﻿58 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  28833 
  to 
  28874. 
  

  

  From 
  Ventimiglia, 
  Italy. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Alwin 
  Berger, 
  La 
  Mortola. 
  Re- 
  

   ceived 
  September 
  6, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  28833. 
  Acer 
  oblongum 
  Wall. 
  Maple. 
  

   "Tree 
  up 
  to 
  50 
  feet 
  in 
  height, 
  with 
  glabrous, 
  entire 
  ovate-lanceolate 
  leaves, 
  

  

  coriaceous 
  and 
  glaucous 
  beneath." 
  (Bailey.) 
  

  

  See 
  No. 
  8659 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Slopes 
  of 
  the 
  temperate 
  Himalayas 
  at 
  an 
  altitude 
  of 
  2,000 
  to 
  

   5,000 
  feet, 
  extending 
  from 
  Kashmir 
  to 
  Sikkim 
  in 
  India, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  

   Hongkong, 
  China, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  Nansei 
  Islands. 
  

  

  28834. 
  Althaea 
  sulphurea 
  Boiss. 
  and 
  Hohen. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Lower 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  mountains 
  in 
  northern 
  Persia, 
  Afghanistan, 
  

   and 
  Sungaria. 
  

  

  28835. 
  Asparagus 
  acutifolius 
  L. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  17981 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  countries 
  bordering 
  on 
  the 
  Mediterranean 
  Sea 
  from 
  Por- 
  

   tugal 
  and 
  Spain 
  through 
  Italy 
  and 
  Greece 
  to 
  Syria, 
  and 
  in 
  northern 
  Africa. 
  

  

  28836. 
  Ballota 
  pseudodictamnus 
  (L.) 
  Benth. 
  

  

  "A 
  white-woolly, 
  herbaceous 
  plant, 
  wool 
  densely 
  floccose, 
  leaves 
  orbiculate, 
  

   entire 
  or 
  obscurely 
  crenate, 
  base 
  broadly 
  cordate, 
  petiole 
  short, 
  corolla 
  white 
  

   spotted 
  with 
  red, 
  upper 
  lip 
  cut 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  bearded 
  within." 
  (Willkomm 
  and 
  

   Lange, 
  Prodromus 
  Florae 
  Hispanicae.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  In 
  waste 
  places 
  and 
  dry 
  fields 
  in 
  Greece 
  and 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  

   Crete. 
  

  

  28837. 
  Ballota 
  hispanica 
  (L.) 
  Benth. 
  

  

  "An 
  herbaceous 
  plant, 
  stem 
  white 
  woolly, 
  leaves 
  broadly 
  ovate, 
  obtuse, 
  

   velvety 
  above, 
  floccosely 
  woolly 
  below, 
  corolla 
  whitish." 
  (Willkomm 
  and 
  

   Lange, 
  Prodromus 
  Florae 
  Hispanicae.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Dry 
  and 
  stony 
  places 
  in 
  Spain, 
  Italy, 
  Sicily, 
  and 
  Dalmatia. 
  

  

  28838. 
  Benincasa 
  cerlfera 
  Sav.(?) 
  

  

  28839. 
  Berberis 
  napaulensis 
  (DC.) 
  Spreng. 
  Barberry. 
  

   "The 
  fruit 
  of 
  this 
  evergreen 
  species 
  is 
  edible. 
  The 
  plant 
  is 
  hardy 
  to 
  latitude 
  

  

  59° 
  55' 
  in 
  Norway 
  (Schuebeler). 
  " 
  (Von 
  Mueller.) 
  

  

  See 
  No. 
  8853 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  On 
  the 
  lower 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  Himalayas 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  4,000 
  

   to 
  8,000 
  feet 
  from 
  Gurhwal 
  to 
  Bhutan 
  in 
  northern 
  India, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  Khasi 
  Hills 
  

   in 
  southern 
  India. 
  

  

  28840. 
  Buddleia 
  brasiliensis 
  Jacq. 
  

  

  "An 
  evergreen 
  tender 
  shrub 
  with 
  orange 
  flowers." 
  (Johnson' 
  s 
  Gardeners' 
  

   Dictionary.) 
  

  

  A 
  shrub 
  with 
  ovate 
  leaves 
  united 
  around 
  the 
  square 
  stem, 
  native 
  of 
  Brazil. 
  

  

  28841. 
  Buddleia 
  globosa 
  Hope. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  1576 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

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