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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  31312 
  and 
  31313. 
  Anacardium 
  occtdentale 
  L. 
  Cashew. 
  

  

  From 
  Bassein, 
  India. 
  Presented 
  by 
  the 
  curator 
  of 
  the 
  Botanical 
  Gardens 
  of 
  the 
  

   Experimental 
  Farm. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Edwin 
  S. 
  Cunningham, 
  American 
  

   consul, 
  Bombay, 
  India, 
  June 
  12, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  31312. 
  Red 
  variety 
  31313. 
  Yellow 
  variety. 
  

  

  "In 
  transmission 
  the 
  curator 
  states 
  'The 
  plant 
  likes 
  perfect 
  drainage. 
  Any 
  sandy 
  

   soil 
  with 
  few 
  gravels, 
  pebbles, 
  etc., 
  suits 
  the 
  plant 
  to 
  grow. 
  In 
  their 
  natural 
  state 
  

   they 
  are 
  seen 
  growing 
  on 
  small 
  hills. 
  The 
  root 
  is 
  tapering 
  and 
  does 
  not 
  stand 
  trans- 
  

   planting 
  like 
  Landolphias, 
  unless 
  very 
  carefully 
  attended 
  to. 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  plants 
  

   bearing 
  fruit 
  right 
  from 
  the 
  Equator 
  to 
  23° 
  N. 
  up 
  to 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  3,000 
  feet.' 
  " 
  

   (Cunningham.) 
  

  

  31314 
  to 
  31316. 
  

  

  From 
  Tunis. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Frank 
  Edward 
  Johnson, 
  Wauregan 
  House, 
  

   Norwich, 
  Conn. 
  Received 
  June 
  12, 
  1911. 
  

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

  

  31314. 
  Hordeum 
  vulgare 
  L. 
  Barley. 
  

   u 
  Orge 
  (barley) 
  grown 
  on 
  the 
  hills 
  around 
  Matmata, 
  southern 
  Tunis, 
  in 
  dry 
  

  

  soil. 
  Very 
  little 
  rain 
  in 
  winter; 
  none 
  in 
  spring 
  or 
  summer." 
  

  

  31315. 
  Triticum 
  durum 
  Desf. 
  Wheat. 
  

   "Wheat 
  picked 
  in 
  the 
  large 
  oasis 
  near 
  Gabes. 
  Plenty 
  of 
  irrigation." 
  

  

  31316. 
  Triticum 
  sp. 
  Wheat. 
  

   "Native 
  Arab 
  wheat 
  (almost 
  black 
  when 
  ripe) 
  picked 
  by 
  myself 
  at 
  Matmata. 
  

  

  Dry 
  soil 
  . 
  N 
  o 
  water 
  . 
  " 
  

  

  31317. 
  Erythrina 
  poeppigiana 
  (Walp.) 
  Skeels. 
  Bucare. 
  

  

  (Micropteryx 
  poeppigiana 
  Walp., 
  Linnaea, 
  vol. 
  23, 
  1851, 
  p. 
  740.) 
  

   (Erythrina 
  micropteryx 
  Poepp.; 
  Urban, 
  Symbolae 
  Antillanae, 
  vol. 
  1, 
  1899, 
  

   p. 
  327.) 
  

   The 
  seeds 
  of 
  this 
  Peruvian 
  leguminous 
  tree 
  were 
  received 
  from 
  Porto 
  Rico 
  under 
  

   the 
  name 
  Erythrina 
  micropteryx. 
  This 
  name 
  was 
  applied 
  to 
  the 
  species 
  by 
  Poeppig 
  on 
  

   a 
  herbarium 
  specimen, 
  but 
  apparently 
  was 
  not 
  formally 
  published 
  until 
  1899, 
  when 
  

   Urban 
  applied 
  it 
  to 
  the 
  plant. 
  But 
  in 
  1851 
  Walpers 
  had 
  published 
  the 
  name 
  Microp- 
  

   teryx 
  poeppigiana, 
  based 
  on 
  Pceppig's 
  specimen 
  of 
  Erythrina 
  micropteryx; 
  and, 
  poep- 
  

   pigiana 
  being 
  the 
  earliest 
  published 
  specific 
  name, 
  it 
  is 
  here 
  restored 
  in 
  accordance 
  

   with 
  the 
  present 
  rules 
  of 
  botanical 
  nomenclature. 
  

  

  From 
  Mayaguez, 
  Porto 
  Rico. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  D. 
  W. 
  May, 
  special 
  agent 
  

   in 
  charge, 
  Porto 
  Rico 
  Agricultural 
  Experiment 
  Station. 
  Received 
  June 
  16, 
  

   1911. 
  

   "A 
  leguminous 
  tree 
  of 
  15 
  to 
  20 
  meters 
  (50 
  to 
  65 
  ft.) 
  beset 
  with 
  short, 
  conical 
  spines; 
  

   flowers 
  red. 
  Cultivated 
  as 
  a 
  shade 
  tree 
  for 
  coffee 
  and 
  reported 
  from 
  numerous 
  locali- 
  

   ties 
  in 
  Porto 
  Rico. 
  It 
  is 
  native 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  Andes 
  of 
  Peru." 
  (Cook 
  and 
  Collins, 
  

   Economic 
  Plants 
  of 
  Porto 
  Rico, 
  1903, 
  p. 
  139.) 
  

  

  31318 
  to 
  31320. 
  Colocasia 
  spp. 
  Dasheen. 
  

  

  From 
  Tientai, 
  via 
  Ningpo, 
  China. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mrs. 
  A, 
  O. 
  Loosley, 
  China 
  

   Inland 
  Mission. 
  Received 
  June 
  13, 
  1911. 
  

   Tubers 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

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