50 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



26938. Ptbrtgota alata (Roxb.) K. Br. 



From Nice, France IVr-nitcd by Dr. A. Robertson Proachowiky. Received 

 March i. l!»i(). 

 "The \viir_ r <-<l Bei^ls of this tree are sometimes eaten by the natives of Burma; accord- 

 ing to Roxblllgh they an- used in Sylhet as a cheap substitute for opium. The wood 

 is light, Coarsely fibrous, yellowish white, perishable." (Watt, Dictionary of the Eco- 

 nomic Product* of I mini, VOl. 6, pt. ,i, p. 361.) 



Distribution. The western peninsula of India and in the vicinities of Sylhet, 

 Chittagong, Pegu, Martaban, and Tenasserim; also on the Andaman islands. 



26939 to 26943. Solanum commersonii Dun. 



Prom Berlin, Germany. Presented by Mr. L. Wittmack, Royal School of Agri- 

 culture. Received March 4, 1910. 

 Tubers for use in potato-breeding investigations. 

 Distribution.— The vicinity of Montevideo, Uruguay. 



26944. Zizania latifolia (Griseb.) Stapf. 



From Kew, England. Presented by the Royal Botanic Gardens, at the request 

 of Mr. C. S. Scofield. Received March 3, 1910. 



See No. 26760 for description. 



26945. Quercus dentata Thunb. 



From the Ming Tombs, near Nan Kou, China. Presented by Mr. F. Bade, 

 through Mr. Hamilton Butler, vice consul-general in charge, Tientsin. 

 Received January 25, 1910. 



For previous introductions see Nos. 17842, 17879, and 18265. 



Distribution. — Mountain slopes in the provinces of Chihli, Shingking, Shantung, 

 Shensi, and Yunnan, China, in the vicinity of Port Hamilton, Korea, on Green Island, 

 in the Korean Archipelago, and in the vicinities of Hakodate, Simoda, Yokohama, 

 and Yokosuka, in Japan. 



26946 to 26948. Phoenix dactylifera L. Date. 



From Panj Chur, Baluchistan. Procured by Mr. John A. Ray, American consul, 

 Maskat, Oman, Arabia. Received January 29 and March 5, 1910. 



Seeds of the following; notes by Mr. Ray: 



26946. "The best dates; packed in little cases of straw and called 'pish baud' 

 from pish (straw) and baud (tied); that is, tied in straw." 



26947. "Dates packed in a skin. Said to be the kind sold in jars in India. 

 They are called 'mazabti,' which is said to mean 'cleaned' in Baluchi. On 

 reaching India they are taken from the skins and placed in jars, and they 

 are then known as 'burnV dates, from burni (meaning jar in Hindustani)." 



26948. These dates are better than the preceding numbers. They are 

 packed in jars and are called in the Baluchi language 'hoomb ' (I do not know 

 how they write it). In Arabic they are called 'burni,' meaning jar." 



26949. Diospyros kaki L. f. Persimmon. 



From Hwai Yuan, via Nanking, China, presented by Dr. Samuel Cochran, 

 American Presbyterian Mission. Received February 26, 1910. 



26950. Zea mays L. Corn. 



From the hacienda of Mr. A. E. Graham, of Forlon, Tamaulipas, Mexico, post-office 

 address Cruz Station, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Procured by Mr. Clarence A. Miller, 

 American consul, Matamoros, Mexico. Received March 8, 1910. 



White seeded. 

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