﻿APRIL 
  1 
  TO 
  JUNE 
  30, 
  1911. 
  67 
  

  

  31102. 
  Lallemantia 
  iberica 
  (Bieb.) 
  Fisch. 
  and 
  Mey. 
  

  

  From 
  Erfurt, 
  Germany. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  Haage 
  & 
  Schmidt. 
  Received 
  May 
  26 
  9 
  

   1911. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  29932 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  31103. 
  Chrysanthemum 
  coccineum 
  Willd. 
  

  

  From 
  Ungarisch-Altenburg 
  (Magyar-Ovar), 
  Hungary. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  «L 
  

   Gyarfas, 
  chief, 
  Hungarian 
  Plant-Culture 
  Experiment 
  Station. 
  Received 
  

   May 
  29, 
  1911. 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  Alpine 
  and 
  subalpine 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  mountains 
  in 
  the 
  Caucasus 
  region 
  

   of 
  southeastern 
  Russia, 
  Armenia, 
  and 
  northern 
  Persia. 
  

  

  Introduced 
  for 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  Office 
  of 
  Drug-Plant, 
  Poisonous- 
  Plant, 
  and 
  Physio- 
  

   logical 
  Investigations 
  in 
  growing 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  the 
  various 
  species 
  of 
  this 
  

   genus 
  which 
  produce 
  the 
  pyre 
  thrum 
  insect 
  powder. 
  

  

  31104. 
  . 
  Phoenix 
  dactylifera 
  L. 
  Date. 
  

  

  From 
  Tangier, 
  Morocco. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  B. 
  Harris. 
  Received 
  through 
  

   Mr. 
  Maxwell 
  Blake, 
  American 
  consul 
  general, 
  June 
  1, 
  1911. 
  

   Tafilelt. 
  See 
  No. 
  18630 
  for 
  description. 
  

   Seeds. 
  

  

  31105 
  to 
  31108. 
  

  

  From 
  Nanking, 
  China. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  B. 
  Whitmore. 
  Received 
  May 
  29„ 
  

   1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  31105 
  and 
  31106. 
  Hordeum 
  vulgare 
  var. 
  Barley. 
  

  

  31105. 
  31106. 
  Hull-less. 
  

  

  "The 
  Chinese 
  say 
  one 
  of 
  then 
  sages, 
  about 
  600 
  B. 
  C, 
  found 
  barley 
  growing 
  

   wild 
  in 
  what 
  is 
  now 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan, 
  brought 
  it 
  to 
  his 
  people, 
  and 
  advised 
  

   its 
  use. 
  The 
  northern 
  variety 
  makes 
  better 
  flour, 
  whiter, 
  the 
  Chinese 
  say, 
  

   because 
  jjjalogspms 
  at 
  nig 
  ht, 
  so 
  men_can 
  live 
  on 
  it 
  continually, 
  while 
  they 
  can 
  

   not 
  live"trrrly 
  on 
  that 
  grown 
  in 
  the 
  South; 
  it 
  isloo 
  strong, 
  because 
  it 
  blossoms 
  in 
  

   daytime 
  . 
  " 
  ( 
  Whitmore 
  . 
  ) 
  

  

  31107. 
  Triticum 
  aestivum 
  L. 
  Wheat. 
  

  

  31108. 
  Fagopyrum 
  vulgare 
  Hill. 
  Buckwheat. 
  

  

  31109 
  and 
  31110. 
  Carica 
  papaya 
  L. 
  Papaya. 
  

  

  From 
  Port 
  of 
  Spain, 
  Trinidad. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  Caracciolo, 
  St. 
  Joseph's 
  

   Nursery. 
  Received 
  May 
  22, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  31109. 
  "The 
  specimen 
  from 
  which 
  these 
  seeds 
  were 
  taken 
  was 
  oval, 
  9 
  by 
  6| 
  

   inches, 
  and 
  weighed 
  5^ 
  pounds. 
  The 
  flesh 
  was 
  about 
  1 
  inch 
  thick. 
  The 
  

   fruit 
  arrived 
  in 
  very 
  poor 
  condition, 
  which 
  made 
  it 
  impracticable 
  to 
  say 
  posi- 
  

   tively 
  as 
  to 
  its 
  quality; 
  however, 
  even 
  under 
  these 
  conditions 
  it 
  possibly 
  

   could 
  be 
  classed 
  as 
  very 
  good." 
  (P. 
  H. 
  Dorsett.) 
  

  

  31110. 
  "The 
  fruit 
  from 
  which 
  these 
  seeds 
  were 
  taken 
  was 
  10 
  inches 
  long 
  by 
  

   5 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter 
  at 
  the 
  large 
  end 
  and 
  3 
  inches 
  at 
  the 
  small 
  end. 
  On 
  

   account 
  of 
  the 
  poor 
  condition 
  in 
  which 
  it 
  arrived 
  the 
  quality 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  

   definitely 
  determined, 
  but 
  it 
  could 
  probably 
  be 
  called 
  very 
  good." 
  (P. 
  J3. 
  

   Dorsett.) 
  

  

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