﻿APRIL, 
  1 
  TO 
  JUNE 
  30, 
  1911, 
  15 
  

  

  30498— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  constitutes 
  botanical 
  publication, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  therefore 
  necessary 
  to 
  use 
  this 
  name 
  for 
  

   the 
  Cape 
  jasmine. 
  

  

  From 
  Kuling, 
  China. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mrs. 
  John 
  Berkin. 
  Received 
  March 
  1, 
  1911. 
  

  

  "Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  favorite 
  spring 
  flower 
  of 
  the 
  Chinese. 
  In 
  drying, 
  the 
  seeds 
  stain 
  the 
  

   paper 
  a 
  bright 
  yellow, 
  which 
  is 
  indelible, 
  as 
  I 
  found 
  on 
  my 
  fingers. 
  The 
  Chinese 
  use 
  

   it 
  in. 
  producing 
  their 
  yellow 
  dyes. 
  The 
  bush 
  is 
  graceful 
  and 
  evergreen; 
  the 
  leaves 
  are 
  

   oblong; 
  the 
  flowers 
  resemble 
  a 
  double 
  white 
  camellia, 
  but 
  with 
  most 
  exquisite 
  per- 
  

   fume. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  profuse 
  bloomer, 
  the 
  flowers 
  maturing 
  before 
  the 
  leaf 
  buds, 
  being 
  one 
  

   of 
  the 
  earliest 
  spring 
  flowers. 
  

  

  "The 
  seed 
  pods 
  are 
  very 
  much 
  like 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  rose, 
  but 
  a 
  bright 
  orange 
  yellow 
  in 
  

   color, 
  and 
  are 
  quite 
  ornamental 
  on 
  the 
  bush 
  among 
  the 
  leaves. 
  Chinese 
  name 
  is 
  

   Romanized 
  Chi-tse 
  flower." 
  (Berkin.) 
  

  

  30499. 
  Myrttts 
  arayan 
  H. 
  B. 
  K. 
  Arayan, 
  or 
  arrellano. 
  

  

  From 
  Mazatlan, 
  Mexico. 
  Collected 
  by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  M. 
  Goulding. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  

   F. 
  W. 
  Popenoe, 
  Altadena, 
  Cal. 
  Received 
  April 
  10, 
  1911. 
  I 
  

  

  "This 
  tree 
  grows 
  to 
  be 
  20 
  to 
  35 
  feet 
  high, 
  the 
  trunk 
  sometimes 
  15 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter, 
  

   with 
  smooth 
  gray 
  bark 
  and 
  erect 
  branches. 
  It 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  cultivated 
  somewhat 
  

   extensively 
  in 
  Mexico. 
  Fruit 
  is 
  greenish 
  yellow, 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  irregular 
  disk 
  at 
  the 
  

   top 
  and 
  a 
  smooth 
  nutlet 
  in 
  the 
  center; 
  very 
  juicy 
  and 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  a 
  rich, 
  spicy, 
  sub- 
  

   acid 
  flavor. 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  popular 
  soft 
  drinks 
  of 
  the 
  country, 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  very 
  refreshing, 
  

   is 
  made 
  from 
  it." 
  (Rose, 
  J. 
  N. 
  Notes 
  on 
  Useful 
  Plants 
  of 
  Mexico. 
  Contributions 
  

   from 
  U. 
  S. 
  National 
  Herbarium, 
  vol. 
  5, 
  no. 
  4-) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  From 
  Panama 
  southward 
  to 
  Peru. 
  

  

  30500 
  to 
  30503. 
  

  

  From 
  central 
  Asia. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Isaac 
  Bayley 
  Balfour, 
  director, 
  Royal 
  

   Botanic 
  Garden, 
  Edinburgh, 
  Scotland. 
  Received 
  April 
  14, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  30500. 
  Hordeum 
  vulgare 
  L. 
  Hull-less 
  barley. 
  

  

  Variety. 
  

   30501 
  and 
  30502. 
  Apocynum 
  hendersoni 
  Hook. 
  

   "This 
  yields 
  the 
  fiber 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  people 
  largely 
  make 
  rope." 
  (Balfour.) 
  

   One 
  or 
  two 
  of 
  the 
  central 
  Asian 
  species 
  of 
  this 
  genus 
  give 
  fiber 
  especially 
  

   suited 
  for 
  use 
  in 
  paper 
  making, 
  and 
  this 
  may 
  also 
  prove 
  of 
  value 
  for 
  this 
  purpose. 
  

  

  30501. 
  Brown 
  fiber. 
  30502. 
  White 
  fiber. 
  

  

  30503. 
  Cannabis 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Hemp. 
  

  

  Female. 
  

  

  30504. 
  Medic 
  ago 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Alfalfa. 
  

  

  From 
  Pretoria, 
  Transvaal, 
  South 
  Africa. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Prof. 
  J. 
  Burtt 
  Davy, 
  

  

  agrostologist 
  and 
  botanist, 
  Transvaal 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  Received 
  

  

  April 
  17, 
  1911. 
  

  

  "Chinese 
  lucern. 
  This 
  variety 
  is 
  described 
  as 
  growing 
  equally 
  well 
  on 
  hillsides 
  

  

  and 
  in 
  valleys, 
  even 
  at 
  high 
  altitudes, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  attain 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  4 
  or 
  5 
  

  

  feet. 
  It 
  is 
  also 
  said 
  to 
  thrive 
  in 
  very 
  salty, 
  marshy 
  land. 
  I 
  am 
  unable 
  to 
  vouch 
  for 
  

  

  the 
  correctness 
  of 
  these 
  statements, 
  but 
  the 
  plant 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  worth 
  trial." 
  (Davy.) 
  

  

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