﻿JULY 
  1 
  TO 
  SEPTEMBER 
  30, 
  1911. 
  41 
  

  

  31715 
  to 
  31719— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  31718. 
  Phaseolus 
  sp. 
  

  

  ' 
  ' 
  From 
  Manila, 
  June, 
  1911. 
  Distributed 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Merrill 
  of 
  the 
  Manila 
  Experi- 
  

   ment 
  Station 
  as 
  Phaseolus 
  calcaratus, 
  which 
  it 
  resembles 
  in 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  it 
  has 
  yellow 
  

   flowers 
  and 
  spurred 
  wings, 
  but 
  the 
  pods 
  and 
  seeds 
  are 
  very 
  different." 
  

  

  31719. 
  Uraria 
  lagopodioides 
  (L.) 
  Desv. 
  

  

  "A 
  perennial 
  legume 
  with 
  spreading 
  stems 
  1 
  to 
  2 
  feet 
  long. 
  Readily 
  eaten 
  

   by 
  cattle 
  and 
  producing 
  abundant 
  seed." 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  Southeastern 
  Asia 
  from 
  India 
  to 
  China 
  and 
  through 
  the 
  Malay 
  Archi- 
  

   pelago 
  and 
  Polynesia 
  to 
  Australia. 
  

  

  31720. 
  Normanbya 
  MUELLERi 
  Becc. 
  Palm. 
  

  

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

   Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  Industry, 
  August 
  9, 
  1911. 
  

   " 
  Bonga 
  de 
  China. 
  A 
  palm 
  cultivated 
  throughout 
  the 
  Philippine 
  Islands, 
  but 
  its 
  

   origin 
  is 
  unknown. 
  It 
  much 
  resembles 
  the 
  betel-nut 
  palm 
  but 
  has 
  glaucous 
  leaves 
  

   and 
  smaller, 
  bright-crimson 
  fruits 
  about 
  an 
  inch 
  long." 
  (Piper.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  palm 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  valley 
  of 
  the 
  Daintree 
  River 
  in 
  the 
  province 
  

   of 
  Queensland, 
  Australia, 
  and 
  cultivated 
  in 
  the 
  Philippines. 
  

  

  31721 
  to 
  31723. 
  Cucumis 
  melo 
  L. 
  Muskmelon. 
  

  

  From 
  Comendador, 
  Dominican 
  Republic. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  M. 
  E. 
  Beall. 
  

   Received 
  August 
  24, 
  1911. 
  

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

  

  31721. 
  "This 
  melon 
  measured 
  31 
  centimeters 
  [1 
  ft.] 
  from 
  stem 
  to 
  blossom 
  

   end 
  and 
  46 
  centimeters 
  [14 
  in.] 
  around 
  the 
  middle. 
  Flesh 
  green, 
  firm 
  but 
  

   tender, 
  of 
  delicious 
  flavor. 
  I 
  never 
  tasted 
  a 
  better 
  one. 
  It 
  does 
  not 
  need 
  to 
  

   be 
  improved, 
  and 
  if 
  it 
  produces 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  the 
  Rocky 
  Ford 
  will 
  have 
  

   to 
  take 
  a 
  back 
  seat." 
  

  

  31722. 
  "This 
  melon 
  weighed 
  15 
  pounds, 
  measured 
  23.6 
  inches 
  from 
  stem 
  

   to 
  blossom 
  end, 
  and 
  23.2 
  inches 
  around 
  the 
  middle. 
  Flesh 
  thick, 
  salmon 
  

   colored, 
  of 
  good 
  flavor. 
  I 
  am 
  told 
  that 
  there 
  are 
  larger 
  ones 
  of 
  this 
  variety, 
  

   but 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  seen 
  them." 
  

  

  31723. 
  " 
  Small 
  muskmelon 
  or 
  canteloupe, 
  a 
  little 
  larger 
  than 
  a 
  Rocky 
  Ford. 
  

   Skin 
  not 
  very 
  firm, 
  flesh 
  greenish, 
  not 
  particularly 
  fine 
  flavored. 
  Might 
  be 
  of 
  

   value 
  for 
  hybridizing 
  work." 
  

  

  31725. 
  Pistacia 
  integerrima 
  Stewart. 
  Zebra 
  wood. 
  

  

  From 
  Lahore, 
  India. 
  Procured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  R. 
  S. 
  Woglum, 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Ento- 
  

   mology, 
  United 
  States 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  from 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  R. 
  Mustoe, 
  

   Superintendent 
  of 
  the 
  Botanical 
  Gardens. 
  Received 
  August 
  24, 
  1911. 
  

   " 
  These 
  seeds 
  were 
  taken 
  from 
  a 
  splendid 
  specimen 
  of 
  a 
  tree 
  in 
  the 
  Agri-Horticul- 
  

   tural 
  Gardens. 
  ' 
  ' 
  ( 
  Woglum.) 
  

   See 
  No. 
  18637 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  On 
  the 
  mountain 
  slopes 
  in 
  the 
  northwestern 
  part 
  of 
  India 
  at 
  an 
  

   elevation 
  of 
  1,200 
  to 
  8,000 
  feet; 
  cultivated 
  in 
  the 
  plains. 
  

  

  31726. 
  Citrus 
  aurantium 
  sinensis 
  L. 
  Orange. 
  

  

  From 
  Bahia, 
  Brazil. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Southard 
  P. 
  Warner, 
  American 
  consul. 
  

   Received 
  August 
  25, 
  1911. 
  

   Bahia 
  navel. 
  See 
  Nos. 
  24311 
  and 
  30201 
  for 
  previous 
  introductions. 
  

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