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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  31111. 
  Carissa 
  ovata 
  R. 
  Brown. 
  

  

  From 
  New 
  South 
  Wales. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Walter 
  Froggatt, 
  who 
  procured 
  them 
  

  

  from 
  Mr. 
  R. 
  T. 
  Baker, 
  curator, 
  Technological 
  Museum. 
  Received 
  May 
  27, 
  

  

  1911. 
  

  

  This 
  native 
  Australian 
  species, 
  the 
  fruit 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  edible 
  and 
  largely 
  used 
  for 
  jam, 
  

  

  is 
  introduced 
  for 
  use 
  as 
  a 
  stock 
  for 
  the 
  tenderer 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  in 
  the 
  hope 
  of 
  

  

  spreading 
  the 
  culture 
  of 
  this 
  important 
  home-garden 
  fruit. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  In 
  the 
  provinces 
  of 
  Queensland 
  and 
  New 
  South 
  Wales 
  in 
  Australia. 
  

  

  31112. 
  Hordeum 
  vulgare 
  var. 
  Hull-less 
  barley. 
  

  

  From 
  Sydney, 
  New 
  South 
  Wales, 
  Australia. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Geo. 
  Valder, 
  

   chief 
  inspector, 
  through 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  C. 
  L. 
  Anderson, 
  undersecretary, 
  Department 
  

   of 
  Agriculture. 
  Received 
  June 
  1, 
  1911. 
  

  

  31114. 
  Gossypium 
  sp. 
  Kidney 
  cotton. 
  

  

  From 
  San 
  Pedro 
  Macati, 
  near 
  Manila, 
  Philippine 
  Islands. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr 
  . 
  E 
  . 
  D 
  . 
  

   Merrill, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Science. 
  Received 
  May 
  26, 
  1911. 
  

   "This 
  is 
  a 
  shrub 
  2 
  to 
  2 
  J 
  meters 
  (6| 
  to 
  8 
  ft.) 
  high, 
  commonly 
  cultivated 
  in 
  the 
  Philip- 
  

   pines, 
  but 
  scarcely 
  commercially; 
  usually 
  known 
  as 
  bulac 
  castila, 
  meaning 
  Spanish 
  

   cotton." 
  (Merrill.) 
  

  

  31115. 
  Phytelephas 
  seemanni 
  O. 
  F. 
  Cook 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Panama 
  ivory 
  palm. 
  

  

  "As 
  already 
  recognized 
  by 
  Spruce 
  as 
  far 
  back 
  as 
  1869, 
  the 
  name 
  Phytelephas 
  

   macrocarpa 
  does 
  not 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  vegetable-ivory 
  palm 
  described 
  by 
  Seemann 
  

   from 
  Panama 
  (Botany 
  of 
  the 
  Herald, 
  1852-1857, 
  pis. 
  45-47, 
  p. 
  205). 
  Two 
  

   species, 
  macrocarpa 
  and 
  microcarpa, 
  both 
  from 
  the 
  eastern 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  Andes 
  

   of 
  Peru, 
  were 
  named 
  by 
  Ruiz 
  and 
  Pa 
  von 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  original 
  descrip- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  Phytelephas, 
  but 
  without 
  distinctive 
  characters 
  other 
  than 
  the 
  

   size 
  of 
  the 
  fruits. 
  Seemann 
  did 
  not 
  know 
  the 
  Peruvian 
  species, 
  but 
  was 
  aware 
  

   that 
  the 
  Panama 
  palm 
  was 
  different 
  from 
  another 
  Phytelephas 
  found 
  by 
  Purdie 
  

   in 
  the 
  upper 
  valley 
  of 
  the 
  Magdalena 
  River 
  in 
  Colombia, 
  supposed 
  by 
  Karsten 
  

   to 
  represent 
  Phytelephas 
  microcarpa. 
  Spruce's 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  true 
  macrocarpa 
  

   of 
  Peru 
  leaves 
  no 
  doubt 
  that 
  the 
  Panama 
  species 
  is 
  entirely 
  distinct. 
  It 
  has 
  

   the 
  trunk 
  decumbent 
  and 
  creeping 
  instead 
  of 
  upright, 
  the 
  leaves 
  with 
  fewer, 
  

   larger 
  pinnae, 
  the 
  spathes 
  two 
  instead 
  of 
  three 
  or 
  four, 
  the 
  male 
  flowers 
  with 
  36 
  

   stamens 
  instead 
  of 
  150 
  to 
  280. 
  The 
  fruits 
  also 
  are 
  larger 
  and 
  contain 
  more 
  

   numerous 
  nuts, 
  but 
  with 
  fewer 
  fruits 
  in 
  a 
  head." 
  (0. 
  F. 
  Cool.) 
  

   From 
  Panama 
  Canal 
  Zone. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Pablo 
  Pinel, 
  Panama. 
  Received 
  

   June 
  1, 
  1911. 
  

  

  31116 
  to 
  31192. 
  Oryza 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Rice. 
  

  

  From 
  Philippine 
  Islands. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Sam 
  H. 
  Sherard, 
  agricultural 
  

   inspector, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  Manila. 
  Received 
  April 
  18, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  quoted 
  notes 
  and 
  names 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Sherard: 
  

   "A 
  complete 
  list 
  of 
  all 
  rice 
  (palay) 
  collected 
  in 
  January, 
  Iloilo. 
  This 
  rice 
  is 
  classi- 
  

   fied 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  manner: 
  Bohol, 
  white 
  and 
  colored; 
  hard 
  when 
  cooked. 
  Bisia, 
  

   white; 
  soft 
  when 
  cooked. 
  Pilit, 
  colored; 
  sticky 
  when 
  cooked. 
  These 
  kinds 
  are 
  

   further 
  classified 
  as 
  Munahan, 
  harvested 
  in 
  July 
  and 
  August; 
  Pagurian, 
  harvested 
  in 
  

   September, 
  October, 
  and 
  November; 
  Ma-tan, 
  harvested 
  in 
  December 
  and 
  January." 
  

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