14 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPOETED. 



45746 and 45747. Pyrus spp. Malacese. Pear. 



From Stotts Station, D. C. Presented by Mr. Bernard F. Jov Received 

 January 15, 1918. 



45746. Pyrcs sp. 



"A seedling pear of the oriental type, with small, hard, roundish 

 fruit, found on the place of Mr. Bernard F. Joy, Stotts Station D C 

 near the Eastern Star Home. Foliage glossy and leathery ; wood clean' 

 smooth, and bright ; growth vigorous ; tree very fruitful and has never 

 blighted ; fruit about the size of a walnut, hard and gritty, practically 

 worthless ; may be valuable as a resistant stock. According to Mr. Joy, 

 this tree came with a lot of varieties he purchased about 8 or 10 years 

 ago. More than likely it was a budded or grafted tree, and the bud 

 or graft failed to grow." (B. T. Gallotcay.) 

 45747. Pyrus sp. 



"A seedling pear of the oriental type, with large, roundish, apple- 

 shaped fruit ; found on the place of Mr. Bernard F. Joy, Stotts Station, 

 D. C, not far from the Eastern Star Home. A vigorous tree which so 

 far has not been subject to blight. The finiit is woody and gritty, but 

 quite sweet. The tree has a clean habit and may pro\» valuable as a 

 stock." (B. T. Galloicay.) 



45748. AcoKAXTHERA sPECTABiLis (Sond.) Benth. Apocynace^. 

 From Cairo, Egypt. Presented by Mr. F. G. Walsingham, Horticultural 



Section, Gizeh Branch, Ministry of Agriculture. Received January 5 

 1918. ' 



A large shrub, native to the western districts of South Africa from Albany to 

 Port Natal, growing on wooded sand hills near the sea. The glabrous branches 

 are stout, green, and obscurely angled. The coriaceous, elliptic leaves are 

 3 to 5 inches long and narrowed into a very short petiole. The pure white, 

 sweet-scented flowers borne on veiy short pedicels in densely fascicled short 

 cymes make the plant very beautiful at flowering time. In fact, so dense does 

 the inflorescence become that it often appears as a globose head near the top of 

 the branch. Some of the natives are said to consider this plant poisonous. 

 (Adapted from Curtis's Botanical Magazine, pi. 6359.) 



45749. CoLocAsiA escumnta (L.) Schott. Aracese. Taro. 



From Okitsu, Japan. Tubers received from Prof. T. Onda, of the Imperial 

 Agricultural College. Received January 15, 1918. 

 " Kinu-kataugi (Tego-imo). A Japanese taro of the dasheen type, the tubers 

 of which are similar in appearance to most other varieties received from that 

 country. In comparison with the Trinidad dasheen the cormels, or lateral 

 tubers, are small, moist when cooked, and lacking in flavor. However, this 

 variety is considered one of the best grown in Japan." (R. A. Young.) 



45750 to 45754. 



From Lavras, Minas Geraes, Brazil. Presented by Dr. Benjamin H. Hunni- 



cutt, Director da Escola Agricola de Lavras. Received January 7, 1918* 



45750. Myrciaria cauliflora (Mart.) Berg. Myrtacere. Jaboticaba. 



" One of the best indigenous fruits of Brazil and, at the same time, one 



of the most curious and interesting, owing to its habit of producing its 



fruits directly upon the trunk and larger branches (cauliflory). Several 



