58 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPOKTED. 



28833 to 28874. 



From Ventimiglia, Italy. Presented by Mr. Alwin Berger, La Mortola. Re- 

 ceived September 6, 1910. 

 Seeds of the following: 



28833. Acer oblongum Wall. Maple. 

 "Tree up to 50 feet in height, with glabrous, entire ovate-lanceolate leaves, 



coriaceous and glaucous beneath." {Bailey.) 



See No. 8659 for previous introduction. 



Distribution.— ^\oY>es of the temperate Himalayas at an altitude of 2,000 to 

 5,000 feet, extending from Kashmir to Sikkim in India, and in the vicinity of 

 Hongkong, China, and in the Nansei Islands. 



28834. Althaea sulphurea Boiss. and Hohen. 



Distiibution.— Lower slopes of the mountains in northern Persia, Afghanistan, 

 and Sungaria. 



28835. Asparagus acutifolius L. 



See No. 17981 for description. 



Distribution. — The countries bordering on the Mediterranean Sea from Por- 

 tugal and Spain through Italy and Greece to Syria, and in northern Afiica. 



28836. Ballota pseudodictamnus (L.) Benth. 



"A white-woolly, herbaceous plant, wool densely fioccose, leaves orbiculate, 

 entire or obsciu-ely crenate, base broadly cordate, petiole short, corolla whita 

 spotted with red, upper lip cut at the apex, bearded wathin." ( Willkomm and 

 Lange, Prodromus Florae Hispanicae.) 



Distribution.— In waste places and dry fields in Greece and the island of 

 Crete. 



28837. Ballota hispanica (L.) Benth. 



"An herbaceous plant, stem white woolly, leaves broadly ovate, obtuse, 

 velvety above, floccosely woolly below, corolla whitish." {Willkomm and 

 Lange, Prodromus Florae Hispanicae.) 



Distribution.— Jiry and stony places in Spain, Italy, Sicily, and Dalmatia. 



28838. Benincasa ceritera Sav.(?) 



28839. Berberis napaulensis (DC.) Spreng. Barberry. 

 ' ' The fiuit of this evergreen species is edible. The plant is hardy to latitude 



59° 55^ in Norway (Schuebeler). " {Von Mueller.) 



See No. 8853 for previous introduction. 



Distribution. — On the lower slopes of the Himalayas at an elevation of 4,000 

 to 8,000 feet from Gurhwal to Bhutan in northern India, and on the Khasi Hills 

 in southern India. 



28840. Buddleia brasiliensis Jacq. 



"An evergreen tender shrub with orange flowers." {Johnson' s Gardeners' 

 Dictionary.) 



A shrub with ovate leaves united around the square stem, native of Brazil. 



28841. BuonLEiA globosa Hope. 

 See No. 1576 for description. 



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