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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  31577 
  to 
  31608— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  31594. 
  Meibomia 
  heterocarpa 
  (L.) 
  Kuntze. 
  

  

  "From 
  Hinatuan, 
  Surigao 
  Province, 
  Mindanao, 
  May 
  13, 
  1911. 
  Suberect, 
  

   3 
  to 
  4 
  feet 
  high, 
  very 
  fruitful. 
  Perennial 
  (?). 
  Stems 
  hard 
  but 
  not 
  woody." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Southeastern 
  Asia, 
  extending 
  from 
  the 
  Himalayas 
  in 
  northern 
  

   India 
  eastward 
  through 
  Burma 
  and 
  Malakka 
  to 
  China 
  and 
  Japan, 
  and 
  throughout 
  

   the 
  Malay 
  and 
  Polynesian 
  archipelagoes 
  to 
  Australia. 
  

  

  31595. 
  Syntherisma 
  ciliaris 
  (Retz.) 
  Schrad. 
  Crab-grass. 
  

   "From 
  La 
  Carlota, 
  Negros, 
  May, 
  1911. 
  Much 
  larger 
  than 
  our 
  common 
  crab- 
  

   grass 
  but 
  of 
  same 
  habit 
  and 
  value. 
  To 
  be 
  tested 
  at 
  Biloxi, 
  Miss., 
  and 
  Arlington 
  

   Farm, 
  Va." 
  

  

  31596. 
  Capriola 
  dactylon 
  (L.) 
  Kuntze. 
  Bermuda 
  grass. 
  

   "From 
  Lamao, 
  June, 
  1911. 
  A 
  small 
  crab-grass 
  forming 
  pure 
  growths 
  and 
  

  

  becoming 
  12 
  to 
  18 
  inches 
  high. 
  

  

  31597. 
  Eriochloa 
  ramosa 
  (Retz.) 
  Kuntze. 
  

  

  "From 
  Alabang, 
  May 
  28, 
  1911. 
  A 
  common 
  grass 
  in 
  rather 
  low 
  ground. 
  

   Stems 
  slender, 
  fairly 
  erect. 
  Seed 
  shatters 
  easily. 
  Of 
  value 
  only 
  as 
  a 
  pasture 
  

   grass, 
  provided 
  it 
  will 
  spread." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  plains 
  of 
  India 
  and 
  generally 
  distributed 
  in 
  the 
  Tropics. 
  

  

  31598. 
  Echinochloa 
  colona 
  (L.) 
  Link. 
  

  

  "From 
  Lamao, 
  June, 
  1911. 
  This 
  volunteers 
  in 
  cultivated 
  fields 
  like 
  crab- 
  

   grass. 
  Cattle 
  and 
  carabao 
  eat 
  it 
  readily." 
  

  

  31599. 
  Panicum 
  distachyon 
  L. 
  

  

  "From 
  Lamao, 
  June, 
  1911. 
  A 
  grass 
  forming 
  great, 
  loose 
  mats 
  2 
  to 
  6 
  feet 
  

   across. 
  When 
  growing 
  thickly 
  it 
  becomes 
  18 
  inches 
  high. 
  Apparently 
  of 
  

   considerable 
  value 
  as 
  a 
  pasture 
  grass, 
  especially 
  in 
  sandy 
  soil." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  plains 
  of 
  India 
  and 
  eastward 
  to 
  China 
  and 
  through 
  the 
  

   Malay 
  Archipelago 
  to 
  Australia. 
  

  

  31600. 
  Paspalum 
  longifolium 
  Roxb. 
  

  

  "From 
  San 
  Miguel, 
  Tarlac, 
  May 
  30, 
  1911. 
  A 
  perennial 
  tufted 
  species." 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  Throughout 
  the 
  warmer 
  parts 
  of 
  India 
  and 
  generally 
  scattered 
  

   in 
  the 
  Tropics. 
  

  

  31601. 
  Prosopis 
  juliflora 
  (Swartz) 
  DC. 
  Algaroba. 
  

   "A 
  species 
  much 
  like 
  our 
  common 
  mesquite, 
  quite 
  abundant 
  around 
  the 
  

  

  shores 
  of 
  Manila 
  Bay. 
  The 
  pods 
  are 
  not 
  nearly 
  so 
  good 
  as 
  the 
  Hawaiian 
  mes- 
  

   quite, 
  but 
  cattle 
  are 
  said 
  to 
  eat 
  them. 
  Mr. 
  Merrill, 
  of 
  the 
  Manila 
  Bureau 
  of 
  

   Agriculture, 
  is 
  pretty 
  certain 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  native, 
  but 
  an 
  introduction 
  from 
  

   America, 
  perhaps 
  changed 
  by 
  its 
  environment 
  here." 
  

  

  31602. 
  Stizolobium 
  sp. 
  

  

  "Found 
  in 
  woods 
  near 
  La 
  Carlota, 
  Negros, 
  May 
  1, 
  1911." 
  

  

  31603. 
  Stizolobium 
  sp. 
  

  

  "From 
  Bosoc, 
  Negros, 
  May, 
  1911." 
  

  

  31604. 
  Stizolobium 
  pruriens 
  (Stickm.) 
  Medic. 
  

  

  "This 
  may 
  be 
  identical 
  with 
  No. 
  31602, 
  but 
  is 
  probably 
  different." 
  

  

  31605. 
  Syntherisma 
  ciliaris 
  (Retz.) 
  Schrad. 
  Crab-grass. 
  

   "Much 
  like 
  the 
  common 
  crab-grass, 
  but 
  larger 
  and 
  more 
  vigorous." 
  

  

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