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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

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  and 
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  Continued. 
  

  

  31096— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Apparently 
  one 
  of 
  several 
  forms 
  closely 
  related 
  to 
  Rubus 
  rosae- 
  

   folius 
  Smith, 
  and 
  found 
  from 
  India 
  eastward 
  through 
  the 
  Malay 
  Archipelago 
  to 
  

   Australia. 
  

  

  31097. 
  Jubaea 
  chilensis 
  (Mol.) 
  Baill. 
  Palm. 
  

  

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

   Chile, 
  May 
  26, 
  1911. 
  

  

  ' 
  ' 
  The 
  tree 
  is 
  called 
  Talma 
  de 
  Chile; 
  the 
  fruit 
  Coquitos; 
  Indian 
  names 
  Lilla 
  and 
  

   Caucau. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  tall, 
  slim 
  sort 
  with 
  a 
  trunk 
  about 
  18 
  or 
  20 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter. 
  

   Practically 
  all 
  these 
  trees 
  are 
  found 
  at 
  the 
  hacienda 
  'Palmas 
  de 
  Ocoa,' 
  where 
  there 
  

   are 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  over 
  2,500, 
  forming 
  woods 
  upon 
  the 
  dry, 
  level 
  land; 
  in 
  other 
  parts 
  of 
  

   Chile 
  they 
  are 
  very 
  scarce, 
  only 
  individual 
  trees 
  are 
  found 
  rarely 
  and 
  at 
  great 
  dis- 
  

   tances 
  apart. 
  They 
  do 
  not 
  grow 
  in 
  the 
  south, 
  I 
  presume 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  moisture. 
  

   They 
  grow 
  in 
  the 
  driest 
  parts. 
  In 
  the 
  hacienda 
  'Palmas 
  de 
  Ocoa,' 
  they 
  manufacture 
  

   palm 
  sirup 
  upon 
  a 
  large 
  scale. 
  It 
  is 
  very 
  good 
  and 
  healthful 
  and 
  is 
  in 
  general 
  use 
  

   among 
  well-to-do 
  families. 
  It 
  is 
  too 
  high 
  to 
  be 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  poor, 
  as 
  a 
  small 
  can 
  

   2f 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter 
  by 
  \\ 
  inches 
  high 
  costs 
  50 
  cents 
  gold. 
  This 
  is 
  also 
  served 
  alone 
  

   as 
  a 
  dessert 
  dish. 
  

  

  "I 
  fear 
  these 
  magnificent 
  trees, 
  tropical 
  plants 
  that 
  withstand 
  hard 
  frosts 
  and 
  the 
  

   greatest 
  droughts, 
  will 
  become 
  extinct 
  in 
  the 
  near 
  future, 
  for 
  they 
  are 
  tapped, 
  generally 
  

   with 
  an 
  ax, 
  each 
  year; 
  no 
  proper 
  attention 
  is 
  paid 
  to 
  conservation." 
  (Husbands.) 
  

  

  31098. 
  Erythrina 
  lithosperma 
  Blume. 
  

  

  From 
  Mandalay, 
  Burma. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  Mackenna, 
  Director 
  of 
  Agricul- 
  

   ture. 
  Received 
  May 
  19, 
  1911. 
  

   " 
  This 
  is 
  known 
  in 
  Burmese 
  as 
  Ye-ka-thit." 
  (Mackenna.) 
  

  

  Procured 
  for 
  the 
  Porto 
  Rico 
  Agricultural 
  Experiment 
  Station 
  for 
  experimental 
  

   growing 
  as 
  a 
  shade 
  in 
  young 
  coffee 
  and 
  cacao 
  plantations. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  In 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Rangoon 
  in 
  southern 
  Burma 
  and 
  in 
  Java 
  and 
  the 
  

   Philippine 
  Islands. 
  

  

  31099. 
  Oryza 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Rice. 
  

  

  From 
  Soochow, 
  China. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  N. 
  Gist 
  Gee, 
  Department 
  of 
  Natural 
  

   Science, 
  Soochow 
  University. 
  Received 
  May 
  27, 
  1911. 
  

   "This 
  is 
  a 
  peculiar 
  variety 
  of 
  rice 
  which 
  the 
  Chinese 
  grow 
  near 
  here 
  that 
  is 
  not 
  

   grown 
  elsewhere, 
  they 
  say. 
  This 
  rice 
  when 
  cooked 
  shows 
  a 
  very 
  decidedly 
  reddish 
  

   color, 
  and 
  for 
  this 
  reason 
  it 
  is 
  called 
  Shuih 
  no 
  me 
  in 
  our 
  dialect; 
  this 
  translated 
  means 
  

   blood 
  glutinous 
  rice 
  . 
  The 
  general 
  belief 
  among 
  them 
  is 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  rapid 
  strength 
  giver, 
  

   and 
  they 
  all 
  make 
  an 
  effort 
  to 
  get 
  some 
  of 
  it 
  when 
  they 
  have 
  been 
  sick 
  or 
  run 
  down 
  

   physically 
  for 
  some 
  time. 
  I 
  am 
  not 
  ready 
  to 
  vouch 
  for 
  any 
  of 
  their 
  beliefs 
  about 
  it 
  

   except 
  its 
  peculiar 
  color. 
  I 
  have 
  eaten 
  it 
  and 
  find 
  its 
  color 
  when 
  cooked 
  quite 
  

   unusual." 
  (Gee.) 
  

  

  31101. 
  Lupinus 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  Paraguay. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Moises 
  S. 
  Bertoni, 
  Puerto 
  Bertoni, 
  Paraguay. 
  

   Received 
  May 
  26, 
  1911. 
  

   "This 
  is 
  a 
  wild 
  species 
  that 
  grows 
  in 
  the 
  most 
  sterile 
  soils, 
  even 
  in 
  the 
  loose 
  sand 
  

   of 
  the 
  river 
  shore 
  . 
  ' 
  ' 
  (Bertoni.) 
  

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