﻿50 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  26938. 
  Pterygota 
  alata 
  (Roxb.) 
  R. 
  Br. 
  

  

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

   March 
  4, 
  1910. 
  

   "The 
  winged 
  seeds 
  of 
  this 
  tree 
  are 
  sometimes 
  eaten 
  by 
  the 
  natives 
  of 
  Burma; 
  accord- 
  

   ing 
  to 
  Roxburgh 
  they 
  are 
  used 
  in 
  Sylhet 
  as 
  a 
  cheap 
  substitute 
  for 
  opium. 
  The 
  wood 
  

   is 
  light, 
  coarsely 
  fibrous, 
  yellowish 
  white, 
  perishable." 
  (Watt, 
  Dictionary 
  of 
  the 
  Eco- 
  

   nomic 
  Products 
  of 
  India, 
  vol. 
  6, 
  pt. 
  3, 
  p. 
  361.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  western 
  peninsula 
  of 
  India 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  vicinities 
  of 
  Sylhet, 
  

   Chittagong, 
  Pegu, 
  Martaban, 
  and 
  Tenasserim; 
  also 
  on 
  the 
  Andaman 
  islands. 
  

  

  26939 
  to 
  26943. 
  Solanum 
  commersonii 
  Dun. 
  

  

  From 
  Berlin, 
  Germany. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  L. 
  Wittmack, 
  Royal 
  School 
  of 
  Agri- 
  

   culture. 
  Received 
  March 
  4, 
  1910. 
  

   Tubers 
  for 
  use 
  in 
  potato-breeding 
  investigations. 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Montevideo, 
  Uruguay. 
  

  

  26944. 
  Zizania 
  latifolia 
  (Griseb.) 
  Stapf. 
  

  

  From 
  Kew, 
  England. 
  Presented 
  by 
  the 
  Royal 
  Botanic 
  Gardens, 
  at 
  the 
  request 
  

   of 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  S. 
  Scofield. 
  Received 
  March 
  3, 
  1910. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  26760 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  26945. 
  Quercus 
  dent 
  at 
  a 
  Thunb. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  Ming 
  Tombs, 
  near 
  Nan 
  Kou, 
  China. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  Bade, 
  

   through 
  Mr. 
  Hamilton 
  Butler, 
  vice 
  consul-general 
  in 
  charge, 
  Tientsin. 
  

   Received 
  January 
  25, 
  1910. 
  

   For 
  previous 
  introductions 
  see 
  Nos. 
  17842, 
  17879, 
  and 
  18265. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Mountain 
  slopes 
  in 
  the 
  provinces 
  of 
  Chihli, 
  Shingking, 
  Shantung, 
  

   Shensi, 
  and 
  Yunnan, 
  China, 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Port 
  Hamilton, 
  Korea, 
  on 
  Green 
  Island, 
  

   in 
  the 
  Korean 
  Archipelago, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  vicinities 
  of 
  Hakodate, 
  Simoda, 
  Yokohama, 
  

   and 
  Yokosuka, 
  in 
  Japan. 
  

  

  26946 
  to 
  26948. 
  Phoenix 
  dactylifera 
  L. 
  Date. 
  

  

  From 
  Panj 
  Chur, 
  Baluchistan. 
  Procured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  John 
  A. 
  Ray, 
  American 
  consul, 
  

   Maskat, 
  Oman, 
  Arabia. 
  Received 
  January 
  29 
  and 
  March 
  5, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Ray: 
  

  

  26946. 
  ''The 
  best 
  dates; 
  packed 
  in 
  little 
  cases 
  of 
  straw 
  and 
  called 
  'pish 
  baud' 
  

   from 
  pish 
  (straw) 
  and 
  baud 
  (tied); 
  that 
  is, 
  tied 
  in 
  straw." 
  

  

  26947. 
  "Dates 
  packed 
  in 
  a 
  skin. 
  Said 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  kind 
  sold 
  in 
  jars 
  in 
  India. 
  

   They 
  are 
  called 
  'mazabti,' 
  1 
  which 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  mean 
  'cleaned' 
  in 
  Baluchi. 
  On 
  

   reaching 
  India 
  they 
  are 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  skins 
  and 
  placed 
  in 
  jars, 
  and 
  they 
  

   are 
  then 
  known 
  as 
  'burni' 
  dates, 
  from 
  burni 
  (meaning 
  jar 
  in 
  Hindustani)." 
  

  

  26948. 
  These 
  dates 
  are 
  better 
  than 
  the 
  preceding 
  numbers. 
  They 
  are 
  

   packed 
  in 
  jars 
  and 
  are 
  called 
  in 
  the 
  Baluchi 
  language 
  l 
  hoomb 
  ' 
  (I 
  do 
  not 
  know 
  

   how 
  they 
  write 
  it). 
  In 
  Arabic 
  they 
  are 
  called 
  'burni,' 
  meaning 
  jar." 
  

  

  26949. 
  Diospyros 
  kaki 
  L. 
  f. 
  Persimmon. 
  

  

  From 
  Hwai 
  Yuan, 
  via 
  Nanking, 
  China, 
  presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Samuel 
  Cochran, 
  

   American 
  Presbyterian 
  Mission. 
  Received 
  February 
  26, 
  1910. 
  

  

  26950. 
  Zea 
  mays 
  L. 
  Corn. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  hacienda 
  of 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  E. 
  Graham, 
  of 
  Forlon, 
  Tamaulipas, 
  Mexico, 
  post-office 
  

   address 
  Cruz 
  Station, 
  Tamaulipas, 
  Mexico. 
  Procured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Clarence 
  A. 
  Miller, 
  

   American 
  consul, 
  Matamoros, 
  Mexico. 
  Received 
  March 
  8, 
  1910. 
  

   White 
  seeded. 
  

   207 
  

  

  