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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  28662 
  and 
  28663. 
  

  

  From 
  South 
  Africa. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Prof. 
  J. 
  Burtt 
  Davy, 
  government 
  agrostologist 
  

   and 
  botanist, 
  Transvaal 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  Pretoria. 
  Received 
  August 
  

   1, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  28662. 
  Acacia 
  litakunensis 
  Burchell. 
  

  

  "This 
  was 
  collected 
  70 
  miles 
  southeast 
  of 
  the 
  type 
  locality. 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  

   been 
  able 
  to 
  learn 
  that 
  the 
  wood 
  has 
  any 
  special 
  economic 
  value, 
  but 
  the 
  tree 
  

   is 
  ornamental 
  and 
  stands 
  considerable 
  drought, 
  with 
  some 
  frost." 
  (Davy.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Litakun 
  in 
  Bechuanaland, 
  South 
  Africa. 
  

  

  28663. 
  Lebeckia 
  cuspidosa 
  (Burch.) 
  Skeels. 
  

  

  (Spartium 
  cuspidosum 
  Burchell, 
  Travels, 
  vol. 
  1, 
  p. 
  348, 
  1822.) 
  

  

  (Genista 
  cuspidosa 
  DC, 
  Prodromus, 
  vol. 
  2, 
  p. 
  147, 
  1825.) 
  

  

  (Stiza 
  psiloloba 
  E. 
  Meyer, 
  Commentariorum 
  de 
  Plantis 
  Africae 
  Australi- 
  

  

  oris, 
  p. 
  32, 
  1835.) 
  

   (Lebeckia 
  psiloloba 
  Walp., 
  Linnsea, 
  vol. 
  13, 
  p. 
  478, 
  1839.) 
  

   This 
  South 
  African 
  leguminous 
  shrub 
  is 
  reported 
  by 
  Harvey 
  (Flora 
  Capensis, 
  

   vol. 
  2, 
  p. 
  84, 
  1861-62) 
  from 
  "Near 
  Uitenhage," 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  originally 
  described 
  

   from 
  between 
  "Gattikamma" 
  (white 
  water) 
  and 
  " 
  Klaarwater, 
  " 
  now 
  known 
  

   as 
  Griquatown, 
  and 
  apparently 
  near 
  the 
  latter 
  locality. 
  Burchell 
  says 
  in 
  

   regard 
  to 
  it: 
  "In 
  one 
  part, 
  toward 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  our 
  journey, 
  we 
  passed 
  abundance 
  

   of 
  a 
  handsome 
  shrub, 
  from 
  5 
  to 
  7 
  feet 
  in 
  height, 
  covered 
  with 
  showy 
  yellow 
  

   flowers, 
  but 
  quite 
  destitute 
  of 
  leaves, 
  and 
  even 
  by 
  this 
  light 
  easily 
  to 
  be 
  dis- 
  

   tinguished 
  as 
  a 
  plant 
  which 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  anywhere 
  seen 
  before. 
  It 
  was 
  com- 
  

   pletely 
  armed 
  at 
  all 
  points, 
  its 
  green 
  leafless 
  branches 
  being 
  terminated 
  by 
  a 
  

   ~ 
  spine 
  as 
  sharp 
  as 
  a 
  needle." 
  

  

  De 
  Candolle 
  in 
  the 
  Prodromus 
  restricted 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  generic 
  name 
  Spar- 
  

   tium 
  to 
  a 
  single 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  Mediterranean 
  region, 
  S. 
  junceum, 
  and 
  referred 
  

   this 
  South 
  African 
  plant 
  to 
  Genista. 
  The 
  species 
  was 
  apparently 
  again 
  de- 
  

   scribed 
  by 
  E. 
  Meyer 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  Stiza 
  psiloloba, 
  and 
  since 
  Stiza 
  is 
  not 
  

   recognized 
  as 
  distinct 
  from 
  the 
  earlier 
  Lebeckia, 
  Meyer's 
  plant 
  was 
  placed 
  in 
  

   that 
  genus 
  by 
  Walpers. 
  The 
  original 
  specific 
  name 
  published 
  by 
  Burchell, 
  

   though 
  long 
  in 
  disuse, 
  is 
  here 
  restored. 
  

  

  "This 
  is 
  a 
  nearly 
  leafless, 
  dense 
  shrub, 
  about 
  6 
  feet 
  high, 
  bearing 
  ornamental 
  

   yellow 
  flowers. 
  It 
  is 
  very 
  spiny 
  and 
  should 
  be 
  suitable 
  for 
  hedges. 
  It 
  comes 
  

   from 
  the 
  Kalahari, 
  near 
  Kuruman, 
  and 
  is 
  likely 
  to 
  suit 
  dry, 
  warm 
  reigons." 
  

   (Davy.) 
  

  

  28665. 
  Solanum 
  tuberosum 
  L. 
  Potato. 
  

  

  From 
  Temuco, 
  Chile. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  D. 
  S. 
  Bullock. 
  Received 
  August 
  19, 
  

   1910. 
  

   "Damma. 
  An 
  early 
  variety." 
  (Bullock.) 
  

   Tubers. 
  

   28667 
  to 
  28672. 
  

  

  From 
  Mauritius. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Gabriel 
  Regnard. 
  Received 
  July 
  29, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  28667. 
  Aphloia 
  theaeformis 
  (Vahl) 
  Bennett. 
  

  

  li 
  Bois 
  Goyave 
  or 
  Bois 
  Viliau. 
  A 
  glabrous, 
  much-branched 
  shrub; 
  leaves 
  oblong, 
  

   obtuse, 
  or 
  acute, 
  entire 
  or 
  toothed, 
  1 
  to 
  4 
  inches 
  long. 
  Flowers 
  yellowish. 
  

   Fruit 
  ovoid-ampullseform 
  i 
  to 
  ^ 
  inch 
  long; 
  10 
  to 
  12 
  seeded. 
  " 
  (Regnard.) 
  

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