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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  30495. 
  Spondias 
  cytherea 
  Sonnerat. 
  We 
  fruit. 
  

   This 
  plant 
  has 
  generally 
  been 
  known 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  Spondias 
  dulcis 
  Forster, 
  

  

  which 
  was 
  published 
  in 
  1786 
  (De 
  Plantis 
  Esculentis, 
  p. 
  33). 
  Mr. 
  P. 
  J. 
  Wester 
  

   has 
  called 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  publication 
  in 
  1782 
  of 
  Spondias 
  cytherea 
  Sonnerat 
  

   (Voyage 
  aux 
  Indes 
  Orientales 
  et 
  a 
  la 
  Chine, 
  vol. 
  2, 
  p. 
  222, 
  pi. 
  123), 
  and 
  as 
  this 
  

   is 
  undoubtedly 
  the 
  same 
  species 
  as 
  the 
  one 
  described 
  by 
  Forster, 
  the 
  earlier 
  

   name 
  should 
  be 
  used. 
  

   From 
  Brisbane, 
  Queensland, 
  Australia. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  F. 
  Bailey, 
  director, 
  

   Department 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  and 
  Stock. 
  Received 
  April 
  11, 
  1911. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  26470 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  30496. 
  Maihuenia 
  poeppigii 
  (Otto) 
  Philippi. 
  

  

  From 
  Chile. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Jose 
  D. 
  Husbands, 
  Limavida, 
  via 
  Molina, 
  

   Chile. 
  Received 
  April 
  13, 
  1911. 
  

   "Opuntia 
  maihuen 
  (Herba 
  del 
  Gunaco). 
  A 
  valuable 
  plant 
  for 
  industry 
  and 
  orna- 
  

   ment. 
  Grows 
  in 
  dry, 
  worthless, 
  sandy 
  waste, 
  where 
  nothing 
  else 
  will 
  grow. 
  The 
  

   skinned 
  plant 
  and 
  fruit 
  are 
  eaten 
  as 
  a 
  refreshment. 
  The 
  plant 
  contains 
  an 
  extra 
  

   large 
  quantity 
  of 
  gum, 
  which 
  I 
  believe 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  industrial 
  use 
  and 
  value. 
  It 
  com- 
  

   pletely 
  covers 
  the 
  loose 
  sand 
  for 
  about 
  a 
  meter 
  in 
  diameter. 
  Collected 
  from 
  the 
  

   drifting 
  sands 
  near 
  the 
  Volcano 
  Antuco." 
  (Husbands.) 
  

  

  30497. 
  Diospyros 
  tessellaria 
  Poir. 
  

  

  From 
  Port 
  Louis, 
  Mauritius. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Gabriel 
  Regnard. 
  Received 
  

   April 
  10, 
  1911. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  30139 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  30498. 
  Warneria 
  augusta 
  Stickman. 
  Cape 
  jasmine. 
  

  

  (Herbarium 
  Amboinense, 
  in 
  Linnaeus's 
  Amoenitates 
  Academicae, 
  vol. 
  4, 
  1759, 
  

   pp. 
  136, 
  138.) 
  

  

  The 
  Cape 
  jasmine 
  has 
  heretofore 
  been 
  listed 
  in 
  the 
  Inventories 
  as 
  Gardenia 
  jasmi- 
  

   noides 
  Ellis 
  (Philosophical 
  Transactions, 
  vol. 
  51, 
  1761, 
  p. 
  935, 
  pi. 
  23). 
  The 
  following 
  

   quotation 
  from 
  Ellis's 
  article 
  throws 
  considerable 
  light 
  on 
  this 
  name: 
  

  

  "In 
  July, 
  1758, 
  I 
  procured 
  a 
  specimen 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Warner, 
  for 
  my 
  friend, 
  Dr. 
  Lin- 
  

   naeus's 
  opinion. 
  At 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  I 
  wrote 
  to 
  the 
  professor 
  [Linnaeus] 
  that 
  if 
  he 
  found 
  

   it 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  new 
  genus, 
  agreeable 
  to 
  the 
  description 
  I 
  had 
  sent 
  him, 
  that 
  he 
  would 
  

   please 
  to 
  call 
  it 
  Warneria 
  after 
  its 
  worthy 
  possessor 
  [Richard 
  Warner, 
  of 
  Woodford, 
  in 
  

   the 
  county 
  of 
  Essex, 
  England, 
  the 
  author 
  of 
  Plantae 
  Woodfordienses, 
  1771]. 
  * 
  * 
  * 
  

   But 
  Mr. 
  Warner, 
  refusing 
  to 
  have 
  it 
  so 
  called 
  and 
  choosing 
  that 
  it 
  should 
  still 
  remain 
  

   a 
  jasmine, 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  commonly 
  called, 
  I 
  have 
  thought 
  of 
  no 
  man 
  more 
  worthy 
  as 
  a 
  

   botanist 
  than 
  our 
  friend 
  Dr. 
  Garden; 
  accordingly, 
  the 
  professor 
  has 
  agreed 
  to 
  adopt 
  

   this 
  new 
  genus 
  by 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Gardenia." 
  

  

  However, 
  the 
  generic 
  name 
  Warneria, 
  suggested 
  by 
  Ellis, 
  was 
  actually 
  published 
  

   by 
  Stickman 
  two 
  years 
  before 
  the 
  publication 
  of 
  Gardenia. 
  It 
  was 
  based 
  on 
  the 
  

   plant 
  described 
  and 
  figured 
  by 
  Burmann 
  (Rumph's 
  Herbarium 
  Amboinense, 
  vol. 
  7, 
  

   1755, 
  p. 
  26, 
  pi. 
  14) 
  with 
  the 
  specific 
  name 
  augusta 
  (spelled 
  Varneria 
  augusta 
  on 
  p. 
  136, 
  

   and 
  Warneria 
  angusta 
  on 
  p. 
  138). 
  This 
  description 
  and 
  plate 
  are 
  generally 
  accepted 
  

   as 
  applying 
  to 
  the 
  Cape 
  jasmine, 
  and 
  were 
  cited 
  by 
  Linnaeus 
  in 
  the 
  first 
  place 
  in 
  

   which 
  he 
  described 
  the 
  plant, 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  Gardenia 
  fiorida 
  (Species 
  Plantarum, 
  

   ed. 
  2, 
  1762, 
  p. 
  305). 
  Under 
  present 
  rules 
  of 
  botanical 
  nomenclature 
  this 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  

   binomial 
  Warneria 
  augusta 
  and 
  the 
  citation 
  of 
  a 
  previously 
  published 
  description 
  

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