﻿JULY 
  1 
  TO 
  SEPTEMBER 
  30, 
  1910. 
  39 
  

  

  28667 
  to 
  28672— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Frequent 
  in 
  the 
  woods 
  on 
  the 
  islands 
  of 
  Mauritius, 
  the 
  Sey- 
  

   chelles, 
  Rodriguez, 
  and 
  Madagascar. 
  

  

  28668. 
  Elaeocarpus 
  sp. 
  

  

  28669. 
  Ehretia 
  acuminata 
  R. 
  Br. 
  

  

  "An 
  Indian 
  tree 
  of 
  the 
  boraginaceous 
  family 
  yielding 
  a 
  tough, 
  light, 
  and 
  

   durable 
  wood. 
  It 
  bears 
  bunches 
  of 
  tiny 
  white 
  flowers 
  and 
  red 
  seeds 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  a 
  

   small 
  pea. 
  Is 
  a 
  very 
  showy 
  and 
  ornamental 
  tree. 
  " 
  (Regnard.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Slopes 
  of 
  the 
  subtropical 
  Himalayas 
  and 
  the 
  adjacent 
  plains 
  

   from 
  Gurhwal 
  to 
  Bhutan 
  in 
  India, 
  and 
  in 
  Java, 
  Australia, 
  and 
  Japan. 
  

  

  28670. 
  Mimusops 
  imbricaria 
  Willd. 
  

  

  ' 
  ' 
  A 
  large 
  tree 
  with 
  gray, 
  glabrous 
  branches. 
  Leaves 
  oblong, 
  glabrous, 
  shining. 
  

   Fruit 
  a 
  drupe, 
  globose, 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  a 
  small 
  apple, 
  one 
  to 
  four 
  seeded. 
  " 
  (Regnard.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Thick 
  woods 
  in 
  the 
  interior 
  of 
  the 
  islands 
  of 
  Mauritius 
  and 
  

   Reunion. 
  

  

  28671. 
  Tambourissa 
  amplifolia 
  (Tul.) 
  DC. 
  

  

  "Branchlets 
  stout. 
  Leaves 
  alternate, 
  oblong, 
  \ 
  to 
  1 
  foot 
  long. 
  Bud 
  of 
  female 
  

   perianth 
  black, 
  apiculate, 
  \\ 
  inches 
  thick, 
  globose, 
  with 
  conical 
  fruits 
  \ 
  inch 
  

   long. 
  " 
  (Regnard.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  In 
  the 
  forests 
  on 
  the 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  Pouce 
  and 
  other 
  mountain 
  

   ranges 
  on 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Mauritius. 
  

  

  28672. 
  (Undetermined.) 
  

  

  ' 
  ' 
  A 
  forest 
  shrub 
  ( 
  ?) 
  . 
  " 
  ( 
  Regnard. 
  ) 
  

  

  28673 
  to 
  28675. 
  

  

  Plants 
  of 
  the 
  following, 
  turned 
  over 
  to 
  the 
  Department 
  for 
  distribution 
  by 
  

   Dr. 
  J. 
  N. 
  Rose, 
  associate 
  curator, 
  Division 
  of 
  Plants, 
  United 
  States 
  National 
  

   Museum, 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C, 
  August, 
  1910. 
  

  

  28673. 
  Echeveria 
  hoveyi 
  Rose 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  "Usually 
  stemless, 
  but 
  when 
  old 
  developing 
  a 
  short 
  stem; 
  leaves 
  forming 
  a 
  

   loose 
  spreading 
  rosette, 
  pale 
  green 
  with 
  broad 
  pinkish 
  or 
  white 
  margins 
  and 
  these 
  

   more 
  or 
  less 
  wavy 
  or 
  sometimes 
  colored 
  throughout; 
  flowering 
  stem 
  a 
  secund 
  

   raceme 
  bearing 
  6 
  to 
  12 
  flowers; 
  corolla 
  pinkish. 
  

  

  "The 
  origin 
  of 
  this 
  form 
  is 
  unknown. 
  It 
  is 
  probably 
  some 
  horticultural 
  

   sport 
  or 
  hybrid, 
  but 
  does 
  not 
  closely 
  resemble 
  any 
  of 
  our 
  common 
  cultivated 
  

   forms, 
  although 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  said 
  to 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  group 
  of 
  species 
  in 
  which 
  Ech- 
  

   everia 
  secunda 
  and 
  Echeveria 
  glauca 
  are 
  found. 
  " 
  (Rose.) 
  

  

  28674. 
  Parmentiera 
  cereipera 
  Seem. 
  Candle 
  tree. 
  

   "This 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  remarkable 
  trees 
  of 
  the 
  Tropics, 
  a 
  native 
  of 
  Panama. 
  

  

  It 
  grows 
  30 
  to 
  40 
  feet 
  high 
  and 
  produces 
  from 
  its 
  stem 
  and 
  old 
  branches 
  a 
  pro- 
  

   fusion 
  of 
  almost 
  sessile 
  campanulate 
  flowers; 
  these 
  are 
  followed 
  by 
  yellowish 
  

   cylindrical, 
  smooth 
  points, 
  12 
  to 
  18 
  inches 
  long, 
  which 
  appear 
  exactly 
  like 
  

   wax 
  candles, 
  as 
  the 
  botanical 
  name 
  implies. 
  So 
  close 
  is 
  the 
  resemblance 
  that 
  

   travelers, 
  seeing 
  the 
  tree 
  in 
  fruit 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  time, 
  are 
  liable 
  to 
  be 
  temporarily 
  

   puzzled 
  as 
  to 
  whether 
  the 
  candles 
  of 
  shops 
  are 
  made 
  in 
  factories 
  or 
  grow 
  on 
  trees. 
  

   The 
  candlelike 
  fruits 
  are 
  suspended 
  from 
  the 
  bare 
  stem 
  and 
  branches 
  by 
  short 
  

   slender 
  stalks; 
  dangling 
  in 
  the 
  air, 
  they 
  readily 
  give 
  the 
  impression 
  of 
  a 
  chan- 
  

   dler's 
  shop. 
  This 
  impression 
  is 
  intensified 
  as 
  night 
  falls 
  and 
  the 
  numerous 
  

   fireflies 
  move 
  among 
  the 
  fruits. 
  It 
  is 
  not, 
  perhaps, 
  surprising 
  that 
  the 
  inex- 
  

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