﻿29038. 
  

  

  Oue. 
  

  

  29039. 
  

  

  Paretaniwha 
  

  

  29040. 
  

  

  Putaiore. 
  

  

  29041. 
  

  

  Tihore. 
  

  

  28 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  29031 
  to 
  29033— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  29032. 
  Diospyros 
  peregrina 
  (Gaertn.) 
  Guerk. 
  (?) 
  Persimmon. 
  

  

  29033. 
  Diospyros 
  sp. 
  Persimmon. 
  

  

  "These 
  two 
  species 
  are 
  grown 
  in 
  this 
  district 
  (Dacca) 
  for 
  their 
  edible 
  fruit. 
  

   The 
  fruits 
  are 
  rather 
  astringent 
  unless 
  they 
  are 
  allowed 
  to 
  become 
  almost 
  dead 
  

   ripe 
  before 
  they 
  are 
  eaten." 
  (Proudloch.) 
  

  

  29034 
  to 
  29041. 
  Phormium 
  tenax 
  Forst. 
  New 
  Zealand 
  flax. 
  

  

  From 
  Wellington, 
  New 
  Zealand. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  T. 
  W. 
  Kirk, 
  director, 
  Depart- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  Received 
  September 
  8, 
  1910. 
  Numbered 
  November 
  21, 
  

   1910. 
  

   Plants 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  varieties: 
  

  

  29034. 
  Arerowharawhara 
  from 
  Taupo. 
  

  

  29035. 
  Awanga. 
  

  

  29036. 
  KatirauJcawa. 
  

  

  29037. 
  Korohihi. 
  

  

  29042. 
  Argania 
  spinosa 
  (L.) 
  Skeels. 
  Argan. 
  

   From 
  Sati, 
  Morocco. 
  Procured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  R. 
  L. 
  Sprague, 
  American 
  consul, 
  Gibral- 
  

   tar, 
  Spain. 
  Received 
  November 
  21, 
  1910. 
  

  

  See 
  No. 
  28783 
  for 
  previous 
  introductions. 
  

  

  29043. 
  Coffea 
  macrocarpa 
  Rich. 
  Coffee. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Mauritius. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  Regnard, 
  Port 
  Louis, 
  

   Mauritius. 
  Received 
  November 
  21 
  and 
  23, 
  1910. 
  

   "A 
  small 
  and 
  very 
  rare 
  shrub 
  of 
  Mauritius, 
  which 
  grows 
  on 
  a 
  soil 
  rather 
  poor, 
  but 
  

   wet." 
  (Regnard.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  In 
  the 
  woods 
  on 
  the 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  Pouce 
  and 
  Savanne 
  mountain 
  

   ranges 
  in 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Mauritius. 
  

  

  29044. 
  Citrus 
  sp. 
  Orange. 
  

  

  From 
  Olokemeji, 
  Western 
  Province, 
  Southern 
  Nigeria. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  

   Harold 
  Unwin, 
  provincial 
  forest 
  officer. 
  Received 
  November 
  22, 
  1910. 
  

   "An 
  orange, 
  the 
  skin 
  of 
  which 
  remains 
  green 
  even 
  after 
  the 
  fruit 
  ripens." 
  (R. 
  L. 
  

   Beard, 
  Winston 
  Salem, 
  N. 
  C.) 
  

  

  29045. 
  (Undetermined.) 
  

  

  From 
  Botnaga, 
  Kamerun, 
  western 
  Africa. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Fred 
  H. 
  Hope. 
  

   Received 
  November 
  18, 
  1910. 
  

   " 
  Mvut, 
  native 
  name. 
  These 
  seeds 
  are 
  from 
  a 
  tree 
  that 
  grows 
  30 
  to 
  40 
  feet 
  

   high 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  rough 
  bark. 
  The 
  fruit 
  is 
  about 
  1 
  inch 
  in 
  diameter 
  and 
  2 
  inches 
  long. 
  

   It 
  grows 
  in 
  clusters 
  like 
  the 
  grape 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  fuzz 
  like 
  the 
  peach. 
  The 
  cluster 
  grows 
  

   out 
  from 
  the 
  trunk 
  of 
  the 
  tree 
  and 
  very 
  often 
  low. 
  Generally 
  found 
  to 
  do 
  best 
  in 
  

   deep 
  forests." 
  (Hope.) 
  

  

  29046. 
  Acacia 
  giraffae 
  Willd. 
  

  

  From 
  South 
  Africa. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Prof. 
  J. 
  BurttDavy, 
  agriculturist 
  and 
  botanist, 
  

   Department 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  Pretoria, 
  Transvaal, 
  South 
  Africa. 
  Received 
  

   November 
  23, 
  1910. 
  

   "Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  kameel-doorn. 
  This 
  is 
  named 
  after 
  the 
  camelopard, 
  or 
  giraffe, 
  which 
  

   is 
  said 
  to 
  browse 
  on 
  the 
  foliage; 
  the 
  Dutch 
  word 
  for 
  giraffe 
  is 
  hameel. 
  This 
  tree 
  used 
  

   to 
  be 
  plentiful 
  about 
  Kimberley, 
  but 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  largely 
  destroyed 
  for 
  fuel. 
  The 
  

   wood 
  is 
  hard 
  and 
  heavy 
  and 
  the 
  heartwood 
  dark 
  brown-red 
  in 
  color; 
  Burchell 
  (Trav- 
  

   els) 
  states 
  that 
  the 
  Bechuanas 
  used 
  it 
  for 
  spoons, 
  knife 
  handles, 
  etc. 
  By 
  white 
  people 
  

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