V)0 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



40844 and 40845. 



From Johannesburg, Union of South Africa. Presented by Mr. J. Burtt 

 Davy, botanist, Agricultural Supply Association. Received June 7, 1915. 



40844. Clematis stanleyi Hooker. Ranunculacese. Clematis. 

 "An erect, robust herb, 3 feet in height with biternate. silky, wedge- 

 shaped leaves and large white to pink-purple flowers, 1 to 3 inches across." 

 (Davy.) 



40845. Protea sp. Proteacese. 



40846 and 40847. Phaseolus lunatus L. Fabacese. 



Madagascar butter bean. 



From Marseille, France. Presented by Dr. E. Heckel, Colonial Institute, 

 through the American consul general. Received May 29, 1915. 



40846. " Speckled with red." 40847. " White." 



40848. Holcus sorghum L. Poaceae. Sorghum. 

 (Sorghum vulgar e Pers.) 



From the Seychelles Islands. Presented by Mr. P. Rivaly Dupont, curator, 

 Botanic Station. Received June 22, 1915. 

 " Seeds of wild sorghum collected at Anse aux Pins, Mahe, Seychelles. The 

 three species got mixed while drying." (Dupont.) 



40849. Misanteca triandra (Swartz) Mez. Lauraceae. 



(Acrodiclidium jarnaicense Nees.) 

 From Miami, Fla. Presented by Mr. D. Sturrock. Received June 12, 1915. 



"A tall ornamental and shade tree with flaky bark and dense lustrous foliage; 

 leaves elliptic-oblong. Native of the Antilles. Does well in southern Florida." 

 ( Sturrock. ) 



" This species has the foliage of M. capitata with the inflorescence of .1/. 

 anacardioides. It is referred both by Grisebach and by Meissner to Acrodiclidium 

 jarnaicense, as a broad-leaved variety, and is, indeed, very nearly allied to that 

 species, which seems to connect the two genera, as the thick stamens are more 

 or less united at the base, though free at the summit. It has, however, the large 

 glands at the base of the stamens of Acrodiclidium, although no staminodia as in 

 most Misanteca." (Hooker, I cones Plantarum, vol. 3, p. .}7.) 



40850. Litchi chinensis Sonner. Sapindaceae. Litchi. 



(Nephelium litchi Cambess.) 



From Honolulu, Hawaii. Purchased from Mr. J. E. Higgins, horticulturist, 

 Hawaii Experiment Station. Received June 24. 1915. 



See S. P. I. Nos. 36042, 36066, and 38779 for previous introductions and 

 description. 



40851. Phyllostachys sp. Poaceae. Bamboo. 



From Savannah, Ga. Presented by Mr. S. B. Dayton. Received June 24, 

 1915. 

 This plant is supposed to be the same variety as S. P. I. No. 40842. 



