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28761 and 28762— Continued. 



forma. There might be a possible advantage in trying L. sativus in place of fenugreek, 

 inasmuch as the seed is cheaper. " (Aaronsohn.) 



28763. Axo.\ a Montana MacFavden. 



From Mayaguez, Porto Rico. Presented by Mr. W. E. Hess, assistant horticul- 

 turist, Agricultural Experiment Station, through Mr. P. J. Wester. Received 

 August 23, 1910. 

 "A small tree indigenous to the West Indies; the fruit is subglobose, muricate, 

 and the flesh dry and unedible. 



"Introduced for trial as a stock for the cultivated anonas. " {Wester.) 



28764. Ziziphus jujuba Miller. 



From Las Cruces, N. Mex. Presented by Mr. David Griffiths. Received Sep- 

 tember 8, 1910. 



"The trees from which these seeds were obtained were loaded with fruit. There 

 are only two alive; one is 12 feet high. The trees are probably about 12 to 15 years 

 old, but have had very poor conditions and are badly crowded. " (Griffiths.) 



28765. Phaseolus max L. 



From Port of Spain, Trinidad. Presented by the assistant secretary of the 

 Board of Agriculture at the request of Mr. R. B. Dickson. Received August 

 23, 1910. 



28766. Helygia paddisoni (Baker) Skeels. 



(Parsonsia paddisoni R. T. Baker, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, vol. 24, 

 p. 385, 1899.) 



The original use of the generic name Parsonsia was by Patrick Brown in 1756 (Nat- 

 ural History of Jamaica, p. 199, pi. 21, fig. 2), for a species later published by Linnaeus 

 as Ly thrum parsonsia, a plant of the family Lythracese. The genus Parsonsia as pro- 

 posed by Brown was recognized in 1763 by Adanson (Families des Plantes, vol. 2, p. 

 234), whose description and citation completed the technical publication of the name. 

 Parsonsia is therefore the valid name for Cuphea, the genus to which Ly thrum parsonsia 

 was later referred. This original use of Parsonsia by Patrick Brown and Adanson 

 invalidates its use by Robert Brown in 1809 (Memoirs Wernerian Natural History 

 Society, vol. 1, p. 64) for the apocynaceous genus to which the species given above 

 belongs. Several other generic names have been proposed for various species of this 

 genus, and the earliest of them, Helygia, published by Blume in 1826 (Bijdragen 

 tot de flora van Nederlandsch Indie, vol. 2, p. 1043) with H. javanica as the type, 

 is recognized as the valid name for the group, and the species under consideration is 

 accordingly transferred to it. 



Helygia paddisoni was originally described from New Angledool, New South Wales, 

 and is not known to occur elsewhere. 



From Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Presented by the curator, Depart- 

 ment of Public Instruction, Technical Education Branch, Technological 

 Museum. Received August 30, 1910. 

 "A glabrous woody climber. Leaves opposite, glabrous on both sides. The stem 

 is about 1 inch in diameter a foot or so above the ground, the bark being of a quite 

 corky nature. 



"Stock are very fond of the leaves, so that this plant should be ranked as a fodder. 

 My attention was first drawn to this plant by Mr. A. Paddison, of New Angledool, who 

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