﻿JULY 
  1 
  TO 
  SEPTEMBER 
  30, 
  1911. 
  57 
  

  

  31835 
  to 
  31864— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  31860. 
  Strelitzia 
  alba 
  (L. 
  f.) 
  Skeels. 
  

  

  (Heliconia 
  alba 
  L. 
  f. 
  1781, 
  Supplementum 
  Plantarum, 
  p. 
  157.) 
  

   {Strelitzia 
  augusta 
  Travenfeldt 
  1792, 
  in 
  Thunb., 
  Nova 
  Genera 
  Plantarum, 
  

   p. 
  113.) 
  

   This 
  beautiful 
  white-flowered 
  plant 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  family 
  Musaceae 
  was 
  firs 
  

   named 
  in 
  1781 
  by 
  Linnaeus 
  's 
  son 
  as 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  Heliconia, 
  with 
  the 
  specific 
  

   name 
  alba. 
  Travenfeldt, 
  in 
  1792, 
  transferred 
  the 
  species 
  to 
  the 
  genus 
  Strelitzia, 
  

   where 
  it 
  is 
  generally 
  considered 
  to 
  belong, 
  but 
  gave 
  it 
  a 
  new 
  specific 
  name, 
  

   augusta. 
  The 
  binomial 
  Strelitzia 
  alba, 
  although 
  the 
  proper 
  name 
  of 
  this 
  plant, 
  

   according 
  to 
  recognized 
  nomenclatural 
  practice, 
  appears 
  never 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  

   used 
  heretofore. 
  

  

  Strelitzia 
  alba 
  is 
  a 
  well-known 
  South 
  African 
  plant, 
  occurring 
  from 
  Durban 
  to 
  

   the 
  Cape 
  of 
  Good 
  Hope. 
  

  

  31861. 
  Strychnos 
  decussata 
  (Pappe) 
  Gilg. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  tree, 
  attaining 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  25 
  feet, 
  the 
  knotted 
  twigs 
  of 
  which 
  

   are 
  used 
  as 
  ceremonial 
  wands 
  by 
  the 
  Zulu-Kafirs, 
  is 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  eastern 
  coast 
  

   of 
  South 
  Africa 
  from 
  Durban 
  to 
  Uitenhage. 
  

  

  31862. 
  Tecoma 
  berteroi 
  DC. 
  

  

  See 
  No. 
  28728 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  31863. 
  TURRAEA 
  HETEROPHYLLA 
  Smith. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  gray-barked 
  shrub 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  woods 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  

   Durban 
  in 
  South 
  Africa. 
  

  

  31864. 
  TURRAEA 
  OBTUSIFOLIA 
  Hochst. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  shrub 
  with 
  reddish 
  bark, 
  growing 
  in 
  the 
  woods 
  in 
  the 
  vicin- 
  

   ity 
  of 
  Durban 
  in 
  South 
  Africa. 
  

  

  31865. 
  Bottea 
  gandaria 
  Blume. 
  

  

  From 
  Singapore, 
  Straits 
  Settlements. 
  Presented 
  by 
  the 
  Botanical 
  Garden 
  at 
  

   Singapore 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Lyster 
  H. 
  Dewey, 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  Industry, 
  who 
  

   brought 
  them 
  with 
  him 
  to 
  this 
  country 
  on 
  his 
  return 
  from 
  abroad. 
  Received 
  

   September 
  20, 
  1911. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  29383 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  31868. 
  Cornus 
  bretschneideri 
  Henry. 
  

  

  From 
  Rochester, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  John 
  Dunbar, 
  Assistant 
  Superintend- 
  

   ent 
  of 
  Parks. 
  Received 
  September 
  15, 
  1911. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  ornamental 
  shrub 
  from 
  the 
  mountains 
  of 
  western 
  China, 
  espe- 
  

   cially 
  striking 
  in 
  the 
  winter 
  against 
  a 
  background 
  of 
  evergreens, 
  because 
  of 
  its 
  

   bright 
  lemon-yellow 
  twigs. 
  It 
  has 
  proven 
  thoroughly 
  hardy 
  as 
  far 
  north 
  as 
  

   Rochester, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  30288 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  31868. 
  Hordeum 
  sp. 
  Hull 
  barley. 
  

  

  From 
  Khanaka, 
  Oasis 
  of 
  Sandju, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  

   Frank 
  N. 
  Meyer, 
  agricultural 
  explorer, 
  September 
  11, 
  1911. 
  

   This 
  seed 
  was 
  picked 
  out 
  of 
  No. 
  31793, 
  a 
  summer 
  barley. 
  See 
  this 
  number 
  for 
  

   remarks. 
  

  

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