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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  31882. 
  Meibomia 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  Puerto 
  Bertoni, 
  Paraguay. 
  Presented 
  "by 
  Dr. 
  Moises 
  S. 
  Bertoni, 
  Estacion 
  

   Agronomica. 
  Received 
  September 
  18, 
  1911. 
  

   "This 
  is 
  a 
  native 
  species 
  of 
  Paraguay, 
  very 
  good 
  for 
  forage 
  and 
  extraordinarily 
  

   resistant 
  to 
  drought. 
  It 
  grows 
  well 
  in 
  any 
  soil, 
  even 
  in 
  the 
  driest 
  and 
  most 
  sterile." 
  

   (Bertoni.) 
  

  

  31883. 
  Vaccinium 
  angustifolium 
  Aiton. 
  Blueberry. 
  

  

  From 
  Cape 
  Breton 
  Island, 
  Nova 
  Scotia. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  David 
  Fairchild, 
  

   of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  Industry, 
  September 
  28, 
  1911. 
  

   These 
  plants 
  were 
  introduced 
  for 
  purposes 
  of 
  botanical 
  study 
  and 
  breeding 
  work. 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  Northeastern 
  America; 
  Hudson 
  Bay 
  region, 
  Labrador, 
  and 
  New- 
  

   foundland, 
  and 
  southward 
  to 
  the 
  alpine 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  'White 
  Mountains 
  in 
  New 
  Hamp- 
  

   shire. 
  

  

  31884 
  to 
  31890. 
  Phormium 
  tenax 
  Forst. 
  New 
  Zealand 
  flax. 
  

  

  From 
  Wellington, 
  New 
  Zealand. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  T. 
  W. 
  Kirk, 
  director, 
  Depart- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  Received 
  September 
  26 
  and 
  27, 
  1911. 
  

   Plants 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  31884. 
  Tamatea. 
  31888. 
  Uuhiroa. 
  

  

  31885. 
  Seedling 
  (no 
  name). 
  31889. 
  Ngutunui. 
  

  

  31886. 
  Tutaemanu. 
  31890. 
  Wkarariki. 
  

  

  3 
  1887. 
  Parekaioariki. 
  

  

  31891. 
  Annona 
  purpurea 
  Moc. 
  and 
  Sesse. 
  Cabeza 
  de 
  negro. 
  

  

  From 
  Mexico. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  B. 
  Waite, 
  City 
  of 
  Mexico, 
  Mexico. 
  Received 
  

   September 
  29, 
  1911. 
  

   " 
  This 
  fruit 
  is 
  not 
  a 
  very 
  valuable 
  one 
  in 
  my 
  estimation, 
  although 
  it 
  is 
  esteemed 
  by 
  

   the 
  natives. 
  It 
  is 
  fragrant, 
  stringy, 
  yellow, 
  almost 
  insipid, 
  and 
  will 
  average 
  in 
  weight 
  

   about 
  3 
  pounds. 
  It 
  has 
  skin, 
  turning 
  brown 
  when 
  ripe, 
  and 
  ripens 
  in 
  August 
  and 
  

   September. 
  The 
  trees 
  are 
  about 
  10 
  to 
  15 
  feet 
  high. 
  The 
  pulp 
  of 
  the 
  fruit 
  clings 
  to 
  

   the 
  seed, 
  like 
  the 
  mango, 
  but 
  does 
  not 
  seem 
  to 
  have 
  the 
  strings 
  growing 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  

   seed 
  as 
  the 
  mango, 
  but 
  out 
  of 
  a 
  sheath 
  around 
  the 
  seed. 
  It 
  is 
  common 
  from 
  Cordoba 
  

   to 
  Guatemala. 
  " 
  (Waite.) 
  

  

  31892. 
  Medicago 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Alfalfa. 
  

  

  From 
  Peking, 
  China. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  B. 
  Laufer. 
  Received 
  September 
  28, 
  

   1911. 
  

  

  31893 
  to 
  31895. 
  Hordeum 
  spp. 
  Barley. 
  

  

  From 
  Komaba, 
  Tokyo, 
  Japan. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Y. 
  Kozai, 
  director, 
  Agricul- 
  

   tural 
  College, 
  Tokyo 
  Imperial 
  University. 
  Received 
  September 
  27, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  31893. 
  "Bozu. 
  Ordinary 
  variety." 
  

  

  31894. 
  "Isehadaka. 
  Naked 
  variety." 
  

  

  31895. 
  " 
  Kawai. 
  Naked 
  variety 
  and 
  having 
  awns 
  on 
  two 
  rows 
  of 
  spikelets 
  

   only." 
  

  

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