﻿OCTOBER 
  1 
  TO 
  DECEMBER 
  31, 
  1910. 
  17 
  

  

  28933. 
  Gonocitrus 
  angtjlatus 
  (Willd.) 
  Kurz. 
  

  

  From 
  India. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Maj. 
  A. 
  T. 
  Gage, 
  superintendent, 
  Royal 
  Botanic 
  

   Garden, 
  Sibpur, 
  Calcutta, 
  India. 
  Received 
  October 
  31, 
  1910. 
  

  

  "This 
  is 
  a 
  large 
  sirub 
  or 
  small 
  tree 
  growing 
  on 
  the 
  seashore 
  in 
  mangrove 
  swamps 
  

   and 
  presumably 
  able 
  to 
  endure 
  a 
  high 
  degree 
  of 
  salinity 
  in 
  the 
  soil. 
  It 
  is 
  armed 
  with 
  

   ferocious 
  spines 
  half 
  an 
  inch 
  long 
  that 
  usually 
  occur 
  in 
  pairs 
  at 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  leaves. 
  

   The 
  fruit 
  is 
  most 
  curious, 
  being 
  angled, 
  and 
  contains 
  a 
  few 
  very 
  large 
  seeds 
  embedded 
  

   in 
  a 
  gum 
  so 
  sticky 
  that 
  Rumphius 
  compared 
  it 
  to 
  birdlime. 
  

  

  "The 
  fact 
  that 
  this 
  plant 
  grows 
  only 
  along 
  the 
  seashore 
  in 
  mangrove 
  swamps 
  would 
  

   lead 
  us 
  to 
  believe 
  that 
  it 
  possesses 
  high 
  powers 
  of 
  alkali 
  resistance, 
  since 
  sea 
  water 
  

   contains 
  over 
  3 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  dissolved 
  salts 
  and 
  the 
  mangrove 
  and 
  other 
  plants 
  growing 
  

   in 
  the 
  mangrove 
  swamps 
  are 
  able 
  to 
  withstand 
  unusually 
  large 
  amounts 
  of 
  dissolved 
  

   salts 
  in 
  the 
  soil. 
  " 
  (W. 
  T. 
  Swingle.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  In 
  the 
  mangrove 
  swamps 
  and 
  tidal 
  forests 
  along 
  the 
  coasts 
  from 
  the 
  

   mouths 
  of 
  the 
  Ganges 
  south 
  of 
  Calcutta 
  eastward 
  to 
  the 
  Molukka 
  Islands. 
  

  

  28935 
  to 
  28939. 
  

  

  From 
  Aintab, 
  Turkey, 
  Asia. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  H. 
  Bakkalian, 
  secretary 
  to 
  

   Mrs. 
  F. 
  A. 
  Shephard. 
  Received 
  October 
  19, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  28935. 
  Cicer 
  arietinum 
  L. 
  Chick-pea. 
  

  

  28936. 
  Lathyrus 
  sattvus 
  L. 
  

  

  28937. 
  Lens 
  esculenta 
  Moench. 
  Lentil. 
  

  

  28938. 
  Medicago 
  ealcata 
  L. 
  

  

  28939. 
  Vicia 
  ervilia 
  (L.) 
  Willd. 
  

  

  28940 
  and 
  28941. 
  Medicago 
  falcata 
  L. 
  

  

  From 
  Copenhagen, 
  Denmark. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Axel 
  Lange, 
  curator, 
  Botanic 
  

   Garden, 
  Copenhagen 
  University. 
  Received 
  October 
  31, 
  1910. 
  

  

  28942 
  to 
  28012. 
  

  

  From 
  Turkestan. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Frank 
  N. 
  Meyer, 
  agricultural 
  explorer, 
  

   October 
  18, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  28942. 
  Prunus 
  sp. 
  Buckthorn 
  almond. 
  

   From 
  Zerafshan 
  Valley, 
  near 
  Sangar, 
  Samarkand, 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1342a, 
  

  

  July 
  14, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  central 
  Asian 
  form 
  of 
  buckthorn 
  almond, 
  found 
  on 
  stony, 
  

   sterile, 
  sunburned 
  mountain 
  sides 
  at 
  elevations 
  of 
  4,000 
  to 
  6,000 
  feet. 
  Of 
  possi- 
  

   ble 
  value 
  as 
  a 
  stock 
  for 
  almonds 
  and 
  peaches 
  in 
  dry 
  and 
  hot 
  regions. 
  Out 
  of 
  

   the 
  bitter 
  kernels, 
  collected 
  from 
  the 
  wild 
  trees, 
  the 
  natives 
  of 
  Turkestan 
  pro- 
  

   duce 
  an 
  oil 
  which, 
  after 
  heating, 
  can 
  be 
  used 
  for 
  culinary 
  purposes." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  28943. 
  Prunus 
  lycioides 
  (Spach) 
  Schneider. 
  Buckthorn 
  almond. 
  

   From 
  Zerafshan 
  Valley, 
  near 
  Wishist, 
  Samarkand, 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1343a, 
  

  

  July 
  14, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  spiny 
  buckthorn 
  almond 
  of 
  shrubby 
  habits 
  growing 
  from 
  3 
  

   to 
  8 
  feet 
  in 
  height 
  and 
  found 
  on 
  stony 
  and 
  rocky 
  mountain 
  slopes 
  and 
  in 
  cliffs 
  

   at 
  elevations 
  of 
  3,000 
  to 
  7,000 
  feet 
  above 
  sea 
  level. 
  Of 
  possible 
  use 
  in 
  breeding 
  

   a 
  bushy 
  type 
  of 
  almond 
  or 
  as 
  a 
  stock 
  for 
  almonds 
  and 
  peaches 
  in 
  dry, 
  hot 
  re- 
  

   gions. 
  Oil 
  is 
  produced 
  from 
  the 
  kernel 
  of 
  this 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  from 
  No. 
  28942." 
  

   (Meyer.) 
  

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