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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  32002 
  and 
  32003. 
  

  

  From 
  Guatemala. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  S. 
  Billow, 
  Guatemala, 
  Central 
  America. 
  

   Received 
  October 
  12, 
  1911. 
  

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

  

  32002. 
  Cereus 
  sp. 
  Pitaya. 
  

   "This 
  fruit 
  is 
  produced 
  about 
  30 
  miles 
  from 
  Guatemala 
  City, 
  and 
  I 
  under- 
  

   stand 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  closely 
  allied 
  to 
  the 
  cactus 
  family. 
  It 
  is 
  red 
  colored 
  and 
  is 
  very 
  

   delicious. 
  The 
  blossom 
  of 
  the 
  plant, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  fruit, 
  is 
  eaten." 
  

  

  32003. 
  Passiflora 
  ligularis 
  Juss. 
  Passion 
  fruit. 
  

   "This 
  is 
  about 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  egg 
  and 
  the 
  seeds 
  are 
  surrounded 
  with 
  a 
  

  

  gelatinous 
  substance. 
  When 
  ripe 
  the 
  seeds 
  and 
  this 
  jellylike 
  substance 
  are 
  

   eaten; 
  when 
  green 
  the 
  whole 
  fruit 
  is 
  stewed 
  in 
  sugared 
  water 
  and 
  eaten, 
  and 
  the 
  

   seeds 
  and 
  jelly 
  substance 
  are 
  thrown 
  away. 
  It 
  grows 
  on 
  a 
  vine 
  and 
  is 
  largely 
  

   consumed." 
  

  

  32004. 
  Phytolacca 
  acinosa 
  Roxb. 
  

  

  From 
  Yokohama, 
  Japan. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  the 
  Yokohama 
  Nursery 
  Co. 
  Received 
  

   October 
  17, 
  1911. 
  

   Variety 
  Icaempferi. 
  

   Seeds. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  29133 
  for 
  distribution 
  of 
  this 
  species. 
  

  

  32005. 
  SOLANUM 
  HAEMATOCLADUM 
  Dunal. 
  

  

  From 
  Brussels, 
  Belgium. 
  Obtained 
  by 
  Prof. 
  William 
  R. 
  Lazenby, 
  of 
  the 
  Ohio 
  

   State 
  University, 
  Columbus, 
  Ohio. 
  Received 
  October 
  18, 
  1911. 
  

   "This 
  is 
  a 
  vigorous 
  growing, 
  red-fruited 
  species." 
  (Lazenby.) 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  Not 
  known 
  except 
  from 
  Bolivia. 
  

  

  32006. 
  Dimocarpus 
  longan 
  Loureiro. 
  Longan. 
  

  

  The 
  seeds 
  of 
  this 
  Chinese 
  sapindaceous 
  tree 
  were 
  received 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  Euphoria 
  

   longana, 
  which 
  was 
  published 
  by 
  Lamarck 
  (Encyclopedie 
  Methodique 
  Botanique, 
  

   vol. 
  3, 
  p. 
  574) 
  in 
  1791. 
  The 
  generic 
  name 
  Euphoria 
  was 
  used 
  by 
  Jussieu 
  (Genera 
  

   Plantarum, 
  p. 
  247) 
  in 
  1789, 
  who 
  characterized 
  the 
  genus 
  and 
  mentioned 
  the 
  plants 
  

   known 
  by 
  the 
  Chinese 
  names 
  litchi 
  and 
  longan 
  as 
  belonging 
  to 
  it. 
  If 
  the 
  litchi 
  is 
  

   regarded 
  as 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  Euphoria, 
  the 
  name 
  Euphoria 
  becomes 
  a 
  synonym 
  of 
  

   Litchi, 
  the 
  generic 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  litchi 
  tree. 
  If 
  the 
  longan 
  be 
  regarded 
  as 
  the 
  type 
  

   species 
  of 
  Euphoria 
  the 
  name 
  Euphoria 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  maintained 
  because 
  the 
  longan 
  had 
  

   not 
  at 
  this 
  time 
  received 
  a 
  binomial 
  name, 
  and 
  as 
  Jussieu 
  does 
  not 
  describe 
  it 
  nor 
  

   give 
  it 
  a 
  binomial 
  name 
  he 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  said, 
  according 
  to 
  present 
  rules 
  of 
  botanical 
  

   nomenclature, 
  to 
  have 
  published 
  the 
  generic 
  name 
  Euphoria. 
  The 
  first 
  generic 
  

   name 
  published 
  for 
  the 
  longan 
  is 
  Dimocarpus, 
  published 
  in 
  1790 
  by 
  Loureiro 
  (Flora 
  

   Cochinchinensis, 
  vol. 
  1, 
  p. 
  233) 
  and 
  Loureiro's 
  name 
  for 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  here 
  used. 
  

   From 
  Kiayingchow, 
  China. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  George 
  Campbell. 
  Received 
  

   October 
  19, 
  1911. 
  

  

  "Seeds 
  from 
  some 
  particularly 
  large 
  and 
  fine 
  fruit." 
  (Campbell.) 
  

  

  The 
  tree 
  is 
  handsome 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  shade 
  tree, 
  also 
  as 
  a 
  stock 
  on 
  which 
  to 
  

   bud 
  the 
  litchi. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Found 
  in 
  India, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  probably 
  native, 
  and 
  eastward 
  to 
  China 
  

   and 
  through 
  the 
  Malay 
  Archipelago. 
  

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