﻿16 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  30505 
  and 
  30506. 
  Hordeum 
  spp. 
  Barley. 
  

  

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

   agrostologist 
  and 
  botanist, 
  Transvaal 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  Received 
  

   April 
  17, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  30505. 
  Hordeum 
  sp. 
  

   Nepaul. 
  

  

  30506. 
  Hordeum 
  vulgare 
  tripurcatum 
  (Schlecht.) 
  Beaven. 
  

  

  30508. 
  Larix 
  leptolepis 
  (Sieb. 
  and 
  Zucc.) 
  Gord. 
  

  

  Japanese 
  larch. 
  

  

  From 
  Copenhagen, 
  Denmark. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  S. 
  T. 
  Dana, 
  Acting 
  Chief 
  of 
  

   Silvics, 
  Forest 
  Service, 
  U. 
  S. 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  who 
  procured 
  it 
  from 
  

   Mr. 
  Johannes 
  Ram. 
  Received 
  April 
  17, 
  1911. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  6672 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Slopes 
  of 
  the 
  mountains 
  in 
  northern 
  and 
  central 
  Japan 
  extending 
  

   from 
  Hokushu 
  southward 
  to 
  the 
  region 
  around 
  Yokohama. 
  

  

  30509. 
  Magnolia 
  campbellii 
  Hook. 
  f. 
  and 
  Thorns. 
  Magnolia. 
  

  

  From 
  Sibpur, 
  Calcutta, 
  India. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  Maj. 
  A. 
  T. 
  Gage, 
  superintend- 
  

   ent, 
  Royal 
  Botanic 
  Garden. 
  Received 
  April 
  17, 
  1911. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  28660 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

   Plants. 
  

  

  30510. 
  Musa 
  basjoo 
  Sieb. 
  and 
  Zucc. 
  Plantain. 
  

  

  From 
  Chiddingfold, 
  Surrey, 
  England. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  V. 
  N. 
  Gauntlett 
  & 
  Co. 
  

   (Ltd.). 
  Received 
  April 
  17, 
  1911. 
  

   "This 
  is 
  not 
  hardy 
  at 
  Kew, 
  but 
  in 
  the 
  southwest 
  of 
  England 
  (Cornwall) 
  it 
  can 
  be 
  

   grown 
  in 
  the 
  open 
  air, 
  though 
  even 
  there 
  it 
  runs 
  risks." 
  (Dr. 
  David 
  Prain, 
  director, 
  

   Royal 
  Botanic 
  Gardens, 
  Kew, 
  England.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  In 
  the 
  Nansei 
  Archipelago 
  and 
  also 
  cultivated 
  in 
  the 
  southern 
  part 
  

   of 
  Japan. 
  

  

  30511. 
  Lycoris 
  aurea 
  (L'Herit.) 
  Herbert. 
  

  

  From 
  Yachowfu, 
  Szechwan, 
  China. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  A. 
  Salquist 
  at 
  the 
  

   request 
  of 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  J. 
  Openshaw. 
  Received 
  April 
  22, 
  1911. 
  

   "Bulbs 
  of 
  a 
  yellow 
  lily. 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  seen 
  this 
  particular 
  kind 
  of 
  a 
  lily 
  in 
  America, 
  

   but 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  quite 
  common." 
  (Salquist.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  bulbous 
  plant 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  provinces 
  of 
  Kiangsu 
  and 
  Hupeh 
  in 
  

   China, 
  and 
  cultivated 
  in 
  Japan. 
  

  

  30512. 
  Sapium 
  verum 
  Hemsl. 
  White 
  rubber. 
  

  

  Caucho 
  bianco. 
  

   From 
  the 
  plantation 
  "La 
  Tigra, 
  " 
  Cuesta 
  de 
  Tocota, 
  on 
  the 
  road 
  from 
  Cali 
  to 
  Buena- 
  

   ventura, 
  Colombia. 
  Procured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Henry 
  J. 
  Eder, 
  former 
  American 
  con- 
  

   sular 
  agent 
  at 
  Cali, 
  Colombia; 
  forwarded 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Charles 
  H. 
  Small, 
  Ameri- 
  

   can 
  vice 
  and 
  deputy 
  consul 
  general, 
  Bogota, 
  Colombia. 
  Received 
  April 
  19, 
  

   1911. 
  

  

  See 
  No. 
  24640 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  Seeds. 
  

   242 
  

  

  