134 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



21033 to 21034. 



From Venice, Italy. Presented by Hon. Paul Nash, American consul, 

 June 7, 1907. 



21033. Brassica oleracea. Cabbage. 



"Eupus. From Ragusa, Dalmatia. In point of flavor the plant as 

 grown there is very different from the ordinary European varieties. 

 and highly prized by those who have eaten it. It appears that seeds 

 produced in Ragusa have been planted in various parts of Europe, Asia 

 Minor, and Africa, but the cabbages grown from them no longer retain 

 the peculiar flavor of the Kupus. Tins is equally true of regions of the 

 Dalmatian coast comparatively near Ragusa." (Nash.) 



21034. Lagenabia sp. (?) 



Procured from Fratelli Sgaravatti, Saonara, Padova, Italy. 



"This is a delicious, slightly sweet vegetable called Zucea, resembling 

 in form the cucumber and eaten slewed, fried, or boiled, and served cold 

 as a salad. The flowers of the squash arc also used here extensively, 

 and when fried to a crisp are most delightful." {Nash.) 



21039. Furcrai \ -p. 



From Nice, France. Presented by Dr. A. Robertson Proschowsky, June 13, 

 1907. 



The same as s. P. I. No. 2] 173. 



21040 to 21043. 



From Christchurch, New Zealand. Presented by Mr. L. Cockayne, 

 Ollivier's Road. June 13. 1907. 



21040. Myosotidium xoiiile. 



"From Chatham island: collected April, 1907." (Cockayne.) 



21041. Veronica macroura. 

 Cooks Strait form. 



21042. plttosporum tenuifolium. 



21043. Cassinia fulvida. 



"Grows on sand dunes." (Cockayne.) 



21044. Coleococcus amicarum. Caroline ivory-nut palm. 



From Ponape, Caroline Islands, Oceanica. Presented by Mr. Wm. S. Lyon, 

 horticulturist. Bureau of Agriculture. Manila, P. I., June 14, 1907. 



"A pinnate-leaved palm introduced into Guam from the Caroline Islands. The 

 nuts are of an ivory-like texture and are exported from the Carolines to Ger- 

 many for "button making. The spheroid fruit, about 7 cm. long and 8 cm. in 

 diameter, has a reddish brown, glossy, scaly shell. The surface of the seed is 

 glossy black and thickly striped, but not furrowed. The allied species of the 

 Solomon Islands (C. solomonensis) has a straw-colored shell, and that of C. 

 vitiensis, of Fiji, which is not used in the arts, is yellow. The inflorescence of 

 this genus has not yet been described. In some of the Solomon Islands the na- 

 tives prepare sago from the pith of the species growing there. It is said to keep 

 well and not to be injured by salt water, so that it is a valuable food staple to 

 take with them on their canoe voyages." (Safford's Useful Plants of Guam.) 



21045. Araucaria imbricata. Monkey-puzzle. 



From Coronel, Chile. Presented by Mr. Teodoro Finger, June 14, 1907. 



