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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  31869. 
  Annona 
  glabra 
  L. 
  Alligator- 
  apple. 
  

  

  From 
  Camaguey, 
  Cuba. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Robert 
  L. 
  Luaces, 
  agricultural 
  

   engineer, 
  at 
  the 
  suggestion 
  of 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  P. 
  Wilder, 
  Honolulu, 
  Hawaii. 
  Received 
  

   September 
  21, 
  1911. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  26855 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  31870. 
  Phormium 
  tenax 
  Forst. 
  New 
  Zealand 
  flax. 
  

  

  From 
  Pasadena, 
  Cal. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  P. 
  D. 
  Barnhart. 
  Received 
  September 
  

   7, 
  1911. 
  

  

  31871. 
  Nicotian 
  a 
  tabacum 
  L. 
  Tobacco. 
  

  

  From 
  Guatemala 
  City, 
  Guatemala. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  S. 
  Billow. 
  Received 
  

   September 
  13, 
  1911. 
  

   "The 
  tobacco 
  that 
  is 
  principally 
  used 
  here 
  is 
  brought 
  from 
  Honduras. 
  However, 
  

   the 
  other 
  day 
  I 
  noted 
  a 
  tobacco 
  plant 
  growing 
  very 
  luxuriantly 
  in 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  parks 
  

   and 
  plucked 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  seed, 
  which 
  I 
  am 
  sending. 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  know 
  anything 
  about 
  

   the 
  variety, 
  but 
  the 
  stalk 
  did 
  not 
  show 
  any 
  signs 
  of 
  disease 
  or 
  attack 
  by 
  insects. 
  " 
  

   (Billow.) 
  

  

  31872 
  to 
  31876. 
  

  

  From 
  Paraguay. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  F. 
  Mead, 
  Villa 
  Encarnacion. 
  Received 
  

   September 
  23, 
  1911. 
  

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

  

  31872. 
  Aiustoclesia 
  esculenta 
  (Arruda) 
  Stuntz. 
  Pacuri. 
  

   (Moronobea 
  esculenta 
  Arruda 
  1810, 
  Discurso 
  Sob 
  re 
  a 
  Utilidade 
  da 
  Insti- 
  

  

  tuicao 
  de 
  Jardins 
  nas 
  Principaes 
  Provincias 
  do 
  Brazil, 
  p. 
  32; 
  reprinted 
  

   in 
  Mello, 
  Biographias 
  de 
  Joacquim 
  Ignacio 
  de 
  Lima, 
  etc., 
  1895.) 
  

   (Platonia 
  insignis 
  Mart. 
  1832, 
  Nova 
  Genera 
  et 
  Species 
  Plantarum 
  Brazi- 
  

   liensium, 
  vol. 
  3, 
  p. 
  169, 
  pis. 
  288, 
  fig. 
  2, 
  and 
  289. 
  

  

  The 
  seeds 
  of 
  this 
  Brazilian 
  tree, 
  which 
  belongs 
  to 
  the 
  family 
  Clusiaceae, 
  

   were 
  received 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  Platonia 
  insignis, 
  which 
  was 
  applied 
  to 
  it 
  by 
  

   Martius 
  in 
  1832. 
  In 
  1808, 
  however, 
  Rafinesque 
  (Medical 
  Repository, 
  vol. 
  

   5, 
  p. 
  352) 
  had 
  published 
  the 
  generic 
  name 
  Platonia, 
  based 
  on 
  Verbena 
  nodiflora 
  

   L., 
  thus 
  preventing 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  name 
  for 
  the 
  tree 
  described 
  by 
  Martius. 
  

   This 
  fact 
  was 
  recognized 
  in 
  1909 
  by 
  Coville, 
  who 
  published 
  the 
  new 
  generic 
  

   name 
  Aristoclesia 
  (Century 
  Dictionary 
  Supplement, 
  p. 
  75). 
  Martius 
  described 
  

   but 
  one 
  species, 
  Platonia 
  insignis, 
  and 
  cited 
  Moronobea 
  esculenta 
  Arruda, 
  which 
  

   identification 
  was 
  indorsed 
  in 
  1896 
  by 
  Britten 
  (Journal 
  of 
  Botany, 
  vol. 
  34, 
  p. 
  

   248). 
  The 
  earlier 
  specific 
  name 
  is 
  here 
  restored. 
  

  

  "In 
  Guarany 
  this 
  is 
  called 
  pacuri. 
  It 
  is 
  very 
  highly 
  recommended 
  as 
  a 
  

   delicious 
  fruit, 
  either 
  fresh 
  or 
  in 
  preserves. 
  The 
  plant 
  grows 
  2 
  meters 
  [6J 
  ft.] 
  

   high 
  and 
  the 
  fruit, 
  which 
  is 
  larger 
  than 
  a 
  cherry 
  and 
  nearly 
  black 
  in 
  color, 
  

   is 
  borne 
  in 
  clusters 
  about 
  the 
  main 
  stalk. 
  Frost 
  resistance 
  equal 
  to 
  the 
  orange. 
  

   Seed 
  procured 
  near 
  Caballero, 
  Paraguay." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Aristoclesia 
  esculenta 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  aboriginal 
  forests 
  of 
  the 
  

   Amazon 
  Valley 
  in 
  the 
  provinces 
  of 
  Para, 
  Maranhao, 
  and 
  Ceara 
  in 
  Brazil. 
  

  

  31873. 
  Psidium 
  guajava 
  L. 
  Guava. 
  

   "A 
  native 
  of 
  South 
  America. 
  Found 
  growing 
  wild 
  in 
  the 
  mountains 
  in 
  

  

  Paraguay. 
  Same 
  description 
  as 
  for 
  other 
  guavas 
  sent 
  (No. 
  31359). 
  This 
  

   seed 
  was 
  selected 
  from 
  the 
  largest 
  and 
  finest 
  fruits 
  only. 
  " 
  

  

  31874. 
  Gossypium 
  sp. 
  Cotton. 
  

   248 
  

  

  