﻿JANUARY 
  1 
  TO 
  MARCH 
  31, 
  1910. 
  53 
  

  

  27006. 
  Teramnus 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  San 
  Jose, 
  Costa 
  Rica. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  Werckte, 
  through 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  Pittier. 
  

   Received 
  March 
  14, 
  1910. 
  

   "A 
  plant 
  that 
  maintains 
  the 
  fertility 
  of 
  the 
  soil 
  in 
  the 
  cool 
  highlands. 
  It 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  

   forage 
  plant 
  very 
  much 
  relished 
  by 
  cattle." 
  (Werckle.) 
  

  

  27007 
  to 
  27010. 
  Vitis 
  vinifera 
  L. 
  Grape. 
  

  

  From 
  Guadalajara, 
  Mexico. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Sr. 
  Louis 
  Barbieri, 
  Calle 
  del 
  Carro, 
  

   No. 
  27, 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Frederick 
  Chisolm. 
  Received 
  August 
  22, 
  1908. 
  Num- 
  

   bered 
  for 
  convenience 
  in 
  recording 
  distribution 
  March 
  14, 
  1910. 
  

   Cuttings 
  of 
  unnamed 
  varieties. 
  

  

  27011. 
  Hyphaene 
  guineensis 
  Schum. 
  ( 
  ?) 
  Ivory 
  nut. 
  

  

  From 
  Grand 
  Bassa, 
  Liberia. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  L. 
  Parker, 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  

   Agriculture, 
  Monrovia, 
  Liberia, 
  at 
  the 
  request 
  of 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  A. 
  Flower. 
  Received 
  

   March 
  12, 
  1910. 
  

   "This 
  nut 
  develops 
  at 
  the 
  root 
  of 
  the 
  plant. 
  The 
  natives 
  use 
  the 
  leaves 
  for 
  

   thatching 
  or 
  covering 
  the 
  roofs 
  of 
  their 
  houses." 
  (S. 
  G. 
  Harmon.) 
  

   See 
  No. 
  13136 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Along 
  the 
  west 
  coast 
  of 
  Africa 
  from 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Kongo 
  south 
  to 
  

   the 
  valley 
  of 
  the 
  Kuanza 
  River. 
  

  

  27013. 
  Virola 
  sebifera 
  Aubl. 
  Bicuiba. 
  

  

  From 
  Bahia, 
  Brazil. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Omar 
  E. 
  Mueller, 
  American 
  vice 
  consul. 
  

   Received 
  February 
  16, 
  1910. 
  

   "The 
  oil 
  from 
  the 
  seed 
  of 
  this 
  tree 
  is 
  used 
  for 
  making 
  candles, 
  and 
  the 
  inner 
  bark 
  is 
  

   used 
  for 
  medicinal 
  purposes." 
  (Extract 
  from 
  Engler 
  and 
  Prantl, 
  Natiirlichen 
  Pflanzen- 
  

   familien, 
  vol. 
  3, 
  pt. 
  2, 
  p. 
  42.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Damp 
  woods 
  along 
  streams 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  mountains 
  in 
  Guiana 
  and 
  the 
  

   valley 
  of 
  the 
  Amazon 
  in 
  Brazil. 
  

  

  27014 
  to 
  27016. 
  

  

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

   Government 
  agrostologist 
  and 
  botanist, 
  Transvaal 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  

   Received 
  March 
  11 
  and 
  12, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  27014. 
  Pacouria 
  capensis 
  (Oliver) 
  S. 
  Moore. 
  (Landolphia 
  capensis 
  Oliver.) 
  

   "This 
  fruit 
  is 
  sometimes 
  called 
  the 
  wild 
  apricot, 
  wild 
  peach, 
  or 
  in 
  Dutch, 
  

  

  wilde 
  perske; 
  the 
  Setsu 
  name 
  is 
  ' 
  Maraapa. 
  ' 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  low, 
  scrambling 
  shrub 
  com- 
  

   mon 
  on 
  the 
  kopjes 
  and 
  randjes 
  north 
  of 
  Pretoria, 
  producing 
  an 
  abundance 
  of 
  

   fragrant 
  white 
  flowers 
  in 
  spring, 
  and 
  numerous 
  large 
  reddish-yellow 
  fruits 
  in 
  

   January 
  and 
  February. 
  These 
  fruits 
  are 
  edible, 
  with 
  a 
  pleasantly 
  acid 
  flavor, 
  

   and 
  are 
  said 
  to 
  make 
  good 
  brandy, 
  jelly 
  and 
  vinegar." 
  (Transvaal 
  Agricul- 
  

   tural 
  Journal, 
  April, 
  1906, 
  p. 
  617.) 
  

   See 
  22530 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  27015. 
  Ximenia 
  caffra 
  Sond. 
  Kafir 
  plum. 
  

   "This 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  tree, 
  native 
  of 
  the 
  dry 
  bush 
  veldt 
  country 
  at 
  an 
  altitude 
  of 
  

  

  about 
  3,500 
  feet 
  in 
  districts 
  practically 
  free 
  from 
  frost. 
  The 
  drupe 
  is 
  fairly 
  

   large, 
  1 
  to 
  1| 
  inches 
  long, 
  fleshy 
  and 
  very 
  acid, 
  and 
  is 
  much 
  appreciated 
  by 
  the 
  

   Kafirs. 
  It 
  is 
  said 
  the 
  fruit 
  can 
  be 
  made 
  into 
  excellent 
  jelly. 
  " 
  (Davy.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  shrub 
  found 
  in 
  woods 
  in 
  the 
  vicinities 
  of 
  Macallisberg 
  and 
  of 
  

   Port 
  Natal, 
  in 
  South 
  Africa. 
  

  

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