16 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



"These nuts have been gathered by one of our representatives residing on 

 the islam! of Catanduanes and arc fresh stock, hulled by the cold-water 

 process. Mr. Jacobson stated thai the shipment consists of at leasl two dis- 

 tinct types, and it is the short, well rounded type thai we have been able to 

 germinate in our grounds in Luzon." (Adn. Hernandez.) 



40927. Axeurites Molucca >: a (L.) Willd. Euphorbiacese. 



(Aleurites triloba Forst.) Xiumbang. 



From Littleriver, Fla. Procured from Mr. Charles A. Mosier. Received 

 July 19, 1915. 



40928 to 40935. Obyza sattva L. Poacese. Rice. 



From Tananarivo, Madagascar. Presented by the Governor General <if 

 Madagascar. Received July 14, mi."). 



40928. No. 1.— A. Lava. 40932. No.3— A. Madinika. 



40929. No. 1.— B. Lava. 40933. No. 3.— P». Madinilca. 



40930. No.2. — A. Lava somotra. 40934. No. 4.— A. Vato. 



40931. No. 2.— B. Lava somotra. 40935. No. 4.— B. Vato. 



40936. Bambos tulda longispictjlata (Gamb. and Brand.) Bois 



and Grignan. Poacese. Bamboo. 



From Nice, France. Presented by Dr. A. Robertson Proschowsky. Plants 

 received .Inly 21, 1915. 



" M. Riviere, who was here about a year ago and saw my plant, appeared to 

 doubt that my specimen was exactly the same species as described by him under 

 the name Bambos maeroculmis (not from flowers, which he never saw). But 

 I have the impression that Ids doubt depended mainly on the difference in size, 

 his B. maeroculmis acquiring up to 2.1 meters in height, while my plant has 

 not until now produced shoots more than 15 to 18 meters in height. Still this 

 seems of little importance, as my plant is in a rather poor condition, crowded 

 all around by trees, palms, etc., and poorly exposed in poor soil, and there can 

 be no doubt that under good conditions my plant would make a much better 

 growth. Anyhow, my plant corresponds exactly to description of /;. maeroculmis. 

 It has flowered tor three consecutive years on one or two of the smallest shouts, 

 but it is growing on jusi as usual, and evidently belongs to the bamboos which 

 do not die after flowering. The stalks are comparatively compact, with less 

 cavity than the ordinary Japanese and Chinese species so common in gardens, 

 and very strong and lasting, which I can testify, having used them for prolonga- 

 tion of a very long and heavy ladder. This large bamboo is hardy in my badly 

 exposed irarden and therefore would be so generally on the Riviera. The new 



si ts start in autumn and generally do not finish development before spring, 



but when frost arrives they do not suffer; growth is simply arrested for some 

 time. Of course it is possible that in low. water-logged ground and with lasting 

 frosts the young shoots mighl be killed, but in my garden on a steep hill this 



has not happened. Unfortunately, no seed has been produced, but this species 

 can be multiplied by slips of the crowded side branches which yearly start 

 anew ami form aerial rhizomes. If I should divide the clump, it would be 

 a question of an enormous bulk, which, even when cutting away the stalks 

 (which, according to my experience here when transplanting, can not be safely 

 done, such clumps without leafage dying), would weigh nearly a hundred 





