﻿JANUARY 
  1 
  TO 
  MARCH 
  31, 
  1911. 
  51 
  

  

  30034. 
  Coffea 
  MAURITIAN 
  A 
  Lam. 
  

  

  From 
  Reunion 
  Island. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  Regnard, 
  Port 
  Louis, 
  Mauritius, 
  

   Received 
  March 
  7, 
  1911. 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  In 
  the 
  woods 
  on 
  the 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  mountains 
  in 
  the 
  islands 
  of 
  Mau- 
  

   ritius 
  and 
  Reunion. 
  

  

  30035 
  to 
  30039. 
  

  

  From 
  Yachow, 
  China. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  T. 
  Shields. 
  Received 
  March 
  

  

  9, 
  1911. 
  

  

  Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  30035 
  to 
  30038. 
  Zea 
  mays 
  L. 
  Corn. 
  

  

  30035. 
  White. 
  

  

  30036. 
  Yellow. 
  

  

  30037. 
  Smooth 
  surface 
  pop 
  corn. 
  

  

  30038. 
  Rough 
  surface 
  pop 
  corn. 
  

  

  30039. 
  Machilus 
  nanmu 
  (Oliv.) 
  Hemsl. 
  Nanmu. 
  

  

  See 
  Nos. 
  28128 
  and 
  29485 
  for 
  previous 
  introductions. 
  

  

  30040. 
  Eugenia 
  dombeyi 
  (Sprengel) 
  Skeels. 
  

  

  (Eugenia 
  brasiliensis 
  Lamarck, 
  Encyclopedic 
  Methodique 
  Botanique, 
  vol. 
  

   3, 
  p. 
  203, 
  1789.) 
  

  

  (Myrtus 
  dombeyi 
  Sprengel, 
  Systema 
  Vegetabilium, 
  vol. 
  2, 
  p. 
  485, 
  1825.) 
  

   The 
  seeds 
  of 
  this 
  Brazilian 
  tree 
  were 
  received 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  Eugenia 
  brasiliensis 
  

   Lamarck, 
  but 
  Aublet 
  (Histoire 
  des 
  Plantes 
  de 
  la 
  Guiane 
  Francoise, 
  vol. 
  1, 
  p. 
  511), 
  

   in 
  1775 
  had 
  used 
  for 
  another 
  species 
  the 
  name 
  Eugenia 
  brasiliana, 
  based 
  on 
  Myrtus 
  

   brasiliana 
  L. 
  (Species 
  Plantarum, 
  vol. 
  1, 
  p. 
  471, 
  1753.) 
  As 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  allowable 
  to 
  

   apply 
  the 
  same 
  name 
  to 
  two 
  species 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  genus, 
  the 
  later 
  species 
  must 
  be 
  given 
  

   another 
  name. 
  This 
  principle 
  was 
  recognized 
  by 
  Sprengel, 
  who, 
  writing 
  of 
  these 
  

   plants 
  as 
  species 
  of 
  Myrtus, 
  changed 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Lamarck's 
  brasiliensis 
  to 
  dombeyi, 
  

   evidently 
  because 
  Lamarck 
  secured 
  his 
  information 
  on 
  the 
  plant 
  from 
  the 
  observa- 
  

   tions 
  and 
  specimens 
  of 
  M. 
  Dombey. 
  It 
  now 
  becomes 
  necessary 
  to 
  use 
  this 
  specific 
  

   name 
  in 
  the 
  genus 
  Eugenia 
  to 
  which 
  the 
  species 
  is 
  generally 
  admitted 
  to 
  belong. 
  

   Eugenia 
  dombeyi 
  grows 
  in 
  the 
  province 
  of 
  Pernambuco, 
  and 
  is 
  cultivated 
  in 
  the 
  

   vicinity 
  of 
  Rio 
  de 
  Janeiro, 
  Brazil. 
  

  

  From 
  Port 
  Louis, 
  Mauritius. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  Regnard. 
  Received 
  March 
  

  

  10, 
  1911. 
  

  

  "A 
  very 
  fine 
  shrub, 
  10 
  to 
  15 
  feet 
  high, 
  with 
  large 
  glazed 
  leaves 
  and 
  white 
  blos- 
  

   soms. 
  Fruit 
  same 
  as 
  the 
  cherry, 
  red, 
  becoming 
  black 
  when 
  full 
  ripe; 
  sweet 
  and 
  soft 
  

   flesh." 
  (Regnard.) 
  

  

  Seeds. 
  

  

  30041. 
  Mesembryanthemum 
  forskahlei 
  Hochst. 
  Samh. 
  

  

  From 
  Jerusalem, 
  Palestine. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  John 
  D. 
  Whiting, 
  deputy 
  consul. 
  

  

  Received 
  March 
  9, 
  1911. 
  

  

  "A 
  bread 
  more 
  nourishing 
  than 
  wheat 
  is 
  prepared 
  from 
  the 
  samh. 
  The 
  seed 
  pods 
  

  

  they 
  throw 
  into 
  water 
  and 
  afterwards 
  dry 
  the 
  seeds 
  in 
  the 
  sun, 
  which 
  when 
  ground 
  

  

  in 
  a 
  mill 
  they 
  make 
  into 
  a 
  thin 
  bread 
  and 
  cook 
  it 
  in 
  an 
  iron 
  called 
  saj." 
  (ForskaVs 
  

  

  Flora 
  Aegyptiaco-Arabica, 
  1775.) 
  

  

  "The 
  samh 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  plant 
  which 
  grows 
  wild, 
  the 
  Bedouins 
  say, 
  all 
  over 
  the 
  desert 
  

   plateau 
  east 
  'of 
  Maan, 
  where 
  nothing 
  is 
  cultivated, 
  there 
  being 
  insufficient 
  rain 
  for 
  

   any 
  grain 
  to 
  grow. 
  

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