﻿OCTOBER 
  1 
  TO 
  DECEMBER 
  31, 
  1910. 
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  it 
  is 
  chiefly 
  used 
  for 
  fuel, 
  as 
  much 
  as 
  10,000 
  tons 
  of 
  fuel, 
  mostly 
  of 
  this 
  species, 
  having 
  

   been 
  taken 
  to 
  Vryburg 
  alone 
  during 
  some 
  years. 
  Kimberley 
  has 
  also 
  been 
  respon- 
  

   sible 
  for 
  the 
  destruction 
  of 
  large 
  quantities. 
  In 
  the 
  early 
  days 
  of 
  mining 
  in 
  Kim- 
  

   berley, 
  when 
  the 
  kameel-doorn 
  was 
  plentiful 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity, 
  the 
  hard 
  heartwood, 
  

   well 
  oiled, 
  was 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  support 
  for 
  machinery 
  shafts. 
  It 
  is 
  stated 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Senator 
  

   Marks, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  old 
  residents 
  of 
  Kimberley, 
  that 
  kameel-doorn, 
  when 
  well 
  oiled, 
  

   outlasted 
  brass 
  fittings 
  for 
  this 
  purpose. 
  

  

  "This 
  tree 
  grows 
  in 
  a 
  warm, 
  dry, 
  sandy 
  country, 
  with 
  a 
  minimum 
  rainfall 
  of 
  about 
  

   15 
  to 
  20 
  inches 
  and 
  a 
  dry 
  winter; 
  its 
  growth 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  very 
  slow." 
  (Davy.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Dry 
  and 
  sandy 
  deserts 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Kimberley, 
  Cape 
  Colony, 
  

   and 
  northward 
  to 
  Bechuanaland. 
  

  

  29047. 
  Olea 
  verrucosa 
  (R. 
  and 
  S.) 
  Link. 
  Wild 
  olive. 
  

  

  From 
  South 
  Africa. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Prof. 
  J. 
  Burtt 
  Davy, 
  government 
  agrostol- 
  

   ogist 
  and 
  botanist, 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  Pretoria, 
  Transvaal, 
  South 
  

   Africa. 
  Received 
  October 
  31, 
  1910. 
  

   See 
  Nos. 
  25520 
  and 
  25521 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction 
  and 
  description. 
  

  

  29048. 
  Passiflora 
  ligularis 
  Juss. 
  Passion 
  flower. 
  

  

  From 
  Bolivia. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Alexander 
  Benson, 
  charge 
  d'affaires 
  ad 
  inte- 
  

   rim, 
  La 
  Paz, 
  Bolivia. 
  Received 
  November 
  22, 
  1910. 
  

   "These 
  granadillas 
  were 
  purchased 
  in 
  the 
  open 
  market. 
  As 
  you 
  doubtless 
  are 
  

   aware, 
  La 
  Paz 
  is 
  surrounded 
  by 
  desert, 
  barren 
  country, 
  and 
  all 
  fruits 
  which 
  are 
  brought 
  

   to 
  the 
  market 
  are 
  brought 
  in 
  on 
  the 
  backs 
  of 
  donkeys 
  from 
  the 
  Yungas 
  country." 
  

   (Benson.) 
  

  

  29049. 
  Solanum 
  sp. 
  Potato. 
  

  

  Collected 
  on 
  the 
  Morro 
  Solar 
  Mountain 
  near 
  Chorillos, 
  near 
  Lima, 
  at 
  about 
  200 
  

  

  meters 
  altitude, 
  among 
  the 
  rocks 
  of 
  a 
  talus 
  slope. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  A. 
  Weber- 
  

  

  bauer, 
  German 
  legation, 
  Lima, 
  Peru. 
  Received 
  November 
  23, 
  1910. 
  

  

  "The 
  plant 
  from 
  which 
  these 
  tubers 
  were 
  procured 
  is 
  closely 
  related 
  to 
  Solanum 
  

  

  maglia, 
  differing 
  from 
  it, 
  however, 
  in 
  that 
  the 
  flowers 
  are 
  not 
  uniformly 
  violet, 
  but 
  

  

  often 
  bear 
  violet 
  stripes 
  on 
  a 
  white 
  ground." 
  ( 
  Weberbauer.) 
  

  

  29050. 
  Pyrus 
  sp. 
  Pear. 
  

  

  From 
  Manchuria. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Edward 
  C. 
  Parker, 
  agriculturist, 
  Bureau 
  

  

  of 
  Agriculture, 
  Industry, 
  and 
  Commerce, 
  Mukden, 
  Manchuria. 
  Received 
  

  

  November 
  25, 
  1910. 
  

  

  "Mixed 
  varieties. 
  Native 
  habitat, 
  Kwangning 
  district, 
  Manchuria, 
  42° 
  N. 
  lat. 
  

  

  These 
  varieties 
  are 
  very 
  resistant 
  to 
  drying 
  winds, 
  sun 
  scald, 
  blight, 
  etc. 
  Valuable 
  

  

  in 
  America 
  as 
  hardy 
  grafting 
  stocks." 
  (Parker.) 
  

  

  29051 
  and 
  29052. 
  

  

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

   October 
  18, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  2905 
  1. 
  Medicago 
  rigidula 
  morisiana 
  (Jord.) 
  Rouy 
  and 
  Fouc. 
  Bur 
  clover. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Petrovsk, 
  Daghestan, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(May 
  15, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  

   small 
  annual 
  bur 
  clover 
  found 
  on 
  level, 
  sandy 
  ground, 
  also 
  on 
  stony 
  slopes 
  along 
  

   the 
  road. 
  Of 
  small 
  growth. 
  May 
  be 
  of 
  value 
  as 
  a 
  winter-forage 
  plant 
  in 
  regions 
  

   where 
  the 
  winters 
  are 
  mild 
  and 
  moist, 
  or 
  as 
  a 
  summer-forage 
  plant 
  in 
  the 
  cooler 
  

   sections 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  notably 
  in 
  mountainous 
  regions." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Originally 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  islands 
  of 
  Corsica 
  and 
  Sardinia; 
  appar- 
  

   ently 
  occurring 
  with 
  the 
  species 
  throughout 
  southern 
  Europe 
  from 
  Spain 
  to 
  

   Greece; 
  in 
  Asia 
  Minor, 
  Syria, 
  and 
  Persia; 
  and 
  in 
  Egypt, 
  Algeria, 
  and 
  Morocco. 
  

  

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