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  28325 
  and 
  28326. 
  Agave 
  spp. 
  Zaptipe. 
  

  

  From 
  Tampico, 
  Mexico. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Mordelo 
  L. 
  A^incent. 
  Received 
  

   July 
  5, 
  1910. 
  

   Suckers 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  28325. 
  Agave 
  lespinassei 
  Trelease. 
  

  

  Vincent. 
  li 
  A 
  fiber-producing 
  agave, 
  similar 
  in 
  appearance 
  to 
  sisal, 
  with 
  

   leaves 
  4 
  to 
  5 
  feet 
  long, 
  light 
  green, 
  armed 
  with 
  reddish 
  marginal 
  spines. 
  Yields 
  

   its 
  first 
  crop 
  of 
  leaves 
  for 
  fiber 
  three 
  to 
  five 
  years 
  after 
  planting 
  and 
  annual 
  or 
  

   semiannual 
  crops 
  thereafter 
  for 
  three 
  to 
  five 
  years. 
  The 
  fiber 
  is 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  

   class 
  as 
  the 
  sisal 
  of 
  commerce*, 
  but 
  is 
  finer 
  and 
  more 
  flexible. 
  

  

  "This 
  variety, 
  developed 
  on 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Juana 
  Ramirez, 
  is 
  regarded 
  as 
  one 
  

   of 
  the 
  best 
  of 
  the 
  half-dozen 
  different 
  kinds 
  of 
  zapupe 
  cultivated 
  in 
  that 
  region. 
  

   It 
  can 
  be 
  cultivated 
  successfully 
  only 
  in 
  places 
  free 
  from 
  severe 
  frost 
  in 
  winter." 
  

   (Lyster 
  H. 
  Dewey.) 
  

  

  28326. 
  Agave 
  zapupe 
  Trelease. 
  

  

  Estopier. 
  "A 
  fiber-producing 
  agave, 
  similar 
  in 
  appearance 
  to 
  the 
  henequen 
  

   cultivated 
  in 
  Yucatan, 
  but 
  with 
  more 
  slender 
  leaves. 
  The 
  leaves 
  are 
  4 
  to 
  5 
  feet 
  

   long, 
  glaucous, 
  and 
  with 
  dark-reddish 
  marginal 
  spines. 
  The 
  first 
  crop 
  of 
  leaves 
  

   may 
  be 
  cut 
  three 
  to 
  five 
  years 
  after 
  planting 
  and 
  annually 
  or 
  semiannually 
  

   thereafter 
  for 
  three 
  to 
  five 
  years, 
  when 
  the 
  plant 
  will 
  send 
  up 
  a 
  flower 
  stalk 
  

   bearing 
  bulbils 
  and 
  then 
  die. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  propagated 
  by 
  both 
  bulbils 
  and 
  suck- 
  

   ers. 
  The 
  fiber 
  is 
  similar 
  to 
  sisal 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  used 
  for 
  the 
  same 
  purposes, 
  viz, 
  

   binder 
  twine 
  and 
  other 
  hard-fiber 
  twines. 
  

  

  "Cultivated 
  most 
  extensively 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Tuxpam, 
  Vera 
  Cruz, 
  Mexico, 
  

   where 
  it 
  is 
  called 
  ' 
  zapupe 
  azul 
  ' 
  because 
  of 
  its 
  bluish 
  leaves 
  . 
  The 
  variety 
  Estopier 
  

   has 
  been 
  improved 
  somewhat 
  by 
  cultivation. 
  Like 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  agaves 
  cultivated 
  

   for 
  the 
  production 
  of 
  fiber, 
  it 
  requires 
  a 
  climate 
  practically 
  free 
  from 
  frost." 
  

   (Lyster 
  H. 
  Dewey.) 
  

  

  28327. 
  Catha 
  edulis 
  Forsk. 
  Khat. 
  

  

  From 
  Edinburgh, 
  Scotland. 
  Presented 
  by 
  the 
  regius 
  keeper, 
  Royal 
  Botanic 
  

   Garden. 
  Received 
  July 
  5, 
  1910. 
  

   Plants. 
  See 
  No. 
  24714 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction, 
  and 
  No. 
  28825 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  28328 
  to 
  28330. 
  

  

  From 
  Kandawglay, 
  Rangoon, 
  Burma, 
  India. 
  Presented 
  by 
  the 
  secretary 
  of 
  the 
  

   Agri-Horticultural 
  Society 
  of 
  Burma. 
  Received 
  July 
  2, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  28328. 
  Phyllanthus 
  emblica 
  L. 
  Emblic 
  myrobalan. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  25724 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  28329. 
  Terminally 
  bellerica 
  (Gaertn.) 
  Roxb. 
  Belleric 
  myrobalan. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  25541 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  28330. 
  Terminally 
  chebula 
  Retz. 
  Black 
  myrobalan. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  25542 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

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