﻿40 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  26851. 
  Chloris 
  gayana 
  Kunth. 
  Rhodes-grass. 
  

  

  From 
  Sydney, 
  New 
  South 
  Wales, 
  Australia. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  Messrs. 
  Anderson 
  

   & 
  Son. 
  Received 
  February 
  19, 
  1910. 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  Africa, 
  from 
  Abyssinia 
  south 
  to 
  the 
  Transvaal 
  region. 
  

  

  26853 
  and 
  26854. 
  Garcinia 
  spp. 
  

  

  From 
  Buitenzorg, 
  Java. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  Wigman, 
  jr., 
  Department 
  of 
  

   Agriculture. 
  Received 
  February 
  18, 
  1910 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  26853. 
  Garcinia 
  cowa 
  Roxb. 
  

  

  For 
  distribution 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  see 
  No. 
  24769. 
  

  

  26854. 
  Garcinia 
  dioica 
  Blume. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Mountain 
  slopes 
  in 
  the 
  Provinces 
  of 
  Buitenzorg, 
  Tjanjor, 
  and 
  

   Bantam, 
  on 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Java. 
  

  

  26855 
  and 
  26856. 
  

  

  From 
  Mayaguez, 
  Porto 
  Rico. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  E. 
  Hess, 
  Agricultural 
  Experi- 
  

   ment 
  Station, 
  through 
  Mr. 
  P. 
  J. 
  Wester. 
  Received 
  February 
  23, 
  1910. 
  

  

  26855. 
  Anona 
  palustris 
  L. 
  

  

  "A 
  small 
  tree 
  indigenous 
  to 
  tropical 
  America, 
  24 
  to 
  30 
  feet 
  high, 
  the 
  trunk 
  

   reaching 
  10 
  or 
  12 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter, 
  inhabiting 
  swampy 
  and 
  marshy 
  localities. 
  

   The 
  fruit 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  inedible." 
  (Wester.) 
  (Plants.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Native 
  and 
  cultivated 
  from 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Vera 
  Cruz 
  in 
  southern 
  

   Mexico 
  southward 
  to 
  Brazil, 
  in 
  the 
  West 
  Indies, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  Senegambia 
  region 
  

   of 
  Upper 
  Guinea, 
  Africa. 
  

  

  26856. 
  Rhodomyrtus 
  tomentosa 
  (Ait.) 
  Wight. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  25891 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  26857 
  and 
  26858. 
  

  

  From 
  Shanghai, 
  China. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Rev. 
  J. 
  M. 
  W. 
  Farnham. 
  Received 
  

   January 
  31, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  26857. 
  Chaetochloa 
  italica 
  (L.) 
  Scribn. 
  Siberian 
  millet. 
  

  

  26858. 
  Glycine 
  hispida 
  (Moench) 
  Maxim. 
  Soy 
  bean. 
  

   Yellow. 
  

  

  26862 
  to 
  26865. 
  

  

  From 
  Russia. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Frank 
  N. 
  Meyer, 
  agricultural 
  explorer, 
  

   February 
  24, 
  1910. 
  

   Plants 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

   26862. 
  Fagus 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Gagri, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  406, 
  February 
  2, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  tall 
  

   tree 
  in 
  the 
  forest, 
  having 
  a 
  whitish 
  trunk, 
  like 
  the 
  native 
  American 
  beech. 
  

   Seems 
  to 
  like 
  somewhat 
  shady, 
  cool 
  places. 
  Of 
  value 
  as 
  a 
  shade 
  and 
  timber 
  

   tree 
  in 
  the 
  moist, 
  mild-wintered 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

   26863 
  and 
  26864. 
  Viola 
  sp. 
  Violet. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Gagri, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(Nos. 
  411 
  and 
  412, 
  February 
  1, 
  1910.) 
  

   A 
  violet, 
  found 
  growing 
  on 
  semishady, 
  rather 
  dry 
  places 
  a 
  few 
  hundred 
  feet 
  

   above 
  sea 
  level. 
  Bears 
  small 
  blue 
  flowers 
  which 
  are 
  quite 
  fragrant. 
  Is 
  appar- 
  

   ently 
  more 
  drought 
  and 
  heat 
  resistant 
  than 
  the 
  ordinary 
  violets, 
  some 
  specimens 
  

   even 
  possessing 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  of 
  a 
  taproot. 
  This 
  may 
  be 
  of 
  value 
  in 
  breeding 
  a 
  

   more 
  drought 
  and 
  heat 
  resistant 
  strain 
  of 
  this 
  favorite 
  flower." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

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