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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  30191 
  to 
  30198— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  30195. 
  Diospyros 
  kaki 
  L. 
  f. 
  Persimmon. 
  

   " 
  Excellent 
  fruit." 
  

  

  30196. 
  Actinidia 
  chinensis 
  Planch, 
  Yang- 
  taw. 
  

   "A 
  large 
  vine 
  bearing 
  most 
  delicious 
  fruits 
  that 
  are 
  hairy 
  on 
  the 
  outside 
  and 
  

  

  contain 
  lots 
  of 
  seed." 
  

  

  See 
  No. 
  21781 
  for 
  further 
  description. 
  

  

  30197 
  to 
  30199. 
  Nicotiana 
  tabacttm 
  L. 
  Tobacco. 
  

  

  From 
  Cuba. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  W. 
  Halstead. 
  El 
  Caimital 
  Fruit 
  Co., 
  Los 
  

   Palacios, 
  Cuba. 
  Received 
  March 
  20, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  30197. 
  From 
  Pinar 
  del 
  Rio, 
  Pinar 
  del 
  Rio 
  Province. 
  

  

  30198. 
  From 
  Los 
  Palacios, 
  Pinar 
  del 
  Rio 
  Province. 
  

  

  30199. 
  From 
  Holguin, 
  Santiago 
  de 
  Cuba 
  Province. 
  

  

  30200. 
  Medic 
  ago 
  falcata 
  L. 
  Siberian 
  alfalfa. 
  

  

  Collected 
  in 
  1909 
  from 
  specimens 
  growing 
  wild 
  in 
  lower 
  Austria. 
  Presented 
  by 
  

   Dr. 
  Weinzirl, 
  director, 
  Imperial 
  Seed-Control 
  Station, 
  Vienna, 
  Austria. 
  

   Received 
  March 
  17, 
  1911. 
  

  

  30201. 
  Citrus 
  sp. 
  Orange. 
  

  

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

   Fonseca. 
  Received 
  March 
  23, 
  1911. 
  

   Bahia. 
  

   Cuttings. 
  

  

  30206. 
  Samuela 
  carnerosana 
  Trelease. 
  

  

  From 
  Mexico. 
  Procured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Thomas 
  W. 
  Voetter, 
  American 
  consul, 
  Saltillo, 
  

   Mexico. 
  Received 
  March 
  23, 
  1911. 
  

   "The 
  man 
  who 
  collected 
  this 
  seed 
  stated 
  that 
  he 
  sells 
  much 
  of 
  it 
  to 
  local 
  druggists, 
  

   who 
  grind 
  it 
  and 
  sell 
  it 
  as 
  a 
  purgative. 
  The 
  fleshy 
  covering 
  of 
  the 
  seeds 
  also 
  has 
  a 
  pur- 
  

   gative 
  action 
  when 
  freely 
  eaten. 
  ' 
  ' 
  ( 
  Voetter.) 
  

   See 
  No. 
  29521 
  for 
  further 
  description. 
  

  

  30207. 
  Citrus 
  sp. 
  Sweet 
  lemon. 
  

  

  From 
  Tobago 
  Island, 
  British 
  West 
  Indies. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  N. 
  E. 
  Coffey, 
  Ancon 
  

   Hospital, 
  Ancon, 
  Canal 
  Zone, 
  Panama. 
  Received 
  March 
  23, 
  1911. 
  

   Cuttings. 
  

  

  30208 
  to 
  30210. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  plains 
  of 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Marajo, 
  the 
  great 
  cattle 
  country 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  

   Para, 
  Brazil. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Walter 
  Fischer, 
  acting 
  director, 
  Campo 
  de 
  Cul- 
  

   tura 
  Experimental 
  Paraense, 
  Para, 
  Brazil. 
  Received 
  March 
  23, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  quoted 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Fischer: 
  

   30208. 
  Paratheria 
  prostrata 
  Griseb. 
  

  

  "Variety 
  pubescens, 
  here 
  known 
  as 
  capim 
  de 
  marreca 
  (duck 
  grass). 
  It 
  is 
  

   said 
  to 
  differ 
  from 
  the 
  type 
  in 
  being 
  annual; 
  prefers 
  the 
  clay 
  soils 
  of 
  the 
  lowlands, 
  

   where 
  it 
  is 
  under 
  water 
  for 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  or 
  more, 
  reproducing 
  itself 
  by 
  seeds 
  

   at 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  the 
  summer, 
  when 
  it 
  makes 
  a 
  fine 
  green 
  pasture 
  not 
  over 
  a 
  

   foot 
  in 
  height, 
  surviving 
  the 
  long 
  drought 
  in 
  the 
  hard, 
  baked, 
  clay 
  soil." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Not 
  previously 
  known 
  from 
  any 
  place 
  outside 
  of 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  

   Cuba. 
  

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