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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  31780 
  to 
  31832— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  31829. 
  Oryza 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Bice. 
  

   From 
  Kashgar, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  

   " 
  (No. 
  1577a, 
  January 
  27, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  variety 
  of 
  rice 
  called 
  Ak-uruk; 
  has 
  large, 
  

  

  white 
  grains. 
  ' 
  ' 
  ( 
  Meyer. 
  ) 
  

  

  31830. 
  Oryza 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Rice. 
  

   From 
  Kashgar, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  

   "(No. 
  1578a, 
  January 
  27, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  variety 
  of 
  rice 
  called 
  Chilga; 
  of 
  light 
  

  

  milling 
  qualities. 
  Considered 
  locally 
  a 
  marvel, 
  as 
  it 
  ripens 
  in 
  10 
  weeks 
  after 
  

   being 
  sown. 
  It 
  is 
  grown 
  as 
  a 
  second 
  crop 
  after 
  the 
  winter 
  wheat 
  has 
  been 
  

   harvested 
  . 
  " 
  ( 
  Meyer. 
  ) 
  

  

  31831. 
  Oryza 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Rice. 
  

   From 
  Kashgar, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1579a, 
  January 
  27, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  variety 
  of 
  rice 
  called 
  Kara 
  Kiltrick. 
  It 
  

   has 
  white 
  beards 
  and 
  is 
  very 
  different 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  variety 
  of 
  Yarkand 
  (No. 
  

   31826)." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  31832. 
  Oryza 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Rice. 
  

   From 
  Kashgar, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1580a, 
  February 
  1, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  variety 
  of 
  rice 
  called 
  Tum-uruk. 
  Con- 
  

   sidered 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  very 
  good 
  sort. 
  Early 
  ripener. 
  White 
  and 
  reddish 
  grains 
  are 
  

   said 
  to 
  exist 
  intermixed 
  in 
  this 
  variety." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  31835 
  to 
  31864. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  Natal 
  Botanic 
  Gardens, 
  Durban, 
  Natal, 
  South 
  Africa. 
  Presented 
  by 
  

   Dr. 
  J. 
  Medley 
  Wood, 
  director, 
  Natal 
  Botanic 
  Gardens. 
  Received 
  July 
  15, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  31835. 
  Asparagus 
  falcatus 
  L. 
  Asparagus. 
  

   An 
  ornamental 
  flowering 
  climber 
  with 
  creamy-white 
  sweet-scented 
  flowers 
  

  

  in 
  large 
  panicles. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  In 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Ceylon, 
  and 
  in 
  tropical 
  and 
  southern 
  Africa, 
  

   extending 
  from 
  Nubia 
  and 
  Upper 
  Guinea 
  southward 
  to 
  the 
  Cape. 
  

  

  31836. 
  Bauhinia 
  picta 
  (H. 
  B. 
  K.) 
  DC. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  21783 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  31837. 
  Boscia 
  UNDULATA 
  Thunb. 
  

  

  See 
  No. 
  28719 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  31838. 
  Brunsfelsia 
  Americana 
  L. 
  . 
  

   See 
  No. 
  28720 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  31839. 
  Calpurnia 
  aurea 
  (Lam.) 
  Benth. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  28721 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  31840 
  and 
  31841. 
  Carissa 
  spp. 
  

  

  Introduced 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  extend 
  the 
  cultivation 
  of 
  these 
  important 
  home- 
  

   garden 
  fruits 
  for 
  the 
  Southern 
  States. 
  

  

  31840. 
  Carissa 
  bispinosa 
  (L.) 
  Desf. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Central 
  southern 
  Africa, 
  extending 
  from 
  Rhodesia 
  and 
  

   the 
  Mozambique 
  district 
  southward 
  to 
  the 
  Cape. 
  

  

  31841. 
  Carissa 
  grandiflora 
  (Mey.) 
  DC. 
  Amatungulu. 
  

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