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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  29451 
  to 
  29453. 
  (Undetermined.) 
  Bamboo. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  David, 
  Panama, 
  at 
  an 
  altitude 
  of 
  200 
  feet. 
  

  

  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Luis 
  Alfaro, 
  Subsecretario 
  de 
  Fomento, 
  Panama. 
  Received 
  

  

  January 
  27, 
  1911. 
  

  

  "Plants 
  of 
  three 
  varieties 
  of 
  unidentified 
  bamboos 
  indigenous 
  to 
  Chiriqui 
  Province, 
  

  

  Republic 
  of 
  Panama, 
  according 
  to 
  information 
  from 
  the 
  governor 
  of 
  the 
  province 
  of 
  

  

  Chiriqui, 
  who 
  likewise 
  informs 
  us 
  that 
  the 
  grass 
  mentioned 
  grows 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  hot 
  regions 
  

  

  of 
  this 
  province 
  at 
  heights 
  which 
  vary 
  from 
  the 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  sea 
  to 
  300 
  meters, 
  and 
  at 
  

  

  temperatures 
  of 
  26° 
  to 
  28° 
  C, 
  but 
  always 
  preferring 
  the 
  low 
  humid 
  spots 
  of 
  the 
  coast. 
  

  

  "In 
  the 
  province 
  of 
  Chiriqui 
  it 
  is 
  generally 
  used 
  in 
  roofs 
  of 
  houses 
  to 
  lay 
  over 
  tiles, 
  

  

  in 
  barricades, 
  pasture 
  and 
  farm 
  gates, 
  granaries, 
  etc." 
  (J. 
  J. 
  Arosemena.) 
  

  

  29454. 
  Datura 
  fastuosa 
  L. 
  

  

  From 
  Villa 
  Rica, 
  Paraguay. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  Mahaux. 
  Received 
  January 
  

   20, 
  1911. 
  

   "This 
  plant 
  has 
  mauve 
  flowers 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  people 
  here 
  make 
  cigarettes. 
  It 
  

   seems 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  good 
  antiasthmatic." 
  {Mahaux.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Throughout 
  India, 
  tropical 
  Africa, 
  and 
  the 
  Malay 
  Archipelago; 
  

   cultivated 
  or 
  a 
  weed 
  throughout 
  the 
  Tropics. 
  

  

  29455. 
  Mangifera 
  indica 
  L. 
  Mango. 
  

  

  From 
  Oneco, 
  Fla. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Reasoner 
  Bros., 
  Royal 
  Palm 
  Nurseries, 
  Oneco, 
  

   Fla. 
  Received 
  at 
  the 
  Subtropical 
  Garden, 
  Miami, 
  Fla., 
  August 
  15, 
  1910. 
  

   Numbered 
  for 
  convenience 
  in 
  recording 
  distribution 
  January 
  28, 
  1911. 
  

   Langra 
  Benarsi. 
  "Form 
  oblong, 
  oblique; 
  cross 
  section 
  roundish, 
  flattened; 
  size 
  

   very 
  large; 
  cavity 
  regular, 
  small, 
  very 
  shallow; 
  suture 
  medium 
  wide; 
  beak 
  promi- 
  

   nent; 
  surface 
  undulating; 
  color 
  watermelon 
  green 
  with 
  marb 
  lings 
  of 
  lighter 
  green; 
  

   dots 
  small, 
  russet; 
  bloom 
  whitish; 
  skin 
  medium 
  thick, 
  tenacious; 
  flesh 
  yellow, 
  tender, 
  

   juicy, 
  some 
  fiber 
  but 
  not 
  enough 
  to 
  interfere 
  with 
  spoon; 
  seed 
  flat, 
  oval, 
  cling, 
  large; 
  

   flavor 
  acid; 
  quality 
  good 
  for 
  culinary 
  purposes." 
  (W. 
  N. 
  Irwin.) 
  

  

  29456. 
  Andropogon 
  schoenanthus 
  L. 
  Lemon 
  grass. 
  

  

  From 
  Saigon, 
  Cochin 
  China. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  P. 
  Morange, 
  chief, 
  Service 
  of 
  

   Agriculture. 
  Received 
  January 
  28, 
  1911. 
  

   "A 
  plant 
  known 
  only 
  in 
  the 
  cultivated 
  state. 
  It 
  is 
  grown 
  in 
  most 
  tropical 
  coun- 
  

   tries. 
  The 
  chief 
  points 
  of 
  production 
  are 
  on 
  the 
  Malabar 
  coast 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  Malay 
  

   Peninsula 
  near 
  Singapore. 
  This 
  grass 
  rarely 
  blossoms 
  and 
  perhaps 
  for 
  this 
  reason 
  has 
  

   been 
  the 
  subject 
  of 
  some 
  botanical 
  confusion. 
  The 
  herbage 
  on 
  distillation 
  yields 
  the 
  

   so-called 
  lemon-grass 
  oil 
  of 
  commerce. 
  The 
  substance 
  citral, 
  having 
  a 
  lemonlike 
  

   odor, 
  is 
  an 
  important 
  constituent 
  of 
  the 
  oil, 
  amounting 
  to 
  about 
  70 
  to 
  75 
  per 
  cent 
  

   thereof. 
  The 
  grass 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  oil 
  has 
  a 
  strong 
  lemonlike 
  taste 
  and 
  odor. 
  This 
  oil, 
  

   together 
  with 
  citronella 
  oil, 
  distilled 
  from 
  a 
  nearly 
  related 
  plant, 
  is 
  imported 
  into 
  

   this 
  country 
  in 
  large 
  quantities. 
  They 
  are 
  used 
  chiefly 
  in 
  perfumery 
  products, 
  soaps, 
  

   and 
  cosmetics 
  and 
  in 
  other 
  materials 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  agreeable 
  odor 
  is 
  desired." 
  (R. 
  H. 
  

   True.) 
  

  

  29457. 
  Solanum 
  tuberosum 
  L. 
  Potato. 
  

  

  From 
  Canary 
  Islands. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Messrs. 
  Wildpret 
  Bros., 
  Puerto 
  de 
  Orotava, 
  

   Teneriffe, 
  Canary 
  Islands. 
  Received 
  January 
  28, 
  1911. 
  

   "A 
  red 
  Irish 
  potato, 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  grown 
  as 
  a 
  summer 
  crop 
  on 
  sandy 
  land 
  in 
  the 
  Canary 
  

   Islands 
  and 
  to 
  yield 
  heavily." 
  (S. 
  C. 
  Hood.) 
  

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