﻿JULY 
  1 
  TO 
  SEPTEMBER 
  30, 
  1911. 
  63 
  

  

  31908 
  to 
  31913— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  31911. 
  Red, 
  from 
  Japan. 
  

  

  "Looks 
  somewhat 
  like 
  Red 
  Jersey. 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  grown 
  it 
  yet, 
  as 
  the 
  tubers 
  

   were 
  received 
  recently." 
  

  

  31912. 
  Rehaumauroa 
  or 
  Tariana. 
  

  

  "A 
  dry 
  sweet 
  potato 
  much 
  liked 
  by 
  the 
  Maoris. 
  The 
  meaning 
  of 
  the 
  name 
  

   is 
  'sweet 
  forever'." 
  

  

  31913. 
  Taroamahoe. 
  

  

  "This 
  small 
  sweet 
  potato 
  is 
  liked 
  by 
  the 
  Maoris, 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  dry 
  and 
  mealy, 
  

   although 
  small. 
  Tradition 
  says 
  the 
  natives 
  brought 
  it 
  with 
  them 
  about 
  400 
  

   years 
  ago 
  when 
  they 
  first 
  came 
  to 
  New 
  Zealand 
  from 
  Hawaiki 
  (Hawaii 
  (?) 
  )." 
  

  

  31914 
  to 
  31923. 
  Dioscorea 
  spp. 
  Yam. 
  

  

  From 
  Port 
  Moresby, 
  New 
  Guinea. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  A. 
  Hamilton. 
  Received 
  

   July 
  31, 
  1911. 
  Numbered 
  September 
  30, 
  1911. 
  

   Tubers 
  of 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  31914. 
  Mordai. 
  31920. 
  Walconco 
  (?). 
  

  

  31915. 
  Keressa. 
  31921. 
  Wanse 
  (?). 
  

  

  31916. 
  Gorana. 
  31922. 
  Hasalik 
  (?). 
  

  

  31917. 
  Sanai. 
  31923. 
  This 
  number 
  was 
  given 
  to 
  

  

  31918. 
  Howtai. 
  three 
  tubers, 
  from 
  which 
  

  

  31919. 
  Sargo. 
  Reddish, 
  very 
  fair 
  the 
  names 
  had 
  evidently 
  

  

  for 
  table. 
  been 
  lost. 
  

  

  31925. 
  (Undetermined.) 
  

  

  From 
  Australia. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  B. 
  Harrison, 
  Burringbar, 
  New 
  South 
  Wales. 
  

   Received 
  July 
  31, 
  1911. 
  Numbered 
  September 
  28, 
  1911. 
  

   " 
  A 
  native 
  cherry. 
  ' 
  ' 
  (Harrison.) 
  

  

  31927. 
  Andropogon 
  sorghum 
  (L.) 
  Brot. 
  Sorgo. 
  

  

  From 
  San 
  Jose, 
  Costa 
  Rica. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Carlos 
  Werckle. 
  Received 
  May 
  2, 
  

   1911. 
  Numbered 
  September 
  30, 
  1911. 
  

   "This 
  is 
  a 
  sorgo 
  of 
  the 
  section 
  which 
  contains 
  the 
  Amber, 
  Early 
  Amber, 
  Minnesota 
  

   Amber, 
  etc. 
  From 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  I 
  infer 
  that 
  it 
  grew 
  in 
  a 
  field 
  seeded 
  

   very 
  thickly 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  heads 
  are 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  normal 
  in 
  shape 
  or 
  size. 
  I 
  would 
  sug- 
  

   gest 
  that 
  it 
  be 
  grown 
  for 
  determination." 
  (Carleton 
  R. 
  Ball.) 
  

  

  31928 
  to 
  31931. 
  

  

  From 
  Costa 
  Rica. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Carlos 
  Werckle, 
  San 
  Jose, 
  Costa 
  Rica. 
  

   Received 
  September 
  18, 
  1911. 
  Numbered 
  September 
  28, 
  1911. 
  

  

  31928. 
  Persea 
  pittieri 
  Mez. 
  Avocado. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  32173 
  for 
  later 
  introduction 
  of 
  this 
  species. 
  

  

  31929. 
  Annona 
  purpurea 
  Moc. 
  and 
  Sesse. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Found 
  in 
  southern 
  Mexico, 
  in 
  Panama, 
  and 
  Costa 
  Rica. 
  

  

  31930. 
  Geonoma 
  sp. 
  Palm. 
  

   "A 
  superb 
  palm." 
  (Werckle.) 
  

  

  31931. 
  Coccolobis 
  sp. 
  (?) 
  

  

  " 
  Seeds 
  of 
  a 
  carrocaliente, 
  but 
  not 
  the 
  one 
  from 
  the 
  Pacific 
  coast. 
  Is 
  from 
  the 
  

   mountains. 
  Is 
  esteemed." 
  (Werckle.) 
  

   See 
  No. 
  31636 
  for 
  other 
  species 
  introduced. 
  

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