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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  31977. 
  Phormium 
  tenax 
  Forst. 
  New 
  Zealand 
  flax. 
  

  

  From 
  California. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  P. 
  D. 
  Barnhart, 
  Los 
  Angeles. 
  Received 
  

   October 
  9, 
  1911. 
  

   Variegated 
  variety. 
  

   Seeds. 
  

  

  31978. 
  Annona 
  muricata 
  L. 
  Soursop. 
  

  

  From 
  Cuba. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Robert 
  L. 
  Luaces, 
  agricultural 
  engineer, 
  Cama- 
  

  

  guey, 
  Cuba. 
  Received 
  October 
  9, 
  1911. 
  

  

  "Seed 
  of 
  a 
  wild 
  variety 
  little 
  known 
  even 
  here 
  in 
  Cuba. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  beautiful 
  tree, 
  

  

  growing 
  as 
  much 
  as 
  30 
  feet 
  high 
  on 
  the 
  banks 
  of 
  streams 
  and 
  ponds. 
  The 
  fruit 
  is 
  

  

  more 
  rounded 
  in 
  shape 
  than 
  the 
  cultivated, 
  and 
  although 
  acid 
  in 
  taste 
  can 
  be 
  

  

  eaten. 
  This 
  I 
  believe 
  will 
  make 
  a 
  good 
  stock 
  for 
  Annona 
  squamosa. 
  " 
  (Luaces.) 
  

  

  31979. 
  Medicago 
  sativa 
  varia 
  (Mart.) 
  Urban. 
  Sand 
  lucern. 
  

  

  From 
  Schoeningen, 
  near 
  Colbitzow, 
  Pomerania, 
  Prussia, 
  Germany. 
  Grown 
  on 
  

   the 
  farm 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Ernest 
  Schlange. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Joseph 
  E. 
  Wing, 
  Mechan- 
  

   icsburg, 
  Ohio. 
  Received 
  October, 
  1911. 
  

   "This 
  wild 
  yellow 
  alfalfa 
  was 
  found 
  growing 
  on 
  waste 
  sandy 
  ground 
  near 
  a 
  field 
  of 
  

   cultivated 
  lucern." 
  (Wing.) 
  

  

  31980. 
  Petasites 
  laevigatus 
  (Willd.) 
  Reichenb. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Sminogorsk, 
  southwestern 
  Siberia. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Frank 
  N. 
  

   Meyer, 
  agricultural 
  explorer, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  Industry, 
  October 
  11, 
  1911. 
  

   "(No. 
  988.) 
  An 
  interesting 
  hardy 
  aquatic 
  perennial, 
  growing 
  on 
  the 
  banks 
  of 
  

   swift-flowing, 
  shallow 
  streamlets, 
  extending 
  often 
  for 
  several 
  yards 
  in 
  the 
  water, 
  but 
  

   not 
  occurring 
  in 
  places 
  over 
  2 
  feet 
  in 
  depth. 
  Of 
  value 
  as 
  a 
  decorative 
  plant 
  along 
  

   watercourses 
  in 
  parks 
  in 
  the 
  cooler 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  " 
  ( 
  Meyer.) 
  

   Rhizomes. 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  In 
  Bohemia 
  and 
  the 
  southwestern 
  part 
  of 
  Siberia. 
  

  

  31981. 
  Citrus 
  sp. 
  Sour 
  citron. 
  

  

  From 
  Nagpur, 
  Central 
  Provinces, 
  India. 
  Procured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  R. 
  S. 
  Woglum, 
  Bureau 
  

   of 
  Entomology, 
  United 
  States 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  Received 
  October 
  

   14, 
  1911. 
  

   " 
  Zamburi, 
  sour 
  citron. 
  The 
  chief 
  stock 
  used 
  for 
  budding 
  in 
  the 
  Central 
  Provinces, 
  

   India. 
  The 
  fruit 
  is 
  sour 
  like 
  a 
  lemon, 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  yellow-covered 
  rind. 
  In 
  appearance, 
  

   color, 
  taste, 
  and 
  character 
  of 
  flesh 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  similar 
  to 
  a 
  California 
  Eureka 
  lemon 
  

   allowed 
  to 
  overmature 
  on 
  the 
  tree. 
  " 
  ( 
  Woglum.) 
  

   Seeds. 
  

  

  31982. 
  Bryophyllum 
  pinnatum 
  (L. 
  f.) 
  Kurz. 
  

  

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

  

  Received 
  October 
  14, 
  1911. 
  

  

  "This 
  is 
  called 
  locally 
  La 
  Milagra 
  (the 
  miracle). 
  A 
  curiosity 
  even 
  for 
  these 
  parts. 
  

  

  A 
  low-growing 
  shrub 
  with 
  waxlike 
  leaves 
  of 
  which 
  snails, 
  etc., 
  are 
  very 
  fond. 
  Leaves 
  

  

  dropping 
  off 
  from 
  the 
  plant 
  reproduce 
  themselves 
  around 
  the 
  outer 
  edges, 
  or 
  if 
  you 
  pin 
  

  

  a 
  leaf 
  on 
  a 
  wall 
  or 
  other 
  place 
  it 
  will 
  start 
  growing. 
  " 
  ( 
  Mead.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Probably 
  a 
  native 
  of 
  tropical 
  Africa 
  and 
  generally 
  cultivated 
  through- 
  

   out 
  the 
  Tropics. 
  

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