﻿12 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  28894. 
  Rajania 
  pleioneura 
  Griseb. 
  "Waw-waw." 
  

  

  From 
  Dominica, 
  British 
  West 
  Indies. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  Jones, 
  curator, 
  

   Botanic 
  Station. 
  Received 
  October 
  6, 
  1910. 
  

  

  "The 
  'waw-waw' 
  is 
  a 
  native 
  of 
  Dominica. 
  It 
  occurs 
  wild 
  in 
  the 
  forests 
  and 
  does 
  

   best 
  in 
  the 
  deep 
  shade. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  cultivated 
  in 
  this 
  island, 
  probably 
  because 
  an 
  

   abundance 
  of 
  the 
  yam 
  can 
  be 
  obtained 
  by 
  digging 
  in 
  the 
  forest. 
  

  

  "The 
  ' 
  waw-waw 
  ' 
  is 
  considered 
  by 
  many 
  people 
  to 
  be 
  superior 
  to 
  the 
  yams 
  produced 
  

   by 
  the 
  dioscoreas." 
  {Jones.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Common 
  in 
  the 
  woods 
  on 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Dominica, 
  and 
  in 
  Cuba 
  and 
  

   Porto 
  Rico. 
  

  

  28895 
  to 
  28898. 
  Coffea 
  arabica 
  L. 
  Coffee. 
  

  

  From 
  Reunion 
  Island. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  Regnard, 
  Port 
  Louis, 
  Mauritius. 
  

   Received 
  October 
  7, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  28895 
  and 
  28896. 
  " 
  Cafe 
  du 
  Pays." 
  

  

  28895. 
  From 
  Campon. 
  28896. 
  From 
  St. 
  Louis. 
  

  

  28897 
  and 
  28898. 
  " 
  Cafe 
  le 
  Roy." 
  

  

  28897. 
  From 
  Campon. 
  28898. 
  From 
  St. 
  Louis. 
  

  

  28899. 
  Solanum 
  muricatum 
  Ait. 
  Pepino. 
  

  

  From 
  Grand 
  Canary, 
  Canary 
  Islands. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  M. 
  Moniz, 
  American 
  

   consular 
  agent 
  pro 
  tern., 
  at 
  the 
  request 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Ross 
  J. 
  Hazeltine, 
  American 
  

   consul, 
  Teneriffe. 
  Received 
  October 
  8, 
  1910. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  23650 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  28900. 
  Diospyros 
  discolor 
  Willd. 
  Persimmon. 
  

  

  From 
  Iloilo, 
  Panay, 
  Philippine 
  Islands. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  B. 
  O. 
  Colman, 
  

   Bureau 
  of 
  Public 
  Works. 
  Received 
  October 
  7, 
  1910. 
  

   "This 
  is 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  persimmon 
  which 
  has 
  a 
  thick 
  and 
  pleasantly 
  flavored 
  meat. 
  

   The 
  fruits 
  from 
  which 
  these 
  seeds 
  were 
  taken 
  were 
  unusually 
  large 
  and 
  perfect." 
  

   (Colman.) 
  

   See 
  No. 
  26612 
  for 
  further 
  description. 
  

  

  28901 
  and 
  28902. 
  Pittosporum 
  spp. 
  

  

  From 
  Greendale, 
  Canterbury, 
  New 
  Zealand. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  T. 
  W. 
  Adams. 
  

   Received 
  October 
  14, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  28901. 
  Pittosporum 
  ralphti 
  Kirk. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  In 
  the 
  Patea 
  district 
  on 
  the 
  southern 
  coast 
  of 
  North 
  Island, 
  

   and 
  on 
  the 
  Great 
  Barrier 
  Island, 
  off 
  the 
  northern 
  coast 
  of 
  North 
  Island, 
  New 
  

   Zealand. 
  

  

  28902. 
  Pittosporum 
  tenuipolium 
  Gaertn. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Along 
  the 
  eastern 
  coasts 
  of 
  the 
  islands 
  of 
  New 
  Zealand 
  extend- 
  

   ing 
  from 
  the 
  northern 
  island 
  southward 
  to 
  the 
  province 
  of 
  Otago. 
  

  

  "These 
  are 
  small, 
  hardy 
  trees 
  that 
  will 
  bear 
  20 
  degrees 
  of 
  frost, 
  but 
  I 
  suppose 
  

   they 
  will 
  not 
  be 
  hardy 
  at 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C. 
  (Adams.) 
  

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