﻿40 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  31704 
  to 
  31707— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  31705. 
  Trichosanthes 
  sp. 
  

  

  "This 
  species 
  grows 
  on 
  a 
  vine 
  similar 
  to 
  the 
  preceding, 
  but 
  the 
  fruit 
  is 
  smaller 
  

   and 
  straw 
  colored." 
  

  

  31706. 
  (Undetermined.) 
  

  

  "An 
  herbaceous, 
  ornamental 
  shrub 
  with 
  large 
  leaves 
  and 
  vermilion-colored 
  

   flowers 
  produced 
  in 
  a 
  terminal 
  panicle, 
  the 
  bright-colored 
  calyces 
  being 
  per- 
  

   sistent 
  for 
  several 
  weeks 
  after 
  the 
  corollas 
  have 
  dropped." 
  

  

  31707. 
  Terminalia 
  edulis 
  Blanco. 
  

  

  "A 
  large 
  forest 
  tree 
  with 
  an 
  open 
  head, 
  producing 
  an 
  edible, 
  subacid 
  fruit 
  

   about 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  a 
  small 
  plum. 
  If, 
  as 
  is 
  probable, 
  the 
  tree 
  succeeds 
  in 
  south 
  

   Florida, 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  a 
  valuable 
  addition 
  to 
  your 
  ornamental 
  shade 
  trees 
  there 
  and 
  

   the 
  fruit 
  can 
  probably 
  be 
  utilized 
  in 
  making 
  jelly 
  and 
  other 
  preserves." 
  

  

  31708. 
  Prunus 
  triflora 
  Roxb. 
  Plum. 
  

  

  From 
  China. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  N. 
  Gist 
  Gee, 
  Soochow 
  University, 
  Soochow, 
  

   China. 
  Received 
  August 
  22, 
  1911. 
  

   " 
  These 
  seeds 
  were 
  obtained 
  from 
  fruits 
  about 
  an 
  inch 
  in 
  diameter 
  and 
  blood 
  red 
  

   and 
  were 
  rather 
  full 
  of 
  fibers." 
  (Gist 
  Gee.) 
  

  

  31709 
  to 
  31714. 
  

  

  From 
  Ceylon. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mrs. 
  Charles 
  B. 
  Bigelow, 
  Boston, 
  Mass., 
  through 
  

   Prof. 
  C. 
  S. 
  Sargent, 
  Arnold 
  Arboretum, 
  Jamaica 
  Plain, 
  Mass. 
  Received 
  

   August 
  3, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  31709. 
  Feronia 
  elephantum 
  Correa. 
  Wood-apple. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  25888 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  31710. 
  Annona 
  muricata 
  L. 
  Soursop. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  18737 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Native 
  and 
  cultivated 
  in 
  tropical 
  America, 
  and 
  introduced 
  

   into 
  other 
  tropical 
  countries. 
  

  

  31711. 
  Annona 
  cherimola 
  Miller. 
  Cherimoya. 
  

  

  31712. 
  Annona 
  squamosa 
  L. 
  Sweetsop. 
  

  

  31713. 
  Chrysophyllum 
  cainito 
  L. 
  Star-apple. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  27572 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  31714. 
  Carica 
  papaya 
  L. 
  Papaya. 
  

  

  31715 
  to 
  31719. 
  

  

  From 
  Philippine 
  Islands. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  V. 
  Piper, 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  

   of 
  Plant 
  Industry, 
  August 
  9, 
  1911. 
  

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

  

  31715. 
  Syntherisma 
  cxliaris 
  (Retz.) 
  Schrad. 
  Crab-grass. 
  

   ''From 
  Lamao, 
  June, 
  1911. 
  A 
  larger 
  species 
  than 
  our 
  common 
  American 
  

  

  crab-grass." 
  

  

  31716. 
  Dolichos 
  lablab 
  L. 
  Bonavist 
  bean. 
  

   " 
  Cultivated 
  for 
  a 
  vegetable. 
  Native 
  name 
  Batao. 
  Grown 
  at 
  Lamao 
  Experi- 
  

   ment 
  Station." 
  

  

  31717. 
  Eriochloa 
  ramosa 
  (Retz.) 
  Kuntze. 
  

   "From 
  Manila, 
  June, 
  1911." 
  

  

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