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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  from 
  15 
  to 
  25 
  feet 
  high 
  and 
  when 
  covered 
  with 
  large 
  scarlet 
  flowers 
  are 
  of 
  striking 
  

   beauty. 
  If 
  not 
  properly 
  protected 
  they 
  will 
  soon 
  be 
  a 
  thing 
  of 
  the 
  past, 
  as 
  the 
  natives 
  

   strip 
  the 
  trunks 
  of 
  the 
  bark 
  for 
  the 
  rich 
  reddish 
  brown 
  sap 
  used 
  by 
  them 
  for 
  dyeing 
  

   their 
  fish 
  nets. 
  Cattle 
  are 
  also 
  very 
  fond 
  of 
  the 
  leaves. 
  The 
  plants 
  from 
  the 
  island 
  

   of 
  Hawaii 
  differ 
  so 
  much 
  from 
  those 
  on 
  Molokai 
  as 
  to 
  need 
  a 
  new 
  varietal 
  name." 
  

   (Joseph 
  F. 
  Rock, 
  Botanist, 
  College 
  of 
  Hawaii, 
  Honolulu.) 
  

  

  31681 
  and 
  31682. 
  Pittosporum 
  spp. 
  

  

  From 
  Hawaii. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Ralph 
  S. 
  Hosmer, 
  Superintendent 
  of 
  Forestry, 
  

   Honolulu, 
  at 
  the 
  request 
  of 
  Dr. 
  E. 
  V. 
  Wilcox, 
  Hawaii 
  Agricultural 
  Experiment 
  

   Station, 
  Honolulu. 
  Received 
  August 
  14, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  31681. 
  Pittosporum 
  hosmeri 
  Rock. 
  

  

  "This 
  species 
  is 
  remarkable 
  for 
  the 
  unusually 
  large 
  woody 
  capsules 
  which 
  

   open 
  into 
  two, 
  three, 
  and 
  sometimes 
  four 
  valves. 
  Native 
  name 
  Aawa 
  hua 
  

   kukui. 
  The 
  fruits 
  exude 
  a 
  milky 
  glutinous 
  sap." 
  (Report 
  of 
  the 
  Division 
  of 
  

   Forestry, 
  Territory 
  of 
  Hawaii, 
  for 
  the 
  Biennial 
  Period 
  Ending 
  December 
  31, 
  1910, 
  

   p. 
  84.) 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  This 
  tree 
  is 
  rather 
  common 
  on 
  the 
  lava 
  fields 
  of 
  Puuwaawaa, 
  Hawaii, 
  

   at 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  3,000 
  feet. 
  

  

  31682. 
  Pittosporum 
  kauaiense 
  Hillebrand. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  tree 
  usually 
  about 
  30 
  feet 
  high, 
  growing 
  on 
  the 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  moun- 
  

   tains 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  AVaimea 
  on 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Kauai 
  in 
  Hawaii. 
  

  

  31683. 
  Solanum 
  sp. 
  Potato. 
  

  

  From 
  Perene, 
  Peru. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  A. 
  Furlong. 
  Received 
  August 
  18, 
  

   1911. 
  

   "Shiri, 
  or 
  bitter 
  potatoes." 
  (Furlong.) 
  

   Tubers. 
  

  

  31684. 
  Phoenix 
  dactylifera 
  L. 
  Date. 
  

  

  From 
  Morocco. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  Barrow, 
  Lane, 
  & 
  Ballard 
  (Ltd.), 
  London, 
  Eng- 
  

   land. 
  Received 
  August 
  18, 
  1911. 
  

   Taflelt. 
  See 
  No 
  . 
  18630 
  for 
  description. 
  

   Seeds. 
  

  

  31685. 
  Eragrostis 
  pectin 
  acea 
  (Michx.) 
  Nees. 
  

  

  From 
  Ainsworth, 
  Nebr. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  J. 
  Kimball, 
  through 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  N. 
  

   Vinall, 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  Industry. 
  Received 
  August 
  21, 
  1911. 
  

   "One 
  of 
  the 
  grasses 
  which 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  most 
  promise 
  for 
  seeding 
  in 
  the 
  sand 
  hills 
  

   of 
  Nebraska." 
  ( 
  Vinall.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  In 
  dry, 
  sterile 
  soil 
  from 
  New 
  Hampshire 
  to 
  Florida 
  and 
  westward 
  to 
  

   South 
  Dakota 
  and 
  Texas 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  and 
  southward 
  in 
  Mexico 
  to 
  Vera 
  Cruz. 
  

  

  31686. 
  LiCANiA 
  platypus 
  (Hemsl.) 
  Fritsch. 
  

  

  From 
  San 
  Jose, 
  Costa 
  Rica. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  Werckle. 
  Received 
  August 
  21, 
  

   1911. 
  

   "Sansapote." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  tree 
  found 
  in 
  Central 
  America 
  from 
  Nicaragua, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  cul- 
  

   tivated, 
  southeastward 
  through 
  Costa 
  Rica 
  and 
  Panama 
  to 
  Colombia. 
  

  

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