﻿APRIL, 
  1 
  TO 
  JUNE 
  30, 
  1910. 
  51 
  

  

  27955— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  the 
  natives 
  protect 
  the 
  mouth 
  and 
  nose 
  with 
  cloths 
  while 
  working 
  on 
  this 
  product." 
  

   (R. 
  H. 
  True.) 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  lower 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  Atlas 
  Mountains 
  in 
  Morocco. 
  

  

  27956. 
  Gossypium 
  barbadense 
  L. 
  Cotton. 
  

  

  From 
  Trujillo, 
  Honduras. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  T. 
  S. 
  Chaffee, 
  through 
  Dr. 
  J. 
  N. 
  

   Rose, 
  Associate 
  Curator, 
  Division 
  of 
  Plants, 
  U. 
  S. 
  National 
  Museum, 
  Washing- 
  

   ton, 
  D. 
  C. 
  Received 
  May 
  23, 
  1910. 
  

   "A 
  sample 
  of 
  sea 
  island 
  cotton 
  grown 
  here 
  from 
  seed 
  planted 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  

   August, 
  1909. 
  The 
  stalk 
  measured 
  10 
  J 
  feet 
  in 
  height 
  and 
  bore 
  78 
  bolls 
  and 
  6 
  blossoms." 
  

   {Chaffee.) 
  

  

  27957. 
  Feijoa 
  sellowiana 
  Berg. 
  "Guayuba." 
  

  

  From 
  Salto, 
  Uruguay. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  John 
  J. 
  C. 
  Williams. 
  Received 
  May 
  

   23, 
  1910. 
  

   For 
  description 
  see 
  S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  Nos. 
  26120 
  and 
  26121. 
  

  

  27958. 
  Koyena 
  pallens 
  Thunb. 
  

  

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

   Government 
  agrostologist 
  and 
  botanist. 
  Received 
  May 
  23, 
  1910. 
  

   "Blaauw-bosch. 
  A 
  bush 
  growing 
  in 
  the 
  semitropical 
  and 
  southwestern 
  districts 
  of 
  

   the 
  Transvaal, 
  the 
  fruit 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  edible." 
  (Davy.) 
  

  

  Distribution.— 
  Along 
  the 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  woods 
  in 
  southern 
  Africa, 
  extending 
  from 
  

   Lower 
  Guinea 
  and 
  the 
  Mozambique 
  district 
  southward 
  to 
  the 
  Cape, 
  rising 
  to 
  an 
  ele- 
  

   vation 
  of 
  5,000 
  feet 
  in 
  Natal. 
  

  

  27959. 
  Cacara 
  erosa 
  (L.) 
  Kuntze. 
  

  

  From 
  Tampico, 
  Mexico. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Edward 
  Palmer. 
  Received 
  May, 
  

   1910. 
  

   " 
  Jicama 
  de 
  Aqua. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  finest 
  and 
  most 
  valued 
  variety, 
  because 
  of 
  the 
  agree- 
  

   able 
  water 
  it 
  affords. 
  Travelers 
  carry 
  a 
  supply 
  of 
  the 
  roots 
  as 
  a 
  substitute 
  for 
  water. 
  

   This 
  winter 
  it 
  was 
  for 
  sale 
  at 
  many 
  street 
  corners." 
  (Palmer.) 
  

   See 
  No. 
  22971 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  27960. 
  Cannabis 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Hemp. 
  

  

  From 
  Gumma 
  Prefecture, 
  Japan. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  the 
  Yokohama 
  Nursery 
  Com- 
  

   pany, 
  Yokohama, 
  Japan. 
  Received 
  May 
  21, 
  1910. 
  

   A 
  large 
  variety 
  of 
  hemp, 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  10 
  feet 
  long. 
  

  

  27961 
  to 
  27968. 
  

  

  From 
  Russia. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Frank 
  N. 
  Meyer, 
  agricultural 
  explorer, 
  

   May 
  18, 
  1910. 
  

   Cuttings 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  27961. 
  Punica 
  granatum 
  L. 
  Pomegranate. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Yelisavetpol, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  7-53, 
  Apr. 
  6, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  

   variety 
  of 
  pomegranate 
  called 
  in 
  the 
  Tartar 
  language 
  'Kizil 
  Kabuch.' 
  Fruits 
  

   very 
  large, 
  sometimes 
  5 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter, 
  of 
  bright-red 
  color; 
  flesh 
  of 
  sour- 
  

   sweet 
  taste. 
  Ripens 
  in 
  October 
  and 
  keeps 
  for 
  about 
  four 
  months. 
  Obtained 
  

   from 
  the 
  Vohrer 
  Estate, 
  Karaji. 
  

  

  "Yelisavetpol 
  is 
  famous 
  for 
  its 
  pomegranates, 
  which 
  are 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  finer 
  

   quality 
  than 
  any 
  place 
  else 
  in 
  the 
  Caucasus." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

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