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27014 to 27016— Continued. 



27016. \ anouehia i \ faust a Burch. Mispel. 



"The 'mispel.' miscalled 'wild medlar,' and known as moupoula or mobola 

 by the native*; ifl common on kopjes and randjes in the Bosh veldt, and is also 

 met with occasionally on kopjes on the Hoogeveld. 



"The fruit of the mispel is sometimes described as the best native fruit of the 

 Transvaal. Il has an excellent flavor and is large enough to be worth eating, 

 being over an inch in diameter. The flavor reminds one a little of that of the 

 medlar." (Transraal Agricultural Journal, October, 1904, p. 125.) 



See No. 25171 for previous introduction. 



27017 to 27019. 



From Cape Colony, South Africa. Procured by Mr. Charles P. Lounsbury, Gov- 

 ernment entomologist. Received March 12, 1910. 



Seeds of the following: 



27017. Barosma crenulata (L.) Hook. True buchu. 

 See No. 25817 for previous introduction. 



27018. Empleurum unicapsularis (L.) Skeels. False buchu. 

 (Diosma unicapsularis L. Suppl., pi. 155. 1781. Empleurum serrulatum 



Soland. in Ait on, Hort. Kew., vol. 3, p. 340. 1789.) 



This species was referred to the genus Diosma when originally described by 

 Linnaeus, but when Solander in 1789, recognizing its generic distinctness, estab- 

 lished the genus Empleurum for it he changed the specific designation, as was 

 frequently done in transferring a species from one genus to another. The 

 original specific name has not previously been used in connection with the 

 above generic name. 



Distribution. — The extreme southern part of Cape Colony in Africa from 

 mountain valleys in the Tulbagh district eastward to the Zwartberg. 



27019. Barosma serratifolia (Curt.) Willd. Long-leaved buchu. 



Procured through Rev. R. Schmidt, of the Moravian Mission at Genadendal, 

 Caledon. 



Distribution. — Mountain slopes in the southern part of Cape Colony. 



27020. Pyrus sp. Pear. 



From St. Anthony Park, St. Paul, Minn. Presented by Prof. Samuel B. Green, 

 Division of Horticulture and Forestry, University of Minnesota. Received 

 March 14, 1910. 



" Plants grown from seed received from Professor Parker, Manchuria." (Green.) 



27025. Pice a obovata schrenkiana (Fisch. and Mey.) Carr. 



From Orleans, France. Purchased from Messrs. Barbier & Co. Received March 

 16, 1910. 



"This variety is closely related in appearance to Picea excelsa, but it differs from it 

 in the bracts at the base of the cones, which are much longer, and in its leaves, which 

 are farther apart, thicker, and longer, often 25 to 30 mm. The cones are cylindrical, 

 8 cm. long by 22 mm. in diameter. Here (Paris), the plants are bushy; the branches 

 generally frail, spreading, deflected, and although it comes from the cold parts of 

 Europe, is, nevertheless, delicate, grows badly, and often freezes, being injured by the 

 spring frosts, which come after they have started to grow. This form particularly, 

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