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  OCTOBER 
  1 
  TO 
  DECEMBER 
  31, 
  1909. 
  23 
  

  

  26162 
  to 
  26178— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  26175 
  to 
  26178— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Mexico 
  and 
  Central 
  America, 
  from 
  Sierra 
  Madre 
  and 
  

   Zacatecas, 
  south 
  to 
  Nicaragua. 
  

  

  26176. 
  Haematoxylum 
  campechianum 
  L. 
  Logwood. 
  

   "Leguminous. 
  The 
  tree 
  furnishes 
  the 
  logwood 
  of 
  commerce 
  and 
  the 
  

  

  wood 
  may 
  be 
  utilized 
  in 
  turning. 
  The 
  honey 
  produced 
  from 
  the 
  flowers 
  

   of 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  finest 
  in 
  the 
  world. 
  The 
  tree 
  attains 
  a 
  

   height 
  of 
  30 
  to 
  45 
  feet." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Central 
  America, 
  from 
  Tehuantepec 
  and 
  Yucatan 
  to 
  

   Nicaragua 
  and 
  Colombia; 
  also 
  West 
  Indies. 
  

  

  26177. 
  BOUSSINGAULTIA 
  BASELLOIDES 
  H. 
  B. 
  K. 
  

  

  "A 
  rapid-growing 
  half-hardy 
  ornamental 
  climber. 
  The 
  flowers 
  on 
  

   opening 
  are 
  white 
  and 
  fragrant, 
  turning 
  black 
  before 
  withering. 
  Easily 
  

   propagated 
  from 
  tubers 
  growing 
  on 
  the 
  stem." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Southern 
  Mexico 
  and 
  South 
  America, 
  from 
  Gonacatepec 
  

   south 
  to 
  southern 
  Brazil. 
  

  

  26178. 
  Cedrela 
  odorata 
  L. 
  

  

  ' 
  ' 
  Indigenous 
  to 
  the 
  West 
  Indies 
  ; 
  attains 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  80 
  feet 
  . 
  The 
  wood 
  is 
  

   light, 
  of 
  pleasant 
  odor, 
  and 
  easily 
  worked, 
  preferentially 
  chosen 
  in 
  its 
  native 
  

   country 
  for 
  cigar 
  boxes 
  and 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  other 
  articles; 
  also 
  furniture." 
  

  

  26179 
  to 
  26182. 
  

  

  From 
  Tripoli, 
  in 
  Barbary, 
  North 
  Africa. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  William 
  Coffin, 
  

   American 
  consul. 
  Received 
  October 
  28 
  and 
  November 
  1, 
  1909. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  descriptive 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Coffin: 
  

  

  26179. 
  Hordeum 
  vtjlgare 
  L. 
  Barley. 
  

   Dry 
  land. 
  

  

  26180. 
  Pennisetum 
  americanum 
  (L.) 
  Schum. 
  Pearl 
  millet. 
  

   "Kassab. 
  The 
  Arabs 
  think 
  very 
  highly 
  of 
  this 
  grain 
  as 
  a 
  food 
  and 
  use 
  the 
  

  

  grass 
  as 
  fodder 
  for 
  their 
  stock." 
  

  

  26181. 
  Medicago 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Alfalfa. 
  

   "Safsafa 
  or 
  Susfa. 
  Sometimes 
  they 
  get 
  eight 
  crops 
  of 
  this 
  in 
  the 
  eight 
  months 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  year 
  it 
  grows. 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  at 
  least 
  five, 
  and 
  I 
  think 
  six, 
  crops 
  harvested 
  

   ♦ 
  from 
  fields 
  just 
  back 
  of 
  my 
  house. 
  They 
  irrigate 
  about 
  every 
  four 
  days." 
  

  

  26182. 
  Citrus 
  aurantium 
  sinensis 
  L. 
  Orange. 
  

   Blood 
  flesh. 
  (Plants.) 
  

  

  26183. 
  Stizolobium 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  Sibpur, 
  near 
  Calcutta, 
  India. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Maj. 
  A. 
  T. 
  Gage, 
  director 
  

   Royal 
  Botanic 
  Garden. 
  Received 
  November 
  2, 
  1909. 
  

   Black 
  seeded. 
  

  

  26184. 
  Fttntumia 
  elastica 
  (Preuss) 
  Stapf. 
  

  

  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Gilbert 
  Christy, 
  F. 
  L. 
  S., 
  care 
  of 
  Thomas 
  Christy 
  & 
  Co., 
  

   4, 
  10, 
  and 
  12 
  Old 
  Swan 
  lane, 
  Upper 
  Thames 
  street, 
  E. 
  C, 
  London, 
  England. 
  

   Received 
  December 
  2, 
  1909. 
  

   ' 
  ' 
  Seeds 
  of 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  forest 
  tree. 
  I 
  suggest 
  that 
  you 
  have 
  them 
  planted 
  in 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   Cuban 
  stations. 
  It 
  would 
  be 
  necessary 
  to 
  shade 
  the 
  growing 
  seedlings 
  in 
  the 
  summer, 
  

   otherwise 
  they 
  would 
  be 
  likely 
  to 
  dry 
  off." 
  (Christy.) 
  

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