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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPOBTED. 
  

  

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  Continued. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Along 
  the 
  west 
  coast 
  of 
  Africa 
  from 
  the 
  Gold 
  Coast 
  in 
  Ashanti 
  through 
  

   Lagos 
  and 
  lower 
  Nigeria 
  to 
  the 
  valley 
  of 
  Mungo 
  River; 
  usually 
  in 
  forests 
  and 
  along 
  

   streams. 
  

  

  26185. 
  Stizolobium 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  Tehwa, 
  via 
  Foochow, 
  China. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Miss 
  Jessie 
  A. 
  Marriott. 
  

  

  Received 
  December 
  3, 
  1909. 
  

  

  "This 
  species 
  has 
  pods 
  about 
  intermediate 
  in 
  character 
  between 
  the 
  Lyon 
  bean, 
  No. 
  

  

  19979, 
  and 
  the 
  Yokohama, 
  No. 
  25254. 
  To 
  judge 
  from 
  its 
  behavior 
  in 
  the 
  greenhouse, 
  

  

  it 
  is 
  about 
  intermediate 
  in 
  time 
  of 
  maturity 
  between 
  these 
  two 
  species. 
  The 
  flowers 
  

  

  are 
  white 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  Lyon 
  bean; 
  very 
  similar 
  to 
  the 
  Japanese 
  variety." 
  (C. 
  V. 
  Piper.) 
  

  

  26186 
  and 
  26187. 
  

  

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

   November 
  2, 
  1909. 
  

  

  26186. 
  FURCRAEA 
  BEDINGHOUSI 
  K. 
  Koch. 
  

  

  "This 
  plant 
  is 
  said 
  (like 
  most 
  Furcraea, 
  I 
  suppose) 
  to 
  produce 
  good 
  fibers. 
  

   This 
  species 
  is 
  hardier 
  than 
  any 
  other 
  Furcraea 
  I 
  cultivate 
  or 
  know, 
  and 
  has 
  once 
  

   resisted 
  from 
  5 
  to 
  7 
  degrees 
  below 
  zero 
  Centigrade, 
  without 
  suffering 
  the 
  least. 
  

   A 
  few 
  seeds 
  were 
  also 
  produced 
  on 
  the 
  6-meter-high 
  flower 
  stalk." 
  (Pro- 
  

   schowsky.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  On 
  the 
  slopes 
  of 
  Acusca 
  Mountain, 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Mexico, 
  

   at 
  an 
  'elevation 
  of 
  about 
  12,000 
  feet. 
  (Bulbs.) 
  

  

  26187. 
  Maytenus 
  boaria 
  Molina. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  3394 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Dry 
  lowlands 
  along 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Chili 
  and 
  southward 
  into 
  

   Patagonia. 
  . 
  (Seeds.) 
  

  

  26188. 
  Kaempferia 
  sp. 
  "Sherungulu." 
  

  

  From 
  Transvaal, 
  South 
  Africa. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Prof. 
  J. 
  Burtt 
  Davy, 
  government 
  

  

  agrostologist 
  and 
  botanist, 
  Transvaal 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  Pretoria. 
  

  

  Received 
  November 
  5, 
  1909. 
  

  

  "This 
  plant 
  grows 
  in 
  tropical 
  and 
  subtropical 
  Transvaal 
  and 
  the 
  tubers 
  or 
  rhizomes 
  

  

  are 
  dried 
  and 
  sent 
  up 
  from 
  the 
  Low 
  Country, 
  for 
  sale 
  to 
  natives 
  working 
  on 
  the 
  Wit- 
  

  

  watersrand, 
  by 
  whom 
  they 
  are 
  supposed 
  to 
  have 
  medicinal 
  or 
  other 
  virtues. 
  

  

  "It 
  has 
  been 
  suggested 
  that 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  remarkable 
  fragrance 
  of 
  the 
  tubers, 
  they 
  

   might 
  possibly 
  be 
  of 
  use 
  in 
  the 
  perfume 
  trade 
  for 
  scenting 
  tooth 
  powders, 
  soaps, 
  etc. 
  

   "The 
  flowers 
  are 
  distinctly 
  ornamental." 
  (Davy.) 
  (Tubers.) 
  

  

  26189. 
  Chrysanthemum 
  hybridum 
  Hort. 
  Shasta 
  daisy. 
  

  

  From 
  Rosedale, 
  Santa 
  Cruz, 
  California. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  George 
  J. 
  Streator. 
  

   Received 
  November 
  4, 
  1909. 
  

   "Streator's 
  strain 
  of 
  the 
  so-called 
  Shasta 
  daisy. 
  Seed 
  from 
  the 
  finest 
  semidouble, 
  

   quilled, 
  fimbriated, 
  or 
  fringed 
  forms." 
  (Streator.) 
  

  

  26193 
  to 
  26195. 
  

  

  From 
  Mexico. 
  Procured 
  by 
  Dr. 
  David 
  Griffiths, 
  Agriculturist, 
  of 
  this 
  Depart- 
  

   ment. 
  Received 
  November 
  5, 
  1909. 
  

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