﻿JULY 
  1 
  TO 
  SEPTEMBER 
  30, 
  1911. 
  27 
  

  

  31577 
  to 
  31608— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  31583. 
  Gossypium 
  Nanking 
  Meyen. 
  Cotton. 
  

   "From 
  Argao, 
  Cebu, 
  April, 
  1911." 
  

  

  31584. 
  Momordica 
  ovata 
  Cogn. 
  

  

  '"'A 
  peculiar 
  cucurbit 
  with 
  subglobose, 
  spiny 
  fruits 
  about 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  a 
  lemon. 
  

   Said 
  to 
  be 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  headache 
  cure. 
  Cultivated 
  at 
  Cagayan, 
  Misamis; 
  collected 
  

   April 
  29, 
  1911." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Found 
  in 
  the 
  Philippine 
  and 
  Celebes 
  Islands. 
  

  

  31585. 
  Ormosia 
  calavensis 
  Azaola. 
  

  

  "A 
  locustlike 
  tree 
  from 
  Siquijor, 
  May, 
  1911." 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  Known 
  only 
  from 
  the 
  Philippines. 
  

  

  31586. 
  Pahudia 
  rhomboidea 
  (Blanco) 
  Prain. 
  

  

  "Balayong 
  or 
  Tindalo. 
  A 
  valuable 
  timber 
  tree. 
  Seeds 
  used 
  for 
  some 
  

   medicinal 
  purpose. 
  These 
  were 
  purchased 
  in 
  the 
  market 
  at 
  Batangas, 
  Luzon." 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  Known 
  only 
  from 
  the 
  Philippines. 
  

  

  31587. 
  Cracca 
  dichotoma 
  (Desv.) 
  Kuntze. 
  

  

  "Stems 
  slender, 
  suberect, 
  2 
  to 
  3 
  feet 
  high. 
  Seed 
  habits 
  excellent." 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  Known 
  only 
  from 
  the 
  Philippines. 
  

  

  31588. 
  Trichosanthes 
  quinquangulata 
  A. 
  Gray. 
  

  

  "A 
  cucurbitaceous 
  vine 
  with 
  beautiful, 
  globose, 
  smooth, 
  red 
  fruits 
  as 
  large 
  as 
  

   an 
  orange. 
  From 
  San 
  Miguel, 
  Tarlac, 
  June, 
  1911." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Known 
  only 
  from 
  the 
  Sulu 
  Archipelago 
  in 
  the 
  Philippines. 
  

  

  31589. 
  Manihot 
  esculenta 
  Crantz. 
  Cassava. 
  

   "A 
  native 
  variety 
  grown 
  at 
  the 
  Los 
  Banos 
  Agricultural 
  College. 
  Earliest 
  

  

  variety 
  found 
  here, 
  maturing 
  in 
  five 
  months. 
  Roots 
  sweet. 
  Presented 
  by 
  

   Dr. 
  E*B. 
  Copeland." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  herbaceous 
  plant 
  with 
  tuberous 
  roots 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  wild 
  state 
  

   in 
  Brazil 
  and 
  generally 
  cultivated 
  in 
  the 
  Tropics. 
  

  

  31590. 
  Heterospathe 
  elata 
  Scheff. 
  Palm. 
  

   "A 
  tall, 
  graceful 
  palm 
  cultivated 
  at 
  Argao, 
  Cebu. 
  Leaves 
  pinnate, 
  recurved. 
  

  

  Panicle 
  large, 
  drooping. 
  Also 
  seen 
  wild 
  near 
  Cabadbaran, 
  Mindanao." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  An 
  erect, 
  unarmed 
  palm, 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  Molukkas 
  and 
  the 
  

   Philippines. 
  

  

  31591. 
  Arundinella 
  setosa 
  Trin. 
  

  

  "Tall, 
  erect, 
  not 
  very 
  leafy, 
  grows 
  3 
  to 
  4 
  feet 
  high, 
  of 
  about 
  the 
  habit 
  of 
  tall 
  

   meadow 
  oat-grass. 
  Stock 
  are 
  apparently 
  not 
  fond 
  of 
  it. 
  Seed 
  habits 
  good. 
  

   From 
  Baguio, 
  April 
  10, 
  1911. 
  Should 
  be 
  tested 
  at 
  Biloxi, 
  Miss.; 
  Chico, 
  Cal.; 
  

   and 
  Arlington 
  Farm, 
  Va." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  From 
  the 
  western 
  Himalayas, 
  where 
  it 
  reaches 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  

   5,000 
  feet, 
  southeastward 
  through 
  India 
  and 
  China 
  to 
  the 
  Philippines. 
  

  

  31592. 
  Canavali 
  sp. 
  

  

  "From 
  the 
  seashore 
  of 
  Davao, 
  May 
  14, 
  1911." 
  

  

  31593. 
  Crotalaria 
  incana 
  L. 
  

  

  "A 
  bushy, 
  half 
  shrubby, 
  annual 
  (?) 
  legume 
  forming 
  plants 
  3 
  to 
  6 
  feet 
  high 
  

   and 
  2 
  to 
  4 
  feet 
  across. 
  Flowers 
  yellow. 
  Producing 
  seeds 
  in 
  abundance. 
  

   Manila, 
  April, 
  1911." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Throughout 
  the 
  Tropics, 
  either 
  naturalized 
  or 
  cultivated; 
  

   probably 
  a 
  native 
  of 
  the 
  West 
  Indies. 
  

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