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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPOETED. 
  

  

  31953. 
  Spathodea 
  campanulata 
  Beau 
  v. 
  

  

  From 
  Java. 
  Received 
  through 
  Dr. 
  B. 
  T. 
  Galloway, 
  Chief 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  

   Industry, 
  United 
  States 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  October 
  10, 
  1911. 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  tree 
  bearing 
  racemes 
  of 
  scarlet 
  or 
  crimson 
  flowers, 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  

   countries 
  along 
  the 
  western 
  coast 
  of 
  Africa, 
  from 
  Sierra 
  Leone 
  southward 
  to 
  Angola 
  in 
  

   Portuguese 
  West 
  Africa. 
  Cultivated 
  as 
  a 
  street 
  tree 
  in 
  Java. 
  

  

  31954 
  to 
  31956. 
  

  

  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  F. 
  Mader, 
  Nice, 
  Alpes 
  Maritimes, 
  France. 
  Received 
  October 
  

   5, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  quoted 
  notes 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Mader: 
  

  

  31954. 
  Prunus 
  brigantina 
  Villars. 
  

  

  "Seed 
  collected 
  from 
  a 
  little 
  group 
  growing 
  between 
  the 
  hazel 
  (Corylus 
  

   avellana) 
  in 
  the 
  Miniera 
  Valley, 
  1,200 
  meters 
  [3,930 
  feet] 
  above 
  sea 
  level, 
  and 
  

   with 
  a 
  climate 
  like 
  that 
  of 
  your 
  Alleghenies. 
  Of 
  course, 
  the 
  species, 
  found 
  here 
  

   up 
  to 
  2,000 
  meters 
  [6,560 
  feet], 
  is 
  very 
  hardy, 
  as 
  the 
  Barcelonnette 
  Valley, 
  where 
  

   it 
  especially 
  abounds, 
  has 
  an 
  almost 
  Siberian 
  climate, 
  frequently 
  —25° 
  C. 
  

   ( 
  — 
  13° 
  F.) 
  and 
  lower 
  in 
  the 
  winter, 
  and 
  up 
  to 
  35° 
  C. 
  (95° 
  F.) 
  in 
  the 
  summer. 
  It 
  is 
  

   the 
  true 
  Briancon 
  plum 
  of 
  French 
  foresters, 
  being 
  now 
  extensively 
  planted 
  in 
  the 
  

   high 
  valleys, 
  also 
  on 
  the 
  Italian 
  side, 
  and 
  has 
  proved 
  to 
  be 
  excellent 
  for 
  shelter- 
  

   ing 
  river 
  banks, 
  roadsides, 
  stony 
  ravines, 
  or 
  avalanche 
  beds. 
  The 
  wood, 
  which 
  

   is 
  very 
  scarce, 
  seems 
  very 
  much 
  like 
  that 
  of 
  Prunus 
  (Cerasus) 
  mahaleb. 
  The 
  

   fruit 
  is 
  free 
  from 
  sweetness 
  and 
  nearly 
  insipid, 
  but 
  would 
  be 
  suitable 
  for 
  mar- 
  

   malades, 
  etc. 
  The 
  seeds 
  yield 
  an 
  oil 
  used 
  by 
  poor 
  mountaineers 
  for 
  cooking 
  

   purposes, 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  'huile 
  de 
  marmotte.' 
  The 
  species 
  is 
  not 
  uncommon 
  

   in 
  the 
  high 
  valleys 
  of 
  the 
  dry 
  western 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Maritime 
  and 
  Cottian 
  Alps, 
  

   from 
  the 
  Var 
  to 
  Briancon; 
  in 
  the 
  more 
  rainy 
  eastern 
  valleys 
  it 
  is 
  much 
  rarer, 
  

   there 
  being 
  only 
  scattered 
  plants 
  or 
  little 
  patches 
  on 
  shady 
  rocks 
  or 
  other 
  places." 
  

  

  31955. 
  Medicago 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Alfalfa. 
  

  

  31956. 
  Medicago 
  falcata 
  L. 
  

  

  31957 
  to 
  31975. 
  Pelargonium 
  spp. 
  Geranium. 
  

  

  From 
  Kew, 
  England. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  David 
  Prain, 
  director, 
  Royal 
  Botanic 
  

   Gardens. 
  Received 
  October 
  12, 
  1911. 
  

   Cuttings 
  of 
  the 
  following, 
  procured 
  for 
  purposes 
  of 
  breeding 
  with 
  the 
  varieties 
  

   commonly 
  cultivated, 
  with 
  a 
  view 
  to 
  adding 
  to 
  their 
  bedding 
  qualities: 
  

  

  31957. 
  Pelargonium 
  capitatum 
  (L.) 
  L'Herit. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  trailing, 
  partly 
  shrubby 
  plant 
  with 
  rosy-purple 
  flowers 
  in 
  

   dense 
  heads, 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Table 
  Mountain 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  flats 
  around 
  

   Cape 
  Town, 
  South 
  Africa. 
  

  

  31958. 
  Pelargonium 
  quercifolium 
  (L. 
  f.) 
  L'Herit. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  hairy, 
  much-branched 
  shrub, 
  found 
  in 
  South 
  Africa, 
  and 
  

   well 
  known 
  in 
  cultivation 
  as 
  the 
  "oak-leaf 
  geranium." 
  

  

  31959. 
  Pelargonium 
  violareum 
  Jacq. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  diffuse 
  shrub 
  with 
  the 
  two 
  upper 
  petals 
  dark 
  red 
  and 
  the 
  

   three 
  lower 
  ones 
  white, 
  growing 
  on 
  the 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  mountains 
  in 
  South 
  Africa. 
  

  

  31960. 
  Pelargonium 
  rapaceum 
  (L.) 
  Jacq. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  On 
  dry 
  stony 
  mountain 
  sides 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Cape 
  Town 
  

   and 
  in 
  the 
  Stellenbosch 
  and 
  Swellendam 
  districts 
  of 
  South 
  Africa. 
  

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