﻿50 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  27950. 
  Sapindus 
  saponaria 
  L. 
  

  

  From 
  Vera 
  Cruz, 
  Mexico. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  William 
  W. 
  Canada, 
  American 
  

   consul 
  at 
  Vera 
  Cruz. 
  Received 
  May 
  19, 
  1910. 
  

  

  "This 
  berry-like 
  fruit 
  grows 
  in 
  clusters 
  like 
  the 
  grape, 
  and 
  a 
  tree 
  will 
  have 
  at 
  one 
  

   time 
  as 
  many 
  as 
  one 
  hundred 
  of 
  these 
  clusters. 
  The 
  tree 
  generally 
  attains 
  a 
  height 
  

   of 
  from 
  10 
  to 
  15 
  feet 
  and 
  is 
  very 
  leafy 
  and 
  spreading. 
  They 
  abound 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  

   Vera 
  Cruz, 
  where 
  the 
  fruit 
  is 
  known 
  by 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  ' 
  Jaboncillo 
  .' 
  

  

  "The 
  remarkable 
  saponaceous 
  properties 
  of 
  the 
  fruit 
  would 
  warrant 
  one 
  to 
  believe 
  

   that 
  it 
  may 
  possess 
  a 
  commercial 
  value. 
  If 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  berries 
  be 
  cut 
  open 
  by 
  passing 
  

   a 
  sharp 
  knife 
  around 
  its 
  middle, 
  a 
  black, 
  hard 
  seed 
  will 
  drop 
  therefrom, 
  and 
  the 
  pulp 
  

   and 
  shell 
  are 
  the 
  parts 
  that 
  appear 
  to 
  contain 
  the 
  soapy 
  properties. 
  When 
  rubbed 
  

   upon 
  a 
  wet 
  hand, 
  a 
  good 
  cleansing 
  lather 
  is 
  immediately 
  formed, 
  one 
  that 
  to 
  all 
  appear- 
  

   ances 
  has 
  been 
  produced 
  by 
  ordinary 
  soap." 
  (Canada.) 
  

  

  27951. 
  Vacciniumvitis-idaea 
  minor 
  Lodd. 
  Mountain 
  cranberry. 
  

  

  From 
  Charlottetown, 
  Prince 
  Edward 
  Island, 
  Canada. 
  Procured 
  through 
  Mr. 
  

   Frank 
  Deedmeyer, 
  American 
  consul. 
  Received 
  May 
  19, 
  1910. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  26420 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  27952 
  to 
  27954. 
  

  

  From 
  Honolulu, 
  Hawaii. 
  Procured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  E. 
  Higgins, 
  horticulturist, 
  

   Agricultural 
  Experiment 
  Station. 
  Received 
  May 
  18, 
  1910. 
  

   27952 
  and 
  27953. 
  Vaccinium 
  reticulatum 
  Smith. 
  Ohelo. 
  

  

  27952. 
  (Root 
  cuttings.) 
  27953. 
  (Seeds.) 
  

  

  "A 
  shrub 
  closely 
  related 
  to 
  the 
  blueberries 
  of 
  the 
  eastern 
  United 
  States, 
  but 
  

   bearing 
  a 
  larger 
  berry 
  of 
  a 
  light-red 
  color. 
  The 
  fruit 
  is 
  described 
  as 
  edible, 
  

   though 
  somewhat 
  astringent. 
  Preserves 
  and 
  jelly 
  are 
  made 
  from 
  it. 
  The 
  plant 
  

   is 
  celebrated 
  in 
  the 
  native 
  song 
  and 
  ceremonial 
  of 
  Hawaii 
  because 
  of 
  the 
  beauty 
  

   of 
  its 
  berries 
  and 
  the 
  occurrence 
  of 
  the 
  bush 
  on 
  high 
  mountain 
  summits. 
  These 
  

   roots 
  and 
  seeds 
  have 
  been 
  imported 
  for 
  use 
  in 
  experiments 
  on 
  the 
  domestication 
  

   of 
  the 
  blueberry." 
  (Frederick 
  V. 
  Coville.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  In 
  woods 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  mountains 
  in 
  the 
  Hawaiian 
  

   Islands. 
  

   27954. 
  Claucena 
  lansium 
  (Lour.) 
  Skeels. 
  

  

  "The 
  trees 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  in 
  Hawaii 
  are 
  about 
  18 
  to 
  20 
  feet 
  high 
  and 
  bear 
  

   quite 
  freely, 
  their 
  fruits 
  are 
  about 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  a 
  cherry, 
  and 
  straw 
  yellow 
  in 
  color, 
  

   very 
  much 
  like 
  the 
  longan. 
  The 
  fruit 
  is 
  very 
  highly 
  prized 
  by 
  the 
  Chinese." 
  

   (Higgins.) 
  

  

  See 
  No. 
  25546 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  27955. 
  Euphorbia 
  resinifera 
  Berg. 
  

  

  From 
  Algiers, 
  Algeria. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  L. 
  Trabut. 
  Received 
  May 
  23, 
  1910. 
  

   "This 
  is 
  a 
  cactuslike 
  plant 
  of 
  the 
  mountainous 
  parts 
  of 
  Morocco, 
  furnishing 
  the 
  

   gum 
  resin 
  known 
  to 
  the 
  crude 
  drug 
  market 
  as 
  euphorbium. 
  In 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  Sep- 
  

   tember, 
  after 
  the 
  rains 
  have 
  set 
  in, 
  the 
  plant 
  becomes 
  very 
  full 
  of 
  a 
  milky 
  sap 
  con- 
  

   tained 
  in 
  numerous 
  unbranched 
  latex 
  tubes. 
  The 
  plants 
  are 
  slashed 
  with 
  cutting 
  

   apparatus, 
  and 
  the 
  milky 
  juice, 
  exuding 
  in 
  quantity, 
  dries 
  on 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  plant 
  

   in 
  irregular 
  masses. 
  These 
  are 
  torn 
  off 
  by 
  the 
  natives 
  and 
  shipped 
  to 
  commercial 
  

   centers 
  from 
  the 
  ports 
  of 
  Morocco. 
  Owing 
  to 
  the 
  irritating 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  material, 
  

   208 
  

  

  