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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  27014 
  to 
  27016— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  27016. 
  Vangueria 
  inpausta 
  Burch. 
  Mispel. 
  

   "The 
  'mispel,' 
  miscalled 
  'wild 
  medlar,' 
  and 
  known 
  as 
  moupoula 
  or 
  mobola 
  

  

  by 
  the 
  natives, 
  is 
  common 
  on 
  kopjes 
  and 
  randjes 
  in 
  the 
  Bosh 
  veldt, 
  and 
  is 
  also 
  

   met 
  with 
  occasionally 
  on 
  kopjes 
  on 
  the 
  Hoogeveld. 
  

  

  "The 
  fruit 
  of 
  the 
  mispel 
  is 
  sometimes 
  described 
  as 
  the 
  best 
  native 
  fruit 
  of 
  the 
  

   Transvaal. 
  It 
  has 
  an 
  excellent 
  flavor 
  and 
  is 
  large 
  enough 
  to 
  be 
  worth 
  eating, 
  

   being 
  over 
  an 
  inch 
  in 
  diameter. 
  The 
  flavor 
  reminds 
  one 
  a 
  little 
  of 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  

   medlar." 
  (Transvaal 
  Agricultural 
  Journal, 
  October, 
  1904, 
  p. 
  125.) 
  

  

  See 
  No. 
  25171 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  27017 
  to 
  27019. 
  

  

  From 
  Cape 
  Colony, 
  South 
  Africa. 
  Procured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Charles 
  P. 
  Lounsbury, 
  Gov- 
  

   ernment 
  entomologist. 
  Received 
  March 
  12, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  27017. 
  Barosma 
  crenulata 
  (L.) 
  Hook. 
  True, 
  buchu. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  25817 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  27018. 
  Empleurum 
  unicapsularis 
  (L.) 
  Skeels. 
  False 
  buchu. 
  

   (Diosma 
  unicapsularis 
  L. 
  Suppl., 
  pL 
  155. 
  1781. 
  Empleurum 
  serrulatum 
  

  

  Soland. 
  in 
  Ait 
  on, 
  Hort. 
  Kew., 
  vol. 
  3, 
  p. 
  340. 
  1789.) 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  was 
  referred 
  to 
  the 
  genus 
  Diosma 
  when 
  originally 
  described 
  by 
  

   Linnaeus, 
  but 
  when 
  Solander 
  in 
  1789, 
  recognizing 
  its 
  generic 
  distinctness, 
  estab- 
  

   lished 
  the 
  genus 
  Empleurum 
  for 
  it 
  he 
  changed 
  the 
  specific 
  designation, 
  as 
  was 
  

   frequently 
  done 
  in 
  transferring 
  a 
  species 
  from 
  one 
  genus 
  to 
  another. 
  The 
  

   original 
  specific 
  name 
  has 
  not 
  previously 
  been 
  used 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  

   above 
  generic 
  name. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  extreme 
  southern 
  part 
  of 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  in 
  Africa 
  from 
  

   mountain 
  valleys 
  in 
  the 
  Tulbagh 
  district 
  eastward 
  to 
  the 
  Zwartberg. 
  

  

  27019. 
  Barosma 
  serratipolia 
  (Curt.) 
  Willd. 
  Long-leaved 
  buchu. 
  

   Procured 
  through 
  Rev. 
  R. 
  Schmidt, 
  of 
  the 
  Moravian 
  Mission 
  at 
  Genadendal, 
  

  

  Caledon. 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  Mountain 
  slopes 
  in 
  the 
  southern 
  part 
  of 
  Cape 
  Colony. 
  

  

  27020. 
  Pyrtts 
  sp. 
  * 
  Pear. 
  

  

  From 
  St. 
  Anthony 
  Park, 
  St. 
  Paul, 
  Minn. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Samuel 
  B. 
  Green, 
  

   Division 
  of 
  Horticulture 
  and 
  Forestry, 
  University 
  of 
  Minnesota. 
  Received 
  

   March 
  14, 
  1910. 
  

   "Plants 
  grown 
  from 
  seed 
  received 
  from 
  Professor 
  Parker, 
  Manchuria." 
  (Green.) 
  

  

  27025. 
  Picea 
  obovata 
  schrenkiana 
  (Fisch. 
  and 
  Mey.) 
  Carr. 
  

  

  From 
  Orleans, 
  France. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  Messrs. 
  Barbier 
  & 
  Co. 
  Received 
  March 
  

  

  16, 
  1910. 
  

  

  "This 
  variety 
  is 
  closely 
  related 
  in 
  appearance 
  to 
  Picea 
  excelsa, 
  but 
  it 
  differs 
  from 
  it 
  

  

  in 
  the 
  bracts 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  cones, 
  which 
  are 
  much 
  longer, 
  and 
  in 
  its 
  leaves, 
  which 
  

  

  are 
  farther 
  apart, 
  thicker, 
  and 
  longer, 
  often 
  25 
  to 
  30 
  mm. 
  The 
  cones 
  are 
  cylindrical, 
  

  

  8 
  cm. 
  long 
  by 
  22 
  mm. 
  in 
  diameter. 
  Here 
  (Paris), 
  the 
  plants 
  are 
  bushy; 
  the 
  branches 
  

  

  generally 
  frail, 
  spreading, 
  deflected, 
  and 
  although 
  it 
  comes 
  from 
  the 
  cold 
  parts 
  of 
  

  

  Europe, 
  is, 
  nevertheless, 
  delicate, 
  grows 
  badly, 
  and 
  often 
  freezes, 
  being 
  injured 
  by 
  the 
  

  

  spring 
  frosts, 
  which 
  come 
  after 
  they 
  have 
  started 
  to 
  grow. 
  This 
  form 
  particularly, 
  

  

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