﻿16 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  resemble 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  squash, 
  are 
  very 
  nutritious 
  and 
  were 
  formerly 
  exported 
  to 
  Cape 
  

   Town 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  'butternuts,' 
  where 
  they 
  found 
  a 
  market 
  among 
  the 
  native 
  

   population 
  and 
  were 
  also 
  used 
  by 
  Europeans 
  as 
  a 
  substitute 
  for 
  sweet 
  almonds. 
  " 
  

   {Pearson, 
  Notes 
  on 
  a 
  Journey 
  from 
  Wolfish 
  Bay 
  to 
  Windhuk, 
  Kew 
  Bulletin 
  of 
  Miscella- 
  

   neous 
  Information, 
  No. 
  9, 
  1907, 
  p. 
  342, 
  figs. 
  1 
  and 
  2.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  In 
  the 
  desert 
  regions 
  near 
  the 
  west 
  coast 
  of 
  Africa 
  from 
  the 
  vicinity 
  

   of 
  Mossamedes 
  southward 
  to 
  Namaqualand. 
  

  

  31402. 
  Canna 
  sp. 
  Canna. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  forests 
  around 
  El 
  Boquete, 
  Chiriqui, 
  Panama, 
  at 
  an 
  altitude 
  of 
  3,250 
  to 
  

   4,250 
  feet. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  Pittier, 
  collector, 
  Smithsonian 
  Biological 
  

   Survey 
  of 
  the 
  Panama 
  Canal 
  Zone. 
  Received 
  July 
  13, 
  1911. 
  

  

  31403. 
  Nicotiana 
  tabacum 
  L. 
  Tobacco. 
  

  

  From 
  Jocoto, 
  Guatemala. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mrs. 
  Lucie 
  Potts, 
  Livingston, 
  Guate- 
  

   mala. 
  Received 
  July 
  12, 
  1911. 
  

  

  31404. 
  Castanea 
  crenata 
  Sieb. 
  and 
  Zucc. 
  Chestnut. 
  

  

  From 
  Japan. 
  Procured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Thomas 
  Sammons, 
  American 
  consul 
  general, 
  

   Yokohama, 
  Japan, 
  who 
  secured 
  them 
  through 
  the 
  Agricultural 
  Experimental 
  

   Farm 
  at 
  Aomori, 
  Mr. 
  II. 
  Iwaya, 
  of 
  the 
  village 
  of 
  Shinjomura, 
  Higashitsuruga- 
  

   Gori, 
  near 
  Aomori, 
  having 
  gathered 
  the 
  same 
  by 
  special 
  request. 
  Received 
  

   December 
  27, 
  1910. 
  Numbered 
  for 
  convenience 
  in 
  recording 
  distribution 
  

   July 
  14, 
  1911. 
  

   Aomori. 
  

  

  31405. 
  Cryptocarya 
  rubra 
  (Mol.) 
  Skeels. 
  Peumo. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  province 
  of 
  Valparaiso, 
  Chile. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Jos6 
  D. 
  Hus- 
  

   bands, 
  Limavida, 
  via 
  Molina, 
  Chile. 
  Received 
  June 
  22, 
  1911. 
  

   See 
  Nos. 
  23897, 
  24310, 
  and 
  27904 
  to 
  27924 
  for 
  previous 
  introductions. 
  

  

  31406 
  to 
  31409. 
  Citrus 
  spp. 
  

  

  From 
  Buitenzorg, 
  Java. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  Wigman, 
  jr., 
  assistant 
  director. 
  

   Botanical 
  Garden. 
  Received 
  July 
  10, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  native 
  names 
  quoted: 
  

  

  31406. 
  Citrus 
  sp. 
  

  

  "Djeroek 
  tjina 
  konde." 
  

  

  31407. 
  Citrus 
  decumana 
  (L.) 
  Murr. 
  Pomelo. 
  

  

  ' 
  ' 
  Djeroek 
  delima. 
  ' 
  ' 
  

  

  31408. 
  Citrus 
  decumana 
  (L.) 
  Murr. 
  Pomelo. 
  

  

  "Djeroek 
  pandan." 
  

  

  31409. 
  Citrus 
  nobilis 
  Lour. 
  

  

  31410. 
  Castilla 
  elastica 
  Cerv. 
  Central 
  American 
  rubber. 
  

  

  From 
  Tula, 
  Vera 
  Cruz, 
  Mexico. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  D. 
  Patchen. 
  Received 
  

   July 
  15, 
  1911. 
  

  

  Introduced 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  encourage 
  the 
  growing 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  rubber 
  trees 
  in 
  

   Porto 
  Rico, 
  Hawaii, 
  and 
  the 
  Canal 
  Zone. 
  

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