44 SEEDS A.Ni) PLANTS IMPORTED. 



28715 to 28730. 



From Durban, Natal, South Africa. Presented by Prof. J. Medley Wood, direc- 

 tor, Botanic Gardens. Received July 25, 1910. 



Seeds oi the following treee and evergreen .shrub-: 



28715. Assonia spectabilis (Bojer) Kuntze. 



Distribution. — In the Mozambique district of East Africa, and in Madagascar 

 and Mauritius. 



28716. Bauhinia galpini N. E. Brown. 



Distribution. — Along the coast of southeastern Africa, in the Makua district 

 of Mozambique, and in the vicinity of Barberton in the Transvaal. 



28717. Bauhinia petersiana Bolle. 



Distribution. — The vicinitv of Senna in Zambesiland, at the foot of Mount 

 Moramballa and in the Manganya Hills in the Mozambique district of tropical 

 Africa. 



28718. Bauhinia picta (H. B. K.) DC. 



Distribution. — The valley of the Magdalena River, in the northern part of 

 Bolivia. 



28719. Boscia undulata Thunb. 



Distribution. — In the primitive woods in the vicinity of Uitenhage and dis- 

 trict of George in Cape Colony; also in the island of Mauritius. 



28720. Brunsfelsia Americana L. 



28721. Calpurnia aurea (Lam.) Benth. 



Distribution. — In Abyssinia, the highlands of Huilla and Golungo Alto in 

 Lower Guinea, and in the vicinity of Durban in Natal. 



28722. Carissa grandiflora (E. Mey.) DC. 



See Nos. 11734 and 13239 for previous introductions. 



28723. Dovyalis caffra (Hook, and Harv.) Warb. 



Distribution. — The eastern districts of Cape Colony and in Kafirland, South 

 Africa. 



See No. 3724 for description. 



28724. Dracaena rumphii (Hook.) Regel. 



Distribution. — In woods along the eastern coast of Cape Colony, from near 

 Uitenhage northward to Pondoland. 



28725. Indigofera sp. 



28726. Mimosa rubicaulis Lam. 



Distribution. — Afghanistan and India, rising to an elevation of 5,000 feet in the 

 western Himalayas. 



28727. Moraea iridioides L. 



See No. 13732 for previous introduction. 



Distribution. — Tropical and South Africa, extending from the valley of the 

 River Umba in German East Africa and from British Central Africa southward 

 to Cape Colony. 



28728. Tecoma berteroi DC. 



Distribution. — On the island of Haiti in the West Indies. 

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