United stales. Chinese
name Tzu pei shu, meaning ' pointed conifer.' '
40678. Juniperus formosana Hayata.
"(No. 2203a. Kwatsa, on Siku River, Kansu, China. November
10, 1914.) A juniper of weeping habits, very similar to the preceding
number [S. P. I. 40077], but branches less drooping, or value as a
quaint ornamental tree for cemeteries, especially in the drier sections
of the United States."
40679. Juniperus chinensis L.
"(No. 2204a. Sianfu. Shensi, China. January 25, L915.) A tall-
growing juniper of graceful habit, assuming characteristic shapes
when old. Foliage bluish. Apparently nor able to withstand severe
frosts. Of decided value as a park tree for those semiarid sec-
tions of the United States wh< re the winters are not too severe."
66 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
40677 to 40770— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
40680. JVNII'ERUS CHINENSIS L.
"(No. 2205a. Djaszeyu, near Pingliang, Kansu, China. January
15, 1915.) A beautiful pyramidal variety of juniper of bluish color.
Found in an old temple court, of value as a park tree for the semi-
arid sections of the United States where the winters are not too cold."
40681 to 40688. Berberis spp. Berberidacese. Barberry.
40681. Berberis potanini Maxim.
"(No. 2206a. Near Siku, Kansu, China. November 16, 1914.) A
barberry with very spiny, hard, glistening foliage, bearing a multi-
tude of coral-red berries, making in some specimens the branches
bend down with their weight. Height of bushes from 3 to 5 feet.
Found on dry rocky places and especially on mountain slopes of de-
composed rock. Of value as an ornamental garden and park shrub,
especially for the mild-wintered semiarid sections of the United
States. Chinese name Huang lieu tz'u, meaning 'yellow medium
thorn.' "
40682. Berberis soueieana Schneider.
"(No. 2207a. Near Kwatsa, Kansu, China. November 10, 1914.)
A form of the preceding number, but of more open growth and with
larger berries of a carmine-red color. A very handsome shrub. Of
value as an ornamental garden and park shrub, especially for the
mild-wintered semiarid sections of the United States."
40683. Berberis sp.
"(No. 2208a. Near Kulentze, near Minchow, Kansu, China. No-
vember 25, 1914.) A barberry of tall growth, bearing large fruits
on long racemes. Foliage large, serrated, spines over 1 inch in length.
Found on mountain slopes at altitudes between 7,000 and 9.000 feet.
Of value as a park shrub for the cooler parts of the United States."
40684. Berberis sp.
"(No. 2209a. Near Paodji, near Siku, Kansu, China. November
7, 1914.) A barberry growing to be over 20 feet tall, having large
leaves and large spines. A rare shrub found beneath tall trees in
open woods at an altitude of over 8,000 feet. Of value as a park
shrub for the cooler parts of the United States."
40685. Berberis sp.
"(No. 2210a. Near Tungtung, near Tangchangpu, Kansu, China.
November 19, 1914.) A tall-growing barberry found among dense
scrub on rocky mountain slopes at altitudes between 0,000 and 8.000
feet. Of value as a park shrub for the cooler parts of the United
States."
40686. Berberis sp.
"(No. 2211a. Yangsa, near Titaochow, Kansu, China. November
30. 1914.) A barberry of rather dense bushy growth, found on
open spaces. Foliage small ; berries transparent, light red color, very
juicy, and of an agreeable sour taste, produced in great quantities.
These berries could be utilized possibly for making tart preserves;
they also could be used, when dried and ground, as a sour condiment
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on game and on fish dishes, replacing lemon jniee in all sections
where the latter is not available. Of value as an ornamental shrub
for bordering sidewalks and paths in parks and gardens in the cooler
sections of the United States."
40687. Bekberis sp.
"(No. 2212a. Near Kagoba, south of Siku, Kansu, China. October
31, 1914.) A barberry of very low growth, being only from 1 to 3
feet high ; foliage very small, berries light carmine, juicy, produced
in great masses. Found along embankments and on fields at altitudes
from 6,000 to 10,000 feet ; fruit ornamental. Of value, like the pre-
ceding number, as an ornamental shrub for bordering sidewalks and
paths in parks and gardens in the cooler sections of the United
States."
40688. Beeberis aggregata Schneider.
"(No. 2213a. Near Siku, Kansu, China. October 20, 1914.) A
low-growing barberry with very small fruits and foliage. Found
amidst stony debris at an altitude of 4,500 feet. Possibly a form of
the preceding number [S. P. I. 40687]. Of value as an ornamental
shrub for bordering sidewalks and paths in parks and gardens in the
cooler sections of the United States."
40689 to 40691. Lonicera spp. Caprifoliacese. Honeysuckle.
40689. Lonicera sp.
" No. 2214a. Near Chiaochuanchen, near Chenghsien, Kansu, China.
October 5, 1914.) A shrubby honeysuckle, found along mountain
bases. Foliage large; berries large and dull red color; of somewhat
open habit. Of use as an ornamental shrub for parks and gardens."
40690. Lonicera thibetica. Bur. and Franch.
"(No. 2215a. Near Taochow, Kansu. China. November 25, 1914.)
A low shrubby honeysuckle of somewhat spreading growth. Cuttings
sent under No. 1240 [S. P. I. No. 39915], which see for further
description."
40691. Lonicera sp.
"(No. 2216a. Near Taipintze, near Taochow, Kansu, China. No-
vember 29, 1914.) A low-growing species of shrubby honeysuckle,
having slender branches and small foliage, of habit similar to the pre-
ceding number [S. P. I. 40G90]. Collected at an altitude of L0.000
feet. Of value as a border shrub for the cold ami dry sections of the
United States."
40692 to 40694. Viburnum spp. Caprifoliacese.
40692 and 40693. Viburnum kansuensk Batalin.
40692. "(No. 2217a. Near Kagoba, south of Siku. Kansu.
China. October 31, 1914.) A tall Viburnum of loose, open
growth; leaves of oblong form, hunches of berries large and
dense. Found among scrub on stony mountain sides at alti-
tudes between 6,000 and 9,000 feet. The red berries of ibis
shrub are sour, very juicy, and of agreeable flavor. They
can be utilized in making vinegar and refreshing drinks. Of
value as an ornamental shrub for the cooler regions of the
United States."
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40677 to 40770— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
40693. "(No. 2218a. Near Paodji, near Siku. Kansu, China.
November 9, L914.) The same species apparently as preceding
number, but the individual berries are larger and juicier.
From the expressed juice we made a wine-red lemonade of
very pleasing flavor, resembling in taste and looks red currant
ju ice."
40694. Vibubnum sp.
"(No. 2210a. Near Kagoba, south of Siku, China. November 1,
1914.) A tall-growing Viburnum, with short, round-oblong leaves,
of open habit; racemes large and open, berries dark carmine red;
flavor bitterish and not very juicy. Found on shady places at alti-
tudes between 6,000 and 8,000 feet. Of value as an ornamental shrub
for the cooler regions of the United States."
40695. Loniceka sp. Caprifoliacea?. Honeysuckle.
"(No. 222(ia. Near Sanszemiao, near Taochow, Kansu. China. De-
cember 1, 1014.) A honeysuckle of erect, bushy growth, found on open,
stony places at altitudes between 7,000 and s.000 feet, of value as an
ornamental shrub for the cooler regions of the United Stales."
40696 to 40698. Euonymus spp. Celastracea?.
40696. "(No. 2221a. Near Kulentze. near Minchow, Kansu, China.
November 24, 1914.) A shrubby spindle wood, found in dry
loess banks, forming heavy trunks when not molested. Of value
as an ornamental shrub for the cooler regions of the United
States."
40697. "(No. 2222a. Near Kulentze, near Minchow, Kansu, China.
November 24, 1014.) A low-growing spindle wood, with somewhat
leathery leaves, found in dry loess banks. Of value as a rockery
shrub for dry localities."
40698. Euonymtjs nanus Bieberstein.
"(No. 2223a. Near Taochow. Kansu, China. November 2.1. 1014.)
A spindle wood of very small, crawling growth, found on shady
places amongst scrub and moss, at altitudes between 7,000 and S.000
feet. Leaves small, lanceolate, evergreen apparently; fruit carpel
large, out of which the scarlet-coated steeds hang down gracefully.
Of value as a rockery plant for cool regions."
40699 to 40702. Rosa spp. Rosacea1. Rose.
40699. Rosa SWEGINZOWIl Koehne.
"(No. 2224a. Near Sanszemiao, near Taochow, Kansu. China.
December 1. P.)14.) A wild rose, resembling Rosa hugonis; of very
vigorous growth and having remarkably broad spines, which vary
much in size and in quantity on various specimens. Found on rocky
mountain slopes at altitudes between 5,000 and 8,000 feet. Of value
possibly as a factor in hybridization experiments."
40700 to 40702. Rosa sp.
40700. "(No. 222."ia. Near Chiaochuanchen, near Chenghsien,
Kansu. China. October <!. 1914.) A very vigorously growing
rose of climbing habits, overrunning clumps of shrubbery.
Bears very large clusters of orange-red berries; foliage large,
slightly pubescent. Of value possibly as a vigorous stock and
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40677 to 40770— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
as a factor in hybridization experiments. Collected at an
altitude of 4,000 feet."
40701. "(No. 2226a. Near Chenyatan. near Titaochow, Kansu,
China. December 2, 1914.) A bushy rose, of erect growth,
averaging a height of 5 to 7 feet. Twigs of reddish color,
almost spineless. Collected at an altitude of 7.000 feet, of
possible value as a factor in hybridization experiments."
40702. "(No. 2227a. Near Yaopuko. near Chenghsien, Kansu,
China. October G, 1914.) A shrubby rose, quite spiny, found
on dry, stony mountain slopes. Flowers apparently yellow.
Of possible value as a factor in hybridization experiments."
40703. Stephanandka chinensis Hance. Rosacese.
"(No. 2228a. Near Paodji, near Siku. Kansu. China. November 9.
1914.) A shrub of running habit, found on stony mountain slopes at
altitudes between 5.000 and 7,000 feet. Leaves large: loves somewhat
shaded places. Of value as a cover shrub beneath trees in large grounds."
40704. Clematis sp. Ranunculacese. Clematis.
"(No. 2229a. Near Tangchang, Kansu, China. November 20, 1914.)
A bushy clematis, found amidst dry, rocky debris at altitudes between
5.000 and 7,000 feet. Flowers yellow; foliage finely dissected. Of use
as a border shrub of small dimensions for dry regions."
40705. Jasminum giraldi Diels. Oleacea?. Jasmine.
"(No. 2230a. Near Siku, Kansu, China. October 20. 1914.) A shrubby
jasmine, of erect growth, 2 to 4 feet in height, found amongst rocks and
stony debris. Foliage pinnate; flowers yellow, followed by showy black
berries. Of value as a small ornamental shrub for gardens and parks in
dry mild regions."
40706. Con i aria sinica Maxim. Coriariacese.
••(No. 2231a. Near Yaopuko. near Chenghsien, Kansu, China. October
6, 1914.) A vigorously growing shrub, of erect habit, found in great
masses on open hill slopes at altitudes between 3.0(10 and 6,000 feet.
Leaves relatively large, veined, glistening green: said to bloom profusely
with whitish flowers. Berries black, very small, produced in greal quan-
tities. Of use in gardens and parks. Local name .!/</ kang shu, meaning
' horse-string tree.' "
40707. Sophoea davidii (Francli.) Komarov. Fabacefe.
"(No. 2232a. Near Chaolienli, north of Fenghsien, Shensi, China.
September 17. 1914.) A thorny shrub, growing from :'. to 5 feel in height,
found on stony and waste places. Utilized here and there as a hedge plant,
but of decidedly weedy tendency. Foliage grayish green, flowers whitish
lilac, pods somewhat downy, produced in immense quantities. OJ use as a
bee plant on waste places; also suitable for hedges when kept well under
cont rol."
40708. Bauhinia faber] Oliver. Cresalpiniacere.
"(No. 2233a. Near Madjakey, near Chi ehchow, Kansu, China. October
10, 1914.) A densely growing shrub. .". to 4 feet in height, found amidst
stony debris on mountain slopes. Leaves of peculiar form, being split in
on top. of use as an ornamental and as a stone-binding shrub for millies
and river banks in dry, mild-wintered climates."
70 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
40677 to 40770— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
40709. Sybinga sp. Oleaceae. Lilac.
"(No. 2234a. Near Palitang, near Kingchow, Kansu, China. January
17, 1915.) A small lilac, growing from 3 to 5 feet in height, having small
Leaves and apparently very fioriferous. Found covering whole loess hill
slopes in company with Amygdalus davidiana at an altitude of 3. 500
feet. Of value as a hardy flowering shrub for the dry and cool sections
of the United States."
40710. Acanthopaxax leucorriiizus (Oliver) Harms. Araliacea?.
"(No. 223oa. Chishan, near Changhsien, Kansu, China. October 1,
1014.) A shrub of erect and rather open growth, found beneath trees and
on clearings in woods at altitudes of 4,000 to 7,000 feet above the sea.
Leaves trifoliate to quinquefoliate ; in autumn loaded with multitudes
of heavy bunches of black berries. Of use as a cover shrub beneath trees ;
also eligible for shady corners."
40711. Caragana sp. Fabacese.
"(No. 2236a. Near Taochow, Kansu, China. November 26, 1914.)
A spiny shrub of low growth, found along dry loess ledges and in pehhly
banks; locally much utilized as a hedge plant. Able to withstand low
temperatures and great droughts. Of value as a hedge plant for the
drier colder sections of the United States. Collected at an altitude of
over 9,500 feet above the sea."
40712. Hydrangea longipes Franchet. Hydrangeacea?.
"(No. 2237a. Near Paodji, near Siku. Kansu, China. November 7,
1914.) A shrub growing to be from 3 to 5 feet tall, found in shady places.
Cuttings sent under No. 1232 [S. P. I. No. 3990S]."
40713. Caryopteris incana (Thunb. ) Miquel. Verbenacese.
(CaryopU ris mastacanthus Schauer. )
"(No. 223Sa. Near Siku, Kansu, China. November 18. 1914.) A
small shrub, found amidst debris on dry hillsides and in rocky places
in general. Foliage rather small, of grayish green color, blooms very
late in the season, that is, from the end of September until the middle
of October, with blue flowers. I* much visited by bees. All parts of
the plant smell strongly of creosote; aromatic, somewhat like the sages
in the western United Stares. This plant possesses great value as a late-
flowering bee plant and deserves to be naturalized, in company with Vitex
incisa, in rocky and dry localities, and more specifically in the foothill
sections of the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada ranges in the United
States. Chinese name Shan /"/<> t:ii. meaning 'mountain wormwood."
40714. Za.vi iioxyi.im a latum Roxb. Rutaceae.
"(No. 22:'.!>a. Near Yuyinchen. between Liangtang and Hwelhsien,
Kansu. China. September 26, 1914.) A Chinese pepper tree with large-
winged foliage, covered with long spines; apparently semi-evergreen.
Found en sheltered shady places. Of use possibly as an ornamental
garden and park shrub for the mild-wintered sections of the United
States."
40715. Hippoi'iiae rhamnodbes procera Rebder. Elseagnaceae.
"(No. 2240a. Near Paodji. near Siku. Kansu. China. November 9,
1914.) A species of sea buckthorn, reaching a height of 40 feet, with a
trunk 2 feet in diameter; leaves larger than in 11. rhamnoides ; berries
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40677 to 40770— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
of pale waxy color ; very sour. Occurring in mountain ravines and on
pebbly creek bottoms, sometimes to the exclusion of almost everything
else. Of value as an ornamental park tree, suited especially for the
cooler and drier sections of the United States. Collected at an altitude
of 7,000 feet above the sea. Chinese name Suan tz'u, meaning ' sour
thorn.' "
40716 and 40717. Rhus spp. Anacardiacese. Sumac.
40716. Rhus javanica L.
"(No. 2241a. Near Yuyinchen, between Liangtang and Hweihsien,
Kansu, China. September 25, 1914.) A sumac, found on stony
mountain slopes, in ravines, and in wild places, becoming a tall shrub
or small tree. Leaves large, light green, pubescent, winged. Fruits
borne in large spikes; berries coated with a sticky whitish wax which
burns readily. The Chinese do not seem to utilize this wax in any
way. Of value as an ornamental park shrub for the mild-wintered
sections of the United States."
40717. Rhus potanini Maxim.
"(No. 2242a. Mountains near Kwanyintang, between Paoki and
Fenghsien. Shensi. China. September 15, 1914.) A sumac with
medium-sized, glossy green leaves and reddish petioles, becoming a
tall shrub or even a tree up to 60 feet high. Assumes most brilliant
colors in fall. Produces many spikes of reddish bronze-colored
berries, which persist on the trees for a long time. On this sumac
a gall insect makes its home, producing large inflated galls, which
the Chinese utilize much for dyeing black. The foreigners, however,
found that they contain a great percentage of tannin, vast quantities
being exported from Hankow, especially under the name of Chinese
gallnuts. This sumac possibly might be cultivated on cheap lands
in the Southern States for its gall production. It is not very par-
ticular as to soil requirements, but it loves good drainage. Care
should be taken, however, to keep it well under control, as it has
decidedly weedy tendencies. Chinese name, Wu pei tzu shu, meaning
' five-folded seed tree.' "
40718. Hovenia dtjlcis Thunb. Rhamnaceae.
"(No. 2243a. Siku, Kansu, China. November 12. 1914.) A tree
growing to he 40 to GO feet high, cultivated in gardens for its pecidiar
looking swollen fruit stalks, which are very sweet and much beloved by
the Chinese as a delicacy. They are believed to undo the effects of
having had too much wine at a dinner or a feast. This tree is not
particularly ornamental, with its elmlike leaves and its rather open
growth. It might be cultivated, however, on a small scale in the Southern
States, so as to supply the large Chinese colonies in America with one
of their favorite sweetmeats. These fruit pedicels can be eaten fresh
or dried; in the latter way they can he shipped over long distances.
Chinese name Kua tsao, meaning ' warming jujube.' '
40719. Evodia rutakcaiu'a (.luss. i Hook, f. and Thorns. Rutaceae.
"(No. 2244a. Near Chaolienli, near Fenghsien, Shensi. China. Sep-
tember 17, 1914.) A medium-sized tree, with handsome pinnated leaves,
bearing large umbels of whitish flowers, followed by big hunches of fruits.
which, at first green, later on turn to a dark-red color. Found in some-
72 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
40677 to 40770— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. X. Meyer.)
what stony places, of value as an ornamental garden and park tree for
the mild-wintered sections of the United States. Chinese name Shan la
tzu shit, meaning 'mountain pepper tree.'"
40720. Tilia sp. Tiliacese. Linden.
"(No. 2245a. Near Paodji. near Siku. Kansu, Chma. November 7,
1914.) A linden of medium-tall growth, having large leaves, found on
moist mountain slopes at altitudes between 7,000 and 9,000 feet above
the sea. Of value as an ornamental park tree for the cooler sections of
the United stales."
40721. Amygdalus persica L. Amygdalacese. Peach.
(Prunus persica Stokes.)
"(No. 2246a. Shensi and Honan, China. January and February, 1915.)
Cultivated peaches, collected along the roadsides. To be sown to obtain
new types, possibly."
40722. Amygdalus davidiana (Carr. ) B. S. and Z. Amygdalacese.
(Prunus davidiana Franeh.) Wild peach.
"(No. 2247a. Near Chaotien, near Lungteh, Kansu, China. January 14,
1915.) The well-known davidiana peach, found on a rocky hill slope at
an altitude of 6,000 feet above the sea. This is possibly the most western
locality in China of this interesting wild peach. Local name Mao t'ao,
meaning ' hairy peach.' "
40723. Chaenomet.es lagenaria cathayensis (Hemsl.) Rehder. Mala-
(Cydonia cathayensis Hemsl.) [eea\ Quince.
"(No. 224Sa. Chiehchow, Kansu, China. October 14, 1914.) A variety
of Chinese quince, being different from the ordinary sorts in thai the
fruits are round, of greenish color, and scented differently. Of use for
those sections of the United States where winter temperatures do not
go very low."
40724 to 40728. Pyrtjs spp. Malaceae. Pear.
40724. Pyrus sp.
"(No. 2249a. Near Liangtang, Kansu. China. September 24.
1914.) A wild pear of shrubby growth; also seen occasionally as a
small tree. Fruits small, globose, of greenish color; calyx [persistent;
peduncles long: meat becoming soft and pulpy. Local name ][<i //.
meaning ' plum pear.' "
40725. Pyrus serrulata Rehder.
"(No. 2250a. Near Liangtang. Kansu. China. September 24,
1914.) A wild pear, growing into a small tree: leaves large, of open
growth: fruits small, of brown color; calyx deciduius; peduncles
short. Found on open, stony mountain sides at altitudes of 4,000 feet
above the sea."
40726. PYRl s sp.
"(No. 2251a. I.-imliow In. Kansu. China. December 14, 1914.) A
small pear, of russet-brown color; peduncles very long; calyx decidu-
ous; meat sofl and mealy. Sold on the streets of Lanchowfu."
40727. Pyrus sp.
"(No. 2252a. Minchow, Kansu. China. November •_'::. 1914.) A
sour pear of round shape; calyx persistent; peduncles short; flesh
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40677 to 40770— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
melting. Of poor keeping quality. Probably derived from a local
wild species.'"
40728. Pyrus chinensts Lindl.
"(No. 2253a. Pingliang. Kansu, China. January 16, 1915.) Local
large pears of several varieties, all of hard flesh. To be sown to
obtain new types, possibly."
40729. Maltjs sp. Malacea?.. Crab apple.
'•(No. 2254a. Sianfu, Shensi. China. August 30. 1914.) Crab apples of
various sizes, purchased on the streets of Sianfu. To be tested in com-
paratively dry regions."
40730. Cotoneaster sp. Malacese.
"(No. 2255a. Near Kagoba, south of Siku, Kansu, China. November
1, 1914.) A tall-growing vigorous species of Cotoneaster with rather large
leaves and large dark-violet berries. Found on rocky cliffs and ledges.
Of value as an ornamental shrub for parks and gardens. Collected at an
altitude of 6,000 feet above the sea."
40731. Albizzia sp. Mimosaceae.
"(No. 2256a. Near Yaopuko, near Chenghsien, Kansu, China. October
6. 1914.) A medium-sized ornamental tree, with large, feathery foliage,
bearing tufts of yellowish white flowers. Found on mountain slopes of
decomposed rock. Roots sent in under No. 1211 [S. p. I. No. 38285]."
40732. Lespedeza sp. Fabaceae.
"(No. 2257a. Near Kanchuan. Kansu, China. October 9, 1914.) A
small shrub, found on loess mountain slopes. Ol value as a soil binder
and possibly as a fodder shrub for sandy regions."
40733. Vitis sp. Vitacese. Grape.
"(No. 225Sa. Near Chaolienli, near Fenghsien, Shensi, China. Sep-
tember 17. 1914.) Wild grapes found among tall scrub. The same re-
marks apply to it as to No. 2164a [S. P. I. No. 40026.]"
40734 and 40735. Cotoneaster spp. Malacese.
40734. "(No. 2259a. Near Taipintze, near Taochow, Kansu. China.
November 29, 1914.) A very small shrub, found at altitudes be-
tween 6,000 and 11,000 feet above the sea, crawling between stones
and grass. Of value as a rockery plant for cold regions. Chinese
name Lao wan shan shu, meaning 'old creeping mountain tree.' '
40735. "(No. 2260a. Near Paodji, near Siku, Kansu, China. No-
vember 6, 1914.) A medium-sized shrub, with small foliage, bear-
ing black berries. Found in stony places at an altitude of 7.000
feet above the sea. Of value as an ornamental garden shrub for
cool regions."
40736. Pyuai A.Ni ha ( i:i:m i ata (Don) Koemer.
(Crataegus crenulata Don.)
"(No. 2261a. Near Yanpuko, near Chenghsien, Kansu. China. October
6. 1914.) A small shrub, with small, orange-colored berries and very
small foliage. Found on stony mountain sides. Of value as a very orna-
mental rockery shrub for those sections of the United Stales where tem-
peratures do not go down very low. Collected at an altitude of 3,500 feet
above the sea."
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40677 to 40770— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
40737. Pyracantha crentjlata (Don) Roemer.
(Crataegus crenulata Don.)
"(No. 2262a. Near Hweihsien, Kansu, China. September 26, 1914.)
A shrub of medium small dimensions, closely allied to Pyracantha coc-
cinca, having small glistening-green foliage and bearing a multitude of
bright-red berries. Found in stony places at altitudes between 3,000 and
5,000 feet above the sea. Of value as a very ornamental rockery shrub
for those sections of the "United States where temperatures do not go
down very low."
40738. Ampelopsis aconitifolia Bunge. Vitacese.
"(No. 2263a. Near Meihsien, Shensi. China. September 9, 1914.) A
trailing vine, closely resembling Ampelopsis dissecta, but with larger
leaves and broader winged leaflets. Color of berries dull yellow. Found
between stony debris. Of value as a porch and trellis vine, especially
for the drier sections of the United States."
40739. Ampelopsis sp. Vitacese.
"(No. 2264a. Near Nanchichen, near Tsuanchen, Shensi, China. Sep-
tember 5, 1914.) A trailing vine, making long annual shoots, which
sprout up from a short woody base or crown; leaves dissected, berries
dark violet-black. Found amongst stony debris. Of use as a cover plant
for hiding stony and unsightly places ; also for planting along terraces."
40740. Eupatokium sp. Asteracese.
"(No. 2265a. Near Siku. Kansu, China. October 28, 1914.) A small
shrub, found on dry, stony places and in dry. pebbly river beds, having
masses of flowers, the rays of which are white, while the heart is yellow.
Of value as a border and rockery shrub for dry regions. Collected at
an altitude of 4,500 feet."
40741 and 40742. Nicotiana spp. Solanacese, Tobacco.
40741. Nicotiana tabacum L.
"(No. 2266a. Kwatsa, Kansu, China. November 10, 1914.) A
variety of tobacco, grown in a semiarid district, at an altitude of
4,000 feet above the sea. To be tested for its nicotine content.
Chinese name Ta yeh yen, meaning ' large-leaved herb.' "
40742. Nicotiana rustica L.
"(No. liL'OTa. Near Kanchuan. Kansu. China. October S. 1914.)
A small-leaved, coarse tobacco, much grown in the mountain regions
of western China, where it is too cool for the ordinary tobacco to
succeed. From its leaves, when pressed into cakes, a finely cut
product is made by being planed off, which is smoked in water pipes
exclusively. Chinese name Lan hua yen, meaning 'blue-flowered
herb.' "
40743. Akutilon theophrasti Medic. Malvaceae.
(Abutilon avicennae Gaertn.)
"(No. 2268a. Near Nanchichen, near Tsuanchen, Shensi. China. Sep-
tember 5, 1914.) A variety of this well-known fiber plant, with stems of
dark-violet color, growing from 8 to 10 feet tall on rich bottom lands.
SuL'sested as a possible paper producer. Chinese name l'ai ma, meaning
' white hemp.' "
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40744. Psoraeea corylifolia L. Fabacea?.
"(No. 2269a. Near Kweihsien, Shensi, China. September 11, 1914.)
An annual herb, growing from 5 to 8 feet tall, cultivated here and there
in patches on rich bottom lands. Said to be utilized for medicinal pur-
poses only, the seeds being ground up and forming the main ingredient in
Chinese kidney plasters. Of value possibly as a fodder plant for the
warmer sections of the United States. Chinese name Ku p'u chili, mean-
ing ' great illness medicine.' "
40745. Astragalus sp. Fabacese.
"(No. 2270a. Near Yangsa, near Titaochow, Kansu, China. November
30, 1914.) An annual herb, found among scrub at an altitude of 8.000
feet above the sea, producing much herbage ; of value possibly as a forage
plant for the cooler sections of the United States."
40746 and 40747. Hedysarum sp. Fabacese.
40746. "(No. 2271a. Near Liangsui, Kansu, near Fenghsien, Shensi,
China. October 18, 1914. ) A low-growing perennial herb, found in
dry places, amidst stony debris, and on decomposed slate rocks.
Produces large spikes of beautiful rosy flowers; seed pods slightly
spiny. Of value as an ornamental rockery plant for dry regions ;
also possibly of use as a forage plant."
40747. "(No. 2272a. Near Liangtang. Kansu, China. September
24, 1914.) A semiwoody, small shrub, growing about 2 feet in
height, found on loess mountain slopes. Of interest as a possible
forage shrub."
40748 and 40749. Medicago spp. Fabacese. Alfalfa.
40748. Medicago sativa L.
"(No. 2273a. Near Titaochow, Kansu, China. December 2. 1914.)
An alfalfa, found wild along the Tao River among briers and scrub
at an altitude of 7,000 feet above the sea. To be tested in dry north-
ern localities."
40749. Medicago ruthenica (L.) Trautv.
"(No. 2274a. Near Kiucheng (New Taochow), Titaochow, Ching-
ningchow, etc., Kansu, China. November and December, 1914, and
January, 1915.) A small alfalfa, of low, crawling growth, found
along embankments and on loess table-lands at altitudes between
7.000 and 10,000 feet above the sea in a semiarid climate. Of value
as a pasture plant for dry, highly elevated localities."
40750. Erodium sp. Geraniacese. Crane's-bill.
"(No. 2275a. Central Shensi, China. September 2 to 18, 1914.) A
crane's-bill found along roadsides and on pebbly embankments; of vigor
ous growth. Of value apparently as a forage plant for the drier sections
of the United States. Also to be tested as a winter crop along the
Pacific coast."
40751. Lhjum sp. Liliacese.
"(No. 2276a. Hweihsien, Kansu, China. September 28, 1914.) A lily
of robust growth, being from 4 to 6 feet high; leaves Large; flowers said
to be white with dark spots. Obtained from the garden of the Roman
Catholic Mission in Hweihsien ; the bulbs originally were collected in the
mountains south of Hweihsien."
76 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
40677 to 40770— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. X. Meyer.)
40752. Artemisia s]i. Asteraceae.
"(No. 2277a. Near Liangdjapa, near Siku, Kansu, China. November 19,
1914.1 A composite of dense growth, occurring in tufts en stony moun-
tain slopes and amidst decomposed Slate debris. Flowers yellow, with-
out rays, produced in dense clumps. Blooming during October and
ripening its seeds late in November. Of value as a striking rockery
plant for dry regions."
40753 and 40754. Chrysanthemum spp. Asteracea?.
Chrysanthemum.
40753. Chrysanthemum iniiktm L.
"(No. 227*a. Near Akansan. south of Lanehowfn. Kansu, China.
Decemher 6, 1914.1 A wild chrysanthemum, found in dry loess
cliffs and in pebbly banks, producing masses of yellow flowers.
Foliage dissected and of a grayish color. Very variable as regards
sizes of flowers, foliage, and general looks. Of value as a striking
rockery plant for dry regions."
40754. Chrysanthemum morifolium (Ramat.) Hemsl.
(Chrysanthemum sinense Sabine.)
"(No. 2279a. Near Hwoshanpu, near Lungteh, Kansu, China.
January 13. 1915.) A wild chrysanthemum with margueritelike
flowers; of low growth; found on moist mountain slopes at elevations
between 7.000 and 9,000 feet above The sea. Of value as a striking
rockery plant, needing somewhat moister locations than the preceding
numbers [S. P. I. Nos. 40752 and 40753.]"
40755. Ceratostigma plumb aginoides Bunge. Plumbaginaceae.
"(No. 22S0a. Near Siku. Kansu. China. November 5, 1914.1 A pretty
semiwoody perennial with deep-blue flowers; found on dry rocky places
and along slate ledges. Of value as a striking rockery plant. Collected
at an altitude of 4.500 feet above the sea."
40756. Limonivm sp. Plumbaginaceae.
"(No. 2281a. Near Tungpu, south of Lanchowfu, Kansu. China. De-
cember 5. 1914.) A Statice with lemon-colored flowers and finely dis-
sected foliage, occurring on dry loess cliffs and decomposed rocky led_. -:
quite ornamental; of value as a striking rockery plant. Collected at an
altitude of 5.500 feet above the sea."
40757. Scopoltna tangtjtica ( Maxim. 1 Kuntze. Solanaceas.
(Scopolia tangutica Maxim.)
"(No. 2282a. Near Taochow, Kansu. China. November 25, 191 1.1 An
interesting solanaceous herbaceous perennial with large and peculiar
fringed seed vessels. Apparently of some medicinal virtue. Collected at
an altitude of over 9.000 feet above the sea; occurring on waste places."
40758. llriiii.is i.riTi.rs L. Moraceae. Hop.
"(No. 2283a. Near Chenyatan. near Titaochow, Kansu. China. De-
cember 2. 1914.) Wild hops, occurring in many mountain valleys in
Shensi and Kansu. The cones are smaller than in cultivated strains, hut
they contain a great percentage of lupulin and are very fragrant. Col-
lected at an altitude of over 6,000 feel above the sea."
40759. Sot.anum melongena L. Solanace;e. Eggplant.
"(No. 2284a. Yangpingkwan, Shensi. China. September 10. 1914.1 A
variety of eggplant, having very large fruits of purplish white color.
Inventory 43, Seeds and Plants Imported.
Plate V.
White Eggplants (Solanum melongena L.) from China (S. P. I. No. 40759).
Baskets of very large fruits of n variety of eggplant of purplish white color and attractive
appearance, in parts of China the eggplant is a very importanl vegetable. (Photo
graphed by Mr. Frank N. Meyer, at Yangpingkwan, Shensi, China, Sept, 10, 1914:
P12203PS.)
Inventory 43, Seeds and Plants Imported.
Plate VI.
The Smith Bamboo Grove at Burroughs, near Savannah, Ga. (Phyllostachyssp.;
S. P. I. No. 40842).
A grove of fin undetermined species of bamboo which is certainly distinct from either
/'. bambusoides </'. quilioi) or P. pubescens i /'. mitis), and which is reported by Mr.
s. I;. Dayton, who directed our attention to this grove, to have been introduced from
India by Mr. Andre Moynelo aboul 30 years ago. The tallest culms were in 1915 aboul
55 feel high and I l ',' inches in circumference, and the prove covers an area of about an
acre. The young shoots of ihis bamboo have been cooked as a vegetable and found to
have an excellent flavor and texture. The late Allen Groves is standing anion-- tin-
trees. (Photographed by Mr. Peter Bisset, Burroughs Station, Ga., July 28, 1915;
P14013FS.)
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1915. 77
40677 to 40770— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
Grown under irrigation on rich flats along the Wei River. A good market
variety apparently."
For an illustration of these eggplants, see Plate V.
40760. SOLANUM MEI.ONGENA L. Sola liacea'. Eggplant.
"(No. 2285a. Paihsiangchen, Shansi, China. August 10. 1914.) A va-
riety of eggplant with medium-large fruits of pure white color. Chinese
name Pai ch'ieh tzu, meaning 'white egg fruit.'"
40761. CArsicuM annuum L. Solanacese. Red pepper.
"(No. 22SGa. Shensi Province, China. September, 1914.) Mixed varie-
ties of chili peppers, much grown for condiments and used with every
meal, taking the place apparently of meats and gravies with the Chinese
country population."
40762. Cucumis sativus L. Cucurbitacese. Cucumber.
"(No. 2287a. Sianfu, Shensi, China. August 22, 1914.) A variety of
cucumber of oblong, heavy shape, generally ribbed, able to stand more
drought and heat than ordinary cucumbers, but not as fine in quality,
having greater seed cavities. Chinese name Ts'ai kua, meaning 'vege-
table gourd.' "
40763. Citkulltjs vulgaris Schrad. Cucurbitacese. Watermelon.
"(No. 22S8a. Lancbowfu, Kansu, China. December 28, 1914.) A
watermelon, said to be large and very sweet, having dark-red flesh and
white seeds. Grown at Chungkwanying, to the north of Lancbowfu. ob-
tained from Father C. Coppisters, of the Belgian Roman Catholic Mission
at Lancbowfu. To be tested in semiarid localities."
40764. Cuctjmis sp. Cucurbitacese.
"(No. 2289a. Near Meihsien. Shensi, China. September 9. 1914.) A
cucurbit of trailing growth, occurring as a weed in fields. Apparently a
primitive form of melon, presumably of botanical interest."
40765. Capriola dactylon (L. ) Kuntze. Poacere. Bermuda grass.
(Cynodon dactylon Pers.)
"(No. 2290a. Near Madjakey, near Chiehchow. Kansu. China. October
10, 1914.) A grass of very low growth, with running rhizomes found
amidst stony debris and on pebbly and sandy wastes along mountain
streams, forming a dense mat of turf. Of value apparently as a lawn
grass for sandy locations. Does not require any mowing."
40766 and 40767. Iris knsata Thunb. Iridacese. Iris.
40766. "(No. 2291a. Near Taipintze, near Taochow, Kansu. China.
November 29. 1914.) An Iris of very low growth, found along
roadsides al altitudes of 10,000 feel above the sea. Of value as a
very hardy herbaceous perennial to line paths and flower beds in
parks and gardens in dry and cold localities."
40767. "(No. 2292a. Pingliang, Kansu. China. January Id. 1915.)
A low-growing Iris, somewhat more vigorous than the preceding
number; otherwise the same remarks apply to it. This Iris is so
hardy that frequently carl and mule traffic over it dors not destroy
it at all, but only stunts the plants somewhat."
40768. Rosa banksiae normalis Kegel. Rosacese. Rose.
"(No. 2293a. Near Chenghsien, Kansu. China. September 30, 1914.)
A wild rose, of very vigorous growth, found as big clumps amidst scrub
78 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
40677 to 40770— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
or as solitary specimens in stony places. Makes long annual shoots,
which lean over in a characteristic way. Of value possibly as a stuck
and as a factor in hybridization experiments. Collected at an altitude of
3,000 feet above the sea."
40769. Citkullus vulgaris Schrad. Cucurbitaceae. Watermelon.
"(No. 2294a. Peking, China. March 20, 1915.) Mixed varieties of
watermelons, which are grown for their seeds only. These seeds sell on
the Peking market at 12 to 14 dollars Mexican silver per 125 pounds.
To be tested in semiarid localities. Chinese name Ta kua, meaning ' big
gourd.' "
40770. Indigofeea sp. Fabaceae.
"(No. 2295a. Near Tanchang, Kansu, China. November 20, 1914.) A
small shrub, occurring on stony places, having small racemes of rose-
colored flowers ; foliage slightly tomentose. Of use as a rockery shrub
for dry regions."
40771. Heliotropium curassavicum L. Boraginaceae.
Beach heliotrope.
From Kingston, Jamaica. Presented by Mr. W. Harris, superintendent.
Hope Gardens. Received May 17, 1915. Introduced for the studies of
Prof. J. C. Arthur, of Purdue University.
Plants.
40772. Citrus grandis (L.) Osbeck. Eutaceae. Pummelo.
(Citrus decumana Murr.)
From Peking, China. Collected by Mr. Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Ex-
plorer for the Department of Agriculture. Received May 11, 1915.
"(No. 2296a. March 20, 1915.) A very large pummelo, of pearlike shape;
rind very heavy; segments separating easily; flesh dry and sweet, containing
many seeds. A dessert fruit in a class by itself." {Meyer.)
40773. Holcus sorghum L. Poaceae. Sorghum.
(Sorghum vulgare Pers.)
From the Seychelles Islands. Presented by Mr. P. Rivaly Dupont, curator,
Botanic Station. Received May 19, 1915.
"Wild sorghum from Anse mix Pins, growing in a cemetery." (Dupont.)
40774. Belou marmelos (L.) Lyons. Eutaceae. Bael fruit.
(Aegle marmelos Corr.)
From Kandawglay, Rangoon, India. Presented by Mr. J. Gibbons, super-
intendent, Agri-Horticultural Society of Burma. Received May 19, 1915.
"These seeds are from very good fruits and are quite fresh." (Gibbons.)
See s. P. I. No. .".xcc.-l for previous introduction and description.
40775. Solantjm tuberosum L. Solanaceae. Potato.
i'i- Guayaquil, Ecuador. Presented by Mr. Frederick W. Goding, Ameri-
can consul general. Received .May 17, 1915.
"Violet-colored potatoes from Ecuador." (Coding.)
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1915. 79
40776 to 40782.
From Nice, France. Presented by Dr. A. Robertson Proschowsky. Received
May 15, 1915. Quoted notes by Dr. Proschowsky, except as otherwise
indicated.
40776. Albizzia moluccana Miq. Mimosacese.
For previous introduction and description, see S. P. I. No. 25783.
40777. Alpinia nutans (L.) Roscoe. Zinziberacese. Shell flower.
"A magnificent ornamental plant, quite hardy here."
" Striking plant, reaching 10 to 12 feet, with long lanceolate, glabrous,
long-veined leaves ; flowers orchidlike, yellow with pink, sweet scented,
in a long drooping terminal spikelike raceme. Fine for foliage masses
and an old favorite. Said to grow 20 feet high in southern California in
rich soil with plenty of water and to bloom continuously." {Bailey,
Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol, 1, p. 265.)
40778. Amerimnon sissoo (Roxb.) Kuntze. Fabacese.
(Dalbergia sissoo Roxb.)
"A deciduous tree of the sub-Himalayan tracts from the Indus to
Assam, ascending to 3,000 feet, but probably nowhere in India, strictly
speaking, indigenous. Gamble remarks that it is often, however, gre-
garious on the banks of sandy, stony, torrential rivers. On higher lands
it may grow and grow well, though not gregariously unless planted.
Cultivated and often self-sown on the plains of India. But even when
the trees are growing close together the shade given is light; hence sissu
is an important shade tree with tea planters of Dehra Dun. The seed on
germinating at once makes a great length of root compared to its growth
above ground, a circumstance that greatly minimizes the chance of its
being swept away when spontaneous germination takes place within the
sandy and stony beds of rivers. Sissu coppices well and reproduces itself
freely from suckers. Artificially it is best grown from seed deposited in
suitable positions, because transplantation is sometimes difficult and the
young trees have to be protected till fairly established. It grows most
luxuriantly on low-lying sandy tracts and has been successfully raised on
irrigated lands. But it is reputed that the timber of trees raised under
irrigation is of poor quality and subject to serious damage by fungi.
When young the growth of sissu is very quick; it is said to attain a 2^-foot
girth in 12 years, but as it gets older its growth gets slower. The full
height of a tree is about 60 feet or so, and in girth i! is rarely more
than 6 feet. It is very successfully grown in Sind, and is said io be the
best hardwood of the Punjab.
"The wood is very durable, seasons well, and does not warp or split.
It is highly esteemed for all purposes where strength and elasticity are
required, as, for example, agricultural implements, wheelwrights' work-.
frames of carriages, boat building, etc. At one time it was extensively
employed for gun carriages, but owing to the limited supply of the tim-
ber it is now very little used for that purpose. It i- one of the finest
timbers in India for furniture and wood carving, and is in regular demand
all over the north of India. In Upper India the shisham wood i Dalbergia
.sissoo) replaces very largely the rosewood ( it. latifolia) of western and
southern India. It attains its position of greatest importance in the
United Provinces, the Central Provinces, and the Punjab, being replaced
on the north by deodar and to the south by sal and rosewood. The wood
14082°— IS 6
80 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
40776 to 40782 — Contd. (Quoted notes by Dr. A. R. Proschowsky.)
carving of Seharunpur, Farakhabad, Lueknow, and Nagpur and the inlaid
work of Chiniot, Hosiarpur, Jallandhar, and Mainpuri arc largely on
shisham. In Rajputana, also, this wood is to a considerable extent em-
ployed by the wood carvers, but for particulars of the methods of treat-
ment and styles of carving the reader should consult Indian Art at Delhi,
1903 (pp. 103, 10S-9). Owing to the fact that the sissu very rarely grows
straight, the timber is not of much use for beams, though it is in much
demand for knees of boats. It has been successfully tried for railway
sleepers; it is an excellent fuel and makes very good charcoal, but it is
too expensive to be utilized for these purposes. The wood is said to yield
an empyreumatic medicinal oil. and the raspings of the wood are officinal,
being regarded as alterative. Near towns the trees are largely lopped for
fodder, and the fallen leaves collected and valued as fuel by the sweet-
meat makers." ( Watt, The Commercial Products of India, p. 485-486.)
40779. Annona chekimola Miller. Annonacese. Cherimoya.
" Quite hardy here and therefore wonderfully useful as a stock upon
which tn graft good varieties."
40780 and 40781. Cocos odorata Barb. Rodr. Phcenicacese.
40780. " Selected from the very best of the fruits." Received as
Cocos capitata.
40781. "Edible and of pleasant taste but many fibers. There
should be little doubt that by selection better fruits could be ob-
tained."
40782. Santalum album L. Santalaceae. Sandalwood.
See S. P. I. Nos. 0449 and 8679 for description.
"A small evergreen tree met with in the very dry regions of South India
and in North India chiefly as a cultivated plant. It affects open forest
lands with grass and patches of other trees, usually frequenting red or
stony soils. It is a root parasite on a long series of host plants and hence
apparently the difficulties experienced in systematic plantations where
provision has not been made for this requirement. On rich soil the plant
grows well, but the wood is deficient in odour, consequently inferior
commercially. Lushington and other officers of the Forest Department
have devoted much careful study to the cultivation of sandal, more
especially in relation to the production of the maximum percentage of
rich-scented wood. Lushington observes: 'On the whole I am inclined
to think that the best way of aiding the reproduction of sandalw 1
artificially is to in< rease the scrub, and this is best effected by merely
keeping out fire and grazing. As soon as the scrub reaches 2 or 3 feet
sandal reproduces naturally from seed dropped by birds, and this may
perhaps be further assisted by dibbling.' Rama Rao urges that weeding
is dangerous and that only surface pruning when the scrub becomes too
dense should be indulged in. Lushington mentions 8 inches* growth in
girth per ten years as a safe average and the exploitable age of the tree
as forty years, the minimum size being then 32 inches at 4A feet from
the ground." (Watt, Commercial Products of India, p. 976.)
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1915. 81
40783 and 40784. Cucumis sativus L. Cucurbitacere.
Cucumber.
From Seharunpur, India. Presented by Mr. A. C. Hartless, superintendent,
Government Gardens. Received May 19, 1915. Quoted notes by Mr.
Hartless.
40783. " Tins is a variety of the common cucumber of dwarf bushy
habit, producing an egg-shaped fruit, dark green and more or less
mottled with white markings when young and of the same rusty brown
color when ripe. Although not the gherkin of the West Indies, familiar
to most persons in its pickled state, its fruit resembles that of the
latter; hence its Anglo-Indian appellation. Like the common climbing
cucumber, it will succeed in any good soil, but it requires more aid
from manure than the former to bear abundantly. When preparing
the ground for the reception of the seed, it should therefore be liberally
enriched with manure of the farmyard class, then laid out in ridges G
inches high and 15 inches apart, and the seeds sown along the two sides
of the ridges at 3 or 4 inches asunder. The furrows between the
ridges should be watered every fourth or fifth day, and the soil stirred
and loosened at every opportunity. As the plants yield the immature
fruit required at table for only a limited period of time, sowings should
be made at intervals of a fortnight from the beginning of .March to
the end of May. This variety of cucumber is a purely hot-weather
crop and does not succeed if sown during the rainy season."
40784. " Long green ; rainy season."
40785 to 40787.
From Tiflis, Caucasus, Russia. Presented by the director, Botanic Gardens.
Received May 10. 1915.
40785. Mespilxjs gekmanica L. Malacesese. Medlar.
(Pyrus germanica Hook, f.)
See S. P. I. Nos. 8298, _!T7<i^. and 29197 for previous introductions and
description.
"A low deciduous tree of crooked, picturesque habit, usually under 20
feet high; young branchlets very hairy, older ones armed with stiff,
straight spines one-bait' to 1 inch long. Leaves almost without stalks,
lanceolate or oval. 2 to 5 inches long, minutely toothed, downy on both
surfaces, but more so beneath. Flowers solitary at the end of short
leafy branches; about 1 inch across, white or slightly pink, produced on
a very short woolly stalk, in May or early June. Petals five, roundish;
sepals covered with gray wool, triangular at the base, drawn otr into a
long, narrow point standing out beyond the petals. Fruit 5 celled, apple
shaped, brown, with a broad open eye. surrounded by the persistent
calyx, and showing the ends of the bony seed vessels. The wild medlar
is a native of Europe and Asia Minor, and is found wild in the woods of
several counties in the south of England, notably Sussex and Kent, but
it is not believed to lie truly indigenous. It has long been cultivated for
its fruit in English orchards, and several named varieties exist. The
cultivated forms are distinguished by thornless or nearly thornless
branches, by larger, broader leaves, and by larger fruits, up to li or 2
inches across. Although much esteemed by those who have acquired the
taste for them, medlars are not a popular fruit. They should be left on
82 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
40785 to 40787— Continued.
the tree until the end of October or later, then stored in a fruit room
until they are ' bletted,' a term given to indicate a state of incipient
decay. A jelly made from the fruits meets a more general taste. The
medlar is most closely allied to Crataegus, differing in the solitary
flower, etc. It is very hardy, and not particular as to soil." (W. J. Bean,
Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 81.)
40786. Pkunus spinosa L. Amygdalacese. Plum.
See S. P. I. No. 3S426 for previous introduction and description.
40787. Rubus ulmifolius Schott. Rosacea?.
"A vigorous shrub whose more or less plum-colored, arching stems are
clothed with starry down and armed with long, broad-based prickles; they
root freely at the tips. Leaves composed of three or five leaflets radially
arranged, which are slightly downy above but white-felted beneath, rather
finely toothed. Flowers bright rosy red, and produced in showy, cylin-
drical panicles. This well-marked species is of little value as a fruiting
bramble, its berries being small and dryish, but from it several orna-
mental garden varieties have been obtained. It is widely spread over the
United Kingdom (except Scotland) and Europe generally." (W. J. Bean,
Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. IttO.)
40788 to 40797.
From Lima, Peru. Procured from Senor J. A. MacKnight. director, Escuela
Normal de Varones. Received May 18, 1915. Quoted notes by Mr.
MacKnight.
40788 to 40790. Solanum tuberosum L. Solanacese. Potato.
40788. Lot 1. 40790. Lot 3.
40789. Lot 2.
40791 to 40796. Uleucus tuberosus Caldas. Basellacese. Oca.
40791. Lot 1. " Yellowish white with red spots, fine quality."
40792. Lot 2. " Mottled, white and red, fine quality."
40793. Lot 3. " Yellowish, fine quality."
40794. Lot 4. " Mottled, round, fine quality."
40795. Lot 5. " Red, fine quality."
40796. Lot 6. " Greenish, fine quality."
Tubers.
40797. Chenopodium quinoa Willd. Chenopodiacea?. Quinoa.
" Of a very fine quality."
40798 to 40802.
From Albano, Stockholm, Sweden. Presented by the director, Botanic Gar-
den. Received May 10, 1915.
40798 to 40800. Lathybus spp. Fabaceae.
Introduced for the breeding experiments of Mr. David Burpee.
40798. Lathybus cicera L. Everlasting pea.
Stems usually prostrate or ascending, up to 2 dm. (8 inches) long,
slightly winged, glabrous. Leaves with small winged petioles and
one pair of leaflets; the upper with simple undivided tendrils, half
as long as the leaflets; the lower not cirrose. Leaflets of the lower
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1915. 83
40798 to 40802 — Continued.
leaves elongate-elliptic, obtuse; those of the upper larger, lanceolate,
short mucronate, from less than 1 cm. to about 9 cm. long, 4 to 10 mm.
broad. Stipules large, about as long or slightly longer than the
petiole, lanceolate, semisagittate. Inflorescence 1 flowered. Flowers
up to 1 cm. long, erect or nodding. Petals dull red, of varying length.
Standard obovate, emarginate, brown veined, seldom clear, longer
than the wings ; these longer than the keel. Keel whitish, dull violet
on the tip. Europe. (Adapted from Ascherson and Graebncr, Synop-
sis der Mitteleuropdischen Flora, vol. 6, p. 1006, 1910.)
40799. Lathyrus pisifokmis L.
See S. P. I. No. 32192 for previous introduction and description.
40800. Lathyrus spathulatus Celak.
Glabrous plants with ascending, sharply angled stems. The lower
stems leafless, the upper remotely leaved. Leaves subdigitate, quater-
nate, short petioled. Leaflets narrowly linear-lanceolate, mucronate-
acuminate, short subciliolate. Stipules narrowly linear, semisagittate,
longer than the short petioles. Petioles slender, elongated, much ex-
ceeding the leaves, loosely 5 to 8 flowered. Corolla blue; standard
obovate-obtuse, much longer than the keel ; keel obtuse, not bearded ;
wings covering and exceeding the keel. (Adapted from Celakovxky,
Oesterreichische Botanische Zcitschrift, vol. 38, p. 6, 188S.)
40801 and 40802. Oenothera spp. Onagracese.
Introduced for the work of Mr. H. H. Bartlett in plant breeding.
40801. Oenothera odorata Jacq. Evening primrose.
40802. Oenothera pumila L. Small sundrop.
40803. Lathyrus cyaneus (Stev.) C. Koch. Fabacese.
From Paris, France. Presented by Prof. Julien Costantin, Musee d'His-
toire Naturelle. Received May 10, 1915. Introduced for the breeding
experiments of Mr. David Burpee.
This plant is similar to L. sessilifolius, but the leaves are more distinctly
nerved. The standard is twice longer than the calyx (subequal in / . sessilifo-
lius.) The calyx is larger and more retuse at the base. Keel less acuminate.
Color of the flowers more intensely blue, with slighter tendency toward purple.
The four leaflets are ensiform. (Adapted from Steven, in M6moires de la
Socie'te des Naturalistes de Moscou, vol. If, p. 91, 1913.)
40804. Eapiiia taedigera Martins. Phcenicacese. Palm.
From San Jose, Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. J. E. Van der Laat, director,
Department of Agriculture. Received May 4, 1915.
"Seeds proportionately oily and resinous, so that they have commanded the
attention of certain industries in North America." i Van der Laat.)
One of the most striking palms which grow in tin1 rich alluvial bottoms along
the lower Amazon River. The trunk does not exceed •'. or 8 feel in height and is
about a foot in diameter, clothed for the most part with (he persistent sheathing
bases of the leafstalks. The leaves are feather shaped and are among the largest
in the vegetable kingdom, some or them reaching 40 to 50 feel in length and
covering a surface of more than 200 square feet. The flowers are of a greenish
olive color and densely crowded, and the fruit is about the size of a hen's egg or
smaller and is covered with large scales. The leafstalk is 12 to 15 feet long and
84 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
4 or 5 inches in diameter, and the smooth glossj rind is split off and used for mak-
ing baskets and window blinds. The inner portion is used for making shutters,
boxes, partitions, and even entire houses. The seed kernels are extremely bard
and are said to be suitable for the manufacture of buttons. This palm also grows
abundantly in the low marshy lands in the Atlantic coast region of Costa Rica,
where it is called Yolillo. In the Amazon region it is .-ailed Jupati. (Adapted
from Martins, Histoire Naturelle dea Palmiers vol. 8, p. 217, 1888 1850.)
40805. Colocasia ESCUUBNTA (L.) Schott. Araceae.
From Yokohama. Japan. Purchased from the Yokohama Nursery Company.
Received .May 13. 1915.
" Yatsu gashira."
"Said by Hon. T. H. Kuwashima. of Tokyo, to be similar in quality to the
Trinidad dasheen." (Fairchild.)
Received as Colocasia multiflora, which seems to be only a trade name.
40806. Amygdaltjs persica L. Amygdalaceae. Peach.
(Primus persica Stokes.)
From Arequipa, Peru. Presented by Mr. Leon Campbell, through Mr. W. F.
Wight, ol the Bureau of Plant Industry, for breeding work in Texas.
Received May 24. 1915.
"Peaches grown from seed and brought into the market by the Indians.
Many of them are of excellent quality, and some may prove well adapted to
regions susceptible to drought periods and also to regions of extreme heat."
{Wight.)
40807. Amygdaltjs persica L. Amygdalaceae. Peach.
[Prnnus persica Stokes.)
From Concepcion, Chile. Presented by Mr. <i. F. Arms, through Mr. AY. F.
Wight, of the Bureau of Plant Industry, for breeding work in Texas.
Received May 24. 1915.
"Three varieties which were mixed by a servanl while drying them."'
(Arms. I
"Peaches in Chile are grown very largely from seed and are of high quality.
This lot was obtained in the market of Concepcion and had been grown with-
out irrigation. Will probably prove of value in dry regions." | Wight.)
40808. Cornus macrophylla Wallich. Cornaceae.
From Yokohama. Japan. Purchased from the Yokohama Nursery Company.
Received .May 22. 1915.
"A deciduous tree. 30 to 50 feet high; young shoots smooth or nearly so.
Leaves opposite, ovate to roundish or oblong, the base rounded or tapering, the
apex with a slender, often taillike point : 1 to 7 inches long. 2 to 31 inches wide :
bright green, and soon becoming smooth above; glaucous beneath, and at ;
clothed with pale, flattened, minute hairs attached at their middle; veins in
six to eight pairs; stalks one half to i| inches long. Flowers yellowish white,
numerous, produced in terminal, somewhat rounded cymes 4 to 6 inches acre—:
each flower one-half inch diameter; petals oblong; calyx minutely toothed,
grey with minute down. Fruit globose, one-fourth inch diameter, blue when
ripe. Blossoms during July and August. Native of tin- Himalayas, whence
it was introduced in TS27, China, and Japan. It is a handsome and striking
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1915. 85
small tree, chiefly noteworthy for Hs fine foliage; the flowers, although pro-
fusely borne, are of too dull a white to be very effective. There is a tree
approaching 40 feet in height in Coombe Wood nursery. Much confusion has
existed between this species and C. controversa winch, although an alternate-
leaved species, has long been known on the Continent as C. macrophylla."
(W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 390.)
See S. P. I. Nos. 13994, 13995, and 21971 for previous introductions.
40809. Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. Cucurbitacese.
Watermelon.
From Canton, China. Presented by Prof. G. W. Groff, Canton Christian
College, through Mr. F. D. Cheshire, consul general. Received May 24.
1915.
" Obtained in March from a melon of the red variety, grown at Nanhsiung,
North River, Kwangtung Province." (Groff.)
40810 to 40815.
From Petrograd, Russia. Presented by the director, Imperial Botanic
Garden. Received May 21, 1915.
40810 to 40813. Lathyrus spp. Fabacea?.
Introduced for the breeding experiments of Mr. David Burpee.
40810. Lathyrus annuls Hoejer.
Stalks glabrous, prostrate, winged, 2 to 7 dm. long. Leaves with
broadly winged petioles. p Leaflets 3 to 4 times as long as the petioles,
lanceolate, short acumiifate. Stipules small, semisagittate. not as
long as the petiole. Petals yellow, often reddish on the edges. Stand-
ard striped with brown. Keel greenish white. (Adapted from
AscJierson and Graebner, Synopsis der Mitteleiiropaischen Flora, vol.
6, pt. 2, p. 1004.)
40811. Lathyrus sp.
40812. Lathyrus sp.
This species was received as /-. lusitanieus Mart., a name which has
not yet been found in the literature of this group.
40813. Lathyrus pisiformis L.
See S. P. I. Nos. 32192 and 40799 for previous introductions and
description.
40814. I'akoma anomala L. Ranuneulacese.
Var. beresowsMi Komar.
40815. Prunus prostrata Labill. Amygdalacese. Bush cherry.
See S. P. I. Nos. 28945 and 37642 Cor previous introductions and de-
scription.
40816 to 40823. Ceratonia siliqua L. Csesalpiniacese. Carob.
From Valencia. Spain. Presented by Mr. Claude I. 1 'aw son. American
consul. Cuttings received .May 24, 1915.
40816. - Uatalafera."
See S. P. I. Nos. 30911 and 35239 for previous introductions and de-
scription.
86 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
40816 to 40823— Continued.
40817. " Casuda."
See S. P. I. Nos. 30915 and 35238 for previous introductions and de-
scription.
40818. " Roja Vera."
See S. P. I. Nos. 30918 and 35245 for previous introductions and de-
scription.
40819. " Macho de Flor Colorada. Red-flowered male."
See S. P. I. Nos. 30916 and 35230 for previous introductions and de-
scription.
40820. " Macho de Flor Amarilla. Yellow-flowered male."
See S. P. I. Nos. 30917 and 35242 for previous introductions and de-
scription.
40821. "Vera:'
See S. P. I. No. 35240 for previous introduction.
40822. " Flor de Altramuz."
See S. P. I. No. 35244 for previous introduction.
40823. " Roja Vera,"
See S. P. I. Nos. 30918 and 35245 for previous introductions and de-
scription.
40824. Citrus hystrix DC. Kutacese. Wild orange.
From Tutuila, American Samoa. Presented by the governor of American
Samoa, through Mr. W. E. Safford, of the Bureau of Plant Industry.
Received June 2, 1915.
"Collected April, 1915. Seeds of the wild orange of Samoa. Citrus hystrix
DC. (Citrus aurantium saponacea Safford, Contr. U. S. National Herb., vol. 9,
p. 226, 1905), called molt or moli vao (forest moli) or moli u'u (anointing moli)
by the natives, who use it for washing. On account of its use as a detergent
the name moli is applied by the Samoans to soaps of all kinds. The moli vao is
3 thorny tree growing spontaneously in the forests of Samoa, whore it was un-
doubtedly established in prehistoric times. It also occurs in Fiji, and bears the
same common name there. The glossy dark-green leaves have a crenate margin
and a very broadly winged petiole, sometimes almost as large as the leaf itself.
The flowers occur in axillary or terminal clusters. The smooth spheroid fruit
is usually greenish yellow or lemon colored. The pulp is pleasantly aromatic,
but not edible. It leaves a peculiar fragrance in the hair when used as a -ham-
poo, and the natives say that it prevents dandruff and stimulates the growth of
the hair. They make an infusion of the scraped bark of the tree as a remedy
for pectoral affections and use a hot decoction of the leaves for asthma. This
species is introduced as a possible stock for other less robust species of Citrus."
(Safford.)
40825 to 40827.
From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by the director. Botanic Garden. Re-
ceived .lime 2, 1915.
40825. Artocarpus INTEGRA (Thunb.) L. Moracea1. Jack fruit
(Artocarpus integrifolia L.)
See S. P. I. Nos. 27170 and 38S90 for previous introductions and de-
scriDtion.
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1915. 87
40825 to 40827— Continued.
40826. Dukio zibethinus Murray. Bombacacefe. Durian.
See S. P. I. Nos. 28082, 34073. 37103, and 39709 for previous introduc-
tions and description.
40827. Canakium indicum Stickman. Balsa meaceae.
{Canarium commune L.)
See S. P. I. Nos. 20808, 21280, and 256S4 for previous introductions and
description.
"A large, handsome Malayan tree, characterized by a remarkable but-
tressed trunk and laterally compressed aerial basal roots; the latter
develop enormous erect flanges of uniform thickness, so that solid circu-
lar pieces may occasionally be cut out from them to form ready-made cart
wheels. The tree is much cultivated for shade or ornament in Java. It
bears in great abundance large pendent clusters of dark-purple fruits,
which are of the size of small plums; these are produced all the year
round, but chiefly in Tune. The kernel of the fruit is edible, being
similar in flavor to sweet almonds ; it yields by expression an oil used
for burning in lamps and for cooking purposes. A desirable tree for
planting in avenues, etc. It thrives in hot and moist districts up to
about 1,500 feet elevation and prefers deep, well-drained soil. Propa-
gated by seed, which may be sown in nursery beds and kept moist and
shaded until germinated." (MacMillan, Handbook of Tropical Garden-
ing and Planting.)
40828 and 40829.
From Japan. Presented by Mr. Risaburo Ota, Hamamatsu, Shizouka Ken,
Japan. Received May 28, 1915.
40828. Cucumis sativus L. Cucurbitaeeffl. Cucumber.
"A fine Japanese cucumber."
40829. Cucurbita pepo L. Cucurbitacese. Squash.
" Chirimen. A squash from Japan of very fine quality."
See S. P. I. Nos. 25594 and 26427 for previous descriptions.
40830. Malus syevestris Miller. Malaceae. Apple.
From Angol, Chile. Presented by Mr. Manuel V. Bunster. Received May
29, 1915.
" Seeds of our Huidobro apple, which is quite as resistant to the woolly aphis
a.3 your Northern Spy. This apple is sweet and pleasant to ear and is esteemed
by Chileans, but, nevertheless, to my taste, it can not compete with the New-
town, Baldwin, Northern Spy, or any other first-class European or American
apple. These seeds have been extracted from picked apples, and you will find
them very plump. This apple is ideal for those people who are too lazy to spray
the trees. They bear early and heavily." (Bunster.)
40831. Macadamia ternifolia F. Mueller. Proteaceae.
Queensland nut.
From Sydney, New South Wales. Purchased from Anderson >.V Co. Re-
ceived at the Plant Introduction Field Station. Cliico. Cal., May 29. 1915.
See S. P. I. Nos. 1S382, 33912. and 34437 for previous introductions and
description.
88 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
40832. Holcus sorghum vfrticilliflorfs (Steud.) Hitchcock.
Poacese. Sorghum.
From Pretoria, Union of South Africa. Presented by Mr. I. B. Pole Evans,
Department of Agriculture, Pretoria, through Mr. C. V. Piper, of the
Bureau of Plant Industry. Received June 7, 1915.
Collected at our station at Tzaneen in northern Transvaal. {PoU Evans.)
40833. Pfrilla FRUTESCENS (L.) Britton. Menthaceae.
(PerUla ocymoides L.)
From Yokohama. Japan. Purchased from the Yokohama Nursery Co.
Received June 3. 1915.
See S. P. I. Nos. 22419, 27558, and 30298 for previous introductions and
description.
40834. Juglans portoricensis Dode. Juglandaceae.
Porto Rican walnut.
From Porto Rico. Presented by Mr. D. W. May, Agricultural Experiment
Station. Mayaguez. Received June 5, 1915.
See S. P. I. No. 40236 for previous introduction and description.
40835 and 40836. Annona spp. Annonaceae.
From Cajabon. Guatemala. Presented by Mr. W. 11 Curley. at the request
of Mr. O. F. Cook, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received June 3,
1915.
40835. Annona sclerodekma Safford. Custard-apple.
" Pox-tc"
See S. P. I. No. 40805 for previous introduction and description.
40836. Annona reticulata L. Custnrd-apple.
" Red pox."
40837. Passiflora laurifolia L. Passifloracea\ Passion fruit.
From Honolulu. Hawaii. Presented by Mr. Garret P. Wilder. Received
May 29, 1915.
"This strong-growing, glabrous vine, climbing by tendrils, is a native of
tropical America and known there as t lie yellow water-lemon. The date when it
was introduced to Hawaii and by whom is not known, but in the Hilo and
Uaniakua districts of Hawaii this variety grows wild. Its thick leaves are oval.
Oblong, ami entire, and have a short, sharp point. The flowers are abOUl 2
inches across, are white with red spots on them. The fruit is slightly oblong, J
indies in diameter, and very regular in size and shape. When ripe, it i< yellow,
spotted with white. It has a medium-hard shell or skin, and the edible pulp
is whitish yellow and contains many flat, black seeds." (G. /'. Wilder, Fruits of
the Hawaiian Islands, p. H)-)
40838. Cedrela odorata L. Meliaceae. Cedro.
From Santiago de las Vegas, <'ui>a. Presented by Mr. J. T. Crawley, direc-
tor, Agricultural Experiment station, at the request of Mr. H. a. Van
Hermann. Received June l. L915.
See S. P. I. Nos. 11769 and 26178 for previous introductions and description.
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1915. 89
40839. (Undetermined.) Monkey bread.
From Mt. Coffee, Liberia. Presented by Mr. Henry O. Stewart. Received
June 1. 1915.
40840. Brassica pekixensis (Lour.) Skeels. Brassicacese.
Pe-tsai.
From Chefoo, China. Presented by Mr. A. Sugden, Commissioner of Chinese
Customs, through Mr. John F. Jewell, American consul. Received May
27, 1915.
" Shantung cabbage."
40841. Telopea speciosissima (Smith) E. Brown. Protcacere.
Waratah.
From Lawang, Java. Presented by Mr. M. Buysman, Botanic Garden. Re-
ceived June 1, 1915.
See S. P. I. Nos. 15696 and 40064 for previous introductions and description.
" Although this beautiful and very uncommon evergreen shrub was introduced
from the Blue Mountains of New South Wales as long ago as 1789, it has hern
seen very rarely in flower in England. The deep-crimson, tubular flowers are
about 1 inch long, and are borne in a dense globular head surrounded by an
involucre of ovate-lanceolate blood-red bracts, each measuring from 2 to 3 inches
in length. The firm leathery leaves are cuneate-oblong in shape and measure
about 6 inches long by 1? inches broad. They are toothed in the upper part
and are dark green above and paler below." (Froc. Royal Hort. Soc, vol. ^0,
p. 130, 1915.)
40842. Phyllostachys sp. Poacese. Bamboo.
From Burroughs, Ga. Plants secured by Mr. Edward Simmonds, through
Mr. S. B. Dayton, Savannah, Ga. Received June 5, 1915.
"From J. T. Smith's place. Burroughs, Ga. A bamboo reported to have been
brought from India in 1890 and planted near Savannah, where it attains a
height of at least 50 feet and a diameter of 3 inches." {Dayton.)
For an illustration of the Smith bamboo grove, see Plate VI.
4084" Passiflora alata Curtis. Passifloracea\ Passion fruit.
From Honolulu. Hawaii. Presented by Mr. Garret P. Wilder. Received
June 9, 1915.
"Tin's is a strong, vigorous vine, very suitable for arbors and trellises. It ;s
not commonly found in Hawaii: however, a very tine specimen of iis kind i*
growing in Dr. St. D. G. Walter's garden in Honolulu. The leaves are oval to
ovate, the petioles having two glands. The fragrant purple flowers are aboul 2
inches in diameter. The ovoid-pointed fruit has ,-i tough, leathery shell, which.
when green, is 0 striated, with while stripes; when quite ripe the fruil is a dull
orange-yellOW. The numerous seeds are imbedded in the juicy, scented pulp.
which is aromatic and delicious. Propagation is bj seed and by cuttings." (Q,
F. Wilder, Fruits of the Hawaiian Islands.)
V)0 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
40844 and 40845.
From Johannesburg, Union of South Africa. Presented by Mr. J. Burtt
Davy, botanist, Agricultural Supply Association. Received June 7, 1915.
40844. Clematis stanleyi Hooker. Ranunculacese. Clematis.
"An erect, robust herb, 3 feet in height with biternate. silky, wedge-
shaped leaves and large white to pink-purple flowers, 1 to 3 inches across."
(Davy.)
40845. Protea sp. Proteacese.
40846 and 40847. Phaseolus lunatus L. Fabacese.
Madagascar butter bean.
From Marseille, France. Presented by Dr. E. Heckel, Colonial Institute,
through the American consul general. Received May 29, 1915.
40846. " Speckled with red." 40847. " White."
40848. Holcus sorghum L. Poaceae. Sorghum.
(Sorghum vulgar e Pers.)
From the Seychelles Islands. Presented by Mr. P. Rivaly Dupont, curator,
Botanic Station. Received June 22, 1915.
" Seeds of wild sorghum collected at Anse aux Pins, Mahe, Seychelles. The
three species got mixed while drying." (Dupont.)
40849. Misanteca triandra (Swartz) Mez. Lauraceae.
(Acrodiclidium jarnaicense Nees.)
From Miami, Fla. Presented by Mr. D. Sturrock. Received June 12, 1915.
"A tall ornamental and shade tree with flaky bark and dense lustrous foliage;
leaves elliptic-oblong. Native of the Antilles. Does well in southern Florida."
( Sturrock. )
" This species has the foliage of M. capitata with the inflorescence of .1/.
anacardioides. It is referred both by Grisebach and by Meissner to Acrodiclidium
jarnaicense, as a broad-leaved variety, and is, indeed, very nearly allied to that
species, which seems to connect the two genera, as the thick stamens are more
or less united at the base, though free at the summit. It has, however, the large
glands at the base of the stamens of Acrodiclidium, although no staminodia as in
most Misanteca." (Hooker, I cones Plantarum, vol. 3, p. .}7.)
40850. Litchi chinensis Sonner. Sapindaceae. Litchi.
(Nephelium litchi Cambess.)
From Honolulu, Hawaii. Purchased from Mr. J. E. Higgins, horticulturist,
Hawaii Experiment Station. Received June 24. 1915.
See S. P. I. Nos. 36042, 36066, and 38779 for previous introductions and
description.
40851. Phyllostachys sp. Poaceae. Bamboo.
From Savannah, Ga. Presented by Mr. S. B. Dayton. Received June 24,
1915.
This plant is supposed to be the same variety as S. P. I. No. 40842.
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1915. 91
40852 and 40853.
From Guemes, Argentina. Presented by Mr. H. F. Schultz, director, Agri-
cultural Experiment Station, through Mr. Eli Taylor, American vice
consul, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Received June 21, 1915. Quoted notes
by Mr. Schultz.
40852. Passiflora edulis Sims. Passifloracese. Passion fruit.
" I returned last night from a trip to Ju.iuy, where I found another
variety of edible Passiflora, which, I think, is super-'or to the variety I
mailed you before. The fruit is roundish, smooth, and of a very attrac-
tive yellow color, of a rather pale shade, and not unlike a Yellow Richard
apple. The fruit is slightly larger than S. P. I. No. 40075, measuring about
7 to 8 cm. in diameter. The pulp is bluish purple in color and, in my
opinion, a little more spicy than the other variety. The proprietor, how-
ever, claims that S. P. I. No. 40075 is a better fruit, which proves again
that ' de gustibus non est disputandum.' The plants are very precocious
and good, strong growers, for which reason they should be planted about
8 meters apart and be trained on four or five wires, a foot apart each,
the upper one about 1.80 m. high. I do not know where the variety
originally came from. A friend of the proprietor purchased some fruits
in Covent Garden, London, and brought him the seeds. The price for
the fruit there at that time was two pence each, while the fruits of the
Queensland variety sold at three pence each."
40853. Ziziphus mistol Griseb. Rhamnaceae. Mistol.
"A small tree with spiny, tortuous branches; subrotund. coriaceous.
minutely serrulate leaves ; inconspicuous flowers ; and small edible
drupes with large stones. Introduced as a possible stock for the Chinese
jujube and for comparison with the Brazilian Jua {Ziziphus joazeiro).
Found throughout northern Argentina as far south as the Province of
Cordova."
40854 to 40873.
From China. Purchased from Dr. Camillo Schneider, Arnold Arboretum,
Jamaica Plain, Mass. Received June 14, 1915. Quoted notes by Dr.
Schneider, except as otherwise indicated.
40854 and 40855. (Undetermined.) Lauracese.
40854. "(No. 422.) From Talifu, Yunnan, China. Cultivated and
grows wild, shrub 3 to 5 m., fruits ovate-elliptic, dark red. Octo-
ber, 1914."
40855. "(No. 422.) From Talifu, Yunnan. China."
40856. Punica granatum L. Punicaceae. Pomegranate.
"(A.) Cultivated. From Talifu, Yunnan, China."
40857. Primula littoniana G. Forrest. Primulaceae. Primrose.
"(No. 009.) From Talifu, Yunnan, China."
"P. littoniana, though by no means the most beautiful of the new-
hardy Chinese primulas, has an altogether unique character that is bound
to carry it into a permanent place in the heart of the primrose lover.
The small lilac blossoms, as well as the lilac leaves, are somewhat like
those of P. denticulata, but here resemblance ceases. Instead of the
usual primula umbel, the scape terminates in a long flower spike, sot
thickly with bloom. The calyces are a rich maroon and the remarkable
92 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
40854 to 40873— Continued. (Quoted notes by Dr. C. Schneider.)
effect conies when these form a point above a sort of ruff of the lilac
blossoms. Small wonder that it fairly dazzled George Forrest, the col-
lector, when he found it massed naturally in the high mountains of
China. There the flower stalks sometimes rise to a height of 2* feet."
( //. S. Adams, Garden Magazine, May, 191 //.)
40858 and 40859. Cucubbita pepo L. Cucurbitacese. Pumpkin.
40858. "(No. 448.) From Talifu, Yunnan, China. Cultivated.
Fruits large, round; yellowish red when ripe. October, 1014. "
40859. "(No. 449.) From Talifu, Yunnan, China. Cultivated.
Fruits large ; yellowish red when ripe."
4C860. Lagenabia vulgaris Ser. Cucurbitacese. Calabash gourd.
"(No. 450.) Cultivated cucurbit. Fruit green and pale yellow."
40861. Cucubbita pepo L. Cucurbitacese. Pumpkin.
"(No. 452.) From Talifu, Yunnan, China. Cultivated. Fruits large;
yellowish red when ripe."
40862. Vrns sp. Vitacese.
"(NC.) From Talifu, Yunnan, China."
Introduced as a small-fruited kaki, but evidently there is some mistake.
40863. Diospyros kaki L. f. Diospyraceae. Persimmon.
"(B.) From Talifu. Yunnan, China. The common form, cultivated."
4C864. Amygdalus sp. Amygdalacese. Wild peach.
"(No. 549.) From Likiang, China. Semiwild and planted. Septem-
ber, 1914. Fruits yellowish."
40865 to 40871. Pykus sp. Malacese. Pear.
40865. "(D.) From Talifu. Yunnan, China. Cultivated pear,
Talifu market. October, 1914. Yellow with brown points, 7 cm.
long by S cm. broad. All these seeds from 50 fruits."
40866. "(E.) Cultivated pear. Talifu market, October. 1914. Ye!
lowish brown, sun side red, 7 cm. long by 7 cm. broad. Seed*
from more than 50 fruits."
40867. "(F. ) From Talifu. Yunnan. China. Cultivated pear, simi-
lar to S. P. I. No. 40S65 but thicker, 6.5 cm. long by 10 cm. broad."
40868. "(G.) Cultivated pear. Talifu market. October, 1914. Yel-
low with red (sun side), numerous fine dark points, 5.5 cm. long
by 8 cm. broad."
40869. "(H.) Cultivated pear, Talifu market. October. 1914.
Leather-colored, light points, 7 cm. long by 8.5 cm. broad."
40870. "(K.) Cultivated pear. Talifu market, October, 1914. Yel-
low and red, fine points, 7 cm. long by 9 cm. broad."
40871. "(L.) Cultivated pear, Talifu market, October. 1914. Yel-
low, fine points difficult to see, 8 cm. long by 12 cm. broad."
40872. Mirabilis jai.apa L. Nyctaginacese. Marvel of Peru.
"(No. 399.) From Talifu, Yunnan, China, October. 1914."
See S. P. I. Nos. 24033 to 24044 for previous introductions.
40873. Kicinus communis L. Euphorbiacese. Castor bean.
"(No. 537.) Talifu, Yunnan, China. October, 1914."
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40874. Claucena lansium (Lour.) Skeels. Rntacese. Wampi.
(Clausena wampi Oliver.)
From Honolulu, Hawaii. Presented by Mr. J. E. Higgins, horticulturist.
Hawaii Experiment Station. Received June 28. 1915.
See S. P. I. Nos. 3S70S and 39568 for previous introductions and description.
40875 and 40876. Lathyrus spp. Fabacere.
From Buenos Aires, Argentina. Presented by Mr. Benito J. Carrasco,
director general, Botanic Gardens. Received June 28, 1915.
40875. Lathyrus mageelanicus Lam.
" Usually perennial. Stem 3 to 5 feet long, smooth, angled, somewhat
branched; leaflets ovate or oblong-linear; tendrils branched: stipules
cordate-sagittate, broad; peduncles long, 3 to 4 flowered, flowers dark
purple-blue. A strong-growing, woody, almost evergreen species covered
with a bluish bloom. Since it is a maritime plant, salt is said to assist
its growth. It is sometimes regarded as an annual." (Bailey, Standard
Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 4- P- 1826.)
40876. Lathyrus nervosus Lam.
"Glabrous plants with stems about 1 foot long. The leaves are com-
posed of two nearly sessile, large, oval, acute leaflets having conspicuous
reticulate nerves. Tendrils trifid. Stipules large, sagittate, nerved, some-
what shorter than the leaves. Peduncles solitary, 2 inches long, bearing
5 to 7 purple flowers." (Lamarck, Encyclopedia, vol. 2, p. 708.)
40877 and 40878. Ziztphus jujuba Miller. Rhamnaceae.
(Ziziphus saliva Gaertn.) Jujube.
From China. Collected by Mr. Frank N. Meyer. Agricultural Explorer for
the Department of Agriculture. Received May 11. 11)1."). Quoted notes
by Mr. Meyer.
40877. "(No. 120b. From Pinchow, Shensi, China. January 20. 1915.)
A very good quality of jujube, having large ami heavy fruits of
* elongated shape; considered to be the second best in China, the Ta
yiian tsao of Paihsiangchen. Sliansi. coming first. Chinese name
Chin tsao and Fei tsao. meaning 'Golden jujube' and "Fat jujube.'
Scions sent under X >. 1252 [S. I'. I. No. 405061."
40878. "(No. 121b. From Lingpao, Honan, China. January 31. 1915.)
A medium-large variety of jujube, of round-flattened shape and of
brown-red color. Meat sweet, but of loose texture; much used linked
in bread and boiled with millet. Chinese name Ta hung tsao, meaning
'large red jujube.' Apparently the same as sample 771>. of which
scions were sent under No. 1058 [S. P. I. No. 37170]."
40879. Triticum aestivum L. Poacese. Wheat.
(Triticum vulgare Vill.)
From Manila, Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. Adn. Hernandez,
Acting Director of Agriculture Received June 11. 1915.
"Spanish Zarraceno or Camlcal. Grown in Cagayan Province. Introduced
into the Philippines .1(1 years ago. Is planted at end of rainy season; is grown
on high lands ami matures in On days." I Hernandez.)
See S. P. I. No. 39152 for previous Introduction.
94 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
40880. Zinziber officinale Rose. Zinziberacese. Ginger.
From China. Collected by Mr. Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Explorer
for the Department of Agriculture. Received June 30, 1915.
"(No. 1256. Peking. China. May 6, 1915.) A variety of wet-land ginger,
said to come from southern China, retailing in Peking at 10 cents (Mexican
silver) per catty of 16 ounces. Much used shredded in various diseases as a
condiment." (Meyer.)
Rhizomes.
40881. Acrocomia fusiformis (Swartz) Sweet. Phcenicaceae.
From Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba. Presented by Mr. Juan T. Roig,
botanist, Agricultural Experiment Station. Received June 28, 1915.
"Macau- tree of Jamaica, Corozo de Jamaica of Cuba. Trunk 10 to 30 feet
high, fusiform or swollen above the middle, armed with spines in rings. Leaves
pinnate, petioles and rachis densely armed. Inflorescence inclosed in two
spathes, inner complete, sparingly armed. Peduncles also armed with long black
spines. Fruit depressed globose, about 1 inch iu diameter, smooth. Seed very
hard, 1 celled, foramina lateral. A remarkably strong fiber called pita de
corozo is extracted from the rachis of the leaves of this palm and is used in
Cuba in the manufacture of brushes." (C. B. Doyle.)
Erroneously referred to Acrocomia lasiospatha by Martius and Grisebach.
40882 to 40885. Oryza sativa L. Poaeese. Rice.
From Athens, Greece. Presented by the Societe Royale DAgriculture Hel-
lenique. Received June 16, 1915.
40882. " Ostylia. Thessalian Lazarina rice."
40883. " Beloca. Thessalian Lazarina rice."
40884. " No. 43. Seed of Macedonia Edessa rice."
40885. " No. 44. Seed of Macedonia Edessa rice."
40886 to 40889.
From Calcutta. India. Presented by Mr. William Bembower, Collins. Ohio.
Received June 25, 1915.
40886. Bambos tti.ua Roxb. Poacese. Bamboo.
"The common bamboo of Bengal, where it grows in great abundance
everywhere, flowering in May. Not uncommon in the deciduous forests
of Pegu, generally occupying lower and moister stretches of ground in
company with tinwa, Cephalostachyum pergracile, the dry hills surround-
ing: being covered with Dendrocalamus strictus." (Braiidis.)
■■An evergreen or deciduous, csespitose, arboreous, gregarious bamboo.
Culms green or glabrous when young, gray-green when older, sometimes
streaked witli yellow. 20 to 70 feet high, not or little branched below;
2 to 4 inches in diameter ; nodes not swollen, the lower ones fibrous rooted ;
internodes 1 to 2 feet long, white scurfy when very young, ringed with
white below the nodes, the walls thin, 0.3 to 0.5 inch; branches many from
nearly all nodes, those of lowest ones thin, nearly leafless, horizontal.-'
(./. S. Gamble, Bambuscw of British India. In Annals of tin Calcutta
Musi inn, ml. 7, p. 30.)
See S. P. I. Nos. 19lv,!i and 21002 for previous introductions and de-
scription.
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1915. 95
40886 to 40889— Continued.
40887. Cephalostachyum pergracile Munro. Poacese. Bamboo.
"A deciduous arboreous, tufted bamboo, with glaucous-green culms 30
to 40 feet high, 2 to 3 inches in diameter, and rather thin walled, the
walls usually about one-half inch thick. It is one of the chief bamboo?
of Burma and one of those most frequently found in association with
teak." (Brandts.)
"This beautiful species is probably the most common of all Burmese
bamboos except Dendrocalamus strictus, and, as I am informed by J. \Y.
Oliver, it may be found almost any year flowering sporadically like D.
strictus and /). hamiltonii, but not generally producing good seed on such
occasions. The Kolhan and Assam localities would point to its having a
wider range than is generally supposed. The culms are lai-gely used for
building and mat making and other purposes, and in Burma the joints
are used for boiling kauknyin or glutinous rice, the effect being to make
a long mold of boiled rice which can be carried about to be-*aten on jour-
neys. It is at once recognized by the characteristic inflorescence, the short
sheaths with rounded, long-fringed auricles, and long bifidly mucronate
palea." (J. 8. Gamble, Bambusew of British India. In Annals of the
Calcutta Museum, vol. 7, p. 109.)
See S. P. I. Nos. 21236 and 21943 for previous introductions and de-
scription.
40888. Dendrocalamus hamiltonii Nees and Arnott. Poacese.
Bamboo
"A common bamboo in the eastern Himalayas from Kumaon to Assam
It is generally a tall grass 40 to 60 feet in height, but sometimes found as
a long and tangled bush. The young shoots are used as food, being boiled
and eaten in Sikkim, Bhutan, and Assam. The haulms are large, 3 to 6
inches in diameter, rather hollow, and not always straight, but they are
used for every variety of purpose." (Brandts.)
"This is the common bamboo of the Darjiling Hills and Terai, of the
Duars and the Assam Valley, and is in universal employment for build-
ing and basket and mat work, though as a building bamboo its compara-
tive softness and thin walls make it inferior to such species as B. tulda
and balcooa. The young shoots are eaten as a vegetable. The inner
layer of the culm sheath is used for covering Burmese cigarettes. This
bamboo flowers usually sporadically, so that clumps in flower may almost
always be found, and consequently it has been largely and often col-
lected; at the same time, like other species, it sometimes flowers grega-
riously, as it is doing this year (1894) both in Sikkim and in Dehra Dun.
Of its straggling habit, so noticeable in the forests of Bengal and Burma,
but curiously much less so in the Dun, J. W. Oliver remarks. ' When they
have no trees to support them the main stems bend over, forming im-
penetrable thickets, and the lateral brandies ascend vertically, often
forming shoots nearly as long as the main stems.' Tins species is very
easily identified by its panicle of bright purple-red flowers; and when out
of flower the gray stems, long, nearly glabrous stem sheaths, and strag-
gling habit cause it to be easily recognized. The long, hairy points to
the anthers are also remarkable." (J. S. Gamble, Bambusexe of British
India. In Annals of the Calcutta Musi mn. vol. 7. p. 85.)
See S. P. I. Nos. 38736 and 39178 for previous introductions.
14682°— 18 7
96 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
40886 to 40889— Continued.
40889. Dendbocaiamus stkictus (Roxb.) Nees. Poaceae. Bamboo.
"A very useful and strong bamboo of India, formerly used universally
for spear staff's. The plant Mowers frequently and does not die down
after flowering, as is the ease with so many bamboos. The culms are
said sometimes to roach a height of 100 feet." (Brandis.)
"This is the most common and most widely spread and most uni-
versally used of the Indian bamboos, and is commonly known as the
' male bamboo.' Its culms are employed by the natives for all purposes of
building and furniture, for mats, baskets, slicks, and other purposes. It
furnishes, when solid culms are procurable, the best material for lance
shafts. In Burma, when large culms are obtainable, they are much in
requesl for masts for native boats. It flowers gregariously over large
areas, as it did in the Central Provinces in 1865, but it may be found
flowering sporadically, a few clumps at a time, almost every year, in any
locality, and such clumps then usually die off. These flowerings, how-
ever, do not produce as much good seed as when the gi-egariou^ flowering
takes place. The flowers appear in the cold season between November
and April, the seed ripening in June. The leaves fall in February or
March, and the young new ones appear in April. The young culms are
rather late, usually beginning to appear in July some time after the rains
begin." (J. 8. Gamble, Bambusea of British India. In Annals of ///<
Calcutta Museum, vol. 7, p. 79.)
See S. P. I Nos. 21548. 23476, and 37223 for previous introductions.
40890 and 40891. Diaspyros spp. Diospyracese.
From Lai Bagh, Bangalore, India. Presented by Mr. William Bembower,
Collins, Ohio. Received June 25, 1915.
40890. Diospyros sp.
Received as Diospyros embryopteris, for which we are using the name
Diospyros peregrina, with which the seeds do not agree.
40891. Diospykos Montana Roxb.
"A deciduous and small erect tree, growing to a height of about 30
feet. Is quite ornamental and useful where small trees are desirable."
(Bembower.)
See S. P. I. Nos. 31644, 32799, and 35084 for previous introductions
and descriptions.
40892. Dioscorea aculeata L. Dioscoreaceac.
From Manila. Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. H. T. Edwards, direc-
tor, Bureau of Agriculture. Tubers received June 2, 1915.
" No. 19-1017. Tugue. Flesh white and mealy, but linn ami a little fibrous;
sweetish. The quality is not equal to that of the Yampi of Jamaica.-' (B. A.
Young.)
40893. Citrus grandis (L.) Osbeck. Rutacese. Pummelo.
From Nagasaki, Japan. Collected by Mr. W. T Swingle, of the Bureau of
Plant Industry. Received by the Office of Crop Physiology and Breeding
Investigations, June 26, 1915.
"I found at Nagasaki Experiment Station a most excellent pummelo, the
Eirado Buntan, better than tbe Hongkong pummelo, though not seedless. I
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1915. 97
send seeds from a choice fruit given me at the experiment station May 23. The
pith of the fruit is small and solid, the color like a good grapefruit." (Extract
from letter from W. T. Swingle, dated " Off Shanghai, China, May 25, 1915")
40894 and 40895. Cracca spp. Fabacese.
From Peradeniya, Ceylon. Presented by Mr. H. F. Macmillan, superintend-
ent, Royal Botanic Gardens. Received June 29, 1915.
40894. Cracca Candida (DC.) Kuntze.
(Tephrosia Candida DC.)
" Well known in the East as Boga-medelloa. This grows rapidly and
attains a height of 8 to 10 feet or more. It is a favorite plant for plant-
ing among crops for green manuring and is probably the best for the pur-
pose in tropical latitudes." {Macmillan.)
40895. Cracca villosa purpurea (L.) Kuntze. Kavalai.
{Tephrosia purpurea Pers.)
"A perennial herb, 1 or 2 feet high, with few-flowered racemes of
purplish pink flowers, used in the low country of Ceylon as a green ma-
nure and in the dry regions as a mulch and sand binder. A decoction of
the bitter root is used by the Hindoos for dyspepsia, diarrhea, and flatu-
lence. (Adapted from Macmillan, Handbook of Tropical Gardening, and
Lanessan, Les Plantes Utiles.)
INDEX OF COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES.
Abutilon avicennae. See Abutilon
theophrasti.
theophrasti, 40743.
Acanthopanax leucorrhizus, 40710.
Acrocomia ftisiformis, 40881.
Acrodiclidium jamaicense. See Mis-
anteca triandra.
Aegle marmelos. See Bel on marmelos.
Akeake, Olearia traversii, 40586.
Albizzia sp., 40731.
moluccana, 40776.
Aleurites cordata, 40673.
fordii, 40393.
Alfalfa. See Medicago spp.
Allogyne cuneiformis, 40525.
Aloe spp., 40528, 40529, 40531.
marlothii, 40530.
sessiliflora. See under 40529.
Alpinia nutans, 40777.
Amerimnon sissoo, 40778.
Ampelopsis sp., 40739.
aconitifolia, 40738.
Amygdalus sp., 40864.
davidiana, 40668, 40722.
persica, 40721, 40806, 40807.
Annona cherimola, 40554, 40779.
reticulata, 40836.
scleroderma, 40835.
Apple, Malus sylvestris, 40830.
crab, Malus spp., 40592, 40729.
Huidobro, 40830.
Apricot, Siberian, Prunus sibirica,
40504.
Artemisia sp., 40752.
Artocarpus integra, 40825.
integrifolia. See Artocarpus In-
tegra.
Ash, Fraxinus paxiana, 40582.
Asparagus lucidus, 40617.
Astragalus sp., 40745.
Avena nuda, 40650.
sativa, 40651.
Avocado, Persea americana, 40555.
Badea, Passiflora uuadranguhtris,
40552.
Bael fruit, Belou marmelos. 40774.
Bamboo, Bambos tulda, 40886.
Cephalostachyum pergracile, 40887.
Dendrocalamus hamiltonii, 40888.
strictus, 40889.
Phyllostachys spp., 40842, 40851.
Bambos tulda, 40886.
Barberry, Berberis spp., 40683-40687.
Huang lien tz'u, 40681.
Barley, Hordeum vulgare, 40645-40649,
40652.
Bauhinia faberi, 40708.
Bean, broad, Vicia faba, 40655.
(China), 40532, 40655.
Chinese knife, Canavali gladiatum,
40532.
common, Phaseolus vulgaris, 40390.
flowering, 40390.
(France), 40846, 40847.
Madagascar butter, Phaseolus lun-
atus, 40846, 40847.
(Massachusetts), 40390.
Ta tou, Vicia faba, 40655.
Tao tou, Canavali gladiatum,
40532.
Begonia socotrana, 40526.
Belou marmelos, 40774.
Berberis spp., 40683-40687.
aggregata, 40688.
brachypoda, 40562.
potanini, 40681.
soulieana, 40682.
subcaulialata, 40563.
J',< iula japonica mandshurica, 40564.
Occident alls, -I ().">( ">.">.
Birch. See Betula spp.
Birodoshiba, Osterdamia tenuifolia,
40609.
Boga-medelloa, Cracca Candida, 40S94.
Bombax malabaricum, 40603.
Box, Buxus harlandii, 40566.
Brassica pekinensis, 40604, 40840.
Buanha, Garcinia louretri, 40553.
Bullace, Prunus domestica insititia,
4(1503.
Kanatsh-Tambul, 40503.
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100
SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
Bush cherry, Prunus prostrata, 40815.
Buxus harlandii, 40566.
Cabbage, Chinese. Brassica pekinensis,
40604, 40840.
Shantung, Brassica pekinensis,
40604, 40840.
Canioensia maxima, 40391.
Canarium commune. See Canarium
indicum.
indicum, 40S27.
ova turn, 40559.
Canavali gladiatum, 40532.
Cannabis sativa, 40608.
Capriola dactylon, 40765.
Capsicum annuum, 40761.
Caragana sp., 40711.
Carica papaya, 40601.
Carob, Ceratonia siliqua, 40816-40S23.
Casuda, 40817.
Flor de Altramuz, 40822.
Macho de Flor Amarilla, 40820.
de Flor Colorada, 40819.
Matalafera, 40816.
Roja Vera, 40818, 40823.
(Spain), 40816-40823.
Vera, 40821.
Caryopteris incana, 40713.
mastacanthus. See Caryopteris
incana.
Cassinia leptophylla, 40567.
Castanea mollissima, 40508.
Castor bean, Ricinus communis, 40873.
Ccdrela odorata, 40838.
Cedro. Ccdrela odorata, 40838.
Celastrus acuminatus, 40568.
angulatus, 40569.
Cephalostachyum pergracile, 40887.
Ceratonia siliqua, 40816-40823.
Ceratostigma plumbaginoides, 40755.
Chaenomeles lagenaria cathayensis,
40723.
Chaclospermum glntinosum, 40550.
Chalcas exotica, 40392.
Chenopodium <i><inoa, 40797.
Cherimoya, Annona cherinmla, ln.Vil,
40779.
Cherry, Prunus maxvmotoiczii, 40621.
bush, Prunus prostrata, 40815.
(Japan), 40621, 40622.
Japanese flowering, Prunus ser-
rulata sachalmensis, 40622,
10623.
(Russia), 40815.
Cherry. Sargent's, Prunus serrulata
sachalinensis, 40622, 40623.
Chestnut, Castanea mollissima, 40508.
(China), 40508.
Qui li tzu, 40508.
Chin tsao, Ziziphus jujuba, 40506,
40877.
Chrysanthemum spp., 40627, 40636.
ancthifolium, 40542.
a n serinaefolium , 40627.
balsamita, 40543, 40628, 40629.
carinatum, 40513.
caucasicum, 40511, 40630.
(■iiterariaefolium, 40631.
coccineum, 40512. 40632.
eoronarium, 40633.
coryinbosum, 40544, 40634.
grande, 40635.
indicum. 40753.
lacustre, 40637.
leucanthemum, 40638.
macrophyllum, 40639.
maximum, 40640.
morifolium, 40754.
myconis, 40641.
pollens, 40642.
parthenium, 40643.
praealtum, 40545, 40644.
segetum, 40546.
serotinnm, 40547.
sinense. See Chrysanthemum mori-
folium.
viscosum, 40548.
Citron, Citrus medica, 40674.
Ci I mil us vulgaris, 40763, 40769, 40809.
Citrus sp., 40509.
decumana. See Citrus grandis.
grand is, 40772, 40893.
hystrix, 40824.
medica, 40674.
nana, 40675.
odorata, 40676.
sinensis, 40395.
Clauci na lansiuni. 40874.
Clausena wampi. See Claucena Ian-
si II III.
Cli ma lis sp., 40704.
. stanleyi, 40S44.
tangutica, 40570.
Coccothrinax argentea, 40524.
COCOS odorata. 40780, 407S1.
Colocasia escult nta, 40805.
Convolvulus cncoium. 40573.
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101
Coriaria sinica, 40706.
Corn, Zea mays, 40653, 40654.
marigold, Chrysanthemum sege-
tum, 40546.
Comus macrophylla, 40808.
Corozo de Jamaica, Acrocomia fusi-
formis, 40881.
Costmary, Chrysanthemum balsamita,
40543.
Cotoneaster spp.. 40571, 40572, 40730,
40734, 40735.
dammeri radicans, 40574.
dielsiana, 40575.
dielsiana elegans, 40576.
divaricata, 40577.
salicifolia floccosa, 40578.
rugosa, 40579.
Crab apple, Mains spp., 40592, 40729.
Cracca Candida, 40894.
villosa purpurea, 40S95.
Cranberry, Oxycoccus macrocarpus,
40587.
Crane's-bill, Erodium sp., 40750.
Crataegus crenulata. See Pyraeantha
crenulata.
pinnatifida, 40605, 40606.
Cucumber, Cucumis sativus:
(China), 40762.
(India), 40783. 40784.
(Japan), 40828.
Ts'ai kua, 40762.
Cucumis sp., 40764.
sativus, 40762, 40783, 40784, 40828.
Cucurbita pepo, 40829, 40858, 40859,
40861.
Cudrania javanensis, 40618.
Currant, Ribes spp. :
alpine, Ribes alpinum, 40416,
40417.
black, 40425, 40437, 40468, 40469,
40488.
buffalo, 40486.
Caucasian red, 40426.
chrysococcum, 40421, 40422.
flowering, 40479, 40480.
(France), 40416-40418, 40421,
40422, 40425, 40426, 40437-40 1 39,
40442-40444, 40450, 40454, 40458,
40460, 40465-40467, 40470, 40472-
40474, 40478-40481, 40486-4048S.
40496.
red, 40438, 40454, 40400. 40466,
40472-40474, 4047X. 40487.
Custard-apple, Annona spp. :
Pox-te, Annona scleroderma, 40835.
Red pox, Annona reticulata, 40836.
Cydonia cathayensis. See Chaenomeles
lagenaria ca thayi m * is.
oblonga, 40510.
Cynodon dactylon. See Capriola dac-
tylon.
Dalbergia sissoo. See Amcrimnon sis-
soo.
Dao do, Canavali glad latum, 40532.
Daphne blagayana, 40613.
Dendrocalamus hamiltonii, 40888.
strictus, 40S89.
Deutzia scTmeideriana laxiflora, 405S0.
Dioscorea aculeata, 40892.
Diospyros sp., 40890.
laid, 40S03.
lotus, 40069.
montana, 40891.
Dogberry, Ribes cynosbati, 40445.
Dolicholus phaseoloides, 40551.
Durian, Durio zibethinus, 40826.
Durio zibethinus, 40826.
Eggplant, Solanum melongena, 40759,
40700.
Elm, Ulmus pumila, 40507.
(China), 40507.
Lung chao yii shu, 40507.
pendula, 40507.
Eragrostis abyssinica, 40535.
Erodium sp., 40750.
Euonymus spp., 40696, 40007.
nanus, 40698.
radicans acutus, 40581.
Eupatorium sp.. 40740.
Evening primrose. See Oenothera spp.
Everlasting pea, Lathyrus spp., 40536,
405:57. 4(10712. 40798
Evodia rutaecarpa, 40719.
Fei tsao, Ziziphus jiijuba, 40506, 10877.
Ficus carica, 40499.
Field pea, Pisum arvense, 40661.
Fig, Ficus carica, 40499.
(Italy), 40499.
Troiaro, 40490.
Fraxinus paxiana, 40582.
Fin' in thymdfolia, 10583.
Fugosia cuneiformis. See Allogyne
cuneiformis.
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SEEDS \ M> PLANTS IMPORTED.
loureiri, 10553
i lentian, Qentiana lutea, 10670.
< ;• ntiana lutea, WHS*!
Ginger, /.in-ih, ,■ officinale, 10880.
Glycine hispida. See So Fa max.
•seberry, Rtoej spp. :
(Fi ace) 10419, 40420, 10424,
427, 10446, 10446, 10449 10457,
10471, 10476, i"i77. i"is:: 10485,
10490, 10494, 1049
I krar< | i alabash, / ag< naria vulgaris,
40860.
loofah, /«//-; rj/limlrir,/. 10533.
Grape, Pttfc 5] 624, kit::::.
I'. 10624
Gra>-. Bermuda, Capriola dactylon,
1071
.' 6S€ hiu n, Ost< rd'iini'i t> uiti-
folia, 10606
Guava, i'<niium guajava, 40610, (0611.
Haw, C ' W pinnatilbla,
40605, W©
10605, 1060
//- dysarum sp 107 16, 107 17.
1 1. o, Diospyros lotus, 401
y/' •• ; • mum tut>crnria, m:,s t
Heliotrope, ffeliotropittm curuxstivi-
cum, 40771.
beach, i'»77l.
Heliotropium curassavicum, 411771.
Hemp, CuiiiKihis saliva, 40608.
Turkish, 40608.
Hippophae rhamnnides procera, 10715.
Holcus sorghum, 40663-40667, 40773,
40848.
sorghum verticUUflorus, 40832.
Honeysuckle. See Lonirera spp.
Hop. Humulus lupulus, 40758.
Hordeum vulgare, 40645-10G49, 40652.
Sovenia dulcis, 40718.
Huang lien tz'Q, Bcrbcris potanini,
40681.
Humulus lupulus, 40758
Hydrangea longipes, i"712.
Indigofera sp., 40770.
/m, spp.. 40516, 40518
fH.sofa, 407G6, 4n7<;7.
halophila, 40514 40515.
momnVrr. 4'i.r)17.
spuria desertorum, 40519.
sgu<j/< rw, 40520.
Jack fruit, irtooarpus Integra, 10828.
I nine /amfotttn ptrafcM, 10705
inum giraldi, 107<
Jessamine, orange, Ohalcas ex<>ti<a.
Juglans i><>>t',,i< > nsis, 1083 t
/. pto, 10394.
Jujube, Ziziphus jujuba, 40508, i">77
10878.
chin tsao, 10508, 10877.
ri.-i 1, 10506, 10877, 4DS78.
1 1 tsao, !'»:,'»;. iu*.77.
•|'i hung bs 10, i"
per, Junipau* spp.. n»;77 40680.
Tzn pel shu, 10677.
•/»'" 10679, 40G80.
"»a, 40678.
saltuaria, 40677.
mbul, I'm nu.s domrstica
insititia, 10503.
lang, Eolous sorghum. 40663-
40687.
Ta shili, 40685.
Kavalai, Cracoa villosa purpurea.
40895.
Kiri oil tree. 4Zeui •■/.;/</. 4
Kua tsao, Hon )i,a dulds, li»719.
Kn p'u chili. P«orolea eoryU/otfa, 40744.
Kusasugi-kadsura, Asparagus luddus,
40017.
Kwakwatsu gayu, Cudrania javanen-
sis, 40618.
I i/aria vulgaris, 40S
Lanrou, Phoebe nanmu, 40616.
1 w:in shan shu, Cotoneaster sp.,
734.
Lathyrus spp.. 408U, 40812.
a)inuus. 4<»si0.
CJC- ' '. l"7
cirrhosus, 4067L
cyancus. 40803.
drummoti'Ii. 40.r>36.
lusitanirus, 40812.
inniji Unnicus. 40878.
rPOMtt, 40S76.
pisiformis, 40799 40813.
athulatus. 40MMt.
suh> stri<. 10537 1087%
Lc«; BD., 4< »732.
Lilac, Syrinpa sp., 40709.
I. ilium sp., 40751.
Lily, Lilium sp., 40751a
APRIL I TO
10. ri
Limonium sp 10756
Linden '/<'<" p 10720.
f.;!<in chinenHs 40850
Lonieen 9 10601 10605.
hertrpi 40
thibetiCQ 10690
//w//'/ aegypUaea. See Luffa >
'i i tea.
cylindi tea, (0533.
4051 17
Lyeopersieon esoulenPum 10556 (0558.
Ma . ' '// <"/ "/ ""' a -1 T06.
Macodamia U rnifolia '■' SSI
' T r-a /,• rr-c-c-. 1 croeomda fit
1088]
M-i'hihi.- nunmu. See Phoebt.
Ira . ; < tenia mahagoni, 40560.
Mahogany >■ Hihagani, 10560.
Ifoftu .-p.. 40729.
X arn/jMi'j/M 10592.
formosana, 40619.
*y/ i '
Marjfi r ■
Uu J2.
■ ' alopa, I
100 ?•/•■ " (9.
H'ltirn. (07
Mwllar V' - a, (0785.
.'/<•.■■ E0785.
Mirabi ~'±.
Miganta a frtafufra (0849.
Ifistol, Ziziphu i
Monkey bread :
Mountain 09
Murray] e&otica I cc e&otica.
Ifyrobalan, Prunus cerartfera divan-
oat a, 40500.
N annra, P A o e B e n a h m v. . 406 1 0
yep helium UtcTU. See lAtehiei
WieoUana rutttca, (0742.
ta-bacutn, 40741.
Querent ingignts, (0534.
Oat, 417084 spp.. 10650 10651.
Oca . f. Uucut Pu 791—401
Oenothera Mem 52L
ptoi 623.
pumila, i1. -. .2,
o/"y wropaea, 40396 10405.
Olearia tra i
i £Mea europoi
■■-,
- I / '■ 103
z
Bl iOS
' 24.
0
lutorum,
ramosa, Y<
■■'i i ML
0 ■
0 809.
OhrysantJu aeon-
I! ■
0 macrocarpus, 40587
P«4 on fa anomala (061 1
760.
P
'''-■ ■ *24
RapJUa taedigera
• ■ a papaya, (O60L
(0489.
a aZato, 4j
52.
laurifot
q a a d r a n .7 u la r i f . 405 5 2 .
; [ Pasaiflort ■ :
552.
rwe, 106
6L
ygdaluh .-.pp. :
(CI ), 4066
(Pei
724-40728, 4C
97.
., 4j>407.
104
SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
Pepper, Chili, Capsicum annuuin,
40761.
red, Capsicum a it a a urn, 407G1.
Perilla frutescens, 40833.
ocymoides. See Perilla frutescens.
Pcr.si a americana, 40555.
gratissima. See Persia americana.
Persimmon, Diospyros kal:i. 408G3.
(China), 40669, 40863.
Ghoorma, Diospyros loins, JOG69.
Hei tsao, Diospyros lotus. 40669.
Pe-tsai, Brassica pekinensis, 40604,
40840.
Phaseolus lunatus, 40846, 40S4T.
vulgaris, 40390.
I'hoi In nan inn, 40G1G.
l'h ot in in villosa, 40588.
Phyllostachys spp., 40S42, 40851.
Pili nut, Canarium ovatum, 40559.
Pionia, Dolicholus phaseoloides. 40551.
Piptanthus concolor, 40589.
Pistache, Pistacia chinensis, 40G62.
Pistacia chinensis, 40662.
Pisum arvense, 40661.
Plane tree, oriental, Platanus orien-
tal is. 40527.
Platanus orientalis, 40527.
Plum, Prunus spp. :
Esehi, Prunus domestica, 40501.
Ishopi, Prunus domestica, 40502.
Kanatsh-Tambul, 40503.
(Russia), 40501. 40502. 40786.
Pomegranate, Punica granatum, 40856.
Pomelo. See Pummelo.
Potato, Solanum tuberosum, 40775,
4O7S8-40790.
(Ecuador), 40775.
(Peru), 40788-40790.
Potentilla fruticosa, 40590.
fruticosa albicans, 40591.
Primrose, Primula littoniana, ms.">7.
Primula littoniana, 40857.
Protea sp., 40845.
Prune. Prunus domestica, 40498.
Prunus cerasifera divaricala, 40500.
iia riiiiiina. Set- Ymygdalus david-
in mi.
domestu a, 10498, 40501, 40502.
insilitia. 40.103.
maximowiczii, 40621.
nipponica kurileusis, mono.
persica. See Amygdalus p< rsica.
prostrata, 40815.
Prunus sargentii. See p. serrulata
saehalinensis.
serrulata saehalinensis, 40622,
40623.
si hi lira. 4O."04.
spinosa, 40786.
xpinosa macrocarpa, 10505.
Psidium guajava, 40610, 40011.
Psoralea corylifolia, 40711.
I 'hi ul, Ribes valdivianum, 40489.
Pummelo, Citrus grandis, H»77~ 10893.
Hirado Buntan, 40893.
Pumpkin, Cucurbita pepo, 40858, 40v7),
408G1.
Punica granatum, 40856.
Pyracantha crenulata, 40736, 40737.
Pyrus spp., 40724, 4072G. 40727. 40865 -
40871.
(China ) , 40724-40728, 40865-40S71.
eh in en si ft, 40728.
com in u u is. 403^9.
cydonia. See Cydonia oblonga.
gerinnniea. See Mespilus ger-
manica.
(Russia), 40389. 40497.
salicifolia, 40497.
serrulata. 40725.
sorbus. See Sorbus domestica.
Queensland nut. Macadamia temifoHo,
40831.
Que reus insignis, 40534.
Qui li tzu, Cast nneu mollissima. -lo.lOS.
Quince, Cydonia oblonga, 40510.
Chinese, Chaenomeles lagenaria
cathayensis, 40723.
Quinoa, Chenopodium quinoa, 40797.
Raphia taedigera, 4(^04.
Ix'h us iaeanieu, 4071G.
potanini. HI717.
Rhynchosia phaseoloides. See Dolieh-
OlUS phast nhiiiles.
Ribes spp., 40406 40409. 40411^0413,
hum::.
allim. 40414.
ill pi si ii emu inline. 40 115.
alpinum, 40416, W417.
iiiuei ieanum. 40418, 40435.
X arcuatum, 40420.
nun urn, 40421, 40422, 40486.
bracteosum fusc&cens, 40437.
burejense, 40424.
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1915.
105
Ribes X carrierei, 40425.
cur rat inn. 40427.
cynosbati, 40445.
diacantha, 40428-40431.
divaricatum, 40495.
fasciculatum, 40423, 40432-40434.
fragrans, 40436.
X futurum, 40438.
gayanum. See Ribes trilobum.
glaciate, 40439, 40442, 40443.
glutinosum, 404S1.
X gordonianum, 40444.
grossularioides, 40446.
Mmalayense, 40448.
urceolatum, 40447.
hirtellum, 40449.
X holosericeum, 40450.
inebrians, 40451, 40452.
X innominatum, 40453.
X koehneanum, 40454.
lacustre, 40455, 40593.
lepianthum, 40457.
longeracemosum, 4045S.
davidii, 404f>9.
manshuricum, 40460.
mawimowiczii, 40410.
mey< ri, 40461.
tanguticum, 40463.
turkestanicum, 40462.
montigenum, 40456.
moupinense, 4046fi.
laxiflorum, 40464.
multifloruin, 40466.
nevadense, 40467.
nigrum, 40468, 40469.
orientate, 40470.
oxyacanthoides, 40471.
petraeum, 40472, 40473, 4049(1
caucasicum, 40426.
X multiflorum, 40474.
X robustum, 40476.
roezli, 40419.
rotundi folium, 40477.
rubrum, 4047S.
mnguineum, 40479, 404X0.
X schneideri, 40482.
Hpeciosum, 40483.
stenocarpum, 40485.
X succirubrum, 40484.
trilobum, 40440, Mil li. 40492.
trixte, 4047f>, 40487.
ussuriense, 40488.
valdivianum, 404S9.
Ribes velutmum X quercetorum, 40490.
vibumifolium, 40491.
watsonianum, 40494.
Rice, Oryza sativa:
Beloca, 40Ss:;.
Broussa, 405 19.
( < Ireece) , 408S2-40S85.
Macedonia Edessa, 40884, 40885.
Ostylia, 40882,
Thessalian Lazarina, 40S82, 408S3.
(Turkey), 4or.4f>.
Ricinus com in ii a is. 40873.
Rosa spp., 40700-40702.
banksiae normal is, 40708.
hugonis, 40625.
multiflora, 40626.
sweginzown, 40099.
Rose. See Rosa spp.
Rubus giraldianus, 40594.
irenaeus, 40595.
■it I mi foli us, 40787.
Saccharum offlcinarum, 40612.
Sandalwood, Santalum allium. 40782.
Sunt alum album, 40782.
Scopolia tangutica. See Scopolina
tangutica.
Scopolina tangutica, 40757.
Scnecio greyi, 40596.
Shan hao tzu, Caryopteris incana,
40713.
Shan la tzu shu, Evodia rutaecarpa,
40719.
Shan t'ao, Amygdalus davidiana, 40668.
Shell flower, Alpinia nutans, 40777.
Sloe, Prunus spinosa macrocarpa,
40505.
Soja max. 40656-40660.
Solanum sp.. 40007.
macra allium. 10002.
melongena, 40759, -IO760.
tuberosum, 4077.".. iut^s iotdo.
Sophora davidii, 407<>7.
Sorbaria arborea, iu.v.>7.
Sorbus domestica, 10614.
Sorghum, Holcus sorghum:
(China). 40663 10667.
(Seychelles Islands), io77::. 10848
(South Africa). 40832.
wild. 41177::. 10848.
Sorghum vulgare. See Holcus sor-
uliitm.
Soy bean, Soja max. 40656 f>0000.
106
SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
Squash. Cucurbita pepo, 40829.
Chirimen, 40829.
(Japan), 40829.
Stephanandra chinensis, 40703.
Kuan cha, Crataegus pinnatiflda, 40605,
40606.
Sunn tza, Crataegus pinnatiflda,
40605, 40606.
Suan tz'u, Hippophae rhamnoides pro-
cera, 40715.
Sugar cane, Saccharum offlcinaruin,
40612.
Demerara 1135, 40612.
Sumac. See Rhus spp.
Sundrop, small, Oenothera pumila,
40802.
Sivietenia mahagoni, 40560.
Syriuga sp., 40709.
Ta hung tsao, Ziziphus jujuba, 40878.
Ta kua, Citrullus vulgaris, 40769.
Ta shih kaoliang, Holcus sorghum.
40665.
Ta tou, Vicia faba, 40655.
Tabog, Chaetospermum glutinosum,
40550.
Taiwan-ringo, Mains formosana, 40619.
Teff, Eragrostis abyssinica, 40535.
Telopea speciosissima, 40841.
Tenmondo, Asparagus lucidus, 40617.
Tephrosia Candida. See Cracca Can-
dida,
purpurea. See Cracca villosa pur-
purea.
Thrinax argentea. See Coccothriiuic
argentea.
Tihi-tihi, Citrus medica odorata, 40676.
Tilia sp., 40720.
Tobacco, Nicotiana spp., 40741, 40742.
Lan hua yen, Nicotiana rustica,
40742.
Ta yeh yen, Nicotiana tabacum,
40741.
Tomato, Lycopersicon esculentum,
40556-40558.
(France). 40556-40558.
Merveille des Marches, 40558.
Tomato — Continued.
Reine des Hatives, 40556.
Tres hative de pleine terre. 40557.
Triticum aestivum, 40879.
vulgare. See Triticum aestivum.
Ts'ai kua, Cucumis sativus, 40762.
Tugue, Dioscorea aculeata. 40892.
Tung tree, Aleurites fordii, 40393.
Vllucus tuberosus, 40791-40796.
Ulmiis pumila, 40507.
Undetermined, 40561, 40615. 40839,
40854, 40855.
Uvilla. under Ribes valdivianum, 40489.
Veronica cataractae, 40598.
Viburnum sp., 40694.
kansuense, 40692, 40693.
vcitchi, 40599.
Vicia faba, 40655.
Vitis spp., 40733. 40862.
flexuosa parvifolia, 40600.
vinifera, 40624.
Walnut, Porto Rican, Juglans portori-
censis, 40834.
Sorrento, Juglans regia, 40394.
Wampi, Claucena lansium, 40874.
Wan tou, Pisum arvense, 40661.
Waratah, Telopea speciosissima, 40841.
Water-lemon, yellow, Passiflora lauri-
folia, 40837.
Watermelon, Citrullus vulgaris, 40763,
40769, 40809.
Ta kua, 40769.
Wheat, Triticum aestivum, 40879.
Candeal, 40879.
Spanish Zarraceno. 40879.
Wu pei tzu shu, Rhus potanini. 40717.
Yatsu gashira, Colocasia esculenta,
40S<'.-.
Zantlwxylum alatum, 40714.
Zea mays, 40653, 40654.
Zingiber officinale, 40880.
Ziziphus jujuba, 40506, 40S77, 40878.
mistol. 40853.
satica. See Ziziphus jujuba.
Issued July 26, 1918
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY.
WILLIAM A. TAYLOR, Ckkf of Bureau.
INVENTORY
OF
SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED
BY THE
OFFICE OF FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT INTRODUCTION
DURING THE PERIOD FROM JULY 1
TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1915.
(No. 44; Nos. 40896 to 41314.)
WASHINGTON":
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.
1918.
Issued July 26, 1918.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY.
WILLIAM A. TAYLOR, Chit) of Bureau.
INVENTORY
OF
SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED
BY THE
OFFICE OF FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT INTRODUCTION
DURING THE PERIOD FROM JULY I
TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1915.
(No. 44; Nos. 40S96 to 41314.)
WASHINGTON:
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.
BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY.
Chief of Bureau, William A. Taylor.
Associate Chief of Bureau, Karl F. Kellerman.
Officer in Charge of Publications, J. E. Rockwell.
Chief Clerk, James E. Jones.
Foreign- Seed and Plant Introduction.
scientific staff.
David FairHiild, Agricultural Explorer in Charge.
P. H. Dorsett, Plant Introducer, in Charge of Plant Introduction Field Stations.
B. T. Galloway. Plant Pathologist, in Charge of Plant Protection and Plant Propagation.
Peter Bisset, Plant Introducer, in Charge of Foreign Plant Distribution.
Frank N. Meyer, Wilson Popenoe, and F. C. Reimer, Agricultural Explorers.
H. C. Skeels, S. C. Stuntz, and R. A. Young, Botanical Assistants.
Henry E. Allanson, D. A. Bisset, R. N. Jones, P. G. Russell, and G. P. Van Eseltine,
Scientific Assistants.
Robert L. Beagles, Superintendent, Plant Introduction Field Station, Chico, Cal.
E. O. Orpet, Assistant in Plant Introduction.
Edward Simmonds, Superintendent, Plant Introduction Field Station, Miami, Fla.
John M. Rankin, Superintendent, Yarrow Plant Introduction Field Station, Rockville, Md.
Henry Duffield, jr., Assistant in Plant Introduction.
3. E. Morrow, Superintendent, Plant Introduction Field Station, Brooksville, Fla.
Henry E. Juenemann, Superintendent, Plant Introduction Field Station and Bulb Garden,
Bcllinghatn, Wash.
Edward Goucher, Plant Propagator.
Collaborators: Aaron Aaronsohn, Director, Jewish Agricultural Experiment Station, Haifa,
Palestine; Thomas W. Brown, Gizeh, Cairo, Egypt; H. M. Curran, Laurel, Md. ; M. J.
Borsey, University Farm, St. Paul, Minn.; H. T. Edwards, Ridgewood, N. J.; Dr. Gustav
Eisen, New York City; Robt. H. Forbes, Tucson, Ariz.; E. C. Green, Estado do Bio
Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil; A. C. Hartless, Seharunpur Botanic Gardens,
Seharunpur, India; Barbour Lathrop, Chicago, III.; C. C. Logan, Luray, Va.; H.
Nerling, Gotha, Fla.; Miss Eliza R. Seidmore, Washington, D. O.J Charles Simpson,
Littleriver, Fla.; H. P. Stuckey. Experiment, Ga. ; Dr. L. Trabut, Director, Service
Botanique, Algiers, Algeria; H. N. Whitford, Yale Forestry School, New Haven, Conn.;
E. H. Wilson, Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Mass.
2
CONTENTS.
Page.
Introductory statement 5
Inventory 9
Note of correction .' 63
Index of common and scientific names 65
ILLUSTRATIONS.
Page.
Plate I. Seedling mangos of the two principal Cuban races, at Santiago de
las Vegas. (See S. P. I. Nos. 40920 and 40921) 16
II. The nariz tree, Anacardium excelsum (Bert, and Balb.) Skeels, a rela-
tive of the cashew, at Trinidad, Cuba. (See S. P. I. No. 40987). 16
III. The longan, Dimocarpus longan Lour. (Nephelium longana Cam-
bess.) in fruit in Florida. (See S. P. I. No. 41053) 34
IV. Fruits of the Japanese apricot, Prunus mume Sieb. and Zucc, S. P. I.
No. 28685. (See S. P. I. No. 41061) 34
V. The Quita naranjo, Solatium sp., an ornamental shrub from the
mountains of Peru. (See S. P. I. No. 41113) 43
VI. A field of molasses grass, Melinis minutifiora Beauv., S. P. I. No.
28768, from Brazil. (See S. P. I. No. 41148) 40
VII. Plant of the oca, Oxalis tuberosa Molina, from the mountains of Peru
and Bolivia, showing the rootstocks and the typical oxalis foliage.
(See S. P. I. Nos. 41168 to 41176) 48
VIII. Rootstocks of the oca, Oxalis tuberosa Molina, a vegetable from the
Andes of Peru and Bolivia. (See S. P. I. Nos. 41168 to 41176).. 48
IX. The ullucu, Ullurus tuberosus Caldas, one of the mountain root crops
of Peru and Bolivia. (See S. P. I. Nos. 41177 to 41184) 48
X. Plant of the anyu, Tropaeolum tuberosum Ruiz and Pa von. a Peru-
vian mountain root crop. (See 8. P. I. Nos. 41185 and 41186)... 48
XI. Giant acorns of a Mexican oak. (Quercus insignia Martens and (!al-
leotti, S. P. I. No. 39723) 62
3
INVENTORY OF SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED
BY THE OFFICE OF FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT
INTRODUCTION DURING THE PERIOD FROM JULY
1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1915 (NO. 44; NOS. 40896 TO
41314).
INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT.
This inventory covers the period between July 1 and September 30,
1915, and describes 419 introductions, the major part of which have
been secured by correspondence.
There is, however, one notable collection, made by Mr. O. F. Cook
in the Peruvian Andes, where he was sent as a representative of the
Department of Agriculture on the Yale-National Geographic Society
Peruvian Expedition to find out the character of the agriculture of the
peoples who produced such remarkable terraced hillsides as those
in the region back, of Cuzco. (See National Geographic Magazine,
vol. 29, pp. 471-534, May, 1916.) Mr. Cook's collections furnish
striking evidence of the antiquity of these peoples, through the vari-
ety and character of their food plants, in particular their highly
developed root crops, some of which appear to be nearly as important
to the present inhabitants of this mountain region as does the potato
itself. The great variety in shape and color of the potato, which is a
staple crop there, and the distinctive names by which these many
forms are known are further evidence of the age of the civilization
through which this most remarkable of all food vegetables was intro-
duced into universal cultivation. The immense value of this one
Peruvian tuber, which has met with such success throughout the
world, should encourage us to look more closely at the other root
crops which were developed probably by the same people who devel-
oped the potato. Mr. Cook's collections will assist us in doing this
and in discovering the regions in this country sufficiently similar cli
matically to that of the high Peruvian altitudes where these crops
are grown to make it possible to establish these new rout crops in
America. Our high altitudes are unfortunately much warmer than
the Peruvian in summer and incomparably colder in winter. Mr.
Cook believes that the cool coastal climate of southern California ap-
Note. — This bulletin is intended for distribution to the agricultural experiment stations
and the more important private cooperators of the Department of Agriculture.
6 SEEDS AXD PLANTS IMPORTED.
proaches most nearly that of the Peruvian region of any in the United
States. Of the collections listed in this inventory, the following
deserve special mention here:
A cultivated variety of ('anna edulis (Nos. 41100 and 41187) with
srreen and white tubers and scarlet flowers, which deserves trial as a
crop for the production of arrowroot; a wild strawberry (No. 41102)
from an altitude of 8,000 feet, near Tocontoy, in which strawberry
breeders may be interested; two species of Escallonia (Nos. 41105
and 41112), ornamental trees likely to thrive on the Pacific coast;
a large tree species of Solanum, which in winter, when frosts are of
almost nightly occurrence, produces large clusters of attractive pend-
ent bell-shaped flowers, yellowish outside and rich violet within (No.
41106) ; an undescribed species of Eugenia, forming an extremely
beautiful tree with fine glossy foliage contrasting with its light-
colored, graceful trunk and branches (No. 41110) ; a handsome
species of Malacese (Hesperomeles) having hollylike evergreen foliage
and clusters of red berries (No. 41111) ; the Quita naranjo. a shrub
bearing clusters of white flowers followed by orange-yellow fruits,
which give it a remarkable resemblance to the orange tree and may
make it valuable as an outdoor shrub and for greenhouse use as well
(No. 41113) ; a shrub of the genus Solanum, producing clusters of
attractive blue flowers, which it holds throughout the winter, even
in dry exposed places where frosts occur every night (No. 41117).
The three varieties of Manihot which Mr. Cook has secured from
the high altitudes (3.000 to 6,000 feet) in Peru and from the tem-
perate region of Lima may prove so early maturing as to be of
commercial importance in Mississippi and Louisiana, where the
varieties that require a longer season are generally unsuccessful
(Nos. 41103, 41121, and 41122).
The oca (Oxalis tuberosa, Nos. 41168 to 41176) is a tuber-bearing
crop which in some districts of Peru stands second only to the potato
in economic importance. There are many varieties of it, and it is
eaten raw, cooked, or after being frozen and dried. Tt might become
popular for salads or pickles, and. since its native habitat indicates
that it may prove adapted to acid soils, it may possess certain distinct
advantages for cultivation on soils not now occupied by any crop in
this country.
The ullucu (Uttucus tuherosus, Nos. 41177 to 41184) is another
tuber-bearing plant which is grown in the highlands of Peru and
Bolivia and is represented by many varieties and is employed ex-
tensively in soups. It is a relative of the well-known Madeira vine,
but the cultivated varieties do not grow so rankly as this species,
resembling more in habit the sweet -potato vine.
Still another Andean tuber is the anvu (Tropaeolum tubi rosum,
Nos. H L85, 41186, and 11 L95), which is inferior to those already men-
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1915. 7
tioned, according to Mr. Cook, but has very remarkable keeping
qualities, tubers of it remaining fresh after an exposure of more
than six months to room temperatures. Mr. Cook suggests that it
might be hybridized with the flowering nasturtiums of our gardens
and produce new varieties which could be perpetuated by tubers.
The fourth root crop described by Mr. Cook is the llacono (Polym-
nia sonchifolia, No. 41188), which belongs to the sunflower family
and produces tubers resembling sweet potatoes in shape, but tasting
like the Jerusalem artichoke.
Although Peru is recognized generally as the home of the potato,
it is doubtful whether even the American breeders have known the
extent to which the potato has been developed by the inhabitants of
the Andes. Mr. Cook's collection of 47 varieties (Nos. 41197 to
41243), each with a distinctive native name, gives some indication of
the development which has taken place in the home of the potato.
Of material received from Mr. Frank N. Meyer, who was exploring
in the region south of Shanghai, little is described in this inventory.
The most interesting appears to be a variety of the nagi (Myrica
rubra, No. 41256), which bears fruits as large as crab apples, of a
dark-purple color, extremely attractive appearance, and fine flavor.
Mr. Meyer's investigations near Hangchow, China, show that this
species of fruit tree exists in numerous varieties and constitutes a new
crop which deserves to be tested on well-drained soils in our Gulf
States.
Mr. Wilson Popenoe, during a brief visit to Cuba, studied the
Cuban varieties of the mango and avocado and sent in what from his
experience with Florida and California conditions he believes to be
the most promising Cuban varieties of these fruits (Nos. 40911, 40912.
40920, 40921, and 40978 to 40982). He recommends as a new orna-
mental tree and for trial as a stock for the mango the nariz (Ana-
eai-dium excelsum, No. 40987).
The newly aroused interest in the chayote {Chayota edulis) makes
the collection of six selected varieties from Sum Jose, Costa Rica
(Nos. 41135 to 41140), of unusual importance, and Mr. Werckle's
remark that over 100 pounds of the edible routs are dug from a single
plant of certain green-fruited varieties calls attention to a portion of
the plant which has not yet been utilized by us.
The time may not have arrived when plantations of tropical forest
trees grown for their timber will be a paying proposition, but when it
does the ucuiiba (Virola surinamensis, No. H255), which the veteran
student of tropical agriculture, the late Doctor Huber, considered
the most useful tree of the Amazon region, will come in for consid-
eration. Its easily worked, moderately lewd wood, as also its seeds,
which furnish a kind of vegetable wax rich in stearin, may make it
eligible lor plantation purposes.
8 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
Bambos tulda, a species of Burmese bamboo, which was intro-
duced in 1907 from the Royal Botanic Garden, Sibpur, Calcutta
(No. 21002), has been so successful both in the Canal Zone and in
Porto Rico that the introduction by Dr. Proschowsky of what ap-
peals to be a hardier variety of this species from the Riviera (Ham-
bos tulda longispiculata, No. 4093(1) is of unusual interest. No bam-
boo yet introduced has produced a quality of wood so suitable for
split-bamboo fishing rods and talking-machine needle- as the tulda.
and there appears to be a strong demand for its culms.
The Para grass and Carib grass, both remarkable rank-growing
foliage grasses from the Tropics, have grown successfully in southern
Texas and in the Everglades and are yielding forage for cattle-
raising purposes there; and the molasses grass {Melinis miimti flora,
No. 41148), sent in by Mr. T. R. Day, of Macuco, Brazil, may succeed
equally well and will at least be interesting to test in comparison
with them.
Whether the elephant grass (Saccharum cilia r<, No. 40989), which
covers large areas in the Punjab, British India, and is frequently
planted in lines or dividing hedges in low-lying places subject to
periodic inundation, can be utilize* 1 in this country is a question
worthy of investigation.
Mr. I. B. Pole Evans has sent in from British East Africa a grass
(Pennisetum longistylum, No. 41055) which cattle eat greedily and
which he reports to be one of the most promising in the country.
Rhodes grass and Sudan grass have both been such distinctly profit-
able introductions from this general region that this new introduction
will be watched with unusual interest.
Chinese names in this inventory have been brought, as far as possi-
ble, into accord with the best authorities, the geographic names (ex-
cept when fixed by decisions of the United States Geographic Board)
being given in the form accepted by the Chinese Ministry of Com-
munications Postal Guide. Many of the names of the smaller vil-
lages, however, are not listed therein, and in all such cases the loca-
tion of the village is given with reference to the nearest town men-
t ioned in thai work.
This inventory has been prepared by Miss May Riley and the
botanical determinations of seeds introduced made by Mr. II. C.
Skeels, while the descriptive and botanical notes have been arranged
by Mr. G. I*. Van Eseltine under the supervision of Mr. S. C. Stuntz,
in charge of all the publications of this office.
I >\\ n> V \n;< mi I).
Agricultural Explorer in Charge.
Office of Foreign Seed and Plant [ntrodi ction,
Washington, D. C, April 9, 1917.
INVENTORY.
40896. Cymbopogon coloratus (Hook.) Stapf. Poacese.
Lemon grass.
From Suva. Fiji Islands. Presented by Mr. C. H. Knowles, Superintendent
of Agriculture, Nasinu Experiment Station. Plants received July 8, 1915.
"Tins grass, which furnishes the lemon-grass oil of commerce, is growing well
on sloping ground, the soil of which is brownish red, not very good in quality.
The ground was first ploughed and harrowed, and young plants from a seed
bed set out at distances of 3 feet. The space between the young plants was
kept clean by weeding, and the plants soon grew and covered the ground.
Plants may be set out any time during wet weather, hot from September to
December is best. Under normal conditions the grass flowers about April or
.May, when about -1 feet high. After the grass has been cut it flowers irregu-
larly during the year. The best time to cut appears to lie when the grass is
from 3 to 4 feet high, but before it is heavily in flower. Subsequent cuttings
may be made whenever the grass is over 3 feet high. Two cuttings may be
depended on, while three may lie made unless dry weather sols in for sonic time
The young grass is richer in oil than the older grass, but the total yield per
acre obtained in the same time is less." (Extract from Unlit tin Vo. C. Fiji
Department of Agriculture, Notes on a Lemon Crass from Fiji. Sec this bul-
letin for further information.)
40897. Holcus sorghum verticiixiflorus (Steud.) Hitchcock.
Poaeea?. Sorghum.
From Reduit, Mauritius. Presented by Mr. F. A. Stockdale, Director of
Agriculture, through Mi-. C. V. Piper, of the Bureau of Plant [ndustry.
Received July 6, 1915.
40898 to 40903.
From China. Collected by Mr. Frank' N Meyer, Agricultural Explorer for
the Department of Agriculture. Received July 2, 1915. Quoted notes by
Mr. Meyer.
40898. 1'mii's i>i'.\iii,a 1, Ulmacese. Elm.
"(No. 2297a. Peking, China, May II, 1915.) Seed of the common
North China elm, which has proved itself to be adapted as an ornamental
tree over a very extended territory in the United Siaies. Introduced
previously under S. P. 1. No. 22975, which number see I'm- further
information."
40899. ZxziPHUS JUJUBA Miller. Khaiunace.T. Jujube.
(Ziziphus sativa < faertn.)
"(No. 2298a. Peking, china. Maj •"",, L915.) Seeds ->f a small-fruited
variety of cultivated jujube, containing a large percentage of seeds with
plump kernels. To be raised primarily as stocks for improved varieties
Purchased in l he Peking market."
9
10 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
40898 to 40903— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
40900. AiivuiM.rs PBE8ICA L. Amygdalacea?. Peach.
(Primus /a rxica Stokes.)
"(No. 2300a. Peking, China, May 19, 1915.) A small-seeded variety of
peach, said to be grown in the Western Hills near Peking. To be tested
as a stock and experimented with in localities north of the peach belt
proper. May possibly be a very hardy sort. Purchased in the Peking
market."
40901 and 40902. Viona sesquipedalis (L.) Fruwirth. Fabacese.
(Dolichos sesquipedalis L.) Asparagus bean.
40901. "(No. 2301a. Peking, China, May 18, 1915.) A variety of
yard-long bean, said to be unusually elongated; much used as a
garden vegetable cither fresh, dried, salted, or pickled. Needs
support and a rich, yet light, soil to give maximum returns.
Chinese name Ch'ang ch'ing chiang tou or Shih pa tou, meaning
' Long green yard bean ' or ' Eighteen-in-a-pod bean.' "
40902. "(No. 23()2a. Peking, China, May 18, 1915.) A variety of
yard-long bean, said to be rather short and more prolific than the
preceding number. [S. P. I. No. 40901.] Used in similar ways.
Chinese name Tuun ch'ing chiang tou, meaning 'Short green yard
bean.' "
40903. Dolichos lablab L. Fabacese. Hyacinth bean.
"(No. 2303a. Peking, China, May 10, 1915.) A brown-seeded variety
of hyacinth bean, much used by the Chinese as a vegetable, preferably
sliced green and only slightly cooked. These hyacinth beans are much
grown as a home vegetable along fences of kaoliang stems and even in
between maize. They are also quite decorative. Chinese name Ch'ing
pien tou, meaning ' Green flat bean.' "
40904. Eubds canadensis L. Rosaceae. Blackberry.
From West Virginia. Collected by Mr. A. B. Brooks, forester. West Yii
ginia Agricultural Experiment Station, Morgantown. Received July 9,
1915.
"Collected on the northern end of Back Fork Mountain, in Randolph County,
at an altitude of a little over 3,500 feet. I searched on Point Mountain where
I>r. Millspaugh reports finding this species, but found none that seemed to me
typical. I wish to state that my observations on this trip tend to strengthen
what I have believed for some time, namely, that this species varies greatly as
to some of its characters, due to conditions under winch it grows. For example,
1 found today hundreds of acres overgrown with this blackberry, some of the
plants mowing in rich north exposures and in shady places, while others grow
on open sunny flats and southern exposures and on poor ground. Invariably
the plants growing in the rich soil and in the shade are found to be unarmed for
the most pail and very tail and thrifty, of course, while those in the sunny.
poor soil are found to he stunted and with a rather good supply of prickles
(these I ha\c been calling Rubus canadensis). So when I go to look for u.
millspaughii I am somewhat at a loss. The specimens sent grew in a shady
place." [Brooks.)
Collected as Rubus millspaughii, now recognized as a synonym of K. cana-
densis.
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1915. 11
40905. Aleurites fordii Hemsley. Euphorbiacere. Tung- tree.
From Auburn, Ala. Presented by Mr. Ernest Walker, horticulturist, Ala-
bama Agricultural Experiment Station. Received July 6, 1915.
Seed from the crop of 1914 produced by trees sent to the experiment station
under S. P. I. No. 21013
40906 to 40909.
From Cuzco, Peru. Presented by Dr. A. A. Giesecke, president, University
of Cuzco. Received July 8, 1915.
40906. Lucuma sp. Sapotacese.
40907. Amygdalus persica L. Amygdalaceae. Peach.
(Prunus persica Stokes.)
40908. Annona cherimola Miller. Annonacea?. Cherimoya.
40909. Prunus domestica L. Amygdalaceae. Plum.
40910. Medicago sativa L. Fabacea?. Alfalfa.
From Changchun, Manchuria. Presented by Dr. R. J. Gordon, Irish Presby-
terian Mission. Received July 8, 1915.
40911 to 40913.
From Cuba. Collected by Mr. Wilson Popenoe, Agricultural Explorer for
the Department of Agriculture. Received July 16, 1915. Quoted uotes
by Mr. Popenoe.
40911. Mangifera indica L. Anacardiaceae. Luisa mango.
"( Jovellanos, Matanzas Province, Cuba, July 11, 1915.) Luisa mango. A
seedling of the Philippine race. The parent tree, from which this bud
wood was taken, is growing in the garden at the Casa Vivienda, on the
Nueva Luisa sugar estate. My attention was directed to it last year by
Prof. F. S. Earle, who considers it the best Philippine variety which he
has seen in Cuba. Luisa is a typical Philippine mango, long, slender, and
pointed at the apex, varying somewhat in form and size. A good speci-
men will weigh 8 or 10 ounces. The color is lemon yellow, as in others of
the type. The fruits are not yet ripe, so I have not had an opportunity i<>
test the quality, but according to Prof. Earle it is excellent. The tree is
not fruiting heavily this season, there being only ;i tew clusters close to
the ground and about a dozen close to the top of the tree. Seedlings of the
Philippine race are frequently rather unproductive, although the fruits are
produced in clusters of two or three to about (en, and in a good season an
enormous crop may be produced. Because of its excellent flavor and
quality, this variety should be given a trial at Miami, Kla., hut it will he
well to observe its fruiting habits lor a lew years before distributing it
to any extent."
Cuttings.
40912. Persea Americana Miller. Lauracese. Luisa avocado.
(Persea gratissima Gaertn. f.)
"(Jovellanos, Matanzas Province, Cuba, July 11. L915.) Luisa avocado.
The parent tree of this variety 1s growing in the garden at Casa Vivi-
enda, on the Nueva Luisa sugar estate. It is a large seedling, apparently
25 years old at least. Its particular value lies in the tact that the fruit
is said to ripen in October, after nearly all the other avocados are gone.
The fruits, which are only about '< inches long M present, are broadly
obovate in form, with no indication of a neck, the skin lighl green when
12 SEEDS AM; IMA NTS IMPORTED.
40911 to 40913— Con. (Quoted notes by Mr. Wilson Popenoe.)
ripe and verj thick Judging from the immature fruit, the seed cavity
is lint large and the sec;! fits in it snugly. According to the gardener who
was in charge of the place, the fruit is of excellenl quality, with a rich
flavor and no fiber. The tree, which stands among a lot of others beside
a small stream which trickles through the garden, is bearing a good crop
of fruit. The only late avocado at present grown commercially in south-
ern Florida is the Trapp. It seems well worth while to try other varieties
which ripen late in the season, and Luisa has been obtained with this in
view. The season is earlier here than in Florida, generally speaking, and
an avocado which ripens here in October may hang on the tree in Florida
until even later than this, because of the cool autumn weather. To be
given special attention, as it may be of considerable importance."
Cutting.
40913. Mobinga oleifera Lamarck. Moringacese.
" Palo bianco. A small ornamental tree which is planted in the gar-
dens of this region. As commonly seen here, it is a tree of about 15 or 20
feet in height, erect, and of very attractive appearance. The leaves are
pinnately compound, often nearly a foot in length, of pleasing liuht-^reen
color, with opposite, shortly petiolulate obovate-elliptic leaflets rarely
over half an inch long. The flowers are borne in axillary panicles li to S
inches long: they are white, about an inch long, and faintly fragrant.
As they are produced in great abundance, they make the tree effective
as an ornamental. The slender triangular seed pods are often a foot in
length; when ripe they dehisce and scatter the ground with seeds. Palo
bianco is considered to be an antidote for manchineel poisoning. As an
ornamental it seems worthy of trial in southern Florida, and possibly
also in southern California, in regions protected from severe frosts."
40914. Holcus sorghum L. Poaceae. Sorghum.
(Sort/hum rulgare Pers.)
From Pretoria. Union of South Africa. Presented by Mr. I. B. Pole Kvans,»
chief, Division of Botany, through Mr. C. V. Piper, of the Bureau of
Plant Industry. Received July 18. 1915.
"Collected in Natal, near Pietermaritzburg. In forwarding this grass seed to
you. I think it only right that I should poinl out that this grass in South Africa is
highly susceptible to the rusl Puccinia purpurea Cooke, and also to a new smut
which I am describing in a paper to be read at the meeting of the South African
Association for the Advancement of Science, which meets in Pretoria next
month, and have named it Soroxporium .simii Pole Evans. In view of the im-
portance of Sudan grass in America. I think it highly probable that this smut
which occurs on S<,r<ihiun halepensis will also attack your Sudan urass."
( Evans.)
40915. Litchi chinensis Si >nnera t . Sapindacese. Litchi.
i \ ephelium litchi Cambess. *
From Canton, China. Presented by Mr. <;. Weidman Groff, Canton chris-
tian College, through Mr. F. E. Shamel. Received July 19, 1915.
" Haak-ip i Hei yeh i litchi. The litchi seems to do best in about this latitude.
It succeeds somewhal north and south of this, but 1 should say can net stand
much frost. We have a lighl frost here almost every year, but not heavy
enough to do much damage. The litchi seems to do best on dikes of low land
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1915. 13
where its roots can always secure all the water needed and where they are even
subject to submersion. In some places they grow it on high land, but not
nearly so successfully. I have never seen a budded or grafted litchi tree, and I
understand budding and grafting are never done. Litchi trees are either in-
arched or layered, layering being the most common and the most successful.
If inarched, it is on litchi stock. The common practice in inarching is to use
the Loh mai chili [No mi chih] variety for scions and Shan chi variety for
stock. The seeds of the various varieties vary greatly in vitality. I am told
that there is absolutely no success with seedlings, though seeds of certain vari-
eties germinate quite readily. This variety, the Haak-ip, is one of the mosl
popular and is now on the market. The seed of this variety germinates quite
readily, though not so well as the Shan chi." (Groff.)
40916. Litchi chinensis Sonnerat. Sapindaceae. Litchi.
(Nephelium litchi Cambess. |
From Honolulu, Hawaii. Presented by Mr. .1. E. Higgins, horticulturist,
Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station. Received July 19, 1915.
"These litchis are about one month later than the first lot I sent you [S. P. I.
No. 40850]. They are of a more delicate texture and flavor, but the flesh is
thin in proportion to the seed. The tree has a poor chance, however, and under
proper conditions might do better." (Higgins.)
40917. Citrus grandis (L.) Osbeck. Rutacea>. Alamoen.
From Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana. Presented by Dr. J. A. Samuels, who
secured it from Mr. A. J. Bueno de Mesquita. Received July 10, 1915.
"This fruit, which is most likely the largest variety of citrus, is called
Guidi con-apple in Surinam, or Alomoes, the Dutch name being Pompalmoes. It
is not cultivated on a large scale, but is planted in the house gardens both n
the city and the country. No attempt has been made at selection work to im-
prove the quality, and the fruit is not used for industrial purposes." I Samuels.)
See S. P. I. No. 37804 for previous introduction and description.
40918. Stizolobium niveum (Roxb.) Kuntze. Tiger bean.
From Changning, via Swatow, Kiangsi, China. Presented by Rev. C. E.
Bousfleld, American Baptist Mission. Received July 7. 1915.
" Tiger beans, something new to me, but very good to eat. We like them baked
and, indeed, any way. The only difficulty is to get enough of them, for they are
not common." (Bousfleld.)
40919. Triticum dicoccum Schrank. Poacese. Emmer.
From Bombay, India. Presented by Mr. Selhy S. Coleman, American vice
consul, who secured it from Mr. Frank Harrison, Bombay.
Wild Kathiauar wheat. Determined by Mr. M. A. Carleton as an emmer:
See S. P. I. No. 39227 for previous introduction and description.
40920 and 40921. Mangifera indkaL. Ajiacardiacese.
Mango.
From Cienfuegos, Cuba. Collected by Mr. Wilson Popenoe, Agricultural
Explorer for the Depart men! of Agriculture. Cutting received July L9,
1915.'
40920. "(Cienfuegos, Cuba, July 1.".. L915.) Manga mamey. A fine
seedling type, found only in the Quinta Aviles, so Ear as known. Its
14 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
40920 and 40921— Continued.
origin is uncertain, but its affinities seem to lie with the common manga
group ; hence the Cubans call it manga mamey. It is considered by
many to be superior in flavor to mango China, but does not seem to be
shipped to Havana in such quantities, possibly because there are fewer
trees of this type in the Quinta. Like Chino, however, it is a true seed-
ling type, polyembryonic, and apparently maintains the type character-
istics when grown from seed. In general form it is broadly cordate,
very short (just about as broad as long), slightly compressed laterally,
the base flattened and very slightly oblique, the apex with a suggestion
of a beak. In weight it averages 8 to 12 ounces. The stem is inserted in
a shallow, narrow, almost regular cavity. The surface is smooth, green-
ish orange-yellow to orange-yellow in color, blushed around the base
with reddish salmon. The dots are large and conspicuous, a distinguish-
ing feature of the type, as frequently with other members of the mango
group. The skin is thick and very tough, the flesh bright yellow-orange,
meaty, moderately .iuicy, with very little aroma. The flavor is acid,
pleasant, fairly spicy ; fiber not very objectionable except around the
ventral edge of seed, where it is long and fine. The seed is long, rather
thick, with two to five embryos in the specimens examined, and an ex-
ceedingly hard, woody endocarp. In season this type agrees with Chino,
being early to midseason in ripening. While somewhat more fibrous
than the best Indian varieties grown in Florida, it is far above the
average Cuban seedling in quality and freedom from fiber, and is here
considered a very choice mango. The trees appear to be productive.
For trial in southern Florida." (Popenoe.)
40921. "(Cienfuegos, Cuba, July 13, 1915.) Mango Chino. This is one
of the largest and best seedling types in Cuba. As far as known it is
found only in the Quinta Aviles, near Cienfuegos, where there are a
number of old and large trees from which the Havana market, as
well as local markets, are supplied. In Havana single fruits of this
type bring 20 to 40 cents each. There appears to be very little differ-
ence among the fruits from the various trees of this type grown in the
Quinta Aviles. As the trees are all seedlings, this constancy of the
type characteristics proves that Chino is not merely a seedling
variety, but a type which will doubtless reproduce its distinguishing
Characteristics when grown from seed. In general form Chino is
broadly cordate, plump, usually somewhat oblique at the base and
rounded at the apex. It weighs 10 to 16 ounces. The stem is inserted
in a shallow, somewhat irregular, cavity. The surface is smooth,
greenish yellow to dull cream yellow in color, overspread or blushed
around the base with carmine. The skin is very thick and tough,
making the fruit an excellent shipper. The flesh is deep yellow in
color, orange-yellow toward the seed, of very firm and meaty texture,
juicy, and with a very faint but pleasant aroma. The fiber is more
abundant than in our best India varieties, but much less so than in
the average Cuban seedling; it is long at the ventral edge of the seed,
but comparatively short elsewhere. The flavor is rich, spicy, and very
pleasant, the seed oval, rather thin and not objectionably large. It
usually contains four to six embryos. Chino is rather early in season,
and the trees seem to be productive. The origin of this- type is not
known; the man who planted the trees is now dead, and the caretaker
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1015. 15
40920 and 40921— Continued.
at the Quinta, who has been there 35 years, says that the trees were
nearly as large when he first came on the property as they are now.
It is a very distinct type; nowhere have I seen one which seemed to
be closely allied to it or resembled it in all details. It should be tried
in southern Florida." (Popenoc.)
For an illustration of trees of these mangos, see Plate I.
40922 and 40923. Oryza sativa L. Poacea?. Rice.
From Constantinople, Turkey. Presented by Mr. G. Bie Ravndal, American
consul general, through the American consul general at Athens, Greece.
Received July 10, 1915.
40922. No. 91. Broussa rice. 40923. No. 92. Broussa rice.
See S. P. I. No. 39545 for previous introduction and description.
40924. Celtis audibertiana Spach. Ulmacese. Hackberry.
From Paris, France. Presented by the director, Museum of Natural His-
tory. Received July 12, 1915.
The form of Celtis occidentalis cultivated in the gardens of the Paris Museum
of Natural History. Leaves somewhat glaucous, scarcely shiny. Fruit-bearing
pedicels two to three times as long as the petioles. Stones slightly larger than
those of C. occidentalis of the more typical form.
40925. Phaseolus lunatus L. Fabaceae. Cape bean.
From Marseille, France. Presented by Dr. E. Heckel, director, Colonial
Museum of Marseille. Received July 14, 1915.
"Phaseolus lunatus, kalamaka of the Malagasies. Cape beans have taken
the second place among the agricultural products of Madagascar in exporta-
tion. In commerce, this large bean bears different names, haricot d'Orleans,
haricot de Lima, de Paraguc, etc. It has been known in Madagascar for a
very long time, and it is mentioned in the accounts of voyages before the
seventeenth century. Its culture is practiced almost exclusively in the
Provinces of Tulear and Morondava, situated at the southwest of the island.
The alluvial soils of the deltas of this region suit it admirably, particularly
those which are rich in micaceous elements. These arc ordinarily recovered
from bararatas, large reeds (Phragmites communis?), attaining 4 meters in
height and submerged during the winter. The soil is prepared by superficial
working. This preparation commences in March and April, as soon as the
waters subside. The bararatas (reeds) are cut and burned; they shoot again,
but the young shoots are broken down with a stick and (his encroaching vege-
tation disappears. The seeds are planted in holes from ."> to -1 meters apart, in
March and April. Harvest takes place from September to December. Almost
all of the crops of cape beans are irrigated. Sells in Marseille for 65 francs
per 100 kilos." {Heckel.)
40926. Canarium ovatum Engler. Balsameacese. Pili nut.
From Manila, Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. H. T, Edwards,
director, Bureau of Agriculture. Received July L9, L915.
"Because of the easy digestibility of these nuts, they arc being used in
increasing quantities for the preparation of an infant food, the excess of oil
being removed and the nuts ground to a paste.
16 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
"These nuts have been gathered by one of our representatives residing on
the islam! of Catanduanes and arc fresh stock, hulled by the cold-water
process. Mr. Jacobson stated thai the shipment consists of at leasl two dis-
tinct types, and it is the short, well rounded type thai we have been able to
germinate in our grounds in Luzon." (Adn. Hernandez.)
40927. Axeurites Molucca >: a (L.) Willd. Euphorbiacese.
(Aleurites triloba Forst.) Xiumbang.
From Littleriver, Fla. Procured from Mr. Charles A. Mosier. Received
July 19, 1915.
40928 to 40935. Obyza sattva L. Poacese. Rice.
From Tananarivo, Madagascar. Presented by the Governor General <if
Madagascar. Received July 14, mi.").
40928. No. 1.— A. Lava. 40932. No.3— A. Madinika.
40929. No. 1.— B. Lava. 40933. No. 3.— P». Madinilca.
40930. No.2. — A. Lava somotra. 40934. No. 4.— A. Vato.
40931. No. 2.— B. Lava somotra. 40935. No. 4.— B. Vato.
40936. Bambos tulda longispictjlata (Gamb. and Brand.) Bois
and Grignan. Poacese. Bamboo.
From Nice, France. Presented by Dr. A. Robertson Proschowsky. Plants
received .Inly 21, 1915.
" M. Riviere, who was here about a year ago and saw my plant, appeared to
doubt that my specimen was exactly the same species as described by him under
the name Bambos maeroculmis (not from flowers, which he never saw). But
I have the impression that Ids doubt depended mainly on the difference in size,
his B. maeroculmis acquiring up to 2.1 meters in height, while my plant has
not until now produced shoots more than 15 to 18 meters in height. Still this
seems of little importance, as my plant is in a rather poor condition, crowded
all around by trees, palms, etc., and poorly exposed in poor soil, and there can
be no doubt that under good conditions my plant would make a much better
growth. Anyhow, my plant corresponds exactly to description of /;. maeroculmis.
It has flowered tor three consecutive years on one or two of the smallest shouts,
but it is growing on jusi as usual, and evidently belongs to the bamboos which
do not die after flowering. The stalks are comparatively compact, with less
cavity than the ordinary Japanese and Chinese species so common in gardens,
and very strong and lasting, which I can testify, having used them for prolonga-
tion of a very long and heavy ladder. This large bamboo is hardy in my badly
exposed irarden and therefore would be so generally on the Riviera. The new
si ts start in autumn and generally do not finish development before spring,
but when frost arrives they do not suffer; growth is simply arrested for some
time. Of course it is possible that in low. water-logged ground and with lasting
frosts the young shoots mighl be killed, but in my garden on a steep hill this
has not happened. Unfortunately, no seed has been produced, but this species
can be multiplied by slips of the crowded side branches which yearly start
anew ami form aerial rhizomes. If I should divide the clump, it would be
a question of an enormous bulk, which, even when cutting away the stalks
(which, according to my experience here when transplanting, can not be safely
done, such clumps without leafage dying), would weigh nearly a hundred
Inventory 44, Seeds and Plants Imported.
Plate I.
HHHHaHBMHK
Seedling Mangos of the Two Principal Cuban Races, at Santiago de
las Vegas. (See S. P. I. Nos. 40920 and 40921.)
The tall tree on the left is typical of the race called mango, while the low, broad one is a manga. This
classification, although one made by the natives, seems to hold in both tree and fruit characters, the
mango type of fruit being nearly always elongated or longer than broad, frequently more or less reni-
form, and usually beaked. The fiber is long and coarse, but not very thick, aud the pulp is slightly
more acid than that of the manga. The manga type produced by the low broad trees has fruit
nearly always broader than long, usually oblique at base and apex, with no beak. The fiber is fine
and extremely abundant , almost impossible to separate from the very sweet pulp. ( Photographed
by Wilson Popenoe, Santiago de las Vegas, February 2;s, 1916; 1'16677FS.)
Inventory 44, Seeds and Plants Imported.
Plate II.
The Nariz Tree, Anacardium excelsum (Bert, and Balb.) Skeels, a
Relative of the Cashew, at Trinidad, Cuba. (See S. P. I. No.
40987.)
A magnificent South American tree, attaining a height of 65 feet, with an erect compact head of
(lurk-green foliage. The truits, which ripen in August, are dark brown, about an inch long,
rcniformand flattened, and shaped somewhat I ike a nose, whence the name nariz. Thefrurl stalk
is not large and swollen, nor are i he seeds considered edible, as in i in1 1 ;i hew. The t ree is win thy
of trial as anomamental, although thefruit appears to have no value, (.l'hotographed by 'Wilson
l'opcnoe, July IT, 1915; P16417FS.)
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1915. 17
kilos. I think from what I have personally seen for .wars that the climate of
southern California may be a little colder than that of the Riviera, since so
many plants suffer in southern California which do not suffer here, and my
California correspondents confirm my earlier personal experience. Still I
think that the bamboo in question will grow, at least in all the sheltered parts
of southern California, and undoubtedly in places such as Santa Barbara and
San Diego, where, as my correspondents write me, the same species resist as here
on the Riviera." (Proschowsky.)
40937. Melilotus alba Desr. Fabacese. Melilot.
From Changchun, Manchuria. Presented by Dr. R. J. Gordon, Irish Pres-
byterian Mission. Received July 8, 1915.
40938 to 40969. Tritictjm spp. Poaceae. Wheat.
From Lyallpur, Punjab, India. Presented by the Department of Agricul-
ture. Received July 15, 1915.
Quoted notes from Albert and Gabrielle L. C. Howard, Memoirs of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture in India, vol. 2, no. 7. (The abbreviation D. means density
of ear.)
40938 to 40940. Tiuticum durum Desf. Durum wheat.
40938. "Type No. 1. Var. melanppus Al. Awns long. Mack, but the
black colour is lost very easily ; chaff densely felted, white with a
pinkish tinge, often spotted with mould fungi ; grains long, amber,
generally hard and flinty, although occasionally mottled ones are
found ; density varies with the rankness of growth ; straw tall,
slender but stiff; somewhat liable to rust; ripens late. This is the
common macaroni wheat of the Punjab and was found in the Wada-
nak of Zira, Wadanak of Sialkot, Wadanak of Batala, Wadanak
Kalchingari of Montgomery. Wadanak of Amritsar, Dagar of Pind
Dadan Khan, Dagar of Wazirabad, Dagar of Shahpur, Pamman
of Ferozepore, Dagar of Muzaft'argarh, Dagar of Multan, Dagar
of Montgomery, in the Wadanaks of Lyallpur, Ferozepore, and
Amritsar, and the Palestine of Lahore."
40939. "Type No. 2. Var. africanum Kcke. Similar in mosl re-
spects to type 1, but the ears taper to a point and are slightly
longer; grain very dark red. hard on the whole, with a very few
mottled grains; length of ear si nun. ; D. [density of (he ear]= 28.
This type is more liable to rust than type 1. This type was only
met with as an impurity in Wadanak Kalchingari of Montgomery."
40940. ''Type No. 3. Var. leucurum Al. Awns long, white with a
reddish tinge; chaff smooth, shiny, white with a pinkish tinge due
to the veins on the glumes being red; grain very long and thin,
white, much lighter in colour than type 1, generally very hard and
translucent, hardly a mottled grain to be found; length of ear. 75
mm.; D.= 22; straw good; ripens late ; not so liable to nisi as type
1. This type was only found as an impuritj in the Wadanak of
Lyallpur in very small quantity. The grains of this wheat are so
long that in cleaning prior to grinding they would pass over standard
sieves with the large impurities."
14645°— 18 2
18. SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
40938 to 40969— Con. (Quoted notes by A and G. L. C. Howard.)
40941 to 40969. Tnri him akstivtjm L.
(Triticum vulgare Vill.)
"T. compaction Host. Dwarf wheats. Ears exceedingly dense
and short, rarely over 5 cms. long, outer glumes keeled in the upper
half and rounded in the lower half, straw very short and stiff, grains
rounded.
" There are four varieties of dwarf wheats grown in the Punjab.
These wheats are drought resisting and are generally grown on
inundation moisture with little rain. They are also said to be good
yielders and type 7 has a good reputation for bread making. Owing
to the smallness of their grain they can, however, be used only for
indigenous consumption and they are therefore being gradually re-
placed by common wheats. They agree with the common wheats in
time of ripening and showed themselves exceedingly susceptible to
early rust. Pueeinia triticina Eriks.. when grown at Pusa ; in fact,
they were almost destroyed by it. They are, however, fairly resist-
ant to yellow rust. The ears are short and erect, the straw stiff,
short (generally about 3 feet 6 inches or 4 feet), hollow throughout,
as in common wheats, but much stouter.
" Humphries remarks that ' types 4 and 7 are extraordinarily small
in the berry, so small that millers would hesitate to buy them if they
contained any small seeds, because the machinery used for extracting
the small seeds would take out simultaneously a very large propor-
tion of the wheat berries themselves.' "
40941. T. com pact inn. "Type No. 4. Var. erinacetim Kcke. Ears
bearded, with short bristly spreading awns very irregular in
length, awns red : chaff smooth and dark red : grain very small,
round, rather a light dirty red in colour, very difficult to distinguish
from a dark amber, hard on the whole, with a few soft grains ; ear
length 50 mm. ; D.= 38 ; straw shows no pink colour. To this type
belongs the Makkhi of Chiniot."
40942. T. compactum. "Type No. 5. Var. lina:a Kcke. Ears
beardless; chaff felted with short hairs, white with a pinkish tinge
due to the pink colour of the edges and the veins of the glumes ;
grain round, small, hut larger than in type 4. amber coloured, hard
on the whole, with a few soft and mottled grains ; ear length
49 mm. ; D.= 38 ; straw pinkish, turning black or greyish pink on
ripening. This type was only met with in small quantity in the
Makkawali of Dera Ghazi Khan."
40943. T. compactum. " Type No. 6. Var. wemerianum Kcke.
Ears beardless, but with occasional very slight bearding; chaff
smooth, white with a pinkish tinge; grain round, about the same
size as in type 5, a clean light red, all soft; ear length 44 mm.;
D.= 39 ; straw has no pink colour. This type was only found in
small quantity in the Makini of Multan."
40944. T. compaction. " Type No. 7. Var. humboldti Kcke. Ears
beardless; chaff smooth, white with a pinkish tinge; grain round,
about the same size as in type 5, but possibly a little smaller,
amber coloured, consistency very variable, hard, soft, and mottled
grains found iu about equal proportions; ear length 45 mm.;
D.= 41; straw pinkish, turning black on ripening. This is the
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1915. 19
40938 to 40969— Con. (Quoted notes by A. and G. L. C. Howard.)
common dwarf wheat of the Punjab, and was found in the Rodi
of Shahpur, Rangrih or Ghiali of Kangra, Makini of Multan,
Daudi of Muzaffargarh, Dandan of Multan, Makkawali of Dera
Ghazi Khan, and in Daudi of Multan. Mr. A. C. Dobbs, of Lyall-
pur, found that this wheat was grown at Rawalpindi and that it
was considered in that district as the best for bread making."
40945. " Type No. 8. Var. bariarossa Al. Ears bearded ; awns
red ; chaff felted with short, rather sparse hairs, yellowish red ;
grain dark red, consistency variable, hard, soft, and mottled
grains found in about equal proportions; ear length 7S mm.;
D.= 24; straw good; ears erect and rather slender. This type
was found in the Lai Kasar-wali of Lyallpur in very small
quantity."
40946. Type No. 8 A. 40947. Type No. 8 B.
40948. "Type No. 9. Var. fuliginosum Al. Ears bearded; awns
stiff, stout, rather short, black but lose their colour vn-y easily;
glumes sharply keeled to the base; chaff densely felted with long
hairs, the felting resembling very closely that found on the maca-
ronis, chaff greyish white or yellowish white, pink at the edges,
generally with black spots of Cladosporium ; grain very dark red,
on the whole hard with a few mottled grains, the shape resembling
that of a common wheat ; ear quadratic in section, somewhat club
shaped at the top, somewhat compact ; ear length variable, about 70
mm. on the average ; D.= 25 ; straw stiff, stout, hollow throughout ;
ears very erect. This type was found in the Lai of Batala, Ratti
of Montgomery and in the Lai Kale Kasar-wali of Lyallpur ; it
was also found in small quantity in the Lai Desi of Jhelum, Lai
of Delhi. Pamman of Ferozepore, Dagar of Multan, Kunjhari of
Muzaffargarh. This wheat is one of the most interesting types
found in the Punjab, for although it must be classed as a common
wheat, it appears to possess many of the characters of the maca-
roni wheats. The felting resembles very closely that of the
macaroni wheats and is quite different to that found on the other
felted common wheats or on the felted dwarf wheat. The shape
of the glumes with the keeling continued sharply to the base
resembles that of macaroni wheats. The hollow straw and the
shape of the grain are, however, those of a common wheat. The
shape of the ear with its compact sometimes club-shaped top, the
stoutness of the straw, and the stiff awns remind one of the dwarf
wheats, and it seems quite possible that this wheat, which is unique
in India, may have arisen from a natural cross between a dwarf
and macaroni wheat. This supposition is supported by the fad
that we have found a dwarf wheat to be the female parenl in some
of the natural crosses found by us and described in the last part of
this paper. At flowering time this wheat (type !>t appears to shed
a vast amount of pollen and probably gives rise in this way to
further natural crosses. It is interesting to note that this wheal
is marked by Humphries as being the best of the 25 Punjab types
submitted to him."
20 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
40938 to 40969— Con. (Quoted notes by A. and G. L. C. Howard.)
40949. Type No. 9 A.
40950. "Type No. 10. Var. erythroleucon Kcke. Ears bearded;
awns red ; chuff smooth, dull light red ; grain amber coloured, liuble
to sprout in the ear, consistency variable, bard, soft, and mottled
grains found in equal proportions; length of ear 82 mm.; D.= 21;
straw short and weak, ears bend over when ripe; early. This
type was found in the Safed of Moga, Mundi of Ludhiana, Jogia
of Karnal."
40951. "Type No. 11. Var. erythroleucon Kcke. Ears bearded;
awns red ; chaff smooth, a more intense and brighter red than in
type 10; grain amber coloured, liable to sprout in the ear. con-
sistency variable, but with a majority of soft grains: ears squarer
and denser than in type 10, ear length 76 mm.; D.= 25; straw tall
and strong, ears stand erect; later than type 10. This type was
found in the Safed of Amritsar, Sohan of Chiniot, Kun.jhari of
Dera Ghazi Khan, Daudi of Lyallpur. and in the Jogia of Karnal."
40952. " Type No. 12. Var. erythroleucon Kcke. Ears bearded;
awns red with occasional blackening; chaff smooth, dull light red
with a somewhat bluish tone, occasional blackening on the chaff;
grain amber coloured, hard on the whole; ear length 86 mm.;
D.= 21 ; straw intermediate in strength between that of types 10
and 11, pink, turning black on ripening, tall; ears bend over when
ripe ; early : grain easily shed. This type was found in the Rangrih
of Palampur."
40953. " Type No. 13. Var. ferrugineum Al. Ears bearded ; awns
red; chaff smooth, shiny, yellowish or brownish red; grain red, in-
termediate in colour between the dark and light red-grained types,
rather small, consistency variable, about two-thirds being hard ; ear
length 96 mm.; D.= 18; straw medium; ears fairly erect; rather
late. This type was found in the Lai Kasar-wali of Lyallpur. The
hard red of Gujar Khan also belongs to this type, hut ripened a
little later than the Lai Kasar-wali. This difference may easily
disappear after the hard red of Gujar Khan is acclimatised at
Lyallpur."
40954. "Type No. 14. Var. erythrospermum Kcke. Ears bearded;
awns pinkish yellow; chaff smooth, white with a reddish tinge
When ripe; grain light vrt\, hard and soft grains in about equal pro-
portions; ear length 80 mm.; D.= 23; straw weak and short; ears
bend over when ripe; early: fairly rust resistant; sheds its -tain
more easily than type 15. This type was found in the Lai of
Karnal. Lai of Sialkot, Lai of Attock. Lai Safed of Sirsa. Lai of
Zira, Kasalu or Surkh of Ferozepore, Katti or Lai of Pind Dadan
Khan, Lai of Ludhiana, 1 >esi Surkh of Jullunder. Lai Desi of
Jhelum, Lai of Rawalpindi, Lai of Delhi, Kun.jhari of Muzaffar-
garh."
40955. "Type No. 15. Var. erythrospermum Kcke. Ears bearded ;
awns pinkish yellow; chaff smooth, while witli a reddish tinge
when ripe; grain light red, consistency variable, but the majority
are soft grains: ear length 80 nun.; 1).- 25; straw tall and strong;
ears erect when ripe; late; susceptible to rust; grains less easily
i
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1915. 21
40938 to 40969— Con. (Quoted notes by A. and G. L. C. Howard.)
shed than in type 14. This type was found in the Ratti or Lai of
Pind Dadan Khan, Watni of Shahpur, Kunjhari of Multan.
" Types 14 and 15 form the common red wheat of the Punjab. A
glance at the names of the varieties will show that they are culti-
vated all over the province. They are very similar to. if not identi-
cal with, the common red wheats cultivated in the United Prov-
inces. These two types are absolutely identical in the laboratory,
but quite different in the field."
40956. "Type No. 16. Var. graecum Kcke. Ears bearded: awns
rather pinkish yellow; chaff smooth, white with pink edges and
veins; grain white, rather small, on the whole soft, but with some
hard and mottled grains; ear length 78 mm. ; D.= 23; straw fairly
strong. This type was found in the Ghoni of Lahore, Safed of
Ludhiana, Safed of Rohtak. Safed of Batala, Daudkhani of Dasuya.
Daudkhani of Delhi. Pori of Montgomery, and in the Safed
Kasar-wali of Lyallpur."
40957. "Type No. 17. Var. delfii Kcke. Ears beardless: chaff
felted with short, rather sparse hairs, red with a bluish tinge;
grain amber coloured, consistency variable; hard, soft, and mottled
grains present in equal proportions; ear length 94 mm.; D.= 19;
straw medium. This type was found in the Rodi of Attock. Ghoni
of Gujrat. Ghoni of Sialkot, Khoni of Jhelum, Ghoni of Chiniot,
Ghoni of Amritsar, Khoni of Batala, Mundli of Karnal, Mundli of
Ludhiana, Safed of Lahore, Kanku of Palampur, Jhakrehun of
Palampur, Safed Brij Sondha of Rohtak. and in small quantity in
the Rodi of Muzaffargarh, Ghoni Lai, Ratti of Muzaffargarh, Desi
of Dera Ghazi Khan. Suthra of Multan. This is a very common
wheat in the Punjab."
40958. Type No. 17 B.
40959. "Type No. 18. Var. delfii Kcke. Ears beardless: chaff
felted with short, rather sparse hairs, yellowish red; grain amber
coloured, consistency variable, but the majority of the -rains are
soft; ear length 72 mm.; D.= 26; ears squarer and denser than in
type 17; straw stronger than in type 17: later in ripening. This
type was found in the Rodi of Muzaffargarh, Ghoni Lai, Ratti of
Muzaffargarh, Desi of Dera Ghazi Khan. Suthra of Multan. ami
in small quantity in the Ghoni of Chiniot. Ghoni of Amritsar,
Jhakrehun of Palampur."
40960. "Type No. 19. Var. leucospermum Kcke. Ears beardless,
but occasional slight bearding met with: chaff felted with some
short' somewhat sparse hairs, white with pink veins or edges to the
glumes; grain whiter than in 17. 18. and 21. but darker than U'»;
consistency variable, but about three-quarters of the -rains soft;
ear length 74 mm.; D.= 24 ; straw strong, pinkish, turning black
on ripening. This type was found only in very small quantity in
the Buggi of Leiah at Lyallpur."
40961. Type No. 19 D. 40962. Type No. 19 II.
40963. "Type No. 20. Var. alborubrum Kcke. Ears beardless,
with occasional very slighl bearding: chaff smooth: [ighl yellowish
red; grain amber coloured, rather large, consistency variable, but
about two-thirds of the grains soft; ear length 7s nun.; D.= 21;
22 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
40938 to 40969—Con. (Quoted notes by A. and G. L. C. Howard.)
straw taller and stronger, ears more erect and Later in ripening
than type 21 ; grain very easily shed. This type was only found
in the Ghoni of Amritsar."
40964. " Type No. 21. Var. alborubrum Keke. Ears beardless,
with occasional very slight bearding; chaff smooth, brownish red,
didl ; grain amber coloured, but somewhat whiter than 17, 18, and
20, consistency variable, ahout an equal amount of hard, soft, and
mottled grains; ear length 90 mm.; D.= 20; straw medium; ears
bend over when ripe; earlier than type 20; grain very easily shed.
This type was found in the Kanku of Palampur and in small quan-
tity in the Rodi of Attock, Ghoni of Gujrat, Ghoni of Sialkot,
Khoni of Jhelum, Khoni of Batala, Mundli of Karnal, Mundli of
Jullunder. Mundli of Ludhiana, Jhakrehun of Palampur, Ratti of
Muzaffargarh, Kunjhari of Muzaffargarh, Kunjhari of Multan,
Safed Ghoni, and Ghoni Lai."
40965. "Type No. 22. Var. milturum Al. Ears beardless, some-
times slightly bearded ; chaff smooth, shining, dark brownish red ;
grain very dark red, consistency variable, but on the whole the
sample is hard; ear length 94 mm.; D.= 19 ; straw medium, but
rather better than in type 23. This type was found in small quan-
tity in the Ghoni of Sialkot and in Safed Ghoni."
40966. "Type No. 23. Var. milturum Al. Ears beardless; chaff
smooth, dull, yellowish red ; grain very light red, somewhat small,
entirely soft; ear length 81 mm.; D.= 23; straw medium. This
type was only found in the Ratti of Muzaffargarh."
40967. Type No. 23. Var. milturum Al.
40968. "Type No. 24. Var. albidum Al. Ears beardless; spikelets
blunt ; outer glumes short and rounded, chaff smooth, white with
a reddish border ; grain yellowish white, resembles 19, rather
large, consistency variable, but on the whole the sample is soft ;
ear length 93 mm.; D.= 20; straw strong; ears bend over slightly.
Tins type was found in the Koni of Chakwal, Kunj of Muzaffar-
garh, Buggi of Leiah, and Safed Ghoni."
40969. "Type No. 2.1. Var. albidum Al. Lars beardless, often
slightly bearded; spikelets pointed, outer glumes long and pointed;
chaff smooth, yellowish white, shiny, with very slight reddish bor-
der; grain larger than in any other of the types of common wheat
in the Punjab, greyish white of a different tone of colour to any of
the other white wheats; on the whole soft; ear length 100 mm.;
D.= 20; straw very strong; ears erect. This type was found in
Buggi of Leiah and Safed Ghoni. These two types. L' 1 and 2f>,
differ in appearance so much from all the other wheats of the
Punjab and bear such a strong resemblance to the Australian
wheats introduced into the province that we can not help suspect-
ing that they originally came from Australia."
40970. Phaseolus mungo L. Fiibiiceie. Urd.
From Trinidad. British West Indies. Presented by Mr. W. G. Freeman.
Assistant Director of Agriculture and Government Botanist. Department
of Agriculture. Received July 13, L915.
"Woolly pyrol. I believe this is going to be a valuable green-manure crop in
southern Florida." (C. V. Piper.)
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1915. 23
40971 and 40972.
From Zacuapam, Vera Cruz, Mexico. Presented by Dr. C. A. Purpus. Re-
ceived July 15. 1915.
40971. Ardisia capollina A. DC. Myrsinacese.
A handsome shrub, related to A. crenulata, but distinguished by its
entire, lanceolate leaves and wine-colored drupes. Flowers rose colored,
in terminal panicles or clusters of umbels.
40972. Amygdalus microphylla H. B. K. Amygdalacese.
Shrub about 3 feet high, with few spreading branches, thin oblong
leaves bunched on the small branchlets, and white flowers somewhat
smaller than those of A. incana.
40973 and 40974. Litchi chinensis Sonnerat. Sapindaceee.
(Nephelium litchi Cambess.) Litchi.
From China. Collected by Mr. Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Explorer for
the Department of Agriculture. Received July 24, 1915.
40973. "(No. 2304a. Shanghai, China. June 12, 1915.) About 20
pounds of seed, obtained from 250 pounds of fresh litchis, bought in
the open market at 8 cents (Mexican silver) per pound. Said to have
come from Canton. Of use as stocks for improved varieties and for
selection work." (Meyer.)
40974. "(No. 2305a. Shanghai, China. June 19, 1915.) Fresh litchis,
bought in the open market at S cents (Mexican silver) per pound.
Said to have come from Canton. Of use as a stock for improved varie-
ties and for selection work." (Meyer.)
40975 and 40976.
From Nice, France. Presented by Dr. A. Robertson Proschowsky. Re-
ceived July 21, 1915.
40975. Acacia armata R. Brown. Mimosaceae.
"An evergreen bush, 4 to 6 meters in height, very dense. For the very
driest poor soil." (Proschowsky.)
40976. Mimosa aculeaticarpa Ortega. Mimosacese.
(Mimosa acanthocarpa Poir.)
"One and one-half to 2 meters in height, covered all oxer with hooks
and spines, forming impenetrable hedge. For the very driest poor soils."
(Proschowsky.)
40977. Aleurites moluccana (L.) Willd. Euphordiaceae.
(Aleurites triloba Forst.) LiUinbail0'.
From Manila, Philippine Islands. Presented by the Bureau of Agriculture.
Received June 2, 1915.
"A handsome tree with spreading branches, alternate, Iobed, pubescent leaves
of a pale color, rounded or cordate at the base, with two glands at the top of the
petiole. Flowers small, white, in terminal lax cynics: fruil fleshy, coriaceous,
globose, with four shallow furrows; seeds one or two, rugose, gibbous. The
candlenut tree is widely spread over Polynesia, a small pari of .Malaysia, and
The Philippine Islands. It is remarkable that it has not established itself in
Guam. Only a few specimens grow on the island, which arc called either by the
Philippine name lumbang or the Caroline Island name raguar. The natives
24 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
say ilif nuts were brought here from the Caroline Islands. They have not come
into use in Guam. Throughout Polynesia the nuts, strung on coconut-leaflet
ribs, serve the natives for candles to light their houses. In Hawaii they are
roasted, chopped up, mixed with seaweed, and served at Dative feasts as a
relish. They yield an oil which is very fluid, of an amber color, without smell,
insoluble in alcohol, readily saponifiable, and quick drying. This oil is a mild
cathartic, acting in the same manner as castor oil, hut causing no nausea or
griping and having the further advantage of a unity flavor and of being more
prompt in its effects." (Sufford, Useful Plants of Guam.)
40978 to 40983.
From Cuba. Collected by Mr. Wilson Popenoe, Agricultural Explorer for
the Department of Agriculture. Cuttings received July 26, 1915. Quoted
notes by Mr. Popenoe.
40978 to 40982. Persea Americana Miller. Lauracea?. Avocado.
(Persea gratissima Gaertn. f. )
40978. "(Placetas, Santa Clara Province, Cuba. July 20. 1915.)
Bartlett avocado. A rather remarkable variety growing in the
garden of Dr. Alberto Bartlett, of this town. It is said to bear two
crops a year; the first crop is early and is now ripening; the
second crop commences in 1 >ecember and the last fruit was eaten
this year on May 8. In form this fruit is broadly pyriform, and in
size about 4 inches long by 3 inches in thickness. The color is
bright green, the surface smooth. The skin is rather thin, scarcely
over 1 mm. in thickness. The flesh is creamy yellow near the
seed, changing to pale green near the skin, of good texture and said
to be of good quality, though not excellent. The seed is about the
average size, but not objectionably large ; the seed coats are
rather thick and loose, but I found no specimens in which the seed
rattled in the cavity. The tree is evidently very productive, judg-
ing by the present crop. It is growing in a very favorable situa-
tion, however, and received a good deal of fertilizer. The fruit
is attractive in appearance and seems well worthy of a trial in
southern Florida."
40979. "(Placetas, Santa Clara Province, Cuba, July 20, 1915.)
Don Curios avocado. A small variety, said to be of exceptionally
choice quality, from the Quinta Aguas Azules of Dona Seratina
Wilson, Viuda de Bartlett, Dear Guadalupe, about 15 miles from
Placetas. This fruit is almosl perfectly round in form and of light
yellowish green color. The skin is thick, the flesh of fine, oily
texture, and the seed very small in comparison to the size of the
fruit. The tree is bearing an excellent crop and can probably be
considered productive. It ripens its fruit from August to October,
and is not. therefore, a very late variety, hut because of its good
quality it is considered worthy of a trial in southern Florida. It
was the favorite fruit of Don Carlos Bartlett. the former owuer of
the Quinta Aguas Azules, and has been named for him."
40980. "(Placetas, Santa Clara Province, Cuba. July 20, 191."..)
Guadalupe avocado. A lute variety from the quinta of Sr. Joaquin
Wilson al Guadalupe, about 15 miles from Placetas. This is a
broadly pyriform fruit, nan-owed at the base, hut not noticeably
'necked,' and somewhat oblique at the apex. It will probably
weigh 12 to 14 ounces when ripe. The eel. a- is green, sometimes
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1915. 25
40978 to 40983— Con. (Quoted notes by Mr. Wilson Popenoe.)
mottled with maroon; the skin is rather thin, about 1 mm. in thick-
ness. The flesh, which seems to be entirely free from fiber, is
said to be of very good flavor. The seed is of about the average
size, nor objectionably large, and apparently tight in the cavity.
This tree produces the latest fruits of any on the Wilson farm,
but the crop does not all ripen late, and only a few fruits hang on
until February. At the present time there are fruits in various
stages of growth upon the trees, some almost fully grown, others
still quite small. Sr. Joaquin Wilson claims that he has picked ripe
fruit from this tree during a large portion of the year. It does
not appear to be a very heavy bearer, however. For trial in
southern Florida."
40981. " (Placetas. Santa Clara Province, Cuba, July 20, 1915.) Mer-
ced avocado. The latest variety growing in the Quinta Aguas Azules
of Dona Serafina Wilson, Viuda de Bartlett. near Guadalupe, about
15 miles from Placetas. The fruit is said to remain on the tree
until February. It is broadly pyriform, very similar to Pollock
in shape, but probably not over 1 pound in weight, judging by its
present size. The color when ripe is said to be green and the
quality excellent. The tree is old and in poor condition ; it is
not bearing a good crop this season, but might fruit more heavily
under favorable conditions. For trial in southern Florida."
40982. "(Placetas, Santa Clara Province, Cuba, July 20. 1915.)
Wilson avocado. A late variety, said to be of unusually good qual-
ity, from the quinta of Sr. Joaquin Wilson at Guadalupe, about 15
miles from Placetas. This is a rather small fruit, probably not over
8 or 10 ounces in weight, round to very broadly oval in form, usu-
ally somewhat oblique at the apical end. The color when ripe is
said to be very light green. The skin is 2 mm. in thickness. The
flesh is perfectly free from fiber and said to be of unusually tine
texture and rich flavor. The seed is very small in proportion to
the size of the fruit. According to Sr. Joaquin Wilson, after
whom the variety is named, it ripens about Christmas. The tree
is carrying an excellent crop and seems to be all that could be
desired in regard to productiveness. While rather small in size,
this seems to be a valuable fruit, and should be tried in southern
Florida."
40983. Mangifera ixdica L. Anacardiacese. Mango.
"(Santiago de Cuba, July 23, 1!t1.r>.) Biscochuelo mango. This is prob-
ably the best type of mango grown in the vicinity of Santiago de Cuba,
and excepting the Filipino one of the very best in the island. It is quite
common here and very abundant on the markets, where the fruits are
sold at $2 per hundred. Biscochuelo is a fruit of rather unique form
differing from all others I have seen in Cuba. It is oval to suhreniform,
decidedly oblique, the left shoulder rounded to very broad ami marked by
a deep suture, which extends some distance down the ventral side of the
fruit, the right Shoulder usually falling abruptly. The apex is rather
sharp and sometimes almost beaked. In cross section the fruit is broadly
oval. The weight is 8 to 11 ounces. The general color, when the fruit
is fully ripe, is dear light orange, hut as seen in the market they are fre-
quently tinged with green. The skin is thick and tough, the flesh bright
orange-yellow, firm and meaty, with a faint but pleasant aroma and very
26 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
40978 to 40983— Con. (Quoted notes by Mr. Wilson Popenoe.)
little fiber for a seedling type. The flavor is sweet even when the fruit is
still quite hard, and when fully ripe it is very pleasant. The seed is
reniform in outline, with long fiber on the ventral edge and short stiff
fibers elsewhere, the enihryos being one to five in number. Most of the
specimens examined were polyembryonic. Seems worthy of trial in
southern Florida."
40984 to 40986.
From Cairo, Egypt. Presented by Mr. Thomas W. Brown, director, Horti-
cultural Division, Gizeh Branch, Ministry of Agriculture. Cuttings
received July 20. 1915.
40984 and 40985. Ficus SYCOMOBTJS L. Moracea?. Pharaoh's fig.
40984. "Baladi." 40985. " Kelabi."
Sec S. P. T. No. 39858 for previous introduction.
40986. Tamarix aphylla (L.) Karsten. Tamaricaceae. Tamarisk.
(Tamarix articulata Vahl.)
See S. P. I. No. 39856 for previous introduction and description.
40987 and 40988.
From Trinidad, Cuba. Collected by Mr. Wilson Popenoe, Agricultural Ex-
plorer for the Department of Agriculture. Received July 21, 1915.
40987. Anacabmum excelsum (Bert, and Bulb.) Skeels. Anacardiacese.
(Anacardium rhinocarpus DC.) Nariz.
"(Trinidad, Santa Clara Province, Cuba, July 17, 1915.) Nariz. A
magnificent tree, native of South America. It is very rare here in Cuba,
but there are four or five tine old specimens beside the cart road from
Casilda to Trinidad, and it is from these specimens (which have been
noted by Roig and de la Maza, Flora de Cuba, p. 131) that this specimen
of seed was obtained. The nariz attains 60 or 65 feet in height, forming
an erect but rather broad, compact head of dark-green foliage. As a
shade and ornamental tree it should have considerable value. The leaves
are entire, or nearly so, upon stout petioles one-half to 1 inch long, the
blades obovate, oblanceolate, or spatulate, 6 to 18 inches long, 2\ to 6 inches
broad, the apex obtuse to subacute, the base cuneate-attenuate, the sur-
face smoot and dee]) green above, somewhat paler beneath, the venation
raised below. The fruits ripen principally in August; they are da.-k
brown, about an inch long, reniform and flattened, shaped somewhat like
a nose, whence the name nariz. Unlike the cashew, the fruit stalk is not
large and swollen but is inconspicuous. The seeds are not considered
edible. While this tree appears to have no particular economic value, it
is worthj of trial as an ornamental, and it would also be of interest to
test it as u stock for its relutive, the mango." (Popenoe.)
For an illustration of the nariz tree, see Plate II.
40988. Cobdia aura (Jacq.) Koem. and Schult. Boraginaccre.
"(Trinidad, Santa Clara Province, Cuba, July 17, 1915.) Ateje. A
large shrub. L5 to 18 feet high, common along the ^astern edge of the
Valley of San Luis. It is bushy, branching close to the ground and send-
ing up long, stiff shoots well furnished with dark-green foliage. The
leaves are alternate, obovate to ovate-elliptical, 3 to 4 inches long, with
entire margin and the surface covered with short, bristly hairs; petioles
about an inch long, teret - The floweis, winch are pale yellow and about
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1915. 27
40987 and 40988— Continued.
half an inch in diameter, are borne in broad, flal-topped corymbs some-
times a foot across. The oblong-obovate fruits are half an inch in length
and pearly white \ hen ripe, inclosing a single large seed. It is appar-
ently a good melliferous plant and of considerable ornamental value. For
trial in southern Florida and southern California." (Popenoe.)
40989. Saccharum ciliare Anderss. Poaceae. Elephant grass.
From St. Kitts, British West Indies. Presented by Mr. F. R. Shepherd,
curator, Botanic Station. Received July 22, 1915.
" It is the sara of the classic authors of India and is met with throughout the
plains and lower hills and distributed to China. In the Punjab it often covers
large tracts of country and is frequently planted in lines or dividing hedges,
especially in low-lying localities subject to periodic inundation. Sir William
Jones says: 'This beautiful and superb grass is highly celebrated in the
Puranas, the Indian god of war having been born in a grove of it, which burst
into flame; the gods gave notice of his birth to the nymph of the Pleiads, who
descended and suckled the child ; thence named Carticeya. The edsd ( kdsd or
kdns) vulgarly casta (S. spontaneum) has a shorter culm, leaves much nar-
rower, longer and thicker hairs, but a smaller panicle, less compounded, without
the purplish tints of the sara; it is often described with praise by the Hindu
poets for the whiteness of its blossoms, which give a large plain, at some distance,
the appearance of a broad river. Both plants are extremely useful to the Indians.
who harden the internodal parts of the culms and cut them into implements for
writing on their polished paper. From the munj, or culm, of the sara was made
the mauriji, or holy thread, ordained by Menu to form the sacerdotal girdle, in
preference even to the cusa grass.' Munj fiber is obtained from the leaf
sheaths; the blades are the sar or sara used in thatching houses and as a paper
material; the contained flowering stem is the bind or rind: the panicle or
flowering stem is the sirki, til, or thili, used in thatching boats, carts, etc.;
sentha or kana is the lower, stronger portions of the flowering stem, used in
the manufacture of chairs, stools, tables, baskets, and screens; and tUak, tilon,
or ghua are names that denote the flowers. Some of these names, such as
munj and sara, have been supposed to denote the products of different species,
instead of different parts of one and the same plant; hence lias originated much
of the confusion that prevails. Sara is used in paper making and munj as a
textile fiber. The much-prized munj is strong, elastic, and has a wonderful
power of enduring moisture without decaying.. It is extensively employed in
the manufacture of cordage, ropes, the famed Delhi mats, and in the preparation
of baskets, etc. Munj mats are reported to be proof against white aids, but are
hard on shoe leather, harsh to the foot, and fatiguing when walked on for any
length of time. These are largely produced in Allahabad, Agra, Delhi, and are
traded in all over India, and within recent years have begun to find their way to
Europe. In the early spring the old grass is often fired, when shortly after a
crop of young leaves is produced from the stools, which is much valued as
fodder." (Watt, Commercial Products of India, p. 929 9S0.)
40990. Passiflora ediilis Sims. Passifloraceae. Passion fruit.
From Garrawin, Mangrove Mountain, via Gosford, Sydney. Australia.
Presented by Mr. J. Harrison. Received July 28, L915
" Seeds of our commercial variety of P. edulis, of which we in this district are
the principal growers." (Harrison.)
28 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
40991. Mangifera cndica L. Ajaacardiaceas. Mango.
From Manila, Philippine islands. Presented by Mr. William S. Lyon, Gar-
dens u!' Nagtajan. Received August 4, 1915.
Seeds sent in continuation of Mr. Lynn's experiments in shipping mango seeds
to the United States. Three plants are being grown from the six seeds received.
40992. Passiflora edulis Sims. Passinoraceae. Passion fruit.
From Tucuman, Argentina. Presented by Mr. H. F. Schultz, horticulturist,
Agricultural Experiment Station. Received August li. 11)15.
" Seeds of a superior yellow-fruited variety of Passiflora grown at Calilegua,
Argentina. I expect to plant this variety quite extensively in this province
under different local conditions of soil and climate. We have recently had very
severe weather, the temperature going down to 5° C. below zero, which naturally
has resulted in considerable damage to tender tropical and subtropical trees."
{Schultz.)
40993. Psidium guayabita A. Richard. Myrtacese. Guayabita.
From Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba. Presented by Mr, Juan T. Roig, botanist,
Agricultural Experiment Station. Received August 5, 1915.
"This is a species peculiar to the western portion of Pinar del Rio, where it
is called guayabita del Pinar. The fruit is edible, but not very valuable. A
very popular aromatic liquor is prepared from the fruit, and there is a factory in
Pinar del Rio which has patented the product with the name of lAcor de guay-
abita del Pinar." ( Roig.)
40994 and 40995.
From Santiago de las Vegas. Cuba. Collected by Mr. Wilson Popenoe, Agri-
cultural Explorer for the Department of Agriculture. Received August
3, 1915.
40994. Elaeis gsjineensis Jacq. Phoenicacese. Guinea oil palm.
" Seeds of the oil palm obtained from an old plant growing on the prop-
erty of Sr. Brito, near Santiago de las Vegas. This palm seems to be at
home here, but it is very rarely seen in cultivation. It has already been
introduced into the United States at various times." {Popenoe.)
40995. Enterolobium cyclocabpum (Jacq.) Griseb. Mimosacese.
" Oreja de judio. A tine leguminous tree extensively used in this region
as a shade tree along avenues and carreteras. Of the four or five different
species used on the rock road from Santiago de las Vegas to Havana this
is certainly one of the best, growing to a considerable height and branch-
ing to form a symmetrical, rounded head of deep-green foliage, giving a
fairly dense shade and presenting an attractive appearance. While it
has already been planted in Florida, I know of no avenues of it in that
State, and it might advantageously be propagated at Miami, I believe.
with the intention of testing it as an avenue tree." {Popenoe.)
40996. Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott. Araceae. Taro.
From Honolulu. Hawaii. Presented by Mr. Gerrit P. Wilder.
"(No. 208. Ualii a l'< le.) The varietal name means 'smoke of Pele," or 'vol-
cano smoke.' Pele bwing the goddess or spirit of the volcano Kilauea. The leaf
blade is dark olive bronze, shaded with purple; petiole maroon, varying from
dark to light. The sap is reddish. The plant is very ornamental." {R. A.
Young.)
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBEE 30, 1915. 29
40997 to 40999. Pruntts spp. Amygdalacese.
From Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by Prof. C. S. Sargent, Arnold
Arboretum. Received August 9, 1915.
40997. Prunus maximowiczii Rupr. Maximowicz's cherry.
"Collected July 24, 1915."
"A tree about 25 feet bigh, with horizontal branches. 'Leaves obovate,
about 11 inches long, somewhat coarsely toothed, nearly glabrous; petioles
slender, about one-half inch long. Flowers white, on slender hairy
peduncles, one or two on each flowering shoot. Fruit crimson, the size of
small peas. Japan." (Kew Bulletin, New Garden Plants, 1903.)
See S. P. I. No. 40189 for previous introduction and description.
40998. Prunus serrulata sachalinensis (Schmidt) Makino.
(Prunus sargentii Rehder.) Sargent's cherry.
" Seed. Arboretum, 1915."
"A species which has been confused with [the Japanese flowering cherry
heretofore called] P. pseudo-cerasus, from which it differs by having all
its parts glabrous. It is nearest allied to P. serrulata, differing by having
sessile umbels and more coarsely toothed leaves. Japan." (Kew Bul-
letin, New (tunica Plants, 1909.)
See S. P. I. Nos. 38761 and 40190 for previous introductions and de-
scription.
40999. Prunus yedoensis Matsum. Flowering cherry.
"Seed. Arboretum, July 12, 1915."
"A rather large tree with smooth branches and gray bark; young leaves
pubescent along the veins; older leaves quite glabrous, broadly elliptic
or ovate to oblong; base acute, oblique, or subrotund. Flowers precocious,
rose-tinted fading to white, in 2 to 3 flowered corymbs. This tree differs
from P. pseudo-cerasus in its precocious flowers, iis pilose style, ami its
somewhat pubescent petioles and pedicels. Cultivated in gardens in
Tokyo. (Adapted from the original description. Tokyo Botanical Maga-
zine, vol. 15.)
41000. Amygdalus davidiana (Carr.) B. S. and Z. Amygdalacese.
(Prunus davidiana Franch.) Wild peach.
From China. Collected by Mr. Frank N. Meyer. Agricultural Explorer for
the Department of Agriculture. Received at the Plant Introduction
Field Station, Chico, Cal., August 8, 1915.
"(No. 2299a. Peking, China, May 1!). 1915.) Stones of (lie well-known
davidiana peach; a valuable stock for various stone fruits. Purchased from a
native collector who obtained them in the Western Hills, near Peking."
(Meyer.)
41001. Canariumamboinen.se Hochr. Balsameacese.
From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by the director, Botanic Garden. Re
ceived August 14, 1915.
"A burseraceous tree SO to !)() feel high, closely related to r. moluccana, hut
differing in the nearly smooth, oblong fruit, that of C. moluccana being very
rough ami very much more elongate. This tree branches about 25 feet from the
ground, trunk about 8 feet in circumference; possesses large arching prop roots
at the base; hark smooth and white; crown umbrella shaped." (Hochreiltiner,
Plantae Bogoriensis Exsiccatae, p. 55.)
30 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
41002. Bklou marmelos (L.) Lyons. Rutacese. Bael fruit.
(Aojle tnannclos Correa.)
From Seharunpur, India. Presented by Mr. A. C. Hartless, superintendent,
Botanic Gardens. Received August 31, 1915.
See S. P. I. Nos. 24450 and 33094 for previous introductions and description.
41003. Pouteria caimito (Ruiz and Pav.) Radlkofer. Sapotaceae.
(Lucuma cairn Ho Roem. and Schult.) Abiu.
From Lavras, Minas Geraes, Brazil. Presented by Mr. Benjamin H. Hunni-
cutt, Escola Agricola de Lavras. Received August 5, 1915.
"A timber tree with edible fruits. It looks very much like cabelludinho.
The fruit is a beautiful golden yellow and is the shape of the fruit of the limdo
do matto. The fruit is somewhat sticky, but of a delicious flavor. The one we
have on our place is a beautiful bush at present and would do very well as an
ornamental plant. It is found in the States of Espirito Santo, Sao Paulo, and
Minas Geraes." (Hunnicutt.)
41004. Litchi chinensis Sonnerat. Sapindacese. Litchi.
(Nephelium litchi Cambess.)
From Amoy, China. Presented by Mrs. L. W. Kip, at the request of Mr.
John M. Nixon. New York City. Received August 21, 1915.
" Some of the seeds came from Canton and Swatow, though I could not see
any difference in the fruits from those grown in this region. The Chinese say
that the litchi does not come true from seed, so they propagate it by scraping
some of the bark from a branch and wrapping mud around it till rooted. Should
do well in Florida and southern California and would be sure to flourish in
Porto Rico." (Kip.)
41005. Fragaria chiloensis (L.) Duches. Rosacea;.
Strawbsrry.
From Guayaquil, Ecuador. Presented by Mr. Frederick W. Goding, consul
general. Received August 20, 1915.
"Wild strawberry seeds, forwarded to this office by Prof. Abelardo Pachano,
of the chair of agronomy, Escuela de Agronomia, Ambato, Ecuador, who writes
as follows: 'Seed of Fragaria (frutilla as we call them). Please remember
that they grow most extensively at Huachi, a country sandy and dry as the
Sahara.' This is the only species recorded from Ecuador, but there may be
others, and if so seeds will be procured and forwarded." (Goding.)
41006 and 41007. Fragaria spp. Rosacea;. Strawberry.
From Bogota, Colombia. Presented by Mr. Thaddeus A. Thompson, Ameri-
can minister. Received August 21, 1915. Quoted notes by Mr. Thompson.
"The consuls in Barranquilla and Cartagena inform me that they believe
this section of Colombia is the only one which produces strawberries, and I am
of the opinion that they are more or less correct in their belief."
41006. Fragaria CHILOENSIS (L.) Duches.
''Chile. Seeds of a rather white strawberry, which. I understand, is
broughl from a considerable distance, and which is not usually called a
strawberry I fresa), hut is known by the name of chile."
41007. Fragaria vesca L.
" Seeds of the common red strawberry, which is procurable here
throughout the year."
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1915. 31
41008. Polakowskia tacaco Pittior. Cucurbitaceae. Tacaco.
From Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. Carlos Werckl§, at the request of Mr.
J. E. Van der Laat, director, Department of Agriculture. Received Au-
gust 20, 1915.
" Leave the fruits until shriveled, then put them in a pile of rotten leaves or
very loose peat, as they do not sprout if planted in common garden earth."
(Wercktt.)
See S. P. I. Nos. 26244, 26245, and 36592 for previous introductions.
41009 to 41016. Triticum spp. Poaceae. Wheat.
From Northern Circle, Jubbalpore, Central Provinces, India. Presented by
G. Evans, Deputy Director of Agriculture. Received July 30, 1915.
41009 to 41011. Triticum aestivitm L.
(Triticum vulgnre Vill.)
41009. Hansi pissi (soft Hansi).
41010. Sukerhai pissi (soft Sukerhai).
41011. Murya.
41012 to 41016. Triticum durum Desf.
41012. Bansi.
Bansi is described as a hard red wheat by Watt, in Commercial
Products of India.
41013. Dahutia.
Probably the same variety that Watt describes as Daodia, soft
and starchy, white.
41014. Howrah.
41015. Jalalia.
Watt, in Commercial Products of India, describes this as hard
and glutinous, white.
41016. Tigharia.
41017 to 41029. Triticum spp. Poaceae. Wheat.
From Petrograd, Russia. Presented by Dr. Robert Regel, chief, Bureau
of Applied Botany. Received August 17, 1915. Quoted notes by Dr.
Regel.
41017 to 41023. Triticum aestivum L.
(Triticum vttlgare Vill.)
41017. "No. 126. Var. ferrugineum Al., subvariety sibiricum. Col-
lected in Perm Government, 1906. Received from the Agricultural
Society of the Province. Called Krasnokoloska, spring form.
Grown by the bureau (pure line 0272.\'_'. 1D14, sowing 75, Govern-
ment of Voronezh)."
41018. " No. 273. Var. ferrugineum Al., subvariety rossicum. Col-
lected in Tomsk Government, 1903. Received through Prof.
Prjanishnikov. Spring form. Grown by the bureau (pure line
062A2, 1913, sowing 46, Voronezh Government)."
41019. " No. 902. Var. alborubrum Korn., subvariety orientate. Col-
lected in Bokhara. 1909. Received from exhibition In Tashkent
from the collection of Bokharian Emir. Winter form. Grown by
the bureau (sowing 30, 1911-12, Petrokof Government)."
32 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
41017 to 41029— Continued. (Quoted notes by Dr. R. Kegel.)
41020. "No. 1423. Var. erythrospermum Korn., subvariety durius-
culiiui. From Samarkand Province, 1909. Received from Mr.
Nurmatov. Called Kizyl-bogara, spring wheat. Grown by the
bureau (pure line 0326A4, 1914, experiment field of Prasnovodo-
padsk)."
41021. "No. 1879. Var. lutescens Al., subvariety poltawense. Col-
lected in Ekaterinoslav Government, 1910. Received from the
Agricultural School, Mariinsko. Called Poltavka, spring form.
Grown by the bureau (sowing 43, 1911, Kursk Government)."
41022. " No. 1986. Var. graecum Korn., subvariety amylosum. Col-
lected in Samara Government, 1910. Received through Mr.
Tshechovitsh. Called Chivinka, spring form. Grown by the bureau
(pure line 0402A3, 1913, sowing 64, Elisabetpol Government)."
41023. "No. 3237. T. compactum Host, var. fetisoicii Korn., sub-
variety burnascheioi. Collected in Semiretshje Province, 1912.
Received from Agricultural School of Kopal. Called Teremkovaja,
spring form. Grown by the bureau (original sample, C. Flaxs-
berger)."
41024 and 41025. Triticum dicoccum Schrank.
41024. "No. 417. Var. farrum Bayle, subvariety arras Hochst.
Collected in Samara Government, 1908. Received from Mr. Jela-
gitsh. Spring form. Grown by the bureau (pure line 094A4, 1913,
sowing 66, Voronezh Government)."
41025. " No. 859. Var. rufum Schubl., subvariety maturatum. Col-
lected in Samara Government, 1909. Received from Mr. Karamzin.
Spring form. Grown by the bureau (pure line 0139A3, 1912, sow-
ing 54, Voronezh Government)."
41026 to 41028. Triticum durum Desf.
41026. "No. 2:1;. Var. hordeiforme Host, subvariety densitiscu-
1 u in. Collected in Tomsk Government, 1903. Received through
Prof. Prjanishnikov. Spring form. Grown by the bureau (pure
line 074A3, 1914, sowing 75, Voronezh Government)."
41027. "No. 465. Var. coerulescens Bayle. Collected in Tomsk
Government, 1907. Received through Mr. Korenko. Spring form.
Grown by the bureau (pure line 0295A4, 1914, sowing 75, Voronezh
Government)."
41028. "No. 830. Var. hordeiforme Host., subvariety laxiusculum.
Collected in Kursk Government, 1909. Received through Mr. Mal-
zew. Spring form. Crown by the bureau (pure line 0123A4, 1913,
sowing 66, Voronezh Government)."
41029. Tbiticum tubgiduw L.
"No. 533. Var. sp< cio.sissimum Korn. Collected in Titlis Government.
1908. Received from .Miss Mlokosjevitsh. Grown by the bureau (pure
line 0212A2, 1912-13, sowing 61, Elisabetpol Government)."
41030 and 41031.
From Son-do, Chosen (Korea). Presented by Rev. C. II. Deal, Anglo-
Korean School. Received August 12. 1915.
41030. Raphanus sativus L. Brassicacese. Radish.
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1915.
33
41030 and 41031— Continued.
41031. Brassica chinensis Jusl. Brassicacese. Pakchoi.
" Korean cabbage. I think this is strictly a Korean article, as I have
never met with it anywhere else. It grows very much like celery, but
with leaves very much like a turnip or mustard leaf. The stems are
stocky and blanch beautifully. It is used here for making a kind of
pickle called Kimchi. The natives call the cabbage Pachoo, which would
be a good name in case you have not already introduced the seed under
another name. The seeds are planted in the fall, about September, in
hills about 15 inches apart each way and thinned to one stalk to a hill.
It is not gathered until after frost, just before the first heavy freeze. It
takes a good deal of water and rich land and plenty of fertilizer."
(Deal.)
41032 to 41051. Triticum spp. Poacea?. Wheat.
From Tunis, northern Africa. Presented by L. Guillochon, Botanical Serv-
ice. Received August 17, 1915.
" Varieties commercially cultivated in Tunis, but selected by the Agricultural
Experiment Station Service." (Guillochon.)
41032 to 41034. Triticum aestivum L.
(Triticum vulgare Vill. )
41032. AUorca.
41033. Malum,
41035 to 41051. Triticum durum Desf.
41035. MMe~ah.
41036. Biskri Smooth.
41034. Richelle.
41037.
N amir a.
41038.
Real Forte.
41039.
Lenah Khetifa.
41040.
Sbei.
41041.
Agili Pubescent.
41042.
Smooth Sbei.
41043.
Taganrog.
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Durum wheat.
41044.
Mekki.
41045.
Mahmoudi.
41046.
Mahmoudi A G8.
41047.
Azizi.
41048.
Adjini.
41049.
Allemand.
41050.
Berbcm.
41051.
Souri.
Sapindacea
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41052. Litchi chinensis Sonnerat.
(Nephelium litchi Cambess.)
From Hongkong, China. Presented by Mr. H. Green, acting superintendent,
Botanical and Forestry Department. Received August 30, 1915.
See S. P. I. No. 3S779 for description.
41053. Dimocarpus longan Lour. Sapindacea?. Longan.
(Nephelium longana Cambess.)
From Littleriver, Fla. Presented by Mr. Charles Simpson. Received August
30, 1915.
" The longan tree is likewise a native of southern China, where it is cultivated
for the sake of its fruit. Its leaves have generally five pairs of Leaflets much
resembling those of the litchi, but it is readily distinguished by its flowers having
a deeply 5-parted calyx. The longan is a smaller fruit than the litchi, varying
14645°— 18 3
34 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
from 1 inch to 1$ inches in diameter and quite round, with a nearly smooth,
brittle skin of a yellowish brown color. It contains a similar semitransparent
pulp, of an agreeable sweet or subacid flavor, and is largely sold in tbe mar-
kets." (Treasury of Botany, vol. 2, p. 78//.)
To be tested as a stock for Litchi chinensis.
See S. P. I. Nos. 32006, 34206, and 39551 for previous introductions.
For an illustration of the longan tree in fruit in Florida, see Plate III.
41054. Litchi chinensis Sonnerat. Sapindacese. Litchi.
(Nephelium litchi Cambess.)
From Canton, China. Presented by Mr. G. Weidman Groff, Canton Christian
College. Received September 2, 1915.
" Wai chih li chi."
See S. P. I. No. 38779 for description.
41055. Pennisetum longistylum Hochst. Poacese.
Kikuyu grass.
From Pretoria, Union of South Africa. Presented by Mr. I. B. Pole Evans.
chief, Division of Botany. Cuttings received September 3, 1915.
"Kikuyu grass. We originally obtained this grass from British East Africa,
which, so far as our experience goes, would appear to be one of the most
promising grasses that we have in this country. So far, although the grass has
been under cultivation at our botanical station for the past four years, it has
shown no signs of forming seed, and it was only last summer that it flowered
and enabled us to have it determined botanically. The grass has a creeping
habit, and cattle are passionately fond of it ; it also makes a nice hay grass."
(Evans.)
41056. Allium cepa L. Liliacese. Onion.
From Teheran, Persia. Presented by Col. J. N. Merrill. Persian Army.
Received September 3, 1915.
"Onion seed from Tarum, which is about 24 miles west of Zendjan (Zinjan),
in western Persia. Mr. R. S. Reed, Controller of Finances of Zendjan", was kind
enough to gel me the seed. Tarum has an altitude of about 4.000 feet ; irriga-
tion is used ; soil gravelly, probably contains alkali. They are the largest onions
I have seen, some of them being 6 inches in diameter by 4 in depth or larger.
Mr. Reed says the onions of Tarum are much esteemed by the Persians, who
rat them raw, as they have such good flavor." (Merrill.)
41057. Myrciaria floribunda (West) Berg. ftlyrtaceae.
Guava berry.
From St. Croix. Danish West Indies. Presented by Mr. Longfield Smith,
director, Agricultural Experiment Station. Received August 30, 1915.
" Seeds of the guava-berry tree. The fruits of this tree make a delicious
preserve with an aromatic flavor ; they are also used with rum for making a
liquor called guava-berry rum." (Smith.)
.ory 44, Seeds and Plants Imported.
Plate III.
The Longan, Dimocarpus longan Lour. (Nephelium longana Cambess.).
in Fruit in Florida. (See S. P. I. No. 41053.)
This highly prized southern Chinese fruit tree bears abundantly in Florida, but the fruits appear to
have little value, perhaps because selection has not been earned on to any extent. 'I he profuse
fruiting habit, the flourishing condition of this tree in Reasoner Hmt hers' tropical frail shed, and
the value placed on the fruit by the Chinese indicate that a thorough study of the various strains
of this tree should be made. (Photographed by Wilson l'openoe, Oneeo, Fla., August 19, 1U14;
T16166FS.)
Inventory 44, Seeds anrl Plants Imported.
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41058 to 41061. Prunus spp. Amygdalacese.
From Yokohama, Japan. Purchased from the Yokohama Nursery Co.
Received September 7, 1915.
41058 to 41060. Pkunus sekkulata sachalinensis (Schmidt) Makino.
(Pruntis sargcntii Render.) Sargent's cherry.
41058. Yamazakura seeds from Koganei, near Tokyo.
41059. Yamazakura seeds from Arashiyama, Kyoto.
41060. Yamazakura seeds from Yoshino, Nara.
See S. P. I. Nos. 38761, 40190, and 40623 for previous introductions
and description.
41061. Pkunus mume Sieb. and Zucc. Japanese apricot.
"A deciduous tree of rounded habit, 20 to 30 feet high, with smooth,
lustrous twigs. Leaves 2i to 4 inches long, roundish or broadly ovate,
contracted at tbe end into a long tapering point, sharply and often
doubly toothed, with scattered hairs on both sides, becoming smooth
except about the midrib beneath; leafstalk one-half to three-fourths
inch long. Flowers pale rose, 1 to 1^ inches across, produced singly or
in pairs (each on a very short stalk) from the joints of the previous
year's wood; petals broadly obovate; calyx one-half inch across, with
oblong rounded lobes. Fruit described as yellowish, globose, 1 to 1^
inches wide, scarcely edible ; shell of nut perforated. Native of Korea
and perhaps China. It is much cultivated in Japan for ornament, and
the double-flowered form was originally introduced to Europe from that
country by Messrs. Baltet, of Troyes, in 1878. It was first distributed as
'P. myrobalana, fl. plena.' a name which still clings to it in many places.
It is a true apricot, not a plum. In late years it has been imported from
Japanese nurseries in quantity and in various forms ; of these the fol-
lowing are now in our gardens: Alba (white), alba plena (double white),
flora plena (double rose), pendula (weeping). The flowers are delicately
perfumed. This apricot is very valuable in gardens, especially the double-
flowered forms, for its early, profuse flowering, being in bloom generally
about the same time as the almond, and at its best almost as beautiful.
It should be given a sheltered place. It can be distinguished from the
common apricot by the longer, more slender apex to the leaf." (W. J.
Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Jsles, vol. :?, p. ' '/'/.)
"The pickled mume fruits form part of the army ration of the Japanese
soldier. They are among the sourest things known. The trees are hardy
at Washington, and some varieties flower in February." (Fairchild.)
See S. P. I. Nos. 9211 to 9216, 28685, and 34582 for previous introduc-
tions.
For an illustration of the fruits of this apricot, see Plate IV.
41062. Garcinia mangostana L. Clusiacese. Mangosteen.
From Manila, Philippine Islands. Presented by tbe director, Bureau of
Agriculture. Plants received July 22, 1915.
See S. P. I. No. 25887 for description.
41063. Oryza sativa L. Poaceae. Upland rice.
From Lavras, Minas Geraes, Brazil. Presented by Mr. Benjamin H. Hunni-
cut, director, Escola Agricola de Lavras, through Mr. C. C. Knight, vice
director. Received August 5, 1915.
36 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
" I do not know the name of the variety of this rice, as they do not pay much
attention to varietal names here. However, this past year was very hard for
upland rice, as we had a protracted drought of six weeks, hut this rice made a
crop. Another variety grown in the same field failed to make a crop.-'
(Hvnnicut.)
41064 to 41087. Triticum spp. Poaceae. Wheat.
From Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Presented by Mr. George
Valder, undersecretary and director, Department of Agriculture. Received
, August 26, 1915.
" The department's plant breeder states that the following varieties are winter
wheats here, but if sown at the same season as such sorts in America they would
probably be winterkilled. It is suggested that they be sown as spring wheat,
with the exception of Marster's Perfection [S. P. I. No. 41072], which should
stand the frosts of winter. It may be mentioned that samples of the ordinary
varieties recommended to farmers in this country have invariably been sent
abroad, and almost without exception have proved unsuitable for American and
European conditions ; it has been found that they either become eaten up with
spring rust or do not survive the winters." (Valder. )
41064 to 41071. Triticum afstivum L. Wheat.
(Triticum vulgare Till.)
Very early ; harvested 1913.
Very early ; harvested 1913.
Very early: harvested 1914.
Midseason to early; harvested 1914.
Very early ; harvested 1914.
Very early ; harvested 1913.
Very early ; harvested 1914.
Warren (ordinary). Midseason; harvested 1914.
41072. Triticum turgidum L.
Ma-rater's Perfection (Poulard). Very late; harvested 1913.
41073 to 41087. Triticum aestivum L.
(Triticum vulgare Vill.)
41073. Tarragon (ordinary). Rather late ; harvested 1914.
41074. Sunset (ordinary). Very early ; harvested 1914.
41075. Jumbuck Cross (ordinary). Medium early ; harvested 1914.
41076. Canberra (ordinary). Very early ; harvested 191-1.
41077. Bomcn (ordinary). Medium early ; harvested 1914.
41078. Cleveland, (ordinary). Rather late ; harvested 1913.
41079. Hard Federation (ordinary). Early ; harvested 1913.
41080. Federation (ordinary). Midseason ; harvested 1914.
41081. Steinwedel (ordinary). Early : harvested 1913.
41082. PurpU Straw (ordinary). Midseason : harvested 1914.
41083. Cedar (ordinary). Early ; harvested 1914.
41084. Cotcra No. 16 (durum). Late, a beardless durum hybrid;
harvest. h1 1913.
41085. Jonathan (ordinary). Midseason ; harvested 1914.
41086. Florence (ordinary). Early maturing ; harvested 1914.
41087. Thew (ordinary). Early maturing ; harvested 1914.
41064.
No. 4.
41065.
No. 9.
41066.
No. 3.
41067.
No. 14
41068.
No. 8.
41069.
No. 11.
41070.
No. 2.
41071.
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JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1915. 37
41088 to 41091. Citrus nobilis deliciosa (Tenore) Swingle.
Rutacese. . Mandarin.
From Redland Bay, Queensland. Presented by Mr. James Collins. Cuttings
received September 9, 1915. Quoted notes by Mr. Collins.
41088. "Excelsior (hybrid). Tree robust, heavy cropper, no thorns,
fruit large, skin tight, coarse while trees are young, very juicy, season
late, good, color scarlet."
41089. " Bur rum Beauty (hybrid). Tree robust, branches inclined to
weep a little, good cropper, thorny, fruit very large, skin loose, quality
fair, color scarlet."
41090. " Coomber's Perfection (true mandarin). Possibly the best man-
darin grown, tree robust, upright grower, very thorny, not a very heavy
cropper, fruit large, heavy, and firm, best quality."
41091. " Ellendale Beauty (hybrid). Tree robust grower, heavy crop-
per, fruit large to very large, firm and heavy, rather brisk flavor, good
cropper, quality fair, color scarlet."
41 093 to 41096. Chayota edulis Jacq. Cucurbitacese.
Chayote.
From Kingston, Jamaica. Presented by Mr. William Harris, Hope
Gardens. Fruits received September 9, 1915.
41092. Spiny green. 41095. Small green.
41093. Large smooth green. 41096. Long white.
41094. Medium-sized green.
41097 to 41123.
From Peru. Collected by Mr. O. F. Cook, of the Bureau of Plant Industry.
Received September 8, 1915. Quoted notes by Mr. Cook.
41097. Xanthosoma sp. Aracese.
" No. 1399. Qquelluuncucha. Amaybamba, Peru, June, 1915. A variety
with small roots that are preserved by drying and are called chufios, like
the potato dried by freezing in the high plateaus. This variety is not
acrid like the other, and the foliage is often cooked for greens."
Tubers.
41098. Curcuma sp. Zinziberaceae.
"No. 1442. Palillo chuncho. Santa Ana, Peru, July S, 1915. A plant
cultivated in the lower Urubamba Valley for its aromatic yellow-fleshed
rootstocks which are used for coloring food. For this purpose palillo
is considered superior to annatto and is an article of trade among the
natives. To be raised for identification."
Rootstocks.
41099. Citrus sp. Rutacese. Sweet lime.
" No. 1667. Santa Ana, Peru, July 7, 1915. A large and very vigorous
form of the sweet lime, a rather popular fruit in the Urubamba Valley."
Cuttings.
41100. Canna edulis Ker-Gawler. Cannacese. Canna.
" No. 1674. Santa Ana, Peru, July 8, 1915. Altitude, 3,000 feet. A cul-
tivated variety, different from that found previously near Intihuatana,
the tubers being green and white instead of red. The flowers are scarlet
and somewhat larger than those of the other variety."
Rootstocks.
38 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
41097 to 41123— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. O. F. Cook.)
41101. Xanthosoma sp. Araceae.
" No. 1678. Santa Ana, Peru, July 2, 1915. Var. Qquelluuncucha. Sup-
posed to be the same as No. 1399 (S. P. I. 41097), but the tubers some-
what smaller and longer. Grown at an altitude of about 3,000 feet."
Tubers.
41102. Fragaria sp. Rosacea?. Strawberry.
"No. 17G7. San Miguel, Tocontoy, Peru, July 10, 1915. Plants of a
wild strawberry grown at an altitude of about 8,000 feet."
41103. Manihot dulcis (Gesner) Balllon. Euphorbiaceae.
(Manihot palmata Muell. Arg.) Sweet cassava.
" No. 1768. Yuca. San Miguel. Peru, July 10, 1915. Cuttings of a seed-
bearing native variety grown at the upper rim of the tropical belt at an
altitude of 6,000 feet. For testing in the South and in California in com-
parison with the variety from Lima."
41104. Opuntia sp. Cactacese. Spineless prickly-pear.
" No. 1788. Tocontoy vicinity, Peru. A spineless form found by Prof.
Hiram Bingham in the Urubamba Valley below Ollantaytambo. Of possi-
ble interest on account of the large size of the leaves, which are of a deli-
cate texture and not unpleasant in taste. The spiny form is very common
throughout the Urubamba Valley, being planted commonly for hedges."
Cuttings.
41105. Escallonia myrtilloides L. f. Escalloniacese.
" No. 1827. Tasta. Pinasniocj, Peru, July 14, 1915. A tree related to
the Chachacoma, but with much smaller leaves and more horizontal
branches, giving the general appearance of a heiuloek or other coniferous
tree. Attains an altitude of 12,000 feet where heavy frosts are of nightly
occurrence during the winter. Should be tested first along the Pacific
coast."
Cuttings.
41106. Solanum sp. Solanacese.
" No. 1859. Pinasniocj, Peru, July 16, 1915. A native tree attaining a
height of 20 to 25 feet and a diameter of 1 foot. Grows at an altitude of
11,000 to 12,000 feet, and flowers in the winter when frosts are of almost
nightly occurrence. Blossoms in large clusters, angular bell shaped,
pendent; yellowish outside, within rich violet with a network of fine
yellow veins; peculiar and very attractive. May thrive on the Pacific
coast."
Cuttings.
41107. (Undetermined.)
" No. 1861. Masuca. Pinasniocj, Peru, July 16, 1915. Willowlike shrub
belonging to the family Melastomaceae, with very handsome pendent
flowers closely resembling those of Fuchsia. The calyx is red and the
corolla deep blue. The branches are straight and upright and very
tough, furnishing material for making baskets. The masuca comes from
a high altitude where frosts arc common and should be hardy enough to
thrive along the Pacific coast, at least as far north as San Francisco."
Plants.
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1915. 39
41097 to 41123— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. O. F. Cook.)
41108. (Undetermined.)
"No. 1862. Pinasniocj, Peru, July 16, 1915. Masuca. Same as 1861
[S. P. I. No. 41107], but from a different plant."
Plants.
41109. Solanum sp. Solanaceae.
"No. 1860. Pinasniocj, Peru, July 16, 1915. Same as 1859 [S. P. I.
41106], but from a different tree with flowers of a somewhat deeper
color."
Plant.
41110. Eugenia sp. Myrtacese.
" No. 1863. Pinasniocj, Peru, July 16, 1915. Cuttings of an extremely
beautiful tree, with fine glossy deep-green foliage contrasting with a
smooth, light-colored, graceful trunk and branches. Should be tried,
especially along the Pacific coast. Likely to become a general favorite
if conditions prove favorable for its development. Should be easily
propagated from cuttings. This material is from a selected tree of which
photographs were taken."
41111. Hesperomeles oblonga Lindley. Malaeeae.
" No. 1S74. Pinasniocj, Peru, July 16, 1915. Lengli. A very attractive
tree, with deep-green, hollylike foliage and clusters of red berries. Some-
what resembling our thorn-apple trees, Crataegus, but with much more
handsome evergreen foliage. Should be of interest for the Pacific coast
if it is found to thrive."
Plants.
41112. Escallonia resinosa (R. and P.) Persoon. Esealloniaceje.
" No. 1886. Pinasniocj, Peru, July 17, 1915. Chachacama. A tree of
ornamental value, producing clusters of white flowers for a long period
during the winter months. The trees attain a height of 30 or 40 feet
and a diameter of 2 to 3 feet. The wood is of excellent quality, baring
very little grain, and used especially for carving and household utensils.
Should endure frosts and may prove useful, especially along the Pacific
coast. "
Cuttings.
41113. Solanum sp. Solanaceae.
" No. 1S90. Pinasniocj, Peru, July 17, 1915. Quito, naranjo. A shrub
attaining a height of 6 to 8 feet, with very tough wood. The habits of
growth, the clean, fresh green foliage and clusters of white flowers all
unite to give a remarkable resemblance to the orange tree. This is
recognized in the native name, which means ' wild orange.' The plant
should be of ornamental value in the open air in the warmer parts of
the country and perhaps indoors."
Cuttings.
For an illustration of the Quito, naranjo, see Plate V.
41114. Buddleia incana Ruiz and Pavon. Logauiacese.
"No. 1892. Pinasniocj, Peru, July 16, 1915. Quishuar. A tree with
grayish foliage somewhat resembling the olive, with rather attractive
clusters of yellow flowers. It grows on the high table-lands of southern
Peru where frosts are of frequent occurrence during the winter season.
It grows rapidly and propagates readily from cuttings. The wood is
40 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
41097 to 41123— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. O. F. Cook.)
said to be very hard and durable. Of possible interest for ornamental
planting or windbreaks in the coast district of southern California."
Cuttings.
41115. (Undetermined.)
" No. 1907. Ollantaytambo, Peru, July 19, 1915. Panti. A medicinal
plant much used among the Indians and sometimes cultivated. Evidently
a composite, with a tuberous root not unlike the Yacon (Polymnia), but
smaller."
Roots.
41116. Opuntia sp. Cactaceae.
" No. 1918. Ollantaytambo, Peru, July 20, 1915. Spineless or nearly
spineless forms of this cactus are not uncommon in the Urubamba
Valley."
Cuttings.
41117. Solanum sp. Solanacese.
" No. 1937. Cuzco, Peru. July 26, 1915. A shrub attaining a height
of 6 to 8 feet, but flowering when only 3 to 4 feet high. The flowers of
an attractive blue color are in clusters and borne through the winter,
even in dry exposed places where severe frosts occur every night. Of
interest on account of its extreme hardiness and of possible value as an
ornamental along the Pacific coast and elsewhere."
Cuttings.
41118. Canna sp. Cannaceae. Canna.
" No. 1971. Below San Miguel. Peru, June, 1915. A species culti-
vated in the upper rim of the tropical belt at an altitude of about 6,000
feet."
Rootstock.
41119. Xanthosoma sp. Aracese.
" No. 1676. Santa Ana, Peru, July 2, 1915. Var. Huascamanuco. A
variety with deep pinkish flesh, one of the favorite sorts about Santa
Ana."
Tubers.
41120. Xanthosoma sp. Aracere.
" No. 1677. Santa Ana, Peru, July 2, 1915. Var. Picauncucha. A vari-
ety with large tubers and of good quality, but requires thorough cooking,
as the flesh is said to be extremely acrid when raw."
Tubers.
41121. Maniiiot dulcis (Gesner) Baillon. Euphorbiacese.
(Manihot palmata Muell. Arg.) Sweet cassava.
"No. 1680. Santa Ana, Peru, July 6, 1915. Yuca. A native seed-
bearing variety of cassava grown at an altitude of 3.000 feet. For
experimental planting in the South and possibly in California."
Cuttings.
41122. Manihot dulcis (Gesner) Baillon. Eupborbiacere.
(Manihot palmata Muell. Arg.) Sweet cassava.
"No. 1973. Lima, Peru, August 17, 1915. Yuca. A variety grown
along the coast between Lima and Callao, in a rather cool climate.
Should be tested in California, as well as in the Southern States."
Cuttings.
Inventory 44, Seeds and Plants Imported.
Plate V.
The Quita Naranjo, Solanum sp., an Ornamental Shrub from the
Mountains of Peru. (See S. P. I. No. 41 1 13.)
The clean, fresh foliage, the clusters of white flowers, and the globular fruits with the habil of growth
unite to give this Solanum a remarkable resemblance to the orange tree. Ltisashrubal taming
a height of 6 to 8 feet, and because of its ornamental value should be tried in the nuM-u intered
portions of the United States, and perhap greenhouse shrub. (Photographed by G. B.
Gilbert for the Yale-National Geographic Society Peruvian Expedition, oiluntaytanibo, Peru,
May IS, 1<J15; naturalsize; P18110CA.)
Inventory 44, Seeds and Plants Imported.
Plate VI.
A Field of Molasses Grass, Melinis minutiflora Beauv., S. P. I. No.
28768, from Brazil. (See S. P. I. No. 41 148. i
A South African grass, commonly cultivated in Brazil, which has grown well in Florida and el 6-
where in the Gulf States. It is said to be eaten greedily by cattle and horses, because of the sticky
secretion on the. blades, which is said to amount to as much as 3.22 per cent of the dry digestible
matter. In the field it is of a purplish color, the sticky secretion sometimes being soevidenl as to
look like frost on the leaves, leading observers to believe that the grass was frost resistant. ( Photo-
graphed at the Gainesville, Fla., Experiment Station, bv Peter Bisset, November 14, 1(J12;
P10391FS.)
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1915. 41
41097 to 41123— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. O. F. Cook.)
41123. Cantua bicolok Lem. Polemoniaceae.
" No. 1934. OUantaytambo, Peru, July 25, 1915. Cuttings of a wild
plant found about 1 league from Huaroeondo, along the road from
OUantaytambo. The flowers are somewhat smaller and lighter in color
than those of the cultivated Cantua buxifolia."
Cuttings.
41124. Citrus nobilis deliciosa (Tenore) Swingle. Rutacese.
Tangerine.
From Brazil. Presented by Rev. A. J. Holt, Kissimmee, Fla., who secured
the seeds from Rev. R. E. Pettigrew, Parana gua, Brazil. Received Sep-
tember 10, 1915.
" Seeds of the Brazilian tangerine. Mr. Pettigrew tells me that these are from
the finest tangerine that grows, that it is as large as a grapefruit and sells in
New York at 25 cents each." (Holt.)
41125 to 41127. Oryza satiya L. Poacese. Rice.
From Sao Paulo, Brazil. Presented by the Director de Agriculture e
Industria Pastoril. Received August 13, 1915.
41125. No. 1. Arroz agulha peludo (hairy needle rice).
41126. No. 2. Catete dourado (golden catete).
41127. No. 3. Arroz Valenciano (Valencia rice; Bomba 10 Extra
Florete).
41128. Garcinia mangostana L. Clusiacese. Mangosteen.
From Dominica, British West Indies. Presented by Mr. Joseph Jones,
curator, Botanic Gardens. Fruits received September 12, 1915.
See S. P. I. No. 25887 for previous introduction and description.
41129. Amygdalus persica L. Amygdalaceae. Peach.
(Prunus persica Stokes.)
From Naples, Italy. Presented by Mr. Jay White, American consul. Re-
ceived September 8, 1915.
" Freestone peach seed of a variety known locally as Mala Rosea and grown
in Sorrento, Italy, by Signor Casagrande. The fruit is considered one of the
best varieties of table peaches grown in the vicinity of Naples." (White.)
41130 to 41132. Amygdalus persica L. Amygdalacese. Peach.
(Prunus persica Stokes.)
From Foochow, China. Presented by Mr. Albert W. Pontius, American
consul. Received September 7, 1915. Quoted notes by Mr. Pontius.
41130. "Hung chiang or 'red peach.' The season for ripening is from
the early part of May to the middle of June."
41131. " Pai chiang or 'white peach.' Ripening from June to the end
of July."
41132. " Kuang ying peach. Ripens from July to the middle of August.
This is the smallest variety of the three."
42 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
41133. Belou marmelos (L.) Lyons. Rutacese. Bael fruit.
(Aegle marmelos Correa.)
From Gujranwala, India. Presented by Rev. H. S. Nesbitt, manager, Boys'
Industrial Home. Fruits received September 11, 1915.
" Five large specimens which are more rare here and four little scrub speci-
mens winch are the wild kind that grow in the jungles. They are sought for
by camel owners, who ascribe some virtue to them and periodically feed them
to their camels. They are so hard that they require to be broken under a
hammer or a stone.': (Nesbitt.)
41134. PiMEXTA officinalis Lindley. Myrtaceae. Allspice.
From Kingston. Jamaica. Presented by Mr. W. Harris, superintendent.
Hope Gardens. Received September 9, 1915.
"A small tree with smooth, white bark, 25 to 30 feet high, native of the West
Indies and Central America. The dried unripe berries, which are the size of
small peas, are the allspice or pimento of commerce. The name 'allspice' is
due to a supposed resemblance of the spice to a combination of the odour
and flavor of cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. The tree was introduced into
Ceylon over a century ago and established at Peradeniya, where it flowers
in dry weather and occasionally sets a few fruits, but outside the Botanic
Gardens it is rarely met with in this country. It is considered to yield best
in a hot and rather dry climate, and prefers a loose loamy or alluvial well-
drained soil. In Jamaica the berries are picked by hand while green but jusl
ripe, and are then dried in the sun. the latter process taking six to ten day-.
The fruits are known to be sufficiently dry when the seeds rattle on shaking
and are a dark colour. A crop can not be expected within six or seven years
from the time of planting, and when in full bearing a tree will yield a hundred-
weight of the dried spice. Jamaica is the only country that exports this spice,
which is sold at present in England at about 2d. to 3d. per pound." (Macmil-
lan, Handbook of Tropical Gardening and Planting.)
41135 to 41141.
From San Jose, Costa Rica. Presented by Mr.- J. E. Tan der Laat. direc-
tor, Department of Agriculture, through Mr. Carlos Werckle. Received
September 13, 1915. Quoted notes by Mr. Werckle.
41135 to 41140. Chayota kdulis Jacq. Cucurbitacese. Chayote.
"We have here a few exceptionally good varieties of the chayote, but,
very strange, they are seldom found in the market; the variety called
chayota zapayo (zapayo means squash), which is simply enormous, I
have never seen elsewhere than in Tarras, a little village near Cartago.
There is a form of the cocora, quite small, but very prolific, which has
nothing of the fibrous felt around the seed (endocarp). The dark-green
varieties produce more tubers than the light-colored ones; in the cold
highlands (where the chayote does best) they take from a single plant
as much as 100 pounds of roots every year. The plant grows and pro-
duces fruit also in the torrid lowlands, but it produces nearly no tubers.
We have here some round fruits (nearly spherical)."
41135. Small white. 41138. Large white.
41136. Spiny white. 41139. Large dark green.
41137. Large light green. 41140. Large light green.
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1915. 43
41135 to 41141— Continued. (Quoted note by Mr. C. Werckle.)
41141. Polakowskia tacaco Pittier. Cucurbitacese. Tacaco.
" The tacaco is not of a perishable nature, as the ehayote ; it lias a
hard skin when ripe and keeps in perfect condition for weeks ; at last
it shrivels and in this state it is planted. The fruits for planting are
chosen from those which fall off the vine when dead ripe. They can
not be planted in the soil ; they do not sprout. The best way is to bury
thern in rotting leaves on the earth, with a layer of dead leaves on them."
Fruits.
41142. Amygdalus persica L. Amygdalaceae. Peach.
(Primus persica Stokes.)
From Swatow, China. Presented by Mr. G. C. Hanson, American consul.
Received September 14, 1915.
" The two common strains of peaches in the vicinity of Swatow are locally
called the cling and the free varieties. There is also a third variety of a hard
and bitter nature, not edible except when preserved. This, the free strain,
named so because the flesh does not adhere to the stone, ripens about the mid-
dle of July. It is a sweet peach and a better fruit than the cling variety. The
seeds of this peach are used for medicinal purposes by the Chinese. The
peaches grown here are greatly inferior to the American varieties. Peaches
raised from the seeds are natural fruits, which are small and tasteless. The
trees need to be budded before the edible peach can be produced." (Hanson.)
41143. Cacara erosa (L.) Kuntze. Fabaceae. Yam bean.
(Pachi/rhizus angulatits Rich.)
From Calcutta, India. Presented by Mr. H. G. Carter, economic botanist.
Botanical Survey of India Department, Indian Museum. Received Sep-
tember 7, 1915.
" Sankalu."
See S. P. I. No. 38665 for previous introduction and description.
41144 to 41146. Oryza sativa L. Poaceae. Rice.
From Sao Paulo, Brazil. Presented by the Director de Agriculture e In-
dustria Pastoril. Received September 13, 1915.
41144. No. 1. Arroz Goyano (rice from Guiana).
41145. No. 2. Arroz Jaguar y (rice from Jaguary. Minas Geraes).
41146. No. 3. Agulha (needle), from the littoral (Iguape).
41147 and 41148.
From Macuco, Estado do Rio, Brazil. Presenled by .Mr. T. R. Day. Re-
ceived September 13, 1915.
41147. Carica papaya L. Papayacese. Papaya.
" Mamao (pronounced mammong very nearly, with accent on the second
syllable) appears to be the same as the papaya of India, but the fruit
here, like that of the Brazilian mango, is superior to the Indian varieties
w? have encountered, although it is net so much esteemed here as it is
by the natives in India. These seeds are of an unusually good variety.
and we think that if not already introduced or experimented with, it
is well worth a trial in the United Stales in sheltered places where there
is practically no winter. It will grow in any soil and fruits within twelve
44 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
41147 and 41148— Continued.
months, continuing in bearing for some four or five years. Among other
uses it serves as a very good shade tree for young fruit plantations of
tender varieties, as it is such an extraordinarily rapid grower and is very
easily cut out when it has served its part." (Day.)
41148. Melinis minutiflora Beauv. Poaceae. Molasses grass.
" There are two grasses here that are worthy of special mention, the
doubt as to adaptability being with regard to the winters in the Southern
States, which I understand are in some places fairly severe. They are
called Capim gordura roxa [molasses grass] and Capim jaragud. Capim
gordura roxa means literally ' greasy purple grass.' I have seen Capim
gordura roxa live down the wild fern that is such a plague in some dis-
tricts, and it forms (where not pastured) a dense carpet between 3 and
4 feet thick, upon which it was almost possible to walk. Riding or
walking through it in the pasture under normal conditions, the proportion
of wax and grease on the blades is sufficient to thoroughly clean and polish
one's boots; this is no exaggeration, but is often remarked. It is not a
watery grass, but unusually palatable to cattle and horses, and the blades
secrete a wax or grease that, according to one analysis, totals as much as
3.22 per cent of the dry digestible matter. It is perceptible to the fingers,
which it makes quite sticky. I have not met it in any other country, and
I believe that it is indigenous to the central part of Brazil, not thriving
right down in the south nor in the sandier coast States of the north. It
is a fairly good drought resister and comes up fairly well again after a
fire. There is a related variety called Capim gordura bianco (bianco means
white), of a bright emerald-green color, but without the resistance of
the roxa, and also not stooling so well. I have found both of the above
grasses growing away from the sea level up to 2,000 meters on Caparao,
the highest mountain of Brazil, and I have found it at 1,000 meters living
down wild fern ; both these altitudes are subject to frosts, and I have
also ridden through it on the uplands of Minas Geraes coated with a dense
white frost." (Day.)
For an illustration of a field of molasses grass, see Plate VI.
41149. A mygdalus persica L. Amygdalaceae. Peach.
(Prunus persica Stokes.)
From 'Jhungking, China. Presented by the American consul. Received
September 14, 1915.
" Seeds of two different strains of peaches which are commonly cultivated
in this vicinity. These peaches are locally known under the names of Hsiang
t'ao, or fragrant peach, and Chieh t'ao, or firm peach. The Hsiang fao is a
large peach and its skin and meat aye partly red. It becomes soft when ripe,
and the seed is readily extracted. It has a very delicious flavor. The Chieh
fao is slightly smaller in size than the Hsiang t'ao and when ripe its meat is
still quite linn. This peach ripens in this climate during the latter part of
June, while the Hsiang t'ao ripens about a fortnight earlier. This is also a very
finely flavored peach, but, however, not quite so sweet as the other one. A
point that I should like to call attention to is the comparative freedom of
these peaches from imperfect inns, a fact which is noteworthy in view of an
absence of pest-preventive measures." (Myrl S. Myers.)
The seeds df these two varieties were accidentally mixed; therefore only one
number was assigned.
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1915. 45
41150. Rheedia brasiliexsis (Mart.) PI. and Tr. Clusiaceae.
Pacuri.
From Asuncion, Paraguay. Presented by Mr. C. F. Mead. Received Sep-
tember 13, 1915.
See S. P. I. 37802 for previous introduction and description.
41151. Panax quinquefolium L. Araliacese. Ginseng".
(Aralia quinquefolia Decne. and Planch.)
From Mukden, China. Presented by Mr. P. S. Heintzleman, American
consul. Received September 16, 1915.
"Owing to unfavorable climatic and soil conditions in tbe district immedi-
ately surrounding Mukden, ginseng is not grown here ; however, I have suc-
ceeded in securing a small quantity. This plant is harvested during October in
the outlying district of Fengtien Province." (Heintzleman.)
41152. Hordeum vulgare coerulescexs Seringe. Poaceae.
Barley.
From Amoy, China. Presented by Mr.- L. Maynard, American consul.
Received August 20, 1915.
" Barley grown in the Province of Amoy and locally known as the 'Black Rice
variety.'" (Maynard.)
41153. Hordeum distichon nodum L. Poaceae. Berley.
From Lyallpur, Punjab, India. Presented by Mr. D. Milne, economic
botanist, Department of Agriculture, through Mr. Wynne Saver, assistant
to the Agricultural Adviser to the Government of India, Pusa, India.
Received July 22, 1915.
Subvar. ianthinum. Two-rowed, huskless, purple, naked variety.
41154. Saccharum officinarum L. Poaceae. Sugar cane.
From Pretoria, Transvaal, Union of South Africa. Presented by Mr. I. B.
Pole Evans, chief, Division of Botany, Department of Agriculture. Cut-
tings received September 13, 1915.
" Uba sugar cane. From Winklespruit Experiment Farm, Natal." (Evans.)
41155 to 41162. Hordeum spp. Poaceae. Barley.
From Cawnpore, United Provinces, India. Presented by Mr. II. M. Leake,
economic botanist. Received June 15, 1915. Quoted notes l>y Mr. Leake.
41155. Hordeum distichon nudum L.
"No. 128. Two-rowed huskless, from Bulandshahr."
41156. Hordeum vulgare coeleste L.
"No. 27. Six-rowed huskless, from Dehra Dun."
41157. Hordeum vulgare himai.ayense Rittig.
"No. 359. From Gorakhpur."
41158 to 41161. Hordeum vulgabe L.
41158. "No. 2.r>. Six-rowed, from Xaini Tal."
41159. "No. 222. Six-rowed, from Rareilly."
46 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
41155 to 41162— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. H. M. Leake.)
41160. "No. 48. Six-rowed, from Klieri."
41161. "No. 59. Six-rowed, from Klieri."
41162. HORDEUM VUI.GARE VIOLACEUM Koril.
" Rod barley. Six-rowed, from Cawnpore Farm."
41163. Solanum tuberosum L. Solanaceas. Potato.
From Buenos Aires, Argentina. Presented by Mr. \V. D. Backhouse, through
Mr. W. F. Wight, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Tubers received Sep-
tember 6, 1915.
" From a few miles southeast of La Plata, in the Province of Buenos Aires, at
a few meters' altitude above a lagoon, on land that had never been cultivated.
The potatoes grew in small patches and the tubers were surprisingly good.
Though this species flowers very profusely, it apparently does not seed. I had
a patch isolated and inclosed some hundred plants, and not one seed was ob-
tained. The tubers are by no means plentiful, either. The whole patch only
gave about a kilo, and the biggest was about 2 inches in diameter." (Back-
house.)
41164. Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. Cnciirbitacese.
Tsama melon.
From Johannesburg, Union of South Africa. Presented by Mr. J. Burtt
Davy, botanist, Agricultural Supply Association. Received September
20, 1915.
" I have been able to get in touch with a gentleman living in the Kalahari
Desert who is able to secure the true Tsama melon, which grows about 250
miles farther west than his place. I do not know whether you are aware that it
is extremely difficult to get the true article from the Kalahari, owing to the fact
that the natives have an intense dislike to letting the seed leave the country
and are up to all kinds of tricks to prevent it. Much of the so-called Tsama
that appears in South Africa is the common Kafir melon or Manketaan, which
appears to be far less drought resistant and not nearly so serviceable for desert
regions." (Davy.)
This is the remarkable forage melon of the Kalahari, which furnished much
of the feed for the hup' herds of wild animals formerly pasturing there.
41165. Lilium philippinense Baker. LiliaceaB. Benguet lily.
From Manila, Philippine Islands. Presented by the director, Department of
Agriculture. Bulbs received September 24, 1915.
41166. (Undetermined.)
From San Jose. Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. Carlos Werckle, Department
of Agriculture. Received September 30, 1915.
41167. Cacara erosa (L.) Kuntze. Fabaceee. Yam bean.
(Pachyrhizus angulatus Rich.)
From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by the director, Department of Agricul-
ture. Received September 28, 1915.
' Bangkoewang. This variety is the only one cultivated by the natives here."
( The Director. )
See S. P. I. Nos. 386G5 and 41143 for previous introductions and description.
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1915. 47
41168 to 41243.
From Peru. Collected by Mr. O. F. Cook, of the Bureau of Plant Industry.
Received September 16, 1915. Quoted notes by Mr. Cook.
41168 to 41176. Oxalis tuberosa Molina. Oxalidacese. Oca.
"A plant related to our common sheep sorrel, widely cultivated in Peru
and Bolivia for the sake of its fleshy rootstocks, which are an important
article of food. In some districts ocas are second only to potatoes, while
in others ullucus are more important, or at least are sold more generally
in the native markets. Ocas are eaten raw as well as cooked, and are also
frozen and dried. Ocas prepared in this way are called caya, a term
corresponding to chuno (chunyo), the name of the dried potatoes. Raw
ocas when first dug have a distinctly acid taste, like sheep sorrel, but
this is lost after the tubers have been exposed to the sun. The plant at-
tains a height of 1 foot or more and has the general appearance of a
large sheep sorrel. The flowers are yellow and the leaflets are folded at
night or in wet weather, the same as sheep sorrel. The varieties are
numerous, though much fewer than in the case of the potato. Some are
preferred for eating raw and others for the making of caya. The texture
of the tubers is very tender, crisp, and juicy. In form some are nearly
cylindrical, while others are slender at the base and strongly thickened
at the end. The colors vary from white* or light pink through darker pinks
or yellows to deep purplish red. The range of colors is much the same as
in the ullucu, but no deep-yellow varieties were seen, nor any with spots,
except that some have bands of deeper color across the eyes. In addi-
tion to the pleasing coloration, the surface of the tubers is smooth and
clear, so that the general appearance is very attractive. If the taste
should prove acceptable, ocas might become very popular for salads and
pickles, if not for other purposes. The nature and habits of the plant
indicate that it may be adapted to acid soils, which would be a distinct
advantage in some parts of the United States."
Tubers.
41168. "No. 2021. Ollantaytambo, Peru, June 16, 1915. Zapallo
oca. Pale yellow color of squash, with deep red bands across eyes ;
large specimens 8.5 cm. by 1 cm."
41169. "No. 1223. Ollantaytambo, Peru, June 16, 1915. Higos oca."
41170. "No. 2033. Sicuani (Ushcopata), Peru, April 9, 1915. Ten
tubers in one hill."
41171. "No. 2026. Sicuani, Peru. April 4, 1915. Uanccolema.
White variety, scarcely pinkish at the ends. More slender than
the papa oca."
41172. "No. 2030. Sicuani, Peru, April P. L915. Cachu oca.
Smaller and more slender than the others {papa oca. No. 2025, and
hanccolema, No. 2026), and eyes not so close set. Pinkish all
over, but much lighter than the preceding. Considered better for
eating raw."
41173. "No. 2032. Sicuani (Ushcopata), Peru, April 9, L915.
Yuracj oca. At Ushcopata, a few miles above Sisuani. two more
kinds of ocas were found, a reddish variety, smaller than papa oca.
called pocalluchu, and a white variety, with very broad fasciated
stems, called yuracj oca."
48 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
41168 to 41243— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. O. F. Cook.)
41174. "No. 2034. La Paz, Bolivia, August 4, 1915. A white vari-
ety, pinkish sit the eyes and at the tips. Strongly thickened at the
end, like the red variety, but the eyes closer together."
41175. "No. 2035. La Paz, Bolivia, August 4, 1915. A uniform
pink variety, in form nearly cylindrical."
41176. "No. 203G. La Paz, Bolivia, August 4, 1915. A deep red
variety, strongly thickened at the end. Eyes rather remote."
For illustrations of oca plants showing rootstocks, see Plates VII
and VIII.
41177 to 41184. Ulltjcus tuberosus Caldas. Basellacese. Ullucu.
" The ullucu or papa lisa is a root crop raised generally in the highlands
of Peru and Bolivia, in the region where potatoes are grown. The tubers
have a remarkably close resemblance to potatoes, except that the skins
are smoother and the colors brighter, running from white through various
intermediate shades to deep yellows and reds. There are also spotted
varieties, white and pink or light yellow and pink. Judging from its
representative in the native markets, the papa lisa ranks next to the
potato in popular favor in Peru, being used largely in the making of
soups, which is the principal branch of the culinary art among the
Indians. The flavor of the papa lisa is peculiar and usually not attrac-
tive to the unaccustomed palate. But being one of the plants that ac-
company the potato in Peru, it may not be without interest to observe its
behavior in the United States. The tubers are produced in abundance,
and if the plant should be found to grow readily the possibilities of
utilization should be carefully studied. The plant is a relative of the
so-called Madeira vine, familiar in cultivation as an ornamental climber.
A wild ullucu, common in the region of Sicuani. is very similar to the
Madeira vine, but the plants of the cultivated varieties do not attain a
length of more than 2 or 3 feet. The general appearance and habit of
growth are also somewhat like those of the sweet potato."
41177. "No. 2027. Sicuani, Peru, April 9, 1915. Papa lisa. Yel-
low, spotted with pink."
41178. "No. 2028. Ushcopata, a few miles above Sicuani, Peru,
April 9, 1915. Papa lisa. Yellow, size very variable, sprouts light
pink."
41179. "No. 2038. Cuzco, Peru, April 18, 1915. Papa lisa. Small
round yellow or yellowish pink variety."
41180. "No. 2039. Cuzco, Peru. April 18, 1915. Papa lisa. Long,
pinkish purple, enlarged at the base. Sprouting mostly at the tip.
Sprouts dark pink, thick."
41181. "No. 2040. Cuzco, Peru, April IS, 1915. Papa lisa. White
variety, elongated form. Sprouting from upper end."
41182. "No. 2041. Cuzco, Peru, April 18. 1915. Papa lisa. White
variety, with pink blotches, rounded form. Uniform in shape.
Well sprouted, slightly withered."
41183. " No. 2043. Lima. Peru. August 17, 1915. Color, pale green-
ish yellow; the largest variety of ullucu seen in Peru."
41184. " No. 2044. Lima, Peru, August 17, 1915. Color, deep pink-
ish yellow. Tubers large and broad."
For an illustration of the ullucu, see Plate IX.
Inventory 44, Seeds and Plants Imported.
Plate VII.
I
Plant of the Oca, Oxalis tuberosa Molina, from the Mountains of
Peru and Bolivia. Showing the Rootstocks and the Typical Oxalis
Foliage. (See S. P. I. Nos. 41 168 to 41 176.)
This plant, which has the general appearance of a large heep orrel, attains a heighl of a fool or
more and bears 20 or more thickened rootstocks, which air largely used lor fond, being s md
only in importance to potatoes in some districts of Peruand Bolivia. Theplanl maj l>«> suit-
able for acid soils, ascertain related species are, and the tubers may have value lor salads or
pickles, if not for general use as a vegetable. The rool stocks sometimes a Main a leu ;th ol
3 inches, with a diameter of V, inches, and vary greatlj in form and color, bul are generallj
attractive in appearance. (Photographed by G. B.Gilbert for the Yale-National Geographic
Society Peruvian Expedition, Sicuani, 1 era, A] ril 10, J;d.">; about one-fourth natural size;
P17751CA.)
Inventory 44, Seeds and Plants Imported.
Plate VIII.
ROOTSTOCKS OF THE OCA, OXALIS TUBEROSA MOLINA, A VEGETABLE FROM THE
Andes of Peru and Bolivia. (See S. P. I. Nos. 41168 to 41176.)
Ocas are eaten raw as well as cooked and also when frozen and dried. The tubers are tender and
crisp, but juicy, and when first dug have a distinctly acid taste, which is lost on exposure to the
sun. The color varies from white to light pink and through darker pinks and yellows to deep
purplish red. The surface of the tubers is smooth, so that in general appearance they are very
attractive. In form, some tubers are nearly cylindrical, while others are slender al the base,
becoming strongly thickened at the apex. (Photographed by <:. B.Gilbert for the Yale-National
Geographic Socioty Peruvian Expedition, Santa Rosa, Peru, April 12, l'Jlo; natural size;
P17783CA.)
Inventory 44, Seeds and Plants Imported.
Plate IX.
The Ullucu, Ullucus tuberosus Caldas, One of the Mountain Root
Crops of Peru and Bolivia. (See S. P. I. Nos. 41 177 to 41 184.)
In Peru the ullucu, or papal isa, ranks next in popularity tothepotato, being used largely in making
soups. The tubers resemble the potato very closely, 'except thai the skins are smoother and the
colors brighter, running from white through various intermediate shades to deep yellows and
reds. _ There are also varieties spotted white and pink or light yellow and pink. The tla\ oi is
peculiar and may not lie attractive to American palates, but as the tubers are produced in abun-
dance, the possibilities of utilization should becarefullj studied. ( Photograj bed by G. B.Gilbert
for the Yale-National Geographic Society Peruvian Expedition, Santa Rosa, Peru, -\pril 12, PJ15;
natural size; P17784CA.)
Inventory 44, Seeds and Plants Imported.
Plate X.
.
Plant of the Anyu, Tropaeolum tuberosum Ruiz and Pavon. a Peruvian
Mountain Root Crop. (See S. P. I. Nos. 41 185 and 41 186.)
This rather dose relative of the ordinary nasturtium of our gardens is cultivated in the plateau region
of Tern forits tubers, which are eaten like po Oxalistubcrosa Molina Land ullucusi D /incus
twberosui Calder), bul chiefly in the form of soups. The tubers are unusually good keepers, some
havingn ihed Washington in good condition in mid-September which were collected in earh; April.
Theyareofal lea i two forms, one with short coarse purple stripes mostly near the verj dee]
and the other with larger si ripe- of a lighter color. ( Photographed by G. B. Gilberl for the Yale-
National Geographic Society Peruvian Expedition, Sicuam, Peru, April 10, 1915; about one-fourth
natural size; P17749CA.)
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1915. 49
41168 to 41243— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. O. F. Cook.)
41185 and 41186. Tropaeolum tuberosum Ruiz and Pavon. Tropseola-
cese. Anyu.
" One of the Andean root crops, generally cultivated in the potato-
growing districts of the plateau region o€ Peru. Though apparently
less popular than the oca and ullucu, the anyu has one important ad-
vantage over all the Peruvian root crops, including the potato, in its
keeping qualities. Specimens collected in the district of Sicuani on
April 9 were kept for three months at Ollantaytambo and then brought
to Washington, and were still in good condition the middle of September.
This means that the anyu tubers would be very easy to handle com-
mercially in case they should prove to be of use in the United States.
In Peru they are eaten like potatoes, papa lisas, and ocas, chiefly in the
form of soups. The anyu plant is a rather close relative of another
Peruvian species, Tropaeolum majus, a familiar ornamental cultivated
in the United States under the name nasturtium. Hybrids between these
two species might be of interest as affording a possibility of securing
ornamental varieties that could be propagated from tubers. The flowers
of T. tuberosum are not so large as those of T. majus and do not open
so widely, but in other respects the general appearance is much the
same. Experimental plantings of anyu should be made in the elevated
districts in the Southwestern States and along the Pacific coast. In
comparison with potatoes there appear to be very few varieties of the
anyu."
41185. "No. 2024. Ollantaytambo, Peru, June 15, 1915. Cheojche
anu. Spotted anyu. Strikingly marked with purple stripes,
especially about the eyes. Two forms are found, one with short,
coarse stripes, mostly confined to the vicinity of the eyes, which
are very deep, with the surface very prominent between the eyes,
making the outline very irregular. The other form has larger
stripes of a somewhat lighter color. These are called Puca cheojche;
the other Yanacheojche, or black striped.
41 186. " No. 2031. Ushcopata, Sicuani, Peru, April 9, 1915. Qqucllo
or yellow anyu. From Ushcopata, a few miles above Sicuani."
For an illustration of an anyu plant, see Plate X.
41187. Canka edulis Ker-Gawler. Cannaeese. Canna.
"No. 1674. Santa Ana, Peru, July 6, 1915. Aehria. Canna cultivated
at Santa Ana, entirely different from that below San Miguel. Tubers
are superficial and green, flowers scarlet and of different form. Midribs
of leaves dissolve into fine veins some distance below the apex. Plant
looks like ordinary canna, familiar in the United States. Roots white
where not green. Inflorescence joints come apart. Flowers not in good
condition."
41188. Polymnia sonchifolia Poepp. and Eiidl. Asteraeeoe.
"No. 2022. Ollantayambo, Peru, July 24, 191".. Llacono. A root crop
grown sparingly about Ollantaytambo at altitudes of about 10,000 feet.
The tubers resemble sweet potatoes externally, but are white and
watery within and taste much like Jerusalem artichokes."
14645°— 18 4
50 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
41168 to 41243— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. O. F. Cook.)
41189 to 41192. (Undetermined.)
41189. "No. 624. Ollantaytambo, Peru, June 8, 1915. From a
small liliaceous plant on a reforested terrace, 1 league above
Ollantaytambo. The tubers are like small yams or calathea tubers.
To be raised for identification."
Tubers.
41190. "No. 1069. Colpani, Peru, June 1, 1915. Pulla-pulla. A
liliaceous plant, to be raised for identification."
Bulbs.
41191. "No. 225. Tinta, Peru, April 16, 1915. Cactus, Ayrampo.
Planted on walls."
Cuttings.
41192. "No. 1923. Ollantaytambo, Peru, July 20, 1915. Cactus."
Cuttings.
41193. Fukcraea sp. Amaryllidaeea?.
"No. 1917. Ollantaytambo, Peru, July 20, 1915. Chuchao. A native
fiber plant very abundant in the dry districts about Ollantaytambo and
ascending to an altitude of over 10,000 feet. Propagates by bulblets
which are produced on the inflorescence, with or without flowers. May
have possibilities as a hardy type very easy to propagate."
41194. Ullucus tuberosus Caldas. Basellaeere. Ullucu.
" No. 2023. La Paz, Bolivia, August 4, 1915. Papa lisa."
Tubers.
41195. Tropaeolum tuberosum Ruiz and Pavon. Tropaeolacea?. Anyu.
"No. 2029. Ushcopata, Sicuani, Peru, April 9, 1915. Pucaahu. From
Ushcopata, a few miles above Sicuani. Marked with purplish across the
eyes. See No. 2024 [S. P. I. 41185]."
Tubers.
41196. Ullucus tuberosus Caldas. Basellaeea?. Ullucu.
" No. 2037. Santa Ana, Peru, July 6, 1915. Papa lisa. Raised at Vil-
cabamba, Peru. Round, deep-yellow variety, variable in size."
Tubers.
41197 to 41243. Solanum tuberosum L. Solanacea\ Potato.
" Peru is the home of the potato, which is the principal crop throughout
the region of the high table-lands and along the eastern and western
slopes of the Cordilleras. On the western slopes, which arc exposed to the
cold, the cultivation of potatoes is carried down to the shores of the
Pacific, but on the eastern slope seldom extends below 8,000 feet, corn
becoming the dominant crop below 10.000 feet. The number of potato
varieties is very large, and a very great diversity of forms is shown, far
beyond anything with which we arc familiar in the United States. Un-
like the varieties of corn, most of which are named only by color, the
potato varieties have special names, though strains of different colors
are recognized in many of the varieties. No attempt was made to secure
a complete collection of varieties, but a scries of photographs was made
in order to show the general range of forms, The specimens were
brought back with a view to supplementing the collection of South
American varieties made by Mr. W. F. Wight in 1913."
Tubers.
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBEE 30, 1915. 51
41168 to 41243— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. O. F. Cook.)
41197. "No. 1974. Ollantaytambo, Peru, June 16, 1915. Puca-
qquehuillo chaucha. Long, slender, curled like sweet potatoes,
deep-red color. Chaucha means early. Considered earliest vari-
ety; matures in six months. Season slow because of cold. May do
well in northern regions."
41198. "No. 1975. Ollantaytambo, Peru, June 16, 1915. Alcca-
tarma. Pink and white, looks like huayruru [S. P. I. No. 41208] ;
in Cuzco and Sicuani. Has the same depressed form."
41199. "No. 1976. Ollantaytambo, Peru, June 16, 1915. Puca-
compis. Pink all over ; very deep eyes."
41200. " No. 1977. Ollantaytambo, Peru, June 16, 1915. Paltasun-
chus. Flat like Alccatarma [S. P. I. No. 411981, with shallow eyes.
Color white."
41201. "No. 1978. Ollantaytambo. Peru. June 16, 1915. Yanapui-
ban. Pueacompis [S. P. I. No. 41199] form, but deep dull purple
or lead color."
41202. " No. 1979. Ollantaytambo, Peru, June 16, 1915. Alccacom-
pis. Small, round, rather deep eyes, color white and pink. Name
alcca means spotted or of two colors."
41203. " No. 19S0. Ollantaytambo. Peru, June 16, 1915. Ccohuisul-
luchi. Small, flat, crooked, white and purple; apparently same as
variety from Cuzco called Pucasuituche."
41204. " No. 1981. Ollantaytambo, Peru, June 16, 1915. Yana-
berundus. Long, oval or tapering, deep purple color, yana mean-
ing black."
41205. "No. 1982. Ollantaytambo, Peru, June 16, 1915. Chorillo.
Long form, white, deeply notched across eyes."
41206. "No. 19S3. Ollantaytambo, Peru, June 16, 1915. Muru-
chunqui. Large, flat, slightly purplish, but dull, with deep purple
or blackish spots."
41207. "No. 19S5. Ollantaytambo, Peru, June 16, 1915. Yanacusi.
Flat, crooked, deep purplish with notch below the eyes."
41208. "No. 1986. Cuzco, Peru, July 23, 1915. Huayruru. White
and red spotted. Form flattened. Grown around Cuzco."
41209. " No. 1987. Cuzco, Peru, July 23. 1915. A deep purple long
variety."
41210. "No. 19SS. Cuzco, Peru, April 6, 1915. Petiquina. Dark
purple, cylindrical with many deep eyes."
41211. "No. 1989. Cuzco, Peru, April 6, 1915. Lluturuntu."
41212. "No. 1990. Cuzco, Peru, April 6, L915. Soccohuaccoto.
Color light bluish."
41213. "No. 1991. Cuzco, Peru, April 6. 1915. Ellusunchu. In
form like Pueacompis |.S. P. I. No. 41199] and with the same deep
eyes except that they are smaller and their color lighter."
41214. "No. 1992. Cuzco, Peru, April 6, 1915. Yanacusi. Outside
dull grayish or clay color. Inside (loop purplish under the skin,
then white with bluish linos in the flesh."
41215. "No. L993. Cuzco, Peru, July 29, L915. Pichireto. Long
oval, small eyes, grows large, surface mottled purplish, pink ami
white. Interior white, sprout red."
52 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
41168 to 41243— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. O. F. Cook.)
41216. "No. 1994. Cuzco, Peru, July 29, 1915. Pucapetiquina.
A well-known form, flesh yellow, purple-red under skin; one tuber
with a purple-red core. Uniform reddish color outside."
41217. "No. 1995. Cuzco, Peru, July 29*, 1915. Pucacanari. Ex-
treme form of Petiquina group with large prominence under each
eye. Color red like Pucapetiquimas."
41218. "No. 1996. Cuzco, Peru, July 29, 1915. Chilquehuarmi.
Similar form to Chcqquepuru, but eyes more shallow and short
like transverse slits. Uniform."
41219. "No. 1997. Cuzco, Peru, July 29, 1915. Cheqquepuru or
Murupetiquinas. Short deep eyes, white and dark-purple in large
patches, to which the name Murupetiquinas has reference. Flesh
yellow, with a few scattered purplish spots along the boundary
lines."
41220. "No. 1998. Cuzco, Peru. April G. 1915. Lomo. A rather
promising form, long, like the variety from below Panticalla Pass,
but tinged with pinkish red instead of with purple. Eyes shallow,
outside color yellow and pink spotted. White within. Size small;
form long, cylindrical, or tapering at one or both ends. Surface
smooth. Considered the best variety of the lot. Raised in quan-
tities around Cuzco."
41221. "No. 1999. Cuzco, Peru, April 6. 1915. Pucaberundus or
Lcquechu."
41222. "No. 2000. Cuzco, Peru, April G, 1915. Sale. Some with
terminal buds, some still dormant. Small, round, reddish, with
deep eyes, like small-sized Pueacompis [S. P. I. No. 41199].
41223. " No. 2001. Cuzco, Peru, April 6, 1915. A common variety,
rounded or somewhat square, with very deep eye-.''
41224. " No. 2002. Cuzco, Peru, April 0. 1915. Aspasuncho."
41225. "No. 2003. Cuzco, Peru, April 4, 1915. Suayllu. Color
reddish (' carmisa ') outside and in. Shape long, size large, quality
good. A few around Cuzco, but more productive and larger at
higher altitudes."
41226. "No. 2004. Cuzco. Peru. April 18, 1915. Suituche or
Ccohuisiillo or Pucasuituche or Pucaccohuisullo. Small, long, dull
purple, but yellowish around eyes, deep purple, irregular. Seems
to be a rare variety, not familiar to most of those asked about it."
41227. "No. 2005. Cuzco, Peru. April 0, 1915. Pucasuayllu. Flesh
creamy yellow, tinged with purple next the skin."
41228. "No. 200G. Cuzco, Peru, April 6, 1915. Poccoya or PKoc-
coya. Red, with deep eyes."
41229. "No. 2007. Cuzco, Peru, April 4, 1915. Caylluhuacoto, pre-
viously called Cailluhuacot. Yellow outside, while within; large,
round; planted about Cuzco, Chincheros, etc."
41230. "No. 2008. Arraran.a. Peru. April 12, 1915. Ccanchalli.
White, strongly mottled with purple. Grown at the highest alti-
tude. 14,000 feet. Curious in having most of the eyes on one side,
the otht r side flat."
41231. "No. 2009. Tinta, Peru, April 16, 1915. Leqquaunto. Very
smooth skin."
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1915. 53
41168 to 41243— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. O. F. Cook.)
41232. "No. 2010. Tinta, Peru, April 16,1915. YuracipeUquina."
41233. "No. 2011. Arraranca, Peru, April 13, 1915. Tutu. Grown
at the highest altitude of potato culture, about 14,000 feet. Plant
No. 179. Has very strong purple rootstoeks, the tubers also purple,
eyes very large and prominent, subtended by a broad scale with a
spine in the middle, like the oca and anyu. Foliage coarse. Said
to be used only for making chunos."
41234. " No. 2012. Pinasniocj, Peru, July 16, 1915. Cusi or Puca-
cusi. Dark russet brown outside, purplish flesh, eyes deep. Con-
sidered a very fine variety. Altitude, 12,000 feet."
41235. " No. 2013. Pinasniocj, Peru, July 16, 1915. Qquellopuiban.
Appearance like Chilquehuarmi [S. P. I. 41218]. Buds somewhat
longer and with smaller eyes. Yellowish inside, whence the name.
Altitude, 12,000 feet."
41236. " No. 2014. Pinasniocj, Peru, July 16, 1915. Pucatarma.
Flat, oval, pink, shallow eyes ; popular in market of Cuzco, on ac-
count of small eyes and smooth surface. Altitude, 12,000 feet."
41237. "No. 2015. Pinasniocj, Peru, July 16, 1915. Muruchocjllus
or Chocjllus. Like Petiquina, deep broad eyes, deep dull purple,
spotted with white. Another smaller variety is called Muruchan-
cha. Larger specimen than found later at Cuzco. Altitude, 12,000
feet."
41238. "No. 2016. Pinasniocj, Peru, July 16, 1915. Yanamalan.
Flat, oval, silvery gray, eyes broad with long excurrent ridges.
Altitude, 12,000 feet."
41239. "No. 2017. Pinasniocj, Peru, July 16, 1915. Charcahuaylla.
Large, long pointed, mottled with light grayish and dull bluish
purple. Quality not considered especially fine. Form convenient
for handling. Altitude, 12,000 feet."
41240. " No. 201S. Machu Picchu, Peru, May 2S, 1915. Cultivated
to a slight extent above Machu Picchu and on the slopes above San
Miguel at an altitude of 6,500 feet. Tubers very small, rounded.
Of interest as representing the lowest altitude of potato cultiva-
tion."
41241. "No. 2019. La Paz, Bolivia, August 5, 1915. Long, slender,
flattened, and curled, like Pucaqquehuillo chaucha I S. P. I. 41197]
from Ollantaytambo. Skin light pinkish. Eyes low and shallow.
Terminal eye sprouted only."
41242. "No. 2020. Lima, Peru, August 16, 1915. Size variable,
light grayish. Skin smooth. Fyos very deep, almost invisible.
Space between eyes greatly swollen or puffed out. Terminal eyes
shallow, sprouted. Flesh firm; considered a superior variety."
41243. "No. 2042. Machu Picchu. Peru, May 28, 1915. Cultivated
to a slight extent above Machu Picchu and on the slopes above San
Miguel at an altitude of 6,500 feet. Tubers long slender form,
purple. Of interest as representing the lowest altitude of potato
cultivation."
54 SEEDS AND I'l.AXTS IMPORTED.
41244 and 41245. Holcus sorghum L. Poacea?. Sorghum.
{Sorghum vulgare Pers.)
From Pungo Andongo, Angola. Presented by Rev. John C. Wengatz, Home,
N. Y. Received September 25, L915.
Two varieties of native sorghums.
41244. " White Masambala or Kafir corn."
41245. "White Masambala or Kafir corn."
41246 to 41251. Hordeum spp. Poacese. Barley.
From Petrograd, Russia. Presented by Mr. Robert Regel, chief, bureau of
Applied Botany. Received June 21, 1915.
41246. Hordeum distichon nutans Schubl.
41247. Hokdeum vulgare pallidum Seringe.
41248 to 41251. Hordeum distichon nutans Schubl.
41252 and 41253. Amygdalus spp. Amygdalacese. Peach.
From Catania. Italy. Presented by Mr. Joseph Emerson Haven. American
consul. Received September 22, 1915. Quoted notes by Mr. Haven.
" Seeds are planted in the month of January and the fruits may be expected
in three years in the months of July and August. The production in the Messina
section of this district is fairly large, as also in the Palermo consular district,
but very few peaches are grown in the immediate neighborhood of Catania."
41252. Amygdalus persica L.
(Prunus persica Stokes.)
" The rough skinned is the ordinary peach of commerce, a clingstone
and never very sweet. It is generally disappointing."
41253. Amygdalus persica nectarina Ait. Nectarine.
" The smooth-skinned peach is found in considerable quantities. It is
termed Sbergia in the Sicilian language, has an appearance of a golden
plum shot with crimson lines, and bears a close relation to the nectarine.
In size it is about the same as the crab apple and is a delicious fruit
when properly ripe."
41254 and 41255.
From Para, Brazil. Presented by Mr. George H. Pickerell, American
consul. Received September 9, 1915.
41254. Obbignya speciosa (Mart.) Barb. Rodr. Phcenicaceae.
(Atlalcn speciosa Mart.) Uauassu.
"Babassu or Uauassu."
41255. Virola surinamensis (Hoi.) Warb. Myristicacese.
"Ucuuba, gathered at Tuyue mi the Purus River."
" In spite of being represented by a much smaller number of species, the
Myristicaceae are more important as timbers than the Anuonacea?, espe-
cially the two commonest species of the Amazon, ucuuba branca (Virola
surinamensis Warb.) and ucuuba vermellia (Virola sebifera Aubl.). The
first, especially, is one of the most useful trees of the Amazon region, not
only for its easily worked wood, moderately hard, but also for its seeds,
which furnish a kind of vegetable wax rich in stearin. While the ucuuba
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1915. 55
41254 and 41255— Continued.
branca is found principally in the varzeas [probably moaning low,
swampy valleys] it is not excluded from the terra firma [meaning dry
ground] ; the ucuilba vermelha, which is distinguished by its larger leaves
and smaller fruits, is a tree of the dry land and is found principally in
the forests. Both these species have, especially when young, a charac-
teristic manner of growth, with slender whorled branches furnished with
regularly distichous leaves. The regularity of its branching reminds one
of the European conifers. Without doubt other Amazonian species of
Virola and probably also some species of Iryanthera furnish wood which
could be utilized, but I have no positive knowledge in regard to this."
(./. Huber, Mattas e Madeiras Amazonicas, Boletim de Museu Goeldi,
vol. 6, p. 173, 19 W.)
41256 to 41269.
From China. Collected by Mr. Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Explorer for
the Department of Agriculture. Received September 27, 1915. Quoted
notes by Mr. Meyer, except as otherwise indicated.
41256. Myrica rubra Sieb. and Zucc. Myricacese.
(Myrica nagi Thunb.)
"(No. 2306a. Hangchow, Chekiang, China, June 29, 1915.) A large-
fruited variety of the so-called strawberry tree, or nagi. The fruits are
the size of crab apples, of dark purple color, and of very attractive looks.
They can be used iu a multitude of ways, like out of hand, boiled in
compotes, in pies, for sirup, and for wine. In general there exists a great
variation among the trees as regards general habits, productivity, etc. ;
the fruits themselves vary also greatly in color, size, and taste. The best
varieties are propagated by inarching ; the trees are evergreen ; they thrive
best on well-drained, rocky terraces. The localities that will best suit
them in the United States will probably be the southern sections of the
Gulf Coast States and the milder parts of California. Chinese name
Yang mci."
41257. Prunus salicina Lindley. Amygdalacere. Plum.
"(No. 2307a. Hangchow, Chekiang, China, June 29, 1915.) A medium-
sized plum, clingstone, of reddish color, meat juicy and sweet in the cen-
ter, but somewhat astringent near the skin and decidedly sour near the
stone. The trees grow dense and low and are able to grow on water-
logged land ; that is, they thrive with the surface water only a few inches
away at times. Of value for breeding purposes, especially in the Gulf
Coast States."
41258. Amygdalus persica L. Amygdalaceae. Peach.
(Prunus persica Stokes.)
"(No. 2308a. Chekiang Province, China, July, 1915.) Stones of various
types of peaches, collected in Chekiang. To be sown in the South for
experimental purposes."
41259. Chionanthus retusa Lindley. Oleacese.
"(No. 2309a. Panshan, near Hangchow, Chekiang, China, June 29,
1915.) The Chinese fringe tree, generally seen as a shrub, but occasion-
ally found as a tree, a most beautiful and striking object when covered
with its multitude of small, finely dissected white flowers, which are
delightfully fragrant. Bears in early fall masses of blue-black berries.
This plant naturally loves rocky mountain slopes and contrasts well with
56 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
41256 to 41269— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
bowlders and stones. It is used by Chinese gardeners in Shantung as a
grafting stock for the tea olive, Olea fragrans, no doubt to keep the latter
dwarf, and it withstands drought much better than when on its own
roots. Much recommended as an ornamental garden and park shrub,
especially for those sections of the United States where the winters are
not too severe. Local Chinese name Swe tsin tiao."
41260. Premna microphylla Turcz. A7erbenaceae.
"(No. 2310a. Mokanshan, Chekiang, China, August 6, 1915.) A de-
ciduous shrub, from 3 to 10 feet in height, having glossy green leaves,
resembling those of the lilac; flowers in panicles apparently white;
berries black. Thrives in semishady places. Of value, possibly, as a
hedge shrub for mild-wintered climates."
41261. Agyneja impubes L. Euphorbiacese.
(Glochidion sinicum Hook, and Arn.)
"(No. 2311a. Mokanshan, Chekiang, China, August 6, 1915.) A shrub
or small tree, growing from 2 to 20 feet in height, found on stony places
mostly. Produces annual branches which resemble pinnated leaves on
which flowers and fruits are being borne. Of value as a garden and park
shrub in mild-wintered places."
41262. Symplocos stellaris Brand. Syinploeacea\
"(No. 2312a. Mokanshan, Chekiang, China, August 3, 1915.) An ever-
green shrub, with dense leathery foliage, like a rhododendron. Bears
elongated, fleshy berries of blue color all along its wood, making a curious
impression. Found in shaded spots on mountain slopes. Of value as a
cover shrub in parks and gardens for the southern United States."
41263. Euscaphis japonica (Thunb.) Dippel. Staphyleacese.
(Euscaphis staph ylcoides S. and Z.)
"(No. 2313a. Near Hangchow, Chekiang, China, June 26, 1915.) A
shrub with deciduous pinnate leaves, bearing apparently white flowers,
followed by capsules which turn from green to a brilliant red when
ripening. Found on stony and waste places. Of use as a park shrub
for mild-wintered regions."
"A deciduous bush up to 12 feet high, with stout, pithy branchlets and
prominent buds ; twigs smooth. Leaves 6 to 10 inches long, opposite,
consisting usually of seven to nine leaflets. Leaflets opposite, ovate.
2i to 4 inches long, long pointed, shallowly toothed, smooth except for a
little down near the base of the midrib. Panicle terminal, branching, 4
to 9 inches long, carrying numerous yellowish white flowers, each about
one-fourth inch across. Fruit consisting of three somewhat boat-shaped,
spreading, rosy pink pods, one-half inch long, seeds black. Native of
China, Korea, and Japan. As the specific name implies, this shrub is not
only closely related to the bladder nuts (Staphylea), it also bears much
resemblance to them. It differs in the larger number of leaflets, in the
smaller individual flowers, and in the smaller, differently shaped fruit.
Unfortunately, it is not very hardy and can only be grown outside per-
manently in the mildest localities." ( W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs
Hardy in the British Isles, ro?. /^ p. 546.)
41264. (Undetermined.)
"(No. 2314a. Purple .Mountain, near Nanking. China, June 3, 1915.)
A blueberry, of small growth, found on dry. rocky places at altitudes of
about 1,000 feet above the sea. Bears edible berries."
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1915. 57
41256 to 41269— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. F. N. Meyer.)
41265. Rubus sp. Rosacea*. Raspberry.
"(No. 2315a. Near Lungtun, Kiangsu Province, China, June 6, 1915.)
A low-growing species of raspberry bramble, bearing large, beautiful-
looking fruits, which are quite juicy, though lacking in any pronounced
flavor. Occurs on grassy embankments and on mountain slopes. Of use
probably in hybridization experiments."
41266. Medicago hispida denticulata (Willd.) Urban. Fabacese.
Bur clover.
"(No. 2316a. Nanking, Kiangsu Province, China, June 2, 1915.) A
low-growing somewhat hirsute form of a common bur clover, found
among grasses on waste lands and along roadsides. Of value possibly as
a winter-forage plant in Pacific coast localities."
41267 and 41268. Vicia spp. Fabaceae. Vetch.
41267. "(No. 2317a. Nanking, Kiangsu, China, June 2, 1915.) Low-
growing vetch, found among short grasses on gravel lands. Of
value possibly as a winter-forage plant in Pacific coast localities."
41268. (Nanking, Kiangsu, China, June 2, 1915.) Seed selected
from Meyer's No. 2317a [S. P. I. 41267], because of evident specific
differences.
41269. (Undetermined.)
"(No. 2318a. Mokanshan, Chekiang, China, July 23, 1915.) A climb-
ing cucurbitaceous plant, having small, dissected leaves ; bears small,
soft, warty fruits. Of use as an ornamental porch and cover vine for
semishady situations."
41270 and 41271.
From Suva, Fiji Islands. Presented by the superintendent. Department of
Agriculture. Received September 30, 1915.
41270. Citrus nobios deliciosa (Tenore) Swingle. Rutacea?.
Mandarin.
"The local mandarins are most excellent in quality, of large size,
good flavor, and juicy, but with skin rather coarse." (C. II. Knowles.)
Bud sticks.
41271. Cymbopogon coloratus (Hook.) Stapf. Poacea?. Lemon grass.
See S. P. I. No. 40896 for previous introduction and description.
41272 and 41273. Amygdalus persica L. Amygdalaceae. Peach.
{Prunus persica Stokes.)
From Teheran, Persia. Presented by Mr. Ralph M. Bader, American vice
consul. Received September 25, 1915.
41272. "Yellow pit. Seeds of clingstone peach commonly cultivated In
this district; the flavor compares favorably with the flavor of those
grown in the United States. The peach is indigenous in Persia, but
so far as is known the Persians have never made a systematic effort
to improve the quality of this fruit." (finder.)
41273. " Red stone Seeds of clingstone peach commonly cultivated in
this district." (Bader.)
58 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
41274. Amygdalus persica L. Amygdalaceae. Peach.
I Prunus persica Stokes.)
From Amoy, China. Presented by Mr. Lester Maynard, American consul.
Received September 30, 1915.
" Seeds of late-season peaches, such as are grown in this district. They blos-
som and form their fruit in the latter part of March and ripen at the end of
June. The fruit is about the size Of a duck's egg, and they are sweet, hut tart.
The skin is rose color, as is the fruit, and they are of the clingstone variety.
They are known locally as i>t<tr peach." (Maynard.)
41275 to 41281.
From Bhutan, India. Collected by Mr. R. E. Cooper and presented by Bees,
Ltd., Liverpool, England, at the request of Mr. A. K. Bulley. Received
September 28, 1915. Quoted notes by Mr. Cooper.
41275. (Undetermined.)
"No. 3S29. Shrubby bush (Rosacea?) 5 feet through, little tufts of
pink and white fibers hanging from spiny branchlets. Growing among
sand and gravel in Paro district; altitude, 8,000 feet. Flowers in cold
weather, November to February."
41276. (Undetermined.)
"No. 3961. A bush up to 5 feet, usually under light forest in sandy
peaty soil, from the bark of which paper is made locally. Altitude 9,000
to 10,000 feet. Flowering in autumn, November."
Received as a species of Daphne, but the seeds do not appear to belong
to that genus.
41277 to 41281. Primula spp. Primulacese. Primrose.
41277 and 41278. Pkimitla spp.
41277. "No. 400S. P. capitata type in fruit at 12.000 feet.
Smaller plants at 14,000 feet show hanging wide-mouthed blue
flowers. In peaty meadow at fringe of Abies forest. Flower-
ing in May and June."
41278. "No. 4082. Allied to P. petiolaris, but leaves and flower
stems long to 18 inches, head often of 12 to 20 flowers. Grow-
ing in sodden leaf soil and gravel on a forest hillside under
Acer and Abies. Flowering in May; only seen in fruit at an
altitude of 11,000 feet."
41279. Primula petiolabis Wallich.
"No. 4129. With sessile inflorescence (:11a WintHi) In moisl gravel
and sandy leaf mold in shade of Abies forest at 11,000, feet. Flower-
ing in May."
41280. Primula obuusifolta Royle.
"No. 4133. Flowers purple; in alpine peal meadows at 13,000 feet."
41281. Pkimula sp.
"No. 4132. Same as 4008 T*. P. I. No. 412771 hut at an altitude of
13.000 feet. In peat meadows with a ' meal ' on leaves. No. 4008 had
'meal ' (white) on under surface Of leaves."
41282. (' \ssia angustifolia Yahl. ( a?sa] pili iaceae.
From Poena. India. Presented by Mr. W. Burns, economic botanist. Agri-
cultural College. Received July 29, 1915.
"Obtained from Mr. H. G. Sampson, deputy director of agriculture, southern
division, Madras Presidency." (Burns.)
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1915. 59
41283 and 41284. Opuntia spp. Cactaceae. Prickly-pear.
From Ollantaytambo, Peru. Presented by Mr. Ellwood C. Erdis, New
Haven, Conn. Cuttings received September 21, 1915.
41283. " Spineless tuna ; from 9,000 feet altitude at this place." ( Erdis. )
41284. "A spiny tuna with yellow flowers; from 9,000 feet altitude at
this place." (Erdis.)
41285 to 41288.
From Waverly, New Zealand. Presented by Mr. T. W. Lonsdale, manager,
Moumahaki Experiment Farm, Department of Agriculture, Industries,
and Commerce. Received September 30, 1915. Quoted notes by .Mr.
Lonsdale.
41285. Beomus unioloides (Willd.) H. B. K. Poacese. Prairie grass.
" Moumahaki prairie grass. The strongest and best known for pro-
viding winter feed here."
41286. Daucus carota L. Apiaceoe. Carrot.
" Moumahaki matchless white carrot. Gave the best results here
in 1915."
41287. Trifolium repens L. Fabacese. White clover.
" Moumahaki evergreen white clover. Selected for its winter grow-
ing habits."
41288. Vicia faba L. Fabacere. Broad bean.
" Moumahaki selected horse bean. Seed produced near to the ground
and plants of vigorous habit."
41289. Annona sp. Annonacese. Anona.
Plants grown from seed received from Mr. William J. Tutcher, superin-
tendent, Botanical and Forestry Department, Hongkong, China, Decem-
ber, 1913.
41290. Pittosporum crassifolium Solancler. Pittosporacese.
From Auckland, New Zealand. Presented by Mr. H. H. Wright, Avondale
Nurseries. Received September 30, 1915.
Evergreen shrub, 20 feet, good hedge plant. Leaves coriaceous, the under
surface, as well as shoots and sepals, covered with close white hairs. Flowers
in terminal umbels, often solitary, deep purple, nearly half an inch long. From
the North Island of New Zealand, chiefly on the east coast. (Adapted from
Lainy and Blackwett, Plants of New Zealand.)
41291 to 41294. Gossypium spp. Malvaceae. Tree cotton.
From Darwin, Northern Territory of Australia. Presented by -Mr. S. A.
Bailey, Agricultural Branch. Received September 30, 1915.
"From the plantation of Mr. W. P.. I'riien, near Darwin. Plant 9 or p_' feel
apart each way, according to climate. At the end of (he second season rem,, e
the old wood annually from the Caravonica tree and ratoon the Dative ^>rts.
Matures in two years." (Bailey.)
41291. Rough, Caravonica. 41293. Native, interior.
41292. Smooth, Caravonica. 41294. Native, coast.
00 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
41295 to 41314.
From Buenos Aires, Argentina. Presented by Mr. Benito J. Carrasco,
director general, Botanic Garden. Received September 7, 1915.
41295. Aeschynomene hystbix Poir. Fabaceae.
A leguminous (ffibaceous) plant with odd-pinnate leaves; small linear
or slightly oval leaflets, obtuse at apex and base; half arrow-shaped
stipules; and short axillary racemes of bright yellow flowers.
41296. Asteonium baeansae Engl. Anacardiacese.
Glabrous anacardiaceous tree with very hard wood ; snbcoriaceous
leaves composed of four to five pairs of long petiolulate, oblique, lanceo-
late leaflets with sharply serrate margins; dense terminal panicles of
very small flowers; and globose drupes. (Adapted from the original
description. Engler, BotaniscJn JaKrbucher, vol. 1, p. Jf5, 1881.)
"This is one of the most extensively utilized species of hardwood in
the country. It is abundant, and is exported from the mountain regions
as planks, sleepers, posts, etc." (S. Venturi, Contribucidn ul Conocimi-
ento de los Arboles de la Argentina.)
41297. Belopekone plumbaginifolia (Jacq.) Nees. Acanthacea?.
" Small, shrubby acanthaceous plant, 1 to 2 feet high, with long peti-
olate soft leaves and short spikes of rich purple flowers, one-half inch
long. Found in South America from Brazil to Argentina." (Wallich,
Plantae Asiaticae Rariores, vol. 3, p. 102, 1832.)
41298. Caeica quebcifolia (St. Hil.) Benth. and Hook. Papayaceaa.
A small, rapid-growing tree, native of Paraguay, with large palmately
3-lobed leaves and small fruits, which are said to contain a larger per-
centage of papain than those of Carica papaya.
41299. Colliguaja integekkima Gill, and Hook. Euphorbiaceae.
Coliguay.
Small eupborbiaceous shrub with opposite or alternate, narrowly lanceo-
late, entire, somewhat rigid leaves borne only on the upper part of the
branches; monoecious spikes of flowers borne on the ends of the branches,
the lower flowers being pistillate, the upper staminate. The habit resem-
bles that of a Stillingia. (Adapted from Hooker, Botanical Miscellany,
vol. 1. i>. V,0. 1830.)
41300. Skbastiania klotzschiana brachyclada (Muell. Arg.) Pax and
K. Hoffm. Euphorbiaceae.
Eupborbiaceous shrub with slightly spiny, alternate branches and
inconspicuous moncecious flowers. It is called Blanquillo by the people of
Argentina where it is a native, and is regarded by them as being
poisonous.
41301. Fi.oiki \sia campestbis Griseb. Asteracea?.
A glabrous, yellow-flowered shrub from Argentina, up to G feet in
height, with oblong-lanceolate leaves. A composite ( Asterace.-e) closely
allied to the tar-bush < /•'. cernua) of the southwestern United States and
somewhat resembling the sunflowers {Helianthus spp.) in the structure
of i he flowers.
41302. Guettarda ubugtjknsis Cham, and Schlecht. Rubiacere.
A small rubiaceous tree 15 to 20 feet high, with twisted branches;
opposite membranaceous, Lanate leaves of varied forms ranging from
ovate or elliptic to cuneate-elliptic and lanceolate, always acute, often
JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1915. 61
41295 to 41314— Continued.
mucronate, about 3 inches long and 1 inch across; caducous petiolar
stipules lanceolate triangular, acute; axillary, long pedunculate cymes of
white flowers with salver-shaped 5-lobed corollas, smooth within, sericeous
without, less than half an inch long, and three to four bony-seeded cylin-
drical ovoid drupes one-third of an inch in diameter. (Adapted from
Chamisso and Schlechtendal, Linnaea, vol. .$, p. 183, 1829.)
41303. Alegria divaricata (Martius) Stuntz. Tiliacere. Soto caballo.
(Luehea divaricata Mart.)
Handsome tree 20 to 50 feet high with graceful ashy-tomentose
branches, oblong, rarely elliptic or oblong-lanceolate leaves, 4 inches long
and 2 inches broad ; terminal paniculate inflorescences of rather large
white to rose-colored flowers. Found along river banks in the forests of
Brazil. (Adapted from Martius, Flora Brasilicnsis, vol. 12, part 3, p. 159,
1886.)
41304. Maba sp. Diospyrace*.
An ebenaceous tree with alternate, entire leaves, and small flowers
almost sessile in their axils. Known as Maba in Argentina, where it is
used for its timber.
Received as Maba argentinensis Speg., for which a place of publication
has not yet been found.
41305. Myeoxylon salzmanni (Clos) Kuntze. Flacourtiaceae.
(Xylosma salzmanni Eichl.) Ira-poita.
A small spiny tree 10 to 15 feet in height, with somewhat variable
leaves, usually ovate-oblong to ovate, more or less crenate-dentate, 2 to 4
inches long and 1 to 2 inches broad; and dioecious inconspicuous greenish
yellow flowers borne in umbellate fascicles. Native of Brazil. (Adapted
from Martius, Flora Brasilicnsis, vol. 13, part 1, p. }.fS, 1871.)
41306. Piptadenia rigida Beutham. Mimosacerc.
" Unarmed mimosaceous shrub or small tree, entirely glabrous or with
the younger parts slightly pubescent; leaves composed of four to six pairs
of many-paired linear falcate leaflets and axillary short spikes of small
white flowers." (Bcntham, in Hooker's Journal of Botany, vol. '/. p. 338,
187,2.)
41307. Plazia argentea (Don) Kuntze. Asteracese.
{Hyalis argentea Don.)
A composite shrub from Argentina called olivillo. Reported by Tweedie
to grow to the exclusion of almost everything else on (he salt plains of
northern Argentina.
41308. Pterogyne nitens Till. Caesalpiniacese. Viraro.
A tall, stout, unarmed tree abundant in parts of Argentina and Brazil.
It has pari-pinnate leaves, with usually alternate, lanceolate leaflets; and
small flowers in short, loosely flowered, axillary clusters. (Adapted from
Engler and Prantl, Die Natiirlicfien Pflanzenfamilien, vol. S, purl ■>,
p. 130.)
"The wood is very strong and resistant. It is used for the construc-
tion of carts, except for the spokes. It is considered an excellent wood
in Misiones and is exported. In Salta it is also highly valued and is
used in coach making." (S. Venturi, Contribution al Conotimiento de
los Arbolcs dc la Argentina.)
62 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
41295 to 41314— Continued.
41309. Ruprechtia fagifolia Moissn. Polygonaceae.
Duraznillo bianco.
"An abundant tree with smooth bark which renews itself annually, and
which after becoming dry, but before falling, becomes wrinkled and gives
the tree a peculiar and very characteristic appearance. Wood rosy,
hard; trunk coarse, not utilized. A very handsome ornamental tree; in
spring it is covered with yellow flowers which later become rosy. Their
color resembles that of the peach flower; hence the name Duraznillo."
(S. Venturi, Contribucidn al Conocimiento de los Arboles de la Argentina.)
41310. Schinopsis lobentzii (Griseb.) Engler. Anacardiaceae.
(Qvebrachia lorcntzii Griseb.) Quebracho Colorado.
A tree with compound leaves composed of 10 to 15 pairs of persistent,
leathery leaflets, glabrous above. Highly prized for its hard and durable
reddish colored timber. One of the most valuable trees in Argentina.
41311. Sida bonariensis Willd. Malvaceae
Shrubby plant with cordate, oblong leaves, deeply crenate, stellate-
pubescent above, tomentose beneath ; the capsule villous. Native of
Argentina; called Malvisco.
41312. Solanum bonakiense L. Solanaeese.
Tender evergreen shrub up to 10 feet high, with ovate-oblong, sinuate-
repand leaves, long lateral racemes of large white flowers, and globose
yellow berries. Native of Argentina, where it is called Granadillo. Said
to have medicinal properties.
41313. Vallesia glabra (Cav.) Link. Apocynacese. Ancochi.
"A small, spineless tree with somewhat twisted branches ; soft, yellow
wood which is not utilized. It is abundant near rivers. Its fruit is
white, resembling a pearl. The bark is rugose and soft like that of the
Cedrillo; it is a poisonous plant, but in 1S96 and in 1909 I ate the frnits
without suffering any ill effects." (8. Venturi, Contribucidn al Conocimi-
ento de los Arboles de la Argentina.)
Found from Florida through tropical America to Chile and Argentina.
41314. Vitex montevidensis Cham. Verbenaeese.
A small tree from Uruguay and Brazil 15 to 20 feet high with branches
usually compressed and dilated at the nodes; ashy-gray, glabrous bark;
seemingly opposite palmate leaves composed of five, rarely three, lanceo-
late to elliptic leaflets 4 to 6 inches long; and axillary cymes of slightly
irregular flowers with nearly rotate 5-lobed corollas. (Adapted from the
original description, Linnaea, vol. 7, p. 373, 1832.)
"The wood, of reddish color, somewhat striped, hard, is strong and
much esteemed. As it resists moisture well it is much used for posts,
etc.; and being easily split, it is used for shingles. The fruits yield a
kind of oil ; and the wood itself, even after it has become dry, exudes oil
when placed Oil the ground, ami seems to become green again." (8. Ven-
turi, Contribucidn at Conocimiento de los Arboles de la Argentina.)
Inventory 44, Seeds and Plants Imported.
Plate XI.
Giant Acorns of a Mexican Oak (Quercus insignis, S. P. I. No. 39723).
A white oak which occurs in the vicinity of Huatusco, about midway down the Hanks of
Mount Orizaba in the State of Vera Cruz, Mexico, forming there trees 60to SOfcel high,
branching 30 or 40 feet from the ground; believed by Dr. Purpus t<> be capable ol accli-
matization in Florida, Porto Rico, and Hawaii. The acorns arc edible. (Photographed
by Mr. E. L. Crandall, Washington, D. C, May 21, 1918; natural size; P23880FS.)
NOTE OF CORRECTION.
In Inventory 42. riate I, opposite p. 16, was printed a photograph supposed
to represent acorns of S. P. I. No. 39723, Qiiercus insignis Martens and Galleotti.
Dr. William Trelease has called our attention to the fact that these acorns are
Q. cyclotalanoides Trelease. We here publish Plate XI, from a photograph of
the true Q. insignis, with a corrected legend. The legend under Plate I in
Inventory 42 should read :
"Acorns of Quercus cyclobalanoidcs Trelease, the Mexican ring-scaled white
oak, closely related to Q. insignis; collected in the State of Chiapas, by Dr. C. A.
Purpus. Photographed, natural size, by Mr. E. L. Crandall, Washington. D. C,
March 14, 1914 (P13834FS). No S. P. I. number was assigned to these acorns."
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INDEX OF COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES.
Abiu. Pouteria caimito, 41003.
Acacia arm.ata, 40975.
Achria, Canna edulis, 41187.
Aegle marmelos. See Belou marmelos.
Aeschynomene hystrix, 41295.
Agyncja impubes, 41261.
Alamoen, Citrus grandis, 40917.
Alegria divaricata, 41303.
Aleuritcs foidii, 40905.
Molucca ita. 40927, 40977.
triloba. See Aleuritcs moluccana.
Alfalfa, Mcdicago sativa, 40910.
Allium cepa, 41056.
Allspice, Pimento, officinalis, 41134.
Alomoes, Citrus grandis, 40917.
Amiigdalus davidiana, 41000.
microphylla, 40972.
persica, 40900, 40907, 41129-41132.
41142. 41149, 41252, 41258, 41272-
41274.
persica nectarina, 41253.
Anacardium excelsurn, 40987.
rhinocarpus. See Anacardium ex-
celsurn.
Aneochi, Vallesia glabra, 41313.
Annona sp., 41289.
cherimola, 40908.
Anona, Annona sp., 41289.
Anyu, Tropaeolum tuberosum, 411 85,
41186, 41195.
Cheojche afiu, 41185.
Pucaaiiu, 41195.
Pucacheojche. See under 41185.
Qquello. 41186.
Yanacheojche. See under 41185.
Apricot, Prunus murne, 41061.
(Japan), 41061.
Aralia quinque folia. See Panax qitiii-
quefolium.
Ardisia capollina, 40971.
Asparagus bean, Vigna sesquipedalis,
40901, 40902.
Astronium balansae, 41296.
Ateje, Cordia alba, 40988.
14645°— 18 5
Attalea speciosa. See Orbignya.
speciosa.
Avocado, Persea amcricana:
Bartlett. 40978.
(Cuba), 40912, 40978-40982.
Don Carlos, 40979.
Guadalupe, 40980.
Luisa, 40912.
Merced, 40981.
Wilson, 40982.
Ayrampo (undetermined), 41191.
P>abassu, Orbignya speciosa, 41254.
Bael fruit, Belou marmelos, 41002,
41133.
Bamboo, Bambos tulda longispiculatar
40936.
Bambos tulda longispiculata, 40936.
Paugkoewang, Cacara crosa, 41167.
Barley, Hordeum spp. :
Black Rice, 41152.
(China), 41152.
(India), 41153, 41155-41162.
(Russia), 41246-41251.
six-rowed, 41156, 41158-41162.
two-rowed huskless, 41153, 41155.
Bean, asparagus, Vigna 8cs<iuipcdalis,
40901, 40902.
broad, Vicia faba, 41288.
cape, Phaseolus lunatus, 40925.
(China), 40901-40903, 40918.
(France), 40925.
haricot de Lima. 40925.
de Parague, 40925.
d'Orleans, 40925.
horse. 412S8.
hyacinth, Dolichos lablab, 40903.
kalamaka, 40925.
(Madagascar). 40925.
Moumahaki selected horse. 41288.
tiger, Stizolobium ninum. 40918.
Beloperone plumbaginifolia, 41L".i7.
Belou marmelos, 41(M)L', 41133.
Blackberry, Rubus canadensis, 40904.
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66
[NDEX OF COMMON AND S< IKX'l 1 IK NA>
Blanquillo, Sebastiania klotzschiana
brachyclada, 41300.
Brassica chmensis, 41031.
j: mm us unioloides, 412,85.
Buddleia incana, 41114.
Bur clover, Medicago hispida denticu-
lata, 4iut;t;.
Cabbage, Korean, Brassica chinensis,
41031.
Gacara erosa, 41143. 41167.
Cactus, 41191, 41192.
Canarium amboinense, 41001.
ova tu m. 40926.
Candlenut. See under Aleurites mo
luccana, 40977.
Carina sp.. 41118.
edulis, 411*-'.. 41187.
Cantua bicolor, 41123.
Capim gordura bianco, Melinis minuti-
flora, 4114S.
gordura roxa, Melinis minutiflora,
41148.
jaragua, Melinis minutiflora, 4114S.
Cariai papaya, 41147.
quercifolia, 41298.
Carrot, Daucus carota, 412S6.
Moumahaki matchless white.
41286.
Casa, Saccharum spontaneum. See un-
der 40989.
Casia, Saccharum spontaneum. See
under 40989.
Cassava, sweet, Manihot dulcis, 41103,
41121, 41122.
Cassia angustifolia, 412S2.
Cedrillo. See under 41313.
C« It is .audibertiana, 40924.
Chachacoma, Escallonia r< sinosa, 411 12
Ch'ang ch'ing cbiang tou. Vigna sesqui-
pedalis, 40901.
Chayota edulis, 41092-41096. 411;'.:.
41140.
Chayote, Chayota edulis:
(Costa Rica). 41135-41140.
(Jamaica), 41092 41096.
Cherimoya, Annona cherimola, 40908.
Cherry, dowering, Primus yedoensis,
I H!)99.
(Japan). 40907 4<t<t<»9. Uttr,S-4M60
Maximowicz's, Prunus maximo-
wiczii, 40997.
Sargent's, Prunus serrulata sacha-
linensis, 40998, 41058-41060.
Chieh t'ao, Amygdalus persica, 41149.
Chile, Fragaria chiloensis, il'iOO.
Ch'ing ]>ien tou, Dolichos lablab, 40903.
Chionanthus retusa, 41259.
< ihuchao, Furcrat a sp., 41 L93.
Chufios, Xanthosoma sp., 40)97.
Citrullus vulgaris, 41164.
Citrus sp., 41099.
lira ml is. 40917.
nobUisdeliciosa, 41088-41091. 41124,
41270.
Clover, white, Trifolium ripens, 412S7.
Moumahaki evergreen white, 41287.
Cocora, Chayota edulis, 41135-41140.
Coliguay, Colliguaja integt rrima, 41299.
Colliguaja integerrima, 41299.
Colocasia esculenta, 40996.
Cordia alba, 40988.
Cotton, Crossypium spp.
(Australia), 41291 41294.
Caravonica, rough, 41291.
Caravonica, smooth. 41292.
native, coast, 41204.
native, interior, 4120'.
tree, 41291-41294.
Curcuma sp., 41098.
Cymbopogon coloratus, 40896, 41271.
Daucus carota, 41286.
Dimocarpus longan, 41053.
Dolichos lablab. 40903.
sesquipedalis. See Vigna scsaui-
jn ilntis.
Duraznillo bianco, Ruprechtia fagifo-
(in. 41309.
1'Jlaeis guineensis, 40994.
Elephant urniss. Saccharum ciliare,
40989.
Elm, 11 >n us pumila, 40S98.
Eminer, Triticum dicoccum, 40919.
Enterolobium cyclocarpum, 40995.
Escallonia myrtilloides, 41105.
r< sinosa, 41112.
niii sp.. 41110.
Euscaphis japonica, 41263.
staphyleoides. See Euscaphis ja-
ponica.
Ficus sycomprus, 40984, 40985.
Fig, Ficus sycomorus:
Baladi, W984.
(Egypt), 40984, 40985.
Kelabi, 40985.
Pharaoh's, W984, 10985.
INDEX OF COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES.
67
Flourensia campestris, 41301.
Fragaria sp., 41102.
chiloensis, 41005, 41006.
vesca, 41007.
Fresa, Fragaria sp. See under 41006.
Fringe tree, Chinese, Chionanthus
retusa, 41259.
Frutilla, Fragaria chiloensis, 41005.
Furcraea sp., 41193.
Garcinia mangostana, 41062, 41128.
Ginseng, Panax quinque folium, 41151.
Glochidion sinicum. See Agyneja im-
putes.
Gossypium spp., 41291-41294.
Granadillo, Solatium bonariense, 41312.
Grass, elephant, Saccharum ciliare,
40989.
Kikuyu, Pennisctum longistylum,
41055.
lemon, Cymbopogon coloratus,
40896, 41271.
molasses, Melinis minuti flora,
41148.
Moumahaki prairie, Brornus unio-
loides, 41285.
Guava berry, Myrciaria floribunda,
410r,7.
Guayabita, Psidium guayabita, 40993.
Guettarda uruguensis, 41302.
Guidieon-apple, Citrus grandis, 40917.
Hackberry, Celtis audibertiana, 40924.
Haricot de Lima, Phaseolus lunatus,
40925.
de Parague, Phaseolus lunatus,
40925.
d'Orleans, Phaseolus lunatus, 40925.
Hespcromeles oolonga, 41111.
Holcus sorghum, 40914, 41244, 41245.
sorghum verticilliflorus, 40897.
Hordeum distichon nudum, 41\i>3, 4 1 1 55.
distichon nutans, 41246, 41248-
41251.
vulgare, 41158-41161.
coeleste, 41150.
coerulesccns, 41 152.
himalaycnsc, 41157.
pallidum, 41247.
violaccum, 41162.
Hsiang t'ao, Amygdalus persica, 41149.
Huascanianuco, Xanthosoma sp., 41119.
Hyalis argentea. See Plazia argentea.
Ira-poita, Myroxylon salzmanni, 41305.
Jujube, Ziziphus jujuba, 40899.
Kafir melon. See under Citruttus vul-
garis, 41164.
Kalamaka. Phaseolus lunatus, 40925.
Kana, Saccliarum spontaneum. See
under Saccharum ciliare, 40989.
Kans, Saccharum spontaneum. See
under Saccharum ciliare. 40989.
Kasa, Saccharum spontant um. See
under Saccharum ciliare, 40989.
Kikuyu grass. Pennisctum longis-
tylum. 41055.
Lemon grass, Cymbopogon coloratus,
40896, 41271.
Lengli, Hespcromeles oolonga, 41111.
IAMum philippincnse, 41165.
Lily, Benguet, Lilium philippinense,
41165.
Lime, sweet, Citrus sp., 41099.
Litchi chinensis, 40915. 40916, 40973,
40974, 41004, 41052. 41054.
Litchi, Litchi chinensis:
(China ), 40915, 40973, 40974, 41004,
41052, 41054.
Haak-ip, 40915.
(Hawaii). 40916.
I lei yell. 409ir>.
Loh mai chili. See under 40915.
No mi chih. See under 40915.
Shan chi. See under 40915.
Wai chih li chi, 41054.
Llacono, Polymiria soneliifotia. 411SS.
Longan, Dimocarpus longan, 41053.
Lucuma caimito. See Pouteria caimito.
sp., 40906.
Luehea divaricata. See Alegria di-
varicata.
Lumbang, Aleurites moluecana, 40927,
4(l!)77.
Maba argentinensis, H304.
sn.. 4KW4.
Malvisco, Sida bonariensis, 41311.
Mamao, Carica papaya, 11147.
Mandarin. Citrus nobilis deliciosa,
41088-41091, 4lL'7n.
Burruin Beauty, 41089.
( 'number's Perfection. 41090.
Elleudale Beauty, 41091.
Excelsior, 41088.
(Fiji). 41270.
(Queensland I, 41088 41091.
Mangifera indica, 40911, 40920, 40921,
-Kips:;, M)991.
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INDEX OF COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES.
Mango, Mnngifera indica:
Biscochuelo, 40983.
Chino, 40921.
(Cuba), 40911, 40920, 40921, 10983.
Luisa, 40911.
Manga mamey, 40920.
(Philippine Islands), 40991.
Mangosteen, Garcinia mangostana,
41002, 41128.
(British West Indies), 41128.
(Philippine Islands), 41062.
Manihot dulcis, 41103, 41121, 41122.
palmata. See Manihot dulcis.
Manketaan, Citrullus vulgaris, 411G4.
Masuca (undetermined), 41107. 41108.
Maunj, Saccharum spontaneum. See
under Saccharum ciliare, 40989.
Medicago hispida denticulata, 412GG.
sativa, 40910.
Melilot, Melilotus alba, 40937.
Melilotus alba, W937.
Mel in is minutiflora, 41148.
Melon. Kafir. See under Citrullus vul-
garis, 41104.
Tsama, Citrullus vulgaris, 41164.
Mimosa acanthocarpa. See Mimosa
aculeaticarpa.
aculeaticarpa, 40976.
Molasses grass, Melinis minutiflora,
41148.
Moringa oleifera, 40913.
Munj fiber. See under Saccharum
ciliare, 40989.
Myrciaria floribunda, 41057.
Myrica nagi. See Myrica rubra.
rubra. 41256.
Myroxylon salsmanni, 41305.
Nagi. Myrica rubra, 41256.
Nariz, AnacardAum excelsum, 409S7.
Nectarine. Amygdalus persica necta-
rina, 412")::.
(Italy), 41253.
Sbergia, 41253.
Nephelium litchi. See Litchi chinensis.
longana. See Dimocarpus longan.
Oca, Oxalis tuberosa, 41H',s H176.
Cachu, 41 17_'.
Ilanccolema. 11171.
Higos, 11169.
papa. See under 41172.
Pocalluchu. See under 4 1 173.
*» uraej, 4117"..
Zapallo, 41108.
Oil palm, Guinea, Elaeis f/uineensis,
|U!l!) I.
Olivillo, l'la-.in argentea, 11307.
Onion, Allium cepa, 11056.
Opuntia spp., 41104, lino, nus:;, 41284.
Orbignya speciosa, 41254.
Oreja de judio, Enterolobi/wm cyclo-
carpum, 40995.
Oryza sativa, 40922. 10923, 10928-40935,
H063, 41125-i1T->7. 41144—41140.
Oxalis tuberosa, 41168 41170.
Pa.cb.6o, Brassica chinensis, 41031.
Pachyrhisus angulatus. See Cacara
erosa.
Pacuri. Rheedia brasiliensis, 41150.
Pakchoi, Brassica chinensis, 41031.
Palillo chuncho. Curcuma sp., 411)08.
Palm, Guinea oil, Elaeis guineensis,
40994.
Palo blaneo, Moringa oleifera, 40913.
Panax quinquefolium, 11151.
Panti (undetermined), 41115.
Papa lisa. Ullucus tuberosus, 41177-
411S4, 41194, 41196.
Papaya, Carica papaya, 41147
Passiflora edulis, 40990, 40992.
Passion fruit. Passiflora crfulis, 40990.
40992.
Peach, Amygdalus persica:
Chieh t'ao. mi!).
(China). 40900, 41000. 41130-
41132. 41142. 4114!!. 41258, 41l!74.
Hsiang t'ao, 41149.
Hung chiang, 41130.
(Italy), 41120. 41i,52.
Kuang ying, 41 132.
Mala Rosea, 41129.
Pai chiang, 41131.
pear. 41274.
(Persia), 41272. 41273.
(Peru), 40907.
red stone, 41 27:;.
wild, Amygdalus davidiana, 41000
yellow pit. 41l'7_'
Pennisetum longistylum, 41055.
Persea americana, 4<>012. 40978-40982
gratissima. See Persea americana*
Phaseolus lunatus, 40925.
minion. 4O07<>.
Pica uncucha, Xanthosoma sp., 4112<'.
Pill nut, Canarium oratum. 40926.
Pimenta officinalis, 41134.
Pimento, Pimenta officinalis. 41134.
Piptadenia rigida, 11306.
INDEX OF COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES.
69
Pittosporum crassifolium, 41290.
Plazia argentea, 41307.
Plum, Primus domestica, 40909.
salicina, 41257.
Polakoivskia tacaco, 41008. 41141.
Polymnia sonchi folia, 41188.
Potato, Solanum tuberosum:
Alccacompis, 41202.
Alccatarma, 41198.
(Argentina), 41163.
Aspasuncho, 41224.
Cailluhuacot, 41229.
Caylluhuacoto, 41229.
Ccanchalli, 41230.
Ceohuisullo, 41226.
Charcahuaylla, 41239.
Cheqquepuru, 41219.
Chilquehuarmi, 41218.
Chocjllus, 41237.
Chorillo, 41205.
Cohuisulluchi, 41203.
Cusi. 41234.
Ellusunchu. 41213.
Huayruru, 41208.
Leqquerunto. 41231.
Lequechu, 41221.
Lluturuntu. 41211.
Lomo, 41220.
Muruchancha. See under 41237.
Muruchocjllus, 41237.
Muruehunqui, 41206.
Murupetiquifias, 41219.
Paltasunchus, 41200.
(Peru). 41197-41243.
Petiquifia, 41210.
Phoceoya, 41228.
Pichireto, 41215.
Poccoya, 41228.
Pucaberundus, 41221.
Pucacafiari, 41217.
Pucaccohuisullo, 41220.
Pucacompis, 41199.
Pucacusi, 41234.
Pucapetiquina, 41216.
Pucaqquehuillo chaucha, 41197.
Pucasuayllu, 41227.
Pucasuituche. See under 41203,
41226.
Pucatarma, 41236.
Qquellopuiban, 41235.
Sale, 41222.
Soccohuaccoto, 41212.
Suayllu, 41225.
Suituche, 41226.
Potato — Continued.
Tutu, 41233.
Yanaberundus, 41204.
Yanacusi, 41207, 41214.
Yanamalan, 41238.
Yanapuiban, 41201.
Yuraejpetiquifia, 41232.
Pouteria caimito, 41003.
Premna microphylla, 41201).
Prickly-pear, Opuntia spp., 41104,
41283-41284.
Primrose. See Primula spp.
Primula spp., 41277, 41278, 41281.
obtusifolia, 41280.
petiolaris, 41279.
Primus davidiana. See Amygdalus da-
vidiana.
domestica, 40909.
maximowiczii, 40997.
in it me. 41001.
persica. See Amygdalus persica.
■salicina, 41257.
sargentii. See Prunus serrulata
sachalinensis.
serrulata sachalinensis, 40998,
41058-41060.
yedoensis, 40999.
Psidium guayabita, 40993.
Pterogyne nitens, 41308.
Pulla-pulla (undetermined), 41190.
1'yrol, woolly, Phaseolus mungo, 40970.
Qquelluuncucha, Xanthosoma spp.,
41097, 41101.
Quebrachia lorentzii. See Schinopsis
lorentzii.
Quebracho Colorado, Schinopsis lorent-
zii, 41310.
Quishuar, Buddleia incana, 111 it.
Quita naranjo, Solanum sp.. 41113.
Radish, Raphanus satiinis, H030.
Haguar, Aleurites moluccana, 40977.
Raphanus sativus, 4 L030.
Raspberry, Rubus sp.. 41265.
Rheedia brasiliensis, 41150.
Rice, Oryza sativa:
Agulha, 41146.
Arroz agulha peludo, 41125.
Goyano, 41144.
Jaguary, 1 1 1 !•">.
valenciano, n 127.
(Brazil), H063, 41125-41127,
II Ml 111 16.
Broussa, 10922, 10923.
70
INDEX OF COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES.
Rice — Continued.
Catete dourado, 4112G.
Lava, 40928, 40929.
somotra, 40930, 40931.
( Madagascar ) , 40928-40935.
Madinika, 40932, 40933.
(Turkey), 40922, 40923.
upland, 41063.
Vato, 40934, 40935.
Rubus sp., 41265.
canadensis, 40904.
millspaughii. See Rubxis canaden-
sis.
Ruprechtia fagifolia, 41309.
Saccharum ciliare, 40989.
offlcinarum, 41154.
Sankalu, Cacara erosa, 41143.
Sar. See under Saccharum ciliare.
40989.
Sara, Saccharum, ciliare, 40989.
Sbergia, Amygdalus persica nectarina,
41253.
Schi7iopsis lorentzii, 41310.
Sebastiania klotzschiana brachyclada,
41300.
Sentha. See under Saccharum ciliare,
40989.
Shih pa tou, Vigna sesquipedalis, 40901.
Sida bonariensis, 41311.
Sirki. See under Saccharum ciliare,
40989.
Solanum spp., 41106, 41109, 41113,
41117.
bonariense, 41312.
tuberosum, 41163, 41197-41243.
Sorghum, Holcus sorghum:
(Angola), 41244, 41245.
Kafir corn, 41244, 41245.
Masambala, white, 41244, 41245.
(Mauritius), 40897.
(Union of South Africa). 40914.
Sorghum vulgare. See Holcus sor-
ghum.
Soto eaballo, Alegria divarieata, 41303.
Stizolobium niveum, 40918.
Strawberry, Fragaria spp. :
Chile. 41006.
(Colombia), 41006, 41007.
(Ecuador), 41005.
(Peru), 41102.
Strawberry tree, Myrica rubra, 41256.
Sugar cane. Saccharum offlcinarum,
41154.
Uba. 41154.
Swe tsin tiao, Chioiiantlius retusa,
41259.
Symplocos stellaris, 41262.
Tacaco, Polakowskia tacaco, 41008,
41141.
Tamarisk, Tamarix aphylla, 40986.
Tamarix aphylla, 40986.
articulata. See Tamarix aphylla.
Tangerine, Citrus nobilis deliciosa,
41124.
Taro, Colocasia esculenta, 40996.
(Hawaii), 40996.
Uahi a Pele, 40996.
Tasta, Escallonia myrtilloides, 41105.
Til. See under Saccharum ciliare,
40989.
Thill. See under Saccharum ciliare,
40989.
Trifolium repens, 41287.
Triticum aestimim, 40941-40969, 41009-
41011, 41017-41023, 41032-41034,
41064-41071, 41073-410S7.
dicoccum, 40919. 41024, 41025.
durum, 40938-40940. 41012-41016,
41026-41028, 41035-41051.
turgidum, 41029, 41072.
vulgare. See Triticum aestivum.
Tropaeolum tuberosum. 41185, 41186,
41195.
Tsama melon, Citrullus vulgaris,
41164.
Tuan ch'ing chiang tou. Vigna sesqui-
pedalis, 40902.
Tung tree, Aleurites fordii, 40905.
Uauassu, Orbignya speciosa. 41254.
Ucuuba, Virola surinamensis, 41255.
branca, under 412").".
vermelha. under 41255.
Ullucu. See Vllucus tuberosum.
Ullucus tuberosus, 41177-41184, 41194,
41196.
llmus pumila, 40898.
Undetermined, 41107-4110S. 41115,
41166, 41189-41192, 41264, 41269,
41275, 41276.
Urd, Phaseolus mungo, 40970.
Tallesia glabra. 41313.
Vetch, yicia spp.. 41267, 4126S.
Ticia spp., 41267, 41268.
/a 6(7, 412S8.
Vigna sesquipedalis, 40901, 40902.
Viraro, Pterogyne nitens, 41308.
INDEX OF COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES.
71
Virola surinamensis, 41255.
Vitex montevidensis, 41314.
Wai chih li chi, Litchi chinensis, 41054.
Wheat, Tritieum spp. :
Adjini, 41048.
africanum, 40939.
Agili Pubescent, 41041.
albidum, 40968.
alborubrum, 40963, 41019.
Allemand, 4104'.).
Allorca, 41032.
(Australia), 41064-410S7.
Azizi, 41047.
Bansi, 41012.
barbarossa, 40945.
Berbern, 41050.
Biskri Smooth, 41036.
Bomen, 41077.
Canberra. 41076.
Cedar, 41083.
Chivinka, 41022.
Cleveland. 41078.
coerulescens, 41027.
compactum, 40941-40944, 41023.
Cowra No. 16, 41084.
Dahntia, 41013.
delfii, 40957.
durum. 40938-40940, 41012-41016.
41026-4102S, 41035-41051.
erinaaum, 40941.
erythroleucon, 40950.
erythrospermum, 40954, 41020.
farm in, 41024.
Federation, 41079, 41080.
ferrugineum, 40953, 41017, 41018.
fetisoioii, 41023.
Florence, 41086.
fuligiriosum, 4094S.
graecum, 40956, 41022.
Hansi pissi, 41009.
Hard Federation, 41079.
hordeiforma, 41026, 41028.
Howrah, 41014.
humbi Idti, 40944.
(India), 4093S-40969, 41009-41916.
Jalalia, 41015.
Jonathan, 41085.
Jumbnck Cross, 41075.
Kathiawar, wild, 40919.
Kizyl-bogara, 41020.
Krasnokoloska, 41017.
Lenah Khetifa, 41039.
Whea t — Continued .
leucospermum, 40960.
leucurum, 40940.
Unaza, 40942.
lutescens, 41021.
Mahmoudi, 41045, 41046.
Marster'r Perfection, 41072.
Mahon, 41033.
Medeah, 41035.
Mekki, 41044.
melanopus, 40938.
milturum, 40905.
Murya, 41011.
Namira, 41037.
Poltavka, 41021.
Purple straw, 41082.
Real Forte, 4103S.
Richelle, 41034.
rufum, 41025.
(Russia), 41017-41029.
Sbei, 41040. 41042.
Souri, 41051.
speciosissimum, 41029.
Steinwedel, 410S1.
Sukerhai pissi, 41010.
Sunset, 41074.
Taganrog, 41043.
Tarragon, 41073.
Teremkovaja, 41023.
Thew, 41087.
Tigharia, 41016.
(Tunis), 41032-41051.
Warren, 41071.
wemerianum, 40943.
wild Kathiawar, 40919.
Woolly pyrol, Phaseolus mungo, 40970.
Xanthosoma spp., 41097, 41101, 41119,
41120.
Xylosma salzmanni. See Hyroxylon
salzmanni.
Yacon, Polymnia sp. See under 41115.
Yamazakura, Primus serrulata sacha-
I in crisis, 41058-41060.
Yam bean, Cacara erosa, 41143. 1 1107.
Bangkoewang, 41167.
Sankalu, 413 13.
Yang mei, Myrica rubra, 41256.
Yuca, Manihot dulcis, 41103, 41121.
Ziziphus jujuba, 40899.
sativa- See Ziziphus jujuba.
o
Issued December 24, 191S.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY.
WILLIAM A. TAYLOR, Chief j>f Bureau.
INVENTORY
OF
SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED
BY THE
OFFICE OF FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT INTRODUCTION
DURING THE PERIOD FROM OCTOBER 1
TO DECEMBER 31, 1915.
(No. 45; Noa. 41315 to 41684.)
WASHINGTON:
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.
1918.
Issued December 24, 1918.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY.
WILLIAM A. TAYLOR, Chief of Bureau.
INVENTORY
OF
SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED
BY THE
OFFICE OF FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT INTRODUCTION
DURING THE PERIOD FROM OCTOBER 1
TO DECEMBER 31, 1915.
(No. 45; Nos. 41315 to 41684.)
WASHINGTON:
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.
1918.
BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY.
Cliii t i,f Bureau, William A. Taylor.
Associate Chief of Bureau, Karl F. Keller man.
Officer in Charge of Publications, J. E. Rockwell.
Chief Clerk, James E. .Tones.
Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction.
scientific staff.
David Fairchild, Agricultural Explorer in Charge.
P. H. Dorsett, Plant Introducer, in Charge of Plant Introduction Field Stations.
B. T. Galloway, Plant Pathologist, in Charge of Plant Protection and Plant Propagation.
Peter Bisset, Plant Introducer, in Charge of Foreign Plant Distribution.
Frank N. Meyer, Wilson Popenoe, and F. C. Reimer, Agricultural Explorers.
H. C. Skeels. S. C. Stuntz, Glen P. Van Eseltine, and R. A. Young, Botanical Assistants.
D. A. Bisset, R. N. Jones, and P. G. Russell. Assistants.
Robert L. Beagles, Superintendent, Plant Introduction Field Station. Chieo, Cal.
E. O. Orpet. Assistant in Plant Introduction . Chico, t'al.
Edward Simmonds, Superintendent, Plant Introduction Field Station, Miami. Fla.
John M. Rankin, Superintendent, Yarrow Plant Introduction Field station, Rockville, Md
Harry Duffield, jr., Assistant in Plant Introduction, Rockville, Md.
J. E. Morrow, Superintendent, Plant Introduction Field Station, Brooksville, Fla.
Henry E. .Tuenemann. Superintendent, Plant Introduction Field Station. Bcllinghatn,
Wash.
Edward Goucher, Plant Propagator.
Collaborators: Aaron Aaronsohn, Director, Jewish Agricultural Experimental station,
Haifa, Palestine; Thomas W. Brown. Gizch, Cairo, Egypt; H. M. Curran, Laurel, Md. ;
M. J. Dorsey, University Farm, St. Paul. Minn.; Dr. Gustav Eisen. Xew York City,
E. C. Green, Sereico do Algoddo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; A. C. Hartless. Seharunpur
Botanic Gardens, Seharunpur, India; Barbour Lathrop. Chicago. III.; Miss Eliza R.
Scidmore, Washington. D. C; Charles Simpson, Littleriver, Fla.; IT. I'. Stnckey,
Experiment, Oa. ; Dr. L. Trabut. Director, Service Botanique, Algiers, Algeria; II. X.
Whitford, School of Forestry, New Haven, Conn.; E. H. Wilson, Arnold Arboretum,
Jamaica Plain, Mass.
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CONTENTS
Page
Introductory statement 5
Inventory . . 9
Index of common and scientific nair es 61
ILLUSTRATIONS.
Page.
Plate I. The tara, a new plant for hedges and windbreaks, from Peru (Caesal-
pinia pectinata Cav.), S. P. I. No. 41323 16
II. The lengli, an interesting ornamental tree of Peru (Hesperomeles ob-
longa Lindley), S. P. I. No. 41325 16
III. The chachacoma of Peru (Escallonia resinosa (R. and P.) Persoon .
S. P. I. No. 41326 Id
IV. The canihua. a cultivated food plant from the high Andes (Chcnopo-
dium hastatum Philippi), S. P. I. No. 41335 16
V. The quinoa, an important "grain" plant of the Andes (Chenopodium
quinoa Willd.), S. P. I. No. 4134 0 24
VI. A Chinese dwarf peach for plant breeders. S. P. I. No. 41395 24
VII. A hardy low-growing hedge plant (Caragana pygmaea (L.) DC),
is. P. I. No. 41479 36
3
INVENTORY OF SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED
BY THE OFFICE OF FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT
INTRODUCTION DURING THE PERI D FROM OC-
TOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1915 (NO. 45; NOS.
41315 TO 41684).
INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT.
Although this inventory chronicles the arrival of only 370 new
plant immigrants, it describes some that are of unusual interest and
deserving of special mention. It covers certain plants of the high
Peruvian Andes collected by Mr. O. F. Cook while attached to the
Yale University-National Geographic Society Expedition. These
include a remarkable wild relative of the tomato (No. 41318), which
has a pleasant, slightly acid flavor, resembling that of an apple, and
remarkable keeping qualities which may make it of particular inter-
est to tomato breeders; one of the Mutisias (No. 41317), a large
trailing composite vine worthy of trial in our greenhouses for its
beautiful orange to scarlet pendent flowers, which suggest thistles ; a
passion fruit (No. 41316), the pulp of which separates from the
hard shell, making it possible to peel the shell away; the tara
(Gaesalpina pectinata, No. 41323), a spiny leguminous tree or shrub
which may make a striking hedge plant in our Southwestern States.
its bright scarlet pods contrasting with its deep polished-green leaves
as holly berries do; the tasta (No. 41324), a fine-leaved shrubby
Escallonia, which may make a desirable hedge plant as far north as
San Francisco; the lengli (Hesperomeles oblonga, No. 41325), an
attractive tree with evergreen leaves and brilliant red fruits, hanging
on all winter like holly berries; the capuli cherry of Peru (Prunus
salicifolia, No. 41328), from an altitude of 12.000 feet, which
resembles a chokeberry but has a linn flesh of good texture ami agree-
able taste; a variety of the sweet cassava (Manihot dulcis, No.
41320), which species, according to Cook, is represented by varieties
maturing at 6,000 feet on the eastern slopes of the Andes and in the
cold cloudy coastal climate of the Pacific coast; a species of tic
(Datura sanguinea, No. 41329), with green, orange, and scarlet
flowers, which occurs where heavy frosts are encountered every night .
the lucuma of Peru (No. 41332), a popular fruit with rich mealy
5
6 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
flesh, resembling a cooked sweet potato, and with a hardiness which
presumably will enable it to be grown in California and Florida;
a South American walnut {Juglans sp., No. 41334), of distinct
value to plant breeders, the bark of which is used for dyeing
wool the color of the famous vicuna ponchos; and a remarkable
species of the papaya (No. 41339), which produces fruits that will
keep for two weeks or more after they are ripe and which are as
deliciously fragrant as a well-ripened muskmelon and of excellent
flavor but tough texture. Although the quinoa (('henopodium
quinoa, Xo. 41340) has often been introduced into America and has
nowhere yet found a home, it is important to get an opinion regard-
ing this plant from a keen observer and thoroughly trained agri-
cultural explorer. Mr. Cook reports that previous to the introduc-
tion of wdieat and barley this cultivated pigweed was one of the two
most widely grown crops of the remarkable Inca civilization, that it
is pronounced by a Scotchman resident there to-day as being better
than oatmeal for a breakfast food, and that it appears very vigor-
ous and productive and may possibly be gathered and thrashed by
machinery.
Among the introductions sent in by correspondents or collected by
travelers, there are several unusual things covered by this inventory.
To Rev. George Campbell, the American missionary who has sent in
so many interesting plants from South China, we are indebted for a
most remarkable dwarf peach (No. 41395), which is handled as a
pot-groAvn tree in China and which he says comes true to seed. He
reports that one small tree 15 inches high with a stem no larger than
a lead pencil ripened five good-sized edible clingstone peaches. The
behavior out of doors at Chico of a number of seedlings of this peach
suggests the possibility of a dwarf race of peach trees of value as
fruit producers and for plant breeding. Mr. Carlos Werckle, of
Costa Rica, sends seeds of the sansapote {Licania platypus. Xo.
41393), the most beautiful forest tree in Costa Rica, which grows to
gigantic size, bears an edible fruit, and produces timber nearly as
good as the Cedrela timber of Cuba. Mr. A. Rolloff, director of the
Tiflis Botanic Garden, who has sent so many new hardy plants from
the Caucasus, presents us with seeds of the beautiful sulphur-yellow
peony (Xo. 41476), recently discovered near Lagodekhi in eastern
central Caucasus by Mlokosewitsch, for whom it was named. Gara-
gana arborescens has become almost a necessary hedge and shelter-
belt plant on the Canadian Great Plains, and it is coming to be bet-
ter appreciated in our own Northwest. A beautiful, striking, pros-
trate form (Xo. 41480) to which Mr. Xorman M. Ross, of Indian
Head, directed attention last year, and which he has since sent us,
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1915. 7
can scarcely fail to be of value for dooryard planting in the coldest
portions of our country.
It always gives a feeling of satisfaction to realize that a tree intro-
duction has reached a stage where it is producing a supplv of seed
in this country. The Queensland nuts (No. 4147-2) sent in from
Homestead. Fla., by Mrs. L. L. Bow were produced by a tree sent
to her by this office in 1911. Its productiveness and the quality of
the nuts indicate that this new nut tree, which furnishes a basis for a
small industry in Australia, is a promising one for both Florida
and California.
Collections of seven winter-wheat varieties (Xos. 41510 to 41516)
from Baluchistan, presented by Mr. A. Howard, of the Indian Serv-
ice, and of 18 varieties (Xos. 41342 to'41356 and 41682 to H684)
from Pusa, India, should yield something valuable for the wheat
breeders.
The hybrids between the American chinkapin and the Japanese
chestnut (Xos. 41357 to 41360), made by Dr. Walter Van Fleet, bear
nuts which in size and sweetness should recommend them to the se-
rious attention of nut growers.
The Mascarene grass (Osterdamia tenuifolia, Xo. 4150!)). which
has been used so extensively by the Japanese for lawns, but which
comes to us from the island of Guam, has already shown its remark-
able lawn-making character in southern Florida, where lawns are
most difficult to maintain.
A species of Rubus (Xo. 41676) from India, making a growth
of 20 feet and said to be the most 'robust of the genus, together with
five other species from the same section of the Himalayas, may have
special interest for breeders, even though they may not do well gen-
erally.
Those Americans who have tried in vain to grow as a bolder plant
the brilliant Calceolaria, so common in Great Britain, may lie glad
to test as a substitute the Australian Crotalaria ( No. U571 ). which
Mr. James Pink, who sends it in. predicts will he highly successful
in borders in dry situations.
The Pondoland cocos (Jubaeopsis caffra, No. II M) will have a
botanical interest to all palm lovers as the only members of the tribe
to which the coconut belongs which occurs ill Africa, all the others
being inhabitants of the Western Hemisphere.
Chinese place and plant names in this inventory have been brought,
so far as possible, into accord with the best authorities, the geo
graphic names (except when fixed by decisions of the United State-
Geographic Board) being given in the form accepted by the Chinese
Ministry of Communications Postal Guide. Many of the smaller vil-
8 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
lage names, however, are not listed therein, and in all such cases the
location of the village is given with reference to the nearest town
mentioned in that work.
The manuscript of this inventory was prepared by Miss May Riley,
the botanical determinations of seeds introduced were made and the
notes on geographic distribution compiled by Mr. H. C. Skeels,
while the descriptive and botanical notes were arranged by the late
Mr. S. C. Stuntz.
David Fairchild,
Agricultural Explorer in Charge.
Office or Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction.
Washington, D. C, Mag 31, 1918.
INVENTORY.
41315. Lilium philippinense Baker. Liliaceoe. Benguet lily.
From Manila, Philippine Islands. Bulbs presented by Mr. A. Hernandez,
acting Director of Agriculture. Received October 4, 1915.
" Grown at La Trinidad Experiment Station, Trinidad, Benguet, P. I."
(Hernandez.)
A delicately fragrant lily from the Philippine Islands, with pure waxy white,
usually solitary flowers, tinged green near the base, 6 to 9 inches long and
4 to 6 inches wide. It is best suited for pot culture in the Northern States.
(Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture.)
On account of its narrow leaves it will probably not be of any great impor-
tance except possibly in breeding work.
41316 to 41341.
Collected by Mr. O. P. Cook, of the Bureau of Plant Industry, on the Yale
University-National Geographic Society Expedition to Peru. Received
October 5, 1915. Quoted notes by Mr. Cook, unless otherwise indicated.
41316. Passiflora sp. Passifloracese. Tumbo.
"(No. 228. Tinta, Peru, April 16, 1915.) Seeds collected in the Vil-
canote Valley, at an altitude of more than 10,000 feet. A large vine
with deeply 3-parted leaves, very rugose and deeply veined above, cottony
white below, petioles and young stems also with cottony pubescence;
petals pale pink, slightly darker than the lobes of the calyx, the fringe
bright blue, less than half as long as the petals, but more than a third
as long, rising from a white fleshy ring that borders the mouth of the
tube ; fruit strongly pubescent when young, more thinly so when mature,
becoming pale yellowish or speckled and tinged with dull purplish on the
exposed side. On account of the texture, pubescence, and the colors the
surface of the fruit has somewhat the appearance of a light-colored
peach. The shape of the fruit is nearly globose, but the ends are dis-
tinctly flattened ; length 5 cm., width 5.7 cm. The outer wall of the
mature fruit separates readily from a soft white inner skin which ad-
heres closely to the pulp mass and holds it together, so that the outside
shell can be broken away without danger of losing the pulp or seeds, the
pedicel serving as a convenient handle during the operation. The inner
skin can then be pulled away or eaten with the pulp. The ready separa-
tion of the wall into the two layers may give this spories an advantage
as a table fruit, for it can be eaten, like a kid-glove orange, without
wetting the fingers, or it can be brought to the table ready to eat, with
the outer shell taken oil', hut the pedicel left as a handle. The pulp
mass, in addition to being held together by the inner skin, is rather linn.
The flavor of the pulp is excellent, very pleasantly acid, and perhaps
more like a cherry than any other temperate fruit with which it might
be compared. The seeds are also somewhat smaller than those of most
of the species that are grown for their fruits. The vine is a very neauti-
63G3S0— 18 2 9
10 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
41316 to 41341— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. O. F. Cook.)
ful climber and the flowers are magnificent, not so strikingly colored as
some of the passion flowers, but a very attractive pink."
41317. Mutisia sp. Asteracese.
"(No. 834. San Miguel and Torontoy, Pern, June It. 191.".. > Seeds of
a large trailing vine with a magnificent flower. The rays attain a
length of nearly ."> cm. and are recurved againsl the involucre, which
is covered with long, recurved, channeled scales, appearing spinelike
and suggesting a thistle, but not si iff or sharp. The flowers are pendent
and have a stalk 6 to 10 inches long. The rays are orange at the base,
passing through scarlet and scarlet red and then to deeper shades,
finally discoloring to black. The anthers are dark brownish and the
style yellow, tipped with red. The rays are of firm texture and evi-
dently remain showy for a long time, several days at least. Probably
would not thrive outside of a greenhouse unless in Florida or California."
41318. Lycopeksicon sp. . Solanacese. Wild tomato.
"(No. 1185. June 10, 1915.) Seeds of a wild tomato growing near a
small watercourse between Ollantaytambo and Torontoy and about 1
league above the latter place, at an altitude of more than 8,000 feet,
in a rather dry district, with cacti and other desert vegetation. Only
one plant was found at the place where the fruit was obtained, though
the species was noticed two or three times in other localities. The vine
was large and woody, trailing over bushes 10 to 12 feet high. The
foliage, flowers, and fruit have much the same form as those of the
cultivated tomato. The flowers are of a bright yellow color, but the
fruits remain green, even when the seeds are mature. Finally they
become somewhat yellowish, but with no approach to the bright colors
of the cultivated varieties. The fruit also lacks the characteristic odor
and taste of the tomato, but has a pleasant, slightly acid flavor, more
like that of the apple. Another difference is that the outer wall is much
firmer in texture than in the cultivated tomato, and .the keeping quali-
ties are apparently very much better. Fruits collected on June 10 and
brought to Ollantaytambo in a saddlebag remained apparently un-
changed, with no signs of decay or withering, until July 20, and some
of them were still fresh when they reached Washington in September.
"In addition to the botanical interest attaching to this plant as a
wild relative of the tomato, there is the possibility of making use of it
in hybridizing and breeding new varieties. If such a cross can be
made, it may be expected to give a wide range of variation and yield
new types of fruit adapted to special purposes, such as woody perennial
varieties thai can be trained over arbors like grapevines, or varieties
with special flavors, greater firmness of flesh, and improved keeping
qualities. An increase of hardiness might also be expected, in view of
the fact that this species grows wild at a rather high altitude in a
valley bordered by high mountains with perpetual snow fields. The
nights are very cold, with frequent frosts during the winter season. The
fruits are over an inch in diameter, several times as large as those of
the red-fruited Wild tomato found later at Santa Ana. from winch the
cultivated tomato appears to have been derived. The fruits are borne
in large flat clusters on a dichotomously (?) branched inflorescence that
becomes stiff and w ly as the fruits mature. The Indians are said not
to use the fruit, but the plant is supposed to have medicinal properties."
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1915. 11
41316 to 41341— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. O. F. Cook.)
41319. Rubus sp. Rosacea?. Raspberry.
"(No. 1233. Panticalla Valley, Peru, July IS, 1915.) Seeds of a rasp-
berry of possible interest to breeders on account of the extremely large
size of the fruits, which attain a length of nearly an inch and a half
and a diameter of more than an inch. The color and general appear-
ance are much like our red raspberry, but there is a solid fleshy core,
like a blackberry. The vine is a large and very vigorous climber, with
fresh bright-green foliage, the stems and petioles being armed with
rather scattering hooked spines. The flowers are pinkish purple."
41320. Manihot dulcis (Gesner) Baillon. Euphorbiaceae.
(Manihot palmata Muell. Arg. i Sweet cassava.
"(No. 1680. Santa Ana, Peru, July 6, 1915.) Dried fruits of the
cassava plant, known in most Spanish-speaking countries as yuca, which
is an important root crop in most parts of tropical America. In many
regions cassava is a staple article of diet, as the potato is with us, and
in some respects it is superior to the potato, notably in having a richer
flavor. The flavor of the fresh cassava is entirely lacking in tapioca,
which is the only product of cassava widely known in the United States.
The cassava would be a valuable addition to the agriculture of the
United States, and especially in the warmer parts of the country where
the summer weather is too hot for the potato, but thus far it has re-
mained confined to the warmest districts of the Gulf States, on account
of the very long season required to mature the crop. The prospects of
more general utilization of the cassava in the United States depend
obviously on the possibility of securing varieties that will grow in a
shorter season or with less heat. The behavior of cassava in Peru may
be said at least to justify a renewed hope of securing varieties thai can
be raised more widely in the United States than any that have been
available in the past. On the eastern slope of the Andes the cultivation
of the sweet cassava extends to an altitude of 6,000 feet, and it is also
grown along the Pacific coast in a climate that is cold and cloudy for
much of the year. The Peruvian varieties should be tested in southern
California, as well as in the Gulf and South Atlantic States."
41321. Canna edulis Ker-Gawler. Cannaeea?. Achira.
"(No. 1732. Peru.) Seeds of a wild species growing in the Urubamba
Valley between San Miguel and Torontoy at altitudes of 6,000 to 8,000
feet. The plant is said to be the same in every respect as the cultivated
achira of this district, except that it does not have the enlarged fleshy
rootstocks. It usually grows in rather densely wooded situations and
behaves in all respects like a wild plant. The plant is larger and the
flowers are smaller than those of another species of Canna that grows
farther down the valley at Santa Ana. and the color and shape of the
flowers are also different. Unlike the Santa Ana species, the petals have
little of the bright red or scarlet, but more subdued yellowish or pinkish
shades not easily identified with any of the Ridgway color standards.
The middle of the petals is nearly orange-chrome, hut most of the neigh-
boring colors are represented, with the margins nearly scarlet, or with
various pinkish shades, or toned down into such colors as apricot-orange
and the neighboring shades, rufous and canielian v^\. The calyx in-
clines to pinkish, and the f-ruit spines are tinged with Pompeiian red."
12 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTF.D.
41316 to 41341— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. O. F. Cook.)
41322. Mam hot duxcis (Gesner) Baillon. Euphorbiacese.
(Manihot palmata Muell. Arg.) Sweet cassava.
"(No. 1768. Dried fruits from San .Miguel, Peru, July 10, 1015.)"
For description, see No. 1680 (S. P. I. No. 41320).
41323. Caksalpinia pectinata Cav. Ca'salpiniaco.-e. Tara.
(Cacsalpinia tmctoria Doiub.)
"(No. 1795. Seeds from Peru.) A tall, upright, spiny shrub or small
tree, often planted for hedges, especially in the district around the town
of Urubamba, but very abundant in the wild state farther down the
Urubamba Valley, between Ollantaytambo and Torontoy, at altitudes of
8,000 to 10,000 feet. Here it grows under much the same conditions as
the molle or pepper tree, though going into somewhat lower and drier
situations. Yet the tara does not extend into the parts of the valley that
are occupied by tropical types of vegetation, as at San Miguel, nor
were any seen in the region of Santa Ana. The habit of growth and gen-
eral appearance of the tara are striking, the trunk or trunks being strictly
upright, with a few spreading branches near the top. The largest trees
attain a height of 25 to 30 feet, with trunks 6 to S inches in diameter.
The foliage is deep green in color, with the leaflets smooth and polished on
the upper surface. The greenish yellow flowers in cylindrical open spikes
are not very conspicuous, but the pods are produced in large clusters, and
the exposed surfaces show a bright scarlet for a long time before matur-
ing. The color affords a very attractive contrast to the leaves, and from a
distance the effect is the same as though the trees were producing clusters
of red flowers. In addition to the possibility of using the tara as an
ornamental, it might have value as a hedge plant or windbreak, espe-
cially in the drier, warmer parts of the Southwestern States. The ten-
dency of many hedge plants to spread out laterally and occupy too much
ground is not shared by the tara, for all the shoots grow nearly upright,
making a very close and effective hedge, the bark being studded with
short spines. The spines may afford an objection to the use of the tara
as an ornamental in some situations, but they will add to its value as a
hedge plant. A well-grown hedge of tara keeps out cattle, pi.crs. or goats,
as well as human intruders. The growth of the young plants is said to
be very rapid, the wood being rather soft and not durable. New shonis
are formed readily after cutting back, but there are no sprouts from the
roots. No information could be secured regarding the feasibility of
propagating from cuttings. The hedges about Urubamba are said to be
grown from seedlings.
"A further consideration is that the pods of the tara might be found to
have economic value for tanning or dyeing, like the diii-diri and other
species of Caesalpinia. In former years it was customary in Peru to
make ink of the pods by grinding them and adding a little sugar and
verba huena to give luster. The same preparation was used for .dyeing
black. The ink was said to he of good quality and continued in use in
the district of Ollantaytambo until recent years, when supplies of im-
ported Ink were available. In the market in Lima tara pods are a regu-
lar article of trade and are said to be used for dyeing, tanning leather,
and making ink.
•' The immature seeds of the tara contain, underneath the skin, a layer
of fleshy opalescent material, with a rather pleasant, slightly sweetish
taste, which is considered edible, like the arillus of the seeds of Inga and
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1915. 13
41316 to 41341— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. O. F. Cook.)
other leguminous trees; but in the tara the .small size of the seeds makes
it difficult to extract the edible material, which is also rather tough and
tasteless.
"A few trees of tara or a related species were seen about Lima, but they
were much less upright than those about Urubamba. If the trees should
behave in this manner in California it would be much less desirable for
the purposes considered above. The tara about Lima, however, may be
a different variety. It was noticed that the pods offered in the market
were broader than those of the trees of the interior valleys."
For an illustration of the tara, see Plate I.
41324. Escallonia sp. Escalloniaeese. Tasta.
"(No. 1827. Seeds from Pinasniocj, Peru, July 14, 1915.) A fine-
leaved tree, comparable to the boxwood in foliage, but with horizontal
branches and a more open habit of growth, which often produces an
artistic effect like some of the dwarfed Chinese evergreens. The ap-
pearance is also somewhat similar to that of the chachacoma (Escal-
lonia resinosa, S. P. I. No. 41326), but the foliage is much finer and of
a dark and more shining green. Like the chachacoma, the tree will
endure cutting back to any extent, and the new crown soon takes a
graceful rounded shape. This may render the tasta very useful for
ornamental planting in situations where space is limited, and it should
also serve well as a hedge plant. Old trees have deep-red heartwood of
the same texture and appearance as the wood of chachacoma, and are said
to be used in the same way. The form of the fruits also suggests affinity
with that tree, and the habit of growth is similar, but the flowers are
solitary instead of clustered. The color of the flowers is said to be
white, as in chachacoma. The leaves of young vigorous shoots are much
larger than those of mature branches and are distinctly dentate. Like
chachacoma the tree may be rooted from cuttings and layered brandies.
It ascends to higher elevations than chachacoma and may be expected to
have greater resistance to cold, but less resistance to heat. It may
thrive along the California coast as far north as San Francisco and
might become popular as an ornamental or hedge plant."
41325. Hesperomeles oblonga Lindley. Malacea?. Lengli.
"(No. 1874. Dried fruits from Pinasniocj, Peru, July 14, 1915.) A
tree growing at altitudes of 10,000 to 12,000 feet, found in the valleys
of the two streams tributary to the Urubamba River, on the stream
that enters at Ollantaytambo and the other the stream that comes down
from the Panticalla Pass a few miles below Ollantaytambo. On the
other side of the pass in the upper part of the Lucumayo Valley the
lengli appears to be absent. In unfavorable places where the trees re-
main stunted they have an appearance somewhat like our thorn-apple
or hawthorn, but in some of the sheltered ravines and reforested ter-
races where the conditions are more favorable the lengli frees attain a
height of 30 to 40 feet, with trunks I to -i feet in diameter having a
very attractive appearance. The foliage is very line the leases being
of a very regular elliptical shape with slightly dentate margins. The
upper surface is of a fresh deep green color with neatly Impressed veins,
while the lower surface has a warm reddish brown tomentum, afford-
ing a very pleasing contrast. The fruit clusters give a festive appear-
ance like holly, the mature berries being deeply and richly colored.
They begin by changing from green through various shades of pink to
14 SHEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
41316 to 41341— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. (). F. Cook.)
scarlet red and then pass on through the darker shades of red, becoming
eventually almost Mack. The berries are distinctly flattened instead of
round and have the appearance of very small apples. They hang on
the trees for a long time, probably all through the winter, with the effect
of the Christmas holly. A botanical peculiarity, perhaps of this species,
is that the lowest branch of the fruit cluster is usually subtended by
a very much reduced, oval, sharp-pointed leaf or bract, but is like the
other leaves in color, texture, and persistence. The small leaf adds a
little touch to the appearance of a twig with its cluster of berries. This
tree might prove attractive for ornamental planting along the Cali-
fornia coast or wherever it will grow. In view of the high altitude
where the tree is native it may be expected to stand cold weather, if
not actual frost."
For an illustration of the leugli, see Plate II.
41326. Escallonia resinosa ( R. and P.) Persoon. Escalloniacese.
Chachacoma.
"(No. 1886. Seeds from Ollantaytambo. Peru, July 14. 1915.) A hand-
some tree, bearing clusters of white flowers. It is common in the valleys
about Ollantaytambo at altitudes of 9,000 to 11,000 feet. In the lower
valleys, where the climate is dry, the chachacoma grows intermingled
with cacti and other desert vegetation and seldom attains a height of
more than 12 to 15 feet. In the upper valleys, where the climate is
cooler and the supply of moisture is ample, the chachacoma trees grow
to much larger size, often attaining a height of 40 to 50 feet and a diam-
eter of 2 to 4 feet. The largest trees were seen in the valley below Pan-
ticalla Pass, on the south side, but none were found on the north side,
in the region of Yanamachi."
For an illustration of the chachacoma. see Plate III.
41327. CiTHARExvi.rM sp. Verbenacese.
"(No. 1888. Dried fruits from Pinasniocj, Peru. July 17. 1915.) A tree
or shrub with small yellowish green leaves and slender, square, angular,
green branches. Grows in the dry lower valleys as a bush, but in favor-
able situations attains a diameter of over a foot. The general appear-
ance is somewhat like box when the foliage is close, as in the dry valley
between Torontoy and Ollantaytambo. It might be expected to grow in
the same places as the California pepper tree (Kchinus mollc) and would
serve better than that tree as a hedge or windbreak. It stands severe
cutting back and apparently springs up rapidly. The mature berries
are red. Those collected were from trees about a league below Pinas-
niocj at an altitude of about 10,000 feet."
41328. Prunus salicifolia II. B. K. Amygdalacese. Capuli.
"(No. 1913. Seeds from Ollantaytambo. Peru. July 10. 1915.) A tree
very common throughout the Urubamba and Vilcanota Valleys at alti-
tudes of, 12,000 feet and under. The lower limit of the capuli in the
Urubamba Valley is near Torontoy at an altitude of about 8,000 feet.
The flowers and fruits are borne in clusters, and the general appearance
is much like the chokecherries of the Tinted States, but the fruit is un-
like the chokecherry in having a thick, firm flesh and an agreeable taste.
Though not highly flavored, it is pleasant and juicy and of good texture
and is sold in quantities in the markets of Cuzco and other towns of the
plateau region. It is the only kind of cherry that is grown in quantities
in this region. The ripe fruit begins to appear on the market in Novem-
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1915. 15
41316 to 41341— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. O. F. Cook.)
ber and continues until April, coming probably from different altitudes.
The size is that of a rather small cherry and the color a deep reddish
purple, becoming nearly black with maturity. The leaves, stems, and hark
are strongly charged with prussic add and are very bitter to the taste
The trees are usuallj 20 to 30 feet high, but often of large size. 40 feel
or over, with trunks 2 feet in diameter. Many are found in a wild or
half-wild state, quite independent of cultivation. This was observed
particularly in the neighborhood of Sieuani at an elevation of about 12,000
feet. Nevertheless, it is not certain that the species is a native of
Peru. At Lima the same name, capuli, is applied to an altogether differ-
ent type, a small plant of the genus Physalis, related to the tomato, but
with the fruits small and inclosed in a large papery calyx like the so-
called strawberry tomato, known in some parts of the United States. As
the capuli tree appears to be a healthy, vigorous, rapid-growing type, it
may be worthy of a trial along the Pacific coast. The possibility of using
it as a stock for other cherries or for the production of desirable hybrids
is also worth considering, but the species is not closely related to our
cultivated cherries and may need to be looked upon as a distinct type to
be improved through selection rather than by hybridization."
41329. Datura sanguinea Ruiz and Pavon. Solanacese.
Puca campacho.
"(No. 1915. Peru, July 14, 1915.) Seeds from above Pinasniocj, Pan-
ticalla Pass, at an altitude of about 12,000 feet. A large treelike species,
somewhat smaller than D. arhorca, with smaller leaves and more nar-
rowly tubular flowers. The corolla tube is green at the base, orange
yellow in the middle, and scarlet at the mouth. In addition to these
striking differences, the species should be much more hardy than /). arho-
rca, which appears in Peru to be a native of the lower tropical valleys,
while D. sanguinea extends to the high altitudes where heavy frosts are
encountered every night."
41330. Lupin us cbuckshanksii Hooker. Fabacese. Tarhui.
"(No. 1919. Seeds from Ollantaytambo, Peru. July 20, 1915.) Appar-
ently a native species, commonly cultivated at altitudes of 9,000 to 11,000
feet. The pods are very thick and fleshy, with distinct but not promi-
nent irregular veins; the surface glaucous and somewhat pubescent, but
not very densely so. Flowers very handsome, the banner erect, blue at
the sides, then white, but yellow in the lower half of the middle, the
lower petals deeply blue, covering the whitish keel. Flowers usually in
whorls of five, four, or three. Leaves naked above, sparsely hairy be-
neath, glaucous. Seeds pure white. Said not to yield very well. After
being ground into meal this has to be soaked several days in running
water to extract the bitter taste: considered a delicacy, notwithstanding
the difficulty of preparation."
41331. Passift.ora sp. Passitloraceae. Tumbo.
"(No. 1922. Seeds from Ollantaytambo, Peru, July 19, L915.) Leaves
somewhat like that of the Tinta species, hut upper surface much
smoother and under surface not so cottony, flowers without fringe,
very similar to those from Tinta, except for the absence of tentacles,
involucre with bracts united, and fruit with yellow pulp, attaining a
length of 3 cm. and a width of I cm. The skin surrounding the pulp
very thin and tough, surface of fruit strongly pubescent, with simple
16 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
41316 to 41341— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. O. F. Cook.)
erect hairs, but surface of calyx tube naked. The pulp has a rather
strong, distinctly acid taste, quite different from most other edible Passi-
floras. It might not find favor with the American public, but is dis
tinctly worth trying. There is a decided tang, something like that of a
tomato. The plant is found commonly growing by roadsides around
Ollantaytambo, in places altogether uncultivated, and may be considered
a native of this district."
41332. Lucuma obovata H. B. K. Sapotacea?. Lucuma.
"(No. 1925. Seeds from Ollantaytambo, Peru, June 10, 1915.) The
lucuma is a popular fruit tree in Peru. It is closely related botanically
to the sapote and injcrto of Central America, but the quality of the fruit
is entirely different. The flesh is very rich and mealy, more like a
cooked sweet potato than like the related fruits. The tree is also of a
very compact habit of growth, with the rather small obovate leaves
clustered closely near the ends of the branches. Another difference is
that the lucuma grows and produces fruit at a much higher altitude than
the sapote, attaining about 9,500 feet at Ollantaytambo, so that there
would seem to be a much better chance for the lucuma in California or
Florida than for the sapote."
41333. Caesalpinia pectinata Cav. Csesalpiniacese. Tara.
{Caesalpinia tinctoria Domb.)
"(No. 2046. From Peru, July 17, 1915.) Seed from Urubamba Valley,
between Torontoy and Ollantaytambo. Like S. P. I. No. 41323, but from
a different tree."
41334. Juglans sp. Juglandacese. Nogral.
"(No. 2047. Seeds from Ollantaytambo, Peru, July 22, 1915.) A native
walnut cultivated sparingly at Ollantaytambo and in the valley above
and below. Its chief use is to furnish a dye to give sheep's wool the
brown color of the high-priced vicufia ponchos. The leaves and bark
of the tree are used for dyeing, the coloring material being extracted
by beating and boiling. The nuts are as large as English or Persian
walnuts, but the shell is much thicker. The tree is rather small and
slender, with large graceful leaves, reminding one of the sumac or
Ailanthus. Of interest for breeding purposes or for ornamental planting
along the Pacific coast or in Florida. Probably a native of the valleys
of the eastern slopes of the Andes."
41335. Chenopodium hastatum Philippi. Chenopodiaceae. Cafiihua.
"(No. 2148. Seeds from Cuzco, Peru, July 20, 1915.) A second culti-
vated species of Chenopodium, grown only at very high altitudes. Seen
only in the valley on either side of the Pass of La Raya. Both the plant and
the seeds are much smaller than the quinoa. Cafiihua is usually planted
after potatoes, with no attempt at other cultivation. The seeds are toasted
and ground into meal. The cafiihua is used chietly as a travel ration
and by shepherds who go out with their flocks on the Andean pastures."
For an illustration of the cafiihua, see Plate IV.
41336. Cucurbita sp. Cucurbitacese. Zapallo macri.
"(No. 2049. Seeds from Lima, Peru, August 16, 1915.) Very large
fruits, attaining 2 feet in diameter, globose-ovate, fusiform, or depressed.
Surface either light gray, deeper bluish gray, or yellowish, smooth or
with shallow furrows or with scattered corky lines."
Inventory 45, Seeds and Plants Imported.
Plate I.
The Tara, a New Plant for Hedges and Windbreaks, from Peru (Caesalpinia
pectinata Cav.), S. P. I. No. 41323.
An upright shrub or small tree, often planted for hedge in pari ;of Peru. Thehabil of growth of the
tara peculiarly fits it forahedge plant or windbreak. The trunk or trunks are upright, w iUi a few
spreading branches near the top, and the bark is studded with short spun . I ara pods are a i
lar article of trade in the market of Lima, and are said to be used for dyen ag leather, and
making ink. This plant should prove valuable in many situations in the South. < Photographed.
natural size, by the Vale University-National Geographic Society Expedition, July, 1915; P17974( \. i
Inventory 45, Seeds and Plants Imported.
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Inventory 45, Seeds and Plants Imported.
Plate III
The Chachacoma of Peru (Escallonia resinosa (R. and P.) Persoon), S. P. I.
No. 41326.
.V handsome tree, producing clusters of white Bowei s for a long period during the winter months.
It thrives in the high valleys of Peru at altitudes of 9,000 to 11,000 feet. Hen as a height
of 40 to 50 feet and a diameter of 2 to 4 feet, in the lower valleys, when' the climate is dry, iliis
tree grows intermingled with cacti and other de erl vegetation, bul il seldom attains there a
height of over 15 feet, it has ool heretofore been grown in the United Stati ographed,
natural size, by the Vale University-National Geographic Society Expedition, July, 1915;
P17S90CA.)
The Canihua, a Cultivated Food Plant from the High Andes (Chenopodium
hastatum Philippi), S. P. I. No. 41335.
The shepherds who live in the higher altitudes of the Peruvian Amies use the seeds of this plant for food.
The seeds are toasted ana then ground into meal and used principally as a travel ration, quantities of
itbi en by the shepherds when they go out, with their flocks on the An- lean pastures. The plant
anil ill are much smaller than the better known quinoa. This species is grown only at very high
altitudes. It wasseen by Mr, < >. P. Cook only near the Pass of La Raya. The photogi iph shows seed-
lings (much reduced) in different stages of development. (I'hotojraphcl by the Vale University-
National Geographic Society Expedition, July, 1915; P17786CA.)
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1915. 17
41316 to 41341— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. O. F. Cook.)
41337. Cucurbita sp. Gucurbitaceae. Zapallo abin.
"(No. 2050. Seeds from Limn. Peru, August 16, 1915.) A medium-
sized squash of the same general form as the Iodic, but much larger and
distinctly grooved. Rough with coarse warts, which arc sometimes con-
fluent, but usually distinct. Color on the outside, deep dull salmon yel-
low, in places finely mottled with olive, green: on the inside, deep
yellow. Flesh much thicker at the neck than at the large end, but neck
not solid."
The loche is a squash of the general form of the ordinary crookneck,
but with straight neck. No seeds of this plant were received.
41338. Solanum sp. Solanacese. Sacapari.
"(No. 2052. Dried fruits from Copacabana, Bolivia, August 8, 1915.)
A hardy species, with bluish violet flowers, apparently the same as
that obtained near Puquiura, on the border of the Anta Plain in Peru,
between Huaroconda and Cuzco, at an altitude of about 12,000 feet. At
Copacabana it blossomed profusely in midwinter, when no other plants
were flowering. Shrub not so large as the Puquiura one, 3 to 5 feet,
but woody. To keep in good condition it would probably need pruning
or cutting back to the ground occasionally, but would probably live
for many years, and could be used as a hedge or screen. The fruits
turn a transparent reddish yellow at maturity, but are black when dry.
How much frost it will endure is not' known, but, a plant that will en-
dure freezing every night in the blossoming season should be of interest
throughout the Southwest. At Copacabana. the name sacapari was given
for this plant."
41339. Carica sp. Papayacese.
"(No. 2053. July 22, 1915.) Seeds of a papaya tree of nearly the
same size and general appearance as the familiar type, but with the
fruits much smaller and more deeply grooved. The flesh is inferior in
texture to that of the ordinary papaya, but greatly superior in odor and
taste, and probably also in keeping qualities. A thoroughly ripened
fruit was kept for two weeks under ordinary living-room conditions and
still showed no sign of decay. The tree has a more rounded and compact
leaf crown than Carica papaya, the leaves having much shorter petioles.
Another apparent difference is that the fruits are Dol so closely con-
fined to the leafy portion of the trunk, but are borne well down on the
stem. Fruit 9 to 11 cm. long by 5.5 to 7 cm. wide, with flesh 1 cm. or
less in thickness, rather tough and elastic, though becoming somewhat
softened and turning yellowish with maturity. The odor is very delicious,
like a high-grade, well-ripened muskmelon, and the flavor also is excel-
lent, the deficiency lying in the texture of the flesh. The seeds have the
taste of capers. As the species appeal's to be a rather close relative of
Carica )><ii><nja, crossing seems likely to succeed, and if the good flavor
and the keeping qualities of the Peruvian species can be combined with
the large size and abundant fruiting of ('. papaya a really ice,,, able
melon tree would result. The papaya, improved by the addition of a
more attractive flavor and better keeping qualities, mighl become an Im-
portant commercial fruit, for it thrives in southern Florida, and com-
mercial production on a larger scale would he feasible there and per
haps also in the warm districts in southern California. From the
Standpoint of ease of production few plants are more promising than
63638°— 18— 3
18 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
41316 to 41341— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. O. F. Cook)
the papaya. The trees grow with great rapidity and are extremely
prolific. It is known that superior varieties can he propagated asexually,
both by budding and by rooted cuttings.''
See Circular No. 119, Bureau of Plant Industry, for methods of propa-
gation.
41340. Chenopodium quinoa Willd. Cheuopodiacese. Quinoa.
"(No. 2154. Cuzco, Peru, July 27, 1915.) Seeds of a large pigweed
extensively cultivated in the high plateaus of Peru. The seeds are
eaten prepared in various ways, but the principal use is for making a
kind of chicha, or native beer. Before the introduction of barley and
wheat from Spain, quinoa and cahihua were probably the only seed crops
grown in the more elevated parts of Peru. Potatoes are always the
principal crop, with quinoa and canihua next, following with the other
tubers, oca, anyu, and ullucu. Quinoa presents many color variations in
the plants as well as in the seeds, especially in the direction of reds
and purples. The colored seeds are used almost exclusively for making
chicha, the white seeds being preferred for eating. A possibility of
utilizing the quinoa in the United States lies in its use as a breakfast
food. Some pronounce it as good as oatmeal, and one resident Scotch-
man even insisted that it was better. From a crop standpoint, too,
the plant appears rather promising, being very vigorous and produc-
tive. It is of erect habit, has a strong central stalk, and forms compact
heads, heavy with seed. There is no reason why it should not be gathered
and thrashed by machinery."
For an illustration of the quinoa, see Plate V.
41341. Cyphomandra calycina Sendt. Solanaeea?. Tree tomato.
" (No. 2058. Seeds from Ollantaytambo, Peru, July 29, 1915.) The plant
attains a height of 4 to 5 feet with a single erect central stalk and spread-
ing horizontal branches like a small, flat-topped tree. The leaves are en-
tirely different from those of the tomato, being simple, entire, and broadly
oval. The surface of the leaves, as well as the petioles and branches, is
covered with a very short, minute, soft, velvety pubescence. The method
of branching is peculiar, as there appear to be two leaves on some of the
joints, those above the inflorescence, while the other internodes have a sin-
gle leaf. The buds are tinged with purplish pink, but the mature flowers
are nearly white. The fruits have a pointed oval or fusiform shape and
are borne in pendent clusters from near the ends of the branches. The
largest fruits found in the market of Cuzco measured 7 by 5 cm. The
largest diameter is somewhat below the middle of the fruit, the end
being more pointed than the base. The colors are Brazil red on the more
exposed surfaces and cadmium orange on the lighter parts, with many
intermediate shades .either in solid color or finely mottled. The skin is
thicker and tougher than that of the tomato and the outer layer of flesh
firmer. The placenta is large and fleshy, completely filling the interior of
the fruit, the seeds being confined mostly to a narrow zone between
the outer walls and the placenta. The freshly cut fruit has a pronounced
odor, as strong or stronger than that of the tomato, but of a somewhat
different quality. The taste, while much nearer to that of the tomato
than to any other fruit, is distinctly different. Some might find it more
pleasant and others not. In any event the fruit is distinctly edible, and
the plant laden with its fruits is curious enough to be grown for its own
sake and to allow the possibilities of the fruit to be tested. The habits
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1915. 19
41316 to 41341— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. O. F. Cook.)
of the plant in Peru indicate that it will grow in a colder climate than
the tomato. The natives plant their seed beds (huambales) in July or
August and transplant in December, the plants making a very rapid growth
during the wet summer months from December to March and ripening
their crop in the fall. In the United States the growing period could
probably be much shortened, on account of our warmer weather in the
spring. The Indians wet the earth with boiling water before planting the
seed, to kill or drive away insects that might otherwise attack the young
seedlings. They also enrich the soil with sheep or guinea-pig manure.
In Urubamba Valley this plant has no other name than tomate, which it
shares with the true tomato, but this causes no confusion, for the
Cyphomandra is confined to the higher elevations and Lycopersicon to
the lower valleys."
41342 to 41356. Triticum spp. Poaceae. Wheat.
From Pusa, India. Presented by Mr. Bernard Coventry, Imperial Economic
Botanist, Pusa, India, through the superintendent, Agricultural College
Farm, Poona, India. Seed received October 4, 1915.
41342 to 41344. Triticum durum Desf.
41342. Hansia Broach. 41344. Shet Punier.
41343. Potia Nadiad.
41345 to 41350. Triticum aestivum L.
{Triticum vulgare Vill.)
41345. Mundi of Ludhiana. 41348. Popatia Nadiad*
41346. Paman of Sirsa. 41349. Siok.
41347. Daudkhani, or Daudakhani. 41350. Deshi Athani.
41351 and 41352. Triticum dukum Desf.
41351. Kopergaon Baxi, or Koper- 41352. Black-aumed Athni.
gum Baxi.
41353. Triticum aestivum L.
(Triticum vulgare Vill.)
Lai of Batala or Lai of Batalu.
41354. Triticum durum Desf.
Bansi of Baleghat, or Bansi of Buleghat.
41355 and 41356. Triticum aestivum L.
(Triticum vulgare Vill.)
41355. Australian. 41356. Pivla pntc.
41357 to 41360. Castanea pumila X crenata. Fagaceae.
Hybrid chestnut.
Produced by Dr. Walter Van Fleet at Little Silver, X. J. Quoted notes bj
Dr. Van Fled.
Plants growing at the Plant Introduction Field Station, Chico, Cal,
"A hybrid between the American chinkapin and the Japanese chestnut.
Bears at one to three years from seed. A good producer and quite resistant to
the chestnut-bark fungus. Nuts large, of fair quality, with rather hard shells."
41357. "The nuts are somewhat larger than ordinary American chest-
nuts and somewhat sweeter."
20 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
41457 to 41360— ton. (Quoted notes by Dr. Walter Van Fleet.)
41358. "Much the same as S. P. I. No. U357; possibly slightly better
in flavor and tenderness of flesh."
41359. "Trees of this number bear much larger nuts than those of
either of the two preceding. The nuts are much Larger than the Amer-
ican type, about the size of a Spanish chestnut, and are very sweet."
41360. "Tree L'O. These are nuts of high quality, much the same in
size and flavor as s. P. I. No. 41359."
41361 to 41371. Diospyros kaki L. f . Diospyraceae. Persimmon.
From Okitsu, Japan. Cuttings presented by Prof. Ishiwara, Horticulture
Experiment Station. Received October 9, 1915.
Numbered from 1 to 10; also one package of mixed numbers.
41372 to 41383.
From Poona, Bombay, india. Cuttings presented by Mr. W. Burns, Eco-
nomic Botanist, Agricultural College. Received October 9. 1915.
41372 to 41376. Opuntia spp. Cactaceae. Prickly-pear.
41372. Opi mi \ sp.
41373. Opuntia dii.i.kmi (Ker-Gawler) Haworth.
41374 and 41375. Opuntia spp.
41376. Opuntia elatior Miller.
41377. Nopat.ea cocheniixifeba l L. I Salm-Dyck. Cactacea?.
Cochineal cactus.
"A cactus with fleshy, obovate, unarmed branches, native of Mexico, bul
cultivated on a large scale, especially in the Canary Islands, for cochineal
breeding. This is net the only plant which is suited for this purpose;
there are several other kinds, characterized by unarmed branches, used*
for the same purpose; the reason for the choice of this is obvious,
because the workmen are not injured by spines. Cochineal, the well-
known, splendid, very brilliant color, is produced from the bodies of the
scale insect (Coccus carti), killed by means of steam. Since the develop-
men of the aniline-dye industry this branch of agriculture, which was ex-
tremely profitable to the above islands, has -one down and become prac-
tically unremunerative." (Engler and Prantl, Pflanzenfamilien.)
41378 to 41383. Opuntia spp. Cactacese. Prickly-pear.
41378. Opuntia ttxipendula Engelmann.
41379 to 41381. Opi mi a spp.
41382. Opuntia decumana (Willd.) Haworth.
41383. Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) .Miller.
41384. A\\<i.\As]>. Annonacere.
Seeds from Cajahon. Guatemala. Presented by Mr. Walter F. Curley. Re-
ceived < >ctober 7. 1915.
•■/ .in mi a I'm. so called here in the Indian language. I had never seen them
until seme [ndians broughl them in; they say they are quite common on the
mountain of Chaal near the British Honduras border. They are quite small,
yellow outside with corrugated skin, and resemble the larger fruit sincuya
< innona purpurea). There is very little inside to eat, but thai is of fine
Haver. The seeds are very abundant Ripens in the district of Cajabon, Guate-
mala, in September." {Curley.)
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1915. 21
41385. Feroniella litcida (Scheff.) Swingle. Rutaceas.
(Feronia lucida Scheff.)
Seeds from Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by the director of the Botanic
Garden. Received October 2, 1915.
" Kavista batu. Small spiny tree, native to Java; leaves odd-pinnate, '■> to »'>
paired; leaflets oval or obovate, coriaceous, shiny above, margins entire or
slightly crenulate, obtuse or emarginate a1 the apex: petioles pubescent, the
terminal leaflet sessile; rachis pubescent, articulated; flowers perfect <>r by
abortion male, fragrant, white, rather large; sepals small., linear, pubescent;
petals pointed oval; stamens four times as many as the petals; fruit globose,
2i to 2f inches in diameter; seeds small, with a thin hard testa, immersed in
the glutinous pulp. The pulp is sometimes eaten in Java, like thai of the wood-
apple {Feronia limonia). It grows wild in the drier parts of Java, and has
been introduced into the United States, where it is being tested by the Depart-
ment of Agriculture as a stock for citrus fruits." ( W. T. Swingle. In Bailey,
Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 3, p. 1220.)
41386 to 41388. Citrus spp. Rutaceae.
Seeds from Manila, Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. P. .1. Wester,
Lamao Experiment Station. Received October 4, 1915.
41386. Citrus medica L. Citron.
"A small primitive citron." (Wester.)
41387. Citrus southwickii Wester. Limao.
"(No. 2049.) Limao. A thorny tree, with dense head and drooping
branches, attaining a height of 6 meters. The limao, though rare, is net
uncommon in Bohol, where it is cultivated, and it lias also been collected
by the writer in Baganga, Mindanao. The flowers appear late in April
and during the early part of May, with the fruit ripening in January
and February. A few fruits nearly full grown were collected in May.
This plant has flowered irregularly from May to December. The fruit
is not eaten, but is used in washing by the Bohplanos. It is of no eco-
nomic importance. The tree is evidently quite drought resistant and
succeeds well in very scanty soil underlain with limestone. The limao
belongs in that group of the citrus fruits having \'vw filaments, the most
conspicuous characters being the compact growth of the crown, the dark-
green, thick, and distinct leaves, the almost sessile stigma, and the attrac-
tive, oblate, regular-shaped fruit with its many locules, exceeding in
number those in any other citrus fruit known to the writer. This species
has been named in honor of Mr. E. !•'. Southwick. For a full description,
see The Philippine Agricultural Review, first quarter, L915. Fruits
scarcely edible; plant may make a i: 1 slock." i Westt
41388. Citrus webbebii Montana Wester. Cabugao.
"(No. 2266.) Cabugao. Seeds from plant from which this species was
described. Fruit makes a fair ade." (Wester.)
"A shrubby tree with slender blanches and small, weak spines, some
times absent; young growth green ; leaves 8.5 to i I cm. long, ."'. to :;.:, cm.
broad, ovate to ovate-oblong, crenate, dark green above, shining, base
broadly acute to rounded, apex l.liinl pointed, usually refuse; petiole'.' I to
38 nun. long, with narrow wing margin, in large leaves sometimes IT nun.
broad; flowers not seen; fruit roundish oblate, about 15 mm. across, some-
what corrugate, 8-loculed. The general character ol the plant and fruit in
di rates that the cabugao is a form of the alsem (Citrus weoberii)." (Wes-
ter The Philippine Ygrieultural Review, vol. 8, p. U, first quarter, 1915.)
22 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
41389 and 41390. Amygdalus persica L. Amygdalacese. Peach.
(Prunus persica Stokes.)
Seeds from Smyrna, Turkey. Presented by Mr. George Horton, America D
consul general. Received October 9, 1915.
41389. "Freestone peaches, grown in the Vilayet of Aidin." {Horton.)
41390. "Clingstone peach, grown in the Vilayet of Aidin." (Horton.)
41391. Homoiockltis aspera (Thunb.) Blume. Ulmacese.
[Aphananthe aspera Planch.)
Sivds from Augusta, Ga. Presented by P. J. Berckmans Co. Received
October 5, 191.".
An ornamental ulmaceous tree up to 60 feet high, having the appearance of a
hackberry (Ccltis occidentalis) , with the slender branches forming a dense head.
Leaves ovate to ovate-oblong, broadly wedge shaped at the base, tapering at
the apex, 2 to 3* inches long, serrate, with straight veins ending in the teeth.
(This last character easily distinguishes this tree from Celtis sinensis, with
which it has often been confused.) The greenish flowers and small black drupes
are inconspicuous. Not hardy north of Georgia. (Adapted from Render. In
Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 1. p. 308.)
41392. Uvaria calamistrata Hance. Annonacese.
Seeds from Hongkong, China. Presented by Mr. YV. J. Tutcher, superin-
tendent, Botanical and Forestry Department. Received October 11. 1915.
"A native of Hongkong. This is a strong-growing creeper which produces
an edible fruit of a very pleasant, slightly acid taste." (Tutcher.)
41393. Licania platypus (Hemsl.) Fritsch. Rosacea*. Sansapote.
Seeds from San Jose, Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. Carlos WercklS,
Department of Agriculture. Received October 14, 1915.
"Inferior to the species from the Atlantic coast, as it has little flesh; large
fruits still sell even here in Orotina, 1* leagues from where it grows wild, for
5 cents apiece, and smaller ones two for 5 cents. One of the most beautiful of
all forest trees ; of gigantic size; timber nearly as good as Cedrela." {W't r< l;i< . I
41394. Belou marmelos (L.) Lyons. Rutaccse. Bael.
(Aegle marmelos Correa.)
Seeds from Lahore, India. Presented by the superintendent Government
Agriculture-Horticulture Gardens. Received October 14. 1915.
See S. P. I. Nos. 3SC.04. 41002, and 41133 for previous introductions.
41395. Amygdaiajs persica L. Amygdalacese. Peach.
i Prunus persica Stokes.)
Seeds from Kiayingchow. Swatow, China. Presented by Rev. George
Campbell, through Mr. George C. Hanson, American consul. Swatow,
China. Received October 11, 1915.
"Peach pits from a curious little tree grown here only in pots as a house
plant. The leaves are like other peach leaves, but its manner of growth is
quite different. This particular tree is now just 15 inches high and had five
full-sized peaches, somewhat smaller than American ones. I broke off two or
three other fruits when quite small. They are borne on the main trunk on
stems about a quarter of an inch long and make one think of papayas. The
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1915. 23
lowest was 6 inches from the earth of the pot and the highest 8 inches, so the
five were closely crowded together. The trunk at this point is little, if any,
larger than a lead pencil. The fruit is of good color, as Chinese peaches go,
and taste better than any others I have eaten in China. The flesh is white
and it clings to the pit. The fruit hangs on the tree a very long time and is
quite ornamental. The blossoms are quite showy, too. The Chinese say it
comes true from the pits. I picked the last one yesterday, and the first was
ripe a month ago. The ordinary peaches here are very poor — not fit to eat
unless cooked." (Campbell.)
For an illustration of this peach, see Plate VI.
41396 to 41400. Amygdalus persica L. Amygdalaceae. Peach.
(Primus persica Stokes.)
Seeds from Barcelona, Spain. Presented by Mr. Carl Bailey Hurst, Ameri-
can consul general. Received October 14, 1915. Quoted notes by Mr.
Hurst.
" The peach tree of Spain is said to be of Persian origin and its numerous
varieties as found here to-day may be divided into four classes — the common
peach, or Alberchigo, the fruit of which has a yellow and red skin ; the Abridor,
the fruit of which has white, tender flesh ; the Pare, the fruit of which is fine
and succulent, and the Brunon, the fruit of which has a hard flesh and strong,
tenacious skin. From these four kinds 44 varieties have been developed.
Those most cultivated here are divided into two groups, those planted in the
spring and those planted in the fall. The spring peaches, which ripen in June
and July, are known as temprano, or early, the varieties of which found chiefly
here are Magdalena Rbjo, De Malta, Canciller, and Valenciano. Seeds of the
fall peaches known as tardio, or late, can not be had at present in any of the
peach stores of Barcelona.
" Spanish peach trees are planted in well-fertilized soil, the depth varying
according to the quality and nature thereof and local weather conditions. A
piece of bone is placed at the bottom of each hole made in the soil before plant-
ing. From the experience of local horticulturists it has been found that the
use of a mixed vegetable and animal fertilizer is best adapted to the growth
of the young peach trees. The earth around the planted tree should be worked
frequently. The planting of peach trees too close to garden or other walls is
found to be highly prejudicial to their development, and in transplanting they
should be placed not nearer than 1 foot away. During the first three or four
years much attention is devoted to the pruning of Spanish poach trees, in
order to develop symmetric growth and enable the sap to distribute itself pro-
portionately in all parts. Argillaceous or very cretaceous soil is not found
advantageous to peach culture here, as in such soil the roots can not extend
freely. If the soil be too damp, the fruit becomes insipid and mat tires late.
Where the soil is sandy the fruit produced is more aromatic, but loss juicy.
The soil preferred for peach culture in Spain is a turfy mellow loam of a
calcareous nature. The seed of the cultivated peach is very rarely planted here.
as the growth of the tree is so slow that four years are required to produce
fruit. When, however, it is planted by the nurseryman, it is usually done In
the month of March. The Spanish horticulturist prefers to plant a wild peach
seed which grows rapidly and gives at the end of a year a stocb upon which
a cultivated peach bud may be grafted. The budding is generally done In
August, but may also be performed in May or September. The Incision is made
from 4 to 6 inches above the ground. Preferable here to grafting on the
wild-peach stock is grafting the cultivated peach on the almond or cherry
24 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
stock, which is stronger and not so susceptible to climatic changes. Fruit is
obtained sooner and the life of the tree lengthened, because the poach tree
decs not usually live more than S to 10 years here. Fur this reason the almond
is preferred to the cherry, although both are adapted to this purpose, as they
grow rapidly and are long lived."
41396. " No. 1. Wild peach."
41397. "No. 2. Magdalena Rojo. This peach is the fruit of a vigorous
tree which produces abundantly. The peaches are large, the skin is
highly colored, while the flesh is white streaked with red. It is sweet
and very fragrant and the stone is easily separated. This peach
matures by the end of August."
41398. "No. 3. Dc Malta. This peach grows abundantly on a strong
tree, is of medium size with white flesh, and matures by the middle of
August."
41399. " Xo. 4. Gandller. This peach is large and of fine appearance.
Its flesh is firm, and it ripens by the end of August."
41400. " No. 5. Valenciano. This variety is a medium-sized fruit, with
reddish tinged flesh, which grows on a strong tree that produces abun-
dantly."
41401. Actinidia CHiNENSis Planch. Dilleniacese. Yangtaw.
Seeds from Yencheng, Kiangsu, China. Presented by Rev. Hugh W. White,
American Presbyterian Mission, South. Received October 14, 1915.
See S. P. I. Nos. 21781, 30196, and 33431 for previous introductions and
descriptions.
41402. Triticum durum Desf. Poaceae. Durum wheat.
Seed from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Presented by the Ministerio de Agri-
cultura. Received October 2, 1915.
"Commonly known as Candcal. a name which commercially covers all durum
wheats grown in this country. Although we have no division of winter and
spring wheats, we would classify this particular variety under the second head-
ing." (Sr. GuUlermo Ancizar.)
41403 to 41417.
Seeds from Bhutan, India. Collected by Mr. R. E. Cooper and presented by
Bees (Ltd.), Liverpool, England, at the request of Mr. A. K. Bulley.
Received October 14, 191.1. Quoted notes by Mr. Cooper.
41403. Swertia sp. Gentianaceae.
" No. 4157. Only seen in fruit, scarce, growing in moist sand and gravel
at an altitude of 12,000 feet on a bare hillside."
41404. Prim r i. a sp. Primulaecse. Primrose.
"No. 4164. Preferring moist sand on exposed hillside or peal marsh
Under Abies foresl at altitudes of 10,000 to lL'.Oiii) feel. Leaves glabrous.
reticulate. Inflorescence of superposed umbels, most variable, from a
head of three flowers to three umbels. Mixed seed from all sorts of
plants. Flowers not seen, but suspected to be small, yellowish."
41405. Hydrangea sp. (?) Hydrangeaceoe.
" No. 4165. Bush under Acer forest at an altitude of 10,000 feet. Four
fegj; high with showy bright blue bracts on large heads."
Inventory 45, Seeds and Plants Imported.
Plate V.
The Quinoa, an Important "Grain" Plant of the Andes (Chenopodium quinoa
Willd.), S. P. I. No. 41340.
This is one of the most useful plants in the mountain regions <>f Peru and Bolivia, the extremely sum 11
seeds of the white variety being cooked with potatoes to make a staple dish among the lower classes.
Dark-colored seeds are used almost entirely for making chicha, or Dative beer. Before using, it is
necessary to wash the seeds thoroughly in order in eradicate a bitter flavor which they possess.
The value of this plant in the United States lies in its possibilities as a breakfast food. ( Photographed,
natural size, by the Yale University-National Geographic Society Expedition; P17780CA.}
Inventory 45, Seeds and Plants Imported.
Plate VI.
A Chinese Dwarf Peach for Plant Breeders iAmyqdalus persica), S. P. I.
No. 41395.
Although dwarf peaches such as the Dwarf Orleans have long been known an' 1 little usemade of them,
a new dwarf from China, the homo of the peach, may not he without interest, particularly to
breeders. This variety, sent in by Rev. George Campbell, of Ejayingchow, near Swatow, pro-
duced sc\en fruits when only ].j inches high. They were white clingstones "f a good quality and
quite ornamental, and were borne Close to the trunk, which was about the size of a lead pencil. It
is -aid to come true to seed. ( Photographed by Mr. Peter Bisset in 1916 from seed planted at Chico,
, in October, 1915; P20612FS.)
Cal.
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1915. 25
41403 to 41417— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. R. E. Cooper.)
41406. Primula sp. Primulacese. Primrose.
"No. 4166. Only seen in fruit, but allied to if not Primula obtusifolia;
preferring peaty soil under shade of Abies forest, along stream edges at
altitudes of 12,000 to 13,000 feet."
41407. Iris sp. Iridacese. Iris.
" No. 4190. Growing under oak forest at an altitude of 8,000 feet, only
seen in fruit and suspected of being only half hardy, but growing in dry
situations on slopes that are snowed under in winter. May prove all
right."
41408. Primula petiolaris Wallich. Primulacese. Primrose.
" No. 4213. Growing under rhododendrons at altitudes of 10,000 to
11,000 feet, in moss, on rocks, trees, etc. Not seen in flower. Inflores-
cence stalked."
41409. Primula petiolaris Wallich. Primulacese. Primrose.
" No. 4214. Growing in similar situations as S. P. I. No. 41408 and
differing only in the sessile inflorescence a la Primula winieri. Flowers
not seen."
41410. Primula sp. Primulacese. Primrose.
"No. 4217. Suspected of being Primula ichitei W. W. Smith, growing
under rhododendron scrub at an altitude nf 10.000 feet in moss on
bowlders by stream. Never in actual swampy peat by water. Flowers
dark blue, yellow eye, in a head often of 12 to 20 flowers."
41411. Primula mollis Nutt. Primulacese. Primrose.
" No. 4227. Growing in sodden leaf soil in undergrowth of Elatostema
on slope facing north at an altitude of 7,000 feet. Not hardy. Flowers
not seen."
41412. Primula obtusifolia Royle. (?) Primulacese. Primrose.
" No. 4270. Var. lutea. Flowers yellow with golden eye, harsh scented,
growing in profusion in peaty alpine meadows at an altii udeof 1 1,000 feet."
41413. Tamarix sp. Tamaricacese. Tamarisk.
"No. 4283. Scrubby plant with spike of heather-colored flowers.
growing on gravel by a stream in the bed oi a glacial valley at an altitude
of 12,000 feet. Plants 6 inches to 1 foot high, in masses; fruits woolly."
41414. Meconopsis sp. Papaveracese.
"No. 4293. Allied to Meconopsis simplicifolia ; only seen in fruit
among dwarf rhododendrons at an altitude of 13,000 feet. Fruil peculi-
arly round, differing in this from usual long fruits of Meconopsis xim-
plicifolia"
41415. Pinguicula sp. Pinguiculacese. Butterwort.
"No. 4311. Only soon in fruit, growing 'in moist peal by a si renin in
an alpine meadow at an altitude of 12,000 feet."
41416. Primula sp. Primulacese. Primrose.
"No. 4330. isnnie as S. P. I. No. 11404, but seed selected from plants
with only two or tbree tiers of fruits."
41417. Bryocarim m hi mai ah i m Hook. t'. and Thorns. Priinulaceae,
"No. 4332. Flowers yellow, solitary, growing in moss, etc., under
Abies forest at an altitude of 11.000 feet."
63638°— 18 4
26 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
41418. Ocotea sp. Lauracese.
Seeds from San Jose, Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. Carlos WercklS,
Department of Agriculture. Received October 9, 1915.
41419. Amygdaltjs persica L. Amygdalacese. Peach.
{Primus persica Stokes.)
From Naples. Italy. Presented by Mr. Jay White. American consul. Re-
ceived October 19. 1915.
" Seeds of a variety of clingstone peach known as the }'( sca-('r,toyna, and
locally as the Percoca. The peach of this variety is a large, hard, yellow fruit,
all of which characteristics are suggested by its name, which is literally the
' peach-quince.' " ( 117; ite. )
41420. Protea argextea L. Protoacese. Silver tree.
(Leucadendron argenteum R. Br.)
Seeds from Lawang, Java. -Presented by Mr. M. Buysman, Botanic Gar-
den. Received October IS, 1915.
"The Silver tree of South Africa, the leaves of which plant are used for
various purposes and contain protexein, used in cases of malaria." [Buysman.)
" Wittcboom, a beautiful tree, native only in the immediate neighborhood of
Cape Town. It is a small tree, up to 50 feet in height and 12 to 18 inches in
diameter, with verticillate branches and white silky foliage which render its
name appropriate and make the tree visible from a distance. Leaves widely
lanceolate. 3 to 7 inches long, softly coriaceous, entire, acute. The soft, silky
white leaves are now an article of commerce, being salable as curios, bookmarks,
mats, fancy articles, etc., especially as when dried they take writing, painting,
etc., and are then sold with texts or names inscribed or small scenes depicted.
An export trade in these exists, as also in leaves for everlasting bouquets. The
tree seldom attains maturity, on account of the constantly recurring tires, but
where seeding is allowed these fires appear to assist germination and are fol-
lowed by dense regrowth which would not otherwise appear. The limited dis-
tribution of this tree and its great abundance over that area where it has prac-
tical possession are very remarkable. In cultivation elsewhere there is little
difficulty in sec tiring germination, and if it does not damp off during the early
stages it may continue to grow tip to cone-bearing stage in 10 to 15 years, but
seldom attains the size or vigor it lias on Table Mountain, and nowhere has it
shown any tendency to become naturalized." (Sim, The Forests <ni<! Forest
Flora of Cape Colony, p. 29',.)
41421 to 41423. Amygdalus persica L. Amvo;<lalacea\ Peach.
(Prun us persica Stol<e<. i
Seeds from Shanghai, China. Presented by Mr. C. E. Oauss. American
consul. Received October 10. 1915. Quoted notes by Mr. Gauss.
"Peaches are grown in the Ziccawei district ot Shanghai and are of two
general types, viz, the round peach and the tbu peach. It is said that the
peaches sold in Shanghai must necessarily come from within a radius of about
20 miles, due to the fact that there are no cold-storage facilities in China.
Nevertheless peaches grown in Chefoo, Hangchow, and Ningpo are to he found
on the Shanghai market. These, however, are said to he picked while green
and allowed to ripen during the period of transportation."
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1915. 27
41421 to 41423— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. C. E. Gauss.)
41421. " .1/i t'ao, meaning 'sweet peach,' is round in shape, as is also
the seed. Its appearance is not very nice, as ii has many blemishes,
but it tastes very sweet and is more expensive than Pien Vao [S. P. I.
No. 41422]."
41422. "Pirn t'ao, meaning 'flat peach.' This peach is larger in size
and looks much better than the Mi Vao [S p. |. No. 11421], 1 nit d<
not taste as sweet." A sample of the seed shows that it is the ordi-
nary peach and not the flat variety.
41423. (No notes.)
41424 and 41425.
Seeds from Yokohama, Japan. Purchased from the Yokohama Nursery
Co. Received October 18, 1915.
41424. Cucurbita pepo L. Cucurbitaeefe. Japanese squash.
Chirimen. A round, orange-red, deeply scalloped squash of good flavor.
41425. Pbtjnus serrueata sachalinensis (Schmidt) Makino. Amygda-
(Prunus sargentii Rehder.) [lacese. Sargent's cherry.
Yuma zalcura, from Hokkaido.
41426. Chayota edulis Jacq. Cucurbitacese. Chayote.
(Sechium edule Swartz.)
Fruits from San Jose, Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. Carlos Wercklg,
through Mr. J. E. Van der Laat, director. Department of Agriculture.
Received October 21, 1915.
" Fiberless cocoros. Very small, entirely coreless, ami fiberless. 1 do not
know whether the seeds of all the fruits are without testa, hut the only one
that I could examine was so; simply the cotyledons in a very small cavity in
the center, without a shell." {WerclcW.)
41427. Corylus COLURNA L. Betulac* a'. Turkish hazel.
Seeds from Uochester, N. Y. Presented by .Mr. Richard 1-'.. Horsey. High-
land Park, at the request of Air. < \ A. Reed, of the Bureau of riant
Industry. Received October 11), 1915.
"Constantinople hazel. This hazel is the one which grows t>> be a large
tree. One of the specimens in the park at Rochester measured 58 inches iu
circumference 1 foot above the ground." (C. I. Reed.)
"A tree up to SO feet high, with a trunk sometimes 7 feet in girth, covered
with pale scaling hark; leaves 21 to c> inches ion-. 2 to u inches wide; broadly
heart shaped, coarsely double toothed or almost lobed ; fruits in clusters of
three or more, the husks \\ inches wide, with narrow pointed fringed lobes
1 inch Ion-; nuts one-half to five-eighths of an inch in diameter. (Adapted
from W. ■/. Bean, Trees <ni<i Shrubs il<ir<iii in flu British Isles, mi. i. /,. )m.)
See S. P. I. No. 2212 for previous introduction.
41428. Oi'intia nigricans Haworth. Cactacese. Prickly-pea v.
Prom Sydney, New South Wales. Cuttings presented by Mr. .1. H. Maiden,
director, Botanical Gardens. Received October 22, 1915. No. mi
28 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
41429. Meratia praecox (L.) Rehder and Wilson. CalycanthaceaB.
(Chimonanthus fragrans Lindl.)
Seeds from China. Presented by Mr. N. Gist Gee, Soochow University,
through Mr. R. Rathbun, United States National Museum. Received
October 19, 101".
"Chinese La mei hua, rather rare. Make good flowering plants." (Gist
Gee.)
"A deciduous shrub, naturally about 8 feet high, and of compact, bushy habit,
but growing considerably higher on walls. Leaves lanceolate, 2 to 5 inches long,
dark lustrous green. Flowers exceedingly fragrant, produced at various times
between November and March according to the weather, but in ordinary seasons
at their best in December against a wall ; they are solitary on very short stalks
at the joints of the previous summer's shoots, thi-ee-fourths to 1 inch across, the
sepals and outer petals of an almost transparent yellowish green, the inner
petals smaller and purplish. Seeds produced in a stalked gourd-shaped struc-
ture 11 inches long, to the apex of which the stamens remain attached." (W. /.
Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol, 1, p. 337.)
41430. Aleurites fordii Hemsl. Euphorbiacere. Tung tree.
From Pineville, La. Seeds presented by Mr. William Hammond, superin-
tendent, Alexandria National Cemetery. Received October 19, 1915.
" This seed came from the largest tree on the grounds, situated immediately
in front of the lodge (west gate), and as there is and has been a flower bed
around its base that has been irrigated regularly I attribute its larger size to
that, although the water would not penetrate deeply." (Hammond.)
41431. Baccaurea sapida (Roxb.) Muell. Arg. Euphorbiacese.
Seeds from Rangoon, Burma, India. Presented by Rev. William H. S.
Hascall.
"Kan-a-so-thi or Pierardia." An evergreen tree, native of the Malay Archi-
pelago, 40 to 50 feet high, with alternate, rather membranous leaves 4 to 8
inches long; inconspicuous dioecious flowers in racemes, and yellow, slightly
hairy fruits from three-fourths to 1 inch long. The bark is one of the chief
mordants employed in using cotton dyes in India. (Adapted from Hooker,
Flora of British India, and ^Y«tt, Commercial Products of India.)
41432 to 41443.
Seeds from Kamerunga, via Cairns, Australia. Presented by Mr. J. A.
Hamilton. Received October IS, 1915. Quoted notes by Mr. Hamilton,
except as otherwise indicated.
41432. Albizzia odoratissima (L. f. ) Bentham. Mlmosacese.
See S. P. I. Niis. .'■{S996 and 39103 Cor previous introductions and de-
scription.
41433. A.NNONA mi km'ata L. AnnoiiMce.e. Soursop.
See S. P. I. Nns. :',SM2 and ."..Y-'No for previous introductions and de
scriptions.
41434. CANAVALl OBTUSIFOLrUM (Lain.) I >< '. Fabacea'.
"Native bean. It is not edible so far as I know. The flowers are
sweetly scented and come out singly. It might cross with the Mauritius
bean and make a good cover crop, for it seems to stand droughl and heat
well."
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1M5. 29
41432 to 41443— Contd. (Quoted notes by Mr. J. A. Hamilton.)
" The seeds are eaten by the blacks after cooking, as they are poisonous
in the raw state. Some shipwrecked sailors in northwestern Australia
were poisoned by them." (Forrest. In Maiden, Uuseful Natire Plants of
Australia.)
41435. Carica papaya L. Papayacese. Papaya.
"New Era papaya."
41436. Citrus sp. Rutaeese. Orange.
"Kamerunga seedling orange; A 1, very sweet; in fact, has a minimum
of acid."
41437. Dioscorea sp. Dioscoreacese. Yam.
"Seeds of native yam; they are wild kaikai (native food), and no
attempt has ever been made to cultivate them."
41438. Ficus benjamina L. Moracese. Weeping fig.
See S. P. I. No. 18734 for previous introduction and description.
41439. Lycopodium sp. Lycopodiaceae. Club moss.
Spores.
41440. Musa hillii F. Mueller. Musaceae. Wild banana.
" The fruit is not edible, being full of seeds, but as the flowers evi-
dently produce pollen, they might be useful to carry out experiments in
hybridization. The plants are prolific enough, there being about 200
fruits on the bunch this seed came from."
41441. Platyceritjm grande J. Smith. Polypodiacese. Fern.
"The glory of the genus, however, is Platycerium grande. The barren
fronds are exceptionally large, rounded and wavy margined at the base,
deeply cut above, forming an erect or arching background to the pendent
fertile fronds, which fork more times and have much narrower segments
than the barren fronds. Unfortunately this is the only species that does
not produce suckers at the roots, by which all the others are easily
propagated. It alone must be raised from spores, a long and anxious
process." (L. H. Bailey, Cyclopedia of American Horticulture, vol. 3,
p. 1369.)
Spores.
41442. Rubus sp. Rosacea?. Wild raspberry.
"Wild raspberry. Likes moist situations. Growing near a spring in
decomposed, yellowish red, sandy shale, latitude 17° 30' S., LOO feel above
sea level."
41443. Ziziphus mauritiana Lam. Rhamnacese. Indian jujube.
(Ziziphus jujuba Lam., not Miller.)
"Tag bush, or Chinese-apple. Rather ornamental if trained as a
standard. Very good for a hedge."
"The Indian jujube. Lisboa observes thai it is one of the commonest
fruit trees of the villages of western India. A moderate-sized deciduous
tree, 'distinctly wild in the forests of the Siwaliks and sub Himalayan
tracts of the Punjab and United Provinces, and also in tin Deccan and
in Upper Burma and Ceylon in dry forests. Elsewhere mostly cultivated
or run wild.'" (Gamble, A Manual of Indian Timbers.)
"The bark is said to be used for tanning in northern India. Bombay,
Madras, and Burma. In Chota Nagpur it is similarly employed, but
30 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
41432 to 41443— Continued.
along with the fruit. Occasionally it is thrown into indigo vats to aid in
precipitating the fecula. Hooper states thai a sample of bark from
Madras gave 1 1 per cent of tannin, and a sample of thick rool examined
at Dehra Dun pave 2.6 per cent, while some thin roots afforded 9.3 per
cent. Mosl parts of the tree are employed in native medicine. The
fruit of the wild ber, which ripens in the cold weather — the cultivated
one almost in any season — resembles the crab apple in flavour and ap-
pearance and is much eaten, as well as that of most species, by the poorer
classes: in fact, in times of scarcity these fruits are especially prized.
T'.y cultivation it is greatly improved both in size and flavour, and there
is great variety among the cultivated forms. According to Marshall
Woodrow, ' the best are elliptical, 2 inches in length by 1 in thickness,
and are propagated by inarching or budding on seedlings of the common
sort.' The unripe fruit is pickled; the ripe pulp is dried, mixed with
salt and tamarinds, to form a condiment, or is made into chutnies. The
kernels are also eaten, and the leaves constitute a useful fodder for
cattle and goats. The wood is hard and reddish in colour, weighing on
an average 48 pounds per cubic foot. It is largely employed in ordinary
constructive work and has been recommended for furniture. It is also
said to make excellent charcoal." {Watt, Commercial Products of
India, p. 11 j3.)
41444 and 41445.
Seeds from Sibpur, near Calcutta, India. Presented by the curator. Royal
Botanic Gardens. Received by Mr. W T. Swingle, October 15, 191". .
41444. Ataeantia ceylanica (Arn.) Oliver. Rutacese.
A much-branched spiny shrub or small tree native to Ceylon and India,
where it is known as yaTcinaran or peykurundu. Chiefly of interest for
trial as a stock, since its large seeds would be likely to produce vigorous
seedlings. The dry fruit makes it unpromising for breeding purposes.
(Adapted from Swingle. In Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horti-
culture.)
41445. Pleiospermiitm alatum (Wight and Arnott) Swindle. Rutacese.
(Liiuo)iia alata Wight and Arnott.)
A small tree, common in southern India and Ceylon, especially in the
dry regions; known as tumpat-kiirundii. The wood is hard and close
grained, much like that of Chalcas exotica. Of possible value for stocks.
(Adapted from Stcingle. In Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horti-
culture. )
4.1446. Berberis angulosa Wallich. Berberidaceae. Barberry.
Seeds from Kew, England. Presented by the director, Royal Botanic Car-
dens. Received October 22, 1915.
A deciduous Himalayan barberry with clustered dark-green leaves, unusually
large flowers, and large palatable berries.
See S. P. I. Nos. 33016 and 40143 for previous introductions.
41447 and 41448.
Seeds from Kamerunga, via Cairns, Queensland. Presented by Mr. J. A.
Hamilton. Received October 18, 1915. Quoted notes by Mr. Hamilton.
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1915. 31
41447 and 41448— Continued.
41447. Caesalpinia coriaria (Jacquin) Willd. Csesalpiniacese.
Divi-divi.
" Divi-divi. Ornamental ; the pods used for tanning."
See S. P. I. Nos. 26171 and 35896 for previous introductions.
41448. Gossypium sp. Malvaceae. Caravonica cotton.
''Caravonica cotton, originated by Dr. Tomates."
41449. Physalis peruviana L. Solanacere. Husk-tomato.
Seeds from Dundas, New South Wales, Australia. Presented by Mr. Her-
bert J. Rumsey. Received October 21, 1915.
"Cape-gooseberry or Hunk-tomato. The last season's crop cast back to purple
tinge rather badly, though the fruit was very hue. We are selecting with the
object of procuring a set type of yellow fruit, but the purple strain is, we find,
hard to eradicate, and though the purple fruit is very fine for show purposes
it has not the commercial value of the yellow fruit." (Rumsey.)
41450. Citrus grandis (L.) Osbeck. Kntacese. Pummelo.
From Amoy, China. Presented by Mrs. Helen C. Kip. Received October
23, 1915..
"Pomelo seed from Siam or the Straits." (Kip.)
41451. Artocarpus communis Forster. Moraeese. Breadfruit.
(Artocarpus incisa L. f. )
Seeds from Orotina, Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. Carlos Werckle. Re-
ceived October 23, 1915.
"These are as good as chestnuts; 100 seeds to a fruit." I WerclcH.)
41452. Merope angulata (Willd.) Swingle. Rutaceae.
(Citrus angulata Willd.)
Seeds from Calcutta, India. Presented by Mr. C. C. Calder, Royal Botanic
Gardens. Received October 23, 1915.
See S. P. I. Nos. 28933, 31353, and 39168 for previous introductions.
41453 and 41454.
Seeds from Saskatoon, Canada. Presented by Prof. T. N. Willing, Uni-
versity of Saskatchewan. Received October 25, 1915. Quoted notes by
Mr. Fairchild.
41453. Psokalea esculenta Pursh. Fabaceae.
"An edible-rooted species of legume, which grows abundantly in
Saskatchewan, according to Prof. Willing. The root has been eaten by
the Indians for many years and is called the Cn (-turnip. So far as Prof.
Willing knew, its cultivation had never been attempted. It should be
grown and a sufficient quantity of seed obtained to experiment with."
41454. Solanum triflorum Nutt. Solanacere.
"A low-growing species of Solanum to which my attention was directed
by Prof. Willing. Apparently this is a very heavy-fruiting species of
Solanum, and it is possible that hybrids might be produced between it
and one of the species of Physalis. It might prove interesting to anyone
working with these plants, although it has a rank flavor, resembling
that of Solanum nigrum."
32 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
41455. Prunus sp. Amygdalacese. Plum.
Plants from China. Collected by Mr. Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Ex-
plorer for the Department of Agriculture. Received at the Plant Intro-
duction Field Station, Chico, Cal., May 27, 1914.
"(No. L193. Plants from Tsaoehowfu, Shantung, China, March 11, 1014.) A
flowering plum, much liked by the Chinese for forcing purposes. Generally
trained in grotesque shapes and always grafted on Amygdalus davidiana, as
the latter stands drought, transplanting, and neglect better than plums on their
own roots. Chinese name Mei." I \1< tier.)
41456. Diospyros kaki L. f. Diospyracese. Persimmon.
S<-ions from Glendora, Cal. Presented by Judge Charles Silent, through
Mr. Wilson Popenoe, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received October
28, 1915.
" In the fall of 1914, when in California, I visited Judge Silent's place and
became interested in this persimmon tree. The young twigs of all the branches
were bearing the old pedicels of staminate flowers in great numbers, but after
a careful search of the tree I could discover the remains of only three pedicels
of pistillate flowers. If this character should hold good (and we have reason
to believe it will), we have at last found the long-looked-for male Kalci per-
simmon tree, which should be planted in every orchard of Kaki persimmons as
a pollinator, for Prof. H. H. Hume has demonstrated that the lack of pollina-
tion is the cause of the immature fruits dropping." (Peter Bisset.)
41457. Cucumis melo L. Cucurbitacese. Muskmelon.
Frorn Petrograd, Russia. Seeds presented by Capt. N. A. McCully, naval
attache, American embassy, at the request of Mr. W. P. Cresson. Re-
ceived October 28, 1915.
" Seeds of a Tashkend Denia, a sort of large cantaloupe. At dinner we had
one of these melons and it wras remarkably good, with a peculiar, delicious
flavor different from that of our own cantaloupe or from that of any other that
I know. The melons are brought here from the vicinity of Tashkend."
(McCully.)
41458. Barleria cristata L. Acanthaceae.
Cuttings from Manila, Philippine Islands. Presented by the director,
Department of Agriculture. Received November 1, 1915.
"A Philippine hedge plant, the best in the Tropics. I think it never seeds
here." (O. W. Barrett.)
An erect or diffuse acanthaceous undershrub with the branches and upper
surface of the leaves usually downy, with yellow hairs, and with dense, often
compound, ovate spikes of purple, blue, or white flowers. The corolla is about
1* inches long, the upper half funnel shaped and spreading into ovate lobes
one-half inch in length. Wild everywhere in the lower hills of northeastern
a*nd central India and probably in the mountains of southern India also.
(Adapted from Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. //, p. .'f8S, 7.SS',.)
41459. Morus nigra L. Moracese. Mulberry.
Cuttings from Biggs, Cal. Procured from Mr. F. Haselbusch by -Mr. R. L.
Beagles to be grown at the Plant Introduction Field Station, Chico, Cal.
"A very large, black, subacid mulberry. Said to be of Russian origin."
(J. E. Morrow.)
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1915. 33
41460. Prunus mume Sieb. and Zucc. Amygdalaceas.
Japanese apricot.
Bud sticks from Yuba City, Gal. Obtained from Dr. J. H. Burr by Mr.
R. L. Beagles to be grown at the Plant Introduction Field Station, Cbico,
Cal.
"A' very large, spreading tree, bearing dense masses of white flowers. Growth
very vigorous. Very beautiful in spring. Fruit edible, but small." (J. E.
Morrow. )
41461. Pyrus ovoidea Render. Malacese. Pear.
Seeds taken from fruit received from the Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain.
Mass. Growing at the Plant Introduction Field Station, Chico, Cal.
For propagating and testing.
41462. Castanea pumila X crenata. Fagaceae. Hybrid chestnut.
Seedlings from hybrid trees. The parent trees were the result of a cross
between the Japanese chestnut and the American chinkapin made by
Dr. Walter Van Fleet. Growing at the Plant Introduction Field Station,
Chico, Cal.
41463. Junipertjs cedrus Webb. Pinacese. Teneriffe juniper.
Seeds from Teneriffe, Canary Islands. Collected by Dr. George V. Perez
and presented through the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England. Re-
ceived November 1, 1915.
" This valuable tree, which is nearly extinct, is said to be the quickest grow-
ing of all junipers. I have carefully watched the growth of some in my garden
at Villa Orotava, ana can report an average of over 3 feet a year. Juniper us
cedrus begins to seed here within five years of planting, so thai iis propagation
is easy, at any rate in a suitable climate. If treated in the following manner,
it germinates much more promptly and abundantly. The seeds should be
carefully extracted from the galbulus, plunged in boiling water tor to seconds,
then inclosed in a canvas or calico bag and immersed in cold water, and ihen
sown, preferably in heather earth. It 's important that plants of our flora should
be tried almost exclusively in California and perhaps in Florida ; lor although
Juniperus cedrus stands frost in its natural habitat al great altitudes, there
is no doubt that our plants ought to lie experimented with in climates like
ours, where in the coast region we never have frcst and the rains occur only
in the winter months. I do not think you can lay too much stress on the
fact that the seeds I have sent you should be tried only in southern California."
(Peres.)
41464. Annona squamosa L. Annonacese. Sugar-apple.
Seeds from Saigon, Cochin China. Presented by .Mr. 1'. Morange, Director
of Agriculture. Received November -, 1915.
"These seeds are known in Cochin China under the name of Pomme-cannelle
du Cap (Cape cinnamon-apple.) The flesh of fruits of this variety when ripe
presents a firm texture, with seeds comparatively rare and docs not split open,
as is the case with the ordinary variety. This peculiarity allows the trans-
portation of the fruit for long distances and should certainly make Its exporta-
tion easy." (Morange.)
6363S°— 18 5
34 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
41465. Prunus japonica Thunb. Amygdalacege.
From Changchun, Manchuria. Seeds presented by Dr. R. J. Gordon, Medi-
cal Mission Hospital. Received November 2, 1915.
"Oulir [yii li] stones." A bushy plant rarely over 5 feet high, with broadly
ovate, acuminate, coarsely double-serrate leaves, rose-colored or blush flowers,
in twos or threes, appearing with the leaves, and globular or short-oblong
fruits, one-half inch in diameter, smooth and shining, wine red. (Adapted from
Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture.)
41466 and 41467.
Seeds from Bangalore, India. Presented by Hodson & Co. Received Novem-
ber 3. 1915.
41466. Atalantia ceylanica (Arn.) Oliver. Rutacese.
See S. P. I. No. 41444 for previous description.
41467. Pleiospermium alatum (Wight and Arnott) Swingle. Rutacese.
(Limonia alata Wight and Arnott.)
See S. P. I. No. 41445 for previous description.
41468 and 41469. Belou marmelos (L.) Lyons. Rutaceae. Bael.
(Aegle marmelos Correa. )
From Honolulu, Hawaii. Presented by Mr. J. E. Higgins, horticulturist,
Agricultural Experiment Station. Received November 3, 1915.
Seeds from what is said to be the only tree of this species in the islands.
41470. Quisqualts indica L. Combretaceae.
Seeds from Kiayingchow, Swatow, China. Presented by Rev. George Camp-
bell, through Mr. George Hanson, American consul, Swatow, China. Re-
ceived November 23, 1915.
" Kyan-tz [chun tzu]. A vigorous climber with showy flowers, white at first
but changing to pink. The seeds are used by the Chinese as a vermifuge and
are sold at native drug shops." (Campbell.)
41471. Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. Cucurbitacese. Watermelon.
Seed borne by a tree of S. P. I. 21249, sent to Mrs. Bow on February 20, 1911.
American consul general. Received November 6, 1915.
"Seeds of a watermelon of the type which is most frequently found in the
Constantinople market, the small spherical melon. These seeds were taken
from a particularly fine fully ripe specimen, about 8 inches in diameter, with a
good, sweet flavor, a .very thin rind, and slightly fibrous flesh. These melons
usually are on the market from early in July till the end of October. They
vary in diameter from 4 to 15 inches." (Ravndal.)
41472. Macadamia ternlfolia F. .Mueller. Proteaceae.
Queensland nut.
From Homestead, Fla. Presented by -Mrs. L. L. Bow. Received November
6, 1915.
Seed borne by a tree of S. P. I. 21249, sent to Mrs. Bow on February 20, 1911.
'• ?0U may be interested to know that these nuts make a delicious cake, and
I have also used them in sandwiches and salads. .My tree is near the laundry
and gets a ureal deal of wash water, but it has had very little fertilizer besides
t he soapsuds." ( Bote.)
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1915. 35
41473. Meibomia purpurea (Mill.) Vail. Fabaceae.
(Desmodium incanum- DC.)
From Joinville, Brazil. Presented by Mr. Jean Knatz. Received November
8, 1915.
"I received this seed from a place on the near plateau, at an altitude of
£,500 feet, where the temperature goes down a few degrees below freezing point
every winter." (Knatz.)
41474. Docynia delavayi (Franch.) Schneider. Malacca?.
Wild pear.
From Yunnanfu, China. Presented by Father Ducloux, Yunnanfu Catholic
Mission, through the acting Commissioner of Customs, Mengtsz, China.
Received November 6, 1915.
"The tree is not often found in the regions around Yunnanfu." (Ducloux.)
These cuttings were sent in response to our request for a Pyrus, which Dr.
Augustine Henry described in a letter some years ago, with fruits as Large as
an apple and edible. There are four ovules in each locule, yet it is rather an
apple than a quince. It is not a good fruit as it stands, but it has not been
cultivated by the Chinese, and its possibilities are unknown. It is called to-i.
41475. Prunus serrulata sachalinensis (Schmidt) Makino.
(Prunus sargentii Render.) Amygdalacese. Sargent's cherry.
From New Haven, Conn. Purchased from the Elm City Nursery Co. Re-
ceived November 6, 1915.
One-year-old seedlings raised from seed obtained from the Arnold Arboretum.
To be used in the cherry-stock investigations by Department officials.
41476. Paeonia mlokosewitschi Lomakin. Ranunculacese. Peony.
Seeds from Tillis, Caucasus, Russia. Presented by Mr. A. Rolloff, director,
Botanic Garden. Received November 10, 1915.
"This, the most handsome of the yellow-flowered paeonies, thrives under the
treatment suitable for the other forms belonging to the herbaceous section of
the genus, and appears as hardy and as satisfactory under cultivation as thej
have proved. The glaucous leaves with their red veins and margins contrast
sufficiently with the more purely green leaves of J', wittmannrana to attract
attention, and it is certain to become a favourite with gardeners. The line
sulphur-yellow flowers are more striking than the whitish yellow blooms of
P. wittmanniana. Paeonia mlokoseivitscMi was discovered by Mlokosewitsch
near Lagodekhi in the eastern part of the central Caucasus." (Curtis's
Botanical Magazine, pi. 8173, 1908.)
41477. Cordeauxia edulis Hemsl. Csesalpiniacese. Yeheb nut.
Seeds from Aden, Arabia. Presented by Mr. A. G. Watson. American vice
consul, who obtained them front the governor of Italian Somaliland at
Magadoxo. Received November 13, 1915.
An arid-land legume used as famine food by the Somalis.
See S. P. I. No. 29122 for previous introduction.
36 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
41478 to 41480.
Plants from Indian Head, Saskatchewan, Canada. Presented by Mr. Nor-
man M. Ross, Forest Branch, Department of the Interior. Received
November 15, 19ir>.
41478. Betui.a ii mm i.a Roth. Betulaceae. Birch.
"Plants grown from seed picked from our plantation, the original
seed of which was obtained from Russia. Two-year-old seedlings were
planted 4 feet apart each way in 1908 and show a height of 12 to 1G
feet and have borne seed for the past two or three years." (Ross.)
See S. P. I. Nos. 39489 and 39990 for previous introductions and de-
scription.
41479. Caragana pygmaea (L.) DC. Fabaceae.
See S. P. I. No. 33756 for previous introduction.
For an illustration of this hedge plaut, see Plate VII.
41480. Caragana arborescens Lam. Fabacepe. Siberian pea tree.
" Cuttings of the prostrate forru ; grown from seed picked in our
ordinary hedges. We find that probably 1 per cent of the seedlings
show these characteristics. This plant 5 years old shows a spread of 4
feet. We think this form can be used effectively for landscape planting."
(Ross.)
41481. Dumorta heckeli A. Chevalier. Sapotacese. Bako.
Seeds from Coomassie, Gold Coast Colony. Presented by Mr. A. E. Evans,
traveling inspector, Agricultural Department. Received November 13,
1915.
" A gigantic sapotaceous tree attaining a height of 110 to 1G0 feet, with a
cylindrical trunk 3J to 6i feet in diameter near the base [circumference approxi-
mately 10 to 20 feet], and rising 90 feet or more before bearing branches.
Leaves obong-lanceolate, papery, 2| to 41 inches long and 1 to 1£ inches wide.
Flowers solitary or in clusters of 2 to 3 in the axils of the leaves. Calyx cam-
panulate, corolla rotate, greenish white, three-fourths inch in diameter, slightly
fragrant. Fruit at maturity greenish yellow, sphero-ovoid, like a russet apple,
with mellow, sickening pulp, bitter and nonedible. Geographic distribution,
Ivory Coast, Gold Coast, Liberia, in the vast virgin forests. Flowers in May.
The timber, reddish with beautiful markings, is one of the best African sub-
stitutes for mahogany." (Translation from the original description, Comptes
Rcndus dc V Academic des Sciences, Paris, vol. 145, p. 226, 1907.)
41482. Ricinus communis L. Euphorbiacea\ Castor bean.
Seeds from Chungking, China. Presented by Mr. E. Widler. Received
November 15, 1915.
"Ping ma tzu. A plant 6 to 9 feet in height, bearing white flowers; it takes
about six months to grow. The seeds ripen throughout the season from early
summer to frost. The seed is used principally for castor oil, which is prepared
by pressing. The seeds are brown and black; they sell iu the market for 1,000
cash for 2} catties." (Widler.)
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41483. Juniperus cedrus Webb. Pinacese. Teneriffe juniper.
Seeds from Teneriffe, Canary Islands. Presented by Dr. George V. Perez.
Received November 17, 1915. "
See S. P. I. No. 41463 for previous introduction and description.
41484. Jubaeopsis caffra Beccari. Phcenicacea?.
Pondoland coco.
Seeds from Johannesburg, Union of South Africa. Purchased from Mr.
J. Burtt Davy, botanist, Agricultural Supply Association. Received
September 21 and October 7, 1915.
" I have just learned of the existence of a grove of wild coconut palms along
the coast some 70 miles south of Port Shepstone. This appears to be a new
species of coconut, adapted to warm temperate conditions ; the nuts are said to
be smaller than those of the typical Cocos nucifera. The fruits have the flavor
of coconut and are much prized by the Tondos, who traveled scores of miles to
collect and sell them. They are used as food, and, I am told, for oil." (Davy.)
" Until quite recently only two genera of palms were known from South
Africa. A few years ago Mr. Charles Ross, then conservator of forests at
Umtata, reported the occurrence of another kind in Pondoland. This has now
been found to be the representative of a new genus named Jubaeopsis, from its
nearest ally, Jubaea, a monotypic genus of South America (Chili). The fruit of
Jubaeopsis differs from that of Cocos by the position of the germinating holes,
which in the latter genus are situated near the base of the nut, but in Jubaeopsis
near its equator. The endosperm is hollow, as in the coconut, and also of a
sweetish taste, but without milk. A tree up to 20 feet high, with leaves 12 to 15
feet long. The $ flowers are inserted on the upper parts of the branches of the
spadix and possess 8 to 16 stamens, the 9 flowers being on the lower parts.
The fruits are about the size of walnuts, but nearly globular, the fibrous peri-
carp being yellow when ripe. The palm occurs, as far as known, only at two
localities in Pondoland, viz., at the mouths of the Umsikaba and the Umtentu
Rivers, in both cases only on the northern bank and in close proximity to the
water. As this is, apart from the widely spread coconut palm, the only member
of the tribe which occurs in Africa, all the others being American, its dis-
covery throws some new light on the origin of the Cocoinere and the relation-
ship of our flora." (Marloth, Flora of South Africa, vol. 4, p. ^8.)
41485 to 41488.
From Orotina, Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. Carlos WercklS. Received
November 16, 1915. Quoted notes by Mr. Werckle.
41485. Licania platypus (Hernsl.) Fritsch. Rosaceae. Sansapote.
" Seeds of the forest sansapote, which is the poorest and smallest
fruit of all four or five species of Licania; still the little meat it lias
is quite good. A splendid, very large forest tree, the timber of which
is considered nearly as valuable as Cedrela. I will try to graft the
Cotiepia on it."
41486 and 41487. Solanum sp. Solanacese.
"Root cuttings of a very low-growing perennial herb, which makes a
single, vertical root like a yuca (manioc), which enters into the soil to
a great depth. I do not know whether it is edible or poisonous. The
soft herbaceous plant spreads over the ground at a height of a few
inches; the large, solitary, night-blooming flowers are a beautiful pure
white and have a very fine fragrance, which, however, is only noticeable
at a very short distance from the plant, though it is not mild."
38 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
41485 to 41488— Continued.
41488. Annona pubpubea Moc. and Sesse. Annonaceae. Soncoya.
" This fruit has only two defects-*-:the seeds are too large and are
'cling.' It is recommended for crossing with Annona squamosa and
.1 nnona cherimola."
41489. Halesia Carolina monticola L.ehder. Styracaceae.
Mountain silverbell.
Seeds from Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by Prof. < '. S. Sargent,
Arnold Arboretum. Received November 13, 191"
"The silver-bell tree of the Southern States. Halesia tetraptera', has long
been cultivated in northern gardens. It is usually shrubby in babit with
several stout, wide-spreading sterns, and here at the North rarely grows more
than 15 to 20 feet high. It is an inhabitant of the Southern States from West
Virginia and southern Illinois to northern Florida and eastern Texas. It
grows at low altitudes and does not appear to ascend to the slopes of the high
Appalachian .Mountains, although the Halesia of those mountain forests was
long considered identical with the lowland tree. The Halesia of the high
slopes, however, is a tree often 80 to 90 feet high, with a trunk 3 feet in
diameter, sometimes free of branches for a distance of 60 feet from the
ground. It is apparently only in recent years that this mountain tree has
been introduced into cultivation by the Biltmore Nursery. From Biltmore it
was sent to the parks of Rochester. N. Y.. and from Rochester it came to the
Arboretum with a description of its peculiar habit, large flowers, and fruit.
The mountain tree, which has lately been distinguished here as var. monticola,
grows as a tree from the time the seed germinates, and the seedlings show no
variation of habit. Young trees are clean stemmed with short branches which
form a narrow pyramidal head. The leaves are of rather different shape and
less hairy than those of the lowland tree; the flowers are fully a third larger
and the fruit is nearly twice as large. Trees less than 10 feet produce flowers
and fruit in abundance. There is now every reason to believe that the moun-
tain Halesia will prove one of the handsomest flowering trees of large size
which it is possible to cultivate in this climate. Its tall trunk and narrow
head suggest that it may prove a good street and roadside tree." [Arnold
Arboretum, Bulletin of Popular Information.)
*
41490. Colck asia Kscti.i.MA (L.) Schott. Araceae.
Tubers from Joinville, Brazil. Presented by Mr. Jean Knatz. Received
October 25, 191."..
" Cara (Kara). Cava is much used to mix with Hour after being baked, in
order to make the bread used by the farmers, into which enter sweet potatoes,
cassava, Hour and Maya.' especially now that wheat Hour is so expensive. I
think the larger sort of ' cam ' is the taro of the South Sea Islands." (Knatz.)
41491 and 41492.
Seeds from Chungking, China. Presented by Mr. E. YVidler. Received
November 18, 1915. Quoted notes by Mr. YVidler.
41491. Ci i i iu-.i i a pepo L. Cucurbitacese. Nan kua.
"Nan /.»". A creeping plant 10 to 15 feet long; grows best at a tem-
perature of 70° to 110° F. It takes about three months to mature;
bears yellow flowers and fruits in the autumn. The fruit is 5 feet in
circumference and weighs about 40 catties. It is used only as a vegetable
OCTOBEE 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1915. 39
41491 and 41492— Continued.
and is prepared by sweetening and boiling. It sells in the market for
about 20 cash per catty."
41492. Benincasa hispIda (Thunb.) Cogn. Cucurbitacese. Wax gourd.
'• Tung ku'a. A plant 20 to 30 feel Ion.-. Grows besl at a temperature of
70° to 110° F. ; hikes aboul six months to mature; bears yellow flowers
and fruits in the autumn. The fruit is 3 feet Ion- and 2 Eee1 in circum-
ference; is used only as a vegetable, boiled and sweetened, and sells in
the market at 25 cash per catty."
41493. Annona cherimola Miller. Annonacea?. Cherimoya.
Seeds from Brisbane, Australia. Presented by Mr. Leslie Cordon Corrie.
Received November 22, 1915.
41494. Rhaphithamnus cyanooarpus (Bert.) Miers. Verbenaceae.
Espina blanca.
Seeds from Bariloche, Argentina. Presented by Dr. Joseph Vereertbrug-
ghen. Received November 22. 1915.
"This plant, espina blanca (white thorn), which I found in the Canyon
Bariloche. is an evergreen belonging, 1 believe, to the Chilean vegetation.
Animals eat it the year round and like it very much, horses as well as cattle."
(Vereertbrugghen:)
41495. Randia sp. Rubiaceoe.
Seeds from Orotina, Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. Carlos Wercklg. Re-
ceived November 24, 1915.
"From the Pacific coast. Is much more beautiful than H<in<i'tti aculeata,
but it is suitable for hot climates only." ( Werckte.)
41496. Persea Americana Miller. Lauracese. Avocado.
(Persea gratissima Gaertn. f. )
Seeds from San Jose, Costa Rica. Presented by the Department of Agri-
culture. Received November 24, 1915.
"Palta. From tree A, bearing in October; large and medium good."
(WerckU.)
41497. Amygdalus persica L. Amygdalacese. Peach.
(Primus persica Stokes.)
Seeds from Bordeaux, France. Presented by Mr. George A. Bucklin, jr.,
American consul. Received November 26, P.M.".
"For these seeds we are indebted to a residenl of ibis region. M. Denjean, of
Bordeaux, France, who has carefully selected seeds of the finest specimens of
fruit coming to his attention, nil grown in this section of southern France.
Unfortunately, the names of the varieties have not boon preserved and the
seeds identified, but it is hoped that the seeds which come from excellent mis-
cellaneous stock will be of some service." (Bucklin.)
41498. Amygdaeus persica L. Amygdalacese. Peach.
(Prunus persica Stokes. I
Seeds from Milan. Italy. Presented by Mr. John 11. Grout, American con-
sul. Received November 2G, 1915.
40 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
" Hardly any of the peaches to be found in the markets here are grown in
Ibis district, being brought from the outside. This is a mixed lot of seed ob-
tained from a seed house here." (Grout.)
41499. Dipsacus fullontjm L. Oipsacaceie. Teasel.
Seeds from Marseille, France. Presented by Mr. A. Gaulin, American con-
sul general. Received November 23, 1915.
" Seeds of the best variety of teasel grown in the Avignon and Department
of Vaucluse region. This sample was obtained from Messrs. (I. and E. Duckers,
of Gavaillon, Vaucluse." (Gaulin.)
41500. Spathodea campanulata Beauv. Bignoniacese.
Seeds from Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by Dr. J. C. Koningsberger, di-
rector, Botanic Gardens. Received November 23, 1915.
See S. P. I. Nos. 31953 and 39415 for previous introductions.
41501. Mimtjsops elengi L. Sapotaceae. Munamal.
Seeds from Lawang, Java. Presented by Mr. M. Buysman, Jardin Bo-
tanique. Received November 27, 1915.
" A large evergreen tree, with glossy, oval, ileshy leaves. The wood is good
for cabinetmaking, joinery, and turning. The fruit, which is shaped like an
olive, is eaten, but its flavor is not very agreeable. The odorous flowers, which
pussess astringent and tonic properties, serve for the preparation of a perfume;
the red, woody, fibrous bark is astringent and is used as a gargle for salivation.
The fruit and seeds furnish an oil for burning. The root is astringent."
(Lanessan, Les Plantes Utiles des Colonies Frangaise.)
See S. P. I. No. 30957 and 37726 for previous introduction.
41502. Arbutus unedo L. Ericaceae. Strawberry tree.
Seeds from Sacramento, Cal. Presented by Mr. W. Vortriede, Capitol
building and grounds. Received December 1, 1915.
" An evergreen tree, from 15 to 30 feet high, occasionally 40 feet in its native
districts in Ireland, but nearly always a wide-topped shrub under cultivation ;
young shoots glandular hairy. Leaves smooth, 2 to 4 inches long, dark shining
green. Flowers produced from October to December in drooping panicles 2
inches long and wide. Corolla white or pinkish, pitcher shaped, one-fourth inch
long. Fruit globose, strawberrylike, three-fourths inch across, orange red,
rough on the surface. It ripens during the autumn following the production of
the flowers, at the same time as the succeeding crop of blossoms. Native of
the Mediterranean region aud southwestern Ireland, especially on the islands and
shores of the Lakes of Killarney, where it attains its largest dimensions.
(Adapted from W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British I sirs, vol. 1,
p. 203.)
41503. Elaeocarpus sp. Elaeocarpaceae.
Seeds from Kamerunga, via Cairns, Australia. Presented by Mr. .7. A.
Hamilton. Received October IS, 1915.
" Native edible nut."
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1915. 41
41504 to 41508.
Seeds from Matania El Saff. Egypt. Presented by Mr. Alfred Bircher,
Middle Egypt Botanic Station. Received November 30, 1915.
41504. Carissa grandiflora (E. Mey.) DC. Apocynaceje. Natal plum.
" This handsome shrub, 15 to 18 feet in height, originally from South
Africa, is cultivated in southern Florida and southern California for orna-
ment and for its scarlet edible fruits the size of a plum. It is considered
one of the best hedge plants in South Africa and is sometimes used for
tMs purpose in the United States. The foliage is dense, glossy green in
color ; leaves opposite, thick, and leathery, 1 to 2 inches long, flowers star
shaped, fragrant, about 2 inches across and borne in small terminal
cymes. The plant blooms most abundantly in the early spring, but pro-
duces a few scattering flowers throughout the year ; their waxy texture
and fragrance are suggestive of the jasmine. The fruits, most of which
ripen in summer, are ovoid or elliptic in form, commonly 1 to 2 inches
long, with a thin skin inclosing the firm granular, reddish pulp, toward
the center of which are several thii papery seeds, sometimes as many as
twenty or more. The fruit is very attractive in appearance, but is not
generally relished when eaten out of hand ; its flavor suggests the rasp-
berry or cranberry, and when stewed it yields a sauce which greatly re-
sembles that made from the latter fruit. It is also used for jelly and pre-
serves. It is not of commercial importance in the United States, but is
frequently planted in gardens for ornament and fruit. When used as a
hedge plant it withstands shearing admirably, but yields little fruit under
these conditions. Its growth is compact and low, and it has the inter-
esting habit of branching dichotomously. The plant is easily propagated
by layering, and it is not difficult to bud, using the common method of
shield budding. Late spring is the best time to do the work." (Adapted
from W. Popenoe, in Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, under
Natal plum, vol. 4, P- 21L'f.)
See S. P. I. Nos. 11734, 2ST22, and 34106 for previous introductions.
41505. Carissa grandiflora (E. Mey.) DC. Apocynaeea>. Natal plum.
See previous number (S. P. I. No. 41.104) for description.
41506. Carissa carandas L. Apocynacere. Carauncla.
" Maha-karamba (Singhalese), Perunkila (Tamil). A small tree or
large shrub, with sharp, rigid, forked thorns and oval leaves, native of
the dry region of Ceylon; also of India and .Malaya, li blossoms chiefly
in February and March and ripens its fruits in August and September.
The fruit when ripe much resembles a damson, both in size and color, but
in the interior are a number of small seeds. In India it is made into a
pickle just before it is ripe, and is also used in tarts and puddings, being
considered to resemble gooseberries in flavour. For these purposes it is
said to be superior to any other Indian fruit. When ripe it makes a very
good jelly. The plaid' is commonly employed for harrier hedges, for which
purpose it is well suited. Propagated from seed. Suited to dry districts
at low elevations." {MacMillan, Handbook <>f Tropical Gardening and
J'hmtiiKj, 2d ed., p. /-'/.''•)
See s. I". I. Xos. u:!7.~>o and 34364 i'or previous Introductions.
41507. Phoenix fabinifeba Roxburgh, Phoenicacere. Palm.
Habitat, India and South China. A dwarf speeies. having a stem -J
feet high, completely enveloped by the leaf sheaths; fronds 6 feet long,
42 SEEDS A.ND PLANTS IMPORTED.
41504 to 41508 —Continued.
unarmed, pinnate, reclinate, with long, awl-shaped, plicate leaflets;
flowers dioecious; spathe polyvalved; spadix erect; fruit a drupe, oval,
1 cm. in length, fleshy, black, hard: stone single, oblong, horny. In
Cochin China the plant goes under the name Cay-cho la. The trunk
Stripped of its leaves contains a certain quantity of starch which the
poor use in case of need. This palm stands the climate of the south of
France without protection. It is adapted to sandy and otherwise dry
and barren land, but prefers the vicinity of the sea. (Adapted from
Von Mueller, Select Extra-Tropical Plants, p. 873, and De Lanessan,
l,s Plantes I tiles des Colonies Francaises, p. 78$.)
See S. P. I. No. 32821 for previous introduction.
41508. Mxjsa sp. Musacese. Banana.
"Banana seeds which were produced without artificial pollination.
I am not sure whether the pollen is from the same genus or from a
Strelitzia growing near it. It is remarkable that only the variety
Orinoco (from Florida) develops seeds, while several other varieties
growing also in the vicinity are seedless."' (Bircher.)
41509. Ostekdamia tentjtfolia (Trin.) Kuntze. Poacese.
(Zoyisa tenuifolia Trin.) Mascarene grass.
Seeds from the island of Guam. Presented by Mr. J. P>. Thompson. Guam
Agricultural Experiment Station; obtained by him from the Bonine
Islands. Received in 1912.
"This grass is used for lawn purposes in Japan and is said to succeed well
about Yokohama. It was originally described from the Mascarene Islands.
It has been tested in a preliminary way in California, at Biloxi. Miss., and at
.Miami, Fla. The grass makes a very beautiful dark-green turf, the leaves being
short, never more than an inch or two long, much resembling the turf of red
fescue. Stout rootstocks are produced in abundance, and these have a ten-
dency to elevate the turf, a defect which can be remedied by proper rolling.
The grass has considerable promise for fine turf and for golf purposes in the
South." (C. V. I'iper.)
41510 to 41516. Tkiticum aestivum Li Poaceae. Wheat.
( Triticum vulgare Vill.)
Seed from Quel ia Valley, Baluchistan. Presented by Mr. A. Howard, Im-
perial Economic Botanist, Pusa, Bengal, India. Received November 2,
1915. Quoted notes by Mr. Howard.
41510. "Common winter wheat. Spike bearded. 10 to 13 cm., tapering;
glumes white, firm, glaborous; beaks 1 to LT> mm.; kernel red. large. 7
to 8 mm., hard."
41511. "Common winter wheat. Spike bearded, 10 to 1-2 cm., cylin-
drical; glumes white, glabrous; kernel amber, medium sofl : beaks (a)
7 beads, l to L5 mm., (6) :i heads, i to 2 mm."
41512. "Common winter wheat. Spike bearded, beards short, ■"> to 1
em,; glumes white, pubescent, kernel amber, medium hard; beaks
1 to 3 mm."
415i;-5. " Common winter wheat. Spike bearded, cylindrical, in to 12 cm. ;
glumes white, pubescent ; kernel amber, medium hard; beaks 1 to 20 mm."
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1915. 43
41510 to 41516— Continued.
41514. "Common winter wheat. Spike bearded, tapering, 0 to 12 cm.;
glumes brown, glabrous; kernel red. medium soft; beaks 1 to 15 mm."
41515. "Common winter wheat. Spike bearded, cylindrical, 10 to 12
cm.; glumes brown, glabrous; kernel amber (?), medium sofl : beaks
1 to 25 mm."
41516. "Common winter wheat. Spike bearded, beards short, •"> to 4
cm.; spike cylindrical, 10 to 11 cm.; glumes brown, pubescent; kernel
amber, medium soft ; beaks 1 to 25 mm."
41517 to 41519. Pyrus communis L. Malaceae. Pear.
From Salmon Arm, Canada. Presented by Mr. Thomas A. Sharpe. Re-
ceived December 3, 1915. Quoted notes from L. Spath's catalogue, ex-
cept as otherwise shewn.
41517. Eva Baltet. "A very large, beautifully colored, melting, sweet
pear, very juicy, and similar in the quality of the flesh to the Eolz-
farbigen butterMrne (Fondante des bois), but better flavored. Tree
bearing early and heavily from mid-October to the end of November.
This new French introduction is declared by a large number of
growers to be an excellent pear, worthy of distribution."
Mr. T. A. Sharpe, ex-superintendent of the Agassiz (B. C. ) Experi-
ment Station, is very much interested in pear culture and is fruiting
out a good many French varieties. He told me that the Jules Ghiyot
was a much heavier bearer than the Rartlett, which it resembles very
closely, and it has none of the objectionable muskiness of the Bartlett,
and that the Marguerite Marillat, which is one of the few pears that
fruit on the west coast of Scotland, does very well at Salmon Arm,
B. C. The variety called Eva Baltet, an early fall pear, does particu-
larly well here, and fruits abundantly: it was introduced in 1897. The
fruits do not pull down the limbs, and it begins fruiting at the crotch."
(David Fairchild, trip report to Canada including British Columbia,
fait of I'M 5.)
41518. Doktor Jules Giu/ot. "A large to very large, excellent table and
market pear, ripening in September. Tree bearing early and very
heavily ; not tender.
41519. Marguerite Marillat. "A large to very large, line table pear,
bearing early and heavily."
41520 to 41554.
Seeds from Bhutan, India. Collected by Mr. R. E. Cooper, ami presented
by Bees (Ltd.), Liverpool, England, at the request of Mi-. A. K. Bulley.
Received November is. L915. Quoted notes bj Mr. Cooper.
41520. Primula sp. Primulacese. Primrose.
"(No. 1701.) Crows at an altitude of 11,000 feel in marshy peat in
the open. White with star of yellow on corolla lobes."
41521. Primula sp. Primulacese. Primrose.
"(No. 4702.) Two feci tall, like silckimensis, but brilliant golden
yellow flowers. Grows in open -lades by streams in Aides foresl at an
altitude of 11,000 feet. Clumps on peaty turf on bowlders in the streams
themselves."
44 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
41520 to 41554— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. E. E. Cooper.)
41522. Li.oydia sp. Liliacese.
"(Xo. 4763.) Common in an open marsh at an altitude of 11,000 feet.
Small, yellow flowered."
41523. Phyteuma sp. Campanulacese.
" (Xo. 4766.) A plant 2 feet high. Grows on alpine peat turf at an
altitude of 13,000 feet, a gray hairy mound with pendent narrow leaves
emerging. Flowers never seen. Attacked by yaks, sheep, partridges,
and spiders."
41524. Wulfexia amherstiana Benth. Scrophulariacese.
"(Xo 4767.) A small herb found among loose pebbles and streams at
an altitude of 14,000 feet, with rosette 6 inches in diameter. Flowers
blue, small, in long spike."
41525. Mecoxopsis sinuata Prain. Papaveracete.
" (Xo. 4768.) A prickly plant 1 to 2 feet high among small rhododen-
dron bushes at an altitude of 13,000 feet. Flowers blue, 2 to 3 inches
in diameter."
41526. Swertia sp. Gentianacea?.
" (Xo. 4769.) A white-flowered mound 1 foot high on poor peaty
soil overlying scree at altitudes of 13,000 to 14,000 feet."
41527. Polygonum sp. Polygonaceae.
" (Xo. 4770.) A clumpy Polygonum among stones and peaty spots
in gaps in rhododendron forests at an altitude of 13,000 feet. Club 1
foot thick or rosette larger. Flower spike large and pendent, rich red,
10 inches long at times. Also seen in rock ledges at its best."
41528. Primula sp. Primulaceae. Primrose.
"(Xo. 4771.) One to two feet high, growing among rhododendron bushes
at an altitude of 13,000 feet. Like Primula obligua, dead white with no
eye to speak of and with heads of eight flowers."
41529. Potentilla sp. Rosacea?.
"(Xo. 4772.) Common on uplands, at times in peaty turf, at altitudes
of 13,000 to 15,000 feet. A little heap of yellow flowers 9 inches in di-
ameter."
41530. Impatiens sp. Impatientacese.
" (Xo. 4773.) Growing in 6-inch turfs by a stream edge among sandy
compost at an altitude of 12,000 feet. Flowers yellow."
41531. Caltha sp. Ranunculacese.
"(Xo. 4774.) A golden-yellow flowered, tufted plant in 2 inches <>f
water in a swamp at an altitude of 13,000 feet."
41532. Swektia sp. Gentianaceae.
" (No. 4775.) A small purple-flowered, procumbent-habited plant in
peaty lurf at an altitude of 13.000 feet."
41533. Cibsitjm sp. Asteracese.
(C'nicus sp.)
"(No. 177*;. ) Grows on scree among Juniperus at an altitude of
13.000 feet. Large, white haired, prickly. White head of one to live
inflorescences, 2 inches in diameter.
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1915. 45
41520 to 41554— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. R. E. Cooper.)
41534. Cremanthodium sp. Asteraceae.
"(No. 4777.) With yellow uodding beads, on dry exposed grass-cov-
ered slopes at altitudes of 13,000 to 14,000 feet."
41535 to 41540. Primula spp. Primulaceae. Primrose.
41535. "(No. 4779.) A small plant occurring in swampy peat at
an altitude of 13,000 feet. Large flowers of delicate heliotrope,
sweet scented ; two to four in a head on a slender stem."
41536. "(No. 47S0.) Like sikkimensis, but a smaller plant. Six
inches high in swampy peat, growing with No. 41535. Flowers yel-
low, hanging three to five in a head; very delicate."
41537. "(No. 4781.) Among peaty soil and rocks of scree al alti-
tudes of 13,000 to 14,000 feet. Flowers yellow."
41538. "(No. 4783.) aP. nivalis?) Grows among moist peaty turf
among bowlders by streams at an altitude of 13,000 feet. Showy
heads of purple flowers, with eye. Flowers appear before leaves."
41539. "(No. 4784.) Grows at edge of marsh in moist peat : altitude
13.000 feet. Reticulate, petiolate leaves and leafly bracts at base of
loose inflorescences of yellow flowers of sikkimensis type."
41540. " (No. 4785.) Grows in marsh at an altitude of 13,000 feet;
flowers small, white, in loose head; leaves small and coriaceous."
41541. Meconopsis horridula Hook. f. and Thorns. Papaveracese.
" (No. 4786.) Plant tufted on peaty turf at an altitude of 15,000 feet.
Large sky-blue flowers."
41542 to 41544. Primula spp. Primulaceae. Primrose.
41542. "(No. 4787.) Grows in sandy soil on sheltered rock ledges
at an altitude of 14,000 feet. Allied to Primula tibetica, but heads
much looser and flowers larger."
41543. "(No. 4788.) A small primrose with large flowers, pah'
heliotrope, two to four on a loose spike. Grows in shaded crevices
at an altitude of 13,000 feet."
41544. "(No. 4744.1 Grows in moist peat at an altitude of 10,000
feet. Flowers yellow."
41545. Polygala sp. Polygalaceae.
"(No. 39S5.) The rosette is a nest of leaves 1 inches in diameter in
moist peaty soil. There is a head of small white flowers one-half inch in
diameter on a stalk 3 inches high: growing at an altitude of Ll.OOOfeet."
41546. Euphorbia sp. Euphorhiaeea\
" (No. 4351.) A tuberous herb growing on peaty slopes ;n,d meadows
at an altitude of 9,000 feet. Inflorescences a showy gold."
41547. Primula sp. Primulaceae. Primrose.
"(No. 4392.) (Perhaps Pjimula elongata.) In fruit among rhododen-
dron bushes at an altitude of H2.~><>" feel ; flowers -aid to he white."
41548. Primula petiolabis Wallich. Primulaceae. Primrose.
"(No. 4397.) A variety growing at an altitude of 1.2,000 feet and pre-
ferring moist soil, with dead leaves in composl in the shade of Betula,
rhododendron bushes, etc. Rosette 1 foot in diameter, flower spike 1
foot high ; seen only in fruit."
46 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
41520 to 41554— Continued. (Quoted aotes by -Mr. R. E. Cooper.)
41549. Polygonum sp. Polygonaceae.
••(No. 1407.) A clump dt" Polygonum among stones and peaty spots in
gaps in ;i rhododendron foresl al an altitude of 13.000 feet. Clump 1
fool thick <>r rosette Larger. Flower spike large and pendent, rich red,
10 inches long at times. Also seen in rock ledges at its best."
41550. Aquilegia sp. Ranunculacese.
"(No. 4410.) An herb 1 foot high in fruit among Cyananthus and
moist undergrowth of Betula forest at an altitude of 10,000 feet. Flowers
never seen."
41551. Cobtdalis sp. Papaveraceae.
"(No. 4511.) An herb 1 foot high on moist gravel by a stream at an
altitude of 11,000 feet. Very showy sprays of yellow, brown-tipped flowers,
usually under light shade of Acers, etc."
41552. Primula petiolapjs Wallich. Primulaceae. Primrose.
" I Xo. 4512.) Differing from No. 4154S in leaves not being hastate.
Found in fruit at an altitude of 12,000 feet in moist black soil under
Abies forest. Plant similar in size to Xo. 4397 [S. P. I. No. 41548.]"
41553. Runrs sp. Rosacese. Bramble.
• i No. 4513.) A bush 2 feet high, showy in autumn with silver foliage
and orange-yellow fruits. Common in bamboo forests at an altitude of
11.000 feet."
41554. RrBrs sp. Rosacese. Bramble.
"(No. 4514.) A bush 4 feet high on edge of Abies forest at an altitude
of 12,000 feet. Leaves dark green with reddish brown calyx and fruits."
41555. Hedysarum boreale Xutt. Fabaceae.
Seeds from Saskatoon. Canada. Collected by Mr. David Fairchild, of the
Bureau of Plant Industry. Received October 25, 1915.
"This hardy, short-seasoned, early-maturing Hedysarum was collected by
Prof. T. N. Willing and myself in sight of the president's residence on the
grounds of the University of Saskatchewan. It was growing on rather dry
hillsides and produced a plant about 2 feet high. It is apparently a heavy
seeder and, according to Prof. Willing, the cattle are very fond of it. So far
as he knew, it had never been cultivated, and I sent it with the idea that it
might be crossed with Hedywirum coronarvwm or with species of Hedysarum
sent in by Mr. Meyer from Siberia. I can not help thinking that there may be
something in the cultivation of this plant for forage purposes." (Fairchild.)
41556 to 41565.
Seeds from Bhutan, India. Collected by Mr. R. F. Cooper and presented by
Bees i Ltd. i. Liverpool, England, at the request of Mr. A. K. Bulley. Re-
ceived November 18, 1915. Quoted notes by Mr. Cooper.
41556. Gatjltheria sp. Ericaceae.
"(No. 1525.) A low-creeping plant on rock surfaces and peaty alpine
turf at an altitude of 12,000 feet. The showy blue berries are profuse.
This is ;i much larger plant than the Oaultheria trichophylla and exists
on exposed ruck faces with only a mere suspicion of soil in occasional
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1915. 4
-
41556 to 41565— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. R. E. Cooper.)
41557. Cokydalis sp. Papaveraceae.
"(No. 4528.) A slender herb in fruit under Abies foresl at an altitude
of 12,000 feet."
41558. Leycesteria i okmosa Wallich. Caprifoliaceae.
"(No. 4535.) Caprifoliaceae (?). A bush 6 feet high under light shade
in Acer and Picea forest at an altitude of 10,000 feet. Flowers pink
backed by red bracts, in dense sprays at end of fresh wood shoots."
41559. Clixtonia sp. Convallariaeea\
'•(No. 4545.) A liliaceous plant found in loose peaty soil under rhodo-
dendron forest at an altitude of 10,500 feer. Two basal leaves ami a head
of delicate blue flowers pendent on a slender stem G inches long."
41560. Loxicera sp. Caprifoliaceae. Honeysuckle.
"(No. 4553.) A slender bush 6 inches high by a stream under rhodo-
dendron and Abies forest at an altitude of 11,000 feet. Has pink waxy
flowers in pairs and very showy reddish fruits/'
41561. Salvia sp. Menthacea?.
"(No. 4671.) A very fine herb 1 to 2 feet high, color Vandyke to prune.
In turf of exposed hilltop at an altitude of 9,000 feet."
41562. Coriaria termixaxis Hemsl. Coriariacere.
"(No. 4736.) A procumbent shrub on sandy soil by streams and among
bracken at an altitude of 10,500 feet; terminal sprays of red fruits 8
inches long. Quite hardy. I should say. as it occurs some 5,000 feet above
the half hardy Coriaria ncpalensis. Not so showy a plant as the latter,
but trailing well over rock and gravel."
41563. Loxicera sp. Caprifoliaceffi. Honeysuckle.
"(No. 4737.) A bush 5 feet high by the edge of a stream among Salix
and roses, with showy red fruits.*'
41564. Potextilla sp. Rosacea?.
"(No. 4749.) On an exposed hilltop at an altitude of 10,000 feet in
clayey soil. A silver rosette 4 inches across with sprays of yellow
flowers. "
41565. Hypecotjm leptocarpum Hook. f. and Thorns. Papaverai
"(No. 4751.) A procumbent herb on gravelly sandy soil. Six inches
across rosette, flowers smallish but profuse, of a delicate heliotrope to
rose color: foliage steel gray.'"
41566. Prttnus subhirtklla autumnalis Makino. Amygdalacese.
Cherry.
Plant from Colchester. England. Procured from R. Wallace ,v Co. Re-
ceived December 4. 101".
"Under the erroneous name of Prunus miqueliana this cherry has been cul-
tivated in this country for some three or four years and has created a good deal
of interest because of its flowering from November onward. Owing, probably,
to the excessive mildness of the late autumn of 1913, it made a very charming
display at that time. It is a deciduous small tree with nearly ovate lea
1A to :U inches Ion- hairy on both surfaces. Flowers pale pink, 1 inch wide."
( Kew Bulletin.)
• IS SEEDS AXD PLANTS IMPORTED.
41567. Wasabia pungens Matsumura. Brassicaceae. Wasabi.
(Eutrema wasabi Maxim.)
Roots from New York, N. V. Presented by Mr. H. Terao. Received De-
cember 6, 1915.
"Before cooking, the graded wasabi is usually beaten so thai the rool cells
may be mostly broken up, as you have perhaps learned in Japan, li is said
thai there is do wasabi for sale in New York City yet. Two Japanese restau
rants here get 50 roots a year from San Francisco, where the wasabi comes
from Japan." ( Terao.)
41568. Diospyros ebenasteb Retz. Diospyracese. Black sapote.
Seeds from Honolulu, Hawaii. Presented by Mr. Gerrit P. Wilder. Re-
ceived I >ecember 4. 1916.
A tall tree with fragrant while flowers and very sweet fruits, the size of an
orange, green outside and almost black within. Native of Mexico. See S. P. I.
Nos. 39719 and 10338 for previous introductions and full description.
41569. Fraxintjs excelsior L. Oleaceae. Ash.
From Dublin, Ireland. Presented by I >r. A. Henry. Royal College of
Science. Received December 1. 1915.
Var. monophylla. Onedeaved ash. In this remarkable variety of the com-
mon European ash the terminal leaflet only, or' occasionally one or two more,
is developed. In other respects it is the same as the common ash. Its one
leaf is oval or ovate, long stalked, toothed, and variable in size, usually 3 to 6
inches Ions, li to 2i inches wide, but often proportionately broader or shorter.
I have measured it as much as 8 inches long and 5 inches wide. This variety
has arisen independently in many places, both cultivated and wild, and varied
considerably. It is also known as integrifolia, heterophylla, and simplidfolia.
The species itself is one of the most valuable of all our timber trees, yielding
a whitish w 1 of great toughness and durability. Elwes considers it at the
present time the most economically valuable of British timber trees. For
some purposes, especially in coach building and implement making, it lias no
rival, either native or foreign. An isolated ash of goodly size makes a tree of
-real beauty and dignity, forming a shapely oval or rounded bead of branches
It likes a deep moist, loamy soil, and thrives well on calcareous formations.
In some parts of the north of England, on the easl side of the Plain of York.
for instance, it is a common hedgerow tree, almost as common as the elm is in
the south In such positions, especially where the adjoining fields are arable.
it is nnt an unmixed advantage, being one of the grossesl of feeders. (Adapted
from W. J. Bean, 'Ires; «n<i Shrubs Hardy in the British Tsles, vol. /. p. 567.)
41570. Indigofera unctoria L. Fabacese. Indigo.
From I'aris. France. Presented by Yilinorin-Aiidrieux & Co. Received
December 18. 191 r..
See Sir George Watt's Commercial Products of India for a full description
of the various indigo-yielding species of [ndigofera and the cultivation and
manufacture of indigo.
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1915. 49
41571. Crotalaria ctjnninghamii R. Brown. Fabacere.
From Wellington Point, near Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Presented
by Mr. James Pink. Received December 7, 191".
" I am of the opinion that under cultivation it will prove an acquisition for
ornamental planting, and in dry situations it may become a rival to the
herbaceous Calceolaria. The plant grows about 2 feet high and will -boar top-
ping to any extent, every lateral throwing up a spike of flowers of bright
orange yellow." (Pink.)
Though unattractive as to the color of the flower, this is a very curious
and striking greenhouse plant, the soft velvety pubescence that clothes all the
surfaces with a uniform glaucous hue at once arresting the attention. It is a
native of the dry, almost desert regions of northwestern and central Australia,
growing on sandy ridges, from Sharks Bay to the Gulf of Carpentaria, and
penetrating southward through central Australia toward Spencers Gulf.
A shrub 2 to 3 feet high, everywhere covered with a soft gray-green tomentum.
(Adapted from Curtis's Botanical Magazine, p. .5170.)
41572. Maltjs sargentii Render. Malacese.
From Tokyo. Japan. Presented by Dr. T. Watase, Tokyo Plant. Seed &
Implement Co. Received December 4. 1915.
A shrub of bushy habit 3 to 5 feet high; leaves ovate to oval. 2 to '■' inches
long. 1 to 2 inches wide; woolly when quite young, becoming nearly smooth
before falling; flowers pure white, 1 inch across, produced in clusters of five
or six; fruit orange shaped, one-half inch wide, bright red. the apex marked
by the scar of the fallen calyx. I only know this species by a small specimen
sent to Kew by Prof. Sargent in 1908. but it appears to be a pretty plant, and
distinct among crabs by its purely bushy habit. It was originally discovered
by Sargent in 1892 near a brackish marsh, Muroran, Japan, and was named
in his honor by Mr. Rehder in 1903. The author observes that it is most
nearly related to P. toringo, hut differs in its larger, pure-white flowers with
broad overlapping petals and in its larger fruits. From another ally. /'. zumi,
it is distinguished by its broader, often-lobed leaves, the shape of the broader
based petals, the glabrous calyx tube, and the habit. Adapted from 11'. J.
Bean, Trees awl Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, ml. >. p. .!'.>.).)
41573. Chayota edulis Jacq. Cucurbitacese. Chayote.
(Sechium edule Swartz.)
From Camaguey, Cuba. Presented by .Mr. Robert L. Lu&ces. director,
Granja Escuela. Received December 20, 191.").
"Chayotes of the green variety. Of these four, one has been sprouted off
the vine an. I the others on the vine. We. here in Cuba, either sprout on the
vine or over water; that is, taking the chayote from the vine and putting it
in the mouth of a wide-mouthed bottle until it semis out the sprout, li is
also common to cut off the lower end of the fruit before planting and allow
the wound to heal over either simply in the air or by covering the wound with
ashes." {Luuces.)
50 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
41574. Baryxylum inerme (Roxb.) Pierre. Ca3salpiniacea3.
(Peltophorum ferrugineum Benth.)
From Littleriver, Fla. Presented by Mr. Charles T. Simpson. Received
December 3. 1915.
"A large, quick-growing, symmetrical tree, with a spreading top and fine
graceful feathery foliage, indigenous to Ceylon and Malaya. The young leaves
and shoots are covered with a brown velvet tomentum, from which the tree
takes its specific name. The tree flowers twice a year at irregular seasons,
some specimens being in blossom while others by its side are in ripe fruit.
The flowers are rusty yellow, sweet scented, and borne in large erect panic-Its.
Trimen, in his Flora of Ceylon, stated : ' It is a magnificent sight when in full
bloom.' It is specially suited to dry districts, but also thrives to perfection in
the moist region up to 1,800 feet." (MacMillan, Handbook of Tropical Garden-
ing and Planting, 2d ed., p. 299.)
See S. P. I. Nos. 34330 and 38655 for previous introductions.
41575. Roystonea floridana Cook. Phcenicaeea1.
Florida royal palm.
The royal palm of Florida is commonly referred to Oreodoxa regia, though
with very doubtful propriety. The branches of the inflorescence are much
longer and more lax than those of the species of Cuba and Porto Rico, from
which they also differ in the frequent development of tertiary branches, in this
respect resembling Roystonea oleraeea. The fruits do not resemble those of
Roystonea oleraeea, but are closely similar to those of the other species, though
somewhat smaller and more nearly spherical. The Florida trees are from 28
to 35 meters high and occasionally as high as 45 meters, while the royal palms
of Cuba and Porto Rico seldom exceed 18 meters. Mr. Charles T. Simpson, of
the United States National Museum, states that the palms of southwestern
Florida lack the conspicuous bulge so characteristic in the trunks of the Porto
Rican trees and that they grow almost in reach of tidewater, while the natural
habitat of the Porto Rican species is evidently the limestone hills. In view of
these differences it seems preferable to treat the Florida royal palm as a dis-
tinct species, for which the name Roystonea floridana is proposed. (Adapted
from O. F. Cook, Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, p. 55Jf.)
See S. P. I. No. 9731 and 17060 for previous introductions.
41576. Terminalia catappa L. Combretacea?. Malabar almond.
From Littleriver, Fla. Presented by Mr. Charles T. Simpson. Received
December 3, 1915.
A handsome deciduous tree with branches in horizontal whorls, large alter-
nate leaves, clustered toward the ends of the branches and usually turning
scarlet before falling, and an edible almondlike fruit.
"A very common tree in Guam, often growing near the shore, but also found
inland. The kernels of the fruit are of a fine almondlike consistency and flavor.
The crows (Corvus kubaryi) are very fond of them, and the natives eal them
as delicacies, either fresh or candied. The bark and leaves are astringent and
contain tannin. In India they are mixed with iron salts to form a black pig-
ment, with which the natives in certain localities color their teeth and make ink.
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1915. 51
This species is an excellent shade tree. It is of wide tropical distribution and
is often planted for ornament and for the sake of the nuts. It has been intro-
duced into Hawaii and the natives have applied to it the Polynesian name for
Calophyllum inophyllum (kamanu or kamani), owing to the appearance of its
foliage, which from a distance looks somewhat like that of the latter species.
It is easily propagated from the seed. The wood is hard and of a reddish
color, the sapwood lighter colored than the heartwood. In Guam it is used for
troughs, carts, and posts, and if daog wood (Calophyllum inophyllum) can not
be obtained, it is used for making cart wheels, though it is inferior to that
species in toughness and durability. The Fijians and Samoans make drums of
the hollowed trunks." (Safford, Useful Plants of Guam, p. 385.)
See S. P. I. Nos. 33192 and 33655 for previous introductions.
41577. Prunus serrttlata spontanea (Maxim.) Wilson. Amyg-
dalacese. Cherry.
From Kyoto, Japan. Presented by Miss E. R. Scidmore, Yokohama, Japan.
Received December 11, 1915.
"Cuttings of Yama zakura (mountain cherry), the Giou cherry-tree in Maru-
yama Park (Sea-Mountain Park), Kyoto. It is a drooping variety, and these
cuttings must be grafted on a drooping variety to get good results." (Scid-
more.)
41578 to 41580. Persea Americana Miller. Lauracege. Avocado.
{Persea gratissima Gaertn. f.)
From Guatemala City, Guatemala. Presented by the American vice consul.
Received December 8, 1915. Quoted notes by the vice consul.
41578. " Seeds of soft-skin avocados. All selected fruit which averaged
in weight 1 pound 2 ounces."
41579. "Round; skin hard."
41580. "Soft-skin Guatemala avocados, weighing up to 1 pound each."
41581 to 41618.
From Bhutan, India. Collected by Mr. R. E. Cooper. Presented by Bees
(Ltd.), Liverpool, England, at the request of Mr. A. K. Bulley. Re-
ceived December 8, 1915. Quoted notes by Mr. Cooper.
41581. Primula elongata Watt. Primulacese. Primrose.
" (No. 4087.) In sandy peaty soil at an altitude of 13,500 feet. Flowers
white on stem 1 foot long, rosette of glabrous leaves, 8 inches in
diameter."
41582. Meconopsis horridula Hook. f. and Thorns. Papaveraceae.
"(No. 4810.) A many-stemmed plant. 6 inches high at an altitude of
14,000 feet on peaty turf over scree. Flowers blue, large; plant prickly.
41583. Swertia sp. Gentianaceae.
"(No. 4812.) Tufted gentianaceous plan!, growing in peaty turf
among dwarf rhododendrons at an altitude of 15,000 feet. Spike of blue
flowers 4 inches long."
52 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
41581 to 41618— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. R. E. Cooper.)
41584. Satjssubea sp. Asteraceae.
'• i X". 4818.) With papery translucent bracts; grows among frag-
ments of granite rock and peaty «>n on scree at an altitude of 14,000
feet. Plant 10 inches high; head 4 inches in diameter."
41585. Lilium sp. Liliacese. Lily.
'•(No. 4819.) Grows in turf on rock ledges at an altitude of 13,0<io
feet. Flowers reddish green, hanging bell-like on a 6-inch stem."
4.1586. Cardamixe sp. Brassicaceae,
"(Nt>. 4821.) Small slender rambling crucifer with showy blue
"flowers growing over grass or turf by a stream at an altitude of Ii'.ikmi
feet."
41587. Primula sp. Primulaeea?. Primrose.
" (No. 4822.) A hi tibetica (blue sp.). Found only in fruit thai was
hardly ripe on exposed peak at an altitude of 16,000 feet, growing in a
dryish hut sunny position at the base of large overhanging rocks."
41588. Arexaria sp. Silenacea?.
"(No. 1^_'4. i Tufted Arenaria sp. 'onus on granite bowlders at an
altitude of 14.000 feet. Flowers white.-'
41589. Salvia sp. Menthaeeae.
"(No. 4825.) Pink-flowered, silvery, hairy plant 6 inches high on
gravel and scarce peaty compost, mostly gravel, growing on scree at an
altitude of 16,000 feet.
41590. Mecoxopsis xapaulexsis DC. Papaveraceae.
" ( No. 4827. i Plants growing on bare exposed hillside of patchy turf
and bowlders at an altitude of 14,000 feet."
41591. Swertia iiookeri C. B. Clarke. Gentianace.e.
'• (No. 4si!s. i A tall column (3 feet) of reddish flowers growing in
peaty turf among dwarf junipers at an altitude of Io.immi feet."
41592. Mecoxopsis lykata iCimim. and Prain) Fedde. Papaveraceae.
" (No. 4840.) A yellow-flowered herb 3 feet high at base of rock cliffs
in soil similar to that of Abies forest at an altitude of 11.000 feet."
41593. Primula sp. Primulaceae. Primrose.
•• (No. 4855.) Allied to Primula tibetica, but only found in fruit not
fully ripe on granite deoris at an altitude of 16,000 feet."
41594. Mobina sp. Dipsacaceae.
'• (No. 4'.H4.) Tall plant 1 To 2 feet high, arising from rosette of regu-
lar falling spiny leaves: whorls of reddish ( V i flowers on upright prickly
bracted stem: growing in sheltered recess of bare exposed hill in little
plat of turf over gravel at an altitude of 10,500 feet."
41595. Cobiabia terminal's Ileiusl. Coriariaceae.
■• (No. 47.".)" See S. P. I. No. 4ir»GL! for previous introduction and
description.
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1915. 53
41581 to 41618— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. R. E. Cooper.)
41596. Sambucus adnata Wallich. Caprifoliacese.
" (No. 4794.) Caprifoliaceous herb on loamy bank in Picea forest at an
altitude of 9,000 feet. Head 10 inches in diameter, of scented white
flowers turning to red fruits."
41597. Satjssurea gossipiphora D. Don. Astern ceae.
" (No. 4815.) A white woolly mass 10 inches high and 0 inches in
diameter, on granite and peaty debris at an altitude of 14,000 feet."
41598. Rubus sp. Rosacea?. Bramble.
" (No. 46S5.) "
41599. Allium sp. Liliaeea?.
" (No. 4816.) Three feet tall in moist turf and gravel by the edge of a
stream, usually with Primula sikkimensis, at an altitude of 12,000 feet.
Head of white flowers."
41600. Cabagana sp. Fabaceae.
" (No. 4882.) Tufted legume with wiry pinnate leaves, on exposed turf
of hillside at an altitude of 12,000 to 13,000 feet.
41601. Cabagana bbevispina Rojde. Fabaceae.
" (No. 4883.) Spiny shrub 6 feet high. Grows in shade by stream in
gravelly soil under Abies forest and oaks at an altitude of 10,000 feet."
41602. Potentilla cobiandrifolia D. Don. Rosacea?.
" (No. 4886.) A tufted herb 4 inches in diameter, growing in rock
crevices and open thin turf over gravel at an altitude of 13,000 feet.
Flowers white, center dark red."
41603. Sweetia multicaulis D. Don. Gentianaceae.
" (No. 4S90.) A blue-flowered, tufted plant occurring in poor, black.
sodden soil among scree debris (granite) at an altitude of 15,000 feet."
41604. Potentilla sp. Rosacea?.
" (No. 4891.) Drooping lax habit, from rock ledges on granite bowl-
ders and cliffs at an altitude of 15,000 feet."
41605. Saxifbaga sp. Saxifragaceae. Saxifrage.
"(No. 4893.) On peaty meadow at an altitude of 13,000 feet. Flowers
yellow."
41606. Gentiana sp. Gentianaceae. Gentian.
"(No. 4895.) Tufted plant on granite debris and a little peaty soil at
an altitude of 15,000 feet. Flowers blue."
41607. Gentiana sp. Gentianaceae. Gentian.
"(No. 4896.) Rosette plant growing among No. 4895 [S. P. 1. No.
41606]. Flowers blue."
41608. Saussurea gossipiphoka D. Don. Asua-aeeae.
"(No. 4897.) A white woolly clump S inches in diameter, growing on
rock ledges among stone chips and poor soil at an altitude of 15,000
feet."
54 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTF.D.
41581 to 41618— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. R. E. Cooper.)
41609. Meconopsis sp. Papaveracese.
"(No. 4898.) A bushy, spiny plant among bowlders and gravel on ;m
island of :i stream at an altitude of 13,000 feet. Flowers, 24 to m plant,
not seen. Either Meconopsis horridula or Meconopsis sinuata but typical
of neither."
41610. Hydrangea sp. Hydrangeacese.
"(No. 4900.) Bush 3 feet high in peaty and sandy soil in the shelter
of a hill by a stream at an altitude of 12,000 feet. Best ever."
41611. Centiana sp. Gentianacea?. Gentian.
"(No. 4901.) An herb 4 feet high growing among rhodendron scrub at
an altitude of 12,500 feet. Yellow, well-shaped flowers."
41612. Satssurea sp. Asteraeese.
"(No. 4904.) A tufted plant in peaty turf at an altitude of 13,000 feet
Flowers purple, rosette- 8 inches in diameter, leaves much cut and
frilled."
41613. Saxtfraoa sp. Saxifragacese. Saxifrage.
"(No. 4905.) Mat habited on peaty turf at an altitude of 13,000 feet
Flowers pink and white on 2-inch upright stems.''
41614. Sausstjrea sp. Asteraeese,
"(No. 490G. ) A woolly gray mound G inches in diameter on scree
debris at an altitude of 14,000 feet. Flowers yellow."
41615. Cyananthus lobatus Wallich. Campanula ceae.
"(No. 4908.) Procumbent herb on turf at an altitude of 13.000 feet
with erect, large blue flowers."
41616. Seseli sp. .Apiacea?.
"(No. 4909.) A graceful tufted umebllifer, 6 to 10 inches high, on sandy
turf at an altitude of 13,000 feet. Head of pink and white flowers."
41617. Cyananthus sp. Campanula ceae.
"(No. 4910.) (Perhaps new. I A small tufted plant, rosette only 4
Inches in diameter in fruit. Grows in gravelly and peaty turf by a lake
at an altitude of 13.000 feet."
41618. Anisomei.es ovata R. Brown. Menthacese.
" (No. 4913.) An herb 4 inches high with white, solitary large flowers.
On gravelly exposed sites at an altitude of 10,500 feet."
41619. Canavali obtusifoltum (Lam.) DC. Fabaceae.
From Burringbar, New South Wales, Australia. Presented by Mr. P.. Har-
rison. Received December 15, 191").
"A native pink-flowered bean growing on the beach or seacoast here to a
length of 20 or 30 feet. It is regarded as a poisonous plant by some writers, al-
though it is said to be a good poultry food." < Harrison.)
41620. Canavali gladiatum (Jacq.) DC. Fabaceae. Sword bean.
From Chungking, China. Presented by Mr. E, Widler. Received Decem-
ber 21, 1915.
uTa tao tou, great bean. A plant 1<> to 15 feet long, bearing red flowers; it
takes about six months to grow, and fruits in the autumn. It does best in a
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1915. 55
climate of 70° to 100° F. It bears fruit 1 foot 8 inches long, 5 inches in circum-
ference. The seeds are light red and are used principally as a vegetable, being
prepared by boiling. They sell in the market for 20 cash each string."
(Midler.) '
41621. Chayota edtjlis Jacq. Cucurbitacese. Chayote.
(Sechium edule Swartz.)
From Orotina, Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. Carlos Werckle. Received
December 23, 1915.
Light green.
41622. Garcinia sp.
From Brazil. Collected by Mr. H. M. Curran. Received December 20, 1915.
" Species cultivated in the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Gardens. Trees 30 to 40
feet high, 16 to 18 inches in diameter, with a heavy crop of large fruit, approxi-
mately 2 inches in diameter, with yellow acid rlesh. Probably a common
variety from India." (Curran.)
41623 and 41624.
From Seharunpur, India. Presented by Mr. A. C. Hartless, superintendent,
Government Botanic Gardens. Received December 1G, 1915.
41623. Eucalyptus kirtoniana F. Mueller. Myrtacese. Eucalyptus.
" Seeds collected in this garden from trees known here for many years
as Eucalyptus saligna and recently identified by Maiden as Eucalyptus
Mrtoniana. The seeds were probably originally from Australia."
(Hartless.)
41624. Tamarix dioica Roxburgh. Tamaricacese. Tamarisk.
A small tree with drooping branches and clustered twigs, smooth
green leaves, and panicled spikes of small pink flowers with purple
anthers. Native of India and Burma. (Adapted from Hooker, Flora of
British India, vol. 1, p. 249.)
41625 and 41626. Chayota edtjlis Jacq. Cucurbitacese. Chayote.
(Sechium edule Swart/. )
From Camaguey, Cuba. Presented by Mr. Robert L. Lu&ces, director,
Granja Escuela. Received December 28, 1915
41625. White. 41626. Long green.
41627 and 41628. Chayota edtjlis Jacq. Cucurbitaceae. Chayote.
(Sechium edule Swartz. I
From San Jose, Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. Carlos Werckle, Depart-
ment of Agriculture. Received December 28, 1915.
41627. Round white, spiny. 41628. Round green, spiny.
41629. Persea Americana Miller. Lauracese. Avocado.
.(Persea gratissima Gaertn. f.)
From Guatemala City, Guatemala. Presented bj Mr. William Owen,
American vice consul in charge. Received December 28, 1!lir>.
"Seeds from a very large aguacate, which I consider the fines! producl of
Guatemala in that line. They are high grown, which will enable the tree to
56 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
thrive better in a northern climate. Aguaeate trees are not numerous in the
immediate neighborhood of this city. I am compelled to depend almost en-
tirely upon the goodness of distant friends." (Given.)
41630 to 41637.
From Shanghai, China. Presented by Mr. H. O. Jacobson, Bureau of
Agriculture, Manila, who secured them from Rev. J. M. W. Farnham.
Received December 11, 1915.
41630. Agyneja impubes L. Euphorbiaceae.
41631 to 41634. Benzoin spp. Lauraceae.
41635. Euscapiiis japonica (Thunb.) Dippel. Staphyleacese.
(Euscapliis staphyleoides S. and Z.)
See S. P. I. No. 41263 for previous introduction.
41636. Viburnum sp. Caprifoliaceae.
41637. Aralia chinensis mandshurica (Rupr.) Rehder. Araliaceae.
See S. P. I. No. 35148 for previous introduction.
41638 to 41672.
From Brazil. Collected by Mr. H. M. Curran. Received December 20 to
23, 1915. Quoted descriptive notes by Mr. Curran.
41638 to 41640. Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench. Malvaceae.
(Hibiscus esculentus L.) Okra.
" Common forms of okra grown in the mountains of Rio Contas, Bahia,
Brazil."
41638. (No. 26.) 41640. (No. 56.)
41639. (No. 27.)
4164} to 41643. Allium cepa L. Liliacese. Onion.
" Common forms of onion grown in the mountains of Rio Contas, Bahia,
Brazil."
41641. (No. 22.) White. 41643. (No. 22.) Yellow.
41642. (No. 22.) Red.
Bulbs.
41644. Aristolochia sp. Aristoloebiaeeae.
"(No. 13.) A very ornamental climber with heart-shaped velvety
leaves. Flowers odd and interesting, but not showy. A rapid grower,
covering trees and bushes by the river. Common in cleared lands along
Rio Contas, Bahia, Brazil."
41645. Begonia sp. Begoniaceae. Begonia.
"(No. 35.) Common wild form in forest of mountains of Rio Contas.
Grows close to the ground; 4 to 6 inches; leaf large, entire, flower stalks
erect, 2 to 3 feet high, with masses of white flowers. A showy orna-
mental."
41646. Cajan indicum Spreng. Fabaceae. Pigeon pea.
"(No. 11.) Andu branco. An edible bean, much like species grown
in the Orient, but differs in minor ways. A tall bush 4 to 6 feet in
height, bearing yellow, pearlike flowers. Planted in clearings in the
mountains of Rio Contas, Bahia, Brazil."
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1915. 57
41638 to 41672 — Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. H. M. Curran.)
41647. Carica papaya L. Papayacese. Papaya.
"(No. 53.) Papaya, called by Brazilians Mamao. Common form that
grows in the clearings in the mountains of Rio Contas, Bahia, Brazil. Of
medium size and excellent flavor ; not cultivated, but distributed by birds.
Abandoned portions of clearings are often a pure forest of this plant."
41648. Chrysophyt.lum sp. Sapotacese.
"(No. 55.) Sapotaceous fruit from wild trees in the forest. The
fruit has a thin, tough skin and soft yellow flesh, with a texture much
like that of a ripe persimmon. The flavor of the fruit is slightly acid
and very agreeable. One of the best forest fruits I have ever eaten.
From the forests of Rio Contas, Bahia, Brazil."
41649. Cucurbita pepo L. Cucurbitacea;. Squash.
"(No. 37.) Common squash of clearings, Rio Contas mountains, Ba-
hia, Brazil. Small or medium size, green exterior, yellow or orange flesh,
of excellent flavor, said to keep six months. The specimens from which
these seeds were obtained had very few seeds."
41650. Diospyros guianensis (Aubl.) Guerke. Diospyraceae.
"(No. 36.) Wild Diospyros; no common name. A small ornamental
tree 20 feet high, 4 inches in diameter. Fruit probably not edible and
possibly poisonous. Wood and character of fruit similar to a poisonous
species in tropical Philippine forests which is used as a fish poison."
41651. Eugenia dombeyi (Spreng.) Skeels. Myrtacese. Grumichama.
{Eugenia hrasiliensis Lam., not Aubl.)
" With edible fruit. An ornamental shrub or small tree with small
leaves."
41652. Hibiscus bifurcatus Cav. Malvaceae. Mallow.
"No. 33.) Common pink mallow of clearings and along river banks.
A scandent shrub, or almost a vine. Very effective as seen from the
river, with its great masses of pink bloom. Plant climbs 15 to 20 feet,
and the slender branches could be trained over porches, etc A very
profuse and continual bloomer and one of the most showy flowers of the
mountains of Rio Contas, Bahia, Brazil."
41653. Ipomoea sp. Convolvulaceae.
"(No. 29.) Showy vine of clearings; wild and also cultivated. A
rapid grower with attractive foliage and large bright yellow flowers
borne in profusion. Bahia, Brazil."
41654. Zinziber officinale Rose. Zinziberacese. Ginger.
"(No. 58.) Common cultivated ginger of the clearings in the moun-
tains of Rio Contas, Bahia, Brazil."
41655. oryza sativa L. Poacese. Rice-
"(No. 1G.) Common rice cultivated along Rio Gorgueia, Bahia, Brazil.
Probably not an irrigated form, but grown in clearings in the forest."
41656 to 41658. 1'iiaskolus LUNATU8 L. Fabaeea?. Lima bean.
"Lima or butter beans, grown in clearings in mountain forests, Rio
Contas, Bahia, Brazil. These beans climb over mandioca plants and
brush in clearings."
41656. "(No. 15.) White beans, of excellent flavor, borne abun-
dantly."
58 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
41638 to 41672— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. H. M. Curran.)
41657. "(No. 1.) Black and white Lima beans of good flavor. A
common form in clearings.''
41658. "(No. 12.) Black and white Lima beans of good flavor. A
common form-in clearings."
41659 and 41660. Phaseolus vulgaris L. Fabacese. Bean.
"Common beans of the natives, called Feij&OS, With mandioca meal,
the staple diet of the common people. Easily cooked and of good flavor.
Planted in forest clearings. Plants seen were of bushy habit, but in-
clined to climb. Many varieties are grown, varying from red to jet black
and the common spotted bean. In the mountains of Rio Contas, Bahia,
Brazil."
41659. (No. 10.) 41660. ( No. 24. )
41661 to 41664. Ricraus communis L. Euphorbiacea?. Castor bean.
41661. "(No. 4.) Called Mamoneira. A small variety growing
wild in light sandy soil on clearings near the river. Castor beans
form dense thickets on pasture lands in this region. This is the
smallest of the three types collected in the region, all of which
grow in more or less intimate mixture, and it is said to yield the
best oil and the largest quantity."
41662. "(No. 8.) The largest plant and the largest seed; a very
heavy bearer. Forms a tree 15 to 2.1 feet high. Said to yield less
oil than the smaller variety. Grows in light sandy soil on clear-
ings near the river, ('ailed Mamona or Carrapato. Mountains of
Rio Contas, Bahia. Brazil."
41663. "(No. 14.) A third form of castor bean, commonly growing
wild in light sandy soil on clearings near the river. A tall grower
and heavy fruiter. Rio Contas, Bahia. Brazil."
41664. "(No. 25.) Probably the same form of castor bean as No.
14 [S. P. I. No. 41G63]. Rio Contas, Bahia. Brazil."
41665. Sicana odomfera (Veil.) Naud. Cucurbitacese. Melocoton.
"(No. 34.) Common half-wild yellow-fleshed melon of clearings, moun-
tains of Rio Contas. It is 12 to 14 inches long by 3 to 5 inches in
diameter, with a reddish and tough, not very palatable flesh. A strong
grower, which climbs on trees in clearings."
41666 to 41670. Theobroma cacao L. Sterculiacese. Cacao.
41666. "(No. 62.) Var. Para. These seeds are from the largest
and most nearly perfect fruits found in a young vigorous planta-
tion on new soil; mountains of Rio Contas. They represent the
best type of cacao grown in this region. Rio Contas basin is one
of the big cacao regions and produces a line quality of cacao
beans."
41667. "(No. 63.) See No. 62 [ S. P. I. .\... U666] for description."
41668. "(No. 64.) Eggshell variety. A small form of fruit with
a thin shell and few seeds. Occurs in all plantations, but not
selected for planting, as the yield is less. From a young vigorous
plantation on new soil. Mountains of Bio Contas, Bahia, Brazil."
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1915. 59
41638 to 41672 -Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. H. M. Cumin.)
41669. "(No. 65j Var. Para, called Maranhao. Probably the
same as Nos. 62 and 63 [S. P. I. No's. 41666 and 41667], though pre-
ferred by certain planters. Large perfect fruits selected by Col.
Manoel Couros from trees on bis plantation were the sources of
tbese seeds."
41670. "(No. 66.) Var. Para. See No. 65 [S. P. 1. No. 4KJU9] for
description."
41671. Vigna sesquipedalis (L.) Fruwirtb. Fabacese.
(Dolichos sesquipedalis L.) Yard-long bean.
"(No. 57.) Yard-long bean; a climbing variety with edible pods. A
rapid grower, said to fruit iu 30 days. Rio Contas, Bahia, Brazil."
41672. Citrus aurantium L. Rutaeea?. Sour orange.
"Wild or Bello orange. The common orange of clearings. Seeds dis-
tributed by birds. A common form in all regions of South America
where oranges are grown. A small vigorous tree, practically free from
disease. Fruits at an early age and bears an immense crop of dark
rust-red perfect oranges. The skins are thick, and they separate from the
pulp as easily as those of the mandarin. The pulp is hue grained, very
juicy, and with only a slightly bitter taste (in this specimen). Many
people prefer this to the sweet orange. To me, it is one of tbe most
refreshing fruits I know. It should prove a good stock for budding,
and may prove useful in developing a new variety of table orange."
41673 to 41678.
From India. Presented by Mr. A. C. Hartless, superintendent, Governmenl
Botanic Gardens, Seharunpur, at the request of Mr. A. Howard, Imperial
Economic Botanist, Pusa. Received December 30, 1915. Quoted notes
by Mr. Hartless. except as otherwise indicated.
41673 to 41676. Rubus spp. Rosacea?.
Collected at Darjiling.
41673. Rubus niveus Thunb.
{Rubus lasioearpus Smith.)
41674. Rubus alpestris Bluine.
41675. Rubus calycinus Wallich.
41676. Rubus peduncueosis Don.
(Rubus niveus Wallich, not Thunb.)
"A deciduous shrub, witb very stout, erect, biennial stems 1 to 1],
inches thick ami in vigorous plants 4 in 6 yards high, covered with
a thick velvety down and sprinkled over witb minute prickles.
Leaves 6 to over 12 indies long, composed of three !<> five leaflets.
Flowers white or pale pink, one bait' iucb across, tbe petals shorter
than the sepals. Fruits blue-black, small. Native <>< wesl and cen-
tral China, whence it was introduced aboul 1901 : tbe species bad,
however, been known to botanists as far back as L825 from plants
growing on the Himalayas. Tbe Chinese plants are chiefly remark
able for their vigor; Mr. Wilson stales thai it is occasionally 20 feel
high. It is tbe most robust of all the Rubi ; hardy in Britain, as
GO SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
41673 to 41678— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. A. C. Hartless.)
may be seen by the plants in the Kew collection." (W. ./. It<an,
Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. J/58, under
R. gracilis:)
41677 and 41678. Ruhus spp. Rosacese. Blackberry.
" Collected at Dehra Dun, which is subtropical. These two species
have a very wide range as to altitude and are really the two best species
from an edible point of view."
41677. Rubus nivkus Thunb.
(Ruhus lasiocarpus Smith.)
"In the Western Ghats Ruhus lasiocarpus is well known as the
blackberry of India. It is even grown with success at Bangalore."
41678. Rubus ellipticus Smith.
41679. Koelretjteria formosana Hayata. Sapindacese.
From Taihoku, Formosa. Presented by Mr. Genjiro Takata, chief, Bu-
reau of Productive Industry. Received December 31, 1915.
An indigenous Formosan tree related to K. bipinnata Franch., but differing
from that species in having subentire leaflets. A small handsome tree with
bipinnate leaves and terminal spreading clusters of yellow flowers.
41680. Eleocharis tuberosa (Koxb.) Schultes. Cyperaceae.
Apulid.
From Manila, Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. H. T. Edwards, di-
rector, Bureau of Agriculture. Bulbs received December 28 and 29, 1915.
" Small conns of Apulid. Larger forms are great favorites with the Chi-
nese." (Edwards.)
"They are mostly eaten raw, but are also sliced and shredded in soups, and
in meat and fish dishes. Foreigners in China grate them and serve them
boiled as a winter vegetable, in which state they very much resemble sweet
corn in looks and taste. The plants need a hot summer to mature and are grown
on a muck or clayey soil with several inches of standing water on top, in very
much the same manner as wet-land rice." (Frank X. Meyer.)
41681. Melastoma molkenboerii Miquel. Melastomacere.
From Lawang, Java. Presented by Mr. M. Buysman, .Tardin Botanique.
Received December 30, 1915.
A large shrub or small tree, 15 to 20 feet high, with oblong or ovate-lanceo-
late, 5-nerved, pubescent leaves and terminal, rose-colored flowers in fascicles
of three to five. (Adapted from Reorders and Valeton, Mededeelingen uit
8' Lands Plan ten tu in, No. S3, p. J 83, 1900.)
41682 to 41684. Triticdm aestivum L. Poaceae. Wheat.
(Triticum vulgare Vill.)
From Pusa, India. Presented by the Imperial Economic Botanist. Re-
ceived December 10, 1915.
INDEX OF COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES.
Abelmosehus esculentus, 41638-41640.
Abridor, Amygdalus persica. See
under 41396-41400.
Achira, Carina edulis, 41321.
Actinidia chinensis, 41401.
Aegle marmelos. See Belou marmelos.
Aguacate, Persea americana, 41629.
Agyneja impubes, 41630.
Alberehigo, Amygdalus persica. See
under 41396-41400.
Albissia odoratissima, 41432.
Aleurites fordii, 41430.
Allium sp., 41599.
cepa, 41641-41643.
Amygdalus persica, 413S9, 41390. 41395-
41400. 41419, 41421-41423, 41497.
41498.
Andu branco, Cajan indicum, 41646.
Anisomeles ovata, 41618.
An nemo sp.. 41384.
cherimola, 41493.
murieata, 41433.
purpurea, 41488.
squamosa, 41464.
Aphananthe aspera. See Homoioccltis
aspera.
Apricot, Japanese, Prunns mume,
41460.
Apulid, Eleocharis tuberasa, 41680.
Aquilegia sp.. 41550.
Aralia chinensis mandshurica, 41637.
Arbutus uncdo, 41502.
Arcnaria sp., 415ss.
Aristolochia sp., 41644.
Artoearpus coin m un is, 4145 1 .
ineisa. See Artoearpus com munis.
Asli, Fraxinus excelsior, 41569.
Atalqntia eeylanica, 41444, 41466.
Avocado, Persea americana, U496,
41578-41580, 41629.
i Costa Rica), 41496.
(Guatemala), 41578-41580, 41629.
Baccaurea sapida, 41431.
Bael, Belou marmelos, 41394, 41468,
41469.
(Hawaii), 41468, 41469.
(India), 41394.
Bako, Dumoria heckcli, 41481.
Banana, Musa sp., 41508.
(Australia). 41440.
(Egypt), 41508.
wild, Musa hillii, 41440.
Barberry, Berberis angulosa, 41446.
Barleria cristata, 41458.
Baryxylum inerme, 41574.
Bean (Brazil), 41656-41660, 41671.
butter, Phaseolus lunatus, 41656-
41658.
common, Phaseolus vulgaris, 41659,
41660.
(China), 41620.
Lima, Phaseolus lunatus, 41656-
41658.
sword, Canavali gladiatum, 41620.
yard-long, Vigna sesquipedalis,
41671.
Begonia sp., 41645.
Belou marmelos, 41394, 4140S. 41469.
Benineasa hispida, 41492.
Benzoin spp., 41631 41634.
Ber, Ziziphus mauritiana, 41443.
Berberis angulosa. 41446.
ltd ula pendula, n its.
Birch, Betula pendula, 4147S.
Blackberry, Rubus spp.. iic.TT. 41678.,
Bramble, Rubus spp., 41553. 11554,
U598.
Breadfruit, Artoearpus communis,
under 41451.
BrufiCn, Amygdalus persica. See un-
der 41396 11100.
Bryocarpum himala'. ■<lm. 41417.
Butterwort, Pinguicula sp., 41415.
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G2
SHEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
Cahugao, Citnis webberii montana,
41388.
Cacao, Theobroma cacao, 41666-41670.
Eggshell, 41668.
MaranhSo, 41669.
Para, 41666, 41667, 41669, H670.
Caesalpinia coriaria, 41-147.
pectinata, 41323, U333.
tinctoria. See Caesalpinia pec-
tinata.
Cajan indicum, 41646.
Caltha sp., 41531.
Canavali gladiatum, 41020.
obtusifolium, 41434, 41010.
Canihua, Chenopodium hastatum, 41335.
Canna edulis, 41321.
Cantaloupe, Cucumis melo, 414.17.
Cape-gooseberry, Physalis peruviana,
414l!>.
Capuli, Physalis sp.. under 41328.
J 'run us salicifolia, 41328.
Cara, Colocasia esculenta, 41490.
Caragana arborescens, 41480.
brevispina, 41601.
pygmaea, 41470.
sp., 41600.
Caraunda, Carissa cam ml as, 41500.
( ardamim sp.. 41586.
Carica si)., 41339.
papaya, 41435, 41647.
Carissa cardndas, 41506.
lira nili flora, 41504. 41505.
Carrapato, Ricinus communis, 41662.
Cassava, \lanihot dulcis, 41320, 41322.
Castanea pumila X crenata, 41357-
41360, 41 4<i2.
Castor bean. Ricinus communis, 41 182.
41061-41664.
Cay-eho la. Phoenix farinifera, 4 1 •"■< '7.
Chachacoraa, Escallonia resinosa,
4132(J.
chai, ota edulis, 41420. 41.773. 41021.
41625 41028.
< hayote, Chayota < dulis:
(Costa Rica), 41420. 41621, 41627,
H628.
(Cuba), 41573, 41625, 41626.
Fiberless cocoros, 41426.
Chenopodium hastatum, 41335.
quinoa, 11340.
Cheriinoya, Annona cherimola, 41493.
Cherry, Prunus <pp. :
(England), 41566.
Giou, 41577.
(Japan), 41 125. ii-">77.
Sargent's, 41 127 41475.
V.ini;i zakura, 11 125, 41577.
Chestnut, hybrid, CaManea pumila X
crenata, 41357-41360, 41462.
Chimonanthus fragrans. Si" Meratia
praecox.
Chinese-apple, Ziziplius main-Miami,
41443.
Chinkapin - chestnut hybrid. 41.">~.7-
41300. 4 1401'.
Chirimen, Cucurbit a pepo, 41421.
Chrysophyllum sp., 41648.
Cirsium sp., 41533.
Citharexylum sp.. 41327.
Citron, Citrus medica, 41386.
Citrullus vulgaris, 41471.
Citrus sp., 41436.
angulata. See Minnie angulata.
aurantium, 4l<;72.
a rant] is. 41450.
medica. 41386.
southicickii, 413S7.
webberii montana, 413SS.
Clintonia sp., 41559.
Club moss, Lycopodium sp., 41430.
Cnicus sp. See Cirsium sp.
Cochineal cactus, NopaJea cochenil-
lifera, 41377.
Coco. Pondoland, Jubaeopsis caffra,
41484.
Cocoros, Chayota edulis, 41426.
Colocasia esculenta, 41490.
Cordeauxia edulis, 41477.
Coriaria terminalis, 41562, 41595.
Corydalis sp., 41551, 41557.
Corylus colurna, 41427.
Cot ton. Caravonica, Gossypium sp .
11 IK
Cree-turnip, Psoralen esculenta, 41453.
Cremanthodium sp.. 417". 1.
Cmtutaria cunninghamii, 41771.
Cucumis unto, 41457.
Cucurbita spp., 41336, 11337.
pepo, 41424, 41 191, 11649.
Cyananthus --p.. 4 0; 17.
lobatus. 41615.
Cyphomandra calycina, 41341.
Datura sun guinea, 41329.
Desmodium inchnum. See Meibomia
purpurt a.
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1915.
63
Dioscorca sp., 41437.
Dios'pyros ebenaster, 41568.
(juianensis, 41650.
kaki, 41361-41371, 41456.
Dipsacus fullonum, 41499.
Divi-divi, Caesalpinia coriaria, 41447.
Docynia dclavayi, 41474.
Dolichos sesquipedalis. See Vigna ses-
quipedalis.
Dumoria heckeli, 414S1.
Elaeocarpus sp., 41503.
Eleocharis tuberosa, 41680.
Escallonia sp., 41324.
resinosa, 41326.
Espina blanca, Rhaphithamnus cyano-
carpus, 41494.
Eucalyptus kirtoniana, 41623.
Eugenia brasiliensis. See Eugenia
dombeyi.
dombeyi, 41651.
Euphorbia sp., 41546.
Euscaphis japonica, 41635.
staphyleoides. See Euscaphis ja-
ponica.
Eutrema ivasabi. See Wasabi<i pun-
gens.
Feijaos, Phaseolus milgaris, 41659,
41660.
Fern, Platyeerium grande, 41441.
Fcronia lucida. See Feroniella lucida.
Feroniella lucida. 41385.
Ficus benjamina, 41438.
Fig, weeping, Ficus benjamina, 41488.
Fraxinus excelsior, 4ir>69.
Garcinia sp., 41622.
Oaultheria sp., 41556.
Gentian, Oentiana spp., 41606. 41607,
41611.
Oentiana spp., 41606, 41607, 41611.
Ginger, Zinziber officinale, 41654.
Oossypium sp., 41448.
Gourd, wax. Benincasa hispida, 41492.
Grass, Mascarene, Osterdamia loud-
folia, 41509.
Grunrichama, Eugenia dombeyi, 4ic>r>i.
Halesia Carolina monticola, 41489.
Hazel, Constantinople, Corylus column,
41427.
Turkish, Jorylus col mini, II 127.
Eedysarum boreale, 41555.
Hesperomeles oblonga, 41325.
Hibiscus bifurcatus, 416.12.
esculentus. See Abelmoschus escu-
I Oil US.
Homoioc, His axpcra, 41391.
Honeysuckle, Lonicera spp.. 41560,
41563.
Husk-tomato, Physalis peruviana,
41449.
Hydrangea spp., 4140.1, 41610.
Hypecoum leptocarpum, 41.10.1.
Impatiens sp., U530.
Indigo, Indigofera tinctoria, 41.170.
Indigofera tinctoria, 41570.
Ipomoea sp., 41653.
Iris sp., 41407.
Jubaeopsis caffra, 41484.
Juglans sp., 41334.
•Jujube, Indian, Ziziphus mauritiana,
41443.
Juniper, Teneriffe, Juniperus cedrus,
41463, 41483.
Juniperus cedrus, 4110.".. 414S3.
Kan-a-so-thi, Baccaurea sapida, 41431.
Kara, Colocasia esculenta, 41490.
Kavista batu, Feroniella lucida, 41385.
Koelreuteria formosana, H679.
Kyun-tz, Quisqualis indica, 11 170.
La mei hua, Meratia praecox, 41429.
Lengli, Hesperomeles oblonga, 41325.
Lcucadendron argcntt um. s<><> Protea
argentea.
Leycesteria formosa, 11 us..
Licania platypus, 41393, II 185.
Lilium sp., 41585.
philippinensc, 1 1315.
Lily, Benguet, Lilium philippinense,
II. 'Ml.
( India ). 41585.
(Philippine Islands), 41315.
Limao, Citrus south icickii, 41387
TAmonia alata. See /'/< iospermium
alatum.
Lloydia sp.. 41522.
Lonicera spp.. H560, 11563.
Lucuma obovata, 11332.
Zrupinus cruckshaiiksii, 11330.
Lycopt rsicon sp.. 41318.
Lyeopodium sp., ll 139.
Mm adamia ternifolia, 1 1 172.
Maha karamba, Carissa carandas,
H506.
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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
Malabar almond, Terminalia catappa,
41576.
Mallow, Hibiscus bifurcatus, 41652.
Mains sargentU, 41572.
Mamao, Carica papaya, 41647.
Mamona, Ricinus communis, 41662.
Mamoneira, Ricinus communis, 41661
Manihol dulcis, 41320, 41322.
palmata. See Manihot dulcis.
Meconopsis spp., 41414, 41609.
horridula, 41541. 415S2.
lyrata, 41592.
napaulensis, 41590.
sinuata, 41525.
Mei, Prunus sp., 41455.
Mcibomia purpurea, 41473.
Melastoma molkenboerii, 41681.
Melocoton, Sicana odorifcra, 41605.
Meratia praecox, 41429.
Merope angulata, 41452.
Mi t'ao, Amygdalus persica, 41421.
Mimusops elengi, 41501.
Morina sp., 41594.
Morus nigra, 41459.
Mulberry. Morus nigra, 41459.
Munamal, Mimusops elengi, 41501.
Musa sp., 41508.
hillii, 41440.
Muskmelon, Cucumis mclo, 41457.
Denia, 41457.
(Russia), 41457.
Mutisia sp., 41317.
Nan kua, Cucurbita pepo, 41491.
Natal plum, Carissa grandiflora, 41504,
41505.
Nogal, Juglans sp., 41334.
Nopalea cochenillifera, 41377.
Ocotea sp., 41418.
Okra, Abelmoschus esculcntus, 4163S-
41640.
Onion, Allium cepa, 41641-41643.
Opuntia spp., 41372, 41374, 4137:>.
41379-41381.
decumana, 41382.
dillenii, 41373.
elatior, 41376.
flcus-indica, 41383.
filipendula, 41378.
nigricans, 41428.
Orange, Citrus spp. :
(Australia), 41436.
Bello, 41672.
Orange — Continued.
(Brazil), 41672.
Kamerunga seedling, 41436.
sour, Citrus aurantium, 41672.
wild, 41672.
Oryza sativa, 41655.
Ostcrdamia tenuifolia, 41509.
Oulir, Prunus japonica, 41465.
Paeonia mlokosewitschi, 41476.
Palm, Cay-cho la, Phoenix farinifera,
41507.
Phoenix farinifera, 41507.
Pondoland coco, Jubaeopsis caffra,
414S4.
Florida royal, Roystonea flori-
dana, 41575.
Palta, Persca americana, 41496.
Papaya, Carica spp. 41 339, 41435, 41647.
(Australia), 41435.
(Brazil), 41647.
New Era, 41435.
(Peru), 41339.
Pare, Amygdalus persica. See under
41396-41400.
PassipZora spp., 41316, 41331.
Pea tree, Siberian, Caragana arbores-
cens, 414S0.
Peacb, Amygdalus persica:
Abridor. See under 41396-41400.
Alberchigo. See under 41396-
41400.
Brunon. See under 41396-41400.
Canciller, 41399.
(China), 41395. 41421-41423.
De Malta, 41398.
(France), 41497.
(Italy), 41419, 4149S.
Magdalena Rojo, 41397.
Mi t'ao, 41421.
Pare. See under 41396-41400.
Percoca, 41419.
Pesca-Cotogna, 41419.
Pien t'ao, 4J422.
(Spain). 41396-41400.
(Turkey), 41389. 41390.
Valenciano, 41400.
wild, 41396.
Pear, Pyrus spp. etc. :
(Canada). 41517-41519.
(China), 41474.
Doktor Jules Guyot, Pyrus com-
munis, 41 518.
Eva Baltet, Pyrus communis,
41517.
OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1915.
G5
Tear — Continued.
Marguerite Marillat, Pyrus com-
munis, 41519.
(Massachusetts), 41461.
wild, Docynia delavayi, 41474.
Peltopltorum ferrugineum. See Bar-
yxylum inerme.
Peony, Paeonia mloJcoseicitschi, 41476.
Persea americana, 41496, 41578-41580,
41629.
gratissima. See Persea ameri-
cana.
Persimmon, Diospyros kaki, 41361-
41371, 41456.
(California), 41456.
(Japan), 41361-41371.
Perunkila, Carissa carandas, 41506.
Phaseolus lunatus, 41656-41658.
vulgaris, 41659, 41660.
Phoenix farinifera, 41507.
Phy satis peruviana, 41449.
Phyteuma sp., 41523.
Pien t'ao, Amygdalus persica, 41422.
Pierardia, Baccaurea sapida, 41431.
Pigeon pea, Cajau indicum, 41646.
Ping ma tzti, Ricinus communis, 41482.
Pinguieula sp., 41415.
Platycerium grande, 41441.
Pleiospermium alatnm, 41445, 41467.
Plum, Prunus spp. :
(China). 41455.
flowering. 41455.
Mei, 41455.
ornamental, Prunus mume, 41460.
Poly gal a sp., 41545.
Polygonum spp., 41527, 41549.
Pomelo. See Pummclo.
Pomme-cannelle du Cup. Annona squa-
mosa, 41464.
Potentilla spp., 41529, 41564, 41604.
coriandri folia, 41602.
Prickly-pear. See Opuntia spp.
Primrose. See Primula spp.
Primula spp., 41404, 41406. 41410.
41416, 41520, 41521. 41528.
41535^1540. 41542-41544, 41547,
41587, 41593.
elongata, 41581.
nollis; 41411.
obtusifolia, 41412.
petiolaris, 41408, 41409, 41548
41552.
Protea argentea, 41420.
Prunus sp., 41455.
japonica, 41465.
mume, 41460.
persica. See Amygdalus persica.
salicifolia, 413"JS.
sargentii. See Prunus serrulata
sachalinensis.
serrulata sachalinensis, 41425,
41475.
spontanea, 41577.
subhirtella aiitumnalis, 41566.
Psoralea esculenta, 41453.
Puca campacho, Datum sanguinea,
41329.
Pummelo, Citrus grandis, 41450.
Pyrus communis, 41517-41519.
ovoidca, 41461.
Queensland nut, Macadamia ternifolia,
41472.
Quinoa, Chenopodium quinoa, 41340.
Quisqnalis indica, 41470.
Randia sp., 41495.
Raspberry, Rutins spp., 41319, 41442.
(Australia), 41442.
(Peru), 41319.
Rtiaphithamnus cyanocarpus, 41494.
Rice, Oryza sutiva, 41655.
Ricinus communis, 41482, 41661-41664.
Roystonea floridana, 41575.
Rubus spp., 41319, 41442, 41553, 41554,
41598.
alpestris, 41674.
calycinus, 41675.
ellipticus, 41678.
lasiocarpus. Sec Rubus niveus.
niveus, 41* '.73. 41677. Sec also
Rubus pedunculosus.
pedunculosus, 41676.
Sacapari, Solatium sp., 41338.
Salvia spp., 41561, 41589.
Sambucus adnata, 41596.
Sansapote, Idcania platypus, 41393,
11 185.
Sapote, black. Diospyros ebenaster,
41568.
Saussurea spp., U584, 41612. 41614.
gossipiplioru. 41597. 41 60S.
Saxifraga spp.. 41605. 41613.
Saxifrage. See Saxifraga spp.
Sechium edule. See Cliayota edulis.
&'( s« li sp., 41616.
br5
SEEDS AND PLANTS fM PORTED.
sir, iini odorifera, 41GG5.
Silverbell, mountain, Halesia Carolina
monticolA, 41489.
Silver tree. Protea argentea, 41420.
Sincuya, Annona sp. See under 41384.
Solatium spp., 41338, 41486, 41487.
triflorum, 414."i4.
Soncoya. Annona purpurea, 41488.
Soursop, Annona muricata. 41433.
Spathodea campanulata, 41500.
Squash, Cucurbita pepo, 41424, 41649.
(Brazil). 41649.
Chirimen, 41424.
(Japan), 41424.
(Peru), 43336. 41337.
Strawberry tree, Arbutus unedo, 41502.
Sugar-apple, Annona squamosa, 414G4.
Swertia spp.. 41403, 41526, 41532.
41583.
hookeri, 41591.
multicaulis, 41603.
Tag bush, Ziziphus mauritiana, 4144.'!.
Tamarisk. See Tamarix spp.
Tamarix sp.. 41413.
dioica. 41624.
Tara. Caesalpinia pectinata, 41323,
41333.
Tarhui. Lupinus eruckshanksii, 41330.
Tasta, Egcallonia sp., 41324.
Teasel, Dipsacus fullonum, 41499.
Terminalia catappa, 41576.
Theobroma cacao, 41666-41670.
To-i, Docynia delavayi, 41474.
Tomate, Cyphomandra calycina, 41341.
Tomato (Peru), 41318.
tree, Cyphomandra calycina,
41341.
wild. Lycopersicon sp.. 4131S.
Triticum aestivum, 41345-41350, 413.13,
H.355, 41356, 41510-41516, 41682
41684.
durum, 41342-41344. 41351, 41352,
41354, 41402.
vulgare. See Triticum aestivum.
Tumbo, Passiflora spp., 41316, 41331.
Tung kua, Bcnincasa hispida, 41492.
tree, Aleurites fordii, 41430.
Tzumuy Pac, Annona sp., 41384.
Uvaria calamistrata, 41392.
Viburnum sp., 11636.
Vigna sesquipedalis, 41671.
Walnut, Juglans sp., 41334.
Wasabi, Wasabia pungens, 41567.
Wasabia pungens, 41567.
Watermelon, Citrullus vulgaris, 41471.
Wax gourd, Benincasa hispida, 41492.
Wheat, Triticum spp. :
(Argentina), 41402.
Athni, black awned, 41352.
Australian, 41355.
(Baluchistan), 41510-41516.
Bansi of Baleghat, 41354.
Bansi of Buleghat, 41354.
Candeal, 41402.
Daudakhani. 41347.
Daudkhani, 41347.
Deshi Athani, 41350.
durum, 41342-41344, 41351. 41352,
41354. 41402.
Hansia Broach. 41342.
I India), 41342-41356, 41682-41684.
Kopergaon Baxi, 41351.
Kopergum Baxi, 41351.
Lai of Batala. 41353.
Lai of Batalu, 41353.
Mundi of Ludhiana, 41345.
Paman of Sirsa. 41346.
Pi via pote. 4135G.
Popatia Nadiad. 41348.
Potia Xadiad, 41343.
Shet Parner, 41344.
Siok, 41349.
YVitteboom, Protea argentea. 41420.
Wulfenia amherstiana, 415J4.
Yam, Dioscorea sp., 41437.
Yama zakura, Primus spp., 41425.
11577.
Yangtaw, Actinidia chinensis, 41401.
Yeheb nut, Co-rdeauxia <duli.s. 41477.
Yuca, Manihot dulcis, 41320.
Zapallo abin, Cucurbita sp.. n.",.",7.
macri, Cucurbita sp., 11336
Zinziber officinale, 4165 1.
Ziziphus iujuba. See Ziziphus mauri-
tiana.
mauritiana, 41443.
Zoysin tenuifolia. See Osterdamia ten-
uifolia.
THE FARMERS OF THIS COUNTRY are as
efficient as any other farmers in the world.
They do not produce more per acre than the farm-
ers in Europe. It is not necessary that they should
do so. It would perhaps he had economy for them
to attempt it. But they do produce by two to three
or four times more per man, per unit of labor and
capital, than the farmers of any European country.
They are more alert and use more labor-saving de-
vices than any other farmers in the world. And
their response to the demands of the present emer-
gency has been in every way remarkable. Last
spring their planting exceeded by 12,000,000 acres
the largest planting of any previous year, and the
yields from the crops were record-breaking yields.
In the fall of 1917 a wheat acreage of 42,170,000 was
planted, which was 1,000,000 larger than for any pre-
ceding year, 3,000,000 greater than the next largest.
and 7,000,000 greater than the preceding five-year
average.
But I ought to say to you that it is not only neces-
sary that these achievements should be repeated but
that they should be exceeded. I know what this ad-
vice involves. It involves not only labor but sac-
rifice, the painstaking application of every bit <>l
scientific knowledge and every tested practice that
is available. It means the utmost economy, even to
the point where the pinch comes. It means the kind "
of concentration and self-sacrifice which is involved
in the field of battle itself, where the object always
looms greater than the individual. And yet the Gov-
ernment will help, and help in every way that is
possible. — From President Wilson's message to the
Farmers' Conference at Urbana, III., January .»'/.
1918
Issued September 6, 1919.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY.
WIUIAM A. TAYLOR. Chief of Bureau.
INVENTORY
OF
SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED
BT THE
OFFICE OF FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT INTRODUCTION
DURING THE PERIOD FROM JANUARY 1
TO MARCH 31, 1916.
(No. 46; Noa. 41685 to 42383.)
WASHINGTON:
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.
1910.
Issued
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY.
WILLIAM A. TAYLOR, Chief of Bureau.
-1919.
INVENTORY
OF
SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED
BY THE
OFFICE OF FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT INTRODUCTION
DURING THE PERIOD FROM JANUARY 1
TO MARCH 31, 1916.
( No. 46; Nos. 41685 to 42383. )
WASHINGTON:
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.
1919.
BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY.
Chief of Bureau, William A. Taylor.
Associate Chief of Bureau, Karl F. Kellermax.
Officer in Charge of Publications, J. E. Rockwell.
Assistant to the Chief, James E. Jones.
Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction.
scientific staff.
David Fairchild, Agricultural Explorer in Charge.
P. II. Dorsett, Plant Introducer, in Charge of Plant Introduction Field Stations.
B. T. Galloway, Plant Pathologist, in Charge of Plant Protection and Plant Propagation.
Peter Bisset, Plant Introducer, in Charge of Foreign Plant Distribution.
J. B. Norton and Wilson Popenoe, Agricultural Explorers.
H. C. Skeels, Botanist, in Charge of Collections.
R. A. Young, Plant Introducer, in- Charge of Dashcen Investigations.
G. P. Van Eseltine, Assistant Botanist, in Charge of Publications.
Henry E. Allanson, Bessie M. Broadbent, J. H. Johnson, L. G. Hoover, R. N. Jones, and
P. G. Russell, Scientific Assistants.
Robert L. Beagles, Superintendent, Plant Introduction Field Station, Chico, Cal. E. O.
Orpet, Assistant in Plant Introduction.
Edward Simmonds, Superintendent, Plant Introduction Field Station, Miami, Fla.
J. E. Morrow, Superintendent, Yarrow Flint Introduction Field Station, Rockville, Md.
D. A. Bisset, Assistant in Charge, Plant Introduction Field Station, Brooksville, Fla.
Henry E. Juenemann, Superintendent, Plant Introduction Field Station and Bulb Garden,
Bellingham, Wash.
E. J. Rankin, Assistant in Charge, Plant Introduction Field station, Savannah, Ga.
Edward Goucher, Plant Propagator.
collaborators: Thomas W. Brown, Gizeh, Cairo, Egypt; 11. M. Cumin. Ihihia, Brazil;
M. J. Dorsey, University Farm, St. Paul, Minn.: Robert H. Forbes, Cairo, Egypt: A. C,
Hartless, Seharunpur Botanic Gardens, Seharunpur, India; Barbour Lathrop, Chicago,
III; II. Nehrling, Gotha, Fla.; Charles Simpson, Littleriver, Fla.; II. P. Stuckey, Expt ri-
ment, Ga.; Dr. L. Trabut, Director, Service Botanique, Algiers, Algeria; E. II. Wilson,
Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain. Mass.; Dr. Frederick A. Woods. Washington, D. C.
2
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Tage.
Introductory statement 5
Inventory 9
Index of common and scientific names 87
ILLUSTRATIONS.
Page.
Plate I. The service tree, a neglected Mediterranean fruit tree (Sorbus do-
mestical,. S. P. I. Nos. 41703 and 41804) 12
II. The jequitiba, a giant forest tree of Brazil (Cariniana legalis (Mart.)
Kuntze. S. P. I. No. 41933) 12
III. The dago hay a, the best tropical yam, from the island of Guam.
growing at Miami, Fla. (Dioscorca alata L. S. P. I. No. 39705).. 50
IV. The Manawa yam, from the Republic of Panama (Dioscorea sp.
S. P. I. No. 42052) 50
V. Tubers of the white yampee, a variety of yam grown in the Canal
Zone (Dioscorea trifida L. f. S. P. I. No. 42053) 50
VI. Another form of yampee, from the Canal Zone (Dioscorea sp. S. P. I.
No. 42054) 50
3
INVENTORY OF SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED
BY THE OFFICE OF FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT
INTRODUCTION DURING THE PERIOD FROM
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1916 (NO 46; NOS
41685 TO 42383).
INTRODUCTOBY STATEMENT.
This forty-sixth inventory of seeds and plants covers a period when
no official agricultural explorer was in the field, so the descriptions
are all of material sent in by correspondents or collaborators.
The most interesting of the introductions, judged before they are
fasted, appear to be the following :
Thirty-five selected varieties of wheat (Nos. 42102 to 4213G), the
result of much work in selection and acclimatization by the plant
breeders of Victoria, some of them being of recent introduction into
A-ustralia, while others are selections from types of old Australian
wheats. These were supplied by Mr. A. E. V. Richardson. Twenty-
six varieties of wheat (Nos. 41991 to 42016) from the United Prov-
inces of India, representing some old Indian types, were presented
by Mr. H. Martin Leake, of Cawnpore. While none of these may
prove especially valuable, it should be kept in mind that it was out
of a cross between an Indian wheat, Ladoga, and the Red Fife that
the famous Marquis wheat of Canada came.
The discovery by the plant breeders of the Southeastern Agri-
cultural College of England of a nematode-resistant variety of hops,
Humulus lupulus (No. 42024), should call the attention of growers
to the resistance of this variety to the disease known as nettlehead,
or skinkly, and it may prove valuable in our hop fields.
Since Mr. C. V. Piper's preliminary study of I'orage plants during
his trip to India in 1911, he lias continued to test many of the wild
and cultivated grasses of that region, and Nos. U885 to U900, U902
to 41907, 41910 to 41915, and 41918 to 41921 represent :i remarkable
collection of these grasses presented by Mr. William Burns, the
economic botanist of the station at Kirki, India. Among them are
included: Andropogon annulatus (No. 41885), a species well adapted
to the Gulf States; Cenchrus biflorw (No. 41894), related to our
sand bur, but considered in northern India as one of their most nu-
() SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
tritious grasses; ChZoris paragitadensis (Nos. 41759 and 41897), re-
lated to Rhodes grass, but native of Burma and Ceylon, considered a
good fodder grass in northern India and in Australia one of the best
grasses for pasturage and hay: Ghrysopogon montarms (No. 41899),
a handsome species 3 to 5 feel tall, which already shows promise in
Florida and Mississippi: TseUema wightii (No. 41914), a natural
pasture grass of India: Pennisetum ciliare (No. 41915). a most
valuable pasture and hay grass there; and Thelepogon elegans (No.
41918), which grows in the Indian rice fields and can scarcely be
distinguished from rice until it flowers.
The bread-nut tree of Yucatan, Brosimv/m alicastrum ( No. 41880),
the leaves of which are extensively used for forage purposes there,
deserves trial in southern Florida, according to Dr. Lavedan. who
sends the seeds.
Through Mr. Roland McKee, who secured it at the Australian
exhibit of the Panama-Pacific Exposition, a collection of Australian
fodder grasses (Nos. 41744 to 41762) is now being tested. It includes
i lie extremely productive kangaroo grass, the cockatoo grass, the rice-
grass, sugar grass, three species of grasses related to Rhodes grass,
and Panieum distacliyon (No. 41746), which ranks as one of the best
of the indigenous grasses of northern Australia.
The true tropical yams (Diosoorea spp.) have grown so well in
Florida and the quality of their tubers is so excellent that the in-
troduction from Panama by Mr. O. W. Barrett of three selected
strains (Nos. 42052 to 42054) is of special interest.
A palm. Chdninedorea tepejilote (No. 41705), the inflorescence of
which forms a regular source of excellent food in the State of
Vera Cruz, Mexico, according to Dr. C. A. Purpus, will grow on
sandy soil and might accommodate itself to conditions in Florida.
A tall-growing variety of the ordinary bean, the tawana, or taguana
(No. 42049), which climbs 15 to 20 meters into the tops of the high
trees in Paraguay and produces heavy crops of beans, will be interest-
ing to bean growers, even though it may not be a valuable acquisition.
The existence in the Dominican Republic of an indigenous walnut,
Juglans domingensis (No. 41930), related to our black walnut, will
interest those engaged in the hybridization of the species of Juglans;
and the gathering together for propagation and distribution by Mr.
C. A. Reed of the hardiest and best seedlings of the Persian or Eng-
lish walnut. Juglans regia (Nos. 42022 and 42023 and 42041 to 42045),
from New York State and Canada, can not fail to attract attention
to the neglect which the horticulturists of our Eastern States have
shown to the possibilities of walnut culture on this side of the Rockies.
The Queensland nut, Macadamia teiiiifolia (No. 41808), has grown
and fruited so well in California and Florida and its nuts are so de-
licious that it is a wyonder more has not been done with it, especially
JANUAKY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1916. 7
in Hawaii, where trees planted 30 years ago have borne good crops,
according to Mr. C. S. Judd, of the Board of Commissioners of Agri-
culture and Forestry, who sends in a quantity of seeds.
Although it is extremely doubtful whether the Tangutian almond,
Amygdalus tangutica (Nos. 41708 and 41709), can be used as a stock
for almonds, it should certainly be hybridized with the ordinary
almond, if possible, and the production of a bush almond at least
attempted. The large number of seeds sent in by Rev. C. F. Snyder
from Kansu, China, may bring about this hybrid.
Although in quality American varieties of the peach lead the world,
there may yet be found varieties less susceptible to the many peach
diseases than those we have, and the collection (Nos. 41731 to 41743)
from Seharunpur, India, may contain such varieties.
The search for grapes suited to the conditions of the Southern
States and possibly capable of breeding with the Muscadine has
brought in Vitis tiliaefolia (No. 41707) from Vera Cruz, Mexico,
and Vitis davidii (No. 41877), from central China.
The subtropical and East Indian plum, Primus bokhariensis (No.
42057), from Simla, which resembles Pnmus salicina, may play a
role in the production of a plum for our Southern States.
The service tree of southern Europe, Sorbus domestica (No. 41703) ,
which grows into such a stately, beautiful tree and bears palatable
fruits, appears to have been strangely neglected by horticulturists.
Although very many varieties of the Japanese persimmon have
already been introduced, the extensive collections from Okitsu (Nos.
41691 to 41702, 41779 to 41793, and 42138 to 42165) may contain some
better suited to our conditions or less astringent than those we are
testing.
The Brazilian expedition sent ait by this office in 1913 discovered
in the campo near Lavras a strange and quite remarkable fruit, Eu-
genia klotzschiana (No. 42030), characterized by a marked fragrance.
Through the kindness of Mr. Hunnicutt a quantity of seeds has been
secured and the species will be given a thorough trial.
Solarium quitoense (No. 42034), the naranjilla of Quito, with
fruits the size and color of small oranges, which form the principal
article of food of the settlers during certain seasons, should certainly
be given a trial in this country.
So much interest has been aroused in the Japanese flowering cherry
trees through the gift to the city of Washington by the mayor of
Tokyo of a collection of them and through the satisfactory growth
which specimen trees have made in Maryland. Massachusetts, and
California, that a demand for them has grown up which nurserymen
find it difficult to meet. It is of interest, therefore, to point out that
54 varieties (Nos. 41817 to 41870) from the municipal collection of
Tokyo, near Arakawa, which represent the loveliesl of the hundreds
8 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
S. P. I. No. 42G91 is the new Chinese Deutzia longifolia veitchii,
one of the most interesting- new flowering shrubs introduced from
China, with large beautiful rose-eolored flowers, making it especially
suitable for parks.
Rose growers will take a particular interest in the remarkable col-
lection of rose species (Nos. 42974 to 42982) from the Arnold Arbo-
retum, which has gathered them from China and Chosen (Korea).
This collection represents material of the greatest value for hybrid-
izers and can hardly fail to lead to the origination of many new and
lovely hardy roses for America.
Perhaps the most remarkable plant listed, from the botanist's
point of view, is the Javanese shrub Pavetta zimmermanniana (No.
42T67). Its leaves are inhabited by bacterial colonies which induce
knots analagous to those formed by Bacillus radicicola in the roots
of leguminous plants. These knots are apparently essential to the
healtlvy growth of the plant, and the bacterium is universally pres-
ent in the young seed. This represents a new class of plants whose
role in our agriculture remains to be further studied.
The botanical determinations of seeds introduced have been made
and the nomenclature determined by Mr. H. C. Skeels, while the de-
scriptive and botanical notes have been arranged by Mr. G. P. Van
Eseltine, who has had general supervision of this inventory. The
manuscript has been prepared b}- Mrs. Ethel H. Kelley.
David Faihchild,
Agricultural Explorer in Charge.
Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction,
Washington, D. C, February 11, 1919.
INVENTORY.
42384 and 42385. Nephelitjm spp. Sapindacese.
From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by the director of the Botanic Gar-
dens. Received April 6, 191G.
42384. Nephelitjm lappaceum L. Rambutan.
" The rainbutan ti'ee grows to a height of about 40 feet, and when in
fruit is a handsome sight, the terminal clusters of bright crimson fruits
being produced on every branch. The compound leaves are made up of
oblong-ovate leaflets about 4 inches long by 2 inches wide. In habit
of growth the tree appears to be normally rather round-topped and
spreading, but as it is frequently planted among other trees, it is forced
to grow tall and slender, branching only at a considerable height above
the ground. A cluster of rambutans, when highly colored, is exception-
ally attractive. The best forms attain, when fully ripe, a rich crimson
color. The individual fruits are slightly smaller than a hen's egg, but
more elongated in form. They are covered with soft spines about half
an inch in length and are borne in clusters of about 10 to 12 fruits.
The skin is not thick or tough, and to eat the fruit the basal end is
torn off, exposing the aril, which, with a slight pressure on the apical
end of the fruit, slides into one's mouth. The aril is white, nearly
transparent, about one-fourth of an inch thick, and has a mildly sub-
acid, somewhat vinous flavor." (Wilson Popenoe.)
See S. P. I. No. 34494 for previous introduction.
42385. Nephelitjm mutabile Blume. Pulassan.
" Pulassan. A Malayan tree, similar to the rainbutan in appearance,
but differing in the fruit and in the leaves, which are gray beneath.
The fruit is larger than the rainbutan, of a deep purple-brown, with
short, blunt processes, and, according to Ridley, the flavor is decidedly
superior to that of the latter fruit." (Macmillan, Handbook of Tropi-
cal Gardening, 2d ed., p. 176.)
42386. Castilla nicoyexsis O. F. Cook. Moraceae.
Nicoya rubber.
From San Jose, Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. Carlos Werckle, Depart-
ment of Agriculture. Received April 3, 1916.
A medium-sized tree, 10 to 20 meters high, with deciduous leaves 8 to IS
inches long ami 4 to 8 inches broad, bearing inconspicuous flowers and orange-
red fruits in a receptacle 2 to 3 inches in diameter. Reported so far only
from the peninsula of Nicoya, but the probability is that it will be found all
along the Pacific coast from Nicaragua to Panama. It is a good rubber pro-
ducer, the milk being particularly abundant toward the end of the dry sea-
son. Owing to this fact, it is almost exterminated from the western forests
of Costa Rica. (Adapted from I'iltur, Contributions from the U. S. National
Herbarium vol. 13, p. 275.)
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 3*1 SS.
9
10 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
41688. Persea Americana Mill. Lauraceae. Avocado.
(Persea gratis 8ima Gaertn. f)
From Guatemala, Guatemala. Presented by Mr. William Owen. American
vice consul in charge. Received January 13, 1916.
" Seeds of a very large aguacate, which I consider the finest product of
Guatemala in that line. They are high grown, winch will enable the tree to
thrive better in a northern climate." (Owen. )
41689. Chayota edulis Jacq. Cucurbitaceae. Chayote.
(Seehiitm edule Swartz.)
From New Orleans, La. Presented by the J. Steckler Seed Company.
Received January 24, 1916.
" Green, spiny."
41690. Cupressus glabra Suchv. Pinaceae. Smooth cypress.
From Sedona, Ariz. Purchased from Mr. J. F. Derrick. Received Jan-
uary 25, 1916.
" Collected in Oak Creek Canyon."
In general appearance the foliage of smooth cypress resembles that of Arizona
cypress (Cupressus arizonica Greene), though the former species can be dis-
tinguished from the latter by the compact, narrowly oval, or somewhat pyra-
midal crown. The branches of the smooth cypress, particularly of younger
trees, are strongly upright. Old trees grown in the open develop long lower
branches, which from their great weight are less upright than those of
trees of the same age in a close stand. In height the trees range from 25 to
30 feet and in diameter from 10 to 14 inches, though much larger trees prob-
ably exist. The trunk is slightly tapering, while the upper portion is some-
times divided into several branches, differing in this respect from the usual
undivided stem of Arizona cypress. Only about one-fourth to one-third of
the trunk is clear of branches. The most distinctive characteristic of this
tree is its thin, smooth, dark purple-red bark. The foliage is a bright blue-
green (glaucous). The small spherical cones, composed of six to eight scales
and armed with large incurved, somewhat flat-pointed bosses, are borne
on short stout stems and mature at the end of the second season. The large
size of the seeds at once distinguishes them from those of Arizona cypress,
though in color and form the two are similar. Thoroughly seasoned wood is
moderately durable in contact with the soil, fence posts lasting about 20 years
and corral poles 30 to 35 years. Cabins built of the logs 40 years ago are
still in a good state of preservation. The small size of the trees and the
limited supply have confined the use of the wood mainly to local needs. The
extreme age attained by this species has not yet been determined, but it is
probably as long lived as Arizona cypress. The largest trees found so far are
at least 200 or 250 years old. (Adapted from Bulletin No. 201, V. S. Dept.
of Agriculture, The Cypress and .Juniper Trees of ihe Rocky Mountain Region,
P. 0.)
41691 to 41702. Diospyros kaki L. f. Diospyraceae. Kaki.
From Okitsu, Japan. Cuttings presented by Prof. Ishiwara, Government
Horticultural Experiment Station. Received January S, 1916. Notes by
Mr. T. Kiyono, Semmes, Ala.
41691. "No. 1. Anzai. Sweet. Kiyoto Province."
41692. "No. 2. Kubo. Sweet. Kiyoto Province."
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1916. 11
41691 to 41 70S— Continued.
41693. "No. 3. Ilon-gosho. Sweet. Nara Province."
41694. " No. 4. Toyo-oka. Sweet. Nara Province."
41695. "No. 5. Fijutcara-gosho. Sweet. Nara Province."
41696. "No. 6. Chiomatsu. Astringent. Kanagawa Province."
41697. " No. 7. Osoraku. Astringent. Chiba Province."
41698. "No. S. Ibogaki. Astringent. Miyagi Province."
41699. "No. 9. Benigaki. Astringent. Miyagi Province."
41700. " No. 10. Hira-sanenashi. Astringent. Yamagata Province."
41701. " No. 11. Sakushu-mishirazu. Astringent. Okayama Province."
41702. " No. 12. Hlragaki. Astringent. Wakayama Province."
41703. Sorbus domestica L. Malacese. Service tree.
(Pyrus sorbus Gaertn.)
From Kew, England. Presented by Sir David Prain. director, Royal
Botanic Gardens. Received January 3, 1916.
"A deciduous tree, usually 30 to 50 feet (occasionally 60 to 70 feet) high.
Native of south and east Europe. Flowers white, about one-half inch across,
produced in May in panicles at the end of short branches and from the leaf
axils, the whole forming a rounded or rather pyramidal cluster 2\ to 4 inches
wide. Fruit pear shaped or apple shaped, 1 to 11 inches long, green or brown
tinged with red on the sunny side. As an ornamental tree this is inferior to
its ally, the mountain ash, but is well worth growing for the beauty of its
foliage and for its flowers, which are larger than usual in this group. It
also attains to greater dimensions than any of its immediate allies. The
largest tree whose dimensions are recorded by Elwes is growing at Wood-
stock, Kilkenny, Ireland, which in 1904 was 77 feet high and 10 feet S Inches
in girth. The fruit of the service tree is sometimes eaten in a state of incipient
decay, especially in France. Mr. E. Burrell, late gardener to H. R. H. the
Duchess of Albany, at Claremont, in a letter dated November 11, 18S3, observes
that 'we are sending good fruits of the pear-shaped service for dessert at the
present time.' This Claremont tree was blown down in 1902, and was then
close upon 70 feet high. The timber is of fine quality, being very hard and
heavy, but too scarce to count for much." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs
Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 29').)
For an illustration of the service tree, see Plate I.
41704. Prunus hortulana Bailey. Amygdalacese.
From Courtney, Mo. Presented by .Mr. I'.. F. Bush. Received January 4.
1916.
"The species was first distinguished in 1892 to designate varieties of plums
intermediate between Prunus americana and /'. angustifolia (the two species at
that time dearly separated) ; these intermediate varieties were then said to
'represent at least two other species, and perhaps even more.' one of which it
was proposed to separate as P. hortulana. Later students have separated P.
munsoniana from these varieties and have redefined other species. Subsequently
it was supposed that P. hortulana represents a range of hybrids between P.
americana and P. angustifolia, and it is not yet known what part hybridization
has played in the origin of these forms, although the evidence accumulates that
separate specific types are involved." (Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horti-
culture, vol. 5, p. 2828.)
12 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
41705 to 41707.
From Zacuapam, Vera Cruz, Mexico. Presented by Dr. C. A. Purpus.
Received January 5, 1916. Notes from Dr. Purpus.
41705. Chamaedorea tepejelote Liebm. Phoenicaceae. Palm.
" The undeveloped flower makes an excellent vegetable and is eaten
everywhere in the State of Vera Cruz. Besides, it is a fine little palm-
Grows in shady places."
41706. Psidium guajava L. Myrtaceae. Guava.
" Wild guava ; in dry and sunny places."
41707. Vitis tiliaefolia Humb. and Bonpl. Yitaeese. Grape.
(Vitis caribaea DC.)
" This Vitis has a very sour fruit, but it makes a most excellent jelly,
like currant jelly, and is adapted to a tropical country ; grows in sunny
places in brush woods. Vitis vinifera can not be raised here at all."
41708 to 41710.
From Taochow (Old City), Kansu, China. Presented by Rev. C. F. Snyder,
at the request of Mr. Frank N. Meyer, of the Bureau of Plant Industry.
Received January 3, 1916.
41708 and 41709. Amygdalus tangutica (Batal.) Korsh. Amygdalaeea.
(Prunus tangutica Koehne. ) Tangutian almond.
''Amygdalus tangutica is a variable species of bush almond, and though
its kernels are bitter and it throws up a lot of stems and is spiny, still I
believe it has a decided value as a factor in breeding experiments, for it
seems to be very hardy and drought resistant. One finds it mainly on
sheltered rocky and loess slopes at elevations from 4,000 feet above the
sea up to about 10,000 feet. In these higher regions, however, it does
not get as cold as one would surmise, for the mountains all around keep
off the intense cold. As a stock for almonds and for other stone fruits I
scarcely would recommend this Tangutian almond, since it suckers badly
and these suckers are very hard to remove." (Meyer.)
41708. " Rough shelled." 41709. " Smooth shelled."
41710. Paeonia suffrtjticosa Andrews. Ranunculacese. Tree peony.
(Paeonia moutan Sims.)
" Seeds of the real wild mountain peony, which occurs in very inacces-
sible mountain valleys in Tibet proper, where white men are not allowed
to go under ordinary circumstances. Ripens its seeds in the Chinese
eighth moon (about September 15 to October 20)." (Meyer.)
41711. Citrus grandis (L.) Osbeck. Rutacese. Pummelo.
From Amoy, China. Presented by Miss K. M. Talmage, at the request of
Mrs. L. W. Kip. Received January 8, 1916.
"I got this back from the Haicheng." (Talmage.)
41712 to 41717.
From Lamao, Bataan, Philippine Islands. Presented by the Lamao Ex-
periment Station. Received January 10, 1916.
41712. Cacara erosa (L.) Kunt/.e. Fabacese. Yam bean.
(Pachyrhizus angulatus Rich.)
" Sinca mas (wild)."
" The plant, which in both Guam and the Philippines bears its Mexican
name, was probably brought [to Guam] from Mexico. The young root
Inventory 46, Seeds and Plants Imported.
Plate I.
The Service Tree, a Neglected Mediterranean Fruit Tree. Sorbus
domestica L. See S. P. I. Nos. 41703 and 4I804.>
In Italy t he sorbo, as this fruit is called, is sold in large quant [ties by i he fruit venders on the streets.
Like the European medlar, it is good to eat onh when overripe, and even then ii h.i^ an astringent
taste which some people find objectionable. In Italian works on agriculture at leasl sis
distinct varieties arc recognized. They ripen their fruits in September and October, and after
pickling these are stored in imii houses 01 cellars until overripe. This illustration showsa young
tree planted by the French nurseryman, Felix Gillet, inhis Barren Mill Nursery, al Nevada' City,
Cal. From its behavior there it is believed to be capable of cult i vat ion in many places in Cali-
fornia. As a tree it is most attractive. (Photographed by David Fairchild, 1902; P1488FS
Inventory 46, Seeds and Plants Imported.
Plate II.
The Jequitiba. a Giant Forest Tree of Brazil. Cariniana legalis Mart.)
KUNTZE., S. P. I. NO. 41933.)
Although smaller than the sequoia, the gtenl eucalyptus, or the California redwood, this su]
tree deserves to rank with them in magnlficenl proportion; , becau i of it! perfect columnar trunk,
which rises like a Corinthian column and supports a magniflcenl crown of immense branches,
each one of which is large enough to make a good-si Such a wonderful pecii is this
should not be allowed to peri h from the face of the earth, and plantings of il deserve tohe attempted
111 our own tropical possessions. There ate rei ords of trees of this species which measure 130 feet
m height. The |e.|inniia i~ reiatci to the tree which 1 ears Brazil nuts, imt its nuts art ool e<
• Photographed by Seflor E. N. de Andrade, RioClaro, Brazil, whose collections of Brazilian trees,
and e peciallj In extensive plantations of eucalyptus, have become world known.)
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1916. 13
-41712 to 41717— Continued.
is much like a turnip in shape and consistency and is easily peeled like
a turnip. It is usually eaten raw and may be prepared with oil and
vinegar in the form of a salad. According to Dr. Edward Palmer, it is
extensively cultivated in Mexico, where the natives pinch off the blossoms
and seed pods, giving as a reason that if the seeds are allowed to mature
the roots are not good. In Mexico the roots are much eaten raw, but are
also pickled, boiled in soup, and cooked as a vegetable. As they come
from the ground they are crisp, sweet, juicy, and of a nutty flavor. They
are nourishing and at the same time quench the thirst, so that they are
much liked by travelers. One way of preparing the raw roots is to cut
them in thin slices and sprinkle sugar over them. They may also be
boiled and prepared with batter in the form of fritters, and in Mexico
they are often minced or grated, and with the addition of sugar, milk,
-eggs, and a few fig leaves for flavoring made into puddings." (Safford,
Useful Plants of Guam, p. 201f.)
41713. Citrus aurantium L. Rutacea?. Sour orange.
A small tree 6 to 9 meters in height, with a compact head, young shoots
light green, thorny ; leaves unifoliate, evergreen, alternate, ovate, pointed,
strongly and peculiarly scented ; petiole 12 to 18 millimeters long, broadly
winged ; flowers in small, axillary cymes, white, strongly sweet scented,
somewhat larger than those of Citrus sinensis; fruit orange colored or
frequently reddish when well matured, inclined to be rough; rind strongly
aromatic, bitter; pulp acid; juice sacs spindle shaped, rather small; seeds
flattened and wedged toward the micropylar end, marked with ridged
lines. Native of southeastern Asia, probably in Cochin China. Hardier
than the sweet orange. (Adapted from the Philippine Agricultural Re-
view, firxt quarter, 1915, p. 10, under Citrus vulgaris.)
41714. Citrus excelsa Wester. Rutacese. Limon-real.
A tall, thorny shrub of vigorous growth, straggly habit, and inter-
locking branches with stout, long, sharp thorns; leaves 9.5 to 16 centi-
meters long, 4.5 to 7 centimeters wide, thick and leathery; petiole quite
broadly winged, in large leaves the wings frequently exceeding 2 centi-
meters in width; flowers three to seven, in axillary, rather loose cymes,
36 millimeters in diameter; petals showing a trace of purple on the out-
side; fruit 5 to 7.3 centimeters, 5.5 to 7.5 centimeters in equatorial diam-
eter, weight 115 to 225 grams ; form subglobose ; base rounded ; apex
flattened; surface smooth, greenish to clear lemon yellow; skin thin:
pulp greenish to grayish, in good varieties very juicy, mildly acid, and
of excellent flavor; juice cells long, slender, and pointed. Plant material
of the limon-real has been collected in Tarlac, Bontoc, and Bohol, and
the fruit is at rare intervals offered for sale In small quantities In Manila.
The name of the plant, royal lemon, indicates the esteem in which the
fruit is held by the people, and while it is unfortunately true that most
of the fruits tested have been too dry to be of any value, yet in the best
types the fruits surpass in quality and aroma all lemons and limes thai
the writer has had the opportunity to sample. Considering the robust.
thorny growth, large leaves, and broad-winged petioles, together with the
roundish oblate fruit with its 10 to 14 locules, and the flowers with •"> I to
35 stamens, as against the 20 to 26 in the lime and lemon, this plant Is
apparently as distinct from these species as they arc from each other.
(Adapted from the Philippine Agricultural Review, first quarter, 1915,
p. 26.)
14 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
41712 to 41717— Continued.
41715. Citrus eimetta AJBOMATICA Wester. Rutacese.
A spiny shrub, with rather slender, willowy, drooping branches and
sharp spines ; young growth light green, of pleasant and distinct odor
when bruised ; leaves 7.5 to 10 centimeters long, 3.5 to 5 centimeters
broad, dull green above ; petioles 6 to 19 millimeters long with a narrow
wing margin ; flowers solitary or in cymes of four, terminal or axillary,
28 to 35 millimeters across ; calyx rather large, petals four to five, white
with a trace of purple on the outside ; style not distinct, as in Citrus au-
rantium, but rather similar to that of Citrus medico,', fruit 5 centimeters
long, 4 to 4.5 centimeters across, roundish to roundish oblong ; skin thin,
smooth, lemon yellow, pulp pale green, juicy, sharply acid, sometimes
almost bitter ; juice cells long, slender, and pointed ; seeds very numerous,
small, and plump, polyembryonic. This form seems to be fairly well dis-
tributed, and material has been propagated at Lamao from such distinct
points as Mindoro, Palawan, and Bangued. Unquestionably a lime, it is
quite distinct from the ordinary lime in habit and in the aromatic tender
foliage, in the purplish petaled flowers, which are larger than those of
the lime, and in the greater number of stamens. (Adapted from the
Philippine Agricultural Review, first quarter, 1915, pp. 25 and 26.)
41716. Citrus medica L. Rutacese. Citron.
41717. Citrus medica odorata Wester. Rutaceae.
Tihi-tihi. A small thorny shrub, seldom exceeding 2.5 meters in height,
with sharp, stout spines ; young growth bright green ; leaves 7.5 to 11 cen-
timeters long, 4.3 to 6.5 centimeters broad, elliptical, rather thick and
leathery, serrate, of distinct fragrance ; base rounded ; apex notched ;
petioles very short, 4 to 6 millimeters long, not winged; flowers one to
four in axillary compressed cymes, sessile, rarely exceeding 38 milli-
meters in diameter; petals four to five, fleshy, white, with a tinge of
purple on the outside; fruit 60 to 65 millimeters long, 7 to 10 centimeters
in transverse diameter, weighing 300 to 475 grams, oblate, with a shallow
basal cavity, and sometimes a mammilate apex, more or less ridged
longitudinally, fairly smooth, clear lemon yellow; lenticels scattered,
depressed ; oil cells large, equal or a trifle raised ; skin rather thick :
pulp grayish, rather dry, sharply acid, of lemon flavor; juice cells long
and slender ; seeds many, sometimes 125 in a single fruit, short, broad,
and flattened. The tihirtihi is a rare plant found in cultivation in Cebu
and Bohol ; one plant has been seen in Misamis, Mindanao. The plant
is very precocious, fruiting as early as the third year from seed, ever-
bearing, and the fruit is used by the Filipinos in washing the hair. It is
not eaten and is of no commercial importance. The tihi-tihi differs
from the citron in its green, tender, highly aromatic growth, the leaves
having been found to contain 0.6 per cent essential oil. as analyzed by
the Bureau of Science. The fruit is strikingly different from the citron.
• Adapted from the Philippine Agricultural Review, first quarter, 1915,
pp. 22 and 23.)
41718 to 41721.
From Chungking, China. Presented by Mr. E. Widler. Received January
8, 1916. Quoted notes by Mr. Widler.
41718. Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeek. Rutaceae. Orange.
"Large orange. This orange grows plentifully in Szeehwan, is about
11 inches in circumference, of very good flavor, contains a small number
of seeds, has a very thin skin and practically no pith."
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1916. 15
41718 to 41721— Continued.
4179. Citrus nobilis deliciosa (Ten.) Swingle. Rutacese.
Mandarin orange.
" Chu tzu. Has no pith and is of very good flavor. The skin is dried
and boiled and the infusion drunk as a medicine."
41720. Ficus lacor Buch.-Harn. Moracese.
" Huang ko shu. A tree 150 feet high, 12 feet in circumference, grows
best among rocks in a subtropical climate. It takes about 15 to 20 years
to mature in good soil ; flowers white. It is used principally for shading
purposes on the highroad and in the temples. It is of no commercial
value. Seeds yellow, inclosed in a pod."
41721. Momordica charantia L. Cucurbitacese. Balsam pear.
"K'u kua. A creeping plant 10 feet or more, grows best in a climate
of 70° to 90° F. It takes about two months to mature ; bears white and
yellow fruits in autumn. The fruit is about 1 foot long and 3 or 4 inches
in circumference. It is used in soups and as a vegetable and is prepared
by boiling. It sells in the market for about 20 cash each. Seeds yellow."
41722. Parmentiera cereifera Seem. Bignoniaceee. Candle tree.
From Mayaguez, Porto Rico. Presented by Mr. C. F. Kinman. horticulturist,
Agricultural Experiment Station. Received January 4, 1916.
A tropical American tree, with simple or trifoliate leaves, white flowers, and
fleshy, cylindrical, yellow fruits, often 4 feet long, resembling wax candles and
having a peculiar applelike odor. Cattle are sometimes fattened on these fruits.
(Adapted from Lindley, Treasury of Botany, vol. 2, p. 848.)
See S. P. I. Nos. 26206 and 28674 for previous introductions.
41723. Diospyros ebenaster Ketz. Diospyracea?. Black sapote.
From Honolulu, Hawaii. Presented by Mr. Gerrit P. Wilder. Received
January 4, 1916.
"The ssapote prieto or zapote negro (black sapote) of Mexico, an interesting
fruit belonging to the persimmon family. The tree grows in compact, shapely
form and is of very ornamental appearance with its oblong-oval glossy leaves
about 4 inches long. In appearance the fruit greatly resembles some varieties of
the kaki or Japanese persimmon ; instead of being bright orange, however, they
are light green when ripe, and measure 2\ to 3 or even 4 inches in diameter. In
shape they are oblate or distinctly flattened, and the persistenl light-green calyx
is quite prominent. The interior of the fruit, when ripe, is anything but attrac-
tive in appearance, the flesh being dark brown or almost black in color and of a
greasy consistency. The flavor is sweet, bu1 lather lacking In character; Eor
this reason the Mexicans frequently serve the fruit cut up, or mashed up, with
orange juice; it is a first-rate dish. The seeds look like those of the persimmon
and are not very numerous." (Wilson Popenoe.)
See S. P. I. Nos. 39719, 4033S, and 41568 for previous Introductions.
41724. Abelmoschus esculent! is (L.) Moench. Malvaceae. Okra.
(Hibiscus esculentus L.)
From Athens, Greece. Presented by the director of the Royal Agricultural
Society. Received January 11, 1916.
"A half-hardy plant introduced into the United States and West Indies from
Africa and cultivated for its fruit pods, which are used in soups, slews, catsups,
10 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
and the like. In soups and catsups it gives body to the dish ; stewed it is muci-
laginous, and while at first not agreeable to many persons a taste for it is
easily acquired. It is also dried and canned for winter use. When ripe the
black or brown white-eyed globular seeds are sometimes roasted and used as a
coffee substitute." (Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 4, p.
2332.)
41725. Persea Americana Mill. Lauraceae. Avocado.
(Per sea gratissima Gaertn. f.)
From Altadena, Cal. Purchased from Mr. F. O. Popenoe, West India Gar-
dens. Received January 12, 1916.
Seeds of a hardy type of avocado, pui'chased for fumigation experiments.
41726. Abbtjtus arizonica (A. Gray) Sarg. Ericaceae.
Madrona.
From the Santa Rita Mountains, Arizona. Collected by Dr. David Griffiths,
of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received January 12, 1916.
"This is a tree commonly a meter in circumference and 10 meters high, but
often much larger. The old trunks have a bright, light-gray bark and the
branches are light osier red. The contrast with the permanent light-green
leaves and coral-red berries is very striking. To my mind this is one of the
most ornamental of native southwestern trees and should be propagated and
widely distributed. Indeed, the whole group of inanzanita-arctostaphylos
arbutus trees and shrubs are very ornamental broad-leaved evergreens, and
our native ones are all but unknown in the trade. It is going to take some
careful experimentation to make them ready for handling, but they will prob-
ably be found to be no more difficult than the rhododendrons. AVe need to
know how best to propagate them. Some of the manzanitas are easily trans-
planted, and probably the closely related plants may also be handled in the
same way, but trees small enough are not numerous in parts where I have
traveled. They are said to grow from hardwood cuttings with difficulty. The
trees are usually found under typical forest conditions where the floor is cov-
ered with a great deal of debris. They probably require an acid soil. This
particular lot of seed conies from an altitude of 6,000 to 7,000 feet in the Santa
Rita Mountains, Ariz., where snows are frequent and I judge temperatures
must often touch the zero mark. I suggest, since the quantity of seed is small,
that the germination be tried under greenhouse conditions. This is trans-
mitted for propagation at Chico, Cal." (Griffiths.)
41727. Amtgdaltjs persioa platycarpa (Decaisne) Kicker. Amyg-
(Prunus persica platycarpa Bailey.) [dalaceae. Peach.
From Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Presented by Mr. J. F. Bailey,
director. Botanic Gardens. Received January 12. 1910.
" Flat China peach, or Pet tv-to."
41728. Cannabis sativa L. Moracea\ Hemp.
From Kei.70, Chosen (Korea). Presented by Mr. Kosuke Honda, director,
Agricultural and Industrial Model Station, through Mr. Lyster H.
Dewey, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received January 12. 1916.
" Seed of the 191 1 crop grown at this station."
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1916. 17
41729. Pyrus salicifolia Pall. Malacese. Willow-leaved pear.
From the Caucasus. Presented by Mr. Theodore Kryshtofovich, Russian
Government Agricultural Commissioner. Received January 12. 191(5.
" It is the most ornamental of all true pears. Its leaves and flowers often
open simultaneously, and it then presents a very charming picture, the willow-
like leaves being of a conspicuous silky white." (IF. ./. Bam. Trees and Shrubs
Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 292. i
See S. P. I. No. 40497 for previous introduction.
41730. Vaccinium ovatum Pursli. Vacciniaceae. Huckleberry.
From Ucluelet, Vancouver Island, B. C. Collected by Mr. David Fail-child,
of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received January 12, 191G.
An evergreen shrub of bushy habit, 10 to 12 feet high in England. Leaves
small, of firm leathery texture, dark glossy green above, paler beneath, nearly
smooth. Flowers produced in September, four to six together in short, nodding
racemes from the leaf axils, white, roundish, bell shaped ; berry black. Native
of western North America. While hardy enough to survive the hardest winters
experienced at Kew, it often suffers in severe frost through the cutting back
of the younger growth. At Bearwood, in Berkshire, there is a specimen 10 to
12 feet high, which is one of the finest in the country. It is a handsome bush
when seen at its best. (Adapted from W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in
the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 628. )
41731 to 41743.
From India. Presented by Mr. A. C. Hartless, superintendent, Government
Botanic Gardens, Seharunpur. Received January 12, 1916. Descriptive
notes by Mr. Hartless.
41731 to 41736. Amygdalus persica L. Amygdalacese. Peach.
(Prunas persica Stokes.)
41731. "Mixed. From Quetta."
41732. " White Kashmiri. From Kashmir. Ripens about two weeks
after the early variety Silver peach [S. p. I. No. 41734]. An in-
digenous variety, pulp sweet, hut the fruit is somewhat smaller
than Large Red. It is grown from seed."
41733. "Seharunpur or Country. From Seharunpur. Similar to
Hardoi [S. p. I. No. 4173S1 and Large Agra [S. V. I. No. 417401.
varying according to the localities in which they are grown."
41734. " Silver peach. From Kashmir. Early variety. Whiteskiu;
large fruit, sweet in taste. A grafted foreign variety."
41735. " Large Red. From Kashmir. Ripens two weeks after Large
Red [S. P. I. No. 41736]. The skin and pulp are both red. Com-
monly known as Seharunpur. Grafted."
41736. " Large Red. From Kashmir. The skin and pulp are both
red. Early variety. Commonly known as Seharunpur."
41737. Amygdalus peksica i'latycaiu'a (Decaisne) Ricker. Amygda-
(Prunus persica platycarpa Bailey.) [lacese. Peach.
"Flat China peach, or Pecn-to. From Seharunpur. A peculiar Chi
nese variety, very hardy and of lair quality."
89947—19 2
18 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
41731 to 41743— Continued.
41738. A.\iY(,DAT.rs pebsica L. Amygdalaceae. Peach..
{Primus persica Stokes.)
"Hanloi. From Seharunpur. Similar to seharunpur or Country
[S. P. I. No. 41733] and Large Agra [S. P. I. No. 417401, varying accord-
ing to the localities in which they are grown."
41739. Amygdalus pebsica nectabina Ait. Amygdalacese. Nectarine.
" A nectarine from Kashmir. A French variety ; grafted, late."
41740 to 41743. Amygdal is pebsica L. Amygdalacese. Peach.
(Prunus persica Stokes.)
41740. " Large Agra. From Seharunpur. Similar to Seharunpur or
Country [S. P. I. No. 417331 and Hardoi [S. P. I. No. 41738],
varying according to the localities in which they are grown."
41741. "Small white Kashmiri. From Kashmir. Indigenous late
variety grown from seed. Not much taste, though sweet."
41742. " Small red Kashmiri. From Kashmir. Indigenous late va-
riety ; ripens last of all. Grown from seed."
41743. " Mai-Cha. From Seharunpur. A Chinese variety. One of
the first to come into hearing; it remains long on the trees."
41744 to 41762. Poacea>. Grass.
Procured by Mr. Roland McKee, of the Bureau of Plant Industry, from the
Australian exhibit of the Panama-Pacific Exposition, San Francisco, Cal.
Received January 14, 1916. Descriptive notes by Mr. McKee except where
otherwise indicated.
41744. Chaetochloa macrostachya (H. B. K.) Scribner and Merr.
(Setaria macrostachya H. B. K.)
" Grows 4 feet tall, leafy, shatters easily. A good fodder."
41745. Manisukis compkessa (L. f. ) Kuntze.
(Rottboellia compressa L. f. )
"For swamp lands and margins of rivers; 5 feet tall, leafy, coarse;
fair seed habit."
41746. Panicum distachyox L.
"Excellent pasture and hay grass; 2£ feet tall, leafy; fine seed habits
for a Panicum."
" The stems of this grass creep and root at the joints ; it is an immense
yielder and is grown for hay in the northern districts. This is one of
several indigenous grasses tested at Graeemero, near Rockharupton, and
considered best for the purpose of haymaking." {Maiden, Useful Xatire
Plants of Australia, p. 98.)
41747. Abtjndinelea nepat.knsis Trin.
"Grows 5 feet tall, erect, fairly leafy; good seed habit: wants tropical
climate and good soil."
41748. Themeda gigantea avenacea if. Muell.) Hack.
{Anthistiria avenacea V. Muell.) Kangaroo grass.
•A good fodder grass, 6 feet tall, rather coarse, medium leafy; fair
seed habit. Tall oat-grass of the downs country."
"In parts it is one of the most productive grasses in Australia, and
(unlike other kangaroo grasses) it possesses the advantage of being a
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1916. 19
41744 to 41762— Continued.
prolific seeder. It is nutritious and perennial and produces a large amount
of bottom fodder. It seeds in November and December, is peculiar to tbe
back country, and is found only on the richest soil, only in a few places,
and there over a limited area. It grows in small detached tussocks ; the
leaves or blades are eaten by stock, but the seed stalks are left standing.
All of the colonies except Tasmania." (Maiden, Useful Native Plants of
Australia, p. 7J{, under Anthistiria avenacea.)
41749. Ischaemum australe villosum (R. Br. ) Hack.
"Grows 5 feet tall, leafy to top; good seed habit; found on swampy
land."
41750. Homalocencbrus hexandkus (Swartz) Kuntze. Rice-grass.
(Leersia, hexandra Swartz. )
"Grows 3 to 3£ feet tall, very leafy; liked by cattle; found on swampy
land ; poor seed habit."
41751. Alloteropsis semialata (R. Br.) Hitchc. Cockatoo grass.
(Panieum semialatum R. Br.)
"Cockatoo grass; excellent pasturage; 2 to 3 feet tall, leafy at base;
good seed habit. Lo-thi of Batavia River natives."
41752. Danthonia pallida R. Br. Silver grass.
"White-topped srass; sood pasturage: 2 feet tall."
41753. Panicum foliosum R. Br.
"Handsome broad-leaved grass found usually on broken hind: of
straggling habit, 2* feet tall ; leafy ; fair seed habit."
41754. Pollinia fulva (R.Br.) Benth. Sugar grass.
(Pollinia cumingii Nees.)
" Broivn-top. Considered by stock owners to equal the Mitchell grass
as a drought resister ; on account of its sweetness is often called sugar
grass ; 3 feet tall ; leafy, fine stems ; good seed habit."
41755. Holctts ftjlvus R. Br.
(Andropogon serratus Thunb.)
"Excellent fodder; 5 feet tall."
41756. Holcus plumosvs R. Br.
(Andropogon australis Spreng.)
"Grass not liked by sheep fanners, but for cattle run it is a verj good
grass; 21 feet tall ; leafy fine stems; shatters seeds freely."
41757. Themeda fokskalii Hack. Kangaroo grass.
(Anthistiria vulgaris Hack.)
"Common form of kangaroo grass. There arc several forms of this
species, but all are equally good fodder grasses; 3 feel tall; fine stems;
medium leafy ; fair seed habit."
41758. Aeistida calycina R. Br.
"Good only when young: 2\ feel tall : fine stems."
41759. Chloris paragttaiensis Steud.
"An excellent fodder: one of the besl grasses for pasturage and hay;
3 feet tall, about like Rhodes grass. Less common than Chloris virgata."
41760. Chloris ventricosa B. Br.
"Blur star grass, flood pasturage; probably the long-awned form of
Bentham, in Flora Australionsis; 'J feet tall : ver\ fine stems."
20 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
41744 to 41762— Continued.
41761. Chxoris ventbicosa tenuis Bentb.
"A good pasture plant, also used for hay: 3 feet tall, fine stems, medium
leafy ; poor seed habit."
41762. AnDROPOGON [SCHAEMUM L.
"Produces a large quantity of coarse feed; 3 to 4 feet tall, leafy; fair
-ted habit."
41763 to 41769.
From Salt Lake City. Utah. Presented by Mr. Ben Johnson, Utah Rare
Plant Company. Collected in the Great Basin region. Received January
20, 1916.
41763. Arctomecon humile Coville. Papaveracese. Poppy.
A small but handsome peppy, with somewhat hairy, long, wedge-shaped
leaves and clusters of large white flowers.
41764. Bekberis fkemontii Torr. Berberidacese. Barberry.
A shrub 10 to 20 feet high with rigid, thick leaves, two or three pairs of
leaflets, the lowermost spiny, racemes of yellow flowers, and dark-blue
berries about tbe size of currants.
See S. P. I. Nos. 12242 and 2S713 for previous introductions.
41765. Berberis repexs Lindl. Berberidacese. Barberry.
A low shrub less than a foot high with bright-green leaves composed
of three to seven leaflets and few terminal racemes of yellow flowers which
produce attractive clusters of dark-blue berries.
41766. Delphinium scaposum Greene. Ranunculacere. Larkspur.
A handsome larkspur with leafless flowering stems, rather thick,
3-parted. radical leaves, and terminal racemes of beautiful deep-blue
flowers.
41767. Echinocactus lecontei Engelm. Cactaceae. Cactus.
Large, ovate cylindrical cactus, often 5 feet high and 2 feet in diameter,
with spines up to 2i inches long, rather fleshy yellow flowers, and yellow
fruits 2 to 21 inches long.
41768. Geranium fremontd Torr. Geraniacese. Crane's-bill.
Diffuse plant 2 feet high with 3 to 7 parted, pubescent leaves, and
clusters of light-purple flowers an inch or more across.
41769. Hedysarum pabulare A. Nelson. Fabaceae.
Perennial herb, with slender, drooping stems, compound leaves, an J
long racemes of attractive lilac or pale purplish flowers.
41770. Vicia faba L. Fabaceae. Broad bean.
From New Haven. Conn. Presented by Mr. Junzo Kisbi. Received Janu-
ary 2G, 1916.
" Japanese sora mame (sora beans i.1' (Kishi.)
41771 to 41775.
From Salt Lake <"ity. Utah. Presented by Mr. Ben Johnson, Utah Hare
Plant Company. Collected in tbe Great Basin region. Received January
20. 1916.
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1916. 21
41771 to 41775— Continued.
41771. I'arosela johnsoni ( S. Wats. ) Vail. Fabaceae.
(Dalea johnsoni S. Wats.)
Diffusely branched shrub with smooth, gray bark, leaves 1 to 2 !•
long, composed of 5 to 11 leaflets and loose racemes of deep-purple flowers
terminating the leafy branchlets.
41772. Pentstemon palmeki A. Gray. Scrophulariacese. Beard-tongue.
A very attractive species 1J feet high, with narrow strap-shaped leaves
and panicles of pale-purple flowers.
41773. Pentstemon utahensis Eastw. Scrophulariacese. Beard-tongue.
A beautiful and showy plant 1 to 2 feet high, with glaucous foliage and
velvety carmine flowers.
41774. Salazaria mexicaxa Torr. Menthacese.
A shrubby plant 2 to 3 feet high, with soft hairy branches crowned with
short racemes of purplish flowers. Leaves small, oblong.
41775. Yucca angustissijia Engelm. Liliacese.
A very narrow-leaved species. Stemless : leaves three-fourl h- \>- 2 inches
wide, white bordered; inflorescence 3 to ."> feet high; flowers bell shaped,
pure white.
41776 to 41778. Juglans regia L. Juglandacea\ Walnut.
From Sibpur, near Calcutta, India. Presented by Mr. C. C. Calder, curator,
Royal Botanic Gardens, at the request of Mi-. A. < '. Hartless, superintend-
ent, Government Botanic Gardens, Seharunpur, India. Received January
26, 1916.
41776. "No. 1. Common walnut."
41777. "No. 2. The large-leaved, large-seeded walnut. The tr E this
kind is more spreading than the common kind and am so lofty. It
attains a very large size (hulk)." (Calder.)
41778. "No. 3. The endocarp of this has three valves instead of two. :is
in the common species. The tree, though lofty, appears to I f more
slender habit than either of the others." {Calder. i
41779 to 41793. Diospyros xaki L. f . Diospyraceae. Kaki.
From Okitsu, Japan. Cuttings presented bj Prof, [shiwara, Government
Horticultural Experiment Station. Received January l"_'. L916. De-
scriptive notes by Mr. T. Kiyono, Sennnes. Ala.
41779. "No.13. CMjO. Astringent. Kagoshima Province."
41780. " No. 14. Moriya. Astringent. Kagoshima Province."
41781. "No. 15. Niyorodo. Sweet. Fukushima Province."
41782. "No. 16. Oranda-gosho. Sweet. Fukushima Province."
41783. " No. 17. M anzu-gaki. Sweet. Fukushima Province."
41784. "No. 18. Shyozacnion. Astringent. Fukushima Province."
41785. "No. 19. Yotsumimi. Astringent. Tomiyama Province."
41786. " No. 20. Mornpei. Astringent. Tomiyama Province."
41787. "No. 21. Hana-gosho. Sweet. Tottori Province."
41788. "No.22. Yoroi-odoshi. Astringent. Miyagi Province."
41789. "No. 23. Qobangaki. Astringent. Kanagawa Province."
22 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPOBTED.
41779 to 41793— Continued.
41790. "No. 24. Sakata. Sweet Niligata Province."
41791. "No. 25. Jisha. Astringent. Niligata Province."
41792. "No. 26. llandal. Astringent. Gunba Province."
41793. " No. 27. RendaijirJwragaki. Sweet. Miye Province."
41794 to 41799. Ciiayota edulis Jacq. Cucurbitacese. Chayote.
i Bt chiiini eduh Swartz.)
From Kingston, Jamaica. Presented by Mr. W. Harris, Department of
Agriculture. Received January 24, 1916. Notes by Mr. Harris.
41794. •' Hairy, or spring, green chayote or cbocho."
41795. " Large green chayote or chocho."
41796. " Round white chayote or chocho."
41797. " Small green chayote or chocho."
41798. " Long white chayote or chocho."
41799. " Ordinary green chayote or chocho."
41800 and 41801. Chayota edulis Jacq. Cucurbitacese.
(Sechium edule Swartz.) Chayote.
From Adjuntas, Porto Rico. Presented by Mr. Bartholom6 Barcel6. Re-
ceived January 23, 1916. Quoted notes by Mr. BarcelG.
" These varieties produce well in this country on the borders of ravines,
in cool places, as in pits, and they are best produced in cool places which have
a stream of water. In such places they yield abundantly. The white variety
is more appreciated than the green. Here they are used for salads, and the
country people also feed them to pigs."
41800. " Large white." 41801. " Large green."
41802. Garcinia mestoni F. M. Bailey. Clusiaceae.
Meston's garcinia.
From Cairns, Queensland, Australia. Cuttings presented by Mr. G. Wil-
liams, Department of Agriculture and Stock. Received January 31,
1916.
An erect, slender, graceful tree 20 feet or more high, with drooping branches,
opposite, narrowly lanceolate, glossy, dark-green leaves, white flowers, and
globular fruits possessing a sharp, pleasant, acid flavor. (Adapted from Bailey,
A Synopsis of the Queensland Flora, third supplement, 1890.)
41803 and 41804.
From Nice, France. Presented by Dr. A. Robertson Proschowsky. Re-
ceived January 31, 1916.
41803. Mespilus germanica L. Malacese. Medlar.
i Pyrus germanica Hook, f.)
"Growing wild herein the mountains. The fruits when soft [mellow]
give perhaps the best juice which exists. It has an exquisite aroma,
somewhat like vanilla." {Proschowsky.)
"A low deciduous tree of crooked, picturesque habit, usually under 20
feet high. Leaves almost without stalks, 2 to 5 inches long. Flowers
solitary at the end of short leafy branches; about 1 inch across, white
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1916. 23
41803 and 41804— Continued.
or slightly pink, produced in May or early June. Fruit apple shaped,
brown. This wild medlar is a native of Europe and Asia Minor and
is found wild in the woods of several counties in the south of England,
but it is not believed to be truly indigenous. It has long been cultivated
for its fruit in English orchards, and several named varieties exist. Al-
though much esteemed by those who have acquired a taste for them,
medlars are not a popular fruit. They should be left on the trees until
the end of October or later, then stored in a fruit room until they are
' bletted,' a term given to indicate a state of incipient decay. A jelly
made from the fruits meets a more general taste. It is very hardy, and
not particular as to soil." {W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the
British Isles, vol. 2, p. 8.1.)
41804. Sorbt's domestica L. Malaceae. Service tree.
(Pyrus sorbus Gaertn. )
"Wild here; very good when soft." (Proschowsky.)
See S. P. I. No. 41703 for previous introduction and description.
41805 to 41807. Annona cherimola Mill. Annonacete.
Cherimoya.
From San Jose, Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. Carlos Werckle, Depart-
ment of Agriculture. Received January 28, 1916.
41805. " No. 1. Very good variety."
41806. " No. 2. Very good variety."
41807. "No. 3. In my opinion, this is the best variety we have in Costa
Rica." (Werckle.)
41808. Macadamia teknifolia F. Muell. Protacese.
Queensland nut.
From Honolulu, Hawaii. Presented by Mr. C. S. Judd, Board of Commis-
sioners of Agriculture and Forestry. Received January 31, 1916.
"These nuts grow in Honolulu on trees introduced from either Queensland
or New South Wales, Australia, about 30 years ago. The fruit on these trees
ripens almost throughout the year. Younger trees of this species in Honolulu
begin to bear at eight years from planting, and they are readily started from
the nuts. The leaf of the tree, which seldom attains a height of more than
30 feet in these islands, is a dark green, very shiny, and resembles the leaf
of the eastern chestnut oak. There are only a few bearing trees in Bonolulu.
The nuts from these are roasted in the same manner as salted almonds and
are used on the table for the same purpose. They are crisp and tender and in
my opinion far excel salted almonds." {Judil.)
41809. Mimusops elengi L. Sapotacese.
From Port Louis, Mauritius. Presented by Mr. <;. Etegnard. Received
January 31, 1910.
"The fruit of this species is edible and commonly eaten by young boys, but La
sweet and insipid. Being a foresl tree (lie seed should bo sown in nurseries
and young plants planted in a definite place under cover of some shady shrub
while young. They must not be planted directly in open -round." (Regriard.)
24 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
41810. Randia aculeata L. Rubiaceae. Inkberry.
From San Jose, Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. Carlos Wercklfi, Depart-
menl of Agriculture. Received January Si, 1916.
"A beautiful, very small-leaved shrub; a very fine hedge plant fur mi,] high-
lands." (WerckU.)
"A shrub or small tree, widely distributed in the West Indies. It yields a
blue dye. and the wood is used for minor purposes when toughness is required."
(Cook and Collins, Economic Plants of I'orto Rico, Contributions from the Na-
tional Herbarium, vol. 8, p. 228.)
41811. Linum usitatisstmtm L. Linacese. Flax.
From Lawton, Queensland. Australia. Presented by Mr. Reginald W.
Peters, director, Experiment Grounds, at the request of Mr. Leslie
Gordon Corrie, Brisbane, Australia. Received February 2, 1916.
" This seed is the result of several years' hybridization and selection in
England for length of unbranched fiber and absence of tillers at base."
( Peters. )
41812 to 41815.
From Darjiling, India. Presented by Mr. G. H. Cave, curator, Lloyd Bo-
tanic Garden. Received February 2. 1916.
41812. Coeyxus febox Wall. Betulaceae. Hazel.
" This is a small tree, native of Nepal and Sikkiin, found growing at
altitudes ranging from 8.000 to 10,000 feet. The fruit, which has an
edible kernel, is covered with a prickly cup. The wood is pinkish white
in color, moderately hard and even grained." I Watt, Dictionar;/ of
the Economic Products of India, vol. 2, p. 515.)
See S. P. I. No. 39106 for previous introduction.
41813. Lat-rocerasus acuminata (Wall.') Roemer. Amygdalacea-.
(Primus acuminata Hook, f.) Laurel cherry.
A laurel cherry from the eastern Himalayas and Assam, at elevations
of 4,000 to 7,000 feet, with thin dark bark and reddish brown wood.
See S. P. I. No. 39121 for previous introduction.
41814. Michelia cathcartii Hook. f. and Thorns. MaL'noliacese.
"This is a large tree which is found in the temperate forests of the
Sikkim Himalayas at altitudes of 5,000 to 6.000 feet. The sapwood
is large and white in color, while the heartwood is a dark olive brown
and moderately hard. The wood of this species is used for planking
and would do well for tea boxes." i Watt, Dictionary of the Economic
Products of India, vol. 5, p. 241.)
41815. Styrax hookeri C B. Clarke. Styracacese.
"This is a small tree frequently met with in Sikkim and Bhutan at
altitudes between 6,000 and 7,000 feet. The wood is white, close grained,
and moderately hard." (Watt, Dictionary of tin Economic Products <>f
India, vol. 6, pt. .?. p. 385.)
See S. P. I. No. 39137 for previous introduction.
41816. Canavali ortusifolium (Lam.) DC. Fabacese.
From Baixa Verde, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Presented by Mr. E. C.
Green, superintendent, Servigo do Algodao, Ministerio da Agricultura,
Rio de Janeiro.
"Legume, growing over a cactus tree 25 feel high and aiding in its destruc-
tion; on very dry sandy soil." (Green.)
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1916.
25
41817 to 41870. Pruntts serrulata Lindl. Amygdalacese.
Flowering cherry.
"A collection of scions of 54 named varieties of Japanese flowering cherries,
presented by the municipality of Tokyo to the American Government. These
scions were cut from authentic trees growing in the famous Arakawa flower-
ing-cherry collection maintained by the Tokyo municipality, which collection, in
the opinion of such a noted authority on the subject as Mr. S. Funatsu, contains
some of the loveliest forms of these remarkable flowering trees.
"This collection duplicates one which was secured by Mr. E. II. Wilson, of
the Arnold Arboretum, in January, 1915 (see S. P. I. Nos. :!9743 to 39798 and
39820 to 39826), many of which we were not successful in propagating.
" The arrangements to secure these scions were made by Mr. Frank X. Meyer,
agricultural explorer of this office, during his stay in Japan in September,
1915; and Mr. H. Suzuki, manager of the Yokohama Nursery Company, very
kindly superintended the collection and shipment of them to this country.
Thanks are due to Mr. Post Wheeler, Charge d'Affaires of the American Em-
bassy in Tokyo, for conducting the arrangements with the Tokyo authorities.
" Mr. Wilson collected flowering botanical specimens from the Arakawa col-
lection, and these are now in the herbarium of the Arnold Arboretum and
will be of assistance in checking up the varietal nomenclature, which is much
complicated. Several recent works have appeared dealing with the systematic
classification of these Japanese flowering or mountain cherries, most important
of which are: Sargent, Plantae Wilsonianae (Prunus by E. Koehne), volume 1,
Part II, April 30, 1912; G. Koidzumi, Conspectus Rosacearum Japonicarum,
Journal of the College of Science, Tokyo, 1913 ; M. Miyoshi, Japanische Berg-
kirschen, ihre Wildformen und Kulturrassen. Journal of the College of Science,
Tokyo, March 20, 1916; E. H. Wilson, The Cherries of Japan. Arnold Arbore-
tum, Publication No. 7, March 30, 1916.
" It is evident that radical changes in the botany of the Japanese cherries
are coming. Probably some of the varieties included in this collection are
classed by Miyoshi as belonging to his species Prunus mutabilis, but as yet the
nomenclature of the varieties is so confused as to make it inadvisable here to
attempt to classify them from their names alone.
"The hardiness of these flowering cherries in many parts of the l'i
States, the fact that they flower at the most bewitching time of the year-
April and May — and are peculiarly attractive tor small gardens and yards, and
that most of them are introduced for the first time into this country make the
presentation of this valuable collection by the mayor of Tokyo and his asso-
ciates a matter of very unusual interest to Americans." {Favrchild.)
41817.
" Fukurokuju."
41828.
" Minakani."
41818.
" Kirin."
41829.
" Kokonoy( ."
41819.
" Qiozanoma-nioi."
41830.
•■ Wurasakizakura.
41820.
" Sumizome."
41831.
•' Si nrikn."
41821.
" Meigetsu."
41832.
" I'mi ;<in."
41822.
'• Kwanzan."
41833.
■■ TTata zakitra."
41823.
"Shujaku."
41834.
" ( 'hoshu-hizakura
41824.
" Taki-nioi."
41835.
■■ a oshio-yama."
41825.
" Shu,,, tSU."
41836.
" \ arazakura."
41826.
" WasJii-no-o 1 [Yashbw
41837.
■■ Shirotai ."
41827.
" h an-zakura." 1 wo |."
41838.
•• Ichiyo."
26
SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
41817 to 41870— Continued.
41839. "Ojdchvn."
41840. " Yae-akebono."
41841. " Qyoiko."
41842. " Kongosm"
41843. " Ariyake."
41844. " Ohsibyama."
41845. " Bendoiw or Benden."
41846. " Yedozakura."
41847. " Horinji."
41848. " Shirofugen."
41849. " Goshozakura."
41850. "Amanogawa."
41851. " Gijozakura."
41852. '-Amai/adori."
41853. - Hakkasan [Hakuka-
:</ it]."
41854. "Ruiran."
41855. " OsMma-zakmra."
41856. " Hitoye-Fudanzakura."
41857. " Jo-gioi-ko."
41858. " Beni-tora-no-o."
41859. " Koke-shimidsu."
41860. "Asagi-sakwa:'
4 1 86 1 . "Botcm zaku ra:'
41862. " Stirugadai-moi,"
41863. " Somei-yoshino."
41864. " Fugenzo."
41865. " Mikurumagaeshi [Aram]."
41866. "Jo-nioi."
41867. " Taizan-fukun."
41868. " Shirayuki"
41869. "HigurasM."
41870. " Unju-zakura."
41871. Traohycarpus takil Beccari. Phcjpnicaceae. Palm.
From Sehamupur, India. Presented by Mr. A. C. Hartless, superintendent,
Government Botanic Gardens. Received February 1, 1916.
"A palm from Mount Takil, Himalayas, closely related to Traohycarpus mar-
tiana." (Hartless.)
41872. Eicinus communis L. Euphorbiaceae. Castor bean.
From Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Presented by Mr. Edward W. Perry. Re-
ceived February 4. 1916.
Seed small, gray, mottled with chocolate brown.
41873. Axxona squamosa L. Annonaceae. Sugar-apple.
From Chiengrai, Siam. Presented by Dr. W. T. Lyon, Overbrook Hospital
and Dispensary. Received February 8, 1916.
" Seeds of a small fruit. It is very delicious but rather full of seeds. It
has a close cousin in the oxheart. which is not grown here." (Lyon.)
41874 to 41877.
From Shanghai, China. Presented by Mrs. A. Anderson, through Mr.
Frank X. Mover, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received January 31,
1916.
41874. Aro.xiiiM sp. Ranunculaeese. Aconite.
A hardy ornamental perennial herb of value in masses or borders for
its showy flowers and attractive foliage.
41875. Pobana kacemosa Roxb. Convolvulaceje. Snow creeper.
A large twining annual herb, forming dense masses of white flowers,
which, from its resemblance to snow in the jungle, is called "snow-
creeper" in India, where it is native. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard
Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol, 5, p. 2765.)
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1916. 27
41874 to 41877— Continued.
41876. Paederia foetida L. Rubiacese.
A glabrous pink-flowered vine, the leaves of which when crushed give
off a strong odor of hydrogen bisulphid. It has become a troublesome
weed among the bamboos at the Brooksville (Fla.) Field Station.
41877. Vitis davidii Foex. Vitacese. Grape.
"A luxuriant, deciduous climber, the young shoots not downy, but cov-
ered with spiny, gland-tipped, somewhat hooked bristles, which give
them a very rough appearance. Leaves heart shaped, slender pointed,
toothed ; 4 to 10 inches long, shining dark green and smooth above ;
bluish or greyish green beneath. Fruit said to be about two-thirds inch
in diameter, black, and of a pleasant flavor. Native of' central China;
introduced by Wilson for Messrs. Veitch in 1900, but if, as I believe,
the vine called Spinovitis davidii is the same, it has been cultivated in
France and in England since about 1885." (W. J. Bean, Trees and
Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 667, under V. armata.)
41878 and 41879.
From Chungking, China. Presented by Mr. E. Widler. Received February
5, 1916.
41878. Boehmekia nivea (L. ) Gaud. UrticaceaB. Ramie.
" Gh'u ma. This plant has a stem 5 to 6 feet high and 1 inch in circum-
ference; the long-stalked leaves are ovate in shape with serrate margin;
the under surface is covered with a downy substance and has a silvery
appearance. The plant matures in about four months and bears in
August. China grass is obtained from the stems of Boehrmeria nivea and
ramie fiber, or rhea, from the stems of a variety of this plant. Both
plants, which belong to the stinging-nettle family, have somewhat the
habit of the gigantic stinging nettle, but B. nivea flourishes in tem-
perate countries and is characterized by the white undersurface of its
leaves, while, on the other hand, B. nivea var. tenacissima requires a
more or less tropical climate for its best development and has the under
surface of its leaves green. The term ramie, however, is applied in
commerce to the product of both plants. The local market value for a
sample of fiber is 300 cash per cattie. It is used principally for rope,
cloth, and famous grass cloth." (W idler.)
" I think that according to the best usage at the present time the plant
Boehmeria nivea may be called ramie. The hark, with the liber stripped
from the ramie plant and dried, without much cleaning, is designated
ramie ribbon; the cleaned fiber, as it is commonly prepared in China by
scraping the bark, is culled China grass; and the liber prepared from
this grass by degumming and combing is called ramie filasse. The ion-
fiber combed out is known as ramie tops, and the shorl tan-led fiber
combed out in preparing the tops is ramie noils." '/. //. Dewey.)
41879. Croton tigeium L. Euphorbiacese. Croton-oil plant.
"Pa toil. The first Chinese character composing this name refers to
a country which was included within I lie boundaries of the present
eastern Szechwan. It is a few days' journey from Chungking, on a small
river. The second character was used because ef the resemblance 1"
the soy bean. This plant grows to a heighl of aboul :■>" feet, :'. feel in
circumference. It hears red and white flowers, it lakes from Ave to
eight years to grow, and it docs best In a temperate climate. In spring
28 SEEDS AND PLANTS KM PORTED.
41878 and 41879— Continued.
it bears f'niiis, which grow i«> the size of Large sparrow's eggs. The seeds
are drab outside and whitish inside. They sell in the markei Cor 100
id L50 cash per cattie. This is one of the five principal poisons mentioned
by Shen Nung, so the plant is probably Indigenous to China. The Arabic
name is ha to, which was probably derived from the Chinese name.
one of the Persian names means Ricinus from China, so thai it is quite
possible that the original habitat of this plant was here. The pa ton
is oblong, obscurely triangular, about three-quarters of an inch in length,
3-celled, and of a yellowish brown color. Each cell contains an oval,
flattened, or imperfectly quadrangular seed, resembling a coffee bean.
The darlybrown testa incloses the yellowish albumen, within which is the
large dicotyledonous embryo, often much shrunken. The testa is very
acrid. The fresh fruits, the oil. the testa, and the root of the tree are
all used in medicine. The drug is recommended fur a very large number
of difficulties, hut, generally speaking, the Chinese doctors are afraid to
employ it on account of the exaggerated notions of its poisonous proper-
ties, which were handed down from very ancient times." | Widler.)
41880. Brosimtjm alicastrum Swartz. Moraceae. Bread-nut tree.
From Merida, Yucatan, Mexico. Presented by Dr. L. Lavedan, New Or-
leans, La., through Mr. O. F. Cook, of the Bureau of Plant industry. Re-
ceived February 11, 1916.
"The leaves are used extensively for forage purposes in Yucatan, as already
reported by Mr. G. N. Collins of this office a few years ago. Dr. Lavedan also
considers that the seeds, which are produced in great abundance, might be
utilized as a source of industrial starch or perhaps distilled into alcohol. I
have assured him that we would be interested to test the possibilities of grow-
ing this tree, at least in southern Florida." (Cook.)
41881. Amygdalus persica L. Amygclakccae. Peach.
(Prunus persica Stokes.)
From Cairns, Queensland, Australia. Cuttings presented by Mr. G. Wil-
liams, Department of Agriculture and Stock. Received January 31, 1916.
Introduced for breeding experiments.
41882. Phaseolus caracalla L. Fabacese. Bertoni bean.
From Puerto Bertoni, Paraguay. Presented by Dr. Moises S. Bertoni.
Received February 2, 1916.
S. P. I. No. 37010, received as Phased us bertonvi, a name given by Dr. Fran-
ceschi to a Paraguayan bean, is apparently identical with this species.
41883 to 41900.
From Kirki, India. Presented by Mr. William Burns, economic botanist,
through Mr. C. V. Piper. Received in January, 1916. Descriptive notes
by Mr. Piper.
41883. Alysicarpus LONonoiars (Rottl.) WIghi and Arn. Fabacese.
"An annual, erect legume growing 3 to 5 feet high : leaves lanceolate;
stems slender, rather woody: native to India. In tests in Florida, Mis-
sissippi, and elsewhere this plant succeeds well but requires a long sum-
mer season to mature. Owing 10 its sparse leatiness and tough stems,
as well as lack of great vigor, it is not promising."
See S. P. I. No. 32432 for previous introduction.
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1916. 29
41883 to 41900— Continued.
41884. Alysicarpus rugosus (Willd.) DC. Fabacese.
"An annual erect legume, native to southern Asia and Africa and in-
troduced into the West Indies. The species is variable, but several in-
troductions tested in Florida and Mississippi do not give warrant that
the plant is worthy of cultivation. The stems are rather tough, spread-
ing or erect, 3 to 4 feet high in some varieties."
For previous introductions, see S. P. I. Nos. 32312. 33444. and 34933.
41885 to 41900. Poacese. Grass.
41885. Andkopogon annueatus Forsk. Palwan.
" An abundant, native perennial grass in India, much used for
fodder, both the yield and quality being good. It belongs to a group
of species which are closely interrelated, but all furnish fairly good
forage. The species are well adapted to Gulf coast conditions and
are at present the subject of careful investigation, as the best of
them will probably be worthy of cultivation. Andropogon annulatus
is a widespread species over Africa and southern Asia. The ver-
nacular name commonly used in the Punjab is palwan. Closely
related species ai'e Andropogon pertusus (the sour-grass of Bar-
bados), A. caricosus, and A. bifoveolatus.'"
For previous introductions, see S. P. I. Nos. 32441, 33595, 33596,
34934, and 39716.
41886. Andkopogon caricosus L.
"A species much like the preceding and of similar value. Intro-
duced in Antigua, where it is valued as a hay grass."
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 26581.
41887. Andropogon emersus Fourn.
An erect perennial grass, found in dry, rocky places in Mexico and
the southwestern United States, with feathery fan-shaped panicles
of numerous slender racemes 8 cm. (3 inches) long. The outer
glumes of the sessile spikelets are marked with pinholelike pits
above the middle. (Adapted from A. 8. Hitchcock, in Contributions
from the U. »S'. National Herbarium, vol. 17, pp. 202 and 207, under
A. perforatus.)
41888. Andropogon lawsoni Hook. f.
"A perennial species with creeping rootstocks, native to Mysore,
India."
41889. Andkopogon odoratus Lisboa.
"A species with odorous herbage and stems .'! in t feet high, thick
as a goose quill. Native to the Dekkan, India."
41890. Andropogon pumiltjs Roxb.
"A slender species with stem 6 to 18 indies high, native in the
drier parts of India."
41891. Andkoi'ogon im'i;im'ki:o sii;i< i rs Hochst.
"An annual species with stems 3 t<> I feel high. Native t.> Abys-
sinia and India."
41892. Aim, oi)A akistaia Tomer.
"A leafy perennial grass, the tall, stiff stems branched above.
Readily eaten by cattle when young, according to Duthie, but be-
coming rather woody."
30 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
41883 to 41900— Continued.
41893. Arundinella agkostoides Trin.
" An annual grass with steins 6 to 18 inches high, the leaves broad
and Hat. Native to India and the Philippines."
41894. Cenchrus biflorus Roxb.
"A perennial grass, native to southern Asia and Africa. It is
abundant in northern India, where it is considered one of the most
nutritious grasses and excellent both for grazing and for hay. In
Florida and along the Gulf coast it succeeds well and tends to spread
naturally, but the growth is sufficient only for grazing, as on sandy
soil the grass grows only G to 12 inches high."
For previous introductions, see S. P. I. Nos. 33601 to 33603.
41895. Chionachne bakhata (Roxb.) R. Br.
" A tall, coarse, branching grass, native to the hot and damp parts of
India. When mature the grass is very coarse, but when young it Is
said to be used as fodder."
41896. Chloris gayana Kunth. Rhodes grass.
"A perennial grass, native to South Africa, first cultivated by
Cecil Rhodes in South Africa about 1895. The grass is fine stemmed,,
very leafy, and grows to an average height of about 3 feet. The
flowering head consists of 10 to 15 long, spreading spikes in a cluster f
and seed is produced in abundance. The grass also spreads by means
of running branches 2 to 6 feet long, which root and produce a plant
at every node. Notwithstanding this method of reproduction, Rhodes-
grass has at no place in the United States become troublesome as
a weed. Rhodes grass is completely destroyed when the temperature
in winter falls to about 18° F., and as a perennial grass is therefore
adapted only to southern Texas. Florida, and a narrow strip along
the Gulf coast. Farther north it must be treated as an annual. At
Washington, D. C, it will produce but a single crop of hay a season.
Farther south two cuttings may be obtained under favorable condi-
tions. On fertile land in central and southern Florida, however, as
many as six or seven cuttings are secured in a single season. A good
stand of Rhodes grass will yield from a ton and a quarter to a ton and
a half of hay to a cutting. This hay is of very fine quality and is
eagerly eaten by horses and cows. In Florida it is already being
grown on a commercial scale."
41897. Chloris paraguaiensis Steud.
" A perennial grass native to India. Burma, and Ceylon, but now
widespread in the Tropics. According to Duthie, it is considered in
northern India ' a good fodder grass up to the time of flowering, after
which time cattle will not touch it.' In Australia it is considered
one of the best grasses for pasturage and hay."
41898. Chloris virgata Swartz.
"An annual grass forming stools •_' to 3 feet high. Originally de-
scribed from the West Indies, hut apparently the same species occurs
in the Tropics of the Old World, li has been tested at many places
in the United States, but nowhere has it given sufficient promise to
warrant cultivation, other introductions under tins name, presum-
ably the same species, are S. P. I. Nos. 13S95, 13901. ir.335, L5337,
15354, 15355, and 21312, all from South Africa, where it is regarded
as a valuable grass. No. 21700, from Peking, is apparently a differ-
ent grass."
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1916. 31
41883 to 41900— Continued.
41899. Chrysopogon montanus Trin.
" This perennial grass is a handsome species growing to a height
of 3 to 5 feet. In India it has an excellent reputation for fodder,
and, according to Duthie, the seeds are collected and used for food
by the natives. This grass has succeeded well in Florida and at
Biloxi, Miss., and in this region possesses some promise as a pasture
grass."
For previous introductions, see S. P. I. Nos. 33445 and 34935.
41900. Coix lacryha-jori L. Job's-tears.
" A coarse, annual grass with unusually numerous stems and leaves
one-half to 1* inches broad. The varieties are numerous, and few
of them will mature except in the South. The fruit is peculiar, the
female spikelet being inclosed in a capsule composed of a thickened
sheath. In most varieties this is hard and porcelainlike, varying in
form from cylindrical to globose. These capsules are used as beads
for rosaries. In the variety ma-yuen the capsules are soft, and in
Burma, especially, are used for human food. The largest varieties
grow 4 to 8 feet high and furnish abundant forage of fair quality.
None has yet found a place in cultivation in the United States except
to a slight extent as an ornamental. This grass requires a long
warm season to mature."
41901. Hedysarum boreale Nutt. Fabacese.
From Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Presented by Prof. T. N. Willing,
University of Saskatchewan. Received March 16, 1916.
" A perennial leguminous herb with compound leaves and showy racemes of
many deflexed magenta to white flowers, native from Newfoundland and north-
ern New England to Alaska ; suggested as possibly valuable for breeding with
sulla (H. coronarium), the southern species grown so extensively in Algeria,
Tunis, aud Spain for fodder." (Fairchild.)
41902 to 41916.
From Kirkee, India. Presented by Mr. William Burns, economic botanist,
through Mr. C. V. Piper. Received in January, 1916. Descriptive notes
by Mr. Piper except where otherwise indicated.
41902. Dtnerra arabica Jacq. Poacere. Grass.
"An annual grass with stems brandling from the base, erect or
ascending, 1 to 3 feet long. A handsome grass, but not abundant in
India and therefore unimportant. Native to southern Asia and northern
Africa."
41903. Eragrostis abyssinica (Jacq.) Schrad. Poaceae. Teff.
{Poa abyssinica Jacq.)
11 Teff, cultivated as a food grain in Abyssinia, has in recent years
proved very valuable for hay production in South Africa. In view of
these results it is at present being tested again in various parts of the
United States. Numerous previous trials have indicated that fetT can
not compete with heavier yielding annuals, such as millet and Sudan
grass, as a hay crop, but in some parts of the United States it may yet
prove to be valuable."
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 40535.
32 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
41902 to 41916— Continued.
41904. Ebagbostis elegans Nees. Poacese. Grass.
"An annual grass with slonis 1 to 3 feet high bearing long, flat leaves.
' It is not considered a lirst-class fodder grass, but cattle eat it readily
when other bettor kinds have tailed.' (Diithic.) Indigenous in India,
Burma, Ceylon, Mesopotamia, and Africa."
41905. Euchlaexa mexicana Schrad. Poacese. Teosinte.
"A coarse annual grass native to Mexico, where it was cultivated in
prehistoric times. It resembles corn rather closely, and some botanists
consider that corn has been derived from teosinte in the course of long
cultivation. The two plants may be hybridized without difficulty.
" Teosinte grows from 8 to 12 feet high and commonly produces many
stems from the same root. No variety of it has ever matured north of
central Mississippi, but it is commonly grown as far north as New
Jersey and Minnesota. The first frosts of autumn promptly turn the
leaves brown. For the best results teosinte requires fertile soil and a
long season of moist, warm weather.
" Formerly teosinte was grown extensively in the Southern States. On
soil of moderate fertility it does not yield as well as the sorghums, and
in Florida and along the Gulf coast it can not compete with Japanese
sugar cane for forage except on very rich soils.
" Teosinte is best planted in hills 4 to 5 feet apart each way, which
requires about 3 pounds of seed per acre ; or it may be planted in rowg
4 to 5 feet apart, using about 5 pounds of seed per acre. Its cultivation
should be essentially the same as for corn.
" The crop may be used for silage, for dry fodder, or for green food.
For the latter two purposes it may be cut several times during the season
as it promptly tillers from the stubble. For silage, it is better to allow it
to become nearly mature.
" Under the most favorable conditions teosinte gives extraordinary
yields. Thus, the Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station secured
nearly 50 tons of green fodder per acre; the South Carolina Agricultural
Experiment Station reports 43,923 pounds, green weight, per acre from six
cuttings and the Georgia Experiment Station 38,000 pounds per acre.
" In spite of these large yields under favorable conditions, the culture
of teosinte has diminished, so that it is now little grown. Under ordinary
conditions, at least, corn, sorghum, and Japanese sugar cane are pre-
ferred."
41906. HOLCTJS haeefensts L. Poacese. Johnson grass.
(Sorghum halepense Pers. )
"Probably var. miliformis. which lias smaller, usually unarmed spike-
lets, the only form common in India."
41907. IIoi.cl's sobghum sudanensis ( Piper t Hitchc. Poacese.
Sudan grass.
41908. Indigofeba glandulosa Wendl. Fabaceae. Befri.
" Befri succeeds well as a summer annual from Washington, D. C.
southward, but the plant grows only G to S inches high. For forage, at
least, it holds no promise under American conditions."
For previous introductions, see S. P. I. Nos. 22732, :'.:'. 1 It',. 34986, ami
especially 23535.
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1916. 33
41902 to 41916— Continued.
41909. Indigofera trifoliata Torner. Fabacese. Indigo.
A perennial having copiously branched trailing or suberect stems 1 to
2 feet long, soon glabrescent. Found in the Himalayas, ascending to 4,000
feet in Kumaon, to Ceylon and Tenasserim. (Adapted from Hooker, Flora
of British India, vol. 2, p. 96, under /. trifoliata Linn. )
41910. Ischaemum aristatum L. Poacese. Grass.
"A perennial grass growing 1 to 4 feet high. Indigenous in China, the
Malay Peninsula, India, and Ceylon."
41911. Ischaemum pilosum (Klein) Hack. Poacese. Grass.
"A perennial grass with creeping rootstocks, native to India, used for
fodder, being cut mainly for buffaloes. A previous introduction, S. P. I.
No. 32438, proved to be unviable seed."
41912. Ischaemum sulcatum Hack. Foacese. Grass.
"A grass 12 to IS inches high, with numerous branched stems. Native to
central India."
41913. Iseilema anthephoroides Hack. Poacese. Grass.
"Native to southern Dekkan and closely related to Iseilema la-rum.
Presumably its fodder value is also equal."
41914. Iseilema wightii (Nees) Anderss. Poacese. Grass.
" A grass native to India, occurring in low and swampy land. Stems
1 to 3 feet high. Duthie considers its fodder value probably equal to
that of Iseilema laxum, which is highly valued both as natural pasturage
and when cut for hay. Hooker says it is perennial, but I. laxum
is annual."
41915. Pennisetum ciltare (L.) Link. Poacese. Grass.
{Pennisetum cenehroides Rich.)
"One of the most valuable pasture and hay grasses of India. Native
to India and Africa and introduced into the American Tropics."
41916. Sesban aculeatum (Schreb.) Poir. Fabacese.
"A tall, very rapid growing species, reaching a heighl in one season
of 12 to 20 feet in Florida and Mississippi, the stems woody and 2 to 4
inches in diameter. While this species is employed as a green-manure
crop in the Tropics, its woody steins and great growth make it unde-
sirable for agricultural use in America."
For a previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 213G8.
41917. Gossypium HiRsuTUM L. Malvaceae. Cotton.
From Mustapha, Algiers, Algeria. Presented by Dr. L. Trabut. Numbered
February, 1916.
"A variety of cotton cultivated at Lemnos, grown withoul irrigation in ordi-
nary soil." (Trabut.)
41918 to 41921.
From Kirki, India. Presented by Mr. William Burns, economic botanist,
through Mr. C. V. Piper. Received in January, L916. Descriptive ea
by Mr. Piper.
89947—19 3
34 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
41918 to 41921— Continued.
41918. Theuepogojs elegans Roth. Poaceae. Grass.
"A coarse perennial grass with stems 1 to 3 feet high, usually woody
at the base. When growing in rice fields it is difficult t<> distinguish
until in flower. Cattle and horses eat the herbage when 11 Is young,
and in some parts of the Central Provinces the seeds are used as human
food. Native to India and Africa."
41919. TiiiMiuA QtTADBlVALyis (L.) Kuni/.e. Poacea?. Grass.
"A coarse, rather tough annual grass growing in tufts 1 to 3 feet
high. It is closely related to the kangaroo grass of Australia and Tas-
mania. Probably the same as S. P. I. Nos. 13434 and 21037."
41920. Trachys mucronata Pers. Poacwe. Grass.
"A perennial grass of sandy land near the seashore, native to southern
India and Ceylon. The weak sprawling stems root at the nodes."
41921. Tricholaena rosea Nees. Poacese. Natal grass.
(Panicum teneriffae R. Br.)
" When a single plant of Natal grass is allowed abundant room it will
form a large tuft, sometimes 3 to 4 feet in diameter. The lower branches
soon become decumbent, while the central stems are slender, 3 to 4 feet
high, and well covered with leaves, which are so nearly erect that few
are lost in mowing the hay. The seeds are produced in large clusters
of about the size and shape of a panicle of oats. In most cases the seed
clusters are bright red or rosy crimson in color, and for that reason the
grass has sometimes been called red! oil It is, however, very different
from the common northern grass known as redtop. The name Xafal
grass, which indicates the country of which it is a native, is more appro-
priate and distinctive, and is the one now in most common use. The
plants are killed by a single plowing, and by keeping the land cultivated
in other crops through the whole of a single season all the seeds in the
ground will have germinated and the young plants will be killed by the
cultivation, so Natal grass can not become a troublesome weed."
41922. Eubus sp. Rosacea. Bramble.
From San Francisco, Cal. Presented by Air. John McLaren. Superintendent
of Parks and Squares. Received January 21, 1916.
Plants of a Rubus apparently not in our collections.
41923. Ophiopogon japonicus (L.) Kef. Liliacese.
From Baton Kongo, La. Roots presented by Mr. W. R. Dodson. director,
Agricultural Experiment Station. Received February 14, 1916.
A low-growing herbaceous plant, with numerous erect, narrow linear root
leaves from one-half to 1 foot long and from one-twelfth to one-eighth Inch
wide, and racemes of small flowers, varying from white through lilac to violet
purple. It is much used in Italy and southern France for green turf and for
border edges. It needs no clipping and will stand under the shade of trees,
ii in k i iilt a dark-green lawn covering, standing well in drought. (Adapted from
Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. ), p. ?.'<■'>'>, JP16.)
.JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1916. 35
41924. Arundinaria pumila Mitford. Poaceae. Bamboo.
From San Francisco, Cal. Roots presented by Mr. John McLaren, Superin-
tendent of Parks and Squares. Received February 15, P.U6.
" A very pretty and ornamental dwarf bamboo. At first one might be
tempted to confound this species with Arundinaria humilis, but closer observa-
tion leads to the conviction that it is quite a distinct plant. It is less tall, the
leaves are darker green, shorter, and not so broad, and do not taper so grad-
ually to a point as those of Arundinaria humilis. The tessellation is closer, the
teeth of the serrated edges are, if anything, less conspicuous, and the nodes are
less well defined and far less downy; but, on the other hand, they have a waxy
bloom not to be found in A. humilis. The stem is much more slender and more
entirely purple except quite at the base.
"The culms are about 15 inches high or rather more, round, and very slender.
The leaves are about 5 inches long by a half to three-quarters of an inch in
breadth, bright green in color. Altogether a brilliant little plant, quite hardy,
and a very effective ornament for some rocky nook, where, as it does not seem
much inclined to run at the roots, it may better be kept within bounds than
some of its family." (Mitford, The Bamboo Garden, p. 98.)
41925. Caragana arborescens Lam, Fabaceae. Siberian pea tree.
From Indian Head, Saskatchewan, Canada. Presented by Mr. Norman M.
Ross, Forestry Branch. Received February 11, 1916.
41926 and 41927.
From Horqueta, Paraguay. Presented by Mr. Thomas R. Gwynn, through
Mr. Daniel F. Mooney, American minister, Asuncion. Received Febru-
ary 12, 1916.
41926. Citrus medica L. Rutaceae. Citron.
Brazilian citron.
41927. Cucuebita maxima Duchesne. Cucurbitacea?. Squash.
A type that may prove of value in the Southwest.
41928. Piiaseolus semierectus L. Fabaceae.
From Chuluota, Fla. Presented by Mr. Lawrence Swanson. Received
February 12, 1916.
" Jauguario. My introduction from Cuba, where I found it growing along the
banks of the River Jaugua and which has proved of more value as a cover crop
than many old stand-bys. It has interested everyone who lias seen it growing.
It is a perennial and with me lias grown again after the tips are frosted. The
seeds are very scarce. From observation I think the best results will be had
after the first year from seed; in its second and third year it seems (o master
the ground and spreads rapidly." (Swanson.)
41929. Indigofera argentea L. Fabaceae. Indigo.
From Cairo, Egypt. Presented by Mr. Thomas W. Brown, director, horti-
cultural division, Ci/.eh Branch, Ministry of Agriculture. Received
February 14, 1916.
"This species is the only one cultivated In Egypt for dye production."
(Brown.)
36 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
"It is a perennial plant, but in cultivation is either biennial or (generally)
annual. It is of a woody nature, the dye being extracted from the leaves."
(Foaden and Fletcher.)
For a full description and directions for cultivation, see Foaden and Fletcher,
Text-Book of Egyptian Agriculture, pp. 512 to 519.
41930. Juglaxs domingensis Dode. Juglandacese.
Dominican walnut.
From Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. Presented by Mr. Frank Ander-
son Henry, American consul. Received February 17, 1916.
" These walnuts were obtained with the kind assistance of Don Virgilio
Batista, of Jarabacoa, near which village the trees are found. The walnut does
not appear to be very common in this part of the Dominican Republic and is
probably found only at an altitude of more than 1,000 feet above sea level.
Jarabacoa has an elevation of about 1,800 feet." (Henri/.)
41931 to 41945.
From Brazil. Collected by Mr. H. M. Curran. Received February 15, 1916.
Descriptive notes by Mr. Curran.
41931. Lantana camaea xivea (Vent.) Bailey. Yerbenacea^.
" No. 10. Seed from plants 3 to 4 feet high, growing wild on hills, all
flowers pure white ; others in region pure red. All shades more delicate
than common red and yellow cultivated, form and odor less marked.
Collected at Rio de Janeiro, November 21, 1915."
41932. Thunbergia sp. Acanthacese.
"No. 8. Yellow flowers with dark centers; showy. Green foliage. Wild
by roadsides. Ripe seeds collected at Rio de Janeiro. November 21, 1915."
41933. Cakiniana tEGALis I. Mait. » Kuntze. Lecythidaceae. Jequitiba.
(Couratari legalis Mart.)
■■ No. 45. Jequitiba. One of the commoner and largest of Bahian
timber trees. Ornamental. Wood hard, light brown, and well known in
markets."
For an illustration of the jequitiba, see Plate II.
41934. Gkonoma ekythrospadice Barb.-Rodr. Phoenicacea?. Palm.
"No. 31. Orecana brava. A small ornamental palm. 4 to 10 feet high.
The stems, from the size of lead pencils to three-fourths of an inch in
diameter, are used as canes and wbipstocks. Leaves durable in weather
and used as thatch."
41935. Ipomoea sp. Convolvulacea?.
"No. 68. A common ornamental in Bahia gardens. A strong, vigorous
climber with palmately dissected leaves and large yellow, very bright
and very showy ilowers."
41936. Pterocarpus violaceus Yog. Fabacese.
■•No. L'.-'.. Pan de sangue (bloodwood), a large, very ornamental tree
with yellow (lowers. Wood, while, soft : used like our basswood."
41937. Cyclolobium r.i \\< hettanum Tulasne. Fabacese.
•■ No. I'M. Pan de sangue. An ornamental timber tree."
41938. Peltogyne paucifeora Benth. C;esalpiniacere.
"No. 3. Patt roxo. Purple heart, a well-known timber tree, with dark-
purple wood, hard and heavy, used for making cart wheels. A large
ornamental tree."
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1916. 37
41931 to 41945— Continued.
41939. Ptekocarptjs violaceus Yog. Fabacere.
"No. 28. Pan de sangue. Probably the same as No. 23 [S. P. I. No.
_ 41936]."
41940. Piptadenia sp. Mimosacese.
"No. 19. A large timber tree, with medium-bard wood. Ornamental.
Native name Angico bronco"
41941. Alpinia sp. Zinziberacese.
(Renealmia sp.)
"No. 30. Papatinga. An ornamental plant 2 to 4 feet high. The fruits
yield a black color used as an ink or dye."
41942. Heliconia sp. Musacese.
"No. 40. A very ornamental flowering plant which grows in dense
masses in moist soils by streams; 2 to 4 feet high; flowers red or yel-
lowish."
41943. Phyllanthus acidus (L.) Skeels. Euphorbiacese.
(Phyllanthus distichus Muell. Arg.)
"No. 47. An ornamental tree 20 to 40 feet high. The fruits are white
and used to make preserves as we preserve cherries, etc. Common in
cultivation. Fruits freely; two crops a year."
41944. Youapa sp. Csesalpiniaceae.
(Macrolobium sp.)
"No. 54. An ornamental timber tree growing on river banks."
41945. Yieola sp. MyristicaceaB.
" No. 41. Vcuuba. A common ornamental and timber tree of large size,
with brown, medium-hard wood, well known on the Brazilian market.
The seed is said to yield an oil used in medicine and for soap making."
41946. Lonicera orientalis longifolia Dipp. Caprifoliacese.
(Lonicera Kesselringi Kegel.) Honeysuckle.
From Kew, England. Presented by Sir David Prain, director. Royal Botanic
Gardens. Received February 24, 1916.
"Our experience with Lonicera seeds is that, like Berberis seeds and various
others, they often lie in the soil for a year or more before they germinate.
What we do is to plunge the pots outside, exposed to the frost, alter six to
nine months in a propagating house.'' (Prain.)
"It has oblong or oval-lanceolate leaves 1 A lo 21 inches long, rarely more
than three-fourths inch wide. Flowers pink, smaller than in orientalis, the
corolla tube only slightly swollen; stalk one-third inch long. Introduced from
Kamchatka in 1888." (Bean, Trees <nnl ^limits Hardy in the British Isles,
vol. 2, p. 51.)
See S. P. I. No. 40184 for previous introduction.
41947. Hesperetiii sa crenulata (Roxb.) Roemer. Rutacese.
(Limonia acidissima L.)
From Sibpur, near Calcutta, India. Presented by the curator, Royal Bo-
tanic Gardens. Received February 8, L916.
See S. P. I. Nos. 26496 and 2!>170 for previous introductions and description
as Limonia acidissima L.
36
SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
"It is a perennial plant, but in cultivation is either biennial or (generally)
annual. It is of a woody nature, the dye being extracted from the leaves."
(Foaden and Fletcher.)
For a full description and directions for cultivation, see Foaden and Fletcher,
Text-Book of Egyptian Agriculture, pp. 512 to 519.
Juglandacea?.
41930. Juglaxs domixgensis Dode.
Dominican walnut.
From Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. Presented by Mr. Frank Ander-
son Henry, American consul. Received February 17, 1916.
" These walnuts were obtained with the kind assistance of Don Yirgilio
Batista, of Jarabacoa, near which village the trees are found. The walnut does
not appear to be very common in this part of the Dominican Republic and is
probably found only at an altitude of more than 1,000 feet above sea level.
Jarabacoa has an elevation of about 1,800 feet." (Henri/.)
41931 to 41945.
From Brazil. Collected by Mr. H. M. Curran. Received February 15, 1916.
Descriptive notes by Mr. Curran.
41931. Lantana camaea nivea (Vent.) Bailey. Verbenacese.
" No. 10. Seed from plants 3 to 4 feet high, growing wild on hills, all
flowers pure white ; others in region pure red. All shades more delicate
than common red and yellow cultivated, form and odor less marked.
Collected at Rio de Janeiro, November 21, 1915."
41932. Thuxbergia sp. Acanthacese.
" No. 8. Yellow flowers with dark centers ; showy. Green foliage. Wild
by roadsides. Ripe seeds collected at Rio de Janeiro, November 21, 1915."
41933. Caeiniana ijegalis (Mart.) Kuntze. Lecythidaceae. Jequitiba.
(Couratari legalis Mart.)
"No. 45. Jequitiba. One of the commoner and largest of Bahian
timber trees. Ornamental. Wood hard, light brown, and well known in
markets."
For an illustration of the jequitiba, see Plate II.
41934. Geoxoma ebythrospadice Barb.-Rodr. Phcenicaceae. Palm.
•• No. 31. Orecana brava. A small ornamental palm, 4 to 10 feet high.
The stems, from the size of lead pencils to three-fourths of an inch in
diameter, are used as canes and whipstocks. Leaves durable in weather
and used as thatch."
41935. Ii'omoea sp. Convolvulaceae.
"No. 68. A common ornamental in P.ahia gardens. A strong, vigorous
climber with palmately dissected leaves and large yellow, very bright
and very showy flowers."
41936. Ptebocabfds violaceus Yog. Fabacese.
••No. i'.",. Pau </' sangue (bloodwood), a Large, very ornamental tree
with yellow flowers. Wood, white, soft ; used like our basswood."
41937. CYCLOLOBruM r.i.AM iiKTiAxtM Tulasne. Fabacese.
- No. 20. Pau de sangue. An ornamental timber tree."
41938. Peltogyne pauciflora Benth. Csesalpiniai
" No. 3. Pau ro.ro. Purple heart, a well-known timber tree, with dark-
purple wood, hard and heavy, used for making cart wheels. A large
ornamental tree."
4194?.
■ ■# *3J*
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1916.
37
41931 to 41945— Continued.
41939. Pterocarpus violaceus Vog. Fabacese.
"No. 28. Pan de sangue. Probably the same as No. 23 [S. P. I. No.
41936]."
41940. Piptadenia sp. Mimosacese.
"No. 19. A large timber tree, with medium-hard wood. Ornamental.
Native name Angico branco."
41941. Alpinia sp. Zinziberaeese.
(Renealmia sp. )
"No. 30. Papatinga. An ornamental plant 2 to 4 feet high. The fruits
yield a black color used as an ink or dye."
41942. Heliconia sp. Musacese.
"No. 40. A very ornamental flowering plant which grows in dense
masses in moist soils by streams; 2 to 4 feet high; flowers red or yel-
lowish."
41943. Phyeeanthtjs acidus (L.) Skeels. Euphorbiacere.
(Phyllanthus distichus Muell. Arg.)
"No. 47. An ornamental tree 20 to 40 feet high. The fruits are white
and used to make preserves as we preserve cherries, etc. Common in
cultivation. Fruits freely ; two crops a year."
41944. Votjapa sp. Csesalpiniacese.
(Macrolobium sp. )
"No. 54. An ornamental timber tree growing on river hanks."'
41945. Virola sp. Myristicacese.
"No. 41. Ucin'tba. A common ornamental and timber tree of large size,
with brown, medium-hard wood, well known on the Brazilian market.
The seed is said to yield an oil used in medicine and for soap making."
41946. Lonicera orientalis lokgifolia Dipp. Capri foliacese.
(Lonicera Kesselringi Regel.) Honeysuckle.
From Kew, England. Presented by Sir David Prain, director, Royal Botanic
Gardens. Received February 24, 1916.
" Our experience with Lonicera seeds is that, like Berheris seeds and various
others, they often lie in the soil for a year or more before they germinate.
What we do is to plunge the pots outside, exposed to the frost, alter six to
nine months in a propagating house." {Prain.)
"It has oblong or oval-lanceolate leaves 14 to 24 inches long, rarely more
than three-fourths inch wide. Flowers pink, smaller than in orientalis, the
corolla tube only slightly swollen; stalk one-third inch long. Introduced from
Kamchatka in 1888." (Ihan, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles,
vol. 2, p. 51.)
See S. P. I. No. 40184 for previous introduction.
41947. Hesperethtjsa ckexulata (Roxb.) Roemer. Rutacese.
(Limonia acidissima L.)
From Sibpur, near Calcutta. India. Presented by the curator, Royal Bo-
tanic Gardens. Received February 8, 1916.
See S. P. I. Nos. 26496 and 29170 for previous introductions and description
as Limonia acidissima L.
P ' UipUiB [_..>
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40 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
42612 to 42630— Continued.
tains. Stems grow to a height of IS inches from the rather swollen
rooting base and are leafy all the way up. Narrow leaves 5 to 10 inches
long, bright green above, paler or suffused or streaked with red-brown
beneath. The spike is 4 to 8 inches high, flowers rather remote; bracts
green or red-purple; flowers 1* to 2 inches long. Calyx tubular, red-
purple. Corolla golden yellow. (Adapted from Curtis's Botanical Mag-
azine, pi. 600 J.)
42626. Rubtjs lineattjs Reinw. Rosacea?. Bramble.
A strong suberect herb with softly pubescent branches. Leaflets
three to five, subsessile, coriaceous. Flowers in axillary short heads
and terminal elongate silvery panicles. Numerous small red drupes.
(Adapted from Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 2, p. SSS.)
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 3017S.
42627. Salvia campanulata Wall. Menthacere.
An herb with ascending hirsute stem and axillary or terminal racemes
of yellow flowers with purple dots. From Gossain Than, India.
(Adapted from Wallich, Plantac Asiaticae Rariores, vol. 1, p. 67, 1830.)
42628. Saecococca saligna (Don) Muell. Arg. Buxacere.
(S. prunifqrmis Lindl.)
" An evergreen shrub, 2 to 3 feet high ; stems erect, smooth. Leaves
3 to 5 inches long, one-half to 1 J inches wide ; narrow-lanceolate, with
a long drawn-out point ; base narrowly wedge shaped ; smooth, glossy,
with a marginal vein on each side extending all round the leaf; stalk
one-fourth to three-eighths of an inch long. Flowers greenish white, in
short axillary racemes opening in winter and spring. Berries egg
shaped, one-third to one-half inch long, purple. Native of the Himalayas
and China, the form from the latter being probably the hardier. The
Himalayan plant has long been cultivated indoors at Kew, but the
Chinese one was introduced by Wilson about 1902 and has so far proved
quite hardy and a vigorous grower. From Sarcococca hum His and S.
ruscifolia it is distinguished by the absence of down from the stems, as
well as in stature and length of leaf.'' (IT. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs
Hardi/ in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 500.)
42629. Stbobedanthes pectinatus (Wall.) T. Anders. Acanthacese.
A spreading shrub up to 10 feet high with heads of wide funnel-
shaped, purple flowers 1 4 to 2{ inches across. An important under-
shrub in the Himalayan forests. (Adapted from Hooker, Flora of
British India, ml. ',, p. !,)(); and Gamble, A Manual of Indian Timbers,
2d ed. p. 510.)
42630. Viburnum cylindricuw Buch.-Ham. Caprifoliacese.
An evergreen shrub or. in some of its native habitats, a tree -10 to 50
feet high. Flowers white, quite tubular, about one-fifth of an inch long,
produced from July to September in usually 7-rayed cymes 3 to 5
inches across. The cymes are rendered pretty by the protruded hunch of
lilac-colored stamens. Fruit egg shaped, one-sixth of an inch long, black.
Native of the Himalayas and China. Most of the plants now in cultivation
are Chinese, and these are probably hardier than the Indian ones. They
have at any rate succeeded very well in the Coombe Wood Nursery.
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1916. 41
42612 to 42830— Continued.
Two characters make this species very distinct, viz, the tubular corolla
with erect, not spreading lobes, and the curious waxy covering of the
leaves; the latter only shows itself when the leaf is touched or bent;
ordinarily they are of a dingy dark green. (Adapted from W. J. Bean,
Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 645.)
42631. Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott. Araceae. Taro.
From Hilo, Hawaii. Tubers presented by the Hilo Boarding School, at the
request of Mr. J. B. Thompson, Hawaii Experiment Station, Glenwood.
Received May 1, 1916.
Lihilihi molina variety.
42632. Ceratoxia siliqua L. Ca?salpiniacese. Carol).
From Athens, Greece. Presented by the Royal Society of Agriculture. Re-
ceived April 25, 1916.
A small shrubby tree, native of southern Europe and extensively cultivated for
its sweet, sugary, flat pods. They are a valuable fattening and nutritious food
for cattle and are also relished by human beings. The tree is frequently uni-
sexual. (Adapted from Macmillan, Handbook of Tropical Gardening and Plant-
ing, p. 174.)
See S. P. I. No. 30914 for previous introduction.
42633. Vicia faba L. Fabaceae. Broad bean.
From Valparaiso, Chile. Presented by Mr. L. J. Kenna, American consul
general. Received May 1, 1916.
" Habas, which is the only commercially successful variety of the horse bean
known in this market." (Kenna.)
42634 to 42640.
From Christiania, Norway. Presented by Mr. Rolf Nordhagen, Botanic
Garden. Received April 20, 19l6.
42634. Avena planiculmis Schrad. Poacese. Oats.
"Possesses leaves 1 inch wide; occurs in eastern Siberia in dry, open
places." (A. S. Hitchcock.)
42635. Bebbebis sp. Berberidacese. Barberry.
"I am very sorry to say that after examining both chinensis and
spathulata [S. P. I. No. 42037] I have come to the conclusion (hat they
are not rightly determined." {Nordhagen.) Received as Berberis chi-
nensis Poir.
42636. Berberis ixtegekrima Bunge. Berberidacese. Barberry.
Shrub growing to 0 feet tall, last year's branches terete, purplish
brown; spines usually simple, about 2 inches long. Leaves obovate or
broadly obovate, usually entire, sometimes remotely setose-serrate, gray-
ish green. Racemes dense, usually many dowered. Flowers are small,
on short pedicels, about one-fifth of an inch long. Fruits black, globose-
ovoid. A somewhat variable species. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard
Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 1, p. 4^0.)
42 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
42634 to 42640— Continued.
42637. Berbekis sp. Berboridacea?. Barberry.
" I am very sorry to say that after examining both chinensis [S. P. I.
No. 42635] and spathulata I have come to the conclusion that they are
not rightly determined." (Nordhagen.) Received as Berberrs spathulata
Schrad.
42638. Maltts pumit.a Mill. Malacca?. Paradise apple.
" Paradise. A bushy apple, apparently rarely growing over 5 feet in
height. A native of the Caucasus, whence it probably was introduced
into western Europe, where it is now extensively used as a dwarfing
stock for apples. This shrubby apple produces red fruits of fair quality,
is very drought resistant, and stands high summer temperatures. May
be used in hybridization work and in creating a strain of bush apples."
(Meyer. See 8. P. I. No. 27968, Inventory 23, p. 52.)
Seeds received as Pyrus paradisica. Mains pumila is, however, the
earlier name.
42639. Rubus caesius L. Rosacea?. Dewberry.
"A deciduous shrub, with slender creeping stems, prickly, and covered
with a whitish bloom when youug. Leaves usually composed of three
leaflets which are green on both sides. Flowers white, in small die-
ters. Fruit composed of a few large carpels, covered with a blue-white
bloom when ripe. This is one of the British brambles easily distin-
guished from all the forms of common blackberry by the few but large
'pips' composing the fruit and by their being covered, like the young
stems, with a white or bluish bloom. It is common in Britain and over
Europe, extending into northern Asia. Of no value for gardens." (W.J.
Bean. Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. ^55.)
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 30161.
42640. Vaccinium mybtillus L. Vacciniacerc. Bilberry.
A deciduous shrub, usually 6 to 12 inches high, sometimes more.
Leaves ovate, often somewhat heart shaped, bright green, and quite
smooth. Flowers produced in May usually singly on drooping stalks
from the leaf axils. Corolla nearly globular, pale pink, one-fourth
of an inch long. Berries black, with a blue bloom, one-third of an inch
in diameter, globular. Native of Britain, where it is one of the com-
monest of mountain and moorland shrubs, also of northern and central
Europe. The bilberry is one of the most valuable wild fruits of Britain
and is frequently offered in considerable quantities in the markets if
north country towns. It is used fur making tarts and jelly and is es-
pecially delicious eaten with cream and sugar. A very hardy plant, it
manages to survive on the summits of our loftiest mountains. It is
scarcely of sufficient interesl for the garden, and does not always thrive
well transplanted to low-level gardens, in the South at any rate. Its
angled stems distinguish it from the other British species. (Ad;;; ;.
from W. ■/. Bean. Trees and Shrubs J/ardj/ in the British Isles, vol. 2. p.
628.)
42641. Vict a FAHA L. Fnbacca\ Broad bean.
From Yokohama, .Japan. Presented by Miss Eliza R. Scidmore. Received
.May 5, It) 16.
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1016. 43
" Large shipments of horse beans have lately been made to Australia from
Japan, and Australian varieties are being experimented with here." (Scid-
more. )
42642. Zea mays L. Poaceae. Corn.
From Tucson, Ariz. Presented by Mr. George F. Freeman, acting director,
University of Arizona. Received May 5, 1916.
" Papago sweet corn. We do not really expect that this will be promising as
a sweet corn outside of the Southwest, but some results in eastern Kansas
and Nebraska last year indicate that it might prove a valuable silage or forage
corn in the humid sections." (Freeman.)
42643. Prosopis chilensis (Molina) Stuntz. Mimosaceae.
(P. juliflora DC.) Algaroba.
From Kingston. Jamaica. Presented by Mr. W. Harris, superintendent,
Public Gardens. Received April 7, 1916.
A shrub or tree, 3 to 40 feet high, with bipinnate leaves of 15 to 20 pairs of
leaflets, each composed of one or two pairs of pinna?; and axillary flowers in
cylindrical heads resembling those of Acacia spp. Native of Mexico and the
West Indies.
42644 to 42646. Vicia faba L. Fabacese. Broad bean.
From Cairo, Egypt. Presented by Mr. Thomas W. Brown, Gizeh Branch,
Ministry of Agriculture. Received May 5, 1916. Notes by Mr. Brown.
" Varieties usually grown in Egypt."
42644. " Egyptian tick bean." 42646. " Fava Pavonazza."
42645. " White Cyprus bean."
42647. Bi ( klandia populnea R. Br. Hamamelidaceae.
From Darjiliug, India. Presented by Mr. G. H. Cave, curator, Lloyd
Botanic Garden. Received May 8, 1910.
"In its young state this is an exceedingly ornamental evergreen shrub. The
large orbicular-cordate acuminate leaves at first are purple, with the course of
the veins picked out with green; afterwards they are green with purple veins.
The stipules are remarkable for concealing between them the terminal bud;
they are obliquely obovate-oblong, purplish. Himalaya." (Ke-w Bulletin, Addi-
tional Scries .',, 1900.)
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 39639.
42648. Platanus orientalis L. Platanaceae.
Oriental plane tree.
From Lahore, India. Presented by the superintendent, Agri-Horticultural
Society. Received May 1, L916.
"A deciduous tree of the largest size, in this country occasionally 80 to 100
feet high and 14 to 20 feet in girth of trunk; in open situations it usually
branches a few feet from the ground into several large spreading limbs; young
shoots at lirsi covered with pale brown hair tufts, becoming smooth later.
Leaves palmate. 6 to 10 inches wide, somewhat less in length, with live large
44 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
42022. Jtjglans regia L. Juglandaceas. Walnut.
From New York State. Cuttings secured by Mr. C. A. Reed, of the Bureau
of Plant Industry. Received March 3, 1916.
"Abrams walnut. The parent tree of this variety stands on property on
Latin Road, Charlotte, \. V.. owned bj Mrs. P. s. Abrams. It is a double tree,
with trunks measuring at breasi height 03 and 00 inches in circumference, re-
spectively. The two trees are estimated to be about 60 feet tall ami have a
spread of about 55 feet. The tree is said to be a heavy annual bearer. Mrs.
Abrams states that the crop of 1914 was about S bushels. The nuts are of
medium size, quite spherical in form, with flattened ends, bright golden color,
thin shelled, and until well dried well sealed. The kernels from the crop of
L915 are a little disappointing in that they shrink considerably; also they are
somewhat objectionable in that they leave an astringent taste in the mouth.
The flavor of these kernels is pleasing, though mild." (Reed.)
42023. Jtjglans regia L. Jnglanclacea?. Walnut.
From Canada. Scions secured by Mr. C. A. Reed, of the Bureau of Plant
Industry. Received March 3, 1916.
"Ontario walnut. This tree stands on a lot at 251 Qtieenstown Street. Si.
Catharines, Ontario. Canada. It is owned by Miss Alice Berger, of that address.
It is estimated to be 75 or more years of age and has the reputation of being a
heavy annual bearer. Its crop of 1914 is stated by Miss Berger to have been
about 200 pounds of nuts. The nuts are of medium size, thin shelled, and the
kernels of good quality. In the opinion of Robert T. Morris, of New York City,
the flavor of these nuts is superior to that of any others of the sons now being
propagated in the Eastern States. The new growth on this tree was very short
and irregular, making it difficult to obtain good wood for propagating." i Ret </. i
42024. Humulus lupulus L. Moraceae. Hop.
From Wye, Kent, England. Roots presented by Mr. E. S. Salmon, South-
eastern Agricultural College. Received March 3, 1916.
" Foundling. Among the hops growing in the experimental hop garden at Wye
College one plant attracted attention in 1906 and 1907 by its vigorous growth
and prolific cropping qualities. It was decided to test this hop further: cuts
were taken- from the hill, and, in 1908, 3S hills were planted in a row in the
main hop garden at Wye College. From 1908 to 101 1 these bills have been
under observation, and the following facts appear to be of sufficient commercial
importance to merit the attention of hop growers. This hop has proved remark-
ably resistant to the attacks of the disease popularly known as nettlehead,
skinkly, or (in Sussex) silly hill. This disease, which has been attributed to
the attacks of an eelworin (Heterodera schachtii) , is sometimes 'lie cause of
serious loss to the hop grower. No certain remedy against nettlehead is at
present known, and it follows, therefore, that the constitutional resistance of
a variety of hop to the disease is a matter of importance. The growth is
very vigorous; the vine is green, with blotches (often inconspicuous) of dark
green or red. and is very fruitful. It is a late hop, ripening about 10 days
later than the Canterbury Whitebine. In the medium hop soil of the college
hop garden the crop in an average season is about 15 hundredweight to the
acre; in P.Mt the hills yielded at the rate of 22 hundredweight to the acre.
In richer soil at Chilham, Kent, 3 older hills ami '22 hills in their second
year bore in 1014 at the rate of 18 hundredweight to the acre. The hops are
small to medium in size and hang very thickly on the laterals. In some respects
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1916. 45
the Foundling hop resembles the Colgate variety, though LI Is clearly quite dis-
tinct. The Foundling seems worthy of trial by the commercial hop grower on
account of the following characteristics: (a) Good cropping qualities, (6) tiigh
resin production, (c) marked resistance to if not total Immunity from the
nettlehead disease, (d) lateness of season (coming after the Fuggles)." [Jour-
nal of the Board of Agriculture, p. 136, May, 1915.)
42025. Prosopis chilensis (Molina) SUintz. Mimosaceae.
(Prosopis juli flora DC.) Algaroba.
From St. Joseph, Trinidad, British West Indies. Presented by Mr. Francis
Miller, St. Joseph Nurseries. Received February 7. 1910.
A tree 30 to 40 feet high (sometimes reduced to a shrub), with bipinnate
leaves of 15 to 20 pairs of leaflets, each composed of one to two pairs of pinna?,
and axillary flowers in cylindrical heads resembling those of Acacia sj.p. a
native of Mexico and the West Indies.
42026. Solanum sp. Salonacea?. Wild potato.
From Tucuman, Argentina. Tubers presented by Mr. E. F. Schultz, horti-
culturist, Agricultural Experiment Station, through Mr. John S. Calvert,
American vice consul, Buenos Aires. Received February 23, 1916.
"The Department of Agriculture is carrying on certain breeding experiments
with potatoes, and these resistant wild strains may prove useful for this pur-
pose. The tubers were gathered on very heavy clay soil from a piece of hind
which is completely water-soaked during at least three months in the year
and extremely dry for about seven or eight months in succession. The tubers
possess, therefore, certain resistant properties which it may be found useful to
impart to the cultivated varieties in the United States." (Schultz.)
42027 and 42028.
From Bombay. India. Presented by Mr. W. Burns, economic botanist.
Received February 18, 1916.
42027. Indigokera glandii.osa Weiidl. Fabace*. Befri.
An annual herbaceous legume with elongated slender branches, odd-
pinnate leaflets, and dense, sessile heads of small flowers one-fourth to
three-eighths of an inch long. A native of Australia ami the plains of
the western peninsula of India.
42028. Indigofera tbifoliata Tomer. Fabacese. Indigo.
A perennial, subshrubby plant with trailing or suberect copiously
branched steins, 1 to 2 feet long, leaves composed of three leaflets, and
racemes of small red flowers. A native of China. India, the Phillppl
Java, and North Australia.
See S. P. I. No. U909 for previous introduction.
42029. Cacaua erosa (L.) Kuntze. Fabacere. Yam bean.
(Pachyrhizus <in<inl<ihix Rich.)
From Manila. Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. B. I'. Merrill, botanist,
Bureau of Science. Received February •-"••. 1916.
;' Seeds of the ordinary wild form thai i^ abundant in dry thickets in most
parts of the Philippines." I Werrill.)
See S. P. I. No. 41712 for previous Introduction.
46 SEEDS AXU PLANTS IMPORTED.
42030 and 42031.
From Lawns, Minns Geraes, Brazil. Presented by Mr. Benjamin II. Hun-]
nicutt, director, Bscola Agricola de Lavras. Received February i".i. 19161
42030. Eugenia klotzs< iiiaxa Berg. Myrtaceae. Pera do campo.
A promising fruit, similar to a small russet pear in appearance, and
possessing a pleasantly acid, aromatic pulp.
See S. P. I. Nos. 37392 and 37492 for previous introductions and de-
scription.
42031. Mybciasia sp. Myrtaceae. Jaboticaba.
A large tree bearing fruits somewbat similar to grapes of tbe rotundl-
folia type. One of the most popular Brazilian fruits.
42032 to 42035.
From Quito, Ecuador. Presented by Mr. Ludovic Soderstrom, through Mr.
Charles S. Hartman, American minister, Quito. Received February 29,
1916. Quoted notes by Mr. Soderstrom.
42032. Passiflora mixta L. f. Passifioraceae. Granadilla.
" Seeds of the Passiflora, which was formerly much cultivated in the
gardens at Quito but is now rarely seen. This plant is very prolific, and
in my garden I have sometimes counted over 100 flowers and fruits at
one time on the same plant. In the garden there are two plants from
10 to 20 years old. The natives eat the fruit raw and also use it to
flavor ice cream, etc. The altitude of Quito is 9.500 feet. Collected dur-
ing the months of August to December."
42033. Passiflora sp. Passifloraceffl. Granadilla.
"Seeds of a Passiflora much cultivated by the Indians in the Valley
of Zambiza, northeast of Quito. The fruit is smaller than the preced
incr variety [S. P. I. No. 42032], is sweeter, and contains more seeds.
The flower is much attacked by bats and mice, so that at Quito the
plant seldom has fruits. It also requires a warmer climate, 17° to 18° C,
The Zambiza Valley is about 1,000 to 1,500 feet lower than Quito and
much warmer. Collected during the months of September and October."
42034. Solaxum quttoense Lam. Solanacere.
" Naranjilla : so called by the natives. The plant is about 6 to 8 feet
high with hairy leaves and produces a fruit like a small orange; it is
rather acid to taste. Each plant bears hundreds of flowers and fruits.
The plant lasts live or six years, when a new plantation is made. The
best plantations are in the clearings at about 5.0(10 to 6,000 feet altitude
The mean temperature is 17° to 19° C. The fruit seems to be the prim
rinal article of food during certain seasons for the settlers in the weeds.
I have never found that this plant flourishes in the dry valleys in the
interior, but always in the clearings in the woods."
42035. Passiflora ligulabis Juss. Passifioracese. Sweet granadilla
" Qrwnadilla or passion-flower plant. This plant is cultivated in all
the warm valleys in the interior of Ecuador. I have even found this
plant growing wild in the woods at about 0,000 feet altitude. In tlu
woods the squirrels always e;it the fruit, so very few seeds can be col
Lected there."
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1916. 47
42036. Paulownia fortunei (Seem.) Hemsl. Scrophulariaceae.
From Taihoku, Formosa. Presented by Mr. M. Takata, Department of
Productive Industries. Received March 2, 1910.
" In raising the Paulownia tree in Japan its root is generally used for the
purpose, because its seed has not been known to germinate. We should like,
therefore, to have you give special attention to the matter of sowing and di-
recting the growth of the young plants." (Takata.)
A magnificent tree 30 to 50 feet high, much resembling the well-known
Paulownia imperialis (P. tomentosa), but having slightly shorter panicles of
larger lilac or purple tinted flowers dotted with purple on the Inside of the
corolla. A native of central Formosa. (Adapted from T. Ito, Tcones Plantarum
Japomcarum, vol. 1, no. 3, p. 5, pi. 9, 1912.)
Received as Pauloicrda mikado, which is considered by Rehder to be identi-
cal with P. fortunei.
42037. Linum usitatissimum L. Linacese. Flax.
From Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Presented by Mr. !• . Maclure
Sclanders, commissioner, Board of Trade. Received March 2, 1916.
"Riga (Russian) flax. Received from the Department of Agriculture, Dub-
lin, Ireland. I am asked to test this for seed production, the object being to
ascertain if we can here grow to advantage seed for the Irish flax-fiber growers,
which seed now comes from Russia and costs more than we could probably
supply it for. Apparently some clear distinction is drawn between the tlax
which we now produce for seed and that which is adapted for the production
of fiber." (Sclanders.)
42038. Sapindus saponaria L. Sapindaceae. Soapberry.
From Monterey, Mexico. Presented by the Compafifa Jabonera. Received
March 2, 1916.
" Jaboncillo. Fresh fruits. The outer part when boiled in water gives a
superior soap for washing, especially for woolen goods, and is much used. The
seed is hard and contains fat; it is not used. We consider this fruil of interest
as well for the pulp, which yields soap, as for the seed, which may I f some
use." (Compania Jabonera.)
42039 and 42040.
From Horqueta, Paraguay. Presented by Mr. Thomas K. Gwynn. Re-
ceived March 3, 1916.
42039. Psidium guajava L. Myrtacese. Quava.
"Seeds of a large fruit; when ripe 11 is a lighl green outside and a
beautiful pink inside." (Ghoynn.)
42040. Randia sp. Rubiacese.
" Azuca, repine (?)" A spiny ereel shrub with showy flowers and fruit.
42041 to 42045. Juglans eegia L. Juglandacese. Walnut.
From New York State. Cuttings secured by Mr. C. A. Reed, of the Bureau
of Plant Industry. Received March 4, 191G. Quoted uotea by Mr. R l.
"The Thomson orchard is owned by Mr. Adelberl Thomson, of Honeoye Calls,
Livingston County, N. Y. It consists of 225 trees grown from seed raised in
Rochester and planted in 1S86 by Mr. Thomson where the trees now stand.
After the nuts wore planted Mr. Thomson losl Interest and allowed the tn
to be neglected for some 25 years, during which time they made very slow
48 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
growth. In 1913 t lie orchard yielded from 50 to 75 bushels of outs, which sold
readily at 25 cents a pound. Encouraged by this. Mr. Thomson then broke up
the sod and has since been endeavoring to get the orchard well under cultiva-
tion. The crop of 1915 amounted to approximately 150 bushels, the nuts readily
selling in the Rochester markets at from 20 to 30 cents."
42041. "Avon. Thomson orchard, Honeoye Falls, X. Y. Tree B-16. An
upright, pyramidal tree of vigorous growth, evidently late in maturing
its foliage, standing second in the second row beginning at the corner
next to the highway and row of spruce trees. It has a trunk circum-
ference of 41 inches at breast height and a spread of about 25 feet.
Its crop of 191." was fairly heavy, being a bushel ami a half or more.
The nuts were gathered about October 25. The nuts are rather above
medium size, somewhat of the Mayette type, though rather more wedge
shaped. The most distinctive external feature is perhaps the promi-
nence of the suture at the apical end. The nuts are imperfectly sealed
and slightly astringent, but of very good flavor."
42042. " Livingston. Thomson orchard, Honeoye Falls. X. Y. Tree C-17.
A vigorous, spreading, and symmetrical tree standing first in the third
row from the corner, next to the highway and the spruce hedge. Grown
from seed obtained from a tree in Rochester and planted in 1SS6 by
Mr. Thomson where the tree now stands. The tree bore a good crop
in 101o. The nuts are of good size and form, well sealed, thin shelled,
the kernels plump and of good flavor, though somewhat astringent.
Height from 28 to 30 feet and circumference at breast height 54£
inches. Maturity, October 10 to 20, 1915."
42043. " Thomson. Thomson orchard, Honeoye Falls. X. Y. Tree D-14.
A vigorous, symmetrical, low-headed, and late-growing tree in the Thom-
son orchard, grown from the same lot of seed as B-16 [S. P. I. No.
42041] and 0-17 [S. F. I. Xo. 42042]. etc. In 1915 it bore a heavy crop
of large nuts which became the favorite of Mr. Thomson's daughter.
The nuts are of good size and form, easy to crack, fairly plump meated,
of good flavor, but slightly astringent. In 1915 the crop matured from
October 10 to 22."
42044. " Leland. Thomson orchard, Honeoye Falls. X. Y. Tree L-15. A
double but rather small and not overvigorous tree, bearing the largest
nuts of any tree in the orchard. The nuts are a little thick shelled.
but rounded out in form: the kernels are plump, sweet, but fairly as
tringent. Height estimated to be 20 feet and circumference of each
trunk at breasl heighl 203 and -1 \ inches, respectively. The nuts
matured from October 15 to 22, 1915."
42045. "Holden. The parent tree of this variety stands on the lawn of
.Mr. Jacob Cosmon, of Hilton. X. Y.. about 2 miles from the village
and a sliuhtly greater distance from the shore of Fake Ontario. It has
been known by Mr. CosmOB for about ".."> years, and he estimated it to
be between 50 and 60 years of age owing to the fact <>f its being
crowded on three sides by other trees it has never borne heavily, but|
by .Mr. F. P.. Holden, a son-in-law of Mr. Cosmon, who is the introducer
and in whose honor it has been named, it is reported to bear frequently
a bushel or more of nuts. Nuts from this tree have been exhibited a
various fairs and fruit shews for some 10 years and repeatedly havi
been given very high rating. The nuts are above medium size, brigo
colored, thin shelled, and have plump kernels rich in oil and of swee
tlavor. They are, however, somewhat objectionable because of a
astringency of pellicle."
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1916. 49
42046. Zizpiius jujuba Mill. Rhamnaceae. Jujube.
i Ziziphus sativa Gaertn.)
From Shorter, Ala. Presented by Mr. Charles G. Howard. Received
March 4, 1916.
"Cuttings obtained from Mr. J. W. Burton, Shorter, Ala."
42047. Cymbopetalttm pf.nduliflortjm (Dun.) Baill. Annonaceae.
Sacred ear-flower.
From Guatemala. Presented by Mr. Smart K. Lupton, American consul,
city of Guatemala. Received March 7, 3916.
"Sacred ear-flower, or orejuela, as it is locally known. These petals and
seeds were obtained through the kindness of Mr. R. S. Anderson, an American
resident in Cohan, Guatemala. In his letter he says. ' I am sorry to say we
have not been able to find the seed. The owners of the trees or tree say the
birds eat the seed, so they are hard to get.' " (Lupton.)
42048. Cymbofogon coloratus (Hook.) Stapf. Poaceae.
Lemon grass.
From Suva, Fiji Islands. Presented by Mr. C. H. Knowles, Superintendent
of Agriculture. Received February 21, 1916.
"This species is not now in commercial use. It seems proved that it will
produce oil not inferior to that of Cymbopogon citratus, the lemon oil of com-
merce. Lemon oil is used in America in the preparation of ionone, or artificial
violet, for perfuming soap and also in the preparation of furniture polish ; in
India it is used in domestic medicine and as a kitchen herb in sauces and
curries." (Chase.)
42049 to 42051.
• From Puerto Bertoni, Paraguay. Presented by Dr. Moises S. Bertoni.
Received February 29, 1916.
42049. Phaseolus vulgaris L. Fabacere.
" Forma tawana. The taguana, or giant bean of the Guaranis, which
is only a form of the common bean, is perhaps the typical form from
which the bean arose. But if it is botanically only a form, from the
agricultural point of view it is more than a variety. This bean has been
cultivated by the Guaranis certainly since a remote antiquity. The most
notable peculiarity of this variety is its enormous growth. Tt has a
long shoot, which grows to 15 or 20 meters, so that in a wood it climbs
to the tops of high trees. Cultivated without branching, it develops less
but yet produces abundantly, the production keeping step with the de-
velopment, so that a well-developed plant will produce up to 10 kilos of
clean seed." (Bertoni, Agronomia, vol. ■'>. p\ 1918. i
42050 and 42051. Cacara erosa < L.) Kuntze. Fabacese. Yam bean.
(Pachyrhizus angvlatus Rich.)
See S. P. I. No. 41712 for previous introduction and description.
42052 to 42054. Dioscohea spp. Dioscoreacese.
From Cristobal, Canal Zone. Tubers presented by Mr. 0. W. Bart
Received March 2, 1916.
89947—19 4
50 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
42052 to 42054— Continued.
42052. DIOSCOBEA sp. Manawa yam.
"A very peculiar yam which appears to be distinct from the white
yampee, the Mapues yampee of Porto Rico, or any of the wild sorts I
have ever .soon. We are calling ii the Manawd yam, from the plantation
where I am trying it Dear Colon. Aboul nine months ago I obtained two
small roots from a Panaman, who admitted they were not commonly
cultivated even in Panama. They may be native to the Darien region.
From on(. hill (planted in April, I believe), we harvested some 6 or 8
pounds in November, and the vines are still (December 24) producing.
It is a heavy yielder and two or three months earlier than the Dioscorea
alata or 1>. saliva types. It is slightly sweet and has a flavor all its
own, and practically no rag. The size and shape impress me Btrongly.
The skin is of a distinct type, potatolike. This, with the attractive
shape, individual size, and mealiness, will, I believe, make the Manatod
very popular." (Barrett.)
" When baked the skin is hitter and can not be eaten." (R. A. Young.)
See S. P. I. No. 39705 for previous introduction.
For illustrations of yams, see Plates III and IV.
42053. Dioscorea trifida L. f. Dioscoreaceae. White yampee.
"From Braeho plantation, near Colon. Second crop. Probably Dios-
corea trifida.'" (Barrett.)
"The quality is excellent, the flesh being white and mealy." {R. A.
Young.)
Fur an illustration of the tubers of the white yampee, see Plate V.
42054. Dioscokea sp. Dioscorea ce?e. Yampee.
"From Braeho plantation, near Colon. Second crop." (Barrett.)
"The quality is fair; the flesh is very slightly pink and is rather
firm." (R. A. Young.)
The tubers of this introduction were received mixed with those of the
white i/ampee, S. P. I. No. 42053, but on account of the marked difference
in appearance and quality they were separated and given different
numbers.
For an illustration of this form of yampee, see Plate VI.
42055 and 42056.
From Joinville, Brazil. Presented by Mr. Jean Knatz. Received March
3, 1916.
42055. Carica papaya L. Papaya ceaj. Papaya.
A rapid-growing fruit tree, reaching a height of 2." feet in 10 months
and hearing numerous melon-shaped fruits on the trunk. Good varieties
are deliriously sweet, with a characteristic flavor. They are relished
a breakfast fruit and are easily digested, as they contain a powerfuj
papain ferment.
42056. PHASEOrus (Ai.CAKATrs Roxb. Fahace.-e. Rice bean.
"The plant is strictly an annual and half twining in habit Planted
in rows the different varieties grow 12 to 30 inches high and produce
vining branches ."> to <"> feel long. The leaves closely resemble those of
the common bean, hut nol Infrequently are three lobed. The flowers are
bright yellow, produced in racemes of 10 to 20. The pods are smooth,
Inventory 46, Seeds and Plants Imported
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The Dago Haya, the Best Tropical Yam, from the Island of
Guam, Growing at Miami. Fla. (Dioscorea alata L., S. P. I.
No. 39705.)
The true yams constil ate an Lmportanl group of starchy tuberous-rooted food plants
and should not be confused with certain varieties of sweet potatoes thai are called
yams in our Southern States. They should be grown and used largely in those
warm regions of I lie world where t hey will thrive and into which people demanding
white potatoes have to import t hem from cooler regions, in the island of Trinidad
the production of the yam, cassava, taro, and other starch} rool crops has been so
increased during the war that the necessary demands on the wheal supply of the
world and on l ransnortation for carrying Hour and potatoes to that island Dave been
materially reduced. (Photographed by Edward Simmonds, October L'u. 1916;
P20115FS.)
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Tubers of the White Yampee. a Variety of Yam Grown in the Canal
Zone. (Dioscorea trifida L. f., S. P. I. No. 42053.)
This yampee is of fine qualil v and will furnish the South with another food equal to the best
potatoes if il can be grown there successfully. When baked or when peeled and boiled il
resembles a mealy potato and approximates it in food value, though slightly lower in protein.
(Photographed, natural size, by E. L, Crandall, March 2, 1916; P19482FS.)
Inventory 46, Seeds and Plants Imported.
Plate VI.
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from the Canal Zone.
No. 42054. I
DlOSCOREA SP., S. P. I.
The superior keeping quality in the Tropics of the true yam as compared with the cassava or the
sweel potato is a very importanl factor. These '. ubers were reported in lie of the same varii I y as
those shown in Plate V, though, as will he seen, they an' very different in appearance. Thej
illustrate the fad thai this importanl group of food plants deserves more serious consideration
from horticulturists than M has hitherto received, t Photographed, natural size, by E. L. Crandall,
March -'. 1916; P19481FS.)
JANUARY 1 TO MAECH 31, 1916. 51
42055 and 42056— Continued.
slender, falcate, straw colored, brownish or blackish, 3 to 4 inches long,
and burst open readily at maturity.*' Though very productive of seed,
tbe vining habit of the plant, as well as the shattering, makes it difficult
to harvest." (C V. Piper, Bulletin of the U. S. Department of Agricul-
ture, No. 119, p. 13.) For further information this bulletin should be
consulted.
See S. P. I. Nos. 33098 and 38441 for previous introductions.
42057. Prunus bokhakiensis Royle. Amygdalacese. Plum.
From Simla, Punjab. India. Presented by Mr. E. Long, superintendent,
Viceregal Gardens. Received March 7, 1916.
"Commonly known as Alloobokhara." (Long.)
Seeds sent in reply to the following request: "We are inclosing a photograph
of a specimen of Prunus in the Kew Herbarium, England, which came originally
from Simla, India. This was labeled Fruit its bokhariensis, but we do not know
for certain if this is authentic. It seems to have more than one common name
ami is known as Aluchd and Ant bokhara. It was found at Simla apparently
in what is there known as the Annandale Garden and is therefore known as the
Annandale plum. It is also growing in the Service Club Compound at Simla
and in the Kakheri Compound. This plum somewhat resembles Prunus triftora
(P. salicina), but we believe it to be a distinct species, and it appears to be
of much value in breeding work."
42058 to 42065.
From Keijo, Chosen (Korea). Presented by Miss Katherine Wambold.
Received February 28, 191C. Descriptive notes by Miss Wambold.
42058. Chaktochloa itaeica (L.) Scribn. Poacese. Millet.
(Setaria italica Beauv. )
" Cho, ground and made into dok, solid dumpling, coarser dumpling, or
cooked as pop, that is, as rice is cooked."
42059. Soja max (L.) Piper. Fabacese. Soy bean.
" Kong. Cooked, pressed, hung all winter to rafters, then soaked in a
brown liquid called chang, used as a salty sauce on food. It is parched
and then eaten. A few partly cooked grains are often scattered in the
rice, as we use raisins in a rice pudding."
42060. Holcus sorghum L. Poacese. Sorghum.
{Sorghum vulgar e Pers. )
" Soo soo. Ground and made into flour for dok, a solid bread like a
fallen dumpling; also cooked as pop, boiled rice."
42061. Hoedeum vulgaee coeleste L. Poaceoe. Barley.
" Po rce, cooked as rice is cooked; parched and made Into coffee;
ground into flour and made into yot, looking like molasses candy;
sprouted and ground, mixed with rice, to make tout jit. a sort of rice soup."
42062. Pekiixa frutescens (L.) Britton. Menthaeese. Perilla.
(Perilla ooymoides L.)
" Tut, gal. Oil is extracted from the seeds and used on the paper which
covers the mud floors, it is u^'<\ also en skin shoes."
42063. Phaseoltjs angulakis (Willd.) W. F. Wight. Fabacese.
Adzuki bean.
"Pat. Used for dour and made into dawk {dok), a substance like a
solid dumpling; also as porridge."
52 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
42058 to 42065— Continued.
42064. Phaseolus aureus Roxb. Fabacese. Mung bean.
" Nok too. Ground find made into nwok, a blancmange; also conked as
a vegetable."
42065. Tbiticum aestivum L. Poacese. Wheat.
{Triticum vulgare Till.)
" Meal is the Korean name. Made into flour used for dole, a substance
like fallen dumpling; also for cooksoo, i. e., vermicelli."
42066. Bambos otADi a Humb. and Bonpl. Poacese. Guad.ua.
(Guadua angustifolia Kunth.)
From Puerto Bertoni, Paraguay. Presented by Dr. Moises S. Bertoni.
Received February 2, 191G.
"In connection with guaduas I must notice the guadua itself, the most indis-
pensable plant of all New Granada after the plantain, the cane, and maize.
It might be called the lumber tree, for it supplies all our fencing (except walls
of brick, rammed earth, and rarely of stone), also the woodwork of most
houses, and whatever is made of boards at the North. It is an enormous grass,
like the bamboo of the eastern Tropics, growing, however, to a less heigbt,
only 30 to 40 feet. The slender foliage is of inconceivable beauty, comparing
with that of other trees as ostrich feathers do with goose quills. The stem
is about 6 inches in diameter, with joints about 20 inches apart. The th
ness of the wood is nearly an inch. When poles or slats are wanted, the s1
is split into four, six. or eight parts. For boards for the top of a coarse table,
bench, or bedstead, it is opened and flattened out, splitting almost at every inch
of width, but not coming entirely apart. For a dish, candle case, grease pot,
or extemporaneous vessel for carrying drink to a company of hunters or labor-
ers, it is cut off just below the partition. Such a receptacle is called a ' tarro.'
Tarros of double capacity are made for bringing the domestic supply of water
for a family by taking a piece two joints long, with a septum at each end and
one in the middle. A hole is made in the upper and middle septa; and if they
be used for carrying molasses a bung can be put in or an orange used for a
stopper. Bottles of a single joint are used for holding castor oil, etc. In short,
the uses of the guadua are innumerable. The guadua starts from the ground
with the full diameter, or Dearly so, but the joints are at first very
short. Some trees send out brandies, and they are long, straggling, and
terribly thorny. Others grow with a diameter of only 2 inches and make good
poles for bringing down oranges, every one of which has to be torn from the
tree, or it decays without falling. The cavities of the guadua often contain
water. It is erroneously believed that the quantity increases and diminishes
with the phases of the moon. I must state one other thing about the guadua
which is unusual in the vegetable kingdom here, bul very common at the North.
It is apt to take entire possession of the ground on which ii grows. Now a
square mile covered with the same species, say a pine, an oak. or the beech,
an acre covered with the same species of grass, or whortleberry, or other plant
is no uncommon thing at the North, hut in tin- Tr<»iiics it is quite different.
Plants are not gregarious here, still less exclusive. I have seen the guava
grow in natural orchards where most of the trees in a considerable space were
Psidium, but even this is rare, and in general you can not expect, where you
have found a plain you want, to find others of the same species near il. If I
wish to find a second lime tree, for instance, it is of no more use to look in the
neighborhood where I found the first than in any ether. But a ' guadual ' is
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1916. 53
a considerable space, almost always near a stream, where scarce the smallest
intruding plant is permitted. The gua-dua might be cultivated to great profit,
but I never knew of but one attempt at it. The flower and seed are so rare
that few botanists have ever seen it." (Holton, Xcir Granada, pp. 109, 110.)
42067. Cercidiphyllim japontctjm Sieb. and Zucc. Trochoden-
dracea?.
From Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by the Arnold Arboretum. Re-
ceived February 7, 1916.
"A deciduous tree of the largest size, often 100 feet high in its native state,
with pendulous branches and a spirally twisted furrowed trunk. The trunk
is sometimes solitary and 3 to 4 feet through, but more often the tree is made
up of a group of several smaller stems. Leaves broadly ovate or heart
shaped, 2 to 4 inches long. The male and female flowers are borne on sepa-
rate trees, but neither possesses any beauty. This tree for a long time was
thought to be confined to Japan, where it is the largest of deciduous trees,
reaching its finest development in the island of Yezo; but Wilson found it in
China in 1910. One tree, still living, but with its top fallen away, he found
to be 55 feet in girth of trunk. The timber is light, straight grained, and!
yellowish, and is highly valued. The finest trees I have seen in Europe are
in the Imperial Garden at Sans Souci, near Berlin, where there was, in 1908,
a singularly elegant tree 30 feet high, with slender, spreading, arching branches.
It succeeds equally well in the Royal Garden at Hanover. Still finer trees,
but of denser habit, are in the Arnold Arboretum, Massachusetts, and in Mr.
Thayer's grounds at Lancaster in the same State. It evidently needs a con-
tinental climate. At Kew, where it was introduced in 1881, it still remains
a mere shrub. The generic name refers to the resemblance of the leaves to
those of the Judas tree (Cercis)." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in
the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 332.)
42068. Chayota edulis Jacq. Cucurbitaceae. Chayote.
(Sechium edmle Swartz.)
From New Orleans, La. Presented by the J. Steckler Seed Company.
Received February 26, 1916.
Round, green.
42069. Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb. Cucurbit acese.
Loofah gourd.
Secured by Mr. Frank N. Meyer, of the Bureau of Plant Industry, from
Mr. Moy Auk, Kenilworth Avenue, Washington, D. C, March 9, 1916.
"A very good vegetable, much liked by the Chinese."
" This is a much smaller and apparently earlier variety than we have in the
South." (/). N. Shoemaker.)
42070 and 42071. Capsicum anntjum L. Solanacese.
Red pepper.
From State College, N. Mex. Presented by Mr. Fabian Garcia, New
Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. Received March 7,
1916.
42070. "No. 9. This strain is proving to be more early and prolific and
has a more shapely pod than the other strains." (Garcia.)
42071. "No. 11. This strain is almost as good as No. 9 [S. P. I. No.
42070], but it is not quite as prolific." (Garcia.)
54 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
42072. Fragaria chiloensis (L.) Duchesne. Rosacea?.
Strawberry.
From Chile. Presented by Mr. Thomas W. Voetter, American consul, An-
tofagasta, who received these seeds from the American consular agent
at Arica. Received March 8, 1916.
"These seeds wore collected by Mr. H. A. P. Schumacher, of Tacna, at
Pistala in the Department of Tarata, Province of Tacna, Chile, located 70°
6' W. and 17° 28' S., at 2,843 meters (about 9,470 feet) elevation above sea
level. The plants are grown by Indians (a mixture of Peruvians and
Bolivians), and the fruit is of medium size and of light red-brown color, ripen-
ing in November." (Voetter.)
42073. Myrianthus akboreus Bean v. Moracege.
From Loanda, Angola, Africa. Presented by Mr. J. Gossweiler. Received
February 18, 1916.
Var. chilnango.
42074. Capsicum annuum L. Solanaceae. Red pepper.
From Barcelona, Spain. Presented by Mr. Carl Bailey Hurst, American
consul general. Received March 7, 1916.
" Spanish sweet pepper known to Spanish agriculture and industry as Pi-
mento dulee morrdn. This seed was obtained especially for this consulate
general from the region in this consular district where these peppers are most
largely grown. It is said to be of the highest quality." (Hurst.)
42075. Phaseolus lttnattjs L. Fabacese. Lima bean.
From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by the Department of Agriculture. Re-
ceived March S, 1916.
42076 to 42080. Lathtrus spp. Fabacere.
From Utrecht. Netherlands. Presented by the director, Botanic Garden.
Received February 2. 1916.
42076. Lathykus latifolius L. Everlasting pea.
"This is the common perennial pea and one of the hardiest and most
easily cultivated species, thriving almost anywhere, even anion-; flags
and bowlders. A rampant grower, it is a good trellis plant, and is adapted
as a cover to wild, rough places, as a rock garden, where it scrambles
over bushes and stones. It succeeds in shad'1 and grows rapidly, but,
like all species of Lathyrus, it is impatient of removal, owing to the size
and length of its roots. It is not fragrant. Us varieties are not clearly
defined." {Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. \, p. i '
See S. P. I. Nos. 17772 and 28480 for previous introduction
42077. Latiiykis ODOBATUS L. Sweet pea.
See S. P. I. Nos. 13306 to 13312 and 17774 for previous introductions.
42078. Latiiykis svi.vi STRIS L. Flat pea.
"Inferior ornamentally to other perennials; sometimes mentioned as
a forage plant and for plowing under in a green state as a fertilizer.
Grows well on poor, unimproved sandy soil and is unaffected by frosts
and droughts. For garden cultivation it may be sown in a seed bed and
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1916. 55
42076 to 42080— Continued.
transplanted when of suitable size. Its seeds in the wild state are said
to be to some degree unhealthful, but in the cultivated form this quality
. has been bred out." {Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol.
J,, p. 1825.)
See S. P. I. Nos. 32415 and 40G72 for previous introductions.
42079. Lathtrus sylvestris L. Flat pea.
"Var. wagneri." This so-called variety, claimed to have been pro-
duced by a German named Wagner, seems not to be different from the
ordinary Lathyrus sylvestris.
See previous introduction fS. P. I. No. 42078] for description.
42080. Lathyrus vernus (L.) Bernh. Spring1 vetchling.
"A compact, tufted plant, growing quickly in the sun or a little shade;
best in deep, sandy loam, in a sheltered position; hardy." (Bailey,
Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 4, P- 1827.)
See S. P. I. Nos. 22555 and 40322 for previous introductions.
42081. Maltts baccata (L.) Moench. Malacese.
(Pyrus baccata l.) Siberian crab apple.
From Castlecomer, Ireland. Cuttings presented by Mr. I. Proctor, Bally-
hemon House. Received March 20, 1916.
" A fine variety of Siberian crab which produces fruit from 14 to 2 inches
long and from one-half to three-fourths of an inch in diameter." (A. L. T.
Froctor, in letter of February 7, 1916.)
*
42082. Puya chilensis Molina. Bromeliacea:'. Puya.
From Lima, Peru. Presented by Dr. A. Weberbauer. Received March 13,
1916.
" Seeds of one of the most interesting plants of the Peruvian Cordilleras,
namely, of the giant bromeliad. I collected the seed at Capaya, Department of
Apurimac, Province of Aymaraes, at an elevation of 4,000 to 4,100 meters above
sea level in a region where frosts and snowfalls are abundant. The plant
should, therefore, perhaps not be cultivated in a greenhouse, but requires only
protection against sharp frosts and must naturally receive much light. In the
vicinity of Capaya the plant is called titanca. Heretofore I have known this
plant only from the Cordilleras between 9° and 10° south and have described and
figured it in my book, Die Pflanzenwelt der Peruanischen Anden." (Weber-
bauer.)
"This is one of the most striking of our bromeliaceous plants, cultivated in
a cool stove of the Royal Gardens, Kew. The stem, or caudex, has now at-
tained a height of 4 feet, independent of the [eaves, which are from 3 to 1 feet
in length, spreading in all directions, the lower ones being reflexed. These
leaves would render the plant admirably suited to the formation of fences, in
the nature of the spinous margins; for the upper half of the leaf has all the
spines directed forward towards the apex, presenting a greal obstacle to in-
trusion of man or beast in that direction, whilst those lower down the leaf
(longer and Stronger, too) have their curvature downwards, so that if man
or animal is so bold as to make his way partially through, the decurved spines
would prevent his retracing his steps with impunity. The compound spike of
flowers upon the columnliko. perfectly straight peduncle is remarkable for
56 SEEDS AXD PLANTS IMPORTED.
its size, the large dull yellow i bur inclining preen) flowers and the copious
bracteas turn: _ n or black in age. This plant is called ' and I'lnja
in Chile, where the soft substance of the stem is used for corks and bungs ; the
flowers yield a remedy for hernia, and the Indians use the spines of the leaves
r fishhooks." {Curtift's Botanical Magazine, vol. 9, pi. £715.)
42083. Perilla frtttescens (L.) Britton. Menthaceae. Perilla.
(Perilla ocymoides I-.'
From Yokohama. Japan. Purchased from the Yokohama Nursery Company.
Received March 13, 1916.
See S. P. I. No. 42062 for previous introduction and description.
42084. Aralia cordata Thunb. Araliaeese. Udo.
From Yokohama, Japan. Poors purchased from L. Boehmer & Co. Re-
ceived March 13. 1916.
■Japanese Xakate White, from Kanagawa Ken.'' < Boehmer d I
42085. Garcinia epunctata Stapf. Clusiacese.
From Mount Coffee, Liberia. Presented by Mr. Henry O. Stewart. Received
March 15, 1916.
"A wild fruit which grows on very large trees, 20 to 30 feet high." (Stetcari
42086. Nepheuum lappaceum L. Sapindacese. Ramtmtan.
From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by Dr. J. C. Koningsberger, director,
anic Garden. Received March 15, 1916.
"Ramboetati atjeh watjan. A tree up to 25 meters high. A fruiting tree
which is an ornament of the Javanese village groves because of the pretty, often
more or less dense, leaf crown, decorated on the outside with the numerous, long-
stemmed scarlet fruits the size of a lien's egg. Arillus white, very juicy, more
or less sour." (Koorders and VaJeton, Boomsoorten van Java.)
■■ One of the most delicious and snowy fruits of the Dutch East Indies, closely
related to the litchL" (FatrchUd.)
See S. P. I. Noa 13571, 17515, and 34494 for previous introductions with
description-.
42087 to 42136.
From Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Presented by Mr. A. E. V. Richard-
- in, agricultural superintendent, Department of Agriculture. Received
March S, 1916. Notes by Mr. Richardson.
42087. Avexa ojuentalis Schreb. Poacea. Oats.
Black Tartarian.
42088 and 42089. Avena sativa L. Poacese. Oats.
42088. " Ruakura oats raised in New Zealand by Primrose .'
nell and having the reputation of being rust resistant."
42089. " Clydesdale."
42090 and 42091. A vena sterieis L. Ivaceie. Oats.
42090. "Algerian," 42091. - Calcutta."
JASTTARY 1 TO 15JAECH 31. I
42037 to 42136— :med.
42092 to 42101. Hobdettm; spp. Poacese. 3 :■-'.?-
42092 to 42095. Hosdbum disttchox paeiceixa H
42092. Subvariety erect -pe. Feed bar
42093 to 42095. Subvariety nutans.
42093. " Pr- ; T I malting
42094. "" E Two-rowe-I n
42095. "Archer. T
42096. HoRDErM vxtlgase pallidum Seringe.
- ibvariety coerul - -rowed field
barley, produced by Prof. Perkins, of K - "ay Col. - - nth
Australia."
42097. HoKDFra distichcn patmetxa Harlan.
Subvariety nutans. fen grain. malting fa
42098. HoEDEtrii \" L.
.Six- ed field barley. produced by I
of Roseworthy C .. - S -
42099 and 42100. HoRDzrit vcxga
42099. Subvariety coer Short 1 Si: -rowed r
barley produced by Prof. Perki:. s, Ros - 8
Australia."
42100. Subvariety t tpe. Two-rowed mal' >
barley."
42101. HoRDEtrii vuegaee TRirtrKC^ 8 en.
Feed barley. "
42102 to 42136. Tsmcirit spp. Peaces?.
■• N - -_ ■ . -_ " -. -_ ill to 42 - -_■ " -
crossbred varieties v gely grown in tbe \ s States lie
Commonwealth. Of very high milling value, and prodr. ss as-
ing a very high water-absorption value and give wc - The
rest are. for the mos part, s I - - ted by va 3 - breed- -
and agriculturists from acclimatised foreign v - : m old
types of wheat that have bee: - rig in the £ - : :
42102 to 42114. Tsmcrii AESnroil L.
{Triticum vuigart Vi
42102. Fed\ ration.
42103. Ft Is lection).
42104. Federation (wte\ -
42105. Curraica. 42110. CrostH
42106. Commonwealth, -ce.
42107. Major. 42112. Cedar.
4210S. Kardoo. 42113.5
42109. Canberra, 42114. Comeback.
42115. TRiricrM dutch P- -
He .
58 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
42087 to 42136— Continued.
42116 to 42136. Tkiticum akstivum L.
(Tritieum vulgare Vill.)
42116. Penny. 42127. Purple Straw.
42117. Warden. 42128. College Purple Strata.
42118. Marshall's No. 3. 42129. Gluyas (bearded).
42119. Dart's Imperial. 42130. Gamma.
42120. Yandilla King. 42131. Bayah.
42121. College Eclipse. 42132. Viking.
42122. CorrelVs No. S. 42133. White Tuscan.
42123. Avoca. 42134. Zealand Blue.
42124. ^Yallace. 42135. Jluniiip.
42125. Triumph. 42136. Firbank.
42126. Thetv.
42137. Arracacia xaxthorrhiza Bancroft. Apiaceae. Arracacha.
From Kingston, Jamaica. Tubers presented by Mr. W. Harris, Hope Gar-
dens. Received March 23, 1916.
" This common vegetable is a native of the Andes in South America, where
it is cultivated between 5,000 and 7,000 feet altitude. It is a low parsniplike
plant, producing large edible starchy carrot-shaped roots, the flavour of which
has been compared to a combination of parsnip and potato. The plant will thrive
in any good soil and is adapted only to the higher elevations, say from 4,500
to 6,000 feet. It is commonly cultivated as a vegetable at Bogota in Colombia
up to 8,000 feet elevation." (H. F. MaeMillan, Handbook of Tropical Garden-
ing, 2d ed., p. 23-',, 191 J,.)
42138 to 42165. Diosfyros kaki L. f . Diospyracese. Kaki.
From Okitsu, Japan. Cuttings presented by Prof. Ishiwara, Government
Horticultural Experiment Station. Received March S, 1916. Quoted
notes by Mr. T. Kiyono, Semmes, Ala.
42138. "No. 28. Marugaki. Astringent. Hiroshima Province."
42139. "No. 29. Giombo. Astringent. Hiroshima Province."
42140. "No. 30. Shimofuri. Astringent. Hiroshima Province."
42141. "No. 31. Koharu. Sweet. Kumamoto Province."
42142. "No. 34. Yotsu-myotan. Sweet. Hiyogo Province."
42143. "No. 35. Koharu. Sweet. Oita Province."
42144. "No. 39. Takura (or Sakushu-mishirasu) . Astringent. Oita
Province."
42145. "No. 40. Kumono. Astringent. Okidzu Province."
42146. "No. 41. Kiara. Sweet. Okidzu Province."
42147. "No. 42. Fuji. Astringent. Okidzu Province."
42148. "No. 43. Mishirazu. Astringent. Okidzu Province."
42149. "No. 44. Ima-yemon. Sweet. Okidzu Province."
42150. "No. 45. Koshu-hiyakume. Astringent, okidzu Province."
42151. "No, 46. Yotsumizo. Astringent. Okidzu Province."
42152. "No. -IT. Dojo-hachiya. Astringent. Okidzu Province."
42153. "No. 48. Tokuda-gosho. Sweet. Okidzu Province."
42154. "No. 49. Shiroto-damashi. Astringent. Okidzu Province."
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1916. 59
42138 to 42165— Continued.
42155. " No. 50. Jiro. Sweet. Okidzu Province."
42156. " No. 51. Inayama. Astringent. Okidzu Province."
42157. "No. 52. Shiyogatsu. Sweet. Okidzu Province."
42158. " No. 53. Shimofuri. Sweet. Okidzu Province."
42159. "No. 54. Sanenashi. Astringent. Okidzu Province."
42160. "No. 55. Ama-hiyalcume. Sweet. Okidzu Province."
42161. " No. 56. Ye-gosho. Sweet. Okidzu Province."
42162. "No. 57. Yashima. Sweet. Okidzu Province."
42163. "No. 58. Onihira. Astringent. Okidzu Province."
42164. " No. 59. Shiunshio. Sweet. Okidzu Province."
42165. " No. GO. Fuyu. Sweet. Okidzu Province."
42166 and 42167.
From Yokohama, Japan. Procured from the Yokohama Nursery Company,
through Mr. L. H. Dewey, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received
March 18, 1916.
42166. Cannabis sativa L. Moracese. Hemp.
" Tochigi hemp. The seed supply for sowing is very limited because
farmers do not cultivate beyond their own local requirements, so
unless contracted for early in the season no considerable quantity is
obtainable. The best and most durable fishing nets are made of the
Tochigi hemp, which are said to last for three years, while nets made of
hemp produced elsewhere do not keep good half as long. The net manu-
facturer cf Fujisawa, who supplies the nets all over Japan, uses the
Tochigi hemp exclusively, and his make is esteemed as the very best
in Japan. As to the length of fiber, it may depend upon the cultural
method. For hemp production the seeds are sown broadcast and grown
closely together, to make the stalks grow slender and higher. The stalks
are gathered while they are quite green. For seedlings ample space
is provided in order that they may spread out branches freely, and
they are left in the field till the seed matures." (S. Iida.)
"Tochigi, (pronounced to-ching'ee) hemp is regarded as the best
fiber-producing hemp in Japan. It is cultivated most extensively in the
Province of Tochigi, about 100 miles north of Yokohama. The slen-
der tall stalks produce a fiber somewhat finer than the average Kentucky
hemp. Although this is one of the most promising strains of foreign
hemps it is not likely to give very satisfactory results in this country
until after it has been acclimated by cultivation and selection for two or
three generations." (L. II. Dewey.)
42167. Zea mays L. Poacese. Corn.
Introduced for breeding experiments.
42168 to 42172. Ciiayota edulis Jacq. Cucurbitaceae. Chayote.
(Sechium edule Swartz.)
From Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, French West Indies. Presented by Mr.
Joseph O. Florandin, American vice consul. Received .March 20, 1910
Introduced for the ollice experiments.
42168. White. 42171. Long light green.
42169. Large dark green. 42172. Small dark green.
42170. Large light green.
60 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
42173 to 42176. Indigofera spp. Fabacese. Indigo.
From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by tbe director, Department of Agri-
culture. Received March 15, 1916.
42173. Indigofera iiirsuta L.
An annual species of irifligo, native of Guinea, less esteemed for dye
production tban Indigofera anil L. and /. tinctoria L.
See S. P. I. Nos. 23726 and 37068 for previous introductions.
42174. Indigofera longeracemosa Boivin.
In Madagascar and Zanzibar this species, which is very distinct from
both Indigofera tinctoria and /. sumatrana, is valued by the people be-
yond all the other species they grow, and they grow the following: (a)
Chiefly /. anil, (b) less often /. tinctoria, (c) occasionally /. sumatrana,
and (d), in the highlands of Madagascar, /. arrecta. (Adapted from
Watt, The Commercial Products of India, p. 662.)
42175. Indigofera suffruticosa Mill.
I A South American species cultivated in Burma, Indo-China, southern
China, and Java.
See S. P. I. Nos. 24440 and 37391 for previous introductions.
42176. Indigofera sumatrana Gaertn.
This is the form of Indigofera tinctoria that was introduced from the
East into the West Indies and is the /. tinctoria of Lunan. If, there-
for, it be deemed necessary to give this plant a separate name and re-
move it from being one of the cultivated states of /. tinctoria L., then it
will have to be called /. sumatrana Gaertn. In addition to India (where
it is largely in use in the north from Bihar and Tirhut westward by north
to the Punjab) it also occurs in tropical Africa and Formosa. It may be
distinguished from the southern form of /. tinctoria by its leaflets, which
are larger and ovate-oblong or oblong instead of obovate or suborbicular.
The pods in /. sumatrana are also shorter, thicker, and blunter at the
apex, and are usually more numerous and straighter than in the Madras
form. (Adapted from Watt, The Commercial Products of India, pp.
662-663. )
42177 and 42178.
From Auckland, New Zealand. Presented by Mr. H. It. Wright, Avondale
Nursery. Received March 17, 1916.
42177. Pittosporum fairchildi Cheeseman. Pittosporacese.
" This variety bears a striking resemblance to Pittosporum crassifolium
[S. P. I. No. 41290], but is the more dense of the two, consequently better ;
it ripens its seed several months later; makes a splendid hedge and is
good also as a shrub tree; height about 20 feet. This variety was dis-
covered by the late ('apt. Fairchihl, on an island off the New Zealand
coast. The seeds take a long time to germinate, and forcing them is
of no use. Plants are tender when young and must be kept from frost;
they are hardy when established." (Wright.)
42178. Amygdalus persica L. Amygdalacea?. Peach.
(I'runus persica Stokes.)
" Weeping variety which will repeat from seed; best results obtained
by budding them on standards, or they may he worked on low stocks; tie
the bud up to a tall stake and top off at a given height. It is a very
fine dessert peach." (Wright.)
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1916. 61
42179. Plata n us orien talis L. Platanacess. Oriental plane tree.
From Lahore, -India. Presented by the superintendent, Government Agri-
Horticultural Gardens. Received March 17, 1916.
" A deciduous tree of the largest size, in this country occasionally SO to 100
feet high and 14 to 20 feet in girth of trunk. Native of southeastern Europe
and Asia Minor; cultivated in England in the middle of the sixteenth century.
The true oriental plane is comparatively rare in gardens, having been ousted
by the more rapidly growing London plane, which is not so picturesque nor so
pleasing as an isolated lawn tree. It is easily distinguished from acerifolia
by its shorter, more rugged trunk and its deeper, often doubly lobed leaves.
Few trees are longer lived than this. On the banks of the Bosporus there
is a group of trees under which the knights of Godfrey de Bouillon on their
way to the crusades are said to have been sheltered in 1096. Under a tree
still living on the island of Cos in the Aegean Sea, its trunk IS yards in circum-
ference, tradition says that Hippocrates sat more than 400 years B. C. There
is no direct evidence to support these stories, but they point to the perhapa
unequalled longevity of the plane among European trees. In his account of
fine British specimens Mr. Elwes gives first place to one in the palace gardens
at Ely, planted by Bishop Gunning between 1674 and 1678. It is over 100 feet
high and more than 20 feet in girth. A fine specimen at Kew, near the sundial
and on the site of the famous seventeenth-century gardens of Sir Henry Capel
of Kew House, has a trunk 15 feet in girth." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs
Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 203.)
42180. Baryxylum dubium (Spreng.) Pierre. Csesalpiniacese.
(Peltophorum vogelianum Walp.)
From Davie, Fla. Presented by Mr. Robert Werner, horticulturist, Davie
Board of Trade. Received March 20, 1916.
Seeds of a large tree 50 to 60 feet high, broad and spreading, giving fine
shade. A handsome ornamental tree. Flowers bright yellow with golden
yellow anthers. Called eana fistula in Brazil, but this name properly belongs
to another plant.
See S. P. I. No. 37901 for description.
42181 and 42182.
From Paris, France. Purchased from Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co. Received
March 18, 1916.
42181. Indigofera tinctoria L. Fabacese. Indigo.
"A blue dye is obtained from species of Indigofera, chiefly Indigofera
anil (of the West Indies) and /. tinctoria (of India and Africa). Both
are shrubby plants of the leguminous family and occur in a wild slate
in Ceylon up to about 2,000 feet. India and Java are almost the only
indigo-producing countries. Owing partly to the unhealthiness of the
operations in connection with its production, but chiefly to the introduc-
tion of synthetic indigo, the cultivation of the plaid has in recent years
been largely abandoned. Of late, however, the industry appears to have
somewhat: recovered, the aatural indigo being preferred by many manu-
facturers to the artificial production. The best conditions for the
profitable cultivation of the plant are a rich loamy soil with a free sub-
soil and a moist hot atmosphere; a temperature below 60° F. is un-
favorable to the cmp. The land being plowed and harrowed, the seed is
sown in lines about 2 feet apart. The seed being small, 10 to 1.1 pounds
62 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
42181 and 42182— Continued.
is required to sow an acre. Ii germinates in three or four days, and
about three months later the flowers appear, when the plants are read;
for harvesting. The plants arc usually cut down to within a few Inches
of the ground, tied up in bundles, and carried fresh to the factory.
The stumps left in the ground will afterwards 'ratoon,' and two to
four cuttings may be obtained from the same roots within the year. To
produce the dye the whole plant is subjected to a process of fermenta-
tion and churning. The freshly cut bundles are placed in huge vats pro-
vided with a tap at (ho bottom; the top is weighted down with planks
and water laid on so as to cover the whole. Fermentation sots in and is
allowed to go on for 1'2 to 1(i hours, being stopped when the leaves become
a pale color. The liquid is run off by the tap into a second cistern and
is kept constantly agitated by either wading coolies, who boat with
paddles, or by a mechanical contrivance, for two or three hours, after which
the indigo settles in the bottom in the form of bluish mud. This, after
draining off the water, is put into bags which are hung to dry, being after-
wards cut into squares and stamped and further dried for export. About
8 pounds of leaves will yield one-half ounce of indigo, flood cultivation
yields an annual return of from 300 to 500 pounds of indigo per acre."
(MacMillan, Handbook of Tropical Gardening and Planting, pp. .{JO
and 451.)
42182. Isatis tixctoria L I'.rassieacere. VVoad.
"Isatis tinctoria, the dyer's woad, is said to have been originally a
native of southeastern Europe, from whence it has spread by means of
cultivation and become naturalised in most parts of Europe as far north
as Sweden, and also in some parts of Asia. It is a biennial, growing
from 18 inches to 3 or 4 feet high, with a smooth straight stem, branches
toward the top, the root leaves stalked, inversely egg shaped or oblong,
and coarsely toothed, the upper ones narrow lance shaped, with prominent
auricles at the base. The pods are rather more than half an inch long,
broad, and very blunt at the top, but tapering to the base. Before the
use of indigo became common among European dyers, the blue coloring
matter called woad, obtained from this plant, was an article of great
importance, and the plant was extensively cultivated; but the intro-
duction of indigo has almost entirely superseded it, and it is now only
grown to a limited extent and used chiefly by woolen dyers for mix-
ing with indigo, in order to excite fermentation. It is generally prepared
by grinding the leaves into paste, which is then carefully fermented in
heaps and afterwards made into balls or bricks for sale. The use of woad
as a dye dates from very early times. Dioscorides, Pliny, and others
mention its use for dyeing wool; and Csesar relates that the ancient
Britons used it for staining their bodies, the word Britain being derived
from the Celtic brith or brit, 'painted,' in reference to this custom."
(IAndley, Treasury of Botany, vol. /, //. 628.)
42183 to 42199.
Prom Kew, England. Presented by Sir David Prain, director. Royal
Botanic Gardens. Received March 20, line..
42183. Adenocabfus foliolosus (Dryand.) DC. Fabaceae.
"The stalks in this species are thickly covered with small leaves, which
give the whole plant an outre appearance; hence the name ' foliolosus,'
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1916. 63
42183 to 42199— Continued.
so happily hit off; many other peculiarities attend this charming
shrub, of which its long deciduous bractese are not the least remarkable.
It is a native of the Canary Islands, where it was found by Mr. Masson
and introduced in 1770; if suffered to grow it will acquire a -real height,
become indeed too large for a small greenhouse, and more lit for a con-
servatory, for winch it would appear to be a most desirable plant ; it
produces flowers abundantly during May and June, which are not only
ornamental but deliciously fragrant. Strong-established plants usually
produce perfect seeds, by which tins shrub is increased; cuttings rarely
succeed." (Curtis's Botanical Magazine, vol. 11-12, /;/. 426, as <'iitisns
foliolosus.)
42184. Berberis sp. Berberidacr,-". Barberry.
Received as Berberis vilmoriniana, for which a place of publication has
not yet been found.
42185. Berberis hookeri viridis C. Schueid. Berber idacese. Barberry.
"An evergreen shrub, 3 to 5 feet high, producing a dense thicket of
erect, angled stems which branch near the top. Leaves in tufts, 1 to 3
inches long, one-half to 1 inch wide; leathery, dark green above, glaucous
white beneath. Flowers two-thirds inch across, pale yellow. Berries
narrow, black purple, often remaining on the plant until the following
spring. Native of the Himalayas. This shrub has been so much con-
fused with Berberis walliehiana that it is difficult to disentangle
the histories of the two. The true B. walliehiana is probably not in
cultivation; it differs from B. hookeri in the larger leaves (3 to 42 inches
long) and especially in their veining; the veins branch out from the
midrib, parallel with each other, but never reach the margin, becoming
merged in a vein which runs parallel with it. In B. hookeri the veins
fork near the margin, but do not merge into one another. />. hookeri
flowers in April and May and as a rule is quite hardy. The only time
I have known it to suffer much was during the trying winter of 190S-09,
when it lost most of its leaves, and the upper portion of the stem was
killed. Leaves uniformly bright green beneath. Although a marked
characteristic of some plants, the white under surface of typical B.
hookeri is not a wholly reliable distinctive character. I have seen young
plants partly bright green and partly blue white beneath. The best
way to increase this species and its varieties is by the seeds it so plenti-
fully bears ; they may be sown in shallow boxes or in pots and the young
plants pricked out the following year into nursery rows. The type and
the variety viridis are useful shrubs for planting in places where an
evergreen is wanted that will keep fairly dwarf without pruning."
(IP. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 2J/3.)
42186. Caeagana abbobescens kedowski Bean. Fabacese. Pea tree.
"A remarkable shrub, with long, serpentine brandies, which will some-
times grow for several years without dividing. It thus acquires a thin
and open but not ungraceful habit and is altogether a striking plant.
Whether the Garagand redowski mentioned by De Candolle in his Memoir
of Leguminosse, published in 1825, is tin- same as this is uncertain. It
appears never to have been properly described. The plant is at Kew.
but its history is not known." ( II*. J. Bean. Trees and Shrubs Hardy
in the }'>ritis]i Isles, vol. /, i>. 188.)
64 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
42183 to 42199— Continued.
42187. Caeagana micbophyela Lam. Fabaceae. Altagana.
"Native of north-cent i'al Asia from Siberia to China; introduced in
1789. It flowers in May and June and is readily distinguished from all
other species by the number and small size of its Leaflets, the smallest
scarcely one-eighth inch long. It is a shrub of graceful habit, much
wider than high i L6 feel in diametei at Kew), the branches being long,
slender, bu1 little divided, and ultimately more or less pendent. Grafted
on standards of Caragcma arborescens it makes a small tree, but sucker
growths from the stock are often troublesome. It is suitable as a speci-
men for a lawn." (IF. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British
Isles, vol. 1, p. 291.)
42188. Counts BKETSCHNEimcBi Henry. Cornacere.
"A species with the young wood of a blood-red color; leaves opposite,
lanceolate-ovate, dark green above, glaucous beneath; fruits blackish blue.
( Jhina." (Kew Bulletin, WOO, p. }/..)
42189. Hydbangea bbetschneidebi Dipp. Hydrangea*
"A deciduous shrub. 8 to 10 feet high, forming a sturdy bush, old bark
peeling; young branches smooth. Corymbs flattened. 4 to 6 inches across,
with a considerable number of large sterile flowers at the margins; these
are three-fourths to 1\ inches across, the three or four sepals rounded or
obovate. white, afterwards rosy. The small, perfect 11" i ;•- are dull
white. Native of China; introduced from the mountains about Peking in
18S2, by Dr. Bretschneider. Plauted in a sunny position in good soil,
this makes a really handsome shrub, flowering in June and July, per-
fectly hardy and always vigorous." i li'. •/. Bean, 'Iras and Shrubs Hardy
in tJ/c British Isles, vol. 1, p. 62J/.)
42190. Hydrangea xanthoneuba wir.soxn Rehder. Hydrangeacese.
"A deciduous shrub, 8 feet or perhaps more high, of loose, thin habit,
sending out long slender branches. Leaves iu threes, ovate or oval, with
a short, slender point, dark green and smooth above, pale beneath. In-
florescence a flatfish, corymbose panicle, 5 or (i inches across, margined
with creamy wldte, sterile flowers lj inches across. Perfect flowers one-
fourth inch across, dull white. Native of central China; introduced
for Messrs. Veitch by Wilson about 1904. It is a shrub of elegant and
distinct habit and with considerable beauty in flower. It has, perhaps,
some affinity with Hydrangea bretschneideri, bul is, as yet, imperfectly
known in gardens." (11'. •/. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British
Isles, vol. 1, p. 631.)
"The variety differs from the species (which has bright reddish brown
bractlets with the bark without lenticels and soon separating into thin
flakes) in having the new bractlets of each year grayish yellow while
those of the previous year are grayish or light brown and marked with
pale lenticels and the young leaves slightly appressod pubescent be-
neath." (Sargent, Plantae Wilsonianae, part 1. i>. 87.)
42191. Hl.DYSAKIM ESCUrJENTUA) I.etleb. Fa ha ce.-e.
"An ereel Siberian Hedysarum with yellowish white flowers. Accord-
ing to Gmelin, the root is eaten by the natives of Jakutsk.
42192. Hedysarum flavescens Kegel and Schmalh. Fabacea.
A suberect branching Ilcilysarum with yellow flowers, closely related
to Hedysarum neglectum and //. dasycarpum. From the mountains of
Kokan at Lake Iskander-Kul, at 7,000 feel altitude.
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1916. 65
42183 to 42199— Continued.
42193. Hedysarum semenowii Regel and Herd. Fabacese.
An erect Hedysarum from the steppes of the Balkasch region of Tur-
kestan.
42194. Larix dahurica principis rupprechtii (Mayr) Rehd. and Wils.
Pinacese. Larch.
"A tree in some parts of its native habitat as large as the common
larch ; bark scaling, but not fissured : young shoots pale brown, not
downy. Leaves 1 to If inches long, not so tapered at the tip as in the
common larch. Cones beautiful bright pink when young in April, ulti-
mately three-fourths to 1J inches long, egg shaped, tapered toward the
the top ; scales rounded, with the margins distinctly beveled, and differing
from those of Larix europaea in not being downy, at least as a rule.
Native of Saghalien, eastern Manchuria, and Siberia. The date of its
introduction is unknown, but it was cultivated as long ago as 1739, at
which time and for long afterwards it was thought to be a native of
Newfoundland, where, however, no proof of its being a native exists.
It thrives much better in Britain than L. sibirica, and in several places
is from 60 to 80 feet high. At Kew, in poor soil, it is 50 feet high, with
a trunk 3 feet 8 inches in girth. As a tree for park or garden it has
nothing to recommend it before the common larch except its interest and
the brighter hue of its young cones." (IT7. ./. Bean, Trees and Shrubs
Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 6.)
42195. Spiraea veitchi Hemsl. Rosacea?.
"A strong-growing shrub, probably 10 or 12 feet high eventually, pro-
ducing gracefully arching shoots. Flowers in dense corymbs, 14 to 2*
inches across. Native of central China ; discovered by Wilson in western
Hupeh in 1900, and introduced by him for Messrs. Yeitch. It is a fine
species (Mr. Wilson has told me he considered it the best of Chinese
Spiraeas), somewhat similar in general aspect and in producing its
flowers on short leafy twigs from the growths of the previous summer to
the well-known Spiraea canescen-s (flagelliformis). It is readily dis-
tinguished from that species, however, by its smooth, entire leaves and
smooth fruit. Its entire leaves also distinguish it from two other allies,
S. henryi and S. wilsoni. I saw the plants first introduced in their young
state in the Coombe Wood Nursery, when they were making shoots as
much as 8 feet long in a season ; when these the following June were
wreathed from end to end with clusters of pure white blossom they
made a picture of remarkable beauty." (W. J. Bean, Trees and sJirubs
Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 543.)
42196. X Physalis bunyardi Hort. Solanacese.
"An interesting hybrid, growing to a height of 3 feet and having large
fruits." (Bunyard's catalogue.)
"The plant called Physalis bunyardi Hort. is a very free-fruiting form,
not so robust as P. franchetU, with glowing calyces ; probably a form of
that species or by some suggested as a hybrid with P. alkckcngi."
(Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 5, p. 2608.)
42197. Viburnum hupeiiense Rehder. Caprifoliacese.
"A deciduous shrub, the young shoots stellately hairy the first year,
purplish brown the second. Leaves roundish ovate, coarsely toothed,
dark green and covered with loose stellate down above, paler and more
89947—19 5
66 SEEDS AMi PLANTS [MPORTED.
42183 to 42199— Continued.
downy beneath; 2 to .". inches long. Corymbs about 2 inches wide, the
main and secondary flower stalks covered densely with stellate down;
branches of the corymb usually five. Fruit egg shaped, red, one-third to
two-fifths inch long. Native of Hupeh, China: discovered by Henry;
introduced by ^'ilson in 190S. I do not know that it lias yet flowered in
Cultivation, but it will no doubt soon do so. The above description is
adapted from the original one of Mr. Rehder, who observes that it is
most nearly related to Viburnum dilatatum (from which it differs in its
orbicular-ovate leaves and stipuled leaf stalks) and to V. betuttfoliwn,
from which it is distinct in being downy on both leaf surfaces." < W. J.
Bean, Tries and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 650.)
42198. Viburnum lobophyllum Graebn. Caprifoliacetp.
"A deciduous shrub, with young shoots smooth or soon becoming so,
dark reddish brown when mature. Leaves ovate to roundish or broadly
Obovate, coarsely toothed except toward the base. Corymbs 2 to 4 inches
wide, with seven main branches which, like the secondary ones, are
minutely downy and glandular. Flowers white, one-fonrth inch across,
stamens longer than the corolla, anthers yellow. Fruit bright red,
roundish, one-third inch long. Native of western China ; introduced by
Wilson in 1901 and again in 1907 and 1910. It belongs to the confusing
group of red-fruited Asiatic Viburnums containing wrightii, betulifolium,
dilatatum, etc." ("IF. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British
Isles, vol. 2, p. 652.)
42199. Viburnum rhytidophyllum Hemsl. Caprifoliacere.
"An evergreen shrub perhaps eventually 10 feet high and as much
through. Leaves ovate-oblong, upper surface glossy, not downy, but
deeply and conspicuously wrinkled ; lower one grey with a thick felt or
starry down. Flowers produced on large terminal umbellike trusses 4 to S
inches across, which form into bud in the autumn and remain exposed
all through the winter and until tin1 blossoms expand the following May
or June. They are dull yellowish white, about one-fourth inch in
diameter. Fruit oval, one-third inch long, at first red, then shining
black. Native of central and western China, introduced by ^'ilson for
Messrs. Veitch in 1900. This remarkable shrub is one of the most dis-
tinct and striking not only of Viburnums but of all the newer Chinese
shrubs. It appears to he quite hardy and flowers well in spite of the
curious habit of forming its inflorescences and partially developing them
in autumn. Its beauty is in its bold, wrinkled, shining leaves and red
fruits. The flowers are dull and not particularly attractive. It was
given a first-class certificate by the Royal Horticultural Society in
September, 1907. During that month of the year its fruits are red."
(TP. J. Bran, Trees ami Shrubs Ifardy in tin British Isles, ml. >. p. f/.T.T. )
42200. Amygdalus persica nectarina Ait. Amygdalacese.
Nectarine.
From Harput, Turkey. Presented by Mi-. Leslie A. l>a\is, American con-
sul. Received March 24, 1916.
" Seed of the smooth-skinned peach, of the nectarine order, which is the better
of the two varieties found here. This is an early variety, and 1 am informed
thai t be best results are obtained by grafting." (Davis.)
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1916. 67
42201. Platan us oriextai/ts L. Platanacese. Oriental plane tree.
Presented by Mr. G. S. Miller, of the National Museum, through Mr.
Frederick V. Coville, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received March
23, 1916.
" Seeds received from Dr. W. 1,. Abbott, of Philadelphia. Dr. Abbott states
that they are from Kashmir, that the tree is a valuable shade tree of very rapid
growth, handsome form, and enormous size, and that the seeds should be
planted immediately. The Kashmir name is chenar. Dr. Abbott also states
that the tree is not a native of Kashmir, hut was brought from Persia."
( Coville. )
See S. P. I. No. 42179 tor previous introduction.
42202 to 42204.
Collected by Dr. David Griffiths, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Re-
ceived January 19, 1916. Notes by Dr. Griffiths.
42202. Chieopsis linearis (Cav.) Sweet. Bignoniaceae.
(Chilopsis saligna D. Don.)
"From the Santa Rita Mountains, Ariz. (No. 1099 DG.. October
12, 1915.) This is a small willowlike tree inhabiting desert washes
from Texas to California. It is very showy when in blossom, the flowers
being purplish tinged and resembling those of a miniature catalpa. In
nature its habit is quite open and lax, but it stands pruning and can
easily be shaped as desired. The seed can probably be planted in the
open in a situation where there is good drainage and where moisture
conditions can be controlled when the hot, dry season arrives."
42203. Dasylikion wheeeeki S. Wats. Liliacese. Sotol.
"The sotol is on the whole a rather stiff, formal plant of the yucca
family. It has a short, thick trunk and long, narrow, Hat, spiny-edged,
gracefully drooping leaves, very different in this respect from the stiff.
rigid century plants, which are not distant relatives. It does not sucker
like the century plants, neither does the plant die when it has thrown
up a flower stalk, thus leaving an ugly break in the planting. Its
flower stalks are immense. They often reach a height of 8 or 10 feet,
the myriads of small flowers occupying a solid spindle-shaped space 4 lid
in length. The plant itself, with its glabrous graceful loaves, is hand-
some, but it is strikingly attractive from early blossoming until late
winter after the mass of seed has fallen. The solids are mosl attractive
as specimen plants. In Mexico the leaves are stripped of their curved
teeth by being pulled through a slit cut in a piece of tin and then woven
into durable floor coverings, the ones we have seen lasting in good condi-
tion for two years under ordinary wear. The usual practice is for the
weaver to enter the house with an armful of the leaves suitably stained
and beginning in one corner of the room weave a mat to fit the floor,
composing the design as he proceeds. The price is usually about 40
cents (Mexican money) per meter. From the stems of the plant, particu-
larly in the State of Chihuahua, is manufactured one of the most violent
of intoxicating distillates. In times of excessive drought the plants are
cut down and the stems chopped up as feed for live stock. I believe
that the seed of this planted where drainage is good and where moisture
conditions can he controlled can be brought through in the open."
68 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
42202 to 42204— Continued.
42204. Erythrina flabelliformis Kearney. Fabaceae.
"A low, spiny shrub, 2 to 4 feet high, Inhabiting the upper foothills
of the isolated mountain ranges of the Southwest. Its beans range
from cream through yellowish or coffee color to bright scarlet. It is
deciduous in its native heath and will fill about the same role in plant-
ing as the smaller coral beans now grown. It will probably prove more
hardy than the introduced species."
42205 to 42209. Triticum spp. Poacese. Wheat.
From Sydney, New South Wales. Presented by Mr. George Valder, under-
secretary and director. Department of Agriculture. Received March 15,
1916. Notes by Mr. Valder.
" From the Cowra Experiment Farm."
42205. Triticum turgidum L.
"Galland's Hybrid."
42206. Triticum durum X polonicum.
"Nevertire."
42207. Triticum aestivum L.
{Triticum vulgare Vill.)
"Blout's Lambrigg."
42208. Triticum aestivum L.
(Triticum nth/arc Vill.)
"Nyngan."
42209. Triticum polonicum L.
"Polish."
42210. Solanum tuberosum L. Solanaceae. Potato.
From Summer Hill, Mallow, Ireland. Tubers presented by Mr. J. F.
Williamson. Received March 18, 1916.
• " Leinster Wonder. It is a very vigorous grower, showing great immunity
from disease, and is of excellent table quality. Haulm very dark green, of
great strength, with strikingly large white flowers." (Williamson's Catalogue
of Seed Potatoes.)
42211 to 42222. LiGUSTRUM OVALIFOIJUMXOBTUSmttJUM REGELI-
anum. Oleaceae. Privet.
From New Haven, Conn. Cuttings presented by the Elm City Nursery
Company. Received March 29, 1916.
" Origin of the hybrid privet — seed parent Ligustirum ovalifolium, pollen parent
Ligustrum obtusifolium [regelianum] (northern type). Seed obtained from
TAgustrum ovalifolium in the fall of 1910 from a single plant in a group of several
obtusifolium,. The seed plant attracted our attention as it hung heavy with
fruit, which is not common in this vicinity. The inference was that cross-fer-
tilization had taken place with obtusifolium. The seedlings, some hundreds of
which were planted in the field the following season, showed every indica-
tion that the crossing did take place. No two are very similar, varying greatly
from upright to almost prostrate in habit, some very luxuriant and others
quite dwarf, some now producing terminal clusters of fruit, while others
fruit on the lateral branches only. Many have glossy leaves which are quite
as persistent as ovali folium ; the foliage of others matures early. From the
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1916.
69
Black currant.
original planting we have now reduced the number which have unquestioned
merit to 50, and these are growing at Edgewood. They vary at present in
height from 2 to 12 feet. We anticipate that some of them will prove to be
valuable hedge plants, partaking enough of the characteristices of ovalifolium
to give these plants desirable hedge qualities and at the same time prove more
hardy owing to the infusion of obtusifolium blood. They have not yet been sub-
jected to temperature exposures which have killed ovalifolium entirely to the
ground, conditions which do occur occasionally in this vicinity, so their relative
hardiness has not been absolutely determined as yet." {Elm City Nursery Co.)
42223 to 42267. Kibes spp. Grossulariacese.
From Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. Cuttings presented by Mr. W. H.
Fairfield, superintendent, Experimental Station for Southern Alberta,
Received March 20, 1916.
Requested by this olfice for the studies of the Office of Horticultural and
Pomological Investigations.
42223 to 42239. Ribes nigrum L.
42223. Topsy.
42224. Eclipse.
42225. Success.
42226. Merveille de la Gironde.
42227. Ethel.
42228. Saunders.
42229. Ontario.
42230. Bang-Up.
42231. Magnus.
42240 to 42267. Ribes vulgare Lam.
42240. Red Dutch.
42241. Victoria.
42242. New Red Dutch.
42243. Fay's Prolific.
42244. Red Grape.
42245. Raby Castle.
42246. Greenfield.
42247. LaConde.
42248. Rankin's Red.
42232.
Climax.
42233.
Beauty.
42234.
Winona.
42235.
Monarch.
42236.
Eagle.
42237.
Norton.
42238.
Kerry.
42239.
Lee's Prolific
Garden currant.
42254. Large Red.
42255. Frauenderfer.
42256. Champagne.
42257.
42258.
42249. Wilder.
42250. Cumberland.
42251. Prince Albert.
42252. Long-Bunched Holland.
42253. Red English.
Moore's Seedling.
Pomona.
42259. Climax.
42260. Large White.
Kaiser.
Verrieris White.
42263. White Brandenburg.
42264. White Cherry.
42265. White Grape
42266. White Pearl.
42267. Wentworth Leviathan
42261.
42262.
42268. Feronia limonia (L.) Swingle. Rutacese. Wood-apple.
(Feronia elephantum Correa.)
From Poona, India. Presented by Che superintendent, Empress Botanical
Gardens. Received March 31, 1916.
A spiny, deciduous tree, native of India, Ceylon, and [ndo-China, with pin-
nate, three to seven foliate leaves and nearly globose I mils. 2$ to X inches in
diameter, having a hard, woody rind, filled with pinkish edible pulp in which
numerous woolly seeds are immersed. The pulp, which is acid, is used for
70 SEEDS AND PLANTS [MPOBTED.
making jelly, somewhat similar to black currant jelly, and also, with spice,
oil, and salt, it is used by the natives of India to make chutney. The flowers
and leaves have an odor of anise and arc used as a stomachic. The commonly
cultivated varieties of citrus can be grafted on this plant. (Adapted from
Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 3, p. 1219.)
42269. Passiflora ligtjlaris Juss. Passifloraceae.
Sweet granadilla.
From San .lose, Costa Ui<a. Presented by Mr. Carlos Werckl€, Depart-
ment of Agriculture. Received March ::o, 11)16.
"A passion flower with climbing, large-branched stem of great length,
woody below, somewhat corky, and large leaves bright green above, pale and
glaucous beneath. The white flowers are marked with reddish purple, becom-
ing almost blue at the edges. This line passion flower recommends itself, not
only by the beauty and delicacy of its blossom, but by the size and rich green
of the foliage. It is a native of Pern." (Curtis'* Botanical Magazine, vol. 57,
pi. 2967, 1830.)
42270. Phaseoltjs lcnatus L. Fabacea?. Lima bean.
From Tamatave, Madagascar. Presented by Mr. James <:. Carter. Ameri-
can consul. Received March 29, 1916.
"Commonly known in Madagascar as pots dv. cap (cape beans). The annual
quantity of cape beans exported from the west coast of Madagascar each year
amounts to about 7,000 tons. These go principally to England, and from there
are exported in considerable quantities to the New York market. There does
not seem to be very much beriberi in Madagascar. It is understood, however,
that four or five years ago, when Saigon rice was imported into the colony, this
disease was somewhat prevalent. There would not appear to be any special
means adopted, peculiar to Madagascar, for the treatment of this disease, and
the use of this bean as a preventive and cure for beriberi has not been known
here." (Carter.)
42271 to 42273.
From Kingston. Jamaica. Presented by Mr. H. M. Curran. Received
March 31, 1916.
42271. Caksalpinia coriaria (Jacq.) Willd. Caesalpiniacea?.
" Diri-diri. Small spreading trees 20 to 30 feet high, with fine foliage.
The trees are covered with fruits. The tree has much the habit of Pro-
sopis and is similar in appearance. This is the great tannin tree of north-
ern South America." (Curran.)
42272. Toiriii i:\ halsamum L. Fabacese. Toulu.
"A large ornamental tree, used for street plaining. It grows to a
height of :.(i to 75 feet and is of rapid growth, in habit resembling the
elm." (Curran.)
42273. Rlighia sapida Koen. Sapindaceae. Akee.
The akee. a beautiful African tree introduced Into the West Indies.
Valued in Jamaica as a richly flavored and wholesome food. The bright-
yellow fleshy arillus is the part eaten, but it should not be eaten if in
die least decayed. The fruit is prepared in various ways, stewed in milk
and afterwards browned in a frying pan with butter. It is also commonly
eaten boiled and mixed with sail fish, onions, and tomatoes as a breakfast
\'mn\. (Adapted from Cool: anil Collins. Eoonomic Plants of Porto Rico,
p. 92. I
See s. I'. 1. Nos. 1969 and 24592 Cor previous Introductions.
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1916. 71
42274. Pyrus mamorensis Trabut. Malacese. Pear.
From Mustapha, Algiers. Presented by Dr. L. Trabut, director, Service
Botanique, Algeria. Received March 31, 1916.
" A Moroccan pear from the Mamora. Very resistant to dryness in tlie sandy
noncalcareous soils. This vigorous tree will probably form a good stock."
(Trabut.)
42275 and 42276.
From Yokohama, Japan. Purchased from the Yokohama Nursery Com-
pany. Received March 16, 1916.
42275. Beta vulgaris L. Chenopodiacese. Beet.
" Grown in Japan."
42276. Zea mays L. Poacese. Corn.
"A corn with a very short cob mown on the slopes of Mount Fuji."
42277. Nyssa ogeche Marsh. Cornaceae. Ogeechee lime.
From Burroughs Station, Ga. Presented by Mr. S. B. Dayton. Received
March 20, 1916.
A tree sometimes 65 feet high, with a maximum trunk diameter of 2 feet,
with simple, entire leaves, and bearing red, very acid drupes two-thirds of an
inch long.
42278. Holcus sorghum L. Poacese. Sorghum.
(Sorghum vulgare Pers. )
From Tahiti, Society Islands. Presented by Mr. Edouard Ahnne, presi-
dent, Chamber of Agriculture, through Mr. Thomas B. L. Layton, Ameri-
can consul. Received March 11, 1916.
" To-ura, indigenous. False grass of Guinea. Herbaceous plant, smooth, per-
ennial. Stems upright, full, greenish yellow, I]- to 2 mm.; a little woody, inter-
node from 0m 20 to 0m 25, few leaves at the base. Leaves green, sheath smooth,
bearded at the apex, striated with age by red marks, length 50 to 60 cm..
breadth 2 cm., midrib prominent, margin lightly scarious. Panicle from 35 to
40 cm. ; reddish spikelets grouped by two or three in whorls. Boots fibrous.
This grass grows in Tahiti in a wild state, all along the creeks, on the road-
sides, and on the uncultivated lands. The horses and cattle seek for it willingly
when it is young; later the stem becomes woody and hard." {Ahnne.)
"With regard to the plant known here as to-ura, 1 am inclined to believe
that it is none other than the common guinea grass known in the United States.
That grass is grown in certain sections of those islands as forage for cattle
and horses, but it is also found in the wild slate over large areas. It was not
originally indigenous, but it has thrived since its Introduction. The name
to-ura is pronounced in the native Tahilian as (hough it were spelled tow rail,
the tow as in the word tower." (Layton.)
42279. Medicago sativa L. Fabaceae. Alfalfa.
From Invercargill, New Zealand. Presented by Dalgety & Co. (Ltd.).
Received March 15, 1916.
For use in selection and breeding experiments.
72 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
i
42280. Ixodes texana O. F. Cook. Phcenicacese. Palm.
Collected by Dr. David Griffiths, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Grow-
ing at the Plant Introduction Field Station, Chico, Oal.
"This native palm of the Rio Grande delta, while planted locally to some ex-
tent, is a species which has been neglected. It will fill the same role in planting
as the fan palm and appears to be a little more hardy to frost conditions.
It will form a pleasing variation from that species so extensively grown in
the warmer regions of this country and serve to extend somewhat the region
of possible palm culture. It is a species with a very local distribution in na-
ture, being known only from this one delta region. It is producing well in the
natural state at present. The seeds germinate readily soon after they fall
from the trees in the late autumn. They are, however, extensively gathered
and made into ornaments by the native population. This no doubt interferes
decidedly with its reproduction." {Griffiths.)
42281. Medicago sattva L. Fabacea?. Alfalfa.
From Koorawatha, Narracan, Victoria, Australia. Presented by Messrs.
Cullis, Hill, and Doake, through F. H. Brunning & Co., Melbourne. Re-
ceived March 16, 1916.
"A strain known as Hunter Hirer lucern."
42282 and 42283.
From Kieff, Russia. Purchased from Messrs. St. Przedpelski and T. An-
toniewicz. Received March 18, 1916.
42282. Caragana pygmaea (L. ) DC. Fabacese. Dwarf pea tree.
"A deciduous shrub, 3 to 4 feet high, similar in habit to C. aurantiaca,
having long, slender, pendulous, or even prostrate branches. Flowers
yellow, 1 inch long, produced in May and June at the joints of the previ-
ous season's shoots. In a wild state this species extends over the region
between the Caucasus and Siberia and Thibet ; introduced in 1751. It
is a very pretty plant when in flower, the blossoms being pendulous on
their short stalks from the lower side of the branchlets. It is often
grafted on standards of Caragana arborescens, but can quite well be
struck from cuttings made of half-woody young twigs in July and placed
in gentle heat. By growing it on its own roots the ugly and often
diseased union seen on grafted plants is avoided. It is nearly allied to
C. aurantiaca, under which the differences are pointed out. Its
slender, flexible shoots are used for tying in Siberia and are said to be
equal to osiers for that purpose." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs
Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 291.)
42283. Haximodendbon halodendron (Pall.) Voss. Fabacese. Salt tree.
{Halimodendron argenteum Fisch.)
"This is a wide-spreading shrub with slender hranches and small
bluish green foliage, covered in early summer with numerous pale violet
or rosy purple flowers. The small pale foliage and the slender-stalked
drooping flowers combined with the spreading habit give to the plant
a gracefulness and airiness of its own and make it a very desirable or-
namental shrub. It is perfectly hardy north, resists droughl and heat
well, and thrives in sandy as also in saline and alkaline soils. Propa-
gation is by seeds and by layers which reel slowly: it also may be
grafted on Laburnum or Caragana." {Bailey, standard Cyclopedia of
ffnrliriillun . ml. .,'. /,. I ',:!>.)
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1916. 73
42284. Pennisetum glatjcum (L.) K. Br. Poacea?. Pearl millet.
(Pennisetum typhoideum Rich.)
From Dakar, Senegal, Africa. Presented by Mr. W. J. Yerby, American
consul, through Mr. C. V. Piper, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Re-
ceived March 23, 1916.
" This head of pearl millet from Mr. W. J. Yerby measures 26 inches in
length, while the average length of pearl millet heads is not more than 8 to 10
inches. Although of exceptional size the head is well tilled, and the strain
should be a good seed producer if it will mature in our Southern States."
(H. N. Vinall.)
42285. Celtis tala Gillies. Ulmacese. Nettle tree.
From Buenos Aires, Argentina. Presented by Senor Benito J. Carrasco,
director, Botanic Gardens. Received March 21, 1916.
" Tala. A large spiny tree, which is suitable for shaping, and especially for
street planting. From the cool and temperate regions of Argentina." (Car-
rasco. )
42286 to 42291.
From Siena, Italy. Presented by the director, Botanic Garden, University
of Siena. Receiyed March 24, 1916.
42286. Casuarina glauca Sieber. Casuarinaceae. Beef wood.
" The Australian oak, or swamp oak, is a tree of moderate size, grow-
ing to the height of 60 to 70 feet, usually straight and of rapid growth.
The timber is red, beautifully marked, hard and tough, and is used for
cabinet work and staves. In periods of drought the foliage is used for
feeding stock. When the trees are cut down, the young growth shoots up
quickly from the stump. It grows in the coastal districts here, in marshy
country, and frequently in land submerged with tidal water. The tim-
ber makes the very best fuel, and the tree is the second best that I know
of for planting in wet or moist locations. It also makes a good and
handsome shade tree." (B. Harrison, in The Everglades Magazine, April,
1913.)
42287. Coknus capitata Wall. Cornaeeae. Bentham's cornel.
A small tree or shrub, often low and bushy in cultivation, but reported
to have the appearance of a small apple tree in Nepal, where it is a na-
tive. It bears dense heads of yellowish flowers and attractive deep red-
orange fruits about the size of a nectarine. (Adapted from Curtis' s
Botanical Magazine, vol. 78, pi. h^hl, 1852.)
42288. Gleditsia caspica Desf. Caesalpiniacese. Honey locust.
A tree 30 to 50 feet high, of beautiful foliage, with strong spines some-
times 8 inches long, pod 6 to 7 inches long and about 1 inch broad.
Hohenacker [Enum. Talysch, Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc, 1838:351] states that
the tree is abundant toward the village of Astara in Talysch Province,
Russia, and is known by the Tartar name lelegachatsch; also that boys
eat the sweet pulp of the pods, and that the pods are collected for fatten-
ing cattle. Its habitat is Asia, along the southern shore of the Caspian.
42289. Passiflora fieamento Cay. Passifloracea?. Granadilla.
A handsome bluish passion flower resembling Passiflora cocrulca, but
differing in the brighter colors of the corona and in the corolla exceeding
considerably the calyx. The flowers open in the night and close about
noon the next day. Native of South America. (Adapted from Curtis'*
Botanical Magazine, vol. ltQ, pi. 2023, 1819.)
74 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
42286 to 42291— Continued.
42290. Passu i.oka hebbebtiana Ker. Passifloraceae. Granadilla.
A white-flowered, tall climber with 3-lobed, cordate leaves, from New
Holland. (Adapted from the original description in Edwards's Botanical
Register, vol. 9, p. 737, 1S23.)
42291. Passifloba suberosa L. Passifloracese. Granadilla.
An extremely variable species with attractive fruits. These are
spotted when green and are deep violet colored when ripe. Native of
the West Indies. (Adapted from Curtis's Botanical Magazine, vol. .'/5,
pi. 1983. 1818.)
42292. Chorisia insignis H. B. K. Bombacacea>.
From Buenos Aires, Argentina. Presented by Sefior Benito J. Carraseo,
director, Botanic Gardens. Received March 21, 1916.
''Palo borracho. An ornamental flowering tree, with very thick trunk, the
pods of which produce vegetable wool. From the Argentine Tropics." (Car-
raseo. )
42293 to 42299.
From Siena, Italy. Presented by the director, Botanic Garden. University
of Siena. Received March 24, 1916.
42293. Pittosporum bicolor Hook. Pittosporaceae.
Usually a bushy shrub or small tree, though occasionally attaining a
height of 40 feet : the thick, narrow leaves, 1 to 2 inches long, entire,
hairy beneath and usually crowded, the purple and yellow flowers often
forming terminal clusters. (Adapted from Hooker. Flora of British
India, vol. 1, p. 113, 1863.)
42294. Pittosporum eriocarpum Royle. Pittosporaceae
A small tree with somewhat whorled spreading hranches, nearly or
quite obovate leaves (3 to 8 by H to 2 inches), and yellow flowers one-
third of an inch long in compouud, many-flowered corymbs. (Adapted
from Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 1, p. 199, 1872. 1
42295. Psidium acre Ten. Myrtacese. Guava.
This species is imperfectly known, in America at least. Trees intro-
duced into California under this name are said to greatly resemhle the
yellow strawberry guava (Psidium cattleianum lueidum), but t<» have
more elongated and usually larger fruit.
42296. Psidium montantjm Swartz. Myrtaceae. Mountain guava.
A lofty tree, sometimes 100 feet in height, with very smooth ash-
colored bark. Flowers large, white, with the odor of bitter almonds:
berry sour, the size of a cherry. The wood is hard, white, and highly
esteemed, affording a timber of the hardest description, with the grain
beautifully variegated, but not much used in building, perhaps on account
of its hardness and cross grain and because when used as posts it rots
quickly in the ground. It occurs at elevations of 3,000 to 6.000 feet.
(Adapted from William Fatccett, Economic Plants.)
42297. Pti.ko< \i:ya i'iiaxinii oi ia (Lam.) Spach. Juglandacea?.
(Pterocari/a caiieasica Meyer.)
A handsome, ornamental, deciduous tree of rapid growth, up to 00 feet
high, wiiii spreading branches, graceful dark^green foliage, and hearing
drooping racemes of light-green fruits. (Adapted from Bailey, Cyclopedia
of American Horticulture, vol. 3. p. 1464, 190'f.)
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1916. 75
42293 to 42299— Continued.
42298. Sambucus ebui.us L. Caprifoliacese. Danewort.
" A large herbaceous plant with pinnate leaves and compact clusters
of purplish flowers ; native of Europe. Every part of this plant is ca-
thartic and emetic. The plant is sufficiently active to be poisonous in
larger quantities." (Soiccrby, English Botany, vol. 4, p. 202.)
For an interesting discussion of this plant, see Lindley, Treasury of
Botany.
42299. Sollya heterophylla Lindl. Pittosporacese.
An attractive twining shrub, 3 to 4 feet high, with oblong entire leaves
and terminal or axillary pendulous clusters of beautiful bright-blue
bell-shaped flowers. (Adapted from Curtis's Botanical Magazine, vol. JO,
pi. 3523, 1S36.)
42300 to 42309.
From Tamingfu, Chihli, North China. Cuttings presented by Mr. J. G.
Cole, at the request of Rev. Horace W. Houlding, South Chihli mission,
through the American consul, Shanghai. Received March 31, 1916.
Quoted notes by Mr. Cole.
42300 and 42301. Amygdalus pebsica L. Amygdalacere. Peach.
(Primus persica Stokes.)
42300. " No. 9. Lin Vao." 42301. " No. 10. Lin t'ao."
42302 and 42303. Hibiscus syriacus L. Malvaceae. Hose of Sharon.
42302. " White Mu chin (Chinese). A flowering shrub."
42303. " Purple Mu chin (Chinese). A flowering shrub."
42304. Pyrus sp. Malaceae. Pear.
"Wild pear."
42305 to 42309. Ziziphus jujuba Mill. Rhamnaceae. Jujube.
(Ziziphus sativa Gaertn.)
42305. " Pu tao tsao." 42308. " Pu tao tsao."
42306. " Tan tsao." 42309. " Ma yii tsao."
42307. " Pu lao tsao."
42310 to 42320.
From Kieff, Russia. Purchased from Messrs. St. Przedpelski and T. An-
toniewicz. Received March 17, 1916.
42310. Acer ginnala Maxim. Aceracese. Maple.
A small tree or large shrub of bushy habit with 3-lobed slightly
heart-shaped leaves and very fragrant while flowers in short panicles,
appearing in May. This maple is nearly allied to Acer tataricwm, but
differs markedly in the shape of the leaf. The foliage turns a beautiful
red before falling, the species being one of the best for autumnal col-
oring. Native of China, Manchuria, and Japan. (Adapted from Bean,
Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. l!t2, 101.'/.)
42311. Abies sibirica Ledeb. Pinacese. Fir.
A very hardy fir from northern and eastern Russia to Kamchatka and
Mongolia, 60 to 100 feet in height, with a trunk 2, to 4 feet in diameter;
dark yellowish greeri leaves, densely crowded. (Adapted from Bailey,
Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 1, p. 173, 191%.)
76 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
42310 to 42320— Continued.
42312. Caragana spinosa (L.) DC. Fabacese. Pea tree.
A deciduous shrub, 4 to 6 feet in height, with long, undivided, spiny
branches and short-stalked bright-yellow flowers nearly an inch long. A
curious shrub of the same type as Caragana jubata and C. gcrardiana,,
but not so formidably armed or so downy. Native of Siberia. (Adapted
from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1. p. 291,
1914.)
42313. Crataegus pinnatifida Bunge. Malacese. Hawthorn.
A small tree, 15 feet or more high, with or without short thorns;
leaves wedge shaped or straightly cut at the base, 2 to 4 inches long;
pure white flowers three-fourths of an inch across, in downy-stalked
clusters, appearing at the end of May or early in June. Fruit red and
about five-eighths of an inch in diameter. (Adapted from Bean, Trees
and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. Jf33, 191. .}.')
42314. Juglans mandshtjrica Maxim. Juglandacese.
Manchurian walnut.
A Manchurian walnut, 50 to 70 feet high, with leaves 1* to 2 feet or
occasionally 3 feet long, composed of 11 to 19 leaflets. The fruit is
clustered on the stalk and is roundish ovoid, with deeply pitted nuts 1$
inches long. It is very closely allied to Juglans sieboldiana; it is re-
markably striking in the size of the leaves as a young tree. (Adapted
from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 666,
191.',.)
42315. Lonicera chrysantha Turcz. Caprifoliaeese. Honeysuckle.
A shrubby honeysuckle from Japan, up to 12 feet high, with upright
stems, somewhat rhombic leaves 2 to 5 inches long and yellowish white,
changing to yellow, flowers three-fourths of an inch long. It is particu-
larly handsome in autumn with its bright coral-red fruit, i Adapted from
Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 4< p. 1910, 1916.)
42316. Lonicera hispida Pall. Caprifoliacese. Honeysuckle.
A honeysuckle, native of Turkestan, 3 to 5 feet high, with bristly
young shoots and yellow or yellowish white flowers about an inch long
borne above two roundish, membranaceous bristle-edged bracts, up to an
inch long. Interesting because of the large bracts subtending the flowers.
(Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hard)/ in the British Isles, vol.
2, p. 45, 1914.)
42317. Lonicera ruprechtiana Kegel. Caprifoliaccje. Honeysuckle.
A shrubby Manchurian honeysuckle up to 12 feet high, with nearly
lanceolate leaves, somewhat grayish beneath, about 4 inches long, and pure
white flowers in pairs on long peduncles. The red, or sometimes yellow,
fruits are attractive. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of
Horticulture, vol, 4, p. 1909, 1916.)
42318. Kibes dikuscha Fisch. Grossulariacejp. Black currant.
This species is closely related to the common black currant, Ribes
nigrum and is considered by Schneider to be possibly identical with the
northern black currant (IZ. hudsonianum Richards).
42319. Sybinga emodi Wall. Oleacese. Lilac.
A large robusl Himalayan lilac 10 to 15 feet high, closely allied to
Iiuki villosa, bur with the leaves whiter underneath. The panicles are
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1916. 77
42310 to 42320— Continued.
usually columnar, 3 to 6 inches long, not so richly colored as those of
the above-mentioned species. It is useful in flowering rather late.
(Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol.
2, p. 566, 1914.)
42320. Vitis amtjeensis Rupr. Vitacese. Amur grape.
A strong-growing deciduous vine, somewhat similar to the common
grape, with leaves 4 to 10 inches wide, somewhat longer, three lobed,
often deeply so, and the under surface somewhat downy. It is worth
growing for its vigorous habit and the usually fine purple and crimson
hues of its foliage. Native of Amurland, Chosen (Korea), and northern
China. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Slwubs Hardy in the British
Isles, vol. 2, p. 666, 1911)
42321 to 42332.
From Buenos Aires, Argentina. Presented by Senor Benito J. Carrasco,
director. Botanic Gardens. Received March 23, 1916.
42321. Acacia bonariensis Gillies. Miinosacese.
" Napinday. A handsome, very spiny tree, suitable for parks, from the
temperate and cool sections of Argentina." (Carrasco.)
" Usually a small spiny tree which grows at length in circles. The
yellow wood is hard, but has not been used. Horizontal cuts across the
young shoots give a square section." (Venturi y Lillo, Contribucidn al
Conocimiento de los Arboles de la Argentina, p. 37, 1910.)
42322. Acacia moniliformis Griseb. Mirnosacese.
" Tusca. A spiny tree, with fragrant flowers, of medium height. From
the temperate and cool regions of Argentina." (Carrasco.)
"A species of Espinillo with yellow flowers separated on the stalk.
Small branched, scarcely compact ; grows in the valleys of the highlands ;
used for firewood. Wood reddish. Very abundant." (Venturi y
Lillo, Contrihucion al Conocimiento de los Arboles de la Argentina, p.
35, 1910.)
42323. Alegria divaricata (Mart.) Stuntz. Tiliacete.
(Luehea divaricata Mart.)
" Soto caballo. A leafy flower-bearing tree, with good quality wood ;
from the cool and subtropical regions of Argentina." (Carrasco.)
" Very abundant tree, large and tall, with light, white wood, used
especially for the manufacture of shoes. When in flower it is very
beautiful. It is not utilized in Alto Parana, but in Alto Uruguay it Is
used for rods, frames and doors, and windows and planking. It is
exported to the cities along the rivers of Uruguay." (Venturi and Lillo,
Contribucidn al Conocimiento de los Arboles de la Argentina, p. 100,
910.)
42324. Aspidosperma peeoba Said. Gama. Apocynacese.
" Peroba. An erect tree with flexible wood ; from the subtropical re-
gions in Argentina." (Carrasco.)
A Brazilian tree with alternate entire leaves and clusters of small
flowers. The wood of this genus is valuable.
78 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
42321 to 42332— Continued.
42325. Baryxylum dubium (Spreng.) Pierre. Csesalpiniaceae.
(Peltophorum vogeliatvum Walp.)
" Ibird-pitd. A leafy tree, with erect trunk 1 meter in diameter;
wood hard, indestructible, red; from the subtropical regions of Argen-
tina." (Carrasco.)
A bandsome ornamental tree with mimosalike foliage and striking
yellow flowers arranged in huge panicles. It is closely related to the
royal poinciana and vies with it in beauty of flower and foliage.
42326. Combretum fruticosum (Loefl.) Stuntz. Combretacese.
(Combretum loeflingU Eicbl.)
" PlumeHUo. A magnificent climbing plant of rapid growth, the flowers
resembling the Grevilleas; from the temperate regions of Argentina."
( Carrasco. )
An ornamental climbing shrub with orange and green flowers ; native
to Brazil.
42327. Gleditm a amorphoides (Griseb.) Taub. Ca?salpiniacese.
(Garugandra amorphoides Griseb.) Honey locust.
" E spina corona. A leafy tree with hard wood; from the temperate
and cooler regions of Argentina." (Carrasco.)
"A spiny tree, flowering in December ; sometimes attains a height of
50 feet, trunk diameter often 2\ feet. Hieronymus states that the
bark is used in place of soap for removing spots from woolen and cotton
goods ; hence the name quillay. The leaves, young twigs, and roots have
astringent properties ; the wood is used in making vessels for holding
liquids, in turning, for house furniture, and for wooden soles and pegs."
(Taubert, Berichte Deutsche Bot. Gesellsch., vol. 10, p. 637.)
42328. Pithecoctenium cynanchoides DC. Bignoniacea?.
" Tripa de Braya. A vigorous climbing plant ; from the temperate
and hot regions of Argentina." (Carrasco.)
42329. Prosopis sp. Mimosacea?. Algaroba.
" Algaroba morada. A hardy, strong tree. The wood is especially
useful for sleepers, tannin extraction, etc. From the cool and temperate
as well as the subtropical regions of Argentina." (Carrasco.)
Received as Prosopis duleis, which is generally considered to be a
synonym of P. chilensis (Mol.) Stuntz (P. juli flora DC), but the
material received does not agree with other material of that species.
42330. Stigmaphyllon jatroph aefolium Juss. Malpighiaceae.
" Papa del rio. A magnificent climbing plant with numerous flowers
like Oncidium; from the temperate regions of Argentina." (Carrasco.)
A tropical American woody vine with yellow flowers in axillary,
peduncled clusters.
42331. Tipuana tipu (Benth.) Lillo. Fabaceae.
• (Tipuana spcciosa Benth.)
" Tipu. A large tree 50 meters in height, leafy, very ornamental,
with good timber; from the subtropical, temperate, and cool regions of
Argentina " (Carrasco.)
"Handsome tree, tall, large, straight trunked. Wood rose color to
creamy white, soft and stringy, hard to saw and used very little in
.Tu.juy, but in Tucuman it is used for bookshelves; also exported to
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1916. 79
42321 to 42332— Continued.
Buenos Aires. It gives a fine red rosin. Very abundant." (Venturi
y Lillo, Contribucion al Conocimiento de los Arboles de la Argentina,
p. 37, 1910.)
42332. Vitex montevidensis Cham. Verbenacese.
•• Tarumd. A leafy little ornamental tree, floriferous, with hard wood;
from the subtropical regions of Argentina." (Carrasco.)
"This common species is found on the hanks of the small streams;
the wood, of reddish color, striped, and hard, is very good and valuable.
The bark of the tree is fragile and grooved like that of the Mata ojos
(Ponteria sp.) As it is well preserved in wet situations it is utilized
for kilns, posts, etc., and being easy to split it is used for shingles on
roofs. The fruit gives a kind of oil and the wood likewise, even after
it is dried ; when buried it oozes oil and seems to turn green again."
(Venturi y Lillo, Contribucidn al Conocimiento de Jos Arboles de la
Argentina, p. 10^, 1910.)
42333 to 42354. Nicotiana spp. Solanaceae. Tobacco.
From Cava, Italy. Presented by Mr. C. Emilio Anastasia, Ra Direzione
Compartimentale delle Goltivazioni Tahacchi. Received March 25, 1916.
42333. Nicotiana acuminata (R. Grah.) Hook.
Herbaceous annual, viscid-pubescent; stem slender, branching; leaves
ovate-lanceolate, undulate, sometimes subcordate, narrowed into a short
petiole, apex long-acuminate; flowers loose-racemose; calyx glandular-
pubescent, corolla white, about 3 inches long; tube green veined, slightly
curved. Perennial in its native habitat, Chile. (Adapted from Bailey,
Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. //, p. 211$.)
42334. Nicotiana alata Link and Otto.
Herbaceous perennial with slender erect stems 2 to 3A feet tall and
branching; flowers open at night and fragrant; tube yellowish green,
limb nearly 2 inches across, pale violet beneath, white within. Native
of Brazil, Uruguay, and Paraguay. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard
Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. '/, p. 2141.)
42335. Nicotiana chinensis Fisch.
An annual species growing to a height of 6 feet and having pink
flowers in August. Originally found in China. (Adapted from 'John-
son's Gardener's Dictionary, p. <!58.)
This species is referred by Comes, Monographia Nicotiana, p. 9. 1899,
to the angustifolia form of N. tabacum fruticosa Hook. r.
42336. Nicotiana glauca R. Grah.
An erect, treelike species, up lo 20 feci tall, glaucous-blue all over,
with branching stems and long-petioled leaves. Flowers yellow, in loose,
terminal, bracted panicles. Found in Argentina, Paraguay, and Bolivia.
Fasily grown from seed and frequently cultivated for its stately habit
and glaucous-blue foliage which sometimes develops purple tints. It
has escaped from cultivation and runs wild in Texas and California.
(Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. Jt,
p. 21/t3.)
42337. Nicotiana langsdokfii Schrank.
A pilose to downy herbaceous annual, with branching stems 2 to 3
feet tall ; flowers greenish yellow in drooping panicles. Native of
80 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
42333 to 42354— Continued.
Brazil and Chile. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of
Horticulture, vol. 4, p. 2143.)
42338. Nicotiana longifloba Cav.
An erect annual or perennial, 2 to 3 feet tall, having slender, hristly,
scabrous stems and somewhat clasping, spatulate to lanceolate leaves,
prominently undulate. Night-opening fragrant flowers 4 inches long,
extra-axillar, in terminal loose racemes, pale violet to yellowish violet
outside, white within, with yellowish violet anthers. Becomes an an-
nual in northern gardens. Found from Texas to Chile and Argentina.
(Adapted from Bailey. Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 4,
p. 2141.)
42339. Nicotiana paniculata L.
An herbaceous, viscid-pubescent annual having a simple stem 2 to 3
feet tall, angular above, branching ; yellowish green flowers in large
terminal panicles. Not much cultivated. Native of Peru. (Adapted
from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 4, p. 2143.)
42340. Nicotiana plumbaginifolia Viv.
An annual species growing to a height of 2 feet and having while
flowers in May. Native of America. (Adapted from Johnson's Gardener's
Dictionary, p. 658.)
42341. Nicotiana quadbivalvis Pursh.
An herbaceous, viscid-pubescent annual having erect or branching stems
with leaves 4 to 6 inches long. Flowers few on short slender pedicels,
purple without and white within. Formerly cultivated by the Indians
and still grown by them sparingly. Known only from Indian cultivation
in Oregon and Wyoming. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia
of Horticulture, vol. Jf, p. 2142.)
42342. Nicotiana bustica L.
An herbaceous plant, annual, biennial, or triennial, somewhat viscous
pubescent, having stems about 3 feet tall, branching below. Yellowish
or greenish day-opening flowers in terminal racemes. Found in Mexico
and Texas. Said to be the first species of tobacco introduced into Europe.
Its use was made known by Jean Nicot, for whom the genus was named.
(Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 4,
' p. 2143.)
42343. Nicotiana bustica L.
Received as Nicotiana campanulata. For a description, see S. P. I.
No. 42342.
42344. Nicotiana silvestbis Speg. and Comes.
An herbaceous perennial, glandular-pilose throughout, having tall
stems, leafy below, branching above ; broad, oblong-spatulate leaves.
White, flagrant flowers drooping in short racemose panicles. A night
bloomer, but flowers remain open on cloudy days. (Adapted from Bailey,
Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 4* 2141-)
42345. Nicotiana suaveolens Lelnn.
An herbaceous annual or biennial, usually viscid, having stems 1 to 2
feet tall, densely villous at the base and glabrous above. Night opening,
fragrant, greenish purple flowers in terminal racemes. Found in Aus-
tralia. Said to grow in moderate shade. (Adapted from Bailey, stand
ard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. \. y. 2148.)
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42333 to 42354— Continued.
42346. Nicotiana tabacum L.
The ordinary tobacco of commerce.
42347. Nicotiana angustifolia ceispa (Cav.) Comes.
Often referred to Nicotiana tabacum, but Comes in his Monographic
du Genre Nicotiana, p. 51, considers N. angustifolia. to be a good species.
42348. X Nicotiana calyciflora Caille.
"The calyciflora (Cambridge) will hardly present flowers with petaloid
calyx. It presents instead (and by reversion) flowers with purple corolla.
This shows that it has been obtained from Nicotiana purpurea or
atropurpurea. In fact, at Fojano del la Chiana (Arezzo) the true calyci-
flora has been obtained by mutation of N. atropurpurea. Under
cultivation it has in 1915 perfectly preserved the character, and I believe
it will do so with you." (Anastasia.)
42349. Nicotiana tkigonophylla Dnnal.
"Nicotiana trigonophylla is no more or less than N. rustled, while
it ought to be something entirely different." (Anastasia.)
This species has stems 15 inches tall, with leaves that are triangular,
sessile, somewhat clasping, about 2 inches long and five-eighths of an inch
broad. The corolla is yellowish green, about one-half inch long; viscous
pubescent throughout. Found from Utah to Mexico and California.
(Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. Jh p.
2W,.)
42350. Nicotiana undulata Ruiz and Pavon.
Said to be a variety of Nicotiana suaveolens Lehm., with large undulated
leaves and flowers larger than that species. (Adapted from Bailey,
Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. //, p. 21J/2.)
42351. Nicotiana viscosa Lehm.
"Nicotiana viscosa ought to be near N. langsdorffU (a langsdorffii with
large flowers, with the characters of alata) ; instead it is a rustica
(like texana).,J (Anastasia.)
An annual species 3 feet tall, having pink flowers in July. Originally
from Argentina. (Adapted from Johnson's Gardener's Dictionary,
p. 658.)
42352. Nicotiana tabacum mackopityi.i.a Dunal.
Received as Nicotiana latissima Mill.
42353. Nicotiana tabacum mackophylla Dunal.
Received as Nicotiana macropliylla Lehm.
"A large-leaved variety with large red flowers, of which there are sev-
eral horticultural forms." (Bailey. Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture,
vol. J,, p. ?A),1,.)
42354. X Nicotiana sandkuae Hort.
"A viscid-pubescent herbaceous annual, with stems 2 to 3 feet tall,
of bushy habit; corolla salverform, the lobes earniine-rose. Originated in
1903 by Sander & Sons, St. Albans, England, as a cross between
Nicotiana alata and N. forgetiana." (Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of
Horticulture, vol. ), i>. '1';?.)
89947—19 6
82 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
42355 to 42376.
From Madagascar. Presented by Mr. Eugene Jaegle, director, Agricultural
Station of Ivoloina, near Tamatave, through Mr. James G. Carter,
American consul. Received March 31, 1916.
42355. Adenanthera pavonina L. Mimosaceae. Coral-bean tree.
" A handsome deciduous tree with spreading branches and bipiunate
leaves, bearing pods of glossy, scarlet, biconvex seed. Flowers in
racemes, numerous, small, white and yellow mixed, fragrant.
" The tree is a native of the East Indies, where the jewelers use the
seeds for weights, each weighing almost exactly 4 grains. The heart-
wood of the larger tree is of a deep red color. It is hard and durable
and in India is sometimes used as a substitute for red sandalwood. It
yields a dye which the Brahmins of India use for marking their fore-
heads. It has long been growing in Guam and is pretty well distributed
over the island. Its vernacular name [kolales] is an imitation of the
' corales ' (coral beans) and is likewise applied to the smaller seeded
Abnus abrus." (W. E. Safford, Useful 1'huits of Guam, p. i~.J.)
See S. P. I. Nos. 38650 and 30542 for previous introductions.
42356. Albizzia chinensis (Osbeck) Merr. Mimosaceae.
{Albizzia stipulata Boiv.)
A large, deciduous, fast-growing tree of tropical Asia, whose wood is
used for cart wheels, wooden bells, cabinet work, and furniture, as well
as for fuel ; the branches are used for fodder, and the trunk yields a
gum which is suitable for sizing paper.
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 30104.
42357. Cajtjptjti leucadendra (Stickm.) Rusby. Myrtacae. Cajuput.
(Melaleuca leucadendron L.)
The cajuput tree of India and Australia. Reaches a height of SO feet.
Can be grown on the edges of salt-water swamps, where no Eucalyptus
will survive. Like the Eucalyptus the tree is believed to be valuable for
subduing malarial vapors. The lamellar bark is valuable for preserving
fruit wrapped in it. The wood is hard, close grained, and almost im-
perishable underground. The leaves yield as much as 2 per cent of the
well-known cajuput oil. closely allied to that of Eucalyptus. (Adapted
from Mueller, Select Extra-Tropical Plants, p. 303.)
42358. Bichea acuminata (Beauv.) W. F. Wight. StercuUacese.
(Cola acuminata Schott and Endl.) Kola nut.
This is one of the largest and most beautiful trees of the river regions
of Senegambia. It grows to a height of 10 to 20 meters, having a
large trunk and strong branches, the wood being good for naval con-
struction, carpentry, etc. The leaves are oval-acuminate and alternate,
the flowers very numerous, apetalous and polygamous, in paniculate
cymes. At 10 years of age the tree comes into full bearing and may
yield 45 kilograms of seed twice annually, in November and June. The
seeds, often reduced to a large, more or less fleshy embryo, are a clear
yellow or rosy red in color. Deprived of their covering, they vary iu
weight from 5 to 25 grams. Kola is highly prized by all the African
tribes, who use it in the fresh state for chewing and in the dry state
as a food. Its taste, at first sweetish, is astringent, then bitter. It
has the property of making brackish and hoi water agreeable and
fresh. Like mate and coca, it contains eaffein and quiets hunger and
allows one to endure the most prolonged labor without fatigue. In
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1916. 83
42355 to 42376— Continued.
addition, swallowed after having been chewed or taken as a powder, the
kola nut is a valued antidysenteric and is passed among the negroes as a
powerful aphrodisiac; native names Gourou, Ngourou, and Cafe du
Soudan. (Adapted from De Lanessan, Les Plantes Utiles des Colonies
Francaises, pp. 3Jf3, 805.)
42359. Bichea acuminata (Beauv.) W. F. Wight. Sterculiacese.
(Cola acuminata Schott and Endl.) Kola nut.
See S. P. I. No. 42358 for description.
42360. Canangium odoeatum (Lam.) Baill. Annonacea?. Ilang-ilang.
(Cananga odorata Hook. f. and Thorns.)
" This is a handsome tree, symmetrical and stately, reaching a height
of 50 feet or more. It has a smooth, hard, grayish bark, resembling that
of the beech. It flowers in April and May or perhaps even earlier. The
long, straplike, yellowish petals give out a rich, spicy fragrance, some-
what resembling that of cinnamon and very pronounced just after a rain."
(-/. E. Conner.)
See also S. P. I. No. 38652 for previous introduction.
42361. Caeica papaya L. Papaya cea?. Papaya.
See S. P. I. No. 42055 for description.
42362. Cassia siamea Lam. Caisalpiniacea?.
A valuable medium-sized tree, having pinnately compound leaves and
oblong medium-sized leaflets. It is decidedly ornamental on account of
its erect terminal panicles of yellow flowers and elongated flat pods. It
is commonly cultivated in the Philippines and has done remarkably well
in Cuba. The wood is considered of value for house pillars and in the
making of furniture. Native name, Ong-canh-eh Kmer. (Adapted from
De Lanessan, Les Plantes Utiles des Colonies Francaises, p. 281, and from
the Catalogue of the Manila City Nursery.)
42363. Castilla elastica Cerv. Moracese. Rubber tree.
A lofty, deciduous, native American forest tree of the breadfruit family,
growing to a height of 20 meters and over, the young twigs being densely
covered with yellowish or grayish hair. Mature leaves rather large, dark
green above, paler and velvety beneath. Rubber is obtained in the usual
way by tapping the tree and evaporating the moisture from the latex.
(See Contributions from, the U. S. National Herbarium, vol. 13, part 1,
1910, p. 211.)
42364. Citrus hystrix DC. Rutacese. Papeda.
A large, thorny tree. 6 to 12 meters high, having broadly winged
leaves 16 to 24 cm. long. Fruits variable, from oblate to pyriform, turbi-
nate or oblong, smooth to more or less corrugate, greenish lemon yellow;
rind medium thick, flesh greenish, juicy, sharply acid, aromatic, contained
in 12 to 15 locules ; seeds, usually many, flat, reticulate. Found in the
Malay Archipelago, including the Philippines, to India. (Adapted from
Wester, Citriculture in the Philippines, Bulletin 21, 1913.)
42365. Linoma alba (Bory) O. F. Cook. PhnMuracea?. Palm.
A slender, spineless, arecalike palm found in tropical Asia, where it
grows to a height of 30 teel or more and a diameter of S or 9 inches,
dilated at the base. The leaves are 8 to L2 feet long. Branches <»f the
spadix 6 to 18 inches long, ereel or slightly reflexed, zigzag when young.
84 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
42355 to 42376— Continued.
By far the best of the genus and when young a very desirable pinnate
house and table palm deserving to be well known. (Adapted from
Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, rot. 2. p. 1004, under Dictyo-
sperma.)
42366. Eugenia paekeei Baker. Myrtacese.
A Madagascar tree, the wood of which is used for cabinetmaking and
the leaves of which have been used with considerable success as an anti-
dysenteric. Native names Marotampona, Rotra, Vavarotra, and Voam-
arintampona. (Adapted from Heckel, Les Plantes Utiles de Madagascar,
p. l-W.)
42367. Funtumia elastica (Preuss) Stapf. Apocynacese.
Lagos rubber tree.
A tall forest tree growing to a height of 100 feet, usually near a
stream, and found along the west coast of Africa from the Gold Coast
in Ashanti through Lagos and lower Nigeria to the valleys of the Mungo
River. The trunk is cylindrical with pale spotted hark: leaves oblong
or lance-oblong, undulate: flowers white or yellowish, in short-peduncled,
many-flowered, dense cymes. Yields the Lagos caoutchouc. (Adapted
from Baileij. Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 3, p. 1305. i
42368. Hyphaene cobiacea Gaertn. Phcenieacese. Palm.
A palm which reaches a height of 2 or 3 meters on the northeast coast
of Madagascar, increasing by tufts of four or five leaves and sometimes
branching on the main trunk. The leaves show the morphological
peculiarity of being a transitional form between the palmate and pin-
nate leaves of the Cocos tribe. The leaves with the petiole are from 1.7
to 1.8 meters long. From the petioles of various palms are drawn fibers
known in commerce under the name of piassavas. Perhaps this palm
may be included among these piassavas. The filaments which have their
origin at the base of the petiole measure 0.8 to 1 mm. iu diameter.
Besides, in the leaf, the intersegmentary filaments, measuring from 50
to 70 cm. in length, may be employed as thread. However, their resist-
ance and elasticity are less than the coir of the coconut. Native names
are Banty, Lokoko, Satranamira, and Satranatrichy. (Adapted from
Heckel, Les Plantes Utiles de Madagascar, p. 190, 1910.)
42369. Intsia bi.tuga (Colebr. ) Kuntze. Ca?salpiniace?e.
{Afzelia hijuaa A. Gray.)
A leguminous tree described as being from the Fiji Islands, but ap-
parently widely distributed in Oceanica. The leaves are abruptly pin-
nate, the leaflets mostly in two pairs and ovate. Flowers in small ter-
minal panicles. Pods oblong and flat. 5 to 8 inches long by 2 inches
broad, containing compressed-orbicular seeds, 1 inch or more in diam-
eter. Doubtless the source of the ifit used in Guam as a cabinet wood
and for general construction purposes. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard
Cyclopedia of Horticulture, described under Afzelia. vol. I. p. 229.)
42370. Litsea laukifolia (Jacq.) Cordem. Lauracese.
(Litsea sebifera Pers. )
A timber tree of the laurel family, 1.1 to 30 feet high, found in Cochin
China. The wood is greenish yellow, tine grained and soft, with long
straight fiber and vers easy to work. It is not easily attacked by
insects and lasts well exposed to the air. found to be good for light
carpentry, joinery, and flooring. The leaves and twigs of this tree are
JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1916. 85
42355 to 42376— Continued.
filled with a glutinous substance which makes water mucilaginous.
This is used for inflammation, redness of the skin, and as a remedy for
hysteria. The pericarp of the fruit contains a fatty material, a true
wax, which is used for making candles that give off a disagreeable odor
on burning. Native names, Cay-loi-nhot and Bois d'oiseau. (Adapted
from De Lanessan, Les Plantes Utiles des Colonies Francoises, p. 533,
under Tetranthera laurifolia.)
42371. Lonchocarpus formosianus DC. Fabaeese.
A much-branched tree from Senegal, 5 to 6 meters tall, covered during
the rainy season with magnificent bunches of lilac-colored flowers recall-
ing Syringa vulgaris by their color and perfume. The natives make a
decoction from the bark and administer it for stomach complaints in chil-
dren, the tannin it contains probably being the active agent. Native
names Koll and Ossani. (Adapted from De Lanessan, Les Plantes Utiles
des Colonies Francaises, p. 801.)
42372. Ravenaia madagascariensis Sonner. Musaeese. Traveler's-tree.
The so-called traveler's-tree is a magnificent palmlike tree of the
Musaeese, confined to Madagascar. It grows to a height of 20 to 30
feet, having a palmlike trunk and bananalike leaves of gigantic size,
arranged in two rows on opposite sides of the arboreous stem, giving
one the impression of an immense fan. The leaves when cut yield an
abundance of refreshing juice, with which travelers allay their thirst.
The flowers are comparatively small, aggregated in the axils of the
leaves. The arillus surrounding the beanlike seeds is of a most beautiful
ultramarine color and yields an essential oil. A dye is extracted from
the capsules. (Adapted from Lindley, Treasury of Botany, vol. 2, p.
1192.)
42373. Spathodea campantjlata Beauv. Bignoniacese.
A tall, erect, bignoniaceous tree found in western tropical Africa and
introduced into Java, Ceylon, and other tropical countries as an orna-
mental shade tree. It is quite commonly planted about Kandy, Ceylon,
where its racemes of scarlet or crimson flowers at the tips of the
branches make a strikingly handsome and conspicuous appearance at a
distance. The unexpended flowers retain a quantity of water, and
this has led to the name fountain tree, by which it is sometimes known.
(Adapted from MacMillan, Tropical Gardening and Planting, p. 264.)
42374. Tectona grandis L. f. Verbenacea\ Teak.
A large deciduous forest and timber tree, indigenous in both pen-
insulas of India. The young branches are quadrangular, having opposite
leaves and terminal panicles of white flowers, followed by round fruits
about the size of cherries, covered with spongy wool and inclosed in a
kind of bladder formed of the enlarged calyx. The valuable wood is that
chiefly exported from India, more particularly Burma, and is the niosi
important building timber of the country. (See Watt, Commercial
Products of India, p. 1068, and Lindley, Treasury of Botany, vol. 2, />.
1128.)
42375. Trachylobium verrucosum (Gaertn.) Oliver. Csesalpiniacese.
This spineless leguminous tree, found on the islands of Madagascar
and Reunion, grows to a height of about 20 feel and has dense clusters
of white flowers. It produces a true copal resin, or anime, which is
86 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
42355 to 42376— Continued.
used for the manufacture of varnish. The resinous wood is very hard
and heavy and lasts very well. The sapwood is the color of oak and the
heartwobd is suitable for cabinetmaking. Native name Copalier.
(Adapted from De Lancssan, Les Plantes Utiles des Colonies Francoises,
p. 531, under Uymenaea verrucosa.)
42376. Typhonodorum eindleyanum Schott. Araceae.
This species of aroid is found in Zanzibar, Mauritius, and Madagascar,
and, like all of the genus, it grows near the banks of muddy streams or
in marshes. The plant measures from 1.5 to 2.5 meters high. All parts
give off an irritating juice which causes itching. The Malagasy make
an edible starch by drying the grated base of the plant over a slow
tire. In spite of the action of the fire, however, this starch causes an
itching in the mouth and even in the esophagus. This starch is also
considered an excellent remedy against the bites of venomous animals.
Certain animals, such as wild boars, are very fond of the entire stalk. From
the leaf sheath, the Sakalavas extract a thread which they manufacture
into heavy fishlines, and according to Perrier de la Bathie a variety which
has reddish and blackish sheaths gives better fibers than the variety
which has white sheaths. It is a very easy matter to gently draw out
the threads after abruptly breaking the sheath, provided they are pulled
out parallel to the axis. Thus obtained, the threads are at first a deep
yellow, becoming much lighter with washing. Native names Viha and
Vihana. (Adapted from Heckel, Les Plantes Utiles de Madagascar, pp.
254-255, under T. madagascariensis.)
42377 to 42380.
From Chefoo. China. Presented by Mr. A. Sugden, customhouse, through
Mr. John F. Jewell, American consul, Chefoo. Received March 29, 1916.
42377 and 42378. Arachis hypogaea L. Fabacese. Peanut.
42377 Small variety. 42378. Large variety.
42379. Amygdaeus persica L. Amygdalacea?. Peach.
(Prunus persica Stokes.)
"Mixed peach stones of various sorts and seasons." (Sugden.)
42380. Prunus armeniaca L. Amygdalacese. Apricot.
Introduced for breeding experiments.
42381 to 42383.
From Buenos Aires, Argentina. Presented by Senor Benito .1. Carrasco,
director, Botanic Gardens. Received March 21, 1916. Notes by Senor
Carrasco.
42381. Bauhinia candicans Benth. Cresalpiniaceae.
" Caoba. Ornamental tree, with excellent wood, from the temperate
ion of Argentina."
42382. Caesalpinia meeanocarpa Griseb. Csesalpiniacese.
" Ghioyacan. A handsome leafy tree, with hard reddish wood, from
the temperate region of Argentina."
42383. Cassia laevigata Willd. C-esalpiniacea?.
" San Falso. A vigorous ornamental tree from the temperate and hot
regions of Argentina."
IiNDEX OF COMMOiN AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES.
Abelmoschus esculentus, 41724.
Abies sibirica, 42311.
Acacia bonariensis, 42321.
moniliformis, 42322.
Acer ginnala, 42310.
Aconite, Aconitum sp., 41874.
Aconitum sp., 41874.
Adenanthera pavonina, 42355.
Adenocarpus foliolosus, 42183.
X Aesculus plantierensis, 41961.
Afzelia bijuga. See Intsia bijuga.
Akee, Blighia sapida, 42273.
Albizzia chinensis, 42356.
stipulata. See Albizzia chinensis.
Alegria. divaricata, 42323.
Alfalfa, Medicago falcata, 42018.
sativa, 42279, 42281.
(Australia), 42281.
(New Zealand), 42279.
See also Lucern.
Algaroba, Prosopis chilensis, 42025.
morada, Prosopsis sp., 42329.
Alloobokhara. Prunus bokhariensis,
42057.
Alloteropsis semialata, 41751.
Almond, Tangutian, Amygdalus tangu-
tica, 41708, 41709.
Alpinia sp., 41941.
Altagana, Caragana microphylla, 42187.
Alueha, Primus bokhariensis, 42057.
Alysicarpus longifolius, 41883.
rugosus, 41884.
A mygdalus persica, 41731-41736, 41738,
41740-41743, 41881, 42178, 42300,
42301, 42379.
persica nectarina, 41739, 42200.
persica platycarpa, 41727, 41737.
tangutica, 41708, 41709.
Andropogon anrwlatus, 41885.
australis. See Holcus plumosus.
caricosus, 418S6.
emcrsus, 41887.
ischaemum, 41762.
lawsoni, 41888.
odoratus, 41889.
pumilus, 41S90.
imrpureo-sericeus, 41891.
serratus. See Holcus fulvus.
Angico branco, Piptadenia sp., 41940.
Annona cherimola, 41S05-41807.
squamosa, 41873.
Anthistiria arenacea. See Themeda
gigantea avenacea.
vulgaris. See Themeda forska'.ii,
Apluda aristata, 41892.
Apricot, Primus armeniaca, 42380.
Arachis hypogaea, 42377. 42378.
Aralia cordata, 42084.
Arbutus arizonica, 41726.
Arctomecori humilc, 41763.
Aristida calycina, 41758.
Arracacia vanthorrhiza, 42137.
Arracacba, Arracacia xanthorrhiza,
42137.
Aru bokhara, Prunus bokhariensis,
42057.
Arundinuria pumila, 41924.
Arundinella agrostoides, 41893.
nepalensis, 41747.
Aspidosperma peroba, 42324.
Arena orientalis, 420S7.
sativa, 42088, 42089.
sterilis, 42090. 42091.
Avocado. Persea americana, 41688,
41725.
Balsam pear, Homordica charantia.
41721.
Bamboo, Arioulinaria pumila, 41924.
Bambos guadua, 42066.
Barberry. See Bcrberis spp.
Barleria cristata, 41963.
Barley, Hordcum spp. :
Archer, 42095.
("ape, 42100.
golden grain. 42097.
Goldthorpe, 42092.
Kiaver, 42094.
Po ree, 42061.
Pryor, 12093.
Roseworthy Oregon, 42096.
short head, 42099.
skinless, 42101.
square head, 42098.
Barii.il/iiim iiiibiuin. 42180, 4232:".
Ba tn, Croton tiglium, 41879.
Bauhinia candicans, 42381.
87
ss
INDKX OF COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES.
Bean, adzuki, Phaseolus angularis,
li'()63.
Bertoni, Phaseolus caracalla,
41882.
broad, Vicia faba, 41770.
cape, Phaseolus hmatus, 42270.
Lima, Phaseolus lunatus, 42075,
42270.
mung, Phaseolus aureus, 42064.
rice, Phaseolus calcaratus, 42056.
sora, i iota faba, 41770.
soy, Soja max, 42059.
See also Taguana.
Beard-tongue, Pentstemon spp., 41772.
41773.
Beef wood, Casuarvna glauca, 42286.
Beet, Beta vulgaris, 42275.
Befri, Indigofera glandulosa, 41908,
42027.
Berberis sp., 42184.
fremontii, 41764.
hookeri viridis, 42185.
repens, 41765.
vilmoriniana, 42184.
Beta vulgaris, 42275.
Bichea acuminata, 42358, 42359.
Black sapote, Diospyros ebenasU r,
41723.
Blighia sapida, 42273.
Boehmeria nivea, 41878.
Bois d'oiseau, Litsea laurifolia, 42370.
Bradburya plumieri, 41950.
Bramble, Rubus sp., 41922.
Bread-nut tree, Brosimum alicastrum,
41880.
Brosimum alicastrum, 41880.
Bunchosia sp., 41960.
Butia capital a pulposa, 41686.
Cabugao, Citrus webberii montana,
41959.
Cacara erosa, 41712. 42029. 12050,
42051.
('actus. Echinocactus Jeeontei. 41767.
Cat salpinia coriaria, 42271.
melanocarpa, 42382.
Caf6 du Soudan. Bichea acuminata,
42358.
Cajuput, Cajuyuti U ucadendra, 423.~>7.
Cajuputi leucadendra, 423">7.
Calamondin, Citrus mitis, 41958.
Cananga odorata. See Canangium
odoratum.
Canangium odoratum. 42360.
CanavaU obtusifolium, 41816.
Candle tree, Parmentiera cereifera,
41722.
Cannabis sativa, 11728, 12166.
Caoba. Bauhinia candicans, 42381.
capsicum annuum, 12070,42071,42074.
Caragana arborescens, 41925.
arborescens redowski, 42186.
microphylla, 421 S7.
pygmaea, 42282.
sjiinosa, 42312.
Cardon, Puya chilensis, 42082.
Carica papaya, 42055, 42361.
Cariniana legalis, 41933.
Cassia laevigata, 42.",S3.
siamea, 42362.
Castillo elastica, 42363.
Castor bean. Ricinus communis. 41872.
Casuariua glauca, 42286.
Celtis tala, 42285.
Cinch rus hi/torus. 41894.
Gercidiphyllum japonicum, 42067.
Chaetochloa italica, 42058.
macrostachya, 41744.
Chamaedorea tepejilote, 41705.
Chayota edulis, 41689, 41794-41799,
41800, 41801. 42068, 42168-42172.
Chayote. See Chayota edulis.
Chenar, Platanus orientaUs, 42201.
Cnerimoya. Annona cherimola, 41805-
41807.
Cherry, flowering, Prunus serrulata,
41817-41870.
Amanogawa, 41850.
Ainayadori, 41852.
Ariyake. 41843.
Asagi-zakura, 41860.
Benden. 41S4.~>.
Bendono, 41845.
I'.i'ui-tora-no-o. 41858.
Botanzakura, 41861.
Choshu-hizakura, 41834.
Fugenzo, 41S64.
I'ukurokuju, 41817.
Gijozakura, 41851.
Gyoik5, 41841.
Giozanoma-nioi, 41819.
Goshozakura, 41849.
Bakkasan [Hakukazan], 41853.
Batazakura, 41833.
Bigurashi, 41S69.
Bitoye-Fudiiiizakura. 41Ss50.
Horin.ii. 41847.
[chiyo, 41838.
INDEX OF COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES.
39
Cherry — Continued.
Jo-gioi-ko, 41857.
Jo-nioi, 41866.
Kan-zakura, 41S27.
Kirin, 41818.
Koke-shimidsu, 41859.
Kokonoye, 41829.
Kongosan, 41842.
Koshio-yama, 41835.
Kwanzan, 41822.
Meigetsu, 41821.
Mikurumagaeshi [kaisi], 41865.
Minakani, 41828.
Murasakizakura, 41830.
Narazakura, 41836.
Ohsibayama, 41844.
Oshima-zakura, 41855.
Ojochin, 41839.
Ranzan, 41832.
Ruiran, 41854.
Senriko, 41831.
Shirofugen, 41S48.
Shogetsu, 41825.
Shujaku, 41823.
Shirayuki, 41868.
Shirotae, 41837.
Somei-yoshino, 41863.
Sumizome, 41820.
Surugadai-nioi, 41862.
Taizan-fukun, 41867.
Taki-nioi, 41824.
Unju-zakura, 41870.
Washi-no-o [Washino-wo], 41826.
Yae-akebono, 41840.
Yedozakura, 41846.
Chilopsis linearis, 42202.
saligna. See Chilopsis linearis.
China grass, Boehmeria nivea, 41878.
Chionachne barbata, 41895.
Chloris gayana, 41896.
paraguaiensis, 41759, 41897.
vcntricosa, 41760.
tenuis, 41761.
virgata, 41898.
Chorisia insignis, 42292.
CUrysopogon montanus, 41 899.
Ch'u ma, Boehmeria nivea, 41878.
Chii tzu, Citrus nobilis deliciosa,
41719.
Citron, Citrus mediea. 41716. 41926.
citrus aurantium. 41713, 41955.
excelsa, 41714, 41056.
gran (lis, 41711.
hystrix, 42364.
Citrus — Continued.
limetta aromatiea. 41715, 41957.
medica, 41716, 41926.
odorata, 41717.
mitis, 41958.
nobilis deliciosa, 41719.
sinensis, 41718.
webberii montana, 41959.
Cocos australis, botryophora, coronata,
datil, flexuosa, plumosa, romanzof-
fiana. See Butia eapitata pulposa,
41686.
Coix lacryma-jobi, 41900.
Cola acuminata. See Bichea acumi-
nata.
Colocasia esculenta, 42020, 42021.
Combretum fruticosum, 42326.
loeflingii. See Combretum fruti-
cosum.
Copalier, TracJiylobium verrucosum,
42375.
Coral-bean tree, Adenanthera pavoni-
na, 42355.
Corn, Zea mags, 42167, 42276.
Cornel, Bentham's, Cornus eapitata,
42287.
Cum us bretschneideri, 42188.
eapitata, 422S7.
Vnr jit us ferox, 41812.
Cotton, Gossypium hirsutum, 41917.
Couratari legalis. See Cariniana
legalis.
Crab apple, Siberian, Mat us baccata,
42081.
( !rane's-bill, Geranium /'/•< niontii, 4176s.
Crataegus pinnatifida, 41952, 41953,
42017, 42313.
Croton-oil plant, Croton tiglium, 41879.
Croton tiglium, 41879.
Cucurbita maxima, 41927.
Cupressus glabra, 41690.
< lurrant, Ribes spp. :
black, Ribes nigrum. 4222:: 42239.
Bang-Up, 42230.
Beauty, 422:'.:;.
Climax, 42232.
Eagle. 42236.
Eclipse, 42224.
Ethel, 42227.
Kerry. 42238.
Lee's Prolific, 42239.
Magnus, 42231.
Merveille de la Gironde, 42226.
Monarch, 42235.
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INDEX OF COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES.
Currant — Continued,
black — Continued.
Norton, 42237.
Ontario, 42229.
Saunders, 42228.
Success, 42225.
Topsy, 42223.
Winona, 42234.
See also Ribes dikuscha, 42318.
garden, Ribes vulgare, 41988-^1990,
42240-42267.
Champagne. 42256.
Climax, 42259.
Cumberland, 42250.
Fay's Prolific, 42243.
Frauenderfer, 42255.
Greenfield, 42246.
Kaiser, 42261.
La Conde, 42247.
Large Red, 42254.
Large White, 42260.
Long-Bunched Holland, 42252
Moore's Seedling, 42257.
New Red Dutch, 41988, 42242.
Pomona, 42258.
Prince Albert, 42251.
Raby Castle, 42245.
Rankin's Red. 42248.
Red Dutch, 42240.
Red English, 42253.
Red Grape, 42244.
Scotch, 41989.
Utrecht, 41990.
Verrieris White, 42262.
Victoria, 42241.
Wentworth Leviathan. 42267.
White Brandenburg, 42263.
White Cherry, 42264.
White Grape, 42265.
White Pearl, 42266.
Wilder, 42249.
Cyclolobium blanchetianum, 41937.
Cymbopetalum penduliflorum, 42047.
Cymbopogon coloratus, 42048.
Cypress, smooth, Cupressus glabra,
41690.
Dalea johnsoni. See Parosela John-
son i.
Danewort, Sambucus ebulus, 42298.
Danthonia pallida, 41752.
Dnsheen, Colocasia esculenta, 42020.
Dasylirion ichceleri, 42203.
Delphinium scaposum, 41766.
Dictyospenna alba. See JAnoma alba.
Dinebra arabica, 41902.
Dioscorca spp., 42052, 42054.
trifida, 42053.
Diospyros ebenaster, 41723.
kaki, 41691-41702, 41779-41793,
42138-42165.
Divi-divi. Cacsalpinia coriaria, 42271.
Ear-flower, sacred. Cymbopetalum
pendu lifloru m , 42047.
EchinocacPua lecontei, 41767.
Eragrostis abyssinica, 41903.
elcgans, 41904.
Erianthus ftilvus. See Erianthus ru-
flpilus.
ruflpilus, 41685.
Erythrina flabelliformis, 42204.
X Escallonia langleyensis, 41962.
Espina corona, Oleditsia amorphoides.
42327.
Espinillo, Acacia moniliformis, 42322.
Euchlaena mexicana, 41905.
Eugenia klotzschiana, 42030.
parkeri, 42366.
Feronia elephant um. See Feronia
limonia.
limonia, 4226S.
Ficus lacor, 41720.
Fir, Abies sibirica, 42311.
Flax. Liniun usitatissimum, 41811.
42037.
Riga (Russian), 42037.
Fountain tree, Spathodea campanu-
lata, 4237:;.
Fragaria spp., 41977-41987.
chiloensis, 42072.
Funtumia elastica, 42367.
Gareinia (punctata. 4->>^~>.
mestoni, 41802.
Qarugandra amorphoides. See Oledit-
sia amorphoides.
Geonoma erythrospadice, 41934.
Geranium fremontii, 41768.
Gleditsia amorphoides, 42327.
caspica, 42288. •
Gossypium hirsutum, 41917.
Gourd, Loofah, Luffa acutangula, 42069.
Granadilla. See Passiflora spp.
Grape, I itis spp., 41707, 41S77.
Amur, Vitis amurensis. 42:v_'<i.
INDEX OF COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES.
91
•Grass. See Allotcropsis, Andropogon,
Apluda, Aristida, Arundinella,
' Cenchrus, Chaetochloa, Chio-
nachne, Chloris, Chrysopogon,
Coix, Cymbopogon, DantJionia,
Dinebra, Eragrostis, Euchlaena,
Holcus, Homalocenchrus, Ischae-
mum, Iseilema, Manisuris, Pani-
cum, Pennisetum, Pollinia,
Thelepogon, Themeda, Trachys,
Tricholaena.
blue star, Chloris ventricosa,
41760.
brown-top, Pollinia fulva, 41754.
cockatoo, Alloteropsis semialata,
41751.
Johnson, Holcus halepensis. 41906.
kangaroo. Themeda forskalii,
41757.
Themeda gigantea avenacea,
41748.
lemon, Cymbopogon coloratus,
42048.
Natal, Tricholaena rosea, 41921.
Rhodes, Chloris gayana, 41896.
rice, Homalocenchrus hexandrus,
41750.
silver, Danthonia pallida, 41752.
Sudan, Holcus sorghum sudanen-
sis, 41907.
sugar, Pollinia fulva, 41754.
white-topped, Danthonia pallida,
41752.
See also Job's-tears, Palwan, Teff,
and Teosinte.
•Guadua, Bambos guadua, 42066.
Guadua angustifolia. See Bambos gua-
dua.
Guava, Psidium spp., 41706, 42039,
42295.
mountain. Psidium montanum,
42296.
Guayacan, Caesalpinia melanocarpa,
42382.
Halimodendron argenteum. See Hali-
modendron halodendron.
halodendron, 42283.
Hawthorn, Crataegus pinnatiflda,
41952, 41953, 42017, 42313.
Hazel, Corylus ferox, 41812.
Hedysarum boreale, 41.901.
< xcitlentum, 42191.
flarescens, 42192.
Hedysarum pabularc, 41769.
Heliconia sp.. 41942.
Hemp, Cannabis saliva, 41728, 42166.
Tochigi, 42166.
Hcsperethusa crenulata, 41947.
Hibiscus esculentus. See Abelmoschus
esculentus.
syriacus, 42302, 42303.
Holcus fulvus, 41155.
halepensis, 41906.
plumosus, 41756.
sorghum, 42060, 42278.
sudanensis, 41907.
Homalocenchrus hexandrus, 41750.
Honey locust, Oleditsia spp:
Argentine, Oleditsia amorphoides,
42327.
Caspian, Oleditsia caspica, 42288.
Honeysuckle. See Lonicera spp.
Hop, Foundling. Humulus lupulus,
42024.
Hordeum distichon palmella, 42092-
42095, 42097.
vulgare, 4209S.
coeleste, 42061.
pallidum, 42096, 42099, 42100.
trifurcatum, 42101.
Huang ko shu, Ficus lacor, 41720.
Humulus lupulus, 42024.
Huckleberry, Yaccinium ovatum., 41730.
Hydrangea bretschneideri, 42189.
xanthoneura wilsonii, 42190.
Hymenaea verrucosa. See Trachylob-
ium verrucosus.
Hyphaene coriacea, 12368.
Ibirii-pita, Baryxylum dubium, 42325.
Ilang-ilang, Canangium odoratum,
42360.
Indigo. Sec Indigofera spp.
Indigo} era ar<h>it<<i, 41929.
glandulosa, 41908, 42027.
hirsuta, 42173.
longeracemosa, 42174.
suffruticosa, 4217."..
sumatrana, 42176.
tinctoria, 42181.
trifoUata, 41909, 42028.
Inkbcrry, Randia nculcata, 41810.
Inodes texana, 42280.
Intsia hi in an, 42369.
Ipomoca sp., 41935.
Isatis tinctoria, -12182.
92
[NDEX OF COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES.
Ischaemum aristatum, 41910.
OUStrale villosum, 41740.
pilosum, 41011.
sulcatum, 41012.
Iseilema anthephoroides, 41013.
ivightii, 41014.
Jaboncillo, Sapindus saponaria, 42038.
Jaboticaba, Myrciaria sp., 42031.
Jauguario, P h as eol u s semierectus,
41028.
Jequitiba. Cariniana irgalis, 41033.
Job's-tears, Coix lacryma-jobi, 41000.
Juglans domingensis, 41030.
mandshurica, 42314.
regia, 41776-41778, 42022, 42023,
42041-42045.
Jujube, Ziziphus jujuba. SeeTsao.
Kaki. Diospyros kaki:
Arua4iiyakurae, 42160.
Ama-yemon, 42140.
Anzai, 41601.
Beni gaki, 41600.
Chijo, 41770.
Chiomatsu, 41606.
Dojo-hachiya, 42152.
Fijmvara-gosho, 41605.
Fuji, 42147.
Fuyu, 42165.
Giombo, 42130.
Gobangaki, 41780.
Hana-gosho, 41787.
Handai, 41702.
Hiragaki, 41702.
Hira-sanenashi, 41700.
Hon-gosho, 41603.
Ibogaki, 41608.
Inayama, 42156.
.Tiro, 42155.
Jisha, 41701.
Kiara, 42146.
Koharu, 42141, 42143.
Koshu-hiyakurne, 42150.
Kubo, 41602.
Kuniono, 42145.
Manzu-gaki, 41783.
Marugaki, 42138.
-Mishirazu, 42148.
Mompei, 41786.
Moriya, 41780.
Nlyorodo, 41781.
Onibira. 42163.
Oranda-gosbo, 1 1 7S2.
Kaki — Continued.
I Noraku. 41607.
Rendaiji-hiragaki, 41703.
Sakata, 41700.
Sakushu-mishirazu, 41701, 42144.
Sanenashi, 42150.
Shimofuri, 42140, 42158.
Shiroto-damashi, 42154.
Shiunshio, 42164.
Shiyogatsu, 42157.
Shyozaemon, 41784.
Takura, 42144.
Tokuda-gosho, 421.13.
Toyo-oka, 41604.
Yashima, 42162.
Yc-goslio, 42161.
Yoroi-odoshi, 41788.
Yotsu-myotan, 42142.
Yotsumimi, 417S.",.
Yotsuniizo, 421", 1.
Kola uut, Bichea acuminata, 42358,.
42350.
K'u kua, Momordica charantia, 41721.
Lantana camara nivea, 41031.
Larch, Larix dahurica prmcipis rup-
prechtii, 42104.
Larix dahurica princvpis rupprechtii,
42104.
Larkspur., Delphinium scaposum, 41766.
Lathyrus latifolius, 42076.
odoratus, 42077.
sylvestris, 42078, 42070.
vermis, 42080.
Laurel cherry, Laurocerasus acumi-
nata. 41813.
Laurocerasus acuminata, 41813.
Leersia hexandra. See Homalocen-
chrus hexandrus.
Lelegachatsch, Gleditsia caspica,
42288.
Lemon, royal, Citrus < :m l*a, 41714.
Licania sp., 41048.
higustrum ovalifolium X obtusifolvum
regelianum, 42211-42222.
Lilac. Syrvnga emodi, 42310.
Lilium giganteum, 41CS7.
Lily. J.iliintt giganteum, 416S7.
Limon-real, Citrus excelsa, 41714.
41056.
Limonia addissima. See Hespercthusa
cr< nulata.
Linoma alba. 42365.
Linum usitatissimum, 41S11, 42037.
INDEX OF COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES.
93
Lit sea la uri folia. 42370.
sebifera. See Litsea la uri folia.
Loncliocarpus formosianus, 42371.
Lonicera chrysantha, 42315.
liispida, 42316.
kesselringi. See Lonicera orientaiis
long i folia.
orientaiis longifolia, 41946.
ruprechtiana, 42317.
Lo-thi. Alloteropsis semialata, 41751.
Lucern, Hunter River. Medicago sa-
tiva, 422S1.
Ladakh, Medicago falcata, 42018.
See also Alfalfa.
Luehea divaricata. See Alegria di-
varicata.
Luffa acutangula, 42069.
Macadamia temifolia, 41808.
Macrolobium sp. See Vouapa sp.
Madrona, Arbutus arizonica, 41726.
Mains baccata, 420S1.
Manisuris compressa, 41745.
Maple, Acer ginnala, 42310.
Meal. Triticum aestivum, 42065.
Medicago falcata, 42018.
satira, 42279, 42281.
Medlar, Mespilus germanica, 41803.
Melaleuca leucadendron. See Cajuputi
leucadendra.
Melilotus officinalis, 42019.
Mespilus germanica, 41803.
Meston's garcinia, Garcinia mestoni,
41802.
Michelia cathcartii, 41814.
Millet, Chactochloa italica, 42058.
pearl, Pennisetum glaucum, 42284.
Mimusops elengi, 41809.
Moinordica charantia, 41721.
Mu chin, Hiliiseux syriacus, 42302,
42303.
Myreiaria sp.. 42031.
Mgrianthus arboreas, 42073.
Napinday, Acacia bonariensis, 42321.
Naranjilla, Solatium quitoense, 42034.
Nectarine. Amygdalus persica nec-
tarina. 41739, 42200.
Nephelhim lappaecum, 42086.
Nettle tree, Celt is tat a, 42285.
Nicotiana acuminata. 42333.
alata, 42334.
angustifolia crispa, 42347.
A icotiana calyciflora, 42348.
campanulata. See Nicotiana rus-
tic, 42343.
chinensis, 42335.
glauca, 42336.
langsdorfii, 42337.
latissima. See Nicotiana tabacum
macrophylla, 42352.
longiflora, 42338.
macrophylla. See Nicotiana taba-
cum macrophylla, 42353.
paniculata, 42339.
plum baginifolia, 42340.
quadrivalvis, 42341.
rustica, 42342, 42343.
sanderae, 42354.
silvestris, 42344.
suaveolens, 42345.
tabacum, 42346.
macrophylla, 42352, 42353.
trigonophylla, 42349.
undulata, 42350.
viscosa, 42351.
Nyssa ogeche, 42277.
Oats, Avena spp. :
Algerian. 42090.
Black Tartarian, 42087.
Calcutta, 42091.
Clydesdale, 42089.
Ruakura, 42088.
Ogeechee lime, Nyssa ogeche, 42277.
Okra, Abelmoschus esculentus, 41724.
Operculina tuberosa, 41949.
Opliiopogon japonicus, 41923.
Orange, Calamondin, Citrus mitis,
419.">S.
Chinese, Citrus mitis, 41958.
mandarin, Citrus nobilis dclieiosa,
41719.
sour, Citrus aurantium. 41713,
419.".".
See also Citrus sinensis, 41718.
Orecana brava, Oeonoma eriithrospa-
dice, 41934.
Orejuela, Cymbopetalum penduliflo-
rum, 12047.
Pachyrhizus angulatus. See Cacara
erosa.
Paederia i<><t\tia, 41876.
Paeonia moutan. See Paeonia suf-
irutieosa.
suffruticosa, 11710.
94
INDEX OF COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES.
Palm, Butia capitata pulposa, 41686.
Chamaedorea tepejilote, 41705.
Oeonoma erythrospadice, 41934.
Hyphaene coriacea, 42368.
I nodes texana, 42280.
Linoma alba, 42365.
Trachycarpus takil, 41871.
Palo borracho, Chorisia insignis, 42292.
Palwan, Andropogon annulatus, 41885.
Panicum distachyon, 41746.
foliosum, 41753.
semialatum. See Alloteropsis
semialata.
teneriffae. See Tricholaena rosea.
Papa del rio, Stigmaphyllon jatro-
phaefolium, 42330.
Papatinga, Alpinia sp., 41941.
Papaya, Carica papaya, 42055, 42361.
Papeda, Citrus hystrix, 42364.
Parmentiera cereifera, 41722.
Parosela johnsoni, 41771.
Passifiora sp., 42033.
fdamcntosa, 42289.
herbertiana, 42290.
ligularis, 42035, 42269.
mixta, 42032.
suberosa, 42291.
Pa tou, Croton tiglvum, 41879.
Pau de sangue, Pterocarpus violaceus,
41936, 41939.
Cyclolobium blanchetianum, 41937.
Pau roxo, Peltogyne pauciflora, 41938.
Pauloirnia fortunei, 42036.
Pea, everlasting, Lathyrus latifolius,
42076.
flat, Lathyrus sylvestris, 42078,
42079.
sweet, Lathyrus odoratus, 42077.
Pea tree, Caragana spp., 42186, 42312.
dwarf, Caragana pygmaea, 42282.
Siberian, Caragana arborescens,
41925.
Peach, Amygdalus persica:
Agra, Large, 41740.
(Australia), 41727, 41881.
(China), 42300, 42301, 42379.
Country. 41733.
Flat China, Amygdalus persica
/.hit year pa. 41727, 417: i7.
Hardoi, 41738.
(India ) . 41731-41738, 41740-41743.
Kashmiri, small red, 41742.
small white. 41741.
white, 41732.
Peach — Continued.
Large Red, 41735, 41736.
Lin t'ao, 42300. 42301.
Mai-Cha, 41743.
(New Zealand), 42178.
Peen-to, Amygdalus persica platy-
carpa, 41727, 41737.
(Quetta), 41731.
Seharunpur, 41733, 41735, 41736.
silver, 41734.
weeping, 42178.
Peanut. Arachis hypogaea, 42377,
42378.
Pear, Moroccan, Pyrus mamorensis,
42274.
wild (China), Pyrus sp., 42304.
willow-leaved (Caucasus), Pyrus
salici folia, 41729.
Peltogyne pauciflora, 41938.
Peltophorum vogelianum. See Bar-
yxylum dubium.
Pennisetum cenchroides. See Penni-
setum cilia re.
ciliare, 41915.
glaucum, 42284.
typhoideum. See Pennisetum glau-
cum.
Pcntstcmon palmeri, 41772.
utahensis, 41773.
Peony, tree. Paeonia suffruticosa,
41710.
Pepper, red, Capsicum annuum, 42070,
42071, 42074.
Pera do campo, Eugenia Idotzschiana,
42030.
Perilla frutcscens. 42062, 42083.
ocymoides. See Perilla frutcscens.
Peroba, Aspidospenna peroba, 42324.
Persea americama, 41688, 41725.
gratissima. See Persea americana.
Persimmon, Chinese. See Kaki.
Japanese. See Kaki.
Phaseolus adenunthus, 41951.
angularis, 42063.
aureus. 42064.
bertoilii. See Phaseolus caracalla.
calcaratus, 42056.
caracalla, 41882.
lunatus, 42075. 4--!L,7o.
.s< miereetu8, 41928.
vulgaris, 42049.
Phyllanihu* acidus, 41943.
distichus. Sec /'In/Uantlnis acidus.
X Phy8alis bunyardi, 42196.
INDEX OF COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES.
95
Pimento dulce morron, Capsicum an-
nuum, 42074.
Pine, white-barked. Pinus bungeana,
41954.
Pinus bungeana, 41954.
Piptadenia sp., 41940.
Pithecoctenmm cynanchoides, 42328.
Pittosporum bicolor, 42293.
eriocarpum, 42294.
fairchildi, 42177.
Plane tree, oriental, Platanus orien-
talis, 42179, 42201.
Platanus orientalis, 42179, 42201.
Plum, Annandale, Prunus bokhar-
iensis, 42057.
Plume-grass, E r i a n t h u s ruflpilus,
41685.
Plumerillo, Combretum fruticosum,
42326.
Poa abyssinica. See Eragrostis abys-
sinica.
Pois du cap, Phaseolus lunatus, 42270.
Pollinia cumingii. See Pollinia fulva.
fulva, 41754.
Poppy, Arctomecon humile, 41763.
Porana racemosa, 41875.
Potato, Leinster Wonder, Solanum
tuberosum, 42210.
wild, Solanum sp., 42026.
Privet, hybrid, 42211-42222.
Prosopis sp., 42329.
chilensis, 42025.
juliflora. See Prosojjis chilensis.
Prunus acuminata. See Laurocerasus
acuminata,
armeniaca, 423S0.
bokliariensis, 42057.
hortulana, 41704.
pcrsica. See Amygdalus persica.
persica platycarpa, See Amygda-
lus persica platycarpa.
serrulata, 41817-41870.
tangutica. See Amygdalus tangu-
tica.
Peidium acre, 42295.
guajava, 41706, 42039.
montanum, 42296.
Pterocarpus violaceus, 41936, 41939.
Ptcrocarya caaicasica. See Ptcrocarya
fraxinifolia.
fraxinifolia, 42297.
Pummelo, Citrus grandis, 41711.
P iiya chilensis, 42082.
Pyrus sp., 42304.
baccata. See Malus baccata.
germanica. See Mespilus ger-
manica.
mamorensis, 42274.
salicifolia, 41729.
sorbus. See Sorbus domestica.
Queensland nut, Macadamia ternifolia,
41808.
Quillay, Gleditsia amorphoides, 42327.
Rambutan, NepheJium lappaceum,
42086.
Ramie, Boehmeria nivea, 41878.
Ran dia sp. 42040.
aculeata, 41810.
Raspberry, Rubus spp., 41964-41976.
Alexandria, 41964.
Baumforth Seedling, 41971.
Devon, 41972.
Golden Drop, 41975.
Guinea, 41976.
Hailsham, 41965.
Merveille Rouge (Belle Fonte-
nay), 41966.
Northumberland Fillbasket. See
Baumforth Seedling.
Norwich Wonder, 41973.
November Abundance, 41967.
October Yellow, 4196S.
Profusion, 41974.
Surprise d'Automne, 41969.
Yellow Four Seasons, 41970.
Yellow Superlative, 41976.
Ravenala madagascariensis, 42372.
Renealmia sp. See Alpinia sp.
Ribes dikuscha, 42318.
nigrum, 42223-42239.
vulgare, 4198S-41990, 42240-42267.
Ricinus communis, 41872.
Rose of Sharon, Hibiscus syriacus,
42302, 42303.
Rottboellia compressa. See Manisuris
compressa.
Rubber tree, Castillo elastica, 42363.
Lagos, Funtumia elastica, 42367.
Rubus spp., 41922, 41964-41976.
Salasaria mexicana, 41774.
Sail tree. Halimodendron halodendron,
42283.
Sambucus ebulus, 42298.
San Falso, Cassia laevigata, 42383.
Sapindus saponaria, 42038.
96
INDEX OF COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES.
Sato-imo, Colocasia esculenta, 42021.
Sechi idii edule. See Chayota edulis.
Service tree. Sorbus domestica, 41703,
41804.
Sesban aculeatum, 41916.
Setaria macrostachya. See Chaeto-
chloa macrostachya.
italica. See Chaetochloa italica.
Shan li hung. Crataegus pinnatifida,
41952. 41953, 42017.
Sia-la-hung, Crataegus pinnatifida,
41952. 41953.
Sincamas, Cacara erosa, 41712.
Snow creeper. Parana racemosa, 41875.
Soapberry, Sapindus saponaria, 42038.
Soja max. 42059.
Solatium sp., 42026.
quitocnse, 42034.
tuberosum, 42210.
Sollya heterophylla, 42299.
Sora manie, Vicia faba, 41770.
Sorbus domestica, 41703, 41804.
Sorghum. See Holcus sorghum.
Sorghum halepense. See Holcus hale-
pensis.
vulgare. See Holcus sorghum.
Soto caballo, Ategria divaricata, 42323.
Sotol. Dasylvrion wheeleri, 42203.
Spathodea campanulata. 42373.
Spiraea veitchi, 42195.
Squash, Cucurbita maxima. 41927.
StigmaphyUon jatrophaefolium. 42330.
Strawberry. Fragaria spp. :
(Chile), 42072.
Countess. 41980.
Filbert Pine, 41981.
Pillbasket, 41982.
Givon's Late Prolific, 41983.
Hibberd's George V, 41984.
Laxton's Latest, 41985.
MerveiUe de France, 41977.
Reward. 419S6.
St. Antoine de Padoue, 41978.
St. Fiacre, 41979.
Waterloo. 419*7.
Styrax hookeri, 41815.
Sugar-apple. Annona squamosa, 41873.
Sweet clover, yellow. MelilotUS of-
ficinalis. 42019.
Syrmga emodi, 42319.
Taguana. Phaseolus vulgaris, 42049.
Tala. Celtis tola, 42285.
Taro, Colocasia esculenta, 42021.
Taruma, Vitcx montevidensis, 42332.
Teak, Tectona grandis, 42374.
Tectona grandis. 42374.
Teff, Eragrostis abyssinica, 41903.
Teosinte, Euchlaena mcxicana, 41905.
Tetranthcra laurifolia. See Loncho-
carpus form os ia n us.
Thelepogon elegans, 41918.
Themeda forskalii, 41757.
gigantea avenacea, 41748.
quadrivalvis, 41919.
Thorn-apple. Chinese, Crataegus pin-
natifida, 41952, 41953, 42017, 42313.
Thunbergia sp., 41932.
Tihi-tiM, Citrus medica odorata, 41717.
Tipu, Tipuana tipu, 42331.
Tipuana speciosa. See Tipuana tipu,
42331.
Titanca, Puya chilensis, 42082.
Tobacco. See Nicotiana spp.
Toluifcra balsamum, 42272.
Toulu, Toluifcra balsa mum, 42272.
To-ura, Holcus sorghum. 42278.
Trachycarpus takil, 41S71.
Trach glob i inn rcrrucosum, 42375.
Trachijs mucronata, 41920.
Traveler's-tree, Ravewala madagas*
cariensis, 42372.
Tree peony, Paconia suffruticosa,
41710.
Tricliolaena rosea, 41921.
Tripa de Braya. Pithecoctenium cyn-
anchoides, 42328.
Triticum acstirum, 41991-42006, 42013,
42014, 42016, 42065, 42102-42114,
42116-42136. 42207. 4220S.
(lu rum, 42007-42012, 42015, 42115.
X polonicum, 42206.
polonicum. 42209.
turgidum. 42205.
vulgare. See Triticum aestivum.
Tsao, Ziziphus jujuba:
Ma yii, 42309.
Pu tao, 42305. 42307. 42308.
Tan, 42306.
Tusca, Acacia moniliformis, 42322.
Typhonodorum lindleyanum, 42376.
madagascariensis. See Ti/phono-
dorum lindleyanum.
Ucutiba, Virola sp., 4194.".
I'd... Aralia cordata, 420S4.
Nakate White. 42084.
Uspib, Licania sp.. 41948.
INDEX OF COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES.
97
Vaccinium ovatum, 41730.
Vetchling, spring, Lathyrus renins,
42080.
Viburnum hupchense, 42197.
lobophyllum, 42198.
rhytidophyllum, 42199.
Vieia faba, 41770.
Virola sp., 41945.
Vitex montevidensis, 42332.
Vitis amurensis, 42320.
armata. See Vitis davidii.
caHbaea. See Vitis tiliaefolia.
davidii, 41877.
tiliaefolia, 41707.
Von a pa sp., 41944.
Walnut. Juglans spp. :
Dominican, Juglans domingensis,
41930.
English. See Persian.
Manchurian, Juglans mandshwrica,
42314.
Persian, Juglans regia:
Abrams, 42022.
Avon, 42041.
Holden, 42045.
(India), 41776-41778.
Leland, 42044.
Livingston, 42042.
Ontario, 42023.
Thomson. 42043.
Wheat, Triticum spp.:
(Australia), 42102-42136, 42205-
42209.
Avoca, 42123.
Bayah, 42131.
Blout's Lambrigg, 42207.
Bob's. 42113.
Bunyip. 42135.
Canberra, 42109.
Cedar, 42112.
(Chosen), 42065.
College Eclipse, 42121.
College Purple Straw, 42128.
Comeback, 42114.
89947°— 19 7
Wheat — Continued.
Commonwealth, 42106.
Correll's No. 3, 42122.
Crossbred 28, 42110.
Currawa, 4210.".
Dart's Imperial, 42119.
Federation, 42102-42104.
Firbank, 42136.
Florence 42111.
Galland's Hybrid, 42205.
Gamma, 42130.
Gluyas, 42129.
Huguenot, 42115.
(India), 41991-12016.
Kathias. 42009-42012.
(Korea), 42065.
Major. 42107.
Marshall's No. 3. 4211s.
Nardoo, 42108.
Nevertire, 42206.
Nyngan, 42208.
Penny, 42116.
Polish, 42209.
Purple Straw, 42127, 42128.
Thew, 42120.
Triumph. 4212.1.
Viking, 42132.
Wallace. 42124.
Warden, 42117.
White Tuscan. 42133.
Yandilla King, 42120.
Zealand Blue, 42134.
Woad, Isatis tinctoria, 12182.
Wood-apple, Feronia limonia, 4226S.
Yam. Manawa. Dioscorea sp., 42052.
Yam bean. Cacara erosa, 41712. 42029,
42050, 42051.
Yampee, Dioscorea sp., 42054.
white, Dioscorea trifida, 42053.
Yucca angustissima, 41775.
7a a mays, 42167. 42276.
Ziziphus jujuba, 42046. 42305-42309.
sativa. See Ziziphus jujuba.
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B. T. Galloway, Plant Pathologist, in Charge of Detention Laboratories.
Peter Bisset, Plant Introducer, in Charge of Foreign Plant Distribution.
Wilson Popeuoe and H. L. Shantz, Agricultural Explorers.
R. A. Young, Plant Introducer, in Charge of Dashecn Investigations.
H. C. Skeels, Botanist, in Ch-arge of Collections.
G. P. Van Eseltine, Assistant Botanist, in Charge of Publications.
II. E. Allanson, E. L. Crandall, L. G. Hoover, R. N. Jones, and P. G. Russell, Assistants.
Robert L. Beagles, Superintendent, Plant Introduction Field Station, Chvco, Culif.
Edward Simmonds, Superintendent, Plant Introduction Field Station. Miami. Fla.
J. E. Morrow, Superintendent, Yarrow Plant Introduction Field Station, Rockcille, Md:
D. A. Bisset, Superintendent. Plant Introduction Field Station, Brooksville, Fla.
Henry E. Juenemann, Superintendent, Plant Introduction Field Station, Bellingham, Wash.
E. J. Rankin, Assistant in Charge, Field Station, Savannah, Ga.
Edward Goucher, Plant Propagator.
Collaborators: Thomas W. Brown, Gizeh, Cairo, Egypt; H. M. Curran, Bahia, Brazil;
M. J. Dorsey, University Farm, St. Paul, Minn.; Robert H. Forbes, Cairo. Egypt;
A. C. Hartless, Seharunpur Botanic Gardens, Seharunpur, India; R. W. D. Holway,
Faribault, Minn.; Barbour Lathrop, Chicago, III.; H. L. Lyon, Honolulu, Hawaii;
II. Nebrling, Gotha, Fla.; Charles Simpson, Littleriver, Fla.; U. P. Stuckey, Experi-
ment, Ga.; Dr. L. Trabut, Director, Service Botanique, Algiers, Algeria: II. X. Whit-
ford, School of Forestry, New Haven, Conn.; E. H. Wilson, Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica
Plain, Mass.
CONTENTS.
Page.
Introductory statement a
Inventory 9
Index of common and scientific names S9
ILLUSTRATIONS.
Page.
Plate I. The arracacha, a favorite vegetable of the Venezuelans, which
appears to be adapted to the warmer parts of the United
States. (Arracacia xanthorrhisa Bauer., S. P. I. No. 42455)_ 16
II. Bermuda arrowroot, a starch producer of importance. {Ma-
ranta arundinacca L., S. P. I. No. 424G3) 16
III. A roselle plant in flower and fruit. {Hibiscus sabdariffa L.,
S. P. I. No. 42473) 20
IV. A basketful of premier jelly producers, fruits of the roselle
plant. (Hibiscus sabdariffa L.. S. P. I. No. 42473) 20
V. Avenue of the Chinese pistache at Chico, Calif. (Pistacia chi-
nensis Bunge, S. P. I. No. 42823) 72
3
INVENTORY OF SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED BY
THE OFFICE OF FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT INTRO-
DUCTION DURING THE PERIOD FROM APRIL 1 TO
JUNE 30, 1916 (NO. 47; NOS. 42384 TO 48012).
INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT.
This inventory covers the spring months of the year preceding
our entry into the Great "War. During those months 40 countries
sent freely through their official representatives, or allowed to pass
freely, the plant material collected within their borders which this
inventory describes. In the light of recent events this fact takes on
a new significance. It shows the spirit of free exchange of mate-
rial of the greatest value which existed before the war, material
from which food crops of great importance could be developed.
Upon no single species of plant had any nation placed an embargo.
It was possible at any time through official requests to secure every
courtesy desired and, often without cost, all plant material asked
for. The policy, followed by this office for 10 years, of offering to
secure free of cost small quantities of plant material of American
species may have been in part responsible for the hearty assistance
rendered by these representatives of 40 foreign countries. Even the
Ameer of Afghanistan, who guarded jealously every avenue of com-
munication with the outside world, sent a shipment of plants as a
gift to this Government previous to the war.
This inventory describes collections made by only one representa-
tive of the office, Mr. H. M. Curran, who as a collaborator collected,
in connection with other work upon which he was engaged in Colom-
bia, seeds of some rare and interesting oil palms and of tropical for-
est and other economic trees of that country.
Of the material sent in by correspondents, the cerealists will be
interested in a collection of South African endemic Varieties of wheat
(Xos. 42391 to 42426) which Mr. I. B. Pole Evans reports have been
cultivated for many years on irrigated lands; and in the Papago
sweet corn of Arizona (No. 42042), which may prove valuable for
silage in Kansas and Nebraska.
Four good tropical bonavisl beans (Xos. -12:>77 to 42580) from
British Guiana, one of which lasts for 1 wo years, may interest Florida
truck growers; and a relative of the tulo from the Himalayas, Aralia
cachemirica (No. 42G07), which is hardy at the Arnold Arboretum,
5
6 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
near Boston, deserves to be tested in comparison with the Japanese
vegetable.
A most noteworthy addition is the Grimaldi collection of hybrid
grapes, selections of many hundreds of hybrids made by Dr. Clemente
Grimaldi between the Italian varieties of the European grape and
various American species of Vitis (Nos. 42477 to 42519). These were,
presented by Mr. F. Paulsen, director of the Regio Vivaio di Viti
Americane. direct from Palermo. They are presumed to contain so
stock varieties and direct producers of exceptional value because of
their resistance to drought and to an excessive content of lime in the
soil.
The cherimoya has shown itself so well adapted to cultivation in
California and Florida and its rapid recovery from frost injury has
been so noticeable that five named grafted varieties from Chile (Xos.
42897 to 42901), gifts of Sr. Adolfo Eastman, of San Francisco de
Limache, have already attracted considerable attention in those re-
gions where this delicious fruit can be grown.
The roselle jelly plant is a success in Florida and Texas, but too
often the crop is cut short by "frost. "Wester's strain, Temprano,
which matures 20 days before the others, may make the growing of
this remarkable jelly-producing plant a success farther north (Xos.
42471 to 42475).
The Macadamia is bearing in southern Florida and California,
and several people are studying its possibilities. Macadamia minor
(No. 42468), a smaller species sent in by Mr. J. F. Bailey, should be
tested in the same localities.
We are accustomed to connect high protein content with leguminous
crops, but in the Capoeira branco, Solarium buUatum (No. 42815),
which Mr. Benjamin H. Hunnicutt, of Lavras. Brazil, reports is rel-
ished by cattle and horses, we have one of the Solanacea?, the leaves
of which, according to analysis, contain 20 to 28 per cent of protein.
and the branches 14.0G per cent of protein, dry weight. This is higher
in protein than many alfalfas, and it deserves the consideration of
forage-crop specialists.
Dr. J. H. Maiden, of Sydney. Australia, proposes the Japanese
grass, Osterdamia main lla (Xo. 42389), for culture on swamps and
drv flats near the sea and believes it worthy of trial in sand-hill dis-
tricts or on saline lands near the coast.
It is recognized that bamboo thickets form good grazing grounds
for cattle. The switch cane of our Southern States no doubt fur-
nishes a very considerable amount of fodder for southern cattle. In
the Andean Cordilleras another bamboo, the canea, ( husgut a quila
(No. 42388), is highly considered as a forage plant and exists in
great quantities there, according to Dr. Vereertbrugghen, who has
succeeded in obtaining a quantity of seed for trial.
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1916. 7
Mr. J. Burtt Davy, who has sent in many valuable things from
South Africa, submits for trial the seeds of what he believes is a new
annual hay grass for wettish lands in the maize belt of the South,
especially for alluvial deposits where water is apt to stand during
rains. Animals, he reports, are extremely fond of this Panicum
laevifolium (No. 42608).
The so-called algaroba of Hawaii, introduced by padres into the
islands, has been such a valuable forage tree that the Philippine
aroma, Prosopis vidallana (No. 42807), which resembles and has
until recently been confused with it, merits attention. It is quite
distinct, however, having no sweet arillus in the pod; and since it
spreads along the sandy coast region and up on the hillsides and is
relished by stock it deserves to be naturalized throughout the Tropics.
The importance of vegetable oils has been emphasized by the war,
and it is evident that Americans have paid too little attention to the
South American wild palms, from the kernels of which excellent oils
are obtainable. The Corozo palm, Elaeis melanococca (No. 43001),
according to Curran, yields an excellent cooking oil and is found in
immense numbers on the flooded areas of Colombia, while the cultiva-
tion of the Cohune palm, Attalea cohune (No. 42707), according to
Consul Dyer, of Honduras, is capable of being developed into an
important industry there.
Dr. L. Trabut, our collaborator, who has made so many valuable
suggestions that we listen to him with unusual interest, proposes
Saccharum hifoium (No. 42551), a grass of great size much used
in Algeria as a screen and in Sicily and on the banks of the Nile as
a sand binder, for trial in our Southwestern States.
Besides the strictly economic plants, this inventory includes sev-
eral striking new ornamentals. S. P. I. Nos. 42435 to 42443 show
a collection of tree and shrub seeds from Dr. Fischer de Waldheira
and include a rare Turkestan maple, the oriental beech, a Turkestan
mountain cherry, a mountain almond, and the most decorative of all
the tamarisks. S. P. I. No. 42597, Oornus capitata, from the Hima-
layas, has bracts that are sulphur yellow instead of white in color,
like our dogwoods, and bears fruits 2 inches long and fleshy like a
strawberry. What might be done in the hybridization of our east-
ern and western species with this Himalayan dogwood!
Actinidia arguta is such an indispensable porch vine and its foliage
is so universally free from disease that the larger leaved A. cdllosa
henry l (No. 42083) from central China deserves to be tried in com-
parison.
M. Vilmorin's new hybrid clematis (NTo. kv>ss'), :1 result of cross-
ings between Wilson's Clematis montana rubens, one of the loveliest
of all climbers but tender, and C. chrysocoma, is said to be more vig-
orous and branching than the former, and it may be hardier.
8 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
S. P. I. Xo. 42691 is the new Chinese Deutzia longifolia veitchii^
one of the most interesting new flowering shrubs introduced from
China, with large beautiful rose-colored flowers, making it especially
suitable for parks.
Rose growers will take a particular interest in the remarkable col-
lection of rose species (Xos. 42974 to 42982) from the Arnold Arbo-
retum, which has gathered them from China and Chosen (Korea).
This collection represents material of the greatest value for hybrid-
izers and can hardly fail to lead to the origination of many new and
lovely hardy roses for America.
Perhaps the most remarkable plant listed, from the botanist's
point of view, is the Javanese shrub Pavetta simmermanniana (Xo.
427G7). Its leaves are inhabited by bacterial colonies which induce
knots analagous to those formed by Bacillus radicicola in the roots
of leguminous plants. These knots are apparently essential to the
healthy growth of the plant, and the bacterium is universally pres-
ent in the young seed. This represents a new class of plants whose
role in our agriculture remains to be further studied.
The botanical determinations of seeds introduced have been made
and the nomenclature determined by Mr. H. C. Skeels. while the de-
scriptive and botanical notes have been arranged by Mr. G. P. Van
Eseltine, who has had general supervision of this inventory. The
manuscript has been prepared by Mrs. Ethel H. Kelley.
David Fairchild,
Agricultural Explorer in Charge.
Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction,
Washington, D. C, February 11, 1019.
INVENTORY.
42384 and 42385. Nephelium spp. Sapindacese.
From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by the director of the Botanic Gar-
dens. Received April 6, 191G.
42384. Nephelium lappaceum L. Ranibutan.
" The ranibutan tree grows to a height of about 40 feet, and when in
fruit is a handsome sight, the terminal clusters of bright crimson fruits
being produced on every branch. The compound leaves are made up of
oblong-ovate leaflets about 4 inches long by 2 inches wide. In habit
of growth the tree appears to be normally rather round-topped and
spreading, but as it is frequently planted among other trees, it is forced
to grow tall and slender, branching only at a considerable height above
the ground. A cluster of rambutans, when highly colored, is exception-
ally attractive. The best forms attain, when fully ripe, a rich crimson
color. The individual fruits are slightly smaller than a hen's egg, but
more elongated in form. They are covered with soft spines about half
an inch in length and are borne in clusters of about 10 to 12 fruits.
The skin is not thick or tough, and to eat the fruit the basal end is
torn off, exposing the aril, which, with a slight pressure on the apical
end of the fruit, slides into one's mouth. The aril is white, nearly
transparent, about one-fourth of an inch thick, and has a mildly sub-
acid, somewhat vinous flavor." (Wilson Popenoe.)
See S. P. I. No. 34494 for previous introduction.
42385. Nephelium jiutaiui.e Blume. Pulassan.
" Pulassan. A Malayan tree, similar to the ranibutan in appearance,
but differing in the fruit and in the leaves, which are gray beneath.
The fruit is larger than the ranibutan, of a deep purple-brown, with
short, blunt processes, and, according to Ridley, the flavor is decidedly
superior to that of the latter fruit." (Macmillan, Handbook of Tropi-
cal Gardening, 2d ed., p. 176.)
42386. Castilla nicoyensis O. F. Cook. Moraceae.
Nicoya rubber.
From San Jose, Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. Carlos Werckle, Depart-
ment of Agriculture. Received April 3, 1910.
A medium-sized tree. 10 to 20 meters high, with deciduous leaves 8 to 18
inches long and 4 to S inches broad, bearing inconspicuous flowers and orange-
red fruits in a receptacle 2 to 3 inches in diameter. Reported so far only
from the peninsula of Nicoya, but the probability is tint it will be found all
along the Pacific coast from Nicaragua to Panama. It is a good rubber pro-
ducer, the milk being particularly abundant toward the end of the dry sea-
son. Owing to this fact, it is almost exterminated from (be western forests
of Costa Rica. (Adapted from Pittier, Contributions from (he U. S. National
Herbarium vol. IS, p. 275.)
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 38188.
9
10 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
42387. Psidium guajava L. MyrtacesB. Guava.
From Allahabad, India. Presented by Prof. P. H. Edwards, American
Presbyterian Mission. Received April 1, 1916.
" Sufeda or Safeda. White with creamy skin and smooth delicious flesh.
Tins variety is considered the best." (Edwards.)
42388. Chusquea qudla Kunth. Poaceae. Bamboo.
From Bariloche, Argentina. Presented by Dr. Joseph Vereertbrugghen.
Received April 6, 1916.
" Canea, the bamboo from this Cordillera. It is difficult to get ripe seed,
but at last I believe I have the real stuff, full grown, ripe, and well dried.
According to an agricultural paper of Buenos Aires, they have never tried to
get this bamboo from seed, but transplanted the roots." (Vereertbrugghen.)
42389. Osterdamia matrella (L.) Kuntze. Poaeese. Grass.
(Zoysia pungens Willd.)
From Sydney, New South Wales. Australia. Presented by Dr. J. H.
Maiden, director, Botanic Garden. Received April 1, 1916.
A grass of considerable value on littoral swamps and dry flats near the sea.
According to Kirk, it is found sometimes forming a compact turf of dry land
and affording a large supply of succulent herbage for horses, cattle, and sheep.
Its value, however, in such localities, if bulkier grasses would grow there, must
be comparatively little, as, from its close-growing habit, it chokes out all
other species. It is evidently much relished by stock, and is worthy of intro-
duction in sand-hill districts near the sea or on saline soil inland. (Abstract
from Maiden. Useful Native Plants of Australia, p. 112.)
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 34657.
42390 to 42427.
From Pretoria, Union of South Africa. Presented by Mr. I. B. Pole Evans.
chief. Division of Botany, Department of Agriculture. Received April
5, 1916. Quoted notes by Mr. Evans.
"Varieties of wheat commonly grown in South Africa. The seed of these
varieties was sown during the winter months as late as August and reaped
during the summer months; that is to say, from November to January. They
have ;ill been grown under irrigation with the exception of those noted."
42390. Hokdeum intermedium cornutum (Schrad.) Harlan. Poaceie.
Barley.
" No. 18. Barley-wheat, from Fauresmith."
42391 to42421. Triticuxj aestivxjm L. Poacese. Wheat.
(T. vulgare Vill.)
Kolonie Root Korea, from Zastron."
Early Beard, from Edenburg, Orange Free State."
I) u Toil's Karen, from Austens Port."
Australian wheat, from Edenburg, Orange Free
Klein Root Koren."
Defiance, from Edenburg, Orange Free State."
42397. "No. 7. Baard Koran, from Melkhosch, Bethanie district."
42391.
" No.
14
42392.
" No.
1.
42393.
" No.
3.
42394.
"No.
4.
State.
n
42395.
" No.
5.
42396.
"No.
6.
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1916.
11
42390 to 42427— Continued.
42398. "No. 8. Red Egyptian (generally known as Stromberg Rooi
Koren), from Ligton."
42399. " No. 9. Transvaal Wol, from Tagelberg, Bethulie district."
Tahiu-air, from Kleinzuurfontein."
CclUers or Cilliers, from Hammonia, Orange Free
42400. " No. 10.
42401. "No. 11.
State."
42402. " No. 12.
State."
Wit Board Koren, from Hammonia, Orange Free
42403.
42404.
42405.
42406.
smith."
42407.
42408.
42409.
42410.
42411.
42412.
42413.
"No. 13. Rustproof, from Zastron."
"No. 15. Ou Baard (late), from Kleinzuurfontein."
"No. 16. Gluyas (early)."
" No. 17. Rooi Kaal Koren, from Treurfontein, Faure-
"No. 19.
" No. 20.
"No. 21.
" No. GO.
" No. 61.
Sibies Koren, from Fauresmith."
Klein Koren, from Bethulie district."
Wolhuter wheat."
Ekstein, from Holland Posthmus."
Spring wheat, from Holland Posthmus."
" No. 62. Bob's wheat, from H. Stubbs, Corunna."
" No. 63. White Australian wheat or Hoffman's, from H.
Stubbs, Corunna."
42414. " No. 67. Delaware wheat, from H. J. Joubert, Middelfon-
tein, Bethulie district."
42415. "No. 69. Primrose, from P.nrghersdorp."
42416. "No. 70. Early spring, from Burghersdorp."
42417. "No. 71. Bosjesveld, from Burghersdorp."
42418. " No. 77. Wol Koren (grown without water), from J. J.
Badenhorst, Verliespan, P. O. Dewetsdorp, Orange Free State."
42419. "No. 79. Geluks Koren (grown without water), from M. L.
Badenhorst, Kllpfontein, P. O. Dewetsdorp, Orange Free State."
42420. "No. SO. Baard Koren (grown without water), from J. J.
Badenhorst, Verliespan, P. O. Dewetsdorp. Orange Free State."
42421. "No. 81. Rooi Els wheat, from A. E. Shore, Kalkfontein,
P. O. Dewetsdorp, Orange Free State."
42422 to 42425. Tkitictjm durum Desf. Poacv;o. Durum wheat.
42422. " No. 72. Media wheat, from Burghersdorp."
42423. "No. 2. Blue Beard, from Klipfontein, P. O. Austens Port."
42424. " No. 74. Golden Ball, from W. H. Webster, Vaalbank, P. O.
Dewetsdorp, Orange Free State."
42425. " No. 65. Bengal wheal or /.irartbaurd, from P. v. Aardt,
Brockpoort."
42426. Triticum tukgidum L. Poacese. Poulard wheat.
"No. 66. Ijzervark, from H. J. Joubert, Middelfontein, Bethulie dis-
trict."
42427. Secale cereale L. Poaceae. Bye.
"No. 22."
12 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
42428. Berberis fremonth Torr. Berberidaceae. Barberry.
From Tucson, Ariz. Pi'esented by Mr. J. J. Tbomber, Agricultural Experi-
ment Station. Received April 5, 191G.
Small, unarmed shrub, 5 to 10 feet high, with two or three pairs of some-
what spiny leaflets, the lowest pair close to base of petiole; yellow flowers, and
dark-blue ovate berries. Occurring somewhat rarely in canyons from south-
western Colorado to Mexico.
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 41764.
42429. Cassia angustifolia Vahl. Cavsalpiniacea?. Senna.
From Khartum, Sudan, Africa. Presented by Mr. R. Hewison, Department
of Agriculture and Forests. Received April 4, 1916.
"Obtained by Mr. AVood, Assistant Director of Forests." (Hewison.)
A small shrub, native to Arabia and east Africa and largely cultivated in
parts of southern India. It furnishes Tinnivelly senna, the best known variety
of this medicinal product. (Adapted from Macmillan, Handbook of Tropical
Gardening and Planting, 2d cd., p. 536.)
For previous introduction, see S. 1'. I. No. 41282.
42430 to 42434.
From Brazil. Collected by Mr. H. M. Curran.
42430. Basella rubra L. Basellaeea?. Red basella.
" No. 115. Berthala. Cultivated vine, leaf and stem edible, fruits yield
purple dye. Barra do Rio Contas, Bahia, Brazil, November, 1915."
(Curran.)
An annual or biennial herb, cultivated in the Tropics as a potherb.
It is remarkably variable, and several forms have been described under
different specific names. It has bisexual white, red, or violet flowers.
The form usually considered as Basella rubra is said to yield a rich
purple dye, but it is difficult to fix. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard
Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 1, p. -'/oo.)
42431. Erythroxylon sp. Erythroxylacese.
" No. 40."
42432. Helicteres ovata Lam. Sterculiaceae. Rosea.
" No. 345."
A small tree or shrub with simple ovate leaves and flowers in small
axillary clusters. The wood is utilized for posts and fuel, and the hark
furnishes material for the manufacture of paper; the roots are used
medicinally. (Adapted from Correa, Flora do Brazil, p. tf.J.)
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 36706.
42433. Mimosa sp. Mimosacea?.
" No. 79."
42434. Schizolobium PARAHYBUM (Yell.) Blake. Csesalpiniacese.
(8. excelsum Vog.) Bacarubu.
"No. 13."
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1916, 13
42430 to 42434— Continued.
A very large, quick-growing tree, with fine feathery leaves. Native to
Brazil. The flowers, of a bright yellow color, are borne in large, erect
racemes in February or March when the tree is bare of leaves. The
flowers are at once followed by beautiful, young, feathery foliage.
(Adopted from Macmillan, Handbook of Tropical Gardening and Plant-
ing, 2d cd., p. 300.)
42435 to 42443.
From Petrograd, Russia. Presented by Dr. A. A. Fischer de Waldheim,
director, Royal Botanic Garden. Received April 6, 1916.
42435. Acer ginnala semenovii (Regel and Herd.) Pax. Aceraeea?.
Maple.
" Collected by Miss Zinaida ab Minkwitz in Turkestan in 1914."
A graceful shrub of bushy habit, with glossy, dark-green, deeply 3 to 5
cut leaves and long peduncled panicles of rather fragrant yellowish
flowers. The foliage turns a beautiful red in late summer. It is reported
hardier than any of the Japanese maples. Native to Russia. (Adapted
from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 1, p. 200.)
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 347S4.
42436. Acer trautvetteri Medw. Aceracese. Maple.
" Collected by J. W. Palibin in the Caucasus in 1914."
A tree up to 50 feet in height and 6 feet in girth of trunk, with smooth
branches and deeply five-lobed leaves, 4 to 8 inches wide, and about
three-fourths as long, dark, lustrous green, smooth above, somewhat
paler beneath. It is a handsome foliage tree, native of the Caucasus
and Persia, and is distinguished in spring by its brilliant crimson bud
scales. (Adapted from W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the
British Isles, vol. 1, p. 160.)
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 32975.
42437. Carpinus orientalis Mill. Betulace.T. Oriental hornbeam.
"Collected by J. W. Palibin in the Caucasus in 1914."
A small tree or large shrub with small ovate leaves up to 2 inches long
and 1 inch wide, dark glossy green above. Native to southeastern Eu-
rope and Asia Minor. (Adapted from W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs
Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 296.)
42438. Fagxjs orientalis Lipsky. Fagacese. Beech.
"Collected by J. W. Palibin in the Caucasus in 1914."
A large perennial tree with elliptic or oblong nearly entire leaves. Na-
tive from Asia Minor to northern Persia. (Adapted from Bailey, Stand-
ard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 3, p. 1203.)
For previous introduction, see R. P. I. No. 276(i2.
42439. Prunus prostbata Labill. Amygdalacese. Mountain cherry.
"Collected by Miss Zinaida ab Minkwitz in Turkestan in 1914."
A deciduous shrub 2 to 3 feet high, of low. spreading habit, measuring
much more in width than it does in height. Flowers one-half to three-
fourths of an inch across, produced singly or in pairs. Petals of a lively
rose color. Fruit red. one-third of an inch long. Native of the moun-
tains of the Levant, where it usually makes a close, stunted bush, very
unlike the rather free-growing plant seen in this country. It needs a
14 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
42435 to 42443— Continued.
sunny position, and is admirably suited on some roomy shelf In the
rock garden fully exposed to the sun. In such a position, following a
hot summer, it flowers profusely enough to almost hide its branches. It
is perfectly hardy at Kew. (Adapted from IV. •/. Bean, Trees and Shrubs
Hardy in the British lutes, vol. 2, p. 248.)
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 40815.
42440. Prunus spinosissima (Bunge) Franch. Amygdalacea?.
Wild almond.
"Collected by Miss Zinaida ab Minkwitz in Turkestan in 1914."
A wild, shrubby almond found between stony debris in the hot and
dry mountain regions of Russian Turkestan. May be experimented with
for the following purposes : As a drought-resistant stock for almonds
and peaches, as a possible drought-resistant nut tree, as an ornamental
tree or hedge plant in desert regions, and as hybridization material.
(Adapted from F. N. Meyer. See Inventory 31, p. 13.)
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 33312.
42441. Tamarix Florida albiflora Bunge. Tamaricacese. Tamarisk.
A leafless shrub with pale reddish purple bark, graceful green twigs,
and white flowers. (See. Bunge, Tentamcn Generis Tamaricum, p. 38.)
42442. Tamarix karelini hirta Litv. Tamaricaceae. Tamarisk.
A glaucous Tamarix, with purplish brown bark, stiff branchlets, and in-
tense purple flowers. (See Bunge, Tentamcn Generis Tamaricum, p. 68.)
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 39627.
42443. Tamarix pentandra Pall. Tamaricaeese. Tamarisk.
Received as Tamarix pallasii Desv., var. macrostacliys Bunge.
"This shrub or small tree is one of the most decorative tamarisks in
cultivation, flowering in great profusion in July and August. In the
wild state it ranges from the Balkan Peninsula through southern Russia
to Turkestan and from Asia Minor to Persia, adorning the banks of rivers,
particularly in their lower reaches and estuaries. Like other species of
this genus, it thrives well in saline soils, but is by no means dependent
on a more than ordinary amount of salts in the ground. The flowers are
usually rose colored, but sometimes white or nearly so." (Cut tit's
Botanical Magazine, pi. R13H.)
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 39692.
42444 to 42448. Mesembryanthemum spp. Aizoaccn?.
Fig marigold.
From San Francisco, Calif. Presented by .Mr. John McLaren, Golden Gale
Park. Received April 12. 1910. Plants of the following:
42444. Mksi muryanthemum aeqt;ilaterai.e Haw.
A succulent plant with stems several feet in length and thick fleshy
leaves, spreading out over the ground in large mats and growing
luxuriantly on dry barren rocky places and Bandy plains. Flowers are
fragrant and showy, of a bright rose-purple color, and about 2 inches
across. This species is native to Australia, Tasmania, Chile, and Cali-
fornia. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture,
vol. .',, p. 9041.)
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1916. 15
42444 to 42448— Continued.
42445. Mesembryanthemum bicolor L.
Shrub 2 to 3 feet high, having straight, upright, stiff twigs with grayish
brown bark. Leaves on the long shoots scattered, only clustered on the
short shoots, about as long as the internodes. Flowers in twos, or only
one. about 3£ cm. broad, yellow within and crimson on the outside. A
native of Cape Colony on the sandy plains near Cape Town. (Adapted
from Alwyn Ber get's Mesembrianthemen, p. 152.)
4,244,6. Mesembbyanthemum floribundum Haw. Ice plant.
A succulent plant, tortuous in growth, with branches not over 6 inches
long, and more or less decumbent; leaves less than 1 inch long, very
narrow, terete, curved, obtuse, a little thicker toward the apex; stems
and leaves bearing glittering papilla? ; stems bristly ; flowers small, rose
colored, the petals being twice as long as the calyx. (Adapted from
Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 4, p. 20^3.)
42447. Mesembbyanthemum pugioniforme L.
Stems upright, 15 to 30 cm. long and 1 to 2 cm. in diameter, simple,
rarely branched, with rough brownish green bark. Leaves in thick tufted
rosettes-, standing upright and incurved, the older bent back, 15 to 20 cm.
long, linear, sword shaped, long pointed. Flowering stems rising later-
ally from the leafy rosettes, soon dying, distinctly leaved, one to three
flowers. Flowers up to 7 cm. broad, open in the afternoon, malodorous.
Native to Cape Colony. (Adapted from Alwyn Berger's Mesembrian-
themen, p. 217.)
42448. Mesembbyanthemum spectabile Haw.
A succulent plant with prostrate stems but ascending branches ; leaves
2 to 3 inches long, crowded, glaucous, incurved and spreading, triquetrous
with equal sides, attenuate and mucronate; flowers purplish, petals 1 inch
long, the inner ones somewhat shorter. Grows on dry, barren, rocky
places and dry sandy plains. Native to Cape Colony regions. (Adapted
from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. J,, p. 2042.)
42449. Spiraea wilsoni Duthie. Rosacea?.
From Jamaica Plain, Mass. Cuttings presented by the Arnold Arboretum.
Received April 5, 1916.
"Spiraea wilsoni is closely allied to, perhaps only a variety of, <S. h-cnriii. It
is distinguished, among other points, by its smooth ovary and smooth or slightly
silky flower stalks. Leaves of flowering shoots entire, downy above, duller
green." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p.
535.)
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 37611.
42450. Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott. Araceae. Taro.
From Glen wood, Hawaii. Tubers presented by .Mr. J. B. Thompson, super-
intendent, Glen wood substation. Received April 11, 1916.
"Kuolw. An upland taro. This variety was grown quite commonly around
Hilo at the time of my visit to Hawaii in 1913 and was considered to be one of
the best. The corms and tubers are very acrid in the raw state and require
longer cooking to destroy the acridity than is necessary to cook them to a soft,
mealy condition. The quality is good when the taro is thoroughly cooked."
(R. A. Young.)
16 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
42451. Zea mays L. Poacese. Corn.
From Salmon Arm, Canada. Presented by Mr. Thomas A. Sharpe. Re-
ceived April LO, 1916.
"Seed of a very fair Him corn which has ripened here lor two years, from
seed received from the Agricultural College at St. Anne, Province of Quebec"
(Sharpe.)
42452 and 42453.
From Zacuapam, Huatusco, Mexico. Presented by Dr. C. A. Purpus.
Received April 12, 1916.
42452. Cacara i.kosa (L.) Kunlze. Fabaceie. Yam-bean.
(Pachyrhizus angulatus Rich.)
"The young root is much like a turnip in shape and consistency ami
is easily peeled like a turnip. It is usually eaten raw and may he pre-
pared with oil and vinegar in the form of a salad. According to Dr.
Edward Palmer it is extensively cultivated in Mexico, where the natives
pinch off the blossoms and seed pods, giving as a reason that if the
seeds are allowed to mature t lie roots are not good. In Mexico the
roots are much eaten raw, but are also pickled, boiled in soup, and
cooked as a vegetable. As they come from the ground they are crisp,
sweet, juicy, and of a nutty flavor. They are nourishing and at the
same time quench the thirst, so that they are much liked by travel-
ers. One way of preparing the raw roots is to cut them in thin slices
and sprinkle sugar over them. They may also be boiled and prepared
with batter in the form of fritters, and in Mexico they are often minced
or grated and, with the addition of sugar, milk, eggs, and a few fig
leaves for flavoring, made into puddings." (W. E. Saflord.)
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 22971.
42453. Gossypium sp. Malvaceae. Cotton.
•• Raised from seed from Oaxaca, dry country without irrigation.''
(Purpus.)
42454. Cicer arietinum L. Fabace.T. Chick-pea.
From Malaga, Spain. Presented by Mr. Thomas R. Geary, American vice
consul. Received April 5, 1916.
"Seeds of the most productive variety in this district" (Geary.)
" Hamus, gram, garbanzo. An annual plant growing from 12 to IS inches
in height, cultivated extensively in India, southern Europe, and Mexico. The
seeds, two to three, which resemble somewhat the pea, are borne in short
pods. They are used as an article of food, parched or toasted, and also
ground into a meal that in many respects resembles corn meal. This plant
is especially well adapted for cultivation in our semiarid states." (Peter
Bisst !.)
" In Jerusalem chick-peas are eaten prepared in the following way: The dry
Chick-pea IS pul in an earthen jar witli water; the cover is then cemented on
with dough or cement, and the whole jar placed in the furnace of a Turkish
bath and covered with ashes. It is usually kepi in the furnace from 4 o'clock
in the afternoon until the next morning. This method of cooking the chick-
pea is better than boiling. When the peas are done they are manipulated with
the fingers until all tin' outside skin comes off; they arc then put in a bowl
Inventory 47, Seeds and Plants Imported.
Plate I.
The Arracacha, a Favorite Vegetable of the Venezuelans, Which Appears
to be Adapted to the Warmer Parts of the United States. (Arracacia
xanthorrhiza bancr., s. p. i. no. 42455.)
The whole root is tender and edible. It is generally boiled and mashed like the potato or used in soups
like parsnips, to which it is closely allied, but is more delicate in flavor than either. The clump
shown is two seasons old, but clumps of a similar size are produced in a single season. The plant
has flowered in Florida this sea>on for the first time. (Photographed by David Fairehild at the
Plant Introduction Field Station, Brooksville, Fla., Nov. 2o, 191s; P2459SFS.)
Inventory 47, Seeds and Plants Imported.
Plate II.
I
Bermuda Arrowroot, a Starch Producer of Importance. ^Maranta
ARUNDINACEA L... S. P. I. NO. 42463.)
A single clump of arrowroot. The rooMoeks are said to contain from 15 to 25 per cent of a starch
that is considered to be very easily digested ami is generally recommended <<<' im alias who find
difficulty in digesting other starches. The yii Id is estimated at from 1,600 to 2,000 pounds of
1 1 to the acre. A. considerable arrowroot industry exists in Bermuda and St. Vincent. The
exports from the latter island amounted to over $100.000 in L916. The possibilities of its culture
in farts of Florida are heiuu' investigated. They are largely questions of yield and labor. (Pho-
tog aphed by David Fairchild at the l'lant Introduction Field Station, Brooksville, Fla., Nov. 20,
1918; P24644FS.)
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1916. 17
anil mashed until they become quite creamy, adding, if necessary, a small
quantity of tlie water in which they are cooked. This creamy substance is
then usually flavored with a little garlic and salt; and melted butter, into
which pine seeds are thrown and browned, is added. This is eaten as a break-
fast food with fresh bread, the bread being dipped in the ' cream.' The
' cream ' is also eaten with green and red peppers and radishes. The native
name for this 'cream' is hummus-imdamas. In Jaffa horse beans are pre-
pared in the same way. Olive oil, which is cheaper than butter, is used to
some extent instead of butter in Egypt and also in Jaffa." (Whiting.)
42455. Arracacia xanthorriuza Bancroft. Apiacese.
Arracacha.
From La Guaira, Venezuela. Roots presented by Mr. Homer Brett, Ameri-
can consul. Received April 12, 1916.
An umbelliferous plant, native of the South American Andes, growing only
at heights of 4,000 feet and upward. The plant is a biennial and develops a
large yellowish root the size of the common beet, or perhaps larger. The
growing plants resemble celery, find the Spanish name apio, meaning celery,
is often applied to it for this reason. The large fleshy root is developed in the
first year and, being edible, is used before the tall flower stem appears. This
root is eaten boiled, like parsnips, or sliced raw and fried, like potatoes, being
very palatable either way. A good alcohol may be made from the juice of the
root. For propagation, cuttings are made with a couple of inches of the
fleshy root attached, the fleshy end being placed about 2 inches deep in the
top of the hill. The plant requires rain or irrigation at least every month,
and as it grows the earth is hilled up, care being exercised not to heap the
earth against the trunk of the plant. (Adapted from Handbook of Venezuela,
Bureau of American Republics, 190 //.)
For an illustration of the arracacha plant, see Plate I.
42456 to 42458. Cicer arietinum L. Fabacese. Chick-pea.
From Jerez de la Frontera, Spain. Presented by Mr. Paul H. Foster,
American consul. Received April 5, 1916. Descriptive notes by Mr.
Foster.
42456. " Garhanzo de Castillo,. This is the largest and finest sort pro-
duced in Spain, but the yield is not so heavy as of the other varieties."
42457. " Garbanzo del Pais. Smaller in size and not so tender as that
of Castilla [S. P. I. No. 424.~><;i. but locally it produces fair quantities
under semiarid conditions."
42458. " Garbanzo Negro, or black chick-pea. Produces well under
semiarid conditions. Fsed locally for stork feed, as a rule; but the
poorer classes of peasants in the country use it for food when other
sorts are scarce and high priced. Said to be very nourishing and fatten-
ing when used for stock feeding. This sample was kindly furnished me
by Mr. Walter J. Buck, H. B. M. vice consul."
42459 to 42462. Cicer arietinum L. Fabacea?. Chick-pea.
From Madrid, Spain. Presented by Mr. Robertson Honey, American
consul. Received April 5, 1916.
See S. P. I. No. 42454 for previous Introduction and description.
42459. Variety A. 42461. Variety C.
42460. Variety B. 42462. (Mixed when received.)
140475°— 20 2
18 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
42463. Maraxta aruxdixacea L. Marantaceae. Arrowroot.
From Kingston, Jamaica. Tubers presented by Mr. W. Harris, superintend-
ent, Hope Gardens. Receiver! April 15, 1916.
"The true arrowroot is a native of tropical America. The arrowroot is a per-
ennial herb with large lanceolate leaves and white rootstocks or rhizomes 1 to 2
feet in length and 1 to 2 inches in diameter. The plant is propagated by divi-
sions of the rhizomes in rows 3 feet apart and 1 foot apart in the row. The
tubers may be harvested about 8 to 12 montbs from the time of planting. A
good yield of arrowroot is 5 tons of tubers per acre. The tubers contain 25
per cent starch. The yield of prepared arrowroot per acre is about 1,500
pounds. Arrowroot starch may be obtained by grating, washing, and straining
the tubers by the method used with cassava. Like cassava, also, the plant seems
to exhaust the soil quickly, thus making necessary a system of rotation. The
best quality of arrowroot comes from Bermuda, but the largest supply is re-
ceived from St. Vincent, Barbados, and Ceylon. Arrowroot starch is con-
sidered to be very easily digested and is generally recommended for invalids
who have found difficulty in digesting the starch from potatoes and other
plants." (Wilcox, Tropical Agriculture, p. 151.)
For an illustration of the Bermuda arrowroot plant, see Plate II.
42464 to 42469.
From Brisbane, Australia. Presented by Mr. J. F. Bailey, Botanic Gar-
dens. Received April 4, 1916.
42464. Careta austealis (Benth.) F. Muell. Lecythidacese.
A large tree with alternate undotted leaves, large red flowers, and
globular, fleshy, edible fruit with a hard rind. The bark is made into
twine, and the wood, which is of a light-gray color, red in the center,
close in grain, and tough, is easily worked. (Adapted from Bailey,
Queensland Flora, p. 667.)
42465. Eremocitrus glauca (Lindl.) Swingle. Rutacese.
(Atalantia glauca Benth.) Australian desert kumquat.
An edible-fruited shrub or small tree, occurring in Queensland, and
New South Wales in subtropical regions subject to severe cold and ex-
treme drought. Small, emarginated leaves, subglobose, flattened, or
slightly pyriform fruits; small seeds. An 'ade is made from the juice,
and the fruits are good for making jam or pickles. It is the hardiest
evergreen citrus fruit known and the only one showing pronounced
drought-resistant adaptations. (For fuller description, see Bailey, Stand-
ard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 2, p. 1121.)
42466. Erythkixa vespebthjo Benth. Fahacese. Coral tree.
A soft-wooded tree found in Queensland and in North, South, and
Western Australia, growing to a height of 30 to 40 feet, with a diameter
of 1 to 2 feet. The wood is used by the aborigines for making their
"hielamans," or shields, being exceedingly light and spongy. Might
possibly be used for making floats for iishing nets. Called hielaman
tree or batswing coral. (Adapted from Maiden, Useful Plant* of Aus-
tralia, p. 426.)
42467. Eucalyptus miniata A. Cunn. Myrtaceae.
A moderate-sized or large tree, the bark fibrous and persistent, but
readily separable in flakes, the young shoots sometimes glaucous or
mealy white. Leaves ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, acuminate, mostly
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1916. 19
42464 to 42469— Continued.
4 to 6 inches long. Peduncles axillary or lateral, very thick and broad,
more or less flattened, one-half to 1 inch long, with about five to seven
rather large closely sessile flowers. Stamens richly colored, nearly
half an inch long, inflected in the bud; anthers oblong with distinct
parallel cells. Ovary short, flat topped. Fruit ovoid or urceolate, very
thick and hard, more or less prominently ribbed, 1 to nearly 2 inches
long, the rim rather thick, the capsule deeply sunk. (Adapted from
Bentham, Flora Australiensis, vol. 3, p. 228.)
42468. Macadamia minor F. M. Bailey. Proteacese.
A large shrub or small tree with slender brandies; three-parted leaves,
often crowded at the end of the branches; and nuts about seven-eighths
of an inch long and three-fourths of an inch in diameter. A native of
Queensland. (Adapted from F. M. Bailey, Queensland Agricultural
Journal, vol. 25, p. 11, 1910.)
42469. Syncaepia hillii F. M. Bailey. Myrtacese. Turpentine tree.
A myrtaceous tree from Frazer's Island, North Queensland, having
wood of a dark-pink color, close grained, and tough, being useful for
building purposes. (Adapted from Bailey, Proceedings of the Royal
Society of Queensland, vol. 1, p. 86, and Maiden, Useful Native Plants
of Australia, p. 602.)
42470 to 42475.
From Manila, Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. H. T. Edwards, di-
rector, Bureau of Agriculture. Received April 8, 1916.
42470. Uvaria rufa (Dunal) Blume. Annonaeese.
" Banauac; Susong calaoao. Fruits of this species are oblong, reniform,
3 sometimes 4 centimeters in length, in bunches of 18 to 20, averaging
115 grams in weight; surface bright red, velvety, ferruginous pubesceat;
skin thin, brittle; flesh scant, whitish, juicy, aromatic, subacid, without
a trace of sugar; quality rather poor; seeds many. Season, September."
(Wester, Philippine Agricultural Review, p. 321, July, 1U13.)
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 31522.
42471 to 42475. Hibiscus sabdariffa L. Malvaceae. Roselle.
42471. "Rico. The young plants of the Rico retain their unifolio-
late leaf characters longer than the Victor [S. P. I. No. 42473], and
later are mostly tripartite instead of five parted. The stems and
calyces are dark red and the leaves dark green with reddish veins.
The calyx is of about the same length as the Victor, but of greater
equatorial diameter; the fleshy spines subtending the calyx lobes
are stout and stand at nearly a straight angle from the axis of
the fruit; the apex of the calyx lobes is frequently incurved. The
Rico has been named and described from plants grown from seed
obtained by the writer in 1911 from Mr. J. E. Higgins, horticul-
turist of the Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station, and has
probably descended from a variety grown in 1902 at the Agricul-
tural Experiment Station, Mayaguez, Porto Rico, by Mr. O. W.
Barrett." {Wester, Philippine Agricultural Review, p. 126, March,
1912.)
20 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
42470 to 42475— Continued.
42472. "Archer. Plant robust, frequently exceeding 1.6 meters in
height, branching freely, all parts of the plant being greenish or
whitish ; stems nearly smooth ; leaf lobes rather narrow ; flowers
smaller than those in the red types ; eye yellowish ; pollen pale
yellow, stigma green ; full-grown calyx greenish white, sparsely
covered with short, stiff bristles; average length of calyx, 45 milli-
meters; width, 26 millimeters; including epicalyx, 32 millimeters.
The Archer is very prolific, and the fruit is somewhat less acid
than those of the red types, and the products made from it are
whitish or amber colored. In the "West Indies a wine is made from
this variety that is said to resemble champagne in taste and ap-
pearance. Seed of the above-described variety was received from
Mr. A. S. Archer, Antigua, British West Indies, by the writer
early in 1913, and it was tested in the Lamao experiment station
the same year. It has been named in honor of Mr. Archer, with
whom the writer has had the privilege of being in correspondence
for many years and who has greatly assisted the Bureau of Agri-
culture in the introduction of many useful and decorative tropical
American plants. The green type of roselle, to which the Archer
belongs, was described as Hibiscus digitatus by Cavanilles in 1790,
but it is now considered to be a form of H. sahdariffa L." {Wester,
Philippine Agricultural Review, p. 268, June, 191$.)
42473. "Victor. This variety is distinguished by having the uni-
foliolate leaves of the young plant change early into leaves deeply
five lobed, these leaf characters remaining until the flowering
period, when the leaves become three parted or again unifoliolate.
The stems and calyces are reddish. The calyces average about 45
to 50 millimeters in length and 2S millimeters in equatorial
diameter, tapering toward the apex ; the calyx lobes are frequently
convolute, and the fleshy spines subtending the calyx lobes are
longer and more slender than in the Rico [S. P. I. No. 42471] and
are curved upward. The Victor is more upright in habit than the
Rico and somewhat earlier in fruiting, due probably to its having
been cultivated in Florida for several years." (Wester, Philip-
pine Agricultural Review, p. 126, March, 1912.)
For illustrations of the roselle plant and fruits, see Plates III
and IV.
42474. " Temprano. Plant of medium vigor and upright growth,
branching profusely, rarely exceeding 1.25 meters in height ; stems
light red; leaves palmately five lobate, with conspicuously narrow
lobes; flowers normal; pollen golden brown; calyx of the same
general form as that of the Victor [S. F. I. No. 42473], but smaller :
average length, 45 mm., width, 25 mm., with epicalyx, 39 mm.
The variety is prolific and the fruiting season is 20 days earlier
than Victor and Rico. When the Victor fruited for the first time
at Lamao in 1911, one plant was conspicuous for its earliness, and
the seed was saved from this plant and sown the following year.
The early trait of the parent tree was transmitted to the progeny,
and the earliest plant was again isolated and the seed sown in 1913.
In harvesting the fruit and seed of the third generation, the early
habit and other characteristics that distinguish this new strain
Inventory 47, Seeds and Plants Imported.
Plate III.
A Roselle Plant in Flower and Fruit. (Hibiscus sabdariffa L.,
No. 42473.)
S. P. I.
Although the roselle is an all-round producer, the leaves being used for boiled greens in TTawaii
and in curries in India, the seed, being commonly used as poultry feed, and the bark having been
used extensively in India for its fiber, its chief value at present seems to be in the use of the fleshy
calyxes for making a delicious jelly or sauce. It-; large yellow flowers and deep crimson stem's
and. flower buds make it a striking shrubby perennial worthy a place in southei n gardens. | s^o
Plate IV.) (Photographed bv R. A. Young at the Plant Introduction Field Station, Brooksville,
Fla., Nov. 18, 1918; P2440oFS.)
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from its parent, the Victor, seem to be sufficiently well fixed to
merit it recognition as a separate variety, and it has been named
Temprano on account of its early habit. The Temprano is more
subject to leaf-blight than any of the varieties mentioned in this
paper, and therefore, on account of its deficiency in vigor, it is
not recommended for planting on a large scale. In fact, the
Temprano is of more value in a subtropical than a tropical country,
where early frosts at the approach of the cold season destroy the
ordinary varieties before their fruiting season is over." {Wester,
Philippine Agricultural Review, p. 267, June, 101.'/.)
42475. " Hybrid."
42476. Rcbus sp. Rosaceae.
From Mobile. Ala. Plants presented by Mr. G. P. McKenzie, landscape
gardener. Received April 17, 1916.
"Fa mill/ Delight. Pink berry bush. This berry was found in the woods
near Citronelle, Ala. I think it is a cross between the raspberry and black-
berry. It makes a good hedge ; a hedge 50 feet long planted in the fall of 1910 is 9
feet high and gives us from 2 to 5 quarts of berries a day for about six weeks.
My family like the berries much better than they do strawberries. It makes the
finest kind of jelly and jam, and as a fresh fruit it is hard to beat." (Mc-
Kenzie.)
42477 to 42519. Vitis spp. Vitacese. Grape.
From Palermo, Italy. Cuttings received through Mr. F. Paulsen, director,
Regio Vivaio di Yiti Americane, at the request of the Superior Minister
of Agriculture, April 14, 1916. Quoted notes from Dr. Grimaldi, in La
Viticoltura Moderna.
In 1904, Dr. Clemente Grimaldi wrote concerning his work on the hybridi-
zation of grapes: "Notwithstanding the labors given for almost 15 years to
hybridization, I have believed that I should maintain the utmost reserve in
publishing the hybrids, and until now I have made known only six, all stocks,
which are the following: Nos. 50, 88, 125, 791, 110, and 323." Later in the same
article he wrote : "Among the hybrids obtained by me the following at present
give me the hope that they will be of service as direct producers," and he lists
Nos. 88, 97, 317, 953, 1075, and 1132.
These hybrids were requested at the suggestion of Dr. Gustav Eisen, and
they represent some of the best results obtained from the hybridization of
American species of Yitis with Vitis vinifera strains of Italian origin for the
purpose of securing varieties resistant to Peronospora and other diseases. Of
the Ruggeri and Paulsen hybrids descriptions have not been accessible, but
have probably appeared in later volumes of La Viticoltura Moderna.
42477. "Paulsen hybrid No. 2 A (Riparia X Rupestris)."
42478. " Ruggeri hybrid No. 19."
42479. " Grimaldi hybrid No. 8S."
"Calabrian X Rupestris (lamia (published in 1SS9). Extremely vig-
orous, fertile, with the appearance of Rupestris; shoots very large, short
and branched. Adaptability to lime similar to Grimaldi hybrid No. 50
(Calabrian X Azemar), as shown by its behavior in the lime plat (oasi
22 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
42477 to 42519— Continued.
calcare) of the experiment station; very drought resistant. Produces
abundant and good red grapes." (La VittcoUura Moderna, vol. 10, p.
274, 1904-)
" Fruiting abundantly when adult; medium bunches with medium seed,
not very compact Grapes sweet, maturing early." ' (La Viticoltura
Moderna, vol. 10, p. 276. mo.',.)
"Grimaldi hybrid No. 88 selected."
"Calabrian X Rupestris Ganzin. Red grapes. Most vigorous and very
fruitful; bunches crowded, winged. IS cm. in length, blooming twice,
seeds round, diameter 14 mm.; pulp white, sweet, skin lightly colored
red, early maturing." (La Viticoltura Moderna, vol. 14, p. 145, 1907.)
This number consists of two varieties, Nos. 8S and 88 selected, which
were mixed by mistake.
42480. " Grimaldi hybrid No. 97."
" Calabrian X Rupestris Gamin. Red grapes. Very vigorous and pro-
ductive wben full grown ; bunches medium, not very compact, seeds small.
Grapes sweet, maturing late." (La Viticoltura Moderna, vol. 10, p. 276,
100/,.)
42481. "Grimaldi hybrid No. 110."
"Calabrian X Rupestris Gamin (published in 1902). Very vigorous
and a very rapid grower. Bunches not very numerous, small, somewhat
winged, with few seeds." (For full description and plate, see La Viticol-
tura Moderna, vol. 11, pp. 167-170, 1904.)
42482. "Ruggeri hybrid No. 193. Berlandieri X Riparia."
42483. "No. 125."
42484. " Ruggeri hybrid No. 140."
" Berlandieri X Rupestris du Lot. Affinity complete, vegetation vigor-
ous, production normal." (La. Viticoltura Moderna, vol. 15, p. 108, 1909.)
42485. "Ruggeri hybrid No. 1S8. Berlandieri X Riparia."
42486. " Ruggeri hybrid No. 199. Berlandieri X Riparia. Affinity com-
plete, vegetation vigorous, productivity most abundant. Takes the
graft in a marvelous manner."
42487. "Ruggeri hybrid No. 225. Berlandieri X Riparia.*1
42488. " Ruggeri hybrid No. 267. Berlandieri X Riparia."
42489. " Ruggeri hybrid No. 300. Berlandieri X Riparia."'
42490. "Grimaldi hybrid No. 317. Frappato X Rupestris Gamin,
White grapes; very vigorous, moderate bearer, bunches medium, some-
what few seeded, seeds medium, grapes very sweet, maturing late."
(La Viticoltura Moderna, vol. 10, p. 276, 1904.)
42491. "Grimaldi hybrid No. 323. Frappato X Rupestris Cumin (pub-
lished in 1902). I decided to publish these two hybrids i Nos. 110 and
323) because of their excellent quality, their affinity with our variety,
and their very great vigor. Their resistance to drought is extremely
high. The resistance to chlorosis in both is scarcely inferior to that
of the first three hybrids (Nos. HO, SS, and 125)." (La Viticoltura
Moderna, vol. 10, p. 275, 1904.)
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1916. 23
42477 to 42519— Continued.
42492. " Grimaldi hybrid No. 480."
42493. " Grimaldi hybrid No. 533."
42494. " Grimaldi hybrid No. 722. Berlandieri X Tremano. Seed of
1904. It is characterized by its vigor and by the precocity of its de-
velopment, and has all the other merits of Nos. 446 and 528." (La
Viticoltura Moderna, vol. 14, p. 144, 1907.)
42495. " Paulsen hybrid No. 737."
42496. " Paulsen hybrid No. 764."
42497. " Paulsen hybrid No. 779."
42498. " Paulsen hybrid No. 882."
42499. " Grimaldi hybrid No. 791. Calabrian X Riparia Rupestris 3309
(published in 1901). The marvelous vigor, superior to that of all the
other hybrids, decided me to publish it. It resists drought and has
the best of all the other requisites, affinity with our variety, propaga-
tion by cuttings, precocity of development, etc. Endures up to 55 per
cent of lime in dry soils." (La Viticoltura Moderna, vol. 10, p. 275,
1904. For fuller description and plate, see the same periodical, vol.
12, pp. 169-111, January, 1906.)
42500. " Paulsen hybrid No. 810."
42501. " Paulsen hybrid No. 877."
42502. " Grimaldi hybrid No. 934. Calabrian X Aramon Rupestris Oan-
zin, Of medium vigor, abundantly fruitful. Seeds with skin dark
reddish; without foxiness (foxe), medium maturity." (La Viticoltura
Moderna, vol. 12. p. 33/,, 1906.)
42503. " Grimaldi hybrid No. 935. Calabrian X Aramon Rupestris Can-
zin. Most vigorous, fruiting very abundantly. Seeds with skin dark
reddish; without foxiness (foxe), early maturity." (La Viticoltura
Moderna, vol. 12, p. 334, 1906.)
42504. " Grimaldi hybrid No. 940. Calabrian X Aramon Rupestris G
zin. White grapes; of medium vigor and very fruitful, bunches very
large, somewhat few seeded, the seeds large, oval; grapes very sweet,
maturity a little late." (La Viticoltura Moderna, vol. 10, p. 217. 1904.)
42505. " Grimaldi hybrid No. 953. Calabrian X Aramon Rupestris Gan-
zin. White grapes; very vigorous and most fruitful, bunches large and
seeds large; grapes very sweet, maturing medium." (For full de-
scription and illustration, see La Viticoltura Moderna, vol. 11. pp.
131-1.1',, 1910.)
42506. " Paulsen hybrid No. 1045."
42507. " Paulsen hybrid No. 1043."
42508. "Grimaldi hybrid No. 1075. Frappaio X Aramon Rupestris
(lanzin. Red grapes; of medium vigor and fruit fulness, bunches me-
dium, with large compact seeds; grapes sweet, maturing early." (La
Viticoltura Moderna, vol, 10, p. 217, 190.',.)
42509. " Paulsen hybrid No. 1103."
42510. "Grimaldi hybrid No. 1132. lira di Troya X Rupestris Ganzin.
Red grapes. Very vigorous and fruitful, bunches medium, moder-
ately compact, with rather large seeds; grapes sweet and almosl free
from foxiness; maturity medium." (La Viticoltura Moderna, vol. 10,
p. 277, 1904.)
24 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPOKTED.
42477 to 42519— Continued.
42511. "Paulsen hybrid No. 1176."
42512. -'Paulsen hybrid No. 1901."
42513. "Paulsen hybrid No. 1511."
42514. "Paulsen hybrid No. 1321."
42515. "Paulsen hybrid No. 1742."
42516. "Paulsen hybrid No. 1776."
42517. "Paulsen hybrid No. 1548."
42518. "Paulsen hybrid No. 1902."
42519. "Paulsen hybrid" (number not legible).
42520 to 42523.
From Azua, Santo Domingo. Received through Dr. J. N. Rose, TJ. S.
National Museum, April 13, 1910. Quoted notes by Dr. Rose.
42520. Coccothrixax argextea (Lodd.) Sarg. Phcenicacese. Palm.
(Thrinax argent ca Lodd.)
•'A common species of Santo Domingo. It has purple -fruit."
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 40524.
42521. Guilaxdina boxduc L. Ca?salpiniaeea?.
(Caesalpinia bonducella Fleming.)
"A low shrub."
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 38S91.
42522. Ixodes keglecta (Beccari) O. F. Cook. Phoenicace.ne.
(Kabul ncgleeta Beccari.)
"A tree about 20 feet high, with large, fanlike leaves and large more
or less drooping flower clusters. It doubtless would prove a valuable palm
for introduction into the warmer parts of this country."
" This palm was first described by Beccari in AVebbia, vol. 2, p. 40, 1907,
as Subal ncgleeta. It is closely related to the hat palm of Porto Rico,
Inodes causiarum, and is therefore placed in that genus.'' (O. F. Cook.)
42523. Picrodexdeon medium Small. Simaroubacea?.
" This plant is common about Azua, Santo Domingo. It is a tree with
round, orange-colored fruit."
42524. Dioscorea daemona Roxb. Dioscoreacea?. Yam.
From Singapore. Straits Settlements. Tubers presented by Mr. I. Henry
Burkill, Botanical Gardens. Received April 14, 1916.
"A large climber of the tropical forests of India and Burma. Steins twining
to the left, sometimes prickly; leaves digitately three to five nerved; capsule
longer than broad and seeds winged at the base only. This wild yam is exten-
sively used as a famine food, chiefly in Burma and the Central Provinces and
Central India. It appears never to have been cultivated. Some writers, how-
ever, say the roots are highly poisonous and cause intoxication, but are rendered
edible by boiling and steeping in running water, this treatment being repeated
two or three times. Ridley speaks of the tubers being used in the manufacture
of dart poison.'' ( Watt, The Commercial Products of India, p. Jj[9-'f.)
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1916. 25
42525 to 42527. Chrysophyllum cainito L. Sapotacere.
Caimito.
From Honolulu, Hawaii. Presented by Mr. J. E. Higgins, horticulturist,
Agricultural Experiment Station. Received April 15, 1916.
Star-apple. A fairly large, handsome West Indian tree, with striking dark-
green leaves, which are copper colored underneath. Fruits are 2$ to 3 inches
in diameter, purplish black, round and smooth. A cross section of the fruit pre-
sents a stellate form, the cells with their white, edible contents radiating from a
central axis; hence the name star-apple. The tree is valuable for ornamental
and shade purposes; is propagated- by seed and thrives best in deep, rich, well-
drained soil. (Adapted from Macmillan, Handbook of Tropical Gardening and
Planting, p. 135.)
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. Xo. 40347.
42525. No. 525.2. 42527. Xo. 890.3.
42526. Xo. 890.2.
42528. Physalis graxdiflora Hook. Solanaceae.
Ground cherry.
From Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada. Purchased from Mrs. Andrew
Knox. Received April 14, 1916.
A Physalis found on the sandy banks of the Saskatchewan River, Winnipeg
Lakes, and the Red River of the North. It is remarkable for the great size and
white color of its flowers, which are nearly an inch broad. The whole plant is
exceedingly viscid. (Adapted from Hooker, Flora Boreali Americana, vol. 2,
p. 90.)
42529. Neyraudia madagascariensis (Kvmtli) Hook. f. Poacere.
Grass.
From Sibpur, near Calcutta, India. Presented by Maj. A. T. Gage, super-
intendent, Royal Botanic Garden. Received April 17, 1916.
A grass found in Madagascar that is used, along with other grasses, in the
manufacture of ordinary hats. Called fantaka in the Ilova dialect, though kit'
sangy is the general name used to designate this grass. (Adapted from Heckcl,
Les Plantes Utiles de Madagascar, p. 55.)
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 39690.
42530 and 42531. Cicer akietinum L. Fabacese. Chick-pea.
From Cairo, Egypt. Presented by Mr. Thomas W. Brown, Gizeh Branch,
Ministry of Agriculture. Received April 20, 1916.
See S. P. I. No. 42454 for previous introduction and description.
42530. "Afrangi (imported)."
42531. " Shami (imported) and Egyptian." This seed was mixed when
received.
42532. Chayota p:dulis Jacq. Cucurbitacca'. Chayote.
{Sechium edule Swartz.)
From Algiers, Algeria. Presented by Dr. L. Trabut. Received April IS,
1916.
" We have but a single variety of chayote." (Trabut.)
See S. P. I. Xo. 30462 for previous introduction.
2G SEEDS AND PLANTS IMTOETED.
42533 to 42550.
From Buenos Aires, Argentina. Presented by Senor Benito J. Carrasco,
director, Botanic Gardens. Quoted notes by Senor Carrasco except as
otherwise stated.
42533. Cithakexylum barbinerve Cham. Verbenacese.
" Espino de los tornados. Magnificent ornamental tree, with fragrant
flowers, red fruits, and flexible vibrant wood, used in the manufacture
of guitars; from the cool and subtropical regions of Argentina."
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 33943.
42534. Bttia capitata pulposa (Barb.-Rodr.) Becc. Phoenicacese.
(Cocas pulposa Barb.-Rord.) Palm.
"A hardy palm from southern Brazil, belonging to the same group as
the species commonly cultivated in California as Cocos australis, C.
yatay, and C. eriospatha. The trunk is 6 to 12 feet by \\ to 2 feet in
diameter, with rather short, abruptly arched leaves 6 to 9 feet long. The
petioles are armed with stout spines. The fruit is yellow, about 1 inch
long by 11 inches in diameter, and the pulp is of a texture and taste
somewhat like the pineapple." (C. B. Doyle.)
42535. Enteboeobium timbouva Mart. Mimosacese. Timbo.
" Timbo. A tree with thick bark, reaching 30 meters in height, branch-
ing horizontally, fruits of the siz.e and shape of a human ear, whence
called also Oreja de negro. Of rapid growth, wood good, native of the
northern part of Argentina. From the temperate region."
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 33955.
42536. Eugenia pungens Berg. Myrtacese. Guabiyu.
"Guabiyii. An ornamental fruit tree from the temperate and hot regions
of Argentina."
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 33959.
42537. Ficus subtriplinervia Mart. Moracese. Gomero.
"Gomero. A large tree from the subtropics of Argentina."
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 33963.
42538. Lantana sellowiana Link and Otto. Verbenacese.
Trailing lantana.
"Salvia morada. A dry. bunchy shrub, flower bearing; from the cool
and temperate regions of Argentina."
42539. Leucaena glauca (L.) Benth. Mimosacese.
An ornamental tree resembling Mimosa in having 10 stamens and
resembling Acacia in its flat pod; much cultivated in warmer climates.
The white flowers are numerous, borne in globular heads.
42540. Lithbaea MoiiKoim.s (Veil.) Engl. Anacardiacese.
(L. aroeirinha L. Marchand.) Aroeira brancha.
"Molle a bcber. A strong shrub with handsome foliage; the fruits are
u- sd for making a tonic drink. From the temperate and cool regions of
Argentina."
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 33981.
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30; 1916. 27
42533 to 42550— Continued.
42541. Mimosa sensitiva L. Mimosacege. Sensitive plant.
"Sensitiva. A vigorous flowering shrub from the Tropics of Argentina."
Received as Mimosa sensitiva arborea, implying a treelike habit.
42542. Phytolacca dioica L. Phytolacca ceae. Ombu.
"Ombu. A large branching tree, the trunk of which reaches in a few-
years a diameter of several meters. Specimens exist in the Province of
Buenos Aires which are 5 to 6 meters in diameter, with heads 15 to 20
meters in diameter. From the temperate and subtropical regions of
Argentina."
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 31482.
42543. Piptadenia communis Bentli. Mimosaceae. Cebil.
"Cebil. A tree attaining 20 meters in height, the trunk being sometimes
a meter in diameter, with rough bark and hard wood. Furnishas tanuin.
From the temperate regions of Argentina."
42544 and 42545. Psiiuum guajava L. Myrtacese. Guava.
42544. " Guava. Ornamental shrub with beautiful flowers and use-
ful fruits ; from the temperate and warmer regions of Argentina."
Received as Psidium pomiferum.
42545. "Araza. Ornamental shrub with beautiful flowers and use-
ful fruits ; from the temperate and warmer regions of Argentina."
Received as Psidium pyriferum.
42546. Pterogyne nitens Tulasne. Csesalpiniacese.
" Virard. A large tree, with strong useful wood ; from the temperate
regions of Argentina."
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 41308.
42547. Tecoma stans (L.) Juss. Bignoniaceae. Yellow tecoma.
" Guaranguay. A very floriferous ornamental shrub; from the tem-
perate regions of Argentina."
42548. Tebminalia tkifoliata Spreng. Combretacese.
" Palo de lanza. A' vigorous tree, with strong flexible yellowish wood;
from the temperate regions of Argentina."
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 34029.
42549. Tumana tipu (Benth.) Lillo. Fabaceae. Tipu.
(T. speciosa Benth.)
"Tipu. A large tree 50 meters in height. Leafy, very ornamental,
wilh good timber; from the subtropical, temperate, and cool regions of
Argentina."
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 42331.
42550. Qutllaja saponaria Molina. Rosacea. Quillay.
" Quillay. A leafy tree, of industrial value because of its saponiferous
bark; from the cool and temperate regions of Argentina."
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 34407.
28 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORT I'D.
42551. Saccharide biflortjm Forsk. Poacese. Grass.
From Algiers, Algeria. Cuttings presented l>y Dr. L. Trabut Received
April 18, 1916.
"This grass <»f greal size succeeds very well in the saiul hills of the coast.
It is easily propagated by cuttings, and forms a good screen at very little cost.
The results obtained during some years induce me to recommend to you this
plant, which grows spontaneously upon the banks of the Nile and in Algeria
at Bone. It is much used in Sicily to bind sands and to protect cultivation."
(Trabut.)
42552. X Cytisus dallimorei Rolfe. Fabaceae. Broom.
From Kew, England. Cuttings presented l>y Sir David Train, director,
Royal Botanic Gardens. Received April 24, PRO.
"A hybrid raised at Kew in 1900 by crossing Cystisus scoparius var. an-
dreanus (seed bearer) with C. albus. It is a tall shrub, perhaps 8 or 9 feet
high, of thin, erect habit, suggesting that of C. scoparius;. Leaves mostly tri-
foliolate, downy: Flowers about five-eighths of an inch long, the whole of the
petals suffused with beautiful shades of rosy pink, deepening on the wing
petals to crimson. Calyx helmet shaped, shining brown, slightly dowliy. At
each node the flowers are solitary or in pairs. The beautiful broom is quite
distinct from any other in cultivation and is the first hybrid broom raised by
artificial cross-fertilization, all its predecessors having originated as chance
crosses made by insects. It is propagated by grafting on Laburnum. As it
flowers regularly and in great profusion in May. it ought in time to become
a popular garden shrub." ("11". J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the Brit-
ish Isles, vol. 1. p. J/58.)
42553 to 42565. Diospyros kaki L. f. Diospyracese. Kaki.
From Okitsu, Japan. Cuttings presented by Prof. Ishiwara, director, Gov-
ernment Horticultural Experiment Station. Received April 20, 191G.
Quoted notes by Mr. T. Kiyono, Semmes, Ala.
42553. " No. 37. Hagalcushi. Astringent. Fukuoka Province."
42554. "No. 38. Otani. Astringent. Fukuoka Province."
42555. "No. 61. Kabuto-fjosho. Sweet. Cifu Province."
42556. " No. 02. Kiara. Sweot. Kumamoto Province."
42557. " No. 03. Saluroza. Astringent. Ishikawa Province."
42558. "No. 64. Kuramitsu, Astringent. Ishikawa Province."
42559. "No. 65. Oku-gosho. Sweet. Gifu Province."
42560. "No. 66. Kuro-gaki (or Birodo-gaki) . Sweet. Gifu Province."
42561. "No. 67. Midzushima. Sweet. Ishikawa Province."
42562. "No. 68. Midzushima. Sweet. Tomiyama Province:"
42563. "No. 69. Kuramitsu. Astringent. Fukui Province."
42564. "No. 70. Saburoza. Astringent Fukui Province."
42565. "No. 71. Wild seedling with profuse staininate flower habit,
grown in woods near Okud/.u station."
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1916. 29
42566. Eubus geoides J. E. Smith. Rosacea?. Frutilla.
From Punta Arenas, Chile. Presented by Mr. David J. D. Myers, American
consul. Received April 18, 1916.
" This fruit is full of seed. I have been unable to learn whether there are
any other wild varieties of this frutilla, the local name. The plant grows ex-
tensively over a large area inland from this port, where tire destroyed the
forests some years ago. Neither the plant nor the fruit bears much, if any,
relation to the common strawberry from the standpoint of an ordinary observer.
The plant is extremely small and the berries are almost completely hidden in
the moss and dead leaves. The color of the ripe fruit is amber and resembles
the rasf'^erry both in shape and taste. The educated Chileans from the north
call the small cultivated strawberries frutiUas and the large varieties fresas.
The names seem to be reversed here, and while they call the wild variety
frutilla also, they do not recognize it as belonging to the same family as the
true strawberry.'* (Myers.)
42567. Cacaraerosa (L.) Kuntze. Fabacea?. Yam-bean.
(Pachyrhizus angulatus Rich.)
From Shonghong, via Swatow. China. Presented by Rev. F. J. Wiens, Men-
nonite Brethren Mission. Received April 15, 1916.
" The root is edible and has a sweet delicious taste. The seeds are planted
or sown in April or May, and the flowers are all cut down except those wanted
for seeds. The natives tell me the seeds are very poisonous." (Wiens.)
42568 to 42571. Triticum spp. Poacete. Wheat.
From Madrid, Spain. Presented by Mr. Jose Hurtado de Mendoza, Esta-
cion de Ensayo de Semillas, La Moncloa. Received April 21, 1916.
" The most noteworthy varieties cultivated in the Peninsula."
42568. Tbiticum aestivum L.
(T. vulgare Vill.)
42569 to 42571. Tbiticum durum Desf.
42572 to 42575.
From Teneriffe, Canary Islands. Presented by Dr. George Perez. Received
April 17, 1916. Descriptive notes by Dr. Perez.
42572. Cytisus stenopetalus (Webb) Christ. Fabacea?. Broom.
" Gacia is the name under which it is known in our island of Palma,
which is the home of this valuable Cytisus and where it is cultivated as
a forage plant. This variety has the largest leaves, and on this account
is the most suitable of the many varieties of this species as a forage
plant. It is a most beautiful and ornamental garden plant, and is culti-
vated in our Island of Palma exactly the same as tagasaste, but they
find they can plant it higher above the sea level, Gacia is known to
prosper as high as 1,500 meters above sea level, and therefore will stand
cold better. My advice, however, is to make trials only in southern Cali-
fornia."
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 29641.
42573. Cytisus paixidus Poir. Fabace». Broom.
"Gacia hlanca, also Herdanera, as it is known in Palma. Besides
being very useful as a forage plant, tins is a most beautiful and orna-
mental garden plant."
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 34262.
30 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
42572 to 42575— Continued.
42574. Cytisus stenopetaltjs (Webb) Christ. Fabaceae. Broom.
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 42572.
42575. Limomum fkuticans (Webb) Kuntze. Plumbaginaeeae.
{Statice fruticans Webb.) Sea lavender.
"Native of the coast region of Teneriffe, where the lowest temperature
in winter is much above the freezing point, so that it should not be sown
in the open where there are frosts. The seed should be carefully
tracted before sowing, or if you find this method too slow (it is far the
best), then soak in water at about 70° F. and stir daily until the dried
flower heads sink to the bottom, then sow. This process takes about 10
diiys and the seed begins to come up in about one month; in the ex-
tracted-seed method germination takes place after about a week."
42576. Prunus tomextosa endotricha Koehne. Amygdalaceae.
Bush cherry.
From Veutimiglia, Italy. Presented by the superintendent, La Mortola
Botanic Garden. Received April 20, 1916.
The species is described as follows : "A deciduous shrub of spreading habit,
4 to 8 feet high and twice as wide; leaves dark dull green above, paler and
densely woolly beneath. Flowers three-fourths of an inch across, white, tinted
with rose, produced singly or in pairs at the joints of the previous year's
growth. Fruit bright red, about the size of a small cherry, ripe in July.
Native of northern and western China, but introduced from Japan about 40
years ago. It usually flowers about the fourth week in March and is then an
object of great beauty and charm. Shoots from 1 to 2 feet long arc made in
one season, and these the following spring are furnished from end to end with
the delicately tinted flowers. It must be said, however, that its beauty is
short lived. Some sheltered nook should be chosen for it, a consideration its
early blossoms entitle it to. The fruits are not freely produced with us,
although about Peking the shrub is cultivated for their sake. Propagated by
layers and cuttings of half-ripened wood." (IF. ./. Bean, Trees and Shrubs
II n rd a in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 255.)
The variety is described by Koehne in Sargent's Plantae Wilsonianae. vol. 1,
p. 225, as a shrub 1 to 3 meters or a tree up to 7 meters high, from western
Hunch and northern Shensi.
42577 to 42580. Doliciios lablab L. Fabaeese. Bonavist bean.
From Georgetown, British Guiana. Presented by -Mr. J. F. Waby. Re-
ceived April 24, 1916. Quoted notes by Mr. Waby.
42577. " Park's runner or scarlet runner. A viny plant, flowers pur-
plish, pods 6 to 6J inches long, three-fourths of an inch wide. Beans
of the two shades found in the same pod, though more frequentlj of
the darker shade, which is more prolific. I have used it at least twice
a week on my table for months; it is decidedly the best we have.
See mention in Board of Agriculture Journal of British Guiana, vol. S,
p. 14, 1914."
42578. "Strong vine, prolific, lasting at least two years and giving
abundantly if well watered. Purplish flowers, seeds brown, used shelled
before the seeds get hard."
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1916. 31
42577 to 42580— Continued.
42579. " Dwarf, bushy, 2 to 2£ feet high, white flowers, white seeds,
pods small, flat, averaging three seeds each. Grown by the coolies
here. This is not to be compared for usefulness with the white-seeded
Nankin icus."
42580. "A white-flowered kind much used by the coolies."
42581 to 42595.
From Kew, England. Presented by Sir David Prain, director. Royal
Botanic Gardens. Received April 20, 1916.
42581. Prunus cornuta (Wall.) Steud. Amygdalacea?.
Himalayan bird cherry.
" A deciduous tree, 50 to 60 feet high in a wild state. Leaves deep
dull green above, paler beneath; flowers white, densely set on cylindrical
racemes, 3 to 6 inches long, three-fourths to 1 inch wide; each flower
is one-fourth to one-third inch across. Fruit round, one-third of an inch
in diameter, red, changing to dark brown-purple. Flowers in May. Native
of the Himalayas, where it is widely spread up to 10,000 feet and repre-
sents in that region Prunus padus. So nearly are they allied that many
botanists regard them as forms of one species. According to travelers
in the Himalayas, P. cornuta grows to considerably larger size than
does P. padus, as we know it in England. The name cornuta (horned)
refers to the shape of the fruits as often seen in the Himalayas. An
insect deposits its eggs in the young fruit, and as the larvse develop
they set up irritation and cause a curious growth, which is from 1 to
2 inches long and curled like a horn. It is analogous to the many galls
that occur on our own trees, notably oaks." (IV. J. Bean, Trees and
Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 233.)
42582. X Prunus eminens Beck. Amygdalacese. Hybrid cherry.
"A small pretty tree similar to Prunus acida in flower, but of mora
open growth ; is described as a hybrid between it and P. fruticosa."
(\V. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 227.)
42583. Prunus incana (Pall.) Stev. Amygdalacese. Willow cherry.
" A deciduous shrub, 4 to 8 feet high, of rather open, loose habit.
Leaves dark green and smooth above, covered with a close white wool
beneath. Flowers one-fourth of an inch across, borne singly from the
buds of the previous year's shoots; petals deep rosy red. Fruit smooth,
red, one-third of an inch across. Native of southeastern Europe and
Asia Minor; introduced in 1815. Its flowers appear in April along with
the young leaves, and it is then very pretty. Sometimes confused with
Prunus nana, it is easily distinguished from that and most other species
by the close white felt on the under surface of the willowlike leaves.
The fruit is quite different from that of /'. nana, being cherrylike."
( W. I. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 238.)
42584. Prunus maximowiczii Rupr. Amygdalacese. Korean cherry.
"A deciduous tree up to 20 or 30 feet high, with a slender trunk.
Flowers rather dull yellowish white, about five-eighths of an inch across,
produced in mid-May on stalked racemes, remarkable for the large loaf-
like bracts with which they are furnished. Fruit globose, one-sixth of
an inch wide, shining, at first red, then black; ripe in August. Native
32 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
42581 to 42595— Continued.
of Korea, Manchuria, and Japan. The tree is interesting ami very dis-
tinct among cherries because of the conspicuous bracts on the inllores-
cence, which remain until the fruit is ripe; but neither in flower nor
fruit is it particularly attractive as cherries go. For its autumn color-
ing it may prove valuable, as it turns a brilliant scarlet both in Japan
and North America. It is very hardy." (IT. ■/. Ilean, Trees and Shrubs
Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 2.'/3.)
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 40997.
42585. Kims cobeanus Miquel. Rosacea?. Bramble.
"A deciduous shrub, 8 to 10 feet high I it has been found 15 feet high in
a wild state), with erect or arching, stout, biennial stems, branching
toward the top, and armed with stiff, broad-based spines. Leaves com-
posed usually of seven dark lustrous-green leaflets. Flowers borne in
Uattish clusters, terminating short shoots from the wood of the previous
year. Fruit of various colors from red to nearly black, edible but small,
and of poor flavor. Native of Korea and China ; introduced from the latter
country in 1907 by Wilson, who found it at altitudes up to 0,000 feet. It
is one of the handsomest of all Pubi in its vigorous blue-white stems and
beautiful pinnate foliage, and may prove a valuable acquisition in gardens
should it be quite hardy." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the
British Isles, vol 2, p. If56.)
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 20277.
42586. Rxjbus biflorus quinqueflorus Focke. Rosacea?. Bramble.
"A deciduous shrub, with erect stems up to 10 feet high and 1 inch
thick at base, covered with a thick, white, waxy coating and armed with
straight, broad-based spines. Toward the top the stems branch freely,
the branches also being white, and, like the leafstalks and often the midrib,
spiny. Leaves 4 to 10 inches long, composed of three to five leaflets,
which are dark green above, covered beneath with a close white felt.
Flowers terminal and axillary, white, three-fourths of an inch across;
fruits edible. Native of the Himalayas up to 10.000 feet; introduced in
1818. Among the longer cultivated, white-stemmed raspberries this is by
far the most effective, although it is no doubt equaled by some of the
newer Chinese species. Its flowers are of little consequence, bein^r small
and of little beauty. It should be raised from seed (which ripens here),
and planted in groups of not less than half a dozen. The soil should be
a good loam, the aim being to produce stout thick stems, for the stouter
they are the whiter and more persistent is their waxy covering. After
the previous year's stems have flowered and borne fruit, they should be
cut away (usually aboul August), leaving only the virgin growths of the
year. During autumn and winter a group of this Rubus makes one of
the most striking plant pictures in the open air. Var. quinqueflorus. — A
vigorous Chinese form introduced by Wilson in 1907, with the terminal in-
florescence composed most frequently of live (sometimes up to eight)
flowers. In the type they are usually two or three." ( W. J. Bean, Trees
and shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, ml. ,.'. /,. ',:,).)
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 35107.
42587. Rubus lasiostyus iuzyuos Focke. Rosacea1. Bramble.
"An erect-growing deciduous shrub with biennial stems 4 to G feet
high, covered with a blue-white, waxy bloom, and closely set with bristle-
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1016. 33
42581 to 42595— Continued.
like spines. Leaves composed of three or five leaflets, and on young
vigorous plants as much as 14 inches long, but usually some 6 or S inches
long. Flowers small, with reddish purple petals, which are shorter than
the calyx segments and soon fall. Fruit 1 inch across, roundish, red,
and downy, with an agreeable acid taste. Native of central China;
originally discovered in Hupeh by Henry, who sent seeds to Kew in
1SS9, from which plants were raised that flowered in 1894. This is one
of the most striking of the white-stemmed brambles. It has lately been
reintroduced in quantity by Wilson from Hupeh." (17. J. Bean, Trees
and Shrubs Hardy in tlie British Isles, vol. 2, p. ^G2.)
42588. Rubus inopertus Focke. Rosacea. Bramble.
A Chinese bramble, growing at altitudes of 600 to 2,200 meters, of
which Focke says {Sargent, Plantae Wilsonianae, vol. 1, p. 5.'i) : "This
Chinese plant seems to be rather constant and looks very different from
the tropical R. niveus Thunberg. It is therefore reasonable to separate
the two plants specifically, although there occur connecting links in the
Himalayas."
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 20276.
42589. Rubus mesogaeus Focke. Rosacea. Bramble.
A slender climbing bramble with stems 4 to 5 meters long, rather small
flowers, and small globose berries. Native of central China, especially
western Hupeh and Szechwan. (Adapted from Focke, Species Ruborum,
Bibliothcca Botanica, No. 12, p. 20'/.)
42590. Rubus omeiensis Rolfe. Rosacea?. Bramble.
A large straggling shrub with round stems unarmed, but furnished
with small stellate hairs. Leaves of maplelike form, five or obscurely
seven lobed, with a heart-shaped base; 3 to 7 inches long and as wide.
Stipules one-half to three-fourths of an inch long, cut up into deep
narrow segments. Panicles many flowered, terminal; flowers half an
inch across with downy stalks; calyx downy, the lobes pointed, trian-
gular; petals purple. Fruit black, well flavored, ripening late. Native
of western China, and found on Mount Omi by Wilson, who introduced
it for Messrs. Veitch, with whom it flowered in August, 190S. It grows
up to 6,000 feet elevation and will probablj be perfectly hardy. It
makes a growth 10 or 12 feet long in a season. The stipules are rather
remarkable. (Adapted from IV. J. Bean. Trees and Shrubs Eardy in ihc
British Isles, vol. 2, p. J/65.)
For previous introduction, see S. I*. I. No. -10195.
42591. Rubus pubkscens Weihe. Rosaceae. Bramble.
A very robust bramble, native of central and western Germany, Swit-
zerland, France, and England, with strong, thick canes which do not
ascend to any height without support. Spines very strong, reddish
brown, on broad compressed bases. Flowers appearing in July, conspicu-
ous, white, sometimes pale red. Fruit well developed, conspicuous, r"und,
with pleasant flavor.
42592. Rubus THIBETANUS Fianch. Rosacea. Bramble.
An erect deciduous shrub, 6 feet or more high; steins biennial, smooth,
round, covered with a purplish bloom and set irregularly with straight,
140475°— 20 3
34 SEEDS A2*D PLANTS IMPORTED.
42581 to 42595— Continued.
slender prickles. Leaves pinnate, l to 9 Inches long, composed of 7 to
13 leaflets. Flowers one-hall inch across, petals purple. Fruit, roundish,
five-eighths of an inch across, black with a bluish bloom. Native of west-
ern China; discovered and Introduced by Wilson for Messrs. Veitch, with
whom it flowered in August, 1908. Wilson found It in the Min River
valley at altitudes of 1,000 to 6,000 feet, where it is rare. Of the newer
Chinese Kuhi it is one of the most distinct and attractive Looking, for
both its blue-purple stems and its very handsomely eul foliage, i Adapted
from W. •/. Bean, Tries and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. .'.
p. 168.)
42593. Rubtjs THUNBERfin GJ UBELLUS Focke. Rosacea1. Bramble.
A Chinese Rubus from western Hupeh differing from the typical Japa-
nese plant in its more robust habit and its sparingly pilose leaves and
twigs.
42594. RtJBtrs tbianthtjs Focke. Rosacea*. Bramble.
A deciduous shruh of wide-spreading habit, the biennial stems er<
much branched, spiny, blue-white, 4 to <'. feet high. Leaves simple, dis-
tinctly three lobed on the barren stems, less markedly lobed on the
flowering shoots, whitish beneath, dark green above. Flowers pinkish
white, insignificant, produced a few together on cymes that are terminal
on short lateral twigs. Fruit dark red. Native of central China up to
4,000 feet : introduced for Messrs. Veitch by Wilson in 1900. It is dis-
tinct from most Kuhi in the absence of down or hairs, but has not much
garden value. (Adapted from W. •/. Bean, Trees anil Shrubs Hardy in
the British Islt s, ml. .?. p. \69.)
42595. RiTBTJS VHAims Focke. Rosacese. Bramble.
A form from western Szechwan, closely related to Rubus idaeus.
(Adapted from Focke, Species Ruborum, Bibliotheca Botanica, \<>. , ?. />.
42596. Strychnos spinosa Lam. Loganiaceae. Kaffir orange.
From Inhambane, Portuguese East Africa. Presented by Rev. Pliny W.
Keys. Methodist Episcopal Mission. Received April 24, 191ft
"A remarkable Fast African shrub or small tree with evergreen foliage
and short spines, bearing large, round, green fruits with extremely hard
shells. When these ripen they turn yellow and scent the room with the
fragrance ^i' cloves. The seeds have a small amount of strychnin In them.
'I he flesh is edible, reminding one of a brandied peach." (Fairchild.)
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. 33341.
42597 to 42605.
From Ventimiglia, Italy. Received through the superintendent, Fa Mori
Botanic Garden, April 17, 1916.
42597. Counts c.mmtata Wall. Cornacese. Bentham's cornel.
A deciduous or partially evergreen tree, •">'> to K) or more feet high,
of bushy habit, and. if allowed to develop without interference by other
trees, wider than it is high. Leaves leathery, opposite, dull gray-
APRIL- 1 TO JUNE 30, 1916. 35
42597 to 42605— Continued.
green. Flowers minute, inconspicuous, crowded in a hemispherical
mass half an inch across. The beauty of the inflorescence is in the
four to six sulphur-yellow bracts that subtend the true flowers; these
are obovate, \\ to 2 inches long, and three-fourths to \\ inches wide.
The fruit is a fleshy, strawberry-shaped, agglomerated, crimson mass, 1
to \\ inches across, in which many seeds are imbedded. Introd'i
from the Himalayas in 1825 and is a native also of China. When cov-
ered with the pale yellow " flowers." they provide one of the richest
ornaments, and in fruit, too, they are objects of great beauty, but
often damaged by birds. (Adapted from 11'. ./. Bean, Trees and Shrubs
Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1. p. -387.)
For previous Introduction, see S. P. I. No. 42287.
42598. Cyphomandba betacea (Cav.) Sendt. Solanacese . Tree-tomato.
A treelike half-woody plant, 6 to 10 feet high, with large entire cor-
date-ovate leaves and small pinkish fragrant flowers followed by egg-
shaped, reddish brown, finely striped fruits about 2 inches long. These
are seedy, musky acid, and somewhat tomatolike in flavor. Grown
mostly as a curiosity. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of
Horticulture, vol. 2, p. 9.'f3.)
42599. Cyphomandra fbagbans (Hook.) Sendt. Solanacese.
r Tree-tomato.
This plant is a native of Argentina. The stem is erect, treelike, 12
or more feet high, bearing at the top many long branches, spreading
horizontally. The whole plant is glabrous. The leaves are in unequal
pairs, the lesser one in the shorter petiole, cordate, glossy, and some-
what succulent: the larger one on a longer petiole, rather ovate than
cordate, dark green, a little pale beneath. From the forking of the
branches the peduncles have their origin : these are pendent, bearing
a raceme of flowers. The mouths of the flowers are all directed down-
ward. Buds at first purple, then greenish, and when fully open are
green with a dark streak on the back of each segment. The corolla is
thick and fleshy, deeply cut into five oblong, reflexed segments. (Ada]
from Curtis's Botanical Magazine, pi. 1839.)
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 35096.
42600. Hakea cucdixata P. Pr. Proteai
An erect shrub 4 to 5 feet high with pale brown, very hairy branches.
The large sessile leaves are leathery, heart shaped, and are glaucous
green in color. The red flowers appear in copious clusters and are
composed of four strap-shaped segmenl -. Fruits clustered, about an
inch long. (Adapted from Curtis's Botanical Magazine, pi. \
42601. IIakka i.t.uptica (Smith) P. Pr. Proteacese.
An erect shrub 0 to 15 feet high with nearly sessile oval or elliptical
leaves 2 to 3£ inches long, white flowers in globose sessile clusters and
ovoid fruit. The foliage is by Car the finest of all the introduced kinds,
the rich bronze color of the young shoots !>einLr hardly rivaled an
other shrubs. The compact, erect habit ma!,-
lawn and shrubbery planting. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclo-
pedia of Horticulture, vol. 3, p. / }2S.)
36 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
42597 to 42605— Continued.
42602. Hakea latjbina R. Br. Proteacese.
A tall shrub up to 30 feet in this country and becoming treelike in
Australia. Leaves ellipitical or lanceolate, 5 to G Inches long. Flowers
crimson in a globular head 11 to 2 inches thick, from which the numerous
showy golden-yellow styles project 1 inch or so in every direction. It is
the only species with showy flowers grown in America. Equally satis-
factory for shrubbery and for hedges. Always highly ornamental. It
has been called " the glory of the gardens of the Riviera." (Adapted from
Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 3, p. 7'/.?8.)
42603. Hakea suaveolens R. Br. Proteacere.
A rounded shrub from 8 to 15 feet high, leaves 2 to 4 inches long,
cylindrical, with rigid spinelike tip, occasionally entire, but usually
bra uclied into rigid cylindrical lobes. Flowers white, fragrant. An
easily grown, drought-resistant, self-protective plant, and therefore a
favorite for depot grounds, public parks, impenetrable hedges, and the
like. Makes a suitable covering for dry hillsides, although not deep
rooted and sometimes inclined to become top-heavy. (Adapted from
Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 3, p. 1428.)
42604. Hakea vabia R. Br. Proteacese.
A shrub resembling Hakea suaveolens, with some leaves with nearly
cylindrical lobes, varying, however, to flat and hollylike,- 1 to 2 inches
long. Flowers in small clusters. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cy-
clopedia of Horticulture, vol. 3, p. 11#8.)
42605. Alectbyon tomentosum (F. Muell.) Radlk. Sapindacea?.
(Ncphclium tomentosum F. Muell.)
A tree 20 to 30 feet high, from Queensland and New South Wales.
Leaflets four to eight, 2 to 4 inches long; flowers small, crowded on short,
slightly branched tomentose panicles sometimes reduced to simple
racemes. Fruit softly tomentose-villous, depressed at the top, of two
or rarely three globular, slightly compressed lobes, united at the top, four
or five lines in diameter, rather hard, indehiscent. Seeds half immersed in
a yellowish arillus. (Adapted from Bentham, Flora Australiensis, vol. 1,
p. <iG6.)
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 35102.
42606. Citrus limonia Osbeck. Rutaceae. Szechwan lemon.
From Chungking, China. Seeds presented by Mr. E. Widler. Received
April M. 191G.
"This lemon answers almost the description of the Ichang lemon, excepting
that its seeds are much smaller, and the inside seems to be all pith. These
Szechwan lemons grow about 100 miles distant from Chungking. Chinese name
Hsiang yuan." (Widler.)
s
42607. Akaua cachemirica Decaisne. Araliaceae.
From Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by Prof. C. S. Sargent, Arnold Ar-
boretum. Received April 28, 1916.
A spineless herb from the Himalayas growing to a height of 8 feet, with
quinately compound leaves, the pinnae often with live to nine leaflets which are
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1916. 37
usually rounded at the base, oblong-ovate, doubly serrate, and 4 to S inches
long. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 1, p.
SU.)
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 33142.
42608. Panicum laevifolium Hack. Poaceae. Grass.
From Johannesburg, Union of South Africa. Presented by Mr. J. Burtt
Davy, botanist, Agricultural Supply Association. Received April 25, 191G.
"An annual hay grass common In wettish lands in our maize belt. This is a
remarkably heavy cropper, and if I remember rightly one of my early investi-
gations gave a cutting of about 5 tons of hay to the acre, but I have not my
original notes, which have been lost somewhere in the Department of Agri-
culture. This grass seems to thrive best on alluvial deposits, but it is also
found on almost any kind of soil where water is apt to stand during rains.
Animals are extremely fond of it, and we consider it one of our best native
grasses. As compared with teff (Eragrostis abyssinica) , the principal drawback
of Panicum laevifolium is the unevenness in maturity of its seeds, whereas teff
matures very evenly, owing to the fact that the first-ripened seeds do not fall
off easily, as is the case with P. laevifolium. However, in spite of this
drawback I think this grass may meet the needs of some particular locality in
the South where the rainfall is erratic and apt to come after long intervals of
drought." (Davy.)
42609. Ixdigofera glandulosa Wendl. Fabacere. Indigo.
From Bangalore, Mysore, India. Presented by Mr. G. H. Krumbiegel,
superintendent, Government Botanic Gardens, Lal-bagh. Received April
24, 1916.
An ornamental leguminous annual from tropical Asia and Australia, about a
foot tall and bearing purple, pea-shaped flowers in July. - (Adapted from John-
son's Gardeners' Dictionary, p. 512.)
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 42027.
42610. Zea mays L. Poacea?. Corn.
From Canada. Presented by Prof. James Murray, MacDonald College,
Quebec. Received April 24, 191(3.
" Quebec yellow, which yielded an average of 84 bushels per acre for four
years on an acre block at MacDonald College." (Fairchild.)
42611. Cannabis sativa L. Moracese. Hemp.
From Yokohama, Japan. Procured from the Yokohama Nursery Company,
through Mr. Lyster H. Dewey, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received
May 2, 191G.
"Produced in Kogen Do (Kang Won), a northeastern province back of Seoul,
facing the Japan Sea." (S. Iida.)
42612 to 42630.
From British India. Presented by Mr. M. Buysman, Lawang, Java, Re-
ceived April 19, 1916.
42612. Akalia cissifoi.ia Griffith. Araliacece.
A shrub 10 feet high, or erect small tree; its branches with short
strong deflexed prickles are sometimes clustered at the nodes. Leaflets
38 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
42612 to 42630— Continued.
lanceolate, acuminate; peduncles solitary, each carrying a many-flowered
umbel. Fruit glabrous. (Adapted from Hooker, Flora of British India,
vol. 2, p. 722, 1879.)
42613. Brassaiopsis speciosa Dec. and Planch. Araliaceae.
Frequently found from Nepal and Assam to Chittagong. A small tree
of almost palmlike character, scarcely branched, and leafy only at the
extremity of the branches. The leaves are large, on long petioles, swollen
at the base, digitate, consisting of about seven large leaflets which arc
oblong-lanceolate and glabrous. Racemes 4 to 5 feet long, pendent from
the apex of the stem, and bearing at the end of the branches large
densely-flowered umbels of a brownish or yellowish green color. One-
seeded, subglcbose fruits. (Adapted from Cvrtis's Botanical Magazine,
pi. .'/SO h, as Hedera glomerulaia ; and Hooker, Flora of British India, vol.
2, p. 737.)
42614. Byttnekia aspera Colebr. Sterculiacese.
'• A climbing shrub of the central and eastern Himalayas up to 4,000
feet, the Khasia Hills, the tropical forests of Burma, and the Andaman*.
It forms often a very dense growth, and has large fruit with strong
spikes." (Gamble, A Manual of Indian Timbers, 2d ed., p. 105.)
42615. Campanula coloeata Wall. Campanulaceae. Bellflower.
The deep-colored bellflower from the high altitudes of India and
Afghanistan is variable in its growth, sometimes erect, at others trailing.
A desirable ornamental for rock gardens. The slender stems are much
branched and grow to a length of 2 feet. The leaves are broadly oval
or ovate-lanceolate, and sessile or attenuated into a short footstalk. The
flowers are bell shaped, deep bright purple, the tube being rather
elongated and the lobes rather large, spreading. (Adapted from Curtis'*
Botanical Magazine, pi. 4555.)
42616. DispoetjM calcaratum D. Don. Gonvallariaceae.
" This species, remarkable for the length of the spurs at the base of
the sepals, was collected by Mr. Gomez on the Jentya Hills in Sylhet, a
mountainous region on the northeastern frontier of Bengal. The flowers,
which appear in May, are apparently of a green color, and vary from
two to five in the umbel. The leaves are altogether sessile, not being nar-
rowed at the base as in most of the other species. The inflorescence
in the rest of the genus, is really terminal, although from the prolonga-
tion of the branches beyond it, it has the appearance of being lateral."
(/). Don, in Transactions of the IAnnean Society of London, vol. IS. p.
516, 1841.)
42617. Gaui.theria tbichophyixa Royle. Ericaceae.
A low evergreen shrub of densely tufted habit, 3 to 6 inches high,
spreading by means of underground shoots; stems wiry and slender,
bristly. Leaves narrow, glossy dark green above, pale beneath. Flowers
solitary in the leaf axils; corolla pink, one-sixth of an inch long and
wide, bell shaped. Fruit blue-black. Native of the Himalayas up to
13,000 feet. Ii is a dainty plant suitable for the rock garden and pleasing
for the bright green of its foliage and neat habit. Propagated by cut-
tings and division. (Adapted from W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy
in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 582.)
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1916. 39
42612 to 42630— Continued.
42618. Litsea zeylanica Nees. Lauraceae.
A middle-sized evergreen tree, glabrous, only leaf buds and pedicels
pubescent. Leaves alternate, thinly coriaceous, pale beneath, 4 to 6
inches long, on a petiole half an inch long. Flowers yellowish white,
funnel shaped, in dense sessile clusters. Berry subglobose, one-third of
an inch in diameter. (Adapted from Brandts, Forest Flora of India, p.
882.)
42619. Lonicera maceantha (Don) Spreng. Caprifoliacese.
Honeysuckle.
An ornamental evergreen climbing shrub with shining green leaves,
pale beneath, and fragrant white flowers changing to yellow. It much
resembles the Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica), but the un-
opened flowers are pink or reddish, and the fruit is white. (Adapted
from Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 3, p. 10.)
42620. Luculia gratissima (Wall.) Sweet. Rubiacese.
" Himalayas and Ava, at elevations of 4,000 to 6,000 feet. A tall
shrub or small tree. Important in the series of plants destined to main-
tain garden fragrance well throughout the year, the copious large blos-
soms being developed in the coolest season. The plant hates frost and
dry heat. The flowers will likely be acceptable for perfume factories."
(Mueller, Select Extra-Tropical Plants, p. 292.)
42621. Microtropis discolor Wall. Celastracese.
A small evergreen or shrub from the forests of the central Himalayas
up to 7,000 feet, the Khasia Hills, and the damp hill forests of Burma.
The wood is white and easily worked. (Adapted from Gamble, A Manual
of Indian Timbers. 2d ed., p. 175.)
42622. Panax pseudoginseng Wall. Araliacese.
" Doubtfully separable from the true ginseng of Japan, Panax gin-
seng G. A. Mey., which differs by having broader, more obovate, less
bristly leaves. The Indian examples show every form of rootstock and
tuber attributed specially to P. ginseng and to P. quinquefolium L."
(Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 2, p. 721.)
42623. Prinsepia utilis Royle Arnygdalaceae.
A deciduous thorny shrub from the Himalayas and the Khasia Hills.
The hard, compact wood is red, close and even grained, and is used for
fuel and for walking slicks. The fruit is like a sloe (Pruuiis spmosa),
and an oil is expressed from the seeds which is used for food and for
burning. (Adapted from Gamble, A Manual of Indian Timbers, 2d cd.,
p. 316.)
42624. Ribes griffithii Hook. f. and Thorns. Grossulariacese.
An erect shrub 8 feet high, from the subtropical regions of the eastern
Himalayas. Leaves 2 to 3 inches long. Flexuose, pendent, very lax
racemes, 3 to 6 inches long; berry one-fourth of an inch long, red.
(Adapted from Booker, Flora of British India, vol. 2, p. 411.)
42625. Cautleya ltttea Royle. Zinziberaceae.
(Roscoea elatior Smith.)
A common plant in the Himalayas at elevations of 5,000 to 8,000 feet
from Kashmir to Bhutan and 5,000 to 0,000 feet in the Khasia Moun-
40 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
42612 to 42630— Continued.
tains. Stems grow to a height of IS inches from the rather swollen
rooting base ami are leafy all the way up. Narrow leaves 5 to 10 inches
long, bright green above, paler or suffused or streaked with red-brown
beneath. Tbe spike is 4 to 8 inches high, flowers rather remote; bracts
green or red-purple; flowers 1£ to 2 inches long. Calyx tubular, red-
purple. Corolla golden yellow. (Adapted from Curtis's Botanical Mag-
azine, pi. 6991.)
42626. Rubus lineatus Reinw. Rosacea?. Bramble.
A strong suberect herb with softly pubescent branches. Leaflets
three to five, subsessile, coriaceous. Flowers in axillary short heads
and terminal elongate silvery panicles. Numerous small red drupes.
(Adapted from Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 2, p. 333.)
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 3017S.
42627. Salvia campanulata Wall. Menthace;e.
An herb with ascending hirsute stem and axillary or terminal racemes
of yellow flowers with purple dots. From Gossain Than, India.
(Adapted from Wallich, 1'lantae Asiaticae Rariores, vol. 1, p. 67, 18S0.)
42628. Sarcococca saligna (Don) Muell. Arg. Buxaceae.
(S. pruniformis Lindl.)
" An evergreen shrub, 2 to 3 feet high ; stems erect, smooth. Leaves
3 to 5 inches long, one-half to 1£ inches wide; narrow-lanceolate, with
a long drawn-out point; base narrowly wedge shaped; smooth, glossy,
with a marginal vein on each side extending all round the leaf; stalk
one-fourth to three-eighths of an inch long. Flowers greenish white, in
short axillary racemes opening in winter and spring. Berries egg
shaped, one-third to one-half inch long, purple. Native of the Himalayas
and China, the form from the latter being probably the hardier. The
Himalayan plant has long been cultivated indoors at Kew, but the
Chinese one was introduced by Wilson about 1902 and has so far proved
quite hardy and a vigorous grower. From Sareoeocca humilis and S.
ruscifolia it is. distinguished by the absence of down from the stems, as
veil as in stature and length of leaf." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs
Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 500.)
42G29. STROBILANTHES PECTINATUS (Wall.) T.Anders. Acanthacea?.
A spreading shrub up to 10 feet high with heads of wide funnel-
shaped, purple flowers H to 2.1 inches across. An important under-
shrub in the Himalayan forests. (Adapted from Hooker, Flora of
British India, vol. J, p. fr.}6; and Gamble, A Manual of Indian Timbers,
2d >d. p. 519.)
42630. Viburnum cylindricum Buch.-Ham. Caprifoliacea.
An evergreen shrub or. in some of its native habitats, a tree -10 to 50
feel high. Flowers white, quite tubular, about one-fifth of an inch long,
produced from July to September in usually 7-rayed cymes 3 to 5
Inches across. The cymes are rendered pretty by the protruded bunch of
lilac-colored stamens. Fruit egg shaped, one sixth of an inch long, black.
Native of the Himalayas and China. Most of the plants now in cultivation
are Chinese, and these are probably hardier than the Indian ones. They
have at any rate succeeded very well in the Coonibe Wood Nursery.
APPJL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1916. 41
42612 to 42830— Continued.
Two characters make this species very distinct, viz, the tubular corolla
with erect, not spreading lobes, and the curious waxy covering of the
leaves; the latter only shows itself when the leaf is touched or bent;
ordinarily they are of a dingy dark green. (Adapted from IV. J. Bean,
Trees and shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 6^5.)
42631. Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott. Aracese. Taro.
From Hilo, Hawaii. Tubers presented by the Hilo Boarding School, at tbe
request of Mr. J. B. Thompson, Hawaii Experiment Station, Glenwood.
Received May 1, 1916.
Lihilihi molina variety.
42632. Ceratoxia siliqua L. Ca'salpiniacese. Carob.
From Athens. Greece. Presented by the Royal Society of Agriculture. Re-
ceived April 25, 1916.
A small shrubby tree, native of southern Europe and extensively cultivated for
its sweet, sugary, flat pods. They are a valuable fattening and nutritious food
for cattle and are also relished by human beings. The tree is frequently uni-
sexual. (Adapted from Macniillan, Handbook of Tropical Gardening and Plant-
ing, p. i?7,.)
See S. P. I. No. 30914 for previous introduction.
42633. Vicia faba L. Fabaceae. Broad bean.
From Valparaiso, Chile. Presented by Mr. L. J. Kenna, American consul
general. Received May 1, 1916.
" Habas, which is the only commercially successful variety of the horse bean
known in this market." {Kenna.)
42634 to 42640.
From Christiania, Norway. Presented by Mr. Rolf Nordhagen, Botanic
Garden. Received April 20, 19l6.
42634. Avena planiculmis Schrad. Poaceae. Oats.
"Possesses leaves 1 inch wide; occurs in eastern Siberia in dry, open
places." (A. S. Hitchcock.)
42635. Berbekis sp. Berberidacese. Barberry.
" I am very sorry to say that after examining both chinensis and
spathulata [S. P. I. No. 42037] I have come to the conclusion thai they
are not rightly determined." (Noi'dhagen.) Received as Berberis chi-
nensis Poir.
42636. Berberis integeuiuma Bunge. Berberidacese. Barberry.
Shrub growing to 6 feet tall, last year's branches terete, purplish
brown; spines usually simple, about 2 inches long. Leaves obovate or
broadly obovate, usually entire, sometimes remotely setose-serrale, gray-
ish green. Racemes dense, usually many flowered. Flowers are small,
on short pedicels, about one-fifth of an inch long, fruits black, globose-
ovoid. A somewhat variable species. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard
Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 1, p. '/DO.)
42 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
42634 to 43640— Continued.
42637. Bebbebxs sp. Berberidacefle. Barberry.
" I am very sorry to say that afler examining both cMnensia [S. P. I.
No. 12635] and spathulata I have come to the conclusion that they are
not rightly determined." {Nordhaaen.) Received as Ber&eris spathulata
Schrad.
42638. Malus eumila Mill. Malacese. Paradise apple.
" Paradise. A bushy apple, apparently rarely growing over 5 feel in
height. A native of the Caucasus, whence it probably was introdi
into western Europe, where it is now extensively used as a dwarfing
stock for apples. This shrubby apple produces red fruits of fair quality,
is very drought resistant, and stands high summer temperatures. May
be used in hybridization work and in creating a strain of hush apples."
{Meyer. See 8. P. I. No. nuns. Inventory 23, p. 52.)
Seeds received as Pyrus paradisica. Malus pumila is, however, the
earlier name.
42639. Ruin's CAEsrus L. Rosacea. Dewberry.
"A deciduous shrub, with slender creeping stems, prickly, and covered
with a whitish bloom when young. Leaves usually composed of three
leaflets which are green on both sides. Flowers white, in small clus-
ters. Fruit composed of a few large carpels, covered with a blue-white
bloom when ripe. This is one of the British brambles easily distin-
guished from all the forms of common black! .try by the few but large
'pips' composing the fruit and by their being covered, like the young
stems, with a white or bluish bloom. It is common in Britain and over
Europe, extending into northern Asia. Of no value for gardens."' {W.J.
Bean, Trees and Shruas Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. .'t55. )
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 30161.
42640. Vaccinium myrtillus L. Vacciniacese. Bilberry.
A deciduous shrub, usually 6 to 12 inches high, sometimes more.
Leaves ovate, often somewhat heart shaped, blight green, and quite
smooth. Flowers produced in May usually singly on drooping stalks
from the leaf axils. Corolla nearly globular, pale pink, one-fourth
of an inch long. Berries black, with a blue bloom, one-third of an inch
in diameter, globular. Native of Britain, where it is one of the com-
monest of mountain and moorland shrubs, also of northern and central
Europe. The bilberry is one of the most valuable wild fruits of Britain
and is frequently offered in considerable quantities in the markets of
north country towns. It is used for making tarts and jelly and is es
pecially delicious eaten with cream and sugar. A very hardy plant, it
manages to survive on the summits of our loftiest mountains. It is
scarcely of sufficient interest for the garden, and does nor always thrive
well transplanted to low-level gardens, in the South at any rate. Its
angled stems distinguish it from the oilier British species. (Adapted
from W. J. Bean, Trees und Shrubs Hani)/ in the British Isles, vol. 2, p.
628. )
42641. Vicia faba L. FabacesB. Broad bean.
From Yokohama, Japan. Presented by Miss Eli/.a R Scidmore. Received
-May r», 1916.
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1016. 43
"Large shipments of horse beans have lately been made to Australia from
Japan, and Australian varieties are being experimented with here." (Scid-
iit ore.)
42642. Zea mays L. Poacese. Corn.
From Tucson, Ariz. Presented by Mr. George F. Freeman, acting di rerun-.
University of Arizona. Received May 5, 1916.
" Pa pa i/o sweet corn. We do not really expect that this will be promising as
a sweet corn outside of the Southwest, but some results in eastern Kansas
and Nebraska last year indicate that it might prove a valuable silage or for.,
corn in the humid sections." (Freeman.)
42643. Prosopis chilensis (Molina) Stuntz. Mimosaceae.
(P. juliflora DC.) Algaroba.
From Kingston, Jamaica. Presented by Mr. W. Harris, superintendent,
Public Gardens. Received April 7, 1916.
A shrub or tree, 3 to 40 feet high, with bipinnate leaves of 15 to 20 pairs of
leaflets, each composed of one or two pairs of pinnse; and axillary flowers in
cylindrical heads resembling those of Acacia spp. Native of Mexico and the
West Indies.
42644 to 42646. Vicia faba L. Fabaceae. Broad bean.
From Cairo, Egypt. Presented by Mr. Thomas W. Brown, Gizeh Branch,
Ministry of Agriculture. Received May 5, 1916. Notes by Mr. Brown.
"Varieties usually grown in Egypt."
42644. " Egyptian tick bean." 42646. " Fdva Pavonazza."
42645. '• White Cyprus bean."
42647. Bucklandia populnea R. Br. Hamamelidaceae.
From Darjiling, India. Presented by Mr. G. 11. Cave, curator, Lloyd
Botanic Garden. Received May 8, 1916.
"In its young state this is an exceedingly ornamental evergreen shrub. The
large orbicular-cordate acuminate leaves at first are purple, with the course of
the veins picked out with green; afterwards they are green with purple veins.
The stipules are remarkable for concealing between them the terminal bud;
they are obliquely obovate-oblong, purplish. Himalaya." (Kew Bttlletin, Addi-
tional Scries ',. 1900.)
For previous introduction, see S. 1*. I. No. 39639.
42648. Platakus orientalis L. Platanaceae.
Oriental plane tree.
From Lahore, India. Presented by the superintendent, Agri-Horticultural
Society. Received May 4, 1916.
"A deciduous tree of the largest size, in this country occasional!.. 80 to 100
feet high and 14 to 20 feet in girth of trunk; in open situations it usually
branches a few feet from the ground info several large spreading limbs; young
Shoots at first covered with pale brown hair tufts, becoming smooth later.
Leaves palmate. 6 to 10 inches wide, somewhat less in length, with live large
44 SEEDS AXD PLANTS IMPORTED.
lobes and usually a smaller one on each side at the base; the lobes, which are
half to two-thirds the depth of the blade and lance shaped, each have one to
three large teeth or minor lobes at the sides. When they first unfold, the
leaves are covered with a thick whitish brown felt composed of stellate hairs,
which later falls away, leaving the leaf smooth except near the veins beneath
and glossy above; stalk 1A to 3 inches long. Fruit balls two to six on each stalk,
1 inch wide, bristly." ( U". J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British
Isles, vol. 2, p. 203. )
42649 to 42673.
From Yokohama, Japan. Purchased from the Yokohama Nursery Company.
Received April 26, 191G. Plants of the following:
42649 to 42655. Arundinaria spp. Poacese. Bamboo.
42649. Arundinaria graminea (Bean) Makino.
A slender and very hardy bamboo, with stems up to 10 feet high
and about one-fourth of an inch in diameter. The leaves are the
narrowest in proportion to their length of all the hardy bamboos,
being 4 to 9 inches long but not more than half an inch wide.
(Adapted from W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British
Isles, vol. 1, p. 215.)
42650. Arundinaria simonii (Carr.) A. and C. Riviere.
A very vigorous bamboo, which spreads rapidly by means of its
underground suckers, and, with the exception of Arundinaria fas-
tuosa, is the tallest of our hardy sorts. It has stems up to 18 feet
high, 1 to 1\ inches in diameter at the base, the outer ones arching out-
ward. The leaves are narrowly oblong, broadly wedge shaped at the
base, with long tapering points, 3 to 12 inches long and one-third to
1\ inches wide, vivid green above, and glaucous on one side of the
midrib beneath, rather greenish on the other. (Adapted from W. J.
Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 210.)
" The sheaths nearest the ground are short, though long enough
to overlap the internodes, but those of the upper joints, although S to
10 inches long, do not exceed the internodes in length. They are at
first of a fine green color, shading into purple, which soon fades,
however, to a dull yellow. These prominent sheaths, which are
thick, stiff, and beautifully glazed on the side next the culm, will
easily distinguish this arundinaria from any other common Japanese
form." (D. G. Fairchild, Japanese Bamboos, Bur. Plant Indus. Bui.
43, v. 32.)
42651. Arundinaria japonica Sieb. and Zucc.
A very hardy, handsome evergreen bamboo, having larger leaves
than any other species of its height and character that we can grow
outside. It maintains a rather tufted habit. The steins are 10 to
12 feet high, erect, one-sixth to two-thirds of an inch in diameter,
with erect branches near the top. Leaves 7 to 12 inches long, three-
fourths of an Inch to 2 inches wide, terminated by a long, taillike
point. The upper surface is a dark, glossy green; rather glaucous
beneath, except a strip aboul one-fourth of its width near one mar-
gin, which is -reen. (Adapted from W. -J. Bean, Tries and Shrubs
Hardy in the Britislt Isles, vol. 1, p. 216.)
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1916. 45
42649 to 42673— Continued.
" This is said to be the hardiest species in Japan, growing as far
north as the island of Hokkaido, where the temperature falls below
zero Fahrenheit. Its culms are extensively used for fau making, and
millions of cheap paper-covered fans are made every year from the
stems of this species. River banks and the margins of ponds and
canals are eminently suited to its growth, and the overflowed lands
of the Colorado River in Arizona might be planted to advantage with
this species." (D. G. Fairchild, Japanese Bamboos, Bur. Plant Indus-
Bui. J,3, p. 31.)
42852. Abundinakia fastuosa (Marl.) Makino.
If not the most graceful, it is the loftiest and stateliest of hardy
species, resembling Arundinaria simonii, but differing in the
short, crowded branches at each joint and in the more tufted habit.
The stems are up to 22 feet high and 1| inches in diameter at the base.
The leaves are 4 to 8 inches long, one-half to 1 inch wide, wedge
shaped at the base, long and taper pointed ; dark, lustrous green
above ; one side of the midrib beneath glaucous, the other greenish ;
margins toothed. (Adapted from W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs
Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 215.)
42653. Arundinaria pygmaea (Miquel) Kurz.
The dwarf est of the hardy bamboos, although the stems, when
drawn up in a dense mass, will grow 18 inches high. Leaves 2 to
5^ inches long, one-third to 1 inch wide, rounded at the base, rather
abruptly narrowed at the apex to a slender point. This little bam-
boo forms a low, dense carpet over the ground and spreads with
great rapidity. Among the dwarf creeping sorts with green leaves,
the velvety undersurface of the leaves will best distinguish It.
(Adapted from IF. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British
Isles, vol. 1, p. 218.)
42654. Arundinaria marmorea (Mitf.) Makino.
A very pretty, well-marked bamboo, distinguished by the marbled
stem sheaths and stems remaining unbranched the first season and
by the apex of the leaf being constricted about half an inch from
the tip. It spreads very rapidly by underground suckers, forming
luxuriant masses, but is liable to injury by winter cold. (Adapted
from IF J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles,
vol. 1, p. 217.)
42655. Arundinaria marmorea (Mitf.) Makino.
Var. variegata. A form differing from the species only in its
variegated leaves.
42656. Sasa alro-marginata (Miquel) Makino and Shibata. Poacese.
Bamboo.
A hardy bamboo with stems 1 to 14, sometimes 3 to 4 feet high, with
a single branch at each of the upper joints, leaves narrow-oblong, 4 to 8
inches long, 1 to 2\ inches wide, abruptly tapered at the base and nar-
rowed quickly also at the top to a short, slender point. It forms dense,
matted patches and spreads very rapidly "While it is pleasing in summer
46 SEEDS A2JD PLANTS IMPORTED.
42649 to 42673— Continued.
and early autumn, the habit of decaying at the leaf margins spoils it
later. This character is not found, so far as I know, in any other hardy
species. (Adapted from W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the
British Isles, vol, 1, p. 220.)
42657. Baatbos quadkangulaeis Fenzi. Poaceae. Bamboo.
A bamboo which grows to a height of 30 feet in a wild state, but is
usually G to 12 feet high in Europe. Stems round when young, but dis-
tinctly four sided, with rounded corners, when half an inch or more
thick. It is best distinguished in the younger stages by curious little
spicate protuberances at the joints. Leaves rich green, 4 to 8 inches
long, one-half to 1 inch wide. It is, unfortunately, not very hardy.
(Adapted from W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British
Isles, vol. 1, p. 231.)
" The sheath is very thin and delicate and more open than in most
bamboos, gaping from the base and leaving the greater part of the inter-
node uncovered. The wood of this species is too weak to make it of any
great value, and its sensitiveness to frost is too great to enable one to
class it among the hardy sorts. It is, however, a decorative plant and
worthy of repeated trials in the frostless regions of America. It is said
that roots will form easily from the lower nodes of the square bamboo
if the portion bearing these nodes is buried in the soil. This would
facilitate propagation if the statement proves correct." (D. G. Fairehild,
Japanese Bamboos, Bur. Plant Indus. Bui. 43, P- 34-)
42658. Bambos nana Roxb. Poacese. Bamboo.
A dwarf bamboo with stems 1 to 2$ feet high, most of them about as
thick as a lady's hatpin, zigzagged. Leaves arranged in two opposite
rows ; three- fourths to 2\ inches long, one-sixth to one-third of an inch
wide, rounded at the base, bright green above, slightly glaucous beneath.
Its dwarf, erect stems and tiny, distichously arranged leaves easily dis-
tinguish it from all other hardy bamboos. (Adapted from W. J. Bean,
Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 231.)
42659. Phyllostachys bambusoides casttllonis Marliac. Poa<"va?.
Bamboo.
This has the most beautifully colored stems of all hardy bamboos. The
curious alternation of green and yellow, together with the often varie-
gated leaves, make it very distinct. According to Dr. Stapf, of Kew,
there is nothing in its floral characters to distinguish it from Phyllostachys
nigra. In vegetative character, however, it is very near P. bambusoi<!< s.
(Adapted from W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British
Isles, vol. 2, p. 150, as P. east Plants.)
" The contrast between the golden yellow of the stems and the green
Stripes on the young shoots is one of the prettiest effects imaginable.
The species grows occasionally over 30 feet high in Japan." (D. G.
Fairchild, Japanese Bamboos, Bur. Plant Indus. Bui. 43, p. 29.)
42660. Phyllostachys pubkkula (Miquel) Munro. Poacese. Bamboo.
A very graceful and luxuriant bamboo, reaching in favorable situations
14 feet in height. It is laden, when in good health and well established,
with heavy plumose masses of foliage, which make the outer stems arch
outward. Leaves are uniform in size and from 2 to 3i inches long and
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1916. 47
42649 to 42673— Continued.
from one-third to five-eighths of an inch wide, tapering at the base to
well-developed stalks one-eighth of an inch long ; dark lustrous green
above, glaucous beneath. In the richness of its verdure combined with
a remarkable elegance of form, this bamboo is probably the loveliest of
all its kind. (Adapted from W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the
British Isles, vol. 2, p. 150.)
42661. Phyllostachys pubescens Houzeau. Poaceae. Bamboo.
This is one of the stoutest of our hardy bamboos, the stems reaching
sometimes nearly 20 feet in height and bending somewhat stiffly; 1J
inches in diameter, deep yellow when mature. Leaves 2 to 5 inches long,
one-fourth to three-fourths of an inch wide, tapering or rounded at the
base, slender pointed, dark green above, glaucous beneath. The stems
when young grow with great rapidity, sometimes nearly 1 foot in 24 hours
in England — more in hotter climates. (Adapted from W. J. Bean, Trees
and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 151, as P. mitis.)
"The largest hardy species in Japan, growing to a height of over 50
feet and producing, not uncommonly, culms over 6 inches in diameter.
The culms are gently curved shortly after leaving the ground, while
those of other sorts with which it might be confused rise straight from
the base. Its sheaths are of a light-brown color, marked with dark
umber-brown blotches and round dots and covered with bristles. The
sheath spreads right and left from the base of the pseudophyll and is
fringed throughout with hairs which are straight when they lie between
the pseudophyll and the stem, but curled on the right and left sides
where they are free to develop. The internodes are generally shorrer
than those of the other large species, and the leaf sheaths are fringed at
the insertion of the leaf with a number of rather coarse hairs. The
branch buds are purplish brown and strongly marked. This is the
great edible bamboo of Japan and China, the method of cultivation of
which has been described." (D. G. Fairchild, Japanese Bamboos, Bur.
Plant Indus. Bui. 43, p. 27.)
42662. Phyllostachys ptxbescens hetekocycla (Carr.) Houzeau.
Poaceoe. Bamboo.
The curious so-called tortoise-shell bamboo. The joints of the stems
near the base do not circle them in the ordinary way, but take diagonal
directions, the normal space between the joints being suppressed at each
side alternately. Thus the scars join at opposite sides alternately for
1 or 2 feet up the stem, when it assumes its normal form and the scars
become rings. (Adapted from W. J. Bran. Trees and shrub* Hardy in
the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 151.)
42663. Phyllostachys pubertjla nigra (Lodd.) Houzeau. Poaceae.
(P. nigra Munro.) Bamboo.
One of the handsomest of the bamboos, very distinct because of its
black stems, which vary from 10 to 20 feet in height and from half an
inch to li inches in diameter ; at first green, they become with age quite
black. Leaves in plumose masses, usually 2 to 3$ inches long, one-fourth
to five-eighths of an inch wide (sometimes larger) ; of thin texture,
dark green above, rather glaucous beneath. (Adapted from IF. J. Bean,
Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 152.)
48 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
42649 to 42673— Continued.
"The culms when young are covered will) dark brown to purple spots,
which spread as it grows older until the whole culm becomes <lark
brown, almost black, except just below the nodes, where there is an
ash-gray line. This dark color at once distinguishes the species from
all other Japanese sorts. Branch buds are brown, mottled with black.
There is a great variation in the intensity of this dark color of the
culms, and this is said to vary with the kind of soil upon which the
plants are grown and the amount of sunlight to which they are exposed.
. . . Nothing could exceed the delicate beauty of the groves of tins
species which are to be seen near Kyoto. Their dark sterns, ash-gray
nodes, and light-green foliage make them unique among decorative
plants. The uses of this species are limited to the manufacture of furni-
ture, numerous household articles, and fancy fishing poles, for all of
which these black bamboos are peculiarly suited." (D. G. Faircllild,
Japanese Bamboos, Bur. Plant Indus. Bui. J/S. p. 29.)
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 37555.
42664. Phyllostachys bambusoides Sieb. and Zucc. Poaceae.
Bamboo.
This is one of the finest hardy bamboos, very hardy and free growing,
with stems 10 to IS feet high, and long branches. Stem sheaths are
pinkish when young, conspicuously mottled with deep purple. The leaves
are among the largest in the hardy Phyllostachys group, varying from 2i
to 6 inches long, one-half to 11 inches wide, bright green above, glaucous
beneath. (Adapted from 11*. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the
British Isles, vol. 2, p. 152.)
" The arrow bamboo is that of which the stems are still employed in
the manufacture of the fine Japanese arrows used generally for archery
purposes. It is not very commonly seen in gardens, so far as observed;
even in Japan, and the arrow makers, it is said, get their main supply of
stems from wild plants. There are some of these manufacturers in the
town of Shidzuoka, but the demand for arrows is so small that they are
doing a poor business. This species is distinguished from others by the
fact that it does not have an actively creeping rootstock. Each plant
forms a separate small clump by itself. The hardness of the culms, their
small cavity, and the smoothness of the nodes, as well as their small
size, are characteristics that well adapt them for arrow making. This is
believed to be a hardy species, and it is quite unlike the ordinary bamboos
in appearance." (D. G. Fairchild, Japanese Bamboos, Bur. Blunt Indus.
Bui. ',8, p. 30.)
42665. Phyllostachys bambusoides marliacea Houzeau. Poaceae.
Bamboo.
A variety of Phyllostachys bambusoides, distinguished by the curious
wrinkling of the stems, especially toward the base. It does not appear
to be so vigorous as the species, but behaves more like J', mitis in regard
to hardiness. (Adapted from W. •/. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in
the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 152.)
42666. Phyllostachys kumasaca (Zoll.) Munro. Poaceae. Bamboo.
a pretty bamboo, suitable for a damp spot in the rock garden, being
Of a neat, tufted habit. It is one of the most distinct of all hardy bam-
boos, especially in its sturdy, zigzag stein (1 to 2 feel high, very much
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1916. 49
42649 to 42673— Continued.
flattened between the joints), the great proportionate width of the
leaves, their length of stalk, and the uniformly short branches which
occur three or four at each joint, 1 to 2\ inches long, bearing one to
three narrowly ovate leaves 3 to 4 inches long and three-fourths to 1
inch wide. (Adapted from W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the
British Isles, vol. 2, p. 152.)
42367. Phyllostachys aurea A. and C. Riviere. Poacea?. Bamboo.
A bamboo somewhat resembling Phyllostachys mitts, which is, however
a taller species without the crowded joints at the base of the stem and
without the swollen band beneath the joint, which is so distinctive a
character in P. aurea. The steins are pale yellowish green, 10 to 15
feet high, stiffly erect, growing in tufts and spreading slowly. Beneath
each joint there is a curious swollen band about one-fourth of an inch
wide. The leaves are 2 to 4£ inches long and one-third to seven-eighths
of an inch wide. (Adapted from IT'. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy
in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. I'i9.)
" Mr. Mitford remarks that this species should be planted in large,
bold masses for good landscape effect, for if single plants are set out
they send up shoots only near the mother culm and produce a switch-
like effect. The shoots of this species are edible, according to the
Japanese books, and are of even better flavor than those of P. mil is;
but this variety does not appear to be grown for food." (D. G. Fair-
child, Japanese Bamboos, Bur. Plant Indus. Bui. J/3, p. 30.)
42663. Bambos vulgaris Schrad. Foacere. Bamboo.
An Indian bamboo, with bright-green stems, 20 to SO feet high and
with numerous branches weighted with dense foliage. Leaves usually
6 to 10 inches long, two-thirds to 1J inches wide. (Adapted from Bailey,
Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 1, p. -HS.)
" A species growing in Satsuma, the southern province of Japan, but
which is not hardy at Yokohama. It is propagated differently from the
hardy sorts, as new shoots are borne from the base of the culm as well
as from the rhizome. This species is said to be easy to propagate be-
cause of this character, but it will probably have a chance to succeed
in the United States only in subtropical Florida and Texas, where it will
require a good soil, rich in humus." (I). O. Fairchild, .Japanese Bam-
boos, Bur. Plant Indus. Bui. J/3, p. 3',.)
42669. Bambos argenteo-striata Hegel. Poaccjp. Bamboo.
May be the same golden bamboo known as Bambos vulgaris var. uureo
varicgata. This resembles the species, but has canes of rich golden
yellow color, penciled with green. (See Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of
Horticulture, vol. 1, p. -H&)
42670. Bambos nana alphonse-karri (Mitf.) Makino. Poacese.
Bamboo.
A variegated form of Bambos nana, with young stems sniped with
white and pink, older stems yellow with broad green stripes. (See
Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, col. 1, p. }}.'>.)
140475°— 20 4
50 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
42649 to 42673— Continued.
42671. Bambos vm a to-akckntka Hort. Poncese. Bamboo.
A variegated or blue bamboo of gardens, the taichochiku of the
Japanese. Often attains the size of Bambos argentea, but leaves are
still more blue on the under side and smaller and more delicate. They
are striped and edged with white. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard
Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 1, p. 449.)
42372. Bambos atrf.o-striata Kegel. Poacese. Bamboo.
A slender, low-growing bamboo 1 to 2 feet high, with lanceolate or
somewhat ovate leaves, pointed at the apex and narrowed at the base
into a short petiole. (Adapted from Munro, Monograph of Hie 1' •
fro', in Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, vol. 26, p. 116.)
42673. Bambos senanensis Franeh. and Savat. Poacese. Bamboo.
A Japanese bamboo, 10 or more feet high, with rather large, broad
leaves and sheaths of deep-green hue. (Adapted from Satow, Cultivation
of Bamboos in Japan, p. 65, 1899.)
42674 and 42675. Diospyros kaki L. f. DiospyraeeaB. Kaki.
From Qkitsu, Japan. Cuttings presented by Prof. Ishiwara, director. Gov-
ernment Horticultural Experiment Station. Received May 8, 191G.
Notes by Mr. T. Kiyono, Semmes, Ala.
42674. '• No. 72. Kuliaru. Sweet. Kumamoto Province."
42675. "No, 73. GoMsan. Sweet. Kumamoto Province."
42676. Hedysarum boreale Nutt. Fabacese.
From Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Presented by Mr. W. E. Lake,
University of Saskatchewan. Received May 1, 1916.
A perennial leguminous herb with compound leaves and showy racemes of
many magenta to white flowers. Native of Newfoundland and northern New
England to Alaska.
"The possibility of crossing this with //. coronari/um Is suggested, in view of
the great forage value but tender character of the Mediterranean species."
(Fairchild.)
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 41555.
42677. Lathyrtjs pratensis L. Fabacese. Yellow vetchling.
From Dublin, Ireland. Presented by Sir F. W. Moore, director, Royal
Botanic Garden, Glasnevin. Received .May 2, 1916.
A low straggling perennial, having leaves of two bright green leaflets and
four to nine (lowered peduncles of yellow flowers, Adventive in fields and
waste places from New Brunswick to New York and Ontario; native of Europe
and Asia.
For previous Introduction, see S. P. I. No. .12193.
42678. Osn.KDA.MiA matrella (L.) Kuntze. Poaceae. Grass.
{Zoijsia pungens Willd.)
From Taihoku, Formosa. Plants presented by Mr. M. Takata, Department
Of Productive Industries. Received May G, 1916.
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1916. 51
Grass from the Far East, often known as Zoysia pungens. Seems to be suc-
ceeding in Florida as a lawn grass.
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 42389.
42679 to 42681.
From Kieff, Russia. Procured through Messrs. St. Przedpelski and T.
Antoniewicz. Received May 3, 1916.
42679. Ammodendron conoixyi Bunge. Fabacese.
A hardy evergreen, silky leaved shrub from Siberia.
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 31330.
42680. Elaeagntjs angustifolia L. Elseagnacese. Oleaster.
Small European shrub with silvery foliage.
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 40214.
42681. Larix sibirica Ledeb. Pinacese. Larch.
A Siberian larch, closely related to European larch. Perennial tree,
to 90 feet high, with ascending branches. (Adapted from Bailey,
Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 2, p. SS6.)
42632. Artemisia cina Berg, xisteracese. Wormseed.
From Petrograd, Russia. Procured through Dr. A. A. Fischer de Waldbeiin,
director, Royal Botanic Garden. Received May 4, 1916.
The plant is a low and straggling undershrub, with erect branches, abound-
ing in the deserts of Turkestan, where all the drug santonica is collected in
July and August by native tribes. It belongs to a perplexing group of species
of this difficult genus, variously regarded by different botanists as distinct
species or as varieties of the polymorphous species, Artemisia maritima L.
The drug is composed of the dried unexpanded flower heads, and forms a
yellowish green (at length greenish brown) somewhat glossy, mobile mass,
having a strong and peculiar, somewhat camphoraceous odor and an aromatic
and bitter taste; it is used as an anthelmintic especially for roundworms.
42683 to 42698.
From Paris, France. Plants purchased from Vilinorin -Andrioux Company.
Received May 6, 1916. Descriptions adapted largely from Vilinorin,
Catalogue des Plantes.
42683. Actinidia caixosa hknryi Maxim. Dilleniacese.
A climbing plant introduced from central China by Wilson. Leaves
persistent, coriaceous, lanceolate, finely dentate, 15 cm. long. They are
bronze red, passing into a metallic green and in autumn take on a
beautiful reddish color. This plant is entirely distinct from its relatives
and is remarkable for the size of its leaves. Found by Wilson and
Henry in western Ilnpeli and Szechwan as a climber reaching a height
of 7 meters, with fragrant while flowers and greenish ovoid or elon-
gated fruit.
For previous introduction, see S. I*. I. No. .'U.">_>9.
42684. Ampelopsis i.EEOinios (Maxim.) I'lancb. Vitacene.
An Asiatic species, introduced by Wilson, very distinct and remark-
able because of its pinnate leaves, composed of five very long leaflets,
52 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
42683 to 42698— Continued.
pointed and shining. This plant is very vigorous and may attain sev-
eral meters in height; it will cover walls and trellises well. It is a
southern Japanese species allied to Ampelopsia megolophylla.
42685. Buddleia NIVEA yunnanensis (Hop.) llehd. and Wils. Lo-
ganiacese.
Of the same group as Buddleia variabilis. Branches and lower sides
of the leaves whitish. It is remarkable for its very beautiful, delicate
mauve flowers, which have a very pleasant perfume and are arranged in
a lar^e lengthened spike. Flowers from July to October. Height, 1\ to
3 meters. Wilson says this variety is much more widely distributed than
the type and is readily distinguished by its usually solitary terminal
panicle and much larger flowers, attaining 5 mm. in diameter; the leaves
are usually pubescent above and vary in size and are sometimes nearly
entire, coarsely serrate, or sinuately toothed. From western Szechwan.
42686. Clematis akmasdi Franch. Ranunculacese. Clematis.
A new climbing Chinese species, exceptional in its strongly persistent,
coriaceous, trifoliolate, dark shining blue-green leaves. Flowers pure
white, 5 cm. across, in many-flowered axillary panicles. Flowers in April.
Climbs to a height of 5 m. or more. Collected by Wilson and Henry in
western Hupeh and Szechwan. Called Wei ling hsivii by the Chinese
in Hupeh.
42687. Clematis Montana wilsonii Sprague. Ranunculacese.
Clematis.
A white-flowered climbing variety, recently introduced from Hupeh,
Szechwan, and Yunnan by Wilson. Flowers very abundant, fasciculate,
sometimes a little yellowish or rosy on the outside, produced in June
and July with generally a second flowering in the autumn. This plant
is very superior to its relatives.
42688. Clematis vedkakiensis Hort. Ranuneulaceae. Clematis.
Obtained at Verrieres by crossing Clematis chrysocoma and C.
montana ruhens. This very beautiful hybrid is more vigorous and more
branching than the latter. It has preserved the beautiful rose color of
the latter, but is a trifle paler. The flowers are also much larger and
measure up to 7 cm. in diameter. Flowers in May and June. Height,
5 to G meters. The plant is of great value for decorating arbors, trel-
lises, etc.
42689. Pybacantha CEENtrLATA yunnanensis Yilm. Malacca*.
A new variety from seed received from China by Mr. Maurice L.
Vilmorin, differing from the type in its greater vigor, its longer spines,
and its less dentate leaves. The fruits of a brighter coral red are
smaller but more abundant, and hang on the shrub until January.
It attains a height of 1 to 3 meters.
42690. COTONEASTEB NAN-SHAN Hort. Malacca*.
Introduced from China by Mi'. Maurice I.. Vilmorin. This new species
is well characterized by its stiff branches and small foliage. Flowers
white, fruits very large, bright red, ripening in October. Serves admir-
ably for the decoration of rock slopes and rockeries. Height, 15 to
20 cm.
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1916. 53
42683 to 42698— Continued.
42691. Deutzia eongifolia veitchii (Veitch) Rehder. Hydrangeacese.
Introduced recently from Yunnan, this new Deutzia is without doubt
the one whose flowers are the largest and the most brilliantly colored.
They are of a beautiful rose, with deep lilac coloring inside and out,
arranged in numerous small clusters along the branches. They bloom
in May. The plant is very vigorous, hardy, flowers very young; is easily
forced. It is said to be one of the most interesting novelties introduced
from China recently. Received a certificate of merit from the National
Society of Horticulture of France.
42692. Lonicera similis delavayi (Francb.) Render. Caprifoliacea?.
Honeysuckle.
A very vigorous new honeysuckle from western China, with long climb-
ing branches, and lengthened, very velvety leaves. The young branches
are covered their whole length with odorous flowers, at first white, then
yellow, arranged in pairs, and continuing to appear from June until
frost, with an abundant flowering in autumn.
42693. Paulownia duclouxii Dode. Scrophulariacese.
A recently introduced tree from Yunnan, China, differing from the
common Paulownia in its white flowers, being slightly rosy and without
spots. It flowers at the end of winter before the leaves appear.
42694. Potentilla fruticosa viEMORiNiANA Komarow. Rosaceae.
Introduced from China by Mr. Maurice L. Vilmorin, this new Poten-
tilla forms a tufted shrub, very erect, 1 meter in height, with silky, very
silvery foliage, and is covered during the whole season with pale sul-
phur-yellow flowers, larger than those of the species. Very suitable for
massing in a shrubbery border.
42695. Rodgersia aesculifolia Batal. Saxifragaceae.
A vigorous plant newly introduced from China, with large rhizomes
and slender petioles supporting six large, umbellate, oval leaves, heavily
veined, and of beautiful dark green, resembling those of the chestnut.
Flowers white, in a long panicle, 75 cm. long, appearing in June. Flour-
ishes in cool, half-shaded, peaty soils.
42696. Syringa giraldii Sprenger. Oleacese. Lilac.
Originally from the north of China, this lilac, which is still little
known, is chiefly remarkable for its early flowering, which takes place
in Paris at the beginning of April. The beautiful flowers are white,
slightly marked with lilac, in loose thyrses, and as odorous as those of
the common lilac. It reaches a height of 3 to 4 meters.
42697. Viburnum cablesii Ilemsl. Capri folia cere.
A Korean tree recently introduced and little known, reaching a height
of about 1 meter; of open habit, with opposite subsessile, rounded
pubescent, deciduous leaves, and very odorous white flowers, Hushed
with rose in terminal umbels, appearing in May. Flourishes in cool,
semishady places with little lime; forces very easily; recommended for
border for mass plantings of rhododendrons and azalea.
54 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
42683 to 42698— Continued.
42698. Viburnum davidi Franch. Caprifoliaceae.
Introduced from China through the efforts of Mr. Maurice L. Vil-
morin, this new vihurnum is one of the most distinct and most remark-
able of the genus. It is a low plant, entirely hardy, with large pet-
si stent, shining leaves resembling those of a rhododendron, the shoots
of the year terminating in an umbel of white flowers, appearing in
April. These flowers are succeeded by steel-blue fruits, ripening in au-
tumn. It attains a height of 25 to 50 cm., and nourishes in shady, peaty
soil. Received a certificate of merit from the National Society of Hor-
ticulture of France in 1913.
42699 to 42706. Holcus sorghum L. Poacese. Sorghum.
(Sorghum vulgare Pers.)
From Donga, Northern Nigeria. Presented by Mr. G. L. Whitman, Sudan
United Mission, London.
" Belonging to the Shallu group."
42699. Straw-colored glumes, light red seed.
42700. Reddish brown glumes, medium red seed.
42701. Black glumes, light red seed.
42702. Straw-colored to brown glumes, yellow-pink seed.
42703. Dark red glumes, light red seed.
42704. Straw-colored to brown glumes, light-red seed,
42705. Light straw-colored glumes, white seed.
42706. Black glumes, white seed.
42707. Attalea cohune Mart. Phcenicaceae. Cohune palm.
From Ceiba, Honduras. Presented by Mr. F. J. Dyer, American consul.
Received May 11, 1916.
" It is known as the Cohune or Monaco palm, these names being variously
applied to different stages of its growth. For a series of years it remains
a caulescent and barren, its huge leaves rising nearly erect from the ground.
Even alter the trunk has reached a height of 10 or 15 feet or more, and has
long been in bearing, it usually remains covered to the ground with the per-
sistent bases of the sheathing petioles. Finally these are gradually dropped,
and the tree shows a clean cylindrical trunk of 30 to 50 feet or more. The
blade of the leaf is 15 to 20 feet long, vertical in position, and describing a
most graceful curve, its numerous divisions entirely distinct (an inch or more
broad and an inch or two apart) and conduplicate at the base. The leaves
arc used for thatching, but are much inferior to the less divided and flatter
leaves of the Manicaria. The fruiting spadix is loaded with five to eight hun-
dred or more nuts, which are elliptic-ovate and 2i inches long, not including the
broadly conical beak. The thick bony endocarp incloses usually a single seed,
sometimes two or rarely three. (Asa Gray, Proceedings of the American Acad-
emy of Arts and Sciences, vol. 21, pp. Ji64-'i65.)
"The tree producing these nuts is very plentiful in this locality and the
yield is quite heavy. 1 believe that a large business can be developed in
extracting oil." (Dyer.)
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1916. 55
42708 to 42715.
Received from Mr. W. S. Bogdan, in charge of the agricultural experiment
station at Krasny Koot, Samara Government, southeast Russia.
" The climate in the lower Volga region, where Krasny Koot is situated, is
decidedly semiarid, with long, hot summers and dry. cold winters, and settlers
have suffered much from failure of crops on account of introduced seed not
being suitable to the locality. Mr. Bogdan has experimented primarily with
native species of forage plants and has developed some very promising va-
rieties suitable to local conditions. In certain of our semiarid Western States
his selections may prove to be successful." (F. N. Meyer.)
42708 to 42713. Agropykon cristatum (L. ) Beauv. Poacea\
Wheat-grass.
42708 to 42710. Received as Agropyron desertorum.
42711 to 42713. [No notes.]
42714 and 42715. Medtcago f.u.iata L. Fabacese. Alfalfa.
A species closely allied to Medicago satwa, common alfalfa; but pos-
sessing sickle-shaped pods.
42716. Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. Cueurbitacese.
Tsama melon.
From Johannesburg, Union of South Africa. Procured from Mr. J. Burtt
Davy, botanist, Agricultural Supply Association. Received May 9, 1916.
The famous forage melon of the Kalahari Desert, which furnishes forage
for cattle on the sandy plains, flourishing under temperatures of 110° F. on
almost pure sand with very low rainfall. Of no value for table use, but it may
be useful in melon breeding.
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 41164.
42717 to 42720.
Fro'yi Colombia. Presented by Mr. H. M. Curran. Received April 15,
1916.
42717. Arrabidaea sp. Bignoniacese.
"An ornamental vine, on the Magdalena River, above Calamar."
( Curran. )
A bignoniaceous ornamental climbing shrub, native of South America,
having small flowers arranged in large terminal panicles. (Adapted
from Lindley. Treasury of Botany, vol. /, y. 93.)
42718. Maximilianea sp. Cochlospermacese.
(CocMosperrrwm sp.)
A small tree or shrub having palmately lobed alternate leaves, fur-
nished with long stalks and largo yellow (lowers in terminal panicles
that wither before the leaves make their appearance. The capsular
fruit when ripe is in form and size like a pear and opens with three or
live valves. Tin- seeds are small, very numerous, and covered with a
cottony down. (Adapted from Lindley, Treasury of Botany, vol. 1. p.
305.)
42719. Pijosorrs chilensis (Molina) Stuntz. Mimosacese. Alg-aroba.
(P. juliflora DC.)
See S. P. I. No. 42643 lor previous introduction and description.
56 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
42717 to 42720— Continued.
42720. Toluifera balsamum L. Fabacese. Toulu.
(Myroxylon toluiferum H. B. K.)
"A small tree from the Magdalena River, above Calamar." (Curran.)
A tropical American tree or shrub of the bean family having unequally
pinnate leaves marked with pellucid dots. The flowers are white or rose
colored, in axillary or terminal clusters, with a bell-shaped, 5-toothed
calyx and a papilionaceous corolla. The fruit is indehiscent, with one
or two seeds, and borne on a stalk, the upper part of which is winged.
The seeds have a myrrhlike odor. (Adapted from Lin die y, Treasury of
Botany, vol. 2, p. 772.)
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 42272.
42721. Fragaria vesca L. Rosacea. Strawberry.
From Ambato, Ecuador. Presented by Mr. Abelardo Pachano, Escuela de
Agronomia. Received May 10, 1916.
"This plant is a native of the Andes. Closely related to the frutilla, and is
known under the name fresa. The fruit is much smaller [than frutiUa] and
rather acid in taste, but the plant is highly ornamental and well adapted for
garden borders. I have been unable to detect whether these seeds belong to the
F. vesca or to the F. reniforme, as the plants were in very bad condition when
they were brought to me." (Pachano.)
42722. Xorjiaxbya mekrillii Beccari. Phoenicacea?. Palm.
From Manila, Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. E. D. Merrill, botanist,
Bureau of Science. Received May 12, 1916.
" Bonga de China or Bonga de Jolo. A medium-sized palm with graceful,
somewhat curved, pinnate leaves, somewhat resembling the common betel-nut
palm, but not so tall. The leaves are rather glaucous, and the pretty crimson
fruits are borne just below the leaves in medium-sized bunches, the individual
fruits being less than 1 inch long. One of our most ornamental medium-sized
palms, which thrives remarkably well in Manila." (Merrill.)
42723 to 42729.
From San Martin de Loba, Bolivar, Colombia. Presented by Mr. H. M.
Curran. Received April 29. 1916. Quoted notes by Mr. Curran.
42723. Annona sp. Annonaceae. Guana vito.
" Guanavito. A low shrub with glossy ornamental leaves and the
habits of Crataegus. Fruit orange-red, specimens obtained about 2
inches in diameter, flesh rather dry as compared with cultivated varie-
ties. Would make a good hedge. Low lands, in dense thickets."
42724. Coccolobis sp. Polygonaceae.
"Small, round-headed ornamental tree; fruit said to be edible."
42725. Britoa acida (.Mart.) Berg. Myrtaceae. Guayabo.
"Large-fruited guava; fruit soft, yellow, few seeds, very acid and
juicy."
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 2S061.
42726. r»i\A sphaerocakpa Triana. Bixacese. Achuete.
The fruits of Ibis species are spherical instead of cordiiorm. as are
those of Bixa orellana.
APEIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1916. 57
42723 to 42729— Continued.
42727. Hymenaea courisaril L. Cflesalpiniacese. Courbaril.
" Large ornamental timber tree. Fruit edible."
42728. Sapindus saponaria L. Sapindaceae. Soapberry.
" A small tree with a heavy crop of fruit, on sandy hills near the
river."
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 4203S.
42729. Stigmaphyllon sp. Malpighiacese.
" Bejuco de sapo. Ornamental climber, shiny clusters of purple-
tinted fruits in great profusion. Grows over forest trees."
42730. Pinus bungeana Zucc. Pinacese. White-barked j)ine.
From Peking, China. Presented by Mr. John V. A. MacMurray, secretary,
American Legation, at the request of Mr. F. N. Meyer, of the Bureau of
Plant Industry. Received May G, 1916.
" A very beautiful pine with silvery-white bark ; a slow grower, but ex-
tremely striking when old. The bark peels off in flakes, like the sycamore, but
the foliage is not so dense as that of most other pines." (F. AT. Meyer.)
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 41954.
42731 to 42733.
From Issylkul, Akmolinsk Government, Siberia. Presented by Mr. I. M.
Karzin. Received May 1, 1916.
42731. Triticum durum Desf. Poacese. Durum wheat.
Velvety.
42732. Hordeum yulgare coeleste L. Poacese. Barley.
Subvariety violaceum. "New race of naked barley, found by me in
midst of varieties obtained from China, which were being tested in the
experimental field at Deliankakh ; and called by Mr. R. Regel, of the
Bureau of Practical Botany at Petrograd, Hordeum IcarzinianumJ"
(Karzin.)
42733. Medicago sativa L. Fabacese. Alfalfa.
"Wild lucerne from the steppes of Semiroins Province." (Karzin.)
Received as .1/. caerulca Lessing.
42734 to 42739.
From Petrograd, Russia. Presented by Dr. A. A. Fischer de Waldheim,
director, Royal Botanic Garden. Received May 1, 1916.
42734. Avena barbata Brot. Poacese. Oats.
An annual grass, with many-nerved glumes, two or three florets to the
spikelet, occurring throughout the Spanish Peninsula. (Adapted from
L&zaro e Ihiza, Compendia de la Flora Espafwla, 2(1 <</., vol. !. p. 681.)
42735. Aquilegia brevistyi.a Hook. Ranunculacese. Columbine.
A perennial herb with small, twice-ternate leaves and small flowers 12
to 18 nun. long. The blade of the petals is yellowish, shorter than the
blue sepals and longer than the blue spurs. An alpine plant of the cen-
tral Rocky Mountains. (Adapted from Coulter ami Nelson, New Manual
of Rudy Mountain Botany. i>. t92, 1909.)
58 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
42734 to 42739— Continued.
42736. Aqutlegia i.actjfi.ora Kai\ and Kir. Ranwnctrtaceee. Columbine.
A hardy perenniaF columbine from the Altai mountains, Siberia; usual-
ly about 1J feet high, with the sepals nearly white or tinged With blue.
Desirable species, not much planted. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard
Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 1, j>. -i'/O.)
42737. AQun.F.tirA viridifloua Tall. Ranunculaceae. Columbine.
A greenish flowered columbine from eastern Siberia. (Adapted from
Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 1, p. 3)0. \
42738. Fragaiua moschata Duchesne. Rosacea. Hautbois strawberry.
A plant similar to the alpine strawberries, but taller, usually dioecious
and more pubescent; the hull strongly deflexed from the fruit; pale red
berry. It is cultivated in Europe. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cy-
clopedia of Horticulture, vol. 2, p. 605.)
42739. Ribes gbaveolens Bunge. Grossulariaeeae.
This species is said by Janczewski to be merely a pubescent
variety of R. fragrans. (For technical description, see De Janczewski,
Monographic des Groseilliers, Mcmoires de hi Socie'te' de Physiqui
Historic Naturelle de Geneve, vol. 85, p. 8J/3, 1905.)
42740. Cacara erosa (L.) Kuntze. Fabacese. Yam-bean.
(Pachyrhizus angulatus Rich.)
From Matania el Saff, Egypt. Presented by Mr. Alfred Bircher, Middle
Egypt Botanic Station. Received April 26, 1916.
Received as two varieties, mixed by mistake.
42741. Indigofera tinctoria L. Fabacese. Indigo.
From Paris, France. Purchased from Vilmorin-Andrieux Company. Re-
ceived April 28, 1916.
The common indigo of commerce.
42742 to 42748.
From Chefoo, China. Presented by Mr. A. Sugden, Commissioner of Chi-
nese Maritime Customs, through Mr. John F. Jewell, American consul.
Chefoo. Received May 11, 1916. Cuttings <>f the following:
42742 to 42747. Amtgdajjus pebsica L. Amygdalacese. Peach.
(Prunus persica Stokes.)
42742. No. 1. Autumn 42745. No. 4. Mountain peach.
peach. 42746. No. ">. Late green mountain
42743. No. 2. Green peach. peach.
42744. No. 3. Green peach. 42747. No. 6. A native Chefoo peach.
42748. Prunus sp. Amygdalacese. Prune.
"No. 7. Remarkable Chinese variety. Very productive in its natural
state, round, rough, clear firm flesh, Miraoelle color, sweet, red juice;
ripe in August; very good for tarts, jams, jellies, etc." (Sugden.)
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1916. 59
42749 to 42758.
From Nancy, France. Presented uy Prof. Edinond Gain, director, Botanic
Garden. Received April 17, 1916.
42749. Ribes lobbii A. Gray. Grossulariaceae.
It should be particularly looked for in California, north of San Fran-
cisco Bay, and along the coast to British Columbia. The species may be
distinguished by its dark purplish red calyx half an inch in length, not
counting the ovary, nearly white petals half the length of the stamens,
very glandular but unarmed ovary, and especially by the short, oval, and
very blunt anthers which are dotted by a few warty glands on the back.
These short and blunt anthers are shared with some species but not
with others. (Adapted from A. (Iran, American Naturalist, vol. 10, p.
27. >f.)
42750 to 42757. Rubus spp. Rosacea?. Bramble.
42750. Rubus discolor Weihe and Nees.
A bramble from the western Himalayas at altitudes of 3,000 to
7,000 feet and westward through Afghanistan and Europe to the
Atlantic. Flowers pink, about three-fourths of an inch in diameter;
fruits small, globose, black.
42751. Rubus fastigiatus Weihe and Nees.
A robust, nearly erect plant with ternate leaves ami simple
panicles of large, white flowers. (For technical description, see
Oenevier, Monographie des Rubus du Bassin de la Loire, p. Jti, JSS1.)
42752. Rubus godronii Lee. and Lam.
Red flowering Rubus with leaves quite tonnMitose on the under
side. Closely allied to Rubus diversifolius and 7?. callianthus.
(For technical description, see Oenevier, Monographie des Rubus du
Bassin de la Loire, p. !,t, J SSI.)
42753. Rubus hirtus Waldst. and Kit.
"A prostrate, sometimes climbing shrub, with the stems covered
with stalked glands and hairs, and furnished with straight, bristlelike
prickles. Leaflets usually three, occasionally live, on vigorous stems,
broadly oval, rounded at (lie base, shortly pointed, coarsely toothed,
dark green and bristly above, very hairy on the veins beneath.
Flowers while, produced in large panicles, the main stalk furnished
with violet-colored or purple gland-tipped hairs and bristles. Fruit
globular; the sepals erect. A common species in Great Britain, very
characteristic of the group with glandular hairs and bristles on the
inflorescence." ( W. ,/. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Eardy in I he British
Isles, voL 2, p. ,'i52. )
42754. Rubus lejeunei Weihe and Nees.
A bramble with procumbent stems and largo flowers with red
petals and stamens. In thickets at Malmedy. (Adapted from
Bluff ami Fingerhuth, flora Qermanica, vol. 1. />. 68S, t825.)
42755. Rrrus nitidus Weihe and Nees.
Suberect species with large rose-colored flowers, closely allied to
Rubus COTdifoliUS, but differing in the colored petals. | for technical
description, see Oenevier, Monographie des Rubus du Bassin de la
Loire, p. 3Jt2, 1881.)
60 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
42749 to 42758— Continued.
42756. Rubus ranis Weihe and Nees.
"A .shrub with subprostrate or low arching stems of dark purplish
color, armed with short decurved prickles, and furnished with nu-
merous stalked glands. Leaves large among brambles, and com-
posed of three or five leaflets. Leaflets whitish downy be-
neath, becoming greenish, the terminal one oval or obovate, with
a slenderly tapered point, doubly toothed. Flowers pink, borne on
a loose, wide panicle, the stalks downy and thickly furnished with
shortly stalked glands. Fruit small. Common in the south of
England and wild in the neighborhood of Kew. Distinguished by
its thickly glanded stems and inflorescence. Nearly allied to and
sometimes confused with it, but more widely spread northwards,
is Rubus echinatus." (IV. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in Die
British Isles, vol. 2, p. .$53.)
42757. Real's wahlbergii Arrhen.
A species said to be midway between Rubus lindenbergii and R.
cacsius. Native in parts of Germany. (For full technical descrip-
tion, see Asehcrson und Graebner, Synopsis der Mittel Europaischen
Flora, vol. G, pt. 1, p. 6-'f6.)
4275S. Avena ludoviciana Durieu. Poaceae. Oats.
A form apparently closely allied to Avena sativa.
42759 and 42760.
From Rochester, N. Y. Presented by Mr. John Dunbar. Received May
17, 1916, seedlings of the following:
42759. Corn us patjcinervts Hance. Cornacese. Cornel.
Shrub 1 to 3 meters tall, white flowers, black fruit. From western
Hupeh and western Szechwan. (Adapted from Plantae Wilsonianae,
vol. 2, pt. 3, p. 577.)
42760. Malvs GLAUCESCENS Rehder. Malacca?. Crab apple.
" The earliest of the American crab apples to flower, Malm glaucescens,
is a native of New York and of Ontario and is a treelike shrub or small
tree distinguished from the other northern species by the pale lower
surface of the leaves and the hairy covering on the outer surface of
the calyx of the flower." (Arnold Arboretum, Bulletin of Information,
new ser., vol. 1. 1915.)
42761 to 42764. Cicer arietinum L. Fabaceae. Chick-pea.
From Barcelona, Spain. Procured through Mr. Carl Bailey Hurst, Ameri-
can consul general. Received April 25, 191G.
42761. "Variety Andaluz, superior."
42762. " Variety Corrientc, 1\ Andaluz."
427G3 " Variety Andalus, extra."
42764. The packages were broken when received and the following
varieties were mixed: Type Alfamate-superior ; type Alf arnate-extra ;
variety Corriente-Andaluz. These are evidently place names only.
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1016. 61
42765. Engeliiardtia aceriflora (Eeinw.) Blume. Juglandacese.
From Nice, France. Seeds presented by Dr. A. Robertson Proschowsky.
Received May 16, 1916.
A very tall tree, with compound leaves somewhat like those of the walnut,
and inconspicuous flowers disposed in drooping, spicate panicles. These are
succeeded by little fruits which are about the size of a pea, each seated on the
base of a three-lobed, beautifully veined and colored bract. These are often
more than a foot long and bang very gracefully among the foliage. (Adapted
from Lindlcy, Treasury of Botany, pt. 1, p. .',,51.)
42766. Rubus ulmifolius bellidiflorus (Koch) Focke. Rosacese.
Bramble.
From Amsterdam, Netherlands. Presented by the director. Botanic Garden,
University of Amsterdam. Received May 15, 1916.
A very handsome, double-flowered pink bramble, commonly used for planting
in England. Each flower produces an extraordinary number of narrow petals,
making a gay display in July and August. This bramble is highly recommended
for half-sbady woodlands.
42767. Pavetta zimmermanniana Valet. Rubiaceas.
From Buitenzorg, Java. Seeds presented by Dr. J. C. Koningsberger,
director, Botanic Gardens. Received May 12, 1916.
A small rubiaceous tree or shrub, with opposite, nearly elliptic leaves and
clusters of small, slender-tubed white flowers.
"The remarkable researches of Zimmerman and Faber (detailed in the
Jahrbucher far Wissenschaftliche Botanik, vol. 51. p. 2S5, 1912, and vol. 54,
p. 243, 1914) make this species of unusual interest. Faber bas proved that
the leaves of this and of several other species of Pavetta. Psychotria, and
possibly other genera of the Rubiacese contain colonies of a nonmotile, nitrogen-
fixing bacterium which he names Myco-bacterium rubiaeearum. The bacteria
of this genus almost invariably inhabit the micropyle of the young seed, and,
when the seed germinates, grow through certain stomata of the very young
leaves and into the intracellular spaces formed in the leaf tissues around these
stomata. Cavities are formed through the growth of the epidermal cells which
later close entirely and make bacterial nodules which are deeply imbedded in
the leaf tissues. A single leaf may have several dozen of these symbiotic bac-
terial nodules. Faber was able, by treating the seeds with hot water and a
sublimate solution, to kill the inhabiting myco-bacteria and, later, to infect
part of the seedlings grown from these seeds with pare cultures of the bac-
terium. The artificially infected seedlings grown in soil free from combined
nitrogen grew well and remained healthy for four months, whereas- those not
so infected turned yellowish white and died in three or four weeks. The plants
from unsterilized seeds produced leaves bearing many more bacterial nodules
than did those from sterilized seeds which were Inter artificially inoculated.
In view of the facts that these rubiaceous plants with bacterial nodule-bearing
leaves occur in many parts of the Tropics and that in India, at least, the value
of their leaves for manure has long been recognized, and considering the
value of nitrogen-fixing legumes as fertilizers, the suggestion of Faber that
we may have in these tropical trees and shrubs plants of positive agricultural
value for the tropical planter is well worthy of consideration. The value of
62 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
the mulch formed by the leaves of leguminous and other plants is keenly np-
preciated by the best cultivators; and it may be possible to find suitable small
shrubs of Pavetta or other rubiaceous plants which will be worth while grow-
ing for their nitrogen-fixing leaf bacteria in the orchards of our semi-Tropics
or wherever else the climate will permit of their cultivation." (FaircMld.)
42768 to 42789.
From Madrid, Spain. Presented by the curator, Botanic Gardens. Re-
ceived May 8, 1910.
42768. Avena sterilis L. Poacese. Oats.
So-called animated oats, closely resembling Avcna fatua, wild oats, bu1
with larger spikelets. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of
Horticulture, vol. 1, p. .'/35.)
42769 to 42775. Asparagus spp. Convallariacea?. Asparagus.
42769. ASPARAGUS CAPENSIS L,
A shrubby plant with large, spreading prickles; ascending, rather
flexuous. woody branches; and branchlets in dense clusters, one-
fourth to 1 inch long. Flowers produced only from tips of the
branches, and usually solitary, about one-eighth of an inch long.
(Adapted from Baker in Flora Capensis, vol. 6, p. 203.)
42770. Asparagus officinalis L.
42771. Asparagus maritimus Mill.
An herbaceous perennial, native to the coasts of Europe and
northern Africa. The erect, much-branched stems are round ; the
subulate, angled cladodes are in fascicles of six to eight; and the
small flowers, one-half the length of the pedicel, produce globose
fruits. (Adapted from Boissier, Flora Oriental is, vol. 5, p. 336.)
42772. Asparagus officinalis L.
42773. Asparagus scandens Thunb.
A slender, climbing vine up to 6 feet high, with freely branching
green stems, the branches with twigs and eladodes in one plane.
This ornamental asparagus thrives more in an intermediate house,
and is a good decorative plain when grown in strings for table deco-
rations. It is also good as a pot plant. (Adapted from Bailey,
Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 1. p. £08.)
42774. Asparagus stiptjlaris Forsk.
An herbaceous perennial, native of the Mediterranean region. It has
erecl stems with angle-grooved branches, cladodia 2 inches long, and
small flowers followed by berries the size of a pea. (Adapted from
Muschler, Manual Flora of Ft/apt, rot. l, p. 230.)
42775. Asparagus trichophtxlus Bunge.
A hardy, herbaceous perennial from northern Asia, twining to a
height of 6 feet with cladodes like an ordinary asparagus.
42776. Cabyopteris mongholica Bunge. Verbenaceae.
An ornamental, woody plant grown for its lavender-blue Sowers, pro-
fuselj produced in fall. The Sowers are in densely clustered, axillary
cymes and in this species less numerous but larger than in the commonly
known C. incana ((.'. mastacanthusy. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard
Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 2, p. 61!).)
ArML 1 TO JUNE 30, 1916. 63
42768 to 42789— Continued.
42777. Gleditsia caspica Desf. Caesalpiniacese. Honey locust.
A very spiny tree, 30 to 40 feet high, the spines slightly flattened, 6
inches or more long. The flowers are green, almost sessile, in dense,
downy racemes 2 to 4 inches long. Fruit scimitar shaped, about 8 inches
long and an inch wide. This species is well worth growing because of
its greater sturdiness than the ordinary honey locust and because of
the size and number of its spines. (Adapted from W. J. Bean, Trees
and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 595.)
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 4228S.
42778. Pinus sp. Pinacese. Pine.
Received us Pinus pavoliniana Webb [=P. pyrenaica Lapeyr.] ; the
seeds do not agree with our material of this species.
42779. Pyrus canescens Spach. Malacese. Pear.
A probable hybrid between Pyrus nivalis and P. salieifolia, between
which species it is almost intermediate. This tree is very handsome in
spriug with its very white young leaves, which become shiny dark
green above when mature. The fruit is pale green, with much shorter
stalk than that of P. nivalis. (Adapted from W. J. Bean, Trees and
Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 289.)
42780. Kibes flavum Berland. Grossulariacese. Currant.
Janczewski (Monographic des Grosseilliers, Memoires de la Soci§te
de Physique et Historie Naturelle de Geneve, vol. 35, page 500. 1907)
refers to tins species as a variety of Ribes avveum, the common golden,
or buffalo, currant of the central and western United States.
42781. Ribes muetiflorum Kit. Grossulariacese. Currant.
This most striking of the red-currant group has yellowish green flowers
crowded on slender, pendulous racemes, stems 5 inches long. It is a very
good shrub, up to 6 feet high, with perhaps stouter unarmed branches
than any other currant. The fruit is roundish, red when ripe; one-third
of an inch in diameter, native of southern and eastern Europe. (Adapted
from W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol.
2, p. 405.)
42782 to 42789. Rubxts spp. Rosacea?. Bramble.
42782. Rubtjs hoffmeisterianus Kunth and Bouche.
A Himalayan species closely related to Rubus gracilis and />'.
foliolosus, hut differing from the former in having all ttie leaflets
suborbieular or broadly elliptic, pilose above, and the flowers in coin-
pad racemes; and from the latter in the form of the leaflets.
(Adapted from Focke, specie* Ruborum, Bibliotheca Botanica, vol.
T2, pt. 2, p. 190.)
42783. Rubus inebmis Pourr.
This species is listed hy Focke as a form under h'uhus ulmifolius,
a very large-branched plant without spines and commonly with
ternate leaves. Of unknown origin. (See /'o<7,v. Species Ruborum,
Bibliotheca Botanica, vol. <s'.?, id. ,>., p. i:>'h mi',.)
42784. RuBUS LEUCOSTACH:ys Schleicher.
A British shrub distinguished hy its round, bright pink or white
petals and densely felted stems, leaves, and peduncles; the fruit
is white and insipid.
64 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
42768 to 42789— Continued.
42785. Rubus lindleianus Lees.
A plant with tall, curving shoots, strong prickles, and cymose
clusters of white or pale rose-colored flowers. (Adapted from
FocJce, Species Ruborum, Bibliotheca Botanica, vol. 8o, pt. 1, p. 182,
1911)
42786. Rubus rhamnifolius Weihe and Nees.
This species from southern England has thick, leathery leaflets
covered beneath with a felt of grayish white down and white or
pale pink cup-shaped flowers borne in slender panicles.
42787. Rubus sanctus Schreber.
A very variable species between Rubus rhamnifolius and /?. grains,
with strong, arched shoots ; leaves composed of five leaflets ; elon-
gate racemes of white or pale rose-colored flowers. (Adapted from
Focke, Species Ruborum, Bibliotheca Botanica, vol. 83, pt. 1, p. 13G,
19U,.)
42788. Rubus thybsiflobus Weihe and Nees.
A European species, with nearly prostrate, rarely climbing stems;
leaves divided into three or five broad, irregularly toothed leaflets;
rather small white flowers and small fruit. (Adapted from Focke,
Species Ruborum, Bibliotheca Botanica, vol. 83, pt. .2, p. 2J.}.)
42789. Rubus vestitus Weihe and Nees.
A well-characterized, large-fruited species which has, however, in
western Europe, a large number of forms, usually of local distribu-
tion. (For a complete technical description, see Ascherson \ind
Graebner, Synopsis der Mittel Europaischen Flora, vol. 6, pt. 1, p. 5>J6.)
42790. Yitex lucexs Kirk. Yerbenaceee. Puriri.
From Avondale, Auckland, New Zealand. Seeds presented by Mr. H. It.
Wright. Received May 13, 1916.
"A fine tree, from 50 to 60 feet in height, often called the New Zealand oak,
on account of the strength and durability of its timber. It is not injured by
damp or exposure and is therefore extremely valuable for shipbuilding pur-
poses. The logs are often perforated with large holes, but these do not affect
the timber, except in so far as it has sometimes to be cut to disadvantage.
The holes are made by a soft-bodied grub, which develops into the puriri moth.
The leaves of the puriri are handsome, being of a bright, glossy green, the
leaflets 3 to 4 inches long. The flowers are in axillary panicles, four to eight
together, pink or red, irregular in shape, and with exserted stamens. The
roots of the puriri never penetrate deeply into the ground, but lie near the
surface, so that the tree is easily blown over in a gale of wind, li is endemic in
New Zealand and is restricted to the northern part of the North Island. It
is easily cultivated and flowers more or less all the year round.'' (Laing and
Blackwell, Plants of New Zealand, p. S50.)
"The New Zealand puriri is one of the most handsome trees in cultivation,
and is worthy of more extensive planting. It transplants well, grows rapidly,
and makes a compact tree of symmetrical bushy form, with bright glossy -green
foliage. It is one of the New Zealand hardwoods used for railway sleepers,
and is very durable. The berries when ripe resemble cherries, which tends
to add to its beauty." (Wright.)
APRIL 1 TO .irNE 30, 1916. 65
42791. Artemisia cina Berg. Asteraceae. Wormseed.
From Tiflis, Caucasus. Russia. Presented by the director, Jardin Bo-
tanique. Received May 22, 1916.
See S. P. I. No. 426S2 for previous introduction and description.
42792. Annona reticulata L. Annonacea\ Custard-apple.
From Beira, Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa. Seed presented by Mr.
E. H. Heron, Director of Agriculture. Received May 13. 1916.
"A robust tree which has spread spontaneously in the forests of the Philip-
pines, the island of Guam, and the East Indies. It is essentially tropical,
while the cherimoya, with the smooth-fruited forms of which it has often been
confused, is subtropical. Its fruit is inferior in flavor to both the cherimoya
and the sugar-apple (Annona squamosa), from the first of which it may be dis-
tinguished by its long, narrow, glabrate leaves and from the second by its solid,
compact fruit, as well as its larger leaves. From A. glabra, with which it is
also confused, it may be distinguished by its elongate narrow outer petals and
its small, dark-brown seeds. It is common in the West Indies and thrives in
south Florida." (Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 1, p. 29^.)
See S. P. I. Nos. 18736 and 39887 for previous introductions.
42793 to 42798.
From Leyden, Netherlands. Seeds presented by the director, Botanic
Garden. Received May 15, 1916.
42793. Amygpalus persica L. Amygdalacese. Peach.
(Prunus persica Stokes.)
42794. Malus astracanica Dum.-Cours. Malacese. Apple.
This species is perhaps native of southern Russia and western Siberia.
It resembles Malus pumila in most fruit characters and in the pubescence
of the leaves, but is nearer to Mains baccata in the form, serration, and
texture of the leaves and in the longer stemmed fruits and leaves.
42795. Malus sp. Malacere. Apple.
Received as Malus orthocarpa Lavalle, which appears never to have
been published.
42796. Pyrus amygdaxiformis Vill. Malacca'. Pear.
A large, rounded shrub or small tree, occasionally 20 feet high. Leaves
very variable in shape and size; white flowers 1 inch across appearing
in April; fruit orange shaped, about an inch wide, yellowish brown,
produced on a short thick stalk. Not especially valuable for the garden
except for its picturesqueness when old. Native of the Mediterranean
region. (Adapted from W. J. Beau, Trees and Shrubs Hardy iu the
British Isles, vol. 2, p. 278.)
42797. Pyrus nivalis Jacq. Malaeea?. Pear.
A small sturdy tree with woolly, white young Shoots and young leaves;
flowers pure white, 1^ inches across, produced in April in conspicuous
clusters. Fruit 1* inches or more wide, rounded, yellowish green. This
eastern European tree is very beautiful early in the season because of
its pure white leaves and numerous flowers. In France the trees are
cultivated for their fruits, which are eaten when bletted. (Adapted
from IV7. ./. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2,
p. 289.)
140475°— 20 5
66 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
42793 to 42798— Continued.
42798. Pyrus sinai Pesf. Malaceae. Pear.
(P. sinaica Dum.-Cours.)
This pear, which is related to Pyrus amygdaliformls, is supposed to
have originated in Asia Minor or the islands of the Grecian Archipelago.
Its leaves in spring are white with down, becoming smooth and shiny later,
(Adapted from W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles,
vol. 2, p. 278.)
42799. Alpinia exaltata (L. f.) Roem. and Schult. Zinziberacese.
(Renealmia exaltata L. f.)
Received through Mr. W. E. Safford, of the Bureau of Plant Industry,
May 8, 1916.
"A plant belonging to the ginger family, widely spread in tropical America.
In Porto Rico it is commonly known as Bihao, or Vijao grande. The broad
thin membranaceous leaves, usually acuminate at the apex and tapering at
the base, are somewhat like those of a canna. The inflorescence is a long
simple raceme, with magenta-colored or reddish purple peduncle and bracts
and yellow flowers. The fleshy, obovoid, or oval fruit usually borne on a
recurved pedicel (when mature) is black at length and yields a dye of some
importance." (Safford.)
42800 and 42801. Arachis hypogaea L. Fabacese. Peanut.
From Tsingtau. China. Presented by Mr. Willys R. Peck. American consul.
Received May 18, 1916.
42800. "The large ordinary peanut of trade, grown in Shantung Prov-
ince. This variety was imported into Shantung within comparatively
recent years. The writer recollects that some twenty years ago they
were a rarity In the province." (Peck.)
42801. "A small wrinkled sort that, I am informed by an American
resident from the Southern States, is found in the southern part of the
T'nited Stales and is known colloquially as goober. This variety is in-
digenous, but has, in its turn, become comparatively rare. None were
obtainable in this consular district, these seeds having come from
Tsinanfu, 2H0 miles away." (Peck.)
42802. Colocasia escitlenta (L.) Schott. Aracese. Taro.
From Chungking, Szechwan Province. China. Tubers presented by Mr. E.
Widler. Received May 19, 1916.
"The taro is cultivated in Szechwan in summer wherever a good water supply
is available. Each plant produces 7 to 15 egg-shaped tubers: they are cooked
whole or sliced and fried in sauce of various kinds. The plant lias been known
since before the Han period." {Widler.)
42803 to 42805.
From San Jose, Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. Carlos Wercklfe", Depart-
ment of Agriculture. Received May 23, 1916.
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1916. 67
42803 to 42805— Continued.
42803 and 42804. Cucurbita pepo L. Cucurbitaceae. Pumpkin.
"Seeds of the Ayote de pelleja (skin pumpkin) entirely without shell,
but solid and good. It is for the temperate and cold highlands of tropical
countries only; does not produce fruits in Philadelphia or Florida."
(WerckU.)
42805. Meibomia sp. Fabacea?.
42806. Gossypium sp. Malvaceae. Caravonica cotton.
From the city of Guatemala, Guatemala. Presented by Mr. S. Billow. Re-
ceived May 10, 1916.
"During the year 1912 I procured some seed grown from plants near the
Pacific Ocean, at an altitude of about 300 feet. When I returned to Guatemala
after my last visit to the States, I arranged to put in an experimental plat and
planted some of this seed in October, 1913, but owing to many plants not show-
ing the characteristics claimed for Caravonica cotton I exterminated them,
only saving those which appeared to possess the true strain. These plants in
about eight months gave the first crop, from which I obtained a very good
quality of seed. The plants were in a private garden near the city, the altitude
being 5,000 feet. I planted about an acre in July, 1915, and last month the
plants commenced to have matured bolls, some of the plants having as many
as 250 on them. During the time between planting and fruiting we had some
very dry as well as cool weather, the thermometer falling to 45° F., and while
it apparently retarded the growing of the plants it did not seem to have any
effect otherwise." (Billow.)
42807. Prosopis vidaliana Naves. Mimosacese. Aroma.
From Manila, Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. H. T. Edwards,
director, Bureau of Agriculture. Received May 22, 1916.
" Considerable interest and argument has occasionally arisen with regard
to the aroma, since many people casually acquainted with the Hawaiian
prosopis species have insisted that our aroma is identical, hence have called
it algaroba. Mr. Merrill, of the Bureau of Science, upon his return from his
recent visit to the United States, secured adequate botanical material of the
Prosopis julifiora in Honolulu for comparison with our so-called Philippine
species. Mr. Merrill maintains that inasmuch as our species has much larger
leaves and leaflets and the entire absence of the sweet substance in the pods
characteristic of the Hawaiian form, the sinking of the aroma into P. julifiora
is a serious mistake, although practiced by many reputable botanists. Our
Mr. H. J. Gallagher, who has had extensive experience both in Hawaii and
here in feeding animals, is of the opinion that the aroma is of considerable
importance as a food for animals, citing his experience in Batangas Province
in the southern part of Luzon. During (he 11 years we have been observing
the aroma its spreading has been quite noticeable, but ii apparently lends to
follow the sandy coast regions, yet does spread slowly up over the hillsides.
The objection to the aroma is the presence of the Long sharp thorns, which
are much more pronounced than on the /'. julifiora in Hawaii. Nevertheless,
in Hawaii the thorns apparently vary with individuals, being longer on some
trees than on others." (Edwards.)
68 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
42808. Strobilanthes FLACcroiroLn s Xees. Acanthaceae.
From canton, China. Presented by Mr. P. R. Jossetyn, American vice
consul in charge. BeceiTed May 23, 1916.
"The only dye plant at all extensively grown in Szechwan to-day is Strobi-
lanthes flaccidifoUus (tienhua), which produces an indigo. In certain parts of
the < Jhengtu Plain tliis is grown in quantity, and the same is true of the district
of Mienchou and elsewhere, but its cultivation is on the decline, it is planted
on ridges which are kept flooded between. When the plants are about 3 f<
tall they are cut down and the leafy shoots placed in concrete pits full of fold
water. After steeping for about five days the stems are removed, leaving a
green-colored water. Slaked lime is placed in the water to precipitate the
indigo. The water is allowed to drain oft', and the dye is found deposited at
the bottom of the pit." (25. //. Wilson, A Naturalist in Western China, vol.
2, p. 86, 191.',.)
42809. Albizzta lebbeck (L.) Benth. Mimosacese. Lebbeck tree.
From Cairo. Egypt. Presented by Mr. Thomas V,'. Brown, Gizeh Branch,
Ministry id' Agriculture. Received May 23. 1010.
"The iebhek uf Egypt is a large spreading deciduous tree which grows wild
in the forests of India, where it is known as the giris tree. Its leaves are
composed like those of the honey locust. The greenish yellow flowers are in
heads of three or four together, and these are followed by strap-shaped yel-
lowish brown pods 6 to 12 inches Ions and three-fourths to 1* inches wli
The trunks of the mature trees are smooth with light-colored bark. The sap-
wood is white and the heartwood hard, brown mottled with darker longi-
tudinal streaks. The wood seasons and works well and is durable. In many
respects the lebbek tree is an idea! one for southern roadsides. It grows
rapidly, produces a dense shade, thrives in soils which contain little moisture,
and is as easily transplanted and propagated by cuttings as a willow. Large
trees can be dug up, severely pruned had;, and set out with very little risk
of their dying. The crowns and irregular branches of the tree are unsymmet-
rical enough to relieve that monotony incident to long rows of such trees as the
Lombardy poplar so common in Italy and Chile and in Utah, or the cypress SO
continually met with about north Italian cities. I have not been able to
satisfy myself as to the hardiness of the lebbek tree, since such forests as are
reported to have occurred in Cairo have been at long intervals. The prob-
abilities are. however, that it will withstand slight frost, and experiments to
tesl its hardiness are worthy of being thoroughly made. It may succeed,
therefore, in southern California. Arizona, and Florida, possibly also in Texas
and Louisiana." (D. O. Fairchild, The Lt &o< k or Siris Tn < . Botany Cir. 23, //p.
1-h)
42810. Fragarla chiloensis (L.) Duchesne. Rosacese.
Strawberry.
From Chile. Presented by Mr. L. J. Kenna, American consul general,
Valparaiso, who secured them from Mr. Robert Christie, Castro, chile.
Received May 26, 1916.
"Strawberry seed from Cucao, west coast of Chiloe Island, Chile, March,
1910." {Christie.)
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1916. 69
42811. Annona cherimola Mill. Annonacese. Cherimoya.
From Los Angeles, Calif. Presented by Mr. Charles F. O'Brien. Re-
ceived June 2, 191 6.
"Cuttings from the tree on my ranch at Beverly Hills. Under the stimulus
of heavy pruning last year and ample irrigation, the tree this year produced
tnof'e than 300 pounds of fruit. More than 100 of these fruits weighed from 1
to L' pounds. We found that this tree comes true to seed, apparently for the
reason that there is nothing in the neighborhood with which it can cross. We
have some of the young trees now fruiting, and the fruit is apparently iden-
tical. This tree originally came from Peru, and I consider this fruit superior
to the Mexican variety." (O'Brien.)
42812. Bertholletia nobilis Miers. Lecythidacea1. Brazil nut.
From Brazil. Purchased from Hills Brothers Co., New York. Received
May 1, 1916.
" We have lately received a letter from our representatives in Para, from
which we quote: 'The tree is grown from the ordinary nut pod, which must
he planted intact with the eye uninjured, from which, we understand, only one
nut germinates. There are no other seeds from which the plant can be grown.
The writer has never succeeded in growing a Brazil-nut tree, although he lias
made many attempts.' This nut is grown on the Amazon River in South
America and has become an article of commerce." {Hills.)
42813. Mammea Americana L. Clusiaceae. Mamey.
From Mompos, Bolivar, Colomhia. Seeds presented hy Mr. H. M. Curran.
Received June 3, 1916.
"Large tree, fruit 4 to 6 inches in diameter, irregular hut rounded in form.
The two seeds in each fruit separate easily. Rather thin, bright yellow flesh,
rather tough, with pleasant slightly acid flavor." (Curran.)
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 37814.
42814. Nephelium lappaceum L. Sapindacese. Rambutan.
From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by Dr. and Mrs. A. Hagedoon. Re-
ceived June 3, 1916.
"Seeds of one of the finest kapoelasans (hairless rambutan). The fruits we
took them from were of exceptionally good taste, flesh sweet to the stone, and
stone as free as any we saw; fruits very large, dark red." (Hagedoon.)
See S. P. I. No. 42384 for fuller description.
42815. Solanum bullatum Veil. Solahacese.
From Lavras, Minas Geraes, Brazil. Presented by Mr. Benjamin II. Ilun-
nicutt. Received April 10, 1916.
" Capoeira branco. Relished hy cattle as well as by horses. It seems to have
no poisonous effecl whatever on the stock eating it." (Hunnicutt.)
A South American plant which may possibly be valuable as a forage plant
because of its large percentage "I" protein. Analyses of tin1 leaves and branches
show 20 to 28 per cent of protein in the leaves and 1 L06 per cent of protein in
the branches. (See Journal of Heredity, vol. UK p. t85.)
70 SEEDS AX J) PLANTS IMPORTED.
42816. Goss yi'ium sp. Malvaceae. Cotton.
From the Canal Zone. Presented by Mr. S. P. Verner, Cristobal. Re-
ceived June 5, 1916.
"From Arcia, Perez Place, Colon, Panama. It is interesting because ir has
the habit of opening in tbe dry season, winch all cotton here does not ha
(Verner.)
"The tilier is fine and of good quality, with a Length of 1£ to 1£ inches, aud
would undoubtedly find a market if produced in sufficient quantity." ( 0. F.
Cook: )
42817. Coriaria thtmifolia Humb. and Bonpl. Coriariacere.
From Ambato, Ecuador. Presented by Prof. Abelardo Panchano, Ambato
Agricultural School, through Mr. Frederic W. Goding, American consul
g< neral, Guayaquil. Received June 7, 1016.
"This Cbriaria is known under the Quichua name pinan, but in the north-
ern provinces the plant is talked about SiS'Shanzhi or Zhanzhi. Its berries are
rather poisonous if eaten in some quantity, as I had reason to verify when
a boy. The bark and the roots are rich in tannin, a . se in th< Coriaria
in art i folia of the European shores of the Mediterranean Sea. The ink
obtained from die fruit has a beautiful violet a that changes to bla<
and, within a few hours, to reddish: it has an ancient fame of being indelible.
and we believe this ink would be very good if we could, by some means, fix its
ci !■ r. It is said that during the colonial times a Spanish ship sunk, and it
was possible to save some papers after they had been under the water because
they had been written with Shanzhi ink. It is added that there was a king's
order to writ< vith this ink all papers of importance." {Panchano.)
42818 and 42819. Hibiscus sabdariffa L. Malvaceae. Roselle.
From Donna, Tex. Presented by Mr. Eltweed Pomeroy. Received June 6,
1916.
42818. "Special bright red. crop of 1915. This blossoms very early
and rather high up and may ripen fruit where the regular crop would
be cut off by frost. < >f course, this is only a supposition which needs
proving." (Pomeroy.)
42819. " Special dark red. crop of 1915. This blossoms low down and
is not ver\ early in blossoming, but it is so protected by the branches
thai it may escape frost where the fruit borne higher up and more on
the outside might lie frosted.*' (Pomeroy.)
42820. Begonia sp. TVo-oniacea\
From Rama, Nicaragua. Presented by Mr. Fnrlos Berber. Received June
7, 1916.
" Seeds of a plant which has some resemblance to Hydrastis Canadensis. The
Indians use the rhizome as a violent emetic in case or snake bite, poisonings,
and it acts so strongly that it produces the vomiting of blood in certain
doses. The leaves are healing and arc used in swellings and. skin eruptions.
It is curious thai the land turtles are crazy for the leaves of this plant, and if
tl" re are any of such turtles around, you might be sure to find them near this
plant" (Berger.)
APHIL 1 TO JUKE 30, 1916. 71
42821 to 42823.
From Nanking, China. Seed received through Mr. John H. Reisner, at the
request of Rev. Joseph Bailie, University of Nanking, May 23, 1916.
42821. Acer buergerianum Miquel. Aceraceae. Maple.
"Yah feng. We do not know the name of this maple. The tree attains?
a large size. The seeds were gathered at Ningkwofu, in Anhwei Province,
China." (Reisner.)
42822. Liqtjidambab fobmosana Hance. Hamamelidaceae.
"Feiuj hsiang shu."
Tree up to 120 feet in height, having somewhat the appearance of the
sweet gum, Liquidambar styraciflua, but smaller, usually 3-lobed leaves.
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 345S3.
42823. Pistacia chinensis Bunge. Anacardiaceae. Pistache.
" Huang lien shu."
A tall, deciduous, dioecious tree, strikingly ornamental, with large
pinnate leaves, red when young, changing to vivid green in summer and
flaming scarlet and yellow in fall. Berries inedible.
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 40662.
For an illustration of an avenue lined with Chinese pistache trees,
see Plate V.
42824. Synsepalum dulcificum (Schum.) Daniell. Sapota<\ te.
{Sideroxylon dulciflcum A. DC.)
From Aburi, Gold Coast Colony, British West Africa. Presented by Mr.
It. H. Bunting, Acting Director of Agriculture. Received May 23. 1916.
"A shrub 6 feet high, with slender, glabrous, brownish branches, with
rounded, wedge-shaped leaves 4 to 6 inches long, and axillary clusters of
whitish flowers. Native of Upper Guinea." {Oliver, Flora of Tropical Africa,
vol. 3. />. 502, 1877.)
42825 and 42826.
From Brisbane, Australia. Presented by Mr. J. F. Bailey, director,
Botanic Gardens. Received May 25, 1916.
42825. Chloris paraguaie.nsis Steud. Poacese. Grass.
Grasses of this genus are usually perennials often cultivated as orna-
mentals on account of the attractive inflorescence. Rhodes grass and
star-grass are related species.
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 41S97.
42826. Lysicarpus tkrnii'oi.iis F. Muell. Myrtacese.
"A myrtaceous tree 40 to 50 feel high, with hard, heavy, elastic
timber prettily marked, used for cabinetwork, bul more particularly for
piles, bridges, railway sleepers, etc. The liber of the bark is of such
superior quality that it has been soughl for by rope and paper makers."
( Maiden, Useful \ntire Plants of Australia, i>i>. ■'><;■'>. 627, t889.)
42827 to 42835.
From Asmara, Eritrea, Africa. Seeds presented by the director, Direzi-
one di Colonizzazion. Received May 23, 1916.
72 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
42827 to 42835— Continued.
42827. Adansonia digitata L. Bombacaceae. Baobab.
A medium-sized tree, native of central Africa; famous for the great
age and enormous size of trunk which it attains. The pulp of the fruit
is edible and the juice is used for making a beverage. The bark pro-
duces a strong fiber. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of
Horticulture, vol. 7, p. 21',. 191'/.)
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 33552.
42828. Albizzia amara (Roxb.) Boivin. Miinosaeere.
A medium-sized, unarmed tree, with densely pubescent brandies and
small, feathery, compound leaves; closely related to the acacias: native
of Abyssinia and western India. (Adapted from Booker, Flora o/
British India, vol. 2. p. SOI, 1878.)
42829. Calptjbnia aurea (Lam.) Benth. Fabacese.
A tall, leguminous shrub, very rarely treelike, with large, evergreen,
compound leaves and showy racemes of yellow flowers, much like
Laburnum; appearing in winter. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard
Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 2, p. 637, 191Jf.)
42830. Cassia occidentalis L. Csesalpiniacese.
A glabrous, ill-smelling weed, 60 to 90 cm. high, with short, closely
crowded, axillary racemes of yellow flowers; of wide distribution in the
Tropics and in the warmer temperatures. The seeds, sometimes called
Negro coffee, are used in some parts of the world as a substitute for
coffee and are said to be a febrifuge. The plant has been used as ;,
remedy for stomach trouble, nervous trouble, asthma, and typhoid fever.
The root is especially active and the leaves are used medicinally in
many countries. (Adapted from Safford, Useful Plants of Guam, p. 21$,
1905.)
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 38123.
42831. Cassia tora L. Casalpiniacese.
An annual, glabrous undershrub, with even, pinnate leaves and small
yellow flowers in pairs or in short, axillary, few-flowered racemes; of
very wide distribution in the Tropics. The leaves are mucilaginous and
ill smelling; they are said to be aperient. In India they are fried in
easier oil and applied to ulcers. The root rubbed with lime juice is
a remedy tor ringworms. (Adapted from Safford, Useful Plants of
duai,!. p. 219, 1905.)
42832. Hibiscus lunarifolius Willd. Malvaceae.
An undershrub with roundish or sometimes obscurely three to live
lobed, long, petiolate leaves; and terminal racemose inflorescences "i
large yellow flowers 2 to 3 inches across. (Adapted from Oliver, Flora
of Tropical Africa, vol. 1. p. 202, IS68.)
42833. Jiwipkbus PROCEBA Hochst. Pinaceffi. East African cedar.
A la II conifer, said to be 1(H) to ir>(> feet high, with straight trunk;
Hri'l to yield durable and valuable timber. Native of the bigli moun-
tain.- ef British Easl Africa.
Fur previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 27505.
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42827 to 42835— Continued.
42834. Olea chrysophylla Lam. Oleacese.
A small tree, noteworthy because of the drab or golden color of the
under surface of the leaves; flowers small, in axillary panicles; drupe
rather large and blackish, globose or somewhat ellipsoidal. Native
of tropical Africa. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of
Horticulture, vol. 4, p. 2333, 1916.)
42835. Oxytenantheea abyssinica (Rich.) Munro. Poacese. Bamboo.
A large bamboo, 25 to 50 feet high and 1£ to 3 inches in diameter.
Reported to have a wide range in Africa. This species has a very
different appearance from the remainder of the genus, but the structure
of the spiculse in all the species is very similar. (For technical de-
scription, see Col. Munro's Monograph of the Bambusacone, in the Trans-
actions of the Linnean Society, London, vol. 26, p. 127, 1870.)
42836. Annona glabra L. Annonaceae. Pond-apple.
From Manila, Philippine Islands. Seed presented by Mr. H. T. Edwards,
director, Bureau of Agriculture. Received May 29, 1916.
Small to medium-sized evergreen tree, sometimes attaining a height of 45
feet ; bearing edible fruits the size of a Bellflower apple, with a smooth,
leathery skin, green at first, later turning yellow. A swamp-loving tree of the
American Tropics, considered of possible value as a stock for other edible-
fruited anonas.
42837. Grevillea latjrifolia Sieber. Proteacese.
From Australia. Presented by Mr. J. H. Maiden, director, Botanic Gar-
dens, Sydney. Received June 5, 1916.
"From Clarence, Blue Mountains, 88 miles west of Sydney, altitude 3,46S
feet; seeds collected April 18, 1916." (Maiden.)
A procumbent or trailing shrub with nearly oblong, entire leaves, closely
silky underneath, and terminal or lateral, rather dense racemes, 1 to 2 inches
long. Native of New South Wales. (Adapted from Bentham, Flora Austra-
liensis, vol. 5, p. 436, 1870.)
42838. Fraxinus oxycarpa Willd. Oleaceae. Ash.
From Kieff, Russia. Seeds presented by Messrs. St. Przedpelski and T.
Antoniewicz. Received June 1, 1916.
Similar in its leaves (shape size, and leaflets) to Fraxinus angustifolia Vahl.,
but the leaves are always downy about the midrib. Fruits more (altered at
the base. The species has a more eastern natural habitat, reaching to Persia.
the Caucasus, and Asia Minor.
42839. Osterdamia matrella (L.) Kuntze. Poaceae. Grass.
(Zoysia pungens Willd.)
From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by Dr. J. C. Konin^sberger, director,
Botanic Gardens. Received June 0, 1916.
A creeping grass, important for binding coast sands, which does well on
alkali soils and also as a lawn mass. Said to be relished by stock.
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 42078.
74 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
42840 to 42849. Cucumis melo L. Cucurbitacese. Melon.
From Petrograd, Russia. Presented by Miss M. I. Kurnakova Danilova,
through Mr. Felix Cole, American vice consul, at the requesl of Dr.
C. < '. Young, Belen, Tex. Received .lime !t, 1!)1G. Quoted notes by Miss
Danilova.
42840. "Red, soft-fleshed, aromatic, summer melon called Ananas
i pineapple)."
42841. " Black summer melon called UrWc"
42842. "Sweet, aromatic, soft-fleshed winter melon called Adan."
42843. "Light green, summer melon called Aramad."
42844. " Local Batrin, length 27 inches, thickness 3 inches."
42845. " Soft, juicy, summer melon called Dtniiar,"
42846. " Mixed summer melons of all kinds."
42847. "Summer melon called Akurtsi."
42848.. " Sweet, juicy, winter melon."
42849. " The Amir melon, called MaisJcaja."
42850 to 42853.
From Auckland, New Zealand. Seeds presented by Mr. Fl. P.. Wright.
Received June 12, 1916. Quoted notes by Mr. Wright.
42850. Rymandba excelsa Salisb. Protein . •. Honeysuckle tree.
(Knightia excelsa R. Br.)
"New Zealand honeysuckle tree, the wood of which is used for veneer-
ing purposes in making furniture. Very pretty in the grain. Its flowers
are pretty and at the same time odd, coming out of the side of the
branches, instead of out of the terminal, as in most cases. A pretty
tree and a useful timber for furniture."
42851. Metrosideros robusta A. Cunn. Myrtacese. Rata.
"Native name Rata. This tree grows to over 100 feet high and 0 feet
or more through, a hardwood, very durable; is largely used by wheel-
wrights. Found all over New Zealand. When in bloom is very gorgeous.
Metrosideros robusta is only found inland in the forests and not on the
coast. It is very difficult to gather seed, owing to the height to which
it grows before seeding."
42852. Metrosideros tomentosa A. Rich. Myrtacese.
"Native name Pohutukawa. This is without doubt one of the most
he: in i till of flowering trees and is invaluable for bees, the honey from
the flowers being of excellent flavor and as white as lard. This tree is
to !><■ found skirling the New Zealand const, on the hillsides, along the sea
bench, and even grows out of the sides of the cliffs, overlooking the sea.
In ninny cases you can see trees just above high-water mark, where the
roots nro frequently washed by the tide and doing well. Like Metro-
sideros robusta it is a hardwood and is used for making knees for boat
building; it grows to about 40 feet high. Strange to say. .1/. tomentosa
Is found in the wild state growing only near tic sea, although it grows
well inland providing it is protected from frost."
For previous introduction, see S. 1'. I. No. .".1715.
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1916. 75
42850 to 42853— Continued.
42853. Pittosporum tenuifolitjm Gaertn. Pittosporacese.
" Hardy, used for hedges. Seed takes a very long time to germinate,
often 12 months."
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 30216.
42854. Phytolacca sp. Phytolnccacea?. Ink plant.
From Kohu Kohu, Hokianga, New Zealand. Presented by Mr. G. J. Clap-
ham. Received June 10, 1916.
"The pheasants and other birds are very fond of the berries and so dis-
tribute the seeds over large areas." (Clapham.)
42855 to 42857.
From Colombia. Presented by Mr. H. M. Curran. Received June 3, 1916.
Quoted notes by Mr. Curran.
42855. Bacteis sp. Phcenicacese. Rattan palm.
" Outer coat of fruit edible. The bright red clusters of fruit are very
ornamental ; 1.000 feet elevation."
42856. Buownea ariza Benth. Cs?salpiniacese. Ariza.
"Low tree, 20 to 30 feet, in dense forests or along streams or rivers.
Very ornamental. Clusters of red flowers borne in profusion; 100 feet
elevation."
42857. Theobroma purpureum Pittier. Sterculiacese. Wild cacao.
"Cacao del Monte. Wild cacao from Cauca River valley. Small tree
in dense forest. Said to be edible."
42858. Psidium GUAJAVA L. Myrtacese. Guava.
Grown at the Plant Introduction Field Station, Miami, Fla. Numbered
for convenience in recording distribution.
A superior Mexican form with large, pink-fleshed fruits selected at the Miami
Field Station. Mr. Simmonds states that these are plants from a tree in the
south garden that carried Dr. Webber's guava (No. 1961) budded on seedlings
of S. P. I. No. 28134.
42859 and 42860.
From Colombia. Presented by Mr. H. M. Curran. Received June 3. 1916.
Quoted notes by Mr. Curran.
42859. Bulnesia arborea (Jacq.) Engl. Zygophyllaceae.
" Guayacan tola. Colombian lignum-vitse. Small ornamental tree.
Showy yellow flowers."
42860. Lawsonia inekmts L. Lythracese. Henna.
"Ornamental shrub; yellow, very fragrant flowers."
Received as "reseda," a name sometimes applied to this plant in the
West Indies. (See Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia oj Horticulture, vol. ',,
p. 18S0.)
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 39451).
76 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
42861 to 42878.
From Santiago, Chile. Seeds presented by Senor Don Ernesto Palados,
Catholic University. Received June 1, 1916. Descriptions adapted from
Castillo and Dey, La Jeografia Botanica del Rio Vahlivia, unless other-
wise indicated.
42861. Acacia cavenia (Molina) Bertero. Mimosacese. Cavan.
A small Chilean tree, known as cavan, with exceedingly hard wood,
durable in moist soil. The spiny plant makes admirable hedges. The
tannin from this species is said to be especially valuable for dyeing.
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 33833.
42862. Aegemone mexicana L. Papaveracese. Mexican poppy.
42863. Berberis sp. Berberidacese. Calafate.
42884. Btjddleia geobosa Hope. Loganiaeese. Fafiil.
The pafdl or palguin, a Chilean shrub, better known as matico, owes
its name panil to the soft fleshy consistency of its leaves which are much
used in curing inflammation and are used with good results for washing
wounds. Abundant in Vahlivia, where it occurs as a shrub, covered in
November with yellow flowers, in globose clusters.
42865. Caldcluvia paniculata (Cav. ) Don. Cunoniacese. Tiaca.
a Chilean tree, known also as tiaca, and by the Araucanians as guiara,
which i.s its only name in Chiloe. The diameter of the trunk, which
reaches about 15 meters, is only about 40 cm. The chestnutlike leaves
in the young specimens are grouped at the end of the branches, giving
the tree an ornamental appearance which is increased by its aromatic
flowers. Comparable only to the luma (Myrceugenia femandeziana) in
the elasticity of its wood, which is suited for carriage building.
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 33S53.
42866. Canna sp. Cannacese.
42867. Crinodendron patagua Molina. Ekeocarpaceae. Patagua.
{Tricuspidaria dcpendens Ruiz, and Pav. )
This Chilean shrub is called chequehue by the natives, and grows best
on river banks. It hardly reaches a height of 3 meters, and has beautiful
foliage of lanceolate leaves, which appear in spring, and red flowers.
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 33950.
42868. Daucus ( a rota L. Apiacese. Carrot.
42869. Dbimys wintebi Forst. Magnoliacese. Canelo.
A handsome evergreen shrub, rather tender; young shoots smooth.
often tinged with red. Leaves lanceolate, 5 to 1<> inches hum, bright
rather pale green, very aromatic when crushed. Flowers borne in a
cluster of loose umbels, from four to seven in each umbel; they are
ivory white, fragrant, and about 1J inches across. Native of South
America from Tierra del Fuego to north of the Equator. Known since
1578. in which year its bitter aromatic bark was broughl home by Capt
Winter (after whom it is named) in one of Drake's ships from the
Magellan Straits. (Adapted from W. I. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy
hi the British Isles, rol. t. }>. 502.)
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 35988.
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1916. 77
42861 to 42878— Continued.
42870. Escallonia revoluta (Ruiz and Pav.) Pers. Esealloniaceae.
Frequently called siete camisas (seven-bark) in Valdivia. It is rare
in the central valley of Chile, but frequent in the mountains of Santiago.
In Valdivia it grows in moist soils and rarely reaches 5 meters in height,
sending out branches from the base of its thin trunk. Its light white
wood is used only for firewood.
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 34405.
42871. Fagelia sp. Scrophulariacere.
(Calceolaria sp.)
42872. Kageneckia oblonga Ruiz and Pav. Rosaceae. Bolen.
A Chilean tree which grows in arid places throughout the country.
Its leaves are used for treating intermittent fever, and it is also em-
ployed at a tonic.
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 34400.
42373. Lagenaria vulgaris Seringe. Cucurbitacese. Gourd.
42874. Maytenus boaria Molina. Celastracese. Maiten.
This Chilean tree, known as huirpo to the Araucanians, attains 12
meters in height, with a slender trunk. It is undoubtedly the most
beautiful native tree in its foliage, which trembles and waves in the
slightest breeze. Its leaves, which have a great forage value, are most
eagerly sought by hungry cattle, like those of the weeping willow. Its
wood is often yellow and is hard and elastic. There arc varieties the
wood of which is finely streaked with red and olive.
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 34621.
42875. Persea lingue (Ruiz and Pav.) Nees. Lauracere. Lingue.
This is a very valuable industrial forest tree of large size, handsome,
compact, evergreen, has glossy graydjlue-green leaves, and is an extra
quick grower; here it is not a delicate plant, but grows quickly in any
soil that is wet or very moist, also in water. The wood is light and
tough like elm, but takes a very high finish. Its lumber is highly es-
teemed and is lasting if protected from the wet; it is used for furniture,
bodies and poles of carts, ox yokes, etc. The wood is the color of white
ash, finishes with a yellowish tinge, takes any stain. Its bark is
used solely for tanning and is largely exported to Europe. Every sta-
tion south is filled to overflowing with thousands of bags of broken bark
awaiting transportation. The forests arc being stripped, and in a very
few years this tree will be very scarce. It is an extra beautiful shade
tree. Its leaves are poisonous to animals, especially sheep, which are
very fond of them. Medicinally it is a powerful astringent.
See S. P. I. Nos. 3393 and 2420S tor previous introductions.
42876. Psoralea GLANnn.osA L. Fabacea?. Culen.
A medicinal plant, which grows along the river banks, and reaches
a uniform height throughout Chile of 2 to 5 meters. Its leaves are used
in the preparation of aloja (a popular beverage).
42877. Quilla.ta saponarta Molina. Rosacea1. Quillay.
"The quillay or CUllay of the Chileans is a tree from 50 to 60 feet
high, with smooth, shining, short-stalked, oval leaves and usually
terminal white dowers, either solitary or from three to live upon a stalk.
Its bark, called quillay or soap-bark, is rough and dark colored ex-
78 SEUDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
42861 to 42878— Continued.
ternally, but internally consists of numerous regular whitish or yellowish
layers and contains a large quantity of carbonate of lime and other
mineral matters. It is also rich in saponin, a vegetable soap principle
found likewise in plants belonging to the cloverworts, soapworts, and a
few other orders; and on this account it is commonly used as a sub-
stitute for washing clothes, 2 ounces of the bark being sufficient to wash
a dress. It is also said to remove all spots or stains and to Impart »
remarkable luster to wool; and is used to wash the hair, for whi .
purpose it is powdered between stones, then rubbed with the ha
in water, making a foam like soap. A preparation of it has
brought into use in this country for promoting the growth of the hair."
(Lindley, Treasury of Botany, vol. 2, p. .f'».?.)
See S. P. I. No. 3360 for previous introduction.
42878. Schinxjs huigan Molina. Anacardiacese. Huigan.
(S. dependcns Orteg.)
This characteristic spiny shrub of the arid hills in Chile has fragrant
leaves and hard resistant wood, which is much used whenever the size
of development permits. The seeds are scattered by the breaking of the
epidermis of the fruit. It makes an excellent hedge plant.
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 33823.
42879. Hibiscadelphus giffardianus Eock. Malvaceae.
Hau Kuahiwi.
From Honolulu. Hawaii. Presented by Mr. J. F. Rock, botanist, College
of Hawaii. Received June 5, 1916.
"You may know that of this species there is only one tree in existence and
consequently seed is very scarce. I. have a number of young trees growing in
Honolulu and thus hope to perpetuate the species." (Rock.)
"The Hau Kuahiwi is a remarkable tree. At first appearance one would
think it to be the common Hau (Hibiscus tiliaceus), but at closer inspection
one can not but wonder at the most peculiar shape of the flowers, which are
of a deep magenta, and the large yellowish tuberculate capsules. It is rather
a low tree with a not-erect, but rather inclining, trunk of a foot in diameter,
with a many-branching round crown. The genus Hibiscadelphus, meaning
brother of Hibiscus, was described by the author ami the species named in
honor of Mr. W. M. Giffard, of Honolulu, in whose company the writer col-
lected his first specimens. It differs from^the genus Hibiscus in its very
peculiar flowers and mainly in the calyx, which is not persistent with the
capsules. Put drops together with the bracts as soon as the capsules are
formed. Unfortunately, the tree is the only one in existence. It is unique
among all Hawaiian plants, and the author is sorry to relate that nothing has
been done to protect it. Like many other Hawaiian trees, it will succumb to
the ravages of cattle, which inhabit a ureal many of our native forests. This
single tree is found on a small kipuka of 56 acres called Puaulu, on the land
o Keauhou, near Kilauea Volcano, at an elevation of 4,200 feet, on the
island of Hawaii. It is surrounded by a great many rare trees, which will
Share its fate sooner or later. Among them are beautiful trees of Supiinliis
saponaria, Pelea, Zanthoxylum, Urera, Straussia, Ochrosia, etc. The genus
coiimnIs of three species, the above described one in Hawaii, one on Maui with
only a single tree left, ami a third on Hualalai, Hawaii." (J. F. Rock, In-
digenous Trees of the Hawaiian Islands, p. 299.)
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1916. 79
42880 to 42887.
From Tokyo, Japan. Presented by Dr. H. Terao, botanist, Imperial Agri-
cultural Experiment Station. Received May 31, 1916.
42880 to 42884. Oryza sativa L. Poacese. Rice.
42885 to 42887. So.ta max (L.) Piper. Fabacese. Soybean.
(Glycine Mspida Maxim.)
42888 to 42891. Hordeum spp. Poaceae. Barley.
From Khartum, Sudan Government. Presented by Mr. E. R. Sawyer, Cen-
tral Research Farm. Received June 13, 1916. Notes by Mr. Sawyer.
42888. Hokdeum vulgare coeleste L.
" Abyssinian barley or barley wheat. Cultivated iu parts of India as
a true hull-less harley."
42889. Hokdeum vulgare coeleste L.
" Saggia. Abyssinian barley."
42890. Hordeum vulgare pallidum Seringe.
" Sagia or Sagina barley grown under water-wheel irrigation."
42891. Hordeum vulgare pallidum Seringe.
" The ordinary Egyptian barley as cultivated on the larger estates."
42892 to 42894. Cicer arietinum L. Fabacese. Chick-pea.
From Pusa, India. Presented by Mr. Bernard Coventry, Agricultural Ad-
visor to the Government of India. Received June 13, 1916.
For a full discussion of these varieties and their behavior, see " Some
Varieties of Indian Gram," by Albert and Gabrielle L. C. Howard, Memoirs of
the Department of Agriculture of India, vol. 7, No. 6, December, 1915, pp. 231-
232, from which the following quoted notes have been taken :
42892. " Type 9. Very late, habit very spreading, with numerous side
branches. Leaves very dark green. Flowers white. Seeds white with
a yellowish tinge. This type is of interest in that in spite of its deep
root system, which is a disadvantage at Pusa, it has so far given the
highest monetary return per acre. In this form yield and quality are
united in the same type."
42893. " Type 17. Late, habit slightly spreading. Leaves with a yel-
lowish tinge and slight redness on the apices of (he teeth of the
leaflets, midrib reddish. Flowers pink; standard slightly pink; wings
violet. Seeds yellowish brown."
42894. "Type 18. Intermediate in time of maturity, habit erect.
Leaves light green with a yellowish tinge, slight reddening on the
margins of the leaflets, and deeper reddening on the midrib. Flowers
pink; standard light pink; wings violet. Seeds dark brown."
42895. Cactus sp. Cactacese. Cactus.
From Santa Marta, Colombia. Plants collected by Mr. II. M. Curran.
Received June 24, 1916.
42896. Ximenia Americana L. Olacacese. False sandalwood.
From Donga, Northern Nigeria. Presented by Rev. C. L. Whitman, Sudan
United Mission. Received June 17, 1916.
80 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
42896— Continued.
'• Seeds of what might be called an apricot plum. A fruit the size of a small
plum growing on a plumlike tree, but having considerable of an apricot flavor."
( Whitman.)
42897 to 42901. Annona cherimola Mill. Annonaceae.
Cherimoya.
From San Francisco de Limache. Chile. Plants presented by Sr. Adolfo
Eastman. Received May 6, 1916. Quoted notes by Mr. Eastman.
"These are grafted varieties and are already in flower, so that at least next
season they will bear."
42897. " Concha, meaning shell. The skin resembles tortoise shell."
42898. " Copucha, meaning bladder. Has a very smooth skin."
42899. " Pifia, meaning pineapple. Has the appearance of the pine-
apple."
42900. " Sandia, meaning watermelon. Called so because of its size,
like a watermelon."
42901. (No label.)
42902. Amherstia xobilis Wall. Caesalpiniacese.
From Sibpur, near Calcutta, India. Presented by the curator of the Royal
Botanic Garden, at the request of Mr. Bernard Coventry, Agricultural
Adviser of the Government of India, Pusa. Received June 20, 1916.
" Named in honor of Lady Amherst. A medium-sized tree, native of Burma,
and considered the most beautiful of all flowering trees. Its immense eandela-
brumlike sprays of red and yellow flowers, drooping from every branch among
the handsome foliage, present an appearance of astonishing elegance and loveli-
ii ss. It is in flower during the greater part of the year, but its chief flowering
season in Ceylon is from January to April, i. e., the dry season. The tree thrives
in the moist low country up to 1,600 feet and requires rich and well-drained
soil. It does not seem to flourish near the sea, and is rarely met with about
Colombo. It produces seed very scantily anywhere, a pod or two occasionally
being all that can be obtained, and even these are often infertile. Propagation
by layering has therefore to be adopted. Introduced into Ceylon in 1860."
(Macmillan, Handbook of Tropical Gardening and Planting, p. 291.)
42903 and 42904. Strychxos spp. Loganiaceae.
From Beira, Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa. Presented by Mr. E. H.
Heron, Director of Agriculture. Received June 19, 1916.
42903. Stbychnos spinosa Lam.
" Vernacular name, M'Tamba."
A small tree up to 10 feet high found throughout tropical Africa, in
Madagascar, and the Seychelles. This tree is interesting because of its
hard-shelled, orangelike fruit, 2 to 3 inches in diameter, with an acid
pulp which is wholesome and agreeable, with a clovelike aroma very
noticeable when ripe. The seeds contain no alkaloids. This plant has
produced fruit in Florida, where it seems to do well.
For previous introduction, see S. P. 1. No. 1l:.")96.
42904. Stbyi gerbardi N. E. Brown.
•• Vernacular name, HTQuaqua."
An Easl African species from Natal and Portuguese East Africa.
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 34161.
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1016.
81
42905 to 42966. Triticum aestia
(T. vulgare Vill.)
From Pusa, India. Presented by Mr.
anist for India. Received May 27,
42905. Bihar No. 37.
42906. Bihar No. 38.
42907. Bihar No. 39.
42908. Bihar No. 40.
42909. Bihar No. 41.
42910. Bihar No. 42.
42911. Bihar No. 43.
42912. Bihar No. 44.
42913. Bihar No. 45.
42914. Bihar No. 46.
42915. BiharNo. 47.
42916. Bihar No. 48.
42917. Bi/ior No. 49.
42918. Bihar No. 50.
42919. Biftar No. 51,
42920. Bihar No. 52.
42921. Biftar No. 53.
42922. Bi7iar No. 54.
42923. Btftar No. 55.
42924. Btftar No. 56.
42925. ByTiar No. 57.
42926. Bihar No. 58.
42927. Bihar No. 59.
42928. Z?i7mr No. 60.
42929. Bihar No. 61.
42930. BiharNo. 62.
42931. Bihar No. 63.
42932. Bifrar No. 64.
42933. Bihar No. 65.
42934. Biftar No. 66.
42935. Bihar No. 98.
ttm L. Poacese.
Wheat.
A. Howard, Imperial Economic Bot-
1916.
42936.
42937.
42938.
42939.
42940.
42941.
42942.
42943.
42944.
42945.
42946.
42947.
42948.
42949.
42950.
42951.
42952.
42953.
42954.
42955.
42956.
42957.
42958.
42959.
42960.
42961.
42962.
42963.
42964.
42965.
42966.
Bihar No. 99.
Bihar No. 100.
BiharNo. 101.
Bihar No. 102.
Bihar No. 103.
Bihar No. 104.
BiharNo. 105.
Biftar No. 106.
/'»*</ No. 106.
BiharNo. 107.
BiharNo. 108.
BiharNo. 109.
BiharNo. 110.
Btftar No. 111.
BiharNo. 112.
BiharNo. 113.
Biftar No. 114.
BiharNo. 11.1.
BiharNo. 116.
BiharNo. 117.
Biftar No. 118.
BiharNo. 119.
BiharNo. 120.
BiharNo. 121.
Biftar No. 123.
BiharNo. 124.
Btftar No. 125.
BiharNo. 126.
BiharNo. 127.
Biftar No. 128.
BOiar No. 130.
42967. Tripsacum laxtjm Nash. Poacese.
Grass.
From the city of Guatemala, Guatemala. Plants presented by Mr. Juan J.
Rodriguez, through Mr. Stuart K. Lupton, American consul, at the re-
quest of Mr. H. Pittier, of the Department of Agriculture. Received June
21, 1916.
42968. Cartca papaya L. Papayacese. Papaya.
From Donga, Northern Nigeria. Presented by Rev. C. L. Whitman, Sudan
United Mission, through Rev. C. W. Guilder, Kratzerville, Pa. Received
June 22, 1916.
"In from 12 to 18 months in this climate this grows into a tree 10 to 20
feet high. The fruit ripens here from November to January, and is quite edible.
I trust you may he successful in growing it. though this may be doubtful be-
cause of the danger of frost in most parts of the States." {Whitman.)
140475°— 20 6
82 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
42969. Bursera sp. Balsameacese.
From El Banco, Colombia. Presented by Mr. H. M. Curran. Received
.Time 21, 1016.
" Madura Platano. Large ornamental timber tree. Juana Sanclies, El Banco,
May 15, 1916." (Curran.)
42970. Cfcfrbita ficifolia Bouche. Cucurbitacese. Alcallota.
From Santa Ines, Chile. Presented by Mr. Walter Fischer, of the Bureau
of Commerce, who secured them from Sr. Salvador Izquierdo, Santiago,
Chile. Received June 27. 1016.
" Seeds of a pumpkin called alcallota obtained May 5, 1916, at the nursery and
cannery of Salvador Izquierdo near Nos, about 12 miles south of Santiago,
Chile. The fruit of this particular variety is of a creamy-white color, smooth,
somewhat oblong in form, of about 7 or 8 pounds' weight, and with quite hard
durable rind ; evidently a good keeper, at least in that climate, as shown by
the good preservation of the fruit, then just a year old, from which the seeds
were extracted. This pumpkin is much used in Mr. Izquierdo's cannery for
marmalades, the fibrous inside being made into a very sweet preparation,
which does not lose its stringy character and which is termed duke de alcallota,
and the rind is cooked into a soft creamy paste labeled crema de alcallota.
Both preparations are very tasty, with a sweet-potato flavor especially notice-
able in the cream." (Fischer.)
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 36328.
42971 and 42972.
From Dehra Dun, United Provinces, India. Presented by Mr. Thomas
Tracy. Received June 15, 1916. Notes by Mr. Tracy.
42971. Beaumontia gbandielora (Roth) Wall. Apocynaceae.
"A mammoth creeper that has run up to the top of the cotton tree
[S. P. I. No. 42972]. The blossoms are formed in a cluster; pure white
and fragrant ; corolla deep and unbroken. The corolla is about 2 inches
deep, with an undulating border."
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 33560.
42972. Bombax malababicum DC. Bombacacese. Cotton tree.
" Seeds from the cotton tree in front of our house. I think the tree is
from Africa. It is very large."
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 40603.
42973 to 42982.
From Jamaica Plain, Mass. Cuttings presented by Prof. C. S. Sargent,
Arnold Arboretum. Received June 30, 1916.
42973. Berreris sargentiana C. Schneid. Berberidaeea?. Barberry.
A black-berried barberry from western Flupeh. China, reaching a height
of 2 meters. It is the only evenrreen barberry which has proved entirely
ha ldy at the Arnold Arboretum, and for this reason is one of the most
desirable of the recent introductions as a garden plant. (Adapted from
Sargent, Plantae Wilsonianae, vol. 1, p. 359. 1913.)
42974 to 42982. Rosa spp. Rosacea?. Rose.
42974. Rosa banksiopsis Baker.
A very common rose in western Hupeh in thickets of low-prnwing
shrubs on mountain slopes at altitudes of 1,300 to 2,000 meters. It
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1916. 83
42973 to 42982— Continued.
grows to a height of 3 meters, has rose-red flowers, coral-red fruits,
and more or less reddish purple shoots and branches remarkably free
from prickles. (Adapted from Sargent, Plantae Wilsonianae, vol. ^,
p. 322, 1915.)
42975. Rosa bella Rehd. aud Wils.
This pretty rose from the mountains in northwestern Shansi
seems most closely related to Rosa moyesii Hemsley and Wilson,
which is a much more vigorous plant with stout prickles, larger
usually more acute leaflets pubescent beneath, at least on the mid-
rib, globose ovoid flower buds abruptly contracted at the apex,
larger flowers, and pinnate sepals. It may also be compared with
R. sweginzowii Koehne, which differs chiefly in its stouter, much-
flattened prickles, the usually double serrate leaflets more or less
pubescent beneath, in the globose-ovoid flower buds, and in the pin-
nate sepals. (Adapted from Sargent, Plantae Wilsonianae, vol. 2,
p. 3^2, 1915.)
42976. Rosa caudata Baker.
'• This is a rose discovered by Wilson in western China. It is one
of the Cinnamomw section of the genus, and is a tall vigorous shrub
with stout arching stems covered not very thickly with stout spines,
dark-green foliage, and flowers about 2 inches in diameter, in wide,
sometimes 25-flowered clusters. The beauty of the flowers is in-
creased by the white markings at the base of the pure pink petals.
The fruit is orange-red, an inch long, gradually contracted above
into a narrow neck crowned by the much-enlarged calyx lobes.
This handsome rose is flowering now for the third year in Ihe
arboretum; it is perfectly hardy and an excellent addition to the
roses of its class." (Arnold Arboretum Bulb tin of Popular Infor-
mation, new ser., vol. 1, p. -}£.)
42977. Rosa corymbuxosa Rolfe.
"A distinct new species with unarmed or sparingly prickly
branches and numerous small flowers in corymblike inflorescences.
Flowers three-fourths to 1 inch across. Petals broadly obcordate,
deep rose above, white at the base. Fruits globose, glandular,
about one-third of an inch long, crowned by the persistent sepals.
Central China." (Kew Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, New
Garden Plants of the Year 1915. p. 80.)
42978. Rosa davidi Crep.
An orange-fruited, pink-flowered rose from western Szechwan,
China, reaching a height of 5 meters at altitudes of 1,600 to 3,000
meters. It is the species nearest, in China, to Rosa macrophylla
LindIey"of the western Himalayas. (Adapted from Sargent, Plantae
Wilsonianae, vol. 2, p. 322, 1915.)
42979. Rosa helenae Rend, and Wils.
"From the seeds of a rose collected by Wilson in western China;
a new species of the Moschata group has been raised. It is now
flowering in the arboretum for the third year, and is a vigorous
and perfectly hardy shrub. ■" or 6 feel tall, with slender, arching
stems furnished sparingly with short red spines, light-green cheerful
84 SEEDS AND PLANTS I EtTED.
42973 to 42982— Continued.
foliage, and terminal and axillary many-flowered clusters of pure
white, delicately fragrant Sowers lJj inches in diameter and borne on
slmrt, erect branchlets. It is a plant which will be prized by persons
who realize that among the wild roses are some of the mosl beautiful
of all flowering plants and who find a place for them in their
gardens." (Arnold Arboretum Bulletin of Popular Information,
new ser., vol. 1, p. 39, 11)15.)
42980. Rosa jackii Rehder.
"This beautiful rose was introduced into the arboretum from
Korea several years ago by Mr. Jack, and when it flowered was
named for him. At about the same time it was named in England
Rosa bakeri and R. Jcelleri, names which can not lie used for it,
however, as they had previously been given to other roses. It is
one of the Multiflora roses with long stems which lie flat on the
ground, lustrous foliage, and pure white flowers 2 inches or more
in diameter, in wide many-flowered clusters. The flowers are
larger than those of the Japanese R. multiflora, and it blooms much
later than that species. This rose is perfectly hardy and a first-
rate garden plant. The hybridizer ought to be able to find in it
a good subject from which to raise a race of hardy, late-flowering
rambler roses." (Arnold Arboretum Bulletin of Popular Informa-
tion, new ser., vol. 1, p. Jt8, 1915.)
42981. Rosa multuxoba cathayensis Rehd. and Wils.
"Rosa multiflora, var. cathayensis; it is a hardy, vigorous, and
handsome plant with the habit of the Japanese R. multiflora. The
flowers are from 2 to 2A inches in diameter and are produced in
large, many-flowered clusters, and the large, conspicuous, bright-
yellow anthers add to the beauty of the clear pink petals. This
rose may well become a popular garden plant. It offers possibili-
ties which the hybridist will undoubtedly take advantage of; and
it is of considerable historical interest as the wild original of garden
plants cultivated probably for centuries by the Chinese and known
in Europe and America for more than a hundred years." {Arnold
Arboretum Bulletin of Popular Information, new ser., vol. 1, p. 85,
1915.)
42982. Rosa sweginzowii Koehne.
A rose from western Szechwan, with deep rose-colored flowers,
growing to a height of 5 meters, at altitudes of 2,300 to 3,000 met
The shoots are thickly covered with short, stout, flattened prickles.
(Adapted from Plantae Wilsonianae, vol. 2, p. 824, 1915.)
42983 to 42985. Ananas sativus Sclnilt. f. Bromeliacese.
Pineapple.
From Brisbane, Australia. Plants presented by Mr. J. F. Bailey, director,
Botanic Gardens. Received June 28, 1916.
42983. "Cayenne Queen, smooth leaf."
42984. " Ripley Queen, rough leaf."
42985. " McGregor. A variety raised by Mr. e. Smallman, of Ormlston,
and mimed in honor of our immediate past governor, Sir William
McGregor." (Bailey.)
APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1916. 85
42986 to 43010.
From Colombia. Seeds collected by Mr. H. M. Curran. Received June 20,
1016. Quoted notes by Mr. Curran.
42986. Acheas zapota L. Sapotaceaj. Sapodilla.
(A. sapota L.)
"Good quality and early. White or greenish flesh. (Margarita,
Monipos. Colombia, May 20, 1916.)"
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 38859.
42987. Anacardium excelsum (Bert, and Balb.) Skeels. Anacardiace;i>.
(A. rhinocarpus DC.)
" Caracoli. Large ornamental timber tree. (Margarita, Mompos, Co-
lombia. ) "
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 40987.
42988. Annona maecgravii Mart. Annonacese. Guayabana.
" Guayabana del monte. Wild anona. Tree in second-growth forest.
Edible fruit, 6 inches in diameter. Greenish white fruit, slightly acid.
(El Banco, Colombia.)"
42989. Britoa acida (Mart.) Berg. Myrtacea?. Guayabo.
" Guayabo. Tree 20 to 30 feet. Large yellow fruit, few seeds, acid,
3 inches in diameter, white flesh. (Papayal, El Banco, Colombia, May
20, 1916.)"
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 42725.
42990. Carica papaya L. Papayace.e. Papaya.
"Large-fruited papaya. (Margarita, Mompos, Colombia, May 16,
1916.)"
42991. Licania platypus (Hemsl.) Fritsch. Rosacea?. Chupa.
"Chupa. Large fruits, with smooth brown or greenish coat. Soft,
yellow, rather dry flesh. Fruit 4 to 6 inches long, 2 to 3 inches in
diameter. Tree 40 to 60 feet. Said to bear at all seasons. (Papayal,
El Banco, Colombia, May 20, 1010.)"
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 41485.
42992 to 42996. Mangifera inuica L. Anacardiacese. Mango.
" From Papayal, El Banco, Colombia, May 20, 1916."
42992. "Mango Hobo. Very large, very yellow, good flavor."
42993. " Mango Liso. Large, one of the earliest, ripe March to
April. Good flavor."
42994. " Mango Chupa . Large red."
42995. "Mango Masa. Yellow with dark linos."
42996. " Mango Lechoso. Commonest and besl flavored of mangos
in this region. Very large crop this year. Fruit medium sized,
yellow, very much liber."
42997. Citrus sp. Rutaeese. Orange.
" Seeds of a large orange; fair flavor, sweet. (Margarita, Mompos,
Colombia, May 15, 1916.)"
42998. Annona marcgbavii Mart. Annonacese. Guayabnna.
"Wild form of this plant in the second-growth forests along t lie
Magdalena Riven-, possibly escaped from cultivation, as most of (his
region has been cleared during the last 300 years, and grows up into
86 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPOBTED.
42986 to 43010— Continued.
the forests. Fruits are 4 or 6 inches in diameter, heart shaped, and a
greenish white color; not of unpleasant flavor, but rather dry as com-
pared with the ordinary cultivated forms."
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 42988.
42999. Bactbis sp. Phrenicacepe, Palm.
" From Tierras de Loba, Bolivar, Colombia."
43000. Ciirysobalanus icaco L. Rosacea. Icaco.
"A shrub from 4 to 8 feet in height, much branched. Planted more
as an ornamental about the houses than for fruit. Fruits white -.villi
a pinkish bloom, rather dry and insipid; about the size of a wild pium."
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 33791.
43001. Flakts melanococca Gaertn. Phoenicaceae. Palm.
'• Palma corozo. Palm with practically no stems, leaves borne from
within 2 to 3 feet from the ground, 8 to 10 feet long. Fruits borne in
dense heads, a great part of them included anion- the bases of the leaves.
Fruits compressed and irregular, orange-red in color when ripe. Two
classes of oil are obtained, red oil from the coating of the seeds and a
clear oil from the kernels. The latter is very much prized as a cooking
oil. The palm is common in the lowlands among the flooded areas. This
palm is often found growing under conditions similar to those of our
flooded bottom lands along the Mississippi or the Gull coast rivers."
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 40303.
43002. Cerets sp. Cactacese. Cactus.
"The plants reach a size of from 12 to 20 feet high. Fruits edible,
about the size of an egg, red, and of a pleasant llavor. Common plant
of the hills above the Bay Santa Marta."
43003 to 43006. Gossypium sp. Malvaceae. Cotton.
" Growing together on a small plantation. Stronp; healthy plants full
of flowers and fruits at the time of collection, June, 1915."
43003. " Peruvian cotton." 43005. " Antioquia cotton."
43004. " Bogota cotton." 43006. (Colombian.)
43007. Momokdica zeylanica Mill. Cucurbitaceae. Balsam-apple.
"The Chinese gardeners about the American cities grow this plant
under the name of la-kwa, for the edible pulpy arils surrounding the
seeds, also for the edible fruit itself (which is prepared, usually by boiling,
before ii is ripe). The rind is sometimes dried and used in medicinal prep-
arations. The odd seeds cause it to be called the ' art pumpkin ' by some
pi is." (Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia "/" Horticulture, vol. ',. p
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 28284.
43008. Salix chilensis Molina. Salicacese. Willow.
in. humboldtiana Willd.)
"C mon willow from the Magdalena River region; size about 20 feel
in height, •""> to <; inches in diameter, it has no commoirial use. but it
will probably be useful for b:i<ket work. Ii [s probably Salix hum-
bolfltiana."
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 287t &
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42986 to 43010— Continued.
43009. Sapindus saponabia L. Sapindaceae. Soapberry.
"Common tree of the Magdalen a lliver region; size HO to 60 feet, and
the diameter is IS to 24 inches. Fruits are not commonly used in this
region. An ornamental and useful timber tree."
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 4272S.
43010. Sesamtjm oeientale 1-. Pedaliacese. Sesame.
(8. indicum L.)
'' Honholi. A low annual herb from 2 to 3 feet in height. Seeds use.l
for making sweetmeats. Commonly cultivated in low negro clearings.-'
For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 36896.
43011. Ostekdamia matkella (L. ) Ktuitze. Poacese. Grass.
(Zoysia pungens Willd.)
From Yokohama, Japan. Purchased from the Yokolmma Nursery Company.
Received May 10, 1916.
A creeping grass, important in binding coast sands, which does well on alkali
soils and also as a lawn grass. Said to be relished by stock.
See S. P. I. No. 34657 for previous introduction.
43012. Amygdalus peksica L. Amygdalacete. Peach.
(Prunus persica Stokes.)
From Cochabamba, Bolivia. Presented by Mr. Johnson Turnbull. Received
June 27, 1916.
"These stones are remarkably small for peach stones, some of them being
only half an inch lon.u, anil one-fourth of an inch thick, while the largest docs
not exceed three-fourths of an inch in length. The surface is rather smooth,
the inequalities consisting mostly of pits instead of grooves, and they are
sharp pointed at the apex. The fruit is evidently a cling, and from the amount
of flesh adhering, there was evidently a fair proportion of flesh to the size
of the stones. Cochabamba is about latitude 17° 20' S., and the altitude is
about 8,000 feet." (W. F. Wight.)
INDEX OF COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES.
Acacia cavenia, 42861.
Acer buergerianum, 42821.
ginnala semeno-vii, 42435.
trautvetteri, 4ii436.
Achras sapota. See Achras zapota.
zapota, 42986.
Aehut'te, Bixa xi>haerocarpa, 42726.
Actinidia callosa henryi, 426S3.
Adansonia digitata, 42827.
Agropyron cristatum, 42708-42713.
A 1 hi:: ia a mam. 42S2S.
lebbech, 42S09.
Alcallota, Cucurbita ficifolia, 42970.
Alectryon tomentosum, 42605.
Alfalfa. See Medieago spp.
Algaroba, Prosopis chilensis, 42643,
42719.
Almond, wild, Prunus spinosissima,
42440.
Alpinia exaltata, 427'.»9.
Amherstia nobilis, 42902.
Ammodendron conollyi, 42679.
Ampelopsis leeoides, 42684.
Amygdalus persica, 42742-42747,
42793, 43012.
Anacardium excelsum, 42987.
rhinocarpus. See Anacardium
excelsum.
Annua* sativus, 42983-42985.
Annona sp., 42723.
cherimola, 42811, 42897-42901.
glabra, 42836.
marcgravii, 429S8, 42998.
r< ticulata, 42792.
Apple. Mains spp., 42794, 42795.
Paradise, Mains pumila, 42638.
Aquilegia brevistyla, 42735.
lactiflora, 42736.
viridiflora, 42737.
Arachis hypogaea, 42800, 42801.
Aral ia cachemirica, 42607.
cissifolia, 42612.
Arazft, Psidium guajava, 12545.
Argemone mexicana, 12862.
Ariza, Broumea ariza, i-S,:,(j.
Aroeira brancha, Lithraca molleoidet,
42540.
Aroma, Prosopis vidaliuna, 42807.
Arrabidaea sp., 42717.
Arracacha, Arracacia xanthorrhiza,
42455.
Arracacia xanthorrhiza, 42455.
Arrowroot, Maranta arundinacea,
42463.
Artemisia cina, 42682, 42791.
Arundinaria fastuosa, 4^052.
graminea, 42649.
japonica, 42651.
marmorea, 42654, 42G.~5.
pygmaea, 426.13.
simonii, 42050.
Ash, Fraxinus oxycarpa, 42S38.
Asparagus capensis, 4^769.
maritimus, 42771.
officinalis, 4"J770, 42772.
scandens, 42773.
stipularis, 42774.
trichophyllus, 42775.
At ala nli a glauca. See Eremocitru*
glauca.
Attalca cotutnc. 42707.
Arena barbata. 42734.
ludoviciana, 42758.
planiciilniis. 42634.
sterilis, 42768.
j Ayote tie pelieja. Cucurbita pepo,
42803, 42804.
Bacarubu, Bchizolobium parahybum,
42434.
Bactris S] p., 42S55, 42999.
Balsam-apple. Momordioa zeylanica,
43CM i7.
Bamboo, Arundmarw spp., 42649-
42655.
Bumbo* spp., 42657, 4265S, 42668-
42673.
Chusquea guila, 42388.
Oxytenanthera abyssinica, 42835.
Phyllostachys spp., 42659 12667.
Sasa albo-marginaia, 42656.
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89
Banibos argenteo-striata, 42669.
aureo-striata, 42672.
nana, 42658.
alphonse-Jcarri, 42670.
quadrangula ris, 42657.
scna ncns is, 42078.
vittato-argentea, 42671.
vulgaris, 42668.
Banauac, Uparia rufa, 42470.
Baobab, Adansonia digitata, 42827.
Barberry. See Berberis spp.
Barley, Hordeum. spp. :
Abyssinian, 42888, 42889.
African, 42390.
Egyptian, 42S91.
Saggia, 42889.
Sagia, 42S90.
Sagina, 42890.
Siberian, 42732.
Barley-wheat, Hordeum intermedium
cornutum, 42390.
Basella rubra, 42430.
Batswing coral, Erythrina vespertilio,
42466.
Bean, bonavist, Dolichos lablab, 42577-
42580.
broad, Vieia faba, 42633, 42641,
42644-42646.
Egyptian tick, Vieia faba, 42644.
Fava Pavonazza, Vieia faba, 42646.
horse, Vieia faba, 42633, 42641,
42644-42646.
Park's runner, Doliehos lablab,
42577.
scarlet runner, Doliehos lablab,
42577.
soy, Soja max, 42885-42S87.
white Cyprus, Vieia faba, 42645.
Beaumontia grandipZora, 42971.
I •.rcch, Fagus orientalis, 42438.
Begonia sp., 42820.
Bejuco de sapo, Stigmaphyllon sp.,
42729.
Bellflower, Campanula colorata, 42615.
Berberis spp., 42635, 42637, 42863.
fremontii, 42428.
mtegerrima, 42636.
sargentia-na, 42D73.
Berthala, Basel la rubra, 42430.
Bertholletia nobilis, 42812.
Bihao, Alpmia exaltata, 42709.
Bilberry, Vaccinium myrtillus, 42640.
Bixa sphaerocarpa, 42726.
Bolen, Kageneelcia oblonga, 42872.
Bomba.r malabaricum, 42972.
Bonga de China, Normaribya merrW;',
42722.
de Jolo, Normanbya merriilii,
42722.
Bramble. See Rubus spp.
Brassaiopsis speeiosa, 42613.
Brazil nut. Bertholletia nobilis, 42812.
Britoa aeida, 42725, 42989.
Broom. See CyUsus spp.
Brownea ariza, 42856.
Bucklandia populnea, 42647.
Buddleia globosa, 42864.
nivca yunnanensis, 42685.
Bulnesia arborea, 42859.
Bur sera sp., 42969.
Butia capitata pulposa, 42534.
Byttneria aspera, 42614.
Cacao del Monte, Thcobroma purpu~
reum, 42857.
Caeara erosa, 42452, 42567, 42740.
Cactus. See Cactus sp. and Cereus sp.
("actus sp., 42895.
Caesalpinia bondueella. See Guilandi-
na bonduc.
Caimito, Chrysophyllum cainito, 42525-
42527.
Calafate, Berberis sp., 42863. '
Calceolaria sp. See Fagclia sp.
Caldcluvia paniculata, 42865.
Calpurnia aurea, 42829.
Campanula colorata, 42615.
Canea, Chusquea quila, 42388.
Canelo, Drimys winteri, 42869.
('anna sp., 42866.
Cannabis s<ilic<i, 42611.
Capoeira branco, Solanum huliatum,
12815.
Caracoli, Anacardium excelsum, 42987.
Careya australis, 42464.
Cnrica papaya, 42968, 12990.
Carob, Ceratonia sili<iu<i. 42t'>32.
Carpinus orientalis, 42437.
Carrot, Daucus carota, 12868.
Caryopteris mongholica, 42776.
Cassia cmgU8tifolia, 42429.
occidental is, 42830.
torn, 42831.
Castillo nicoyensis, -!2.".xc.
Cuutleya lutca, 12625.
Cavan, Acacia cavenia, 42861.
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SEEDS AND PLANTS [MPORTED.
Cebil, Piptadcnia communis, 42543.
Cciiar, East African, Juniper us pro-
cera, 42S33.
Ceratonia siliqua, 42632.
d r< us si.., 43002.
Cliayota edulis, 42532.
Chayote, Cliayota edulis, 42532.
Chequehue, Crinodendron patagua,
12867.
Cherimoya, Annona cherimola:
Chilean, 42897^2901.
Concha, 42897.
Copucha, 42898.
Peruvian, 42811.
Pina, 42899..
Sandia, 42900.
Cherry, Primus spp.:
bush, Prunus tomentosa endotri-
cha, 42576.
bird, Himalayan, Prunus cornuta,
42581.
hybrid, Prunus eminens, 42582.
Korean, Prunus maximonnczii,
42584.
mountain, Prunus prostrata, 42439.
willow, Prunus incana, 42583.
Chick-pea, Cicer arietinum:
Afrangi, 42530.
Alfarnate, 42764.
Andaluz, 42761, 42763.
Black, 42458.
Corriente, 42762.
Egyptian, 42531.
Indian, 42892-42894.
Shami, 42531.
( Spa in ) , 424:14, 42456-42462, 42761-
42764.
Clitoris paraguaiensis, 42825.
Chrysobalanus icaco, 43000.
Chrysophyllum cainito, 42525-42527.
i upa, Licania platypus, 42991.
CJiusquea quila, 42388.
Cieer arietinum, 42454, 42456-42462,
42530, 42531, 42701 -42764. 42892-
12894.
Citharexylum barbinerve, 42533.
Citrullus vulgaris, 42716.
Citrus sp., 42997.
limonia, 42606.
Clematis armandi, 42686.
montana irilsonii, 12087.
vedrariensis, 42688.
Coccolobis sp., 12724.
Coceothrinax argentea, 42520.
Cochlospermum sp. See Maximilianea
sp.
Cocos pulposa. S<ie Butia capitosa
pulposa.
Colocasia esculenta, 42450, 42631,
42802.
Columbine. See Aquilegia spp.
Coral tree, Bfrythrma vespertilio,
42466.
Coriaria thymifolia, 42817.
Corn. Hint. Zea ma/is. 42451.
Papago, Zea mays, 42642.
(Quebec yellow, Zea mays, 42610.
Cornel, Cornus paucinervis, 42759.
Bentham's, Cornus capitata, 42597.
Cornus capitata, 42597.
paucinervis, 42750.
Cotoneaster nan-shan, 42090.
Cotton. Gossypium spp.:
Antioquia, 43005.
Bogota, 43004.
Caravonica, 42806.
Colombian, 43006.
(Guatemala), 42S06.
Oaxaca, 42453.
(Panama), 42816.
Peruvian, 43003.
Cotton tree, Bomhax malabaricum,
42972.
Courbaril, Hinnenaca courbarU, 42727.
Crah apple, Mains f/laucescens, 42760.
Crinodendron patagua, 42867.
Cucumis melo, 42S4O-42S40.
Cucurbita ficifolia, 42070.
pepo, 42803, 42*04.
Culen, Psoralea glandulosa, 42S76.
Cullay, Quillaja saponaria, 42S77.
Currant, Ribes spp.. 427^0, 42781.
Custard-apple. Anmoia reticulata,
42792.
Cyphomandra hrtarca. 42598.
fragrans, 42590.
Cytisus dallimorei, 42552.
pallidvs, 12573.
stenopetalus, 42572. -12.774.
Daucus carota, 42*ox.
Deutzia longifolia veitchii, 42001.
Dewberry, RubUS COesiuS, 42639.
Dioscorea daemona, 4212 1.
Diospyros kaU, 1255:; 42505, 42071.
12075.
IHsporum calcaratum, 12010.
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Dolichos labial), 42577-42580.
Drimys winteri, 42869.
Elaeagnus angustifolia, 42680.
Elaeis melanoeocca, 43001.
Engelhardtia aceriflora, 42765.
Enterolobium timbouva, 42535.
Eremocitrus glauca, 42465.
Erythrina vespertilio, 42466.
Erythroxylon sp., 42431.
Escallonia revoluta, 42870.
Espino de los banados, Citharexylum
barbinerve, 42533.
Eucalyptus miniata, 42467.
Eugenia pungens, 42536.
Fagelia sp., 42871.
Fagus orientalis, 42438.
Fantaka, Neyraudia madagascariensis,
42529.
Fava Pavonazza, Vicia faba, 42646.
Feng hsiang shu, Liquidambar for-
mosana, 42822.
Ficus subtriplinervia, 42537.
Fig marigold. See Mesembryanthe-
mum spp.
Fragaria chiloensis, 42810.
moschata, 42738.
vesca, 42721.
Fraxinus oxyearpa, 42S3S.
Fresa, Fragaria vesca, 42721.
Frutilla, Rubus geoides, 42566.
Gacia. Cytisus stenopetalus, 42572,
42574.
blanca, Cytisus pallidas, 42573.
Garbanzo, Cicer arictinuin, 42454.
de Castilla, 42456.
del Pais, 42457.
Negro, 42458.
Gaultheria trichophylla, 42617.
Gleditsia caspica, 42777.
Glycine hispida. Sec Soja max.
Gomero, Ficus subtriplinervia, 42537.
Oossypium spp., 42453, 42806, 42816,
43003-43006.
Gourd, Lagenaria vulgaris, 42873.
Cram, Cicer ariclininn, 42454.
Grape, Vitis spp., 42477-42519.
hybrid Grimaldi. See under
42477-42519.
Ruggeri. See under 42477-
42519.
Paulsen. Set; under 42477
-1251!).
Grass, Avena spp., 42634, 42734, 42758,
42768.
Chloris paraguaiensis, 42825.
Neyraudia madagascariensis,
42529.
Osterdamia matrella, 42389, 42073,
42S39, 43011.
Panieum laevifolium, 42608.
Saccharum hiflorum, 42551.
Tripsacum laxum, 42967.
Grevlllca la uri folia, 42837.
Ground cherry, Physalis grandiflora,
41-528.
Guabiyu, Eugenia pungens, 42536.
Guana vito, Annona sp., 42723.
Guaranguay, Teeoma stans, 42547.
Guava, Psidium guajava:
Argentine, 42544, 42545.
Mexican, 42S5S.
Safeda, 42387.
Sufeda, 42387.
Guayabana, Annona marcgravii,
42988, 42998.
Guayabo, Britoa acida, 42725, 42989.
Guayacan tola, Bulnesia arborea,
42859.
Guilandina bonduc, 42521.
Habas, Vicia faba. 42G33.
Hakea cucullata, 42600.
elliptica, 42601.
laurina, 42602.
sua nolens, 42603.
varia, 42604.
Hamus, Cicer arictinuin, 42454.
Hau Kuahiwi, Hibiscadelphus giffardi-
anus, 42879.
Hedysarum boreale, 42676.
Helicteres or at a, 42432.
Hemp, Cannabis satwa, 42611.
Henna, Lawsonia inennis, 42860.
Herdanera, Cytisus pallidas, 11573.
Hihiscadelphus giffardianus, 42879.
Hibiscus lunarifolius, 41S32.
sabdariffa, 42471-42475, 42SIS.
12819.
Hielaman iree, Erythrina vespertilio,
42466.
Uolcus sorghum, 42699-42706.
Honey locust, Gleditsia caspica, 1'_'777.
Honeysuckle. See Lonicera spp.
Honeysuckle tree, New Zealand, Ry-
mandra excelsa, 12850.
Honholi, Sesamum orientale, 13010.
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SEEDS AND PLANTS I M TOUTED.
Hordeum intermedium cornutum,
42390.
rut <m re coeleste, 42732, 42888,
42889.
palUdum, 42890, 42891.
Hornbeam, oriental, Carpinus orienta-
Us, 42437.
Hsiang yuan, Citrus limonia, 42606.
Huang lien shu, Pistacia chinensis,
12823.
Huigan, Schinus huigan, 42878.
Huirpo, Maytenus boaria, 42874.
Eymenaea courbaril, 42727.
Icaco, Chrysobalanus icaco, 430(H).
Ice plant, Mesembryanthemum flori-
bundum, 42446.
Indigo. See Indigofera spp.
Indigofera glandulosa, 42609.
tinctoria, 42741.
Ink plant, Phytolacca sp., 42854.
Inodes neglecta, 42522.
Juniperus procera, 42833.
Kaffir orange, Strychnos spinosa,
42596.
Kageneckia oblonga, 42872.
Kaki, Diospyros kaki:
Birodo-gaki, 42560.
Gauzan, 42675.
Hagakushi, 42553.
Kabuto-gosho, 42555.
Kiara, 42556.
Kuharu, 42674.
Kuramitsu, 42558, 42563.
Kuro-gaki, 42560.
Midzushima, 42561, 42562.
Oku-gosho, 4255!).
Otani, 42554.
Saburoza, 42557, 42564.
Kapoelasan, Nephelium lappaceum,
42814.
Kitsangy, Neyraudia madagascariensis,
42529.
Knightia excelsa. See Rymandra ex-
celsa.
Kumquat, Australian desert, Eremoeit-
rns (jlauca, 42465.
Kuoho, Colocasia esculenta, 42450.
Lagenaria vulgaris, 42873.
Lantana sellounana, 42538.
Larch, Larix sibirica, 42681,
Larix sibirica, 42681.
Lathyrus pratensis, 42677.
Lawsonia inermis, 42860.
Lebbeck tree, Albizzia lebbeck, 42SO0.
Lenmn, Szechwan, Citrus limonia,
42606.
Leucaena glauca, 42539.
Licania platypus, 42991.
Lignum-vitse, Colombian, Bulnesia ar-
borca, 42859.
Lilac, Syringa giraldii, 42696.
Limonium fruticans, 42575.
Lingue, Persea lingue, 42875.
Liquidambar formosana, 42822.
Lithraea aroeirinha. See Lithraea
molleoides.
molleoides, 42540.
Lit sea zeylanica, 42618.
Lonicera maerantha, 42619.
similis delavayi, 42692.
Luculia gratissima, 42020.
Lysicarpus ternifoUus, 42826.
Macadamia minor, 4246S.
Madura Platano, Bursera sp., 42969.
Maiten, Maytenus boaria, 42874.
1 fa I us sp., 42795.
astracanica, 42794.
glaucescens, 42760.
puinila, 42638.
Mammea americana, 42813.
Mainey, Mammea americana, 42S13.
Mangifera indica, 42992-42996.
Mango, Mangifera indica:
Chupa, 42994.
Hobo, 42992.
Lechoso, 42996.
Liso, 42993.
Masa, 42995.
Maple. See Acer spp.
Maranta arundinacea, 42463.
Matico, Buddleia globqsa, 42864.
Maxvmilianea sp., 4271 8.
Maytenus boaria, 42874.
Medicago falcata, 42714. 42715.
sativa, 42733.
1/. ibomia sp.. 42S05.
Melon, Adan, Cucumis mclo, 42842.
Akurtsi, Cucumis mclo, 42847.
Amir. Cucumis melo, 42849.
Ananas. Cucumis mclo, 42S40.
Aramad, Cucumis melo, 12843.
Batrin, Cucumis melo, 42844.
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Melon, Daniar, Cucumis melo, 42845.
Maiskaja, Cucumis melo, 42849.
summer, Cucumis melo, 42840.
Tsama, Citrullus vulgaris, 42716.
Urlik, Cucumis melo, 42841.
winter, Cucumis melo, 42848.
Mesembryan t h e m u m aequilaterale,
42444.
bicolor, 42445.
floribundum, 42446.
pugioniforme, 42447.
spectabile, 42448.
Metrosideros robusta, 42851.
tomentosa, 42852.
Microtropis discolor, 42621.
Mimosa sp., 42433.
sensitiva, 42541.
Molle a beber, Lithraea molleoides,
42540.
Momordica zeylanica, 43007.
M'Quaqua, Strychnos gerrardi, 42904.
M'Tamba. Strychnos spinosa, 42903.
Myroxylon toluiferum. See Toluifera
balsamum.
Negro coffee, Cassia occidentalis, 42830.
Nephelium lappaceum, 42384, 42S14.
mutabile, 42385.
tomentosum. See Alectryon to-
mentosum.
Neyraudia uiadayascariensis, 42529.
Normanbya merrillii, 42722.
Oak, New Zealand, Vitex lucens, 42790.
Oats. See Avcua spp.
Olca chrysophylla, 42834.
Oleaster, Elaeagnus anyusti folia,
42680.
Ombu, Phytolacca dioica, 42542.
Orange, Citrus sp., 42997.
Oreja de negro, Enterolobium Mm-
bouva, 42535.
Oryza sativa, 42880-42884.
Osterdamia matrella, 42389, 42678,
42S39, 43011.
Oxytcnanthera abyssinica, 42835.
Pachyrhizus angulatus. See Caeara
erosa.
Palguin, Buddleia globosa, 42S64.
Palm, Attalea cohune, 12707.
Bactris spp., 42855, 42999.
Bttlia capitata pulposa, 42534.
Coccothrinux argentea, 42520.
Palm, Cohune, Attalea cohune, 42707.
Corozo, Elaeis melanococca, 43001.
Inodes neglecta, 42522.
Monaco, Attalea cohune, 42707.
Normanbya merrillii, 42722.
rattan, Bactris sp., 42855.
Palo de lanza, Terminalia trifoliate.
42548.
Panax pseudo ginseng, 42622.
Panicum laerifolium, 42608.
Paiiil, Buddleia globosa, 42864.
Papaya, Carica papaya, 42968, 42990.
Patagua, Crinodcndron patagua, 42867.
J'a uloir nia duclouxii, 42693.
Pavel ta zvmmermanniana, 42767.
Peach, Amygdala* persica, 42742-
42747, 42793, 43012.
Peanut, Arachis hypogaea, 42S00,
42801.
Pear. See Pyrus spp.
Persea lingue, 42875.
Persimmon, Japanese. See Kaki.
Phyllostachys aurea, 42667.
bambusoides, 42664.
cast Won is, 42659.
marliacea, 42665.
kumasaca, 42666.
mitis. See Phyllostachys pnbes-
cens.
nigra. See Phyllostachys pubcrula
nigra.
puberula, 42660.
nigra, 42663.
pubescens, L2661.
heterocycla, 42662.
Physalis grandiflora, 42528.
Phytolacca sp., 42854.
dioica, 42542.
Picrodendron medium. 42523.
Pi nan, Coriaria thy mi folia, 42817,
Pine, Pinus sp., 42778.
white-barked, Pinus bunyeanu,
42730.
Pineapple, Ananas sativus:
Cayenne Queen, 42983.
McGregor, 42985.
Ripley oueen, 42984.
Pinus sp., 4277S.
bun yea mi, 42730.
Piptadenia communis, 42543.
Pistache, Pistada chinensis, 12S23.
Pistacia chinensis, !2s-j.">.
Pittosporum tenuifolium, 42853.
94
SEEDS AXD PLANTS IMPORTED.
Plane tree, oriental, Platanus orien-
talis, 42648.
Platanus orientalis, 42648.
Pokutukawa, Metrosideros tomentosa,
2852.
Pond-apple, Annona glabra, 42836.
Poppy, Mexican, Argemone mexicana,
42862.
Potentilla fruticosa vilnwriniana,
42694.
Prinsepia utilis, 42623.
Prosopis chilensis, 42G43, 42719.
juliflora. See Prosopis chilensis.
vidaliana, 42807.
Prune. Prunus sp., 42748.
Prunus sp., 42748.
cornuta, 42581.
eminens, 42582.
iucana, 42583.
maximoioiczii, 42584.
persica. See AmygdaVus persica.
prostrata, 42439.
sp / / j os /.s-.s i ma, 42440.
tomentosa endotricha, 42576.
Psidium guajava, 42387, 42544, 42543,
42858.
Psoralea glandulosa, 42S76.
Pterogyne nitens, 42546.
Pulassan, Nephelium mutabile, 42385.
Pumpkin, Cucurbita pepo, 42803, 42804.
Puriri, Vitex lucens, 42790.
Pyracantha crenulata yunnanensis,
42089.
Pyrus amygdaliformis, 42796.
canescens, 42779.
nivalis, 42797.
sinai, 42798.
si a died. See Pyrus sinai.
Quiaca, Caldcluvia paniculata, 42865.
Quillaja saponaria, 42550, 42877.
Quillay, Quillaja saponaria, 42550,
42S77.
Rambutan, Nephelium lappaceum,
12384, 42814.
Rata, Metrosideros robusta, 42851.
Ii'niralniia craltata. See Alpinia ex-
altata.
Reseda, Lawsonia inermis, 42860.
Ribi tin nun, 42780.
graveolens, 12739.
grifflthii, 12024.
lobbii, 12749.
multifiorum, 42781.
Rice, Oryza sativa, 42880^2884.
Rodgersia aesculifolia, 42695.
Rosa banksiopsis, 42974.
bella, 42975.
caudata, 42976.
eorymbulosa, 42977.
davidi, 42978.
helenae, 42979.
faclcii, 42980.
multiflora cathayensis, 42981.
swt gin zourii, 42982.
Rosea, Helictcres ovata, 42432.
Roscoea elatior. See Cautleya lutea.
Rose. See Rosa spp.
Roselle. Hibiscus sabdariffa, 42471-
42475, 4281 S, 42819.
Archer, 42472.
Rico, 42471.
Temprano, 42474.
Victor, 42473.
Rubber, Nicoya, Castilla nicoyensis,
42386.
Rubus sp., 42476.
biflorus quinqueflorus, 425S6.
caesius, 42639.
coreanus, 42585.
discolor, 42750.
fastigiatus, 42751.
gt oides, 42566.
godronii, 42752.
hirt us. 4275."!.
hoffmeistcrianits, 42782.
inermis, 42783.
inopertus, 42588.
lasiostylus disygos, 42587.
lejeunei, 42754.
leucostachys, 42784.
lindleianus, 42785.
lineatus, 12626.
mesogaeus, 42589.
nitidus, 12755.
onu U nsis, 42590.
pubescens, 42591.
rhamnifolius, 427S6.
rudis, 42756.
sanctus, 42787.
thibetanus, 42592.
thunbergii glabellus, 42593.
thyrsifiorus, 42788.
trianthus, 42594.
ulmifolius bellidiflorus, 42706.
vestitus, 42789.
vicai ius, 42595.
wahlbergii, 42757.
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Rye, Secale cereale, 42427.
Rymandra excelsa, 42850.
Sabal neglecta. See Inodes neglecta.
Sacckarum biflorum, 42551.
Salix chilensis, 43008.
humboldtiana. See Salix chilen-
sis.
Salvia campanulata, 42627.
Salvia morada, Lantana selloioiana,
42538.
Sandalwood, false, Ximenia ameri-
cana, 42896.
Sapindus saponaria, 42728, 43009.
Sapodilla, Achras zapota, 42986.
Savcococca pruniformis. See Savco-
cocca saligna.
saligna, 42628.
Sasa albo-marginata, 42656.
Schinus dependens. See Schinus
huigan.
huigan, 42878.
Schizolobium excelsum. See Schizolo-
bium parahybum.
parahybum, 42434.
Sea lavender, Limonium fruticans,
42575.
Secale cereale, 42427.
Sechium edule. See Chayota edt.is.
Senna, Tinnivelly, Cassia angustifolia,
42429.
Sensitiva, Mimosa sensitiva, 42541.
Sensitive plant, Mimosa sensitiva,
42541.
Sesame, Sesamum orientale, 43010.
Sesamum indicum. See Sesamum ori-
entale.
orientale, 43010.
Shallu, Holms sorghum, 42699-42706.
Shanzhi, Coriaria thymifolia, 42817.
Sideroxylon dulcificum. See Synsepa-
lum dulcificum.
Siete cainisas, Escallonia revoluta,
42870.
Soapberry, Sapindus saponaria, 42728,
43009.
Soja max, 42885-42887.
Solatium bulla I it in, 42815.
Sorghum, Helens sorghum, 42699-
42706.
Sorghum vulgare. See Holcus sor-
ghum.
Spiraea tvilsoni, 42449.
Statice fruticans. See Limonium fru-
ticans.
Stigmaphyllon sp., 42729.
Strawberry, Fragaria vesca, 42721.
Hautbois, Fragaria moschata,
42738.
Chilean, Fragaria chiloensis,
42810.
Strobilanthes ffaccidifolius, 42808.
pectinatus, 42629.
Strychnos gerrardi, 42904.
spinosa, 42596, 42903.
Susong calabao, Uvaria rufa, 42470.
Syncarpia hillii, 42469.
Synsepalum dulcificum, 42824.
Syvinga giraldii, 42696.
Tamarisk. See Tamarix spp.
Tamarix florida alMflora, 42441.
karelini hirta, 42442.
pentandra, 42443.
Taro, Colocasia esculenta:
Kuoho, 42450.
Lihilihi molina, 42631.
Szechwan, 42802.
Tecoma stans, 42547.
Terminalia trifoliata, 42548.
Theobroma purpureum, 42857.
Thrinax argentea. See Coccothrinax
argentea.
Tiaca, Caldcluvia paniculata, 42865.
Tienhua, Strobilanthes flaccidifoliiis,
42808.
Timbo, Enterolobium timbouva, 42535.
Tipu, Tipuana tipu, 42549.
Tipuana speciosa. See Tipuana tipu.
tipu, 42549.
Toluifera balsam um, 42720.
Toulu, Toluifera balsamum, 42720.
Tree-tomato. See Cyphomandra spp.
Tricuspid aria dependens. See Crino-
dendron patagua.
Tripsacum laxum, 42967.
Triticum aestwum, 42391-42121.
42568, 12905-42966.
durum, 42422-42425, 42569-42571,
42731.
turgidum, 42426.
vulgare. See Triticum aestivlim.
mine tree, Syncarpia hillii,
424G9.
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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED.
Vvaria rufa, 42470.
Vaecinium myrtillus, 42(540.
Vetchling, yellow, Lathyrus pratensis,
42677.
Viburnum carlesii, 42697.
cylindricum, 42630.
davidi, 42698.
Vida faba, 42633, 42641, 42644-42646.
Vijao grande, Alpinia exaltata, 42799.
Viraro, Pterogyne nitens, 42546.
1 ilex lucens, 42790.
Vitis spp., 42477-12519.
Wheat. Triticum spp.:
Australian, 42394.
Baard Koren, 42397, 42420.
Bengal, 42425.
Bihar, 42905-42943, 42945-42966.
Blue Beard, 42423.
Bob's, 42412.
Bosjesveld, 42417.
Celliers. 42401.
Cilliers, 42401.
Defiance, 42396.
Delaware, 42414.
durum. 42422-42425, 42569-42571,
42731.
Du Toit's Koren, 42393.
Early Beard, 42392.
Early spring, 42416.
Ekstein, 42410.
Geluks Koren, 42419.
Gluyas, 42405.
Golden Ball, 42424.
Ijzervark, 42426.
Klein Koren, 42408.
Rooi Koren, 42395.
Wheat, Kolonie Rooi Koren, 42391.
Media, 42422.
Ou Baard. 42104.
Poulard, 42426.
Primrose, 42415.
Pusa No. 106, 4204 1.
Red Egyptian, 42:;:is.
Rooi Els, 42421.
Kaal Koren, 42406.
Rustproof, 42403.
Sibies Koren, 42407.
Spanish, 42.168-42571.
spring, 42411.
Stromberg Rooi Koren, 42398.
Talawair, 42400.
Transvaal Wol, 42399.
White Australian, 42413.
Wit Baard Koren. 42402.
Wol Koren, 4241s.
Wolhuter, 42409.
Zwartbaard, 42425.
Wheat - grass, Agropyion cristatum,
42708-12713.
Willow, Salix chilensis, 43008.
Wormseed, Artemisia cina, 426S2,
42791.
Ximenia americana, 42896.
Yah feng, Acer buergerianum, 42821.
Yam, Dioscorea daemoiia, 42f>24
Yam-bean, Cacara erosa, 42452, 42567,
42740.
'/.<a mays, 42451. 42610, 42042.
Zhanzhi, Coriaria thymifolia, 42817.
Zoysia ]>ungcns. See Ostcrdamia ma-
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