32 SEEI^ AND PLANTS [MPOBTED. 



26266 and 26267. 



Prom Cape Town, South Airica. Presented by Mr. \i. W. Thornton, government 

 agriculturist, Department of Agriculture. Received Xovember 23, 1909. 



1 of the following: 



26266. Pim/.ia im \\\ (Thunb.) Kuntze. "Karroo bush. " 



Distribution. — Eastern South Airica, from Natal Bouth to [Jitenhage, Cape 

 I olony. 



26267. Paxicum sp. 



"This ia an indigenous grass which is considered to be one of the best grasses 

 in the Orange River Colony, where in certain parts it is practically the only 

 fodder which the stock have." (Thornton.) 



26268 and 26269. Passiflora spp. 



From P<>rt of Spain, Trinidad. Presented by Dr. E. Andre. Received Novem- 

 ber 27, 1909. 

 Seeds of the following: 



26268. Passiflora quadrangularis L. GranadiDa. 



"A plant of South American origin very closely allied to Passiflora macro- 

 carpa and P. alata, now cultivated in many tropical countries. Its large, 

 greenish-yellow fruit has a thick rind which is sometimes preserved, and the 

 pulp surrounding its seeds, though sometimes insipid, is usually pleasant 

 flavored and is made into cooling drinks and sherbets. The seeds are too 

 large to be swallowed as in the case of the smaller fruited species. This plant 

 is valuable for covering arbors and verandas. The leaves are large, mem- 

 branaceous, and heart shaped ; the large fragrant flowers have red petals alter- 

 nating with the white sepals, while in the closely allied P. macrocarpa both 

 the sepals and petals are purplish. Many species of Passiflora are incorrectly 

 referred to this species." (W. E. Safford.) 



26269. Passiflora maliformis L. Sweet cup. 



"This species is frequently cultivated in the West Indies, and on some of 

 the islands it is found wild. The fruit is globose, or apple shaped, and much 

 smaller than the Granadilla or Barbadine (S. P. I. No. 26268). It has a thin 

 shell-like envelope, not soft like that of the waterlemon (P. laurifolia) but 

 varying in rigidity. In the specimens sent the shell, which is yellow and 

 marked with numerous white dots, is easily indented, almost like that of 

 P. ligularis, but in some varieties it is hard and rigid, even sufficiently so that 

 snuffboxes can be made of it. The pulp is pleasant flavored and slightly 

 acidulous, and the seeds are small enough to swallow. The leaves are simple, 

 entire, and oval or ovate, with linear lanceolate stipules and petioles bearing 

 two glands. The flowers are sweet scented and beautiful, variegated red and 

 white, with blue coronal filaments." (W. E. Safford.) 



26270 to 26278. Rubus spp. 



From western Hupeh, China. Purchased from Prof. C. S. Sargent, director, 

 Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Mass. Received November 29, 1909. 



Plants of the following; notes by Mr. E. H. Wilson: 



26270. Rubus bajibusarum Focke. 



From north and south of Ichang. "(A. A. No. 48.) A straggling plant; 

 height 10 to 15 feet. Grows in thickets at an elevation of 3,000 to 5,000 feet. 

 Flowers pink. A fine Rubus." 

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