﻿10 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  and 
  30903) 
  and 
  one 
  from 
  Uruguay 
  (No. 
  31207) 
  for 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  any 
  

   breeder 
  who 
  will 
  undertake 
  the 
  hybridization 
  of 
  the 
  maypop; 
  the 
  

   remarkable 
  akala 
  berry 
  from 
  Hawaii 
  (Rubus 
  macraei, 
  No. 
  30907), 
  with 
  

   fruits 
  2 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter, 
  of 
  a 
  deep-red 
  color, 
  and 
  with 
  an 
  agreeable, 
  

   slightly 
  bitter 
  taste, 
  also 
  imported 
  for 
  breeding 
  purposes; 
  bud 
  sticks 
  

   of 
  seven 
  of 
  the 
  standard 
  commercial 
  varieties 
  of 
  the 
  Spanish 
  carob 
  

   (Nos. 
  30914 
  to 
  30920), 
  a 
  fodder 
  tree 
  of 
  decided 
  importance 
  for 
  the 
  

   cheap 
  lands 
  of 
  California; 
  a 
  remarkable 
  collection 
  of 
  29 
  varieties 
  of 
  

   Medicago 
  (Nos. 
  30992 
  to 
  31024) 
  and 
  14 
  of 
  clover 
  (Nos. 
  31043 
  to 
  

   31057) 
  from 
  St. 
  Petersburg; 
  77 
  varieties 
  of 
  rice 
  from 
  the 
  Philippines 
  

   (Nos. 
  31116 
  to 
  31192); 
  a 
  tropical 
  leguminous 
  plant, 
  Sphenostylis 
  (No. 
  

   31194),, 
  which 
  forms 
  edible 
  tubers 
  with 
  a 
  taste 
  similar 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  

   potato; 
  the 
  Palma 
  de 
  Chile 
  (Jubaea 
  chilensis, 
  No. 
  31097), 
  a 
  drought- 
  

   resistant 
  palm 
  which 
  is 
  rapidly 
  being 
  exterminated 
  by 
  the 
  manu- 
  

   facturers 
  of 
  Miel 
  de 
  Palma, 
  a 
  much-sought-for 
  sirup 
  which 
  is 
  made 
  

   from 
  its 
  sap; 
  and 
  two 
  unusual 
  forms 
  of 
  the 
  potato 
  (Nos. 
  31230 
  and 
  

   31231) 
  from 
  10,000 
  feet 
  altitude 
  in 
  the 
  interior 
  of 
  Peru, 
  where 
  they 
  

   are 
  cultivated 
  by 
  the 
  Hill 
  Indians 
  of 
  the 
  Perene. 
  

  

  As 
  heretofore, 
  the 
  inventory 
  has 
  been 
  compiled 
  by 
  Miss 
  Mary 
  A. 
  

   Austin 
  and 
  the 
  botanical 
  identifications 
  and 
  the 
  notes 
  on 
  geographic 
  

   distribution 
  have 
  been 
  prepared 
  by 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  C. 
  Skeels 
  under 
  the 
  gen- 
  

   eral 
  direction 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Frederick 
  V. 
  Coville, 
  of 
  the 
  Office 
  of 
  Taxonomic 
  

   and 
  Range 
  Investigations. 
  With 
  regard 
  to 
  these 
  geographic 
  notes 
  

   it 
  should 
  be 
  pointed 
  out 
  -that 
  they 
  give 
  only 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  the 
  

   species 
  as 
  recorded 
  in 
  the 
  available 
  literature 
  and 
  no 
  pretense 
  is 
  made 
  

   to 
  an 
  exhaustive 
  investigation 
  of 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  

   species. 
  

  

  David 
  Fairchild, 
  

   Agricultural 
  Explorer 
  in 
  Charge. 
  

  

  Office 
  of 
  Foreign 
  Seed 
  and 
  Plant 
  Introduction, 
  

  

  Washington, 
  D. 
  C, 
  December 
  20 
  , 
  1911. 
  

  

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