﻿OCTOBER 
  1 
  TO 
  DECEMBER 
  31, 
  1910. 
  13 
  

  

  28903 
  to 
  28905. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  material 
  presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Walter 
  Van 
  Fleet 
  to 
  the 
  Plant 
  Introduction 
  

   Garden, 
  Chico, 
  Cal., 
  November 
  30, 
  1909. 
  Numbered 
  October 
  17, 
  1910. 
  

  

  28903. 
  Berberis 
  (vulgaris 
  X 
  thunbergu) 
  X 
  stenophylla. 
  Barberry. 
  

   "An 
  interesting 
  blend, 
  combining 
  blood 
  of 
  four 
  species: 
  Berberis 
  stenophylla 
  

  

  Lindl., 
  being 
  a 
  supposed 
  hybrid 
  of 
  B. 
  empetrifolia 
  and 
  B. 
  darwinii, 
  an 
  evergreen 
  

   species 
  from 
  southern 
  Chile. 
  One 
  plant 
  has 
  light-purple 
  foliage 
  and 
  the 
  droop- 
  

   ing 
  habit 
  of 
  B. 
  ihunbergii. 
  (P. 
  I. 
  G. 
  No. 
  8395.)" 
  (Van 
  Fleet.) 
  

   Plants. 
  

  

  28904. 
  QUAMASIA 
  LEICHTLINn 
  X 
  CUSICKH. 
  

  

  "A 
  fine, 
  vigorous 
  hybrid, 
  intermediate 
  between 
  parent 
  species. 
  These 
  bulbs 
  

   are 
  six 
  years 
  from 
  seed. 
  Grown 
  at 
  my 
  place 
  in 
  Little 
  Silver, 
  N. 
  J. 
  (P. 
  I. 
  G. 
  

   No. 
  6291.)" 
  (Van 
  Fleet.) 
  

  

  28905. 
  Iris 
  albopurpurea 
  Baker. 
  

  

  "A 
  beautiful 
  large-flowered 
  iris 
  from 
  Japan, 
  allied 
  to 
  /. 
  laevigata. 
  Fall 
  petals 
  

   white, 
  marbled 
  blue. 
  (P. 
  I. 
  G. 
  No. 
  8394.)" 
  (Van 
  Fleet.) 
  

  

  28906. 
  Stizolobium 
  aterrimum 
  Piper 
  and 
  Tracy. 
  . 
  Mauritius 
  or 
  

  

  Bengal 
  bean. 
  

  

  From 
  Herbert 
  River, 
  Queensland. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  H. 
  Maiden, 
  director, 
  

  

  Botanic 
  Gardens, 
  Sydney, 
  Australia, 
  who 
  obtained 
  them 
  from 
  the 
  Macknade 
  

  

  mill 
  of 
  the 
  Colonial 
  Sugar 
  Refining 
  Co. 
  Received 
  October 
  15, 
  1910. 
  

  

  "This 
  species 
  is 
  considerably 
  cultivated 
  in 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Mauritius, 
  Brazil, 
  New 
  

  

  Zealand, 
  and 
  Australia. 
  It 
  much 
  resembles 
  the 
  Florida 
  velvet 
  bean, 
  but 
  the 
  vines 
  

  

  grow 
  larger 
  and 
  the 
  seeds 
  mature 
  considerably 
  later. 
  This 
  variety 
  is 
  so 
  late, 
  in 
  fact, 
  

  

  that 
  it 
  matures 
  in 
  this 
  country 
  only 
  in 
  the 
  southern 
  half 
  of 
  Florida." 
  (Piper.) 
  

  

  28907. 
  Saccharum 
  spontaneum 
  L. 
  

  

  From 
  Sibpur, 
  Calcutta, 
  India. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Maj. 
  A. 
  T. 
  Gage, 
  superintendent, 
  

   Royal 
  Botanic 
  Garden. 
  Received 
  October 
  17, 
  1910. 
  

   " 
  A 
  coarse 
  perennial 
  grass, 
  with 
  long 
  creeping 
  roots, 
  abundant 
  throughout 
  India 
  and 
  

   up 
  to 
  6,000 
  feet 
  in 
  the 
  Himalayas. 
  This 
  grass 
  is 
  largely 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  thatching 
  material, 
  

   and 
  the 
  leaves 
  are 
  manufactured 
  into 
  ropes, 
  mats, 
  etc. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  favorite 
  fodder 
  for 
  

   buffaloes 
  and 
  is 
  also, 
  when 
  young, 
  given 
  to 
  elephants. 
  Native 
  name, 
  Kans." 
  (C. 
  V. 
  

   Piper.) 
  

  

  28908. 
  Medicago 
  satiya 
  L. 
  Alfalfa. 
  

  

  From 
  Ti-tao, 
  Kansu 
  Province, 
  western 
  China. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Berthold 
  Laufer, 
  

   Field 
  Museum, 
  Chicago, 
  111., 
  who 
  procured 
  them 
  from 
  Mr. 
  D. 
  P. 
  Ekvall, 
  an 
  

   American 
  missionary 
  of 
  Ti-tao. 
  Received 
  October 
  17, 
  1910. 
  

  

  28909 
  to 
  28911. 
  Psidium 
  spp. 
  

  

  From 
  Theophilo 
  Ottoni, 
  Minas 
  Geraes, 
  Brazil. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Fred 
  Birch. 
  

   Received 
  October 
  17, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Birch: 
  

  

  28909. 
  Psidium 
  guajava 
  L. 
  Guava. 
  

   "Seeds 
  from 
  an 
  all-white 
  guava. 
  The 
  tree 
  bears 
  only 
  white 
  fruits, 
  which 
  are 
  

  

  about 
  2 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter." 
  

  

  28910. 
  Psidium 
  guajava 
  L. 
  Guava. 
  

   "Seeds 
  from 
  the 
  largest 
  and 
  finest 
  tasting 
  guava 
  I 
  have 
  ever 
  seen 
  or 
  tried. 
  

  

  It 
  was 
  nearly 
  3 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter, 
  and 
  the 
  flesh 
  and 
  jelly 
  were 
  pinkish 
  red 
  as 
  

   in 
  the 
  common 
  varieties. 
  The 
  tree 
  grows 
  by 
  a 
  stream 
  near 
  Theophilo 
  Ottoni, 
  

   Minas 
  Geraes, 
  and 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  fruits 
  have 
  comparatively 
  few 
  seeds." 
  

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