﻿APRIL 
  1 
  TO 
  JUNE 
  30, 
  1911. 
  59 
  

  

  30956 
  to 
  30962— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  30962. 
  Semecarpus 
  anacardium 
  L. 
  f. 
  Marking 
  nut. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  moderate-sized 
  deciduous 
  tree 
  found 
  growing 
  in 
  woods 
  from 
  

   the 
  tropical 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  Himalayas 
  in 
  Sikkim 
  throughout 
  the 
  hotter 
  parts 
  of 
  

   India 
  and 
  extending 
  through 
  the 
  eastern 
  islands 
  of 
  the 
  Malay 
  Archipelago 
  to 
  

   northern 
  Australia. 
  

  

  30963 
  to 
  30967. 
  

  

  From 
  Lamao, 
  Philippine 
  Islands. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  V. 
  Piper, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  

   Plant 
  Industry, 
  May 
  17, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  quoted 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Piper: 
  

  

  30963. 
  Vigna 
  pilosa 
  (Klein) 
  Baker. 
  

  

  "A 
  very 
  vigorous 
  annual 
  (?) 
  legume 
  growing 
  about 
  as 
  large 
  as 
  the 
  Lyon 
  bean, 
  

   but 
  producing 
  very 
  few 
  pods." 
  

  

  30964. 
  Pueraria 
  phaseoloides 
  (Roxb.) 
  Benth. 
  

  

  "A 
  common 
  vine 
  in 
  forest 
  thickets. 
  To 
  be 
  tried 
  in 
  Mississippi 
  and 
  Florida." 
  

   30965 
  and 
  30966. 
  Syntherisma 
  ciliaris 
  (Retz.) 
  Schrad. 
  

  

  "A 
  common 
  species 
  here. 
  These 
  two 
  may 
  be 
  identical 
  and 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  a 
  

   form 
  already 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  To 
  be 
  tried 
  at 
  Biloxi, 
  Miss., 
  and 
  Arlington 
  

   Farm, 
  Va." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  form 
  of 
  Syntherisma 
  sanguinalis 
  (L.) 
  Dulac 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  

   Tropics 
  of 
  the 
  Eastern 
  Hemisphere. 
  

   30967. 
  Canavali 
  sp. 
  

  

  "Native. 
  Mr. 
  Merrill 
  considers 
  it 
  the 
  wild 
  form 
  of 
  Canavali 
  ensiforme, 
  a 
  

   determination 
  which 
  I 
  doubt. 
  Note 
  the 
  pubescence 
  on 
  the 
  pods. 
  Common 
  in 
  

   thickets." 
  

  

  30968. 
  Ceratonia 
  siliqua 
  L. 
  Carob. 
  

  

  From 
  Algeria. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  L. 
  Trabut, 
  Mustapha 
  Alger, 
  Algeria. 
  Received 
  

   May 
  18, 
  1911. 
  

   Hermaphrodite. 
  See 
  No. 
  30919 
  for 
  description 
  of 
  similar 
  variety. 
  

  

  30969. 
  Populus 
  tremtila 
  L. 
  Aspen. 
  

  

  From 
  St. 
  Petersburg, 
  Russia. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  W. 
  Rockhill, 
  American 
  

   ambassador. 
  Received 
  May 
  19, 
  1911. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  29098 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  30970. 
  Garcinia 
  dulcis 
  (Roxb.) 
  Kurz. 
  

  

  From 
  Singapore, 
  Straits 
  Settlements. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  H. 
  N. 
  Ridley, 
  director, 
  

   Botanic 
  Gardens. 
  Received 
  May 
  19, 
  1911. 
  

   Introduced 
  for 
  testing 
  as 
  a 
  stock 
  for 
  the 
  mangosteen, 
  which 
  has 
  a 
  notably 
  poor 
  root 
  

   system. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  medium-sized 
  tree 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  islands 
  of 
  the 
  Malay 
  Archipelago. 
  

  

  30971 
  and 
  30972. 
  Mangifera 
  indica 
  L. 
  Mango. 
  

  

  From 
  San 
  Jose, 
  Costa 
  Rica. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  Werckle, 
  Museo 
  Nacional. 
  

   Received 
  May 
  15, 
  1911. 
  

   Cuttings 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  30971. 
  Rosa. 
  30972. 
  Scarlet. 
  

  

  242 
  

  

  