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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  31835 
  to 
  31864— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  31854. 
  Ornithogalum 
  saundersiae 
  Baker. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  white-flowered 
  bulbous 
  perennial 
  growing 
  in 
  damp 
  places 
  

   among 
  rocks 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  3,000 
  to 
  3,400 
  feet 
  in 
  the 
  Kalahari 
  region 
  of 
  

   South 
  Africa. 
  

  

  31855. 
  Ornithogalum 
  thyrsoides 
  Jacq. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  bulbous 
  plant 
  with 
  several 
  varieties, 
  having 
  red, 
  yellow, 
  

   or 
  white 
  flowers, 
  growing 
  among 
  the 
  mountains 
  along 
  the 
  eastern 
  coast 
  of 
  Cape 
  

   Colony. 
  

  

  31856. 
  Oxyanthus 
  pyriformis 
  (Hochst.) 
  Skeels. 
  

   (Megacarpha 
  pyriformis 
  Hochst. 
  1844, 
  Flora, 
  vol. 
  27, 
  p. 
  551.) 
  

   (Oxyanthus 
  natalensis 
  Sond. 
  1850, 
  Linnaea, 
  vol. 
  23, 
  p. 
  50.) 
  

  

  The 
  seeds 
  of 
  this 
  South 
  African 
  rubiaceous 
  shrub 
  were 
  received 
  under 
  the 
  

   name 
  Oxyanthus 
  natalensis, 
  a 
  name 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  plant 
  by 
  Sonder, 
  who 
  trans- 
  

   ferred 
  the 
  species 
  from 
  the 
  genus 
  Megacarpha 
  to 
  which 
  it 
  was 
  first 
  assigned 
  by 
  

   Hochstetter 
  in 
  1844. 
  In 
  transferring 
  the 
  species 
  Sonder 
  displaced 
  the 
  original 
  

   specific 
  name, 
  pyriformis, 
  which 
  is 
  here 
  restored, 
  in 
  accordance 
  with 
  present 
  

   rules 
  of 
  botanical 
  nomenclature. 
  

  

  Oxyanthus 
  pyriformis 
  is 
  known 
  to 
  occur 
  only 
  in 
  the 
  damp 
  woods 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  

   of 
  Durban, 
  South 
  Africa. 
  

  

  31857. 
  Pallasia 
  capensis 
  Christm. 
  

  

  ( 
  Calodendrum 
  capense 
  Salberg 
  1782, 
  in 
  Thunberg, 
  Nova 
  Genera 
  Plantarum, 
  

   p. 
  43.) 
  

  

  The 
  seeds 
  of 
  this 
  large, 
  evergreen 
  South 
  African 
  tree, 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  family 
  

   Rutaceae, 
  were 
  received 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  Calodendron 
  capense. 
  The 
  generic 
  

   name 
  Calodendrum 
  was 
  published 
  by 
  Salberg 
  in 
  1782. 
  However, 
  in 
  1778, 
  

   Christman 
  (Houttyn, 
  Pflanzensystem, 
  vol. 
  3, 
  p. 
  318, 
  pi. 
  22) 
  had 
  published 
  for 
  

   the 
  same 
  plant 
  the 
  name 
  Pallasia 
  capensis. 
  The 
  name 
  Pallasia 
  was 
  first 
  used 
  in 
  

   1777 
  by 
  Scopoli 
  (Introductio, 
  p. 
  72) 
  for 
  a 
  grass 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  described 
  and 
  

   figured 
  in 
  1770 
  by 
  Pallas 
  (Reise 
  durch 
  verschiedene 
  Provinzen 
  des 
  russischen 
  

   Reichs, 
  vol. 
  2, 
  p. 
  733, 
  pis. 
  K., 
  fig. 
  1, 
  and 
  Q., 
  fig. 
  2), 
  but 
  to 
  which 
  no 
  binomial 
  

   name 
  was 
  given. 
  

  

  Scopoli 
  also 
  wrote 
  "an 
  hoc 
  Phleum 
  Schoenoides 
  Linn.?", 
  but 
  this 
  is 
  not 
  the 
  

   species 
  described, 
  nor 
  the 
  one 
  described 
  and 
  figured 
  by 
  Pallas. 
  Scopoli, 
  there- 
  

   fore, 
  did 
  not 
  technically 
  publish 
  the 
  generic 
  name 
  Pallasia, 
  as 
  he 
  did 
  not 
  

   use 
  a 
  binomial 
  name 
  and 
  did 
  not 
  refer 
  to 
  any 
  description 
  which 
  is 
  associable 
  

   with 
  a 
  previously 
  published 
  binomial 
  species. 
  It 
  is 
  therefore 
  necessary 
  to 
  use 
  

   the 
  name 
  Pallasia 
  for 
  the 
  genus 
  generally 
  called 
  Calodendron. 
  

  

  Pallasia 
  capensis, 
  called 
  "wild 
  chestnut" 
  by 
  the 
  colonists, 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  

   woods 
  along 
  the 
  eastern 
  coast 
  of 
  South 
  Africa 
  from 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Durban 
  south- 
  

   ward 
  to 
  the 
  Cape. 
  

  

  31858. 
  Psychotria 
  capensis 
  (Eckl.) 
  Vatke. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  An 
  evergreen 
  shrub 
  or 
  small 
  tree 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  woods 
  in 
  the 
  

   vicinity 
  of 
  Durban 
  in 
  South 
  Africa. 
  

  

  31859. 
  Sphedamnocarpus 
  pruriens 
  (Juss.) 
  Szyszylowics. 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  shrubby 
  vine 
  growing 
  in 
  the 
  woods 
  in 
  the 
  Transvaal 
  region 
  

  

  of 
  Soutji 
  Africa. 
  

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