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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  30750. 
  Nicotiana 
  tabacum 
  L. 
  Tobacco. 
  

  

  From 
  Rosa 
  Morada, 
  Acaponeta 
  District, 
  Tepic, 
  Mexico. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  

   Lauro 
  Liadas, 
  Director 
  General 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  Mexico, 
  Mexico. 
  Received 
  

   May 
  4, 
  1911. 
  

   "Papantla." 
  

  

  30751. 
  Colocasia 
  sp. 
  Dasheen. 
  

  

  From 
  Arimao, 
  Cuba. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Robert 
  M. 
  Grey, 
  Harvard 
  Botanical 
  

   Station, 
  Central 
  Soledad, 
  Cienfuegos, 
  Cuba. 
  Received 
  May 
  8, 
  1911. 
  

   "A 
  dasheen 
  of 
  good 
  quality. 
  When 
  cooked 
  it 
  is 
  mealy 
  and 
  nearly 
  white." 
  (R.A. 
  

  

  Young.) 
  

  

  30752. 
  Zinziber 
  officinale 
  Kosc. 
  White 
  ginger. 
  

  

  From 
  Tsining, 
  via 
  Tsinan, 
  Shantung, 
  China. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  C. 
  H. 
  Lyon. 
  

   Received 
  May 
  3, 
  1911. 
  

  

  30753 
  to 
  30763. 
  

  

  From 
  Edinburgh, 
  Scotland. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Isaac 
  Bailey 
  Balfour, 
  director, 
  

   Royal 
  Botanic 
  Gardens. 
  Received 
  April 
  25, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  30753. 
  Berberis 
  virescens 
  Hook. 
  f. 
  Barberry. 
  

   For 
  previous 
  introduction 
  see 
  No. 
  27122. 
  

  

  30754. 
  Buddleia 
  albiflora 
  Hemsl. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  Patung 
  district 
  in 
  the 
  province 
  of 
  Hupeh, 
  China. 
  

  

  30755. 
  Lupinus 
  arboreus 
  Sims. 
  

  

  30756. 
  Lupinus 
  polyphyllus 
  Lindl. 
  

  

  30757. 
  Lupinus 
  polyphyllus 
  Lindl. 
  

   Variety 
  moerheimi. 
  

  

  30758. 
  Schizonotus 
  aitchisoni 
  (Hemsl.) 
  Skeels. 
  

  

  (Spiraea 
  aitchisoni 
  and 
  Sorbaria 
  aitchisoni 
  Hemsl 
  ey, 
  Gardeners' 
  Chronicle, 
  

   ser. 
  3, 
  vol. 
  28, 
  1900, 
  p. 
  254.) 
  

   -This 
  spirealike 
  shrub 
  from 
  Afghanistan 
  was 
  named 
  Spiraea 
  aitchisoni 
  by 
  

   Dr. 
  Hemsl 
  ey, 
  but 
  in 
  closing 
  the 
  article 
  he 
  remarks 
  as 
  follows: 
  "There 
  is 
  also 
  

   a 
  difference 
  of 
  opinion 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  limits 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  Spiraea. 
  The 
  name 
  Sor- 
  

   baria 
  was 
  long 
  ago 
  proposed 
  for 
  S. 
  sorbifolia; 
  and 
  S. 
  lindleyana, 
  S. 
  grandiflora, 
  

   and 
  S. 
  Iciriloioi 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  same 
  group. 
  Taking 
  this 
  view, 
  our 
  plant 
  would 
  

   have 
  to 
  be 
  called 
  Sorbaria 
  aitchisoni." 
  The 
  generic 
  name 
  Sorbaria 
  was 
  pub- 
  

   lished 
  by 
  A. 
  Braun 
  (Ascherson, 
  Flora 
  Brandenburg, 
  p. 
  177) 
  in 
  1864, 
  with 
  one 
  

   species 
  Sorbaria 
  sorbifolia, 
  based 
  on 
  Spiraea 
  sorbifolia 
  L. 
  But 
  in 
  1830 
  

   Lindley 
  (Introduction 
  to 
  the 
  Natural 
  System 
  of 
  Botany, 
  p. 
  81) 
  established 
  the 
  

   genus 
  Schizonotus, 
  also 
  based 
  on 
  Spiraea 
  sorbifolia 
  L. 
  It 
  is 
  therefore 
  necessary 
  

   to 
  use 
  the 
  binomial 
  proposed 
  above. 
  

  

  Schizonotus 
  aitchisoni 
  was 
  first 
  discovered 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Aitchison 
  in 
  the 
  valley 
  of 
  

   the 
  Kuram 
  River 
  in 
  Afghanistan 
  at 
  elevations 
  of 
  7,000 
  to 
  9,000 
  feet 
  and 
  has 
  also 
  

   been 
  reported 
  from 
  the 
  province 
  of 
  Kashmir 
  in 
  northern 
  India. 
  

  

  30759. 
  Clethra 
  arborea 
  Solander. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  small 
  tree 
  with 
  elliptical, 
  serrate 
  leaves 
  and 
  fragrant 
  white 
  

   flowers 
  in 
  spicate 
  racemes, 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  Madeira 
  Islands. 
  

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