﻿JULY 
  1 
  TO 
  SEPTEMBER 
  30, 
  1911. 
  19 
  

  

  make 
  extraordinarily 
  rapid 
  growth, 
  and 
  when 
  cut 
  down, 
  immediately 
  spring 
  into 
  life 
  

   again, 
  but 
  do 
  not 
  sucker, 
  the 
  growth 
  coming 
  from 
  the 
  trunk. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  tree 
  much 
  prized 
  

   for 
  growing 
  near 
  the 
  home 
  of 
  the 
  colonist 
  or 
  estanciero 
  of 
  the 
  plains 
  of 
  Argentina." 
  

   (Wing.) 
  

  

  31483. 
  Linum 
  usitatissimum 
  L. 
  Flax. 
  

  

  From 
  Hoshungabad, 
  Central 
  Provinces, 
  British 
  India. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  

  

  Howard, 
  Quetta, 
  British 
  India, 
  at 
  the 
  request 
  of 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  D. 
  Shanahan, 
  formerly 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  Industry. 
  Received 
  July 
  26, 
  1911. 
  

  

  "As 
  regards 
  the 
  oil-yielding 
  capacity 
  of 
  this 
  variety, 
  I 
  understand 
  it 
  is 
  better 
  than 
  

  

  the 
  country 
  linseed, 
  but 
  I 
  believe 
  the 
  yield 
  of 
  seed 
  i3 
  less. 
  It 
  may, 
  however, 
  be 
  of 
  

  

  use 
  in 
  breeding. 
  It 
  is 
  white 
  seeded." 
  (Howard.) 
  

  

  This 
  form 
  was 
  secured 
  at 
  the 
  request 
  of 
  this 
  Office, 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  reported 
  that 
  the 
  Indian 
  

   white-seeded 
  variety 
  yields 
  2 
  per 
  cent 
  more 
  oil 
  than 
  the 
  ordinary 
  dark 
  linseed. 
  

  

  31484. 
  Fevillea 
  cordifolia 
  L. 
  Cabalonga. 
  

  

  From 
  Costa 
  Rica. 
  Brought 
  in 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Jose 
  C. 
  Zeledon, 
  San 
  Jose, 
  Costa 
  Rica, 
  

   July 
  22, 
  1911. 
  

  

  "A 
  vine 
  suitable 
  for 
  covering 
  trellises 
  in 
  hot 
  countries, 
  bears 
  a 
  fruit 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  an 
  

   orange, 
  is 
  an 
  antidote 
  for 
  snake 
  bites, 
  and 
  would 
  grow 
  in 
  Florida." 
  (Zeledon.) 
  

  

  "The 
  sequa 
  or 
  cacoon 
  antidote 
  of 
  Jamaica, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  common 
  plant 
  in 
  shady 
  

   woods, 
  climbing 
  to 
  a 
  great 
  height 
  up 
  the 
  trunks 
  of 
  trees. 
  The 
  fruits 
  are 
  4 
  to 
  5 
  inches 
  

   in 
  diameter 
  and 
  contain 
  from 
  12 
  to 
  15 
  large 
  flat 
  seeds 
  which 
  possess 
  purgative 
  and 
  

   emetic 
  properties 
  and 
  have 
  an 
  intensely 
  bitter 
  taste. 
  In 
  Jamaica 
  the 
  negroes 
  

   employ 
  them 
  as 
  a 
  remedy 
  in 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  diseases 
  and 
  consider 
  them 
  to 
  be 
  an 
  antidote 
  

   against 
  the 
  effects 
  of 
  poison. 
  They 
  also 
  obtain 
  a 
  large 
  quantity 
  of 
  semisolid 
  fatty 
  oil, 
  

   which 
  is 
  liberated 
  by 
  pressing 
  and 
  boiling 
  them 
  in 
  water." 
  (Lindley, 
  Treasury 
  of 
  

   Botany, 
  pp. 
  490-491.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  West 
  Indian 
  islands 
  and 
  in 
  northern 
  South 
  America, 
  extending 
  

   from 
  Colombia 
  and 
  Peru 
  southward 
  to 
  Chile. 
  

  

  31485 
  to 
  31487. 
  Eriobotrya 
  japonic 
  a 
  (Thunb.) 
  Lindl. 
  Loquat. 
  

  

  From 
  Rome, 
  Italy. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  Eisen, 
  San 
  Francisco, 
  Cal. 
  Received 
  

   July 
  27, 
  1911. 
  

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

  

  31485. 
  "Fruit 
  large, 
  yellow, 
  2 
  J 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter." 
  

  

  31486. 
  "Fruit 
  large, 
  orange, 
  2\ 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter." 
  

  

  31487. 
  "Fruit 
  pear 
  shaped, 
  2 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter." 
  

  

  31488. 
  Diospyros 
  peregrina 
  (Gaertn.) 
  Gurke. 
  

  

  From 
  Sibpur, 
  near 
  Calcutta, 
  India. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Maj. 
  A. 
  T. 
  Gage, 
  superinten- 
  

   dent, 
  Royal 
  Botanic 
  Garden, 
  Sibpur. 
  Received 
  July 
  24, 
  1911. 
  

   "A 
  dense 
  evergreen 
  tree 
  found 
  throughout 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  India 
  in 
  shady, 
  wet 
  

   places 
  and 
  near 
  streams. 
  It 
  is 
  frequently 
  cultivated 
  both 
  for 
  ornament 
  and 
  for 
  its 
  

   large, 
  red, 
  velvety 
  fruits. 
  The 
  fruit 
  is 
  beaten 
  in 
  a 
  large 
  mortar 
  and 
  the 
  juice 
  expressed. 
  

   This 
  is 
  boiled, 
  mixed 
  with 
  powdered 
  charcoal, 
  and 
  applied 
  once 
  a 
  year 
  to 
  the 
  outside 
  

   of 
  the 
  planks 
  of 
  boats. 
  The 
  half-ripe 
  fruits 
  are 
  pounded 
  in 
  a 
  mortar 
  and 
  then 
  kept 
  six 
  

   or 
  seven 
  days 
  in 
  water 
  until 
  they 
  have 
  decomposed. 
  A 
  gummy 
  solution 
  results, 
  which 
  

   is 
  poured 
  off. 
  This 
  brownish 
  liquid 
  is 
  used 
  in 
  dyeing 
  and 
  tanning. 
  ' 
  ' 
  ( 
  Watt, 
  Commer- 
  

   cial 
  Products 
  of 
  India, 
  p. 
  498.) 
  

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