﻿66 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  28122 
  to 
  28124— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  28124. 
  Glycosmis 
  pentaphylla 
  (Retz.) 
  Correa. 
  

   Variety 
  dilatata. 
  See 
  No. 
  24609 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  28125. 
  Sicana 
  odorifera 
  (Veil.) 
  Naud. 
  Cassabanana. 
  

  

  From 
  Tampico, 
  Mexico. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Edward 
  Palmer, 
  through 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  

   Pittier. 
  Received 
  June 
  6, 
  1910. 
  

   "A 
  native 
  of 
  Brazil. 
  Edible 
  when 
  still 
  tender, 
  but 
  often 
  cultivated 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  

   its 
  odorous 
  gourdlike 
  fruits." 
  {Pittier.) 
  

   See 
  No8. 
  27969 
  and 
  28012 
  for 
  previous 
  introductions. 
  

  

  28126. 
  Capparis 
  spinosa 
  L. 
  Caper. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Petrovsk, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Frank 
  N. 
  Meyer, 
  

   Agricultural 
  Explorer, 
  June 
  4 
  and 
  20, 
  1910. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  783, 
  May 
  18, 
  1910.) 
  The 
  well-known 
  caper 
  plant, 
  an 
  herbaceous 
  perennial, 
  

   making 
  long 
  branches 
  which 
  crawl 
  over 
  the 
  earth. 
  Grows 
  on 
  very 
  dry 
  and 
  stony 
  

   places 
  in 
  the 
  northeastern 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  Caucasus, 
  where 
  occasionally 
  winter 
  tem- 
  

   peratures 
  of 
  —20° 
  C. 
  (—4° 
  F.) 
  are 
  experienced. 
  Tens 
  of 
  thousands 
  of 
  rubles' 
  worth 
  of 
  

   pickled 
  capers 
  are 
  annually 
  exported 
  from 
  the 
  Caucasus, 
  all 
  gathered 
  from 
  wild 
  plants. 
  

   This 
  caper 
  plant 
  may 
  prove 
  of 
  value 
  as 
  a 
  profitable 
  crop 
  for 
  the 
  more 
  arid 
  southwestern 
  

   sections 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  As 
  the 
  plants 
  require 
  much 
  space 
  they 
  should 
  be 
  

   planted 
  at 
  least 
  10 
  feet 
  apart 
  in 
  all 
  directions." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Southern 
  Europe 
  and 
  western 
  Asia 
  eastward 
  to 
  northern 
  India, 
  in 
  

   northern 
  Africa, 
  and 
  in 
  Australia 
  and 
  the 
  Sandwich 
  Islands. 
  

  

  28128. 
  Machilus 
  nanmu 
  (Oliv.) 
  Hemsl. 
  

  

  From 
  Yachow, 
  West 
  China. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  J. 
  Openshaw. 
  Received 
  May 
  

   7, 
  1910. 
  

  

  "A 
  splendid 
  hard-wood 
  tree 
  which, 
  I 
  think, 
  ought 
  to 
  grow 
  in 
  the 
  lower 
  altitudes. 
  

   It 
  is 
  insect 
  proof 
  and 
  is 
  almost 
  as 
  hard 
  as 
  teak." 
  (Openshaw.) 
  

  

  "Nanmu, 
  sometimes 
  erroneously 
  called 
  cedar, 
  whereas 
  it 
  might 
  be 
  styled 
  Chinese 
  

   laurel, 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  famous 
  of 
  Chinese 
  woods. 
  Several 
  species 
  of 
  Machilus 
  and 
  Lindera 
  

   are 
  called 
  by 
  the 
  name 
  Nanmu; 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  yet 
  quite 
  certain 
  which 
  species 
  yields 
  the 
  

   famous 
  timber 
  used 
  in 
  building 
  the 
  imperial 
  palaces. 
  This 
  timber 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  come 
  

   from 
  Szechwan 
  and 
  Yunnan; 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  probable 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  produced 
  by 
  Machilus 
  nanmu 
  

   Hemsl., 
  of 
  which 
  Davenport, 
  Baber, 
  etc., 
  sent 
  specimens 
  from 
  those 
  provinces 
  as 
  

   yielding 
  the 
  famous 
  wood. 
  Nanmu 
  also 
  occurs 
  in 
  Fukien, 
  and 
  is 
  there 
  an 
  excellent 
  

   wood, 
  capable 
  of 
  being 
  used 
  for 
  making 
  elegant 
  writing 
  desks 
  and 
  the 
  like." 
  (Henry, 
  

   Economic 
  Botany 
  of 
  China, 
  1893: 
  p. 
  43.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  provinces 
  of 
  Szechwan 
  and 
  Yunnan, 
  in 
  the 
  Chinese 
  Empire. 
  

  

  23129 
  and 
  28130. 
  Ziziphus 
  spp. 
  

  

  From 
  Maskat, 
  Oman, 
  Arabia. 
  Procured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  John 
  A. 
  Ray, 
  American 
  consul. 
  

   Received 
  June 
  1, 
  1910. 
  

   Seed 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Ray: 
  

   28129. 
  Ziziphus 
  mauritiana 
  Lam. 
  

  

  u 
  Jarrari. 
  This 
  variety 
  has 
  very 
  hard 
  seeds 
  and 
  the 
  name 
  is 
  supposed 
  to 
  

   refer 
  to 
  the 
  act 
  of 
  pulling 
  the 
  stones 
  out 
  of 
  one's 
  mouth 
  and 
  throwing 
  them 
  away." 
  

  

  See 
  Nos. 
  23439 
  to 
  23446 
  and 
  25777 
  for 
  previous 
  introductions. 
  

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