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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  29418. 
  Cucumis 
  melo 
  L. 
  Muskmelon. 
  

  

  From 
  Port 
  Said, 
  Egypt. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Michael 
  A. 
  Borg, 
  United 
  States 
  Engi- 
  

   neer 
  Band, 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C. 
  Received 
  January 
  24, 
  1911. 
  

   ' 
  ' 
  Local 
  name 
  of 
  this 
  melon 
  is 
  Shammam. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  long 
  type, 
  sweeter 
  than 
  Netted 
  Gem, 
  

   with 
  flesh 
  that 
  peels 
  away 
  from 
  the 
  skin. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  summer 
  melon 
  planted 
  in 
  Port 
  Said 
  in 
  

   March." 
  (Borg.) 
  

  

  29419 
  to 
  29423. 
  

  

  From 
  Rio 
  de 
  Janeiro, 
  Brazil. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Antonio 
  Augusto 
  Pereira 
  da 
  

   Fonseca. 
  Received 
  January 
  23, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  29419. 
  Acanthorhiza 
  warczevitzii 
  Wendl. 
  Palm. 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  Apparently 
  native 
  of 
  Central 
  America. 
  

  

  29420. 
  Cocos 
  odorata 
  Rodr. 
  Palm. 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  palm 
  native 
  on 
  the 
  plains 
  in 
  the 
  Province 
  of 
  Rio 
  Grande 
  do 
  

  

  Sul, 
  southern 
  Brazil; 
  cultivated 
  at 
  Rio 
  de 
  Janeiro. 
  

  

  29421. 
  Jessenia 
  amazonum 
  Drude 
  (?). 
  Palm. 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  eastern 
  equatorial 
  region 
  of 
  Brazil. 
  

  

  29422. 
  Caryota 
  speciosa 
  Hort. 
  Palm. 
  

  

  29423. 
  (Undetermined.) 
  

  

  "Pitambo. 
  A 
  fruit 
  very 
  agreeable 
  and 
  aromatic." 
  (Fonseca.) 
  

  

  29424. 
  Ravenala 
  madagascariensis 
  Sonnerat. 
  

  

  Traveler's 
  tree. 
  

  

  From 
  Palm 
  Beach, 
  Fla. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  B. 
  Donnelly, 
  Palm 
  Beach 
  Hotel. 
  

   Received 
  January 
  24, 
  1911. 
  

  

  The 
  so-called 
  traveler's 
  tree 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  conspicuous 
  semitropical 
  plants. 
  It 
  

   grows 
  to 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  20 
  to 
  30 
  feet 
  and 
  is 
  a 
  near 
  relative 
  of 
  the 
  banana, 
  resembling 
  that 
  

   plant 
  somewhat 
  in 
  its 
  leaves. 
  It 
  has 
  a 
  palmlike 
  trunk 
  with 
  large 
  leaves, 
  crowded 
  in 
  

   two 
  ranks 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  head 
  has 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  a 
  gigantic 
  fan; 
  suitable 
  for 
  planting 
  in 
  semi- 
  

   tropical 
  sections. 
  

  

  29425 
  and 
  29426. 
  Aristida 
  pennata 
  Trin. 
  

  

  From 
  central 
  Asia. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Prof. 
  A. 
  Fischer 
  von 
  Waldheim, 
  director 
  

   Imperial 
  Botanic 
  Garden, 
  St. 
  Petersburg, 
  Russia. 
  Received 
  January 
  23, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  29425. 
  Variety 
  karelini. 
  Grown 
  in 
  the 
  sand 
  near 
  the 
  railroad 
  station 
  at 
  

   Farab. 
  See 
  No. 
  9582 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  29426. 
  Variety 
  minor. 
  From 
  Transcaspian 
  Turkestan; 
  grown 
  on 
  the 
  sand 
  

   dunes 
  near 
  the 
  Repetek 
  station 
  of 
  the 
  central 
  Asian 
  railroad. 
  

  

  29427 
  to 
  29429. 
  Campomanesia 
  sp. 
  Guabiroba. 
  

  

  From 
  Itapeteninga, 
  Sao 
  Paulo, 
  Brazil. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Wclman 
  Bradford, 
  chief 
  

   of 
  the 
  commission 
  of 
  wheat-culture 
  experiments. 
  Received 
  January 
  26, 
  1911. 
  

   Fruits 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  quoted 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Bradford: 
  

  

  29427. 
  ' 
  ' 
  Varietal 
  name 
  unknown. 
  ' 
  ' 
  

  

  29428. 
  " 
  Variety 
  pelluda. 
  Small 
  fruited." 
  

  

  29429. 
  " 
  Grows 
  wild 
  in 
  open 
  undulating 
  prairies." 
  

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