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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  28673 
  to 
  28675— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  perienced 
  traveler 
  should 
  not 
  infrequently 
  be 
  informed 
  that 
  the 
  fireflies 
  per- 
  

   form 
  the 
  duty 
  of 
  lighting 
  up 
  these 
  'candles 
  ' 
  when 
  required 
  by 
  the 
  denizens 
  of 
  

   the 
  jungle. 
  The 
  fruits 
  are 
  fleshy 
  and 
  juicy 
  and 
  have 
  a 
  peculiar 
  applelike 
  odor. 
  

   They 
  are 
  eaten 
  by 
  certain 
  tribes, 
  and 
  also 
  by 
  cattle. 
  The 
  tree 
  belongs 
  to 
  the 
  

   natural 
  order 
  Bignoniaceae. 
  " 
  (Rose.) 
  

  

  28675. 
  Zinzibersp. 
  Wild 
  ginger. 
  

   "From 
  near 
  Tampico, 
  Mexico. 
  Sent 
  in 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Edward 
  Palmer. 
  " 
  (Rose.) 
  

  

  28676 
  and 
  28677. 
  Mangifera 
  indica 
  L. 
  Mango. 
  

  

  From 
  San 
  Jose, 
  Costa 
  Rica. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  R. 
  Guell, 
  Louisiana 
  State 
  

   University, 
  Baton 
  Rouge, 
  La. 
  Received 
  August 
  22, 
  1910. 
  

   Cuttings 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  28676. 
  "Our 
  common 
  fiberless 
  variety." 
  (Guell.) 
  

  

  28679 
  to 
  28683. 
  

  

  From 
  Richmond, 
  New 
  South 
  Wales, 
  Australia. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  W. 
  Potts, 
  

   principal, 
  Hawkesbury 
  Agricultural 
  College. 
  Received 
  August 
  2, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  28679. 
  Andropogon 
  pertusus 
  (L.) 
  Willd. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Southern 
  Europe 
  and 
  Asia, 
  extending 
  from 
  Sicily 
  to 
  India, 
  

   in 
  tropical 
  Africa, 
  and 
  in 
  Queensland 
  and 
  New 
  South 
  Wales 
  in 
  Australia. 
  

  

  28680. 
  Andropogon 
  repractus 
  R. 
  Brown. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Eastern 
  Australia, 
  at 
  Port 
  Essington 
  in 
  North 
  Australia, 
  along 
  

   the 
  Brisbane 
  River 
  in 
  Queensland, 
  at 
  Port 
  Jackson 
  in 
  New 
  South 
  Wales, 
  and 
  

   at 
  Mitta-Mitta 
  in 
  Victoria. 
  

  

  28681. 
  DlCHELACHNE 
  CRINITA 
  (L. 
  f.) 
  Hook. 
  f. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Throughout 
  Australia 
  and 
  in 
  Tasmania 
  and 
  New 
  Zealand. 
  

  

  28682. 
  Eucalyptus 
  robusta 
  Smith. 
  Swamp 
  mahogany. 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  New 
  South 
  Wales 
  in 
  Australia, 
  extending 
  from 
  Port 
  Jackson 
  

  

  to 
  the 
  Blue 
  Mountains. 
  

  

  28683. 
  Sterculia 
  diversifolia 
  G. 
  Don. 
  Kurrajong 
  tree. 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  Australia, 
  in 
  the 
  provinces 
  of 
  Queensland, 
  New 
  South 
  Wales, 
  

  

  Victoria, 
  and 
  Western 
  Australia. 
  

  

  28684. 
  Diospyros 
  Montana 
  cordifolia 
  (Eoxb.) 
  Hiern. 
  

  

  From 
  Lahore, 
  Punjab, 
  India. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  R. 
  Mustoe, 
  superintendent 
  

   of 
  the 
  Government 
  Gardens. 
  Received 
  August 
  23, 
  1910. 
  

   A 
  tree 
  with 
  short 
  spines 
  occasionally 
  on 
  the 
  trunk 
  and 
  older 
  branches; 
  young 
  

   branches 
  and 
  leaves 
  softly 
  pubescent; 
  leaves 
  narrowly 
  ovate, 
  slightly 
  heart 
  shaped 
  

   at 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  fruit 
  globular 
  and 
  about 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  cherry. 
  The 
  wood 
  is 
  yellowish 
  

   gray 
  and 
  soft, 
  but 
  durable. 
  It 
  is 
  used 
  for 
  making 
  carts 
  and 
  tools 
  and 
  would 
  be 
  suit- 
  

   able 
  for 
  furniture. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  India, 
  from 
  the 
  Himalayas 
  to 
  Ceylon 
  and 
  Tenasserim, 
  through 
  the 
  

   Malay 
  Archipelago 
  to 
  tropical 
  Australia. 
  

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