﻿APRIL 
  1 
  TO 
  JUNE 
  30, 
  1910. 
  13 
  

  

  27490— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  "The 
  B. 
  spinosa 
  (=B. 
  arundinacea) 
  grows 
  (when 
  it 
  is 
  vigorous) 
  in 
  the 
  manner 
  best 
  

   adapted 
  to 
  protect 
  its 
  young 
  stems 
  from 
  herbivora, 
  Riviere 
  says. 
  The 
  stems 
  branch 
  

   out 
  from 
  the 
  base, 
  and 
  then 
  spiny 
  branches, 
  overhanging 
  to 
  the 
  ground, 
  prevent 
  ani- 
  

   mals 
  from 
  approaching 
  the 
  trunk 
  and 
  eating 
  the 
  tender 
  young 
  stems. 
  This 
  makes 
  it 
  

   difficult 
  to 
  establish 
  hedges, 
  for 
  one 
  has 
  to 
  spare 
  the 
  lateral 
  branches 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  in 
  

   order 
  to 
  protect 
  the 
  young 
  shoots 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  year, 
  and 
  under 
  these 
  conditions 
  

   transplantation 
  is 
  painful, 
  or 
  else 
  it 
  is 
  necessary 
  to 
  protect 
  the 
  plants 
  during 
  their 
  first 
  

   years, 
  which 
  is 
  not 
  practicable." 
  (De 
  Lehaie.) 
  (Seed.) 
  

  

  27491 
  and 
  27492. 
  Pueraria 
  spp. 
  

  

  From 
  Darjiling, 
  Bengal, 
  British 
  India. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  H. 
  Cave, 
  curator 
  

   Lloyd 
  Botanic 
  Garden. 
  Received 
  April 
  6, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  27491. 
  Pueraria 
  phaseoloides 
  (Roxb.) 
  Benth. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Common 
  in 
  northern 
  and 
  eastern 
  India, 
  Malacca, 
  and 
  the 
  

   southern 
  part 
  of 
  China. 
  

  

  27492. 
  Pueraria 
  sp. 
  

  

  27493. 
  Abelmoschus 
  manihot 
  (L.) 
  Medic. 
  

  

  From 
  Yokohama, 
  Japan. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  the 
  Yokohama 
  Nursery 
  Co. 
  at 
  the 
  re- 
  

   quest 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Charles 
  J. 
  Brand. 
  Received 
  April 
  6, 
  1910. 
  

  

  "The 
  root 
  of 
  this 
  plant 
  is 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  Japanese 
  as 
  a 
  size 
  for 
  then 
  handmade 
  papers, 
  

   which 
  are 
  prepared 
  from 
  the 
  inner 
  bark 
  of 
  Edgeworihia 
  gardneri 
  and 
  several 
  varieties 
  of 
  

   the 
  paper 
  mulberry. 
  The 
  root 
  is 
  macerated 
  in 
  water 
  and 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  paper 
  pulp." 
  

   (Fairchild.) 
  

  

  "The 
  mucilage 
  is 
  obtained 
  from 
  the 
  roots 
  of 
  this 
  plant 
  as 
  follows: 
  Wash 
  off 
  the 
  dirt, 
  

   soak 
  in 
  fresh 
  water 
  for 
  some 
  hours, 
  and 
  crush 
  them 
  to 
  pieces. 
  The 
  substance 
  thus 
  pre- 
  

   pared 
  should 
  then 
  be 
  put 
  in 
  a 
  linen 
  bag 
  and 
  soaked 
  again 
  in 
  water. 
  When 
  the 
  mate- 
  

   rial 
  gets 
  thoroughly 
  soft, 
  the 
  juice 
  comes 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  bag 
  by 
  manipulating 
  in 
  the 
  vat 
  in 
  

   which 
  pulp 
  has 
  been 
  previously 
  mixed 
  to 
  receive 
  the 
  paste. 
  The 
  bag 
  should 
  be 
  

   squeezed 
  now 
  and 
  then, 
  as 
  the 
  mucilage 
  does 
  not 
  come 
  out 
  by 
  itself. 
  The 
  paper 
  

   maker 
  can 
  judge 
  whether 
  sufficient 
  mucilage 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  water 
  or 
  not 
  by 
  its 
  glutinous 
  

   consistency 
  . 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  best 
  mucilaginous 
  plant 
  extensively 
  used 
  in 
  Japan 
  . 
  " 
  ( 
  Yoko- 
  

   hama 
  Nursery 
  Co.) 
  (Seed.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Scattered 
  throughout 
  the 
  Tropics; 
  naturalized 
  in 
  the 
  southern 
  part 
  

   of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  from 
  Florida 
  to 
  Texas. 
  

  

  27494. 
  Diospyros 
  tessellaria 
  Poir. 
  

  

  From 
  Reduit, 
  Mauritius. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  B. 
  Boname, 
  director, 
  Agricultural 
  

   Station. 
  Received 
  April 
  6, 
  1910. 
  

   "A 
  tree, 
  or 
  shrub, 
  with 
  alternate, 
  oval, 
  or 
  ovate, 
  glabrous 
  leaves. 
  Flowers 
  densely 
  

   clustered, 
  sessile, 
  arising 
  from 
  lateral 
  nodules 
  on 
  the 
  young 
  branches. 
  The 
  fruit 
  is 
  

   edible 
  and 
  is 
  globular 
  or 
  ellipsoidal 
  in 
  form. 
  The 
  wood 
  is 
  valuable." 
  (Extract 
  from 
  

   Hiern, 
  Transactions 
  Cambridge 
  Philosophical 
  Society, 
  vol. 
  12, 
  pt. 
  1, 
  p. 
  176.) 
  (Seed.) 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  In 
  the 
  forests 
  of 
  the 
  highest 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Mauritius. 
  Prob- 
  

   ably 
  produces 
  the 
  ebony 
  of 
  Mauritius; 
  fruits 
  edible. 
  

  

  27495 
  and 
  27496. 
  

  

  From 
  Kingston, 
  Jamaica. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Aston 
  W. 
  Gardner, 
  manager, 
  The 
  

   Tangley 
  Fruit 
  Co. 
  Received 
  April 
  7, 
  1910. 
  

   208 
  

  

  