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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  28331. 
  Andropogon 
  squarrosus 
  L. 
  f. 
  Cuscus 
  grass. 
  

  

  From 
  Peradeniya, 
  Ceylon. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  M. 
  Kelway 
  Bamber, 
  government 
  

   chemist 
  ; 
  Received 
  July 
  2, 
  1910. 
  

  

  Clumps. 
  

  

  "This 
  plant 
  grows 
  in 
  large 
  dense 
  tufts, 
  with 
  stout, 
  spongy, 
  aromatic 
  roots, 
  which 
  are 
  

   sparingly 
  branched. 
  It 
  is 
  grown 
  to 
  a 
  considerable 
  extent 
  in 
  the 
  hills 
  of 
  Jamaica 
  for 
  

   the 
  purpose 
  principally 
  of 
  binding 
  loose 
  soils 
  and 
  forming 
  embankments 
  on 
  steep 
  hill- 
  

   sides 
  to 
  prevent 
  washing 
  by 
  rains. 
  

  

  "In 
  India 
  the 
  roots 
  are 
  used 
  in 
  making 
  aromatic-scented 
  mats, 
  and 
  also 
  fans, 
  baskets, 
  

   and 
  other 
  articles. 
  The 
  roots 
  also 
  when 
  distilled 
  with 
  water 
  yield 
  a 
  fragrant 
  oil 
  which 
  

   is 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  perfume. 
  Used 
  also 
  as 
  medicine 
  in 
  case 
  of 
  fever 
  and 
  bilious 
  complaints. 
  " 
  

   (Extract 
  from 
  Botanical 
  Department 
  of 
  Jamaica 
  Bulletin 
  B.S. 
  vol. 
  7, 
  1900, 
  pp. 
  152-153.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Throughout 
  the 
  plains 
  and 
  lower 
  hills 
  of 
  India 
  and 
  Burma, 
  rising 
  to 
  

   an 
  elevation 
  of 
  4,000 
  feet, 
  and 
  in 
  Ceylon 
  and 
  Java, 
  and 
  tropical 
  Africa. 
  

  

  28332 
  to 
  28341. 
  Nephelium 
  spp. 
  

  

  From 
  Buitenzorg, 
  Java. 
  Presented 
  by 
  the 
  Director 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  Received 
  

   July 
  2, 
  1910. 
  

   Plants 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  W. 
  J. 
  Westendorp 
  in 
  " 
  Teysmannia, 
  " 
  1910: 
  

   28332 
  to 
  28334. 
  Nephelium 
  mutabile 
  Bl. 
  Kapoelasan. 
  

  

  28334. 
  Si 
  babat. 
  "Dark 
  colored, 
  almost 
  black; 
  not 
  so 
  common 
  as 
  

   some 
  other 
  varieties." 
  

  

  28335 
  to 
  28341. 
  Nephelium 
  lappaceum 
  L. 
  Ramboetan. 
  

  

  28335. 
  Atjeh 
  lebak 
  boeloes. 
  "This 
  variety, 
  a 
  ramboetan 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  

   rank, 
  is 
  handled 
  in 
  large 
  quantities." 
  

  

  28336. 
  Atjeh 
  goela 
  batoe. 
  "A 
  variety 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  class, 
  but 
  can 
  not 
  

   be 
  obtained 
  in 
  large 
  quantities." 
  

  

  28337. 
  Atjeh 
  tanghoeweh. 
  

  

  28338. 
  Atjeh 
  si 
  konto. 
  The 
  same 
  remarks 
  apply 
  to 
  this 
  aa 
  to 
  No. 
  

   28335. 
  

  

  28339. 
  Atjeh 
  lengheng. 
  28340. 
  Si 
  njonja. 
  

   2 
  834 
  1 
  . 
  Atjeh 
  matjan. 
  

  

  "The 
  two 
  preceding 
  ramboetans 
  are 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  class 
  and 
  are 
  the 
  best 
  

   commercial 
  varieties." 
  

  

  For 
  a 
  general 
  note 
  on 
  these 
  fruits, 
  see 
  Nos. 
  25163 
  and 
  25165. 
  

  

  28342. 
  Combretum 
  apiculatum 
  Sonder. 
  

  

  From 
  Komati 
  Poort, 
  Transvaal, 
  South 
  Africa. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Prof. 
  J. 
  Burtt 
  

   Davy, 
  government 
  agrostologist 
  and 
  botanist, 
  Transvaal 
  Department 
  of 
  Agri- 
  

   culture, 
  Pretoria. 
  Received 
  July 
  5, 
  1910. 
  

   "Seed 
  collected 
  by 
  me 
  at 
  an 
  altitude 
  of 
  600 
  feet. 
  The 
  climate 
  is 
  almost 
  tropical 
  

   and 
  free 
  from 
  frost, 
  the 
  tamarind 
  being 
  grown 
  there. 
  I 
  am 
  not 
  aware 
  that 
  this 
  Com- 
  

   bretum 
  has 
  any 
  economic 
  value 
  beyond 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  ornamental; 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  of 
  

   interest 
  in 
  a 
  tree 
  collection 
  in 
  Florida, 
  Louisiana, 
  or 
  southern 
  California." 
  (Davy.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  In 
  the 
  woods 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Magaliesberg, 
  in 
  the 
  Transvaal 
  region 
  

   of 
  South 
  Africa. 
  

  

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