﻿JANUARY 
  1 
  TO 
  MARCH 
  31, 
  1911. 
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  Continued. 
  

  

  district. 
  The 
  manufacture 
  of 
  cloth 
  from 
  this 
  tree 
  is 
  confined 
  to 
  M'Chopes, 
  and 
  the 
  

   cloths 
  are 
  carried 
  to 
  neighboring 
  districts 
  and 
  sold, 
  where 
  the 
  tree 
  itself 
  is 
  abundant, 
  

   but 
  used 
  only 
  for 
  rough 
  cordage 
  or 
  for 
  caoutchouc. 
  This 
  latter 
  product 
  is 
  yielded 
  

   abundantly 
  but 
  is 
  of 
  low 
  quality 
  and 
  value. 
  The 
  preference 
  for 
  M'Chopes 
  cloth 
  I 
  

   can 
  account 
  for 
  only 
  by 
  the 
  local 
  knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  art 
  of 
  coppicing, 
  and 
  the 
  suitable 
  

   stems 
  produced 
  thereby." 
  (Extract 
  from 
  Sim: 
  Forest 
  Flora 
  of 
  Portuguese 
  East 
  Africa, 
  

   p. 
  100.) 
  

  

  29360. 
  Passiflora 
  ligularis 
  Juss. 
  Passion 
  flower. 
  

  

  From 
  Mexico. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Richard 
  M. 
  Stadden, 
  vice 
  and 
  deputy 
  consul 
  

   in 
  charge, 
  Manzanillo, 
  Mexico. 
  Received 
  January 
  16, 
  1911. 
  

  

  29362. 
  Garcinia 
  kola 
  Heckel. 
  Bitter 
  kola. 
  

  

  From 
  Ibadan, 
  Southern 
  Nigeria, 
  West 
  Africa. 
  Presented 
  by 
  the 
  curator 
  of 
  the 
  

   Agricultural 
  Department. 
  Received 
  January 
  16, 
  1911. 
  

  

  "Vernacular 
  names. 
  — 
  Efrie 
  (uwet, 
  McLeod), 
  bitter 
  kola, 
  false 
  kola, 
  male 
  kola, 
  Orogbo 
  

   kola 
  nut. 
  

  

  "Tree 
  grows 
  10 
  to 
  30 
  feet 
  high. 
  Leaves 
  about 
  6 
  inches 
  long, 
  3 
  inches 
  broad, 
  shining 
  

   above, 
  paler 
  beneath. 
  Mature 
  fruit 
  about 
  3 
  inches 
  long 
  and 
  2 
  J 
  inches 
  across, 
  with 
  

   remains 
  of 
  the 
  styles 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  and 
  of 
  five 
  imbricate 
  sepals 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  Rind 
  apricot 
  

   colored, 
  resiniferous, 
  covering 
  a 
  juicy, 
  orange-acid 
  pulp. 
  Mature 
  seeds 
  1J 
  inches 
  

   long, 
  f 
  inch 
  across, 
  obtuse 
  at 
  both 
  ends, 
  with 
  a 
  brown, 
  parchment-like 
  coat. 
  

  

  "According 
  to 
  Milton 
  (Jour. 
  Bot., 
  vol. 
  4, 
  1875, 
  p. 
  65), 
  the 
  newly 
  dried 
  nuts 
  are 
  

   esteemed 
  by 
  the 
  natives 
  as 
  a 
  remedy 
  in 
  cases 
  of 
  cough, 
  and 
  are 
  said 
  to 
  improve 
  the 
  

   voice 
  of 
  the 
  singer. 
  The 
  bitter 
  principle 
  is 
  agreeable 
  and 
  free 
  from 
  the 
  astringency 
  

   of 
  the 
  common 
  red 
  and 
  white 
  kolas, 
  and 
  it 
  imparts 
  to 
  water 
  a 
  pleasant 
  sweet 
  taste. 
  

   The 
  bitter 
  kola 
  is 
  also 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  good 
  restorative 
  after 
  seasickness; 
  it 
  is 
  eaten 
  by 
  the 
  

   natives 
  to 
  enhance 
  the 
  flavor 
  of 
  liquor 
  (McLeod, 
  Herb. 
  Kew), 
  and 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  remedy 
  

   for 
  dysentery 
  (Monteiro, 
  Mus. 
  Kew). 
  

  

  "The 
  seeds 
  of 
  the 
  bitter 
  kola 
  do 
  not 
  appear 
  to 
  possess 
  the 
  same 
  stimulating 
  proper- 
  

   ties 
  as 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  true 
  kola 
  (Bichea 
  acuminata), 
  and 
  are 
  of 
  less 
  commercial 
  importance. 
  

   The 
  fresh 
  nuts 
  of 
  bitter 
  kola 
  (Garcinia 
  kola) 
  in 
  West 
  Africa 
  are 
  worth 
  2s. 
  for 
  200 
  nuts, 
  

   while 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  nuts 
  of 
  Bichea 
  acuminata 
  is 
  3s. 
  to 
  4s. 
  Qd. 
  for 
  200 
  (von 
  Bernegau 
  in 
  

   Der 
  Tropenflanzer, 
  1904, 
  p. 
  361)." 
  (Kew 
  Bui. 
  Misc. 
  Inf., 
  add. 
  ser. 
  9, 
  1908, 
  pp. 
  63-64.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Throughout 
  the 
  west 
  coast 
  of 
  Africa 
  from 
  10° 
  north 
  latitude 
  to 
  5° 
  

   south 
  latitude. 
  

  

  29363. 
  Persea 
  Americana 
  Miller. 
  Avocado. 
  

  

  Plants 
  grown 
  at 
  the 
  Plant 
  Introduction 
  Garden, 
  Chico, 
  Cal., 
  from 
  seed 
  received 
  

   from 
  Mr. 
  Ed. 
  Simmonds, 
  Subtropical 
  Garden, 
  Miami, 
  Fla., 
  October 
  20, 
  1909. 
  

   Numbered 
  for 
  convenience 
  in 
  recording 
  distribution 
  January 
  17, 
  1911. 
  

   Avocados 
  to 
  be 
  distributed 
  in 
  southern 
  California 
  to 
  test 
  the 
  hardiness 
  of 
  the 
  south- 
  

   ern 
  types 
  in 
  that 
  locality. 
  

  

  29364. 
  Triticum 
  aestivum 
  L. 
  Wheat. 
  

  

  From 
  Harbin, 
  Manchuria. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Roger 
  S. 
  Greene, 
  American 
  con- 
  

   sul, 
  through 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Manufactures, 
  United 
  States 
  Department 
  of 
  Com- 
  

   merce 
  and 
  Labor. 
  Received 
  January 
  18, 
  1911. 
  

   Seed 
  received 
  with 
  samples 
  of 
  flour 
  mentioned 
  in 
  report 
  published 
  in 
  the 
  Daily 
  

   Consular 
  and 
  Trade 
  Reports, 
  December 
  2, 
  1910. 
  

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