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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  29391 
  — 
  Continued. 
  

  

  planting 
  offshoots 
  of 
  the 
  Menakher 
  variety. 
  Fruit 
  purchased 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  obtain 
  seed 
  

   for 
  planting 
  in 
  the 
  Southwest 
  with 
  the 
  expectation 
  that 
  a 
  considerable 
  percentage 
  will 
  

   come 
  true 
  to 
  seed 
  or 
  at 
  least 
  produce 
  fruit 
  of 
  superior 
  quality." 
  (Kearney.) 
  

  

  29392 
  to 
  29405. 
  

  

  From 
  Addis 
  Abeba, 
  Abyssinia. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Guy 
  R. 
  Love, 
  American 
  vice 
  

   consul 
  general. 
  Received 
  January 
  7, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Love: 
  

  

  29392 
  to 
  29403. 
  Trifolium 
  spp. 
  Clover. 
  

  

  29392. 
  "Purple 
  flowered, 
  similar 
  to 
  No. 
  29393, 
  but 
  while 
  growing 
  the 
  

   marking 
  of 
  the 
  leaves 
  appears 
  different." 
  

  

  29393. 
  "Purple 
  flowered, 
  similar 
  to 
  No. 
  29392, 
  but 
  while 
  growing 
  the 
  

   marking 
  of 
  the 
  leaves 
  appears 
  different." 
  

  

  29394. 
  "Purple 
  flowers, 
  few 
  petals." 
  

  

  29395. 
  "Purple 
  flowers; 
  large 
  loose 
  heads." 
  

  

  29396. 
  "Purple 
  flowers; 
  long 
  thin 
  leaves." 
  

  

  29397. 
  "White 
  flowers; 
  large 
  heads." 
  

  

  29398. 
  "Light-purple 
  flowers; 
  leaves 
  in 
  clusters. 
  " 
  

  

  29399. 
  "White 
  flowers; 
  few 
  petals." 
  

  

  29400. 
  "Purple 
  flowers; 
  few 
  petals; 
  thin 
  leaves." 
  

  

  29401. 
  "Purple 
  flowers; 
  grows 
  very 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  ground." 
  

  

  29402. 
  "Dull-purple 
  flowers; 
  appearance 
  of 
  fur 
  on 
  plant 
  and 
  flowers. 
  " 
  

  

  29403. 
  "Purple 
  flowers; 
  longheads; 
  thin 
  leaves. 
  

  

  29404. 
  Medicago 
  hispida 
  denticulata 
  (Willd.) 
  Urban. 
  Bur 
  clover. 
  

   "Small, 
  yellow 
  flowers." 
  

  

  29405. 
  Genista 
  (?). 
  

   "Yellow 
  flowered." 
  

  

  29407. 
  Sorindeia 
  madagascariensis 
  DC. 
  Grape- 
  mango. 
  

  

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

   tius. 
  Received 
  January 
  23, 
  1911. 
  

   "A 
  tall 
  anacardiaceous 
  shrub 
  which 
  bears 
  panicles 
  of 
  purple 
  flowers, 
  and 
  fruits 
  of 
  

   a 
  pleasant, 
  sweet-sour, 
  mango 
  taste. 
  These 
  drupes 
  grow 
  in 
  a 
  remarkable 
  and 
  inter- 
  

   esting 
  way, 
  not 
  only 
  from 
  the 
  branches, 
  but 
  chiefly 
  from 
  the 
  main 
  trunk 
  of 
  the 
  tree, 
  

   looking 
  as 
  if 
  they 
  were 
  air 
  roots, 
  with 
  fruit 
  upon 
  them, 
  or 
  like 
  parasites." 
  (Regnard.) 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  Madagascar, 
  Zanzibar, 
  and 
  eastern 
  tropical 
  Africa; 
  cultivated 
  in 
  

   tropical 
  Asia. 
  

  

  29408. 
  Cissus 
  capensis 
  (Burm.) 
  Willd. 
  

  

  From 
  San 
  Gabriel, 
  Cal. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  William 
  Hertrich, 
  superintendent 
  

   for 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  E. 
  Huntington, 
  Los 
  Robles 
  Ranch. 
  Received 
  at 
  the 
  Plant 
  Intro- 
  

   duction 
  Garden, 
  Chico, 
  Cal., 
  January 
  11, 
  1911. 
  Numbered 
  January 
  23, 
  191L 
  

   "This 
  plant 
  is 
  an 
  evergreen, 
  fast-growing, 
  broad-leaved 
  vine. 
  In 
  my 
  opinion 
  it 
  is 
  

   the 
  best 
  climbing 
  plant 
  for 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  country, 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  foliage 
  is 
  concerned." 
  

   (Hertrich.) 
  

   Cuttings. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  In 
  mountainous 
  ravines 
  on 
  the 
  eastern 
  side 
  of 
  Table 
  Mountain 
  and 
  

   in 
  the 
  Uitenhage 
  region 
  of 
  Cape 
  Colony. 
  

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