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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  29099. 
  Stizolobium 
  aterrimum 
  Piper 
  and 
  Tracy. 
  Mauritius 
  or 
  

  

  Bengal 
  bean. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Minas 
  Geraes, 
  Brazil. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Walter 
  Fischer, 
  acting 
  

   director, 
  Campo 
  de 
  Cultura 
  Experimental 
  Paraense. 
  Received 
  November 
  26, 
  

   1910. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  28906 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  29100. 
  Melinis 
  minutiflora 
  Beauv. 
  

  

  From 
  Brazil. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Orville 
  A. 
  Derby, 
  Servico 
  Geologico 
  e 
  Mineral- 
  

   ogico 
  do 
  Brazil, 
  Rio 
  de 
  Janeiro, 
  Brazil. 
  Received 
  December 
  2, 
  1910. 
  

   "The 
  species 
  of 
  grass 
  named 
  Panicum 
  melinis 
  (Melinis 
  minutiflora) 
  occurs 
  in 
  at 
  least 
  

   two 
  distinct 
  varieties: 
  Capim 
  catingueiro 
  roxo 
  and 
  Catingueiro 
  claro. 
  The 
  Melinis 
  

   minutiflora 
  is 
  certainly 
  but 
  a 
  synonym 
  of 
  the 
  Panicum 
  melinis 
  and 
  no 
  distinct 
  species. 
  

   A 
  variety 
  has 
  been 
  found 
  at 
  Petropolis, 
  but 
  as 
  I 
  had 
  no 
  opportunity 
  to 
  see 
  this 
  variety, 
  

   I 
  think 
  it 
  is 
  an 
  adaptation 
  to 
  the 
  different 
  conditions 
  of 
  humidity 
  in 
  the 
  mountains." 
  

   (Alberto 
  Lofgren, 
  director, 
  Botanic 
  Garden, 
  Sao 
  Paulo, 
  Brazil) 
  

  

  29101 
  to 
  29105. 
  

  

  From 
  China. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  T. 
  M. 
  Wilkinson, 
  Foochow, 
  China. 
  Received 
  

   November 
  28, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Wilkinson: 
  

  

  29101. 
  Citrus 
  decumana 
  (L.) 
  Murr. 
  Pomelo. 
  

   "This 
  tree 
  grows 
  200 
  miles 
  north 
  of 
  Foochow. 
  It 
  is 
  much 
  like 
  the 
  orange, 
  

  

  but 
  coarser. 
  The 
  fruit 
  weighs 
  from 
  2 
  to 
  3 
  pounds; 
  the 
  casings 
  of 
  the 
  pulp 
  are 
  

   very 
  bitter; 
  the 
  skin 
  is 
  very 
  thick 
  in 
  the 
  large 
  fruits, 
  nearly 
  half 
  an 
  inch. 
  All 
  

   casing 
  and 
  rind 
  must 
  be 
  carefully 
  removed 
  before 
  eating. 
  It 
  is 
  semitart 
  and 
  

   of 
  fine 
  flavor. 
  Grows 
  on 
  any 
  good 
  land. 
  Season, 
  September 
  15 
  to 
  April." 
  

  

  29102. 
  Diospyros 
  kaki 
  L. 
  f. 
  Persimmon. 
  

   "I 
  am 
  told 
  that 
  this 
  tree 
  grows 
  as 
  far 
  north 
  as 
  Shanghai. 
  The 
  fruits 
  are 
  large, 
  

  

  many 
  of 
  them 
  being 
  2 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter; 
  skin 
  and 
  pulp 
  red; 
  sweet 
  and 
  fine 
  

   flavored. 
  Grows 
  from 
  valley 
  to 
  mountain 
  side." 
  

  

  29103. 
  Crataegus 
  pinnatifida 
  Bunge. 
  Hawthorn. 
  

   "San 
  cha. 
  In 
  habit 
  this 
  fruit 
  tree 
  is 
  very 
  much 
  like 
  the 
  American 
  thorn- 
  

   apple 
  or 
  hawthorn, 
  but 
  the 
  fruit 
  is 
  much 
  larger, 
  being 
  1 
  to 
  1\ 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter. 
  

   It 
  is 
  semitart 
  and 
  makes 
  delicious 
  sauce 
  and 
  preserves." 
  

  

  29104. 
  (Undetermined.) 
  

  

  "Yellow 
  bullet. 
  This 
  tree 
  in 
  habit 
  and 
  appearance 
  is 
  like 
  litchi 
  and 
  linging. 
  

   The 
  fruit 
  is 
  russet 
  in 
  color, 
  with 
  skin 
  like 
  a 
  grape 
  and 
  a 
  translucent, 
  semitart 
  

   pulp. 
  Season, 
  August 
  10 
  to 
  September 
  20." 
  

  

  29105. 
  (Undetermined.) 
  

  

  "A 
  doctor 
  who 
  lives 
  200 
  miles 
  in 
  the 
  interior 
  gave 
  me 
  the 
  fruit 
  this 
  seed 
  came 
  

   from 
  and 
  said 
  it 
  seemed 
  to 
  grow 
  wild. 
  In 
  appearance 
  it 
  was 
  very 
  much 
  like 
  a 
  

   pawpaw, 
  but 
  the 
  flavor 
  was 
  semitart; 
  he 
  was 
  unable 
  to 
  learn 
  the 
  native 
  name. 
  

   Where 
  this 
  came 
  from 
  there 
  is 
  some 
  snow 
  in 
  winter." 
  

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