﻿48 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  28761 
  and 
  28762— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  fornia. 
  There 
  might 
  be 
  a 
  possible 
  advantage 
  in 
  trying 
  L. 
  sativus 
  in 
  place 
  of 
  fenugreek, 
  

   inasmuch 
  as 
  the 
  seed 
  is 
  cheaper. 
  " 
  (Aaronsohn.) 
  

  

  28763. 
  Anona 
  Montana 
  MacFayden. 
  

  

  From 
  Mayaguez, 
  Porto 
  Rico. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  E. 
  Hess, 
  assistant 
  horticul- 
  

   turist, 
  Agricultural 
  Experiment 
  Station, 
  through 
  Mr: 
  P. 
  J. 
  Wester. 
  Received 
  

   August 
  23, 
  1910. 
  

  

  "A 
  small 
  tree 
  indigenous 
  to 
  the 
  West 
  Indies; 
  the 
  fruit 
  is 
  subglobose, 
  muricate,* 
  

   and 
  the 
  flesh 
  dry 
  and 
  unedible. 
  

  

  "Introduced 
  for 
  trial 
  as 
  a 
  stock 
  for 
  the 
  cultivated 
  anonas. 
  " 
  ( 
  Wester.) 
  

  

  28764. 
  Ziziphus 
  jujuba 
  Miller. 
  

  

  From 
  Las 
  Cruces, 
  N. 
  Mex. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  David 
  Griffiths. 
  Received 
  Sep- 
  

   tember 
  8, 
  1910. 
  

   "The 
  trees 
  from 
  which 
  these 
  seeds 
  were 
  obtained 
  were 
  loaded 
  with 
  fruit. 
  There 
  

   are 
  only 
  two 
  alive; 
  one 
  is 
  12 
  feet 
  high. 
  The 
  trees 
  are 
  probably 
  about 
  12 
  to 
  15 
  years 
  

   old, 
  but 
  have 
  had 
  very 
  poor 
  conditions 
  and 
  are 
  badly 
  crowded. 
  " 
  (Griffiths.) 
  

  

  28765. 
  Phaseolus 
  max 
  L. 
  

  

  From 
  Port 
  of 
  Spain, 
  Trinidad. 
  Presented 
  by 
  the 
  assistant 
  secretary 
  of 
  the 
  

   Board 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  at 
  the 
  request 
  of 
  Mr. 
  R. 
  B. 
  Dickson. 
  Received 
  August 
  

   23, 
  1910. 
  

  

  28766. 
  Helygia 
  paddisoni 
  (Baker) 
  Skeels. 
  

  

  (Parsonsia 
  paddisoni 
  R. 
  T. 
  Baker, 
  Proc. 
  Linn. 
  Soc. 
  N. 
  S.Wales, 
  vol. 
  24, 
  

   p. 
  385, 
  1899.) 
  

   The 
  original 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  generic 
  name 
  Parsonsia 
  was 
  by 
  Patrick 
  Brown 
  in 
  1756 
  (Nat- 
  

   ural 
  History 
  of 
  Jamaica, 
  p. 
  199, 
  pi. 
  21, 
  fig. 
  2), 
  for 
  a 
  species 
  later 
  published 
  by 
  Linnaeus 
  

   as 
  Ly 
  thrum 
  parsonsia, 
  a 
  plant 
  of 
  the 
  family 
  Lythracese. 
  The 
  genus 
  Parsonsia 
  as 
  pro- 
  

   posed 
  by 
  Brown 
  was 
  recognized 
  in 
  1763 
  by 
  Adanson 
  (Families 
  des 
  Plantes, 
  vol. 
  2, 
  p. 
  

   234), 
  whose 
  description 
  and 
  citation 
  completed 
  the 
  technical 
  publication 
  of 
  the 
  name. 
  

   Parsonsia 
  is 
  therefore 
  the 
  valid 
  name 
  for 
  Cuphea, 
  the 
  genus 
  to 
  which 
  Lythrum 
  parsonsia 
  

   was 
  later 
  referred. 
  This 
  original 
  use 
  of 
  Parsonsia 
  by 
  Patrick 
  Brown 
  and 
  Adanson 
  

   invalidates 
  its 
  use 
  by 
  Robert 
  Brown 
  in 
  1809 
  (Memoirs 
  Wernerian 
  Natural 
  History 
  

   Society, 
  vol. 
  1, 
  p. 
  64) 
  for 
  the 
  apocynaceous 
  genus 
  to 
  which 
  the 
  species 
  given 
  above 
  

   belongs. 
  Several 
  other 
  generic 
  names 
  have 
  been 
  proposed 
  for 
  various 
  species 
  of 
  this 
  

   genus, 
  and 
  the 
  earliest 
  of 
  them, 
  Helygia, 
  published 
  by 
  Blume 
  in 
  1826 
  (Bijdragen 
  

   tot 
  de 
  flora 
  van 
  Nederlandsch 
  Indie, 
  vol. 
  2, 
  p. 
  1043) 
  with 
  H. 
  javanica 
  as 
  the 
  type, 
  

   is 
  recognized 
  as 
  the 
  valid 
  name 
  for 
  the 
  group, 
  and 
  the 
  species 
  under 
  consideration 
  is 
  

   accordingly 
  transferred 
  to 
  it. 
  

  

  Helygia 
  paddisoni 
  was 
  originally 
  described 
  from 
  New 
  Angledool, 
  New 
  South 
  Wales, 
  

   and 
  is 
  not 
  known 
  to 
  occur 
  elsewhere. 
  

  

  From 
  Sydney, 
  New 
  South 
  Wales, 
  Australia. 
  Presented 
  by 
  the 
  curator, 
  Depart- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  Public 
  Instruction, 
  Technical 
  Education 
  Branch, 
  Technological 
  

   Museum. 
  Received 
  August 
  30, 
  1910. 
  

   "A 
  glabrous 
  woody 
  climber. 
  Leaves 
  opposite, 
  glabrous 
  on 
  both 
  sides. 
  The 
  stem 
  

   is 
  about 
  1 
  inch 
  in 
  diameter 
  a 
  foot 
  or 
  so 
  above 
  the 
  ground, 
  the 
  bark 
  being 
  of 
  a 
  quite 
  

   corky 
  nature. 
  

  

  "Stock 
  are 
  very 
  fond 
  of 
  the 
  leaves, 
  so 
  that 
  this 
  plant 
  should 
  be 
  ranked 
  as 
  a 
  fodder. 
  

   My 
  attention 
  was 
  first 
  drawn 
  to 
  this 
  plant 
  by 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  Paddison, 
  of 
  New 
  Angledool, 
  who 
  

   223 
  

  

  