﻿OCTOBER 
  1 
  TO 
  DECEMBER 
  31, 
  1910. 
  43 
  

  

  29174 
  and 
  29175. 
  

  

  From 
  Mexico. 
  Secured 
  by 
  the 
  Supervisor 
  of 
  Forests, 
  Tucson, 
  Ariz., 
  from 
  the 
  

   Director 
  General 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  of 
  Mexico. 
  Received 
  December 
  20, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  29174. 
  Cupressus 
  thurifera 
  H. 
  B. 
  K. 
  Cypress. 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  Wooded 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  mountains 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Tasco 
  and 
  

  

  Orizaba, 
  Mexico, 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  5,000 
  to 
  7,000 
  feet. 
  

  

  29175. 
  Pinus 
  montezumae 
  Lamb. 
  Pine. 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  Mountain 
  slopes 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  3,500 
  to 
  12,000 
  feet 
  from 
  

  

  Chihuahua 
  southward 
  to 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Orizaba, 
  Mexico. 
  

  

  29176 
  to 
  29197. 
  

  

  From 
  Philippine 
  Islands. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  M. 
  Curran, 
  Forest 
  Service, 
  

   Manila, 
  P. 
  I. 
  Received 
  December 
  12, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Curran: 
  

  

  29176. 
  Clitoria 
  ternatea 
  L. 
  

  

  " 
  Calocanting 
  (Tagalog). 
  Rapid-growing 
  vine 
  with 
  ornamental 
  foliage 
  and 
  

   large, 
  blue 
  solitary 
  flowers. 
  Commonly 
  cultivated 
  in 
  the 
  Philippines." 
  

  

  29177. 
  (Undetermined.) 
  (Fabacese.) 
  

  

  "A 
  vine 
  found 
  commonly 
  by 
  roadsides, 
  ornamental." 
  

  

  29178. 
  Casuarina 
  equisetifolia 
  Stickman. 
  

  

  "Agoho 
  (Tagalog). 
  A 
  rapid-growing 
  ornamental 
  timber 
  tree, 
  suitable 
  for 
  

   planting 
  on 
  sandy 
  exposed 
  beaches." 
  

  

  29179. 
  Carica 
  papaya 
  L. 
  Papaya. 
  

   "Edible 
  fruit, 
  good 
  flavor; 
  cultivated 
  and 
  wild." 
  

  

  29180. 
  DlDYMOSPERMA 
  Sp. 
  

  

  "Pugaham 
  (Tagalog). 
  A 
  large, 
  rapid-growing, 
  very 
  ornamental 
  palm." 
  

  

  29181. 
  Intsia 
  sp. 
  

  

  "Ipil 
  (Tagalog). 
  Large, 
  rapid-growing, 
  ornamental 
  timber 
  tree. 
  Wood 
  very 
  

   durable. 
  Grows 
  near 
  tidewater. 
  Purple 
  and 
  white 
  flowers." 
  

  

  29182. 
  Cassia 
  fistula 
  L. 
  

  

  " 
  Carta 
  fistula 
  (Tagalog). 
  An 
  ornamental 
  rapid-growing 
  timber 
  tree; 
  wood 
  

   durable. 
  Bears 
  large 
  clusters 
  of 
  yellow 
  flowers, 
  very 
  showy. 
  Fruit 
  is 
  used 
  for 
  

   medicine." 
  

  

  29183. 
  Oroxylon 
  indicum 
  (L.) 
  Vent. 
  

  

  " 
  Pincapincahan 
  (Tagalog). 
  Ornamental 
  medium-sized 
  tree. 
  Very 
  rapid 
  

   growing. 
  Wood 
  used 
  for 
  matches. 
  Large 
  purple 
  flowers 
  and 
  conspicuous 
  

   L.iit." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Throughout 
  India 
  from 
  the 
  Himalayas, 
  where 
  it 
  reaches 
  an 
  

   altitude 
  of 
  3,000 
  feet, 
  southward 
  to 
  Ceylon 
  and 
  Burma, 
  and 
  in 
  Cochin 
  China 
  and 
  

   the 
  Malay 
  Archipelago. 
  

  

  29184. 
  Mezoneuron 
  glabrum 
  Desf. 
  

  

  " 
  Cabit-cabag 
  (Tagalog). 
  A 
  rapid-growing 
  vine, 
  bearing 
  ornamental 
  fruit." 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  Province 
  of 
  Tenasserim 
  in 
  southern 
  Burma, 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  

   Timor, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  Philippines. 
  

  

  29185. 
  Cassia 
  sp. 
  

  

  "Balacbac 
  (Tagalog). 
  A 
  low-growing 
  shrub 
  with 
  conspicuous 
  ornamental 
  

   yellow 
  flowers." 
  

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