﻿JULY 
  1 
  TO 
  SEPTEMBER 
  30, 
  1910. 
  41 
  

  

  28685. 
  Prunus 
  mume 
  Sieb. 
  and 
  Zucc. 
  Japanese 
  apricot. 
  

  

  From 
  Yokohama, 
  Japan. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  the 
  Yokohama 
  Nursery 
  Co. 
  Received 
  

   August 
  24, 
  1910. 
  

   See 
  Nos. 
  9211 
  to 
  9216 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  28686 
  and 
  28687. 
  

  

  From 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  R. 
  Smith, 
  superintendent, 
  

   National 
  Botanic 
  Garden. 
  Numbered 
  for 
  convenience 
  in 
  recording 
  distribution 
  

   August 
  25, 
  1910. 
  

   Plants 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  28686. 
  Actinidia 
  kolomikta 
  (Maxim.) 
  Rupr. 
  

   See 
  Nos. 
  20360 
  and 
  22593 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  28687. 
  Passiflora 
  capsularis 
  L. 
  

  

  "A 
  climbing 
  vine 
  with 
  leaves 
  dividing 
  below 
  the 
  middle 
  into 
  two 
  oblong 
  

   lanceolate 
  lobes; 
  flowers 
  greenish 
  white, 
  the 
  filament 
  crown 
  pale 
  yellowish 
  

   green 
  surrounding 
  a 
  double 
  white 
  cup, 
  anthers 
  and 
  stigmas 
  yellow. 
  Fruit 
  

   about 
  2 
  inches 
  long, 
  oblong, 
  and 
  six-angled." 
  {Adapted 
  from 
  Botanical 
  Maga- 
  

   zine, 
  vol. 
  55, 
  pi. 
  2868.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Mirador 
  in 
  southern 
  Mexico 
  and 
  southward 
  to 
  Ecuador 
  and 
  

   Brazil. 
  

  

  28688 
  and 
  28689. 
  

  

  From 
  Paraguay, 
  South 
  America. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  F. 
  Mead, 
  Piropo, 
  Paraguay. 
  

   Received 
  August 
  20, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  28688. 
  Psidium 
  guajava 
  L. 
  Guava. 
  

   "In 
  Spanish 
  called 
  'Guayaba 
  grande' 
  and 
  in 
  Guarany 
  'araza-guaza.'' 
  It 
  is 
  

  

  the 
  same 
  class 
  of 
  fruit 
  as 
  the 
  small 
  guayaba, 
  except 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  much 
  larger, 
  

   about 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  a 
  hen's 
  egg, 
  and 
  is 
  borne 
  on 
  a 
  tree 
  which 
  in 
  five 
  years 
  attains 
  

   a 
  height 
  of 
  20 
  to 
  25 
  feet 
  and 
  a 
  diameter 
  of 
  8 
  to 
  10 
  inches. 
  The 
  wood 
  of 
  this 
  tree 
  

   is 
  hard, 
  tough, 
  and 
  impossible 
  to 
  split." 
  {Mead.) 
  

  

  28689. 
  BROMELiAsp. 
  "Caraguata." 
  

   "This 
  plant 
  in 
  Guarany 
  is 
  called 
  'caraguata'. 
  It 
  grows 
  in 
  camp 
  hereabouts 
  

  

  especially 
  in 
  barren 
  spots. 
  Every 
  year 
  in 
  the 
  fall 
  the 
  center 
  leaves 
  turn 
  

   bright 
  red 
  and 
  it 
  bears 
  a 
  cluster 
  of 
  pink 
  and 
  white 
  flowers, 
  similar 
  to 
  tube- 
  

   roses. 
  The 
  fruits, 
  which 
  are 
  used 
  here 
  for 
  preserves 
  only, 
  are 
  borne 
  in 
  a 
  cluster 
  

   10 
  to 
  15 
  inches 
  long 
  and 
  4 
  to 
  6 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter; 
  they 
  are 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  a 
  small 
  

   plum 
  and 
  are 
  bright 
  yellow 
  when 
  ripe. 
  The 
  plant 
  has 
  a 
  bad 
  name, 
  owing 
  to 
  

   the 
  difficulty 
  of 
  exterminating 
  it 
  when 
  it 
  is 
  well 
  started. 
  " 
  

   ( 
  Mead. 
  ) 
  

  

  28690. 
  Widdringtonia 
  whytei 
  Rendle. 
  Mlanje 
  cypress. 
  

  

  From 
  Zomba, 
  Nyasaland 
  Protectorate, 
  Africa. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  M. 
  Purves, 
  

  

  chief 
  forest 
  officer. 
  Received 
  August 
  25, 
  1910. 
  

   "The 
  seed 
  germinates 
  quickly, 
  usually 
  in 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  weeks, 
  in 
  moist 
  and 
  slightly 
  

   shaded 
  soil, 
  with 
  a 
  mean 
  temperature 
  of 
  from 
  65° 
  to 
  70° 
  F. 
  The 
  tree 
  occurs 
  in 
  about 
  

   17° 
  south 
  latitude 
  at 
  elevations 
  of 
  from 
  5,000 
  to 
  6,000 
  feet. 
  Above 
  the 
  latter 
  it 
  

   becomes 
  very 
  stunted 
  in 
  growth. 
  It 
  exhibits 
  a 
  preference 
  for 
  deep 
  gullies 
  and 
  ravines, 
  

   and 
  seems 
  to 
  detest 
  very 
  strong 
  winds. 
  The 
  soil 
  varies 
  considerably, 
  and 
  fine 
  trees 
  

   often 
  occur 
  in 
  the 
  crevices 
  of 
  the 
  decomposing 
  granite 
  rocks, 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  mountain 
  

   chiefly 
  consists. 
  The 
  rainfall 
  will 
  vary 
  from 
  70 
  to 
  90 
  inches, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  dry 
  months 
  the 
  

  

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