﻿APRIL 
  1 
  TO 
  JUNE 
  30, 
  1910. 
  63 
  

  

  28070 
  and 
  28071— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  28071. 
  "(No. 
  261.) 
  Seeds 
  gathered 
  from 
  plants 
  growing 
  wild 
  in 
  the 
  dry 
  

   steppe 
  region 
  at 
  Orenburg 
  in 
  1908, 
  by 
  courtesy 
  of 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  S. 
  Bogdan, 
  agronom- 
  

   ist 
  of 
  the 
  Turgai-Ural 
  region, 
  Orenburg, 
  Orenburg 
  Province, 
  on 
  the 
  extreme 
  

   eastern 
  border 
  of 
  European 
  Russia. 
  The 
  yield 
  of 
  hay 
  is 
  30 
  pood 
  per 
  des- 
  

   siatine, 
  which 
  equals 
  2 
  tons 
  per 
  acre, 
  and 
  the 
  yield 
  of 
  seed 
  26 
  pood 
  per 
  des- 
  

   siatine, 
  or 
  348 
  pounds 
  per 
  acre." 
  {Hansen.) 
  

  

  28072. 
  Aleurites 
  fordii 
  Hemsl. 
  China 
  wood-oil 
  tree. 
  

  

  From 
  Hankow, 
  China. 
  Procured 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Hubert 
  G. 
  Baugh, 
  vice 
  consul 
  

   general 
  in 
  charge. 
  Received 
  at 
  the 
  Plant 
  Introduction 
  Garden, 
  Chico, 
  Cal., 
  

   April 
  27, 
  1910. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  25081 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  28073 
  to 
  28092. 
  

  

  From 
  Port-of- 
  Spain, 
  Trinidad. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  Evans, 
  Botanical 
  Depart- 
  

   ment, 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  Received 
  June, 
  1910. 
  

   Plants 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Evans: 
  

  

  28073. 
  Anemopaegma 
  grandiflora 
  Sprague. 
  

   A 
  climbing 
  plant, 
  probably 
  a 
  native 
  of 
  Trinidad. 
  

  

  28074. 
  Anona 
  squamosa 
  L. 
  Sugar-apple. 
  

  

  28075. 
  Bertholletia 
  nobilis 
  Miers. 
  Brazil 
  nut. 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  northern 
  part 
  of 
  South 
  America; 
  in 
  the 
  valley 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  Amazon 
  and 
  in 
  Guiana. 
  

  

  28076. 
  Blighia 
  sapida 
  Konig. 
  Akee. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  24592 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  28077. 
  Caryophylltjs 
  aromaticus 
  L. 
  Clove. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  27680 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  28078. 
  Cinnamohum 
  camphora 
  (L.) 
  Nees. 
  Camphor. 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  Provinces 
  of 
  Kiangsu, 
  Chekiang, 
  Fukien, 
  Hupeh, 
  and 
  

  

  Kwangtung, 
  in 
  the 
  Chinese 
  Empire, 
  in 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Formosa, 
  and 
  in 
  Japan. 
  

   Commonly 
  cultivated 
  in 
  India 
  and 
  many 
  other 
  countries. 
  

  

  28079. 
  Cinnamomum 
  zeylanicum 
  Garc. 
  Cinnamon. 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  Probably 
  a 
  native 
  of 
  Ceylon; 
  cultivated 
  in 
  most 
  tropical 
  

  

  countries. 
  

  

  28080. 
  Coffea 
  laurentii 
  Wildem. 
  Coffee. 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  Found 
  in 
  cultivation 
  "at 
  Lusambo 
  on 
  Sankuru 
  River 
  in 
  the 
  

  

  Kongo 
  Free 
  State, 
  Africa. 
  

  

  28081. 
  Diospyros 
  discolor 
  Willd. 
  Mabola. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  26112 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  28082. 
  Durio 
  zibethinus 
  Murr. 
  Durian. 
  

   "A 
  large 
  tree 
  of 
  the 
  Malay 
  Islands, 
  producing 
  a 
  large 
  fruit 
  10 
  by 
  7 
  inches, 
  

  

  called 
  durian, 
  or 
  civet-cat 
  fruit, 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  cream-colored 
  fleshy 
  aril 
  or 
  pulp 
  

   enveloping 
  the 
  seeds, 
  like 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  jack-fruit, 
  is 
  the 
  part 
  eaten. 
  The 
  roasted 
  

   seeds 
  and 
  the 
  boiled 
  unripe 
  fruit 
  are 
  also 
  eaten 
  as 
  vegetables." 
  {Watt, 
  Dic- 
  

   tionary 
  of 
  the 
  Economic 
  Products 
  of 
  India.) 
  

  

  "The 
  odor 
  of 
  this 
  fruit 
  is 
  intensely 
  disagreeable 
  to 
  many 
  people." 
  {Fair- 
  

   child.) 
  

  

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