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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  31727. 
  Voandzeia 
  subterranea 
  (L.) 
  Thouars. 
  Woandsu. 
  

  

  From 
  Portuguese 
  East 
  Africa. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  R. 
  H. 
  B. 
  Dickinson, 
  Depart- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  Salisbury, 
  Southern 
  Rhodesia. 
  Received 
  August 
  14, 
  

   1911. 
  

  

  See 
  No. 
  23453 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  31728 
  to 
  31735. 
  

  

  From 
  China. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  V. 
  Piper, 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  Industry, 
  

   August 
  21, 
  1911. 
  

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

  

  31728. 
  Phaseolus 
  calcaratus 
  Roxb. 
  

  

  "From 
  the 
  market 
  in 
  Canton, 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  grown 
  in 
  the 
  neighborhood." 
  

  

  31729. 
  Dolichos 
  lablab 
  L. 
  Bonavist 
  bean. 
  

   "From 
  the 
  market 
  in 
  Canton, 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  grown 
  about 
  Tientsin." 
  

  

  31730 
  and 
  31731. 
  Olaucena 
  lansium 
  (Lour.) 
  Skeels. 
  Wampee. 
  

  

  "Both 
  of 
  these 
  varieties 
  were 
  purchased 
  in 
  the 
  market 
  at 
  Canton, 
  where 
  they 
  

   occur 
  in 
  great 
  abundance 
  at 
  this 
  season 
  (July). 
  The 
  former 
  is 
  an 
  acid 
  variety, 
  

   the 
  fruit 
  as 
  large 
  as 
  a 
  muscat 
  grape, 
  but 
  tapering 
  to 
  the 
  apex. 
  The 
  latter 
  is 
  

   sweet, 
  a 
  little 
  smaller, 
  and 
  perfectly 
  ellipsoid. 
  Both 
  are 
  greenish 
  yellow 
  in 
  

   color 
  and 
  normally 
  contain 
  five 
  (?) 
  seeds, 
  but 
  the 
  sour 
  one 
  rarely 
  has 
  more 
  than 
  

   one 
  seed. 
  The 
  fruit 
  is 
  only 
  of 
  mediocre 
  quality, 
  but 
  the 
  Chinese 
  eat 
  large 
  

   quantities 
  of 
  it." 
  

  

  See 
  Nos. 
  25546 
  and 
  27954 
  for 
  previous 
  introductions. 
  

  

  31732. 
  Mangifera 
  indica 
  L. 
  Mango. 
  

   "Hamow. 
  From 
  Canton. 
  Said 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  best 
  mango 
  grown 
  in 
  South 
  China. 
  

  

  Fruit 
  a 
  rich 
  apricot 
  color, 
  without 
  blemish, 
  about 
  2\ 
  inches 
  long, 
  2 
  inches 
  

   broad, 
  and 
  \\ 
  inches 
  thick; 
  snout 
  short, 
  blunt; 
  flesh 
  apricot 
  color, 
  watery, 
  and 
  

   with 
  little 
  flavor, 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  turpentiny; 
  skin 
  thin, 
  not 
  peeling 
  easily; 
  not 
  much 
  

   fiber; 
  stone 
  large. 
  A 
  very 
  attractive 
  fruit, 
  but 
  in 
  quality 
  not 
  to 
  be 
  compared 
  

   with 
  Manila 
  mangos." 
  

  

  31733. 
  Prunus 
  simonii 
  Carr. 
  

  

  "Common 
  in 
  the 
  markets 
  of 
  Canton 
  and 
  Hongkong. 
  Fruit 
  subglobose, 
  

   greenish; 
  flesh 
  red. 
  Very 
  good 
  when 
  stewed." 
  

  

  31734. 
  Prunus 
  triflora 
  Roxb. 
  

  

  "Like 
  the 
  preceeding 
  but 
  smaller 
  and 
  quite 
  red 
  on 
  the 
  surface." 
  

  

  31735. 
  Rubus 
  sp. 
  

  

  "An 
  ornamental 
  variety 
  with 
  grapelike 
  leaves, 
  rusty 
  tomentose 
  beneath. 
  

   Fruit 
  red, 
  small." 
  

  

  31736. 
  Cajuputi 
  leucadendra 
  (Stickman) 
  Eusby. 
  Cajuput 
  tree. 
  

  

  See 
  No. 
  30761 
  for 
  explanation 
  of 
  the 
  necessity 
  for 
  using 
  the 
  generic 
  name 
  

   Cajuputi. 
  

   From 
  Sydney, 
  New 
  South 
  Wales, 
  Australia. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  H. 
  Maiden, 
  

   director, 
  Botanic 
  Gardens. 
  Received 
  August 
  29, 
  1911. 
  

   "This 
  is 
  a 
  myrtaceous 
  tree 
  closely 
  related 
  to 
  the 
  eucalyptus. 
  Present 
  indications 
  

   are 
  that 
  the 
  tree 
  will 
  prove 
  very 
  valuable 
  for 
  avenue 
  planting 
  and 
  windbreaks 
  in 
  

   southern 
  Florida. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  rapid 
  grower 
  and 
  adapts 
  itself 
  readily 
  to 
  different 
  conditions 
  

   of 
  soil 
  and 
  surroundings. 
  It 
  is 
  able 
  to 
  withstand 
  the 
  effects 
  of 
  salt 
  spray 
  and 
  is 
  not 
  

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