﻿JANUARY 
  1 
  TO 
  MARCH 
  31, 
  1910. 
  67 
  

  

  27159 
  to 
  27160— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  Senegambia 
  region 
  in 
  upper 
  Guinea 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  coast 
  of 
  

   Africa, 
  and 
  along 
  the 
  eastern 
  coast 
  from 
  Abyssinia 
  south 
  to 
  the 
  Mozambique 
  dis- 
  

   trict. 
  Cultivated 
  in 
  India 
  and 
  Ceylon. 
  

  

  ' 
  ' 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  famous 
  Baobab 
  or 
  Monkey-bread 
  tree, 
  known 
  also 
  in 
  India 
  as 
  the 
  

   Cork 
  tree. 
  The 
  trunk 
  attains 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  40 
  to 
  60 
  feet 
  and 
  a 
  diameter 
  of 
  30 
  

   feet. 
  Its 
  bark 
  furnishes 
  cordage, 
  and 
  the 
  pulp 
  of 
  the 
  fruit 
  is 
  slightly 
  acid 
  and 
  

   refrigerant." 
  (Oliver, 
  Flora 
  Tropical 
  Africa, 
  vol. 
  1, 
  p. 
  213.) 
  

  

  27161 
  to 
  27163. 
  

  

  From 
  Algeria. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  L. 
  Trabut, 
  Algiers, 
  Algeria. 
  Received 
  March 
  

   14 
  and 
  18, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  27161. 
  Andropogon 
  sorghum 
  (L.) 
  Brot. 
  Durra. 
  

   "Variety 
  tinctorium. 
  Used 
  for 
  coloring 
  hides 
  red, 
  at 
  Insalah, 
  in 
  Arabia 
  

  

  Tafsut 
  hamra." 
  (Trabut.) 
  

  

  "I 
  have 
  compared 
  this 
  with 
  G. 
  I. 
  No. 
  103 
  which 
  was 
  received 
  directly 
  from 
  

   Dr. 
  Trabut 
  in 
  1904. 
  It 
  originated 
  on 
  the 
  Oasis 
  de 
  Couat, 
  below 
  30° 
  north 
  lati- 
  

   tude. 
  The 
  two 
  varieties 
  though 
  both 
  durras, 
  are 
  not 
  closely 
  related. 
  The 
  

   long, 
  rather 
  thin, 
  reddish 
  glumes 
  of 
  No. 
  27161, 
  and 
  the 
  medium-sized, 
  obovate, 
  

   yellowish-white 
  seeds 
  are 
  quite 
  different 
  from 
  the 
  leathery, 
  black 
  glumes 
  and 
  

   very 
  large 
  seeds 
  of 
  G. 
  I. 
  No. 
  103." 
  (Carleton 
  R. 
  Ball.) 
  

  

  27162. 
  Ziziphus 
  lotus 
  (L.) 
  Lam. 
  

  

  See 
  No. 
  21995 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  27163. 
  Asparagus 
  stipularis 
  Forsk. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  In 
  dry 
  places 
  along 
  roads 
  and 
  in 
  vineyards, 
  in 
  Portugal 
  and 
  

   southern 
  Spain, 
  in 
  Sicily, 
  the 
  Canary 
  Islands, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  part 
  of 
  

   Africa. 
  

  

  27164. 
  Stizolobium 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  Yokohama, 
  Japan. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  the 
  Yokohama 
  Nursery 
  Company. 
  

   Received 
  March 
  22, 
  1910. 
  

  

  27165. 
  Rosa 
  sp. 
  Rose. 
  

  

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

   March 
  15, 
  1910. 
  

   ' 
  ' 
  Cuttings 
  from 
  bushes 
  growing 
  wild 
  on 
  the 
  mountain 
  . 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  rambler, 
  and, 
  from 
  the 
  

   description, 
  seems 
  to 
  me 
  to 
  resemble 
  the 
  Cherokee." 
  (Farnham.) 
  

  

  27166 
  to 
  27170. 
  

  

  From 
  Buitenzorg, 
  Java. 
  Presented 
  by 
  the 
  Director 
  of 
  the 
  Botanic 
  Garden. 
  

   Received 
  March 
  21, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  27166 
  to 
  27168. 
  Nephelium 
  lappaceum 
  L. 
  Ramboetan. 
  

  

  27166. 
  Variety 
  si 
  matjan. 
  

  

  27167. 
  Variety 
  sin 
  jo 
  uja. 
  

  

  27168. 
  Variety 
  lebak 
  boeloes. 
  

  

  See 
  Nos. 
  25163 
  to 
  25165 
  for 
  description. 
  

   27169. 
  Durio 
  zibethinus 
  Murr. 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  Malayan 
  Islands; 
  cultivated 
  in 
  the 
  Malay 
  Peninsula. 
  

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