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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPOETED. 
  

  

  26266 
  and 
  26267. 
  

  

  From 
  Cape 
  Town, 
  South 
  Africa. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  R. 
  W. 
  Thornton, 
  government 
  

   agriculturist, 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  Received 
  November 
  23, 
  1909. 
  

   Seed 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  26266. 
  Pentzia 
  incana 
  (Thunb.) 
  Kuntze. 
  " 
  Karroo 
  bush..' 
  > 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  Eastern 
  South 
  Africa, 
  from 
  Natal 
  south 
  to 
  Uitenhage, 
  Cape 
  

  

  Colony. 
  

  

  26267. 
  Panicum 
  sp. 
  

  

  "This 
  is 
  an 
  indigenous 
  grass 
  which 
  is 
  considered 
  to 
  be 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  grasses 
  

   in 
  the 
  Orange 
  River 
  Colony, 
  where 
  in 
  certain 
  parts 
  it 
  is 
  practically 
  the 
  only 
  

   fodder 
  which 
  the 
  stock 
  have." 
  (Thornton.) 
  

  

  26268 
  and 
  26269. 
  Passiflora 
  spp. 
  

  

  From 
  Port 
  of 
  Spain, 
  Trinidad. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  E. 
  Andre. 
  Received 
  Novem- 
  

   ber 
  27, 
  1909. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  26268. 
  Passiflora 
  quadrangularis 
  L. 
  Granadilla. 
  

   "A 
  plant 
  of 
  South 
  American 
  origin 
  very 
  closely 
  allied 
  to 
  Passiflora 
  macro- 
  

  

  carpa 
  and 
  P. 
  alata, 
  now 
  cultivated 
  in 
  many 
  tropical 
  countries. 
  Its 
  large, 
  

   greenish-yellow 
  fruit 
  has 
  a 
  thick 
  rind 
  which 
  is 
  sometimes 
  preserved, 
  and 
  the 
  

   pulp 
  surrounding 
  its 
  seeds, 
  though 
  sometimes 
  insipid, 
  is 
  usually 
  pleasant 
  

   flavored 
  and 
  is 
  made 
  into 
  cooling 
  drinks 
  and 
  sherbets. 
  The 
  seeds 
  are 
  too 
  

   large 
  to 
  be 
  swallowed 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  the 
  smaller 
  fruited 
  species. 
  This 
  plant 
  

   is 
  valuable 
  for 
  covering 
  arbors 
  and 
  verandas. 
  The 
  leaves 
  are 
  large, 
  mem- 
  

   branaceous, 
  and 
  heart 
  shaped; 
  the 
  large 
  fragrant 
  flowers 
  have 
  red 
  petals 
  alter- 
  

   nating 
  with 
  the 
  white 
  sepals, 
  while 
  in 
  the 
  closely 
  allied 
  P. 
  macrocarpa 
  both 
  

   the 
  sepals 
  and 
  petals 
  are 
  purplish. 
  Many 
  species 
  of 
  Passiflora. 
  are 
  incorrectly 
  

   referred 
  to 
  this 
  species." 
  (W. 
  E. 
  S 
  afford.) 
  

  

  26269. 
  Passiflora 
  maliformis 
  L. 
  Sweet 
  cup. 
  

   "This 
  species 
  is 
  frequently 
  cultivated 
  in 
  the 
  West 
  Indies, 
  and 
  on 
  some 
  of 
  

  

  the 
  islands 
  it 
  is 
  found 
  wild. 
  The 
  fruit 
  is 
  globose, 
  or 
  apple 
  shaped, 
  and 
  much 
  

   smaller 
  than 
  the 
  Granadilla 
  or 
  Barbadine 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  26268). 
  It 
  has 
  a 
  thin 
  

   shell-like 
  envelope, 
  not 
  soft 
  like 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  waterlemon 
  (P. 
  laurifolia) 
  but 
  

   varying 
  in 
  rigidity. 
  In 
  the 
  specimens 
  sent 
  the 
  shell, 
  which 
  is 
  yellow 
  and 
  

   marked 
  with 
  numerous 
  white 
  dots, 
  is 
  easily 
  indented, 
  almost 
  like 
  that 
  of 
  

   P. 
  ligularis, 
  but 
  in 
  some 
  varieties 
  it 
  is 
  hard 
  and 
  rigid, 
  even 
  sufficiently 
  so 
  that 
  

   snuffboxes 
  can 
  be 
  made 
  of 
  it. 
  The 
  pulp 
  is 
  pleasant 
  flavored 
  and 
  slightly 
  

   acidulous, 
  and 
  the 
  seeds 
  are 
  small 
  enough 
  to 
  swallow. 
  The 
  leaves 
  are 
  simple, 
  

   entire, 
  and 
  oval 
  or 
  ovate, 
  with 
  linear 
  lanceolate 
  stipules 
  and 
  petioles 
  bearing 
  

   two 
  glands. 
  The 
  flowers 
  are 
  sweet 
  scented 
  and 
  beautiful, 
  variegated 
  red 
  and 
  

   white, 
  with 
  blue 
  coronal 
  filaments." 
  (W. 
  E. 
  S 
  afford.) 
  

  

  26270 
  to 
  26278. 
  Rubus 
  spp. 
  

  

  From 
  western 
  Hupeh, 
  China. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  Prof. 
  C. 
  S. 
  Sargent, 
  director, 
  

   Arnold 
  Arboretum, 
  Jamaica 
  Plain, 
  Mass. 
  Received 
  November 
  29, 
  1909. 
  

   Plants 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  II. 
  Wilson: 
  

  

  26270. 
  Rubus 
  bambusarum 
  Fockc. 
  

  

  From 
  north 
  and 
  south 
  of 
  Ichang. 
  "(A. 
  A. 
  No. 
  48.) 
  A 
  straggling 
  plant; 
  

   height 
  10 
  to 
  15 
  feet. 
  Grows 
  in 
  thickets 
  .at 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  3,000 
  to 
  5,000 
  feet. 
  

   Flowers 
  pink. 
  A 
  fine 
  Rubus." 
  

   205 
  

  

  