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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  28733 
  to 
  28738— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  28735. 
  Chaetochloa 
  italica 
  (L.) 
  Scribn. 
  

  

  28736. 
  Dolichos 
  lablab 
  L. 
  Bonavist 
  bean. 
  

  

  28737. 
  Eleusine 
  coracana 
  (L.) 
  Gaertn. 
  Ragi 
  millet. 
  

  

  28738. 
  Pennisetum 
  americanum 
  (L.) 
  Schum. 
  Pearl 
  millet. 
  

  

  28739. 
  Ceratonia 
  siliqua 
  L. 
  Carob. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  estate 
  of 
  the 
  Comte 
  de 
  Puerto 
  Hormosa, 
  at 
  Pizarra, 
  near 
  Malaga, 
  Spain. 
  

   Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  R. 
  S. 
  Woglum, 
  September 
  6, 
  1910. 
  

   "These 
  cuttings 
  were 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  best 
  carob 
  tree 
  I 
  saw 
  in 
  Spain. 
  A 
  magnifi- 
  

   cent 
  tree, 
  fully 
  30 
  feet 
  high 
  and 
  noted 
  for 
  being 
  very 
  prolific 
  in 
  fruit." 
  ( 
  Woglum.) 
  

  

  28740 
  to 
  28744. 
  

  

  From 
  Mauritius. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  Regnard, 
  Port 
  Louis. 
  Received 
  Sep- 
  

   tember 
  2, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  quoted 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Regnard: 
  

  

  28740. 
  Pectinea 
  pauciflora 
  (Thouars) 
  Skeels. 
  

   (Erythrospermum 
  paucifiorum 
  Thouars, 
  Veg. 
  lies 
  Austr. 
  Afr., 
  p. 
  67, 
  pi. 
  21, 
  

  

  fig. 
  1, 
  1806.) 
  

   (Erythrospermum 
  mauritianum 
  Baker, 
  Flora 
  of 
  Mauritius 
  and 
  Seychelles, 
  

   p. 
  10, 
  1877.) 
  

  

  The 
  genus 
  Pectinea 
  was 
  published 
  by 
  Gaertner 
  in 
  1791 
  (De 
  Fructibus 
  et 
  

   Seminibus 
  Plantarum, 
  vol. 
  2, 
  p. 
  136, 
  pi. 
  Ill, 
  fig. 
  3), 
  with 
  P. 
  zeylanica 
  as 
  the 
  

   only 
  species, 
  while 
  the 
  name 
  Erythrospermum, 
  often 
  applied 
  to 
  this 
  genus, 
  

   appears 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  used 
  no 
  earlier 
  than 
  1792 
  or 
  1793 
  on 
  a 
  plate 
  published 
  by 
  

   Lamarck 
  (Encyclopedic 
  Methodique, 
  pi. 
  274). 
  No 
  description 
  accompanied 
  

   this 
  plate 
  and 
  the 
  text 
  explaining 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  published 
  until 
  even 
  a 
  later 
  date. 
  

   The 
  first 
  publication 
  of 
  a 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  Erythro- 
  

   spermum 
  appears 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  effected 
  in 
  1806 
  by 
  Thouars 
  (Histoire 
  des 
  Vege- 
  

   taux 
  Receuillis 
  dans 
  les 
  Isles 
  Australes 
  d'Afrique, 
  p. 
  65), 
  who 
  states 
  that 
  

   Lamarck's 
  figure 
  only 
  had 
  appeared. 
  There 
  is 
  apparently 
  no 
  reason, 
  therefore, 
  

   why 
  Post 
  and 
  Kuntze, 
  Lexicon 
  Generum 
  Phanerogamarum, 
  should 
  not 
  be 
  

   followed 
  in 
  the 
  restoration 
  of 
  Gaertner's 
  name, 
  Pectinea, 
  published 
  15 
  years 
  

   earlier 
  than 
  Erythrospermum. 
  

  

  Pectinea 
  pauciflora 
  was 
  originally 
  described 
  by 
  Thouars 
  from 
  Mauritius 
  and 
  

   is 
  still 
  unknown 
  elsewhere 
  in 
  an 
  indigenous 
  state. 
  

  

  " 
  Bois 
  Manioc 
  or 
  Bois 
  Cochon. 
  Small 
  tree. 
  Fruit 
  globose, 
  hard, 
  \ 
  to 
  1 
  inch 
  

   thick. 
  Found 
  in 
  mountain 
  woods 
  in 
  Mauritius." 
  

  

  28741. 
  Eugenia 
  glomerata 
  Lam. 
  

   li 
  Bois 
  de 
  Pomme. 
  Berry 
  as 
  large 
  as 
  a 
  pea. 
  Frequent 
  in 
  mountain 
  woods 
  in 
  

  

  Mauritius; 
  also 
  in 
  Madagascar." 
  

  

  28742. 
  (Undetermined.) 
  

   "Bois 
  Maigre. 
  Bois 
  sans 
  ecorce. 
  Bois 
  Bigaigon. 
  Berry 
  \ 
  inch 
  long. 
  Found 
  

  

  in 
  Mauritius 
  in 
  dense 
  woods; 
  also 
  in 
  Reunion." 
  

  

  28743. 
  Meriana 
  sp.? 
  

   "From 
  Pouce 
  Mountain, 
  Mauritius. 
  Pink 
  color." 
  

  

  28744. 
  Voandzeia 
  subterranea 
  (L.) 
  Thouars. 
  Woandsu. 
  

   "Bambara 
  ground 
  nuts. 
  Nuts 
  are 
  eaten 
  boiled 
  and 
  are 
  very 
  rich 
  and 
  nour- 
  

   ishing. 
  From 
  Africa." 
  

  

  See 
  No. 
  23453 
  for 
  further 
  description. 
  

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