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29123 and 29124. Citrus limetta Risso — Continued. 



29124. "Potter seedless lime, from Tree River Estate, LaBrea, Pitch Lake. 

 These limes were excellent. I sampled over two dozen and did not find 

 any signs of seeds. Skin greenish; rind thick, but as the location of the 

 tree was a low, damp, fertile valley I am led to believe it would not produce 

 such coarse-skinned fruits under different circumstances." 



29125. NicoTiANA TABACUM L. Tobacco. 

 From Cuba. Presented by Mr. F. L. Cervantes, Havana, Cuba. Received 



December 8, 1910. 

 San Juan y Marlines. 



29126. NicoTiANA TABACUM L. Tobacco. 



From Pinar del Rio, Cuba. Presented by Mr. Francisco A. Montero, Santa 

 Clara, Cuba. Received December 12, 1910. 



Vuelta. 



29127 and 29128. Nicotiana tabacum L. Tobacco. 



From Cuba. Presented by Mr. Robert M. Grey, superintendent. Harvard P)Otan- 

 ical Experiment Station, Cienfuegos, Cuba. Received December 5, 1910. 

 Seeds of the following: 



29127. Remedios. Grown one year in Manicaragua, the chief tobacco dis- 

 trict in Santa Clara Province. 



29128. Vuelta. From the city of Pinar del Rio, Vuelta Abajo district. 



29129. Rajania pleioneura Griseb. "Waw-waw." 



From Cuba. Presented by Mr. Robert M. Grey, superintendent, Harvard Botan- 

 ical Experiment Station, Cienfuegos, Cuba. Received December 8, 1910. 

 "A large tuber that was brought in by one of the Guajiros from the hills under the 

 name ' Guagua name. ' It is also known here under the name of 'Alambrillo. ' " (Grey.) 

 See No. 28894 for previous introduction. 



29130 and 29131. Saccharum officinarum L. Sugar cane. 



From Cuba. Presented by Mr. Robert M. Grey, superintendent, Harvard Botan- 

 ical Experiment Station, Cienfuegos, Cuba. Received December 8, 1910. 

 Cuttings of the following: 



29130. Caledonia Queen. 



29131. Louisiana Purple. 



29132. Castanea crenata S. and Z. Chestnut. 



From Japan. Presented by Prof. T. Minami, Agricultural College, Tokoku 

 Imperial University, Hokushu, Japan. Received December 10, 1910. 

 Aomori. A variety of chestnut which is said to occiur in the northern part of the 

 north island of Japan. 



29133. Phytolacca acinosa Roxb. 



From Japan. Purchased from the Yokohama Nursery Co., Yokohama, Japan. 

 Received December 10, 1910. 

 Variety esculenta. "This is a perennial found wild only in moist mountain-forest 

 undergrowth. The leaves are eaten boiled in miso soup by rural people; the root is 

 somewhat poisonous and is used as a drug by the herb medical school; the berries/ 

 are not edible." ( Yokohama Nursery Co.) 



Distribution. — Southeastern Asia, extending from northern India eastward through 

 China to Japan. 

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