﻿JULY 
  1 
  TO 
  SEPTEMBER 
  30, 
  1911. 
  15 
  

  

  31398 
  to 
  31400. 
  Nicotiana 
  tabacum 
  L. 
  Tobacco. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  Isthmus 
  of 
  Tehuantepec, 
  Mexico. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Lewis 
  W. 
  Haskell, 
  

   American 
  consul, 
  Salina 
  Cruz, 
  Mexico. 
  Received 
  July 
  12, 
  1911. 
  

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

  

  31398. 
  "I 
  am 
  told 
  that 
  this 
  sample 
  will 
  show 
  three 
  classes: 
  

  

  "(1) 
  Criollo, 
  which 
  grows 
  3 
  feet 
  or 
  more 
  in 
  height, 
  with 
  about 
  30 
  leaves 
  to 
  

   the 
  flower. 
  From 
  20 
  to 
  24 
  would 
  be 
  left 
  after 
  topping. 
  Length 
  of 
  leaf 
  40 
  to 
  60 
  

   centimeters 
  and 
  a 
  proportionate 
  width, 
  coming 
  to 
  a 
  point. 
  Coarse 
  vein, 
  dark 
  

   color, 
  and 
  poor 
  quality. 
  

  

  " 
  (2) 
  Criollo, 
  which 
  grows 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  size 
  and 
  shape 
  as 
  the 
  above 
  but 
  of 
  a 
  

   great 
  deal 
  finer 
  quality. 
  Small 
  vein, 
  fine 
  leaf, 
  light 
  weight. 
  Color, 
  Colorado 
  

   or 
  Colorado 
  maduro. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  class 
  largely 
  used 
  in 
  Valle 
  Nacional 
  and 
  San 
  

   Andres 
  Tuxtla 
  and 
  is 
  much 
  esteemed 
  for 
  its 
  size 
  of 
  leaf 
  and 
  its 
  softness 
  or 
  fine- 
  

   ness. 
  It 
  is 
  mixed 
  with 
  the 
  first 
  mentioned 
  to 
  'add 
  weight.' 
  

  

  "(3) 
  Cubano 
  or 
  Habanero, 
  which 
  grows 
  somewhat 
  larger 
  than 
  the 
  above, 
  but 
  

   the 
  leaves 
  are 
  more 
  widely 
  separated 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  but 
  from 
  14 
  to 
  18 
  left 
  at 
  

   topping. 
  Leaves 
  almost 
  round; 
  color 
  Colorado 
  claro 
  or 
  claro. 
  Is 
  of 
  very 
  fine 
  

   texture 
  and 
  light 
  weight." 
  

  

  31399. 
  "This 
  came 
  from 
  Acayucan 
  and 
  is 
  the 
  ordinary 
  kind 
  raised 
  there. 
  

   Acayucan 
  is 
  located 
  on 
  the 
  Isthmus 
  of 
  Tehuantepec, 
  and 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  

   Vera 
  Cruz." 
  

  

  31400. 
  "As 
  to 
  this 
  variety, 
  the 
  natives 
  hereabouts 
  do 
  not 
  distinguish, 
  so 
  all 
  

   I 
  can 
  say 
  for 
  it 
  is 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  tobacco 
  seed. 
  It 
  comes 
  from 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Modias 
  

   Aguas 
  on 
  the 
  Tehuantepec 
  National 
  Railway, 
  which 
  is 
  situated 
  on 
  the 
  Gulf 
  

   slope 
  of 
  the 
  Isthmus. 
  No 
  tobacco 
  is 
  grown 
  on 
  this, 
  the 
  Salina 
  Cruz 
  side 
  of 
  

   the 
  Isthmus." 
  

  

  31401. 
  Acanthosicyos 
  horrid 
  a 
  Welw. 
  Narras. 
  

  

  From 
  Walfisch 
  Bay, 
  Africa. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Richard 
  Hornig, 
  Farm 
  Sachsen, 
  

   Tsumeb, 
  German 
  Southwest 
  Africa. 
  Received 
  July 
  8, 
  1911. 
  

  

  "A 
  plant 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  same 
  family 
  as 
  the 
  squash, 
  which 
  it 
  somewhat 
  resembles. 
  

   It 
  is 
  an 
  important 
  dune 
  former, 
  and 
  continues 
  to 
  grow 
  with 
  the 
  increasing 
  height 
  of 
  

   the 
  dune, 
  so 
  that 
  its 
  younger 
  shoots 
  remain 
  at 
  the 
  surface, 
  forming 
  a 
  dense, 
  thorny 
  

   shrub, 
  while 
  the 
  root 
  system 
  penetrates 
  to 
  a 
  considerable 
  depth, 
  tapping 
  the 
  under- 
  

   ground 
  water 
  and 
  securing 
  such 
  a 
  supply 
  that 
  drops 
  exude 
  and 
  fall 
  from 
  the 
  cut 
  ends 
  

   of 
  assimilating 
  stems. 
  

  

  "Old 
  stems 
  buried 
  in 
  the 
  accumulating 
  sand 
  become 
  as 
  stout 
  as 
  one's 
  arm 
  and 
  

   ensheathed 
  in 
  a 
  thick 
  layer 
  of 
  corrugated 
  cork, 
  obviously 
  serving 
  in 
  part 
  a3 
  water 
  

   storers. 
  The 
  plant 
  is 
  unisexual 
  and 
  each 
  dune 
  apparently 
  contains 
  a 
  single 
  individual, 
  

   for 
  the 
  two 
  sexes 
  are 
  never 
  found 
  together. 
  

  

  "Flowering 
  commences 
  in 
  November 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  February 
  the 
  female 
  

   plants 
  produce 
  ripe 
  fruits, 
  which 
  are 
  borne 
  in 
  great 
  profusion, 
  and 
  for 
  about 
  four 
  months 
  

   in 
  the 
  year 
  render 
  the 
  Hottentots 
  independent 
  of 
  other 
  sources 
  of 
  food 
  and, 
  to 
  a 
  large 
  

   extent, 
  of 
  water 
  also. 
  The 
  fruits 
  are 
  spheroidal 
  in 
  shape 
  and 
  about 
  9 
  inches 
  in 
  

   diameter. 
  The 
  juicy 
  yellow 
  flesh 
  is 
  much 
  relished 
  by 
  the 
  natives, 
  who 
  consume 
  

   large 
  quantities 
  of 
  it 
  while 
  fresh 
  and 
  lay 
  by 
  a 
  store 
  for 
  winter 
  use 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  hard, 
  

   flat 
  cakes 
  obtained 
  by 
  evaporation. 
  Its 
  food 
  value 
  is 
  attested 
  by 
  their 
  fat 
  and 
  sleek 
  

   appearance 
  during 
  the 
  narras 
  season. 
  

  

  "The 
  faculty 
  of 
  enjoying 
  the 
  juice 
  evidently 
  has 
  to 
  be 
  acquired, 
  for 
  it 
  has 
  a 
  sweet, 
  

  

  sickly 
  flavor 
  and 
  contains 
  an 
  acid 
  principle 
  very 
  irritating 
  to 
  the 
  tongue 
  and 
  palate 
  

  

  of 
  those 
  unaccustomed 
  to 
  it; 
  it 
  is 
  said 
  that 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  narras 
  season 
  the 
  lips 
  of 
  

  

  even 
  the 
  habitual 
  consumers 
  are 
  swollen 
  and 
  inflamed. 
  The 
  seeds, 
  which 
  somewhat 
  

  

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